Please bow your
heads with me as we pray.
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Our beloved Heavenly Father,
it's once again with reverence
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that we come before Your throne,
knowing that Your thoughts are
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higher than our thoughts,
knowing that we need divine
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wisdom in order to understand
the meaning in Your Holy Word
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of what the wrath of God is.
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We know You as a God of love.
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How is it then that the Bible
describes the wrath of the Lamb,
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and the wrath
that is in the cup?
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I ask, Lord, that You will
help us to understand this very
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important subject today; that
Your Holy Spirit will be with us
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to instruct us, and to teach us.
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And we thank You,
Father, for the privilege of
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approaching Your throne.
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And thank You for hearing
our prayer, for we ask it in the
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precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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Once in awhile when I travel,
and preach on Bible prophecy,
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I'll have somebody come up to
me and say, Pastor, is it really
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that important to
know all this stuff?
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Isn't it enough to just love
Jesus, and leave the study of
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the prophecies to the experts?
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Well, we're going to notice this
evening, that the third angel's
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message contains one
of the most dire warnings
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in all of the Bible.
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It's a warning so strong that
it appears to be very different
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than what we find in
the gospels, for example.
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In fact, the third angel's
message tells us that whoever
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worships the beast, or his
image, or receives his mark,
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or the number of his name,
will suffer the unmitigated,
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and unmixed wrath of God.
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And for that reason it's vitally
important for us to know who
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the beast is, and what the
image is, and what his mark is,
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and what the
number of his name is.
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Because if we don't know who
the beast is, or who the image
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is, how are we
ever going to protect
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ourselves from this power?
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In other words, it is vitally
important for us to understand
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these things, so that we don't
end up worshipping the beast,
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and his image, and
receiving the mark of the beast,
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and the number of his name.
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I'd like to read the third
angel's message as we find it
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in Revelation
14:9-11, Revelation 14:9-11.
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And in our study today we are
going to only look at the first
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half of the
third angel's message.
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And then in our next lecture
we're going to discuss the issue
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of the fire and the brimstone.
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We'll touch upon it
in our lecture today,
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but we'll do a full study
of it in our next lecture.
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The third angel's message
says this: Then a third angel
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followed them... That is the
first two angels, saying with a
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loud voice, if anyone
worships the beast and his image
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and receives his mark on
his forehead, or on his hand,
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he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured out
full strength into the cup
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of his indignation.
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Now this is the portion
that we're going to study today.
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The rest of the verse
we're going to take a look at
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in our next lecture.
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I'm going to read it.
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He shall be tormented with fire
and brimstone in the presence
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of the holy angels, and
in the presence of the Lamb.
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And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever.
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And they have no rest day
or night who worship the beast
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and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name.
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You tell me, is it important
for us to know who the beast is?
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Absolutely! Is it vital
for us to know what the image
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to the beast is? Absolutely,
because if we don't know
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we probably will end up
worshipping these powers.
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Now I'd like to take you, just
for a moment, to an event that
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is going to take
place after the millennium.
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And a little later on in
this lecture we're going to come
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back to this point.
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But I want to introduce our
subject by referring to an event
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that will take place
after the millennium.
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You see, folks, after
the thousand years there will
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only be two groups.
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One group will be the saved.
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They are in the holy city.
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Outside the holy
city are the lost.
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Not three
groups, but two groups.
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The saved in the city,
and the lost outside the city.
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Now let me ask you this
question, Those people who are
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in the city, were they sinners?
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Of course they were sinners.
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Those outside the city;
were they sinners? Sure.
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In other words, you
have sinners outside,
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and you have sinners inside.
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And so my question is,
What made the difference between
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the sinners inside,
and the sinners outside?
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Does God show
partiality towards some,
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while He doesn't favor others?
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Why are the saved in
the city, and why are the
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wicked outside the city?
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I'd like to read this verse:
Revelation 22, actually two
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verses, Revelation
22:14, 15, where these two
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groups are spoken of.
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It says there, (And I'm
reading from the New King James
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Version, which is the
version that we've been
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using in our seminar.)
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So there you have one
group that do the commandments;
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other the versions
say, wash their robes.
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They are inside the holy
city, and they have the right
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to eat from the tree of life.
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But then you have
another group: verse 15.
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And so you have two
groups: one inside the city,
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and the other outside the city.
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Inside are those who
keep God's commandments,
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or washed their robes; outside
the city you have those who
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disobey God's holy commandments.
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Because the list of things in
verse 15 are things that violate
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principles that we find
in the ten commandments.
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Now today we're going to talk
about wrath of God that will
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fall upon the wicked
that will eventually be
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outside the holy city.
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And I'd like to invite you to
turn in your Bibles with me to
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Revelation 15:1, and you're
going to see why I started this
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lecture by referring to the two
groups: two groups of sinners,
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one saved group of sinners,
and one lost group of sinners.
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What made the difference?
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Well, we just read that those
inside keep the commandments,
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or they washed their robes.
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Those outside practiced
these evil deeds in violation
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of God's commandments.
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But there's more to the story
than this, because we're not
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saved by keeping
God's commandments.
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Keeping God's
commandments, we'll see,
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is a fruit of something
else; of a relationship
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with Jesus Christ.
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Revelation 15:1. Here we find
a description of the wrath of
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God that is going to be poured
out upon the world shortly
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before the second
coming of Jesus. It says there:
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The word complete
in the Greek is full.
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In other words, the seven last
plagues are the fullness of the
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revelation of God's wrath.
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And we're going to notice in the
third angel's message that it
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says that the wrath of God
is poured out without mixture.
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You see, at this point
there's no blending of mercy in.
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It's pure justice when
God's wrath is revealed.
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So what I want you to
notice here in Revelation 15:1
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is that the plagues
contain the wrath of God,
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which is poured
out without mixture,
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or totally and completely.
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Now let's go to Revelation
16:1, Revelation 16:1.
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The question is, where is
this wrath of God contained?
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What is the
container of the wrath of God?
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Well, notice Revelation 16:1.
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That's important.
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By the way, it's the word cups.
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It's the same word that's used
in the gospels that translate
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cup. That's
important. And so it says:
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What is it that
contains the wrath of God? cups.
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You say, That's a
strange place; to have
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the wrath of God in
cups, in seven bowls.
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By the way, the
number seven represents
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totality and completeness.
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This is the total manifestation
of the wrath of God.
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But now I want you to notice the
third angel's message once again
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with which we began our lecture.
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Revelation 14:9, 10.
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We've noticed that the
seven last plagues are the
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outpouring of God's wrath,
and this wrath is found in cups.
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And it's the
totality of God's wrath.
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But now I want you to notice
that the wicked have to do
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something with that
wine that's in the cups.
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It says there in Revelation 14:
9, Then a third angel followed
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them saying with a loud voice,
If anyone worships the beast
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and his image, and receives
his mark on his forehead,
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or on his hand, he
himself shall also...
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Now notice an added idea here.
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So the cup contains what?
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It contains wine. And the wine
is God's what? is God's wrath.
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And the wicked must
drink it, according to this.
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Remember these
concepts, because we're going to
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come back to them. Verse 10.
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Without mixture, in other words.
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So are you
catching the picture here?
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What does the cup
contain? the wrath of God.
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And the wrath of God has
to be what by the wicked?
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The wicked have to
drink the wrath of God.
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Now I must tell you that
the wrath of God does not come
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to an end until the wicked are
destroyed after the millennium.
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In other words, the
seven bowls, the seven plagues,
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are a fullness of the
manifestation of the wrath
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of God, but that wrath is
finally terminated with the
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destruction of the
wicked after the millennium.
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And you say,
How do we know that?
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Because in the third angel's
message it speaks about fire
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and brimstone falling
from God out of heaven,
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and that is the
final manifestation
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of the wrath of God.
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So the plagues, we might say,
are the first installment of the
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fullness of the wrath of God,
and it culminates eventually
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in the destruction of the wicked
by fire after the millennium.
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Because the third
angel's message, as we read,
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speaks about fire
and brimstone falling
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from heaven upon the wicked.
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Now let's go to
Psalm 11:6, Psalm 11:6.
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I want to show you that there's
a connection between the cup
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and the pouring out of fire.
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And, by the way, we're
going to discuss this more fully
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in our next lecture.
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We're going to talk
about the fire and brimstone,
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and burning forever and ever,
etcetera, which has been greatly
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misunderstood by
the Christian world.
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Psalm 11:6, notice this:
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So let me ask you, Does the
cup contain fire and brimstone?
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It most certainly does.
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Now, we must understand
then that the seven last plagues
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are the fullness of the
manifestation of the wrath
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of God, which means
without any mixture of mercy.
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But the last stage of the
outpouring of the wrath of God
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takes place after the thousand
years, when fire and brimstone
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destroys the wicked.
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That is the final manifestation
of the wrath of God.
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Notice Deuteronomy
32:22, Deuteronomy 32:22.
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In scripture the wrath
of God is linked with fire.
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And even today we use metaphors.
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We use expressions that
connect wrath with warmth,
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or with something that's hot.
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For example we say,
That guy's got a hot temper.
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Or we say his temper flared up.
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Or we say he's hot headed.
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Or when we get angry
we say, That burns me up!
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In other words, the wrath of God
is linked with the idea of fire.
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But let me explain something.
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The wrath of God is not
like our anger or our wrath.
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You know, we get angry
over things because our precious
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little self is offended.
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But with God the wrath
of God is the fact that God,
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and His holiness
cannot co-exist with sin.
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Righteousness and
holiness cannot be in the
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same room with sin.
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And, therefore, the wrath
of God is the outpouring of
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the punishment of God upon those
who reject Jesus Christ as their
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Savior and Lord, because
they chose to hang onto sin.
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And God and sin cannot co-exist,
because God is a Holy God.
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It's kind of like Jesus; do you
remember He was in the temple
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one time, and there were
some people that were accusing
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Him of Sabbath breaking,
because He healed a man
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with a withered hand?
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You might remember that.
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It's Mark 3:1-6. The only time
in the New Testament where we
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find the word anger connected
with Jesus is in that story.
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When He saw the hardness of
their hearts, the Bible says
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that He was angry.
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Now is that the same
kind of anger that we have?
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Absolutely not! It's what
we call righteous indignation.
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In other words, when somebody's
doing something that is totally
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contrary to what we know
is right, and true, and good,
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we're filled with
righteous indignation.
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That is the sense in
which the wrath of God
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is to be understood.
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Now notice Deuteronomy 32:22.
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Sounds kind of
strange for God, doesn't it?
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So God's wrath has to
do with fire, once again.
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Once again, Is the wrath
of God connected with fire?
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It most certainly is.
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That is the final
stage of the manifestation
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of the wrath of God.
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And, by the way, do you know
that the final thing that has to
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do with the wrath of
God, is what the Bible
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calls the second death.
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Go with me to Revelation
20:14, 15, Revelation 20:14, 15.
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The lake of fire where there is
brimstone and fire is the final
00:18:25.93\00:18:31.34
manifestation and fulfillment
of the third angel's message.
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Notice what it says there.
00:18:34.38\00:18:36.21
This is after the millennium.
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So what is the
final manifestation
00:18:50.23\00:18:53.86
of the wrath of God?
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It is called what? the second
death in the lake of fire.
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And anyone not found written in
the book of life was cast where?
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was cast into the lake of fire.
00:19:06.11\00:19:09.48
Now we need to ask ourselves
the question, Why will the
00:19:09.51\00:19:15.02
wicked suffer such a
terrible manifestation
00:19:15.05\00:19:19.45
of the wrath of God?
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For how many
people did Jesus die?
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Did Jesus die only for
those who are found finally
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inside the Holy
City? Absolutely not!
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Jesus died for the
sins of the whole world.
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For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son.
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He's the propitiation not only
for our sins, but for the sins
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of the whole world.
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So did Jesus die to save all of
the people that are also outside
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the Holy City? Absolutely!
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The question is,
Why weren't they saved?
00:19:49.35\00:19:52.32
Why were those
inside saved, whereas those
00:19:52.35\00:19:55.96
outside were not saved?
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In order to understand this,
we have to go back and analyze
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the experience of Jesus
in the garden of Gethsemane.
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Because much of the
terminology that we've noticed
00:20:06.53\00:20:10.41
at the beginning of our study
today is used in connection
00:20:10.44\00:20:14.28
with the passion of Christ.
00:20:14.31\00:20:15.84
A few years ago, probably
all of you will remember,
00:20:15.88\00:20:21.58
Mel Gibson came
out with his movie,
00:20:21.62\00:20:23.69
The Passion of the Christ.
00:20:23.72\00:20:25.25
You know, it brought in
hundreds of millions of dollars.
00:20:25.29\00:20:30.03
And those who saw it say that
the movie majored in the brutal
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physical punishment that
was meted out upon Jesus Christ.
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I mean savagely beaten,
time, after time, after time,
00:20:41.24\00:20:45.71
until the blood just
was in pools on the ground.
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In other words, that
movie emphasized the tremendous
00:20:49.68\00:20:53.45
physical sufferings of
Jesus, the physical agony.
00:20:53.48\00:20:56.99
But do you know what? it was
not the physical agony of Jesus
00:20:57.02\00:21:01.96
that caused Him
the greatest pain.
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In fact, I believe that Jesus
Christ could hardly feel the
00:21:03.76\00:21:08.53
physical pain, because
of the spiritual anguish
00:21:08.56\00:21:12.03
that He was suffering.
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And you say, What do you
mean by the spiritual anguish?
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Well, let's study
about it in the gospels.
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Matthew 26:38, Matthew 26:38.
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Here Jesus is with
His disciples there in the
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garden of Gethsemane, and
Jesus says to His disciples
00:21:28.98\00:21:32.82
the following words:
00:21:32.85\00:21:34.39
Notice, not only
sorrowful is His soul,
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but exceedingly
sorrowful. He says:
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In other words, He had so much
sorrow that apparently it was
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going to cause
His what? His death.
00:21:58.15\00:22:00.55
And so He says to the disciples,
Stay here and watch with Me.
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And what do they
do? They go to sleep.
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And later on what do they do?
00:22:07.52\00:22:09.82
They all forsake Him.
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And so Jesus is by Himself.
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Now there's a book that I love.
00:22:15.53\00:22:18.93
Some of you probably have heard
about it, if not most of you.
00:22:18.97\00:22:23.00
It's the book,
The Desire of Ages.
00:22:23.04\00:22:25.67
There are two
chapters in this book that I
00:22:25.71\00:22:28.48
would like to recommend.
00:22:28.51\00:22:29.84
You know, there's no way
that you can read these chapters
00:22:29.88\00:22:32.81
and not have your eyes tear up.
00:22:32.85\00:22:36.79
One of those chapters is titled
Gethsemane, and the other one
00:22:36.82\00:22:41.12
is titled Calvary.
00:22:41.16\00:22:42.82
You know, this book is the
most loved biography of Christ
00:22:42.86\00:22:48.13
in the Library of Congress.
00:22:48.16\00:22:49.50
They did a
survey a few years ago.
00:22:49.53\00:22:51.07
They discovered that over
and above, The Desire of Ages,
00:22:51.10\00:22:54.70
was the favorite book on
the life of Jesus Christ.
00:22:54.74\00:22:58.81
On Page 685 we find this
remarkable statement about
00:22:58.84\00:23:05.11
Jesus and this
intense sorrow that He felt.
00:23:05.15\00:23:09.28
That is Jesus.
00:23:16.86\00:23:18.19
Why hadn't the Father left Him
alone? because Jesus always did
00:23:28.57\00:23:33.58
what? what pleased the Father.
00:23:33.61\00:23:36.14
And then she remarks:
00:23:36.18\00:23:38.91
Why was Jesus sorrowful?
00:24:33.10\00:24:34.97
Because He sensed the
wrath of God falling upon Him.
00:24:35.00\00:24:42.21
Notice Matthew 26.
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.68
We'll read
verses 39, 42, and 44.
00:24:44.71\00:24:48.42
Jesus is in the
garden, and He's kneeling,
00:24:48.45\00:24:52.95
and He's praying to His Father.
00:24:52.99\00:24:55.62
He's pleading with His Father.
00:24:55.66\00:24:57.23
By the way, this
is before anybody even
00:24:57.26\00:24:59.46
laid one finger on Him.
00:24:59.49\00:25:01.53
Notice Matthew 26:39.
00:25:01.56\00:25:05.73
Now don't miss this point.
00:25:16.48\00:25:18.01
Notice what we find in verse 42.
00:25:32.56\00:25:36.36
Now you're going to
have an added element.
00:25:42.87\00:25:45.27
Do you have the same
elements that we found
00:25:55.32\00:25:57.62
in the third
angel's message? Absolutely.
00:25:57.65\00:26:00.66
And in the outpouring of
the seven last plagues? Yes.
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So He says,
00:26:04.43\00:26:05.89
And verse 44 says:
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Let me ask you, Who
gave Jesus that cup to drink?
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In Revelation it says that the
cup contains the wrath of whom?
00:26:30.29\00:26:34.69
The wrath of God. The
question is, who gave that cup
00:26:34.72\00:26:39.26
that Jesus needed to drink?
00:26:39.29\00:26:41.36
Notice John 18:11, John 18:11.
00:26:41.40\00:26:47.40
This is when Peter took
out his sword and cut off
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.87
the servant's ear.
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Who gave Jesus the cup?
His Father gave Him the cup.
00:27:03.05\00:27:07.99
You say, That's
impossible, Pastor Bohr.
00:27:08.02\00:27:10.09
Do you mean to say that
the cup that contained the wine
00:27:10.13\00:27:14.30
of God's wrath; Jesus had to
drink that cup, and it was given
00:27:14.33\00:27:19.03
to him by His very own Father?
00:27:19.07\00:27:21.84
That's what Scripture says.
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No wonder when Jesus was in the
garden of Gethsemane an angel
00:27:24.57\00:27:29.88
had to come and strengthen Jesus
or else He probably would have
00:27:29.91\00:27:33.38
died because He said, My soul
is sorrowful, even unto death.
00:27:33.42\00:27:37.09
Let's read about it in
Luke 22: 43, 44, Luke 22:43, 44.
00:27:37.12\00:27:45.79
It says there: Then an angel
appeared to Him from heaven,
00:27:45.83\00:27:50.67
strengthening Him.
00:27:50.70\00:27:52.47
How many of you have
ever seen anybody sweat blood?
00:28:09.38\00:28:12.65
How much agony must you have?
00:28:12.69\00:28:16.56
How much suffering must
you have in order to sweat
00:28:16.59\00:28:20.13
blood instead of water?
00:28:20.16\00:28:22.13
And listen, folks, this
is before one single person
00:28:22.16\00:28:26.17
laid a finger on Jesus Christ.
00:28:26.20\00:28:27.94
He's already sweating blood.
00:28:27.97\00:28:30.57
He's already suffering
agony long before anybody came
00:28:30.61\00:28:35.51
and started beating Him.
00:28:35.54\00:28:36.98
In other words, His agony was
not agony of body; His agony was
00:28:37.01\00:28:41.68
primarily agony of soul.
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.52
In the book, God's
Amazing Grace, Page 168,
00:28:43.55\00:28:47.09
we find this statement:
00:28:47.12\00:28:48.46
He would have died in the
garden without anyone laying
00:29:00.70\00:29:04.51
one finger upon Him.
00:29:04.54\00:29:06.84
In other words, the agony
of Jesus did not have to do
00:29:06.88\00:29:11.15
with the crown of thorns, and
with the beating on His back,
00:29:11.18\00:29:14.62
and with all of
His physical suffering.
00:29:14.65\00:29:16.95
It had to do with
extreme spiritual anguish.
00:29:16.99\00:29:21.39
Because His Father had
given Him the cup of His wrath,
00:29:21.42\00:29:24.69
and Jesus had to drink this cup.
00:29:24.73\00:29:27.13
You know, we catch a glimpse
into the feelings of Jesus
00:29:27.16\00:29:31.93
in a prophecy that was given
about a thousand years before
00:29:31.97\00:29:36.50
Jesus was even born.
00:29:36.54\00:29:38.01
Psalm 22:1, 2. In fact we
have the very words that Jesus
00:29:38.04\00:29:43.45
spoke on the cross.
00:29:43.48\00:29:44.81
He says, I cry out
and You don't listen.
00:30:05.87\00:30:08.20
Why, Father,
have You forsaken Me?
00:30:08.24\00:30:10.71
Do you know why? because
Jesus was drinking the cup
00:30:10.74\00:30:14.28
of the wrath of God.
00:30:14.31\00:30:16.11
Because Jesus, as we'll
notice, was bearing the sins
00:30:16.14\00:30:20.78
of the whole world upon Himself.
00:30:20.82\00:30:23.08
I'd like to read another
couple of statements from this
00:30:23.12\00:30:26.59
magnificent book,
The Desire of Ages,
00:30:26.62\00:30:28.86
from the chapter on Gethsemane.
00:30:28.89\00:30:30.89
Notice this statement.
00:30:30.93\00:30:33.23
This is found on Page 686.
00:30:33.26\00:30:36.67
On Page 686, the
same page, it says:
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You know, Jesus
interceded for other people
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.38
all during His ministry.
00:31:29.42\00:31:30.75
But now the author says:
00:31:30.79\00:31:32.49
Nobody to intercede before the
Father for Him, because He was
00:31:37.66\00:31:41.70
bearing the sin of the world.
00:31:41.73\00:31:43.40
I want to read just
one final statement.
00:31:43.43\00:31:45.97
This is found on Page...
00:31:46.00\00:31:47.94
Let me just find it here.
00:31:47.97\00:31:50.37
...693 of The
Desire of ages. It says:
00:31:50.41\00:31:53.01
See the reference to the cup?
00:32:22.54\00:32:24.17
Many years later the apostle
Paul wrote in the book of
00:32:35.25\00:32:42.42
Hebrews about
the anguish of Jesus
00:32:42.46\00:32:44.79
in the garden of Gethsemane.
00:32:44.83\00:32:46.16
It's found in Hebrews
5:7, Hebrews 5:7. It says:
00:32:46.19\00:32:52.90
Notice the expressions:
prayers, supplications,
00:33:11.52\00:33:13.92
vehement cries, tears.
00:33:13.96\00:33:16.46
It speaks about the
anguish that Jesus felt
00:33:16.49\00:33:19.59
in the garden of Gethsemane
as He was drinking the cup
00:33:19.63\00:33:23.33
of the wrath of His own Father.
00:33:23.37\00:33:24.97
You know what made it especially
difficult for Jesus is the fact
00:33:25.00\00:33:29.37
that all during His
ministry He had felt an intimate
00:33:29.40\00:33:32.17
closeness with His Father.
00:33:32.21\00:33:33.58
As it says in John
8:29, Jesus spoke these
00:33:33.61\00:33:38.51
words during His
ministry. He said:
00:33:38.55\00:33:40.38
He says, I'm not alone.
00:33:49.92\00:33:51.26
My Father is always with Me
because I do what pleases Him.
00:33:51.29\00:33:54.53
But now, in the agony of
Gethsemane, Jesus is saying,
00:33:54.56\00:33:58.80
My Father has left Me alone.
00:33:58.83\00:34:00.67
My God, My God, Why
has Thou forsaken Me?
00:34:00.70\00:34:04.77
And, of course, the
question comes, Why was Jesus
00:34:04.81\00:34:08.18
drinking the cup
of the wrath of God?
00:34:08.21\00:34:11.31
Folks, it was because Jesus was
suffering the just punishment
00:34:11.35\00:34:19.62
that all of us deserve.
00:34:19.65\00:34:22.26
I want to read several
statements from Scripture
00:34:22.29\00:34:24.89
where this fact is brought out,
that the cup that Jesus drank,
00:34:24.93\00:34:29.53
the cup of the wrath
of God, of His Father,
00:34:29.56\00:34:32.10
the justice of His
Father actually means that Jesus
00:34:32.13\00:34:36.10
was bearing the sins of the
whole world upon His shoulders.
00:34:36.14\00:34:39.94
Notice Galatians
3:13, Galatians 3:13.
00:34:39.97\00:34:45.08
Let me ask you, Is the law bad?
00:34:49.78\00:34:52.45
Many Christians think that
the law is bad, even though the
00:34:52.49\00:34:56.73
apostle Paul said that the
law is holy, and just, and what?
00:34:56.76\00:34:59.83
holy, and just, and good.
00:34:59.86\00:35:01.50
Who's bad? we are.
00:35:01.53\00:35:05.07
Why does the law curse
us? because we're sinners.
00:35:05.10\00:35:09.00
The law says, If
you live in harmony
00:35:09.04\00:35:12.44
with My principles, I bless you.
00:35:12.47\00:35:14.11
If you violate My principles,
the curse will fall upon you.
00:35:14.14\00:35:19.25
The law is not bad;
it's sin that is bad.
00:35:19.28\00:35:23.32
And so it says,
Christ has redeemed us
00:35:23.35\00:35:26.65
from the curse of the law.
00:35:26.69\00:35:28.46
How did Jesus do this?
00:35:28.49\00:35:29.82
How did He redeem the
world from the curse of the law?
00:35:29.86\00:35:33.26
It says, Having become a what?
having become a curse for us,
00:35:33.29\00:35:40.17
for it is written, cursed is
everyone who hangs on a tree.
00:35:40.20\00:35:44.11
Do you know
where that expression,
00:35:44.14\00:35:45.97
that phrase comes from? cursed
is everyone who hangs on a tree?
00:35:46.01\00:35:49.64
It actually comes
from Deuteronomy 21:22, 23.
00:35:49.68\00:35:53.82
And I'm just
going to mention this.
00:35:53.85\00:35:55.22
It's not in your list of texts.
00:35:55.25\00:35:56.72
You know, the enemies of
Israel, when they were captured,
00:35:56.75\00:36:00.99
they were slain, and they
were hung on trees outside
00:36:01.02\00:36:08.16
the encampment of Israel.
00:36:08.20\00:36:10.37
And they were considered
cursed and forsaken by God.
00:36:10.40\00:36:14.20
And after they were dead,
actually they were taken down
00:36:14.24\00:36:18.61
from the...
They weren't crosses,
00:36:18.64\00:36:21.28
they were
actually stakes of wood.
00:36:21.31\00:36:23.81
They were taken down at sundown,
and they were placed in a cave,
00:36:23.85\00:36:28.58
and stones were placed
at the entrance to the cave.
00:36:28.62\00:36:31.65
Now does that sound familiar?
00:36:31.69\00:36:33.59
Let me ask you,
Jesus Christ, was He looked
00:36:33.62\00:36:38.83
upon as cursed by God?
00:36:38.86\00:36:40.90
Absolutely He was.
00:36:40.93\00:36:42.70
When was His body
removed from the cross?
00:36:42.73\00:36:45.10
Right around when the sun
was going to what? to set.
00:36:45.13\00:36:50.64
And He was hung where?
00:36:50.67\00:36:52.37
He was hung on a tree.
00:36:52.41\00:36:55.21
And where was He buried?
00:36:55.24\00:36:56.71
He was placed in a cave.
00:36:56.75\00:36:59.35
And what was placed in front
of the entrance to the cave?
00:36:59.38\00:37:02.98
A stone was
placed by the entrance.
00:37:03.02\00:37:06.09
In other words, this
punishment was the punishment
00:37:06.12\00:37:09.12
for the worst
sinners against Israel.
00:37:09.16\00:37:12.09
And Jesus suffered the
worst kind of humiliation,
00:37:12.13\00:37:16.53
and punishment for the human
race, because He bore the sin
00:37:16.56\00:37:20.04
of the whole world.
00:37:20.07\00:37:21.40
You know, there are people
in the world today who have
00:37:21.44\00:37:24.67
committed... Actually they
don't live today, but they lived
00:37:24.71\00:37:27.34
in the world, and they
committed suicide because
00:37:27.38\00:37:30.38
they had such a
guilty conscience.
00:37:30.41\00:37:32.41
Now can you imagine
what it would be like to bear
00:37:32.45\00:37:37.59
upon yourself the guilt of every
sin that has been committed,
00:37:37.62\00:37:42.96
is being committed, or will
be committed in human history?
00:37:42.99\00:37:47.63
Actually, that is what
crushed out the life of Jesus.
00:37:47.66\00:37:52.50
That's what broke His heart.
00:37:52.53\00:37:54.74
Jesus did not die of
the wounds that He received.
00:37:54.77\00:37:58.87
Even the soldier was
surprised when he came.
00:37:58.91\00:38:01.18
The centurion came
and found Him dead,
00:38:01.21\00:38:03.38
and he thrust a
spear through His side.
00:38:03.41\00:38:05.45
He was surprised
that He wasn't dead,
00:38:05.48\00:38:07.85
because the
thieves were still alive.
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.58
Because Jesus did not
die from His physical wounds,
00:38:09.62\00:38:13.66
Jesus died of a broken
heart, because His Father,
00:38:13.69\00:38:18.49
at least He
felt, had forsaken Him.
00:38:18.53\00:38:21.63
He could not see the
reconciling face of His Father,
00:38:21.66\00:38:24.27
because He was bearing the
guilt of the whole human race.
00:38:24.30\00:38:27.67
Notice 2 Corinthians
5:21, 2 Corinthians 5:21 says:
00:38:27.70\00:38:34.54
That is talking
about God the Father.
00:38:35.58\00:38:37.28
That is God the
Father made Jesus...
00:38:39.35\00:38:42.18
Who made Jesus sin?
00:38:51.66\00:38:53.63
God the Father made Jesus
sin that we might be found what?
00:38:53.66\00:38:58.97
that we might be found the
righteousness of God in Him.
00:38:59.00\00:39:03.00
I want you also to notice
the following statement that we
00:39:03.04\00:39:07.98
find in Isaiah 53:4-6.
00:39:08.01\00:39:11.41
You know, it describes
vividly why Jesus was suffering
00:39:11.45\00:39:15.72
this intense agony; what
it meant that He was drinking
00:39:15.75\00:39:18.12
the cup of God's wrath.
00:39:18.15\00:39:19.49
It says there: Surely
He has borne our grief's,
00:39:19.52\00:39:24.39
and carried our sorrows:
yet we esteemed Him stricken,
00:39:24.43\00:39:30.53
smitten by whom? by God.
00:39:30.57\00:39:34.67
Who smote Jesus? His own Father.
00:39:34.70\00:39:38.07
You say, Why is that?
00:39:38.11\00:39:39.64
Why did He get the
cup of His Father's wrath?
00:39:39.67\00:39:42.61
He was holy, and righteous.
00:39:42.64\00:39:44.11
He always did what
pleased His Father.
00:39:44.15\00:39:46.41
Why did that happen to Jesus?
00:39:46.45\00:39:48.18
Because Jesus was
taking our place. Notice:
00:39:48.22\00:39:54.32
And now notice the
last part of verse 6:
00:40:17.91\00:40:20.35
Who put on Jesus the
iniquity? the Father did.
00:40:26.02\00:40:29.82
Who gave Him the
cup? the Father did.
00:40:29.86\00:40:32.19
Can you imagine what
that must have been like?
00:40:32.23\00:40:36.53
Do you think the Father
suffered as well as Jesus?
00:40:36.56\00:40:40.04
Folks, you know, sometimes
we talk about the sufferings of
00:40:40.07\00:40:44.44
Jesus, but sometimes I
wonder if the suffering of God
00:40:44.47\00:40:47.28
the Father was not
even greater than the
00:40:47.31\00:40:49.24
suffering of Jesus Christ.
00:40:49.28\00:40:50.61
Because both of them were
separated from one another,
00:40:50.65\00:40:53.62
because Jesus was
bearing the sin of the world.
00:40:53.65\00:40:56.65
Romans 8:32, Romans 8:32,
is a beautiful verse. It says:
00:40:56.69\00:41:04.83
God did what? He did
not spare His own Son?
00:41:07.93\00:41:12.47
Who delivered
Him up? the Father.
00:41:14.80\00:41:17.71
Let me ask you, Does
God the Father love us
00:41:27.02\00:41:29.42
as much as He loves Jesus?
00:41:29.45\00:41:31.09
That's what
this verse is saying.
00:41:31.12\00:41:35.29
He did not spare His
own Son because He loved us
00:41:35.32\00:41:40.30
as much as He loves Jesus,
or else He would not have been
00:41:40.33\00:41:45.20
willing to give
up Jesus, His Son.
00:41:45.23\00:41:47.94
And so this is comforting
to know that He was willing
00:41:47.97\00:41:50.74
to go through this intense agony
and suffering, because He wanted
00:41:50.77\00:41:56.48
us to be saved in His kingdom.
00:41:56.51\00:41:58.15
He loves us as much as He
loves His Son, Jesus Christ.
00:41:58.18\00:42:03.28
Let me illustrate this point.
00:42:03.32\00:42:06.32
I just arrived in Fresno
about going on 131/2 years ago,
00:42:06.35\00:42:12.96
and one evening, one Wednesday
night, we had prayer meeting,
00:42:12.99\00:42:17.07
and we sang, and
we studied Scripture,
00:42:17.10\00:42:19.70
and we gave testimonies
of fantastic experience.
00:42:19.73\00:42:22.64
And after the prayer meeting
I was all pumped up and excited.
00:42:22.67\00:42:27.18
And so I got in the car
and I went up here to Clinton,
00:42:27.21\00:42:31.81
and I turned right on Clinton,
and then I turned left on
00:42:31.85\00:42:34.22
First Street, and I was just,
I was walking in the clouds.
00:42:34.25\00:42:38.65
I was so excited about what
had happened at prayer meeting.
00:42:38.69\00:42:41.26
And I didn't notice that
my speedometer marked 50 mpr,
00:42:41.29\00:42:46.43
actually 55 mpr,
and it's a 40 mph zone.
00:42:46.46\00:42:51.87
And I was very, very elevated
until I saw that blue and red
00:42:51.90\00:42:56.54
light behind my car.
00:42:56.57\00:42:58.17
And, by the way, this is the
only time that I've been stopped
00:42:58.21\00:43:01.34
here in Fresno in 131/2 years.
00:43:01.38\00:43:03.51
And the policeman
got out of his car.
00:43:03.55\00:43:05.85
He came to the window.
00:43:05.88\00:43:07.22
He said, Can I have
your license, please?
00:43:07.25\00:43:08.62
So I took out my wallet
and my license wasn't in there.
00:43:08.65\00:43:13.15
I'd taken it
out for some reason.
00:43:13.19\00:43:14.76
So he says, Well, could
I have your registration?
00:43:14.79\00:43:17.19
I said, Yeah, I'll
give you the registration.
00:43:17.23\00:43:19.09
So I looked in the glove
compartment above the visor,
00:43:19.13\00:43:21.66
and couldn't
find my registration.
00:43:21.70\00:43:23.03
So he says, Well, do
you have proof of insurance?
00:43:23.06\00:43:26.07
I said, Well, let me look.
00:43:26.10\00:43:27.44
And so I looked, and I couldn't
find proof of insurance either.
00:43:27.47\00:43:30.01
And so he says,
What's your name?
00:43:30.04\00:43:32.97
I said, My name is Stephen Bohr.
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.58
And he said, What
is your profession?
00:43:34.61\00:43:37.78
And, you know what, I
was kind of embarrassed.
00:43:37.81\00:43:40.45
I actually said, Well, you
know, I'm pastor of the church
00:43:40.48\00:43:44.02
right around the
corner, Fresno Central Church.
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.32
And he said, Well, let me go
back to my car, and you know,
00:43:46.35\00:43:50.36
look in the computer
and check things out.
00:43:50.39\00:43:51.99
So he was there for a few
minutes and then he came back
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.20
to the window and
he said, Pastor Bohr,
00:43:54.23\00:43:56.93
everything checks out.
00:43:56.97\00:43:58.33
I know you have a license, and
I know that you're registered,
00:43:58.37\00:44:02.40
and I know that
you have insurance,
00:44:02.44\00:44:04.04
because it's
all in the computer.
00:44:04.07\00:44:06.37
And I was feeling pretty good.
00:44:06.41\00:44:08.34
I said, Well, but
the ticket is coming.
00:44:08.38\00:44:10.21
And so he looked at me and he
said, You know, you as a pastor
00:44:10.25\00:44:14.25
of all people should
obey the laws of Caesar.
00:44:14.28\00:44:18.32
And I said, You
know, I really know that.
00:44:18.35\00:44:20.22
But I explained to him
I was in prayer meeting,
00:44:20.26\00:44:22.32
we had testimonies, we
sang, and we studied Scripture.
00:44:22.36\00:44:25.36
I was just pumped up.
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.73
I just got carried away!
00:44:26.76\00:44:28.10
I didn't even notice.
00:44:28.13\00:44:29.46
And so he looked at me and he
said, You know, I can tell that
00:44:29.50\00:44:33.27
this isn't a thing
that you regularly do.
00:44:33.30\00:44:35.54
I'll tell you
what I'm going to do.
00:44:35.57\00:44:37.31
I'm going to let you go,
but be more careful next time.
00:44:37.34\00:44:42.41
Now let me ask you, Did that
policeman do the right thing?
00:44:42.44\00:44:46.68
No, he did not
do the right thing.
00:44:49.18\00:44:52.32
You say, Well,
you got off the hook.
00:44:52.35\00:44:55.56
Yes, I got off the hook, but
he didn't do the right thing.
00:44:55.59\00:44:58.09
Because I had violated the
law, and the justice of the law
00:44:58.13\00:45:03.06
demanded that I pay the fine.
00:45:03.10\00:45:05.30
I'm thankful I didn't have to.
00:45:05.33\00:45:08.00
But if he had done his job, he
would have given me the ticket.
00:45:08.04\00:45:12.74
Do you know what
would have been even better?
00:45:12.77\00:45:15.28
If he'd come to the window and
said, Pastor Bohr, the law says
00:45:15.31\00:45:20.52
that if you go 15 miles
an hour over the speed limit,
00:45:20.55\00:45:24.02
you have to pay
such and such a fine.
00:45:24.05\00:45:26.62
And, you know, so you're liable.
00:45:26.65\00:45:30.43
But he says, I'll tell
you what I'm going to do.
00:45:30.46\00:45:32.39
I'm going to go down
to the police station.
00:45:32.43\00:45:36.87
I'm going to go to the
judge, and I'm going to pay
00:45:36.90\00:45:40.74
this ticket myself.
00:45:40.77\00:45:42.10
You say, Fat chance!
00:45:43.74\00:45:45.14
Of course, that
wouldn't happen in real life.
00:45:45.17\00:45:47.34
But let me ask you, If he
went to court to the judge,
00:45:47.38\00:45:51.71
and he paid my ticket, would the
justice of the law be sustained?
00:45:51.75\00:45:56.72
Yes, because the
fine is what? paid.
00:45:56.75\00:46:00.26
But at the same time
would mercy be shown?
00:46:00.29\00:46:03.96
Yes, because he paid the fine
so that I did not have to what?
00:46:03.99\00:46:09.30
So that I did
not have to pay it.
00:46:09.33\00:46:11.40
That's exactly what
happened with Jesus.
00:46:11.43\00:46:13.94
You see, we all should die.
00:46:13.97\00:46:17.31
We all should be punished
with the sentence of death.
00:46:17.34\00:46:20.51
But Jesus paid the
death that we should suffer.
00:46:20.54\00:46:26.08
And because He paid the
death that we should suffer,
00:46:26.11\00:46:30.19
justice is satisfied,
the demands of the law are
00:46:30.22\00:46:33.76
satisfied, but at the same
time, His mercy is shown because
00:46:33.79\00:46:38.53
He suffered the penalty so
that I don't have to suffer.
00:46:38.56\00:46:42.80
You all know the verse that
we have, the most famous verse
00:46:42.83\00:46:48.60
in the Bible: John 3:16 where
it says, For God so loved the
00:46:48.64\00:46:53.61
world that He gave
His only begotten Son.
00:46:53.64\00:46:57.98
That includes everyone, right?
00:46:58.01\00:46:59.95
For God so loved the world, that
He gave His only begotten Son.
00:46:59.98\00:47:02.95
But there's a
second half of the verse.
00:47:02.98\00:47:04.75
Sometimes people
forget what that second half
00:47:04.79\00:47:07.32
of the verse says.
00:47:07.36\00:47:08.69
For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten
00:47:08.72\00:47:11.49
Son, that whosoever what?
00:47:11.53\00:47:13.29
That whosoever believes
in Him should not perish,
00:47:13.33\00:47:17.43
but have everlasting life.
00:47:17.47\00:47:19.73
So let me ask you, Did
He die to save everyone?
00:47:22.30\00:47:24.51
Did He pay everyone's debt?
00:47:24.54\00:47:25.87
Well, He didn't pay everyone's
debt, but He made provision
00:47:25.91\00:47:29.68
to pay everyone's debt.
00:47:29.71\00:47:31.05
Now I go back to the
original question that we
00:47:31.08\00:47:35.05
began our lecture with.
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.42
Why do you have a group in
the holy city who are sinners,
00:47:36.45\00:47:39.82
but they're saved?
00:47:39.85\00:47:41.22
And you have another group
of sinners outside the holy city
00:47:41.26\00:47:46.59
that eventually will be
destroyed by fire and brimstone?
00:47:46.63\00:47:51.60
What made the difference?
00:47:51.63\00:47:53.34
Folks, what made the difference
is simply that the group
00:47:53.37\00:47:57.77
who are in the holy
city received, or accepted,
00:47:57.81\00:48:01.81
the gift that Jesus purchased
at the price of His own blood.
00:48:01.84\00:48:06.75
You see, Jesus, by shedding His
blood, paid an infinite price.
00:48:06.78\00:48:13.36
He paid enough to save every
single person on Planet Earth.
00:48:13.39\00:48:17.79
But I have to
receive or accept that gift.
00:48:17.83\00:48:22.16
And if I don't accept that gift,
then I am still in my sins,
00:48:22.20\00:48:26.33
and I must suffer death.
00:48:26.37\00:48:29.24
So we get back to those
individuals who are outside
00:48:29.27\00:48:32.81
the holy city, who are going
to finally suffer the ultimate
00:48:32.84\00:48:35.71
punishment of the wrath of God.
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.55
Why are they going to
suffer this punishment?
00:48:37.58\00:48:40.52
Did Jesus suffer this
punishment in their place?
00:48:40.55\00:48:43.95
He most certainly did.
00:48:43.99\00:48:45.32
He suffered the wrath of God.
00:48:45.35\00:48:48.19
He paid the
penalty of their sin.
00:48:48.22\00:48:50.16
But what did they do?
00:48:50.19\00:48:51.53
They refused to accept
the payment that Jesus made.
00:48:51.56\00:48:56.00
I want to go to Revelation
20: 7-9, Revelation 20:7-9.
00:48:56.03\00:49:05.67
This is speaking about after the
millennium, when the wicked are
00:49:05.71\00:49:09.54
gathered around the holy
city in the New Jerusalem;
00:49:09.58\00:49:12.31
those who rejected the payment
that Jesus Christ offered.
00:49:12.35\00:49:15.88
It says in verse 7:
00:49:15.92\00:49:17.82
Is that what we find in
the third angel's message?
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.08
fire falling from
heaven, fire and brimstone
00:49:49.12\00:49:51.09
devouring the
wicked? Absolutely.
00:49:51.12\00:49:53.39
This is the final manifestation
of the wrath of God
00:49:53.42\00:49:55.96
in the third angel's message.
00:49:55.99\00:49:57.36
Now where does this language
come from where you have the
00:49:57.39\00:50:02.63
nations of all of the world
coming from the four corners
00:50:02.66\00:50:05.50
of the earth, Gog and Magog.
00:50:05.53\00:50:07.34
Where does this come from?
00:50:07.37\00:50:08.70
It actually comes
from Ezekiel chapter 39.
00:50:08.74\00:50:11.44
So let's go back to Ezekiel
39: 17-19, Ezekiel 39:17-19.
00:50:11.47\00:50:22.28
And there's a very
important point that I
00:50:22.32\00:50:24.19
want to underline here.
00:50:24.22\00:50:25.55
Do you remember that
in the Sanctuary there was
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.66
a sacrificial service, right?
bulls, and goats, and lambs.
00:50:27.69\00:50:31.89
Different kinds of
animals were sacrificed.
00:50:31.93\00:50:33.40
Why were they sacrificed?
00:50:33.43\00:50:34.76
They pointed forward
to the death of Jesus
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.03
Christ for sin, right? the
fact that He was going to suffer
00:50:37.07\00:50:40.17
the punishment of sinners.
00:50:40.20\00:50:41.57
Now I want you to notice
carefully what it says here.
00:50:41.80\00:50:44.41
What is God going
to do here? A what?
00:51:00.06\00:51:02.22
Is this a sacrifice?
00:51:07.00\00:51:08.33
By the way, this is
the same word that is used
00:51:08.36\00:51:09.76
in the book of Leviticus for
the sacrifices of the Sanctuary.
00:51:09.80\00:51:13.80
Again it says:
00:51:16.20\00:51:17.54
And now notice the
animals that are mentioned.
00:51:25.21\00:51:27.32
What kinds of animals were
these? sacrificial animals.
00:51:32.99\00:51:36.73
Is the death of the
wicked portrayed as a sacrifice?
00:51:51.61\00:51:56.24
as a sanctuary sacrifice?
00:51:56.28\00:51:58.41
It most certainly is.
00:51:58.45\00:51:59.91
And you say, Why is it portrayed
as sacrificial animals?
00:51:59.95\00:52:04.62
Let me tell you. There's
actually two ways that your
00:52:04.65\00:52:09.42
sins can be taken care of.
00:52:09.46\00:52:11.03
The first way is if you accept
Jesus Christ as your Savior
00:52:11.06\00:52:18.13
and Lord, and therefore
accept the payment that
00:52:18.17\00:52:22.74
He made for your sins.
00:52:22.77\00:52:24.11
Let me ask you, If you received
Jesus, are your sins paid for?
00:52:24.14\00:52:27.51
They most certainly are
paid for, but you didn't
00:52:27.54\00:52:30.18
have to pay for them.
00:52:30.21\00:52:31.55
He was
sacrificed instead of you.
00:52:31.58\00:52:33.35
But I ask you, Is
there another way of paying
00:52:35.98\00:52:39.62
the penalty of sin?
00:52:39.65\00:52:41.16
Of course there is.
00:52:41.19\00:52:42.52
What is the other
way? that I suffer death.
00:52:42.56\00:52:49.23
Are you
understanding why sacrificial
00:52:49.26\00:52:52.23
animals are used here?
00:52:52.27\00:52:53.60
It's because the wicked did not
accept the sacrifice of Christ,
00:52:53.64\00:52:57.97
therefore they have to pay
the debt for their own sins.
00:52:58.01\00:53:03.55
You see when Jesus died
he deposited enough currency,
00:53:03.58\00:53:08.12
if you please, in the bank
of the universe, to save every
00:53:08.15\00:53:12.69
single human being.
00:53:12.72\00:53:14.06
But we have to come, and we
have to make the withdrawal.
00:53:14.09\00:53:17.79
And if we don't make the
withdrawal, then His payment
00:53:17.83\00:53:21.90
will do us no good.
00:53:21.96\00:53:23.30
And, therefore, we must pay
for our sins with our own death.
00:53:23.33\00:53:27.50
Are you
understanding what I am saying?
00:53:27.54\00:53:28.87
And Ezekiel 39 is talking about
this group of people outside
00:53:28.90\00:53:34.28
the holy city, because Ezekiel
38 and 39 are talking about
00:53:34.31\00:53:37.61
Gog and Magog; the same
context of Revelation 20:7-9.
00:53:37.65\00:53:41.72
So my question is, Why were
those outside the city lost?
00:53:41.75\00:53:46.12
Because they rejected
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord,
00:53:46.15\00:53:50.43
and they chose rather to worship
whom? the beast, his image,
00:53:50.46\00:53:56.20
and to receive
the mark of the beast,
00:53:56.23\00:53:59.07
and the number of his name.
00:53:59.10\00:54:00.84
So is receiving Jesus Christ
a matter of life and death?
00:54:00.87\00:54:06.24
It most certainly is.
00:54:06.27\00:54:07.94
You see, either Jesus suffered
the wrath of God in my place,
00:54:07.98\00:54:12.28
or I will have to
suffer the wrath of God myself.
00:54:12.31\00:54:15.95
Notice once again
Revelation 20:14, 15,
00:54:15.98\00:54:20.69
the final manifestation
of the wrath of God. It says:
00:54:20.72\00:54:25.09
Do you know what
the second death is?
00:54:33.74\00:54:35.30
The second death is
that death from which there
00:54:35.34\00:54:38.27
is no resurrection.
00:54:38.34\00:54:39.71
Did Jesus suffer
the second death?
00:54:43.04\00:54:44.65
Don't miss the
next exciting episode,
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.62
because we're going
to address that issue.
00:54:49.65\00:54:52.35
Did Jesus suffer second death?
00:54:52.39\00:54:53.89
If He did suffer
second death, why is He not
00:54:53.92\00:54:57.06
separated from God today?
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.76
Why did He see His
Father's face again?
00:54:58.79\00:55:00.96
A very important
question, which we'll address
00:55:01.00\00:55:05.00
in our next lecture.
00:55:05.03\00:55:06.97
But I want you to notice:
Then death and Hades were cast
00:55:07.00\00:55:10.51
into the lake of fire.
00:55:10.54\00:55:11.87
This is the second death.
00:55:11.91\00:55:13.24
And anyone not found where?
written in the book of life
00:55:13.27\00:55:18.81
was cast into the lake of fire.
00:55:18.85\00:55:21.22
Whose book is
this, the book of life?
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Notice Revelation 13:8. It says:
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That is worship the beast.
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Who is written in the
book of the Lamb? the saved.
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And when was that Lamb slain?
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It says here from the
foundation of the world.
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The plan was laid in
eternity, but it was implemented
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when Jesus Christ
came to this earth.
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And so who is it folks, who is
going to drink the cup of wine
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of the wrath of God?
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What a waste! Nobody in
this world really has to drink
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the cup of the wrath of God,
of the wine of the wrath of God,
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because Jesus already drank it.
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What a waste that
someone would have to drink that
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cup of wrath themselves
when Jesus already drank it.
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The Bible tells us that in
the last days those who worship
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the beast and his
image, and receive his mark,
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and the number of his
name, will drink the cup of the
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unmitigated wrath of God.
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And after the
millennium their destruction
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will be sure and final.
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So the big question is,
Have we repented of sin,
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and confessed our sin?
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Have we chosen Jesus
Christ as our Savior and Lord
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instead of the beast?
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Have we committed our
lives without any reservation
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to Jesus
Christ, and only to Him?
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You see, the issue at
the end of time will be
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Christ or the beast?
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And the question is, Who
of these two will we worship?
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