Let's pray. Father what a joy
it is to be in Your presence.
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We've delighted as
we've opened Your Holy Word
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and studied about the
three angels' messages;
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Your last
message to planet Earth.
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And Father as we study
about that great call in
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Revelation 18, Come
out of her My people,
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we ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
especially bless those who are
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watching this programming
on the different media.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
open their minds and hearts
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to receive the
truth as it is in Jesus.
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And we thank You, Father, for
the promise of Your presence,
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because we ask it in
the precious and holy name
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of Your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
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I'd like to begin our
final study on the three angels'
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messages by reading the passage
that we have been studying
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during the last several
weeks, Revelation 14:6-12,
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and then what we're going to
do is bring everything together.
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We're going to see how
all of these pieces of the
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three angels'
messages fit together.
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And not only will we dwell on
Revelation 14:6-12, we will also
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saw a few things
about Revelation 14:14-20.
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Revelation 14:6
reads as follows:
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That's the first
angel's message. Verse 8.
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And then in verse 9 we
have the third angel's message.
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This is God's final
message to planet Earth.
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Because, as we're going to
notice, as soon as the third
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angel finishes his message
Jesus is seen seated on a cloud
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with a cycle in His
hand, and He's going to harvest
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the harvest of the earth, and
He's going to harvest the grapes
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of the earth
because they are ripe.
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In other words, these
messages divide all of the human
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race into two groups.
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Now what we want to do
is review, very briefly,
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the content of the
three angels' messages.
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You'll notice that the first
angel's message, first of all,
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presents the everlasting
gospel to every nation, kindred,
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tongue, and people.
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We have studied
the everlasting gospel.
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We noticed that the everlasting
gospel has to do with
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what Jesus did for us.
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Jesus lived the
life that we should live.
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Jesus died the
death that we should die.
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And if we receive Jesus as
our Savior, and as our Lord,
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His life counts as if it was our
life, and His death stands in
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place of our death.
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In other words, the everlasting
gospel has to do with
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the objective work of Jesus
Christ; what Jesus did for us.
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He lived the life that we should
live, and He died the death
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that we should
die, so that we could be
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accepted in the beloved.
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And we noticed in our study
that it's called the everlasting
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gospel, because the plan
of salvation was laid in the
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ceaseless ages of eternity past.
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You know, many Christians
would want to stop with the
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first part of the
first angel's message.
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Yes, it's all about
the everlasting gospel.
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It's all about
what Jesus did for us.
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But verse 6 does not end
the first angel's message.
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You see, the first angel's
message, the everlasting gospel
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when it is embraced, it
commands us to do certain
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things in response.
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And so in verse 7 we have
the response that Jesus expects
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from those who have
embraced the everlasting gospel.
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And so the second
part of the first angel's
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message says fear God.
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You see, that's our
response to what Jesus has done
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when He lived on this earth a
perfect life, and when He died
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the cruel death
that we should die.
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As a result of
embracing the gospel the command
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is given: Fear God.
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Now we've studied
what it means to fear God.
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The basic idea behind fearing
God is loving obedience to God,
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because we stand in
reverence, and in awe of Him.
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In other words, fearing
God means obeying God because
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we love Him from the
bottom of our hearts.
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And we notice that
that expression, fear God,
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or the fear of the Lord,
is constantly in the Bible,
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linked with the idea of
obedience to God's commandments.
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For example, in Ecclesiastes
12 it says, Fear God and keep
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His commandments; for
this is the whole duty of man.
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For God will bring
every work into judgment.
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Once again, fearing God,
and keeping His commandments,
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are connected,
or linked together.
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So the first angel's message
says, If you have embraced
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the gospel of Jesus
Christ, you will fear God.
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But then you'll notice that the
first angel's message continues
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saying, Give glory to Him.
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In other words, not only
fear Him to the point of keeping
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His
commandments and obeying Him,
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but also revealing His
glory; giving glory to God.
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And, as we studied, we noticed
that the only glory that we can
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give God is the glory that came
from Him in the first place.
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We noticed that His
glory is His character.
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And when we have embraced
the gospel of Jesus Christ,
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the gospel of Jesus
Christ transforms us.
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It changes us into His
glory, and then we reflect
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His glory to the world.
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I other words, the call to give
glory to God means to reveal
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the loving and wonderful
character of God to the world.
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We use the illustration
of the sun and the moon.
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You see, the sun
represents God's glory.
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The moon would be us.
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The moon receives the glory from
the sun, and then it projects
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the glory of the
sun to the earth.
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In the same way, we receive
the glory of Jesus Christ.
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We, in contact with Him, receive
the glory of His character,
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and as a result we
project, or we reflect
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His glory to the world.
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So the first angel not
only calls us to obey God,
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it also calls us to reflect in
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the world the
wonderful character of God.
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But the first angel's message
also calls upon us to care
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for our bodies, and for
our minds; what we put into our
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bodies, and what
we put into our minds.
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Because that expression, Giving
glory to God, is also used by
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the Apostle Paul to
say that we are temples.
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Our bodies are
temples of the Holy Spirit,
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and therefore we are to glorify
God with our body and with our
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spirit, or our mind,
because they belong to God.
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This means that we will be very
careful about what we watch,
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and what we listen to, what
we allow to come into our minds.
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It also means that we will be
very careful with our physical
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nature, with our physical body.
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We will follow God's laws
of health, because you need to
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have a healthy body
to have a healthy mind.
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And so the first angel's message
not only calls us to reflect
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the glorious character of God,
but it also calls upon us to be
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careful about what we
eat, and what we drink.
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It should bring glory to God.
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But the first angel's message
also tells us that we are now
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in the hour of God's judgment.
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You see, most Christians believe
that the judgment is going to
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take place when Jesus
comes, or perhaps even at
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the moment you die.
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Because they believe that when
a person dies, if the person was
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evil they go to hell,
or their soul goes to hell.
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If they were righteous
their soul goes to heaven.
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And there are other Christians
who believe that perhaps
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your soul would go purgatory
to suffer a little while until
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your soul is cleansed,
and then it can enter glory.
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And some even say that for
people who have not reached
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the age of accountability,
their soul would go to limbo.
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But the fact is, the Bible tells
us that the judgment begins
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at a certain
point in human history.
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It begins, and we haven't
studied this specifically,
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the date, but actually begins
shortly after 1798 in 1844.
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That's when God began
the process of judging
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first the dead, and
ending with the living.
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So if the judgment begins
at a particular point of time,
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and it begins with those who
died first: Adam and all of his
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decedents, that would mean
that Adam and his decedents
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did not go to heaven or to hell
when they died, because if they
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went to heaven or hell when
they died, why would God call a
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judgment to judge them if
they've already been judged?
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So basically the idea that
we are in the hour of God's
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judgment brings to view
another important doctrine,
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and that is that the
dead know not anything.
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Because the dead are dead until
the moment when their name comes
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up in the judgment,
and when they're finally
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rewarded when Jesus comes.
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In other words, when
a person dies they don't
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receive their reward.
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When a person dies they go to
the grave, then in heaven they
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are judged, and eventually,
based on what is done in the
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judgment, they receive
life or death when Jesus comes.
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This means that the dead are not
anywhere except in the grave,
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so the state of
the dead is involved.
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Basically the first angel's
message tells us that the dead
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are in the grave until Jesus
comes, so there's no such thing
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as the immortality of the soul.
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So you would have to find
a people in the world who are
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teaching that now we are
in the hour of God's judgment,
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a people who teach that we're
supposed to honor and glorify
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God by what we eat and what we
drink, a people whose passion is
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to reveal the character of
God, a people who are teaching
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that we need to keep
all of God's commandments,
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because we fear Him, because
we respect Him, because we stand
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in awe of Him, and a
people who teach that the
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dead know nothing.
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But there's another
thing that is brought to view
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in the first angel's message,
and that is a call to worship
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the Creator, the One who
made the heavens, the earth,
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the seas, and the
fountains of waters.
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Now we've studied that
to recognize the Creator,
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God gave us a sign, and
that sign of the Creator
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was the holy Sabbath.
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You see, you can't
separate worship of the Creator
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from the Sabbath, because
the Sabbath is the sign of
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worship to the Creator.
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And so the first angel's message
calls us to worship the Creator
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on the day which
He has established,
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which is the
seventh day Sabbath.
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So if you're looking for
a people who are proclaiming
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the first angel's message, you
must look for a people who are
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keeping God's Holy Sabbath day.
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Let me ask you, does the
first angel's message identify
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God's remnant
people on this earth?
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It most certainly does.
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They are people who have a
deep respect and awe for God,
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and they keep His commandments.
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They are a people who say we're
supposed to care for our minds,
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and for our bodies.
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They are a people who say that
we need to reflect the wonderful
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character of God to the world.
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They are a people who
say that we are now in the
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hour of God's judgment;
nothing that people are judged
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when they die or
when Jesus comes.
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The judgment is
taking place now.
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There are people who say
that the dead know nothing
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until the moment
of the resurrection.
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There are people who teach
that we're supposed to keep
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the Sabbath in
honor of the Creator.
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This is the
first angel's message.
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But then we have
a second message:
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the second angel's message.
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The second angel's message
actually speaks about Babylon,
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and Babylon is the opposite
of the first angel's message.
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Now we're going to
discover, as we study along,
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that Babylon has three parts.
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And a little bit later on
in this lecture we're going to
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review what these
three parts represent.
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The Bible tells us that Babylon
is composed of the dragon,
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the beast, and the false
prophet. Revelation 16:13.
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Now Revelation 17 presents
it with different terminology.
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Revelation 17, instead of the
beast, speaks about the harlot.
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Instead of speaking
about the false prophet,
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it speaks about the
daughters of the harlot.
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And instead of speaking about
the dragon, it speaks about
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the kings of the earth with
which the harlot fornicates,
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or has illicit relations.
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And so the dragon, the beast,
and the false prophet are spoken
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of in Revelation 17 as
the harlot, her daughters,
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and the kings of the earth.
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And the second angel's
message tells us that Babylon,
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this three fold system
is fallen, and it tells us
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the reason why Babylon fell.
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It says there in Revelation 14:
8 that Babylon is fallen because
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she has given all
nations to drink of the wine
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of the wrath of her fornication.
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Her fall is due to the fact that
she gave the nations her wine.
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Now we've studied what the
wine of Babylon represents.
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In fact we dedicated a
whole lecture just to talk about
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the wine of Babylon.
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And we noticed that the wine
of Babylon represents her false
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practices, and her counterfeit
doctrines; doctrines such as
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the idea that Sunday is holy.
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Doctrines such as the idea that
it's possible for the living
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to speak to the dead,
or to pray for the dead.
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Such as the idea that it
doesn't matter what you eat,
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or what you drink.
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Such as the idea that
saying that God's law was
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nailed to the cross.
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Such as the idea that
God throws the wicked into an
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eternally burning hell.
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We studied all of this
from the Bible when we dealt
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with the wine of Babylon.
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In other words, what I am saying
is that the wine of Babylon
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is the opposite of
the first angel's message.
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You see, the first angel's
message presents, if you please,
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the wine of God, the
unfermented wine of God.
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You see the wine of God
doesn't make people drunk.
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The wine of God
makes people sober.
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And so when you drink
God's wine, you assimilate His
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doctrines, and the practices
that are found in Scripture.
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But Babylon gives the
nations fermented wine.
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She makes them drunk,
which means her false doctrines,
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and her false
teachings make people drunk.
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And so, folks, the
second angel's message is the
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opposite of the first.
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In the first angel's message you
have a people who practice the
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things that are
mentioned in that message.
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The second message, in
contrast, speaks about Babylon,
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who teaches just the
opposite of what is taught
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in the first angel's message.
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In fact, do you know that in
the book of Revelation we have
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two groups of three angels?
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You say, Now wait a minute, we
have two groups of three angels?
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Absolutely. The first group is
the one that we're studying now.
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Let me ask you, What is the
purpose of these three angels?
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Folks if you continue reading
you'll notice that the purpose
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of the three angel's
messages is to gather the whole
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world on God's side.
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It's a message to the
world to tell people, Hey,
00:20:26.29\00:20:30.26
come over to God's side.
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But there are
three counterfeit angels.
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They also go to all of
the world to gather the world
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on the side of the
beast; on the side of Satan.
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You say, Where are those
three counterfeit angels?
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They're found in Revelation 16:
13, where it speaks about three
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evil spirits like frogs.
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Who are these evil spirits?
00:20:58.05\00:21:00.16
The evil spirits that Jesus cast
out were fallen angels folks.
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And so it says that these
three evil spirits like frogs,
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come out of the
mouth of the dragon.
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Let me ask you, What is it that
comes out of your mouth? words.
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And so out of the mouth of
the dragon, out of the mouth
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of the beast, out of the
mouth of the false prophet,
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come these teachings that are
inspired by three counterfeit
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angels to gather the
world on the side of the beast,
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on the side of Satan.
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So basically you have to
decide whether you accept
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the three angels' message
of God, or whether you accept
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the wine of Babylon.
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And then, of course, we
have the third angel's message.
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It is the most dire and
severe warning that we find
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in all of the Bible.
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And you know some people
say, Well, talk to me about
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the love of Jesus.
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This third message is a
message of love from Jesus.
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You see, warnings are
also messages of love,
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even if they are
drastic and strong warnings.
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You know, some times
you need strong medicine.
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You know, it doesn't exactly,
you know when it's bitter
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in the mouth, you know,
you say, Oh, this is terrible!
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But I'll tell you
what, the disease is worse.
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And so sometimes God gives
us a message which is strong,
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which hits us hard.
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But the purpose of the third
angel's message is that we do
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not end up
worshipping the beast,
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and worshipping his
image, and receiving his mark
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and the number of his name.
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Because those who
worship the beast and his image,
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and receive the mark,
and the number of his name,
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are going to receive
the unmixed wrath of God.
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And God does not want
anyone to suffer His wrath.
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And so He sends this message.
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He says, Babylon is fallen.
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Don't receive the
mark of the beast.
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Don't worship the beast.
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Don't worship his image.
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Because you will receive
the unmitigated wrath of God.
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Now the third angel's
message mentions several powers.
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It mentions the
beast, worshipping the beast.
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Now we dedicated a whole
lecture to talk about the beast,
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and we noticed Biblically,
without a shadow of a doubt,
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that the beast represents
the Roman Catholic system.
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I'm not talking about the
individuals in the system.
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There's a lot of God's
true people in Babylon.
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In fact we're going
to notice that before we
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draw this to an end.
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Many of God's true
people are in Babylon.
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They belong to the beast, or
they're within the beast power.
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I shouldn't say they
belong to the beast power,
00:23:53.23\00:23:55.03
but now they are
part of that system.
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There are many people who are
in this system, which is called
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the false prophet.
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There are many of God's
true people among the kings
00:24:03.67\00:24:06.91
of the earth, the
secular powers of the earth.
00:24:06.94\00:24:08.84
And we're going to notice
that God gives these people
00:24:08.88\00:24:12.65
a call to come out.
00:24:12.68\00:24:15.05
And so we notice that
the beast power represents
00:24:15.08\00:24:18.79
the Roman Catholic Papacy
as a system, a power that ruled
00:24:18.82\00:24:23.93
for time, times, and the
dividing of time, or 1260 years,
00:24:23.96\00:24:29.03
from 538 to 1798, and a power
who received a deadly wound,
00:24:29.06\00:24:33.87
but whose deadly
wound is going to be healed.
00:24:33.90\00:24:36.60
And everyone on Planet
Earth who is not on God's side
00:24:36.64\00:24:40.84
will worship this system.
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.04
But we also noticed in
the third angel's message
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that there is a second beast.
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This is a beast that rises from
the earth, has two horns like a
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lamb, which we noticed
represents two kingdoms;
00:24:53.25\00:24:56.93
one nation that recognizes two
kingdoms that Jesus recognized,
00:24:56.96\00:25:01.70
because they're
two horns like a lamb,
00:25:01.73\00:25:03.77
and horns represent kingdoms.
00:25:03.80\00:25:06.07
We identified this power,
beyond any shadow of a doubt, as
00:25:06.10\00:25:12.17
the United States of America,
who in it's founding documents
00:25:12.21\00:25:17.21
taught, and still teaches
to this day, that in the United
00:25:17.25\00:25:22.42
States of America there
are two separable kingdoms.
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There's the kingdom of
the church, and there is the
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kingdom of the state, and
they exist in the same nation,
00:25:29.56\00:25:33.26
but they are to be kept
separate one from another.
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Render therefore unto
Caesar that which is Caesar's,
00:25:36.43\00:25:40.10
and unto God
that which is God's.
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But this beast that rises from
the earth will have these two
00:25:42.40\00:25:45.41
horns like a lamb.
00:25:45.44\00:25:46.78
It will confess, externally,
that it believes in two
00:25:46.81\00:25:50.35
kingdoms, but we're told in
the prophecy that it will end up
00:25:50.38\00:25:55.02
speaking like a dragon, which
means that it will make an image
00:25:55.05\00:25:59.65
to the first beast.
00:25:59.69\00:26:01.02
It will have a love relationship
with the Roman Catholic Papacy,
00:26:01.06\00:26:04.86
and it will
implement in the United States
00:26:04.89\00:26:07.70
the principles of the Papacy.
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.70
It will no longer
separate church and state.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.80
It will join church and state.
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.37
It will make an
image of the first beast.
00:26:13.40\00:26:15.50
Now if you look at the first
beast, what characterized it
00:26:15.54\00:26:18.91
is that during the 1260 years,
it used the power of the sword,
00:26:18.94\00:26:24.25
or the power of the state,
to persecute those who were not
00:26:24.28\00:26:27.85
in harmony with her.
00:26:27.88\00:26:29.22
So if this beast from the earth
is going to make an image of
00:26:29.25\00:26:33.19
that first beast, it must mean
that she's going to join church
00:26:33.22\00:26:37.79
and state, and she's
going to enforce the principles
00:26:37.83\00:26:41.56
of the first beast.
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And then, of course, we noticed
in the third angel's message
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about the mark of the beast.
00:26:49.34\00:26:51.67
We actually had two lectures
on the mark of the beast.
00:26:51.71\00:26:54.81
And we noticed that the
mark of the beast is in contrast
00:26:54.84\00:26:57.58
to the seal of God.
00:26:57.61\00:26:58.95
The seal of God is found in the
fourth commandment of His law.
00:26:58.98\00:27:02.88
You need three things for a
seal: the name of the person,
00:27:02.92\00:27:07.26
his office, and the
territory over which he rules.
00:27:07.29\00:27:11.79
There's only one commandment in
God's law that has those three
00:27:11.83\00:27:15.26
characteristics, and
that is the fourth commandment
00:27:15.30\00:27:17.87
of God's holy law.
00:27:17.90\00:27:19.23
In other words, the seal of
God is the seventh day Sabbath,
00:27:19.27\00:27:23.81
which means that the mark of the
beast must be an opposite sign
00:27:23.84\00:27:28.21
that the beast has of
his power and his authority.
00:27:28.24\00:27:32.71
And we noticed that the beast,
the Roman Catholic Papacy,
00:27:32.75\00:27:36.79
claims that its sign
of authority is Sunday
00:27:36.82\00:27:42.92
as the day of rest.
00:27:42.96\00:27:45.36
Then we studied about
the number of the beast.
00:27:45.39\00:27:49.46
We noticed that the number
is connected with his name;
00:27:49.50\00:27:52.30
it's the number of his name.
00:27:52.33\00:27:53.67
And we noticed that his
name is Vicarious Filii Dei.
00:27:53.70\00:27:58.34
We dedicated a
whole lecture to this.
00:27:58.37\00:27:59.97
It was quite a while ago.
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.34
But we noticed that Vicarious
Filii Dei, the number value
00:28:01.38\00:28:05.28
of those Latin letters is 666.
00:28:05.31\00:28:09.12
And, by the way, that
name, according to the Papacy,
00:28:09.15\00:28:13.69
is what gives it
authority to do things on earth
00:28:13.72\00:28:17.99
in the name of Jesus, such as
the idea that it has the power
00:28:18.03\00:28:23.23
to change God's law.
00:28:23.26\00:28:24.97
You ask the Papacy, Who gave you
the power to change God's law?
00:28:25.00\00:28:29.44
They'll say,
Because we have on earth
00:28:29.47\00:28:32.47
the Vicar of the Son of God.
00:28:32.51\00:28:34.54
He represents the Son
of God, therefore he can
00:28:34.58\00:28:37.71
do what Jesus does.
00:28:37.75\00:28:39.78
So you see the name and
number is related to his claim
00:28:39.81\00:28:44.59
to having power to
change God's holy law.
00:28:44.62\00:28:48.36
Beware of receiving his number.
00:28:48.39\00:28:51.93
Then we noticed at the end
of the third angel's message
00:28:53.70\00:28:56.83
that whoever drinks the wine
of Babylon, whoever worships
00:28:56.87\00:29:01.80
the beast and his
image, and receives his mark,
00:29:01.84\00:29:05.67
and the number of his name, will
suffer the outpouring of the
00:29:05.71\00:29:10.75
unmitigated, unmixed wrath
of God upon those who did not
00:29:10.78\00:29:17.09
receive the gospel,
and who did not receive
00:29:17.12\00:29:20.26
the three angel's message.
00:29:20.29\00:29:23.02
And we noticed in the third
angel's message that there's a
00:29:23.06\00:29:27.26
reference to being tormented
with fire and brimstone
00:29:27.30\00:29:31.73
before the angels,
and before the Lamb,
00:29:31.77\00:29:34.80
and not having
rest day or night.
00:29:34.84\00:29:37.87
Those who worship
the beast and his image,
00:29:37.91\00:29:40.28
and received his mark,
and the number of his name.
00:29:40.31\00:29:43.21
And we did a full study of
what this is really saying.
00:29:43.24\00:29:47.45
You see most churches teach
that those who are in apostasy
00:29:47.48\00:29:52.69
against God in the end time
are going to burn in the fires
00:29:52.72\00:29:57.53
of hell forever, and
ever, and ever, and ever,
00:29:57.56\00:30:01.76
and they're
never going to go out.
00:30:01.80\00:30:03.43
But we studied this very
carefully, and we noticed
00:30:03.47\00:30:07.80
that even though the
torment is going to be long,
00:30:07.84\00:30:10.51
the suffering is going to be
long, eventually the suffering
00:30:10.54\00:30:14.88
will come to an end.
00:30:14.91\00:30:17.21
In other words, hell fire is
not a place where God tortures
00:30:17.25\00:30:20.58
people throughout the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:30:20.62\00:30:23.42
People will be punished in the
lake of fire according to their
00:30:23.45\00:30:28.59
works according to Scripture.
00:30:28.62\00:30:31.16
And then, of course, we
have the conclusion of the
00:30:31.19\00:30:34.10
third angel's message.
00:30:34.13\00:30:35.46
Do you know the conclusion
of the third angel's message
00:30:35.50\00:30:38.63
brings to view the
remnant of Jesus Christ.
00:30:38.67\00:30:41.67
Notice the
characteristics of the remnant.
00:30:41.70\00:30:46.91
Revelation 14:12 speaks
about those who have what?
00:30:46.94\00:30:51.75
the patience of the saints.
00:30:51.78\00:30:54.52
Why are we going
to need patience?
00:30:54.55\00:30:56.65
Folks we studied a whole lecture
on the patience of the saints.
00:30:56.69\00:31:01.62
God's people are going to
go through the tribulation.
00:31:01.66\00:31:04.73
It's going to be the
worst period in human history.
00:31:04.76\00:31:08.50
Even the most fertile
imagination cannot imagine
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.30
what the
tribulation is going to be like.
00:31:12.33\00:31:13.67
It's going to be like the
time when the three young men
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.27
were thrown into
the fiery furnace.
00:31:17.31\00:31:19.27
Well let me make it
clear, God's people will not
00:31:19.31\00:31:23.35
suffer the wrath of God.
00:31:23.38\00:31:24.91
They will live on the earth when
God is pouring out His wrath,
00:31:24.95\00:31:28.92
but they will be
shielded by divine power,
00:31:28.95\00:31:31.09
just like the three young men
were shielded by divine power.
00:31:31.12\00:31:34.56
But they will have to be
on earth, and their faith will
00:31:34.59\00:31:38.53
be severely tested,
but they will stand.
00:31:38.56\00:31:41.83
They will have
the perseverance...
00:31:41.86\00:31:44.10
Which is a better translation.
00:31:44.13\00:31:45.47
They will have the
perseverance of the saints.
00:31:45.50\00:31:48.24
They will hang on,
and they will not give up.
00:31:48.27\00:31:52.27
God's remnant will have
the patience of the saints.
00:31:52.31\00:31:55.98
But then the last part of the
third angel's message also says
00:31:56.01\00:32:00.08
that they keep the
commandments of God.
00:32:00.12\00:32:03.15
And we studied a whole lecture
on the commandments of God,
00:32:03.18\00:32:05.55
and we noticed
that the expression,
00:32:05.59\00:32:07.86
keeping the commandments of God,
00:32:07.89\00:32:09.89
refers to the ten commandments.
00:32:09.92\00:32:11.96
In other words, God's
people are going to keep
00:32:11.99\00:32:15.20
the ten commandments.
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.56
So much for the people who
say that the ten commandments
00:32:16.60\00:32:19.03
were nailed to the cross, or
that Jesus was the one who kept
00:32:19.07\00:32:23.47
the commandments, so we
don't have to keep them,
00:32:23.51\00:32:25.74
or that we don't have to keep
the commandments because we're
00:32:25.77\00:32:28.78
not under law,
but we're under grace.
00:32:28.81\00:32:30.95
That we don't have to
keep the commandments;
00:32:30.98\00:32:32.65
that's just the letter,
but we live by the Spirit.
00:32:32.68\00:32:35.78
You're making a liar out of God,
because God says that He will
00:32:35.82\00:32:41.22
have a remnant that have
the patience of the saints,
00:32:41.26\00:32:44.16
and keep the
commandments of God.
00:32:44.19\00:32:46.80
It is possible to
keep God's commandments,
00:32:46.83\00:32:49.43
according to Revelation 14:12.
00:32:49.46\00:32:52.50
And then another characteristic
is given of the remnant.
00:32:52.53\00:32:57.84
It says that they have the faith
of Jesus, which when we studied
00:32:57.87\00:33:03.21
we noticed that
it is faith in Jesus.
00:33:03.24\00:33:07.55
That's the correct
translation: faith in Jesus.
00:33:07.58\00:33:10.99
You see, if you had only
that they keep the commandments
00:33:11.02\00:33:14.62
of God, you might
reach the conclusion
00:33:14.66\00:33:16.96
that this is legalism.
00:33:16.99\00:33:18.43
But, see, you can't keep the
commandments of God unless you
00:33:18.46\00:33:22.86
have faith in Jesus.
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.93
We dealt about this
issue of faith and works.
00:33:24.97\00:33:28.50
Keeping the commandments
of God would be the works.
00:33:28.54\00:33:31.17
But you can't keep the
commandments of God unless
00:33:31.21\00:33:34.58
you have faith in Jesus.
00:33:34.61\00:33:37.11
In other words, faith in Jesus
is what empowers you to keep
00:33:37.15\00:33:42.32
God's holy commandments.
00:33:42.35\00:33:45.12
And so God will have a people
that have the patience of the
00:33:45.15\00:33:48.49
saints; a people who
keep the commandments of God.
00:33:48.52\00:33:52.29
But they don't
keep them legalistically
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.20
like the Pharisees.
00:33:54.23\00:33:55.56
They keep the
commandments of God because they
00:33:55.60\00:33:57.93
have faith in Jesus.
00:33:57.97\00:34:00.44
And then there's
another characteristic,
00:34:00.47\00:34:04.41
which is not found in
the third angel's message,
00:34:04.44\00:34:06.54
but it is found in Revelation
12:17, which is a parallel
00:34:06.57\00:34:11.41
verse, and it's also
found in Revelation 19:10.
00:34:11.45\00:34:15.12
The remnant of God also have
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:34:15.15\00:34:22.09
And we noticed that the
testimony of Jesus Christ
00:34:22.12\00:34:24.99
is the gift of prophecy.
00:34:25.03\00:34:26.73
In other words, God's remnant
people will have a prophetic
00:34:26.76\00:34:30.30
voice in their midst; not to add
to the Bible, but a prophet that
00:34:30.33\00:34:35.60
will enlighten, amplify,
explain, correct those who go
00:34:35.64\00:34:40.74
astray from Bible truth.
00:34:40.78\00:34:42.74
The remnant will have
the testimony of Jesus,
00:34:42.78\00:34:46.45
which is the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:34:46.48\00:34:49.88
So God's people will
have definite characteristics.
00:34:49.92\00:34:54.62
If you want to find the true
church you have to find a church
00:34:54.66\00:34:59.19
that teaches that we're supposed
to fear God to the point of
00:34:59.23\00:35:01.50
keeping His commandments, a
church that teaches that we're
00:35:01.53\00:35:05.00
supposed to be careful
with what we put in our bodies,
00:35:05.03\00:35:08.54
and what we put in our minds, a
church that teaches that we need
00:35:08.57\00:35:12.57
to reflect the
glorious character of God.
00:35:12.61\00:35:14.64
In other words, it's not enough
to just believe what Jesus did,
00:35:14.68\00:35:17.61
we need to reveal His character.
00:35:17.65\00:35:19.11
We need to have
a sanctified life,
00:35:19.15\00:35:21.12
not just justified,
but also sanctified.
00:35:21.15\00:35:24.82
It has to be a
people that believe we're in
00:35:24.85\00:35:30.39
the hour of God's judgment.
00:35:30.43\00:35:31.76
It has to be a people who
believe that the dead are dead
00:35:31.79\00:35:35.53
until the resurrection.
00:35:35.56\00:35:36.90
It has to be a people that
proclaim that Babylon is fallen,
00:35:36.93\00:35:41.04
and they teach
contrary to the wine of Babylon.
00:35:41.07\00:35:44.21
It has to be a people
who teach that we're supposed
00:35:44.24\00:35:47.71
to keep God's commandments, a
people who have faith in Jesus,
00:35:47.74\00:35:51.51
a people who have the
patience of the saints,
00:35:51.55\00:35:54.15
a people who have the
prophetic voice in their midst.
00:35:54.18\00:35:57.45
I'll tell you, there's not
very many options out there
00:35:57.49\00:36:01.02
if you're looking
for a church that has all
00:36:01.06\00:36:03.73
of these characteristics.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.09
Now you say, Pastor, why does
the message of Babylon appeal
00:36:06.83\00:36:15.24
to so many people?
00:36:15.27\00:36:16.60
Because we must admit that most
people are not on God's side,
00:36:16.64\00:36:21.71
most people are
on the Devil's side.
00:36:21.74\00:36:24.91
What is it that appeals to
Babylon that would lead most
00:36:24.95\00:36:31.95
people to embrace the teachings
and the practices of Babylon?
00:36:31.99\00:36:36.86
I have this interesting
statement that's found in this
00:36:36.89\00:36:41.46
classic book on Bible prophecy,
The Great Controversy, Page 572.
00:36:41.50\00:36:46.80
Listen
carefully to what it says.
00:36:46.84\00:36:48.80
Remember, the third angel's
message has a balance between
00:36:48.84\00:36:51.47
having faith in Jesus, and
keeping the commandments of God.
00:36:51.51\00:36:56.34
Listen folks, it's dangerous
to go to either extreme
00:36:56.38\00:36:59.68
without the other.
00:36:59.71\00:37:01.05
If you teach that you have
to keep the commandments of God,
00:37:01.08\00:37:04.49
but don't have faith in
Jesus, you're a legalist.
00:37:04.52\00:37:07.46
But if you teach,
I've got faith in Jesus;
00:37:07.49\00:37:10.96
I don't have to
keep the commandments,
00:37:10.99\00:37:12.46
then you believe that you
can be saved in your sins.
00:37:12.49\00:37:15.26
So you have to have both.
00:37:17.17\00:37:18.50
Do you know what really
appeals to people's minds?
00:37:18.53\00:37:21.60
What really appeals is the idea
that they can be saved by their
00:37:21.64\00:37:27.11
works, or they can
be saved in their sins.
00:37:27.14\00:37:30.05
That's the genius of Babylon.
00:37:30.08\00:37:32.15
Let me read this statement.
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.42
A prayerful study of the
Bible would show Protestants...
00:37:34.45\00:37:43.09
Because they're
playing with fire, folks.
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.26
Protestants in the United States
are playing with fire when they
00:37:45.29\00:37:48.83
draw close to the
Roman Catholic Papacy.
00:37:48.86\00:37:50.57
They don't have any
idea what they're doing.
00:37:50.60\00:37:52.47
They'll only wake up
when it's too late. She says:
00:37:52.50\00:37:59.27
You know, that
they think, I'm right.
00:38:14.42\00:38:16.76
The apostle Paul described this
as people who will have a form
00:38:58.43\00:39:03.54
of Godliness, but they
will not have the power
00:39:03.57\00:39:06.98
of Godliness in their lives.
00:39:07.01\00:39:09.38
In other words, people who go
to church, people who go through
00:39:09.41\00:39:12.88
all of the forms of religion.
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.32
It looks like they're very
religious, but they're lacking
00:39:14.35\00:39:18.69
the power that
transforms and changes the life.
00:39:18.72\00:39:22.29
So she says, What they
desire is a method of forgetting
00:39:22.32\00:39:25.89
God which shall...
00:39:25.96\00:39:27.30
Not the needs, but the wants.
00:39:33.40\00:39:34.84
Notice their terminology
00:39:34.87\00:39:36.60
Are you catching the picture?
00:40:05.73\00:40:08.77
This is exactly contrary
to the third angel's message.
00:40:08.80\00:40:12.77
The third angel's message
says you have faith in Jesus,
00:40:12.81\00:40:16.21
and you keep His commandments.
00:40:16.24\00:40:18.65
This system says all you need
is to profess faith in Jesus,
00:40:18.68\00:40:24.22
or you don't have to
keep the commandments,
00:40:24.25\00:40:26.45
or keep the commandments,
but you don't have to
00:40:26.49\00:40:29.76
have faith in Jesus.
00:40:29.79\00:40:31.43
In other words, it's a system
that appeals to the desires,
00:40:31.46\00:40:36.53
and to the wants of
most everybody in the world,
00:40:36.56\00:40:39.30
because people would love to
have their cake and eat it, too.
00:40:39.33\00:40:43.57
And that's exactly
what this is talking about.
00:40:43.61\00:40:47.24
Now do you know that
towards the end of human history
00:40:47.28\00:40:51.91
the message of the
second angel is going to be
00:40:51.95\00:40:55.78
proclaimed again with power?
00:40:55.82\00:40:57.72
And I believe that now we
have arrived at that time.
00:40:57.75\00:41:02.06
The second angel's message
basically proclaimed that
00:41:02.09\00:41:07.00
Babylon was fallen, was fallen.
00:41:07.03\00:41:09.66
We read it in Revelation 14:8.
00:41:09.70\00:41:12.23
But the Bible tells us that very
close to the close of probation
00:41:12.27\00:41:16.81
this message is going
to be proclaimed again.
00:41:16.84\00:41:20.01
And there are going to be
some additional things said
00:41:20.04\00:41:25.85
when the message
is proclaimed again.
00:41:25.88\00:41:28.42
Now let me say that the three
angels' messages began to be
00:41:28.45\00:41:32.62
proclaimed around the year 1844.
00:41:32.65\00:41:35.06
You know, a people arose that
began proclaiming all of the
00:41:35.09\00:41:39.83
things that are in the
three angels' messages.
00:41:39.86\00:41:42.63
That church is the Seventh-day
Adventist church, by the way.
00:41:42.66\00:41:46.03
These messages have been
proclaimed practically from the
00:41:46.07\00:41:49.80
origin of the
Seventh-day Adventist church.
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.97
But at the end of time
these messages are going to be
00:41:52.01\00:41:55.61
proclaimed again
to the world in power.
00:41:55.64\00:41:58.61
I'd like you to notice how the
Bible describes this warning.
00:42:01.18\00:42:05.99
Before we read it in Revelation
18:1-5, allow me to tell you
00:42:06.02\00:42:11.96
that this passage that
we're going to read is in a
00:42:11.99\00:42:15.16
very special context.
00:42:15.20\00:42:16.70
If you look at what
comes immediately before
00:42:16.73\00:42:20.97
Revelation 18:1-5 you're
going to find Revelation 17.
00:42:21.00\00:42:25.47
There it speaks about the
harlot sitting on many waters.
00:42:25.51\00:42:29.41
She's controlling
the nations of the world.
00:42:29.44\00:42:33.35
She fornicates with
the kings of the earth.
00:42:33.38\00:42:36.22
She's clothed in
purple and scarlet.
00:42:36.25\00:42:39.89
She is decked with gold,
and silver, and precious stones.
00:42:39.92\00:42:43.63
And everything's going well.
00:42:43.66\00:42:46.39
Her, and the kings of the
earth are all on the same page.
00:42:48.76\00:42:51.93
Her daughters do what she says.
00:42:53.20\00:42:55.00
The kings of the
earth do what she says.
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.01
The multitudes upon whom
she sits do her biddings.
00:42:58.04\00:43:01.48
Everything is going well.
00:43:01.51\00:43:04.45
But then there's this pesky
group who are the fly in the
00:43:04.48\00:43:11.82
ointment, the feather
rufflers who are actually saying
00:43:11.85\00:43:17.86
that this system is fallen,
and that people need to come out
00:43:17.89\00:43:21.36
out from this system.
00:43:21.40\00:43:22.73
You see, Revelation 17 presents
the harlot, and her dominion
00:43:22.76\00:43:28.57
over the earth, which
is the same as the beast
00:43:28.60\00:43:30.41
and his dominion over the earth.
00:43:30.44\00:43:31.77
Revelation 18 says when
this time comes make sure you're
00:43:31.81\00:43:36.04
not in this system.
00:43:36.08\00:43:37.41
It's an end time warning,
because the plagues are going to
00:43:37.45\00:43:41.02
fall on this system.
00:43:41.05\00:43:42.42
Now the interesting thing is
that immediately before you have
00:43:42.45\00:43:46.49
Revelation 17, which is speaking
about the condemnation of the
00:43:46.52\00:43:50.56
harlot at the very end of time,
when God's wrath falls upon
00:43:50.59\00:43:53.93
the harlot, her
daughters, and the kings.
00:43:53.96\00:43:55.70
Immediately
after... Listen to this.
00:43:55.73\00:43:59.13
Immediately after Revelation
18:1-5, you have the description
00:43:59.17\00:44:05.01
of the fall of Babylon.
00:44:05.04\00:44:06.37
You see, she had illicit
relations, not only with the
00:44:06.41\00:44:09.54
kings of the earth, but also
with the merchants of the earth.
00:44:09.58\00:44:12.71
In other words, she
controlled the commercial
00:44:12.75\00:44:15.68
transaction of the earth.
00:44:15.72\00:44:17.39
And you read those verses
and it speaks about the fall of
00:44:17.42\00:44:21.36
Babylon from a
commercial perspective.
00:44:21.39\00:44:23.96
Revelation 17 speaks about the
fall of Babylon from a religious
00:44:23.99\00:44:28.26
and political perspective.
00:44:28.30\00:44:30.27
And in between those two
perspectives that speak about
00:44:30.30\00:44:35.04
the final outpouring of
God's wrath upon Babylon,
00:44:35.07\00:44:39.11
who fornicates with the
kings, and fornicates with the
00:44:39.14\00:44:41.78
merchants of the earth,
is this warning to Get Out!
00:44:41.81\00:44:45.08
before that time comes.
00:44:45.11\00:44:47.25
Let's read it: Revelation 18:1.
00:44:47.28\00:44:52.39
And then notice in verse 2
what this angel has to say.
00:45:04.60\00:45:09.64
...unclean and hated bird.
00:45:27.59\00:45:30.03
Now my question is, Does
this sound like a place that you
00:45:30.06\00:45:33.70
would want to be
in? Obviously not.
00:45:33.73\00:45:36.67
Because Revelation tell us that
the wrath of God is going to
00:45:36.70\00:45:40.17
fall upon those who are within
this system, which according
00:45:40.20\00:45:44.24
to the Bible, at the very end of
time will be filled with demons.
00:45:44.27\00:45:48.34
It would be
filled with evil spirits.
00:45:48.38\00:45:50.81
Now the question is, Why will
it be filled with evil spirits?
00:45:50.85\00:45:55.95
Verse 3 explains the reason.
00:45:55.98\00:45:59.12
For,... That means because...
00:45:59.15\00:46:01.46
So notice that the reason why
Babylon falls, the reason why
00:46:16.91\00:46:21.51
she's filled with every
foul spirit, she's filled with
00:46:21.54\00:46:25.68
demons, according to Revelation
18, is because she gave her wine
00:46:25.71\00:46:31.22
to all of the nations: to
the kings, to the peoples,
00:46:31.25\00:46:34.49
and to the
merchants of the earth.
00:46:34.52\00:46:36.06
Now we've studied previously
what the wine represents.
00:46:36.09\00:46:39.86
The wine represents
false practices and false
00:46:39.89\00:46:44.57
doctrines that Babylon has.
00:46:44.60\00:46:47.54
In other words, what
leads to the fall of Babylon
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.74
is her false doctrines.
00:46:50.77\00:46:52.91
Now what I want you to
notice is that the three angels'
00:46:52.94\00:46:57.15
messages are in
contrast to the wine of Babylon.
00:46:57.18\00:47:00.92
In other words, the
three angels' messages proclaim
00:47:00.95\00:47:04.69
what we might call the wine
of God, but it's not fermented
00:47:04.72\00:47:09.49
wine, it's unfermented wine,
whereas Babylon presents false
00:47:09.52\00:47:14.26
doctrines, adulterated
doctrines, which means that
00:47:14.30\00:47:17.73
this wine is fermented.
00:47:17.77\00:47:19.57
And this fermented wine deranges
the minds of people so that they
00:47:19.60\00:47:24.21
cannot grasp and understand
the truth as it is in Jesus.
00:47:24.24\00:47:28.88
And now I want you to
notice there in Revelation 18:4
00:47:28.91\00:47:34.35
that even though Babylon gives
her wine to all of the nations,
00:47:34.38\00:47:38.35
and the merchants, and the
inhabitants, and the kings of
00:47:38.39\00:47:41.76
the earth, God has a faithful
people there within Babylon.
00:47:41.79\00:47:48.20
You say, How do we
know that God has a faithful
00:47:48.23\00:47:50.97
people inside Babylon?
00:47:51.00\00:47:52.60
The reason is very simple.
00:47:52.63\00:47:54.74
Notice what we find in verse 4.
00:47:54.77\00:47:57.77
Notice that God says here,
Come out of Babylon My people.
00:48:10.22\00:48:16.73
Now if God says, Come out of
her My people, it must be that
00:48:16.76\00:48:22.50
God has people
within these systems.
00:48:22.53\00:48:25.93
Now we've studied about Babylon.
00:48:25.97\00:48:27.84
We've noticed that Babylon
represents apostate religion.
00:48:27.87\00:48:32.87
Babylon includes
the kings of the earth.
00:48:32.91\00:48:35.28
Babylon includes the
merchants of the earth.
00:48:35.31\00:48:37.71
So what God is saying is that
among all of these groups are to
00:48:37.75\00:48:41.98
be found faithful children
of God who love the Lord,
00:48:42.02\00:48:46.15
who don't know any better.
00:48:46.19\00:48:48.42
And when this message is
proclaimed for these people
00:48:48.46\00:48:51.63
to come out of Babylon, they
will gladly embrace this truth,
00:48:51.66\00:48:56.60
and they will
come out of Babylon.
00:48:56.63\00:48:58.93
And I want you to notice that if
they don't come out of Babylon,
00:48:58.97\00:49:02.50
the wrath of God will fall upon
them without mixture of mercy.
00:49:02.54\00:49:08.38
So this is a message
which is extremely urgent,
00:49:08.41\00:49:13.01
because whoever does not respond
to this call and come out of
00:49:13.05\00:49:17.49
Babylon will not only be lost,
but will suffer the terrible
00:49:17.52\00:49:22.16
outpouring of the wrath of God.
00:49:22.19\00:49:24.63
In fact that's what
we notice in verse 5.
00:49:24.66\00:49:27.13
So she's going to drink the cup
of the wine of the wrath of God
00:49:47.92\00:49:52.25
without mixture of mercy.
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.82
In other words double
strength according to this.
00:49:54.86\00:49:58.73
And then when this message
is finished the whole human race
00:49:58.76\00:50:05.03
will be divided
into two distinct groups.
00:50:05.07\00:50:09.70
One group will have the
seal of God, and the other group
00:50:09.74\00:50:14.34
will have the mark of the beast.
00:50:14.38\00:50:16.88
And this is where we have
the scene of Revelation 14,
00:50:16.91\00:50:21.85
and beginning with verse
14, where Jesus is seated on a
00:50:21.88\00:50:26.82
cloud, and He has a cycle in
his hand, and He's going to reap
00:50:26.86\00:50:31.76
the harvest of the earth,
which represent the righteous.
00:50:31.79\00:50:34.93
He's going to reap them,
and He's going to take them into
00:50:34.96\00:50:39.00
the city of Jerusalem,
spiritually speaking, Jerusalem,
00:50:39.03\00:50:42.24
as we've already studied.
00:50:42.27\00:50:43.61
In other words, they will
be members of God's remnant,
00:50:43.64\00:50:46.91
God's remnant church.
00:50:46.94\00:50:48.31
But then the Bible tells us
that there's another harvest;
00:50:48.34\00:50:51.75
the harvest of the grapes,
which represents the wicked.
00:50:51.78\00:50:54.88
They also will be harvested.
00:50:54.92\00:50:57.09
In other words, you will have
two groups: those who have the
00:50:57.12\00:50:59.89
seal of God, and those who
have the mark of the beast.
00:50:59.92\00:51:03.99
Those who have the seal of
God will be gathered within the
00:51:04.03\00:51:07.53
spiritual city of
Jerusalem, within the remnant
00:51:07.56\00:51:10.03
all over the world.
00:51:10.07\00:51:11.40
And they will be shielded from
the wrath of man, and they will
00:51:11.43\00:51:14.87
be shielded from
the wrath of God.
00:51:14.90\00:51:16.50
But those who are spoken
about as grapes will suffer the
00:51:16.54\00:51:21.54
terrible outpouring of the wrath
of God without mixture of mercy.
00:51:21.58\00:51:26.72
Now Revelation 14:14-17
speaks about these two harvests:
00:51:26.75\00:51:33.22
the righteous and the wicked.
00:51:33.25\00:51:34.89
And then in verses 18 to 20
we have the grapes representing
00:51:34.92\00:51:41.13
the wicked
gathered around Jerusalem.
00:51:41.16\00:51:44.10
This is not talking
about literal Jerusalem
00:51:44.13\00:51:46.37
in the Middle East,
according to what we've studied.
00:51:46.40\00:51:48.60
Being in Jerusalem
is a spiritual state.
00:51:48.64\00:51:51.81
It means that God's
people are with the Lord.
00:51:51.84\00:51:53.98
They have the seal of God.
00:51:54.01\00:51:55.34
They keep God's Sabbath.
00:51:55.38\00:51:56.78
They worship the Creator.
00:51:56.81\00:51:58.28
In other words,
they're on God's side.
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And even though
they're all over the earth,
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they're spoken of as
being in the city of Jerusalem,
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whereas all of the
wicked are gathered outside
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the city of Jerusalem.
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In other words,
they've surrounded God's people
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all over the earth.
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Now the question is, why have
they surrounded God's people?
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Have they surrounded
God's people on friendly terms,
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or on unfriendly terms?
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When we go back to the book
of Joel, which we've studied,
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we noticed that the nations
gathered in the Valley of
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Jehoshaphat to attempt to
attack and destroy God's people.
00:52:30.28\00:52:35.25
And so after humanity has been
divided into these two groups,
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God's faithful people will
be in this world during the
00:52:38.89\00:52:44.23
outpouring of God's wrath, and
the wicked will surround them
00:52:44.26\00:52:47.26
with the intention
of destroying them.
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But God will place upon
them His protecting hand.
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In other words, they will
not suffer the wrath of God,
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and they will not
suffer the wrath of man.
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They will be protected in
the midst of this terrible
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time in human history.
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Folks the most fertile
imagination cannot grasp
00:53:08.62\00:53:13.72
what this time is
time is going to be like.
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The Bible tells us that it's the
greatest tribulation that has
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existed in the history of
the world since the beginning
00:53:20.33\00:53:23.30
of time, when the wrath
of man, and the wrath of God
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are manifested at the
same time on planet Earth.
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And God knows that this is
going to be a very trying time,
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and that's why He
sends this message:
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Come out of Babylon My people.
00:53:35.91\00:53:39.71
Receive the seal of God.
00:53:39.75\00:53:41.22
Reject the mark of the beast.
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Don't worship the beast.
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Don't worship His image. because
if you do you will be among
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Because if you do you
will be among those who are
00:53:46.45\00:53:49.92
lost, eternally lost.
00:53:49.96\00:53:52.53
And then, of course, in
Revelation 15:2-4, after the
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crisis is over after the crisis
is over we find this group,
00:53:58.20\00:54:02.64
which is called the 144,000;
those who are alive when Jesus
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comes; those who remain
alive during the tribulation.
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The Bible tells us that
they will stand victorious,
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finally on the sea of glass.
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Let's read Revelation 15
as we draw this to a close.
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Revelation 15:2-4.
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Notice they have the victory!
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See, they're standing victorious
now on the sea of glass.
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They're with the Lord in heaven!
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And then it says in verse 3:
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Who shall not fear You, O
Lord, and glorify Your name?
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for You alone are holy:
for all nations shall come and
00:55:11.07\00:55:15.11
worship before You; for Your
judgments have been manifested.
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And so we have this final scene
of the victorious living saints
00:55:20.88\00:55:26.55
that will stand on the
sea of glass with the Lamb,
00:55:26.59\00:55:29.86
with Jesus Christ, having gained
the victory over the beast,
00:55:29.89\00:55:34.46
which represents this
worldwide Roman system,
00:55:34.50\00:55:37.47
Roman Catholic system.
00:55:37.50\00:55:38.83
The victory over his
image, which represents
00:55:38.87\00:55:42.80
the United States of
America making this image,
00:55:42.84\00:55:46.21
or this reflection of
what the Papacy was like
00:55:46.24\00:55:49.58
during the Middle Ages.
00:55:49.61\00:55:51.01
They will be victorious
over the mark of the beast,
00:55:51.05\00:55:54.32
which we've already shown is
the counterfeit day of worship.
00:55:54.35\00:55:57.62
And they will be victorious
over his number, and, of course,
00:55:57.65\00:56:01.19
his number is linked,
or connected with his name.
00:56:01.22\00:56:05.16
And that name supposedly gives
him authority, even to the point
00:56:05.19\00:56:09.96
of changing God's holy
law, which no human system,
00:56:10.00\00:56:14.74
and no human being can do.
00:56:14.77\00:56:16.94
And so God calls His
faithful people in Babylon,
00:56:16.97\00:56:22.54
those who belong to the
political powers of the world,
00:56:22.58\00:56:27.05
those who belong to the system
which is called the beast,
00:56:27.12\00:56:31.19
those who belong to the
system of this second beast that
00:56:31.22\00:56:35.26
rises from the earth.
00:56:35.29\00:56:36.62
God calls upon them
before His wrath is poured out
00:56:36.66\00:56:41.93
to come out of Babylon,
and to join His remnant people
00:56:41.96\00:56:46.84
who keep the commandments
of God, including the fourth
00:56:46.87\00:56:51.67
commandment, who have faith in
Jesus, who possess the patience
00:56:51.71\00:56:58.41
of the saints, and who
also have the guidance of the
00:56:58.45\00:57:02.25
testimony of Jesus Christ,
which is the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:57:02.28\00:57:07.72
I pray to the Lord that as we've
studied this very important
00:57:07.76\00:57:13.19
series that those who
are watching this series of
00:57:13.23\00:57:16.60
presentations on television
will make their decision
00:57:16.63\00:57:21.34
to leave Babylon, and to
join the remnant people of God.
00:57:21.37\00:57:26.04