THIS
PRESENTATION IS BROUGHT TO YOU
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BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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EACH BRANCH OF
THE US ARMED SERVICES
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HAS ONE OR MORE
ELITE TEAMS OF COMMANDOS.
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THEY FIGHT USING SOPHISTICATED
GUERRILLA WARFARE TACTICS.
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TO SERVE IN ONE OF
THESE SELECT UNITS,
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A SOLDIER MUST BE
HIGHLY DISCIPLINED,
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AND THEY PASS THROUGH
INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT PHYSICAL
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AND MENTAL TRAINING.
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EVEN A SMALL TEAM
OF THESE COMMANDOS,
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BECAUSE OF THEIR
INTENSE TRAINING,
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CAN ACHIEVE GREAT
VICTORIES IN A SHORT TIME.
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DURING THE GULF WAR,
A TEAM OF US NAVY SEALS
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CREATED A CONVINCING DIVERSION
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BY STORMING THE
BEACHES OF KUWAIT.
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AND THEY CREATED SUCH
HAVOC THAT THE IRAQI GENERALS
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WERE COMPLETELY FOOLED
INTO THINKING THE US-LED ATTACK
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WAS COMING FROM THE SEA.
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WITHIN A COUPLE OF
DAYS, THE WHOLE WAR WAS OVER.
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AND IT ALL STARTED
WITH LESS THAN 20 SOLDIERS.
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THE BOOK OF
REVELATION TELLS ABOUT
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ANOTHER SPECIAL FORCES UNIT,
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AN ARMY OF 144,000 THAT
HAVE THE GREATEST MISSION
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IN THE LAST DAYS, TO PREPARE
THE WORLD FOR JESUS' RETURN.
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LET'S EXPLORE TOGETHER
WHAT THE BIBLE FACTS ARE,
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ABOUT THE 144,000, AND
LEARN HOW YOU CAN RECEIVE
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THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD.
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TONIGHT, OUR PRESENTATION
IS GOING TO BE DEALING
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WITH THE SUBJECT OF THE 144,000,
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WHICH YOU FIND IN CHAPTER 7
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AND 14 OF
REVELATION, AND THE SEAL OF GOD.
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AND IT PICTURES A TIME
WHEN ANGELS ARE HOLDING
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BACK WINDS OF STRIFE.
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AND I REMEMBER
HEARING A STORY ABOUT...
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I THINK IT WAS
IN 2012, IN MARCH,
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PAUL WALDEN HAD HIS
WIFE AND DAUGHTER CALL.
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THEY WERE AT WORK AND THEY SAID,
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"HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEWS?
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THERE'S A TERRIBLE
STREAM OF TORNADOES
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THAT ARE COMING THROUGH."
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AND HE NEVER PAID MUCH
ATTENTION TO STORM WARNINGS,
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BUT HE THOUGHT HE
OUGHT TO STEP OUTSIDE
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AND LOOK AT THE SKY.
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AND, RIGHT WHEN HE WENT
OUT TO LOOK UP AT THE SKY,
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HE SAW THIS GREAT BIG GRAY WALL
THAT WAS MOVING TOWARDS HIM,
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THAT WAS CHURNING UP
HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE.
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HE THOUGHT, "OH,
THIS IS THE REAL THING."
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HE RAN INSIDE, HE
GRABBED A COUPLE OF DOGS,
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AND HE JUMPED IN THE
CLOSET RIGHT BY THEIR STAIRCASE.
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AND THEN IT HIT.
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YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION
"IT SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN
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IS GOING BY WHEN YOU
HAVE A TORNADO GO BY"?
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AND THE WHOLE
HOUSE BEGAN TO SHAKE
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AND HE HAD BOTH
HANDS ON THE DOOR,
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WITH ALL OF HIS
STRENGTH HE WAS HANGING ON
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AND TRYING TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT
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AS THE SUCTION OF THE STORM
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WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN
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AND SUCK OUT HIM AND HIS DOGS.
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AND IT WASN'T VERY
LONG BEFORE IT STOPPED,
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THE NOISE SETTLED, IT
MOVED DOWN AND PASSED AWAY,
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AND HE FINALLY GOT THE
COURAGE TO OPEN THE DOOR,
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AND THIS IS A
PICTURE OF WHAT HE SAW
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WHEN HE STEPPED OUTSIDE.
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THE HOUSE WAS GONE, HE
WALKED OUT OF THE CLOSET
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AND HE SAW BLUE
SKY, EVERYTHING WAS GONE
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EXCEPT THE CLOSET
AND SOME OF THE STAIRS.
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AND HE SAID IT WASN'T
LONG AFTER HE WALKED OUTSIDE
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AND THE CLOSET FELL OVER
AND THEN HAIL BEGAN TO FALL
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AND HE FELT LIKE HE
WAS GETTING BEATEN UP
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BY A BASEBALL BAT.
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AND HE FOUND A CONTAINER
THAT HELD VACUUM CLEANING
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SUPPLIES HE PUT IT
ON HIS HEAD, HE SAID,
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OR HE WOULD HAVE
DIED FROM THE HAIL.
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AND HIS WIFE ALWAYS
TEASES HIM ABOUT WALKING AROUND
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WITH A VACUUM
CLEANER ACCESSORY BOX
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ON HIS HEAD TO SAVE HIS LIFE.
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BUT HE WAS TRYING
TO HOLD BACK THE STORM.
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WELL, HUMANS AREN'T VERY GOOD
AT THAT, ANGELS DO A GOOD JOB.
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REVELATION
PICTURES THIS HAPPENING.
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LET'S START WITH THE 144,000
IN CHAPTER 7 OF REVELATION
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AND YOU CAN BEGIN WITH
VERSE 1, CHAPTER 7, VERSE 1,
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"AFTER THESE THINGS, I
SAW FOUR ANGELS STANDING
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AT THE FOUR
CORNERS OF THE EARTH..."
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NOW WHAT DO THE
FOUR ANGELS REPRESENT?
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THE DIVISIONS OF THE COMPASS.
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IT'S TALKING ABOUT SIMPLY
NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST,
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IT'S A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM.
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IT'S A UNIVERSAL SEALING
THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE.
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"HOLDING THE FOUR
WINDS OF THE EARTH,
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THAT THE WIND SHOULD NOT
BLOW ON THE EARTH, OR THE SEA,
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OR ANY TREE."
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THAT'S TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING
ON THE PLANET, THE EARTH,
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THE SEA, THE TREES
UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS,
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IT'S GOING TO BLOW EVENTUALLY.
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THOSE WINDS OF
STRIFE ARE REALLY...
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THEY'RE KIND OF SUMMARIZED
IN THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES.
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"THEN I SAW ANOTHER
ANGEL ASCENDING FROM THE EAST,
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HAVING THE SEAL
OF THE LIVING GOD.
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AND HE CRIED
WITH A LOUD VOICE...
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SAYING, 'DO NOT HARM
THE EARTH, OR THE SEA,
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OR THE TREES TILL WE HAVE SEALED
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THE SERVANTS OF OUR
GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS.'"
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AND IT GOES ON TO SAY,
"I HEARD THE NUMBER OF THOSE
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THAT WERE SEALED
AND IT WAS 144,000,
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12,000 FROM EACH OF
THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL."
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AND IT'S AN
INTERESTING LIST THAT IS GIVEN.
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THEN YOU'LL ALSO READ IN
CHAPTER 14 OF REVELATION,
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YOU FIND THE SECOND
REFERENCE TO THE 144,000,
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AND IT GIVES US A LITTLE
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM.
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"I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, A LAMB,"
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THIS IS VERSE 1 OF
CHAPTER 14 REVELATION,
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"A LAMB STANDING ON MOUNT ZION,
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AND WITH HIM 144,000
HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME
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WRITTEN ON THEIR FOREHEADS."
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WELL, 7 SAID IT
WAS THE SEAL OF GOD,
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HERE IT SAYS HIS FATHER'S
NAME. THEY MUST BE SIMILAR.
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"AND I HEARD A
VOICE FROM HEAVEN,
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LIKE THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS,
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AND LIKE THE
VOICE OF LOUD THUNDER.
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AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF HARPS
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AND HARPISTS
PLAYING THEIR HARPS.
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AND THEY SANG AS IT WERE A
NEW SONG BEFORE THE THRONE,
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BEFORE THE FOUR
LIVING CREATURES,
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AND BEFORE THE
ELDERS, AND NO ONE COULD LEARN
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THAT SONG EXCEPT THE 144,000
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WHO WERE
REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH.
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THESE ARE THE ONES
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WHO WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN,
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FOR THEY ARE VIRGINS."
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WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
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"THESE ARE THE ONES WHO FOLLOW
THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES.
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THEY WERE
REDEEMED FROM AMONG MEN
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BEING THE FIRSTFRUITS
TO GOD AND TO THE LAMB.
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AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS
FOUND NO DECEIT FOR THEY ARE
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WITHOUT FAULT
BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD."
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AND THEN IT GOES
ON TO ANOTHER PASSAGE
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THAT IS RELATED, BUT
WE'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE.
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SO YOU'VE GOT THE
144,000 ARE OBVIOUSLY
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A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP.
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YOU'VE GOT
CHAPTER 7 ADDRESSES THEM,
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CHAPTER 14 ADDRESSES THEM.
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THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE LORD.
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THEY RECEIVE A SPECIAL SEAL.
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NOW, TYPICALLY, IF YOU TALK
TO SOMEBODY ABOUT REVELATION
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AND SOMETHING IN THE FOREHEAD,
WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT?
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EVERYBODY
AUTOMATICALLY THINKS ABOUT,
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"OH, YOU DON'T WANT
ANYTHING IN YOUR FOREHEAD
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IN THE LAST DAYS."
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SOMEONE TRIES TO PUT
ANYTHING IN YOUR FOREHEAD,
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RUN THE OTHER WAY.
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BUT IF YOU STUDY THE BIBLE,
YOU'LL FIND OUT, IN REVELATION,
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EVERYBODY'S GOT
SOMETHING IN THEIR FOREHEADS
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IN THE LAST DAYS.
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YOU'VE EITHER GOT
THE MARK OF THE BEAST
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OR YOU HAVE THE SEAL OF GOD.
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YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE
SURE YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT MARK.
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AMEN.
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AND, SORT OF, WITH
THAT AS AN INTRODUCTION,
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LET'S GO THROUGH
SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS NOW
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THAT TALK ABOUT THE
144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD.
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FIRST QUESTION, WHAT
CLUES DOES REVELATION PROVIDE
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TO HELP US IDENTIFY
WHO ARE THE 144,000?
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WELL, THERE'S
SEVERAL THINGS, FIRST OF ALL,
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IT SAYS THERE'S 12,000
FROM THE 12 TRIBES OF ISRAEL.
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NOW THE LIST OF TRIBES
THAT ARE GIVEN IN REVELATION
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IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY
OTHER LIST IN THE BIBLE.
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THE TWELVE TRIBES ARE
LISTED MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE.
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THEY USUALLY
START WITH THE FIRSTBORN
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WHO WAS JUDAH...
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I'M SORRY, REUBEN.
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BUT, IN REVELATION,
IT STARTS WITH JUDAH.
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IT'S DIFFERENT.
IT'S A DIFFERENT LIST.
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YOU'LL FIND THAT
IT TALKS ABOUT JOSEPH,
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BUT EPHRAIM IS LEFT OUT.
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AND SO IT'S A UNIQUE
LIST AND YOU NEED TO JUST SAY,
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"WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
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ARE THESE REAL, LITERAL
JEWS IT'S TALKING ABOUT?"
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IN THE LAST DAYS,
HE'S GOING TO GET 12,000
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FROM EACH OF THE TRIBES.
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IF YOU KNOW YOUR JEWISH HISTORY,
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YOU'LL KNOW THAT
SOME OF THE TRIBES
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HAD VERY FEW PEOPLE, AND
JUDAH HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE,
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HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS.
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AND SO THE IDEA OF
GETTING AN EVEN NUMBER
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FROM EACH OF THE TRIBES,
THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING,
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BUT I BELIEVE THEY'RE ACTUALLY
TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL JEWS.
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THAT MEANS IT CAN
INCLUDE LITERAL JEWS
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AND IT CAN INCLUDE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ADOPTED
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INTO THE SEED OF
ABRAHAM BY ACCEPTING CHRIST.
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LET ME TELL YOU WHY.
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YOU READ IN THE
BIBLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT,
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FOR INSTANCE, GO TO
2 KINGS 17, VERSE 6.
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TEN OF THE TRIBES WERE CONQUERED
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BY THE ASSYRIANS WAY
BACK HUNDREDS OF YEARS
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BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN.
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YOU READ THERE,
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"IN THE NINTH
YEAR OF KING HOSHEA,
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THE KING OF
ASSYRIA TOOK SAMARIA"
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THAT'S THE CAPITAL OF
ISRAEL, THE NORTHERN KINGDOM.
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"AND CARRIED ISRAEL,"
THOSE ARE THE TEN TRIBES,
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"AWAY TO ASSYRIA."
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NOW, LATER, THE
SOUTHERN KINGDOM OF JUDAH,
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THEY WERE CARRIED TO
BABYLON, BUT THEY CAME BACK.
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THOSE CARRIED OFF TO
ASSYRIA LARGELY INTERMARRIED
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AND DISAPPEARED
AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE.
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AND SO WHEN REVELATION SAYS
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12,000 FROM THE
TRIBE OF MANASSEH,
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CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW ME SOMEBODY
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FROM THE TRIBE
OF MANASSEH TODAY?
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OR ISSACHAR OR ZEBULUN?
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WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
JEWS, YOU'RE TYPICALLY TALKING
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ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE FROM
LEVI, JUDAH, AND BENJAMIN.
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YOU READ THE BIBLE,
LONG BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN,
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IT TELLS EXACTLY WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE TRIBES.
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SOME OF THEM CAME
BACK DOWN AND JOINED JUDAH.
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THEY INTERMARRIED
WITH THE TRIBE OF JUDAH.
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YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND
PEOPLE WHO ARE PUREBRED PEOPLE
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FROM ZEBULON, MANASSEH,
ISSACHAR, AND SO FORTH.
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SO WHAT DOES IT
MEAN WHEN IT SAYS THAT?
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GALATIANS 3:29,
"AND IF YOU ARE CHRIST'S,
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THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED,
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AND HEIRS
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE."
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ALL THE PROMISES GOD
MADE TO THE JEWS IN THE BIBLE,
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NEW AND OLD TESTAMENT,
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YOU CAN CLAIM
THROUGH CHRIST, AMEN?
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THAT'S A WONDERFUL
PROMISE, PAUL SAID THAT,
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THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT.
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PAUL SAID, IN
ROMANS 2:28 AND 29,
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"FOR HE IS NOT A JEW
WHICH IS ONE OUTWARDLY,
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NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION,
THAT IS OUTWARD IN THE FLESH,
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BUT HE IS A JEW,
WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY,
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AND CIRCUMCISION IS
THAT OF THE HEART..."
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THIS WAS THE MESSAGE OF
JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST,
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THEY SAID TO
THEIR JEWISH BRETHREN,
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"DO NOT THINK TO
SAY WITHIN YOURSELF
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'GOD MUST SAVE US, WE
ARE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.'
00:11:18.54\00:11:20.88
GOD IS ABLE TO RAISE UP
00:11:20.88\00:11:22.01
FROM THE STONES
CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM."
00:11:22.01\00:11:24.95
AND JESUS SAID, "MANY
WILL COME FROM THE EAST
00:11:24.95\00:11:27.22
AND THE WEST AND
SIT DOWN IN THE KINGDOM
00:11:27.22\00:11:28.98
WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB,"
00:11:28.98\00:11:30.29
MEANING THE GENTILES COMING
FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST,
00:11:30.29\00:11:33.19
AND THE NATURAL CHILDREN,
SOME OF THEM WHO DON'T BELIEVE,
00:11:33.19\00:11:35.86
WILL BE IN OUTER DARKNESS.
00:11:35.86\00:11:38.16
AND SO THE NEW
TESTAMENT IS REALLY CLEAR THAT
00:11:38.16\00:11:41.80
NOW THE GOSPEL GOES TO
EVERYBODY WHOSOEVER WILL.
00:11:41.80\00:11:45.10
GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS.
00:11:45.10\00:11:47.40
SO THE IDEA THAT
TO BE 1 OF THE 144,000
00:11:47.40\00:11:50.07
YOU MUST HAVE A DNA TEST
IS NOT TAUGHT IN THE BIBLE.
00:11:50.07\00:11:54.08
GOD DOES NOT
DISCRIMINATE THAT WAY.
00:11:54.08\00:11:56.08
IF YOU ARE
ABRAHAM'S SEED, YOU ARE HEIRS
00:11:56.08\00:11:59.45
ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE, OKAY?
00:11:59.45\00:12:02.32
DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
WE'LL BE BACK IN JUST A MOMENT
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WITH THE REST OF
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
00:12:05.12\00:12:07.22
ARE YOU WEARY OF THE
NEVER-ENDING 24/7 SCHEDULE
00:12:07.22\00:12:10.63
IN TODAY'S HECTIC WORLD?
00:12:10.63\00:12:12.69
IS THIS STRESSFUL
GRIND REALLY THE WAY
00:12:12.69\00:12:15.16
THE LIFE WAS MEANT TO BE LIVED?
00:12:15.16\00:12:17.17
OR IS THERE
SOMETHING BETTER OUT THERE
00:12:17.17\00:12:18.97
WAITING FOR YOU?
00:12:18.97\00:12:20.60
WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT
GOD HAD ORIGINALLY DESIGNED
00:12:20.60\00:12:24.01
MANKIND TO TAKE REGULAR,
REFRESHING WEEKLY BREAK,
00:12:24.01\00:12:28.18
AND THEN IN
DOING THIS, YOUR LIFE
00:12:28.18\00:12:30.11
AND EVEN YOUR
HEALTH WOULD IMPROVE?
00:12:30.11\00:12:32.45
IT'S A BLESSING
CALLED THE SABBATH.
00:12:32.45\00:12:35.02
AND IT CAN CHANGE
YOUR LIFE FOREVER.
00:12:35.02\00:12:37.62
THAT'S WHY AMAZING
FACTS WANTS TO SEND YOU
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A SPECIAL FREE MAGAZINE,
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AND IT'S CALLED
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
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IT'S FILLED WITH
VIVID, COLORED GRAPHICS,
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AND FASCINATING
FACTS THAT REVEAL
00:12:46.06\00:12:48.26
THE LOST BIBLE TRUTH
00:12:48.26\00:12:50.00
AND COMMANDMENT
KNOWN AS THE SABBATH.
00:12:50.00\00:12:52.47
YOU'LL DISCOVER
THE INCREDIBLE PHYSICAL
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AND SPIRITUAL BLESSINGS
OF EMBRACING THE SABBATH
00:12:54.40\00:12:56.97
AS YOU EXPLORE THE
HISTORY FROM ANCIENT TIMES
00:12:56.97\00:12:59.81
TO THE PRESENT,
EVEN TO THE FUTURE.
00:12:59.81\00:13:02.01
TO GET YOUR FREE
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ON THE SCREEN AND
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OR VISIT THE WEB ADDRESS.
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AND AFTER YOU READ
THIS INCREDIBLE RESOURCE,
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BE SURE AND
SHARE IT WITH A FRIEND.
00:13:11.82\00:13:13.69
LET'S RETURN NOW TO
TODAY'S PRESENTATION
00:13:13.69\00:13:16.16
AND LEARN SOME
MORE AMAZING FACTS
00:13:16.16\00:13:18.16
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
00:13:18.16\00:13:20.86
SO WHY DOES IT GIVE THIS
LIST AND WHY IS THE LIST UNIQUE
00:13:20.86\00:13:24.67
IN REVELATION CHAPTER 7?
00:13:24.67\00:13:27.04
I'M GOING TO
READ SOMETHING TO YOU.
00:13:27.04\00:13:29.10
YOU KNOW, IN HEBREW,
WHEN THEY NAME SOMEONE,
00:13:29.10\00:13:31.01
EVERY NAME HAD A MEANING.
00:13:31.01\00:13:33.17
YOU READ THE STORY
ABOUT WHEN, YOU KNOW,
00:13:33.17\00:13:34.88
JACOB ENDED UP WITH FOUR
WIVES, HE ONLY WANTED RACHEL.
00:13:34.88\00:13:37.65
HE ENDED UP WITH RACHEL
AND LEAH AND BILHAH AND ZILPAH,
00:13:37.65\00:13:40.92
THEIR HANDMAIDS,
00:13:40.92\00:13:42.38
AND EVERY TIME
THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING
00:13:42.38\00:13:44.05
OVER HIS ATTENTION,
EVERY TIME THEY GOT PREGNANT,
00:13:44.05\00:13:45.79
THEY HAD A CHILD, THE
MOTHERS WOULD NAME THE CHILD
00:13:45.79\00:13:48.82
AND MAKE A
STATEMENT BECAUSE THE NAMES
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ALL MEAN SOMETHING IN HEBREW.
00:13:50.96\00:13:53.23
THE NAME JUDAH MEANS
"I WILL PRAISE THE LORD."
00:13:53.23\00:13:55.26
AND WE'RE PUTTING THIS
UP FOR YOU ON THE SCREEN.
00:13:55.26\00:13:57.93
REUBEN MEANS "HE
HAS LOOKED ON ME,"
00:13:57.93\00:14:00.24
GAD "GIVEN GOOD FORTUNE,"
ASHER MEANS "HAPPY AM I,"
00:14:00.24\00:14:03.67
NAPHTALI MEANS "MY WRESTLING,"
00:14:03.67\00:14:05.74
MANASSEH MEANS
"MAKING ME TO FORGET."
00:14:05.74\00:14:08.41
IT SAYS, SIMEON
MEANS "GOD HEARS ME,"
00:14:08.41\00:14:11.11
LEVI "ATTACHED TO ME,"
ISSACHAR, "PURCHASED ME,"
00:14:11.11\00:14:15.75
"DWELLING" IS ZEBULUN,
00:14:15.75\00:14:17.35
JOSEPH, "GOD WILL ADD TO ME,"
00:14:17.35\00:14:19.05
BENJAMIN, "SON
OF HIS RIGHT HAND."
00:14:19.05\00:14:21.39
NOW WHAT'S FASCINATING IS,
IF YOU TAKE THESE TWELVE NAMES,
00:14:21.39\00:14:26.76
LINE THEIR MEANINGS UP
THE WAY THEY'RE GIVEN THERE
00:14:26.76\00:14:28.86
IN REVELATION,
THIS IS WHAT IT SAYS,
00:14:28.86\00:14:30.60
LOOK AT THIS PARAGRAPH,
00:14:30.60\00:14:32.23
"I WILL PRAISE THE
LORD FOR HE HAS LOOKED ON ME
00:14:32.23\00:14:35.74
AND GRANTED GOOD FORTUNE,
00:14:35.74\00:14:37.64
I AM HAPPY BECAUSE MY WRESTLING,
00:14:37.64\00:14:40.08
GOD IS MAKING ME TO FORGET.
00:14:40.08\00:14:42.34
GOD HEARS ME AND IS
ATTACHED OR JOINED TO ME."
00:14:42.34\00:14:45.55
IT'S LIKE A MARRIAGE,
00:14:45.55\00:14:46.61
"HE HAS PURCHASED ME A DWELLING"
00:14:46.61\00:14:48.05
I'VE GONE TO
PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU
00:14:48.05\00:14:49.95
"AND HE WILL ADD TO ME
THE SON OF HIS RIGHT HAND,"
00:14:49.95\00:14:53.12
MEANING CHRIST.
00:14:53.12\00:14:54.69
THE WHOLE STORY OF
SALVATION IS TOLD IN THE NAMES,
00:14:54.69\00:14:58.86
THE WAY THEY'RE
ARRANGED THERE IN REVELATION.
00:14:58.86\00:15:01.13
IT'S THE STORY OF REDEMPTION,
ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL?
00:15:01.13\00:15:04.10
THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS
SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BOOK.
00:15:04.10\00:15:07.00
IT TELLS US THE
144,000 HAVE SPECIAL ROBES.
00:15:07.00\00:15:10.64
THE BIBLE TELLS US
THEY HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES
00:15:10.64\00:15:12.81
AND MADE THEM WHITE
IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB,
00:15:12.81\00:15:15.01
SYMBOLIZING THEY ARE COVERED
00:15:15.01\00:15:17.35
WITH THE
RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST.
00:15:17.35\00:15:19.88
IT TELLS US THEY
SING A UNIQUE SONG.
00:15:19.88\00:15:21.88
THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT
YOU CAN'T READ OFF THEIR MUSIC
00:15:21.88\00:15:24.45
BECAUSE IT'S THEIR
SONG, IT MEANS THEY'VE GONE
00:15:24.45\00:15:26.99
THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE.
00:15:26.99\00:15:28.89
IT'S LIKE WHEN THE CHILDREN
OF ISRAEL WENT THROUGH EGYPT,
00:15:28.89\00:15:32.03
THEY SANG THIS SONG OF
DELIVERANCE LED BY MIRIAM.
00:15:32.03\00:15:35.73
AND, AT THE END
OF THEIR 40 YEARS,
00:15:35.73\00:15:37.47
MOSES WROTE A SONG
THAT TALKED ABOUT THOSE
00:15:37.47\00:15:39.90
WHO HAD
SURVIVED THEIR WANDERINGS
00:15:39.90\00:15:41.80
AND HOW GOD WOULD BE FIRST.
00:15:41.80\00:15:43.14
SOMETIMES A SONG, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE THE EXPERIENCE
00:15:43.14\00:15:46.07
TO KNOW HOW TO SING THE SONG.
00:15:46.07\00:15:48.51
IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES
YOU'LL HEAR A CHOIR,
00:15:48.51\00:15:51.61
YOU MIGHT HEAR
A CHOIR IN IRELAND
00:15:51.61\00:15:53.62
SINGING A NEGRO SPIRITUAL.
00:15:53.62\00:15:56.25
THEY MAY NOT KNOW
HOW TO SING IT THE WAY
00:15:56.25\00:15:59.29
IT WAS WRITTEN
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HAD
00:15:59.29\00:16:02.09
THE EXPERIENCE THAT
GAVE BIRTH TO THE SONG.
00:16:02.09\00:16:06.39
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:16:06.39\00:16:07.66
AND SO THOSE
WHO ARE THE 144,000,
00:16:07.66\00:16:10.10
THEY'RE SINGING A SONG
NOBODY ELSE CAN SING. WHY?
00:16:10.10\00:16:13.20
BECAUSE IT SAYS
THERE IN REVELATION,
00:16:13.20\00:16:14.94
THESE ARE THOSE WHO...
00:16:14.94\00:16:16.17
THEY'VE COME OUT OF
A GREAT TRIBULATION.
00:16:16.17\00:16:18.84
THEY FOLLOWED THE
LAMB IN A CLOSE WAY,
00:16:18.84\00:16:20.91
UNLIKE ANYONE ELSE.
00:16:20.91\00:16:22.68
IT SAYS THEY SANG,
AS IT WERE, A NEW SONG.
00:16:22.68\00:16:25.31
SOMETHING ELSE IT TELLS US,
00:16:25.31\00:16:26.35
THEY FOLLOW THE
LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES.
00:16:26.35\00:16:30.39
BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT
TO FOLLOW THE LAMB THERE,
00:16:30.39\00:16:33.86
THEN, YOU MUST FIRST
FOLLOW THE LAMB HERE NOW.
00:16:33.86\00:16:37.99
WOW. AMEN.
00:16:37.99\00:16:39.46
AND YOU CAN'T SAY, "WELL,
I CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN
00:16:39.46\00:16:41.76
AND START FOLLOWING THE LAMB."
00:16:41.76\00:16:43.20
YOU WON'T BE IN HEAVEN UNLESS
YOU START FOLLOWING HIM NOW.
00:16:43.20\00:16:47.34
A CHRISTIAN IS A
FOLLOWER OF CHRIST.
00:16:47.34\00:16:50.07
AND IT SAYS THEY ARE VIRGINS,
00:16:50.07\00:16:51.71
AND THIS HAS
ALWAYS THROWN PEOPLE.
00:16:51.71\00:16:53.21
DOES THAT MEAN ALL
THE 144,000 ARE WOMEN?
00:16:53.21\00:16:56.31
BECAUSE THE
TERM THERE, IN GREEK,
00:16:56.31\00:16:57.61
IT DOES SEEM TO
IMPLY THE FEMININE SIDE.
00:16:57.61\00:17:00.62
KEEP IN MIND, IN REVELATION,
IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON
00:17:00.62\00:17:03.72
HAS DAUGHTERS THAT
ARE HARLOTS, UNFAITHFUL.
00:17:03.72\00:17:08.32
THE 144,000, IT'S
SAYING THEY ARE VIRGINS
00:17:08.32\00:17:10.93
FOR THEY ARE NOT DEFILED.
00:17:10.93\00:17:12.86
IT'S TALKING ABOUT THEY
ARE A PART OF THE TRUTH,
00:17:12.86\00:17:15.40
THEY'VE NOT BEEN
DEFILED BY THE WINE OF BABYLON.
00:17:15.40\00:17:19.10
IT'S SIMPLY SAYING,
THEY'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT
00:17:19.10\00:17:20.70
SEX AT ALL, IT'S TALKING
ABOUT THEY ARE A PURE GROUP
00:17:20.70\00:17:23.71
BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED
THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS.
00:17:23.71\00:17:25.67
THEY ARE UNDEFILED
BY THE FALSE TEACHINGS.
00:17:25.67\00:17:28.14
EVERYTHING THAT
WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU
00:17:28.14\00:17:29.81
ABOUT THE 144,000,
YOU KNOW WHAT THE KEY IS
00:17:29.81\00:17:31.88
TO UNDERSTANDING IT?
00:17:31.88\00:17:33.88
THEY REPRESENT
MODERN-DAY APOSTLES.
00:17:33.88\00:17:37.72
SEE, IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, I'M SORRY,
00:17:37.72\00:17:39.02
IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT, RATHER, JESUS PICKED
00:17:39.02\00:17:41.16
TWELVE APOSTLES AND HE SAID,
00:17:41.16\00:17:43.49
"I WANT YOU TO BE MY ADVOCATES
00:17:43.49\00:17:46.13
TO TAKE THIS
MESSAGE TO THE WORLD."
00:17:46.13\00:17:47.96
BUT THEY WERE NOT
THE ONLY ONES SAVED,
00:17:47.96\00:17:49.70
THEY WERE A
SPECIAL GROUP OF LEADERS.
00:17:49.70\00:17:52.07
BEFORE THE HOLY
SPIRIT IS POURED OUT
00:17:52.07\00:17:53.70
IN ACTS CHAPTER 2,
JUDAS HAS KILLED HIMSELF,
00:17:53.70\00:17:57.51
PETER SAID,
"THERE'S ONLY 11 OF US NOW,
00:17:57.51\00:17:59.71
WE NEED TO REPLACE JUDAS
AND GET BACK TO THE NUMBER 12."
00:17:59.71\00:18:02.74
WHEN THEY REPLACED JUDAS,
00:18:02.74\00:18:03.85
THE HOLY SPIRIT FALLS
OUT IN THE NEXT VERSE.
00:18:03.85\00:18:06.61
BUT THERE'S NOT JUST 12
THAT RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT,
00:18:06.61\00:18:09.42
THERE'S A 120 IN THE UPPER ROOM,
00:18:09.42\00:18:11.92
AND THEN 3,000 ARE CONVERTED
AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY DO
00:18:11.92\00:18:16.22
WHICH LEADS TO
THE NEXT QUESTION,
00:18:16.22\00:18:18.43
ARE THE 144,000 THE ONLY
ONES SAVED WHEN JESUS COMES?
00:18:18.43\00:18:22.86
WELL, IF YOU DO THE
MATH, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SAD
00:18:22.86\00:18:24.80
BECAUSE THERE ARE
ABOUT 7 BILLION PEOPLE
00:18:24.80\00:18:28.07
IN THE WORLD TODAY,
THERE'S MORE THAN 7 BILLION.
00:18:28.07\00:18:30.37
AND IF ONLY 144,000
ARE GOING TO BE SAVED,
00:18:30.37\00:18:35.01
THAT MEANS YOUR CHANCE
IS ABOUT 1 OUT OF 50,000.
00:18:35.01\00:18:40.25
IT'S STILL BETTER THAN
THE LOTTERY IN FLORIDA,
00:18:40.25\00:18:42.02
DID YOU KNOW THAT?
00:18:42.02\00:18:44.09
BUT IT'S NOT GOOD.
00:18:44.09\00:18:47.36
NO, THEY'RE NOT
THE ONLY ONES SAVED,
00:18:47.36\00:18:49.89
THEY ARE A
SPECIAL GROUP OF LEADERS.
00:18:49.89\00:18:51.73
IN THE SAME WAY, LET ME MAKE
THE 144,000 REALLY EASY FOR YOU
00:18:51.73\00:18:55.06
IN THE SAME WAY THAT
JESUS HAD 12 APOSTLES
00:18:55.06\00:18:57.80
THAT FOLLOWED
HIM WHEREVER HE WENT,
00:18:57.80\00:18:59.87
THAT HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM THAT SANG...
00:18:59.87\00:19:03.30
YOU KNOW, THE
BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS,
00:19:03.30\00:19:04.61
THE ONLY TIME HE
SANG, HE SANG WITH THE 12,
00:19:04.61\00:19:07.58
HE SANG OTHER TIMES,
BUT THE ONLY TIME RECORDED,
00:19:07.58\00:19:09.78
IN THE BIBLE, WHEN JESUS SANG,
HE SANG WITH THE 12 APOSTLES
00:19:09.78\00:19:12.98
JUST BEFORE HE
WENT TO THE CROSS.
00:19:12.98\00:19:15.02
THEY SANG WITH THE
LORD A SPECIAL SONG.
00:19:15.02\00:19:17.65
AND SO, ALL THE THINGS
ABOUT THE 144,000, BY THE WAY,
00:19:17.65\00:19:21.59
THIS WAS WRITTEN BY
AN APOSTLE, ISN'T IT?
00:19:21.59\00:19:24.36
HE'S TALKING ABOUT
THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS
00:19:24.36\00:19:26.96
DURING THE FIRST COMING.
00:19:26.96\00:19:28.43
THERE'S GOING TO
BE AN ARMY OF APOSTLES
00:19:28.43\00:19:30.77
GETTING THE WORLD
READY FOR THE SECOND COMING.
00:19:30.77\00:19:33.77
AMEN. DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
00:19:33.77\00:19:35.37
THAT'S THE 144,000.
00:19:35.37\00:19:37.31
BUT NOW WE'VE LEARNED
A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM,
00:19:37.31\00:19:39.97
WHAT'S THE SPECIAL
NAME IN THEIR FOREHEADS?
00:19:39.97\00:19:42.81
IT TALKS ABOUT A NAME, A SEAL.
00:19:42.81\00:19:45.65
KEEP IN MIND, IT'S NOT
TALKING ABOUT A TATTOO.
00:19:45.65\00:19:49.45
YOU'RE GOING TO FIND
OUT ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE
00:19:49.45\00:19:51.62
IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT, IT TALKS ABOUT
00:19:51.62\00:19:53.02
IN THE HAND AND IN THE FOREHEAD,
00:19:53.02\00:19:55.12
THAT MEANS IN YOUR
ACTIONS AND IN YOUR THOUGHTS.
00:19:55.12\00:19:58.69
IN DEUTERONOMY 5, MOSES
REPEATS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
00:19:58.69\00:20:01.56
IN DEUTERONOMY 6, HE SAYS,
"YOU'LL BIND THEM AS A SIGN
00:20:01.56\00:20:03.90
ON YOUR HAND, AND
THEY'LL BE AS FRONTLETS
00:20:03.90\00:20:05.97
BETWEEN YOUR EYES," WHAT'S THAT?
00:20:05.97\00:20:08.17
FOREHEAD, THAT THE LORD'S
LAW MIGHT BE IN YOUR HEART,
00:20:08.17\00:20:12.31
ANOTHER SYMBOL.
00:20:12.31\00:20:13.41
IN THE HAND
MEANS IN THE ACTIONS,
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.31
IN THE FOREHEAD
MEANS IN THE WORSHIP,
00:20:15.31\00:20:17.21
IN THE THOUGHTS.
00:20:17.21\00:20:18.78
I'LL MAKE
SOMETHING REALLY CLEAR.
00:20:18.78\00:20:21.85
IN THE LAST DAYS, IF
YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF THE LORD
00:20:21.85\00:20:24.25
IN YOUR HEART AND
YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR MIND,
00:20:24.25\00:20:26.96
YOU WILL NOT HAVE
THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
00:20:26.96\00:20:29.46
IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAW OF GOD
00:20:29.46\00:20:31.76
IN YOUR HEART AND
YOUR HAND AND YOUR HEAD,
00:20:31.76\00:20:33.56
YOU WILL HAVE THE
MARK OF THE BEAST.
00:20:33.56\00:20:35.23
IT'S JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
00:20:35.23\00:20:38.73
NOW, YOU NOTICE IN
EZEKIEL 9, WE ALWAYS THINK
00:20:38.73\00:20:41.07
THE MARK IS THE BAD
THING, IF YOU READ EZEKIEL 9,
00:20:41.07\00:20:43.30
THERE'S ANOTHER VISION THERE.
00:20:43.30\00:20:44.81
BY THE WAY, REVELATION IS
REFERRING BACK TO EZEKIEL,
00:20:44.81\00:20:48.88
THAT EVERYBODY IN
JERUSALEM WAS TO BE DESTROYED
00:20:48.88\00:20:51.75
EXCEPT THOSE THAT HAD THIS MARK
PLACED ON THEM BY THE ANGEL.
00:20:51.75\00:20:55.18
EVERYBODY IN EZEKIEL 9
WHO GETS THE MARK IS SAVED
00:20:55.18\00:20:59.32
BECAUSE THEY ARE
SIGHING AND CRYING
00:20:59.32\00:21:01.26
FOR THE ABOMINATIONS
THAT ARE DONE IN ISRAEL
00:21:01.26\00:21:03.43
BECAUSE THERE WAS FALSE
WORSHIP THAT WAS HAPPENING
00:21:03.43\00:21:06.43
AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL.
00:21:06.43\00:21:08.80
AND YOU READ THAT CHAPTER
AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT.
00:21:08.80\00:21:12.43
SO WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD?
00:21:12.43\00:21:14.90
ALL RIGHT, WE
TALKED ABOUT THE 144,000,
00:21:14.90\00:21:16.87
WE'RE GOING TO SPEND THE REST
OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS
00:21:16.87\00:21:19.41
VERY IMPORTANT
SUBJECT, AND YOU PRAY FOR ME
00:21:19.41\00:21:21.38
AS I PROCEED
BECAUSE I REALLY WANT YOU
00:21:21.38\00:21:23.31
TO GET THIS,
FRIENDS, IT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
00:21:23.31\00:21:26.25
ALL RIGHT, FIRST OF ALL,
SEAL OF GOD IS THE HOLY SPIRIT.
00:21:26.25\00:21:31.35
YOU ALREADY SORT OF KNEW THAT.
00:21:31.35\00:21:33.22
THOSE THAT HAVE
THE MARK OF THE BEAST,
00:21:33.22\00:21:34.76
WHOSE SPIRIT DO THEY HAVE?
00:21:34.76\00:21:36.69
SATAN. THE DEVIL.
00:21:36.69\00:21:38.19
THOSE THAT HAVE SEAL OF
GOD, WHOSE SPIRIT DO THEY HAVE?
00:21:38.19\00:21:41.80
IT SAYS THERE IN EPHESIANS 4:30,
00:21:41.80\00:21:43.60
"DO NOT GRIEVE THE
HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD,
00:21:43.60\00:21:45.63
WHERE WITH YOU ARE SEALED
FOR THE DAY OF REDEMPTION."
00:21:45.63\00:21:49.90
THERE'S A SEAL
OF THE HOLY SPIRIT
00:21:49.90\00:21:51.37
THAT HAPPENS INSIDE.
00:21:51.37\00:21:52.97
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
THAT IS MORE TANGIBLE THAN THAT
00:21:52.97\00:21:56.11
THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE LIFE,
00:21:56.11\00:21:57.68
AND YOU'LL FIND
THAT IN THIS VERSE,
00:21:57.68\00:21:59.08
ISAIAH 8:16,
"BIND UP THE TESTIMONY,
00:21:59.08\00:22:03.82
SEAL THE LAW
AMONG MY DISCIPLES."
00:22:03.82\00:22:07.96
CAN THE LAW BE
SEALED IN THE HEART?
00:22:07.96\00:22:11.43
SO THE LAW OF GOD,
IN A SENSE, IS THE SEAL.
00:22:11.43\00:22:13.53
WHAT'S THE NEW COVENANT?
00:22:13.53\00:22:14.63
"I'LL TAKE MY LAW AND
WRITE IT IN THEIR HEARTS."
00:22:14.63\00:22:18.50
BUT WE'RE GOING
TO GO A STEP DEEPER
00:22:18.50\00:22:20.30
TO FIND OUT WHAT IS
THAT SEAL IN THE LAW.
00:22:20.30\00:22:24.24
I COULD... NOW,
TYPICALLY, A SEAL,
00:22:24.24\00:22:26.47
IN BIBLE TIMES, YOU KNOW,
00:22:26.47\00:22:27.58
WHEN YOU WOULD MAKE
A DOCUMENT OFFICIAL,
00:22:27.58\00:22:29.38
THEY'D POUR WAX ON
THE SEAL LIKE YOU DO
00:22:29.38\00:22:31.71
WITH AN
ENVELOPE, THEY'D STAMP IT
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.18
WITH THE GOVERNMENT SEAL
AND THE SEAL ALWAYS CONTAINED
00:22:33.18\00:22:35.82
THREE CHARACTERISTICS.
00:22:35.82\00:22:37.52
IT WOULD HAVE THE NAME
OF THE OFFICIAL, THE TITLE,
00:22:37.52\00:22:42.82
AND THE TERRITORY.
00:22:42.82\00:22:45.03
FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE GOT A
COPY HERE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH
00:22:45.03\00:22:49.26
AND IN CANADA, IT SAYS,
"QUEEN OF CANADA, ELIZABETH"
00:22:49.26\00:22:54.50
AND THAT'S THE NAME,
00:22:54.50\00:22:55.57
QUEEN THE OFFICE,
ELIZABETH, CANADA.
00:22:55.57\00:22:59.51
AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE
THREE CHARACTERISTICS.
00:22:59.51\00:23:01.91
WHEN PONTIUS PILATE PUT A
SEAL ON THE TOMB OF JESUS,
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.88
WHAT DID IT SAY?
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.21
PONTIUS PILATE,
HIS NAME, GOVERNOR,
00:23:06.21\00:23:08.65
HIS OFFICE,
JUDEA, HIS TERRITORY.
00:23:08.65\00:23:12.59
WHEN KING DARIUS PUT
A SEAL, THE BIBLE SAYS
00:23:12.59\00:23:15.12
HE PUT A SEAL ON THE
STONE PLACED ON THE LION'S DEN,
00:23:15.12\00:23:18.89
WHAT DID IT SAY?
00:23:18.89\00:23:20.10
"DARIUS, KING, MEDO-PERSIA,"
YOU'VE GOT THOSE THREE THINGS
00:23:20.10\00:23:23.16
WERE ALWAYS IN A SEAL.
00:23:23.16\00:23:25.17
YOU EVER SEE THE
PRESIDENTIAL SEAL?
00:23:25.17\00:23:27.74
IT'S GOING TO SAY
THE PRESIDENT'S NAME,
00:23:27.74\00:23:29.67
PRESIDENT, UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA.
00:23:29.67\00:23:32.77
AND SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE
THOSE THREE CHARACTERISTICS.
00:23:32.77\00:23:34.94
DO YOU FIND THE SEAL
OF GOD IN THE LAW OF GOD?
00:23:34.94\00:23:37.75
YOU DO.
00:23:37.75\00:23:39.25
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LAW,
00:23:39.25\00:23:41.42
IN THE LONGEST OF
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
00:23:41.42\00:23:44.45
AND HERE'S WHAT IT READS
00:23:44.45\00:23:45.52
AND YOU READ IN
EXODUS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 8,
00:23:45.52\00:23:48.42
"REMEMBER THE
SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY.
00:23:48.42\00:23:51.29
SIX DAYS YOU SHALL
LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK,
00:23:51.29\00:23:55.20
BUT THE SEVENTH
DAY IS THE SABBATH
00:23:55.20\00:23:57.67
OF THE LORD YOUR GOD.
00:23:57.67\00:23:59.00
IN IT YOU SHALL NOT DO
ANY WORK, YOU OR YOUR SON,
00:23:59.00\00:24:02.47
OR YOUR DAUGHTER,
YOUR MALE SERVANT,
00:24:02.47\00:24:04.14
OR YOUR FEMALE SERVANT.
00:24:04.14\00:24:05.67
NOR YOUR
CATTLE, OR YOUR STRANGER
00:24:05.67\00:24:07.31
WHO IS WITHIN YOUR GATES."
00:24:07.31\00:24:08.68
NOW HERE, WATCH CAREFULLY,
"FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD"
00:24:08.68\00:24:13.08
JEHOVAH, HIS
NAME, CREATED "MADE",
00:24:13.08\00:24:17.25
HIS OFFICE HE'S THE
CREATOR AND SUSTAINER
00:24:17.25\00:24:19.29
"THE HEAVENS AND THE
EARTH, AND THE SEA..."
00:24:19.29\00:24:22.56
THERE YOU HAVE THE NAME
OF GOD, THE TITLE OF GOD,
00:24:22.56\00:24:25.83
THE TERRITORY OF GOD,
00:24:25.83\00:24:27.50
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
LAW OF GOD IS THIS SEAL.
00:24:27.50\00:24:31.53
AND WHAT WE'RE GOING
TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOW
00:24:31.53\00:24:33.87
IS THE SABBATH
COMMANDMENT AND WHY IT IS
00:24:33.87\00:24:36.94
AN IMPORTANT
ISSUE IN THE LAST DAYS
00:24:36.94\00:24:39.21
BECAUSE IT TALKS
ABOUT RESTING IN THE LORD.
00:24:39.21\00:24:43.28
IT TALKS ABOUT
HAVING A RELATIONSHIP.
00:24:43.28\00:24:45.11
IT TALKS ABOUT
HAVING THE FATHER'S NAME.
00:24:45.11\00:24:47.08
IS THE FATHER'S
NAME IN THAT COMMANDMENT?
00:24:47.08\00:24:49.45
JEHOVAH, "THE LORD
MADE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH,
00:24:49.45\00:24:52.02
THE SEA AND ALL THIS IS IN THEM,
00:24:52.02\00:24:53.49
AND RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY.
00:24:53.49\00:24:55.06
THEREFORE THE LORD
BLESSED THE SABBATH DAY
00:24:55.06\00:24:57.83
AND HE HALLOWED IT."
00:24:57.83\00:24:58.89
THAT MEANS HE MADE IT HOLY.
00:24:58.89\00:25:01.00
SO HERE YOU'VE GOT
THOSE THREE CHARACTERISTICS,
00:25:01.00\00:25:03.40
YOU'VE GOT HIS TITLE,
YOU'VE GOT HIS TERRITORY,
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.67
YOU'VE GOT HIS NAME, ALL
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW.
00:25:06.67\00:25:09.60
NOW I WANT YOU TO JUST
SEE, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
00:25:09.60\00:25:13.41
OF THE BIBLE AND HEAVEN,
WHY THIS WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT.
00:25:13.41\00:25:18.15
IS THERE A PLACE
IN THE WORLD TODAY
00:25:18.15\00:25:19.61
IF I WAS GOING TO SAY,
"I'M GOING TO THE HOLY LAND.
00:25:19.61\00:25:21.52
I'M GOING ON A HOLY
LAND TOUR," WHERE AM I GOING?
00:25:21.52\00:25:23.95
ISRAEL. ISRAEL.
00:25:23.95\00:25:26.12
NOT TOO MANY
PEOPLE DISPUTE THAT.
00:25:26.12\00:25:27.86
AND, IF I'M IN
ISRAEL, I'M GOING TO SAY,
00:25:27.86\00:25:29.16
"I'M GOING TO THE HOLY
CITY," WHERE AM I GOING?
00:25:29.16\00:25:31.13
JERUSALEM. JERUSALEM.
00:25:31.13\00:25:33.46
AND THEN, IF I
SAY, I'M IN JERUSALEM,
00:25:33.46\00:25:35.03
I'M GOING TO GO VISIT
THE HOLY MOUNT, MOUNT MORIAH,
00:25:35.03\00:25:38.93
SOMETIMES CALLED MOUNT
ZION, IT'S WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS.
00:25:38.93\00:25:42.27
AND, IN ANCIENT TIMES,
IF YOU WENT TO THE TEMPLE,
00:25:42.27\00:25:44.41
YOU'D GO TO THE HOLY TEMPLE.
00:25:44.41\00:25:46.68
AND, IN THE HOLY
TEMPLE, THEY HAD A PLACE CALLED
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.24
THE HOLY PLACE,
BUT THE HOLY PLACE
00:25:48.24\00:25:51.75
HAD AN INNER SANCTUM
CALLED THE HOLY OF HOLIES,
00:25:51.75\00:25:55.68
AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE
THING IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES.
00:25:55.68\00:25:58.75
WHAT WAS IT? THE ARK.
00:25:58.75\00:26:00.42
AN ARK, GOLDEN BOX,
WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT
00:26:00.42\00:26:02.82
THIS SACRED GOLDEN BOX
THAT'S STILL MISSING TODAY.
00:26:02.82\00:26:05.79
WHAT MADE THE GOLDEN BOX
SUCH A NATIONAL TREASURE?
00:26:05.79\00:26:10.07
WHAT DID IT HAVE IN
THERE? TEN COMMANDMENTS.
00:26:10.07\00:26:13.00
AND, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS,
DO YOU FIND THE WORD HOLY?
00:26:13.00\00:26:16.71
YES. HOW MANY TIMES?
00:26:16.71\00:26:19.27
ONE TIME. WHERE IS IT?
00:26:19.27\00:26:20.94
IT'S IN THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT.
00:26:20.94\00:26:23.91
BECAUSE GOD
WANTS TO MAKE US HOLY.
00:26:23.91\00:26:27.95
AND LIFE IS COMPOSED OF TIME.
00:26:27.95\00:26:31.55
GOD IS LOVE. YOU WITH ME?
00:26:31.55\00:26:34.36
YOU CANNOT LOVE WITHOUT TIME.
00:26:34.36\00:26:37.43
WIVES USUALLY GET
THAT BETTER THAN HUSBANDS.
00:26:37.43\00:26:41.86
THEY SAY, "OH YOU
NEVER DO ANYTHING WITH ME."
00:26:41.86\00:26:43.16
"I'VE BEEN HOME ALL DAY."
00:26:43.16\00:26:44.53
"BUT, YEAH, YOU'VE
BEEN ON YOUR COMPUTER."
00:26:44.53\00:26:46.77
NOW THIS CONVERSATION
NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HOME.
00:26:46.77\00:26:50.07
BUT I SAID, "I WAS HERE."
"THAT'S NOT QUALITY TIME."
00:26:50.07\00:26:54.78
SO WE LIVE ALL WEEK LONG,
BUT DO WE HAVE QUALITY TIME?
00:26:54.78\00:26:57.61
BECAUSE LOVE IS
NOURISHED IN QUALITY TIME.
00:26:57.61\00:27:02.85
GOD, WHEN HE CREATED THE
WORLD, HE CREATED AND SANCTIFIED
00:27:02.85\00:27:05.79
A QUALITY TIME TO NURTURE
OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM.
00:27:05.79\00:27:09.86
AND, IF YOU LOVE GOD,
00:27:09.86\00:27:11.29
IF YOU KNOW GOD YOU'LL LOVE HIM,
00:27:11.29\00:27:12.39
IF YOU LOVE
HIM, YOU'LL OBEY HIM.
00:27:12.39\00:27:13.43
THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO
DESTROY THE QUALITY TIME
00:27:13.43\00:27:17.13
AND THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN PEOPLE AND GOD,
00:27:17.13\00:27:20.24
AND HE IS ESPECIALLY
ATTACKING THE SABBATH.
00:27:20.24\00:27:23.14
IN SIX DAYS, GOD CREATED
THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH.
00:27:27.51\00:27:31.81
FOR THOUSANDS OF
YEARS, MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD
00:27:31.81\00:27:34.62
ON THE SEVENTH DAY OF THE WEEK.
00:27:34.62\00:27:36.55
NOW, EACH WEEK,
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE WORSHIP
00:27:36.55\00:27:39.39
ON THE FIRST DAY.
00:27:39.39\00:27:41.09
WHAT HAPPENED?
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.26
WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:27:42.26\00:27:44.73
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
00:27:44.73\00:27:47.50
WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT?
00:27:47.50\00:27:49.30
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00:27:49.30\00:27:51.43
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