- [Narrator] This
presentation is brought to you
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by the friends of the
Amazing Facts ministry.
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What do you think of
when you hear the number 666?
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Perhaps it conjures up ominous
images of occult ceremonies
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and the evil powers
mentioned in Bible prophecy.
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Some people have even refused
phone numbers, license plates,
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and credit cards that
might contain the number 666
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because of their
fearful superstitions.
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While we don't need to
be afraid of the number 666,
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it is interesting to
note that mathematically,
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666 is a very unique number.
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It's the sum of the
first 36 natural numbers,
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meaning if you add one
plus two plus three plus four
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on up to 36, it adds up to 666,
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and that would mean if
you add up all the numbers
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on a roulette
wheel, it comes to 666.
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It's also the sum of the squares
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of the first
seven prime numbers.
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Furthermore, if you add together
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the first six Roman numerals,
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the total is,
you guessed it, 666.
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Even organic
molecules are based on carbon 12
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with six protons, six neutrons
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in the nucleus
surrounded by six electrons.
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Revelation 13
speaks of a beast and a man
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whose number is 666.
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Obviously, it helps
us to identify a power
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that is opposed to God,
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but what exactly is this power
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and how can we avoid
receiving its deadly mark?
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Join me now as we
explore the Bible facts
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about the mark of the beast.
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All right, we're
gonna be talking tonight
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about the deadly mark,
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talking about
the mark of the beast
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and not just the
mark of the beast.
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We're gonna be talking
also about the seal of God
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and you've been
waiting for this presentation.
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The Bible tells us,
in the book of Genesis,
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Adam and Eve had two sons.
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We alluded to this
story a little earlier.
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Their names were Cain and Abel.
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You read in Genesis 4:2,
"Abel was a keeper of sheep,
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but Cain was a
tiller of the ground,"
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sort of like Jacob and Esau.
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One took care of sheep
and the other was a hunter.
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Twins, but they were different.
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The Bible doesn't tell
us Cain and Abel were twins.
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Cain was probably
the the firstborn.
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You see, the Lord established
the sacrificial system
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right after Adam and Eve's sin.
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They tried to cover
their sin with fig leaves
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and God said that will not do.
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And he covered them with skin
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that required something to die.
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God explained that the death
of these lambs were a symbol
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for when his son would
come as the lamb of God
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and the sacrificial
system was established,
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they would
bring their sacrifices
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to their gates of
the garden of Eden.
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They'd been evicted, but
when the time came for them
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to make an offering to the Lord,
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Cain as a tiller of the
land, he said, Look, Abel,
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you keep sheep.
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That makes sense
for you to offer a lamb
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that's kind of messy,
I don't wanna do that.
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I'm a farmer, I'm
gonna offer fruit.
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And Abel said with his brother,
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he said, "But that's
not what God told us to do.
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We need to obey God."
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We got to this problem
because we didn't obey God
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and he kind of aggravated
him that his younger brother
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was telling him what to do.
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And eventually it says
that now "Cain talked with Abel,
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his brother and
Cain rose up against Abel
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his brother and killed him."
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Here you have the
first murder in the universe.
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You've got two
brothers ostensibly
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worshiping the same God.
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Cain made an offering to God.
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He built an altar,
he made a sacrifice,
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but he's doing it his own way.
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He's changed it,
it's manmade worship,
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and he now
persecutes his brother.
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The Bible says Abel's
offering was accepted,
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that bothered Cain when
he saw fire come from God
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and accept Abel's offering,
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but it didn't
accept his offering,
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and he became so
angry that he killed him.
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Did he kill Abel for his badness
or because of his goodness?
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Why were the religious
leaders so angry at Jesus
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because of his badness
or because his goodness made
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their badness stand out?
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If you have light in you,
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it will reveal
the darkness in others
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and it will either convert
them or really bother them.
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And the Bible says,
because of Cain's awful sin,
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it says, "The
Lord set a mark on Cain
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lest anyone finding
him should kill him."
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And so you have
here worship persecution
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and a mark is
placed on one group.
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I'm gonna read a passage to you
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that explains why this
subject is so important.
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In Revelation 14:9,
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"Then a third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice,
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'If anyone worships
the beast in his image
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and receives his mark on
his forehead or on his hand,
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he himself will also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God
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that is poured out
full strength into the cup
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of his indignation,
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He will be tormented
with fire and brimstone,
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in the presence of the
holy angels and in the presence
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of the lamb and the smoke
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of their torment
ascends up forever
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and ever and they have no rest.
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No rest, day or night who
worship the beast in his image
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and whoever receives
the mark of his name.'"
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Then it contrasts that
with, "Here are those that keep.
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Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
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and the faith of Jesus."
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So when we're talking about
this very important subject,
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the reason we
covered is the Lord
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is making the very
strongest possible arguments in
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the last days and he's saying,
"Do not worship the beast.
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Do not receive the
mark of the beast."
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But everybody in
revelation has a mark.
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Turn with me please now
to Revelation chapter 14,
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and this will set the stage
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and then we'll go from
there into the slide program.
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Revelation 7:1.
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"After these things,
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I saw four angels standing at
the four corners of the earth,
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holding the four
winds of the earth."
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Now everyone realizes
these angels are symbols
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of the four directions
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of the earth, north,
south, east, and west.
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That no wind should blow
upon the earth or on the sea
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or any tree.
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Those winds or storms
was talking about trouble.
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And I saw an angel
ascend 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 to the four angels
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to whom it was granted to harm
the earth and the sea saying,
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"Do not harm the earth
or the sea or the trees
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till we have sealed servants
of our God in their foreheads."
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All right, question number
one, with that background,
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I think we can move along
and it'll make more sense.
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Who is protected
through the seven last plagues?
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So before these angels
release the grip on the storm
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and that storm is the
plagues, what has to happen?
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It says in Revelation 7:3,
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"Do not harm the earth, the sea,
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or the trees till we
have sealed the servants
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of our God on their foreheads.
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Now with the mark of the beast,
it says, hand and forehead.
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With the seal of God,
it just says forehead.
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Question two, what is this seal?
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Instead of focusing on
the mark you don't want,
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let's talk about the
seal you do want, amen.
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Then we'll get to the mark,
look at the positive first.
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What is this seal
that the righteous have
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in their forehead?
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Well, you know the Bible
tells us two or three places,
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we are sealed
with the Holy Spirit.
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Everybody that has
the mark of the beast
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has got the spirit of the devil.
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You already knew that,
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everybody that has the seal
of God has the spirit of God.
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You're not gonna find
anybody with the seal of God
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that doesn't also
have the spirit of God.
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So that's the inner
essence of that seal.
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We have God's spirit in us.
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"Grieve not the Holy Spirit,
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we're with you are sealed
for the day of redemption."
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Paul tells us us,
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but there's something
more that's more specific.
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What is this seal?
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You look in Isaiah chapter
8:16, "Bind up the testimony,
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seal the law among my disciples.
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Everybody that
has the seal of God
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has the law of
God in their hearts,
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but there's more in the law.
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What is a seal?
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A seal biblically,
contains three characteristics,
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even in our world today.
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When you go and you hear
the President give a speech,
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he'll come to the
podium and it'll have the seal.
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It'll say the president's
name, it'll say a president,
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his office,
United States of America.
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You got to Britain, it'll
say Elizabeth, Queen England.
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Wherever you have
a government seal,
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it's got three characteristics.
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When there was a seal
placed on the tomb of Jesus,
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what did it say?
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Remember, Pilate put a seal,
Pontus Pilate, Governor Judea.
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When there was a seal
placed on the lions' den
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then they took a stone,
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they put it on
Daniel's lions then
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and it said
Darius King, Mede-Persia.
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It's got the name,
their title, their territory.
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All right, so you've got these
three components in a seal.
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Now here's the question.
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Do you find the seal
of God in the law of God?
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Question number three,
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which of the 10
commandments contains
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all of the elements of a seal?
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You read there in Exodus 20:11,
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"For in six days the Lord,"
that's his name, Jehovah made,
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that's his office.
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He is the creator and
sustainer of all life,
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the heavens and
the earth and the sea
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and all that is in them.
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That's his territory, his
name, his office, his territory
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is in the middle of the law
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in the longest of
the 10 Commandments,
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in the only commandment that
begins with the word remember
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and I think I shared
this with you the night
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that we talked
about the Sabbath truth.
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That's why this
subject's important
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is because in the world
you've got the holy land there
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in Israel and in the holy
land you've got the holy city.
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And in the holy city
you've got the Holy Mount,
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and on the Holy Mount
you've got the holy temple.
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And in the holy temple
you've got the holy place
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and within the holy place
you've got the holy of holies.
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And in the holy of
holies you've got the holy arc.
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And in the holy arc
you've got the holy law.
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And in the holy law you've
got the word holy one time,
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you know where that is?
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Fourth commandment.
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God is asking us to
keep a special time holy
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for his worship.
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Now we should worship God.
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Some people say, Oh Pastor Doug,
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you guys, you
worship God one day a week.
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I worship God
every day of the week.
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That sounds very
sanctimonious when you say it,
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but it's really not valid
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'cause God is the
one who thought up
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the idea of
worshiping him in a special way,
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one day a week, right?
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And if you say I'm worshiping
God seven days a week,
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that's wonderful, I do too.
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But if you're saying that
you're keeping the Sabbath seven
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days a week, you're
not holy, you're lazy
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because it says
you're not supposed to work.
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And so it is
definitely itemized by God.
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It's not the church's Id, the
Sabbath was God's idea, right?
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Let's keep that straight.
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And so this is in
the middle of God's law,
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the seal of God's law is there,
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people who love
the Lord Jesus said,
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'Come to me,
I'll give you rest.'
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What did we learn about
those who worship the beast?
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They have no rest.
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Day or night,
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the Sabbath is a sign of
the rest that we have in Christ,
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every week, amen.
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And people think
about it like it's a burden,
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it's a blessing and
it's also very important
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in the last days, it
talks about who we worship.
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Why has God given this
special sign of his power?
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Let's look at
some of these verses.
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Ezekiel 20:12.
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I also gave them my
Sabbath to be a sign,
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like a seal between me
and them that they might know
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that I am the Lord
that sanctifies them.
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Does God only sanctify
Jews or does every believer need
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the sanctification
of the Holy Spirit?
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The Sabbath is a sign.
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First thing that God did
after he made Adam and Eve,
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he made a day and he made
it holy, he sanctified it.
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He made their marriage holy.
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There are two institutions
that God gave us out of Eden,
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the Garden of Eden marriage,
holy and a day that is holy.
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Do you realize that you can't
experience love without time?
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All love requires time to
express it, isn't that right?
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Your life requires time.
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So if you believe
that the Lord sanctifies,
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then this is an important truth.
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Again, Ezekiel 20:20,
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"Hallow My Sabbaths
and there'll be a sign
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between me and you
that you might know
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that I am the Lord, your God."
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He says it's a sign
also says it's a sign
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that he is the creator.
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He not only sanctifies
us, but he creates us.
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Exodus 31:13, "Surely
my sabbaths, you shall keep
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for it as a sign
between me and you
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throughout your
generations that you might know
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that I am the Lord
who sanctifies you."
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Several times God says,
it's a sign, it's a sign.
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Don't forget this.
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And the very fact
that the children of Israel
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were told to
remember it means it existed
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before it was
given on Mount Sinai
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when they were raining
bread down from heaven.
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In Exodus chapter 16,
that's before Exodus 20,
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where God gives
the 10 commandments.
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It tells us that he said
there's not gonna be any bread
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on the seventh day
because that's my Sabbath.
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Where'd that come from?
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Back in Genesis chapter
two, it was made for man.
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That's not how you spell
Jew, M-A-N, it's mankind,
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that's talking about humanity.
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Don't go anywhere
friends, in just a moment,
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we'll return with the
rest of today's presentation.
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The mark of the beast is
probably the most controversial
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and feared subjects
from the book of Revelation.
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Some say it's a numbered
tattooed in our foreheads
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or a computer chip
embedded in our hands.
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Others suggest the number
is being secretly introduced
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in the world now
through a super ID credit card.
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and learn some more Amazing
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Number seven, is
either the mark of the beast
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or the seal of God visible?
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This is where I want you
to pay special attention.
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Look in Hebrews
10:16 that "Says the Lord:
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I will put my laws in
their hearts and in their minds,
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I will write them."
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The law of God in the
heart and in the mind.
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Is that physical or is
that something inside, spiritual
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Exodus 13:9,
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"It shall be
assigned to you on your hand
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and a memorial
between your eyes."
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What do you call this
spot between your eyes?
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Your forehead.
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What did David use
to bring down Goliath?
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A rock. And where'd it hit him?
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Between the eyes.
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See for the Jew,
this is between the eyes.
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It's not talk about
where your glasses hang.
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It's talking about in
the hand and in the forehead.
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Now I'm gonna show you a
few other verses on this.
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Look at Isaiah 59:6.
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"There are works
or works of iniquity
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and the act of
violence is in their hand."
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So in the Bible,
when it says in the hand,
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represents your actions.
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In the forehead, your
thoughts and your worship.
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If I say, "Can you
please lend me a hand?"
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You don't unscrew your
hand and throw it to me, right?
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It means can you
give me some action.
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Let me give you a
couple more verses.
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If you go in your Bible
to the book of Deuteronomy,
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one of the most important
scriptures for the Jewish nation
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was the great Sherma
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that you would
find in Deuteronomy 6:4.
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But I want you to notice here
what it says right after that.
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Deuteronomy chapter five,
they have the 10 commandments,
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Deuteronomy six,
this is all one message.
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So Moses is not stopped
and is part of a continuation
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of the 10
Commandments being repeated.
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"Hear all Israel, the
Lord our God, the Lord is one.
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You shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart,
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with all your soul,
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with all your
strength and these words
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that I command you today."
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Now, Jesus said the
greatest commandment,
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is loving the Lord, right?
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That was it, the
greatest commandment.
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What does he say
immediately after that?
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These words I command you today,
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He just recited
the 10 commandments.
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Chapter five
will be in your heart.
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Now, when he says in your heart,
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does that mean you make
an incision in your chest
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and you peel it open
and you put the law in there
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and sew it up?
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Or is it a metaphor?
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Metaphor, right?
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Keep reading.
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You shall teach them
diligently to your children.
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Verse seven, talk of them
when you sit in the house,
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when you walk by the
way, when you lay down,
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when you rise up the law of God,
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you shall bind them for a sign.
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It's like a seal, bind
them for a sign on your hand.
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They shall be as
frontlets between your eyes.
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Friends, this is just so easy
when when you think about it,
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God is saying over
and over in His word,
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the law of God is
to be in your actions,
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in your hands and in
your forehead, in your mind.
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And it starts by
being in your heart.
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If first it is in your heart,
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it'll then be in your
hand and in your head, right?
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And so if you do not have
the law of God in your heart,
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in your hand, in your
head, in the last days,
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you'll have the mark of
the beast in your forehead
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or in your hand.
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Quite simply,
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there's gonna be two kinds
of worship in the last days.
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There's gonna be laws
that will compel us to worship,
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that is gonna require us
to violate the law of God.
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And we're gonna have
to make the same decision
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that Daniel and Esther and
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
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they all made.
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Does anybody have the
mark of the beast now?
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Not yet, when will
it become official?
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You look in
Revelation 13, it says,
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"No man might buy or sell
except the one who has the mark
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or the name of the beast
or the number of his name."
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See, the anti-Christ power
is gonna try to compel people
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to worship a certain way.
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Now in Daniel chapter three,
it was the second commandment,
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Daniel chapter six.
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It was the first
commandment and the last days
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the issue is gonna revolve
around the fourth commandment.
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The fourth
commandment is the seal of God
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and the beast
power is gonna be saying,
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No, you cannot
worship on the day God said,
00:19:06.01\00:19:08.41
you've gotta worship on
the day that we set aside.
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What was God's criticism
against his ancient pastors
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and priests?
00:19:15.68\00:19:17.15
He said, "You have caused
many to stumble at the law.
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You have not kept my ways,
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but you have shown
partiality in the law."
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Hosea 4:6,
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"My people are destroyed
for a lack of knowledge."
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He said his people,
today it would be Christians.
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Why are they destroyed?
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Because you've
rejected knowledge.
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I'll reject you from
being a priest for me
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because you have
forgotten the law of your God.
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I will forget your children.
This is pretty serious.
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It's one of the prophets
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that lived lived just
before the time of Jesus.
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And he said the people
were forgetting the law of God.
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How did God's
ancient leaders regard
00:19:51.72\00:19:53.92
the great things from his law?
00:19:53.96\00:19:56.52
He says,
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"I've written to them from
the great things of my law,
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but they were
counted as a strange thing."
00:20:00.13\00:20:02.63
What specific solemn rebuke
did God give religious leaders
00:20:04.13\00:20:06.97
regarding his Holy Sabbath?
00:20:07.00\00:20:09.50
Answer, he says,
00:20:09.54\00:20:10.97
You have
despised my holy sayings
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and you've profaned my Sabbath.
00:20:13.44\00:20:16.04
Again, Ezekiel 22:26,
00:20:16.08\00:20:18.31
"Her priests
have violated my law
00:20:18.35\00:20:20.68
and profaned my holy things.
00:20:20.72\00:20:22.55
They have not distinguished
00:20:22.58\00:20:23.89
between the
holy and the unholy."
00:20:23.92\00:20:25.99
My friends, I don't
ever wanna apologize
00:20:26.02\00:20:27.99
for telling you that God said,
00:20:28.02\00:20:29.49
"Blessed are the pure in
heart, they will see God."
00:20:29.52\00:20:31.73
God is calling us the holiness.
00:20:31.76\00:20:34.20
Jesus will cover
you with his blood
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and give you his
holiness as a gift.
00:20:36.13\00:20:38.50
But he wants us to
then grow in sanctification
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.47
and learn how to live holy lives
00:20:41.50\00:20:43.34
where we are dedicated to him.
00:20:43.37\00:20:44.87
We are doing our best,
that's why we sing that song.
00:20:44.91\00:20:46.98
Make me willing to do your will.
00:20:47.01\00:20:48.51
What is the will of God?
00:20:48.54\00:20:50.25
I love to do thy will,
thy law is in my heart.
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That's what it says in
the Psalms, Psalm 40:7.
00:20:53.58\00:20:56.89
And so we're talking
about living holy lives,
00:20:56.92\00:20:59.82
but this is what was forgotten.
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They're not distinguishing
between the holy and the unholy,
00:21:02.06\00:21:05.19
God said that I
have blessed, God.
00:21:05.23\00:21:07.40
Think about how big God is.
00:21:08.23\00:21:10.73
Think about how powerful God is.
00:21:10.77\00:21:12.50
I have blessed the
seventh day, he commands,
00:21:12.53\00:21:16.07
"Remember the
seventh day, keep it holy."
00:21:16.10\00:21:19.47
He's wanting this
quality time with us.
00:21:19.51\00:21:22.64
But a lot of religious leaders
back in the Old Testament,
00:21:22.68\00:21:26.08
they haven't changed much,
Christ time, New Testament,
00:21:26.11\00:21:29.05
they go through the motions.
00:21:29.08\00:21:30.62
They got a form of godliness,
00:21:30.65\00:21:32.29
but they lack the power thereof.
00:21:32.32\00:21:35.09
Number 10, what two things
00:21:36.26\00:21:38.23
does the Antichrist
power attempt to change?
00:21:38.26\00:21:42.06
You read in Daniel 7:25,
00:21:42.10\00:21:43.70
it describes as
little horn Antichrist power
00:21:43.73\00:21:45.63
does all the things you
find there in Revelation 13.
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And Revelation 17, it speaks
great words, exalts himself,
00:21:48.87\00:21:53.27
persecutes the saints,
speaks words of blasphemy.
00:21:53.31\00:21:56.68
And it says, well
think to change, what?
00:21:56.71\00:22:00.12
Times and laws.
00:22:00.15\00:22:01.78
Now, which one
of the commandments
00:22:01.82\00:22:03.12
is both a time and a law.
00:22:03.15\00:22:05.12
There's only one commandment
and they freely admit.
00:22:05.15\00:22:08.32
Now can any man
change the law of God
00:22:08.36\00:22:11.13
or did they think to?
00:22:11.16\00:22:14.10
You can attempt it, you
can't change the law of God.
00:22:14.10\00:22:17.37
God's got the
original written in heaven,
00:22:17.40\00:22:18.93
you can't reach it.
00:22:18.97\00:22:20.37
And so Jesus said,
00:22:20.40\00:22:21.70
"Heaven and earth
will have to pass away
00:22:21.74\00:22:23.17
before one shot or one
tittle in any wise passes
00:22:23.20\00:22:25.31
from the law."
00:22:25.34\00:22:26.64
And by the way, Jesus said,
00:22:26.68\00:22:27.98
"Whosoever will
break one of this,"
00:22:28.01\00:22:29.31
This is Matthew
chapter five also,
00:22:29.34\00:22:31.38
whoever will break one of
the least of these commandments
00:22:31.41\00:22:33.55
and teach men so he
will be called least
00:22:33.58\00:22:35.68
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:22:35.72\00:22:37.02
That means they'll be
spoken of as the lowest
00:22:37.05\00:22:38.92
in the kingdom of heaven.
00:22:38.95\00:22:40.32
They're not in the kingdom.
00:22:40.36\00:22:41.66
People in the kingdom
of heaven speak of them
00:22:41.69\00:22:43.09
as the lowest kind of person.
00:22:43.12\00:22:44.76
But whoever will
do and teach my law
00:22:44.79\00:22:48.76
will be called great friends.
00:22:48.80\00:22:50.10
I not only want to do
it, I want to teach it.
00:22:50.13\00:22:51.93
And the Lord says,
00:22:51.97\00:22:53.27
"Those that teach
it will be called great
00:22:53.30\00:22:54.60
in the kingdom of heaven."
00:22:54.64\00:22:56.14
So if you say, why are you
making an issue out of this?
00:22:56.17\00:22:58.17
Jesus told me to.
00:22:58.21\00:22:59.51
He says, We need
to exalt the law.
00:22:59.54\00:23:02.01
The law, you know why
the devil hates the law?
00:23:02.04\00:23:04.78
Sin is the
transgression of the law.
00:23:04.81\00:23:07.75
When we see the law
of God, we see our sin.
00:23:07.78\00:23:09.85
When we see our sin, we
realize we need a savior
00:23:09.88\00:23:13.15
and we go to
Jesus for forgiveness.
00:23:13.19\00:23:15.79
It is perfectly
healthy and appropriate
00:23:15.82\00:23:17.66
for someone to preach the law.
00:23:17.69\00:23:19.43
If it brings conviction,
00:23:19.46\00:23:20.83
it then drives you to
Christ for forgiveness.
00:23:20.86\00:23:23.97
The Bible says we
must humble ourselves
00:23:24.00\00:23:26.07
under the mighty hand of God.
00:23:26.10\00:23:27.40
Cry out loud, weep.
00:23:27.44\00:23:28.87
And then James says,
"And he will lift you up."
00:23:28.90\00:23:30.87
He doesn't leave you in a
state of repentance forever.
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He wants you to
then be lifted up
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and have the joy of the Lord.
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The gospel is good news,
00:23:36.31\00:23:37.61
but first those
seeds sprout through tears
00:23:37.65\00:23:40.75
and people need to
be aware of their sins.
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- [Congregant] Amen.
00:23:43.85\00:23:45.29
- Friends, in the last days,
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God is calling his
people back to the book.
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What do you say?
00:23:49.12\00:23:50.43
- [Congregant] Amen.
00:23:50.46\00:23:51.76
- And the doctrines of devils
00:23:51.79\00:23:53.09
have crept into
the church over time.
00:23:53.13\00:23:54.40
People have drifted away
from a thus sayeth the Lord
00:23:54.46\00:23:57.37
and taken up these
man-made traditions
00:23:57.40\00:23:59.93
and they've tried to
sanctified man-made traditions,
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make them holy and only
God can make these things holy.
00:24:03.07\00:24:05.47
My father was a
multi-millionaire
00:24:05.51\00:24:08.91
and I really wanted
more time with my father.
00:24:08.94\00:24:12.41
He was a workaholic,
like many multi-millionaires.
00:24:12.45\00:24:15.65
And it was much easier for
my father to give me a donation
00:24:15.68\00:24:18.15
than to give me his time.
00:24:18.19\00:24:20.62
And a lot of people,
00:24:20.66\00:24:21.96
it's easier for
them to go to church
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.06
and make an offering
than to give God a day.
00:24:24.09\00:24:26.36
It really tells who you worship
00:24:27.46\00:24:29.70
if you're willing to
give God a day as holy.
00:24:29.73\00:24:31.97
- [Congregant] Amen.
00:24:32.83\00:24:34.14
- And it's not a recommendation.
He says this is a commandment.
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You know the Bible says
if you break one commandment,
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you're guilty of
all, the book of James.
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Whosoever shall break one
commandment is guilty of all.
00:24:39.91\00:24:42.21
You can't go into
the courtroom and say,
00:24:42.24\00:24:44.11
Your honor, I
realize I murdered somebody,
00:24:44.15\00:24:46.25
but I'm keeping the
other nine commandments.
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He's gonna say, "Oh, you
gotta pay for that though."
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And the sin is a
transgression of the law, right?
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So it does matter.
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I think we underestimate
how the Lord feels about this.
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"If you turn away
your foot from the Sabbath,
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from doing your
pleasure on my holy day
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and call the Sabbath a delight.
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It's not a burden,
friends, it's a blessing.
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Holy day of the Lord, honorable,
00:25:08.97\00:25:13.38
then you will
delight yourself in the Lord.
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He's blessed it,
he didn't curse it.
00:25:16.54\00:25:18.48
He wants you to
receive that blessing
00:25:18.51\00:25:20.55
and you will
'cause he's promised it.
00:25:20.58\00:25:23.02
When you decide to accept Jesus
00:25:23.05\00:25:24.75
and fully follow
him, what happens?
00:25:24.79\00:25:27.32
You can read in his
word, "Take my yolk upon you,
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learn from me, for I am
gentle and lowly in heart
00:25:31.03\00:25:34.56
and you will find
rest under your souls."
00:25:34.60\00:25:37.37
We want you to have that rest.
00:25:37.40\00:25:39.07
The Bible tells us
in Revelation 15:2,
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"And I saw something like a
sea of glass mingled with fire
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and those who had gotten
the victory over the beast
00:25:46.61\00:25:49.14
and over his
image and over his mark
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and over his number of his name,
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standing on the sea of
glass, having the harps of God."
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Now, before you can say
no to the mark of the beast,
00:25:56.85\00:26:00.79
you need to say
yes to the seal of God.
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If what you've heard is true,
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it's so important that you
respond and then God can release
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his power in your life.
00:26:08.50\00:26:09.80
Some of you're
thinking, oh Lord,
00:26:09.83\00:26:11.27
I don't know how I'm
gonna follow you in this area.
00:26:11.30\00:26:14.34
If you surrender to
the Lord and say, Lord,
00:26:15.47\00:26:17.84
I wanna follow you,
God will open the door.
00:26:17.87\00:26:19.71
Don't worry how
you're going to obey him.
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God will never ask
you to do something
00:26:21.71\00:26:23.48
without giving
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