THIS PRESENTATION ISROUGHT
TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE
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AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY.
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(MUSIC)
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>>THERE ARE SO MANY
DIFFERENT CHURCHES IN THE WORLD
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TODAY THAT ALL
CLAIM TO HAVE THE TRUTH.
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I THINK EVERYBODY HERE
WILL AGREE THAT THERE ARE MANY
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CHURCHES THAT HAVE MANY GOOD
THINGS TO OFFER, BUT I THINK WE
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WOULD ALSO AGREE THAT THEY CAN'T
ALL BE DOCTRINALLY RIGHT AND YET
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SO DIFFERENT.
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>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO
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SHARING GOD'S
WORD THROUGH MEDIA.
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THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS
FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION
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BROADCASTS. WE
INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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ENJOY THIS EDITION OF
AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS .
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>>AS IS OUR CUSTOM, I'D LIKE
TO BEGIN WITH A LITTLE AMAZING
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FACT. BACK IN
1875 A SHIP CALLED THE
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HUDSON WAS ILING IN THE
NORTH ATLANTIC - THE FAR NORTH
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ATLANTIC - AND THERE THEY FOUND,
DRIFTING AMONG THE ICEBERGS, A
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DERELICT SHIP. IT
WAS CALLED THE OCTAVIUS .
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THEY WERE AMAZED THAT THIS SHIP
WAS STILL MANNED BY A CREW THAT
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WERE ALL FROZEN IN POSITION.
SOME PEOPLE WERE STILL STANDING
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IN POSITION, OTHERS WERE
FROZEN IN THEIR HAMMOCKS.
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THE CAPTAIN WAS AT HIS DESK WITH
THE PEN IN HAND, MAKING HIS LAST
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ENTRY IN THE LOG BOOK. ON
EXAMINING THE LOG BOOK THEY
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WERE ABLE TO PIECE
TOGETHER THE STORY.
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THEY HAD TRIED, AFTER A
SUCCESSFUL TRIP TO THE ORIENT,
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BEFORE THE SUMMER ENDED, TO MAKE
WHAT WAS THEN A VERY PRECARIOUS
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NORTHWEST PASSAGE. THEY
WERE TRAPPED IN THE ICE AND
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THEY SURVIVED AS WELL AS THEY
COULD UNTIL FINALLY THEY WERE
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OVERCOME BY A BLAST OF VERY COLD
WEATHER THAT CAME THROUGH - JUST
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KIND OF FROZE THEM IN POSITION.
AND THEN THE SHIP HAD DRIFTED 13
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YEARS WITH THE FLOW OF THE ICE,
ACROSS THE ARCTIC, UNTIL IT WAS
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EXPELLED ON THE
EAST IN THE ATLANTIC.
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AND THE MEN WERE
STILL IN THAT SAME POSITION.
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I HEARD SOMEONE, REFERRING
TO THIS STORY ONE TIME, SAYING,
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'EVERYBODY WAS STRANGELY AT
THEIR POSTS, BUT NO ONE HAD ANY
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LIFE.' KIND OF LIKE A LOT
OF CHURCHES IN THE WORLD TODAY.
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LET'S FACE IT, I THINK WE'VE
ALL WONDERED SOMETIME, 'WHAT
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HAPPENED TO THE POWER AND THE
LIFE OF THE EARLY CHURCH, WHERE
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EVERYONE IS JUST MOTIVATED AND
THRILLED BY THE ENERGY OF LOVE,
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TO SHARE THE GOSPEL? THERE'S
AN URGENCY, THERE'S A VITALITY.
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YOU KNOW, OUR STORY TONIGHT
IS GOING TO DEAL WITH THAT.
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OUR LESSON IS CALLED THE WOMAN
OF TRUTH AND IT'S BASED ON A
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STORY IN 1 KINGS 3,
VERSES 16 THROUGH 28.
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YOU REMEMBER, SOLOMON WAS
GIVEN SUPERNATURAL WISDOM.
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AND A BIG TEST HE HAD EARLY
ON IN HIS REIGN THAT THE COURT
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SCRIBES PUT DOWN BECAUSE IT
WAS SUCH AN AMAZING STORY: THERE
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WERE TWO WOMEN, THEY LIVED ALONE
- SINGLE WOMEN - THEY BOTH HAD
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BABIES ABOUT THE SAME TIME.
AND THEN, WHILE THE CHILDREN
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WERE STILL IN YOUNG INFANCY,
DURING THE NIGHT, ONE OF THE
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MOTHERS ACCIDENTALLY OVERLAID
HER CHILD AND SMOTHERED IT.
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SHE WOKE UP EARLY AND
SAW THAT HER BABY WAS COLD.
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HER ROOMMATE - SHE SAW HER BABY
THERE - SHE WAS SO ASHAMED AND
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OVERWHELMED WITH GRIEF THAT HER
BABY HAD DIED, SO SHE THOUGHT,
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'I'M GOING TO SWAP BABIES.' SO
SHE TOOK HER DEAD SON, LAID IT
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WHERE THE LIVING CHILD WAS, TOOK
THE LIVING CHILD, PUT IT TO HER
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BREAST, AND WENT TO SLEEP.
WHEN THE OTHER LADY WOKE UP TO
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NURSE HER CHILD SHE
SAID, 'THIS ISN'T MY BABY.
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THIS IS YOUR BABY. WHAT
ARE YOU DOING WITH MY BABY?'
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SHE SAID, 'THIS IS MY BABY.
THAT'S YOUR BABY.' NO WITNESSES.
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NO DNA TESTS. SO NOW
THEY STOOD BEFORE SOLOMON.
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HE'S GOT TO FIGURE OUT
WHO THE REAL MOTHER IS.
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SO HE PONDERS THE
SITUATION FOR A MOMENT.
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UNDERSTANDING SOMETHING ABOUT
HUMAN NATURE, HE SAYS TO THE TWO
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MOTHERS, HE SAID, 'WELL, YOU
BOTH SAY THAT THE LIVING SON IS
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YOURS AND THE DEAD
SON BELONGS TO THE OTHER.
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SINCE THERE'S ONLY ONE LIVING
SON - THERE'S TWO OF YOU - THE
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ONLY JUST THING TO DO IS DIVIDE
IT.' HE CALLS FOR HIS SOLDER.
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HE SAYS, 'DRAW YOUR
SWORD. DIVIDE THE BABY.
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GIVE THEM EACH A HALF.' AND THEN
THE REAL MOTHER FELL DOWN BEFORE
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THE KING. SHE SAID,
'PLEASE DO NOT SLAY THE CHILD.
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LET HER HAVE IT.' AND THE OTHER
ONE SAID, 'NO, THE ONLY FAIR
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THING TO DO IS DIVIDE THE BABY.'
(LAUGHTER) RIGHT AWAY SOLOMON
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KNEW WHICH ONE
WAS THE REAL MOTHER.
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WHEN THEY DREW THE
SWORD, THEY KNEW THE TRUTH.
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NOW WHAT DOES A WOMAN
REPRESENT IN BIBLE ANALOGIES?
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>>CHURCH. >>HERE
YOU'VE GOT TWO WOMEN
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FIGHTING OVER A BABY BOY.
ONE IS THE TRUE MOTHER - SHE'S
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THE WOMAN OF TRUTH - AND
THE OTHER ONE IS A COUNTERFEIT
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CLAIMING THE SON,
BUT IT'S NOT REALLY HERS.
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DOESN'T REALLY CARE ABOUT THE
SON - WILLING TO HAVE HIM DIE.
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SHE'S MORE INTERESTED IN
HER REPUTATION THAN THE BABY.
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AND IT WAS WHEN THE SWORD WAS
PULLED OUT - WHAT DOES A SWORD
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REPRESENT? >>WORD OF GOD.
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>>'THE WORD OF GOD IS QUICK AND
POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY
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TWO-EDGED SWORD.
THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
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CHURCHES IN THE WORLD TODAY THAT
ALL CLAIM TO HAVE THE TRUTH.
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I THINK EVERYBODY HERE
WILL AGREE THAT THERE ARE MANY
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CHURCHES THAT HAVE MANY GOOD
THINGS TO OFFER, BUT I THINK
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WE'D ALSO AGREE THAT THEY CAN'T
ALL BE DOCTRINALLY RIGHT AND YET
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SO DIFFERENT.
DOES GOD HAVE A TRUTH?
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DOES HE HAVE A
PEOPLE? NOW I BELIEVE HE DOES.
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AND WHEN HE COMES BACK, WHILE
THERE ARE MANY CHRISTIANS IN
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MANY CHURCHES TODAY, WE'VE
ALREADY LEARNED YOU CAN HAVE THE
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SEAL OF GOD; YOU CAN HAVE THE
MARK OF THE BEAST - AND WE NEED
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TO KNOW WHAT THAT TRUTH IS.
SO WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT
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THAT VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.
BASED ON THE BIBLE, HOW DO YOU
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PICK A CHURCH? HOW DO
YOU KNOW THE DIFFERENCE?
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ALRIGHT NOW, JUST TO SET
THE STAGE, TAKE YOUR BIBLES AND
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LET'S GO TO REVELATION 12.
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I'M GOING TO READ A FEW VERSES
AND THIS WILL BE - WE'RE GOING
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TO LOOK AT IT AND THEN
WE'RE GOING TO BREAK IT DOWN.
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THIS'LL BE THE
FOUNDATION OF OUR STUDY.
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REVELATION 12, VERSE 1, IT SAYS,
"NOW A GREAT SIGN APPEARED IN
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HEAVEN: A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH
THE SUN, WITH THE MOON UNDER HER
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FEET, AND ON HER HEAD A
GARLAND OF TWELVE STARS.
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THEN BEING WITH CHILD, SHE CRIED
IN LABOR AND IN PAIN TO GIVE
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BIRTH. AND
ANOTHER SIGN APPEARED IN
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HEAVEN: BEHOLD, A GREAT, FIERY
RED DRAGON HAVING SEVEN HEADS
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AND TEN HORNS, AND SEVEN DIADEMS
(OR CROWNS) ON HIS HEADS."
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AND IF YOU LOOK IN
VERSE 4 IT SAYS, "HIS TAIL" -
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THE TAIL OF THE
DRAGON - "DREW A THIRD OF
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THE STARS OF HEAVEN AND
THREW THEM TO THE EARTH."
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THOSE STARS ARE THE DEMONS
THAT FOLLOWED SATAN - THE FALLEN
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ANGELS THAT FOLLOWED HIM AND
BECAME DEMONS - "AND THE DRAGON
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STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN WHO WAS
READY TO GIVE BIRTH, TO DEVOUR
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HER CHILD AS
SOON AS IT WAS BORN."
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NOW, IN GENESIS, DID GOD SAY
TO EVE AND ADAM THAT THERE'D BE
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ENMITY - GENESIS 3:15 - "BETWEEN
YOUR SEED" - YOUR DESCENDANTS -
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"AND THE SEED OF THE DRAGON"?
AND NOW YOU GET TO THE LAST BOOK
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OF THE BIBLE - REVELATION - AND
YOU FIND THIS CONTINUING BATTLE
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BETWEEN THE WOMAN AND THE SEED
OF THE WOMAN AND THE DRAGON.
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AND SO, THAT SEED OF THE WOMAN
IS JESUS AND HE WANTS TO DEVOUR
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THE CHILD AS SOON AS IT IS BORN.
VERSE 5, "SHE BORE A MALE CHILD
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WHO WAS TO RULE ALL
NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON."
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WHO IS THAT? IT'S CHRIST.
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"AND HER CHILD WAS
CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND HIS THRONE.
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THEN THE WOMAN FLED INTO THE
WILDERNESS WHERE SHE HAD A PLACE
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PREPARED BY GOD, THAT
THEY SHOULD FEED HER THERE ONE
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THOUSAND TWO
HUNDRED AND SIXTY DAYS."
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SO THIS IS THE MAIN PASSAGE
WE'RE GOING TO CONSIDER IN OUR
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LESSON TONIGHT. AND
SO, WITHOUT FURTHER DELAY,
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WHY DON'T WE GO TO QUESTION
#1: HOW DOES REVELATION PICTURE
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GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?
WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT SOME OF
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THE CRITERIA ABOUT
HOW DO YOU PICK A CHURCH?
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HOW DO YOU IDENTIFY, IN
THE LAST DAYS, GOD'S PEOPLE?
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IT SAYS IN REVELATION 12, VERSES
1, 2 AND 5, "THERE I SAW A" -
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WHAT? "A WOMAN CLOTHED WITH THE
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SUN...MOON UNDER HER FEET...UPON
HER HEAD A CROWN OF TWELVE
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STARS." SO JOHN HAS THIS VISION.
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THIS IS A PURE
WOMAN, CLOTHED WITH LIGHT.
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JESUS SAID TO THE CHURCH,
'YOU ARE THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.
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LET YOUR LIGHT SO SHINE BEFORE
MEN THAT THEY MAY SEE YOUR GOOD
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WORKS.' IT'S THROUGH LETTING
OUR LIGHT SHINE - THE DEEDS OF
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CHRIST IN US -
THAT OTHERS ARE DRAWN.
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AND THEN IT GOES ON AND SAYS
SHE'S NOT JUST STANDING ON THE
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MOON AND CLOTHED WITH THE SUN,
SHE'S EXPECTING - INTERESTING,
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BECAUSE IT DOESN'T SAY
ANYTHING ABOUT HER HUSBAND.
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WAS THERE A VIRGIN
BIRTH CONNECTED WITH CHRIST?
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NOW, SOME SAY
THIS WOMAN IS MARY.
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NO, MARY IS A
TYPE OF THIS WOMAN.
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BUT AS YOU READ ON, YOU FIND
THAT THIS WOMAN REPRESENTS GOD'S
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PEOPLE. AND AS YOU
READ ON, YOU REALIZE
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IT CAN'T BE MARY - IT DOESN'T
EVER SAY MARY FLED INTO THE
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WILDERNESS CHASED BY THE DRAGON
WHO TRIED TO SWALLOW HER WITH A
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FLOOD FOR 1,260 YEARS.
IT'S NOT MARY, BUT MARY IS A
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TYPE OF THE CHURCH AND SHE WAS A
PURE WOMAN THAT WAS CHOSEN TO BE
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- TO BRING FORTH, OR
INTRODUCE CHRIST TO THE WORLD.
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AND THE PURPOSE OF THE CHURCH
- IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - THE OLD
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TESTAMENT HAD A
CHURCH TOO, YOU KNOW?
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IT JUST MEANS - THE CHURCH MEANS
'GATHERING' - WAS TO INTRODUCE
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CHRIST TO THE WORLD. AND
IT SAYS, "SHE BROUGHT FORTH
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A MALE CHILD WHO WAS TO RULE
ALL NATIONS WITH A ROD OF IRON."
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THAT WAS CONSIDERED A SIGN
OF STRENGTH, OF DISCIPLINE, OF
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POWER - HIS SCEPTER - AND THEN
HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP - HE
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ASCENDED - TO
GOD AND HIS THRONE.
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SO THIS WAS SPEAKING
ABOUT THE ASCENSION OF CHRIST.
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QUESTION #2: WHO IS THE GREAT
RED DRAGON AND WHAT DOES HE NEXT
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TRY TO DO IN THE
SCRIPTURES WE JUST READ?
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REVELATION 12:9 - DO WE
HAVE TO GUESS WHO THE DRAGON IS?
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IT TELLS US LATER
IN THE SAME CHAPTER.
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"SO THE GREAT DRAGON WAS CAST
OUT, THAT SERPENT OF OLD, CALLED
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THE DEVIL AND SATAN" - HE'S
GOT FOUR TITLES THERE - DRAGON,
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DEVIL, SERPENT, SATAN. WE
KNOW WHO IT IS, IT'S THE ARCH
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FIEND, THE CHIEF VILLAIN, THE
DEVIL, PRINCE OF DARKNESS - HE
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GOES BY MANY NAMES.
HE'S THE SOURCE OF ALL EVIL.
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WHAT HE HATES MOST IS
THAT CHRIST WOULD COME INTO THE
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WORLD. NOT ONLY DID THE DEVIL
TRY TO DESTROY JESUS WHEN HE
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CAME THROUGH THE ROMAN
POWER, THE DEVIL THOUGHT THAT A
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MESSIAH WAS COMING IN EGYPT.
WHEN MOSES WAS BORN HE TRIED TO
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DESTROY ALL THE BABY BOYS
AGAIN - JUST THE BABY BOYS.
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AND YOU'LL NOTICE THAT DURING
THE TIME OF KING DAVID - OR
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AFTER KING DAVID - WHEN ATHALIAH
BECAME QUEEN, SHE TRIED TO
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DESTROY ALL THE ROYAL SEED AND
EXECUTED ALL THE KING'S SONS.
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REVELATION 12, VERSE 4, "AND THE
DRAGON STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN
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WHO WAS READY TO GIVE BIRTH, TO
DEVOUR HER CHILD AS SOON AS IT
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WAS BORN." BEFORE
JESUS GREW UP AND GOT HIS
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WITS - WHILE HE WAS AS WEAK AND
VULNERABLE AS HE COULD BE - HE
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WANTED TO DESTROY
CHRIST AND STOP HIS MINISTRY.
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QUESTION #3: WHAT HAPPENS AFTER
SATAN FAILS TO DESTROY JESUS?
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REVELATION 12, "AND HER CHILD
WAS CAUGHT UP TO GOD AND HIS
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THRONE." YOU CAN READ
ABOUT THAT IN ACTS CHAPTER 1.
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IT'S ALSO AT THE
END OF THE GOSPELS.
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IT TELLS US THAT CHRIST ASCENDED
UP TO HEAVEN WHILE THEY WATCHED.
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AFTER JESUS WAS CAUGHT UP TO
HEAVEN, WHAT DID SATAN DO TO THE
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CHURCH? REVELATION
12:13, "NOW WHEN THE
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DRAGON SAW THAT HE HAD BEEN CAST
TO THE EARTH, HE PERSECUTED THE
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WOMAN WHO GAVE
BIRTH TO THE MALE CHILD."
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NOW LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED DURING
THE EARLY AGES OF THE CHURCH.
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WHEN THE DEVIL SAW HOW, AFTER
PENTECOST, THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS
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POURED OUT, THEY WERE
FILLED WITH THE SPIRIT.
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THE DISCIPLES WENT
EVERYWHERE PREACHING.
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THEY DID NOT LOVE THEIR
LIVES. I MEAN, THE EARLY CHURCH.
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SO THE DEVIL, HE THOUGHT, 'I'M
JUST GOING TO MAKE LAWS.' FIRST
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HE TRIED TO EXTERMINATE THEM.
HE DID IT THROUGH THE JEWS.
00:13:02.71\00:13:05.08
REMEMBER, PAUL WAS OUT KILLING
CHRISTIANS AND ARRESTING THEM.
00:13:05.11\00:13:07.52
THEN HE DID IT THROUGH THE
ROMANS - NERO KILLED PETER.
00:13:07.55\00:13:10.69
THE FIRST GREAT PERSECUTION
FROM ROME WAS UNDER NERO.
00:13:10.72\00:13:13.25
CLAUDIUS TOLD THEM TO LEAVE
ROME, BUT THEY WEREN'T BEING
00:13:13.29\00:13:16.39
KILLED. NERO, AFTER ROME BURNED,
HE BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS.
00:13:16.42\00:13:19.66
HE KILLED PAUL. HE
KILLED PETER AND MANY OTHERS.
00:13:19.69\00:13:22.40
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT A SERIES
OF CAESARS UNTIL ABOUT 313 A.D.
00:13:22.43\00:13:28.64
- HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS - THEY
DON'T EVEN KNOW - IT MAY HAVE
00:13:28.67\00:13:32.31
EVEN REACHED INTO A
MILLION - CHRISTIANS DIED.
00:13:32.34\00:13:35.24
THE PAGANS, WHO WERE WATCHING
THESE CHRISTIANS DIE WITH SUCH
00:13:35.28\00:13:37.71
CALM AND PEACE, THEY THOUGHT,
'WOW, WHAT DO THEY HAVE?
00:13:37.75\00:13:42.25
WE DON'T HAVE
THAT KIND OF PEACE.
00:13:42.28\00:13:43.55
WE DON'T HAVE
THAT KIND OF BELIEF.'
00:13:43.59\00:13:45.12
SO THE CHURCH EXPLODED
BECAUSE THE CHRISTIANS HAD HOPE.
00:13:45.15\00:13:48.26
IT'S LIKE TERTULLIAN, THE EARLY
CHRISTIAN FATHER, HE SAID, "THE
00:13:48.29\00:13:53.36
BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS
IS SEED FOR THE GOSPEL."
00:13:53.40\00:13:57.73
THE MORE THEY TRIED TO
KILL THEM, THE MORE IT SPREAD.
00:13:57.77\00:13:59.60
SO THE DEVIL SAID, 'LOOK, THIS
ISN'T WORKING.' PLAN A FOR THE
00:13:59.63\00:14:03.10
DEVIL WAS GET RID
OF CHRISTIANITY THROUGH
00:14:03.14\00:14:05.24
ANNIHILATION, BUT THE MORE HE
MOWED THEM DOWN, THE MORE THEY
00:14:05.27\00:14:08.18
CAME UP. AND SO THE
DEVIL, HE SAID, 'I'M
00:14:08.21\00:14:10.95
GOING TO PLAN B.' PLAN B
WAS SO GOOD THERE HAS NEVER BEEN
00:14:10.98\00:14:15.25
A PLAN C. PLAN B
WAS, 'I'LL LEGALIZE IT.
00:14:15.28\00:14:18.92
I'LL MAKE IT EASY TO BE A
CHRISTIAN AND I'LL JOIN THE
00:14:18.95\00:14:22.72
CHURCH AND I'LL HAVE ALL MY
REPRESENTATIVES JOIN THE CHURCH
00:14:22.76\00:14:27.03
AND WE'LL JUST DILUTE IT AND
WATER IT DOWN WITH PAGANISTIC
00:14:27.03\00:14:29.96
TEACHINGS SO
THEY LOSE THEIR POWER.
00:14:30.00\00:14:31.90
AND THAT'S WHAT HE DID.
AND HE'S STILL DOING IT TODAY.
00:14:31.93\00:14:36.97
AND THE DEVIL DOESN'T MIND
PEOPLE - MATTER OF FACT, HE'D
00:14:37.01\00:14:39.87
JUST AS SOON
PEOPLE GO TO CHURCH.
00:14:39.91\00:14:41.44
WHEN THEY DON'T REALLY HAVE THE
TRUTH AND THEY'RE NOT TOTALLY
00:14:41.48\00:14:43.91
SOLD OUT FOR CHRIST, THEY
GET JUST ENOUGH CHRISTIANITY TO
00:14:43.95\00:14:46.85
INOCULATE THEM AGAINST
CATCHING THE REAL THING.
00:14:46.88\00:14:50.85
JESUS SAID IT'S NOT EVERYONE
THAT SAYS, 'LORD, LORD', THAT'S
00:14:50.89\00:14:53.69
GOING TO ENTER THE KINGDOM,
BUT HE THAT DOES THE WILL OF MY
00:14:53.72\00:14:57.89
FATHER IN HEAVEN. BY
THE WAY, THE WILL OF GOD IS
00:14:57.93\00:15:00.50
CERTAINLY - AT LEA -
THE LAW OF GOD, RIGHT?
00:15:00.53\00:15:03.30
SO THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTERFEIT
CHRISTIANITY AND THE DEVIL LOVES
00:15:03.33\00:15:07.40
THAT. BEST WAY TO
HIDE A DIAMOND IS TO
00:15:07.44\00:15:09.80
SURROUND IT WITH BROKEN GLASS.
AND ALL THESE PAGANS BEGAN TO
00:15:09.84\00:15:13.11
POUR INTO THE CHURCH AND THE
CHURCH NOW, INSTEAD OF BEING A
00:15:13.14\00:15:16.21
RELIGION THAT WAS LED BY
THE HEART, IT BECAME THE STATE
00:15:16.24\00:15:18.21
RELIGION, AND THEY STARTED
FORCING PEOPLE TO BELIEVE.
00:15:18.25\00:15:22.32
AND THEN CAME A
GREAT TIME OF PERSECUTION.
00:15:22.35\00:15:25.75
SOME OF THE PERSECUTION NOW CAME
FROM THE OFFICIAL CHURCH AGAINST
00:15:25.79\00:15:29.49
REAL BIBLE CHRISTIANS THAT
DID NOT WANT TO COMPROMISE WITH
00:15:29.52\00:15:32.53
PAGANISM. WHERE
DID THE WOMAN GO DURING
00:15:32.56\00:15:35.70
THIS TERRIFYING PERIOD OF
PERSECUTION AND HOW LONG DID IT
00:15:35.73\00:15:39.80
LAST? REVELATION
12, VERSE 16 - HERE
00:15:39.83\00:15:43.30
YOU GO - "THE WOMAN FLED INTO
THE WILDERNESS" WHERE SHE HAD A
00:15:43.34\00:15:48.91
PLACE PREPARED OF GOD THAT THEY
SHOULD FEED HER THERE A THOUSAND
00:15:48.94\00:15:52.58
TWO HUNDRED AND THREE SCORE"
- ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND
00:15:52.61\00:15:55.95
SIXTY IS WHAT
THAT MEANS - "DAYS."
00:15:55.98\00:15:57.99
AND WE'VE LEARNED WHAT
THE STARTING PERIOD WAS.
00:15:58.02\00:16:00.32
WITH THE OFFICIAL MOVEMENT
OF JUSTINIAN - KING THE CAPITOL
00:16:00.36\00:16:04.69
TO CONSTANTINOPLE - HE MADE THE
BISHOP OF ROME, LATER KNOWN AS
00:16:04.73\00:16:08.93
THE POPE - THE HEAD OF THE
CHURCH AND THAT STARTED IN 538.
00:16:08.96\00:16:12.90
FROM THEN UNTIL 1798, WHEN
NAPOLEON'S GENERAL ARRESTED THE
00:16:12.93\00:16:17.41
POPE AND THEY SORT OF LOST THEIR
UNINTERRUPTED POWER, THERE WAS
00:16:17.44\00:16:21.38
EXACTLY ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED
AND SIXTY YEARS WHERE THE CHURCH
00:16:21.41\00:16:25.21
WAS DOING A LOT OF PERSECUTING
OF ANYBODY THAT WENT AGAINST
00:16:25.25\00:16:29.92
THEIR TEACHINGS. BY
THE WAY, THE BIBLES WERE
00:16:29.95\00:16:31.89
LARGELY REMOVED FROM PEOPLE.
DO YOU KNOW IT WAS ILLEGAL, FOR
00:16:31.92\00:16:35.29
OVER A THOUSAND YEARS, FOR
PEOPLE TO HAVE THE BIBLE IN THE
00:16:35.32\00:16:38.86
VERNACULAR OF THE
PEOPLE? IT WAS IN LATIN.
00:16:38.89\00:16:41.63
MOST OF THE PEOPLE
COULDN'T READ LATIN.
00:16:41.66\00:16:43.57
IT WAS SORT OF THE
DEAD ROMAN RELIGION.
00:16:43.60\00:16:45.87
AND SO, IF YOU WANTED TO KNOW
WHAT THE BIBLE SAID, YOU HAD TO
00:16:45.90\00:16:48.60
ASK THE PRIEST, WHICH MADE IT
VERY CONVENIENT FOR THE PRIEST
00:16:48.64\00:16:50.51
TO SAY, 'IF YOU WANT ME TO
FORGIVE YOUR SINS, IT'S GOING TO
00:16:50.54\00:16:53.38
COST THIS MUCH TODAY.' DO
YOU KNOW WHY THEY CALLED THIS
00:16:53.41\00:16:55.48
PERIOD THE DARK AGES?
BECAUSE THY WORD IS A LAMP UNTO
00:16:55.51\00:16:57.71
MY FEET AND A
LIGHT UNTO MY PATH.
00:16:57.75\00:16:59.78
DO THOSE WORDS SOUND FAMILIAR?
AND YOU TAKE AWAY THE BIBLE, YOU
00:16:59.81\00:17:02.68
TAKE AWAY THE LIGHT AND
PEOPLE WERE IN GREAT DARKNESS.
00:17:02.72\00:17:04.99
THEY THOUGHT YOU DIED AND YOU
WENT RIGHT TO HEAVEN OR HELL OR
00:17:05.02\00:17:07.86
PURGATORY OR LIMBO AND YOU
BURNED FOREVER AND EVER - BEFORE
00:17:07.89\00:17:09.79
THERE WAS A JUDGMENT,
BEFORE THE RESURRECTION.
00:17:09.82\00:17:12.03
THERE WAS SO MUCH CONFUSION THE
CHURCH HAS NEVER FULLY RECOVERED
00:17:12.06\00:17:16.03
FROM ALL OF THAT. WHAT
ARE TWO OTHER IDENTIFYING
00:17:16.06\00:17:20.57
MARKS OF GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?
REVELATION 12:17, IT SAYS, "AND
00:17:20.60\00:17:25.81
THE DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE
WOMAN, AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH
00:17:25.84\00:17:29.74
THE REMNANT OF HER
SEED, WHICH" - DO WHAT?
00:17:29.78\00:17:33.42
- "KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD,
AND HAVE THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS
00:17:33.45\00:17:38.45
CHRIST." THE BIBLE
SAYS THE TESTIMONY OF
00:17:38.49\00:17:40.86
JESUS IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY
TELLING US THAT THEY HAVE THE
00:17:40.89\00:17:44.19
LAW AND THE PROPHETS,
THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
00:17:44.23\00:17:46.53
GOD'S CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS
IS GOING TO RETURN TO THE FAITH
00:17:46.56\00:17:49.56
THAT WAS ONCE DELIVERED TO
THE SAINTS OF THE LAW AND THE
00:17:49.60\00:17:51.83
PROPHETS. SO, IF
GOD HAS A CHURCH OUT
00:17:51.87\00:17:56.30
THERE, HOW ARE
YOU GOING TO FIND IT?
00:17:56.34\00:17:58.24
SOME PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH - A
LOT OF PEOPLE - BECAUSE IT'S THE
00:17:58.27\00:18:00.88
CHURCH THEIR FAMILY
WENT TO. THEY GREW UP IN IT.
00:18:00.91\00:18:04.01
'WHY DO YOU GO TO YOUR CHURCH?'
'IT'S CLOSE TO THE HOUSE.
00:18:04.05\00:18:07.55
IT'S IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S CONVENIENT.' SOME PEOPLE,
00:18:07.58\00:18:12.22
THEY LIKE THE
LOOK OF THE BUILDING.
00:18:12.25\00:18:14.02
'WHY DO YOU GO TO
YOUR CHURCH?' 'THE MUSIC.
00:18:14.06\00:18:17.33
NO CHURCH HAS MUSIC LIKE OUR
CHURCH.' 'WHY DO YOU GO TO YOUR
00:18:17.36\00:18:21.20
CHURCH?' 'THEY'VE GOT CHILDCARE
AND I GET TO SIT THERE AND
00:18:21.23\00:18:24.60
LISTEN TO THE SERMON WITHOUT
WORRYING ABOUT THE KIDS.'
00:18:24.63\00:18:26.94
(LAUGHTER) 'THEY'VE GOT A GREAT
CHILDREN'S PROGRAM. THEY COME
00:18:26.97\00:18:29.10
BACK, THEY DO ALL THESE
CRAFTS, AND HAVE SO MUCH FUN.
00:18:29.14\00:18:31.01
IT'S GREAT FOR FAMILIES.'
'THEY'VE GOT DIVORCE RECOVERY.'
00:18:31.04\00:18:35.14
'THEY'VE GOT A 12-STEP PROGRAM.'
'THEY'VE GOT A BAKING PROGRAM.'
00:18:35.18\00:18:38.55
'THEY'VE GOT ALL THESE' -
'THAT'S WHAT - THAT'S ALL NICE,
00:18:38.58\00:18:41.08
BUT WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?'
'NOT SURE, BUT BOY CAN THEY HAVE
00:18:41.12\00:18:43.28
A BAKE SALE.' 'WHY DO
YOU GO TO YOUR CHURCH?'
00:18:43.32\00:18:47.82
'POT LUCK EVERY WEEK.'
(LAUGHTER) 'WHAT DO THEY
00:18:47.86\00:18:54.36
BELIEVE?' 'DOESN'T MATTER.
00:18:54.36\00:18:56.13
GOOD POTATO SALAD.' 'SO
WHY DO YOU GO TO YOUR CHURCH?'
00:18:56.16\00:19:03.77
'IT'S WHERE THE PEOPLE OF
INFLUENCE GO.' 'WHY DO YOU GO TO
00:19:03.81\00:19:08.41
THAT CHURCH?'
'BECAUSE THE PASTOR IS
00:19:08.44\00:19:13.01
CHARISMATIC. WOW,
DO THEY PUT ON A SHOW.'
00:19:13.05\00:19:16.92
SOME ACTUALLY GO BECAUSE
THE PASTOR IS GOOD LOOKING.
00:19:16.95\00:19:19.45
WHICH IS, I'M SURE, WHY
YOU'RE ALL HERE RIGHT NOW.
00:19:19.49\00:19:24.86
(LAUGHTER) WHY ARE YOU LAUGHING?
00:19:24.89\00:19:26.66
(MORE LAUGHTER) NOW I'M TEASING
A LITTLE BIT, BUT HE'D BE - IT'S
00:19:26.70\00:19:31.83
REALLY - WHEN PEOPLE EXAMINE
THE REASONS THEY GO TO A CHURCH,
00:19:31.87\00:19:34.00
IT'S AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE
DON'T KNOW WHAT THEIR CHURCH
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.57
STANDS FOR; AND WHEN THEY DIG
A LITTLE BIT THEY SAY, 'IS THAT
00:19:36.60\00:19:41.04
WHAT WE BELIEVE? I
DIDN'T KNOW THAT.' BUT, YOU
00:19:41.08\00:19:43.31
KNOW, BIBLICALLY, THERE'S ONLY
ONE REASON TO JOIN A CHURCH.
00:19:43.35\00:19:47.78
THE ONLY BIBLICAL REASON TO
JOIN A CHURCH IS WHAT ARE THE
00:19:47.82\00:19:51.65
FOUNDATIONAL
TEACHINGS OF THAT CHURCH?
00:19:51.69\00:19:55.16
WHEN YOU'RE PICKING A CHURCH,
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT IS
00:19:55.19\00:19:58.03
THIS IS THE VEHICLE OF MY FAITH
THAT I BELIEVE IS GOING TO HELP
00:19:58.06\00:20:02.06
ME REACH ETERNAL LIFE IN CHRIST.
YOU NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOUR
00:20:02.10\00:20:06.00
CHURCH STANDS FOR BECAUSE YOU
ARE, TO SOME EXTENT, RESPONSIBLE
00:20:06.03\00:20:08.74
- AT LEAST BY YOUR ATTENDANCE
AND YOUR OFFERINGS - OF
00:20:08.77\00:20:12.21
UNDERWRITING THAT TEACHING.
IF THE FOUNDATIONAL TEACHINGS IN
00:20:12.24\00:20:16.31
THAT CHURCH ARE THE TEACHINGS
OF CHRIST, THAT'S WHERE YOU
00:20:16.34\00:20:19.18
SHOULD GO. >>AMEN.
00:20:19.21\00:20:21.02
>>QUESTION #7: HOW DID JESUS SAY
THAT WE DEMONSTRATE OUR LOVE TO
00:20:21.05\00:20:24.49
HIM? HE SAID, 'IF YOU LOVE
ME, HONK YOUR HORN.' RIGHT?
00:20:24.52\00:20:29.16
JOHN 14:15 - YOU'VE SEEN THAT
BUMPER STICKER BEFORE - "IF YOU
00:20:29.19\00:20:32.93
LOVE ME KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS."
THAT'S VERY SIMPLE.
00:20:32.96\00:20:38.27
AND AGAIN, IT SAYS - 1 JOHN 5:3
- FOR THIS IS THE LOVE OF GOD,
00:20:38.30\00:20:41.67
THAT WE KEEP THE
THINGS THAT ARE WRITTEN
00:20:41.70\00:20:44.97
THEREIN - A
BLESSING IS PROMISED ON YOU.
00:20:45.01\00:20:47.31
QUESTION #8: WHAT THREE ANGELIC
MESSAGES WILL GOD'S END-TIME
00:20:47.34\00:20:52.35
CHURCH BE PREACHING?
THEY'LL BE SHARING THIS MESSAGE
00:20:52.38\00:20:54.62
OF REVELATION 14, "FEAR GOD AND
GIVE GLORY TO HIM; FOR THE HOUR
00:20:54.65\00:20:57.42
OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME."
WE ARE LIVING NEAR THE END;
00:20:57.45\00:21:00.49
THERE'S AN AGE OF JUDGMENT
GOI ON. WE NEED TO PREPARE.
00:21:00.52\00:21:04.33
AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, "AND
WORSHIP HIM THAT MADE HEAVEN,
00:21:04.36\00:21:09.20
AND EARTH, AND THE SEA,
AND THE FOUNTAINS OF WATERS."
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.77
AND WE'VE LEARNED THAT LANGUAGE
IS ACTUALLY DRAWN RIGHT FROM THE
00:21:11.80\00:21:14.37
FOURTH COMMANDMENT OF THE TEN
COMMANDMENTS, DEALING WITH THE
00:21:14.40\00:21:17.37
SABBATH. IT'S
TALKING ABOUT RETURNING TO
00:21:17.41\00:21:19.94
THE WORSHIP -
BIBLICAL WORSHIP - OF GOD.
00:21:19.97\00:21:23.55
ANSWER B: "AND THERE FOLLOWED
ANOTHER ANGEL, SAYING, BABYLON
00:21:23.58\00:21:26.75
IS FALLEN, IS FALLEN, THAT
GREAT CITY, BECAUSE SHE MADE ALL
00:21:26.78\00:21:33.69
NATIONS DRINK OF THE WINE OF
THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION."
00:21:33.72\00:21:36.66
AND IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
ANCIENT BABYLON BECAUSE THE
00:21:36.69\00:21:39.36
PROPHECIES IN ISAIAH
13 SAID THAT THAT FELL.
00:21:39.39\00:21:42.16
THIRD ANGEL'S MESSAGE -
REVELATION - THIS IS REVELATION
00:21:42.20\00:21:45.47
14, VERSES 9 AND 10, "AND
THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED THEM,
00:21:45.50\00:21:49.60
SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE, IF ANY
MAN WORSHIPS THE BEAST AND HIS
00:21:49.64\00:21:54.11
IMAGE, AND RECEIVES HIS MARK
IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS HAND,
00:21:54.14\00:22:01.68
THE SAME SHALL DRINK OF
THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF GOD."
00:22:01.72\00:22:04.49
GOD WANTS A MESSAGE TO GO TO THE
WORLD OF REVIVAL - OF RETURNING
00:22:04.52\00:22:07.56
TO HIS WORD - OF BEING AWARE
OF THE COUNTERFEIT THAT'S OUT
00:22:07.59\00:22:10.89
THERE. QUESTION
#9: TO WHOM WILL GOD'S
00:22:10.93\00:22:14.46
CHURCH PREACH THESE
MESSAGES IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:22:14.50\00:22:18.10
REVELATION CHAPTER 14, VERSE
6, "...HAVING THE EVERLASTING
00:22:18.13\00:22:22.80
GOSPEL TO PREACH UNTO THEM THAT
DWELL ON THE EARTH, AND TO EVERY
00:22:22.84\00:22:27.64
NATION, AND KINDRED,
AND TONGUE, AND PEOPLE."
00:22:27.68\00:22:30.91
THAT TELLS US IT'S
GOING TO BE A GLOBAL MOVEMENT.
00:22:30.95\00:22:33.68
QUESTION #10: WHAT
SPECIFICATIONS HAS GOD GIVEN, IN
00:22:33.72\00:22:37.99
HIS WORD, TO HELP US POSITIVELY
IDENTIFY HIS END-TIME CHURCH?
00:22:38.02\00:22:44.06
NOW THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS I'M
GOING TO GIVE YOU HERE AND SO
00:22:44.09\00:22:46.80
WE'LL GO FROM LIKE A THROUGH E
IN THE ANSWERS - AND YOU'VE GOT
00:22:46.83\00:22:49.80
THAT IN YOUR LESSON. A.
IT TELLS US THAT THIS CHURCH
00:22:49.83\00:22:52.80
POWER IS GOING TO APPEAR
AND DO ITS VISIBLE WORK AFTER IT
00:22:52.83\00:22:56.74
EMERGES FROM THIS
WILDERNESS EXPERIENCE.
00:22:56.77\00:22:59.11
REMEMBER, THERE'S 538 TO 1798,
SO THERE'S THIS NEW COUNTRY THAT
00:22:59.14\00:23:04.81
RISES UP AFTER 1798. DO
YOU KNOW WHY AMERICA WAS
00:23:04.85\00:23:07.95
FOUNDED? IT
WASN'T, LARGELY, PIONEERS.
00:23:07.98\00:23:11.95
IT WAS PILGRIMS THAT WERE
FLEEING RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN
00:23:11.99\00:23:15.29
EUROPE, LOOKING FOR A PLACE
WHERE THEY COULD PRACTICE AND
00:23:15.32\00:23:18.09
PREACH THE WORD
OF GOD WITH FREEDOM.
00:23:18.13\00:23:20.90
THAT'S WHAT HAPPENED. B. -
AND THE MOVEMENT IS GOING TO
00:23:20.93\00:23:26.57
BE SPOTTED ABOUT THE SAME TIME -
B. IT WILL TEACH THE SAME TRUTHS
00:23:26.60\00:23:30.07
THE APOSTLES TAUGHT AND ALL
OF ITS TEACHINGS WILL AGREE WITH
00:23:30.11\00:23:33.24
THE BIBLE. IT MUST
BE A BIBLICALLY-BASED
00:23:33.27\00:23:35.21
CHURCH. ANSWER C:
IT WILL KEEP THE TEN
00:23:35.24\00:23:39.01
COMMANDMENTS
INCLUDING THE BIBLE SABBATH.
00:23:39.05\00:23:41.82
AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING HOW
MANY PASTORS AND CHURCHES SAY
00:23:41.85\00:23:44.79
NOW, 'WE DON'T NEED TO KEEP THE
TEN COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE WE'RE
00:23:44.82\00:23:47.39
NOT UNDER THE LAW, WE'RE
UNDER GRACE.' AND YOU GO,
00:23:47.42\00:23:49.29
'WHAT IN THE
WORLD DOES THAT MEAN?
00:23:49.32\00:23:50.76
DOES IT MEAN WE'RE NOW FREE
TO BREAK THE TEN COMMANDMENTS?'
00:23:50.79\00:23:54.36
THEY USUALLY HAVE NO PROBLEM
WITH THE TEN COMMANDMENTS EXCEPT
00:23:54.40\00:23:57.10
FOR ONE COMMANDMENT.
HAVE YOU NOTICED THAT?
00:23:57.13\00:23:59.23
IT WILL HAVE THE
SPIRIT OF PROPHECY.
00:23:59.27\00:24:01.40
WE HAVE A LESSON COMING ON THAT,
BUT THAT MEANS THAT THEY HAVE
00:24:01.44\00:24:04.77
ALL THE GIFTS OF THE
SPIRIT, INCLUDING THE SPIRIT OF
00:24:04.81\00:24:07.44
PROPHECY, THAT ARE GUIDING
THE CHURCH IN THE LAST DAYS.
00:24:07.48\00:24:09.98
ANSWER E: IT WILL PROCLAIM GOD'S
THREE END-TIME MESSAGES WITH A
00:24:10.01\00:24:15.72
LOUD VOICE - THAT MEANS IT'S
GOING TO BE GOING WITH STRENGTH
00:24:15.75\00:24:18.79
AROUND THE WORLD. AND I
MIGHT ADD, RIGHT NOW, IF
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.39
YOU DON'T MIND MY SAYING
SO, OUR CHURCH - THE SEVENTH-DAY
00:24:21.42\00:24:25.16
ADVENTIST CHURCH - PROBABLY HAS
MORE MEDIA MINISTRIES THAN ANY
00:24:25.19\00:24:30.73
DENOMINATION I KNOW OF, THAT ARE
GOING BY SATELLITE AND INTERNET
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AROUND THE WORLD, AND IT
IS CERTAINLY A LOUD VOICE.
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IT TELLS US THAT THIS MOVEMENT
IS NOT GOING TO BE A LOCAL
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COMMUNITY CONGREGATION, IT
IS GOING TO BE A WORLD-WIDE
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MOVEMENT. OUT OF
THE 218 COUNTRIES IN THE
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WORLD, THE SEVENTH-DAY
ADVENTISTS ARE IN MORE COUNTRIES
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THAN IN ANY OTHER DENOMINATION.
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G. IT WILL TEACH THE EVERLASTING
GOSPEL, WHICH IS SALVATION
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THROUGH CHRIST ANE -
SALVATION BY FAITH IN CHRIST.
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QUESTION #11: JESUS
GIVES US THESE SEVEN PROPHETIC
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IDENTIFICATION POINTS AND HE
SAYS 'GO FIND MY CHURCH.' WHAT
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DOES HE PROMISE WILL
HAPPEN WHEN WE SEARCH?
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JESUS SAYS IN LUKE 11, VERSE
9, "SEEK AND YOU WILL FIND."
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SO WHERE DO YOU
DO YOUR SEARCHING?
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IN THE WORD.
QUESTION #12: HOW MANY CHURCH
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ORGANIZATIONS IN THE WORLD
WILL FIT THESE SEVEN POINTS?
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EPHESIANS - JESUS SAYS
IN EPHESIANS 4, VERSE 5,
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"ONE LORD, ONE FAITH, ONE
BAPTISM." WHAT IS THE CRITERIA
00:25:34.46\00:25:40.60
THAT IS TO UNITE US? ONE THING -
TRUTH - ABSOLUTE TRUTH. AND THE
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WORD OF GOD IS THAT SWORD
THAT IS GOING TO HELP US KNOW.
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YOU KNOW, JESUS SAID, 'SEEK
AND YOU'LL FIND.' THERE ARE MANY
00:25:49.88\00:25:54.55
DENOMINATIONS THAT
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DOES THAT MAKE
THEM GOD'S CHURCH?
00:25:57.59\00:25:59.95
YOU KNOW, JESUS TELLS US, 'MANY
SHEEP I HAVE WHICH ARE NOT OF
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THIS FOLD. THEM
ALSO I MUST CALL' - JOHN
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CHAPTER 10 - 'AND THERE WILL BE
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MANY FOLDS WHEN
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