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01:03 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. 01:11 >>NOW, TYPICALLY, IF YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT REVELATION AND 01:15 SOMETHING IN THE FOREHEAD, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? 01:17 EVERYBODY AUTOMATICALLY THINKS ABOUT, 'OH, YOU DON'T WANT 01:20 ANYTHING IN YOUR FOREHEAD IN THE LAST DAYS.' IF YOU STUDY THE 01:23 BIBLE YOU'LL FIND OUT, IN REVELATION, EVERYBODY'S GOT 01:26 SOMETHING IN THEIR FOREHEAD IN THE LAST DAYS. 01:29 YOU'VE EITHER GOT THE MARK OF THE BEAST OR YOU HAVE THE SEAL 01:31 OF GOD. YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE 01:33 YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT MARK. >>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING 01:39 FACTS HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD 01:42 THROUGH MEDIA. THIS PROGRAM FEATURES HIGHLIGHTS 01:45 FROM SOME OF OUR BEST TELEVISION BROADCASTS. WE INVITE YOU TO SIT 01:48 BACK AND ENJOY THIS EDITION OF AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS. 01:58 >>TONIGHT OUR PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE DEALING WITH THE 02:00 SUBJECT OF THE 144,000, WHICH YOU FIND IN CHAPTER 7 AND 14 OF 02:07 REVELATION, AND THE SEAL OF GOD AND IT PICTURES A TIME WHEN 02:13 ANGELS ARE HOLDING BACK WINDS OF STRIFE. 02:16 AND I REMEMBER HEARING A STORY ABOUT - I THINK IT WAS IN 2012, 02:22 IN MARCH, PAUL WALDEN HAD HIS WIFE AND DAUGHTER CALL. 02:26 THEY WERE AT WORK AND THEY SAID, 'HAVE YOU SEEN THE NEWS? 02:28 THERE'S A TERRIBLE STREAM OF TORNADOES THAT ARE COMING 02:32 THROUGH.' HE NEVER PAID MUCH ATTENTION TO STORM WARNINGS, BUT 02:36 HE THOUGHT HE OUGHT TO STEP OUTSIDE AND LOOK AT THE SKY. 02:38 AND, RIGHT WHEN HE WENT OUT TO LOOK UP AT THE SKY, HE SAW THIS 02:41 GREAT BIG GRAY WALL THAT WAS MOVING TOWARDS HIM, THAT WAS 02:45 CHURNING UP HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE. 02:47 HE THOUGHT, 'OH, THIS IS THE REAL THING.' 02:49 HE RAN INSIDE, HE GRABBED A COUPLE OF DOGS, AND HE 02:52 JUMPED IN THE CLOSET RIGHT BY THEIR STAIRCASE. 02:55 AND THEN IT HIT. YOU'VE HEARD THE EXPRESSION 'IT 02:58 SOUNDS LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN IS GOING BY' WHEN YOU 03:01 HAVE A TORNADO GO BY? AND THE WHOLE HOUSE BEGAN TO 03:05 SHAKE AND HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE DOOR, WITH ALL OF HIS 03:09 STRENGTH HE WAS HANGING ON AND TRYING TO KEEP THE DOOR SHUT AS 03:13 THE SUCTION OF THE STORM WAS TRYING TO PULL THE DOOR OPEN 03:16 AND SUCK OUT HIM AND HIS DOGS. AND IT WASN'T VERY LONG BEFORE 03:20 IT STOPPED, THE NOISE SETTLED, IT MOVED DOWN AND PASSED AWAY, 03:24 AND HE FINALLY GOT THE COURAGE TO OPEN THE DOOR AND THIS IS A 03:26 PICTURE OF WHAT HE SAW WHEN HE STEPPED OUTSIDE. 03:30 THE HOUSE WAS GONE, HE WALKED OUT OF THE CLOSET AND HE SAW 03:32 BLUE SKY - EVERYTHING WAS GONE EXCEPT THE CLOSET AND SOME OF 03:36 THE STAIRS AND HE SAID IT WASN'T LONG AFTER HE WALKED OUTSIDE AND 03:41 THE CLOSET FELL OVER AND THEN HAIL BEGAN TO FALL AND HE FELT 03:44 LIKE HE WAS GETTING BEATEN UP BY A BASEBALL BAT AND HE FOUND A 03:48 CONTAINER THAT HELD VACUUM CLEANING SUPPLIES AND PUT IT ON 03:51 HIS HEAD, HE SAID, OR HE WOULD HAVE DIED FROM THE HAIL. 03:54 AND HIS WIFE ALWAYS TEASES HIM ABOUT WALKING AROUND WITH A 03:58 VACUUM CLEANER ACCESSORY BOX ON HIS HEAD TO SAVE HIS LIFE. 04:03 BUT HE WAS TRYING TO HOLD BACK THE STORM. 04:08 WELL, HUMANS AREN'T VERY GOOD AT THAT, ANGELS DO A GOOD JOB. 04:12 REVELATION PICTURES THIS HAPPENING. 04:14 LET'S START WITH THE 144,000 IN CHAPTER 7 OF REVELATION AND YOU 04:18 CAN BEGIN WITH VERSE 1 - CHAPTER 7, VERSE 1, "AFTER THESE THINGS 04:24 I SAW FOUR ANGELS STANDING AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE EARTH," 04:28 - NOW WHAT DO THE FOUR ANGELS REPRESENT? 04:30 THE DIVISIONS OF THE COMPASS. IT'S TALKING ABOUT SIMPLY NORTH, 04:32 SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST - IT'S A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM. 04:36 IT'S A UNIVERSAL SEALING THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE - "HOLDING 04:41 THE FOUR WINDS OF THE EARTH, THAT THE WIND SHOULD NOT BLOW ON 04:44 THE EARTH, ON THE SEA, OR ON ANY TREE." 04:48 THAT'S TALKING ABOUT EVERYTHING ON THE PLANET - THE EARTH, THE 04:51 SEA, THE TREES - UNTIL SOMETHING HAPPENS - IT'S GOING TO BLOW 04:53 EVENTUALLY. THOSE WINDS OF STRIFE ARE REALLY 04:56 - THEY'RE KIND OF SUMMARIZED IN THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES. 05:01 "THEN I SAW ANOTHER ANGEL ASCENDING FROM THE EAST, HAVING 05:04 THE SEAL OF THE LIVING GOD. AND HE CRIED WITH A LOUD 05:08 VOICE...SAYING, 'DO NOT HARM THE EARTH, THE SEA OR THE TREES TILL 05:13 WE HAVE SEALED THE SERVANTS OF OUR GOD ON THEIR FOREHEADS." 05:19 AND IT GOES ON TO SAY, 'I HEARD THE NUMBER OF THOSE THAT WERE 05:21 SEALED AND IT WAS 144,000 - 12,000 FROM EACH OF THE TWELVE 05:27 TRIBES OF ISRAEL.' AND IT'S AN INTERESTING LIST THAT IS GIVEN. 05:31 THEN YOU'LL ALSO READ IN CHAPTER 14 OF REVELATION, YOU FIND THE 05:34 SECOND REFERENCE TO THE 144,000 AND IT GIVES US A LITTLE MORE 05:39 INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. "THEN I LOOKED, AND BEHOLD, 05:42 A LAMB" - THIS IS VERSE 1 OF CHAPTER 14 - REVELATION - "A 05:46 LAMB STANDING ON MOUNT ZION, AND WITH HIM ONE HUNDRED AND 05:50 FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND, HAVING HIS FATHER'S NAME WRITTEN 05:53 ON THEIR FOREHEADS." - WELL, 7 SAID IT WAS THE 05:54 SEAL OF GOD, HERE IT SAYS HIS FATHER'S NAME. 05:57 THEY MUST BE SIMILAR - "AND I HEARD A VOICE FROM HEAVEN, LIKE 06:00 THE VOICE OF MANY WATERS, AND LIKE THE VOICE OF LOUD THUNDER." 06:04 AND I HEARD THE SOUND OF HARPS AND HARPISTS PLAYING THEIR 06:07 HARPS. THEY SANG AS IT WERE A NEW SONG 06:10 BEFORE THE THRONE, BEFORE THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, AND THE 06:13 ELDERS, AND NO ONE COULD LEARN THAT SONG EXCEPT THE HUNDRED AND 06:16 FORTY-FOUR THOUSAND WHO WERE REDEEMED FROM THE EARTH. 06:19 THESE ARE THE ONES WHO WERE NOT DEFILED WITH WOMEN, FOR THEY ARE 06:24 VIRGINS." - SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? - 06:26 "THESE ARE THE ONES WHO FOLLOW THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES. 06:30 THEY WERE REDEEMED FROM AMONG MEN BEING THE FIRSTFRUITS TO GOD 06:33 AND TO THE LAMB AND IN THEIR MOUTH WAS FOUND NO DECEIT FOR 06:37 THEY ARE WITHOUT FAULT BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD." 06:40 AND THEN IT GOES ON TO ANOTHER PASSAGE THAT IS RELATED, BUT 06:44 WE'LL PAUSE RIGHT THERE. SO YOU'VE GOT THE 144,000 ARE 06:47 OBVIOUSLY A VERY IMPORTANT GROUP. YOU'VE GOT - 06:50 CHAPTER 7 ADDRESSES THEM, CHAPTER 14 ADDRESSES THEM. 06:52 THEY'RE VERY CLOSE TO THE LORD. THEY RECEIVE A SPECIAL SEAL. 06:55 NOW, TYPICALLY, IF YOU TALK TO SOMEBODY ABOUT REVELATION AND 06:59 SOMETHING IN THE FOREHEAD, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT? 07:03 EVERYBODY AUTOMATICALLY THINKS ABOUT, 'OH, YOU DON'T WANT 07:06 ANYTHING IN YOUR FOREHEAD IN THE LAST DAYS. 07:08 SOMEONE TRIES TO PUT ANYTHING IN YOUR FOREHEAD, RUN THE OTHER 07:10 WAY.' BUT IF YOU STUDY THE BIBLE, YOU'LL FIND OUT, IN 07:14 REVELATION, EVERYBODY'S GOT SOMETHING IN THEIR FOREHEADS IN 07:18 THE LAST DAYS. YOU'VE EITHER GOT THE MARK OF 07:20 THE BEAST OR YOU'VE GOT THE SEAL OF GOD. 07:23 YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU'VE GOT THE RIGHT MARK. 07:25 >>AMEN. >>AND, SORT OF, WITH THAT AS AN 07:27 INTRODUCTION, LET'S GO THROUGH SOME OF OUR QUESTIONS NOW THAT 07:30 TALK ABOUT THE 144,000 AND THE SEAL OF GOD. 07:34 FIRST QUESTION: WHAT CLUES DOES REVELATION PROVIDE TO HELP US 07:38 IDENTIFY WHO ARE THE 144,000? WELL, THERE'S SEVERAL THINGS, 07:44 FIRST OF ALL IT SAYS THERE'S 12,000 FROM THE TWELVE 07:47 TRIBES OF ISRAEL. NOW THE LIST OF TRIBES THAT ARE 07:51 GIVEN IN REVELATION IS DIFFERENT FROM ANY OTHER 07:54 LIST IN THE BIBLE. THE TWELVE TRIBES ARE LISTED 07:57 MANY TIMES IN THE BIBLE. THEY USUALLY START WITH THE 08:00 FIRSTBORN WHO WAS JUDAH - I'M SORRY REUBEN. 08:03 BUT, IN REVELATION, IT STARTS WITH JUDAH. 08:06 IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S A DIFFERENT LIST. 08:08 YOU'LL FIND THAT IT TALKS ABOUT JOSEPH, BUT EPHRAIM IS LEFT OUT. 08:16 AND SO IT'S A UNIQUE LIST AND YOU NEED TO JUST SAY, 'WHAT'S 08:20 GOING ON HERE? ARE THESE REAL, LITERAL 08:23 JEWS IT'S TALKING ABOUT?' IN THE LAST DAYS HE'S GOING TO 08:25 GET 12,000 FROM EACH OF THE TRIBES. IF YOU KNOW YOUR JEWISH 08:28 HISTORY, YOU'LL KNOW THAT SOME OF THE TRIBES HAD VERY FEW 08:30 PEOPLE AND JUDAH HAD LOTS OF PEOPLE - HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS - 08:35 AND SO, THE IDEA OF GETTING AN EVEN NUMBER FROM EACH OF THE 08:38 TRIBES. THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING, BUT I BELIEVE 08:41 THEY'RE ACTUALLY TALKING ABOUT SPIRITUAL JEWS. THAT MEANS IT 08:44 CAN INCLUDE LITERAL JEWS AND IT CAN INCLUDE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 08:47 ADOPTED INTO THE SEED OF ABRAHAM BY ACCEPTING CHRIST. LET ME TELL 08:53 YOU WHY. YOU READ IN THE BIBLE IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, FOR 08:56 INSTANCE, GO TO 2 KINGS 17, VERSE 6. 09:00 TEN OF THE TRIBES WERE CONQUERED BY THE ASSYRIANS WAY BACK, 09:05 HUNDREDS OF YEARS BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN. 09:08 YOU READ THERE, "IN THE NINTH YEAR OF HOSHEA, THE KING OF 09:12 ASSYRIA TOOK SAMARIA" - THAT'S THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL - THE 09:15 NORTHERN KINGDOM - "AND CARRIED ISRAEL" - THOSE ARE THE TEN 09:18 TRIBES - "AWAY TO ASSYRIA." NOW, LATER, THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM 09:22 OF JUDAH, THEY WERE CARRIED TO BABYLON, BUT THEY CAME BACK. 09:26 THOSE CARRIED OFF TO ASSYRIA LARGELY INTERMARRIED AND 09:30 DISAPPEARED AS A DISTINCT PEOPLE. 09:32 AND SO, WHEN REVELATION SAYS 12,000 FROM THE TRIBE OF 09:36 MANASSEH, CAN YOU PLEASE SHOW ME SOMEBODY FROM THE TRIBE OF 09:39 MANASSEH TODAY? OR ISSACHAR OR ZEBULUN? 09:44 WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT JEWS, YOU'RE TYPICALLY TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE 09:46 WHO ARE FROM LEVI, JUDAH, AND BENJAMIN. 09:50 YOU READ THE BIBLE, LONG BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN IT TELLS EXACTLY 09:53 WHAT HAPPENED TO THE TRIBES. 09:54 SOME OF THEM CAME BACK DOWN AND JOINED JUDAH. 09:57 THEY INTERMARRIED WITH THE TRIBE OF JUDAH. 10:00 YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND PEOPLE WHO ARE PUREBRED PEOPLE FROM 10:04 ZEBULON, MANASSEH, ISSACHAR AND SO FORTH. SO, WHAT DOES IT MEAN 10:10 WHEN IT SAYS THAT? GALATIANS 3:29, "AND IF YOU ARE 10:14 CHRIST'S, THEN YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, AND HEIRS ACCORDING 10:18 TO THE PROMISE." ALL THE PROMISES GOD MADE TO THE 10:20 JEWS IN THE BIBLE, NEW AND OLD TESTAMENT, YOU CAN CLAIM 10:23 THROUGH CHRIST, AMEN? THAT'S A WONDERFUL PROMISE - 10:26 PAUL SAID THAT - THIS IS NEW TESTAMENT. 10:28 PAUL SAID, IN ROMANS 2:28 AND 29, "FOR HE IS NOT A JEW WHICH 10:32 IS ONE OUTWARDLY; NEITHER IS THAT CIRCUMCISION, WHICH IS 10:36 OUTWARD IN THE FLESH, BUT HE IS A JEW, WHICH IS ONE INWARDLY; 10:40 AND CIRCUMCISION IS THAT OF THE HEART..." 10:42 THIS WAS THE MESSAGE OF JESUS AND JOHN THE BAPTIST - THEY SAID 10:45 TO THEIR JEWISH BRETHREN, 'DO NOT THINK TO SAY WITHIN YOURSELF 10:49 'GOD MUST SAVE US, WE ARE CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM.' GOD IS 10:52 ABLE TO RAISE UP FROM THE STONES CHILDREN UNTO ABRAHAM.' AND 10:55 JESUS SAID, 'MANY WILL COME FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST AND SIT 10:58 DOWN IN THE KINGDOM WITH ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB' - 11:01 MEANING THE GENTILES COMING FROM THE EAST AND THE WEST - AND THE 11:04 NATURAL CHILDREN, SOME OF THEM WHO DON'T BELIEVE, WILL BE IN 11:07 OUTER DARKNESS. SO THE NEW TESTAMENT IS REALLY 11:10 CLEAR THAT NOW THE GOSPEL GOES TO EVERYBODY - WHOSOEVER WILL. 11:16 GOD IS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS. SO THE IDEA THAT TO BE ONE OF 11:19 THE 144,000 YOU MUST HAVE A DNA TEST, IS NOT TAUGHT 11:23 IN THE BIBLE. GOD DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE THAT WAY. 11:26 IF YOU ARE ABRAHAM'S SEED, YOU ARE HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE 11:30 PROMISE, OKAY? >>YOU KNOW, WE ALL BELIEVE THAT 11:33 WE ARE SAVED UNDER THE PROMISE OF THE NEW COVENANT, BUT DID YOU 11:37 KNOW THAT GOD ONLY MAKES THAT COVENANT WITH THE 11:39 HOUSE OF ISRAEL? SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? 11:42 ONLY JEWS CAN BE SAVED? OR IS THERE A WAY THAT EVERY 11:45 PERSON CAN BECOME A SPIRITUAL JEW AND ENJOY THE PROMISES THAT 11:49 GOD MADE TO ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. 11:51 WOULD YOU LIKE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SUBJECT AND WHERE ISRAEL 11:54 FITS IN FINAL DAY PROPHECY? WE HAVE A SPECIAL OFFER FOR 11:57 YOU AND IT'S CALLED SPIRITUAL ISRAEL . 12:00 IT'S A BEAUTIFUL STUDY ANSWERING THESE QUESTIONS, AND WE'LL SEND 12:03 IT TO YOU FOR FREE. TO GET YOUR FREE COPY, GO TO 12:06 OFFERS.AFTV.ORG OR CALL THE PHONE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN 12:11 AND ASK FOR OFFER #174. AND WHEN YOU GET YOUR FREE 12:15 RESOURCE, MAKE SURE AND READ IT AND THEN SHARE IT WITH SOMEONE 12:18 ELSE, BECAUSE GOD'S MESSAGE IS OUR MISSION. 12:22 SO WHY DOES IT GIVE THIS LIST AND WHY IS THE LIST UNIQUE IN 12:27 REVELATION CHAPTER 7? I'M GOING TO READ 12:29 SOMETHING TO YOU. YOU KNOW, IN HEBREW, WHEN THEY 12:32 NAME SOMEONE, EVERY NAME HAD A MEANING. 12:35 YOU READ THE STORY ABOUT WHEN, YOU KNOW, JACOB ENDED UP WITH 12:37 FOUR WIVES. HE ONLY WANTED RACHEL. 12:40 HE ENDED UP WITH RACHEL AND LEAH AND BILHAH AND ZILPAH, THEIR 12:43 HANDMAIDS, AND EVERY TIME - THEY'RE ALL FIGHTING OVER HIS 12:46 ATTENTION - EVERY TIME THEY GOT PREGNANT AND HAD A CHILD, THE 12:49 MOTHERS WOULD NAME THE CHILD AND MAKE A STATEMENT BECAUSE THE 12:52 NAMES ALL MEAN SOMETHING IN HEBREW. 12:55 THE NAME JUDAH MEANS 'I WILL PRAISE THE LORD' - AND WE'RE 12:57 PUTTING THIS UP FOR THE - YOU ON THE SCREEN. 13:00 REUBEN MEANS 'HE HAS LOOKED ON ME' GAD - 'GIVEN GOOD FORTUNE' - 13:04 ASHER MEANS 'HAPPY AM I' - NAPHTALI MEANS 'MY WRESTLING' 13:07 MANASSEH MEANS 'MAKING ME TO FORGET.' IT SAYS, SIMEON MEANS 13:12 'GOD HEARS ME' - LEVI - 'ATTACHED TO ME' - ISSACHAR - 13:16 'PURCHASED ME' - 'DWELLING' IS ZEBULUN - JOSEPH - 'GOD WILL ADD 13:20 TO ME' - BENJAMIN - 'SON OF HIS RIGHT HAND.' NOW WHAT'S 13:23 FASCINATING IS, IF YOU TAKE THESE TWELVE NAMES, LINE THEIR 13:29 MEANINGS UP THE WAY THEY'RE GIVEN THERE IN REVELATION, THIS 13:32 IS WHAT IT SAYS - LOOK AT THIS PARAGRAPH: "I WILL PRAISE THE 13:35 LORD FOR HE HAS LOOKED ON ME AND GRANTED GOOD FORTUNE I AM HAPPY 13:40 BECAUSE MY WRESTLING, GOD IS MAKING ME TO FORGET. 13:44 GOD HEARS ME AND IS ATTACHED" - OR JOINED - "TO ME." 13:47 - IT'S LIKE A MARRIAGE - "HE HAS PURCHASED ME A DWELLING" - I'VE 13:50 GONE TO PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU - "AND WILL ADD TO ME THE SON OF 13:53 HIS RIGHT HAND." - MEANING CHRIST. 13:56 THE WHOLE STORY OF SALVATION IS TOLD IN THE NAMES, THE WAY 14:01 THEY'RE ARRANGED THERE IN REVELATION. 14:03 IT'S THE STORY OF REDEMPTION. ISN'T THAT BEAUTIFUL? 14:06 THAT'S WHY THE BIBLE IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE BOOK. 14:08 IT TELLS US THE 144,000 HAVE SPECIAL ROBES. 14:12 THE BIBLE TELLS US THEY HAVE WASHED THEIR ROBES AND MADE THEM 14:15 WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, SYMBOLIZING THEY ARE COVERED 14:19 WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST. 14:21 IT TELLS US THEY SING A UNIQUE SONG. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU 14:25 CAN'T READ OFF THEIR MUSIC BECAUSE IT'S 14:27 THEY'RE SONG, IT MEANS THEY'VE GONE THROUGH AN EXPERIENCE. 14:31 IT'S LIKE WHEN THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT THROUGH EGYPT, THEY 14:34 SANG THIS SONG OF DELIVERANCE LED BY MIRIAM. 14:38 AND, AT THE END OF THEIR 40 YEARS, MOSES WROTE A SONG THAT 14:41 TALKED ABOUT THOSE WHO HAD SURVIVED THEIR WANDERINGS AND 14:44 HOW GOD WOULD BE FIRST. SOMETIMES A SONG - YOU HAVE TO 14:47 HAVE THE EXPERIENCE TO KNOW HOW TO SING THE SONG. 14:50 IT'S LIKE SOMETIMES YOU'LL HEAR A CHOIR - YOU MIGHT HEAR A CHOIR 14:54 IN IRELAND SINGING A NEGRO SPIRITUAL. 14:58 THEY MAY NOT KNOW HOW TO SING IT THE WAY IT WAS WRITTEN BECAUSE 15:03 THEY HAVE NOT HAD THE EXPERIENCE THAT GAVE BIRTH TO THE SONG. 15:08 DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? >>YES. 15:10 >>AND SO THOSE WHO ARE THE 144 - THEY'RE SINGING A SONG NOBODY 15:14 ELSE CAN SING. WHY? BECAUSE IT SAYS THERE IN 15:16 REVELATION THESE ARE THOSE WHO - THEY'VE COME OUT OF 15:18 A GREAT TRIBULATION. THEY FOLLOWED THE LAMB IN A 15:22 CLOSE WAY, UNLIKE ANYONE ELSE. IT SAYS THEY SANG, AS 15:25 IT WERE, A NEW SONG. SOMETHING ELSE IT TELLS US, THEY 15:28 FOLLOW THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES. 15:31 BY THE WAY, IF YOU WANT TO FOLLOW THE LAMB THERE THEN, YOU 15:37 MUST FIRST FOLLOW THE LAMB HERE NOW. 15:40 >>WOW. AMEN. >>AND YOU CAN'T SAY, 'WELL I 15:43 CAN'T WAIT TO GET TO HEAVEN AND START FOLLOWING THE LAMB.' YOU 15:45 WON'T BE IN HEAVEN UNLESS YOU START FOLLOWING HIM NOW. 15:49 A CHRISTIAN IS A FOLLOWER OF CHRIST. 15:52 AND IT SAYS THEY ARE VIRGINS - AND THIS HAS ALWAYS THROWN 15:54 PEOPLE - DOES THAT MEAN ALL THE 144,000 ARE WOMEN? 15:58 BECAUSE THE TERM THERE, IN GREEK, IT DOES SEEM TO IMPLY THE 16:01 FEMININE SIDE. KEEP IN MIND, IN REVELATION, 16:04 IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON HAS DAUGHTERS THAT ARE HARLOTS - 16:09 UNFAITHFUL - THE 144,000, IT'S SAYING THEY ARE VIRGINS FOR THEY 16:13 ARE NOT DEFILED. IT'S TALKING ABOUT THEY 16:16 ARE A PART OF THE TRUTH. THEY'VE NOT BEEN DEFILED 16:18 BY THE WINE OF BABYLON. IT'S SIMPLY SAYING - THEY'RE NOT 16:22 TALKING ABOUT SEX AT ALL, IT'S TALKING ABOUT THEY ARE A PURE 16:25 GROUP BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS. 16:28 THEY ARE UNDEFILED BY THE FALSE TEACHINGS. 16:30 EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE BEEN TELLING YOU ABOUT THE 144,000, 16:33 YOU KNOW WHAT THE KEY IS TO UNDERSTANDING IT? 16:35 THEY REPRESENT MODERN-DAY APOSTLES. 16:39 SEE, IN THE OLD TESTAMENT - I'M SORRY, IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 16:41 RATHER, JESUS PICKED TWELVE APOSTLES AND HE SAID, 'I WANT 16:46 YOU TO BE MY ADVOCATES TO TAKE THIS MESSAGE TO THE WORLD.' BUT 16:50 THEY WERE NOT THE ONLY ONES SAVED, THEY WERE A SPECIAL GROUP 16:52 OF LEADERS. BEFORE THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED 16:55 OUT IN ACTS CHAPTER 2, JUDAS HAS KILLED HIMSELF, PETER SAID 17:00 THERE'S ONLY ELEVEN OF US NOW, WE NEED TO REPLACE JUDAS AND 17:03 GET BACK TO THE NUMBER TWELVE. WHEN THEY REPLACED JUDAS, THE 17:06 HOLY SPIRIT FALLS OUT IN THE NEXT VERSE. 17:08 BUT THERE'S NOT JUST TWELVE THAT RECEIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT, THERE'S 17:11 A HUNDRED AND TWENTY IN THE UPPER ROOM, AND THEN THREE 17:14 THOUSAND ARE CONVERTED AS A RESULT OF WHAT THEY DO. 17:18 WHICH LEADS TO THE NEXT QUESTION: ARE THE 144,000 THE 17:21 ONLY ONES SAVED WHEN JESUS COMES? 17:24 WELL, IF YOU DO THE MATH, THAT WOULD BE PRETTY SAD BECAUSE 17:27 THERE ARE ABOUT 7 BILLION PEOPLE IN THE WORLD - THERE'S MORE THAN 17:31 7 BILLION - AND IF ONLY 144,000 ARE GOING TO BE SAVED, THAT 17:37 MEANS YOUR CHANCE IS ABOUT ONE OUT OF 50,000. 17:42 IT'S STILL BETTER THAN THE LOTTERY IN FLORIDA, DID YOU KNOW 17:44 THAT? (LAUGHTER) BUT IT'S NOT GOOD. NO, THEY'RE NOT THE ONLY 17:50 ONES SAVED, THEY ARE A SPECIAL GROUP OF LEADERS. 17:54 IN THE SAME WAY - LET ME MAKE THE 144,000 REALLY EASY FOR YOU 17:56 - IN THE SAME WAY THAT JESUS HAD TWELVE APOSTLES THAT FOLLOWED 18:00 HIM WHEREVER HE WENT, THAT HAD A SPECIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM 18:04 THAT SANG A - YOU KNOW, THE BIBLE SAYS THAT JESUS, THE ONLY 18:07 TIME HE SANG, HE SANG WITH THE TWELVE - HE SANG OTHER TIMES, 18:10 BUT THE ONLY TIME RECORDED, IN THE BIBLE, WHEN JESUS SANG, HE 18:13 SANG WITH THE TWELVE APOSTLES JUST BEFORE HE WENT TO THE 18:16 CROSS. THEY SANG WITH THE LORD A SPECIAL SONG. 18:19 AND SO, ALL THE THINGS ABOUT THE 144,000 - BY THE WAY, THIS WAS 18:24 WRITTEN BY AN APOSTLE, ISN'T IT? HE'S TALKING ABOUT THEIR 18:27 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS DURING THE FIRST COMING. 18:30 THERE'S GOING TO BE AN ARMY OF APOSTLES GETTING THE WORLD READY 18:34 FOR THE SECOND COMING. >>AMEN. 18:36 >>DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? THAT'S THE 144,000. 18:39 BUT NOW WE'VE LEARNED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THEM, WHAT'S THE 18:42 SPECIAL NAME IN THEIR FOREHEADS? IT TALKS ABOUT A NAME, A SEAL. 18:47 KEEP IN MIND, IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT A TATTOO. 18:51 YOU'RE GOING TO FIND OUT ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE IN THE OLD 18:54 TESTAMENT IT TALKS ABOUT IN THE HAND AND IN THE FOREHEAD - THAT 18:57 MEANS IN YOUR ACTIONS AND IN YOUR THOUGHTS. 19:01 IN DEUTERONOMY 5 MOSES REPEATS THE TEN COMMANDMENTS; IN 19:04 DEUTERONOMY 6 HE SAYS, "YOU SHALL BIND THEM AS A SIGN ON 19:06 YOUR HAND, AND THEY SHALL BE AS FRONTLETS BETWEEN YOUR EYES." 19:09 WHAT'S THAT? FOREHEAD - THAT THE LORD'S LAW 19:13 MIGHT BE IN YOUR HEART, ANOTHER SYMBOL. 19:15 IN THE HAND MEANS IN THE ACTIONS; IN THE FOREHEAD MEANS 19:18 IN THE WORSHIP, IN THE THOUGHTS. I'LL MAKE SOMETHING REALLY 19:22 CLEAR: IN THE LAST DAYS, IF YOU'VE GOT THE LAW OF THE LORD 19:26 IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR ACTIONS AND YOUR MIND, YOU WILL NOT 19:29 HAVE THE MARK OF THE BEAST. IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE LAW OF GOD 19:33 IN YOUR HEART AND YOUR HAND AND YOUR HEAD, YOU WILL HAVE 19:36 THE MARK OF THE BEAST. IT'S JUST ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. 19:40 NOW, YOU NOTICE IN EZEKIEL 9 - WE ALWAYS THINK THE MARK IS THE 19:43 BAD THING - IF YOU READ EZEKIEL 9, THERE'S ANOTHER VISION THERE. 19:47 BY THE WAY, REVELATION IS REFERRING BACK TO EZEKIEL, THAT 19:51 EVERYBODY IN JERUSALEM WAS TO BE DESTROYED EXCEPT THOSE THAT HAD 19:55 THIS MARK PLACED ON THEM BY THE ANGEL. 19:57 EVERYBODY IN EZEKIEL 9 WHO GETS THE MARK IS SAVED BECAUSE THEY 20:01 ARE SIGHING AND CRYING FOR THE ABOMINATIONS THAT ARE DONE IN 20:05 ISRAEL BECAUSE THERE WAS FALSE WORSHIP THAT WAS HAPPENING AMONG 20:08 THE PEOPLE OF ISRAEL. AND YOU READ THAT CHAPTER 20:13 AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THAT. SO WHAT IS THE SEAL OF GOD? 20:17 ALRIGHT, WE TALKED ABOUT THE 144,000, WE'RE GOING TO SPEND 20:19 THE REST OF OUR TIME TALKING ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT 20:22 SUBJECT - AND YOU PRAY FOR ME AS I PROCEED, BECAUSE I REALLY WANT 20:25 YOU TO GET THIS FRIENDS. IT IS VERY IMPORTANT. 20:28 ALRIGHT, FIRST OF ALL, SEAL OF GOD IS THE HOLY SPIRIT. 20:33 YOU ALREADY SORT OF KNEW THAT. THOSE THAT HAVE THE MARK OF THE 20:36 BEAST, WHOSE SPIRIT DO THEY HAVE? 20:38 >>SATAN. >>THE DEVIL. 20:40 THOSE THAT HAVE SEAL OF GOD, WHOSE SPIRIT DO THEY HAVE? 20:43 IT SAYS THERE IN EPHESIANS 4:30, "AND DO NOT GRIEVE THE HOLY 20:47 SPIRIT OF GOD, BY WHOM YOU WERE SEALED FOR THE DAY OF 20:50 REDEMPTION." THERE'S A SEAL OF THE HOLY 20:53 SPIRIT THAT HAPPENS INSIDE. BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT IS 20:56 MORE TANGIBLE THAN THAT THAT CAN BE SEEN IN THE LIFE AND YOU'LL 21:00 FIND THAT IN THIS VERSE - ISAIAH 8:16, "BIND UP THE TESTIMONY, 21:06 SEAL THE LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES." 21:10 CAN THE LAW BE SEALED IN THE HEART? 21:13 SO THE LAW OF GOD, IN A SENSE, IS THE SEAL. 21:15 WHAT'S THE NEW COVENANT? 'I'LL TAKE MY LAW AND WRITE IT 21:18 IN THEIR HEARTS.' BUT WE'RE GOING TO GO A STEP DEEPER TO 21:22 FIND OUT WHAT IS THAT SEAL IN THE LAW? 21:26 I COULD - NOW, TYPICALLY, A SEAL - IN BIBLE TIMES WHEN YOU WOULD 21:30 MAKE A DOCUMENT OFFICIAL, THEY'D POUR WAX ON THE SEAL LIKE YOU DO 21:33 WITH AN ENVELOPE, THEY'D STAMP IT WITH THE GOVERNMENT SEAL AND 21:36 THE SEAL ALWAYS CONTAINED THREE CHARACTERISTICS. 21:39 IT WOULD HAVE THE NAME OF THE OFFICIAL, THE TITLE, AND THE 21:45 TERRITORY. FOR EXAMPLE, I'VE GOT A COPY 21:48 HERE OF QUEEN ELIZABETH AND IN CANADA IT SAYS, 'QUEEN OF 21:54 CANADA, ELIZABETH' - AND THAT'S THE NAME: QUEEN - THE 21:58 OFFICE: ELIZABETH - CANADA. AND SO, YOU WOULD HAVE 22:03 THREE CHARACTERISTICS. WHEN PONTIUS PILATE PUT A SEAL 22:06 ON THE TOMB OF JESUS, WHAT DID IT SAY? 22:08 PONTIUS PILATE - HIS NAME - GOVERNOR - HIS OFFICE - JUDEA - 22:12 HIS TERRITORY. WHEN KING DARIUS PUT A SEAL - 22:16 THE BIBLE SAYS HE PUT A SEAL ON THE STONE, PLACED ON THE 22:19 LION'S DEN - WHAT DID IT SAY? DARIUS, KING, MEDO-PERSIA - 22:24 YOU'VE GOT THOSE THREE THINGS WERE ALWAYS IN A SEAL. 22:27 YOU EVER SEE THE PRESIDENTIAL SEAL? 22:30 IT'S GOING TO SAY THE PRESIDENT'S NAME - PRESIDENT - 22:32 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND SO, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE 22:36 THOSE THREE CHARACTERISTICS. DO YOU FIND THE SEAL OF 22:38 GOD IN THE LAW OF GOD? YOU DO. IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S 22:42 LAW, IN THE LONGEST OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, AND HERE'S WHAT IT 22:47 READS - AND YOU READ IN EXODUS CHAPTER 20, VERSE 8, "REMEMBER 22:51 THE SABBATH DAY, TO KEEP IT HOLY. 22:53 SIX DAYS YOU SHALL LABOR AND DO ALL YOUR WORK, BUT THE SEVENTH 22:58 DAY IS THE SABBATH OF THE LORD YOUR GOD. 23:01 IN IT YOU SHALL NOT DO ANY WORK: YOU NOR YOUR SON, NOR YOUR 23:04 DAUGHTER, NOR YOUR MALE SERVANT, NOR YOUR FEMALE SERVANT. 23:07 NOR YOUR CATTLE, NOR YOUR STRANGER WHO IS WITHIN YOUR 23:10 GATES." NOW YOU HEAR - WATCH CAREFULLY 23:12 - "FOR IN SIX DAYS THE LORD" - JEHOVAH - HIS NAME - CREATED - 23:18 "MADE" - HIS OFFICE - HE'S THE CREATOR AND SUSTAINER - "THE 23:21 HEAVENS AND THE EARTH, THE SEA..." 23:24 - THERE YOU HAVE THE NAME OF GOD, THE TITLE OF GOD, THE 23:28 TERRITORY OF GOD, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAW OF GOD IS THIS SEAL. 23:33 AND WHAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS THE SABBATH 23:37 COMMANDMENT AND WHY IT IS AN IMPORTANT ISSUE IN THE LAST DAYS 23:41 BECAUSE IT TALKS ABOUT RESTING IN THE LORD. 23:45 IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING A RELATIONSHIP. 23:47 IT TALKS ABOUT HAVING THE FATHER'S NAME - IS THE FATHER'S 23:49 NAME IN THAT COMMANDMENT? JEHOVAH, "THE LORD, MADE HEAVENS 23:53 AND THE EARTH, THE SEA AND ALL THIS IS IN THEM, AND 23:56 RESTED THE SEVENTH DAY. THEREFORE THE LORD BLESSED THE 23:58 SABBATH DAY AND HALLOWED IT." THAT MEANS HE MADE IT HOLY. 24:03 SO HERE YOU'VE GOT THOSE THREE CHARACTERISTICS: YOU'VE GOT HIS 24:06 TITLE, YOU'VE GOT HIS TERRITORY, YOU'VE GOT HIS NAME, ALL IN THE 24:10 MIDDLE OF THE LAW. NOW, I WANT - WANT YOU TO JUST 24:13 SEE, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE BIBLE AND HEAVEN, WHY THIS 24:17 WOULD BE SO IMPORTANT. IS THERE A PLACE IN THE WORLD 24:21 TODAY - IF I WAS GOING TO SAY, 'I'M GOING TO THE HOLY LAND. 24:23 I'M GOING ON A HOLY LAND TOUR.' WHERE AM I GOING? 24:26 >>ISRAEL. >>ISRAEL. 24:28 NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE DISPUTE THAT. 24:30 AND, IF I'M IN ISRAEL, I'M GOING TO SAY, 'I'M GOING TO THE HOLY 24:31 CITY.' WHERE AM I GOING? 24:33 >>JERUSALEM. >>JERUSALEM. 24:35 AND THEN, IF I SAY I'M IN JERUSALEM, I'M GOING TO GO VISIT 24:37 THE HOLY MOUNT - MOUNT MORIAH, SOMETIMES CALLED MOUNT ZION - 24:42 IT'S WHERE THE TEMPLE WAS. AND, IN ANCIENT TIMES, IF YOU 24:45 WENT TO THE TEMPLE, YOU'D GO TO THE HOLY TEMPLE. 24:48 AND, IN THE HOLY TEMPLE, THEY HAD A PLACE CALLED THE HOLY 24:50 PLACE, BUT THE HOLY PLACE HAD AN INNER SANCTUM CALLED THE HOLY OF 24:56 HOLIES AND THERE WAS ONLY ONE THING IN THE HOLY OF HOLIES. 25:01 WHAT WAS IT? >>THE ARK. 25:02 >>AN ARK - GOLDEN BOX - WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THIS SACRED 25:05 GOLDEN BOX THAT'S STILL MISSING TODAY. 25:07 WHAT MADE THE GOLDEN BOX SUCH A NATIONAL TREASURE? 25:11 WHAT DID IT HAVE IN THERE? TEN COMMANDMENTS. 25:15 AND, IN THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, DO YOU FIND THE WORD 'HOLY'? 25:18 >>YES. >>HOW MANY TIMES? 25:21 ONE TIME. WHERE IS IT? IT'S IN THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT. 25:25 BECAUSE GOD WANTS TO MAKE US HOLY AND LIFE IS COMPOSED OF 25:32 TIME. GOD IS LOVE - YOU WITH ME? YOU CANNOT LOVE WITHOUT TIME. 25:39 WIVES USUALLY GET THAT BETTER THAN HUSBANDS. 25:44 THEY SAY, 'OH YOU NEVER DO ANYTHING WITH ME.' 'I'VE BEEN 25:45 HOME ALL DAY.' 'BUT, YEAH, YOU'VE BEEN ON YOUR COMPUTER.' 25:49 NOW THIS CONVERSATION NEVER HAPPENED IN OUR HOME. 25:51 (LAUGHTER) BUT I SAID, 'I WAS HERE.' 'THAT'S NOT QUALITY 25:54 TIME.' SO WE LIVE ALL WEEK LONG, BUT DO WE HAVE QUALITY TIME? 26:00 BECAUSE LOVE IS NOURISHED IN QUALITY TIME. 26:05 GOD, WHEN HE CREATED THE WORLD, HE CREATED AND SANCTIFIED A 26:08 QUALITY TIME TO NURTURE OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM. 26:12 AND, IF YOU LOVE GOD - IF YOU KNOW GOD YOU'LL LOVE HIM, IF YOU 26:14 LOVE HIM YOU'LL OBEY HIM. THE DEVIL IS TRYING TO DESTROY 26:17 THE QUALITY TIME AND THE LOVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEOPLE 26:21 AND GOD AND HE IS ESPECIALLY ATTACKING THE SABBATH. 26:26 >>CAN'T GET ENOUGH AMAZING FACTS BIBLE STUDY? 26:29 YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL NEXT WEEK TO ENJOY MORE 26:31 TRUTH-FILLED PROGRAMMING, VISIT THE AMAZING FACTS MEDIA LIBRARY 26:36 AT 'AFTV.ORG'. AT 'AFTV.ORG' YOU CAN ENJOY 26:41 VIDEO AND AUDIO PRESENTATIONS AS WELL AS PRINTED MATERIAL ALL 26:45 FREE OF CHARGE, 24 HOURS A DAY 7 DAYS A WEEK, RIGHT FROM YOUR 26:50 COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE. VISIT 'AFTV.ORG'. 26:56 >>IN SIX DAYS GOD CREATED THE HEAVENS AND THE EARTH. 27:00 FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS WORSHIPED GOD ON THE SEVENTH DAY 27:04 OF THE WEEK. NOW, EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF 27:07 PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED? 27:11 WHY DID GOD CREATE A DAY OF REST? 27:13 DOES IT REALLY MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP? 27:16 WHO WAS BEHIND THIS GREAT SHIFT? DISCOVER THE TRUTH BEHIND GOD'S 27:19 LAW AND HOW IT WAS CHANGED. VISIT SABBATHTRUTH.COM. 27:27 >>LET'S FACE IT, IT'S NOT ALWAYS EASY TO UNDERSTAND EVERYTHING 27:30 YOU READ IN THE BIBLE. WITH OVER 700,000 WORDS 27:33 CONTAINED IN 66 BOOKS, THE BIBLE CAN GENERATE A LOT OF QUESTIONS. 27:38 TO GET BIBLICAL STRAIGHTFORWARD ANSWERS CALL IN TO BIBLE 27:41 ANSWERS LIVE - A LIVE NATIONWIDE CALL-IN 27:43 RADIO PROGRAM WHERE YOU CAN TALK TO PASTOR DOUG BATCHELOR AND ASK 27:47 HIM YOUR MOST DIFFICULT BIBLE QUESTIONS. 27:50 FOR TIMES AND STATIONS IN YOUR AREA, OR TO LISTEN TO ANSWERS 27:53 ONLINE, VISIT BAL.AMAZINGFACTS.ORG . 27:58 >>THE LIFE THAT HE'S GIVEN ME. >>THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL. 28:00 >>I'LL FOLLOW CHRIST WHEREVER HE GOES. 28:03 >>AMAZING FACTS. MORE THAN 45 YEARS OF 28:07 PROCLAIMING GOD'S MESSAGE AROUND THE WORLD. 28:10 >>AND THEN THE LOGO POPS ACROSS - AMAZING FACTS PRESENTS . 28:14 I'VE LISTENED TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT MINISTERS BUT HERE WAS 28:16 - THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE'S ACTUALLY SAYING SOMETHING 28:19 WHERE I HAD TO GRAB MY BIBLE AND ACTUALLY PICK IT UP AND - I'VE 28:22 NEVER HEARD THIS BEFORE. LET ME - LET ME LOOK 28:25 THROUGH AND FIND THIS. THEN I JUST COULDN'T GET ENOUGH. 28:27 >>SO I STARTED DOING BIBLE STUDIES. 28:29 EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE GUYS STARTED BEING CHANGED, INCLUDING 28:33 MYSELF. >>MY QUESTION WAS 'WHY DID 28:36 THAT HAPPEN TO ME, GOD?' THE LORD WAS ABLE TO REACH OUT 28:40 AND I ACTUALLY SAW HIM AS A FATHER. 28:42 >>I WENT TO A PROPHECY SEMINAR, WHICH KNOCKED ME OUT. 28:46 THIS MESSAGE WAS SO POWERFUL AND SO IRREFUTABLE AND I JUST WENT 28:50 'THIS IS REAL. THIS IS - THIS IS AMAZING.' 28:55 (MUSIC) 29:25 >>THIS PRESENTATION WAS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FRIENDS OF THE 29:28 AMAZING FACTS MINISTRY. |
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