AMAZING FACTS
MINISTRY. >>I BELIEVE IN THE OLD
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TESTAMENT GOD HAD A PEOPLE.
PAUL TELLS US 'GOD HAS COMMITTED
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THE ORACLES OF TRUTH TO
THE JEWS' - THE BIBLE - THE
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SCRIPTURES - THEY
HAD THE SCRIPTURES.
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HOW ABOUT NEW TESTAMENT
TIMES? DOES HE HAVE A MOVEMENT
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THAT HE'S WORKING THROUGH?
HAS HE COMMITTED TRUTH TO
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ANYBODY, OR DO WE ALL
JUST KIND OF FLIP THROUGH
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THE YELLOW PAGES?
>>FOR OVER 40 YEARS AMAZING
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FACTS HAS BEEN
DEDICATED TO SHARING GOD'S WORD
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THROUGH MEDIA. THIS
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FROM SOME OF OUR BEST
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WE INVITE YOU TO SIT BACK AND
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FACTS PRESENTS.
>>WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING,
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TONIGHT, ABOUT A VERY IMPORTANT
SUBJECT. THE TITLE OF THE
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PRESENTATION IS CALLED THE
WOMAN OF LIGHT , AND IT'S BASED
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UPON A WOMAN THAT APPEARS
IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12.
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AND YOU'LL UNDERSTAND THE NATURE
OF THE TITLE A LITTLE BETTER AS
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WE PROCEED. BUT I THOUGHT I'D
TELL YOU A LITTLE STORY THAT MAY
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SEGUE WELL WITH THIS STUDY
TONIGHT. I'VE MADE A FEW TRIPS
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TO INDIA - PASTOR ROSS HAS BEEN
TO INDIA - AMAZING FACTS HAS A
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SCHOOL - AN EVANGELISM TRAINING
SCHOOL IN INDIA - AND I REMEMBER
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HEARING THE STORY ABOUT A WOMAN,
37 YEARS OLD, THAT WAS BATHING
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SOME CLOTHES - WASHING SOME
CLOTHES AND SOME DISHES THERE BY
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THE RIVER - A LOT OF POOR PEOPLE
- INDIA'S BECOME VERY MODERN,
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BUT THEY STILL
HAVE A LOT OF VERY POOR
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PEOPLE THERE AND THEY'D NEVER
KNOWN OF CROCODILES ON THIS
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PARTICULAR RIVER, BUT OUT
OF NOWHERE THIS HUGE SALTWATER
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CROCODILE LUNGED OUT OF THE
RIVER AT HER, AS SHE WAS DOING
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THE WASHING THERE, AND GRABBED
HER BY THE LEG AND STARTED TO
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DRAG HER OFF INTO THE
RIVER. AND IT WAS BIG ENOUGH TO
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EASILY HAVE DEVOURED HER.
ALL KINDS OF THINGS WERE GOING
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THROUGH HER MIND AND - IT'S
AMAZING HOW QUICKLY YOUR MIND
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WORKS IN A TERRIFIED MOMENT LIKE
THAT, JUST FAMILY AND CHILDREN
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AND SHE REALLY DIDN'T WANT
TO BE SOME REPTILE'S LUNCH.
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AND THEN, AS HE WAS PULLING HER
OFF THE BANK INTO THE RIVER, IT
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OCCURRED TO HER SHE HAD NEVER
LET GO OF THE ALUMINUM POT THAT
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SHE HAD BEEN WASHING - IN HER
TERROR SHE JUST GRIPPED IT - AND
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SHE TOOK THE THING AND BEGAN TO
THUMP THE CROCODILE ON THE HEAD
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AND ABOUT THE EYES AND IT -
I GUESS SHE WALLOPED HIM PRETTY
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GOOD - HE LET GO.
REVELATION CHAPTER 12 TALKS
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ABOUT A LARGE
REPTILE THAT IS A MAN EATER.
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AND, IF YOU GO WITH ME IN YOUR
BIBLES, WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN
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READING ABOUT THIS - AND YOU
FIND IT IN CHAPTER 12, VERSE 1.
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AND THIS IS OUR FIRST
QUESTION IN OUR STUDY: HOW DOES
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REVELATION
PICTURE GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?
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WE TALKED ABOUT THIS COUNTERFEIT
CHURCH CALLED 'BABYLON' IN
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CHAPTER 17 - I KNOW WE'RE DOING
THINGS A LITTLE OUT OF ORDER -
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NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT CHAPTER
12 AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE HOW IS
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THE TRUE CHURCH PICTURED?
YOU READ THERE IN VERSE 1, A
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WOMAN IS SEEN "...CLOTHED WITH
THE SUN, AND THE MOON UNDER HER
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FEET, AND UPON HER HEAD A CROWN
OF TWELVE STARS:" - NOW, BEFORE
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I GO ANY FARTHER,
THAT'S WHY SHE'S CALLED
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'CLOTHED WITH LIGHT'.
THERE ARE THREE NATURAL FORMS OF
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LIGHT THAT YOU FIND IN GENESIS.
GOD MADE THE SUN AND HE MADE THE
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MOON AND HE MADE THE STARS
AND THEY ILLUMINATE THE EARTH.
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GOD 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 AND GLORIFY
YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.'
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THAT'S MATTHEW
CHAPTER 5, OF COURSE.
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SO THIS IS A WOMAN WHO IS
CLOTHED WITH LIGHT FROM THE
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STARS TO THE SUN TO THE
MOON. WHAT DO THEY REPRESENT?
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THE MOON HAS NO LIGHT OF ITS
OWN, IT REFLECTS THE LIGHT OF
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THE SUN THAT IS GOING TO
RISE. THE MOON IS LIKE THE OLD
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TESTAMENT, FULL OF LIGHT BUT
IT'S THE FOUNDATION ON WHICH THE
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WOMAN STANDS, BUT SHE'S
ACTUALLY WEARING THE SUN.
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THE BIBLE TELLS US IN MALACHI
CHAPTER 4 - TALKING ABOUT CHRIST
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- 'THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS WHO
WILL ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS
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WINGS.' IT'S ONE OF THE PLACES
WHERE CHRIST IS SORT OF COMPARED
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TO THE SUN - THE
BRIGHTNESS OF THE SUN.
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WHEN JESUS WAS TRANSFIGURED ON
THE MOUNT OF TRANSFIGURATION IN
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MARK CHAPTER 9, IT SAYS HE WAS
SHINING LIKE THE SUN - BRIGHTER
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THAN ANY LAUNDRY SOAP CAN MAKE
YOU - STARS ABOVE THE HEAD - IT
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REPRESENTS THE LEADERSHIP
- THERE'S TWELVE STARS.
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AND JESUS, OF COURSE, THERE
IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, YOU'VE GOT
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THE TWELVE
PATRIARCHS, INCLUDING SAMUEL.
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MOST PEOPLE COUNT TWELVE JUDGES.
MOSES HAD TWELVE PRINCES AND -
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NEW TESTAMENT
YOU'VE GOT TWELVE WHAT?
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TWELVE APOSTLES
THAT JESUS PICKS.
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I TOLD YOU, THAT NUMBER MUST
HAVE BEEN IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY
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REPLACED JUDAS AND THE
HOLY SPIRIT WAS POURED OUT.
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AND, ABOVE THE HEAD - A SYMBOL
OF LEADERSHIP - IT'S WHERE THE
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HEAD IS, IT'S GUIDANCE - SO IT'S
TALKING ABOUT THE FOUNDATION OF
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THE OLD TESTAMENT SHINING WITH
THE REALITY OF CHRIST THE NEW
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TESTAMENT - THE LEADERSHIP OF
THE CHURCH - AND, THROUGH THIS,
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GOD LETS HIS LIGHT
SHINE INTO THE WORLD.
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BUT SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE
OFTEN MISS: "AND SHE, BEING WITH
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CHILD CRIED, TRAVAILING
IN BIRTH, AND PAINED TO BE
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DELIVERED." SHE IS
PREGNANT AND ABOUT TO
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HAVE A BABY AND GOING THROUGH
THE LABOR PAINS - AND THIS IS
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WHEN THE DRAGON IS
TRYING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
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NOW, AS WE READ ON - AND THEN
I'M GOING TO BACK UP TO THIS
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VERSE - WHAT ABOUT
HER CHILD DO WE LEARN?
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I JUST WANT YOU TO
KNOW WHO THIS CHILD IS.
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"AND SHE BROUGHT FORTH A
MAN CHILD WHO WAS TO RULE ALL
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NATIONS WITH A ROD OF
IRON:" - WHO IS THE MAN CHILD?
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WELL, IT TELLS US HER CHILD
IS CAUGHT UP UNTO GOD AND HIS
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THRONE. CHRIST ASCENDED UP
TO HEAVEN TO GOD ON THE THRONE.
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SO THE MAN CHILD IS
[JESUS]. SO WHAT DOES THE
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WOMAN REPRESENT? CHURCH.
IT SAYS, 'I'VE LIKENED THE
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DAUGHTER OF ZION TO A DELICATE
AND A COMELY WOMAN.' PAUL SAYS,
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'HUSBANDS LOVE YOUR WIVES
AS CHRIST LOVES THE CHURCH.' A
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WOMAN IS OFTEN
COMPARED TO A CHURCH.
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THIS WOMAN, IN CHAPTER 12 - SUN,
MOON, STARS, THE DRAGON HATES
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HER - SHE MUST BE A GOOD CHURCH
THE VERY FACT THE DRAGON HATES
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HER IS A GOOD SIGN, RIGHT?
THE WOMAN IN REVELATION 17,
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SHE'S RIDING ALONG WITH THE
DRAGON - THEY'RE IN COOPERATION.
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AGAIN, ISAIAH 51:16, "...AND
SAY UNTO ZION, 'THOU ART MY
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PEOPLE.'" OFTEN, IN
THE BIBLE, GOD CALLS
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HIS CHURCH - HIS
PEOPLE - HIS BRIDE.
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NOW, JUST SO YOU'LL KNOW,
IN CASE YOU EVER SEE THIS, SOME
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PEOPLE SAY, 'WELL, THE WOMAN IN
REVELATION 12 WHO BRINGS FORTH
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THE MAN CHILD - WELL
THAT MUST BE MARY, RIGHT?'
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AND YOU'LL OFTEN SEE, IN A
NUMBER OF CHURCHES, YOU'LL SEE
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PICTURES OF MARY - I'VE GOT A
SAMPLE OF ONE RIGHT HERE WHERE
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SHE'S GOT TWELVE STARS ABOVE HER
HEAD AND SHE'S STANDING ON THE
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MOON. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT
BEFORE? THEY GET THAT IDEA FROM
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REVELATION 12, BUT THE WOMAN
IN REVELATION 12 IS NOT MARY.
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IT IS TRUE THAT MARY IS THE
MOTHER OF JESUS, BUT YOU READ ON
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IN THE CHAPTER AND IT TALKS
ABOUT THE DRAGON CHASING THE
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WOMAN THROUGH THE WILDERNESS.
WELL, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, THE
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APOSTLE JOHN TOOK MARY IN AND
SHE STAYED WITH HIM AND SHE DIED
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IN ANTIOCH - THAT'S
WHAT CHURCH HISTORY SAID.
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THERE WAS JUST NO EFFORT OF THE
DEVIL CHASING HER THROUGH THE
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WILDERNESS AND THE EARTH OPENING
ITS GROUND AND ALL THESE THINGS
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THAT HAPPEN IN THE VISION, IT'S
OBVIOUSLY A SYMBOL OF A WOMAN -
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THE CHURCH - JUST LIKE
REVELATION 17 IS SYMBOLIC.
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WHO IS THE GREAT RED DRAGON THAT
WANTS TO DESTROY HER AND HER MAN
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CHILD AND WHAT DOES HE TRY
TO DO? YOU LOOK IN VERSE 9, "AND
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THE GREAT DRAGON WAS
CAST OUT," - CALLED - "THAT
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OLD SERPENT, CALLED THE DEVIL,
AND SATAN," - NOW, CAN A FIVE
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YEAR OLD UNDERSTAND THAT
VERSE? THAT IS SO SIMPLE.
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THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT WHO
THE DRAGON IS - DEVIL, SATAN,
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SERPENT - ALL IN ONE VERSE.
THE BAD GUY - THE ARCH FIEND
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- THE VILLAIN - THE DEVIL -
CONSUMMATE EVIL - THE DARK SIDE
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- I MEAN, THERE'S ALL KINDS OF
TERMS THAT YOU CAN FIND FOR HIM.
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HE IS THE EMBODIMENT
OF EVIL - THE FIRST REBEL.
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AND THE DRAGON STOOD BEFORE
THE WOMAN, WHICH WAS READY TO BE
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DELIVERED - TO DEVOUR HER
CHILD AS SOON AS IT WAS BORN.
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I THINK I TOLD YOU EARLIER
- THREE TIMES IN THE BIBLE THE
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DEVIL HAS MADE AN EFFORT TO
ANNIHILATE ALL OF THESE CHILDREN
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THAT HE WAS SUSPICIOUS
THE MESSIAH WAS GOING TO COME
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THROUGH. HE HAD
ALL THE BABY BOYS IN
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ISRAEL THROWN IN THE RIVER -
NOT THE GIRLS, THE BOYS, BECAUSE
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THEY KNEW THE MESSIAH WAS
GOING TO BE THE PROMISED SEED.
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THEN, ATHALIAH TRIED TO KILL
ALL THE DESCENDENTS OF DAVID,
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BECAUSE THE DEVIL HEARD THE
PROPHECY THAT THE MESSIAH WOULD
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COME THROUGH DAVID, AND THEN
WHEN JESUS WAS A BABY THE DEVIL
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TRIED TO USE THE ROMAN POWER AND
KING HEROD KILLED ALL THE BABIES
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IN BETHLEHEM RIGHT
AFTER JOSEPH AND MARY FLED.
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THEY JUST ESCAPED INTO EGYPT.
ALRIGHT, WHAT HAPPENS - THIRD
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QUESTION - AFTER SATAN
FALLS - FAILS, RATHER, TO
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DESTROY JESUS AS A BABY?
CHRIST ESCAPES - IT SAYS,
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"...HER CHILD WAS CAUGHT UP
UNTO GOD, AND TO HIS THRONE."
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THE DEVIL COULD NO LONGER REACH
CHRIST AFTER JESUS COMPLETED HIS
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MISSION - HE LIVED THIRTY-THREE
AND A HALF YEARS - A PERFECT
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LIFE - HE TAUGHT PUBLICLY FOR
THREE AND A HALF YEARS - FROM
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HIS BAPTISM AT THIRTY YEARS OF
AGE - PERFORMED MIRACLES, TAUGHT
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THE GOSPEL, ULTIMATELY DIED FOR
THE SINS OF THE WORLD, ROSE THE
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THIRD DAY, ASCENDED TO HEAVEN,
AND HE HAS BEEN OUT OF THE
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DEVIL'S REACH BECAUSE
JESUS IS IN HEAVEN - RIGHT?
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- SATAN WAS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN, HE CAN'T REACH HIM.
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OF COURSE, HE'S GOT
HIS DIVINE BODY NOW.
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HE'S NOT VULNERABLE ANYMORE,
AS HE WAS WHEN HE WAS A MAN.
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SO, WHEN THE DEVIL CAN'T REACH
CHRIST AND HE WANTS TO HURT
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CHRIST, WHAT DOES HE DO?
GO AFTER WHAT JESUS LOVES.
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>>DON'T GO ANYWHERE, FRIENDS,
IN JUST A MOMENT WE'RE GOING TO
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RETURN AND COMPLETE
TODAY'S PRESENTATION.
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I THINK ALL OF US AGREE IT'S
IMPORTANT TO BE PART OF A CHURCH
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BODY. THE BIBLE'S CLEAR ON THAT.
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IN IT, YOU'LL DISCOVER WHAT THE
BIBLE CRITERIA ARE FOR FINDING A
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GOOD CHURCH. AND, IS
THERE ANYTHING IN BIBLE
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LET'S GET BACK TO TODAY'S
PRESENTATION AND LEARN SOME MORE
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AMAZING FACTS
FROM THE WORD OF GOD.
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>>AFTER JESUS WAS CAUGHT UP TO
HEAVEN, WHAT DID SATAN DO TO THE
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CHURCH? IT SAYS,
"WHEN THE DRAGON SAW
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THAT HE WAS CAST UNTO THE EARTH,
HE PERSECUTED THE WOMAN WHICH
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BROUGHT FORTH THE MAN
CHILD." AGAIN, CAN THAT
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BE MISUNDERSTOOD? THE
DEVIL PERSECUTED THE WOMAN.
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AND HAVE WE SEEN
THAT THROUGH HISTORY?
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NOT ONLY DO WE KNOW THAT IT
HAPPENED IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE IN
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A VERY STRONG SENSE - FIRST OF
ALL, IT STARTED WITH THE JEWISH
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CHURCH - NOT ALL THE JEWS
BECAUSE, OBVIOUSLY, THE EARLY
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CHURCH WAS ALL JEWISH.
THE APOSTLES WERE ALL JEWISH,
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THE TESTAMENT WAS WRITTEN
LARGELY BY JEWS, BUT THERE WERE
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SOME RELIGIOUS
LEADERS THAT HATED JESUS.
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SOME LOVED HIM - LIKE
NICODEMUS - LIKE JOSEPH.
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THERE WERE SOME GOOD RELIGIOUS
LEADERS AND THERE WERE SOME BAD
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RELIGIOUS LEADERS.
UNFORTUNATELY, THOSE IN POWER
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BEGAN TO REALLY PERSECUTE.
READ IN ACTS CHAPTER 7 IT SAYS
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STEPHEN WAS STONED, THE SUPREME
COURT OF THE JEWISH NATION
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BASICALLY PLUGGED THEIR EARS
WHEN STEPHEN PREACHED THE GOSPEL
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- PAUL WAS AN ACCESSORY
TO THE MURDER OF STEPHEN.
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PAUL, THEN, WENT BREATHING
THREATENINGS AND SLAUGHTER AND
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THEY WENT FROM CHURCH TO
CHURCH TAKING MEN AND WOMEN,
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PUTTING THEM IN
JAIL AND KILLING.
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SO, IT STARTED THERE, BUT THEN
THE JEWS ENCOURAGED THE ROMANS
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TO DO IT - SAME THING THEY DID
WITH JESUS - THE JEWS WENT TO
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PILATE, THE ROMAN GOVERNOR,
TO GET THE DEATH DECREE.
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AND, DO YOU REALIZE THAT THERE
WERE SOME JEWISH ENEMIES OF PAUL
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THAT WENT ALL THE WAY TO
ROME TO ACCUSE PAUL BEFORE NERO.
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I MEAN, THEY WERE REALLY
UPSET BECAUSE, YOU KNOW WHY?
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ALL AROUND THE ROMAN EMPIRE
WHERE THE JEWS HAD CHURCHES AND
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SYNAGOGUES, CHRISTIANS WERE
LEARNING WHAT THE SCRIPTURES
00:12:16.20\00:12:19.60
REALLY TAUGHT, AND MANY IN
THE SYNAGOGUES - SOMETIMES WHOLE
00:12:19.63\00:12:22.27
SYNAGOGUES - WERE
TURNING TO CHRIST.
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YOU CAN READ ABOUT THAT
ALL THROUGH THE BOOK OF ACTS.
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AND SO, SOME OF THE ONES WHO DID
NOT WANT TO ACCEPT JESUS, THEY
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BECAME VICIOUS. AND
SO, WHEN I TALK ABOUT THE
00:12:29.71\00:12:33.18
JEWS, THERE WERE GOOD BELIEVING
JEWS AND THERE WERE SOME THAT
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WERE AMBIVALENT AND THERE
WERE SOME THAT WERE VERY UNKIND.
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AND SO, THEN IT WENT - IT
TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE ROMANS.
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NOW, YOU HAVE TO
KNOW A LITTLE HISTORY.
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AT THE SAME TIME THE JEWS
WERE VERY THREATENED WITH THE
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CHRISTIANS, THEY ALSO WERE
VERY ANGRY WITH THE ROMANS FOR
00:12:49.03\00:12:51.50
OCCUPYING THEIR COUNTRY. AT
ABOUT 68-69 AD, THEY REBELLED
00:12:51.53\00:12:56.77
AGAINST THE ROMANS - THERE WAS A
BIG REVOLT - AND A WAR BROKE OUT
00:12:56.81\00:13:01.61
BETWEEN THE ROMANS AND THE JEWS.
FINALLY WHEN THEY COULDN'T TAKE
00:13:01.64\00:13:04.81
IT ANYMORE, THE ROMANS ATTACKED
JERUSALEM, THEY SLAUGHTERED THE
00:13:04.85\00:13:07.88
CITY - THE JEWISH
RELIGION WAS FORBIDDEN.
00:13:07.92\00:13:11.29
AND, BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE JEWS
00:13:11.32\00:13:14.79
AND THE CHRISTIANS - THEY READ
THE SAME BIBLE, THEY HAD A LOT
00:13:14.82\00:13:17.26
OF THE SAME PRACTICES AND
TEACHINGS, THEY BELIEVED IN ONE
00:13:17.29\00:13:19.63
GOD - CHRISTIANITY WAS
OUTLAWED AT THE SAME TIME.
00:13:19.66\00:13:25.27
SO THE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS WERE
ALL SORT OF LUMPED TOGETHER.
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AND THEN THE ROMANS BEGAN TO
PERSECUTE JEWS AND CHRISTIANS -
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TOGETHER -
THROUGHOUT THE KINGDOM.
00:13:32.11\00:13:33.48
AND YOU'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES
ABOUT CHRISTIANS THAT WERE TOLD,
00:13:33.51\00:13:35.98
'YOU EITHER PRAY TO THESE
IDOLS OR YOU'LL BE KILLED.'
00:13:36.01\00:13:39.61
'YOU EITHER SAY THAT CAESAR'S A
GOD OR YOU'RE GOING TO BE FED TO
00:13:39.65\00:13:43.39
THE LIONS.' AND THERE
WERE SOME EMPERORS, IN
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PARTICULAR, THAT
WERE EXTREMELY VICIOUS.
00:13:45.79\00:13:47.96
YOU'VE HEARD ABOUT NERO FIDDLING
WHILE ROME BURNED - AND THEN HE
00:13:47.99\00:13:51.39
BLAMED THE CHRISTIANS. HE
SAID THE CHRISTIANS EAT FLESH
00:13:51.43\00:13:55.90
AND DRINK BLOOD - TALKING ABOUT
THE COMMUNION SERVICE - THEY'RE
00:13:55.93\00:14:00.17
CANNIBALS - THEY GO INTO THE
CATACOMBS AND THEY'RE CANNIBALS.
00:14:00.20\00:14:03.41
AND TERRIBLE RUMORS THAT WERE
NOT TRUE WERE SPREAD AROUND AND
00:14:03.44\00:14:06.01
THERE WAS GREAT WRATH.
FOR THEIR ENTERTAINMENT THEY
00:14:06.04\00:14:09.88
WOULD SAY, 'WHAT
DO YOU WANT TO DO?'
00:14:09.91\00:14:10.98
'THIS WEEKEND, LET'S GO
TO THE COLISEUM AND WATCH THE
00:14:11.01\00:14:13.08
CHRISTIANS GET SLAUGHTERED BY
THE GLADIATORS AND THE LIONS AND
00:14:13.11\00:14:16.38
BURNT ALIVE' - AND THERE
WERE YEARS AND YEARS OF TERRIBLE
00:14:16.42\00:14:19.15
PERSECUTION.
DIOCLETIAN WAS ONE EMPEROR THAT
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WAS EXTREMELY VICIOUS AND
FOR TEN YEARS - IT TALKS ABOUT
00:14:22.36\00:14:25.49
THIS IN REVELATION - GREAT
TRIBULATION, FROM 303 TO 313,
00:14:25.53\00:14:31.37
WHERE THEY TRIED TO
ANNIHILATE CHRISTIANS.
00:14:31.40\00:14:33.80
BUT TERTULLIAN, THE EARLY CHURCH
FATHER, IT SAID, 'IT SEEMS AS
00:14:33.84\00:14:38.84
THOUGH THE BLOOD OF THE MARTYRS
IS SEED.' THE MORE THEY MOWED
00:14:38.87\00:14:43.78
DOWN THE CHRISTIANS - IT'S LIKE
TRYING TO GET RID OF WEEDS BY
00:14:43.81\00:14:46.05
MOWING THEM; IT JUST SPREADS
THE SEED - AND THEY GREW.
00:14:46.08\00:14:51.02
WHAT ARE TWO OTHER IDENTIFYING
CHARACTERIZING MARKS OF GOD'S
00:14:51.05\00:14:54.42
TRUE CHURCH?
REVELATION 12:17, "AND THE
00:14:54.46\00:14:57.79
DRAGON WAS WROTH WITH THE WOMAN,
AND WENT TO MAKE WAR WITH THE
00:14:57.83\00:15:02.16
REMNANT" - THAT MEANS THE
REMAINDER - "OF HER SEED."
00:15:02.20\00:15:05.17
- HER DESCENDANTS.
AND WHAT ARE THE TWO MOST
00:15:05.20\00:15:06.94
OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS?
"WHICH KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF
00:15:06.97\00:15:10.14
GOD, AND HAVE THE
TESTIMONY OF JESUS."
00:15:10.17\00:15:13.14
I BELIEVE IN THE OLD
TESTAMENT GOD HAD A PEOPLE.
00:15:13.17\00:15:15.41
DID HE HAVE A
SPECIFIC PEOPLE? WHO WERE THEY?
00:15:15.44\00:15:18.38
ISRAELITES - JEWS.
WERE THEY ALWAYS FAITHFUL?
00:15:18.41\00:15:22.02
WHAT MADE THEM GOD'S PEOPLE?
PAUL TELLS US GOD HAD COMMITTED
00:15:22.05\00:15:27.19
THE ORACLES OF TRUTH TO THE JEWS
- THE BIBLE - THE SCRIPTURES
00:15:27.22\00:15:31.99
- THEY HAD THE SCRIPTURES.
JESUS WAS TAKING TO THE WOMAN
00:15:32.03\00:15:34.50
AT THE WELL AND SHE'S SAYING,
'SHOULD WE WORSHIP IN GERIZIM?
00:15:34.56\00:15:38.17
SHOULD WE BE IN
JERUSALEM? IS IT THE SAMARITANS?
00:15:38.20\00:15:40.14
IS IT THE JEWS?' JESUS
SAID, 'LET ME SETTLE THIS
00:15:40.17\00:15:42.20
FOR YOU RIGHT NOW: SALVATION IS
OF THE JEWS.' IT IS THE JEWISH
00:15:42.24\00:15:48.44
BOOK - GOD GAVE THEM THE TRUTH.
IT IS THE BIBLE - THERE IS ONLY
00:15:48.48\00:15:51.75
ONE WAY - IT'S THROUGH
THE WORD. IT'S THROUGH CHRIST.
00:15:51.78\00:15:54.25
THERE ARE - NOW, GOD'S PEOPLE
WERE THE JEWS, BUT WERE ONLY
00:15:54.28\00:15:58.29
JEWS SAVED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT?
DID GOD HAVE NAAMAN THE LEPER?
00:15:58.32\00:16:03.06
DID GOD HAVE - WAS ELIJAH
SENT TO A CANAANITE WOMAN?
00:16:03.09\00:16:06.49
GOD HAS PEOPLE ALL OVER
THE WORLD, BUT HE HAD A SPECIAL
00:16:06.53\00:16:09.43
GROUP THAT HE CHOSE TO
BE THE GUARDIANS OF TRUTH.
00:16:09.46\00:16:13.67
IT DOESN'T MEAN EVERYONE
IN THE GROUP, BECAUSE A LOT OF
00:16:13.70\00:16:15.27
ISRAELITES WERE UNFAITHFUL - A
LOT WERE FAITHFUL - BUT THEY HAD
00:16:15.30\00:16:18.91
THE SCRIPTURES. HOW
ABOUT NEW TESTAMENT TIMES?
00:16:18.94\00:16:23.35
DOES GOD HAVE A GROUP OR IS IT
KIND OF JUST, YOU KNOW, EENEY,
00:16:23.38\00:16:25.81
MEENEY, MINEY, MOE?
DOES HE HAVE A MOVEMENT
00:16:25.85\00:16:28.98
THAT HE'S WORKING THROUGH?
HAS HE COMMITTED TRUTH TO
00:16:29.02\00:16:31.15
ANYBODY OR DO WE ALL
JUST KIND OF FLIP THROUGH
00:16:31.19\00:16:33.05
THE YELLOW PAGES? ONE
OF THE LAST THINGS IT SAYS
00:16:33.09\00:16:35.79
IN MALACHI: "REMEMBER THE LAW
OF MOSES...BEHOLD, I WILL SEND
00:16:35.82\00:16:40.00
YOU ELIJAH THE PROPHET."
THE LAW AND THE PROPHETS.
00:16:40.03\00:16:44.37
AND WHEN YOU READ IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 12 IT SAYS, 'THE
00:16:44.40\00:16:46.97
COMMANDMENTS OF GOD AND THE
TESTIMONY OF JESUS.' WHAT IS THE
00:16:47.00\00:16:49.94
TESTIMONY OF JESUS? I'M
JUST GIVING YOU THIS FREE.
00:16:49.97\00:16:53.44
GO TO REVELATION CHAPTER 19,
VERSE 10, THE ANGEL TELLS JOHN
00:16:53.48\00:16:56.21
THE TESTIMONY OF JESUS IS THE
SPIRIT OF PROPHECY - THE LAW AND
00:16:56.24\00:17:01.45
THE PROPHETS. 'BIND UP
THE TESTIMONY, SEAL THE
00:17:01.48\00:17:04.35
LAW AMONG MY DISCIPLES.'
JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND HE
00:17:04.39\00:17:08.19
DECLARED UNTO THEM FROM THE LAW
AND THE PROPHETS THAT HE WAS THE
00:17:08.22\00:17:10.99
MESSIAH.'
THAT'S THE WORD OF GOD.
00:17:11.03\00:17:13.03
SO, ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS
IS GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE LAST DAYS
00:17:13.06\00:17:16.06
ARE GOING TO BE A BIBLE-BASED
PEOPLE. THEY'RE GOING TO BE
00:17:16.10\00:17:18.70
ROOTED IN THE WORD. AND
THAT'S HOW WE'RE GOING TO
00:17:18.73\00:17:20.80
FIND WHERE TO GO.
SO, NOW, TO ALSO BETTER
00:17:20.84\00:17:24.47
UNDERSTAND WHO THIS GROUP IS, IF
YOU JUMP TO REVELATION 14, THERE
00:17:24.51\00:17:28.91
ARE THREE MESSAGES THAT GO
TO THE WORLD JUST BEFORE JESUS
00:17:28.94\00:17:32.01
COMES, BETTER KNOWN AS
THE THREE ANGELS' MESSAGES.
00:17:32.05\00:17:34.75
AND THAT'S OUR NEXT QUESTION:
IT SAYS, WHAT THREE ANGELIC
00:17:34.78\00:17:38.72
MESSAGES WILL GOD'S
END-TIME CHURCH BE PREACHING?
00:17:38.75\00:17:42.16
NOW, WHEN YOU READ IN REVELATION
14 IT SAYS THERE'S ANGEL 1,
00:17:42.19\00:17:44.99
ANGEL 2, ANGEL 3 - 'AND THEN
I LOOKED ON A WHITE CLOUD, ONE
00:17:45.03\00:17:48.10
COMING LIKE THE SON OF MAN.'
THAT'S THE COMING OF JESUS.
00:17:48.13\00:17:50.97
ANGELS - THE WORD 'ANGEL'
MEANS MESSENGER - THREE POWERFUL
00:17:51.00\00:17:55.04
MESSAGES GO TO THE WORLD
IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE LORD'S
00:17:55.07\00:17:57.97
COMING, PRESENTED BY THAT
REMNANT OF THE WOMAN AT THE END
00:17:58.01\00:18:01.84
OF TIME. LOOK AT
THE MESSAGES, IT'LL HELP
00:18:01.88\00:18:04.71
YOU, KIND OF NARROW DOWN, WHAT
IS THE TRUTH IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:18:04.75\00:18:08.85
FIRST MESSAGE, REVELATION
14, VERSE 7, "FEAR GOD, AND GIVE
00:18:08.88\00:18:12.65
GLORY TO HIM, FOR THE
HOUR OF HIS JUDGMENT IS COME."
00:18:12.69\00:18:16.93
- THE GREAT JUDGMENT DAY IS
COME. DO YOU KNOW THAT THERE'S A
00:18:16.96\00:18:19.49
JUDGMENT THAT TAKES
PLACE BEFORE JESUS COMES?
00:18:19.53\00:18:22.03
YOU PROBABLY ALREADY KNEW THAT
BECAUSE DOES THE LORD KNOW WHO
00:18:22.06\00:18:25.83
IS SAVED AND WHO IS LOST WHEN
HE COMES? ARE SOME GOING TO BE
00:18:25.87\00:18:29.74
CAUGHT UP AND SOME NOT? DOES
THAT MEAN SOME INVESTIGATION
00:18:29.77\00:18:33.51
TAKES PLACE BEFORE HE
COMES? AND SO THERE IS A TIME OF
00:18:33.54\00:18:37.95
INVESTIGATION PRIOR TO THE
SECOND COMING THAT TAKES PLACE.
00:18:37.98\00:18:41.28
IT'S A WARNING: GET
READY, CHRIST IS COMING.
00:18:41.32\00:18:44.05
THE HOUR OF HIS
JUDGMENT IS COME.
00:18:44.09\00:18:45.62
THIS IS THE
IMMINENT RETURN OF THE LORD.
00:18:45.65\00:18:47.99
AND THEN IT GOES ON TO SAY,
"FEAR GOD, GIVE GLORY TO HIM,
00:18:48.02\00:18:50.89
THE HOUR OF HIS
JUDGMENT IS COME.
00:18:50.93\00:18:52.13
AND WORSHIP HIM" - THERE ARE
PEOPLE WHO WORSHIP - "WHO MADE"
00:18:52.16\00:18:56.46
- HE IS THE CREATOR - "HEAVEN,
AND EARTH, AND THE SEA," - THAT
00:18:56.50\00:18:59.87
IS AN EXTRACT THERE FROM
THE SABBATH COMMANDMENT THAT YOU
00:18:59.90\00:19:03.84
FIND IN EXODUS CHAPTER
20, VERSES 8 THROUGH 11.
00:19:03.87\00:19:08.94
REMEMBERING TO WORSHIP THE
CREATOR - AND THIS IS ALMOST
00:19:08.98\00:19:11.91
WORD FOR WORD OUT
OF THAT COMMANDMENT.
00:19:11.95\00:19:13.38
THEY'RE A PEOPLE WHO HAVE
RETURNED TO THIS LAW THAT'S BEEN
00:19:13.42\00:19:16.35
LARGELY FORGOTTEN.
THEY'VE RESTORED THE BREACH.
00:19:16.38\00:19:19.49
AND THEN YOU READ IN REVELATION
CHAPTER 14, VERSE 8, NOW YOU GET
00:19:19.52\00:19:22.59
TO ANOTHER ANGEL - SECOND ANGEL
- THAT SAYS, "BABYLON IS FALLEN,
00:19:22.62\00:19:28.13
IS FALLEN. THAT
GREAT CITY, BECAUSE SHE" -
00:19:28.16\00:19:33.27
THAT'S THAT OTHER WOMAN - "MADE
ALL NATIONS DRINK OF THE WINE OF
00:19:33.30\00:19:37.07
THE WRATH OF HER FORNICATION.
IS BABYLON TALKING ABOUT
00:19:37.11\00:19:40.18
ANCIENT BABYLON BEING REBUILT?
YOU KNOW, NEBUCHADNEZZAR - NOT
00:19:40.21\00:19:43.51
NEBUCHADNEZZAR, WHAT'S HIS NAME?
SADDAM HUSSEIN WANTED TO REBUILD
00:19:43.55\00:19:45.68
ANCIENT BABYLON, AND HE FANCIED
HIMSELF AS THE REINCARNATION
00:19:45.71\00:19:49.42
OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR. BUT
THE PROPHECY IN ISAIAH 13
00:19:49.45\00:19:52.69
SAYS BABYLON WOULD NEVER
BE REBUILT - ANCIENT BABYLON.
00:19:52.72\00:19:55.92
YOU CAN READ IT THERE, "AND
BABYLON, THE GLORY OF KINGDOMS,
00:19:55.96\00:19:58.29
THE BEAUTY OF THE CHALDEANS'
PRIDE, WILL BE AS WHEN GOD
00:19:58.33\00:20:01.20
OVERTHREW SODOM AND GOMORRAH.
IT WILL NEVER BE INHABITED,
00:20:01.23\00:20:05.43
NOR WILL IT BE SETTLED
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION;"
00:20:05.47\00:20:09.50
- AND IT NEVER HAS BEEN.
SADDAM TRIED TO REBUILD THE
00:20:09.54\00:20:13.01
ANCIENT RUINS OF BABYLON
AND THEN THE TWO IRAQ WARS BROKE
00:20:13.04\00:20:15.94
OUT AND THAT WAS ABANDONED.
SO, WHEN IT TALKS ABOUT BABYLON,
00:20:15.98\00:20:20.22
IT'S NOT TALKING ABOUT
THE MIDDLE EAST, IT'S TALKING
00:20:20.25\00:20:22.02
ABOUT SPIRITUAL BABYLON.
AND EVEN PETER TALKED ABOUT THAT
00:20:22.05\00:20:26.76
WHEN HE SAID THAT YOUR
BRETHREN IN BABYLON GREET YOU.
00:20:26.79\00:20:30.13
HE WASN'T TALKING ABOUT
MESOPOTAMIA, HE MEANT THE
00:20:30.16\00:20:31.59
CHRISTIANS IN ROME - THEY CALLED
ROME BABYLON EVEN IN THE NEW
00:20:31.63\00:20:35.23
TESTAMENT. SO WE
SHOULDN'T MISS THAT.
00:20:35.26\00:20:38.33
"AND THE THIRD ANGEL FOLLOWED
THEM, SAYING WITH A LOUD VOICE,
00:20:38.37\00:20:40.77
'IF ANY MAN WORSHIP THE BEAST
AND HIS IMAGE, AND RECEIVE HIS
00:20:40.80\00:20:45.91
MARK IN HIS FOREHEAD, OR IN HIS
HAND, THE SAME SHALL DRINK OF
00:20:45.94\00:20:49.44
THE WINE OF THE WRATH OF
GOD, WHICH IS POURED OUT WITHOUT
00:20:49.48\00:20:52.91
MIXTURE INTO THE
CUP OF HIS INDIGNATION."
00:20:52.95\00:20:55.88
AND SO, THIS IS A PRETTY FEARFUL
WARNING - THE THIRD ANGEL IS A
00:20:55.92\00:20:58.92
WARNING NOT TO BE
RECEIVING THE MARK OF THE BEAST.
00:20:58.95\00:21:04.13
TO WHOM WILL GOD'S CHURCH PREACH
THESE MESSAGES IN THE LAST DAYS?
00:21:04.16\00:21:07.30
HOW FAR DOES IT GO? IT'S
AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT,
00:21:07.36\00:21:10.70
"HAVING THE EVERLASTING
GOSPEL TO PREACH UNTO THEM
00:21:10.73\00:21:13.20
THAT DWELL ON THE EARTH.
AND TO EVERY TRIBE, NATION,
00:21:13.23\00:21:16.50
TONGUE, AND PEOPLE."
THIS MESSAGE IS NOT TO JUST GO
00:21:16.54\00:21:19.01
TO ISRAEL, IT'S TO GO GLOBALLY.
CHRIST SAID, 'GO YE INTO ALL THE
00:21:19.04\00:21:23.41
WORLD AND PREACH THE
GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE, RIGHT?
00:21:23.45\00:21:26.61
SO THIS IS GOING TO BE
AN INTERNATIONAL MOVEMENT.
00:21:26.65\00:21:29.38
NOW MANY DENOMINATIONS
CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIAN.
00:21:29.42\00:21:32.52
DOES THAT MAKE
THEM GOD'S TRUE CHURCH?
00:21:32.55\00:21:35.19
THERE ARE A LOT OF
GOOD CHRISTIANS IN DIFFERENT
00:21:35.22\00:21:36.62
ORGANIZATIONS. BUT
I BELIEVE THAT GOD HAS
00:21:36.66\00:21:39.23
COMMITTED THE ORACLES OF TRUTH
TO A GROUP THAT IS ORGANIZED,
00:21:39.26\00:21:44.50
THAT GOD IS CALLING PEOPLE
INTO AS WE NEAR THE END OF TIME.
00:21:44.53\00:21:48.34
AND YOU MIGHT SAY, 'OH, BUT
PASTOR DOUG, I KNEW SOMEBODY
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.24
THAT WAS PART OF YOUR CHURCH
AND THEY WERE KIND OF KOOKY.
00:21:50.27\00:21:53.17
YOU'VE GOT THAT IN
EVERY CHURCH, RIGHT?
00:21:53.21\00:21:56.24
SO YOU DON'T LOOK AT THE PEOPLE,
YOU LOOK AT THE INGREDIENTS.
00:21:56.28\00:22:00.85
I HEARD ABOUT A RUSSIAN
IMMIGRANT THAT CAME TO NORTH
00:22:00.88\00:22:03.25
AMERICA AND HE ASKED HIS FRIEND,
'WHAT DO YOU AMERICANS EAT FOR
00:22:03.28\00:22:07.96
BREAKFAST?' THEY
SAID, 'OH, WELL WE EAT
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.32
CEREAL.' 'I WANT TO BE LIKE
AMERICANS.' SO HE GOES TO THE
00:22:09.36\00:22:12.89
LOCAL MEGA SUPERMARKET AND THERE
HE GOES TO THE CEREAL AISLE.
00:22:12.93\00:22:16.93
YOU EVER BEEN TO THE
WALMART CEREAL AISLE?
00:22:16.97\00:22:19.00
(LAUGHTER) IT'S LIKE AN AIRPORT
TERMINAL AND, ON BOTH SIDES,
00:22:19.03\00:22:24.07
YOU'VE GOT JUST EVERY
STRIPE AND TYPE OF CEREAL.
00:22:24.11\00:22:27.11
THEY'VE GOT
CEREAL WITH CARTOONS ON
00:22:27.14\00:22:28.58
IT AND THEY'VE GOT CEREAL WITH
ATHLETES ON IT - JUST ALL KINDS
00:22:28.61\00:22:32.18
OF - JUST WHY DO THEY
HAVE SO MANY DIFFERENT KINDS?
00:22:32.21\00:22:35.92
MARKETING FOR
EVERYBODY. CHURCHES DO THAT.
00:22:35.95\00:22:40.89
THEY SAY, 'WHAT KIND
OF PEOPLE SHALL WE REACH?'
00:22:40.92\00:22:42.49
'WHAT ARE PEOPLE LOOKING FOR?'
'PEOPLE WANT ENTERTAINMENT?
00:22:42.52\00:22:45.19
WE'LL MAKE A CHURCH FOR THEM.'
'PEOPLE WANT A SOCIAL LIFE,
00:22:45.23\00:22:47.96
WE'LL MAKE A CHURCH FOR
THEM.' YOU KNOW HOW PEOPLE PICK
00:22:47.96\00:22:50.07
CHURCHES? LET ME
TELL YOU THE MAIN WAYS
00:22:50.10\00:22:52.03
MOST PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH:
'IS IT CLOSE TO MY HOUSE?'
00:22:52.07\00:22:57.97
'WHERE DID MY PARENTS
GO? I WANT TO BE LIKE THEM.'
00:22:58.01\00:23:01.28
'IS IT A NICE
BUILDING?' 'DO THEY HAVE A GOOD
00:23:01.31\00:23:05.45
CHILDREN'S
PROGRAM?' 'HOW IS THE MUSIC?'
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'IS THE PASTOR CHARISMATIC AND
INTERESTING AND GOOD LOOKING?'
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I KNOW THAT'S WHY YOU COME.
(LAUGHTER) SOME PEOPLE, THAT'S
00:23:13.99\00:23:17.13
HOW THEY PICK THEIR CHURCH. 'DO
INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE GO THERE?'
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THEY WANT TO GO WHERE THE
UPPITY-UP PEOPLE GO, YOU KNOW -
00:23:22.70\00:23:26.57
PRESTIGIOUS CHURCH.
'DO THEY HAVE A GOOD
00:23:26.60\00:23:31.71
SINGLES PROGRAM?' AND
I CAN'T EVEN NAME ALL THE
00:23:31.74\00:23:35.98
DIFFERENT REASONS
PEOPLE PICK A CHURCH.
00:23:36.01\00:23:38.25
THOSE ARE ALL NICE THINGS TO
HAVE IN A CHURCH - WOULDN'T YOU
00:23:38.28\00:23:40.22
LIKE TO HAVE A CHURCH THAT'S
CLOSE TO THE HOUSE, THAT'S WHERE
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YOUR FAMILY WENT, IT'S GOT
A GOOD CHILDREN'S PROGRAM, THE
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PASTOR KEEPS YOU AWAKE,
THEY'VE GOT GREAT MUSIC, A NICE
00:23:45.09\00:23:47.39
BUILDING, GOOD FACIL - WE ALL
WANT THOSE THINGS AND THEY'RE
00:23:47.42\00:23:49.89
ALL GOOD THINGS, BUT NONE OF
THOSE ARE THE REASON TO PICK A
00:23:49.92\00:23:53.23
CHURCH. >>AMEN.
00:23:53.26\00:23:54.66
>>YOU KNOW HOW I BUY
CEREAL? I IGNORE THE PICTURES.
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I TURN THE BOX ON ITS
SIDE AND I SAY, 'WHAT'S IN IT?'
00:23:58.97\00:24:03.57
>>WHAT'S IN IT?
>>WHAT DO THEY BELIEVE?
00:24:03.61\00:24:06.17
WHAT ARE THEIR
FOUNDATIONAL DOCTRINES?
00:24:06.21\00:24:08.28
JESUS WANTS US
TO GO BY THE WORD.
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.21
THE TRUTH WILL
SET YOU FREE, AMEN?
00:24:10.25\00:24:11.88
>>AMEN. >>SO
THAT'S HOW WE MAKE A
00:24:11.91\00:24:13.55
DECISION OF WHERE WE BELONG,
BECAUSE YOU ARE ACCOUNTABLE TO
00:24:13.58\00:24:16.08
GOD - EVERY TIME YOU GIVE YOUR
OFFERINGS TO A CHURCH YOU'RE
00:24:16.12\00:24:18.92
SUPPORTING A MESSAGE. WHAT
MESSAGE ARE YOU SUPPORTING?
00:24:18.95\00:24:22.86
ARE YOU SUPPORTING A
MESSAGE OF OBEDIENCE?
00:24:22.89\00:24:24.83
OF THE SALVATION BY
JESUS? ARE YOU SUPPORTING A
00:24:24.86\00:24:27.60
MESSAGE OF
LEGALISM? ARE YOU SUPPORTING A
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.76
MESSAGE OF DISOBEDIENCE?
WHAT ARE YOU SUPPORTING?
00:24:29.80\00:24:32.43
YOU'RE ENDORSING
IT BY YOUR ATTENDANCE.
00:24:32.47\00:24:34.60
ISAIAH CHAPTER 4 - THERE'S A
PROPHECY - IT SAYS, "AND IN THAT
00:24:34.64\00:24:38.07
DAY SEVEN WOMEN SHALL TAKE HOLD
OF ONE MAN, SAYING, 'WE WILL EAT
00:24:38.11\00:24:43.21
OUR OWN BREAD AND WEAR OUR OWN
APPAREL: ONLY LET US BE CALLED
00:24:43.24\00:24:46.41
BY THY NAME, TO TAKE AWAY OUR
REPROACH.'" ALL THESE DIFFERENT
00:24:46.45\00:24:49.55
CHURCHES LIKE
SEVEN WOMEN OUT THERE.
00:24:49.58\00:24:51.55
THEY TAKE HOLD IN THE NAME
OF JESUS, BUT THEY EAT THEIR OWN
00:24:51.59\00:24:54.29
BREAD - THEIR OWN BIBLE -
THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN IDEA OF
00:24:54.32\00:24:57.06
RIGHTEOUSNESS. BUT
THEY WANT HIS NAME.
00:24:57.09\00:24:59.49
THEY CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS
TO TAKE AWAY THEIR REPROACH.
00:24:59.53\00:25:02.30
IT'S DESCRIBING THE LAST DAYS
AND THE DAUGHTERS OF BABYLON.
00:25:02.33\00:25:05.03
BUT THE BIBLE
SAYS, 'BABYLON IS FALLEN.
00:25:05.07\00:25:07.64
COME OUT OF HER MY PEOPLE.' YOU
KNOW, GOD'S PEOPLE, FOR YEARS,
00:25:07.67\00:25:12.24
WERE CAPTURED IN BABYLON.
AND, FINALLY, WHEN BABYLON FELL
00:25:12.27\00:25:17.75
THEY WERE TOLD, 'YOU CAN
GO HOME.' BUT THEY BECAME SO
00:25:17.78\00:25:20.02
COMFORTABLE IN BABYLON -
THEY SAID, 'I'VE BEEN HERE FOR
00:25:20.05\00:25:22.78
SEVENTY YEARS, I CAN'T LEAVE
NOW, ALL MY FRIENDS ARE HERE.
00:25:22.82\00:25:25.62
I'M USED TO IT. I
SPEAK BABYLONIAN.' AND IT WAS
00:25:25.65\00:25:29.52
QUITE A STRUGGLE FOR
THEM TO COME OUT OF BABYLON.
00:25:29.56\00:25:33.40
BUT THOSE THAT CAME OUT
OF BABYLON WERE BLESSED.
00:25:33.43\00:25:36.03
YOU READ THE BOOKS OF EZRA
AND NEHEMIAH - THE PROPHECIES OF
00:25:36.06\00:25:38.83
HAGGAI AND MICAH - THEY CAME OUT
OF BABYLON - GOD BLESSED THEM.
00:25:38.87\00:25:42.80
THOSE WHO STAYED
IN BABYLON SUFFERED.
00:25:42.84\00:25:47.01
IT SAYS IN REVELATION CHAPTER
18, 'THOSE THAT DON'T COME OUT
00:25:47.04\00:25:49.54
OF BABYLON' - IT SAYS, 'COME OUT
OF HER MY PEOPLE OR THE PLAGUES
00:25:49.58\00:25:53.15
WILL FALL ON YOU.' AND SO, IN
THE LAST DAYS, THERE'S A MESSAGE
00:25:53.18\00:25:57.32
THAT'S TO CALL ALL THE PEOPLE
THAT GOD HAS MIXED UP IN THESE
00:25:57.35\00:26:00.89
COUNTERFEIT CONCEPTS,
BACK TO THE BIBLE - BACK TO THE
00:26:00.92\00:26:05.46
MOVEMENT. THERE'S
ONLY GOING TO BE TWO
00:26:05.49\00:26:07.30
GROUPS IN THE LAST DAYS.
JESUS SAID, 'MANY SHEEP I HAVE
00:26:07.30\00:26:09.56
THAT ARE NOT OF THIS
FOLD. THEY WILL HEAR MY VOICE -
00:26:09.60\00:26:11.87
THERE WILL BE ONE
FOLD AND ONE SHEPHERD.
00:26:11.90\00:26:13.80
AMEN? >>AMEN.
00:26:13.84\00:26:14.77
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FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS MAN HAS
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OF THE WEEK. NOW,
EACH WEEK, MILLIONS OF
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PEOPLE WORSHIP ON THE
FIRST DAY. WHAT HAPPENED?
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WHY DID GOD
CREATE A DAY OF REST?
00:27:32.68\00:27:34.98
DOES IT REALLY
MATTER WHAT DAY WE WORSHIP?
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