We are racing towards the
global crisis at the close.
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God is going to set
up His kingdom on earth.
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Preparation for the
tribulation and the translation
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is to develop a
character like Jesus Christ
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to reach every hamlet,
every village, every man,
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every child,
every person in India,
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every person in South America
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must hear these
three angels' messages.
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These are
stories that illustrate
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the kind of fabric of character
and perseverance that we need
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to go through the tribulation
just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear...
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we are living
in an unusual hour,
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the last grains
of sand are trickling
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through the hourglass of
time and the door of probation
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is about to swing shut.
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The remnant of Revelation...
and so here tonight
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are you searching for
the right church for you?
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Have you ever wondered if God
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has a true
church on earth today?
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Have you ever wondered
that, have you ever asked that,
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have you ever considered that,
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indeed, have you
ever felt confused
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about which church to attend?
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There are almost
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300 different denominations
in North America alone
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can you say, "Confusion?"
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World Christian
Encyclopedia says,
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"10,000 Distinct
Religions in the world.
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Christianity = 33,830 different
worldwide denominations. "
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But God is not the
author of this confusion.
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You say, "God must have a way
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where the average person
who has not been to the seminary
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can readily determine
which is the correct church,
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which is teaching the
truth... the only truth.
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Now we know that all
churches would have some truth
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but we want a
church that only has truth
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and so, "Why
don't I just stay home
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and watch
church preachers on TV?
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If you'll can't get it straight,
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I'll just stay home
and watch preachers. "
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You all think about it...
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Is that really
what God wants us to do?
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Some say, "Well,
Pastor, I have been turned off
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by many ice-cold churches!"
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And someone said,
"you know you could skate
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right down the aisle. "
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Well, you know what?
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Is it really necessary
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that I go to church,
after all... I mean...
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isn't it very
personal between God and me?
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Well, the Bible
says, Hebrews 10:25
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let's read it
together, here we go...
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"Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together,
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as is the manner of some,
but exhorting one another,
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and so much the more as
you see the Day approaching. "
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How many see
the day approaching?
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So here Paul says,
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"as you can see
the day approaching,
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look at the signs of the times
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of harbingers of
the Lord's return.
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As you can see,
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the nearness of
the Lord's return,
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make sure that
you do not neglect
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or forsake gathering
together with believers
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who believe what you believe. "
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All right, what church should
you assemble together with?
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It must be a
church that you feel
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is in harmony
with your conscience
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that they're not saying
things that you don't believe.
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You should go
to a church that...
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where you can say,
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"Amen" and it's from your
heart, can you say, "Amen. "
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Good... it must be
we're in harmony, all right.
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So what church should
you assemble together with?
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It should be
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God's church.
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John 10 verse 16, Jesus said,
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"... other sheep I have
which are not of this fold;
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them also I must bring,
and they will hear my voice;"
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that's endearing... my voice...
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"and there will be one
flock and one shepherd. "
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I like the ring of
that, I like the tone of that,
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I like the certainty of that,
I like the guarantee of that,
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Jesus says, number
one, He's the shepherd,
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number two, He has sheep,
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number three, He has
those sheep in all folds,
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different
churches... across the ocean,
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number four, His
sheep hear His voice,
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number five, they
follow that voice,
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number six, His voice...
the voice of the shepherd...
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urges those sheep to come
out of wherever they're at
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and define and become a part
of the one fold... number seven.
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Seven points that
you can see right there.
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The Bible makes it very
clear that Jesus is on the move
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and so are His sheep.
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His sheep are being
led from different folds,
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different churches
and He's leading them
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into one fold, would you agree
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didn't you expect Jesus to be up
to something in the last days?
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Amen... and so...
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Can we really be sure
how to find that "ONE FOLD"?
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That one flock...
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well... thumbs up
you'd better believe it.
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How can we escape the confusion?
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Can we find God's
truth in these last days?
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Let me illustrate it.
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Come with me to
Grand Lake, Colorado.
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The Lake is grand...
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the town, well,
it's not so grand,
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here's Main
Street and, by the way,
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that's the tail end of my RV
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and I'll tell you what
happened to that RV another time
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that's not the RV I have
now, anyway, this is Main Street
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and sometimes
in between crusades
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we were able to go gallivanting
around... we love to travel,
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and so, this is
Grand Lake, Colorado,
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you go right down
through Main Street,
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I mean, it's just
a blink of an eye,
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and at the end of Main
Street is a Human Arcade Maze,
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and there, at this
maze... a human maze, life size,
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there are two observation decks
and so, there up this human maze
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you can see my wife
right there with our first baby
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which was a Cocker
Spaniel... more human than dog,
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and we don't have the
Cocker Spaniel anymore,
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we've got my son Caleb,
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my daughter Jordan, age
five... but at any rate,
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this is a human maze and
there's the Maze Entrance
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but I said, "No way, I'm
not paying to get confused. "
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You see, I
thought confusion is free,
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and so, Adults
$4.00 for confusion,
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$3.00 for the children
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and then, if you want
to go through it again,
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$2.00 for a rerun
and so, sure enough,
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they did let us to go to
the free observation area,
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so, I was just
clicking pictures,
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taking pictures because I knew
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this was a classic illustration
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of our religious world
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of all the different
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denominations we have.
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These parents were
laughing at the expense
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of their poor,
vulnerable children.
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What were they doing?
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They were running
in the dead-end streets
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right before their noses
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and so there were
signs to rub it in.
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"Are you lost? Still lost?
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You see... they were in a hurry
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to find the way
out of the confusion!
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We must also be in a hurry
to escape religious confusion!
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Do you get the point, yes or no?
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But you know, there's
another point to make.
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From the vantage point
of the observation deck,
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I believe you could see
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the way to the
goal for the finish
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if you would have
tracked it, and so, likewise,
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from the vantage
point of the Bible
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we can eliminate all
the unnecessary confusion,
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all the dead ends of falsehoods.
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Too much to believe in, no...
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with God all
things are possible.
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I said, "Honey,
please... " "Oh, my hair... "
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I said, "Don't worry
about your hair, come on... "
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The Bible will help
us to avoid dead ends
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and to identify a church
which uplifts only TRUTH.
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Every church has some truth,
that's why it's so confusing.
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God's church
would only teach truth
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and no false teachings,
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its people would be imperfect
to be sure, how do I know that?
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Because I'm imperfect.
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"You shall know the truth
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and the truth shall set
you free... " temporarily.
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You know the
name of our ministry
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is "Forever Free Ministry. "
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You shall know the truth
and the truth shall set you...
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can I add it... "forever free"
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can you say,
"Amen?" Forever Free...
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How many agree...
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"He whom the Son sets
free, is free indeed. "
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How many agree, you
have been set free from sin.
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You may make a
mistake, you may fail,
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my Bible tells me, you get up,
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you forget the
things that are behind,
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you press on.
Philippians 3:13 and 14
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you are forgiven,
life is worth the living.
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Because He lives...
I can face tomorrow.
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You've been forever free,
and ultimately when Jesus comes,
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how many agree? Soon
we shall be forever free
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in a fuller sense... and so,
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"You shall know the truth
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and the truth shall
set you free. " John 8:32
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So, what should
be the primary reason
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why you attend a
particular church?
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Why? Reasons for
being part of a church...
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some might say, "Well,
I like the pastor there"
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Some might say,
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"Well, I like going to
the particular church I go to
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they're friendly. " or
"they got excellent music"
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or "they got a
solid children's ministry
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you know I got ten kids
and they take care of them"
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or "you know I'm...
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look I'm single and there
are a lot of fish in the sea
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over at this church I go to... "
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or you know "Hey, I
don't get around as I used to
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and look, I can see the steeple
out of my front window there"
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or, you know, here's a good one,
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"If it's good
enough for mom and dad,
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it's not
necessarily good enough for me.
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I have to know the
Bible for myself. "
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Can you say, "Amen. "
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So what is God's
True Church founded upon?
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You know the Bible makes
this clear in 1st Timothy
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1st Timothy chapter 3, 1st
Timothy... go there with me
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very quickly... 1st Timothy...
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all righty, I'll give
you a moment to locate that
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and I'll find it as
well, chapter 3 verse 15,
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how can we find the church,
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what is it founded upon?
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"But I am delayed I
write so that you may know
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how you ought to conduct
yourself in the house of God,
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which is the
church of the living God,
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the pillar and ground
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that is foundation
and mainstay of the truth.
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So the church is
founded upon the truth.
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Let me quote
Jesus in John 17:17.
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He said, "Sanctify them in
thy truth: thy word is truth. "
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The word
"Sanctify" means set apart.
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So, God's people are
set apart by the truth,
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would you agree?
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God's church is
going to be set apart
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different from the
world, the very word "church"
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in the New
Testament written in Greek
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the Greek word
for church is Ekklésia
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from which the
basic interpretation...
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of course... we
get "church" from that
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the interpretation of that
is, "The called out ones. "
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That's literally what it means.
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Church means,
the called out ones.
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We have been
called out from sin,
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we have been called out
from the flesh... from self...
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How many agree we're
not to live in the flesh,
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we're to live by faith,
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I mean we live in the flesh,
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but we're not to
live for the flesh.
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That's what I'm trying to say,
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according to Romans 6, Romans 7,
Romans 8, you can read it there.
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And so the Bible
makes it very clear
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that Jesus has set
us apart by His truth.
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We have been taken out
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just like Lot was taken
out of Sodom and Gomorrah
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would you agree,
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God has taken us
out of some stuff, amen,
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and so I don't know about you,
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there's no turning
back to Egypt, amen,
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and no turning back, and so...
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There are some
risks you should not take!
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I know... I meet
people... rock climbers and...
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you know... look...
that may be your thing
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but Mark Fox is not going
to get up on some precipice
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and go down or try to go up
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you know, what do they call it
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Half Dome Bear in
Yosemite National Park,
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that's a very
popular rock-climbing spot,
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you know what?
It's not for me...
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I can barely even
look at it happening...
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recently we took
a trip to Colorado,
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and my cousin lives up
there in Colorado Springs
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and lo and behold,
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we went to a place
where they were doing...
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there was a bunch of
rock climbers and so forth
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and I'm telling you... it makes
me sweat just looking at it,
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but another thing I will
not do is Bungee Jumping,
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I'm sorry, I won't do that,
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and there are a
lot of other things
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now there is one
risk that by necessity...
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and it's a very big
risk that I take every day,
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it's called "Driving," I
live in Dallas, pray for me...
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but, anyway, those are
some risks... how many agree,
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we'd better not add
to the risk of driving,
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I'll just throw that out
to you, but, at any rate,
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oh yeah... and then
flying if you have to,
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all right...
listen to me, listen,
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do you want to risk
your walk with Jesus
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by listening to false
teachings week after week?
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You see, when
you've learned the truth,
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how can you continue to
listen to a false teaching
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when you know it's not right?
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And so, listen carefully,
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is there a... such
thing as a perfect church?
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Yes and no, my Bible tells me...
is that God would have a church
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that is teaching only
truth but not the people,
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because all are
sinners, that's right.
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I don't see any
person other than Jesus
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that has a halo over their head,
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but of course
you'll see paintings of it,
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but those are just
paintings, those are not photos.
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All right... but we should
expect to find God's true church
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based on only truth
and not false teaching.
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Does that make sense,
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does that
resonate in your heart?
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So, is there a
church in the last days
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that is preaching
Bible prophecy correctly?
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Revelation 22...
Revelation chapter 22
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we go there very
quickly, Revelation chapter 22,
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can we really find a
church that is presenting truth
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unvarnished, undiluted,
and not doing a spin on truth,
00:14:42.24\00:14:47.28
not doing a spin
on the Word of God,
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but indeed they are
giving correct interpretation,
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the Bible says, "Study
to shew yourself approved
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a workman of God that
needeth not to be ashamed,
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rightly dividing the word
of truth. " 2nd Timothy 2:15
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so we should find a church
that is "rightly dividing"
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or "interpreting"
the Word of truth.
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The Bible says in 2nd Peter
chapter 1 and verses 19 and 21,
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that Scripture is of
no private interpretation,
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that is... prophecy is
of no private interpretation
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then in Revelation 22 and
looking here at verse 18 and 19
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"For I testify to
everyone that hears
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the words of the
prophecy of this book,
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If anyone adds to these things,
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God will add to him the plagues
that are written in this book:"
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would you agree
there must be a church...
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there must be a church
that is not doing that.
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Verse 19, "And if
any one takes away
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from the words of the
book of this prophecy,
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God shall take away his
part from the... " what?
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"from the book of
life, and from the holy city,
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and from the things which
are written in this book. "
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So would you agree...
there must be a church
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that is getting it correctly,
I'll give you more proof,
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verse 7... "behold
I'm coming quickly,"
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so that's going to
be a paramount teaching
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of God's church,
Jesus is coming, get ready.
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"Behold I'm coming
quickly, blessed is he
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who keeps the words of
the prophecy of this book. "
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Would you agree...
there must be a church,
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there must be a
church in the last days
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that is preaching
this book correctly,
00:16:21.11\00:16:24.15
not adding to it,
not taking away from it,
00:16:24.18\00:16:27.15
but they're championing
a correct interpretation
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of this book, does
that make sense? Yes or no?
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So we know... all books
in the Bible are inspired
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the Bible says so in 2nd Timothy
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chapter 3 verses 16 and 17,
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"All Scripture is
given by inspiration of God,"
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but the Bible
makes it very clear
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that God has a special
church with a special message
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in the last days
of earth's history.
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Now the Bible
makes it very clear,
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The Apostle Paul said so
in Ephesians 4 verses 4 and 5.
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I got a question for you.
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In the end of time,
what book in the Bible
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do you believe would
identify and spotlight
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and reveal this "One
Fold" this "One Faith?"
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The book of... that
fascinating, dynamic,
00:17:25.87\00:17:30.28
symbolic prophetic
book of Revelation.
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Now does Bible
prophecy, therefore,
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revealed God's true church,
00:17:37.62\00:17:39.32
in the time of
the end... it does.
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The true church is
spotlighted in Revelation 13,
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go to Revelation 13...
I'm sorry... Revelation 12...
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Revelation chapter 12,
and we're going to read there,
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Revelation 12 we're going
to read about a pregnant woman.
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A pure, pregnant woman,
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"Now a great sign
appeared in heaven;
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a woman clothed with the sun
with the moon under her feet,
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and on her head a
garland of 12 stars:"
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in Bible prophecy
this pure woman represents
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God's people, in
Revelation chapter 19
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here's what we read in verse
7, "Let us be glad and rejoice,
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and give him glory:
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for the marriage
of the Lamb is come,
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and his wife has
made herself ready,
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And to her it was granted
to be arrayed in fine linen,
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clean and white:
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for the fine linen is the
righteous acts of the saints.
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...then he said unto me, Write,
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Blessed are those who are called
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to the marriage
supper of the Lamb.
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And he said to me, these
are the true sayings of God. "
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So the Bible makes it very clear
00:18:46.09\00:18:48.09
that this woman is
the bride of Christ.
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And so, going
back to Revelation 12,
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we have a few more questions,
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if this woman
represents the pure church,
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pure woman... pure
church... the question is:
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what about the symbolism of
the sun, the moon and the stars?
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These are the three sources
of light for Planet Earth.
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Now we know the moon is
a reflection of the sun,
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but nevertheless, at night,
00:19:15.12\00:19:17.19
you see the
reflection of the moon...
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and the moon is reflecting
that light from the sun.
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Who is the Sun of
righteousness in the Bible?
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Jesus Christ, Malachi 4 verse 2.
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Who said, "I am
the light of the world?
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Jesus Christ, John 8 verse 12,
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but then, didn't
Jesus say to the church,
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"You are the light of
the world" Matthew 5:16
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so, therefore, we are
to reflect Christ. Amen.
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Now the Bible
makes it very clear here,
00:19:41.94\00:19:44.65
that in the Old Testament,
00:19:44.71\00:19:46.82
that was like the dim,
reflecting light of the moon
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but in the New
Testament, how many agree?
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in the New
Testament, there is more light,
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it's a brighter light
because Jesus Christ has come.
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So this is a
picture of the woman
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going from the Old
Testament dispensation
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to the New Testament
church, and I want you to notice
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twelve stars...
00:20:06.70\00:20:08.04
now we know that
these twelve stars
00:20:08.07\00:20:10.87
would represent the twelve
patriarchs in the Old Testament
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and the twelve
apostles in the New Testament.
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Now I want you to notice
00:20:18.78\00:20:20.12
twelve is a number
associated with the church,
00:20:20.15\00:20:22.95
and I think it's kind of
neat that it's Revelation 12,
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now, I'm not
saying that's significant
00:20:26.25\00:20:28.42
but it's nice and convenient.
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"Then being
with child," Jesus...
00:20:29.99\00:20:32.39
"she cried out in labor
and in pain to give birth.
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And another sign
appeared in heaven;
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behold a great
fiery red dragon... "
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this is the
beauty and the what...?
00:20:41.04\00:20:43.41
the beast... the
beauty and the beast.
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here it is, "and
another sign appeared in heaven;
00:20:45.81\00:20:49.54
behold a great,
fiery red dragon,
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having seven heads and ten horns
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and seven diadems upon his head.
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And his tail drew the
third stars of the... "
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notice here...
"third stars of heaven,
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and threw them to the earth:
00:21:03.29\00:21:05.16
and the dragon
stood before the woman
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who was ready to give
birth, to devour her child
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as soon as it was born. "
00:21:09.60\00:21:10.93
Who was it that
rebelled in heaven
00:21:10.97\00:21:14.40
and was thrust out of heaven
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along with one third
of the celestial stars
00:21:16.47\00:21:20.44
of the celestial
host, who sided with him?
00:21:20.48\00:21:24.31
One third of the holy
angels... became fallen angels.
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Look at verse seven,
"the war broke out in heaven:
00:21:28.38\00:21:31.65
Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon;
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and the dragon and
his angels fought. "
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Look at now... verse number
8, "but they did not prevail;
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nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer.
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So the great
dragon was cast out,
00:21:44.10\00:21:46.10
that old serpent of old,
called the Devil, and Satan,
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who... " what is he known for?
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.01
what's his chief characteristic?
"Deceives the whole world:
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he was cast to the earth,
00:21:55.01\00:21:56.95
and his angels were
cast out with him. "
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So would you agree if one
third of the celestial host
00:22:00.02\00:22:04.52
sided with the devil
and were cast out of heaven
00:22:04.55\00:22:08.29
then, I ask you, what
percentage on Planet Earth
00:22:08.32\00:22:11.99
do you think are
siding with the rebel angels?
00:22:12.03\00:22:15.60
I think it's
probably more than one third
00:22:15.63\00:22:19.00
but I'll let you decide that,
but I want you to notice here
00:22:19.03\00:22:22.74
that the devil hates
God, he hates the Lord,
00:22:22.77\00:22:27.81
he hates the Holy Spirit
and he hates God's people
00:22:27.84\00:22:31.98
and so I want
you to notice here...
00:22:32.01\00:22:35.28
would you agree, the devil is
trying to always rough you up,
00:22:35.32\00:22:37.49
he's always
trying to pick on you,
00:22:37.52\00:22:39.15
would you agree, he's
the ultimate bully, right?
00:22:39.19\00:22:42.16
But I'm so glad our
elder brother, Jesus,
00:22:42.19\00:22:44.99
comes to our rescue.
00:22:45.03\00:22:46.36
"Greater is he that is in us
than he that is in the world. "
00:22:46.39\00:22:49.63
1st John 4 and verse 4,
00:22:49.66\00:22:51.13
I've read the Bible...
Jesus wins... can you say "Amen"
00:22:51.17\00:22:54.27
and His people triumph with him,
now I want you to notice here
00:22:54.30\00:22:58.07
who did the devil
use... the dragon use...
00:22:58.11\00:23:02.34
to try to destroy Baby
Jesus as soon as He was born?
00:23:02.41\00:23:06.08
Herod... Herod issued a decree
00:23:06.11\00:23:09.58
that killed those
little infant babies
00:23:09.62\00:23:11.92
there was a cry,
weeping... that took place
00:23:11.95\00:23:17.36
in Judea, I want
you to notice here
00:23:17.39\00:23:20.80
verse 5, "She bore a male child"
00:23:20.83\00:23:24.43
that's Jesus
00:23:24.47\00:23:25.80
"who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron:
00:23:25.83\00:23:28.10
and her child was caught
up to God, and His throne. "
00:23:28.14\00:23:32.11
Jesus was victorious,
Jesus won the battle,
00:23:32.17\00:23:36.68
He was attacked by the
devil from the time He was born,
00:23:36.71\00:23:41.02
but He never sinned,
Hebrews 4 verses 14 to 16
00:23:41.05\00:23:45.99
tells us that Jesus was
tempted yet without sin,
00:23:46.02\00:23:50.93
that's why he said
that we can overcome
00:23:50.96\00:23:54.26
as He overcame, Revelation 3:21
00:23:54.30\00:23:57.17
so the Bible makes it very clear
00:23:57.20\00:23:59.97
that the devil, then,
would shift his attack,
00:24:00.00\00:24:03.47
he'd lost the battle with Jesus,
00:24:03.51\00:24:05.94
Jesus was taken
to the throne of God
00:24:05.97\00:24:08.84
and that's where
Jesus intercedes for us
00:24:08.91\00:24:11.71
pleading His blood, do
you know that when you pray,
00:24:11.75\00:24:14.22
your prayers,
00:24:14.25\00:24:15.58
if you pray in
the name of Jesus,
00:24:15.62\00:24:17.59
are taken into
the heart of Jesus
00:24:17.62\00:24:19.62
and spoken from
the lips of Jesus,
00:24:19.65\00:24:21.59
didn't He say, "If
you confess me before men,
00:24:21.62\00:24:24.39
I'll confess you
before my father in heaven. "
00:24:24.43\00:24:27.16
Do you recognize
the good news tonight?
00:24:27.20\00:24:29.00
That's Matthew 10 verse 32.
00:24:29.03\00:24:33.00
So I want you to notice here,
Beloved, I want you to notice,
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.80
"then the woman
fled into the wilderness"
00:24:35.84\00:24:39.87
now the devil is in
fever... with fever pitch
00:24:39.91\00:24:43.91
pursuing this woman,
00:24:43.95\00:24:46.01
this pure woman,
00:24:46.05\00:24:48.08
and the woman fled
into the wilderness...
00:24:48.12\00:24:50.35
a place of obscurity...
00:24:50.39\00:24:51.72
where she has a
place prepared by God
00:24:51.75\00:24:53.92
that they should feed
her there... 1,260 days...
00:24:53.96\00:24:59.13
now I'm going to ask you this,
00:24:59.19\00:25:00.83
the devil attacked
Jesus every day of His life,
00:25:00.86\00:25:04.30
but during what period
did the devil really pull out
00:25:04.33\00:25:08.27
all the stops... really
attack Jesus more than ever
00:25:08.30\00:25:12.17
during the last 3
and 1/2 years of His life
00:25:12.21\00:25:15.11
and I want you to
notice a parallel.
00:25:15.14\00:25:18.78
Jesus had a reign...
that is... a special ministry
00:25:18.81\00:25:23.92
when the devil was after
Him for 3 and 1/2 literal years,
00:25:23.95\00:25:28.12
and now, here's the church,
00:25:28.16\00:25:30.06
being attacked by the
devil who attacked Jesus,
00:25:30.09\00:25:33.40
and the church is
going into the wilderness
00:25:33.43\00:25:36.67
did the devil chase Jesus
00:25:36.70\00:25:39.43
when He was out
there in the wilderness,
00:25:39.47\00:25:41.64
for example, but I
want you to notice here
00:25:41.67\00:25:43.74
three and a half literal
years, Jesus was preaching
00:25:43.77\00:25:48.54
and ministering
and working miracles
00:25:48.58\00:25:51.61
and the devil
was dogging His heels
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.48
and then... for 3
and 1/2 prophetic years,
00:25:53.52\00:25:57.92
symbolic years, which
is 1,260 literal years
00:25:57.95\00:26:01.96
because one prophetic
day equals a literal year,
00:26:01.99\00:26:05.53
these are 1,260 days or years,
Ezekiel 4:6 and Numbers 14:34,
00:26:05.56\00:26:10.63
how many can see
that striking parallel?
00:26:10.67\00:26:12.60
Isn't that an
amazing comparison?
00:26:12.63\00:26:14.64
In other words,
what it's saying is...
00:26:14.67\00:26:16.47
Jesus said, if the devil...
basically... He's saying,
00:26:16.50\00:26:19.11
that the devil picked on
me, he's going to pick on you,
00:26:19.14\00:26:21.78
"if the world hated me, you
know it's going to hate you,
00:26:21.81\00:26:24.45
if I was persecuted,
00:26:24.48\00:26:27.18
you know you are
going to be persecuted,"
00:26:27.22\00:26:28.58
read John chapter 15,
now I want you to notice here
00:26:28.62\00:26:31.19
as we continue, I
want you to notice here
00:26:31.22\00:26:33.66
as we continue,
00:26:33.69\00:26:35.02
"for the marriage
of the lamb is come,
00:26:35.06\00:26:37.79
and his wife hath
made herself ready"
00:26:37.83\00:26:40.70
Revelation 19 and verse number
7 so Jesus won the battle, amen,
00:26:40.73\00:26:47.44
how many are
thankful He won that battle?
00:26:47.47\00:26:50.01
then the devil
shifted his attack
00:26:50.04\00:26:52.27
to the woman, now
the woman was persecuted
00:26:52.31\00:26:55.81
initially by Pagan Rome.
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.65
How many have ever been to Rome?
00:26:57.68\00:26:59.58
I've been there to the
Roman Coliseum for example,
00:26:59.61\00:27:03.12
Cruel Entertainment
there... well guess what?
00:27:03.15\00:27:06.76
you don't need to go to
the Roman Coliseum today
00:27:06.79\00:27:10.23
to see bloody sports,
00:27:10.26\00:27:11.86
all you have to do is turn
on, who knows, how many channels
00:27:11.89\00:27:15.13
and you'll see it or
even News Organizations
00:27:15.16\00:27:19.67
that tell you, "Well,
here's something newsworthy"
00:27:19.70\00:27:22.74
and they give you
stuff that is not newsworthy,
00:27:22.77\00:27:25.81
50,000 spectators,
gladiatorial contests or games,
00:27:25.84\00:27:29.34
public
spectacles, mock sea battles,
00:27:29.41\00:27:31.48
animal hunts, executions,
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.28
re-enactments of
famous battles and dramas,
00:27:33.31\00:27:35.75
that all happened there.
00:27:35.78\00:27:37.12
It's estimated that
about 500,000 people
00:27:37.15\00:27:39.39
and over a
million wild animals died
00:27:39.42\00:27:41.79
in those cruel Colosseum games.
00:27:41.82\00:27:44.19
Even there, the
Caesars demanded worship,
00:27:44.23\00:27:47.13
what would they do?
00:27:47.20\00:27:48.53
They would feed these
innocent Christians to the lions
00:27:48.56\00:27:52.03
and torch their bodies.
00:27:52.07\00:27:53.40
The more Christians were
martyred and persecuted though
00:27:53.44\00:27:56.14
for their faith in
Jesus, the more they multiplied.
00:27:56.17\00:27:59.04
It's been said the blood of the
martyrs is seed to the gospel.
00:27:59.07\00:28:02.21
But then, since the
devil saw that his strategy
00:28:02.24\00:28:08.28
of persecuting the
church did not work,
00:28:08.32\00:28:12.12
but rather... it backfired...
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.62
it was counterproductive,
he thought to himself,
00:28:13.66\00:28:17.43
"You know if I can't
beat them, I'll join them. "
00:28:17.46\00:28:21.13
And so the devil came into
the backdoor in the church,
00:28:21.16\00:28:24.37
the church
apostatized from the truth,
00:28:24.40\00:28:27.34
and up came the
Roman Papal Power.
00:28:27.37\00:28:30.24
False teachings flooded
the popular, false church.
00:28:30.27\00:28:33.94
Look here at a little list
of the Flood of False Teachings.
00:28:33.98\00:28:39.01
and then comes
Sprinkling for the sick,
00:29:00.10\00:29:03.20
and then Worship
Icons, Penance, Rosaries,
00:29:03.24\00:29:06.27
Sale of
Indulgences, Transubstantiation,
00:29:06.31\00:29:09.04
Confession to
priests, Sprinkling for all
00:29:09.08\00:29:11.61
and this is not an exhaustive
list... would you agree?
00:29:11.65\00:29:14.52
There was a terrible apostasy
that wrecked havoc in the church
00:29:14.58\00:29:18.25
and so listen carefully,
00:29:18.29\00:29:19.85
So first Pagan Rome,
and then... Papal Rome,
00:29:25.59\00:29:28.70
persecuting God's
people, and so listen carefully.
00:29:28.73\00:29:32.27
"... the woman fled
into the wilderness,
00:29:51.79\00:29:54.02
where she has a
place prepared... " by who?
00:29:54.06\00:29:55.96
just like Elijah went into
hiding for 3 and 1/2 years,
00:29:58.76\00:30:02.90
isn't this amazing?
00:30:02.93\00:30:04.30
because Elijah is
a type of the Church
00:30:04.33\00:30:06.30
and there was only one
Elijah and 850 False Prophets,
00:30:06.33\00:30:12.04
have you ever felt outnumbered?
00:30:12.07\00:30:14.24
Revelation 12 verse 6
00:30:24.09\00:30:26.15
Revelation 12
verse 13 that's verse 13.
00:30:35.53\00:30:38.10
All right, stay with
me... stay with me...
00:30:46.27\00:30:49.54
This time period,
Beloved, of 1,260 years
00:30:49.58\00:30:52.81
is mentioned seven
times in Scripture.
00:30:52.88\00:30:56.08
Twice in the book of Daniel,
00:30:56.12\00:30:57.79
five times in the
book of Revelation,
00:30:57.82\00:31:01.19
now, in one place
it's called 42 months,
00:31:01.22\00:31:04.53
in another place it's called
time, times and a half a time,
00:31:04.56\00:31:07.86
in another place
it's called 1,260 days,
00:31:07.90\00:31:10.40
it all equals the same amount.
00:31:10.47\00:31:12.27
Here you have it:
"Time," that's 360 days
00:31:12.30\00:31:15.80
according to Revelation 12:14,
"time, times and a half a time"
00:31:15.84\00:31:19.87
That's Revelation 12:14.
00:31:19.91\00:31:21.64
Revelation 12 verse
6, calls it 1,260 days,
00:31:21.68\00:31:26.08
Revelation 12:14
uses a different way
00:31:26.11\00:31:28.98
of saying the same thing:
time, times and a half a time,
00:31:29.02\00:31:32.95
now, you can do this... watch,
00:31:32.99\00:31:34.36
time... that's
one year... 360 days,
00:31:34.39\00:31:36.93
times... that's
two years... 720 days,
00:31:36.99\00:31:39.46
half a time... that's
a half a year, 180 days,
00:31:39.49\00:31:43.20
that's 1,260 days
or years, all right?
00:31:43.23\00:31:46.23
Now, the Apostate Church,
the Church dominating the State
00:31:46.27\00:31:50.71
that Church/State
Union, had a reign of terror
00:31:50.77\00:31:54.71
from 538 AD to 1798,
00:31:54.74\00:31:58.18
in 1798, the Pope
was taken into captivity
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.75
and around that time,
00:32:00.82\00:32:02.15
the church was able to
come out of the wilderness
00:32:02.18\00:32:04.52
but God's faithful
were in the wilderness
00:32:04.55\00:32:06.82
during that timeframe.
00:32:06.86\00:32:08.19
The wilderness time
period ends in 1798.
00:32:08.22\00:32:11.49
Now, the devil, the
serpent, cast out of his mouth
00:32:11.53\00:32:16.13
water as a
flood after the woman,
00:32:16.16\00:32:18.90
that he might cause her to
be carried away of the flood,
00:32:18.93\00:32:22.14
the flood of persecution
and the flood of falsehood
00:32:22.17\00:32:26.17
threatened the church
but the church prevailed.
00:32:26.21\00:32:30.05
That's verse 15,
then Revelation 12:16,
00:32:30.08\00:32:35.85
you've got to see it,
00:32:35.88\00:32:37.22
the Bible says
in Revelation 12:16,
00:32:37.25\00:32:40.36
So who helped the
woman? The earth...
00:32:48.93\00:32:51.30
the earth helped the woman,
the earth opened its mouth
00:32:51.33\00:32:56.00
and swallowed up the flood
00:32:56.04\00:32:57.67
which the dragon had
spewed out of his mouth.
00:32:57.71\00:33:00.48
Wow! now we learned that
the earth would represent
00:33:00.51\00:33:04.98
a sparsely populated
area Revelation 12:16...
00:33:05.01\00:33:09.42
Rescuing truth...
00:33:09.45\00:33:11.72
the Protestant
Reformers like Martin Luther
00:33:11.75\00:33:14.22
championed truth,
they rescued truth
00:33:14.26\00:33:16.99
from the flood
of false teaching.
00:33:17.03\00:33:19.69
The earth rescued God's faithful
from the flood of persecution.
00:33:19.73\00:33:24.03
"the earth" what?
"helped the woman. "
00:33:24.07\00:33:26.63
You see, this was a
refuge for the oppressed:
00:33:26.67\00:33:30.34
there were mountainous palaces,
00:33:30.37\00:33:32.74
yeah... palaces in the places
there... in the mountains,
00:33:32.77\00:33:35.78
isolated
valleys, and secret caves.
00:33:35.84\00:33:39.45
The deadly wound
was inflicted in 1798,
00:33:39.48\00:33:43.85
exactly 1,260 years
from 538 AD to 1798.
00:33:43.89\00:33:47.89
America was a
sparsely populated area,
00:33:47.92\00:33:51.89
and like the Swiss Alps
that provided a haven of rest,
00:33:51.93\00:33:56.80
so the United States
of America was opened up
00:33:56.87\00:34:00.70
to be a haven of
rest for the oppressed.
00:34:00.74\00:34:03.54
You know around 1798,
00:34:03.61\00:34:05.54
there was a
Battle of independence,
00:34:05.57\00:34:07.54
Declaration of Independence
right around that clustering
00:34:07.58\00:34:10.21
in that timeframe,
00:34:10.25\00:34:11.58
Constitution, Supreme
Court, Bill of Rights.
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.18
from religious tyranny
00:34:17.05\00:34:20.06
and religious
intolerance and persecution.
00:34:20.09\00:34:22.82
Around this time,
00:34:29.20\00:34:31.17
there was the
founding of Bible Societies.
00:34:31.20\00:34:34.04
How many are thankful
00:34:34.07\00:34:35.40
that you were able to
come in tonight with a Bible?
00:34:35.44\00:34:38.07
As a matter of fact, you
probably brought in tonight
00:34:38.11\00:34:40.91
one out of the
five Bibles you have,
00:34:40.94\00:34:42.98
you see, The British
and Foreign Bible Society
00:34:43.01\00:34:46.01
was organized in 1804.
00:34:46.05\00:34:47.42
What's the point of
these Bible Societies?
00:34:47.45\00:34:48.95
Just get the Bible out
00:34:48.98\00:34:50.59
to all the
world... that's their goal.
00:34:50.65\00:34:52.15
The American Bible
Society was founded in 1816.
00:34:52.19\00:34:55.69
The Bible became available
to the man on the street.
00:34:55.72\00:34:59.33
And today... it's a best seller.
00:34:59.36\00:35:01.00
Would you agree,
there is no other better
00:35:01.03\00:35:03.20
companion than the Word of God.
00:35:03.23\00:35:04.73
I recommend, you take the Bible
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.97
wherever you go.
00:35:07.04\00:35:08.54
I don't care where you
go, whether you go to work
00:35:08.57\00:35:11.61
you carry the Bible with you
00:35:11.64\00:35:13.27
or you have a
little pocket Bible,
00:35:13.34\00:35:14.98
or you write Scripture
on a three-by-five card.
00:35:15.01\00:35:17.11
How many agree? You never know
00:35:17.15\00:35:18.61
when you're going to need it
00:35:18.65\00:35:20.05
and so Revivals broke
out all across America
00:35:20.08\00:35:24.35
when the Bible was being printed
and was being distributed.
00:35:24.39\00:35:28.49
There is a picture...
00:35:28.52\00:35:29.86
a painting of an 1839
Methodist Camp Meeting
00:35:29.89\00:35:33.16
and preaching that
Jesus is coming soon, Amen.
00:35:33.19\00:35:36.46
So when would
God's church appear?
00:35:36.50\00:35:39.20
Verse 17 identifies
God's last-day church
00:35:39.23\00:35:45.91
can I hear a drum roll...
everything leading up to this...
00:35:45.94\00:35:49.71
this is the
climax of Revelation 12.
00:35:49.74\00:35:53.35
That is the true
church, the Remnant...
00:36:11.23\00:36:13.57
Now, think about it,
00:36:13.60\00:36:15.04
Remnant...
everybody say, "Remnant. "
00:36:15.10\00:36:16.97
Well, contents are important
regardless of the name.
00:36:34.96\00:36:40.50
Can you say
00:36:40.53\00:36:42.00
"cereal boxes"
00:36:42.03\00:36:43.40
would you agree when you
go through that cereal aisle,
00:36:43.43\00:36:46.84
if you have kids
with you, like I do,
00:36:46.90\00:36:49.14
it can really, really be a chore
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.54
just to make it
through that aisle
00:36:51.57\00:36:53.91
because there are
so many colorful boxes
00:36:53.94\00:36:57.01
claiming all sorts of things
00:36:57.05\00:36:59.01
and sometimes, at
least when I grew up,
00:36:59.08\00:37:00.82
they had a lot more
prizes than they do today,
00:37:00.85\00:37:03.75
and it can be mesmerizing,
it can be downright alluring,
00:37:03.79\00:37:08.29
and, you see, it
really doesn't matter
00:37:08.32\00:37:12.03
what the packaging is,
what matters is the content.
00:37:12.06\00:37:16.13
So the name is
not the primary thing,
00:37:16.16\00:37:19.03
the brand... not
the primary thing,
00:37:19.07\00:37:21.84
the appearance...
the outward appearance...
00:37:21.87\00:37:24.81
that's not the main thing,
00:37:24.84\00:37:26.17
the main thing is,
"What are the contents?"
00:37:26.21\00:37:28.74
Would you agree,
a church can say,
00:37:28.78\00:37:30.81
"Well, we don't
even have a name,
00:37:30.85\00:37:32.78
we're just non-denominational,"
well that's kind of like,
00:37:32.81\00:37:35.95
remember they used
to have generic brands
00:37:35.98\00:37:38.35
there was no brand on it,
there wasn't any brand there...
00:37:38.39\00:37:41.32
Post or Kellogg's
or anything like that?
00:37:41.36\00:37:43.76
it was just... how
many remember those days?
00:37:43.79\00:37:45.56
Now-a-days you go to Wal-Mart
and there's a Wal-Mart brand
00:37:45.59\00:37:48.90
but listen to me,
00:37:48.93\00:37:50.27
somebody can say,
"Well you know what,
00:37:50.30\00:37:52.63
I don't want to
belong to any denomination,
00:37:52.70\00:37:54.70
I'll just attend a
non-denominational church
00:37:54.77\00:37:57.21
well let me tell you
this, regardless of the name
00:37:57.24\00:37:59.64
whether it's
non-denominational...
00:37:59.67\00:38:01.01
how many agree, every preacher
has to believe something,
00:38:01.04\00:38:03.01
you got to look at the contents
of what that church believes,
00:38:03.04\00:38:06.21
the reason why I think
it's better to have a church
00:38:06.25\00:38:09.58
that's willing to
stand out and tell you
00:38:09.62\00:38:12.55
maybe some
distinctives of what it believes
00:38:12.59\00:38:15.42
tells me that there
might be more honesty there,
00:38:15.46\00:38:18.93
listen, identify the
genuine denomination of a 100,
00:38:18.96\00:38:22.40
you know, we call
these bills "denominations"
00:38:22.43\00:38:24.33
think about it, when you go
00:38:24.37\00:38:25.97
with a hundred dollar bill
00:38:26.00\00:38:27.34
or a twenty dollar bill...
00:38:27.37\00:38:28.70
may be a hundred dollar
bill, what do they do sometimes?
00:38:28.74\00:38:31.97
They look up and see if it
has the right characteristics,
00:38:32.01\00:38:35.28
and so it is,
00:38:35.31\00:38:36.75
we must look up
the Scriptures to know
00:38:36.78\00:38:39.78
what is the
correct denomination.
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.32
Sudden changes are about to
catch the world by surprise.
00:38:41.38\00:38:46.02
Amazing Bible
Prophecies are fast fulfilling.
00:38:46.05\00:38:49.52
Do ancient prophecies predict
a sudden economic collapse?
00:38:49.56\00:38:53.03
Will the Middle East
crisis erupt into World War 3?
00:38:53.06\00:38:56.53
Are we living on
the eve of Armageddon?
00:38:56.56\00:38:59.23
How will the final moves
of the Antichrist affect you?
00:38:59.27\00:39:02.47
What is the future of
the United States of America?
00:39:02.50\00:39:05.64
How will natural disasters
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00:39:05.67\00:39:10.11
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Let's look at ten
characteristics very quickly.
00:39:43.88\00:39:47.88
This is the "Remnant"
00:39:47.92\00:39:50.75
Characteristic number
1: it arises after 1798,
00:39:50.79\00:39:55.19
Timing of the
Rise of the Remnant:
00:39:55.22\00:39:57.66
The Bible indicates
that the remnant appear
00:39:57.69\00:40:01.36
to the world's stage
after the time of persecution.
00:40:01.40\00:40:05.13
Characteristic
number 2: and by-the-way...
00:40:05.17\00:40:08.87
a lot of churches
arose before 1798,
00:40:08.90\00:40:12.54
I'll just mention a
few, Presbyterian Church,
00:40:12.57\00:40:15.84
Methodist
Church, Baptist Churches,
00:40:15.88\00:40:19.05
and, of course,
the Catholic Church
00:40:19.08\00:40:21.65
it's been there for a long time,
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.15
Characteristic number 2:
00:40:24.19\00:40:27.99
So, "Only Elijah"
a type of a church
00:40:52.68\00:40:55.42
"was a true
prophet on Mount Carmel
00:40:55.45\00:40:58.12
in comparison with... "
how many false prophets?
00:40:58.15\00:41:00.56
"850" and I can hear the talk,
00:41:00.59\00:41:05.03
"Huh, he thinks... he's
right and we're all wrong!"
00:41:05.06\00:41:09.06
Hmmm... very interesting,
he's a type of a church...
00:41:09.10\00:41:12.93
and so, this is your time!
00:41:12.97\00:41:15.84
Jesus said, "Many are called
but few are chosen. " Matthew 20
00:41:15.87\00:41:19.64
They: "keep the commandments
of God" Characteristic number 3.
00:41:25.41\00:41:30.79
See we're using 10
fingers to identify the remnant.
00:41:30.82\00:41:33.22
They keep the commandments
of God, Characteristic number 3
00:41:33.25\00:41:36.73
that is... they uplift
all 10 of God's Commandments,
00:41:36.76\00:41:40.23
unchanged... Amen.
00:41:40.26\00:41:41.76
Revelation 14:12
makes it very clear.
00:41:41.80\00:41:44.13
"Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:41:44.17\00:41:46.47
here are they that
keep the Commandments of God
00:41:46.50\00:41:49.30
and the faith of Jesus. "
Revelation 14 and verse 12.
00:41:49.37\00:41:52.11
Characteristic number 4: They
observe the seventh-day Sabbath
00:41:52.14\00:41:55.91
one of the Commandments
"as the Lord's Day. "
00:41:55.94\00:41:58.48
Brothers and Sisters,
this eliminates 99% of churches
00:41:58.51\00:42:03.32
that have many of
God's sheep in them.
00:42:03.35\00:42:05.55
Now listen carefully,
Characteristic number 5:
00:42:05.59\00:42:08.99
that's our next presentation
00:42:14.03\00:42:15.96
so we'll just
leave that out on hook.
00:42:16.00\00:42:18.37
The Spirit of Prophecy...
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:42:24.37\00:42:27.64
We'll get into that in
a subsequent presentation.
00:42:27.68\00:42:30.35
Characteristic number 6:
00:42:30.38\00:42:31.71
They preach the
Three Angels' messages.
00:42:37.55\00:42:40.46
Come with me to
Revelation 14 verse number 6
00:42:40.49\00:42:43.89
all right... what is
the first angel's message?
00:42:43.93\00:42:47.26
It's worldwide...
it's a worldwide church...
00:42:55.27\00:42:57.54
and they preach the gospel,
00:42:57.57\00:42:59.17
what is the
first angel's message?
00:42:59.21\00:43:00.98
Jesus Christ...
it's the gospel message.
00:43:01.01\00:43:04.41
He made you, He died for
you, He intercedes for you,
00:43:04.48\00:43:08.18
He rose again for
you to intercede for you,
00:43:08.25\00:43:10.89
He judges for you,
and He's coming for you...
00:43:10.92\00:43:13.52
the eternal gospel.
00:43:13.56\00:43:14.96
And notice here as we continue,
00:43:14.99\00:43:17.86
What is Jesus doing now?
00:43:17.89\00:43:19.43
According to the gospel,
Paul said in Romans 2 verse 16
00:43:19.46\00:43:23.40
he said,
"According to the gospel,
00:43:23.43\00:43:25.27
God would judge the secrets
of men by Jesus Christ. "
00:43:25.30\00:43:29.37
That's going on now,
00:43:29.40\00:43:30.74
judgment begins
at the house of God,
00:43:30.77\00:43:32.64
what does the verse 7 say
of the first angel's message?
00:43:32.67\00:43:37.05
"Saying with a loud voice,
fear God and give glory to Him;
00:43:37.08\00:43:41.38
for the hour of
his judgment is come:"
00:43:41.42\00:43:44.59
this must go around the world,
00:43:44.62\00:43:45.95
there's only one church
preaching this around the world,
00:43:45.99\00:43:48.22
the remnant church
00:43:48.26\00:43:49.72
would preach that we're
living in the judgment hour,
00:43:49.79\00:43:52.66
it's going on right now,
the hour of God's judgment
00:43:52.69\00:43:55.53
it's going on right now
00:43:55.56\00:43:57.10
and we're living in the
last moments of earth's history.
00:43:57.13\00:44:00.54
"The court was
seated," Daniel saw it.
00:44:00.57\00:44:02.94
"and the books were
opened. " Daniel 7:10
00:44:02.97\00:44:05.31
"the time of the dead,
that they should be judged"
00:44:05.34\00:44:08.44
Revelation 11 verse 18,
00:44:08.48\00:44:10.45
So the time will come
when our Great High Priest
00:44:22.59\00:44:26.19
will say for every
person, "He who is unjust,"
00:44:26.23\00:44:29.80
all the righteous
who've been judged,
00:44:29.86\00:44:31.87
"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still:
00:44:31.90\00:44:34.14
he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still.
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.24
...and behold I come quickly;
and I bring my rewards with me"
00:44:36.30\00:44:38.97
Revelation 22:11 and 12.
00:44:39.01\00:44:40.94
So, therefore, we're
living in an hour of judgment.
00:44:40.98\00:44:44.55
Jesus is engaged in His final
work as our Great High Priest
00:44:44.58\00:44:49.02
in the Heavenly
Sanctuary. Revelation 11:19.
00:44:49.05\00:44:52.02
When did Jesus go
into the Most Holy Place
00:44:52.05\00:44:54.99
to begin this time of judgment,
00:44:55.02\00:44:57.23
this cleansing of
the heavenly sanctuary?
00:44:57.26\00:45:00.13
Sir Isaac Newton
believed that in 457 B.C.
00:45:13.88\00:45:17.71
the decree went into
effect to restore Jerusalem
00:45:17.75\00:45:21.35
in 457 B.C. according
to Ezra 7 verses 7 to 11
00:45:21.38\00:45:24.85
and so, in Daniel 9:25, it
makes it clear that this time
00:45:24.89\00:45:29.56
would begin and 2300
years later it ends in 1844.
00:45:29.59\00:45:34.76
We've been in
overtime ever since.
00:45:43.47\00:45:45.54
You say,
"that's a long time ago"
00:45:45.57\00:45:47.58
Noah preached the time-of-the-
end message for 120 years.
00:45:47.61\00:45:51.01
Jesus must be coming soon
00:45:58.15\00:46:01.36
because the Priest
in the Old Testament
00:46:01.39\00:46:03.19
was only in the Most
Holy Place for one day.
00:46:03.22\00:46:05.46
Jesus is coming soon:
00:46:05.49\00:46:08.56
God raised up a church
00:46:12.53\00:46:14.64
that would preach,
00:46:14.70\00:46:16.87
"Worship Him that
made heaven and earth
00:46:16.91\00:46:19.24
and the sea and
the fountains of waters
00:46:19.27\00:46:21.51
and they keep the
Commandments of God. "
00:46:21.54\00:46:23.85
They would champion
the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:46:23.88\00:46:26.08
"Remember the Sabbath day
to keep it holy," Exodus 20.
00:46:26.11\00:46:29.35
Revelation 1:10:
00:46:29.38\00:46:32.69
The Lord's Day is still holy!
00:46:36.02\00:46:38.43
So who was the Sabbath made for?
00:46:38.46\00:46:40.80
Are the Ten Commandments for
everyone both Jew and Gentile?
00:46:45.53\00:46:48.74
Oh yes... Did
Jesus keep the Sabbath?
00:46:48.77\00:46:51.54
He did, let's read it
together, can we do this,
00:46:51.57\00:46:54.41
are you ready? Here we go...
00:46:54.44\00:46:55.78
Jesus knew which was the correct
day to go to church on...
00:47:05.52\00:47:07.99
the primary
day, Luke 4 verse 16.
00:47:08.02\00:47:10.69
Jesus, right now, is standing
by His Ten commandments.
00:47:10.73\00:47:15.76
Can you imagine.
Jesus said to the disciples
00:47:15.80\00:47:19.93
referring to the destruction
of Jerusalem in 70 A.D.
00:47:19.97\00:47:23.00
40 years after He would be risen
00:47:23.04\00:47:26.24
and would ascend to heaven
00:47:26.27\00:47:28.28
So He didn't do away
with it. Matthew 24 verse 20.
00:47:33.11\00:47:36.28
Isaiah 66:22, 23 says,
"Even in the earth made new
00:47:38.52\00:47:42.82
we will gather
together to worship the Lord
00:47:42.86\00:47:45.56
on the Sabbath. "
00:47:45.59\00:47:46.93
The "Everlasting Gospel" also
includes a warning about Babylon
00:47:48.86\00:47:53.67
it says there...
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
00:47:53.70\00:47:56.00
that great city,
because she made all nations
00:47:56.04\00:47:59.27
drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. "
00:47:59.34\00:48:02.01
We got a message
coming up about that.
00:48:02.04\00:48:04.05
Revelation 14:9 to 12,
00:48:06.08\00:48:08.02
it warns about
the Mark of the Beast.
00:48:08.05\00:48:10.62
It says, "Don't
worship the beast. "
00:48:10.65\00:48:13.15
What is the Mark of the Beast?
Well, the Bible makes it clear
00:48:13.19\00:48:16.96
it must be a sign of the
power of the Roman Papal System.
00:48:16.99\00:48:20.70
What is the sign of their power?
Daniel chapter 7 and verse 25,
00:48:20.73\00:48:26.63
makes it very
clear what is that...
00:48:26.67\00:48:28.67
What is the only Commandment
that has to do with time?
00:48:40.08\00:48:43.08
It is the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:48:43.12\00:48:44.82
No wonder they
changed it and they said,
00:48:44.85\00:48:46.76
Wow! the Sabbath Commandment
00:48:53.96\00:48:56.03
is the only one
that relates to time,
00:48:56.06\00:48:57.80
the Bible predicted
they would change it.
00:48:57.83\00:48:59.93
Now the Mark of the
Beast has not been enforced yet
00:48:59.97\00:49:02.40
so no one has it,
but that day is coming.
00:49:02.44\00:49:04.71
So the Bible says,
"Don't forget the Sabbath
00:49:04.77\00:49:06.84
remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy. "
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.38
Now the Everlasting
Gospel also includes
00:49:09.41\00:49:11.88
a call to "give glory" to God.
00:49:11.91\00:49:14.42
Therefore glorify God in
your body and in your spirit
00:49:21.16\00:49:24.79
which are God's. "
1st Corinthians 6:20
00:49:24.83\00:49:27.13
In other words,
God's last-day church
00:49:27.20\00:49:30.47
would preach a
healthy lifestyle. Amen.
00:49:30.50\00:49:33.44
As a matter of
fact, National Geographic
00:49:33.47\00:49:36.34
did an article,
front page story,
00:49:36.37\00:49:39.31
that included
spotlighting the longevity
00:49:39.34\00:49:43.18
and the lifestyle...
00:49:43.21\00:49:44.55
the healthy lifestyle
of Seventh-day Adventists
00:49:44.58\00:49:47.42
and even Paul
Harvey who attended a
00:49:47.45\00:49:50.15
Seventh-day
Adventist Church regularly,
00:49:50.19\00:49:52.85
he also talked favorably
00:49:52.89\00:49:56.09
about the lifestyle
of Seventh-day Adventists
00:49:56.12\00:49:58.46
that they are living
longer, as a matter of fact
00:49:58.49\00:50:00.76
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church people
00:50:00.80\00:50:03.57
have the highest
average life expectancy.
00:50:03.60\00:50:06.67
The average life
span is more than 88 years
00:50:06.70\00:50:09.80
and that is not just
in longevity but quality.
00:50:09.84\00:50:12.87
Paul said:
00:50:12.91\00:50:15.11
All I can say
is God delivered me
00:50:22.75\00:50:24.75
from smoking two
packs of cigarettes a day.
00:50:24.82\00:50:28.12
God delivered me
from being an alcoholic...
00:50:28.16\00:50:31.43
or basically drinking every day,
00:50:31.46\00:50:33.09
I don't know...
whatever you want to call that
00:50:33.13\00:50:34.46
drinking every day for a while,
and God saved me from drugs
00:50:34.50\00:50:38.00
and God saved me from a
whole lot of other stuff
00:50:38.03\00:50:40.77
and I thank God for it.
00:50:40.80\00:50:42.14
Characteristic number 7:
00:50:42.17\00:50:43.51
That sounds like church members
00:50:57.99\00:51:00.22
And the Lord added to the
00:51:09.36\00:51:10.70
church daily as
those should be saved. "
00:51:10.73\00:51:13.47
Characteristic number 8:
00:51:13.50\00:51:14.84
Teaches the truth
about death and hell.
00:51:14.87\00:51:17.74
"... the dead know not anything"
00:51:17.77\00:51:20.78
and yet what's being taught
today is that when you die,
00:51:20.81\00:51:23.85
you know more than
you ever have known.
00:51:23.88\00:51:25.51
But my Bible doesn't teach that.
00:51:25.55\00:51:27.88
Where are the dead?
00:51:27.92\00:51:29.25
Jesus said,
they're in the grave.
00:51:29.28\00:51:32.15
John chapter 5:28 and 29
00:51:32.19\00:51:34.56
makes that clear that
they are in the graves.
00:51:34.59\00:51:36.83
What happens when a man
dies? Ecclesiastes 12 verse 7
00:51:36.86\00:51:40.06
says, "the spirit or
breath goes back to God
00:51:40.10\00:51:43.20
and the person
goes to the grave. "
00:51:43.23\00:51:46.50
"Dust thou art and
dust thou shalt return. "
00:51:46.53\00:51:48.70
So what returns to God at death?
00:51:48.74\00:51:50.64
Well, how did God make man?
00:51:50.67\00:51:53.61
"He formed man of
the dust of the ground
00:51:53.68\00:51:56.81
and breathed into his
nostrils the breath of life
00:51:56.85\00:51:58.68
and man became a living
soul. " Genesis 2 verse 7.
00:51:58.71\00:52:01.75
That's what goes back to God,
00:52:16.03\00:52:17.57
Jesus said,
"Father, into Thy hands
00:52:17.63\00:52:19.53
I commit my Spirit" or breath...
00:52:19.57\00:52:22.20
that's what He
was saying, Job 27:3
00:52:22.24\00:52:24.37
and Matthew chapter
27, so breath equals spirit
00:52:24.41\00:52:29.48
and that's what
goes back to God.
00:52:29.51\00:52:31.15
What does the Bible call death?
Sleep... Lazarus sleeps...
00:52:31.18\00:52:35.62
but then He
qualified it, Lazarus is dead.
00:52:35.65\00:52:39.05
So it's a
dreamless, unconscious sleep...
00:52:39.09\00:52:41.46
that's what happens to
a person when they die.
00:52:41.52\00:52:43.93
everybody say it together...
00:52:46.36\00:52:47.70
Where is King David?
00:52:49.16\00:52:50.57
"David is not
ascended into the heavens"
00:52:50.60\00:52:53.17
the dead do not
praise the Lord. "
00:52:53.20\00:52:55.84
"For the Lord himself
shall descend from heaven
00:52:58.34\00:53:00.61
with a shout, with the
voice of the archangel,
00:53:00.64\00:53:02.88
and with the
trumpet call of God:
00:53:02.91\00:53:04.25
and the dead in
Christ shall rise first:
00:53:04.28\00:53:08.18
Then we who are alive and remain
shall be caught up together
00:53:08.22\00:53:12.42
to meet the Lord in the air
00:53:12.45\00:53:14.29
and so shall we
ever be with the Lord
00:53:14.32\00:53:16.46
wherefore comfort one
another with these words. "
00:53:16.49\00:53:20.36
1 Thessalonians 4:16 to
18... that is the comfort.
00:53:20.40\00:53:24.23
That's the time when this mortal
00:53:24.27\00:53:26.07
puts on
immortality. 1 Corinthians 15
00:53:26.10\00:53:28.50
no such thing as
an immortal soul,
00:53:34.74\00:53:37.25
the "whole body... " when
a person does go to hell...
00:53:37.28\00:53:40.38
their whole body
is cast into hell
00:53:40.42\00:53:42.52
so there's no such
thing as an immortal soul,
00:53:42.58\00:53:45.39
no one is in hell now.
00:53:45.42\00:53:47.02
When is hell fire?
00:53:47.06\00:53:48.62
and they'll be reduced to ashes.
00:53:55.80\00:53:58.50
So, Characteristic number 9:
00:53:58.53\00:54:01.17
the term "Adventist" focuses
on the Second Coming of Christ.
00:54:03.71\00:54:07.68
Does God's Remnant Church
preach the Secret Rapture?
00:54:07.71\00:54:11.01
No, Adventists focus on the
Second Coming of Jesus Christ.
00:54:11.05\00:54:15.25
Jesus did not say,
00:54:15.28\00:54:16.92
"I will come
again... in a rapture
00:54:16.95\00:54:18.99
and again in a Second coming"
00:54:19.05\00:54:21.02
He said, "I... Let not
your heart be troubled:
00:54:21.06\00:54:23.66
ye believe in God,
believe also in me.
00:54:23.69\00:54:25.53
In my Father's
house are many mansions:
00:54:25.56\00:54:27.40
if it were not so,
I would have told you.
00:54:27.43\00:54:29.26
I go to prepare a place for you.
00:54:29.30\00:54:31.00
And if I go and
prepare a place for you,
00:54:31.03\00:54:32.93
I will... " what? "come again,
00:54:32.97\00:54:36.17
and receive you unto
myself; that where I am,
00:54:36.20\00:54:39.04
there you may be also. "
00:54:39.07\00:54:41.04
Do you recognize the good
news tonight? John 14:1 to 3.
00:54:41.08\00:54:44.88
So at that time,
every eye will see Him.
00:54:44.91\00:54:49.02
Revelation 1 verse 7.
00:54:49.08\00:54:50.65
What is the blessed hope?
00:54:50.69\00:54:52.15
It's the glorious appearing of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ
00:54:52.22\00:54:56.22
not a secret
snatch. Titus 2 verse 13.
00:54:56.26\00:54:59.23
Characteristic number 10:
00:54:59.29\00:55:01.50
A worldwide church
with a worldwide mission.
00:55:01.53\00:55:04.90
By process of elimination,
what church is the only one
00:55:04.93\00:55:09.67
that would fit all
of these specifications?
00:55:09.70\00:55:12.94
You see, you can find
your way out of the maze.
00:55:12.97\00:55:16.14
There is a church that takes
seriously... the global mission.
00:55:16.18\00:55:19.55
There are 16 million
Seventh-day Adventists
00:55:19.58\00:55:22.35
around the
world... growing rapidly...
00:55:22.38\00:55:25.05
having a Pentecost
every day, I think about...
00:55:25.09\00:55:28.99
when I did a Seminar like
this in a little tiny church
00:55:29.02\00:55:31.86
in Spearfish, South
Dakota, a number of years ago,
00:55:31.89\00:55:34.70
40 people took a stand
00:55:34.73\00:55:36.77
and became a part
of that little church.
00:55:36.80\00:55:38.87
I think about Ottawa:
Capital of Canada in 1996
00:55:38.90\00:55:42.57
I was there, 120 souls...
true it was just a Seminar
00:55:42.60\00:55:46.24
of course... much larger,
00:55:46.27\00:55:47.61
120 Souls took a
stand and joined the church.
00:55:47.64\00:55:51.88
I think about... in closing...
00:55:51.91\00:55:53.62
I think about my father-in-law
00:55:53.65\00:55:56.48
who was a
Catholic all of his life,
00:55:56.52\00:55:59.39
and a non-practicing Catholic,
00:55:59.42\00:56:02.46
he tells us that the family
Bible was on the coffee table
00:56:02.49\00:56:07.50
kind of like...
more like a decoration
00:56:07.53\00:56:09.33
than a book that was read,
00:56:09.36\00:56:10.70
and he attended
the series of meetings
00:56:10.73\00:56:14.14
I did in Queens,
New York in 1996,
00:56:14.17\00:56:17.67
and he attended
and a Bible Worker
00:56:17.71\00:56:21.44
that was working with me,
an Associate of mine, Ed Cook,
00:56:21.51\00:56:24.08
gave him Bible Studies
00:56:24.15\00:56:26.18
as he... in
addition to his nightly
00:56:26.21\00:56:28.58
attendance at the meetings,
00:56:28.62\00:56:29.95
and there's my wife
along with her parents
00:56:29.98\00:56:32.75
and Ed Cook studying the
Bible and I handed out cards
00:56:32.79\00:56:36.42
and I told people...
on three-by-five cards
00:56:36.46\00:56:39.13
just write a "B" if
you want to be baptized,
00:56:39.16\00:56:41.80
and lo and behold, one day,
as I was looking at the cards
00:56:41.83\00:56:46.63
I couldn't believe
it but there's Papi...
00:56:46.67\00:56:49.67
there he is with his
name and he wrote "B"
00:56:49.70\00:56:52.67
and I showed it to my
wife, and she began to cry,
00:56:52.71\00:56:55.34
she began to cry and
let me tell you something
00:56:55.38\00:56:57.75
relatives... you know
I married a Hispanic wife
00:56:57.81\00:57:00.15
and let me tell you
they came out of the woodwork
00:57:00.18\00:57:02.45
it was a packed house, and...
it was a packed church anyway,
00:57:02.48\00:57:07.12
500 people there,
and there's Papi...
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.96
and here is a close up of him,
00:57:09.99\00:57:11.79
there he is being baptized,
I just had to be right there
00:57:11.83\00:57:15.53
near him... as he was
baptized he took a stand.
00:57:15.56\00:57:18.83
You know what he said?
00:57:18.87\00:57:20.84
He said, "I wish
you would have...
00:57:20.87\00:57:22.50
kind of put a little
more pressure on me before
00:57:22.54\00:57:24.21
to take a stand. "
00:57:24.24\00:57:25.57
Let me tell you something,
00:57:25.61\00:57:27.48
I'm inviting you to
take a stand for Jesus,
00:57:27.51\00:57:31.21
if you believe
this is the truth,
00:57:31.25\00:57:33.82
then take a stand.
00:57:33.85\00:57:35.92
It's one of the most important
decisions you'll ever make
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to know the truth
and to stand for it.
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Although sudden
and alarming changes
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are sweeping across the globe,
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you and your
family can be prepared
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to face the
future with confidence.
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The complete set of
Amazing Prophecies on DVD
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are available for a
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