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
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that we need to go
through the tribulation
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just as certainly as they did.
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The Bible makes it very clear
we are living in an unusual hour
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the last grains of
sand are trickling through
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the hourglass of time
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and the door of probation
is about to swing shut.
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The book of
Revelation chapter 12 spotlights
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the bride of Christ
down through the centuries
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from the time of
Christ to our day.
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The symbol of a pure woman
represents God's pure church
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in terms of
doctrine and teaching.
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How does the book of Revelation,
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how does the revelation...
the book of Revelation
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identify God's true
church in the last days?
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"And the dragon was
wroth with the woman,"
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let's read it together...
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"And the dragon was
wroth with the woman,
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and he went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,
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which keep the
commandments of God,
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Now, we have looked at
some of the characteristics
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of this Remnant
Church in the last days?
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Let's see if we can
take a look at them.
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We discovered,
according to Revelation 12,
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verses 6 and 14, that
the woman would go running
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in hiding in the wilderness
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for 1260 days
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and in Bible
prophecy, one prophetic day
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in the context of
symbolic Bible prophecy
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represents a literal year.
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The Biblical precedent
for that Ezekiel 4:6...
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"I have appointed
thee each day for a year. "
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So we know that
the church would go...
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the true people of God...
the church would go into hiding
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while the apostate church
was persecuting... believers.
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From 538 A.D. when the Pope got
unprecedented, temporal power
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and the ushering in a
reign of terror... the Dark Ages
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and then the Pope went
into captivity in 1798,
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and that's around the time
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the woman was able
to come out of hiding
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and find some freedom.
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So, therefore, if the
church came out of hiding
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around 1798,
therefore, God's remnant church
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would arise some time
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after 1798... now there
are a number of churches
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that arose prior to that,
some of the mainline churches,
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they are not the remnant.
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God has His sheep
in all different folds,
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but we're trying to
identify the remnant.
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Number 2: Not one of the
largest churches is the Remnant,
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Number 3: uplifts
all the Ten Commandments,
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Number 4: They observe
the Seventh-day Sabbath,
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"Remember the Sabbath Day to
keep it holy. " Exodus 20:8-11
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this eliminates 99% of churches
that have God's sheep in them
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and so most Christians agree
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with nine out of
the ten Commandments
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and I'll say it again,
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if my son or my daughter
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comes home... it's...
Jordan's in Kindergarten
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so she doesn't come
home with tests and so forth
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but my son, a
fifth grader... he does.
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If he gets nine out
of ten... that's an "A"
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but when you get nine out of ten
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when it comes to
the Ten Commandments,
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that's an "F... "
that's an "F" for Failure
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because the Bible says,
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if you break one, you
break them all. James 2:10.
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How many fingers
do we have? Ten...
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How many toes?
Not a coincidence...
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God wants to write
in the new covenant
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write that law in our
heart, Hebrews 8 verse 10.
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So which is the most
forgotten commandment of God?
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It's the Seventh-day Sabbath,
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the one that begins
with the word... "Remember. "
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Number 5: They have
the Spirit of Prophecy.
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We'll examine
that... momentarily.
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Number 6: Preaches
the three Angels' messages
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of Revelation 14.
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Number 7: Preaches the
everlasting gospel message.
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Number 8: Preaches that we're
living in the judgment hour.
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Number 9: Preaches a
healthy lifestyle message.
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Would you agree,
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Jesus still works miracles
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to help people with their
health can you say, "Amen. "
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Number 10: Calls
people out of Babylon.
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We got another message coming up
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about that one.
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Number 11: Warns
about the Mark of the Beast.
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Number 12: Preaches
the truth about death...
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that it is but a sleep until the
resurrection when Jesus comes.
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Number 13: Preaches
the truth about hell
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that no one is in hell now,
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it happens after the
end of the Millennium.
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Number 14: Preaches the
Second Coming of Jesus Christ
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and not a Secret Rapture.
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Number 15:
World-wide Missionary Effort,
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Number 16: Practices
Baptism by Immersion.
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These are the characteristics
of the Remnant Church.
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So, God's true
church is to prepare people
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ready to meet the
Lord in all of His glory!
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Would you agree,
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we are not just
waiting for Jesus to come.
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we are
preparing for Him to come.
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Just like I tell people
and I know this illustration
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doesn't perfectly apply
but when somebody tells me
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"You know, I'm just
waiting for Mr. Right,
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I'm just waiting for Mrs. Right,
you know and they are single,
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and "I'm tired of being lonely,
I'm just looking for that...
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I'm just waiting... "
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I say, "No, no, no...
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you are preparing
for your future husband,
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you are preparing
for your future wife. "
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How many agree, "God
never wants us to just say,
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"I'm just kind of
waiting... " how many agree?
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God is waiting on us to prepare.
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What has God given to
His end-time Remnant Church
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to prepare them for the
Second Coming of Jesus Christ?
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Take your Bible and turn
with me to the dynamic book of
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Revelation chapter 12 verse 17.
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,"
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the church... "and
he went to make war
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with the rest of her
offspring" the remnant,
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who keep the
commandments of God,
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and they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ. "
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So they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ,
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so, therefore, what is
the testimony of Jesus Christ
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that the Remnant
Church would have?
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Revelation chapter 19...
Revelation chapter 19 verse 10,
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"And I fell at his
feet to worship him,
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but he said to me,
See thou do it not:"
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see that you do not do that...
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"I am your fellow
servant, and of your brethren
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who have the
testimony of Jesus, worship God:
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for the testimony of
Jesus is the... " what everyone?
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"the spirit of prophecy. "
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So, here is an
equation, the testimony of Jesus
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equals the...
what? Spirit of Prophecy.
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Now I've got another question,
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who had the Spirit of
Prophecy besides the Remnant?
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The Brethren... the Brethren...
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it says there "the brethren...
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your brethren have
that testimony of Jesus"
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So the brethren
have the same thing
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that the Remnant
Church has, what is that?
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It's the Spirit of Prophecy.
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Who are the brethren?
Look at Revelation chapter 22,
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Revelation 22 verse
9, "Then he said to me,
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See that you do not do that:
for I am your fellowservant,
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and of your
brethren the prophets,
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and of those who keep the
words of this book: worship God"
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So the Bible makes it very clear
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that the
Brethren are the... who?
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The Prophets and therefore,
what is this saying to us?
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"What would the Remnant
Church be blessed with?"
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A Prophet. The
Bible makes it very clear
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that in the last
days God's church
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would have the
spirit of prophecy
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that was given to the prophets,
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that's very
clear from the Bible.
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So, therefore,
the Remnant Church
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has the testimony of Jesus.
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Can we say, "check" about that?
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Say "Check" if you're
in agreement with that.
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Number 2: The testimony of
Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.
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Did you see that? Yes or no?
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Check... the Remnant church
has: the spirit of prophecy
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that was given to the
brethren the prophets.
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So, the Spirit of
Prophecy is manifested
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through "the
brethren... the prophets. "
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Now, bottom line:
we could expect to see
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the gift of prophecy
manifest in the Remnant Church
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in the last days.
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Now, I find this
thrilling in the extreme.
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How would God give
the spirit of prophecy?
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Numbers chapter 12
verse 6 Visions and Dreams
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read it together with me,
"And he said, Hear now my words:
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if there is a prophet among you,
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I the Lord make myself
known unto him in a vision,
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and I speak to him in a dream. "
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Visions and
dreams for the last days.
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It's like Jesus is saying,
"I love you and I want to keep
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in close touch
with you, my children. "
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Now prophets receive
messages in two basic ways:
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Number 1: An angel brings
them a vision and/or a dream.
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Number 2: The Holy
Spirit impresses their minds.
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All right... what is the
role of a prophet of God?
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I mean, what are
they called to do?
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What is the function
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and the high
calling of a prophet?
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The prophets speak
what God reveals to them.
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That's what they are to do.
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Now, how many of
you have had an eye exam
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lately? All right...
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how many of you need an
eye exam, can I see your hands?
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How many need
another one... all right...
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What do we call...
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what do we call a prophet?
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In the Bible, the
prophet is called the... what?
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A Seer... why?
Because a Seer sees things
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that is to say... are you ready?
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They receive visions and they've
got more 20/20 than you and I
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so a prophet is called...
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what is another
name for a prophet?
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The name is... yell it
out together everybody,
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a Seer... now does God's Word
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predict the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit in the last days
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that results in
visions and dreams
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and the gift of
prophecy being given?
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Take your Bible and turn
with me to the book of Joel,
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the book of Joel is
tucked away in the Old Testament
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looking there...
at the book of Joel...
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it's easy to miss...
it's just a couple of chapters
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and we're going
there, you can go to Daniel
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and then just
forward a little bit,
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all righty... Joel chapter 2
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and looking there
at verses 28 to 31,
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do you have it?
Say, "Amen" if you do,
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"And it shall come
to pass afterward,"
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this is a thrilling prophecy,
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"that I will pour out
my spirit on all flesh;
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your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
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your old men shall dream dreams,
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your young men
shall see visions:
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also on my men
servants and on my maid servants
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I will pour out my
spirit in those days.
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And I will shew wonders in
the heavens and in the earth,
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blood, and fire,
and pillars of smoke.
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The sun shall be
turned into darkness,
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and the moon into blood,
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before the coming of
the great and awesome day
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of the Lord. And
it shall come to pass,
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that whoever calls on the name
of the Lord, shall be saved:
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for in mount
Zion and in Jerusalem
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there shall be deliverance,
as the Lord has said,
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among the remnant
whom the Lord calls. "
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But we know that God's
people are modern Israel,
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"Spiritual Israel" you
see there's "literal Israel"
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and there's
"spiritual Israel" in the Bible.
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"He is a Jew which is
one inwardly... " Paul said.
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Romans 2:27 and 28 and
also in Galatians 3:29 it says,
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"if you are Christ's,
then ye are Abraham's seed,
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and heirs
according to the promise. "
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Don't you agree? As a
believer, we have inherited
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a whole lot of promises,
Amen... Galatians 3:29.
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So, would you agree?
This is a thrilling prediction
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isn't it? It's just
absolutely amazing...
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Joel's amazing prophecy.
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Do you believe
in miracles tonight?
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How many would not be here
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if it wasn't for a
whole lot of miracles...
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that God worked in
your favor? Amen...
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So, God would work miracles,
He would raise up a prophet
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or prophets to
bless His remnant church.
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Now, who did God select
as a prophet in the Bible?
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Well, God chose a lot
of different men and women
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to be His prophets,
His special messengers.
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I would like you
to take your Bible
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and turn with me
to the book of Elijah
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let me know when you can locate
it because I can't find it.
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All right... how about...
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let's turn to the book of
John the Baptist, come on...
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he was a man after
the Lord's own heart
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or I should say...
"no... that's David"
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there was no greater
prophet than John the Baptist
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according to
Jesus, what's the point?
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These... here's a list
of them on your screen,
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Elijah, John the
Baptist, Iddo, Nathan, Shemiah
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are what we call
"Non-canonical Prophets"
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they didn't write
a book in the Bible.
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the Bible is
known as the cannon.
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So, these were full-fledged
100-percent-proof prophets
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but they didn't
write a book in the Bible,
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now, can you turn
to the book of Miriam?
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No... she's a
non-canonical woman prophet.
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God calls women
even... to be prophets
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and all the
ladies said... "Amen... "
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Miriam, Deborah,
Huldah, Noadiah, Isaiah's wife,
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four daughters
of Philip, Hannah...
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all received the
gift of prophecy.
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Not all of God's prophets,
therefore, were Bible writers,
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is that clear? Yes or no?
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What did Jesus give
when He ascended to heaven?
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Ephesians 4 verse 8
read it together with me,
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"When he ascended on high,
he led captives in his train
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and gave gifts to men. "
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What were these
gifts that He gave?
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In the New Testament,
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we are going to a
book that Paul wrote,
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Ephesians... of course
Paul wrote a good portion
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of the New Testament,
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all right... we're going there
to Ephesians chapter 4 verse 11.
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"And he himself gave
some, to be apostles;
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some prophets; some evangelists;
and some, pastors and teachers;
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For the equipping of the saints,
for the work of ministry,
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for the
edifying... " or building up,
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"of the body of Christ:"
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so the Lord would give gifts
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to bless the body
of Christ, His church.
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so the Bible
makes it very clear,
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he would give the
gift of apostleship
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that is... of being the
chief leaders in the church,
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God does have
leaders in His church,
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He would give
the gift of prophecy,
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He would give the
gift of evangelism
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calling evangelists,
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and He would call
some to be pastors,
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He would call
some to be teachers,
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how many believe, we
should have good Bible teachers,
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we should have pastors,
we should have evangelists,
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you'd better say so,
anyway, you need evangelists,
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you need
prophets, you need apostles,
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that is to say, you
need leadership... Amen...
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so, therefore, what
were these gifts for?
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Why were these gifts given?
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Well, who does God speak
through in a special way?
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God raises them up
so that He can use them
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to speak to His
body of believers
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and to witness to the world.
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We read there, verse 12,
for the equipping... that is
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of the training, of the
mobilizing of the saints
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for the work of ministry.
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So, if I am going to
be a faithful evangelist
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or if there's going
to be a faithful pastor
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or a faithful
prophet, or a faithful teacher,
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they are to help the saints
be equipped to work for Jesus.
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So my goal is not to
do the work of a hundred
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but get a
hundred to work, Amen...
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so, I want you to notice
here, that the work of ministry
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is what the saints
are being called to do
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to work for Jesus, so
the result of listening
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to an evangelist
or pastor or teacher
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is not to say,
"Wow! he does it all. "
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No, it's rather...
"okay, now that I've heard him,
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now I got to get
to work for Jesus. "
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All right... I
want you to notice here,
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"for the
edifying... " the building up...
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"of the body of Christ... "
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so these gifts would be
used to build up the church,
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to bless the church
spiritually and numerically
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and I want you to
notice this as we continue,
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where would the gift of
prophecy be placed... everyone?
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Where would it be placed?
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Listen to what
the Scriptures say,
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1st Corinthians
12:28" "... in the church"
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So Jeanne Dixon
was not a true prophet,
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Nostradamus... no,
I don't care how wild
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and what kind of
batting average they had,
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they were not "in the church"
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and we're looking to
find the Spirit of Prophecy
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not just in any
church... we're looking for...
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where would it be
placed in proximity?
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In the Remnant Church,
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so, in the
church, God has appointed,
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first of all...
apostles, second: prophets,
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1st Corinthians 12:28.
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There are many false
Christ's and false prophets
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that would arise and
deceive many. Mathew 24:24.
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according to 1st John
chapter 4 verses 1 to 3,
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you are to "test" the prophets,
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now if there was no
such thing as a true prophet,
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John would not say,
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"Test the
prophets" he would just say,
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"anybody who says
they're a prophet...
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they automatically are wrong. "
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No, automatically
an imposter? No...
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he said, "there's going to be
00:20:08.94\00:20:10.27
genuine, but
you've got to test them. "
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So, therefore, how can you keep
yourself from being swept away
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by so many deceptions
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rampant even in the
Christian churches of today?
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You got to test everything.
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"Do not treat prophecies
with contempt. Test everything.
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Hold on to the good. "
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Would you agree when
you come to a four-way stop,
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you need to be
cautious, you need to stop.
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But eventually, you
got to move forward.
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You don't want to
overdose on caution
00:20:38.53\00:20:41.04
because somebody is
going to come up to your rear
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bumper there and either tap
it or honk it or something...
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all right... impossible...
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good news... it's
impossible for a false prophet
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to pass all of the Bible tests.
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Would you agree,
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God's filter is
pretty, pretty thick.
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Is there an "amen" about that?
00:21:00.99\00:21:02.49
No false prophet can
pass through this fine filter
00:21:02.52\00:21:06.80
taking out all the
impurities of false teachings.
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The tests of a
true prophet must have:
00:21:11.10\00:21:15.27
we'll get into that in a moment,
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"by their fruits
you shall know them. "
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Did God promise the gift of
prophecy to His Remnant church
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in the last days? He did.
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How does the book of Revelation
identify God's true church?
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"they keep the
commandments of God,
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and they have
the faith of Jesus. "
00:21:36.93\00:21:39.26
That eliminates 99% of churches,
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they're are identified as
uplifting all the commandments.
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Now God would
restore the gift of prophecy
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to His Remnant Church
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that keep the commandments
of God in the last days.
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He would raise up...
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the torch was passed
00:22:05.85\00:22:09.02
from one Protestant
Reformer to another,
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In one context...
what context would God give
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the Gift of
Prophecy? Visions and dreams,
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in 1780... remember...
around 1798 some time after that
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God would raise up His church
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but what did He do to
prepare the way for His church?
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He had performed a
lot of celestial signs
00:22:51.20\00:22:55.44
to peak the interest of people
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to study and investigate
Bible prophecy and it worked.
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The Dark Day of May 19, 1780,
00:23:04.58\00:23:07.58
you can read it,
it's in your history books
00:23:07.62\00:23:10.65
and that evening
when there was darkness
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predominantly over
north... the northern eastern,
00:23:13.72\00:23:17.09
north eastern part of
the United States and Canada
00:23:17.13\00:23:20.23
where there was the bulk
of population at this time,
00:23:20.26\00:23:23.30
people noticed
that around noon time,
00:23:23.37\00:23:26.70
it's like... the
lights went completely out
00:23:26.74\00:23:29.10
I mean... the cows
went back into the barn,
00:23:29.14\00:23:31.61
you couldn't see a sheet
of paper in front of you,
00:23:31.64\00:23:35.24
I mean... it was
dark during the day
00:23:35.28\00:23:37.31
and that evening, the
moon appeared as "blood red"
00:23:37.35\00:23:41.98
"the moon into blood"
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.95
it was a full
moon on that night.
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The falling of the stars,
according to Revelation 6,
00:23:52.06\00:23:55.76
November 12 and 13, 1833,
00:23:55.80\00:23:59.13
10,000 to 60,000...
00:23:59.17\00:24:01.37
this was
predominantly over north eastern
00:24:01.40\00:24:04.11
of the United States and Canada.
00:24:04.14\00:24:06.17
Henry Dana Ward, a
Harvard graduate and rector
00:24:09.61\00:24:13.25
of the Anglican Church of
St. Jude in New York City,
00:24:13.31\00:24:16.99
jumped up from sleep when
he heard someone shouting,
00:24:17.02\00:24:20.69
it was a
meteorite shower, he wrote,
00:24:20.72\00:24:24.89
about the falling stars.
00:24:33.30\00:24:35.27
Well, you can look up because
your redemption draws nigh.
00:24:35.30\00:24:40.18
Luke 21 and verse 28
and here you have a chart,
00:24:40.21\00:24:44.75
you know the 2300-year
prophecy began in 457 B.C.
00:24:44.81\00:24:49.28
according to Sir Isaac Newton,
the decree went forth to restore
00:24:49.32\00:24:53.09
Jerusalem on 457 B.C.
00:24:53.12\00:24:54.99
if you go 2300 years
later, it runs out in 1844.
00:24:55.02\00:24:59.09
What was just prior
to that backing up...
00:24:59.13\00:25:01.83
Meteorite shower
1833... people thought,
00:25:01.86\00:25:04.03
"We're living
in... it's judgment time"
00:25:04.07\00:25:06.07
hey, guess what,
they were right...
00:25:06.10\00:25:08.04
it's coming... and
then in addition to that
00:25:08.07\00:25:10.44
there was the 1798
00:25:10.47\00:25:13.21
the closing of
the 1260-year prophecy
00:25:13.24\00:25:15.71
1780... the dark day...
and the moon turning blood red
00:25:15.74\00:25:19.01
1776 the
Declaration of Independence,
00:25:19.05\00:25:22.25
the Bible talks about
raising up that second beast,
00:25:22.28\00:25:25.52
the United States of
America in Revelation 13
00:25:25.55\00:25:27.99
there was the
Lisbon Earthquake in 1755,
00:25:28.02\00:25:31.19
and so, there you see a
chart of these dynamic events.
00:25:31.23\00:25:35.10
So, therefore:
00:25:35.13\00:25:39.43
A revival of
interest in Bible Prophecy.
00:25:43.10\00:25:47.04
Many shall run to and fro
and knowledge shall increase.
00:25:47.08\00:25:52.61
What does that mean?
Put forth earnest effort
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.88
to understand
Daniel's prophecies...
00:25:54.92\00:25:56.69
knowledge shall increase
of the prophecies of Daniel.
00:25:56.72\00:26:00.39
We're talking now
about the 1840s...
00:26:00.42\00:26:04.03
There was the Second
Great Advent Awakening.
00:26:04.06\00:26:08.50
People began to
believe something.
00:26:08.53\00:26:11.57
but during the second
great Advent awakening,
00:26:20.44\00:26:23.98
people had an awakening,
00:26:24.01\00:26:26.35
"Wow! Jesus may
come in my lifetime,
00:26:26.38\00:26:28.88
He's not coming
after the Millennium,
00:26:28.92\00:26:31.09
He's coming
before the Millennium...
00:26:31.12\00:26:32.79
at the beginning
of the Millennium"
00:26:32.82\00:26:34.42
and the stars of
heaven fell unto the earth.
00:26:34.46\00:26:37.53
What was given around the time
of these amazing celestial signs
00:26:37.56\00:26:41.40
a special gift of prophecy was
given around the time when...
00:26:41.43\00:26:45.20
Here is a painting of
a Methodist Camp Meeting.
00:26:56.08\00:27:01.02
Charles Finney
and William Miller
00:27:01.05\00:27:04.59
and a host of others were
preaching around this time.
00:27:04.62\00:27:08.06
and this is a chart
that ultimately was developed
00:27:15.23\00:27:18.53
to use to
proclaim the prophecies
00:27:18.57\00:27:21.37
of Daniel and Revelation.
00:27:21.40\00:27:22.74
A great revival spread in
different parts of the world
00:27:22.77\00:27:25.37
*William Miller, a
Baptist Preacher in the
00:27:40.49\00:27:43.63
Seventh-day Adventist
Church was not in existence...
00:27:43.69\00:27:46.33
William Miller, a Baptist
preacher in the 1830s and 1840s,
00:27:46.36\00:27:51.03
he studied the Scriptures
and he began to proclaim
00:27:51.07\00:27:55.44
that Jesus Christ
is coming and he taught
00:27:55.47\00:27:58.54
that it would be at the
beginning of the Millennium
00:27:58.57\00:27:59.94
not after the Millennium
and he proclaimed the prophecies
00:27:59.97\00:28:03.58
of Daniel and Revelation
and Revivals would break out
00:28:03.61\00:28:07.28
wherever he would go.
00:28:07.32\00:28:08.65
*The Millerite
followers concluded
00:28:08.68\00:28:10.89
that the world would
end on October 22, 1844.
00:28:10.92\00:28:14.46
What mistake did they make?
00:28:14.49\00:28:16.36
Number one: Jesus
said in Matthew 24:36
00:28:16.39\00:28:20.00
"No one knows the day or
the hour when Jesus will come. "
00:28:20.03\00:28:24.63
Date setting is not from God.
00:28:24.67\00:28:28.24
But how did they come
up with this prediction
00:28:28.27\00:28:31.41
were they categorically
all wrong about everything
00:28:31.47\00:28:34.41
they were teaching?
00:28:34.44\00:28:35.78
This was the only
error that they had
00:28:35.81\00:28:38.71
and that was the
timing of something.
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.32
or not the
timing... I'm sorry...
00:28:41.38\00:28:43.92
the nature of something
00:28:43.95\00:28:45.45
The timing of
some event was right...
00:28:45.49\00:28:48.26
now follow along carefully.
00:28:48.29\00:28:49.62
The Millerite
followers concluded
00:28:49.66\00:28:51.69
that the world would
end on October 22, 1844.
00:28:51.73\00:28:55.03
How did they come up
with that prediction?
00:28:55.06\00:28:59.20
That would be 2300
years from 457 B.C.
00:29:07.01\00:29:12.91
The decree to restore
Jerusalem went into effect
00:29:12.95\00:29:16.79
in the autumn of 457
B.C. and you can read
00:29:16.82\00:29:19.99
Sir Isaac Newton's
writings and so forth...
00:29:20.02\00:29:23.53
going 2300 years
later, spanning the centuries,
00:29:23.56\00:29:27.03
that culminates in
the autumn of 1844,
00:29:27.06\00:29:30.30
"so at the time of the
end shall be the vision"
00:29:30.33\00:29:34.10
you say, "time
of the end... 1844?"
00:29:34.14\00:29:36.40
That's right because
00:29:36.44\00:29:39.14
Noah preached the
time-of-the-end message
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.61
for how long? For a 120 years.
00:29:41.64\00:29:45.88
So, therefore, we have
been living in overtime.
00:29:45.91\00:29:49.22
And they were exactly
right, and so, think about it,
00:30:15.61\00:30:20.92
how sure and serious were
these thousands of Millerites?
00:30:20.95\00:30:24.92
Who were the Millerites?
They were Baptists, Methodists,
00:30:24.95\00:30:28.86
Presbyterians,
Lutherans, who said,
00:30:28.92\00:30:33.70
"You know what, I think
William Miller is saying
00:30:33.73\00:30:36.23
something correctly here
00:30:36.26\00:30:37.60
and they left their churches
and they said, "You know what,
00:30:37.63\00:30:40.10
we're going to
follow these teachings. "
00:30:40.14\00:30:41.77
Like I said, the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:30:41.80\00:30:43.67
was not even in existence.
00:30:43.71\00:30:45.17
So, how sure and
serious were these thousands
00:30:45.21\00:30:48.51
of Millerites that
Jesus was coming in that year?
00:30:48.54\00:30:51.51
They were so sure:
00:30:51.58\00:30:54.48
the clock struck midnight.
00:31:04.29\00:31:07.73
When they heard
the chimes at midnight,
00:31:07.76\00:31:11.57
they began to burst into tears.
00:31:11.60\00:31:15.30
It was a bitter disappointment.
00:31:15.34\00:31:18.97
It was known as "The
Great Disappointment... "
00:31:19.01\00:31:23.18
most bitter disappointment
on October 22, 1844.
00:31:23.21\00:31:27.32
You know that the
Bible actually predicted
00:31:27.38\00:31:31.52
that God's people would
come out of this disappointment?
00:31:31.55\00:31:36.83
You read it in Revelation
10 and verses 10 and 11.
00:31:36.86\00:31:41.33
Revelation 10 verses 10 and 11,
go there with me very quickly,
00:31:41.36\00:31:46.70
"Then I took the little
book," it's the book of Daniel
00:31:46.74\00:31:51.11
"out of the
Angel's hand and ate it;
00:31:51.14\00:31:53.14
and it was as sweet
as honey in my mouth:
00:31:53.17\00:31:55.71
according to the
little book in Daniel,
00:31:55.74\00:31:58.18
they misinterpreted the
event, their timing was right
00:31:58.21\00:32:01.42
but the event they thought,
"Oh, Jesus is coming... "
00:32:01.45\00:32:04.55
no... that wasn't the event,
but it was sweet in their mouth
00:32:04.59\00:32:07.46
to believe that
Jesus was coming in 1844.
00:32:07.52\00:32:10.19
"but when I had eaten it,
my stomach became... " what?
00:32:10.23\00:32:14.10
"bitter" they went through
disappointment based on...
00:32:14.13\00:32:17.97
and by the way,
the Bible talks about
00:32:18.00\00:32:19.43
the little book that is opened,
00:32:19.47\00:32:20.80
there's only one
book out of all 66 books
00:32:20.84\00:32:23.17
that was ever closed
and it's the book of Daniel
00:32:23.20\00:32:26.68
according to
Daniel 12 and verse 4
00:32:26.74\00:32:29.11
and so, this is
the book of Daniel,
00:32:29.14\00:32:31.45
and it's saying there
that they would read it,
00:32:31.48\00:32:33.98
and it would be
sweet as honey in the mouth
00:32:34.02\00:32:36.32
but then there
would be a disappointment
00:32:36.35\00:32:38.59
because they misunderstood
what they were reading
00:32:38.65\00:32:40.76
but once they
would be corrected,
00:32:40.79\00:32:43.63
would God say, "Now that
you know the rest of the story,
00:32:43.66\00:32:47.66
I'm sorry... I'm
just done with you all. "
00:32:47.73\00:32:49.96
No, "and he said to me,
00:32:50.00\00:32:52.63
'you... you who went
though this disappointment,
00:32:52.67\00:32:55.70
now that I've corrected
you, I'm not done with you yet,
00:32:55.74\00:32:59.44
you must prophecy again,
00:32:59.47\00:33:02.51
you prophesied something but
it led you to a disappointment,
00:33:02.54\00:33:05.51
but I'm not done now,
00:33:05.55\00:33:06.88
now I've explained
it to you more fully,
00:33:06.92\00:33:09.05
so you get up and you...
00:33:09.08\00:33:11.12
who went through this
bitter disappointment,
00:33:11.15\00:33:14.79
you prophesy again
about many peoples, nations,
00:33:14.82\00:33:18.43
tongues and kings... '"
00:33:18.46\00:33:19.79
in other words, they
would have a worldwide mission.
00:33:19.83\00:33:23.00
Now listen here,
where did they go wrong?
00:33:23.03\00:33:26.80
they misunderstood Daniel 8:14,
00:33:26.84\00:33:29.10
they thought the
sanctuary was the earth
00:33:29.14\00:33:30.77
but the truth is, the
sanctuary is in heaven.
00:33:30.81\00:33:33.94
How many agree?
00:33:33.98\00:33:35.64
We are not looking
to a sanctuary on earth,
00:33:35.68\00:33:37.31
we're looking to
the heavenly sanctuary
00:33:37.35\00:33:38.91
where our great High Priest is,
00:33:38.95\00:33:40.48
and so the Bible
makes it very clear
00:33:40.52\00:33:43.05
the sanctuary is in heaven.
00:33:43.08\00:33:45.12
They thought, "No, the
sanctuary to be cleansed...
00:33:45.15\00:33:48.39
that's going to be
the fiery return of Jesus
00:33:48.42\00:33:50.53
and He's going to cleanse
the earth by His fiery return...
00:33:50.56\00:33:53.70
that's going to be the cleansing
of the sanctuary here. "
00:33:53.73\00:33:56.46
It didn't happen,
they didn't understand
00:33:56.50\00:33:59.23
where did we go wrong? And
the Lord said, "Look up... "
00:33:59.27\00:34:01.34
that's when they
saw the temple of God
00:34:01.37\00:34:04.17
open in heaven,
Revelation 11 verse 19,
00:34:04.21\00:34:06.98
then they begin to
see the Ten Commandments
00:34:07.01\00:34:09.88
in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:34:09.91\00:34:11.88
and they looked
closer and they could see
00:34:11.91\00:34:14.02
there was a commandment that
most people were not keeping
00:34:14.05\00:34:17.25
and hence, out of this,
00:34:17.29\00:34:19.65
God raised up His
Seventh-Day Adventist Church.
00:34:19.69\00:34:23.26
Faithful to His word...
00:34:23.29\00:34:25.09
God raised up
the Gift of Prophecy
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.70
to guide His disappointed people
00:34:26.73\00:34:28.23
and lead them into a worldwide
movement to proclaim the gospel.
00:34:28.26\00:34:31.80
So, to this day... the
Seventh-day Adventist church
00:34:31.83\00:34:34.34
is one of the fastest growing
denominations, per capita,
00:34:34.37\00:34:37.94
percentage wise from
the 16 million of today.
00:34:37.97\00:34:41.94
If you are going through a
personal crisis in your life,
00:35:04.83\00:35:08.57
if you are facing
financial challenges,
00:35:08.60\00:35:10.91
if you are suffering
from a health problem,
00:35:10.94\00:35:13.14
if your marriage
is needing a miracle,
00:35:13.17\00:35:15.54
if you have a special
concern for your children,
00:35:15.58\00:35:17.91
whatever your need
may be, give us a call
00:35:17.95\00:35:20.22
and we will pray with you.
00:35:20.25\00:35:21.62
For your prayer requests,
call us at: 1-855-336-FREE.
00:35:21.65\00:35:26.89
If the Son sets you free,
you are free indeed. John 8:36.
00:35:26.92\00:35:32.13
He's done that before,
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.92
I wish I had time to
explore that with you.
00:35:57.95\00:35:59.62
First He chose
an African-American
00:36:17.04\00:36:20.84
at a time of deep
prejudice and slavery,
00:36:20.88\00:36:24.51
God's first choice
was a man of color.
00:36:24.55\00:36:28.15
Brilliant young
Baptist Minister,
00:36:28.18\00:36:30.59
by the name of William
Foy, He gave him revelations,
00:36:30.62\00:36:34.69
and told him to share
it, he was unfaithful.
00:36:34.72\00:36:38.16
Then God chose another man,
Hazen Foss, a talented young man
00:36:38.19\00:36:44.27
gave him revelations...
he proved unfaithful.
00:36:44.30\00:36:47.90
Then... God's third choice was
a young 17-year old frail woman
00:36:47.97\00:36:54.11
by the name of Ellen Harmon,
who would become Ellen G. White.
00:36:54.14\00:37:00.28
Ellen Harmon received her
first vision in December of 1844
00:37:00.32\00:37:06.39
a couple of months after
that bitter disappointment.
00:37:06.42\00:37:09.02
What miraculous
event, did Hazen Foss...
00:37:09.06\00:37:11.83
the one who got the vision,
00:37:11.89\00:37:14.86
what did he, Hazen Foss, witness
00:37:14.90\00:37:17.50
shortly after he had his vision?
00:37:17.53\00:37:20.04
He spoke to her
afterwards, trembling,
00:37:38.99\00:37:44.09
Ellen Harmon was not a person
00:38:11.95\00:38:18.96
that was wanting to
be in the limelight.
00:38:18.99\00:38:21.33
She was not
wanting anyone's attention
00:38:21.36\00:38:23.67
and she found this
very, very heavy on her heart.
00:38:23.70\00:38:28.27
She was humble, she
didn't want to go out
00:38:28.30\00:38:32.67
and shout everything abroad,
00:38:32.71\00:38:34.68
but God compelled
her by His Holy Spirit
00:38:34.71\00:38:37.68
to be faithful
and she was warned...
00:38:37.71\00:38:40.62
and so during her 70
years of public ministry...
00:38:40.65\00:38:45.22
she received 2,000
Prophetic visions and dreams.
00:38:45.25\00:38:49.72
Did the Bible predict it?
Yes... and it has happened,
00:38:49.76\00:38:54.03
and it can
continue to happen more.
00:38:54.06\00:38:57.07
What about the
life of Ellen G. White?
00:38:57.13\00:39:00.34
She was born on
November 26, 1827.
00:39:00.37\00:39:03.57
one of... she was a twin...
00:39:03.61\00:39:05.57
She was unable to continue...
here's what happened.
00:39:05.61\00:39:08.44
At the age of 9,
she was struck...
00:39:08.48\00:39:12.91
coming home... she
was struck by a stone,
00:39:12.95\00:39:15.85
a classmate threw a stone
and hit her in the forehead,
00:39:15.88\00:39:20.06
and she lay
unconscious for three weeks
00:39:20.12\00:39:23.86
fighting for her life,
00:39:23.93\00:39:25.26
they didn't think
she would make it.
00:39:25.29\00:39:27.83
She was unable... her
face was permanently disfigured
00:39:27.86\00:39:32.67
and she was unable to
continue her schooling
00:39:32.73\00:39:35.90
beyond the third grade,
00:39:35.94\00:39:38.27
she never got beyond the early
grades of formal schooling.
00:39:38.34\00:39:43.11
She attended a
Methodist Camp Meeting,
00:39:43.14\00:39:45.81
in Buckstown, Maine,
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.62
and was baptized
at the age of 12,
00:39:47.68\00:39:49.78
in June 26... I'm sorry...
actually... older than that...
00:39:49.82\00:39:53.59
June 26 of 1842 in
the Atlantic Ocean.
00:39:53.62\00:39:58.56
Ellen and her family
attended some meetings
00:39:58.59\00:40:00.96
held in Portland,
Maine, by William Miller
00:40:01.00\00:40:03.37
and his Associates,
00:40:03.40\00:40:04.73
they experienced
the Great Disappointment
00:40:04.77\00:40:07.47
of October 22,
1844, and God called her
00:40:07.50\00:40:10.37
at the young age of
17, that's why I say,
00:40:10.41\00:40:13.24
"Young people, let Jesus... "
00:40:13.27\00:40:15.64
God called me at a young
age, unfortunately I kept...
00:40:15.68\00:40:19.08
not wanting to
follow God, but then...
00:40:19.11\00:40:23.65
God was merciful to me
00:40:23.69\00:40:25.05
and He called me to
preach at the age of 20.
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.62
God called her at
the young age of 17
00:40:28.66\00:40:31.09
while she
weighed a mere 80 pounds
00:40:31.13\00:40:33.50
and was fighting tuberculosis
and a heart condition.
00:40:33.53\00:40:36.36
It was in December of 1844
00:40:36.40\00:40:39.53
that she
received her first vision.
00:40:39.57\00:40:41.57
She was shown the Advent people
00:40:41.60\00:40:43.81
traveling on an
elevated road to heaven
00:40:43.84\00:40:45.81
with a brilliant light
illuminating the pathway,
00:40:45.84\00:40:48.78
And here's what
Ellen White said,
00:41:03.39\00:41:05.03
But she proved to be
faithful, she was faithful.
00:41:15.20\00:41:18.91
On August 30,
1846, two years later,
00:41:18.97\00:41:22.71
she married James White,
who was also a young preacher
00:41:22.74\00:41:26.82
preaching the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:41:26.85\00:41:28.75
She went through a lot,
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.44
they had four boys,
and two died prematurely.
00:41:50.47\00:41:54.71
So she lost two
boys and her husband.
00:41:54.74\00:41:57.45
She went through
a lot of heartache.
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.12
Now listen...
00:42:11.09\00:42:13.63
She has written about:
Victorious Christian living,
00:42:33.01\00:42:35.92
Diet and health, Prenatal care,
00:42:35.95\00:42:37.55
Drugs, Education,
Family, Marriage, and Prophecy.
00:42:37.59\00:42:41.82
And so, she has
written extensively.
00:42:41.89\00:42:46.26
You say, "But Mark... did
her predictions come true?"
00:42:46.29\00:42:50.17
Let me give you
a little sampling.
00:42:50.20\00:42:51.80
Her predictions
were accurate, she said,
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.67
And at that time... it seemed...
00:43:12.75\00:43:14.86
that that was totally
false... it would never happen.
00:43:14.89\00:43:17.73
But it did happen,
Ellen White's prediction
00:43:17.76\00:43:21.06
was dramatically fulfilled
during the Civil War days.
00:43:21.10\00:43:24.00
This is talking
about, I believe,
00:43:52.89\00:43:55.93
World War 1 and World War 2.
00:43:55.96\00:43:57.97
Millions and
millions and millions perished
00:43:58.00\00:44:01.00
during the 20th
Century, the bloodiest of all.
00:44:01.04\00:44:03.97
Then she predicted the
Great San Francisco Earthquake.
00:44:04.01\00:44:09.04
I wonder what
she would say today.
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.62
And the Boston Post
00:44:43.45\00:44:45.31
showcased it in
their front cover,
00:44:45.35\00:44:47.68
"Fire follows Earthquake,
Heart of City is in Ruins. "
00:44:47.72\00:44:53.12
They said the prophet wept.
00:44:53.15\00:44:55.86
Listen to what she said,
00:44:55.89\00:44:58.53
"On one occasion,
when in New York City,
00:44:58.56\00:45:01.80
I was in the night season,
called upon to behold buildings
00:45:01.83\00:45:05.90
rising story after
story toward heaven.
00:45:05.93\00:45:08.80
These buildings were
warranted to be fireproof,
00:45:08.84\00:45:12.84
and they were erected to glorify
their owners and builders. "
00:45:12.87\00:45:16.54
The scene that
next passed before me
00:45:16.58\00:45:19.55
was an alarm of fire.
00:45:19.58\00:45:22.42
Men looked at the lofty and
supposedly fireproof buildings
00:45:22.45\00:45:26.39
and said: 'They
are perfectly safe. '
00:45:26.42\00:45:28.49
But these buildings were
consumed as if made of pitch.
00:45:28.52\00:45:32.06
The fire engines could do
nothing to stay the destruction.
00:45:32.09\00:45:35.56
The firemen were unable
to operate the engines. "
00:45:35.63\00:45:38.63
And then I think about 9/11
and I'm thinking of other events
00:45:38.67\00:45:45.34
that can happen like this.
00:45:45.37\00:45:47.08
Would you agree...
00:45:47.11\00:45:48.44
the twin towers
did not come down
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.08
because two planes hit them,
00:45:51.11\00:45:52.71
they came down because
00:45:52.75\00:45:54.65
there was a whole lot
of fuel in those planes
00:45:54.68\00:45:56.82
and it was fire that
brought those buildings down.
00:45:56.85\00:46:00.02
And so, she is the most
translated woman author, writer,
00:46:00.06\00:46:05.03
in the entire
history of literature
00:46:05.06\00:46:07.10
and the most translated
00:46:07.13\00:46:08.56
American author
of either gender.
00:46:08.60\00:46:11.00
How many have ever
heard of Paul Harvey?
00:46:11.03\00:46:12.90
Paul Harvey attended the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:46:12.93\00:46:15.77
in Arizona, and so he said,
00:46:15.80\00:46:21.04
"Women have been honored
on American Postage Stamps
00:46:21.08\00:46:25.11
for more than 100
years, starting with one woman
00:46:25.18\00:46:29.02
who is not an
American, Queen Isabella, 1893.
00:46:29.08\00:46:32.89
Dr. Clive M. McCay, the
late professor of nutrition
00:47:03.28\00:47:07.76
at Cornell University, stated:
00:47:07.79\00:47:09.32
Now, you got to understand
00:47:29.24\00:47:31.05
what was going on
in the medical field.
00:47:31.08\00:47:32.95
Give me a break...
00:47:40.46\00:47:42.32
Imagine going to
the doctor back there
00:47:42.36\00:47:44.53
and like: "Lungs...
you need a cigar... "
00:47:44.56\00:47:46.19
pull it out of the
drawer, you know...
00:47:46.26\00:47:47.86
Amazing...
00:48:02.44\00:48:03.78
She never exalted her
writings above the Bible.
00:48:03.81\00:48:09.82
Seventh-day
Adventists do not believe
00:48:09.85\00:48:12.82
that we have a
Bible and another Bible.
00:48:12.85\00:48:15.79
There is only one Bible.
00:48:15.82\00:48:18.63
If I wrote books, they certainly
would not be another Bible.
00:48:18.66\00:48:24.53
Can evangelists
write books? They can.
00:48:24.57\00:48:27.70
Can teachers
write books? They can.
00:48:27.74\00:48:30.74
Can pastors
write books? They can.
00:48:30.81\00:48:33.78
Can prophets
write books? They can.
00:48:33.88\00:48:36.54
Now, here's what she said,
00:48:36.58\00:48:38.98
And that is the
role of a prophet.
00:48:45.42\00:48:47.86
So what books has she written?
00:48:55.83\00:48:57.77
She has written
on the life of Jesus
00:48:57.83\00:48:59.73
a book called,
"The Desire of Ages"
00:48:59.77\00:49:01.64
a book called, "Steps to Christ"
00:49:01.67\00:49:03.47
we've been handing
it out in this seminar,
00:49:03.51\00:49:05.61
the book of, "Thoughts
from the Mount of Blessing"
00:49:05.64\00:49:08.51
and many other books,
00:49:08.54\00:49:09.88
in 1946, you got to
hear this, W. E. Beaumont,
00:49:09.91\00:49:14.32
who at the time, was an official
00:49:14.35\00:49:15.85
in the Library of
Congress in Washington, D.C.
00:49:15.88\00:49:18.89
was asked which
book in that vast library
00:49:18.95\00:49:21.89
on the life of Christ he felt
00:49:21.92\00:49:23.56
was the most outstanding
and here's what he said,
00:49:23.59\00:49:26.66
you got to check this out,
00:49:26.70\00:49:28.03
"My preference of
choice would be guided
00:49:28.06\00:49:30.97
by what I wish to get
from the book of books
00:49:31.00\00:49:34.14
to be read, but
let me put it this way
00:49:34.17\00:49:37.14
I would put "The Desire of
Ages" by Ellen G. White... first
00:49:37.17\00:49:41.24
for spiritual discernment
and practical application. "
00:49:41.28\00:49:46.82
When I first gave
my heart to Jesus,
00:49:46.85\00:49:49.85
I was a 9th-Grade dropout
and I spent several years
00:49:49.88\00:49:55.82
smoking, drinking,
drugs, and when I was converted,
00:49:55.86\00:50:01.66
the Lord told me,
"You're going to read now"
00:50:01.73\00:50:04.57
and I hated
reading, I was a slow reader
00:50:04.63\00:50:07.87
but when I fell
in love with Jesus,
00:50:07.90\00:50:10.11
I fell in love
with reading the Bible.
00:50:10.14\00:50:12.37
But then there
was also another book
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.61
that I began to read in
addition to the Scriptures
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that had a lot of
Scripture in it...
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the book "The Desire
of Ages" by Ellen White
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on the life of Jesus and
what I would do... and many
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she quotes hundreds of
Scriptures in that book
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and I would... many
times... look up the Scriptures,
00:50:28.06\00:50:30.36
and highlight them, and
when I would read that book
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I would weep
00:50:34.50\00:50:35.90
because it helped me
to get acquainted better
00:50:35.93\00:50:38.47
with Jesus Christ
because she explained it
00:50:38.50\00:50:40.94
Now with Daniel,
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Daniel was
supernaturally sustained
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the prophet...
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keeps his or her eyes
open throughout the vision
00:51:17.91\00:51:20.21
and in vision the prophet is
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supernaturally
sustained like Daniel.
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In vision, the
prophet is breathless...
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so... visions are breathtaking.
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There was physical phenomenon.
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So, here's what she did.
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Without looking at the Bible,
because she was in a trance,
00:52:02.28\00:52:06.59
she was in vision,
eyes opened, looking up,
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breathless, not even breathing,
supernaturally sustained,
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and the Lord led her to
point and underline a Scripture
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or point with her
finger to the Scripture
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and quote it perfectly
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and then turn to
another Scripture,
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and point to another Scripture
and quote it perfectly...
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she did that 50 times.
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Now, number one: see
if you can do it one time.
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Try it tonight
before you go to bed.
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"All right... how
am I doing honey... "
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"Not too good. " You
might stay up all night.
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All right, secondly,
secondly... there were skeptics
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there were skeptics, you see...
what did the skeptics observe?
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What they did is
that they took a candle
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and there was no flicker
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when they put it
in front of her mouth.
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This is what the...
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a test that
different skeptics did
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including the
Kelloggs' brothers,
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you've heard of
Kellogg's cornflakes
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and believe in
the Lord your God,
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and you shall be established;
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believe His prophets,
and you shall prosper.
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The Seventh-day
Adventist Church,
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I'm glad to tell you tonight,
00:53:35.58\00:53:37.85
is one of the fastest
growing churches in the world!
00:53:37.91\00:53:40.98
Around 16 million
strong and growing rapidly.
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Jesus believes in
the laying on of hands
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and it might even
be at a hospital bed.
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How many believe: God
does raise up hospitals as well
00:54:41.74\00:54:45.35
and Seventh-day
Adventists live... years longer
00:54:45.38\00:54:48.42
than most
non-Seventh-Day Adventists
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and then Ellen White died on
July 16, 1915 at the age of 87
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and The New York
Independent wrote:
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Here's what she
said, as I close.
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See if you can read
the book, "Steps to Christ"
00:55:31.63\00:55:34.80
without getting
very, very close to Jesus
00:55:34.86\00:55:38.03
as she quotes many Scriptures.
00:55:38.07\00:55:39.73
Oh Beloved, I am so thankful
00:55:59.15\00:56:01.69
that as we
criss-cross North America,
00:56:01.72\00:56:05.19
as we have
criss-crossed North America
00:56:05.23\00:56:08.46
meeting 1,000s of
people just like you
00:56:08.50\00:56:11.67
from all different denominations
or no denomination,
00:56:11.70\00:56:14.97
as they have
heard plain Scriptures,
00:56:15.00\00:56:18.84
clear Scriptures,
they have taken a stand
00:56:18.87\00:56:21.91
and said, "You know
what? I want to follow Jesus
00:56:21.94\00:56:24.48
and I want to
follow His truth. "
00:56:24.51\00:56:26.31
Here in a little church
in Spearfish, South Dakota
00:56:26.35\00:56:28.98
40 souls took a stand
and said, "You know what?
00:56:29.02\00:56:31.62
I'm willing to make a change,
00:56:31.65\00:56:33.29
I believe in the
Seventh-day Sabbath,
00:56:33.32\00:56:35.36
I believe Jesus
Christ is my Savior,
00:56:35.39\00:56:37.33
I believe He wants the
church to go worldwide,
00:56:37.39\00:56:39.89
I believe Jesus is coming soon,
00:56:39.93\00:56:42.00
I believe it's not
going to be a Secret Rapture,
00:56:42.06\00:56:43.87
it's going to be the glorious
appearing of Jesus Christ
00:56:43.90\00:56:46.37
and I'm so thankful that:
00:56:46.40\00:56:49.27
Do you hear His voice?
00:56:59.21\00:57:00.55
Do you hear His
voice calling you?
00:57:00.58\00:57:02.72
Some of you may need
to be baptized again.
00:57:02.78\00:57:05.69
I was re-baptized.
00:57:05.72\00:57:07.79
Many times people
will say, "You know what?
00:57:07.82\00:57:10.63
I've heard this
truth about Jesus Christ
00:57:10.66\00:57:12.86
and have never been
baptized by immersion,
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.06
I want to be
baptized by immersion.
00:57:15.10\00:57:16.77
Sometimes, people
say, "You know what?
00:57:16.80\00:57:18.40
I've had revival in my life...
I want to be re-baptized. "
00:57:18.43\00:57:21.30
What are you waiting
for? Arise and be baptized.
00:57:21.34\00:57:26.78
I say this tonight as I
close, why follow Jesus?
00:57:26.81\00:57:32.58
Why follow the truths
00:57:32.61\00:57:34.42
that you've been
learning in this Seminar?
00:57:34.45\00:57:36.18
Because Jesus loves
you... all of us... a lot...
00:57:36.22\00:57:40.46
and He has one fold,
00:57:40.52\00:57:42.82
and He's calling you
out, He's calling you in.
00:57:42.86\00:57:47.03
Although sudden
and alarming changes
00:57:47.06\00:57:50.37
are sweeping across the globe,
00:57:50.40\00:57:52.13
you and your
family can be prepared
00:57:52.17\00:57:54.34
to face the
future with confidence.
00:57:54.37\00:57:56.47
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