Participants: Mark Fox
Series Code: AMP
Program Code: AMP000030A
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00:04 We are racing towards the global crisis at the close.
00:09 God is going to set up His kingdom on earth. 00:13 Preparation for the tribulation and the translation 00:18 is to develop a character like Jesus Christ. 00:21 To reach every hamlet, 00:22 every village, every man, 00:24 every child, every person in India, 00:27 every person in South America 00:28 must hear these Three Angles' Messages. 00:34 These are stories 00:36 that illustrate the kind of fabric of character 00:38 and perseverance that we need to go through the tribulation 00:42 just as certainly as they did. 00:44 The Bible makes it very clear 00:45 we are living in an unusual hour. 00:48 The last grains of sand 00:49 are trickling through the hourglass of time 00:52 and the door of probation is about to swing shot. 01:00 It's the last prophecy of the Old Testament, 01:03 it is startling, stunning, prophetic and practical. 01:07 Go with me to the last page of the Old Testament. 01:12 If you don't know where that is, 01:13 go to Matthew, all right and then back up. 01:17 All right, Malachi 4:5-6, 01:22 "Behold, I will send you Elijah The Prophet 01:27 before timing, 01:30 the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, 01:34 what would be his mission 01:36 and he will turn or transform 01:40 or convert the hearts of the fathers to the children 01:47 and the hearts of the children to their fathers, 01:51 lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. 01:56 These are packed words. 01:59 This is the concentrated passage of scripture 02:05 that really has a lot to do with our day 02:10 and understanding what God wants to accomplish 02:14 through each one of us 02:16 because God wants us to be 02:18 part of his Elijah movement. 02:23 Would you agree, God is on the move, 02:26 God is up to something and what is He up to? 02:29 He is moving us to be part of his movement. 02:36 Does that make sense? 02:37 How many agree, got to move 02:38 if you want to be part of his movement. 02:40 You got to move in to his movement, 02:41 it's the Elijah movement. 02:43 Now listen carefully. 02:45 I'll read it again. 02:47 Behold, I will send you Elijah the Prophet, 02:51 would agree if God sends a prophet, 02:54 you better let him sit at your dinner table. 02:57 If God sends you a prophet, you better show him respect. 03:01 If God sends you a prophet, 03:03 you better listen up and take some notes, amen. 03:05 And so Elijah is sent to us to planet earth, 03:10 and so the Bible says, 03:11 behold, I will send you Elijah not just anybody, 03:15 I will send you Elijah, this lone, rugged, 03:18 singular prophet, that stood tall in his day, 03:22 he was towered for the cause of God, 03:24 he was bold with his message. 03:26 The Bible says, before the coming 03:29 of the great and dreadful day of the Lord, 03:32 that sounds ominous, that sounds like serious stuff. 03:36 And so the Bible makes it very clear 03:38 that this Elijah has a work to do. 03:42 He has a mission, he has a message, 03:45 he has something to accomplish 03:47 and it must be accomplish 03:49 in preparation for the day of the Lord 03:53 in proximity of time, in sequence of time. 03:56 All right, would you agree timing is everything? 03:59 Here's the sequence of final events. 04:02 First Elijah returns, he does his work, 04:07 his preparatory work and then, the Lord comes, 04:11 before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 04:15 Now we will discover 04:17 that, that has a dual application 04:23 for the Lord's first coming 04:26 and in preparation for the Lord's second coming. 04:29 All right, I just let the bird out of the cage, all right. 04:33 You know, I am just helping you get the pace 04:36 and tone of our topic tonight. 04:39 What will he accomplish? 04:41 He will turn, he will change, he will turn. 04:43 Would you agree, when you are driving, 04:45 turns are important? 04:47 He will turn when you are walking with the Lord, 04:50 turns are important. 04:51 How many agree, the Bible says we follow Jesus. 04:55 The Bible says you will hear a word 04:57 behind you saying this is the way, 04:59 walk in it, when you turn to the left 05:02 or when you turn to the right. 05:03 How many of you agree, if the Holy Spirit turns right, 05:05 you go right, 05:06 Holy Spirit turns left, you go left. 05:08 How many agree, you go where the Holy Spirit leads you. 05:10 It's called being led by the spirit, 05:13 Romans 8:14 and the other scripture 05:15 about letting the Holy Spirit guide you, 05:17 that's Isaiah 30:21, so watch this. 05:21 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, 05:24 we sing to him faith of our fathers." 05:29 Well, we know that many young people 05:31 are leaving the churches, leaving the Christian church. 05:35 What's happening? What's happening? 05:37 They are saying, I don't want the faith of my father, 05:40 I reject the faith of my fathers. 05:42 Would you agree that's the ultimate insult 05:44 to mom and dad, 05:46 that they don't want mom and dad's religion? 05:48 They don't want mom and dad's understanding of Jesus. 05:52 Well, let me tell you, if mom and dad 05:53 had a false understanding then the kids are justified, 05:56 but if it's Jesus, if it's truly Jesus, 05:59 would you agree it's a travesty, 06:01 it's a tragedy to leave the faith of you fathers, 06:04 when it's a genuine faith. 06:07 He will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children 06:09 and the hearts of the children to their fathers. 06:11 In other words to go back to the truth 06:13 that was trampled upon. 06:16 Go back to the truth, 06:18 the truths that were being trampled upon, 06:20 go back to that truth. 06:22 Go back, let it be restored. 06:24 Go back to the faith once delivered to the saints. 06:27 It say in Jude verse 3, 06:29 "Earnestly contend for the faith 06:31 that was once delivered to the saints." 06:34 Go back to that girl fashion religion, amen. 06:37 Go back to the true revival. 06:40 And so notice here it says, 06:41 in the hearts of the children to their fathers, 06:43 lest I come and strike the earth with a curse. 06:45 Would you agree, there is a curse upon this earth 06:48 because we have left the faith of our fathers? 06:52 And would you agree our world is cursed. 06:55 Come on now, in my backyard in Texas, 06:59 there are thorns, but I mean we got there, 07:01 everything's big in Texas they say but guess what? 07:04 Big thorns. 07:06 You know, really I think about thorns 07:08 that must have been placed on Jesus' head, 07:10 they must have been like Texas' thorns. 07:12 I mean they are unbreakable. 07:15 They are like this long, they are like nails. 07:17 I mean these are thorns. 07:20 And so I'm here to tell you, it's a symbol of curse. 07:23 Our world is cursed 07:25 because we have left the faith of our fathers. 07:28 Would you agree, 07:29 if we are going to be ready for Jesus to come, 07:31 there must be preparation for translation, 07:35 and Elijah was translated without tasting death. 07:39 Are you interested, yes or no? 07:42 He had preparation for translation. 07:46 We are not just going to go floating up to the sky 07:50 unless we are prepared to meet Him in glory. 07:53 The Bible makes it very clear, without holiness, 07:56 no man shall see the Lord, Hebrew 12:14. 07:59 There is preparation for translation 08:03 and that's where the return of Elijah comes in with importance 08:07 and relevance and practical application, 08:10 we need to unpack this. 08:11 We need to unfold this 08:13 how does the Elijah message impact my daily life. 08:18 How many agree, if it's not practical 08:21 then it doesn't affect your life. 08:22 How many agree, prophecy must be made practical. 08:26 If you're in agreement, say amen. 08:28 And so the Old Testament 08:31 contains this power punched prophecy, 08:35 so is Elijah, I get that out, 08:39 is Elijah alive and well on planet earth, is he? 08:43 Well, maybe you've heard of Yom Kippur, 08:47 Orthodox Jews to this day celebrate Yom Kippur. 08:51 And did you know, on the day of atonement, 08:54 Yom Kippur, Orthodox Jews set a place at their supper table 08:58 for none other than, who they are anticipating, 09:01 who they are expecting, who they are longing for, 09:04 praying for, Elijah. 09:05 You remember when Jesus was on the cause 09:07 and he cried out my God, my God, 09:09 why hast thou forsaken me. 09:10 And he said that in Aramaic, remember. 09:13 And what happened? 09:15 They said, oh, he is calling for Elijah, you remember. 09:20 And so, they are looking for Elijah. 09:23 And by the way, you remember at the transfiguration 09:27 who showed up, Moses and Elijah, 09:31 and so they expected the literal return of Elijah. 09:36 And guess what? 09:37 Did you know that ultimately Elijah will literally return. 09:43 Would you agree when Jesus comes, 09:45 the Bible say in Revelation 8:1, 09:48 there is silence in heaven, the space of half an hour, 09:50 that's prophetic time for seven days, 09:53 that translates seven days. 09:54 Seven days when Jesus comes down here 09:56 and then we go on that space journey 09:59 that will last seven days. 10:00 Are we going to have fun, yes or no? 10:03 This is the ultimate kids day by the way. 10:05 Come on now, don't kids just love 10:08 to do some fun things like this. 10:10 Come on, there is a kid in all of us, 10:12 I don't know about you 10:13 but I'm looking forward to just you know fly. 10:15 Do you have-- Do you still-- 10:16 Do you all still have dreams about flying? 10:18 I do and I'm thinking to myself while I'm doing that, 10:21 I'm thinking to myself, this is real. 10:24 I'm really hoping this is not a dream, this is real. 10:26 Anyway I do a fly over, okay. 10:28 Anyway so, when Jesus comes again, 10:30 Elijah will come, Elijah will literally return, 10:35 but that's not the focus. 10:37 The focus is figuratively not literally, 10:42 spiritually and not physically, 10:46 they expect the literal return of Elijah, 10:48 is the prophecy of Malachi 4:5, 6 literal or symbolic? 10:53 Let me validate that it's symbolic. 10:55 What does it means that Elijah will return 10:57 before the coming of the Lord? 11:00 This is our probing question. 11:02 So what is the message? 11:04 This is the fundament basic question 11:07 that launches us into this topic. 11:09 What is the message 11:11 and mission of Elijah in the time of the end? 11:16 If it's not to be applied literally, physically 11:19 but rather figuratively and spiritually, 11:23 then we must ask the question, all right, 11:26 what was the message of the man? 11:29 What was the mission of the prophet? 11:32 Because it's going to be repeated 11:34 before the Lord returns. 11:35 So therefore, 11:37 the stories of Elijah 11:39 illustrate the prophecy of Elijah. 11:44 Elijah is like a walking, living prophecy 11:49 because his life 11:51 was a foreshadowing of Jesus in some sense, 11:57 John the Baptist and God's church 12:00 and its remnant in the last days. 12:02 I'll validate that in a moment. 12:04 Come with me back to the time 12:07 when Israel was steeped in idolatry. 12:11 They had backslidden big time. 12:14 They had stumbled into the pit of absolute rebellion 12:20 and rejection of the faith of their fathers. 12:23 They were backslidden. 12:26 Now remember, Elijah is a type of the church. 12:31 Would you agree the Christian church 12:33 now has backslidden big time? 12:37 Would you agree the Christian church of today 12:40 has drifted into the world? 12:45 Elijah is a type of the church. 12:50 Would you agree, we need Elijah more than ever before. 12:53 What was his powerful ministry? 12:55 1 Kings 16:30. 12:58 Let's go there together. 13:00 Are we ready to learn tonight. 13:01 1 Kings 16 and looking there at verse 30. 13:08 The Bible says "Now Ahab son of Omri 13:11 did evil in the sights of Lord 13:13 more than all who ever before him." 13:16 What a notorious reputation. 13:20 What a checkered legacy. 13:23 I want you to notice that 13:25 this man really outdid all his predecessors, 13:28 when it came to evil. 13:30 And so he was the king of Israel. 13:36 So "Ahab son of Omri did more evil in the eyes of Lord 13:40 than any of those before him." 13:42 He not only considered it a trivial thing 13:47 to commit the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, 13:51 but he also married Jezebel." 13:54 Would you agree that was match made in hell. 14:00 "Married Jezebel daughter of Ethbaal, 14:03 what does that sound like Eth what? 14:05 Baal. Ball was the sun god. 14:07 They worshiped the sun. 14:09 I love the sun but you are not to worship the sun. 14:13 You worship the one who made the sun, SON, amen. 14:17 So he married Jezebel, daughter of Ethbaal, 14:23 king of Sidonians, 14:24 and began to serve Baal and worship him. 14:26 Hey, I wonder why, because he was influenced 14:31 by his wife, so therefore, 14:34 "He set up an altar for Baal in the temple of Baal 14:37 that he built in Samaria. 14:38 Ahab also made an Asherah pole 14:41 and did more to provoke Lord, the God of Israel, 14:44 to anger than did all the kings of Israel before him." 14:47 And so point, you must not overlook. 14:52 Sometimes loved once 14:54 can influence you to not follow the truth. 14:59 And that doesn't mean they are terrible people, 15:01 it means that, well, in this case 15:02 Jezebel was a terrible person 15:04 but sometimes your loved ones, 15:06 who love you can actually give you counsel, 15:11 that's not biblical. 15:13 They don't mean to, 15:14 it wasn't intentional but bless their heart, 15:17 they just didn't have the truth, 15:19 by which to counsel you correctly. 15:22 And so you must tell them, 15:24 I love you but you know, got to go by my conscience, 15:27 I'm bound to follow 15:28 what I understand in the word of God, 15:30 because now I know the truth 15:31 and it has set me free, John 8:32. 15:34 So listen carefully. 15:35 On one occasion Peter told Jesus, 15:37 I'm not going to let you go up and be crucified, 15:39 and Jesus said get behind me Satan, 15:41 Luke 9, Matthew 16. 15:43 What was that all about? 15:45 A loved one that was trying to talk Jesus 15:48 out of doing what he was called to do. 15:50 How many agree he was born to die for our sins 15:53 and so you know, 15:54 sometimes loved ones can give you wrong counsel, 15:58 so how many agree, Bible says here, 16:01 if you love father or mother or son or daughter more than me, 16:06 you are not worthy of me, that's Matthew 10. 16:10 Bible says, sometimes that the enemies are found 16:14 in the household, Matthew 10. 16:17 And so, however the Bible says love your enemies. 16:20 Can you say amen. Okay. 16:21 Sometime loved ones can influence you 16:24 to not follow the truth. 16:26 Now Elijah, here comes Elijah, stepping into the story. 16:29 "Now Elijah the Tishbite, from Tishbe in Gilead, 16:32 said to Ahab, 'As the Lord, 16:34 the God of Israel, lives whom I serve, 16:37 there will be neither dew nor rain 16:38 in the next few years except at my word." 16:41 Bombshell exploding there at the feet of King Ahab 16:47 there in the royal palace 16:49 as the king sat on the edge of his chair. 16:52 And I can see him looking a little irate, red face, 16:57 furiated but there he is nonetheless, 17:01 captivated by every syllable 17:03 that came from the lips of this lone prophet Elijah. 17:08 So the Bible makes it very clear 17:10 that Elijah had the bravery, the courage to go in there 17:15 and tell him something he didn't want to hear. 17:18 He told him, it's judgment time. 17:21 Elijah's message was the message of judgment 17:26 and Elijah is a type of the church. 17:29 Would you agree, the Elijah movement the last day, 17:32 it's all about preparation for the coming of the Lord, 17:35 we've already established that. 17:36 If you're going to be ready for the coming of the Lord, 17:38 you must hear a message of judgment. 17:41 How many agree it's judgment in the house of the Lord, 17:43 just as surely as there was judgment 17:45 in the house of the Lord, in the time of Elijah. 17:48 Are we understanding this tonight. 17:49 All right, let's keep marching forward her now. 17:52 It takes courage to stand up for the truth before the King. 17:57 Elijah had the truth, the king didn't really want to hear it 18:01 but Elijah was bold, he was courageous, 18:05 he was loyal to God, 18:07 no matter how tall and challenging the duty, 18:10 he performed it 18:12 and so he went in before the king, 18:14 stood up before the king. 18:16 Now the king can, you know, snap of a finger get the guards 18:20 and have spears and, you know, history... 18:25 Elijah just did what he was told to do, 18:28 and let the chips fall where they may. 18:31 Would you agree, it takes courage 18:33 to stand up for the truth? 18:35 Certainly when the powers that be, 18:39 for example your boss might not want to hear you say, 18:44 I need the Sabbath off. 18:46 I need to have the Sabbath off. 18:49 You know, I meet thousands of people, 18:51 and people will come to me, 18:53 you know, I believe the scriptures, 18:56 it says don't work on the seventh day Sabbath, 18:59 but I got to work 19:02 and my boss, I said, well, wait a minute, 19:04 who's your boss. 19:05 Well you know, I work at Wal-Mart 19:07 or I work, you know, I'm attorney or whatever. 19:10 I said, well, who's your boss. 19:12 They'll tell you who the boss is. 19:14 I say but who is your ultimate boss. 19:17 Well, I guess God. 19:19 I say, well, have you talked to your boss about that? 19:23 You see, it requires faith 19:25 and courage to stand up for doing what's right 19:28 even though the boss may vent out like that of rage king, 19:31 you want Saturday off? 19:35 Why not stand up for the Lord's day, 19:38 and tell your boss you will not work 19:40 on the seventh-day Sabbath. 19:42 Would you agree, you got a take the prophecy 19:44 and apply it 19:46 and you must be willing to stand up 19:49 for the truth of Elijah, 19:50 the truth, the undiluted truth is, 19:53 God wants us to obey Him at any cost. 19:56 But you know what? 19:58 What you're hearing today are smooth things. 20:00 It doesn't matter what day you keep. 20:04 What? 20:05 I just read in the Ten Commandments, 20:07 it says the seventh-day don't work on that day. 20:09 Oh, Jesus did away with that. 20:14 Or they will say like this, you mean to tell me 20:17 we are all wrong in this little group of-- 20:19 what does they say their name, 20:22 the issue is this, not who is better than others 20:26 because God has His people in all churches. 20:30 The question is where is the truth? 20:35 Where is the truth? 20:37 And so "Then the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 20:41 'Leave here, turn, eastward 20:42 and hide in the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan. 20:48 You will drink from the brook, 20:49 and I have ordered the ravens to feed you there.'' 20:52 In other words, God is saying, 20:54 you are faithful, I've got you covered, 20:57 I've got you back covered. 20:59 Is isn't just like God 21:00 when he's asked you to do something very difficult, 21:03 very challenging, very dangerous or risky 21:06 and he's asked you to follow Him no matter what. 21:09 And you stand up for Him, let me tell you something, 21:10 He is there to prove Himself, 1 Chronicle 16:9, 21:16 it says, "He shows himself strong 21:19 in behalf of those whose heart is loyal towards him." 21:24 How many agree, these days not too many people that are loyal. 21:28 God wants us. What does it mean to be loyal? 21:30 It means no matter what you go through, 21:32 you remain loyal. 21:33 Amen. 21:35 All right, so I want you to know, 21:39 God says, I am going to send the ravens. 21:42 Hey, can you imagine that. 21:43 Hey, Elijah seeing in and coming out there 21:46 to interview him out there in the wilderness. 21:48 Hey, Elijah we hear you are out here hiding out, 21:51 you know, how you eating. 21:53 He said, look up, look up. 21:54 Yeah, yeah, and the cameras go up. 21:56 Yep, here comes those ravens. 21:57 Yeah, there are gonna bring me my breakfast. 21:59 They are bringing my breakfast, say what? 22:01 Zoom in, zoom in, 22:02 you know, can you Imagine, 22:05 Hollywood can't keep up with these stuff. 22:07 "So he did what the Lord had told him. 22:10 He went to the Kerith Ravine, 22:12 east of the Jordan, and stayed there. 22:14 You know, many times people will say to me 22:17 or they will imply, well, if I follow this, 22:22 you know what repercussions are going to be. 22:24 If I say I'm going to keep the Sabbath, 22:26 you realize how that's going to alter my life. 22:28 Do you realize what my family is 22:30 going to say, I'll be ostracized. 22:33 It doesn't happen in all cases, but sometime it does. 22:36 Well, I say this, 22:38 the Bible says Elijah did what he was told. 22:41 He didn't say, well, Lord, 22:42 let me calculate and let me contemplate, 22:45 what's going to happen if I do this, 22:47 because I am not so sure. 22:48 No, he just said, Lord, you give me my marching orders 22:51 and I'm going to march. 22:54 And so I want you to notice, the ravens brought him bread 22:56 and meat in the morning, 22:58 bread and meat in the evening and he drank from brook, 23:01 1 Kings 17:5, 6. 23:04 God took care of this faithful, lonely prophet. 23:10 Then came 'A Test of Faith,' another test of faith. 23:13 "Some time later the brook dried up. 23:15 Bad things happen to good people. 23:18 Lord, if you were leading me then why did my job dry up? 23:22 I took a stand for the Sabbath and now I lost my job. 23:26 It happens sometimes. 23:28 Some times your brook will dry up 23:30 but God will take care of you. 23:33 God led you to-- 23:35 Do you think Elijah said, now the brook dried up, 23:38 God you forsook me, I though you led-- 23:40 No, it's just that when there is a setback is a set up, 23:44 God is in transition with his prophet, amen. 23:47 You know, when God closes a door, 23:49 he is opening a window 23:52 or whatever he wants to do, amen. 23:54 God is never, never, never inactive. 23:59 The Bible says He doesn't sleep. 24:02 I can picture Him pacing the floor though at times, 24:05 thinking, oh, my child when will you listen to me. 24:11 And if you, you doubt that, 24:13 my Bible says that Jesus is the man of sorrows 24:16 and he is the same yesterday, today and forever. 24:18 Let me tell you something, my Jesus sweeps at times. 24:21 Oh, but there is joy over one sinner who repents, 24:24 how He is able to do both, 24:25 I'll ask Him when I go to glory. 24:27 Some time later, the brook dried up 24:29 because there had been no rain in the land. 24:32 Why, because Elijah prayed there wouldn't be any rain. 24:35 How would you like that? 24:38 He prayed there would not be prosperity. 24:40 He prayed there would not be crops. 24:42 He prayed that they would all wither up and dry up. 24:44 He prayed that they would be humble. 24:47 He prayed that they would return 24:49 to the faith of their fathers, 24:51 mighty man of prayer that's who he was. 24:53 He prayed and he got mighty answers. 24:57 You have not because you asked not, James 4:2. 25:00 Ask anything in my name and I will do it, 25:03 John 14:13 and 14. 25:05 I say this, you start, you go to Wal-Mart 25:09 and you get yourself a miracle book, 25:11 and you start recording miracles 25:13 that God is working in your life. 25:17 You going to do it? 25:18 Those who're watching by television, 25:20 I'll challenge you, and write down those miracles 25:24 and then you get back with me, you email me, 25:26 you call me, you write me and you tell me, 25:28 you know what, I know what you are going to tell me. 25:30 Why didn't I do this 25:32 when I first became a Christian? 25:34 Why, you know, what happens, 25:36 God works miracle, after miracle, 25:38 after miracle in our life 25:39 and we don't mean to but we forget it 25:43 or it becomes kind of a blur, which is kind of a hazy, 25:45 you know, I think he did a miracle. 25:47 No, we got to keep him fresh in our mind end of parenthesis. 25:52 All right, here we go. 25:53 Some times later the brook dried up 25:55 because there have been no rain in it, 25:57 and 1 Kings 17:7, so God wanted them to move on. 26:01 God is a God that can say it anytime, all right, 26:04 time to make a change. 26:07 Are you telling me I should leave the church 26:09 that I am going to? 26:11 Are they keeping Sunday instead of the seventh day of the week. 26:13 God says it's time to become part of the Elijah movement 26:16 and move on 26:18 because God has your best interest in mind. 26:23 God has something special for you. 26:26 You know, the Bible says 26:28 in 1 Peter 2:9 and 10, 26:34 you know, what it says there? 26:36 It says there that we are His own special people. 26:42 All right, let me tell you something. 26:43 My Jordan and my Caleb 26:45 and my wife are very special to me. 26:48 I thank God we are very close 26:50 and my mom and dad, very close with my mom and dad, 26:53 they are very special to me, 26:56 but Jesus say to us, you are the apple of my eye. 27:02 Would you agree, that's as special as it gets. 27:03 Well, the Bible says he carries us on His heart. 27:06 All right, we got to move on. 27:08 God wanted him to move on. 27:09 How long was Elijah hiding in the wilderness? 27:12 Remember, remember, remember, 27:14 Elijah is a type of the church. 27:18 Did the church ever go in hiding, 27:21 we read in a Revelation 12, 27:23 they went into hiding for three and a half prophetic years. 27:27 Elijah would go into hiding 27:29 for three and a half literal years. 27:31 Is there a match? 27:33 There it is. 27:34 There you have it. 27:35 So listen, Elijah was a man, this is New Testament. 27:39 "Elijah was a man just like us." 27:41 Oh, that's encouraging, where is he? 27:43 He is in heaven, we have hope. 27:45 Look to your neighbor and say, I think he got a shot. 27:49 "He prayed earnestly that it would not rain, 27:52 and it did not rain on the land" for how long? 27:54 How long timing everything, there and a half years. 28:00 This is not a coincidence. 28:01 You understand that he is a type of foreshadowing, 28:08 a living prophecy of the church, 28:12 God's remnant church. 28:14 And so, for three and a half years 28:16 not only of the remnant church 28:17 but God would have a faithful people living in hiding 28:21 but then he would come out at the end of that hiding. 28:23 I am getting ahead of myself. 28:25 "Again he prayed, and the heaven gave rain, 28:27 and the earth produced its crops." 28:29 James 5:17, 18. 28:32 "I tell you the truth,' he continued, 28:33 'no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 28:36 I assure you that there were many widows in Israel 28:38 in Elijah's time, 28:40 when the sky was shut for three and a half years 28:44 and there was a severe famine throughout the land." 28:48 Luke 4:24, 25. 28:50 Well, the Bible makes it very clear. 28:52 This was three and a half literal years. 28:54 Did you know that for three and a half prophetic years, 28:56 which is 1,260 days, which translates, 29:01 "I have appointed thee each day for a year" Ezekiel 4:6. 29:04 So in Bible prophecy a day equals a year, very good class. 29:08 And so therefore 1,260 days or 1,260 what? 29:13 Years. 29:14 This is spending the Dark Ages and during that time, 29:18 God's people were in hiding in seclusion 29:22 and obscurity in the caves, 29:25 in the woods, hiding out just like Elijah. 29:30 God was taking care of them in hiding. 29:33 And so the Bible made it very clear 29:34 there was a famine and during the Dark Ages, 29:37 was there a famine of the word of God, 29:40 Amish 8 made it very clear, 29:43 that there would be a famine in the land. 29:49 Daniel 8:12 says that the antichrist, 29:51 the Roman papal power, the Roman Catholic Church 29:53 would cast truth to the ground, Daniel 8:12. 29:58 And so there was a severe famine 30:01 for three and a half years, Elijah a type of the church, 30:04 "After a long time, in the third year, 30:07 the word of the Lord came to Elijah: 'Go 30:09 and present yourself to..." Oh, not him again. 30:13 Ahab, wasn't he the guy 30:15 that was wanted to kill Elijah probably, 30:18 well, not probably he was, 30:20 "And I will send rain on the land 30:21 So Elijah went to present himself to Ahab." 30:24 Do you noticed, how he was a man of dispatch, 30:27 a man of diligence, a man of just prompt obedience. 30:33 Those of you have children, 30:35 do you like it when your children 30:36 are prompt with obedience. 30:39 I'll tell you that is wonderful. 30:42 It happens once in a while in the fact. 30:44 Okay, here we go, "And Ahab went to meet Elijah. 30:48 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, 30:50 'Is that you, you troubler of Israel?' 30:53 Lets apply it, God's church in the last days 30:56 would be called a cult or all sorts of name calling. 31:00 Jesus was called names. 31:02 He's born of fornication. 31:03 He is Beelzebub, he is not legitimate, 31:09 he is an imposter, he has a devil, 31:11 they said all sorts of different thing about Jesus 31:14 and Jesus said if they treated me this way, 31:16 they are going to treat my people, 31:17 my church that way. 31:19 So the Bible says that the devil 31:20 is the accuser of the brethren, Revelation 21:10. 31:23 So let me tell you something, 31:25 Jesus said if everybody likes you, 31:28 there is something wrong. 31:30 So listen carefully. 31:32 If Elijah is a type of the church, 31:35 then the apostates 31:38 and the Sunday churches 31:40 are going to look down on the remnant, 31:44 and talk disparagingly, 31:46 trying to discredit 31:48 God's Elijah movement in the last days. 31:52 "And Ahab went to meet Elijah. 31:54 When he saw Elijah, he said to him, 31:55 'Is that you, you troubler of Israel?" 31:58 And what was Elijah respond, 32:00 he was no pushover, he was not spineless, 32:02 he was stalwart 32:04 and he said, "I have not made trouble for Israel, 32:06 Elijah replied. 32:07 'But you..." 32:09 Oh, oh, he was bold, finger pointing 32:12 "But you and your father's family have." 32:16 Notice here is the issue, here's the core issue. 32:19 What was at the core, the center of the apostasy? 32:24 And this is the type of what the remnant church 32:27 would seek to call people out of. 32:29 Here it is. 32:30 "You have abandoned the Lord's commands 32:34 or commandments and have followed the Baals." 32:36 False worship. 32:39 So Elijah said you have cause this apostasy 32:44 and the nature and scope of this apostasy is number one. 32:49 You are breaking the commandments of God. 32:51 Number two, you are engaged 32:54 in false worship among God's people. 32:58 What is Sunday observance? 32:59 False worship that break the commandments of the God. 33:03 That's what it is, are you saying that 33:04 all those people who keep Sunday are going to be lost? 33:06 No. 33:08 I'm saying that God has His people 33:10 in all different folds but He is calling them out. 33:13 How many agree, God doesn't want people 33:14 to stay in falsehood all their life. 33:16 He wants to call them out. 33:18 And so listen carefully, 33:19 and I know this may be new and stunning 33:21 but what did you expect is the Elijah message. 33:25 So "what was the cause of trouble?" 33:28 "You have abandoned the Lord's commands." 33:31 You have abandoned the Lord's commands. 33:34 The popular churches will consider the Commandment 33:37 keeping church as the source of trouble, 33:40 the eye sore, the problem. 33:44 "Now summon the people from all over Israel 33:47 to meet me on Mount Carmel. 33:49 And bring four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal 33:52 and four hundred prophets of Asherah, 33:55 who eats at who's table, jezebel's table." 33:59 You think they were influenced 34:00 by the one who was feeding them. 34:03 So I want you to notice here. 34:05 You can do the math, 34:07 compute 850 false prophets. 34:12 What an assortment they were, 34:14 850 false prophets, false prophets, 34:19 saying things that are not true 34:22 and people believing them being gullible 34:25 against this one prophet. 34:29 "So Ahab sent word throughout all the Israel 34:32 and assembled the prophets on Mount Carmel." 34:34 Number of years ago, I went to Mount Carmel, 34:36 it's not a very impressive mountain 34:38 but they called it about." 34:41 And Elijah went before the people and said." 34:43 Are you ready, 34:45 so this is, when you are talking 34:47 about the return of Elijah, 34:48 you are talking about the return of the spirit 34:50 and the power and the mission 34:52 and the message of Elijah being replicated, 34:55 duplicated, repeated. 34:58 Moment of truth came... 35:01 assembled on Mount Carmel. 35:04 Essentially he said, it's time for a showdown. 35:08 It's time to put truth and false teaching to the test, 35:14 that's the nature of Elijah. 35:18 God wants people to put everything to the test. 35:24 Okay, is Sunday observance the truth? 35:26 All right, let's test it. 35:28 Let's go to the Bible, let's test it. 35:29 Where is it in the Bible? 35:31 How many agree, this is the test. 35:33 This is the test. 35:34 Elijah said, let's have a showdown test. 35:38 Let's see if your way is God's way 35:41 or if it's of the devil. 35:45 So Elijah said, all right, let's see. 35:53 Here is his message. 35:56 "How long will you waver in," decision, 36:02 "between two ways, two opinions? 36:07 If the Lord is God, follow him, 36:11 but if Baal is God, follow him.' 36:14 But the people said nothing." 36:16 I believe they were under conviction. 36:21 "Then Elijah said to them, 36:24 'I am the only one of the Lord's prophets left, 36:27 but Baal has four hundred and fifty prophets. 36:30 Get two bulls for us. 36:31 Let them choose one for themselves, 36:33 and let them cut into pieces and put it on the wood 36:36 but not set fire to it." 36:39 These are the specific instructions of prophet 36:42 that is proposing this test 36:44 then as they are orchestrating it, 36:46 he says as they're preparing in their mind for this, 36:49 "I will prepare the other bull 36:50 and put it on the wood but not set fire to it. 36:53 Then you call on the name of your god..." 36:55 Who is their god? 36:58 Baal, Baal is the sun God. 37:01 So what is he saying here? 37:04 "You call on the name of your god" 37:06 that has to do with, how many agree, 37:08 the sun, another word for sun is fire. 37:12 "Then you call on the name of your god," 37:15 that claims to be the sun god, fire. 37:19 "And I will call on the name of the Lord." 37:21 The god who answers by fire-he is god.' 37:25 Then the people said, 'What you say is good." 37:27 Yeah, we serve, you know, Baal worship, sun. 37:29 Yeah we worship the sun, our sun is gonna put up. 37:33 You are right, let's put it to the test, 37:36 and then he emphasizes no cheating guys, 37:38 you can't trust the false prophets. 37:40 "Elijah said to the prophet of Baal, 37:42 'Choose one of the bulls and prepare it first, 37:44 since there are so many of you. 37:45 Call on the name of your god, but do not light the fire. 37:50 So they took the bull given them and prepared it. 37:52 Then they called on the name of Baal from morning till noon."' 37:57 That was the long religious service, 37:58 'O Baal, answer us!' 38:00 they shouted." 38:01 That was a loud church service. 38:03 "But there was no response; no one answered. 38:06 And they danced around the altar they had made." 38:09 Some people think in some churches 38:11 that the more you move around and dance around 38:13 and flare your arms and everything, 38:15 the more you have the Spirit of God, 38:16 not necessary. 38:19 However some churches are so dead. 38:24 If you hear somebody say amen, 38:25 they crane their neck like that must be a visitor. 38:29 They all go, well, I have to get used to things. 38:31 All right, anyway that's another sermon. 38:33 "At noon Elijah began to taunt them.' 38:37 Shout louder!' he said." 38:39 Can I say this, Elijah was a man of heavenly humor. 38:44 "'Shout louder!' he said. 38:45 Surely he is a god! 38:47 Perhaps he is deep in thoughts, or busy traveling. 38:49 Maybe he is sleeping and must be awakened. 38:52 So I justify the little bit of heavenly humor, 38:55 it's okay to laugh, amen. 38:57 "So they shouted louder 38:59 and slashed themselves with swords 39:00 and spears, as was their custom, 39:02 until their blood flowed." 39:04 This is orated. 39:07 "Midday passed, 39:09 and they continued their frantic prophesying." 39:11 It's wearing me out to read this, 39:13 "Until the time for the evening sacrifice. 39:15 But there was no response, no one answered, 39:17 no one paid attention." 39:19 Like all that for nothing, 39:21 I mean, there you know, 39:23 blood is spilling on to this altar, 39:25 then Elijah said to all the people come here to me. 39:27 He was the only one that seem to make any sense now. 39:31 All the others their voice is hoarse. 39:33 They are just utterly tired out, 39:36 licking their wounds, no pun intended, 39:38 "They came to him and repaired the altar of the Lord, 39:41 which was in ruins. 39:42 So the false prophet had ruined the altar of worship, 39:45 but Elijah repaired it. 39:47 If he is the type of the church, 39:48 God's remnant church is going to restore things 39:51 that were destroyed by false prophets 39:54 and false churches. 39:57 God's church is a church of restoration 40:01 to restore truths that were once delivered 40:04 to the faith of our fathers. 40:06 How many agree we need to go back 40:09 to the truth of the Word of God, 40:10 back to the commandments of God, 40:12 back to the Bible Sabbath, 40:14 back to Bible immersion, not sprinkling. 40:18 And so I want you to notice here, 40:19 notice that Elijah's work, 40:24 the churches work, 40:25 last day's restoring, repairing, repairing. 40:30 Go very quickly and I'll show you 40:32 what God's church would be repairing in the last days. 40:35 Are you learning something tonight thunder out? 40:38 All right, Isaiah 58, 40:41 this is my wife's favorite message. 40:44 I think you can see the import of this. 40:47 Isaiah 58:12 and onward. 40:52 "Those from among you" 40:54 speaking of God's people 40:55 "shall build the old waste places, 40:58 you shall raise up 41:01 the foundations of many generations, 41:05 you shall be called the Repairer of the Breach," 41:09 the breach in God's law. 41:11 Particularly the Sabbath 41:13 as you will see the restorer of streets to dwell in. 41:15 What was the breach? 41:16 What was knocked down? 41:18 What was knocked down that would be, 41:19 that would be built up? 41:21 Would you agree, these prophets want top of the altar 41:24 and they were trampling on the altar, right. 41:26 They were trampling on these 12 stones, right. 41:30 They were trampling upon it knocking down these stones, 41:35 leaving them in disarray. 41:37 And so Elijah came to put it 41:40 back together build it up, restore. 41:43 Well, here is the same kind of language here, 41:46 it's talking about," 41:48 If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath," 41:51 that's what was being knocked down. 41:53 Would you agree the Sabbath has to do with worship? 41:55 Worshiping our Creator, 41:57 worshiping Jesus who died for us 41:59 had rested on the seventh day? 42:02 So by creation and the cross 42:05 it's inseparably linked to the Sabbath. 42:08 The word Sabbath means rest. 42:09 How many agree, when you believe He made you 42:12 and He died for you, you can really rest? 42:14 The Sabbath is a reminder of your rest in Jesus. 42:18 I want you to notice, 42:19 "If you turn away your foot from the Sabbath, 42:21 from doing your pleasure on My holy day, 42:23 call the Sabbath a delight," 42:26 something that you delight in 42:27 is something you look forward to. 42:30 The Sabbath is something you need to anticipate. 42:34 "The holy day of the Lord honorable, 42:36 you shall honor Him, not doing your own ways, 42:38 nor finding your own pleasures." 42:39 It's not a day to go to the flea market. 42:42 It's not a day to go to the mall. 42:43 You got six days to do that. 42:46 Why even Saturday night 42:47 after the sun goes down then you can do it. 42:51 But my friends, some things are still holy. 42:54 The Word of God is holy, God's house is holy, 42:57 and God's day is still holy. 42:59 How many agree, don't come in here 43:00 and play sports in God's house? 43:02 You don't throw the Bible 43:06 on the bottom of all the books you have 43:08 put it on the bottom. 43:10 No, you know, you don't stand on your Bible 43:14 and you don't do whatever you want 43:16 on seventh day Sabbath. 43:17 How many of you agree, some things are still holy? 43:21 And so I want you to notice here, 43:23 then you shall-- 43:24 oh, notice "Nor finding your own pleasure, 43:26 nor speaking your own words, 43:27 then you shall delight yourself in the Lord, 43:29 and I will cause you to ride on the high hills of the earth, 43:31 and feed you with the heritage of Jacob your father. 43:33 The mouth of the Lord has spoken." 43:35 Is it clear that God will have a church 43:37 that are restoring the Bible Sabbath? 43:40 I want to be part of that Elijah Movement in last days. 43:42 Can you say, amen? 43:44 Repair the altar of worship in your home, family worship. 43:48 This is the faith of your fathers. 43:50 How many agree, fathers must rise up 43:52 and if you don't have the father in the home 43:53 mothers rise up and begin to erect the altar of worship 43:57 that time has knocked down. 43:59 How many agree, Jesus said, 44:01 watch out the cares of this world 44:02 they are just crowded all out. 44:04 Don't let that happen. 44:06 "Elijah took twelve stones, 44:08 one for each of the tribes descended from Jacob, 44:11 to whom the word of the Lord had come, saying..." 44:13 12 the number of the church. 44:14 "'Your name should be Israel.' 44:17 With the stones he built an altar 44:19 in the name of the Lord, 44:20 and he dug a trench around it large enough 44:23 to hold two seahs of seed. 44:25 He arranged the wood, cut the bull into pieces 44:28 and laid it on the wood. 44:30 Then he said to them, 'Fill four large jars with water 44:33 and pour it on the offering and on the wood.' 44:35 'Do it again,' he said, and they did it again. 44:39 'Do it a third time...'" 44:41 By the way what's three times four? 44:45 Twelve, twelve is a number associated with the church. 44:48 "He ordered, and they did it the third time. 44:51 The water ran down around the altar 44:53 and even filled the trench." 44:55 Now, you know, this may seem paradoxical, 44:57 may seem contradictory. 44:59 You know, think about it, 45:00 you go out camping here in Missouri 45:02 and you are going out camping 45:03 and you get out to your camp site, 45:05 you are gonna think oh, it's cold, man, 45:07 we got to build our self a nice fire 45:10 and hang around that fire for a while. 45:12 And you say, okay, we got to start a fire. 45:14 All right, boys and girls, go out and get some water. 45:16 Get a lot of water 45:18 because we need to pour water all over these logs. 45:20 We got to have a good fire tonight. 45:23 No, if anything you go to your vehicle 45:26 and pour out some kerosene, right. 45:30 Wrong, don't do that. 45:32 But you see, 45:34 what Elijah was trying to demonstrate is 45:38 you cannot explain this away. 45:41 You know why, because false prophets 45:43 love to explain things away. 45:45 Do you see that the Bible says 45:47 you need to not work on the Sabbath? 45:49 You see, it says go to church on the seventh day Sabbath. 45:51 What will they do? Oh, no, no, no. 45:53 Paul says this and Jesus said that and so forth. 45:56 Find way of setting aside the commandments of God 45:59 that you may keep your tradition. 46:02 Paul's teaching is very slick. 46:04 How many agree the devils that snakes slithering in, 46:07 slithering about. 46:09 And so at the time of the sacrifice by the way, 46:12 the sacrifice represents Jesus, represents Jesus. 46:16 The Elijah Movement is all about the sacrifice. 46:20 How many agree, you can't separate Elijah 46:22 from this big showdown on Mount Carmel 46:26 that's reminiscent of the great showdown on Mount Carmel 46:29 that had to do with the Mount Calvary, 46:32 that had to do with the sacrifice. 46:33 How many agree? Can you see the parallels? 46:37 There was a fire at the end of three and a half years 46:41 consuming the sacrifice 46:42 and after three and a half years of Jesus' public ministry 46:46 there was a fire. 46:47 Our God is a consuming fire. 46:48 How many agree Jesus sacrificed Himself 46:51 on the altar of sacrifice on Mount Calvary? 46:55 The fire consumed the sacrifice 46:59 after three and a half years. 47:01 "At the time of sacrifice, 47:02 the prophet Elijah stepped forward and prayed..." 47:05 Oh, listen to this moving touching prayer. 47:10 "O Lord, the God of Abraham..." 47:12 He is not praying wildly like the other. 47:14 Some people think if you pray really, really loud 47:17 that really gets God its attention. 47:20 No, it makes the angels go like, 47:21 could you not-- all right, anyway. 47:25 "O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel, 47:28 let it be known today that you are God in Israel 47:31 and that I am your servant 47:32 and have done all these things at your command. 47:35 Answer me, O Lord, answer me, 47:36 so these people will know that you, 47:38 O Lord, are God, and that you are" what? 47:41 "You are turning their hearts back again." 47:44 Revival of the commandments of God. 47:46 Revival the worship and the creator. 47:48 Revival in the church. Revival in the land. 47:51 "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective." 47:55 James 5:16. 47:56 "Then the fire of the Lord fell and burned up the sacrifice, 48:00 the wood, the stones and the soil..." 48:01 And I love that. 48:02 "Also licked up the water in the trench. 48:04 When all the people saw this, 48:06 they fell prostrate and cried out, 48:09 'The Lord-- he is God! 48:11 The Lord-- he is God!'" 48:13 Our God's presence was manifest 48:17 on that day in a dramatic unprecedented way 48:20 when the fire fell, would you agree 48:23 fire is just a symbol of the presence of God. 48:27 On the day of Pentecost, 48:29 they had cloven tongues of fire hovering over them 48:31 because they were being filled with the Holy Spirit, 48:35 the baptism of fire. 48:37 And so the fire was falling all to God 48:40 that we might be baptized 48:41 in the fire of the Holy Spirit everyday. 48:44 How many agree, 48:45 you get the fire at the altar of sacrifice? 48:49 When you sacrifice your heart you are filled. 48:52 How many agree, this was an altar of sacrifice 48:54 where this was happening? 48:56 What does the Bible say, 48:57 "Present your bodies a living sacrifice 49:00 holy and acceptable unto God, 49:01 which is your reasonable service." 49:03 Romans 12:1, 2. 49:05 How many want to just say, Lord, consume me 49:09 and fill me with Your holy fire? 49:12 Oh, the parallels, 49:13 the applications are just boundless. 49:16 Listen to what it's saying there, they fell prostrate. 49:19 "When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate 49:21 and cried out, O God, I will follow him. 49:25 And the Lord-- he is God! The Lord-- he is God!" 49:27 This gave Elijah's message a powerful impact! 49:31 Oh, I'm telling you, I may, when I get up here 49:34 and preach, I look forward to the time 49:37 when there will be fire coming down behind me. 49:39 But you know what, 49:41 if it doesn't happen fire is falling in your life. 49:46 How many sense the fire 49:47 of the Holy Spirit in this seminar? 49:49 How many sense the fire of the Holy Spirit? 49:50 How many agree that is powerful 49:52 because that's the presence of Jesus, 49:55 that's the presence of Jesus. 49:56 You get the fire at the altar of sacrifice 50:00 that is to say you get the power at the cross. 50:03 How many agree, the cross 50:04 is the altar of sacrifice of Jesus? 50:08 Elijah's message was against sun worship, 50:11 against false worship, 50:12 against willfully breaking the Ten Commandments, 50:14 against wavering between God and Baalim, 50:16 it's against indecision. 50:18 You know what the Elijah's message is, 50:19 you are hearing at thunder tonight, 50:21 make up your mind. 50:23 Is what you heard in the seminar truth? 50:25 Then follow it. 50:26 If it's not truth, then don't follow it 50:28 but make up your mind. 50:30 The Elijah message I bring it to you tonight. 50:33 It's a message of, 50:34 are you gonna keep the commandments of God 50:36 or the commandments of man? 50:38 How many agree, when you hear-- 50:39 when you are on Mount Carmel 50:40 you can't say, oh, I'm not here 50:43 when you are in I bring you tonight to Mount Carmel. 50:46 You are on Mount Carmel right now 50:48 and its decision time and the decision is 50:51 between the commandments of God or the commandments of man. 50:54 Who else worked in the spirit and power of Elijah? 50:57 His name, cousin of Jesus, John the Baptizer. 51:01 "Many of the people of Israel will he bring back, 51:04 bring back to the Lord your God. 51:06 And he will go on before the Lord, 51:07 in the spirit and power of Elijah, 51:12 to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children 51:14 and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous-- 51:17 to make ready a people prepared for the Lord." 51:20 Elijah's message, John the Baptist's message, 51:23 the remnant's message 51:24 is all about preparation for translation. 51:29 Well, in the time of John the Baptist 51:30 it was preparation for Jesus return and first coming. 51:36 "And if you are willing to accept it, 51:38 he is the Elijah who was to come. 51:40 He who has ears, let him hear." 51:42 Matthew 11:14. 51:44 Okay. So we move on. 51:45 "The disciples asked him, 51:47 'Why then do the teachers of the law 51:48 say that Elijah must come first?' 51:50 Jesus replied, 'To be sure, Elijah comes 51:53 and will restore all things.'" 51:55 God's church, John the Baptist, 51:58 Elijah do the same thing, restore true worship. 52:02 Restore the truths of law side up. 52:04 Elijah's message called people to obedience 52:07 to God's commandments. 52:09 Elijah's message restored true worship. 52:12 What is the third angels' message? 52:14 Go with me to Revelation 14. 52:16 Do you want to see Elijah's message in the last days, 52:19 it's the Three Angels' Messages, 52:23 this constitutes Elijah's last call, 52:27 Revelation 14 and you know what, 52:29 God is calling us out of every church 52:32 and there are many false prophets, 52:34 many false churches that have God's people in them 52:37 and God calls them out and into His one Elijah, 52:43 one true church, one fold, one woman, 52:47 one remnant, one faith. 52:49 The Bible says that He is calling them out of Babylon, 52:53 the mother church, the Roman Catholic church 52:55 and our apostate Sunday keeping Protestant churches 52:57 and He is calling them out and He is calling them in. 53:00 "Other sheep I have, which are not of this fold, 53:02 them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice, 53:04 and there shall be one fold, 53:05 and one shepherd" John 10:16. 53:08 And if you are His sheep you hear His voice 53:10 and you follow that voice 53:12 no matter how challenging it may be. 53:15 No matter what kind of changes you must make 53:17 I say, make it for Jesus, that's the Elijah message. 53:20 It's the message of change, it's a message of change. 53:23 And so God is calling every person, 53:26 every believer out of churches 53:28 that are not preaching Elijah's message. 53:31 How many agree, you don't want to be part of a church 53:33 that's not preaching Elijah's message 53:35 and here you see the scope of it. 53:38 God's message is clear. 53:40 "Come out from among them and be separate." 53:43 2 Corinthians 6:16, 17. 53:46 "Come out of her, my people." 53:48 Revelation 18:4. 53:50 Come out of mystery Babylon, the mother of harlots 53:53 and having daughters of apostate Protestant churches. 53:56 And so to come out, come out of every church expect the one 53:59 that's preaching the Three Angels' Messages 54:02 and there is only one. 54:03 Verse 6, "Then I saw another angel 54:05 flying in the midst of heaven, 54:07 having the everlasting gospel to preach 54:09 to those who dwell on the earth-- 54:10 to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people 54:12 saying with a loud voice, 54:14 'Fear God and give glory to Him, 54:15 for the hour of His judgment has come." 54:17 that's Elijah's message. 54:19 "And worship Him who made heaven and earth, 54:22 and the sea and springs of water." 54:25 In contrast to verse 9, 54:28 "Then a third angel followed them, 54:29 saying with a loud voice, 54:30 'If anyone worships the beast and his image, 54:32 and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand,'" 54:35 Would you agree in the last days 54:37 Elijah's message is still the same? 54:39 Worship the creator or worship the beast, 54:42 make up your mind. 54:45 To worship the beast 54:46 means you go along with beast teachings 54:49 and one of the beast teachings is Sunday observance. 54:51 It came from the beast, 54:53 Bible makes that's clear verse 12. 54:55 Who is gonna preach these messages? 54:57 Here is the patience of the saints. 54:59 Here those who keep the commandments of God 55:01 and the faith of Jesus. 55:05 Now go to Revelation Chapter 12. 55:07 How many want to be in that group 55:09 that keep the commandments of God 55:10 and have the genuine faith of Jesus? 55:12 How many agree there is a spurious faith? 55:15 The Bible says, he that says I know him 55:18 and does not keep his commandments is a liar 55:20 the truth is not at him" 1 John 2:6, 55:24 I'm sorry 1 John 2:3, 4. 55:27 Revelation 12:6, 55:31 "Then the woman fled into the wilderness," 55:33 like Elijah "where she has a place prepared by God, 55:38 that they should feed her there 55:39 one thousand two hundred and sixty days." 55:41 Twelve hundred and sixty years, dark ages. 55:44 Then the woman would come out of hiding 55:47 and here is she is in the last days the remnant. 55:50 Verse 17, "Then the dragon was enraged with the woman, 55:55 and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring," 55:58 the remnant "who keep the commandments of God 56:02 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 56:04 Do you see how simple that is, brothers and sisters. 56:07 I've come here to Missouri with a message... 56:11 and it's very clear come out from Babylon, 56:17 come in to the remnant. 56:20 It's just that simple. 56:22 Elijah's message makes up your mind, 56:25 make up your mind. 56:27 Commandments of God, commandments of men. 56:28 Worship the Creator or worship Baal? 56:31 In the last days worship the beast 56:33 or worship the Creator? 56:35 Those who preach it 56:37 they keep the commandments of God 56:38 including the seventh day Sabbath. 56:40 Who preaches it they have endurance. 56:42 Who preaches it they have the faith of Jesus. 56:44 Who preaches it the church that came out of hiding 56:47 sometime after 1798, 56:50 remember that when the pope was taken into captivity. 56:52 Listen here... 56:55 Elijah came out of hiding after three and half years 56:58 and gave his last call. 57:02 God's remnant church comes out of hiding after the dark ages, 57:06 after 1798 and gives the last call. 57:12 Commandments of God, testimony of Jesus. 57:17 Do you see, beloved, God has led you into the truth. 57:24 "If you know these things, 57:27 happy are you if you do them" John 13:17. 57:33 "I made haste, 57:35 and did not delay to keep thy commandments" 57:40 Psalms 119:60. 57:43 Although sudden and alarming changes 57:46 are sweeping across the globe 57:48 you and your family can be prepared 57:50 to face the future with comforts. 57:52 The complete set of Amazing Prophecies on DVD 57:56 are available for a gift of $60 or more. 57:59 Call us at 1-855-336-FREE 58:04 or send you check or money order 58:05 to Forever Free Ministries, 58:07 2001 Munro Park, Corinth, Texas, 76208. 58:16 If you would like to have Mark Fox 58:17 hold an Amazing Prophecy seminar 58:19 or a marriage seminar weekend in your church 58:22 contact us today, 58:23 markfox @foreverfreeministries.org. |
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