Welcome to Anchors Of Truth
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live from the
3ABN Worship Center.
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Last Day Events
with John Lomacang.
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Hello friends and welcome once
again to the 3ABN Worship Center
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located here in
southern Illinois at the
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Thompsonville
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We're glad that you've
chosen once again to tune in.
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And we know that the
Lord has a blessing in store
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because we're going to
open His Word again tonight
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as we did last night.
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As you know if you tuned in
last night, this is the second
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in a five part series on
the topic of last day events.
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And I want to encourage
you to invite a friend.
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And once again, if
you're in driving distance,
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we do need some live bodies.
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We have people that are
here, but your presence would
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greatly be appreciated.
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And we're going to ask the
Lord tonight to bless our hearts
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as we turn to His Word.
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As you may remember, last
night the topic was entitled,
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The Final Countdown.
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Tonight the title
is, The Final Stage.
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And tomorrow night, we're once
again back at 7:00 pm Central,
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so don't forget that.
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If there are those that may
have forgotten 8:00 pm tonight,
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call them now before
we get into the message
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and remind them
that it is on the air.
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Tomorrow night's message is
entitled, The Final Coalition.
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And then Saturday morning at
11:00 o'clock, it is entitled,
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The Final Apostasy.
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And on Saturday afternoon
at 3:00 pm, it is entitled,
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The Final Act.
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Everyone of them, we're relying
on God's Holy Spirit to be the
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guide and the power
and the one to teach us.
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Now I'm preaching
less and teaching more.
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I believe there's
a need to be taught.
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What exactly is happening around
us has a whole lot less to do
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with what's happening in the
world, and I believe a lot more
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to do with what's happening
in the Christian church.
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So turn your ears on and ask
the Lord to direct your ears,
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your eyes, and your heart.
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So let's bow our heads
tonight and ask Him to guide us.
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Father in heaven, we thank
You for the willingness on the
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part of those that have
tuned in to hear what the Spirit
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has to say to the churches.
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Lord, I know that once
again I'm just a human vessel.
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And I do pray that tonight
once again You will impart
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to me the clarity, also the
presence of Your Holy Spirit.
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To teach, Lord, is a
great responsibility.
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To preach is a
great call on one's life.
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And I ask tonight that I'll be
less considered and Christ will
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be the One that is considered,
His voice will be heard.
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So take these words
and bring them to life,
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and find that intended
heart looking for truth
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and looking for Jesus.
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And this we pray in
Your precious name, amen.
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Tonight, we're going
to open with a Bible text.
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1 Peter chapter 4 and
verse 7, a very important text.
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And when I thought about the
five titles for this series...
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As you know, the theme, the
overall theme is the last days.
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When I thought about the titles,
I was down in the Virgin Islands
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and I was sitting there saying,
"Lord, what can I preach on
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about the last days.
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There's so much to say.
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And as I asked the Lord,
as I woke up one morning,
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I said, "Lord, what do I
title the individual topics?
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What do I say
on night to night?"
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And the Lord gave me the
five topics and told me to use
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the word "final" over and
over and over and over again.
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Because I do believe
we're living in the final hours
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of earth's history.
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I believe we're
living in the final days.
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And as I said a moment
ago, I want to reiterate this,
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more of the things that
are happening in the last days
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has to do with what's taking
place in the Christian church.
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There are not a whole
lot of changes in the world.
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They are happening
with greater intensity
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and on a larger scale.
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There are more earthquakes,
and more volcanoes erupting,
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and more intense storms, and
more crime and more violence.
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We talked about
those things last night.
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But if I were the devil...
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Which I'm not. Amen, somebody.
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...I would really aim at the
very structure and organization,
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that God has
built, for my defeat.
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I would do all I can in my
power to try to bring down the
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only thing on earth
that God really loves.
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He doesn't love the casinos, He
doesn't love the movie theaters,
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He doesn't love
the gambling halls.
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He loves the church.
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And if I were the
enemy, I would, like a coach
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on an opposing football
team, I would study the tapes
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of every church member.
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Study the loopholes,
try to find a way to get in.
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Just like he studied
Eve in the Garden of Eden.
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If you look at that, there was
a woman in the very beginning
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at the entrance of deception.
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And there is a woman at the end,
at the close out of deception.
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The devil attacked a
woman in the very beginning,
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he's going to
attack a woman again.
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The woman in the
end is the church.
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So he has been focusing on the
church for thousands of years.
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And now, he's at the height
of his attempt to deceive,
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to kill, and to destroy.
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That's why this verse
is so vitally important.
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1 Peter 4 and verse 7.
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Listen to what a
converted apostle says to us.
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He says, and let's
read this one together.
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You know what that means?
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When you say your prayers
for your toast in the morning,
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you're not as serious as
when a crisis comes your way.
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I mean, honestly.
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He is saying, pray as though
we're living in a crisis hour.
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He's saying, pray as
though your life depends on it.
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As one person put
together the acronym, PUSH;
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Pray Until Something Happens.
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What happened on the
day of Pentecost happened
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as a result of prayer.
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At every stage in the conversion
and the power of His apostles
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or His prophets, it
happened because they prayed.
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The way that Jesus received
His strength for His trial;
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He prayed, He
beseeched the Father.
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And that's why Paul the
apostle says we ought to
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pray without ceasing.
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Not only kneeling
down, but be in a constant
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attitude of prayer.
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Because we're not
safe for a single moment
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without the power of prayer.
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But in light of the
last days in which we live,
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we have to be serious.
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We have to be serious
and we have to be watchful
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in our prayers.
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I remember when I lived
in California, my wife and I
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when we lived
out there together.
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That's a good thing to
do when you have your wife.
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To live together. Right?
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We lived in northern California.
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But before we moved there,
we lived in Orlando, Florida.
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And having never been to
California up to that point,
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there were no GPS's, you
know, no satellite units.
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Just a good old
Rand McNally map.
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And so having never been there,
having never driven that far,
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we had our old
rickety 1976 Toyota Corona.
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And I've talked about
that car a thousand times.
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Both of the fenders...
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That was a car
from New York City
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and because of all the
salt on the streets of New York,
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both of the fenders had cancer.
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And they were
rusted from the bottom.
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And when you drive down
the highway, the fenders would
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pull the car to the left and to
the right as a good gust of wind
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caught the front of the car.
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But I remember packing up
that vehicle and taking that
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McNally map, Rand McNally
map, and photocopying every page
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from Orlando, Florida all the
way to Placerville, California.
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There was a lot of pages.
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I stapled them
together, I highlighted them.
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And what was nice about
that is, we have never seen
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the Pacific Ocean before.
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But the Pacific Ocean
was on the west coast.
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In order to see it, we
had to get to the west coast
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to see the Pacific Ocean.
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My wife got use to reading the
map and so as we looked at the
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mile markers, she would
tell me what the next city
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coming up would be.
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Texas and the small cities
along the way, all through the
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southern states, and
right up the north west coast.
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And I remember very
well, each page represented a
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stage in our journey.
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After three days and almost
3000 miles, we caught a glimpse
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of the Pacific
Ocean for the first time.
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What a sight it was.
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But it said to us that
we were on the final page
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of our journey, at the
final stage in our journey.
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We couldn't see the ocean until
the final stage of the journey.
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It was impossible to
see the ocean until we got
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to the west coast.
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So because we
were on the west coast,
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we could see the Pacific Ocean.
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Because we were near the
final stage of our journey,
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the ocean was now within view.
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Let me take that
to the next level.
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These are not the last
days just because of the signs.
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But because we are living in the
last days, these are the signs
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of the last days.
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Let me say it another way.
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The signs that we see
today could not appear
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until the last days.
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The signs simply confirm
we are at the final stage
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in our journey.
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Let me say that one more way.
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The signs of the
last days could not appear
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at any other time
anymore than we could see the
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Pacific Ocean from Florida.
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So why are we seeing the signs?
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We are seeing the signs
around us because we are
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living in the last days.
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They could not appear at any
other point in human history.
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That's why the words
of Jesus are relevant
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in John 14 verse 29.
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He said:
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All the things that are
happening are for us to believe.
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I believe we're
living in the last days.
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Anybody else?
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I believe we're at the
final stages, and I'm excited.
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And you'll find that over
the next couple of meetings,
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that what is more
relevant about this series,
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and I would hope to say not
necessarily completely unique,
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but what I've sought to do is
focus less on what's happening
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in the world and more of
what's happening in the church.
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Because the world
is not Satan's enemy,
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the world is Satan's friend.
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In other words, in a
football game, I could care less
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what the people in
the stand are doing.
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I'm more concerned about
what the other team is doing.
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I'm more concerned about what
they're doing in the huddle,
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what signs the
coaches are making,
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what kind of plays
they're about to run,
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and how hard
they're going to hit me.
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We are on the field.
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The church is on this
side and Satan and his host
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are on that side.
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And the signs of the last
days have a lot more to do
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with what Satan is
doing in the church
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than what he's
doing in the world.
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Notice why we can look
with assurance to the signs
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and know that we
are in the last days.
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Isaiah the prophet says
in Isaiah 46 and verse 10,
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he says that God is able to...
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In other words, where
we are today was predicted
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thousands of years ago.
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The final stage was
constructed from components
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manufactured by prophecy.
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By what word did
I say? By Prophecy.
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Prophecy is our
Rand McNally map.
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Prophecy is our mile markers.
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We know where we are
because prophecy is reliable.
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And it's only reliable
because God is reliable.
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It's His Word.
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Look at 2 Peter
chapter 1 and verse 20.
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When prophets wrote these words
down, I want to say to you,
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none of the
prophecies came from men.
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They were simply the
ones who wrote it down.
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2 Peter 1 and verse
20 says it this way.
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Now when I think about that,
I think about preachers nowadays
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that in the middle of
their sermon they say,
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"Oh, I just got a prophecy."
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You better be careful if
that's the kind of preacher
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that you are under.
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Because God doesn't just shoot
prophecies into people's heads
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without somebody to
check it out, without somebody
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to verify whether
or not that's from God.
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Amen?
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A whole lot of that nowadays.
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I remember giving my
first Revelation seminar.
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And I'm moving fast tonight
because I have a lot to cover.
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So listen like a New Yorker.
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If not, you can get the DVD.
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But I remember giving my
first Revelation seminar.
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There I was a young preacher
in my one and a half year period
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of my first church.
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I was so nervous
I lost ten pounds.
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You can look at me and tell I
can't afford to lose ten pounds.
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But I was totally
enthusiastic, totally energetic.
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We lived in Weaverville,
California up in the mountains
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of northern California
2500 feet above sea level.
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And in our town,
we had 16 churches.
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We had more
churches than we had bars.
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Not a bad thing, but
it was quite a controversy
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to begin a Revelation
seminar in a church where
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all 16 churches taught 16
different things, at least.
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Well I found out, I
said to the city fathers,
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"Where can I put advertising?"
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They said, "Anywhere."
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I said, "Are there any
advertising restrictions?"
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They said, "There are none."
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So I took advantage of that.
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I put stickers in mailboxes,
I put stickers in phone booths,
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I put stickers on store windows.
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Everywhere you went from
east to west in Weaverville,
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you would see some kind
of sign indicating that a
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prophecy seminar was coming up.
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I even had a banner made
that crossed Main Street.
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Can you imagine, across
149 from one side of the street
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to the other on two buildings.
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This big ole huge banner,
"Revelation seminar beginning,"
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and all the nights
and the titles up there.
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People going through on their
way to the west would see it,
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people on their way
to the east would see it.
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And on the opening night,
the town hall was jam-packed
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with pastors from
every denomination.
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I never forgot that.
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After about the first week,
we moved the series of meetings
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to our church, and
the controversies began.
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Every church.
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Five churches in the town
started prophecy seminars.
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All of them for
the purpose of what?
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Taking people
away from my seminar.
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And the town was
kind of like this.
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If somebody drove up to
your church and they had a car
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like a Honda Accord with
a black front mask on it,
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everybody in town would
know exactly who that car is,
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who that car belongs to.
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Everybody would know, "That's
Dean's car at a Baptist church."
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Or, "That's John's car
at an Adventist church."
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Everybody knew
who's car was there.
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And the preachers watched and
observed that very carefully.
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So they all began
having Revelation seminars.
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Baptist church,
even the Catholic church.
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My good friend,
Pastor John Lawrence...
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I don't call
anybody "father" but God.
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Amen, somebody.
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He had a seminar.
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And after my
meetings were done, I said,
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"Pastor Lawrence, what does your
church believe about prophecy?
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What does your church
teach about Revelation?"
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You know what he said to me?
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"Actually, our church doesn't
have a position on Revelation."
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I said, "So why did
you have a prophecy?"
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And he smirked.
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Because they wanted to
keep people from hearing what
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I had to say
about Bible prophecy.
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And you know, friends, that's
exactly why we have to keep
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in mind that no
prophecy that occurs is of any
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private interpretation.
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Look at the next
verse, 2 Peter 1 verse 21.
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Not a single prophecy
was born in the mind of men.
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Very careful nowadays when
you have all these prophecy
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churches, and prophecy programs,
and prophecy CD's, that people
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are telling you
how to be prophets.
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That's not the
way that God does it.
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The Bible says:
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Man cannot reveal
what we cannot see.
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Only God can see the future.
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In the courts of Babylon,
Daniel said to Nebuchadnezzar
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these words, Daniel 2 verse 28.
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Notice what he said
to a great king, he said:
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So when a prophecy is
fulfilled, it is a reminder that
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God wants us to know.
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God is not going to
allow anything to happen
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unless He reveals
it to His people first.
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Notice Amos
chapter 3 and verse 7.
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The Bible verifies this.
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The first word
there is "surely."
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Get that, God does not
reveal His secrets to people
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that don't serve Him.
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God does not reveal His secrets
to those who do not obey Him.
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Acts chapter 5 verse 32
says, God reveals His messages
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to those who obey Him.
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God does not reveal to
those who do not obey Him.
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Matter of fact, one of the
most significant prophecies
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in the Bible that confirm that
we are in the final stages of
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earth's history is
in Daniel chapter 7
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and Daniel chapter 2.
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God outlined the
four major kingdoms of the
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span of human history.
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There in Daniel 7
verse 17 we read these words.
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Very quickly for those
who know Bible prophecy...
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And by the way, this is
not about breaking down that
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prophecy in detail.
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I'll cover that spanning
over the next few meetings.
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But we have Babylon symbolized
by the lion and the gold.
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We have Medo-Persia symbolized
by the bear in Daniel 7
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and the silver in Daniel 2.
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We have the
leopard-like beast or the bronze
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image of the
statue symbolizing Greece.
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Then we have that fourth one.
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Very important for our meetings.
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We have the fourth one
that was iron in the metal man.
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And it was a great and
dreadful and terrible beast
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that had iron teeth.
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Brethren, I tell you
what; if I saw a bear, a lion,
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or a leopard, I
wouldn't be terribly frightful.
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But if I saw a great and
dreadful and terrible beast
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with iron teeth and iron claws
breaking everything in its path,
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I would run to mama.
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What do you say?
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I would run for my life.
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I wouldn't even want
to see that in a zoo.
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Because something
with iron teeth could
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break through iron bars.
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That's what the Bible
says, great iron teeth.
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And look at verse
23 of Daniel chapter 7.
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And at the very height of Rome's
reign, it was so significant,
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it's impact
religiously was so significant
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that Protestant reformers
noted that Rome symbolized
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a system of Antichrist.
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Now, I want you to
put your ears on now.
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Because in an attempt to lead
the world to believe that the
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Antichrist was only a
character of the future,
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Rome began a four hundred
plus year campaign of deception.
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They sought to
come up with a theory
00:19:21.44\00:19:24.28
to push the
Antichrist to a single man
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way down toward the end.
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It was called,
the secret rapture.
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It was formulated in the
year 1585 by a Jesuit from a
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city named Salamanca.
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His name was Francisco Ribera.
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He lived from 1537 to 1591.
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He also had a fellow Jesuit
by the name of Luis de Alcazar.
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He was also from Seville.
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The difference
between these two guys is,
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one was a futurist and
the other was a preterist.
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A preterist is somebody
who says all these prophecies
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are in the past.
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Well the people
weren't buying that.
00:20:02.21\00:20:04.11
So Francisco Ribera
came up with one that says
00:20:05.48\00:20:08.97
the Antichrist is
coming way down in the future.
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So he picked a single
verse in Revelation chapter 4.
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Revelation chapter 4
verse 1 says it this way,
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in that there's the
sound of a trumpet heard,
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and then John says, "And I heard
a voice say, 'Come up here.'"
00:20:20.61\00:20:24.61
And Francisco Ribera
said, "Ah, that's a good place."
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So he said, that voice
that says "Come us here,"
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is actually calling the
church out of the world.
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So he used that to begin
to build what's called today,
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the secret rapture.
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But if you read verse 2
in Revelation chapter 4,
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you begin to see that
who is being called up there
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was John the revelator.
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And then he says, "I was
caught up in the Spirit."
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God was simply calling John
into vision, not calling the
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church out of the world.
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But the goal of the
Jesuits was to do this:
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to take the heat
off of Rome during the
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Protestant Reformation.
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But Martin Luther, one
of the Protestant reformers,
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Huss, Zwingli,
Calvin, Melanchthon,
00:21:01.10\00:21:04.77
they began to rise up
and to protest all the errors
00:21:04.80\00:21:08.65
the church was teaching.
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And during the 4th century...
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Sorry, during the 15th century,
they began what's called today,
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the Protestant Reformation.
00:21:16.81\00:21:18.15
But I want you to
notice the way that Satan
00:21:18.18\00:21:20.51
put this structure together.
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I'm going to show you actually
ten steps tonight on how
00:21:21.82\00:21:24.72
the secret rapture has
come to where it is today.
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I want you to note the
screen, the first step.
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It began with the man by
the name of Francisco Ribera
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who taught that Rome was
not an antichrist system,
00:21:34.21\00:21:37.37
and that the secret
rapture would occur before the
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Antichrist reign, before
the seven year tribulation.
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And he published his findings
in 1593 in a manuscript.
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After he died, his
manuscript was kept by the
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Archbishop of Canterbury.
00:21:54.28\00:21:56.74
Dr. S. R. Maitland, he was
appointed the keeper of the
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manuscript in Lambeth
Palace in London, England.
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When he read Ribera's views,
he republished those in 1826,
00:22:05.28\00:22:11.29
again in 1829, and
once again in 1830.
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That was the second
stage, if you noticed.
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The second stage in the
transforming of this prophecy
00:22:16.48\00:22:20.56
into something nowadays that
is not supported by the Bible.
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But the third phase was a man
by the name of Emmanuel Lacunza.
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He was a Jesuit from Chile.
00:22:29.40\00:22:31.66
He lived in the 17th
century from 1731 to 1801.
00:22:31.69\00:22:35.55
He supported Francisco Ribera's
beliefs about the rapture
00:22:35.58\00:22:38.70
and he published
his writings in 1827.
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But get this, listen carefully.
00:22:41.64\00:22:43.86
Instead of putting on
his published writings,
00:22:44.59\00:22:47.05
"Emmanuel Lacunza," he published
it under a fictitious name.
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He used a rabbi's
name that he came up with.
00:22:51.54\00:22:55.38
He used the name
Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra.
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So when the next person
who read his views about the
00:23:01.43\00:23:04.90
secret rapture, they
thought that it was written
00:23:04.93\00:23:06.97
by a converted Jew.
00:23:07.00\00:23:09.17
And they said, "Oh,
the Jews have embraced
00:23:09.84\00:23:12.17
the rapture theory.
00:23:12.20\00:23:13.75
The man that thought it
was taught by a Jew was a man
00:23:13.78\00:23:16.41
by the name of Edward Irving.
00:23:16.44\00:23:18.83
He was the next stage in the
formation of the secret rapture.
00:23:18.86\00:23:22.61
Minister Edward Irving.
00:23:22.64\00:23:24.38
He contended that Lacunza's
writings were the work of
00:23:25.03\00:23:27.99
a converted Jewish scholar.
00:23:28.02\00:23:30.13
And then he embraced
it, as it's called today,
00:23:30.16\00:23:32.47
the pre-tribulation rapture.
00:23:32.50\00:23:34.29
I'm teaching now
so follow carefully.
00:23:34.32\00:23:35.99
Those who followed
Edward Irving's convictions
00:23:36.75\00:23:38.74
were called Irvingites.
00:23:38.75\00:23:40.15
What were they called?
00:23:40.18\00:23:41.20
Irvingites.
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However, here's the point,
because of his contemporaries,
00:23:42.91\00:23:46.54
they began to see what he
said and what the Bible says.
00:23:46.55\00:23:49.43
And because his teachings were
not supported by the Scriptures,
00:23:49.46\00:23:52.51
he was put out of his church.
00:23:52.54\00:23:54.30
They dismissed him
from the Church of Scotland.
00:23:54.33\00:23:56.64
They said, "You
can't teach that and be
00:23:56.65\00:23:57.91
a part of the
Church of Scotland."
00:23:57.92\00:23:58.92
But you know what he did?
00:23:58.93\00:23:59.94
Instead of
dropping the teachings,
00:23:59.95\00:24:00.98
he began his own church.
00:24:01.01\00:24:02.31
He began what was called,
the Catholic Apostolic Church,
00:24:02.34\00:24:05.92
which was the
foundation for what is now today
00:24:05.95\00:24:08.80
the Pentecostal Church.
00:24:08.83\00:24:10.71
This is history.
00:24:10.74\00:24:12.03
This is clever history.
00:24:12.74\00:24:14.22
What I'm
telling you is recorded.
00:24:14.25\00:24:15.55
You can follow it yourself.
00:24:15.58\00:24:17.07
But after him came a
young teenage girl by the
00:24:17.91\00:24:20.70
name of Margaret McDonald.
00:24:20.73\00:24:22.38
That was the next stage or the
fifth stage in the conveyance
00:24:22.41\00:24:26.11
of the secret rapture.
00:24:26.14\00:24:27.35
In the 1830's, this
young Scottish girl said that
00:24:27.38\00:24:29.72
she had visions.
00:24:29.75\00:24:30.97
She claimed to have a vision
that revealed to her that the
00:24:31.34\00:24:35.34
secret rapture was true.
00:24:35.37\00:24:37.50
But prior to her claim,
Edward Irving claimed also
00:24:37.88\00:24:43.03
to receive a vision
about the secret rapture.
00:24:43.52\00:24:45.93
So what happened
was, because of her vision
00:24:46.27\00:24:51.90
Edward Irving was convinced
that he was on the right path.
00:24:52.20\00:24:55.42
But there was a sixth phase to
the conveyance of the rapture.
00:24:55.95\00:25:00.08
A man by the name
of John Nelson Darby.
00:25:00.38\00:25:03.47
By the way, what I'm
covering, when the movie,
00:25:03.50\00:25:06.54
The Rapture, came out...
00:25:06.57\00:25:07.56
Or what do they call it?
00:25:07.59\00:25:08.71
Yeah, Left Behind.
00:25:08.74\00:25:10.86
When that came out, I
was living in California.
00:25:10.89\00:25:12.66
Christians were standing on the
roads giving out free tickets
00:25:13.45\00:25:16.65
to their churches to show this
movie, the Left Behind movie.
00:25:16.68\00:25:20.42
But what they didn't know...
00:25:20.43\00:25:21.67
And this is something
that many that owned the book
00:25:21.68\00:25:23.34
would do well to do.
00:25:23.36\00:25:24.35
Turn the book around, if
you own it, and look at the
00:25:24.39\00:25:26.26
very bottom of
the back of the book.
00:25:26.27\00:25:27.74
In small almost hard
to read letters is this
00:25:27.75\00:25:30.19
single word, "fiction".
00:25:30.20\00:25:32.23
It's Christian fiction that has
taken the church by fire storm
00:25:34.54\00:25:39.70
as doctrinal integrity.
00:25:39.73\00:25:41.91
Every single book on the back,
small little letters, "fiction".
00:25:41.94\00:25:44.93
Check it out if you've
got it on your shelves.
00:25:44.96\00:25:46.34
Pull it off and see it.
00:25:46.37\00:25:47.83
And what upsets me is that it's
sold in the Christian bookstore.
00:25:47.86\00:25:51.13
Even though there's a big
ole sign over the top of it
00:25:51.80\00:25:53.73
that says, "fiction," people
still believe it as though
00:25:53.74\00:25:56.82
it's doctrinally sound.
00:25:56.85\00:25:58.34
So John Nelson Darby, he
embraced the secret rapture
00:25:59.64\00:26:02.88
theory because he was a
follower of Dr. S. R. Maitland,
00:26:02.91\00:26:05.81
the Archbishop of Canterbury.
00:26:05.84\00:26:07.82
He embraced it.
00:26:07.85\00:26:08.91
But his
contemporaries also said to him,
00:26:09.26\00:26:11.24
"This is not scripturally sound.
It's not based on the Bible."
00:26:11.25\00:26:14.36
And they
encouraged him to abandon it.
00:26:14.67\00:26:17.07
It was then labeled Darbyism.
00:26:17.10\00:26:19.42
He was also
called the father of the
00:26:20.57\00:26:23.61
modern dispensational theory.
00:26:23.64\00:26:25.65
In other words, you've heard
the phrase, "dispensations"?
00:26:25.68\00:26:28.20
They say the dispensation of law
and the dispensation of grace.
00:26:28.23\00:26:31.37
There is no scriptural
support for Dispensationalism.
00:26:31.40\00:26:34.18
It was put together
by John N. Darby on the
00:26:34.21\00:26:37.65
foundation of the
teachings of Francisco Ribera,
00:26:37.68\00:26:40.33
who's main goal was to take
the eyes of the people off of
00:26:41.14\00:26:44.73
the Roman Catholic
Church during the dark ages.
00:26:45.13\00:26:47.65
Darbyism was published,
00:26:48.76\00:26:52.11
and Darbyism is
alive and well today.
00:26:52.14\00:26:55.35
But that's not the last stage.
00:26:55.39\00:26:56.85
When John Darby heard
about Margaret McDonald,
00:26:56.88\00:27:02.96
he also visited her.
00:27:03.36\00:27:05.94
And he was convinced that
her revelations were genuine.
00:27:06.82\00:27:10.12
And it further
strengthened his support
00:27:10.13\00:27:12.34
of the dispensational
view of the secret rapture.
00:27:13.49\00:27:16.13
But it continued.
00:27:16.43\00:27:17.55
This was very clever.
00:27:17.58\00:27:19.03
This was probably the
most magnificent step taken
00:27:19.06\00:27:22.32
to give life and
security for the rapture theory.
00:27:22.35\00:27:25.47
The next stage, the
seventh phase, was introduced by
00:27:25.79\00:27:28.95
a man by the name of
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield.
00:27:28.96\00:27:33.27
Hold onto your hats.
00:27:33.96\00:27:35.01
Some of you already
have your eyes open.
00:27:35.04\00:27:36.63
He lived from 1843 to 1921.
00:27:36.66\00:27:39.60
He embraced Darbyism,
which was the foundation that he
00:27:39.63\00:27:42.65
got from Francisco Ribera.
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.10
And both of them were
teaching on the secret rapture.
00:27:44.11\00:27:47.11
In 1909...
00:27:47.14\00:27:48.95
What year did I say? 1909.
00:27:48.98\00:27:52.02
...the false teaching of
the secret rapture received
00:27:53.04\00:27:56.89
its largest push
because Cyrus I. Scofield
00:27:56.90\00:28:04.27
created the very first
Scofield Reference Bible.
00:28:06.37\00:28:10.81
I have a slide of
the reference Bibles.
00:28:12.41\00:28:14.35
When it was created, it was
embraced as the book of books.
00:28:14.71\00:28:17.21
Now hold that there for a
brief moment because I want
00:28:17.24\00:28:18.72
you to see something.
00:28:18.75\00:28:19.80
On the far left is the Scofield
Study Bible in blue for the
00:28:19.83\00:28:23.42
New International Version.
00:28:23.45\00:28:24.71
In the center is for
the New King James Version.
00:28:24.72\00:28:26.73
And the black cover is
for the King James Version.
00:28:26.74\00:28:29.87
He has made sure that
if you don't like the NIV,
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.26
the King James Version
lovers has a Bible for them.
00:28:32.90\00:28:35.83
In every one of these Bibles
the study notes were formulated
00:28:35.86\00:28:41.17
by Francisco Ribera
going way back to 1585;
00:28:41.20\00:28:45.70
a great plot to take
the eyes of the reformers
00:28:45.73\00:28:51.64
off of the true place that
Rome had in Bible prophecy.
00:28:51.67\00:28:54.86
Today, it's known as Darbyism.
00:28:55.02\00:28:57.08
It's now also called the
new word, Dispensationalism.
00:28:57.09\00:29:00.82
Really, it's really
more like sensationalism
00:29:00.85\00:29:03.32
rather than Dispensationalism.
00:29:03.35\00:29:05.05
No disrespect to
those who believe it,
00:29:05.79\00:29:07.58
but it's not scripturally sound.
00:29:07.61\00:29:09.27
It's not found in the Bible.
00:29:09.30\00:29:10.49
The Scofield Study
Bible and the study notes
00:29:11.24\00:29:14.27
are both non-biblical teachings.
00:29:14.30\00:29:17.40
It's also called The Gap Theory,
where they take the last week
00:29:17.78\00:29:21.68
in the 70 week prophecy
and they cut it off and put it
00:29:21.69\00:29:25.32
way way down in some
undetermined date in history.
00:29:25.33\00:29:29.73
In other words, they say,
that last 7 days occur when
00:29:29.76\00:29:33.10
the rapture happens.
00:29:33.13\00:29:34.36
So when the church
disappears, this theory says,
00:29:34.39\00:29:37.26
now the 7 years begin, the last
7 years on the 70 week prophecy.
00:29:37.29\00:29:43.04
If you want some
material, write me at 3ABN
00:29:44.04\00:29:46.79
and I'll try to get some to you.
00:29:46.82\00:29:48.08
Now, don't all inundate me now.
00:29:48.11\00:29:50.21
But this is all beautifully
packaged for those of you
00:29:51.84\00:29:54.98
who don't understand
this, to truly understand this.
00:29:54.99\00:29:57.60
Because as I said earlier, the
devil has cleverly found ways
00:29:57.63\00:30:01.15
to lead the Christian
church down the wrong path.
00:30:01.18\00:30:05.58
In the same way that
he's used the hip-hop industry
00:30:05.59\00:30:08.46
to bring hip-hop music
into the church and rock music
00:30:08.49\00:30:11.11
into the church, he's found ways
to bring lies into the church
00:30:11.14\00:30:14.34
and package it
in Christian books.
00:30:14.37\00:30:16.79
So now, is there
anything wrong with the NIV,
00:30:17.09\00:30:18.99
the New King
James, and the King James?
00:30:19.02\00:30:20.75
Be careful with
some of the translations.
00:30:20.78\00:30:22.62
I'm not going to give you an
entire study on translations.
00:30:22.65\00:30:24.75
Because some of the
Bibles take out entire verses.
00:30:24.78\00:30:27.51
But the problem
is the study notes.
00:30:27.54\00:30:30.02
You see, in the Scofield
Study Bible, if you follow his
00:30:30.05\00:30:34.18
study notes, here are
some of the things you find.
00:30:34.21\00:30:36.08
You come to
discover, based on his notes,
00:30:36.54\00:30:40.13
he connects texts together
that are not interrelated
00:30:40.16\00:30:42.77
to build the secret rapture.
00:30:42.80\00:30:44.81
He also connects texts
together to make you think that
00:30:44.84\00:30:47.81
where the Bible mentions
the first day of the week,
00:30:47.84\00:30:50.00
it means the Sabbath.
00:30:50.03\00:30:51.93
He also connects texts together
where there's the teaching of
00:30:53.30\00:30:56.59
eternally burning hell, he
makes you believe it is eternal.
00:30:56.60\00:31:00.08
It took the devil
about 500 years to get it
00:31:02.05\00:31:04.68
to where it is today.
00:31:04.71\00:31:05.80
But that's not the last
contributor in its entire
00:31:07.19\00:31:10.65
construction of
the rapture theory.
00:31:10.66\00:31:13.90
Scofield study notes
talk about the Gap Theory.
00:31:13.93\00:31:16.50
The restoration of
the nation of Israel.
00:31:16.53\00:31:18.29
That's why our
government has such a push,
00:31:18.32\00:31:20.61
"We've got to defend Israel."
00:31:20.62\00:31:21.79
Because our government is
pushed by religious individuals
00:31:21.82\00:31:24.59
who believe that Israel one
day is going to be converted.
00:31:24.62\00:31:27.89
That's the whole thing
about the coalition with Israel.
00:31:28.30\00:31:31.39
Also the conversion of the Jews,
the pre-tribulation rapture,
00:31:32.24\00:31:35.44
and the millennial
earthly reign of Christ.
00:31:35.47\00:31:38.70
Christ is not coming
down here to reign with us.
00:31:38.73\00:31:42.44
We're going up
there to reign with Him.
00:31:42.47\00:31:44.25
What do you say?
00:31:44.26\00:31:45.26
I'm not looking to be down
here a thousand more years.
00:31:45.27\00:31:47.35
I want to be in the kingdom that
He's preparing for me right now.
00:31:47.38\00:31:50.58
If you read John 14, He says,
00:31:50.97\00:31:52.92
"I go to
prepare a place for you.
00:31:52.95\00:31:55.12
And if I go to prepare a place,
I will come again to receive you
00:31:55.15\00:31:59.12
so that where I am in
heaven, there you may be also."
00:31:59.15\00:32:03.18
He's not coming
down here with us.
00:32:03.73\00:32:05.14
That's why they're
trying to reform the earth.
00:32:05.15\00:32:06.74
Trying to get the earth...
00:32:06.84\00:32:07.90
God is not reforming this.
00:32:08.23\00:32:10.05
He's going to
make it all over again.
00:32:10.08\00:32:11.83
He's not putting it up to
politicians and the Palestinians
00:32:13.30\00:32:17.11
and the Jews to fix the earth.
00:32:17.14\00:32:18.80
He's going to do it Himself.
00:32:19.56\00:32:20.66
He's the Creator and
He's also the re-Creator.
00:32:20.69\00:32:22.81
Amen, somebody.
00:32:22.84\00:32:24.32
But this trek continued.
00:32:24.60\00:32:25.95
The next man to contribute
to this whole thing was a
00:32:25.96\00:32:27.86
man by the name of Hal Lindsey.
00:32:27.89\00:32:30.05
I think I have a
picture of his book
00:32:30.58\00:32:32.02
called, The Late
Great Planet Earth.
00:32:32.05\00:32:35.88
15 million copies were
sold when it hit the presses.
00:32:35.91\00:32:41.72
And everybody thought
the world was going to end
00:32:42.33\00:32:45.03
somewhere in the 1980's.
00:32:45.53\00:32:46.95
This book hit
the presses in 1970.
00:32:46.98\00:32:49.16
15 million copies hot.
00:32:49.19\00:32:51.35
Once again, it re-awakened.
00:32:52.01\00:32:53.62
Do you see how the devil works?
00:32:53.65\00:32:54.71
Just about the time
the fire is about to die,
00:32:54.74\00:32:56.58
he throws another log
in there and stokes it
00:32:56.59\00:32:59.64
to keep a lie
flaming from the pulpits
00:32:59.67\00:33:02.46
of places where the
word of God should be taught.
00:33:02.49\00:33:05.05
But what did he do?
00:33:06.14\00:33:07.26
Listen to how
TIME magazine says it.
00:33:07.29\00:33:09.19
This is really interesting.
00:33:09.22\00:33:10.36
TIME magazine Specials says...
00:33:10.67\00:33:12.41
This, by the way, is
from time.com by Kayla Webley,
00:33:12.44\00:33:15.81
and this was May 20,
2011 that this was written.
00:33:15.84\00:33:20.76
Listen to these words.
00:33:20.79\00:33:21.91
Notice they say "nonfiction".
They gave it biblical status.
00:33:36.34\00:33:39.13
If you think Hal
Lindsey is the last one,
00:34:07.74\00:34:09.50
tighten your seatbelts.
00:34:09.80\00:34:11.21
Let's go to the next stage.
00:34:11.24\00:34:12.93
The next great
contributor was a man I talked
00:34:12.96\00:34:15.37
about just a moment ago.
00:34:15.40\00:34:16.49
His name was Tim LaHaye and
his writer was Jerry Jenkins.
00:34:16.50\00:34:20.25
The Left Behind series...
00:34:20.28\00:34:21.58
If you think that 15 million
is a lot, this 16 volume series,
00:34:21.61\00:34:26.76
the Left Behind series,
75 million books were sold.
00:34:26.79\00:34:32.19
Not to count the movies, not
to count the children series,
00:34:32.22\00:34:35.07
not to count the literature,
00:34:35.10\00:34:36.43
and not to count all the
non-scriptural Bible studies
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.80
that were sold and taught
from the pulpits of the world.
00:34:39.83\00:34:42.72
Some of them are
still teaching it.
00:34:43.90\00:34:45.35
Matter of fact,
Discovery Channel did an exposé
00:34:45.38\00:34:48.78
when Pastor Doug Batchelor was
on, they did this thing about
00:34:48.81\00:34:51.25
End Time Prophecies.
00:34:51.26\00:34:52.29
Some of you may have seen it.
00:34:52.32\00:34:53.30
In that very same exposé, they
did a clip on the secret rapture
00:34:53.33\00:34:57.42
and they said, and I quote,
"Millions of Christians have
00:34:57.45\00:35:00.86
embraced a belief
in the secret rapture,
00:35:00.89\00:35:03.31
and it's not
supported by scripture."
00:35:03.34\00:35:05.68
But you know what?
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.03
You tell a person that believes
the rapture that it's not
00:35:08.06\00:35:09.74
supported by the
Bible, you know what they say?
00:35:09.77\00:35:11.23
They still believe it.
00:35:11.26\00:35:12.32
One of the best deceptions
is to look for something
00:35:13.40\00:35:15.97
that's not going to happen.
00:35:15.98\00:35:18.56
Waiting to be snatched away,
only to face the tribulation.
00:35:19.08\00:35:25.29
But I've got good news for you.
00:35:25.32\00:35:26.45
Don't fear the tribulation.
00:35:26.48\00:35:27.52
Because the Bible says, "He that
dwells in the secret place of
00:35:27.55\00:35:30.45
the Most High shall abide under
the shadow of the Almighty."
00:35:30.48\00:35:33.77
Put your thinking caps on.
00:35:33.80\00:35:35.23
When the plagues came to Egypt,
the Israelites were there.
00:35:35.26\00:35:39.24
But what kept them?
The blood of the Lamb.
00:35:39.27\00:35:41.97
God didn't take them
out before the plagues fell.
00:35:43.33\00:35:45.24
All ten plagues fell
while they were in Egypt.
00:35:45.27\00:35:47.56
What protected them?
The blood of the Lamb.
00:35:47.59\00:35:49.84
Revelation 12 verse 11,
"They overcame him by the
00:35:49.85\00:35:52.89
blood of the Lamb."
00:35:52.90\00:35:54.32
That's our protection.
00:35:54.72\00:35:55.98
Not some secret place
that's up there in purgatory.
00:35:56.28\00:35:59.46
Oh, I'll talk about
that tomorrow night.
00:36:00.31\00:36:02.15
75 million books
and DVD's were sold.
00:36:04.40\00:36:07.52
Christian churches hosted
showing the Left Behind DVD's
00:36:07.53\00:36:10.19
in their churches.
00:36:10.22\00:36:11.28
And by the way, it's
still sold today as fiction
00:36:11.92\00:36:13.84
in the Christian bookstores.
00:36:13.85\00:36:14.85
But most people miss
that stamp, "fiction".
00:36:14.95\00:36:18.18
Here's a slide of Tim LaHaye's
book, the Left Behind series.
00:36:20.46\00:36:24.43
I think they may
have shown it already.
00:36:25.04\00:36:26.49
75 million books.
00:36:26.52\00:36:28.06
But I want you to hear what was
said about this entire series.
00:36:28.31\00:36:32.50
This was taken from the
Huff Post, huffingtonpost.com,
00:36:32.53\00:36:37.30
September 5, 2001.
00:36:37.33\00:36:39.16
"Fictionalized image."
00:36:59.28\00:37:01.46
Get that.
00:37:02.41\00:37:03.41
This is what
they're telling you.
00:37:03.43\00:37:05.47
Now Tim LaHaye still
believes in the secret rapture,
00:37:16.67\00:37:19.39
but what he does not support
is the prediction of the day.
00:37:19.40\00:37:22.13
He said that Harold
Camping is not right.
00:37:22.16\00:37:25.59
But he still
supports the secret rapture.
00:37:27.07\00:37:28.90
Duh.
00:37:29.69\00:37:30.89
That's not a
very theological word.
00:37:31.86\00:37:33.34
But in other words, wake up.
00:37:34.64\00:37:35.92
If it's not in the Bible at all,
whether you predict the date
00:37:35.95\00:37:39.74
or not, it's
not going to happen.
00:37:39.75\00:37:41.10
Am I right?
00:37:41.68\00:37:42.70
Look at the words of
Jesus, Matthew 24 verse 36.
00:37:43.06\00:37:46.21
And then we have the final,
not the last, but the final
00:37:54.18\00:37:57.43
and most significant contributor
to the secret rapture.
00:37:57.46\00:37:59.99
I said to you earlier,
if I were the devil, I would
00:38:00.02\00:38:02.50
come after the church.
00:38:02.53\00:38:03.53
And boy, Satan is like
Mike Tyson without gloves.
00:38:03.54\00:38:07.47
He's ripping our ears off
because we don't want to hear
00:38:08.01\00:38:10.48
what the Spirit says.
00:38:10.51\00:38:11.84
And the churches, multiple
millions would rather believe
00:38:12.76\00:38:16.73
the secret rapture than
believe the word of God.
00:38:16.76\00:38:20.31
They use 1 Thessalonians
chapter 4 where it says,
00:38:20.34\00:38:22.94
"The Lord Himself shall descend
from heaven with a shout,
00:38:22.97\00:38:25.93
with the voice of the archangel,
with the trumpet call of God.
00:38:25.96\00:38:28.53
And the dead in
Christ shall rise first."
00:38:28.56\00:38:30.37
If you read that verse,
it's anything but secret.
00:38:30.40\00:38:32.49
"The Lord Himself descends
from heaven with a shout."
00:38:32.52\00:38:35.41
Secret?
00:38:36.12\00:38:37.19
I haste to say it's not.
00:38:37.29\00:38:38.82
"With the voice of the
archangel, with the trumpet."
00:38:39.86\00:38:42.18
How many times have
you heard a silent trumpet?
00:38:42.21\00:38:44.20
And David the psalmist
says, "Our God shall come
00:38:46.11\00:38:48.31
and shall not keep silent."
00:38:48.32\00:38:50.95
Let me tell you something.
00:38:51.43\00:38:52.48
New Years Eve does not
happen, it's not a silent event.
00:38:52.51\00:38:55.04
Amen?
00:38:55.07\00:38:56.12
The championship of
a football game is not
00:38:56.15\00:38:58.01
celebrated in secret.
00:38:58.04\00:38:59.32
Neither is the NBA finals.
00:38:59.35\00:39:00.78
Neither is the
World Series for baseball.
00:39:00.81\00:39:02.52
Why would the greatest event
of the ages be a secret event?
00:39:02.55\00:39:06.15
Why would the God who
loves us come back and say,
00:39:06.54\00:39:09.22
"Come on Dick, let's go."
00:39:10.04\00:39:11.66
I don't want to be cynical
here, but that's what actually
00:39:12.34\00:39:15.09
people are believing.
00:39:15.12\00:39:16.24
So somebody will be flying
an airplane and all of a sudden,
00:39:16.27\00:39:18.35
the pilot is gone.
00:39:18.38\00:39:19.50
Somebody will be driving a car.
00:39:19.53\00:39:20.74
You've seen the posters,
"In case of the rapture,
00:39:20.77\00:39:22.63
this car will be unmanned."
00:39:22.66\00:39:23.82
It's based on a lie.
00:39:23.85\00:39:25.65
Please, do your homework.
00:39:25.68\00:39:27.65
Don't be caught by something
that's not going to occur.
00:39:27.68\00:39:31.39
I may be excited.
00:39:34.21\00:39:35.37
Just pray for me.
00:39:35.40\00:39:36.97
Jesus also warned us.
00:39:38.74\00:39:40.68
Harold Camping, he
predicted that May 21 would
00:39:41.14\00:39:44.37
be the day of judgment.
00:39:44.38\00:39:45.38
Here's a picture of a sign that
people saw about that thing.
00:39:45.39\00:39:49.07
Remember this,
"Judgment Day, May 21, 2011."
00:39:49.10\00:39:52.38
My wife and I were in Oakland,
California around May 21st.
00:39:52.39\00:39:56.09
We took a picture in front
of Harold Camping's building.
00:39:56.12\00:39:58.35
If I was thinking, I
would have had it on the screen.
00:39:58.38\00:40:00.02
Nobody was there but the
radio station was still on.
00:40:00.84\00:40:04.65
And on the next day, May
22nd, was our 28th anniversary.
00:40:05.08\00:40:10.11
I could have told
Harold Camping the world was
00:40:10.14\00:40:11.78
not going to end that day.
00:40:11.80\00:40:12.89
We had an
anniversary celebration.
00:40:13.47\00:40:15.25
Not that it would be the reason
why the world doesn't end.
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.56
But after that, he had I
think, a stroke or something
00:40:21.14\00:40:23.28
because he was so disappointed
that he was again incorrect.
00:40:23.48\00:40:26.72
When you try to
predict something that's not
00:40:26.73\00:40:28.55
going to occur, you will
be incorrect over and over
00:40:28.58\00:40:31.43
and over and over again.
00:40:31.46\00:40:33.00
You'll never be correct.
00:40:33.59\00:40:35.01
Like trying to hit a baseball
and there's nobody throwing one.
00:40:35.04\00:40:37.92
But notice what Jesus said.
00:40:41.75\00:40:43.51
This one took about five
hundred years to construct.
00:40:43.91\00:40:47.69
It is a deception.
00:40:47.72\00:40:48.80
And loving Christians,
people that love the Lord...
00:40:48.81\00:40:51.45
I'm not talking about
people that don't like Jesus.
00:40:51.48\00:40:53.77
I'm not talking about
people that want to be lost.
00:40:53.80\00:40:55.54
I'm talking about people
that sincerely love the Lord.
00:40:55.57\00:40:57.97
I'm talking about people who
are waiting for this great and
00:40:58.37\00:41:01.31
glorious deliverance out
of this cruel sinful world.
00:41:01.34\00:41:04.45
But they've been
taught and they've been duped
00:41:04.75\00:41:07.61
by a lie from the pits of hell.
00:41:08.01\00:41:10.75
And it's not going to occur.
00:41:11.06\00:41:12.58
But Jesus warned us that
these are days of deception.
00:41:13.50\00:41:15.92
Matthew 24 verse 11.
00:41:15.95\00:41:17.42
He also warned His disciples.
00:41:27.58\00:41:29.55
It's amazing, in the outlaying
of the last days in Matthew 24,
00:41:29.58\00:41:33.51
you notice He doesn't
mention earthquakes first,
00:41:33.54\00:41:35.00
or wars and fires and floods.
00:41:35.03\00:41:36.67
He doesn't
mention disease first.
00:41:36.70\00:41:38.08
The first thing He
says, Matthew 24 verse 4,
00:41:38.11\00:41:40.30
look at what He says.
00:41:40.33\00:41:41.46
The first thing He says.
00:41:41.49\00:41:42.60
Do you think He
was just picking words?
00:41:51.26\00:41:53.41
No, He was saying the
devil is going to deceive you.
00:41:53.44\00:41:56.05
Matter of fact, you
read Revelation chapter 12,
00:41:56.76\00:41:58.66
he deceives the whole world.
00:41:58.96\00:42:01.18
His angels were
cast out with him.
00:42:01.21\00:42:03.30
He's got workers everywhere
to deceive the entire world.
00:42:03.33\00:42:06.85
Which takes me down to this
quotation, a very powerful one,
00:42:06.86\00:42:10.13
from the book,
Christ Triumphant,
00:42:10.16\00:42:12.52
page 143 and paragraph 2.
00:42:12.55\00:42:14.54
Notice what it says.
00:42:14.57\00:42:15.84
And he's working most
effectively under the guise
00:42:27.19\00:42:30.82
of Christianity.
00:42:30.85\00:42:31.91
Now you know what?
00:42:31.92\00:42:32.98
A person may come in
here and try to sell us drugs,
00:42:33.01\00:42:35.20
pornography, sex, all
that stuff, lottery tickets.
00:42:35.23\00:42:38.77
Nobody is going to buy that.
00:42:38.78\00:42:39.78
Am I right?
00:42:39.79\00:42:40.79
Come on, say amen.
00:42:40.80\00:42:42.02
Aren't going to be buying that.
00:42:42.60\00:42:43.91
But if he packages it
in the Bible, now get that,
00:42:44.49\00:42:47.58
God's Holy Book,
false study notes.
00:42:47.59\00:42:52.81
Be careful when you study your
Bible based on the study notes.
00:42:53.22\00:42:58.19
Check out the beginning.
00:42:58.22\00:42:59.60
There are a couple of,
not just Scofield study notes,
00:42:59.63\00:43:02.23
but there are a number of
other contributors that follow
00:43:02.26\00:43:04.07
Scofield's train of thought.
00:43:04.10\00:43:05.36
And I could show you my Bibles.
00:43:05.39\00:43:06.65
I have a number of them
that the notes themselves,
00:43:06.68\00:43:08.63
if you follow them, you'll
believe all kinds of stuff
00:43:08.66\00:43:10.48
that's not
supported by the text itself.
00:43:10.51\00:43:12.73
But Jesus said
these days would come.
00:43:15.47\00:43:17.29
Look at this,
Isaiah 4 and verse 1.
00:43:18.01\00:43:19.85
Seven churches.
00:43:20.36\00:43:21.39
Look at what he says
about all seven of them.
00:43:21.42\00:43:23.68
Isaiah 4 verse 1.
00:43:24.11\00:43:25.46
The motif is the last days.
00:43:28.32\00:43:29.85
The seven women
are the seven churches.
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.44
Who's the man? Jesus.
00:43:36.19\00:43:38.01
"Food;" we've got
our own doctrines.
00:43:41.68\00:43:42.99
"Apparel;" our
own righteousness.
00:43:45.15\00:43:47.37
"Your name;" Christian.
00:43:50.38\00:43:51.42
"Many will come in My
name saying, 'I am Christ,'
00:43:53.69\00:43:56.26
and will deceive many."
00:43:56.29\00:43:57.57
There are folk that are opening
churches up all over the place.
00:43:57.60\00:43:59.48
Do you know why?
Because it's the biggest
00:43:59.51\00:44:00.89
tax shelter in
the United States.
00:44:00.91\00:44:03.14
It's the biggest way to
get into people's pockets,
00:44:03.63\00:44:05.74
to take people's money.
00:44:05.77\00:44:06.86
You know what?
00:44:06.87\00:44:07.87
I need to say something
for those of you who may not
00:44:07.90\00:44:09.54
understand where
I stand as a pastor.
00:44:09.55\00:44:11.18
My check doesn't go up or down
based on how many people are
00:44:11.21\00:44:15.93
packed in the building.
00:44:15.96\00:44:16.96
My check comes in
the mail like your check.
00:44:16.99\00:44:18.74
Maybe direct deposit.
00:44:18.77\00:44:20.42
So we're not motivated to
tell you what you want to hear.
00:44:20.45\00:44:22.91
We're motivated to
tell you the truth.
00:44:22.94\00:44:24.97
I'm not a pilot
that just likes to fly.
00:44:27.58\00:44:29.41
I want to get you
to your destination.
00:44:29.42\00:44:31.04
Amen?
00:44:31.14\00:44:32.17
So when you get on the plane,
they always say before the
00:44:32.47\00:44:34.75
doors are closed, "The
next stop for this plane is
00:44:34.78\00:44:37.30
Los Angeles, California.
00:44:37.33\00:44:38.77
If that's not your final
destination, please exit now."
00:44:38.80\00:44:41.92
I wish churches would say that,
"Our next destination is heaven.
00:44:42.28\00:44:45.26
If this church is not taking
you there, please exit now."
00:44:45.29\00:44:48.23
And a whole lot of
folk would be walking out.
00:44:49.70\00:44:51.38
Look at 2
Corinthians 11 verses 13 to 15.
00:44:54.44\00:44:57.39
And my point is, don't determine
the truth by the way the
00:44:57.90\00:45:00.53
preacher looks and sounds,
but by what the Bible contains.
00:45:00.56\00:45:04.15
Because Satan has
ministers that work for him.
00:45:04.18\00:45:08.36
That's what
Jesus said. Here it is.
00:45:08.69\00:45:10.49
2 Corinthians 11
beginning with verse 13.
00:45:11.17\00:45:13.46
An angel of light; that's how he
came to Jesus in the wilderness.
00:45:35.25\00:45:38.45
Everybody is going to
have to pay for what they say.
00:45:51.58\00:45:53.25
Am I right?
00:45:53.28\00:45:54.26
That's why I'm not
going to tell you a lie.
00:45:54.57\00:45:55.85
Because I'm not
standing before God saying,
00:45:55.88\00:45:57.54
"I didn't mean to lie to them."
00:45:57.55\00:45:59.08
No, Jeremiah 23.
Listen to it, read it.
00:45:59.50\00:46:01.94
It says, "Woe unto the pastors
that destroy and scatter the
00:46:01.97\00:46:06.02
sheep of My pasture."
00:46:06.05\00:46:07.75
There's one
Shepherd, and He's says,
00:46:07.78\00:46:09.19
"My sheep will hear My voice."
00:46:09.22\00:46:10.77
John chapter 10.
00:46:10.80\00:46:12.12
"Other sheep I have
that are not of this fold."
00:46:12.15\00:46:13.89
But He says, "Them
also I must bring."
00:46:13.92\00:46:15.61
John 10 and verse 16.
00:46:15.62\00:46:17.28
So in these last days,
God is calling His sheep
00:46:17.29\00:46:21.39
to follow the only Shepherd
that tells you the truth;
00:46:21.42\00:46:24.50
Jesus Christ.
00:46:24.53\00:46:25.86
But let's keep on going.
00:46:26.92\00:46:27.92
The Bible also
reveals why ministers reject
00:46:28.00\00:46:29.69
and teach against the truth.
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.20
John 3 and verse 19. Look at it.
00:46:31.23\00:46:33.09
The Bible says this.
00:46:34.18\00:46:35.25
How many
pastors have you seen...
00:46:45.40\00:46:47.43
And this is a tender subject.
00:46:47.46\00:46:49.28
This is a very
tender place to tread
00:46:49.31\00:46:51.05
because the Bible
says, "Be Careful.
00:46:51.08\00:46:52.40
Deal with everybody
who is in transgression
00:46:52.43\00:46:54.04
with tender gloves.
00:46:54.05\00:46:55.27
Because, but for the
grace of God, there go us."
00:46:55.30\00:46:57.58
So many who are not in the task
of standing with integrity and
00:46:58.25\00:47:03.82
staying in the Word and
prayed up and staying up
00:47:03.85\00:47:06.73
are falling like flies because
the darkness is revealing that
00:47:06.76\00:47:10.50
their deeds are really evil.
00:47:10.53\00:47:12.81
That's what is
happening in our world today.
00:47:13.32\00:47:14.82
Pray for them.
00:47:14.85\00:47:15.91
But the other reason why
many people are rejecting
00:47:15.94\00:47:18.27
the truth is person gain.
00:47:18.30\00:47:19.40
Romans 16 verse 18.
00:47:19.43\00:47:21.24
I like to use the Bible.
That's a good thing to do.
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.04
What do you say?
00:47:23.05\00:47:24.10
Romans 16 verse 18,
notice what Paul says.
00:47:24.30\00:47:26.69
You know what we call
that? Preying on folk.
00:47:41.22\00:47:43.72
Not praying for them, but prey.
00:47:43.75\00:47:46.91
Praying mantis trying to
find a way into their pockets.
00:47:46.94\00:47:49.65
I'm sick of that.
00:47:50.06\00:47:51.61
My stomach turns
when I go to a church and
00:47:52.39\00:47:54.50
I hear ministers lying.
00:47:54.51\00:47:55.51
I want to stand up, but
out of respect I don't do it.
00:47:55.52\00:47:57.66
Oh so many times, I was that
close to getting up and just
00:47:57.69\00:48:00.23
blowing the service apart.
00:48:00.24\00:48:01.53
Now they would have probably
beat me up and threw me out.
00:48:02.10\00:48:03.89
But God is going
to deal with that.
00:48:06.56\00:48:08.14
Deception.
00:48:09.07\00:48:10.17
Here's another
reason why many people
00:48:10.20\00:48:11.49
don't like the truth.
00:48:11.52\00:48:12.52
Luke 16 verse 13.
00:48:12.55\00:48:17.84
Deception; another reason
for this is right in this verse.
00:48:18.46\00:48:22.76
Mammon was a god that
was synonymous to money.
00:48:42.23\00:48:46.46
There are a whole lot of
people in it for the money.
00:48:47.25\00:48:49.32
And we, us pastors in
the Adventist church, we say,
00:48:49.35\00:48:52.29
"You know we're not
in this for the money.
00:48:52.32\00:48:54.03
Because we're not getting
rich being Adventist pastors.
00:48:55.21\00:48:57.63
But we've got a retirement
plan that's out of this world."
00:48:57.66\00:48:59.88
Can you say amen.
00:48:59.91\00:49:01.08
I've got fire
insurance and life insurance.
00:49:02.64\00:49:05.42
God has given me
security from the fires to come.
00:49:06.33\00:49:08.60
Isn't that right?
00:49:08.63\00:49:09.63
I've got life insurance.
00:49:09.64\00:49:11.07
Eternal life in Jesus Christ.
00:49:11.10\00:49:13.00
So I've got to be honest.
00:49:13.03\00:49:14.19
He's employed me
to tell the truth.
00:49:14.22\00:49:16.42
And that brings me great joy.
00:49:16.45\00:49:18.89
I'm excited about the audience
here, but I'm even more excited
00:49:18.92\00:49:21.29
about those who are watching.
00:49:21.32\00:49:22.44
Because many of us
know this to be true.
00:49:22.47\00:49:24.44
But those who are listening
and watching, if you've never
00:49:24.47\00:49:26.79
heard this before,
I want you to pray.
00:49:26.80\00:49:28.65
If there are things that
I've said that you want to
00:49:28.68\00:49:30.70
know about, contact 3ABN.
00:49:30.73\00:49:33.03
3ABN.org, you'll
find out about it.
00:49:33.56\00:49:35.70
We've got a whole staff of
pastors that will be glad to
00:49:35.73\00:49:38.23
walk with you through the Bible.
00:49:38.26\00:49:39.37
We're living in too late
a history to hide the truth
00:49:39.40\00:49:42.43
from those who
want to know about it.
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.20
People want money, a
lot of people want money.
00:49:44.93\00:49:47.61
There are pastors that
talk about their salaries.
00:49:47.64\00:49:49.29
I remember a preacher once said
to me, "I have more money in my
00:49:49.30\00:49:51.49
pocket than you
make in an entire year."
00:49:51.52\00:49:53.72
And I thought to
myself, well that's terrible.
00:49:54.34\00:49:55.92
But then I also remembered, you
can't buy your way to heaven.
00:49:55.95\00:49:58.96
Am I right?
00:49:59.79\00:50:00.79
You've got to go
under the blood of the Lamb.
00:50:00.97\00:50:02.73
Salvation is a free gift.
00:50:02.76\00:50:04.26
We're saved by grace through
faith, that not of yourselves.
00:50:04.29\00:50:07.08
It is the gift of God.
00:50:07.11\00:50:08.52
He paid for it and I'm going to
accept the gift free of charge.
00:50:08.55\00:50:11.15
But you know when
you accept the gift,
00:50:11.16\00:50:12.51
there's some responsibility.
00:50:12.52\00:50:13.52
Am I right?
00:50:13.53\00:50:14.53
Responsibilities,
tell the truth.
00:50:14.54\00:50:16.38
The end result of those
who prefer a lie in place of
00:50:17.59\00:50:20.87
the truth is spelled out here
in 2 Thessalonians chapter 2
00:50:20.90\00:50:23.75
verses 11 and 12.
00:50:23.78\00:50:25.00
Follow these words.
00:50:25.03\00:50:26.39
It's a frightful thing to handle
error and to do it in delight.
00:50:26.42\00:50:30.37
It's a frightful thing to
purposefully and intentionally
00:50:30.38\00:50:33.98
say, "I don't want
to hear the truth."
00:50:34.01\00:50:35.96
If somebody is coming to your
house, give them bad directions
00:50:37.50\00:50:40.14
and see if they don't get upset.
00:50:41.30\00:50:42.88
Wouldn't they get upset?
00:50:43.74\00:50:45.27
If somebody wants to
call you, give them the
00:50:45.30\00:50:46.67
wrong phone number, see if
they don't tell you about it.
00:50:46.70\00:50:49.31
But doesn't it frighten you
that when you tell people a lie,
00:50:49.34\00:50:53.03
they don't get upset.
00:50:53.06\00:50:54.31
But when you tell them
the truth, they get upset.
00:50:54.65\00:50:57.26
When you try to open somebody's
eyes, they get mad at you.
00:50:57.27\00:51:00.04
Tell me that the spirit of the
Antichrist is not behind that.
00:51:00.07\00:51:03.16
Tell me that
there's a different spirit.
00:51:03.19\00:51:04.74
So when somebody
says, "I love the Lord,"
00:51:04.77\00:51:05.81
that doesn't mean a thing me.
00:51:05.84\00:51:07.06
"If you love Me," Jesus said,
"you'll keep My commandments."
00:51:07.07\00:51:09.87
That's the test.
00:51:09.90\00:51:10.91
He that says, "I know Him," and
does not keep His commandments,
00:51:10.92\00:51:12.75
Jesus says is a liar
and the truth is not in him.
00:51:12.78\00:51:15.66
1 John chapter 2
verses 3 and 4. It's there.
00:51:16.16\00:51:18.15
Examine them by the truth.
00:51:18.16\00:51:19.67
Look at what the Bible says.
00:51:19.70\00:51:20.84
2 Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 11 and 12.
00:51:20.87\00:51:23.21
You know what, I don't
join churches because of
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.48
music programs any more
than I get on an airplane
00:51:44.51\00:51:47.04
because of the entertainment.
00:51:47.07\00:51:48.33
I get on an airplane because it
is going where I want to end up.
00:51:49.16\00:51:51.60
Am I right?
00:51:51.63\00:51:52.64
So there are some churches that
have got all kinds of good music
00:51:52.84\00:51:55.09
and great choirs and
kicking bands and programs,
00:51:55.12\00:51:58.90
clothes and food for
everybody in the line.
00:51:58.93\00:52:01.15
But I'll never forget those
words in the back of my mind,
00:52:02.67\00:52:04.65
the echo of Matthew
chapter 7 verses 21 to 23.
00:52:04.68\00:52:07.43
"Many will say to Me
in that day, 'Lord, Lord,
00:52:07.46\00:52:10.18
have we not
prophesied in Thy name,
00:52:10.48\00:52:12.38
cast out demons in Your name,
00:52:12.41\00:52:14.56
and done many
wonderful works in Your name?'
00:52:14.59\00:52:16.66
And He will profess to
them, 'I never knew you.
00:52:16.69\00:52:19.35
Depart from Me, ye
that work iniquity.'"
00:52:19.38\00:52:21.76
In other words, you
loved sin, you embraced it,
00:52:21.79\00:52:24.24
and you thought by
giving out clothes, that would
00:52:24.27\00:52:26.16
buy your way to heaven.
00:52:26.19\00:52:27.21
Salvation is a free gift.
00:52:27.22\00:52:28.66
But it's for those that love the
truth and those that love Jesus.
00:52:28.92\00:52:31.36
Can you say amen.
00:52:31.37\00:52:32.61
That's why during
the construction stage,
00:52:33.17\00:52:35.41
during the final
construction of the final stage
00:52:35.44\00:52:38.64
we only have one safeguard.
00:52:38.67\00:52:40.41
And that's Jesus and His word.
00:52:40.44\00:52:43.54
I'll go back to that map.
00:52:43.57\00:52:44.59
You know what, my wife
and I would be still in Texas
00:52:44.60\00:52:46.47
somewhere trying
to find California
00:52:46.50\00:52:48.14
if it were not for the map.
00:52:48.17\00:52:49.81
You can't even
say, "Now, I think...
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...I think...
00:52:52.61\00:52:53.61
...California is...
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...that way.
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Unreliable.
00:52:58.12\00:52:59.12
But some people fly by
the seat of their pants
00:52:59.15\00:53:00.94
when it comes to theology.
00:53:00.97\00:53:02.36
And we smile.
00:53:02.99\00:53:04.58
I did that for a
particular reason.
00:53:04.61\00:53:06.86
That is just as
cynical and as ridiculous
00:53:08.07\00:53:10.72
as taking what God
clearly says, ignoring it,
00:53:11.22\00:53:14.74
and still trying to find your
way by sticking your finger up
00:53:14.77\00:53:17.26
in the wind to find California
all the way from Florida.
00:53:17.29\00:53:20.76
There are loving
people that are in the bus
00:53:21.95\00:53:24.17
that think that the bus
driver is telling the truth.
00:53:24.20\00:53:27.01
But the sad reality
is, the Bible says if the
00:53:27.04\00:53:29.59
blind leads the blind,
they both fall into the ditch.
00:53:29.62\00:53:32.69
But you know what,
people are not blind because
00:53:32.72\00:53:34.57
they can't see.
00:53:34.60\00:53:35.58
Jesus made it very
clear to the Jewish nation,
00:53:35.61\00:53:37.45
"You have closed your eyes.
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Lest you see with your
eyes and hear with your ears,
00:53:38.94\00:53:41.34
and be converted."
00:53:41.37\00:53:42.56
When our eyes are
open, it leads to conversion.
00:53:43.20\00:53:45.16
We see the truth, but we
also see Jesus more clearly.
00:53:45.19\00:53:47.52
We're living in
a very fragile age.
00:53:47.90\00:53:49.82
It's time to understand
that during the construction
00:53:49.85\00:53:52.30
of the final
stages, again and again,
00:53:52.33\00:53:55.51
at the end of a
rope of destruction,
00:53:55.54\00:53:58.04
at the end of the road of
deception and disappointment,
00:53:58.07\00:54:00.67
there's a man saying to us...
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Our last text for
tonight, John 14 verse 6.
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Jesus is still
alive and well today.
00:54:05.86\00:54:08.71
And He's still calling
to those who are in darkness
00:54:08.74\00:54:11.09
to come to this marvelous light.
00:54:11.10\00:54:12.19
He's still saying, "You
don't have to stay there
00:54:12.20\00:54:14.92
and enjoy the choir and go to
hell singing Christian songs."
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He's saying, "I am the way."
Look at the text, brethren.
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My wife and I were in
California for two years
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with the Heritage Singers.
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Still had that old rusty car.
00:54:41.07\00:54:43.00
1976 Toyota Corona
with all of its cancer.
00:54:44.35\00:54:48.45
It had air conditioning,
but the fan didn't work.
00:54:48.48\00:54:50.74
So the only way to cool down
was to drive really really fast
00:54:51.45\00:54:54.89
with the air duct open so
that it could blow the air in.
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You know, you've got to find
ways to make the thing work.
00:54:57.83\00:55:01.64
When we left
California, I said to my wife,
00:55:03.66\00:55:05.39
"Honey, we're
going to take our time.
00:55:05.40\00:55:06.66
We don't have to rush. We
know we're going to Florida."
00:55:06.69\00:55:08.64
She said, "It took us
three days, 1016 miles a day.
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I'm not doing that again.
We're going to take out time."
00:55:13.52\00:55:16.25
Guess how long it
took us to get home.
00:55:16.28\00:55:17.70
Three days.
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You know why?
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Because we had loved
ones on the other end.
00:55:20.71\00:55:22.84
We had family on the other end.
00:55:23.07\00:55:25.02
We had
difficulty in the journey.
00:55:25.05\00:55:26.50
We got through the
deserts of Texas at night,
00:55:26.53\00:55:28.25
one night, and our
headlights just stopped working.
00:55:28.28\00:55:29.91
Bam, in the middle of the
freeway the lights went out.
00:55:29.94\00:55:32.33
I had to pull off the road.
00:55:32.36\00:55:33.38
Brethren and sisters,
when the lights go out,
00:55:33.41\00:55:35.50
don't drive in the dark.
00:55:35.53\00:55:36.90
Pull off the road
and fix the lights
00:55:36.93\00:55:38.76
before you
continue your journey.
00:55:38.79\00:55:40.29
We're on our way
home. We need our lights.
00:55:40.32\00:55:42.55
We're driving at
night. It's dark out there.
00:55:42.58\00:55:45.18
We got off the road
and fixed the lights.
00:55:46.34\00:55:47.87
Some of you need
to fix the lights.
00:55:47.90\00:55:49.29
You're driving without lights.
00:55:49.32\00:55:51.12
Jesus says His word
is a lamp unto our feet
00:55:51.15\00:55:53.78
and a light unto our path.
00:55:53.81\00:55:55.16
Fix the lights.
00:55:55.19\00:55:56.33
If your preacher doesn't
have it, get out of that vehicle
00:55:56.34\00:55:58.49
and get into a vehicle
where they have good headlights.
00:55:58.50\00:56:00.47
Amen, somebody.
00:56:00.48\00:56:01.70
My wife got tired of driving.
00:56:02.36\00:56:03.66
She said, "I'm
not driving anymore."
00:56:03.67\00:56:05.42
But you know what I
said? "That's all right.
00:56:05.45\00:56:06.77
I'll drive for both of us."
00:56:07.17\00:56:08.88
She got in that seat and slept.
00:56:09.33\00:56:10.60
And I remember, I tell you what,
00:56:10.63\00:56:11.86
when we got through
Georgia and we finally saw a
00:56:11.89\00:56:15.53
sign ahead of us that
said, "Welcome to Florida,"
00:56:15.56\00:56:18.14
my wife was asleep and I
said, "Honey, look at the sign,
00:56:18.17\00:56:20.89
'Welcome to Florida,'"
and she was as wide awake
00:56:20.92\00:56:23.07
as at any other
point in the journey.
00:56:23.10\00:56:24.80
Eyes peeled and wide open.
00:56:24.83\00:56:26.49
You know why?
00:56:26.50\00:56:27.50
Because she knew that not
far from that sign was home.
00:56:27.51\00:56:30.86
Brethren, all the
signs around us tell us
00:56:30.89\00:56:32.84
that we are nearing home.
00:56:32.85\00:56:34.30
Not far from the
signs around us in the world
00:56:34.33\00:56:36.38
says that we're nearing home.
00:56:36.41\00:56:38.07
It's time to turn the lights on.
00:56:38.10\00:56:39.97
It's time to walk in the
light while we have the light,
00:56:40.00\00:56:43.14
lest darkness comes upon us.
00:56:43.17\00:56:45.05
So tonight, I want
you to bow your heads
00:56:45.35\00:56:46.61
and I'm going to say
a short word of prayer,
00:56:46.62\00:56:47.87
because this is a critical hour.
00:56:47.90\00:56:49.14
Father in heaven, we
thank You for Your truth,
00:56:49.15\00:56:51.45
it's so magnificent.
00:56:51.48\00:56:52.96
How can we but desire
anything but the light
00:56:53.26\00:56:57.07
in this dark world.
00:56:57.10\00:56:58.56
I pray that You will
lead those who are sincere,
00:56:58.59\00:57:00.74
that you'll even open the
eyes of some of these preachers
00:57:00.77\00:57:02.85
that are going awry and
give them an opportunity
00:57:02.88\00:57:05.27
to turn around, pull off
the road, turn on the light,
00:57:05.30\00:57:08.37
and follow Jesus
as He leads us home.
00:57:08.40\00:57:10.67
Bless the
message that went forth.
00:57:10.70\00:57:12.85
And may Your name be
honored and glorified.
00:57:12.88\00:57:15.49
In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
00:57:15.52\00:57:18.62
Friends, don't
forget tomorrow night.
00:57:19.46\00:57:21.33
The message is going to
be, The Final Coalition.
00:57:21.55\00:57:24.35
Power packed.
00:57:24.36\00:57:25.42
7:00 pm Central time.
00:57:25.45\00:57:27.99
May God bless you.
00:57:28.02\00:57:29.02
We look forward
to seeing you then.
00:57:29.05\00:57:30.42
God bless you.
00:57:30.45\00:57:31.60