Well, good morning, everyone.
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Good morning.
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Welcome to Anchor 2019.
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This year, as advertised,
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we are going to
study the seven seals.
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We're going to study
from Revelation Chapter 4
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through Revelation 8:1.
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It's going to be
an exciting study.
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We're going to try and cover
as much material as we can.
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Somebody was asking,
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"How can you have 24
sessions just on the seals?"
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The answer is that
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there's a lot of
material on the seals
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when you study
them verse by verse,
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and carefully.
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Now, we are live streaming.
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So we also want to
welcome those individuals
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who are watching on
our television stations,
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SUMTV and SUMTV Latino.
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And we also want to thank
those who are watching online.
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We want to welcome
you to Anchor this year.
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I just want to
announce that the syllabus
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at this point is not available
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for those who are
watching our television channels
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and online.
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It will be available as
soon as the class is finished,
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not only for
purchase but also for free.
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If you go to our website,
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and do a search,
you'll find the syllabus.
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You'll be able
to read it online.
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You will also be able
to download it if you wish.
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So it will be available as
soon as the class is finished.
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What we want to do
in our class today,
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after we have a word of prayer
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is go through the
handout that you received
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at the very beginning
that you have at your settings.
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And so let's
have a word of prayer.
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And then we're
going to go through that
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introductory
material that will help us
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understand the
seals all the better.
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So let's bow our
heads for prayer.
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Father in heaven, we
thank You for the privilege
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of being here today.
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We realize that
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we're living in
very momentous times,
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times when
prophecy is being fulfilled
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everywhere we look.
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And the seals have a
special message for this day.
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We ask that as we
begin this series of classes
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that you will be with us
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through the
ministry of your Holy Spirit.
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I ask, Lord, that
You will open our minds
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that we might understand,
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that You will open our
hearts that we might receive,
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and that You will empower us
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to live in
harmony with Your will
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as history winds down to an end.
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We thank You, Father,
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for the promise
of Your presence.
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And we ask that
You will be with us,
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we claim that promise in
the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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First of all, let's
review the table of contents
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in your syllabus.
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This is a massive syllabus,
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you know, this is
the second edition
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of the syllabus on the seals.
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The first one had a
little less than 200 pages,
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this one has
400, almost 450 pages.
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So a lot of
material has been added.
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And I just want to
go through the syllabus.
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So we're all aware
of what it contains
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and how much we're going to
be able to cover in the class.
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First of all,
Chapters 1 through 8,
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basically deal with
the introductory vision
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to the seals.
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Now I have covered
this material before.
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I did a series on the 24 elders.
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However, probably
there's some people here
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who have never seen that series.
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And, so I'm going to
cover that material again,
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because it's crucially important
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for understanding the seals.
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So we can't just assume, well,
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let's just skip
Chapters 4 and 5,
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and go directly to Chapter 6.
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So we are going to review
that material on the 24 elders
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and the introductory
vision of Revelation 4 and 5.
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So the first eight chapters
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deal with the
introductory vision
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of Revelation Chapter 4
and Revelation Chapter 5.
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There's also two
addendums to this section.
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In other words, additional
studies that are added
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that are related to the chapters
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that we have there.
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The first addendum is concerning
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what happened on
the day of Pentecost
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because we're going to
notice that in Revelation 4:5,
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really what you have
is a description of Christ
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arriving in heaven
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to begin His
intercessory ministry
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on the day of Pentecost.
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And so that addendum,
the Lord is our rock helps us
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understand a little bit better
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what happened when
Jesus arrived in heaven.
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The second addendum
is called chain reaction.
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And that one has to
do with the persecutions
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that started right
after the day of Pentecost
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and continued through the period
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of the Roman Empire.
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And that's going to help us
understand a little bit more,
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particularly the second
seal of Revelation Chapter 6.
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So, you have then
the first eight chapters
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with the two addendums
deal with introductory matters,
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the introductory
vision of Revelation 4 and 5.
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Then Chapters 9 through 14,
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you have a study of
the first six seals.
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And the majority of our time
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we are going to spend
studying the six seals.
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Then our Chapter 15 deals
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with the Revelation 7 interlude.
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In other words,
there's an interlude
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between the first six
seals and the seventh seal.
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And, of course, Chapter
7 deals with the sealing
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of the 144,000.
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Then the question is,
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why is there that
interruption or interlude
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between seal number
six and seal number seven.
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There's a large section there
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that deals with the
Revelation Chapter 7 interlude.
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And then there's
an entire chapter,
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Chapter 16, that
deals with the seventh seal.
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The seventh seal
is only one verse.
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There is silence in heaven
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for the space of
about half an hour.
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And, you know, I used to
think that that referred to,
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perhaps the
Second Coming of Jesus
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is going to take seven days,
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or we're going
to take seven days
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traveling back to heaven.
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But I think that there's a
better explanation to that,
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and we'll deal with the
seventh seal in Chapter 16.
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And then Chapter 17 to 22
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are chapters that
deal with a seal of God
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and the mark of the beast.
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Basically, we're probably
not going to be able to cover
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all of those chapters.
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There are
different ways of looking
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at the Sabbath Sunday
issue at the end of time.
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If we have time, at
the end of the class,
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we will cover some of those,
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but I'm not sure if
we're going to have time
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to go through that.
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So you'll notice, for example,
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in the syllabus
beginning on page 331.
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What is God's
eschatological seal?
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And basically that chapter
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deals with an
objection that is presented
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to the Sabbath
as the seal of God.
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You know, people say,
well, but the Bible says
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that the seal
is the Holy Spirit.
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The Apostle Paul says
the seal is the Holy Spirit.
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So how come Adventists say
that the seal is the Sabbath?
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That chapter answers
that particular question
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that people ask.
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The next chapter, the papacy,
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the Jesuits on the Sabbath
is a real eye-opening chapter,
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because it deals with
the papal strategy today.
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And, of course,
the pope is a Jesuit,
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to eventually enforce
Sunday as a day of worship.
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There's been a
change in the talking points
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of the Roman Catholic papacy
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and you can read
that in that chapter.
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Then you have lessons
from a forbidden tree.
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And basically, that deals
with the test of Adam and Eve
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in the Garden over a tree
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compared to the final
test regarding the Sabbath.
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There's a remarkable striking
parallel between the two.
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The next one is a
short one, the idle Sabbath.
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Ellen White
constantly called Sunday,
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the idle Sabbath.
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Why would she call
it the idle Sabbath?
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Well, in that chapter, I
think there's an explanation
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to that particular question.
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The Seal of the Living God.
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That's a chapter
that actually deals
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with all of the
reasons in the Bible,
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why we believe
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that the Sabbath in the end time
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is the seal of God.
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It does it from
several different perspectives.
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And then
finally, I decided to add
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the newsletter
article that I wrote,
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which wasn't the last
one, but the one before last,
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reflections on a Sabbath debate.
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Some of you or maybe most
of you received the newsletter,
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and you probably
read that article,
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but I consider it a
very important article.
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And so I included it at
the end of the syllabus.
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So basically,
this is the content
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of the course that we're going
to have here during this week.
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Now, in your
handout, you'll notice
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that there are three
main schools of thought
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concerning the seals.
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We're on the page
of the handout now,
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the loose pages
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that you had at the
table when you came in.
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Basically there's
three schools of thought
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when it comes to the seals.
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The first school of
thought is the preterist school.
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And basically, that idea
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is that the seven
seals are describing events
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that took place in
the history of the...
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the early history
of the Roman Empire,
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and the Jewish nation.
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In other words, all of the seals
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were fulfilled
17-1800 years ago,
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which has very
interesting implications,
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because if the seven
seals were fulfilled,
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already, all of them
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during the period
of the Roman Empire,
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and during the
period of the Jewish nation,
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then we're dealing
simply with history.
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And they really have
no present relevance.
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So it's very serious,
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the school of
thought that you embrace
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when you study passages
in the Book of Revelation.
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The second view
is the futurist view.
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And basically
what futurist believe
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is when in Revelation 4:1,
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a voice tells
John, come up here.
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They say that is the
rapture of the church.
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And then they say that
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after the rapture of the church,
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then the seven seals
will transpire in order.
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In other words, the seven seals,
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all of them are future
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after the rapture of the church.
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Now, if that is
true, then the seven seals
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have no relevance for us today.
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Because they are
going to be fulfilled
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after we're gone to heaven.
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So what the devil has
done through the preterist
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and through the futurist
school is try to convince people
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that these things
have no relevance for us.
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The preterist say,
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all fulfilled in
the past, its history.
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Okay, it might be
academically interest,
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interesting to
study it, to know,
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you know what
transpired in history,
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but it has no present relevance.
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And for those who believe
that the seals are future
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after the rapture of the church,
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then the seals have
no relevance for us,
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because supposedly
we're going to be gone
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when the seven seals occur.
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Are you understanding the point?
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So if that's the case,
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why even bother
to have this class?
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But the seals
according to the third school,
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the historicist school,
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have very much relevance today.
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Let's just notice
the little writing
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under the historicist school.
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The historicist school teaches
that the introductory vision,
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that is Revelation 4 and 5,
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describe the arrival of Jesus
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to His Father at the ascension.
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This is very
important, the chronology.
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In other words, the
vision of Revelation 4 and 5,
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in Revelation Chapter 4,
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the Father
sitting on His throne.
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There are the 24 elders,
the four living creatures,
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the seven lamps of fire,
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which represent the Holy Spirit,
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and Jesus isn't
there yet, the angels,
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the angelic hosts aren't there.
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And then in
Chapter 5, Jesus arrives.
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He is the lamb as
though it had been slain,
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and He presents His
wounds to His Father.
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His Father accepts His sacrifice
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and He begins His
intercessory ministry.
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So for the historicist school,
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the seals begin with
the ascension of Christ.
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That's the introductory vision.
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And then the seven
seals are the events
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that transpire from the point
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that Jesus begins
His intercessory ministry
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until the Second
Coming of Christ.
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In other words, the
seals describe the events
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that take place
between Christ's inauguration
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and the
consummation when Jesus comes.
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So you can follow in the seals
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the sequence of
historical events.
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It's kind of like
the seven churches,
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kind of like the seven trumpets,
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kind of like Daniel 2
that begins in the days
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when Daniel wrote,
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and concludes at the
Second Coming of Christ.
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So basically, that
seals have much relevance
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because we can follow
the historical trajectory.
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And, you know,
I believe that now
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we are living in the second part
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of the sixth seal.
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And soon the
events of the sixth seal
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are going to come to conclusion.
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Jesus is going to come
and then the seventh seal
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is going to take place,
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so we can follow
the flow of history.
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And we can know that everything
has been fulfilled the way
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God has said that
it's going to be fulfilled,
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and we know
exactly where we are,
00:14:32.63\00:14:34.90
and what still
needs to be fulfilled.
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Are you follow me or not?
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That's the beauty of
the historicist method
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of interpreting Bible prophecy.
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Now, let's notice at the bottom
of the page of the handout,
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the historicist principles
that we are going to apply.
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First of all, we allow the Bible
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to interpret the
symbols of the seals
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because the Bible does
not explain the seven seals.
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There's no explanation to this,
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to the symbols
of the seven seals
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in Revelation 4 through 8:1.
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You know, you won't find
we're in Revelation Chapter 7,
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you have the seal.
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It doesn't say the
seal is the Sabbath.
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It doesn't tell
you what the trees are.
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It doesn't tell
you what the sea is.
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It doesn't explain the symbols.
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So how do you understand
the symbols of the seals?
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You apply the
historicist principle
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that the Bible is
its own interpreter.
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You go to other
texts in the Bible
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that use the same
symbol to understand
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what the symbol means.
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So if you find, for example,
in Revelation Chapter 7,
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it says that the wind
doesn't blow on any tree.
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You know, you're
not looking for a place
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where there's lots of trees.
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No, trees
symbolize God's people.
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There are multiple
verses that compare,
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he will be like a tree
planted next to waters,
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it says in Psalm 1.
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So you know what that trees
there represents God's people.
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Sea, well, you know
what sea represents?
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It represents multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
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But you have to go to
other places in Scripture
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that give you the
meaning of the symbol.
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The Bible is
its own interpreter.
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And that's the principle
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that we're going
to apply to the seals.
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We're going to allow
other texts of the Bible
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to explain the
meaning of each symbol.
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Another point is
that we need to carefully
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consider the order of events,
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or the literary structure,
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realizing that
the literary structure
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of Revelation is tricky.
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Maybe I shouldn't
have used that word.
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But, you know, if you
think that you're going to,
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you're going to
read Revelation 1:1
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through Revelation Chapter 22,
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the last verse, and say,
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I'm going to find
an exact chronology
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of all of the events
that are going to take place
00:17:00.58\00:17:03.22
from Revelation 1
through the end of time,
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you're going to be so confused,
00:17:05.85\00:17:07.19
you don't know
what planet you're on.
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Because the Book of
Revelation is like Daniel,
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it works in cycles.
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It goes to flashbacks.
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It goes forwards,
it goes backwards,
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that repeats, it has cycles,
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and the key is to
be able to determine
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where a cycle ends and
where a new cycle begins.
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And so we're going to
see that in the seals,
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and that's a very,
very important point.
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So the
historicist principle means
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that we are going to take
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a look at the literary structure
00:17:36.82\00:17:38.95
of the seals as well.
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Let's go to the next page.
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It is vitally important
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to realize that
the introductory verses
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contain the
beginning and ending point
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of the entire series.
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I'm going to
dedicate a few minutes to this
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because this is
crucially important.
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When the series begins,
you have an introductory verse,
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or sometimes two or three verses
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that give you the
beginning and ending point
00:18:08.58\00:18:10.95
of the entire series.
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Let me give you an example.
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Go to Revelation 3:21.
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We'll pick up on
this a little bit later.
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But let's just
do it now briefly.
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Revelation 3:21.
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This is the conclusion
to the seven churches.
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And it's also the
introduction to the seven seals.
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It gives you two points of time,
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with several events in between.
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Notice it says,
Here Jesus is speaking,
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"To him who overcomes,
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I will grant to sit
with Me on My throne,
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as I also overcame
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and sat with My
Father on His throne."
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Now, are there two
points of time here?
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Jesus overcame and He what?
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And He sat with His
Father on His throne.
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Then he says, "If you overcome,
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you will also sit
with the Father," where?
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"With Jesus on His throne."
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So you have Jesus overcoming
sitting on the throne.
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If we overcome, we
will sit on the throne.
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So what we're going to
notice is that seven seals
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are simply describing the period
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between when Jesus sat
with His Father on His throne,
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and when we will sit
with Jesus on His throne.
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In other words, the seven seals
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describe the
overcoming of God's people
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throughout the
course of Christian history,
00:19:40.48\00:19:42.88
culminating with sitting
with Jesus on His throne.
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Are you with me or not?
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So this one verse
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gives you the
starting point for the seals.
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That's when Jesus sat
with His Father on his throne.
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It gives you the ending point,
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when after the seals
God's people are victorious,
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and they sit with
Jesus on the throne.
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So, introductory verses
are extremely important.
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Let's notice another
introductory passage,
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Revelation Chapter 8.
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Revelation Chapter 8.
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This is the
introduction to the trumpets.
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The
introduction to the trumpets,
00:20:15.98\00:20:17.31
Revelation 8:2-5.
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Now, our study
next year, Lord willing,
00:20:21.42\00:20:24.72
if we're still here,
00:20:24.75\00:20:26.59
and you know, a final
events have not reached us,
00:20:26.62\00:20:32.56
we will have our
class on the trumpets.
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Now, that is a
very controversial part
00:20:35.56\00:20:39.60
of Revelation.
00:20:39.63\00:20:40.97
There are
multiple interpretations
00:20:41.00\00:20:42.34
in the Adventist Church.
00:20:42.37\00:20:44.17
I don't know the reason
why, because I've studied them,
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and they seem to be
pretty, pretty clear.
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But we're going to
study the trumpets.
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And there are people
in the Adventist Church
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who say that all of
the trumpets are future.
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Others see the trumpets
as having a dual application.
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In other words,
they were fulfilled,
00:21:01.59\00:21:03.69
and they're going to be
fulfilled again in the future.
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And the reason why many say
00:21:07.50\00:21:09.93
that the trumpets come
00:21:09.96\00:21:12.90
after our future,
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is because of what
we're going to notice now.
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Revelation 8,
00:21:18.51\00:21:19.84
and let's begin at verse 2.
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"And I saw the seven
angels who stand before God,
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and to them were
given seven trumpets.
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Then another angel,
having a golden censer,
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came and stood at the altar.
00:21:32.35\00:21:34.19
He was given much
incense, that he should offer it
00:21:34.22\00:21:36.69
with the prayers
of all the saints
00:21:36.73\00:21:38.09
upon the golden altar
00:21:38.13\00:21:39.63
which was before the throne.
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And the smoke of the incense,
with the prayers of the saints,
00:21:41.66\00:21:44.70
ascended before God
from the angel's hand."
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Let me ask you,
up to this point,
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.87
is the door of probation open?
00:21:50.91\00:21:55.01
How do we know that?
00:21:55.04\00:21:58.68
Well, because the prayers
of the saints are ascending,
00:21:58.71\00:22:01.52
and Jesus is receiving
the prayers of the saints,
00:22:01.55\00:22:04.39
and is mingling the prayers
00:22:04.42\00:22:06.39
with the
incense of His marriage.
00:22:06.42\00:22:09.32
So we know that up
to the point of verse 4,
00:22:09.36\00:22:15.30
Jesus is interceding.
00:22:15.33\00:22:17.73
That is the beginning point.
00:22:17.77\00:22:19.20
When did Jesus
begin His intercessions?
00:22:19.23\00:22:23.74
When He ascended to heaven,
00:22:23.77\00:22:25.57
at the beginning of
the Christian dispensation,
00:22:25.61\00:22:28.48
but then the scene changes.
00:22:28.51\00:22:30.98
It says in verse 5,
00:22:31.01\00:22:32.65
"Then the angel took the censer,
00:22:32.68\00:22:35.45
filled it with
fire from the altar,
00:22:35.48\00:22:38.05
and threw it to the earth.
00:22:38.09\00:22:41.69
And there were
noises, thunderings,
00:22:41.72\00:22:43.39
lightnings and an earthquake."
00:22:43.43\00:22:46.63
So what does the throwing
down of the censer represent?
00:22:46.66\00:22:51.03
If the censer means
presenting the prayers
00:22:51.07\00:22:53.70
of the saints before the Father,
00:22:53.74\00:22:55.64
what would the throwing
down of the censer represent?
00:22:55.67\00:22:59.07
It would represent that the fact
00:22:59.11\00:23:01.01
that intercession has ceased.
00:23:01.04\00:23:05.08
So, and what happens in between
00:23:05.11\00:23:07.95
when Jesus begins
His intercessions,
00:23:07.98\00:23:10.99
and when intercession ends?
00:23:11.02\00:23:13.52
The seven
trumpets are in between.
00:23:13.56\00:23:16.89
Are you with me or not?
00:23:16.93\00:23:18.49
So this introductory vision
gives you the starting point,
00:23:18.53\00:23:21.86
and it gives
you the ending point
00:23:21.90\00:23:23.87
of the trumpets.
00:23:23.90\00:23:25.63
Now the same thing,
00:23:25.67\00:23:27.00
and this becomes a
little bit more complex,
00:23:27.04\00:23:29.00
but let's take
the time to do it.
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Let's go to
Revelation Chapter 11.
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Revelation Chapter 11.
00:23:33.81\00:23:35.64
This is the conclusion
of the seven trumpets,
00:23:35.68\00:23:39.48
the conclusion of
the seven trumpets.
00:23:39.51\00:23:41.98
And this is where
you're going to see
00:23:42.02\00:23:43.42
that we really
need to be careful about
00:23:43.45\00:23:45.45
studying the sequence
or the order of events.
00:23:45.49\00:23:49.36
It says there in
Revelation Chapter 11,
00:23:49.39\00:23:51.86
and let's begin at verse 15.
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Revelation 11:15,
00:23:54.53\00:23:57.30
"Then the seventh angel sounded:
00:23:57.33\00:24:00.17
And there were loud
voices in heaven, saying,
00:24:00.20\00:24:02.50
'The kingdoms of this
world have become the kingdoms
00:24:02.54\00:24:05.04
of our Lord and of His Christ,
00:24:05.07\00:24:07.21
and He shall
reign forever and ever!'
00:24:07.24\00:24:09.88
And the twenty-four elders
00:24:09.91\00:24:11.31
who sat before
God on their thrones
00:24:11.35\00:24:13.15
fell on their faces and
worshiped God, saying..."
00:24:13.18\00:24:15.35
Now notice what the hymn,
00:24:15.38\00:24:17.29
the theme of the hymn is saying,
00:24:17.32\00:24:20.16
"We give You
thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
00:24:20.19\00:24:22.62
The One who is and who
was and who is to come."
00:24:22.66\00:24:26.26
Now notice this.
00:24:26.29\00:24:27.63
"Because You have taken
Your great power and reigned."
00:24:27.66\00:24:32.77
So what is the seventh trumpet?
00:24:32.80\00:24:35.10
The seventh trumpet is
when Jesus takes over what?
00:24:35.14\00:24:38.74
Takes over the kingdom.
00:24:38.77\00:24:40.31
He begins to reign.
00:24:40.34\00:24:42.54
When does Jesus begin to reign?
00:24:42.58\00:24:44.31
Well, He
actually begins to reign
00:24:48.02\00:24:51.09
when probation closes,
00:24:51.12\00:24:52.65
because His kingdom is complete.
00:24:52.69\00:24:55.19
The investigative
judgment has revealed
00:24:55.22\00:24:57.49
who are subjects of His kingdom?
00:24:57.53\00:24:58.89
His kingdom are His subjects.
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.10
So when the
investigative judgment ends,
00:25:01.13\00:25:03.23
His kingdom is made up.
00:25:03.26\00:25:05.57
However, Jesus does not take
over the reigns of the kingdom
00:25:05.60\00:25:09.30
until the Second Coming.
00:25:09.34\00:25:11.47
But legally, the
verdict is already there
00:25:11.51\00:25:13.88
when probation closes,
00:25:13.91\00:25:15.31
because His kingdom,
00:25:15.34\00:25:16.68
the group of His
followers has been made up
00:25:16.71\00:25:18.58
by the investigative judgment.
00:25:18.61\00:25:20.65
Then they go
through a time of trouble
00:25:20.68\00:25:22.18
where it appears
that Satan is in control.
00:25:22.22\00:25:24.35
Because Ellen White says that,
00:25:24.39\00:25:26.55
you know, after
the close of probation,
00:25:26.59\00:25:29.12
Satan will have full control
over the final impenitent.
00:25:29.16\00:25:33.43
So it would appear
that Satan is in control,
00:25:33.46\00:25:35.26
even though Jesus has
legally taken over the kingdom.
00:25:35.30\00:25:38.07
Now Satan is
struggling to keep his kingdom.
00:25:38.10\00:25:41.40
But then after the tribulation,
00:25:41.44\00:25:42.77
Jesus empirically and personally
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.94
takes the kingdom.
00:25:44.97\00:25:46.31
Are you with me or not?
00:25:46.34\00:25:47.88
So the seventh trumpet deals
with the close of probation
00:25:47.91\00:25:50.95
and with Jesus
taking over His kingdom.
00:25:50.98\00:25:54.32
So in verse 17, the
seventh trumpet ends.
00:25:54.35\00:25:59.75
But now in...
00:25:59.79\00:26:01.12
Here's the
tricky part in verse 18.
00:26:01.16\00:26:03.93
If you read verse
18, after verse 17,
00:26:03.96\00:26:09.16
you're going to
be all messed up.
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.57
Because verse, what verse 18
00:26:11.60\00:26:13.47
does is it gives
you the structure
00:26:13.50\00:26:15.94
of the rest of the book.
00:26:15.97\00:26:19.04
In other words,
00:26:19.07\00:26:21.91
is giving you the introduction
to the main sections
00:26:21.94\00:26:25.38
of the last half of
the Book of Revelation.
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You say, "How is that?"
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.49
Well, let's notice those events.
00:26:30.52\00:26:34.62
And you'll see this at just
below the middle of the page,
00:26:34.66\00:26:39.36
where you have
those bullet points.
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It says in Revelation 11:18,
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.60
"The nations were angry,
00:26:44.63\00:26:48.97
and Your wrath has come,
00:26:49.00\00:26:53.38
and the time of the dead,
that they should be judged,
00:26:53.41\00:26:57.01
and that You should
reward Your servants
00:26:57.05\00:26:58.85
the prophets and the saints,
00:26:58.88\00:27:00.92
and those who fear Your name,
00:27:00.95\00:27:02.45
small and great,
and should destroy those
00:27:02.48\00:27:04.85
who destroy the earth."
00:27:04.89\00:27:07.69
Now, you've several
events mentioned in this verse.
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You've, first of all,
the nations were what?
00:27:11.06\00:27:14.50
The nations were angry.
00:27:14.53\00:27:16.83
Now when it says
the nations were angry,
00:27:16.87\00:27:19.77
who are they angry at?
00:27:19.80\00:27:22.47
See, this doesn't mean that
they're just mad at each other.
00:27:22.50\00:27:26.14
It means that
they're angry at whom?
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.04
They're angry at God,
00:27:29.08\00:27:30.41
and they're
angry at God's people.
00:27:30.45\00:27:31.91
The nations were angry.
00:27:31.95\00:27:34.45
And then it says,
"Your wrath has come."
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.58
Let me ask you,
what is God's wrath?
00:27:36.62\00:27:39.12
Where is God's wrath poured out?
00:27:39.15\00:27:42.42
In the seven last plagues,
00:27:42.46\00:27:43.79
is that before or
after the close of probation?
00:27:43.83\00:27:46.73
That's after the
close of probation.
00:27:46.76\00:27:49.10
And then it says and
the time of the dead,
00:27:49.13\00:27:51.77
that they should be judged.
00:27:51.80\00:27:53.57
Now you say,
"Now, wait a minute.
00:27:53.60\00:27:55.34
Doesn't the judgment take place
before the seven last plagues
00:27:55.37\00:27:58.47
are poured out?
00:27:58.51\00:28:01.74
Yes, but maybe this
judgment is not talking about
00:28:01.78\00:28:05.65
the pre-advent
investigative judgment.
00:28:05.68\00:28:07.75
Maybe this is talking
about the millennial judgment.
00:28:07.78\00:28:12.35
And you're gonna see
that that's just the case.
00:28:12.39\00:28:15.72
So it says, once
again, the nations were angry.
00:28:15.76\00:28:21.20
That's happening now
during probationary time,
00:28:21.23\00:28:23.53
angry at God's people.
00:28:23.57\00:28:25.10
Your wrath has come,
00:28:25.13\00:28:26.47
that's God's response to
the anger of the nations,
00:28:26.50\00:28:29.64
and the time of the dead,
00:28:29.67\00:28:31.01
that they should be judged.
00:28:31.04\00:28:33.41
And notice, and that you
should reward your servants,
00:28:33.44\00:28:36.71
the prophets and the saints,
00:28:36.75\00:28:38.48
and those who fear
your name small and great,
00:28:38.51\00:28:40.85
and to destroy those
who destroy the earth.
00:28:40.88\00:28:45.25
So you have this section
here, you have five events.
00:28:45.29\00:28:49.02
The nations were
angry, which is happening now.
00:28:49.06\00:28:53.33
And it's going to intensify,
00:28:53.36\00:28:55.93
to the point where
you have a Sunday law,
00:28:55.96\00:28:57.73
a death decree.
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.60
Your wrath has come,
00:28:59.63\00:29:00.97
that's God's response
to the anger of the nations
00:29:01.00\00:29:03.00
against His people.
00:29:03.04\00:29:05.87
The time to judge the dead,
00:29:05.91\00:29:09.04
the time to
reward God's servants,
00:29:09.08\00:29:12.15
and the time to destroy
those who destroy the earth.
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Now you'll notice
on the left hand side,
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the sections in the
last half of Revelation
00:29:17.92\00:29:20.19
that are being dealt with.
00:29:20.22\00:29:22.39
Revelation Chapter 12 through 14
00:29:22.42\00:29:24.39
describes the
anger of the nations.
00:29:24.43\00:29:27.93
In other words,
00:29:27.96\00:29:29.30
that's an
amplification of that phrase,
00:29:29.33\00:29:31.03
the nations were angry.
00:29:31.07\00:29:33.54
Is that the emphasis
of Revelation Chapter 12?
00:29:33.57\00:29:37.21
Yes, the dragon wants
to kill the man child.
00:29:37.24\00:29:41.11
The dragon persecutes
the woman for 1260 years.
00:29:41.14\00:29:44.88
Then the dragon was angry
at the remnant of her seed
00:29:44.91\00:29:48.05
who keep the
commandments of God.
00:29:48.08\00:29:49.42
The central theme is
the anger of the nations
00:29:49.45\00:29:51.52
against Christ and His people.
00:29:51.55\00:29:53.62
Revelation 13, you have
the beast that receives it,
00:29:53.66\00:29:58.83
receives power and throne
and authority from the dragon.
00:29:58.86\00:30:02.86
The dragon is the Roman Empire.
00:30:02.90\00:30:05.47
The same empire that
wanted to kill Jesus,
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.84
and then the beast
that receives the power
00:30:07.87\00:30:09.64
and the throne
persecutes God's people
00:30:09.67\00:30:12.41
for 1260 years.
00:30:12.44\00:30:14.71
And then a beast
rises from the earth
00:30:14.74\00:30:17.75
that gives a decree
that you can't buy or sell.
00:30:17.78\00:30:21.02
And whoever doesn't
receive the mark of the beast
00:30:21.05\00:30:22.58
is going to be killed.
00:30:22.62\00:30:23.95
Is that the
anger of the nations?
00:30:23.99\00:30:25.75
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
00:30:25.79\00:30:27.82
And then after the three...
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When the three angels'
messages are proclaimed,
00:30:29.22\00:30:31.39
then you have the wicked
gathered around Jerusalem,
00:30:31.43\00:30:34.30
they're in the winepress,
00:30:34.33\00:30:35.66
they want to destroy
those who are within the city,
00:30:35.70\00:30:38.13
because they've accepted
the messages of three angels.
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.77
So the central theme of
Revelation 12, 13, and 14
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is the anger of the
nations against God's people.
00:30:43.67\00:30:46.88
And it's
summarized in that one phrase
00:30:46.91\00:30:49.11
that introduces the
second half of the book.
00:30:49.14\00:30:51.25
Are you following me?
00:30:51.28\00:30:53.31
Then your wrath has come,
where would that be described?
00:30:53.35\00:30:56.05
Well, that would
be in the next section
00:30:56.08\00:30:57.42
in the last half of Revelation.
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You read Revelation 15,
00:30:59.65\00:31:01.09
it speaks about
the close of probation.
00:31:01.12\00:31:03.93
It says there that the
temple is filled with smoke,
00:31:03.96\00:31:06.66
that heavenly temple
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.03
which refers to
the Most Holy Place.
00:31:08.06\00:31:09.70
No one can enter the temple
until the seven last plagues
00:31:09.73\00:31:13.00
have been poured out.
00:31:13.03\00:31:14.67
So that's at close of probation.
00:31:14.70\00:31:16.91
And the seven last
plagues are God's wrath.
00:31:16.94\00:31:19.94
Are you following me or not?
00:31:19.97\00:31:22.11
So Revelation 15
through 19 describes
00:31:22.14\00:31:24.95
the close of probation
and the seven last plagues.
00:31:24.98\00:31:27.68
All of that section deals
with the seven last plagues.
00:31:27.72\00:31:31.42
Now you say what about
the time to judge the dead?
00:31:31.45\00:31:35.82
Well, if we're following
in chronological order,
00:31:35.86\00:31:37.86
which dead is this
talking about judging?
00:31:37.89\00:31:41.96
It's not talking about
the investigative judgment
00:31:42.00\00:31:44.33
of God's people before
the Second Coming, because...
00:31:44.37\00:31:47.80
Because the plagues,
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.44
once the plagues are poured out,
00:31:49.47\00:31:51.61
probation has closed.
00:31:51.64\00:31:54.11
Are you with me or not?
00:31:54.14\00:31:55.78
So it must refer to
another investigation,
00:31:55.81\00:31:58.18
another, other dead
people who are being judged.
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.82
Who would those be?
00:32:00.85\00:32:02.88
Those wicked people
who remained on earth
00:32:02.92\00:32:06.22
and are being judged
during the millennium?
00:32:06.25\00:32:08.86
Is there a millennial judgment?
00:32:08.89\00:32:10.89
Revelation Chapter 20 says
that judgment was committed
00:32:10.93\00:32:14.83
to those who were beheaded
00:32:14.86\00:32:18.67
because they did
not worship the beast,
00:32:18.70\00:32:20.17
his image or received the mark.
00:32:20.20\00:32:22.30
So the time to judge the
dead is not the righteous dead.
00:32:22.34\00:32:25.97
It's the time to
judge the wicked dead,
00:32:26.01\00:32:28.81
who have been left
here at the Second Coming.
00:32:28.84\00:32:32.01
Are you with me?
00:32:32.05\00:32:34.62
And then is that the same time
that God rewards His people?
00:32:34.65\00:32:38.82
When He begins
to judge the wicked,
00:32:38.85\00:32:41.09
does He also reward His people?
00:32:41.12\00:32:43.53
Yes, He does.
00:32:43.56\00:32:44.99
The same time at
the Second Coming.
00:32:45.03\00:32:47.23
You know, Jesus
takes His people to heaven,
00:32:47.26\00:32:49.40
He rewards them with heaven,
00:32:49.43\00:32:51.27
and the judgment
of the wicked begins.
00:32:51.30\00:32:53.44
And then what
is the last section
00:32:53.47\00:32:55.24
of the Book of Revelation?
00:32:55.27\00:32:57.07
Well, you'll notice
in Revelation 20:14-15,
00:32:57.11\00:33:02.01
"The wicked are destroyed."
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.78
In other words, those
who destroyed the earth
00:33:04.81\00:33:08.48
are they themselves destroyed
00:33:08.52\00:33:11.19
after they are judged.
00:33:11.22\00:33:14.06
So Revelation 11:18
00:33:14.09\00:33:17.83
is actually a summary
00:33:17.86\00:33:20.36
of the second half of
the Book of Revelation,
00:33:20.40\00:33:22.36
the main events.
00:33:22.40\00:33:23.83
Now you say, are you on target?
00:33:23.87\00:33:26.37
Well, let's read this
statement from Ellen White.
00:33:26.40\00:33:30.11
She knew this all the time.
00:33:30.14\00:33:33.24
You know, she, I
don't think Ellen White,
00:33:33.27\00:33:35.51
you know, sat down to
study the literary structure
00:33:35.54\00:33:39.28
of the trumpets.
00:33:39.31\00:33:41.62
But she did
receive divine revelation.
00:33:41.65\00:33:43.79
She always presented everything
exactly the way it is,
00:33:43.82\00:33:47.66
with no PhD, with no, no super,
00:33:47.69\00:33:53.13
you know, studied
what all the scholars said,
00:33:53.16\00:33:55.73
"No, no, Ellen White
gets everything right,
00:33:55.76\00:34:00.04
because she was
inspired by God."
00:34:00.07\00:34:01.47
She put everything
in the right order.
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.01
Notice this statement
from Early Writings, page 36.
00:34:04.04\00:34:08.78
"Then I saw that Jesus would
not leave the Most Holy Place
00:34:08.81\00:34:13.01
until every case was decided
00:34:13.05\00:34:15.68
either for
salvation or destruction,
00:34:15.72\00:34:18.55
and that the wrath
of God could not come
00:34:18.59\00:34:22.16
until Jesus had
finished His work
00:34:22.19\00:34:24.16
in the Most Holy Place,
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.86
laid off His priestly
attire and clothed Himself
00:34:25.89\00:34:29.33
with the garments of vengeance."
00:34:29.36\00:34:30.70
So when is it that the
wrath of God is going to come
00:34:30.73\00:34:34.77
before the close of probation
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.24
or after the close of probation?
00:34:36.27\00:34:38.71
After Jesus
ceases His intercessions.
00:34:38.74\00:34:41.84
"Then Jesus will step out
00:34:41.88\00:34:44.21
from between the Father and man,
00:34:44.25\00:34:46.21
God will keep silence no longer,
00:34:46.25\00:34:48.42
but pour out His wrath
00:34:48.45\00:34:51.59
on those who have
rejected His truth."
00:34:51.62\00:34:54.06
Now listen to this.
00:34:54.09\00:34:55.42
"I saw that the
anger of the nations,
00:34:55.46\00:34:58.59
the wrath of God,
00:34:58.63\00:35:00.90
and the time to judge the
dead were separate and distinct,
00:35:00.93\00:35:05.30
one following the other."
00:35:05.33\00:35:09.30
So are the events
in Revelation 11:19
00:35:09.34\00:35:11.57
in chronological order?
00:35:11.61\00:35:14.28
Yes or no?
00:35:14.31\00:35:15.64
According to Ellen White,
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.01
are they in chronological order?
00:35:17.05\00:35:18.38
Absolutely.
00:35:18.41\00:35:19.75
They're in chronological order.
00:35:19.78\00:35:21.12
Now, the
question is, when it says,
00:35:21.15\00:35:24.72
when Ellen White says here,
00:35:24.75\00:35:26.09
I saw that the
anger of the nations,
00:35:26.12\00:35:28.39
the wrath of God,
00:35:28.42\00:35:30.43
and the time to judge the
dead were separate and distinct.
00:35:30.46\00:35:33.16
So is the time to judge the dead
00:35:33.19\00:35:35.93
after the close of probation,
00:35:35.96\00:35:37.77
according to this statement?
00:35:37.80\00:35:39.83
Yes.
00:35:39.87\00:35:41.20
Because He says
there's an order.
00:35:41.24\00:35:43.07
The nations angry, first of all,
00:35:43.10\00:35:45.94
then the wrath of God
00:35:45.97\00:35:47.31
which is the seven last plagues,
00:35:47.34\00:35:48.74
then the time to judge the dead.
00:35:48.78\00:35:51.65
So can this be the
investigative judgment
00:35:51.68\00:35:54.12
of the righteous?
00:35:54.15\00:35:56.05
It cannot be the
investigative judgment
00:35:56.08\00:35:57.95
of the righteous.
00:35:57.99\00:35:59.32
It's that simple.
00:35:59.35\00:36:00.69
So we know from the
testimony of Ellen White,
00:36:00.72\00:36:03.53
that the anger of
the nations represents
00:36:03.56\00:36:05.29
the anger of the
wicked against God's people,
00:36:05.33\00:36:08.43
God's wrath being poured
out is the seven last plagues.
00:36:08.46\00:36:11.93
And the judgment of the
dead is not the judgment
00:36:11.97\00:36:15.67
of the righteous dead.
00:36:15.70\00:36:17.64
It is the judgment of what?
00:36:17.67\00:36:19.84
The judgment of the wicked dead.
00:36:19.87\00:36:22.34
And then she ends
the statement by saying,
00:36:22.38\00:36:25.25
once again, let's begin,
00:36:25.28\00:36:26.61
"I saw the anger of the nations,
00:36:26.65\00:36:28.38
the wrath of God,
00:36:28.42\00:36:29.78
and the time to judge the
dead were separate and distinct,
00:36:29.82\00:36:32.62
one following the other.
00:36:32.65\00:36:34.22
Also that
Michael had not stood up,
00:36:34.26\00:36:36.62
and that the time of trouble
00:36:36.66\00:36:37.99
such as never was
had not yet commenced."
00:36:38.03\00:36:40.63
Now notice that
chronological detail.
00:36:40.66\00:36:43.03
The nations are
now getting angry.
00:36:43.06\00:36:46.90
So was that part still
during probationary time?
00:36:46.94\00:36:50.14
The anger of the nation
still during probationary time?
00:36:50.17\00:36:52.71
Yes.
00:36:52.74\00:36:54.08
Is the wrath of God
after probationary time?
00:36:54.11\00:36:57.11
Is the judgment of the dead
00:36:57.15\00:36:58.48
after God pours out
the seven last plagues?
00:36:58.51\00:37:02.75
Fantastic, Ellen
White had it right.
00:37:02.78\00:37:07.16
And so we end the statement,
00:37:07.19\00:37:08.52
"The nations are
now getting angry,
00:37:08.56\00:37:10.76
but when our High Priest
00:37:10.79\00:37:12.13
has finished his
work in the Sanctuary,
00:37:12.16\00:37:14.30
he will stand up,
00:37:14.33\00:37:16.43
put on the
garments of vengeance,
00:37:16.46\00:37:18.87
and then the seven last plagues
00:37:18.90\00:37:21.87
will be poured out."
00:37:21.90\00:37:26.37
And then I want you to
notice how important this issue
00:37:26.41\00:37:29.11
of where new
series begin and when,
00:37:29.14\00:37:32.75
where series end.
00:37:32.78\00:37:35.45
Unless, listen, we
can interpret symbols
00:37:35.48\00:37:37.52
till we're blue in the face.
00:37:37.55\00:37:39.62
But if we don't know
how Revelation is organized,
00:37:39.65\00:37:44.39
how the events,
00:37:44.43\00:37:45.86
what the
sequence of the events is,
00:37:45.89\00:37:49.00
when one series ends,
and the next series begins,
00:37:49.03\00:37:52.70
when there's a flashback,
when it takes you forward.
00:37:52.73\00:37:57.84
We're not going to
even know where we're at.
00:37:57.87\00:38:02.38
So even, maybe I shouldn't
say even more important,
00:38:02.41\00:38:06.72
but just as important
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.48
as being able to
interpret individual symbols,
00:38:08.52\00:38:11.05
what they're mean,
00:38:11.09\00:38:12.42
what they mean
and put them together.
00:38:12.45\00:38:14.09
It's crucially important to know
00:38:14.12\00:38:15.86
how the Book of
Revelation was organized,
00:38:15.89\00:38:19.23
the sequence of events,
how the book is organized.
00:38:19.26\00:38:22.86
And so let's go now
to Revelation 11:19,
00:38:22.90\00:38:26.90
see if you want to read
this in chronological order,
00:38:26.94\00:38:31.47
it won't make any sense.
00:38:31.51\00:38:33.38
Revelation 11:19.
00:38:33.41\00:38:35.64
After we find the
summary of the rest of the book,
00:38:35.68\00:38:38.88
it says, "Then the temple
of God was opened in heaven,
00:38:38.91\00:38:43.89
and the ark of His
covenant was seen in His temple.
00:38:43.92\00:38:47.46
And there were
lightnings, noises, thunderings,
00:38:47.49\00:38:49.82
an earthquake, and great hail."
00:38:49.86\00:38:53.70
Do you see what
the problem is here?
00:38:53.73\00:38:56.90
If you take Revelation 11:19,
00:38:56.93\00:39:01.30
as taking place
after Revelation 11:18,
00:39:01.34\00:39:06.07
you're going to be
in serious trouble.
00:39:06.11\00:39:07.68
is the introductory verse
00:39:10.85\00:39:14.68
to the rest of the book.
00:39:14.72\00:39:17.32
Verse 18 gives
you all of the summary
00:39:17.35\00:39:20.12
of all of the events.
00:39:20.16\00:39:21.49
gives you the starting
point for the last half.
00:39:22.99\00:39:25.66
And that is the beginning
of the investigative judgment
00:39:25.69\00:39:28.96
in 1844.
00:39:29.00\00:39:32.00
Every single time
that Ellen White quotes
00:39:32.03\00:39:34.24
Revelation 11:19,
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.27
she applies it to
what happened in 1844.
00:39:36.30\00:39:40.04
So can you read
00:39:40.08\00:39:42.74
in chronological
sequence with the verse
00:39:42.78\00:39:44.65
that comes before?
00:39:44.68\00:39:46.55
No, you'll be all goofed up.
00:39:46.58\00:39:49.52
But when you realize
that Revelation 11:19
00:39:49.55\00:39:52.19
is the introduction
00:39:52.22\00:39:55.99
to the last half of the book
00:39:56.02\00:39:58.96
that its focused is
going to be the Most Holy Place
00:39:58.99\00:40:01.66
of the heavenly
sanctuary, then it makes sense.
00:40:01.70\00:40:04.17
And incidentally, this verse
00:40:04.20\00:40:05.53
not only gives us
the starting point,
00:40:05.57\00:40:08.24
the temple of
God opened in heaven,
00:40:08.27\00:40:09.80
the ark of His
covenant seen in His temple,
00:40:09.84\00:40:12.04
but it also gives
us the ending point.
00:40:12.07\00:40:15.24
And there were
lightnings, noises, thunderings,
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.21
an earthquake and great hail.
00:40:17.25\00:40:18.65
That's exactly what
happens at the seventh plague.
00:40:18.68\00:40:23.25
Are you with me?
00:40:23.28\00:40:26.05
So once again, you
have the introduction.
00:40:26.09\00:40:30.06
The point is the...
00:40:30.09\00:40:32.23
That Revelation Chapter 12
00:40:32.26\00:40:34.83
and following is
going to focus primarily
00:40:34.86\00:40:37.50
on what happens after 1844,
00:40:37.53\00:40:39.60
the investigative
judgment in heaven.
00:40:39.63\00:40:42.00
And when that
concludes at the seventh plague,
00:40:42.04\00:40:45.04
which we're not
going to read now,
00:40:45.07\00:40:46.74
that's where you
have lightnings, noises,
00:40:46.78\00:40:48.38
thunderings, an
earthquake and great hail.
00:40:48.41\00:40:51.38
So how important
then is it to understand
00:40:51.41\00:40:56.15
that Revelation is not
written in chronological order?
00:40:56.18\00:40:59.49
You know, there's a reason
00:40:59.52\00:41:00.86
why the Christian
world is so goofed up,
00:41:00.89\00:41:04.03
because they're
using the wrong method.
00:41:04.06\00:41:06.96
They're trying to open
the door with the wrong key.
00:41:07.00\00:41:10.73
Only
historicism will help people
00:41:10.77\00:41:14.60
unlock the secrets of
the Book of Revelation.
00:41:14.64\00:41:17.17
There's no other
method that will do it.
00:41:17.21\00:41:19.54
Futurism is broke.
00:41:19.57\00:41:23.18
Preterism is broke.
00:41:23.21\00:41:25.61
Only historicism
makes the Book of Revelation
00:41:25.65\00:41:30.02
relevant and understandable.
00:41:30.05\00:41:33.25
Now, the last point
that I want to deal with
00:41:33.29\00:41:35.32
in this introductory aspect
00:41:35.36\00:41:38.29
is that sometimes we
are very inconsistent
00:41:38.33\00:41:43.23
in our way of
interpreting prophecies
00:41:43.26\00:41:46.94
of the Book of Revelation.
00:41:46.97\00:41:48.30
And for a moment,
00:41:48.34\00:41:49.94
I'm going to mention something
about the seven trumpets.
00:41:49.97\00:41:55.51
We are going to study
00:41:55.54\00:41:56.88
as I mentioned before next year,
00:41:56.91\00:41:58.28
Lord willing at Anchor,
00:41:58.31\00:42:00.78
the seven trumpets
which cover Revelation,
00:42:00.82\00:42:04.05
basically Revelation Chapter 8
00:42:04.09\00:42:06.35
through Revelation Chapter,
00:42:06.39\00:42:08.02
the end of Chapter 11,
of the Book of Revelation.
00:42:08.06\00:42:11.89
And, you know, there
are many different views
00:42:11.93\00:42:15.10
of the trumpets.
00:42:15.13\00:42:16.46
Some say that the
trumpets are totally future.
00:42:16.50\00:42:19.27
Some say that the
trumpets are in the past.
00:42:19.30\00:42:22.40
Some say that
there's a dual application
00:42:22.44\00:42:25.17
to the trumpets, you know,
00:42:25.21\00:42:26.71
they were fulfilled in the past,
00:42:26.74\00:42:28.31
and they're going to be
fulfilled in the future.
00:42:28.34\00:42:30.85
But the reason why people have
all of these different views
00:42:30.88\00:42:35.55
is because
they're very inconsistent
00:42:35.58\00:42:37.39
in the methods that they use.
00:42:37.42\00:42:40.06
Let's just go
through some of those things.
00:42:40.09\00:42:43.06
We're at the bottom of page two,
00:42:43.09\00:42:45.29
the inconsistency of method.
00:42:45.33\00:42:49.40
Now, the prophetic
series all begin with what?
00:42:49.43\00:42:54.94
When you have a
prophetic sequence,
00:42:54.97\00:42:57.61
they will
always begin in the day
00:42:57.64\00:43:00.18
in which the
prophet wrote, correct?
00:43:00.21\00:43:06.08
Where does Daniel 2 begin?
00:43:06.11\00:43:09.28
Babylon.
00:43:09.32\00:43:10.79
Did Daniel live in Babylon?
00:43:10.82\00:43:12.72
Yes. Okay.
00:43:12.75\00:43:14.26
Daniel 7?
00:43:14.29\00:43:16.19
Is it beginning with Babylon?
00:43:16.22\00:43:18.19
Yes, Daniel 8
begins with Medo-Persia.
00:43:18.23\00:43:22.36
Did Daniel lived during
the period of Medo-Persia?
00:43:22.40\00:43:24.90
Yes.
00:43:24.93\00:43:26.27
Daniel 11 begins with what?
00:43:26.30\00:43:28.67
Medo-Persia.
00:43:28.70\00:43:30.14
Was Daniel alive?
00:43:30.17\00:43:31.67
Yes.
00:43:31.71\00:43:33.04
So where does the
prophetic chain begin?
00:43:33.07\00:43:35.78
It begins in the time
when the prophet wrote.
00:43:35.81\00:43:40.18
How about Revelation Chapter 12?
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.52
The dragon that tries
to kill the man child?
00:43:42.55\00:43:45.02
Is that in the time of John?
00:43:45.05\00:43:47.16
Yes, absolutely.
00:43:47.19\00:43:48.52
Revelation 13, the
dragon gives his throne,
00:43:48.56\00:43:51.53
his power and
authority to the beast.
00:43:51.56\00:43:53.26
The dragon is the Roman Empire.
00:43:53.29\00:43:55.26
So you're starting at
the Roman Empire again.
00:43:55.30\00:43:58.37
And then you have united...
You have the seven churches.
00:43:58.40\00:44:02.00
Where does the
seven churches begin?
00:44:02.04\00:44:04.07
They begin in
the apostolic times.
00:44:04.11\00:44:07.11
Where do the seals begin?
00:44:07.14\00:44:08.94
The white
horse, apostolic times.
00:44:08.98\00:44:12.21
So here's the problem.
00:44:12.25\00:44:14.78
Why does Uriah
Smith begin the trumpets
00:44:14.82\00:44:20.12
in the fourth century
00:44:20.16\00:44:23.76
with the barbarian invasions?
00:44:23.79\00:44:27.53
Are you seeing
the inconsistency?
00:44:27.56\00:44:30.73
All of the prophetic
chains begin in the days
00:44:30.77\00:44:34.57
when the prophet lived.
00:44:34.60\00:44:36.81
But they say the
trumpets, that's the exception.
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.81
Even though the trumpets
begin not in the first century,
00:44:39.84\00:44:42.98
they begin in the fourth century
00:44:43.01\00:44:45.15
with the barbarian invasions.
00:44:45.18\00:44:47.15
We begin to detect a problem.
00:44:47.18\00:44:52.35
Furthermore, is
there any evidence
00:44:52.39\00:44:54.56
that chain prophecies
have a dual application?
00:44:54.59\00:44:59.13
Do the seven churches
have a dual application
00:44:59.16\00:45:03.06
to the past and the future?
00:45:03.10\00:45:04.97
No.
00:45:05.00\00:45:07.00
Does Daniel 7 have
a dual application?
00:45:07.04\00:45:10.81
Can you say that Daniel 7
00:45:10.84\00:45:12.17
is fulfilled
twice once in the past
00:45:12.21\00:45:14.34
and then it's
fulfilled in the future again?
00:45:14.38\00:45:17.28
How about Revelation 13?
00:45:17.31\00:45:19.28
Does that have a
dual fulfillment?
00:45:19.31\00:45:22.48
No.
00:45:22.52\00:45:23.92
So why do we...
Why would we say that
00:45:23.95\00:45:25.72
the seven trumpets
have a dual fulfillment,
00:45:25.75\00:45:29.09
if none of the
other chain prophecies
00:45:29.12\00:45:31.59
have a dual fulfillment?
00:45:31.63\00:45:32.99
Daniel Chapter 2
has one fulfillment
00:45:33.03\00:45:36.16
and you use the
historicist method.
00:45:36.20\00:45:38.03
It helps you know exactly
00:45:38.07\00:45:39.40
where you are
at any given moment
00:45:39.43\00:45:41.00
in the study of the prophecy.
00:45:41.04\00:45:43.10
So you can
follow the trajectory.
00:45:43.14\00:45:44.94
It begins with the head of gold,
00:45:44.97\00:45:47.48
breast and arms of
silver, belly of bronze,
00:45:47.51\00:45:50.11
legs of iron,
feet of iron and clay,
00:45:50.15\00:45:53.31
the stone that hits the image,
00:45:53.35\00:45:55.32
the mountain, the
everlasting kingdom.
00:45:55.35\00:45:57.55
You've been unable to
follow the flow of the prophecy
00:45:57.59\00:46:00.56
from beginning to end.
00:46:00.59\00:46:02.72
So does Daniel 2
have two fulfillments?
00:46:02.76\00:46:05.09
No, it's got one.
00:46:05.13\00:46:07.00
Does Daniel 7
have two fulfillments?
00:46:07.03\00:46:08.76
The lion represents Babylon,
00:46:08.80\00:46:10.23
but then something
else in the future?
00:46:10.27\00:46:12.17
No.
00:46:12.20\00:46:13.54
The bear can
represent something in the past,
00:46:13.57\00:46:15.40
something in the future?
00:46:15.44\00:46:16.77
No.
00:46:16.81\00:46:18.14
Chain prophecies, you
have the lion, Babylon,
00:46:18.17\00:46:20.98
the bear, Medo-Persia,
the leopard, Greece,
00:46:21.01\00:46:23.81
the dragon beast, Rome,
00:46:23.85\00:46:25.45
the 10 horns, the
divisions of Rome,
00:46:25.48\00:46:27.38
the little horn,
the papacy, and so on.
00:46:27.42\00:46:31.62
So why would you
say that the trumpets
00:46:31.65\00:46:34.16
have a dual fulfillment,
00:46:34.19\00:46:36.56
if in chain prophecies
00:46:36.59\00:46:38.76
you have basically one
historicist fulfillment?
00:46:38.79\00:46:44.13
Furthermore, in
the interpretation
00:46:44.17\00:46:47.17
that is given of the trumpets,
00:46:47.20\00:46:48.54
why would John
dedicate four trumpets
00:46:48.57\00:46:51.21
to the barbarian invasions?
00:46:51.24\00:46:54.04
I mean, the barbarian
invasions were important,
00:46:54.08\00:46:57.58
but four trumpets to
the barbarian invasions.
00:46:57.61\00:47:01.38
And by the way,
specific names are given
00:47:01.42\00:47:05.05
to individuals that
fulfill the trumpets,
00:47:05.09\00:47:09.06
Muhammad,
Odoacer, Attila the Hun,
00:47:09.09\00:47:14.80
you know, fulfill, they...
00:47:14.83\00:47:16.56
Nowhere in any of the
other chain prophecies
00:47:16.60\00:47:19.63
do you have
individual names fulfilling,
00:47:19.67\00:47:21.50
they are movements,
00:47:21.54\00:47:23.30
they are kingdoms that
fulfill Bible prophecy.
00:47:23.34\00:47:28.34
Furthermore, in the trumpets,
00:47:28.38\00:47:32.21
you find that the inconsistency
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.62
of applying the
symbols in the trumpets.
00:47:34.65\00:47:38.62
You know,
different, a different method
00:47:38.65\00:47:41.62
is applied to interpreting
the symbols of the trumpets,
00:47:41.66\00:47:46.09
then what is used to
interpret the symbols
00:47:46.13\00:47:48.33
in other passages
of Bible prophecy.
00:47:48.36\00:47:51.33
You know, you read, for example,
00:47:51.37\00:47:53.54
some books on
the seven trumpets,
00:47:53.57\00:47:56.07
some Adventist books
on the seven trumpets.
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.27
And what they'll do is sometimes
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.24
they'll interpret
the symbols literally,
00:48:00.28\00:48:01.91
and sometimes
they'll interpret them
00:48:01.94\00:48:03.55
as symbolic.
00:48:03.58\00:48:05.45
There appears to
be really no method,
00:48:05.48\00:48:08.58
no hermeneutical method
to interpret the symbols.
00:48:08.62\00:48:12.42
As Adventists, we've
understood that the symbols
00:48:12.45\00:48:14.66
before the Second
Coming, the symbols
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.62
represent something
that is not literal,
00:48:16.66\00:48:19.93
but it's symbolic.
00:48:19.96\00:48:21.90
But in many of the
expositions of the trumpets,
00:48:21.93\00:48:24.53
you have a
literalizing of symbols,
00:48:24.57\00:48:28.80
which really
should be understood
00:48:28.84\00:48:31.17
in a symbolic sense.
00:48:31.21\00:48:34.34
One final point
that we have on this
00:48:34.38\00:48:37.58
is that in the
series on the trumpets,
00:48:37.61\00:48:41.65
many see the Muslims fulfilling.
00:48:41.68\00:48:47.56
Yes, particularly the
fifth and sixth trumpets.
00:48:47.59\00:48:51.89
Now, the big question is,
00:48:51.93\00:48:54.76
where do you find the Muslims
in any of the prophetic change?
00:48:54.80\00:49:00.47
Are the Muslims in Daniel 2?
00:49:00.50\00:49:03.51
No.
00:49:03.54\00:49:04.97
Are the Muslims in Daniel 7?
00:49:05.01\00:49:07.74
No.
00:49:07.78\00:49:09.11
Are the Muslims
in Daniel 8 and 9?
00:49:09.14\00:49:12.21
No.
00:49:12.25\00:49:13.82
Are the Muslims in Daniel 11?
00:49:13.85\00:49:18.75
No.
00:49:18.79\00:49:20.42
Are the Muslims in
the seven churches?
00:49:20.46\00:49:24.43
Are the Muslims
in the seven seals?
00:49:24.46\00:49:27.93
Are the Muslims
in Revelation 12?
00:49:27.96\00:49:31.20
Are they in Revelation 13?
00:49:31.23\00:49:34.37
They appear nowhere in
any of the prophetic chains.
00:49:34.40\00:49:39.91
So why would there
be a great emphasis
00:49:39.94\00:49:44.08
in the trumpet series
on the role of the Muslims?
00:49:44.11\00:49:49.28
These are questions
that we need to ask ourselves
00:49:49.32\00:49:51.45
when we study the trumpets.
00:49:51.49\00:49:54.76
And we're going to
look at it in detail
00:49:54.79\00:49:58.06
in our next Anchor class.
00:49:58.09\00:50:00.00
So basically, these
are some of the things
00:50:00.03\00:50:02.96
that we have to
take into account
00:50:03.00\00:50:05.30
when we are
studying not only the seals,
00:50:05.33\00:50:09.37
but other passages
of Scripture as well.
00:50:09.40\00:50:12.84
So let me ask you,
00:50:12.87\00:50:14.88
was what we
looked at so far clear?
00:50:14.91\00:50:17.88
Were you able to
follow and understand
00:50:17.91\00:50:19.95
what we've dealt with?
00:50:19.98\00:50:21.65
So we are going to
apply these principles
00:50:21.68\00:50:24.72
to the study of the seals,
00:50:24.75\00:50:27.59
all of these
historicist principles
00:50:27.62\00:50:30.16
that we find come
from Scripture itself.
00:50:30.19\00:50:34.10
Now what we want to do is
we want to go to page three.
00:50:34.13\00:50:39.00
And we are going to begin
00:50:39.03\00:50:43.20
our study of the seals,
00:50:43.24\00:50:47.61
particularly the
introductory vision,
00:50:47.64\00:50:49.54
but before we go to
the introductory vision,
00:50:49.58\00:50:52.58
we need to take a look
at events that happened
00:50:52.61\00:50:56.85
while Christ was still on earth.
00:50:56.89\00:50:59.49
As the introductory
vision simply points
00:50:59.52\00:51:02.19
to His ascension to
heaven and His inauguration
00:51:02.22\00:51:05.39
as the interceding High Priest.
00:51:05.43\00:51:07.56
We need to look at
some events that transpired
00:51:07.60\00:51:10.53
while Jesus was on this earth.
00:51:10.57\00:51:13.54
So first of all,
what we want to notice
00:51:13.57\00:51:16.20
is that Jesus is the creator.
00:51:16.24\00:51:19.64
And because He is the creator,
00:51:19.67\00:51:21.41
He is responsible
for our existence.
00:51:21.44\00:51:25.65
Is that a true statement?
00:51:25.68\00:51:27.98
He's not
responsible for our sin.
00:51:28.02\00:51:31.22
He's responsible
for our existence,
00:51:31.25\00:51:33.49
because He created us.
00:51:33.52\00:51:35.89
Notice John 1:1-3, "In
the beginning was the Word,
00:51:35.92\00:51:40.36
and the Word was with
God, and the Word was God.
00:51:40.40\00:51:44.40
He was in the
beginning with God.
00:51:44.43\00:51:46.53
All things were
made through Him."
00:51:46.57\00:51:49.27
That is Jesus, the Word.
00:51:49.30\00:51:50.97
"And without Him
nothing was made that was made."
00:51:51.01\00:51:56.04
So who was the
creator of all things?
00:51:56.08\00:51:58.95
Jesus.
00:51:58.98\00:52:00.32
So did Jesus create all of us?
00:52:00.35\00:52:04.79
No, you came from
your mother, folks?
00:52:04.82\00:52:06.69
And where did
your mother come from?
00:52:09.72\00:52:12.46
From her mother.
00:52:12.49\00:52:14.66
And where did
her mother come from?
00:52:14.70\00:52:16.93
Well, from her mother.
00:52:16.97\00:52:18.80
So if you go back all
the way to the beginning,
00:52:18.83\00:52:20.84
where do you end the chain?
00:52:20.87\00:52:22.47
With Adam and Eve.
00:52:22.50\00:52:24.24
So when Jesus
created Adam and Eve,
00:52:24.27\00:52:26.24
He created all of us,
because we all come from them.
00:52:26.27\00:52:29.44
So He's
responsible for the existence
00:52:29.48\00:52:32.95
of every person
here on planet earth.
00:52:32.98\00:52:37.02
Now, at the beginning,
when Jesus created this world,
00:52:37.05\00:52:40.76
He placed Adam as
the original ruler
00:52:40.79\00:52:45.76
over this realm.
00:52:45.79\00:52:47.83
Adam was the
king, in other words,
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of this realm of this world.
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Psalm 8:3-5 tells us this.
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One evening,
00:52:57.67\00:52:59.01
the psalmist was
contemplating the heavens,
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and he wrote these words.
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"When I consider Your heavens,
the work of Your fingers,
00:53:05.71\00:53:09.32
the moon and the stars,
which You have ordained.
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What is man that
You are mindful of him,
00:53:13.56\00:53:17.33
and the son of man
that You visit him?
00:53:17.36\00:53:20.36
You have made him a
little lower than the angels,
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and You have crowned him."
00:53:24.20\00:53:26.07
This speaking about
the creation of Adam.
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"You have crowned him
with glory and honor."
00:53:28.04\00:53:31.41
Who wears crowns?
00:53:31.44\00:53:33.68
Kings.
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Now, every king has
a realm of dominion.
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So Adam was created
to be king, king of what?
00:53:38.68\00:53:42.58
Notice verse 6,
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"You have made
him to have dominion
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over the works of Your hands,
00:53:48.19\00:53:50.39
You have put all
things under his feet."
00:53:50.43\00:53:53.09
That means that He's the ruler.
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"All sheep and oxen,
even the beasts of the field,
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the birds of the air,
and the fish of the sea
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that pass through
the paths of the seas."
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So God chose Adam as the king.
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And his territory
was everything relating
00:54:10.08\00:54:13.72
to planet earth.
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However, there was
a condition for him
00:54:15.78\00:54:19.09
to remain ruler over this realm.
00:54:19.12\00:54:22.26
And that was to offer
God sinless perfection.
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And Adam did not
offer what God required.
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And therefore,
the Bible tells us
00:54:34.14\00:54:37.51
that Satan usurped the
throne that belonged to Adam,
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and the territory
over which he ruled.
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And we find this in Luke 4:5-7,
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this is on the
Mount of Temptation.
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It says, "Then the devil,
00:54:53.56\00:54:55.36
taking him up
on a high mountain,
00:54:55.39\00:54:58.99
showed Him all the
kingdoms of the world
00:54:59.03\00:55:01.63
in a moment of time.
00:55:01.66\00:55:04.40
And the devil said to him..."
00:55:04.43\00:55:05.77
By this time,
there were many kingdoms,
00:55:05.80\00:55:07.94
there was still
the planet earth.
00:55:07.97\00:55:10.17
And the devil said to
Him, 'All this authority,"
00:55:10.21\00:55:13.48
that's the position, right?
00:55:13.51\00:55:15.61
"All the
authority, I will give you,
00:55:15.64\00:55:19.15
and their glory,
00:55:19.18\00:55:20.98
for this has
been delivered to me,"
00:55:21.02\00:55:22.72
who delivered it to him?
00:55:22.75\00:55:24.72
Adam, "for this has
been delivered to me,
00:55:24.75\00:55:27.86
and I give it
to whomever I wish.
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Therefore, if
you will worship me,
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all will be Yours.'"
00:55:33.83\00:55:36.77
So who took over the
throne of this world?
00:55:36.80\00:55:39.90
Satan, and this
became his realm of dominion,
00:55:39.93\00:55:44.44
his territory.
00:55:44.47\00:55:45.81
Of course, he usurped it.
00:55:45.84\00:55:47.18
It was not rightfully his.
00:55:47.21\00:55:48.88
He stole it from Adam.
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In Romans 6:16, which
is not in your syllabus,
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it says, "Do you not know that
00:55:54.62\00:55:56.18
to whom you present
yourselves slaves to obey,
00:55:56.22\00:55:58.79
you are slaves
of whom you obey."
00:55:58.82\00:56:02.46
And Adam chose to obey Satan,
00:56:02.49\00:56:05.56
and therefore he
became a slave of Satan.
00:56:05.59\00:56:09.63
And, of course, all of
his descendants sinned,
00:56:09.66\00:56:14.00
because all have sinned
00:56:14.04\00:56:15.37
and come short
of the glory of God.
00:56:15.40\00:56:16.94
So all of Adam's descendants
00:56:16.97\00:56:19.61
became slaves as well.
00:56:19.64\00:56:24.58
Now,
00:56:24.61\00:56:27.08
man or mankind therefore needed
00:56:27.12\00:56:31.65
some way to be saved.
00:56:31.69\00:56:34.12
See, Jesus now says,
00:56:34.16\00:56:35.56
I'm responsible
for their existence.
00:56:35.59\00:56:39.06
They've sinned, they're
lost, they're going to die,
00:56:39.09\00:56:42.03
they're going to
suffer second death.
00:56:42.06\00:56:44.83
I need to implement a plan
00:56:44.87\00:56:47.84
so that they can
recover what was lost.
00:56:47.87\00:56:51.47
Now, we're going to notice
in our next study together,
00:56:51.51\00:56:54.74
that the redeemer
of the lost possession,
00:56:54.78\00:56:59.51
and the emancipator from slavery
00:56:59.55\00:57:02.68
had to be a next of kin.
00:57:02.72\00:57:06.35
In other words, had
to be a close relative,
00:57:06.39\00:57:09.52
in order to redeem someone
00:57:09.56\00:57:11.39
who had sold
himself into slavery,
00:57:11.43\00:57:13.26
or someone who had sold
their patrimony or their,
00:57:13.29\00:57:17.60
the land over
which they governed.
00:57:17.63\00:57:21.27
Only a next of kin could recover
00:57:21.30\00:57:26.37
by making a
payment what had been lost.
00:57:26.41\00:57:30.08
But we're gonna
find that the problem is
00:57:30.11\00:57:32.81
that within the human race,
00:57:32.85\00:57:35.08
there was no one who had
not sold himself into slavery.
00:57:35.12\00:57:39.09
And there was no one
who had not relinquished
00:57:39.12\00:57:42.26
their possession.
00:57:42.29\00:57:44.13
Because the Bible
says that all are sinners,
00:57:44.16\00:57:47.46
and come short
of the glory of God.
00:57:47.50\00:57:49.26
So within the human
race, there was no one
00:57:49.30\00:57:51.63
who could recover the
last, lost possession.
00:57:51.67\00:57:55.87
But we shall see
that someone did show up.
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