Well, hi again.
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We're on the
final stretch for today.
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Have you been blessed?
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Praise the Lord.
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I'm glad you're all here.
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We are going to really motor.
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I would like to try and
finish the notes on Revelation 5
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in our last session today.
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It begins on page 29.
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So we'll have a word of prayer
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and then we'll get
right into our study.
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I'm going to follow
the lesson pretty closely
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because I want everybody to
understand all of the details
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because they're very important
for what we're going to study
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concerning the 24 elders.
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So let's pray.
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Father in heaven, we
come before Your throne again
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with humility, realizing that
our knowledge is very limited.
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Therefore, we need Your wisdom.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
speak to us through Your Word,
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that Your Holy Spirit
will be present in our midst
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to open our understanding.
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And we thank You
for being with us.
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In the precious
name of Jesus, amen.
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The central theme, we're
on page 29, the central theme
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of Revelation chapter
5 is the arrival of Jesus
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to the heavenly throne
room for the celebration
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of His victory on earth.
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Now we need to ask the
question, first of all,
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is Revelation 5
describing a judgment scene?
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Because some believe that
Revelation 5 is dealing with
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the beginning of the
investigative judgment in 1844,
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and that it is transpiring
in the Most Holy Place.
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So that's the first thing that
we want to ask the question,
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is Revelation 4 and 5 dealing
with the beginning of the
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investigative judgment in 1844?
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Or is it dealing with
the inauguration of Christ in
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the Holy Place of the heavenly
sanctuary upon His ascension?
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So that's this section
that we're going to notice now.
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Some have noted
that Revelation 4 and 5
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bears a close
resemblance to Daniel 7.
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Which Daniel 7 is
dealing with the beginning
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of the investigative
judgment in heaven.
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However, there are also
significant differences.
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Daniel 7:9 tells us that
thrones were put in place.
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But Revelation 4:2 states that
the thrones were already there.
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That's one difference.
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Daniel 7:10 explains that
books, plural, were opened,
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while Revelation 5:1 refers to a
book, singular, that was sealed.
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You can't have a bigger
difference than books open
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and a book that is sealed.
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Daniel 7 describes
Jesus as the Son of Man,
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while Revelation 5:6
describes Him as a slain Lamb.
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Revelation does not
portray Jesus as a lion
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until He has finished breaking
the seals and opens the scroll.
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Some have thought
that Revelation 4 and 5
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describe the beginning of
the investigative judgment
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in heaven in 1844.
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The problem with this idea
is that there is no judgment
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language in chapters 4 and 5.
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The language of the songs in
Revelation 4 centers upon the
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Father as Creator.
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And in chapter 5 the emphasis
falls upon Jesus as Redeemer.
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Revelation 19:1-2 tells
us that all heaven will sing
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the judgment song after
God has judged and punished
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the great harlot who
shed the blood of the saints.
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So are you noticing the
discrepancies or differences
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between Revelation 4
and 5 and Daniel chapter 7?
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Now the next paragraph gives
us additional evidence that
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we're not dealing with
1844 in Revelation 4 and 5.
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Never in judgment scenes
do we find jubilatory singing
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such as we find
in chapters 4 and 5.
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That is, in judgment scenes.
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During judgment scenes, there
is generally silence in heaven.
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For instance, in Daniel 7 which
is speaking about the judgment,
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there is no singing
when the judgment sits
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and the books are opened.
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Furthermore, during the judgment
scene in Revelation 20:11-15,
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which deals with the judgment of
the wicked after the millennium,
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there is silence once
again in heaven and on earth.
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In addition, Revelation
5 mentions only one book
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which Jesus does not open until
all seven seals have been broken
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and Jesus breaks the
final seal at the second coming.
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The opening of the books
does not take place until
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the post-millennial judgment.
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Are you following me so far?
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During the period, and here
comes an additional evidence,
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during the period of
the fifth seal, the judgment
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has not yet occurred.
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So how can you say
the introductory vision
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is a vision of the judgment if
at the moment of the fifth seal
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the judgment
hasn't even begun yet.
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We know this because
the souls under the altar,
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and we're going to
study this in detail,
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are crying out to
God that He will judge
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and avenge their blood.
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So has the
judgment been transpiring
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during the first four
seals and in the fifth seal?
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No, because the martyrs
are crying out that God judge
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and avenge them.
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So obviously the
judgment has not taken place.
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Clearly, the judgment must
transpire after the fifth seal,
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not before.
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In fact, we will see that
the pre-advent judgment process
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did not begin until
after the signs in the
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sun, moon, and stars
in Revelation 6:12-13.
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Furthermore, the judgment
execution will not take place
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until we get to chapter 19:1-2.
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Are you
understanding these points?
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In other words,
Revelation 4 and 5
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is not talking
about the beginning of the
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investigative
judgment in heaven.
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Because at the fifth
seal the judgment has not
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taken place yet, because
the martyrs are crying out
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that God do them justice.
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Now the next paragraph.
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Revelation 5
portrays Jesus as a slain lamb
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who has
resurrected from the dead.
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He comes fresh from
the battlefield to the
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presence of the Father.
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The tense of the
verb, "have been slain,"
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describes an action
that began in the past
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but whose results
remain in the present.
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Ellen White explains, "Christ
is our Mediator and officiating
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High Priest in the
presence of the Father."
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"Christ is our mediator
and officiating High Priest
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in the presence of the Father.
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He was shown to John as
a lamb that had been slain,
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as in the very act
of pouring out His blood
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in the sinner's behalf."
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So let me ask you, has
Jesus just shortly before died
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when He goes to
present Himself for this scene
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in Revelation chapter 5?
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Yeah, the wounds are still what?
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The wounds are
still fresh on His body.
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So it can't refer
to the beginning of the
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investigative judgment.
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It must refer to
coming from the battlefield
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where He still has the
wounds fresh on His body.
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In contrast, Revelation 6:16-17,
14:14-20, and Daniel 7:13-14
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describe Jesus as
the Lion, not as the Lamb
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who had been slain,
fresh wounds on His body.
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But these judgment
scenes present Jesus as the Lion
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or the Son of Man who
comes to claim His kingdom.
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Thus Daniel 7 and
Revelation 4 and 5
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describe different
historical contexts
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where the same
beings are present.
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And the reason why some people
say that Revelation 4 and 5
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is dealing with the
investigative judgment
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is because you
have many similarities.
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You know, in both
you have a throne,
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you have thrones, in both
you have the angels that are
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present, in both there's
reference to records, and so on.
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And so they say,
"See, it's talking about
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the investigative judgment."
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So why are the same
beings present in Daniel 7
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as the beings that were
present in Revelation 4 and 5?
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The reason is very simple.
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In 1844 all of those
who were in the Holy Place
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moved to the Most Holy Place.
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That's why you
have the same beings.
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You have the throne,
you have the thrones,
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the Father sitting on
the throne, the books open.
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Because the entire entourage
that is in the Holy Place
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when Jesus went there now
moves to the Most Holy Place.
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That's the reason
why you have similarities
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in the personnel that is there.
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But it doesn't
mean that it's referring
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to the same historical occasion.
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So far so good?
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Now let's go to page 31
and do a verse by verse study
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of chapter 5.
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Verses 1 and 2, "And I
saw in the right hand of Him
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who sat on the
throne a scroll..."
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Some version translate it, book.
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But they wrote in
scrolls back then.
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"...written
inside and on the back,
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sealed with seven seals.
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Then I saw a strong angel..."
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This is an important detail.
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We'll see a little bit later on.
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"Then I saw a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice,
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'Who is worthy to open the
scroll and to loose its seals?'"
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At this point Jesus has
not arrived in heaven yet.
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The word,
"worthy," means, qualify.
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Who is qualified to break
the seals and open the book?
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Who has the necessary
qualifications that authorizes
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Him to break the
seals and to open the book?
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And you'll notice
here several verses
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where the same
word, "worthy," is used.
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Matthew 10:10, the
worker is worthy of his salary.
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Luke 12:48, did not
commit things worthy of stripes.
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Luke 15:19, the prodigal
son acted in an unworthy manner.
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Revelation 16:6, the
wicked who drink the blood have
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earned the right to do
so because of their actions.
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Acts 26:31, Paul committed
nothing worthy of death.
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So the question
that's being asked here
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is, who has the
necessary qualifications,
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who has performed
the necessary actions,
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to make it
possible to break the seals
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and to open the book to
reveal the contents of the book?
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And now a crisis of
universal proportions ensues.
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Let's go to verse 3.
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"And no one in heaven..."
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The worthy person could open
the book and read its contents
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only when the seven
seals had been broken.
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In other words, the
seals have to be broken first,
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and then the scroll can be
opened to reveals the contents
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of the scroll.
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A crisis of universal
proportions ensues because
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there's no one in heaven
or on earth or under the earth
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who is qualified
to break the seals
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and open the book or the
scroll and read its contents.
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Now, this is an important point.
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John was not so much concerned
with the breaking of the seals
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as he was with the
contents of the scroll.
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You know, we're going to
find that basically what the
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scroll contains is the
entire history of the world
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from beginning to end.
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Had John already seen the
history of the Christian church?
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In the seven churches
he had already seen the
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history of the Christian church.
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His curiosity is not,
"I want to know more of the
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history of the
Christian church."
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There's something about this
book that if it isn't opened,
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it will be calamitous.
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John's tears were
not tears of curiosity,
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they were tears of
desperation and supreme agony.
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The book contained information
of life and death importance,
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yet there was no one who
was worthy to break the seals
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and to open the book.
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Not Moses who died
and was taken to heaven,
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not Elijah who was translated
to heaven from among the living,
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not Enoch who
was also translated,
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not the
representatives of the worlds,
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not the cherubim, not
the seraphim, not the angels,
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not even God the Father
Himself was qualified to break
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the seals and
to open the scroll.
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And so John says, "If
this scroll isn't opened,
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it is a calamity of
universal proportions."
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So what does John do now?
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Verse 4.
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At this point has
Jesus arrived yet?
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Has Jesus arrived yet?
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No. Because He is worthy.
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So no one was
found in heaven-worthy.
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This is another evidence
that this is talking about
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the ascension of Christ and
His installation as High Priest.
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Are you with me?
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Now the Greek word,
"wept," is very intense.
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There are several Greek
words for crying, for weeping.
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This is a very intense word.
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Luke 8:52 uses it to
describe weeping over the
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death of Jairus' daughter.
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Luke 22:62 uses the word
to describe Peter's weeping
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after he went out
and he wept bitterly
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because he had
denied Jesus a third time.
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It's used in Luke 19:41 which
describes the weeping of Jesus
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over Jerusalem as He
descended the Mount of Olives
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towards the city.
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And it's a very
intense word that is used in
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Revelation 18:9, 11, 15,
and 19 to describe the weeping
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and wailing of the
capitalists in the world
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when Babylon falls apart
and the world economy implodes.
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So in other words, John
isn't simply just shedding
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a little tear here and there.
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John is weeping in a loud
voice saying, if no one is found
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to break the seals
and open the scroll,
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that is a calamity of
universal proportions.
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But now comes the
good news, verse 5.
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Unfortunately, many times
translations are a problem
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because they don't
translate the same word
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the same way all the time.
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That word, "prevail,"
is the word, "overcome."
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It's the identical
word, "He who overcomes..."
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Jesus overcame and sat
with His Father on His throne.
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So it says that the
Lion of the tribe of Judah,
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the Root of David has overcome.
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Where did He overcome?
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On earth He overcame.
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By the way, it's the same
word that is used in John 16:33
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where it speaks about
Jesus having overcome the world.
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Now it says, He overcame.
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And then it says, "to
open." That's future tense.
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So what gives Jesus the
right to break the seals
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and open the scroll?
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The fact that He overcame.
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The fact that on earth
He lived a perfect life,
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and He died for sin.
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Could the Father say that?
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No. He wasn't qualified.
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God is all-powerful,
the Father is all-powerful,
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but He wasn't qualified.
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Because in order to be
qualified to break the seals
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and open the scroll,
you had to be a human being
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who never sinned and who
paid the price for redemption.
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So it says...
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Let's read the note.
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In ancient Israel, kings
came from the tribe of Judah.
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And Jesus is the Root
and Offspring of David
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and the Lion of
the tribe of Judah.
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Now this is very important.
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Jesus, who is now the
saving Lamb, will become a Lion
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when He finally
opens the scroll.
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In other words, the
Lamb will become a Lion.
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Let me ask you, is a
lamb a menace to human beings?
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A dangerous animal? No.
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But the lion is.
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So at some point the Lamb
is going to become a what?
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A Lion.
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Incidentally, have
you ever read Revelation 6
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where it says, "The great
day of His wrath has come;
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and who will be able to stand?"
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And right before that it
says the individuals on earth
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who are lost are hiding in
the caves and crying for the
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rocks to fall on them.
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They say, "Hide us
from the wrath of the Lamb."
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How many of you have
seen a wrathful lamb?
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Well, the Lamb
has become a what?
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Has become a Lion to those
who trampled upon God's law.
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So let's continue here.
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In this context
Revelation 6:16-17
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is significant because these
words which I just referred to
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paradoxically describe
the Lamb as a wrathful Lamb.
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That is to say, the Lamb has
taken over the characteristics
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of the Lion.
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The slain Lamb comes
on the clouds of heaven,
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and the Son of Man
comes to execute judgment.
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So Jesus will open the scroll
when He takes over the kingdom.
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Let's notice this
statement from Ellen White
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about the Lamb and the Lion.
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"The Savior is presented
before John under the symbols
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of the Lion of the
tribe of Judah and of the Lamb
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as if it had been slain.
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These symbols represent
the union of omnipotent power
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and self-sacrificing love.
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The Lion of Judah,
so terrible to..." Whom?
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"...to the rejectors of
His grace will be the Lamb
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of God to the
obedient and faithful.
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The pillar of fire that
speaks terror and wrath to the
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transgressor of God's law
is a token of light and mercy
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and deliverance to those
who have kept His commandments."
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You know you go to
the edge of the Red Sea,
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the pillar of fire was
a terror to the Egyptians.
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But it was a source of comfort
for the children of Israel.
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She continues, "The arm
strong to smite the rebellious
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will be strong to
deliver the loyal.
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Everyone who is
faithful will be saved."
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Beautiful statement, isn't it?
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We find this other statement,
"As the Lion of Judah,
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Christ will
defend His chosen ones
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and bring them off victorious
because they accepted Him
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'as the Lamb of God which taketh
away the sin of the world.'"
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If You don't accept Jesus
as a Lamb, you will have to
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face Him as a Lion.
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That's what Ellen
White is saying here.
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Incidentally, in
different terms Jesus said,
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he who allows the fire of
the Holy Spirit to consume sin
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will be saved, but if you
don't allow the Holy Spirit
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to consume sin, then
God's fire will consume you.
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Jesus said he who falls
on the rock will be broken,
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but if you don't fall on the
rock, the rock will crush you.
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He said it in
Matthew chapter 21.
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So basically, what this is
saying is that we must accept
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Jesus as the Lamb of God who
takes away the sin of the world,
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and then we'll have
no fear because the Lion
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will be a protecting Lion.
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The Lion will not
be a destructive Lion.
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As previously
noted, middle of page 33,
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the book of Hebrews emphasizes
the priestly role of Jesus
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while the book of Revelation
underlines His role as King.
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We must understand, and
we've already looked at this,
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Revelation 5:5 in the
context of Revelation 3:21.
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In fact, Revelation 5:5 expands
upon the last part of verse 21.
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After Jesus overcame,
John saw Him break the seals
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one by one and
finally open the scroll.
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He was qualified to
do this because He, what?
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Because He overcame.
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Now let's go to verse 6.
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Was He there before?
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No, because there
was no one in heaven,
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or on earth, or under the earth
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that could break the
seals and open the scroll.
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Obviously He
wasn't there before.
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But now he sees
this Lamb standing there,
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a Lamb as though
it had been slain.
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The wounds are
fresh on His body,
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He's come from the battlefield.
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He's victorious.
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Having seven horns.
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We'll interpret
that in a few moments.
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Seven eyes
represent that He's all, what?
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He is all wise.
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Eyes in
Scripture represent wisdom.
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Let me ask you, what
animal represents wisdom?
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The owl.
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Why is the owl used
as a sign of wisdom?
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You know, my son's border
collie is smarter than an owl.
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And serpents are wise.
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But an owl?
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Why is an owl a
symbol of wisdom.
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Because of the
great big eyes it has.
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Because eyes represent wisdom.
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Seven means totality.
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Jesus has total wisdom.
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And the seven horns represent
total power, omnipotent power.
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We're going to see
that when we read the note.
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So it says he has seven
horns, seven eyes, which are the
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seven spirits of God.
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Now, what happens?
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The seven lamps of fire that
were there before the throne,
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now they are sent where?
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To the earth.
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When is it that the Holy
Spirit was sent to the earth?
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It was after
Jesus ascended to heaven
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on the day of Pentecost. Right?
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So this is talking
about what happened
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on the day of Pentecost.
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Page 34, the top of the page.
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When John saw the
Lamb, the wounds on His body
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were still fresh.
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He had just come
from the battlefield and
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had the wounds to prove it.
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He was standing in the
midst of the throne because
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kings and priests
stood at their anointing.
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So Jesus, at this
point, is going to be anointed
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to be the High Priest.
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And priests and
kings were standing
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when they were anointed.
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The seven horns are
actually the glorious rays
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of the sun that shine
forth from the Lamb's crown
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representing His almighty power
as King of the kingdom of grace.
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You know, let's go to the
book of Habakkuk chapter 3.
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This is an interesting
detail. Habakkuk chapter 3.
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And Habakkuk is one of those
books that's not easy to find.
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Is Habakkuk in the Bible?
00:24:43.04\00:24:44.88
Have you ever heard
a sermon on Habakkuk?
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It's magnificent book.
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Tremendous description of
the second coming in chapter 3.
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Notice chapter 3.
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This is describing the
second coming of Christ.
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I'm reading from
the New King James.
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Do you know how the King
James Version translates this?
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The King James Version says,
"His brightness was like the
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light and He had horns
flashing from His side."
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You say, "Now what is the
relationship between horns
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and rays?"
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Well the fact is, have you
ever noticed what the crown
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of a king looks like?
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It has little horns.
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And so the King James says
horns, but really it means rays.
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Because the rays, you
know, they look like the
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tips of a crown.
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And so, there is hidden, what?
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It says in verse 4,
"There His power was hidden."
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Why does the light,
why do the rays of light,
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or the horns come
from the side of the hands
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of the person who is
coming in Habakkuk chapter 3?
00:26:01.96\00:26:04.66
Because Ellen White
explains in, Great Controversy,
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.33
and you have the reference
there, that when Jesus comes,
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glorious rays are coming
out from the wounds in His hands
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and the wounds in His side.
00:26:14.34\00:26:16.34
So the seven eyes
represent fullness of wisdom
00:26:16.54\00:26:20.11
and the seven horns
represent fullness of power,
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according to Habakkuk 3:4.
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Now let me read
you this statement from
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the spirit of prophecy,
Acts of the Apostles, page 38
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about the anointing of
Jesus when He went to heaven.
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"Christ's ascension
to heaven was the signal
00:26:37.36\00:26:39.59
that His followers were to
receive the promised blessing.
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.37
For this, they
were to wait before they
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entered upon their work.
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When Christ passed
within the heavenly gates,
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He was enthroned..."
00:26:51.54\00:26:53.21
Ah, interesting. Enthroned.
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In Revelation 4
and 5, He's standing
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there before the Father.
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But then what happens?
00:27:00.52\00:27:01.85
He sits on the throne,
we read in Revelation 3:21.
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So it says, "...He was enthroned
amidst the adoration of angels.
00:27:04.89\00:27:08.22
As soon as this
ceremony was completed..."
00:27:08.59\00:27:11.39
What happened?
00:27:12.49\00:27:13.83
"...the Holy
Spirit descended..."
00:27:14.46\00:27:16.83
That's the seven spirits
that are sent to the earth.
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"...the Holy Spirit
descended upon the disciples
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in rich currents, and
Christ was indeed glorified,
00:27:22.47\00:27:26.31
even with the glory
that He had with the Father
00:27:26.34\00:27:28.61
from all eternity.
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The Pentecostal outpouring
was heaven's communication
00:27:30.68\00:27:34.75
that the Redeemer's
inauguration was accomplished."
00:27:34.78\00:27:38.42
In other words, He
was anointed to be King in
00:27:39.82\00:27:42.59
the kingdom of
grace, High Priest, and then
00:27:42.82\00:27:47.63
He sits on the throne.
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And this is His
inauguration, according to this.
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According to His promise,
He," that is the Father,
00:27:52.93\00:27:56.50
had sent the Holy Spirit
from heaven to His followers
00:27:56.54\00:27:59.77
as a token that
He had, as..." What?
00:28:00.08\00:28:03.71
"...Priest and
King, received..." What?
00:28:05.01\00:28:08.52
"...all authority
in heaven and on earth,
00:28:08.75\00:28:11.42
and was the Anointed
One over His people."
00:28:11.62\00:28:14.72
Isn't that a
significant statement?
00:28:16.19\00:28:18.19
So what did Jesus
become when He went to heaven?
00:28:19.33\00:28:21.46
Priest, and what?
00:28:23.37\00:28:24.90
Priest and King.
00:28:25.43\00:28:26.94
Was He anointed to be both?
00:28:27.17\00:28:29.00
Were priests anointed?
00:28:30.24\00:28:31.67
Yes. Were kings anointed?
00:28:32.37\00:28:34.04
Yes. What were
they anointed with?
00:28:34.24\00:28:36.28
With oil.
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And by the way, when
you look at the ceremony
00:28:38.98\00:28:41.08
in the Old Testament
of the anointing of Aaron
00:28:41.12\00:28:43.25
as the high priest, you
find in Leviticus chapter 8...
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It's amazing. I
didn't put it in the notes.
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But, you know, you need
to connect also Psalm 133.
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What happened was that the
oil that was poured on the head
00:28:54.46\00:28:58.97
of Aaron was so abundant that it
was actually poured on his head,
00:28:59.00\00:29:04.44
it dripped down his
beard, down his garments,
00:29:05.21\00:29:08.74
all the way down to Mount Zion.
00:29:08.78\00:29:10.55
What does that mean?
00:29:11.91\00:29:13.25
That Jesus received
the promise from His Father
00:29:13.28\00:29:15.35
the fullness of the Spirit.
00:29:15.38\00:29:16.92
And it was so abundant that it
dripped down upon the disciples
00:29:17.22\00:29:20.32
who were gathered
in the upper room.
00:29:20.36\00:29:22.02
So the seven spirits
that are sent to the earth
00:29:23.19\00:29:28.23
represent the fact that
the Holy Spirit was poured out
00:29:28.53\00:29:31.43
without measure
upon the disciples
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.54
on the day of Pentecost.
00:29:33.57\00:29:35.40
Now let's go to
the bottom of page 34.
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Verse 7. Now there's
going to be movement.
00:29:38.77\00:29:41.74
See, now this Lamb as
though it had been slain,
00:29:42.54\00:29:45.45
now He's going to
approach the Father.
00:29:45.88\00:29:47.95
Did we read a statement
from Ellen White where Jesus
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approaches the Father
and then they embrace?
00:29:50.35\00:29:52.75
Absolutely. She's
not inventing this.
00:29:53.32\00:29:55.49
It's found there in
principle in verse 7.
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It says, "Then He came..."
00:29:59.03\00:30:00.86
Which means that He must
not have been there before.
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Hello.
00:30:03.33\00:30:04.67
"He came and took the
scroll out of the right hand of
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Him who sat on the throne."
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The text tells us...
This is the top of page 35.
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The text tells us that
Jesus came to the Father,
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so He must not
have been there before.
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Up to this
point, listen carefully,
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there have been no
songs in chapter 5.
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Everything is in silence.
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Is that what Ellen White said?
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That all heaven was in silence.
The Father said, "Sshhh."
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And then Jesus comes and
He approaches the Father.
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Remember the
statement from, Desire of Ages?
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There's no singing.
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And then they embrace.
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And after they
embrace, the Father says,
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"Praise Him, all of
you heavenly beings."
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And there's an
explosion of praise,
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which we're going to notice
comes in verse 9 and following.
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So the text tells us
that Jesus came to the Father,
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so He must not
have been there before.
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Up to this point, there
had been no songs in chapter 5.
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All the beings that were
present for the reception
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of the War hero waited in
suspense to see if someone
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was worthy or qualified to break
the seals and open the scroll.
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Now we go to verse 8.
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"...the four
living creatures..."
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That is the
cherubim and seraphim.
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"...the twenty-four elders..."
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That is the representatives
of the sinless worlds
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of the universe.
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You know, this might
surprise you, but the 24 elders,
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which we're going to see
are the highest of angels
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that represent the worlds,
and the four living creatures,
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which are the
seraphim and cherubim,
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They have an intercessory role.
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They are the ones that
present our prayers to Jesus
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and Jesus to the Father.
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You say, "What!"
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Do you remember the
dream that Jacob had?
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What did Jacob see in his dream?
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He saw a ladder.
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Where was the ladder planted?
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Solidly on earth.
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And where did the
top of the ladder reach?
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Heaven.
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And who was ascending
and descending on the ladder
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between earth and heaven?
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The angels. What
does the ladder represent?
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Jesus.
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John 1:51 say, "You will
see heaven open and angels
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ascending and
descending upon the Son of Man."
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So the angels bear
our prayers to heaven
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and they bring
answers back to us.
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You remember Daniel
praying for wisdom to understand
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the prophecy of the
2300 years, or the 2300 days?
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Who did God send
to give him an answer?
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Gabriel.
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Actually Gabriel says,
"While you were just starting
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to pray, I was on my way."
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So the angels are much more
important than what we realize.
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They have an intercessory role.
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Notice this
statement from Ellen White,
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Counsels to Teachers, page 110.
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"Angels offer the
smoke of the fragrant incense
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for the praying saints."
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Now Jesus is the
absolute intercessor,
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but the prayers
are born to Christ
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through the
ministry of the angels.
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And now that the Father
and the Son have embraced,
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now Ellen White says
that the Father commands
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the angelic host to praise.
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Now it doesn't say that
specifically in Revelation,
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but the sequence is identical.
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Now the heavenly beings
are going to praise Jesus,
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but the song is not
going to be a song of creation
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like in chapter 4 where
the Father is by Himself.
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The song is going to
be a song of redemption,
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because the Redeemer
has arrived at the scene.
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Let's notice verses 9-14.
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Notice the tense; past tense.
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And we're going to see there's
a problem in translation here.
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Actually, the proper translation
is, "You have made them
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kings and priests to our God.
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And it says, the translation in
the King James says, "And we..."
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Really, the better translation
is, "And they shall..."
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Future.
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"...reign on the earth."
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In other words, they stand in
the outer circle of the throne,
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the creatures and the elders.
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Now the hymn is in
honor of the Redeemer,
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because the
Redeemer has arrived.
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Notice, His death
at this point is past.
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Isn't it beautiful how Ellen
White amplifies what we find
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in Revelation chapter 5
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in the last three
pages of, Desire of Ages?
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It makes it comes alive.
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Now the mighty
angel's two-fold question
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will now receive an answer.
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Who is worthy to break the seals
and open the scroll, and why?
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The Lamb can do it because
He overcame and shed His blood
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to redeem, that gives
Him the ability to redeem,
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or buy back the
inheritance that Adam lost.
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The word, "redeem,"
in Revelation 5:9 means,
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to buy something
back by paying a price.
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In other words, it's
kind of like a pawn shop.
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You take
something to the pawnshop.
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And you have to pay
a price to buy it back.
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Well, man sold
himself into slavery and sin.
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Jesus has to pay the
price to buy us back.
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That's the idea of the
word, "hagorazo," in Greek.
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The word, "go'el," in Hebrew.
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It translates the
Greek work, "hagorazo."
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Another related word
is, "lutroo;" 1 Peter 1:19.
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It has a similar
meaning to go'el.
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It means, to buy
back by paying a price.
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Did we already notice
in Leviticus chapter 25
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that a price had to be paid to
buy back the lost inheritance?
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And to buy the
freedom of somebody that had
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sold themselves into slavery.
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Yeah, somebody had
to pay a price, right?
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A redemption price.
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Those laws of redemption
pointed forward to the fact that
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Jesus had to become our
next of kin, as we studied,
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so that He could
buy back our freedom,
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and He could buy
back the lost possession.
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Now the question is,
what did the book contain
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that led John to weep bitterly,
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that it would be
a terrible calamity,
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that the book
would not be opened?
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Well, let's notice the
next section, the sealed book.
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Of course, the
big question is this:
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What does the
sealed book contain?
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And why would it be so
catastrophic for the book
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to remain sealed?
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While the book is sealed,
no one can read its contents.
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And there's an analogous case
of this, which is Daniel 12:4,
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where it says that
Daniel was supposed to
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seal the book until
the time of the end.
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What does that mean?
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It means that the
book could not be what?
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It could not be fully understood
because it was sealed.
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But at the time of the
end, what was going to happen?
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The seal would be
taken off the book of Daniel
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and people could read
and understand its contents.
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We find some
valuable information,
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background information,
in the book of Jeremiah
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where we find a
description of a title deed.
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The title deed that the
Israelites lost when they were
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taken captive to Babylon.
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The picture is thus:
Adam forfeited the title deed
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to the world, Satan claimed
it, and only the Redeemer,
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the go'el, could
redeem it or buy it back.
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The scroll
contains the entire sweep
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of the history of salvation.
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When the Lion of the tribe
of Judah finally opens the book,
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the universe will see that
only Jesus and His followers
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have the legal right to
the possession that Adam lost.
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In other words, what
you have in this book
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is a will or a
testament of the human race
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that reveals who will
inherit the lost possession
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that Adam originally had which
he forfeited by disobedience.
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So what would happen if
the scroll remained sealed?
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It would never be revealed
who is going to inherit?
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Who is going to be saved,
who has the right to be saved,
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in other words.
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Let's read some statements here,
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we don't have time to
read all of these statements,
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written by scholars about the
way in which wills or testaments
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were written back
in biblical times.
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This is in the book
by Ranko Stefanovic,
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Revelation of
Jesus Christ, page 197.
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"In order to protect the
contents of legal documents,
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such as deeds of sale,
contracts, wills, and letters,
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a seal impression was
normally made with a signet
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or ring at the end
of the written document.
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The sealing thus functioned
in place of a signature,
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indicating authenticity,
validity, authority,
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ratification, or
protection of the document.
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In order to protect the contents
against an inappropriate
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disclosure, the document
would be tied with threads,
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and then the seal was impressed
at the knots on the bullae;
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that is a blob of clay, wax,
or some other soft material,
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which kept the
papyrus scroll folded."
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So you had kind of these
threads, and then at the tip
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where the two ends
meet, a blob of wax
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or clay would be placed to
seal the deed or the document.
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"An unbroken impression
would indicate that the sealed
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document had not been opened.
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Only the owner could break the
seals and disclose its content."
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There's another statement that
Ranko makes which is important.
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"Archeologists have
brought to light many documents
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sealed with two to
seven or more seals.
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For instance, Roman
law dictated that a will
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or testament had to be sealed
with a minimum of seven seals
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of witnesses in order to
render its contents valid,
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although some evidence
shows that more than seven seals
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were used on occasion...
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Like any sealed scroll of the
time, the scroll of Revelation 5
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appears rolled up, tied
with a cord, and sealed along
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the outside edge with seals
of wax affixed at the knots.
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As such, it could not be opened
and its contents disclosed
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until all of the
seven seals were broken.
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The breaking of all seven seals
is preliminary and preparatory
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to the actual opening of
the scroll and the disclosure
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of its contents."
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Are you catching the picture?
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So basically,
this scroll is the will
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or testament of the human race.
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It shows who's going to
inherit that which Adam lost,
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and who is not going
to inherit what Adam lost.
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Now let's notice a couple
of statements from Ellen White
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where she
corroborates this view.
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At the bottom of page
38, in, Manuscript Releases,
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volume 9, page 7, we find
Ellen White's description of
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what this book contains.
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It actually contains the entire
history of the human race,
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and the decisions
that people have made
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within the course of
history whether either for
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or against the Lord.
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It says there, "There in
His open hand lay the book,
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the roll of the
history of God's providences,
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the prophetic history
of nations and the church."
00:43:20.63\00:43:24.17
So what does the scroll contain?
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"...the prophetic history
of nations and the church.
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Herein was contained
the divine utterances,
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His authority, His commandments,
His laws, the whole symbolic
00:43:33.34\00:43:37.91
counsel of the Eternal,
and the history of all ruling
00:43:37.95\00:43:41.48
powers in the nations.
00:43:41.52\00:43:43.22
In symbolic language
was contained in that roll
00:43:43.62\00:43:46.62
the influence of every nation,
tongue, and people from the
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beginning of earth's
history to its close."
00:43:50.76\00:43:53.60
In other words, it
contains the entire history
00:43:55.30\00:43:58.13
of the human race recorded.
00:43:58.17\00:44:00.04
And the decisions that
people made within the course
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of history which will
reveal of they will inherit
00:44:03.54\00:44:06.37
what was lost or whether they
will not recover what was lost.
00:44:06.41\00:44:09.84
Are you with me or not so far?
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Now Ellen White also has
another very important statement
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where she actually
specifies a specific event,
00:44:16.85\00:44:22.52
historical event, that
was recorded in that scroll.
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Notice, Christ's
Object Lessons, page 294.
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"Thus the Jewish
leaders made their choice."
00:44:32.23\00:44:34.37
When they said,
"Release unto us Barabbas.
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We have no king but
Caesar," Ellen White explains,
00:44:37.41\00:44:41.14
"Thus the Jewish
leaders made their choice.
00:44:41.18\00:44:43.55
Their decision was registered
in the book that John saw
00:44:44.05\00:44:48.45
in the hand of Him
that sat upon the throne,
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the book that
no man could open."
00:44:51.35\00:44:53.39
So that particular historical
event, she's describing only one
00:44:55.16\00:44:58.36
of all historical
events that are in that book,
00:44:58.39\00:45:00.63
when they said,
"Release unto us Barabbas,"
00:45:00.83\00:45:03.83
and, "We have no
king but Caesar,"
00:45:04.30\00:45:06.23
their decision was
written in this book.
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And then she states this:
00:45:09.37\00:45:10.84
"In all its vindictiveness,
this decision will
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appear before them..."
00:45:15.54\00:45:17.15
Before whom?
00:45:17.81\00:45:19.15
The Jewish leaders.
00:45:19.45\00:45:20.78
"...will appear before them
in the day when this book is
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unsealed by the Lion
of the tribe of Judah."
00:45:24.12\00:45:27.26
So are the Jewish leaders
going to see the result of
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their decision in the scroll?
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Absolutely.
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Now, what conclusions
can we reach from this
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very significant statement?
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Let's notice the next paragraph.
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.00
Several important points
emerge from this last statement.
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Ellen White is writing
this around the year 1900.
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That's when, Christ's Object
Lessons, was actually published.
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It is clear that at that point
the scroll was still sealed.
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Would you agree with that?
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The scroll was still sealed
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when she wrote,
Christ's Object Lessons?
00:45:57.15\00:45:58.55
Of course. She says
when the book is opened.
00:45:58.59\00:46:01.36
So it hasn't been opened yet.
00:46:01.52\00:46:03.06
Furthermore, in order
for those who cried out,
00:46:04.33\00:46:06.70
a very important point,
"Release unto us Barabbas,"
00:46:06.73\00:46:09.36
to see the consequences of the
decision they made in the past,
00:46:09.70\00:46:13.37
they must what?
00:46:13.40\00:46:14.84
They must resurrect.
00:46:15.37\00:46:16.71
When would that be?
00:46:18.64\00:46:19.97
After the millennium.
00:46:22.54\00:46:24.18
Technically.
00:46:24.71\00:46:26.05
This means that the
scroll will remain sealed
00:46:26.51\00:46:29.25
until they resurrect
in the second resurrection
00:46:29.95\00:46:32.59
after the millennium.
00:46:32.62\00:46:33.99
So when is this
scroll going to be opened,
00:46:35.29\00:46:38.89
the last seal broken
and the scroll opened
00:46:38.93\00:46:41.63
before the whole world?
00:46:42.36\00:46:43.70
By the way, after the
millennium, is everybody
00:46:44.47\00:46:46.67
who has ever lived
outside the holy city?
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.87
Outside the city, are all of the
wicked from all history there?
00:46:53.21\00:46:56.58
Yes.
00:46:56.91\00:46:58.25
Are all the
redeemed in the city?
00:46:58.28\00:47:00.75
Is everyone in heaven and earth,
under the earth, in the sea,
00:47:01.52\00:47:05.62
or whatever, there?
00:47:05.65\00:47:07.26
Yes.
00:47:07.46\00:47:08.79
And the last seal is broken
and the scroll will be unfurled.
00:47:10.06\00:47:13.66
Have you ever read in
the writings of Ellen White
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.40
about that great panoramic
view above the holy city?
00:47:15.43\00:47:18.70
You know, this is
before you had a wide screen,
00:47:20.24\00:47:22.87
you know, technology.
00:47:23.07\00:47:24.47
Ellen White says, in panoramic
view God is going to show
00:47:25.14\00:47:28.71
the wicked, and the righteous
who are inside the city,
00:47:28.74\00:47:32.71
the entire
history of the human race.
00:47:32.95\00:47:35.45
Are you following me or not?
00:47:37.19\00:47:38.52
And inside the city
are those who inherited,
00:47:39.05\00:47:41.86
recovered what was lost by Adam.
00:47:42.16\00:47:44.76
The meek will inherit the earth.
00:47:45.39\00:47:47.10
And we will be kings
and priests, the Bible says.
00:47:47.96\00:47:51.23
But outside the holy city
are including those individuals
00:47:52.27\00:47:56.07
who said,
"Release unto us Barabbas."
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.41
So the scroll
reveals who will inherit life
00:47:59.97\00:48:03.78
and who will inherit
death, and the reason why
00:48:03.81\00:48:07.78
those inside the
city receive life
00:48:07.82\00:48:10.62
and those outside
the city receive death.
00:48:10.65\00:48:12.65
It's the last will and testament
of the entire human race.
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.19
Now we know why John
was so bent out of shape.
00:48:16.22\00:48:19.16
He said, "If this book isn't
opened, nobody will inherit.
00:48:19.83\00:48:23.23
Everyone is lost.
00:48:23.26\00:48:24.60
We won't be able to
know who's going to inherit
00:48:24.63\00:48:26.13
the lost possession."
00:48:26.17\00:48:27.50
Now Ellen White expands upon the
moment when this will be opened.
00:48:27.54\00:48:30.54
And incidentally,
let me just share this.
00:48:30.57\00:48:32.61
These records will be
examined by God's people
00:48:32.94\00:48:35.78
during the thousand years.
00:48:35.81\00:48:37.25
Okay?
00:48:37.28\00:48:38.61
So in a certain sense,
the scroll will be opened
00:48:38.65\00:48:41.68
before the righteous
during the thousand years
00:48:41.72\00:48:44.85
for them to be able to see
why the wicked were left behind.
00:48:45.05\00:48:49.06
But the opening of the
scroll where the whole universe
00:48:49.39\00:48:51.96
is going to see it, both
the living and those who died,
00:48:51.99\00:48:54.90
the righteous and the
wicked, takes place at the end
00:48:55.10\00:48:57.60
of the thousand years.
00:48:57.63\00:48:58.97
Let me just read in
closing this amazing passage
00:48:59.27\00:49:02.84
from Ellen White,
Great Controversy,
00:49:02.87\00:49:04.77
where Ellen White
describes the moment when
00:49:04.81\00:49:07.31
the will and
testament of the human race
00:49:07.34\00:49:09.64
will be opened and
it will be revealed
00:49:09.68\00:49:11.78
why the righteous were saved
and why the wicked were lost.
00:49:11.81\00:49:15.68
This is in, Great Controversy,
several pages, pages 666-669.
00:49:16.25\00:49:22.32
You'll never forget
where the page begins, 666.
00:49:22.36\00:49:25.16
"Above the throne
is revealed the cross;
00:49:27.60\00:49:30.50
and like a panoramic view..."
00:49:31.67\00:49:34.24
And I added, in high def.
00:49:34.34\00:49:36.27
"...appear the scenes of
Adam's temptation and fall,
00:49:36.91\00:49:39.94
and the successive steps in
the great plan of redemption."
00:49:40.48\00:49:43.78
Is that the
whole of human history?
00:49:43.81\00:49:45.35
Yes.
00:49:45.75\00:49:47.08
"The Savior's lowly birth;
His early life of simplicity
00:49:47.12\00:49:49.75
and obedience; His
baptism in the Jordan;
00:49:49.78\00:49:51.82
the fast and
temptation in the wilderness;
00:49:51.85\00:49:54.16
His public ministry, unfolding
to men heaven's most precious
00:49:54.19\00:49:59.46
blessings; the days crowded
with deeds of love and mercy,
00:49:59.49\00:50:02.96
the nights of prayer and
watching in the solitude of
00:50:03.00\00:50:05.33
the mountains; the plotting
of envy, hate, and malice
00:50:05.37\00:50:08.94
which repaid His benefits;
the awful, mysterious agony in
00:50:08.97\00:50:12.71
Gethsemane beneath the
crushing weight of the sins
00:50:12.74\00:50:15.98
of the whole world; His
betrayal into the hands of the
00:50:16.01\00:50:18.68
murderous mob; the fearful
events of that night of horror,
00:50:18.71\00:50:22.28
the unresisting prisoner,
forsaken by His best loved
00:50:22.48\00:50:25.55
disciples, rudely
hurried through the streets of
00:50:25.59\00:50:28.22
Jerusalem; the Son of God
exultingly displayed before
00:50:28.26\00:50:32.23
Annas, arraigned in
the high priest's palace,
00:50:32.26\00:50:35.96
in the judgment
hall of Pilate..."
00:50:36.00\00:50:38.07
Are those the individuals
who were present when
00:50:38.40\00:50:41.54
the Jews said,
"Release unto us Barabbas."
00:50:41.57\00:50:44.01
We have no king but Caesar."
00:50:44.04\00:50:45.51
Absolutely.
00:50:45.54\00:50:46.88
Once again, "...before the
cowardly and cruel Herod..."
00:50:48.14\00:50:51.21
She mentions these by name.
00:50:51.25\00:50:53.05
"...mocked, insulted,
tortured, and condemned to die,
00:50:53.42\00:50:56.35
all are vividly portrayed.
00:50:56.45\00:50:59.39
And now before the
swaying multitude are revealed
00:51:00.26\00:51:02.36
the final scenes: the patient
Sufferer treading the path
00:51:02.39\00:51:05.76
to Calvary; the Prince of
heaven hanging upon the cross;
00:51:05.79\00:51:09.50
the haughty priests and
the jeering rabble deriding
00:51:09.53\00:51:12.27
His expiring agony;
the supernatural darkness;
00:51:12.30\00:51:15.47
the heaving earth, the
rent rocks, the open graves,
00:51:15.50\00:51:18.74
marking the moment
when the world's Redeemer
00:51:18.77\00:51:21.14
yielded up His life.
00:51:21.18\00:51:22.51
The awful spectacle
appears just as it was.
00:51:22.71\00:51:25.71
Satan, his angels, and his
subjects have no power to turn
00:51:25.91\00:51:29.22
from the picture
of their own work.
00:51:29.25\00:51:31.02
Each actor recalls the
part that he performed.
00:51:31.29\00:51:34.66
Herod, who slew the
innocent children of Bethlehem
00:51:34.69\00:51:37.73
that he might
destroy the King of Israel;
00:51:38.03\00:51:41.36
the base Herodias, upon whose
guilty soul rests the blood
00:51:41.40\00:51:44.83
of John the Baptist; the
weak, timeserving Pilate;
00:51:44.87\00:51:48.17
the mocking
soldiers; the priest and rulers
00:51:48.20\00:51:50.87
and the maddened throng who
cried, 'His blood be upon us,
00:51:50.91\00:51:54.14
and upon our children!'
00:51:54.18\00:51:55.51
All behold the
enormity of their guilt.
00:51:55.54\00:51:58.01
They vainly seek to
hide from the divine majesty
00:51:58.48\00:52:00.92
of His countenance,
outshining the glory of the sun,
00:52:00.95\00:52:03.99
while the redeemed cast their
crowns at the Savior's feet,
00:52:04.65\00:52:07.36
exclaiming, 'He died for me!'"
00:52:07.39\00:52:10.19
Are you catching the picture?
00:52:11.63\00:52:13.09
By the way, those who are in
the city, they lived during the
00:52:14.20\00:52:17.90
period of the seven seals.
00:52:17.93\00:52:19.60
And they overcame.
00:52:20.00\00:52:21.34
Next paragraph.
00:52:22.80\00:52:24.14
"Amid the ransomed throng
are the apostles of Christ,
00:52:24.17\00:52:27.78
the heroic Paul,
the ardent Peter,
00:52:27.81\00:52:30.45
the loved and loving John,
and their truehearted brethren,
00:52:30.75\00:52:34.22
and with them the
vast host of martyrs;
00:52:34.25\00:52:36.35
while outside the walls, with
every vile and abominable thing,
00:52:36.38\00:52:40.72
are those by whom
they were persecuted,
00:52:40.76\00:52:42.69
imprisoned, and slain.
00:52:42.72\00:52:44.06
There is Nero..."
00:52:44.36\00:52:45.69
So now we're moving on
to the history of the church
00:52:45.73\00:52:48.10
and the Roman empire.
00:52:48.13\00:52:49.46
"...that monster of cruelty
and vice, beholding the joy
00:52:49.53\00:52:52.60
and exaltation of
those whom he once tortured,
00:52:52.63\00:52:55.54
and in whose extremist anguish
he found satanic delight.
00:52:55.57\00:52:59.54
His mother is there to witness
the result of her own work,
00:52:59.81\00:53:03.21
to see how the evil
stamp of character transmitted
00:53:03.24\00:53:06.11
to her son; the passions
encouraged and developed
00:53:06.15\00:53:09.58
by her influence and example
have borne fruit in crimes
00:53:09.62\00:53:13.15
that caused the
world to shudder."
00:53:13.19\00:53:15.42
And now it's going to
move on to the Middle Ages.
00:53:15.76\00:53:18.89
So what does the scroll contain?
00:53:19.86\00:53:21.76
The history of the world.
00:53:23.06\00:53:24.40
From Adam in the Garden of Eden.
00:53:25.03\00:53:26.84
The decisions that
were made either pro or con.
00:53:27.54\00:53:30.61
And the reward that
each receives based on
00:53:31.07\00:53:33.51
what is there
found in the records.
00:53:33.54\00:53:36.04
She continues, "There are
papists priests and prelates,
00:53:36.44\00:53:40.48
who claimed to be
Christ's ambassadors,
00:53:40.88\00:53:43.49
yet employed the rack,
the dungeon, and the stake
00:53:43.52\00:53:46.15
to control the
consciences of His people.
00:53:46.19\00:53:48.46
There are the proud pontiffs,"
popes, in other words,
00:53:49.02\00:53:53.19
"who exalted themselves
above God and presumed to
00:53:53.29\00:53:56.60
change the law of the Most High.
00:53:56.63\00:53:58.87
Those pretended fathers
of the church have an account
00:53:59.20\00:54:03.34
to render to God from which
they would fain be excused.
00:54:03.37\00:54:07.44
Too late, they are made to
see that the Omniscient One
00:54:07.74\00:54:11.31
is jealous of His law
and that He will in no wise
00:54:11.35\00:54:14.88
clear the guilty.
00:54:14.92\00:54:16.48
They learn now that
Christ identifies His interest
00:54:16.75\00:54:20.86
with that of His suffering
people; and they feel the
00:54:20.89\00:54:23.56
force of His own
words, 'Inasmuch as ye have
00:54:23.59\00:54:26.93
done it unto one of the
least of these, My brethren,
00:54:26.96\00:54:29.80
ye have done it unto Me.'
00:54:30.10\00:54:32.20
The whole wicked world stand
arraigned at the bar of God
00:54:32.60\00:54:37.61
on the charge of
high treason against the
00:54:37.77\00:54:40.74
government of heaven.
00:54:40.78\00:54:42.11
They have none to plead their
cause; they are without excuse;
00:54:42.14\00:54:46.45
and the
sentence of eternal death
00:54:46.48\00:54:48.58
is pronounced against them."
00:54:48.68\00:54:51.25
So what does the scroll contain?
00:54:53.76\00:54:56.12
The entire history of the world.
00:54:58.03\00:54:59.83
Those who cried out,
"We have no king but Caesar.
00:55:01.13\00:55:06.74
Release unto us Barabbas,"
are they going to be there?
00:55:07.30\00:55:09.77
Are they going
to face that again?
00:55:10.97\00:55:12.71
Are they going to see it?
00:55:12.74\00:55:14.08
Yes.
00:55:14.11\00:55:15.44
You know, human beings
boast about their technology.
00:55:15.48\00:55:18.68
You know, the
megabytes and terabytes
00:55:20.18\00:55:21.88
and all the other kind of bytes.
00:55:21.92\00:55:23.65
What kind of technology do
you need to record the entire
00:55:25.15\00:55:28.02
human race, the history
of the entire human race,
00:55:28.06\00:55:30.89
without missing a single detail?
00:55:30.93\00:55:32.89
Because we're going to see
it again just as it happened.
00:55:34.36\00:55:36.56
What kind of technology?
00:55:37.73\00:55:39.07
You know, human
beings, they boast, but really
00:55:39.10\00:55:41.40
what man has invented is only
a little microscopic itty-bitty
00:55:42.14\00:55:46.78
reflection of the tremendous
capacity that God has.
00:55:46.81\00:55:50.25
That's what's
contained in the scroll.
00:55:51.28\00:55:53.05
And by the way, you
know, prophets spoke in the
00:55:53.62\00:55:55.98
language of their day.
00:55:56.02\00:55:57.39
You know, John
obviously wasn't going to say
00:55:58.05\00:56:00.06
that this was a computer.
00:56:00.09\00:56:03.12
Or that is was
recorded on a flash drive.
00:56:03.76\00:56:07.60
No, because that didn't exist.
00:56:07.76\00:56:09.53
So he says books.
00:56:09.56\00:56:10.90
Ellen White later
on used photography.
00:56:11.03\00:56:13.13
She said our lives are
being photographed by God.
00:56:13.17\00:56:16.54
I think if God called a prophet
today, the prophet would say
00:56:17.54\00:56:21.14
God is computerizing.
00:56:21.18\00:56:22.98
Or God is videotaping our lives.
00:56:23.58\00:56:26.78
He's videotaping the
entire course of human history.
00:56:26.82\00:56:30.52
And by the way, when that scene
is presented above the city
00:56:31.42\00:56:37.46
in ultra-high
definition, better than even 4k,
00:56:37.83\00:56:42.46
at that time, after
the panorama is seen,
00:56:43.30\00:56:47.10
the entire universe:
Satan, his angels, the wicked,
00:56:48.37\00:56:53.17
and the righteous
will bow before God
00:56:53.38\00:56:56.28
and they'll say, "Righteous
and true are Your ways, O God."
00:56:56.31\00:57:00.85
Only at this moment
can Satan and his angels
00:57:01.42\00:57:04.95
and the wicked be destroyed.
00:57:04.99\00:57:06.45
Because the entire
universe for once is in harmony
00:57:06.69\00:57:10.46
that God was right
and Satan was wrong.
00:57:10.66\00:57:14.13
And sometimes we think
that the wicked are going to
00:57:14.86\00:57:16.60
be attacking the holy
city when they're destroyed.
00:57:16.63\00:57:19.30
No.
00:57:19.37\00:57:20.70
Ezekiel 28 and, Great
Controversy, says that
00:57:21.74\00:57:24.17
when the wicked see the
panorama and how Satan has
00:57:24.21\00:57:26.94
deceived them,
they now turn from God
00:57:26.98\00:57:30.85
and those who are in the city,
and they turn to Satan and say,
00:57:30.88\00:57:34.18
"You deceiver," and
they launch themself against
00:57:34.38\00:57:37.65
Satan with the
intention of tearing him apart.
00:57:37.69\00:57:40.76
Read Ezekiel 28, the
first half of the chapter.
00:57:41.29\00:57:44.06
But then God, in His mercy,
will rain fire from heaven
00:57:44.49\00:57:48.06
to destroy Satan, and
his angels, and the wicked.
00:57:48.70\00:57:53.34
And once everything
is burnt up and purified,
00:57:53.87\00:57:57.24
God will create a new
heavens and a new earth
00:57:57.34\00:58:00.48
where righteousness dwells.
00:58:00.68\00:58:02.31