Well, here we are
for a second dosage.
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We want to finish our study of
the first seal, the white horse.
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And then we are going to
take look at the red horse.
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My goal is to finish
our study of the red horse
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in this second session.
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And then this afternoon I'm
hoping that we will be able to
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do the third and fourth horse.
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Because we have a lot to study.
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We still have to
study the entire interlude
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of Revelation chapter 7.
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And that's going
to take us a while.
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And then the fifth and sixth
seals are particularly long.
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So we're doing well.
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But we want to make sure that
we cover all of the material.
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So let's have a Word of
prayer, and then we'll finish
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the first seal and
get into the second.
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Father in heaven, once
again we begin this session
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by pleading for the
help of Your Holy Spirit.
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Help us to rightfully
divide the Word of truth.
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And thank You for hearing us,
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for we ask it in
Jesus name, amen.
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Okay, we're on page
146 of the syllabus.
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And we are going to
deal with the phrase
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that the white horse goes
out conquering and to conquer.
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The horse and the rider.
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The literal translation
of the phrase, "overcoming
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in order that he might..."
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The literal translation
of the phrase, "conquering
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and to conquer," is
really, "overcoming in order
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that he might overcome."
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And we must link this
phrase with the messages
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to the seven churches.
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Have you noticed
that with each church,
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at the end it
says, "he who overcomes"?
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So the white horse
are the overcomers,
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in the churches specifically.
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And of course, we're
dealing with the first church
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which is Ephesus, which is
parallel to the first horse.
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So the literal
translation of the phrase
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is, "overcoming in
order that he might overcome."
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We must link this
phrase with the messages
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to the seven
churches, where at the end of
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each message we find this
dictum, "to him that overcomes."
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We also have to
link Revelation 5:5
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where we are told
that Jesus overcame.
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And this is the conclusion.
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As Jesus overcame
while He was on earth,
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and gained the victory
in the end, so His church
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must overcome during the
period of the seven seals
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and receive the
crown of life at the end.
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So Jesus on earth overcomes,
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and gains the
victory and goes to heaven,
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God's people during the
period of the seals overcome,
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and then at the end they
receive the reward like Jesus.
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The Word for,
"overcome," in Revelation 6:2
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and in the context of the
seven churches is the same.
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Thus, the white horse
represents God's faithful people
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in the churches who overcome.
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This indicates that
the white horse represents
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the faithful in the churches.
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So the white horse
symbolizes the apostolic church
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that went worth under the
guidance of the Holy Spirit
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to defeat the kingdom of Satan
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and to extend
the kingdom of Jesus.
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Acts 2:41 and Acts 4:4 exemplify
these remarkable conquests.
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You know, let's notice
these verses that we find here
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in Acts 2:41, 4:4, and 6:7
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so you see the exponential
growth of the church.
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It says in Acts 2:41, this
is on the day of Pentecost.
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So the arrows caused
an impact, didn't they.
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So one baptism of
three thousand people.
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I would say that was a
successful evangelistic
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sermon by Peter.
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Acts 4:4, just a
little while later.
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Notice once again the emphasis
on the preaching of the Word.
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That's the
shooting of the arrows.
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Wow!
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So this is exponential growth.
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And then Acts 6:7
doesn't even give us a number.
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It simply says,
"multiplied greatly."
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So the church is conquering.
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It's going out
conquering and to conquer.
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It is
overcoming, in other words.
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Let's notice the New
Testament testimony about
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how far the gospel reached.
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God told, Jesus told the
disciples to go to Jerusalem,
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Judea, Samaria, and to the
uttermost ends of the earth.
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Did that happen in the
first generation? Absolutely.
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Colossians 1:6 and verse
23 states, "All over the world
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this gospel is
bearing fruit and growing,
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just as it has been
doing among you since the day
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you heard it and understood
God's grace in all its truth."
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So notice, all over the world
this gospel is bearing fruit,
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says the apostle Paul.
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And then in verse 23, "This
is the gospel that you heard
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and that has been proclaimed
to every creature under heaven,
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and of which I, Paul,
have become a servant."
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So notice once
again, all over the world,
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every creature under heaven.
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And then Romans 1:8.
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In Acts 17:6, you
know, this is the complaint
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that is launched against those
who are preaching the gospel.
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"But when they did not
find them, they dragged Jason
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and some brethren to the
rulers of the city, crying out,
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'These who have
turned the world upside down
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have come here too.'"
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So it shows the tremendous
conquest of the early church
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just by reading
the book of Acts.
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Ellen White
described it this way in,
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Acts of the Apostles, page 593.
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"The commission
that Christ gave to the
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disciples, they fulfilled.
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As these messengers of
the cross went forth..."
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It's an interesting
expression because it's
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the white horse
that went forth, right?
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"...went forth to
proclaim the gospel,"
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that is to shoot the arrows,
"there was such a revelation
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of the glory of God as had
never before been witnessed
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by mortal man.
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By the cooperation
of the divine Spirit,
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the apostles did a
work that shook the world.
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To every nation was the gospel
carried in a single generation."
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Wow! It's amazing.
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And it began in the
upper room with 120.
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120 active members.
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Not bench
warmers, not pew warmers.
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Active members.
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Now let's go to the next
page which deals not only with
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the white horse at the beginning
of the Christian dispensation,
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but also at the end.
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During the
Christian dispensation,
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the faithful church
fights a spiritual war against
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spiritual enemies in the
enemy's spiritual territory
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with a spiritual
armor and spiritual weapons.
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Are you with me?
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The purpose of the war
is to conquer human hearts.
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And you have
texts for all of these.
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We don't have time
to read all the texts.
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It involves God's
people attempting to convince
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the devil's soldiers to desert
his army and join Christ's army.
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So to speak, God's
people proclaim that
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if you want to be a
winner, desert the devil's army
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and come over
to the Lord's side.
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In other words,
the idea is to say,
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"You're with the losing army.
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So just give up
and come over here."
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Revelation 19:11-21, which
is the white horse at the end
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of the book, describes the time
when the sequence of the seals
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reaches its climax.
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See, there's a white
horse at the beginning,
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there's a white
horse at the end.
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When Jesus comes
mounted on a white horse,
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God will answer the
pleas of all the martyrs
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who cried out for justice.
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Revelation 19:11 again
brings to view a white horse
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and a rider who makes war
against Satan and his armies.
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The rider no
longer has a stephanos,
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because that's the word,
"crown," in Revelation 6,
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but rather a
diademata, which is the crown
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that a king wears.
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The crown of the victor has
become the crown of the king.
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Revelation 19:11-21...
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See, the white horse
at the end of the book
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describes not only a spiritual
war, it describes a literal war.
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Jesus is coming to deliver His
people from the death decree.
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So Revelation
19:11-21 depicts a literal war.
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It will be a war between
Christ and the heavenly armies
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and the kings, the
beast, and the false prophet
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and their armies.
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After the latter rain has fallen
and the loud cry proclaimed,
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the whole world
will be on one side
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or on the other
side of the conflict.
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Two armies, in other
words, with two generals.
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Christ on one side and
the devil on the other.
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On God's side are
those who follow the Lamb.
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On the other side are
those who follow the beast.
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At this point, probation
will close and Satan will have
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full control of
the finally impenitent.
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Satan will influence his
armies to implement a literal
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death decree
against God's people.
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Jesus will then literally take
the battlefield for His people
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and will literally
destroy their enemies.
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Are you seeing the
difference between the
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literal and the symbolic?
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Ellen White wrote,
"Every form of evil
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is to spring
into intense activity.
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Evil angels unite their
powers with evil men..."
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See, the devil also
has his horse, doesn't he?
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He has his people.
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And he guides that horse.
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"Evil angels unite
their powers with evil men,
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and as they have been in
constant conflict and attained
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an experience in the best
modes of deception and battle,
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and have been
strengthening for centuries,
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they will not yield the
last great final contest
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without a desperate struggle.
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All the world will be..." What?
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"...on one side or
the other of the question.
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The battle of
Armageddon will be fought..."
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Of course, the culmination
of Armageddon is when
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Jesus comes on the white
horse to deliver His people.
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"The battle of
Armageddon will be fought,
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and that day must
find none of us sleeping.
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Wide awake we must be,
as wise virgins having oil
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in our vessels with our lamps.
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What is this? Grace. Grace."
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And then from volume 8,
Manuscript Releases, page 347,
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"The power of the
Holy Ghost must be upon us,
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and the Captain of the Lord's
host will stand at the head
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of the angels of
heaven to direct the battle."
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That's the final culmination.
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So if we've been faithful
in fulfilling the commission
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of God during this
period, even if a death decree
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is given against God's
people, Jesus will come
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to deliver His people
literally from literal death,
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from the literal death decree.
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Okay, that's the first horse.
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The white horse: victories
of the apostolic church
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through the
direction of Jesus Christ.
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And so, the church is
growing exponentially.
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And Satan is
losing his subjects.
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So now Satan says, "I have
to do something about this,
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because I'm
losing all the subjects.
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All of my soldiers
are abandoning my army
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and they're joining
the army of the Lord.
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I've got to take care of this."
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So now you have the red horse.
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Notice Revelation 6:3-4.
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"When He opened the
second seal, I heard the
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second living creature
saying, 'Come and see.'
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Another horse, fiery red..."
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It's not just
red, it's fiery red.
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"...went out.
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And it was granted
to the one who sat on it
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to take peace from the earth,
and that people should kill
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one another; and there was
given to him a great sword."
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Now what does
this horse represent?
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Well, the meaning is
at the top of the page.
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The red horse represents the
persecutions against the church
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by the pagan Roman emperors
until the Edict of Toleration
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by Constantine in the year 313.
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And by the way, the
second horse is parallel
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to the second church.
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Just like the first church,
Ephesus, is parallel to the
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first horse, the white horse.
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Because the seals and the
churches run concurrently.
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We don't have
time to get into that.
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I did a series in Oklahoma City
last year on the seven churches.
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There's 14 one
hour presentations
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on the seven churches.
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And there I draw
some of the parallels
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with the period of the seals.
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Now going a
little bit further down,
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as mentioned
before, this is the period
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of the church of Smyrna.
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There is much death
language in the message
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to the church of Smyrna,
which is the second church.
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So you have the
second seal, bloodshed,
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and you have the second church,
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the emphasis on
death in the second church.
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Notice all the
emphasis on death.
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First of all, bittersweet myrrh;
the meaning of the name, Smyrna.
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And in the Roman Empire, myrrh
was used to embalm the dead.
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Jesus presented
Himself to the church of Smyrna
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as the one who was dead
and is alive forevermore.
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Jesus encouraged the
members of Smyrna to be faithful
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unto death and promised the
faithful that they would not
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be hurt by the second death.
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Are you with me?
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So the second church is all
about the death of God's people.
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The ten days, because
there's mentioned ten days of
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persecution in connection
with the church of Smyrna,
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the ten days are
Diocletian's persecutions
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from 303-313.
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We apply the year/day
principle to the ten days
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that are mentioned there.
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Ellen White's
comments on the second seal...
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Where are her comments on
the first seal, by the way?
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Where are Ellen White's
comments on the first seal?
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The entire book,
Acts of the Apostles.
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The comments on the
second seal are found in,
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Great Controversy, pages 39-48,
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right after the chapter on
the destruction of Jerusalem.
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And some people wonder,
why did Ellen White begin,
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The Great
Controversy, with the chapter on
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the destruction of Jerusalem?
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I'll just throw this
out, we'll study it next year.
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So make sure you
sign up for next year.
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I believe that the first trumpet
is the destruction of Jerusalem.
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I believe when you study the
symbols it becomes very clear
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that the first trumpet is
the destruction of Jerusalem.
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So Ellen White
begins, The Great Controversy,
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with the first trumpet.
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And her comments, going
back to this, her comments
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on the second horse, the
red horse or the second seal,
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are found in, Great
Controversy, pages 39-48.
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And the title of the chapter is,
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Persecution in
the First Centuries.
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Interesting.
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The title of the chapter
fits the theme of the period.
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Now Revelation 12:11
describes the faithfulness
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of those who overcame.
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In fact, 12:11 uses
the word, "overcome."
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It says, "They overcame
by the blood of the Lamb
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and by the word
of their testimony,
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and they did not love
their lives even unto death."
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Now let's talk
about the color red.
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In the Bible, the
color red represents what?
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Bloodshed.
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Even the grape juice
that we use at communion
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represents the blood of Christ.
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And you can read these texts.
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I just put texts in
parentheses, because if we read
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all the texts, we wouldn't
get beyond the third seal.
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But you need to look these up.
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Don't just take this
syllabus and, you know,
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file it away somewhere.
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Make sure you look up
all of the verses, because
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there's a lot of corroboration
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for the points that
we're covering here.
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So when the sword takes
away peace from the earth,
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the result is what?
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War and bloodshed.
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Now what does this
sword do in the second seal?
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It takes away
peace from the earth.
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The sword takes away
peace from the earth.
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Now what does
the sword represent?
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Well, the sword in the Bible
represents the Word of God.
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Notice Hebrews 4:12-13.
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And I know what you're thinking.
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You're saying, "Well, does
the Bible take away peace?"
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We're going to come to that.
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Hebrews 4:12-13.
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"For the Word of God
is living and powerful..."
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You see the
principle that we're using?
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Does the second seal
explain what the sword means?
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Does it say the
sword means this? No, no.
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So how do we determine it?
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We go to other parallel passages
that deal with the same subject.
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Let me ask you, when
we study the Scriptures,
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you know, when we
search the Scriptures,
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and then the
Scriptures start searching us.
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So, you know, we start
reading, for example, David.
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You know, he
committed this terrible act of
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adultery and murder.
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And Nathan comes to him with
the Word of God and he says,
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"You are that man."
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Wow!
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Suddenly David says, he
kind of shakes and wakes up,
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and he says, "That's me."
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And so the Bible,
when we read the Bible,
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the Bible then
starts reading us.
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The Bible penetrates.
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That's kind of like the
arrows that we talked about
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under the first seal.
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Ephesians 6:17,
the apostle Paul also
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defined what the
sword represents.
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It says, "Take the helmet
of salvation, and the sword
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of the Spirit,
which is the Word of God."
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We also have a
passage in the Old Testament.
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Isaiah 49:2
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Once again, the sword is
related to what we speak,
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to the mouth.
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It says, "And He has
made My mouth like..." What?
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"...like a sharp sword;
in the shadow of His hand
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He has hidden Me, and
made Me a polished shaft;
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in His quiver He has hidden Me."
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So it's interesting
that he talks about a quiver
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where arrows are, right?
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So the sword
represents the Word of God.
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It comes forth from the mouth.
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It's sharp, it penetrates.
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It brings about change
of life and conversion.
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Correct?
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So it brings peace, right?
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Does the Bible bring peace?
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Yeah, of course it brings peace.
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Because it speaks of Jesus.
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Notice Isaiah 9:6.
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It says, "For unto us a Child
is born, unto us a Son is given;
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and the government
will be upon His shoulder,
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and His name will be
called, Wonderful, Counselor
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Mighty God, Everlasting
Father, Prince of Peace."
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So Jesus brings peace.
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The Bible is a
Revelation of Jesus.
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Notice once
again Romans 10:14-15.
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The gospel that comes
from the Bible brings peace.
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So why does
this sword bring war?
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Why does this
sword bring bloodshed?
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We're coming to
that in a moment.
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Notice Romans 10:14-15.
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So it's talking about
preaching the Word, right?
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Where do we get the gospel from?
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What's the source?
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The Word, right?
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And then we have
Ephesians 6:14-15.
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Here, the apostle Paul
speaks about beautiful feet.
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Now I don't have
beautiful physical feet.
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But my feet are
beautiful in the sense that
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the apostle Paul says.
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And yours, I'm sure, also.
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Blessed are the feet of those
who go to proclaim the gospel
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from the Word of God.
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So the preaching of the
Word, the sword is the Word.
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And when the sword
is used and you preach,
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it brings what?
00:22:57.87\00:22:59.27
It brings peace.
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Well, wait a minute.
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Under the second seal,
the sword doesn't bring peace.
00:23:02.98\00:23:05.78
It brings bloodshed.
00:23:06.38\00:23:08.15
So how do we understand this?
00:23:08.35\00:23:10.12
Let's go to the
bottom of page 153.
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This big question
at this point is this:
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.09
If the sword here is the
Bible, why does it take away
00:23:16.62\00:23:20.20
peace from the earth?
00:23:20.23\00:23:21.56
The answer is simple.
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When sinners heed
the message of the Bible,
00:23:23.73\00:23:26.60
it brings personal peace.
00:23:26.87\00:23:29.10
However, when sinners
reject the message of the Bible,
00:23:29.44\00:23:33.24
they rise to take away peace
from those who proclaim it.
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That is to say,
the sword of the Spirit
00:23:39.11\00:23:42.02
brings in its train
the sword of persecution
00:23:42.05\00:23:46.39
from those who reject it.
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Are you catching the picture?
00:23:47.96\00:23:49.36
The conquest of the
first horse led to persecution
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under the second.
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Why do you have
persecution under the second?
00:23:55.46\00:23:57.50
Because the devil is
worried after the first.
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The devil says,
"I'm losing my people.
00:24:00.97\00:24:02.97
The gospel is being
preaching to the entire empire.
00:24:03.37\00:24:05.74
I've got to do
something about this.
00:24:05.97\00:24:07.61
I've got to kill them."
00:24:07.64\00:24:08.98
The devil, deeply concerned
about the many defections
00:24:10.98\00:24:14.78
from his army, launched a
deadly persecution against
00:24:14.82\00:24:18.69
those who were conquering
the subjects of his kingdom
00:24:18.72\00:24:21.96
through the
preaching of the gospel.
00:24:21.99\00:24:24.33
Now the key text to understand
how the sword takes away peace
00:24:25.03\00:24:30.73
and the relationship with
the Bible which brings peace
00:24:30.77\00:24:33.47
is these verses that
Jesus spoke in Matthew 10:34-39.
00:24:33.67\00:24:39.57
And this doesn't
sound like Jesus.
00:24:39.61\00:24:42.04
"Do not think that I came
to bring peace on the earth.
00:24:43.35\00:24:46.55
I did not come to
bring peace, but a sword."
00:24:46.58\00:24:49.55
Wow!
00:24:50.59\00:24:51.92
So He came to take away peace.
00:24:51.95\00:24:53.66
Does that sound like Jesus?
00:24:54.32\00:24:55.72
What did Jesus mean?
Let's continue reading.
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So in what sense
does the Word bring peace
00:25:31.76\00:25:35.60
and in what sense does
the Word take away peace?
00:25:36.03\00:25:39.30
Let me give you an illustration.
00:25:39.87\00:25:41.44
I had the privilege
of teaching theology
00:25:42.10\00:25:44.11
in South America in
Colombia for about six years.
00:25:44.14\00:25:49.04
It was some of the most fruitful
time in my ministerial life.
00:25:49.84\00:25:54.25
Because when you teach, you
have to do a lot of research.
00:25:54.28\00:25:57.05
And so it was a big blessing.
00:25:57.09\00:25:58.75
And I enjoy doing research
as a result of teaching.
00:25:59.15\00:26:03.29
But anyway, I
had a student there.
00:26:03.99\00:26:06.46
Unfortunately, she was
killed in an auto accident
00:26:06.83\00:26:09.43
several years ago.
00:26:09.46\00:26:10.80
Her name, Josefina Mendez.
00:26:10.83\00:26:12.57
And one day I sat down and
I started talking with her,
00:26:13.70\00:26:16.24
and she told me her story.
00:26:16.27\00:26:18.44
She said,
"Pastor, I want to tell you
00:26:18.94\00:26:21.68
why I came to this school."
00:26:21.71\00:26:23.28
So then she told me that
she had gone to an evangelistic
00:26:23.68\00:26:26.51
campaign where a Seventh-day
Adventist minister was preaching
00:26:26.72\00:26:30.62
and she attended
all of the meetings,
00:26:30.95\00:26:32.55
and she was convicted
that this was the truth.
00:26:32.89\00:26:35.06
And so, she decided that
she wanted to get baptized.
00:26:35.79\00:26:38.19
She wanted to become
a Seventh-day Adventist.
00:26:38.23\00:26:39.66
So she went home,
told her parents who were
00:26:39.69\00:26:42.06
staunch Roman
Catholics that she had been
00:26:42.10\00:26:45.07
going to these meetings, and
she had understood the truth,
00:26:45.10\00:26:49.50
and she wanted to be
baptized and join the
00:26:49.54\00:26:51.24
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:26:51.27\00:26:52.64
Her parents said to her,
"If you join that church,
00:26:53.41\00:26:56.31
you're not our daughter anymore.
00:26:56.85\00:26:58.31
We will totally disown you.
00:26:59.45\00:27:00.95
It's like you don't exist."
00:27:01.22\00:27:02.78
So the day of the baptism came
and she had to make a decision
00:27:03.89\00:27:07.09
whether she was going to obey
the convictions of her heart
00:27:07.12\00:27:12.13
based on what she
had heard from the Word
00:27:12.16\00:27:14.23
through the
impression of the Holy Spirit
00:27:14.26\00:27:15.93
or whether she was going
to do what her parents said.
00:27:16.13\00:27:19.83
Well, bottom line, she decided
that she would get baptized.
00:27:20.47\00:27:24.21
She told her parents,
"I'm going to get baptized."
00:27:24.47\00:27:26.61
When she got home, all of
her belonging were outside
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.61
the front door of her house.
00:27:29.64\00:27:31.08
And her mother and
father were standing at the door
00:27:31.85\00:27:34.68
and they said, "Josefina, leave.
00:27:34.72\00:27:37.75
You're not our
daughter anymore."
00:27:37.79\00:27:39.32
And that's how she
ended up at the school.
00:27:40.22\00:27:41.92
Because she didn't
have any place to go.
00:27:41.96\00:27:43.79
She later married a
Seventh-day Adventist pastor.
00:27:44.89\00:27:48.63
One of the students there.
00:27:48.76\00:27:50.13
And they became
workers in the cause,
00:27:50.50\00:27:51.97
very successful
workers in the cause.
00:27:52.00\00:27:54.14
So did the Word
bring peace to her?
00:27:55.30\00:27:58.97
Yeah, the Word brought peace.
Of course it brought peace.
00:27:59.77\00:28:02.34
But also did it bring the sword?
00:28:02.51\00:28:05.78
Yes.
00:28:06.18\00:28:07.52
Because for those who
are opposed to the Word,
00:28:07.55\00:28:11.05
they war against those who
receive the peace of the Word.
00:28:11.39\00:28:14.79
I want you to
notice that the sword also
00:28:15.72\00:28:18.49
represents something else.
00:28:18.53\00:28:20.16
In the Bible, the sword
doesn't only represent the
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.60
Bible, it also represents
the power of the state
00:28:22.63\00:28:26.03
to punish
violations of civil law.
00:28:26.07\00:28:28.50
The punitive power of the state.
00:28:29.20\00:28:31.34
Notice Romans 13:1-5.
00:28:31.37\00:28:33.94
"Let every soul be subject
to the governing authorities."
00:28:34.78\00:28:37.75
The authority is
the government, right?
00:28:48.19\00:28:50.19
See, the civil rulers.
00:28:57.97\00:28:59.40
In other words, do you want
to not fear the civil power?
00:29:05.04\00:29:08.64
The wicked emperors,
in the next section here,
00:29:34.00\00:29:36.97
the wicked emperors and
their subjects illegitimately
00:29:37.01\00:29:41.18
use the sword of the state
against God's faithful people
00:29:41.21\00:29:46.45
for preaching the
gospel of the Bible.
00:29:46.48\00:29:48.82
Preaching from God's
sword, in other words.
00:29:49.52\00:29:51.85
The preaching of the gospel
brings peace to the receivers,
00:29:52.09\00:29:55.19
but awakens war
from the rejectors.
00:29:55.52\00:29:58.69
Is this point clear?
00:30:00.00\00:30:01.33
Now, Ellen White explained
the relationship between the
00:30:02.13\00:30:05.33
first seal and the second seal
in, Great Controversy, page 46.
00:30:05.37\00:30:10.44
She's commenting
on the second seal.
00:30:10.47\00:30:12.37
She's not quoting the verses.
00:30:12.61\00:30:14.08
She doesn't
quote Revelation 6:3-4.
00:30:14.44\00:30:20.25
So you say, "Well, Ellen White
didn't have anything to say
00:30:20.75\00:30:23.32
about the second seal."
00:30:23.35\00:30:24.89
Yes, she did.
00:30:25.35\00:30:26.69
She just doesn't
quote the verses.
00:30:26.96\00:30:28.79
Look at the sequence.
00:30:28.82\00:30:30.53
Look at the order of events.
00:30:30.96\00:30:32.83
You'll find next
in, Great Controversy,
00:30:33.03\00:30:35.26
that Ellen White
mentions Constantine
00:30:35.46\00:30:37.57
after the persecution
of the first centuries.
00:30:37.83\00:30:40.34
That's the third horse.
00:30:40.70\00:30:42.20
Then she goes on to speak
about the rise of the papacy.
00:30:42.64\00:30:45.41
The fourth horse.
00:30:45.44\00:30:46.84
Then she speaks
about the martyrs.
00:30:47.28\00:30:49.18
That's the fifth seal.
00:30:49.58\00:30:50.95
Then she speaks about
the signs in the heavens.
00:30:51.41\00:30:53.72
The sixth seal.
00:30:53.75\00:30:55.08
And then on page 641 she
deals with the seventh seal.
00:30:55.25\00:30:59.79
So we have to
look at the structure.
00:31:01.22\00:31:03.22
Don't only, don't
look only at the tree.
00:31:03.59\00:31:06.73
Look at the forest.
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.10
Get the big picture of how
all of the pieces fit together.
00:31:08.66\00:31:13.30
Notice Ellen
White's description.
00:31:13.34\00:31:15.24
And I put some
explanations in brackets.
00:31:15.34\00:31:17.94
"The gospel is a
message of..." What?
00:31:17.97\00:31:20.54
"...peace.
00:31:21.01\00:31:22.34
Christianity is a system
that, received and obeyed,
00:31:22.58\00:31:26.05
would spread..." What?
00:31:26.08\00:31:27.52
"...peace..."
00:31:28.05\00:31:29.68
That's the second seal.
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.55
"...harmony, and
happiness throughout the earth.
00:31:32.29\00:31:35.02
The gospel presents to
them principles of life
00:31:35.32\00:31:37.89
that are wholly at variance with
their habits and desires..."
00:31:37.93\00:31:41.86
And what happens as a result?
00:31:41.90\00:31:43.70
"...and they rise in
rebellion against it."
00:31:43.73\00:31:46.50
So does the gospel bring peace?
00:31:48.27\00:31:50.11
Yes.
00:31:50.57\00:31:51.91
But those who want to
reject it, what do they do?
00:31:51.94\00:31:54.04
They rise
against it with a sword.
00:31:54.48\00:31:56.71
"They hate the purity..."
00:31:57.98\00:31:59.88
That would be the
first seal, right?
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.62
Right?
00:32:02.65\00:32:03.99
"They hate the purity that
reveals and condemns their sins,
00:32:04.25\00:32:09.12
and they
persecute and destroy..."
00:32:10.53\00:32:12.56
That's the second seal.
00:32:12.86\00:32:14.20
"...those who would urge upon
them it's just and holy claims.
00:32:14.46\00:32:19.33
It is in this sense, because
the exalted truths it brings
00:32:19.73\00:32:28.24
occasion hatred and strife, that
the gospel is called..." What?
00:32:28.34\00:32:33.21
"...a sword."
00:32:33.58\00:32:34.92
The second seal.
00:32:34.95\00:32:36.28
So Ellen White has not
even quoted Revelation 6:3-4.
00:32:36.48\00:32:41.19
She hasn't quoted them.
00:32:41.49\00:32:42.82
Is she
discussing the second seal?
00:32:42.86\00:32:44.69
Yes she is, very clearly.
00:32:45.13\00:32:46.93
So are the seals
events that transpire in order
00:32:47.33\00:32:51.23
throughout Christian history?
00:32:51.27\00:32:52.73
Yes.
00:32:52.93\00:32:54.27
Because you have
the introductory vision,
00:32:54.30\00:32:55.80
you have the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
00:32:56.00\00:32:58.31
then you have the church
going conquering and to conquer,
00:32:58.54\00:33:01.08
and Satan's
reaction is persecuting
00:33:01.31\00:33:03.24
the church as a result.
00:33:03.28\00:33:04.61
So basically you have the
seals are all interconnected.
00:33:05.18\00:33:09.45
One event in the seals
leads to the next event.
00:33:09.48\00:33:12.75
Now let's notice the next
statement from Ellen White.
00:33:13.52\00:33:17.59
"The powers of earth and
hell arrayed themselves..."
00:33:18.19\00:33:23.40
This is war language, right?
00:33:23.43\00:33:25.10
"...arrayed
themselves against Christ in the
00:33:25.33\00:33:27.47
person of His followers.
00:33:27.50\00:33:28.84
Paganism foresaw that
should the gospel triumph..."
00:33:28.97\00:33:32.21
In other words, should
the gospel gain the victory.
00:33:33.58\00:33:35.58
What did the first
horse go out to do?
00:33:35.61\00:33:37.55
Conquering and to conquer.
00:33:38.25\00:33:39.61
Gain the victory.
00:33:40.15\00:33:41.52
So, "Paganism foresaw
that should the gospel triumph,
00:33:42.12\00:33:45.85
her temples and
altars would be swept away;
00:33:46.22\00:33:48.72
therefore she
summoned her..." What?
00:33:48.92\00:33:51.19
Is that war language? Yes.
00:33:51.69\00:33:53.80
"...her forces to
destroy Christianity.
00:33:53.83\00:33:56.30
The fires of persecution..."
00:33:56.33\00:33:58.33
The second seal.
00:33:58.37\00:33:59.70
"...were kindled.
00:33:59.73\00:34:01.07
Christians were
stripped of their possessions
00:34:01.10\00:34:02.97
and driven from their homes.
00:34:03.00\00:34:04.51
They 'endured a great fight
of afflictions.' Hebrews 10:32.
00:34:04.77\00:34:10.15
They 'had trial of cruel
mocking's and scourging's,
00:34:10.41\00:34:13.75
yea, moreover of bonds and
imprisonments.' Hebrews 11:36.
00:34:13.78\00:34:18.62
Great numbers sealed their
testimony with their blood."
00:34:18.82\00:34:22.76
What color? Red, yes.
00:34:23.76\00:34:26.63
"Noble and slave, rich and
poor, learned and ignorant,
00:34:26.66\00:34:30.90
were alike slain without mercy."
00:34:31.10\00:34:34.14
Are you catching the picture?
00:34:36.00\00:34:37.34
Great Controversy, page 41.
00:34:39.07\00:34:40.51
This is the
chapter on the persecution
00:34:40.54\00:34:43.21
in the early century.
00:34:43.24\00:34:44.58
She's commenting
on the second seal.
00:34:44.61\00:34:45.95
Never quotes the verses.
00:34:45.98\00:34:47.55
And by the way, in, Acts of
the Apostles, she never quotes
00:34:48.65\00:34:51.15
the verses that speak
of the first seal either.
00:34:51.45\00:34:54.06
But you know it deals
with the apostolic conquest
00:34:54.76\00:34:57.03
because of the terminology.
00:34:57.06\00:34:58.83
"In vain were Satan's efforts to
destroy the church by violence."
00:34:59.73\00:35:04.47
That would be
the red horse, right?
00:35:05.83\00:35:07.47
"The great controversy..."
00:35:07.97\00:35:09.37
There you have war language.
00:35:09.40\00:35:10.91
"...in which the disciples
of Jesus yielded up their lives
00:35:11.21\00:35:14.18
did not cease when these
faithful standard-bearers..."
00:35:14.21\00:35:17.85
Soldiers have standards, right?
00:35:18.61\00:35:21.38
"...standard-bearers
fell at their post."
00:35:21.68\00:35:24.65
That's also war language.
00:35:24.85\00:35:26.62
"By defeat, they..."
00:35:26.96\00:35:28.59
Oh. "By defeat, they conquered."
00:35:29.46\00:35:31.79
There you have that key word.
00:35:31.83\00:35:33.43
"God's workmen were slain, but
His work went steadily forward.
00:35:35.46\00:35:40.04
The gospel continued to
spread and the number of
00:35:40.07\00:35:43.51
its adherents to increase."
00:35:43.54\00:35:46.71
Because the church is going
out conquering and to conquer.
00:35:46.74\00:35:50.68
She continues on page 42.
00:35:51.41\00:35:53.15
"Thousands were
imprisoned and slain,
00:35:53.18\00:35:55.25
but others sprung up
to fill their places.
00:35:55.88\00:35:58.89
And those who were
martyred for their faith
00:35:59.15\00:36:01.49
were secured to Christ
and accounted of Him as..."
00:36:01.52\00:36:05.06
Excuse me? "...conquerors."
00:36:05.09\00:36:07.50
See, look in the writings of
Ellen White for the keywords.
00:36:07.53\00:36:13.37
If the verses aren't
there, look for the keywords.
00:36:14.77\00:36:17.87
The expressions that she uses.
00:36:17.91\00:36:20.18
So once again, there were
"accounted of him as conquerors.
00:36:20.71\00:36:24.91
They had fought the..." What?
00:36:24.95\00:36:27.12
"...the good fight."
There's war language again.
00:36:27.58\00:36:30.02
"...they were to
receive..." What?
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.89
"...the crown of glory..."
That's the victor's crown.
00:36:33.19\00:36:36.26
"...when Christ should come."
00:36:36.36\00:36:38.73
Now I read this other statement
before, but let's read it again
00:36:39.89\00:36:43.87
because it's very significant.
00:36:43.90\00:36:45.40
It connects the first
seal with the second seal.
00:36:46.17\00:36:48.57
"The early Christians were
indeed..." What kind of people?
00:36:49.24\00:36:52.07
Today people say, "I
don't want to be peculiar.
00:36:53.71\00:36:56.11
I don't want to stick out.
00:36:57.11\00:36:58.58
I don't want to be different."
00:36:59.68\00:37:01.02
It's called peer pressure.
00:37:01.05\00:37:02.38
The Adventist Church has
fallen captive to peer pressure.
00:37:03.32\00:37:06.32
We want to be just like
all of the other churches.
00:37:08.49\00:37:10.83
You don't want to
use the word, peculiar.
00:37:12.79\00:37:14.93
But Ellen White says
early Christians were peculiar.
00:37:17.93\00:37:20.67
"Their blameless
deportment and unswerving faith
00:37:21.60\00:37:24.17
were a continual reproof that
disturbed the sinners..." What?
00:37:24.21\00:37:29.18
"...peace."
00:37:29.21\00:37:30.55
So would the gospel
have brought them peace?
00:37:30.58\00:37:33.11
Yes. But when the Word was
preached, they were disturbed
00:37:33.85\00:37:37.12
and they lost their peace.
00:37:37.15\00:37:38.52
"Though few in numbers,
without wealth, position,
00:37:40.26\00:37:43.02
or honorary titles, they were
a terror," the disciples were,
00:37:43.06\00:37:47.50
"to evildoers
wherever their character and
00:37:47.53\00:37:50.77
doctrines were known.
00:37:50.80\00:37:52.13
Therefore, the wicked..." What?
00:37:52.60\00:37:54.04
Here comes the second seal.
00:37:54.64\00:37:56.60
The consequence.
00:37:56.64\00:37:58.24
"Therefore, the
wicked hated them,
00:37:58.47\00:38:00.41
even as ungodly Cain hated Abel.
00:38:00.78\00:38:03.65
For the same
reason that Cain slew Abel
00:38:04.08\00:38:06.35
did those who sought
to throw off the restraint
00:38:06.55\00:38:09.08
of the Holy Spirit put
to death God's people."
00:38:09.12\00:38:11.95
That's the second seal, right?
00:38:11.99\00:38:13.42
"It was for the same
reason that the Jews rejected
00:38:14.26\00:38:17.06
and crucified the
Savior; because the purity
00:38:17.09\00:38:19.89
and holiness of His
character was a constant rebuke
00:38:19.93\00:38:23.47
to their
selfishness and corruption.
00:38:23.50\00:38:26.84
From the days of Christ until
now, His faithful disciples
00:38:27.17\00:38:30.41
have excited the hatred
and opposition of those who
00:38:30.44\00:38:34.48
love and follow
the ways of sin."
00:38:34.51\00:38:38.08
Now this pattern of
revival, preaching the gospel,
00:38:39.98\00:38:47.12
and persecution as a
result is found many places
00:38:48.26\00:38:52.39
in the Bible.
00:38:52.43\00:38:53.76
And in the last part of this
lesson, I have several examples
00:38:54.00\00:38:58.13
of this pattern that we
have where the church goes out
00:38:58.33\00:39:01.80
conquering and to conquer,
it's preaching the Word,
00:39:01.84\00:39:05.41
it's bringing
peace to many people,
00:39:05.64\00:39:07.28
opposition arises,
persecution arises.
00:39:07.31\00:39:09.74
Revival, persecution.
00:39:10.15\00:39:12.08
I have five illustrations
from other places in Scripture
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.32
of this pattern.
00:39:16.52\00:39:18.25
And then I'm going to
read one final statement
00:39:19.22\00:39:21.26
which is, why is the
church not persecuted today?
00:39:21.56\00:39:25.19
The first pattern
is in Ezekiel 36 to 38.
00:39:27.20\00:39:30.77
Ezekiel 36:26-27
speaks of a great revival
00:39:31.57\00:39:36.04
among God's people, Israel.
00:39:36.07\00:39:37.87
It says, "I will
give you a new heart..."
00:39:38.31\00:39:40.91
And I'm not going to
read Ezekiel 37:11-14,
00:39:57.73\00:40:01.10
but we're told that as a
result of receiving the Spirit,
00:40:01.30\00:40:04.37
these valley of dead
bones who had no Spirit
00:40:05.70\00:40:08.94
suddenly form bodies and
they're filled with the Spirit.
00:40:08.97\00:40:12.97
And by the way, what
do the dry bones represent
00:40:15.08\00:40:17.75
that the Spirit comes into?
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.18
They represent the
house of Israel, God's people.
00:40:20.38\00:40:22.82
Now what happens when
God's people, who are dead
00:40:23.49\00:40:27.39
in trespasses and
sins, suddenly are converted
00:40:27.42\00:40:31.13
and they're filled
with the Holy Spirit,
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.26
what is there going to be?
00:40:34.03\00:40:35.36
Opposition.
00:40:35.76\00:40:37.10
And so you go to
chapter 38 of Ezekiel,
00:40:37.80\00:40:40.20
and here you have Gog
and Magog attacking Israel.
00:40:40.24\00:40:43.30
The very next chapter.
00:40:44.07\00:40:45.57
Why would they
be attacking Israel?
00:40:46.64\00:40:48.34
Because they've been
filled with the Spirit.
00:40:49.34\00:40:51.11
Because they've
resurrected to new life.
00:40:51.98\00:40:54.12
Now the opposition comes.
00:40:54.62\00:40:56.32
Let's read Ezekiel 38:18-23.
00:40:56.89\00:40:59.39
There's many connections
here with the book of Revelation
00:40:59.42\00:41:01.82
which we don't
have time to get into.
00:41:01.86\00:41:03.69
This is immediately
after the people are revived
00:41:04.76\00:41:07.30
by the Holy Spirit.
00:41:07.33\00:41:08.66
Is there going to be such
an earthquake when Jesus comes?
00:41:36.83\00:41:39.66
Yes.
00:41:39.69\00:41:41.03
"The mountains
shall be thrown down..."
00:41:41.06\00:41:42.46
Is this going to
happen when Jesus comes? Yes.
00:41:42.50\00:41:45.33
Does a sword come out of
the mouth of Jesus when He
00:41:53.44\00:41:55.54
comes on the
white horse at the end?
00:41:55.58\00:41:57.28
Is that referred to
in the seventh plague?
00:42:16.77\00:42:19.17
Yes.
00:42:19.60\00:42:20.94
Why does this
persecution come, in chapter 38?
00:42:30.71\00:42:34.02
Because Israel has been
revived, in chapter 36 and 37.
00:42:34.82\00:42:38.49
That's the first example.
00:42:39.59\00:42:40.96
Why did persecution
arise against the early church?
00:42:41.22\00:42:44.86
Because they had experienced
revival and reformation.
00:42:46.43\00:42:49.70
Notice the second
example from the book of Joel.
00:42:50.37\00:42:53.20
One of these days I'm
going to do a series on Joel.
00:42:54.14\00:42:56.84
That is a tremendous book.
00:42:57.51\00:42:58.84
It has many parallels
to the book of Revelation.
00:42:58.87\00:43:01.04
It says in Joel 2:28-32,
00:43:01.08\00:43:04.65
you have the
outpouring of the Spirit.
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.82
You remember that
this is quoted by Peter
00:43:30.17\00:43:32.01
on the day of Pentecost when
the Holy Spirit was poured out.
00:43:32.04\00:43:34.81
So you have this great revival.
00:43:52.63\00:43:54.16
The Holy Spirit is
poured out upon all flesh.
00:43:54.20\00:43:56.90
And what is the result?
00:43:57.60\00:43:59.00
In the very next
chapter, the nations gather
00:43:59.03\00:44:02.20
against God's people.
00:44:02.24\00:44:03.87
Notice Joel 3:9.
00:44:04.61\00:44:06.78
And you're going to see the
parallels with Revelation 14.
00:44:06.81\00:44:09.64
We're going to come to that.
That's the last illustration.
00:44:10.61\00:44:12.98
So there's two armies here.
00:44:39.21\00:44:40.68
There's the wicked,
and God has His armies.
00:44:40.91\00:44:43.98
And now Revelation 14.
00:44:54.56\00:44:56.29
By the way, what happens
locally to literal Israel
00:44:56.59\00:45:00.53
and the literal valley of
Jehoshaphat, in Revelation
00:45:00.56\00:45:03.30
happens globally.
00:45:03.33\00:45:04.67
All nations of the
world come and they gather
00:45:04.70\00:45:07.57
outside the city,
which represents the church.
00:45:07.60\00:45:10.01
And what is God going to do?
00:45:37.57\00:45:39.30
Persecution.
00:45:40.04\00:45:41.37
They've gathered for
war against God's people.
00:45:41.40\00:45:43.61
Is God going to
defend His people?
00:45:43.64\00:45:45.47
Yes.
00:45:45.51\00:45:46.84
So once again, revival in
chapter 2, the end of chapter 2.
00:46:00.82\00:46:04.56
And what is the very next scene?
00:46:04.93\00:46:07.20
Persecution.
00:46:07.86\00:46:09.20
And deliverance.
00:46:09.23\00:46:10.57
The third example has to
do with the day of Pentecost.
00:46:11.40\00:46:14.70
After the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit at Pentecost,
00:46:15.34\00:46:18.27
Peter and John brought
healing to a paralytic.
00:46:18.67\00:46:23.61
After healing him,
Peter presented a sermon
00:46:23.95\00:46:27.48
from God's Word
at Solomon's Portico.
00:46:27.52\00:46:30.45
This grieved the
religious leaders.
00:46:30.99\00:46:33.05
No peace with them.
00:46:33.09\00:46:34.42
This grieved the
religious leaders,
00:46:34.46\00:46:36.36
but brought 5000
souls into the kingdom.
00:46:36.56\00:46:39.73
So were the religious
leaders happy about that?
00:46:40.73\00:46:43.67
No.
00:46:43.87\00:46:45.20
Further preaching by
Peter led to additional threats.
00:46:45.23\00:46:48.07
In Acts 5:12, further preaching
led to imprisonment threats.
00:46:48.47\00:46:52.61
The Sanhedrin summoned
Peter and John to trial again
00:46:52.97\00:46:56.04
where they spoke boldly.
00:46:56.28\00:46:57.71
Notice the number of times that
it's emphasized that they spoke,
00:46:57.75\00:47:00.92
they spoke, they preached.
00:47:00.95\00:47:02.52
As a result, the
leaders wanted to do what?
00:47:03.02\00:47:05.52
Kill them.
00:47:05.95\00:47:07.29
Did the sword bring
peace to the religious leaders?
00:47:07.32\00:47:09.62
No. Would it have brought peace?
00:47:10.73\00:47:12.83
Yes.
00:47:12.86\00:47:14.20
As a result, the
leaders wanted to kill them.
00:47:14.56\00:47:16.90
Then Gamaliel spoke
some very wise words
00:47:17.40\00:47:19.90
where he used
warfare terminology.
00:47:19.93\00:47:22.70
"And now I say to you,
keep away from these men
00:47:24.87\00:47:27.71
and let them alone.
00:47:27.74\00:47:29.08
For if this plan or this work is
of men, it will come to nothing.
00:47:29.48\00:47:35.62
But if it is of God,
you cannot overthrow it.
00:47:35.88\00:47:39.95
Lest you even be
found to fight against God."
00:47:40.36\00:47:44.39
Is that war terminology?
00:47:44.63\00:47:46.43
It most certainly is.
00:47:46.53\00:47:48.06
And after this,
Peter and John were beaten.
00:47:49.03\00:47:51.00
And they said, "We
consider it an honor
00:47:52.07\00:47:53.84
to suffer for the Name."
00:47:53.87\00:47:55.94
Are you seeing the pattern?
00:47:56.57\00:47:57.91
Revival, they
receive the Spirit.
00:47:58.67\00:48:01.81
Immediately, what comes?
They preach the Word, and what?
00:48:02.21\00:48:05.41
Persecution.
00:48:05.65\00:48:06.98
That's the third example.
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The fourth example is the
story of the stoning of Stephen.
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The Sanhedrin arrested Stephen,
God filled him with the Spirit.
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You can read all these verses.
00:48:17.19\00:48:18.76
God filled him with the Spirit.
00:48:18.79\00:48:20.30
Stephen preached a powerful
sermon describing the history
00:48:20.90\00:48:24.07
of Israel culminating
with the coming of Jesus.
00:48:24.10\00:48:27.27
This enraged the leadership
and they encouraged the mob
00:48:27.77\00:48:32.14
to stone the Lord's servant.
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Seeing the pattern?
00:48:35.31\00:48:36.64
Revival, Holy Spirit,
powerful preaching, persecution.
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And then example number five.
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This is in the future.
00:48:47.66\00:48:49.12
Immediately after
the proclamation of the
00:48:49.16\00:48:51.33
three angels' messages, the
world is going to be divided
00:48:51.36\00:48:55.23
into how many groups?
00:48:55.26\00:48:56.63
Two groups.
00:48:56.67\00:48:58.00
The wicked gather against God's
people outside the Holy City.
00:48:58.03\00:49:00.94
The Holy City before the
1000 years is the church,
00:49:00.97\00:49:03.44
it represents the church.
00:49:03.47\00:49:05.11
However, the heavenly
armies trample the winepress
00:49:05.37\00:49:08.41
and deliver God's people.
00:49:08.71\00:49:10.18
Have God's people
been revived at this point?
00:49:12.05\00:49:14.32
Has the power of the
latter rain fallen upon them.
00:49:14.35\00:49:18.25
Why are the wicked going to
be enraged against God's people
00:49:18.89\00:49:22.36
at the end of time?
00:49:22.39\00:49:23.73
Because they've had revival.
00:49:23.76\00:49:25.86
And because of the revival,
they're filled with the Spirit.
00:49:26.29\00:49:29.70
And because they're
filled with the Spirit,
00:49:30.17\00:49:31.60
they proclaim the
loud cry with power.
00:49:31.63\00:49:33.84
And that will awaken what?
00:49:34.07\00:49:35.67
Persecution.
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.47
And at the end, God will deliver
His people from certain death.
00:49:37.97\00:49:41.71
It is significant that at
the time of the apostle Paul,
00:49:42.81\00:49:45.71
the Roman Empire
wielded the sword.
00:49:45.95\00:49:48.75
So it's interesting that it's
talking about the persecutions
00:49:50.02\00:49:52.69
of Christians by
the Roman Empire.
00:49:52.72\00:49:54.32
Notice that the
Roman Empire had the sword.
00:49:54.56\00:49:57.69
The Roman Empire
killed Peter by crucifixion,
00:49:58.96\00:50:02.26
Paul by decapitation,
and James with the sword.
00:50:03.16\00:50:07.60
The slaying of James with
the sword came immediately
00:50:08.20\00:50:11.01
after a
description of the exponential
00:50:11.04\00:50:12.91
growth of the church.
00:50:12.94\00:50:14.28
You can read that in Acts.
00:50:14.31\00:50:15.64
Immediately after it
speaks about the tremendous
00:50:16.21\00:50:18.51
growth of the church,
James is killed with the sword.
00:50:18.55\00:50:22.85
Is there any relationship
between the exponential growth
00:50:22.95\00:50:25.72
of the church and persecution?
00:50:25.75\00:50:27.36
Have you ever read
in, The Great Controversy,
00:50:27.79\00:50:29.72
where Ellen White says that
when the loud cry is proclaimed,
00:50:29.76\00:50:32.06
thousands upon thousands
of ministers and members
00:50:32.36\00:50:35.50
of other churches are
going to leave their churches
00:50:35.53\00:50:37.40
and join the remnant church?
00:50:37.43\00:50:38.97
Of course, that's going to
make the clergy really happy.
00:50:39.27\00:50:41.44
It's going to
infuriate the clergy.
00:50:44.21\00:50:45.97
And that's when the little time
of trouble, persecution, comes.
00:50:46.91\00:50:49.28
So where is the key point here?
00:50:49.51\00:50:51.81
What is the key point here?
00:50:53.75\00:50:55.48
Why is there no persecution now?
00:50:55.52\00:50:58.02
Well, let's go in
our syllabus to page 177.
00:50:59.02\00:51:02.66
Page 177.
00:51:04.13\00:51:06.09
By the way, we're not
going to study the addendum.
00:51:07.46\00:51:10.30
Do you see the
addendum there on page 161?
00:51:10.33\00:51:13.03
It's called, Chain Reaction.
00:51:14.70\00:51:16.57
We're not going to have time to
study that, but you can read it.
00:51:16.60\00:51:19.34
Basically it shows
that there are seven steps,
00:51:19.87\00:51:22.24
seven steps that
eventually lead to persecution.
00:51:23.28\00:51:28.15
First of all, you have
the conditions of the apostles
00:51:28.18\00:51:31.49
before the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:31.52\00:51:33.69
They were fighting who
was going to be the first,
00:51:33.89\00:51:35.72
and they were interested in,
"What's in it for us," you know.
00:51:35.76\00:51:38.63
That's the first point.
00:51:38.66\00:51:40.50
But then what do they do?
00:51:41.23\00:51:42.66
They gather in the upper room.
00:51:42.70\00:51:44.10
They pray.
00:51:44.40\00:51:45.73
They settle their differences.
00:51:46.17\00:51:47.90
They lay all of their
means at the foot of the Master.
00:51:48.54\00:51:51.37
In other words,
they're emptied of self.
00:51:52.01\00:51:53.78
And then they receive
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:54.24\00:51:57.48
When they receive the power,
00:51:57.91\00:51:59.25
they preach the
message with boldness.
00:51:59.28\00:52:02.25
And because they preach
the message with boldness,
00:52:02.95\00:52:06.09
the church
experiences exponential growth.
00:52:06.45\00:52:11.39
And Satan is
losing his subjects.
00:52:12.09\00:52:14.60
And therefore,
Satan causes persecution.
00:52:14.83\00:52:17.13
That is the sequence.
00:52:17.70\00:52:19.20
Now notice this statement from,
Great Controversy, page 48,
00:52:19.47\00:52:24.17
on page 177 of your syllabus.
00:52:25.57\00:52:28.24
"There is another and
more important question
00:52:29.61\00:52:31.95
that should engage the
attention of the churches today.
00:52:31.98\00:52:35.02
The apostle Paul declares
that 'all that will live godly
00:52:36.12\00:52:40.76
in Christ Jesus
shall suffer persecution.'"
00:52:40.79\00:52:44.23
How many who live godly
will suffer persecution?
00:52:45.29\00:52:48.16
Not some. All.
00:52:49.60\00:52:51.30
And you know, this time it might
be psychological persecution.
00:52:52.43\00:52:57.04
Not necessarily
physical persecution.
00:52:57.64\00:53:00.14
But there will be
people who will oppose, right?
00:53:01.04\00:53:03.21
And she's
quoting 2 Timothy 3:12.
00:53:04.81\00:53:08.25
Then she asks the question,
"Why is it then that persecution
00:53:08.75\00:53:13.32
seems in a great
degree to slumber?"
00:53:13.36\00:53:16.86
Why is there no persecution?
00:53:17.83\00:53:19.16
Well, because the
Sunday law hasn't come yet.
00:53:19.19\00:53:21.56
Because the stars still
need to fall, there's signs...
00:53:23.60\00:53:26.90
You know, the Pope needs to
take the reins of civil power.
00:53:26.94\00:53:30.34
The United States has
to join with the papacy.
00:53:30.91\00:53:32.94
That's why
persecution hasn't come.
00:53:32.97\00:53:34.64
Well, why haven't all
those things happened?
00:53:35.44\00:53:37.38
Notice, "The only reason..."
00:53:39.68\00:53:44.12
How many reasons are there
why there's no persecution?
00:53:44.95\00:53:47.59
"The only reason is that
the church has conformed to the
00:53:48.12\00:53:52.96
world's standard, and therefore
awakens no opposition."
00:53:52.99\00:53:57.03
The devil has nothing to oppose.
00:53:57.83\00:54:00.14
Because the church
has become like the world.
00:54:01.34\00:54:03.57
And then she continues,
"The religion which is current
00:54:05.07\00:54:08.28
in our day is not of
the pure and holy character
00:54:08.31\00:54:13.68
that marked the
Christian faith in the days of
00:54:13.88\00:54:17.02
Christ and His apostles."
00:54:17.05\00:54:18.39
Is the church going to return
00:54:18.42\00:54:19.75
to the condition
of the early church?
00:54:19.79\00:54:21.26
Yes it is.
00:54:21.82\00:54:23.16
Is it in that condition now?
00:54:24.16\00:54:25.79
Never has there been a
period in the history of the
00:54:27.00\00:54:29.13
Adventist Church where we
have so many divisions today.
00:54:29.16\00:54:31.90
We reflect the divisions in the
political world in the church.
00:54:31.93\00:54:35.70
It's because the Holy
Spirit is being withdrawn.
00:54:36.64\00:54:39.77
When the Holy
Spirit is not in the heart,
00:54:40.51\00:54:43.18
the result is
strife and fighting.
00:54:43.38\00:54:46.01
Like the disciples.
They were all fighting.
00:54:47.15\00:54:49.52
Who's going to be the greatest
00:54:49.55\00:54:50.89
at the next
constituency session?
00:54:51.09\00:54:53.09
"The religion which is
current in our day is not of the
00:54:55.99\00:54:58.83
pure and holy character
that marked the Christian faith
00:54:58.86\00:55:01.00
in the days of
Christ and His apostles.
00:55:01.03\00:55:02.96
It is only because of
the spirit of..." What?
00:55:03.70\00:55:06.20
"...compromise with sin,
because of the great truths
00:55:06.74\00:55:11.47
of God's Word are so
indifferently regarded,
00:55:11.51\00:55:16.18
because there is so little
vital godliness in the church,
00:55:16.85\00:55:22.55
that Christianity is apparently
so popular with the world."
00:55:24.89\00:55:29.89
And then she tells us how
persecution will rise again.
00:55:30.96\00:55:36.40
"Let there be a
revival of the faith and power
00:55:36.80\00:55:41.94
of the early church, and
the spirit of persecution
00:55:41.97\00:55:46.47
will be revived, and fires of
persecution will be rekindled."
00:55:46.51\00:55:54.25
By the way, on the next page,
00:55:56.62\00:55:59.29
even though this
isn't from Ellen White...
00:55:59.32\00:56:01.49
Satan must know
that the promised revival
00:56:02.32\00:56:06.73
is soon to occur because
he is tearing the world apart
00:56:06.76\00:56:13.07
and he's tearing
the church apart.
00:56:13.77\00:56:15.60
Further, he is
causing a counterfeit revival
00:56:16.67\00:56:20.48
even in some
Seventh-day Adventist churches,
00:56:20.94\00:56:23.81
with the objective of blaming
a revived and reformed people
00:56:27.25\00:56:31.39
of the calamities that
are falling upon the earth.
00:56:31.75\00:56:34.79
Just like Nero did.
00:56:34.82\00:56:36.16
So is the
Christian world experiencing
00:56:37.59\00:56:41.73
a counterfeit
revival these days?
00:56:41.76\00:56:43.77
Oh, signs and
wonders, and jumping around,
00:56:44.47\00:56:48.54
and rolling in the
aisles, and speaking in tongues.
00:56:48.57\00:56:51.51
And you know,
"Contribute to my ministry
00:56:52.11\00:56:56.04
and you'll be very prosperous.
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.81
You know, you'll have lots
of money that will come in."
00:56:57.85\00:57:00.45
You know, the so
called prosperity gospel.
00:57:00.48\00:57:02.65
The Christian world more
than ever really needs a revival
00:57:03.08\00:57:06.99
of primitive godliness.
00:57:07.02\00:57:08.36
The Adventist Church needs a
revival of primitive godliness.
00:57:08.39\00:57:11.73
And that's what Elder
Wilson has been emphasizing
00:57:11.76\00:57:14.06
all the time that he's
been at the General Conference,
00:57:14.16\00:57:16.73
is the need for
revival and reformation.
00:57:17.07\00:57:19.03
It will never come unless
we do what the apostles did.
00:57:19.07\00:57:22.30
Gathered in the upper
room, sat their agendas aside,
00:57:22.34\00:57:25.81
and said, "We need to
receive the Holy Spirit.
00:57:26.44\00:57:29.54
We need to go out
and proclaim the message
00:57:29.58\00:57:31.88
so that we can go home."
00:57:31.91\00:57:33.25
We've become too
comfortable in this world.
00:57:33.95\00:57:36.02
And this world is not our home.
00:57:36.79\00:57:38.52
Our home is in heaven.
00:57:39.29\00:57:40.76
And we need to
always remember that.
00:57:41.02\00:57:42.86
We might have a
nice house, a nice car,
00:57:43.46\00:57:46.53
and money in the bank.
00:57:46.73\00:57:48.06
We are taking
none of that to heaven.
00:57:48.66\00:57:50.53
Not a single bit of
that are we taking to heaven.
00:57:51.40\00:57:53.94
So let's not focus on
the things of this world,
00:57:54.14\00:57:56.60
but on the things
of the world to come.
00:57:56.64\00:57:58.67
Some people say,
"You're so heavenly minded,
00:57:59.07\00:58:01.54
you're no earthly good."
00:58:01.58\00:58:02.91
Well, it might be true
that we're so earthly minded
00:58:02.94\00:58:04.95
we're no heavenly good.
00:58:04.98\00:58:06.31