Let's have a word of prayer and
we'll get right into our study.
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Father in heaven, we just
can't help but be overwhelmed
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by the way in which
You reveal these things
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long before they
occurred so that we could know
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that we can trust Your Word.
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And that the God who
acted in the past will be
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the God who will
act in the future.
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We ask, Father, that
You will bless us as we
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complete our
study of the fifth seal,
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that You will give
us clarity of thought.
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And especially that You
will help us to be faithful
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to You no matter what comes.
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Thank You for
hearing our prayer.
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We ask it in the
name of Jesus, amen.
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Okay, we're on page 217.
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And in this class we have
to get all the way to the end
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of the fifth seal,
which will be page 232.
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We have a lot of pages to cover,
but we'll do our best to finish.
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So let's talk about the
first stage of the martyrs.
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Daniel 7:25
describes the first stage.
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"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
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shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
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and shall intend to
change times and law.
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Then the saints shall
be given into his hand
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for a time, times and
the dividing of time,"
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or a half time.
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So what is the first
stage where the saints are given
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into the hands
of the little horn?
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It is time, times,
the dividing of times.
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Which we
understand to be 1260 days.
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But days are what? Years.
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What are the dates
for those 1260 years?
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538 to 1798.
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Revelation 13
expresses the same period,
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only instead of a little
horn it speaks about a beast.
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The beast is the
same as the little horn.
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And it says there
in Revelation 13:5-7,
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"And he..." That is the beast.
The same as the little horn.
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Who is granting it to him?
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God. God is allowing it.
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So were the saints martyred
during this period? Yes.
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So this is the first period
of martyrs, the 1260 years,
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when the saints were given
into the hand of the little horn
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or the beast, and the
beast or the little horn
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was actually able to
overcome and kill the saints.
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Now let's notice the
historical frame of reference.
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The first four
churches are parallel
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to the first four seals.
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The white horse would
be equivalent to Ephesus,
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and that represents
the apostolic church.
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The red horse, Smyrna,
is the persecuted church
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of the Roman empire,
which is the church of Smyrna.
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The black horse
would be Pergamum.
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We talked about Balaam.
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This is the compromising church
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during the time of
Constantine the Great.
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And the pale horse, the
horse of death, represents
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the papal church, and
the equivalent church is
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the church of Thyatira.
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So because the fourth
seal deals with Thyatira,
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we need to discuss a
little bit about Thyatira
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in order to understand the fifth
seal, because in the fifth seal
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the martyrs are
crying out because they were
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slain in the fourth seal.
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So let's notice some details
about the church of Thyatira.
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Revelation 2:20-23
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And I put some
explanations in brackets.
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And I wish I had time to
really go into this detail
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extensively, but
just let me throw it out.
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I believe that the
churches, the seven churches,
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are to Revelation
what Daniel 2 is to Daniel.
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The entire book of Revelation
builds on the structure
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of the seven churches.
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The seven churches
give us a chronology.
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The seals and the trumpets
and the rest of the book
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amplify the seven churches.
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Now with that in mind,
let's notice Revelation 2:20-23.
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This is the period
of the fourth horse
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when the martyrs
are being killed.
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It says there in Revelation 2,
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also Thyatira
the fourth church...
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So who is active during the
period of the fourth church?
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Jezebel.
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"...sexual immorality..."
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A better translation
would be, "fornication."
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Who did the harlot
fornicate with, symbolically?
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With the kings of the
world, with the state.
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"...and eat things
sacrificed to idols."
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In other words,
introduced idolatry.
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"And I gave her
time to repent..."
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How long of a time did
God give Jezebel to repent?
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Time, times, and
the dividing of time.
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"...sickbed..."
What would that be?
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The deadly wound. Yes.
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"...great tribulation..."
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That is, when she's
cast into the sickbed.
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What is that?
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The French
Revolution. That's right.
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Who are the children?
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The churches that
were born from her.
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"...searches the
minds and hearts..."
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What event would that be?
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The investigative judgment.
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"...according to your works."
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That's the reward
based on the judgment.
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Are you catching an
interesting picture?
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You have in the fourth church
a description of many things
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that are brought up
later in the book of Revelation
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and amplified in other sections
of the book of Revelation.
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Now let's say a few things
about this harlot, Jezebel.
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What she did during
the period of her dominion
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in the Old Testament.
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Because we're going to come back
to this and we're going to see
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that during the
period of the fifth seal
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when the martyrs are crying
out, the apostate church is
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doing the same thing.
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Notice 2 Kings 9:22.
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Very many interesting details.
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Jezebel is called the
mother, she is a harlot,
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and she practices witchcraft.
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Notice 1 Kings 18:4.
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There was a group of
people who did not want to
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share in this apostasy.
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How long did the massacration
of God's saints by the mother,
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Jezebel, who is a harlot
and who practices witchcraft,
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how long did that apostasy last?
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James 5:17
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We're dealing with the
literal now, because this is
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the Old Testament story.
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You catching an
interesting picture?
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See, what happened historically
literally in the Old Testament
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happens during the
period of the fourth church.
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Now what did Jezebel
do during that period?
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We're talking now about
the fourth church, Thyatira,
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the fourth seal, because
we're going to then discuss
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the crying out of the martyrs.
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What did Jezebel
do during that period?
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2 Kings 9:7
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What is going to happen
eventually with those that
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Jezebel slew?
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"...that I may
avenge the blood..."
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Is that similar to what
we find in the fifth seal?
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Do you see the parallel
between the fourth horse
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and Jezebel in
the period of Elijah?
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Now what happens to the martyrs
that die in this first group
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during the 1260 years?
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Well, let's go
to our next section.
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The conferral of white robe
is another way of expressing
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that the martyrs formed
a character fit for heaven.
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In the investigative judgment,
God will vindicate before the
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universe the martyrs
who were faithful to Jesus
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and died for Him.
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The judgment will reveal
that they had the righteousness
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of Jesus in their
lives when they died.
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The investigative
pre-advent judgment will not yet
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empirically confer the
robe, but it will rather reveal
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that the martyrs had a
right to it when they died.
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Are you catching the picture?
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When Jesus returns, He will then
literally clothe the martyrs
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in white robes of light.
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The investigative
judgment pronounces the verdict,
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and at the second
coming the verdict is enforced.
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You say, where do
we get this idea from?
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Well, from the parable
that Jesus told in Matthew 22.
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Remember the story
in Matthew 22, the man
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who sneaked into the
marriage without the robe?
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Let's read about it here.
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Matthew 22:11-12 clearly
teaches that God will assign
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the robe to the faithful
before the second coming.
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Right?
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The purpose of the pre-advent
investigative judgment is to
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reveal whether
people had the white robe
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of Christ's righteousness
or not, spiritually speaking.
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That is to say, God
assigns the robe in absentia.
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In other words, God, in
the judgment says, "This person
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had the robe of righteousness
when this person died."
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So he's given a white robe
as a verdict, in other words.
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When I graduated with my
master's degree from seminary,
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I lived in Colombia, so I
could not attend the graduation
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ceremony in person.
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However, the university
called my name in absentia
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and sent me the diploma.
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There's an example of this.
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Notice Revelation 3:4-5.
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By the way, this is
the church of Sardis.
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That's the fifth church.
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Would that be equivalent
to the time of the fifth seal,
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the fifth church?
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Do you know what is
offered to the fifth church?
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White robes.
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Just like in the fifth seal.
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So is there going to be
a judgment that's going to
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examine the cases?
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The names? Yes.
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Now let's read the note.
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Those who are
faithful already have unsoiled
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spiritual white garments, right?
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However, when Jesus comes,
the overcomers will be clothed
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in literal white
garments of light such as those
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that covered Adam and Eve.
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So now we're covered with
a spiritual robe of white.
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Later we receive a
literal robe of white light.
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When Adam and Eve sinned,
they lost their spiritual robes
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of righteousness,
and therefore they lost
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their literal robe of light.
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The purpose of the plan of
salvation is to cover us first
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with Christ's spiritual robe
of righteousness and then to
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cover us at His coming
with a literal robe of light.
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Is that making sense?
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When the judgment ends,
there will no longer be any
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opportunity to wash
the robes of character.
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At the close of probation,
God will make the awesome
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pronouncement that is
found in Revelation 22:11.
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"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still."
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And now significantly it
says, "He who is..." What?
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"He who is filthy,
let him be filthy still;
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he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
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he who is holy,
let him be holy still."
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In the book, Counsels
on Education, page 237,
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Ellen White adds,
"When Christ shall come,
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He will not change the
character of any individual.
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Precious probationary
time is given to be improved
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in washing our robes of
character, and making them
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white in the blood of the Lamb."
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So what do the
white robes represent
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before the second coming?
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They represent spiritually the
perfect righteousness of Christ.
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When the martyrs died,
did they have the white robe?
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Were they covered with the robe
of Christ's righteousness? Yes.
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They're given the white robe.
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They're told, "Rest a
while, and then we're going to
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give you the literal robe
of light when Jesus comes."
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You'll be not only judged,
but you'll also be avenged.
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It is our own responsibility
to wash the robes of character.
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However, the cleansing
agent is the blood of Jesus.
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In other words,
we do the washing
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and Jesus provides
the soap and water.
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Revelation 7:13
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"And I said unto him,
'Sir, though knowest.'
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And he said to me, 'These
are they which came out of
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the great tribulation...'"
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These are those who
have come out of the great
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time of trouble, according to
Ellen White, at the end of time.
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And what have they done?
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"...and have
washed their robes..."
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Their stolé.
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"...and made them white
in the blood of the Lamb."
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What is it that
whitens the garments?
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The blood of Jesus. The
righteousness of Christ.
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Can we have that robe today?
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Yes, we can.
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And if we have it today,
and we should die as martyrs,
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what would happen?
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Well, when Jesus comes,
He'll say, "You had My robe
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of righteousness when you died.
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It was proved in the judgment.
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And now I'm going to
give you the literal robe,
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white robe of light."
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Like Adam and Eve
had before they sinned.
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Ellen White comments in
volume 3, Testimonies, page 183,
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"The provision has
been made for us to wash.
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The fountain has been
prepared at infinite expense,
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and the burden of
washing rests upon us
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who are imperfect before God.
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The Lord does not
propose to remove these spots of
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defilement without our
doing anything on our part.
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We must wash our robes
in the blood of the Lamb.
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We may lay hold of the merits
of the blood of Christ by faith,
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and through His grace and power
we may have strength to overcome
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our errors, our sins, our
imperfections of character,
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and come off victorious,
having washed our robes
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in the blood of the Lamb."
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The robes represent victory.
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Victorious living.
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Did the martyrs die victorious?
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Listen, folks, they had
the righteousness of Christ.
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They were willing to die because
of their connection to Christ.
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Certainly they were ready
to die spiritually, right?
00:17:06.69\00:17:09.82
Notice this statement,
The Faith I Live By, page 51.
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"The resurrection
and ascension of our Lord
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is a sure evidence of the
triumph of the saints of God
00:17:16.56\00:17:20.20
over death and the grave,
and a pledge that heaven is
00:17:20.24\00:17:24.54
open to those who wash
their robes of..." What?
00:17:24.57\00:17:28.11
"...of character and make them
white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Jesus ascended to the
Father as a representative
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of the human race, and
God will bring those who
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reflect His image to behold
and share with Him His glory."
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Beautiful statement,
isn't it, about the white robes.
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Prophets and Kings, page
589, "The assaults of Satan are
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strong, his delusions are
subtle; but the Lord's eye
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is upon His people.
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Their affliction is great..."
00:17:59.41\00:18:00.74
This is the time of
trouble she's describing?
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The final time of trouble.
00:18:02.78\00:18:04.11
"Their affliction is
great, the flames of the furnace
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seem about to consume them;
00:18:07.25\00:18:08.92
but Jesus will bring them
forth as gold tried in the fire.
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Their earthliness will be
removed, that through them
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the image of Christ
may be perfectly revealed."
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When the martyrs died,
did they have the robe?
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Yes.
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Does the judgment, pre-advent
investigative judgment,
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prove that they had the robe?
00:18:31.44\00:18:33.44
So what will
Jesus do when He comes?
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He will give them the
robe, the literal robe of light.
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So all of the
martyrs died victorious.
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They conquered, they overcame.
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Listen, folks, if they
were willing to die for what
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they believed, their connection
with Christ was unbreakable.
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Revelation 19:6-8 describes
the time when God's people
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will receive this
white robe of righteousness.
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It says in verses
6-8 of Revelation 19...
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And what does that represent,
00:19:36.60\00:19:38.11
"the fine linen,
clean and bright"?
00:19:38.14\00:19:40.48
Now you say, "Isn't it
the righteousness of Christ?
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How is it that it says, 'the
righteous acts of the saints'?"
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Well, the righteous acts of
the saints shows whether they
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have the
righteousness of Christ or not.
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It's the proverbial
relationship of faith and works.
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Genuine faith works.
00:20:03.63\00:20:05.30
A faith that
doesn't work isn't faith.
00:20:05.87\00:20:07.94
You can't say, "Lord, I believe
You," and not do what God says.
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Because then you don't believe.
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In Hebrews 11, all of the
people are doing something.
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Noah builds, Abraham leaves,
Moses leaves, Abel sacrifices.
00:20:20.08\00:20:26.02
Sarah goes to bed with
Abraham even though she's
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beyond child bearing age.
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They're doing something.
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Because faith works.
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So when it says here that
the fine linen is the righteous
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acts of the saints, in other
words, the lives of the saints,
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the life shows that they have
the righteousness of Christ.
00:20:46.74\00:20:50.61
They're not
saved by their works,
00:20:50.91\00:20:52.58
but their works
reveal whether they're saved,
00:20:52.61\00:20:55.12
and whether they have committed
their life to Jesus Christ.
00:20:55.22\00:20:58.32
In contrast to the white
robes that are given to the
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conquerors, I want you to notice
how John Huss was treated.
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This is, Great
Controversy, pages 108-109.
00:21:07.03\00:21:09.56
"Sentence
having been pronounced,
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the ceremony of
degradation began.
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The bishops clothed their
prisoner in the sacerdotal
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habit, and as he took
the priestly robe, he said,
00:21:20.11\00:21:23.11
'Our Lord Jesus Christ
was covered with a white robe
00:21:23.14\00:21:26.05
by way of insult when Herod had
Him conducted before Pilate.'
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The vestments were
removed one by one..."
00:21:30.99\00:21:33.36
The vestments that he had.
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"...each bishop pronouncing
a curse as he performed
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his part of the ceremony.
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Finally, 'they put on his
head a cap or pyramidal shaped
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miter of paper, on which
were painted frightful figures
00:21:47.27\00:21:50.97
of demons, with the
word, "Arch-heretic,"
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conspicuous in front.
00:21:54.14\00:21:56.01
"Most joyfully," said
Huss, "will I wear this crown
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of shame for Thy sake, O
Jesus, who for me didst wear
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a crown of thorns."'
00:22:04.72\00:22:06.12
When he was thus
arrayed, 'the prelates said,
00:22:06.59\00:22:09.69
"Now we devote thy
soul to the devil."
00:22:10.13\00:22:12.89
"And I," said John Huss, lifting
up his eyes toward heaven,
00:22:13.40\00:22:17.10
"do commit my spirit
into Thy hands, O Lord Jesus,
00:22:17.37\00:22:21.50
for Thou hast redeemed me."'"
00:22:21.54\00:22:23.77
Can you imagine what it's
going to be like when John Huss
00:22:24.94\00:22:27.98
resurrects from the dead?
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Talk about vindication.
00:22:31.31\00:22:33.05
Wow!
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So what they did, they
removed his priestly vestments,
00:22:36.48\00:22:39.32
they put this cap on
his head, they degraded him.
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But in the judgment, when the
supreme court of the universe
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meets, it will be shown
that his oppressors were wrong
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and he was right.
00:22:51.87\00:22:53.20
And God is going to
change the sentence.
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So this is the first period
of martyrs, the 1260 years.
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What is it that suspends
or divides the first segment
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of the fifth seal
with the second segment?
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The deadly wound.
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Notice Revelation 13:10.
00:23:11.29\00:23:13.59
Did the papacy use the sword
of the civil power to kill?
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Yes. We already noticed
that in the fourth seal.
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So what happened?
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Did the sword of the state give
the papacy the deadly wound?
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Yes. Because the
papacy used the sword
00:23:39.11\00:23:41.78
of the civil power to persecute.
00:23:41.82\00:23:43.65
Now the sword of France
rises against the papacy
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and gives the
papacy its deadly wound.
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On the next page, page
223, God told these martyrs
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to rest a little while.
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The word, "rest," here
refers to the sleep of death.
00:23:58.10\00:24:02.44
The martyrs cannot literally
be crying out and sleeping
00:24:03.00\00:24:05.81
at the same time unless
they are talking in their sleep.
00:24:05.84\00:24:08.84
Clearly the word, "rest,"
is a euphemism for death.
00:24:11.55\00:24:14.95
In fact, Revelation 14:13
uses the same word to describe
00:24:15.62\00:24:20.06
the condition of
those who are dead.
00:24:20.09\00:24:21.76
"Blessed are those who
die henceforth in the Lord.
00:24:21.79\00:24:25.73
They shall rest
from their labors,"
00:24:25.76\00:24:27.50
it says in Revelation 14:13.
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So those who are
resting are dead.
00:24:29.70\00:24:31.47
So that would mean that the
martyrs are not disincarnate
00:24:32.77\00:24:36.10
souls that are crying out.
00:24:36.14\00:24:37.84
Now let's talk about the
second stage of the martyrs
00:24:39.27\00:24:42.34
when the number of
martyrs is complete.
00:24:43.14\00:24:45.25
Revelation 13:13, "And
I saw one of his heads..."
00:24:45.78\00:24:49.05
That is, of the beast
that persecuted during the
00:24:49.08\00:24:51.05
1260 years.
00:24:51.09\00:24:52.55
"I saw one of his heads as
if it had been mortally wounded,
00:24:52.85\00:24:56.39
and his deadly wound was healed;
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.63
and all the world marveled
and followed the beast."
00:24:58.93\00:25:02.30
After the deadly wound
heals, the papacy will persecute
00:25:03.30\00:25:06.23
a future group of martyrs as
it did the martyrs of the past.
00:25:06.27\00:25:10.57
According to this text,
the deadly wound of the beast
00:25:11.11\00:25:13.54
will heal and the
papacy will behave once again
00:25:13.58\00:25:18.15
as it did in forgone years.
00:25:18.51\00:25:21.98
Now I'm going to read several
statements from Ellen White
00:25:22.08\00:25:24.22
where Ellen White
connects the work of the papacy
00:25:24.82\00:25:27.96
in the past with
the wound being healed
00:25:27.99\00:25:29.99
and doing the same
thing in the future.
00:25:30.03\00:25:31.79
Notice this statement that
we find in, Manuscript Releases,
00:25:31.83\00:25:34.86
volume 13, page 394.
00:25:34.90\00:25:36.97
She's
describing Daniel 11:30-36,
00:25:37.67\00:25:41.30
which is the
period of papal dominion.
00:25:42.04\00:25:44.04
The same period of the
fourth seal when God's people
00:25:44.07\00:25:47.14
are being mowed down.
00:25:47.18\00:25:48.51
And Ellen White says
something about these verses
00:25:49.34\00:25:51.45
that were fulfilled
during the 1260 years.
00:25:51.48\00:25:53.92
Notice at the bottom of page 23.
00:25:53.95\00:25:57.89
"We have no time to lose.
00:25:58.59\00:26:00.09
Troublous times are before us.
00:26:00.49\00:26:02.32
The world is stirred
with the spirit of war.
00:26:02.56\00:26:05.13
Soon the scenes of trouble
spoken of in the prophecies
00:26:05.46\00:26:08.13
will take place.
00:26:08.16\00:26:09.50
The prophecy in the eleventh
of Daniel has nearly reached
00:26:09.56\00:26:13.27
its complete fulfillment."
00:26:13.30\00:26:14.70
And notice this now.
00:26:14.74\00:26:16.07
"Much of the history that
has taken place in fulfillment
00:26:16.10\00:26:20.58
of this prophecy
will be repeated."
00:26:20.61\00:26:23.61
Notice, it's not the
prophecy that is repeated.
00:26:24.08\00:26:26.92
It is much of the history
that repeat in the prophecy.
00:26:27.08\00:26:30.29
In other words, this seal
does not have dual fulfillment.
00:26:31.49\00:26:34.39
No.
00:26:34.72\00:26:36.06
Much of the history that
fulfilled the fourth seal
00:26:36.22\00:26:39.36
is going to be fulfilled in
similar fashion in the future
00:26:40.33\00:26:43.33
because the same power
is going to persecute again.
00:26:43.37\00:26:45.67
So she says, "Much of
the history that has taken
00:26:46.53\00:26:48.60
place in fulfillment of
this prophecy will be repeated.
00:26:48.64\00:26:52.07
In the thirtieth verse..."
00:26:52.51\00:26:53.88
Now she's going to tell us what
part is going to be repeated.
00:26:53.91\00:26:56.34
It's the verses that deal
with the papacy in the past.
00:26:56.54\00:26:59.31
"In the thirtieth verse,
a power is spoken of that
00:26:59.71\00:27:03.15
'shall be grieved, and return,
and have indignation against
00:27:03.25\00:27:06.49
the holy covenant: so shall
he do; he shall even return,
00:27:06.52\00:27:10.23
and have intelligence
with them that forsake
00:27:10.26\00:27:12.29
the holy covenant.'"
00:27:12.33\00:27:13.76
And then she finishes by
saying, "Scenes similar to those
00:27:14.00\00:27:19.27
described in these
words will take place."
00:27:19.30\00:27:22.47
Are you catching the picture?
00:27:23.30\00:27:24.91
So the papacy is going to have
a second period of dominion.
00:27:25.54\00:27:29.04
She's going to do the
same thing she did in the past,
00:27:29.24\00:27:31.31
and she's going to slay many
of God's people in the future
00:27:31.45\00:27:35.88
as she slew people in the past.
00:27:35.92\00:27:38.15
Notice, Manuscript Releases...
00:27:38.19\00:27:39.89
Actually, Great
Controversy, page 579.
00:27:40.19\00:27:43.43
"The influence of Rome in
countries that once acknowledged
00:27:44.39\00:27:48.03
her dominion is still
far from being destroyed,
00:27:48.06\00:27:51.20
and prophecy
foretells a..." What?
00:27:51.77\00:27:54.17
"...a restoration of her power."
00:27:54.37\00:27:57.01
And then she quotes the
verse that we already mentioned,
00:27:57.94\00:28:00.14
Revelation 13:3.
00:28:00.18\00:28:02.08
"I saw one of its heads as
if it were wounded to death;
00:28:02.11\00:28:04.81
and his deadly was healed.
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.35
and the world
wondered after the beast."
00:28:06.38\00:28:08.55
Notice the
terminology in volume 5 of the,
00:28:09.38\00:28:11.59
Testimonies, page 712.
00:28:11.62\00:28:13.69
"When our nation..."
That is the United States,
00:28:14.19\00:28:16.89
"When our nation
shall so abjure,"
00:28:17.33\00:28:20.50
abandon, in other words,
00:28:20.80\00:28:22.30
"the principles of
its government as to enact
00:28:22.36\00:28:25.40
a Sunday law, Protestantism
will in this act join hands
00:28:25.43\00:28:30.17
with popery; it will
be nothing else that..."
00:28:30.21\00:28:33.68
Notice the expression. What?
00:28:33.71\00:28:35.54
You can't give life to
something that already has life.
00:28:36.58\00:28:40.15
The papacy
received a deadly wound.
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.98
"...giving life to the tyranny
that has long been eagerly
00:28:43.65\00:28:48.96
watching its
opportunity to..." What?
00:28:48.99\00:28:51.13
"...spring again
into active despotism."
00:28:51.69\00:28:55.63
Why isn't the papacy
having active despotism today?
00:28:56.16\00:29:01.50
Because the papacy
has a deadly wound.
00:29:01.87\00:29:03.91
And the whole world
thinks the papacy is the
00:29:04.51\00:29:06.37
best thing in the world now.
00:29:06.41\00:29:07.94
The political leaders
say, "Wow, what a great system.
00:29:07.98\00:29:11.38
What a great guy."
00:29:11.41\00:29:12.75
They need this series
that we're talking about here.
00:29:13.48\00:29:16.52
We need to pray
that they will see this.
00:29:17.25\00:29:19.39
Let's read the next statement.
00:29:22.26\00:29:23.86
"When the land which the
Lord provided as an asylum
00:29:24.59\00:29:27.83
for His people, that they might
worship Him according to the
00:29:27.86\00:29:31.17
dictates of their
own consciences, the land
00:29:31.20\00:29:33.74
over which for long
years the shield of Omnipotence
00:29:33.77\00:29:36.27
has been spread, the
land which God has favored by
00:29:36.30\00:29:39.14
making it the depository of
the pure religion of Christ;
00:29:39.17\00:29:42.18
when that land,"
this is the United States,
00:29:42.91\00:29:45.65
"shall, through its legislators,
abjure the principles of
00:29:45.68\00:29:50.35
Protestantism, and give
countenance to Romish apostasy
00:29:50.39\00:29:54.92
in tampering with God's law, it
is then that the final work of
00:29:55.12\00:29:58.69
the man of sin will be revealed.
00:29:58.73\00:30:00.60
Protestants will throw their
whole influence and strength
00:30:01.03\00:30:04.03
on the side of the papacy."
00:30:04.07\00:30:05.40
It's happening
before our eyes, folks.
00:30:05.43\00:30:07.30
"By a national act,"
that's an act of Congress,
00:30:07.94\00:30:10.77
"enforcing the false
Sabbath, they will..." What?
00:30:10.97\00:30:14.88
Well it must mean it
didn't have life then,
00:30:15.41\00:30:17.05
because it
received a deadly wound.
00:30:17.08\00:30:18.58
"...they will
give life and..." What?
00:30:18.71\00:30:20.85
"...and vigor to the
corrupt faith of Rome..."
00:30:21.05\00:30:24.29
And then what's the next word?
00:30:24.39\00:30:25.75
"...reviving her tyranny
and oppression of conscience.
00:30:25.79\00:30:29.92
Then it will be time for
God to work in mighty power
00:30:30.33\00:30:32.66
for the
vindication of His truth."
00:30:32.89\00:30:35.46
Does this have anything to do
with the third angel's message?
00:30:37.90\00:30:40.37
Whoever worships
the beast and his image,
00:30:41.57\00:30:45.37
and receives his mark,
will drink the wrath of God
00:30:46.11\00:30:51.71
without mixture of mercy.
00:30:51.75\00:30:53.25
Some people say, "Well,
you know, let's preach just
00:30:54.62\00:30:56.38
the everlasting gospel.
00:30:56.42\00:30:57.75
Let's not preach the
third angel's message."
00:30:57.79\00:31:00.19
It scares people.
00:31:00.22\00:31:01.86
It offends people.
00:31:02.82\00:31:04.39
And by not offending
them, we're not, we're going to
00:31:05.76\00:31:08.16
not offend them right into hell.
00:31:08.36\00:31:10.33
If you don't know who
the beast is, you're going to
00:31:12.97\00:31:14.94
end up worshiping the beast.
00:31:14.97\00:31:16.71
If you don't know what
the image is, you're going to
00:31:17.74\00:31:19.84
end up worshiping the image.
00:31:19.87\00:31:21.48
And if you don't
know what the mark is,
00:31:21.58\00:31:23.11
you're going to
receive the mark.
00:31:23.14\00:31:24.78
People need to know this
00:31:27.18\00:31:29.12
in this time of
history so that they can
00:31:29.88\00:31:31.92
make the right decisions
and be on the Lord's side.
00:31:31.95\00:31:34.42
So let's talk about
the final group of martyrs.
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The papacy is going to
resurrect from her deadly wound.
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Revelation 13:11-18
speaks about a second beast
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that rises from the earth.
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Everything about
this second beast,
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it does to
please the first beast.
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It seems like the whole
purpose of this second beast
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is to help the first
beast recover what it lost.
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And this beast
represents the United States.
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Let's read verse 11.
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In the Bible, the
dragon represents Satan
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working through Rome.
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The dragon tried to
kill the male child.
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It was Herod, a Roman ruler.
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During the 1260 years,
it says that the dragon
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persecuted the woman.
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That's Satan working through
the little horn, through Rome.
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Here it says that the United
States will speak like a dragon.
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Which means it's
going to speak like Rome.
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Which Rome?
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Papal Rome.
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So it says it
spoke like a dragon.
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And then it says...
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And then later on it says
that this beast will enforce
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the mark of the beast.
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Everything this beast does
is to please the first beast,
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to heal the wound
of the first beast.
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So the deadly wound was
not healed in 1929 because
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it's not Italy, it's the United
States that will heal the wound.
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Revelation 17
describes this time.
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Do you remember we
studied about Jezebel?
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And Thyatira?
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Now we'll come back to
that. Revelation 17:1-2, 6
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"Then one of the seven angels
who had the seven bowls..."
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Was Jezebel a great harlot?
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"...the great harlot
who sits on many waters..."
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That's multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
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"...with whom the kings of the
earth committed fornication..."
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Is that what Jezebel did? Yes.
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Was Jezebel involved with wine?
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She actually killed
Naboth to take his vineyard.
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Evidently she was a winebibber.
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And then notice, "I
saw the woman..." What?
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Is that Jezebel? Yeah.
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"I saw the woman..."
The mother, by the way.
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The harlot. The fornicator.
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Is that the
second group of martyrs?
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Yes.
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By the way, this same
woman, who is called Babylon,
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is also at the end of
time involved in the occult.
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Witchcraft.
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Notice Revelation 18:23.
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"The light of a lamp shall
not shine in you anymore..."
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Here, it's speaking
about the city of Babylon,
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but the city of
Babylon is the same thing
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as the harlot of Babylon.
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The harlot is
the religious system,
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the city is the
political system.
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They're together.
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"...sorcery..."
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Which is translation in
Galatians 5:20, "witchcraft."
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Do you remember that it
said in 2 Kings that the blood
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of the prophets and the martyrs
was avenged over Jezebel?
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Is that going to happen
with the end time martyrs?
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Notice Revelation 19:1-2.
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"After these things I
heard a loud voice of a great
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multitude in heaven, saying,
'Alleluia! Salvation and glory
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and honor and power
belong to the Lord our God.
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For true and
righteous are His judgments...'"
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And at this point the seventh
plague has already fallen
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upon this harlot system.
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"...because He has..." What?
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"...He has
judged the great harlot
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who corrupted the
earth with her fornication."
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And not only judged
her in the judgment,
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but also what?
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"And He has avenged
on her the blood of His
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servants shed by her."
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So the end time
Jezebel, are God's people also
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going to be judged and avenged?
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Yes, absolutely.
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And then, of course, the
martyrs whom the papacy slew
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will now have the right
to judged those who judged
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and condemned them.
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All the tables are turned.
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Revelation 20:4 states
this, "And I saw thrones,
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and they sat on them,
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and judgment was
committed to them.
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Then I saw the souls..."
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This sounds like the
fifth seal, doesn't it?
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Only it's dealing
with the end time martyrs,
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not with the ones
from the 1260 years.
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"I saw the souls of
those who had been beheaded
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for their witness to Jesus
and for the word of God..."
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But now these are the end
time ones, because we know
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by the characteristics.
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"...who had not
worshiped the beast..."
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That didn't happen
during the 1260 years.
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There wasn't the image
or the mark, was there?
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"...they had not worshiped
the beast or his image,
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and had not received
his mark on their foreheads
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or on their hands.
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And they lived and reigned with
Christ for a thousand years."
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And then it says
judgment is committed to them.
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So now they will have a chance,
before the entire universe
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they will have a
chance to reveal in the books
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the true story of what happened.
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Now let's talk for a
moment about Daniel 7 and 8
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and the two
stages of the martyrs.
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According to Daniel 7 and 8,
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during the three
and one half times,
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the little horn cast down
the place of the Sanctuary,
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rose up against
the Prince of the host,
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took away the daily,
and threw down the stars,
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which represent the saints.
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The text tells us
that the little horn
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in Daniel 8 prospered.
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In other words, the
little horn had its heyday.
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It trampled on the Sanctuary,
it rose against the Prince of
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the hosts who is
Jesus, it took away the daily
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from the Prince of the host,
it persecuted or cast the stars,
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the saints, to the
ground, and it prospered.
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Is that true of the
first stage of martyrs?
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Did the papacy prosper?
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Yeah, we noticed this about
the little horn in Daniel 7
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and the beast in Revelation 13.
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But now a question is asked.
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What is the question
under the fifth seal?
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"Until when, O Lord, do
You not judge and avenge?"
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Now notice the
connection with Daniel 8:13.
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"Then I heard a holy
one speaking; and another
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holy one said to that
certain one who was speaking,
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'How long will the
vision be concerning the daily
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and the transgression of
desolation, and the giving
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of both the
Sanctuary and the host...'"
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The host
represents God's people.
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"...the host to be
trampled underfoot?"
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How long is the
Sanctuary and those who worship
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spiritually in the
Sanctuary, how long until
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this comes to an end?
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And what is the answer?
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"Unto two thousand
three hundred days,
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then the Sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
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In other words,
there will be the judgment.
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And in the judgment, God is
going to set things straight.
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Are you with me or not?
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Now let's read the note so that
you can understand this better.
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In other words, how
long until the actions of
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the little horn are reversed?
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The answer to the
question is that in 1844
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God began to reverse
the erroneous decisions of
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earthly courts in
the heavenly Sanctuary.
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The judgment
begins with the dead,
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including the martyrs of
the 1260 years, but also all who
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claimed Jesus as Savior.
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That's a broader view.
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In the judgment, God
gives the martyrs what?
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He confirms that
they have a white robe.
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And tells them to do what?
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To rest until the rest of
the martyrs die as they did.
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Then God will
vindicate both groups of martyrs
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in the heavenly judgment,
the judgment of the dead
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beginning in 1844 and
the judgment of the living
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just before the
close of probation.
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And then at the second
coming what will He do?
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He will not only have
judged, but He will also what?
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Avenge their blood
at the second coming.
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The words,
"judge," and, "avenge,"
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do not refer to the same event.
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While judging implies the trial,
the avenging refers to the
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punishment after God
pronounces the sentence.
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In the heavenly
judgment, God gives the verdict
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in favor of the saints
and against their oppressors.
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Then when Jesus comes,
God will actually enforce
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the verdict by rewarding
the saints and punishing
00:41:06.76\00:41:10.50
their wicked oppressors.
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The central theme of Daniel
7 is the vindication of God's
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faithful martyrs.
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The little horn persecuted
and overcame the saints
00:41:18.74\00:41:21.21
for 1260 years.
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However, in 1844 the Ancient
of Days sat on His judgment seat
00:41:23.35\00:41:28.78
and the heavenly judgment began.
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God opened the unerring
record books, gave the verdict
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in favor of the persecuted
saints, and the time will come
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when the saints
will receive the kingdom.
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In other words, God allowed
the little horn to do its will
00:41:43.73\00:41:46.60
until the judge came,
after which the kingdom
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will be given to the
saints of the Most High.
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The persecution during the
fourth seal and the crying out
00:41:52.97\00:41:56.64
of the martyrs during the fifth
parallels the great tribulation
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of Matthew 24, as well as the
period of the church of Thyatira
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as we've noticed, and
the war that the little horn,
00:42:04.95\00:42:08.09
or the beast, waged upon
the saints of the Most High
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for a time, times,
and the dividing of time.
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Do you see all of
the parallel passages?
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The church of
Thyatira, Daniel chapter 7,
00:42:16.77\00:42:19.93
Daniel chapter 8,
Revelation chapter 13,
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are all different perspectives
of the same time period
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that we're dealing with.
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Now here's the summary.
00:42:28.31\00:42:29.84
In case you haven't
understood everything,
00:42:30.25\00:42:32.65
now we're going to
put everything together.
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The papacy slew the
saints of the Most High
00:42:35.55\00:42:37.72
during the 1260 years, and
therefore their innocent blood
00:42:37.75\00:42:41.89
symbolically cried out
for justice and vindication.
00:42:41.92\00:42:45.06
In 1844, God began to
examine the case of each one.
00:42:45.53\00:42:49.06
God assigned to the
faithful martyrs white robes
00:42:49.46\00:42:52.37
and told them to rest in
the grave until the number of
00:42:52.47\00:42:55.77
the future martyrs is complete.
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The Roman Catholic
papacy in union with apostate
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.48
Protestantism during the
little time of trouble preceding
00:43:00.51\00:43:03.98
the close of probation will slay
the rest of the martyrs when the
00:43:04.01\00:43:08.02
land beast heals the
wound of the sea beast.
00:43:08.05\00:43:10.75
Those who refuse to
worship the beast and his image,
00:43:11.15\00:43:13.46
and to receive the
mark, will be slain.
00:43:13.49\00:43:16.22
God will then vindicate the
end time martyrs and assign them
00:43:16.73\00:43:20.40
white robes in the final stages
of the judgment of the living.
00:43:20.43\00:43:24.13
Finally, at the coming of
Jesus, both groups of martyrs
00:43:24.63\00:43:28.00
will be avenged and
rewarded with eternal life,
00:43:28.04\00:43:31.04
while their wicked
oppressors will be punished
00:43:31.07\00:43:33.11
with death by the plagues.
00:43:33.14\00:43:35.24
That synthesizes everything
and brings everything together.
00:43:36.14\00:43:39.71
Now let's dedicate a few moments
to talk about the relationship
00:43:40.45\00:43:46.35
between the
fifth and sixth seals.
00:43:46.39\00:43:49.12
See, the sixth seal
also has two stages.
00:43:50.29\00:43:53.83
And their related to the
two stages in the fifth seal.
00:43:54.86\00:43:59.17
Let's pursue this.
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As the fifth seal has two
stages, so does the sixth.
00:44:01.87\00:44:06.31
The first part of the
sixth seal, Revelation 6:12-13,
00:44:06.91\00:44:10.65
is the judging
part of the fifth seal.
00:44:11.15\00:44:14.82
And the second part of the
sixth seal is the avenging part.
00:44:15.32\00:44:19.69
Are you understanding the point?
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In other words, the
first part of the fifth seal
00:44:23.22\00:44:27.03
is the judging part.
00:44:27.06\00:44:29.13
"Until when do You
not judge and avenge?"
00:44:29.16\00:44:31.50
So in the first part of
the sixth seal, God says,
00:44:32.07\00:44:35.17
"I'm going to judge."
00:44:35.20\00:44:36.57
In the second part of
the sixth seal, He says,
00:44:38.47\00:44:40.74
"I'm going to
answer the avenging part."
00:44:41.24\00:44:43.95
This will become
clearer as we go along.
00:44:45.11\00:44:47.25
In between these two
events we have the parenthesis
00:44:47.32\00:44:51.89
or the interlude
of Revelation 7:1-8,
00:44:52.92\00:44:55.72
the sealing of
the righteous living.
00:44:55.76\00:44:57.89
The martyrs and the
144,000 are two distinct groups.
00:44:58.69\00:45:03.16
God will judge the martyrs
who died during the short
00:45:03.73\00:45:06.30
time of trouble
first, and then He will judge
00:45:06.33\00:45:09.30
the 144,000 living saints.
00:45:09.34\00:45:11.67
Because God judges the
dead first and then He ends by
00:45:11.71\00:45:14.58
judging the living last.
00:45:14.61\00:45:16.44
We find God's answer
to the cry of the martyrs
00:45:17.11\00:45:19.55
in Revelation 19:1-2.
00:45:19.58\00:45:21.55
The avenging part will take
place during the period of the
00:45:22.22\00:45:25.05
seven last plagues, particularly
when the wicked had to drink
00:45:25.09\00:45:30.13
blood because they shed
the blood of the martyrs.
00:45:30.16\00:45:32.99
In Revelation 20:4, God gives
this same group the right to
00:45:33.66\00:45:37.27
judge their wicked oppressors.
00:45:37.30\00:45:39.67
The persecution of the little
horn during the 1260 years
00:45:40.17\00:45:43.77
leads to the
question, "How long?"
00:45:44.24\00:45:46.27
The signs in the heavens
during the first part of the
00:45:46.88\00:45:49.18
sixth seal
announce the beginning
00:45:49.21\00:45:50.88
of the judgment process.
00:45:50.91\00:45:52.25
In other words, one of the great
purposes of the great earthquake
00:45:52.28\00:45:54.92
and the sun darkening, and
the moon turning like blood,
00:45:54.95\00:45:58.59
and the stars
falling from heaven
00:45:58.62\00:45:59.95
is to announce that the
judgment is about to begin.
00:45:59.99\00:46:04.03
It's not only the second coming.
00:46:04.83\00:46:06.39
They're announcements
that attract attention,
00:46:06.43\00:46:08.86
they say, "Now wait a minute.
00:46:08.90\00:46:10.23
These signs are
spoken of in Matthew 24.
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These signs are
spoken of in Revelation 6.
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We're seeing
them before our eyes.
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What does this mean?"
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It leads people to
study Daniel and Revelation,
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to study the prophecies.
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So that the Millerites can say,
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"The hour of His
judgment is come."
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Are you with me?
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Daniel 11:44 describes the
end time martyrs when the papacy
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resurrects from
its deadly wound.
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In Daniel 12:1 the judgment
ends, signs are seen in the
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heavens revealing that
the judgment has ended,
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Babylon comes to its
end, and God's people are
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delivered and rewarded.
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Now let's notice the
timing that Ellen White gives
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to the fifth seal.
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Some people say,
"Well, Ellen White commented
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that the fifth seal is
still future from our day."
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Yeah, it is future.
The second stage is.
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But not the first stage.
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Let's read what she has to say.
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Let's go to page 230.
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Because time is flying by.
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Does the fifth seal
apply to events in the past?
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Yes or no?
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Does Ellen White apply
it to events in the past?
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Yes she does. The first part.
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Notice, Great
Controversy, page 59.
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"In the thirteenth century
was established that most
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terrible of all the engines
of the papacy; the Inquisition.
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The prince of darkness
wrought with the leaders
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of the papal hierarchy.
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In their secret
councils, Satan and his angels
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controlled the minds of evil
men while unseen in the midst
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stood an angle of God taking
the fearful record of their
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iniquitous decrees and
writing the history of deeds
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too horrible to
appear to human eyes."
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And now notice this.
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"'Babylon the great'
was 'drunken with the
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blood of the saints.'"
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This is speaking about those
who died during the Inquisition
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in the past, right?
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During the 1260 years.
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"The mangled forms of
millions of martyrs cried to God
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for vengeance upon
that apostate power."
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So is there an aspect of
the fifth seal that is past?
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Yes.
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It there also a
future dimension?
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Ah, Ellen White caught this.
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Ellen White knew that
there's two dimensions
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or two stages to the fifth seal.
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Notice this following statement,
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Review and
Herald, December 21, 1897.
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"When the defiance of
God's law is almost universal,
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when His people are pressed in
affliction by their fellow men,
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God will interpose."
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This is speaking
about future, right?
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"Then will the voice be heard
from the graves of the martyrs,
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represented by the
souls that John saw slain
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for the Word of God and for
the testimony of Jesus Christ
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which they held.
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Then the prayer will ascend
from every true child of God,
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'It is time for
Thee, Lord, to work,
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for they have
made void Thy law.'
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The fervent prayers of
His people will be answered;
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for God loves to have His people
seek Him with all the heart,
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and depend upon
Him as their deliverer.
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He will be sought unto to
do these things for His people,
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and He will arise as
their Protector and Avenger.
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'Shall not God
avenge His own elect,
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which cry day
and night unto Him?'"
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Is Ellen White
applying the cry of the martyrs
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to the future here?
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Yes.
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Now notice this other statement,
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Review and
Herald, June 15, 1897.
00:49:40.34\00:49:43.41
"Roman Catholic principles
will be taken under the care
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and protection of the state.
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The national
apostasy..." This is future.
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"The national apostasy
will speedily be followed
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by national ruin.
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The protest of Bible truth
will no longer be tolerated
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by those who have not made the
law of God their rule of life.
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Then will the voice be heard
from the graves of martyrs,
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represented by the souls
that John saw slain for the
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Word of God and the testimony
of Jesus Christ which they held.
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Then the prayer will ascend
from every true child of God,
00:50:18.01\00:50:20.75
'It is time for Thee to
work, for they have made
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void Thy law.'"
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Is this clearly future?
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Is it talking about the
future groups of martyrs?
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So are there going
to be more martyrdoms?
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Yes.
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Here's another one.
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"When Protestantism shall
stretch her hand across the gulf
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to grasp the hand of the Roman
power, when she shall reach over
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the abyss to clasp
hands with spiritualism,
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when under the influence
of this threefold union
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our country shall
repudiate every principle of its
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Constitution as a Protestant
and republican government,
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and shall make provision for the
propagation of papal falsehoods
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and delusions, then we may know
that the time has come for the
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marvelous working of
Satan and that the end is near.
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As the approach of
the Roman armies..."
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See, now she's going
to refer to Matthew 24.
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She's going to connect
Matthew 24 with the fifth seal.
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"As the approach of the
Roman armies was a sign to the
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disciples of the impending
destruction of Jerusalem,
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so may this apostasy be a
sign to us that the limit of
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God's forbearance is reached,
that the measure of our nation's
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iniquity is full, and that
the angel of mercy is about to
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take her
flight, never to return.
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The people of God will then
be plunged into those scenes
00:51:33.96\00:51:37.49
of affliction and distress
which prophets have described
00:51:37.53\00:51:40.80
as the time of Jacob's trouble.
00:51:40.83\00:51:42.50
The cries of the
faithful persecuted ones
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ascend to heaven.
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And as the blood of
Abel cried from the ground,
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there are voices also crying
to God from martyrs' graves,
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from the sepulchers of
the sea, from mountain caves,
00:51:54.51\00:51:58.08
from convent vaults, 'How
long, O Lord, holy and true,
00:51:58.11\00:52:04.25
dost Thou not judge and
avenge our blood on them
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that dwell on the earth?'"
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And then God speedily
will intervene to judge
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and avenge their blood.
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So why does Ellen White
place the fulfillment of the
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fifth seal in the future?
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The simple reason is
that the fifth seal has what?
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A past and a future
fulfillment, just like the
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Roman Catholic Papacy
has two stages of dominion:
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one past, the 1260
years, and the other future,
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when the deadly wound is healed.
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The past fulfillment was
when the martyrs died during
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the dark ages, and the
future fulfillment is when the
00:52:39.05\00:52:42.16
persecutions of the past are
revived during the short time
00:52:42.19\00:52:45.89
of trouble just before
the close of probation.
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Now we have one page left.
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Ellen White refers to
two stages of persecution
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in the
experience of God's people.
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Volume 9, Testimonies, page 16.
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It couldn't be clearer.
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"It is impossible to give
any idea of the experience
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of the people of God who
shall be alive upon the earth
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when celestial glory..."
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What is celestial glory?
00:53:17.03\00:53:18.36
What is she
referring to when she says,
00:53:18.39\00:53:20.20
"when celestial glory"?
00:53:20.23\00:53:21.63
Yes, it's His character,
but what passage in the Bible
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comes to mind when we
speak about celestial glory?
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Revelation 18
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What does
Revelation 18:1-4 have?
00:53:33.58\00:53:36.18
Yes.
00:53:37.08\00:53:38.41
"I saw another angel
come down from heaven..."
00:53:38.45\00:53:40.32
And it says that the
whole earth was what?
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Was filled with His glory.
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And then what does he proclaim?
00:53:48.39\00:53:49.86
He says Babylon is fallen.
00:53:50.66\00:53:52.16
"Babylon has become
the habitation of demons."
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I don't know why in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:53:55.36\00:53:56.97
we want to copy the
worship styles of Babylon.
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Babylon had an irreversible...
00:54:02.07\00:54:03.81
Protestantism had an
irreversible fall in 1844.
00:54:03.84\00:54:08.14
The point of no return.
00:54:09.48\00:54:10.85
So why would we want to
copy their evangelistic methods,
00:54:12.01\00:54:14.95
their worship styles, and so on?
00:54:16.05\00:54:19.25
It's insane.
00:54:19.89\00:54:21.22
Don't we have
enough in the Bible to know
00:54:21.89\00:54:24.06
what God expects
of us as a church?
00:54:24.26\00:54:26.76
I would certainly hope so.
00:54:27.30\00:54:28.83
Perhaps it's because we've
gone astray from our roots,
00:54:30.40\00:54:32.83
from our present truth
message, from the Bible,
00:54:32.87\00:54:35.54
from the prophecies
that gave origin to the
00:54:36.71\00:54:39.81
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:54:39.84\00:54:41.18
Maybe we need to
go back to our roots.
00:54:41.38\00:54:43.24
You know, we
don't know who we are.
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That's why we want to be like
all the other denominations.
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We've lost...
We've lost our mind.
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And the only way you're
going to have revival is
00:54:57.99\00:54:59.59
coming back to the roots.
00:54:59.63\00:55:01.40
So she says, "It's impossible to
give any idea of the experience
00:55:04.47\00:55:07.60
of the people of God who
shall be alive upon the earth
00:55:07.64\00:55:10.81
when celestial glory..."
00:55:10.84\00:55:12.71
That is the loud cry.
00:55:13.01\00:55:14.34
Is Babylon going to
persecute God's people
00:55:14.38\00:55:16.14
when the loud cry is proclaimed?
00:55:16.18\00:55:17.51
Absolutely.
00:55:17.55\00:55:18.88
"...when celestial glory and
a repetition of the persecutions
00:55:18.91\00:55:23.79
of the past are blended."
00:55:23.82\00:55:25.82
So when is this
little period of persecution
00:55:26.76\00:55:29.49
going to take place?
00:55:29.52\00:55:30.86
When the loud cry
is being proclaimed.
00:55:32.06\00:55:34.43
So is the door of
mercy still open when the
00:55:35.26\00:55:39.23
loud cry is proclaimed?
00:55:39.43\00:55:40.94
Yes, because the loud cry
is simply the outpouring of
00:55:41.40\00:55:45.67
the Holy Spirit in
latter rain power without limit.
00:55:45.71\00:55:49.28
And the message
is in Revelation 18.
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Very politically
incorrect, I might say.
00:55:53.75\00:55:55.98
I mean, you know, you
look at Revelation chapter 18.
00:55:57.29\00:56:00.26
I mean, it could be
offensive to many people.
00:56:04.23\00:56:07.36
Well, the message
of Jesus was offensive.
00:56:07.40\00:56:08.96
It got Him crucified.
00:56:09.00\00:56:10.33
Same with Elijah.
00:56:10.93\00:56:12.27
Stephen.
00:56:12.63\00:56:13.97
So it would be better
not to proclaim the message
00:56:14.87\00:56:17.51
so there's no opposition, right?
00:56:17.97\00:56:19.64
That seems to be
the mood these days.
00:56:21.54\00:56:23.68
Revelation 18, notice verse 2.
00:56:24.48\00:56:26.25
What a way to
describe the Protestant world.
00:56:42.00\00:56:44.97
We call it Kool-Aid today.
00:56:48.60\00:56:50.34
Of the harlot's fornication.
00:56:55.34\00:56:56.98
The whole commercial
enterprises of the world,
00:57:02.78\00:57:04.95
the merchants of the earth.
00:57:04.99\00:57:06.32
And then comes the call.
00:57:08.52\00:57:10.39
Who wants to stay in
Babylon when they hear this?
00:57:11.99\00:57:14.30
When they see what's going on?
00:57:15.53\00:57:17.03
I wouldn't want to stay there.
00:57:18.07\00:57:19.63
So when people see
what we've been studying,
00:57:20.57\00:57:22.70
all of these
things, and God says,
00:57:22.74\00:57:25.81
"Come out of her, My people."
00:57:26.17\00:57:29.81
What are people going to do?
00:57:31.91\00:57:33.25
"I'm out of here.
00:57:34.75\00:57:36.08
I'm joining the remnant.
00:57:36.95\00:57:38.29
Even if it means
sacrificing my life
00:57:38.32\00:57:42.16
for the Word of God and for
the testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:57:42.72\00:57:46.76
So we've
finished the fifth seal.
00:57:48.86\00:57:50.57
In our next exciting episode,
00:57:52.20\00:57:54.44
this afternoon in
two sessions we will deal
00:57:55.34\00:57:57.87
with seal number six,
which also has two stages.
00:57:57.91\00:58:02.71
So now we'll take a
break, we'll come back together
00:58:03.58\00:58:06.88
and continue studying
these marvelous things
00:58:07.45\00:58:09.65
from God's Word.
00:58:09.95\00:58:11.29