Hello, friends.
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Welcome to another
Wednesday night Bible study
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here at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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We are continuing on
the topic of the truth
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about Spiritual Babylon.
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It's very important topic,
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so much so that
there are warning bells
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all throughout Revelation
about Spiritual Babylon.
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But many people are not aware
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and don't know
exactly what it really means.
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And so, tonight, if
you have your Bibles,
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we like to
encourage you to take the time
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and sit down with
us for the next hour
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and walk through
the Bible together
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on this very important
topic about Spiritual Babylon.
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In just a moment,
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I'll tell you where you
can get a copy of the lesson
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where you can
download that and have a copy
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so that you can
follow along with us
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in just a moment.
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But before we do anything else,
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we always like to begin
with the word of prayer.
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Let's bow our heads together.
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Our gracious Father in heaven,
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we thank You, Lord,
for Your Holy Spirit
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and for the message
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that You've put upon our hearts
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to understand more about.
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We pray that as we
study tonight, Lord,
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that You'll
send Your holy angels
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to be our
shield and our defense.
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And also, we
pray that Your Spirit
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will teach us
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and cause our hearts
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to not only hear but absorb,
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and to retain what we learn.
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And so we give this time to You,
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we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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If you like a
copy of the lesson,
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go to this
website, asf.3abn.org,
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and download lesson number 29,
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how to know truth
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or the truth
about Spiritual Babylon.
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Lesson number 29, download that.
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And you can
follow along with us.
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But before we go
into our lesson tonight,
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we're gonna have our theme song.
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And our theme song
is "Victory in Jesus."
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Let's sing this song together.
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I heard an old, old story
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How the Savior came from glory
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How He gave His life on Calvary
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To save a wretch like me
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I heard about His groaning
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Of His precious blood's atoning
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Then I repented of my sin
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And won the victory
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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I heard about a mansion
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He has built for me in glory
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And I heard about
the streets of gold
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Beyond the crystal sea
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About the angels singing
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And the old redemption story
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And some sweet
day I'll sing up there
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The song of victory
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Key change.
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O victory in Jesus
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My Savior, forever
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He sought me and bought me
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With His redeeming blood
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He loved me ere I knew Him
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And all my love is due Him
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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He plunged me to victory
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Beneath the cleansing flood
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Amen? Amen.
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So good to be able
to join you tonight
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and have some people
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that we have visited with there
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in Florida, and in
Australia, and in Africa,
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and in various
parts of the world
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that we just wanna greet you
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a welcome to
this meeting tonight.
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If you missed a moment ago,
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go to asf.3abn.org,
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and download lesson number 29.
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Now some of you may say,
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"I already did that."
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But I added another page
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to lesson number 29,
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number 7, 8, and 9.
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And this lesson
is so concentrated
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on the topic of
Spiritual Babylon
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that you can't rush through it.
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I mean, you
can't get three pages
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and go through three pages
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in one night or
in three weeks even.
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But what I like
to begin with tonight
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is Revelation Chapter 14.
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I want to go to
that very quickly.
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And don't bring up
the first question yet.
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I just want to
lay some foundation
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about the
importance of this topic.
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Revelation Chapter 14.
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Now there are three messages
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in Revelation Chapter 14
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referred to as
three angels' what?
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Messages.
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Now, whenever the
Bible uses the word
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"Angels" in symbolic sense,
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it's talking about importance.
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In other words,
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if an angel
delivered a packet to you,
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it'll be more
important than FedEx.
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And so the Bible
talks about angels
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flying in the
midst of heaven, that is,
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above the earth
surrounding the earth.
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And they are
proclaiming these messages
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with what kind of a voice?
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Say that loudly. Loud.
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What kind of a voice? Loud.
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Okay, I thought so.
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A loud voice.
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Meaning, if somebody
delivered a message to you
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or banged on your
front door and say,
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"Hey, I got a package for you."
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It must be important. All right.
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Sorry about that audio, guys.
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It must be somewhat important.
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And so this message is a message
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that has to be
proclaimed to the whole world.
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Look at Revelation 14.
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We're going to
begin with verse 7
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before we go to
question number one.
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And the reason why
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is because we
spent a lot of time
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on the truth about the judgment.
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Now, when you
travel around the world,
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and maybe in
various denominations
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and various churches,
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you don't really hear
much about the judgment.
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You know, they say,
there's a judgment coming,
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but you don't hear
much about the judgment
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as described in
Revelation and in Daniel.
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In other words,
it's a broader picture
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than just the
judgment is coming.
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But as we studied,
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we discovered that we are living
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in the time of the
investigation phase
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of the judgment,
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which will lead us to
the coming of the Lord,
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and we'll find out
more about that later on.
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But look at Revelation 14:7...
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Actually verse 6.
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And the Bible says,
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"Then I saw another angel flying
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in the midst of heaven
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having the,"
what kind of gospel?
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"The
everlasting gospel to preach
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to those who
dwell on the earth,"
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and how many people
should hear about this?
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Let's read this
together, "To every," what?
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"Nation, and tribe, and tongue,
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and people."
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That includes in
one word, "everybody."
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Everybody needs to
hear about this message.
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But let's look at verse 7.
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What is the first message
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that everyone
needs to know about
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which we covered?
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"Saying with a
loud voice, fear God,
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and," do what?
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"Give glory to Him,
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for the hour of His judgment
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has come or is come,"
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if you have the
King James Version, "
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And worship Him who made
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the heaven, and the earth,
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the sea, and the
fountains or springs of waters."
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King James says
fountains of waters,
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New King James
says springs of waters.
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In other words,
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if you notice
that the first message
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is focused on not
only the judgment hour,
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but worship.
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And because these are last days,
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worship is
going to be the issue.
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In other words,
the Lord is saying,
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"Not everything
that's titled worship
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is acceptable worship."
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So if you're going
to worship the Creator,
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worship the One who made
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the heavens, the earth, the sea,
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and the fountains of waters.
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So God is saying,
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"I want to be
worshipped as Creator."
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"I want to be
worshipped as," what?
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"As Creator."
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And not everyone
in this day and age
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where evolution is
challenging Christianity,
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you'll find that in
even many Christian churches,
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the Lord is not being worshipped
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as Creator.
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There's something about creation
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that has been forgotten
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as to why the angels,
are yelling this message
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proclaiming this urgent message.
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And by the way, the
angels are not proclaiming it,
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God's messengers are
proclaiming the message,
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saying, "Get back
to worshipping God
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as the Creator."
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Now what singular thing,
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and I'm going to
use the word "thing."
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What singular identity links us
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to worshipping
God as the Creator?
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Say it again.
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Sabbath. The Sabbath.
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If you go back to creation,
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someone asked me last night.
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You know, Tuesday
night is my basketball night.
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And I feel
pretty good considering
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we play like nine games.
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I mean, we really ran
hard the last three games.
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And I came home walking slowly.
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But I feel good today.
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But before we played,
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a young man
asked me, and he said,
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"Can I ask you a question?"
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He said, "How do you know
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that the Sabbath is Saturday?"
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And so we spent,
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then he asked me a
number of other questions
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along those lines
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because he was raised
knowing about this message,
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but then, he said,
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what had kind of thrown him off
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kilter was he wasn't sure
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that Saturday
was the seventh day,
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and that Saturday
was in fact the Sabbath.
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So we talked about that.
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And I believe
there are many Christians
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around the world
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that are worshipping God,
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but that
question has never come up
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in their congregation
or their denomination.
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So God is saying now,
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now that we've come almost
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to the end of time,
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it's important to remind people
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that God wants to be worshipped
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as He was worshipped
in the very beginning
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as Creator.
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And the Sabbath
is that singular sign
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between us and God.
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Just quickly, go with
me to Ezekiel Chapter 20.
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Since I touched on it,
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I was just gonna
give you this very quick.
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And it's not
question number one,
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but I'm going to
just give you quickly,
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Ezekiel Chapter 20.
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'Cause a lot of
times people say,
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"Well, you know, as
long as I remember the Lord,
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that's really all that matters."
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Well,
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I beg to differ
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because in remembering the Lord,
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He asks to be
remembered a particular way.
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Here it is, Ezekiel Chapter 20.
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All right.
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And we're going to look
at verse 12 and verse 20.
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Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
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All right.
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Here it is.
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And by the way,
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this is in the context
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of the wilderness journey
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of the children of Israel.
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He may remember when God
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called the children
of Israel out of Egypt,
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the very first
thing He reminded them
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of was the Sabbath.
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And so the question is,
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"Why would he do that?"
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"Why would God remind them
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and test them
first on the Sabbath?"
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Well, first of
all, there were slaves
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in Egypt for 400 years,
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430 if you count Joseph.
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So as slaves, they
didn't have the freedom
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to honor the Sabbath.
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So as soon as God
brought them out in Exodus 16,
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the very first
test was the Sabbath.
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Do you remember the Sabbath?
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And so the question
anybody would ask was
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why would He do that?
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So Ezekiel answers the question.
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Here it is.
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And I'll go ahead
and look at verse 10.
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We'll go from verse 10-12.
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And recounting
the journey, he said,
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"Therefore, I made them
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to go out of the land of," what?
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Egypt.
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"Egypt, and brought
them into the," what?
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"Wilderness.
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And I gave them," get this.
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"I gave them My statues,
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I showed them My judgments,
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which, if a man does,
he shall live by them."
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And then verse 12,
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"Moreover, I also
gave them My," what?
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"Sabbaths, to be a sign
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between me and them,
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between them and Me,
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that they might know
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that I am the
Lord who does," what?
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"Sanctifies them."
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And the word sanctifies means
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set aside or made holy.
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So how can we be made holy?
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God said, "Well, there's a sign.
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Now the sign
between my wife and I
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in our relation
should be made holy is what?
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Somebody tell me.
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Marriage or our anniversary.
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That singular day,
every year, that's a reminder
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that we are sanctified
for one another, right?
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It's called marriage.
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Marriage is the
sanctifying connection
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between a husband and a wife.
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Well, the Sabbath
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is the sanctifying connection
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between the
Christian and his Lord.
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Look at verse 20.
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He said that I
gave it to be a sign,
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it's a sign.
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Then look at verse 20.
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All right.
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Verse 20, he says,
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and then he says...
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Well, look verse 19.
Let's go to verse 19.
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He says, "I am
the Lord your God,"
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and by the way, the
word Lord right there
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is Yahweh,
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the self-existent one.
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"I am the Lord your God,
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walk in My," what?
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"Statutes, keep My," what?
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"Judgments, and do them."
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And then he
continues in verse 20,
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"Hallow My Sabbaths,
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that they will be a sign
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between Me and you,
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that you may know that
I am the Lord your God."
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So once again He says,
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"You need to
know who your Lord is.
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You need to know
who your God is."
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So that very first message
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of the three angels
is saying to people,
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"Hey, you may say
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that God is your God,
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but what sign do
you have to prove it?"
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Amen?
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So God is looking for a sign,
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He's looking for
external evidence
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of an inward connection.
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The external evidence...
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Somebody may say, "Well,
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what you're doing on May 22nd?"
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You can't have that day.
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Why?
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It's a sign
between my wife and I.
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It's our anniversary.
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So in the very same
way on a weekly reminder,
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God is saying to
those who serve Him,
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to those who love Him, to
those who honor that sign,
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it's continually
there that I will remember
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that we are connected together.
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Now, on that note,
let's go to the second one.
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Let's go to the first question.
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And this is the truth
about Spiritual Babylon.
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Here is the first
question for tonight.
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What does the second
angel's message of Revelation
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bring into focus?
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Right.
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What does it bring into focus?
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All right. Here it is.
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Go with me to Revelation 14:8.
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Revelation 14:8,
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all right?
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The first angel's
already flown over.
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Now, the second angel comes.
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Remember, these
messages are vitally important.
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All right.
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And I want you
to notice something.
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And we're going to notice
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a difference between
the first, and the third,
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and the second angel's message.
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I'll point that
out in just a moment.
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But here's the answer
to question number one.
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And the Bible says,
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"And another
angel followed saying,
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"Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
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because she made all nations,"
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how many nations?
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"All nations drink of the wine
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of the wrath of
her fornication."
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Now pause a moment.
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Pause a moment to get this.
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The first message
that was being proclaimed
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was to every nation,
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every kindred, every
tongue, and every," what?
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"People."
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In other words, all nations
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were told how
important it is to worship God.
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And the second angel comes along
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and gives us the reason why.
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The second angel says the reason
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why a man need to worship God
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because all
nations have been drunk.
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They've been
drinking the wrong stuff.
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That's why they are
now worshipping God.
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All nations have
drunk of the wine
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or the wrath of her fornication.
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In other words,
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the reason we're
calling you back to true worship
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is because everybody's drunk.
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And they cannot tell.
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The hardest thing
for a drunk person to do
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is walk a straight line.
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Have you seen
them on television?
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The police pull them over,
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says, "Close your eyes,
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find your nose?"
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You can't find it.
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And to get them to
walk on the straight line
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is almost impossible.
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So what's happening now,
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let's see if we
can expand on that.
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In the Christian world today,
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one of the great challenges
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that God is communicating here
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is something has
happened around the world.
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Somebody has
been giving Christians
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the wrong thing to drink.
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And it comes from
a particular place.
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It comes from Babylon.
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And they have drunk
what Babylon has produced
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and the whole world
has been affected by it.
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I mean, it's a very
vitally important topic
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because now what
condition are they in?
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Somebody tell me.
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Based on this, what
condition are they in?
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They're fallen
and they're also what?
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Come on, say it together, what?
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They're drunk. They're drunk.
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They can't tell.
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So you will talk to somebody,
and let me just expand on this.
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I got time.
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You can talk to somebody
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about certain
truths in the Bible,
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and you know what?
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They can't tell
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'cause they're drunk.
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So what has to
happen in order for a person
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who is drunk to be
able to know the truth?
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Okay.
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Listen, this is some huge stuff.
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That's why the Lord
says in 1 Peter 5:8,
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"Be sober."
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See, they're drunk.
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He said, wait a minute,
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"Be sober, be vigilant,"
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because your adversary,
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the devil walks
around like a roaring lion
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seeking whom he may devour.
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In other words,
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the wrong message
has been going forth.
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And God is saying,
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"I don't want drunk people
saying they're worshipping me,
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spiritually drunk.
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They've been
swallowing the wrong thing.
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I want them to be sober
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because Satan is behind
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the stupefying
influence that has kept them
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from understanding the truth.
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So let's look at this now.
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Now, what I want to
show you the difference is,
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just peek with me to
verse 9 in your Bibles.
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I want you to notice something.
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Well, I'm going to ask questions
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and I know that many
of you gonna answer me.
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I might be able to hear
if you say it loud enough.
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Here we go.
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With what kind of voice
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did the first angel
proclaim his message?
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Somebody tell me.
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Okay, what kind of voice?
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Loud! Loud, okay.
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Now let's go to verse 9.
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"Then the third
angel followed them,
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saying with the,"
what kind of voice?
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"Loud."
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But have you noticed
00:19:35.74\00:19:37.07
that when it came to the second,
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it didn't say loud.
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You know why it didn't say loud?
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Because the effect of Babylon
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has been going on for so long
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that it's going to
get to its pinnacle,
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and then we have
to proclaim it loud.
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Now, let's follow this.
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This is huge.
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Babylon has been
affecting the spiritual...
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Babylon in its spiritual sense,
00:20:03.77\00:20:07.04
the messages of Babylon,
00:20:07.07\00:20:08.64
the teachings of Babylon,
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Spiritual Babylon
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have been affecting
the world for so long
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that it is going
to get to the place
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where it's got to
be proclaimed loudly.
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Now go to Revelation 18.
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Well, you know, let's
not run ahead of ourselves
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because we're
going to get there.
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All right?
00:20:27.69\00:20:29.02
Just believe me.
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So when it says,
Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
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one of the ways you
can apply that spiritually
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is Babylon is fallen once
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in the eyes of God.
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Secondly,
00:20:38.87\00:20:40.37
finally it's going to be fallen
00:20:40.40\00:20:41.77
in the eyes of men.
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And when you read Revelation 18,
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you'll see when men
finally see the fall of Babylon,
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they're going to
stand back and say,
00:20:47.88\00:20:49.21
"Hey, it finally came down."
00:20:49.24\00:20:51.11
In one hour, this great city
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came to nothing.
00:20:52.71\00:20:54.05
It's going to fall.
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But there is the
reason for this lesson is,
00:20:55.45\00:20:57.65
before it falls,
00:20:57.69\00:20:59.02
there is
something that God wants
00:20:59.05\00:21:00.76
His people to do.
00:21:00.79\00:21:02.79
What do you think it
is? Somebody tell me.
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He wants them to
get out of there.
00:21:05.13\00:21:06.70
If a building was
going to come down,
00:21:06.73\00:21:08.36
and maybe I should use
00:21:08.40\00:21:10.23
World Trade
Center as an example.
00:21:10.27\00:21:11.87
I'm a New Yorker.
00:21:11.90\00:21:13.23
I'm so connected, I was
there when it was built,
00:21:13.27\00:21:14.97
I worked in the building.
00:21:15.00\00:21:16.34
My sister was
there as a firefighter.
00:21:16.37\00:21:18.91
What they wanted to do
more than anything else
00:21:18.94\00:21:20.88
is to get people
out of that building
00:21:20.91\00:21:22.24
before it came down.
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And the same thing is,
00:21:25.15\00:21:26.72
the same pulse is
in the heart of God.
00:21:26.75\00:21:28.82
He wants to get people
out of Spiritual Babylon
00:21:28.85\00:21:31.25
before it comes down.
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So let's go
through this very quickly.
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Question number two.
00:21:36.12\00:21:37.66
Here it is.
00:21:37.69\00:21:39.03
How does the Bible
describe the specifics
00:21:39.06\00:21:40.90
about Spiritual Babylon?
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We're on Revelation Chapter 17.
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Here we are.
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Revelation 17,
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we're going to
look at verse 1, 2.
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See, I know that
it's not possible
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to get through this whole thing.
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So that's why I
didn't fill the next page
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all the way down to like 16
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'cause we're not
going to get through 16
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for two more weeks.
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All right. Here we go.
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Question number two.
00:22:04.15\00:22:06.12
Revelation 17:1, 2, here it is.
00:22:06.15\00:22:09.72
And I'll read it on the screen.
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Okay, the answer
to number one is,
00:22:13.56\00:22:15.60
how does the
second angel's message
00:22:15.63\00:22:16.97
in Revelation begin?
00:22:17.00\00:22:18.70
Babylon is fallen
00:22:18.73\00:22:20.07
is the answer to number one.
00:22:20.10\00:22:21.44
The number one,
00:22:21.47\00:22:22.80
the answer to number
one is Babylon is fallen.
00:22:22.84\00:22:25.81
That's the answer to number one.
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All right.
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Question number two.
00:22:29.28\00:22:30.61
Revelation 17:1, 2,
00:22:30.65\00:22:32.08
let's read this together.
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It's on the screen.
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"Then one of the seven angels
00:22:34.85\00:22:36.18
who had the seven bowls
00:22:36.22\00:22:38.15
came and talked with me,
00:22:38.19\00:22:41.66
saying to me,
00:22:41.69\00:22:43.19
'Come, I will show you
00:22:43.22\00:22:45.29
the judgment of the great harlot
00:22:45.33\00:22:47.86
who," does what?
00:22:47.90\00:22:49.23
"Sits on many waters."
00:22:49.26\00:22:52.07
And then verse 2,
00:22:52.10\00:22:54.40
let's look at the
broadening of this,
00:22:54.44\00:22:56.67
"With whom,"
00:22:56.71\00:22:58.14
let's look at all the
people that got drunk.
00:22:58.17\00:23:00.48
"With whom the," what?
00:23:00.51\00:23:02.11
"Kings of the earth
committed fornication,
00:23:02.14\00:23:06.28
and the inhabitants of
the earth were made," what?
00:23:06.31\00:23:10.69
"Drunk with the
wine of her fornication."
00:23:10.72\00:23:13.89
Let's pause for a brief moment.
00:23:13.92\00:23:16.19
"Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, all nations have drunk,"
00:23:16.22\00:23:18.59
Revelation 14:8.
00:23:18.63\00:23:20.73
But now Revelation 17 tells you,
00:23:20.76\00:23:22.60
who has been drinking
and who has been fornicating?
00:23:22.63\00:23:26.60
The word fornication
00:23:26.63\00:23:28.40
is a word of sexual origin.
00:23:28.44\00:23:31.44
And it goes back
to the description
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.81
between Ahab, a
king chosen of God
00:23:34.84\00:23:39.01
and Jezebel,
00:23:39.05\00:23:40.95
who is the daughter
of Ithobaal, a false God.
00:23:40.98\00:23:45.62
An Israelite king
married a harlot called Jezebel.
00:23:45.65\00:23:51.13
And it lead the
children of Israel,
00:23:51.16\00:23:53.33
it lead many
other false prophets,
00:23:53.36\00:23:55.66
450 prophets of
Israel apostatized
00:23:55.70\00:24:00.07
and became false prophets.
00:24:00.10\00:24:02.94
That's how much it affected.
00:24:02.97\00:24:04.31
The whole nation was affected
00:24:04.34\00:24:06.57
because of this union.
00:24:06.61\00:24:07.94
Now, what's being said here,
00:24:07.98\00:24:09.31
the kings of the earth could
be best described as governors,
00:24:09.34\00:24:12.75
presidents, political leaders
00:24:12.78\00:24:16.05
on all points of the earth,
00:24:16.08\00:24:19.15
north, east, south, and west.
00:24:19.19\00:24:20.72
You pick the country,
00:24:20.76\00:24:22.16
somehow they have been affected.
00:24:22.19\00:24:23.96
I believe the
Bible, what do you say?
00:24:23.99\00:24:25.96
They've been affected.
00:24:25.99\00:24:27.33
The Bible saying, they
all have been affected,
00:24:27.36\00:24:28.96
but how have the
inhabitants of the earth?
00:24:29.00\00:24:32.27
And what I want you
to see real quickly here
00:24:32.30\00:24:34.27
is when we get to Revelation 18,
00:24:34.30\00:24:35.74
you gonna see God
is calling His people.
00:24:35.77\00:24:37.77
But right now,
00:24:37.81\00:24:39.14
He is not specifying His people.
00:24:39.17\00:24:41.01
He is saying people
that live on the earth
00:24:41.04\00:24:43.11
and the leaders of the earth
are affected by her, right?
00:24:43.14\00:24:47.42
He said, "They're
affected by this harlot."
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.78
She sits on many waters
00:24:49.82\00:24:51.35
and we'll find
out what the waters on
00:24:51.39\00:24:52.72
in just a moment.
00:24:52.75\00:24:54.09
But the leaders of
the earth are affected,
00:24:54.12\00:24:55.46
and even the inhabitants
of the earth are affected.
00:24:55.49\00:24:57.79
So this is a huge condition.
00:24:57.83\00:25:00.06
The whole world is messed up.
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.23
Isn't that true?
00:25:02.26\00:25:03.67
Well,
00:25:03.70\00:25:05.20
the majority of the
world based on that.
00:25:05.23\00:25:07.20
Praise the Lord, somebody
could preach the message.
00:25:07.24\00:25:09.84
So let's put the answer down.
00:25:09.87\00:25:11.91
How does the Bible
describe the specifics
00:25:11.94\00:25:13.71
about Spiritual Babylon?
00:25:13.74\00:25:16.61
The leaders and the
people of the earth are drunk.
00:25:16.64\00:25:21.18
The leaders and the
people are affected.
00:25:21.22\00:25:23.82
And, you know,
not only are drunk,
00:25:23.85\00:25:26.12
but are also in
illicit relationship.
00:25:26.15\00:25:30.53
You could break that down
00:25:30.56\00:25:31.89
to fit it in the space you want.
00:25:31.93\00:25:33.36
The leaders are in
an illicit relationship.
00:25:33.40\00:25:37.63
And the people are drunk,
00:25:37.67\00:25:40.80
are inebriated by
this particular power.
00:25:40.84\00:25:44.87
Wow!
00:25:44.91\00:25:46.47
Huge.
00:25:46.51\00:25:48.24
Now let's go to verse 3.
00:25:48.28\00:25:50.45
Let's go to verse 3 to find out
00:25:50.48\00:25:53.01
how this power is identified.
00:25:53.05\00:25:55.18
All right. Continuing.
00:25:55.22\00:25:57.02
It'll be on the
screen for those of you
00:25:57.05\00:25:58.39
that are watching.
00:25:58.42\00:26:00.12
All right. Here it is.
00:26:00.16\00:26:01.76
Revelation 17:3,
00:26:01.79\00:26:03.76
"So he carried me away
00:26:03.79\00:26:05.56
in the Spirit
into the wilderness,"
00:26:05.59\00:26:08.66
into the what?
00:26:08.70\00:26:10.07
"Wilderness.
00:26:10.10\00:26:11.43
And I saw a woman
00:26:11.47\00:26:12.80
sitting on a scarlet beast
00:26:12.83\00:26:15.84
which was full of
names of blasphemy,
00:26:15.87\00:26:20.61
having," what?
00:26:20.64\00:26:22.01
"Seven heads and," what else?
00:26:22.04\00:26:23.68
"Ten horns."
00:26:23.71\00:26:25.51
So now the Lord
brings another view.
00:26:25.55\00:26:27.75
Let's go and put the
answer down to Revelation 17:13,
00:26:27.78\00:26:31.05
How does the Bible describes
specifics about Babylon?
00:26:31.09\00:26:34.52
Okay, Revelation 17:3, okay.
00:26:34.56\00:26:37.69
It describes a
woman on a red beast,
00:26:37.73\00:26:42.10
full of blasphemy,
seven heads, ten horns.
00:26:42.13\00:26:44.93
Just put, look at red.
00:26:44.97\00:26:46.60
What you need to
do is just put reverse
00:26:46.63\00:26:48.87
'cause there's so
much to put in there.
00:26:48.90\00:26:50.57
I want you to break it down
00:26:50.61\00:26:51.94
how you can
best understand that.
00:26:51.97\00:26:53.71
But the whole
verse is significant.
00:26:53.74\00:26:56.04
The whole verse
is vitally important.
00:26:56.08\00:26:58.48
What I also want to point out...
00:26:58.51\00:26:59.85
And remember, where
did John find this woman?
00:26:59.88\00:27:02.85
Where did he find her?
00:27:02.88\00:27:04.42
Where did he point
to? Where did he go?
00:27:04.45\00:27:06.69
Where did the spirit carry him?
00:27:06.72\00:27:09.16
Okay, now go with me
to Revelation Chapter 12.
00:27:09.19\00:27:12.36
You want to see something
00:27:12.39\00:27:14.36
because I made this
statement a moment ago
00:27:14.40\00:27:17.23
that Spiritual Babylon
has been in development
00:27:17.27\00:27:21.17
for a long time.
00:27:21.20\00:27:22.54
It didn't just get there.
00:27:22.57\00:27:25.47
Not like the message
of the judgment hour.
00:27:25.51\00:27:27.94
You know, fear God
and give glory to Him,
00:27:27.98\00:27:31.11
for the hour of
His judgment is come.
00:27:31.15\00:27:33.25
It wasn't like, boom, we
arrived there kind of thing,
00:27:33.28\00:27:35.52
like the first message.
00:27:35.55\00:27:36.89
This has been a gradual buildup.
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.52
Spiritual Babylon has
been information for some time.
00:27:38.55\00:27:41.86
And this is very important.
00:27:41.89\00:27:43.49
John is taken by the
spirit into the wilderness.
00:27:43.53\00:27:46.76
And he sees the woman there.
00:27:46.80\00:27:48.13
But go to Revelation 12.
00:27:48.16\00:27:49.50
You're already there,
00:27:49.53\00:27:50.87
I want you to see something.
00:27:50.90\00:27:53.17
And I thank God that we
don't have to just do this
00:27:53.20\00:27:54.90
all in one night
'cause we'll be messed up.
00:27:54.94\00:27:57.24
All right. Okay.
00:27:57.27\00:27:59.34
So Revelation Chapter 12,
00:27:59.37\00:28:02.38
and we're going
to look at verse 13.
00:28:02.41\00:28:05.18
We're going to look at verse 13
00:28:05.21\00:28:06.55
because in prophecy,
00:28:06.58\00:28:08.85
a woman
represents, say it together.
00:28:08.88\00:28:12.05
Talk to me, it represents what?
00:28:12.09\00:28:13.86
The church.
00:28:13.89\00:28:15.22
It's a symbol of the church.
00:28:15.26\00:28:17.23
Husbands love your wives
as Christ loved the church.
00:28:17.26\00:28:21.13
Okay.
00:28:21.16\00:28:22.50
The church and the woman
are synonymous in the Bible,
00:28:22.53\00:28:25.37
all right?
00:28:25.40\00:28:26.74
But now let's look,
00:28:26.77\00:28:28.10
because the woman
that is talked about here,
00:28:28.14\00:28:31.57
I'm going to jump
around Revelation 12
00:28:31.61\00:28:33.64
just to give context.
00:28:33.68\00:28:35.24
Remember, she is
sitting on a scarlet beast,
00:28:35.28\00:28:38.91
full of names of blasphemy.
00:28:38.95\00:28:41.58
Now, what you're going to see
00:28:41.62\00:28:42.95
when I share the
first verse with you
00:28:42.98\00:28:44.32
is you're going to see the woman
00:28:44.35\00:28:45.89
and the beast
not on the same page.
00:28:45.92\00:28:49.09
They're going be in
opposition to each other.
00:28:49.12\00:28:51.36
How does a woman
00:28:51.39\00:28:54.03
who is in opposition
to the scarlet colored,
00:28:54.06\00:28:57.67
seven heads, ten horns beast,
00:28:57.70\00:29:00.00
how do they get
in cahoots together?
00:29:00.04\00:29:03.27
How did that happen?
00:29:03.30\00:29:04.64
Look at Revelation 12:1.
00:29:04.67\00:29:06.47
Look at this.
00:29:06.51\00:29:09.58
All right.
00:29:09.61\00:29:11.01
Revelation 12:1, I'm
going to read very quickly.
00:29:11.05\00:29:12.81
I'm going to read
like a New Yorker,
00:29:12.85\00:29:14.18
you listen like a New Yorker.
00:29:14.22\00:29:15.55
Here we go, "Now a
great sign appeared in heaven,
00:29:15.58\00:29:17.59
a woman clothed with the sun,
00:29:17.62\00:29:21.19
with the moon under her feet,
00:29:21.22\00:29:23.16
and on her head a
garland or crown of," what?
00:29:23.19\00:29:25.69
How many stars? "Twelve stars."
00:29:25.73\00:29:27.83
Now, notice she's
dressed differently, right?
00:29:27.86\00:29:31.73
Sun, moon, stars, this
woman is dressed differently.
00:29:31.77\00:29:35.80
But what's going to happen?
00:29:35.84\00:29:37.37
Then verse 2,
00:29:37.41\00:29:38.74
"Then being with
child, she cried out in labor,
00:29:38.77\00:29:41.91
and in pain to give birth."
00:29:41.94\00:29:46.21
That is through the woman,
00:29:46.25\00:29:47.82
the Christ child was to come
in to the earth, to the world.
00:29:47.85\00:29:50.89
That is the
deliverance of Jesus.
00:29:50.92\00:29:52.62
Both spiritually,
00:29:52.65\00:29:54.49
the church
introduced Christ to the world
00:29:54.52\00:29:57.39
and physically, through
Mary, Jesus came into the world.
00:29:57.43\00:30:01.06
All right.
00:30:01.10\00:30:02.43
But now let's go to verse 3,
00:30:02.46\00:30:04.03
"And another sign
appeared in heaven,
00:30:04.07\00:30:06.50
behold a great,
fiery," what color?
00:30:06.53\00:30:10.84
"Red dragon having," what?
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.38
"Seven heads and," what else?
00:30:13.41\00:30:15.21
"Ten horns,
00:30:15.24\00:30:17.05
and seven diadems or
crowns on his heads."
00:30:17.08\00:30:20.72
All right.
00:30:20.75\00:30:22.08
So you see here the woman,
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.45
and then you see
this beast seven heads,
00:30:24.49\00:30:26.45
ten horns, red.
00:30:26.49\00:30:28.42
And they're in
opposition to each other
00:30:28.46\00:30:30.03
because you're going to
see something happening here.
00:30:30.06\00:30:32.46
And what is he
going to try to do?
00:30:32.49\00:30:35.70
Let's go ahead
and look at verse 4,
00:30:35.73\00:30:38.60
"And his tail," that
is the dragon's tail,
00:30:38.63\00:30:41.47
"Drew a third of
the stars of heaven,"
00:30:41.50\00:30:45.81
that's the angels in rebellion.
00:30:45.84\00:30:48.04
And what did he do?
00:30:48.08\00:30:49.74
"And threw them to the earth.
00:30:49.78\00:30:51.85
And the dragon
stood before the woman
00:30:51.88\00:30:54.32
who was ready to
give birth to do," what?
00:30:54.35\00:30:57.22
"Devour her child as
soon as it was born."
00:30:57.25\00:31:01.19
Now, let's go and
see how this happened.
00:31:01.22\00:31:02.99
Through pagan Rome,
00:31:03.02\00:31:04.36
when Mary was
about to give birth,
00:31:04.39\00:31:06.59
Caesar sent out a
decree to kill all children,
00:31:06.63\00:31:11.03
two years old and under
00:31:11.07\00:31:13.03
through pagan Rome.
00:31:13.07\00:31:16.64
But praise the
Lord, he did not succeed
00:31:16.67\00:31:18.87
because Jesus even as a baby
00:31:18.91\00:31:21.44
had better national security
00:31:21.48\00:31:23.91
than the United
States will ever have.
00:31:23.95\00:31:25.51
Come on, say amen.
00:31:25.55\00:31:27.98
He had universal security.
00:31:28.02\00:31:30.85
The angels were
there to guide and protect
00:31:30.89\00:31:33.99
'cause He was on
a mission from God.
00:31:34.02\00:31:36.46
All right.
00:31:36.49\00:31:37.83
So not to take too long,
00:31:37.86\00:31:40.56
the Lord said to Joseph Mary,
00:31:40.60\00:31:42.20
"Go to Egypt and hang out
there until Pilate is dead.
00:31:42.23\00:31:46.43
When he's dead,
you can come back.
00:31:46.47\00:31:48.94
And he stayed there till
he died and he came back,
00:31:48.97\00:31:51.17
and then the
prophecy was fulfilled.
00:31:51.21\00:31:52.87
Out of Egypt, I call my son.
00:31:52.91\00:31:54.84
That was fulfilled then.
00:31:54.88\00:31:56.21
But now up until this point,
00:31:56.24\00:31:59.05
they're not on the same page.
00:31:59.08\00:32:00.48
This fiery red
dragon wants her dead.
00:32:00.52\00:32:04.62
And he keeps pursuing her.
00:32:04.65\00:32:06.82
But now let's go on and
see how this pursue goes on.
00:32:06.86\00:32:09.86
Well, we know, he
couldn't kill Jesus.
00:32:09.89\00:32:11.56
Can we say amen to that?
00:32:11.59\00:32:12.93
Amen.
00:32:12.96\00:32:14.30
He couldn't kill Jesus
so he had to figure, okay,
00:32:14.33\00:32:15.73
if I can't get to the father,
I'll go after the children.
00:32:15.76\00:32:20.14
So let's go.
Look at verse 13 now.
00:32:20.17\00:32:22.04
I've given you a shortcut.
00:32:22.07\00:32:24.24
All right. Verse 13...
00:32:24.27\00:32:27.24
Well, matter of fact, verse 12.
00:32:27.28\00:32:29.24
He couldn't kill the father
00:32:29.28\00:32:31.41
so he turned on the
children, all right?
00:32:31.45\00:32:34.42
Look at verse 12,
00:32:34.45\00:32:36.95
12:12,
00:32:36.99\00:32:38.32
"Therefore rejoice, O heavens,
and you who dwell in them,"
00:32:38.35\00:32:41.36
and what's the next word?
00:32:41.39\00:32:43.12
"Woe to the," what?
00:32:43.16\00:32:45.39
"Inhabitants of the earth,
00:32:45.43\00:32:47.40
and the sea,
00:32:47.43\00:32:48.76
for the devil has come
down to you having," what?
00:32:48.80\00:32:52.73
"Great wrath because
he knows he has a," what?
00:32:52.77\00:32:56.50
"Short time."
00:32:56.54\00:32:57.87
In other words,
he's amping it up.
00:32:57.91\00:33:00.28
So now this is the time for him.
00:33:00.31\00:33:02.01
So if he knows
he has a short time,
00:33:02.04\00:33:04.61
this is applying to what?
00:33:04.65\00:33:06.78
The end time.
00:33:06.82\00:33:09.35
We're not 6,000,
not 5,000 years ago,
00:33:09.38\00:33:11.99
not in the time of Egypt,
00:33:12.02\00:33:13.49
not in the time
of the Roman Empire,
00:33:13.52\00:33:16.02
He knew he had a short time.
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.39
He says, "I got to amp this up."
00:33:17.43\00:33:18.96
So what did he do?
00:33:18.99\00:33:20.43
This woman who up to this point
00:33:20.46\00:33:23.03
was just fine.
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.77
He said, "I got
to do something."
00:33:25.80\00:33:27.30
Look at verse 13.
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.47
Now, this is amazing,
00:33:29.50\00:33:31.97
see it's almost
like a scene unfold, now.
00:33:32.01\00:33:34.58
"When the dragon saw
00:33:34.61\00:33:36.75
that he had been
cast to the earth,"
00:33:36.78\00:33:39.05
he did what?
00:33:39.08\00:33:40.92
"He persecuted the woman
00:33:40.95\00:33:42.58
who gave birth
to the male child."
00:33:42.62\00:33:46.02
But there's
always God stepping in.
00:33:46.05\00:33:49.46
"But the woman was
given two wings of a," what?
00:33:49.49\00:33:53.19
"Great eagle that she
might fly into the," what?
00:33:53.23\00:33:57.50
"Wilderness to her place
00:33:57.53\00:34:00.14
where she's
nourished for a time and times
00:34:00.17\00:34:03.94
and half a time,
00:34:03.97\00:34:05.47
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:34:05.51\00:34:08.81
So God hid the woman for a time,
00:34:08.84\00:34:12.18
times and half a time
00:34:12.21\00:34:13.72
just to cut to the chase time,
00:34:13.75\00:34:16.25
360 times, 720 half a time,
00:34:16.28\00:34:20.26
180, add that up,
00:34:20.29\00:34:22.06
and that's the 1,260
years of Roman persecution
00:34:22.09\00:34:27.40
during the Dark Ages.
00:34:27.43\00:34:28.76
God hid His church.
00:34:28.80\00:34:30.37
Amen to that.
00:34:30.40\00:34:31.73
So the church
didn't get wiped out,
00:34:31.77\00:34:33.17
God hid them.
00:34:33.20\00:34:34.77
But I asked you a moment ago,
00:34:34.80\00:34:36.64
and I left it on
the screen for a reason
00:34:36.67\00:34:38.71
because where did the woman go
00:34:38.74\00:34:40.61
to be hidden from the serpent?
00:34:40.64\00:34:44.18
In the where?
00:34:44.21\00:34:45.91
In the wilderness, right?
00:34:45.95\00:34:47.32
Where did the spirit
carry John to find the woman?
00:34:47.35\00:34:51.22
Graphic guys bring up
00:34:51.25\00:34:53.19
or graphic lady, whichever one,
00:34:53.22\00:34:54.96
bring up that
verse, Revelation 17:3,
00:34:54.99\00:34:57.26
the last one we just...
00:34:57.29\00:34:58.63
I want the people that
are listening and watching
00:34:58.66\00:35:00.10
to see this.
00:35:00.13\00:35:01.60
John said, the Lord
lead her into the wilderness
00:35:01.63\00:35:04.50
to be protected.
00:35:04.53\00:35:05.87
And notice what it says,
00:35:05.90\00:35:07.24
"So he carried me
away in the Spirit
00:35:07.27\00:35:08.77
into the wilderness."
00:35:08.80\00:35:10.14
Thank you.
00:35:10.17\00:35:11.51
That's all I needed the graphic.
00:35:11.54\00:35:12.87
So now the very woman
that was in the wilderness
00:35:12.91\00:35:15.58
for 1,260 years
known as the Dark Ages.
00:35:15.61\00:35:20.88
What happened to the Dark Ages?
00:35:20.92\00:35:22.68
Bibles did not exist.
00:35:22.72\00:35:24.42
So get this.
00:35:24.45\00:35:25.79
The truth that
woman had at the beginning
00:35:25.82\00:35:27.89
of her journey
into the wilderness,
00:35:27.92\00:35:30.63
something happened.
00:35:30.66\00:35:33.46
And except for
God's sustaining grace,
00:35:33.50\00:35:35.86
the truth would have been
almost well nigh obliterated.
00:35:35.90\00:35:39.37
But a lot
happened to the church.
00:35:39.40\00:35:40.74
If you study about the
church of the Dark Ages,
00:35:40.77\00:35:42.77
so much error crept
00:35:42.80\00:35:44.14
into the church of the Dark Ages
00:35:44.17\00:35:45.84
that this woman who
went into the wilderness
00:35:45.87\00:35:47.54
clothed with the
sun, moon, and stars.
00:35:47.58\00:35:50.58
Now, John goes back,
00:35:50.61\00:35:52.68
he disparages,
00:35:52.71\00:35:54.05
"Come here, let me
show you something.
00:35:54.08\00:35:55.42
You remember that lady
that went to the wilderness?
00:35:55.45\00:35:57.22
I got to show you
what happened to her.
00:35:57.25\00:35:59.15
Now get this.
00:35:59.19\00:36:01.86
I'm going to
blow your brains off.
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.22
Are you ready? This is powerful.
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.39
There are not two women.
00:36:05.43\00:36:08.46
It's one woman
in two conditions.
00:36:08.50\00:36:11.50
Get this.
00:36:11.53\00:36:13.13
And the condition represents
the two classes of worshippers.
00:36:13.17\00:36:18.01
In the day,
00:36:18.04\00:36:19.37
how many children did Cain...
00:36:19.41\00:36:21.28
I just gave you the answer.
00:36:21.31\00:36:22.98
There was Cain
and there was what?
00:36:23.01\00:36:24.48
Abel.
00:36:24.51\00:36:25.85
Okay, right, representing
the two worshippers.
00:36:25.88\00:36:27.98
You find from the very beginning
00:36:28.02\00:36:29.88
they were two
types of worshippers.
00:36:29.92\00:36:31.69
In the very end,
00:36:31.72\00:36:33.05
they're going to be
two types of worshippers.
00:36:33.09\00:36:35.16
So the question is this.
00:36:35.19\00:36:37.19
This is huge.
00:36:37.23\00:36:40.90
Your condition is
the first consideration
00:36:40.93\00:36:44.70
than your location.
00:36:44.73\00:36:47.57
Now follow me carefully.
00:36:47.60\00:36:48.94
You can't say amen here
because that's new to you.
00:36:48.97\00:36:51.57
The first thing
God is concerned about
00:36:51.61\00:36:53.07
is your condition.
00:36:53.11\00:36:54.54
The second thing
He is concerned about
00:36:54.58\00:36:56.21
is your location.
00:36:56.24\00:36:57.58
Now, let me expand that.
00:36:57.61\00:36:58.95
John 10:16, go there with me.
00:36:58.98\00:37:00.75
I got to qualify what I said.
00:37:00.78\00:37:03.69
John 10:16, all right.
00:37:03.72\00:37:05.95
I'm already there.
00:37:05.99\00:37:07.72
Yes, I am. Here it is.
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.89
John 10:16, look
what the Lord says,
00:37:09.92\00:37:12.86
"He's first
concerned about your condition,
00:37:12.89\00:37:15.03
then about your location."
00:37:15.06\00:37:16.46
Lot of people
think, it's just location.
00:37:16.50\00:37:18.70
And this is huge.
00:37:18.73\00:37:20.07
To those who keep the
Sabbath, don't fool yourself.
00:37:20.10\00:37:22.34
You may have the right location,
00:37:22.37\00:37:23.71
but the wrong condition.
00:37:23.74\00:37:25.31
Did you hear what I said?
00:37:25.34\00:37:26.68
There are some people boasting
about keeping the Sabbath,
00:37:26.71\00:37:28.18
but they're in
the wrong condition,
00:37:28.21\00:37:29.88
but they're in
the right location.
00:37:29.91\00:37:31.25
There are some people
in the wrong location,
00:37:31.28\00:37:33.25
but in the right condition.
00:37:33.28\00:37:35.38
God want the right
people in the right condition.
00:37:35.42\00:37:37.45
Amen, somebody. Amen.
00:37:37.49\00:37:38.82
This is what the issue is.
00:37:38.85\00:37:40.19
So don't be calling on folk
00:37:40.22\00:37:41.56
that don't go to
church on the right day,
00:37:41.59\00:37:43.26
the wrong people 'cause
God doesn't even say that.
00:37:43.29\00:37:46.43
Let's look what He
says in John 10:16.
00:37:46.46\00:37:49.00
He says, "And
other sheep I have,
00:37:49.03\00:37:52.50
which are not of this fold."
00:37:52.53\00:37:56.00
Huge. I have other sheep.
00:37:56.04\00:37:57.94
They're not where
I want them to be,
00:37:57.97\00:37:59.54
but notice what He says,
00:37:59.57\00:38:01.34
"Them also I must," what?
00:38:01.38\00:38:03.28
"Bring, and they
will hear My," what?
00:38:03.31\00:38:05.95
"Voice."
00:38:05.98\00:38:07.32
What kind of
voice will they hear?
00:38:07.35\00:38:08.68
"A loud voice."
00:38:08.72\00:38:10.05
They'll hear My voice,
00:38:10.09\00:38:11.42
and they will be,
come one, together,
00:38:11.45\00:38:12.85
one flock or one
fold, and," what?
00:38:12.89\00:38:14.82
"One shepherd."
00:38:14.86\00:38:16.19
Get this.
00:38:16.22\00:38:17.56
God is more concerned
first about our condition,
00:38:17.59\00:38:20.13
secondly about our location.
00:38:20.16\00:38:22.73
This is a sobering message
because there's some people
00:38:22.76\00:38:25.13
that are
comfortable in the location,
00:38:25.17\00:38:26.74
but
uncomfortable in the condition.
00:38:26.77\00:38:29.37
There's some people
that are good Christians,
00:38:29.40\00:38:31.54
but they're in
the wrong location.
00:38:31.57\00:38:32.91
Amen?
00:38:32.94\00:38:34.28
That's why this message
about Babylon is, God said,
00:38:34.31\00:38:36.81
"I got people
all over the place,
00:38:36.85\00:38:38.75
every nation, every tribe,
every tongue, every people.
00:38:38.78\00:38:41.98
I got to get them all
in the right location."
00:38:42.02\00:38:43.89
Isn't that true?
00:38:43.92\00:38:45.25
Was that the case in Noah's day?
00:38:45.29\00:38:47.66
He wanted to get the
right people in the what?
00:38:47.69\00:38:50.26
Right location which was where?
00:38:50.29\00:38:52.16
In the ark.
00:38:52.19\00:38:53.53
It may sound like I'm preaching.
00:38:53.56\00:38:54.90
I'm just intensely teaching.
00:38:54.93\00:38:56.83
He want to get the right
people in the right location.
00:38:56.87\00:38:59.27
Now,
00:38:59.30\00:39:01.14
did he love the
people outside the ark?
00:39:01.17\00:39:03.14
Yes.
00:39:03.17\00:39:04.51
But did they want to
get into the right location?
00:39:04.54\00:39:06.41
No.
00:39:06.44\00:39:08.18
So the Lord had no choice,
00:39:08.21\00:39:10.68
but to close the door
before the judgment came.
00:39:10.71\00:39:14.88
So now let's go
to the next verse.
00:39:14.92\00:39:17.59
So here it is.
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.79
Let me cap off my thought.
00:39:19.82\00:39:21.16
Go back to Revelation 17.
00:39:21.19\00:39:22.52
Here it is,
00:39:22.56\00:39:24.06
"During the Dark Ages,
00:39:24.09\00:39:25.43
the woman went
through religious persecution,
00:39:25.46\00:39:29.90
more than a 50
million Christians
00:39:29.93\00:39:31.97
lost their lives
00:39:32.00\00:39:33.64
because the Roman
church of the Dark Ages,
00:39:33.67\00:39:36.67
we now know as
Roman Catholicism.
00:39:36.71\00:39:38.77
The church of the Dark Ages
00:39:38.81\00:39:40.14
under the
leadership of pagan Rome
00:39:40.18\00:39:42.04
than papal Rome,
00:39:42.08\00:39:44.45
persecuted
anybody who did not agree
00:39:44.48\00:39:46.51
with its dogmas.
00:39:46.55\00:39:47.88
And let me just share with
you some of the wine they drank.
00:39:47.92\00:39:51.39
Purgatory, not in the Bible,
00:39:51.42\00:39:53.42
that was wine from Babylon,
00:39:53.46\00:39:56.19
Spiritual Babylon.
00:39:56.22\00:39:57.56
Limbo, wine from
Spiritual Babylon.
00:39:57.59\00:40:00.60
Eternally burning hell,
00:40:00.63\00:40:02.10
they used that doctrine
not supported by the Bible
00:40:02.13\00:40:04.77
to raise the money to
build their cathedrals,
00:40:04.80\00:40:06.80
the wine of Babylon.
00:40:06.84\00:40:08.60
Eternally
burning hell, all right.
00:40:08.64\00:40:12.04
The immortality of the soul,
you die and go right to heaven.
00:40:12.07\00:40:16.11
This secret rapture,
00:40:16.14\00:40:19.05
Francis Ribeiro and
Luis Luis de Alcazar,
00:40:19.08\00:40:21.32
preterist and futurist.
00:40:21.35\00:40:22.72
They develop that one.
00:40:22.75\00:40:24.25
When you go to the
church of the Dark Ages,
00:40:24.29\00:40:26.22
something happened to the woman.
00:40:26.25\00:40:27.89
So by the time,
the 1,260 years passed,
00:40:27.92\00:40:32.86
John could not
identify the woman.
00:40:32.89\00:40:35.63
What happened to the woman?
00:40:35.66\00:40:38.33
He found her in the same place
00:40:38.37\00:40:40.04
where she went
1,260 years earlier.
00:40:40.07\00:40:44.14
And he found her now in
harmony with the very beast
00:40:44.17\00:40:48.54
that was once against her.
00:40:48.58\00:40:51.78
He found her
sitting on the beast
00:40:51.81\00:40:54.25
that was pursuing her.
00:40:54.28\00:40:57.15
Wow!
00:40:57.19\00:40:58.95
But God is not
done. Amen, somebody.
00:40:58.99\00:41:01.49
Because you may wonder...
00:41:01.52\00:41:04.26
Wow! This is huge.
00:41:04.29\00:41:05.66
I got to slow down
00:41:05.69\00:41:07.10
because God was to yet establish
00:41:07.13\00:41:09.16
another movement
called the Advent movement
00:41:09.20\00:41:12.83
to get the woman back
to the right location.
00:41:12.87\00:41:15.14
Amen, somebody.
00:41:15.17\00:41:16.50
He want to get the woman
00:41:16.54\00:41:17.87
who had now been in
the wrong condition,
00:41:17.91\00:41:19.97
in the wrong location
to be the right woman,
00:41:20.01\00:41:23.65
in the right location.
00:41:23.68\00:41:25.41
That's what
Christianity is today.
00:41:25.45\00:41:27.02
So...
00:41:27.05\00:41:28.38
But there are many who
haven't heard the message yet,
00:41:28.42\00:41:29.98
so they have
the right condition,
00:41:30.02\00:41:31.49
but they're on
the wrong location.
00:41:31.52\00:41:33.32
And, you know what?
That's divine inspiration.
00:41:33.36\00:41:34.89
My wife knows I'd
never said that before.
00:41:34.92\00:41:37.46
Thank you Holy Spirit
00:41:37.49\00:41:38.99
for revealing
that to me tonight.
00:41:39.03\00:41:40.90
Let's go to the
very next question.
00:41:40.93\00:41:42.26
Verse 4.
00:41:42.30\00:41:45.47
Thank you, honey.
00:41:45.50\00:41:46.84
"So the woman now,
00:41:46.87\00:41:48.27
instead of being
clothed with the sun,
00:41:48.30\00:41:50.21
moon, and stars,
00:41:50.24\00:41:51.57
she trades her garments
00:41:51.61\00:41:53.17
for purple and scarlet,
00:41:53.21\00:41:56.48
purple and gold,
scarlet and purple.
00:41:56.51\00:41:59.85
Gold, red, and purple.
00:41:59.88\00:42:01.62
Now what you want to notice,
00:42:01.65\00:42:03.22
this is huge,
00:42:03.25\00:42:04.59
there's a color missing.
00:42:04.62\00:42:07.79
Dan, did I hear you say it?
00:42:07.82\00:42:09.26
What's the color, Dan?
00:42:09.29\00:42:10.66
Blue. Blue.
00:42:10.69\00:42:12.19
Blue represents the law of God.
00:42:12.23\00:42:16.16
Blue is not there anymore.
00:42:16.20\00:42:19.40
That had been deleted.
00:42:19.43\00:42:21.00
And when you follow
the story further down
00:42:21.04\00:42:23.00
in Revelation 12,
00:42:23.04\00:42:24.37
this is why we got to end...
00:42:24.41\00:42:27.14
I'm sorry, we got to go back
to Revelation 12 very quickly.
00:42:27.18\00:42:30.61
I know you all are
there. You're already there.
00:42:30.65\00:42:32.38
If you're already there,
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.62
praise the Lord for that.
00:42:34.65\00:42:37.85
Revelation 12
00:42:37.89\00:42:39.35
and we looked at verse 13.
00:42:39.39\00:42:41.32
We looked at verse 14.
00:42:41.36\00:42:42.92
Now let's look at verse 15.
00:42:42.96\00:42:44.79
Okay, so now
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.59
John sees this woman
00:42:46.63\00:42:47.96
that was in her clean condition,
00:42:48.00\00:42:49.33
she went there,
00:42:49.36\00:42:50.70
hidden there for 1,260 years.
00:42:50.73\00:42:53.07
So the devil wasn't
satisfied, in verse 15,
00:42:53.10\00:42:55.07
notice what it says,
00:42:55.10\00:42:56.44
"So the serpent spewed
what out of his mouth?"
00:42:56.47\00:42:59.87
"Water out of his mouth
00:42:59.91\00:43:02.21
like a flood after the woman
00:43:02.24\00:43:03.88
that he might cause her to
be carried away by the flood."
00:43:03.91\00:43:07.92
I want you to
also notice something.
00:43:07.95\00:43:09.45
This is huge
00:43:09.48\00:43:10.82
because the
woman in Revelation 17
00:43:10.85\00:43:13.15
is sitting on many waters.
00:43:13.19\00:43:16.39
The water that he
used to go after her,
00:43:16.42\00:43:19.09
now she's sitting on it,
00:43:19.13\00:43:21.56
now she is floating above it,
00:43:21.60\00:43:24.30
now she is reigning over it.
00:43:24.33\00:43:25.87
The water he used to drown her
00:43:25.90\00:43:27.87
is now the water
that she's floating on,
00:43:27.90\00:43:29.97
she's sitting upon,
reigning above many waters.
00:43:30.01\00:43:32.54
We'll find out what the
water is in just a moment.
00:43:32.57\00:43:34.58
And then verse 16,
00:43:34.61\00:43:36.85
and this word, God
preserved the truth.
00:43:36.88\00:43:39.48
Although, and you see
in the seven churches,
00:43:39.51\00:43:41.75
he said, I know that you
have a little faith left,
00:43:41.78\00:43:43.92
hold what you have.
00:43:43.95\00:43:45.55
He said, you have a
little faith, hold on to it,
00:43:45.59\00:43:47.89
don't let it go.
00:43:47.92\00:43:49.26
Verse 16, "But the
earth help the woman,
00:43:49.29\00:43:52.36
and open its mouth
00:43:52.39\00:43:54.56
and swallowed up the flood
00:43:54.60\00:43:56.00
which the dragon had
spewed out of his mouth."
00:43:56.03\00:44:00.24
Oh, this is huge.
00:44:00.27\00:44:02.77
Brother John Dinzey, he knows
where we're going with this.
00:44:02.80\00:44:05.17
The earth. How did God...
00:44:05.21\00:44:07.41
This is history.
00:44:07.44\00:44:08.78
How did God rescue the church
00:44:08.81\00:44:12.15
from total
obliteration in Europe?
00:44:12.18\00:44:16.62
He led them
to... Come on, say it.
00:44:16.65\00:44:18.55
He led them to
this good old land.
00:44:18.59\00:44:20.96
This land is your land,
00:44:20.99\00:44:22.42
this land is mine
00:44:22.46\00:44:23.79
from California to
the New York Island,
00:44:23.83\00:44:25.89
from the Redwood
forest to the Gulf,
00:44:25.93\00:44:28.06
this land was made.
00:44:28.10\00:44:29.43
God raised up a nation today,
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.43
and it's only support
of freedom is religion.
00:44:31.47\00:44:35.04
The only thing we
can boast in America
00:44:35.07\00:44:36.81
that we have
above any other country
00:44:36.84\00:44:39.01
is religious liberty.
00:44:39.04\00:44:42.11
And that is being
challenged already.
00:44:42.14\00:44:44.21
That's being chiseled away.
00:44:44.25\00:44:45.71
But God open the earth,
the earth opened his mouth.
00:44:45.75\00:44:48.88
In the pilgrims,
00:44:48.92\00:44:50.32
you know, the word pilgrim
is not a historical term,
00:44:50.35\00:44:53.15
as much as it is
a religious term.
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.79
Gotten from the Book
of Hebrews Chapter 11,
00:44:55.82\00:44:57.96
we are strangers in pilgrims.
00:44:57.99\00:45:00.86
The pilgrims as Abraham was,
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.13
he was looking for a city
00:45:03.16\00:45:04.53
which had foundations
whose builder and maker is God.
00:45:04.57\00:45:07.44
So the pilgrims left,
00:45:07.47\00:45:09.10
the persecuting
powers of Roman Europe
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.31
came to America,
00:45:11.34\00:45:12.67
and through Roger Williams
established religious liberty,
00:45:12.71\00:45:16.54
religious free freedom,
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.51
which was Rhode Island,
00:45:18.55\00:45:19.88
the first
religiously free colony
00:45:19.91\00:45:22.82
in the early
development of America.
00:45:22.85\00:45:26.99
Today, now, Roger Williams,
00:45:27.02\00:45:28.39
let me just give
you some history now.
00:45:28.42\00:45:29.82
This is on
tape, so you can share
00:45:29.86\00:45:31.19
with your friends later on.
00:45:31.23\00:45:32.89
Roger Williams,
00:45:32.93\00:45:34.80
he saw among the
early pilgrim settlers,
00:45:34.83\00:45:38.03
something that
resembled the church of Europe.
00:45:38.07\00:45:40.44
And you know what that was?
00:45:40.47\00:45:42.14
They were so fearful
that Rome would come over
00:45:42.17\00:45:44.17
and take over
their new settlement,
00:45:44.21\00:45:48.64
that they made
their own religious laws.
00:45:48.68\00:45:51.41
And so you have to
believe a certain way,
00:45:51.45\00:45:53.55
think a certain way,
worship a certain way
00:45:53.58\00:45:56.25
to be among the
Puritans, the pilgrims,
00:45:56.28\00:45:58.15
the early, like we
say, the forefathers,
00:45:58.19\00:46:00.86
you don't wanna go back
00:46:00.89\00:46:02.22
to the religion of
your forefathers, okay?
00:46:02.26\00:46:04.23
When people say they do,
00:46:04.26\00:46:05.59
they don't
understand the whole picture.
00:46:05.63\00:46:07.10
So Roger Williams said,
00:46:07.13\00:46:08.46
"No, no, no, no, no,
00:46:08.50\00:46:09.83
let us not do what Rome did.
00:46:09.86\00:46:11.70
Let us establish
religious freedom."
00:46:11.73\00:46:14.74
And they
ostracized Roger Williams.
00:46:14.77\00:46:17.54
And he went and
lived among the Indians,
00:46:17.57\00:46:19.97
and taught them,
00:46:20.01\00:46:22.74
began to share with
them the Word of God.
00:46:22.78\00:46:25.15
And then Roger Williams
established Rhode Island,
00:46:25.18\00:46:28.58
that place that is
Rhode Island today,
00:46:28.62\00:46:30.79
that's where religious liberty
was born right in Rhode Island.
00:46:30.82\00:46:34.59
And we have it today in America,
00:46:34.62\00:46:36.22
became one of the
foundations of our freedoms.
00:46:36.26\00:46:39.16
So that's why to
be able to worship
00:46:39.19\00:46:41.13
according to your own dictates
00:46:41.16\00:46:42.70
is still a part
of our Constitution
00:46:42.73\00:46:45.47
and a part of
our Bill of Rights.
00:46:45.50\00:46:47.07
But you'll find that the
devil is not happy with that,
00:46:47.10\00:46:52.07
because now the
woman's no longer in Europe,
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.28
she's in America.
00:46:55.31\00:46:56.88
He got to find a
way to get to her.
00:46:56.91\00:46:59.41
Revelation 12:17,
00:46:59.45\00:47:01.38
this is foundation but
it's vitally important.
00:47:01.42\00:47:03.55
Foundation.
00:47:03.59\00:47:06.05
All right?
00:47:06.09\00:47:08.52
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman
00:47:08.56\00:47:11.43
or angry with the woman,"
00:47:11.46\00:47:14.16
as the King James Version,
"the dragon was angry, wroth,"
00:47:14.20\00:47:17.93
as the King James Version,
that's an angry word wroth.
00:47:17.97\00:47:21.40
"He was in rage
with a woman and went,"
00:47:21.44\00:47:24.61
get this now, he went,
00:47:24.64\00:47:27.01
where did he go?
00:47:27.04\00:47:28.91
He had to go where she is.
00:47:28.94\00:47:31.68
These words, and I
put there incidentally,
00:47:31.71\00:47:34.05
"He went to make war
with the remnant of her seed,"
00:47:34.08\00:47:38.79
and who are they?
00:47:38.82\00:47:40.16
They keep the
commandments of God,
00:47:40.19\00:47:41.59
worshipping God
the way He wants,
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.93
and they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:47:43.96\00:47:47.66
He went.
00:47:47.70\00:47:49.03
He sought after
the woman to find her.
00:47:49.06\00:47:50.90
And that's why in
America right now,
00:47:50.93\00:47:52.70
one of the hot button
issues is religious freedom,
00:47:52.73\00:47:55.37
all these issues
building itself around.
00:47:55.40\00:47:58.64
And you know what's
chiseling away right that now?
00:47:58.67\00:48:00.74
Religious extremism in
America is gonna do its job
00:48:00.78\00:48:03.68
to hinder our
liberties here in America.
00:48:03.71\00:48:06.11
All this extremism
that's taking place in America.
00:48:06.15\00:48:08.85
But I want to just say this
00:48:08.88\00:48:10.22
before we go on
to the next question,
00:48:10.25\00:48:11.75
God is still
sovereign, He's still in charge.
00:48:11.79\00:48:14.12
Amen to that? Amen.
00:48:14.16\00:48:15.62
That's some foundation.
00:48:15.66\00:48:16.99
Now, Revelation
17, let's go there.
00:48:17.03\00:48:18.36
So the woman is a
new condition now.
00:48:18.39\00:48:21.06
The beast that once
was in opposition to her,
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.97
he has diluted her so much
00:48:24.00\00:48:26.13
that God had to
raise up another movement.
00:48:26.17\00:48:27.94
That's why at the end
of the 1,260 year period,
00:48:27.97\00:48:31.44
just shortly after 1798,
00:48:31.47\00:48:33.68
another movement
came into existence,
00:48:33.71\00:48:36.91
started by a man by the name
of William Miller, a Baptist.
00:48:36.95\00:48:40.52
He began something
called the Advent movement
00:48:40.55\00:48:43.75
that today now
00:48:43.79\00:48:45.12
is known as the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:48:45.15\00:48:48.62
more specifically,
it's still a movement.
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.99
And God began to
resurrect all these teachings
00:48:51.03\00:48:54.76
that were put to
rest during the Dark Ages,
00:48:54.80\00:48:58.07
almost died,
but he preserved it.
00:48:58.10\00:49:00.40
Praise God for His Word.
00:49:00.44\00:49:02.30
And now, the message
now being resurrected
00:49:02.34\00:49:05.87
has to be proclaimed.
00:49:05.91\00:49:07.34
Get this, to the
rest of His people
00:49:07.38\00:49:10.35
that may be in
the right condition,
00:49:10.38\00:49:12.31
but in the what?
00:49:12.35\00:49:13.68
Wrong location.
00:49:13.72\00:49:15.78
You see, it is not about
us being better than them
00:49:15.82\00:49:18.22
and then being worse than us,
00:49:18.25\00:49:20.19
it's about all of
us are God's people.
00:49:20.22\00:49:21.86
What do you say? Amen.
00:49:21.89\00:49:23.86
That was kind of weak.
00:49:23.89\00:49:25.96
Can we say amen? Amen.
00:49:25.99\00:49:27.66
God loved, for God
so loved the world.
00:49:27.70\00:49:30.93
And He loves people that
no matter what denomination
00:49:30.97\00:49:33.30
they are part
of, but He's saying,
00:49:33.34\00:49:35.44
"Although I have sheep
00:49:35.47\00:49:36.81
that are a part of another fold,
00:49:36.84\00:49:38.17
I can't leave them there, them
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.54
also I must bring."
00:49:39.57\00:49:41.38
That's what's so
beautiful about it.
00:49:41.41\00:49:42.74
So let's see what else.
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.41
You know, we got, Bill,
00:49:45.45\00:49:46.78
we got to get past
question number two.
00:49:46.82\00:49:48.35
All right? Let's go to that.
00:49:48.38\00:49:49.72
All right? Verse...
00:49:49.75\00:49:51.09
Now what verse are we up to now?
00:49:51.12\00:49:52.85
Revelation 17,
what verse now? Verse 4.
00:49:52.89\00:49:55.76
Okay, let's look at verse 4 now.
00:49:55.79\00:49:57.96
Here we are on the screen.
00:49:57.99\00:49:59.66
And it said here,
00:49:59.69\00:50:02.96
continuing in the description
of Spiritual Babylon,
00:50:03.00\00:50:05.63
it says, "The woman
was arrayed in," what?
00:50:05.67\00:50:08.67
"Purple and," what else?
00:50:08.70\00:50:10.14
"Scarlet, adorned with," what?
00:50:10.17\00:50:12.44
"Gold and," what?
00:50:12.47\00:50:14.01
"Precious stones and pearls,
00:50:14.04\00:50:15.74
having in her hand
00:50:15.78\00:50:18.31
a golden cup."
00:50:18.35\00:50:21.28
Now, what's in that cup?
00:50:21.32\00:50:23.52
"Full of," what?
00:50:23.55\00:50:24.89
Abominations
00:50:24.92\00:50:27.16
and filthiness of her," what?
00:50:27.19\00:50:30.13
"Fornication."
00:50:30.16\00:50:31.49
Boy, and then he
goes on, look at the next.
00:50:31.53\00:50:34.26
"And on her
head, and on her head,
00:50:34.30\00:50:37.97
on her forehead,
a name was written:"
00:50:38.00\00:50:41.10
let's read this together,
00:50:41.14\00:50:42.60
"MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
00:50:42.64\00:50:46.01
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
00:50:46.04\00:50:48.48
AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
00:50:48.51\00:50:53.21
He said, she's not by herself.
00:50:53.25\00:50:57.65
She's not by herself.
00:50:57.69\00:51:00.39
Let's read verse 6.
00:51:00.42\00:51:01.76
Let's bring verse 6 up
there, and then we'll go back
00:51:01.79\00:51:03.29
and cap it all off together.
00:51:03.32\00:51:04.79
All right?
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.16
And then in verse 6, it says,
00:51:06.19\00:51:07.63
"I saw the woman," what?
00:51:07.66\00:51:09.20
"Drunk with the
blood of the saints
00:51:09.23\00:51:11.83
and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus.
00:51:11.87\00:51:14.30
And when I saw her,
I'm marveled with," what?
00:51:14.34\00:51:17.11
"Great amazement."
00:51:17.14\00:51:19.74
So now I must
break this all down.
00:51:19.77\00:51:21.58
This woman,
first of all, verse 4,
00:51:21.61\00:51:24.81
write this down, verse 4.
00:51:24.85\00:51:26.78
And here's what
you put in verse 4.
00:51:26.82\00:51:29.68
"She no longer is clothed
in Christ's righteousness."
00:51:29.72\00:51:33.59
This is huge.
00:51:33.62\00:51:34.96
Write that down, verse 4,
00:51:34.99\00:51:36.32
she no longer has on the
robe of Christ's righteousness.
00:51:36.36\00:51:40.70
All right?
00:51:40.73\00:51:42.06
Write that down
for Revelation 17:4.
00:51:42.10\00:51:44.80
The next one, verse 5,
00:51:44.83\00:51:48.60
"She is the mother
of a worldwide system.
00:51:48.64\00:51:54.14
She's the mother of the
head of a worldwide system."
00:51:54.18\00:52:01.02
Did you get that?
00:52:01.05\00:52:02.78
And in verse 6,
00:52:02.82\00:52:05.32
"She is guilty of
the blood of the saints.
00:52:05.35\00:52:10.23
She
historically has killed those
00:52:10.26\00:52:13.66
who have been
allegiant to Jesus."
00:52:13.70\00:52:16.67
You know, we get all bent
out of shape today over ISIS,
00:52:16.70\00:52:19.43
and surely we should,
00:52:19.47\00:52:20.84
because it's an
extreme condition of a system
00:52:20.87\00:52:24.17
that has nothing to do with it.
00:52:24.21\00:52:25.94
And I want to reiterate,
00:52:25.97\00:52:27.64
and I feel badly for those
who are Muslim in this sense.
00:52:27.68\00:52:31.35
Their religion has been hijacked
00:52:31.38\00:52:33.42
by religious extremists,
00:52:33.45\00:52:34.78
and they're getting
the full blame for that,
00:52:34.82\00:52:37.59
and that's not something
that they're responsible for.
00:52:37.62\00:52:40.69
But what has happened
long before ISIS came to view,
00:52:40.72\00:52:44.16
the Dark Ages was a time
00:52:44.19\00:52:45.96
that was painted by
the blood of the saints,
00:52:45.99\00:52:49.13
millions of
Christians were martyred.
00:52:49.16\00:52:51.37
All because they wanted
to be allegiant to Jesus.
00:52:51.40\00:52:55.40
If you have a strong stomach,
00:52:55.44\00:52:56.91
rent that book or download
"The Foxe's Book of Martyrs."
00:52:56.94\00:53:00.18
It'll drive you nuts.
00:53:00.21\00:53:01.54
You better have a
strong spiritual connection
00:53:01.58\00:53:02.91
with Jesus.
00:53:02.94\00:53:04.28
That's a serious book.
00:53:04.31\00:53:05.65
You know, that's
the whole point of it.
00:53:05.68\00:53:07.02
You got to have a connection
with the Lord that is strong.
00:53:07.05\00:53:09.08
So what's happening today
00:53:09.12\00:53:10.45
is God now through Jesus
00:53:10.49\00:53:12.75
and the messages
of the three angel,
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.66
He's now saying, I
need to recover my people
00:53:14.69\00:53:17.29
before we close this
entire great controversy down.
00:53:17.33\00:53:21.56
Amen to that?
00:53:21.60\00:53:22.93
Amen.
00:53:22.96\00:53:24.30
He wants to recover His people.
00:53:24.33\00:53:25.70
So let's answer
the next question.
00:53:25.73\00:53:27.37
We can do this.
00:53:27.40\00:53:28.74
We can bravely get to
question number three,
00:53:28.77\00:53:30.11
He wants to recover His people
00:53:30.14\00:53:31.67
before it is ever too late.
00:53:31.71\00:53:34.68
What description does
the Bible give to the beast
00:53:34.71\00:53:36.75
that empowers Babylon?
00:53:36.78\00:53:39.11
Revelation 12:3,
you read that earlier.
00:53:39.15\00:53:42.28
We could just go ahead
and put the answer in there.
00:53:42.32\00:53:45.15
And the answer is, the
beast with 7 heads and 10 horns.
00:53:45.19\00:53:49.36
Write that down for
question number three.
00:53:49.39\00:53:51.93
We could read that, and
we will read it on the screen
00:53:51.96\00:53:53.96
because it's in
proper graphic order,
00:53:54.00\00:53:56.46
and our guys are ready for that.
00:53:56.50\00:53:58.33
It says, Revelation 12:3,
00:53:58.37\00:54:00.67
"And another sign
appeared in heaven,
00:54:00.70\00:54:02.17
behold, a
great, fiery red dragon
00:54:02.20\00:54:04.91
having seven
heads and ten horns,
00:54:04.94\00:54:07.18
and seven diadems
or crowns on his heads.
00:54:07.21\00:54:10.85
So the great dragon,"
00:54:10.88\00:54:12.61
this is now
given identity to that,
00:54:12.65\00:54:14.82
"So the great
dragon was cast out
00:54:14.85\00:54:16.92
that serpent of old
called the Devil and Satan,
00:54:16.95\00:54:19.25
who deceives,"
how much of the world?
00:54:19.29\00:54:21.79
"The whole world, he
was cast to the earth,
00:54:21.82\00:54:23.66
and his angels
were cast out with him."
00:54:23.69\00:54:25.73
Let me add a
couple of components here.
00:54:25.76\00:54:27.66
So the answer, what description
00:54:27.70\00:54:29.20
does the Bible give to the beast
00:54:29.23\00:54:31.13
that empowers Babylon?
00:54:31.17\00:54:32.77
What specific
description does it give?
00:54:32.80\00:54:34.87
The devil, the
serpent of old, Satan.
00:54:39.01\00:54:44.41
This dragon with
seven heads and ten horns,
00:54:44.45\00:54:47.18
so the great
dragon was cast out.
00:54:47.22\00:54:49.52
Let's look at
that on the screen.
00:54:49.55\00:54:51.25
That who?
00:54:51.29\00:54:52.65
Together read it. That who?
00:54:52.69\00:54:54.56
Serpent of old called the, who?
00:54:54.59\00:54:56.73
Devil and who? Satan.
00:54:56.76\00:54:58.59
The Bible clearly
identifies this beast
00:54:58.63\00:55:01.30
before the
woman with seven heads
00:55:01.33\00:55:02.90
and ten horns as Satan,
00:55:02.93\00:55:05.53
the serpent of old the dragon,
00:55:05.57\00:55:08.60
he was cast to the earth,
00:55:08.64\00:55:10.41
and his angels
were cast out with him.
00:55:10.44\00:55:14.11
So in a broad nutshell,
00:55:14.14\00:55:16.64
what description does
the Bible give to the beast
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.81
that empowers a woman?
00:55:18.85\00:55:20.18
Somebody tell me?
Give me the answer?
00:55:20.22\00:55:21.92
Who is it? I
just told it to you.
00:55:21.95\00:55:23.45
And it's on the
screen over and over?
00:55:23.49\00:55:25.15
Say it again, Mike, Satan!
00:55:25.19\00:55:27.72
He gives this woman power.
00:55:27.76\00:55:30.43
And by the way,
00:55:30.46\00:55:32.99
he was also the
power behind pagan Rome
00:55:33.03\00:55:35.86
in Revelation Chapter 13.
00:55:35.90\00:55:37.93
He was also the power behind
00:55:37.97\00:55:39.50
that fourth beast
of Daniel Chapter 7,
00:55:39.53\00:55:42.04
pagan Rome.
00:55:42.07\00:55:43.41
So therefore, if
he's behind Babylon,
00:55:43.44\00:55:46.51
if he's behind Medo-Persia,
if he's behind Greece,
00:55:46.54\00:55:50.41
surely he
carries on his onslaught
00:55:50.45\00:55:52.65
against God's people.
00:55:52.68\00:55:54.02
He's behind Rome,
00:55:54.05\00:55:55.38
and the biggest final force
00:55:55.42\00:55:57.29
against the people of God
00:55:57.32\00:55:58.65
and his message is the
universal power of Rome.
00:55:58.69\00:56:04.03
Wow!
00:56:04.06\00:56:05.39
Here's a picture that I
want to bring up on the screen.
00:56:05.43\00:56:07.63
Our guys can
bring this up for us,
00:56:07.66\00:56:09.43
or whoever's running graphics
on the truck, I appreciate it.
00:56:09.46\00:56:11.00
If you're lady, I apologize
to keep calling you a guy.
00:56:11.03\00:56:13.87
But look at this
picture that of the woman
00:56:13.90\00:56:15.80
on the scarlet beast.
00:56:15.84\00:56:17.17
Here's a graphic
representation of it.
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This scarlet color beast,
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just go and
bring the graphic up,
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it's very next one.
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She's sitting on a beast.
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Here it is. That's
an artist depiction.
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That's the woman
as she appears now.
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Notice the waters, the beasts,
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now, keep it up
there, I'm describing.
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The waters, the beasts
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and the woman sitting on that.
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Let's go and bring it back up.
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Don't be dumped, to be nervous.
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The woman on the scarlet beast
sitting above the many waters.
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All right? Okay.
Let's look at this.
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So clearly, you see
that she is identified
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as the one sitting
upon the many waters.
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And that's an artist depiction.
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But now we're
gonna hit the last...
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Well, I don't think I have
time for the very last question,
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or number four.
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But what I want you to
stay tuned for next week
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is something
that's vitally important.
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And that is,
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we're going to see
classically why in more detail,
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why God wants His people out.
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He wants them out
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because first of
all, they're His people.
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He's the shepherd,
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they are the
sheep of His pasture.
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Amen to that? Amen.
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And we got to pray for
our brothers and sisters.
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No matter what the denomination
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from Roman Catholic all
the way Jehovah's Witness,
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and Baptists, and Pentecost,
and Methodist, and Presbyterian
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and some Adventists who
are in the right location
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with the wrong
condition, ain't that right?
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Yeah. It's all very important.
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And, friends, you
know, this is a tight topic,
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a difficult topic,
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but what I would
encourage you to do
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is keep studying God's Word.
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If you miss
anything, go to the website,
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download the lesson
and invite your friends.
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And I know, if it
doesn't make sense,
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keep on studying God's Word
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because one day
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it will come
into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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