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Good evening friends and welcome
to our Wednesday night Bible
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study at the 3ABN worship center
We'd like to welcome you with a
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hearty amen. Can we say amen
to that? Amen. And we have a
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wonderful house tonight. We had
a week of prayer last week which
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was a wonderful blessing each
evening as we got together to
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study God's word and we thank
the Lord that is continued this
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week as we now go into our topic
on the change of the Sabbath.
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What is it? The change of
the Sabbath. We covered a lesson
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quite in detail, and I'll tell
you in just a moment where to
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get a copy of that and what
web site to go to and how to
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to download that. But we covered
in our four-page part about 35
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questions, I think, Terry,
on what the Bible says about the
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first day in the New Testament.
And we discovered in a very real
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way that the Bible
gives absolutely no support to
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worshipping on the first day of
the week. More specifically, the
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first day of the week, the Bible
doesn't support it being a holy
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day. Now the reason I changed
my statement is because we need
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to worship the Lord how often?
Every day. So sometimes people
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say well you know you say
to only worship the Lord on the
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seventh day but I worship God
every day. So I just went ahead
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and cleared that up. There's
only one holy day, only one day
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blessed of the Lord and that is
the seventh day of the week. So
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the question is where did this
come from? Where did worship on
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the first day of the week come
from? Well surely I'm not going
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to hope to be able to finish the
topic tonight but we're going to
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begin to lay the foundation to
find out what the Bible teaches
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because nothing happens without
God knowing. Am I right? God
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knows everything that's going to
occur before it happens. And so
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after we have our prayer and
our theme song I'll let you know
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where to get a copy of the
lesson and then we'll lay a
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foundation. But before we do
anything let's bow our heads for
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a word of prayer. Our loving
Father in heaven, we thank you
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for your blessings that come
to us. Tonight Lord we open our
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hearts because without an open
heart an open mind does us no
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good. We don't want intellectual
stimulation but we want heart
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change. And so speak to us Lord
from your word and effect in us
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a loving heart to follow your
word and live in harmony with
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your will. In Jesus name, we
pray. Amen. Now to get a copy of
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the lesson go this following web
site, here it is. AFS.3ABN.org.
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Download lesson number 33.
So everybody should have lesson
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number 33. You should have
two pages. If you don't have two
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pages then you need to get a
copy of the lessons here down
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front. At that very same
web site you can, if you have
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questions, you can upload those
questions and comments. You can
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also access all the lessons
you've missed. So if you've not
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seen from 32 all the way back to
one, there are videos for every
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lesson and there a PDF file
that you can download and have a
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Bible study. You can use this as
a resource. We go ahead and give
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you the authority to do that.
The Lord will speak to you from
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the very beginning topic on
the victorious life through the
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Christian walk. And then through
the very major teachings in the
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Bible that are primarily
controversial. We talk about
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baptism, the new life, the
new walk, what it means to be a
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Christian, what it means to be
born again. Then we talk about
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the Sabbath, the state of the
dead. Where did the rapture come
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from? It's all on that web site.
It's all there, the videos and
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the lessons alike. So tonight
after the theme song, we're
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going to dive into our topic
tonight called the Truth About
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the Change of the Sabbath.
So let's sing our theme song
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together. Victory in Jesus.
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¤ ¤
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¤I heard an old, old story
How the Savior came from glory¤
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¤How he gave his life on Calvary
To save a wretch like me. ¤
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¤I heard about his groaning
of his precious blood atoning¤
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¤Then I repented of my
sin and won the victory. ¤
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¤Oh victory in
Jesus My Savior forever. ¤
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¤He sought me and bought
me With his redeeming blood. ¤
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¤He loved me e'er I knew him
and all my love is due him. ¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
Beneath the cleansing flood. ¤
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¤I heard about a mansion 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
And the old redemption story. ¤
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¤And some sweet day I'll sing
up there the song of victory. ¤
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Key change.
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¤Oh victory in
Jesus My Savior forever. ¤
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¤He sought and bought me
with his redeeming blood. ¤
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¤He loved me e'er I knew him
and all my love is due him. ¤
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¤He plunged to victory
beneath the cleansing flood. ¤
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¤He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood. ¤
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Amen? Tonight's topic is, say
it with me - The Truth About the
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Change of the Sabbath. You know
as I lay foundation for this
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there are many things that
happen in our world today for
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which we really have no
explanation. Let me start with a
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story that does not necessarily
fit into our vernacular of
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living but I think it
illustrates the point.
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I heard a story a number of
years ago that whether it's true
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or not I don't know, but it fits
into the illustration. There was
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a lady, when Thanksgiving came,
she was baking a ham. Now you
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know we don't eat a ham but just
relax, breathe, but before she'd
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put it in the pan, she would cut
off one inch. And her husband
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said Honey, why do you do that?
She said my mother did that.
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I think it had something to do
with the taste. So bewildered by
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the question, she said to her
mom, who was still alive, Mom
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could you tell me why you would
cut off an inch before you put
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the ham in the pan to bake it?
She says well because my mother
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did that. So praise the Lord,
Grandma was still alive. So they
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walked over there and since it
was Thanksgiving she says, Ma,
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Grandma, Ma, Grandma, why did
you cut an inch off of the ham
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before you put it in the pan
to bake it? She said, because it
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was too big. And while that may
not be a wow in the punch line
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it had nothing to do with
the taste, it had nothing to do
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with making the ham better
or worse, but just simply meant
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Grandma had a ham that was too
big for the pan. And people were
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following this tradition
thinking, as the wife said to
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the husband on the first
question, that it made the ham
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taste better. In London, right
outside of the Buckingham Palace
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my wife is an English girl, born
in Darby, England. That's her
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queen still even though she's an
American citizen now. For many,
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many decades one of the soldiers
stood outside in front of
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Buckingham Palace at a spot
and people wondered what is he
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guarding? So there was nothing
around him, nothing anywhere,
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and so they just asked him
why do you stand here. He said
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because I was assigned to stand
here by the charge guard. All
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right. So he went back and asked
the charge guard why do I stand
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here. He said because that's the
orders I was given for you to
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stand there. But not comfortable
by that answer he said I need to
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know why I'm standing here. I'm
not guarding the gate, the wall
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is not in danger, there are no
security indications right here.
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What's the purpose. And they
researched this thing and looked
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through the log and came to find
out that many decades before
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there was a little plant that
was growing there, a little bush
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a little rose bush and
they didn't want this bush to be
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trampled over by people walking
toward Buckingham Palace so a
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guard was assigned to guard
a rose bush that had long since
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died and withered away. He
was just standing there for
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traditional reasons doing
something that had absolutely no
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benefit. In our world today,
tradition has taken a very high
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level on the shelf. Can
you say amen to that? And some
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traditions are not bad, but
I want to point out a couple of
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scriptures in the Bible why
it is important whenever you
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exercise anything as a Christian
it is important that tradition
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is not the reason. Don't
do anything that you do as a
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Christian unless you have the
support of God's word. If it's
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tradition, then you can be
in danger. But if it's in God's
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word, you will never be in
danger. Matter of fact, go with
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me to Matthew chapter 15
and I want to show you. Matthew
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chapter 15 a conversation
taking... The Pharisees you know
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they always were trying to find
reasons to argue with Jesus.
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And by the way, the same
tradition continues today. There
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are many pastors in different
denominations that are arguing
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with Jesus. Because he
says, If you love me, keep my
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commandments. They say I love
you but I'm not keeping your
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commandments. God says, Remember
the Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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They say I'm going to keep a
day holy, but not the Sabbath
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day. They're still arguing with
Jesus to this very day. So look
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at Matthew chapter 15 and we're
going to look at verse one and
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follow along with me. Then the
scribes and Pharisees who were
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from Jerusalem came to Jesus
saying, Why do your disciples
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transgress the tradition of
the elders for they do not wash
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their hands when they eat bread.
There are a lot of things in the
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world today if you really
decided if you wanted to go to
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church on the weekend you'd
probably have nine-tenths of
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this community saying what's
up with going on Saturday?
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Everybody else is going on
Sunday. What's up with going on
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Saturday? So the question
could come to us, why are you
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transgressing the tradition
of the elders. Look at the next
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verse. But he answered and said
to them (Jesus spoke up now) why
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do you also do what? Transgress
the commandment of God because
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of what? Your tradition. It's
between what God says and man's
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tradition. It has been that
way for a long time. Before Rome
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came along and started making
changes, before the Protestant
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reformation even was ignited
tradition and truth had always
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been in argument from the
garden of Eden. A tradition was
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established that people die and
they don't really die. That was
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the first tradition established
and it went on through the Old
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Testament. Jesus fought that
in the New Testament. That's why
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when Jesus came he showed up
to raise Lazarus after Lazarus
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had been dead for four days. He
came after four days because the
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tradition was the soul tried
for three days to get back into
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the body and if it was
successful then they came back
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to life. Jesus stayed away for
four days to let them know, I'll
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say this the way they said
in New York, Ain't no soul going
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back in anybody's body.
When you're dead everything dies
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together. Amen somebody. So
Jesus came back to let people
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know the only way that anybody's
coming back to life is I Am the
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resurrection and the life.
It's always been about tradition
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versus what the Bible teaches.
Continuing to go on. And then
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Jesus said, going down further.
Let's go to verse seven, verses
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seven, eight and nine. Jesus
just made it very clear because
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the Pharisees and scribes just
kept on arguing with him about
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another tradition. And he said
in verse seven; what'd he say?
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Hypocrites, well did
Isaiah prophesy about you
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saying, and look at this. These
people draw near to me with
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their what? Mouths - Praise God,
love you Jesus, oh Lord I'll do
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anything to follow
you, Hallelujah, Hallelujah.
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Honor me with their lips
but their heart is far from me.
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Now I want to clarify something.
There are many people that don't
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know anything but tradition.
Amen? But when they look for
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truth what will they do? They'll
find it. And when they find it
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they quickly run in the
direction of light and they
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abandon tradition. Amongst us
tonight are many who have done
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that. There are many that have
come out of darkness into God's
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marvelous light and by following
God's word, it leads them to
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where God wants them to be.
Amen? And look what he goes on
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further to say. And this
is why the topic is so vitally
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important. It has nothing to do
with preference. Because people
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might say that works for you,
this works for me. If it was
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what worked for you then we
would not need a Bible. We could
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all just decide what we want
to be, you know, what we want to
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worship. But you saw in the Old
Testament, the Lord, every time
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the Israelites established a
false altar next to God's true
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altar, he said to the king,
break down those altars. Clear
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out the groves. And the
commandment is don't worship the
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Lord in vain. But look at what
he says in verse nine. And in
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what? Vain, they worship
me teaching as doctrines the
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commandments of men. This is the
foundation of this topic. Today
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there are many Christians
maybe watching this show or this
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program that... or listening
to this program, that may be
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doing many things that they
don't understand. I know someone
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said to me once when they found
out about the Bible Sabbath,
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they said it was strange.
This topic never came up in my
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denomination. It just really
never came up. We just went to
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church on Sunday, we sang songs,
we praised the Lord, we honored
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the Lord by what we knew but
this topic just never came up.
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But when we heard it and
followed it through we said wait
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a minute. There's more to God's
word than I've heard thus far.
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And so the key is when the
Lord speaks to us and you hear a
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voice behind you saying this is
the way, walk ye in it, that we
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must haste and walk in the way
that God wants us to walk. As a
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matter of fact, go with me
to I John chapter 1. I'm just
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laying some foundation and then
we're going to go to the screen
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here in just a moment, but I
want to lay some foundation here
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because a lot of people say well
I know the Lord, but we want to
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make sure that when Jesus comes
back... Matter of fact, let me
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put this in sequence. You went
to I John. Go to Matthew chapter
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7. My mind, the Holy Spirit
just comes into my brain and I
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feel like a guy standing under
Niagara Falls. It's just pouring
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into my head. Amen? When you
open God's word and you pray for
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God to lead you, believe me, he
surely will. Now look at Matthew
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chapter seven, verses 21-23. You
see Jesus put in the stone of
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his church, in the wall
of Christianity, Jesus wrote
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certain cautions for Christians.
Right now the church has become
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a full service industry. In
other words, you know, we feed
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the hungry, we clothe the
naked, we have shelters, we have
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missionaries, we have all these
things the churches do for the
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government. You know, we
have feeding programs, we have
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halfway houses, we have drug
rehabilitation centers, we have
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places where women can go
for rescue. All these things the
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church has. The church has
become a full service industry.
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And everything it does is well
needed. But look what the Lord
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said, Be careful, don't get
doing what you do and forget
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what I told you to do. Okay look
at Matthew 7:21. Not everyone
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who says to me what? Lord,
Lord shall enter the kingdom of
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heaven, but he who does the will
of my Father in heaven. Many
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verse 22, will say to me in that
day, Lord, Lord, have we not
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prophesied in your name,
cast out demons in your name and
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done many wonders (as the King
James Version says) wonderful
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works in thy name? And then
I will declare to them, I never
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knew you. The most important
thing, and this is life eternal
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that you know, that you
know, John 17:3, and this is
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life eternal that you know. But
he says, then I will declare to
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them I never knew you.
Depart from me you who practice
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lawlessness, or worketh
iniquity. Depending on the
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translation you have. Practice
lawlessness, that means you
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decide to live without adherence
to my law. You practice iniquity
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That means you purposely out
of harmony with my law and you
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refuse to get in harmony with it
You practiced it. You didn't get
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there by accident, you knew
it but you practiced something
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completely different. This is
not about people that are lost
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out of ignorance. This is about
people who practice to ignore
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what God says to do. Let's
go to I John chapter, I John.
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Foundation is important because
when we get into the lesson you
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better have on your deep sea
diving gear because this is no
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lesson for this who like to
water ski. You at least got to
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have a good umbrella because
the Holy Spirit's going to rain
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into our minds what we need to
know. I John chapter 2, I John
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chapter 2. All right. And
I'm going to look at verses 3
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and 4. And I'm reading God's
word. I just want to say that
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before I read this text because
I remember reading this text
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to a pastor once who was
just like nose to nose with me
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arguing with me and he kept
saying why don't you just give
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me your opinion. Stop reading
the Bible every minute. And I
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said to him, my opinion? My
opinion means nothing. He said
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can you just answer me without
every minute the Bible says,
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the Bible says. I said my
brother, what can my opinion do?
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It's crazy. Actually it's on
video when I was in a program
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in California called Round Table
Anyway, we were arguing over
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something different. Here's
what the Bible says, but he just
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wanted my opinion. Here's what
the Bible says. I John chapter 2
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verses 3 and 4. Remember why did
Jesus say depart from me. What
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four words did Jesus use that
resulted in their loss. He said
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I never knew you. Now you
want to know if you know Jesus?
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There's a check and balance, you
could know whether or not you
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know Jesus. If I say I
know Terry then say okay tell me
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something about him. Well, I
just know him but I can't tell
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you anything about him. See you
got to know that you know. Look
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at verse 3: Now by this, what
are the next two words? We know
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that we know him. We got to
know we can't leave salvation to
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chance. How do we know, together
if we keep his commandments.
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If we keep his commandments then
the Lord says, Yeah he knows me.
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He knows me, she knows me, they
know me. Now look at the next
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verse. Boy! He who says I
know him and does not keep his
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commandments, together, is a
liar and the truth is not in...
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Run as far as you can from a man
who says, from a woman who says,
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from a church that says, we know
the Lord. You guys honor the
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commandments. They were nailed
to the cross. Get in your car
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and burn rubber, thanks a lot,
burn rubber. That's a good one,
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burn rubber. Don't walk
away slowly and say maybe, maybe
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it doesn't matter. No read your
Bible and then follow what the
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word says. If you read your
Bible, you know what? You can
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pick out where God want's you
to go. Let me show you that this
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is not just not just a New
Testament concept. Go now to
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Isaiah 8, we're going to look
at verse 16 and verse 20. I'm
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showing you that this is
always been the issue, it hasn't
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changed. A lie has always been
a lie and truth has always been
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truth. Can I get an amen to that
God doesn't change. He says I am
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the Lord, I change not. I am
the same yesterday, today and
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forever. What we're reading
in the New Testament is showing
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that that's always been the
issue. That's always been the
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issue. Here it is. Isaiah 8
and look at verse 16. Isaiah 8
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and verse 16: The Lord's word
says, Bind up the testimony,
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seal my law among my what?
So if you find disciples of
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Jesus what will you find among
them, his what? His law. His law
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and his testimony, his law and
his testimony. The commandments
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of God and the testimony
of Jesus. You're going to find
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those two things wherever you
find the disciples of Jesus. Now
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look at verse 20. To the law and
to the testimony, if they do not
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speak according to this word it
is because there is, together,
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no light in them. Why would you
intentionally go where there is
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no light. How many of you,
please don't try this. Somebody
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told me the other night, we
were talking about full moon.
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Somebody said when the moon
is full out here they turn their
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headlights off. I'm keeping
my headlights on even though the
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moon is full. Right? Because
a deer might say oh good no cars
00:24:52.65\00:24:58.39
are coming. Don't turn your
light off especially when it's
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dark. Amen. In this world where
it is dark the Lord said in the
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last days darkness will
cover the inhabitants and gross
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darkness the people. Isaiah
chapter 50 says arise, shine,
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for your light has come and the
glory of the Lord has risen upon
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you and shall be seen upon you
wherever, wherever the people of
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God are, there should always be
light. Amen? Thy word is a lamp
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unto my feet and a light unto my
path. But what's happening today
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is before truth can even
get it's clothes on the lie is
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running all over the world
parading in truth's clothes.
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You heard that story before?
You know Truth was on a long
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journey going through another
town. He had just gone from
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town to town spreading the truth
but he had been so exhausted
00:25:52.65\00:25:57.29
from the day before that on the
way to this new town he saw a
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big, nice pond, as it were, a
little lake. And Truth said, I'm
00:26:02.46\00:26:07.10
so exhausted and it's so hot I'm
just going to disrobe and just
00:26:07.16\00:26:11.77
take a nice swim in this
lake and then come back out and
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continue to the next town so I
can share the truth there. When
00:26:14.37\00:26:20.04
he got out, when he got out, he
realized his clothing was gone.
00:26:20.08\00:26:25.78
What had happened was while
Truth was on his way to the next
00:26:25.81\00:26:31.85
town the Lie was following him.
A Lie was following him and when
00:26:31.92\00:26:37.93
he saw Truth take off his
clothing and he didn't have any
00:26:37.96\00:26:42.83
clothing of his own, he said
perfect opportunity. The Lie,
00:26:42.86\00:26:47.67
that was completely naked took
the clothing of Truth and put it
00:26:47.70\00:26:53.68
on. So the Truth didn't have
anything to wear. He came out
00:26:53.71\00:26:58.21
of the lake, what do I do. I
can't go to the next town this
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way. But somebody knowing that
Truth was coming watching out,
00:27:02.45\00:27:07.12
they said I see somebody in the
distance. I see somebody... Hey
00:27:07.16\00:27:12.23
it looks like, yeah, the Truth
is on the way. And when he got
00:27:12.26\00:27:15.93
closer somebody said uh-uh,
that's not the Truth. He said I
00:27:15.96\00:27:20.34
know the guy. That's a Lie
in Truth's clothing. So what
00:27:20.37\00:27:24.54
happened to Truth? Well, you
know running from bush to bush
00:27:24.57\00:27:28.71
and tree to tree trying to make
his was to town. And somebody on
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the top of the hill said I see
him coming. Here comes the naked
00:27:31.78\00:27:39.55
Truth. Brethren, let me make the
point. There's a point behind
00:27:39.59\00:27:47.70
that. It just softens you up and
makes you think again. A lie has
00:27:47.73\00:27:55.80
been clothed with the clothing
of truth. Preachers that look
00:27:55.84\00:28:01.18
like they'll tell you the truth,
they wear clothing that looks
00:28:01.21\00:28:06.51
like they should tell the
truth but they're telling lies.
00:28:06.55\00:28:10.32
Churches have become places
where Satan tells the biggest
00:28:10.35\00:28:14.89
lies. Funerals have become
places where lies are told every
00:28:14.92\00:28:18.63
service. He's in heaven. His
soul is in a better place. He's
00:28:18.66\00:28:22.53
my angel now, he's watching over
me. So this topic, I'm laying
00:28:22.56\00:28:25.77
this foundation. Very important
because this is a topic that's
00:28:25.80\00:28:29.04
going to make you take a second
breath. Because what we're going
00:28:29.07\00:28:32.84
to do in the next two or three,
maybe four broadcasts, we're
00:28:32.87\00:28:37.51
going to uncover where this
massive lie that is so huge that
00:28:37.55\00:28:41.68
every continent you go to there
are people all over the world
00:28:41.72\00:28:46.59
where they sincerely, or
ignorantly, or without knowledge
00:28:46.62\00:28:51.43
or some boldly by just rejecting
truth, they're honoring a day
00:28:51.46\00:28:56.70
that God never set up. But we
have to know a couple of things.
00:28:56.73\00:29:01.37
One: God knew what was going to
happen. Secondly: He still has
00:29:01.40\00:29:06.01
made a way that even if
you've made that decision out of
00:29:06.04\00:29:09.31
ignorance you can correct it.
Amen? Let's go now to the first
00:29:09.34\00:29:14.68
question. God knew that somebody
see the devil did it in the very
00:29:14.72\00:29:18.62
beginning. Why would he change
his tactics? He started that out
00:29:18.65\00:29:23.06
in the garden. Once he made his
first inroads as he did in the
00:29:23.09\00:29:27.46
garden of Eden, he made the
first impression as he did in
00:29:27.50\00:29:30.50
the garden of Eden. He was
too happy to change, so he kept
00:29:30.53\00:29:33.47
going from one teaching to the
next to the next and today let's
00:29:33.50\00:29:36.64
look at the society in which
we live. The Sabbath has been
00:29:36.67\00:29:39.84
distorted, one of the
first institutions God blessed.
00:29:39.87\00:29:42.11
And what else has been distorted
that God blessed in the garden
00:29:42.14\00:29:45.65
of Eden? Marriage. The devil has
been working on this one for a
00:29:45.68\00:29:49.15
long time. But people are not
upset about the Sabbath change
00:29:49.18\00:29:53.15
because it happened a long time
ago. But I tell you, if marriage
00:29:53.19\00:29:57.09
was changed around the same time
the Sabbath was changed, people
00:29:57.13\00:30:00.76
would have been marrying the
same sex for centuries already.
00:30:00.80\00:30:04.40
And today it would have
been nothing but a tradition.
00:30:04.43\00:30:07.87
We don't want to worship
tradition, we want to worship
00:30:07.90\00:30:11.87
Jesus. Let's look at the
first question. Here it is: What
00:30:11.91\00:30:17.91
warning is given about a power
that would arise against God's
00:30:17.95\00:30:23.75
law? What warning is given about
a power that would arise against
00:30:23.79\00:30:28.06
God's law. Let's go to the book
of Daniel. We're going to spend
00:30:28.12\00:30:33.36
most of our time in Daniel
tonight. Daniel is the sister of
00:30:33.40\00:30:37.97
Revelation, Revelation is
the sister of Daniel. These two
00:30:38.00\00:30:42.14
books work in partnership, one
giving us a glimpse of how it
00:30:42.17\00:30:45.64
was going to be, another one
giving a glimpse of how it was
00:30:45.67\00:30:49.14
and how it shall be. Okay,
so Daniel is going forward.
00:30:49.18\00:30:53.78
Revelation is looking back and
then going the rest of the way.
00:30:53.82\00:30:56.69
Daniel going forward from
Babylon to the very end of time
00:30:56.72\00:31:01.52
John is looking back as it
happened and then going to the
00:31:01.56\00:31:05.49
rest of the sentence. So these
two books work hand in hand.
00:31:05.53\00:31:09.10
So there are things that Daniel
put down, like foundationally,
00:31:09.13\00:31:12.67
the Revelation expands and
explodes and brings into full
00:31:12.70\00:31:16.17
vivid clarity. Daniel 7 verse 25
and here it is on the screen for
00:31:16.20\00:31:19.74
the first one. All right.
Whatever translation you have
00:31:19.77\00:31:23.51
is fine. Speaking of this power
that would arise, we're going
00:31:23.55\00:31:26.55
to go from verse to verse here.
The Bible says in Daniel 7 verse
00:31:26.58\00:31:29.58
25, let's read this verse
when we get it on the screen.
00:31:29.62\00:31:32.35
He shall speak what? Pompous
words against the Most High, and
00:31:32.39\00:31:39.59
shall persecute the saints of
the Most High and shall intend
00:31:39.63\00:31:45.33
or think, as the King James
Version says, to change what?
00:31:45.37\00:31:51.24
Times and laws. Not only that:
Then the saints shall be given
00:31:51.27\00:31:57.15
into his hand for a what? Time
and times and what else? a half
00:31:57.18\00:32:02.38
a time. So now, what warning is
given about a power that would
00:32:02.42\00:32:07.19
arise against God's law? The
warning is he would change two
00:32:07.22\00:32:12.09
things: Times and what else?
Laws. We'll find out who this
00:32:12.16\00:32:17.00
power is in just a moment,
but just start with that.
00:32:17.03\00:32:19.10
The warning would be this power
is going to arise to change
00:32:19.13\00:32:22.44
times and laws. There's
something else he's going to do.
00:32:22.47\00:32:25.67
And I'll just go ahead and give
you since the verse included
00:32:25.71\00:32:28.61
that. When it refers to time,
times and a half a time, or time
00:32:28.64\00:32:32.41
times and the dividing of time,
as in the King James Version
00:32:32.45\00:32:36.72
communicates it. In the
Bible, when they calculated time
00:32:36.75\00:32:41.02
specifically Daniel was in
Babylon. At the time that he
00:32:41.06\00:32:45.26
wrote this they calculated time
in this manner. Let me ask you
00:32:45.29\00:32:49.26
all intellectual people,
how many degrees is in a circle?
00:32:49.30\00:32:53.70
Three sixty. Okay, if I went
around that circle one time, how
00:32:53.74\00:32:57.37
many degrees did I cover?
Three hundred and sixty. So one
00:32:57.41\00:33:01.51
full cycle is what? Three sixty.
If I went around that circle
00:33:01.54\00:33:06.18
twice and doubled that, how much
is that? Seven... If I only went
00:33:06.21\00:33:10.79
around half way what is that?
Somebody once said I made a
00:33:10.82\00:33:15.89
complete 360 degree turn and
went in the opposite direction.
00:33:15.92\00:33:20.10
If you make a 360 and go in the
opposite direction either you
00:33:20.13\00:33:22.70
don't know fractions or you're
going in the wrong direction.
00:33:22.73\00:33:27.00
Because to go in the opposite
direction you have to make a 180
00:33:27.04\00:33:32.94
Three sixty time, 720 times, 180
half a time or dividing of time.
00:33:32.97\00:33:38.51
When you add that up this power
would have an extent of life for
00:33:38.55\00:33:44.02
1260 years. And then something
else this power would do.
00:33:44.05\00:33:49.26
The Bible says the saints shall
be given into his hand for time,
00:33:49.29\00:33:54.80
times, and half a time. Not
only that, we're going to find
00:33:54.83\00:33:57.60
that all these things... You see
this one singular verse is going
00:33:57.63\00:34:01.60
to explode, kind of like, you
know when you buy cake batter
00:34:01.64\00:34:05.77
and you mix it all together
and you leave it in the oven. It
00:34:05.81\00:34:09.18
starts rising, starts rising.
You think how could something
00:34:09.21\00:34:12.61
that seems so small produce so
much? But the other thing that
00:34:12.65\00:34:16.25
this verse tells us is he will
speak great words, or pompous
00:34:16.28\00:34:19.72
words against the Most High.
He'll also persecute the saints
00:34:19.75\00:34:23.22
of the Most High. So this is
a very ruthless power. So what
00:34:23.26\00:34:26.70
we're going to do next. Did you
put that in. You can put as many
00:34:26.73\00:34:29.50
answers as you'd like in that
first question, but now let's go
00:34:29.53\00:34:34.40
to Daniel chapter 7 verses 7-8
for the next question. Daniel
00:34:34.47\00:34:39.74
chapter 7 and verse 7 to verse
8. And by the way there are nine
00:34:39.77\00:34:43.75
answers we're going to give
as we read these two scriptures
00:34:43.78\00:34:48.48
together. All right. Question
number two: How does the Bible
00:34:48.52\00:34:53.86
identify the power that would
attack God's Law? How does the
00:34:53.89\00:34:58.93
Bible identify the power that
would attack God's Law? Daniel
00:34:58.96\00:35:03.63
seven, we'll begin in verse
7 and then we'll go to Daniel
00:35:03.67\00:35:08.27
chapter 7 and verse 8. All right
It'll be on the screen. We're
00:35:08.30\00:35:12.91
going to walk through this
together. Now we didn't go to
00:35:12.94\00:35:16.91
the verses before that yet.
We're going to go to those next.
00:35:16.95\00:35:20.78
I just want to concentrate
on this fourth beast first and
00:35:20.82\00:35:24.59
outline the nine ways that we
could identify this fourth beast
00:35:24.65\00:35:29.12
All right? Daniel said: After
this I saw in the what? Night
00:35:29.16\00:35:32.73
vision, that means in a dream.
Matter of fact, God gave him a
00:35:32.76\00:35:37.67
vision at night. And behold, a
what? beast? Fourth beast. Let's
00:35:37.70\00:35:42.60
look at this. Dreadful and
terrible, exceedingly strong.
00:35:42.64\00:35:49.88
It had what? Huge iron teeth;
it was devouring, breaking in
00:35:49.94\00:35:55.85
pieces and trampling the residue
with its feet. Don't want to
00:35:55.88\00:36:01.76
run into this beast. It was,
together, different or diverse,
00:36:01.79\00:36:07.13
from all the beasts that were
before it and it had 10 horns.
00:36:07.16\00:36:12.40
Continuing in verse 8: I was
considering the horns and there
00:36:12.43\00:36:17.87
was another horn, a what? A
little one coming up among them,
00:36:17.91\00:36:23.58
before whom three of the first
horns were what? Plucked out by
00:36:23.65\00:36:29.32
the roots and there, in this
horn were eyes like the eyes of
00:36:29.35\00:36:34.52
a man, and a mouth speaking
what? Pompous words or great
00:36:34.56\00:36:39.43
things, or blasphemies. So
we find here, we got to go and
00:36:39.46\00:36:44.30
break these down together. The
first thing that we discovered,
00:36:44.33\00:36:47.37
and I'm going to give you them
one at a time. It's not on the
00:36:47.40\00:36:50.41
screen but I'm going to give it
to you so you got to listen. The
00:36:50.44\00:36:53.38
first thing that the Bible
describes about this beast,
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.08
write this down, it was
dreadful and terrible and
00:36:56.11\00:36:59.88
exceedingly strong. It was
dreadful, it was terrible, it
00:36:59.91\00:37:04.02
was exceedingly strong. In just
a moment we're going to see the
00:37:04.05\00:37:07.56
other beasts so don't fear that
that was left out. This beast
00:37:07.59\00:37:11.16
was dreadful, terrible, and
exceedingly strong. That's the
00:37:11.19\00:37:15.40
first thing that is pointed
out about this beast. The second
00:37:15.43\00:37:19.00
thing that is pointed out,
so if you saw something that was
00:37:19.03\00:37:22.54
dreadful and terrible and
exceedingly strong would you
00:37:22.57\00:37:27.04
want to tackle that? You got
to get help, and in this case,
00:37:27.08\00:37:31.58
divine help. The other thing
it points out is this beast will
00:37:31.61\00:37:35.82
never get a cavity because what
kind of teeth did it have? Iron
00:37:35.85\00:37:41.86
teeth, iron. That is the second
one, iron, huge iron teeth, huge
00:37:41.89\00:37:47.86
iron teeth. Sounds like those
earth movers, you know, those
00:37:47.90\00:37:52.57
things that whenever they start
a construction project you see
00:37:52.60\00:37:56.91
this thing that just goes and
just cracks the concrete through
00:37:56.94\00:38:01.34
anything and it's huge iron and
it just rips out stuff that you
00:38:01.38\00:38:05.51
could not normally move at all.
That's the second identifying
00:38:05.55\00:38:09.78
point. What did it do with the
huge iron teeth and the big old
00:38:09.82\00:38:14.29
feet. It was devouring, breaking
and trampling. That's the third
00:38:14.32\00:38:18.76
one. Write this down. It was
devouring, it was breaking, it
00:38:18.79\00:38:23.26
was trampling. What a power.
That meant wherever this power
00:38:23.30\00:38:27.70
went nothing could withstand it.
It's attitude was dreadful. It's
00:38:27.74\00:38:33.04
mindset was terrible. It's power
and it's authority was strong
00:38:33.07\00:38:38.28
exceedingly. It would chew up
anything that came in its way.
00:38:38.31\00:38:43.45
And the third point, it
was devouring, breaking and
00:38:43.49\00:38:46.96
trampling. But this is very
interesting, the fourth one.
00:38:46.99\00:38:49.56
The Bible says it was different,
from, it was different. It was
00:38:49.59\00:38:54.53
different from the first three.
We'll find out in just a moment
00:38:54.56\00:38:59.17
what that meant. It was what?
Different. Now we'll see as we
00:38:59.20\00:39:03.71
go on to identify the next three
how different it was. All right?
00:39:03.77\00:39:09.21
How different it was. Okay. I
actually, you didn't see it but
00:39:09.24\00:39:14.85
I actually kind of helped you
guys out a little bit. Let me
00:39:14.88\00:39:19.95
see. Ha, no I didn't. That was
nice, teacher's copy. Okay. I
00:39:19.99\00:39:24.59
thought I helped you out but
man I spoon fed that. But that's
00:39:24.66\00:39:30.07
my teacher's copy, okay, my copy
The next thing, number five, it
00:39:30.10\00:39:35.54
had how many horns? Ten horns.
Now just put that beast together
00:39:35.57\00:39:39.34
in your mind. We're going to
get a picture of it in a moment.
00:39:39.37\00:39:42.84
Just put that beast together
in your mind. You see this thing
00:39:42.91\00:39:48.08
coming down the street. You're
not going to say here kitty,
00:39:48.15\00:39:52.22
kitty. You're not going to say
(repeated kissing sound) come
00:39:52.25\00:39:55.92
here boy. You're going to
look for the nearest door and do
00:39:55.96\00:39:59.79
what? Go behind it and what?
Shut it. You going to close your
00:39:59.86\00:40:03.33
car. You're going to run for
help. Am I telling the truth?
00:40:03.37\00:40:08.10
What you have to get about
this power is it terrified every
00:40:08.14\00:40:12.81
nation that it pursued.
That was what they saw coming
00:40:12.84\00:40:17.61
politically, religiously,
militarily. Nothing could
00:40:17.65\00:40:21.95
withstand the approaching
ruthlessness of this power.
00:40:21.98\00:40:26.22
It had 10 horns. But not point
number six: It rooted out, it
00:40:26.25\00:40:32.16
plucked our three horns by the
root. When you pluck something
00:40:32.19\00:40:36.90
out by the root is it coming
back. It isn't coming back. It's
00:40:36.93\00:40:41.70
what? It's gone. When you pluck
it out by the roots it's not
00:40:41.77\00:40:45.97
coming back. This horn, whatever
stood in its path, it just
00:40:46.01\00:40:51.51
ripped it out by the roots.
It left nothing that did not
00:40:51.55\00:40:56.25
harmonize with it. It left
nothing untouched that did not
00:40:56.28\00:41:00.96
accept it's theory, it's
ideologies, it's politics,
00:41:00.99\00:41:04.49
it's religion. The next thing
after those three horns were
00:41:04.53\00:41:09.76
rooted out what came up in the
place of it? It replaced them
00:41:09.80\00:41:17.71
with a little horn. That's
the seventh point. A little horn
00:41:17.77\00:41:24.38
came up and I put it replaced
them with a little horn. It
00:41:24.41\00:41:29.18
replaced the three that were
rooted out with a little horn.
00:41:29.22\00:41:33.02
I'm going to give you a little
history lesson here in just a
00:41:33.05\00:41:38.76
moment. All right. And the other
one; it had what kind of eye?
00:41:38.79\00:41:44.00
Eyes like a man. You might think
what other kind of eyes are
00:41:44.03\00:41:49.20
there? There's a spiritual
significance here. The Bible
00:41:49.24\00:41:53.74
says God does not see as
man sees. Man looks at the what?
00:41:53.78\00:41:57.68
Outward appearance. God looks
at the what? Heart. But this
00:41:57.71\00:42:01.55
power didn't see like God saw.
God saw what this power couldn't
00:42:01.58\00:42:07.42
see. This power only say what
man could see. It had earthly
00:42:07.46\00:42:12.29
vision. It didn't have any
heavenly connection. It had eyes
00:42:12.36\00:42:17.17
like a man's eyes. That
means it only had limited
00:42:17.20\00:42:22.10
understanding. It only could see
what God revealed. You see the
00:42:22.14\00:42:27.08
Lord says, Amos 3:7- Surely the
Lord God will do nothing except
00:42:27.14\00:42:31.91
he reveal his secrets to his
servants the prophets. So since
00:42:31.95\00:42:35.98
this power was not connected to
God, did this power know God's
00:42:36.02\00:42:40.29
speakers, yes or no. Absolutely
not. Because the Bible said that
00:42:40.32\00:42:44.59
would not reveal anything
to any power that is not his
00:42:44.63\00:42:48.50
servant. Now when the servants
received it, it was now made
00:42:48.56\00:42:51.80
known then this power would
know about it. But here's a very
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.00
important point. I want to build
on that very statement. The last
00:42:55.04\00:42:58.24
point under number nine, let
me give you that before I just
00:42:58.27\00:43:01.78
leave you with a cliff hanger.
It spoke blasphemous words.
00:43:01.81\00:43:06.21
The words says pompous is the
Hebrew and it is blasphemous.
00:43:06.25\00:43:10.62
The King James Version
says great words. Correct? Great
00:43:10.65\00:43:14.96
words against the Most High. Any
time you're speaking against God
00:43:14.99\00:43:19.59
that's blasphemy. So this power
was disrespectful to the _,
00:43:19.63\00:43:24.13
disrespectful to Divinity, could
care less about humanity, could
00:43:24.17\00:43:29.27
care less about nations and
kingdoms. All it was concerned
00:43:29.30\00:43:35.58
about was its own agenda.
Anything that it wanted to do it
00:43:35.61\00:43:38.85
did. Nothing could stop
it. I want to give you a little
00:43:38.88\00:43:44.22
now because when the Bible
speaks of powers Daniel received
00:43:44.25\00:43:49.22
this vision about four world
empires. About how many empires?
00:43:49.26\00:43:54.90
Four. But before Daniel received
this vision, when Daniel was a
00:43:54.93\00:43:59.60
young man taken into captivity
in Babylon, King Nebuchadnezzar
00:43:59.63\00:44:06.01
who took him in changed his name
from Daniel to Belteshazzar and
00:44:06.04\00:44:11.15
changed Hananiah, Mischael and
Azariah to Shadrach, Meshach and
00:44:11.18\00:44:16.25
Abednego. There was another king
there and he had a vision. What
00:44:16.28\00:44:21.36
the Bible does, and this is
something that prophecy does,
00:44:21.39\00:44:25.26
you'll find the same thing
in Revelation, it reveals again
00:44:25.29\00:44:29.20
and it amplifies. So that
redundancy... You know that we
00:44:29.23\00:44:34.07
use the same phrase today,
repetition is the best teacher.
00:44:34.10\00:44:40.51
Right? Repetition is the best
teacher. Okay so you'll hear
00:44:40.54\00:44:46.85
that when you're going home in
your car, repetition is the best
00:44:46.88\00:44:51.72
can you repeat that. So you'll
find God gives a little piece,
00:44:51.75\00:44:55.89
he repeats it again, he adds
more, he repeats it again, he
00:44:55.92\00:44:59.33
adds more until the whole
picture... Now there's a reason
00:44:59.36\00:45:02.70
why God does that. If he showed
Daniel everything that was going
00:45:02.73\00:45:06.47
to happen from there on then the
devil would have said, we've got
00:45:06.50\00:45:10.31
all the information we need. God
said, I'm only going to reveal
00:45:10.34\00:45:14.11
what they need to know in their
time. When I get down to John
00:45:14.14\00:45:17.55
the apostle, I'll give them the
rest and I'll put that in such
00:45:17.58\00:45:20.32
codes and symbols that they
won't be able to figure it out,
00:45:20.35\00:45:24.09
just my servants. Amen somebody?
That's how God works. Let me go
00:45:24.12\00:45:28.86
to Daniel 2 very quickly, let's
go to Daniel 2 very quickly, and
00:45:28.92\00:45:33.46
I want you to see the same thing
because these... And the reason
00:45:33.50\00:45:38.03
I'm going to do this comparison
is, Daniel 2. Why am I in
00:45:38.07\00:45:45.41
Ezekiel 14. It's not that
far back. Okay. Daniel 2. See
00:45:45.44\00:45:52.71
Nebuchadnezzar and his
Belshazzar Nebuchadnezzar.
00:45:52.75\00:46:00.29
Belshazzar is the grandson of
Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar
00:46:00.32\00:46:07.26
took the Jews into captivity
when Daniel was a young boy. And
00:46:07.30\00:46:13.60
the Lord said to Nebuchadnezzar,
being the first ruling,
00:46:13.64\00:46:16.47
reigning, the most monolithic
great power on earth, God said I
know you're big and
00:46:16.50\00:46:20.14
bad and frightful, you got
all this gold, you got a dynamic
00:46:20.18\00:46:23.38
kingdom but let me tell you
something; this is temporary.
00:46:23.41\00:46:28.12
Amen. I recorded the words,
I saw this a Steve Jobs final
00:46:28.18\00:46:32.82
testimony, if I was thinking I'd
have brought it with me to let
00:46:32.85\00:46:35.56
you read it and he said, more
than anything else, I'm just
00:46:35.59\00:46:38.29
going to say this, he said as
he got toward the closing days
00:46:38.33\00:46:42.10
of his life... Steve Jobs is the
CEO/founder of Apple. He's one
00:46:42.13\00:46:45.90
of the founders of Apple
computers. But he said, I have
00:46:45.93\00:46:51.51
come to discover that
possessions, fame, fortune,
00:46:51.54\00:46:54.21
material wealth, monetary wealth
means nothing as life begins to
00:46:54.28\00:47:01.22
close. He said value those
things that mean something like
00:47:01.25\00:47:07.59
family and love and
relationships and friends. For
00:47:07.62\00:47:10.63
all this money, all these
possessions that I have amassed
00:47:10.66\00:47:14.56
all this fame that I have been
noted for is nothing as with
00:47:14.60\00:47:18.73
none of those things can I
reverse my destiny. In other
00:47:18.77\00:47:21.94
words, I'm going to die and
I can't buy my way out of this.
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.11
And I was mindful of that when
I was in Dubai. My wife and I
00:47:25.17\00:47:28.28
were there and they told
me about the sheikhs that were
00:47:28.31\00:47:31.35
there; these very, very, very
wealthy men. But he said when
00:47:31.41\00:47:34.42
they die these great kings
that have put up towers, 162
00:47:34.45\00:47:36.62
stories tall and they build
everything because they can
00:47:36.69\00:47:39.62
afford it. When then die
that said they just wrap them in
00:47:39.65\00:47:42.52
grave clothing, they call them
a shroud, and they take them to
00:47:42.56\00:47:46.46
the desert and bury them in an
unmarked grave. No great fanfare
00:47:46.49\00:47:52.23
no hail king blah blah blah, no
see ya. Wouldn't want to be ya.
00:47:52.27\00:47:56.57
And the sand just covers the
grave over in just a matter of
00:47:56.60\00:48:00.24
minutes and when they go back
to find out where he was except
00:48:00.28\00:48:03.85
they bury him with a
GPS you won't find him until
00:48:03.88\00:48:07.38
resurrection day. So
Nebuchadnezzar gets this
00:48:07.42\00:48:10.82
dream. I'm going to go right to
the dream, I'm going to go right
00:48:10.89\00:48:13.19
to the dream. All right.
Okay. Daniel chapter 2. Okay.
00:48:13.22\00:48:20.70
And let's look at this wonderful
dream here. His spirit was
00:48:20.76\00:48:26.94
troubled. I'm going to go to the
interpretation. Daniel chapter 2
00:48:26.97\00:48:33.38
verse 31, verse 31, all right.
This is Daniel speaking because
00:48:33.41\00:48:39.81
none of the soothsayers and
astrologers and magicians and
00:48:39.85\00:48:43.72
none of the men that were
ungodly motivated could even
00:48:43.75\00:48:47.12
find out what this was. But
God spoke through Daniel and
00:48:47.16\00:48:50.79
revealed it to Nebuchadnezzar.
Daniel said, You, O King were
00:48:50.83\00:48:54.66
watching and behold, verse 31,
a great image. This great image
00:48:54.70\00:48:58.37
whose splendor was excellent
stood before you and it's form
00:48:58.43\00:49:03.57
was what? Awesome! This image's
head was of what? Fine gold.
00:49:03.61\00:49:08.54
Its chest and arms of what?
Silver. It's belly and thighs of
00:49:08.58\00:49:14.12
what? Bronze. And verse 33,
it's legs of what? Iron. Its
00:49:14.15\00:49:19.59
feet partly iron and partly clay
You watched while a stone was
00:49:19.65\00:49:26.39
cut out without hands which
struck the image on its feet of
00:49:26.43\00:49:33.03
iron and clay and broke it in
pieces. Then the iron, the clay,
00:49:33.07\00:49:39.17
the bronze, the silver and the
gold were crushed together and
00:49:39.24\00:49:44.65
became like chaff from the
summer threshing floor and the
00:49:44.68\00:49:50.02
wind carried them away, I like
this part and I praise God every
00:49:50.09\00:49:53.66
time I read this, so that
together, no trace of them was
00:49:53.69\00:49:58.89
found. No trace and the stone
that struck the image became a
00:49:58.93\00:50:04.07
what? A great mountain and
what? Filled the whole earth.
00:50:04.10\00:50:07.74
So you're going to see that
these images, let me just go
00:50:07.77\00:50:11.37
ahead and give this very quickly
go the question number three.
00:50:11.41\00:50:15.98
So you see gold, what's next?
Silver, what's next? Bronze or
00:50:16.01\00:50:19.98
brass, and what's after that?
Iron. And what's after that?
00:50:20.02\00:50:24.59
Iron and clay. So once again,
first metal is what? Gold.
00:50:24.65\00:50:28.79
What's next? Silver. What's
next? Bronze. What's last?
00:50:28.82\00:50:32.89
Iron and then, together, iron
and clay. So what's starts out?
00:50:32.93\00:50:36.60
The most valuable one is first.
What's more valuable, iron and
00:50:36.63\00:50:40.47
clay or gold? Gold. Okay. So
you're going to see something
00:50:40.54\00:50:44.27
now. Okay. Now let's go to
Daniel chapter 7 and we're going
00:50:44.31\00:50:48.38
look at question number three.
Remember that: Gold, silver,
00:50:48.41\00:50:52.98
bronze or brass, iron and then
iron and clay. Here's the next
00:50:53.01\00:50:57.42
question. What are the three
empires that precede the fourth
00:50:57.45\00:51:03.59
world empire of Daniel 7? All
right. What are they? Now we're
00:51:03.63\00:51:08.93
going to come up to Belshazzar.
And let's go to Daniel chapter 7
00:51:08.96\00:51:14.47
we're going to start with verse
1. Okay. So why am I in Malachi?
00:51:14.50\00:51:21.84
I'm there. It's on the screen.
Here we go, here it is. In the
00:51:21.88\00:51:28.62
first year of Belshazzar king of
Babylon, Daniel had a dream and
00:51:28.65\00:51:34.02
visions of his head while on
his bed. Then he wrote down the
00:51:34.06\00:51:39.36
dream telling the what?
Main facts. Daniel spoke saying
00:51:39.39\00:51:45.27
I saw in my vision by what? By
night and behold, the four winds
00:51:45.33\00:51:54.51
of heaven were stirring up the
great sea, or as the Bible says,
00:51:54.54\00:52:01.22
in the King James, strove, a
great commotion there. And then
00:52:01.25\00:52:07.46
he says, and how many beasts?
And four great beasts came up
00:52:07.49\00:52:13.80
from the sea, each different
from the other. Now notice what
00:52:13.83\00:52:19.90
he says. The first was like a,
together, lion and had eagle's
00:52:19.93\00:52:23.44
wings. I watched till the wings
were plucked off and it was
00:52:23.51\00:52:30.61
lifted up from the earth and
made to stand on two feet like a
00:52:30.65\00:52:38.09
man, and, what else? And a man's
heart was given to it. Notice
00:52:38.12\00:52:45.29
that, eyes like a man, heart
like a man and verse 5, and
00:52:45.33\00:52:50.33
suddenly another beast, a second
like a bear. It was raised up on
00:52:50.37\00:52:56.87
one side and had what in its
mouth? Three ribs in its mouth
00:52:56.91\00:53:02.61
between its teeth. And they said
thus to it: Arise, devour much
00:53:02.64\00:53:08.28
flesh! After this I looked,
and there was another, like a
00:53:08.32\00:53:14.09
leopard, which had on its back
how many wings? Four wings of a
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bird. The beast also had
what else? Four heads and what?
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Dominion was given to it.
So now let me walk you through.
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This is the educational part.
Are you all ready. Do you have
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your heads on? I hope you can
say yes. If you didn't have your
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heads on we're in trouble.
Daniel sees a forecast of what
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Nebuchadnezzar was shown earlier
Daniel is given this in the
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definition of
beasts. Nebuchadnezzar was
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given this in the definition of,
of what? Of statues. Now what I
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to do just for the benefit
of you grabbing this, I want to
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read question number four. Let's
read question number four. We're
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going to answer three and four
together. Is that okay with you?
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Okay. Let's bring question
number four up. Because with the
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time I'm going to bring question
four up. Here it is. What is the
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sequence, question four, of the
reign of each of the four world
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empires of Daniel? What is
the sequence? Let's go ahead now
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and bring up our slide. That'll
give our answer to number three
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and answer to number four. Here
it is: Okay. Can you all see
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that? What you're going to see
now is the vision that Daniel
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was given, the four world
empires of Daniel chapter 7.
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four empires, if you look at
question number three. I want
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you to leave this on the screen
for a little while. They can
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hear my voice. If you look
at question number three, what's
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the first empire that you see
there? A. What is it? Babylon.
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Okay and on to question number
four under A, put the date 605
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to 539 BC. So we're answering
question three and question four
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together. We both are answering
A. Under question three put
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Babylon. Under question four A.
put 605-539 B.C. Get that. Okay.
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The second one we have is what
nation? Medo-Persia. Put that
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on line B. under question three.
And on line B. under question
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four put 539-331 B.C. Hope
you're getting it. For now with
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the cadence, moving right along.
Under question three C. what
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nation do you put? Greece. And
under four C. what date do you
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put 331-168 B.C. Okay. Now you
go from... Matter of fact, you
00:55:51.21\00:56:01.59
go now up to point D. Okay, and
by the way, I have a little typo
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there so are you ready to
correct it. When it says 168
00:56:12.03\00:56:16.71
B.C. put 168 A.D. I type really
fast and every now and then my
00:56:16.74\00:56:21.98
humanity comes out. I'll correct
this on the next program. But
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331 B.C. - 168 A.D. Okay, Okay.
No 168 B.C. No I was actually
00:56:29.22\00:56:36.46
correct. I was actually correct.
B.C., 168 B.C. So leave my
00:56:36.49\00:56:42.53
humanity where it is; I'm
perfect. I was wondering. I
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began to become human. I
looked at that and my eyes were
00:56:47.47\00:56:52.24
twisting back and forth. I was
correct. Can we get an Amen to
00:56:52.27\00:56:55.71
that? I was correct. I though
so but I was thinking, am I
00:56:55.74\00:57:00.02
correct. I had the eyes of man
for a moment. I need to pray for
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the eyes of the Lord. Now let's
go to the last one. Are we all
00:57:02.95\00:57:06.69
ready for the last one. The
last kingdom is D. which is what
00:57:06.72\00:57:11.89
now? Let's see Rome, from what
year? 168 B.C. - 476 what? A.D.
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And just add this on your paper.
Put pagan Rome. Put pagan Rome.
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Put what? Pagan Rome. Wow, they
need to give us another hour but
00:57:24.67\00:57:29.88
we only have 33 seconds left.
That is not good. But you know
00:57:29.91\00:57:33.98
what friends. One of the nice
things about this program is
00:57:34.02\00:57:38.59
that we don't have to rush
because on the next broadcast
00:57:38.65\00:57:43.16
we'll continue unfolding. We're
just laying foundation. You see
00:57:43.19\00:57:46.53
the importance of this topic is
this. The Lord wants every one
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of us to see the progression
of the kingdoms as they rise and
00:57:49.86\00:57:53.10
as they what? As they fall.
The next program you'll see.
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Continue tuning in because if it
doesn't make sense now, sooner
00:57:57.57\00:58:01.11
or later friends it will come
into sharper focus. God bless
00:58:01.14\00:58:04.65
you. Let's have a word of prayer
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