Hello, friends,
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welcome to Wednesday night
here at the 3ABN Worship Center.
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It's time for A Sharper Focus
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and we are starting
a new topic tonight.
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I'll tell you what
that is in just a moment,
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but thank you for
taking the time to tune in.
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All you need is a Bible,
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and just about 57
minutes to walk with us
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through a very important topic
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that we gonna be
sharing with you tonight.
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In just a moment,
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I'll tell you how
to get a copy of that.
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But before we do anything,
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I'd like you to
bow your heads with us
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as we go to the Lord in prayer.
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Loving Father in heaven,
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thank You for the
precious opportunity
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that You present to us.
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When we invite
You to come in Lord,
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we know that You'll
speak to our hearts.
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We invite Your Holy Spirit
to be our teacher tonight,
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teach us.
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And we pray also for those
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who are watching
that are inquiring,
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looking for the
truth of God's Word,
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may they find it as Your
Spirit reaches out to them
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and teaches them.
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In Jesus' name I pray, amen.
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Now to get a copy of the lesson,
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go to the following
website asf.3abn.org.
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That's asf.3abn.org, and
download lesson number 42.
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What number did I say?
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Number?
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Forty two. Forty two.
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Download lesson number 42,
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and you'll be able
to follow along with us.
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And there are many other
resources at that website
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that you can take advantage of.
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And we know, it'll
be a blessing to you.
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Now we always
sing our theme song
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and tonight,
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our theme song is
"Victory in Jesus."
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Let's sing our
theme 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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Tonight our topic is, I'd
like you to say it with me,
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"The Truth about
the Secret Rapture."
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Tonight's topic is
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"The Truth about
the Secret Rapture."
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Now,
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you may or may not have heard
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of the term
secret rapture before.
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Tonight we're gonna understand
what the Bible says about it,
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what the Bible
doesn't say about it.
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We're gonna find
out how it got started
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from its very beginning,
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all the way through
history up until the present,
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and then we're gonna
look at the scriptures
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and see what the Bible says
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about the
second coming of Jesus.
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But first,
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open your Bibles
to the Book of Acts
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Chapter 1.
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Want to lay
some foundation about
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the second coming of Jesus.
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You know, when the
Lord was resurrected,
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and the Bible give record
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that He appeared
to more than 500,
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He appeared to
Cleopas and another disciple.
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And it was very clear,
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then He
commissioned His disciples
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as He met with them.
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They were hiding
for fear of the Jews.
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And then He said to them,
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He gave them some final words
before He ascended to heaven.
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And these words are
found in the Book of Acts,
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and it's in Chapter 1.
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All right.
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And I'm gonna
actually start Acts 1:1,
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I'll just read, right?
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And I'm gonna go
right, very quickly.
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"The former account I
made," this is Dr. Luke writing,
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"O Theophilus, of all that Jesus
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began both to do and to teach,
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until the day in
which He was," what?
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Take up.
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"Taken up,
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after He through the Holy Spirit
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had given
commandments to the apostles
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whom He had chosen."
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So He was taken up
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after He had given
commandment to the apostles
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whom He had chosen.
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And verse 3 says,
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"To whom He also
presented Himself alive
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after His suffering by
many infallible proofs."
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That mean,
there's enough evidence
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existing today
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to prove that
Jesus was seen by many
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after His resurrection.
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And it goes on,
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"Being seen by
them during 40 days
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and speaking of the things
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pertaining to
the kingdom of God."
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And now verse 4,
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"And being
assembled together with them,
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he commanded them not
to depart from," where?
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"From Jerusalem,
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but to wait for the
promise of the Father,
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'which,' He said,
'You have heard of Me,
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for John truly
baptized with water,
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but you shall be
baptized with the Holy Spirit,
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not many days from now.'"
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But then he goes on
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because they were
asking the question,
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verse 6,
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"Therefore when
they had come together,
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they asked Him saying,
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'Lord, will you at this time
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restore the kingdom of Israel?'"
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Very important question,
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because what we're
gonna talk about tonight
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has to do with the restoration
of the kingdom of Israel.
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A philosophy, a doctrine,
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a theory that has
existed for many years,
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for hundreds of years,
that twists two things,
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the restoration of Israel,
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and the truth about
the coming of Jesus.
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Let's go on and
see what the Lord says
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in verse 7 and then verse 8.
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"And He said to them,
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'It is not for you
to know times or seasons
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which the Father has
put in His own authority.'
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" Let's read verse 8 together.
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"But you shall receive power
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when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
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and you shall be
witnesses to Me in Jerusalem,
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and in all Judea and Samaria,
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and to the end of the earth.'"
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And now notice
would happen, verse 9,
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"Now, while He had
spoken these things,
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while they watched."
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While they did, what?
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So do they see Him?
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Okay. Do they see?
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Yes! Okay.
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"While they
watched, He was taken up,
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and the cloud received
Him out of their sight."
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So Jesus is ascending,
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a cloud is receiving
Him out of their sight.
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And the cloud that's
talked about there are angels.
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You'll see that
in Luke, in Matthew,
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the same way He left
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is the same way
He's coming back.
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And you'll notice, verse 10.
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"And while they look
steadfastly toward heaven,
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as He went up, behold,
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two men stood by
them in white apparel,
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" those are angels.
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And notice what they said,
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"Who said, 'Men of Galilee,
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why do you stand
gazing up into heaven?'"
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And this is the key.
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"This same
Jesus who was taken up
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from you into," where?
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"Heaven,
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will so come in like manner
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as you saw Him go into heaven."
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So if they saw Him go,
will they see Him come back?
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Yes.
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So the Lord, the
angels right there
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established this truth.
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They watch
steadfastly towards heaven.
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They asked Him, are you
gonna restore Israel now?
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He said, it's not
up to you to know that.
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He was taken up.
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They saw him and the angel said,
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"The same way you saw Him go,
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you're going to see
Him come back," right?
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Is that clear?
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Now let's go to
Revelation Chapter 1.
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Let's go to
Revelation Chapter 1,
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laying some quick foundation
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because we're gonna
walk through some serious
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history tonight.
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And I would recommend,
if you can do that right now
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press record
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because if you have friends
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that believe in
the secret rapture,
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this topic is
gonna give them clarity
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about where that
theory came from.
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And I'd say at
the very beginning,
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it's not in the Bible.
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Look at Revelation 1:7.
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Notice the Bible
said, you saw Him left,
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you're gonna see Him come back.
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Revelation 1:7,
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"Behold, He is
coming with," what?
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"Clouds."
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Same way He left,
same way He is coming back.
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"And every eye will," what?
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"See Him,
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and they also who pierced Him.
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And all the tribes of the
earth will mourn because of Him.
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Even so," what's
the next two word?
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Amen.
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That means, why the
tribes of the earth mourning?
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Because they're seeing Him.
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When they see Him,
there's gonna be a reaction.
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I'm establishing some
very important truths.
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When they see Him,
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there's gonna be a
reaction to what they see.
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Let's look at the reaction.
Go to Revelation Chapter 6.
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Let's see the reaction.
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I'm establishing
some very important truths
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that He did not
restore Israel then,
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they saw Him
leave, the angel said,
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the same way He
left, He is coming back.
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The Bible says,
"Behold, when He comes,
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every eye will see Him,
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even those that pierced Him
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and all the tribes of
the earth will mourn."
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Let's see what the
mourning is all about.
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Revelation Chapter 6.
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All right.
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And the Bible says in verse 14.
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Revelation 6:14,
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"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
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when it is rolled up,
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and every mountain
and island was," what?
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"Moved out of its place."
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What a massive earthquake.
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"And the kings of the earth,
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the great men, the
rich men, the commanders,
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the mighty men,
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every slave and every free man,"
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what did they do?
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"Hid themselves in the caves,
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and in the rocks
of the mountains."
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These are those
that are mourning
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because look at the next verse.
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"And said to the
mountains and rocks,
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'Fall on us,
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hide us from the face of
Him who sits on the throne
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and from the wrath of the lamb!
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For the great day
of His wrath has come,"
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and what's the question?
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"Who is able to stand?"
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So right away we
see a number of things.
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He left with clouds.
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The Bible says,
behold, He cometh with clouds.
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The same way He
left they saw Him go,
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people gonna see Him come back.
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The tribes of the
earth are gonna mourn.
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They gonna be mourning
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by running to the
rocks in the mountains
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and are looking
for a place to hide,
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because they see Him coming.
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Very clear.
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So this idea,
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this idea that
the coming of Jesus
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is going to be secret,
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some arch-enemy found a way
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to create a false theory,
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just like Darwin,
the father of evolution,
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just like a
number of other people
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that are the fathers of theories
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that are existing today.
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You'll see clearly that
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we'll find out where the
father of this theory came from,
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and how it found its
way into Christianity.
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So let's begin with
question number one.
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And by the way,
you're gonna be writing down
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a lot of answers.
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And hopefully all of them
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and I'm gonna
give you a lot of names
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that you're gonna be
able to follow through.
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Once again, if
you're just joining us,
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go to asf.3abn.org
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and download lesson number 42.
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Question number one,
here it is on the screen.
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"What does the
Bible teach about Rome,
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the fourth kingdom
of Daniel Chapter 7?
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What does the
Bible teach about Rome,
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the fourth kingdom
of Daniel Chapter 7?
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Let's go to Daniel 7:23,
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and see what the Bible
teaches about the fourth kingdom
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in Daniel Chapter 7.
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Here's what the Bible says,
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"Thus he said,
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'The fourth beast shall
be a fourth kingdom," where?
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"On earth,
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which shall be different
from all other kingdoms,
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and shall devour,"
how much of the earth?
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"The whole earth,
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trample it and," do what else?
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"Break it in pieces.'"
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So the Bible is
telling us right now
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that whatever Rome does,
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it's gonna
devour the whole earth,
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it's gonna
trample down the earth,
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it's gonna break it into pieces.
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There's a lot of havoc
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that Rome is going
to create on earth,
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the whole earth
is gonna be devoured.
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So let's go to
question number two.
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So what does the Bible say
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about the fourth
kingdom of Daniel 7?
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It shall devour the
earth and trample the earth.
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That's the answer
to question number one.
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Let's go to question number two.
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Here it is.
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"What was one
method used by Rome,
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to devour the whole earth?"
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What was one
method used by Rome,
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to devour the whole earth?
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And let me just make it clear.
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We're not talking about
Rome as far as the city.
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We're talking about
the Roman hierarchy.
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Those who were leading,
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the popes, the
prelates, the priests,
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the religious
authorities of Rome,
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what did they do.
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Not the people
living in the towns,
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not the city of Rome,
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but particularly what
the Roman hierarchy do.
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Daniel 8:14 describes
this power once again,
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and tells exactly what it did.
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Here is Daniel 8:12.
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The Bible says,
"Because of transgression,
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an army was given to the horn,"
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that's the little horn,
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"to oppose the daily sacrifices,
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and he did," what?
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Say together.
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"Cast truth down to the ground."
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Let's try that again.
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Because you guys
together, what did he do?
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"Cast truth down to the ground."
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That's what he did.
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And what did the Bible says,
"He did all this and," what?
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"Prospered."
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He did all of
that and he prospered.
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The prosperity
of the Roman Church
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during the Dark
Ages was unrivaled.
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No one was able to
stand up against it.
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And everything it
did, it prospered.
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It created false doctrines
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like purgatory, limbo,
eternally burning hell,
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a new day of worship,
the first day of the week,
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just to name a few.
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It created the teaching that
the pope was an infallible man,
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he was God on earth,
to teach infant baptism.
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But it came up with something
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because the
reformers during that time,
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they knew that there was
something about the Bible
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that began to reveal
the conditions of Rome.
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And the Bible began
to point people clearly
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to this fourth
beast of Daniel Chapter 7,
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and give clear indication
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as to what role
that beast would play.
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But Rome was clever,
because the power behind it.
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Revelation 13:4, says,
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"The dragon gave him his power,
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his seat and his
great authority."
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So Satan was
behind this fourth beast
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because it was great,
and dreadful, and terrible,
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had great iron teeth,
nothing could stand in his way.
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It was a devouring power.
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But let's look at
question number three,
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because it's very
clever how Rome did this.
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Question three.
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"Who did Rome
commission to attack
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the '70 weeks' of Daniel 9?"
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Okay, now what I want you to
do before I answer the question,
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go with me to Daniel 9.
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Let's go to
Daniel 9, very quickly,
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so you can
understand what I mean.
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Because Rome and the
reformers of the Dark Ages,
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like Luther, Calvin,
Zwingli, Hus, Jerome,
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Wycliffe, Melanchthon,
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these men began
to study the Bible.
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And they began to
see, "Wait a minute,
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Daniel 7 is
describing the power of Rome.
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They began to
proclaim that and the people,
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the common man began to
lose its attraction to Rome.
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And Rome is saying,
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while we're losing
the power over the people,
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what can we do
to "convince" them
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that we are not that
beast of Daniel Chapter 7,
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that we are not that beast.
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We are not the beast
the Bible is describing.
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They came up with a theory
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that the antichrist
is not existing now.
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But it's gonna come way down
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in the distant future.
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And they did this
by going to Daniel,
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let's go ahead and
show you Daniel Chapter 9,
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and I'm gonna give you
just a snippet of the 70 weeks
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because it's a long prophecy
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and that's entire
study all by itself.
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But what I'm gonna give
you is look at Daniel Chapter 9
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and let's look at verse 24.
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I'm gonna jump through it
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only for a
purpose of establishing
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a particular cadence.
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Daniel 9:24.
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The Bible says,
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"Seventy weeks are
determined," how many weeks?
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Seventy. Seventy.
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Okay, look, so 70 weeks...
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How many days in a week?
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Seven. Seven times seven...
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70 times 7 is 490.
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So there was a 490 year period
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that the Lord
was telling Daniel,
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70 weeks are determined,
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the word determined
there in the Hebrew is cut off.
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Seventy weeks are cut off
from this larger 2300 days.
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Seventy of those weeks
belong to just your people.
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But let's look at the breakdown.
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Now, let's go to verse 25.
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It says,
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"Know, therefore
and understand that
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from the going
forth of the command
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to restore and build Jerusalem
until Messiah, the Prince,"
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until Messiah the who?
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The Messiah is
talked about here.
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This is about the Messiah.
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The end of verse 24
is about the Most Holy.
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Verse 25, it's
about the Messiah.
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Who's it about, tell me?
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It's about Jesus.
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Now, this whole
prophecy is about Jesus.
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It's about the Christ.
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But you'll see how
clever the twist was, all right?
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It says, "There shall
be," until the Messiah,
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"there shall be 7 weeks and 62,"
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7 and 62 gives you what?
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Sixty nine.
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Okay, so you have 69 weeks.
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So out of 70, how
many weeks are left?
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Come on, say it together? One.
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How many days in a week? Seven.
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So if seven weeks,
so if the seven days,
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a day for a year,
how many years is that?
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I'm trying to make it.
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How many years is that?
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Okay, just make it clear.
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So, half of those
years were occupied by Jesus.
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Let's look at this again.
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Verse 26 now, we're gonna
come right back to the Messiah.
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Verse 26,
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"And after 62 weeks,
Messiah shall be cut off,
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but not for Himself."
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Okay, who did Jesus die for?
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He died for us, all right?
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Now, so you find once again,
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verse 24,
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the Most Holy, that's Jesus.
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Verse 25, Messiah, the Prince.
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Verse 26, Messiah.
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Who is it about, tell me? Jesus.
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It's all about Jesus.
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It's about the Christ, clear?
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Now let's go to verse 27.
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Speaking about Jesus again,
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"Then He shall confirm
a covenant with many for,"
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how long?
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"One week, but in
the middle of the week,"
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if you go to the
middle of the week,
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how many days is that?
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Three and a half days?
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So a day for a year,
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three and a half years
after Jesus began His ministry,
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He was crucified in
the middle of His ministry.
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He was crucified
three and a half years
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after He was baptized,
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and then He went to heaven.
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So the question is,
if He went to heaven,
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and the Bible says,
00:21:01.32\00:21:02.66
He's gonna confirm
His covenant for one week.
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He only did it
for three and a half.
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How is it gonna
happen from that point on?
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A great question, right?
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But look at what
it goes on to say.
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"Then he shall
confirm," verse 27,
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"a covenant with
many for one week,
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but in the middle of the week,
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He shall bring an end
to sacrifice and offering."
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When Jesus died, did
the sacrificial system end?
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You guys need
some energy, ready?
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Did it end, what?
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Yes, it ended because
He was the final lamb.
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But I just asked the question.
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If Jesus only had a ministry
for three and a half years,
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how will His
covenant be confirmed?
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Let's go to Hebrews Chapter 1.
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Are you ready with
me? Let's go there.
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Because when the Bible
says, He shall confirm,
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He will confirm.
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Amen?
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So what we're
gonna see now is...
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I'm gonna ask you a
very powerful question
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in just a moment.
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We're going to
Hebrews Chapter 1.
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Actually, Hebrews Chapter 2.
00:22:00.02\00:22:02.18
Hebrews Chapter 2.
00:22:02.22\00:22:03.65
Remember, He shall
confirm His covenant with many
00:22:03.69\00:22:06.45
for how long?
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One week.
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Now, let's look at
Hebrews Chapter 2...
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verse 3.
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And the Bible
asked the question,
00:22:17.33\00:22:20.34
"How shall we escape,
00:22:20.37\00:22:22.57
if we neglect so
great a salvation,"
00:22:22.60\00:22:26.47
watch this,
00:22:26.51\00:22:27.84
"which at the first began
to be spoken by the Lord,"
00:22:27.88\00:22:33.42
that's verse 3,
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"First began to be
spoken by the Lord."
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And look at the next,
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"And was confirmed to
us by those who," did what?
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"Heard Him."
00:22:41.92\00:22:43.26
So was it confirmed? Yes.
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The Bible said it was confirmed.
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The first three and a half years
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Jesus did it.
00:22:47.96\00:22:49.56
When He ascended, He said,
00:22:49.60\00:22:50.93
"Go to the lost sheep
of the house of Israel."
00:22:50.97\00:22:53.27
And for three
and half more years,
00:22:53.30\00:22:55.07
they appealed to
the Israelite leaders
00:22:55.10\00:22:57.47
to accept Jesus,
when they didn't,
00:22:57.51\00:22:59.74
Stephen was stoned.
00:22:59.77\00:23:02.78
And the gospel went from
the Jews to the Gentiles.
00:23:02.81\00:23:07.18
Paul was called the
apostle to the Gentiles.
00:23:07.22\00:23:10.49
Now, here's the
question, are you ready for it?
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Was the covenant confirmed? Yes.
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.22
Okay, first three
and a half years was,
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for who?
00:23:18.53\00:23:19.86
Jesus.
00:23:19.89\00:23:21.23
The next three and a half
years was confirmed through who?
00:23:21.26\00:23:23.47
Through the disciples.
00:23:23.50\00:23:24.83
So were all seven
years could finished?
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Yes.
00:23:27.10\00:23:28.44
This is huge.
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This is huge.
00:23:29.84\00:23:31.47
If the last week
happened, first for the Christ,
00:23:31.51\00:23:35.51
then the last
three and a half years,
00:23:35.54\00:23:37.05
the work of Jesus was
finished by His disciples,
00:23:37.08\00:23:39.85
then there is no
more seven years.
00:23:39.88\00:23:42.95
So now, the secret
rapture, and this is the key.
00:23:42.98\00:23:47.29
When I asked the
question, go back,
00:23:47.32\00:23:48.72
bring question number
three on the screen again.
00:23:48.76\00:23:51.56
When this question came up,
00:23:51.59\00:23:52.93
it was in reference
to this very teaching.
00:23:52.96\00:23:55.50
And here's the question.
00:23:55.53\00:23:56.87
Who did Rome commission
00:23:56.90\00:23:58.57
to attack the '70
weeks' of Daniel 9?
00:23:58.60\00:24:01.54
So here's what Rome did.
00:24:01.57\00:24:03.37
They decided,
00:24:03.41\00:24:04.74
we got to find a way
00:24:04.77\00:24:06.11
to get the eyes of
the common man off of us.
00:24:06.14\00:24:09.24
They know who we are.
00:24:09.28\00:24:11.61
So they attacked the 70
weeks, and they taught...
00:24:11.65\00:24:15.38
Wait a minute.
00:24:15.42\00:24:16.75
And remember, the only way
00:24:16.79\00:24:18.12
that the 70 weeks
could be confirmed is this.
00:24:18.15\00:24:21.82
The only way the 70 weeks
could be confirmed is this.
00:24:21.86\00:24:25.29
Either the 70 weeks, look at me,
00:24:25.33\00:24:28.03
either the 70
weeks referred to Christ
00:24:28.06\00:24:31.13
or it refers to the antichrist.
00:24:31.17\00:24:33.57
According to the
Bible, who does it refer to?
00:24:33.60\00:24:37.77
Christ.
00:24:37.81\00:24:39.14
So here's the key.
00:24:39.17\00:24:40.54
If you accept the
fact that the seven years
00:24:40.58\00:24:43.35
refers to the ministry of Jesus,
00:24:43.38\00:24:45.28
then the appeal to the Jews,
all seven years are completed.
00:24:45.31\00:24:48.88
It was completed.
00:24:48.92\00:24:50.85
But if you reject Jesus,
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.69
that's the only
way you can come up
00:24:52.72\00:24:54.16
with those seven
weeks not happening.
00:24:54.19\00:24:57.69
And that's what Rome did.
00:24:57.73\00:24:59.53
They took that prophecy
and said, it didn't happen.
00:24:59.56\00:25:02.70
So what they did?
They created a diversion.
00:25:02.73\00:25:05.20
Let's go to
Daniel 9 very quickly.
00:25:05.23\00:25:06.63
Let me show you the diversion.
00:25:06.67\00:25:08.90
I mean, the devil is clever.
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.57
And then we're gonna walk...
00:25:11.61\00:25:12.94
We're not gonna
obviously finish this tonight
00:25:12.97\00:25:14.48
because we have like 65 slides,
00:25:14.51\00:25:16.85
but you are going
to get some history
00:25:16.88\00:25:18.48
that you have
never heard before.
00:25:18.51\00:25:19.85
And if you
have, praise the Lord.
00:25:19.88\00:25:22.65
Let's go to Daniel 9 again.
00:25:22.68\00:25:25.12
And here's the key.
00:25:25.15\00:25:26.52
So they commissioned someone,
00:25:26.55\00:25:28.46
you'll find out his
name in just a moment.
00:25:28.49\00:25:30.06
They
commissioned someone to study,
00:25:30.09\00:25:32.33
they commissioned a theologian
to study a place in the Bible
00:25:32.36\00:25:36.40
where they can
chop off the antichrist
00:25:36.43\00:25:39.33
and put him in the future.
00:25:39.37\00:25:42.14
But the key was,
00:25:42.17\00:25:43.67
in order for
this entire prophecy
00:25:43.71\00:25:45.71
to be fulfilled,
00:25:45.74\00:25:47.58
you had to start
at a particular date.
00:25:47.61\00:25:49.88
Look at Daniel 9:25.
00:25:49.91\00:25:54.12
What does it say?
00:25:54.15\00:25:55.48
"Know, therefore and understand
00:25:55.52\00:25:57.72
that from the going
forth of the command
00:25:57.75\00:26:00.49
to restore and build Jerusalem."
00:26:00.52\00:26:02.32
So watch this.
00:26:02.36\00:26:03.69
Are you ready?
00:26:03.73\00:26:05.06
The moment the command was given
00:26:05.09\00:26:07.16
to restore and build Jerusalem,
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.73
the clock
started on the 70 weeks,
00:26:09.76\00:26:13.13
or the 490 years,
00:26:13.17\00:26:15.00
from then on,
everything was supposed to fit.
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.31
So you had seven weeks,
and threescore and two weeks.
00:26:17.34\00:26:19.87
Why did the Bible
break it down that way?
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.64
Why seven weeks?
00:26:21.68\00:26:23.01
Because Jerusalem was
restored in seven weeks.
00:26:23.04\00:26:26.28
How many days in a week?
00:26:26.31\00:26:27.65
Seven. Seven times seven is 49.
00:26:27.68\00:26:30.29
It only took 49
years to rebuild Jerusalem.
00:26:30.32\00:26:33.09
The first seven years was done.
00:26:33.12\00:26:34.46
And then it says,
and after 62 weeks,
00:26:34.49\00:26:36.22
the Messiah is
gonna be crucified.
00:26:36.26\00:26:38.59
But He could not
be called the Messiah,
00:26:38.63\00:26:39.96
lest He was anointed,
00:26:40.00\00:26:41.33
and He was
anointed, He was baptized.
00:26:41.36\00:26:43.87
And after the next 62 weeks,
00:26:43.90\00:26:45.63
that's when it led
to the death of Jesus.
00:26:45.67\00:26:48.30
So here's what Rome did.
00:26:48.34\00:26:50.31
They said, we got to
change the beginning date,
00:26:50.34\00:26:52.84
and there were two more dates.
00:26:52.87\00:26:54.64
I'm gonna ask a lot
of... How many days did I say?
00:26:54.68\00:26:57.55
There was a date
by Darius and Cyrus.
00:26:57.58\00:27:00.08
This decree was by Artrexerxes.
00:27:00.12\00:27:03.18
Spell that.
00:27:03.22\00:27:04.55
Okay, don't kill yourself.
00:27:04.59\00:27:06.02
A-R-T-R-E-X-E-R-X-E-S.
00:27:06.05\00:27:08.29
Okay, that's how you spell it.
00:27:08.32\00:27:10.19
Artrexerxes gave the
decree to completely restore
00:27:10.23\00:27:12.89
the entire city of Jerusalem.
00:27:12.93\00:27:14.43
It's monetary
system, it's government,
00:27:14.46\00:27:16.77
it's economy, it's
houses, it's temple.
00:27:16.80\00:27:20.37
Darius said, build a wall.
00:27:20.40\00:27:22.77
Didn't mean to smile.
00:27:26.34\00:27:30.45
Cyrus says build a temple.
00:27:30.48\00:27:32.21
Behave yourself.
00:27:35.42\00:27:37.85
But only Atrexerxes
says restore the whole thing.
00:27:37.89\00:27:42.36
That's the commission
date that they started at.
00:27:42.39\00:27:44.73
So this Roman Jesuit
00:27:44.76\00:27:47.66
chose the decree of Darius
00:27:47.70\00:27:50.60
and when you follow
the decree of Darius,
00:27:50.63\00:27:54.00
nothing happens
00:27:54.04\00:27:55.87
because you begin
at the wrong date.
00:27:55.90\00:27:58.41
Okay,
00:27:58.44\00:27:59.77
so if this was
January, which is not,
00:27:59.81\00:28:02.61
if this was January, and I said,
00:28:02.64\00:28:04.31
in seven months, my
birthday is gonna be.
00:28:04.35\00:28:07.08
Seven months from
January is what month?
00:28:07.12\00:28:09.85
July.
00:28:09.88\00:28:11.22
January, February,
March, April, May, June, July.
00:28:11.25\00:28:14.86
We're talking about inclusive
reckoning, including January.
00:28:14.89\00:28:17.66
So July is the seventh month.
00:28:17.69\00:28:19.69
But if I said seven
months from now is my birthday
00:28:19.73\00:28:21.70
and I began in March,
00:28:21.73\00:28:23.97
would you find my birthday?
00:28:24.00\00:28:25.60
No, because my
birthday is in July.
00:28:25.63\00:28:28.70
See, if I said,
00:28:28.74\00:28:30.07
my birthday is in
the seventh month,
00:28:30.11\00:28:31.44
we began at March, you
wouldn't find my birthday.
00:28:31.47\00:28:33.31
That's what they did.
00:28:33.34\00:28:34.68
They picked the wrong,
they picked two other dates.
00:28:34.71\00:28:36.64
So when the
people in the village
00:28:36.68\00:28:38.08
began to look at this,
00:28:38.11\00:28:39.61
they said, "You're right.
00:28:39.65\00:28:41.65
Nothing happened
according to this last week."
00:28:41.68\00:28:45.39
So let's go to the answers now.
00:28:45.42\00:28:48.19
So who did wrong commission
00:28:48.22\00:28:49.66
to attack the 70
weeks of Daniel 9?
00:28:49.69\00:28:51.89
We're gonna see how they did it.
00:28:51.93\00:28:53.26
Here's the answer on the screen.
00:28:53.29\00:28:56.10
The man was named...
00:28:56.13\00:28:58.27
Please bring that up for me.
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.63
Francisco
Ribera, that's a Spanish.
00:28:59.67\00:29:03.87
He in 1585,
00:29:03.91\00:29:05.84
he was a Jesuit theologian,
00:29:05.87\00:29:07.81
and he was from the
city, Villacastín, Spain,
00:29:07.84\00:29:11.38
that's where he was born.
00:29:11.41\00:29:12.75
In 1585,
00:29:12.78\00:29:14.22
he wrote a
commentary on Revelation,
00:29:14.25\00:29:17.25
and it was called
"Futurists Eschatology."
00:29:17.29\00:29:20.32
Now the reason why
his teaching was accepted,
00:29:20.36\00:29:24.69
there were two
men, Francisco Ribera,
00:29:24.73\00:29:27.20
the other one
was Luis De Alcazar.
00:29:27.23\00:29:30.10
His was not accepted
because he taught Preterism.
00:29:30.13\00:29:34.70
Big term, simply means,
00:29:34.74\00:29:36.87
all of prophecy
already happened.
00:29:36.91\00:29:39.57
Futurism says,
00:29:39.61\00:29:41.08
they believed that
only a portion of Revelation
00:29:41.11\00:29:44.55
referred to Rome
00:29:44.58\00:29:47.28
and the rest of it had
nothing to do with Rome.
00:29:47.32\00:29:50.15
They said the rest of it,
push it all into the future.
00:29:50.19\00:29:53.09
You wanna see how they did that?
00:29:53.12\00:29:54.59
You want to get that?
00:29:54.62\00:29:55.96
Let's go to
Revelation Chapter 4.
00:29:55.99\00:29:57.96
And they found clever ways.
00:29:57.99\00:30:00.33
I wanna tell you tonight
00:30:00.36\00:30:01.70
there's so many untruths
existing in Christianity today
00:30:01.73\00:30:04.87
because they just
accept these things
00:30:04.90\00:30:06.30
without knowing
where it came from.
00:30:06.33\00:30:08.64
And I just saw recently
into, just this past weekend,
00:30:08.67\00:30:11.27
I saw on Television,
00:30:11.31\00:30:12.64
a very well known
speaker in Christianity,
00:30:12.67\00:30:14.88
a very wonderful
preacher, very credible man,
00:30:14.91\00:30:17.48
wonderful individual.
00:30:17.51\00:30:18.85
He's not emotional.
00:30:18.88\00:30:20.22
He doesn't have
loud church services.
00:30:20.25\00:30:21.58
He's not trying to
get to your emotions.
00:30:21.62\00:30:23.28
But he made the
statement he said,
00:30:23.32\00:30:24.82
how would you react
if 144,000 evangelists
00:30:24.85\00:30:28.56
were unleashed on the world.
00:30:28.59\00:30:31.13
He said that's
what's gonna happen,
00:30:31.16\00:30:32.49
when the rapture takes place,
00:30:32.53\00:30:34.20
and the Jews are converted,
00:30:34.23\00:30:35.56
and the gospel
goes to the world.
00:30:35.60\00:30:36.93
And I said, "No, no,
please, don't do that."
00:30:36.97\00:30:41.20
And you'll find
out in this study,
00:30:41.24\00:30:43.57
where it came from.
00:30:43.61\00:30:45.17
So Revelation,
that's what I said, right?
00:30:45.21\00:30:47.81
Revelation,
according to futurism,
00:30:47.84\00:30:50.05
they said, that's why today
and most of these churches,
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.51
they don't teach Revelation
00:30:52.55\00:30:54.62
because they don't believe that
00:30:54.65\00:30:55.98
in the futuristic ideology.
00:30:56.02\00:30:57.65
They don't believe Revelation
has any credibility to now.
00:30:57.69\00:30:59.95
They believe it's a sealed book,
00:30:59.99\00:31:01.89
and we don't need it anyway
00:31:01.92\00:31:03.39
because we won't be here.
00:31:03.43\00:31:05.93
You get it.
00:31:05.96\00:31:07.30
The rapture is gonna happen.
00:31:07.33\00:31:08.66
We're not gonna be
here, so why do we need it.
00:31:08.70\00:31:10.60
And the rest of is for the Jews.
00:31:10.63\00:31:12.27
That's what they believe.
00:31:12.30\00:31:14.20
Look at Revelation Chapter 4.
00:31:14.24\00:31:17.04
This is where they
teach the rapture takes place.
00:31:17.07\00:31:20.28
Revelation 4:1.
00:31:20.31\00:31:21.74
So how many chapters
are there in Revelation,
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.81
somebody tell me?
00:31:23.85\00:31:25.18
Twenty two.
00:31:25.21\00:31:26.55
If I teach you that,
00:31:26.58\00:31:27.92
we're gonna be leaving
the world at Chapter 4,
00:31:27.95\00:31:30.49
I say to you, we don't
care about the last 18 chapters.
00:31:30.52\00:31:33.82
Just like watching a movie,
00:31:33.86\00:31:35.46
watching a baseball game,
00:31:35.49\00:31:36.83
watching a sporting event,
00:31:36.86\00:31:38.19
and 18 minutes
left and you cut it off.
00:31:38.23\00:31:40.90
Forget about it.
00:31:40.93\00:31:42.26
We don't really
care what happens
00:31:42.30\00:31:43.63
at the end of the movie.
00:31:43.67\00:31:45.00
Let me say it slower,
00:31:45.03\00:31:46.37
we don't really
care how the story ends.
00:31:46.40\00:31:48.47
Does the Lord want us
know how the story ends?
00:31:48.50\00:31:50.94
Yes.
00:31:50.97\00:31:52.31
But the devil doesn't.
00:31:52.34\00:31:54.14
So he says, "Fine, I'm gonna
use the power, I commission."
00:31:54.18\00:31:58.51
Revelation 13, "For the
dragon gave him his power,
00:31:58.55\00:32:01.45
his seat and great authority."
00:32:01.48\00:32:03.32
I'm gonna use that
power to twist the Bible
00:32:03.35\00:32:06.59
and get people to
turn away from the truth.
00:32:06.62\00:32:08.92
And they are gonna say,
"We don't even need to know
00:32:08.96\00:32:11.19
because we're gonna be leaving."
00:32:11.23\00:32:12.56
Here's the verse they use.
00:32:12.59\00:32:14.36
Look at Revelation 4:1,
00:32:14.40\00:32:16.23
"After these things
I looked and behold,
00:32:16.26\00:32:19.27
a door standing open in heaven.
00:32:19.30\00:32:22.34
And the first voice,
00:32:22.37\00:32:24.14
which I heard was like a " what?
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.37
"Trumpet, speaking
with me saying," what?
00:32:26.41\00:32:29.11
"Come up here, and
I will show you things
00:32:29.14\00:32:31.41
which must take
place after this."
00:32:31.45\00:32:33.65
They are saying that
00:32:33.68\00:32:35.02
that trumpet is the
trumpet call of God,
00:32:35.05\00:32:37.99
and He's calling the
church to come up here.
00:32:38.02\00:32:41.29
But that's not
what that's happening.
00:32:41.32\00:32:42.89
The angels calling John
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.83
to come up in vision.
00:32:45.86\00:32:48.20
John is being told
to come up in vision.
00:32:48.23\00:32:50.87
The angel is
inviting John in vision
00:32:50.90\00:32:54.84
into the throne room of heaven,
00:32:54.87\00:32:57.11
not the church.
00:32:57.14\00:32:59.14
So from that verse on,
00:32:59.17\00:33:01.01
and notice what
it says in verse 2
00:33:01.04\00:33:02.38
because John is showing you,
this is not the church going.
00:33:02.41\00:33:04.81
Notice what he
says in Revelation 4:2.
00:33:04.85\00:33:07.35
"Immediately,"
what's the next word?
00:33:07.38\00:33:10.32
"I was in the
spirit, and behold,
00:33:10.35\00:33:12.85
a throne set in heaven
and one set on the throne."
00:33:12.89\00:33:15.82
John is saying,
I was envisioned,
00:33:15.86\00:33:17.99
but they're being
taught that that's the verse
00:33:18.03\00:33:19.96
that calls the
church out of the world.
00:33:20.00\00:33:22.70
Isn't that deceptive?
00:33:22.73\00:33:24.07
So from Revelation Chapter 4,
00:33:24.10\00:33:25.90
they don't care
about the last 18 chapters.
00:33:25.93\00:33:28.97
And let me show
you how they did it.
00:33:29.00\00:33:30.71
So in 1585,
00:33:30.74\00:33:33.14
Francisco Ribera
was commissioned,
00:33:33.17\00:33:35.28
so write that down.
00:33:35.31\00:33:36.64
Who was the first man...
00:33:36.68\00:33:38.01
Question number three.
00:33:38.05\00:33:39.38
Who did Rome commission
00:33:39.41\00:33:40.75
to attack the 70
weeks of Daniel 9?
00:33:40.78\00:33:42.68
His name is Francisco Ribera,
there it is on the screen,
00:33:42.72\00:33:45.69
Francisco Ribera in 1585.
00:33:45.72\00:33:47.89
And by the way,
you can look this up.
00:33:47.92\00:33:49.72
On...
00:33:49.76\00:33:51.09
Go to any
resource, you'll find this.
00:33:51.13\00:33:52.93
And by the way,
00:33:52.96\00:33:54.30
some people have been
00:33:54.33\00:33:55.66
wonderful enough to put this on.
00:33:55.70\00:33:57.03
You find this in encyclopedias.
00:33:57.07\00:33:58.40
You find this in Britannica.
00:33:58.43\00:33:59.77
You may even find
this on Wikipedia sites,
00:33:59.80\00:34:01.90
but not everything
on Wikipedia you take
00:34:01.94\00:34:04.57
because it's a contributory.
00:34:04.61\00:34:06.78
That's why it's called Wikipedia
00:34:06.81\00:34:08.14
contributed by many individuals.
00:34:08.18\00:34:09.54
But check it out
whenever you read it.
00:34:09.58\00:34:11.48
But the person's
name was Francisco Ribera.
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.72
Say that with me Francisco...
00:34:13.75\00:34:15.32
Ribera. Ribera.
00:34:15.35\00:34:16.72
He began this
Futurist Eschatology.
00:34:16.75\00:34:19.85
Eschatology simply meaning
00:34:19.89\00:34:21.22
the teachings
about the second coming.
00:34:21.26\00:34:22.86
That's what the word
eschatology is all about.
00:34:22.89\00:34:25.16
Let's go to the
very next question.
00:34:25.19\00:34:27.20
Okay, we're gonna
see the track of this.
00:34:27.23\00:34:30.63
What did
Ribera's futurism theology
00:34:30.67\00:34:33.17
teach about Revelation?
00:34:33.20\00:34:35.10
Here it is.
00:34:35.14\00:34:36.47
It's on the screen.
00:34:36.50\00:34:37.84
And it isn't in
particular, so you read as,
00:34:37.87\00:34:39.97
follow as I read
it on the screen.
00:34:40.01\00:34:41.81
Futurism,
00:34:41.84\00:34:43.58
it's a teaching of Christianity.
00:34:43.61\00:34:46.15
Let's go to that answer.
00:34:46.18\00:34:48.22
"Futurism,
00:34:48.25\00:34:49.58
which is a
teaching in Christianity,
00:34:49.62\00:34:51.69
is the proposal
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.69
that the Book of
Revelation does not bear
00:34:53.72\00:34:57.63
the application to
the Middle Ages or papacy,
00:34:57.66\00:35:01.16
rather the future,
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.70
more particularly to a period,
00:35:03.73\00:35:07.34
prior to the Second Coming.
00:35:07.37\00:35:10.17
Futurism teaches
that only the," what?
00:35:10.21\00:35:13.64
"Introductory
chapters of Revelation
00:35:13.68\00:35:16.28
referred to ancient Rome,
00:35:16.31\00:35:18.35
and the remainder to a literal
00:35:18.38\00:35:21.68
three and a half years
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.15
at the end of time."
00:35:23.18\00:35:26.05
So watch this now.
00:35:26.09\00:35:27.42
How many years did I say?
00:35:27.46\00:35:28.79
Three and a half,
00:35:28.82\00:35:30.16
that last period
of the seven years,
00:35:30.19\00:35:32.59
they said, the three and a half.
00:35:32.63\00:35:34.03
They put this in.
00:35:34.06\00:35:35.40
That's when the
antichrist is gonna show up.
00:35:35.43\00:35:37.40
The tribulation is gonna begin
when the church disappears,
00:35:37.43\00:35:41.30
the antichrist
is going to show up.
00:35:41.34\00:35:43.81
The Jews are
gonna convert the world,
00:35:43.84\00:35:45.17
I mean, preach to the world.
00:35:45.21\00:35:46.74
And then in the middle of that,
there's gonna be a commission,
00:35:46.78\00:35:49.14
and the rest of it is theory.
00:35:49.18\00:35:51.28
I don't even say history,
the rest of it is theory.
00:35:51.31\00:35:54.12
So you see, clearly,
00:35:54.15\00:35:55.48
this teaching is
promulgating itself.
00:35:55.52\00:35:58.05
We don't have to
know all of Revelation
00:35:58.09\00:35:59.62
because only the
introductory part
00:35:59.65\00:36:01.16
refers to Rome.
00:36:01.19\00:36:02.52
Forget about the rest.
00:36:02.56\00:36:03.89
And I showed you how
they cleverly did that.
00:36:03.93\00:36:05.76
Now, if it died there,
we would have been fine,
00:36:05.79\00:36:09.33
but it didn't die there.
00:36:09.36\00:36:11.07
You know, there's a
saying that goes this way.
00:36:11.10\00:36:14.30
"A lie would run
all around the world
00:36:14.34\00:36:17.74
while truth is just
lacing up his sneakers."
00:36:17.77\00:36:22.31
You ever see when
something goes bad,
00:36:22.34\00:36:24.35
what do they call
that? What do they call that?
00:36:24.38\00:36:26.01
The rumor, right?
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.65
A lie takes off like a jet
and somebody tells the truth
00:36:28.68\00:36:33.39
and well it's just
lacing up his shoes.
00:36:33.42\00:36:39.09
This thing took off.
00:36:39.13\00:36:40.80
Let's look at the next question.
00:36:40.83\00:36:42.16
So write that down.
00:36:42.20\00:36:43.53
So you gonna
answer question four,
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.00
what does futurism
theology teach about Revelation?
00:36:45.03\00:36:49.57
It's gonna be
three and a half years
00:36:49.60\00:36:51.74
is in the future.
00:36:51.77\00:36:53.78
What does
futurism theology teach
00:36:53.81\00:36:55.54
that Revelation
applies to the future.
00:36:55.58\00:36:59.15
Revelation
applies to the future.
00:36:59.18\00:37:03.25
Majority of Revelation
applies to the future.
00:37:03.28\00:37:06.22
That's why today,
00:37:06.25\00:37:07.59
you go to most
Christian churches,
00:37:07.62\00:37:08.96
you don't hear
anything about Revelation.
00:37:08.99\00:37:10.69
Now many of them
are making attempts.
00:37:10.73\00:37:12.49
But I would say
the attempts are bad,
00:37:12.53\00:37:15.10
because they
don't understand it.
00:37:15.13\00:37:16.77
And what I'm listening to
and what I hear being taught
00:37:16.80\00:37:18.97
from Christianity
today, it's just like,
00:37:19.00\00:37:22.14
"Where are they
getting that from?"
00:37:22.17\00:37:23.84
I know where they're getting it.
00:37:23.87\00:37:25.71
But let's look at the track.
00:37:25.74\00:37:27.41
Question number five.
00:37:27.44\00:37:29.11
What was the aim
of Francisco Ribera
00:37:29.14\00:37:32.38
as it relates to Rome?
00:37:32.41\00:37:34.55
What was the aim?
00:37:34.58\00:37:35.92
And by the way,
00:37:35.95\00:37:37.29
if you wanna put another
term for Futurism Eschatology,
00:37:37.32\00:37:40.76
write this word down.
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.59
See that word if
you could spell it.
00:37:42.62\00:37:43.96
Dispensationalism.
00:37:43.99\00:37:46.23
It was very sensational.
00:37:46.26\00:37:48.93
Dispensation taught
that various times God dealt
00:37:48.96\00:37:53.54
with the church in various ways.
00:37:53.57\00:37:55.10
So today,
00:37:55.14\00:37:56.47
there's some
Christians that will say,
00:37:56.50\00:37:57.84
"You ever heard the phrase,
00:37:57.87\00:37:59.21
we're no longer
under law but under grace."
00:37:59.24\00:38:00.58
Have you heard that? Yes.
00:38:00.61\00:38:01.94
Because they taught
00:38:01.98\00:38:03.31
that there was a
dispensation of law.
00:38:03.35\00:38:05.01
Now, that the
dispensation of law is done,
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.62
we're now under grace.
00:38:07.65\00:38:09.18
In other words, they're saying,
00:38:09.22\00:38:10.55
"You don't have to keep
the commandments anymore
00:38:10.59\00:38:11.92
because that was for then.
00:38:11.95\00:38:13.29
Now we're free from that."
00:38:13.32\00:38:14.66
They
misunderstand it all together.
00:38:14.69\00:38:17.39
While we're free from
the condemnation of the law,
00:38:17.43\00:38:20.13
God doesn't say, if you love Me,
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.63
don't keep My commandments.
00:38:21.66\00:38:23.26
Jesus said, "If
you love Me," do what?
00:38:23.30\00:38:25.13
"Keep My commandments."
00:38:25.17\00:38:26.50
So what was Ribera's aim?
00:38:26.53\00:38:27.87
Here it is.
00:38:27.90\00:38:29.60
Jesuit Francisco Ribera purposed
00:38:29.64\00:38:32.47
to remove the focus from Rome
as the system of antichrist,
00:38:32.51\00:38:36.48
and place it on the
rise of a single person,
00:38:36.51\00:38:39.21
in the future, prior
to the return of Jesus.
00:38:39.25\00:38:41.98
So they pick this.
00:38:42.02\00:38:43.35
So nowadays, when you
see those movies like...
00:38:43.39\00:38:46.79
What's the name of the movie?
00:38:46.82\00:38:49.79
Rapture movies?
00:38:49.82\00:38:51.93
Left behind. Left behind.
00:38:51.96\00:38:54.93
They focus on
the single characters
00:38:54.96\00:38:56.87
coming somewhere out of Europe.
00:38:56.90\00:38:58.67
A guy that looks ominous
and he's wearing a black coat.
00:38:58.70\00:39:01.20
He's gonna be the one,
that's gonna be the beast.
00:39:01.24\00:39:04.77
It started here.
00:39:04.81\00:39:06.21
It's gonna be a single person,
00:39:06.24\00:39:07.98
they say it's gonna
be one single person
00:39:08.01\00:39:10.45
coming way down in the future.
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.98
So, in essence,
effectively what they did was,
00:39:13.01\00:39:16.15
the pope could
continue by saying,
00:39:16.18\00:39:17.52
"See, guys, it's not us.
00:39:17.55\00:39:20.06
It's not us.
00:39:20.09\00:39:21.99
It's not us."
00:39:22.02\00:39:23.36
So the eyes of Rome,
00:39:23.39\00:39:25.43
the eyes of the people
were focused away from Rome
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.86
and the Rome
follow that up with art,
00:39:27.90\00:39:30.73
and science, and
music, and literature.
00:39:30.77\00:39:32.67
Just like today,
00:39:32.70\00:39:34.04
Christianity is going
to the same route today.
00:39:34.07\00:39:36.20
We're looking
more for entertainment
00:39:36.24\00:39:38.74
than for the Word of God.
00:39:38.77\00:39:40.11
That's what's
happening to the church today.
00:39:40.14\00:39:41.48
They're going more
towards entertainment.
00:39:41.51\00:39:43.04
They want to feel Christianity,
00:39:43.08\00:39:44.81
rather than understand
the power of God's Word.
00:39:44.85\00:39:47.02
Remember this point, friends,
00:39:47.05\00:39:48.42
when Jesus was
in the wilderness,
00:39:48.45\00:39:50.05
He didn't say to
the devil, it is sung.
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.32
He said, it is written.
00:39:52.35\00:39:53.69
Can I get an amen there? Amen.
00:39:53.72\00:39:55.06
He didn't quote songs or lyrics,
00:39:55.09\00:39:57.03
He quoted the Word of God.
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.43
And if Jesus
used the Word of God
00:39:58.46\00:40:00.60
in His hour of trial and test,
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.40
how much more do we
need the Word of God?
00:40:03.43\00:40:06.03
You might think I'm excited.
00:40:06.07\00:40:07.40
I am.
00:40:07.44\00:40:08.77
Question number
six, let's go on.
00:40:08.80\00:40:10.41
It's a powerful. Yes.
00:40:10.44\00:40:11.94
We're not going to cover
all tonight and that's okay.
00:40:11.97\00:40:14.48
Here's the next question.
00:40:14.51\00:40:15.84
"Who followed Ribera
00:40:15.88\00:40:17.35
in advancing the
teaching of Futurism?"
00:40:17.38\00:40:20.18
It's amazing to track.
00:40:20.22\00:40:21.65
And what I'm going to
do in the next segment
00:40:21.68\00:40:24.12
which we're not
going to cover all tonight.
00:40:24.15\00:40:25.49
I'm going to
literally show you a chart,
00:40:25.52\00:40:27.06
a timeline of how a
God toward us today?
00:40:27.09\00:40:29.62
We're going to see
the timeline broken down
00:40:29.66\00:40:31.13
but I'll have a visible timeline
00:40:31.16\00:40:33.03
from its inception
to the very present.
00:40:33.06\00:40:35.30
All right? Like a ruler.
00:40:35.33\00:40:37.43
The second person that embraced
the teaching of Futurism
00:40:37.47\00:40:40.67
was a man by the name of
Saint Robert Bellarmine, S.J.
00:40:40.70\00:40:45.17
Saint Robert Bellarmine.
00:40:45.21\00:40:47.98
And by the way he
was an Italian Jesuit.
00:40:48.01\00:40:51.18
The city that he was
from is Montepulciano
00:40:51.21\00:40:54.75
and that's in Italian.
00:40:54.78\00:40:56.75
Hope I didn't do
injustice to that.
00:40:56.79\00:40:59.22
But he was one of
the most important
00:40:59.25\00:41:01.89
Counter-Reformation
contributors.
00:41:01.92\00:41:04.09
Now, Counter-Reformation,
very powerful term.
00:41:04.13\00:41:07.16
Counter-Reformation
means while there's a pushback
00:41:07.20\00:41:10.30
to the Bible,
00:41:10.33\00:41:11.67
these men arising up to
push away from the Bible.
00:41:11.70\00:41:15.40
They're pushing to
theories, and false ideas,
00:41:15.44\00:41:18.07
and false theology.
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.44
They're now pushing,
00:41:19.47\00:41:20.81
they're pushing in
the opposite direction
00:41:20.84\00:41:22.58
of the reformers.
00:41:22.61\00:41:23.98
And the reason why
he was not called saint
00:41:24.01\00:41:26.41
by the way, until
he was sainted in 1930.
00:41:26.45\00:41:29.82
Back then he was
Robert Bellarmine.
00:41:29.85\00:41:33.52
He was just an Italian Jesuit.
00:41:33.56\00:41:34.99
He was not made
a saint until 1930.
00:41:35.02\00:41:37.36
And by the way,
00:41:37.39\00:41:38.73
there are only 36
people that were ever sainted
00:41:38.76\00:41:41.53
in the Roman Catholic Church.
00:41:41.56\00:41:42.90
Only 36, he's one of them.
00:41:42.93\00:41:44.53
But he contributed to the...
00:41:44.57\00:41:46.30
He embraced what
Francisco Ribera taught
00:41:46.33\00:41:48.90
and began to
propagate it himself.
00:41:48.94\00:41:51.37
He took that
theory and embraced it
00:41:51.41\00:41:53.34
because it was perfect
00:41:53.38\00:41:55.04
to fight against the
movement back to the Bible.
00:41:55.08\00:41:57.58
I'm teaching a lot tonight.
00:41:57.61\00:41:59.41
Are you ready for
question number 7?
00:41:59.45\00:42:01.48
So the name of the man
00:42:01.52\00:42:02.85
for question number
6 is Robert Bellarmine.
00:42:02.88\00:42:07.19
Okay?
00:42:07.22\00:42:08.56
Question number 7.
00:42:08.59\00:42:09.92
"Who embraced
Futurism and propagated
00:42:09.96\00:42:13.53
in the coming centuries?"
00:42:13.56\00:42:16.30
It's amazing how this happened?
00:42:16.33\00:42:17.67
This is very interesting.
00:42:17.70\00:42:19.03
This is question number 7.
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.77
And the answer of the
person is Dr. S.R. Maitland.
00:42:20.80\00:42:25.54
And by the way,
those of you watching this,
00:42:25.57\00:42:27.18
you can record it and
play it back and pause,
00:42:27.21\00:42:29.44
and do your own homework
00:42:29.48\00:42:30.81
with all the
names I'm giving to you.
00:42:30.85\00:42:32.21
You'll find that
what I'm sharing with you
00:42:32.25\00:42:33.72
is legitimate
history and the track.
00:42:33.75\00:42:36.79
And by the way, you'll
notice in quote it says,
00:42:36.82\00:42:38.65
"The Keeper of
the 1593 Manuscript."
00:42:38.69\00:42:42.26
Bring that upon the
screen one more time.
00:42:42.29\00:42:44.39
This manuscript that was
written by Francisco Ribera
00:42:44.43\00:42:48.76
was passed on from one
individual to the other.
00:42:48.80\00:42:51.47
But the Keeper of
the 1593 Manuscript
00:42:51.50\00:42:54.14
was kept in the Lambeth
Palace in London, England.
00:42:54.17\00:42:57.47
And Dr. S. R.
Maitland was the one that
00:42:57.51\00:43:01.68
had access to that manuscript.
00:43:01.71\00:43:04.25
He was the Keeper
of the 1593 Manuscript.
00:43:04.28\00:43:07.42
So since he was the...
00:43:07.45\00:43:09.15
As you might refer to the person
00:43:09.18\00:43:11.15
who was in charge
of all these artifacts,
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.89
all these pieces of literature.
00:43:13.92\00:43:15.82
He began to study
it and he embraced it.
00:43:15.86\00:43:18.66
Listen to what
he included in that.
00:43:18.69\00:43:20.70
And he added another component,
00:43:20.73\00:43:23.43
it was called
Futurism Eschatology,
00:43:23.47\00:43:26.63
it was also
called Dispensationalism.
00:43:26.67\00:43:29.00
But he gave it another
term which meant the same thing.
00:43:29.04\00:43:31.64
Listen to the history books.
00:43:31.67\00:43:33.91
It says that it
was called Futurism,
00:43:33.94\00:43:35.98
called the Gap Theory.
00:43:36.01\00:43:37.95
Why the gap?
00:43:37.98\00:43:40.82
Focus on me for a
moment, here's the gap.
00:43:40.85\00:43:42.95
Here's the gap.
00:43:42.98\00:43:46.19
Seventy weeks.
00:43:46.22\00:43:47.89
One, two, three, four,
five, all the way, sixty nine.
00:43:47.92\00:43:51.46
Big gap.
00:43:51.49\00:43:53.13
Nobody knows where
the seventieth week came,
00:43:53.16\00:43:54.70
then all of a sudden,
00:43:54.73\00:43:56.06
seventieth week
way down in the future.
00:43:56.10\00:43:58.30
Sixty nine...
00:43:58.33\00:43:59.67
What happen to the last one?
00:43:59.70\00:44:01.04
Oh, nothing.
00:44:01.07\00:44:02.40
Boom.
00:44:02.44\00:44:03.77
Hundreds of years later,
it happens in the future.
00:44:03.81\00:44:05.87
In other words, they say...
00:44:05.91\00:44:07.24
Well, that's a last one
and that's going to be the week
00:44:07.28\00:44:10.08
the antichrist is
going to use in the end time.
00:44:10.11\00:44:12.11
That's why it's called a gap.
00:44:12.15\00:44:14.08
There was a gap.
00:44:14.12\00:44:15.45
Nobody knew what
happened to that last week.
00:44:15.48\00:44:16.89
It was called the Gap Theory.
00:44:16.92\00:44:19.15
Archbishop of
Canterbury, Dr. S.R. Maitland,
00:44:19.19\00:44:22.02
republished the
manuscript of Francisco Ribera,
00:44:22.06\00:44:26.33
on the Secret Rapture,
00:44:26.36\00:44:27.70
and he published it three times,
00:44:27.73\00:44:29.06
in 1826, 1829, and 1830.
00:44:29.10\00:44:33.30
Now, I must ask this,
I must ask the question.
00:44:33.34\00:44:37.24
Why do you think
that manuscript resurfaced
00:44:37.27\00:44:39.87
in the 1830s?
00:44:39.91\00:44:42.14
Come on, historians.
00:44:42.18\00:44:43.88
Come on, Adventist historians.
00:44:43.91\00:44:46.38
Because a man by the
name of William Miller
00:44:46.41\00:44:49.58
was studying about the
truth of the second coming
00:44:49.62\00:44:54.12
and the devil saw
a perfect opportunity
00:44:54.16\00:44:56.86
to affect,
00:44:56.89\00:44:58.23
infect another
generation with the secret.
00:44:58.26\00:45:02.03
So it began to be published,
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.43
but the problem was
it was over in Europe.
00:45:03.47\00:45:06.17
It wasn't here yet.
00:45:06.20\00:45:07.80
The devil
resurfaced it in Europe,
00:45:07.84\00:45:09.50
he had to find a way
to get it to America.
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.74
While the preaching
00:45:11.77\00:45:13.11
of the second coming resurfaced,
00:45:13.14\00:45:14.74
William Miller
began talking about
00:45:14.78\00:45:16.11
the coming of Jesus.
00:45:16.14\00:45:17.48
All the Protestant
Churches once again began
00:45:17.51\00:45:19.68
preaching about
the coming of Jesus.
00:45:19.71\00:45:21.38
Satan was in Europe
getting ready to gift America
00:45:21.42\00:45:24.89
with the secret rapture.
00:45:24.92\00:45:26.35
It hadn't made its way here yet.
00:45:26.39\00:45:28.86
Are you following? Yes.
00:45:28.89\00:45:30.76
Let's go to question number 8.
00:45:30.79\00:45:33.50
Okay.
00:45:33.53\00:45:34.86
So the answer there to number
7 of who embraced Futurism
00:45:34.90\00:45:38.23
and propagated it?
00:45:38.27\00:45:40.74
Exactly.
00:45:40.77\00:45:42.57
And B is
Futurism, the Gap Theory,
00:45:42.60\00:45:47.01
Futurism, the Gap Theory.
00:45:47.04\00:45:48.61
That's what he added to it.
00:45:48.64\00:45:50.48
Futurism, the Gap Theory.
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.15
There's a big gap.
00:45:52.18\00:45:53.52
We don't know what
happened to that last week.
00:45:53.55\00:45:56.35
It's gonna be putted
all the way to future,
00:45:56.38\00:45:58.42
that's the Gap Theory.
00:45:58.45\00:45:59.79
What happened to that last week?
00:45:59.82\00:46:02.52
So let's ask another question.
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.59
Here it is. Question number 8.
00:46:04.63\00:46:06.36
How did Ribera's
Dispensationalism Theory
00:46:06.39\00:46:11.67
enter other countries?
00:46:11.70\00:46:15.27
"How did Ribera's
Dispensationalism Theory
00:46:15.30\00:46:19.91
enter other countries?"
00:46:19.94\00:46:22.81
Let's see how it happened.
00:46:22.84\00:46:24.61
Let's see where it went next.
00:46:24.65\00:46:26.95
Remember, it was in Europe,
00:46:26.98\00:46:28.52
but has to take a
trek around the world
00:46:28.55\00:46:30.09
and find its way to America.
00:46:30.12\00:46:31.72
Here is the next place it went,
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.99
Manual Lacunza.
00:46:34.02\00:46:36.42
Manual Lacunza, a
Jesuit priest in Chile.
00:46:36.46\00:46:41.36
He was a Futurism and
Dispensational believer.
00:46:41.40\00:46:45.27
And by the way,
00:46:45.30\00:46:46.77
he got a hold of the manuscripts
00:46:46.80\00:46:49.40
that were
republished by Dr. Maitland,
00:46:49.44\00:46:52.07
began to study
them, and he knew,
00:46:52.11\00:46:55.48
this is the amazing part,
00:46:55.51\00:46:56.85
he knew that this
theory was not widely accepted.
00:46:56.88\00:47:02.05
So instead of
giving his real name,
00:47:02.08\00:47:03.89
he published it under an alias,
instead of giving his name,
00:47:03.92\00:47:07.36
Manual Lacunza.
00:47:07.39\00:47:08.72
He published it under an alias,
Rabbi Juan Josafat Ben-Ezra.
00:47:08.76\00:47:13.66
So when you read it,
00:47:13.70\00:47:15.83
"Oh, Rabbi Juan
Josafat Ben-Ezra."
00:47:15.86\00:47:18.70
Now, why did he do that?
00:47:18.73\00:47:20.34
Because it gave credibility
to the future restoration
00:47:20.37\00:47:23.34
of Israel, and he
said, "A Jew wrote this."
00:47:23.37\00:47:25.41
So people thought,
00:47:25.44\00:47:26.78
"Ah, it must be legitimate,
00:47:26.81\00:47:28.71
they're writing
about their own future."
00:47:28.74\00:47:31.51
How clever the enemy is.
00:47:31.55\00:47:33.85
Manual Lacunza, a
Jesuit priest in Chile,
00:47:33.88\00:47:37.25
a believer in
Futurism and Dispensationalism.
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.92
And I want to
add this component,
00:47:39.95\00:47:41.79
it wasn't widely embraced,
00:47:41.82\00:47:43.73
it's just the devil found
from era to era somebody else
00:47:43.76\00:47:47.00
to take the torch of error
and to light something else
00:47:47.03\00:47:50.27
to keep it going to
the very next century,
00:47:50.30\00:47:52.20
and he found very amazing men.
00:47:52.23\00:47:53.84
And by the way, if
you may noticed the trek,
00:47:53.87\00:47:56.24
almost all the men
he found were Jesuits.
00:47:56.27\00:48:01.44
Let's go to the
very next question.
00:48:01.48\00:48:04.35
Okay.
00:48:04.38\00:48:05.71
Question number 9.
00:48:05.75\00:48:07.75
"Who was the next to embrace
00:48:07.78\00:48:11.09
and convey Dispensationalism?"
00:48:11.12\00:48:14.19
Who was the next to embrace
00:48:14.22\00:48:16.66
and convey Dispensationalism?
00:48:16.69\00:48:20.60
His name is...
00:48:20.63\00:48:21.96
Are you ready?
00:48:22.00\00:48:23.33
Rev. Edward Irving.
00:48:23.37\00:48:26.03
And by the way,
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.40
his theory was so
rejected by his contemporaries,
00:48:27.44\00:48:32.07
that he was removed
00:48:32.11\00:48:33.44
from the Church
of Scotland in 1832
00:48:33.48\00:48:35.31
for preaching this teaching.
00:48:35.34\00:48:37.28
He refused to get rid of it.
00:48:37.31\00:48:39.31
And by the way, I
want to say this today.
00:48:39.35\00:48:41.42
There are some people
today that are being put out
00:48:41.45\00:48:43.15
of the church
for teaching things
00:48:43.18\00:48:44.95
that are not based on the Bible.
00:48:44.99\00:48:46.79
But they refused to let it go.
00:48:46.82\00:48:49.56
I mean, Rev. Edward Irving,
00:48:49.59\00:48:51.23
he was removed from the
Church of Scotland in 1832,
00:48:51.26\00:48:54.60
and he embraced the
pre-tribulation rapture,
00:48:54.63\00:48:58.10
and notice what he did.
00:48:58.13\00:48:59.47
Look at the
trek, this is amazing.
00:48:59.50\00:49:00.84
He founded the
Catholic Apostolic Church
00:49:00.87\00:49:05.41
which was the
beginning of the church
00:49:05.44\00:49:06.91
that will later become
the Pentecostal movement.
00:49:06.94\00:49:11.68
Wouldn't you say,
how clever the devil is?
00:49:11.71\00:49:13.38
He is slow and artistic.
00:49:13.42\00:49:15.18
He is slow and clever.
00:49:15.22\00:49:16.58
He began the
Catholic Apostolic Church.
00:49:16.62\00:49:19.02
Once the church put him out,
he started his own movement.
00:49:19.05\00:49:22.96
The Catholic Apostolic Church,
00:49:22.99\00:49:24.39
so you have
Apostolic Catholics nowadays,
00:49:24.43\00:49:26.93
but you have an
even more solidly,
00:49:26.96\00:49:29.16
you have the
Pentecostal movement.
00:49:29.20\00:49:32.73
And that was in 1832,
right around the time,
00:49:32.77\00:49:35.97
but it didn't
get to America yet.
00:49:36.00\00:49:38.07
That what's missing right now.
00:49:38.11\00:49:39.71
It didn't get to America,
it is going to get there.
00:49:39.74\00:49:42.14
It's going to get there.
00:49:42.18\00:49:43.51
So you got that?
00:49:43.55\00:49:44.88
That was number 8.
00:49:44.91\00:49:46.25
That was number 9, right?
00:49:46.28\00:49:47.88
Now let's go to number 10.
00:49:47.92\00:49:49.75
This is where it
finds its way to America.
00:49:49.78\00:49:53.05
Okay.
00:49:53.09\00:49:56.29
"What was the
name of the woman known
00:49:56.32\00:49:59.69
for her
contribution to the promulgation
00:49:59.73\00:50:03.06
of the Secret Rapture?"
00:50:03.10\00:50:04.90
Promulgation
meaning, simply sharing,
00:50:04.93\00:50:06.74
and conveying it,
and passing it on.
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.80
What was the lady's name?
00:50:08.84\00:50:10.61
Okay. Are you ready for that?
00:50:10.64\00:50:12.51
Here is her name.
00:50:12.54\00:50:15.44
Margaret
MacDonald, Margaret MacDonald.
00:50:15.48\00:50:19.51
Look her up,
very interesting lady.
00:50:19.55\00:50:21.82
She was known as a visionary,
she was known as a visionary.
00:50:21.85\00:50:25.82
That means,
00:50:25.85\00:50:28.62
she claimed in 1830.
00:50:28.66\00:50:31.76
This is how
amazing the devil works.
00:50:31.79\00:50:34.36
See, this is around the time...
00:50:34.40\00:50:36.26
She was born in 1815.
00:50:36.30\00:50:37.63
This is around the time,
when not long after this,
00:50:37.67\00:50:40.50
a young lady by
the name of Ellen White
00:50:40.54\00:50:43.64
would legitimately get
a vision from the Lord.
00:50:43.67\00:50:47.18
She claimed, Margaret
claimed to receive a vision
00:50:47.21\00:50:50.68
about the
Pre-Tribulation Rapture,
00:50:50.71\00:50:52.61
meaning, she claimed that
the Lord showed her in vision
00:50:52.65\00:50:55.55
that the church
is gonna disappear
00:50:55.58\00:50:57.59
just before the
tribulation begins.
00:50:57.62\00:50:59.62
Now the reason why we deny
00:50:59.65\00:51:00.99
that is because the
Bible doesn't teach it.
00:51:01.02\00:51:03.12
And why will the
Lord show you in vision
00:51:03.16\00:51:04.79
what is countered to the Bible.
00:51:04.83\00:51:06.59
Can I get an amen? Amen.
00:51:06.63\00:51:08.00
He will never
show you in vision,
00:51:08.03\00:51:09.83
that's why today you
have phrases like this.
00:51:09.86\00:51:12.27
People say, "I
know you believe that,
00:51:12.30\00:51:14.04
but the Lord hasn't
revealed it to me yet."
00:51:14.07\00:51:18.11
And you have
these churches nowadays,
00:51:18.14\00:51:19.47
they call them rhema
word, "God just spoke to me,
00:51:19.51\00:51:23.14
He just told me
to say this to you.
00:51:23.18\00:51:25.08
Wait, well, I'm
receiving a message from God."
00:51:25.11\00:51:26.85
And they say things
that are not in the Bible,
00:51:26.88\00:51:29.12
but they come from
that kind of movement
00:51:29.15\00:51:31.15
that believes in impressions
00:51:31.19\00:51:33.19
and they
believe in, "Okay, wait.
00:51:33.22\00:51:35.89
God has shown me something."
00:51:35.92\00:51:37.26
And it's not
confirmed by God's Word.
00:51:37.29\00:51:39.13
Anytime God gives a vision,
00:51:39.16\00:51:40.93
it must be
confirmed by God's Word.
00:51:40.96\00:51:43.37
Am I right?
00:51:43.40\00:51:44.87
God's Word must
always confirm it.
00:51:44.90\00:51:46.87
So Margaret MacDonald,
she was known as a visionary.
00:51:46.90\00:51:51.17
She said, "The Lord showed me,
00:51:51.21\00:51:53.24
the Lord showed me
that there is going to be
00:51:53.27\00:51:55.44
a Pre-Tribulation Rapture."
00:51:55.48\00:51:57.15
And the amazing thing about it
00:51:57.18\00:51:58.85
is the Lord
doesn't show anything
00:51:58.88\00:52:01.02
that doesn't have foundation
00:52:01.05\00:52:03.52
in the Scripture.
00:52:03.55\00:52:05.99
Are you ready for
the big watermelon?
00:52:06.02\00:52:08.69
You're ready?
00:52:08.72\00:52:10.06
Okay.
00:52:10.09\00:52:11.43
Here is the next question.
00:52:11.46\00:52:12.93
"Who was the
next key Contributor
00:52:12.96\00:52:15.26
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:52:15.30\00:52:16.73
Who was the
next key Contributor?
00:52:16.77\00:52:19.57
Here it is.
00:52:19.60\00:52:22.24
John Nelson Darby.
00:52:22.27\00:52:25.07
J.N. Darby, also known as
00:52:25.11\00:52:27.31
"The Modern Father
of Dispensationalism."
00:52:27.34\00:52:32.35
He was known as
the Modern Father
00:52:32.38\00:52:34.38
of Dispensationalism.
00:52:34.42\00:52:36.18
John N. Darby's
views was called Darbyism.
00:52:36.22\00:52:40.66
It was embraced by
the Plymouth Brethren.
00:52:40.69\00:52:43.49
Now, somebody tell me
00:52:43.53\00:52:44.86
where were the
Plymouth Brethren?
00:52:44.89\00:52:46.46
Where was Plymouth?
00:52:46.49\00:52:47.83
Okay. There you go.
00:52:47.86\00:52:49.70
Found a way in
America, the Plymouth Brethren.
00:52:49.73\00:52:52.07
You heard of Plymouth Rock?
00:52:52.10\00:52:54.14
The Plymouth Brethren
embraced this teaching
00:52:54.17\00:52:56.37
and it found its way
into obscure growing America.
00:52:56.40\00:53:01.21
John N. Darby,
00:53:01.24\00:53:02.58
the father of
modern Dispensationalism.
00:53:02.61\00:53:08.58
You know, the amazing
thing about the devil,
00:53:08.62\00:53:10.45
he is patient,
but he takes his time,
00:53:10.49\00:53:13.39
and by the way,
how do I know that?
00:53:13.42\00:53:14.86
Because the very lie he
told in the garden to Eve,
00:53:14.89\00:53:16.96
"You'll not surely die."
00:53:16.99\00:53:18.43
People still today believe
that you don't really die."
00:53:18.46\00:53:21.40
That was told 6000 years ago.
00:53:21.43\00:53:23.40
People still believe that
the dead really don't die.
00:53:23.43\00:53:26.10
Took a long time, but
they still believe it.
00:53:26.13\00:53:28.40
Every time, you hear the
news, they are in heaven now.
00:53:28.44\00:53:31.17
Took a long time to
get that light of stick,
00:53:31.21\00:53:32.67
but it seems to stick,
00:53:32.71\00:53:34.04
no matter how you try to
get people out of the fog,
00:53:34.08\00:53:36.18
they say, "Well,
that's what I believe."
00:53:36.21\00:53:38.48
But now, let's
look at the next one.
00:53:38.51\00:53:41.12
This is huge. I
want to get this in.
00:53:41.15\00:53:44.05
"Who was the
largest modern Contributor
00:53:44.09\00:53:47.72
to the Secret Rapture?"
00:53:47.76\00:53:49.32
Who was the
largest modern Contributor
00:53:49.36\00:53:53.46
to the Secret Rapture?
00:53:53.50\00:53:54.83
Got to get this in
before the program is done.
00:53:54.86\00:53:56.40
Here is his name,
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield.
00:53:56.43\00:54:02.17
Look at the year, 1843.
00:54:02.20\00:54:08.31
What was happening?
00:54:08.34\00:54:09.68
There was a band of
people called the Advent people
00:54:09.71\00:54:12.18
under William Miller,
preaching about the second...
00:54:12.21\00:54:13.72
This is the year
they were thinking that,
00:54:13.75\00:54:15.18
"Well, Jesus could be
coming around this time.
00:54:15.22\00:54:17.32
And someone comes, He
was an American theologian,
00:54:17.35\00:54:21.29
He popularized
in America Futurism,
00:54:21.32\00:54:23.93
Dispensationalism,
00:54:23.96\00:54:25.63
and fundamentalist Christianity.
00:54:25.66\00:54:27.43
So when you say, are
you a fundamental Christian?
00:54:27.46\00:54:30.37
You're embracing
the teachings that
00:54:30.40\00:54:32.33
Cyrus I.
Scofield embraced himself
00:54:32.37\00:54:35.60
and propagated in America.
00:54:35.64\00:54:38.07
He propagated
them here, notice this,
00:54:38.11\00:54:40.38
as you're
writing that down, 1843.
00:54:40.41\00:54:42.74
But look at this next screen.
00:54:42.78\00:54:44.38
The Secret Rapture.
00:54:44.41\00:54:45.98
Cyrus Ingerson Scofield
embraced Darby's/Ribera's
00:54:46.01\00:54:52.52
teaching on the Secret Rapture
and created the annotated
00:54:52.55\00:54:56.36
Scofield Reference Bible.
00:54:56.39\00:55:00.10
So many of you
watching the program
00:55:00.13\00:55:02.06
might have a Scofield Reference
Bible in your very library.
00:55:02.10\00:55:05.20
Here is a
picture of the Scofield
00:55:05.23\00:55:06.84
Reference Bible.
00:55:06.87\00:55:08.20
These are three of
the modern versions of it.
00:55:08.24\00:55:09.87
The Scofield Study Bible
III, The Scofield Study Bible,
00:55:09.90\00:55:12.71
different New
King James Version,
00:55:12.74\00:55:14.44
New International
Version, and King James Version.
00:55:14.48\00:55:16.64
Three separate translations,
King James Version,
00:55:16.68\00:55:18.68
New King James Version, and NIV.
00:55:18.71\00:55:20.25
Or King James, New
King James, and NIV.
00:55:20.28\00:55:22.88
So what he did was now,
00:55:22.92\00:55:24.59
he took a Bible, the
contents of the Bible is fine,
00:55:24.62\00:55:28.19
but he created
his own study notes.
00:55:28.22\00:55:30.96
And so he would say,
let me give you an example.
00:55:30.99\00:55:33.70
Have you heard the
phrase, they use Acts 20:7,
00:55:33.73\00:55:38.63
to teach that
Sunday is a holy day.
00:55:38.67\00:55:40.14
When they said,
00:55:40.17\00:55:41.50
they broke bread on
the first day of the week,
00:55:41.54\00:55:42.87
have you heard that before?
00:55:42.90\00:55:44.54
Well, in the Scofield
Bible, if you look at Acts 20:7,
00:55:44.57\00:55:48.48
they pointed that
to try to prove that
00:55:48.51\00:55:50.45
that's a new day of worship.
00:55:50.48\00:55:52.95
And then they also try
to point, I was in the...
00:55:52.98\00:55:55.38
Revelation 1:10,
00:55:55.42\00:55:56.75
"I was in the
spirit on the Lord's day."
00:55:56.79\00:55:59.02
They try to make that phrase
00:55:59.05\00:56:00.76
point to the
first day of the week.
00:56:00.79\00:56:03.43
And they take...
00:56:03.46\00:56:05.03
Revelation 1:10,
00:56:05.06\00:56:06.39
and point at the
Acts 20:7 which is the day
00:56:06.43\00:56:10.17
that they broke
bread on and they say,
00:56:10.20\00:56:11.70
"See, a new day of worship."
00:56:11.73\00:56:13.30
It's an amazing twisted way
of distorting the Word of God.
00:56:13.34\00:56:16.94
But let's look at this
before we go to the next one.
00:56:16.97\00:56:19.74
It says, The Scofield
Bible and Study Notes:
00:56:19.77\00:56:23.21
Non-Biblical
Teachings, The Gap Theory,
00:56:23.24\00:56:25.85
The Restoration of
the Nation of Israel,
00:56:25.88\00:56:27.72
the Conversion of the Jews,
the Pre-Tribulation Rapture,
00:56:27.75\00:56:31.39
and the Millennial
Earthly Reign of Jesus.
00:56:31.42\00:56:35.42
All those were embraced
in the Scofield Study Bible.
00:56:35.46\00:56:39.79
And I'm going to wind
up on that note tonight
00:56:39.83\00:56:41.86
because we're going to take off.
00:56:41.90\00:56:43.53
So we have just about a
little more than a minute.
00:56:43.57\00:56:46.07
So what we're seeing is,
00:56:46.10\00:56:47.44
we're seeing
something started in the 1500s,
00:56:47.47\00:56:49.70
now we're in the 1840s,
00:56:49.74\00:56:54.04
and next study
when we get together,
00:56:54.08\00:56:57.35
we're going to find out
how it came into the 1900s,
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and then into the
2000s, and where it is today.
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And by the way,
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if you have a
Scofield reference study Bible,
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if you have a
Scofield reference study Bible,
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I won't give you the other names
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'cause there are
so many more names
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I'm going to
release on the next study.
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You'll see that
what's being taught
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on there is Dispensationalism,
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Futurism, the Rapture
theory, the Gap theory,
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the Pre-Tribulation
theory, and the Earthly
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Millennial Reign of Jesus.
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All started 500 years
ago by the Roman Church
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during the Dark Ages.
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You see, friends,
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today, God wants
His people to be unlike.
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Can I get an amen to that? Amen.
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But so much of
what sincere Christians
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have swallowed today,
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is not found in the Word of God.
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But here at
Sharper Focus, we say,
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if it doesn't make
sense, friends, keep praying,
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keep studying God's Word,
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keep trusting Him
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because we know
that if you're faithful,
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one day all that's not clear
will come into A Sharper Focus.
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God bless you.
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