Okay, let's continue our
study of Revelation chapter 10.
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Let's summarize once again the
content of Revelation chapter 10
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at the bottom of
the page where it says,
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"Origin, Identity, Mission,
and Message of the Remnant."
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I have page 11. Is
that what you have?
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Page 11?
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Okay, here's the summary.
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The mighty angel comes
down from heaven to earth.
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His physical
characteristics are given.
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He brings in his
hand an open scroll.
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He must have opened the
scroll before he came down.
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He places one foot on the
sea and one foot on dry land.
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He speaks with
the roar of a lion.
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And when he speaks, his
roar echoes as seven thunders.
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Then he swears an oath
to the Creator stating that
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time will be no longer.
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He gives the book to John
with instructions to eat it.
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And John eats it.
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Sweet in the mouth,
bitter in the stomach.
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Then John is told
to prophesy again.
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And after saying that
he should prophesy again,
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he is commanded to
measure the temple.
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And then the last
point, even though it's earlier
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in Revelation 10, the last
point is the mystery of God
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finished when the
seventh angel is about to sound.
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Chronologically, that comes
after all of these other things.
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That's why I put it last.
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Who is the messenger?
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This messenger is none
other than Jesus Christ Himself.
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So must this message
be crucially important?
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Absolutely.
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Now let's talk about
the identity of the book.
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At the bottom of page
12, the identity of the book.
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There is only one book in
the Bible that was ever sealed
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to be opened at
the time of the end.
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And that is the
book that is referred to
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in Daniel
chapter 12 and verse 4.
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So let's read that verse.
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It says, "But you,
Daniel, shut up the words,
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and seal the book..."
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So would people be able to
understand what's in the book
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until the time of the end?
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No, but would it be understood
at the time of the end?
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Yes, because it's sealed
until the time of the end.
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And then it says that
at the time of the end,
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"many shall run to and fro,
and knowledge shall increase."
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And I added there in
brackets, knowledge of what?
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Knowledge of what is
contained in the little book.
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Now the question is,
what is this little book?
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We just studied about
it in our last session.
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What is this book?
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The entire book
of Daniel, right?
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Okay, the portion of Daniel that
has to do with the 2300 days.
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Which chapters are those?
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Daniel chapter 8 through 12.
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They all have the
same central theme.
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Now, the tense of the
verb in Revelation 10 verse 2
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is important.
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Literally, the Greek word
that describes the opening
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of the book is
in a perfect tense.
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And it should be translated,
that he had in his hand
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the book, the one
having been opened.
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Which clearly indicates
that before it was opened,
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it was what?
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Closed.
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So is this the same book that
Daniel 12 verse 4 refers to?
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No doubt whatsoever about it.
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In other words, the book was
closed and then it was opened
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in heaven immediately
before the angel came down
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to the earth and swore the oath
that time would be no longer.
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Now the little book
of Daniel 12 verse 4
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was unsealed when the judgment
hour message was proclaimed
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between 1798 and 1844.
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Daniel 8:14 provides
the judgment chronology.
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Do you understand
what I mean by that?
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It gives you the
2300 day prophecy.
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So it tells you when the
judgment is going to begin.
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So Daniel 8:14 gives
you the judgment chronology.
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And Revelation 14:6-7 gives
you the judgment hour message.
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So Daniel 8 tells you when
and Revelation 14 tells you what
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the message will be,
the judgment hour message.
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Ellen White in, Manuscript
Releases, volume 18 page 15,
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had this to say.
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"It was the Lion of the tribe of
Judah who unsealed the book..."
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So now we know it was
Jesus who unsealed it, right?
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"...and gave to John the
revelation of what should be
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in these last days.
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Daniel stood in his lot
to bear his testimony..."
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That is, not in person,
but through his writings.
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"...which was sealed
until the time of the end..."
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Now notice, when is it unsealed?
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Notice carefully.
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"Daniel stood in his
lot to bear his testimony,
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which was sealed
until the time of the end,
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when the first
angel's message should be
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proclaimed to our world."
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So when was the book unsealed?
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When the first angel's
message was proclaimed.
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And what does
the first angel say?
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"The hour of His
judgment has come."
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Is that the same theme as, "the
Sanctuary shall be cleansed?"
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Absolutely.
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Now, these matters
are of infinite importance
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in these last days.
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But while many shall
be purified and made white
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and tried, the
wicked shall do wickedly,
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and none of the
wicked shall understand.
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The book of Daniel is unsealed
in the revelation to John
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and carries us
forward to the last scenes
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of this earth's history.
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In another statement that
we find in, Great Controversy,
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page 356, Ellen White explains
when this book was unsealed.
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It was unsealed
when the judgment hour
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message was proclaimed.
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The 2300 day
prophecy was understood.
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She says this, "The message
of salvation has been preached
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in all ages; but this
message is a part of the gospel
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which could be proclaimed only
in the last days, for only then
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would it be true that the
hour of Judgment had come."
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Could Martin Luther preach, "The
hour of His judgment has come."
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Why not?
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Because the judgment didn't
begin in Martin Luther's day.
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"The prophecies
present a succession of events
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leading down to the
opening of the Judgment.
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This is especially
true of the book of Daniel."
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Remember Daniel 7?
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Lion, bear, leopard, dragon, ten
horns, little horn, judgment.
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So she's saying here
that, "The prophecies present
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a succession of
events," that's Daniel 7,
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"leading down to the
opening of the judgment."
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Which is when the
Ancient of Days sits,
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and the Son of Man comes to
where the Ancient of Days was.
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Now she continues
saying, "This is true especially
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of the book of Daniel.
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But that part of his
prophecy which related
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to the last days..."
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So it's not all of Daniel.
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"...Daniel was
bidden to close up and seal
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'to the time of the end.'
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Not till we reach this
time could a message concerning
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the Judgment be proclaimed,
based on the fulfillment
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of these prophecies.
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But at the time of
the end, says the prophet,
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'many shall run to and fro, and
knowledge shall be increased.'"
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So what is the little
book that was unsealed?
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It was Daniel 8 through 12.
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And what is the central
theme of Daniel 8 through 12?
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The judgment hour message.
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The 2300 days.
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And in this
statement that I read before
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when we dealt with the
little sealed book of Daniel,
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Seventh-day
Adventist Bible Commentary,
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volume 7 page 971, Ellen
White says, "The unsealing
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of the little book was the
message in relation to time."
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So what was the one
thing that was not unsealed
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until the time of the end?
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The 2300 day prophecy.
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That is the little book.
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That's important.
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Because that's the little
book that John is told to eat.
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It's not all of Daniel.
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Daniel 1 through 7 would not
have caused a disappointment.
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What causes a disappointment
is the 2300 day prophecy.
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The time element.
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Now, when was the book opened
is a very important point.
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It was opened for
people to study and proclaim
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toward the end of human history
just before the seventh angel
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blows his trumpet and the
mystery of God is finished.
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Did you catch
that in the passage?
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Just before the seventh
angel blows his trumpet,
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this angel opens the
book and presents the message
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from the book.
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Now notice Ellen White
corroborates this point
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in a statement that is found
in, Great Controversy, 356.
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She says, "No such message..."
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She's referring
to Revelation 14:6-7
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where it says, "The hour
of His judgment has come."
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"No such message has
ever been given in past ages.
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Paul, as we have
seen, did not preach it;
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he pointed his brethren
into the then far-distant future
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for the coming of the Lord.
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The reformers
did not proclaim it.
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Martin Luther placed the
Judgment about three hundred
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years in the
future from his day."
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Now when was the
little book opened then?
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"But since 1798..."
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When does the
time of the end begin?
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The book is to be sealed
until the time of the end.
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When is the time
of the end? 1798.
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So since 1798, the book
of Daniel has been unsealed.
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Did William Miller and
the Millerites preach that
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the judgment was upcoming?
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They didn't understand
what the prophecy meant,
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but they were right
about the chronology.
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Did Joseph Wolff preach it? Yes.
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How about
Lacunza? He preached it.
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There were many after
1798 that preached the judgment
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hour message; that the
judgment was about to arrive,
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Jesus was soon to come.
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And they studied the
prophecy of the 2300 days
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and they said, you
know, that this prophecy
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was going to be
fulfilled in 1843.
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And then they
adjusted it to 1844.
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So the little book, before
Jesus descended with the book
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and told John to eat it,
the book was unsealed in heaven.
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And the date of its
unsealing was in 1798.
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Is that point clear?
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Now, this message was to
be a global extension, right?
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This global message is
presented, now listen to this,
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is presented symbolically at
the beginning of the chapter.
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What is the symbol
that is used to indicate
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that it's going to be universal?
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The feet of the angel are placed
on the sea and on the land.
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Is that a symbolic
portrayal of the message going
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to the whole world?
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Yes.
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But at the end, it uses
literal language and explains
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what it means to have the
foot on the sea and on the land.
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John is told to
prophecy to what again?
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To people,
nations, tongues, and kings.
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So placing the foot on
the sea and on the land
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means a universal message.
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And then this is explained when
he's told to prophesy again.
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This time there's not a
foot on the sea and on the land.
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This time it
explains what that means.
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People, nations,
tongues, and kings.
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Now notice what Ellen
White had to say in volume 2 of,
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Selected
Messages, pages 107 and 108.
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"The message of Revelation
14 proclaiming that the hour of
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God's judgment is come is
given in the time of the end;
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and the angel of Revelation
10 is represented as having
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one foot on the sea
and one foot on the land,
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showing that the message will
be carried to distant lands,
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the ocean will be crossed,
and the islands of the sea
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will hear the
proclamation of the last message
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of warning to our world."
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In other words, the foot
on the sea and on the land
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refers to the global
reach of this message.
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It could also mean that
the message is going to the
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old world and to the new world.
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Because in Revelation, there is
a beast that rises from the sea.
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That's Europe.
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And there's another beast
that rises from the earth.
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That's the United States.
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So in other words, the message
is to go to the new world
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and to the old world.
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And interestingly enough,
the act of planting the feet,
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according to Deuteronomy
11:24, means that you're staking
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that ground and you're
saying, "This is mine."
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You can read that text.
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God says, "Wherever you plant
your feet, that will be yours."
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So Jesus is staking claim
to the earth by the judgment
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that He's going to perform.
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So far so good?
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Okay, now let's talk
about the seven thunders.
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You notice that when He
comes down with the open book,
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suddenly Jesus
roars like a lion.
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And when He roars, you
hear seven thunders come out.
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In other words, the echo of
His voice is seven thunders.
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Now what are
these seven thunders?
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Well, we need to
go to John 12:28-29.
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These were not just noise.
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The thunders were not
just thunders like, you know,
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on a rainy day, you know,
when you have a thunder storm.
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The thunder doesn't
have any rhyme or reason,
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it's just noise.
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But the seven thunders,
when the lion rages and roars,
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when Jesus roars like a
lion, He actually speaks
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an intelligible message.
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And the echo is the thunders.
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Now what are the seven thunders?
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Well, we need to go
back to John 12:28-29
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where thunders are explained.
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It says there, now Jesus is
close to the point of His death,
00:15:02.03\00:15:05.26
and He actually speaks
to His Father and He says,
00:15:06.28\00:15:10.22
"'Now My soul is
troubled, and what shall I say?
00:15:10.25\00:15:14.19
"Father, save
Me from this hour?"
00:15:14.55\00:15:16.67
But for this
purpose I came to this hour.
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Father, glorify Your name.'
00:15:20.21\00:15:22.48
Then a voice came
from heaven, saying,
00:15:22.90\00:15:24.55
'I have both glorified it,
and will glorify it again.'"
00:15:24.58\00:15:28.26
Could the voice be understood?
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Was the message understandable?
00:15:32.02\00:15:34.21
It most certainly was.
00:15:34.24\00:15:35.56
But now notice how
the people reacted.
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"Therefore the people
who stood by and heard it
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said that it had thundered.
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Others said, 'An
angel has spoken to Him.'"
00:15:45.19\00:15:48.42
So did the thunders
have an intelligible message?
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Were they spoken words? Yes.
00:15:53.56\00:15:55.71
There was something that
Jesus spoke when He came down
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with the open book.
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And the thunders,
the peals of thunder,
00:16:00.78\00:16:03.88
were the echo of
the words that He spoke.
00:16:03.91\00:16:07.79
Now let's notice
several important points.
00:16:09.07\00:16:11.44
John understood what
the thunders uttered,
00:16:11.92\00:16:14.72
and was about to write...
00:16:15.73\00:16:16.76
Remember we read this?
00:16:16.79\00:16:18.07
...but was forbidden
by the angel to write
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what the thunders uttered.
00:16:21.47\00:16:23.08
So did John understand that
the thunders were intelligible?
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Absolutely.
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The little book was open,
which means that its message
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could be studied
and understood, right?
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On the other hand, what
the thunders uttered could be
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understood by John, but he
was forbidden to write it out.
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So you have the
little book that's open,
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it can be understood,
but you have the thunders
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that utter words
and John is told,
00:16:46.31\00:16:48.66
"This is not to be
understood right now."
00:16:48.86\00:16:50.72
The message uttered by the
mighty angel was given to John,
00:16:51.97\00:16:55.35
and then the message was sealed.
00:16:55.55\00:16:57.65
The book was unsealed, but what
the thunders uttered was sealed.
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Are you with me?
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The events that the thunders
uttered, very important point,
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must have transpired
sometime between 1798 and 1844
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because they occurred after
the book was opened in 1798
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and before the angel
swore the oath in 1844.
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Are you following my point?
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Yeah, He opened
the book in 1798.
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He descends with
the book in His hand.
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Then He utters His voice
and you have the seven thunders.
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And that is before He says
that time will be no longer.
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And He says time
will be no longer in 1844.
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There would be no more
prophetic dates after that.
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We're going to study this a
little bit further on later.
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So this is happening
somewhere between what?
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Somewhere between 1798 and 1844.
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Now according to Ellen
White, the seven thunders
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uttered a delineation of
events that would transpire
00:18:05.22\00:18:08.78
between 1842 and 1844.
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In other words,
what the thunders uttered
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were events that took
place between 1842 and 1844.
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Some people are
making the thunders future.
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They are
Seventh-day Adventist futurists.
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There is no necessity to
make the thunders future.
00:18:24.93\00:18:29.16
The spirit of
prophecy is clear about when
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these thunders uttered.
00:18:32.14\00:18:33.26
It was between 1798 and 1844.
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More specifically,
between 1842 and 1844.
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She seems to indicate
that the thunders announced
00:18:41.12\00:18:43.99
that the Millerites
would suffer a disappointment
00:18:44.02\00:18:46.52
when Jesus did not come as
expected about the year 1843
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and in the spring of 1844.
00:18:51.29\00:18:53.24
So basically, what
the thunders uttered
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was that there was
going to be a disappointment.
00:18:56.71\00:18:58.88
Was it good for the
people to know that?
00:19:02.66\00:19:04.73
Was it good for the Millerites
to know that they were wrong
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about the chronology?
00:19:08.47\00:19:09.84
No it wasn't.
00:19:10.00\00:19:11.05
It wasn't good for them
to know that at that point
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between 1842 and 1844.
00:19:13.54\00:19:15.75
Let's notice what
Ellen White says about this,
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why the thunders were sealed,
what the voice said was sealed.
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The Millerites did
not need to know that
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at that particular point.
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And let's notice the reason why.
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Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, volume 7 page 971.
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"The special light given
to John which was expressed
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in the seven thunders
was a delineation of events
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which would transpire
under the first and second
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angels' messages."
00:19:50.36\00:19:52.07
Do you know when the
first and second angels'
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messages were proclaimed?
00:19:55.13\00:19:56.32
1842 to 1844.
00:19:56.42\00:19:58.42
So did the
thunders sound already?
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Yes they did.
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And now notice, "It
was not best for the people
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to know these things..."
00:20:06.32\00:20:08.03
John knew.
00:20:09.94\00:20:11.05
But John was told, "Seal it.
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Don't explain it."
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.24
"It was not best for the
people to know these things..."
00:20:15.97\00:20:18.59
For what reason?
00:20:19.81\00:20:21.06
"...for their faith
must necessarily be tested."
00:20:21.58\00:20:26.73
Now there's another
couple of statements,
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really eye opening statements,
by the spirit of prophecy.
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One of them is in,
Early Writings, 235-236.
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You're aware that the
Millerites set a couple of dates
00:20:36.99\00:20:39.86
before October 22, 1844.
00:20:39.89\00:20:42.28
First they thought He was going
to come about the year 1843.
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Then they said in
the spring of 1844.
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And then they
realized in the summer of 1844
00:20:48.69\00:20:51.47
that Jesus did not
come in the spring,
00:20:51.96\00:20:53.94
because the Day of
Atonement was not in the spring.
00:20:54.20\00:20:56.52
It was in the fall.
00:20:56.55\00:20:57.58
That's called, the
seventh month movement.
00:20:58.82\00:21:00.65
Samuel Snow
preached at a camp meeting,
00:21:00.68\00:21:03.24
and he said, "Hey, you
know, we were expecting Jesus
00:21:03.80\00:21:06.57
to fulfill the Day of
Atonement in the spring.
00:21:06.60\00:21:08.43
But the Day of
Atonement was not in the spring,
00:21:08.46\00:21:10.41
it was in the fall.
00:21:10.44\00:21:11.55
And so you have the
midnight cry, the awakening,
00:21:12.64\00:21:15.44
in the summer of 1844.
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Notice what
Ellen White says about
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these first disappointments.
00:21:21.40\00:21:23.31
Not the great
one, but the first two.
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"I saw the people of
God joyful in expectation,
00:21:26.61\00:21:30.49
looking for their Lord.
00:21:30.77\00:21:32.73
But God designed to prove them.
00:21:33.17\00:21:35.39
His hand covered a
mistake in the reckoning
00:21:35.83\00:21:38.78
of the prophetic periods."
00:21:38.81\00:21:40.68
Isn't that interesting?
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And what was the mistake?
00:21:49.12\00:21:50.79
They said 1843 because they
did not reckon the year zero.
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You see, 1 BC jumps to 1 AD.
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There's only one year
between 1 BC and 1 AD,
00:22:01.86\00:22:04.54
but they counted 1 BC
and 1 AD as two years.
00:22:04.57\00:22:08.16
That's why they came to 1843.
00:22:08.74\00:22:10.75
They should have
counted it only as one.
00:22:13.46\00:22:15.17
Because from 1 BC to
1 AD, there's one year.
00:22:15.85\00:22:18.40
Now notice, she continues
saying, "Those who were
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looking for their Lord
did not discover this mistake,
00:22:24.95\00:22:27.83
and the most learned
men who opposed the time
00:22:28.36\00:22:30.65
also failed to see it.
00:22:30.68\00:22:32.03
God designed that
His people should meet
00:22:32.47\00:22:34.85
with a disappointment.
00:22:34.88\00:22:36.20
The time passed, and
those who had looked with
00:22:37.35\00:22:39.41
joyful expectation for
their Saviour were sad and
00:22:39.44\00:22:42.51
disheartened, while
those who had not loved the
00:22:42.54\00:22:45.27
appearing of Jesus, but embraced
the message through fear,
00:22:45.30\00:22:48.31
were pleased that He did not
come at the time of expectation.
00:22:48.41\00:22:52.49
Their profession had
not affected the heart
00:22:52.82\00:22:55.85
and purified the life.
00:22:55.88\00:22:57.26
The passing of the
time was well calculated
00:22:57.29\00:22:59.42
to reveal such hearts.
00:22:59.45\00:23:01.38
They were the first to
turn and ridicule the sorrowful,
00:23:01.80\00:23:04.66
disappointed ones who
really loved the appearing
00:23:04.69\00:23:06.97
of their Saviour.
00:23:07.00\00:23:08.15
I saw the wisdom of
God in proving His people
00:23:08.37\00:23:10.94
and giving them a searching
test to discover those who would
00:23:10.97\00:23:14.66
shrink and turn back
in the hour of trial."
00:23:14.69\00:23:17.57
So basically, the seven thunders
uttered that there would a
00:23:18.79\00:23:22.27
disappointment,
they would miscalculate
00:23:22.30\00:23:23.94
the prophetic periods.
00:23:23.97\00:23:25.38
And God told John,
"Don't explain it."
00:23:27.22\00:23:29.65
There's a second
statement, Early Writings, 236.
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.77
She says, "Those
faithful, disappointed ones,
00:23:34.55\00:23:37.24
who could not understand..."
00:23:37.60\00:23:39.81
Why could they not understand?
00:23:40.01\00:23:41.49
Because the thunders were what?
00:23:42.03\00:23:43.73
Sealed.
00:23:43.76\00:23:44.80
They could not understand.
00:23:45.26\00:23:46.72
"...why their Lord did not
come, were not left in darkness.
00:23:47.04\00:23:50.17
Again they were led
to their Bibles to search
00:23:50.49\00:23:52.62
the prophetic periods.
00:23:52.65\00:23:53.84
The hand of the Lord was
removed from the figures,
00:23:53.94\00:23:57.31
and the mistake was explained.
00:23:57.51\00:23:59.37
They saw that the prophetic
periods reached to 1844,
00:23:59.91\00:24:02.86
and that the same evidence
which they had presented
00:24:02.96\00:24:05.42
to show that the prophetic
periods closed in 1843,
00:24:05.45\00:24:08.47
proved that they
would terminate in 1844."
00:24:08.57\00:24:12.54
Now some have misunderstood
an Ellen White statement
00:24:14.18\00:24:17.46
where she appears to
state that the thunders
00:24:17.78\00:24:19.63
will sound in the future.
00:24:19.66\00:24:21.00
She wrote this
quotation in 1900.
00:24:21.89\00:24:24.34
So presumably, the thunders
had not yet uttered their voice
00:24:24.92\00:24:28.87
at that time.
00:24:28.90\00:24:30.11
See, people are sometimes
careless in the way that they
00:24:31.05\00:24:34.92
handle the
writings of Ellen White.
00:24:34.95\00:24:36.80
They say she wrote in 1900
that the thunders are future.
00:24:37.83\00:24:40.58
So they could not have been
fulfilled between 1842 and 1844.
00:24:40.61\00:24:44.23
But you have to
look at this carefully.
00:24:45.29\00:24:47.10
Here's the quotation.
00:24:47.93\00:24:49.30
"After these seven
thunders uttered these voices,
00:24:50.09\00:24:53.37
the injunction comes
to John, as to Daniel,
00:24:53.78\00:24:56.95
in regard to the little
book: 'Seal up those things
00:24:57.40\00:25:01.27
which the seven
thunders uttered.'"
00:25:01.30\00:25:03.21
Now listen carefully.
00:25:04.95\00:25:06.17
"These relate to
future events..."
00:25:06.46\00:25:10.92
Future events from whose time?
00:25:13.34\00:25:15.41
From the time
of Daniel and John.
00:25:16.04\00:25:17.90
There's the key.
00:25:18.46\00:25:19.55
Not future from 1844.
00:25:20.25\00:25:22.26
And you're going
to see that clearly.
00:25:23.35\00:25:25.06
"These relate to
future events which will
00:25:25.49\00:25:28.86
be disclosed in their order.
00:25:28.89\00:25:30.57
Daniel shall stand in his
lot at the end of the days.
00:25:30.60\00:25:33.21
John sees the
little book unsealed."
00:25:33.24\00:25:35.48
So from whose
perspective is this being seen?
00:25:35.51\00:25:38.12
From the perspective of John.
00:25:38.61\00:25:40.53
It says, "Then
Daniel's prophecies have their
00:25:40.74\00:25:44.73
proper place in the
first, second, and third angels'
00:25:44.76\00:25:47.25
messages to be
given to the world.
00:25:47.28\00:25:49.40
The unsealing of the
little book was the message
00:25:49.43\00:25:52.54
in relation to time."
00:25:52.57\00:25:54.09
Now the crucial
question here is this,
00:25:55.30\00:25:57.64
where the seven
thunders going to utter events
00:25:57.67\00:26:00.37
that were future from the
time frame of Daniel and John
00:26:00.40\00:26:03.67
or from the time
frame of Ellen White?
00:26:03.70\00:26:06.63
A careful reading of
the quotation reveals
00:26:07.25\00:26:10.07
that the seven thunders
are future from the time frame
00:26:10.10\00:26:13.13
of Daniel and John, not from
the time frame of Ellen White.
00:26:13.16\00:26:17.31
The sentence before
the quotation is the key.
00:26:17.77\00:26:22.40
Before the quotation
that I just read from.
00:26:23.56\00:26:25.95
Ellen White says,
"After these seven thunders
00:26:26.36\00:26:29.27
uttered their voices,
the injunction comes to John,
00:26:29.30\00:26:33.38
as to Daniel, in
regard to the little book:
00:26:34.14\00:26:37.68
'Seal up those things which
the seven thunders uttered.'"
00:26:38.01\00:26:41.88
So from which
perspective are you to see the
00:26:42.40\00:26:44.89
seven thunders future?
00:26:44.92\00:26:46.19
From the time
period of John and Daniel
00:26:46.22\00:26:49.33
or from 1900?
00:26:49.36\00:26:51.37
From John and Daniel.
00:26:52.26\00:26:53.34
The context of Ellen
White's statement makes this
00:26:53.37\00:26:55.82
absolutely crystal clear.
00:26:55.85\00:26:57.45
Now let's talk about the oath.
00:26:57.48\00:26:59.03
So the angel utters his
voice; seven thunders sound.
00:27:00.05\00:27:04.97
He's told, "Seal it.
00:27:05.47\00:27:07.04
It's not good for the people to
understand this at this point."
00:27:07.07\00:27:09.46
So there was going
to be a disappointment.
00:27:09.97\00:27:11.69
They were going to misunderstand
some chronological details,
00:27:12.26\00:27:15.67
and they were
going to be disappointed.
00:27:15.70\00:27:17.07
Why would God do that?
00:27:17.26\00:27:18.74
Because He wanted to sift
those who truly loved the Lord
00:27:18.77\00:27:23.72
from those who
did not love the Lord.
00:27:23.92\00:27:26.29
You say, "Why would He
do something like that?"
00:27:27.94\00:27:29.62
Well let me ask you something.
00:27:29.65\00:27:30.88
Did Jesus choreograph the
triumphal entry into Jerusalem?
00:27:31.83\00:27:36.31
Did He tell the
disciples to go get a donkey?
00:27:37.13\00:27:39.40
Did He sit on it?
00:27:40.06\00:27:41.32
Did He allow the
people to proclaim Him,
00:27:42.19\00:27:43.96
"Oh, Hosanna in the highest.
00:27:43.99\00:27:45.95
The king of the Jews."
00:27:45.98\00:27:47.46
Did Jesus know that
they were severely wrong
00:27:48.27\00:27:51.12
in their understanding?
00:27:51.15\00:27:52.55
So why didn't He say something?
00:27:54.54\00:27:56.14
Because it was
necessary to reveal who was who.
00:27:57.34\00:28:01.09
Are you with me?
00:28:02.78\00:28:03.81
When the crisis
came, what happened?
00:28:04.70\00:28:06.75
There was a sifting.
00:28:07.05\00:28:08.34
And those who
were faithful remained.
00:28:09.28\00:28:11.12
And the
hypocrites were shaken out.
00:28:11.72\00:28:13.74
So if Jesus could do
it at the triumphal entry,
00:28:14.34\00:28:18.26
why couldn't He do it
here to show who was sincere
00:28:18.29\00:28:22.38
and who was not sincere
in the Millerite movement.
00:28:22.41\00:28:25.71
Now let's talk about the oath.
00:28:25.74\00:28:26.95
Are we doing well so far?
00:28:26.98\00:28:28.32
Okay, the oath.
00:28:28.84\00:28:30.08
After the angel had descended
with the open book, 1798,
00:28:30.90\00:28:35.16
and the thunders had uttered
their voices, 1842 and 1843,
00:28:35.72\00:28:40.26
and actually up to
the spring of 1844,
00:28:41.17\00:28:43.38
an announcement
was made with an oath
00:28:43.77\00:28:46.77
that prophetic
time would be no longer.
00:28:46.80\00:28:49.36
When was that oath made?
00:28:49.39\00:28:50.75
1844.
00:28:51.98\00:28:53.31
Why would the voice say
that time will be no longer?
00:28:54.69\00:28:58.61
What time was that
referring to, the oath,
00:28:59.84\00:29:02.30
time will be no longer?
00:29:02.33\00:29:04.00
Which prophetic
time, specifically?
00:29:04.72\00:29:07.10
The 2300 days.
00:29:07.77\00:29:09.47
In other words, after
Daniel 8:14 is fulfilled
00:29:09.90\00:29:14.16
in 1844, there will
be no more prophecies
00:29:14.19\00:29:16.77
having to do with time.
00:29:16.80\00:29:18.00
And we have all kinds
of Adventist futurists
00:29:18.88\00:29:22.01
who are re-applying
the 1260, 1290, 1335.
00:29:23.15\00:29:27.80
Some of them are re-applying
the 2300 days and they're saying
00:29:27.83\00:29:30.90
the 42 months are future.
00:29:30.93\00:29:32.42
It's amiss.
00:29:32.52\00:29:33.98
And what it does is it
dilutes the true meaning
00:29:35.75\00:29:38.70
of Bible prophecy.
00:29:39.34\00:29:40.77
Now, after the angel descended
then with the open book, 1798,
00:29:43.03\00:29:49.23
the thunders uttered
their voices, 1842 to 1844,
00:29:49.26\00:29:54.13
at least the spring of
1844, an announcement was made
00:29:54.16\00:29:57.14
with an oath that prophetic
time would be no longer.
00:29:57.17\00:29:59.69
That would be 1844.
00:29:59.72\00:30:01.91
It is obvious
that the declaration,
00:30:02.59\00:30:04.97
"time will be no
longer," cannot have been made
00:30:05.00\00:30:08.83
by the angel before
the 42 months, 1260 days,
00:30:08.86\00:30:12.97
three and a half
times, three and a half days,
00:30:13.00\00:30:15.60
and 2300 days were fulfilled.
00:30:15.63\00:30:17.57
Is that clear?
00:30:18.96\00:30:19.99
Ellen White explains
in, Selected Messages,
00:30:22.89\00:30:25.12
volume 2 page 108, "This time,
which the angel declares with
00:30:25.15\00:30:30.65
the solemn oath, is not the
end of this world's history,
00:30:30.68\00:30:34.69
neither of probationary
time, but of prophetic time,
00:30:35.18\00:30:39.32
which should precede
the advent of our Lord.
00:30:40.06\00:30:42.82
That is, the people
will not have another message
00:30:43.16\00:30:46.63
upon definite time."
00:30:46.66\00:30:48.19
Now what part of
that don't you understand?
00:30:49.46\00:30:51.22
"After this period of time,
reaching from 1842 to 1844,
00:30:52.40\00:30:57.32
there can be no definite
tracing of the prophetic time.
00:30:57.35\00:31:00.70
The longest reckoning
reaches to the autumn of 1844."
00:31:00.73\00:31:04.84
She also says in volume 2
of, Selected Messages, page 108,
00:31:05.74\00:31:12.21
"This message announces the
end of the prophetic periods.
00:31:12.41\00:31:15.76
The disappointment of those who
expected to see our Lord in 1844
00:31:15.93\00:31:19.43
was indeed bitter to
those who had so ardently
00:31:19.46\00:31:22.06
looked for His appearing.
00:31:22.09\00:31:23.41
It was in the Lord's
order that this disappointment
00:31:23.44\00:31:26.50
should come, and that
hearts should be revealed."
00:31:26.53\00:31:30.07
Now how do we
know, aside from what the
00:31:30.76\00:31:32.90
spirit of prophecy says...
00:31:32.93\00:31:33.96
Because she says that this is
not the end of probationary time
00:31:33.99\00:31:36.83
and it is not the end of time
in terms of the second coming.
00:31:37.03\00:31:41.13
How do we know from the
Bible that this is talking about
00:31:41.33\00:31:43.82
a different kind of ending
of time, that time will be
00:31:43.85\00:31:46.73
no longer, and it's not talking
about chronological time?
00:31:46.76\00:31:50.30
Two things that we
need to take into account.
00:31:51.34\00:31:53.79
Very important.
00:31:53.82\00:31:54.89
This announcement is
made during the period
00:31:55.81\00:31:58.86
of the sixth trumpet.
00:31:58.89\00:32:00.14
And Jesus does not come
to take over His kingdom
00:32:00.99\00:32:03.56
until the seventh trumpet.
00:32:03.59\00:32:05.20
So could, "time
will be no longer,"
00:32:06.33\00:32:08.89
be the end of the world?
00:32:08.92\00:32:10.76
No, because the end of the world
comes in the seventh trumpet.
00:32:11.41\00:32:14.18
But it's at the sixth
trumpet that the angel says that
00:32:15.16\00:32:17.51
time will be no longer.
00:32:17.54\00:32:18.79
So it has to be a different kind
of time than the end of time,
00:32:19.07\00:32:22.95
as we refer to it.
00:32:22.98\00:32:24.29
And even more importantly,
after the announcement was made
00:32:25.34\00:32:28.12
that time will be no
longer, John was instructed
00:32:28.15\00:32:31.24
to prophesy again.
00:32:31.27\00:32:32.81
How could he do this if
the world had come to an end?
00:32:33.88\00:32:36.67
Is that clear?
00:32:39.83\00:32:40.94
How could he prophesy again
if time had come to an end?
00:32:41.89\00:32:44.90
History.
00:32:46.29\00:32:47.32
It must mean that the
time that would be no longer
00:32:47.43\00:32:51.10
has to be a
different kind of time.
00:32:51.13\00:32:54.26
The translation in
most versions, "there should
00:32:56.48\00:32:59.87
no longer be any
delay," is incorrect.
00:32:59.90\00:33:04.00
In the book of Revelation,
the word, "chronos," "time,"
00:33:04.77\00:33:09.32
is used three other times.
00:33:09.56\00:33:11.66
And in none of them
can the word be translated
00:33:12.18\00:33:15.68
in such a way as, "delay."
00:33:15.71\00:33:18.10
The word, "time," appears
in at least thirty places
00:33:19.13\00:33:22.22
in the New Testament, but not
once is it translated, "delay,"
00:33:22.25\00:33:25.83
by modern versions
except in this verse.
00:33:25.86\00:33:29.48
That's pretty telling, isn't it.
00:33:32.11\00:33:33.72
The New Testament has a
way of expressing, "delay."
00:33:34.85\00:33:39.00
For example, in Matthew 24:48,
the word, "chronizo," is used
00:33:40.25\00:33:45.03
of the unfaithful servant who
says, "My master is delayed."
00:33:45.06\00:33:49.03
So if John had wanted
to express delay, he had a
00:33:49.70\00:33:51.96
Greek word that he could
have used to express delay.
00:33:51.99\00:33:55.32
It simply means,
"time will be no longer."
00:33:56.18\00:33:58.63
It's not talking
about the end of the world
00:33:59.10\00:34:01.03
or the end of probationary time.
00:34:01.06\00:34:02.48
It's talking
about prophetic time.
00:34:02.51\00:34:04.66
No more time periods
having to do with prophecy,
00:34:05.33\00:34:08.65
in other words.
00:34:08.68\00:34:09.95
Now Ellen White has consistently
warned us not to set dates
00:34:10.46\00:34:15.59
and not to establish time.
00:34:16.38\00:34:19.79
Notice this statement on
page 17 of your syllabus.
00:34:21.65\00:34:24.62
"Dear brethren, the Lord
has shown me that the message
00:34:25.01\00:34:27.46
of the third angel must go
and must be proclaimed to the
00:34:27.49\00:34:30.30
scattered children of the Lord,
00:34:30.33\00:34:32.12
and that it should
not be hung on time;
00:34:32.91\00:34:34.98
for time never
will be a test again.
00:34:35.01\00:34:37.39
I saw that some were
getting a false excitement
00:34:38.01\00:34:40.74
arising from preaching time,
00:34:40.77\00:34:42.53
that the third angel's message
was stronger than time can be.
00:34:42.84\00:34:46.51
I saw that this message can
stand on its own foundation,
00:34:46.94\00:34:49.83
and that it needs not
time to strengthen it,
00:34:49.86\00:34:52.57
and that it will go in
mighty power, and do its work,
00:34:53.35\00:34:56.16
and will be cut
short in righteousness."
00:34:56.19\00:34:58.70
That's in, Review and
Herald, July 21, 1851.
00:34:59.60\00:35:02.86
In, Selected Messages,
volume 2 page 84, she says,
00:35:03.10\00:35:05.77
"There will always be
false and fanatical movements
00:35:05.80\00:35:08.48
made by persons in the church
who claim to be led by God;
00:35:08.51\00:35:11.82
those who will run
before they are sent,
00:35:11.85\00:35:14.05
and will give a day
and date for the occurrence
00:35:14.08\00:35:16.86
of unfulfilled prophecy.
00:35:16.89\00:35:18.41
The enemy is pleased
to have them do this,
00:35:18.61\00:35:20.81
for their successive failures
and leading into false lines
00:35:20.84\00:35:24.25
cause confusion and unbelief."
00:35:24.28\00:35:26.45
Pretty clear, right?
00:35:28.35\00:35:29.59
Now both oaths...
00:35:33.01\00:35:35.17
There's one in Daniel
12:7 and Revelation 10 verse 6.
00:35:35.20\00:35:37.76
...begin with an angel swearing
in the name of the eternal God
00:35:37.96\00:35:41.29
who lives forever and
ever, but Revelation adds
00:35:41.32\00:35:44.14
that God is the
Creator of heaven and the
00:35:44.17\00:35:46.65
things that are in it, the earth
and the things that are in it,
00:35:46.68\00:35:49.68
and the sea and the
things that are in it.
00:35:49.71\00:35:51.87
This description, listen
carefully, this description
00:35:52.95\00:35:56.82
of the Creator clearly
links the little book episode
00:35:56.85\00:36:00.89
of Revelation 10 with
the first angel's message
00:36:00.92\00:36:04.08
where a call is made to worship
Him who made heaven and earth,
00:36:04.75\00:36:07.93
the sea, and springs of waters.
00:36:07.96\00:36:10.07
So do you know where the
message is to prophesy again?
00:36:11.70\00:36:14.78
It's the first angel's message.
00:36:15.87\00:36:17.70
Thus the prophesying again
of verse 11 is directly linked
00:36:19.44\00:36:22.86
with the first angel's message.
00:36:22.89\00:36:24.50
God's end time remnant
will make a direct appeal
00:36:24.87\00:36:28.16
for people to
worship the Creator.
00:36:28.19\00:36:30.58
This appeal to the Creator
in Revelation 10 verse 6 is a
00:36:31.03\00:36:34.68
clear allusion to the
fourth commandment of God's law,
00:36:34.71\00:36:37.63
and ultimately to the
institution of the Sabbath
00:36:38.06\00:36:41.71
at creation.
00:36:41.74\00:36:43.23
Now let's talk
about the mystery of God.
00:36:45.32\00:36:47.21
Is the mystery of God going
to be finished shortly before
00:36:48.07\00:36:50.46
the seventh trumpet blows?
00:36:50.49\00:36:52.14
Yes.
00:36:52.72\00:36:53.75
In the seventh
trumpet, Jesus takes over the
00:36:53.78\00:36:55.86
kingdoms of the world.
00:36:55.89\00:36:57.17
You're aware of that.
00:36:57.20\00:36:58.23
That's when He empirically takes
over the kingdoms of the world.
00:36:58.26\00:37:01.28
But shortly before
the seventh trumpet blows,
00:37:01.31\00:37:04.60
when Jesus takes over
the kingdom at His coming,
00:37:04.63\00:37:06.99
the mystery of God is finished.
00:37:07.97\00:37:09.52
Now what is the
finishing of the mystery of God?
00:37:10.65\00:37:13.15
Well, let's go to the paragraph,
the last paragraph on page 17.
00:37:14.99\00:37:20.17
What the text is
saying is that the declaration
00:37:20.70\00:37:23.07
that time will be no longer
is made during the period of
00:37:23.10\00:37:25.75
the sixth trumpet,
but the mystery of God
00:37:25.78\00:37:28.54
will not be finished
until the seventh trumpet
00:37:28.57\00:37:30.94
is about to begin to sound.
00:37:30.97\00:37:32.70
So is there a period of time
between when time is no longer
00:37:32.73\00:37:36.05
and when the
mystery of God is finished?
00:37:36.08\00:37:38.32
Absolutely.
00:37:38.99\00:37:40.14
This clearly shows that
the end of prophetic time
00:37:40.37\00:37:43.59
comes during the sixth
trumpet and before the seventh.
00:37:43.62\00:37:47.15
Now the question is,
what is the mystery of God?
00:37:49.06\00:37:51.49
We're running short on
time, so let me just synthesize
00:37:52.54\00:37:57.57
what the mystery is.
00:37:57.60\00:37:59.05
Do you know what the
mystery is, the mystery of God?
00:37:59.08\00:38:01.63
It's the
preaching of the gospel.
00:38:02.40\00:38:04.22
The gospel is the
mystery hidden from ages past.
00:38:05.50\00:38:09.42
You can read it
in Romans 16:25-27.
00:38:10.54\00:38:13.62
Ellen White adds her testimony
in, Signs of the Times,
00:38:15.28\00:38:18.20
March 25, 1897, where
she says that the incarnation
00:38:18.23\00:38:22.90
is a mystery.
00:38:22.93\00:38:24.01
The union of divinity
with humanity is a mystery,
00:38:24.81\00:38:28.11
and it was hidden
from eternal ages.
00:38:28.70\00:38:30.81
And then she says at
the end of this quotation,
00:38:31.56\00:38:34.29
"And this wonderful mystery,
the incarnation of Christ
00:38:34.32\00:38:36.90
and the atonement that
He made, must be declared
00:38:36.93\00:38:39.10
to every son and daughter of
Adam, whether Jew or Gentile."
00:38:39.13\00:38:42.43
So what is the mystery of God?
00:38:44.78\00:38:46.35
The proclamation of the gospel.
00:38:47.29\00:38:49.07
What is going to
happen shortly before the
00:38:50.34\00:38:54.27
seventh trumpet sounds?
00:38:54.30\00:38:55.86
The mystery of God
is going to be finished.
00:38:57.04\00:38:58.53
What does that mean?
00:38:58.56\00:38:59.75
The preaching of the gospel
is going to come to an end.
00:39:00.48\00:39:03.41
Does probation close
before the seventh trumpet?
00:39:04.90\00:39:07.46
Yes or no?
00:39:09.06\00:39:10.20
You caught the
nuance. Yes it does.
00:39:10.50\00:39:12.49
Because it says, the
mystery of God is finished
00:39:15.40\00:39:17.81
when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound.
00:39:18.55\00:39:21.87
If the mystery of God is
the preaching of the gospel,
00:39:23.77\00:39:26.40
that means that the
preaching of the gospel
00:39:26.43\00:39:28.17
will be finished shortly before
the seventh trumpet sounds
00:39:28.20\00:39:33.02
when Jesus comes to
take over the kingdom.
00:39:33.05\00:39:35.18
Is that clear?
00:39:36.53\00:39:37.60
Now, Revelation
22:10-12 has the clear sequence.
00:39:41.15\00:39:47.10
Notice.
00:39:48.14\00:39:49.30
We have three points
of time in these verses.
00:39:50.25\00:39:53.34
"And he said to me, 'Do
not seal the words of the
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.93
prophecy of this book...'"
00:39:55.96\00:39:57.60
So if the book isn't sealed, can
a message come from the book?
00:40:00.31\00:40:03.51
Can people
understand the message?
00:40:04.34\00:40:06.13
Is probation still open?
00:40:06.57\00:40:08.27
Yes.
00:40:08.57\00:40:09.60
"He said to me, 'Do
not seal the words of the
00:40:10.14\00:40:12.09
prophecy of this
book,'" which is the preaching
00:40:12.12\00:40:14.53
from the little book,
"for the time is at hand."
00:40:14.56\00:40:17.87
What time is at hand?
00:40:18.17\00:40:19.73
When probation will
close and the mystery of God
00:40:20.33\00:40:22.30
will be finished.
00:40:22.33\00:40:23.53
And what will happen
when that takes place?
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.06
"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still;
00:40:26.09\00:40:29.88
he who is filthy,
let him be filthy still;
00:40:30.18\00:40:32.47
he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
00:40:32.98\00:40:35.07
and he who is holy,
let him be holy still."
00:40:35.10\00:40:37.54
And then after that
declaration is made,
00:40:38.69\00:40:41.77
only then does Jesus say, "And
behold, I am coming quickly,
00:40:42.42\00:40:46.03
and My reward is with
Me, to give to every one
00:40:46.72\00:40:49.11
according to his work."
00:40:49.14\00:40:50.36
Do you see three
points of time there?
00:40:50.39\00:40:52.11
A message is coming
from the little book,
00:40:52.78\00:40:54.79
or from the book of Revelation.
00:40:55.09\00:40:56.24
The book is open.
00:40:56.27\00:40:57.40
People can be saved.
00:40:57.43\00:40:58.93
But the time is near when
the declaration would be made
00:40:59.47\00:41:02.87
that he who is
filthy will still be filthy,
00:41:03.27\00:41:05.47
and he that is
holy will still be holy.
00:41:06.05\00:41:08.27
And then after that, Jesus
comes to reward His servants;
00:41:09.00\00:41:12.72
which is the seventh trumpet.
00:41:12.75\00:41:14.42
He comes to
take over His kingdom
00:41:14.45\00:41:16.26
and give the
kingdom to His people.
00:41:16.29\00:41:19.16
Now do we have the same
sequence in Daniel chapter 7?
00:41:20.69\00:41:23.53
Of course we do.
00:41:24.22\00:41:25.25
The Ancient of Days
goes in heaven, He sits,
00:41:26.34\00:41:31.31
the judgment sits,
the books are opened.
00:41:33.23\00:41:35.98
Jesus comes to the Father.
00:41:36.43\00:41:38.22
And what is
Jesus given in heaven?
00:41:38.42\00:41:40.34
A kingdom.
00:41:40.54\00:41:41.58
And then it says the time came
when He took over the kingdom.
00:41:42.94\00:41:45.87
And He gives the
kingdom to His people.
00:41:47.76\00:41:49.73
So you have the
three points of time
00:41:50.17\00:41:53.01
in Daniel chapter 7 as well.
00:41:53.04\00:41:55.08
Now, John is a
representative person.
00:41:55.81\00:42:00.68
We're going to talk about
the eating of the book now.
00:42:00.71\00:42:02.93
These words are from
William Shea who was my teacher
00:42:05.34\00:42:08.38
at the seminary many years ago.
00:42:08.41\00:42:10.76
He wrote on Revelation 10.
00:42:11.26\00:42:12.56
And notice what he says.
00:42:12.59\00:42:14.03
"John lived at the
beginning of the Christian era
00:42:14.58\00:42:17.66
when he received this vision.
00:42:18.62\00:42:20.53
But the prophetic scene
itself looks down toward the
00:42:21.39\00:42:24.60
end of time long
after John's death."
00:42:24.63\00:42:27.51
Do you understand that point?
00:42:30.37\00:42:31.54
Would John be alive during
the period of the sixth trumpet
00:42:33.09\00:42:35.63
towards the end
of human history?
00:42:36.25\00:42:37.81
No. And yet he's
told to eat the book.
00:42:38.16\00:42:40.27
It's going to be
sweet and then bitter.
00:42:40.81\00:42:42.47
"He should, therefore,
be taken as a representative
00:42:43.81\00:42:47.23
of those who will
bear the final message.
00:42:47.26\00:42:50.12
The party was acting out
under those circumstances.
00:42:51.18\00:42:54.86
It would have been physically
impossible for John to have
00:42:55.37\00:42:57.78
born this message to all the
groups he was told to address.
00:42:57.81\00:43:02.32
We may look, therefore,
for a group or movement
00:43:03.00\00:43:05.30
to fulfill this
commission in the end time."
00:43:05.33\00:43:08.54
Is that clear?
00:43:11.41\00:43:12.51
John has to be a
representative person.
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.12
Because this is happening during
the period of the sixth trumpet
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right before the seventh
trumpet when the world ends.
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So how could John, during
the period of the sixth trumpet,
00:43:23.37\00:43:27.19
be eating the book if he
died in the first century
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or maybe early in
the second century?
00:43:31.76\00:43:33.73
He couldn't.
00:43:33.76\00:43:34.79
So he has to be representative
of the people of God.
00:43:35.09\00:43:39.86
Now let's notice the chiastic
structure of Revelation 10:9-11.
00:43:41.10\00:43:45.09
You remember, I
mentioned the order;
00:43:45.12\00:43:46.82
bitter, sweet, and
then sweet and bitter?
00:43:47.08\00:43:49.17
Now you're going
to see the reason why.
00:43:49.71\00:43:51.32
You see, A-B-C has
it's equivalent in C-B-A.
00:43:52.86\00:43:57.39
This is the chiasm.
00:43:57.76\00:43:59.14
In the A line, the
angel tells John to take the
00:44:01.14\00:44:04.10
scroll and eat it.
00:44:04.13\00:44:06.92
He's told, "It will be
bitter in your stomach."
00:44:08.35\00:44:10.77
That's the B line.
00:44:11.02\00:44:12.15
And the C line says, "In
your mouth, it will be..." What?
00:44:13.09\00:44:16.50
Sweet as honey.
00:44:17.55\00:44:19.09
Then you have the C
line in reverse order,
00:44:20.94\00:44:23.43
"It tasted as sweet
as honey in my mouth."
00:44:23.46\00:44:26.24
B, "It was
bitter in my stomach."
00:44:27.81\00:44:30.73
And then, "You
must prophecy again."
00:44:32.11\00:44:34.83
So what does it
mean, "to eat the scroll"?
00:44:35.97\00:44:38.53
It means, to prophesy again.
00:44:39.08\00:44:40.76
To assimilate it,
and then prophesy.
00:44:42.66\00:44:45.08
Are you with me?
00:44:45.60\00:44:46.63
I'm going to prove it to you.
00:44:46.95\00:44:48.29
The chiastic
structure is important
00:44:48.82\00:44:51.16
because it shows that John
eating the scroll in verse 9A
00:44:51.61\00:44:55.73
is the same as uttering a
prophesy from it in verse 11.
00:44:55.76\00:44:59.35
Thus when John ate the scroll,
a message came out from it
00:44:59.77\00:45:02.98
the first time.
00:45:03.01\00:45:04.18
But it became necessary for
the message to be preached again
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.38
from the same scroll.
00:45:07.41\00:45:08.75
It is very clear that the
episode that deals with the
00:45:09.62\00:45:12.88
eating of the book precedes
Revelation 10 verse 7 in time.
00:45:12.91\00:45:18.03
Correct?
00:45:18.75\00:45:19.78
Because 10 verse 7, the
mystery of God is finished.
00:45:20.44\00:45:22.52
So the eating of the book has
to have happened before that.
00:45:22.55\00:45:25.52
How do we know
that this is the case?
00:45:26.54\00:45:28.51
The reason is obvious.
00:45:28.54\00:45:30.02
After John eats the little book,
he is told to prophesy again
00:45:30.05\00:45:33.34
and to measure the temple.
00:45:33.37\00:45:34.67
If the mystery of God, which
is the preaching of the gospel,
00:45:34.70\00:45:37.66
had already been finished
and probation had closed,
00:45:37.69\00:45:40.17
what good would it
do to prophesy again...
00:45:40.20\00:45:43.16
...about the
contents of the book
00:45:47.24\00:45:49.03
and to talk about the
investigative judgment?
00:45:49.58\00:45:51.70
So verses 8 through 11 take
us back to events that occurred
00:45:53.51\00:45:57.22
between verses 6 and 7.
00:45:57.25\00:45:58.97
Now sit down and examine this.
00:45:59.07\00:46:01.03
Look at the chart
that I mentioned to you.
00:46:01.90\00:46:04.11
The chart.
00:46:04.14\00:46:05.21
Now let's talk about
the bitter/sweet experience.
00:46:07.10\00:46:09.47
What is the little book again?
00:46:10.49\00:46:12.87
What does the
little book contain?
00:46:14.48\00:46:16.08
It's the prophesy of the what?
00:46:17.01\00:46:18.80
Of the 2300 days.
00:46:19.36\00:46:20.94
When do the 2300 days end?
00:46:21.62\00:46:23.65
October 22, 1844.
00:46:24.32\00:46:25.78
What is the central theme?
00:46:25.81\00:46:27.23
The judgment.
00:46:27.90\00:46:28.98
The content of
the little book causes
00:46:30.56\00:46:32.79
a bitter/sweet experience.
00:46:32.82\00:46:34.86
Sweet at first, but
then bitter in the aftermath.
00:46:34.91\00:46:38.32
We have already identified the
book as the portion of Daniel
00:46:38.94\00:46:41.69
that has to do with the
2300 days and the judgment.
00:46:41.72\00:46:44.21
This must mean that
the message of the judgment
00:46:45.06\00:46:47.60
would be sweet at first,
and then would become bitter.
00:46:48.14\00:46:51.13
Somehow, the message of the
judgment in this little book
00:46:52.18\00:46:55.10
would be sweet, and
then it would become what?
00:46:55.85\00:46:58.19
Bitter, because that's
what the book contained.
00:46:58.22\00:47:00.37
That the eating of the
scroll, this is important,
00:47:01.77\00:47:03.94
that the eating of the
scroll means two things.
00:47:03.97\00:47:07.59
First of all, it refers to
the assimilation of the message.
00:47:08.26\00:47:11.83
It means, to
assimilate the message.
00:47:11.86\00:47:13.60
Secondly, it means to
share it with God's people.
00:47:14.36\00:47:17.15
This is corroborated by
the closest biblical parallel
00:47:17.96\00:47:21.15
in Ezekiel 3:1-4 where
the prophet is told to eat
00:47:21.18\00:47:25.19
the scroll, and then he
is ordered to go and share
00:47:25.22\00:47:28.17
the message with Israel.
00:47:28.20\00:47:29.76
Notice Ezekiel 3:1-4.
00:47:30.75\00:47:32.72
"Moreover He said to me,
'Son of man, eat what you find;
00:47:33.64\00:47:37.05
eat this scroll...'"
00:47:37.35\00:47:38.70
So that's
assimilating the message, right?
00:47:39.51\00:47:41.49
Eat the scroll, eat the message.
00:47:41.52\00:47:43.07
And then it says, "...and go,
speak to the house of Israel."
00:47:43.10\00:47:46.85
Does that fit the
chiastic structure?
00:47:48.28\00:47:50.25
He told, "Eat the scroll."
00:47:51.44\00:47:52.86
And then He says,
"You must prophesy again."
00:47:53.36\00:47:55.16
So eating the scroll
means, eating the scroll
00:47:56.26\00:47:58.15
and sharing the message.
00:47:58.18\00:47:59.39
So it says, "Moreover
He said to me, 'Son of man,
00:48:01.54\00:48:03.48
eat what you find; eat
this scroll, and go and speak
00:48:03.51\00:48:06.45
to the house of Israel.'
00:48:06.48\00:48:07.51
So I opened my mouth, and He
caused me to eat that scroll.
00:48:07.54\00:48:10.25
And He said to me, 'Son
of man, feed your belly,
00:48:10.28\00:48:12.59
and fill your stomach with
this scroll that I give you.'
00:48:12.62\00:48:15.12
So I ate, and it was in my
mouth like honey in sweetness.
00:48:15.15\00:48:18.24
Then He said to me, 'Son of
man, go to the house of Israel
00:48:18.27\00:48:21.21
and speak with
My words to them.'"
00:48:21.24\00:48:24.08
Is that a helpful passage?
00:48:26.16\00:48:27.53
In Scripture, the words of God
are described as being sweet.
00:48:29.73\00:48:32.91
We are told that the
manna was sweet like honey.
00:48:34.24\00:48:36.65
And the manna
represents the Word of God.
00:48:36.68\00:48:38.62
Now notice what
Ellen White had to say
00:48:41.50\00:48:43.46
about the sweetness of the book.
00:48:44.37\00:48:46.72
She says, "The
comprehension of the truth,
00:48:47.90\00:48:50.50
the glad
reception of the message,
00:48:51.04\00:48:53.44
is represented in the
eating of the little book.
00:48:54.05\00:48:56.97
The truth in regard to the
time of the advent of our Lord
00:48:57.00\00:49:00.46
was a precious
message to our souls."
00:49:00.49\00:49:03.71
But then it became bitter.
00:49:05.78\00:49:07.18
In closing, let me
read you a few statements
00:49:08.35\00:49:10.29
from some of the pioneers.
00:49:10.32\00:49:12.15
Hiram Edson.
00:49:13.54\00:49:14.75
You know who Hiram Edson was?
00:49:16.42\00:49:18.01
He's the individual who had
the insight that Jesus had moved
00:49:18.96\00:49:22.96
from the Holy to
the Most Holy Place
00:49:22.99\00:49:25.00
the day after
the disappointment.
00:49:25.18\00:49:26.91
He says, "We confidentially
expected to see Jesus Christ
00:49:27.70\00:49:30.75
and all the
holy angels with Him,
00:49:30.78\00:49:32.68
and that His voice would call
up Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,
00:49:33.28\00:49:36.54
and all the ancient worthies,
and dear friends which had
00:49:36.71\00:49:40.36
been torn from us in
death, and that our trials and
00:49:40.39\00:49:44.80
sufferings with our
earthly pilgrimage would close
00:49:44.83\00:49:47.67
and we should be caught
up to meet our coming Lord
00:49:47.70\00:49:50.59
to be forever with Him to
inhabit bright golden mansions
00:49:50.62\00:49:53.87
in the golden home city
prepared for the redeemed.
00:49:53.90\00:49:57.02
Our expectations
were raised high.
00:49:57.60\00:49:59.63
And thus, we looked for
our coming Lord until the clock
00:50:00.02\00:50:02.79
tolled twelve at midnight.
00:50:02.82\00:50:04.73
The day had then passed.
00:50:05.51\00:50:06.88
And our disappointment
became a certainty.
00:50:07.23\00:50:09.87
Our fondest hopes and
expectations were blasted.
00:50:10.34\00:50:13.42
And such a spirit
of weeping came over us
00:50:13.68\00:50:16.28
as I never experienced before.
00:50:16.31\00:50:18.51
It seemed that the
loss of all earthly friends
00:50:19.01\00:50:22.25
could have been no comparison.
00:50:22.78\00:50:24.90
We wept and wept
till the day dawned."
00:50:25.23\00:50:27.78
The people
loved the Lord, folks.
00:50:27.93\00:50:29.82
"I mused in my own heart saying,
'My advent experience has been
00:50:30.73\00:50:34.45
the richest and brightest
of all my Christian experience.
00:50:34.48\00:50:37.23
If this had proved a
failure, what was the rest of my
00:50:37.85\00:50:40.68
Christian experience worth?
00:50:40.71\00:50:42.38
Has the Bible proved a failure?
00:50:43.04\00:50:45.07
Is there no God?
00:50:45.17\00:50:46.39
No heaven? No golden home city?
00:50:46.42\00:50:48.65
No paradise?
00:50:48.68\00:50:49.72
Is all this but a
cunningly devised fable?
00:50:50.13\00:50:53.11
Is there no
reality to our fondest hope
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.04
and expectation
of these things?'
00:50:56.07\00:50:58.00
And thus, we had something
to grieve and weep over
00:50:58.43\00:51:01.99
if all our fond hopes were lost.
00:51:02.09\00:51:04.32
And as I said, we
wept till the day dawned."
00:51:04.80\00:51:08.90
Can you sense the bitterness?
00:51:11.46\00:51:12.99
Washington Morse, another
one of those who experienced
00:51:14.00\00:51:16.48
the disappointment.
00:51:16.51\00:51:17.73
This is in, The Advent
Review and Sabbath Herald,
00:51:18.22\00:51:20.53
May 7, 1901.
00:51:20.56\00:51:22.22
He says, "The
passing of the time was a
00:51:23.32\00:51:24.95
bitter disappointment."
00:51:24.98\00:51:26.01
Notice his terminology, "It
was a bitter disappointment."
00:51:26.04\00:51:28.57
"True believers had
given up all for Christ
00:51:29.21\00:51:32.65
and had shared His
presence as never before.
00:51:33.21\00:51:35.60
The love of Jesus
filled every soul.
00:51:36.28\00:51:38.53
And with inexpressible desire,
they prayed, 'Come Lord Jesus,
00:51:38.81\00:51:42.45
and come quickly.'
00:51:42.48\00:51:43.53
But He did not come.
00:51:43.56\00:51:45.12
And now to turn again to the
cares, perplexities, and dangers
00:51:45.76\00:51:49.57
of life in full view of
jeering and reviling unbelievers
00:51:49.60\00:51:54.12
who scoffed as never
before was a terrible trial
00:51:54.15\00:51:58.09
of faith and patience.
00:51:58.12\00:51:59.36
When Elder Himes
visited Waterbury, Vermont
00:51:59.98\00:52:04.55
a short time after
the passing of the time
00:52:04.58\00:52:07.15
and stated that the
brethren should prepare for
00:52:07.52\00:52:09.80
another cold winter, my feelings
were almost incontrollable.
00:52:09.83\00:52:14.44
I left the place of
meeting and wept like a child."
00:52:14.47\00:52:18.13
Sweet in the mouth,
bitter in the stomach.
00:52:20.05\00:52:24.18
William Miller said, "It passed.
00:52:24.54\00:52:27.20
And the next day it
seemed as though all the demons
00:52:27.81\00:52:30.82
from the bottomless
pit were let loose upon us.
00:52:30.85\00:52:34.91
The same ones, and many
more, who were crying for mercy
00:52:35.37\00:52:39.87
two days before were
now mixed with the rabble
00:52:39.90\00:52:45.00
in mocking,
scoffing, and threatening
00:52:45.03\00:52:47.45
in a most blasphemous manner."
00:52:47.48\00:52:50.84
You remember the triumphal
entry in the times of Christ?
00:52:54.25\00:52:57.01
You know, people say,
"Adventists, their church
00:52:58.72\00:53:01.52
is based on a disappointment."
00:53:01.55\00:53:03.59
No problem for me.
00:53:06.23\00:53:07.83
Because the Bible
predicted the disappointment.
00:53:09.24\00:53:11.70
Didn't the Bible
predict the disappointment?
00:53:12.35\00:53:14.26
Of course it did.
00:53:14.49\00:53:15.63
We can look back
and hind sight is 20/20.
00:53:16.45\00:53:20.47
We say, yeah we
started with a disappointment.
00:53:21.29\00:53:24.50
Even though the Adventist church
didn't exist at that time.
00:53:24.53\00:53:26.75
Yeah, our movement
began with a disappointment.
00:53:26.78\00:53:29.34
But you know what?
00:53:29.60\00:53:30.69
So did the Christian church.
00:53:30.99\00:53:32.81
Had Jesus tried to tell
the disciples that He was
00:53:35.00\00:53:37.15
going to Jerusalem,
He was going to suffer,
00:53:37.18\00:53:39.47
and He was going to die,
and He was going to resurrect
00:53:39.50\00:53:41.84
the third day?
00:53:41.87\00:53:42.90
Did He say that explicitly.
00:53:43.08\00:53:44.72
Unambiguously, Jesus said it.
00:53:45.68\00:53:47.99
At the triumphal
entry, did Jesus allow them
00:53:49.53\00:53:51.56
to put Him on a donkey?
00:53:51.59\00:53:52.99
To parade Him through...
00:53:53.47\00:53:54.65
Kings sat on donkeys to
be paraded through the city
00:53:55.03\00:53:58.75
and to be proclaimed king.
00:53:59.26\00:54:00.64
Oh wow.
00:54:00.67\00:54:02.02
Did Jesus know that
they were going to be
00:54:02.92\00:54:04.32
severely disappointed,
bitterly disappointed?
00:54:04.35\00:54:07.15
Yes. Did He know
that they misunderstood
00:54:07.61\00:54:09.84
the event that
was going to happen?
00:54:09.87\00:54:11.16
The timing was right.
00:54:11.19\00:54:13.17
Because Jesus was going
to fulfill the Passover.
00:54:13.71\00:54:15.77
But the event was wrong.
00:54:17.02\00:54:18.52
Were they severely disappointed?
00:54:20.23\00:54:22.13
Absolutely. So what happened?
00:54:23.02\00:54:24.96
Afterwards they
studied Scripture.
00:54:24.99\00:54:26.69
And they discovered the
reason of the disappointment.
00:54:27.83\00:54:30.26
And as a result, they
founded the Christian church.
00:54:31.44\00:54:34.79
So what's the difference between
that and what happened in 1844?
00:54:36.55\00:54:40.16
They also were
wrong about the event.
00:54:42.22\00:54:44.20
And they were
right about the timing.
00:54:44.66\00:54:46.31
The idea of the coming
of Jesus was also sweet.
00:54:48.39\00:54:51.14
Oh how they longed
for the King to come
00:54:52.06\00:54:54.88
and sit on the
throne in Jerusalem.
00:54:54.91\00:54:56.69
But they misunderstood prophecy.
00:54:57.24\00:54:59.13
Not the timing, but the event.
00:55:00.27\00:55:03.03
And as a result, when
Jesus did not fulfill prophecy
00:55:04.10\00:55:06.60
the way they thought, they
were bitterly disappointed.
00:55:06.63\00:55:09.44
But after the disappointment,
the disciples gathered together
00:55:11.68\00:55:14.41
and studied the Bible.
00:55:14.44\00:55:15.99
Prophecies.
00:55:16.02\00:55:17.54
And they said, "Hey, we
were wrong about the event.
00:55:18.43\00:55:21.13
Jesus was not going to
sit on the throne of David.
00:55:23.37\00:55:25.94
He really, the cross
was His spiritual throne.
00:55:26.05\00:55:30.34
We understand now," they said.
00:55:31.89\00:55:33.72
And so they founded
the Christian church.
00:55:33.75\00:55:38.39
And then they went out
and they prophesied again
00:55:40.48\00:55:44.24
with a new enlightenment.
00:55:44.91\00:55:46.34
So if you say that the
Adventist church cannot be the
00:55:46.88\00:55:49.19
true church of
God, the remnant of God,
00:55:49.22\00:55:51.45
because it started
with a disappointment,
00:55:51.48\00:55:53.22
then you have to discard
the whole Christian church.
00:55:53.25\00:55:56.11
Because the
Christian church also started
00:55:57.85\00:55:59.60
with a disappointment.
00:55:59.63\00:56:00.66
In fact, do you know something?
00:56:00.69\00:56:01.93
Every time that Jesus begins
a new work in the Sanctuary,
00:56:01.96\00:56:04.55
there's a disappointment.
00:56:04.58\00:56:05.86
You say, "Really?"
00:56:10.70\00:56:11.94
Yeah.
00:56:12.15\00:56:13.25
Were the disciples disappointed
when Jesus went to heaven?
00:56:14.33\00:56:17.44
Yeah, they said, "Are
you going to restore the
00:56:18.26\00:56:19.62
kingdom to Israel now?"
00:56:19.65\00:56:20.78
Jesus said, "Bye."
00:56:20.81\00:56:22.19
But then they studied
prophesy and they understood.
00:56:24.65\00:56:27.15
Was there a disappointment
of John the Baptist
00:56:29.30\00:56:32.90
and the message he presented
concerning the Messiah?
00:56:32.93\00:56:35.14
Oh yeah, he thought
that the Messiah was going to
00:56:35.83\00:56:37.82
sit on the throne in Jerusalem.
00:56:37.85\00:56:39.35
And he ended up in
prison disappointed.
00:56:39.68\00:56:41.78
But then he
started studying prophesy.
00:56:42.35\00:56:44.08
And the angels came
and explained prophesy,
00:56:44.11\00:56:45.79
he said, "Now I understand."
00:56:45.82\00:56:47.64
Every time Jesus begins a
new work in the Sanctuary,
00:56:48.54\00:56:50.93
there's a disappointment.
00:56:50.96\00:56:52.47
So don't allow people to
intimidate you by saying,
00:56:53.82\00:56:56.21
"Oh you Adventists, you
began with a disappointment."
00:56:56.42\00:56:58.56
Smile and say, "Yes we did.
00:56:58.59\00:57:01.17
But today we're
not disappointed.
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Because we have not believed
cunningly devised fables."
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And then explain to them
these things that we've studied
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from Daniel and from
Revelation chapter 10.
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And people will marvel
at the divine origin of the
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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This is not any church.
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This is a prophetic church.
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This is a church that
originated in prophesy
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and its destiny is
bathed in prophesy.
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And the devil knows it.
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And that's why he's
distracted the church
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to preach evangelical
messages instead of preaching
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the distinctive present truth
message of the Adventist church.
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