Well isn't it
exciting to study God's Word?
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It is amazing.
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You know, as I study
Daniel and Revelation,
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I marvel more and more.
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Because every time I
study, I discover something
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I didn't know before.
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And just to think that
in eternity we're going to
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study forever the
plan of salvation.
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It's exhaustless.
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And so it's a wonderful thing.
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Now we want to go back to
studying the literary structure
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of the millennium.
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And I believe we're on page 6.
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And so I would like
to read the note there.
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You remember that I
mentioned as we were closing
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that Revelation 21
verse 1 belongs to chapter 20.
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You remember that?
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Revelation 21 verse 1 is
the climax of chapter 20.
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After the wicked are
thrown into the lake of fire,
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and the devil and his angels are
thrown into the lake of fire,
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then God makes a new
heavens and a new earth.
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I want to read the note.
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The chapter division at the
end of verse 15 is unfortunate.
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Chapter divisions
were not established
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by the original authors.
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They were added
for our convenience.
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Revelation 21 verse 1
really belongs to chapter 20.
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In other words, after
Satan, his angels, the wicked,
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the grave, and
death have been consumed,
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God will make a new
heavens and a new earth.
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In short, Revelation 21
verse 1 is really the conclusion
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of chapter 20, not the
introduction to chapter 21.
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Now after we
studied the third outline,
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we still have some questions.
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Why were the
righteous allowed into the city?
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Very important question.
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Why were the
righteous allowed into the city?
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What was in the books
which condemned the wicked?
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We know that their
records were examined,
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but what was in the books
that condemned the wicked?
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Another question, were
the righteous in heaven
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during the thousand years?
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Now I have in parentheses
here, "It is obvious that if
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the saints judge and
reign for a thousand years
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but the city does not
descend till the thousand years
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are finished, then the
saints must have been in heaven
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in the holy city
during the thousand years."
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I mean, are you
following the logic?
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I mean, it's clear.
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What will life be like in the
holy city after sin and sinners
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have been eradicated?
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It's a good question.
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And what will God be like?
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See, this is the climax
that we have some important
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questions still to
answer after the third outline.
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We know a lot about
the devil and the earth
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during the thousand years.
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We know quite a bit about
what the saints are going to
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do at the three stages.
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We know now a lot of
things about the wicked.
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But we still have some questions
that we need to answer.
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And so there is a fourth cycle.
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Let's go to number four.
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God and the holy city.
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Revelation 21 verse 2
begins the final outline
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of post millennial events.
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This outline begins
when John sees the holy city,
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New Jerusalem, coming
down out of heaven from God
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prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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So in other words,
Revelation 21 verse 2
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begins a new cycle.
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Is that clear?
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The city descends.
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Now let's read the note.
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In Revelation 20:7-9, we
are told that the New Jerusalem
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was on earth when
the wicked surrounded it.
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Correct?
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It was on earth.
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This means that the
New Jerusalem descended
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from heaven to the earth
before the wicked surrounded it
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and before they were
cast into the lake of fire.
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This being the case,
Revelation 21 verse 2
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takes place chronologically
before Revelation 21 verse 1.
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Is that clear?
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Notice here that the
city is identified by name
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for the first time.
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It is the New Jerusalem.
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Now, there can be no
doubt that the righteous
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are in the city
when it descended.
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This is true for at
least three reasons.
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Text such as 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17
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explain that Jesus will take His
people to heaven when He comes.
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So they must come back
with Him when the city descends.
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And incidentally, they won't
technically be in the city.
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They'll descend
with Jesus from heaven.
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They were in the city
during the thousand years.
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When Jesus descends,
the wicked are resurrected.
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Then Jesus and the
saints enter the city
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and the doors are closed.
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That's the right sequence.
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But they do descend with Jesus.
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That's the key point.
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So text such as 1
Thessalonians 4:16-17
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explain that Jesus will take His
people to heaven when He comes.
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So they must come back
with Him when the city descends.
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Is that a clear point?
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When the wicked surround
the city after the millennium,
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the righteous are inside, right?
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Because they surround
the camp of the saints.
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Number three, the millennial
condition of the earth
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would make it impossible
for God's people to live here.
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Hello.
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How are you going to
eat without any vegetation?
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How are you going to live on
earth when the earth is infected
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with all these dead bodies
on the surface of the earth?
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How could you
live without light?
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How could you live with a
thousand years of darkness?
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I mean, it's insane that
Jesus is going to rule here
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on this earth
for a thousand years.
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It's impossible.
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Nobody could survive here.
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Somehow God is
going to make it possible
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for the devil to survive.
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Going to keep him alive.
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You know, prisoners are fed.
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Now, John heard a voice
from heaven saying that, what?
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That, "The
tabernacle of God is..." What?
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"...with men.
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And they shall be His people.
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And God Himself will be
with them and be their God."
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Now listen carefully.
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And there's a word
that you need to change here
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that is wrong.
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And that is, not "before"
the destruction of the wicked,
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but "after" the
destruction of the wicked.
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That's just a misprint.
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After the
destruction of the wicked,
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God promises to do what?
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He promises to
wipe away every tear
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from the eyes of His people.
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And assures them that
there will be no more what?
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That there will
be no more death.
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That is a promise
that takes place after
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the wicked are destroyed.
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Because if the wicked
were still being destroyed,
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you could not say that
there would be no more death.
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Because they're dying.
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And then it says there
will be no more sorrow,
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no more crying, and
there shall be no more death.
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And then we find
that God promises also
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to give of the
fountain of the water of life
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freely to him who thirsts.
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Now let's go to
Revelation chapter 21
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and let's read these verses.
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We filled in the blanks,
now let's read these verses
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to find out what
life is going to be like
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and what was in the
records of the wicked
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that condemned the wicked.
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Because you're going to
end up with the lake of fire
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for the third time in
Revelation chapter 21 verse 8.
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Are there three lakes of fire?
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No, the lake of fire is repeated
three times in three cycles.
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Notice Revelation 21 verse 2.
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"Then I, John, saw the
holy city, New Jerusalem,
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coming down out of heaven
from God, prepared as a bride
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adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a loud
voice from heaven saying,
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'Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and He will dwell with them,
and they shall be His people.'"
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That's the
covenant formula, isn't it.
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"God Himself will be
with them and be their God."
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Isn't this the
direction to which the
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plan of salvation is moving?
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That the spiritual and
the literal can be together?
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Now Jesus is
spiritually with us.
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But we want to be
physically with Him, right?
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Verse 4, "'And God will wipe
away every tear from their eyes;
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there shall be no more
death, nor sorrow, nor crying.
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There shall be no more
pain, for the former things
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have passed away.'
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Then He who sat
on the throne said,
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'Behold, I make all things new.'
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And He said to me,
'Write, for these words
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are true and faithful.'
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And He said to me, 'It is done!
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I am the Alpha and the Omega,
the Beginning and the End.
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I will give of the
fountain of the water of life
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freely to him who thirsts.'"
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And now, what is it that made
it possible for God's people
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to be inside the holy city?
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"He who..." What?
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"He who overcomes
shall inherit all things,
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and I will be his God
and he shall be My son."
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There you have the
covenant formula, right?
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So what is the key
for being in the city?
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Overcoming.
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But now notice, what was
in the books of the wicked
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that condemned them?
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See, the previous outline
didn't tell you specifically.
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It simply said that they were
judged according to their works.
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But now we have some
of those words mentioned.
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And the lake of fire is
mentioned for the third time.
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Verse 8, "But the cowardly,
unbelieving, abominable,
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murderers, sexually
immoral, sorcerers, idolaters,
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and all liars shall have
their part in the lake of fire
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which burns with
fire and brimstone,
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which is the second death."
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So do we know some of the
things that were in the records
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of the wicked that
condemned them? Yes.
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By the way, have you noticed
that all of these are violations
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of the Ten Commandments?
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So let's go to one final text.
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Revelation 22 verses 14 and 15.
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Notice the contrast.
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Are God's people going
to be commandment keepers?
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Folks, God's
people are going to be...
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The overcomers are
commandment keepers.
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Because outside the
city, those who are thrown
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into the lake of fire,
it gives this list of sins
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that are violations
of the Ten Commandments.
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Now notice the same contrast
in Revelation chapter 22
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and verse 14.
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And I'm going to read it
as it says in the King James.
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Because as we've studied, it's
a more accurate translation.
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Actually, a better rendering
of the manuscripts, I believe.
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"Blessed are those
who do his commandments,
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that they may have the
right to the tree of life,
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and may enter through
the gates into the city."
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Blessed are those who what?
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So does God let us
into the city because
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we keep the commandments?
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Aren't we saved by
grace through faith?
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Sure.
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We're saved by
grace through faith.
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But if we love Jesus, we
will keep His commandments.
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And if we don't
love Him, we won't.
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But this text clearly
says, "Blessed are those who
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do His commandments,
that they may have a
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right to the tree of life."
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Keeping the commandments
has something to do with it.
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As a fruit, not as a root.
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Because the fruit
shows if the root is right.
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But now notice the contrast.
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"But..."
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So inside, everyone is what?
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A commandment keeper.
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What about outside?
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"But outside are dogs..."
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It's not talking about...
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There will be dogs, I
believe, in the new earth.
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So don't feel bad.
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Dogs are unclean.
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"...dogs, and sorcerers..."
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That's a violation of
the first table of the law.
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Because a sorcerer claims to be
able to exercise divine power.
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See, for example,
voodoo is sorcery.
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So sorcery is a violation
of the commandment that says,
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"You shall have no
other gods before me."
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"...sexually immoral..."
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Which commandment would that be?
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Seven.
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"...murderers..."
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Murder is the sixth commandment.
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"...idolaters..."
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Number two, right?
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"...and whoever
loves and practices a lie."
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That's the one that has to
do with bearing false witness.
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So what characterizes those
who are outside the holy city?
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They are commandment breakers.
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What characterizes
those who are in the city?
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Commandment keepers.
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And the final war is
against commandment keepers.
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"The dragon was
wroth with the woman
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and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed
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who keeps the
commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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So the book of Revelation,
folks, is about who we worship
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and who we obey.
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On God's side will
be those who obey Jesus
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and those who worship
Jesus because they love Him.
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On the other side are
those who obey the beast
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and those who worship the beast
because they love the beast
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more than they love Jesus.
00:13:37.18\00:13:38.71
Or they love their life
more than they love Jesus.
00:13:38.75\00:13:41.12
Or they love to be able
to go to the shopping mall
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more than they love Jesus.
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But the time is coming
when you're not going to
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be able to buy or sell.
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So beware, shop-a-holics.
00:13:51.23\00:13:53.66
All of the toys that
we buy are going to burn.
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Even the ties that we
have are going to burn.
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So we better not get
attached to our stuff.
00:14:04.07\00:14:07.04
Because God has so
much better stuff up there
00:14:07.54\00:14:10.28
than we could
ever have down here.
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People say, "Oh, but
I've got a beautiful house."
00:14:12.91\00:14:15.02
And I say, "Is it made of gold?"
00:14:15.05\00:14:17.29
And they say, "Oh, I've
got this real fancy car."
00:14:18.22\00:14:21.22
Does it fly?
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Folks, what we have up
there is so much better
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than anything that we
can get attached to here.
00:14:26.96\00:14:29.40
And so we should be
investing in God's kingdom.
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Everything.
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Time, talents, resources.
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Everything we
should be investing,
00:14:37.97\00:14:39.51
placing on the
altar of sacrifice,
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now that we believe
that we're living in the
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last moments of time.
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So that takes
care of the millennium.
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Was the clear?
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Is it important to
know the literary structure
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of biblical passages?
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It's vitally important.
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You don't make any sense
out of it if you don't see that.
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Now what we want to do is
go to this material that is
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stapled together that
has this chart on the front.
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And I'm going to
make a few remarks about
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some of these materials here.
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They will help you
study the literary structure
00:15:12.41\00:15:15.08
of certain
passages of Scripture.
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The first one that
you have here is titled,
00:15:18.28\00:15:20.62
"The Structure of,
The Great Controversy,
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Early Writings, as Compared
to Daniel 11 and Revelation."
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Now the interesting
thing about this handout is,
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you have in the
left-hand column,
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you have a list of
events in chronological order.
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Events that are going to
take place at the end of time.
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Actually, some of
those already took place,
00:15:42.30\00:15:44.47
like the period
of papal supremacy,
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the fall of the papacy,
the rise of the United States.
00:15:46.41\00:15:50.18
And then you have events
that occur in the future,
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like the papacy
overwhelming the United States,
00:15:54.52\00:15:56.95
the papacy conquering the world
aided by the United States,
00:15:56.99\00:16:00.42
the great shaking as the
papacy overwhelms the world,
00:16:00.46\00:16:03.32
the loud cry of the third angel,
00:16:03.36\00:16:05.43
thousands escape to God's
holy city, the spiritual city,
00:16:05.46\00:16:09.60
the wrath which
results from the loud cry,
00:16:09.63\00:16:12.17
Michael standing
up to begin to reign,
00:16:12.37\00:16:14.34
and the close of probation,
the time of Jacob's trouble,
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the death decree,
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God's people delivered
who are written in the book,
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and then Babylon
coming to its end.
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That's the sequence of events.
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And then in the next column
you'll find in, Early Writings,
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which is the
earliest, Great Controversy,
00:16:27.82\00:16:30.29
you'll find how Ellen
White comments on all of
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these things in order.
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The next column you'll find
the greater exposition of it,
00:16:35.72\00:16:39.83
of these events,
in Great Controversy.
00:16:40.90\00:16:44.23
Then in the third
column you have Daniel 11,
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which verses of
Daniel 11 cover those events.
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And then in the last column
you have the text in Revelation
00:16:51.57\00:16:54.64
that refer to those events.
00:16:54.68\00:16:56.18
So it'll take you a couple
of hours to negotiate this.
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Maybe even more.
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And you'll be able to
see the structure once again,
00:17:01.08\00:17:03.59
the importance of
the literary structure.
00:17:03.62\00:17:05.72
The next page gives
you a bird's eye view
00:17:06.29\00:17:10.79
comparing Daniel 11:31 to
12:3 with Revelation 13 and 17.
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See, Daniel 11:31
through Daniel 12 verse 3
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is parallel to
Revelation 13 and 17.
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There are five
stages in each one.
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And so you can see those
five stages on this sheet
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to help you see the
structure of Daniel 11
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as it relates to
Revelation 13 and 17.
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Then the next page...
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And I'm just going
over this very briefly
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so that you see the value of
it, so don't just file it away.
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Study these things,
because they're important.
00:17:49.06\00:17:51.17
You have the four
prophetic outlines of Daniel.
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You have Daniel 2,
Daniel 7, Daniel 8:1-14,
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and Daniel 11 verse 2
through Daniel 12 verse 3.
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And you'll see that each
one of those prophetic outlines
00:18:04.11\00:18:07.88
presents Jesus, or
portrays Jesus, from a
00:18:08.22\00:18:10.79
different perspective.
00:18:10.82\00:18:12.15
In Daniel chapter
2, Jesus is the King.
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He will establish a kingdom
that will never be destroyed.
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In Daniel 7, Jesus is seen as
He is portrayed in the judgment.
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He goes to His Father
for the judgment, remember?
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In Daniel 8, He is
presented as the High Priest.
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And the little horn is trying
to take away His functions
00:18:36.68\00:18:38.85
as the High Priest.
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And in Daniel 11 and 12,
you have Him as the go'el.
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As the Deliverer.
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As Michael who will
stand up for His people?
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That's the emphasis.
00:18:51.89\00:18:53.23
So each outline has
its particular emphasis.
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And you'll notice
that each one has a work of
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Christ that He performs.
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And then on the left-hand column
you have all of the kingdoms
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that are represented
in each of these outlines.
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Then you have, after
that you have what they
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represent in Daniel 2.
00:19:13.18\00:19:15.62
You have the
parallel in Daniel 2, rather.
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You have the kingdoms
in the left-hand column.
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Then you have the metals
and the kingdoms they represent.
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Then you have in Daniel 7 what
the beasts represent, and so on.
00:19:25.23\00:19:29.00
And then in Daniel 8
you have the parallel
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to Daniel 2 and Daniel 7.
00:19:31.40\00:19:32.90
In Daniel 11 you have
the parallel to Daniel 8,
00:19:32.93\00:19:36.20
to Daniel 7, and to Daniel 2.
00:19:36.24\00:19:38.04
And so you have a bird's
eye view of the four prophetic
00:19:38.87\00:19:41.48
outlines that we find
in the book of Daniel.
00:19:41.51\00:19:44.55
And then the next
one, we already covered,
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the structure of
Daniel 1 through 7.
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Remember that Daniel 1
through 7 is a book, right?
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It is a book within the book.
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And then here, the next chart,
it says, "Secrets Unsealed,"
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at the top.
00:20:00.83\00:20:02.16
It is the
chronology of Revelation 10.
00:20:02.20\00:20:04.40
That's what we
studied yesterday.
00:20:04.43\00:20:06.07
And here you have everything
in the form of a chart.
00:20:06.60\00:20:11.01
The dates and the events.
00:20:11.44\00:20:13.31
You know, you have the
trumpet that is covered.
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And so on.
00:20:16.04\00:20:17.38
So when you read the material
that we covered yesterday,
00:20:17.41\00:20:20.65
make sure that you
have the chart next to it.
00:20:20.68\00:20:22.85
Because it will help you
understand so much better.
00:20:22.88\00:20:26.22
Then I want us to go
now, and this is what
00:20:27.22\00:20:29.62
we're going to take the
time to study more in detail,
00:20:29.66\00:20:32.36
is the literary structure
of Revelation 12 to 22.
00:20:32.69\00:20:37.53
The rest of our time this period
we're going to take a look
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at the literary structure
of Revelation 12 through 22.
00:20:42.34\00:20:46.68
And I might say, you
know, those who are going to be
00:20:46.71\00:20:48.61
watching this programming on
television, and those who are
00:20:48.64\00:20:51.61
watching this streaming,
you're wondering, you're saying,
00:20:51.65\00:20:54.38
"Well, you know, I'd
like to have that chart.
00:20:54.42\00:20:56.89
Because I can't follow along as
well unless I have the chart."
00:20:57.49\00:21:00.26
Well, the good thing is, if
you contact Secrets Unsealed,
00:21:00.29\00:21:03.53
you'll be able to get
all of these presentations
00:21:03.73\00:21:06.70
on DVD, and you will also be
able to get all the handouts.
00:21:06.73\00:21:10.67
All of the handouts that
we've been giving out here
00:21:10.70\00:21:13.40
at Anchor will be available
to those who are interested
00:21:13.44\00:21:17.87
in taking this course on
DVD, and you'll be able to
00:21:17.91\00:21:22.48
read the
materials along with it.
00:21:22.51\00:21:23.85
So let's go to this
chart, the literary structure of
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Revelation 12 through 22.
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Now let me explain how we're
suppose to read this chart.
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In the extreme left-hand column
00:21:33.96\00:21:36.09
you have the
chapters and verses.
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Do you see that?
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And by the way, the chart is
to be read from the bottom up.
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You don't read the
chart from the top down,
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you read it from the bottom up.
00:21:50.51\00:21:51.87
You see that in the left-hand
column you have chapter 12,
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then 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, and
so on, all the way to the top.
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So you read the
chart from bottom to top.
00:21:59.75\00:22:02.22
Basically, you'll
notice here that...
00:22:02.98\00:22:05.55
Let's take for
example Revelation chapter 12.
00:22:05.75\00:22:08.16
You read this
from left to right.
00:22:09.02\00:22:11.46
Revelation chapter 12
gives you a sequence of events.
00:22:11.96\00:22:15.76
Do you see that
sequence of events there?
00:22:15.80\00:22:17.70
Revelation 12 has the
complete sequence of events.
00:22:18.67\00:22:21.94
Revelation chapter 13
skips the first and moves on
00:22:23.57\00:22:28.44
and begins at the
second stage that is
00:22:28.48\00:22:30.28
mentioned in Revelation 12.
00:22:30.31\00:22:31.65
Do you see that point?
00:22:31.68\00:22:33.01
When you get to
Revelation chapter 14,
00:22:33.38\00:22:35.65
it actually skips to
the three angels' messages.
00:22:36.55\00:22:42.62
When you get to
Revelation chapter 15,
00:22:44.59\00:22:47.03
it takes you further forward.
00:22:47.66\00:22:49.30
It takes you to the time when
the three angels' messages end
00:22:49.63\00:22:52.93
and when the Sanctuary closes.
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.30
And then the next one takes you
a little bit further forward.
00:22:56.47\00:22:59.37
It's when the
plagues are poured out.
00:22:59.97\00:23:01.68
And then chapter 17 and 18
takes you even further forward.
00:23:02.58\00:23:06.25
It takes you to
plagues number 6 and 7.
00:23:06.68\00:23:10.75
And then when you
get to chapter 19,
00:23:11.45\00:23:13.32
it's plague number 7.
00:23:13.36\00:23:15.06
So are you
seeing what's happening?
00:23:15.32\00:23:16.79
In other words, as Revelation
12 through 22 progresses,
00:23:17.39\00:23:22.46
the earlier events fade out,
00:23:22.50\00:23:25.20
and the latter
events are emphasized.
00:23:26.43\00:23:29.17
Is that clear?
00:23:30.91\00:23:32.24
And then of course, you get
here to the line where it says,
00:23:32.74\00:23:36.11
second coming, the line
where it says, second coming,
00:23:36.14\00:23:38.71
and all of the events that you
find here on the right-hand side
00:23:39.05\00:23:42.45
are post second coming.
00:23:42.48\00:23:44.39
And there you have the
four outlines that we studied.
00:23:45.45\00:23:48.22
The four
outlines of Revelation 20.
00:23:48.52\00:23:51.03
Is that clear?
00:23:52.26\00:23:53.60
Now that's the way that
we need to read this chart.
00:23:53.76\00:23:56.00
And by the way, you have
the dates at the very bottom.
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You have the
dates for these events.
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And of course, I have a
question mark on the last one
00:24:01.34\00:24:03.10
because those are events
that we have no date for?
00:24:03.14\00:24:05.81
Because they're in the future
and there is no time prophecy
00:24:06.24\00:24:09.61
that describes them.
00:24:09.81\00:24:11.15
Okay, now let's begin at
the very bottom of the page
00:24:12.01\00:24:17.35
with Revelation chapter 12.
00:24:18.05\00:24:20.09
Revelation chapter 12.
00:24:20.12\00:24:21.82
And we're not going to
read all of the verses because
00:24:23.12\00:24:25.36
we simply don't have all of the
time to read all these verses.
00:24:25.39\00:24:28.66
I'm just going to
synthesize and summarize
00:24:28.96\00:24:31.77
the content of each of
these portions of Scripture.
00:24:32.23\00:24:36.67
Now Revelation 12:7-9...
00:24:37.27\00:24:40.04
You see that there?
00:24:40.08\00:24:41.41
Revelation 12:7-9 is
really a flashback that we find
00:24:41.71\00:24:47.82
in Revelation chapter 12.
00:24:47.85\00:24:49.38
You know, it's kind of
like a parenthetical statement.
00:24:50.12\00:24:52.29
It describes that
there was war in heaven.
00:24:52.32\00:24:54.69
Michael and His angels fought
with the dragon and his angels.
00:24:55.02\00:24:58.39
So that's the
reason I put that there
00:24:58.66\00:25:01.10
as first in Revelation
12, because it's reminiscing
00:25:01.93\00:25:05.03
about a conflict
that existed in heaven
00:25:05.07\00:25:07.44
at the very beginning,
before this earth was created.
00:25:08.74\00:25:11.87
However, in context, even though
it hints that there wasn't
00:25:12.67\00:25:16.24
original controversy
and that the devil was cast
00:25:16.28\00:25:20.28
out of heaven, technically
speaking, within the context
00:25:20.32\00:25:23.75
of Revelation 12,
it's describing the victory
00:25:23.79\00:25:26.39
of Jesus on the cross
over the devil and his angels
00:25:26.42\00:25:29.26
on the cross of Calvary.
00:25:29.29\00:25:30.79
But I'm not going to get
into all of those details.
00:25:31.76\00:25:34.43
You know, if you get
the syllabus that I have on
00:25:34.76\00:25:37.40
Revelation 12 and 13, I
deal with the literary structure
00:25:37.43\00:25:40.80
more carefully and
with that particular point.
00:25:40.84\00:25:43.57
But I put it there
because there is a flashback
00:25:43.61\00:25:46.91
to the original
controversy in heaven.
00:25:46.94\00:25:48.71
It does refer to that.
00:25:48.74\00:25:50.68
But the devil had a second
fall when Jesus was crucified.
00:25:51.08\00:25:55.88
And you say,
"How do we know that?"
00:25:56.55\00:25:57.95
Well, because John tells us so.
00:25:57.99\00:26:00.16
John 12 and verses 31 to
33, Jesus says, "Now is the
00:26:00.76\00:26:06.26
judgment of this world.
00:26:06.29\00:26:07.90
Now will the
prince of this world,"
00:26:07.93\00:26:10.27
or the ruler of this
world, "be cast out."
00:26:10.30\00:26:12.80
And he was cast out
as the representative
00:26:14.97\00:26:16.94
of this world.
00:26:16.97\00:26:18.34
Because up till the cross,
he represented this world.
00:26:19.01\00:26:21.81
He was a usurper.
00:26:21.84\00:26:23.38
Right?
00:26:24.71\00:26:26.05
After the cross, then
the devil can't say he's the
00:26:26.28\00:26:30.22
representative, because
Jesus redeemed the world.
00:26:30.25\00:26:33.29
He took upon Himself our
sins, He died for our sins,
00:26:35.42\00:26:42.06
and He lived the
life that we should live.
00:26:42.10\00:26:43.73
In other words, in Himself
He established the destiny
00:26:43.77\00:26:47.40
of humanity.
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.77
And so now He is the
representative of this world.
00:26:49.44\00:26:52.14
And the devil
was cast out as the
00:26:52.77\00:26:54.51
representative of this world.
00:26:54.54\00:26:56.04
And Ellen White also
emphasizes that he was cast out
00:26:56.08\00:26:58.88
in the sympathies
of the heavenly beings.
00:26:58.91\00:27:01.35
So that's the particular
point that Revelation 12:7-9
00:27:03.15\00:27:06.22
is referring to,
but that is reminiscent
00:27:06.25\00:27:09.56
also of an
original fall from heaven.
00:27:09.59\00:27:12.56
So we're not denying the
original fall from heaven,
00:27:12.59\00:27:15.33
because that is included.
00:27:15.36\00:27:17.10
Now what is the next stage?
00:27:17.83\00:27:19.50
Moving on here
from Revelation 12:7-9,
00:27:19.53\00:27:23.30
you have Revelation 12:1-2.
00:27:23.71\00:27:25.74
You have this woman.
00:27:26.47\00:27:27.81
And the woman has
a Child in her womb.
00:27:29.04\00:27:30.71
And she's crying out in
anguish because she wants
00:27:31.98\00:27:34.22
this Child to be born, she
wants the Deliverer to be born.
00:27:34.25\00:27:37.09
What stage of the church is
being described in these verses?
00:27:38.29\00:27:41.69
The woman represents the church.
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.43
It's the Old Testament
church, because the Child
00:27:44.23\00:27:45.89
hasn't been born yet.
00:27:45.93\00:27:47.26
Right?
00:27:47.30\00:27:48.63
Now let me ask you, which empire
was ruling during this period?
00:27:49.00\00:27:52.93
Rome.
00:27:54.04\00:27:55.37
But does the
vision begin before Rome?
00:27:55.87\00:27:58.67
Yes, because the
woman existed before Rome.
00:27:59.17\00:28:01.91
Correct?
00:28:03.81\00:28:05.15
Did the woman exist
during the period of the lion?
00:28:05.28\00:28:07.68
Did the woman exist
during the period of the bear?
00:28:08.65\00:28:11.12
Did the woman exist during
the period of the leopard?
00:28:11.75\00:28:14.16
Absolutely.
00:28:14.56\00:28:15.89
And so the woman represents
the Old Testament period.
00:28:16.66\00:28:19.86
Now we move to the next point.
00:28:22.36\00:28:24.70
Revelation 12 then moves on to
describe the birth of the Child.
00:28:25.97\00:28:32.81
Which empire are we in there?
00:28:33.44\00:28:35.38
We're in the Roman Empire.
00:28:36.95\00:28:38.65
See, we began in
the Old Testament.
00:28:38.85\00:28:40.98
Now when the Child is
born we're in the Roman Empire.
00:28:41.72\00:28:45.45
And then Jesus dies
and He ascends to heaven
00:28:46.35\00:28:50.06
to God and to His throne.
00:28:50.53\00:28:51.86
That's the resurrection
and the ascension of Christ.
00:28:52.19\00:28:55.73
There we are in imperial Rome.
00:28:56.16\00:28:58.43
So far so good?
00:29:02.80\00:29:04.14
Now how many horns
does that dragon beast have?
00:29:05.24\00:29:07.71
The dragon beast has ten horns.
00:29:10.15\00:29:12.41
Now listen carefully
to what I'm going to say.
00:29:13.08\00:29:14.68
This is very important.
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.05
If you read
Revelation chapter 12,
00:29:17.19\00:29:19.39
you get the impression that
the dragon had the ten horns
00:29:20.16\00:29:24.96
on his head when
the Child was born.
00:29:24.99\00:29:26.76
Because it says
there was a dragon that had
00:29:29.66\00:29:31.50
seven heads and ten horns, and
he wanted to devour the Child.
00:29:31.53\00:29:35.70
So you say, the
dragon had the ten horns
00:29:35.74\00:29:38.31
from the time that he
was going to kill the Child.
00:29:39.57\00:29:41.41
But he didn't.
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.05
It's just that Revelation
chapter 12 is giving you
00:29:44.75\00:29:47.28
the complete picture of
the career of the dragon.
00:29:47.32\00:29:49.72
And let me give you a
parallel so that you understand.
00:29:50.59\00:29:52.62
This is something that
happens in Bible prophecy.
00:29:53.82\00:29:56.36
In Daniel chapter
7, you have a leopard.
00:29:57.63\00:30:01.10
And that leopard has four heads.
00:30:02.86\00:30:05.00
Correct?
00:30:06.84\00:30:08.17
Does that tell you that
the leopard grew four heads
00:30:09.27\00:30:12.27
after it had one head?
00:30:12.31\00:30:14.08
No.
00:30:14.51\00:30:15.84
That picture gives you the
leopard in all of its career.
00:30:16.11\00:30:20.12
But then, when you go
to Daniel 8, it tells you
00:30:22.92\00:30:27.79
the order in
which the four came out.
00:30:28.96\00:30:31.29
It tells you that there
was a time when the he goat
00:30:32.83\00:30:35.70
ruled with one.
00:30:35.73\00:30:37.07
And then it grew four.
00:30:38.13\00:30:39.87
So Daniel 7 is giving
you the total picture.
00:30:41.70\00:30:44.44
Daniel 8 gives you the
description of the sequence.
00:30:45.51\00:30:48.74
Are you with me?
00:30:49.81\00:30:51.15
The same thing happens
with this dragon beast.
00:30:51.68\00:30:54.35
You see, in Daniel 7 we are told
that there's a dragon beast.
00:30:54.92\00:30:59.35
This dragon beast
then grows ten horns.
00:31:00.36\00:31:03.56
And then among the
ten comes a little one.
00:31:03.93\00:31:06.70
So Revelation 12 is
just simply portraying
00:31:08.90\00:31:12.53
Rome in its total career.
00:31:12.57\00:31:15.57
Are you with me?
00:31:16.00\00:31:17.34
So the second stage
covers actually from 4 BC
00:31:18.71\00:31:27.68
when Jesus was born, it covers
to the time that Jesus died,
00:31:28.02\00:31:33.66
till the time
that Jesus resurrected.
00:31:34.66\00:31:36.93
And we might even take it so far
as when Rome was divided, right?
00:31:37.53\00:31:41.80
Because the
dragon beast has what?
00:31:42.66\00:31:44.60
Ten horns, when
Rome was divided.
00:31:44.80\00:31:47.07
And then what is the next stage?
00:31:48.04\00:31:49.90
The next stage is when the
woman flees to the wilderness.
00:31:51.34\00:31:56.11
Are you catching the sequence?
00:31:57.65\00:31:59.21
The woman flees
to the wilderness.
00:32:00.05\00:32:01.78
And who is she persecuted by?
00:32:02.65\00:32:04.29
She's persecuted by the dragon.
00:32:05.99\00:32:07.86
Right?
00:32:09.26\00:32:10.59
And what does
the dragon represent?
00:32:12.53\00:32:14.36
Well the dragon represents Rome.
00:32:15.90\00:32:17.97
But as we've noticed, it
is a different kind of Rome.
00:32:19.10\00:32:21.77
Right?
00:32:23.77\00:32:25.11
Was the church of the
Middle Ages persecuted by Rome?
00:32:25.47\00:32:28.84
Of course it was.
00:32:29.88\00:32:31.21
And it's interesting, when you
combine Daniel with Revelation,
00:32:33.58\00:32:36.52
you discover Daniel says
that the little horn persecuted
00:32:36.72\00:32:40.06
the saints, but
Revelation 12 says the dragon
00:32:40.36\00:32:44.56
persecuted the woman.
00:32:44.59\00:32:46.09
So what it's saying is that
the little horn was the emissary
00:32:47.43\00:32:50.30
of the dragon.
00:32:50.33\00:32:51.67
And it's still Rome
that is persecuting, right?
00:32:53.70\00:32:56.10
It's still Rome.
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.17
So that's why the
dragon persecutes the woman.
00:32:58.27\00:33:00.38
And incidentally,
listen carefully to this.
00:33:00.41\00:33:02.64
In Revelation chapter 13...
00:33:04.15\00:33:05.88
See, whenever you have
the dragon in the Bible,
00:33:06.38\00:33:08.75
in Daniel and Revelation,
the dragon represents...
00:33:09.65\00:33:13.52
Satan, yes.
00:33:14.82\00:33:16.29
But it represents
Satan working through Rome.
00:33:16.52\00:33:19.56
The dragon always
is related to Rome.
00:33:20.93\00:33:23.26
Because it was Rome
that tried to kill the Child.
00:33:24.73\00:33:27.60
It was Rome, or the dragon,
that persecuted the woman.
00:33:29.10\00:33:32.94
So let me ask you something,
when it says that the dragon
00:33:33.58\00:33:37.01
is enraged with the
woman at the end of time,
00:33:37.05\00:33:39.71
who's enraged?
00:33:41.22\00:33:42.58
Rome.
00:33:43.12\00:33:44.59
And when we're
told in Revelation 13
00:33:45.69\00:33:47.69
that the beast that
rises from the earth
00:33:47.72\00:33:49.99
speaks like a dragon,
it is speaking like Rome.
00:33:50.03\00:33:55.50
The devil working through Rome.
00:33:58.23\00:34:01.37
And that's in my book,
Jekyll and Hyde, if you read it.
00:34:03.30\00:34:05.51
I hope you did.
00:34:06.68\00:34:08.01
It's a little book, but a
very important little book.
00:34:08.08\00:34:11.28
Like the little book
of Daniel 12 verse 4.
00:34:12.25\00:34:14.42
So far so good?
00:34:17.02\00:34:18.35
So we're going
down the line here.
00:34:19.09\00:34:21.26
Revelation 12
verse 6 and 13 through 15
00:34:21.29\00:34:25.23
describe the period when the
church fled to the wilderness.
00:34:25.33\00:34:29.86
But then something
comes to the rescue.
00:34:31.13\00:34:33.84
What comes to the rescue
towards the end of this period?
00:34:34.87\00:34:37.77
The earth.
00:34:38.54\00:34:39.87
The earth.
00:34:41.38\00:34:42.71
It says the
earth helps the woman
00:34:42.98\00:34:44.45
and swallows up the waters.
00:34:46.15\00:34:47.92
What do the waters represent?
00:34:47.98\00:34:49.38
Multitudes of
persecuting people.
00:34:50.32\00:34:52.59
Not just people.
00:34:53.76\00:34:55.09
Persecuted people.
00:34:55.12\00:34:56.46
And who were the
waters persecuting?
00:34:57.79\00:34:59.56
The woman, because
it says that the dragon
00:35:00.93\00:35:03.40
spewed water out of his
mouth to drown the woman.
00:35:03.43\00:35:06.67
That's during the 1260 years.
00:35:07.24\00:35:08.64
But towards the
end of this period,
00:35:08.67\00:35:10.21
the earth helps the woman.
00:35:10.74\00:35:12.11
and swallows up the waters.
00:35:13.48\00:35:14.98
What does the earth represent?
00:35:15.58\00:35:17.08
The territory of
the United States.
00:35:18.21\00:35:20.25
Can that be proven historically
that this is where people
00:35:21.42\00:35:23.92
found refuge from persecution?
00:35:24.02\00:35:26.05
Absolutely.
00:35:26.55\00:35:27.89
And you read Ellen
White, see, the little old lady
00:35:29.52\00:35:32.03
had all of the
chronologies straight.
00:35:32.06\00:35:34.00
She knew all of this.
00:35:34.90\00:35:36.33
We have a huge help
through the spirit of prophecy
00:35:36.93\00:35:39.50
in the study of Scripture.
00:35:40.44\00:35:41.77
I know people don't like
this, but she was an inspired
00:35:42.44\00:35:45.81
commentator on Scripture.
00:35:45.91\00:35:48.11
She is an inspired
interpreter of Scripture.
00:35:49.84\00:35:53.48
And that is not a
popular thing to say these days.
00:35:54.62\00:35:57.22
In fact, if you go to
some of our theology schools,
00:35:58.02\00:36:01.06
they say you cannot include
Ellen White in your footnotes
00:36:01.26\00:36:04.63
in your term papers
because she wasn't a scholar.
00:36:05.46\00:36:09.00
What you're saying
is, that the Holy Spirit
00:36:09.83\00:36:11.77
is not a scholar.
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.34
Because she was
inspired by the Holy Spirit.
00:36:16.40\00:36:19.01
Other books are inspiring,
but hers are inspired.
00:36:20.01\00:36:23.88
And the more you study
them, the more you're convinced.
00:36:25.95\00:36:28.72
There's two kinds of
people who criticize her.
00:36:30.05\00:36:32.55
First, those who never read her.
00:36:33.42\00:36:35.19
And two, those who read her with
the intention of criticizing.
00:36:36.42\00:36:41.13
And if you're in any
of those two categories,
00:36:41.96\00:36:43.77
you will not be blessed.
00:36:44.17\00:36:45.63
But if you come with an
open mind and an open heart,
00:36:46.57\00:36:49.44
you will be blessed by the
study of the spirit of prophecy.
00:36:49.54\00:36:52.31
You read, Great Controversy...
00:36:52.77\00:36:54.18
You read what's
happening with Tony Palmer
00:36:54.21\00:36:56.14
and this charismatic
preacher in Scandinavia
00:36:56.18\00:36:59.41
who his whole, you
know, he resigned his position
00:36:59.45\00:37:02.15
just a couple of weeks ago.
00:37:02.18\00:37:03.52
He says, "I'm joining
the Roman Catholic Church."
00:37:03.55\00:37:05.29
You read that the pope
now is a Jesuit, and how the
00:37:05.49\00:37:08.52
United States admires
this pope, you say, "Wow,
00:37:08.56\00:37:11.26
where'd this come from?"
00:37:11.29\00:37:12.63
Well Ellen White
wrote it 140 years ago.
00:37:12.66\00:37:15.60
And she wrote it at a
time when the United States
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.90
did not like the papacy.
00:37:20.94\00:37:22.70
And now, what she said, and
people didn't believe back then,
00:37:25.97\00:37:31.38
is happening.
00:37:31.41\00:37:32.75
So how did she know?
00:37:33.82\00:37:35.15
Lucky guess?
00:37:35.18\00:37:36.52
No, she was inspired.
00:37:39.59\00:37:41.99
Period.
00:37:43.32\00:37:44.66
Now I'm into preaching.
00:37:47.36\00:37:48.73
This is so much fun.
00:37:53.57\00:37:54.90
So the earth provides refuge
for those who are persecuted.
00:37:58.01\00:38:03.51
And persecution ceases.
00:38:04.21\00:38:05.88
Now, let's go to the next stage.
00:38:08.48\00:38:10.59
Is that the end of the story?
00:38:11.59\00:38:13.25
Is persecution
going to arise again?
00:38:14.79\00:38:16.83
Is the same dragon
that persecuted during the
00:38:17.39\00:38:20.03
1260 years going
to persecute again?
00:38:20.06\00:38:23.06
That's the next stage.
00:38:26.00\00:38:27.77
Revelation 12:17.
00:38:28.34\00:38:30.41
Are you seeing the sequence?
00:38:30.84\00:38:32.21
This is called, the
historical flow method.
00:38:33.17\00:38:36.58
It is the method
that gives us the message
00:38:39.35\00:38:42.65
that tells us
what our mission is.
00:38:42.85\00:38:45.12
If you lose the method,
you will lose the message
00:38:46.76\00:38:49.92
and you will lose the mission.
00:38:49.96\00:38:51.29
And that's what's
happening in our church.
00:38:52.43\00:38:54.20
We have become
evangelical Adventists.
00:38:55.56\00:38:58.23
We've become
Seventh-day Lutherans.
00:39:00.70\00:39:02.80
I'm not saying anything
bad about the Lutherans.
00:39:03.81\00:39:06.41
They have their church
and they have their religion.
00:39:07.14\00:39:09.11
We've become Seventh-day
Adventist Presbyterians
00:39:09.14\00:39:11.01
and Seventh-day
Adventist Methodists.
00:39:11.05\00:39:12.61
And some are becoming
00:39:12.81\00:39:14.25
Seventh-day
Adventist Pentecostals.
00:39:14.28\00:39:16.05
And it's because we have
forgotten our prophetic roots.
00:39:20.99\00:39:24.16
And that's why we have Anchor.
00:39:24.86\00:39:26.43
Because God is
going to have a people
00:39:28.16\00:39:29.66
on the earth that preserve the
special message for this time.
00:39:29.70\00:39:33.13
And we want to be a
part of those people.
00:39:34.60\00:39:36.71
We are not everything,
but we want to be a part,
00:39:37.31\00:39:39.31
a portion of those people
who lift high the roots of the
00:39:39.34\00:39:42.64
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
00:39:42.68\00:39:44.01
and what our message is
and what our mission is.
00:39:44.05\00:39:46.21
That's what we're all about.
00:39:46.25\00:39:47.58
It's not about me, it's
not about a nice facility.
00:39:48.52\00:39:51.99
It's not about
any of those things.
00:39:52.02\00:39:53.46
It's about the message.
00:39:54.12\00:39:55.46
And it's about the
mission of the church.
00:39:55.99\00:39:57.63
So then you have in
12:17, the dragon was enraged
00:39:59.46\00:40:02.36
with the woman.
00:40:02.40\00:40:03.73
The dragon Rome.
00:40:06.33\00:40:08.30
The devil through Rome.
00:40:08.97\00:40:10.41
The dragon
through the little horn.
00:40:11.74\00:40:13.41
He's enraged with the woman.
00:40:14.44\00:40:15.91
And what does he do?
00:40:16.24\00:40:17.58
He goes to make war
with the remnant of her seed.
00:40:17.61\00:40:22.88
What
characteristics do they have?
00:40:24.19\00:40:25.82
They keep the nine commandments.
00:40:27.52\00:40:29.69
No.
00:40:31.43\00:40:32.76
They keep the commandments
of God, and have something.
00:40:32.79\00:40:37.63
The testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:40:38.17\00:40:40.40
Which is identified as
the spirit of prophecy.
00:40:40.44\00:40:43.07
Why do we try to hide
the spirit of prophecy?
00:40:46.24\00:40:48.24
We say, "Oh no, in your
sermons on Sabbath morning,
00:40:49.08\00:40:51.45
don't quote Ellen White.
00:40:51.48\00:40:52.91
Somebody might be offended."
00:40:52.95\00:40:54.62
You know what?
00:40:58.15\00:40:59.49
The Sabbath
morning worship service,
00:40:59.65\00:41:01.26
we welcome visitors.
00:41:01.52\00:41:03.12
I'm happy to have visitors come.
00:41:03.16\00:41:04.96
But the worship
service is for the church.
00:41:05.23\00:41:07.53
It is not evangelism.
00:41:08.43\00:41:09.83
If people come and they feel
comfortable and they're happy,
00:41:11.17\00:41:13.34
glory to God.
00:41:13.37\00:41:15.00
But the Sabbath morning
service is for corporate
00:41:15.04\00:41:17.77
worship of God's people.
00:41:17.81\00:41:19.21
And we can use Ellen White.
00:41:19.24\00:41:20.91
The trouble is, we've
converted the Sabbath morning
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.65
worship service into
an evangelistic series.
00:41:25.68\00:41:28.12
And there's room,
Taj, for evangelism.
00:41:28.95\00:41:31.29
But I don't believe that
Sabbath morning is the time.
00:41:33.99\00:41:35.99
Unless you're in an
evangelistic crusade, obviously.
00:41:36.02\00:41:38.79
You know, Taj is...
00:41:40.80\00:41:42.13
Cover up your ears, Taj.
00:41:44.37\00:41:46.00
Of all of the evangelists
that I've ever heard,
00:41:48.10\00:41:51.31
Taj is the best.
00:41:52.54\00:41:54.44
Glory to God.
00:41:56.04\00:41:57.38
There's a power when he speaks.
00:41:58.68\00:42:03.15
And do you know why?
00:42:03.18\00:42:04.52
Because of the message.
00:42:05.09\00:42:06.62
Because he presents the full
Seventh-day Adventist message.
00:42:08.39\00:42:11.39
There is power.
00:42:12.39\00:42:13.76
And you can tell by the
number of people who come
00:42:14.76\00:42:17.03
and by the number of
people that are baptized.
00:42:17.13\00:42:19.17
It shows that traditional
evangelism is alive and well.
00:42:19.20\00:42:23.71
Don't get a big head.
00:42:28.44\00:42:29.78
Yeah, I love Taj.
00:42:32.65\00:42:33.98
We've done two series
with Taj at our church.
00:42:34.68\00:42:38.15
And I'd be glad to have
him come back for a third.
00:42:38.79\00:42:41.39
See, our Fresno
Central people say amen.
00:42:42.99\00:42:45.09
Glory to God.
00:42:45.13\00:42:46.46
So then you have the
last stage, which is what?
00:42:47.73\00:42:50.10
The rage of the dragon,
Rome, against God's people.
00:42:50.77\00:42:56.77
So you have a
complete historical flow
00:42:58.77\00:43:01.51
in Revelation 12.
00:43:01.54\00:43:02.88
From the Old
Testament church all the way to
00:43:04.08\00:43:07.78
the final persecution
of God's people by Rome.
00:43:07.88\00:43:11.22
Rome wants to kill the Child.
00:43:11.95\00:43:13.46
Rome then has
ten horns come out.
00:43:13.49\00:43:15.89
Then Rome persecutes
the woman for 1260 years.
00:43:15.92\00:43:18.89
And then Rome persecutes
God's end time remnant.
00:43:19.26\00:43:23.26
It's always the
devil working through Rome.
00:43:23.83\00:43:25.87
But there's some things
that still need to be said.
00:43:28.27\00:43:30.44
So you come to Revelation 13.
00:43:31.34\00:43:33.64
Revelation 13 will re-track
what is in Revelation 12.
00:43:35.34\00:43:38.75
See, if you try to
read Revelation, you say,
00:43:38.78\00:43:40.85
"I want to know what's going
to happen with end time events.
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.32
Let's start at Revelation
12 and we'll get the sequence
00:43:43.35\00:43:46.49
all the way
through to Revelation 22."
00:43:46.52\00:43:48.16
It doesn't work that way.
00:43:48.19\00:43:49.52
Because the
entire book of Revelation
00:43:50.63\00:43:52.39
works in cycles.
00:43:52.43\00:43:53.76
It takes you forwards
and back, forwards and back.
00:43:54.86\00:43:58.20
And you need to know
where it takes you back
00:43:58.23\00:44:00.70
or else you're
going to get messed up.
00:44:00.74\00:44:02.07
We noticed that when we
studied the millennial passage.
00:44:04.04\00:44:06.57
You know, we could take,
literally, we could take a
00:44:07.41\00:44:10.28
whole week just to
study the literary structure,
00:44:10.31\00:44:13.42
the importance of
the literary structure.
00:44:14.28\00:44:16.42
If you want more, I have
a syllabus that is called,
00:44:16.65\00:44:18.85
The Wise Shall Understand,
00:44:18.89\00:44:20.36
where I deal with many
more issues having to do
00:44:21.32\00:44:24.39
with the literary structure
of Daniel and Revelation.
00:44:24.43\00:44:27.80
So you go to
Revelation chapter 13.
00:44:29.46\00:44:31.33
The next line above the
one that we just looked at.
00:44:31.37\00:44:34.74
There's no mention
there of a battle in heaven.
00:44:35.47\00:44:38.71
It's faded.
00:44:39.37\00:44:40.71
It begins in Revelation
13:1-2 with the Old Testament.
00:44:41.38\00:44:45.05
Just like the woman was
the Old Testament period.
00:44:46.01\00:44:48.38
It begins there
in Revelation 13:1-2
00:44:50.89\00:44:53.25
by mentioning a
lion, a bear, a leopard,
00:44:53.29\00:45:02.20
and then it mentions the dragon.
00:45:03.10\00:45:05.20
Is that the same
dragon beast that we found
00:45:06.53\00:45:09.37
that tried to slay the Child?
00:45:09.40\00:45:10.97
Yes it is. It's
running parallel.
00:45:11.47\00:45:13.14
Now, how many horns
does that dragon beast have?
00:45:15.64\00:45:20.15
It has ten horns.
00:45:21.18\00:45:22.52
So there you have pagan Rome.
00:45:25.05\00:45:27.92
Lion, bear,
leopard; Old Testament.
00:45:30.03\00:45:32.06
And then you have the
dragon beast, which is Rome.
00:45:33.23\00:45:37.13
What is the next stage?
00:45:38.80\00:45:40.14
And by the way, the
dragon beast has ten horns.
00:45:40.17\00:45:42.20
So you know that you
have Rome divided also there.
00:45:42.47\00:45:46.88
What is the next stage
that we found in Revelation 12?
00:45:48.34\00:45:51.08
The woman flees to the
wilderness for 1260 years.
00:45:53.21\00:46:00.29
What is the next
stage in Revelation 13?
00:46:01.06\00:46:03.43
The same thing.
00:46:07.13\00:46:08.46
There is a beast.
00:46:09.76\00:46:11.10
It's not called the
little horn anymore.
00:46:11.13\00:46:12.47
It's called a beast.
00:46:12.50\00:46:13.84
And the beast persecutes
the saints of the Most High
00:46:14.37\00:46:19.24
for 42 months.
00:46:19.27\00:46:20.64
Is that the same period?
00:46:21.98\00:46:23.31
Absolutely, same period.
00:46:24.78\00:46:26.15
Is it following
the same sequence?
00:46:28.12\00:46:30.05
The same sequence.
00:46:30.99\00:46:32.42
That's Revelation
13 and verses 3 to 10.
00:46:33.79\00:46:36.42
And then, listen
carefully, we come to
00:46:39.59\00:46:43.83
Revelation chapter 13 verse 11.
00:46:43.87\00:46:46.17
What was the next
stage in Revelation 12?
00:46:46.20\00:46:48.37
The earth helped the woman.
00:46:49.80\00:46:51.54
After this beast
governs 42 months, which is the
00:46:52.97\00:46:56.51
same thing as time,
times, and the dividing of time
00:46:56.54\00:46:59.18
in Revelation chapter
12, after that you have
00:46:59.21\00:47:05.49
a beast that
rises from the earth.
00:47:05.52\00:47:09.06
What is the common denominator?
00:47:10.96\00:47:12.73
The earth.
00:47:14.10\00:47:15.43
Revelation chapter 12 describes
the territory that provided
00:47:17.17\00:47:22.50
refuge for God's people.
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.01
But Revelation 13:11
describes the beast that arose
00:47:25.91\00:47:31.15
in that territory.
00:47:31.18\00:47:32.58
The earth.
00:47:34.48\00:47:35.82
The same place in the sequence.
00:47:36.42\00:47:38.12
Are you with me?
00:47:38.15\00:47:39.49
So in other words,
in Revelation chapter 12
00:47:40.32\00:47:43.02
it only talks of the
territory that provided refuge.
00:47:43.19\00:47:45.96
There was no United
States when this territory
00:47:46.36\00:47:49.60
provided refuge for
those persecuted in Europe.
00:47:49.63\00:47:52.17
You had colonies
of Great Britain.
00:47:52.90\00:47:55.64
Actually...
00:47:56.94\00:47:58.27
You know, nothing
against Great Britain.
00:47:59.84\00:48:02.28
You know, I like to tease them.
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.32
I say, "Brother, you
know, we're not beholden
00:48:07.35\00:48:11.29
to the queen anymore."
00:48:11.32\00:48:13.05
We've got our own flag.
00:48:15.96\00:48:18.23
We're not like Australia.
00:48:21.13\00:48:22.80
Now I know I'm meddling.
00:48:24.90\00:48:26.23
I'm going to
get in trouble here.
00:48:26.27\00:48:27.97
But, you see, what
happened was that this country
00:48:33.68\00:48:38.58
provided refuge,
but there was no nation
00:48:38.61\00:48:41.32
during colonial times.
00:48:41.35\00:48:42.68
It was only when the United
States declared its independence
00:48:44.09\00:48:47.02
in 1776, and
then the Constitution,
00:48:48.96\00:48:51.23
the Bill Of Rights,
that it became a nation.
00:48:51.26\00:48:54.36
So the earth existed first,
and then you have the beast.
00:48:55.93\00:48:59.40
A beast is a nation
that rises from the earth.
00:48:59.43\00:49:03.41
Are you with me?
00:49:03.91\00:49:05.24
And it has two
horns like a lamb.
00:49:05.91\00:49:07.54
So for a while it's going
to help God's people, right?
00:49:07.58\00:49:09.94
Of course.
00:49:10.81\00:49:12.15
But lo and behold, wow, it
ends up speaking like a dragon.
00:49:12.95\00:49:18.85
Which dragon?
00:49:20.39\00:49:21.72
Rome.
00:49:23.73\00:49:25.06
Satan working through Rome.
00:49:26.56\00:49:28.53
Because the dragon is the
same dragon in Revelation 12.
00:49:29.23\00:49:32.53
It's the same
sequence, the same order.
00:49:32.57\00:49:34.57
Is this making sense?
00:49:35.94\00:49:37.27
The structure is
vitally important to understand
00:49:39.11\00:49:43.28
the sequence of events.
00:49:43.31\00:49:44.81
So you have this beast
that has two horns like a lamb.
00:49:45.05\00:49:48.58
For a while it behaves.
00:49:48.62\00:49:49.98
But then it ends up
speaking like a dragon.
00:49:50.09\00:49:53.19
And you know what's
ironic about this beast?
00:49:54.36\00:49:56.42
If you read the book
about Jekyll and Hyde,
00:49:57.36\00:50:01.73
this beast of Revelation
13, the two horns are not broken
00:50:02.83\00:50:08.00
and then it starts
talking like a dragon.
00:50:08.04\00:50:09.94
It speaks like a dragon while
it still has the two horns.
00:50:10.81\00:50:13.91
The United States
is not going to get rid
00:50:15.34\00:50:17.95
of the First Amendment.
00:50:17.98\00:50:19.51
What the United
States is going to do
00:50:21.02\00:50:23.08
is that they are going to
violate the First Amendment
00:50:23.28\00:50:26.35
and they're going to say
that it's constitutional.
00:50:26.39\00:50:28.89
Let me ask you, would a Sunday
law be clearly unconstitutional?
00:50:32.66\00:50:36.70
Would forbidding the
observance of the Sabbath
00:50:38.07\00:50:40.87
be unconstitutional?
00:50:40.90\00:50:42.30
Any child in cradle roll would
be able to understand that.
00:50:42.54\00:50:49.41
"Congress shall make no law
respecting the establishment
00:50:51.61\00:50:55.98
of religion..."
00:50:56.02\00:50:57.35
Would a law establishing
Sunday be a violation
00:50:57.39\00:51:01.26
of the first clause
of the First Amendment?
00:51:01.29\00:51:03.46
Yes.
00:51:03.49\00:51:04.83
"...nor prohibiting the
free exercise thereof..."
00:51:05.89\00:51:08.76
Would forbidding Sabbath
observance be a violation
00:51:08.86\00:51:11.93
of the second clause
of the First Amendment?
00:51:11.97\00:51:14.27
Yes.
00:51:14.30\00:51:15.67
But you know what
the U.S. is going to do?
00:51:16.00\00:51:17.67
While they still claim to
uphold the First Amendment,
00:51:19.54\00:51:22.71
they are going to
speak like the dragon.
00:51:24.18\00:51:26.11
They're going to make
laws, and the Supreme Court is
00:51:27.72\00:51:30.29
going to declare those
Sunday laws constitutional
00:51:30.32\00:51:34.32
contrary to the First Amendment.
00:51:35.92\00:51:38.19
That's why it has
two horns like a lamb
00:51:38.23\00:51:40.16
and it speaks like a
dragon while it still
00:51:40.20\00:51:41.96
has the two horns.
00:51:42.00\00:51:43.40
Are you with me?
00:51:44.73\00:51:46.07
And that's why Ellen White,
you know, in Great Controversy,
00:51:47.10\00:51:49.07
she said this is a
great contradiction.
00:51:49.10\00:51:51.27
How can it have
two horns like a lamb
00:51:51.44\00:51:52.84
and speak like a
dragon at the same time?
00:51:52.87\00:51:54.84
It's because it's
violating the First Amendment.
00:51:55.48\00:51:59.21
And by the way, the most
powerful branch of government
00:52:00.28\00:52:02.68
that we have is
the Supreme Court.
00:52:02.72\00:52:04.39
They elected
George Bush president.
00:52:06.89\00:52:09.19
Yep.
00:52:11.73\00:52:13.06
Remember, it was taken to
different courts and different,
00:52:14.00\00:52:15.96
you know, circuit courts and
federal court, and everything.
00:52:16.06\00:52:18.80
But when the Supreme
Court said George Bush won,
00:52:19.03\00:52:21.87
that was it.
00:52:21.90\00:52:23.24
They elected the
president of the United States.
00:52:24.77\00:52:27.01
Six of the nine
justices are Roman Catholics.
00:52:29.24\00:52:32.21
Doesn't bode well.
00:52:34.15\00:52:35.52
Especially in a world where
the papacy is so admired now.
00:52:36.08\00:52:39.72
Anyway...
00:52:43.93\00:52:45.26
So do you see the same sequence?
00:52:46.33\00:52:48.03
Now I want you to
look at the chart.
00:52:50.13\00:52:51.73
And this is not real
clear because it was in red
00:52:51.77\00:52:54.27
in the original.
00:52:54.30\00:52:55.64
So, you know, you can't...
00:52:55.67\00:52:58.01
I suppose we could
have copied it in color.
00:52:58.27\00:53:00.78
But do you see, do you
notice that after it says,
00:53:00.98\00:53:03.38
"The lamb that
speaks like a dragon,"
00:53:03.41\00:53:05.85
you notice it
says, "14:1-5 climax."
00:53:07.82\00:53:11.42
See, Revelation
13 verses 11 to 18
00:53:14.16\00:53:19.63
is parallel to Revelation 12:17.
00:53:20.20\00:53:22.50
12:17 tells you, listen
carefully, 12:17 tells you
00:53:23.87\00:53:27.04
that the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
00:53:27.07\00:53:28.80
goes to make war
against the remnant of her seed
00:53:28.84\00:53:31.07
who keep the commandments of God
00:53:31.11\00:53:32.44
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:53:32.47\00:53:34.48
But it doesn't tell
you which commandment.
00:53:36.75\00:53:38.68
Does it.
00:53:40.58\00:53:41.92
Revelation 12 doesn't
tell you which commandment.
00:53:42.08\00:53:43.75
It says the commandments.
00:53:43.79\00:53:45.12
And it doesn't say
what he does to counteract
00:53:46.09\00:53:48.36
the testimony of Jesus.
00:53:48.39\00:53:49.72
It just says he fights
against the testimony of Jesus.
00:53:49.76\00:53:52.13
But when you get to
Revelation chapter 13
00:53:53.50\00:53:55.70
verses 11 to 18, it
tells you which commandment.
00:53:56.67\00:54:01.04
Because the beast
that rises from the earth
00:54:03.34\00:54:05.21
enforces the mark of the beast.
00:54:05.24\00:54:07.18
Are you with me?
00:54:09.04\00:54:10.38
Does Revelation
13 amplify 12:17?
00:54:10.71\00:54:13.92
It does.
00:54:14.12\00:54:15.45
It tells you, "Hey,
the commandment at issue
00:54:16.95\00:54:19.79
is the one that has to
do with the seal of God."
00:54:20.06\00:54:22.66
And of course, the
beast imposes his mark.
00:54:24.83\00:54:27.16
And you know what's interesting?
00:54:27.80\00:54:29.13
How the devil
tries to counteract
00:54:29.16\00:54:30.63
the spirit of prophecy,
which is the gift of prophecy.
00:54:30.67\00:54:35.07
This beast from the earth
is called, the false prophet.
00:54:35.97\00:54:39.61
Wow.
00:54:41.54\00:54:42.94
So the devil, the dragon
is enraged with the woman
00:54:44.71\00:54:47.32
who keeps the
commandments of God
00:54:47.35\00:54:48.75
and has the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:54:49.05\00:54:51.32
In other words, they
keep all of the commandments
00:54:51.35\00:54:53.22
and they have
the gift of prophecy.
00:54:53.25\00:54:54.82
And the devil, in chapter
13, he says, "The commandment
00:54:55.16\00:54:58.06
that I particularly
hate is the Sabbath.
00:54:58.09\00:55:00.20
That's why I'm going to
impose the mark of the beast."
00:55:00.23\00:55:02.66
And he says, "I'm going
to counteract the message
00:55:02.70\00:55:04.97
of the true prophet by
raising the false prophet."
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.70
Wow.
00:55:10.91\00:55:12.24
And so Revelation 13 ends.
00:55:15.14\00:55:16.64
You know, the mark
of the beast is imposed,
00:55:16.68\00:55:20.08
the image is raised up,
and everybody is commanded
00:55:20.12\00:55:22.72
to worship the image
of the beast, and so on.
00:55:22.75\00:55:24.69
And so when chapter 13 ends,
you ask the question, you say,
00:55:24.85\00:55:29.86
"Well, was everybody unfaithful?
00:55:30.36\00:55:34.16
Did everybody worship the image?
00:55:35.76\00:55:37.97
Did everybody receive
the mark of the beast?
00:55:38.00\00:55:40.57
Wasn't there anyone faithful?"
00:55:40.60\00:55:41.94
You don't know when 13 ends.
00:55:41.97\00:55:44.01
That's why you need to include
14:1-5 as part of chapter 13.
00:55:44.04\00:55:47.94
That's to the right of the line.
00:55:49.88\00:55:51.28
Are you with me?
00:55:51.31\00:55:52.65
This is really the
climax of chapter 13.
00:55:53.68\00:55:56.92
Because chapter 14:1-5
says, yes there was a group.
00:55:56.95\00:56:00.46
They did not receive
the mark of the beast.
00:56:01.26\00:56:03.16
They had the name of God
written on their foreheads.
00:56:03.19\00:56:05.73
They had the seal of
God in contrast to the
00:56:08.50\00:56:11.47
mark of the beast in chapter 13.
00:56:11.50\00:56:13.50
So in other words,
chapter 14 takes you to a moment
00:56:15.57\00:56:18.11
after the second coming.
00:56:18.14\00:56:19.47
God's people are
standing victorious.
00:56:19.51\00:56:21.04
Because it's the
climax after the crisis.
00:56:21.91\00:56:24.68
Is this making sense?
00:56:25.61\00:56:26.95
See how important the
literary structure is?
00:56:28.95\00:56:31.15
Now, we only have
about a minute left,
00:56:33.19\00:56:37.16
so I'm not going to
try to go to the next line.
00:56:37.19\00:56:40.00
But are you understanding
what we're studying?
00:56:41.26\00:56:43.60
So in our next session together,
what we're going to do is
00:56:45.53\00:56:48.00
we're going to finish
looking at this chart.
00:56:48.04\00:56:49.84
And we're going to see
some amazing things as we
00:56:52.07\00:56:54.61
move along in Revelation.
00:56:54.64\00:56:56.81
Because have you noticed
that, you know, everything is
00:56:56.85\00:57:00.12
streamlined as we go along.
00:57:00.15\00:57:02.18
The earlier events are
kind of just, you know,
00:57:03.08\00:57:05.89
"Okay, I already covered this.
00:57:05.92\00:57:07.42
I gave you the reference point.
00:57:07.46\00:57:08.79
Now I want to talk to
you about the end time."
00:57:08.82\00:57:10.99
So beginning with chapter 14,
he's going to move you forward.
00:57:11.89\00:57:14.86
He's going to move
you forward to the time
00:57:15.50\00:57:17.43
when the three angels' messages
are proclaimed to counteract
00:57:17.47\00:57:21.14
what the beast and what
the beast from the earth do.
00:57:21.24\00:57:25.04
And so when we reconvene,
what we're going to do
00:57:26.61\00:57:31.35
is we're going to study
the next exciting episode
00:57:31.38\00:57:35.55
in this drama of Revelation
chapter 12 through chapter 22.
00:57:36.38\00:57:44.23
So don't miss it.
00:57:44.26\00:57:45.59