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We're excited about the
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for reaching the world.
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It's much easier to tape
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You know, it's difficult to
get inspired when you don't have
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anybody to preach to
except for empty chairs.
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So thank you for coming.
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We're going to
continue studying this chart.
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Now when chapter 13 ends, and
we'll include chapter 14:1-5,
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how many groups do you have?
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Two.
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You have those
who worship the image
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and receive the mark
and the number of the name,
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and then you have those
who are standing victorious
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on Mount Zion, right?
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But of course,
the question comes up,
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what is it that led
the two groups to be on
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one side or the other?
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Why did one group
decide to be on one side
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and the other group
decide to be on the other side?
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We don't have a clear
reason for that in chapter 13.
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So now we come to
chapter 14 and verse 6.
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What do we have in
chapter 14 and verse 6?
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The three angels' messages.
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Interesting.
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Three angels are
sent from heaven to preach
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to the world.
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And they preach, first of
all, that we're to fear God,
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they preach the everlasting
gospel, that we're suppose to
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fear God, give glory to
Him because the hour of His
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judgment has come, and
that the world is suppose to
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worship the Creator.
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Right?
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That's the
first angel's message.
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The second angel's message
says, "Folks, if you're in
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Babylon where that is
not practiced, get out."
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See, the three angels'
messages are sequential.
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The first message
says, "Hey, fear God."
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Which incidentally is
usually linked with keeping
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God's commandments.
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So fear God, give glory to God.
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We're in the
hour of His judgment.
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Worship the Creator.
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And then the second angel says,
"If you're in Babylon where
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none of those things
are done, she's fallen,
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come out."
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And then the third angel
says, "If you don't come out,
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if you receive
the mark of the beast,
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if you worship the
beast and his image,
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this is what is going to happen.
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The wrath of God
will fall upon you."
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You see the sequence?
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And so the three angels'
messages have the purpose
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of polarizing the world.
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Dividing the
world into two groups.
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In other words, ripening
the world, if you please.
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And incidentally, the
three angels' messages
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are accompanied
by the latter rain.
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You know that the latter rain
was what matured the harvest
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and ripened the harvest?
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Have you noticed what
comes immediately after
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the three angels' messages?
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Jesus is seen seated on a cloud.
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And there are two
harvests that are ripe.
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Have you noticed that?
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There's first of all
the harvest of the earth.
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That represents what group?
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The righteous.
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That's the first
thing that Jesus does,
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is to separate the righteous.
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And incidentally, if I might
say this, we've usually applied
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Jesus sitting on the
cloud as the Son of Man
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having a sickle in His hand,
we usually have applied that
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to the second coming.
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But technically
it's referring to the
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conclusion of the judgment.
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Because the harvest is
separated before Jesus comes.
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And Ellen White
understands it that way.
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And so Jesus is sitting on
the cloud as the Son of Man
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with a crown on His head
and with a sickle in His hand.
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He's going to harvest the earth
because the harvest is ripe
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and the grapes are ripe.
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Let me ask you, what is
it that ripened the harvest
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and the grapes?
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The three angels' messages.
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And what accompanied
the three angels' messages?
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The latter rain.
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Are you following me?
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And so we know now what it
is that divided the two groups.
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The group in chapter 13
and the group that stands
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victorious at Mount Zion.
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We know that the
three angels' messages
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polarize the
world into two groups.
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Following me?
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Now, you have
Jesus, puts in His sickle,
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harvests the harvest of
the earth, the righteous.
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Because the righteous
are the first to be judged.
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And then He puts in His sickle
and He harvests the grapes
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of the earth.
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That represents the wicked.
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And then the grapes are
thrown into the winepress.
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And where is the winepress?
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If you've read
Revelation 14:18-20,
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the winepress is
outside the city.
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Which city?
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Jerusalem.
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And who is in Jerusalem?
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The saints.
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Literally or spiritually?
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Spiritually.
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Because when you accept
the three angels' messages,
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you are first in
Jerusalem spiritually.
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And then you will be literally.
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Are you
understanding the principle?
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So in Revelation 14
where it says that, you know,
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the righteous are
inside the city...
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By the way, it doesn't
give the name of the city.
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And later on we're going
to find that it's Jerusalem.
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Citizens of the New Jerusalem.
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By accepting the three
angels' messages, they become
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citizens of the New Jerusalem.
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They're in Jerusalem.
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Not physically, but spiritually.
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Outside the city are
the grapes in the winepress.
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What do you suppose the
grapes are doing out there
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outside the holy city?
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Why are they there?
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On vacation?
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No.
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If you go to Joel chapter
3, which is the root prophecy,
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it speaks about the nations
gathering around Jerusalem
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to attack it.
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And then it speaks
about the winepress there.
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This comes from Joel chapter 3.
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So why are the wicked in the
winepress outside the holy city?
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What is their intention?
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Their intention is to
attack and destroy the remnant
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who are
spiritually in Jerusalem.
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Is this happening worldwide?
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This is worldwide.
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Because in Joel, it
says that the harvest is in
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the Valley of Jehoshaphat.
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But when you
come to Revelation 14,
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Jesus has said,
"Harvest the earth."
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So Revelation 14
universalizes what we
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find in the book of Joel.
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In Joel, it's the
Valley of Jehoshaphat.
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In Revelation, it is
the harvest of the earth.
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The vintage of the earth.
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In other words, the
three angels' messages
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divide the
world into two groups.
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God's people are safe and
sound in spiritual Jerusalem.
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And the wicked
are in the winepress
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gathered to attack the city.
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But you know
how chapter 14 ends?
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It speaks
mysteriously about some horses
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that trample the winepress.
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Interesting.
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And the blood splatters
up to the horses bridles.
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This, folks, is
symbolic language.
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Because we're not
talking about literal grapes.
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Now why the winepress?
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You know what a winepress is?
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A winepress, at least the
way it use to be in Italy,
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is that they
would put all the grapes
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into a big tub and then people
would get in with bare feet
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and they would trample
upon the grapes to make wine.
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See, now you will not feel
tempted to drink wine anymore.
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Of course, wine
isn't made that way.
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But that's the way...
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In some places in Italy
it's still done that way,
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I understand.
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Rosanne is from Italy.
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And I see her saying yes.
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And what happens when
you're trampling the grapes?
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What happens with your clothing?
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They are splattered.
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And what does
the wine look like?
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Blood.
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Now let me ask you,
who is riding those horses
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that trample the winepress
and the blood splatters
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up to the horses bridles?
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You don't know until
you get to Revelation 19
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where it speaks about
Jesus sitting on a white horse,
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and the armies of
heaven are coming with Him,
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and His garments
are stained in blood.
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That is not His own blood.
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But it is the blood of
the wicked, because it says
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that He comes to
trample the winepress.
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Are you with me?
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So what happens when
the wicked are gathered
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around God's people,
to destroy God's people,
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who are in spiritual Jerusalem?
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Those who have
received the mark of the beast,
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who worship the beast, who
worship the image to the beast,
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who receive the
number of the beast.
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They're going to
gather around God's people,
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according to the
book of Revelation,
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with the intention
of destroying them.
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But when they're
about to destroy them,
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Jesus and the armies of
heaven will come from heaven
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and they will trample
the winepress and deliver
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God's people.
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So let me ask you,
does Revelation 14 end
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with the final
crisis of God's people?
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It does.
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With the two groups?
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Yes.
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And then you have, do you
see there Revelation 15:2-4
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on the right-hand side?
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That's the climax.
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The question is, was anybody
victorious over the beast,
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over his image, over his mark,
and over the number of his name?
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See, it reaches the same
climax that chapter 13 reached.
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Are you with me?
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See, it takes you all
the way to the climax,
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and then John says,
inspired by the Spirit,
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"Now wait a minute, I still
have some things to tell you
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about what happened before."
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So let's read Revelation
15 and verses 2 through 4.
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Revelation chapter 15
and verses 2 through 4.
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It says there, "And I saw
something like a sea of glass
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mingled with fire, and those who
have the victory over the beast,
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over his image, over
his mark, and over the
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number of his name..."
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Is that in the
third angel's message?
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A warning about all that?
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Of course, it's in
the third angel's message.
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Are there a group
that are victorious?
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Yes.
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Where are they standing?
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They're standing on the
sea of glass, having what?
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Harps of God.
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And what do they sing?
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"...the song of
Moses, the servant of God,
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and the song of
the Lamb, saying..."
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Now let me ask you, is
that the same group that
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we saw in Revelation 14:1-5?
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Yes or no?
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Yes.
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So in other words,
they're going to stand
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victorious twice, right?
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No.
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It's the same victory dance.
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But what has happened?
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What John has done, he's
taken us all the way to the end,
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Revelation 14:1-5, and
then he's going to tell us,
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"Hey, I want to
tell you how those people
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got onto Mount Zion.
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And I want to tell you
what happened with those
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who worshipped the
beast and His image."
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So then He takes you back
to the three angels' messages
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and says, "This is what divided
the earth into two groups.
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The three angels' messages
made some people mad at them
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and other people accepted it.
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And those who got angry, they
received the mark of the beast
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and worshipped the beast, and
received the image of the beast.
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Whereas those
others, they gain the victory
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over the beast, over
his image, over his mark,
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and over the
number of his name."
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Are you following me?
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And so then
Revelation 15, it takes you,
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as we're going to notice
in a few moments, 15:2-4,
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that's the climax of chapter 14.
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In other words, verses
2 through 4 of chapter 15
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really belongs with chapter 14.
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It's the climax of chapter 14.
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Now John is going to tell
you, inspired by God's Spirit,
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he's going to say,
"Now wait a minute.
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I still have a few
things to tell you about things
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that happened before
they stood victorious."
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So now he's going to
go back and he's going to
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describe the close of probation.
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Is he taking
you further forward?
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Do you see the chart there?
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See, Revelation 12
has the whole picture.
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Thirteen begins
with the Old Testament.
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Fourteen takes you to the time
when the three angels' messages
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begin to be proclaimed, all
the way to the victorious group.
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Chapter 15 takes you back.
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Let me ask you, will
God's people stand on Mount Zion
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before the close of probation?
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Of course not.
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So chapter 15 is going
to take you to the time
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when probation closed.
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It's taking you back
to the moment when the
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three angels' messages end.
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And, as we already studied,
the temple is filled with smoke.
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The temple being what?
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The Most Holy Place.
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And no one can what?
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No one can enter.
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Let me ask you, has
probation closed at this point?
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Have the three angels' messages
done their work and divided
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the whole world into two groups?
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So do you see it's taking you
a little bit further forward?
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The three angel's have
finished their message.
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Isn't this fascinating?
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How, when you understand
the structure, you know
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exactly where to fit everything.
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If you don't, you
say, "Now wait a minute.
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How can they be on Mount Zion
before the close of probation?
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You know, how can they
be victorious in chapter 14
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before the three angels'
messages are proclaimed?"
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The fact is, they're not.
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The fact is, that
you have this phenomenon
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of taking you all the
way forward, then back.
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Then forward,
and not as far back.
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And then forward, and
not quite as far back.
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Until finally when you get
to the last part of the book,
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the first stages
are totally forgotten.
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So chapter 15 takes
you to the moment when the
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three angels' messages end.
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Is that clear?
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And then the next
chapter, chapter 16,
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after probation closes,
after a short period of time,
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what is poured out?
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The plagues.
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Is that taking you a
little bit further forward
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than the close of probation?
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It's taking you
a little further.
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And chapter 16 gives you
all of the seven plagues.
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However, there are three plagues
that are particularly important
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for God's people.
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We're going to notice
in our study this afternoon
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or tomorrow,
depending on how fast we go...
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We might have to have
two sessions tomorrow.
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But anyway...
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We're going to
notice in our study tomorrow
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that when you get to the
plagues, the first four plagues,
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God's people are in jeopardy.
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I call them, jeopardy plagues.
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In other words, the lives
of God's people are in danger,
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and the wicked
are filled with rage.
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But when you get to
plagues five, six, and seven,
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those are called,
deliverance plagues.
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Because during those
three plagues, God's people
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are no longer in danger.
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In fact, when the fifth
plague of darkness falls,
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the politicians of the world,
the civil rulers of the world,
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are going to wake up.
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And the multitudes
that have been deceived by
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counterfeit religion
are going to wake up,
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and they're going to
say, "You guys deceived us."
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And their rage for God's
people is going to be forgotten.
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Like after the millennium with
the devil with the multitudes.
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See, first of all,
they're focused on the holy city
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after the millennium to destroy
those who are inside the city.
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But when God shows them
who is the real guilty party,
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they turn on the devil.
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The same is going to
happen before the millennium.
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The people who go to
church now and they just
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glorify their preachers and they
say, "Oh, this is so wonderful.
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This futurism, that we're going
to heaven before the rapture.
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Oh, we can have our
cake and we can eat it too.
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Isn't this wonderful."
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And they preach a
prosperity gospel.
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And just make yourself rich.
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"God wants you to
be rich in this world.
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And He wants you to be
psychologically happy."
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And all those who have
soothed the feathers of people.
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Someday they will
have to render an account.
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And they will not
render it only to God.
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They will render it to
their religious leaders.
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The people that they
deceived will turn against them.
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That's the drying
up of the Euphrates.
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We're going to study that.
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Are you catching the picture?
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It's a serious
thing to be a preacher.
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Very serious.
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Because God will
hold us more accountable
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than anyone else.
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Because where
great light is given,
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much is demanded.
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And so, if there's any preachers
out there where your focus is
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having a big ministry,
and getting lots of money,
00:20:05.27\00:20:08.10
and being very
popular, think twice.
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The popularity and
the money will last now,
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but reckoning day will come.
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And it will not be
God who will do it.
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It will be those
who most admired them
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who will do the work.
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Amazing.
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So you have the first
four plagues, jeopardy plagues.
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We'll study this.
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And the last three
plagues are deliverance plagues.
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Because the last three
plagues, once the darkness hits
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and God's people are in light,
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the wicked multitudes...
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And God is going to
show His law in the heavens.
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And He's going to show that
the Sabbath was still binding.
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Psalm 50 tells us that.
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...then the
wicked are going to say,
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"You told us they
were the bad guys.
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Now we know who
the real bad guys are."
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And so the rage will no longer
be focused on God's people.
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God's people will be safe.
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In fact, at that point we'll
have the special resurrection
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of those who died in the
message of the third angel.
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And God's living
saints will be glorified.
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And so you have all of
the plagues in chapter 16.
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But then you'll notice that
there's something significant
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about plagues
number six and seven.
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And so in chapter 17,
God through John says,
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"Now wait a minute, I already
gave you all of the plagues
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up to number seven, but I
have something to tell you more
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about number six and seven."
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And so in chapter 17 and
18, what he does is he goes back
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and he amplifies
plagues number six and seven.
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Are you following me?
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And you know, this won't make
a lot of sense to you right now
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because we haven't studied it.
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But in Revelation 17,
he's going to actually explain
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the moment when the waters
are dried up on the harlot,
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that's plague number six,
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and when the kings
turn against the harlot.
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It says the kings that
cooperated with the harlot,
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they will hate the harlot.
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And they will make
her desolate, and naked,
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and they will
burn her with fire.
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That's the way of
saying that they're going to
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really be mad at her.
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So they better be very careful
about linking up with religion.
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Because it will be a
serious matter, a serious thing.
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And so in chapter 17
you have an amplification
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of the sixth
and seventh plagues.
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And then God in His mercy...
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Do you notice
there where it says,
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"18:1-5 flashback warning."
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After describing
plagues number six and seven
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from a religious political
perspective in chapter 17,
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and from a religious economic
perspective in chapter 18...
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Because chapter 18
emphasizes commerce.
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Chapter 17 emphasizes religion.
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Are you following me?
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After you have the
picture in chapter 17
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of the sixth and seventh
plagues that are going to fall
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without mercy, then
you have chapter 18:1-5.
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It's the loud cry.
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Is the loud cry given during
the plagues or is it given
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before the close of probation?
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So why is it there?
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The reason why is
because God wants to say,
00:24:08.01\00:24:10.38
"Listen, the plagues are
going to fall on Babylon."
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Doesn't the loud cry say,
"Come out of her, My people,
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lest you partake in her sins
and you receive her plagues."
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So God, after portraying
this harlot who fornicates with
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the kings and is full
of the blood of the saints,
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God says, "I've
got to warn everybody.
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I've got to insert a warning."
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And so in chapter 18
verses 1 through 5 He says,
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"These plagues are
going to fall on Babylon.
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Get out."
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Are you with me?
00:24:41.38\00:24:42.71
It takes you back to warn people
that when these plagues come,
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make sure you're not there.
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Because those plagues are
going to fall upon Babylon.
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Does that make any sense?
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And then you come to chapter
18 and verses 6 through 24.
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This is the fall of Babylon
from an economic perspective.
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See, we live in a world
where we have a global economy.
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And someday that global economy,
that Babylonian economy,
00:25:12.31\00:25:15.94
is going to collapse.
00:25:15.98\00:25:17.88
And that is
portrayed in Revelation 18.
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The demise of the
union of church and state
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.32
is portrayed in chapter 17.
00:25:25.35\00:25:26.99
The demised of the
global economic system
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is in chapter 18.
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And then, this is interesting,
after chapter 18 where you have
00:25:33.29\00:25:39.73
the global
collapse of the economy,
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do you notice to the right-hand
side of the line there 19:1-10?
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God's people
are in heaven again.
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Now we've got a problem.
00:25:51.38\00:25:52.71
How can God's people
be in heaven in chapter 19
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verses 1 through 10 if Jesus
doesn't come on the white horse
00:25:56.92\00:26:01.22
until Revelation 19:11-21?
00:26:01.26\00:26:03.73
Are you
understanding my question?
00:26:07.76\00:26:09.16
The second coming is
in Revelation 19:11-21.
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But God's people are in
heaven in verses 1 through 10.
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So how can they be in heaven
before the seventh plague?
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The answer is
very simple, folks.
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Revelation 19:1-10 is
the climax of chapter 18.
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When everything collapses, after
that, God will have a people
00:26:34.86\00:26:39.19
who stand victorious with Him.
00:26:39.23\00:26:41.10
But then John
says, "Now wait a minute.
00:26:43.23\00:26:44.73
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
00:26:44.77\00:26:46.13
I still have to
tell you something about
00:26:47.77\00:26:50.14
the seventh plague.
00:26:50.17\00:26:51.97
Which, by the way, is
the second coming of Jesus.
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And so then in chapter
19:11-21, he takes you back
00:26:56.31\00:27:02.08
to describe the
second coming of Christ
00:27:02.65\00:27:07.02
coming on a white horse
with the armies of heaven.
00:27:07.06\00:27:09.92
Is that making sense to you?
00:27:12.29\00:27:13.80
It's amazing.
00:27:15.06\00:27:16.40
And you know, do you
know where I got the idea
00:27:17.40\00:27:19.40
to study this
structure this way?
00:27:19.43\00:27:20.80
From the spirit of prophecy.
00:27:20.84\00:27:22.24
I don't think Ellen
White sat down to do this.
00:27:26.17\00:27:29.64
I don't know of
any chart that she had.
00:27:30.25\00:27:31.91
But I'll tell you one thing.
00:27:33.82\00:27:35.15
The Holy Spirit told her
exactly how to put it in order.
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And when you read the
book, Great Controversy, folks,
00:27:39.19\00:27:41.59
it is amazing.
00:27:41.62\00:27:42.96
There is no, there is
nil possibility that someone
00:27:44.49\00:27:49.06
with a two and a half
year primary education
00:27:49.10\00:27:52.13
could have put things in
the order that they are in
00:27:52.57\00:27:54.64
in the book, Great Controversy.
00:27:54.67\00:27:56.00
It's spectacular.
00:27:58.31\00:27:59.64
And I tell you as one
that has really studied it.
00:28:02.01\00:28:04.45
And yet people today, they
say, "Oh, don't give out the
00:28:06.28\00:28:08.68
'Great Controversy,' because
it might offend someone."
00:28:08.72\00:28:11.39
Huh, you know, it's interesting.
00:28:15.96\00:28:17.53
"It might offend
someone," they say.
00:28:17.56\00:28:19.06
Well, I suppose God should
have told Stephen not to offend
00:28:20.66\00:28:23.26
Saul of Tarsus.
00:28:23.30\00:28:24.67
You know what?
00:28:26.57\00:28:27.90
If something offends someone,
it's because it hit a raw spot.
00:28:27.94\00:28:33.17
I have a church
member, I have a church member
00:28:35.38\00:28:38.18
who really got angry
at me when I preached
00:28:41.68\00:28:45.09
the Genesis
series the first time.
00:28:45.89\00:28:47.82
She came with her husband,
she was a Roman Catholic.
00:28:48.82\00:28:51.76
When I spoke about the beast,
she quit coming to church.
00:28:52.59\00:28:56.80
She was serious.
00:28:57.20\00:28:58.53
And she would come
once in a while on Sabbath,
00:28:59.93\00:29:01.64
but she looked at me...
00:29:01.67\00:29:03.10
I mean, if looks could
kill, I'd be dead right now.
00:29:04.14\00:29:09.11
She was not a happy camper.
00:29:10.48\00:29:12.55
And so some members were saying,
"Pastor Bohr, see, you shouldn't
00:29:13.62\00:29:16.62
have spoken so strongly."
00:29:16.65\00:29:19.15
You know.
00:29:20.52\00:29:21.86
And I don't
think I was obnoxious.
00:29:21.92\00:29:24.89
I just presented
the biblical evidence.
00:29:25.36\00:29:27.40
She wasn't happy.
00:29:28.56\00:29:29.90
But the Holy
Spirit put it in there.
00:29:30.80\00:29:34.40
And it worked on her.
00:29:36.00\00:29:37.34
And to make a long story short,
00:29:37.97\00:29:39.97
today she's one of
the most active members
00:29:41.78\00:29:45.05
at Fresno Central Church.
00:29:45.08\00:29:46.48
And you know what?
00:29:48.88\00:29:50.22
A couple of years
ago she sent me a card
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.52
apologizing for
all of the looks...
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.13
Praise the Lord.
00:30:02.80\00:30:04.13
...and thanking me
for preaching that sermon.
00:30:04.63\00:30:07.34
So just because
something makes people mad
00:30:07.97\00:30:10.01
doesn't mean that it's all bad.
00:30:10.77\00:30:12.31
Because Stephen
made a lot of people mad.
00:30:14.11\00:30:16.75
But the result
was the apostle Paul.
00:30:17.61\00:30:20.32
Plant the seed and
let God do the work.
00:30:23.05\00:30:25.35
Don't start saying,
"Well if I say it this way,
00:30:26.29\00:30:28.32
it might offend..."
00:30:28.36\00:30:29.69
No.
00:30:29.72\00:30:31.06
Pray to the Lord that the Lord
will show you how to say it.
00:30:31.09\00:30:33.19
And then say it.
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.56
And leave the
consequences with God.
00:30:35.60\00:30:38.03
Because ultimately,
the buck stops with Him.
00:30:39.13\00:30:41.74
Or I guess you would
say, the pound stops with Him.
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.21
The cruzeiros, no you don't
have cruzeiros anymore, right,
00:30:49.04\00:30:51.68
in Brazil?
00:30:51.71\00:30:53.05
What's your currency?
00:30:53.08\00:30:54.42
Oh, okay.
00:30:56.85\00:30:58.19
They use to have the cruzeiro.
00:30:59.49\00:31:01.62
You can tell
what century I'm from.
00:31:02.52\00:31:04.43
So in Revelation chapter
19 verses 11 to 21 you have
00:31:06.23\00:31:09.56
the seventh plague,
the second coming of Jesus.
00:31:09.76\00:31:11.83
And He comes to
trample the winepress.
00:31:12.40\00:31:14.14
Let me ask you, is
this the same climax that
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.30
we reached in
Revelation 14:18-20?
00:31:16.34\00:31:19.74
The winepress? Yeah.
00:31:20.01\00:31:21.54
Now you know, now
listen carefully, now you know
00:31:21.58\00:31:24.28
who's riding the horses.
00:31:24.31\00:31:25.68
Revelation 14 doesn't tell
you who's riding the horses
00:31:25.78\00:31:27.95
that trample the winepress.
00:31:27.98\00:31:29.32
Revelation 19 does.
00:31:29.35\00:31:30.82
It tells you that the
Word of God is on the horse,
00:31:31.35\00:31:34.32
and the armies of
heaven are coming,
00:31:34.36\00:31:35.69
and they're coming to
trample the winepress.
00:31:35.72\00:31:37.29
And that's why the garments
of Jesus are stained in blood.
00:31:37.33\00:31:40.13
And then you come to the
right-hand side of the line
00:31:43.10\00:31:47.60
at the very top of the chart.
00:31:50.21\00:31:51.87
See, you have these
four perspectives, right,
00:31:53.84\00:31:56.28
that we studied today.
00:31:56.81\00:31:58.15
What is the first perspective
on the extreme right-hand side?
00:32:00.08\00:32:03.79
Satan and the earth.
00:32:04.45\00:32:06.05
And then you have
Revelation 21 verse 2,
00:32:08.62\00:32:10.83
events at the
beginning of the millennium,
00:32:10.86\00:32:12.63
20 verse 3, the first
half of the verse; during.
00:32:13.56\00:32:17.10
20 verse 3, the last
half of the verse; after.
00:32:17.77\00:32:20.90
Before, during, and after.
00:32:22.94\00:32:24.67
And the perspective
is Satan and the earth.
00:32:25.24\00:32:27.84
Then you have the
view of the saints.
00:32:29.54\00:32:31.51
Chapter 20 verse
4; the beginning.
00:32:32.68\00:32:34.88
Chapter 20
verses 5 and 6; during.
00:32:35.92\00:32:38.69
And chapter 20:7-10; after.
00:32:39.75\00:32:42.46
Then, even though
it's not there, you have
00:32:44.49\00:32:45.96
the view of the wicked.
00:32:45.99\00:32:47.33
In that blank space, you
want to put, "wicked," there.
00:32:47.36\00:32:49.56
Revelation 20:11
has the beginning.
00:32:52.17\00:32:53.97
Remember the white throne?
00:32:54.00\00:32:55.37
Revelation 20:12 is during.
00:32:57.41\00:32:59.91
The dead standing before God.
00:32:59.94\00:33:02.04
And Revelation 20 verse
13 through 21 verse 1; after.
00:33:03.88\00:33:08.05
And then you have
the fourth outline,
00:33:13.05\00:33:19.03
and it describes
the events after.
00:33:19.63\00:33:21.63
It says there that the
holy city descends from heaven
00:33:24.60\00:33:29.80
like a bride
adorned for her husband.
00:33:31.17\00:33:33.34
And then you have all of
the description of what life
00:33:34.48\00:33:36.71
will be like with the Lord.
00:33:36.75\00:33:38.08
You'll be with God's people.
00:33:38.11\00:33:39.45
No more tears, no more pain,
no more sorrow, no more crying.
00:33:39.48\00:33:42.48
And then at the
end, it describes
00:33:43.79\00:33:45.59
that the
overcomers are in the city.
00:33:45.79\00:33:47.29
And it tells you what were
the sins that were committed
00:33:47.89\00:33:51.43
that were in the books
that condemned the wicked.
00:33:51.46\00:33:53.90
And they're cast
into the lake of fire.
00:33:54.73\00:33:56.53
And then at the
very top of the chart,
00:33:58.33\00:34:00.10
you have a new
heavens and a new earth.
00:34:01.27\00:34:03.14
So what has Revelation
12 through chapter 22 done?
00:34:05.57\00:34:12.75
It has taken you
through the broad sweep
00:34:14.32\00:34:17.25
of salvation history
from the times of Babylon
00:34:18.02\00:34:22.12
all the way to the new
heavens and the new earth.
00:34:22.72\00:34:25.09
Step by step.
00:34:26.49\00:34:28.50
It's amazing.
00:34:30.20\00:34:31.53
Now, let's go to
Revelation 11:18.
00:34:34.07\00:34:38.37
We're finished with the chart.
00:34:39.54\00:34:41.04
It took us one and a
half classes to do the chart.
00:34:41.91\00:34:44.41
Revelation 11:18,
in our remaining time.
00:34:46.38\00:34:49.08
And I actually want
to begin at verse 15.
00:34:56.89\00:35:00.40
Now those of you who
were at prayer meeting,
00:35:00.60\00:35:02.06
you heard some of this.
00:35:02.10\00:35:03.43
You received the handout.
00:35:03.97\00:35:05.43
So this will be review for you.
00:35:08.14\00:35:09.94
But I want to give you another
example of the importance of
00:35:10.34\00:35:12.84
understanding the
literary structure.
00:35:12.87\00:35:15.31
Revelation 11
beginning with verse 15.
00:35:17.78\00:35:21.15
You're acquainted with
the seven trumpets, right?
00:35:25.79\00:35:28.26
The seventh in the
series takes you to the time
00:35:30.33\00:35:32.89
of the coming of Jesus.
00:35:32.93\00:35:34.40
Right?
00:35:35.90\00:35:37.23
When the seventh trumpet sounds,
Jesus takes over the kingdom.
00:35:37.97\00:35:42.37
Let's read it.
00:35:42.90\00:35:44.24
"Then the seventh angel sounded.
00:35:45.24\00:35:47.38
And there were loud
voices in heaven, saying,
00:35:48.38\00:35:50.95
'The kingdoms of this
world have become the kingdoms
00:35:51.71\00:35:54.55
of our Lord and of His Christ,
00:35:54.58\00:35:56.48
and He shall reign
forever and ever.'"
00:35:59.55\00:36:02.19
Is that the time when Jesus
comes to take over the kingdom?
00:36:03.56\00:36:06.19
Yeah.
00:36:06.59\00:36:07.93
The seventh trumpet.
00:36:08.30\00:36:09.63
Verse 16, "And the twenty-four
elders who sat before God
00:36:10.27\00:36:15.77
on their thrones fell on their
faces and worshiped God, saying,
00:36:15.80\00:36:19.61
'We give You
thanks, O Lord God Almighty,
00:36:19.94\00:36:22.74
the One who is and who
was and who is to come...'"
00:36:23.21\00:36:26.88
Now listen to the
tense of the verb.
00:36:27.42\00:36:29.48
"...because You have taken
Your great power and reigned."
00:36:30.12\00:36:36.22
So does God, does
Jesus, along with His Father,
00:36:38.26\00:36:42.63
take over the kingdoms
of this world and reign
00:36:43.73\00:36:46.37
at the moment of
the seventh trumpet?
00:36:46.40\00:36:48.07
Yes, that's the
second coming of Jesus.
00:36:48.50\00:36:51.07
Now yesterday we studied
that shortly before the seventh
00:36:51.91\00:36:55.94
trumpet sounds,
what's going to happen?
00:36:55.98\00:36:57.81
The mystery of God
is going to be finished.
00:36:58.81\00:37:03.08
What is the mystery of God?
00:37:04.65\00:37:06.25
It's the
preaching of the gospel.
00:37:08.42\00:37:10.43
In the end time,
it's the preaching of the
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.36
three angels' messages.
00:37:12.39\00:37:13.90
So shortly before the
seventh trumpet sounds,
00:37:15.63\00:37:18.07
which the seventh trumpet
is the second coming of Jesus,
00:37:18.10\00:37:20.77
the mystery of God
is going to be finished.
00:37:22.80\00:37:24.77
No one knows how long before.
00:37:24.81\00:37:27.64
Because we have no
more time prophecies.
00:37:28.61\00:37:30.71
The mystery of
God will be finished.
00:37:31.91\00:37:33.62
Probation will close.
00:37:33.82\00:37:35.62
In Revelation 15,
it's explained by saying
00:37:36.52\00:37:38.95
that the temple
in heaven is opened
00:37:38.99\00:37:40.89
to let the plague angels out.
00:37:42.02\00:37:43.83
The temple is filled with smoke.
00:37:43.93\00:37:45.26
Nobody can go in anymore.
00:37:45.29\00:37:46.70
Probation is closed.
00:37:47.40\00:37:48.73
But listen carefully.
00:37:49.96\00:37:51.30
After probation closes, you're
still going to be on earth
00:37:51.33\00:37:54.00
for the plagues.
00:37:54.04\00:37:55.54
So there is a period
between the close of probation
00:37:56.94\00:37:59.31
and the second coming of Christ.
00:38:00.01\00:38:01.54
Now, let's go to verse 18.
00:38:03.55\00:38:06.15
Verse 18.
00:38:08.08\00:38:09.42
This verse actually
gives you the summary
00:38:11.19\00:38:15.12
of the rest of Revelation.
00:38:15.62\00:38:17.29
This verse is not the conclusion
of the seventh trumpet.
00:38:19.43\00:38:23.23
This verse is
going to take you back,
00:38:24.13\00:38:26.70
and it's going to tell
you the events that took place
00:38:27.94\00:38:31.67
from the times that the
nations were getting angry
00:38:35.34\00:38:38.05
till after the millennium.
00:38:38.91\00:38:42.82
Now notice that there are
five events in this verse.
00:38:43.62\00:38:47.36
And it summarizes or sketches
the last half of Revelation.
00:38:48.12\00:38:52.59
It's the outline of the
last half of Revelation.
00:38:53.16\00:38:55.60
What is the first event here?
00:38:56.77\00:38:58.70
"The nations were angry..."
00:38:59.33\00:39:01.64
"The nations were angry..."
00:39:03.94\00:39:05.57
Is that talking about
something that happens
00:39:08.11\00:39:10.08
before the close of probation
or after the close of probation?
00:39:10.58\00:39:14.08
Before.
00:39:14.98\00:39:16.32
It's before.
00:39:17.82\00:39:19.15
You say, "How do you know that?"
00:39:20.66\00:39:22.16
Well, you know, it's interesting
that the word, "angry,"
00:39:23.12\00:39:26.66
that is used there is
used in only one other verse
00:39:26.70\00:39:31.17
in Revelation.
00:39:31.50\00:39:32.83
Revelation 12:17.
00:39:34.30\00:39:36.20
In Revelation, there are
other words for, "angry."
00:39:38.97\00:39:41.41
But this word in
00:39:43.95\00:39:46.61
is used in only one other verse.
00:39:46.65\00:39:48.55
Revelation 12:17.
00:39:49.28\00:39:51.12
When the nations are
angry, who are they angry at?
00:39:53.89\00:39:57.16
It's not saying, when it
says, "The nations were angry,"
00:39:59.39\00:40:01.83
it's not emphasizing that, you
know, Syria doesn't like Israel.
00:40:01.86\00:40:07.74
That's not, "The
nations were angry."
00:40:10.97\00:40:13.48
The nations were
angry at God's people.
00:40:13.51\00:40:16.24
Now let me ask
you, in Revelation,
00:40:18.41\00:40:19.75
where is that described?
00:40:19.78\00:40:21.25
The anger of the
nations against God's people.
00:40:21.88\00:40:24.35
How about Revelation 12?
00:40:25.25\00:40:26.96
Does Revelation 12
describe the anger?
00:40:28.92\00:40:31.23
Hmmm.
00:40:31.99\00:40:33.33
He wants to kill the Child.
00:40:33.36\00:40:34.70
Then he wants to kill the woman.
00:40:35.30\00:40:37.00
And then he wants
to kill the remnant.
00:40:37.73\00:40:39.67
How about Revelation 13?
00:40:41.84\00:40:43.64
Are the nations angry there?
00:40:44.84\00:40:46.47
The beast persecutes the saints.
00:40:47.44\00:40:50.15
And then the beast
that rises from the earth,
00:40:51.08\00:40:53.01
he imposes the mark of the beast
and tells people to worship
00:40:54.38\00:40:57.35
on pain of death.
00:40:57.39\00:40:58.95
And then in chapter 14,
you have this warning message;
00:41:01.32\00:41:04.23
the three angels' messages.
00:41:04.26\00:41:05.59
And after the
message is proclaimed,
00:41:06.39\00:41:08.10
the wicked are
gathered around the city
00:41:08.13\00:41:10.10
to destroy God's people.
00:41:10.13\00:41:12.00
So where is the anger
of the nations described?
00:41:12.93\00:41:15.74
In Revelation 12, 13, and 14.
00:41:16.47\00:41:19.07
Are you with me?
00:41:21.34\00:41:22.94
Now notice the next point.
00:41:23.38\00:41:25.18
"The nations were angry,
and Your wrath has come..."
00:41:26.58\00:41:31.75
That's God's wrath.
00:41:32.55\00:41:33.89
When does God's wrath come?
00:41:34.99\00:41:36.86
Before or after
the close of probation?
00:41:38.69\00:41:41.96
After.
00:41:42.73\00:41:44.07
So is the wrath of
the nations taking place
00:41:44.43\00:41:47.17
in post probationary time?
00:41:47.20\00:41:49.14
Yes it is.
00:41:49.44\00:41:50.77
And where in Revelation is
the wrath of God described?
00:41:50.81\00:41:53.68
In Revelation 15.
00:41:56.58\00:41:58.41
Let's notice the
words that are used.
00:41:58.81\00:42:02.08
Revelation
chapter 15 and verse 1.
00:42:02.12\00:42:10.33
And by the way,
verse 1 is kind of like a
00:42:13.90\00:42:19.37
parenthetical statement.
00:42:19.40\00:42:21.40
It says, "Then I saw
another sign in heaven,
00:42:22.80\00:42:25.37
great and marvelous:
00:42:25.41\00:42:27.04
seven angels
having the seven plagues,
00:42:27.24\00:42:30.25
for in them the
wrath of God is complete."
00:42:30.28\00:42:33.42
So when is the
wrath of God poured out?
00:42:35.88\00:42:38.05
In the plagues.
00:42:39.32\00:42:40.66
Right?
00:42:41.22\00:42:42.56
So probation
closes in chapter 15.
00:42:44.49\00:42:48.06
Chapter 16, the
plagues are poured out;
00:42:49.10\00:42:51.27
which is the wrath of God.
00:42:51.30\00:42:52.63
Chapters 17, 18,
and 19 further describe
00:42:53.37\00:42:56.97
the sixth and seventh plagues.
00:42:57.57\00:42:59.21
And what is the next event in
the sequence in Revelation 11?
00:43:01.08\00:43:05.08
It says, "...and
the time of the dead,
00:43:07.65\00:43:10.69
that they should be judged..."
00:43:10.72\00:43:12.42
Which dead?
00:43:14.22\00:43:15.56
The wicked.
00:43:18.59\00:43:19.93
You say, "Now wait
a minute. The wicked?"
00:43:21.36\00:43:23.40
Sure.
00:43:23.93\00:43:25.27
What happens after
the wrath of God is
00:43:25.43\00:43:27.14
poured out in the plagues?
00:43:27.17\00:43:28.57
The millennium begins.
00:43:29.74\00:43:31.27
And what happens
during the millennium?
00:43:33.17\00:43:34.81
The wicked are judged.
00:43:36.14\00:43:37.58
So there you have chapter 20.
00:43:39.58\00:43:41.25
Are you with me?
00:43:42.68\00:43:44.02
What is the next item?
00:43:48.92\00:43:50.43
"...the time of the dead,
that they should be judged,
00:43:53.43\00:43:56.00
and that You should reward
Your servants the prophets
00:43:56.77\00:43:59.77
and the saints..."
00:43:59.80\00:44:01.14
So what does God do?
00:44:03.34\00:44:04.77
The time comes for
the judgment of the dead,
00:44:04.81\00:44:07.14
the wicked dead.
00:44:07.34\00:44:08.68
But at the same time,
what happens with God's people?
00:44:08.74\00:44:11.25
They're rewarded
when Jesus comes.
00:44:12.48\00:44:14.95
And so you find in
Revelation, it says,
00:44:16.42\00:44:18.35
"Behold, I come quickly.
00:44:18.82\00:44:20.46
And My reward is with Me to give
to each according to his work."
00:44:21.02\00:44:25.66
So the next two
events have to do with
00:44:28.23\00:44:30.97
rewarding the wicked
by taking them to heaven,
00:44:31.00\00:44:33.27
and judging the wicked.
00:44:33.60\00:44:34.94
Excuse me.
00:44:34.97\00:44:36.30
Giving the
reward to the righteous
00:44:37.84\00:44:39.34
and taking them to heaven,
00:44:39.37\00:44:40.94
and then judging the
wicked who are left behind.
00:44:41.78\00:44:45.45
And then what's the next event?
00:44:48.22\00:44:49.88
It says, "...and should destroy
those who destroy the earth."
00:44:52.49\00:44:58.59
When does that take place?
00:44:59.56\00:45:01.13
After the millennium,
00:45:03.97\00:45:05.60
when the wicked are
thrown into the lake of fire.
00:45:06.43\00:45:09.50
So what do we have in
Revelation 11 verse 18?
00:45:11.14\00:45:13.78
We have the summary
statement that introduces
00:45:15.08\00:45:18.51
the last half of the book.
00:45:18.55\00:45:19.95
If you don't realize
that, you'll be all messed up.
00:45:23.25\00:45:28.06
Because chapter 11
and verses 15 to 17
00:45:30.89\00:45:36.36
describe the second coming.
00:45:36.40\00:45:37.83
And then verse
18 takes you back.
00:45:40.37\00:45:42.27
It says, "Now I'm
going to give you the summary
00:45:42.30\00:45:43.81
of the rest of the book."
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.17
And then, listen to
this, and then in verse 19,
00:45:46.98\00:45:52.91
God is going to give
you the starting point
00:45:52.95\00:45:55.02
for the last part of the book.
00:45:55.05\00:45:57.15
And what is the starting point?
00:46:00.26\00:46:01.82
It's in 11:19.
00:46:03.89\00:46:05.49
11:19 does not
come after verse 18.
00:46:08.70\00:46:16.50
Unless you believe that
the investigative judgment
00:46:19.31\00:46:21.41
takes place after
God destroys the wicked.
00:46:21.44\00:46:25.91
Are you understanding me?
00:46:29.22\00:46:30.55
Unless you believe that
the judgment takes place
00:46:32.72\00:46:34.76
after the plagues.
00:46:34.79\00:46:36.22
Verse 19 takes you back to 1844.
00:46:38.56\00:46:44.33
It takes you back to 1844.
00:46:46.70\00:46:48.47
And what happens in verse 19?
00:46:49.74\00:46:52.07
See, Revelation
11:19 is the introduction
00:46:52.17\00:46:55.74
to the rest of the book.
00:46:55.78\00:46:57.18
Eighteen gives you
the summary of the events.
00:46:57.78\00:47:00.12
Chapter 11 verse 19
gives you the starting point
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for the key historical events
of the last half of the book.
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Is that making sense?
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And what is it
that verse 19 says?
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"Then..."
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And when he says,
"Then," it's because it's being
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shown to him afterwards.
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"Then the temple of God
was opened in heaven..."
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Which temple?
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The word, "temple," here
is the Greek word, "naos."
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Which in Revelation is used
sixteen times, and it always
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refers to the Most Holy Place.
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So the naos is opened in heaven.
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And what is seen?
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"...the ark of His covenant
was seen in His temple."
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So when the ark of
the covenant is seen,
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is it still
possible to be saved?
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Does God want His people
to enter the temple if the
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temple is opened
and the ark is seen?
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What does God want
us to see when He shows
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the ark of the covenant?
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Let me ask you, when
was the ark of the covenant
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seen in the religion of Israel?
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On the Day of Atonement.
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Do you know what the purpose
of the Day of Atonement was?
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To divide
humanity into two groups.
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Right?
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The Day of
Atonement was to separate
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the righteous from the wicked.
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So what is the
starting point for the last half
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of the book of Revelation?
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The opening of the heavenly
temple to judge the world
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to determine who is on one side
and who is on the other side.
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And so it says, "Then the temple
of God was opened in heaven,
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and the ark of His covenant
was seen in His temple,"
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that is in the Most Holy Place,
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"and there were
lightnings, noises, thunderings,
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an earthquake, and great hail."
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And incidentally, verse 19, as
we noticed in a previous study,
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gives you the
beginning and the ending point.
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It gives you the moment
when the series in the last half
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of Revelation
begins, and it gives you also
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when the series ends.
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Can you think of another
verse where you have these
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same phenomena; lightenings,
noises, thunderings,
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earthquake, and hail?
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The seventh plague.
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So this verse gives
you the starting point
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and the ending point.
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Let's just read that verse,
Revelation 16 and verse 17.
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It says there,
"Then the seventh angel
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poured out his bowl into
the air, and a loud voice..."
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So do you hear voices here?
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Yes.
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"...a loud voice came out
of the temple of heaven..."
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Is that the same temple
that was opened in 11:19?
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Same word.
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"...from the
throne, saying..." What?
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"It is done!"
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So when the temple
opens, that's the beginning.
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Here, the voice comes
from the temple and says what?
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It could be
translated, "It is finished."
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Verse 18, "And there were noises
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and thunderings and lightnings;
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and there was a great..." What?
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Is that the same
thing we find in 11:19?
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Yes.
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"...as had not occurred
since men were on the earth."
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And you say, "Well,
what about the hail?"
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Well, notice verse 21.
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"And great hail from
heaven fell upon men..."
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So what does 11:19 do?
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11:19 says, "The main
emphasis from 11:19 on
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is going to be the work
in the Most Holy Place."
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And this work in the
Most Holy Place will end
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when God says, "It is done."
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And the same phenomena
that are mentioned in 11:19
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are then
mentioned in Revelation 16
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and the last several verses.
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So you also have to connect text
in Revelation with one another.
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Because Revelation is built
on a pattern of repetition.
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So if it's built on a
pattern of repetition,
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then you have to look for
the repetition to enlighten
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what it said
earlier in the book.
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Are you following me or not?
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So what I'm saying is
that Revelation is a very
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intricately organized book.
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There's no human mind
that could have devised this.
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It's just too complex.
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And you know, you might say,
"Well, it's really nice to know
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all these things, but isn't
it enough just to love Jesus?"
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I believe that there's a
lot of people that are going to
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be in heaven that
didn't know any of this.
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They loved Jesus.
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But you know what?
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We are a people that are going
to live through these things.
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This is a different generation.
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You see, people who have
died during probationary time,
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it's a different ballgame.
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Because they
didn't live through this.
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And you know, there's going
to be a special resurrection.
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Just to give you an
example, there's going to be a
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special resurrection of
those who died understanding
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the message of the third angel.
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Why would God
resurrect those individuals
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who understood the
message of the third angel?
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There's a very specific
reason why He doesn't resurrect
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everybody else who died
in the Lord before that.
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You see, those who died before
that, they're going to be raised
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once Jesus is above the earth.
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Read, Great
Controversy, 635-638.
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There you have
all of the sequence.
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The righteous who died before
the third angel's message was
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proclaimed, those individuals
are going to resurrect
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after the second coming
when Jesus is above the earth.
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But those who embraced and
understood the third angel's
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message are going to resurrect
in a special resurrection
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when the voice of God
delivers His people from death.
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When the 144,000 are glorified.
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Those who died in the
message of the third angel
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are going to resurrect
in a special resurrection.
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You say, "Why
would they resurrect?
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And why not the
ones who died before?"
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Do you know why?
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Because the ones that
died before would not have
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the foggiest
idea what's happening.
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Right?
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Because, listen
folks, when they resurrect,
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there's still
going to be some events.
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The fifth, sixth,
and seventh plagues
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are going to be happening.
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And they didn't
understand any of this.
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So if God resurrected
them, they would resurrect
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and say, "What's all this?"
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But when God's people resurrect,
if they die before these events
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happen, they will know
exactly what's transpiring
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at that moment.
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That's why God resurrects them.
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Because they understood
even though they died before.
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They understood
everything involved in the
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last half of Revelation.
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And they will stand with
the 144,000 and understand
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exactly what is happening.
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Is that making sense?
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So the bottom line is
that the book of Revelation
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is a complex book.
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And it's a beautiful book.
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And it's a book
that we need to know now.
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Previous generations didn't
need to know all these things.
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But we do.
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Because we live in
a different period.
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You can't just say,
"Oh, I just love Jesus."
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Because if that's the
case, why did God even give the
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book of Revelation?
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Why did He give Daniel?
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Because He knew that we needed
it for this time of history.
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And that's why the devil has
distracted the church and says,
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"No, no, just preach that
Jesus loves you, this I know.
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For the Bible tells me so.
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And no, no, don't
talk about prophecy.
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Don't use Ellen White.
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You know, don't scare people.
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You know, just preach
to me from the gospels."
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It's all going on.
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Seventh-day Evangelicals.
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Because we've gone astray
from our Sanctuary message
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and we've gone astray
from our prophetic message.
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And believe me,
folks, our Sanctuary message
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and our prophetic
message has power.
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Because both of those
things are the world view
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of the Adventist church.
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It brings
everything together in a whole.
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And when people see
the whole, they say,
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"This makes sense.
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Now I understand everything.
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There are no loose ends.
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I understand how
everything fits together,"
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when they see
Adventism as it truly is.
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And people are looking for
a world view that makes sense.
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Because there's so much
senselessness going around.
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People want
something that gives meaning,
00:57:06.89\00:57:08.86
something that gives
structure to their life,
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something that gives
hope to their future.
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And Revelation is
a revelation of hope.
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A revelation of hope.
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And God has called us
and has delivered this
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wonderful message to us
to deliver to the world.
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What a tremendous
privilege we have.
00:57:29.61\00:57:32.61
And what an awesome
responsibility we have
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after coming to
Anchor Bible school.
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May God use us
in a powerful way.
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