Well welcome once again.
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We're going to take a look
now at the battle of Armageddon
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from three sources.
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Source number
one, Revelation 16.
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Source number
two, Exodus 14 and 15.
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And source number
three, the spirit of prophecy.
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And my main objective is
to illustrate how to discover
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where Ellen White
comments on different aspects of
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Bible prophecy even though
she does not quote the verses.
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So let's begin at
the top of the page.
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The name of the document
is, "The Battle of Armageddon;
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The Importance of
Literary Structure in the
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Study of Typology."
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How Ellen White
interprets biblical typology.
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Now let's go through some
tips that we need to take into
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account in order to understand
the battle of Armageddon.
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Number one,
look for the pattern,
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or the broader picture,
and how all of the individual
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pieces fit together.
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Don't merely look for events,
but rather for the sequence
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or order of events.
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For example, when you find
Elijah passages in Scripture,
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study the entire Elijah story.
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So we're going to have to look
at some Old Testament stories
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in their entirety.
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This will become
clearer as we go along.
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Secondly, learn the
Old Testament story well.
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Because it is the foundation
for the typological application.
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Number three, don't
assume that Ellen White will
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quote the verses or even
necessarily use their language.
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We illustrated that
with the twenty-four elders.
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And finally, learn to ask
questions about the passage.
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For example, I
asked the question:
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Why does Revelation
15 say that the 144,000
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will sing the song
of Moses and the Lamb?
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What will the final deliverance
have to do with Moses?
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Is it possible that the
final deliverance will follow
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the same pattern as
the deliverance of Israel
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at the time of the exodus?
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I believe that's the case.
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Now let's introduce the
subject by saying that the
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book of Revelation describes
seven devastating plagues
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that will fall upon
planet earth after the door
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of human probation has closed.
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And of course, that door
of probation is described
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in Revelation 15
verses 5 through 8.
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Now these plagues
will do much damage.
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In fact, to a great degree
they will return the earth
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to the condition it was
in before creation week.
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Without form and
void, darkness and empty.
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In the present study, I would
like us to study the final three
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of these plagues that
will decimate and desolate
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planet earth slightly before
the second coming of Christ.
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We will study this subject from
three different perspectives
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and look for parallels
in the thematic structure.
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The first perspective
that we're going to look at
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is Revelation 16
verses 10 through 21.
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That's where plagues
number five, six, and seven
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are mentioned in Revelation.
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The second source
is Exodus 14 and 15.
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Those two chapters have
a very close relationship
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with the last three
plagues of Revelation.
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And then we're going to look at
the book, The Great Controversy,
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pages 635-637, because there
is where Ellen White quotes
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and actually comments on plagues
number five, six, and seven.
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Now let's go to
model number one.
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Revelation chapter
16 verses 10 and 11.
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And you have the
verse in your material,
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so let's read that verse.
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"Then the fifth angel poured
out his bowl on the throne
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of the beast..."
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I have underlined
some very important words.
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"The fifth angel poured out his
bowl on the throne of the beast,
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and his kingdom
became full of darkness;
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and they gnawed their
tongues because of the pain.
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They blasphemed the God
of heaven because of their
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pains and their..." What?
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"...and their sores, and
did not repent of their deeds."
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Now there's several things
that we need to take a look at
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in these two verses.
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We need to determine where
the throne of the beast is,
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what the
kingdom of the beast is,
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why this mentions them,
you know, gnawing their tongues
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in pain, and the fact
that they did not repent
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even when this plague fell.
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So let's examine some important
details about the fifth plague.
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The beast under the sixth
plague is the same as the beast
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of Revelation 13.
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In other words, the beast under
the sixth and fifth plagues
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is the same as the
beast of Revelation 13
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and the little horn of
Daniel 7 that spoke blasphemies
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against the Most
High, persecuted the saints
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of the Most High, thought
it could change times and law,
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and rules for a
period of 1260 years.
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In other words, the beast that
is mentioned here in this plague
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is the Roman Catholic papacy.
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Because that's
what the little horn
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and that's what
the beast represents.
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So now we know what
the beast represents.
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It is a worldwide system
of apostate Christianity.
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Now the question is, where
is the throne of the beast?
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We know that the
beast is the papacy,
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but where is the
throne of the beast?
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Well, the throne is where the
center of government is, right?
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So where does
this beast rule from?
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The fact is that he
rules from Vatican city
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within the confines of
the ancient city of Rome.
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So when it speaks about
the throne of the beast,
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it's talking particularly
about a darkness that falls
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upon the throne of the beast.
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In other words,
the plague of darkness.
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However, the darkness spreads.
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It's not only over the throne.
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It's over his entire kingdom.
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And so we have to
ask, where is the kingdom
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of this beast that
rules from his throne?
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There are several
verses that define his kingdom.
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Notice Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 3.
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Revelation 13 and verse 3.
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We're going to look at
the kingdom of this beast
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that rules from Rome.
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And there are four verses that
we're going to take a look at.
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"And I saw one of his heads as
if it had been mortally wounded,
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and his deadly wound was healed.
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And all of Fresno..."
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Fresno too.
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"And all the world marveled
and followed the beast."
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So let me ask you,
where's the kingdom?
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Over which
territory does the beast rule?
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Over the world.
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Notice Revelation chapter
13 and verse 7, the same idea.
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Speaking about the beast,
it says, "It was granted to him
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to make war with the
saints and to overcome them.
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And authority was
given him over every tribe,
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tongue, and nation."
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So there you have
the kingdom once again.
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It is a global
worldwide kingdom.
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And then you have Revelation
17 and verses 1 and 2.
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Once again, the
same idea all over again.
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"Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
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came and talked with me,
saying, 'Come, I will show you
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the judgment of the great
harlot who sits...'" Where?
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"...who sits on many waters,
with whom the kings of the
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earth committed fornication,
and the inhabitants of the earth
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were made drunk with the
wine of her fornication."
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Now what do the
waters represent?
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Well we go to
Revelation 17 verse 15.
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The very context indicates
what the waters represent.
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It says in Revelation
chapter 17 and verse 15,
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"Then he said to me,
'The waters which you saw,
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where the harlot sits,
are peoples, multitudes,
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nations, and tongues.'"
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What does the act
of sitting represent?
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The act of sitting
means that she, what?
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She rules.
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In fact, we find in
Revelation 17 verse 18,
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it says that she rules
over the kings of the earth.
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It's the city that rules
over the kings of the earth.
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In other words, the
beast represents the papacy.
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The center of its government,
or its throne, is in Rome.
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And its kingdom
covers the whole world.
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Are you following me or not?
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In other words, it
is a global kingdom.
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And what is the plague that
falls upon the throne of the
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beast and spreads
across his entire kingdom?
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It is a plague of darkness.
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This is not normal darkness.
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This is a
supernatural and global darkness
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that falls upon
his entire kingdom.
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Now when the darkness falls upon
the throne of the beast system,
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its members gnaw
their tongues in pain.
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And God sends them a
panic that will lead them
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to kill one another with
weapons they intended on using
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to destroy God's people.
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Now for that, we need to
go back to the Old Testament.
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Because the Old Testament
has the complete passage.
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You know, Revelation has
the sores, gnawing the tongue,
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and it has sores on the body.
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But the source for that is
found in the Old Testament.
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So we have to go to
the book of Zechariah
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chapter 14 and verses 12 and
13 where you find this plague
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amplified or explained.
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It says there in
Zechariah 14:12-13,
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"And this shall be the
plague with which the Lord
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will strike all the people
who fought against Jerusalem."
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Now how do we
understand Jerusalem here?
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We understand Jerusalem as being
God's worldwide church, right?
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In other words, the book
of Zechariah says Jerusalem.
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But when this is
applied in Revelation,
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it is globalized
and spiritualized.
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You understand the principle?
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It's vitally important.
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And we apply it
everywhere in Scripture.
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And now notice
what the plague is.
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And the plague
falls because they have
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fought against Jerusalem,
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they have fought
against God's people.
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It says, "Their flesh
shall dissolve while they
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stand on their feet, their eyes
shall dissolve in their sockets,
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and their tongues shall
dissolve in their mouths."
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Why do you suppose
that it afflicts the tongue?
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Because they use
their tongue to utter lies.
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And notice what else.
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It says, "It shall
come to pass in that day..."
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Remember this, because
we're going to come back to this
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when we read from
the spirit of prophecy.
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"It shall come to pass in
that day that a great panic
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from the Lord
will be among them."
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Were they trying to fight
against Jerusalem, yes or no?
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Yeah, they were trying
to fight against Jerusalem.
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But lo and behold,
something happens here.
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They get sores all over
their bodies, they get sores
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in their mouth
because they've spoken lies,
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and we're told that God
sends them a great panic.
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And we're told in the
last part of the verse,
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"Everyone will seize
the hand of his neighbor,
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and raise his hand
against his neighbor's hand."
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In other words, they
will not use the weapons
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against God's people.
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They will use the
weapons against one another.
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By the way, has
probation closed at this point?
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Yes.
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Because we are told
that when this plague fell,
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they did not repent.
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In other words, they
are beyond repentance.
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Now that's plague number five.
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You have plague number
five clear in your mind?
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Now let's go to plague
number six, plague number six.
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We're not going to
read the entire passage,
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Revelation 16
verses 12 through 16.
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It would take us far beyond
where we have the time to go.
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But the central
themes of Revelation 16
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verses 12 through 16 are
the waters of the Euphrates
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drying up to prepare
the way for the Chinese
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to come and attack Israel.
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No, no, no.
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You laugh because
we've already been through
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all of the principle, no.
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The waters of the Euphrates
are dried up to prepare the way
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for the arrival of
the kings from the east.
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Incidentally, in the
Greek it doesn't say,
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"kings from the east."
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In the Greek it says,
"kings from the rising sun."
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In other words, there are
two words; anatole, helio.
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In other words, for the kings
that come from the sun rising.
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You know, Louis Were
has a book that's called,
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The Kings that
Come from the Sunrising.
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It's a smaller book.
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So let's read
Revelation 16 and verse 12.
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It says, "Then the sixth
angel poured out his bowl on the
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great river Euphrates,
and its water was dried up..."
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So the plague
falls on the Euphrates
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and the water of the
Euphrates is dried up.
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And when the waters dried
up, it's to prepare the way,
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it says, for the
kings from the east.
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So those are the three main
points I want you to remember.
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It falls on the river
Euphrates, the water is dried up
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to prepare the way for the
coming of the kings of the east.
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Of course, we need
to ask the question,
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what is
represented by the Euphrates?
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We're not talking about
the literal river Euphrates.
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Because in the Old
Testament it's the Euphrates.
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But in the New
Testament, this is globalized.
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In other words, the Euphrates
is a symbolic Euphrates.
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It is not a literal Euphrates.
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And so we need to
determine what is represented
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by the Euphrates.
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The second point that we need
to determine is, what is meant
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by the drying up of its waters?
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What does the drying
up of the Euphrates mean?
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And the third point that
we want to take a look at is,
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who are the kings from the
east, or from the sun rising?
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And how is the way
prepared for their arrival?
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Now the only way that we
can answer these questions
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is by going back to
an Old Testament story.
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We have to go back to the
fall of Babylon in the days
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of King Belshazzar.
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Because that's one of
the backgrounds that we find
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to the drying up
of the Euphrates and
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the sixth plague of Revelation.
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So in order to answer
these questions, we must study
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the story of the
fall of ancient Babylon.
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The story is found in
Daniel 5, Jeremiah 50 and 51,
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Isaiah 41, and also
helpful are the stories given
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by historians
Xenophon and Herodotus.
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Now all of these
sources put together indicate
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the way in which ancient
Babylon, literal Babylon, fell.
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By the way, literal Babylon was
on the literal river Euphrates.
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The waters of the river
Euphrates literally dried up
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to prepare the way
for Cyrus and his armies
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to come from the east.
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You're dealing
with literal realities
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in the Old Testament story.
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The Euphrates river in
antiquity was the greatest
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asset of Babylon.
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But it was also its
greatest potential liability.
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You see, as long as the
river flowed and the city was
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seated on the
waters, it was an asset.
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But if the waters
were ever dried up,
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it would be a great liability.
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Secondly, Babylon
was practicing idolatry,
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and false worship, and drinking
wine the night of its fall.
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Does that sound familiar?
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Is that going to be happening
worldwide at the end of time?
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Absolutely.
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Is there going
to be false worship?
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Sure, to the
beast and his image.
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Is there going to be idolatry?
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Yeah, we talked, for example,
about the counterfeit Sabbath
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that has been created by
the hands of man for worship.
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Anything that man
makes for worship is an idol,
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because man cannot
make anything for worship.
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Only God can make
things for worship.
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And is there going to be wine
involved at the end of time?
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Oh yeah.
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The harlot is going to be giving
wine to all of the nations.
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And so, you know that
the story of ancient Babylon
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is going to be repeated
on a larger global scale.
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Only that the wine is
not Ernest and Julio Gallo.
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The wine is representative.
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It is symbolic.
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It is not wine that
you get from a winery.
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It represents something.
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Now the next point is
that Cyrus came with his armies
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from the north, but
he arrived from the east.
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And he dried up the
riverbed of the Euphrates
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by diverting it to
the channels that had been
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built outside the city.
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You see, the
Babylonians had built channels
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outside the city because
sometimes the Euphrates river
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was at flood stage.
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And so it would flood the city.
00:18:36.41\00:18:38.31
So what they did was
build channels that went around
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the city so that when there
was too much water in the river,
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part of the water
would go down the channels
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and it would not flood the city.
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And so what happened is
that Cyrus and his armies
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dried up the riverbed of
the Euphrates by diverting
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the river into the channels that
had been built outside the city.
00:18:58.87\00:19:03.07
And that night, the gates
to the city had been left open.
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The Greek
historians tell us that.
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And because the gates that went
down to the bottom of the river
00:19:11.35\00:19:14.65
that protected
Babylon had been left open,
00:19:14.68\00:19:19.92
Cyrus and his armies
entered the city, Babylon fell,
00:19:20.19\00:19:24.39
and King Belshazzar
was killed that very night.
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And then God's people were
delivered and they were able
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to go back to Jerusalem.
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Are you starting to
catch an interesting picture?
00:19:35.84\00:19:37.94
Now this scenario is applied
symbolically and globally
00:19:38.74\00:19:44.61
in Revelation chapter 17.
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Let's ask some
questions about Revelation 17.
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Which of the seven
angels speaks to John
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in Revelation 17 verse 1?
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We'll formulate the
questions and then we'll
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look for the answers.
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It says there that one of
the seven angels who had the
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plagues came
back to talk to John.
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The question is, which of the
seven came back to talk to John?
00:20:05.07\00:20:08.54
The next question, what does
a harlot represent in Scripture?
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Then we need to ask, what does
prophecy mean when it says that
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she fornicates with
the kings of the earth?
00:20:16.75\00:20:19.18
What is the name
of the harlot woman?
00:20:20.08\00:20:22.62
What are the waters
upon which the harlot sits?
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And what will the kings
end up doing with the harlot?
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The kings that
supported her in her endeavor,
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something is going to
happen with those kings.
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What are they going to
eventually do with the harlot?
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Let's seek for
answers to our questions.
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Revelation 17 verses 1 and 2.
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It says there, "Then one
of the seven angels who had
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the seven bowls came
and talked with me..."
00:20:51.58\00:20:54.08
So it's one of the seven
plague angels that comes back
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to talk with John.
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And the question
is, which of the seven?
00:20:58.82\00:21:00.99
You say, "How can we find out
which of the seven angels it is?
00:21:01.56\00:21:04.79
Is it the angel that
poured out the first bowl?
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.06
Is it the angel that
poured out the third bowl?
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.36
Is it the angel that
poured out the fifth bowl?
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.63
Or the seventh bowl?
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How can we know which
of the seven came back
00:21:13.03\00:21:15.27
to talk with John?"
00:21:15.30\00:21:16.64
We can know.
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And you're going
to see the reason why.
00:21:18.04\00:21:19.37
So it says, "Then one of
the seven angels who had the
00:21:19.41\00:21:22.34
seven bowls came and
talked with me, saying to me,
00:21:22.38\00:21:25.78
'Come, I will show
you the judgment of the
00:21:25.81\00:21:28.42
great harlot who...'" What?
00:21:28.45\00:21:30.02
"...who sits on many waters..."
00:21:30.42\00:21:33.09
So the harlot sits on what?
00:21:33.49\00:21:35.42
On many waters.
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And this chapter is
about the judgment against her.
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"...with whom the kings of
the earth committed..." What?
00:21:40.90\00:21:44.03
"...fornication, and
the inhabitants of the earth
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were made drunk with the
wine of her fornication."
00:21:47.17\00:21:49.80
What is the wine?
00:21:49.84\00:21:51.17
False doctrine, false doctrine.
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.44
So were all nations
contaminated with her doctrines?
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Were they made drunk?
00:21:58.31\00:21:59.65
Yes they were.
00:21:59.68\00:22:01.02
And she sits on many waters.
00:22:01.28\00:22:03.02
Now what are the many waters?
00:22:03.05\00:22:05.39
The many waters are multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
00:22:05.42\00:22:08.72
Now what is the
name of this harlot?
00:22:08.76\00:22:10.76
Revelation 17 verse 5
tells us what her name is.
00:22:11.19\00:22:14.70
"And on her
forehead a name was written:
00:22:15.56\00:22:18.03
Mystery..."
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.00
What is her name now?
00:22:20.04\00:22:21.37
"...Babylon the
Great, the Mother of Harlots
00:22:21.40\00:22:25.51
and of the
Abominations of the Earth."
00:22:25.54\00:22:28.14
So what is the
name of the harlot?
00:22:28.18\00:22:30.01
Mystery. And then what?
00:22:30.98\00:22:32.71
Babylon.
00:22:32.75\00:22:34.08
The harlot's name is Babylon.
00:22:34.12\00:22:36.35
And where does she sit?
00:22:36.38\00:22:37.72
She sits on many waters.
00:22:38.02\00:22:39.99
And she gives
wine to the waters.
00:22:40.02\00:22:42.59
Now what do the
waters represent?
00:22:43.46\00:22:45.59
Well, Revelation 17 verse 15
00:22:45.79\00:22:48.56
tells us what
the waters represent.
00:22:48.60\00:22:50.77
Let's read that verse,
Revelation 17 verse 15.
00:22:51.60\00:22:54.70
"Then he said to me,
'The waters which you saw,
00:22:55.50\00:22:58.71
where the harlot sits,
are peoples, multitudes,
00:22:58.74\00:23:02.71
nations, and tongues.'"
00:23:02.74\00:23:05.51
So now we know what
the waters represent.
00:23:05.95\00:23:07.82
So let's get this
picture in our minds.
00:23:07.85\00:23:10.55
You have this
harlot, and her name is what?
00:23:10.99\00:23:14.72
Babylon.
00:23:15.06\00:23:16.39
She's sitting upon multitudes,
nations, tongues, and peoples.
00:23:16.42\00:23:20.26
The waters.
00:23:20.30\00:23:21.63
She sits upon the waters.
00:23:21.66\00:23:23.13
And she's giving
wine to the multitudes.
00:23:23.16\00:23:26.00
Now let me ask you, what
is the name of the waters
00:23:26.27\00:23:30.07
upon which the harlot sits?
00:23:30.11\00:23:32.27
Well it's very simple.
00:23:34.38\00:23:35.84
This is Babylon.
00:23:36.34\00:23:37.68
So where was Babylon
seated in Old Testament
00:23:38.38\00:23:41.42
times, as well as today?
00:23:41.45\00:23:42.78
Where was Babylon seated?
00:23:42.82\00:23:44.29
On the Euphrates.
00:23:45.25\00:23:46.59
So let me ask you then,
here in Revelation chapter 17
00:23:46.96\00:23:52.49
the harlot is
sitting on many waters.
00:23:53.26\00:23:55.06
Which means that she is
sitting on the Euphrates.
00:23:55.10\00:23:59.47
Ah, now we know which
angel comes back in chapter 17.
00:24:00.40\00:24:05.11
We have to look for the
angel who poured out his bowl
00:24:05.67\00:24:08.68
on the Euphrates.
00:24:08.71\00:24:10.18
Are you following me or not?
00:24:11.45\00:24:12.91
Yes, because if she's
seated on many waters,
00:24:13.25\00:24:15.68
her name is Babylon, and
the waters were the Euphrates,
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.45
then the angel that we
have to find in chapter 16
00:24:18.49\00:24:22.76
is the one that poured
out his bowl on the Euphrates.
00:24:22.79\00:24:25.39
And which was the angel
that poured out his bowl
00:24:25.73\00:24:28.50
on the Euphrates?
00:24:28.53\00:24:29.86
Number six.
00:24:30.47\00:24:32.40
And so chapter 17
is an amplification
00:24:33.34\00:24:36.60
of the sixth plague.
00:24:36.64\00:24:38.11
Are you following me?
00:24:38.61\00:24:39.94
It is an amplification
of the sixth plague.
00:24:40.18\00:24:42.98
Now for a while, if
you read chapter 17,
00:24:43.48\00:24:46.45
the harlot and the kings
are having a jolly good time.
00:24:46.75\00:24:50.29
The kings are supporting her,
00:24:50.79\00:24:52.45
they're doing what
she tells them to do.
00:24:52.49\00:24:54.82
The multitudes,
they're real happy following
00:24:54.86\00:24:57.63
what the harlot says.
00:24:57.66\00:24:58.99
They enjoy drinking the
wine that she gives them.
00:24:59.03\00:25:01.16
But suddenly,
something is going to happen.
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.60
Revelation
chapter 17 and verse 16.
00:25:04.53\00:25:07.17
Notice this.
00:25:07.20\00:25:08.54
In Revelation 16, you have
the drying up of the Euphrates.
00:25:08.80\00:25:12.07
In chapter 17, it is
described in a different way.
00:25:12.11\00:25:15.81
It says there,
Revelation 17 verse 16,
00:25:16.98\00:25:20.12
The kings will what?
00:25:20.68\00:25:23.28
"The ten horns which
you saw on the beast,
00:25:24.42\00:25:26.96
these will hate the harlot,
and make her desolate and naked,
00:25:27.16\00:25:36.16
and eat her flesh
and burn her with fire."
00:25:36.46\00:25:40.47
That's a way of saying
that they're pretty mad at her.
00:25:40.50\00:25:42.90
They are going to be infuriated.
00:25:44.57\00:25:46.47
Suddenly, what do they do?
00:25:46.51\00:25:48.58
They withdraw their
support from the harlot.
00:25:48.61\00:25:51.78
Something happens
that causes them to say,
00:25:52.38\00:25:56.55
"We're not going to
support you anymore."
00:25:56.58\00:25:58.69
And so they
withdraw their support.
00:25:58.72\00:26:00.69
That is what is meant by
the drying up of the Euphrates.
00:26:01.46\00:26:04.49
You see, if the
Euphrates represents multitudes,
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.16
nations, tongues, and peoples,
as long as the river flows
00:26:08.20\00:26:11.33
and she sits on the waters,
oh, everything goes well.
00:26:11.37\00:26:14.84
But at some point, those
waters that she rules over;
00:26:15.04\00:26:18.27
multitudes, nations,
tongues, and peoples,
00:26:18.31\00:26:20.34
are going to withdraw
their support from her.
00:26:20.38\00:26:22.71
And they're going to
leave her desolate and naked.
00:26:23.81\00:26:26.01
The kings are
going to dry up on her.
00:26:26.05\00:26:28.55
Are you following me?
00:26:28.58\00:26:29.92
That's what is
meant by the sixth plague.
00:26:30.09\00:26:33.05
And then you have
the seventh plague.
00:26:34.09\00:26:35.76
Revelation
16:17-21, notice the details.
00:26:36.69\00:26:39.93
Are we doing well so far?
00:26:39.96\00:26:41.33
Notice the details.
00:26:41.76\00:26:43.10
"Then the seventh angel poured
out his bowl into the air,
00:26:43.37\00:26:47.27
and a loud voice came
out of the temple of heaven,
00:26:47.67\00:26:51.67
from the throne,
saying, 'It is done!'"
00:26:51.77\00:26:55.24
And when that voice speaks,
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.45
in other words, what
that voice is saying,
00:26:58.35\00:26:59.78
"The persecution
of My people is over.
00:26:59.81\00:27:01.85
That's it.
00:27:01.88\00:27:03.22
I'm going to deliver My people."
00:27:03.25\00:27:05.19
"And there were noises and
thunderings and lightnings;
00:27:05.72\00:27:10.69
and there was a
great earthquake,
00:27:10.79\00:27:12.59
such a mighty and
great earthquake as had not
00:27:12.63\00:27:15.40
occurred since
men were on the earth.
00:27:15.43\00:27:17.33
Now the great city was
divided into three parts..."
00:27:17.87\00:27:20.67
How many parts
does Babylon have?
00:27:22.30\00:27:24.21
It has three.
00:27:24.64\00:27:25.97
The dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet.
00:27:26.57\00:27:28.58
The kings, the papacy,
and apostate Protestantism.
00:27:29.11\00:27:31.91
Was it united before this?
00:27:33.38\00:27:34.78
Were the three united? Yes.
00:27:34.88\00:27:37.25
But suddenly under the
sixth and seventh plagues,
00:27:37.29\00:27:39.49
what is going to happen?
00:27:39.52\00:27:40.86
The city is going to be divided.
00:27:41.09\00:27:42.62
And they're all going to
fight against each other.
00:27:42.66\00:27:44.93
So it says, "Now the great city
was divided into three parts,
00:27:46.26\00:27:49.46
and the cities
of the nations fell.
00:27:49.50\00:27:51.27
And great Babylon was
remembered before God,
00:27:51.30\00:27:53.87
to give her the cup of the wine
of the fierceness of His wrath.
00:27:53.90\00:27:56.91
Then every island fled away, and
the mountains were not found."
00:27:56.94\00:27:59.97
Remember these details.
00:28:00.01\00:28:01.34
"And great hail from
heaven fell upon men,
00:28:01.38\00:28:03.41
each hailstone about
the weight of a talent.
00:28:03.45\00:28:05.71
Men blasphemed God because
of the plague of the hail,
00:28:05.75\00:28:08.32
since that plague
was exceedingly great."
00:28:08.35\00:28:11.85
So under the seventh plague
you have God's voice speaking,
00:28:13.15\00:28:16.73
you have noises,
thundering, lightning,
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.69
an earthquake, and Babylon
is divided into three parts.
00:28:19.79\00:28:23.53
Whereas before, the dragon,
the beast, and the false prophet
00:28:23.57\00:28:26.20
were on the same page,
now the three are divided.
00:28:26.23\00:28:29.70
And then you have
islands disappearing,
00:28:29.74\00:28:31.84
and you have
mountains disappearing,
00:28:31.87\00:28:33.81
because of the wrath of
God that is being poured out.
00:28:33.91\00:28:37.35
So that is the scenario that
we find in Revelation chapter 16
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and explanation in chapter 17.
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Now we need to go
to our second model
00:28:44.19\00:28:46.69
that helps us understand
a little better what we just
00:28:46.72\00:28:49.42
studied about
the fall of Babylon.
00:28:49.46\00:28:51.26
There's a second
background to this story,
00:28:51.53\00:28:53.60
and it's found in
Exodus chapters 14 and 15,
00:28:53.63\00:28:56.97
believe it or not.
00:28:57.00\00:28:58.33
You remember that we
said that we need to study
00:28:58.40\00:29:00.64
the Elijah story?
00:29:00.67\00:29:02.30
And we need to
study the exodus story?
00:29:03.14\00:29:06.04
And the fall of Babylon story?
00:29:06.68\00:29:08.78
See, these are recurring stories
in the book of Revelation,
00:29:08.81\00:29:12.71
as well as in
the book of Daniel.
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We have to know these
stories backwards and forwards.
00:29:14.35\00:29:17.15
Now, the fall of Babylon
in the days of Belshazzar,
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is in the
background of the fifth, sixth,
00:29:23.99\00:29:26.49
and seventh plagues.
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But I want to suggest
that there is another story
00:29:28.50\00:29:30.97
in the Old Testament that
also stands in the background.
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The story of the
exodus of Israel from Egypt.
00:29:35.20\00:29:38.51
Now let's review this story.
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I only have the highlights here.
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.04
You need to read
chapters 14 and 15 of Exodus.
00:29:43.08\00:29:47.15
Israel was in
bondage in Egypt, correct?
00:29:47.62\00:29:50.75
Were God's people in
bondage in Babylon too?
00:29:51.35\00:29:53.56
Absolutely.
00:29:53.59\00:29:54.92
Each plague that God poured
out upon Egypt enraged Pharaoh
00:29:55.49\00:30:00.00
against God's people.
00:30:00.20\00:30:01.53
Is that true of the first
four plagues of Revelation?
00:30:01.56\00:30:04.23
Absolutely.
00:30:04.63\00:30:05.97
God said to Pharaoh what?
00:30:06.13\00:30:08.07
"Let My people go."
00:30:08.47\00:30:09.80
Is that what
God is going to say?
00:30:09.84\00:30:11.17
Is that the reason God
sends the plagues at the end?
00:30:11.21\00:30:13.64
The purpose is to
say, "Let My people go."
00:30:13.88\00:30:16.04
Now listen carefully.
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.38
The captivity was made
more difficult when Israel
00:30:18.41\00:30:21.58
attempted to keep the Sabbath.
00:30:21.62\00:30:23.45
Do you know that when
Moses said, "Thus says the Lord,
00:30:24.02\00:30:27.66
'Let My people go to the
wilderness for three days
00:30:27.69\00:30:29.92
the we might worship the Lord,'"
Ellen White explains that
00:30:29.96\00:30:32.66
what they wanted to do
was go on Friday and celebrate
00:30:32.69\00:30:35.46
the Sabbath and then come back.
00:30:35.50\00:30:37.30
And Pharaoh complained.
00:30:38.97\00:30:40.37
Pharaoh said, "You
make the people shabath."
00:30:40.57\00:30:43.57
That's the word that is used.
00:30:44.24\00:30:45.57
Same word as in Genesis.
00:30:45.61\00:30:46.94
"Moses, you're
making the people shabath."
00:30:47.08\00:30:49.31
And so he made
their bondage even worse
00:30:49.34\00:30:52.58
because they
attempted to keep the Sabbath.
00:30:53.05\00:30:54.95
Now when God's
people came out of Egypt,
00:30:56.18\00:30:58.15
the crescendo of Pharaoh's
rage reached its climax, right?
00:30:58.75\00:31:02.76
So his rage is increasing
and increasing and increasing
00:31:03.19\00:31:07.20
with each plague.
00:31:07.23\00:31:08.56
So Israel escapes from Egypt.
00:31:08.90\00:31:10.87
And after God's
people come out of Egypt,
00:31:11.30\00:31:13.60
they're camped at
the edge of the Red Sea,
00:31:13.87\00:31:16.10
and Pharaoh proclaims a
death decree against them.
00:31:16.14\00:31:19.91
Is there going to be a death
decree against God's people?
00:31:20.38\00:31:22.74
Yes there is.
00:31:23.28\00:31:24.61
After the close of probation.
00:31:24.65\00:31:26.11
Actually, the death
decree is uttered immediately
00:31:26.55\00:31:29.58
after the second plague.
00:31:29.62\00:31:31.02
And you say,
"How do we know that?"
00:31:31.25\00:31:32.59
Because the angel
explains that the reason for the
00:31:33.02\00:31:35.46
second plague, which is the
fresh waters turned into blood,
00:31:35.49\00:31:39.39
is because they intended
on shedding the blood of
00:31:39.43\00:31:41.60
God's people, and God is
giving them blood to drink
00:31:41.63\00:31:44.33
because they deserve it.
00:31:44.37\00:31:45.97
I wish we had more time to
go through all of these details
00:31:48.04\00:31:50.37
and provide all
the documentation.
00:31:50.41\00:31:52.24
So Pharaoh gives a death
decree against God's people.
00:31:52.91\00:31:55.74
And Pharaoh, you
know, he gathers all of his
00:31:56.28\00:31:59.95
armies together;
600 choice chariots.
00:31:59.98\00:32:03.95
Talk about overkill.
00:32:03.99\00:32:05.49
You know, he's coming
against the people that have
00:32:05.82\00:32:07.46
no military strength,
no military organization.
00:32:07.49\00:32:10.23
He gets all of
his armies together
00:32:10.26\00:32:12.46
and he comes after Israel, and
he's going to destroy Israel.
00:32:12.66\00:32:17.17
And Israel is shut in.
00:32:17.93\00:32:20.67
Because basically, the
armies are coming from the west,
00:32:21.90\00:32:26.84
and to the south
there's a big mountain range,
00:32:27.28\00:32:30.78
to the north there's desert, and
to the east there is the sea.
00:32:30.81\00:32:34.22
This, by the way,
is the Gulf of Aqaba.
00:32:35.02\00:32:38.42
This is a very deep gulf.
00:32:38.45\00:32:39.99
You know, the traditional
place for the crossing of
00:32:40.02\00:32:43.56
the Red Sea is
not the correct place.
00:32:43.59\00:32:45.79
And Sinai is not where
people tell you Sinai is
00:32:45.83\00:32:50.13
down in the Sinai Peninsula.
00:32:50.27\00:32:52.43
The apostle Paul says
that Sinai is in Arabia.
00:32:52.53\00:32:55.60
And so when you
cross the Gulf of Aqaba,
00:32:56.30\00:32:58.51
you come to the other
side, which is Arabia.
00:32:58.54\00:33:01.24
And that is Midian
where Jethro lived.
00:33:01.28\00:33:03.71
So Moses went back afterwards
to where Jethro lived.
00:33:05.08\00:33:08.32
In other words, Mount
Sinai was actually in Arabia.
00:33:08.35\00:33:12.05
It wasn't on
the Sinai Peninsula.
00:33:12.25\00:33:14.06
But that's a
subject for another time.
00:33:14.09\00:33:15.72
So Israel is at the Red Sea.
00:33:16.29\00:33:18.89
They're caught
in, they're shut in.
00:33:19.09\00:33:21.10
And Pharaoh says, "These people
are going to be easy prey.
00:33:21.13\00:33:25.17
I'm going to destroy them."
00:33:25.43\00:33:26.94
And I want you to go
back with me now to Exodus.
00:33:27.84\00:33:30.21
Exodus chapter 14.
00:33:30.51\00:33:32.34
And something very
interesting happens here.
00:33:32.61\00:33:34.71
Exodus chapter 14.
00:33:34.74\00:33:36.51
When the Egyptians are
advancing, and they are
00:33:36.54\00:33:40.15
about to fall
upon the Israelites,
00:33:40.18\00:33:43.08
something spectacular happens.
00:33:43.32\00:33:45.15
Notice verse 19.
00:33:45.19\00:33:46.59
"And the Angel of God, who
went before the camp of Israel,
00:33:47.39\00:33:51.09
moved and went behind
them; and the pillar of cloud
00:33:51.13\00:33:54.66
went from before them
and stood behind them."
00:33:54.70\00:33:58.70
And so basically what
happens is, the pillar
00:33:58.93\00:34:01.77
comes from before them
and it interposes between
00:34:01.80\00:34:05.41
Israel and the
armies of the Egyptians.
00:34:05.44\00:34:07.84
Verse 20, "So it came between
the camp of the Egyptians
00:34:07.88\00:34:12.01
and the camp of Israel.
00:34:12.05\00:34:13.52
Thus..." And now
listen carefully.
00:34:13.72\00:34:15.28
"Thus it was a cloud
and darkness to the one..."
00:34:15.32\00:34:19.25
A plague of darkness, right?
00:34:21.39\00:34:22.89
"...darkness to the one,
00:34:23.26\00:34:24.79
and it gave light by
night to the other..."
00:34:24.83\00:34:28.26
Darkness on the armies
that wanted to destroy Israel;
00:34:28.73\00:34:31.77
light on Israel.
00:34:31.80\00:34:33.44
And it says, "...so that
the one did not come near
00:34:33.47\00:34:36.81
the other all night."
00:34:36.84\00:34:38.87
So I want you to remember,
what was the fifth plague?
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.71
Darkness.
00:34:41.74\00:34:43.08
When Israel is at the
Red Sea, what do you have?
00:34:43.11\00:34:45.45
Darkness. And
then what do you have?
00:34:45.48\00:34:47.95
Next, the waters of
the Red Sea are dried up.
00:34:48.82\00:34:53.05
Two terms are used.
00:34:55.69\00:34:57.23
The waters are dried up,
and the waters are divided.
00:34:57.83\00:35:01.96
Notice Exodus
chapter 14 and verse 21.
00:35:03.43\00:35:06.74
Exodus chapter 14 and verse 21.
00:35:06.94\00:35:09.74
It says, "Then Moses stretched
out his hand over the sea;
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.97
and the Lord caused the sea
to go back by a strong east wind
00:35:13.01\00:35:16.24
all that night, and
made the sea into..." What?
00:35:16.28\00:35:19.68
Dry land.
00:35:19.95\00:35:21.28
Did the sea dry up?
00:35:21.32\00:35:22.75
Did the Euphrates dry up?
00:35:22.85\00:35:24.69
Absolutely.
00:35:24.72\00:35:26.05
And it says, not only
does it say that the sea
00:35:26.35\00:35:31.46
was made into a
dry land, but it says,
00:35:31.49\00:35:34.10
"...and the
waters were..." What?
00:35:34.13\00:35:36.06
Divided.
00:35:36.30\00:35:37.63
Is that the same terminology we
found in the book of Revelation?
00:35:37.67\00:35:40.64
Babylon is divided.
00:35:41.00\00:35:42.64
And the Euphrates is dried up.
00:35:42.84\00:35:44.64
See, this is typology, folks.
00:35:45.04\00:35:47.18
And then... You
know, the waters dry up.
00:35:47.58\00:35:50.21
And then what happens?
00:35:51.15\00:35:52.68
When the waters dry up,
Israel passes through the sea.
00:35:52.71\00:35:56.55
A way is
prepared for their escape.
00:35:56.58\00:35:58.65
And then the Egyptians,
when they see that the waters
00:35:59.15\00:36:01.62
have been dried up, they
come into the sea after Israel.
00:36:01.66\00:36:05.96
And the waters that
have dried up now become the
00:36:06.33\00:36:09.46
enemies of the Egyptians.
00:36:09.50\00:36:11.33
And the waters that were
an obstacle to the escape
00:36:12.53\00:36:15.50
of God's people now
drown the Egyptians.
00:36:15.54\00:36:19.21
Notice Exodus 14
verses 26 through 28.
00:36:19.74\00:36:23.35
Exodus 14 verses 26 to 28.
00:36:23.38\00:36:26.01
"Then the Lord said to
Moses, 'Stretch out your hand
00:36:26.38\00:36:29.15
over the sea, that the
waters may come back upon
00:36:29.18\00:36:32.19
the Egyptians, on their
chariots and on their horsemen.'
00:36:32.22\00:36:35.22
And Moses stretched
out his hand over the sea;
00:36:35.26\00:36:37.53
and when the
morning appeared..."
00:36:37.73\00:36:39.06
When did this happen?
00:36:39.09\00:36:40.43
At the sun rising.
00:36:40.46\00:36:41.96
When are the waters dried up?
00:36:44.07\00:36:45.57
At the sun rising.
00:36:46.23\00:36:47.74
Is there something
in the sixth plague
00:36:47.77\00:36:49.54
that speaks of a sun rising?
00:36:49.57\00:36:51.41
Yes.
00:36:52.01\00:36:53.34
"...the sea returned to its full
strength, while the Egyptians
00:36:54.51\00:36:58.18
were fleeing into it.
00:36:58.21\00:36:59.55
So the Lord
overthrew the Egyptians
00:36:59.58\00:37:01.78
in the midst of the sea.
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.49
Then the waters returned
and covered the chariots,
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.25
the horsemen, and all
the army of Pharaoh that came
00:37:06.29\00:37:09.02
into the sea after them.
00:37:09.06\00:37:10.39
Not so much as
one of them remained."
00:37:10.43\00:37:13.80
So the waters are dried up,
00:37:14.36\00:37:16.23
and then the waters
drown the Egyptians.
00:37:16.26\00:37:19.07
Is it just possible
that when the waters of the
00:37:20.00\00:37:22.07
Euphrates dry up, the waters
will then drown the harlot?
00:37:22.10\00:37:26.34
Absolutely.
00:37:27.48\00:37:28.81
Now, that's the
sixth plague, right?
00:37:29.84\00:37:32.28
Drying up of the waters?
00:37:32.31\00:37:33.85
The dividing of the waters?
00:37:33.88\00:37:35.35
What was the seventh plague?
00:37:35.75\00:37:37.59
The seventh plague were
phenomena in nature, right?
00:37:37.95\00:37:41.89
An earthquake,
thundering, lightning.
00:37:42.36\00:37:45.89
And you say, "Well,
did that happen at the
00:37:45.93\00:37:47.56
edge of the Red Sea?"
00:37:47.60\00:37:48.93
Exodus doesn't say
so, but Psalm 77 does.
00:37:49.06\00:37:52.80
Go with me to Psalm 77 and
we'll read verses 16 through 20.
00:37:53.57\00:37:59.24
Psalm 77 and
verses 16 through 20.
00:37:59.27\00:38:03.04
This is typology at its best.
00:38:03.08\00:38:05.65
Psalm 77.
00:38:07.75\00:38:09.08
See, we need to go
all across Scripture.
00:38:09.12\00:38:11.75
When you find thunder, look
up thunder in the concordance.
00:38:11.79\00:38:14.46
Look up lightning.
00:38:14.49\00:38:15.82
And then see what
connections there are.
00:38:15.86\00:38:17.89
Psalm 77 and beginning
with verse 16 says this,
00:38:17.93\00:38:22.30
"The waters saw You, O God;
00:38:22.66\00:38:25.00
the waters saw
You, they were afraid;
00:38:25.03\00:38:27.40
the depths also..." What?
00:38:27.77\00:38:29.57
"...trembled.
00:38:30.07\00:38:31.41
The clouds poured out water;
the skies sent out a sound..."
00:38:31.44\00:38:35.74
What is that,
"sent out a sound"?
00:38:35.78\00:38:37.65
Thunder.
00:38:38.01\00:38:39.35
"...the skies sent out a sound;
Your arrows also flashed about."
00:38:39.61\00:38:44.45
What are the arrows?
00:38:44.55\00:38:45.89
Lightning.
00:38:45.92\00:38:47.26
"The voice of Your
thunder was in the whirlwind;
00:38:47.42\00:38:50.26
the lightnings lit up the world;
the earth trembled and shook."
00:38:50.29\00:38:54.36
Is that the same
thing as happened
00:38:55.10\00:38:56.43
under the seventh plague?
00:38:56.46\00:38:57.80
Yes.
00:38:57.83\00:38:59.17
And you say, "How do you know
this deals with the exodus?"
00:38:59.20\00:39:00.54
Listen, it says,
"Your way was in the sea,
00:39:00.57\00:39:03.20
Your path in the great waters,
00:39:03.24\00:39:04.87
and Your
footsteps were not known.
00:39:04.91\00:39:06.78
You led Your people like a flock
by the hand of Moses and Aaron."
00:39:06.81\00:39:11.28
That is the seventh plague.
00:39:12.98\00:39:14.65
Darkness.
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.39
Waters dried up.
00:39:17.45\00:39:18.82
The waters
swallow up the Egyptians.
00:39:19.09\00:39:21.52
And in the context of lightning
and thunder, an earthquake.
00:39:21.92\00:39:26.43
Noises.
00:39:26.73\00:39:28.06
Are you following me?
00:39:28.33\00:39:29.66
So this story is really an
illustration of the end time.
00:39:30.00\00:39:33.97
It's an illustration
of the last three plagues.
00:39:34.47\00:39:37.77
Now, do you know that while
the Egyptians were in the sea,
00:39:38.27\00:39:40.98
a great panic fell on them?
00:39:41.01\00:39:42.74
Let's go back to Exodus 14.
00:39:44.11\00:39:47.48
Exodus chapter 14
and verses 23 to 25.
00:39:48.18\00:39:52.55
Exodus 14 verses 23 to 25.
00:39:52.59\00:39:56.06
It says, "And the Egyptians
pursued and went after them
00:39:57.76\00:40:00.80
into the midst of the sea, all
Pharaoh's horses, his chariots,
00:40:00.83\00:40:04.27
and his horsemen.
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.63
Now it came to pass, in the
morning watch, that the Lord
00:40:05.67\00:40:07.87
looked down upon the army
of the Egyptians through the
00:40:07.90\00:40:10.27
pillar of fire and
cloud, and He troubled
00:40:10.31\00:40:12.97
the army of the Egyptians."
00:40:13.01\00:40:14.98
Is there a panic that falls upon
the wicked at the sixth plague,
00:40:15.51\00:40:18.88
according to what we noticed?
00:40:18.91\00:40:20.28
Absolutely.
00:40:20.72\00:40:22.05
"And He took off their
chariot wheels, so that they
00:40:22.15\00:40:25.69
drove them with difficulty;
and the Egyptians said..."
00:40:25.72\00:40:28.42
Now listen here,
here's the covenant concept.
00:40:28.46\00:40:30.43
Who is Pharaoh fighting against?
00:40:30.46\00:40:31.99
He was fighting
against the people,
00:40:32.86\00:40:34.66
but he was really
fighting against God.
00:40:34.70\00:40:36.73
And Pharaoh knew it.
00:40:36.77\00:40:38.20
It says there in verse
25, "And He took off their
00:40:38.23\00:40:41.47
chariot wheels, so that
they drove them with difficulty;
00:40:41.50\00:40:44.24
and the Egyptians said, 'Let
us flee from the face of Israel,
00:40:44.27\00:40:48.44
for the Lord fights for
them against the Egyptians.'"
00:40:48.48\00:40:51.55
See, God was saying,
"You mess with My people,
00:40:53.48\00:40:56.35
you're messing with Me."
00:40:56.38\00:40:58.05
"In that you have done it
unto one of these the least,
00:40:59.89\00:41:02.16
My brethren, you
have done it unto Me."
00:41:02.19\00:41:04.19
To touch one of
God's children is to touch
00:41:04.66\00:41:06.96
the apple of His eye.
00:41:07.00\00:41:08.50
"Saul Saul, why
do you persecute Me?"
00:41:09.63\00:41:12.20
He was persecuting the church,
but in persecuting the church
00:41:12.40\00:41:15.50
he was persecuting Jesus.
00:41:15.54\00:41:17.44
And so Jesus, in the end time,
they're not going to be shooting
00:41:18.37\00:41:21.51
nuclear weapons.
00:41:21.54\00:41:22.98
The wicked are not
going to be shooting nuclear
00:41:23.85\00:41:25.85
weapons at Jesus.
00:41:25.88\00:41:27.38
No.
00:41:27.95\00:41:29.28
They're going to
try and kill the people.
00:41:29.32\00:41:30.75
And in that way,
they're fighting against God.
00:41:30.79\00:41:32.49
And God is going to say,
00:41:32.52\00:41:33.86
"Hey folks, I want
you to know something.
00:41:33.89\00:41:35.22
These people, I
am their Suzerain.
00:41:35.26\00:41:37.63
I am their Sovereign.
00:41:38.49\00:41:39.83
You're messing with My people.
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.20
They have a covenant with Me.
00:41:41.23\00:41:42.56
And I've committed
Myself to protect them.
00:41:42.60\00:41:44.43
They're My sheep,
and I'm their Shepherd.
00:41:45.67\00:41:47.77
So I'm going to do to
you what David did to the
00:41:47.80\00:41:50.61
lion and to the bear."
00:41:50.64\00:41:51.97
And people say, "How
could God destroy the wicked?"
00:41:53.91\00:41:56.98
Well if He doesn't
destroy the wicked,
00:41:57.01\00:41:58.51
they'll destroy His people.
00:41:58.68\00:42:00.12
The wicked are not in
a covenant with the Lord.
00:42:01.25\00:42:03.39
We have probation to
make a covenant with God.
00:42:04.09\00:42:06.96
The covenant of His protection.
00:42:07.49\00:42:09.22
Now we need to
advance very quickly here.
00:42:09.26\00:42:11.09
Now notice Exodus 14:17-18.
00:42:14.13\00:42:16.90
Exodus 14 verses 17 and 18.
00:42:16.93\00:42:20.10
Israel was to depend upon God.
00:42:22.70\00:42:25.37
The glory was for God.
00:42:25.41\00:42:26.81
It wasn't for them.
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.18
It says in verse 17, "And I
indeed will harden the hearts
00:42:28.64\00:42:32.45
of the Egyptians, and
they shall follow them.
00:42:32.48\00:42:34.58
So I will gain honor over
Pharaoh and over all his army,
00:42:34.62\00:42:39.25
his chariots, and his horsemen."
00:42:39.29\00:42:40.79
God says, "I'm
going to get the honor."
00:42:40.82\00:42:42.46
Verse 18, "Then the Egyptians
shall know that I am the Lord,
00:42:43.19\00:42:47.83
when I have gained
honor for Myself over Pharaoh,
00:42:48.33\00:42:52.00
his chariots, and his horsemen."
00:42:52.03\00:42:53.54
No glory for Israel.
00:42:53.57\00:42:55.04
All the glory is for the Lord.
00:42:56.20\00:42:57.87
And then what did Israel sing?
00:42:59.51\00:43:01.08
The song of Moses.
00:43:02.04\00:43:03.65
Of course, all of
this is coincidence.
00:43:05.21\00:43:06.95
No, it's typology.
00:43:09.88\00:43:11.82
It's the key that
unlocks Revelation.
00:43:12.62\00:43:15.36
Now we need to go to our third
model, the spirit of prophecy,
00:43:16.19\00:43:21.60
to see how Ellen
White understands this.
00:43:21.96\00:43:25.03
As I told you, we're
going to skip what we did
00:43:26.03\00:43:27.67
on the twenty-four elders.
00:43:27.70\00:43:29.04
That was just an
illustration of how to find
00:43:29.07\00:43:32.14
what Ellen White has
to say about a passage
00:43:33.01\00:43:34.74
when she doesn't
actually quote the verses.
00:43:34.78\00:43:36.51
So we're going to go
to page 6 where it says,
00:43:36.54\00:43:38.98
"The fifth and sixth plagues in,
Great Controversy, page 635."
00:43:39.01\00:43:43.22
Do you know that Ellen
White, in that chapter, does not
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.65
quote Revelation 16:12,
00:43:46.69\00:43:48.92
where it says that the waters
of the Euphrates were dried up?
00:43:50.13\00:43:52.89
She doesn't quote the verse.
00:43:52.93\00:43:54.26
So some people say,
"See, Ellen White didn't
00:43:54.30\00:43:55.70
have anything to
say about the drying up
00:43:55.73\00:43:57.33
of the Euphrates."
00:43:57.37\00:43:58.70
Yes she did.
00:43:58.90\00:44:00.24
She just doesn't
use the language.
00:44:00.47\00:44:02.04
But when you look at
the sequence of events,
00:44:02.07\00:44:04.14
you know that
she's talking about that.
00:44:04.34\00:44:05.87
And when you look at
some verse, she does not
00:44:05.91\00:44:08.18
quote Revelation 16:12, but
she does quote Revelation 16:17.
00:44:08.21\00:44:13.28
And so you say,
"Now wait a minute.
00:44:14.65\00:44:15.98
If she quotes 16:17,
let's work our way backwards."
00:44:16.02\00:44:19.65
Let's read it.
00:44:21.29\00:44:22.62
"When the protection of human
laws shall be withdrawn from
00:44:23.19\00:44:27.36
those who honor the
law of God, there will be,
00:44:27.40\00:44:30.40
in different lands,
a simultaneous movement
00:44:30.43\00:44:33.30
for their destruction."
00:44:33.34\00:44:34.67
Is that similar to Pharaoh,
00:44:34.70\00:44:36.04
who was gathering his
armies to attack Israel? Yes.
00:44:37.24\00:44:40.14
"As the time
appointed in the decree..."
00:44:40.64\00:44:42.98
Incidentally, this
comes from Revelation 13:15
00:44:43.41\00:44:45.68
and the story of Esther.
00:44:45.71\00:44:47.05
So it's drawing from
several context in Scripture.
00:44:47.08\00:44:50.65
"As the time appointed in the
decree draws near, the people
00:44:51.15\00:44:55.29
will conspire to
root out the hated sect.
00:44:56.99\00:45:00.73
It will be determined to strike
in one night a decisive blow,
00:45:01.36\00:45:04.97
which shall utterly silence the
voice of dissent and reproof."
00:45:05.00\00:45:09.00
"The people of God, some in
prison cells, some hidden in
00:45:10.24\00:45:14.58
solitary retreats in the
forests and the mountains,
00:45:14.61\00:45:17.91
still plead for
divine protection..."
00:45:17.95\00:45:20.32
Like Israel did at
the edge of the Red Sea.
00:45:20.35\00:45:22.58
"...while in every
quarter companies of armed men,
00:45:22.82\00:45:26.92
urged on by hosts of
evil angels, are preparing
00:45:27.32\00:45:30.76
for the work of death."
00:45:30.79\00:45:32.59
Is there any escape?
00:45:32.63\00:45:33.96
Humanly speaking, any escape?
00:45:34.80\00:45:36.50
Nope.
00:45:36.70\00:45:38.03
Are God's people caught?
00:45:38.07\00:45:39.40
Yes they are.
00:45:39.87\00:45:41.20
Now listen to this.
00:45:41.87\00:45:43.20
"It is now, in the
hour of utmost extremity,
00:45:43.94\00:45:48.68
that the God of Israel..."
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.05
Why is He called
the God of Israel?
00:45:51.38\00:45:53.05
Which Israel?
00:45:53.68\00:45:55.02
It's God's people.
00:45:56.55\00:45:57.95
But God is called
the God of Israel.
00:45:58.15\00:46:00.06
Because this is
His spiritual Israel.
00:46:00.16\00:46:02.29
"It is now, in the
hour of utmost extremity,
00:46:03.12\00:46:05.76
that the God of
Israel will interpose for the
00:46:05.79\00:46:08.70
deliverance of His chosen."
00:46:08.73\00:46:10.23
And now listen to this.
00:46:11.20\00:46:12.53
This is before the fifth plague.
00:46:13.97\00:46:15.74
"With shouts of triumph,
jeering, and imprecation,
00:46:16.54\00:46:21.01
throngs of evil men
are about to..." What?
00:46:21.04\00:46:24.28
What do you think of
when you say, "rush?"
00:46:25.58\00:46:29.08
What rushes?
00:46:29.52\00:46:30.85
Waters.
00:46:31.02\00:46:32.35
And these are peoples rushing.
00:46:33.62\00:46:35.19
That's the Euphrates
upon which the harlot sits.
00:46:36.52\00:46:39.59
"With shouts of triumph,
jeering, and imprecation,
00:46:40.50\00:46:42.73
throngs of evil men are
about to rush upon their prey,
00:46:42.76\00:46:47.07
when lo, a dense darkness,
deeper than the darkness of
00:46:47.10\00:46:52.54
of the night,
falls upon the earth."
00:46:52.57\00:46:55.44
Which plague is that?
00:46:58.21\00:46:59.55
Number five.
00:47:00.08\00:47:01.42
Do you remember at
the edge of the Red Sea,
00:47:01.45\00:47:02.78
darkness for the Egyptians
and light for God's people?
00:47:02.82\00:47:04.75
Now listen to this.
00:47:04.79\00:47:06.12
"Then a rainbow,
shining with the glory from the
00:47:06.19\00:47:09.62
throne of God, spans
the heavens, and seems to
00:47:09.66\00:47:12.93
encircle each praying company."
00:47:12.96\00:47:15.10
And now comes the
drying up of the Euphrates.
00:47:16.33\00:47:18.40
"The angry multitudes..."
00:47:19.47\00:47:21.64
Remember, multitudes, nations,
tongues, and people; the waters?
00:47:21.67\00:47:24.27
"The angry multitudes
are suddenly arrested."
00:47:24.31\00:47:28.08
What does that mean?
00:47:29.34\00:47:30.68
The waters dry up.
00:47:32.35\00:47:33.78
The waters want to
rush, and they're arrested.
00:47:35.25\00:47:37.75
"Their mocking cries die away.
00:47:40.46\00:47:42.62
The objects of their
murderous rage are forgotten."
00:47:43.76\00:47:46.73
When are God's people delivered?
00:47:46.76\00:47:48.16
At the fifth plague.
00:47:48.66\00:47:50.00
"With fearful forebodings
they gaze upon the symbol of
00:47:50.93\00:47:54.54
God's covenant, and
long to be shielded from its
00:47:54.57\00:47:58.27
overpowering brightness."
00:47:58.31\00:48:00.11
Now in the next
chapter, Ellen White further
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.51
describes this moment.
00:48:03.55\00:48:05.15
It's found in, Great
Controversy, 655-656.
00:48:06.41\00:48:09.98
How are the people arrested
when the darkness falls?
00:48:12.42\00:48:16.73
She says, "The people see
that they have been deluded."
00:48:17.36\00:48:20.40
Who deluded them?
00:48:22.36\00:48:23.70
The preachers.
00:48:24.77\00:48:26.10
"The people see that
they have been deluded.
00:48:28.67\00:48:30.67
They accuse one another of
having led them to destruction;
00:48:31.34\00:48:34.61
but all unite in heaping
their bitterest condemnation
00:48:34.64\00:48:37.85
upon the ministers."
00:48:37.88\00:48:39.31
The daughters of
the harlot, folks.
00:48:41.28\00:48:42.95
And the harlot.
00:48:43.49\00:48:44.82
"Unfaithful pastors have
prophesied smooth things..."
00:48:45.25\00:48:49.06
This is why the fifth plague
afflicts the tongue, by the way.
00:48:51.06\00:48:53.53
"...they have led their hearers
to make void the law of God
00:48:54.56\00:48:57.70
and to persecute those
who would keep it holy.
00:48:57.73\00:49:00.14
Now, in their despair, these
teachers confess before the
00:49:00.64\00:49:03.97
world their work of deception.
00:49:04.01\00:49:05.91
The multitudes
are filled with fury."
00:49:08.08\00:49:10.41
What's going to
happen with the waters now?
00:49:10.71\00:49:12.35
Remember at the
edge of the Red Sea?
00:49:12.38\00:49:14.08
The waters not only
dried up, but then the waters
00:49:14.12\00:49:17.22
slew the Egyptians.
00:49:17.25\00:49:18.85
And so it says,
"The multitudes..."
00:49:22.09\00:49:24.29
Notice, "multitudes."
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
The harlot is
seated upon multitudes.
00:49:26.33\00:49:28.83
"The multitudes
are filled with fury.
00:49:29.63\00:49:33.67
'We are lost,' they cry, 'and
you are the cause of our ruin.'
00:49:34.34\00:49:37.24
And they turn upon
the false shepherds."
00:49:37.27\00:49:39.41
The waters are going
to drown the shepherds.
00:49:40.01\00:49:41.71
"The very ones that
once admired them most
00:49:42.11\00:49:45.15
will pronounce the most
dreadful curses upon them.
00:49:45.18\00:49:48.22
The very hands that once crowned
them with laurels will be raised
00:49:48.92\00:49:52.22
for their destruction.
00:49:52.25\00:49:53.59
The swords which were to slay
God's people are now employed
00:49:53.92\00:49:57.53
to destroy their enemies.
00:49:57.56\00:49:58.89
Everywhere there is
strife and bloodshed."
00:49:58.93\00:50:01.56
Are God's people
safe at this point?
00:50:03.53\00:50:05.30
At the fifth
plague they're safe.
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.17
Once the glory covers them,
and the darkness the wicked,
00:50:08.27\00:50:10.77
the jeopardy is over.
00:50:11.51\00:50:12.84
She further
amplifies on page 657.
00:50:14.14\00:50:17.75
She quotes Zechariah
14 and says why their
00:50:17.81\00:50:20.12
tongues writhe in pain.
00:50:20.15\00:50:22.18
She says, "And this
shall be the plague..."
00:50:22.22\00:50:23.79
She's quoting Zechariah 14.
00:50:23.82\00:50:25.29
"This shall be the
plague wherewith the Lord will
00:50:25.39\00:50:27.06
smite all the people that
have fought against Jerusalem.
00:50:27.09\00:50:29.26
Their flesh shall consume
away while they stand upon
00:50:29.29\00:50:32.39
their feet, and their eyes shall
consume away in their holes,
00:50:32.43\00:50:35.43
and their tongue shall
consume away in their mouth.
00:50:35.46\00:50:37.80
And it shall come to pass
in that day that a great tumult
00:50:37.83\00:50:40.57
from the Lord shall be among
them; and they shall lay hold
00:50:40.60\00:50:43.17
everyone on the hand of his
neighbor, and his hand shall
00:50:43.20\00:50:45.87
rise up against the
hand of his neighbor."
00:50:45.91\00:50:47.84
Do you see, killing one another?
00:50:47.88\00:50:49.34
And then she
comments, "In the mad strife of
00:50:51.15\00:50:53.01
their own fierce passions,
and by the awful outpouring
00:50:53.05\00:50:55.88
of God's unmingled wrath,
fall the wicked inhabitants
00:50:55.92\00:50:58.45
of the earth;
priests, rulers, and people,
00:50:58.49\00:51:01.09
rich and poor, high and low.
00:51:01.12\00:51:02.69
'And the slain of the
Lord shall be at that day
00:51:02.72\00:51:04.93
from one end of the earth even
unto the other end of the earth;
00:51:04.96\00:51:07.73
they shall not be lamented,
neither gathered, nor buried.'"
00:51:07.76\00:51:11.10
So the multitudes are
arrested, and then they turn
00:51:12.73\00:51:15.64
upon the harlot
and her daughters.
00:51:15.67\00:51:18.37
But now I want you to notice
something very interesting.
00:51:19.61\00:51:22.01
You remember that we
just read a few moments ago
00:51:23.71\00:51:26.11
from, Great
Controversy, page 635?
00:51:26.15\00:51:28.88
I read only to where it
says, "With fearful forebodings
00:51:30.52\00:51:34.42
they gaze upon the
symbol of God's covenant,
00:51:34.46\00:51:36.32
and long to be shielded from
its overpowering brightness."
00:51:36.36\00:51:38.86
But a little bit further
ahead, Ellen White says this,
00:51:38.96\00:51:43.40
"In the midst of the
angry heavens is one clear space
00:51:43.43\00:51:47.74
of indescribable glory,
whence comes the voice of God
00:51:47.77\00:51:51.44
like the sound of many
waters, saying, 'It is done.'
00:51:51.47\00:51:54.71
Revelation 16 verse 17."
00:51:54.74\00:51:57.01
Are you following me?
00:51:58.91\00:52:00.25
So you see, she
quotes Revelation 16:17,
00:52:00.78\00:52:04.62
which is the seventh plague.
00:52:04.65\00:52:06.15
And you say, now where
would you expect her to
00:52:07.06\00:52:09.39
comment the sixth plague?
00:52:09.42\00:52:10.99
In the previous paragraphs.
00:52:12.59\00:52:14.76
See?
00:52:15.10\00:52:16.43
Don't just assume that because
Ellen White doesn't quote
00:52:16.87\00:52:19.53
the verses that she's not
commenting on those verses.
00:52:19.57\00:52:23.17
She is.
00:52:23.41\00:52:24.74
But she doesn't use the
terminology, and many times
00:52:24.77\00:52:27.64
she won't even
give the specific verse.
00:52:27.68\00:52:29.81
But if you see a verse that
she uses before that passage
00:52:29.84\00:52:32.41
or after that passage,
then you work backwards
00:52:32.45\00:52:34.82
or you work forwards.
00:52:34.85\00:52:36.25
Now notice, you
remember that islands disappear
00:52:38.79\00:52:40.99
and mountain ranges disappear?
00:52:41.02\00:52:42.49
She continues
saying, "That voice shakes
00:52:42.69\00:52:45.26
the heavens and the earth.
00:52:45.29\00:52:46.70
There is a mighty earthquake,
'such as was not since
00:52:47.40\00:52:50.67
men were upon the
earth, so mighty an
00:52:50.70\00:52:52.73
earthquake and so great.'
00:52:52.77\00:52:54.10
The firmament
appears to open and shut.
00:52:54.14\00:52:56.37
The glory from the throne
of God seems flashing through.
00:52:56.40\00:52:59.04
The mountains shake
like a reed in the wind,
00:52:59.07\00:53:01.61
ragged rocks are
scattered on every side.
00:53:01.64\00:53:04.81
There is a roar as
of a coming tempest.
00:53:04.85\00:53:07.42
The sea is lashed into fury.
00:53:07.45\00:53:09.08
There is heard the
shriek of the hurricane,
00:53:09.12\00:53:11.39
like the voice of demons
upon a mission of destruction.
00:53:11.42\00:53:14.22
The whole earth
heaves and swells
00:53:14.26\00:53:16.09
like the waves of the sea.
00:53:16.12\00:53:17.46
Its surface is breaking up.
00:53:17.66\00:53:19.26
Its very foundations
seem to be giving way.
00:53:19.29\00:53:21.56
Mountain chains are sinking.
00:53:21.60\00:53:24.47
Inhabited islands disappear."
00:53:24.50\00:53:26.53
Is she commenting
the seventh plague?
00:53:27.10\00:53:28.74
Yes she is.
00:53:29.27\00:53:30.61
"The seaports that have
become like Sodom for wickedness
00:53:31.51\00:53:34.34
are swallowed up
by the angry waters."
00:53:34.38\00:53:36.41
And then she quotes
Revelation 16:19, 21.
00:53:36.95\00:53:42.08
The seventh plague.
00:53:43.59\00:53:44.92
She says, "The seaports
that have become like Sodom
00:53:45.12\00:53:47.02
for wickedness are swallowed
up by the angry waters.
00:53:47.06\00:53:50.39
Babylon the Great hath
come in remembrance before God,
00:53:50.56\00:53:53.76
'to give unto her the
cup of the wine of the
00:53:53.80\00:53:57.50
fierceness of his wrath.'
00:53:57.53\00:53:58.87
Great hailstones, every one
'about the weight of a talent,'
00:53:58.90\00:54:02.70
are doing their
work of destruction.
00:54:02.74\00:54:04.54
Revelation 16:19, 21."
00:54:04.74\00:54:07.11
So if you know where
the seventh plague is,
00:54:07.14\00:54:09.01
would you know where to
find number six and number five?
00:54:09.04\00:54:11.25
Yeah.
00:54:11.28\00:54:12.61
So you have darkness,
the multitudes arrested,
00:54:12.65\00:54:16.82
And then the seventh plague.
00:54:17.32\00:54:18.82
So does Ellen White have
anything to say about the
00:54:19.29\00:54:21.62
battle of Armageddon?
00:54:21.66\00:54:22.99
What is the
battle of Armageddon?
00:54:23.36\00:54:25.06
It's when the wicked
try to destroy God's people.
00:54:25.93\00:54:28.36
And what is the
drying up of the waters?
00:54:30.00\00:54:32.10
It's when God does not allow the
peoples to rush upon His people.
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And then after the
waters are dried up,
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or divided, then the
waters avalanche themselves
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upon the wicked and drown them.
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Like at the edge of the Red Sea.
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And then let me ask you this.
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What will God's
people do immediately after
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the seventh plague
after they're delivered?
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They will sing the
song of Moses and the Lamb.
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So is it important not
only to look at the song,
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but everything that
happened before the song?
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See, the only reason why
in Revelation it mentions
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the song of Moses
and the Lamb is because
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it's saying, "Hint, hint."
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It's not only the
song that's parallel.
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It is all of the events
that lead up to the song
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that you have to study.
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Because all of the pattern of
the story from the Old Testament
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is parallel to what's going
to happen on a global scale
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with spiritual
Israel at the end of time.
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And so don't
only study the song.
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Study what
comes before the song.
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And when you do that, suddenly
a different panorama opens up.
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And you're able to
understand end time events.
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It's not a battle...
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Listen folks, how
ridiculous to think that
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this is a battle of
the Arabs and the Russians
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against the Jews.
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How unspiritual.
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That is a totally
unspiritual interpretation
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of Bible prophecy.
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What does it have
to do with God's law?
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Nothing.
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What does it have
to do with worship?
00:56:16.24\00:56:17.97
Nothing.
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What does it have
to do with the Sabbath?
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Nothing.
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The final battle does
not deal with economic,
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political, ethnic issues.
00:56:25.05\00:56:27.15
The final battle is a spiritual
battle of righteousness
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against
wickedness, good against evil,
00:56:30.39\00:56:33.15
true worship
verses false worship,
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those who keep the commandments
of God and those who don't.
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Those are the issues.
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And that's what the
world needs to know.
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And the light that we
have, folks, is the light that
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the world needs.
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People need to know
where all this is leading.
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People need to know how
things are going to develop.
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Because they're oblivious.
00:56:54.21\00:56:55.71
They have this love
affair with the papacy.
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Our politicians.
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Oh, and Protestants say,
"What a wonderful fellow."
00:57:02.02\00:57:04.85
They're oblivious.
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Because they have lost
their prophetic understanding.
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And the only church
in the world that has the
00:57:11.49\00:57:13.13
prophetic
understanding is this church.
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And woe to us if we just
stand up and tell three stories
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and read one verse,
and say that's a sermon.
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God wants His
people to be instructed.
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And God wants His
people to go out and share this
00:57:27.64\00:57:30.78
end time message so that
people can have certainty.
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So that people can know
that if they make a covenant
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with the Lord, God will
be with them, even in the
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valley of the shadow of death.
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Praise the Lord.
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