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? Jesus is worthy ?
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? oh yes, he's
worthy ? ? worthy of all...?
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?all the praise ? ? (Music) ?
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Pastor Byrd: I discovered
that there are folk that
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don't want to
study prophetic books.
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They don't want to study
Daniel and the Revelation.
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They say it's too hard.
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I don't know what all
those symbols represent.
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I don't know what a lion
represents, and what a bear
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represents, and what all these
different animals and symbols,
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I don't want to
read six, six, six.
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I don't want to know
about the mark of the beast.
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I don't want to do that.
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Daniel and the Revelation,
those books make me scared.
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But I want to remind somebody
tonight that God has not given
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us the spirit of
fear, but a spirit of love,
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power, and sound
mind and understanding.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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But many people
don't understand the books
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Daniel and the Revelation,
because of all these different
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things found within the books.
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And so because of
that, Satan wins. He wins,
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because people say,
instead of studying Daniel
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and the Revelation,
I'll just put my Bible down.
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I won't read the Bible.
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And it's easy to
become distracted.
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It's easy to become
discouraged when you have
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leopards, lions, beasts,
bears, and you don't know
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what they mean.
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But when you
understand these symbols,
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you will discover
that the books of Daniel
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and the Revelation are books
about God's love as revealed
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in the person of Jesus Christ.
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And the fact is, you're
going to discover in Revelation
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and in Daniel
that Jesus loves you.
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You're going to discover
that Jesus wants to save you
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and you're going to discover
when you read these books
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and you open these
books that Satan is going
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to be exposed.
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That Satan is going to
be unmasked, because Satan
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is going to be discovered
in these books for the true--
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I want to watch my
language--true person--
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that's good--ha-ha--that he is.
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So, Revelation now.
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How did the book of
Revelation get to us?
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Let's go the Word.
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Go to the book of Revelation.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Revelation.
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The final book of the Bible.
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Revelation.
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That's what this
revival's all about.
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And we're going to go
to Revelation, Chapter 1.
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Revelation what, everybody?
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We're going to Revelation,
Chapter 1 and we're going
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to verse 1.
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Now, if you have a
neighbor and they need help
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with finding it
in the Word of God,
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help your neighbor out.
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If your neighbor does not
have a Bible make sure you scoot
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over next to them so
they can see your Bible.
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We'll put the text
on the screen and all
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the Scriptures,
but I'm just a little
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old-fashioned, I
believe you ought to look it up
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in the Word of God.
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Can you say Amen?
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So let's go to
Revelation, Chapter 1:1.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says,
the Revelation of whom,
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everybody?
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Come on, the
Revelation of whom, everybody?
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(Aud: Jesus Christ) "Which
God gaveth to him, to show unto
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his servants things which must
shortly come to pass; and he
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sent and signified it
by his" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Angel) Unto his
servant, what, everybody?
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(Aud: John).
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All right.
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So the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Know what you just read.
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Which God gave to him.
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So, who gave
Revelation to Jesus?
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Come on, who gave
Revelation to Jesus?
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God gave Revelation to
Jesus to show unto his servants
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things which must shortly
come to pass, and he sent it
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and signified it by
his what, everybody?
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Angel, unto his
servant, whom, everybody?
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John. So, let's stop here.
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We discover we got Revelation
because first of all God gave
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Revelation to whom, everybody?
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Come on, God gave
Revelation to whom, everybody?
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Jesus.
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Jesus gave
Revelation to whom, everybody?
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The angel.
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He gave it to
the whom, everybody?
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(Aud: Angel) And then
the angel gave it to whom?
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(Aud: John) All right.
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Let's go back,
reiterate what we just said,
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because repetition deepens
the impression, and you will
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notice I'm a preacher teacher.
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Let's make sure we understand
how we got Revelation.
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God gave
Revelation to whom, everybody?
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Jesus gave Revelation to the?
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The angel then gave it to whom?
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John.
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Now, let's look at verse 2.
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Revelation 1:2.
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The Word of God says, "Who
bare record of the word of God,
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and of the testimony of
Jesus Christ, and of all things
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that he saw.
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Blessed is he that" what?
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Come on,
blessed is he that what?
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(Aud: Readeth)
And they that what?
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Hear the words of this
prophecy, and do what else?
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Keep those things where are
written therein, for the time
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is at what, everybody?
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(Aud: Hand) All right,
let's reminisce, reiterate,
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how did we get Revelation?
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God gave it to whom?
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Jesus gave it to?
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The angel gave it to whom?
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(Aud: John) The Bible
says, blessed is he that reads.
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Blessed is he
that what, everybody?
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And then what else?
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Hears.
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And then what else?
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Keeps the words
of this prophecy.
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Which means it's
more than just reading it.
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It's more than just hearing it.
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You got a lot of
folk that read the Bible,
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that hear the
Bible, but the Word of God
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says they must keep the Bible.
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Let's keep reading.
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Verse 4: John, to
the what churches?
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"Seven churches which are
in Asia: Grace be unto you,
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and peace from him
which is, and which was,
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and which is to come;
and from the seven Spirits
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which are before his
throne; and from Jesus," whom,
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everybody?
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"Christ, who is the
faithful witness, and the first
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begotten of the" what?
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(Aud: The dead) "And the prince
of the kings of the earth.
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Unto him that" what?
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Loved us and did what else?
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Washed us from our what?
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(Aud: Sins) In his
own what, everybody?
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(Aud: Blood) That's to
make somebody want to shout.
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Verse 6: "And hath
made us kings and" what?
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(Aud: Priests) "Unto God
and his Father; to him be glory
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and dominion forever and ever.
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Amen." Verse 11: "Saying, I
am Alpha and Omega, the first
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and the" what?
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(Aud: Last) And "What
thou seest, write in a" what?
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(Aud: Book) "And send
it unto the seven" what?
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(Aud: Churches)
Which are in where?
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Asia.
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Unto what?
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Ephesus and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamos, and unto
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Thyatira, and unto
Sardis, and unto Philadelphia,
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and unto Laodicea.
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Go down to verse 19: "Write
the things which thou hast
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seen, and the things
which are, and the things which
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shall be hereafter." We
will see Revelation because God
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gave it to?
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(Aud: Jesus) Jesus gave to?
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(Aud: The angel)
The angel gave it to?
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(Aud: John) John wrote it down
and gave it to the seven what?
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(Aud: Churches)
That's how we got Revelation.
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We then
discovered that Revelation
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is clear, blessed are
those that read it, hear it,
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and keepeth the
things in this book.
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This let's me know
that Revelation is not
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a counterfeit.
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Revelation is not
something that was made up.
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But God gave Revelation to
us by way of Jesus, by way of
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the angel, by way of John,
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who write it down and gave it to
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the seven churches.
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Blessed are those that read,
hear and keep those things in
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this book.
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And then, God gives, as
you read, a promised blessing
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to those who read and
hear and keep those things.
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Now, with that in
mind, because God gave us
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Revelation, the book of
Revelation is not a book
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to fear.
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The book of Revelation is
not a book to be scared of.
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Revelation reveals Jesus
and prepares God's people
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for future events
surrounding Jesus' return.
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We have no reason to be afraid
of anything God would give
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to us.
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Now, Satan doesn't
want us to read Revelation.
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Let's be clear.
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Satan doesn't want
us to study Revelation.
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Satan doesn't want
us to keep Revelation.
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See, in case you didn't
know, the devil knows the Bible
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better than you.
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The devil can quote
Scripture better than you.
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And so the devil knows if
you get to know Revelation,
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he's in bad shape.
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But in the name of
Jesus, bump Satan tonight.
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In the name of Jesus,
get thee behind me, Satan.
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Revelation is God's Word.
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God's Word have I hid in
my heart that I might not sin
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against thee.
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Thy Word is a lamp
unto to my feet and a light
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unto my path.
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Think about it tonight.
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Jesus spoke in the
New Testament in parables.
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And in speaking in parables
only the spiritually oriented
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could understand.
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Think about Revelation now.
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He gave it to Jesus, who gave
it to the angel, who then gave
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it to John.
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John wrote it
down and gave it to us.
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God wrote Revelation.
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He was created with parables,
but he clothed Revelation
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in symbols for the same reason,
only those who are sincerely
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seeking truth and guided by
the Holy Spirit can understand
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and comprehend it.
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You see, Revelation is not
for folk that just want to have
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a surface
religion with the Lord.
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Revelation is for
those who want to go deeper
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in the Word of God.
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And I'm a witness that every
round goes higher and higher
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when you study the Word of God.
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Not only that, the
enemies of God are unmasked
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in Revelation.
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Satan wants us to put
Revelation down because
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Revelation exposes him.
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But the symbols need not
hinder our understanding.
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The Bible tells us what
they mean in literal language.
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Pastor, what do you mean?
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I'm so glad you asked.
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There are symbols in
Revelation that mean certain
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things and if you don't know
what these certain things are
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you will never
understand Revelation.
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You'll get frustrated.
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You'll get upset.
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You'll get angry.
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You'll get mad.
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And you'll throw
down your Bible, say,
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I'm not going to be
bothered with Revelation.
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But let's expose Satan tonight.
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Let's see some of the prophecies
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and some of the symbols
in Bible prophecy that we
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find from the book of
Daniel and the Revelation.
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Let's go to Revelation 17.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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You've got to know it would
come from Revelation because
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this is Revelation now.
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Go to Revelation, Chapter
17 and we're going to verse 15.
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Revelation 17:15.
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The Word of God says:
"And he saieth unto me,
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The waters."
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The what, everybody?
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Come on, the what, everybody?
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"Which thou sawest,
where the whore sitteth, are"
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what, everybody?
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(Aud: Peoples) And what else?
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(Aud: Multitudes) And what else?
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(Aud: Nations) And what else?
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(Aud: Tongues) All
right, stop right there.
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In Bible prophecy, when we
read Daniel and the Revelation,
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and we read about
water, water represents people.
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Are we clear, everybody?
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Water
represents what, everybody?
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The text said it, the
text said, and the waters which
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thou sawest are people.
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They are multitudes.
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They are nations and tongues.
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So some people, they don't
understand Revelation, can't
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comprehend Revelation, because
what they don't understand is,
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when we're reading the Bible
prophetically, when we talk
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about water, we're
talking about what, everybody?
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(Aud: People)
Let's get some more.
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Go now to the companion
book of Revelation in the
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Old Testament, let's
go to the book of Daniel.
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Daniel, Chapter 7.
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Getting quiet in here.
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Daniel, Chapter 7
and let's go to verse 23.
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Daniel 7:23.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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If you don't
have it, say hold on.
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I'm holding, but hurry up.
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Again, help your
neighbor find it.
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Daniel 7:23, the Word
of God says: "Thus he said,
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The fourth" what, everybody?
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"The fourth beast
shall be the fourth" what?
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(Aud: Kingdom) "Upon earth,
which shall be diverse from
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all kingdoms, and shall devour
the whole earth, and shall
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tread it down, and
break it in" what, everybody?
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(Aud: Pieces) So we recognize,
in Bible prophecy a beast
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represents a what?
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Come on, a beast
represents a what?
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Kingdom, because the
fourth beast was a fourth what?
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Kingdom.
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Water represents what?
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(Aud: People) A
beast represents what?
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(Aud: Kingdom) God
gave Revelation to whom?
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Jesus gave Revelation to the?
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The angel gave it to?
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John wrote it down
and gave it to the seven?
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(Aud: Churches)
Blessed is he that what?
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Read it, and what else?
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Hear it and keep
those things in the book.
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Understand, a
water represents what?
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(Aud: People) A
beast represents what?
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(Aud: Kingdom) All right
now, go to Ezekiel, Chapter 4,
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and I'm giving you what
everybody else ain't going
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to give you.
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I'm giving you the
unadulterated Word of God.
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Know what you believe, know
why you believe it, and know
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where it's found
from the Word of God.
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I say it all the time.
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This ain't cotton
candy preaching, sweet on the
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outside, hollow and
empty on the inside.
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You've got to study the
Word of God and know the Word of
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God for yourself.
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Ezekiel.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Chapter 4 and
we're going to verse 6.
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Ezekiel 4:6.
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If you have it let
me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God
says: "And when thou hast
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accomplished them,
lie again on thy right"
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what?
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Come on, lie
again on thy right what?
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"Lie again on thy right
side, and thou shalt bear
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the iniquity of the house
of Judah" for how many days?
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How many days?
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(Aud: Forty) "I have appointed
thee each day for a" what?
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(Aud: Year) So, in
biblical prophecy, a day is the
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equivalent of a what?
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Year.
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A day is the
equivalent of a what?
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(Aud: Year).
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So as we study from night
after night, you're going to
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remember that a
water represents what?
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(Aud: People) A
beast represents a what?
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(Aud: Kingdom) And a
day represents a what?
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(Aud: Year).
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Now, I have prepared for
you when you go out tonight
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an entire list of
all the different symbols
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in the Bible that
have literal meaning
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and you will discover that
everything we preach and teach
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will not be the gospel
according to Pastor Byrd, but
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it will be the gospel
according to the Word of God.
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When you came in here tonight
we did not give you any extra
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pamphlets, any extra materials.
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You came here and you
got a quiz card that said,
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1, 2, and 3.
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Are you hearing what I'm saying?
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But we didn't give you anything.
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You brought your own
Bible, you're reading
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from your own Bible.
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I have not given
you any Jim Jones juice.
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Come on, say Amen.
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Where you're going to drink
something and go out of here
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and say, oh, the
pastor made me queasy.
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You're reading and studying
the Word of God for yourself.
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There's a famine in the
land and it's not for bread
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and water, but it's
for the Word of God.
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If the enemies of God
are going to cry aloud,
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then the people of
God must cry aloud.
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Understand that when you get
that paper, that sheet with all
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the different symbols and
prophecy that have literal
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meanings, every symbol
will have its literal meaning
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followed by a biblical text,
so you can read it and study
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it for yourself.
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Beast represents what?
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Kingdom.
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Water represents what?
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(Aud: People) And a
day represents a what?
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(Aud: Year) Now,
Jesus is the central figure
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of Revelation.
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You need to understand.
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Pastor Byrd is a Christian.
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I'm not downing any other
religion, but you need to know
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I'm a Christian. I am a
follower of Jesus Christ.
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Jesus has done so much for me.
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Tonight I just
can't tell it all.
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I'm so in love with Jesus.
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There's joy down in my soul
and I want the world to know
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that I'm so in love with Jesus.
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Let me be clear, I'm a
follower of Jesus Christ.
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Now, with that,
Jesus, as I said,
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is the central
figure of Revelation.
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Revelation boils down, listen
to me carefully, when we start
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talking about these
beasts and kingdoms,
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Revelation is about
who we're going to give
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our worship to.
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It boils down to who we're
going to give our worship to.
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Now, go back to Revelation
Chapter 1 and I'm going to
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read this text one more time.
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Revelation,
Chapter what, everybody?
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And we're going to verse 5.
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Revelation 1:5.
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The Word of God says: "Jesus
Christ, who is the faithful
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witness, and the first begotten
of the dead, and the prince
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of the kings of the earth.
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Unto him that" what, everybody?
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Come on, unto him that what?
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(Aud: Loved us) And
washed us from our what?
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(Aud: Sins) In his
own what, everybody?
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(Aud: Blood) Now, that's
why I love me some Jesus.
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Because before I was thought
of, before my Momma and Daddy
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got together,
Jesus already loved me.
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I love Jesus because
Jesus loved me first.
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The Bible says, he who had no
sin went to Calvary to die for
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my sin and washed me in
his blood, because he loves me
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and that's why I
love me some Jesus.
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But not only that, verse
6 says hath made us kings.
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Which means I am somebody.
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I appreciate President
Barack Obama, but I am somebody.
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I was flying on a plane
from Huntsville, Alabama
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to Los Angeles, California
one day and I was flying
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on the plane and I
just happened to be
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in first class.
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Do I have a
witness in this place?
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And I was in first class and
I was looking prim and proper
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and I was there and, you
know, when you're in first class
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you've got to act
like you're in first class.
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There I was in first class
and I looked over and I saw
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Cee Lo.
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I looked over, going to L.A.
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now, and I saw Charles
Barkley and I called my wife.
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I said, "Honey, Baby, guess
who's in first class with me?"
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She said, "Who's in
first class?" I said, "Cee Lo,
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Charles Barkley." She
told our daughters and they ran
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to the phone.
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"Daddy, Daddy, get the
phone out, take a picture
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of Cee Lo."
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They don't even know
who Charles Barkley was.
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"Take a picture of Cee
Lo, Daddy, get close to him."
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At first, because of my
daughters' pushing, I thought,
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well, maybe I should go
take a picture of Cee Lo.
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But then I
thought about that thing.
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I was in my suit, my
shoes were shined because I had
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somebody polish
them at the airport.
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I was looking prim and proper.
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I said, Cee Lo, I'm
Carlton P. Byrd, I'm a child
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of the most high God.
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I don't need to
take a picture with him.
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He needs to take
a picture with me.
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(applause) Jesus.
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Jesus has made me a priest.
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Jesus has made me a king.
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I am a king's kid.
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I'm a child of
the most high God.
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I don't take a
back step for anybody.
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I put one foot in
front of the other,
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hold my head up,
stick my chest out.
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I'm a child of
the most high God.
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(applause) So I had to find
somebody else in first class
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and say, take a picture of me.
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Come on, say Amen.
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But even before Jesus came to
this earth, even before he had
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to redeem us from this earth,
Jesus knew he had to come.
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Jesus, understand,
was here in the beginning.
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Why was Jesus
here in the beginning?
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Because Jesus is God.
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Before the
foundation of the world,
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Jesus knew that he would
have to go to Calvary to die
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for our sins.
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Genesis 1:1 says,
In the beginning God
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created the heavens and
the earth, and the earth
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was without form and
void and darkness was upon
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the face of the deep
and the spirit of God moved
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upon the face of the waters.
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Verse 26 says, And
God said, let us make man.
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Notice the text does not say,
And God said let me make man.
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The text says, And
God said let us make man.
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Which means God is God
the Father, God the Son,
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and God the Holy Spirit.
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Then he went to the
New Testament in John 1:1
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and said, In the beginning
was the Word, and the Word
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was with God,
and the Word was God.
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And then in verse 14 it
says, The word became flesh.
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Jesus. The Word is
from the beginning.
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He is the
beginner of the beginning.
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He is the beginniest in
whom the beginning began.
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He is the beginning
before the beginning was begun,
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because he is the beginning
who did not begin to be.
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He did not start because
he had nowhere to come from.
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He does not stop
because he has no boundary line.
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He is older than time,
yet younger than future.
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He is what he was, he was what
he is and what he was and is
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he will always be.
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Jesus has always been here.
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Always will be here.
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Always was, always is for
even before Abraham was he said,
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I am. Hundreds of years
before Jesus came to this earth
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it was prophesied
that he would come.
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Go with me to
the book of Isaiah.
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What book did I say, everybody?
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Isaiah Chapter 7.
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Let's get some word.
00:23:55.83\00:23:56.83
Know what you believe, know
why you believe it, and know
00:23:56.83\00:23:58.83
where it's found.
00:23:58.83\00:23:59.83
Isaiah Chapter 7, the
Word of God says to us
00:23:59.83\00:24:02.80
in Isaiah 7:14, if you have
it let me hear you say Amen.
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The Word of God says:
"Therefore the Lord himself
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shall give you a sign:
;Behold, a virgin shall
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conceive, and bear a son,
and shall call his name" what,
00:24:20.86\00:24:25.06
everybody?
00:24:25.06\00:24:26.40
Shall call his
name what, everybody?
00:24:26.40\00:24:28.60
"Immanuel." Now,
this is the prophecy,
00:24:28.60\00:24:30.96
that before Jesus was
even born it was prophesied
00:24:30.96\00:24:33.96
that Mary would bear a son
and his name would be called
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Immanuel.
00:24:38.20\00:24:39.20
That Mary was a virgin,
not been impregnated by a man,
00:24:39.20\00:24:42.36
but impregnated
by the Holy Ghost,
00:24:42.36\00:24:44.36
that she would conceive
a son, Immanuel, which is
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interpreted God with us.
00:24:49.96\00:24:50.96
Now go to the fulfillment.
00:24:50.96\00:24:53.60
Matthew, Chapter 1, verse 23.
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Matthew 1:23.
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And the Word of God says:
"Behold, a virgin shall be
00:24:58.23\00:25:07.13
with" what, everybody?
00:25:07.13\00:25:09.53
"Child" "A virgin shall be
with child, and shall bring
00:25:09.53\00:25:14.46
forth a" what?
00:25:14.46\00:25:15.46
"Son, and they shall call
his name" what, everybody?
00:25:15.46\00:25:19.10
"Emmanuel, which
being interpreted is, God"
00:25:19.10\00:25:21.10
what, everybody?
00:25:21.10\00:25:22.46
"God with us."
Isaiah prophesied.
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It came to fruition in Matthew.
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But then more than that,
over 500 years before his birth
00:25:32.53\00:25:37.76
the Bible
foretold the exact year
00:25:37.76\00:25:41.23
that Jesus would come
to this earth, be baptized,
00:25:41.23\00:25:46.96
and then be
declared the Messiah.
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Now to make sure we
understand what's going on here.
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God gave Revelation to Jesus.
00:25:55.63\00:26:00.66
Jesus gave Revelation to whom?
00:26:00.66\00:26:04.46
The angel gave Revelation to?
00:26:04.46\00:26:07.90
John wrote it down and
gave it to the seven what?
00:26:07.90\00:26:10.33
(Aud: Churches)
Blessed is he that what?
00:26:10.33\00:26:13.10
(Aud: Read it) , what
else (Aud: Hears), what else
00:26:13.10\00:26:16.03
(Aud: Keeps) the things that are
00:26:16.03\00:26:18.33
in this book.
00:26:18.33\00:26:21.60
Jesus is God.
00:26:21.60\00:26:25.93
Has always been
here, will always be here.
00:26:25.93\00:26:31.60
It was prophesied his
birth, but more than that it was
00:26:31.60\00:26:37.23
prophesied when he
would begin his ministry.
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(Music) >: Are you on Facebook?
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by Love," by pastor
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Elizabeth Viera Talbot.
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Find out how people in
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by God's love.
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Adam and Eve were surprised.
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The deceitful
serpent and the Pharisees
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were surprised.
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It surprised the disciples
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And God's surprises of love
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Join with Elizabeth as you
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story ever told.
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From the kidnapping of
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from the ransom to the reunion.
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Be encouraged and touch
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PB: God gave Revelation to us
by way of Jesus, by way of the
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angel, by way of John, who
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the seven churches.
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Blessed are those that read,
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