BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES 00:00:01.26\00:00:06.03 PRESENTS 528 God's True Church 00:00:06.07\00:00:10.71 [music] BREATH OF LIFE MINISTRIES THEME SONG 00:00:10.74\00:00:19.78 PB: God, we thank You for Your Holy Spirit. 00:00:19.81\00:00:22.25 We thank You for Jesus Christ and His shed blood. 00:00:22.28\00:00:25.95 As the choir has just sung tonight about Jesus' 00:00:25.99\00:00:29.16 blood and the power of the Holy Spirit, 00:00:29.19\00:00:30.99 we praise You tonight for both. Now, God, 00:00:31.03\00:00:33.83 as we go into the study of Your Word we pray 00:00:33.86\00:00:35.93 for the power of Your Spirit to remain here. 00:00:35.96\00:00:38.17 Enlighten our minds, open our hearts. 00:00:38.20\00:00:40.64 May we be receptive to what You have for us, 00:00:40.67\00:00:43.24 because God, what You have for me tonight is for me. 00:00:43.27\00:00:46.27 May that be all of our prayer. And God, hide me 00:00:46.31\00:00:48.91 behind Your cross; forgive me of my sins; 00:00:48.94\00:00:51.91 and in the end, we want You to get all the glory, 00:00:51.95\00:00:55.72 all the honor, and all the praise. 00:00:55.75\00:00:58.99 In Jesus' name we pray. Let everyone say amen. 00:00:59.02\00:01:02.29 Aud.: Amen. PB: And amen. Thank you so very much. 00:01:02.32\00:01:05.09 God's true church. God's true church. 00:01:05.13\00:01:08.63 With so many churches today, the question must be asked, 00:01:08.66\00:01:12.63 What is God's true church for these last days? 00:01:12.67\00:01:17.71 Everybody has revivals; everybody is talking 00:01:17.74\00:01:22.78 about studying the 10 Commandments; 00:01:22.81\00:01:25.48 everybody has church services. I don't know 00:01:25.51\00:01:29.25 how it is in your city, but here in Huntsville, 00:01:29.28\00:01:32.19 on every street corner it seems as if 00:01:32.22\00:01:35.16 we have a church. Big church, small church. 00:01:35.19\00:01:40.23 City church, rural church. Baptist, Catholic, 00:01:40.26\00:01:46.13 Methodist, Presbyterian, COGIC- 00:01:46.17\00:01:49.17 -Church of God in Christ. Seventh-day Adventist; 00:01:49.20\00:01:53.34 we have nondenominational churches; 00:01:53.38\00:01:56.11 we have churches everywhere. People are preaching this; 00:01:56.14\00:02:00.48 people are preaching that. Everybody preaches love; 00:02:00.52\00:02:04.29 everybody preaches Jesus; everybody preaches forgiveness; 00:02:04.32\00:02:07.29 everybody preaches salvation. There are so 00:02:07.32\00:02:11.36 many different churches, so many different teachings, 00:02:11.39\00:02:14.10 so much confusion. How can we tell which is God's true church? 00:02:14.10\00:02:18.90 And many people claim that there are many roads 00:02:18.93\00:02:23.17 that lead to heaven, but the Bible is very clear: 00:02:23.20\00:02:26.27 from the book of Matthew, chapter 7, verses 13 and 14, 00:02:26.31\00:02:29.24 that there is only one road. There is a straight 00:02:29.28\00:02:33.18 and there is a narrow road. It doesn't mean that 00:02:33.21\00:02:36.22 everybody follows that road, but it's still the 00:02:36.25\00:02:38.59 one road that's the right road. I told the saints 00:02:38.62\00:02:41.19 over these couple of weeks that you cannot be popular 00:02:41.22\00:02:43.79 and prophetic at the same time. If you're going to 00:02:43.83\00:02:47.03 call like it is, call it like it is. You've got to 00:02:47.03\00:02:50.13 understand the Bible says that God's true church 00:02:50.17\00:02:54.20 will not be a majority church, but there will be 00:02:54.24\00:02:57.34 few that find it. But I'm a witness tonight that 00:02:57.37\00:02:59.87 me and the Lord, that's always a majority. 00:02:59.91\00:03:02.11 Do I have a witness in this place? 00:03:02.14\00:03:04.21 [Aud. reaction] PB: But God has not left 00:03:04.25\00:03:05.95 us in ignorance about His true church. 00:03:05.98\00:03:08.15 When we find it, He wants us to join it. 00:03:08.18\00:03:11.95 He says, Ask and it shall be given; 00:03:11.99\00:03:14.86 seek and ye shall find; knock and the door 00:03:14.89\00:03:19.69 shall be opened unto you. Let me throw this 00:03:19.73\00:03:22.53 disclaimer out there. There are good people 00:03:22.56\00:03:25.27 in all churches. Let me say that one more time. 00:03:25.30\00:03:29.17 There are good people in all churches. 00:03:29.20\00:03:32.67 There are good people in all denominations. 00:03:32.71\00:03:36.04 I need to be very clear tonight. Pastor Byrd doesn't 00:03:36.08\00:03:38.91 have time to bash other people in other churches. 00:03:38.95\00:03:42.25 I don't maximize myself by minimizing somebody else. 00:03:42.28\00:03:45.79 Are you hearing what I'm saying? There are good 00:03:45.82\00:03:47.92 people in all churches. I am not here to bash, 00:03:47.96\00:03:51.76 but I am here to preach what doth saith the Lord. 00:03:51.79\00:03:54.73 Understand, God's true church is not about who has 00:03:54.76\00:03:57.80 the nicest building. It's not about how many 00:03:57.83\00:04:00.54 church buses you might have; how good your choir sounds; 00:04:00.57\00:04:04.47 how many members you have. Because the Bible says 00:04:04.51\00:04:07.18 where there are two or three gathered in God's name, 00:04:07.21\00:04:09.91 He shall be in the midst. I'm a TV evangelist, 00:04:09.94\00:04:13.35 but understand: it's not about how many television 00:04:13.38\00:04:15.68 ministries you have; how many choirs you have; 00:04:15.72\00:04:18.89 how popular you are. Some of these things are good, 00:04:18.92\00:04:22.39 but that's not how God defines His true church. 00:04:22.42\00:04:25.83 At the end of the day, the bottom line: 00:04:25.86\00:04:29.63 who's preaching, teaching, and seeking to 00:04:29.66\00:04:34.64 live God's truth. Jesus said He's coming back 00:04:34.67\00:04:38.71 for a church without spot or wrinkle. 00:04:38.74\00:04:43.91 He said He's coming back for a church that 00:04:43.95\00:04:46.61 shall be holy and without blemish. He says but 00:04:46.65\00:04:50.29 ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 00:04:50.32\00:04:54.32 a holy nation, a peculiar people whom God has 00:04:54.36\00:04:58.96 called out of darkness into His marvelous light. 00:04:58.99\00:05:02.43 I'm sorry to say it, but in 2016 in too many churches, 00:05:02.46\00:05:05.67 it's anything goes. We sow wild oats during the 00:05:05.70\00:05:11.21 week and pray for a crop failure on the Sabbath. 00:05:11.24\00:05:14.94 [Aud. reaction] PB: It's too much anything goes; 00:05:14.98\00:05:17.28 do whatever you want; say what you want; 00:05:17.31\00:05:19.91 sleep around like you want; eat what you want; 00:05:19.95\00:05:23.72 do what you want. And then you come and say, well, 00:05:23.75\00:05:26.86 God is love. Let me be clear tonight: 00:05:26.89\00:05:30.06 one might be a good Christian, doing the will of God, 00:05:30.09\00:05:32.99 but if he or she is not doing the complete will of God, 00:05:33.03\00:05:35.96 he or she is not going back with God. 00:05:36.00\00:05:39.50 [Aud. reaction] PB: In Matthew chapter 7, 00:05:39.53\00:05:41.27 verse number 21, the Word says in Matthew 7:21, 00:05:41.30\00:05:45.74 "Not everyone that saith unto me Lord, Lord, 00:05:45.77\00:05:49.24 shall enter into the kingdom of heave. 00:05:49.28\00:05:51.58 But he that doeth." He that whatever, everybody? 00:05:51.61\00:05:53.72 Aud.: Doeth. PB: He that what, everybody? 00:05:53.75\00:05:55.28 Aud.: Doeth. PB: "Doeth the will of my"--what? 00:05:55.32\00:05:56.82 Aud.: Father. PB: "Which is in heaven. 00:05:56.85\00:05:58.45 Many will say to me in that day Lord, Lord, 00:05:58.49\00:06:00.29 have we not prophesied in thy name?" 00:06:00.32\00:06:03.06 Have we not cast out devils in Thy name? 00:06:03.09\00:06:06.19 Have we not done many wonderful works in Thy name? 00:06:06.23\00:06:09.00 Have we not ushered in thy name? Have we not 00:06:09.03\00:06:11.40 sung in the choir in Thy name? Have we not 00:06:11.43\00:06:13.74 cooked dinner in Thy name? And then He will 00:06:13.77\00:06:16.84 say unto them, "I never knew you. Depart me 00:06:16.87\00:06:22.21 ye that work iniquity." Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:06:22.24\00:06:26.11 [Aud. reaction] 00:06:26.15\00:06:27.12 PB: So tonight, what's God's true church? 00:06:27.15\00:06:29.82 What is God's true church? Well, 00:06:29.85\00:06:31.32 rather than identify that true church name right now, 00:06:31.35\00:06:34.12 let's identify the characteristics of that church. 00:06:34.16\00:06:37.36 Is that all right, everybody? 00:06:37.39\00:06:39.09 Let's identify the characteristics of that church. 00:06:39.13\00:06:40.70 Characteristic number one, let's go to the Word. 00:06:40.73\00:06:42.56 Isaiah. What book did I say, everybody? 00:06:42.60\00:06:43.97 Aud.: Isaiah. PB: Go with me to the book of Isaiah, 00:06:44.00\00:06:45.90 chapter 8. Isaiah chapter what, everybody? 00:06:45.93\00:06:47.94 Aud.: Eight. PB: Isaiah chapter 8, and we're 00:06:47.97\00:06:49.84 going to verse number 20. Isaiah, chapter 8, 00:06:49.87\00:06:52.61 verse number 20. The first characteristic of 00:06:52.64\00:06:54.81 God's true church, Isaiah chapter 8, verse number 20. 00:06:54.84\00:06:59.08 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 00:06:59.11\00:07:00.88 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God says, 00:07:00.92\00:07:02.32 "To the law and to the"--what? 00:07:02.35\00:07:03.62 [Aud. reaction] PB: Talk to me, 00:07:03.65\00:07:05.05 to the law and to the what, everybody? 00:07:05.09\00:07:06.32 Aud.: Testimony. PB: "If they speak not 00:07:06.35\00:07:07.76 according to this"--what? Aud.: Word. 00:07:07.79\00:07:09.66 PB: "It is because there is no"--what in them? 00:07:09.69\00:07:11.36 Aud.: Light. PB: There is no what in them? 00:07:11.39\00:07:12.96 Aud.: Light. PB: There is no light. 00:07:12.99\00:07:14.36 Characteristic number one of God's true church, 00:07:14.36\00:07:16.20 God's true church, its teachings will be 00:07:16.23\00:07:18.40 in harmony with the Word of God. 00:07:18.43\00:07:20.34 [Aud. reaction] PB: Its teachings will be 00:07:20.37\00:07:22.50 in harmony with the Word of God, 00:07:22.54\00:07:24.44 because if it ain't in the Word, 00:07:24.47\00:07:25.71 it doesn't deserve to be heard. 00:07:25.74\00:07:26.98 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:07:27.01\00:07:28.51 The teachings of God's true church 00:07:28.54\00:07:30.38 will line up and be in harmony with 00:07:30.41\00:07:32.45 the Word of God. I'm not talking about 00:07:32.48\00:07:34.02 preaching preferences. I'm not talking about 00:07:34.05\00:07:36.65 preaching opinions. I'm talking about 00:07:36.69\00:07:38.92 preaching what doth saith the Lord. 00:07:38.95\00:07:41.56 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:07:41.59\00:07:43.06 [Aud. reaction] 00:07:43.09\00:07:43.96 PB: God's true church will teach and 00:07:43.99\00:07:45.33 preach in harmony with the Word of God. 00:07:45.36\00:07:48.20 Mark or characteristic number two: 00:07:48.23\00:07:52.33 Let's go to Revelation. Folk don't 00:07:52.37\00:07:55.80 like to preach Revelation anymore, 00:07:55.84\00:07:57.41 but I love preaching Revelation. 00:07:57.44\00:07:59.54 Let's preach what doeth saith the Lord. 00:07:59.57\00:08:01.61 We'll go to Revelation chapter 12. 00:08:01.64\00:08:03.21 Revelation chapter what, everybody? 00:08:03.24\00:08:04.75 Aud.: Twelve. PB: All right, 00:08:04.78\00:08:05.75 so God's true church. Identifying 00:08:05.78\00:08:08.28 mark number one, they will teach and 00:08:08.32\00:08:10.25 preach in harmony with the Word of God. 00:08:10.29\00:08:12.52 Go to Revelation chapter 12. 00:08:12.55\00:08:14.72 Go to Revelation chapter 12, 00:08:14.76\00:08:16.56 and I want you to go to verse number 1. 00:08:16.59\00:08:18.16 Revelation chapter 12, verse number one. 00:08:18.19\00:08:19.89 We're looking for characteristic number two. 00:08:19.93\00:08:21.96 Revelation chapter 12, verse 1. 00:08:22.00\00:08:23.67 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 00:08:23.70\00:08:25.33 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God says, 00:08:25.37\00:08:26.77 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. 00:08:26.80\00:08:28.60 A woman." A what, everybody? 00:08:28.64\00:08:30.47 Aud.: Woman. PB: "Clothed with"--the what? 00:08:30.51\00:08:32.67 Aud.: Sun. PB: "And the moon under her"--what? 00:08:32.71\00:08:34.18 Aud.: Feet. PB: "And upon her head a crown of twelve"- 00:08:34.21\00:08:36.64 -what, everybody? Aud.: Stars. 00:08:36.68\00:08:38.08 PB: All right, let's stop there. 00:08:38.11\00:08:39.15 Let's understand what we have just read. 00:08:39.18\00:08:40.35 Now, in Bible prophecy, when we study the 00:08:40.38\00:08:41.85 prophetic books of Daniel and the Revelation, 00:08:41.88\00:08:43.89 we understand that when we talk about a woman 00:08:43.92\00:08:46.49 we are actually talking about a church. 00:08:46.52\00:08:48.36 We're talking about a what, everybody? 00:08:48.39\00:08:50.09 Aud.: Church. PB: Come on, we're talking 00:08:50.13\00:08:51.76 about a what, everybody? Aud.: Church. 00:08:51.79\00:08:53.16 PB: We're talking about a church. 00:08:53.19\00:08:54.93 "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven. 00:08:54.96\00:08:56.23 A woman." A what, everybody? Aud.: Woman. 00:08:56.26\00:08:57.37 PB: Which is the church. Which is the what, everybody? 00:08:57.40\00:08:59.23 Aud.: Church. PB: "Was clothed with the sun." 00:08:59.27\00:09:00.74 The sun here is Jesus, the Son of Righteousness. 00:09:00.77\00:09:03.57 This woman, this church, is clothed with Jesus Christ. 00:09:03.61\00:09:06.71 And the moon. The what, everybody? Aud.: The moon. 00:09:06.74\00:09:08.51 PB: The moon is under her feet. 00:09:08.54\00:09:10.25 The moon is representative of the Old 00:09:10.28\00:09:12.08 Testament sacrificial system. It receives no 00:09:12.11\00:09:14.82 light except it's reflected from Jesus Christ, 00:09:14.85\00:09:17.32 the sun. The Bible then goes on and says, 00:09:17.35\00:09:19.65 and lets us know, that upon her head is a 00:09:19.69\00:09:22.46 crown of twelve--what, everybody? 00:09:22.49\00:09:23.89 Aud.: Stars. PB: Twelve what, everybody? 00:09:23.93\00:09:25.33 Aud.: Stars. PB: When we talk about twelve stars, 00:09:25.36\00:09:26.90 it's talking about the twelve apostles. 00:09:26.93\00:09:28.76 The twelve disciples. This woman is clothed with sun, 00:09:28.80\00:09:32.43 the Son of Righteousness, Jesus Christ. The moon, 00:09:32.47\00:09:35.00 the Old Testament sacrificial system is under her feet. 00:09:35.04\00:09:37.94 No more need for that; that system is thrown away, 00:09:37.97\00:09:40.71 'cause behold the Lamb of God which taketh away 00:09:40.74\00:09:42.84 the sins of the world. And then we understand, 00:09:42.88\00:09:45.08 upon her head is a crown of twelve stars, 00:09:45.11\00:09:47.72 which is the twelve apostles. Verse number 2. 00:09:47.75\00:09:51.29 "And she, being with child, cried travailing in birth, 00:09:51.32\00:09:54.52 and pained to be delivered." Verse number 3. 00:09:54.56\00:09:56.76 "And there appeared another wonder in heaven; 00:09:56.79\00:09:58.29 and behold a great red"--what, everybody? 00:09:58.33\00:10:00.06 Aud.: Dragon. PB: Come on, talk to me. 00:10:00.10\00:10:01.63 A great red what? Aud.: Dragon. 00:10:01.66\00:10:02.96 PB: "Having seven heads and ten horns, 00:10:03.00\00:10:04.33 and seven crowns upon his heads." 00:10:04.37\00:10:05.80 That's Satan, the dragon. Are you hearing 00:10:05.83\00:10:07.50 what I'm saying? "His tail drew the third 00:10:07.54\00:10:09.30 part of the stars of heaven, and did cast 00:10:09.34\00:10:10.97 them to the earth: and the dragon stood 00:10:11.01\00:10:12.61 before the woman which was ready to be delivered, 00:10:12.64\00:10:14.64 for to devour her child as soon as it was born." 00:10:14.68\00:10:17.51 Satan wanted to devour the child of the woman. 00:10:17.55\00:10:22.28 The woman, symbolic of God's church, 00:10:22.32\00:10:24.79 but from this woman, this seed, 00:10:24.82\00:10:26.76 would come a baby. This baby is better 00:10:26.79\00:10:29.09 known to us as baby Jesus. 00:10:29.12\00:10:30.99 Matthew chapter 1, verse 21, 00:10:31.03\00:10:32.63 "And she shall bring forth a son. 00:10:32.66\00:10:34.30 Thou shalt call its name Jesus, 00:10:34.30\00:10:36.43 for he shall save his people from their sins." 00:10:36.46\00:10:39.60 We recognize the devil wanted to destroy Jesus. 00:10:39.63\00:10:42.40 And this happened symbolically through King Herod. 00:10:42.44\00:10:45.91 King Herod hears about this little baby 00:10:45.94\00:10:48.08 that's being born. This baby is supposed to be a king, 00:10:48.11\00:10:50.95 and so King Herod says, We've got to kill this baby. 00:10:50.98\00:10:54.02 We've got to destroy this baby, because this 00:10:54.05\00:10:56.65 baby can't take my throne. Well, 00:10:56.69\00:10:58.49 Jesus is the King of kings. 00:10:58.52\00:11:00.72 Jesus is the Lord of lords. 00:11:00.76\00:11:02.02 What does He want with Herod's little 00:11:02.06\00:11:03.79 old throne when he has worlds and worlds 00:11:03.83\00:11:06.59 and worlds under His control. 00:11:06.63\00:11:08.80 But understand. The Bible is very clear 00:11:08.83\00:11:11.43 that the devil wants this little baby 00:11:11.47\00:11:13.13 to be killed. Go to verse number 4. 00:11:13.17\00:11:14.70 "And his tail drew the third part of 00:11:14.74\00:11:16.87 the stars of heaven, and did cast them 00:11:16.91\00:11:18.44 to the earth: and the dragon stood before 00:11:18.47\00:11:20.18 the woman which was ready to be delivered, 00:11:20.21\00:11:22.18 for to devour her child as soon as it was born." 00:11:22.21\00:11:24.48 A third of the angels followed Satan out 00:11:24.51\00:11:26.88 of heaven and they were cast into the earth. 00:11:26.92\00:11:28.58 Verse 5, "And she brought forth a man"--what, everybody? 00:11:28.62\00:11:31.15 Aud.: Child. PB: Come on, she brought forth a man what? 00:11:31.19\00:11:33.69 Aud.: Child. PB: "Who was to rule all nations 00:11:33.72\00:11:34.99 [Jesus Christ] with a rod of iron: 00:11:35.02\00:11:36.12 and her child was caught up unto God, and to his"--what? 00:11:36.16\00:11:39.66 Aud.: Throne. PB: Verse 6. And "the woman." 00:11:39.69\00:11:41.66 The what, everybody? Aud.: Woman. 00:11:41.70\00:11:43.16 PB: And the woman is representative of the what? 00:11:43.20\00:11:44.80 "Fled into the"--where? Aud.: Wilderness. 00:11:44.83\00:11:48.10 PB: "Where she hath a place prepared of"- 00:11:48.14\00:11:49.44 -whom, everybody? Aud.: God. 00:11:49.47\00:11:50.94 PB: "That they should feed her there"--a what? 00:11:50.97\00:11:52.54 "A thousand two hundred and threescore days." 00:11:52.57\00:11:54.48 Stop. This woman would have to go in hiding 00:11:54.51\00:11:59.18 for a thousand, two hundred, and threescore days. 00:11:59.21\00:12:04.15 Now let's understand what we just read. 00:12:04.19\00:12:06.29 Go with me if you will to the book of Ezekiel. 00:12:06.32\00:12:08.52 Go with me to the book of Ezekiel--put a pin 00:12:08.56\00:12:10.59 right there in Revelation 12--but go to Ezekiel. 00:12:10.63\00:12:13.03 And I want you to go to Ezekiel chapter 4, 00:12:13.06\00:12:14.73 verse number 6. Ezekiel chapter 4 and we're 00:12:14.73\00:12:20.37 going to verse number 6. Ezekiel chapter 4, 00:12:20.40\00:12:24.71 verse number 6. Understand what we're reading. 00:12:24.74\00:12:27.61 The Word of God says, "And when thou hast 00:12:27.64\00:12:29.38 accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, 00:12:29.41\00:12:31.51 and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the 00:12:31.55\00:12:33.05 house of Judah forty days: I have appointed 00:12:33.08\00:12:35.02 thee each day for a"--what? For a what, everybody? 00:12:35.05\00:12:37.19 Aud.: Year. PB: All right, so we understand, 00:12:37.22\00:12:40.16 when we study Bible prophecy, we recognize 00:12:40.19\00:12:42.49 that one day is equivalent to one what? 00:12:42.52\00:12:44.73 Aud.: Year. PB: Come on, talk to me. 00:12:44.76\00:12:46.36 One day is equivalent to one what, everybody? 00:12:46.39\00:12:47.86 Aud.: Year. PB: Now, the Bible just says 00:12:47.93\00:12:49.73 that the woman, the church, has to go in 00:12:49.76\00:12:51.87 hiding for fear of persecution for one thousand, 00:12:51.90\00:12:54.34 two hundred and threescore days. But we 00:12:54.37\00:12:57.47 recognize from prophecy that one 00:12:57.51\00:12:59.81 day equals one what, everybody? Aud.: Year. 00:12:59.84\00:13:01.84 PB: So in essence, it's one thousand, 00:13:01.88\00:13:03.51 two hundred threescore years. Are we together, 00:13:03.55\00:13:07.05 everybody? All right, so when we say threescore, 00:13:07.08\00:13:10.22 a score is twenty. A score is what, everybody? 00:13:10.25\00:13:12.89 Aud.: Twenty. PB: Come on, a score is what, everybody? 00:13:12.92\00:13:14.56 Aud.: Twenty. PB: So when we say threescore, 00:13:14.59\00:13:16.32 we're saying three times what? Twenty. 00:13:16.36\00:13:18.16 Three times twenty is what? Sixty. 00:13:18.19\00:13:20.40 One thousand, two hundred and threescore, 00:13:20.43\00:13:23.03 sixty, which is one thousand two hundred 00:13:23.06\00:13:25.00 and sixty days, which is one thousand, 00:13:25.03\00:13:27.00 two hundred and sixty what? Aud.: Years. 00:13:27.04\00:13:29.17 PB: God's true church had to go in hiding 00:13:29.20\00:13:35.24 for one thousand, two hundred and sixty years 00:13:35.28\00:13:39.21 for fear of persecution. But it gets gooder 00:13:39.25\00:13:42.92 and gooder, as the old folks say. 00:13:42.95\00:13:45.09 Go to Revelation 12, and I want you to read 00:13:45.12\00:13:47.72 now verses 13 and 14. The Word of God says 00:13:47.76\00:13:51.89 to us in Revelation chapter 12, verses 13 and 14: 00:13:51.93\00:13:55.50 "And when the dragon saw that he was cast 00:13:55.53\00:13:58.20 unto the earth, he persecuted the woman which 00:13:58.23\00:14:00.64 brought forth the man child. And to the 00:14:00.67\00:14:02.84 woman were given two wings of a great eagle, 00:14:02.87\00:14:04.74 that she might fly into the"--where, everybody? 00:14:04.77\00:14:06.91 Aud.: Wilderness. PB: Into her what? 00:14:06.94\00:14:08.44 Aud.: Place. PB: "Where she is nourished for a"--what? 00:14:08.48\00:14:10.71 Aud.: Time. PB: And a what? Aud.: Times. 00:14:10.75\00:14:12.31 PB: And a half a what? Aud.: Time. 00:14:12.35\00:14:13.72 PB: "From the face of the"--what, everybody? 00:14:13.75\00:14:15.38 Aud.: Serpent. PB: The serpent and dragon, 00:14:15.42\00:14:17.82 same person--Satan. The woman had to go in 00:14:17.85\00:14:19.52 hiding for fear of the dragon and for fear of Satan, 00:14:19.55\00:14:22.82 the serpent. The Bible says in verses 1 through 6, 00:14:22.86\00:14:25.93 one thousand two hundred sixty days, which is years. 00:14:25.96\00:14:29.06 The Bible says in verses 13 and 14 that she had to 00:14:29.10\00:14:32.97 go in hiding for a time, times, and dividing of time. 00:14:33.00\00:14:36.64 Where is my help? Here's my help. Come on, help. 00:14:36.67\00:14:39.04 When we say a time, times, and a half of time, 00:14:39.07\00:14:49.22 what are we talking about? One time is one year. 00:14:49.25\00:14:55.72 One time is one what, everybody? Aud.: Year. 00:14:55.76\00:14:58.09 PB: How many months are there in a year? 00:14:58.13\00:14:59.49 Aud.: Twelve. PB: Talk to me, don't be scared. 00:14:59.53\00:15:01.20 How many months in a year? Aud.: Twelve. 00:15:01.23\00:15:02.86 PB: Twelve. On average, in the Roman calendar 00:15:02.90\00:15:04.60 there were 30 days in a month. How many days in a month? 00:15:04.63\00:15:07.40 Aud.: Thirty. PB: Twelve times 30 days is 00:15:07.44\00:15:13.61 equal to 360-what? Days. Are you hearing 00:15:13.64\00:15:19.68 what I'm saying. Stay with the days. 00:15:19.71\00:15:22.48 Twelve months, 30 days, 360 days. 00:15:22.52\00:15:26.59 The text says a time, times--which means, 00:15:26.62\00:15:30.79 if one time is one year, a times must 00:15:30.83\00:15:34.36 be two years. So if one time is 360, 00:15:34.36\00:15:40.34 then two times must be another 360. 00:15:40.37\00:15:43.91 360 plus 360 is 7--what? 720. 00:15:43.94\00:15:46.94 The text continues. It says a dividing 00:15:46.98\00:15:53.11 of time. Time, times, dividing of time. 00:15:53.15\00:15:56.85 So, if one time is one year, a times is two years, 00:15:56.89\00:15:59.95 a dividing of time must be a half a year. 00:16:00.06\00:16:02.82 Are we together, everybody? So a half a 00:16:02.86\00:16:06.16 year would then be half of 360, 00:16:06.19\00:16:10.53 which is 1--what? 180. When we add the time, 00:16:10.57\00:16:12.63 times, and dividing of time, we add: 00:16:12.67\00:16:14.40 0, 0, 0 is what? 0. 6 plus 2 is what? 8. 00:16:14.44\00:16:24.98 8 plus 8 is what? 16. Carry over your 1. 00:16:25.01\00:16:28.08 1 plus 3 is what? 4. 4 plus 7 is what? 00:16:28.12\00:16:31.65 11 plus 1 is what? You didn't know you 00:16:31.69\00:16:34.32 were coming to church and to get a math lesson. 00:16:34.36\00:16:35.92 Come on, say amen. [Aud. reaction] 00:16:35.96\00:16:38.36 PB: A time, times, and dividing of time, 00:16:38.39\00:16:41.20 that is 1260 days. When we apply our day 00:16:41.23\00:16:45.30 for a year prophecy, we're saying 1260 00:16:45.33\00:16:48.84 days is 1260 what, everybody? Aud.: Years. 00:16:48.87\00:16:51.57 PB: It gets gooder and gooder. 00:16:51.61\00:16:54.71 Go to Revelation 13. See, we don't know 00:16:54.74\00:16:57.48 this stuff like we used to. We need to know this stuff. 00:16:57.51\00:16:59.65 Know what you believe. know why you believe it, 00:16:59.68\00:17:01.18 know where it's found. Are you hearing what I'm saying, 00:17:01.22\00:17:03.89 everybody? Revelation chapter 13. 00:17:03.92\00:17:05.75 Revelation chapter what, everybody? Aud.: Thirteen. 00:17:05.79\00:17:08.16 PB: Now, go to Revelation chapter 13, 00:17:08.19\00:17:09.76 go to verse number 1. The Word of God says, 00:17:09.79\00:17:11.03 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea, 00:17:11.06\00:17:12.23 and saw a beast rise up out of the sea, 00:17:12.26\00:17:13.70 having seven heads and ten horns, 00:17:13.73\00:17:15.23 and upon his horns ten crowns, 00:17:15.26\00:17:17.07 and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 00:17:17.10\00:17:18.77 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard, 00:17:18.80\00:17:20.80 and his feet were as the feet of a bear, 00:17:20.84\00:17:22.44 and his mouth as the mouth of a lion: 00:17:22.47\00:17:24.24 and the dragon gave him his power, 00:17:24.27\00:17:25.87 and his seat, and great authority. 00:17:25.91\00:17:27.21 And I saw one of his heads as it were 00:17:27.24\00:17:28.88 wounded to death; and his deadly wound 00:17:28.91\00:17:31.08 was healed: and all the world wondered 00:17:31.11\00:17:32.31 after the beast. And they worshipped 00:17:32.35\00:17:33.65 the dragon which gave power unto the beast: 00:17:33.68\00:17:35.18 and they worshipped the beast, saying, 00:17:35.22\00:17:36.52 Who is like unto the beast? who is able 00:17:36.55\00:17:38.02 to make war with him?" Verse 5. 00:17:38.05\00:17:39.39 "And there was given unto him a mouth 00:17:39.42\00:17:40.89 speaking great things and blasphemies; 00:17:40.92\00:17:42.26 and power was given unto him to continue 00:17:42.29\00:17:43.79 forty and two months." So, we've already 00:17:43.83\00:17:47.96 said one thousand, two hundred and threescore days, 00:17:48.00\00:17:51.07 and a time, times and dividing of time is 00:17:51.10\00:17:52.80 the same thing. But now the text says 00:17:52.83\00:17:54.37 in verse 5 in chapter 13, power was 00:17:54.40\00:17:56.71 given to this beast for 42 months. 00:17:56.74\00:17:59.31 If we use our same equation, 42 months. 00:17:59.34\00:18:02.24 How many days are there in a month? 00:18:02.28\00:18:03.98 Aud.: Thirty. PB: 42 months. 00:18:04.01\00:18:12.39 And you multiply by 30 days. It's 1260 days, 00:18:12.42\00:18:17.76 which is 1260 years, which means one thousand, 00:18:17.79\00:18:21.46 two hundred and threescore days, time, 00:18:21.50\00:18:23.97 times and dividing of time, and 42 months 00:18:24.00\00:18:28.20 are all the same thing. God's true church 00:18:28.24\00:18:32.51 would have to go in hiding 1260 years for 00:18:32.54\00:18:38.11 fear of persecution. But the devil doesn't 00:18:38.15\00:18:40.75 want you to read Revelation, because the 00:18:40.78\00:18:42.72 devil doesn't want to be exposed. Because 00:18:42.75\00:18:44.72 at the end of the day what is going to 00:18:44.75\00:18:47.12 transpire just before Jesus comes is, 00:18:47.16\00:18:49.56 who are we going to give our worship to? 00:18:49.59\00:18:51.63 Are we going to give our worship to the God 00:18:51.66\00:18:53.70 of heaven and earth? Or are we going to 00:18:53.73\00:18:55.06 give our worship to the devil who's loose 00:18:55.10\00:18:57.17 in the land? I just believe if we 00:18:57.20\00:18:58.43 don't worship God, let's worship Him 00:18:58.47\00:18:59.90 in spirit and in truth. Which means, then, 00:18:59.93\00:19:06.54 for 1260 years God's true church would have 00:19:06.57\00:19:09.74 to go in hiding. Write this down, 00:19:09.78\00:19:12.01 go look it up on the Internet tonight. 00:19:12.05\00:19:13.35 The year 538 AD, the Roman emperor by 00:19:13.38\00:19:17.59 the name of Justinian declared that the papacy, 00:19:17.62\00:19:20.89 the pope--Pastor Byrd's not trying to 00:19:20.92\00:19:23.16 dog our Catholics. I don't bash that. 00:19:23.19\00:19:24.89 I'm talking about the institution of 00:19:24.93\00:19:26.43 the Roman Catholic Church--the emperor Justinian, 00:19:26.46\00:19:29.13 Roman emperor, made the papacy the head of 00:19:29.16\00:19:32.00 all Christian churches. Which means 00:19:32.03\00:19:34.37 that in 538, we discover that the papacy, 00:19:34.40\00:19:38.41 the Roman Catholic Church, its institution 00:19:38.44\00:19:40.68 was in charge of everything and everybody. 00:19:40.71\00:19:43.71 If you go down 1260 years exactly from 538, 00:19:43.75\00:19:48.45 you will come to the year 1798. When you 00:19:48.48\00:19:51.75 come to the year 1798, you will discover 00:19:51.79\00:19:54.16 that the leadership and the headship of 00:19:54.19\00:19:56.73 a papacy came to an end. Why did it 00:19:56.76\00:20:00.13 come to an end? Because in 1798 there was a general, 00:20:00.16\00:20:03.13 Berthier, who took the papacy captive. 00:20:03.16\00:20:06.63 The papacy was taken captive in 1798, 00:20:06.67\00:20:10.37 and then the papacy then died in exile. 00:20:10.41\00:20:13.88 The Bible was true. 538, 1260 years later, 1798. 00:20:13.91\00:20:18.31 The papacy was done away with. In 538, 00:20:18.35\00:20:22.12 he restores the power; 1798, he's taken out of power. 00:20:22.15\00:20:25.65 Which means, God's true church could not exist 00:20:25.69\00:20:28.39 between 538 and 1798, because it had to be in 00:20:28.42\00:20:32.36 hiding for fear of persecution, because the 00:20:32.39\00:20:34.83 papacy was in charge. [Aud. reaction] 00:20:34.86\00:20:38.47 PB: I'm doing the best I can, but it gets better. 00:20:38.50\00:20:43.84 Can you put a hold--I've got some time. 00:20:43.87\00:20:45.94 Choir ended early, I've got some time. 00:20:45.97\00:20:47.78 Is that all right? You come to revival, 00:20:47.81\00:20:49.51 you come to camp meeting to hear the 00:20:49.54\00:20:50.75 Word of God. Let me take my time. 00:20:50.78\00:20:52.18 Is that all right, everybody? All right. 00:20:52.21\00:20:53.78 Now, understand, you've got to recognize 00:20:53.82\00:20:55.85 that you're not going to hear this everywhere. 00:20:55.88\00:20:57.39 We've got to hear it while we can hear it. 00:20:57.42\00:20:59.09 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:20:59.12\00:21:00.42 Now, understand, put a bookmark in 00:21:00.46\00:21:01.79 Revelation 12 and 13, and take your Bibles, 00:21:01.82\00:21:03.29 and if you will please go with me to the 00:21:03.32\00:21:04.83 book of Daniel. Daniel chapter 7, 00:21:04.86\00:21:09.86 and verse number 25. We recognize 00:21:09.90\00:21:20.58 from the Word of God, there's some 00:21:20.61\00:21:22.21 more that God wants to show and give us. 00:21:22.24\00:21:23.91 Daniel chapter 7, and verse number 25. 00:21:23.95\00:21:26.55 If you have it let me hear you say amen. 00:21:26.58\00:21:28.75 Aud.: Amen. PB: The Word of God, 00:21:28.78\00:21:30.19 please understand, the beast in Daniel 7 00:21:30.22\00:21:31.69 is synonymous with the beast there in 00:21:31.72\00:21:33.15 Revelation chapter 12 and 13. 00:21:33.19\00:21:34.62 The Word of God says in Daniel chapter 7, 00:21:34.66\00:21:36.46 verse number 25, and I'm reading: " 00:21:36.49\00:21:38.56 And he shall speak great words 00:21:38.59\00:21:39.89 against the"--what, everybody? 00:21:39.93\00:21:41.43 Aud.: Most High. PB: "And shall wear 00:21:41.46\00:21:43.63 out the saints of the"--what, everybody? 00:21:43.67\00:21:44.87 Aud.: Most High. PB: "And think to change 00:21:44.90\00:21:46.27 times and"--what? Aud.: Laws. 00:21:46.30\00:21:47.57 PB: "And they shall be given into his 00:21:47.60\00:21:48.87 hand until a"--what? Time, and a what? 00:21:48.90\00:21:51.07 Aud.: Times. PB: And a what? 00:21:51.11\00:21:52.47 Aud.: Dividing of time. 00:21:52.51\00:21:54.24 PB: Which is 1260 what, everybody? Aud.: Years. 00:21:54.28\00:21:56.34 PB: So the Bible is very clear that there 00:21:56.38\00:21:57.68 will be some force that will seek to oppose God. 00:21:57.71\00:22:05.35 And we know all origins of forces that exist to 00:22:05.39\00:22:10.39 oppose God are rooted in the devil. 00:22:10.43\00:22:13.83 That this power would seek to change 00:22:13.86\00:22:15.83 times and laws. Power will be given 00:22:15.86\00:22:19.73 into his hand for 1260 years. 538--1798. 00:22:19.77\00:22:24.47 Why do you think the Sabbath is so important? 00:22:24.51\00:22:28.31 [Aud. reaction] PB: You see, a lot of people 00:22:28.34\00:22:30.98 want to talk about well it's just a day. 00:22:31.01\00:22:33.82 What you need to understand, as I shared 00:22:33.85\00:22:35.35 in the revival, God is a God of specifics. 00:22:35.38\00:22:38.05 There are people that want to say it doesn't 00:22:38.09\00:22:39.72 matter what day I worship God on, 00:22:39.75\00:22:41.36 as long as I worship Him. No. 00:22:41.39\00:22:43.59 God is a God of specifics. If you don't believe me, 00:22:43.63\00:22:46.59 let's ask Adam and Eve. Somebody said, 00:22:46.63\00:22:52.77 what difference does the Sabbath make? 00:22:52.80\00:22:54.14 Well, Adam and Eve, let's ask them. 00:22:54.17\00:22:55.54 What difference does fruit make? 00:22:55.57\00:22:59.87 [Aud. reaction] PB: God said don't touch it. 00:22:59.91\00:23:01.48 God said don't go near it. God said, if you do, 00:23:01.51\00:23:05.11 you will--what, everybody? Die. 00:23:05.15\00:23:06.25 And just like Adam and Eve were deceived then, 00:23:06.28\00:23:10.72 the people of God are being deceived now. 00:23:10.75\00:23:13.15 [Aud. reaction] PB: But to the law and to 00:23:13.19\00:23:17.56 the testimony, if they speak not according 00:23:17.59\00:23:19.76 to this Word, it is because there is 00:23:19.79\00:23:22.03 no light in them. If it ain't in the Word, 00:23:22.06\00:23:25.33 it doesn't deserve to be heard. 00:23:25.37\00:23:26.84 If God said it, that settles it. [Aud. reaction] 00:23:26.87\00:23:31.31 PB: So we understand, the mark number 00:23:31.34\00:23:36.08 one of God's true church: its teaching 00:23:36.11\00:23:39.41 must be in harmony with the Word of God. 00:23:39.45\00:23:41.95 Mark number two, God's true church could 00:23:41.98\00:23:45.82 not exist until after 1798, because between 00:23:45.85\00:23:50.29 the 1260-year period, God's true church had 00:23:50.33\00:23:53.46 to go into hiding. Let's get mark number three. 00:23:53.50\00:23:58.33 Go with me to Revelation chapter 12, 00:23:58.37\00:24:01.30 and go now back to verse number 17. Revelation 12, 00:24:01.34\00:24:07.64 verse number 17. Let's go back there. 00:24:07.68\00:24:12.75 The Word of God says to us in Revelation chapter 12, 00:24:12.78\00:24:16.18 verse 17--if you have it let me hear you say amen. 00:24:16.22\00:24:18.42 All right, the Word says, "And the dragon was wroth." 00:24:18.45\00:24:21.26 That means, the dragon, Satan, was mad with the woman. 00:24:21.29\00:24:27.60 Now, we already know the woman represents the what, 00:24:27.66\00:24:29.96 everybody? Church. So if Satan is mad with the woman, 00:24:30.00\00:24:33.10 Satan must be mad with God's true church. 00:24:33.13\00:24:36.77 Satan is mad, wroth, with the woman, 00:24:36.81\00:24:39.44 God's true church. The Bible says, 00:24:39.47\00:24:41.68 "And he went to make war with the remnant 00:24:41.71\00:24:45.65 of her seed." War with the remnant of God's church. 00:24:45.68\00:24:50.05 How are the remnant defined? The remnant are 00:24:50.09\00:24:53.12 defined as those that keep the commandments of 00:24:53.15\00:24:56.39 God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ, 00:24:56.42\00:25:00.63 which means, God's true church will keep God's 00:25:00.66\00:25:04.80 commandments including the fourth. 00:25:04.83\00:25:08.27 If the fourth weren't important, 00:25:08.30\00:25:10.44 God would have said Thou shalt keep the Sabbath. 00:25:10.47\00:25:13.07 But God said remember the Sabbath day to 00:25:13.11\00:25:16.21 keep it holy, which means God had to use the word 00:25:16.24\00:25:19.18 "remember," lest somebody should forget. 00:25:19.21\00:25:22.65 [Aud. reaction] PB: So God's true church, 00:25:22.68\00:25:29.49 mark number three, is going to keep the what? 00:25:29.52\00:25:32.96 Commandments, including the fourth to remember 00:25:32.99\00:25:35.26 the Sabbath day to keep it what, everybody? 00:25:35.30\00:25:36.77 Aud.: Holy. PB: But it doesn't just stop 00:25:36.80\00:25:38.33 with the fourth. It's one, two, three, four, 00:25:38.37\00:25:41.34 five, six seven, eight, nine and ten. 00:25:41.37\00:25:44.17 Are you hearing what I'm saying? 00:25:44.21\00:25:46.27 The first four deal with our love for God. 00:25:46.31\00:25:50.61 The final six deal with our love for each other. 00:25:50.65\00:25:55.35 Somebody says, Well, no, no, no, 00:25:55.38\00:25:57.05 the Sabbath had to be done away with at the cross. 00:25:57.09\00:25:59.69 Ooo. Clearly Jesus said "I'm the same yesterday, 00:25:59.72\00:26:04.66 today and forever. I come not to destroy, 00:26:04.69\00:26:07.93 but I come to fulfill." So Jesus said, 00:26:07.96\00:26:10.53 no I didn't try to change it. Somebody said, 00:26:10.57\00:26:11.87 Well it had to be changed after Jesus' death, 00:26:11.90\00:26:13.74 because the apostles must have changed it. 00:26:13.77\00:26:15.20 No, no, no. Paul in Acts 13, teaches. 00:26:15.24\00:26:17.14 Paul and Barnabas, they preached on God's Sabbath, 00:26:17.17\00:26:20.04 it was their custom, and the Sabbath was not 00:26:20.08\00:26:21.64 just for the Jews but also for the Gentiles 00:26:21.68\00:26:23.75 because the people said, Please, preach to us. 00:26:23.78\00:26:25.95 Can we come the next Sabbath, too? But then 00:26:25.98\00:26:28.62 this is my biggest argument. I said this on last Wednesday, 00:26:28.65\00:26:31.55 but let me share it tonight just in case you weren't here. 00:26:31.59\00:26:34.32 God's Sabbath could not have been done away 00:26:34.36\00:26:38.99 with at the cross. In Genesis 1, creation week. 00:26:39.03\00:26:44.93 In the beginning, God created the heavens and 00:26:44.97\00:26:46.53 the what, everybody? Aud.: Earth. 00:26:46.57\00:26:48.30 PB: In Genesis 2, God instituted the Sabbath. 00:26:48.34\00:26:52.41 Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 00:26:52.44\00:26:54.18 and all the host of them. And God rested, 00:26:54.21\00:26:56.01 blessed it, and sanctified it. In Genesis 3, 00:26:56.04\00:27:00.52 we have the fall of man, where Adam and 00:27:00.55\00:27:03.45 Eve ate of the fruit. Genesis 1, creation. Genesis 2, 00:27:03.49\00:27:08.22 the institution of the Sabbath. Genesis 3, 00:27:08.26\00:27:10.93 the fall of man. Now understand, the only reason 00:27:10.96\00:27:14.56 Jesus went to Calvary is because man sinned. 00:27:14.60\00:27:17.77 If man had never sinned, there would have been 00:27:17.80\00:27:21.10 no need to go to the cross. But because man sinned, 00:27:21.14\00:27:24.91 Jesus had to go to the cross. Are you hearing what 00:27:24.94\00:27:27.91 I'm saying? Had there been no sin, there would have 00:27:27.94\00:27:30.25 been no need for Jesus to die. But the fact is, 00:27:30.28\00:27:33.48 the Sabbath couldn't have been done away with 00:27:33.52\00:27:35.55 at the cross because the Sabbath was in place 00:27:35.58\00:27:37.85 before man sinned. Genesis 1, creation. 00:27:37.89\00:27:43.69 Genesis 2, the Sabbath. So whether man 00:27:43.73\00:27:47.40 sinned or not, it had no bearing on the Sabbath, 00:27:47.46\00:27:50.27 because the Sabbath was in place before 00:27:50.30\00:27:52.37 man even sinned. So how then can the cross do 00:27:52.40\00:27:56.81 away with the Sabbath, when the Sabbath was 00:27:56.84\00:27:58.74 in place before man sinned and the only 00:27:58.77\00:28:00.78 reason why we have the cross is because we sinned. 00:28:00.81\00:28:03.18 [Aud. reaction] PB: I'm doing the best I can. 00:28:03.21\00:28:11.75 [Aud. reaction] >: 00:28:11.79\00:28:13.36 Thank you for joining us for another exciting 00:28:13.39\00:28:16.73 Breath of Life television broadcast. 00:28:16.76\00:28:18.76 Tune in next week at the same time, 00:28:18.79\00:28:21.26 as Dr. Byrd will deliver another dynamic 00:28:21.30\00:28:23.87 message from the Lord, just for you. 00:28:23.90\00:28:26.00 Until next time, may God bless you. 00:28:26.03\00:28:28.24 [END] 00:28:28.27\00:28:43.28