Let's pray.
00:01:12.30\00:01:13.68
Our Father in heaven,
thank you for bringing us
00:01:14.96\00:01:16.83
once again to Your house.
00:01:16.93\00:01:18.47
We anticipate great
blessings from Your hands
00:01:19.69\00:01:22.67
as we open with
reverent hands Your holy Word.
00:01:23.44\00:01:27.36
As we study about Armageddon,
earth's last great battle,
00:01:28.27\00:01:32.28
we ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit
00:01:32.38\00:01:35.31
and we ask also that You will
help us to be on the right side
00:01:35.61\00:01:38.40
in this final conflict.
00:01:38.70\00:01:40.95
We pray this in the
precious name of Jesus,
00:01:41.25\00:01:43.98
Your beloved Son, Amen.
00:01:44.18\00:01:46.66
There is no battle
00:01:49.70\00:01:52.56
in the history of the world
that has received more publicity
00:01:53.72\00:01:56.88
than the Battle of Armageddon.
00:01:57.19\00:01:59.03
I'd like to begin by reading
the passage which deals with
00:02:00.09\00:02:03.99
the Battle of Armageddon.
00:02:04.19\00:02:05.36
It's found in
Revelation chapter 16
00:02:05.76\00:02:09.53
and verses 12 through 16.
00:02:09.83\00:02:12.51
This is the sixth plague
00:02:13.48\00:02:18.55
of the seven
plagues of Revelation.
00:02:18.86\00:02:21.10
And it says this:
00:02:22.05\00:02:23.73
Now in our lecture today
we are not going to study
00:03:18.82\00:03:21.79
everything relating to
the Battle of Armageddon.
00:03:21.99\00:03:24.84
Many many books have
been written on this battle.
00:03:26.56\00:03:29.66
And by the way, most
of what has been written
00:03:30.06\00:03:32.73
about this battle is flat wrong.
00:03:32.94\00:03:35.68
But as I read the books
00:03:36.70\00:03:39.80
that have been written about the
00:03:39.90\00:03:41.34
Battle of Armageddon
00:03:41.44\00:03:42.52
I am amazed to see
00:03:42.82\00:03:44.53
that the writers comment
on everything in this passage
00:03:44.73\00:03:50.08
abundantly, but
there's one verse which seems
00:03:50.28\00:03:54.88
to be shuffled under the
rug and very little is said
00:03:55.08\00:03:59.05
about that specific verse.
00:03:59.15\00:04:01.38
You see, as I have read books
00:04:01.68\00:04:03.42
from many different
denominations about the
00:04:03.62\00:04:06.13
Battle of Armageddon they
have very much to say about
00:04:06.23\00:04:09.12
the waters of the
Euphrates drying up
00:04:09.42\00:04:11.90
and the kings from the
east and the dragon, the beast,
00:04:12.11\00:04:15.04
and the false prophet and the
three evil spirits like frogs.
00:04:15.24\00:04:19.59
There's very much exposition
when it comes to this,
00:04:19.89\00:04:23.39
but the verse which rarely
receives much of a comment
00:04:23.69\00:04:28.95
is verse 15.
00:04:29.25\00:04:32.11
In fact, you know
the interesting thing
00:04:32.52\00:04:34.41
is that this is the only time
00:04:34.61\00:04:37.22
between Revelation 3:21
and Revelation chapter 21
00:04:37.52\00:04:43.08
that Jesus clearly
speaks in Revelation.
00:04:43.38\00:04:49.33
So if this is the only verse
where Jesus explicitly speaks
00:04:49.67\00:04:54.98
between Revelation 3:21
and Revelation chapter 21,
00:04:55.08\00:04:59.62
it must be a
very important verse.
00:04:59.92\00:05:04.20
Let's notice this verse again
00:05:04.60\00:05:06.91
because it deals
with the issues involved
00:05:07.21\00:05:09.98
in the Battle of Armageddon.
00:05:10.08\00:05:11.30
It says once again in
chapter 16 and verse 15,
00:05:11.60\00:05:16.46
here Jesus is speaking:
00:05:16.66\00:05:17.93
The Battle of
Armageddon has everything to do
00:05:34.82\00:05:37.99
with the way in
which we are dressed.
00:05:38.19\00:05:41.47
The way in which we are garbed.
00:05:41.77\00:05:43.75
You see, in the Battle of
Armageddon there are going to be
00:05:44.15\00:05:46.65
two different groups of people:
00:05:46.85\00:05:48.93
those who are found
with their garments on
00:05:49.23\00:05:53.92
and those who are found naked.
00:05:54.12\00:05:57.20
Now the question is:
what does it mean to be
00:05:57.50\00:06:00.41
covered with the
garments and what does it mean
00:06:00.71\00:06:04.21
to be naked?
00:06:04.51\00:06:05.70
We need to go back, of
course, to the book of Genesis.
00:06:06.00\00:06:09.87
So go back with me
to Genesis chapter 2
00:06:10.17\00:06:13.49
and I'm going to read very
quickly verses 15 through 17.
00:06:13.79\00:06:18.79
Genesis chapter 2
and verses 15 through 17.
00:06:19.09\00:06:23.92
We've read this many times
before, but let's read it again.
00:06:25.04\00:06:27.82
Did God give a clear
commandment to Adam and Eve?
00:06:46.48\00:06:48.99
He most certainly did.
00:06:49.29\00:06:50.87
Of course here it's given
to Adam, but Eve repeats it
00:06:51.17\00:06:53.58
in chapter 3... so they both
understood the command of God.
00:06:53.68\00:06:56.64
Now the Bible tells us
that before Adam and Eve sinned
00:06:57.65\00:07:02.82
in their state of innocence
while they were still obedient
00:07:03.02\00:07:06.57
to God, there was
something very interesting that
00:07:06.77\00:07:10.22
characterized them. Go
with me to Genesis chapter 2
00:07:10.32\00:07:13.20
and verse 25. Genesis
chapter 2 and verse 25.
00:07:13.40\00:07:17.40
And remember, this is
describing Adam and Eve
00:07:17.50\00:07:19.47
while they were still
obedient to God's commandment.
00:07:19.77\00:07:23.55
And we've already studied
that in this one commandment
00:07:23.76\00:07:26.33
are contained all of the
Ten Commandments in principle.
00:07:26.44\00:07:29.63
But I want you to notice
the condition they were in
00:07:29.83\00:07:31.82
while they were
obedient to God's commandments.
00:07:32.02\00:07:35.39
It says in Genesis 2 verse 25:
00:07:35.69\00:07:38.24
Now is there any
connection between that verse
00:07:45.65\00:07:48.27
and Revelation 16 verse 15?
00:07:48.47\00:07:50.00
Very clearly
there's a connection.
00:07:50.40\00:07:52.22
There's the idea of nakedness
00:07:52.42\00:07:54.43
and there's the idea of shame.
00:07:54.63\00:07:56.52
Two words that we noticed
in Revelation 16 verse 15.
00:07:56.92\00:08:00.92
So when they are in this con-
dition of obedience to God's law
00:08:01.22\00:08:04.79
the Bible tells us that they
were naked and they were not
00:08:04.99\00:08:07.75
ashamed. Now after they sinned
00:08:07.85\00:08:10.48
they noticed
that they were naked.
00:08:10.68\00:08:12.51
Where was the change?
00:08:12.82\00:08:14.39
Allow me to go
through it very quickly.
00:08:14.69\00:08:16.72
Adam and Eve in
the Garden of Eden
00:08:17.12\00:08:19.28
were naked with respect
to human, man-made garments.
00:08:19.48\00:08:24.02
But the Bible makes it very
clear that they were originally
00:08:24.42\00:08:27.66
covered with the glory of God.
00:08:27.77\00:08:29.93
They were covered
with a glorious light.
00:08:30.23\00:08:32.13
And you say: "How
do we know that? "
00:08:32.43\00:08:33.61
I'm only going to mention
the verses because we've already
00:08:33.92\00:08:36.49
read them previously.
00:08:36.59\00:08:38.28
In Psalm 8 verses 5 and 6
we're told that when man was
00:08:38.48\00:08:41.75
created God crowned him
with glory and splendor.
00:08:41.85\00:08:46.92
In other words, man was
covered with God's glory.
00:08:47.22\00:08:51.23
He was covered
with God's splendor
00:08:51.33\00:08:53.39
in his state of innocence.
00:08:53.59\00:08:54.96
Incidentally, the true church
in Revelation 12 and verse 1
00:08:55.26\00:08:58.81
is described as a woman
who is clothed with what?
00:08:59.01\00:09:03.54
She is clothed with the sun.
00:09:03.64\00:09:05.47
In other words, her garments are
not artificial human garments,
00:09:05.67\00:09:08.34
they are garments of light.
00:09:08.64\00:09:10.81
We also noticed that when Jesus
00:09:11.12\00:09:13.19
was on the Mount
of Transfiguration
00:09:13.22\00:09:15.18
He was
transfigured. And the Bible says
00:09:15.28\00:09:17.41
that His garments
glowed or shone like the light.
00:09:17.61\00:09:22.75
And by the way, the Bible
tells us that the white garments
00:09:23.15\00:09:26.05
that God has are
really garments of light.
00:09:26.25\00:09:29.71
Allow me to read just this
one text to prove this point.
00:09:30.01\00:09:33.18
Psalm 104 and verses 1 and 2.
00:09:33.38\00:09:36.97
Psalm 104 and verses 1 and 2.
00:09:37.27\00:09:40.31
Notice how God is garbed.
00:09:40.61\00:09:42.73
What the clothing of God
is when it speaks about Him
00:09:43.03\00:09:45.24
being covered
with white raiment.
00:09:45.34\00:09:47.00
It says there in
Psalm 104 verses 1 and 2:
00:09:47.40\00:09:50.44
"Bless the Lord, O my soul... "
00:09:50.65\00:09:53.41
So what are the
white garments of God?
00:10:10.79\00:10:12.88
The white
garments of God are light.
00:10:12.91\00:10:15.97
And so Adam and Eve, while
they were obedient to God's law,
00:10:16.27\00:10:19.14
as they stood in their
innocence the Bible says
00:10:19.34\00:10:22.68
that they were covered
with a glorious robe of light.
00:10:22.88\00:10:26.81
They were naked with
respect to human garments
00:10:27.01\00:10:29.25
but they were covered
with the glory of God.
00:10:29.46\00:10:32.30
But then came sin.
00:10:32.70\00:10:34.14
Go with me to
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 7
00:10:34.44\00:10:36.99
and notice the change
that took place in Adam and Eve
00:10:37.19\00:10:40.18
when they sinned. the
first consequence of their sin.
00:10:40.38\00:10:43.29
It says in Genesis 3 verse 7:
00:10:43.59\00:10:45.66
So what was the first result?
00:10:52.71\00:10:54.51
They now noticed
that they are what? Naked.
00:10:54.71\00:10:57.37
So it must have been that
the glorious robe of light
00:10:57.57\00:10:59.91
that covered them had left them.
00:11:00.12\00:11:02.94
And now they don't
have human garments,
00:11:03.24\00:11:06.36
and they don't even
have the garments of light.
00:11:06.56\00:11:08.45
And so they see
that they are naked.
00:11:08.75\00:11:09.96
And notice how they
try to solve the problem.
00:11:10.16\00:11:12.41
It says in verse 7...
the last part of the verse:
00:11:12.61\00:11:15.75
They tried to cover their
disobedience to God's law,
00:11:23.29\00:11:26.37
they tried to cover the
shame of their nakedness,
00:11:26.67\00:11:31.22
with fig leaves.
00:11:31.42\00:11:33.68
With garments
made by themselves.
00:11:33.88\00:11:37.40
But it's interesting to notice
00:11:37.60\00:11:38.77
that Genesis tells us
that even after they covered
00:11:38.97\00:11:41.21
themselves with the fig
leaves they still felt naked.
00:11:41.31\00:11:44.05
Which shows that their nakedness
was not nakedness of body.
00:11:44.25\00:11:47.73
Their nakedness
was nakedness of soul.
00:11:47.93\00:11:50.62
They had sinned against God.
00:11:50.82\00:11:52.20
They had broken the law of God.
00:11:52.40\00:11:53.88
The glory had left them
00:11:54.09\00:11:55.56
because they were now
transgressors of God's holy law.
00:11:55.86\00:11:59.38
Notice verses 9
and 10 of Genesis 3.
00:11:59.78\00:12:02.48
At this point he wasn't naked
with respect to human garments.
00:12:14.67\00:12:17.68
He had the fig leaves on him
00:12:17.98\00:12:19.87
and yet he's saying at this
point that he still feels naked.
00:12:20.17\00:12:24.04
Obviously the garments
that are made by human beings
00:12:24.24\00:12:27.09
could not cover the nakedness
because only the glory of God
00:12:27.29\00:12:32.26
could cover the nakedness.
00:12:32.46\00:12:34.87
So as Adam and Eve
stood obedient to God's law
00:12:35.17\00:12:38.08
they were
covered with God's glory.
00:12:38.28\00:12:40.11
When they disobeyed God's law
00:12:40.41\00:12:42.42
they were now
destitute of the glory of God.
00:12:42.62\00:12:45.76
But as we found in our
study God promised them
00:12:46.53\00:12:49.35
that He was going to
give them another opportunity.
00:12:49.55\00:12:52.12
The famous verse
of Genesis 3 verse 15.
00:12:52.53\00:12:55.22
Let's read that again.
Genesis chapter 3 and verse 15.
00:12:55.42\00:12:59.11
God promises to send a Seed
to the world to restore that
00:12:59.41\00:13:02.43
which was lost. It
says there in Genesis 3
00:13:02.54\00:13:06.30
and verse 15, God
speaking to the serpent:
00:13:06.44\00:13:08.81
In other words, there's
going to be a battle here
00:13:25.55\00:13:27.32
between Satan and
the Seed of the woman.
00:13:27.42\00:13:29.62
Satan is going to bruise
the Seed of the woman's heel
00:13:29.82\00:13:33.36
whereas the Seed of the
woman is going to strike
00:13:33.56\00:13:36.55
and He's going to
bruise the head of the serpent.
00:13:36.75\00:13:40.07
Now the question is:
how was this Seed going to
00:13:41.09\00:13:46.24
give the serpent
the bruise on his head?
00:13:46.44\00:13:49.99
Genesis 3:21
makes it very clear.
00:13:50.29\00:13:53.18
In order to bruise the head
of the serpent, Adam and Eve
00:13:53.48\00:13:55.96
had to be restored to
their original condition.
00:13:56.06\00:13:58.63
How could Adam and
Eve be restored to their
00:13:58.93\00:14:01.42
original condition where they
were covered, where the shame
00:14:01.52\00:14:05.13
of their
nakedness was truly covered?
00:14:05.23\00:14:07.23
Notice Genesis 3 and verse 21.
00:14:07.53\00:14:09.82
Here is the secret.
00:14:10.13\00:14:11.87
It says in verse 21:
00:14:12.17\00:14:13.61
"Also for Adam and his wife
00:14:13.81\00:14:19.03
the Lord God made...
" What? "tunics of skin
00:14:19.23\00:14:24.69
and clothed them. "
00:14:24.89\00:14:28.11
Who made the garments?
00:14:28.41\00:14:29.92
God did.
00:14:30.22\00:14:31.47
What did God do
with the garments?
00:14:31.77\00:14:34.22
He clothed them. In other
words, He covered their what?
00:14:34.42\00:14:37.80
He covered their nakedness.
00:14:38.00\00:14:40.02
What was the only way in which
the nakedness of Adam and Eve
00:14:40.32\00:14:44.06
and their descendants
could be covered once again
00:14:44.16\00:14:46.67
with the glory of God?
00:14:46.77\00:14:48.43
Only by the death
of the Lamb of God
00:14:48.63\00:14:53.30
who takes away
the sins of the world.
00:14:53.40\00:14:55.53
By the way, it
says "skins" - plural -
00:14:55.93\00:15:01.65
which means that there was
more than one animal involved.
00:15:01.88\00:15:04.60
There were two
sinners incidentally.
00:15:04.70\00:15:07.10
In order to get
the skin of an animal,
00:15:07.41\00:15:09.54
the animal has to be what?
00:15:09.64\00:15:11.27
The animal has to be slain.
00:15:11.47\00:15:13.11
In other words, there
was an animal sacrifice.
00:15:13.41\00:15:15.70
And the impression you get
from the Bible is that this
00:15:16.00\00:15:18.39
took place in the
very Garden of Eden.
00:15:18.50\00:15:19.97
Before God cast Adam and Eve out
00:15:20.17\00:15:22.00
He said: "There's hope;
I'm going to send a Seed.
00:15:22.20\00:15:24.94
He's going to bruise
the head of the serpent,
00:15:25.24\00:15:26.74
and the way that He's
going to do it is by dying
00:15:26.94\00:15:29.56
as the Lamb of God so that
your nakedness can once again
00:15:29.66\00:15:33.34
be... " What? "so that
your nakedness can be covered. "
00:15:33.54\00:15:37.13
Wasn't this a marvelous promise?
00:15:37.73\00:15:39.62
Now you say: "What does
this have to do with the Battle
00:15:40.36\00:15:42.41
of Armageddon? " Well, this
evening we are going to study
00:15:42.51\00:15:46.63
the story that we find in the
first half of Genesis chapter 4
00:15:47.53\00:15:52.63
because it has a very close
relationship with what we just
00:15:53.03\00:15:55.99
talked about: how the nakedness
of man was going to be covered
00:15:56.09\00:15:59.61
by the death of lambs to cover
the shame of their nakedness.
00:15:59.81\00:16:04.22
God was telling Adam and
Eve: "This is the only way
00:16:04.32\00:16:07.49
in which sin can be dealt
with; the head of the serpent
00:16:07.69\00:16:11.35
can be bruised;
and you can be restored
00:16:11.56\00:16:13.93
to your original condition. "
00:16:14.13\00:16:16.17
Now go with me to Genesis
chapter 4 and verses 1 and 2.
00:16:16.37\00:16:20.61
Genesis chapter 4
and verses 1 and 2.
00:16:20.84\00:16:23.02
This is the story of 2 brothers.
00:16:23.42\00:16:25.48
Very well known.
Their names? Cain and Abel.
00:16:25.78\00:16:30.33
And in this story
we're going to see
00:16:30.73\00:16:32.15
the first Battle of
Armageddon in history.
00:16:32.26\00:16:35.32
In fact, it gives us an
illustration of what the final
00:16:35.73\00:16:38.99
battle is all about.
00:16:39.09\00:16:40.45
Let's go to Genesis 4 verse 1.
00:16:40.75\00:16:43.51
By the way,
that's a mis-translation.
00:16:56.56\00:16:58.29
The Hebrew says: "I have
acquired a man... the Lord. "
00:16:58.49\00:17:02.54
What had God promised?
00:17:04.29\00:17:05.81
That He was going to
send a Seed of the woman.
00:17:06.01\00:17:07.97
And so Even now thinks that
this is the Seed of the woman.
00:17:08.70\00:17:12.19
And so she says: "I have
acquired a Seed... the Lord. "
00:17:12.49\00:17:16.55
Little did she realize that
this seed was not going to be
00:17:16.78\00:17:20.35
the Messiah. This seed was
going to be the devil's seed.
00:17:20.45\00:17:24.92
Incidentally, this story shows
beyond any shadow of a doubt
00:17:25.83\00:17:30.48
that the seed that
you are is not determined
00:17:30.78\00:17:34.97
by your genetic makeup.
00:17:35.17\00:17:37.97
It's not
determined by your birth.
00:17:38.18\00:17:40.47
It's not determined
by the place you live.
00:17:40.77\00:17:43.17
It's not determined by
your national identity.
00:17:43.47\00:17:46.42
Because both brothers
were born from the same woman.
00:17:46.62\00:17:49.38
What this shows - this story
- is that whose seed you are
00:17:50.33\00:17:55.06
depends on your character.
00:17:55.26\00:17:57.98
It does not depend on
what nation you belong to,
00:17:58.38\00:18:01.63
whether you are
a Jew or an Arab,
00:18:01.73\00:18:03.91
whether you are a citizen
of the United States or Mexico
00:18:04.11\00:18:07.13
or wherever. The
way that you determine
00:18:07.23\00:18:10.16
which seed you belong to is by
the character that you possess.
00:18:10.36\00:18:14.60
Now notice Genesis chapter 4
00:18:15.10\00:18:18.29
and let's continue
reading at verse 2.
00:18:18.59\00:18:21.59
It says: "Then she bore again...
00:18:21.89\00:18:25.83
this time his brother Abel. "
00:18:26.03\00:18:29.51
By the way, the
name Abel means vapor.
00:18:29.71\00:18:32.43
It's the same word that
is translated in Ecclesiastes
00:18:33.38\00:18:37.08
vanity.
00:18:37.38\00:18:38.85
I won't get into that any more.
00:18:39.15\00:18:41.79
It says: "Then she bore again...
this time his brother Abel. "
00:18:42.48\00:18:46.07
Now is there anything wrong
with being a tiller of the soil?
00:18:56.75\00:19:00.06
No. Is there anything wrong
with being a keeper of sheep?
00:19:00.96\00:19:03.59
Absolutely not.
00:19:03.89\00:19:05.26
Did Cain and Abel know
that God required them to offer
00:19:05.56\00:19:10.31
an animal sacrifice to
take care of their sins?
00:19:10.51\00:19:12.87
Do we have that in
the previous chapter? Yes!
00:19:13.70\00:19:16.99
Had God said: "The only
way that sin can be dealt with,
00:19:17.12\00:19:21.07
the only way in
which man can be restored
00:19:21.37\00:19:24.33
to cover his nakedness is
by the death of the Lamb of God
00:19:24.53\00:19:28.24
who takes away the sin of
the world. " And of course,
00:19:28.44\00:19:30.23
the animals represented the
coming Messiah in the future.
00:19:30.33\00:19:33.84
Did they know it? They must have
00:19:34.14\00:19:36.32
because Genesis
3:21 speaks about that.
00:19:36.52\00:19:39.33
And now I want you to notice,
however, what happens here.
00:19:40.28\00:19:43.48
Genesis chapter 4 and verse 3.
00:19:43.78\00:19:47.03
Genesis 4 and
verse 3. It says here:
00:19:47.23\00:19:50.81
Is that what God has asked for?
00:20:04.51\00:20:06.28
Had God asked for
the fruit of the ground?
00:20:07.21\00:20:11.27
Absolutely not.
What had He asked for
00:20:11.57\00:20:13.69
that could remove sin?
00:20:13.89\00:20:15.42
The sacrifice of the lamb.
00:20:15.72\00:20:17.73
So let me ask you: did Cain
00:20:18.62\00:20:22.21
bring an offering
to God? Yes he did.
00:20:23.12\00:20:26.29
Did he raise an altar to God?
00:20:26.39\00:20:28.35
Did he claim to be
a worshiper of God?
00:20:28.65\00:20:31.33
Yes he did.
00:20:31.53\00:20:32.56
Was he obedient to God? No!
00:20:32.75\00:20:36.32
Did he worship
God on God's terms?
00:20:36.53\00:20:39.11
Did he worship God the way
God said? Or did he worship
00:20:39.41\00:20:42.21
God the way he wanted to?
00:20:42.41\00:20:43.91
You see he worships as he wants.
00:20:44.21\00:20:46.53
He disobeys God and he refuses
00:20:46.83\00:20:50.04
to offer an animal.
00:20:50.24\00:20:52.21
And the Bible says that
only the shedding of blood
00:20:52.61\00:20:56.48
can remit what? Only
the shedding of blood
00:20:56.68\00:20:59.63
can remit sin.
00:20:59.83\00:21:02.38
And so Cain is
the disobedient one.
00:21:02.78\00:21:06.02
Cain is the one who
worships God as he wishes...
00:21:06.32\00:21:09.79
not as God has commanded.
00:21:10.09\00:21:11.46
Cain is the one who
claims to serve the true God
00:21:11.76\00:21:14.77
but rejects the
blood of the lamb.
00:21:14.97\00:21:17.14
Cain is Abel's brother.
00:21:17.54\00:21:20.29
It's not like
Cain is some outsider
00:21:21.37\00:21:24.62
and Abel, his
brother, is some insider
00:21:24.82\00:21:26.98
and this outsider
comes to kill his brother.
00:21:27.08\00:21:29.07
They both claim to worship God.
00:21:29.57\00:21:31.63
They both raise up an altar.
00:21:31.73\00:21:33.60
They both bring an offering.
00:21:33.81\00:21:35.77
They both claim to serve God
00:21:35.80\00:21:37.89
and yet they have
radically different characters
00:21:38.09\00:21:40.89
even though they
claim to serve the same God.
00:21:41.09\00:21:44.08
Now you know
there are some scholars,
00:21:44.83\00:21:46.40
and of course I've read
lots of books on this story,
00:21:46.60\00:21:48.61
that say that the reason
why God didn't accept Cain's
00:21:48.81\00:21:52.71
offering is because
Cain had a nasty attitude.
00:21:52.91\00:21:57.26
It wasn't so much the offering
that he brought that made
00:21:57.76\00:22:01.49
the difference, but he
just had a lousy attitude
00:22:01.59\00:22:04.26
when he came to worship God.
00:22:04.36\00:22:05.84
Listen, that flies in the face
of the evidence that we find
00:22:06.14\00:22:09.71
in all of
scripture concerning Cain.
00:22:09.91\00:22:12.13
It was not his attitude
00:22:12.43\00:22:14.54
which led God to
reject his sacrifice.
00:22:14.84\00:22:17.48
It was the act of offering
the sacrifice that he did
00:22:17.78\00:22:21.48
in disobedience to God.
00:22:21.79\00:22:23.35
Worshiping God on his
own terms and rejecting
00:22:23.65\00:22:27.57
the fact of shedding the blood
which will ultimately cover
00:22:27.77\00:22:32.11
the nakedness of his sin.
00:22:32.31\00:22:33.94
You say: "How do we know that? "
00:22:34.14\00:22:35.17
Let me go through the evidence.
00:22:35.35\00:22:36.75
First of all, Genesis
3:21 shows us that they knew
00:22:37.77\00:22:41.01
about the sacrifice of
animals to cover the nakedness.
00:22:41.21\00:22:43.84
Impossible that Adam and
Eve did not tell them that.
00:22:44.69\00:22:47.79
In fact, from the point
that these sacrifices were made
00:22:48.09\00:22:51.54
there's no doubt that sacri-
fices were offered after this.
00:22:51.74\00:22:55.46
Furthermore... and I'm
not going to read these texts,
00:22:56.48\00:22:58.66
I'm just going
to mention them...
00:22:58.87\00:23:00.08
God tells Cain in
chapter 4 and verse 7:
00:23:00.19\00:23:03.57
"You know, if you do good... "
00:23:03.77\00:23:05.72
Notice... not if you
have a good attitude.
00:23:06.73\00:23:08.28
"If you do good,
won't you be accepted?
00:23:08.38\00:23:11.79
Won't your
sacrifice be accepted?
00:23:12.09\00:23:13.74
But if you do evil,
sin lies at the... " What?
00:23:13.94\00:23:18.57
"Sin lies at the
gate or at the door. "
00:23:18.77\00:23:21.32
In other words, clearly
in Genesis 4 and verse 7
00:23:21.73\00:23:25.19
it tells us that
Cain did not do good
00:23:25.39\00:23:28.76
by bringing the
offering that he did.
00:23:29.06\00:23:31.04
By the way, the Bible
says in James 4 verse 17
00:23:31.34\00:23:33.77
that sin consists of knowing
what you're supposed to do
00:23:33.97\00:23:38.46
and not doing it. It's
he who knows how to do good
00:23:38.66\00:23:41.55
and does not do it that is sin.
00:23:41.75\00:23:43.71
So was sin lying at
the gate of Cain's door?
00:23:43.91\00:23:47.27
It most certainly was.
00:23:47.47\00:23:49.05
Furthermore
Hebrews 11 and verse 4
00:23:49.35\00:23:51.99
very very clearly tells us
that the difference was in the
00:23:52.19\00:23:55.88
sacrifice that they offered.
00:23:55.98\00:23:57.83
Notice Hebrews
chapter 11 and verse 4.
00:23:58.13\00:24:01.60
This is an important
verse that we need to read.
00:24:01.90\00:24:03.99
It says here in
Hebrews 11 and verse 4
00:24:04.39\00:24:07.13
about the sacrifice
that was made by Abel:
00:24:07.33\00:24:10.11
Where was the difference?
00:24:40.49\00:24:41.92
It was not a
difference in attitude.
00:24:42.12\00:24:43.63
It was a difference in
offering or in sacrifice.
00:24:43.83\00:24:47.11
Furthermore, in I
John chapter 3 and verse 12
00:24:47.75\00:24:50.40
which we have read
previously in other contexts
00:24:50.60\00:24:53.67
it says:
00:24:53.77\00:24:54.80
So where was the problem?
00:25:08.82\00:25:10.55
Was it with the
attitude or with the actions?
00:25:10.66\00:25:13.13
The problem was
with the actions.
00:25:13.43\00:25:16.72
And by the way, we're
going to notice in a moment
00:25:17.03\00:25:19.26
in verse 4 that Abel offered
the firstlings of his flock
00:25:19.46\00:25:24.17
and their fat.
00:25:24.37\00:25:26.10
That's very significant
00:25:26.40\00:25:27.95
because some people say:
"It doesn't say in Genesis 4
00:25:28.05\00:25:30.39
that Abel offered a sacrifice. "
00:25:30.59\00:25:33.67
But it's very clear that he did,
and we're going to notice that.
00:25:33.97\00:25:36.88
But what I want you to notice
for now is that Cain did not
00:25:37.11\00:25:39.59
offer the firstlings or
the first fruits of his flock
00:25:39.79\00:25:43.17
and he did not
offer their fat to God.
00:25:43.47\00:25:45.46
Now... let's go
back to Genesis chapter 4
00:25:45.76\00:25:48.84
and read verse 4. We're
contrasting the attitude
00:25:48.87\00:25:51.88
of these two brothers.
00:25:52.08\00:25:53.26
Genesis chapter 4
and verse 4. It says:
00:25:53.57\00:25:55.27
Now why would Abel
bring the firstborn
00:26:03.52\00:26:08.53
of his flock and why
would he bring their fat?
00:26:08.73\00:26:11.57
Where would he get such an
idea that he was supposed to
00:26:13.42\00:26:15.65
offer God the
firstborn of his flocks
00:26:15.75\00:26:18.17
and that he was
supposed to offer their fat?
00:26:18.47\00:26:20.76
Do you think he just said:
"Oh, I think it would be nice
00:26:21.06\00:26:22.65
to offer God the firstborn
and to offer their fat? "
00:26:22.75\00:26:24.86
Of course not.
00:26:25.16\00:26:26.47
We know very clearly from
the later sacrificial service -
00:26:27.26\00:26:30.74
listen to what
I'm going to say -
00:26:30.94\00:26:32.14
from the later sacrificial
service in the sanctuary
00:26:32.34\00:26:35.16
that every firstborn animal
00:26:35.36\00:26:38.15
was the property of God
00:26:38.45\00:26:42.03
and was to be brought
to the temple for God.
00:26:42.34\00:26:45.50
And we also know... and
I'm going to mention the verses
00:26:45.80\00:26:48.42
in a moment... you can
read them at your leisure,
00:26:48.52\00:26:50.17
they're on the list...
00:26:50.27\00:26:51.37
We also know that when
the animal was sacrificed
00:26:51.57\00:26:54.64
the fat was
separated from the animal
00:26:54.85\00:26:57.28
and was burned upon the altar.
00:26:57.48\00:26:59.18
By the way, you could
not get the fat of the animal
00:26:59.48\00:27:01.49
unless you what?
Unless you killed the animal.
00:27:01.69\00:27:04.67
So very clearly, God
was the One who told Abel
00:27:04.98\00:27:08.38
"You should offer the firstlings
or the firstborn of your flocks
00:27:08.58\00:27:12.57
and you should
offer their fat. "
00:27:12.77\00:27:14.93
Because there's no way that Abel
would have simply guessed that.
00:27:15.13\00:27:17.56
And besides, the later
sanctuary service shows us
00:27:17.76\00:27:20.56
that God required that. Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:27:20.66\00:27:23.32
In other words, Cain
did not bring the firstborn
00:27:24.20\00:27:27.56
of his flock. Cain
did not bring the fat.
00:27:27.66\00:27:32.62
Cain did not
bring what God said.
00:27:32.86\00:27:34.88
He worshiped
God on his own terms
00:27:34.98\00:27:37.25
and he disobeyed God. He
refused to bring the blood.
00:27:37.45\00:27:41.93
Now in Hebrews 9
verse 22 it says:
00:27:42.33\00:27:44.53
So was there any satisfaction
for the sins of Cain
00:27:54.63\00:27:57.71
just by bringing
the fruit of the ground?
00:27:58.68\00:28:01.45
Absolutely not.
00:28:01.55\00:28:03.07
And so we find three
characteristics about Cain.
00:28:03.27\00:28:05.82
Number one: he rejected
Jesus by not offering an animal.
00:28:06.02\00:28:10.85
Secondly: he
disobeyed God's explicit order.
00:28:11.15\00:28:14.64
He was
disobedient. And number three:
00:28:14.84\00:28:16.61
he worshiped God,
he brought an offering,
00:28:16.82\00:28:18.99
he raised an
altar... but he worshiped God
00:28:19.19\00:28:21.64
not as God had
commanded but he worshiped God
00:28:21.75\00:28:24.97
as he pleased.
00:28:25.17\00:28:28.13
Are you starting to catch
a picture of the difference
00:28:28.53\00:28:30.77
between Cain and Abel?
00:28:30.97\00:28:32.01
Let me ask you: did Abel
obey God's specifications
00:28:32.31\00:28:35.62
exactly? Yes he did.
00:28:35.82\00:28:38.06
Did Abel obey God,
did he worship God the way
00:28:38.36\00:28:42.61
God commanded that
He should be worshiped?
00:28:42.71\00:28:44.66
Absolutely! Did Abel
accept the blood of Jesus
00:28:44.86\00:28:49.55
to save him from his sins?
00:28:49.75\00:28:51.05
Sure, because in
Hebrews 11 verse 4 it says:
00:28:51.35\00:28:53.86
"By faith Abel offered a
more excellent sacrifice. "
00:28:54.06\00:28:57.37
He looked by faith to the
sacrifice of Jesus, the Messiah.
00:28:57.67\00:29:01.84
Now I want you to go back
with me to Genesis chapter 4
00:29:02.07\00:29:05.06
and you're going to notice
something very interesting here
00:29:05.09\00:29:07.88
in... We'll read verse
4 for the context again
00:29:08.18\00:29:10.81
and then we'll go
on to verse 5. It says:
00:29:10.91\00:29:13.07
Did God accept
the offering of Cain?
00:29:27.28\00:29:29.44
Why didn't He accept
the offering of Cain?
00:29:29.74\00:29:32.26
Didn't Cain come to worship Him?
00:29:32.46\00:29:33.84
Didn't Cain raise an altar?
00:29:34.24\00:29:36.04
Didn't Cain place the fruit
of the ground upon the altar?
00:29:36.54\00:29:39.97
Didn't he claim to
worship the true God?
00:29:40.74\00:29:42.78
He most certainly did.
00:29:43.08\00:29:44.18
So why did God
reject the offering of Cain?
00:29:44.48\00:29:47.85
For three reasons.
00:29:48.78\00:29:50.64
Number one: because without
shedding of blood there is no
00:29:50.84\00:29:54.24
remission of sins. Number two:
00:29:54.34\00:29:57.43
Cain was disobedient
to God's specific command.
00:29:57.63\00:30:01.15
And number three: Cain offered
a substitute in place of what
00:30:01.35\00:30:04.76
God had asked for.
00:30:04.96\00:30:06.86
And God can take no substitutes.
00:30:07.16\00:30:10.00
When we substitute for worship
00:30:10.24\00:30:12.07
something that God has not
00:30:12.27\00:30:13.62
commanded us to offer,
that is unacceptable to God.
00:30:13.72\00:30:18.42
Now how did God show that
He approved Abel's sacrifice
00:30:18.72\00:30:22.81
and He did not
approve of Cain's sacrifice?
00:30:22.91\00:30:25.28
You know, I find it
very interesting the way some
00:30:25.48\00:30:27.54
scholars think. As I
studied for this subject
00:30:27.64\00:30:30.70
I noticed that some scholars
said that the way Cain knew
00:30:30.90\00:30:36.34
that Abel's sacrifice
had been accepted and his not
00:30:36.44\00:30:39.15
is that the smoke from
Abel's sacrifice went up
00:30:39.35\00:30:42.90
whereas the smoke of
Cain's sacrifice went down.
00:30:43.10\00:30:46.04
That sounds so interesting.
00:30:46.34\00:30:49.15
But we don't have to speculate.
00:30:49.45\00:30:51.22
How did God show in the Bible
that He accepted a sacrifice?
00:30:51.52\00:30:56.95
The Bible tells us how
God showed that He accepted
00:30:57.72\00:31:01.11
a sacrifice.
Allow me just to mention
00:31:01.21\00:31:03.22
four examples
from the Old Testament.
00:31:03.42\00:31:06.26
I'll just mention
them. Leviticus 9:24.
00:31:06.36\00:31:08.82
When the sanctuary was
established in the wilderness -
00:31:09.22\00:31:12.05
the sanctuary service -
the Bible says that the animals
00:31:12.15\00:31:14.89
were placed upon
the altar of sacrifice
00:31:14.99\00:31:16.65
and God showed His acceptance
by raining fire from heaven
00:31:16.85\00:31:20.55
that consumed the sacrifices.
00:31:20.75\00:31:22.84
In I Chronicles
chapter 21 and verse 26
00:31:23.14\00:31:28.24
David invoked the name of the
Lord and offered a sacrifice.
00:31:28.27\00:31:32.22
And God showed His approval
of David's sacrifice by raining
00:31:32.42\00:31:35.75
fire from heaven and
consuming the sacrifice.
00:31:35.85\00:31:38.40
When Solomon's
temple was dedicated
00:31:38.70\00:31:41.52
II Chronicles
chapter 7 and verse 1
00:31:41.72\00:31:43.66
Solomon prayed to God and
God rained fire from heaven
00:31:43.96\00:31:47.03
and consumed the sacrifice.
00:31:47.23\00:31:48.77
In the days of Elijah, Elijah
invoked the name of the Lord.
00:31:49.07\00:31:52.25
And the Bible tells us
that God responded to the prayer
00:31:52.55\00:31:55.94
of Elijah by
raining fire from heaven.
00:31:56.14\00:31:58.19
So what happened originally
when Abel invoked the name
00:31:58.50\00:32:02.23
of the Lord... what happened is
that fire came down from heaven
00:32:02.33\00:32:06.83
and consumed the
sacrifice of Abel.
00:32:07.03\00:32:09.55
And the sacrifice of Cain
remained on the altar without
00:32:09.75\00:32:13.97
any fire.
00:32:14.07\00:32:16.23
God was saying: "I do not
accept a disobedient sacrifice.
00:32:16.63\00:32:20.55
I do not accept
worship on your terms.
00:32:20.76\00:32:22.92
I do not accept an offering
that does not have blood
00:32:23.12\00:32:26.15
because without the shedding
of blood there is no remission
00:32:26.35\00:32:28.66
of sin. " And now we find
00:32:28.76\00:32:32.64
that Cain becomes very angry.
00:32:32.84\00:32:35.88
Notice once again
Genesis chapter 4.
00:32:36.18\00:32:38.44
Genesis chapter 4
00:32:38.84\00:32:40.68
and let's read verse 5 again.
00:32:40.98\00:32:44.18
"But He did not respect
Cain and his offering. "
00:32:44.93\00:32:48.25
You know in the Hebrew...
Hebrew is very descriptive.
00:32:55.54\00:32:57.66
When that says that
his countenance fell
00:32:57.96\00:33:00.10
it says that he
became "long faced. "
00:33:00.30\00:33:03.17
He started to pout.
00:33:04.18\00:33:06.16
He was angry.
00:33:07.10\00:33:08.26
He was angry at God
00:33:08.46\00:33:10.34
because God had accepted
the worship of his brother
00:33:10.64\00:33:14.45
and He had not
accepted his worship.
00:33:14.65\00:33:17.27
Now folks, I want to underline
again the importance of this
00:33:17.57\00:33:20.64
story. Certain points
that we need to keep in mind.
00:33:20.74\00:33:24.24
They were both brothers.
00:33:24.54\00:33:26.55
This is a
conflict between brothers.
00:33:27.59\00:33:30.43
They were both
religious. Yes or no?
00:33:31.35\00:33:34.90
They both worshiped.
00:33:35.23\00:33:37.68
They both raised an altar.
00:33:37.98\00:33:39.99
They both brought an offering.
00:33:40.39\00:33:42.46
They both claimed to
worship the true God.
00:33:42.86\00:33:45.88
Where was the difference?
00:33:46.68\00:33:48.31
Blood, obedience, and worship
00:33:48.61\00:33:53.60
on God's terms.
00:33:53.90\00:33:56.35
Now notice Genesis 4:6-7.
00:33:56.69\00:33:59.25
God tries to reason with Cain.
00:33:59.45\00:34:01.41
It says in Genesis
chapter 4 and verse 6:
00:34:02.45\00:34:04.94
See... there it is:
"If you do well... "
00:34:14.51\00:34:16.07
In other words, "If you
bring the sacrifice that I said.
00:34:16.37\00:34:18.84
If you obey Me; if you
worship on My terms... "
00:34:19.04\00:34:21.80
In other words, sin
is personified here.
00:34:36.05\00:34:37.87
This is the idea of a
beast that is crouching,
00:34:38.17\00:34:41.21
ready to pounce on someone.
00:34:41.41\00:34:42.90
What the Lord is
saying is that "If you do well
00:34:43.20\00:34:45.48
your offering will be accepted,
00:34:45.78\00:34:47.52
but if you don't
sin is lying at the door
00:34:47.72\00:34:50.40
ready to pounce of
you. " And so it says:
00:34:50.60\00:34:53.57
"Its desire is for
you. " In other words,
00:34:53.78\00:34:56.08
sin desires to have you
but you should rule over it.
00:34:56.18\00:35:01.03
You should have sovereignty
over sin by doing good,
00:35:02.71\00:35:06.05
by obeying God and
worshiping God on His terms.
00:35:06.25\00:35:09.08
Then we find in verse 8
00:35:09.39\00:35:12.17
the tragic climax
of this story. It says:
00:35:12.37\00:35:15.10
It looks like they
got into an argument.
00:35:17.80\00:35:19.96
We don't know exactly
what they talked about
00:35:20.16\00:35:21.86
but it's not hard to imagine.
00:35:22.16\00:35:23.85
I can imagine Abel
saying to Cain: "Cain,
00:35:24.16\00:35:26.80
you know what God has told
us that we're supposed to bring.
00:35:27.10\00:35:30.38
You know that we're supposed
to worship God on His terms.
00:35:31.40\00:35:33.91
You know that we're
supposed to obey God.
00:35:34.31\00:35:36.49
If you brought the
right sacrifice... "
00:35:38.11\00:35:39.79
See, he's using the
same logic that God did.
00:35:39.99\00:35:41.53
"If you brought
the same sacrifice,
00:35:41.63\00:35:43.48
your offering would be
accepted just as well as mine. "
00:35:43.68\00:35:47.13
And what does this do with Cain?
00:35:47.53\00:35:49.39
It fills him with further fury.
00:35:49.79\00:35:52.56
He says: "Who are you, my
little brother, to teach me?
00:35:52.86\00:35:56.03
I'm your older brother and
you should do what I say. "
00:35:56.33\00:35:58.78
And Abel says: "I
do what God says. "
00:35:59.08\00:36:01.15
And so it says in verse 8:
00:36:02.34\00:36:03.65
First Battle of
Armageddon in history.
00:36:15.71\00:36:18.11
The false worshiper is
killing the true worshiper.
00:36:20.35\00:36:23.30
The disobedient is
killing the obedient.
00:36:24.35\00:36:27.80
The one who really and
truly has accepted Jesus
00:36:29.96\00:36:33.50
is rising against he
who claims to serve Jesus
00:36:34.69\00:36:39.19
but does not.
00:36:39.49\00:36:41.22
Are you catching a
picture of what we have here?
00:36:41.52\00:36:44.30
The first Battle of
Armageddon in history.
00:36:44.54\00:36:48.98
Now I want you to notice what
we find in the following verses.
00:36:49.28\00:36:54.12
Verse 9:
00:36:54.33\00:36:55.40
"Then the Lord said to Cain:
'Where is Abel your brother? ' "
00:36:55.60\00:36:59.58
By the way, the word brother
is used... in the first eleven
00:36:59.88\00:37:02.73
verses is used seven times.
00:37:02.83\00:37:04.84
I think God is trying to empha-
size that they were brothers.
00:37:04.94\00:37:06.96
Is it just possible that
the final war is going to be
00:37:07.79\00:37:09.84
among brothers?
00:37:09.94\00:37:11.07
People who claim to
worship the same God?
00:37:12.17\00:37:16.32
People who go to church?
00:37:17.62\00:37:20.78
People who worship, but
one group is characterized
00:37:21.28\00:37:25.53
by worship on God's
terms and by obedience to God
00:37:25.73\00:37:29.07
and by truly receiving Jesus
00:37:29.37\00:37:31.15
while the others
worship God on their terms
00:37:31.35\00:37:34.18
and thus disobey God?
00:37:34.58\00:37:36.78
And though they claim to
receive Jesus they are truly
00:37:37.08\00:37:39.64
rejecting Him?
00:37:39.74\00:37:41.00
The final war is
going to be among brothers.
00:37:41.30\00:37:43.40
You say: "How
is this possible? "
00:37:43.70\00:37:44.98
Listen folks, this is the way
it's been all throughout human
00:37:45.38\00:37:48.85
history. What makes you
think that it's going to be any
00:37:48.95\00:37:51.64
different at the end?
00:37:51.75\00:37:52.97
You know, we usually as
Christians think: "Oh yeah.
00:37:53.17\00:37:56.11
We need to be careful
about the Arabs and the Muslims
00:37:56.32\00:37:59.32
and the Russians because they're
going to be the ones that are
00:37:59.42\00:38:01.57
dangerous to us. "
00:38:01.67\00:38:02.98
Scripture does not
corroborate that idea.
00:38:04.12\00:38:06.38
Scripture tells us
that our greatest enemies
00:38:06.78\00:38:10.03
Jesus said will be
those of our own household.
00:38:10.23\00:38:12.64
The greatest enemy
of Abel was his brother!
00:38:14.68\00:38:17.24
The greatest enemy of the
prophets in the Old Testament
00:38:18.38\00:38:20.99
were the very people that they
were sent to: religious people.
00:38:21.39\00:38:25.50
Those that crucified
Christ were religious people.
00:38:26.28\00:38:29.47
Those who persecuted God's
people during the 1,260 years
00:38:30.48\00:38:34.15
was the church that
claimed to follow Jesus Christ.
00:38:34.36\00:38:37.61
Of course, in the end time
it's going to be different.
00:38:38.01\00:38:40.30
Our enemies at the end of
time are going to be the Chinese
00:38:40.60\00:38:43.58
and the Russians. Now
how spiritual is that?
00:38:43.68\00:38:46.28
Let me ask you: are
there good and bad Russians?
00:38:47.63\00:38:50.14
Yes. Are there good and bad
00:38:50.27\00:38:52.38
US people? Yeah.
00:38:52.48\00:38:54.37
So if you say that the battle
00:38:54.57\00:38:55.66
is between Russia and China
00:38:55.76\00:38:57.27
and the United States,
you're saying the battle is
00:38:57.48\00:38:59.57
the good bad
against the good bad.
00:38:59.67\00:39:01.81
The fact is that the
book of Revelation shows
00:39:03.55\00:39:06.25
that the final battle will
be two different kinds of people
00:39:06.45\00:39:09.65
who claim to
worship the true God.
00:39:09.85\00:39:12.30
One group
worships on God's terms
00:39:12.70\00:39:15.34
and obeys God to the letter.
00:39:15.54\00:39:17.63
The other group
disobeys God and worships
00:39:17.84\00:39:21.24
as they wish.
00:39:21.44\00:39:24.18
Now notice Genesis 4:9-10.
00:39:25.07\00:39:27.74
Genesis chapter
4 verses 9 and 10.
00:39:28.14\00:39:30.59
We're told here this:
00:39:30.99\00:39:34.32
"Then the Lord said to Cain:
'Where is Abel your brother? '
00:39:37.01\00:39:40.65
He said: 'I do not know.
Am I my brother's keeper? ' "
00:39:40.85\00:39:45.99
Is he repentant?
00:39:46.29\00:39:47.32
No... he is defiant.
00:39:48.01\00:39:49.55
Verse 10:
00:39:49.85\00:39:51.26
What was crying out?
00:40:01.88\00:40:04.29
The voice of his brother's what?
00:40:05.36\00:40:07.44
Of his blood. Was
crying from where?
00:40:07.64\00:40:09.90
Was crying from the ground.
00:40:10.85\00:40:13.32
Now, notice Genesis 4:11
and then I'm going to explain
00:40:14.38\00:40:16.89
to you what this
means. Genesis 4 and verse 11.
00:40:16.99\00:40:20.23
Let's add the
testimony of that verse.
00:40:20.53\00:40:22.14
It says, God is
speaking: "So now you are cursed
00:40:22.34\00:40:24.99
from the earth which has
opened its mouth to receive
00:40:25.09\00:40:28.22
your brother's
blood from your hand. "
00:40:28.33\00:40:31.64
What received
the brother's blood?
00:40:31.84\00:40:33.64
The earth. By the
way, this is an allusion
00:40:33.94\00:40:37.12
to the sanctuary service.
00:40:37.32\00:40:38.58
Do you know that when
an animal was sacrificed
00:40:38.88\00:40:41.18
the blood was
taken out of the animal
00:40:41.39\00:40:43.51
and it was poured on the
ground next to the altar?
00:40:43.54\00:40:46.62
By the way, it
was innocent blood
00:40:48.43\00:40:49.84
because the blood of the lamb
represented the blood of Jesus.
00:40:49.94\00:40:53.43
It was poured out on the ground.
00:40:53.73\00:40:55.57
And in that sense, the
ground was crying out for what?
00:40:55.77\00:40:59.14
Was crying out for justice.
00:40:59.44\00:41:01.28
By the way, when it says
here that the blood of Abel is
00:41:01.58\00:41:04.22
crying out, we need to
understand that blood doesn't
00:41:04.32\00:41:07.90
literally cry out.
What's happening here?
00:41:08.00\00:41:11.22
What does that mean that
the "blood of your brother
00:41:11.42\00:41:12.91
cries out? " It is
crying out for what?
00:41:13.02\00:41:16.10
For justice.
00:41:16.40\00:41:18.28
By the way, that expression
"crying out" is a legal term
00:41:18.58\00:41:21.48
in the Old Testament.
00:41:21.58\00:41:22.66
It refers to an
individual who has been wronged
00:41:22.96\00:41:25.69
and who is crying out so
that his case is righted by God.
00:41:25.99\00:41:31.29
Had a great
injustice been performed here?
00:41:31.53\00:41:34.16
The true worshiper
and the obedient one dies
00:41:34.46\00:41:37.34
and the false worshiper
and the one who is disobedient
00:41:37.64\00:41:41.37
to God lives! Must
justice be meted out?
00:41:41.47\00:41:44.94
Yes! That's why the blood
is crying from the ground.
00:41:45.24\00:41:48.14
Because the blood has
been spilt on the ground
00:41:48.24\00:41:50.11
and the blood of
Abel is demanding justice
00:41:50.31\00:41:53.93
because an
injustice has been committed.
00:41:54.23\00:41:56.36
And then I want you to notice
what happens in Genesis 4:15.
00:41:56.76\00:42:01.03
This is where the story
gets particularly interesting.
00:42:01.33\00:42:03.95
Genesis chapter 4
and verse 15. It says:
00:42:04.25\00:42:07.94
What was placed on Cain? A mark.
00:42:27.00\00:42:30.68
Was that a mark of
preservation of life?
00:42:30.99\00:42:33.44
Yes it was! It
says here it was a mark
00:42:34.58\00:42:37.40
to preserve his
what? To preserve his life.
00:42:37.60\00:42:40.86
Now is there in the book of
Revelation a mark that is placed
00:42:41.85\00:42:46.07
on the forehead and the
hand which preserves life?
00:42:46.37\00:42:50.45
I'm not talking now
from the perspective of God.
00:42:50.76\00:42:53.23
I'm talking from
the perspective of man.
00:42:53.53\00:42:55.34
Let me ask you: what is
going to happen with those -
00:42:55.64\00:42:57.99
humanly speaking - who
refuse the mark of the beast?
00:42:58.19\00:43:01.53
It says in Revelation
13 that they will be what?
00:43:01.83\00:43:04.47
Killed! So what
the beast is saying is:
00:43:04.67\00:43:07.86
"You receive the mark and
your life will be... " What?
00:43:07.97\00:43:10.84
Your life will be spared.
00:43:11.14\00:43:13.07
And so we find in the
story of Cain and Abel
00:43:13.37\00:43:16.31
a prefiguring of
the mark of the beast...
00:43:16.61\00:43:19.80
the beast giving his mark
to those who want their lives
00:43:20.10\00:43:24.06
preserved who don't want
to die in the final crisis.
00:43:24.16\00:43:27.74
Of course, eventually
the same is going to happen
00:43:27.94\00:43:30.07
with the wicked as
happened with Cain.
00:43:30.17\00:43:31.95
Cain died a lost man,
00:43:32.25\00:43:34.32
and he will resurrect
in what the Bible calls
00:43:35.35\00:43:37.38
the second resurrection
to suffer second death.
00:43:37.69\00:43:41.70
In other words,
his life was spared
00:43:42.71\00:43:44.51
only for a period of time.
00:43:44.71\00:43:46.50
Just as at the end of time
those who have the mark of the
00:43:46.80\00:43:49.20
beast: their lives will
be spared for a short period
00:43:49.30\00:43:52.50
of time. Now I'd like to
make a brief application of this
00:43:52.60\00:43:57.56
story as we find it in
the book of Revelation.
00:43:57.66\00:43:59.63
Listen, folks, the conflict
in the book of Revelation
00:44:00.13\00:44:04.40
will be exactly the same as
in Genesis with one difference.
00:44:05.13\00:44:08.77
And that is that in
Genesis you have two individuals
00:44:09.17\00:44:13.87
that have different characters,
different styles of worship,
00:44:14.07\00:44:17.78
one obedient
and one disobedient.
00:44:18.09\00:44:20.12
The only difference with the end
of time is that at the end of
00:44:20.32\00:44:23.03
time you are going to
have two world-wide groups
00:44:23.13\00:44:26.90
who have the same characters
as these two individuals
00:44:27.11\00:44:30.03
at the beginning of history.
00:44:30.13\00:44:31.34
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:44:31.84\00:44:33.23
In other words, these
two characters will have
00:44:33.53\00:44:35.54
proliferated
and filled the world
00:44:35.64\00:44:37.67
and you will have two
different kinds of worshippers.
00:44:37.97\00:44:41.91
By the way, do you know that
the controversy in the book of
00:44:42.42\00:44:44.68
Revelation is identical to
the controversy in Genesis?
00:44:44.78\00:44:47.36
It's over the
blood, it's over worship,
00:44:47.56\00:44:49.44
and it's over obedience.
00:44:49.64\00:44:50.92
You say: "How
do you know that? "
00:44:51.92\00:44:53.17
Go with me to Revelation
chapter 7 and verse 14.
00:44:53.37\00:44:55.96
Let's notice the blood first.
00:44:56.16\00:44:57.47
Those who are saved...
What characterizes those who are
00:44:57.57\00:45:00.13
saved according to
the book of Revelation?
00:45:00.24\00:45:01.79
It says in Revelation
chapter 7 and verse 14
00:45:02.19\00:45:05.06
speaking about that great multi-
tude which no man can number.
00:45:05.26\00:45:07.63
It says: "And I said to him:
00:45:07.93\00:45:09.45
'Sir, you know. '
So he said to me... "
00:45:09.65\00:45:12.00
Are God's true people going to
have white garments made white
00:45:22.42\00:45:25.59
in the blood of the Lamb?
Just like at the beginning
00:45:25.69\00:45:29.58
will the shame of
their nakedness be covered
00:45:29.78\00:45:32.01
by the blood of Jesus? Yes!
00:45:32.21\00:45:34.57
But these people will be
characterized by something else.
00:45:34.87\00:45:37.15
Not only because they
accept the blood of Jesus
00:45:37.45\00:45:39.97
but accepting the blood of
Jesus is manifested in obedience
00:45:40.28\00:45:44.20
and true worship.
Notice Revelation chapter 14
00:45:44.40\00:45:48.42
verses 6 and 7... the
first angel's message.
00:45:48.62\00:45:51.41
Revelation chapter
14 and verses 6 and 7.
00:45:51.54\00:45:54.51
It says: "Then I saw another
angel flying in the midst
00:45:54.81\00:45:57.67
of heaven having
the everlasting gospel
00:45:57.77\00:45:59.93
to preach to those
who dwell on the earth.
00:46:00.13\00:46:02.16
To every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people
00:46:02.36\00:46:04.91
saying with a loud voice
00:46:05.21\00:46:06.85
'Fear God and give
glory to Him... ' "
00:46:07.06\00:46:09.31
Is this a
world-wide message? It sure is.
00:46:09.41\00:46:12.55
"Fear God and give glory to
Him for the hour of His judgment
00:46:12.78\00:46:16.98
has come. " And
then what does it say?
00:46:17.18\00:46:19.22
"And worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:46:19.42\00:46:22.81
the sea, and the
springs of water. "
00:46:23.01\00:46:25.32
Will God have a
people at the end of time
00:46:25.52\00:46:27.67
who listen to this call
and worship the Creator?
00:46:27.87\00:46:31.85
Absolutely. And what is
the sign of the Creator?
00:46:31.95\00:46:35.40
The sign of the Creator is what?
00:46:35.70\00:46:38.33
The Sabbath.
00:46:38.63\00:46:40.23
Do you see why
this issue is important?
00:46:41.47\00:46:43.43
The whole Christian world with-
out any Biblical authority...
00:46:43.83\00:46:46.97
I shouldn't say the
whole Christian world...
00:46:47.27\00:46:49.32
most of the Christian world
00:46:49.52\00:46:50.76
without any authority
- any divine authority -
00:46:50.96\00:46:53.59
they say: "It's OK to
worship God on the first day
00:46:53.89\00:46:57.94
of the week. " Is that
acceptable in the sight of God?
00:46:58.04\00:47:02.34
That's not any better
than the worship of Cain.
00:47:02.54\00:47:05.44
You say: "Why not? "
00:47:05.64\00:47:06.67
For the simple reason that
Cain worshiped God on his terms
00:47:06.94\00:47:10.20
and he disobeyed
God's explicit instructions.
00:47:11.04\00:47:13.68
Is not keeping the Sabbath and
worshiping on a different day
00:47:14.09\00:47:18.74
the same principle as
what happened with Cain?
00:47:18.94\00:47:21.77
Absolutely! Because
it's being disobedient to God
00:47:22.07\00:47:25.30
and it's worshiping
God on our terms instead of
00:47:25.50\00:47:28.45
on the basis of the terms that
God Himself has established.
00:47:28.55\00:47:32.60
And so Revelation calls for
people to worship the Creator.
00:47:32.90\00:47:36.32
Revelation speaks about those
who have made their garments
00:47:36.63\00:47:39.65
white in the blood of the Lamb.
00:47:39.75\00:47:41.10
They're like Abel. They have
sacrificed an animal so to speak
00:47:41.30\00:47:43.96
and their lives have been
00:47:44.10\00:47:45.60
covered with the blood of Jesus.
00:47:45.70\00:47:47.09
But they also
worship the Creator.
00:47:47.29\00:47:49.51
By the way, do they also
00:47:49.71\00:47:51.30
keep the commandments of God?
00:47:51.50\00:47:52.65
Notice Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
00:47:52.95\00:47:56.38
Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17.
00:47:56.68\00:47:59.64
It says: "And the dragon... "
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.02
By the way, the same
four elements of Genesis 3:15.
00:48:01.23\00:48:03.64
We're kind of
going quickly here.
00:48:03.94\00:48:05.45
But if you notice the
story of Cain and Abel
00:48:05.65\00:48:07.51
the story of Cain and Abel
is actually an amplification
00:48:07.61\00:48:10.24
of Genesis 3:15.
00:48:10.34\00:48:11.56
Because that story... Do
you have enmity in the story
00:48:12.33\00:48:14.79
of Cain and Abel? Yes you do.
00:48:14.89\00:48:16.14
Do you have two
seeds? Yes you do.
00:48:16.44\00:48:19.00
Do you have a woman? Yes.
00:48:19.13\00:48:20.95
Do you have a serpent?
Cain was of the "wicked one"
00:48:21.15\00:48:25.10
it says in I John 3.
00:48:25.30\00:48:26.62
So do you have the same
elements of Genesis 3:15
00:48:26.82\00:48:29.53
in the story of Cain
and Abel? Absolutely.
00:48:29.73\00:48:32.15
Do we have the same
elements in the final battle?
00:48:32.38\00:48:34.56
Of course. Now if the same
elements are present in the
00:48:34.59\00:48:37.50
final battle,
must this final battle
00:48:37.60\00:48:39.68
be like the original
battle between Cain and Abel?
00:48:39.88\00:48:42.09
Absolutely.
Notice Revelation 12:17.
00:48:42.39\00:48:45.02
"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman... "
00:48:45.32\00:48:47.40
See, dragon...
that's the serpent.
00:48:47.70\00:48:49.29
"With the woman...
" There's the woman.
00:48:49.40\00:48:50.65
"He went to make
war... " That's the enmity.
00:48:50.86\00:48:53.04
"With the remnant of her
seed. " There you have the seed.
00:48:53.24\00:48:55.53
And what
characteristic do they have?
00:48:55.73\00:48:57.41
They keep the
commandments of God
00:48:57.71\00:49:00.54
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:49:00.84\00:49:03.35
Notice the end of the
third angel's message.
00:49:03.75\00:49:05.89
Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 12.
00:49:06.09\00:49:08.02
This is the last message
that God gives to the world.
00:49:08.22\00:49:11.21
It says in
Revelation 14 and verse 12:
00:49:11.24\00:49:14.61
"Here is the
patience of the saints;
00:49:14.81\00:49:17.24
here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:49:17.44\00:49:20.75
and the faith of
Jesus. " So much for the idea
00:49:20.85\00:49:23.70
that the commandments
were nailed to the cross.
00:49:23.90\00:49:25.67
If they were nailed to the
cross, why does Revelation say
00:49:25.87\00:49:28.42
that there's going to
be a people who keep 'em?
00:49:28.52\00:49:30.03
You're not with me.
00:49:33.01\00:49:34.48
Why does Revelation condemn
people who practice false
00:49:34.78\00:49:37.33
worship? Why is it wrong to
worship the image to the beast?
00:49:37.43\00:49:42.51
That's idolatry. You say:
"Because there's a commandment
00:49:43.59\00:49:45.79
that says thou shalt
not make a graven image. "
00:49:45.90\00:49:47.48
"Thou shalt have no
other gods before Me. "
00:49:48.58\00:49:50.16
So if that's true, then the com-
mandments must still be binding.
00:49:51.13\00:49:54.14
They weren't nailed to the
cross if the conflict at the end
00:49:54.34\00:49:56.29
of time has to do
with worship and so on.
00:49:56.39\00:49:59.04
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:49:59.24\00:50:00.50
The trouble is - and I
need to be frank here -
00:50:00.74\00:50:04.19
what Christians are willing
to say is that God crucified
00:50:05.25\00:50:08.31
the Ten Commandments and
then He uncrucified nine.
00:50:08.51\00:50:10.83
Or they'll say that
Christ crucified one.
00:50:13.65\00:50:16.45
You see it's the Sabbath
that people want to get rid of.
00:50:16.85\00:50:19.18
And it's because the
devil hates the Sabbath.
00:50:19.58\00:50:21.94
In the Old Testament he
led Israel to break the Sabbath
00:50:22.24\00:50:24.84
time and again. In
the times of Christ
00:50:24.94\00:50:27.00
he twisted the
meaning of the Sabbath.
00:50:27.10\00:50:28.94
The Pharisees
disfigured the Sabbath.
00:50:29.24\00:50:31.49
At the end of time the
conflict is going to be also
00:50:32.20\00:50:34.56
over the Sabbath because
the devil hates the Sabbath
00:50:34.66\00:50:37.04
because the Sabbath points to
the fact that there's only one
00:50:37.34\00:50:39.93
true God: the Creator of
the heavens and the earth.
00:50:40.03\00:50:42.65
And if people keep the Sabbath
the devil can have nothing
00:50:42.85\00:50:45.35
to do with them because they're
recognizing that there's only
00:50:45.45\00:50:48.71
one true God. Raise your hand if
you understand what I'm saying.
00:50:48.81\00:50:52.51
It's an issue of
whose authority you accept.
00:50:53.47\00:50:56.19
Now... let's go to Revelation 6.
00:50:57.30\00:51:00.81
This is going to get
even more interesting.
00:51:01.71\00:51:03.57
Revelation 6. Remember
the blood of Abel crying out?
00:51:04.69\00:51:08.06
Is that going to happen
at the end of time also?
00:51:09.36\00:51:11.86
Did that happen
during the 1,260 years?
00:51:12.16\00:51:14.04
Did a lot of people
during the 1,260 years
00:51:14.44\00:51:17.17
die unjustly?
00:51:17.37\00:51:18.80
What did the little
horn do? He persecuted whom?
00:51:19.00\00:51:21.32
The saints of the Most High.
00:51:21.52\00:51:22.79
The woman was
persecuted in the wilderness.
00:51:23.19\00:51:25.42
Many of them were killed.
Was there any justice in that?
00:51:25.72\00:51:28.35
No. How about the martyrs who
will die near the end of time
00:51:29.41\00:51:32.10
before probation closes?
00:51:32.96\00:51:34.63
Is there any justice
in that? Absolutely not.
00:51:34.93\00:51:37.90
And I want you to notice
what happens as a result.
00:51:38.14\00:51:40.26
Revelation
chapter 6 and verse 9.
00:51:40.66\00:51:42.74
This is the fifth
seal. I wish we had the time
00:51:42.85\00:51:44.55
to study the specific context
but let's notice. It says:
00:51:44.65\00:51:47.96
"When he opened the fifth
seal I saw under the altar
00:51:48.16\00:51:50.40
the souls of those
who have been slain
00:51:50.50\00:51:53.56
for the Word of God and for
the testimony which they held. "
00:51:53.77\00:51:56.08
Some people say: "See, the
souls are under the altar. "
00:51:56.28\00:51:58.24
Well, this problem can
be resolved very easily.
00:51:58.54\00:52:00.81
You see the word soul, as we
studied in one of our previous
00:52:01.21\00:52:04.09
lectures, is really...
It says in Leviticus 17:14
00:52:04.19\00:52:08.03
that the nefesh of
man is his blood. "
00:52:08.33\00:52:11.32
The word nefesh is translated
many many times in the
00:52:11.52\00:52:14.01
Old Testament: soul.
00:52:14.12\00:52:15.65
In other words, the
soul of man is his blood.
00:52:15.85\00:52:17.98
What it means is that
the life of man is his blood.
00:52:19.08\00:52:22.00
So these souls that are
crying out under the altar
00:52:22.31\00:52:25.16
they are the blood that
was shed, they are the life
00:52:25.46\00:52:29.47
of these individuals
that are crying out to God.
00:52:29.67\00:52:31.72
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:52:31.92\00:52:32.98
Don't put into the text immortal
souls that are in heaven.
00:52:33.28\00:52:37.21
You know, people
like to add to the text.
00:52:37.45\00:52:39.07
The text does not say that.
00:52:39.30\00:52:41.01
Now notice:
they're under the altar.
00:52:41.31\00:52:43.66
Remember the blood that
was poured next to the altar?
00:52:43.86\00:52:45.52
And then notice verse 10:
00:52:45.92\00:52:47.51
"And they cried
with a loud voice saying:
00:52:47.72\00:52:50.67
'How long, O
Lord, holy and true,
00:52:50.98\00:52:54.03
until You judge
and avenge... ' What?
00:52:54.23\00:52:56.72
'our blood on those
who dwell on the earth? ' "
00:52:56.92\00:52:59.35
Are they crying out for the
same thing that Abel's blood
00:52:59.65\00:53:02.56
cried out for? Absolutely!
00:53:02.66\00:53:04.29
And by the way,
there's two groups of martyrs.
00:53:04.49\00:53:06.13
These that are crying
out are the ones who died
00:53:06.23\00:53:08.23
during the 1,260 years.
00:53:08.33\00:53:09.55
But there's going to be
another group of martyrs.
00:53:09.75\00:53:11.28
Notice verse 11. It says:
00:53:11.38\00:53:13.17
"Then a white robe was
given to each of them. "
00:53:13.37\00:53:16.16
Isn't that interesting?
00:53:16.36\00:53:17.39
They died overcomers. A
white robe is given to each
00:53:17.56\00:53:20.46
of them. "And
it was said to them
00:53:20.56\00:53:23.22
that they should rest
a little while longer. "
00:53:23.42\00:53:26.29
Well I guess if they're resting
then they must not be alive
00:53:26.32\00:53:29.65
under the altar.
00:53:29.75\00:53:32.57
What's crying
out is their blood!
00:53:32.77\00:53:34.29
And so it says that they should
rest a little while longer.
00:53:35.45\00:53:38.09
And now notice:
"until both the number
00:53:38.29\00:53:41.11
of their fellow
servants and their brethren
00:53:41.21\00:53:43.37
who would be killed as
they were was completed. "
00:53:43.57\00:53:46.75
Is there going to be another
group of martyrs that are
00:53:47.05\00:53:48.83
going to be killed?
Yes. And do you know why?
00:53:48.93\00:53:51.21
Because the beast has
two stages of existence.
00:53:51.41\00:53:54.00
He killed during the 1,260 years
00:53:55.01\00:53:57.47
but his deadly wound
is going to be healed
00:53:57.67\00:53:59.29
and he is going to kill again.
00:53:59.49\00:54:01.17
Are you with me or
are you not with me?
00:54:02.37\00:54:04.60
By the way, who are the
powers that are going to try and
00:54:04.90\00:54:07.09
destroy God's
people at the end time?
00:54:07.19\00:54:08.55
This is the amazing thing.
00:54:09.53\00:54:10.60
The beast represents
the Roman Catholic papacy.
00:54:10.81\00:54:13.41
The false prophet
represents Protestantism
00:54:14.70\00:54:17.86
as it's found in the
United States of America.
00:54:18.06\00:54:20.39
You say: "How is it possible
00:54:20.79\00:54:22.24
that you could
say such a thing? "
00:54:22.45\00:54:24.05
Well Abel and
Cain were brothers.
00:54:24.88\00:54:27.28
And that's exactly what's going
to happen at the end of time:
00:54:28.46\00:54:30.85
two kinds of worshipers...
00:54:31.15\00:54:32.86
obedient and disobedient.
00:54:33.81\00:54:35.62
Both are going
to come before God.
00:54:36.68\00:54:39.41
Both attend church.
00:54:39.71\00:54:41.40
But one group are like Abel.
00:54:41.80\00:54:44.27
They follow the
worship of God to the letter.
00:54:44.57\00:54:46.64
They obey God and
they truly receive Jesus
00:54:46.94\00:54:50.41
as their Savior
and as their Lord.
00:54:50.71\00:54:53.01
Is there going to
be a mark of protection
00:54:54.35\00:54:56.34
that is placed on
those who follow the beast?
00:54:56.64\00:55:00.44
The ones who have
the character like Cain?
00:55:01.71\00:55:03.65
Yes. Is it a
sign of preservation?
00:55:03.95\00:55:06.27
Is it a mark of
preservation? Yes it is.
00:55:06.47\00:55:08.63
See, the beast and his
image will say: 'Hey, folks,
00:55:09.46\00:55:11.58
you know, as
long as you follow us,
00:55:11.78\00:55:14.34
as long as you
worship the way we say,
00:55:15.58\00:55:18.35
as long as you
obey our commands,
00:55:18.38\00:55:20.47
your life is
going to be preserved.
00:55:20.77\00:55:23.50
Nobody will be
able to kill you. "
00:55:23.80\00:55:25.72
But as Cain ultimately
died and he will resurrect
00:55:25.93\00:55:29.51
and will be
outside the Holy City,
00:55:29.71\00:55:31.03
so will be also with those
who are not faithful to God.
00:55:31.23\00:55:36.36
Now do you
understand what the issues are
00:55:37.55\00:55:39.14
in Revelation 16 verse 15?
00:55:39.34\00:55:40.88
Jesus said:
"Behold I come as a thief.
00:55:41.94\00:55:44.01
Blessed is he that watches
00:55:45.20\00:55:48.44
and keeps his garments
00:55:49.20\00:55:51.27
lest he be found naked
and they see his shame. "
00:55:51.57\00:55:54.40
You see, the issue at the end of
00:55:56.12\00:55:57.28
time is the same issue
00:55:57.38\00:55:58.81
as existed at the beginning
00:55:58.91\00:56:00.17
of time: whether you receive
00:56:00.37\00:56:02.21
the blood of Jesus, whether
you are obedient to Jesus,
00:56:02.31\00:56:06.02
and whether you worship
the way Jesus has commanded
00:56:06.22\00:56:09.30
that we're supposed to worship.
00:56:09.50\00:56:10.81
By the way, our final
text - Matthew chapter 7-
00:56:11.11\00:56:15.04
speaks about the two kinds
of Christians in the end time.
00:56:15.34\00:56:18.48
And I pray to God that we'll
be the right type of Christians.
00:56:18.88\00:56:22.02
Jesus spoke in Matthew
chapter 7 and verses 21-23
00:56:22.32\00:56:27.73
the following words. He says:
00:56:27.93\00:56:30.28
Are there going to be two kinds
of Christians in the end time?
00:57:05.67\00:57:08.39
Yes. What type of
Christian are you going to be?
00:57:09.10\00:57:12.16
The kind that worships
God the way God has specified?
00:57:13.66\00:57:15.90
Those who obey God and
who truly receive Jesus
00:57:16.10\00:57:19.00
or otherwise? I pray to God
that you will be the right kind.
00:57:19.40\00:57:23.66