As-Salaam-Alaikum to our
Muslim brother and sisters,
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shalom to our Hebrew cousins,
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peace be upon you
our Christian friends.
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Welcome once again to
"The Descendants of Abraham."
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We are blessed that
you here with us today
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and we pray that
you will be filled
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with the
knowledge of the Creator God
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and of His Son
who gave His life,
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sacrificed His life for you
and for me that we can be free
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from the bondage of
sin, from Satan himself.
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Many people have rejected
the thought that Satan is real,
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many people, today,
sometimes we think that
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we are too civilized
to believe in such a thing
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but in today's program
I would like to show you
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that he really does
exist and that he does hold us
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in bondage if we
don't know where to go.
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If we don't go to the Creator
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and accept Him
and accept His truth.
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If we don't believe in
the existence of Satan,
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then all the evil
that happens around us,
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that happens in
your life and my life
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we tend to blame it on
God, we say it's an act of God
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or we will blame it
on other natural forces,
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but there is so much sin
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and so much evil
in the world today
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and we are going to
look at how it all began.
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And right now let's
start with the Prophet Ezekiel
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to see what he
tell us in the Torah.
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Let us look at the
scripture in Ezekiel 28:13-15.
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"You were the
seal of perfection,
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full of wisdom
and perfect in beauty.
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You were in Eden,
the garden of God.
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Every precious
stone was your covering,
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The Sardius, Topaz and Dimond,
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Beryl, Onyx and Jasper,
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Sapphire, Turquoise
and Emerald with Gold.
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The workmanship of
your timbrels and pipes
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was prepared for you on
the day you were created.
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You were the anointed cherub
who covers, I established you.
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You were on the
holy mountain of God,
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You walked back and forth
in the midst of fiery stones.
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You were perfect in your ways
from the day you were created,
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till iniquity was found in you.
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Who is the prophet describing,
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the Prophet Ezekiel
who is he describing?
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He is describing Lucifer.
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It is Lucifer, the
angel that was created by God.
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Perfect, he was created perfect.
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He was the-- he was created
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to be the head of all the
angels in the kingdom of God.
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He was created to serve
God, to serve the Creator
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and he did wonderful
things when he was loyal.
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We are going to
look at another scripture
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and that will be in the
Book of Isaiah 14:12-14.
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Let's read that, "How
you are fallen from heaven,
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O Lucifer, son of the morning!
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How you are cut
down to the ground,
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you who weakened the nations!
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For you have said in your heart,
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I will ascend into heaven,
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God.
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I will also sit on the
mount of the congregation,
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on the farthest
sides of the north.
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I will ascend above
the heights of the clouds,
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I will be like the Most High.
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Yet you shall be
brought down to Sheol,
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to the lowest
depths of the Pit."
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It was Lucifer, Lucifer's
pride and his lust for power
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that caused him to sin
against the Most High God.
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Remember how he lied to Eve
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in the Garden of Eden
in the very beginning.
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What was one of
the things he told her?
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When he tempted her
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and he tempted her we
believe through the serpent
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but nevertheless he tempted her,
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it was Satan that tempted her.
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He said to her,
"Did God tell you
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not to eat of the fruit
of that tree in the garden?"
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And she said, "Yes,
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God did forbid us
to eat from that fruit.
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And He said that If we do
eat of that fruit we will die."
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And what did Satan say to her?
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You will not die,
you will not surely die.
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He assured her that
God was lying to her
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that she will not die.
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Well, where is Eve today?
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Eve is not alive, she did die.
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God's word is true always.
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Satan did the same
thing to the angels in heaven.
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His lust for power
and his pride in himself
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because he was a beautiful angel
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caused him to want
to be higher than God
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like we read in
the scripture before.
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I'll ascend in to heaven,
I'll be like the Most High,
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I'll sit in the
mountains of congregation.
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Satan wanted to be
above the Son of God, Christ.
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There was
jealously, there was envy
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but you know all of
that cause Satan to sin
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and so he turned
around and he started
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to whisper in the
ears of the other angels
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and saying, you know,
God is not fair, God is lies,
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And he started
assaulting God's character,
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that was where sin started.
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God did not create sin,
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He created a
beautiful perfect angel.
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He did not create sin but
that is where sin started.
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A third of the angels
and there are thousands
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and ten thousands and thousands
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upon thousands of angels
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but a third of heaven's
angels were deceived by Satan,
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a third of the
angels followed Satan.
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They believed
him, they believed him
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when he was
attacking the character of God.
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These angels lived
through the holy and loving God
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and yet they allowed themselves
to be deceived by Lucifer
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or Satan as we know him now.
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Satan did not care
about these angels.
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He just wanted to overthrow
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the laws of God and
the government of God.
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He wanted to rule the nations.
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He wanted to be first in heaven.
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Let us take a look at
the last book of the Injil
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to see what happened
and this book is Revelation,
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the last book in the
Injil, it's Revelation 12:7-9.
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"And war broke out in heaven,
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Michael and his
angels fought with the dragon
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and the dragon
with his angels fought,
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but they did not prevail,
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nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer.
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So the great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
called the Devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole
world, he was cast to the earth,
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and his angels
were cast out with him."
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So we see that
the beginning of sin
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or disobedience
to the Creator God
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started in heaven, it
didn't start in here on earth
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it started in haven
where a war broke out
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between the
dragon Satan and Michael,
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we're told
between Michael and Satan.
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We also see that the one
who triumphed in this conflict
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was Michael but who is Michael?
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Well, we have to take a look
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at what the holy book
teaches us on this subject.
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I'm not going to tell
you, I can't tell you,
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we have to see what God
tells us, who is Michael.
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Let's go to the Torah
in Daniel 12:1, we read,
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"At that time
Michael shall stand up,
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the great Prince who stands
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watch over the
sons of your people."
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And if you continue to
read the whole of this chapter,
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chapter 12, you will
see that there is no doubt
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that Michael is the son of God
who will deliver his followers,
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his true children at
the end of this world.
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This is soon by
the way, this is soon,
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the end of the
world, we see all the signs
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and the holy book gives
us all the signs that we need
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and the Son of God, the Christ
tells us a lot about that.
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But, that's for the next time,
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it will happen
in a global level,
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not in any one
country, in a global level.
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And in another program we'll
take more closer look at that.
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But right now let us look
at Daniel 10:13 in the Torah.
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And it says, "But the
princes of the kingdom of Persia
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withstood me twenty-one days
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and behold, Michael,
one of the chief princes,
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came to help me, for I
had been left alone there
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with the kings of Persia."
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The Prophet Daniel helps
us to see this mighty struggle
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between the forces of
good and the forces of evil.
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Here he is saying not Daniel
but the angel Gabriel saying,
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for three weeks, for 21 days,
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he struggled with
Satan and his angels
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who are trying to
influence the kings of Persia
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namely Cyrus to rise up against
the people of God at that time,
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Gabriel, Angel Gabriel
was working to counter act
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the influences of
the powers of darkness,
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work on the mind of Cyrus.
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Finally as we
read as Daniel says,
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"But the prince of
the kingdom of Persia
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withstood me twenty-one days
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and behold, Michael,
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one of the chief
prince, came to help me."
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Finally Christ
himself as we learned
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was Michael who will stand up,
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Christ Himself
came to Gabriel's aid
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and the battle was won
again for God's people.
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Cyrus and his son Cambyses were
favorable to the people of God.
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But, let's look at Daniel 10:21
right now in the Torah again
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same Daniel 10:21, it says,
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"But I tell you what is
noted in the Scripture of Truth.
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No one upholds me against these,
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except Michael your prince."
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The angel Gabriel
confirms to the Prophet Daniel
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that the battles are not easy
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but that Michael your
prince strengthens him
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even the highest,
most honored angel, Gabriel
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knows that he needs the strength
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of the Most High
God to uphold him.
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We cannot battle with
the powers of darkness
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with Satan on our own.
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We need to call in God,
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we need to call
in the Son of God
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to help us in these
struggles, these battles
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and these are
stories here in the Torah,
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in the Torah that shows us this.
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Let us go now to the next
scripture, Daniel 9:25-27,
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we read, "Know
therefore and understand
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that from the going
forth of the command
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to restore and build Jerusalem
until Messiah the Prince,
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there shall be seven
weeks and sixty-two weeks,
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The street shall be built again,
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and the wall, even
in troublesome times.
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And after the sixty-two
weeks Messiah shall be cut off,
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but not for Himself
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and the people of the
Prince who is to come."
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Brothers and sisters,
this book of the Torah,
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the Book of Daniel
has so much prophecy,
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past, present, future,
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that we do not have
time to go into today.
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But it is a powerful book,
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but you can see from
the verses that we have read
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that the Messiah is also
called Prince, the Prince.
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So once again we have to allow
the holy book to interpret us--
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interpret
itself and when we read
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and we ask for God's
spirit to be with us,
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He will guide us into all truth.
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Let's look at another passage
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and this again
now is in the Injil,
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in the Book of Jude
and in that book of Jude
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there is only one chapter,
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so we are going to read
verse 9 in the Book of Jude
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and it says "Yet
Michael the archangel,
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in contending with the devil,
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when he disputed
about the body of Moses,
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dared not bring against
him a reviling accusation,
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but said, "The Lord rebuke you!"
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Moses passed through death
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but Michael
came down from heaven
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and gave him life
before his body had decomposed.
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Satan tried to hold
that body claiming it as his,
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but Michael resurrected
Moses and took him to heaven
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and that we can--we will
see also later on in the program
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that Moses did come
back to minister to Jesus.
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In the same Injil, in
the Book of Thessalonians,
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the 1 Thessalonians
4:16 here again we read,
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"For the Lord Himself will
descend from heaven with a shout
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with the voice of an archangel,
and with the trumpet of God."
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This scripture verse tells us
that the voice of the archangel
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and the voice of the Lord
Himself is one of the same,
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again looking at all the
other Bible verses we read
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and putting them all together
building upon each other.
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This scripture verse tell us
that the voice of the archangel
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and the voice of the
Lord is one of the same.
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The Torah is all about Jesus,
the Torah is all about Jesus,
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the Torah tells us so
much about the Son of God.
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But He is not
called Jesus in the Torah,
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He was not given that name until
after His birth here on earth.
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He had to become like us.
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He was
representing us to His Father,
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He had to become like us
when he came here as a baby.
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The world is full of sin
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and He needed to come
and rescue us from sin.
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The Torah points us
forward to the crucifixion,
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the resurrection
and the second coming
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of the Messiah,
Jesus the Christ.
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In the upcoming
programs we will take a look
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at the tabernacle
service given to Moses by God
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and how that
whole sacrificial system
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or the whole service
there points to Christ
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hanging on the cross,
for your sins and mine.
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My brothers and sisters, I
know that we are taught that
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God does not
believe in human sacrifice
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and that's right, He
doesn't, He never did.
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And when that
practice was going on,
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He was not pleased with it.
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But this is different
and again in later programs
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you will see
that, we will see that
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this is not where you and
I think of as human sacrifice
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but there is a price
to be paid for our sins.
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The Prophet Isaiah
prophesied in detail
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the crucifixion
of Christ in detail.
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This prophecy was
given 600 to 700 years
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before Christ
came to this earth.
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600 to 700 years before Christ
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even came to
this earth as a baby.
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I pray that you will
read if you have a Bible,
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the chapter in
Isaiah 53 and you will--
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your eyes will be opened that,
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that prophet
wrote and prophesied
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exactly what was
going to be happening
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600, 700 years later at Calvary.
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Many of our Jewish
brothers and sisters
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accepted Jesus as the Messiah
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because they studied the
Torah searching for truth
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and it was shown
to them at that time.
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Look at what
Philip, who was a Jew
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and he was from Bethsaida
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and he said of Jesus in 1 John,
again in the Injil 1 John 1:45,
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we can read, "Now
Philip was from Bethsaida,
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the city of Andrew and Peter.
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Philip found
Nathanael and said to him,
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"We have found him of
whom Moses in the law,
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and also the prophets wrote--
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Jesus of Nazareth,
the son of Joseph."
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Although Philip
recognize that Jesus was the one
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that Moses and the
prophets wrote about.
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He still did not fully
understand that this time
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that Jesus was
God in human form.
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He called Jesus
the son of Joseph.
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When Jesus was
about 12 years old,
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he went up to Jerusalem
with his parents Joseph and Mary
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to the feast of the
Passover which was normal.
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You know, at that time
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all the families
went up to Jerusalem
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to celebrate the
feast of the Passover
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and after the feast was
celebrated over many days,
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Joseph and Mary and
Jesus and all the family left
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and everybody would leave
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and go back to their
respective homes in their towns.
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Well, into the journey
Joseph and Mary realized
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that Jesus wasn't with
them, their little boy,
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their 12 year
old wasn't with them,
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so they turned
around, they looked around
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and asked the
rest of their family.
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No, nobody had seen him,
so they went back to Jerusalem
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and when they
went back to Jerusalem
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and they looked for Him
there and inquired where He was,
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they found out that
He was in the temple.
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He was in the
temple among the teachers,
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the rabbis and the priests
and He was listening to them,
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He was learning from
them and He, believe it or not
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at 12 year old,
He was teaching them,
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He was asking questions
and they were astonished
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at the knowledge
that He had, 12 years old.
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Let's read what transpired there
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when Mary went and she
found Him in the temple.
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We will go to
the Book of the Luke
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again in the Injil,
the Book of Luke 2:47-49,
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"And all who heard
Him were astonished
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at His
understanding and answers.
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So when they saw
Him, they were amazed,
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and His mother said to Him,
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"Son, why have
you done this to us?
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Look, your father and I
have sought you anxiously."
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And He said to them,
"Why did you seek me?
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Did you not know that I must
be about My Father's business?"
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The child Jesus knew
that His true Father was God.
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He said, He was about
His Father's business,
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why are you seeking
me, Mary and Joseph?
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He wasn't rude,
He wasn't being rude,
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He was just stating the
fact, why are you seeking me,
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I'm about My Father's
business, My Father in heaven.
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I would like to remind you
my brothers and my sisters,
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you are my
brothers and my sisters.
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We do not believe that
Mary should be worshiped
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in anyway shape or
form, we do not worship Mary,
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she was human like you,
like me and she was blessed,
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she was blessed
by the Most High God
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and that she was chosen
to carry His Son as a babe.
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She was blessed
but Mary is asleep,
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Mary is still gone
and we don't read anything
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in the Torah or the
Injil about Mary being alive.
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So we do not worship her.
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My prayer for you
is that your eyes,
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your mind and your
heart will be opened
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by the spirit of the living God
to see truth and all its glory.
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There is only one God,
you will say yes there is,
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I'll say yes there is, so
there has to be only one truth.
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Let us look at the
warning given to us
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by the great disciple
Peter in 1 Peter 5:8, 9.
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Here is what he says,
"Be sober, be vigilant,
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because your adversary the devil
walks about like a roaring lion,
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seeking whom he may devour.
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Resist him,
steadfast in the faith,
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knowing that the same sufferings
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are experienced by your
brotherhood in the world."
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We have seen how
Satan became a fallen angel
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and how sin developed.
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We have studied a little about
the war that started in heaven.
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The first war started in heaven
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between Satan, the fallen angel
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who chose to
disobey the Creator God.
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We have seen
through the Holy Book
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that Michael,
the Prince of heaven
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who is also our
Messiah and the archangel
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also called the
angel of the Lord
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and best known as
Jesus Christ has won the war
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with Satan for our
salvation, yours and mine.
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When you get to The
Descendants of Abraham,
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you can be sure that
you're lighting the way for all
00:26:14.73\00:26:17.71
in search of the Creator God
00:26:17.74\00:26:19.71
and His message of love
and forgiveness to all nations.
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brothers and sisters
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for being with us here today.
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There is so much to
cover on this subject
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that we couldn't do it all today
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and so this is going
to be a two part series
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and I would encourage you to
please join us again next week
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and let's continue
studying the subject of sin,
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of the eradication of
sin, of the reality of Satan.
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My prayer for you is
that your heart and your mind
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will be opened to truth,
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to the truth of
the God of Abraham
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who He really is,
who Abraham worshiped,
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what God Abraham worshiped.
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I will keep you in
prayer, I don't know your name
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but God does and
I'll be praying for you.
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Please go to the website
www.descendantsofabraham.org
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and send me your pray request
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or if you have questions,
email me. God bless you.
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