Open your Bibles to
Revelation 14, and I want to
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bring something to
your attention right at
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the outset that is very logical.
Now we've made this point
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before, but I want to make
it again, Revelation 14, and in
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Revelation 14 we find the
most serious warning in all
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of the Bible. In
Revelation 14 we find the
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most serious warning in all of
the Bible, and it has to do with
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the issue mark of the
beast, so let's look at that.
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Revelation 14:9:
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"Then a third angel follow them,
saying with a loud voice, "
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"If anyone worships the beast
or his image, or receives his"
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"mark on his forehead or in
his hand, he himself shall also"
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"drink of the wine of the wrath
of God, which is poured out"
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"full strength into the cup
of His indignation. He shall be"
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"tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of"
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"the holy angels, and in
the presence of the Lamb. And"
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"the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever, "
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"and they have no rest, day
or night, who worship the beast"
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"and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name. "
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You cannot find a more serious,
more austere, more amazing...
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I don't know how to say it:
significant, serious, serious,
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serious warning in all of the
Bible than that one right there.
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Now I want you to think
about this for just a moment.
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God's basically saying "Don't
get the mark of the beast",
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Is it reasonable of God for Him
to tell us "Don't get the mark"
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"of the beast" and then not make
it clear as to what the mark
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of the beast is,
does that make sense?
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It'd be a little bit
like God saying "Don't touch"
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"the snicker doodle!
Don't touch the snicker doodle",
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and we say "God, what is the
snicker doodle? ", and He says
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"Well that's for Me to
know and you to find out. "
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Does that make any
sense? No sense whatsoever.
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So tonight we're going to
proceed in a very logical, very
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linear fashion, and we're going
to ask ourselves from the Bible:
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"What is this question, this
idea of the mark of the beast? "
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We're going to start
right in our study guide, we're
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beginning in the first
little paragraph there.
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The mark of the beast is
one of the most serious and
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misunderstood subjects in
the Bible. Since we have already
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identified the beast of
Revelation 13, we need only
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to discover what his mark is,
after all, the mark of the beast
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is just that: the mark of the
beast; that is, it's the beast's
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mark. Once the beast has
been Biblically identified,
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the matter of uncovering his
mark becomes almost elementary
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as we shall see.
Sometimes we say the word
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"markofthebeast" as
though it's one word,
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"You don't want to
get themarkofthebeast",
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we say "themarkofthebeast",
but let's slow down, if that's
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possible for me, and
let's really discuss what is
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"the mark of the beast".
So then that tells me that
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the mark of the beast would be
"the" "mark" "of" "the" "beast".
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So, instead of trying to figure
out whats "themarkofthebeast",
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whatever that might be, we
say it all like it's one word,
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let's figure out who the beast
is, and then it's elementary
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for us to say what's his mark,
because the mark of the beast
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would be the mark of
the beast. So far so good.
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So, don't forget the issue,
we're right there in your study
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guide: As we study the topic of
the mark of the beast, we must
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bear in mind what we have
learned from our past studies
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in Revelation. First we have
learned that there is a great
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conflict that surrounds
God, His character, His law,
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and His government.
Satan has claimed that God is
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unfair, unjust and self-serving.
Satan has claimed that he could
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run the universe
essentially better than God.
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This backdrop of the
larger issue at steak, namely
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God's own character, helps
us to understand with clarity
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the big picture issues in
Revelation. Second, the central
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issue at the end of
time, according to the book of
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Revelation is the issue
of worship. Keeping these 2
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Revelation essentials in
mind will be exceedingly helpful
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in understanding the
mark of the beast issue.
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Let us go to the screen: the
mark of the beast is the mark
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of the beast. Let's try it
again, the mark of the beast is
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the mark of the
beast. So the first beast of
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Revelation 13 we've
already identified as the Roman
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church-state, we've
already identified, we know who
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the beast is, we know who
the Antichrist is, so what we're
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looking for tonight
is the mark of the beast.
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If we know who the beast is
we just have to figure out what
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his mark is. The second beast
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of Revelation 13 is the
spokesman for the first beast
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sometimes referred to
as "the false prophet".
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How many of you have heard that
term before "the false prophet"?
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You find that in Revelation,
we'll be talking about the false
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prophet tomorrow night.
Now, the Bible predicts there
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will be an erosion of freedom
when church and state unite.
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The Bible predicts that there
will be an erosion of civil
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liberties when church and state
unite. In fact, let me just
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show you that very quickly,
you're still in Revelation,
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look at Revelation 13.
I want to show you one of
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the most important
words in Revelation 13:12.
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It says: "He exercised all the
authority of the first beast in"
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"his presence, and causes
the earth, and those who dwell"
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"in it, to worship.
" So let me summarize:
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he causes the earth to
worship in a certain way.
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"Cause" means "to force".
Now jump down to verse 15:
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"he was granted power to
give breath to the image of"
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"the beast, that the image
of the beast should both, speak"
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"and cause as many as would not
worship the image of the beast"
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"should be killed. " And
look at verse 16: "he causes".
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So the idea is that people
are being forced to worship in
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a certain way, it comes up
several times in Revelation 13:
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"causes", and the
word means "being forced. "
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Now think of it this way: does
God ever force us to worship
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Him in a certain way?
Absolutely not. God says:
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"Come unto Me all ye that labor
and are heavy laden, and I will"
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"give you rest. "
The Bible also says in
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Jeremiah 33: "The Lord
has appeared of old unto me, "
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"saying, Yea, I have loved thee
with an everlasting love, ",
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listen carefully, "therefore
with loving kindness I have"
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"drawn thee. " So God
says "come to Me, I want"
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"to draw you, I want to
woo you", that's the God of
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the Bible, but the beast
says "worship or else... ".
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So that's really the mark
of the beast, it's this idea of
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the enforcement of worship,
the enforcement of certain
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religious values, and that's
why we say the Bible predicts
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an erosion of freedom.
What is the mark of the beast?
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Well, as we've already
discussed, it's the mark of
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the beast; and what is
this mysterious number: 666.
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You're still there in
Revelation 13, let's take
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a look at that, Revelation
13. It says there, right towards
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the end of it, verse 16:
"He causes all, both small and"
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"great, rich and poor, free
and slave to receive a mark"
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"on their right hand or in
their forehead, so that no one"
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"might buy or sell", so there's
economic sanctions involved,
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"except the one who has
the mark, or the name of"
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"the beast, or the number of his
name. Here is wisdom, let him"
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"who has understanding calculate
the number of the beast, for it"
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"is the number is of a
man, and his number is 666. "
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Tomorrow night I'm going to
tell you exactly what 666 is.
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I'll show you exactly what
666 is, I wish we could do it
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tonight, but we just have time
to cover the mark of the beast,
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but these 2
ideas are intertwined.
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So tonight we're going to
answer the question and ask
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the question: "What is
the mark of the beast? "
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There are many different ideas
out there, and some of them,
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frankly, are rubbish, I mean,
they're just ideas that someone
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got, they've heard about
a computer in Switzerland,
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and it's called "The beast",
and it prints out little tags,
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and etc, etc. All of these
things, people have different
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ideas and different conjectures,
which is not based on the Bible.
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Some people say "Oh, I've
heard the mark of the beast is"
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"a government identification
number that's going to be"
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"tattooed on your right
hand, or on your forehead. "
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Some say the mark of the beast
is a bar code of some kind,
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it's those UPC symbols in
the Kroger Store, so watch out.
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Others say the mark of the beast
is a number on a credit card,
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you've got to be very careful
that you don't have 666 there,
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but we have seen that the
central issue regarding the mark
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of the beast is not about
computer chips and tattoos,
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it's the issue of worship.
And not just worship, but forced
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worship. "You will worship in
this certain way, or else... ",
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he "causes". See
beloved, think of it this
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way, God is not going to say in
Revelation over and over again:
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"The issue is worship, the
issue is worship, the issue is"
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"worship", and then we get down
to the end of the time, and it's
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about a computer in Switzerland,
does that make any sense
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to anyone?
Beloved, it doesn't make one
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wink of sense, what we
need to do instead of reading
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the fantastic, sensational
websites, and outlets,
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and Christian magazines, far
better to go to what the Bible
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says, and see what the
Bible says about the mark of
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the beast issue. Powerful.
Okay, so now we're back
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to our study guide: God's seal
versus the mark of the beast.
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Our message tonight is entitled
"How not to get the mark"
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"of the beast". I mean, who
cares if you know what it is,
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this is how not to get it.
That's like saying "would you"
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"rather know what the flu is in
a scientific way, or would you"
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"rather know how not to get
it? ", I'd rather know how not
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to get it. So
let's talk about how not
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to get it: God's seal
versus the mark of the beast.
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In order to understand the
mark of the beast, we must first
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understand God's seal.
These 2 are the opposite of one
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another, if you have 1 you can't
have the other, they're like
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oil and water. The issue,
then, for the believer, should
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be about insuring that
he or she does have the seal
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of God. In short, the seal of
God should be the primary focus,
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not the mark of the beast.
In obtaining the seal, one is
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guaranteed that he/she
cannot also receive the mark of
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the beast, so let us first
seek to understand the seal
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of God. Think of it this way:
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if you have seal of God,
by definition you don't have
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the mark of the beast.
So, since these 2 things
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are polar opposites
and mutually exclusive.
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Instead of wondering "Oh,
I wonder what the mark of"
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"the beast is, I hope I
don't get it", and then there's
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a whole nother group of people
who say "Don't worry about it"
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"at all, you're going
to be raptured anyway. "
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Beloved, think of it this
way, instead of worrying what
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the mark of the beast is, let's
say "What do we have to do"
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"in order to insure
that we could never get it? "
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So now it's not just
an intellectual exercise,
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curiosity: "Hmmm, I wonder what
it is, I wonder what it could"
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"be? ", no, now we're saying:
"how do we ensure that we"
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"don't end up with
it, whatever it is. "
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So the answer is you get
the seal of God because if you
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have the seal of God, you can't
have the mark of the beast.
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So it's more important for us
to understand that than the mark
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of the beast. And
actually, what we're going
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to discover is once we've
got the seal of God's sign
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sealed and delivered, then the
mark of the beast becomes almost
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elementary. So
let's continue on, bottom
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of the page: The
seal and the 144,000.
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Open your
Bibles to Revelation 7.
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I'm reading in my study
guide: The 144,000, spoken of in
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Revelation 7:1-4, and
Revelation 14:1-5, all have
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the seal of God in their
forehead, let's take a look
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at that. Revelation 7:1: "After
these things I saw the 4 angels"
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"standing on the 4 corners of
the earth, holding the 4 winds"
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"of the earth, that the wind
should not blow on the earth, "
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"on the sea, nor on any
tree. Then I saw another angel"
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"ascending from the east,
having the seal of the living"
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"God, and he cried with a loud
voice to the 4 angels to whom"
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"it was granted to harm
the earth and the sea, Do not"
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"harm the earth, or the
sea, or the trees until we have"
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"sealed the servants of God
on the forehead. And I heard"
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"the number of those that
were sealed, and the number was"
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"144,000 of all the tribes
of the children of Israel. "
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So those that are
sealed are sealed where?
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In their foreheads. Now
let's remember something
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that's absolutely critical: you
can get the mark of the beast
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in one of 2 places: you can
get the mark on your right hand,
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or in your forehead, but
you can only get the seal in
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the forehead. That'll become
critical in just a moment.
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Now, let's continue in our study
guide, we're on the 2nd page.
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Note that the mark of the
beast can be received either in
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the hand or in the forehead, but
the seal of God can be received
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only in the forehead. Now,
according to Revelation 6:12-17,
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let's look at those verses.
Some people say "who are"
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"the 144,000? I've
heard that the 144,000"
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"are a group of super-Jews
at the end of time who go out"
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"to convert all of the
people who were left behind at"
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"the rapture. " Well, that's
very imaginative, and that's
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very creative, but I want
to know what the Bible says,
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not just what the
people think is creative.
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So let's see what the
Bible says about the 144,000.
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I'm in Revelation 6:12, this
is the opening of the 6th seal
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off of that scroll.
John says "I looked and he"
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"opened the 6th seal, and
behold, there was a great"
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"earthquake, the sun become
sack as sackcloth of hair, "
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"and the moon came become like
blood, and the stars of heaven"
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"fell to the earth as a fig tree
drops its late figs when it is"
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"shaken by a mighty
wind. Then the sky receded"
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"as a scroll when it is
rolled up, and every mountain"
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"and island was
moved out of its place. "
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Wow, this must be an
amazing event, the mountains are
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disappearing, the islands
are disappearing, verse 15:
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"And the kings of the earth,
the great men, the rich men, "
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"the commanders, the mighty men,
every slave and every free man"
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"hid themselves in the
caves and in the rocks of"
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"the mountains and said
to the rocks and mountains, "
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"Fall on us and hide us from
the face of Him who sits on"
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"the throne, and from
the wrath of the Lamb. "
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Remember we talked about
that last night? It doesn't say
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"the wrath of the lion",
it doesn't say "the wrath"
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"of the grizzly bear", it
says "the wrath of the Lamb".
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Now look at verse 17: "For the
great day of His wrath is come"
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"and who is able to stand?
" So this is clearly depicting
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the second coming of Jesus.
The mountains are disappearing,
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the islands are disappearing,
and here comes Jesus,
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the wrath of the Lamb, and as
He's returning to come and take
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His promised, precious people
home, people are looking up,
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and those that are not saved,
those who have not put their
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faith in Jesus are
running to the rocks and saying
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"Fall on us, and hide us
from the face of Him who sits"
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"on the throne. " Notice
how it ends there, verse 17,
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it ends with a
question. The question is this:
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"The great day of His
wrath has come, and who is able"
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"to stand? " So
look, Revelation 6 ends
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with a question: "who
will be able to endure this"
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"catastrophic, cataclysmic,
amazing event of the second"
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"coming of Jesus? "
And then the answer is
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Revelation 7: the 144,000.
See, remember that the chapters
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and verses in your Bibles
were added, that would have been
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read, before the chapters,
diversification and the various
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chapters added, that would
have just read "Who is able"
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"to stand? After this
I saw 4 angels standing"
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"on the 4 corners of the
earth, holding the 4 winds of"
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"the earth, that the wind
and sea, should not blow on"
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"the earth, or any sea, and
I saw another angel ascending"
00:16:15.39\00:16:17.75
"from the beast, having the seal
of the living God, he cried"
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"with a loud voice to the 4
angels to whom it was granted"
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"to harm the earth and the
sea, Do not harm the earth, or"
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"the trees until we have
sealed the servants of God"
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"in their foreheads. "
So the 144,000 are those
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who are alive
when Jesus returns.
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The 144,000 is not a group
of super-Jews at the end of time
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that go out to evangelize,
I don't know where people got
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that idea, but you
didn't get it from the Bible.
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There are those people who
are alive when Jesus returns,
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John asked the question:
"The great day of His wrath"
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"has come, who can stand? ",
and then he says "the 144,000".
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Now look back at your
study guide, this is absolutely
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powerful, it says: The 144,000
are those who are alive when
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Jesus Christ returns to the
earth. They sing a song that
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no one else can sing because
they pass through an experience
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that no other generation
has known. The number does
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not have to be a literal number,
as everything in Revelation
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is highly symbolic, and the
number itself is quite obviously
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steeped in theological
significance, and by the way,
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I don't make a big deal out
of that either way, it may be
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a literal number, and it may
not be a literal number, it's
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just one of those things
that we'll find out when we get
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to heaven, there's just certain
things that you're not going
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to know, that is not
a hill worth dying on.
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If you think it's a literal
number, hey, knock yourselves
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out, good for you, if I
think it's a symbolic number,
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hey, that's fine, not one of us
in this room knows for certain
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if it's literal or symbolic,
but whether it's literal
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or symbolic, "I want to be
in that number, when the saints"
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"go marching in". So
don't get in fights over
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these little non-issues. The
144,000 are undefiled by women,
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that is, false churches.
They have God's seal in their
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foreheads, that is, in their
hearts in and in their beliefs.
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Now let's think about that for
just a moment, they are sealed
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in their foreheads. Now
go to Revelation 14, this is
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the other place
that we see the 144,000.
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Revelation 14:1, John says:
"Then I looked, and behold, "
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"a Lamb standing on Mount
Zion, and with Him 144,000",
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now watch this, "having
His Father's name written in "
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"their foreheads". Oh wow, what
a discovery! We just learned
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in Revelation 7 that they
have the seal of God in their
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foreheads, and here we
learned that they have the name
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of God in their foreheads,
which must mean that the seal
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is the name of God,
pretty plain. Look at the rest
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of the verse, verse 2: "And
I heard a voice from heaven"
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"like the voice of many waters,
and like the voice of a loud"
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"thunder, and I heard sound
of harpists harping on their"
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"harps", I like that so much,
verse 3: "They sang, as it"
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"were, a new song before
the throne, before the 4 living"
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"creatures, and the elders,
and no one could learn that"
00:19:11.60\00:19:14.35
"song, except the 144,000 who
were redeemed from the earth. "
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Hey, that agrees
perfectly with what we just saw
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in Revelation 6 and 7, these are
those who are alive when Jesus
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returns. Why can
they sing a new song
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that no one else can sing?
Because they've passed through
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an experience that no
one else has passed through.
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Maybe you've heard of the people
that would sing the blues,
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and a white guy would come
along and try to sing the blues,
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and they'd say "He
can't sing the blues. "
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Well why can't he sing the
blues? Because he's not been
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through the experience of
those who first wrote the blues.
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In other words, these people
can sing a song that no one
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else can sing because they have
passed through an experience
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that no one else
has passed through.
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But it gets even better,
verse 4 "These are the ones"
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"who are not defiled
with women", a woman in Bible
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prophecy is a church, "for they
are virgins, these are the ones"
00:20:01.28\00:20:05.59
"who follow the Lamb wherever
He goes, these were redeemed"
00:20:05.62\00:20:08.78
"from among men, being the
firstfruits to God, and to"
00:20:08.81\00:20:11.13
"the Lamb, and in their mouth
was found no deceit, for they"
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"are without fault
before the throne of God. "
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So here are these 144,000,
at the end of time those who
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are alive when Jesus returns.
Notice that it says they have
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the seal of God in their
forehead, that's Revelation 7,
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then in Revelation 14 it
says they have the name of God
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in their forehead. So the seal
must have to do with the name
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of God. Now let's
go to our study guide:
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God's name, God's
character, and God's law.
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In the Bible name represents
character - that's what
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you'd write down, in the
Bible name represents character.
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This is demonstrated by
the number of people, who,
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following a transformative
encounter with God, had their
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names changed as a symbol
of the larger character change.
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For example: Saul became
Paul, Jacob became Israel,
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Abram became Abraham, Sarai
became Sara, and Simon became
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Peter. God's holy character
and holy name are synonymous
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with His law. I
want to show you this,
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go to Exodus 33, this is
absolutely, profoundly amazing.
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We're going to Exodus
33, second book of the Bible.
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Exodus 33. Here we
find Moses in a dialogue
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with God atop of
Mount Sinai's summit.
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So here's God, here's Moses,
and they're in a conversation.
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I'm picking it up in
verse 18, Moses speaking to God,
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Exodus 33:18, and he said:
"Please show me Your glory".
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There's Moses standing on
top of Mount Sinai, and there
00:22:02.55\00:22:04.80
were thick clouds, and
there were lightnings, and there
00:22:04.83\00:22:07.07
were thunderings, and Moses
began to realize "Hey, God can"
00:22:07.10\00:22:10.57
"see me, but I can't see God",
so he says: "Hey, I beg of"
00:22:10.60\00:22:16.17
"You, show me Your glory. "
In other words, "show me what"
00:22:16.20\00:22:20.00
"You're like. I want to see
You. " Look at this, verse 19:
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"Then He said, I will make
all My goodness pass before"
00:22:25.47\00:22:28.35
"you, and I will
proclaim the name of the Lord. "
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Make a note of that.
Moses says "I want to see"
00:22:32.98\00:22:35.64
"what You're like", and God
says "I'll show you My name".
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"..the name of the Lord before
you, I will be gracious to whom"
00:22:41.60\00:22:44.27
"I will be gracious, I will
have compassion on whom I will"
00:22:44.30\00:22:46.96
"have compassion, but" He said,
"you cannot see My face, for no"
00:22:46.99\00:22:49.40
"man shall see My face
and live. And the Lord said, "
00:22:49.43\00:22:52.19
"here is a place by Me,
you shall stand on the rock, "
00:22:52.22\00:22:54.77
"so it shall be when My glory
passes by, that I will put you"
00:22:54.80\00:22:57.30
"in the cleft of the rock, and
I will cover you with My hand"
00:22:57.33\00:22:59.87
"while I pass by. Then I
will take away My hand, and you"
00:22:59.90\00:23:02.84
"shall see My back, but
My face shall not be seen. "
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Chapter 34:1: "And the Lord
said to Moses, Cut 2 tablets"
00:23:05.02\00:23:07.86
"of stone like the first
ones, and I will write on these"
00:23:07.89\00:23:10.05
"tablets the words which were
on the first tablets which you"
00:23:10.08\00:23:12.56
"broke. So be ready in
the morning and come up in"
00:23:12.59\00:23:15.15
"the morning to Mount Sinai
and present yourself to Me"
00:23:15.18\00:23:17.71
"there on the top of the
mountain, and no man shall"
00:23:17.74\00:23:20.32
"come up with you, and let
no man be seen throughout all"
00:23:20.35\00:23:22.86
"the mountain, neither let
the flocks, nor the herds feed"
00:23:22.89\00:23:25.08
"before that mountain. So he
cut two tables of stone, like"
00:23:25.11\00:23:27.69
"the first ones, then Moses
rose up early in the morning"
00:23:27.72\00:23:30.32
"and went up Mount Sinai, as
the Lord had commanded him, "
00:23:30.35\00:23:32.88
"and he took in his
hand 2 tablets of stone. "
00:23:32.91\00:23:35.35
"Now the Lord descended in
the cloud and stood with him"
00:23:35.38\00:23:38.07
"there, and proclaimed
the name of the Lord. "
00:23:38.10\00:23:40.71
So 2 times Moses says "Hey,
I want to know what You look"
00:23:40.74\00:23:43.19
"like, I want to see what
You're like God", and God says
00:23:43.22\00:23:45.55
"I'll show you My name", and
then He says "Go get 2 tablets"
00:23:45.58\00:23:48.11
"of stone, I want to write
My law on that, and I'm going"
00:23:48.14\00:23:50.73
"to show you My name. "
And then watch what happens.
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Verse 6: "And the Lord passed
before him and proclaimed, "
00:23:54.49\00:23:57.34
"Jehovah, Jehovah, the
Lord, the Lord, God merciful"
00:23:57.37\00:24:00.38
"and gracious, long suffering,
and abounding in the goodness"
00:24:00.41\00:24:02.41
"and truth, keeping mercy for
thousands, forgiving iniquity, "
00:24:02.44\00:24:04.61
"transgression and sin, and by
no means clearing the guilty, "
00:24:04.64\00:24:07.46
"visiting the iniquity of
the fathers upon the children"
00:24:07.49\00:24:10.08
"and the children's
children unto the 3rd and 4th"
00:24:10.11\00:24:12.50
"generation. So Moses made haste
and bowed his head towards"
00:24:12.53\00:24:15.07
"the earth, and he worshiped.
" Think about this for just
00:24:15.10\00:24:18.87
a moment, Moses says "I
want to know what You're like, "
00:24:18.90\00:24:21.11
"I want to see Your glory,
I want to see Your character",
00:24:21.14\00:24:23.58
and God says 2 things: "I'll
show you My name, I'll show"
00:24:23.61\00:24:26.28
"you My Name. " So that
must mean that God's name is
00:24:26.31\00:24:31.44
synonymous with His character.
And it gets even better,
00:24:31.47\00:24:37.33
He says "Go get me 2 tablets
of stone", so God wrote His
00:24:37.36\00:24:41.65
character, His holy character,
on those tablets of stone with
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His own finger, and
then those tablets were taken
00:24:45.87\00:24:48.97
and placed in the ark.
Now look at your study guide:
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God's holy character and name
are synonymous with His law.
00:24:52.91\00:24:57.22
God's seal, which is His name
and character, are found to be
00:24:57.25\00:25:01.07
synonymous with His name.
We're getting somewhere now,
00:25:01.10\00:25:04.71
aren't we? The
144,000 were sealed
00:25:04.74\00:25:07.59
in their foreheads, and
then we found out that they had
00:25:07.62\00:25:10.00
the name of God
in their foreheads.
00:25:10.03\00:25:15.44
Well, what's the name of God?
It's His character, and where
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do we find His
character? In His law.
00:25:18.50\00:25:22.50
Now, you're still there
in the Old Testament, go to
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Deuteronomy 5,
5th book of the Bible.
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By the way, are you noticing
tonight that we're spending
00:25:34.78\00:25:37.37
a lot of time in the
Bible? Are you noticing that?
00:25:37.40\00:25:41.58
Notice we didn't say:
"What's the mark of the beast? "
00:25:41.61\00:25:44.09
and I didn't go "Look at
all these pictures of computers"
00:25:44.12\00:25:46.64
"in Belgium". No, we're
taking a look at what the Bible
00:25:46.67\00:25:49.46
has to say.
Wouldn't you prefer that?
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Look at Deuteronomy 5,
we find the 10 Commandments.
00:25:52.42\00:25:57.27
Deuteronomy 5:5: "I
stood between the Lord and you"
00:25:57.30\00:26:01.92
"at that time, to declare
to you the Word of the Lord "
00:26:01.95\00:26:04.43
"for you were afraid because of
the fire, and you did not go up"
00:26:04.46\00:26:06.62
"to the mountain, and He
said, I am the Lord your God, "
00:26:06.65\00:26:09.38
"who brought you out of the
land of Egypt, out of the house"
00:26:09.41\00:26:11.75
"of bondage", let's say it
together: "you shall have no"
00:26:11.78\00:26:14.43
"other gods before Me. " First
commandment, no other gods.
00:26:14.46\00:26:18.47
Don't render
worship to any other Gods.
00:26:18.50\00:26:20.51
Second commandment, "you shall
not make for yourself a carved"
00:26:20.54\00:26:23.79
"image". Don't bow
down, nor worship any images.
00:26:23.82\00:26:28.66
Look at the third commandment,
it's in verse 11: "You shall"
00:26:28.69\00:26:30.80
"not take the name of the
Lord your God in vain", and look
00:26:30.83\00:26:35.87
at the 4th commandment,
verse 12: "Observe the Sabbath"
00:26:35.90\00:26:39.52
"Day, to keep it holy, as the
Lord your God commanded you. "
00:26:39.55\00:26:42.05
Absolutely amazing. First
commandment: no other gods.
00:26:42.08\00:26:44.98
Second commandment: don't bow
down to graven images or idols.
00:26:45.01\00:26:47.97
Third commandment: don't take
the name of the Lord thy God
00:26:48.00\00:26:50.48
in vain. Fourth
commandment: remember
00:26:50.51\00:26:52.75
God's Sabbath because it's a
sign of His creation, and His
00:26:52.78\00:26:55.20
redemption. This
is Deuteronomy 5.
00:26:55.23\00:26:58.86
Look at Deuteronomy
6, the very next chapter.
00:26:58.89\00:27:03.34
Where did they get this
idea of a mark in the head,
00:27:03.37\00:27:06.45
or a mark in the hand?
I'll show you right here
00:27:06.48\00:27:09.10
in Deuteronomy 6:6.
"And these words which I"
00:27:09.13\00:27:16.40
"command you today, shall
be in your heart. " What words,
00:27:16.43\00:27:21.89
in context, is He talking
about? The 10 Commandments,
00:27:21.92\00:27:24.89
that's what He just
said in Deuteronomy 5, so in
00:27:24.92\00:27:27.67
Deuteronomy 6 he says "These
words need to be in your heart".
00:27:27.70\00:27:31.59
Look at verse 7: "You shall
teach them diligently to your"
00:27:31.62\00:27:34.45
"children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in your"
00:27:34.48\00:27:36.99
"house, when you walk by
the way, when you lie down, "
00:27:37.02\00:27:39.47
"and when you rise up. "
Now watch verse 8, phenomenal:
00:27:39.50\00:27:42.01
"you shall bind them as a
sign on your hand, and they"
00:27:42.04\00:27:49.10
"shall be as
frontlets between your eyes. "
00:27:49.13\00:27:52.94
Isn't this interesting?
He say: "Take My law and put"
00:27:52.97\00:27:57.78
"it on your hand, take My law
and put it between your eyes. "
00:27:57.81\00:28:00.79
What's between you
eyes? Your forehead is between
00:28:00.82\00:28:03.35
your eyes. So
where's this whole idea
00:28:03.38\00:28:08.06
of the seal in the
forehead coming from?
00:28:08.09\00:28:10.94
Straight out of
the Old Testament.
00:28:10.97\00:28:13.40
We've all been worried about
a tattoo, that someone's going
00:28:13.43\00:28:15.97
to hold us down and
tattoo the number 666 across
00:28:16.00\00:28:18.94
our forehead. Do you
think the Devil's that stupid?
00:28:18.97\00:28:21.93
This is not about a tattoo,
or a computer chip, or some
00:28:21.96\00:28:25.96
supercomputer in Belgium,
or any other country, the issue
00:28:25.99\00:28:29.47
is worship, not technology.
And here God says "Hey listen, "
00:28:29.50\00:28:35.88
"I need you to take My law
and bind it on your hands",
00:28:35.91\00:28:38.46
now what does that mean?
It meant in your daily works.
00:28:38.49\00:28:43.16
"Let your works show
that you are My children".
00:28:43.19\00:28:46.89
What does it say
there, we already read it in
00:28:46.92\00:28:50.40
Ecclesiastes 9, I'll just
quote it for you, Solomon says:
00:28:50.43\00:28:53.78
"Whatever your hand finds to
do, do it with all your might. "
00:28:53.81\00:29:00.40
"Put My law in your hands,
may your works show that you"
00:29:00.43\00:29:03.60
"are My people, may your
works show that I am your God. "
00:29:03.63\00:29:07.19
"Bind My law in your hands.
" But don't just bind it in
00:29:07.22\00:29:11.16
your hands, put it as frontlets,
those were the little horns,
00:29:11.19\00:29:14.24
like a lamb would have, put it
as a frontlet between your eyes.
00:29:14.27\00:29:17.51
In other words, put it in your
forehead, put it in your mind.
00:29:17.54\00:29:20.28
Don't just live the life
with you hands, but think
00:29:20.31\00:29:24.03
the thoughts in your
heart and in your mind.
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.58
That's what it means to be
a Christian. To be a Christian
00:29:27.61\00:29:31.37
is to have the law of God,
the Spirit of God, in our minds,
00:29:31.40\00:29:34.57
and in our hands, so that others
can look and say: "There's"
00:29:34.60\00:29:37.81
"something different about him,
there's something different"
00:29:37.84\00:29:40.44
"about her, what is it?
" She or he is a servant of
00:29:40.47\00:29:42.65
the Lord Jesus Christ. So
the name of God is the same
00:29:42.68\00:29:47.74
as the law of God,
is the seal of God.
00:29:47.77\00:29:52.30
When we find this idea
of the seal of God being in
00:29:52.33\00:29:54.63
the foreheads, where did
they come up with that idea?
00:29:54.66\00:29:57.07
Right out of Deuteronomy
6: "Take these great things"
00:29:57.10\00:30:01.03
"and bind them on your hands,
and put them into your minds. "
00:30:01.06\00:30:05.47
Now, if we're making good
progress I want you to say amen.
00:30:05.50\00:30:08.25
[Audience] Amen.
00:30:08.28\00:30:10.07
We're right back in the study
guide: So God's seal, which is
00:30:10.10\00:30:13.18
His name and character,
are found to be synonymous with
00:30:13.21\00:30:15.87
His law. Those people who
receive God's seal at the end
00:30:15.90\00:30:18.75
of time will be those people who
honor and keep God's holy law.
00:30:18.78\00:30:24.92
This is exactly how Revelation
describes them in Revelation 12.
00:30:24.95\00:30:29.40
Go with my to Revelation.
Look at this, this is so easy
00:30:29.43\00:30:35.40
to understand, anyone in
this room can understand this,
00:30:35.43\00:30:39.09
even if you don't understand all
of the language, and you can't
00:30:39.12\00:30:41.35
keep up, and you don't
know even how to find the book
00:30:41.38\00:30:43.65
of Revelation in your Bible,
I guarantee you can understand
00:30:43.68\00:30:46.48
this next point I'm about ready
to make, and if you understand
00:30:46.51\00:30:48.78
that point, you can be
guaranteed to not get the mark
00:30:48.81\00:30:51.54
of the beast. I'm in
Revelation 12, and I'm
00:30:51.57\00:30:57.98
looking at the last
verse. Revelation 12:17,
00:30:58.01\00:31:02.99
it says: "And the
dragon", who's the dragon?
00:31:03.02\00:31:05.50
[Audience] The Devil.
The Devil, "was enraged with"
00:31:05.53\00:31:08.09
"the woman, and he went
to make war with the rest of"
00:31:08.12\00:31:10.64
"her offspring who keep the
commandments of God, and have"
00:31:10.67\00:31:13.19
"the testimony of Jesus. "
This is the last day church,
00:31:13.22\00:31:16.76
these are the last of the last
of the last, the Bible calls
00:31:16.79\00:31:19.75
them "the remnant". Notice
it says that they keep God's
00:31:19.78\00:31:26.34
commandments. The Devil,
apparently, doesn't like that
00:31:26.37\00:31:30.02
very much. Now
look at Revelation 14.
00:31:30.05\00:31:33.37
We've already read in
Revelation 14 that most serious,
00:31:33.40\00:31:36.29
austere warning found in all
of the Bible, we began in verse
00:31:36.32\00:31:40.36
9 and we read "don't worship
the beast; don't receive"
00:31:40.39\00:31:42.95
"his mark", then we read in
verse 10: "he himself shall"
00:31:42.98\00:31:45.42
"drink of the wine
of the wrath of God",
00:31:45.45\00:31:47.56
I'm in Revelation 14:10, "which
is poured out full strength"
00:31:47.59\00:31:50.23
"into the cup of His
indignation; he shall be"
00:31:50.26\00:31:52.68
"tormented with fire and
brimstone in the presence of"
00:31:52.71\00:31:55.48
"the holy angels, and in
the presence of the Lamb. "
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.91
"And the smoke of their torment
ascends forever and ever, "
00:31:57.94\00:32:00.39
"and they have no rest, day
or night, who worship the beast"
00:32:00.42\00:32:02.84
"and his image, and whoever
receives the mark of his name. "
00:32:02.87\00:32:05.45
So John, in vision, sees
this group of people that are
00:32:05.48\00:32:06.92
receiving the mark of the
beast, and the very next verse,
00:32:06.95\00:32:11.54
verse 12, look at it, it's as
if God's saying "Here's those"
00:32:11.57\00:32:15.23
"that receive the mark of the
beast", but look at verse 12,
00:32:15.26\00:32:17.77
"here is the patience of the
saints". The word, literally, is
00:32:17.80\00:32:23.41
"here is the endurance of the
saints", and then He tells us
00:32:23.44\00:32:26.70
who the saints are, He
gives us 2 characteristics:
00:32:26.73\00:32:29.67
"here are those who keep
the commandments of God, "
00:32:29.70\00:32:33.83
"and have the faith of
Jesus. " So just by looking at
00:32:33.86\00:32:37.05
the context, keeping
the commandments of God is
00:32:37.08\00:32:39.89
the opposite of
having the mark of the beast.
00:32:39.92\00:32:44.53
Because look, in verses 8-10
you have those that get the mark
00:32:44.56\00:32:47.24
of the beast, that's verse
11 as well, but then in verse 12
00:32:47.27\00:32:49.49
you have those that
keep the commandments of God.
00:32:49.52\00:32:51.50
So that tells me: if I'm keeping
God's commandments, and I have
00:32:51.53\00:32:54.06
the faith of Jesus,
it's impossible for me to get
00:32:54.09\00:32:56.68
the mark of the beast.
Does that make sense everyone?
00:32:56.71\00:33:00.58
And that agrees perfectly
with what we just saw in Exodus
00:33:00.61\00:33:02.96
and Deuteronomy The
seal of God is the name
00:33:02.99\00:33:06.19
of God, which is the character
of God, which is found in
00:33:06.22\00:33:08.90
the law of God, in the mind.
How many people in here tonight
00:33:08.93\00:33:15.11
are New Testament Christians?
Any new covenant Christians?
00:33:15.14\00:33:20.36
Raise your hand if
you're a new covenant Christian.
00:33:20.39\00:33:23.10
Come on, beloved, be more
Biblically literate than that.
00:33:23.13\00:33:25.62
You're a new covenant Christian
if you're exercising faith
00:33:25.65\00:33:28.11
in the Lord Jesus
Christ. Raise your hand!
00:33:28.14\00:33:30.62
[Audience laughs]
Whoa, I didn't know what
00:33:30.65\00:33:33.29
happened, I thought I was
maybe in an insurance seminar
00:33:33.32\00:33:35.79
or something. [Audience laughs]
00:33:35.82\00:33:38.35
I thought "Whoa, okay, everybody
looks a little familiar. "
00:33:38.38\00:33:40.92
Okay, all of you new covenant
Christians, look at Hebrews 8.
00:33:40.95\00:33:48.23
I don't know what happened
there, that was an unusual
00:33:48.26\00:33:50.76
experience, Hebrews 8, but
the Lord delivered us out of it.
00:33:50.79\00:33:55.54
Hebrews 8, all of you new
covenant Christians; there was
00:33:55.57\00:34:00.07
the old covenant, and
then there's the new covenant.
00:34:00.10\00:34:04.78
You want to know
what the new covenant is?
00:34:04.81\00:34:07.09
I'm going to show you in
the Bible, that way we don't
00:34:07.12\00:34:09.51
have to say "Well, the
new covenant is...fill in"
00:34:09.54\00:34:11.86
"the blank", I'll show you
what the Bible says the new
00:34:11.89\00:34:14.19
covenant is. I'm reading in
Hebrews 8:8: "behold, the days"
00:34:14.22\00:34:20.28
"are coming, says the Lord,
when I will make a new covenant"
00:34:20.31\00:34:24.32
"with the house of Israel,
and with the house of Judah, "
00:34:24.35\00:34:26.91
"not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers"
00:34:26.94\00:34:29.47
"on the day that I took
them by the hand to lead them"
00:34:29.50\00:34:31.97
"out of the land of Egypt.
Because they did not continue"
00:34:32.00\00:34:34.46
"in My covenant, I disregarded
them, says the Lord. "
00:34:34.49\00:34:37.05
Verse 10: "For this is the
covenant that I will make with"
00:34:37.08\00:34:39.51
"the house of Israel after
those days, sayeth the Lord. "
00:34:39.54\00:34:42.07
Someone says "Oh, this
is a covenant for Israel. "
00:34:42.10\00:34:44.78
"This isn't a covenant for
the church, this is a covenant"
00:34:44.81\00:34:47.33
"for Israel", you've got
to keep coming to the seminar,
00:34:47.36\00:34:49.71
and you've got to hear the
message entitled "Who is real"
00:34:49.74\00:34:52.29
"Israel? " There is
huge misunderstandings
00:34:52.32\00:34:54.85
about who Israel is.
Beloved, look at this:
00:34:54.88\00:34:57.56
"This is the covenant that
I will make with the house of"
00:34:57.59\00:35:00.06
"Israel", I'll give you the
punchline right now, everybody
00:35:00.09\00:35:02.57
who has the faith of Abraham
is a Jew. Everybody who has
00:35:02.60\00:35:04.90
the faith of Abraham
is the son of Abraham.
00:35:04.93\00:35:07.21
Jesus, on one occasion
said: "Hey listen, if you were"
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.29
"of your father, Abraham, you
would do the works of Abraham. "
00:35:09.32\00:35:13.66
If you do the works of Abraham,
you've put your faith in
00:35:13.69\00:35:16.13
the Lord, Jesus Christ, you
are now grafted in to that vine.
00:35:16.16\00:35:21.57
So this covenant is for
you. Here we go, verse 10:
00:35:21.60\00:35:24.13
"For this is the covenant
that I will make with the house"
00:35:24.16\00:35:26.54
"of Israel after those days,
says the Lord, I will put My"
00:35:26.57\00:35:31.81
"laws in their
mind. " Where's the mind?
00:35:31.84\00:35:40.41
"I'll put My laws
in their forehead. "
00:35:40.44\00:35:43.95
That's the new covenant promise,
"I'll put My laws in their"
00:35:43.98\00:35:47.68
"forehead, and I will write
them on their hearts. I will be"
00:35:47.71\00:35:52.92
"their God and they will
be My people. " We're getting
00:35:52.95\00:35:57.38
somewhere now, let's
get back to our study guide:
00:35:57.41\00:35:59.77
The Sabbath, and its uniqueness
among the commandments.
00:35:59.80\00:36:06.23
Actually, let's look at the
screen: to understand the mark
00:36:06.26\00:36:08.50
of the beast we must
first understand God's seal.
00:36:08.53\00:36:13.18
Absolutely. God's law,
God's name, and God's character
00:36:13.21\00:36:16.23
are one and the
same, they are synonymous
00:36:16.26\00:36:21.21
Now look at Ezekiel
20:12: [text on screen]
00:36:21.24\00:36:24.49
A Sabbath is a sign.
[continues to read text]
00:36:29.30\00:36:34.79
The word "sanctifies" means "to
set aside for a holy purpose".
00:36:40.14\00:36:44.04
So far so good?
"This is the sign that I'm"
00:36:44.07\00:36:46.45
"the one that sanctifies
them. " So the Sabbath is a sign
00:36:46.48\00:36:49.02
that God alone can make
us holy. Jesus rested on
00:36:49.05\00:36:53.04
the Sabbath in creation,
Jesus rested on the Sabbath in
00:36:53.07\00:36:55.86
redemption, so the Sabbath is
a sign that God alone can make
00:36:55.89\00:36:59.29
us holy, not one person
in this room can do one thing
00:36:59.32\00:37:02.42
to make themselves one bit
holier. We can only be holy
00:37:02.45\00:37:07.57
by putting our faith in the Lord
Jesus Christ, and by submitting
00:37:07.60\00:37:10.44
ourselves to His righteousness,
and accepting His death
00:37:10.47\00:37:13.32
and His life on our behalf.
Okay, so the Sabbath as we've
00:37:13.35\00:37:17.63
already discussed, is a
sign of creation and redemption.
00:37:17.66\00:37:21.44
[text on screen]
00:37:21.47\00:37:23.56
You should be able to fill a lot
of this out in your study guide,
00:37:43.46\00:37:45.53
following right along.
You're keeping up with me,
00:37:45.56\00:37:47.82
I know you're doing a great
job. So, Jesus Christ, just
00:37:47.85\00:37:52.54
to quickly review the Sabbath
so we can be clear on this.
00:37:52.57\00:37:55.26
Let's talk about the
Sabbath because some people say
00:37:55.29\00:37:57.57
"Oh, the Sabbath is
only for the Jews", beloved,
00:37:57.60\00:37:59.24
was Adam a Jew? No,
Adam predated the Jews
00:37:59.27\00:38:02.77
by some 2000 years, and
Adam had the Sabbath, Eve had
00:38:02.80\00:38:05.83
the Sabbath. Jesus Christ,
in the beginning He created
00:38:05.86\00:38:09.48
it because Jesus is the Creator.
At Mount Sinai, it was Jesus
00:38:09.51\00:38:14.04
Christ on Mount Sinai, remember
He said "before Abraham was"
00:38:14.07\00:38:17.71
"I Am", "I'm the God of the Old
Testament", Jesus was saying.
00:38:17.74\00:38:20.53
On Mount Sinai He
commanded it. [text on screen]
00:38:20.56\00:38:23.06
He was crucified on Friday, he
was in the tomb on the Sabbath
00:38:26.71\00:38:29.46
and He raised on
Sunday. [text on screen]
00:38:29.49\00:38:32.22
Paul kept the Sabbath, Peter
kept the Sabbath, every single
00:38:33.39\00:38:37.22
follower of Jesus from Adam
to John in the Bible kept God's
00:38:37.25\00:38:40.68
7th day Sabbath, so if you
choose to keep God's Sabbath,
00:38:40.71\00:38:43.80
you're lining up with Enoch, and
Isaiah, and every single true
00:38:43.83\00:38:47.65
follower of the true God, I'd
say that's pretty good company.
00:38:47.68\00:38:50.87
And most of all, you're lining
up with the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:38:50.90\00:38:55.85
He says His last day people
will keep it, and we've already
00:38:55.88\00:38:57.99
read that, it says His
last day people will keep
00:38:58.02\00:39:00.51
the commandments. We've
learned that the central
00:39:00.54\00:39:01.83
issue regarding the mark of the
beast is the issue of worship.
00:39:01.86\00:39:06.88
So we're right on your
study guide, under "The mark of"
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.39
"the beast". You're keeping
up with me, you're doing a great
00:39:09.42\00:39:12.41
job. The mark of the beast is
the opposite of the seal of God.
00:39:12.44\00:39:20.42
The beast's mark is his claim
to ecclesiastical authority
00:39:20.45\00:39:24.83
and power. So, the
mark of the beast is
00:39:24.86\00:39:29.78
the mark - let's say
it together, of the beast.
00:39:29.81\00:39:36.69
The central issue is the issue
of worship. [text on screen]
00:39:36.72\00:39:39.80
That is a simple
childish, child-like, elementary
00:39:47.74\00:39:52.52
deduction. If the mark of the
beast is the mark of the beast
00:39:52.55\00:39:57.59
then it must be the mark of the
Roman church-state's authority.
00:39:57.62\00:40:01.93
Well, let's see what we discover
when we go look at history.
00:40:01.96\00:40:04.76
Daniel tells us that the
Antichrist power would arise
00:40:04.79\00:40:07.62
and would seek to change times
and laws; the very laws of God.
00:40:07.65\00:40:13.84
Lucius Ferraris "Prompta
Bibliotheca", we've looked at
00:40:13.87\00:40:16.69
this one
before: [text on screen]
00:40:16.72\00:40:19.50
Now, I don't believe
that. I believe God does have
00:40:29.31\00:40:32.35
a representative on earth, and
that representative is the Holy
00:40:32.38\00:40:35.14
Spirit. [Audience] Amen.
00:40:35.17\00:40:37.35
Let's go on. This is from
the reverend Peter Geierman's
00:40:37.38\00:40:40.11
"The Convert's
Catechism of Catholic Doctrine":
00:40:40.14\00:40:43.02
[text on screen]
00:40:43.05\00:40:45.03
Who transfered the
solemnity? The church transfered
00:40:57.84\00:41:00.89
the solemnity. [text on screen]
00:41:00.92\00:41:03.20
Because remember, the mark
of the beast is the mark of
00:41:07.41\00:41:11.99
the beast, and we've already
seen, the seal of God is His
00:41:12.02\00:41:20.00
commandments. Now look at
Revelation 13, I want to show
00:41:20.03\00:41:23.51
you something absolutely,
fantastically amazing.
00:41:23.54\00:41:25.94
Revelation 13. What are
the first 4 commandments, let's
00:41:25.97\00:41:29.17
quickly review them. Number
1: Thou shalt have no other gods
00:41:29.20\00:41:32.39
before Me. Number 2: Thou shalt
not make unto thee any graven
00:41:32.42\00:41:36.64
image. Number 3: Thou shalt not
take the name of the Lord thy
00:41:36.67\00:41:40.55
God in vain. And the
fourth commandment is:
00:41:40.58\00:41:43.38
Remember the Sabbath.
So those are the first
00:41:43.41\00:41:45.79
4 commandments, those are the
ones that have to do with God.
00:41:45.82\00:41:47.35
The rest of the commandments
have to do with how you relate
00:41:47.38\00:41:49.98
to mankind: honor your father
and your mother; don't steal;
00:41:50.01\00:41:52.28
don't kill; etc, etc.
The first 4 is our vertical
00:41:52.31\00:41:54.70
relationship with God.
All 4 of those commandments
00:41:54.73\00:41:57.18
come into play in Revelation
13. The first commandment says:
00:41:57.21\00:42:01.66
You shall have no
other gods before Me.
00:42:01.69\00:42:04.24
Look at verse 8: "All who dwell
on the earth will worship him",
00:42:04.27\00:42:09.63
that is, worshiping someone
other than God, so that would
00:42:09.66\00:42:12.15
be a violation of the
first commandment, is that true?
00:42:12.18\00:42:16.03
That would be a violation
of the first commandment.
00:42:16.06\00:42:18.74
The second commandment
is not to worship an image.
00:42:18.77\00:42:23.75
Look at verse 15: "he was
granted power to give breath"
00:42:23.78\00:42:26.58
"to the image of the beast, that
the image of the beast should"
00:42:26.61\00:42:29.10
"both speak, and cause as many
as would not worship the image"
00:42:29.13\00:42:31.70
"of the beast should be killed".
So that would be a violation
00:42:31.73\00:42:34.32
of which commandment?
The second commandment:
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.83
Thou shalt not make unto
thee any graven image, or any
00:42:36.86\00:42:40.47
likeness of anything that is
in the heaven above, the earth
00:42:40.50\00:42:43.16
beneath or the waters under
the earth. Thou shalt not bow
00:42:43.19\00:42:45.78
down thyself to them, nor serve
them, for I, the Lord thy God,
00:42:45.81\00:42:48.17
am a jealous God. The
third commandment is you
00:42:48.20\00:42:50.53
don't take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain.
00:42:50.56\00:42:53.14
Now look at this, very
interesting, even the name
00:42:53.17\00:42:55.64
thing comes up here, look
at verse 17: "and that now one"
00:42:55.67\00:42:57.95
"might buy or sell, except he
who has the mark of the beast, "
00:42:57.98\00:43:00.24
"or the number of his
name. " So here they're actually
00:43:00.27\00:43:02.68
taking the name of another
entity who claims to be God's
00:43:02.71\00:43:05.29
voice on earth. And then
the 4th commandment is: Remember
00:43:05.32\00:43:10.11
the Sabbath day. You say:
"Well where's the violation of"
00:43:10.14\00:43:14.15
"the Sabbath day here? "
The violation of the Sabbath day
00:43:14.18\00:43:18.57
is in receiving
Rome's mark of authority.
00:43:18.60\00:43:26.55
Because remember, let's
review, the mark of the beast is
00:43:26.58\00:43:29.64
the mark of the beast.
So we know who the beast is,
00:43:29.67\00:43:36.32
now let's ask them the
question: "what's your mark? "
00:43:36.35\00:43:43.34
What do they claim is
their mark? "Catholic Record",
00:43:43.37\00:43:46.09
September 1,
1923: [text on screen]
00:43:46.12\00:43:48.60
"We changed the day, and this
proves that we are the true"
00:43:58.31\00:44:05.22
"church". Look at this
one, from C.F. Thomas, a letter
00:44:05.25\00:44:08.44
dated October 20,
1895: [text on screen]
00:44:08.47\00:44:10.95
Oh, isn't that very interesting?
So let's ask them: "Hey, what's"
00:44:22.31\00:44:25.15
"the mark of your authority?
" "I'll tell you what the mark"
00:44:25.18\00:44:27.54
"of our authority is", they say,
"we changed the Biblical day"
00:44:27.57\00:44:30.67
"of worship, that is our mark.
" Wow, isn't that interesting?
00:44:30.70\00:44:35.09
We've looked at the
first commandment, we've looked
00:44:35.12\00:44:37.69
at the second commandment, we've
looked at the 3rd commandment,
00:44:37.72\00:44:40.09
the 4th commandment is: Remember
the Sabbath day, which is sign
00:44:40.12\00:44:43.15
that God is creator
and God is redeemer.
00:44:43.18\00:44:46.18
How many people in this
room believe that Jesus Christ
00:44:46.21\00:44:48.70
is the Creator? How
many people in this room
00:44:48.73\00:44:50.97
believe that Jesus
Christ is the sole redeemer?
00:44:51.00\00:44:54.49
There is a symbol and a sign
in the Bible that shows that
00:44:54.52\00:44:58.86
you're a worshiper or Jesus
Christ as creator and redeemer,
00:44:58.89\00:45:01.60
do you know what the
sign is? It's the Sabbath.
00:45:01.63\00:45:07.38
Think of it this way: a
Buddhist could keep many of
00:45:07.41\00:45:11.18
the commandments, a Buddhist
could abstain from killing.
00:45:11.21\00:45:13.97
Is that true? Does
that make him a Christian?
00:45:14.00\00:45:17.16
A Muslim could abstain from
stealing, does that make him
00:45:17.19\00:45:19.95
a Christian? Which
is the commandment that
00:45:19.98\00:45:22.48
tells you: "This is the
God that you're worshiping"?
00:45:22.51\00:45:25.71
It's the Sabbath commandment,
because the Sabbath commandment
00:45:25.74\00:45:28.17
says that God created in 6
days, and rested on the 7th
00:45:28.20\00:45:32.98
day, so when you keep the
Sabbath, you're worshiping
00:45:33.01\00:45:35.04
the Creator God, the
Redeemer God, the God of Abraham
00:45:35.07\00:45:38.60
Isaac and Jacob. The Devil
knows that that is the sign
00:45:38.63\00:45:42.44
between God as Creator, God
as Redeemer, and His people,
00:45:42.47\00:45:45.97
so he wants to cut that sign
off, and he supplants his own
00:45:46.00\00:45:50.46
sign, his own
mark. What is that mark?
00:45:50.49\00:45:53.70
Of course, the church claims
that the change was her act,
00:45:53.73\00:45:57.06
and the act is a mark of her
ecclesiastical, that word means
00:45:57.09\00:46:02.30
"church power and
authority in religious matters".
00:46:02.33\00:46:05.48
Now look at this one,
Priest Thomas Enright, this is
00:46:05.51\00:46:08.28
"President of Redemptorist
College": [text on screen]
00:46:08.31\00:46:10.79
Is that serious
language? That's hugely serious!
00:46:30.26\00:46:33.69
[text on screen]
00:46:33.72\00:46:35.70
Beloved, are you beginning
to see the significance of this?
00:46:55.34\00:46:58.89
Let's go to our study
guide, absolutely incredible.
00:46:58.92\00:47:02.36
So we're down there on
"more than just a day...".
00:47:02.39\00:47:05.41
Because someone's bound
to say "Oh, it's just a day",
00:47:05.44\00:47:09.48
listen, if it was "just a
day", God wouldn't have written
00:47:09.51\00:47:12.33
it with His own finger on
tables of stone, and put it
00:47:12.36\00:47:15.13
in the ark. Look
at this: This issue
00:47:15.16\00:47:18.54
is about more than just a day,
imagine Adam saying: "It was"
00:47:18.57\00:47:21.70
"just an apple". God's word
is important..."it was just"
00:47:21.73\00:47:29.33
"an apple". I guess it
wasn't just an apple, was it?
00:47:29.36\00:47:33.07
It is about - notice this,
underlined - Biblical fidelity
00:47:33.10\00:47:36.58
and faithfulness to Jesus
Christ. In short, the issue
00:47:36.61\00:47:40.23
could be boiled down to
the following sentence: who are
00:47:40.26\00:47:42.43
you taking orders
from? The Roman church-state,
00:47:42.46\00:47:45.73
or Jesus Christ? This
is an issue or loyalty
00:47:45.76\00:47:49.38
and authority, it is an
issue of the commands of God
00:47:49.41\00:47:52.64
versus the traditions of
man. The Sabbath is a sign of
00:47:52.67\00:47:56.74
Christ's
creation and redemption.
00:47:56.77\00:48:04.76
Sunday is a sign of the church's
authority and man's convenience.
00:48:04.79\00:48:11.48
What will you choose?
Now, someone says: "Whoa! "
00:48:11.51\00:48:15.14
"Put the breaks on Pastor
Asscherick, are you saying"
00:48:15.17\00:48:19.97
"that my aunt Bertha, who went
all of her life to the humble"
00:48:20.00\00:48:23.69
"little Baptist church in
Tuscaloosa, are you saying"
00:48:23.72\00:48:26.77
"she had the
mark of the beast? "
00:48:26.80\00:48:28.90
Did I say that? I
never said that, remember:
00:48:28.93\00:48:31.25
this has to be enforced
because they "cause to worship".
00:48:31.28\00:48:38.66
Does anybody make you
go to church on Sunday?
00:48:38.69\00:48:41.84
No, so we're not yet at
the mark of the beast issue.
00:48:41.87\00:48:45.78
The mark of the beast is
not being enforced today,
00:48:45.81\00:48:51.36
but what I'm telling you is that
there is going to come a day
00:48:51.39\00:48:53.95
when worship will be enforced.
And you think "No, impossible! "
00:48:53.98\00:49:02.18
Beloved, Daniel 3, there was
Shadrach, Mishak and Abednego,
00:49:02.21\00:49:09.03
and there was a great big tall
image, and Nebuchadnezzar said
00:49:09.06\00:49:13.57
"Everyone bow down and worship
the image, or you'll be thrown"
00:49:13.60\00:49:18.33
"into the fiery furnace. "
In other words: worship or else!
00:49:18.36\00:49:24.35
And everyone bows down, but
here's Shadrach, and Mishak,
00:49:24.38\00:49:28.54
and Abednego, and they said:
"We cannot worship this image"
00:49:28.57\00:49:32.16
"because we have to be faithful
to the commandments of our"
00:49:32.19\00:49:35.38
"God, and not just to the
commandments of our God, "
00:49:35.41\00:49:39.48
"but to God. " And
everybody bows down,
00:49:39.51\00:49:42.49
all around, and there
they stood, absolutely erect.
00:49:42.52\00:49:47.81
Powerful! So at
the end of time we see
00:49:47.84\00:49:50.19
this same thing, there's going
to be an image, and we're going
00:49:50.22\00:49:52.70
to be told: "worship", except
this time it's not going to be
00:49:52.73\00:49:55.66
primarily a test of the
first commandment or the second
00:49:55.69\00:49:58.25
commandment, it's going to be
a test of the 4th commandment.
00:49:58.28\00:50:01.55
You're saying "Wait a minute,
are you saying that we're"
00:50:01.58\00:50:04.07
"going to be forced to
dishonor the Sabbath? "
00:50:04.10\00:50:06.73
"Are you saying that we're
going to be forced to dishonor"
00:50:06.76\00:50:09.10
"the sign of Jesus Christ
as Redeemer and Creator, "
00:50:09.13\00:50:11.51
"and worship on the papal day,
as an act of forced, compulsive"
00:50:11.54\00:50:14.47
"worship, are you saying that? "
That's exactly what I'm saying.
00:50:14.50\00:50:20.01
"St. Catherine
Sentinel", May 21, 1995,
00:50:20.04\00:50:23.45
this is the newsletter
from a Catholic church, not from
00:50:23.48\00:50:26.04
my church; this is not
from my church. [text on screen]
00:50:26.07\00:50:30.46
How many people believe
that the Scriptures should be
00:50:53.77\00:50:56.26
the sole authority? I
believe that too, I want
00:50:56.29\00:50:58.73
you to see what the Catholic
priest says, this is not
00:50:58.76\00:51:02.23
a member of my church, I want
you to see what the Catholic
00:51:02.26\00:51:04.83
priest says, the Catholic
priest says: [continues to read]
00:51:04.86\00:51:07.34
"Well, what is a Seventh
Day Adventist? I've never heard"
00:51:13.03\00:51:15.23
"of that before. "
[continues to read]
00:51:15.26\00:51:17.34
Isn't that
interesting? Isn't that amazing?
00:51:18.39\00:51:21.95
If you want to stand on what
the Bible says, and not on what
00:51:21.98\00:51:24.33
tradition says, not what the
church says, not what man says,
00:51:24.36\00:51:27.95
the priest says, then
you need to do something.
00:51:27.98\00:51:32.10
You think that's amazing,
look at this, Dr. E.T Hiscox,
00:51:32.13\00:51:34.81
this guy wrote the Baptist
Manual; this guy's a Baptist,
00:51:34.84\00:51:38.10
and he's not just a Baptist,
he was THE Baptist, one of them,
00:51:38.13\00:51:40.79
look at this, this is amazing,
he says: "To me it seems"
00:51:40.82\00:51:42.77
"amazing", that's what
this word means "unaccountable",
00:51:42.80\00:51:45.26
[text on screen]
00:51:45.29\00:51:47.37
"intimated" - He never
mentioned anything about it,
00:52:03.20\00:52:05.70
[continues to read]
00:52:05.73\00:52:07.81
He's saying "Hey, well where
did this thing come from? ",
00:52:14.99\00:52:17.62
says Mr. Hiscox, the
author of "The Baptist Manual".
00:52:17.65\00:52:20.50
[text on screen]
00:52:20.53\00:52:22.61
Because it's "sun-day", the
day that the Romans worshiped
00:52:39.06\00:52:45.73
the sun, we'll talk more
about that in a future night.
00:52:45.76\00:52:47.99
[continues to read]
00:52:48.02\00:52:50.10
In other words, the church
just took it from the Romans.
00:52:54.08\00:53:00.30
[continues to read]
00:53:00.33\00:53:02.41
Again, not a member of
my church. Look at this,
00:53:04.93\00:53:07.54
"The Catholic Mirror",
December 1893: [text on screen]
00:53:07.57\00:53:09.65
He says: "Hey listen, if
you really are serious about"
00:53:24.71\00:53:27.90
"standing on what the Bible
says, then you've got to stand"
00:53:27.93\00:53:31.08
"on what all of the Bible
says, because the Bible's not"
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.37
"a salad bar. "
You don't go and say:
00:53:33.40\00:53:36.23
"Well, I like the tomatoes,
but I'm not a mushroom guy, "
00:53:36.26\00:53:38.96
"and I like the green peppers,
but oh, I can't stand those"
00:53:38.99\00:53:41.54
"beets". No, you get it
all, not just the parts that you
00:53:41.57\00:53:46.37
like, you get the whole Word.
If you want to pick and choose,
00:53:46.40\00:53:51.68
you can pick and choose,
but don't say that everything
00:53:51.71\00:53:54.34
you believe
comes from the Bible.
00:53:54.37\00:53:58.88
So let's wrap this up, I'll come
back to that tomorrow night.
00:53:58.91\00:54:04.22
Our presentation tomorrow
night, I know, you saw that...
00:54:04.25\00:54:07.27
didn't you? [Audience] Yeah.
00:54:07.30\00:54:09.63
You're like
"Ahh!..." [Audience laughs]
00:54:09.66\00:54:13.71
Our presentation
tomorrow night is entitled
00:54:13.74\00:54:15.96
"The United States'
Amazing role in Bible Prophecy".
00:54:15.99\00:54:18.51
I want to be crystal clear about
what I'm saying and what I'm
00:54:18.54\00:54:20.95
not saying, number 1: if you
keep God's commands, you can't
00:54:20.98\00:54:24.93
get the mark of the beast.
Question: do we keep God's
00:54:24.96\00:54:30.29
commandments in order to be
saved, or because we are saved?
00:54:30.32\00:54:33.19
Because we are saved.
By the way, bring this back
00:54:33.22\00:54:35.01
tomorrow night, you've got
to come back tomorrow night,
00:54:35.04\00:54:37.73
you've only got the first half,
and plus, you have to learn
00:54:37.76\00:54:40.13
what 666 is.
Second thing I'm saying,
00:54:40.16\00:54:42.85
follow this, the second thing
is this: there's going to be
00:54:42.88\00:54:47.88
forced worship.
You say "Impossible".
00:54:47.91\00:54:51.73
I say "Come back tomorrow
night and I'll show you just"
00:54:51.76\00:54:54.22
"how possible it is".
Are we all clear on that?
00:54:54.25\00:54:57.26
But let met tell you what I'm
not saying: I'm not saying that
00:54:57.29\00:55:00.40
the good person who loves
the Lord Jesus Christ with all
00:55:00.43\00:55:03.66
of her heart, all of his heart,
all of their soul who happens
00:55:03.69\00:55:07.13
to go to church on Sunday,
I'm not saying that that person
00:55:07.16\00:55:09.58
has the mark of the
beast, am I crystal clear?
00:55:09.61\00:55:15.22
I don't want anyone going out
of here saying "Oh, that guy"
00:55:15.25\00:55:17.22
"over there at the Macedonian
Cultural Center, he said"
00:55:17.25\00:55:19.70
"all Sunday worshipers
had the mark of the beast. "
00:55:19.73\00:55:22.38
Did I say that
tonight? [Audience] No.
00:55:22.41\00:55:24.85
Didn't say it, wouldn't say
it, but let me tell you what
00:55:24.88\00:55:27.22
I am saying that there is going
to come a time when this issue
00:55:27.25\00:55:30.73
is going to be enforced, and
God has His sign of creation,
00:55:30.76\00:55:38.51
God has His sign of redemption,
it's the Sabbath, it's based
00:55:38.54\00:55:42.14
on the Scriptures, it's not
more important than the other
00:55:42.17\00:55:44.85
commandments, but it's
the commandment that's been
00:55:44.88\00:55:47.68
forgotten, that's why it
begins with the word "remember".
00:55:47.71\00:55:53.69
It is going to happen, and
we will have to make a stand for
00:55:53.72\00:55:56.78
the Lord, or against the
Lord. As for me and my house,
00:55:56.81\00:56:03.14
I want to stand for the
Lord. See beloved, the mark of
00:56:03.17\00:56:08.41
the beast is the
mark of the beast.
00:56:08.44\00:56:14.08
And the seal of God is
God's holy name, God's holy law,
00:56:14.11\00:56:19.28
God's Holy Spirit put into
the lives of humble, faithful,
00:56:19.31\00:56:24.29
believers who say
"Jesus, whatever You say, "
00:56:24.32\00:56:27.34
"I'll do it, I don't care
if it's convenient, I don't"
00:56:27.37\00:56:29.38
"care if it goes against my
tradition, I don't care if it's"
00:56:29.41\00:56:31.94
"not what I believed before,
but if it's in the Bible, "
00:56:31.97\00:56:34.40
"I'm going to obey it. "
Beloved, here's what we're going
00:56:34.43\00:56:40.57
to do, I've got ushers that
are going to stand up and give
00:56:40.60\00:56:43.02
you a decision card, because
I don't want to preach a message
00:56:43.05\00:56:45.75
like this, and not give
you an opportunity to make
00:56:45.78\00:56:48.12
a decision.
00:56:48.15\00:56:51.35
You might be thinking to
yourself: "wait a minute, "
00:56:51.38\00:56:54.16
"how is this possible? How
could this possibly happen? "
00:56:54.19\00:56:56.77
I need those ushers to be
moving like this, we need to be
00:56:56.80\00:56:59.91
pretending like we're in a
race, boom, those ushers are
00:56:59.94\00:57:02.52
moving just like this: [makes
action for them to hurry].
00:57:02.55\00:57:05.50
Now, you're saying: "how
could this possibly happen? "
00:57:05.53\00:57:09.91
Tomorrow night we're
going to be looking at
00:57:09.94\00:57:12.50
"The United States'
amazing role in Bible prophecy".
00:57:12.53\00:57:15.15
While they're passing this
out open your Bibles with me
00:57:15.18\00:57:18.33
to Matthew 15. Look
at this, look at verse 7,
00:57:18.36\00:57:30.75
Matthew 15:7, these aren't
the words of David, so don't
00:57:30.78\00:57:33.48
say David doesn't understand
grace, these are the words
00:57:33.51\00:57:35.53
of Jesus, did
Jesus understand grace?
00:57:35.56\00:57:40.99
Jesus said: "Hypocrites,
", actors, "well did Isaiah"
00:57:41.02\00:57:45.49
"prophecy about you, saying,
These people draw near to Me"
00:57:45.52\00:57:49.19
"with their mouth", do
you know what that means?
00:57:49.22\00:57:51.88
It means they talk the talk.
"They draw near to Me with"
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"their mouths and they
honor Me with their lips, "
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"but their heart is far
from them. " Look at verse 9:
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"And in vain do they worship
Me, teaching for doctrines"
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"the commandments of men. "
You see, in the days of Jesus
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they had set aside the commands
of God for the traditions
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and the commands of men.
Now I'm telling you, the Devil,
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he's not inventive, he's
not creative, that's what he did
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in the days of Jesus,
that's what he's going to do at
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the end of time, he's
going to supplant the teachings
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and the doctrines of
God with the traditions and
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the commandments of men.
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