Good evening, friends and
welcome to the Final Edition
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of the Eleventh Hour
evidence coming to you
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one more time live
from Battle Creek, Michigan,
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the home of the
Seventh- day Adventist movement,
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Can we call ourselves up
the way; can we call someone
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home of the Seventh-
day Adventist movement?
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Anyway, God began something
special in Battle Creek,
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a number of years
back and we are excited
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that he is doing
something special here tonight.
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And before we go to our pastor,
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Pastor Asscherick we have
one more special music Buddy
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Houghtaling has save
something special to just now.
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Well, Pastor Jason I want to.
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Maybe we shouldn't talk anymore.
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Say something the real quick,
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I just want to say
thank you, so much for letting
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Dan Grentz and Eric
Umali and myself be part
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of these meetings, it
just been a tremendous
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blessing to us. And,
and Pastor Asscherick
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has been just, just
incredible and so time here
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is message I have
not been blessing.
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I'm thinking about
your your introductions
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and how meaningful
and briefly it has been
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and as I thought
about and I know the,
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the audience at home
has been just really bless
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by their, their meaningfulness
and I know that the
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audience here has been
very surprise by their brevity.
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And I just, I just want to
say that thank you so much.
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We will meet again on
3ABN, take it away Buddy.
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This song is
called "I Am Your God"
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I Am Your God,
and you are my child
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I love to sit
and talk with you I
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I Am Your God, I love you so
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But there is something
is that need for you to know
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I Am Your God, the only one
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Look around and see
the things I have done
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I Am Your God, serve only me
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No other God's
within your life should be
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You have taken my
name, please wear it well
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If you like so
everyone can tell that
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But you have my
name and all that you do
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Show the world
how much I mean to you
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Remember our day
no one should you do
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I met a day, so
I could be with you
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Remember our day,
I will give you rest
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A sweet communion
time will be the best
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On really folks
Made him our glad
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Mke your life the
nicest gift they have had
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I' m on you force
bring them to light
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That you may have
a Lord and maybe life
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Don't even
keen, don't even hate.
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So many times a
Father Jesus come late
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Keep yourself pure challenges by
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Keep your husband,
you had close by your side
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Don't a misty
would give when you can
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Oh! It has been straight
forward with your fellow man
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And don't even be
more give into dream
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I will give you
everything you need
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Because I Am Your
God, and you are my child
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And we will be
together in a little by
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I Am Your God, I love so
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Soon I am gonna
come and take you home
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Because I Am Your God,
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I Am Your God, I Am Your God
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Amen. Amen. Thank
you so much, Buddy
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that was just, just beautiful.
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I'm gonna leave with there.
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I had an
interesting experience happen
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not so many years
go, I was 19 years old
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and I decided I
wanted to see the world,
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so my sister help
me purchase a ticket,
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I took my bagpack put
it on and headed for Europe
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and for 9 weeks I
travel all across the European
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continent going
from train to train,
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sleeping in a strange places.
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Now, what are the strangest
things that happen to me,
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when I was down
in Southern Greece
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and the strange there
the trains went on strike,
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which may I had
to dip into my daily
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food allowance to get up North.
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By the time I got
North, I couldn't afford
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the fairy back
through Brindisi in Italy.
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So, what that basically means,
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as I had to travel
through a War Zone,
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which was in Bosnia
Herzegovina in Serbia.
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And so I just sort
of said Lord help me
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and we got our, our
tickets and climb down the train
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and into the, into
the Hostile Territory.
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We went now, you
have to understand
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what is like that
and these guys were,
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they were crazy they
just shot UN workers there,
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the day before, they
had killed some journalists
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and so we were pretty
afraid and about might happen.
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And as we got close to
the border and we can see
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the trains were backed
up for miles and we knew
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that this made that
the United States economic
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embargo was already
beginning to show its teeth.
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And so when we got
to the Serbian border,
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you could imagine
that they were very happy
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to meet Americans. Well,
this guy comes onto the train
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and he was something tough.
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He had a long black trench coat
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and a semi-automatic
pistol tugged in here.
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And right behind him was a
guy with a kalashnikov for you
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lay people that
means an automatic weapons
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strapped down his
shoulders, finger on the trigger
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and he comes up
to me, he says to me.
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He says something in
Serbian which I can't repeat.
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Now, because I don't
want too, but because
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it is impossible for my tongue,
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it's just and I said
to him. Sir, I'm American
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and then he got a
really rough look on his face
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and he says papers, so
I pull out my, my passport
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and he looks at that,
oops he says, your papers
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are not in order. I
say, sir I think there is,
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they are suppose to be
as the secretary of state
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for the United States
would asked them to bet.
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He looks at me and he
says, you got a papers
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are not in order.
He says, follow me.
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Now, I was some plan
following him until they got
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collision car behind
him what, I said, okay,
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you can go, you know, we
can go work this thing out.
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And you know, I have
this really amazing talk
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where I pled for my
life as we walk down
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the train tracks,
eventually as he look through
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the passports, she
reluctantly gave me my passport
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back and said I could go.
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What did I learn
from that experience?
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Just this, it
matters, whose seal you have?
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Whose seal do you have?
That day, when he discovered
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that I was a legimitate
citizen of the United States,
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he hated me, but
he couldn't hurt me.
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I belonged to a bigger
government than his government,
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which government do
you belong to friend?
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I think Pastor
Asscherick is going
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to ask you that question.
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Amen, now it's good. Very
powerful. Thank you, Jason.
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You know, I was in
the, the van watching
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the introduction
and when Buddy said,
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what he said about you.
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Jason I laughed so loud
that Russ, the director told me
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to be quite. Oh!
Praise the Lord, Buddy
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I didn't know you had it in you.
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Well, we have to lot to
cover tonight and I look
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at the screen and it
says, 47 minutes and 52 seconds.
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And tonight sermon
usually takes me about an hour
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and 20 minutes.
And so we have got,
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I'm just kidding
about that by the way,
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but we do have to
get a significant amount
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of information
in about 47 minutes.
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So, we are gonna
get right into prayer
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and then we are gonna
dive into the message proper,
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okay. Let's begin
with the word of prayer.
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Father in heaven, the
story that Jason has told
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is very illustrative of
what we will discover tonight
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and that is that it
matters whose seal we have?
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Father in this
dividing time, this end of time
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there will be a Mark
and the Seal and everyone
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will have one, or the
other. Father my prayer
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is that tonight, the
message will be clear,
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so that people can
make intelligent decisions
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and father decisions
that will lead them nearer
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to their savior Jesus.
Father tonight, as we open
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the Bible, speak
directly through me not because
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of me Lord, but in spite of me.
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And may everybody
have a rich experience
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in your word and may
each of us be making decisions
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that will ensure
that in that final day,
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we are sealed and not
marked. This is our prayer
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in Jesus name
everyone can say, amen. Amen.
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Well, let's go
directly to the screen and begin
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with a little bit of
review. The last time we were
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together, we talked
about the United States
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and Bible prophecy, our
message tonight is entitled
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Revelation Seal or Mark,
should be Revelation Seal
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and Mark there will. And
our next slides lead us to.
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Well, while we will
strength is out this live.
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Let's go to Revelation chapter
13, Revelation chapter 13
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and we are going to
note beginning in verse 8.
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Revelation
chapter 13 and verse 8,
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there we go, the Mark and
the Seal, wonderful that's
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the title of our message,
we are in Revelation chapter 13
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and notice with me verse
8. We remember last night;
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there are two
beasts in Revelation 13,
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how many beasts? Two.
Two beasts, the first rises
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from the, sea, and the
second rises from the, earth,
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earth excellent. So,
the first is the sea beast
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and the second the earth beast.
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Now, notice with me
in Revelation chapter 13
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and verse 8, it says,
"All who dwell on earth will,
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what's the next
word? Worship. Worship him,
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whose name has not been
written in the book of life
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of the Lamb slain from
the foundation of the world.
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And we have already
learn in previous meetings that
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worship will be the dividing
issue at the end of time,
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you remember we went
through Revelation 13 and 14
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and we notice. How frequently
that word worship appears,
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it just comes up
over and over again.
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Now, what I want you
to notice with me is that
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the end of
Revelation chapter 13,
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notice how tight
together worship and the Mark
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of the beast star, they
are inexorably bound together
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and let's begin that in
verse 16. He calls us all,
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this is the second
beast "Both small and great,
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rich and poor, free and
slave, to receive a mark
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on their forehead, or in
on their hands or on their
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foreheads." Notice
there is the Mark. Verse 17,
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"And then no one may buy
or sell except he who has
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the Mark of the beast
or the name of the beast
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or the number of his name
" Verse 18 "Here is wisdom.
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Let him who has understanding
calculate the number
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of the beast: for it
is the number of a man;
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his number is 666."
These last three verses of
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Revelation chapter 13,
alert us to the importance
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and the significance of
the Mark of the beast that can
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be received in one of two
localities namely on the hand
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or on the forehead. Now,
notice what precedes this
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and I'm picking
it up in verse 15.
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It says, "He was
granted power to give breath
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to the image of the Beast,
that the image of the beast
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should both speak, and cause.
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" Remember that was the
operative word last night.
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Cause has many as would
not, what's the next word?
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Worship. Worship the image
of the beast should be killed
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and then in verses 16,
17, and 18 he goes right into
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the Mark of the beast.
So, what you see as you move
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to the flow of Revelation
chapter 13 is that you have
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the issue of worship,
worship, worship and then it
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climaxes with the issue
of the Mark of the beast.
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Tying these issues,
together in a powerful way.
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The Mark of the beast issue
then is primarily a worship
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related issue; it's
what kind of an issue?
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A worship related issue
and we discovered last night
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our message entitled
United States in Bible prophecy
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that there will be two
beasts. The first beast,
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we have identified in
Revelation chapter 13,
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the first day verse is,
"As the Roman Church State,
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I say, who everyone?
The Roman Church State,
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but there was a second
beast that would come up
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but would act primarily as
an apologist or as a prophet
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a spokes person for that
second or that first beast.
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And we identified this second
beast as the United States
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of America. The United
States of America and what
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Revelation chapter 13 is
telling us, is that this power
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the super powerful
beast without a king
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rising around 7098, you
remember the identifying
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characteristics would
rise up and would cause,
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would what word
everyone? Cause,.
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Cause that, that word
occurs three times there in
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Revelation chapter 13. He
Would cause, he would compel,
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he would force to
worship the first beast namely
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the Roman Church State.
Now, that sounds radical,
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it sounds
outlandish it sounds amazing,
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it sounds almost
unbelievable. Here friends,
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I want to stand
by something tonight,
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if the Bible
says it, I believe it
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and that said
was it, amen. Amen.
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Now, we are going to
continue to talk about that,
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but that sort of
ring is up to speed.
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Last night we concluded
with this. The Bible predicts
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an erosion of our
freedoms when church and state,
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what's the next
word? Unite. Unite, right
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here even in our own
beloved United States.
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Now, consider with me, as
we go again to the screen.
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We are sort of moving
through in chronological
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succession. Our
message tonight is entitled
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the Seal and the
Mark. And we want to begin
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by asking this question,
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what is the Mark of the beast?
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What is the Mark of the beast?
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Now, this has to be
one of the most elementary
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questions in all of the
Bible because and I have
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said this before,
yet it bears repeating,
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the Mark of the beast
is the Mark of the beast.
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Did you get
that, yes or no? Yeah.
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Now, sometimes we
referred to the, we referred
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to the Mark of the beast
as it's almost like one word,
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Mark of the beast. It's
not one word, Mark of the beast
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the Mark of the beast
is the Mark of the beast.
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So, to talk about the
Mark of the beast and any
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intelligible way before
we have adequately identified
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who the beast is,
is the fools aren't,
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it's an exercise and futility.
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Yet, once we have
determined, who the beast is,
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then we simply need
to do what is his Mark.
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Because the Mark of the
beast is the Mark of the beast.
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Amen. Are you with me now? Amen.
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Now, we have identified
who the beast is and so when
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asking the question what
is the Mark of the beast?
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It will really be a
very elementary and simple
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procedure. Notice
this, to understand the
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Mark of the beast; we must first
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understand God
sign, seal, or mark.
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God also has a seal and
I want you to go with me
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in your Bibles to Revelation
chapter 6 and we will note
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the significance
of this end time seal
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that God's people will receive.
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I'm in Revelation chapter 6,
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Revelation what
chapter everyone?
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Six. Six and we are
looking beginning in verse 12
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at the opening of the
sixth seal. Revelation chapter 6
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and I'm noting verse 12.
It says, "I looked and when
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he opened the sixth seal
and behold, there was a great
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earthquake, and the sun
became black as sackcloth
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of hair and the
moon became like blood.
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And the stars of
heaven fell to the earth,
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as a fig tree drops its
lay figs, when it is shaken
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by a mighty wind." It
goes on, "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 and the kings
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of the earth and the
great men, the rich men,
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the commanders, the
mighty men, every slave
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and every free men hid
themselves in the caves
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and in the rocks of
the mountains." Verse 16,
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"And said to the
mountains and rocks,
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"Fall on us and hide us
from the face of him who sits
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on the throne and from
the wrath of the, what? Lamb.
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The wrath of the Lamb
" Now, who is the Lamb?
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Jesus. Jesus
Christ, now notice verse 17.
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Revelation chapter 6
and not with the declarative
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a sentence that is to
say a, a period a declarative
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sentence adherence
with an interrogative namely
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a question. Notice the
question in verse 17, it says,
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"For the great day
of his wrath has come,
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and who shall be able
to, what? Stand. Stand?
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Now what is making
place in Revelation chapter 6,
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here the opening of the
six seal? Friends that imagery
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the fleeing of mountains
and the shaking of the earth
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and sky receding as a
scroll that is unquestionably
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second coming
language. What kind of language?
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Second. Second coming,
this is what theologians refer
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to in the Greek
language as the Persia.
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The second coming of
Jesus, the revealing of Jesus,
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the Revelation of
Jesus, at the end of time.
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Now, as John saw
this in prophetic vision,
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he asked the question
as he saw it's catastrophic
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and cataclysmic
scope. He asked a question,
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a legitimate question.
The great day of his wrath
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has come and who will
be able to stand through
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this catastrophic, cataclysmic
climactic event. Amen.
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Now, the answer comes
in the very next chapter
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of the Bible. Revelation
chapter 66 ends with the
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question and Revelation chapter
7 picks that question up.
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Notice it with me
beginning in verse 1.
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"After these things I
saw four angels standing
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on the four corners of
the earth, holding the four
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winds of the earth,
that the wind should not blow
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on earth, on the
sea, or an on any tree."
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Then I saw another
angel ascending from the east,
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from what
direction, everyone? East.
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The east having the seal
of the what? The dead God?
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The seal of the, what kind
of God? Living. Living God.
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" Friends, I want to go
on record is letting you know
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the Jesus Christ
is alive. Amen. Amen,
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he went in the tomb, but
glory to God, he came out
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of the tomb. Amen.
Amen. So, it says, he has the
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seal of the living God.
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And notice the
importance of the seal.
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"The seal of the living
God and he cried with a loud
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voice to the four
angels to whom he was granted
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the harm the earth and the sea:
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"Saying, do not
harm the earth or the sea
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or the trees until we
have, what's the next word?
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Seal. Seal the servants of
our God on their foreheads.
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" Verse four says, and
I heard the number of them
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that were sealed: 144,000
of all the tribes of children
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of Israel were sealed.
"Now, I wish we end time to go
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into the significance of
the 144,000, we simply don't
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have time to exhaustibly
study it, but from the
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immediate context you
know, who the 144,000 are.
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At least in a perfunctory
manner, in an initial manner.
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Remember Revelation
chapter 6 sayings with the
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the question. The great
day of his wrath is come
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and who shall be able to
stand. And then the question
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is answered in Revelation
chapter 7, the 144,000
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will stand. Amen. Amen.
Amen. So, so at least the quick
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answer, a brief answer to
the identity of the 144,000,
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these are those that will
be alive when Jesus returns
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those who won't see
death who like Elijah and Enoc
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in the Old Testament
were not resurrected,
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but the theological term is
translated, taking to heaven
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without seeing death.
Are you with me now? Amen.
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Now, notice that that
everything would be harm,
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the earth and the
trees and everything would be
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destroyed and harmed
and turn into utter chaotic
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of people except for
those that had the seal.
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Now, let me ask you a
very elementary easy to answer
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question. Do you think it
would be important to have
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the seal then?
Amen. Yes, you know, yeah.
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But all means friends,
if you don't have the seal,
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you will be a munch that
class, or munch that portion
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of the earth that
is destroyed. Amen.
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Only those that have
the seal are preserved.
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And at the end of time
friends, you cannot have the
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seal and the mark. You
have either the seal of God.
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The seal of the living
God or the mark of the beast.
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They are mutually
exclusive, they are what word
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did I say? That
means you can't have both.
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You have one or the
other and here is another
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non-option, you can't
have, neither. Every single
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person will either
have the mark of the beast
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or the seal of the living
God; they are antithetical,
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mutually exclusive.
Now, I want you to notice
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something else. We
have already read about the
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Mark of the beast and
the Bible says about the
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Mark of the beast
that you can receive in one
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of two locations.
What were the two locations
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you could receive
the Mark of the beast?
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Forehead. In the
forehead or in the hand,
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but did you notice
something very interesting
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about the seal of God that
can be received only where?
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Only, in the
forehead. Now, as we progress
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with our message
tonight, let's me clear on a few
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things we have really
late a significant amount of
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ground work.
Number one is, that the
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mark of the beast and
the seal of the living God
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are antithetical, they
are mutually exclusive,
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you have one or
the other not both,
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if that's clear say amen. Amen.
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Number two is, is
that the mark of the beast
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is inexorably tie to
the issue of worship,
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to the issue of what? Worship.
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Worship, so we are
building out a very powerful
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and, and I believe
compelling platform.
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Now, as we go to
try and understand this
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we must understand
something God's law,
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God's name and God's
character are one-and-the-same,
00:21:11.78\00:21:16.77
they are synonymous. I
want you to notice those three
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things, God's law, God's
name and God's character.
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And you say why, why
does it matter that they have,
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why does it matter
that the name and the law
00:21:27.62\00:21:31.22
and the
character are all the same.
00:21:31.45\00:21:34.15
Go with me to Revelation
chapter 22 and we will begin
00:21:34.38\00:21:37.16
to answer this
actually on you way to
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Revelation chapter 22,
stop by Revelation chapter 14.
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We are gonna just
look at two quick verses,
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Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 1.
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Revelation chapter 14
and I am reading in verse 1,
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it says, "Then I looked,
and behold, the Lamb standing
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on Mount Zion, and with
Him one hundred and forty-four
00:21:52.66\00:21:54.92
thousand." This is the
same group that we just read
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about Revelation 6
and 7 and notice this.
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"Having His father's name
written on their foreheads."
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What's written on their
foreheads? Father's name,
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now think about that, back
in Revelation chapter 6 and 7,
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they were sealed with the
seal of the living God where?
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Forehead. On
their forehead and what,
00:22:12.38\00:22:14.33
what was the
number of that group?
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One hundred and
forty-four thousand.
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here we will
introduced to the one hundred
00:22:17.28\00:22:18.57
and forty-four
thousand again except this time
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instead of referring to
as the seal on the forehead.
00:22:20.63\00:22:23.39
It says, they
have the father's name,
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on the forehead.
Now, notice another one in
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Revelation chapter
22. Go with me quick read,
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Revelation chapter
22 and notice this,
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Revelation chapter
22 beginning in verse 1,
00:22:33.89\00:22:37.11
"And he showed me a
pure river of water of life
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clears as crystal, proceeding
from the throne of God
00:22:39.31\00:22:40.97
and of the Lamb. In
the middle of its street.
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On either side of the
river was the tree of life,
00:22:43.04\00:22:45.08
which pour twelve fruits,
each tree yielding its fruit
00:22:45.31\00:22:47.64
every month; and the
leaves of the tree were for
00:22:47.87\00:22:49.60
the healing of the nations.
And there shall be no more
00:22:49.81\00:22:51.73
curse: but the throne
of God and of the Lamb
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shall be in it; and his
servants shall serve him."
00:22:54.32\00:22:55.95
Verse 4, "And they shall
see His face, and His name
00:22:56.20\00:22:59.57
shall be, where
everyone? On their foreheads.
00:22:59.81\00:23:03.16
So, now two times we have
been told that the name of
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God will be right in the
forehead of the people of God.
00:23:06.85\00:23:10.72
Now, you might be thinking
Wow! I have got a get the
00:23:10.95\00:23:13.38
name the tattoo of
Yahweh or Jehovah on my head,
00:23:13.60\00:23:16.37
is that what's
being referred too.
00:23:16.59\00:23:17.56
We talk about
that in just a moment.
00:23:17.78\00:23:19.46
Before we go one moment
further the, let's buttress
00:23:19.70\00:23:22.33
that statement that we
just made there on the screen.
00:23:22.57\00:23:24.39
The God's law, God's
name, and God's character
00:23:24.63\00:23:27.14
are one and the same.
Go with me to do that in
00:23:27.39\00:23:30.89
Exodus chapter 33.
Exodus in the Old Testament.
00:23:31.19\00:23:34.53
Exodus chapter 33,
what chapter everyone?
00:23:34.76\00:23:38.20
Thirty three and we are
in verse 18 and we are going
00:23:38.43\00:23:40.65
to read through this
rapidly. Exodus chapter 33
00:23:40.87\00:23:42.73
and verse 18, "Moses
is on top of Mount Sinai,
00:23:42.97\00:23:46.19
where is the
everyone? Top Mount Sinai.
00:23:46.41\00:23:48.52
And you know,
the famous dialogue,
00:23:48.75\00:23:49.80
he is there for 40
days and 40 nights,
00:23:50.04\00:23:51.36
he is in a dialogue with
God and the midst of this Moses
00:23:51.58\00:23:54.55
realizes that he is
fully disclose to God that God
00:23:54.78\00:23:58.76
can see him, yeah God
is, is behind the bail,
00:23:59.63\00:24:02.67
behind the clouds and the
thunders and the lightning
00:24:02.89\00:24:05.08
and the trumpets.
So, Moses is seen by God,
00:24:05.29\00:24:08.05
but he himself cannot see God.
00:24:08.30\00:24:10.81
Now, notice, notice what
Moses says, here he makes
00:24:11.05\00:24:13.67
the remarkable and
very powerful request.
00:24:13.89\00:24:16.68
Exodus chapter 33 and
I'm reading in verse 18,
00:24:16.94\00:24:19.27
"And He said Moses
speaking, Please, show me
00:24:19.51\00:24:22.54
your glory, is that
awesome or not? Amen,
00:24:22.75\00:24:26.60
Moses says to God,
God you can see me,
00:24:26.81\00:24:29.77
I want to see you. Show
me your glory, now notice
00:24:30.00\00:24:35.07
this incredible
dialogue is it unfolds in Exodus
00:24:35.29\00:24:37.58
chapter 33 and then
we will move into the 34.
00:24:37.80\00:24:39.27
Verse 19, "Then He said,
"I will make all My goodness
00:24:39.51\00:24:41.75
pass before you, and
I will proclaim the name
00:24:41.98\00:24:43.35
of the LORD. I will
proclaim to what everyone?
00:24:43.64\00:24:45.93
Name of the Lord
before you I will be gracious
00:24:46.16\00:24:48.55
to whom I will be gracious,
and I will have compassion
00:24:48.77\00:24:50.46
on whom I will have
compassion." But He said,.
00:24:50.68\00:24:52.34
"You cannot see My face
for no man shall Me and live.
00:24:52.55\00:24:56.26
And the Lord said,
"Here is a place by Me,
00:24:56.49\00:24:58.19
and you shall stand on
the rock. So it shall be,
00:24:58.40\00:24:59.58
while My glory passes by,
that I will put you in the
00:24:59.82\00:25:01.48
cleft of the rock, and I
will cover you with my hand
00:25:01.72\00:25:03.20
until I have passed by
then I will take away my hand,
00:25:03.42\00:25:05.61
and you shall see my
back parts: my face shall
00:25:05.82\00:25:07.12
not be seen" Moses says
to God, I beseech you Lord
00:25:07.35\00:25:10.18
show me a glory, God
says, I will show you my glory
00:25:10.40\00:25:12.54
on three
conditions. How many conditions?
00:25:12.75\00:25:15.02
Three conditions, number
one he says, I'm gonna put
00:25:15.26\00:25:17.07
you in the cleft of the
rock. Number two, I wanna put
00:25:17.31\00:25:18.81
my hand over you and
number three you cannot see
00:25:19.02\00:25:20.46
the front only the back.
Now, notice this, this dialogue,
00:25:20.49\00:25:24.75
this chronology moves
righ into Exodus chapter 34
00:25:24.99\00:25:27.87
and notice the very
next thing to transpire.
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Exodus 32 and verse 1.
And the Lord said to Moses,
00:25:29.82\00:25:32.53
this is the same
conversation friends. Amen.
00:25:32.77\00:25:35.13
And the Lord said to
Moses cut two tables of what
00:25:35.37\00:25:38.03
everyone? Stone, like the
first ones and I will write
00:25:38.25\00:25:41.13
on these tables I
will write on these tables,
00:25:41.35\00:25:43.59
who will write? I will
write, who is speaking.
00:25:43.82\00:25:46.02
God. God is speaking, God
will write on these tables
00:25:46.25\00:25:48.97
the words that will on the
first tables that you broke
00:25:49.18\00:25:50.72
shall be ready in
the morning and come up
00:25:50.93\00:25:52.04
in the morning unto Mount
Sinai, and present yourself
00:25:52.25\00:25:53.65
to me there on the
top of the mountain.
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And no man shall come
up with you and let no man
00:25:55.51\00:25:57.33
be seen throughout all
the mount; neither let the
00:25:57.58\00:25:58.99
flocks nor herds
feed before that mountain.
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So, he cut two
tables of what everyone?
00:26:01.16\00:26:02.77
Stone. Stone like the
first; then Moses rose up early
00:26:03.00\00:26:05.14
in the morning, and
went up unto Mount Sinai,
00:26:05.36\00:26:06.61
as the Lord had commanded
him, and took in his hand
00:26:06.84\00:26:08.52
the two tables of
stone. Now, the LORD descended
00:26:08.73\00:26:11.51
in the cloud, and stood
with him there, and proclaimed
00:26:11.73\00:26:13.94
the name of the LORD."
Now, let's stop right there.
00:26:14.18\00:26:17.19
What had Moses ask to see?
00:26:17.41\00:26:19.40
He said, show me your
glory. Now, God responds
00:26:19.63\00:26:23.68
by doing two things, he
says, I will proclaim my name
00:26:23.92\00:26:26.90
and they will get
me tables of stone.
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Now, watch what happens
as God proclaims his name
00:26:30.30\00:26:33.56
and his glory in the
mixed of that, in the midst
00:26:33.81\00:26:36.90
of that dialogue and the
midst of that action he writes
00:26:37.12\00:26:40.64
on those tables his
law with his own finger.
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Notice this, as we
continue there in the dialogue.
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We are in exodus
chapter 34 and I'm picking it up
00:26:47.49\00:26:49.25
in verse 6. "And the
LORD passed by before him,
00:26:49.48\00:26:52.09
and proclaimed, The
LORD, The LORD God, merciful
00:26:52.32\00:26:54.75
and gracious,
long-suffering, and abounding in
00:26:54.97\00:26:56.54
goodness and truth,
keeping mercy for thousands,
00:26:56.76\00:26:58.65
forgiving iniquity,
transgression and sin, and by
00:26:58.86\00:27:00.75
no mean clearing the
guilty; visiting the iniquity
00:27:00.98\00:27:03.20
of the fathers upon the
children, and the children's
00:27:03.42\00:27:05.24
children, unto the third
and to the fourth generation.
00:27:05.47\00:27:06.93
So, Moses made haste,
and bowed his head toward
00:27:07.18\00:27:09.50
the earth, and worshipped.
Notice this remarkable
00:27:09.73\00:27:13.75
story, Moses says, show
me your glory, God says,
00:27:14.01\00:27:17.13
I will show you my name.
Is it safe then to, to do
00:27:17.37\00:27:20.77
the God's glory, a
synonyms with his name. Amen.
00:27:21.00\00:27:24.35
The answer is yes. Friends
in the Bible more so then
00:27:24.56\00:27:27.85
today name had, name had
significance. So, name meant
00:27:28.07\00:27:32.67
something. In fact, we
actually have instances of this
00:27:32.90\00:27:35.25
and both the Old
and New Testament.
00:27:35.48\00:27:36.84
When people had a, a
former character and then they
00:27:37.07\00:27:39.90
would come to God and
their character would be
00:27:40.15\00:27:41.88
changed and in change in
the character guess what else
00:27:42.10\00:27:43.98
to be changed? Name. The
name, can you think of some
00:27:44.20\00:27:45.98
examples in the Old Testament.
00:27:46.21\00:27:47.50
Jacob. Jacob the
classic example, Jacob wrestles
00:27:47.76\00:27:50.92
with the angels to the
break of day in Exodus 32
00:27:51.15\00:27:52.88
and he said you shall
no longer be called Jacob
00:27:53.15\00:27:54.78
deceivers,
supplanter, and thief.
00:27:55.04\00:27:57.16
You will be called
Israel, one who has
00:27:57.40\00:28:00.66
prevailed with God.
How about another one,
00:28:00.88\00:28:03.76
in the Old Testament.
God called the man name Abram
00:28:03.97\00:28:06.21
and after he was
called then he was faithful
00:28:06.45\00:28:08.81
to that call, his
name was changed to?
00:28:09.05\00:28:10.10
Abraham and he
had a wife name Sarai.
00:28:10.34\00:28:13.73
And when she became
faithful and followed her Lord
00:28:13.98\00:28:16.73
and her husband she was
had her name changed to,
00:28:16.98\00:28:19.37
Sarah how about
in the New Testament?
00:28:19.60\00:28:21.31
A man by the name of
Saul from Tarsus was converted
00:28:21.55\00:28:24.59
on the high horse headed
to Damascus, he was knocked
00:28:24.83\00:28:26.98
off that high horse and
he said you are not going
00:28:27.21\00:28:29.21
to be called Saul, but
now Paul. So, we have this,
00:28:29.42\00:28:32.50
this, these instances in
the Bible and there are other
00:28:32.72\00:28:34.87
instances I think very
quickly of Esau, when Esau
00:28:35.08\00:28:36.99
was born he was called
Esau because he was red
00:28:37.20\00:28:39.08
All throughout the
Bible name becomes emblematic
00:28:39.29\00:28:44.50
and, and symbolic of
character of what everyone.
00:28:44.71\00:28:48.02
So, when Moses
said show me your glory,
00:28:48.24\00:28:50.19
show me your character,
show me what your life God says,
00:28:50.42\00:28:52.99
here is my name, here is
my law. Are you with me? Yeah.
00:28:53.21\00:28:57.10
So, friends that's why
we stand by that statement
00:28:57.34\00:28:59.08
and notice it
again here on the screen.
00:28:59.31\00:29:00.45
God's law, God's name,
and God's character are
00:29:00.69\00:29:04.28
one-and-and-the-same, they
are synonymous, synonymous.
00:29:04.51\00:29:08.47
Now, by the way everything
that you can say about God's
00:29:08.70\00:29:11.32
name also applies to
his character and his law.
00:29:11.54\00:29:13.23
God's name is holy,
amen. Amen. His law is holy.
00:29:13.47\00:29:17.56
His law is perfect,
his name is perfect,
00:29:17.80\00:29:21.16
everything that can be
said about his name is also true
00:29:21.39\00:29:23.69
of the law, they are synonymous.
00:29:23.91\00:29:25.12
And it's inescapable
that an answer to Moses
00:29:25.38\00:29:28.15
question show me your
glory God wrote with his
00:29:28.38\00:29:31.15
own finger unto
two tables of stone.
00:29:31.37\00:29:33.10
As a permanent testimony,
now let's jus think about
00:29:33.33\00:29:35.83
that very quickly, why
would God write down on tables
00:29:36.05\00:29:38.11
of stone his character
as a perpetual reminder.
00:29:38.35\00:29:41.78
What kind of a
reminder? Perpetual, Amen.
00:29:42.01\00:29:43.64
The reason you will do
that friends is that only Moses
00:29:43.88\00:29:46.19
was on top of Mount
Sinai Moses had come down
00:29:46.46\00:29:50.21
and said, hey
fellows, hey ladies
00:29:50.42\00:29:52.38
this is what God is right.
00:29:52.60\00:29:54.02
This is his name,
but instead of doing that
00:29:54.24\00:29:56.47
he came down with a
permanent perdurable exactation
00:29:56.71\00:30:01.14
of God's name. Namely
the two stones, two tables
00:30:01.37\00:30:05.68
of stones, you with me? Amen.
00:30:05.89\00:30:07.21
So, you can say this is
like, I didn't write this.
00:30:07.42\00:30:10.05
I didn't write this;
God alone is qualified
00:30:10.27\00:30:12.40
to right his name.
Amen. Amen, powerful,
00:30:12.61\00:30:15.67
so then as we continue
this raises significant
00:30:15.90\00:30:19.33
questions then about
what is that seal that was
00:30:19.56\00:30:24.38
on the forehead, that
name was on the forehead.
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.91
It must be
consistent then with God's law
00:30:27.14\00:30:30.84
It must be
consistent with God's law.
00:30:31.07\00:30:34.16
Now lets go to the screen
here, the Sabbath is a sign
00:30:34.40\00:30:38.13
that it is God alone
who can make us holy.
00:30:38.38\00:30:40.97
There, what is a sign?
00:30:41.22\00:30:42.68
The Sabbath is a sign,
now you are saying wait a
00:30:43.27\00:30:44.97
how did we go from
the Lord to the Sabbath,
00:30:45.17\00:30:47.19
its actually
very easy, isn't it?
00:30:47.42\00:30:48.70
The fourth commandment
is the very commandment
00:30:48.97\00:30:52.53
that tells us when we
worship who we are worshiping,
00:30:52.74\00:30:56.07
amen. Amen. Even a
Buddhist can, can abstain
00:30:56.28\00:30:58.86
from murder, amen.
Amen. And a Muslim can abstain
00:30:59.09\00:31:03.22
from adultery, amen. Amen.
00:31:03.45\00:31:05.37
But if you keep
the Seventh-day Sabbath
00:31:05.61\00:31:07.03
this identifies which God
it is that you are worshiping
00:31:07.26\00:31:10.38
and right there on the
heart of the Ten Commandments.
00:31:10.60\00:31:12.67
Number four is,
remember the Sabbath day to keep
00:31:12.89\00:31:15.75
it holy and they were
first word as the Lord Sabbath.
00:31:15.99\00:31:19.02
Now, let's try to and
pack this little further still.
00:31:19.25\00:31:21.80
Go with me to the Book of
Ezekiel, you are in Exodus,
00:31:22.04\00:31:24.14
but go to Ezekiel very
quickly. Ezekiel chapter 20,
00:31:24.36\00:31:29.36
Ezekiel chapter 20 and
we will notice two verses
00:31:29.60\00:31:33.37
very quickly. And I'm
reading Ezekiel 20 in verse 12
00:31:33.60\00:31:37.23
God speaking to the
prophet Ezekiel and he says
00:31:37.44\00:31:40.04
in Ezekiel
chapter 20 and verse 12.
00:31:40.26\00:31:41.73
"Moreover I also
gave them my Sabbaths,"
00:31:41.96\00:31:46.27
whose Sabbath were they?
00:31:46.50\00:31:47.47
God Sabbath to be a
sign between them and me
00:31:47.70\00:31:51.33
that they might
know that I am the LORD
00:31:51.55\00:31:53.81
that sanctifies
them. I am the LORD
00:31:54.05\00:31:56.96
who what everyone?
Sanctifies. Sanctifies,
00:31:57.16\00:31:59.28
now what's that
word sanctify me.
00:31:59.49\00:32:00.62
It means to set
aside for a holy purpose.
00:32:00.87\00:32:05.06
God says, the Sabbath
is a sign that I'm the one
00:32:05.28\00:32:09.44
that makes you holy.
Amen. Are you with me?
00:32:09.68\00:32:12.02
So, notice again
here on the screen,
00:32:12.24\00:32:13.66
the Sabbath is a
sign that it is God alone
00:32:13.88\00:32:16.35
who can make us holy. Are
you comfortable with that?
00:32:16.59\00:32:18.66
Notice verse 20 of the
same chapter. Ezekiel 20:20.
00:32:18.90\00:32:21.99
He says, "And hallow my
Sabbaths; and they shall be
00:32:22.22\00:32:24.60
a sign between me and
you, that you may know
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.11
that I am the LORD your God.
00:32:27.35\00:32:29.50
Now, let's, let's
try to unpack here,
00:32:29.74\00:32:32.15
now the, the salvific
significance of the Sabbath.
00:32:32.41\00:32:37.39
We have talked about
the creative significance
00:32:37.61\00:32:39.03
of the Sabbath, note this.
00:32:39.26\00:32:40.23
Our own works
cannot make us holy,
00:32:40.43\00:32:42.48
if you believe
that, say amen. Amen.
00:32:42.70\00:32:44.04
We must trust in and
rest in God's work for us!
00:32:44.30\00:32:48.44
Amen, friends that's
what the Sabbath is all about.
00:32:48.68\00:32:52.21
Now, think about Adam
there the very first full day
00:32:52.48\00:32:55.51
Adam
experienced was the Sabbath.
00:32:55.73\00:32:57.25
The very first full day
and all creation had already
00:32:57.49\00:33:01.29
been made and God
now gives Adam and Eve,
00:33:01.52\00:33:04.03
the gift of the Sabbath.
Now, can you imagine with me
00:33:04.26\00:33:06.02
the futility of Adam
bending over and getting
00:33:06.23\00:33:08.76
some mud and putting
together a clump of mud,
00:33:09.00\00:33:12.04
he fashions it into the
form of say bird and he tries
00:33:12.25\00:33:15.00
to make that thing fly.
00:33:15.21\00:33:16.18
Right its not
going to work, isnt it.
00:33:16.40\00:33:19.90
Think about this
for just a moment,
00:33:20.13\00:33:21.87
listen very carefully
Adam could not add to the work
00:33:22.08\00:33:27.97
of creation. Amen, amen.
He could only enjoy it. Amen.
00:33:28.18\00:33:31.76
You have got it, so to
the Sabbath is a sign not only
00:33:31.98\00:33:34.99
of creation but have
salvation and when it comes to
00:33:35.19\00:33:38.05
salvation friends you
and I here comes cannot add
00:33:38.26\00:33:41.89
to the work of salvation
we can only enjoy it. Amen.
00:33:42.18\00:33:46.54
Are you with me on that? Amen.
00:33:46.76\00:33:47.83
Now, our own works make
us holy, we must trust in
00:33:50.58\00:33:53.35
and rest in God's work
what? For us and notice this,
00:33:53.57\00:33:57.41
here is the conclusion
therefore, the Sabbath
00:33:57.63\00:34:00.98
is a sign of trusting
totally in Christ righteousness
00:34:01.18\00:34:05.38
and not our own. Amen. Amen.
00:34:05.62\00:34:08.51
Now, things are coming
together, we have got a few
00:34:08.75\00:34:11.34
loose ends here
or loose end here.
00:34:11.54\00:34:12.80
And now we are
gonna pull this together.
00:34:13.02\00:34:15.43
Go with me to
Deuteronomy chapter 6,
00:34:15.65\00:34:17.58
Deuteronomy now that's
the fifth book of the Bible,
00:34:19.37\00:34:21.14
isn't it? Isn't it? Amen.
00:34:21.36\00:34:24.21
Without I was
playing a trick on you it is,
00:34:24.45\00:34:27.16
Now quick question
for your Bible students.
00:34:28.17\00:34:29.99
The word
Deuteronomy it means second law,
00:34:31.86\00:34:34.70
Deu is two Nomos is
law, so the second law, okay.
00:34:34.92\00:34:38.35
Now, the first time
that the Ten Commandments
00:34:38.57\00:34:41.49
are spoken that we find
them in the cannon of scripture
00:34:41.71\00:34:44.31
is in where, where did
we find them. Exodus 20,
00:34:44.54\00:34:47.17
now where is the
second time we find them.
00:34:47.39\00:34:48.74
They are repeated
Deuteronomy chapter.
00:34:48.95\00:34:51.01
Five,. Five, now I told
you to go Deuteronomy what?
00:34:51.23\00:34:54.79
Six,. Six, so let's get
the context here Deuteronomy
00:34:55.01\00:34:57.87
chapter 5 has just happen
Moses has repeated the what?
00:34:58.09\00:35:01.81
Ten Commandments,
The what commandments?
00:35:02.03\00:35:04.35
Ten Commandments,
so that's Deuteronomy 5
00:35:04.60\00:35:06.52
and now we are going to
read something fascinating
00:35:06.73\00:35:08.69
in Deuteronomy chapter
6 beginning in verse 1.
00:35:08.90\00:35:10.69
Remember that's the context.
00:35:10.91\00:35:11.88
Ten Commandments
of just been resided
00:35:11.92\00:35:13.34
and here we on
Deuteronomy chapter 6
00:35:13.59\00:35:15.42
beginning in verse 1.
Now, this is the commandment
00:35:15.65\00:35:17.36
and these are the
statutes and judgments
00:35:17.60\00:35:19.08
what's the Lord your God
has commanded to teach you
00:35:19.31\00:35:21.21
that you may
observe them in the land
00:35:21.43\00:35:22.40
which you are
crossing over to possess.
00:35:22.41\00:35:23.49
He is just given in the
Ten Commandments verse 2,
00:35:23.72\00:35:27.65
There you may fear the
Lord you God to keep all this
00:35:27.86\00:35:30.06
statutes and his commandments
which I command you,
00:35:30.27\00:35:31.95
you and your son and
your grandson all the days
00:35:32.18\00:35:34.75
of your life and that
your days maybe prolonged.
00:35:34.97\00:35:37.03
Therefore here all Israel
and be careful do observe it
00:35:37.27\00:35:39.83
that it maybe well with
you and that you may multiply
00:35:40.04\00:35:42.23
greatly as the Lord God
of your fathers' has promised
00:35:42.45\00:35:44.38
you a land filling
with milk and honey.
00:35:44.60\00:35:45.99
Here the Israel, the
Lord your God is one Lord.
00:35:46.21\00:35:48.77
Verse 5, "You shall
love the Lord your God
00:35:48.99\00:35:51.91
with all your
heart, with all your soul,
00:35:52.13\00:35:53.53
and with all your
strength and these words which
00:35:53.76\00:35:56.16
I command you today
shall be in your heart,
00:35:56.39\00:35:58.07
what are these
words? Ten Commandments,
00:35:58.30\00:36:01.29
absolutely powerful
all would to God that clock
00:36:01.52\00:36:03.78
with slow down,
I wish I had time,
00:36:04.00\00:36:04.97
verse 7 you shall teach
them diligently to your children
00:36:05.12\00:36:10.06
and shall talk of them
when you are sit in your house
00:36:10.30\00:36:12.76
and when you walk by the
way and when you lie down
00:36:12.99\00:36:15.63
and when you rise
up you shall bind them.
00:36:15.89\00:36:18.59
Now, what's the
enticing to the pronoun them?
00:36:18.82\00:36:22.07
What he talking
about, what's them? Amen.
00:36:22.31\00:36:25.13
Ten Commandments, the
very commandments he just given
00:36:25.35\00:36:27.76
you in Deuteronomy chapter
five, you shall bind them
00:36:27.96\00:36:30.03
as a sign upon your
hand and they shall be as
00:36:30.25\00:36:34.75
frontlets between your eyes.
00:36:34.96\00:36:37.50
Now, friends let's
unpack the significance here.
00:36:37.71\00:36:39.42
Moses is speaking to the
children of Israel and he said
00:36:39.64\00:36:41.58
you are gonna take these
commandments and bind them
00:36:41.80\00:36:43.55
on your hands that he
mean literally that you would
00:36:43.77\00:36:46.85
bind stone tables on your hands.
00:36:47.05\00:36:48.27
Be very difficult to
carry out work them wouldn't it?
00:36:48.51\00:36:50.84
What is he
speaking about when he says;
00:36:51.06\00:36:53.01
bind these commandments
in your hands, in your works
00:36:53.23\00:36:56.41
Let the things that you
do give evidence of the God
00:36:56.64\00:37:00.17
that you serve, the
hand is a symbol of works,
00:37:00.39\00:37:02.57
I quote you very
quickly from, help me out here
00:37:02.79\00:37:05.34
Ecclesiastic chapter 9,
Whatever by hand finds to do,
00:37:05.54\00:37:08.35
do it with all they might. Amen.
00:37:08.55\00:37:10.29
You with me, then he
says bind them as frontlets
00:37:10.52\00:37:12.88
between your eyes,
between your eyes, friends guess
00:37:13.10\00:37:15.52
what part of your body that is.
00:37:15.72\00:37:16.72
That's your
forehead, that's your forehead.
00:37:16.95\00:37:19.62
Now, that he mean to
take two great big tables
00:37:19.84\00:37:21.64
of stones, put them
o your forehead? Amen.
00:37:21.84\00:37:24.80
Can you even do that,
can you imagine it just that
00:37:25.01\00:37:27.86
impossible; it's not
what he is speaking about?
00:37:28.24\00:37:29.92
He means take the
principles take the law,
00:37:30.13\00:37:32.52
the holiness the righteousness
the eliminability and
00:37:32.75\00:37:35.32
an ineffability of God and
put it right into your mind.
00:37:35.55\00:37:39.38
So, what you think gives
honor to God and what you do
00:37:39.60\00:37:42.23
give honor to God, amen. Amen.
00:37:42.54\00:37:44.13
On the hands and
in the forehead. Amen.
00:37:44.39\00:37:46.64
Now, if we have looked
that into what we are already
00:37:46.86\00:37:48.85
learned here about the
seal was in the forehead.
00:37:49.08\00:37:51.54
And the name
was in the forehead,
00:37:51.79\00:37:53.51
What was in the forehead,
the God's name is his law.
00:37:53.73\00:37:56.83
And Moses here is
saying take that law,
00:37:57.07\00:37:59.36
take the name of
God, the character of God,
00:37:59.58\00:38:02.12
the law of God, the
holiness of God and binded
00:38:02.34\00:38:05.35
in your hands, or here
works and put it right into
00:38:05.56\00:38:08.25
inner sanctum of your
mind, what you believe
00:38:08.46\00:38:10.62
and what you do. Amen, amen.
00:38:10.86\00:38:14.39
Now, this gets powerful.
00:38:14.61\00:38:15.59
Think about this
for just a moment.
00:38:15.83\00:38:17.27
Salvation is by faith or
with by grace through faith.
00:38:17.49\00:38:22.00
You're
comfortable with that? Amen.
00:38:22.22\00:38:23.54
So, then the salvation
have can I work with my hand
00:38:23.76\00:38:28.42
and obtain salvation?
No. Impossible friends
00:38:28.63\00:38:31.13
listen salvation is a
decision I make in my mind.
00:38:31.34\00:38:34.50
Jesus said for God soul
of the word that he gave us
00:38:34.73\00:38:36.63
only begotten and
some that whosoever works.
00:38:36.81\00:38:39.04
Whoever believes,
friends are you begin into see
00:38:39.67\00:38:41.75
what a seal of God
can only be communicated
00:38:41.96\00:38:44.65
and applied in the
forehead because the seal
00:38:44.88\00:38:47.10
of God friends that
commitment that we make
00:38:47.30\00:38:49.22
to the Lord God of
heaven and earth must come
00:38:49.50\00:38:51.83
in the forehead only. Amen.
00:38:52.05\00:38:54.21
You can't receive the
seal of God in the hands
00:38:54.46\00:38:56.42
because you can't
work to get it. Amen
00:38:56.66\00:38:58.30
but the mark of the
beast is very different.
00:38:58.52\00:39:00.00
The mark of the beast
can be received on the hand,
00:39:00.22\00:39:02.46
i.e.,you receive it by
works or you could actually
00:39:02.70\00:39:06.43
believe it and
receive it in the mind.
00:39:06.66\00:39:08.54
Now, this disabuses on
mind of this ridicules notion
00:39:08.75\00:39:11.27
that the mark of the
beast is gonna be some sort
00:39:11.48\00:39:13.31
of a UPC laser coat
tattoo on your forehead.
00:39:13.51\00:39:16.83
That divorces the
mark of the beast from its
00:39:17.04\00:39:19.86
Old Testament
imagery and friends remember
00:39:20.07\00:39:21.91
we interpret the, the
book of Revelation based on
00:39:22.10\00:39:24.69
its foundation in
the Old Testament,
00:39:24.91\00:39:26.54
not based on the news
papers. Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:39:26.76\00:39:30.75
Now, if we look
the Book of Revelation,
00:39:30.97\00:39:33.09
rest upon it's Old
Testament foundation when he is
00:39:33.32\00:39:36.30
talking about the seal
of God and the name of God
00:39:36.51\00:39:39.04
in the forehead to the
old, to the reader in the
00:39:39.26\00:39:42.07
Old Testament or to
the reader in Johns day,
00:39:42.31\00:39:44.26
who would read that they
would immediately know that's
00:39:44.46\00:39:46.20
the Lord God, that's
the seal of God implanted
00:39:46.42\00:39:48.99
in its principles
in the inner sanctum
00:39:49.18\00:39:50.83
of their mind and
conscious. Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:39:51.06\00:39:53.36
Not some silly laser
tattoo friends in fact,
00:39:53.58\00:39:55.80
I even hatred poetry,
but it's so illustrative
00:39:56.00\00:39:59.78
of a store of the principle,
I'm trying to make your
00:39:59.98\00:40:02.01
have a great big
tattoo of a dragon on my arm,
00:40:02.20\00:40:03.83
which I wish I didn't
have. Great big tattoo
00:40:04.02\00:40:05.82
and right after I
became Christian, I was working
00:40:06.02\00:40:07.59
at this vegetarian
restaurant and I was in there,
00:40:07.78\00:40:09.46
chopping the
carrots, chopping the onions
00:40:09.66\00:40:13.44
I have been a Christian
for like three months friends.
00:40:13.63\00:40:15.37
And they were a dear
sister her name was Ivy
00:40:15.60\00:40:18.45
and Ivy came in
and she was help me
00:40:18.70\00:40:20.53
cutting the carrots, and
she saw a tattoo in my arm.
00:40:20.73\00:40:23.09
She was a good Christian
girl and she saw tattoo
00:40:23.29\00:40:25.25
on my arm and while
she was cutting carrots,
00:40:25.49\00:40:27.12
you know, even I sort of
startled too and she said,
00:40:27.32\00:40:30.20
you are the Mark
of the beast. What?
00:40:30.40\00:40:34.79
She said, you are
the Mark of the beast,
00:40:34.99\00:40:35.96
You have the mark of the beast,
00:40:35.97\00:40:36.94
where get it
off me, on your arm.
00:40:36.95\00:40:40.52
What do you mean. She is
looking at it's a dragon,
00:40:40.72\00:40:43.00
even dragon on arm,
the Mark of the beast
00:40:43.21\00:40:45.45
and I said, the
Mark of the beast
00:40:45.67\00:40:46.64
like I put this on
myself, I wish I hadn't,
00:40:46.80\00:40:48.91
but she thought I had
the Mark of the beast.
00:40:49.11\00:40:50.75
Now, friends think
about that for just a minute.
00:40:50.96\00:40:53.20
You can, you see
how silly that is? Amen.
00:40:53.40\00:40:57.07
Are you with me now? Amen.
00:40:57.54\00:40:58.63
Friends, the Mark of
the beast is not a tattoo,
00:40:58.84\00:41:00.48
the Mark of the beast is
the inculcation of principles
00:41:00.70\00:41:04.82
in the inculcation of
what? Principles,. Principles
00:41:05.05\00:41:07.66
In the same way
hat the seal of God
00:41:07.87\00:41:09.06
is the inculcation of
principles into the mind
00:41:09.27\00:41:11.24
and that will work
itself out in the works
00:41:11.46\00:41:14.73
and the actions
that we do, amen. Amen.
00:41:14.76\00:41:16.89
Just all kind of
coming together for you,
00:41:17.11\00:41:18.64
yes or no. Amen. Well,
then let's go to the screen.
00:41:18.85\00:41:20.72
The Seventh-day Sabbath
then number two is two things.
00:41:20.91\00:41:24.10
It's a sign and
symbol of creation, amen.
00:41:24.29\00:41:27.19
By the word for six rest
of the seventh and it does
00:41:27.38\00:41:29.84
also with a sign
and symbol of salvation,
00:41:30.03\00:41:31.35
we just read that
Ezekiel chapter 20,
00:41:31.57\00:41:32.88
I'm the Lord God
that sanctifies you, amen.
00:41:33.09\00:41:35.38
By the way, if you want
powerful chapter on this
00:41:35.60\00:41:37.55
go to Hebrews chapter 4,
00:41:37.75\00:41:38.76
that's what Hebrew
chapter 4 is all about
00:41:38.96\00:41:40.99
that they remain and
therefore the keeping
00:41:41.52\00:41:42.93
of a Sabbath or
the people of God.
00:41:43.13\00:41:44.41
That the Sabbath is a
sign of salvation and creation
00:41:44.62\00:41:48.39
in that chapter perhaps
more than any other really
00:41:48.59\00:41:50.53
binds those two issues together.
00:41:50.72\00:41:51.81
So, then I gave you ten
reasons why I personally keep
00:41:52.04\00:41:55.08
the Sabbath and I
quickly review them for you
00:41:55.30\00:41:57.19
in the interest
of time. Number one,
00:41:57.39\00:41:58.97
I keep the Sabbath because
Jesus created it before sin.
00:41:59.16\00:42:01.26
I keep the Sabbath
because Jesus commanded at
00:42:01.47\00:42:03.74
Mount Sinai. It
was also number three
00:42:03.93\00:42:05.79
kept and honored by
Jesus and his incarnation.
00:42:06.00\00:42:08.04
All of Jesus Old Testament
followers kept the Sabbath.
00:42:08.39\00:42:10.92
Number four and
number five, all of Jesus
00:42:11.13\00:42:12.97
New Testament
followers kept the Sabbath.
00:42:13.17\00:42:14.78
So, you are in
very good company,
00:42:15.00\00:42:15.97
if you become a
Sabbath keeper, amen. Amen.
00:42:15.98\00:42:18.27
Now, number six, God
rested in both creation
00:42:18.48\00:42:20.80
and salvation on
the Seventh-day Sabbath.
00:42:21.00\00:42:22.95
It was changed by
the Roman Church friends
00:42:23.17\00:42:25.45
and that's what we are going
00:42:25.68\00:42:26.65
to talk about in just a moment.
00:42:26.66\00:42:27.63
Number eight, the Bible
says we will keep the Sabbath
00:42:27.64\00:42:29.40
in heaven, so we modest
00:42:29.61\00:42:30.58
we will get attract
this now, amen. Amen.
00:42:30.76\00:42:32.56
Number nine, it's a
sign of both creation
00:42:32.76\00:42:34.19
and salvation. And
number ten, I keep the Sabbath
00:42:34.40\00:42:36.44
because in Revelation
Jesus calls us to remember it
00:42:36.65\00:42:39.04
and to honor it.
Amen. Now, go with me to
00:42:39.22\00:42:42.25
Revelation chapter 14 as
we continue to pull these
00:42:42.45\00:42:44.72
inn's together and
develop by the grace of God
00:42:44.94\00:42:47.24
a compelling
and Biblical picture
00:42:47.44\00:42:49.63
of the Mark of the beast.
00:42:49.83\00:42:50.80
Notice how little time
by the way we are spending
00:42:50.87\00:42:53.20
on the Mark of the beast.
00:42:53.39\00:42:54.36
Now, you say, why is
that, why would you spend
00:42:54.42\00:42:56.52
so little time in
the Mark of the beast,
00:42:56.72\00:42:57.71
chiefly for this reason friends,
00:42:57.93\00:42:59.21
chiefly for this reason friends,
00:42:59.24\00:43:00.21
if you have the seal of
God, you don't have to worry
00:43:00.22\00:43:01.89
about the Mark of
the beast. Amen. Amen,
00:43:02.09\00:43:03.64
even, even if you didn't
know what it was, you couldn't
00:43:03.85\00:43:07.19
be in total ignorance about
00:43:07.39\00:43:09.52
what the Mark of the beast is?
00:43:09.72\00:43:10.76
But if you have the
seal of God doesn't matter.
00:43:10.97\00:43:13.04
And what is the seal
of God we have put it all
00:43:13.25\00:43:16.20
together friends, the
seal of the living God
00:43:16.39\00:43:17.76
is the name of
God, the law of God,
00:43:17.95\00:43:20.75
put right into your
mind, you accepted by faith
00:43:20.96\00:43:24.34
and then God works
outside if you to declare
00:43:24.56\00:43:26.83
your righteous and inside
of you to make you righteous
00:43:27.03\00:43:29.41
by his power and efficacy
00:43:29.61\00:43:31.30
that's the seal of God friends,
00:43:31.50\00:43:32.66
it's having that relationship
to God and letting him
00:43:32.87\00:43:35.17
right his law on
your hearts. Amen.
00:43:35.36\00:43:37.92
In fact, that's the
new covenant promise.
00:43:38.13\00:43:39.26
Wish I had time to go into that,
00:43:39.29\00:43:40.92
the new covenant
promise is that he will write
00:43:40.95\00:43:42.59
his law in our minds
and in our inward parts,
00:43:42.62\00:43:45.11
that's the new covenant
promise and these 144,000,
00:43:45.14\00:43:47.36
these are people that
have so inculcated the
00:43:47.39\00:43:50.04
the principles of
the new covenant, that
00:43:50.07\00:43:51.62
they are living and
abiding daily in that
00:43:51.65\00:43:54.36
relationship with
God. Amen. Amen. Amen.
00:43:54.39\00:43:57.47
That covenantal
relationship with God.
00:43:57.50\00:43:59.43
So, we are in
Revelation chapter 14 and I'm
00:43:59.46\00:44:01.57
reading in verse 6.
"And I saw another angel fly
00:44:01.60\00:44:04.73
in the midst of
heaven, having the everlasting
00:44:04.76\00:44:06.36
gospel to preach to
those who dwell on the earth,
00:44:06.39\00:44:07.83
to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people."
00:44:07.86\00:44:09.77
Verse 7, "Saying with
a loud voice, Fear God,
00:44:09.80\00:44:11.67
and give glory to
him; for the hour of his
00:44:11.70\00:44:13.51
judgment has come,
and worship him, who
00:44:13.54\00:44:15.13
was? Made. Made the
heaven and earth, the sea,
00:44:15.16\00:44:17.33
and the fountains
of waters. So remember
00:44:17.36\00:44:18.38
I told you that that
is the single largest
00:44:18.41\00:44:20.40
quotation from the
Old Testament in the Book
00:44:20.43\00:44:22.89
of Revelation. Now,
where is that quotation
00:44:22.92\00:44:25.63
taken from? It's
taken right out of the
00:44:25.66\00:44:28.24
Exodus chapter 20,
the Ten Commandments,
00:44:28.27\00:44:30.49
he is quoting from
the Sabbath commandment.
00:44:30.52\00:44:31.49
Then he says in verse
8, Babylon has fallen,
00:44:31.50\00:44:35.08
that great city
because you made all nations
00:44:35.11\00:44:36.77
drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication,
00:44:36.80\00:44:38.00
then he says in verse 9.
00:44:38.03\00:44:39.75
"Watch out, don't
receive the Mark of the beast,"
00:44:39.78\00:44:42.11
then a third angel
followed them saying
00:44:42.14\00:44:43.93
with a loud voice,
if anyone worships,
00:44:43.96\00:44:45.12
what word is
that? Worships. Worships
00:44:45.15\00:44:47.60
the beast and his
image and receives his Mark
00:44:47.63\00:44:49.08
on his forehead or on
his hand. Do, you see how
00:44:49.11\00:44:50.68
those two issues
are tied together?
00:44:50.71\00:44:52.02
Worship and the
Mark, yes or no? Amen.
00:44:52.05\00:44:55.10
Verse 10, "He himself
shall also drink of the wine
00:44:55.13\00:44:58.04
of the wrath of
God, which is poured out
00:44:58.07\00:44:59.34
full strength into the
cup of his indignation;
00:44:59.37\00:45:01.42
and he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
00:45:01.45\00:45:03.33
in the presence
of the holy angels,
00:45:03.36\00:45:04.69
and in the
presence of the Lamb,"
00:45:04.72\00:45:05.69
it's not a pretty picture
friends and I don't wanna
00:45:05.70\00:45:06.92
pretent like it is.
Verse 11, "And the smoke of
00:45:06.95\00:45:09.03
their torment
ascends forever and ever, and
00:45:09.06\00:45:10.65
ever, and they have no
rest." They have no what?
00:45:10.68\00:45:14.39
Rest. Rest, what is the
Sabbath all about in the
00:45:14.42\00:45:18.62
word? Rest. Rest, rest
from our physical labor,
00:45:18.65\00:45:21.82
a sign of creation, rest
from our spiritual labor,
00:45:21.85\00:45:25.70
a sign of salvation.
Amen. The people that
00:45:25.73\00:45:27.89
receive the Mark of
the beast have no, rest.
00:45:27.92\00:45:31.00
Rest, they have no
rest day or night, who
00:45:31.03\00:45:33.57
worship the
beast and his image and
00:45:33.60\00:45:34.81
whoever receives the
Mark of his name. Verse 12,
00:45:34.84\00:45:37.63
here put your
mind into John's mind.
00:45:37.66\00:45:41.72
Now, for just a
moment John was watching in
00:45:41.75\00:45:43.74
cinematic vision and
he saw the first angel's
00:45:43.77\00:45:46.78
message, the
second angel's message,
00:45:46.81\00:45:48.00
the third angel's message
and in the context of the
00:45:48.03\00:45:50.23
third angel's message
John is just engrossed
00:45:50.26\00:45:52.59
with those who
receive the Mark of the beast
00:45:52.62\00:45:53.69
and he is watching
what a terrible, horrific
00:45:53.72\00:45:55.33
picture, tormented
with the fire and brimstone
00:45:55.36\00:45:56.93
and in the
presence of the holy angels
00:45:56.96\00:45:57.93
and in the presence
of Lamb. And he watches
00:45:57.96\00:45:59.50
the whole thing and
it must have been utterly
00:45:59.53\00:46:01.24
repugnant to his
sanctified sensibilities
00:46:01.27\00:46:03.46
and then the very
next thing that happens in
00:46:03.49\00:46:05.63
verse 12 is, here,
here is watching the Mark
00:46:05.66\00:46:09.48
of the beast crew and
then next thing he sees,
00:46:09.51\00:46:11.68
here in contrast to
that group they receives
00:46:11.71\00:46:14.69
the Mark of the
beast. Here is the
00:46:14.72\00:46:16.70
patience of the
saints, here are those that
00:46:16.73\00:46:20.19
keep the? Commandments,.
Commandments of God
00:46:20.22\00:46:22.53
and the, Faith, Faith
of Jesus. Now, think about
00:46:22.56\00:46:25.20
that, if all you
knew about the Mark of the
00:46:25.23\00:46:28.36
beast was in
those verses you would
00:46:28.39\00:46:30.08
know enough not to
get it. Amen, amen.
00:46:30.11\00:46:32.52
Because, he contrasts
those that get the Mark
00:46:32.55\00:46:34.85
of the beast with
those that keep the
00:46:34.88\00:46:36.46
the commandments.
Amen. So, we can deduce
00:46:36.49\00:46:38.34
very logically, very
reasonably, very simply
00:46:38.37\00:46:40.51
that if you're keeping
the commandments in spirit
00:46:40.54\00:46:42.63
and in truth you don't
get the Mark of the beast.
00:46:42.66\00:46:44.44
Amen. Amen. Amen. And
this squares perfectly
00:46:44.47\00:46:48.21
with our definition
of what the seal of the
00:46:48.24\00:46:49.44
living God is, namely
his law, his character,
00:46:49.47\00:46:52.73
and his holy name
implanted, inculcate
00:46:52.76\00:46:56.22
right into the very
thoughts and mind and
00:46:56.25\00:46:58.39
thinking. Amen,
amen. Amen. Amen.
00:46:58.42\00:47:00.38
So, he tells you
right there, these people
00:47:00.41\00:47:03.14
get the Mark of the
beast, but here are those
00:47:03.17\00:47:06.01
that keep the
commandments of God.
00:47:06.04\00:47:07.45
So, you know, by
definition that if you
00:47:07.48\00:47:09.07
could put it in an
antithetical situation
00:47:09.10\00:47:10.63
to try to
created it in your mind.
00:47:10.66\00:47:11.80
Here are those that
have the Mark of the beast
00:47:11.83\00:47:13.33
and over here are
those that keep the
00:47:13.36\00:47:15.40
commandments, so
if you are keeping the
00:47:15.43\00:47:16.40
commandments, and
spirit and truth, you can't
00:47:16.41\00:47:18.36
have that. Amen. Amen,
so yet again it doesn't
00:47:18.39\00:47:22.02
even matter what the
Mark of the beast is,
00:47:22.05\00:47:23.61
we can end the sermon
right now and you know
00:47:23.64\00:47:25.50
enough to not get
the Mark of the beast.
00:47:25.53\00:47:27.24
Amen, amen.
Amen. Amen. You know,
00:47:27.27\00:47:30.06
if you obey the Ten
Commandments in spirit
00:47:30.09\00:47:33.20
and in truth and
I wanna add this,
00:47:33.23\00:47:34.63
not in order to be
saved, but because you have
00:47:34.66\00:47:37.55
been saved. Amen,
amen. And I need to emphasize
00:47:37.58\00:47:40.42
this friends; apple
trees do not produce apples
00:47:40.45\00:47:43.10
in order to be
apple trees. Right. But
00:47:43.13\00:47:45.82
because they are
apple trees. Amen, amen.
00:47:45.85\00:47:47.86
So too, Christians
do not do good works
00:47:47.89\00:47:50.69
in order to be
saved, but because they are
00:47:50.72\00:47:53.69
saved. Amen. You see
the difference, yes or no.
00:47:53.72\00:47:55.97
Amen. Nothing wrong
with works in the Christian
00:47:56.00\00:47:57.89
experience you just
have to put it on the right
00:47:57.92\00:47:59.36
side of the
equation. Works doesn't give me
00:47:59.39\00:48:01.97
salvation, works is
the result of the salvation
00:48:02.00\00:48:05.10
that Jesus has given
to me on the basis of
00:48:05.13\00:48:06.89
what he did, not on
the basis of what I do,
00:48:06.92\00:48:08.90
amen. Amen. Halleluiah,
that's the gospel friends.
00:48:08.93\00:48:11.53
Amen. That's the
gospel, so shall we end it or
00:48:11.56\00:48:14.66
shall we preach
the last eight minutes?
00:48:14.69\00:48:16.01
I guess we could,
we might as well I mean
00:48:16.04\00:48:18.36
I don't know what
3ABN would do if we
00:48:18.39\00:48:20.17
didn't go any further.
So, here we go remember
00:48:20.20\00:48:23.09
the dividing issue at
the end of time will be
00:48:23.12\00:48:24.80
what everyone?
Worship the Mark of the beast
00:48:24.83\00:48:26.89
is an issue of
worship, the Sabbath, the seal
00:48:26.92\00:48:29.88
of God is the issue of
worship. So, then we go
00:48:29.91\00:48:32.73
to the screen. The
Mark of the beast must be a
00:48:32.76\00:48:34.89
sign of the Roman
Church State's authority.
00:48:34.92\00:48:36.51
Now, how can I say
that with such confidence
00:48:36.54\00:48:39.03
because remember the
Mark of the beast is the Mark
00:48:39.06\00:48:41.47
of the beast you
finished it for me, right?
00:48:41.50\00:48:45.55
I mean you follow
that. Amen. I'm not trying
00:48:45.58\00:48:47.46
to be silly, I want
you to understand that Mark
00:48:47.49\00:48:49.31
of the beast is not one word;
00:48:49.34\00:48:50.60
it's the Mark of
the beast. So, if you're
00:48:50.63\00:48:53.07
identify who the
beast is? And have we
00:48:53.10\00:48:54.73
done that from
the Bible. Amen. Yeah,
00:48:54.76\00:48:56.26
the beast is the
Roman Church State;
00:48:56.29\00:48:57.82
we know who the beast is? Now,
00:48:57.85\00:48:59.20
we need only
ascertain introduce what is his
00:48:59.23\00:49:01.65
Mark? So, it must be a
sign of the Roman Church
00:49:01.68\00:49:05.70
State authority.
So, then we go to
00:49:05.73\00:49:07.66
Dr. Edward T.
Hiscox, the author of The
00:49:07.69\00:49:09.50
Baptized Manual, we
have this, this morning,
00:49:09.53\00:49:11.11
but we'll read it
again. What a pity
00:49:11.14\00:49:12.64
that it Sunday comes
branded with the mark
00:49:12.67\00:49:15.47
of paganism, and
christened with the
00:49:15.50\00:49:17.32
name of the Sun
God, then adopted and
00:49:17.35\00:49:19.22
sanctified by the papal
apostasy, and bequeathed
00:49:19.25\00:49:22.41
as a sacred legacy to
Protestantism! You see,
00:49:22.44\00:49:25.63
what it's saying about Sunday?
00:49:25.66\00:49:26.63
He is saying it has
no scriptural basis.
00:49:26.64\00:49:28.55
It begins with the
pagans, which was transferred to
00:49:28.58\00:49:31.01
papalists, given
to the protestants
00:49:31.04\00:49:32.72
and now all Christendom
receives it as a sacred
00:49:32.75\00:49:36.46
sanctified legacy with
no scriptural foundation
00:49:36.49\00:49:39.50
friends. Only on the
shifting sands of human
00:49:39.53\00:49:42.38
and church traditions.
Amen. Alright, and notice here
00:49:42.41\00:49:46.07
is another one. Even
more powerful taken from the
00:49:46.10\00:49:48.72
Catholic records September
1, 1923, this is a dead
00:49:48.75\00:49:51.46
ringer friends,
this is a give away.
00:49:51.49\00:49:53.13
Sunday is our mark of authority.
00:49:53.16\00:49:55.25
Now, that's easy to
understand, isn't it?
00:49:56.39\00:49:58.01
English is my
mother tongue there it is.
00:49:58.04\00:49:59.94
Sunday is our mark of authority.
00:49:59.97\00:50:01.90
The church is
above the Bible, and this
00:50:01.93\00:50:03.59
transference of
Sabbath observance is proof of
00:50:03.62\00:50:05.47
that fact. Now,
remember the Mark of the beast
00:50:05.50\00:50:08.39
is the Mark of the
beast; it must be the sign
00:50:08.42\00:50:10.48
of their
Ecclesiastical authority,
00:50:10.51\00:50:12.38
so we can just ask
them from their own
00:50:12.41\00:50:14.10
writings. What is
your mark? How can you
00:50:14.13\00:50:16.95
demonstrate that the
church and tradition are
00:50:16.98\00:50:18.98
over and above the
teachings of the Bible,
00:50:19.01\00:50:20.91
they said, well prove
it? We changed the sanctity,
00:50:20.94\00:50:24.09
the solemnity from
the Seventh-day Sabbath
00:50:24.12\00:50:26.42
to the first day
of the week Sunday.
00:50:26.45\00:50:29.16
This proves that we are
over and above the Bible.
00:50:29.19\00:50:32.11
You with me now? Amen.
Now, watch this quotation,
00:50:32.14\00:50:34.48
this is absolutely incredible,
00:50:34.51\00:50:35.77
this is taken I will
give you the reference at
00:50:35.80\00:50:37.61
the end. Perhaps
the boldest thing,
00:50:37.64\00:50:39.07
the most
revolutionary change the church
00:50:39.10\00:50:40.85
ever did happened
in the first century.
00:50:40.88\00:50:42.73
By the way that's
wrong, it happened in
00:50:42.76\00:50:44.23
the third or the
fourth century. The holy day,
00:50:44.26\00:50:46.75
the Sabbath, was
changed from Sabbath to Sunday,
00:50:46.78\00:50:50.90
not from any directions
noted in the Scriptures,
00:50:50.93\00:50:53.37
but from the church's
sense of its own power.
00:50:53.40\00:50:55.77
People who think that
the Scripture should be the
00:50:55.80\00:50:58.12
sole authority,
are you ready for this?
00:50:58.15\00:50:59.42
Should logically
become Seventh-day Adventists
00:50:59.45\00:51:03.29
and keep Saturday
holy. Amen. That's taken from
00:51:03.32\00:51:06.02
the Saint Catherine
Catholic Church Sentinel,
00:51:06.05\00:51:07.90
May 21, 1995. Now, do
you see what he is saying,
00:51:07.93\00:51:10.45
now this is, this you
know, was a Catholic priest.
00:51:10.48\00:51:12.78
And, and he is a very
logical man. Right, do you see
00:51:12.81\00:51:16.43
what he is say, if
you're gonna stand in
00:51:16.46\00:51:18.12
what the scripture
say, if you are gonna have
00:51:18.15\00:51:19.74
the Scriptures, Sola
Scriptura as Martin Luther
00:51:19.77\00:51:23.03
would affirm, if you
are going to have the
00:51:23.06\00:51:24.42
Scriptures as your foundation,
00:51:24.45\00:51:25.81
the Scriptures
as your bottom line,
00:51:25.84\00:51:27.47
he says, then you
should be keeping holy the
00:51:27.50\00:51:29.06
Biblical day, but if you
want to stand on tradition,
00:51:29.09\00:51:32.39
if you want to
stand on the decrees,
00:51:32.42\00:51:34.12
dogmas and councils of
the church then you would
00:51:34.15\00:51:36.95
keep holy what day? Do
you see what he is saying?
00:51:36.98\00:51:39.38
Very simple to understand,
00:51:39.41\00:51:40.46
friends this day
was changed remember
00:51:41.37\00:51:42.89
what we talked
about, what was it yesterday
00:51:42.92\00:51:44.16
or the day before,
when comes Constantine,
00:51:44.19\00:51:46.02
what was his name?
Constantine. Constantine,
00:51:46.05\00:51:47.87
the first emperor
there deciding to profess
00:51:47.90\00:51:50.12
Christianity and
the church was wanting
00:51:50.15\00:51:52.09
to distance and
disassociate themselves
00:51:52.12\00:51:54.12
from the Jews, who
were religio-illicita
00:51:54.15\00:51:56.69
and they were becoming
friendly to the emperor
00:51:56.72\00:51:58.70
and they became religio-licita,
00:51:58.73\00:52:01.46
legal religion. One of
the chiefest things that
00:52:01.49\00:52:04.00
they did to
recommend themselves to the
00:52:04.03\00:52:05.61
formally pagan
Roman Emperors was to
00:52:05.64\00:52:08.12
disassociate
themselves from the Jewish day
00:52:08.15\00:52:10.30
of worship and to
receive, and to accommodate
00:52:10.33\00:52:15.22
and to annex the
pagan day of worship,
00:52:15.25\00:52:19.07
the venerable day of
the Sun. You with me now?
00:52:19.10\00:52:22.51
Amen. So, friends
that was, where the break
00:52:22.54\00:52:24.92
took place, not in
the first century by the
00:52:24.95\00:52:26.54
way his history
is all messed out,
00:52:26.57\00:52:28.00
he could never
document that, it's in the third
00:52:28.03\00:52:30.20
and fourth centuries that
that transition took place.
00:52:30.23\00:52:32.60
You with me now? Amen. Powerful,
00:52:32.63\00:52:35.34
so let's continue
to go to the screen,
00:52:35.37\00:52:37.81
the Bible predicts an
erosion of our freedoms
00:52:37.84\00:52:39.45
when church and
state unite, right here in
00:52:39.48\00:52:40.94
the United States,
if Sunday observance is
00:52:40.97\00:52:44.63
not a Biblical
institution, but a Roman Church
00:52:44.66\00:52:47.81
State-institution,
we've already determined
00:52:47.84\00:52:49.58
that the first beast
of Revelation chapter 13
00:52:49.61\00:52:51.35
is the Roman Church
State, the second beast
00:52:51.38\00:52:53.37
of Revelation chapter
13 is the United States.
00:52:53.40\00:52:56.68
And remember the
United States will cause,
00:52:56.71\00:52:59.05
what word? Cause.
That was the operative
00:52:59.08\00:53:00.90
word there, cause, cause, cause.
00:53:00.93\00:53:02.16
Three times in
Revelation 13 compelled,
00:53:02.19\00:53:04.35
force the world to
worship the first beast.
00:53:04.38\00:53:08.76
How would he go
about doing them?
00:53:08.79\00:53:10.94
Friends, he would
go about doing it by
00:53:10.97\00:53:13.39
enforcing the mark of
the Roman Church States
00:53:13.42\00:53:17.04
Ecclesiastical
authority, namely Sunday
00:53:17.07\00:53:21.09
observance. Amen.
You following me? Amen.
00:53:21.12\00:53:24.02
Now, I didn't say that
that means people would
00:53:24.05\00:53:25.68
keep Sunday, I said
he would enforce it.
00:53:25.71\00:53:28.14
He would what?
First on pain of economic
00:53:28.17\00:53:31.29
sanctions right
they cannot buy or sell
00:53:32.48\00:53:34.27
and then on pain of
death, pain of what?
00:53:36.85\00:53:37.82
Death. Death, so it's a process,
00:53:37.83\00:53:39.32
so it's not going
to happen overnight,
00:53:39.35\00:53:40.89
it's a process, so you
said it'll never happen,
00:53:40.92\00:53:42.77
it can't happen in
this country? No way.
00:53:42.80\00:53:44.76
We have the
beautiful first amendment
00:53:45.51\00:53:46.99
of the United States
constitutions that says,
00:53:47.02\00:53:48.48
it cannot happen.
"Congress shall make no
00:53:48.51\00:53:49.94
law respecting the
establishment of religion
00:53:49.97\00:53:51.58
or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof."
00:53:51.61\00:53:53.03
Amen. Amen. Problem
is, is that 36 states in
00:53:53.06\00:53:55.88
the union already have
what are called Blue Laws,
00:53:55.91\00:53:58.26
ever heard of
Blue Laws? Friends,
00:53:58.29\00:54:00.64
Blue Law is a Sunday
law, 36 states in the
00:54:00.67\00:54:04.15
union already have
many of these laws,
00:54:04.18\00:54:06.28
these are not laws
that need to be written,
00:54:06.31\00:54:07.81
legislated in past,
these are laws that need
00:54:07.84\00:54:09.83
to be enforced. Or
we're seeing and coming
00:54:09.86\00:54:13.39
together of these two powers,
00:54:13.42\00:54:15.76
yes or no. Yes. The
answer is friends they
00:54:15.79\00:54:17.61
are racing together,
the world's foremost super
00:54:17.64\00:54:20.87
power and the
world's foremost moral power
00:54:20.90\00:54:23.68
are coming
together and when these two
00:54:23.71\00:54:26.05
super powers, the
super power of morality,
00:54:26.08\00:54:28.61
the super power of
the military unite.
00:54:28.64\00:54:31.40
People are gonna
say, Wow! Who can make war
00:54:31.43\00:54:35.25
with the beast?
Isn't that what they are
00:54:35.28\00:54:36.88
already saying? Amen.
Think about that for just a
00:54:36.91\00:54:40.26
moment friends,
think of the wars that the
00:54:40.29\00:54:42.25
United States as
been involved in,
00:54:42.28\00:54:43.46
oh! Afghanistan,
you will be in there
00:54:43.49\00:54:44.98
and it will be a,
it will be a slog,
00:54:45.01\00:54:46.71
you left the fight,
the Brits were in there,
00:54:46.74\00:54:48.54
the Russians were
in there, it will take,
00:54:48.57\00:54:49.70
no way, impossible, two
weeks the thing is done.
00:54:49.73\00:54:52.21
You with me? Yes.
Now, we saw our soldiers
00:54:52.24\00:54:54.80
over there, but
you get the point,
00:54:54.83\00:54:55.87
the military
might of this country is
00:54:55.90\00:54:58.21
second to none,
there has never been a
00:54:58.24\00:54:59.57
power like this power in
the history of the world.
00:54:59.60\00:55:01.86
That's right. Who can
make war with this power,
00:55:01.89\00:55:04.30
are you? The
whole world could align
00:55:04.33\00:55:06.35
themselves against this
power and we would prevail,
00:55:06.38\00:55:08.23
the military might
is just too strong.
00:55:08.26\00:55:10.25
Now, I'm not saying
that because I'm proud to
00:55:10.28\00:55:12.51
be an American and
I'm so pleased with our
00:55:12.54\00:55:14.45
robust militarism no,
no, no what I'm saying
00:55:14.48\00:55:16.54
it says the Bible
predicts that it would be a
00:55:16.57\00:55:18.03
worldwide power
and lo and behold,
00:55:18.06\00:55:20.17
it's a worldwide
power. Amen. Now, when that
00:55:20.20\00:55:22.25
worldwide super
power unites with the
00:55:22.28\00:55:25.26
worldwide moral
power. Friends and that that
00:55:25.29\00:55:28.81
second power, that
second beast begins to enforce
00:55:28.84\00:55:31.61
the teachings,
dogmas, councils and decrees
00:55:31.64\00:55:35.11
and doctrines
of the first beast.
00:55:35.14\00:55:37.27
You will have the
enforcement of the Mark
00:55:37.30\00:55:39.14
of the beast and so
it's not to be equivocal
00:55:39.17\00:55:41.30
as we close, friends
you will have enforced,
00:55:41.33\00:55:43.91
legislated, mandec,
mandatory Sunday worship,
00:55:43.94\00:55:49.03
you with me now?
Amen. Yet we antithesis of
00:55:49.06\00:55:52.61
that is the seal of the
living God, the law of God
00:55:52.64\00:55:55.01
written in the heart,
the law of God written in the
00:55:55.04\00:55:57.21
mind, received in the
forehead or not on the hand.
00:55:57.24\00:55:59.80
Received only in
the forehead by which
00:55:59.83\00:56:01.45
we keep God, God's
Seventh-day Sabbath holy.
00:56:01.48\00:56:04.24
So, what will be
a contrast? Sabbath
00:56:04.27\00:56:06.44
or Sunday. It's not a
difference of days friends,
00:56:06.47\00:56:09.57
it's not a matter of
this day versus this day,
00:56:09.60\00:56:11.83
it's a matter of this,
who are you taking orders
00:56:11.86\00:56:14.92
from. Who's your General?
Who are you taking orders
00:56:14.95\00:56:19.50
from friends? And as
for me and my house we will
00:56:19.53\00:56:22.95
take orders from the
Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
00:56:22.98\00:56:25.80
As for me and
my house, come even
00:56:25.83\00:56:27.90
economic sanctions or
death, we will serve the Lord.
00:56:27.93\00:56:33.17