¤ ¤ 00:00:01.53\00:00:20.22 Thank you for joining us for Eternal Truths Matter. During 00:00:20.25\00:00:24.72 this series we've been looking at some of the fundamental 00:00:24.75\00:00:28.36 truths of scripture. We look at the Bible as the divine word of 00:00:28.39\00:00:31.59 God and the evidence that the Bible is divinely inspired we've 00:00:31.63\00:00:37.03 seen the irrefutable arguments that Christ is divine and we 00:00:37.07\00:00:41.17 looked at the false teaching of Satan on spiritualism and how he 00:00:41.20\00:00:45.07 wants to unite the world. In this program today we're going 00:00:45.11\00:00:50.28 to discover the truth that Satan hates most. Is there a Bible 00:00:50.31\00:00:56.69 truth that Satan hates more than any other? And why does he hate 00:00:56.72\00:01:00.32 it so much? Let's pray together. 00:01:00.36\00:01:02.66 Father in heaven thank you for Jesus. Thank you for the eternal 00:01:02.69\00:01:09.93 truths that really matter from scripture. And as we study today 00:01:09.96\00:01:13.47 open our eyes to new truths. Open our eyes to understand your 00:01:13.50\00:01:19.11 word more clearly. May we hear the call of Christ to make the 00:01:19.14\00:01:23.04 changes in our lives to prepare us for the coming of Christ. In 00:01:23.08\00:01:26.68 Jesus' name, amen. 00:01:26.72\00:01:28.48 In the 1840s there were developments that took place 00:01:28.52\00:01:34.82 in the area of philosophy, in the area of politics, in the 00:01:34.86\00:01:40.23 area of religion, in science that changed the world. These 00:01:40.26\00:01:46.13 developments began really when a man by the name of Charles 00:01:46.17\00:01:51.34 Darwin wrote his first draft of the Origin of the Species in 00:01:51.37\00:01:55.88 1842. But his first essay was published in 1844 and by 1859 00:01:55.91\00:02:02.22 Darwin had finalized his book of the Origin of the Species. It 00:02:02.25\00:02:09.62 was being circulated pretty widely. In that particular book 00:02:09.66\00:02:12.73 Darwin asserts that there was not a creator behind the 00:02:12.76\00:02:19.80 creation of this world, but he asserts rather that we are here 00:02:19.83\00:02:23.54 by chance, that we simply evolved from lower forms of life 00:02:23.57\00:02:31.61 Now if that's true we have very, very little worth. If we're just 00:02:31.65\00:02:35.35 a collection of genes and chromosomes, if we are hap 00:02:35.38\00:02:39.65 hazardly put together, if there is no design in our lives or in 00:02:39.69\00:02:44.36 the universe, if we are just some kind of randomized human 00:02:44.39\00:02:49.00 beings that just developed out of pure absolute chance, then 00:02:49.03\00:02:56.34 our lives have very, very little value. They have very, very 00:02:56.37\00:02:58.97 little meaning. Now at the same time that Darwin was developing 00:02:59.01\00:03:03.75 his thoughts on the evolutionary process Karl Marx and Friedrich 00:03:03.78\00:03:10.99 Engels were rocking the world with the publication of the 00:03:11.02\00:03:13.92 Communist Manifesto. And the Communist Manifesto basically 00:03:13.96\00:03:19.29 asserts that the Proletariat, the working people of the world 00:03:19.33\00:03:22.66 need to rise up an challenge the bourgeoisie, the shop owners 00:03:22.70\00:03:29.07 and the wealthy people of the world...it's just this idea of 00:03:29.10\00:03:33.34 equality. The problem was there was so called so-called equality 00:03:33.38\00:03:37.01 for some. There was still a pretty strict class structure 00:03:37.05\00:03:41.05 in Communism. You know I have worked for many, many years 00:03:41.08\00:03:44.35 in Eastern Europe, Hungary, Poland, Yugoslavia, had lectures 00:03:44.39\00:03:49.96 in Romania, traveled in and out Russia. And one of the things 00:03:49.99\00:03:52.03 notice about the whole concept of communism is that it is very 00:03:52.06\00:03:58.43 dehumanizing. Human beings are only a cog in the wall of the 00:03:58.47\00:04:03.10 state. And that atheistic philosophy that brings despair 00:04:03.14\00:04:07.48 I can't tell you the despair on the faces of those that I met in 00:04:07.51\00:04:13.42 eastern Europe. Not only was it cold and chilly in some places 00:04:13.45\00:04:16.35 in Russia but the chill in the people's lives. It was like a 00:04:16.62\00:04:21.66 dark shadow that just hung over them. Russia during the days of 00:04:21.69\00:04:27.40 communism had one highest suicide rates and one of the 00:04:27.43\00:04:30.40 highest alcohol rates in the world. And abortion rates in 00:04:30.43\00:04:34.50 the women were just amazing because there was no moral 00:04:34.54\00:04:39.14 compass, nothing to guide them with. Why is it, do you think, 00:04:39.17\00:04:46.72 that Satan in the 1840s raised up those two philosophies that 00:04:46.75\00:04:54.26 just rocked the world and influenced multiplied millions 00:04:54.29\00:04:57.83 of people? Why was evolution and communism growing at the 00:04:57.86\00:05:03.10 same time? It's because Satan hates Jesus. And at that time 00:05:03.13\00:05:12.17 God was going to raise up a group of Bible students based on 00:05:12.21\00:05:17.81 the teachings of the book of Revelation that would bring the 00:05:17.85\00:05:21.28 world a message to prepare it for the coming of Jesus. Now 00:05:21.32\00:05:25.65 there's one thing that Satan hates more than anything other 00:05:25.69\00:05:27.66 one truth and that's that Christ is the creator. Now even some 00:05:27.69\00:05:32.86 Christians are somewhat baffled about that in their 00:05:32.89\00:05:36.90 understanding of Christ as the creator of the world. To help us 00:05:36.93\00:05:40.57 understand it let's go to the book of Ephesians chapter 3. 00:05:40.60\00:05:43.37 See if you accept Marxist communism, atheism there is no 00:05:43.41\00:05:50.31 creator. We're here by chance. If you accept evolution there is 00:05:50.35\00:05:54.12 no creator. We're here by chance But the Bible is very clear in 00:05:54.15\00:05:58.99 counteracting that falsehood that we're here by chance. 00:05:59.02\00:06:06.03 Ephesians chapter 3 verse 9: To make all men see what is the 00:06:06.06\00:06:09.73 fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world 00:06:09.76\00:06:13.70 has been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ. So 00:06:13.74\00:06:21.21 how was this world created. All things were created according to 00:06:21.24\00:06:26.05 scripture by Jesus. Now Satan hates Jesus and he hates the 00:06:26.08\00:06:32.49 fact that all the angels worship Jesus. He hates the fact that 00:06:32.52\00:06:37.59 Cherubim's and Seraphim's worship Jesus. He hates the fact 00:06:37.63\00:06:41.86 that there's a call on earth for us to worship the Creator. We 00:06:41.90\00:06:45.43 did not evolve by chance. When the genes and chromosomes came 00:06:45.47\00:06:50.21 together to form the unique biological structure, your 00:06:50.24\00:06:54.54 personality, God threw away the pattern. You and I are unique 00:06:54.58\00:06:57.61 creations of God designed by God. In fact, Jeremiah says when 00:06:57.65\00:07:03.18 you were in your mother's womb I knew you All life is sacred. 00:07:03.22\00:07:08.92 Given to us by God. Therefore since life is a gift of God we 00:07:08.96\00:07:14.96 fall at the feet of the Creator, Jesus the active agent in 00:07:15.00\00:07:20.37 creation and we worship him. Now what is the basis of our 00:07:20.40\00:07:25.14 worship? You find it here in Revelation chapter 4 verse 11: Creation is the basis 00:07:25.17\00:07:30.71 of worship. If the devil can knock out creation, he can knock 00:07:30.75\00:07:34.92 out the very foundation of worship. 00:07:34.95\00:07:37.39 Here, Revelation 4 verse 11: 00:07:37.45\00:07:40.82 Thou are worthy, O Lord, to do what? receive glory and 00:07:40.86\00:07:46.66 honor and power: Why? For thou hast created all things, and for 00:07:46.70\00:07:51.33 thy pleasure they are and were created. So God is worthy of our 00:07:51.37\00:07:55.67 honor. God is worthy of our glory, God's worthy of all power 00:07:55.70\00:07:59.77 Why? Because through Jesus Christ he created all things. 00:07:59.81\00:08:05.81 Now has God left a memorial of his creation in an age of 00:08:05.85\00:08:12.99 evolution for all humanity as a flag or as a sign of his 00:08:13.02\00:08:19.19 creative activity? Has God indeed given to us something 00:08:19.23\00:08:22.10 that would counteract evolution Here in Genesis chapter 2 when 00:08:22.13\00:08:30.24 God created the world, he creates the world and he 00:08:30.27\00:08:34.14 finishes his creative activity there on the seventh day. And in 00:08:34.18\00:08:39.31 Genesis chapter 2 the Bible makes it very plain that God has 00:08:39.35\00:08:44.35 left an eternal memorial. A memorial of his creative 00:08:44.39\00:08:49.09 activity. Genesis the second chapter verse 1 and onward: 00:08:49.12\00:08:53.50 It says: Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, and all 00:08:53.53\00:08:58.93 host of them. And on the 7th day God ended His work which He had 00:08:58.97\00:09:02.70 made; and He rested on the 7th day from all the work which 00:09:02.74\00:09:06.98 he had made. And God blessed the 7th day, and sanctified it: 00:09:07.01\00:09:13.08 because He had rested from all his work which God created and 00:09:13.11\00:09:15.82 made. There at creation as a memorial of his creative 00:09:15.85\00:09:23.02 activity, there at creation we find that God did three things 00:09:23.06\00:09:29.06 with the Sabbath. First God blessed the Sabbath. It doesn't 00:09:29.10\00:09:35.57 say he blessed the first day, or the third day or the fifth day. 00:09:35.60\00:09:38.97 You can get a blessing from whatever day you worship on but 00:09:39.01\00:09:43.14 if you want the Sabbath blessing you've got to go where God put 00:09:43.18\00:09:46.51 the blessing, right? Let's suppose I have seven Bibles. 00:09:46.55\00:09:50.09 One, two, three four, five, six, seven. You can get a blessing 00:09:50.12\00:09:54.29 whatever Bible you read, right? Let's suppose I put a thousand 00:09:54.32\00:09:58.93 dollar bill in the seventh Bible You want the special blessing 00:09:58.96\00:10:00.96 where do you have to go? Well there is a blessing in any of 00:10:01.00\00:10:04.10 the Bibles you read, but you want the special blessing, you 00:10:04.13\00:10:06.07 want that thousand dollars. You got to come to the seventh Bible 00:10:06.10\00:10:08.64 That's where it was put. That's the point. You can get a 00:10:08.67\00:10:12.07 blessing worshipping on any day but you can't the Sabbath 00:10:12.11\00:10:14.94 blessing. The Sabbath blessing only comes from the Sabbath day. 00:10:14.98\00:10:19.48 So God blessed the Sabbath but beyond that God sanctified it. 00:10:19.51\00:10:24.02 He set it apart because to sanctify means to set apart for 00:10:24.05\00:10:29.06 holy use. So God sanctified the Sabbath. He set it apart. It is 00:10:29.09\00:10:33.66 different, distinct from all the days and God rested on the 00:10:33.70\00:10:37.97 seventh day as well. And so he left it as a memorial of 00:10:38.00\00:10:43.04 creation. So in an age of evolution, the Sabbath stands as 00:10:43.07\00:10:49.58 a monument. In an age of evolution the Sabbath stands as 00:10:49.61\00:10:53.31 a flag blowing in the breeze that God through Christ created 00:10:53.35\00:11:00.32 the world. This is why when God led Israel out of Egyptian 00:11:00.36\00:11:07.86 bondage and he led them to Mount Sinai. In Egyptian bondage they 00:11:07.90\00:11:13.57 were oppressed. The Egyptians worshipped the sun god Amon Ra 00:11:13.60\00:11:19.37 and it was very difficult for the Israelites although some of 00:11:19.41\00:11:24.11 them did it, to worship on the Sabbath. Very difficult. Yet 00:11:24.15\00:11:31.62 when God led them out of that bondage in Exodus chapter 20 in 00:11:31.65\00:11:34.99 the 10 commandment law God reminded them of the importance, 00:11:35.02\00:11:40.13 the significance of the Sabbath. This is the eternal truth that 00:11:40.16\00:11:45.60 Satan hates the most. He hates it because it's a reminder of 00:11:45.63\00:11:50.21 Christ as the all powerful creator. Exodus the 20th chapter 00:11:50.24\00:11:56.58 you read about the 10 commandments and here's 00:11:56.61\00:12:01.52 scripture starting with Exodus chapter 20 verse 8: Remember the 00:12:01.55\00:12:05.05 Sabbath day to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labor, and do 00:12:05.09\00:12:09.66 all thy work but the seventh day is the Sabbath of whom? Not the 00:12:09.69\00:12:13.23 Jew but the Lord thy God: In it thou shalt not do any work, 00:12:13.26\00:12:15.53 thou, nor thy son, thy daughter, thy manservant, the maidservant 00:12:15.56\00:12:19.00 nor the cattle, nor the stranger that is within thy gates. For in 00:12:19.03\00:12:21.94 six days the Lord made heaven, the earth, the sea and all that 00:12:21.97\00:12:25.94 in them is, and rested on the seventh day: Wherefore the Lord 00:12:25.97\00:12:29.91 blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it. God makes it 00:12:29.94\00:12:33.11 abundantly plain. He says remember the Sabbath day. Why 00:12:33.15\00:12:38.42 remember the Sabbath. Because it is linked to creation. If you 00:12:38.45\00:12:44.33 take away the Sabbath you then undermine the fact that God has 00:12:44.36\00:12:51.70 created the world, you take away the whole basis for worship and 00:12:51.73\00:12:57.07 you allow the devil to prepare the mind for his overwhelming 00:12:57.11\00:13:02.74 delusion when he substitutes a counterfeit day for the Sabbath 00:13:02.78\00:13:07.38 just before the coming of Christ And so the Sabbath becomes God's 00:13:07.42\00:13:11.72 sign. The Bible says in Exodus 20 verse 8, Remember the 00:13:11.75\00:13:15.49 Sabbath day, as if God knew that human beings would forget it. 00:13:15.52\00:13:22.36 As if God knew clearly that as time went on there would be 00:13:22.40\00:13:27.37 movements to undermine to eradicate the Bible Sabbath. 00:13:27.40\00:13:32.21 And so Jesus calls us back calls us back to worshipping him as 00:13:32.24\00:13:38.85 Creator. He's given a flag. You know I travel the world and I 00:13:38.88\00:13:44.22 see many different flags. And these flags are reminders of 00:13:44.25\00:13:49.26 various nations, various cultures. The American flag 00:13:49.29\00:13:53.76 reminds us of the United States of America. And as I'm traveling 00:13:53.80\00:14:00.00 I might be traveling in Argentina, or Brazil. Maybe in 00:14:00.04\00:14:02.37 in India, or Pakistan. Possibly in Nigeria or Tanzania where 00:14:02.40\00:14:09.81 I've held meetings in each of these places. And as I'm 00:14:09.84\00:14:12.61 traveling sometimes I'll be driving along and I'll see a 00:14:12.65\00:14:17.32 building that has kind of a large fence around it and then 00:14:17.35\00:14:19.42 I'll see the American flag waving and I'll say that is an 00:14:19.45\00:14:23.53 American Embassy. The flag identifies the embassy. So 00:14:23.56\00:14:29.33 according to chapter 20 in the book of Ezekiel does God have a 00:14:29.36\00:14:33.80 flag the identifies his people? Ezekiel chapter 20...See the 00:14:33.84\00:14:41.91 Egyptians were sun worshippers. But God called his people back 00:14:41.94\00:14:47.65 to worshipping on the Sabbath as a memorial of his creative 00:14:47.68\00:14:52.95 activity. And here you have in the book of Ezekiel chapter 20 00:14:52.99\00:14:57.09 and we're looking there at verse 20. The Bible says: And hallow 00:14:57.13\00:15:03.57 my Sabbaths; they shall be what a sign between me and you, that 00:15:03.60\00:15:10.14 you may know that I am the Lord your God. So according to 00:15:10.17\00:15:13.78 scripture the Sabbath is a sign. It's a sign that we can know 00:15:13.81\00:15:18.38 that this is the Lord our God. Just as I'm driving through some 00:15:18.41\00:15:24.22 street in India and I see the American Embassy, the flag is 00:15:24.25\00:15:27.92 flying, that's a sign, that's the embassy. Driving through 00:15:27.96\00:15:30.39 Brazil I see the American flag waving over this building that's 00:15:30.43\00:15:33.80 enfenced I say that's the embassy. That's a symbol of 00:15:33.83\00:15:37.40 America. So the Sabbath is God's flag that reminds us that he is 00:15:37.43\00:15:44.14 the creator never to be forgotten, never to be 00:15:44.17\00:15:49.64 eradicated. That's why the Bible says remember the Sabbath day 00:15:49.68\00:15:53.18 to keep it holy for in six days thou shalt worship Now the devil 00:15:53.21\00:16:02.22 hates the Sabbath. He hates the law of God. When the devil 00:16:02.26\00:16:05.06 rebelled in heaven it was because he wanted God's throne. 00:16:05.09\00:16:07.83 And the basis of every kingdom the basis of the throne is law. 00:16:07.86\00:16:14.87 You cannot have any government without law. And so Isaiah 00:16:14.90\00:16:19.37 chapter 14 when it talks about Satan, it talks about Satan 00:16:19.41\00:16:24.08 attacking and what does he attack. It's a battle for the 00:16:24.11\00:16:27.62 throne so in the universe we see this battle for the throne. 00:16:27.65\00:16:30.15 We see this cosmic conflict between good and evil. Isaiah 00:16:30.19\00:16:33.72 chapter 14, we're looking at verse 12 and onward: How art 00:16:33.76\00:16:38.06 thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, some of the morning! 00:16:38.09\00:16:41.56 See Lucifer, the light bearer, how are you fallen from heaven, 00:16:41.60\00:16:45.70 son of the morning. How art thou cut down to the ground, which 00:16:45.73\00:16:47.94 weakens the nations! For you said in your heart, I will 00:16:47.97\00:16:50.47 ascend to heaven, I will exalt my what, my what? My throne 00:16:50.51\00:16:53.94 above the stars of God: I'll sit in the mount of the congregation 00:16:53.98\00:16:56.95 in the sides if the north: I will ascend above the heights of 00:16:56.98\00:17:00.18 the clouds, I'll be like the Most High. Five times I is used. 00:17:00.22\00:17:03.59 Some people say that Lucifer needed a divine optometrist 00:17:03.62\00:17:07.32 He had I problems, I, I, I. But what I wanted you to see is I 00:17:07.36\00:17:11.39 will ascend, I want my throne above the stars of God. There's 00:17:11.43\00:17:16.56 a battle for the throne of God. Now the next phrase is very 00:17:16.60\00:17:21.70 interesting I will sit upon the mount of the congregation in the 00:17:21.74\00:17:25.14 sides of the North. What was the mount of the congregation in the 00:17:25.17\00:17:29.88 sides of the north. What was that? If you look at the 00:17:29.91\00:17:32.81 encampment of Israel the mount of congregation in the sides of 00:17:32.85\00:17:35.95 the north is Mount Sinai. And what happened on Mount Sinai? 00:17:35.98\00:17:38.69 God gave the law. So the devil wants to assert his throne above 00:17:38.72\00:17:43.26 the throne of God, the devil wants to give the law rather 00:17:43.29\00:17:47.80 than to keep the law. The devil wants people bowing down to him 00:17:47.83\00:17:52.20 in worship as the law giver. So as a result of that the devil 00:17:52.23\00:17:57.34 would attack God's law and what aspect of the law do you think 00:17:57.37\00:18:00.44 the devil would attack. The very heart of God's law, namely the 00:18:00.48\00:18:04.85 Bible Sabbath. And so take your Bible and turn to Daniel chapter 00:18:04.88\00:18:08.98 7 verse 25 and many of you I know in this Eternal Truth 00:18:09.02\00:18:13.22 Matters series are following along in these Bible studies. 00:18:13.25\00:18:17.93 Daniel 7 as you're looking there at verse 25. And here what law 00:18:17.96\00:18:23.16 would Satan attack most. You'll find it here in Daniel 7 verse 00:18:23.20\00:18:28.97 25. It says: He shall speak great words against the Most 00:18:29.00\00:18:32.07 High...this is the little horn power that would do Satan's 00:18:32.11\00:18:35.61 bidding in changing God's law... And shall wear out the saints 00:18:35.64\00:18:38.41 of the Most High...persecute them...He would think to change 00:18:38.45\00:18:41.75 times and laws. So the devil would think to change times and 00:18:41.78\00:18:46.29 laws. Why does Satan think to change times and laws. Because 00:18:46.32\00:18:50.09 nobody can change the law of God written with God's own 00:18:50.13\00:18:53.16 finger on tables of stone. You can't change that. It's eternal. 00:18:53.19\00:18:57.13 It's part of the very nature of the universe. So the devil 00:18:57.17\00:19:00.04 thinks he can change times and laws. What's the only 00:19:00.07\00:19:03.44 one of the 10 commandments 00:19:03.51\00:19:04.84 that has to do with time, it's the Sabbath commandment. 00:19:04.87\00:19:08.04 Why would the devil attack the Sabbath. Because he 00:19:08.08\00:19:11.25 wants to do away with creation. And if he can do away with 00:19:11.28\00:19:14.58 creation what impact will that have? He does away with the 00:19:14.62\00:19:18.85 basis of worshipping God. So would God have an end time 00:19:18.92\00:19:23.16 movement that would be raised up in the last 00:19:23.19\00:19:26.29 days of earth's history to enable men and women 00:19:26.33\00:19:30.97 to keep his law. Revelation chapter 12 verse 17. 00:19:31.00\00:19:35.57 At end times, God would raise up a movement, and this movement 00:19:35.60\00:19:43.38 in the last days of earth's history would share the glorious 00:19:44.48\00:19:50.29 teachings of the law of God calling men and women back to 00:19:50.32\00:19:54.39 worshipping the creator. Revelation 12 verse 17. Now 00:19:54.42\00:19:59.89 Revelation 12 is a fascinating Bible chapter. In the 12th 00:19:59.93\00:20:03.20 chapter of the book of Revelation, we have four great 00:20:03.23\00:20:07.07 episodes. The first great episode has to do with the 00:20:07.10\00:20:11.31 rebellion of Satan in heaven. Then Satan's attack on Jesus 00:20:11.34\00:20:14.08 when Jesus is born. Then Satan's attack on God's people. Then 00:20:14.11\00:20:18.51 Satan's attack on God's end-time people. And you look at 00:20:18.55\00:20:22.82 Revelation chapter 12:17, verse 17. It says the dragon...that's 00:20:22.85\00:20:26.35 Satan, Lucifer...was wroth... angry...with the woman, and went 00:20:26.39\00:20:31.49 to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the 00:20:31.53\00:20:36.77 commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 00:20:36.80\00:20:38.83 So at end-time God would have a people that would be keeping his 00:20:38.87\00:20:43.64 commandments. Would they be keeping the Bible Sabbath as a 00:20:43.67\00:20:49.24 symbol, as a memorial of the creative activity of God. 00:20:49.28\00:20:51.98 Certainly, they would. So at the same time, get this, this is 00:20:52.01\00:20:57.02 amazing. At the same time, in the 1840s that evolution is 00:20:57.05\00:21:01.32 emerging at the same time in the 1840s when communism is 00:21:01.36\00:21:06.66 developing at that same period of time, God would raise up an 00:21:06.70\00:21:12.47 end-time remnant, a last day people. A people that would lead 00:21:12.50\00:21:16.81 men and women back to worshipping the creator. God 00:21:16.84\00:21:20.31 would have a special message for humanity at end time. We find 00:21:20.34\00:21:24.68 that message in Revelation chapter 14. It's pictured as 00:21:24.71\00:21:30.45 being carried by three angels in mid heaven. The first angel tells us what to do. 00:21:30.49\00:21:36.93 The second angel tells about the consequence of not doing what 00:21:36.96\00:21:43.77 God says. And the third angel is a warning against the mark of 00:21:43.80\00:21:46.84 the beast. The first angel that flies that we see here in 00:21:46.87\00:21:50.41 Revelation 14 is a call in the light of the judgment hour to 00:21:50.44\00:21:54.64 the everlasting gospel to go to the ends of the earth and for 00:21:54.68\00:21:56.51 men and women to worship the creator. The second angel talks 00:21:56.54\00:22:00.22 about Babylon is fallen. When we read about Babylon in the 00:22:00.25\00:22:03.15 Bible we're reading about confusion, falsehood, error. And 00:22:03.18\00:22:06.96 then it's a warning against the mark of the beast. But what I 00:22:06.99\00:22:08.69 want you to see in this presentation, and we'll develop 00:22:08.72\00:22:11.13 this more in our next presentation. Revelation 14 00:22:11.16\00:22:14.50 verse 6: I saw another angel fly in the middle of heaven, 00:22:14.53\00:22:19.30 having the everlasting gospel to preach to them that dwell on 00:22:19.33\00:22:22.67 the earth, to every nation, and kindred, and tongue, and people, 00:22:22.70\00:22:27.88 Verse 7: Saying with a loud voice,...what kind of voice, a 00:22:27.91\00:22:30.81 loud voice... Fear God...that's respect or obey God...give glory 00:22:30.85\00:22:35.12 to him...why...for the hour of his judgment is come, and 00:22:35.15\00:22:39.35 worship him that made heaven and earth, and the sea, and the 00:22:39.39\00:22:41.99 the fountains of waters. Who is the one that made heaven, earth, 00:22:42.02\00:22:45.26 sea and the fountains of waters? What do we call the one that's 00:22:45.29\00:22:47.56 made the heaven and earth, sea, and the fountains of waters? 00:22:47.60\00:22:48.93 What is he? He's the creator, right? So get this. The longest 00:22:48.96\00:22:54.44 time prophecies in the Bible run out in 1844. If you've studied 00:22:54.47\00:23:00.64 scripture, you will know that in the book of Daniel, chapter 7, 00:23:00.68\00:23:06.11 and 8 it talks about a 2300 year prophecy in Daniel 8:14. It 00:23:06.15\00:23:11.39 talks about the judgment and if you Bible students for 00:23:11.42\00:23:16.39 generations recognize that the 2300 years or days, which 00:23:16.42\00:23:20.50 represent years in Daniel 8 run out in 1844. So at the time 00:23:20.53\00:23:26.40 remember Revelation 14:7 says the hour of God's judgment IS 00:23:26.43\00:23:29.97 come, IS come. So the judgment begins in 1844, and God has a 00:23:30.01\00:23:36.21 message to prepare the world for the coming of Christ at the 00:23:36.24\00:23:40.22 culmination of this judgment and that message is a call to the 00:23:40.25\00:23:44.12 gospel. It's the call to give our lives to Jesus. It's a call 00:23:44.15\00:23:46.42 to be faithful to scripture and it is a call to do what? To 00:23:46.45\00:23:50.99 worship the Creator. So here you have evolution is rising. This 00:23:51.03\00:23:55.56 idea that human beings are simply genetic accidents. 00:23:55.60\00:24:01.44 Communism is rising, this idea that human beings are not worth 00:24:01.47\00:24:05.01 much. They're only cogs in the world of state, they're only 00:24:05.04\00:24:07.48 bricks in the world of state. All this is developing. Satan is 00:24:07.51\00:24:10.78 attacking, attacking, attacking the Bible Sabbath. He's 00:24:10.81\00:24:14.02 attacking the whole idea of creation because he wants to 00:24:14.05\00:24:16.75 undermine worship and so he gets after the Sabbath as well. And 00:24:16.79\00:24:20.39 the idea then becomes well the Sabbath is not that important, 00:24:20.42\00:24:25.03 it's old legalism, Jewish nature given to Judaism. Wait a minute 00:24:25.06\00:24:28.06 it was given at creation. But who's the author behind that? 00:24:28.10\00:24:31.40 who's the author behind the one that wants to change the very 00:24:31.43\00:24:34.34 law of God? Who would be the author of that? It would have to 00:24:34.37\00:24:38.17 be the evil one. Why? Satan has a motive, and his motive is 00:24:38.21\00:24:44.31 destroy the very basis for worship. Attack creation. Get 00:24:44.35\00:24:49.55 rid of the flag, get rid of the monument of creation, get rid of 00:24:49.58\00:24:53.86 the Sabbath. And if he can do that he can undermine worship 00:24:53.89\00:24:56.36 and then why worship at all? That's why there's so much 00:24:56.39\00:25:00.50 secular humanism in our world. That's why there is so much 00:25:00.53\00:25:04.80 godlessness in our world. If you do away with the law of God, you 00:25:04.83\00:25:08.97 do away with the Sabbath, then you're not accountable to any 00:25:09.00\00:25:11.74 body except yourself. We see in our society a major crisis is 00:25:11.77\00:25:19.88 brewing. That's why God is making his final appeal. 00:25:19.91\00:25:24.39 Revelation 14 verse 12, here's the appeal of God: Here is the 00:25:24.42\00:25:28.99 patience of the saints: here are they that keep the commandments 00:25:29.02\00:25:35.30 of God, and the faith of Jesus. The Bible is leading us back, 00:25:35.33\00:25:43.94 back to deep faith, the faith in Christ that transcends culture. 00:25:43.97\00:25:49.71 A faith in Christ that is larger than, bigger than, greater than 00:25:49.74\00:25:58.09 the world's offerings to us. Deeper than our hearts. We say 00:25:58.12\00:26:03.96 Lord, I want to be done with materialism, done with 00:26:03.99\00:26:07.20 secularism, done with the world's values. I want the faith 00:26:07.23\00:26:12.73 of Jesus, to live in my heart. And I love Lord to be obedient 00:26:12.77\00:26:18.97 to you and to keep your commandments. I don't want to 00:26:19.01\00:26:24.08 accept the devil's delusion of the fact that this world 00:26:24.11\00:26:30.72 evolved. And I want to recognize the Bible Sabbath as the very 00:26:30.75\00:26:34.96 heart of God's creative activity. What about you? Have 00:26:34.99\00:26:40.90 you come to the place in your life where you have fully given 00:26:40.93\00:26:42.30 your life to Jesus. What about you? Are you longing for his 00:26:42.33\00:26:47.44 faith to dwell in you? Have you allowed the world to squeeze you 00:26:47.47\00:26:52.34 into its mold so that the values of the world govern and guide 00:26:52.37\00:26:58.11 your life Maybe you're a Christian watching this program, 00:26:58.15\00:27:03.72 and you understand for the first time in your life that the devil 00:27:03.75\00:27:07.49 has attacked the Sabbath because he wants to do away with 00:27:07.52\00:27:12.66 creation. And once he does away with creation, he then can do 00:27:12.69\00:27:19.70 away with worship. He's attacked creation because through that 00:27:19.73\00:27:24.74 vehicle he gets at the Sabbath. But you hear the call of 00:27:24.77\00:27:28.94 Christ, you see the truth of God, you recognize that we are 00:27:28.98\00:27:32.78 in a controversy between good and evil. You say Jesus, I want 00:27:32.81\00:27:38.72 your flag to fly over my house of the Sabbath because I love 00:27:38.75\00:27:45.86 you as creator. Let's pray. Father in heaven, thank you so 00:27:45.89\00:27:48.96 much with all of our hearts. We hear the call of Christ. We 00:27:49.00\00:27:53.87 recognize that the devil's tried to undermine creation, but the 00:27:53.90\00:27:58.47 Bible Sabbath still stands as a flag, it still stands as a 00:27:58.51\00:28:02.58 monument calling us to worship the creator. We praise you for 00:28:02.61\00:28:06.08 that deep within our hearts. Give us the courage, the 00:28:06.11\00:28:08.85 strength to follow you now and forever, In Jesus' name, Amen. 00:28:08.88\00:28:13.49 ¤ ¤ 00:28:13.52\00:28:43.95