Number six in
the series is titled,
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Let us Bow Down and Worship.
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And I just like to mention that
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it is absolutely indispensable
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that you not
only be here tonight
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but that you'll be here
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for the next
presentation tomorrow night.
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Because I'm gonna present
two sides of the same coin.
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This evening we're gonna
talk about worship to God.
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And tomorrow evening
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we're gonna talk
about the counterfeit
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which is worship to the beast.
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And so I hope that
everyone is planning
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on coming back
to our next lecture
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because these are twin
lectures that go together.
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Now, as we examine
the Book of Revelation,
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we discover something
that is absolutely clear.
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And that is that
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the final controversy will
involve two objects of worship.
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And each of those objects
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has its
particular sign of authority,
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but before we get
into this more deeply,
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we do want to ask for
Lord's presence in our study.
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And so I invite you to bow
your heads with me as we pray.
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Father in heaven, we
come before Your throne,
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we thank You so much
for not keeping your secrets
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about what will
happen in the future.
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Thank You for revealing
these things to your prophets,
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so that we can read the prophets
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and we can understand
what will happen in the future.
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I ask Lord that you will give us
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the assurance that
You will be with us
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even till the end of the age.
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Help us not to fear for
we know how things will end.
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So be with us as we study
this very important subject
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and we thank You
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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As I was mentioning
the final controversy
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according to the Book
of Revelation is between
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two objects of worship
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and their
respective signs of authority.
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It is between the true
creator God and His seal
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and the beast and his mark.
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In other words,
that is the conflict
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or the controversy
that will transpire
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at the very end of time.
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And so because
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the final conflict
has to do with worship,
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we need to discuss
in our subject today
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issues concerning worship,
how the Bible sees worship.
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And so I want to begin
by asking this question.
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How is God, the true God
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distinguished from
every false pretender?
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Let's go to 1 Chronicles 16:26,
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1 Chronicles 16:26,
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where we have the explanation
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of what
distinguishes the true God
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from every false pretender.
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It says there in
1 Chronicle 16:26,
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"For all the gods of
the peoples are idols,
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" now comes the contrast,
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"but the Lord made the heavens."
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So what distinguishes God,
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the true God from all false gods
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or false pretenders?
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It is the fact that God
is the creator of the heavens
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and the earth.
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Now, because God is the creator
of the heavens and the earth
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and we are His creatures,
we owe Him our worship.
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We worship Him
because He is the creator.
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Let's notice this
point in Psalm 95:1-6.
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This passage when
I was pastor of...
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Senior Pastor of Fresno Central,
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every Sabbath we
would read this passage
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to introduce
our worship service.
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It says there in Psalm 95:1,
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"Oh come, let us
sing to the Lord!
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Let us shout joyfully to
the Rock of our salvation.
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Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving,
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let us shout
joyfully to Him with psalms."
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And now comes the reason
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why we're
supposed to shout with joy.
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"For the Lord is
what, the great God,
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and the great
King above all God's."
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Now, why is God the
great God above all gods?
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Notice Verse 4,
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"In His hand are the
deep places of the earth,
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the heights of the
hills are His also.
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The sea is His, for He made it,
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and His hands
formed the dry land.
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Oh come, let us
worship and bow down,
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let us kneel before
the Lord our Maker."
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So why do we worship God?
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Because God is the creator.
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You notice here
three expressions,
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three synonymous
expressions, let us worship,
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let us bow down,
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let us kneel before
the Lord, our maker.
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So we worship
God as the true God
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because He is the creator,
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and what
distinguishes the true God
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from all false gods is the
fact that God is the creator.
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Notice another verse
that teaches the same idea
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that we are to worship
God because He is the creator.
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Nehemiah 9:6,
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here the author of
the Book of Nehemiah,
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it's believed it
might be Nehemiah,
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it's not absolutely certain
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but it's an
inspired book of the Bible,
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it says, "You
alone are the Lord."
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Now why is God alone the Lord?
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Well, let's continue reading.
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"You have" what?
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"Made heaven, the
heaven of heavens,
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with all their host, the
earth and everything on it,
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the seas and
all that is in them,
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and You preserve them all.
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The host of heaven," what?
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"Worships You."
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Why does the host of
heaven worship the Lord?
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Because God is what?
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God is the creator.
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So the first two points
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that I want us
to have very clear
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in our minds is number one,
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what distinguishes the true God
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from all false
pretenders is the fact
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that God is the creator
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and because second point,
because God is the creator,
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we owe God as
His creatures what?
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We owe God worship.
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Is that point clear?
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Now, in order to understand
why we should worship God
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because He is the creator.
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Of course, it would help us
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to go back to the
story of creation.
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How can you talk about
the need to worship God
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who is the creator
and not go back to Genesis
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to discuss the creation story?
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So, if we want to
understand why we worship God,
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we need to go back to
the story of creation.
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So let's go back to Genesis 1:31
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and we'll read through 2:1.
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Now, this is the conclusion
of God's work of creation
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the first six
days of creation week.
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It says there in Genesis 1:31,
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then God saw
everything that He had made,
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don't forget that.
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Everything that,
how much did man make?
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Nothing, this is very important.
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"Then God saw
everything that He had made,
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and indeed it was very good.
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So the evening
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and the morning
were the sixth day."
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So when did God
finished His work of creation?
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The sixth day.
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Notice what it
continue saying in 2:1,
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which really
belongs with Chapter 1,
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even though it
begins at Chapter 2.
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It says, "Thus the
heavens and the earth,
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and all the host
of them, were" what?
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"Were finished."
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So when did God finish His work,
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after how many days
did God finished His work?
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It says that God
finished His work
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at the end of the sixth day
and God did all of the work.
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But now we have a
slight little problem.
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Let's go to Genesis 2:2-3,
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Genesis 2:2-3,
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it says there and we're
gonna unpack these two verses,
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because there is several points
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that we want to emphasize here.
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It says, "And on
the seventh day,"
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which day?
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"The seventh day
God ended His work..."
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Now wait a minute.
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Didn't we just read that
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He finished His
work the sixth day,
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you know, thus the word ended
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here is the
identical word finished
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in Genesis 2:1,
it's the identical word.
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So, you know, you'll
say now wait a minute.
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So the question is how
could God have finished
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the sixth day and also
finish the seventh day.
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Let's finish reading the verses.
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And on the seventh day God ended
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or finished the same word,
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finished His work
which He had done,
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and He rested, the word Shabbat,
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actually a better
translation would be he ceased.
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The seventh day he
created no more, he ceased.
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"So he rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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Then God blessed
the seventh day and"
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what? "And sanctified it,
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because in it He rested
or ceased from all His work
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which God had created and made.
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So the first question
that we want to ask is this.
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How could God finish
his work the sixth day
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and then finish his
work the seventh day?
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It says so clearly here.
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Did Moses see that there
might be a contradiction here
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when He was writing this?
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There is no contradiction.
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I give the
following illustration.
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I want you to
imagine a master artist.
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A master artist is painting
this beautiful scene of nature.
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He gets the canvas and
he puts it on the frame
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and the first day he add
some colors to the canvas
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and after the first
day he looks and he says,
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oh, it's good.
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So the second day he comes
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and he adds a few colors
and objects to the canvas.
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And at the end of the second day
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he steps back and
he says, it's good.
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So the third day he comes
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and he adds a few
objects there and trees,
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maybe flowers and so on.
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And after he
finishes the third day,
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he says, ah, it's good.
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And so he does the
same the fourth day
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and the fifth day
and the sixth day.
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And on the sixth day
he puts the final touches
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to this beautiful
scenery of nature on the canvas.
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Has he finished his work of art?
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Yes and no.
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You say, now, wait
a minute, yes and no.
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Yes, he finished it,
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He's not gonna add any
more colors to the canvas
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but is there something missing?
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What is missing?
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His signature identifying
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who painted the canvas.
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Are you with me?
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God finished
painting the canvas of nature,
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a living canvas in six days.
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But on the seventh day
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God signed His work of creation
to identify who made it.
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Are you with me?
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So the Sabbath is definitely
part of creation week.
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Now, three times in this passage
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that says that the Sabbath
is which day of the week.
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Three times it says that
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the Sabbath is the
seventh day of the week.
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And what three things
did God do at creation week?
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He rested and then He what?
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He blessed the
Sabbath and then He what?
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He sanctified the
Sabbath or He made it holy.
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Now, I want you to
remember these things
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because we're gonna come
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to another
passage in a few moments.
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Are you clear so far?
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Now, let's examine some facts
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about the days of creation.
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The days of
creation were literal
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24 hour days like
we know them today.
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How do you know
that, you'll say.
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There are several reasons.
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Reason number one is
that each day had an evening
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and a morning.
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It would be
absolutely absurd to say
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that the day had an
evening and a morning
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if the day lasted for
thousands or millions of years.
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Secondly, there is an
immediacy in the language
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that is used for creation.
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We're told in the Book of Psalms
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that God spoke and it was done,
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that is saying that
God spoke and it was done.
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It doesn't say He spoke
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and million of
years later it was done.
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He spoke and it was
done according to Psalm 33.
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Furthermore there is
an interesting expression
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that is used in the
creation story several times,
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and it is that
when God made something
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it says and it was so.
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It would be absurd to say
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it was so after
one billion years.
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No, God spoke and it would so
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according to the creation story.
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Furthermore, the Sabbath
in the fourth commandment
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in the Book of Exodus
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proves that the days of
creation were literal days,
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and you say why is that?
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Because God says
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and we're gonna come
back to this in a few moments.
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God said you work six
and you rest the seventh
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because I worked six
and rested the seventh.
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It would be absolutely
ridiculous for God to say
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you work six
and rest the seventh
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because I worked six
and rested the seventh
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if the days that God worked
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and rested were
millions of years.
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Are you with me or not?
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God is saying I
worked six literal ones,
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I rested the
seventh literal one,
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now you follow my example.
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You work six literal days
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and you rest on
the seventh literal day
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Are you following me or not?
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Now, were there any Jews
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at the beginning
at creation week?
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No, the word Jew
comes from Judah,
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son of Jacob after sin.
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So let me ask you.
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Was the Sabbath
made for the Jews?
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Absolutely not.
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The Sabbath was
instituted by God
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for the whole human race
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because the whole human
race descends from Adam and Eve.
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Now, the Sabbath in
its original function
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has nothing to
do with redemption.
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You know, you'll
find evangelicals today,
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they'll say well, you know,
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the Sabbath was
in the Old Testament
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a sign of the coming Messiah,
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the rest that we
were gonna have in Jesus,
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so the important
thing is the spiritual rest,
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it's not keeping the day.
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The problem with
that idea is that
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when God created the Sabbath,
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there was no need for redemption
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because there was no sin.
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You see the Sabbath was
not a shadow of redemption
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in its first function,
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later it became a
symbol of redemption,
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but in its original function,
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the Sabbath was to point to
God as the creator before sin.
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So this argument that, you know,
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the Sabbath came in after sin
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to illustrate the rest
that was gonna be given to us
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in Christ simply does not square
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with a Genesis story
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because the
Genesis story says that
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the Sabbath was made by God
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at the very beginning
of history before sin,
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before there was
any need of a redeemer.
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Is that clear?
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Now, let's take a
look at the weekly cycle.
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Henry Morris who was
a staunch creationist.
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He passed away a few years ago,
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said something very interesting
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about the weekly
cycle of seven days.
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Do you know why we have a
weekly cycle of seven days?
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Let me ask you what is the year?
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The year is the amount of
time that it takes our planet
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to make one complete
revolution around the sun,
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365 and a quarter days.
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What is the biblical month?
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It's the time between
one new moon and another.
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What is the day?
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It's the amount of
time that it takes the earth
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to make one
complete turn on its axis
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which about what?
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24 hours.
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So the year, the
month and the day
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have an
astronomical explanation,
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but why does the
week have seven days?
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It has no
astronomical explanation.
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It has no reason in
nature to have seven days.
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So why does the
week have seven days?
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It must be that
the week has seven days
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because God in Genesis it says
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established a week of seven days
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and has nothing
to do with astronomy
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with the movements
of heavenly bodies.
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And Henry Morris
recognized this when he wrote,
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"The Lord himself
had worked six days,
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then rested on the seventh,
setting thereby a" what?
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"A permanent pattern for
the benefit of the" Jews,
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no that's not
what He says, He says,
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"A permanent pattern
for the benefit of" whom?
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"Of mankind."
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Did this individual who is
not a Seventh-day Adventist
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recognized that the weekly cycle
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was established at creation,
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and that it was to
be a permanent pattern
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throughout all of human history,
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that's what he's saying.
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Ellen White was
even more explicit.
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She agrees with Henry Morris
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but she is more
explicit and more descriptive.
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Notice in Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 111,
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this is a magnificent statement,
00:18:53.33\00:18:56.43
she wrote, "Like the Sabbath,
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the week originated at creation,
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and it has been" what?
00:19:03.30\00:19:05.71
"Preserved and brought down
to us through Bible history.
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God Himself measured off..."
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He say you can see Him,
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He measures off
in 24 hour segments,
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seven 24 hour segments,
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you can just see God
using His measuring stick.
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So she says God Himself
measured off the first week
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as a" what?
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"As a sample for successive
weeks to the close of time."
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Is that exactly
what Henry Morris wrote?
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Absolutely, then she
writes, "Like every other,
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it consisted of
seven literal days.
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Six days were employed
in the work of creation,
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and upon the
seventh, God rested..."
00:19:47.62\00:19:50.05
And now I want you to
catch this, don't miss it.
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We're gonna come back
to this in a few moments.
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"God rested and" what?
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He then,
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now listen carefully,
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"God rested, and
He then did" what?
00:20:04.07\00:20:08.87
"And then He blessed this day
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and set it apart as
a day of rest for man."
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When did God set the Sabbath
apart as a day of rest for man?
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When the Sabbath began
or when the Sabbath ended?
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When the Sabbath
ended after God rested.
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Are you following me or not?
00:20:25.32\00:20:26.86
Now, we're gonna
take a look at that
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because that's a
very, very important point.
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Now, some people
say, Pastor Bohr,
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how do you know that
00:20:32.96\00:20:34.30
the Sabbath today is the same
Sabbath of the days of Christ?
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Or how do you
know that the Sabbath
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that is the same
Sabbath of creation.
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And I've had non-Adventists
ask me this question
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on several occasions,
00:20:46.11\00:20:47.88
and I usually ask them
a question, I say, okay,
00:20:47.91\00:20:50.75
let me ask you which
day of the week do you keep?
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They say,
"Well, we keep Sunday."
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And I say, "Why
do you keep Sunday?"
00:20:54.82\00:20:56.35
Say, "Well,
because that's the day
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that Jesus resurrected."
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So, I say, "You're telling me
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that you go to
church on Sunday today
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because that's a very
day that Jesus resurrected."
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"Yes, that's what we're saying."
00:21:04.99\00:21:06.33
And so I tell him,
"Now, wait a minute,
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if Sunday today is the
same Sunday of the resurrection,
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the Sabbath is the
same Sabbath as well.
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You can't say that
Sunday is the same Sunday
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but the Sabbath is
not the same Sabbath.
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So you're telling me
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that the weekly
cycle has not changed
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at least to the days of Christ.
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But they say, "Oh,
but how do you know
00:21:25.91\00:21:27.58
that the weekly cycle goes
all the way back to creation
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and I tell them
because Jesus was the creator
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and He would not
have kept the wrong day.
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He kept the day
that He established.
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You know, it's amazing
how people seek for excuses
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to not keep God's Holy Sabbath.
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And you know what
Henry Morris does?
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He just spoils it all
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because shortly after
he makes the statement
00:21:50.51\00:21:52.97
that God established the
week as a permanent pattern,
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he says but there is
no way that we can know
00:21:56.68\00:21:59.51
that the weekly cycle
00:21:59.55\00:22:00.88
as we have it today is a
same weekly cycle of creation
00:22:00.92\00:22:03.82
and so Christians need
only keep one day in seven.
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And in that way,
00:22:09.36\00:22:10.69
he disposes of the
seventh day Sabbath
00:22:10.73\00:22:13.09
because He says we don't know
00:22:13.13\00:22:14.96
that the weekly cycle
today is the same weekly cycle.
00:22:15.00\00:22:17.37
Well, if God
created the weekly cycle,
00:22:17.40\00:22:19.23
do you think God would
preserve the weekly cycle,
00:22:19.27\00:22:22.27
especially if the
Sabbath was established
00:22:22.30\00:22:24.64
as the sign of
creation, I believe so.
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You know, it's interesting
how some European countries
00:22:27.84\00:22:30.28
have switched
the calendar around.
00:22:30.31\00:22:33.35
They begin the week on
the calendar on Monday.
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They make Monday the first day
00:22:37.52\00:22:39.55
and if you make
Monday the first day,
00:22:39.59\00:22:41.39
what is the seventh day?
00:22:41.42\00:22:42.76
Sunday.
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.33
What they're trying to do is
00:22:44.36\00:22:45.69
they're trying to say
see the seventh day is what?
00:22:45.73\00:22:48.73
Sunday.
00:22:48.76\00:22:50.10
But there is a
big problem with that.
00:22:50.13\00:22:51.47
The Bible says
that Jesus resurrected
00:22:51.50\00:22:52.97
the first day not
on the seventh day.
00:22:53.00\00:22:55.60
So that argument can
be clearly disposed off
00:22:55.64\00:22:58.27
by going to the Bible,
00:22:58.31\00:22:59.71
but the desire is
to change the calendar
00:22:59.74\00:23:02.28
to make people think
that the seventh day is Sunday
00:23:02.31\00:23:06.11
because they see
it on the calendar
00:23:06.15\00:23:07.88
when clearly the
weekly cycle begins on Sunday,
00:23:07.92\00:23:12.25
the first day of the
week and it ends on Sabbath.
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Are we clear so far?
00:23:15.19\00:23:16.52
You're saying,
00:23:16.56\00:23:17.89
"What does this have to
do with the prophetic chain?"
00:23:17.93\00:23:19.26
Well, just wait.
00:23:19.29\00:23:20.63
See, all of this is background
00:23:20.66\00:23:22.13
especially to what
we're gonna study tomorrow
00:23:22.16\00:23:24.93
in our next subject,
00:23:24.97\00:23:26.30
but we need to first understand
00:23:26.33\00:23:27.70
worship to the true God
and the sign of the true God.
00:23:27.74\00:23:32.14
Now, another interesting
point that we find is that
00:23:32.17\00:23:36.08
according to Psalm 24:1-2,
00:23:36.11\00:23:40.38
God owns everything.
00:23:40.42\00:23:44.65
Notice there Psalm 24:1-2,
00:23:44.69\00:23:49.72
"The earth is" whose,
00:23:49.76\00:23:52.59
"is the Lord's,
and all its fullness, "
00:23:52.63\00:23:55.53
that means everything in it.
00:23:55.56\00:23:57.40
"the world and
those who dwell therein."
00:23:57.43\00:24:00.37
Let me ask you, why is the world
00:24:00.40\00:24:02.24
and everything in the
world the property of God?
00:24:02.27\00:24:05.31
Here comes the explanation,
00:24:05.34\00:24:06.88
for that means
because He has what?
00:24:06.91\00:24:10.58
Founded it upon the seas,
00:24:10.61\00:24:12.71
and established
it upon the waters.
00:24:12.75\00:24:15.48
So why does
everything that God created
00:24:15.52\00:24:18.35
at the beginning belong to Him,
00:24:18.39\00:24:19.92
because He made it,
because He created it, right.
00:24:19.95\00:24:23.76
Let me ask you.
00:24:23.79\00:24:25.13
To whom does the light belong?
00:24:25.16\00:24:27.73
To God.
00:24:27.76\00:24:29.10
To whom does the
firmament belong?
00:24:29.13\00:24:31.47
To whom does the
vegetation belong?
00:24:31.50\00:24:34.40
To whom do the sun,
moon and stars belong?
00:24:34.44\00:24:37.87
To whom do the birds belong?
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.84
To whom do the fish belong?
00:24:40.88\00:24:43.45
To whom do the
land animals belong?
00:24:43.48\00:24:46.45
To whom do man and woman belong?
00:24:46.48\00:24:50.45
To whom does the Sabbath belong?
00:24:50.49\00:24:52.25
To the Jews.
00:24:52.29\00:24:54.99
Now how much
sense does that make?
00:24:55.02\00:24:57.53
Everything God
made at creation week,
00:24:57.56\00:25:00.16
they say, oh, yeah,
00:25:00.20\00:25:01.53
its God's, its God's, its God's
00:25:01.56\00:25:02.90
but when you come
to the seventh day
00:25:02.93\00:25:04.27
which God made,
they say for the Jews.
00:25:04.30\00:25:07.10
In order for the Sabbath
to be the Sabbath of the Jews,
00:25:07.14\00:25:10.31
the Jews would have to make it,
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.71
but God made the Sabbath
00:25:12.74\00:25:14.74
and therefore the
Sabbath belongs to Him
00:25:14.78\00:25:16.61
just as much as everything else
00:25:16.64\00:25:19.01
that was made
during creation week.
00:25:19.05\00:25:21.22
And that's the reason
00:25:21.25\00:25:22.58
why the Sabbath in the Bible
00:25:22.62\00:25:25.15
is referred to as the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God.
00:25:25.19\00:25:30.23
It is never called
the Sabbath of the Jews.
00:25:30.26\00:25:32.79
Furthermore in Isaiah 58,
00:25:32.83\00:25:34.90
God says take away
your foot from my holy day,
00:25:34.93\00:25:39.67
is what God is saying.
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
So who owns the Sabbath?
00:25:41.07\00:25:43.54
The Sabbath is owned by God.
00:25:43.57\00:25:45.97
Why is it owned by God?
00:25:46.01\00:25:47.34
Because He made it,
He made it just like
00:25:47.38\00:25:49.34
He made everything
else during creation week.
00:25:49.38\00:25:51.51
It is not something
that belongs to the Jews.
00:25:51.55\00:25:55.88
In fact, everything that
God made during creation week,
00:25:55.92\00:26:00.66
He made for whom?
00:26:00.69\00:26:03.22
For us.
00:26:03.26\00:26:05.29
Was this world made for us?
00:26:05.33\00:26:07.43
Yes, absolutely.
00:26:07.46\00:26:09.16
So everything was made for us
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.80
but the Sabbath
was made for the Jews.
00:26:11.83\00:26:15.60
How much sense...
00:26:15.64\00:26:16.97
Come on, let's use
our reasoning powers.
00:26:17.01\00:26:19.84
You know, God says
come let us reason together.
00:26:19.87\00:26:22.98
He wants things to make sense.
00:26:23.01\00:26:25.48
So how much sense does
it make to say oh, yeah,
00:26:25.51\00:26:28.45
everything in this
world is belongs to God
00:26:28.48\00:26:31.79
but the Sabbath
belongs to the Jews.
00:26:31.82\00:26:34.39
It's absolutely absurd.
00:26:34.42\00:26:36.16
It doesn't make any sense.
00:26:36.19\00:26:38.26
The Sabbath is
God's because God made it.
00:26:38.29\00:26:40.66
And we find it in Mark 2:27,
00:26:40.70\00:26:43.03
Jesus Himself said the
Sabbath was made for the Jews.
00:26:43.06\00:26:48.40
No, that's not what it
says, that's not what it says.
00:26:48.44\00:26:51.11
He says, the
Sabbath was made for what?
00:26:51.14\00:26:54.04
For man, for Anthropos,
00:26:54.08\00:26:57.38
so Jesus is saying
at the very beginning
00:26:57.41\00:27:00.08
the Sabbath when it was
made, it was made for whom?
00:27:00.12\00:27:03.18
For man, it was
not made for the Jews.
00:27:03.22\00:27:07.22
Now, let's go to another passage
00:27:07.26\00:27:11.33
which deals with creation.
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The fourth commandment
of the God's holy law,
00:27:14.13\00:27:16.73
spoken by His own voice
and written by His own finger.
00:27:16.77\00:27:21.40
Exodus 20:8-11.
00:27:21.44\00:27:27.71
Remember, we're
gonna make comments
00:27:27.74\00:27:31.48
a little bit later
on everything here.
00:27:31.51\00:27:33.05
'Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:27:33.08\00:27:37.49
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:27:37.52\00:27:41.66
but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:27:41.69\00:27:44.36
of the Lord your God.
00:27:44.39\00:27:47.53
In it you shall do no
work: you nor your son,
00:27:47.56\00:27:52.20
nor your daughter,
nor your male servant,
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.37
nor your female
servant, nor your cattle,
00:27:54.40\00:27:56.97
nor your stranger who
is within your gates."
00:27:57.01\00:27:59.04
Why would God say
00:27:59.07\00:28:00.51
they were
supposed to labor six days
00:28:00.54\00:28:02.54
and we're supposed to
rest on the seventh day.
00:28:02.58\00:28:05.51
Why would He say that?
00:28:05.55\00:28:06.88
Because He did it first.
00:28:06.92\00:28:10.02
When did He do it?
00:28:10.05\00:28:12.12
At creation.
00:28:12.15\00:28:13.49
The fourth
commandment sends us back where?
00:28:13.52\00:28:15.79
To creation.
00:28:15.82\00:28:17.16
Notice what verse 11 says,
00:28:17.19\00:28:18.66
'For, " that means because
00:28:18.69\00:28:22.20
"in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:28:22.23\00:28:26.03
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:28:26.07\00:28:28.64
" and now notice this.
00:28:28.67\00:28:30.14
"And rested the seventh day."
00:28:30.17\00:28:33.94
Is that in the
story of Genesis also
00:28:33.98\00:28:35.91
that God rested the seventh day?
00:28:35.94\00:28:38.11
Yes, and then what did He do?
00:28:38.15\00:28:41.68
Blessed the Sabbath day.
00:28:41.72\00:28:43.75
Is that in the story
of creation in Genesis?
00:28:43.79\00:28:46.72
And hallowed it or made it holy.
00:28:46.76\00:28:50.06
Is that in the Genesis story?
00:28:50.09\00:28:51.93
Are we dealing with
the same Sabbath here
00:28:51.96\00:28:54.36
in the fourth commandment
as the creation Sabbath?
00:28:54.40\00:28:56.83
Absolutely.
00:28:56.87\00:28:58.20
And God is
commanding human beings to what?
00:28:58.23\00:29:04.91
To keep it.
00:29:04.94\00:29:06.61
So we know that the
fourth commandment is connected
00:29:06.64\00:29:09.41
with the creation story.
00:29:09.44\00:29:12.08
The Sabbath of
the fourth commandment
00:29:12.11\00:29:13.85
is the same Sabbath of Genesis.
00:29:13.88\00:29:17.39
Now, were the days
of creation literal?
00:29:17.42\00:29:20.56
Of course they
were, because God says,
00:29:20.59\00:29:23.29
you work six
and rest the seventh
00:29:23.32\00:29:25.53
like I worked six
and rested the seventh.
00:29:25.56\00:29:28.16
It would be
ridiculous for God to say
00:29:28.20\00:29:30.13
they were supposed
to follow his example
00:29:30.17\00:29:32.13
in working six and
resting the seventh
00:29:32.17\00:29:34.10
if the days of creation
were millions of years long.
00:29:34.14\00:29:37.67
Is that making sense?
00:29:37.71\00:29:39.24
See, God tells us the reason,
use our reasoning powers,
00:29:39.27\00:29:42.11
don't just listen
to what people say,
00:29:42.14\00:29:44.48
don't just read the newspapers,
00:29:44.51\00:29:46.11
don't just go with the flow,
00:29:46.15\00:29:47.85
you know, go to the Bible
and study it for yourself.
00:29:47.88\00:29:51.02
And if you find it
in scripture, obey it,
00:29:51.05\00:29:53.79
because it's
always best to obey God.
00:29:53.82\00:29:57.23
In other words, we
are to keep the Sabbath
00:29:57.26\00:29:59.39
following God's what?
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.36
God's example, He
says keep the Sabbath...
00:30:01.40\00:30:04.17
work six and rest the
seventh following my example
00:30:04.20\00:30:08.10
which I established when?
00:30:08.14\00:30:09.87
Which I established at creation.
00:30:09.90\00:30:12.11
Now, did you
notice the word remember
00:30:12.14\00:30:14.81
at the beginning
of fourth commandment?
00:30:14.84\00:30:16.81
Remember, interesting.
00:30:16.85\00:30:20.38
Did the Sabbath exist
00:30:20.42\00:30:22.08
before the law was
given on Mount Sinai?
00:30:22.12\00:30:24.99
Absolutely, because
Israel is asked to what?
00:30:25.02\00:30:28.99
To remember the Sabbath day.
00:30:29.02\00:30:32.59
When you're asked
to remember something,
00:30:32.63\00:30:34.53
it's dealing with a past event.
00:30:34.56\00:30:37.97
You know, we
have this expression
00:30:38.00\00:30:39.50
remember the Alamo.
00:30:39.53\00:30:42.70
Now, was the
Alamo historical event?
00:30:42.74\00:30:46.14
Yeah, so when it
says remember the Alamo,
00:30:46.17\00:30:48.31
it means that
you're remembering an event
00:30:48.34\00:30:50.51
that took place when?
00:30:50.55\00:30:51.88
In the past.
00:30:51.91\00:30:53.25
So if the fourth
commandment begins by saying
00:30:53.28\00:30:54.95
remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy,
00:30:54.98\00:30:57.25
did the Sabbath exist before?
00:30:57.29\00:30:59.52
It did and we know
where it existed before
00:30:59.55\00:31:02.52
because the same
words seventh day rested,
00:31:02.56\00:31:06.73
blessed, sanctified,
00:31:06.76\00:31:08.46
are using the fourth
commandment as at what?
00:31:08.50\00:31:12.00
As at creation.
00:31:12.03\00:31:14.84
Now, I find it very interesting
that Christians would agree,
00:31:14.87\00:31:19.04
if you ask them
should we worship God?
00:31:19.07\00:31:21.34
Oh, yeah, yeah, we
should worship God.
00:31:21.38\00:31:24.48
Why should we worship God?
00:31:24.51\00:31:25.85
Oh, because He is our creator.
00:31:25.88\00:31:27.82
But when you say, you know,
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.12
should we be reminded of that?
00:31:30.15\00:31:32.85
No, that's not important.
00:31:32.89\00:31:35.22
Let me ask you,
00:31:35.26\00:31:36.59
is it important to be reminded
that God is the creator?
00:31:36.62\00:31:39.33
Yes.
00:31:39.36\00:31:40.70
And what sign did
God give to remind us
00:31:40.73\00:31:44.20
that He is the creator?
00:31:44.23\00:31:45.90
The seventh day Sabbath.
00:31:45.93\00:31:47.60
Let me add a
little side light here.
00:31:47.64\00:31:50.07
The creator according to
the Bible was Jesus Christ.
00:31:50.11\00:31:54.44
You can read that in John 1:1-3.
00:31:54.48\00:31:58.81
In the beginning was the
word and the word was with God
00:31:58.85\00:32:01.18
and the word was God.
00:32:01.22\00:32:02.55
He was in the
beginning with God,
00:32:02.58\00:32:03.92
all things were
made through Him.
00:32:03.95\00:32:06.42
Jesus was the creator.
00:32:06.45\00:32:07.79
It's interesting
that Jesus worked six days
00:32:07.82\00:32:10.59
and it says that He
finished the sixth day
00:32:10.63\00:32:13.23
and then He
rested the seventh day.
00:32:13.26\00:32:15.00
Do you know that
happened in redemption as well?
00:32:15.03\00:32:18.40
On the sixth day
Jesus said on the cross,
00:32:18.43\00:32:20.34
"It is finished."
00:32:20.37\00:32:21.90
And on the seventh day
00:32:21.94\00:32:23.27
He rested from His
works of redemption
00:32:23.30\00:32:25.54
in the tomb on the Sabbath.
00:32:25.57\00:32:28.04
So you can't separate
the redeemer from the creator
00:32:28.08\00:32:30.78
and say, the
creator sign is the Sabbath
00:32:30.81\00:32:33.62
but the redeemer sign is Sunday,
00:32:33.65\00:32:36.05
because the
creator is also what?
00:32:36.08\00:32:38.42
The creator is
also the redeemer.
00:32:38.45\00:32:43.22
Now, here we come to
a very important point.
00:32:43.26\00:32:47.60
Protestant
theologians will tell you,
00:32:47.63\00:32:51.30
listen there is no
record in the Book of Genesis
00:32:51.33\00:32:55.74
that Adam and Eve were
commanded to keep the Sabbath.
00:32:55.77\00:33:01.14
There is not any
evidence in Genesis
00:33:01.18\00:33:03.48
where God told Adam and Eve,
keep the seventh day Sabbath.
00:33:03.51\00:33:06.82
And so they argue
00:33:06.85\00:33:08.85
that the Sabbath was
not a creation institution
00:33:08.88\00:33:11.99
because there is no direct
command in the creation story
00:33:12.02\00:33:14.82
where God told Adam and Eve
00:33:14.86\00:33:16.32
that they had to
keep the Sabbath.
00:33:16.36\00:33:19.86
So the question
is why didn't God...
00:33:19.89\00:33:23.83
Why don't we find in
the pages of Genesis,
00:33:23.87\00:33:26.13
God commanding Adam and Eve
00:33:26.17\00:33:28.04
to keep the seventh day Sabbath?
00:33:28.07\00:33:30.74
The reason is that
00:33:30.77\00:33:34.64
the Sabbath had to be created
00:33:34.68\00:33:38.95
before God could
command Adam and Eve to keep it.
00:33:38.98\00:33:42.52
Let's read two texts
from the Old Testament.
00:33:42.55\00:33:45.22
Let's go to Genesis 2:3.
00:33:45.25\00:33:51.26
You know there is this concept
00:33:51.29\00:33:54.46
that you know
God told Adam and Eve
00:33:54.50\00:33:57.70
to keep that for Sabbath.
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.23
When the Sabbath was beginning,
God told Adam and Eve,
00:33:59.27\00:34:01.47
okay, now, this
day you're gonna keep.
00:34:01.50\00:34:04.97
In other words, the
idea that God blessed
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.01
and sanctified the Sabbath
when the day was beginning.
00:34:07.04\00:34:09.98
The Bible doesn't teach that.
00:34:10.01\00:34:11.81
Notice Genesis 2:3,
00:34:11.85\00:34:14.55
"Then God
blessed the seventh day
00:34:14.58\00:34:17.55
and sanctified it..."
00:34:17.59\00:34:18.92
Why did God blessed the
Sabbath and sanctify it?
00:34:18.95\00:34:22.02
"Because in it He" what?
00:34:22.06\00:34:24.56
"Rested."
00:34:24.59\00:34:25.93
So let me ask you,
00:34:25.96\00:34:27.30
did God rest
first and then blessed
00:34:27.33\00:34:28.66
and sanctified the day,
00:34:28.70\00:34:30.03
that's what the text says.
00:34:30.07\00:34:31.50
It says, "Then God
blessed the seventh day
00:34:31.53\00:34:33.94
and sanctified it,
00:34:33.97\00:34:35.40
because in it He
rested from His work
00:34:35.44\00:34:39.37
which God had created and made."
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.81
So God rests and then He what?
00:34:41.84\00:34:45.31
And then He blesses and
He sanctifies the Sabbath.
00:34:45.35\00:34:48.15
So when is the Sabbath
blessed and sanctified?
00:34:48.18\00:34:50.52
When that first
Sabbath was beginning
00:34:50.55\00:34:52.42
or when the first
Sabbath came to an end.
00:34:52.45\00:34:54.86
When the first
Sabbath came to an end.
00:34:54.89\00:34:57.23
Let's notice another text,
00:34:57.26\00:34:58.86
and you say what
difference doest it make,
00:34:58.89\00:35:00.23
you'll see in a minute.
00:35:00.26\00:35:01.60
Exodus 20:11.
00:35:01.63\00:35:06.63
This is the conclusion
of the fourth commandment
00:35:06.67\00:35:08.30
we just read it,
00:35:08.34\00:35:09.67
but now I want to underline
a very important point.
00:35:09.70\00:35:12.07
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:35:12.11\00:35:16.34
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:35:16.38\00:35:19.11
and rested the seventh day..."
00:35:19.15\00:35:21.12
Do you know
that in many versions
00:35:21.15\00:35:22.55
there is a period there?
00:35:22.58\00:35:25.65
In Hebrews it's
called the Athnak.
00:35:25.69\00:35:29.09
And there is an
Athnak in Hebrew where...
00:35:29.12\00:35:34.56
When there is a period,
00:35:34.60\00:35:36.30
it means that
this event finished
00:35:36.33\00:35:39.70
and now the reason
is going to be given.
00:35:39.73\00:35:42.84
Notice what it
says after the period.
00:35:42.87\00:35:45.67
So it says, "For in
six days the Lord made
00:35:45.71\00:35:49.11
the heavens and the earth,
00:35:49.14\00:35:50.48
the sea, and
all that is in them,
00:35:50.51\00:35:52.11
and rested the seventh day.
00:35:52.15\00:35:55.18
Therefore...
00:35:55.22\00:35:56.55
What did God do?
00:35:59.32\00:36:00.89
The Lord blessed the Sabbath day
00:36:00.92\00:36:03.73
and hallowed it.
00:36:03.76\00:36:05.86
Why did God bless and
hallow the seventh day?
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.33
Why did He make it
Holy, because what?
00:36:08.36\00:36:10.50
Because He had
rested on that day.
00:36:10.53\00:36:13.74
So does God rest and bless
00:36:13.77\00:36:16.04
and sanctify the
Sabbath all at the same time?
00:36:16.07\00:36:18.81
No, God rest up on it,
00:36:18.84\00:36:22.54
His rest makes the day holy
00:36:22.58\00:36:24.58
and a blessed day
and when the day ends,
00:36:24.61\00:36:26.95
God says this
day is now blessed,
00:36:26.98\00:36:29.98
this day is now what?
00:36:30.02\00:36:31.92
This day is now holy.
00:36:31.95\00:36:35.39
Now you say, why
is this important.
00:36:35.42\00:36:38.63
There is a very
important reason.
00:36:38.66\00:36:41.20
You see God made the
Sabbath by resting on it.
00:36:41.23\00:36:44.73
Did He?
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.10
Did God make the
Sabbath by resting on it?
00:36:46.13\00:36:48.60
He most certainly did.
00:36:48.64\00:36:49.97
And then after He had
made it, what did He do?
00:36:50.01\00:36:53.51
He gave it to man.
00:36:53.54\00:36:55.74
Let me ask you,
00:36:55.78\00:36:57.11
could God give the Sabbath
to man before He made it?
00:36:57.15\00:37:02.12
Are you following me or not?
00:37:02.15\00:37:04.82
Could God give all the
things of the first six days
00:37:04.85\00:37:07.39
of creation week to man
without making them first?
00:37:07.42\00:37:10.06
No, so God makes
the Sabbath by His rest.
00:37:10.09\00:37:13.60
The Sabbath becomes
blessed and holy by His rest
00:37:13.63\00:37:16.26
and then when
He's made the Sabbath,
00:37:16.30\00:37:19.60
then God says to
Adam and Eve, now,
00:37:19.63\00:37:23.64
the Sabbath is what?
00:37:23.67\00:37:25.94
Is for you.
00:37:25.97\00:37:27.31
So the Sabbath
becomes holy when it ends
00:37:27.34\00:37:29.98
and it's holy because
God rested on the day.
00:37:30.01\00:37:32.81
Now we can understand
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.18
why God didn't
command Adam and Eve
00:37:34.22\00:37:35.55
to rest on that first Sabbath
00:37:35.58\00:37:36.92
because God could not tell
them to keep the Sabbath holy
00:37:36.95\00:37:40.06
if it wasn't
holy until it ended.
00:37:40.09\00:37:43.83
You're not following me.
00:37:43.86\00:37:45.36
Are you following me?
00:37:45.39\00:37:46.73
When did the
Sabbath become holy?
00:37:46.76\00:37:48.70
When it ended.
00:37:48.73\00:37:50.27
So how could God tell them
00:37:50.30\00:37:52.17
when that Sabbath was beginning,
00:37:52.20\00:37:53.70
keep the Sabbath holy
if it wasn't holy yet.
00:37:53.74\00:37:57.97
Further, even
further Adam and Eve
00:37:58.01\00:38:01.68
were supposed to
follow God's example
00:38:01.71\00:38:05.11
in observing Sabbath.
00:38:05.15\00:38:06.61
But how could Adam and Eve
00:38:06.65\00:38:08.45
follow God's
example of Sabbath keeping
00:38:08.48\00:38:10.65
unless God showed
them how to do it.
00:38:10.69\00:38:15.39
Let me read you three statements
00:38:15.42\00:38:17.13
from the
writings of Ellen White,
00:38:17.16\00:38:18.76
the little lady understood this,
00:38:18.79\00:38:21.86
notice, she never got it wrong.
00:38:21.90\00:38:24.77
She clearly says
each time in her writings
00:38:24.80\00:38:27.77
that God rested
and after He rested,
00:38:27.80\00:38:31.61
when He had
rested the last second,
00:38:31.64\00:38:33.58
then God said
this day is now blessed
00:38:33.61\00:38:37.41
and this day is holy,
00:38:37.45\00:38:38.95
and then when He
had created the day,
00:38:38.98\00:38:41.38
He gives it to Adam and Eve.
00:38:41.42\00:38:43.85
Now notice this statement
00:38:43.89\00:38:45.22
the first one is Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 47.
00:38:45.25\00:38:48.72
After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:38:48.76\00:38:51.86
what was that?
00:38:51.89\00:38:55.00
Do you understand
what the word after means?
00:38:55.03\00:38:58.80
"After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:38:58.83\00:39:01.67
God sanctified it."
00:39:01.70\00:39:04.11
When was the Sabbath sanctified?
00:39:04.14\00:39:06.84
After He rested.
00:39:06.88\00:39:08.44
"After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:39:08.48\00:39:10.61
God sanctified it,
00:39:10.65\00:39:12.18
or set it apart, as
a day of rest for man."
00:39:12.21\00:39:14.55
When did the Sabbath
become a day of rest for man?
00:39:14.58\00:39:17.59
When the first Sabbath what?
00:39:17.62\00:39:19.49
Ended, I hope
you got this point,
00:39:19.52\00:39:21.86
very important.
00:39:21.89\00:39:23.53
So after resting
upon the seventh day,
00:39:23.56\00:39:25.46
God sanctified
it or set it apart
00:39:25.49\00:39:27.10
as a day of rest for man.
00:39:27.13\00:39:28.46
Now listen to this.
00:39:28.50\00:39:29.83
"Following the
example of the Creator..."
00:39:29.86\00:39:33.03
How could God tell Adam
and Eve to keep the Sabbath
00:39:33.07\00:39:35.80
if He didn't show
them how to do it first?
00:39:35.84\00:39:39.57
That's why it's called
the Sabbath of the Lord
00:39:39.61\00:39:41.88
because God rested first.
00:39:41.91\00:39:45.55
Continue saying,
00:39:45.58\00:39:46.92
"Following the
example of the creator,
00:39:46.95\00:39:48.62
man was to rest
upon this sacred day,
00:39:48.65\00:39:51.69
that as he should look
upon the heavens and the earth,
00:39:51.72\00:39:54.09
he might reflect upon
God's great work of creation
00:39:54.12\00:39:57.43
and that as he should behold
00:39:57.46\00:39:58.93
the evidences of
God's wisdom and goodness,
00:39:58.96\00:40:01.23
his heart might be
filled with love and reverence
00:40:01.26\00:40:04.43
for his Maker."
00:40:04.47\00:40:06.77
Do you know what God
did on that first Sabbath?
00:40:06.80\00:40:09.34
In the Book of Job kind
of gives us a little inkling,
00:40:09.37\00:40:11.64
Job 38:4-7,
00:40:11.67\00:40:13.84
describes
creation and then it says,
00:40:13.88\00:40:15.84
that all of the
heavenly universe
00:40:15.88\00:40:17.81
shouted and sang for joy.
00:40:17.85\00:40:21.78
It describes creation
00:40:21.82\00:40:23.15
and then it says they all sang.
00:40:23.18\00:40:25.25
So I can imagine what
God did on that seventh day?
00:40:25.29\00:40:27.79
By the way Adam
and Eve were there,
00:40:27.82\00:40:29.42
they were
observing what God was doing.
00:40:29.46\00:40:31.33
They were observing
God's Sabbath observance.
00:40:31.36\00:40:33.06
What was God doing?
00:40:33.09\00:40:34.43
Oh, He was taking them on
a scenic tour of the Garden.
00:40:34.46\00:40:39.00
See, how do you
like those flower?
00:40:39.03\00:40:41.54
Oh, those
flowers are so beautiful,
00:40:41.57\00:40:43.57
they smell so nice.
00:40:43.61\00:40:45.07
What about these fruits?
00:40:45.11\00:40:46.44
Here, have a
taste of this apple,
00:40:46.47\00:40:48.31
Lord, this is delicious.
00:40:48.34\00:40:49.68
In other words, God
delighted on the seventh day
00:40:49.71\00:40:52.78
in His work of creation.
00:40:52.81\00:40:54.15
The Bible teaches that
00:40:54.18\00:40:55.68
and then when the day ends
00:40:55.72\00:40:57.22
and Adam and Eve has seen God
00:40:57.25\00:40:58.82
delight in His work of creation,
00:40:58.85\00:41:00.52
God says to have Adam and Eve,
00:41:00.56\00:41:01.96
now you've seen
how I've done it,
00:41:01.99\00:41:03.59
now, next Sabbath
you do it that way.
00:41:03.63\00:41:07.60
Are you understanding this?
00:41:07.63\00:41:09.10
God first have
to give the example.
00:41:09.13\00:41:10.80
Here's another
statement, Desire of Ages, 281,
00:41:10.83\00:41:13.77
"Because He had
rested upon the Sabbath,
00:41:13.80\00:41:17.11
"God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it."
00:41:17.14\00:41:20.28
Why did God bless and
sanctified the Sabbath?
00:41:20.31\00:41:21.81
Because He had rested.
00:41:21.84\00:41:24.91
And when did He give it to Adam?
00:41:24.95\00:41:26.45
When the day
began or when it ended.
00:41:26.48\00:41:28.38
It says, He gave it to Adam
00:41:28.42\00:41:30.29
as a day of
rest after He rested.
00:41:30.32\00:41:32.32
He gave it to
Adam as a day of rest.
00:41:32.35\00:41:34.46
It was a what?
00:41:34.49\00:41:35.82
A memorial of the work
of creation and thus a what?
00:41:35.86\00:41:39.73
A sign, it's a memorial
and a sign of God's power
00:41:39.76\00:41:44.80
and His love.
00:41:44.83\00:41:47.94
Now, let me go,
00:41:47.97\00:41:49.40
let me just
mention one more thing
00:41:49.44\00:41:51.34
so this is absolutely clear.
00:41:51.37\00:41:55.11
Do you know the
fourth commandment
00:41:55.14\00:41:56.85
applies to Adam and Eve
00:41:56.88\00:41:58.48
beginning with a
second week of history?
00:41:58.51\00:42:03.18
You say, now, why would that be?
00:42:03.22\00:42:05.49
Because the
fourth commandment says,
00:42:05.52\00:42:07.66
work six and rest the
seventh like I worked six
00:42:07.69\00:42:11.59
and rested the seventh
00:42:11.63\00:42:12.96
but Adam and Eve
had not worked six.
00:42:12.99\00:42:15.06
Are you following me?
00:42:19.07\00:42:20.77
And so God work six,
00:42:20.80\00:42:23.07
He rest the seventh
00:42:23.10\00:42:24.44
and then He
says to Adam and Eve,
00:42:24.47\00:42:25.84
by the way, you know,
00:42:25.87\00:42:27.21
I did all of this in six days,
00:42:27.24\00:42:28.68
you saw me rest
on the seventh says,
00:42:28.71\00:42:30.45
now, tomorrow
your sixth day start
00:42:30.48\00:42:34.22
and you're gonna work six days
00:42:34.25\00:42:35.85
and the next seventh day
00:42:35.88\00:42:37.72
you're gonna keep the Sabbath
the way you saw me keep it.
00:42:37.75\00:42:42.19
Is this making sense?
00:42:42.22\00:42:43.93
So, God established Sabbath
as the creation institution.
00:42:43.96\00:42:47.50
God did not command Adam and Eve
00:42:47.53\00:42:49.06
to keep that first Sabbath
00:42:49.10\00:42:50.43
because the
Sabbath wasn't holy yet,
00:42:50.47\00:42:52.20
God had to give the
example, God had to rest first.
00:42:52.23\00:42:54.67
The Sabbath is
first of all God's Sabbath
00:42:54.70\00:42:57.47
and then after He
makes it, what does He do?
00:42:57.51\00:43:00.04
He gives it to man.
00:43:00.08\00:43:02.74
Incidentally,
the Bible tells us,
00:43:02.78\00:43:06.31
that at the
second coming of Jesus,
00:43:06.35\00:43:08.78
this earth will be returned
00:43:08.82\00:43:10.55
to the condition it
was in before creation.
00:43:10.59\00:43:13.76
Jeremiah, the
Prophet Jeremiah saw this,
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.52
it's in fact, chapter 4:23,
00:43:16.56\00:43:18.43
he says, "I beheld the earth
00:43:18.46\00:43:19.79
and it was without form and void
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.43
and darkness
was over the earth."
00:43:22.46\00:43:24.07
Is that the
condition of the earth
00:43:24.10\00:43:25.53
before creation week?
00:43:25.57\00:43:27.14
Absolutely, so the
world is gonna return
00:43:27.17\00:43:29.50
to a great degree to
the condition it was in
00:43:29.54\00:43:31.54
before creation week.
00:43:31.57\00:43:33.98
So is God going to perform
another work of creation?
00:43:34.01\00:43:36.85
Is He gonna create a
new heavens and new earth?
00:43:36.88\00:43:39.91
How many days do you think
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.28
God is gonna use to create
a new heavens and new earth?
00:43:41.32\00:43:44.85
You know, I used to think that
God would instantaneously say,
00:43:44.89\00:43:48.02
He would instantaneously say,
00:43:48.06\00:43:49.39
let there be everything
that there was before.
00:43:49.42\00:43:53.23
But that's not
what the Bible teaches.
00:43:53.26\00:43:55.36
Go with me to Isaiah 66:22-23,
00:43:55.40\00:44:01.70
three ideas that I want
us to notice in this verse,
00:44:01.74\00:44:04.61
three ideas in these two verses.
00:44:04.64\00:44:07.61
"For as the new heavens
00:44:07.64\00:44:10.15
and the new
earth which I will make
00:44:10.18\00:44:13.21
shall remain before Me..."
00:44:13.25\00:44:14.58
So is God going to do
a new work of creation,
00:44:14.62\00:44:16.89
new heavens and new earth?
00:44:16.92\00:44:18.25
Yes, He's gonna create
again, that's a first point.
00:44:18.29\00:44:21.86
"So shall your descendants
and your name remain.
00:44:21.89\00:44:25.19
And it shall come to pass
00:44:25.23\00:44:26.56
that from one new
moon to another..."
00:44:26.59\00:44:27.93
Don't get all hung up over that,
00:44:27.96\00:44:29.30
the new moon marks the
beginning of the month.
00:44:29.33\00:44:31.13
The Spanish version
says from month to month,
00:44:31.17\00:44:33.10
de mes a mes.
00:44:33.13\00:44:34.47
So the new moon simply
means that from month to month
00:44:34.50\00:44:36.44
and the Bible says
00:44:36.47\00:44:37.81
that we will go
from month to month
00:44:37.84\00:44:39.17
to eat from the tree of life
00:44:39.21\00:44:40.54
'cause the tree of life
produces its fruit every month,
00:44:40.58\00:44:42.64
Revelation 22:2,
00:44:42.68\00:44:44.61
but not only every month,
00:44:44.65\00:44:46.51
it says and it
shall come to pass that
00:44:46.55\00:44:49.72
from one New moon to another,
00:44:49.75\00:44:51.42
and from one
Sunday to another...
00:44:51.45\00:44:54.39
Uh, thank you very much,
00:44:54.42\00:44:55.76
you're still awake
out there, and from what?
00:44:55.79\00:44:58.99
One Sabbath to another,
00:44:59.03\00:45:02.13
all flesh, not all the Jews,
00:45:02.16\00:45:05.07
if you have
flesh you'll be there,
00:45:05.10\00:45:06.63
if you're saved,
00:45:06.67\00:45:08.00
all flesh shall come to what?
00:45:08.04\00:45:10.87
To worship before
me, says the Lord.
00:45:10.91\00:45:13.71
What are the three day ideas
00:45:13.74\00:45:15.14
that are
connected in these verses?
00:45:15.18\00:45:16.85
Number on, creation.
00:45:16.88\00:45:19.15
Number two, worship.
00:45:19.18\00:45:21.52
And number three,
00:45:21.55\00:45:22.88
the sign of worship
which is the Sabbath.
00:45:22.92\00:45:26.05
Is that found in Genesis
00:45:26.09\00:45:27.96
and in the fourth
commandment as well?
00:45:27.99\00:45:29.82
It's found in
Genesis and in Exodus.
00:45:29.86\00:45:32.59
The same will happen at the end.
00:45:32.63\00:45:34.33
How much sense
does it make to say,
00:45:34.36\00:45:35.86
well, at creation it
was the Sabbath, you know,
00:45:35.90\00:45:39.03
all throughout the Old Testament
00:45:39.07\00:45:40.40
it was the Sabbath.
00:45:40.44\00:45:41.77
Jesus went into the
synagogue on the Sabbath.
00:45:41.80\00:45:44.11
The apostles in the Book
of Acts kept the Sabbath.
00:45:44.14\00:45:47.08
In the new
heavens and new earth,
00:45:47.11\00:45:48.64
it's gonna be Sabbath,
00:45:48.68\00:45:50.01
but meanwhile Sunday.
00:45:50.05\00:45:54.62
Come on,
00:45:54.65\00:45:56.85
let's use our heads.
00:45:56.89\00:45:59.65
You know, God
doesn't want us to go
00:45:59.69\00:46:01.39
simply by emotion
about what others say.
00:46:01.42\00:46:04.23
Christians follow
what they're said,
00:46:04.26\00:46:06.43
even ministers follow
00:46:06.46\00:46:07.90
what they've been
taught in the seminary.
00:46:07.93\00:46:11.13
Go to the Bible
for yourself, think,
00:46:11.17\00:46:14.24
pray and ask God for light,
00:46:14.27\00:46:16.87
and when God has
given you the light,
00:46:16.91\00:46:18.84
obey the light,
00:46:18.87\00:46:20.34
no matter what
it might cost you.
00:46:20.38\00:46:24.08
The Sabbath is not
only a memorial creation,
00:46:24.11\00:46:27.45
the Sabbath is also a sign
between God and His people.
00:46:27.48\00:46:32.25
It is the seal of God
between Him and His people.
00:46:32.29\00:46:36.02
Let's read Exodus 31:16-17,
00:46:36.06\00:46:39.66
Exodus 31:16-17,
00:46:39.69\00:46:44.00
"Therefore the
children of Israel
00:46:44.03\00:46:47.67
shall keep the Sabbath..."
00:46:47.70\00:46:49.10
Let's stop there for a moment.
00:46:49.14\00:46:50.47
See, people say see,
00:46:50.51\00:46:52.11
it's only the children of Israel
00:46:52.14\00:46:54.91
that shall keep the Sabbath.
00:46:54.94\00:46:56.28
We'll come back
to that in a minute.
00:46:56.31\00:46:57.98
"Therefore the
children of Israel
00:46:58.01\00:46:59.61
shall keep the Sabbath,
00:46:59.65\00:47:01.35
to observe the Sabbath
throughout their generations
00:47:01.38\00:47:04.19
as a perpetual covenant.
00:47:04.22\00:47:06.52
But now notice the reason
00:47:06.55\00:47:08.16
why God says that
Israel should keep the Sabbath,
00:47:08.19\00:47:11.49
it says, it is a what?
00:47:11.53\00:47:14.36
A sign between Me
00:47:14.40\00:47:16.90
and the children
of Israel forever,
00:47:16.93\00:47:19.30
and now comes the reason.
00:47:19.33\00:47:20.67
"For that is because in six days
00:47:20.70\00:47:24.47
the Lord made the
heavens and the earth,
00:47:24.51\00:47:26.57
and on the seventh day He
rested and was refreshed."
00:47:26.61\00:47:30.15
Let me ask you, is the reason
for Israel keeping the Sabbath,
00:47:30.18\00:47:33.48
the reason at creation
before the entrance of sin?
00:47:33.52\00:47:37.65
Absolutely, because
this harks back to what?
00:47:37.69\00:47:41.02
It harks back to
creation as the reason.
00:47:41.06\00:47:44.06
Now, let's deal with the issue
00:47:44.09\00:47:45.93
where it says here
00:47:45.96\00:47:47.30
that therefore
the children of Israel
00:47:47.33\00:47:50.03
shall keep the Sabbath.
00:47:50.07\00:47:52.47
Let me ask you this.
00:47:52.50\00:47:54.97
Did God give all of
the Ten Commandments
00:47:55.00\00:47:56.94
to Israel at Mount Sinai?
00:47:56.97\00:48:01.08
So, thou shall
have no other gods
00:48:01.11\00:48:03.58
before Me is only for Israel.
00:48:03.61\00:48:04.95
You should not make any
graven image or worship it,
00:48:10.15\00:48:12.39
that was only for Israel,
00:48:12.42\00:48:13.76
God gave the Ten
Commandments to Israel.
00:48:13.79\00:48:16.59
Don't take the name
of the Lord God in vain,
00:48:16.62\00:48:18.39
that's only for Israel,
00:48:18.43\00:48:19.76
God gave the Ten
Commandments to Israel.
00:48:19.79\00:48:22.56
Honor your
father and your mother,
00:48:22.60\00:48:23.93
that was for Israel,
00:48:23.97\00:48:25.30
God give the Ten
Commandments to Israel.
00:48:25.33\00:48:27.77
You shall not kill,
that was for Israel,
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.54
God gave the Ten
Commandments to Israel.
00:48:29.57\00:48:32.11
You shall not commit
adultery only for Israel,
00:48:32.14\00:48:34.28
God gave the Ten
commandments to Israel.
00:48:34.31\00:48:37.88
You shall not steal.
00:48:37.91\00:48:39.71
Praise the Lord, we
can steal all we want,
00:48:39.75\00:48:43.32
because the commandment was
given to Israel at Mount Sinai.
00:48:43.35\00:48:46.65
Don't bear false
witness against your neighbor,
00:48:46.69\00:48:48.52
that's for Israel,
00:48:48.56\00:48:49.89
the Ten Commandments
were given to Israel.
00:48:49.92\00:48:51.39
Don't covet, only for Israel,
00:48:51.43\00:48:53.13
God gave the Ten
Commandments for Israel.
00:48:53.16\00:48:54.66
So, what they do
is they say, oh no,
00:48:54.70\00:48:57.97
the Ten
Commandments were for everybody
00:48:58.00\00:49:00.40
except the Sabbath.
00:49:00.44\00:49:03.71
God gave all of the
Ten Commandments to Israel,
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.27
but nowhere does it say
00:49:06.31\00:49:07.94
that the Ten Commandments
00:49:07.98\00:49:09.31
were given
exclusively for Israel.
00:49:09.34\00:49:12.68
God gave the Ten
Commandments to Israel
00:49:12.71\00:49:14.68
because those were His
people at that day and age.
00:49:14.72\00:49:19.65
But it doesn't mean that
00:49:19.69\00:49:21.02
the Ten Commandments did
not apply to everyone after that
00:49:21.06\00:49:24.29
because the Ten
Commandments are God's moral law
00:49:24.33\00:49:27.86
for the entirety of humanity.
00:49:27.90\00:49:30.73
Are you understanding my point?
00:49:30.77\00:49:32.50
Nowhere does it say exclusively.
00:49:32.53\00:49:34.97
And by the way the reason why
00:49:35.00\00:49:38.97
Israel is to be keep
the Sabbath is because
00:49:39.01\00:49:40.88
they are to be
reminded that it is a sign
00:49:40.91\00:49:42.91
that God is the creator.
00:49:42.94\00:49:44.71
So only Israel needs
to remember the creator.
00:49:44.75\00:49:47.78
We're not to
remember the creator,
00:49:47.82\00:49:49.35
we're not to keep the
Sabbath or remember the creator.
00:49:49.38\00:49:51.22
Only Israel needs to be reminded
00:49:51.25\00:49:53.66
that God was the creator.
00:49:53.69\00:49:55.02
Come on, be real.
00:49:55.06\00:49:57.23
don't, doesn't everybody,
00:49:57.26\00:49:58.59
don't Christians
have to be reminded
00:49:58.63\00:50:00.30
that God is the creator.
00:50:00.33\00:50:01.73
Yes and what is
the sign that God gave
00:50:01.76\00:50:04.00
or the memorial that God gave
00:50:04.03\00:50:05.67
to remind us every week
that God was the creator.
00:50:05.70\00:50:08.84
It is the seventh day Sabbath.
00:50:08.87\00:50:11.71
Furthermore, Galatians 3:28-29
00:50:11.74\00:50:15.31
says that if we are Christ,
00:50:15.34\00:50:16.98
we are Abraham's seed.
00:50:17.01\00:50:19.21
So if we are
Abraham's seed, we are Israel.
00:50:19.25\00:50:22.72
And if we are Israel,
we must keep the Sabbath.
00:50:22.75\00:50:25.55
Are you understanding me or not?
00:50:25.59\00:50:27.79
Besides that Isaiah 56:4-7
00:50:27.82\00:50:31.33
says that the Sabbath
00:50:31.36\00:50:32.69
even in the Old
Testament was for the gentiles.
00:50:32.73\00:50:35.66
Not only for the Jews.
00:50:35.70\00:50:37.20
My house will be
called the House of Prayer
00:50:37.23\00:50:40.07
for all the Jews.
00:50:40.10\00:50:41.67
That's not what it
says, for all people.
00:50:41.70\00:50:44.87
And it's speaking in the context
00:50:44.91\00:50:46.24
about the gentiles.
00:50:46.27\00:50:47.61
Furthermore, Jesus said
00:50:47.64\00:50:49.54
the Sabbath was made for whom?
00:50:49.58\00:50:52.41
The Sabbath was made for men.
00:50:52.45\00:50:54.42
So let's not say that
simply because it says that
00:50:54.45\00:50:57.59
the Sabbath is a sign
between God and Israel,
00:50:57.62\00:51:01.02
that it's not a sign between God
00:51:01.06\00:51:02.99
and the rest of the
people after Israel,
00:51:03.02\00:51:06.63
because it was not
made only for Israel.
00:51:06.66\00:51:10.63
Don't add the word only
or the word exclusively there
00:51:10.67\00:51:14.94
to Exodus Chapter 31.
00:51:14.97\00:51:18.07
Now there's another passage
00:51:18.11\00:51:19.44
that speaks of the
Sabbath as the sign.
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Notice, Ezekiel 20:12 and 20.
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"Moreover I also
gave them my Sabbaths,
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to be what?
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A sign between them and Me,
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that they might know
that I am the Lord who what?
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Who sanctifies them."
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And then verse 20
says, "Hallow My Sabbaths,
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" that means keep them holy,
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and they will
be once again what?
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"A sign between Me and you,
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that you may know that
I am the Lord your God."
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Some people say,
"How do you know that
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these are not the
ceremonial Sabbaths?"
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Very simple, there's
no evidence in the Bible
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that the ceremonial
Sabbaths were ever a sign
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between God and His people.
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Secondly, the word
sign is the identical word
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that is used in Exodus 31
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where we just
noticed that the Sabbath,
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the seventh day
Sabbath is the sign.
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And furthermore, it says
here in Ezekiel Chapter 20,
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that the Sabbath is a sign
that God sanctifies His people.
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Let me ask you.
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Do the feast have anything to do
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with God sanctifying His people?
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No, it's the fourth
commandment that says
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that God sanctified which,
the seventh day of the week.
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So this is dealing with
the seventh day Sabbath.
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Are we clear on this point?
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Now, the Bible tells us
that at the very end of time
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and I believe that
we're in that end of time.
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God will raise up a people
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to proclaim three messages
from the Book or Revelation.
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They're known as the
Three Angels' Message.
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They're actually one
message with three parts.
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And I want you to notice
the first angel's message.
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We are told in
Revelations 14:6 and 7
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in language very
similar to Genesis,
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and very similar
to Exodus Chapter 20,
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the following.
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the
everlasting gospel to preach
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to those who dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people
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saying with a loud voice,"
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notice what this
angel is proclaiming,
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''Fear God and
give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,'
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and now notice this,
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and what,
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''and worship Him,'' who what?
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"Who made heaven and earth,
and the springs of water.''
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What does the
first angel command?
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By the way, did you
notice that it doesn't say
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that this
message goes to the Jews?
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The command to worship it
says it goes to every nation,
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to those who dwell on the earth,
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
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Is this a universal
message for everyone?
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The call to worship God
because He is the creator.
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By the way, would that
involve the Sabbath as well?
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Would the first angels' message
bring attention of the people
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of worshipping God
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because He's the creator
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and the sign of the
creator is the Sabbath?
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We notice that in scripture.
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You can't separate the Sabbath
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from the idea of worshipping God
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because He's the creator,
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because the Sabbath is
the sign of the creator.
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You can't get rid of the sign
and say that you worship God.
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You know it's like
Christians, they say,
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"Oh yeah, I
believe that I worship God
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and I should worship God
because He's the creator.
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But don't remind me of it."
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God gave us a weekly reminder.
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Because God wants us to remember
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that He is the creator
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and they were supposed
to worship the creator.
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Absolutely.
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He gave us a weekly sign.
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By the way,
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God will have that same
sign at the end of time.
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Notice Revelation 7:1-3.
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Revelation 7:1-3,
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''After these
things I saw four angels
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standing at the four
corners of the earth,
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holding the four
winds of the earth,
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that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
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or on the sea or on any tree."
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In other words,
God is holding back
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the winds of
strife in this world.
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"Then I saw another
angel ascending from the east,
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having what?
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The seal of the living God."
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If you go to Romans 4:11
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seal and sign are
used interchangeably.
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Those two words
basically mean the same thing.
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So it says, ''Having
the seal of the living God.
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And he cried with a
loud voice to the four angels
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to whom it was granted to
harm the earth and the sea,
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saying, 'Do not harm the
earth, the sea, or the trees
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till we have sealed
the servants of our God
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on their foreheads.'
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'' Does God
have a seal or a sign
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between Him and His people?
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Yes.
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What is that sign
according to what we've studied?
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The Book of Ezekiel
and Exodus 31 says that,
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that sign is what?
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The seventh day Sabbath.
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So let's review
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the three essential
points of what we've studied,
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and this will set the stage
for the other side of the coin
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in our next lecture.
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Number one, we
worship the true God
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because He is what?
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Because He is the creator
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and the sign that
He is the creator is
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the seventh day Sabbath.
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But now listen up.
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In the Book of Revelation,
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we have a power
that is called the beast.
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We've studied about
the beast, haven't we?
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And this beast is going
to claim to be God on earth
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because he is
going to demand what?
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Worship.
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Does the beast also
have a mark or a sign,
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that he's going to
put on the forehead
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and on the right hand?
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Yes.
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Is that sign a mark
of the beast's authority?
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Like the seal
or the sign of God,
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is the sign of God's authority?
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Yes.
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In fact, listen carefully
to what I'm going to say.
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The first angel's message says,
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''Worship the creator.''
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And even though it
doesn't mention the Sabbath,
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we know that the Sabbath
is the sign of the creator.
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The third angel's message
says, "Don't worship the beast."
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It is the other
side of the coin.
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The first angel says,
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worship the true
God, the creator,
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keep his sign.
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The third angel's message says,
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woe to you if
you worship the beast
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and you receive his sign,
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because you're going to be lost.
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Now if the sign of
God is the Sabbath,
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what would be the
opposite sign of the beast?
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It must be another day,
because it is the opposite,
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are you with me or not?
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And so in our next study,
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we're going to
study about the beast
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demanding worship
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and we're going to
talk about his sign.
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The great
dividing issue in the world
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at the end of time.
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