It's time to ignite
the flames of revival
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with 3ABN's first Interactive
Homecoming Camp Meeting.
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It's time to rise and shine...
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we are the light of the world!
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Turn up the light,
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let it shine bright
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like never before.
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In a world that's dark
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the only hope we
have is Jesus Christ
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so turn up the light,
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let it shine bright...
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turn up, turn up the light!
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Hello and welcome to 3ABN's
Interactive Fall Homecoming.
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I'm Jill Morikone, and we're
so glad that you have tuned in
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this evening. Our very
last presentation on this entire
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Camp Meeting theme has
been Turn Up The Light!
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Our featured speaker
for this Camp Meeting is
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our very own
Pastor John Lomacang
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who happens to be my pastor,
the pastor of the Thompsonville
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Seventh-day Adventist church
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as well as 3ABN
Director of World Evangelism.
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Pastor John is a
student of the Word.
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He loves the Word AND the Lord.
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And I know that you will be
blessed by his anointed message
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this evening entitled Marked
for Death or Sealed for Life?
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I don't know about you
but I know the category
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of the camp I want to be
in, and I know tonight's message
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is a call to you at
home and to all of us
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that we would make a choice
to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
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Before we hear from Pastor John
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Ryan Day and Tim Parton
will be bringing us a wonderful
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message in song to prepare
our hearts for the message
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in the Word. And that song
is entitled In Christ Alone.
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In Christ alone will I glory
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though I could pride
myself in battles won.
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For I've been
blessed beyond measure
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and by His strength alone
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I will overcome.
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Oh, I could stop and count
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successes like
diamonds in my hand
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but those
trophies could not equal
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to the grace by which I stand.
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In Christ alone
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I place my trust
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and find my glory in
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the power of the cross.
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In every victory
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let it be said of me
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my source of strength
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my source of hope
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is Christ alone.
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I place my trust
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and find my glory in
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the power of the cross.
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In every victory
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let it be said of me
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my source of strength
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my source of hope
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is Christ alone...
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my source of strength
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my source of hope
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is Christ alone!
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Amen! Amen! Thank you so
much, Ryan. Thank you Tim.
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What a powerful song!
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In Christ alone...
what a way to begin
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this final message,
this sobering message:
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Marked for Death
or Sealed for Life?
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Even though our theme
has been Turn Up the Light!
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which we have asked
the Lord by His Holy Spirit
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to intensify, in a loving
way this challenging message,
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this challenging
topic, we have been standing
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in every sermon on Christ alone.
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So bow your head with me
as I ask the Lord to guide
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in the proclamation of this
vitally important 3rd angel's
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message.
Gracious Father in heaven,
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give wisdom and understanding,
Lord, to Your servant
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I ask. May Your Spirit come
and fill my mind and my life
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that what is communicated
would find fertile soil,
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willing hearts, people
looking for something lasting,
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eternal. Something righteous.
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People looking for answers
in this dark and dismal society.
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People looking for open doors
where the unemployment rate
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is increasing exponentially.
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People looking for
something that lasts
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that they can trust in this
politically divisive society.
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We do pray now that You
will bring Your Word to life
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and speak to the
hearts of Your people
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that Your kingdom may be fur-
nished with souls for eternity.
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We pray in Jesus' name, Amen.
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Marked for Death or Sealed
for Life? I always like to begin
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with a story, a particular story
I heard a number of years ago
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about something that
happened in Dundee, Scotland,
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pertaining to the Tay Bridge.
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The Tay Bridge was designed
by an engineer and builder
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by the name of Sir Thomas Bouch.
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I visited the story many times
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but I was re-educated
about some of the details
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that fit perfectly into
the foundation of this message.
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Sir Thomas Bouch was a
person that was economic.
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He tried to stretch the dollar.
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And in the attempt to
build a bridge that was not too
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expensive he sought
the advice of experts.
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And the particular area
was he wanted to make sure
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the bridge that was
spanning the bay, the Tay Bay,
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was a bridge
that had wind loading.
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What that means is if
a storm were to come up
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they wanted to make sure
that the bridge could handle
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any kind of storm.
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Well, even after
getting advice from experts
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he made no allowance for bridge
loading in the design of the
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Tay Bridge. They looked at
it as time went on and they said
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"The piers are narrow. " The
cross bracing was less extensive
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and less robust than other
bridges that Sir Thomas had
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built before and
they wondered why.
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He said: "I was
just trying to save money
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because the
bridge was so long. "
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Sadly enough on
December 28, 1879,
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at 7:16 PM a violent windstorm
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packed with driving
rains claimed the lives of
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60 to 75 passengers on
a train that was traveling
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from Burntisland to Dundee.
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It plunged off of the Tay
Bridge into the Tay Harbor
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sadly enough taking
lives into eternity.
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When you read the record
they said the official count
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really wasn't arrived at
but one thing was for sure:
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when they looked
at what had happened
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they discovered on the record
that many warnings were issued
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to Sir Thomas Bouch.
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Maintenance
crews had warned him.
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They said the design
of the bridge had flaws.
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In the quality of the bridge
there were issues that they
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complained about.
But the sad reality
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they said that each warning
Sir Thomas Bouch explained away.
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Every time they told him
of some kind of improvement
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Sir Thomas Bouch dismissed it.
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But less than a year
after the bridge fell it is said
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that Sir Thomas Bouch died
with a destroyed reputation.
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He died from the sadness
of the great loss of life
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that fateful day
on the Tay Bridge.
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You know, friends,
that bridge collapsed
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but there is another
collapse the Bible talks about.
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Another collapse. Not only
the message "give God glory"
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in the hour of
judgment and "Babylon is fallen"
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but an even more
sinister collapse is coming.
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Because as we sit here today
as you listen for this message
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there are those building
their hopes on a faulty system
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that has been camouflaged
to not allow them to see
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the danger under the structure
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on which they base their
finances, their livelihoods,
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their worship, their
religion, their practice.
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Something that's
affecting every one of us
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economically,
financially, socially
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and ultimately religiously.
There is a major collapse
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coming. As we walk on the
balcony of time, we're going to
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take a peek, and in this message
we are going to see a number
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of things. We are
going to see the angels
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hurrying to and fro
letting God know that they're
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appointed work on
earth is winding up.
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We are going to trace
the path of death and life
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and lastly we are going
to examine with diligence
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the Savior's tear-filled appeal
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to a complacent world
intoxicated by sinful pleasure.
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What a time we're living in!
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Marked for death
or sealed for life?
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You know,
friends, when Jesus comes
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there will only be two groups.
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When the last appeal is done
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somebody will
be marked for death
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and somebody will
be sealed for life.
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It might as well be
you... sealed for life.
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Why should you
be marked for death
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when right now is a perfect
opportunity to say: "Lord,
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things are not
going the way I'd hoped.
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This world doesn't give me
any more hope than I had hoped
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to see in it. It's
not the kind of world
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that I imagined it to be.
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But if You give me
another opportunity, Father,
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I will give my life to You. "
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Why be marked for death
when you can be sealed for life?
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Everyone when the gospel is done
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will be categorized in
one group or the other.
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On that fateful day
there'll be no middle ground.
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There will be no neutral places.
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The third angel
contains God's concluding appeal
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to all of earth's humanity.
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For 6,000 years God
has been patient, waiting.
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And now He is saying:
"This is My final appeal. "
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God sent Jesus to
make a way of escape
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from the approaching judgment.
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Jesus paid the
price with His life
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that our forgiveness and
redemption can be made possible
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and the Holy Spirit has been
knocking on our heart's door.
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Every provision
has been made by heaven
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to get our attention
but so many have refused.
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So many have turned away.
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But this message
- a sobering one -
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is another appeal from heaven,
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another call from God,
another tear from Christ
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saying: "Why die
before your time? "
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When the message is done
every case of every person
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that has ever
lived will be decided.
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Revelation chapter 22 verse 11
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gives us a glimpse
into what this society
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is going to look like
and how these two categories
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are going to shape up.
The Bible says in Rev. 22:11
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these following words:
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Notice, friends,
there's no third category.
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There's holiness
and righteousness;
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there is
filthiness and unjustness.
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There is no third category.
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This is not where
you can sit in the stands
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and watch the game of salvation
being played on the field.
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Everyone is a participant
on one side or the other.
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That's why the three angels'
messages is such a powerful
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group of messages.
That's why this final message
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is one that we cannot afford
to turn our attention away from.
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Because when
this message is done
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the only thing that's
going to be left is a harvest.
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A harvest on one side of those
that have accepted Jesus Christ.
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Those that said: "Father, I
want to be out of this world. "
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"I want something
better... something eternal. "
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That's going to be on one side.
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But on the other side are going
to be those filled with regret,
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those begging for
another opportunity.
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And I say once again:
"Why wait for that day? "
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As I saw a sign-on a
Baptist church one day:
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"Repent now and
avoid the rush! "
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This is the hour to make
your calling and election sure.
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Young man, young lady:
this is the time to say
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"Internet is not
enough... Facebook, Instagram. "
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No, the only book that
you're going to face one day
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is the living Word of God.
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This is the time to get
ready for that fateful day.
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John in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 15
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talks about this harvest.
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He talks about this future
time when the world and all of
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its inhabitants will be
gathered into the kingdom of God
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or thrust out into
everlasting darkness.
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The Bible says in
Revelation 14:15 these words:
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Can you imagine? Picture with
me the end of the harvesting
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field. Picture with
me the cotton machines
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and the farming machines
going to root out the corn,
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to gather the
barley, to gather the wheat.
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And then look with me.
Stand at the field looking
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that the fields are bare...
there's nothing left to gather.
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That's the picture that
John gives us in Revelation.
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One day there will
be no one to gather in
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because everyone will be
in one group or the other.
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I've made up my mind and
I'm praying that you also
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make up your mind to be
in the harvest that is about
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to begin... that eternal
journey with Jesus Christ
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because this harvest is coming.
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But Jeremiah the
prophet, Jeremiah the prophet
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looking down to this time
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when there'll be
no more opportunities,
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when every case will be
decided for life or for death,
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when all the movie theaters,
all the racing stadiums,
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all the gambling casinos and
all the basketball and football
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arenas will be forever closed,
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when there'll be no more
lights in the shopping malls.
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When nobody wants to hear
the music, no one wants to watch
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television any longer,
and everyone would be drained
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from their thirst for the world
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looking for some-
thing that they have ignored.
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Jeremiah the prophet: what
a sobering picture he gives
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in this very short verse
in Jeremiah 8 and verse 20.
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Listen to what he
says. He says sad words:
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What a picture! When
I read these passages
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I say: "This is what's coming! "
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This is why a loving God
is saying: "This is coming. "
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Like the meteorologist
saying "There's a category 5
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growing in the Gulf. "
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Like the seismologist saying
"This hurricane is about to
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blow its top. " Like those
who are working in the forestry
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that are saying "The
forest fire is out of control. "
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God is saying
with a loving voice
00:16:22.24\00:16:24.18
"It's coming...
and you cannot stop it.
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The only thing that you
can do is get ready for it. "
00:16:27.32\00:16:30.15
There's no reason for you
to be a part of those who say:
00:16:30.65\00:16:33.29
"The harvest is
past; the summer is ended
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and we are not saved. "
00:16:36.32\00:16:37.93
But the sad reality is
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there were those who
listened to Noah preach
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in his day for 120 years
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and they belittled his message.
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They made light of it as
he appealed, and he said:
00:16:47.90\00:16:50.17
"There's a flood coming! "
But because it never rained
00:16:50.37\00:16:52.74
in their day they
said: "It's not possible. "
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Well friends, it never
rained fire on the entire earth
00:16:55.58\00:16:58.28
either, but the Bible
said that's also coming.
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And I believe God's Word. Why?
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Because we have confirmation
that what happened in Noah's day
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is confirmed in Scripture and
archaeologists that have done
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discoveries have seen
that there are evidences
00:17:11.46\00:17:14.36
of a world-wide deluge.
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Evidence enough, but even if
they didn't find any evidence
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I still believe the Word of God.
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God can be trusted.
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Amos the prophet
also adds his portion
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to the sad developing picture
of a world that right now
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was eating and drinking,
marrying and giving in marriage,
00:17:30.85\00:17:34.48
buying and selling -
working in the stock market -
00:17:34.68\00:17:37.75
trading shares, buying mansions,
00:17:37.95\00:17:41.29
storing up goods
for many many years
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of which they had no guarantee
that tomorrow would come.
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Amos the prophet takes us
down to the precipice of time
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and He says: "Look over...
that's how it's going to be. "
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Listen to his words in
Amos chapter 8 verses 11-12.
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Sobering words, but he says:
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A sad picture:
harvest is coming,
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people are going
to turn their backs
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like they did in Noah's day.
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It really doesn't make sense.
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There are some
individuals that say: "Well,
00:18:45.69\00:18:47.52
who is God that I
should obey His voice? "
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I saw a commercial
one day of a man who said
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he was happy to be an atheist.
00:18:51.99\00:18:53.56
"I'm an atheist
and I'm proud of it. "
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I don't believe that
he will say that again
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if he lives to
see this day coming.
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I don't believe that
when the earth is rocking
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and fire is being rained
down from God's judgment bar
00:19:04.47\00:19:07.94
I don't believe that there
are going to be people on earth
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saying: "Bring it on. "
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The Bible says they're
going to be running to the rocks
00:19:13.52\00:19:15.25
and the mountains crying:
"Hide us from the face of
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Him that sits on the throne
00:19:17.99\00:19:19.45
and from the wrath of the Lamb
00:19:19.65\00:19:21.22
for the great day
of His wrath has come
00:19:21.42\00:19:23.56
and who shall
be able to stand? "
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That's why this
message brings into focus
00:19:26.16\00:19:29.50
a candid description of a
coalition with your destruction
00:19:29.90\00:19:35.14
and my destruction in mind.
00:19:35.34\00:19:37.14
And friends,
whether you know it or not
00:19:37.34\00:19:39.24
this coalition is farther
along than anyone would imagine.
00:19:39.44\00:19:44.31
It's designed to limit
your freedom of worship.
00:19:44.51\00:19:47.45
It is designed to limit
your ability one day to buy
00:19:47.85\00:19:51.65
or sell. It is
designed to remove
00:19:51.99\00:19:55.62
and reverse every
basic human right.
00:19:55.82\00:19:58.83
This coalition is economic;
00:19:59.23\00:20:02.06
it's religious; it's
political; and it is social.
00:20:02.26\00:20:06.03
And Revelation
says to us it's coming.
00:20:06.43\00:20:08.90
The day is coming that
no matter how much you have,
00:20:09.10\00:20:11.97
no matter your credit
rating or your credit limit,
00:20:12.17\00:20:15.31
if you don't stand
with this coalition
00:20:15.51\00:20:17.48
Revelation 13:17 tells
us what is going to happen.
00:20:17.88\00:20:22.18
Listen to these words from
the prophet. The Bible says:
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An elusive topic. Many
people wonder: "What is the mark
00:20:40.54\00:20:43.74
of the beast? "
"What is his name? "
00:20:43.94\00:20:46.31
"What is his image? " "What
is the number of his name? "
00:20:46.51\00:20:49.94
Many people thought it
was the barcode years ago
00:20:50.15\00:20:52.51
or the tattoo on
Gorbachev's forehead years ago.
00:20:52.71\00:20:57.82
Many people thought it was
President Reagan because he had
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three names with six
letters in each name.
00:21:00.46\00:21:03.02
And somebody foolishly thought
it was the picture of stars
00:21:03.22\00:21:07.00
on the side of a
Proctor & Gamble soap box.
00:21:07.20\00:21:09.46
None of those things are true.
00:21:09.86\00:21:11.27
But Revelation
issues a startling warning
00:21:11.47\00:21:15.40
in Revelation
chapter 14 verses 9 to 11
00:21:15.60\00:21:18.81
about this beast and
its sad impact on the world
00:21:19.01\00:21:24.65
and society. The
third angel's message
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issues a solemn
warning. Listen as God speaks
00:21:28.22\00:21:32.25
in this final message
to those who inhabit earth.
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He says through
John the Revelator,
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Revelation chapter 14
verses 9 to 11. The Bible says:
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If I've ever read
a sobering passage
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that is a SOBERING passage.
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John the
Revelator picks up a picture
00:22:42.06\00:22:45.59
that was first
introduced to Daniel the prophet
00:22:45.79\00:22:48.80
in the book of Daniel.
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In Daniel chapter 2
and Daniel chapter 7
00:22:50.80\00:22:53.07
Daniel the prophet was
given a faithful overview
00:22:53.47\00:22:57.04
of the world - the four
great kingdoms of the world -
00:22:57.24\00:23:00.44
these great kingdoms that
would inhabit the landscape
00:23:00.64\00:23:02.88
of humanity.
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.41
But John was given a
picture of how the United States
00:23:04.61\00:23:07.38
would come into
being in that picture.
00:23:07.58\00:23:09.25
We'll talk about
that in just a moment.
00:23:09.45\00:23:10.79
But this beast
that John introduces
00:23:11.35\00:23:13.72
has been around for some time.
00:23:13.92\00:23:16.19
This is the fourth
beast of Daniel chapter 7.
00:23:16.49\00:23:20.40
Let me give you some overview.
00:23:20.60\00:23:21.96
See, Daniel looked forward. When
Daniel is given the prophecy
00:23:22.36\00:23:26.13
Daniel is looking forward
to the kingdoms. The lion,
00:23:26.33\00:23:28.90
the bear, the leopard, the beast
with seven heads and ten horns.
00:23:29.10\00:23:32.67
But when John is speaking
John is looking backward.
00:23:33.07\00:23:35.54
The beast with
seven heads and ten horns,
00:23:35.74\00:23:38.15
the leopard, the bear, the lion.
00:23:38.35\00:23:40.22
In other words,
John is looking back
00:23:40.42\00:23:43.52
from Rome going back.
00:23:43.72\00:23:45.05
Daniel is looking forward
from Babylon going forward.
00:23:45.35\00:23:48.42
Babylon,
Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome.
00:23:48.62\00:23:50.93
Look at this slide
that illustrates that.
00:23:51.13\00:23:52.76
These are the four world
empires as they appeared on
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the landscape of humanity.
00:23:56.53\00:23:57.97
These four great empires:
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.73
Four major
empires, and the last one
00:24:15.45\00:24:19.29
had seven heads and ten horns.
00:24:19.79\00:24:23.46
Now why ten horns?
00:24:23.66\00:24:25.26
When you trace the
pages of history you find
00:24:25.66\00:24:29.03
that... There's a saying
that you may have heard before
00:24:29.23\00:24:31.53
but let me put it in context:
00:24:31.73\00:24:33.23
During history - and I
love studying world history -
00:24:33.44\00:24:36.14
there was a phrase
that went this way:
00:24:37.27\00:24:38.97
"All roads lead to Rome. "
00:24:39.17\00:24:41.44
When Rome
overthrew the Grecian Empire,
00:24:41.84\00:24:44.61
when Greece overthrew
the Medo-Persian Empire,
00:24:45.01\00:24:47.72
when the Medo-Persians
overthrew the Babylonian Empire,
00:24:47.92\00:24:50.65
when you look at Daniel 2
you find the gold gave way
00:24:50.85\00:24:53.86
to silver, the
silver gave way to bronze,
00:24:54.06\00:24:56.93
the bronze gave way to iron.
00:24:57.13\00:24:59.09
Notice something: the
metals got less valuable
00:24:59.29\00:25:03.30
but a lot stronger.
00:25:03.50\00:25:05.27
Gold is softer than silver;
00:25:05.47\00:25:09.17
silver is softer than bronze;
00:25:09.47\00:25:11.27
and bronze is
definitely softer than iron.
00:25:11.47\00:25:13.94
Rome became that iron kingdom.
00:25:14.34\00:25:16.41
And then we find
the lion: Babylon.
00:25:16.61\00:25:19.71
The bear: Medo-Persia.
00:25:20.12\00:25:21.68
The leopard with 4 heads
and 4 wings: the Grecian Empire.
00:25:21.88\00:25:25.55
But then you find a beast
with seven heads and ten horns
00:25:25.95\00:25:28.82
and I can tell you:
you've never seen a beast
00:25:29.02\00:25:31.26
with seven heads and ten horns.
00:25:31.46\00:25:32.79
You've never seen a beast that
has that kind of description
00:25:32.99\00:25:36.03
because there is
none... which means
00:25:36.23\00:25:38.63
this beast has
no earthly origin.
00:25:38.83\00:25:42.60
It's a demonic beast.
00:25:42.80\00:25:44.14
And when you study the pages
of history you begin to discover
00:25:44.34\00:25:47.14
that this beast
describes the kingdom of Rome
00:25:47.54\00:25:50.45
when it rose into prominence.
00:25:50.65\00:25:52.28
When Rome rose it
dominated ten nations.
00:25:52.68\00:25:57.19
Let me share with
you those nations.
00:25:57.49\00:25:58.92
The ten nations were:
Alemanni. Later became Germany.
00:25:59.12\00:26:02.79
The Visigoths that
later became Spain.
00:26:02.99\00:26:06.19
The Franks that
later became France.
00:26:06.39\00:26:08.96
The Suevi that became Portugal.
00:26:09.36\00:26:11.77
The Burgundians
that became Switzerland.
00:26:11.97\00:26:14.30
The Anglo-Saxons
that became England.
00:26:14.50\00:26:17.27
The Lombards that became Italy.
00:26:17.47\00:26:20.44
But there are 3 powers that did
not survive the power of Rome.
00:26:20.84\00:26:24.61
These three powers
were known as Arian Nations.
00:26:24.81\00:26:27.78
They resisted the rise of Rome.
00:26:28.18\00:26:30.29
And from 476 AD to 538 AD
00:26:30.49\00:26:34.46
Rome fought valiantly
to eliminate one nation
00:26:34.66\00:26:39.36
after the other.
00:26:39.56\00:26:40.90
And they finally
succeeded in the year 538 AD
00:26:40.93\00:26:44.47
to bring down the last
power that opposed its rise.
00:26:44.67\00:26:48.40
The reason why you don't
hear about these three powers
00:26:48.60\00:26:50.91
is because the Bible
tells us exactly what happened.
00:26:51.07\00:26:53.14
Look at Daniel chapter 7
verse 24. The Bible says:
00:26:53.54\00:26:56.38
Wow! Ten horns that
were narrowed down to seven!
00:27:15.40\00:27:20.07
And when you study the Bible
when those three nations fell
00:27:20.27\00:27:24.27
one little horn came up in
the midst of those other horns
00:27:24.47\00:27:29.18
that were remaining. A
little horn that had eyes
00:27:29.38\00:27:32.05
like the eyes of a man and
a mouth speaking great things
00:27:32.25\00:27:35.22
and blasphemies.
00:27:35.42\00:27:36.92
What was that little horn?
00:27:37.12\00:27:38.45
That was the transition
from papal Rome to pagan...
00:27:38.52\00:27:42.96
from pagan Rome to papal Rome.
00:27:43.16\00:27:45.43
Pagan Rome was
passing off the scene.
00:27:46.16\00:27:48.63
The power was being passed
from the caesars to the popes.
00:27:49.03\00:27:51.83
And in 538 AD the popes
established an ever-growing
00:27:52.23\00:27:57.07
authority over the
people of the earth.
00:27:57.27\00:27:59.67
Those three nations that they
brought down were the Vandals,
00:27:59.87\00:28:02.94
the Heruli, and the Ostrogoths.
00:28:03.24\00:28:06.41
I know you never
heard about them.
00:28:06.82\00:28:08.28
And my point is clear because
they don't exist any longer.
00:28:08.48\00:28:11.89
They came down
when Rome came up.
00:28:12.09\00:28:15.72
The power that replaced those
three nations was papal Rome.
00:28:16.32\00:28:22.26
And what a power it
was! When you study...
00:28:22.56\00:28:24.80
when you study the
Dark Ages you begin to see
00:28:25.00\00:28:27.30
the ruthless power of Rome.
No power that stood against it
00:28:27.50\00:28:31.71
was successful. Rome
caused kingdoms to fall.
00:28:31.91\00:28:36.01
Rome caused leaders to
come to the steps of Rome.
00:28:36.41\00:28:40.68
You read some of the
stories there. King Henry VIII
00:28:40.88\00:28:43.65
to seek the approval
and the forgiveness of Rome
00:28:43.85\00:28:47.19
walked in the snow, the
cold snow, and when he got
00:28:47.39\00:28:50.23
to the city of Rome he
was made to stand in the snow
00:28:50.43\00:28:53.76
for three days before he
was being allowed to come in.
00:28:53.96\00:28:56.13
Rome punished those
who stood against them.
00:28:56.33\00:28:59.37
When you read the records
more than 50 million Christians
00:28:59.57\00:29:02.67
lost their lives under
the brutal, persecuting,
00:29:02.87\00:29:06.64
ruthless hand of Rome.
00:29:06.84\00:29:08.18
What a power it was!
00:29:08.38\00:29:09.74
And the Bible said it would be.
00:29:09.94\00:29:11.68
A non-descript beast:
seven heads and ten horns.
00:29:11.88\00:29:15.22
And Daniel further says
it had "great iron teeth"
00:29:15.42\00:29:18.52
and it "trampled
with its feet the residue
00:29:18.72\00:29:21.86
and it trampled
the entire earth. "
00:29:22.06\00:29:24.13
This beast even more particular-
ly was said in the Bible
00:29:25.09\00:29:28.66
it was going to last
until the end of time.
00:29:29.06\00:29:31.83
That's why in this next picture
you see there is no other
00:29:32.03\00:29:34.97
nation that fits that
description other than
00:29:35.17\00:29:38.04
the power of papal Rome.
00:29:38.24\00:29:40.01
That's why when I was in
Washington, D.C. in 2015-
00:29:40.21\00:29:43.01
this picture shows
that - I was there when
00:29:43.21\00:29:45.68
Pope Francis
outlined a message to America.
00:29:45.88\00:29:49.38
But if you think
about it somebody might say:
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.55
"Well, what's
strange about that? "
00:29:51.75\00:29:53.09
Well, what
government do you know
00:29:53.12\00:29:56.22
that gives that kind of platform
00:29:56.42\00:29:58.23
to the leader of
the Baptist Church?
00:29:58.43\00:30:00.06
Or the Pentecostal
Church or the Methodist Church
00:30:00.26\00:30:03.00
or the Presbyterian
Church? No other earthly power
00:30:03.20\00:30:06.17
shares the kind of
power that Rome has.
00:30:06.37\00:30:09.44
And the Bible said
that that would take place.
00:30:09.64\00:30:12.44
The Bible also revealed that
Rome would dominate the world
00:30:12.64\00:30:15.18
for 1,260 years.
00:30:15.38\00:30:18.31
Listen to Daniel 7:25
00:30:18.71\00:30:20.72
and then we're going to
walk through three slides
00:30:20.92\00:30:23.05
that outline how these
powers ruled the world.
00:30:23.25\00:30:26.96
Listen to Daniel 7:25. The
Bible says, speaking of Rome:
00:30:27.16\00:30:31.63
I'm going to walk
you through three slides
00:30:53.45\00:30:55.02
that show you the rise of Rome.
00:30:55.22\00:30:57.02
You'll see #1, #2, and #3.
00:30:57.22\00:30:59.92
I'll walk you through that.
Look at this first graphic.
00:31:00.12\00:31:02.26
When Rome rose as a papal
power from 538 AD to 1798 AD
00:31:02.46\00:31:08.26
Rome dominated the Dark Ages.
00:31:08.46\00:31:11.23
No power was able to resist it.
00:31:11.43\00:31:13.97
No power
successfully stood against it.
00:31:14.17\00:31:16.64
Let's go to the next slide.
00:31:16.84\00:31:18.17
But you find something happened.
00:31:18.21\00:31:19.84
During the Dark Ages
America came into existence
00:31:20.04\00:31:22.74
in the year 1776 AD
00:31:22.94\00:31:24.68
just a few years -
about 22 years short -
00:31:24.88\00:31:27.92
short of the
reign of papal Rome.
00:31:28.12\00:31:30.19
God had a plan. God
was bringing a new power
00:31:30.39\00:31:33.39
into existence because
the Bible made it clear
00:31:33.59\00:31:35.92
that this nation,
this power of Rome,
00:31:36.12\00:31:38.69
would only be able
to reign for 1,260 years
00:31:38.89\00:31:44.23
as a ruthless power and
something would happen to it.
00:31:44.43\00:31:47.84
We'll read that
in just a moment.
00:31:48.24\00:31:49.57
But while God was
dealing with Rome's issues
00:31:49.77\00:31:53.11
God was creating a
place called America
00:31:53.31\00:31:55.78
where the church can
come and find freedom,
00:31:55.98\00:31:58.01
where people can come
and find a place to worship.
00:31:58.21\00:32:00.58
That's why we established
what's called a Declaration
00:32:00.78\00:32:03.55
of Independence, the
Constitution, where we can
00:32:03.75\00:32:08.32
worship God
according to our own dictates
00:32:08.52\00:32:10.59
and according to
our own conscience.
00:32:10.79\00:32:12.83
But look at the third slide.
00:32:13.03\00:32:14.46
It's very powerful.
You'll find when America rose
00:32:14.66\00:32:17.37
into prominence in 1776 AD
00:32:17.57\00:32:19.37
the pope was taken
captive in 1798 AD.
00:32:19.57\00:32:23.51
And from 1798 AD to 1929 AD
00:32:23.71\00:32:26.98
there was no
political or religious influence
00:32:27.18\00:32:30.88
from Rome. The Lord shut it
down to give the church time
00:32:31.08\00:32:34.58
to come to
fruition and grow in America
00:32:34.78\00:32:36.62
if you notice that. But
something happened in 1929 AD.
00:32:36.82\00:32:40.36
I'll read Revelation 13:1
00:32:40.76\00:32:42.92
and we'll begin to see
what happened in 1929 AD.
00:32:43.32\00:32:47.06
The Bible says... This
beast now comes back into play
00:32:47.26\00:32:50.47
in the book of Revelation.
00:32:50.67\00:32:52.17
Read the words.
John the Revelator says:
00:32:52.37\00:32:54.94
But now let's look to verse
3 because something happened.
00:33:16.42\00:33:19.86
That power of Rome is what's
pictured there in verse 1.
00:33:20.06\00:33:22.76
But what would
happen to that power?
00:33:22.96\00:33:24.60
Let's look at
it. The Bible says:
00:33:24.80\00:33:27.37
Now we saw the picture
of the Pope standing there
00:33:43.45\00:33:45.79
in Washington. How do
you think that was possible?
00:33:45.99\00:33:48.32
Because all the world
after Rome rose to prominence...
00:33:48.52\00:33:52.13
I'll tell you in just a moment
how they rose to prominence.
00:33:52.33\00:33:54.66
The Bible says Rome
"would receive a deadly wound"
00:33:55.06\00:33:58.80
but that deadly
wound would be healed.
00:33:59.00\00:34:00.94
Well, you saw the date.
What happened in 1929 AD?
00:34:01.67\00:34:04.57
In 1929 AD the leader of Italy
00:34:04.77\00:34:09.21
Benito Mussolini signed a pact
00:34:09.41\00:34:12.88
with Rome called
the Lateran Treaty
00:34:13.08\00:34:15.68
at which time they
gifted the Vatican City
00:34:15.88\00:34:18.85
to the powers of Rome.
00:34:19.05\00:34:20.56
Here's a picture
looking at that commemoration.
00:34:20.76\00:34:23.53
You see there Benito Mussolini
and you see to his right
00:34:23.73\00:34:26.90
the papacy... the
representative of the papacy...
00:34:27.10\00:34:30.17
looking at that
signature. And that's why today
00:34:30.37\00:34:32.87
the Vatican City
that you see today
00:34:33.07\00:34:34.80
is the Vatican City
that was gifted to Rome
00:34:35.00\00:34:37.77
in the year 1929 AD.
00:34:37.97\00:34:39.64
What a powerful exchange!
00:34:39.84\00:34:42.04
And from that day to this
00:34:42.24\00:34:44.38
the Bible made it
very clear that Rome...
00:34:44.58\00:34:46.78
It says when that wound
was healed all the world
00:34:46.98\00:34:51.12
would wonder after the beast.
00:34:51.32\00:34:54.19
All the world would
wonder after the beast.
00:34:54.69\00:34:58.19
Now you might ask
yourself the question
00:34:58.39\00:34:59.93
"How is it possible that
the world could be so enamored
00:35:00.33\00:35:03.33
by a political power
00:35:03.53\00:35:05.30
that is under the
auspices of Rome? "
00:35:05.50\00:35:08.04
"How could the
world be so swayed
00:35:08.24\00:35:10.37
by a single individual? "
But when you think about it
00:35:10.57\00:35:13.64
more than 1.5 billion adherents
00:35:14.24\00:35:17.41
to this monolith
called the church of Rome.
00:35:17.61\00:35:20.32
It's not just religious...
it's also political.
00:35:20.52\00:35:23.59
So where did
the power come from?
00:35:23.79\00:35:25.25
How could such a system wield
and sway the political leaders
00:35:25.65\00:35:30.73
of nations? How
could a single power
00:35:30.93\00:35:33.93
make economic decisions
and financial decisions
00:35:34.13\00:35:37.17
and social decisions?
How could such a power
00:35:37.37\00:35:39.97
speak and everybody listens?
00:35:40.17\00:35:43.14
The Bible tells us in
Revelation 13:2 how and where
00:35:43.54\00:35:49.44
Rome received its power.
00:35:49.64\00:35:51.41
Listen to the inspired
words of John the Revelator.
00:35:51.61\00:35:55.65
The Bible says:
00:35:55.85\00:35:57.19
Did you get that?
00:36:16.40\00:36:17.74
The dragon gave Rome
its power, its throne,
00:36:17.77\00:36:21.41
and great authority.
00:36:21.61\00:36:23.01
Now I must say at this point
00:36:23.21\00:36:24.75
this is an abridged
version of what will be covered
00:36:24.95\00:36:27.72
in detail in the booklet
The Three Angels' Messages
00:36:27.92\00:36:31.72
in Summary and
you'll hear about that.
00:36:31.92\00:36:33.86
But Rome was given a
power that caused kings
00:36:34.26\00:36:38.56
and prime ministers and leaders
of all the nations of the earth
00:36:38.76\00:36:42.86
to look at that single power
right there in Vatican City
00:36:43.06\00:36:45.47
and say: "That's the man
that we listen when he speaks. "
00:36:45.67\00:36:48.64
And I will tell you
today all you've gotta do is
00:36:48.84\00:36:52.27
look at the pages of
not only ancient history
00:36:52.47\00:36:55.61
but modern history to
see that when Rome speaks
00:36:55.81\00:36:59.48
everyone turns an ear.
00:36:59.88\00:37:02.28
The question you
might ask yourself:
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.42
why is Rome so silent
at a time when the world is
00:37:04.62\00:37:08.79
fighting this tragic disease?
00:37:08.99\00:37:10.53
Who is this dragon
that gave Rome its power,
00:37:11.46\00:37:14.60
its seat, and great authority?
00:37:14.80\00:37:16.53
Let the Bible
answer the question.
00:37:16.93\00:37:18.80
we read these words from John
00:37:19.00\00:37:22.24
once again in the book of
the Revelation of Jesus Christ.
00:37:22.44\00:37:25.41
John says in Revelation 12:9:
00:37:25.61\00:37:28.04
How did they get cast
out? Let me tell you why.
00:37:48.16\00:37:50.70
Satan challenged God's
government in the beginning
00:37:51.60\00:37:54.40
and he lost the battle
against God and His government.
00:37:55.64\00:37:58.47
To God be the glory!
00:37:58.67\00:38:00.01
God won! In the
beginning the devil lost.
00:38:00.08\00:38:03.18
He tried to
overthrow the government of God
00:38:03.58\00:38:06.58
and he failed, but he
was cast to the earth.
00:38:06.78\00:38:09.58
He did not lose his desire,
he just enforced his desire
00:38:09.98\00:38:14.46
on humanity. He led
Adam and Eve into sin.
00:38:14.66\00:38:17.19
Eve was deceived;
Adam opened the door.
00:38:17.39\00:38:19.96
And from the day
that sin entered the world
00:38:20.16\00:38:22.46
Satan has been working his art
behind his curtain of deception,
00:38:22.66\00:38:26.63
behind his curtain of lies,
00:38:26.84\00:38:28.57
using humanity to
perpetrate the most
00:38:28.77\00:38:32.97
hideous evil - unimaginable
- to the person whose heart
00:38:33.17\00:38:37.05
is touched by God.
That's the power of Rome.
00:38:37.25\00:38:39.35
But the devil said something
that he was not able to
00:38:40.42\00:38:43.52
accomplish. But listen to
his words. This is a picture
00:38:43.72\00:38:47.76
of Satan's desire. And
since he was not able to
00:38:47.96\00:38:51.23
enforce that
desire in God's kingdom
00:38:51.43\00:38:53.86
he's now perpetrating
that desire on earth
00:38:54.26\00:38:56.90
through the system of
Rome that he has established
00:38:57.10\00:39:00.14
to trample the
world... to break it down,
00:39:00.34\00:39:03.10
to deceive it, and to
lead it away from worshiping
00:39:03.30\00:39:06.71
the true God.
Listen to Satan's desires
00:39:06.91\00:39:09.11
in Isaiah 14:13-14.
00:39:09.31\00:39:12.31
Hear the words of the
prophet. "For Satan said... "
00:39:12.71\00:39:15.95
Those were the words
of a boastful, rebellious
00:39:42.31\00:39:46.28
angel. Cut loose...
boasting to the face of God
00:39:46.48\00:39:50.05
but God said:
"Not on MY territory!
00:39:50.25\00:39:52.52
Not on MY time...
not in MY kingdom! "
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.92
When God took a stand
Satan had to bow to the
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.99
authority and power of God.
00:39:59.19\00:40:00.60
And the angels that took his
side Revelation tells us that
00:40:00.80\00:40:03.97
1/3 of the angels of
heaven that took his side
00:40:04.17\00:40:07.77
were cast to the
earth as we just read:
00:40:07.97\00:40:11.04
"And his angels
were cast out with him. "
00:40:11.34\00:40:14.01
And Satan has been
perpetrating for 6,000 years
00:40:14.21\00:40:18.98
his plan that he put in place
00:40:19.38\00:40:21.52
when he boasted
in the face of God.
00:40:21.72\00:40:23.99
But the apostle Paul tells us
00:40:24.19\00:40:26.39
what kind of power
this system would have
00:40:26.59\00:40:28.72
and how it would
sway those on this earth
00:40:28.92\00:40:32.23
in these last days.
00:40:32.43\00:40:33.86
Listen to the
words of the apostle Paul
00:40:34.06\00:40:36.03
in II Thessalonians 2:3-4.
00:40:36.23\00:40:39.43
He says to us today... listen to
these sobering words. He says:
00:40:39.83\00:40:43.27
The apostle Paul
paints a vivid picture.
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.51
A power that would appear
after the falling away comes.
00:41:19.71\00:41:24.71
The falling away from what?
00:41:24.91\00:41:27.05
From truth.
00:41:27.45\00:41:29.05
The falling
away from God's Word.
00:41:29.25\00:41:31.55
The falling away from
a "Thus saith the Lord. "
00:41:31.75\00:41:34.26
Let me explain.
00:41:34.92\00:41:36.26
If you lived for 1,260
years during the Dark Ages
00:41:36.56\00:41:41.03
and you were living in
the dark during the Dark Ages
00:41:41.33\00:41:44.23
and your house had no
light for 1,260 years,
00:41:44.43\00:41:48.14
and someone came by and
moved your furniture around
00:41:48.34\00:41:51.71
and they moved it
again and you never saw it,
00:41:51.91\00:41:54.04
but as the lights came
back on 1,260 years later
00:41:54.24\00:41:58.71
you would think to yourself:
"The furniture has always
00:41:59.11\00:42:02.05
been there. "
But the reality was
00:42:02.25\00:42:04.49
the devil has been moving that
furniture around for 1,260 yrs.
00:42:04.69\00:42:09.56
but you didn't even know it
because it was the Dark Ages.
00:42:09.76\00:42:14.20
Satan established a system
00:42:14.96\00:42:17.37
to do what he could not do.
00:42:17.57\00:42:19.43
And that system
was a ruthless system!
00:42:19.63\00:42:22.27
This religious and
political power of Rome
00:42:22.47\00:42:25.54
did some damage to the
earth that many of you may be
00:42:25.74\00:42:28.81
completely unaware of.
00:42:29.01\00:42:30.35
This beast described in
the second angel's message,
00:42:30.38\00:42:33.68
this beast now described
in the third angel's message
00:42:33.88\00:42:38.49
did damage to the
political and religious world.
00:42:38.69\00:42:41.76
Read the records. But
since you haven't read it
00:42:41.96\00:42:44.93
let me give you
an understanding.
00:42:45.13\00:42:46.63
What did Rome do
00:42:47.03\00:42:48.36
that has caused so much
confusion in Christianity today?
00:42:48.40\00:42:51.47
About 30,000 denominations.
So many teachings...
00:42:52.43\00:42:56.04
different conflicting views.
00:42:56.24\00:42:57.77
Yet it's hard for
any minister to say
00:42:57.97\00:43:00.78
that: "I'm not
getting it from God's Word. "
00:43:01.18\00:43:03.51
How could such
confusion exist today?
00:43:03.91\00:43:06.05
How could there be
such a diabolical approach
00:43:06.45\00:43:10.22
to the Word of God?
People believing that somehow
00:43:10.42\00:43:13.12
what they
believe is in God's Word.
00:43:13.32\00:43:15.02
What did Rome do?
Here are some examples.
00:43:15.22\00:43:17.53
Rome altered the
commandments of God.
00:43:17.73\00:43:20.40
The Bible said that Rome would
seek to change times and laws.
00:43:20.80\00:43:23.80
And it did that... it
altered the commandments of God.
00:43:24.00\00:43:26.57
What did Rome do?
00:43:26.77\00:43:28.20
Rome deleted the 2nd commandment
that forbids image worship.
00:43:28.40\00:43:31.67
Why? Because
they venerate images.
00:43:31.87\00:43:34.31
You've seen bowing before
statues that have no life.
00:43:34.51\00:43:37.75
Statues made of
plastic and concrete and metal.
00:43:38.15\00:43:41.05
They have eyes
but they cannot see,
00:43:41.25\00:43:42.98
hands but they cannot touch,
ears but they cannot hear.
00:43:43.18\00:43:45.55
They venerate these idols.
00:43:45.95\00:43:47.52
They sell you idols
and say: "Bow to it. "
00:43:47.72\00:43:49.92
And you bow before Mary
and do the sign of the cross.
00:43:50.13\00:43:52.19
THIS is what Rome has done.
00:43:52.39\00:43:53.76
Rather than bowing
before the true God
00:43:53.96\00:43:56.60
Rome said: "Let's
delete that commandment
00:43:56.80\00:43:58.77
so people won't know about it
and they'll therefore willingly
00:43:58.97\00:44:02.27
bow before the
idols that we erect. "
00:44:02.47\00:44:04.37
But Rome also moved
the fourth commandment
00:44:04.77\00:44:08.81
to the third when
they got rid of the second.
00:44:09.01\00:44:10.91
The fourth
commandment is about the Sabbath
00:44:11.31\00:44:13.21
but when you read the command-
ment as it is in the Douay
00:44:13.42\00:44:15.38
version of the Bible - the
Roman translation of the Bible -
00:44:15.58\00:44:19.32
you'll find that the
third commandment says:
00:44:19.52\00:44:21.12
"Remember the
Sabbath to keep it holy"
00:44:21.32\00:44:22.66
but it doesn't
tell you what day it is.
00:44:22.82\00:44:24.86
Do you know why?
Because Rome leads us to believe
00:44:25.06\00:44:27.73
that Sunday is
the day to worship.
00:44:27.93\00:44:29.43
What else did Rome do?
Rome split the 10th commandment
00:44:29.63\00:44:32.67
in two to take up all the slack.
00:44:32.87\00:44:35.27
The 10th commandment was
simply the 10th commandment
00:44:35.47\00:44:37.97
but Rome split that commandment
00:44:38.17\00:44:39.81
so they could take up the slack
making it the 9th and the 10th.
00:44:40.01\00:44:43.21
And they move all
the commandments up
00:44:43.41\00:44:45.35
to take the space of all
the changes that they made.
00:44:45.55\00:44:48.32
But that's just
the tip of the iceberg.
00:44:48.72\00:44:50.49
Can I keep going?
00:44:50.69\00:44:52.02
Rome also
substituted Sunday worship
00:44:52.05\00:44:56.12
for the Bible Sabbath.
00:44:56.32\00:44:57.66
The details are in that booklet
The Three Angels' Messages
00:44:57.69\00:45:00.50
in Summary. Rome also
formulated the false doctrine
00:45:00.70\00:45:04.07
of eternally burning
hell during the Dark Ages.
00:45:04.27\00:45:07.07
That's how they raised the
money to build their cathedrals.
00:45:07.27\00:45:10.01
They taught that people
will die and burn forever
00:45:10.21\00:45:12.64
and ever and ever in hell
00:45:12.84\00:45:14.18
if they were not
baptized before they died.
00:45:14.21\00:45:16.38
And that's where
infant baptism came from.
00:45:16.58\00:45:18.58
That's where
purgatory and limbo came from.
00:45:18.78\00:45:20.98
These deceptive lies came from
the mouth of that little horn
00:45:21.18\00:45:25.32
that spoke great
things and blasphemies against
00:45:25.52\00:45:28.96
the government of God.
00:45:29.16\00:45:30.49
Today millions
believe that there is an
00:45:30.59\00:45:32.69
eternally burning hell, but
it cannot be found in Scripture.
00:45:32.89\00:45:35.33
When you read the Bible
the Bible says they will be
00:45:35.53\00:45:37.60
burned up. They will be ashes
under the soles of our feet.
00:45:37.80\00:45:40.84
But let me keep going.
00:45:41.04\00:45:42.37
Rome also
formulated in the 1500's
00:45:42.57\00:45:45.07
something that millions
of Christians believe today:
00:45:45.27\00:45:48.21
the secret rapture.
00:45:48.41\00:45:50.28
They believe that somehow
when you're driving your car
00:45:50.48\00:45:52.75
one day you're
going to disappear.
00:45:52.95\00:45:54.68
When you study
history Francisco Ribera
00:45:54.88\00:45:57.79
and Luis del Alcázar were
two commissioned Jesuits by Rome
00:45:57.99\00:46:01.49
to turn the eyes of
the Reformers away from
00:46:01.79\00:46:04.79
the Bible. They knew that Rome
fit the description of the beast
00:46:04.99\00:46:08.60
of Daniel chapter 7.
They knew that Rome fit
00:46:08.80\00:46:11.70
the antichrist system so they
formulated the secret rapture.
00:46:11.90\00:46:15.27
And today millions of
those books are being sold...
00:46:15.47\00:46:18.37
the Left Behind theory.
00:46:18.57\00:46:20.58
Well, the only thing left
behind is the truth as it is in
00:46:20.78\00:46:23.95
Jesus. Rome also taught that
humans possess an immortal soul.
00:46:24.15\00:46:28.08
That the soul never dies but
goes to heaven when they die.
00:46:28.28\00:46:31.69
What does the
Bible say about the soul?
00:46:32.35\00:46:34.09
There is no immortal
soul hiding in my body.
00:46:34.29\00:46:36.62
Listen to God's Word.
Ezekiel 18:4 the Bible says:
00:46:36.83\00:46:39.86
The Bible also makes it clear
about what happens when we die.
00:46:48.90\00:46:51.67
Listen to the wise
man: Ecclesiastes 9:5-6.
00:46:51.87\00:46:56.08
Listen to God's
Word. The Bible says:
00:46:56.28\00:46:58.55
THAT's what the Bible
says. But it doesn't stop there.
00:47:18.47\00:47:21.70
What else did Rome do?
Rome teaches to this very day...
00:47:21.90\00:47:24.97
Rome teaches to this very day
that Mary, the mother of Jesus,
00:47:25.17\00:47:29.54
is alive in heaven and
is one of the intercessors.
00:47:29.74\00:47:33.25
This delusion was
created by placing tradition
00:47:34.15\00:47:37.85
above the Bible. Mary, who
gave birth to the earthly Jesus,
00:47:38.05\00:47:43.56
is not alive in heaven.
She is not our intercessor.
00:47:43.76\00:47:46.56
Can we allow the
Bible to speak for us?
00:47:46.76\00:47:48.86
You see, the Bible
makes it very very clear
00:47:49.06\00:47:51.03
that Mary is not the
intercessor; Mary is not...
00:47:51.23\00:47:54.70
Mary is not a
part of the godhead.
00:47:54.90\00:47:56.57
So when people
that know no better say:
00:47:56.97\00:47:59.37
"Hail Mary, full of grace"
00:47:59.57\00:48:01.11
oh friends, THIS is a
diabolical lie from Rome...
00:48:01.31\00:48:06.18
from Satan who wants to take
the glory that belongs to Christ
00:48:06.58\00:48:10.85
and give it to someone else.
00:48:11.05\00:48:13.12
Let the Bible speak.
In I Timothy 2:5 the Bible
00:48:13.32\00:48:16.36
makes it clear. The Bible says:
00:48:16.56\00:48:18.43
There's only one
Mediator and His name is Jesus.
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John 14:6 also
says... listen to the Bible:
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I can't go to the Father
through any earthly person.
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I can't go to God
through any earthly priest.
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I've gotta go to
God through Jesus.
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He's the only Mediator.
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He's the only One
that died for my sins.
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He is that Man Christ
Jesus and that God Christ Jesus.
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He is linking heaven to earth.
00:49:01.64\00:49:03.07
The divine side
linking man to divinity.
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The human side
linking divinity to humanity.
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He is the only One
standing between me and heaven.
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When I pray I
pray in Jesus' name...
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not in the name of anybody else.
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That's what the
Bible says in Hebrews 7:25.
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As I'm preaching
as you're listening
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Jesus is our High Priest.
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Not some earthly priesthood.
Not some priesthood where I go
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into a booth and I
begin to confess to a man
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who has to confess his own sins.
00:49:46.98\00:49:49.22
Not someone who puts on
his pants one leg at a time
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like you and I do.
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Not someone whose life is
temporary and one day ends up
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in the grave. The only One that
can forgive sin is Christ Jesus.
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The only One that can save
me and remove the stain of sin
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upon my life is
the Man Christ Jesus.
00:50:03.43\00:50:05.07
But what Satan
claimed to want to do
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he has established a system
on earth to deceive millions
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and millions and billions
into believing that somehow
00:50:12.94\00:50:16.44
this system of Rome is
the answer for humanity.
00:50:16.85\00:50:20.42
Why is this message
so vitally important?
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Why am I
preaching with such passion?
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Because God has Christians
in every walk of life.
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God has sincere Christians
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in every denomination
littering this planet
00:50:35.06\00:50:38.20
from north to
south, east to west.
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God is saying
to those Christians
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"It is time to worship the
Lord in spirit and in truth. "
00:50:43.54\00:50:46.84
"It is time to turn
away from false doctrines;
00:50:47.24\00:50:49.68
turn away from false
teachings about death and hell
00:50:49.88\00:50:53.38
and heaven and
intercessory work. "
00:50:53.58\00:50:55.88
"It is time to say
Christ is the ONLY way. "
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But Satan, knowing that if
he can direct our attention
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away from Christ, how
could we find salvation
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when we're looking to
somebody other than Christ.
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.93
There's only salvation
found in the person of Christ.
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But now, why is
this message important?
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The third angel is warning
against worshiping the beast,
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his image, and
receiving his mark.
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Now let me make
something very very clear.
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The beast system is
presently alive and well
00:51:28.28\00:51:33.15
as I'm preaching right now.
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That monolithic system of Rome
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with daughters that have
embraced what she teaches...
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The Bible says Babylon is not
by itself... it has daughters.
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How can you recognize
the daughters of that system?
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When they believe the
same thing. The Bible says
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these have one mind. If
you believe that you die
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and go to heaven, that
came out of Rome's teachings.
00:51:53.74\00:51:55.71
That's the daughter of Rome.
00:51:55.91\00:51:57.38
If you believe in an eternally
burning hell, that's a gift...
00:51:57.58\00:52:00.08
that's the daughter of Rome.
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God is saying: "Don't
look away to the false
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woman; look to the true woman:
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that woman in Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 17. "
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The Bible makes it
clear: the beast system is alive
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and well today.
The image of the beast
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is alive and well
today. The image of the beast
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is the exaltation
of Sunday worship.
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But let me make a third
vitally important point:
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right now... let me
say that word again...
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as I stand here: no one
has the mark of the beast
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yet. No one.
00:52:34.75\00:52:36.45
Somebody just took a breath.
00:52:37.32\00:52:38.82
"Whoo! After all that I'm
glad to know no one has it! "
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But I ended with the word yet.
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Why? Because until
Sunday is made a day of legal
00:52:44.96\00:52:50.53
legislation... You might
say: "Well that will never
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happen. " Well, you
never thought there would be
00:52:53.23\00:52:55.24
legislation for
homosexual marriage either
00:52:55.44\00:52:57.21
but that happened.
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The Bible says: "As it
was in the days of Lot. "
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It's just like the days of Lot.
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It's just like the days of Noah.
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Things that are being legalized
that threaten the marriage
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institution we will never think
that that would ever happen.
00:53:07.62\00:53:10.12
Who would ever think
that we would live in a nation
00:53:10.52\00:53:12.55
where it's now legal
that a man can marry a man
00:53:12.75\00:53:15.19
and a woman can marry a woman?
00:53:15.39\00:53:16.73
And it's legalized.. regardless
of what God's Word says.
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We never
thought it would happen.
00:53:21.03\00:53:22.36
But let me tell
you why it happened.
00:53:22.46\00:53:23.80
God only blessed two
things in the Garden of Eden
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before sin: He
blessed the marriage
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and He blessed the Sabbath.
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Satan has already removed
the sanctity of the Sabbath.
00:53:30.31\00:53:32.77
For centuries, for millennia
people have been worshiping
00:53:32.97\00:53:35.88
on Sunday. So
Satan just finished
00:53:36.08\00:53:38.85
the second part of his attack
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and he's going to
take it to the next level
00:53:41.12\00:53:42.92
in the not-too-distant future.
00:53:43.12\00:53:44.55
That's why there
is same-sex marriage.
00:53:45.19\00:53:47.06
He has removed an institution
that people and Christians
00:53:47.26\00:53:50.83
never thought
would ever be altered.
00:53:51.03\00:53:53.33
Is there something
wrong with the marriage? No!
00:53:53.53\00:53:55.96
Is there something
wrong with the Sabbath? No!
00:53:56.97\00:53:59.27
The problem is not
in what God blessed;
00:53:59.67\00:54:02.54
the problem is
in the human vessel.
00:54:02.74\00:54:04.74
But the Bible says that
the next move in forming
00:54:05.14\00:54:07.74
an alliance and embracing
the institution of Sunday
00:54:07.94\00:54:11.51
is going to happen
here in the United States.
00:54:11.71\00:54:14.45
I add the last component
00:54:14.85\00:54:16.48
to marked for
death or sealed for life.
00:54:16.69\00:54:18.85
You see, when Rome was
going down - I showed you
00:54:19.05\00:54:21.39
the graphic - the
United States was coming up.
00:54:21.59\00:54:23.73
But now there was a time
when Rome could never come
00:54:24.53\00:54:26.66
to the United States. There
was a time that the Vatican was
00:54:26.86\00:54:29.03
never welcomed here, but
that's no longer the case.
00:54:29.23\00:54:31.13
We have an
ambassador to Vatican City.
00:54:31.33\00:54:33.97
Since our former president
Ronald Reagan, ambassadorship.
00:54:34.17\00:54:37.77
An open dialogue with
Rome has been kept open
00:54:37.97\00:54:40.81
ever since then Rome and
has influenced so many things
00:54:41.01\00:54:44.41
in our politics here in America.
00:54:44.61\00:54:46.35
The Bible says in
Revelation 13 verse 11
00:54:46.75\00:54:49.18
look at the
not-too-distant future...
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Speaking about
America the Bible says:
00:54:51.55\00:54:53.22
Those two horn
represented the United States.
00:55:00.90\00:55:03.23
When the United
States came into existence
00:55:03.43\00:55:05.73
they offered two things to us:
00:55:05.93\00:55:07.70
a Protestant form of
religion protesting Rome
00:55:08.10\00:55:13.68
and a republic
form of government...
00:55:13.88\00:55:16.61
simply meaning not
Republican vs. Democrat.
00:55:16.81\00:55:19.11
It's a democracy
based on the system
00:55:19.31\00:55:21.52
of a republic by the
people, for the people.
00:55:21.72\00:55:24.49
It was not that way in Europe.
00:55:24.69\00:55:26.09
They did what the
people at the top said.
00:55:26.49\00:55:28.79
In America we
vote... we are a ground up
00:55:28.99\00:55:31.59
grass roots movement.
Thank the Lord for that!
00:55:31.79\00:55:33.90
Your vote and my
vote DOES still count.
00:55:34.10\00:55:36.43
But that's not
how it was in Europe.
00:55:36.93\00:55:38.53
That's why when we
established the Constitution
00:55:38.73\00:55:41.47
it was for "a
more perfect union"
00:55:41.67\00:55:43.81
because it was not a
perfect union in Europe.
00:55:44.01\00:55:46.68
But listen to Revelation 13:12
because this country, America,
00:55:46.88\00:55:50.78
who has open dialogue
with Rome will one day
00:55:50.98\00:55:54.75
follow in the footsteps of Rome
00:55:54.95\00:55:57.09
and build an alliance bringing
Sunday to the forefront.
00:55:57.29\00:56:00.52
Listen carefully, verse 12:
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And now I end with a
very solemn quotation
00:56:13.20\00:56:15.94
from the book
Testimonies for the Church
00:56:16.14\00:56:17.94
volume 5 page 451. Listen:
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What a sobering message!
00:57:00.32\00:57:01.82
Don't worship the beast or
his image or receive his mark
00:57:02.02\00:57:05.52
in your right hand
or in your forehead.
00:57:05.72\00:57:07.29
Don't support it;
don't accept its teachings.
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Friends, Sunday
legislation is not yet enforced.
00:57:10.23\00:57:14.26
Today you can make a
decision to follow Christ.
00:57:14.66\00:57:16.80
Because when Sunday
becomes a law in America
00:57:17.20\00:57:20.24
it'll quickly become a
law around the entire world
00:57:20.44\00:57:23.54
and an image to
Rome will be formed
00:57:23.74\00:57:26.88
and the mark will be
imposed upon humanity.
00:57:27.08\00:57:30.01
Everyone will be
legislatively compelled
00:57:30.21\00:57:33.62
to honor Sunday or
honor the Bible Sabbath.
00:57:33.82\00:57:37.72
But here's my closing question:
00:57:38.12\00:57:39.89
marked for death
or sealed for life?
00:57:40.09\00:57:42.36
That's the question that
you must answer for yourself.
00:57:42.56\00:57:45.69
When that day comes
00:57:45.89\00:57:47.93
when the final
call to humanity is over
00:57:48.13\00:57:51.33
where will you stand?
00:57:51.53\00:57:53.57
Will you be on Christ's
side or on the devil's side?
00:57:53.77\00:57:56.77
And the question is simple:
00:57:56.97\00:57:58.31
will you be marked for death
00:57:58.34\00:58:00.78
or sealed for life?
00:58:00.98\00:58:03.18
May God bless you as you
make that eternal decision.
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