Hello friends, grab
your Bible and a friend
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and sit back as
we explore God's word
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together on this
edition of House Calls.
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Welcome to another
edition of House Calls program
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as you can tell both
Johns are in the house. Right.
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This is the house to be in,
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the place where we make
a call on your life today
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and also the Lord
makes the call on your life.
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Now, we are not
just sharing the Bible
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we are actually
challenging you to follow it for
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yourself. So, get
your Bibles, get your pens,
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get your papers
hit the record button
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if you have the
chance or the opportunity
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or the ability to do
that and follow along this
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program as we continue
answering your questions
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and also edging our way
through the understanding
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of the topic of
the mark of the Beast
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and my good friend is
here. What's your name sir.
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I am Pastor John Stanton.
Good to have you here John,
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good to be here. Shall we pray?
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I think we
should do that. Alright.
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Dear Father in heaven,
what a blessing it is to
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come before you here
today and ask you to lead
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us through the word.
Lord, this word is given
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by you to us so
that we may understand
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what you are asking
of us Lord as Christians
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to follow you in
all your ways to lead
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and guide us safely
through that narrow path
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that leads to
salvation and we pray Lord that
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as we understand
or seek to understand
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what is going to
happen soon in the last days
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the time of trouble we
pray that you would make
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it clear. Make it
very, very clear to both us
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and to those who are
listening to your word
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here today in
Jesus name. Amen, Amen.
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And as you know friends
this will make this program
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exciting with your
questions. That's right
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your Bible
questions and some of you are
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so faithful in
sending them in we do really
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appreciate what you
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interesting and
challenging, we also accept
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and encourage you
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Sometimes let us
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be further clarified or
if you have an additional
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question
pertaining to something that
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we have talked about
in one of our topics,
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but none the less
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any comments or
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and try our
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and we will use the
word of God to answer
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those Bible verses and
answer those Bible questions.
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I think you have
a question for us.
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What do you have
for us John? I do,
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I do it's a question from Frank.
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If we shall all stand
before the judgment seat
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of Christ what are we to
understand by this verse.
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Okay, John 5:24,
I'm a little puzzled,
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but I wanna make sure
I catch your answer here,
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so lets take a look at
John 5:24 because we know
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that Jesus does say or
Paul does say that we will
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all appear before the
judgment seat of Christ,
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that is a fact, that's,
that's also established,
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but what is meant by
this verse John 5:24.
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Most assuredly, I say to
you, he who hears My word
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and believes in Him who
sent Me has everlasting life,
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and shall not
come into judgment,
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but is passed
from death into life.
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Okay, alright, so
what is meant by this verse
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if you have been
following along with any of the
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recent programs we've
done, we talked a little bit
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about the judgment and how,
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and the different
aspects of the judgment
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and there are two
predominant phases
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to that judgment. There
is one prior to Christ return
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and that is called the
investigative judgment.
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It compares to a trial
were prior to the judgment
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of the jury that the
court is in session and it
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investigates the
evidence of one's life and so
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that investigation
comes as part of the judgment
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and it's called the
pre-advent judgment prior
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to the return of
Christ and we know that
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because when Jesus
comes his reward is with him.
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He will give his
reward to his saints.
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Then there is the
judgment that comes after that,
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after that judgment which
is after the thousand years
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and that is the
executive phase of the judgment.
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The sentencing and
the carrying out of the
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punishment, that part
of the judgment is done
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after the thousand
years. Now, if we look at this
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verse what he
is actually saying.
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Jesus is saying is
that those who hear his word
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and believes in Him
has everlasting life,
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and they shall not
come into judgment.
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That is under
sentencing, under the punishment
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phase because they
passed from death to life,
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so there is a
judgment for everyone,
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but for those who are
in Christ they come enter
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their not guilty plea
by the blood of the lamb.
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Christ then by his
merit steps in their behalf.
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Intercedes for them
and when that investigation
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happens into their
life the sins that they have
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committed are covered
by the blood of Christ.
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There is no penalty
that needs to be carried out
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for those sins,
because they do not appear
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what appears is
the merits of Christ
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and those merits in
his behalf take him from
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death the penalty of sin
into life because there is
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no penalty because there
is no sin that is seen there,
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so that's what is
being described here John.
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Okay and something
else I would like to add
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to that the word
judgment there comes from the
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Greek word which we get
the word krisis, KRISIS.
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Ever other place in
the New Testament that
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word is in the
King James Version.
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It is translated word
you will not come into
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Condemnation. In the New
King James Version is you
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will not come
into judgment. So, that
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sometimes where the
misconception or where
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the misunderstanding
may come into play.
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Everyone of us
will come into judgment,
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but not everyone of us
will come into Condemnation.
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Condemnation, that's
right. And so you find,
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when you look at the
word and I will go ahead
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and bring it up
here in front of me.
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The word Condemnation
here in the context of,
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for example look
at John 5 in verse 22,
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and I am reading this
from the King James Version
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it says. For the
Father judgeth no man,
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but he hath committed
all judgment onto the Son.
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And then verse
24. Verily, verily,
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I say unto you, He
that heareth my word,
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and believeth on
him that sent me,
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hath everlasting life,
and shall not come into
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condemnation; but is
passed from death to life.
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And so you get there
the word judgment means
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he won't be condemned.
If you believe in the Lord,
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you won't be
condemned. Not just judged
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and in the same
sense the word judgment
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and Condemnation are the same.
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In another words you
would not be under the
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wrath of God's judgment. Right.
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When you believe and
have everlasting life
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when you have given
your life to the Lord.
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You have passed from
death, you don't have
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to deal with all that. Right.
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You are now standing in
the place of eternal life.
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Right, so that's
what it means right there.
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Yeah in Condemnation
you see more specific word
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for the phase of the
judgment that is executive
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is that carrying
out of a sentence so.
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Very good, very good.
I have a question here
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from a person. I like
this. This is the lengthy
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question, but
you made your point,
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but I am gonna read
it because there are some
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that may think along
the line and by the way
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if we cover questions that may,
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that may come
across something that you
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believe
denominationally bare with us
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because we don't
want to be offensive to
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anybody of any
particular denomination.
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We want you to know
what the Bible teaches.
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So, in some sense
we may see this is
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what is taught, but if
that what's you believe
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don't take it
personally or just examine
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if you see what the
Bible has to say about it.
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Hello Pastor, I am
watching House Calls
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and he mention the
date and Pastor Lomacang
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was talking about Peter
at the House of Cornelius
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its in Acts chapter
10. Pastor Lomacang also
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mentioned how Peter
wouldn't allow Cornelius
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to worship at his
feet. Quite contrary to the
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papacy this person
writes. If I may, I would like
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to address from
scripture John 1 verse 35 to 42
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John the Baptist
teaches Andrew that Jesus is the
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Messiah. Andrew goes
to his brother Simon Peter
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and tells him.
He's met the Messiah.
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Andrew introduces
Peter to Jesus and Jesus
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calls Peter Cephas. Now,
verse 42 interpret Cephas
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as a stone. The
stone there is Petros.
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Now, Peter knows
that Jesus is the Messiah
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and that Jesus calls
him Cephas meaning a stone
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or a Petros. This
is how he winds up.
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If this is the first
time Peter makes the statement
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that Jesus is the Christ
the son of the living God.
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Jesus clearly
addresses the 12 and revealed
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one of them was the devil.
All of the 12 disciples of
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Christ know that Jesus
is the Christ and Peter is
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a stone from the
previous experience,
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but in verse 20
Jesus clearly tells the 12
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not to talk about
Jesus being the Christ.
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Let me see where he's headed.
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This means Jesus
wasn't talking about Peter,
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but about himself as
far as building the church,
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otherwise Peter was
free to talk about himself
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if he was really the
rock to build God's church on.
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Please respond back if
you believe me to be in error.
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Joe, you've hit it
right on the head if you go
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to First
Corinthians, go there with us.
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First Corinthians chapter 10,
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Peter was not
understanding himself
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to be the foundation on
which the church was built,
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because if Peter was
the foundation then the
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church was in trouble
because Peter denied Jesus.
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So, how could you
build the church on a
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faulty foundation.
First Corinthians chapter 10
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verse 4. It says
And all drink the same
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spiritual drink for
they drank from that rock
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or that spiritual
rock that followed them
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and that Rock was
Christ. So, Peter is a stone,
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Jesus is a rock. There is
the difference all together.
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Cephas has compared to Petra.
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When Jesus is on
this rock he means Petra
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that you the stone Cephas.
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So, the difference is
Jesus is the foundation
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and the Book of Acts
makes it clear no other
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foundation can anyone
lay then that which is laid
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which is Christ
Jesus. So, your point is very
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well taken. Peter
is not the first Pope.
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Peter is not the
first Pope by any means
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and Peter is not connected
to the rise of the Papacy.
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He was simply one of
the 12 disciples later
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known as also one
of the 12 Apostles.
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He does not claim to be
the authority of the church
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and the Lord gave
the disciples authority,
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but the Lord did not
build the church on any
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of the disciples.
Peter's own words here
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from First Peter
chapter 2 okay verse 4.
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Coming to him as
to a living stone,
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rejected indeed by
men, but chosen by God
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and precious. You
also as living stones
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are being built up a
spiritual house a holy
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priesthood to offer
up spiritual sacrifices
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acceptable to God
through Christ Jesus
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and then we know that
also through other things
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he is the chief corner stone.
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That's right, so then
with comparing that with
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the scripture you just
read from First Corinthians 10
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we find that Jesus is the rock.
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He is also the
chief cornerstone,
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but we are the
living stones that are part
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of his church, his
building. That's right.
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So what, it makes
sense that God would refer to
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Peter as the
stone. Right. This in fact
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that's what someone
wants to define him as.
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Right, but they doesn't
define him as the rock of
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the church. That's
right. He have to have a
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huge leap even leap
over Peter's own words to
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get to that
conclusion. And well put John
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I mean very, very
well put you have to
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really stretch to try
to come to the conclusion
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that Peter is the rock
upon which the church is built.
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The problem with that
is if you check lately
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Peter's dead. Jesus
is the living stone,
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Jesus is the stone
that the builders rejected.
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Jesus is the rock
and when as Matthew says
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we build on the rock.
The winds are going to blow,
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the waves are going
to beat with all the fury
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on the rock, but
when on the house,
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but when it is
established on the rock it will
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not fall. So, unlike
that many can believe
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that Peter is the
first Pope, but Bible doesn't
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support that.
And so hopefully you
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will consult scripture to
see that the rock is Christ.
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No other
foundation can anyone lay than
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that which is laid
which is Christ Jesus.
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What else do you have for us?.
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I have a question here from,
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I was hoping to get
a name here but I don't
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see one. Alright.
So anyway let me just
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read the question for you here.
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It doesn't really
give much information about
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the person who is
writing it. Alright.
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It says that many
foretell that this is
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the end of times. The
final days of the world,
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has not judgment
passed not only from Israel,
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but also to the world,
verily Jesus told Peter
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to forgive a
man not seven times,
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but 70 time seven,
how long shall salvation
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in Condemnation be withheld.
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Therefore wise of
the King of Kings Jesus
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Christ has not come is
it because all Prophecy
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has not been
fulfilled. So, and the point
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he makes the
connection he makes here is
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in fact that Israel
was given as a Nation
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as God's people a
period of probation.
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We saw that it's
490 years that ended in
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34 A.D. then the
message was passed onto
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the Gentiles through
the disciples through Paul
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and now at the
end of time all the
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inhabitants of the
world will be finally closing
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their probationary
time at the end where with
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after that Christ
will come and will finish,
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put an end to all
things. So, he makes the
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right connection
there absolutely.
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The question is
what is the reason
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why he hasn't come
yet. And the first verse
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that we have to
go to is found in,
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let me find it here it
is I believe Second Peter
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if I am correct. Second Peter 3.
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Okay I am there
Second Peter verse 9.
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Okay, Second Peter 3 verse 9.
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It says the Lord is not
slack concerning his promise,
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as some count
slackness; but his longsuffering
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toward us, not willing
that any should perish,
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but that all
should come to repentance,
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so what Peter is
saying and in the next verse
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of course described as
the second coming of the
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Lord the day of
Christ, but what the Peter
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seems to be suggesting
here is that Jesus is patient,
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he is long suffering,
he is waiting for this
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message of the
Gospel to be preached to all
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the world, so that
no one need be perished,
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but that all can come
to an saving knowledge
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of Jesus Christ and
enter into the Kingdom of God
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when he comes, so
we can take as many as
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he can with him. Now,
this is contrary to lot
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of the thoughts about
God. Some many believe
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that God is like
standing by just waiting for you
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to catch you to
do something wrong,
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but the Bible paints a
far different picture than
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that basically the
Bible is very clear that he is
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loving, he is kind, he
is patient and that he is
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warning everyone
that he possibly can to be
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part of the kingdom of God.
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So, he is doing
everything if he can to get
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you in not to keep
you out and so this is
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what the delay or
this apparent tearing time
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that we're enduring right now,
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this is what it's all
about. Its waiting for the
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everlasting Gospel
to reach all the world
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then the end will come
that's from Matthew 24 verse 14.
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When you point
this out it puts Jesus
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in the light of one
who is not in a hurry,
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but one who
really wants to glean.
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I think of the
vineyard and if you've ever seen
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vineyards before
John you're a Californian
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and I lived in California
for a quite bit of time to
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work in a
vineyard is a lot of work
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and the vineyards of
the world are the place
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where the
harvest is all prepared.
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The Lord doesn't wanna just,
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he doesn't want to
ride a motorcycle through
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the vineyard. He just
grabs stuff off of the vines.
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He wants us to go
through that vineyard
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all the precious
fruit and he is not willing
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as the vinedresser
would be as the person
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who owns the
vineyard. He is not willing that
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any of us just fall
to the ground and rot.
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And so God is
patient, you know we want the
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world, we want all the suffering
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and the heartache and
the disasters to wind up
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and just be done, but
like a precious vinedresser,
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like a person who
looks at the vineyard
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every morning with great
anticipation of the harvest.
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The Lord is
looking at every grape,
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every stock is
precious and I like that text
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and so when I hear
that he is not willing
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that any should
perish. I think that
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when I called my brother
in the Virgin Islands in the
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Saint Thomas. He has
a mango tree in his yard
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and my wife went
out and bought a mango
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and he said
what's wrong with you.
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I have this tree filled
with mango and they're just
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falling to the ground.
Don't spend money they are
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right in my yard. In
the very same way there
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is not a whole lot
that we need to do.
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We don't have to go
to great levels extent to
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find precious souls
some of them are right in our
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yards and the Lord
in essence is saying
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I don't want anybody to perish,
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but I do want them
to come to repentance
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and so that
willingness is the reason
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why the Lord
hasn't yet comeback.
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He wants us to be saved.
And thank you for that John.
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And sometime I mean
there will be an end
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and probation will
close for humanity,
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but it doesn't close
until everyone has a chance
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to make their
decision. See that's the issue.
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God is giving the
time for everyone to make a
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decision to take a stand
on God's side for a stand
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with the enemy,
which is one of the reasons
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why we're talking
about the mark of the beast,
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there's a study
here. Very powerful topic.
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Do you wanna end
our questions early
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and cover more of
the mark of the Beast?
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I think we should we
got a little bit to cover
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in this last
program on this topic.
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Yeah I think we should
and so we gonna wind up
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our question point
right now and transition over
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into our topic for
today and but thank you
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for your questions,
everyone of them is important
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everyone is special to
us. If you have any further
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questions do you
like to submit to us on
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any topic that
comes to your mind send
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those questions to
housecalls@3abn.org
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that's housecalls@3abn.org.
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I think org means organization.
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It does, hopefully
it also means organized.
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We want to be
organized, so I thank you for
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those questions for
John. Lets talk back into the
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topic of the mark of the Beast.
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We have laid some
foundation talking about
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Revelation chapter 13
and I believe now go back
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to that I believe we
paused at around verse 11 or 12.
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We just started
getting into the second beast
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from the land in
verse 11. Okay and then
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we gonna break that
down and before we get
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back into that and
continue on with our topic.
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I like to mention
something to you just a
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couple of things maybe.
First of all we are talking
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about Rome and
the Church of Rome.
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We've identified
that as the first beast
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the sea beast
here in Revelation 13.
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You know this beast
clearly is a persecuting power
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and a power that
speaks blasphemies,
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great things it says
they have an authority
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for an extended period
of time and so forth and
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so on, Daniel 7 also
describes the beast in
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the same way. I
wanna make sure that people
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understand that we are
not talking about people
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in individuals were
talking about a system a system
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that the devil's going
to use to attack the Saints
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to disseminate lies
and false teachings in the
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world. So, this
isn't about the people
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and I will tell you
I mean if, if I was a
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Roman Catholic. I'll
initially be a little bit
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offended. Yeah and
there is a nothing wrong with
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that I absolutely
understand that to hear wait
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a minute you are
calling my church the beast,
00:21:03.45\00:21:06.09
but I wanna add this.
This is an individual,
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this isn't a people
thing and the test of the mark
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has been has not
come yet, but has,
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so God's people are everywhere.
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God's people in the
Roman Catholic Church.
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God's people are in all
these parts and dominations.
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God's people are
in every religion here
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they are scattered everywhere,
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but God is now in
this last days gathering
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his people. He is
bringing them together
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and as Revelation
says in Revelation 14
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and in three angels messages
and in the Revelation 18,
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he will call them
out when Babylon falls.
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He is calling his
people out, so this message is
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coming to our
people come out of her.
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That's right. Not to
remain in her because the system
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has been
corrupted not God's people.
00:21:50.12\00:21:53.05
God's people are
still God's people,
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but he is calling them
out. So, that's what we
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are coming from here today.
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The other thing
too I would add is that
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the devil's doing a
really good job these days
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John of, getting us
to forget what it means
00:22:03.40\00:22:06.25
to be a Protestant
to get forget what the
00:22:06.28\00:22:09.58
reformation was really
about. If you look at these
00:22:09.61\00:22:12.24
reformers Swingley and
Martin Luther who began
00:22:12.27\00:22:17.06
the Reformation
and Hus and Jerome and
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those who experienced
the persecution of the
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Roman Catholic Church.
The inquisition periods
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and what it was a
part of they had no problem
00:22:26.67\00:22:29.64
in calling the Roman
Church the beast. Right,
00:22:29.67\00:22:34.14
and they were the
first to identify it as the
00:22:34.17\00:22:36.06
beast the
Seventh-day Adventist Church is
00:22:36.09\00:22:37.97
simply taking up the
reformation and going
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forward with it.
Right. We are not inventing.
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We are not
reinventing the wheel.
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This is something that
one of our friends here
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that helps us tape
the program is one of the
00:22:46.82\00:22:50.49
guys behind the
camera, he mentioned that
00:22:50.52\00:22:52.46
Matthew Henry in his
commentary speaks pretty
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strongly about the
Pope when he talks about
00:22:54.97\00:22:57.25
the beast. Right,
so, this stuff has been
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around for a long time.
What we are saying is the
00:23:00.70\00:23:03.39
devil's doing a very
good job to hide it from
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the people. So, that
people don't know about it
00:23:05.64\00:23:07.86
and friends if you
don't House Calls know us now,
00:23:07.89\00:23:11.27
we will expose, we
will bring to the forefront
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Gods' truth and that's
what we wanna do here today
00:23:13.85\00:23:16.86
with the mark of the
beast. And you know one of the
00:23:16.89\00:23:19.42
reasons why we come to
that conclusion is pretty
00:23:19.45\00:23:22.36
much one of the
same reasons why the
00:23:22.39\00:23:23.73
reformers came
to that conclusion.
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The Bible outlines earmarks.
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If you were to go
through a bill of lading
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you would match up all
the numbers you understand
00:23:29.99\00:23:32.27
that this is the
package you are waiting for.
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You have tracking
numbers, you have exist signs.
00:23:34.00\00:23:38.22
All of those indicators
point inequitably without
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a shadow of a doubt that
the power that's talked about
00:23:41.68\00:23:44.59
as this final great
power that will reign over the
00:23:44.62\00:23:47.13
earth is the power of Rome.
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Daniel began by outlining
the four great kingdoms
00:23:49.16\00:23:52.59
of the world.
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
00:23:52.62\00:23:54.21
Greece and Rome and
Rome did not disappear
00:23:54.24\00:23:57.69
until God establish his kingdom.
00:23:57.72\00:23:59.73
So Rome existed as
a people, as a pagan
00:23:59.76\00:24:03.40
power first and when
Jesus was on the earth
00:24:03.43\00:24:06.28
when his
disciples were functioning
00:24:06.31\00:24:08.28
when the Jews all
the New Testament was
00:24:08.31\00:24:10.44
written during the
time of the reign of Rome.
00:24:10.47\00:24:12.27
Not the reign of
Greece and so you find that
00:24:12.30\00:24:15.26
Rome has a very lush
history from pagan Rome
00:24:15.29\00:24:19.80
to Papal Rome and
today we have now this
00:24:19.83\00:24:23.53
Religio-Political
power many Governments look
00:24:23.56\00:24:26.77
at the Papacy in the
sense of a political power,
00:24:26.80\00:24:29.56
but also in the
largest spiritual power.
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So, Religio-Political
together in the Bible makes
00:24:34.51\00:24:37.96
that clear. So, when
we talk about the systems
00:24:37.99\00:24:40.23
and John made a
very, you did a very good,
00:24:40.26\00:24:42.67
and I am glad that you
thought about the people
00:24:42.70\00:24:44.77
in that sense,
because people will hear
00:24:44.80\00:24:46.76
this things and say
you know they really
00:24:46.79\00:24:48.38
don't like Catholics.
Well, let me give you a hint.
00:24:48.41\00:24:51.01
My family is
probably 97 percent Catholic
00:24:51.04\00:24:55.31
and I love all of my
family, but the one thing I am
00:24:55.34\00:24:59.13
not gonna to cut
corners on is allow them
00:24:59.16\00:25:01.63
to continually be
duped by things that are
00:25:01.66\00:25:04.22
not true. So, we
have to expose the system
00:25:04.25\00:25:07.05
that's not telling the
truth to sincere individuals
00:25:07.08\00:25:10.45
who love the Lord
with all their heart.
00:25:10.48\00:25:12.51
They have got to
come out of these systems
00:25:12.54\00:25:14.14
of darkness in order
to understand the truths
00:25:14.17\00:25:16.66
of God's word. But who
is behind it all what ever
00:25:16.69\00:25:20.18
denomination teaches
what ever is not in the
00:25:20.21\00:25:22.10
Bible Satan is behind it
all. That's why the dragon
00:25:22.13\00:25:25.65
gave him his power,
his seat and his great
00:25:25.68\00:25:29.39
authority and that
dragon is Satan himself.
00:25:29.42\00:25:31.21
And the Satan
works through Pagan Rome
00:25:31.24\00:25:33.80
which then became
Papal Rome and Daniel 7
00:25:33.83\00:25:39.42
and Daniel 8 identified
this the little horn power
00:25:39.45\00:25:41.78
came up and
became prominent from the
00:25:41.81\00:25:43.98
4th beast and began to
then speak to the blasphemies
00:25:44.01\00:25:47.23
and everything that
he did and persecute.
00:25:47.26\00:25:49.92
The same in that
same way Satan is hiding
00:25:49.95\00:25:54.90
behind this second
Beast power beginning in
00:25:54.93\00:25:58.30
Revelation 11 we've
identified that power already
00:25:58.33\00:26:00.92
that land beast
as United States.
00:26:00.95\00:26:03.39
Satan is lying
dormant or is kind behind
00:26:03.42\00:26:06.31
this and he's going
to them bring that to the
00:26:06.34\00:26:08.87
forefront to join
powers or forces with the
00:26:08.90\00:26:13.29
Papal power to bring
about a last day persecution,
00:26:13.32\00:26:18.51
a time of trouble
that Jesus describes as the
00:26:18.54\00:26:21.21
great tribulation, a
time such as never was since
00:26:21.24\00:26:24.25
there ever has been a
nation. And that's what
00:26:24.28\00:26:28.51
we are getting to here
John and notice here one
00:26:28.54\00:26:31.17
last thing
before we get into it.
00:26:31.20\00:26:32.52
The Papal powers
authority was broken for a time.
00:26:32.55\00:26:38.82
It had 1260 years
where it was strong
00:26:38.85\00:26:41.48
and powerful and
persecuted and it had the
00:26:41.51\00:26:43.59
authority, that
Papal Power was broken
00:26:43.62\00:26:45.77
and it has not to
this day yet fully healed.
00:26:45.80\00:26:49.50
That's right. And so at
a point in the near future
00:26:49.53\00:26:53.13
we will find that it
does fully heal which is
00:26:53.16\00:26:55.54
when it does join
forces with the United States
00:26:55.57\00:26:58.23
and begins to
persecute again. Right.
00:26:58.26\00:27:01.31
So, we're talking
about these events
00:27:01.34\00:27:03.20
we go forward now.
These united power is
00:27:03.23\00:27:05.95
that initiate instigate
again persecution on the earth.
00:27:05.98\00:27:10.54
As a matter of fact
understand John well
00:27:10.57\00:27:13.11
and I understand
exactly he and I think quite a
00:27:13.14\00:27:15.63
bit alike. When he
said he hasn't fully healed
00:27:15.66\00:27:18.16
and the Bible talked
about the deadly wound
00:27:18.19\00:27:20.31
being healed. A
wound when the wound was
00:27:20.34\00:27:23.07
healing something stays
there for a long period of
00:27:23.10\00:27:25.89
time. It's a scar and
I thought how outfitting
00:27:25.92\00:27:29.39
it was that in the
1980s I received the newspaper
00:27:29.42\00:27:33.10
article where with
the Papacy where the Pope
00:27:33.13\00:27:35.49
was on the cover of a
New York Daily News Magazine
00:27:35.52\00:27:40.14
and the daily news
newspaper and it said time
00:27:40.17\00:27:43.30
to heal the scars.
You see and the call was
00:27:43.33\00:27:47.21
to all protestant
churches Lutherans, Anglicans,
00:27:47.24\00:27:51.27
Presbyterians, all to
come back together under
00:27:51.30\00:27:54.69
one head. So, when we
talk about this coalescing
00:27:54.72\00:27:57.68
together the Satan working his.
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.02
He is looking for
unity, but he is looking for
00:28:00.05\00:28:02.98
unity under error. God
is looking for unity under
00:28:03.01\00:28:06.52
light. There is a
difference all together,
00:28:06.55\00:28:08.37
so the question
is do want unity,
00:28:08.40\00:28:10.35
yes that's a good
thing, but you got to make sure
00:28:10.38\00:28:13.09
and unify under the right power.
00:28:13.12\00:28:14.99
The Lord is saying here
is the way walking in it
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.51
and the devil is
saying this doesn't really
00:28:17.54\00:28:19.42
matter so he is
modifying it and people
00:28:19.45\00:28:21.47
are going for that darkness,
00:28:21.50\00:28:22.88
but they're all
just talking about unity
00:28:22.91\00:28:25.02
and here that I
see your head going.
00:28:25.05\00:28:26.66
That the power
which is almost in,
00:28:26.69\00:28:27.79
that's powers
unified. Okay, great that's a
00:28:27.82\00:28:31.33
good point. I am
not trying to make a
00:28:31.36\00:28:32.79
direct comparison
here but I am saying
00:28:32.82\00:28:34.51
you can't unify
under error. Right.
00:28:34.54\00:28:36.64
Unity is not unity. it
doesn't make something right.
00:28:36.67\00:28:39.54
Unity is a simply as
unity, but unifying under
00:28:39.57\00:28:42.43
the cause of truth
when the Lord prayed
00:28:42.46\00:28:44.60
that we may be one it
doesn't mean you throw
00:28:44.63\00:28:46.49
out the truth to
accomplish that unity
00:28:46.52\00:28:48.28
and a lot of people
are nowadays are saying
00:28:48.31\00:28:49.92
while your denominational
belief don't really matter.
00:28:49.95\00:28:51.90
Yes they do matter if
they are based on the word
00:28:51.93\00:28:54.28
of God I am not
gonna throw it out just
00:28:54.31\00:28:55.41
because you want
me to be one with you.
00:28:55.44\00:28:57.09
We have to be one
with God's word right.
00:28:57.12\00:28:59.76
When an airplane
pilot whether its American
00:28:59.79\00:29:02.56
Airlines or Untied
Airlines or whatever the
00:29:02.59\00:29:04.62
airlines maybe when they
take off from Saint Louis
00:29:04.65\00:29:06.59
and fly to New
York. Hey get this
00:29:06.62\00:29:08.32
we fly the same coordinates,
00:29:08.35\00:29:10.15
because there is a
way that gets there.
00:29:10.18\00:29:13.02
Now, you may go
the long way around,
00:29:13.05\00:29:14.60
but you still have
to follow the same.
00:29:14.63\00:29:16.34
You, you, you still
arrive at the same city
00:29:16.37\00:29:19.10
and in the very
same way when you use the
00:29:19.13\00:29:21.93
word of God. You fly
the same coordinates.
00:29:21.96\00:29:24.93
The word of God is one word,
00:29:24.96\00:29:26.56
so when we talk
about this power here
00:29:26.59\00:29:28.71
in Revelation
Chapter 13 going down
00:29:28.74\00:29:31.04
I believe we
were down to verse 13.
00:29:31.07\00:29:35.13
I want you to
notice something here
00:29:35.16\00:29:37.20
because the Bible
gives a broader picture here
00:29:37.23\00:29:42.02
and this is something
that is included in the picture
00:29:42.05\00:29:44.11
now that helps us to
see that yes there has gonna
00:29:44.14\00:29:46.76
be one day a
coalition, sorry there is
00:29:46.79\00:29:49.43
already a coalition
between the United States
00:29:49.46\00:29:51.02
and the Papacy, but
in the pulling together
00:29:51.05\00:29:53.49
of this religious
power united with a political
00:29:53.52\00:29:55.91
power, but there
is a, there is another
00:29:55.94\00:29:58.23
picture that God is
giving us and here that
00:29:58.26\00:30:00.30
sometimes we miss and I
don't want you to miss it.
00:30:00.33\00:30:04.78
Because I am gonna
point out a certain word,
00:30:04.81\00:30:07.67
it's a short word, but
its repetitiously repeated
00:30:07.70\00:30:10.60
all throughout the second
beast of Revelation chapter
00:30:10.63\00:30:12.80
13. Lets look at that
together and I will give
00:30:12.83\00:30:15.43
a particular
emphasis. Start with verse 11.
00:30:15.46\00:30:17.89
Then I saw another
beast coming out of the earth
00:30:19.50\00:30:21.63
and he had two horns
like a lamb and spoke as a
00:30:21.66\00:30:25.83
dragon and verse
12 and he exercised
00:30:25.86\00:30:29.47
all the authority of the
first beast in its presence,
00:30:29.50\00:30:32.44
and cause the earth
and those who dwelling
00:30:32.47\00:30:34.15
to worship the
first beast, whose deadly
00:30:34.18\00:30:35.56
wound was healed and
he performs great signs
00:30:35.59\00:30:39.45
so that he even makes
fire come down from heaven
00:30:39.48\00:30:43.26
on earth in the sight of
men and he deceives those
00:30:43.29\00:30:46.80
who dwell on the
earth by the means of
00:30:46.83\00:30:48.41
all signs which he was
granted to do on the side
00:30:48.44\00:30:51.47
of the Beast. Telling
those who dwell on the earth
00:30:51.50\00:30:54.10
to make an image to
the beast who is wounded
00:30:54.13\00:30:56.44
by the sword and
lived. He was granted power to
00:30:56.47\00:31:00.19
give breath to the
image of the Beast that the
00:31:00.22\00:31:02.30
image of the Beast
should both speak and cause
00:31:02.33\00:31:05.16
as many as would not
worship the image of the
00:31:05.19\00:31:07.46
Beast to be killed and
he caused all both small
00:31:07.49\00:31:11.79
and great, rich and poor
free and bound to receive
00:31:11.82\00:31:14.59
a mark on their right
hand or on their foreheads
00:31:14.62\00:31:17.57
and notice he, he,
he, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
00:31:17.60\00:31:23.95
eight times the
word he shows up.
00:31:23.98\00:31:27.82
Now, let me open the
egg here and start to
00:31:27.85\00:31:30.26
fry it for you, not
only does this describe
00:31:30.29\00:31:34.37
the rising of the
Untied States, but specifically
00:31:34.40\00:31:37.50
who is the one performing signs
00:31:37.53\00:31:40.57
and great wonders. Who
is the one bringing fire
00:31:40.60\00:31:45.33
down from heaven on
earth in the sign of men.
00:31:45.36\00:31:47.81
What's the power
behind it. Who is the one
00:31:47.84\00:31:49.53
deceiving those
who dwell on the earth.
00:31:49.56\00:31:51.95
Who is the one
that's giving power
00:31:51.98\00:31:54.36
and life to the
image of the Beast.
00:31:54.39\00:31:57.08
It is not just the
legislative powers,
00:31:57.11\00:31:59.82
but as one specifically
who has been doing that
00:31:59.85\00:32:02.90
throughout eons and
who was that John Satan
00:32:02.93\00:32:06.08
himself. Satan himself
is the power described here
00:32:06.11\00:32:10.39
and I used to think and
you made a point a moment ago
00:32:10.42\00:32:12.79
and I wanna bring this
quotation up as you make
00:32:12.82\00:32:14.38
some comments to give
me time to look for it,
00:32:14.41\00:32:16.60
but for many,
many years before the
00:32:16.63\00:32:19.84
Adventist Church had
became into existence
00:32:19.87\00:32:21.61
the reformers
understood and saw the place
00:32:21.64\00:32:23.41
that the Papacy played
in history clearly outlining
00:32:23.44\00:32:26.92
him as the power that's
linked to the first piece
00:32:26.95\00:32:30.18
of Revelation and
then they saw the role
00:32:30.21\00:32:31.95
that the United States
is playing as it pertains
00:32:31.98\00:32:34.34
to the second Beast,
but they also connected
00:32:34.37\00:32:37.40
that there is a
dark power behind it
00:32:37.43\00:32:39.88
who is the one who
continues to deceive
00:32:39.91\00:32:42.28
and the one who performs
great signs and wonders.
00:32:42.31\00:32:45.13
What do you say about that?
00:32:45.16\00:32:46.22
Yes, it absolutely
is in fact elsewhere
00:32:46.25\00:32:49.69
if you look at other
scripture you will find
00:32:49.72\00:32:52.00
that Satan is going
to be doing this kind of
00:32:52.03\00:32:54.96
work in the last days
to deceive, he is a liar,
00:32:54.99\00:32:59.75
he is the father of
lies. He is the authority,
00:32:59.78\00:33:01.74
he is the one
behind all deception,
00:33:01.77\00:33:03.47
so when he finally
gets to this end time, now,
00:33:03.50\00:33:06.63
it almost brings to
mind these stories that
00:33:06.66\00:33:10.69
you know, you
read as a teenager,
00:33:10.72\00:33:12.19
of course this
will be understood that
00:33:12.22\00:33:14.84
it wasn't really a
great, but you know kind of
00:33:14.87\00:33:17.32
material to read, but
you think about like the mob
00:33:17.35\00:33:21.06
and the mob boss.
You know and the fact,
00:33:21.09\00:33:24.34
you know when the
real important thing needs
00:33:24.37\00:33:26.84
to be done when
this is critical,
00:33:26.87\00:33:28.52
when it's absolutely life
or death to the organization
00:33:28.55\00:33:31.66
whose gonna take care
of the business himself.
00:33:31.69\00:33:34.47
The boss himself,
right, so when this comes down
00:33:34.50\00:33:38.67
to it when all of a
sudden done at the very end
00:33:38.70\00:33:41.18
the one that rises
forward that is essentially part
00:33:41.21\00:33:44.14
of the work itself that
is not only doing the work,
00:33:44.17\00:33:46.56
that comes to the
forefront that is Satan himself
00:33:46.59\00:33:49.94
and let me add this,
because the controversy.
00:33:49.97\00:33:53.91
The great
controversy is between Christ
00:33:53.94\00:33:55.92
and Satan when it
talks about the Antichrist
00:33:55.95\00:34:02.52
appearing, that Antichrist
that appears at the end
00:34:02.55\00:34:05.87
in the last days the
false Christ that Jesus refers
00:34:05.90\00:34:08.30
to in Matthew 24 but
ultimately the Antichrist
00:34:08.33\00:34:11.43
when he appears that is
Satan himself personating
00:34:11.46\00:34:14.48
Christ. He will
come, he will show up,
00:34:14.51\00:34:18.76
he will say I am
Jesus returned and that is
00:34:18.79\00:34:23.64
what is being described here.
00:34:23.67\00:34:25.91
As well as being
described or describing the role
00:34:25.94\00:34:30.56
of the United States in
the last days of history
00:34:30.59\00:34:33.54
to link and join and
use its power to enforce the
00:34:33.57\00:34:36.92
image of the first Beast
the sea Beast so its both
00:34:36.95\00:34:39.72
there, both
applications are valid,
00:34:39.75\00:34:42.15
but we can't dismiss
the fact that Satan himself
00:34:42.18\00:34:44.99
is showing up to
perform signs and miracles
00:34:45.02\00:34:47.34
to personate Christ to
show that he is Christ.
00:34:47.37\00:34:50.17
And that's just it's
an amazing thing to see
00:34:50.20\00:34:52.44
that John sometimes
we can get so caught up
00:34:52.47\00:34:56.89
I think with our
mind thinking about
00:34:56.92\00:35:00.49
what the Papacy is
doing. What the Church
00:35:00.52\00:35:05.37
of Rome is doing,
what the Pope is doing
00:35:05.40\00:35:06.98
and all these things that
the Seventh-day Adventists
00:35:07.01\00:35:09.40
and as Christians who
have been teaching this
00:35:09.43\00:35:10.76
for quite sometime.
We forget that the great
00:35:10.79\00:35:13.54
controversy is
between Christ and Satan.
00:35:13.57\00:35:15.41
It is Satan who will
appear, it is Satan doing these
00:35:15.44\00:35:18.38
things through
these agencies that he has
00:35:18.41\00:35:20.61
and so we can't
lose sight of that.
00:35:20.64\00:35:23.51
You know there is
another passage of scripture
00:35:23.54\00:35:25.63
that also eludes to not
only the seat of the Papacy,
00:35:25.66\00:35:30.73
but to Satan
himself and that's in
00:35:30.76\00:35:32.72
Second Thessalonians
in chapter 2 right,
00:35:32.75\00:35:35.11
and you can't deny
Second Thessalonians Chapter 2
00:35:35.14\00:35:37.75
and its connection
with Isaiah chapter 14
00:35:37.78\00:35:42.06
and what the
goal of Satan himself.
00:35:42.09\00:35:44.40
As a matter of fact
let me read this quotation
00:35:44.43\00:35:46.34
and this is
something that many Seventh-day
00:35:46.37\00:35:48.99
Adventist Christians
probably haven't heard before,
00:35:49.02\00:35:51.81
but you know we talk
about how the reformers.
00:35:51.84\00:35:54.95
We say reformers,
we mean the Protestant
00:35:54.98\00:35:57.91
Reformation before
Ellen White was even born
00:35:57.94\00:36:02.24
this teaching of
the Papacy representing
00:36:02.27\00:36:06.31
the first beast and the
Untied States representing
00:36:06.34\00:36:09.54
the second beast
was in existence,
00:36:09.57\00:36:11.24
but Ellen White even
added an additional touch
00:36:11.27\00:36:14.52
to that, because if you
notice this book from the
00:36:14.55\00:36:17.49
book last day
events and some of you have
00:36:17.52\00:36:19.34
that compilation page
167. It says Satan will come
00:36:19.37\00:36:23.33
into deceive if
possible the very elect.
00:36:23.36\00:36:25.93
He claims to be
Christ and he is coming
00:36:25.96\00:36:28.65
and pretending to be the
great medical missionary.
00:36:28.68\00:36:31.47
Get this, he will
cause fire to come down
00:36:31.50\00:36:36.08
from heaven in the
sight of men to prove that
00:36:36.11\00:36:39.57
he is God, so not only
does Ellen White support
00:36:39.60\00:36:42.15
the view, but she gives
an additional fulfilling
00:36:42.18\00:36:44.88
picture and so when
people say Ellen White
00:36:44.91\00:36:47.50
doesn't support
dual interpretations,
00:36:47.53\00:36:49.49
of course she does.
Because she fully supports
00:36:49.52\00:36:52.17
and stands behind the
view that the United States
00:36:52.20\00:36:54.72
does represent the
second Beast of Revelation,
00:36:54.75\00:36:56.87
but she also makes it
clear that the one who is
00:36:56.90\00:37:00.10
causing the fire to
come down from heaven
00:37:00.13\00:37:01.90
when the Bible says
he, she says he will cause
00:37:01.93\00:37:04.77
speaking of Satan. He
will cause fire to come down
00:37:04.80\00:37:07.84
from heaven in the
sight of men to prove that
00:37:07.87\00:37:09.52
he is God, because
remember in the days of Ezekiel,
00:37:09.55\00:37:13.79
Elijah sorry. When
Elijah prayed God responded
00:37:13.82\00:37:18.11
by fire. See so
that power is something
00:37:18.14\00:37:21.71
that's in the hand of
God. And the people when they
00:37:21.74\00:37:23.28
saw that had Satan standing by,
00:37:23.31\00:37:25.91
he's observing all these things.
00:37:25.94\00:37:27.54
The people saw the
fire come down from heaven
00:37:27.57\00:37:29.31
and they said the
Lord. He is God, the Lord,
00:37:29.34\00:37:32.52
he is God. Okay, and
Satan said wait a minute,
00:37:32.55\00:37:36.10
do you mean if I duplicate
that they'll call me God.
00:37:36.13\00:37:41.25
Okay, so he takes that
example puts in his back
00:37:41.28\00:37:45.89
pocket and says the
end of time I am going
00:37:45.92\00:37:48.48
to call fire down from
the heaven and people will
00:37:48.51\00:37:50.18
say that I am God. Let
me read this passage to
00:37:50.21\00:37:53.18
you part of it from
the Second Thessalonians.
00:37:53.21\00:37:55.24
Alright. Verse 1 of
chapter 2. Now, brethren,
00:37:55.27\00:38:01.13
concerning the coming
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:38:01.16\00:38:03.17
and our gathering
together to Him, we ask you,
00:38:03.20\00:38:05.24
not to be soon
shaken in mind or troubled,
00:38:05.27\00:38:07.75
either by spirit or
by word or by letter,
00:38:07.78\00:38:09.81
as if from us, is though
the day of Christ had come.
00:38:09.84\00:38:12.45
Let no one
deceive you by any means;
00:38:12.48\00:38:15.01
for that Day will not
come unless the falling
00:38:15.04\00:38:16.69
away comes first, and
the man of sin is revealed,
00:38:16.72\00:38:18.68
the son of perdition,
who opposes and exalts
00:38:18.71\00:38:21.47
himself above all
that is called God
00:38:21.50\00:38:23.23
or that is worshiped,
so that he sits as God
00:38:23.26\00:38:25.99
in the temple of
God, showing himself that
00:38:26.02\00:38:27.87
he is God. Now, yes the
elusion here is to the seat
00:38:27.90\00:38:33.28
of the papacy, but,
but the fullest application
00:38:33.31\00:38:38.62
scripture to
scripture is Isaiah chapter 14.
00:38:38.65\00:38:42.25
he said I would sit upon
the mount of the congregation.
00:38:42.28\00:38:45.66
Yes. I will be like
the most high and that's a
00:38:45.69\00:38:49.04
very good parallel that
you draw there because Isaiah,
00:38:49.07\00:38:51.82
Paul and something
we cannot miss here.
00:38:51.85\00:38:56.10
You must conclude
that the Vatican in Rome
00:38:56.13\00:39:01.27
is not where God is
going to sit. Right.
00:39:01.30\00:39:04.73
So, when it says he sits
in the seat of God claiming
00:39:04.76\00:39:07.38
to be God that's not
in Rome that's the seat
00:39:07.41\00:39:10.89
of the Beast,
that's not the seat of God.
00:39:10.92\00:39:13.22
So, in the same
sense when you look at
00:39:13.25\00:39:16.30
Matthew chapter 24.
Matthew brings in an
00:39:16.33\00:39:18.84
additional part of the picture.
00:39:18.87\00:39:20.17
He says if they say
here is the Christ or there,
00:39:20.20\00:39:23.64
do not believe it for
his lighting shines from the
00:39:23.67\00:39:25.58
East to the West so
will the coming of the son of
00:39:25.61\00:39:27.96
man be, Satan will come
appearing to be the Christ.
00:39:27.99\00:39:31.11
He will come
claiming to be that Christ,
00:39:31.14\00:39:33.63
but he is not
going to be the Christ,
00:39:33.66\00:39:37.86
he just gonna
take on the persona,
00:39:37.89\00:39:39.83
his gonna personate him. Right.
00:39:39.86\00:39:41.67
Now, lets get
back on track, sure,
00:39:41.70\00:39:44.75
because the program is
about the Mark of the Beast
00:39:44.78\00:39:47.69
and we have about 15
minutes to break it down.
00:39:47.72\00:39:50.71
Oh yeah and we are
to that point by the way
00:39:50.74\00:39:53.50
because you just
finished reading that this
00:39:53.53\00:39:57.21
second Beast in verse 14
says that he deceives those
00:39:57.24\00:40:03.68
that dwell on the earth
by the signs which he was
00:40:03.71\00:40:06.45
granted to do
inside of the Beast.
00:40:06.48\00:40:07.81
Telling those now who
dwell on the earth to make
00:40:07.84\00:40:11.36
an image to the Beast
who was wounded by the sword
00:40:11.39\00:40:14.44
and lived. He was
granted power to give breath
00:40:14.47\00:40:17.36
to the image of the
Beast that the image of the
00:40:17.39\00:40:20.14
image of Beast should
both speak in another words
00:40:20.17\00:40:22.38
with authority and cause
as many as would not worship
00:40:22.41\00:40:26.28
the image of the
Beast to be killed.
00:40:26.31\00:40:28.26
And there we have
both persecution and then
00:40:28.29\00:40:31.61
of course the mark,
which is in verse 16 he causes
00:40:31.64\00:40:34.92
all both small and
great, rich and poor,
00:40:34.95\00:40:36.86
free and slave, to receive
a mark on their right hand,
00:40:36.89\00:40:40.31
or on their
foreheads that no one may buy
00:40:40.34\00:40:43.93
or sell except the
one who has the mark
00:40:43.96\00:40:45.69
or the name of the
Beast for number of his name.
00:40:45.72\00:40:49.69
We want to compare
now what is this passage
00:40:49.72\00:40:55.00
alluding to. What is it
connecting to in scripture
00:40:55.03\00:40:58.11
that reveals the
image and the mark,
00:40:58.14\00:41:02.73
because this is key because
evidently what it is it's
00:41:02.76\00:41:06.08
tied to worship and
what ever it is we also as
00:41:06.11\00:41:10.54
followers of Christ
we wanna make sure that
00:41:10.57\00:41:12.57
we're not
worshiping. We're not following,
00:41:12.60\00:41:15.14
we are not joining
with, and so this is key.
00:41:15.17\00:41:18.74
A key part which is
why our whole program is
00:41:18.77\00:41:20.58
on the mark of the Beast,
lets now connect it. Okay.
00:41:20.61\00:41:23.10
Worship, one of the
things you have to keep in mind
00:41:23.13\00:41:25.79
its gonna, it's all
gonna boil down to worship,
00:41:25.82\00:41:29.67
but something that you
will see come out in very,
00:41:29.70\00:41:35.70
very clearly is
that there is an image,
00:41:35.73\00:41:38.23
then there is a beast.
The image is coordinated
00:41:38.26\00:41:43.83
with the Beast or
associated with the Beast
00:41:43.86\00:41:46.21
because it is the
image of the Beast.
00:41:46.24\00:41:49.32
When the word there
talks about image in the Bible
00:41:49.35\00:41:52.36
its synonymous to a reflection,
00:41:52.39\00:41:55.07
because we didn't
have photo copy machines.
00:41:55.10\00:41:59.36
They didn't have
scanners in the days of Christ,
00:41:59.39\00:42:02.10
but what they did
have was reflection,
00:42:02.13\00:42:04.89
so this image reflects
the desires, the thoughts,
00:42:04.92\00:42:09.28
the practices and even
the standard of worship
00:42:09.31\00:42:12.74
that the Beast stands
for, so when you think
00:42:12.77\00:42:16.90
of Satan you think
of the power that he has
00:42:16.93\00:42:21.13
established. There
is something that has
00:42:21.16\00:42:25.21
you served the
greatest authority that can be
00:42:25.24\00:42:29.32
ever appointed to an
individual that is to
00:42:29.35\00:42:34.00
establish, to establish a
memorial to their authority.
00:42:34.03\00:42:38.11
And it is set up to
allow the people to recognize
00:42:38.14\00:42:43.63
that authority. That's
right. And so when you say
00:42:43.66\00:42:47.14
memorial it
definitely has to be something
00:42:47.17\00:42:49.73
that is established that
people will visibly honor
00:42:49.76\00:42:53.49
to recognize the
authority of this Beast power
00:42:53.52\00:42:56.94
and of Satan himself.
And if you turn one chapter
00:42:56.97\00:43:01.50
over, alright where we
going now, to Revelation 14
00:43:01.53\00:43:04.37
okay lets go there, you
will find in the First Angel's
00:43:04.40\00:43:07.51
message here the word
that we are talking about.
00:43:07.54\00:43:10.85
Its all about worship.
It is all about worship,
00:43:10.88\00:43:14.20
its true worship or
false worship and so here
00:43:14.23\00:43:17.90
we have in verse 6. I
saw another angel flying
00:43:17.93\00:43:22.89
in the midst of
heaven having the everlasting
00:43:22.92\00:43:24.91
Gospel to preach to
those who dwell on the earth,
00:43:24.94\00:43:27.24
to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
00:43:27.27\00:43:31.30
Notice this is a
worldwide message.
00:43:31.33\00:43:33.88
Its appealing to everyone
saying with a loud voice,
00:43:33.91\00:43:37.30
fear God and give
glory to him for the hour of
00:43:37.33\00:43:42.16
his judgment has
come and worship him
00:43:42.19\00:43:45.29
who made heaven and
earth, the sea and springs
00:43:45.32\00:43:49.68
of water. Now, there we
find the issue of worship.
00:43:49.71\00:43:54.34
Worship God, fear
God and worship him
00:43:54.37\00:43:57.28
who made heaven
and earth, the sea
00:43:57.31\00:43:59.75
and springs of water.
Now, there aren't many
00:43:59.78\00:44:02.19
theologians out there
that would not connect
00:44:02.22\00:44:04.82
this passage. This
verse to an issue that is
00:44:04.85\00:44:10.20
referred to
frequently in the Old Testament
00:44:10.23\00:44:12.69
and it begins. And
it's primarily connected
00:44:12.72\00:44:16.50
with especially
the commandments of God
00:44:16.53\00:44:18.86
and we find the
commandments of God
00:44:18.89\00:44:20.48
coming up here a few
verses later anyway verse
00:44:20.51\00:44:22.63
12 here the
patience of the Saints,
00:44:22.66\00:44:24.95
here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:44:24.98\00:44:27.30
and the faith of
Jesus, so what in the
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.50
commandments John,
point to the act of worship
00:44:29.53\00:44:33.15
and a recognition that
God is the creator of heavens
00:44:33.18\00:44:38.41
and earth. There is
only one commandment.
00:44:38.44\00:44:41.46
Okay, there is only
one commandment that
00:44:41.49\00:44:44.51
points to God is the
creator. A call to worship,
00:44:44.54\00:44:48.00
a moral's established
for worship of him as
00:44:48.03\00:44:50.54
the true creator and
the true God who made
00:44:50.57\00:44:53.05
heaven and earth and lets
turn to Exodus chapter 20,
00:44:53.08\00:44:56.48
okay and find this
in the 4th commandment,
00:44:56.51\00:44:59.31
alright, this is
what we're heading.
00:44:59.34\00:45:00.92
Exodus 20, verse 8, why
don't you pick that up John.
00:45:02.94\00:45:05.67
Okay the Bible says
remember the Sabbath
00:45:05.70\00:45:09.06
day to keep it holy. I
know this by heart in the
00:45:09.09\00:45:12.73
King James Version
six days shalt thou labor
00:45:12.76\00:45:15.43
and do all thy work
But the seventh day is the
00:45:15.46\00:45:19.34
sabbath of the Lord thy God.
00:45:19.37\00:45:21.67
Remember now I am
not gonna run past that
00:45:21.70\00:45:23.34
because the question
is, and a lot of people get
00:45:23.37\00:45:25.89
side tracked on this
and I want you to pause,
00:45:25.92\00:45:27.89
take a deep breath
because I am going to say
00:45:27.92\00:45:29.81
something that I
don't want you to miss.
00:45:29.84\00:45:31.56
Ready. Here we go.
Let me ask you a question.
00:45:32.70\00:45:36.45
Who is your God?
Think about that before you
00:45:36.48\00:45:42.10
rush to answer, because
if you say that your God
00:45:42.13\00:45:45.85
is the God who
created heaven and earth,
00:45:45.88\00:45:49.41
the sea and all that is
in them then you have to
00:45:49.44\00:45:53.48
come to the
conclusion that the Bible draws
00:45:53.51\00:45:56.00
and I am gonna read the
text again for the seventh day
00:45:56.03\00:45:59.86
is the Sabbath of
the Lord your God.
00:45:59.89\00:46:06.15
The seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord your God.
00:46:06.18\00:46:12.29
You don't reverse that
and say Sunday is my day,
00:46:12.32\00:46:16.34
no the Sabbath is
the Lord's day and
00:46:16.37\00:46:20.83
if he is your Lord
he's already picked the day.
00:46:20.86\00:46:24.40
Yeah. Now you get the deception,
00:46:24.43\00:46:26.17
Satan says you
can love the Lord,
00:46:26.20\00:46:29.25
but you can also pick the day.
00:46:29.28\00:46:31.44
See and the Lord
says no if you love me
00:46:31.47\00:46:33.76
I have already chosen
the day. That's right.
00:46:33.79\00:46:35.84
I've only blessed
one, so you can't say you
00:46:35.87\00:46:39.40
serve me, but you're
given me a different day,
00:46:39.43\00:46:42.37
it's like saying
John happy birthday
00:46:42.40\00:46:46.27
and you send me a
birthday card on August 1st.
00:46:46.30\00:46:50.77
Its not my birthday,
yes it is well all that
00:46:50.80\00:46:55.04
really matters is I have
sent you a birthday card,
00:46:55.07\00:46:56.65
so happy birthday
anyway. Well in the human sense
00:46:56.68\00:46:59.49
we can make
exception, but when it comes to
00:46:59.52\00:47:01.85
a memorial, when it
comes to my driver's license,
00:47:01.88\00:47:05.40
when it comes to
amendment, now that's permitted,
00:47:05.43\00:47:08.96
when it comes to
my drivers license
00:47:08.99\00:47:10.97
and official document,
when it comes to passport
00:47:11.00\00:47:13.46
an official document,
when it comes to my birth
00:47:13.49\00:47:15.46
certificate an
official document I can't pick
00:47:15.49\00:47:17.34
anything. They say
when where you born.
00:47:17.37\00:47:20.63
July 30th. Okay that's
was gonna be on your passport.
00:47:20.66\00:47:24.47
Your birth certificate,
your drivers license.
00:47:24.50\00:47:26.74
God is official, he is
the official head of heaven
00:47:26.77\00:47:31.21
and earth, so you can't
change an official document.
00:47:31.24\00:47:34.99
Especially one that
was established at the end
00:47:35.02\00:47:38.04
of the creation week.
We're talking about creation
00:47:38.07\00:47:41.02
by creator here on
the Seventh day he rested
00:47:41.05\00:47:44.88
from all his work
which he had done. Right.
00:47:44.91\00:47:48.23
Exactly. And that's
the day that he established
00:47:48.26\00:47:51.12
and sanctified and
made holy and blessed that
00:47:51.15\00:47:56.00
is the day from
prior to the Jews,
00:47:56.03\00:47:58.52
prior to Israel that
is his day and that's why
00:47:58.55\00:48:02.36
it refers to it
being the Lord's day.
00:48:02.39\00:48:04.45
In fact Isaiah
says in the Isaiah 58.
00:48:04.48\00:48:06.74
God is speaking and he
says if you remove your
00:48:06.77\00:48:10.44
foot from the Sabbath
from doing your own things on
00:48:10.47\00:48:12.73
my holy day. The
Sabbath the Seventh Day Sabbath
00:48:12.76\00:48:17.15
is always referred to
as God's holy day even
00:48:17.18\00:48:19.04
Jesus himself in Mark
2:27, 28 said that he created,
00:48:19.07\00:48:24.17
he established that
day. Alright for man not that
00:48:24.20\00:48:29.82
man was
established for the Sabbath,
00:48:29.85\00:48:32.32
but the day for man
to observe and to connect
00:48:32.35\00:48:34.97
with his God, creator.
00:48:35.00\00:48:37.19
Okay, so now lets hit
the nail on the head God
00:48:37.22\00:48:39.56
established the
Seventh Day Sabbath blessed it
00:48:39.59\00:48:41.99
Jesus honored it,
the disciples honored it.
00:48:42.02\00:48:43.81
It was never changed by
God, wasn't changed by Jesus,
00:48:43.84\00:48:47.47
was not change by any
of his apostles and so
00:48:47.50\00:48:50.58
no man can change
what God never changed.
00:48:50.61\00:48:53.34
Who changed it? Lets
ask them the question.
00:48:53.37\00:48:56.89
Lets ask the question
and let see if this power
00:48:56.92\00:49:00.71
that's identified, this
Papal power has any boost
00:49:00.74\00:49:03.76
at all that they changed
it. Now, listen to this here,
00:49:03.79\00:49:07.04
here is the question.
What does the Papacy say is
00:49:07.07\00:49:11.32
her symbol or mark
of authority? Get this
00:49:11.35\00:49:14.49
and this is found in
the Catholic Catechism
00:49:14.52\00:49:18.73
and I hate to say my
family don't really read that
00:49:18.76\00:49:21.89
and I am surprised but I
have discovered that most
00:49:23.60\00:49:26.41
Catholic Christians
don't read the Catechism
00:49:26.44\00:49:29.72
and they don't read the
Bible, so if you tell them
00:49:29.75\00:49:32.71
they say I never knew
that, but listen to what
00:49:32.74\00:49:34.76
your church says.
Have you any other way of
00:49:34.79\00:49:39.54
proving that the church has
power to institute festivals
00:49:39.57\00:49:43.61
or precepts? That's
the question, that's the
00:49:43.64\00:49:46.54
question that we ask
them and here is what the
00:49:46.57\00:49:49.49
Roman Catholic Church
says. Had she not such power,
00:49:49.52\00:49:53.11
she could not have done
that in which all modern
00:49:54.50\00:49:59.44
religionists agree
with her. She could not have
00:49:59.47\00:50:04.50
substituted the
observance of Sunday.
00:50:04.53\00:50:07.53
The first day of the
week for the observance of
00:50:07.56\00:50:12.56
Saturday the seventh day
and get this in their own
00:50:12.59\00:50:16.55
words. A change for
which there is no scriptural
00:50:16.58\00:50:22.17
authority. Now John,
I am not getting loud,
00:50:22.20\00:50:25.79
but I am saying it in
an emphasis because the
00:50:25.82\00:50:28.17
Papacy, the Pope,
Romans themselves say hey guys
00:50:28.20\00:50:32.12
its not in
scripture. So, lets go now when
00:50:32.15\00:50:35.94
it says all modern religionist.
They're talking about
00:50:35.97\00:50:38.63
every other denomination
that honors that day honors
00:50:38.66\00:50:40.29
them. Yeah that's
right about the protestants
00:50:40.32\00:50:43.65
who are no longer protesting.
00:50:43.68\00:50:45.85
They are not
protesting and you know the
00:50:45.88\00:50:47.97
Catechism continues question
which is the Sabbath day
00:50:48.00\00:50:51.73
answer Saturday
is the Sabbath day.
00:50:51.76\00:50:55.20
Question why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday,
00:50:55.23\00:50:58.28
answer we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday
00:50:58.31\00:51:01.42
because the Catholic
church transferred the solemnity
00:51:01.45\00:51:04.98
from Saturday to
Sunday, and then it goes forth,
00:51:05.01\00:51:10.73
here is another statement
from the church itself.
00:51:10.76\00:51:13.51
The church is above the
Bible and this transference
00:51:13.54\00:51:16.88
of Sabbath observance
from Saturday to Sunday
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.62
is proved positive of that
fact. So the very fact that
00:51:19.65\00:51:25.14
it claims the
authority to make the change
00:51:25.17\00:51:27.61
and did make that
change in the fourth century
00:51:27.64\00:51:30.69
is the authority which
it claims now to be the
00:51:33.02\00:51:37.03
mother church. The
church with the authority to
00:51:37.06\00:51:39.39
govern all doctrines and
rules of conduct with regard
00:51:39.42\00:51:43.71
to God's. with regard
to Christianity today,
00:51:43.74\00:51:47.66
it also provides the same
insight as to why it calls
00:51:47.69\00:51:51.29
itself and refers to
itself as the mother church,
00:51:51.32\00:51:53.72
the same reason it
is reaching out in a
00:51:53.75\00:51:56.42
ecumenical movements
to pull back in those
00:51:56.45\00:51:59.02
churches that have
protested in times passed
00:51:59.05\00:52:02.27
to re-assimilate
them back into the church.
00:52:02.30\00:52:05.44
This movement is
growing. It is happening today
00:52:05.47\00:52:08.52
folks right before our
eyes and we as protestants
00:52:08.55\00:52:11.28
are forgetting our
heritage that we protest,
00:52:11.31\00:52:14.99
we stand on the word
of God and the word alone
00:52:15.02\00:52:17.84
and that word is
clearly revealing the God's day
00:52:17.87\00:52:21.90
is the Seventh Day.
That is the Sabbath Day
00:52:21.93\00:52:26.14
and any other day that is
set up instead of that day
00:52:26.17\00:52:30.09
to worship on to keep
holy is a false day of worship.
00:52:30.12\00:52:34.45
Its is a worship led or
driven by this Beast power
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and will one day rise
to the top and be that test
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between whether or
not you are loyal to God
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or you are loyal to
what the Beast has set up
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through the power of
the authority of Satan.
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The Beast has set up for
its day of worship Saturday
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versus Sunday the
seventh day of the week versus
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the first day of
the week and my friends,
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brothers and sisters I
rather at the end of time
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when Jesus appears
and I have to give an
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account for my
actions, I rather stand and say
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Lord I stood by your
word. Your word said do this
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and I did it rather
than, but my Pastor said
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or but my Church
believes, but they told me
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because if you read
Revelation it says very clearly
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that this power
deceives those on the earth into
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thinking that
they're doing what is right,
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but they do what is
wrong. Brothers and sisters,
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you've got to catch this
the warning is very clear,
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read the word, study it.
As a matter of fact you know
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we have really
narrowed this topic down instead
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of covering all the
specifics, because we wanted to
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get down to the
mark. When the Lord,
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when Revelation says
that this Beast power is
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going to force men to
receive a mark in their
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right hand or in their forehead.
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It means by their work
and by their belief system.
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But when you receive
the seal of God is just by
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your acceptance of
what is truth already in the
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forehead, excuse me.
So you see clearly it all
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comes down to who you
believe as your authority
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not what's most
convenient for you and hear me
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say that again its
not what's most convenient
00:54:21.72\00:54:24.05
for your schedule, but
it's who you believe is
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your authority. You
know when a person has a
00:54:26.51\00:54:28.19
wedding we change
our schedule to be at
00:54:28.22\00:54:30.12
their wedding, if that
person is special to us
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we say when is the
wedding, they say well
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Tuesday evening at 7
o'clock. Tuesday evening at 7,
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that's when I play
basketball. I'll tell you what,
00:54:37.11\00:54:39.20
I'll cancel basketball
this weekend I'll be at your
00:54:39.23\00:54:40.72
wedding. Most
important event, the wedding.
00:54:40.75\00:54:44.22
The wedding that's
coming the most important event
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we've got to make our
schedule fit into God's
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schedule, not make
God's schedule fit into
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our schedule and
that's why the Sabbath is not
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something that's. Its
not negotiable anymore than
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any of the other
commandments are negotiable.
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That's why it begins
with the phrase remember the
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Sabbath day to keep it
holy, not to choice a day
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and try to make it
holy and by the way in 1995
00:55:06.97\00:55:10.09
one of the boldest
statements made in modern
00:55:10.12\00:55:12.64
days about the
importance of the Sabbath
00:55:12.67\00:55:14.23
was made by the Saint
Catherine Catholic church in
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Algonac, Michigan May
21, 1995 listen to this.
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It says people who
think that the scripture
00:55:24.87\00:55:30.26
should be the sole
authority should logically
00:55:30.29\00:55:33.44
become Seventh-day Adventist
and keep Saturday holy.
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I didn't read the
entire quotation because the
00:55:41.07\00:55:42.94
time does not allow
me to but they began.
00:55:42.97\00:55:46.24
We did not put that
out. We didn't put that out
00:55:46.27\00:55:48.12
you can go on the
Internet and put Saint
00:55:48.15\00:55:50.63
Catherine Catholic
Church May 21st 1995
00:55:50.66\00:55:54.70
and you see the
quotation yourself about
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they are saying one
of the boldest things
00:55:56.60\00:55:58.90
they did was change
the Sabbath to Sunday,
00:55:58.93\00:56:02.57
but they said they did
that based on their own
00:56:02.60\00:56:04.43
authority. It's a
mark of their authority.
00:56:04.46\00:56:06.68
It's a mark of their
authority, but they say
00:56:06.71\00:56:08.07
if you believe the
Bible is your authority,
00:56:08.10\00:56:10.31
if your believe the
Bible is your sole authority
00:56:10.34\00:56:12.96
then you should
honor the Bible Sabbath
00:56:12.99\00:56:15.07
and they said and
become Seventh-day Adventist.
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I want to read
something to close it out. Yes.
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The Israel had what
they called the Shama
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that they would read and
they would quote within the
00:56:24.40\00:56:26.81
family and the family
unit. Okay, and here it is
00:56:26.84\00:56:29.60
quoted in
Deuteronomy chapter 6 verse 4
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these are the words of
Moses encouraging the people,
00:56:32.65\00:56:37.06
hear O Israel the Lord
our God the Lord is one.
00:56:37.09\00:56:41.29
You shall love of the Lord
your God with all your heart
00:56:41.32\00:56:44.37
with all your soul and
with all your strength.
00:56:44.40\00:56:46.00
The words which I command
you today shall be in your
00:56:46.03\00:56:48.96
heart. You shall teach
them diligently to your
00:56:48.99\00:56:52.36
children walk and talk
of them when you sit in your
00:56:52.39\00:56:55.06
house. When you walk
by the way, when lie down,
00:56:55.09\00:56:57.98
and when you rise up and
then notice these words John.
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And you shall bind
them as a sign on your hand
00:57:00.96\00:57:05.22
and they shall be as
frontlets between your eyes.
00:57:05.25\00:57:08.53
That's right. That
Shama. And there it is the seal
00:57:08.56\00:57:12.05
of God on the forehead
frontlets between your eyes.
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Well, friends Jesus
said it best remember the
00:57:14.71\00:57:17.08
Sabbath day to keep it
holy, if you love me keep my
00:57:17.11\00:57:19.91
commandments and friends
it all comes down to that,
00:57:19.94\00:57:21.66
do you love the Lord or
do you love man's tradition
00:57:21.69\00:57:24.27
above the Bible. Here at
House Calls we love the Lord
00:57:24.30\00:57:26.90
and we believe you do
to, so make your decision be
00:57:26.93\00:57:29.66
a follower of the
truth and of Jesus.
00:57:29.69\00:57:32.53
May God bless you
until we see you again.
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