Our world is
confused about what's right,
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what's wrong, and what's true.
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It won't be long until
God sets the record straight
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and that's our topic
here on His Voice Today.
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Welcome to
another His Voice Today
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with Steve Wohlberg.
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Have you ever
witnessed a head-on collision
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between two
vehicles? It's not pretty.
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Most of the time,
people don't survive
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that kind of an accident.
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That's what's going
to happen to our world.
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Our world is
heading for a collision
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with the big day,
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and the big day is the
return of Jesus Christ.
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That return is described
in the book of Revelation
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chapter 19 verses 11 to
16, it's like a collision
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between God and His planet
and when the collision hits,
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it's not going to be pretty
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for those that
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aren't on His side...
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for those that
don't know the Lord
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and so we're about
to have a Bible Study
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this is called
"Behold the White Horse"
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from Revelation
19 verses 11 to 16
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describing the
coming of Jesus Christ.
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We're going to talk
about moral issues...
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about what's
right and what's wrong,
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about what's true
so that we can be ready
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for the big day when
Jesus Christ comes again.
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If you have a Bible,
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I invite you to
follow along with me.
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Revelation chapter 19
starting with verse 11,
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the Bible says,
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"And I saw heaven opened,"
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first of all we're
going to dissect this.
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John said that he saw heaven,
he saw heaven... heaven opened,
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it's no secret that we
live in a very secular age.
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A lot of people don't
believe in heaven anymore.
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When I was a teenager, I
used to listen to the Beatles
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and a lot of other
Rock 'n' Roll groups,
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Mild Rock, Heavy Rock,
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and I listened to
John Lennon many times
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and I listened to
John Lennon many times.
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I've listened to one
particular song called,
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"Imagine there's no heaven,
it's easy if you try... "
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that John Lennon used
to sing before he died.
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I imagined that
he believed that.
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He wasn't a practicing
Christian that's no secret,
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he wasn't a Bible believer
and so he created this song
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or at least he sang the words,
"Imagine if there is no heaven,
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it's easy if you try. "
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Well John Lennon is
dead and he was dead wrong.
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There is a heaven
and the Bible tells us...
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that one of these days
heaven is going to crack open
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and something big
is going to happen.
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"I saw heaven opened,
and behold, a white horse. "
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Now I personally don't believe
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that there's a
real horse up there,
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I don't believe that Jesus is
grooming some Arabian Stallion.
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This is "sacred symbolism"
that's found in Revelation.
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Revelation has a lot of symbols,
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Revelation talks about
a harlot riding a beast,
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we talked about this
in a previous program,
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it talks about a beast
with seven heads and ten horns,
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it talks about a
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great red dragon with
seven heads and ten horns,
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it talks about a lamb with
seven horns and seven eyes,
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and all of these
are "sacred symbols"
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that are designed
to teach us lessons,
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lessons about truth
and about righteousness
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and about deception and
when Revelation describes
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heaven being opened
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and one of these days
a white horse appears.
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This doesn't literally
mean that there's like a
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saddled horse up
there that needs to be fed,
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but this is
Revelation's description
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of the return of Jesus Christ
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which is going to be
real, there's no doubt,
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there are many
verses that say this,
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Revelation 1 verse 7
says, "Behold he's coming
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with clouds; and
every eye will see him... "
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Matthew 24 verses 30
and 31, Jesus said that
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one of these days the
sign of the Son of Man
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will appear in the sky
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and all the tribes
of the earth will mourn,
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and they will see the Son of man
coming in the clouds of heaven
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with power and great glory.
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In Matthew 24
verse 27, Jesus said,
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"... as the lightning
flashes from the east,
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and shines all
the way to the west;
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so shall also the
coming of the Son of man be. "
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So the Bible is very clear
that Jesus Christ is coming
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and in Revelation 19,
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He's described as
coming on a white horse.
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What lesson can we learn
from this passage... "white"?
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There's a big lesson
for us in the word "White. "
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Now, this doesn't mean
that God is prejudiced,
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it doesn't mean that
He likes White people
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and doesn't like Black people
or Brown people or Red people.
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It doesn't mean this at all.
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In fact there are
verses in the Scriptures
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that are very clear that
the Lord loves all people,
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He created all people.
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Somebody once
asked a friend of mine,
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he said, "Well, why are there
Black people and White people
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and different kinds
of people in this world?"
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And his response
was, the simple reason is,
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because God loves variety,
and He built into the genes
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of Adam and Eve
all the varieties
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that eventually
we see around us.
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In the book of
Acts chapter 17 verse 26
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tells us that from one
blood God made all the nations
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to dwell upon the
face of the whole earth.
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That's Acts 17 verse 26,
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that verse has
really impressed me
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that our skin may be different,
but we all have the same blood
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as far as the
basic kind of blood...
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if you break any of our skin,
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whatever the
color of the skin is...
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when the blood hits the
oxygen, it's going to turn red
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and John chapter 3 verse 16,
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Jesus said that
God so loved the world,
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that He gave His
only begotten Son
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that whoever believes
in Him should not perish,
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but have everlasting life.
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I grew up in Los Angeles
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and I had
friends that were black,
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I had friends that were brown,
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I have friends now that
are on the red-skin side,
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Native Americans, and
I have a personal passion
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to teach others
that prejudice is wrong.
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When that book of Revelation
describes Jesus Christ
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coming on a White Horse,
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it's not talking
about the color of skin,
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meaning that God is
prejudiced one way or another,
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in fact, God is
not prejudiced at all
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and white represents purity,
it represents his moral purity,
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and prejudice is wrong,
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and there are all
kinds of things in this world
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that are wrong and
when Jesus Christ comes
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as He's described in Revelation
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as coming on a white horse,
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this is Revelation's
way of impressing us
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that Jesus is coming down
from the sky in perfect purity
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and if we have any
impurity or sin or prejudice,
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that we're
cherishing inside of our hearts
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then it doesn't bode
well for us for the big day
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when the collision occurs
between God and Planet Earth.
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Lots of lessons we can learn
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from this chapter.
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I saw heaven open...
there's a real heaven,
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and the Bible says,
"Behold a white horse... "
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now the word "horse" if
you read this in the Bible,
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in the Scriptures...
do a study on "horse. "
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A horse represents
strength, God is a powerful God,
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He is an almighty God,
He is the all-powerful God,
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and there are no
forces in this world...
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there is no
wickedness in this world...
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there's no evil in this world...
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there is no
prejudice in this world...
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that is going to
stand in the great day
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when Jesus Christ
returns to Planet Earth
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to set things right eternally.
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A White Horse... "...
and He that sat upon him"
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this is talking about
the rider on the horse,
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"... He that sat upon him
was called Faithful and True,"
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the rider of the
horse in Revelation 19:11,
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is none other than
Jesus Christ Himself.
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I don't know if
you know this or not,
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but our ministry that
I'm a part of is called...
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that I actually direct...
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is called "The
White Horse Media. "
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We picked the name "White Horse"
because of Revelation 19:11.
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We picked the word "media"
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because we are trying to
communicate God's living truths
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through media,
through television,
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through radio, the
internet, and God is blessing us
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because we are taking a stand
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for the
principles of what is right.
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And this verse says that
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Jesus is ultimately
the rider on the horse.
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Now some people, you
know, ask me about this...
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"Why did you pick the
name 'White Horse Media?'"
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And I tell them
it's from Revelation,
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sometimes we might
have a little Bible Study
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and I'm always
very careful to say,
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that Steve Wohlberg is
not the rider on the horse.
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Even though I'm
the Speaker/Director,
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of White Horse
Media, the ultimate Guide,
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the ultimate
Director, the ultimate Speaker,
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the ultimate Leader
of our Organization,
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is Jesus Christ Himself.
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And I believe
that that is the way
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all true Christians should
feel about their ministries,
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and about their focus,
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is that Jesus is to be
the center of our lives.
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He is the rider on the
horse, not you and not me.
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And as we keep
reading, it says that
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He has some special names,
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it says that He
is called Faithful
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and He is called True.
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I like that word "Faithful. "
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Jesus Christ is
a faithful Savior.
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A long time ago,
He and His Father,
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His Eternal Father,
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the Eternal Father
and the Eternal Son,
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along with the
Eternal Holy Spirit,
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they covenanted together
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that if Adam and Eve should sin,
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that the Son of God would
come down to this dark world
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and He'd be born in Bethlehem,
He would live a pure life
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in spite of all the
attacks of the devil,
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to bring Him down, to tempt Him,
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to lead Him into sin, to
get Him to yield to hatred,
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to prejudice, to hostility,
to anything that was wrong
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and Jesus covenanted that
He was going to be faithful
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to His mission, and when
He was born in Bethlehem,
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the clock ticked and the
plan started going forward.
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When He met the
devil in the wilderness,
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and He was tempted, three
times... Satan tempted Him
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and Jesus said each
time, "It is written...
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it is written...
it is written... "
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He resisted the
devil and He was faithful
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faithful to His Father.
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At the end of His life,
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He entered the
Garden of Gethsemane,
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He gathered to
Himself all the sins
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of the whole world and He
made the faithful decision
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that He would drink the cup
that no matter what happened,
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no matter how much a
pain it was going to cause,
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between Him and His Father,
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He was going to go
through with the royal plan.
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And finally, at
the end of His life,
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His hands were
nailed to a piece of wood,
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His body was lifted
up, His feet were nailed,
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thorns were placed on His head,
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and blood dripped down
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and all the way to
the very last moment,
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when He finally said,
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"It is finished... "
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and then He bowed
His head and He died,
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Jesus Christ was
faithful to the plan,
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He was faithful to His Father,
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and He's faithful to
you and He's faithful to me.
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That's why He did
that, He did it for us...
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so that He could pay
the price for our sins
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so that He could
rise from the dead
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and so that He
could give us a chance
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to make a choice to turn away
from the evil of this world,
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from the
Godlessness of this world
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from the
immorality of this world,
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from the
wickedness of this world,
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and have a chance
to have eternal life
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through repentance
and through faith in Him.
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Jesus Christ is called faithful,
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not only was He
faithful to this mission,
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but He's faithful to you.
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In 1st John chapter 1
verse 9, the Bible says
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that if we confess our sins,
He is faithful and He is just
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and He will forgive us of
our sins and He will cleanse us
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from all unrighteousness.
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Jesus is faithful to
you to forgive your sins
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if you repent and trust in Him.
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Let's keep going... He
that sat upon the horse,
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the rider is
called faithful and true.
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He's also true.
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In this world today,
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everything just
seems to be up for grabs.
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Relativism is the wave
of life on earth today.
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People say, "Well, if it
is true for you, it is true...
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if it is true for me...
you know, it's my truth,
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this is my truth
and this is your truth,"
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and as a result
there's not very much truth
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in this world,
everything is just confusing,
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full of confusion,
everything seems to be gray...
00:12:42.36\00:12:44.99
people don't know
what's right and what's wrong.
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But in the Bible,
it's not that way.
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God is a God of truth
and the Scripture says
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that when Jesus comes
again, that His name is called
00:12:54.30\00:12:58.77
faithful and true.
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If you do a study
of the word "true"
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it's very clear in this book
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that there are
definitely standards of truth
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in John 17 verse 17 Jesus
said, "Your Word is the truth. "
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In Psalm 119 verse 142,
00:13:10.69\00:13:13.76
the Bible says that
God's law is the truth.
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In John chapter 16 verse 13,
00:13:16.76\00:13:19.66
Jesus talked about
the Spirit of truth,
00:13:19.69\00:13:22.66
who will guide
you into all truth.
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Somebody once said
that morality is like art.
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It starts with drawing a line.
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Jesus also said
in John 14 verse 6,
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"I am the way, and
the truth, and the life:
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no man comes to the
Father, but by me. "
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And to me it's very impressive,
then in Revelation 19:11,
00:13:38.28\00:13:42.42
Jesus is called "faithful"
and He's also called "true"
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when He comes again.
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God wants us to know the truth.
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He doesn't want
us to be confused
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and Jesus Christ Himself
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and His book...
this is the truth.
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And this is the
truth that we need to know
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to get ready for impact...
to get ready for "Collision Day"
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when Jesus Christ
returns to Planet Earth.
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Let's keep reading, "...
He that sat upon the horse
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was called Faithful and
True, and in righteousness... "
00:14:09.81\00:14:14.78
Righteousness
basically means what's right
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in contrast to what's wrong,
00:14:18.72\00:14:21.22
and this goes along
with the word "true"
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and again this
world is full of confusion
00:14:23.66\00:14:25.86
and people don't know what's
right and what's wrong anymore.
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People are confused
about men... about women...
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about boys... about
girls... about raising kids...
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about health... there's
just all kinds of confusion,
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about politicians,
about who to vote for,
00:14:42.14\00:14:45.51
about the future,
about what the Bible says,
00:14:45.55\00:14:48.85
confusion reigns...
this is the age of confusion.
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But when Jesus comes,
He comes in righteousness
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which is designed to
teach us before that day comes
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that there is a
"right" and there is a "wrong"
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and God wants us to
be on the side of "right"
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and not on the side of
"wrong" in order to be ready.
00:15:05.07\00:15:08.50
"... in righteousness he
judges" and then it says,
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"and He makes war. "
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He judges and He makes war.
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When most people think of Jesus,
they don't think of the judge.
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They think of like...
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the Nativity Scene
during Christmas time,
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they think of the
"meek and mild Jesus"
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who was born in
Bethlehem as a little baby.
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And it's true... He was born
in Bethlehem as a little baby
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and it is true that Jesus' heart
00:15:29.89\00:15:31.89
is a heart of
meekness and humility
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and gentleness and love.
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But that's not the whole story,
when Jesus looks at the world,
00:15:35.86\00:15:39.57
He looks at all
the evil in this world,
00:15:39.60\00:15:41.07
He looks at all of the
child abuse, and the terrorism,
00:15:41.10\00:15:44.94
and the
injustices and the prejudice,
00:15:44.97\00:15:47.58
at the murders, at the
crime, and the hypocrisy,
00:15:47.61\00:15:51.98
and all the things that are
breaking the Ten Commandments,
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on all sides of
us... Jesus is...
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He doesn't like those things,
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He doesn't want those
things to continue forever,
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He wants to get rid of them
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from His world
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and this verse
says, that when He comes,
00:16:06.56\00:16:09.30
He's coming as
the "judge," it says,
00:16:09.33\00:16:11.63
"... in
righteousness He will judge. "
00:16:11.67\00:16:13.94
And Jesus is not the kind of
judge that will take a bribe.
00:16:13.97\00:16:17.44
He's not an unjust judge,
00:16:17.51\00:16:19.61
He's a judge that judges
what's right and what's true
00:16:19.64\00:16:23.38
and He will make those
final decisions when He returns
00:16:23.45\00:16:27.12
and we want to make sure
if we're going to be ready for
00:16:27.15\00:16:30.62
"Collision Day,"
for the Big Day...
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that we are on His side,
00:16:32.65\00:16:34.29
doing what's right and
not doing what's wrong.
00:16:34.32\00:16:37.16
It says, "... He
judges and He makes war. "
00:16:37.23\00:16:40.00
He makes war...
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now that's not a word
that we normally think of
00:16:41.63\00:16:43.37
in connection with
Jesus Christ, but it's true
00:16:43.40\00:16:45.47
and Jesus is a warrior,
and in Revelation 19:11,
00:16:45.50\00:16:48.67
He's described as
a "Holy warrior... "
00:16:48.70\00:16:51.61
like a hero coming down
from heaven... from the sky
00:16:51.64\00:16:55.14
on a White Horse...
He's faithful and true...
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and he stands up
for righteousness
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and He judges and He makes war.
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Now, the next question is,
00:17:02.65\00:17:03.99
"What is He
going to make war on?"
00:17:04.02\00:17:05.62
Well, if you just
look at the context,
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and Jesus will make war on
everything that's not right.
00:17:07.29\00:17:10.63
He'll make war on
everything that's not true,
00:17:10.66\00:17:13.60
He'll make war on
everything that is impure,
00:17:13.63\00:17:16.50
that is not
white like the horse,
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Jesus will make war on sin,
00:17:20.47\00:17:23.00
He'll make war on evil,
00:17:23.04\00:17:25.54
He's coming to defeat it,
He's coming to conquer it,
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He's not coming as
a meek and mild Savior
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to be born in Bethlehem,
He's coming as a Holy Warrior
00:17:30.98\00:17:34.05
to get rid of sin
and to put it down.
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Verse 12 says,
00:17:38.02\00:17:39.42
"His eyes were
like a flame of fire,"
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His eyes were
like a flame of fire,
00:17:42.46\00:17:44.46
There's a verse in
the Bible that says,
00:17:44.49\00:17:46.80
"The eyes of the
Lord run too and fro
00:17:46.83\00:17:49.03
all throughout the
earth, looking to see
00:17:49.06\00:17:51.30
whose hearts are
perfect before Him,
00:17:51.33\00:17:53.74
so He can stand
strong in their behalf. "
00:17:53.77\00:17:56.14
God's eyes are
like a flame of fire,
00:17:56.17\00:17:58.54
He searches His people,
00:17:58.57\00:17:59.91
He searches those who
profess to follow Him.
00:17:59.94\00:18:01.74
"His eyes are
like a flame of fire,"
00:18:01.81\00:18:04.15
He knows what's in our hearts,
00:18:04.18\00:18:05.51
He knows the kind of
lives that we're living.
00:18:05.55\00:18:06.92
He knows whether
we are hypocrites
00:18:06.95\00:18:08.82
or whether we're doing
things behind the scenes
00:18:08.85\00:18:10.29
that we shouldn't be doing
00:18:10.32\00:18:11.65
or whether we are
truly on His side.
00:18:11.69\00:18:14.29
"His eyes are
like a flame of fire,
00:18:14.32\00:18:17.16
and on His head
were many crowns.
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He has a name written that
no man knew but He himself.
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And He was clothed in a vesture
or a robe dipped in blood,
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and His name is
called The Word of God. "
00:18:30.11\00:18:34.64
Revelation chapter 19 verse 13,
00:18:34.68\00:18:39.41
"His name is
called the Word of God. "
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What lesson can
we learn from that?
00:18:41.32\00:18:43.22
When Jesus comes
down from the sky,
00:18:43.25\00:18:45.42
His name is not
the opinions of men,
00:18:45.45\00:18:47.79
it's not the
philosophies of men,
00:18:47.82\00:18:50.23
it's not the
psychologies of men,
00:18:50.26\00:18:52.36
it's not the traditions of men,
00:18:52.39\00:18:54.43
His name is not
the theories of men,
00:18:54.46\00:18:56.56
His name is the Word of
God and that should impress us
00:18:56.60\00:19:02.64
there's a lesson for
us in this Revelation
00:19:02.67\00:19:05.74
that we need to follow the Bible
00:19:05.81\00:19:07.81
instead of the
traditions of men,
00:19:07.84\00:19:09.81
we need to follow
God and the Holy Spirit
00:19:09.84\00:19:12.48
and what this Book says
00:19:12.51\00:19:14.52
instead of yielding to the
age of confusion that we're in
00:19:14.55\00:19:18.09
whether it's moral confusion
or doctrinal confusion.
00:19:18.12\00:19:21.59
God wants us to
follow the Scriptures.
00:19:21.66\00:19:23.66
When Jesus dealt with
the devil in the wilderness,
00:19:23.73\00:19:26.70
and He was tempted three
times in Matthew chapter 4
00:19:26.73\00:19:29.60
every time Jesus said, "It
is written... it is written:
00:19:29.63\00:19:31.97
it is written: man
shall not live by bread alone,
00:19:32.00\00:19:35.24
but by every word that
comes from the mouth of God. "
00:19:35.27\00:19:38.47
And if we are going to
be ready for His coming,
00:19:38.51\00:19:40.88
then we need to have His Word
living inside of our hearts.
00:19:40.91\00:19:45.21
1st John chapter
2 verses 13 and 14,
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tells us that we
can overcome the devil
00:19:49.55\00:19:53.76
because the Word is
abiding inside of our hearts.
00:19:53.79\00:19:58.13
Jesus wants His Word to be in us
00:19:58.16\00:20:00.20
and if the living
Word is inside of us
00:20:00.30\00:20:01.73
through the Holy Spirit,
00:20:01.76\00:20:03.57
then when He comes
again, then we will be ready
00:20:03.67\00:20:07.07
to meet the personal
Word of God, Jesus Himself,
00:20:07.14\00:20:10.71
when He comes
down on the great day.
00:20:10.81\00:20:13.07
Verse 14 continues and says,
00:20:13.11\00:20:15.68
Heaven is full of
purity, it's white, it's clean,
00:20:26.05\00:20:30.23
it's pure, it's holy,
00:20:30.26\00:20:31.66
all of the ungodliness
that we see around us
00:20:31.69\00:20:34.80
in this world,
it's not up there,
00:20:34.83\00:20:36.87
and when Jesus comes down,
He's going to get rid of it
00:20:36.90\00:20:39.57
and so it's not going to
go on forever all around us.
00:20:39.60\00:20:42.27
Jesus is going to
conquer the forces of evil
00:20:42.30\00:20:44.74
and He wants us
to be on His side.
00:20:44.77\00:20:47.88
Verse 15 says that,
"... out of His mouth... "
00:20:47.91\00:20:51.85
out of the mouth of
Jesus when He comes,
00:20:51.88\00:20:54.12
"... goeth a sharp sword,"
00:20:54.15\00:20:57.59
now this doesn't literally mean
that Jesus is going to come down
00:20:57.62\00:21:01.29
and open His mouth
00:21:01.32\00:21:02.66
and a sharp blade
is going to pop out,
00:21:02.69\00:21:04.79
and it's going to
start cutting, no...
00:21:04.83\00:21:07.03
In Ephesians chapter 6 verse 17,
00:21:07.10\00:21:09.20
Paul talks
about the armor of God
00:21:09.23\00:21:11.53
and he says to
believers, he says...
00:21:11.57\00:21:13.87
he said, "Take the
sword of the Spirit,
00:21:13.94\00:21:15.80
which is the word of God:"
00:21:15.84\00:21:17.21
Jesus' word is like a sword,
00:21:17.24\00:21:19.77
and when He comes,
He's going to speak
00:21:19.84\00:21:21.61
and His word is going
to separate and divide
00:21:21.64\00:21:24.31
those that are on His side
00:21:24.35\00:21:25.78
versus those that
are not on His side.
00:21:25.81\00:21:27.68
Verse 15 says, "Out of
His mouth goeth a sharp sword,
00:21:27.75\00:21:30.82
that with it He
should smite the nations. "
00:21:30.89\00:21:33.66
He will smite the nations,
00:21:33.69\00:21:35.89
so His word is going to smite
00:21:35.92\00:21:38.46
the nations of the world
because the nations of the world
00:21:38.49\00:21:40.90
are not in
harmony with His word.
00:21:40.93\00:21:42.73
We need to be
willing to be different
00:21:42.76\00:21:45.80
from the nations of the world
00:21:45.83\00:21:47.34
if we are going
to stand on that day.
00:21:47.37\00:21:49.10
Somebody once said that
00:21:49.14\00:21:51.51
most people would
rather die than be different
00:21:51.54\00:21:54.31
and then the
same... he was a minister...
00:21:54.34\00:21:56.54
he said, "and
they will probably...
00:21:56.58\00:21:59.21
they will die... because they're
not willing to be different
00:21:59.25\00:22:01.98
to be followers
of Jesus Christ. "
00:22:02.02\00:22:04.02
We need to be
willing to be different
00:22:04.09\00:22:06.25
from the godless
ways of this world
00:22:06.29\00:22:08.46
to be true followers of Jesus,
00:22:08.49\00:22:10.23
or we're not
just going to be ready
00:22:10.26\00:22:11.59
to stand on that great day.
00:22:11.63\00:22:13.50
The Bible says
that with His sword,
00:22:13.53\00:22:17.17
Jesus will smite the nations
00:22:17.20\00:22:18.70
and He will rule
them with a rod of iron
00:22:18.77\00:22:21.07
and He treads the
winepress and the fierceness
00:22:21.10\00:22:24.01
of the wrath of
the Almighty God.
00:22:24.04\00:22:27.38
The wrath of the Almighty God,
00:22:27.41\00:22:29.18
Jesus' character,
according to this Book,
00:22:29.21\00:22:31.71
is not just the character of
gentleness, humility, kindness,
00:22:31.75\00:22:36.35
and love, but He also
has wrath, and justice,
00:22:36.38\00:22:40.49
and I believe that
behind wrath and behind justice,
00:22:40.56\00:22:44.93
is a heart of love
00:22:44.96\00:22:46.29
and that the reason why
God is going to punish evil
00:22:46.33\00:22:49.56
and pour out His
wrath upon wickedness,
00:22:49.60\00:22:52.80
is because He loves,
He has a passion of love,
00:22:52.83\00:22:56.27
and He wants to get rid of sin
00:22:56.30\00:22:58.07
so that it doesn't ravage
and destroy His world forever
00:22:58.11\00:23:02.61
and that's why He will
do this, and He will do it
00:23:02.64\00:23:04.85
and the Bible tells us
00:23:04.88\00:23:06.28
His character is a blend
between mercy and justice
00:23:06.31\00:23:09.82
and the Scripture says
that He will tread the winepress
00:23:09.85\00:23:14.42
of the fierceness and
the wrath of the Almighty God
00:23:14.46\00:23:17.23
as Jesus comes
down to do battle,
00:23:17.26\00:23:19.76
to do war against
the forces of evil
00:23:19.79\00:23:22.30
and to defeat these forces.
00:23:22.33\00:23:24.27
In verse 16, "...
He has on His vesture
00:23:24.30\00:23:27.14
and on His thigh a name written:
00:23:27.17\00:23:31.44
which is KING OF KINGS
00:23:31.47\00:23:34.11
AND LORD OF LORDS."
00:23:34.18\00:23:36.75
There are a lot of
kings in this world
00:23:36.78\00:23:38.65
but Jesus Christ
is above the Kings.
00:23:38.68\00:23:40.52
There are a lot of
those that consider themselves
00:23:40.55\00:23:43.49
"Lords,
Presidents, Rulers, Statesmen,
00:23:43.52\00:23:46.05
People in Responsibility,"
but Jesus is above them all.
00:23:46.09\00:23:49.39
He's above them all.
00:23:49.42\00:23:50.76
He is the King of Kings
and He is the Lord of Lords.
00:23:50.83\00:23:54.66
So, the big question again
is, "How can we be prepared
00:23:54.70\00:23:58.70
for the big day...
for the Collision Day...
00:23:58.73\00:24:01.47
when Heaven opens
and Jesus comes down,
00:24:01.50\00:24:03.94
as a Holy warrior to
do battle against evil.
00:24:04.01\00:24:07.08
The answer to our preparation
00:24:07.11\00:24:09.41
is found in verse 8.
00:24:09.44\00:24:11.98
Verse 8 is describing
God's people, His saints,
00:24:12.01\00:24:16.15
it says, "to her was granted
that she should be arrayed
00:24:16.18\00:24:19.45
in fine linen, clean and white:
00:24:19.49\00:24:21.26
for the fine linen is the
righteousness of saints. "
00:24:21.29\00:24:24.76
Jesus had us a
robe of righteousness.
00:24:24.79\00:24:27.80
Revelation 7 verse 14 describes
a whole group of people
00:24:27.83\00:24:31.57
from every nation,
tribe, tongue and people,
00:24:31.60\00:24:33.77
from all the nations,
Black, White, Red, Yellow,
00:24:33.84\00:24:36.57
all the people of the world,
who choose to turn away from sin
00:24:36.60\00:24:40.28
and choose to
follow Jesus Christ,
00:24:40.31\00:24:42.54
they will be
clothed in white robes.
00:24:42.58\00:24:44.81
Jesus is coming on a white horse
00:24:44.85\00:24:47.55
that's the
symbolism of Revelation,
00:24:47.62\00:24:50.19
and He wants us to
participate in that whiteness
00:24:50.22\00:24:55.92
and to be clothed with the
white robe of His righteousness
00:24:55.96\00:24:59.76
which He's willing
to put on each of us
00:24:59.79\00:25:01.96
if we are just
willing to make a choice
00:25:02.00\00:25:04.57
to turn away from
sin and from evil.
00:25:04.60\00:25:07.07
I heard a story about two men
and they went for a boat ride
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inside a little
boat, down a river one day
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and they had two life
jackets and one of the men
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put the life jacket on
and the other man decided,
00:25:19.38\00:25:22.58
"Well, I'll just put
it next to me on the seat
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and if I need
it, I'll put it on. "
00:25:25.49\00:25:27.56
So, they started
going down the river
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and it was a beautiful
day and everything was fine,
00:25:29.59\00:25:32.83
the water was running
smoothly, but after a few turns
00:25:32.86\00:25:36.03
they ran into
some unexpected rapids
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.07
and the boat turned over
00:25:38.10\00:25:40.04
and as they went
over into the cold water,
00:25:40.07\00:25:43.00
the man that had
the life jacket on,
00:25:43.04\00:25:45.07
that had put it on
before they got to the rapids,
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he went down and
popped up, and he swam ashore.
00:25:48.31\00:25:51.41
The other man who thought
he'd put the life jacket on
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when the waters got
rough, he made a mistake
00:25:54.35\00:25:58.19
and he never did come up...
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.82
and there's a lesson
for us in that story,
00:25:59.85\00:26:04.03
we need, right now,
00:26:04.06\00:26:05.53
to choose to give up
sin, the ways of the world,
00:26:05.56\00:26:08.33
confusion of the
godless age that surrounds us,
00:26:08.36\00:26:11.07
and to trust in Jesus Christ,
00:26:11.10\00:26:13.00
to turn from our
sins and trust in Jesus,
00:26:13.03\00:26:15.50
and clothe
ourselves with a white robe
00:26:15.54\00:26:17.97
of His righteousness and to be
00:26:18.01\00:26:21.44
true followers of
Jesus Christ in our hearts,
00:26:21.48\00:26:24.35
in our characters,
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.01
in our words and in our actions.
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If we do that, we'll
be ready for Collision Day
00:26:27.98\00:26:31.32
when Jesus Christ returns
as described in the Bible.
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Revelation 19:11,
the Scripture says,
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"I saw heaven opened
and behold a white horse. "
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May God help us to be
ready for that big day
00:26:41.43\00:26:44.70
when Jesus comes.
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.10
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