Have you heard of Pope Frances'
Encyclical on Climate Change?
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Does it have anything to
do with the Mark of the Beast?
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That's our topic on this
edition of His Voice Today.
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Welcome to
another His Voice Today
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with Steve Wohlberg.
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The release date
was June 18, 2015.
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It was a
milestone Papal Encyclical
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addressing the
issue of Climate Change.
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It was released worldwide,
translated into many languages,
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the media was all over
it, and Tim Saxton and I,
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my Associate, are
here to discuss this issue
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in the light of
Biblical Prophecy.
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Tim, it's great having you
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as part of the
White Horse Media Team,
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we've known each
other for a long time
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and we've been working
together for quite a while,
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and let's go
right into the topic.
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You've done a lot
of research on this
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so why don't you
just... for the Viewers
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who aren't that
familiar with this topic
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just give us a
background on the Encyclical,
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Climate Change and
what the issues are.
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Okay, Steve,
thank you very much.
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For 20 years now,
World Leaders have been
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attempting to address
the issue with Climate Change
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and they've been unable
to come up with any solution.
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Now as you may
know, Climate Change
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is what's being portrayed in
the Media and among Scientists
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as one of the causes
of evil in our world.
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Things like Global Warming,
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resulting in
natural disasters...
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extreme weather, disasters,
even the California drought,
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it's all
attributed to Climate Change.
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All of these
storms, these crazy storms
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and incredible hurricanes
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and typhoons,
it's all because of
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Climate Change...
is what they're saying.
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Record hot weather,
record cold weather,
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crops failing, and
polar icecaps melting,
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waters rising, things like this.
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Yes, now what we're also
seeing is that Governments
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are saying Climate Change
is a threat to their security.
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China... in March...
the BBC carried a report
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that China declared that
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Climate Change was a
threat to their security.
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In May, NPR reported
that President Barack Obama,
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said that Climate
Change was a threat
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to the Security
of the United States.
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So we see
Governments jumping onboard this
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saying... "We've
got to do something,
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this is serious
about Climate Change
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but what can we do?
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Right... let me just
inject an article I just read
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from Fox News showing
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that it's not just
Governments and Scientists
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but it's the
Media, as you mentioned,
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June 23rd, 2015, the
title of the article was:
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"Climate change health risk
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is a 'medical
emergency'" experts warned.
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"Warned: Extreme weather events
such as floods and heat waves
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bring rising risks
of infectious diseases,
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poor nutrition and
stress," specialists said.
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"We see Climate Change
as a major health issue
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that's often
neglected in policy debates"
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and then it says here,
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"Climate Change is
a medical emergency,
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it demands an
emergency response"
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and that's a quote
from Hugh Montgomery,
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Director of UCL's Institute
for Human Health and Performance
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and he is a
co-author of the report...
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the report
mentioned in this article...
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so a lot of people
are talking about this
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and the Pope is
talking about this as well.
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Correct... on
June 18 of this year
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the Pope released his Encyclical
that they've been working on
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for months... and
in the Encyclical...
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I'm going to give
some quotes here, he says,
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that "Climate
Change... " I'm quoting...
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"represents one of
the principal challenges
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facing humanity today"
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and again in his
document he says,
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he seeks to "bring the
whole human family together
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to address it. "
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So, oftentimes,
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Papal Encyclicals are
addressed to Catholics,
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for the Catholic Church,
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but this Papal
Encyclical is different,
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it's addressed
to the entire world
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and it says, "We
have a world problem
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and we must all come together
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to address this problem. "
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And it's obvious that the
world does have a problem.
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It does... And the
Pope recognizes that.
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He sees that
this world is a mess,
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that disasters are increasing,
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there's a whole host of
things that are happening
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and whether the
Science and Climate Change,
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global warming, we know
there's a big debate on that,
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whatever the right
side is or the wrong side
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concerning all of the Science,
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the fact is... that
this Planet is in trouble
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and the Pope does recognize that
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and he also
recognizes significantly...
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that the issue really...
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has a lot to do
with human beings,
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what we're doing...
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and Biblically
there's no question
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that if Adam hadn't have sinned,
it would be a different world,
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there wouldn't be
earthquakes and fires and floods
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and so, Scripturally,
we do know that sin
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is at the heart of the
problems on this planet.
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There's a friend of mine,
Scott Christiansen who wrote
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a masterful book
called, "Planet in Distress"
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published by the
Review and Herald
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and he looks at the
systems of the world,
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an how the
environmental systems...
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and how they've
been affected by sin...
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and we certainly
see it prophetically
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that things are
going to be downhill...
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going downhill...
until Jesus comes.
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Very true... and you know in
his Encyclical the Pope says,
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he laments the
breakdown of Society,
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that's a quote, "the
breakdown of Society"
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and he says that we need to...
I'm going to quote again...
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"we need to slow down
and recover the values
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and the great goals
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by our unrestrained
delusions of grandeur. "
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Okay, so, we do have a problem,
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humans are
involved with this problem,
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and we need to slow down...
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and the solutions,
so... yeah, in the Encyclical
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he moves into a solution
which involves slowing down
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and let's move in
to the Sabbath issue
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that the
Encyclical strongly addresses.
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Yes, pointing back to Genesis,
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the Pope talks about
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the corruption that was
in the world before the flood
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and how God
brought salvation to Noah
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and that after the flood,
there was a restart to humanity
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and from there he
goes on talking about the
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Seventh-day Sabbath
where people rested every week
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and then he talked about
the land... every seven years...
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that in the Old Testament,
the land would have rest
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and at the end of
seven seven-year cycles
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it was considered
a year of jubilee,
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a year to restart.
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And that's all
in the Encyclical.
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That's all in the Encyclical.
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That's been
read around the world
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by Media and Governments
and Scientists and Catholics
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and Protestants and the
list just goes on and on
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and looking at the problem,
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he's pointing back
to the Sabbath issue
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now, keep going,
when he does that
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is he then referring to
the whole world coming together
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and keeping the
Seventh-day Sabbath
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which is the Biblical
Sabbath or a different Sabbath?
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Well, towards the end of
the Encyclical in Section 237
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he says, and I'm
going to quote here,
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"Sunday, like
the Jewish Sabbath,
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is meant to be a day which
heals our relationships with God
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with ourselves, with
others, and with the world. "
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So, at the end, he is linking
Sunday as the replacement
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for the Sabbath of Scripture.
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I've got the same quote there,
and he continues and says,
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"Sunday is the day
of the Resurrection,
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the first day of
the new creation,
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in this way...
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Christian spirituality
incorporates the value of
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relaxation and festivity. "
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So, he's definitely
pointing to a Sunday solution
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as part of the
solution to global warming
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and to me it makes sense
from a certain perspective
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at least as most
people would look at this,
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that families are in trouble,
the environment is in trouble,
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Governments are in trouble,
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there is too many
carbon emissions and pollution
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that are going up into the Ozone
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and affecting the
environment to some extent
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and we all need to come
back to God... which we do,
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we do need to rest which we do,
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we do need to
strengthen our families
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which we do,
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and yet, he's
pointing to Sunday as the day
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for this to happen,
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and he certainly is
promoting this very strongly.
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Well yes... in the
Encyclical he talks about,
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I'm going to quote again,
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"Rest opens our eyes
to the larger picture
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and gives us renewed sensitivity
to the rights of others
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and so the day of rest sheds
its light on the whole week
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and motivates us to greater
concern for nature and the poor"
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so you can see there
he's taking the day of rest
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and saying, "If we have rest,
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it's going to
invigorate all of us
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to be more
concerned about those values.
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And he sees Sunday as
that day, not, as he sees it,
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as the ancient Jewish Sabbath,
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but now, it's really Sunday,
the day of the Resurrection,
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that's the day that would help
humanity come to a new start
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to help solve the
problems of Global Warming.
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Exactly, exactly...
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Tim, this to me, was
extremely significant,
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the same day the
Pope's Encyclical came out,
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June 18, 2015,
here is a Press Release
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from the Office of the...
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office of the Press
Secretary of the White House.
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For Immediate Release:
Titled: Statement by the Pope
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by the President on
Pope Frances' Encyclical
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and this is what President
Obama said the same day.
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"I welcome His Holiness
Pope Frances' Encyclical
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and deeply admire the
Pope's decision to make the case
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clearly, powerfully and
with the full moral authority
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of his position for
action on Global Climate Change"
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and then he said, "I
believe the United States
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must be a leader in this effort
which is why I am committed
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to taking bold
actions at home and abroad
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to cut carbon pollution.
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I look forward to discussing
these issues with Pope Frances
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when he visits the
White House in September. "
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To me this is very significant
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and I think we just need
to spend a little bit of time
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talking about Bible Prophecy.
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Seventh-day
Adventists have a definite
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understanding of the
book of Revelation Chapter 13
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which in many ways
does agree with Protestants
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for a long time
concerning the identity of the
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first beast of Revelation 13.
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In Revelation 13,
there are two beasts.
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The first one is
called the beast from the sea
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in verses 1 to 10,
and then in verse 11,
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there's a second beast
that comes out of the earth
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so you got the sea
beast and the earth beast
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and then as you move down
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toward the final
closing moments of time,
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both beasts are
cooperating together
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and they are working together
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to enforce the
"Mark of the Beast. "
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Now in harmony with Protestants
like Baptists, Methodists,
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Presbyterians,
Lutherans, Mennonites,
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the list goes on and on...
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at least about 100 years ago,
Seventh-day Adventists believed
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that the first
beast of Revelation 13
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is a symbol of the
Roman Catholic Church.
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That does not mean
the Catholics are bad,
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but the system of Catholicism
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is pointed out
right there in the Bible.
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"Matthew Henry" is
the most famous Commentary
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in Christian history.
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He interprets it
exactly that same way.
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And then the second
beast we understand to be
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the United States of America.
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From a lot of Bible studying,
I have a little book on this,
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a little pocket book that
White Horse Media has available
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called: "The United
States in Bible Prophecy"
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and, anyway, when
you look at the prophecy
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it's clear in
Revelation 13 verse 11 and 12,
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that the second
beast representing America,
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is going to be
cooperating with the first beast
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representing the
Roman Catholic Church
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and they will
be working together
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at the end of time and
especially the second beast
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will promote the first beast
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and eventually enforce
the "Mark of the first beast,"
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that's what prophecy says.
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So when I read President...
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here we've got an Encyclical
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where the Pope is
promoting a Sunday Solution
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to a global crisis
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and then you've
got President Obama
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coming out and
admiring the Pope's Encyclical
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and saying that
the United States
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must be a leader in this effort,
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to help implement
the Pope's suggestions...
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this is Revelation chapter 13
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being fulfilled
right in front of our eyes.
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Yes it is... yes it is...
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You know the Pope is certainly
going to be pushing his agenda
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in fact, I've got a quote
from a New York Times article,
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June 13 of this year
in which Michael Czerny,
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a Jesuit Priest who is involved
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in helping the Pope draft
his Encyclical said that...
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regarding the Encyclical,
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"This is certainly an
agenda-setting document. "
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In other words,
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this document sets
the agenda for the world
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and that's where Pope
Francis is going with this.
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Pope Francis is
coming to the United States
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to meet with the
President on September 23,
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the United
Nations... I'm sorry...
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the Joint Session of
Congress on September 24
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and the United
Nations on September 25
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and he's going to be
talking about Climate Change
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and what the
world needs to be doing.
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And surely he'll be addressing
and promoting his Encyclical.
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Yes, yes, he will be... in
fact, I'm reminded of a quote
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from Helen Clark, Administrator
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of the United Nations
Development Programme,
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who said that Francis has an
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"emerging agenda
on social issues... "
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and she adds, "he
is a man in a hurry"
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in other words,
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he's not just addressing
Climate Change, Steve,
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he is in a hurry to address it.
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Like he's got a deadline...
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Right, he senses
something big is about to happen
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and he's right...
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he's right that the
planet is in trouble,
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he's right that human sin is
a contributing factor to this
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he's wrong on looking
at the signs of the world
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and concluding that he
can bring the world together
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to help make things better
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on a long-term
basis when Scripture says
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that these are signs of
the second coming of Christ
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and that God's plan is
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not to put a
Band-Aid on a global problem
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but to get rid of sin
when Jesus Christ returns
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and that is not a message
that the Pope is preaching.
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Now, back to the Sabbath issue,
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I have a quote here
from a Catholic Catechism
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"The Convert's
CATECHISM OF CATHOLIC DOCTRINE"
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written by Peter Geiermann
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I believe it was
published in 1946
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and on page 50, it says here...
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Question: What day
is the Sabbath day?
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The answer:
Saturday is the Sabbath day.
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Question: Why do we observe
Sunday instead of Saturday?
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Answer: We observe
Sunday instead of Saturday
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because the Catholic Church
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transferred the solemnity
from Saturday to Sunday.
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And there's a lot of history
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behind this... we
don't have time to get into
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other White Horse Media
books go into this history
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but the Roman Catholic
Church claims that they changed
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the Bible Sabbath,
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and here I've got
the Ten Commandments
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the big tables of stone,
and the 4th Commandment says,
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"Remember the
Sabbath Day to keep it holy"
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and it says clearly
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that the 7th day is
the Sabbath of the Lord.
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That was written
with the finger of God
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and the Roman
Catholic Church came along
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historically and said
that we should change that
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to Sunday... which they did...
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that's the reason why
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the majority of
Christians, today, keep Sunday
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and they also claim
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that it is a sign or a
mark of their authority
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and Revelation 13 tells us
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that in the
closing moments of time...
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the lamb-like beast
representing America
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will cooperate with the
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first beast...
representing the Roman Church
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and will lead out in the efforts
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to enforce the
mark of the first beast
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which is... Sunday...
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Sunday is purely
a tradition of man
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it's not in the New
Testament as a holy day,
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it does not replace
the seventh-day sabbath,
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there's no question about it,
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and as we look at
these events around us,
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we can see
prophecy being fulfilled
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right in front of our eyes,
00:15:16.68\00:15:18.01
we're not fully there yet
but the stage is being set
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rapidly for a Sunday solution
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in the midst of an escalating
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global crisis... to
try to come back to God,
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come back to
family, come back to rest,
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help our bodies,
help the environment,
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cut down carbon emissions,
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the reasoning... it makes
sense from one perspective
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but if we really
look at our Bibles,
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it will become, ultimately,
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the enforcement of
the "Mark of the Beast"
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and just to mention
something else that... to me...
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is significant...
what we're saying right now
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is not an abhorrent
Seventh-day Adventist view
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I mention Scott Christiansen
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who wrote the book,
"Planet in Distress"
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on June 26, the
Review and Herald published
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his article online
the article is entitled:
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"The Pope's Encyclical:
An Adventist Perspective"
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and he says right in his article
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that the Pope's
document is amazing
00:16:10.90\00:16:13.64
in its hints at the
near-fulfillment of prophecy
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and he goes right down showing
00:16:16.57\00:16:18.24
how this ties in with
the Mark of the Beast,
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he says, "The
massive global media response
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to the encyclical is proof
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that the world is
wondering after the Pope"
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and that's a reference
to Revelation 13 verse 3
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that says that all the world
will marvel and follow the beast
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and just one more quick comment,
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President Obama referred
to the Pope as "His Holiness"
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John Boehner, the
Speaker of the House,
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when he first announced that the
Pope would be coming to America,
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that they were
extending an invitation to him,
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referred to the
Pope as "The Holy Father"
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and as I just look
at those statements,
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I think to myself...
that is just not true...
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as nice of man as he may be,
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you look at his pictures and
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he's just so friendly-looking
you just want to hug him,
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but Scripturally, that
man is not God's Holiness
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and he is not "the Holy Father,"
Jesus prayed in John 17 verse 11
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He prayed to the
Holy Father in heaven
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and no man deserves that title,
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and Scripturally the
System that he represents...
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that goes away from the Bible
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and brings a whole mass of
traditions into Christianity
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it's the beast of Bible Prophecy
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and people need
to understand this
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and it's time for
us to talk about it
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because time's running out.
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True Steve... it really
is and, you know, it's...
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when the Bible says
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"the whole world will
wonder after the beast... "
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it reminds me of an
article that I read recently
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talking about the
Pope's upcoming visit
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to the United
Nations, and the article said
00:17:55.67\00:17:58.27
this coming United
Nations' Meeting in September
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isn't just any
United Nations' Meeting...
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it's the 70th Anniversary,
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and it may be
the largest gathering
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of World Leaders in history.
00:18:07.32\00:18:09.35
So, when the Pope comes here
to address the United Nations,
00:18:09.38\00:18:12.89
it's not just any meeting,
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he may be addressing the
largest number of World Leaders
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ever assembled together
in one place... in history.
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Wow! So, when the Bible says
00:18:22.33\00:18:24.00
"and all the world
wondered after the beast... "
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you can see the
literalness of the fulfillment
00:18:26.87\00:18:29.64
coming up before us.
00:18:29.67\00:18:31.01
And something else
is that the fact is
00:18:31.04\00:18:33.17
that President
Obama cannot gather
00:18:33.21\00:18:35.84
as big a crowd as the Pope
00:18:35.88\00:18:37.21
neither can Mick
Jagger nor Oprah Winfrey,
00:18:37.25\00:18:39.51
there is no human
being on Planet Earth
00:18:39.55\00:18:42.05
that can gather a
bigger crowd than the Pope
00:18:42.08\00:18:44.52
and as President
Obama said in his statement
00:18:44.55\00:18:46.96
which to me was just shocking,
00:18:46.99\00:18:48.32
he referred to the full
moral authority of his position,
00:18:48.36\00:18:52.19
the world is
looking for moral guidance
00:18:52.23\00:18:54.90
and he is the
one that has surfaced
00:18:54.96\00:18:57.57
in this generation to become...
00:18:57.60\00:19:00.10
at least to profess to be
00:19:00.14\00:19:02.34
that person and
Scripture is being fulfilled.
00:19:02.37\00:19:04.61
We have a book
00:19:04.67\00:19:06.07
that you're familiar with
00:19:06.11\00:19:07.74
many of our
Viewers are familiar with
00:19:07.78\00:19:09.18
called The Great Controversy
00:19:09.21\00:19:10.55
written by a little
lady named Ellen G. White
00:19:10.58\00:19:12.41
in the 1880s... and this book,
00:19:12.45\00:19:14.58
written over a
hundred years ago,
00:19:14.62\00:19:16.69
pinpoints what is
happening right now.
00:19:16.75\00:19:20.42
Let me just read a
couple of quotations here,
00:19:20.46\00:19:23.53
it says on page 578,
"The Word of God teaches
00:19:23.56\00:19:26.59
that Roman
Catholics and Protestants
00:19:26.63\00:19:29.36
shall unite for the
exaltation of Sunday. "
00:19:29.40\00:19:31.93
That was written
over a hundred years ago
00:19:31.97\00:19:34.44
and it's happening right now.
00:19:34.47\00:19:35.97
It quotes Revelation 13,
it says that this prophecy
00:19:36.00\00:19:39.04
will be fulfilled when the
United States shall enforce
00:19:39.07\00:19:42.08
Sunday observance which
Rome claims as the special
00:19:42.14\00:19:45.11
acknowledgement of her supremacy
00:19:45.15\00:19:47.42
since the middle
of the 19th century,
00:19:47.45\00:19:49.62
students of
prophecy in the United States
00:19:49.68\00:19:51.85
have presented this
testimony to the world.
00:19:51.89\00:19:54.02
In the events now taking place
you've seen a rapid advance
00:19:54.06\00:19:57.86
toward the fulfillment
of this prediction. "
00:19:57.89\00:20:00.63
So, what was written
over a hundred years ago,
00:20:00.70\00:20:03.33
by this lady that
many don't like...
00:20:03.37\00:20:05.73
it's just spot on...
she is pointing to the Bible
00:20:05.80\00:20:10.11
telling us what prophecy says,
and it's happening right now.
00:20:10.14\00:20:14.44
Now... not only that,
here's another quote here...
00:20:14.48\00:20:16.18
And Steve might I
say that... Sure...
00:20:16.21\00:20:17.91
When you say,
"people don't like her... "
00:20:17.95\00:20:19.58
people don't like her...
because she tells the truth.
00:20:19.61\00:20:21.48
That's right... They
don't like her because
00:20:21.52\00:20:22.85
she tells the truth.
00:20:22.88\00:20:24.22
And people...
many people love Jesus
00:20:24.25\00:20:26.05
but others hated Him,
because He told the truth.
00:20:26.09\00:20:29.12
He was crucified at the
instigation of Religious Leaders
00:20:29.16\00:20:33.76
who didn't want the truth
00:20:33.80\00:20:35.70
but yet Jesus loves... He
loved them, He loves us all
00:20:35.76\00:20:39.97
and we want to make it clear
that we have no personal issue
00:20:40.00\00:20:43.84
with Pope Francis
himself or with Catholic people
00:20:43.87\00:20:47.64
or Protestants or really anyone
00:20:47.71\00:20:49.98
we're trying to be
faithful to Prophecy
00:20:50.01\00:20:52.51
and to wake people up to
what's happening right now.
00:20:52.55\00:20:55.42
Page 589, "In accidents and
calamities by sea and by land,
00:20:55.45\00:20:58.55
and great conflagrations,
in fierce tornados,
00:20:58.59\00:21:01.99
and terrific hailstorms,
and tempests, floods, cyclones,
00:21:02.02\00:21:06.09
tidal waves, and
earthquakes, in every place
00:21:06.13\00:21:08.76
and in a thousand forms... "
00:21:08.80\00:21:10.13
we can see the great controversy
playing out in front of us.
00:21:10.17\00:21:13.54
Page 590, "These
visitations are to become
00:21:13.57\00:21:15.87
more and more
frequent and disastrous. "
00:21:15.90\00:21:18.11
So we see,
they're going to increase.
00:21:18.17\00:21:20.31
Jesus said the same
thing in Matthew chapter 24,
00:21:20.34\00:21:23.65
now look at this, page 605 says,
00:21:23.68\00:21:27.02
"As the question of
enforcing Sunday Observance
00:21:27.05\00:21:30.79
is widely agitated... "
00:21:30.82\00:21:32.55
and we're not quite there yet
00:21:32.59\00:21:33.92
it's in the
Encyclical but it's coming.
00:21:33.96\00:21:36.73
"... and the event so
long doubted and disbelieved
00:21:36.76\00:21:39.53
is seen to be approaching...
00:21:39.56\00:21:40.93
then the third angel's message,"
00:21:40.96\00:21:42.30
which is in
Revelation 14 verses 9 to 12
00:21:42.33\00:21:44.37
"will produce an effect which
it could not have had before"
00:21:44.40\00:21:47.27
and we are trying to
wake people up to the reality
00:21:47.30\00:21:49.50
that these things are
happening in front of our eyes
00:21:49.54\00:21:51.71
and it's time to
get back to the Bible,
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.51
it's time to
understand the truth,
00:21:53.54\00:21:55.34
it's time for us to
follow what God said
00:21:55.38\00:21:58.28
instead of what man has
said in changing God's day.
00:21:58.31\00:22:03.79
Now, we also want to clarify
that Seventh-day Adventists
00:22:03.82\00:22:06.52
do not believe
we're saved by the Law,
00:22:06.55\00:22:08.12
we're not saved by obedience,
we're saved through Jesus Christ
00:22:08.19\00:22:11.13
our Creator who
became a human being
00:22:11.16\00:22:12.93
and who loved us so much
00:22:12.96\00:22:14.63
that He paid the
price on the cross
00:22:14.66\00:22:16.56
for the sins of the whole world,
00:22:16.60\00:22:18.43
He died because we've
broken all these Commandments,
00:22:18.47\00:22:20.80
and He can only
save us in one way
00:22:20.84\00:22:23.27
and that is by
grace. That's right...
00:22:23.30\00:22:25.67
And when we turn to Him,
and His grace forgives us
00:22:25.71\00:22:29.08
when we repent and trust
Him and His grace forgives us,
00:22:29.11\00:22:31.68
His grace transforms us,
00:22:31.71\00:22:33.21
His grace shows us
His incredible love
00:22:33.25\00:22:35.38
for sinners like all of us...
00:22:35.42\00:22:38.15
then, He gives us a new heart
00:22:38.22\00:22:40.89
and because we love Him we
want to keep His Commandments
00:22:40.92\00:22:44.09
in John 14:15, Jesus said,
00:22:44.13\00:22:46.26
"If you love me,
keep my commandments"
00:22:46.29\00:22:48.50
and some people say,
00:22:48.53\00:22:49.86
"Well, that's just
Jesus' Commandments... "
00:22:49.90\00:22:51.23
but John 14:15
is actually a quote
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.44
from the second Commandment
which says that God shows mercy
00:22:53.47\00:22:56.81
to thousands, who love
me and keep My Commandments.
00:22:56.84\00:23:00.94
Steve, what
you're saying is so true
00:23:00.98\00:23:03.35
and it is a solemn time to
be alive in earth's history.
00:23:03.38\00:23:06.31
You know, a couple of
quick other news reports
00:23:06.35\00:23:09.05
I know our time is
running out here...
00:23:09.08\00:23:10.69
BBC carried a news
report on May 12 of this year,
00:23:10.72\00:23:14.89
that said,
Scientists are predicting
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.56
a substantial El Niņo event
to occur... later this year...
00:23:16.59\00:23:22.20
meaning that with all
the warming of the oceans,
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they're saying
this El Niņo event
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could bring extreme
weather to our world
00:23:27.54\00:23:29.70
starting from September
onwards and then CBS reports
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It parallels the Pope's
00:23:34.08\00:23:35.41
coming here... it
all fits together...
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It does... and then
CBS reported just recently
00:23:36.81\00:23:39.68
about all these crabs being
washed ashore in California
00:23:39.71\00:23:43.55
some of our Viewers may
have seen a report on that
00:23:43.59\00:23:46.19
and they say...
Scientists are saying
00:23:46.22\00:23:48.66
this is an omen of
extreme weather coming
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and so, when the world
sees all this extreme weather,
00:23:51.13\00:23:54.90
and they also see the
issues in Climate Change
00:23:54.96\00:23:58.13
and the need for rest.
00:23:58.17\00:23:59.50
Steve, earlier you
brought up that Fox News article
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one of the things that
Fox News article said is that
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people don't have time,
00:24:04.47\00:24:06.61
it mentions they don't
have time for things anymore,
00:24:06.64\00:24:09.24
so if we don't have time,
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on May 23, the New
York Daily News said...
00:24:11.48\00:24:14.68
had an article titled,
00:24:14.75\00:24:16.08
"You need and
deserve a secular Sabbath"
00:24:16.12\00:24:19.22
and in that
article, it goes on to say
00:24:19.25\00:24:22.29
with all the busy
interruptions in our lives,
00:24:22.32\00:24:24.93
that we're living
at the speed of light
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more than the speed of
life and it goes on to say
00:24:27.73\00:24:30.53
it says,
"Perhaps it's no surprise
00:24:30.57\00:24:32.00
that more and more people,
00:24:32.03\00:24:33.37
whatever their
religion or lack of religion,
00:24:33.40\00:24:34.90
are turning to the
ancient idea of the Sabbath. "
00:24:34.94\00:24:37.87
The only problem
is... Steve... is that...
00:24:37.91\00:24:40.44
as society is turning back
00:24:40.48\00:24:42.74
to the need of
rest and the Sabbath,
00:24:42.78\00:24:44.18
they're actually
turning back to Sunday...
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It's the wrong
day... it's the wrong day...
00:24:47.72\00:24:50.09
and everything is
just coming together,
00:24:50.12\00:24:52.45
we can see it on all sides,
00:24:52.49\00:24:54.26
the climate is
here, prophecy is pending,
00:24:54.32\00:24:57.66
and you
mentioned that Paul Revere,
00:24:57.69\00:24:59.56
a quick little
story about Paul Revere,
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and how that
applies to us today.
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Well, with Paul
Revere... as most Americans know
00:25:03.10\00:25:06.67
Paul Revere was the
man who sounded the alarm
00:25:06.74\00:25:10.21
when the British were coming,
the British army was coming,
00:25:10.27\00:25:13.98
so when he saw the
sign that they were coming,
00:25:14.01\00:25:16.68
he went through New England,
shouting at the top of his voice
00:25:16.71\00:25:19.78
"The British are coming,
the British are coming... "
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.48
to awaken the
Colonists, to mobilize...
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so likewise, in today's world,
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God's people need to be
sounding the alarm saying,
00:25:26.39\00:25:28.99
"We can see the end is coming
00:25:29.02\00:25:31.13
and we need to mobilize. "
00:25:31.16\00:25:33.23
We need to share the gospel
00:25:33.26\00:25:34.93
with those who don't know it.
00:25:34.96\00:25:36.60
And that's what we're trying
to do... we're not saying that
00:25:36.63\00:25:38.73
"those that keep the
first day of the week are lost"
00:25:38.77\00:25:41.50
but we are saying that God
has a message for this time,
00:25:41.54\00:25:44.24
I think back that God raised
up Noah to give the message,
00:25:44.31\00:25:47.18
God raised up Jonah
to give the message,
00:25:47.21\00:25:48.94
God raised up John the
Baptist to give the message,
00:25:48.98\00:25:51.11
God raised up Martin
Luther to give the message,
00:25:51.15\00:25:53.45
and God has raised up
the Seventh-day Adventist
00:25:53.48\00:25:55.68
Movement... to give the
message of the three angels,
00:25:55.72\00:25:58.15
the third angel to
warn about the beast,
00:25:58.22\00:25:59.92
the second beast, and
the Mark of the Beast,
00:25:59.95\00:26:02.79
in the times that we
are living in right now.
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It's amazing... just
amazing to see what's happening.
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In Revelation
chapter 3 verse 10,
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Jesus Christ refers
to the hour of trial
00:26:11.60\00:26:14.17
which will come
upon the whole world
00:26:14.20\00:26:16.74
to test those who
dwell upon the earth.
00:26:16.81\00:26:19.17
We are all about to be tested
00:26:19.21\00:26:20.98
when these final
events take place,
00:26:21.01\00:26:23.38
the test would be,
will we follow the beast
00:26:23.41\00:26:26.05
or will we follow Jesus Christ,
00:26:26.08\00:26:27.48
will we follow the
Bible or tradition,
00:26:27.52\00:26:29.68
will we follow God or
man... the truth or error.
00:26:29.72\00:26:33.96
The very last
chapter of the Bible,
00:26:33.99\00:26:37.63
Revelation chapter
22 says these words,
00:26:37.66\00:26:41.23
"He said to me,
do not seal the words
00:26:41.26\00:26:45.40
of the prophecy of this book:
00:26:45.43\00:26:46.77
for the time is at hand.
00:26:46.80\00:26:49.60
He that is unjust,
00:26:49.64\00:26:51.07
let him be unjust still:
00:26:51.11\00:26:52.44
he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
00:26:52.47\00:26:54.08
he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still:
00:26:54.11\00:26:56.34
and he that is holy,
let him be holy still"
00:26:56.38\00:26:58.31
and those words
will be spoken by Jesus.
00:26:58.35\00:27:00.25
When the test comes,
everyone makes their choice
00:27:00.28\00:27:03.08
and then the doors close,
and we're either on God's side
00:27:03.12\00:27:06.29
or the side of the Devil.
00:27:06.32\00:27:08.09
In Verse 12, Jesus says,
00:27:08.12\00:27:09.76
"And, behold,
I'm coming quickly;
00:27:09.79\00:27:11.13
and my reward is with me,
00:27:11.16\00:27:12.76
to give every one
according to his work. "
00:27:12.79\00:27:15.80
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