The harvest truly is plenteous
but the laborers are few.
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Pray ye, therefore,
the Lord of the harvest
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that He will... He will send
forth laborers into His harvest.
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Also, I heard the
voice of the Lord say:
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"Who shall I send?
And who will go for us? "
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Then said I: "Here am
I... send me, send me. "
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Life on the Edge will enable
you to be an effective harvester
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for the Lord. We now
invite you into our classroom
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to Come Experience Life.
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We'd like to welcome
those of you that are at home.
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We'd like to invite you
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into our classroom now.
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We're going to be going over
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our 17th Bible study.
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Our 17th Bible study that
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you're going to be
marking in your Bibles
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is on the topic of
the Mark of the Beast.
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And before we even
get into this topic
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I'm going to tell you exactly
what the mark of the beast is.
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Are you ready?
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The mark of the
beast is the mark
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of the beast.
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It's quite simple, isn't it?
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The mark of the beast
is the mark of the beast.
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Now we've studied
in our classroom here
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multiple times about
who the antichrist power
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or who the beast power is.
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And Pastor Sizemore
made that very clear.
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There's some of you that
are watching who did not...
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have not been able
to see that program,
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and you need to make sure
that you watch that program.
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It's called The
Antichrist Part 1
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and The Antichrist Part 2.
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Once we know who the beast is
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all we have to do is look at the
beast to know what his mark is.
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But my friend, I'm not
into looking at the beast
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to see what his mark is.
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I want to go to the Bible
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and I want to find
out what God's mark is.
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And when we find God's
mark we'll know exactly
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what the beast's
mark is because the beast
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always has a
counterfeit of the real thing.
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The beast always has a
counterfeit of the real thing.
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And that's what we are going
to bring out in this study.
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You'll notice on your
screen the title of the study is
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Mark of the Beast and
our code is going to be MB.
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You understand
that? The antichrist power
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wants worship so desperately
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that he will even force you
so that he can get that worship.
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But God desires
worship from the heart
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not worship from coercion.
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We show Jesus our love and
we show Him that He is our Lord
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by obeying Him.
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You'll notice
also on your screen...
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We've been marking these
Bible studies in our Bible.
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Life on the Edge: a course that
is designed to make the edges
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of your sword - i. e.
the Bible - extremely sharp.
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And you know,
somebody once said to me...
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they once said to me: "how
did you get your Bible to be
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so floppy? " Have you
ever wondered how people
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have... some
people's Bibles are so floppy?
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Well you can get this
special type of oil that will
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make that happen. Do
you want to know what it is?
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Called palm oil.
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The longer you hold
this in the palm of your hand
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the more supple
the cover will become
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and the more
floppy your Bible will be.
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You'll be just like one of
those evangelists that preach
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in front of your churches
and the Bible just seems to
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flop open like a
little dove and just wave
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because it's got a lot of
palm oil on it. Isn't that neat?
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You can see there we're
going to... we have 17 texts
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in our Mark of the Beast study.
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I want you to notice
on this slide as well
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you will notice that
the 3rd text is marked 3MB1.
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That's the 3rd text
in the mark of the beast
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the first time we're there.
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We are going to go to that
text, Revelation 13:15 and 16,
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we are going to go there 3
times during this Bible study.
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So as you mark it,
you need to make sure
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that you include the 1
the first time we go there
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because then that will
give you the next reference
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we're going to go to.
Then you need to include the
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2 when we get to the ninth text.
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9MB has a 2... that's the 2nd
time we're at that reference.
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And then the third
time we're at that reference
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it should be 17MB3
rather than what you see there
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on the screen. Should be 17MB3.
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So let's go ahead
and start our study.
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Now before we
begin any Bible study
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we have made it our
habit - our persistent habit -
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to what? Pray. To pray. So
that's what we're going to do
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right now. So let us pray.
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Father in Heaven, You have
made it so clear in Your Word
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that it is Your
desire that we be saved.
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It is Your desire
that we avoid Your wrath
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and that we avoid
the mark of the beast.
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And Jesus, as we focus
on You today, we are asking
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that Your Spirit will
give us wisdom to understand
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beyond anything we are
capable of without You.
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Thank you for being with
us during this study, Jesus.
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In Your name we pray, Amen.
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I'd like to invite those of
you at home to get your Bible.
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Get yourself some
paper... a pen or pencil.
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Make sure you've got some water
because you're not going to
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want to stop
once you get started.
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So we're going to go
to our first reference,
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and we're going to ask Bill if
he will read our 1st reference.
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Now Bill, what is our first
reference? Help me get there.
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Our first reference is
what? Go to the New Testament.
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The New Testament... that's the
back half of my Bible, right?
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The last half of the
Bible, OK? Yeah, yeah.
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I'm in Luke... what do I do now?
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You're about three books away.
Yeah. Keep moving to the right.
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To the right. OK, I'm
moving to the right. Acts...
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Romans. OK, Romans. And
where are we going in Romans?
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Chapter 6. And what
verse are we going to?
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16. All right, I'm there.
All right. Maybe everybody else
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is there as well.
Can you read that for us?
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"Do you not know to whom
you present yourselves slaves
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to obey, you are slaves
to the one whom you obey
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whether of sin leading to death
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or of obedience
leading to righteousness? "
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So in this passage right here...
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the reason that we are in
this passage when we're giving
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this study is to
show this principle:
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that the one that you obey
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is the one that you serve.
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Does that make sense
in that passage, Dosung?
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It says there in Romans 6:16
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let's just read it one more time
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"Know ye not that to
whom ye yield yourselves
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servants to
obey... " Then it says:
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"his servants ye
are to whom ye obey. "
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And there's two
ways that we can obey.
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We can obey unto sin
that leads to what? Death.
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What kind of death
is that talking about?
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Eternal death, that's right.
That's where sin leads us,
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isn't it? And
apart from the Savior
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we die death that is eternal.
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We can obey sin unto
death or we can obey unto what?
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righteousness.
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So who is it that we
need to obey in order to
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obtain that righteousness
spoken of here in Romans 6:16?
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Jesus or God, right?
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We need to obey Jesus and God.
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So the reason that we are
in Romans chapter 6 verse 16
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is to show the principle
of the person that you obey
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is the person that you what?
Serve. That's absolutely right!
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Very nice. Let's
all get it this time.
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The reason that we're in
this verse is to show that
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the person that we obey
is the person that we serve.
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Now we are going to
go to the next reference
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in this Bible study.
And we are going to see...
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you'll see on the screen there,
we're going to Matthew chapter 4
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verses 9 and 10.
And we are going to see
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in this passage - we've
been here already once -
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we went here when we went
through the Great Controversy
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study. That was back... This
is the 17th study in our series.
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That was 14 studies
ago, believe it or not.
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It's hard to believe
it's been that long, isn't it?
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And time has just flown by.
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We're going to see a principle
here in Matthew chapter 4
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verses 9 and 10
where Jesus links
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service to worship.
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Obedience leads to
serving. The one that you obey
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is the one that you serve.
Now we're going to see that
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Jesus says that serving
is the same as worshiping.
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So we are going
over here to Jessica
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and we're going to
be in Matthew chapter 4
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and verses 9 and 10.
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Can you read
that for us, Jessica?
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"I will give it all to
You, he said, if You will only
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kneel down and worship me. "
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OK, Jessica...
who's talking here?
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Satan. And who's he talking to?
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Jesus. That's
right... go ahead now.
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"Get out of here,
Satan, Jesus told him.
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For the scriptures say you
must worship the Lord your God;
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serve only Him. "
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"You must worship
the Lord your God;
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serve only Him. " So Jesus links
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service or
serving to what? Worship.
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So over there in Romans
6:16 we saw that obedience
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was linked with what? Serving.
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Serving or service.
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And Jesus links here
service to what? Worship.
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So if obedience =
service = worship,
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then obedience = what? Worship.
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So when you're giving
this Bible study to someone
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make sure that
you point that out.
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The reason you go to Romans
6:16 is what? Dosung, tell me.
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What's the reason
you went to Romans 6:16?
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Can you use the
microphone for us?
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What's the reason
we go to Romans 6:16?
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Who you obey is your master.
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That's right. So
obedience leads to serving...
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or the one that you obey
is the one that you serve.
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Now Anita, tell me: why did we
go to Matthew 4 verses 9 and 10?
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Why did we go to Matthew 4:9-10?
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To show that
Satan wants worship.
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He wants us to serve him.
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He wants worship, and
what did Jesus link to worship?
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What did Jesus
link with worship?
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Service, right?
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Service. He says: "You
shall obey the Lord your God
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and Him on shalt thou serve. "
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So Jesus links
obedience with service.
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So those are the
reasons that we go there.
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Now, the antichrist power...
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the beast power in Daniel 7
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and in Revelation 13...
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that beast power wants worship
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so desperately we see here
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in Matthew 4:9-10 that
he even asks his own Creator
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to worship him.
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Pompous and
arrogant... no doubt.
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But he wants worship
so desperately and so bad
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that he will
actually coerce worship.
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Let's go to
Revelation the 13th chapter
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the 15th and 16th
verses. This is our third text
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in the Mark of the Beast study.
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We're in Revelation 13:15-16.
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And we'll ask Anita to read
that. But Anita, I'm in Matthew.
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How do I get to Revelation?
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Go to the last
book of the Bible.
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The last book of the
Bible. And that's Revelation.
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That's Reve... That's
easy enough, isn't it?
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And we're going
to Revelation what?
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13 verses 15 and 16.
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OK, can you read that for us?
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"And he had power to give
life unto the image of the beast
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that the image of the
beast should both speak
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and cause that as many as
would not worship the image to
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the beast should be
killed. And he causeth all
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both small and
great, rich and poor,
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free and bond, to receive
a mark in their right hand
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or in their forehead. "
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So what is it
in verse 15, Anita,
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that this beast power wants?
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Worship. He wants worship.
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Right there in verse 15 it says:
"And he had power to give life
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unto the image of the beast
that the image of the beast
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should both speak and
cause that as many as would not"
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what? "worship him" -
the image of the beast -
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"should be killed. " So he
wants worship so desperately
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that he is willing to
even kill you if you will not
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give him worship. Does
that sound like the person that
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you want to serve?
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Does that sound like
the person you want to obey?
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No! So here we
see a clarion call
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by the beast power saying:
"If you do not worship me,
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you will be" what? "killed. "
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Are you ready to
stand up for the Lord Jesus?
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Because that's what's going to
happen at the end of this study.
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God is going to ask you
to make a stand for Him.
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God is going to ask you
to make a stand for Him.
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And that's where
we're leading in this study.
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Let's go now to
the call for worship
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that comes from Jesus
Christ... not the antichrist
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but from Jesus Christ.
Let's go to Revelation,
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our next reference, where we're
going to spend a little bit
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of time here in Revelation
14 verses 7 through 12.
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This is our fourth text in
the Mark of the Beast study.
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Revelation
chapter 14 verses 7-12.
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And we're going to go ahead
and ask Tim if Tim will read
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that for us. Revelation
14. We're very close to it.
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Read verse 7. And Tim, I
am going to interrupt you
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all throughout this, so
just be prepared for that, OK?
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"Saying with a loud voice:
'fear God and give glory to Him
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for the hour of
His judgment has come.
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And worship Him that made
heaven and earth and the seas
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and the fountains
of waters. ' " OK.
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Now the Bible
says for us to fear God
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and do what? Give glory
to Him. Give glory to Him.
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Then it says and do
what? You had it right.
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And worship who?
The One who made us.
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The Creator, the One
that made everything.
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The One that made...
what did He make there?
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Tell me. He made... heaven,
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the earth, the sea,
and the fountains of water.
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You and I can either worship...
and when you're giving this
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Bible study you... I mean,
this is exciting, isn't it?
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And I have a hard time
containing excitement myself.
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So when you're giving
this Bible study it's all right
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to be excited. We can
either worship the beast
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or be forced to
worship the beast
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or we can make a conscious
decision to worship the Creator
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or the maker of
heaven and earth.
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This call to worship the Creator
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keeps us from
receiving the mark of the beast.
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Get that lodged.
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This call to worship the Creator
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keeps you from
receiving the mark of the beast.
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Go ahead and
read verses 8-11 now.
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OK. Verses 8 through 11.
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"And there followed another
angel saying: 'Babylon is fallen
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is fallen. That great city
because she made all nations
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drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. '
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And the third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice:
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'If any man worship
the beast and his image
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and receive his mark in his
forehead or in his hand... "
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OK, stop right there.
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If any man does
what? Receive the mark.
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Worships. Is that right? Is
that what it says there? Yes.
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If any man worships the
beast and receives what?
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His mark. His mark. Then
what happens to that person?
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Notice that this worshiping
of the beast is associated
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with the mark of the beast.
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The issue here is not
whether you're going to have
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one mark or another
mark. The issue in the mark of
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the beast study is:
who will you worship.
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OK. Keep reading.
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"The same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God
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which is poured out
without mixture into the cup
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of His indignation.
" OK, stop right there.
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Who is it that drinks of
the wine of the wrath of God
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that is poured out
without mixture into the cup of
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His indignation?
Those who worship the beast.
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The ones that choose to serve
the beast and what did you say,
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Robert? Those
that receive his mark.
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That's absolutely right.
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So let must just ask
this question right off:
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do you want to
receive the mark of the beast?
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No. So all we have to do
to avoid the mark of the beast
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is to what? Worship God.
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Worship God as the what?
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Creator. As the
Creator. Now keep reading.
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OK. "And he shall be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence of the holy
angels and in the presence of
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the Lamb. And the
smoke of their torment
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ascendeth up forever and
ever and they have no rest
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day or night who
worship the beast and his image
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and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name. "
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They have no what day or night?
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Rest. They have
no rest day or night.
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My friends, it is
imperative that we understand
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that the mark of the
beast is associated with rest
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or lack of rest.
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Let's read now verse 12
'cause you're not finished,
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right? Verse 12.
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What does it say there?
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It says: "Here is the
patience of the saints.
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Here are they who keep
the commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus. "
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So the definition of a saint
is what according to that verse,
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Tim? They keep the
commandments of God
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and have the faith of Jesus.
They keep the commandments
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of God and they
have the faith of Jesus.
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Revelation chapter 14 verse 7
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and Revelation
chapter 14 verse 12
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are two bookends that keep us
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from getting the
mark of the beast.
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The first thing that we
learned in Revelation 14:7
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is that to avoid the mark
of the beast we worship who?
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The Creator. The Creator God.
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And then we come down here to
Revelation chapter 14 verse 12
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and we see that those
that do not receive the mark
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of the beast are
keeping the what?
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The commandments. And
whose faith do they have?
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They have the faith of Jesus.
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So this is what
we've learned so far:
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Obedience = service = worship.
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You remember that. Romans 6:16;
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Matthew chapter
4 verses 9 and 10.
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And then we came over
here to Revelation 13:15-16.
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And then now we're
here in Revelation 14:7-12.
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Obedience = service...
obedience = service = worship.
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Then the Bible says
that if we are obeying God -
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i.e. keeping His commandments -
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then we are what? Serving Him
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which means that
we are worshiping Him.
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And how is it
that we worship God
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in order to avoid
the mark of the beast?
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As the what? We
worship Him as the Creator,
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that's absolutely right.
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It's imperative in
here that we notice
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that we need to
worship God as the Creator
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in order to avoid
the mark of the beast.
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Now God's people
are going to be sealed.
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God's people will be what?
Sealed. They will be sealed.
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And we're going to see
this in our next reference.
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Let's go to Revelation
chapter 7 verses 1 through 3.
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Revelation, and we're going
to ask Mrs. Gloria to read this.
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Revelation chapter
7 verses 1, 2, and 3.
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What we have already
seen is that God's saints
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are consumed with obeying God.
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They are consumed
with worshiping God
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as the Creator. And we're
going to see right now that
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God's saints are sealed.
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Mrs. Gloria,
read Revelation 7:1-3.
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"After these
things I saw four angels
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standing at the
four corners of the earth
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holding the four
winds of the earth
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that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
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on the sea, or on any tree.
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Then I saw another
angel ascending from the east
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having the seal
of the living God.
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And he cried with a loud voice
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to the four angels
to whom it was granted
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to harm the earth and the sea
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saying: 'Do not harm the earth,
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the sea, or the
trees till we have sealed
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the servants of our
God on their forehead. ' "
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So God's saints are sealed.
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Do you see that
in Revelation 7:1-3?
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God's saints are sealed.
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Now, what are they sealed from?
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They're sealed
from the wrath of God.
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They are sealed for salvation.
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Nothing can get to
them because they are sealed
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by the seal of God.
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Now you and I have learned
that we do not want to get
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the mark of the beast 'cause
we will suffer the wrath of God.
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We've just learned that God
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tells the destroying angels
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"hold back the destroying power
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until My servants are sealed. "
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What was it in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 12 that
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kept God's people from
getting the mark of the beast?
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Worshiping God as the
Creator and keeping His...
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commandments.
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So these people that are
sealed must be worshiping God
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as the Creator and they
must be those that are keeping
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the commandments.
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Now we need to stop
right here and just say
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can you and I keep
the commandments so good
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that God must save us?
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No, no, no. We are
saved by grace through faith
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but we are
certainly judged by our works.
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The Bible made it very
clear in our millennium study,
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didn't it. So here we see
that God's people are sealed.
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Now there is a
fantastic Old Testament example
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of how God's people are sealed
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and thereby avoid God's wrath.
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Let's go to
Ezekiel the 9th chapter.
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Ezekiel chapter 9. Now
this is a very long passage
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so I'm going to read this one.
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We're going to be
in Ezekiel chapter 9.
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Ezekiel chapter 9.
We will begin in verse 1
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and it says there to
read through to verse 11.
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We could have just put
Ezekiel 9, but then I was afraid
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someone might ask: "Well where
do I put my mark in this? "
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You're going to put
it there by verse 11
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'cause you're going to
read through the whole thing.
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Now the Bible says here...
this is an Old Testament example
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of God's people being sealed
with a mark in their forehead.
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Now what is it that
we do in our forehead?
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What's right there
behind your forehead?
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Your brain. OK,
what part of your brain?
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The frontal lobe. What is
the frontal lobe used for?
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Reasoning... decision making.
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So God's people in that
symbolic book of Revelation
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are sealed in their foreheads.
They have made a decided stand
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to obey God and
thereby to worship God
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and serve Him as the Creator.
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We're all on the same page?
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What we've gone over so far...
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could you communicate that to
someone if you were giving them
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a Bible study? Do we
need to go over it again?
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All right. Dosung says "No!
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I'm excited. " What
happens here in Ezekiel?
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The Bible says...
Ezekiel chapter 9 verse 1:
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"He cried also in
mine ears with a loud voice
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saying: "cause them that
have charge over the city
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to draw near. Even every
man with his destroying weapon
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in his hand. And behold,
six men came from the way
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of the higher gate
which lieth toward the north
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and every man a
slaughter weapon in his hand.
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And one man among them
was clothed with linen. "
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Incidentally, the
priests wore linen.
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"with a writer's
ink horn by his side.
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And they went in and
stood beside the brazen altar. "
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So where are they
at, Bible students?
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They go in and
stand by the brazen altar.
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They're in the
temple area, aren't they?
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Then verse 3 says: "And
the glory of the God of Israel
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was gone up from the" what?
"cherub. " What's a cherub?
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Angel.
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You know, isn't it Ezekiel
back near the first of it
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where it says that God's
throne is on these cherubim
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that have all of these
wings and all of these heads
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that move in
different directions?
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Well the heads don't move
but they move in different
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directions without
having to turn their heads.
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It says that "the glory of
the God of Israel was gone up
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from the cherub whereupon He was
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to the threshold of the house.
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And He called to the
man clothed with linen
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which had the
writer's ink horn by his side.
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And the Lord said unto
him: 'Go through the midst
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of the city, through
the midst of Jerusalem
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and set a mark upon
the foreheads of the men
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that sigh and cry for
the abominations that be done
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in the midst thereof. ' "
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My friends, who is
it that sighs and cries
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for the sin or the
abomination of this world?
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Who is it?
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The righteous... the saints.
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So the Bible says
here: "The Lord said to him:
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go through the midst of the city
through the midst of Jerusalem,
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and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the righteous. "
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Is it logical
for us to say that?
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Because it's the righteous
that sigh and cry for the
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abominations that are
done in Israel or in Jerusalem.
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So the righteous here get
a mark on their foreheads.
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What was that mark
called in Revelation 7:1-3?
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A seal.
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A seal. We'll get to a sign
later. You're absolutely right.
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But this mark
talked about in Ezekiel 9
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is the seal that is talked
about in Revelation chapter 7.
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We'll just keep reading.
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"And to the others
He said in mine hearing:
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'go ye after him
through the city and smite.
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Let not your eyes spare...
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neither have pity.
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Slay utterly old and young
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both maids and
little children and women
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but come not near any man
upon whom is the mark. ' "
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What does it look like the
Lord is pouring out right here?
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Wrath. Absolutely right.
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Who gets to avoid the
wrath of God in this passage?
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The ones that have the mark...
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the ones that are
sealed with God's seal.
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Continuing on here:
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Then He began... then it
says: "Come not near any man
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upon whom is
the mark" verse 6...
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"And begin at My sanctuary.
00:29:18.95\00:29:20.57
Then they began at the ancient
men which were before the house.
00:29:20.60\00:29:24.79
And He said to them:
00:29:24.99\00:29:26.85
'Defile the house and
fill the courts with the slain.
00:29:27.05\00:29:30.30
Go ye forth. '
And they went forth
00:29:30.50\00:29:33.43
and slew in the city.
00:29:33.63\00:29:35.83
And it came to pass
while they were slaying them
00:29:36.03\00:29:40.15
I was left, then I fell
upon my face and cried aloud:
00:29:40.35\00:29:45.31
'Ah, Lord God, wilt Thou
destroy the residue of Israel
00:29:45.44\00:29:50.35
in Thy pouring out of
Thy fury upon Jerusalem? ' "
00:29:50.55\00:29:54.43
Truly this is God
pouring out His wrath
00:29:54.63\00:29:59.69
on the wicked. Do you see that?
00:29:59.89\00:30:01.97
Yes you do see it
or no you don't see it?
00:30:03.08\00:30:05.39
You do see it. Who
is it that is spared
00:30:05.59\00:30:10.20
in this chapter? The righteous
00:30:10.40\00:30:14.42
are spared
because they have the mark
00:30:14.62\00:30:19.87
that God puts
on their foreheads.
00:30:20.07\00:30:23.07
They have the seal of
God in their foreheads.
00:30:23.37\00:30:29.28
Now how many of
you want the seal?
00:30:29.58\00:30:32.31
How many of you want God's mark?
00:30:32.61\00:30:34.90
I want God's mark as well.
00:30:35.10\00:30:36.61
And I know that
you want God's mark.
00:30:36.91\00:30:39.01
The only way to get
God's mark is to worship God
00:30:39.21\00:30:41.77
as the Creator, to
serve Him through obedience.
00:30:41.88\00:30:46.85
And then the Bible says in
00:30:47.05\00:30:50.49
that we need to obey God
or keep His commandments.
00:30:50.74\00:30:55.30
Is that something
that you are willing to do?
00:30:56.53\00:30:58.97
That's all it takes and
you get the seal of God.
00:30:59.17\00:31:03.17
You avoid the mark of the beast;
you avoid the wrath of God.
00:31:03.37\00:31:08.06
It's that easy.
00:31:08.36\00:31:10.28
So you and I don't even
have to discuss any further
00:31:10.58\00:31:13.37
the mark of the beast, do we?
00:31:13.58\00:31:15.96
Because we know how to avoid
it. We know how to avoid it.
00:31:16.16\00:31:18.80
So the Bible study's over.
00:31:19.00\00:31:20.26
We know how to avoid it.
00:31:21.53\00:31:23.02
Who cares what it is if
you know how to avoid it?
00:31:23.22\00:31:25.67
But you really want to
know what it is, don't you?
00:31:27.65\00:31:29.84
So we'll keep going.
00:31:30.04\00:31:31.50
We'll keep going...
won't keep you hanging there.
00:31:31.80\00:31:34.53
Where is it that
we find God's seal?
00:31:34.83\00:31:39.91
We know that that seal
is put in the forehead.
00:31:40.11\00:31:41.76
The forehead is symbolic
of choices that we make.
00:31:41.96\00:31:45.35
Where is it that we
can find God's seal?
00:31:45.56\00:31:49.57
Isaiah chapter 8 verse 16.
00:31:49.88\00:31:53.00
Our next reference is going
to tell us where we can find
00:31:53.20\00:31:56.71
God's seal. Isaiah chapter 8.
00:31:56.91\00:31:59.94
We are in Ezekiel. You're
going to turn to the left.
00:31:59.97\00:32:02.40
You'll go past
Jeremiah then you're in Isaiah.
00:32:03.65\00:32:06.74
Isaiah chapter 8. We're going
to ask Ryan to read this for us.
00:32:07.14\00:32:11.23
Isaiah chapter 8. A
very, very simple verse here.
00:32:11.53\00:32:16.17
What does it say for
us, Ryan? Isaiah 8 verse 16.
00:32:16.38\00:32:19.56
"Bind up the testimony; seal
the law among My disciples. "
00:32:19.76\00:32:24.12
"Bind up the testimony;
00:32:24.42\00:32:26.74
seal the... " what?
"law among My disciples. "
00:32:27.04\00:32:33.00
In order for a
document to be legal
00:32:33.88\00:32:37.39
it must have a seal on it.
00:32:37.69\00:32:42.17
When I am going to send
something... a very important
00:32:42.47\00:32:45.48
letter that says "Yes,
this is Scott's signature, "
00:32:45.68\00:32:48.14
I go to the bank and
I get a notary public
00:32:48.34\00:32:50.74
to sign and seal that document
00:32:50.94\00:32:54.56
saying that
"Yes, I saw Scott Moore
00:32:54.86\00:32:57.75
sign this piece of paper. "
00:32:57.85\00:32:59.92
A document
contains... a seal contains
00:33:00.12\00:33:04.51
three things. We're
going to go to our screen here.
00:33:04.71\00:33:08.31
Now again, we are
finding out what God's...
00:33:11.87\00:33:14.52
what the mark of the beast is
by contrasting that with God's
00:33:14.82\00:33:18.86
seal. Because the beast
always has a counterfeit
00:33:19.06\00:33:24.22
of God's right way.
00:33:24.42\00:33:28.06
So a seal contains 3 elements.
00:33:28.37\00:33:30.78
It contains a name.
00:33:30.98\00:33:32.46
It contains a title.
00:33:32.66\00:33:34.23
And it contains a territory.
00:33:34.43\00:33:36.77
Now you and I are all familiar
00:33:37.07\00:33:38.89
with the United States of
America because that's where
00:33:38.99\00:33:41.10
we live. So if...
if a document comes out
00:33:41.20\00:33:45.17
of the White House, it
has to have three things on it
00:33:45.37\00:33:49.03
in order to really
come from the White House.
00:33:49.24\00:33:51.49
Right now it has to have
President Obama's name on it.
00:33:51.79\00:33:55.32
It must have Obama's
title which is what? President.
00:33:55.52\00:34:00.05
And it must tell the
territory which is the what?
00:34:00.35\00:34:02.73
United States of America,
that's absolutely right.
00:34:02.94\00:34:05.62
A seal always
contains those three elements.
00:34:05.92\00:34:09.97
A seal always
contains those three elements.
00:34:10.27\00:34:13.65
Now before we go and
we see what God's seal is
00:34:13.85\00:34:18.15
we are going to notice -
and this is a little bit of a
00:34:18.35\00:34:20.45
transition, so you're
going to want to remember this
00:34:20.55\00:34:22.45
when you're
giving this Bible study.
00:34:22.55\00:34:23.79
Before we go and
see what God's seal is
00:34:24.09\00:34:27.17
we are going to notice
what the beast tries to do.
00:34:27.37\00:34:32.40
Before we go see
what God's seal is
00:34:32.70\00:34:35.68
we're going to notice
what the beast tries to do.
00:34:35.88\00:34:38.86
So let's go... let's go now
00:34:39.06\00:34:42.05
to Daniel
chapter 7 and verse 25.
00:34:42.25\00:34:45.32
Daniel chapter 7 verse 25.
00:34:45.62\00:34:47.76
And we're going to
ask Mike to read this.
00:34:47.96\00:34:49.88
So Mike, I'm in
Isaiah. Where do I need to go?
00:34:50.08\00:34:52.02
You go to the
right. Go to the right.
00:34:52.22\00:34:54.73
And I'm in Ezekiel... Daniel.
00:34:55.13\00:34:58.28
And where am I going in
Daniel? Daniel chapter 7
00:34:58.58\00:35:01.60
Daniel chapter 7 verse
25. Daniel chapter 7 verse 25.
00:35:01.80\00:35:07.06
And now that we're all
there can you read that for us?
00:35:07.26\00:35:09.51
"And he shall speak great
words against the Most High"
00:35:10.21\00:35:12.94
OK, stop! Who is the he that's
going to speak great words
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.07
against the Most
High? The antichrist.
00:35:16.17\00:35:17.68
The antichrist power.
Now in our previous studies
00:35:17.88\00:35:20.09
we found out that the
antichrist power is what?
00:35:20.30\00:35:22.56
The papacy. That's
right. Now keep reading.
00:35:22.77\00:35:25.29
"and shall wear out
the saints of the Most High
00:35:25.79\00:35:29.24
and think to
change times and laws.
00:35:29.44\00:35:31.76
And they shall be
given into his hands
00:35:31.96\00:35:34.26
until a time, and times,
and a dividing of time. "
00:35:34.46\00:35:37.50
So Mike, the antichrist power
00:35:37.71\00:35:39.93
is going to
think to change what?
00:35:40.13\00:35:42.84
Times and laws. Times and laws.
00:35:43.04\00:35:46.35
What part of God's law
00:35:46.65\00:35:51.89
has the
antichrist tried to change?
00:35:52.09\00:35:55.55
There's two parts, aren't there?
00:35:55.75\00:35:56.91
So I've got a question
up here on our graphic.
00:35:57.21\00:35:59.71
Well, I just have a statement:
00:35:59.91\00:36:01.50
Now notice this... notice this:
00:36:16.18\00:36:18.64
that the antichrist power
wants to attack God's law.
00:36:18.84\00:36:21.59
He wants to change it.
00:36:21.79\00:36:23.38
We found out from Isaiah 8:16
that God's seal is in His law.
00:36:23.58\00:36:28.10
Which commandment is it
that contains God's title,
00:36:29.70\00:36:34.10
God's name, and God's territory?
00:36:34.30\00:36:37.56
The fourth commandment.
That's absolutely right.
00:36:37.87\00:36:40.73
So let's go now to
the fourth commandment.
00:36:40.83\00:36:42.86
The antichrist power
wants to change God's law
00:36:43.06\00:36:45.56
and God's time. Which of these
commandments attacked by the
00:36:45.76\00:36:48.03
antichrist
contains the seal of God?
00:36:48.13\00:36:50.78
Now we know that the antichrist
power took the 2nd commandment
00:36:50.98\00:36:55.98
out, didn't he?
00:36:56.18\00:36:57.80
He took the second commandment
out. The second commandment
00:36:58.00\00:37:00.34
is the commandment that
says: "thou shalt not bow down
00:37:00.54\00:37:03.58
to anything that is made
in the heaven, in the earth
00:37:03.78\00:37:06.88
or made in the likeness
of anything under the earth
00:37:07.08\00:37:09.34
or in the water. " You shouldn't
bow down and worship something.
00:37:09.54\00:37:12.47
So that's one of the command-
ments that the antichrist
00:37:12.67\00:37:17.81
changed or has tried to change.
00:37:18.04\00:37:20.08
Now can we change God's law?
00:37:20.28\00:37:21.54
Jessica, we can't change it.
00:37:21.74\00:37:22.88
Oh, we can think all
day to change it, can't we?
00:37:23.08\00:37:25.10
But you remember in II
Thessalonians chapter 1...
00:37:25.30\00:37:28.11
chapter 2 verses 1 through 4
00:37:28.31\00:37:29.94
that the antichrist
power - the son of perdition...
00:37:30.15\00:37:32.87
We'll get to this verse later
00:37:32.97\00:37:33.95
but I want to throw
it in here right now.
00:37:34.15\00:37:36.25
That the antichrist power puts
himself in the place of God,
00:37:36.45\00:37:41.06
sits on his own throne,
and thinks just like he's God.
00:37:41.26\00:37:46.34
But he certainly can't be.
00:37:46.54\00:37:47.76
He wants to change God's law,
00:37:47.96\00:37:49.95
and he did that by taking
out the second commandment.
00:37:50.05\00:37:52.05
And he has also
thought to change God's time.
00:37:52.35\00:37:57.80
The fourth commandment is
the only one of the commandments
00:37:58.10\00:38:02.03
that contains a time element.
00:38:02.33\00:38:05.75
So we're going to read
the fourth commandment.
00:38:06.25\00:38:08.67
And in this commandment we
are going to see God's name,
00:38:08.87\00:38:12.99
God's title,
and God's territory.
00:38:13.19\00:38:17.33
We will verify this in the
commandments to be God's seal.
00:38:17.53\00:38:21.65
Incidentally, if we took
the fourth commandment out
00:38:21.85\00:38:26.21
you would have no idea
who authored the commandments
00:38:26.41\00:38:30.40
or who authored the other nine.
00:38:30.70\00:38:32.24
If you took the
fourth commandment out,
00:38:32.44\00:38:34.33
you could apply
that law to anyone.
00:38:34.53\00:38:36.99
That's why this fourth
commandment is God's seal.
00:38:37.19\00:38:40.00
And we're going to go
here to... to Danielle.
00:38:40.20\00:38:44.16
And Danielle is going to
read for us Exodus chapter 20
00:38:44.36\00:38:48.56
verses 8 through 11. And
we're looking for 3 things.
00:38:48.76\00:38:50.76
Danielle, what are those things?
00:38:50.86\00:38:51.97
Looking for God's
name, God's title,
00:38:52.18\00:38:56.67
and His territory.
Territory, that's right.
00:38:56.87\00:39:00.27
I knew if I
whispered you'd get it.
00:39:00.37\00:39:01.84
OK. Go ahead, read that for us.
00:39:02.04\00:39:03.29
8 through 11 of Exodus 20.
00:39:03.32\00:39:05.09
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:39:05.29\00:39:08.38
Six days shalt thou
labor and do all thy work
00:39:08.58\00:39:11.25
but the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord thy God.
00:39:11.45\00:39:14.45
In it thou
shalt not do any work.
00:39:14.65\00:39:16.92
Thou nor thy
son nor thy daughter
00:39:17.12\00:39:20.15
nor thy manservant
nor thy maidservant
00:39:20.35\00:39:23.10
nor thy cattle nor thy stranger
that is within thy gates.
00:39:23.30\00:39:26.73
For in six days the
Lord made heaven and earth,
00:39:27.03\00:39:30.21
the sea and all that in them is,
00:39:30.42\00:39:32.21
and rested the seventh day.
00:39:32.41\00:39:34.05
Wherefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:39:34.26\00:39:36.41
and hallowed it. "
00:39:36.61\00:39:37.90
OK. So what is His name?
00:39:38.10\00:39:39.93
What is His name? The
Lord God. Isn't that right?
00:39:41.29\00:39:44.95
It said: "The Lord
made heaven and earth. "
00:39:45.25\00:39:47.19
Or verse 10 says: "But
the seventh day is the Sabbath
00:39:47.39\00:39:49.24
of the Lord thy
God. " His name is Lord.
00:39:49.44\00:39:51.44
What is His title?
00:39:51.64\00:39:53.06
Maker, right. "He
made... " So He is the Maker
00:39:54.55\00:39:59.38
or He is the Creator.
That's absolutely right.
00:39:59.58\00:40:01.37
Creator, but I wanted to
show us how we got to Creator.
00:40:01.57\00:40:04.02
And what is His territory?
00:40:04.22\00:40:06.44
Heaven and earth, the
sea, and all that in them is.
00:40:10.17\00:40:13.36
Now I want you to take
a flashback in your memory
00:40:13.66\00:40:15.91
to Revelation
chapter 14 verse 7.
00:40:16.21\00:40:18.08
Revelation 14 verse 7
called us to worship the One who
00:40:20.25\00:40:24.62
made heaven and earth, the seas,
and the fountains of waters.
00:40:24.72\00:40:30.67
That clarion call by God for
worship began with worshiping
00:40:31.74\00:40:37.23
the Creator. Now if
we worship the Creator,
00:40:37.43\00:40:40.37
we obey the Creator.
00:40:40.57\00:40:42.27
If we obey the Creator,
then we are serving the Creator.
00:40:42.47\00:40:46.75
So those that have made
the choice in their mind,
00:40:47.05\00:40:52.04
those that have made the choice
in the front of their brain,
00:40:52.24\00:40:56.14
their frontal
lobe... the reasoning area,
00:40:56.35\00:40:58.55
will avoid the
mark of the beast.
00:41:00.27\00:41:02.18
Even if somebody
tried to force it on you,
00:41:02.48\00:41:06.92
you will obey God because
you made that life-changing,
00:41:07.22\00:41:12.33
long-standing,
eternal-lasting decision
00:41:12.54\00:41:15.58
to worship, serve, and obey God.
00:41:15.79\00:41:19.74
Isn't it amazing that the
very commandment that keeps us
00:41:20.96\00:41:26.70
from receiving the beast's mark
00:41:26.90\00:41:30.01
is the one that God had to
say: "Remember, My children.
00:41:30.21\00:41:34.90
Remember. Don't forget.
00:41:35.10\00:41:37.66
Please remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy. "
00:41:37.87\00:41:42.36
The antichrist power -
the papacy - seeks to change
00:41:43.41\00:41:47.58
God's law. He did that by
removing the 2nd commandment.
00:41:47.79\00:41:51.10
By splitting the
tenth commandment into two
00:41:51.20\00:41:53.00
so that there
would still be ten.
00:41:53.03\00:41:54.58
And he has sought
to change God's time.
00:41:54.78\00:42:00.25
And God's time
according to Mark chapter 2
00:42:00.55\00:42:04.89
I think it's 27 and 28
Jesus said that He is the Lord
00:42:05.09\00:42:09.02
of the Sabbath day.
00:42:09.22\00:42:11.18
Now is it possible that
God could be so explicit
00:42:11.48\00:42:15.25
in this part of the commandments
for a specific reason?
00:42:15.45\00:42:18.41
He says in verse 7 or 8
00:42:18.61\00:42:23.85
"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
00:42:24.09\00:42:26.07
Six day shalt thou
labor and do all thy work
00:42:26.27\00:42:29.25
but the - definite
article - seventh day
00:42:29.46\00:42:32.90
is the - definite article -
Sabbath of the Lord thy God. "
00:42:33.10\00:42:38.67
The seventh-day
Sabbath, the fourth commandment,
00:42:39.85\00:42:43.38
is the commandment that
contains the seal of God.
00:42:43.58\00:42:48.81
Now those that have made
the decision in their mind
00:42:50.75\00:42:56.65
to worship God as the Creator,
00:42:56.85\00:42:59.11
to keep His
seventh-day Sabbath holy,
00:42:59.31\00:43:01.79
to obey all ten - not just
nine - of His commandments,
00:43:01.99\00:43:07.42
are the ones that
avoid the mark of the beast.
00:43:07.62\00:43:12.84
Now if... since not if... but
Since the Sabbath commandment
00:43:14.14\00:43:19.37
is God's seal,
00:43:19.57\00:43:23.66
what has the papacy sought
to put in place of God's seal?
00:43:24.16\00:43:29.27
God's seal is the
seventh-day Sabbath
00:43:29.50\00:43:33.01
and worshiping on
the seventh-day Sabbath.
00:43:33.31\00:43:35.89
So what has the papacy
sought to put in the place
00:43:37.30\00:43:41.05
of the seventh-day Sabbath?
00:43:41.15\00:43:43.16
Sunday worship; Sunday worship.
00:43:43.46\00:43:46.47
Worship on the first day
rather than the seventh day.
00:43:46.77\00:43:52.44
So you and I now know
that the mark of the beast
00:43:53.44\00:43:59.34
is the opposite of
the seal of God, isn't it?
00:43:59.57\00:44:03.04
You get the seal of God
you don't get the wrath.
00:44:03.34\00:44:05.52
You get the mark of the
beast you get the wrath.
00:44:05.82\00:44:07.99
You worship God as the
Creator you don't get the wrath.
00:44:08.29\00:44:11.91
You don't worship God as
the Creator, you get the wrath.
00:44:12.15\00:44:14.85
You worship God by keeping
the commandments and obeying Him
00:44:15.15\00:44:19.62
you don't get the wrath.
00:44:19.82\00:44:21.34
You obey the
beast and his commands
00:44:21.64\00:44:23.96
you get the wrath.
00:44:24.16\00:44:25.32
The decision to
me seems very simple.
00:44:25.82\00:44:28.45
It's very logical.
00:44:29.62\00:44:31.91
God wants His people to be saved
00:44:32.11\00:44:34.43
and He says: "Let me
make it easy for you:
00:44:34.63\00:44:36.47
worship Me as the Creator
and keep My commandments.
00:44:36.68\00:44:39.40
No wrath for you. "
00:44:39.70\00:44:41.12
Why then is it so difficult
00:44:42.54\00:44:45.80
for us to worship
God as the Creator?
00:44:46.21\00:44:51.56
If you and I took
this huge step back
00:44:52.91\00:44:56.56
and we're able to
look at all of Christendom,
00:44:56.76\00:44:59.63
all of Christendom...
we look at it and we say:
00:45:02.31\00:45:05.80
"Where are the people
that are worshiping God
00:45:05.94\00:45:10.34
as the Creator?
00:45:10.54\00:45:11.76
Where are those people
00:45:12.92\00:45:14.37
because those are the people
00:45:14.67\00:45:15.78
that I want to be with
00:45:15.89\00:45:17.28
because I want to be right there
00:45:17.38\00:45:20.98
where God puts His
seal in my forehead.
00:45:21.08\00:45:23.40
Isn't that where you want to be?
00:45:24.93\00:45:26.25
Now we're going to go
back to Revelation 13.
00:45:26.55\00:45:30.35
Revelation 13. We're
going back to verses 15 and 16.
00:45:31.43\00:45:35.49
So you notice on our graphic
00:45:35.80\00:45:37.50
that we are in the
tenth Mark of the Beast text:
00:45:37.70\00:45:41.63
Revelation 13:15-16.
00:45:41.83\00:45:45.55
So we're going right
back to where we were.
00:45:45.85\00:45:47.49
And this is the
second time that we are here.
00:45:47.69\00:45:50.33
Revelation 13 verses 15-16.
00:45:50.53\00:45:54.40
And Dosung, you get
to read this, this time.
00:45:54.60\00:45:56.28
If you'll read that for
us... Revelation 13:15-16.
00:45:56.49\00:46:00.75
"And he had power to give
life unto the image of the beast
00:46:01.05\00:46:05.75
that the image of the beast
should both speak and cause
00:46:05.95\00:46:10.07
that as many as would not
worship the image of the beast
00:46:10.27\00:46:13.00
should be killed.
00:46:13.20\00:46:14.92
And he causeth all,
both small and great,
00:46:15.12\00:46:18.18
rich and poor, free and bond,
00:46:18.38\00:46:21.59
to receive the
mark in their right hand
00:46:21.79\00:46:24.76
or in their foreheads. "
00:46:24.96\00:46:26.53
So what does this mean?
00:46:26.83\00:46:29.34
We know what it means to
receive a mark in our foreheads,
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.99
don't we? That's where we
make a conscious decision.
00:46:32.20\00:46:34.91
What is it that you
and I do with our hands?
00:46:35.22\00:46:38.07
We work, don't we? We
do things with our hands.
00:46:38.37\00:46:41.86
So we will receive the
mark either by making a choice
00:46:42.99\00:46:46.74
in our mind or by going ahead
and saying to the beast power:
00:46:46.94\00:46:51.22
"I don't want to die. I will
work; I will do whatever you ask
00:46:51.42\00:46:55.09
me to do. You just tell
me what you want me to do. "
00:46:55.29\00:46:57.40
And my friends,
the mark of the beast
00:46:57.60\00:47:00.76
at the end of time the issue,
the culmination of this cosmic
00:47:00.96\00:47:06.71
battle Jesus Christ and
the antichrist is over worship.
00:47:06.81\00:47:10.63
And worship is shown by service
00:47:10.73\00:47:14.08
and service is
shown by obedience.
00:47:14.28\00:47:16.51
Very easy to avoid
the mark of the beast.
00:47:18.28\00:47:21.27
Now some people are
saying: "Are you telling me
00:47:21.47\00:47:23.28
that because my grandma and
my grandpa went to church on
00:47:23.39\00:47:26.57
Sunday that they
received the mark of the beast?
00:47:26.77\00:47:28.77
Not at all!
00:47:29.07\00:47:30.76
Because it's not enforced yet.
00:47:31.16\00:47:35.25
But the decisions and the
habits that we create today
00:47:36.79\00:47:41.10
will determine our choices
in the future, won't they?
00:47:42.67\00:47:45.63
Won't they? They certainly will.
00:47:46.62\00:47:49.65
We're going to
look very quickly here
00:47:50.05\00:47:52.71
at some other clues of
this mark of the beast.
00:47:52.91\00:47:58.25
So let's go to II Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4.
00:47:58.45\00:48:03.91
II Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4.
00:48:04.21\00:48:08.08
II Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 1-4.
00:48:09.50\00:48:15.44
II Thessalonians chapter 2,
and we are going to let Darlene
00:48:17.05\00:48:21.09
read this. II
Thessalonians chapter 2
00:48:21.19\00:48:24.63
verses 1 through 4.
00:48:24.84\00:48:27.61
Why don't you
read verses 3 and 4?
00:48:28.11\00:48:30.76
That will do for
this study, just 3 and 4.
00:48:30.96\00:48:32.99
"Let no one
deceive you by any means
00:48:33.39\00:48:37.03
for that day will not
come unless the falling away
00:48:37.23\00:48:40.52
come first and the
man of sin is revealed -
00:48:40.63\00:48:45.27
the son of perdition -
who opposes and exalts himself
00:48:45.47\00:48:49.14
above all that is
called God or that is worshiped
00:48:49.24\00:48:53.51
so that he sits as
God in the temple of God
00:48:53.71\00:48:57.55
showing himself
that he is God. "
00:48:57.76\00:49:00.80
So we'll take
notice there in verse 3
00:49:01.00\00:49:03.88
it says that they day -
speaking of the day of Christ -
00:49:04.08\00:49:06.94
will not come unless
there comes a falling away first
00:49:07.14\00:49:11.66
and that man of sin is
revealed the son of perdition.
00:49:11.76\00:49:15.09
That word falling
away is apostasia.
00:49:15.39\00:49:17.82
It means to divorce
or to fall away from.
00:49:18.12\00:49:20.69
So the antichrist
power falls away from truth
00:49:21.66\00:49:27.36
and thereby now
teaches non-truth.
00:49:27.56\00:49:30.06
He falls away from that
which is right and now teaches
00:49:30.36\00:49:33.63
things that are not right.
The only other time in scripture
00:49:33.83\00:49:38.23
that the name son
of perdition is used
00:49:38.26\00:49:40.44
is in John chapter
17... our 12th text.
00:49:40.65\00:49:43.88
John chapter 17 verse 12.
00:49:44.19\00:49:47.37
Matthew, Mark, Luke, John
00:49:47.67\00:49:50.10
chapter 17 and verse 12.
00:49:50.31\00:49:54.74
John chapter 17 and verse 12.
00:49:55.04\00:49:57.44
I'll go ahead and read that.
The Bible says in John 17:12:
00:49:57.74\00:50:01.37
"While I was
with them in the world
00:50:01.57\00:50:04.29
I kept them in Thy name.
00:50:04.49\00:50:07.38
Those Thou gavest Me I have kept
00:50:10.11\00:50:13.66
and none of them is
lost but the son of perdition
00:50:13.86\00:50:17.65
that the scripture
might be fulfilled. "
00:50:17.85\00:50:22.22
Who is the son of perdition:
00:50:22.35\00:50:24.66
the one of the 12 that did
not choose to stay on the side
00:50:24.87\00:50:29.06
of Christ? Judas.
00:50:29.16\00:50:31.29
Now was Judas a violent
opposer of Christianity?
00:50:31.49\00:50:35.44
No. No he wasn't.
00:50:35.74\00:50:37.20
He was not a violent
opposer of Christianity.
00:50:37.40\00:50:41.51
So the beast itself -
the mark of the beast -
00:50:41.71\00:50:45.52
is going to be a very
subtle, a very subtle way
00:50:45.73\00:50:51.37
to get worship
00:50:51.57\00:50:53.53
and it's going
to look Christian.
00:50:53.83\00:50:56.37
The son of perdition
exalts himself above God,
00:50:57.69\00:51:00.97
above all that is called God,
00:51:01.17\00:51:02.32
and sits as God...
showing himself that he is God.
00:51:02.52\00:51:05.98
The only other time that
phrase is used is in John 17:12.
00:51:06.28\00:51:11.12
So we see here
from these two passages
00:51:11.36\00:51:13.83
that the mark of the
beast is going to be something
00:51:14.03\00:51:18.41
that is apparently Christian.
00:51:18.61\00:51:20.35
It's going to be very subtle.
00:51:20.65\00:51:22.63
We'll go to our
next reference now
00:51:22.73\00:51:24.28
which is Deuteronomy
chapter 6 verses 5-8.
00:51:24.48\00:51:28.52
Deuteronomy the
6th chapter verses 5-8.
00:51:28.72\00:51:32.19
We're going to notice
something very amazing here.
00:51:32.39\00:51:34.71
Deuteronomy
chapter 6 verses 5-8.
00:51:34.92\00:51:38.30
And let's go ahead
and let Robert read this.
00:51:38.50\00:51:40.74
Genesis, Exodus,
Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy
00:51:40.94\00:51:44.71
chapter 6 verses 5-8.
00:51:44.91\00:51:50.38
Six. Deuteronomy 6:5-8.
00:51:51.81\00:51:55.46
That's where we want to go.
00:51:55.76\00:51:56.76
All right, go
ahead and read that.
00:51:56.96\00:51:58.26
"And these words
which I command you
00:51:58.36\00:52:01.13
today shall be in your
heart. You shall teach them
00:52:01.33\00:52:05.62
gently to your
children and shall talk to them
00:52:05.82\00:52:11.68
when you sit in your
house, when you walk by the way,
00:52:11.71\00:52:16.35
when you lay down
and when you rise up.
00:52:16.55\00:52:20.03
You shall bind them
00:52:20.23\00:52:24.65
as a sign on your hand
and they shall be as frontlets
00:52:24.85\00:52:30.58
between your eyes. "
00:52:30.68\00:52:32.82
So the Bible says here
speaking of God's law...
00:52:33.02\00:52:35.27
God says first of
all there in verse 6:
00:52:35.47\00:52:38.30
"And all these words
which I command thee this day
00:52:38.50\00:52:40.93
shall be in
your... " what? "heart. "
00:52:41.13\00:52:43.88
Then He says you will
"bind them on your forehead
00:52:44.08\00:52:46.28
and on your hand. "
Notice that to be in your heart
00:52:46.48\00:52:50.20
and to be in your forehead or
in your hand is the same thing.
00:52:50.40\00:52:54.72
To be doing what
God asks you to do
00:52:55.02\00:52:56.80
because you're
making a decision to do that
00:52:57.00\00:52:59.71
is to be bound on your forehead.
00:52:59.91\00:53:01.70
To do what God is asking you
to do and to honor His Sabbath
00:53:02.00\00:53:04.70
by not working on
it means that your hand
00:53:04.90\00:53:07.89
is doing exactly what
your hearts wants to do.
00:53:08.09\00:53:11.12
Because these things
are written in your heart.
00:53:11.32\00:53:15.39
Now some people will tell
you that the mark of the beast
00:53:17.07\00:53:20.87
is a tattoo or a bar code
00:53:21.07\00:53:23.42
or something that is put on you.
00:53:23.62\00:53:25.32
The next reference that
we're going to, Revelation 12:9,
00:53:25.52\00:53:28.42
we've been to this so many times
you could probably quote it.
00:53:28.62\00:53:30.99
The Bible says that that
old serpent called the devil
00:53:31.39\00:53:35.03
and Satan was cast out.
He was cast to the earth
00:53:35.13\00:53:39.39
and he wants to deceive us.
00:53:39.59\00:53:43.59
Do you remember that?
00:53:43.99\00:53:45.48
Revelation 12:9...
he wants to deceive us.
00:53:45.78\00:53:48.74
Is an external mark
any type of deception?
00:53:48.94\00:53:53.03
No, no, no.
00:53:54.38\00:53:55.39
Did God really want
His people to bind His law
00:53:55.60\00:53:58.90
on their forehead and
to put it on their hand?
00:53:59.00\00:54:01.66
No, He prefaced that
entire passage by saying
00:54:01.86\00:54:04.53
"let all of these
words be in your... " what?
00:54:04.63\00:54:06.71
"In your heart. "
00:54:06.91\00:54:08.24
So you will receive the
mark of the beast if you do not
00:54:08.74\00:54:12.70
love God enough to obey His law.
00:54:12.90\00:54:16.85
And the mark of the beast
stands in contradistinction
00:54:17.15\00:54:20.98
to the seal of God.
00:54:21.28\00:54:23.55
We're going to go
to our 15th reference.
00:54:25.58\00:54:28.34
We've got, I think, just
a couple of references left
00:54:28.64\00:54:30.95
in this study.
00:54:31.15\00:54:32.38
We're going to
Romans chapter 4 verse 11.
00:54:32.58\00:54:34.95
We will let Vanessa read this.
00:54:34.98\00:54:36.77
Romans chapter 4 and verse 11.
00:54:36.97\00:54:40.91
Romans chapter 4 verse
11. And Vanessa, if you could
00:54:41.11\00:54:43.99
go ahead and read that for us.
00:54:44.09\00:54:45.78
"And he received
the sign of circumcision
00:54:46.08\00:54:50.63
a seal of the righteousness
of the faith which he had yet
00:54:50.84\00:54:54.40
being uncircumcised. " OK.
00:54:54.60\00:54:56.89
That's all we need
read of that verse.
00:54:57.09\00:54:58.62
The reason we are in Romans 4:11
00:54:58.82\00:55:01.39
is to show that a sign
is the same thing as a seal.
00:55:01.60\00:55:06.71
"And he received the
sign of circumcision,
00:55:07.01\00:55:09.96
a seal of the righteousness... "
00:55:10.16\00:55:13.51
So you see there in
scripture that a sign
00:55:13.81\00:55:17.12
is equal to a what? Seal.
00:55:17.32\00:55:20.39
That's the principle we're
bringing out of Romans chapter 4
00:55:20.69\00:55:24.74
and verse 11.
00:55:24.94\00:55:26.54
Now let's go to Exodus 31:13
00:55:26.84\00:55:30.43
and see what God
describes His Sabbath as.
00:55:30.63\00:55:34.89
Romans... or
Exodus, rather, 31 verse 13.
00:55:35.19\00:55:38.98
We have another
graphic up there for this.
00:55:39.18\00:55:41.08
Exodus 31 and verse 13.
00:55:41.28\00:55:46.94
The Bible says
here in Exodus 31:13...
00:55:47.24\00:55:51.64
we're getting very
close to the end of this study
00:55:51.74\00:55:53.67
so I'll read this.
00:55:53.88\00:55:55.07
Exodus 31 and verse 13.
00:55:55.37\00:55:59.66
And God says this... God says:
00:55:59.96\00:56:02.50
"Speak now also unto
the children of Israel
00:56:02.71\00:56:06.39
saying: 'verily My Sabbaths
00:56:06.63\00:56:08.51
ye shall keep for
it is a... ' what?
00:56:08.61\00:56:11.42
'sign between me and you
00:56:11.56\00:56:14.13
throughout your generations
00:56:14.33\00:56:15.75
that you know...
00:56:15.85\00:56:17.16
that you may know that I am
the Lord who sanctifies you. ' "
00:56:17.46\00:56:20.73
So the Sabbath is the sign,
00:56:21.03\00:56:24.69
the seal, whereby we
know God sanctifies us.
00:56:24.89\00:56:30.54
Isn't that amazing?
00:56:33.84\00:56:35.05
Then we go back to the
reference that we've been to
00:56:35.35\00:56:38.26
so many times during this study.
00:56:38.36\00:56:40.37
You will remember exactly
what that reference said.
00:56:40.57\00:56:44.08
That reference said
that the beast power
00:56:44.38\00:56:48.48
wants worship so desperately
00:56:48.68\00:56:51.66
that he will
force you to worship him
00:56:51.96\00:56:55.42
or you will be killed.
00:56:55.62\00:56:57.65
Only those that are
sealed with God's seal...
00:56:59.08\00:57:03.43
What did we find
out God's seal to be?
00:57:03.63\00:57:06.09
The Sabbath. Only those
that are sealed with God's seal
00:57:06.19\00:57:10.05
avoid the mark of the beast.
00:57:10.35\00:57:14.32
Only those that
obey God and serve Him
00:57:14.62\00:57:18.64
and worship Him
will avoid that mark.
00:57:18.84\00:57:22.14
Is it your desire to
worship God as the Creator
00:57:22.44\00:57:26.91
today? To make
that decision right now?
00:57:27.41\00:57:33.33
God is giving
you that opportunity
00:57:34.60\00:57:36.92
and you need to take it.
00:57:38.54\00:57:40.85