Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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Father in heaven, we
come before Your throne
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in the powerful name of Jesus.
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We need the help of
the Holy Spirit now,
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as we open Your Holy Word,
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I ask that You will remove
from our hearts any obstacle
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that would keep us
from hearing Your voice.
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I ask that You will
give us a sincere heart
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to receive what we study
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to investigate it
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and to apply it to our lives.
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Thank You for being with
us and for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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In our last study together,
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we looked at the
historical fulfillment
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of Matthew Chapter 24
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and the prophetic
fulfillment of the same chapter,
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but we only studied
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Matthew 24:4-14.
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Now, we are going to study
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the abomination of
desolation, part one.
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In our next lecture,
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we will take a look
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at the abomination
of desolation, part two.
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So it's going to
take us two sessions
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to deal with the
abomination of desolation
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in the end time,
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because we've already
looked at its fulfillment
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in the destruction of Jerusalem.
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Now, in order to
know where the context is
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for the
abomination of desolation,
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we need to review
the sequence of events
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that we studied in
our last presentation.
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So I'm quickly going to go
through the different events
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in chronological order,
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as they will occur
at the end of time.
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First of all, we noticed
that false messiahs will arise,
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and there have
been false messiahs
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that have arisen.
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And I'm sure that
we will be seeing more
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as time passes.
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Then we have wars
and rumors of wars,
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nation rising against
nation, kingdom against kingdom.
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And then also we have
a mention of pestilences,
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famines, earthquakes,
and troubles in society.
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Now, these things are
going to get worse and worse
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because Matthew 20:8, 24:8 says
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that these things are
only the beginning of sorrows.
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And in Great
Controversy, page 590.
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Ellen White wrote,
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that these
visitations or these disasters
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are to become
more and more frequent
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and disastrous.
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Now, where are we
in the fulfillment
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of Matthew 24?
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We are at verse 8.
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We are between
verse 8 and verse 9.
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And somebody might say,
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"Oh well, so
there's still a long time
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before the end of the chapter,
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you know, from verse 8
all the way to verse 31,
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where it speaks about
Jesus sending the angels
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to pick up the elect.
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Oh, we have plenty
of time to spare yet."
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No, because we are told
that the final movements
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will be rapid ones.
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In other words, we can't say
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that just because eight
verses have been fulfilled
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and verse 8 through verse 31
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have not yet
been fully fulfilled
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that we have plenty
of time to get ready.
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Now we notice the reason
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why these disasters
in society and in nature
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are going to occur.
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It's because Satan
wants to blame God's people.
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Now, how do we know that
we are now between verse 8
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and verse 9?
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Well, because verse 8 says
that the nation against nation,
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kingdom against kingdom,
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famines,
pestilences, and earthquakes
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are the beginning of sorrows.
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And then verse 9
begins by saying,
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then they will deliver you
up to tribulation and kill you.
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And you will be
hated by all nations
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for My name's sake.
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That hasn't happened yet.
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You know, God's, people
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are not being
persecuted at this time,
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going into tribulation
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and having all
nations hate them.
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It's just not
happening right now.
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So we are between
verse 8 and verse 9.
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The disasters are going to
get more and more frequent,
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and they're going
to be worse and worse
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until the point
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where Satan will convince
the populace of the world
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that God's people are
causing these problems.
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And then you notice in verse 9
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that God's people will be thrown
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into tribulation.
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I want you to notice
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it doesn't say
the great tribulation.
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It says tribulation.
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The Great
Tribulation comes later.
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This is a
preliminary time of trouble
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or little time of
trouble for God's people
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when they will be
blamed for the disasters
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that are taking place.
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And then we noticed
that during this period,
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family members will
betray family members
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and friends will betray friends.
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And the prophecy
tells us that at this time,
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when persecution
comes many will be offended.
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In other words, many of
those who walked with the Lord,
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many of those who
profess to be followers of Jesus
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in order to spare
themselves some persecution,
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they will be offended
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and they will forsake the truth.
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At this same time,
there will be false prophets,
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according to verse 11,
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and the false prophets are those
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who went astray
from God's people.
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And now they will
use all of their powers
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to try and deceive the elect
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and to speak
against them in tribunals,
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and before the great
leaders of the world.
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This brings me to my next point.
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God's people would be
required to give testimony
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before great
political leaders of the world,
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before presidents, legislators,
rulers, and magistrates.
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And God's people will
not have to be concerned
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because God will pour
out the latter rain power
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for them to be able
to give the loud cry.
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And they won't have to
worry about what to say,
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because the Holy
Spirit will enlighten them,
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will give them
wisdom and words to speak.
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And we found in our last study
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that thousands upon
thousands will accept the truth
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as a result of the
proclamation of the loud cry
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under the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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Then we're told that because
of transgression of the law,
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the love of many will grow cold.
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And we read a
statement where it says
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that these people
whose love grows cold,
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they once had a high
spiritual experience with Jesus,
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but they will apostatize
because of lawlessness
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or because of the
transgression of the law.
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Then the prophecy tells us
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that during this time
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God's people are
going to need perseverance.
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They're going to need patience.
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And we are told,
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we are given the
promise that those who persevere
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or those who endure till the end
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will be saved.
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And then final
sign that we looked at
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is the preaching of the
gospel to all the world,
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and then the end will come.
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And we connected this
with the first angel's message.
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The first angel takes
the everlasting gospel
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to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
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But it's the
presentation of the gospel
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in a special end time context
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where the hour of God's judgment
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is proclaimed.
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In other words,
God's people will say,
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we are now in the
hour of God's judgment.
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You have to make
your decision now,
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like those who were in Jerusalem
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had to make their
decision to leave or to stay.
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And then the
first angel's message
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also calls people to worship
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the one who created
the heavens, the earth,
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the seas, and the
fountains of waters.
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In other words, it is a
call to worship the Creator
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and the sign of the
Creator is the Holy Sabbath.
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So basically
this is the context,
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the previous context
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to what we are
going to study here
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in part one of the
abomination of desolation,
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the end time fulfillment.
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So now we are
going to take a look
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at verses 15 to 20
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of Matthew Chapter 24.
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And we're going to see
that there are several things
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that are
mentioned in those verses.
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Number one, the
abomination of desolation.
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It will divide the
human race into two groups,
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just like the
sign outside Jerusalem
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in the year AD 70
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divided the
city into two groups,
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those who left
and those who stayed.
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Secondly, as a result of seeing
the abomination of desolation,
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then there is the flight.
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God's people will have
to flee from the cities
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because they will be persecuted.
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And then you have
the great tribulation.
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The word great is added.
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This is not the
preliminary tribulation,
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the little time of trouble
or the short time of trouble
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where God's people
would be persecuted
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and there will be martyrs.
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No, the Great Tribulation
there will be no martyrs,
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because the great tribulation,
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when it comes,
probation has closed.
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So then you have
the Great Tribulation
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and a very interesting detail
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is that all of those
who flee at this time
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are Sabbath keepers,
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because we are told by Jesus,
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pray that your
flight not be in the winter
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or on the Sabbath day.
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Now, what we need to
do is then to understand
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the abomination of desolation,
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as it fulfills in the
end time in Bible prophecy.
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And for this, we need to go back
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and review what we studied
in the historical application
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of the abomination of
desolation to any events
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that led up to the year 70,
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between 66 and
year, the year 70.
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So I'm going to review now
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the abomination of desolation
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that surrounded Jerusalem
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before the
destruction of the city
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in the year 70 AD.
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Now, I'm going to talk
about the Roman Eagle standard.
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If you want a
picture of this standard
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in the interpreter's
dictionary of the Bible,
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volume one, page 347,
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there's a picture
of the Roman standard.
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Let me describe
what is on that standard.
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There is an eagle.
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The head of the
eagle is facing right.
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The wings of the
eagle are outstretched.
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And in his talons,
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the eagle has arrows.
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Surrounding the
eagle is a golden wreath
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representing the orb of the sun.
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And we know that when the
Roman legions surrounded a city,
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besieged the city,
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the first thing
that they would do
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after they surrounded the city
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was to put their Roman standards
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into the ground.
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And then they would kneel
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and they would render them
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worship according
to Flavius Josephus.
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They were
actually rendering worship
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to the sun God Mithra,
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because in the year 63
BC Pompey adopted the eagle
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as the sole beast
on the Roman standard.
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And so you find this information
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on the standard
of the Roman legions.
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So what Jesus was saying is
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when you see the
abomination of desolation,
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that was prophesied by Daniel,
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he was saying to his
faithful followers flee.
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Now, what is the
abomination of desolation?
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As we noticed in
Luke 21:20, Jesus said,
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when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies.
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So the abomination of desolation
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is the surrounding of
Jerusalem by the Roman legions.
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At that moment, the faithful,
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when they saw the
sign of the Romans,
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of the Roman legions
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placing their
standards in the ground
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and kneeling and
rendering worship
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to the sun God,
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they were to take that as a sign
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to flee from the city.
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However, there was a problem
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when Cestius Gallus
came to the city of Jerusalem
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in the year 66
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and besieged the city,
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it looked like he was
going to be successful
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in conquering the
city at that point.
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Everything seemed to indicate
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that the city was going to fall,
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but then
something strange happened.
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Josephus says
without any explanation,
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we know that
there's an explanation
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because Jesus had prophesied
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that there was
going to be a sign
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that would
indicate that His people
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were supposed to flee.
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What happened was
that Cestius Gallus
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suddenly withdrew
from the siege of the city.
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All of the Roman legions,
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along with their
general left the city
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and fled back to Rome.
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The unfaithful
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who were within the
city of Jerusalem said,
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this is clearly a sign
that God is blessing us,
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and God is
giving us the victory.
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And, of course, the
false prophets in the city,
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they said, we told you
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that there was
going to be peace.
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We told you that this
city would never fall.
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And so, and so at that time
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Cestius Gallus goes back to Rome
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and the Jewish armies,
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if you please go after him.
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And according to Josephus,
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several of the
Roman soldiers perished
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when they were
attacked by the Jews.
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However, the Christians
that were within the city
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that knew what Jesus had
said in this very sermon.
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When you see the
abomination of desolation,
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when you see
Jerusalem surrounded by armies,
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you know, that its
desolation is near.
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That is the time to flee.
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And so the Christians at
that moment fled the city
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because the city
was no longer besieged.
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Well, it just so happens
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that just three years later
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Vespasian came against the city.
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And then after him Titus,
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and they surrounded the city,
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they besieged it like a
wall where there was no escape
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and everyone in
the city perished.
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Very interesting,
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but not one Christian perished
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in the destruction of Jerusalem.
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When I say that
everyone in the city perished,
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I'm not saying
that they were killed.
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What I'm saying is
that they were either killed
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or they were sold as slaves
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to different
nations by the Romans.
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Now you say,
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what does this have to do
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with the end time
abomination of desolation.
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In order to understand this,
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we need to comprehend that
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what happened
with literal Jerusalem
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in a literal
location with the literal Jews
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symbolizes global events
with God's spiritual people,
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no longer literal Jerusalem,
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but with God's spiritual people
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at the four angles of the earth.
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There also has
to be a connection
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between the Roman standard
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and the sign that God's people
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are going to see
at the end of time
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that indicates that
they're supposed to flee.
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It must have something to
do with an eagle and the sun.
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The final sign must
have something to do
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with the eagle and the sun,
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because that was the
sign that led the faithful
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to flee Jerusalem
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when they left the first time.
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So now you say,
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well, how do you explain
then this in the end time?
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What is the
abomination of desolation
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at the end of time?
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In order to understand this,
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we need to look
at The Great Seal
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of the United States of America.
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Now, if you have a $1 bill,
I just have a $1 bill here.
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And you'll find on
one side of the $1 bill,
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not on the side
where George Washington is,
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but on the other side
you'll find two circles.
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One on the left
and one on the right.
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These two circles are both sides
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of what is known
as The Great Seal
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of the United States.
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How important is The Great Seal
00:17:41.46\00:17:43.83
of the United States of America?
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Well, let me
read you a quotation
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on someone who's an
expert on United States,
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the United States flag,
and also other insignia.
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This is the explanation
00:17:54.94\00:17:56.71
of the importance
of The Great Seal,
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also known as the State
of Arms of the United States.
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It reads like this.
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"The Great Seal or State of Arms
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is the official
emblem of the United States.
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All judicial,
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legislative and
executive proclamations
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bear this seal."
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So you have the three
branches of government,
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the executive, the judicial,
00:18:25.87\00:18:28.64
and the legislative
branches of the government.
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So it says, it's
the official emblem
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in all judicial, legislative
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and executive
proclamations bear this seal.
00:18:37.18\00:18:40.15
Then it says,
00:18:40.18\00:18:41.52
"It certifies and authenticates
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all official acts of
the federal government.
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It must appear on all
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its authoritative
laws and statutes."
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Wow, interesting.
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What are the main points?
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It is the official emblem.
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It must be in all judicial,
00:19:02.60\00:19:03.94
legislative and
executive proclamations.
00:19:03.97\00:19:07.18
It certifies and
authenticates official acts,
00:19:07.21\00:19:10.85
and it must be on
all laws and statutes
00:19:10.88\00:19:14.62
of the United States of America.
00:19:14.65\00:19:17.25
So let's take a look
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at a little
history of The Great Seal
00:19:18.79\00:19:21.22
of the United States.
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On July 4th, 1776, of course,
as probably most of you know,
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the Declaration of Independence
of the United States
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from England was signed.
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And at that time, the very time,
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a Great Seal
Committee was created
00:19:38.07\00:19:41.68
to adopt a
national official seal
00:19:41.71\00:19:45.11
for the newborn nation.
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Among the members of
that Great Seal Committee
00:19:47.65\00:19:50.99
were Benjamin Franklin,
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Thomas Jefferson and John Adams,
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three of the
very famous founders
00:19:56.83\00:19:59.43
of the Republic
of the United States.
00:19:59.46\00:20:01.83
Now in that meeting,
00:20:01.86\00:20:03.73
Benjamin Franklin suggested
00:20:03.77\00:20:06.60
that the country
should adopt a turkey
00:20:06.63\00:20:09.50
as its national emblem.
00:20:09.54\00:20:11.84
And I praise the Lord
00:20:11.87\00:20:13.44
that the
committee did not listen
00:20:13.48\00:20:15.34
to Benjamin Franklin.
00:20:15.38\00:20:17.88
The committee
tabled its deliberations
00:20:17.91\00:20:21.02
after a lengthy discussion.
00:20:21.05\00:20:23.85
And so three
additional committees
00:20:23.89\00:20:26.59
convened after this
and our presence seal,
00:20:26.62\00:20:30.73
as it's found on the $1 bill
00:20:30.76\00:20:32.93
was adopted on June 28th, 1772,
00:20:32.96\00:20:38.67
just six years
00:20:38.70\00:20:40.04
after the
Declaration of Independence.
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This seal was adopted
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before the Constitution
was ratified in 1787.
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And before the Bill of Rights
was enacted in the year 1791.
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In other words, The Great
Seal is not a recent innovation.
00:20:55.78\00:20:59.75
The Great Seal
goes all the way back
00:20:59.79\00:21:03.09
to the roots of our Republic,
00:21:03.12\00:21:05.53
adopted once again in 1772.
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.56
So it would be a good idea
00:21:09.60\00:21:11.17
for us to take a
look at The Great Seal,
00:21:11.20\00:21:14.90
both sides of The Great Seal
00:21:14.94\00:21:17.17
of the United States of America.
00:21:17.21\00:21:20.04
So let's take a look,
00:21:20.08\00:21:21.48
first of all, at the
front side of the seal,
00:21:21.51\00:21:25.61
and that's the circle
00:21:25.65\00:21:26.98
that you have on the
right side of the bill
00:21:27.02\00:21:28.65
if you have it right before you.
00:21:28.68\00:21:30.79
You'll notice
there that there is
00:21:30.82\00:21:33.86
a native bald eagle.
00:21:33.89\00:21:38.53
The face of the
eagle is facing right.
00:21:38.56\00:21:43.53
You'll notice also
00:21:43.57\00:21:44.90
that the wings of the
eagle are outstretched.
00:21:44.93\00:21:49.10
And in the talons of
the eagle, you have arrows.
00:21:49.14\00:21:54.78
Now that's notable
because in that day,
00:21:54.81\00:21:58.51
the actual weapon
that was used was muskets,
00:21:58.55\00:22:03.35
not bows and arrows.
00:22:03.39\00:22:06.02
And so there's something
very significant about the fact
00:22:06.05\00:22:09.92
that you have arrows here.
00:22:09.96\00:22:13.09
Now, what is the meaning?
00:22:13.13\00:22:14.46
Oh, by the way, you'll notice
also that above the eagle,
00:22:14.50\00:22:17.37
you have the rays of the
sun breaking through the clouds.
00:22:17.40\00:22:21.77
Now, what is the
meaning of the sun rays
00:22:21.80\00:22:26.24
breaking through the clouds?
00:22:26.27\00:22:28.04
Well, we find in
a book about flags
00:22:28.08\00:22:32.41
the following explanation.
00:22:32.45\00:22:34.45
In a large number of lands,
00:22:34.48\00:22:37.02
the sun is associated
00:22:37.05\00:22:39.55
not so much with independence,
00:22:39.59\00:22:42.22
but with the promises it brings
00:22:42.26\00:22:44.79
in the dawn of a new day.
00:22:44.83\00:22:48.46
So notice that
the sun was a symbol
00:22:48.50\00:22:51.20
of the dawn of a new day,
00:22:51.23\00:22:53.84
because the United
States was just beginning,
00:22:53.87\00:22:56.00
was the dawn of a new nation.
00:22:56.04\00:22:58.77
Toward the end
00:22:58.81\00:23:00.14
of the Constitutional Convention
00:23:00.18\00:23:01.91
in Philadelphia in 1787,
00:23:01.94\00:23:05.35
George Washington,
00:23:05.38\00:23:07.38
the first president
of the United States
00:23:07.42\00:23:10.59
sat in a special chair
00:23:10.62\00:23:12.79
and presided
over the convention.
00:23:12.82\00:23:16.12
The name of the chair
was the rising sun chair.
00:23:16.16\00:23:21.43
And on the
backrest of this chair
00:23:21.46\00:23:24.90
is a beautifully carved sun.
00:23:24.93\00:23:28.97
Benjamin Franklin,
00:23:29.00\00:23:30.34
who sat among the delegates
00:23:30.37\00:23:32.31
to the
Constitutional Convention,
00:23:32.34\00:23:34.41
had a very interesting comment
about this particular chair.
00:23:34.44\00:23:40.02
This is what
Benjamin Franklin said.
00:23:40.05\00:23:43.18
I have often looked at that sun
00:23:43.22\00:23:47.79
behind the president
00:23:47.82\00:23:49.76
without being able to tell
00:23:49.79\00:23:52.46
whether it was a
rising or setting sun,
00:23:52.49\00:23:56.53
but now at length,
00:23:56.56\00:23:58.63
I have the
happiness to know that
00:23:58.67\00:24:01.80
it is a rising
and not a setting sun,
00:24:01.84\00:24:07.58
because it was
the dawn of a new day.
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.31
In other words,
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.68
a new nation
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.05
with great promise
of peace and prosperity
00:24:13.08\00:24:16.12
had just been founded.
00:24:16.15\00:24:18.89
Now, let me just get ahead
of myself a little bit now.
00:24:18.92\00:24:22.52
In the midst of
the terrible disasters
00:24:22.56\00:24:24.46
that are going to become
more frequent and more terrible
00:24:24.49\00:24:27.63
according to what
we read in the great,
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.50
in the book The
Great Controversy,
00:24:29.53\00:24:31.77
things are going to fall apart
00:24:31.80\00:24:33.67
in the United States of America.
00:24:33.70\00:24:36.74
However, Ellen White states,
00:24:36.77\00:24:40.01
that the government
will believe instigated
00:24:40.04\00:24:43.45
by the religious
powers of the United States
00:24:43.48\00:24:46.11
that enforcing
the day of the sun,
00:24:46.15\00:24:48.72
enforcing Sunday
00:24:48.75\00:24:50.49
will bring back
peace and prosperity
00:24:50.52\00:24:54.09
to the United States.
00:24:54.12\00:24:55.82
That's in Great Controversy,
00:24:55.86\00:24:57.49
pages 588 and 589.
00:24:57.53\00:25:02.16
Now somebody might say,
00:25:02.20\00:25:03.53
"Well, Pastor Bohr,
00:25:03.57\00:25:04.90
all of these details
00:25:04.93\00:25:06.27
that are similar on the US seal
00:25:06.30\00:25:09.70
to what the Roman
standard have had.
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.91
It must be coincidental.
00:25:12.94\00:25:14.91
It must be an accident."
00:25:14.94\00:25:16.54
But it's not.
00:25:16.58\00:25:18.21
Let me share
with you four reasons
00:25:18.25\00:25:21.48
why the connection
between the Roman standard
00:25:21.52\00:25:25.25
and The Great Seal of
the United States of America
00:25:25.29\00:25:28.29
are linked or
connected together.
00:25:28.32\00:25:31.19
Number one,
00:25:31.23\00:25:32.73
we've already noticed
that Matthew Chapter 24
00:25:32.76\00:25:35.63
has a dual fulfillment.
00:25:35.66\00:25:38.37
In other words, it is
fulfilled in events that lead up
00:25:38.40\00:25:40.77
to the destruction of Jerusalem,
00:25:40.80\00:25:42.70
and it will be fulfilled
on a larger and greater scale
00:25:42.74\00:25:46.68
at the end of time.
00:25:46.71\00:25:48.74
What does that mean?
00:25:48.78\00:25:50.11
It means that in some sense,
00:25:50.15\00:25:52.48
the eagle and the
sun in the end time
00:25:52.51\00:25:54.92
must be a sign
as it was previous
00:25:54.95\00:25:58.19
to the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:25:58.22\00:26:00.82
Secondly,
00:26:00.86\00:26:02.22
the United
States itself testifies
00:26:02.26\00:26:06.59
that it got its
emblems from the Roman Empire.
00:26:06.63\00:26:10.33
So the United States says,
00:26:10.37\00:26:11.70
we got these
from the Roman Empire.
00:26:11.73\00:26:13.84
Let me read you
another quotation
00:26:13.87\00:26:16.30
from an expert in
flags across the world.
00:26:16.34\00:26:21.11
This is how it reads,
00:26:21.14\00:26:22.84
"The
neoclassical spirit of america
00:26:22.88\00:26:26.15
at the end of the 18th century,
00:26:26.18\00:26:28.82
looked to the
ancient," now, listen carefully,
00:26:28.85\00:26:31.39
"looked to the ancient
Republic for many symbols."
00:26:31.42\00:26:35.66
So once again,
00:26:35.69\00:26:37.03
the neoclassical
spirit of America
00:26:37.06\00:26:38.79
at the end of the 18th century
00:26:38.83\00:26:40.60
looked to the
ancient Roman Republic
00:26:40.63\00:26:43.03
for many symbols,
00:26:43.06\00:26:44.40
"including the name
00:26:44.43\00:26:46.57
of the Upper
Chamber of Congress."
00:26:46.60\00:26:48.77
That is the Senate.
00:26:48.80\00:26:50.37
"In Rome, the eagle
began as a Republican symbol,
00:26:50.41\00:26:55.04
hence Americans chose
their native bald eagle
00:26:55.08\00:26:59.15
for the National Arms in 1782."
00:26:59.18\00:27:03.12
So you'll notice that the
United States itself says,
00:27:03.15\00:27:05.99
we got the emblems on
our Great Seal from Rome.
00:27:06.02\00:27:11.23
And we also noticed that
00:27:11.26\00:27:12.59
because Matthew 24
has a dual fulfillment,
00:27:12.63\00:27:15.00
the eagle and sun
of the Roman standards
00:27:15.03\00:27:17.40
must have something to do
00:27:17.43\00:27:19.30
with the end time fulfillment.
00:27:19.33\00:27:21.50
Point number three.
00:27:21.54\00:27:23.41
In 1891, AT Jones published
a very important volume.
00:27:23.44\00:27:28.98
It is a massive volume.
00:27:29.01\00:27:30.45
I think it has
around a thousand pages.
00:27:30.48\00:27:33.05
The name of this
book is The Two Republics
00:27:33.08\00:27:37.12
or Rome and the
United States of America.
00:27:37.15\00:27:40.89
In this fascinating books,
00:27:40.92\00:27:42.59
he shows the parallels
00:27:42.62\00:27:44.59
between the
ancient Roman Republic
00:27:44.63\00:27:47.20
and the Republic
of the United States.
00:27:47.23\00:27:49.36
There are so many
striking similarities
00:27:49.40\00:27:52.33
between the two.
00:27:52.37\00:27:54.07
And number four,
00:27:54.10\00:27:55.54
as we shall see
00:27:55.57\00:27:57.04
towards the end of
our study together,
00:27:57.07\00:27:59.47
Ellen White explicitly
linked the Roman standards
00:27:59.51\00:28:04.41
that surrounded Jerusalem
00:28:04.45\00:28:06.01
with the national day of the sun
00:28:06.05\00:28:09.38
at the end of time.
00:28:09.42\00:28:11.55
Now we need to take a
look also at the reverse side
00:28:11.59\00:28:15.32
of The Great
Seal on the $1 bill.
00:28:15.36\00:28:18.23
You find in the circle
00:28:18.26\00:28:19.89
on the left-hand
side of the $1 bill,
00:28:19.93\00:28:23.13
a secret, a tower
that is unfinished.
00:28:23.16\00:28:28.30
You'll notice that
the top is unfinished.
00:28:28.34\00:28:30.91
At the top of the pyramid,
00:28:30.94\00:28:32.87
you have what is known
as the Eye of Providence.
00:28:32.91\00:28:36.85
It's really the eye of Lucifer.
00:28:36.88\00:28:39.11
And coming forth from the
eye are the rays of the sun.
00:28:39.15\00:28:43.65
Once again, everybody agrees
that this is a Masonic symbol.
00:28:43.69\00:28:49.02
Now you'll notice also that
you have here some inscriptions
00:28:49.06\00:28:54.20
on this side of the seal.
00:28:54.23\00:28:57.20
You'll notice for example
00:28:57.23\00:29:00.17
the expression
00:29:00.20\00:29:02.74
Novus Ordo Seclorum.
00:29:02.77\00:29:06.47
You say, "What does that
mean, Novus Ordo Seclorum?"
00:29:06.51\00:29:10.15
Well, it means new world order.
00:29:10.18\00:29:14.32
And you thought that
that was something recent.
00:29:14.35\00:29:17.09
And you'll also
notice that above it,
00:29:17.12\00:29:18.99
you have the
inscription, Annuit Coeptis,
00:29:19.02\00:29:22.59
which means he has
blessed our undertaking.
00:29:22.62\00:29:27.16
He has blessed our undertaking.
00:29:27.20\00:29:29.50
So, you'll notice here
00:29:29.53\00:29:32.43
another very
interesting details,
00:29:32.47\00:29:34.50
and you have to really have
good eyesight to catch this.
00:29:34.54\00:29:37.77
You'll notice at the
bottom of the pyramid,
00:29:37.81\00:29:40.11
you have the year
1776 in Roman numerals.
00:29:40.14\00:29:45.71
So you have all of
these inscriptions in Latin,
00:29:45.75\00:29:49.52
which is the
language of ancient Rome.
00:29:49.55\00:29:51.55
Annuit Coeptis, he has
favored our undertaking.
00:29:51.59\00:29:54.56
Novus Ordo Seclorum,
there is a new world order.
00:29:54.59\00:29:58.26
And by the way, on the
other side of the seal,
00:29:58.29\00:30:00.93
which I failed to mention,
00:30:00.96\00:30:02.43
you have the
words E pluribus unum,
00:30:02.46\00:30:06.07
which in Latin means
out of the many, one.
00:30:06.10\00:30:09.70
And so, you find
these Latin inscriptions,
00:30:09.74\00:30:12.67
you have Roman numerals,
00:30:12.71\00:30:14.88
you have the
sunburst above the eagle,
00:30:14.91\00:30:17.48
the sunburst
coming forth from the eye.
00:30:17.51\00:30:20.45
You have the
eagle looking right,
00:30:20.48\00:30:23.92
wings spread out,
talons with arrows.
00:30:23.95\00:30:28.36
Clearly, there is a
connection between the two.
00:30:28.39\00:30:32.79
Now let me tell you something
about this particular seal.
00:30:32.83\00:30:38.53
Henry Wallace was vice president
00:30:38.57\00:30:41.64
during the presidency
of Franklin Roosevelt.
00:30:41.67\00:30:45.11
We know that Henry
Wallace was a 32nd degree Mason.
00:30:45.14\00:30:49.98
So you might be wondering
00:30:50.01\00:30:51.35
how these two sides of the
seal ended up on a $1 bill.
00:30:51.38\00:30:56.62
Well, Henry Wallace
suggested minting a coin
00:30:56.65\00:31:02.02
that would have
The Great Seal on it.
00:31:02.06\00:31:04.79
Instead,
Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
00:31:04.83\00:31:08.86
who was also a
32nd degree Freemason,
00:31:08.90\00:31:12.23
placed The Great Seal
00:31:12.27\00:31:13.97
on the $1 bill in the year 1935.
00:31:14.00\00:31:19.47
And once again, I emphasize
00:31:19.51\00:31:21.74
that you have the sun,
00:31:21.78\00:31:23.51
you have the eagle,
00:31:23.55\00:31:24.91
you have the outstretched wings,
00:31:24.95\00:31:26.68
you have the
eagle looking right.
00:31:26.72\00:31:28.35
You have arrows in the talons.
00:31:28.38\00:31:30.22
You have inscriptions in Latin,
00:31:30.25\00:31:32.89
and you have the date
00:31:32.92\00:31:34.26
for the
Declaration of Independence
00:31:34.29\00:31:35.66
in Roman numerals.
00:31:35.69\00:31:37.29
There is clearly a connection
00:31:37.33\00:31:39.79
between the Roman
standards and The Great Seal
00:31:39.83\00:31:44.40
of the United States of America.
00:31:44.43\00:31:47.20
Now, what about the architecture
00:31:47.24\00:31:49.24
of Washington, DC?
00:31:49.27\00:31:51.97
Well, if you've
been to Washington, DC,
00:31:52.01\00:31:54.11
something is very striking
00:31:54.14\00:31:56.85
and that is that the
main government buildings
00:31:56.88\00:32:01.48
are composed of Roman
architectural structures.
00:32:01.52\00:32:06.72
For example, The
Capitol, The White House,
00:32:06.76\00:32:09.76
The Supreme Court,
The Lincoln Memorial,
00:32:09.79\00:32:12.33
The Jefferson Memorial,
00:32:12.36\00:32:14.03
all hark back
to the architecture
00:32:14.06\00:32:16.93
of ancient Rome.
00:32:16.97\00:32:18.73
Let me read you a statement
00:32:18.77\00:32:20.14
that appears on
a government site
00:32:20.17\00:32:22.24
about the reason
why these buildings
00:32:22.27\00:32:25.57
have a Roman
architectural structure.
00:32:25.61\00:32:30.15
This is how it reads.
00:32:30.18\00:32:32.21
"The definitive
architectural style
00:32:32.25\00:32:34.78
on Capitol Hill
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.72
is neoclassical
00:32:36.75\00:32:39.02
inspired by the
use of ancient Greek
00:32:39.05\00:32:41.89
and Roman styles
00:32:41.92\00:32:43.66
in the design of
great, great public buildings.
00:32:43.69\00:32:47.76
These styles are recognized
by the use of tall columns,
00:32:47.80\00:32:52.63
symmetrical shapes,
triangular pediments,
00:32:52.67\00:32:58.04
that's the triangle at
the top of the building,
00:32:58.07\00:33:00.28
and domed roofs."
00:33:00.31\00:33:04.08
The statement continues.
00:33:04.11\00:33:05.45
"Thomas Jefferson
wanted Congress housed
00:33:05.48\00:33:09.18
in a replica of an
ancient Roman temple."
00:33:09.22\00:33:13.79
Wow!
00:33:13.82\00:33:15.26
So what did Jefferson want?
00:33:15.29\00:33:17.13
He wanted Congress
housed in a replica
00:33:17.16\00:33:20.00
of an ancient Roman temple.
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.86
"Since the capitol
in Richmond, Virginia,
00:33:22.90\00:33:25.83
was an example of
Roman cubic architecture,
00:33:25.87\00:33:29.87
he thought the federal Capitol
00:33:29.90\00:33:32.01
should be modeled
after a spherical temple.
00:33:32.04\00:33:35.94
The US Capitol's designs,
00:33:35.98\00:33:38.11
derived from
ancient Greece and Rome,
00:33:38.15\00:33:40.48
evoke the details that
guided the nation's founders
00:33:40.52\00:33:43.99
as they framed
their new republic."
00:33:44.02\00:33:47.96
The architecture in
Washington, DC is a Roman,
00:33:47.99\00:33:52.79
not only that, but
you find in Washington, DC
00:33:52.83\00:33:56.53
monuments everywhere you go.
00:33:56.56\00:33:59.27
These monuments and statues
00:33:59.30\00:34:01.60
remember great historical events
00:34:01.64\00:34:04.21
in the course of US history,
00:34:04.24\00:34:07.08
and you'll have heroes
on those particular statues
00:34:07.11\00:34:11.35
and they can commemorate
great historical events,
00:34:11.38\00:34:13.78
just like Rome was
filled with statues
00:34:13.82\00:34:17.05
of its heroes and
of historical events.
00:34:17.09\00:34:20.29
Many times the inscriptions
on these statues are in Latin.
00:34:20.32\00:34:25.86
In other words, in
Roman numerals as well.
00:34:25.89\00:34:28.66
The date is given
in Roman numerals.
00:34:28.70\00:34:31.30
Now, what is the
name of the Upper Chamber
00:34:31.33\00:34:33.57
of Congress of
the United States?
00:34:33.60\00:34:35.57
It's called the Senate.
00:34:35.60\00:34:37.51
Where does that come from?
00:34:37.54\00:34:39.24
Well, obviously it
comes from ancient Rome,
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.88
because the Romans had a
Senate and the representatives
00:34:42.91\00:34:46.55
who serve in the
Senate are called senators,
00:34:46.58\00:34:51.45
just like in ancient Rome.
00:34:51.49\00:34:54.62
There's another
interesting detail.
00:34:54.66\00:34:56.83
In the wars of independence
of the United States,
00:34:56.86\00:35:00.13
the name troops
in the United States
00:35:00.16\00:35:03.33
was not very well received.
00:35:03.37\00:35:06.00
They preferred to
call the Army's Legions.
00:35:06.03\00:35:11.44
And today we still
have as a fruit of that,
00:35:11.47\00:35:14.44
the American Legion.
00:35:14.48\00:35:16.91
Let me read you a statement here
00:35:16.95\00:35:18.38
that we find in a
book by Kochan James,
00:35:18.41\00:35:23.45
where it says the following,
00:35:23.49\00:35:25.42
"The Legion of the United States
00:35:25.45\00:35:27.02
was a reorganization
00:35:27.06\00:35:28.96
and extension of
the Continental Army
00:35:28.99\00:35:32.23
from 1792 to 1796,
00:35:32.26\00:35:35.66
under the command of
Major General Anthony Wayne.
00:35:35.70\00:35:39.43
It represented a political shift
00:35:39.47\00:35:41.74
in the new United States,
00:35:41.77\00:35:43.67
which had recently adopted
the United States Constitution.
00:35:43.71\00:35:48.08
The new Congressional
00:35:48.11\00:35:50.38
and Executive branches
00:35:50.41\00:35:52.11
authorized a standing army
00:35:52.15\00:35:54.18
composed of
professional soldiers,
00:35:54.22\00:35:56.15
rather than
relying on state militias."
00:35:56.18\00:35:58.65
In other words,
00:35:58.69\00:36:00.02
they preferred the
armies to be recalled legions.
00:36:00.06\00:36:04.26
At this time,
00:36:04.29\00:36:05.63
General Knox suggest that
the creation of a super flag
00:36:05.66\00:36:11.33
with a life-sized eagle,
00:36:11.37\00:36:13.10
which would be called
the standard of the Legion.
00:36:13.13\00:36:17.07
Although the flag
never came into existence,
00:36:17.11\00:36:19.87
it shows the fascination
of the United States Republic
00:36:19.91\00:36:24.71
with Rome in antiquity.
00:36:24.75\00:36:27.85
In 1791, a
similar flag was created
00:36:27.88\00:36:32.05
and given the name,
"The Standard of The Eagle."
00:36:32.09\00:36:35.92
Interestingly enough,
00:36:35.96\00:36:37.43
this flag has an eagle
without stretched wings,
00:36:37.46\00:36:41.66
facing right with
arrows in its talons
00:36:41.70\00:36:45.13
and a huge sunburst
coming forth from its body.
00:36:45.17\00:36:50.34
Somebody might
object and say, Pastor Bohr,
00:36:50.37\00:36:53.38
what right do you have
to link the Roman eagle
00:36:53.41\00:36:56.81
with eagle of the United States?
00:36:56.85\00:36:59.21
There are so
distant in time and place.
00:36:59.25\00:37:03.32
After all Mexico
also has an eagle
00:37:03.35\00:37:07.02
as its national emblem.
00:37:07.06\00:37:09.49
Wouldn't we have to connect
00:37:09.52\00:37:11.19
the English lion
with a Babylonian lion?
00:37:11.23\00:37:14.63
Wouldn't we have to connect
00:37:14.66\00:37:16.00
the Russian bear with
the Medo-Persian bear?
00:37:16.03\00:37:18.50
Wouldn't we have to connect
00:37:18.53\00:37:19.87
the Chinese dragon
with the Roman dragon
00:37:19.90\00:37:22.17
if we connect the Roman eagle
00:37:22.20\00:37:24.21
with the eagle of
the United States?
00:37:24.24\00:37:26.54
The answer is no on four counts.
00:37:26.57\00:37:29.61
First of all,
England, Russia, and China
00:37:29.64\00:37:33.05
do not claim to
have gotten their mascots
00:37:33.08\00:37:35.78
from Babylon,
Medo-Persia or Rome.
00:37:35.82\00:37:39.39
Second,
00:37:39.42\00:37:40.76
there is no
historical connection
00:37:40.79\00:37:42.79
between the religion
00:37:42.82\00:37:44.16
of ancient Babylon and England,
00:37:44.19\00:37:46.23
the religion of Russia
and ancient Medo-Persia,
00:37:46.26\00:37:49.43
and the religion
of Rome and China.
00:37:49.46\00:37:52.47
Number three, AT
Jones, as I mentioned before,
00:37:52.50\00:37:56.44
wrote this massive
book, The Two Republics
00:37:56.47\00:37:59.07
or Rome, and the
United States of America,
00:37:59.11\00:38:01.98
where he
described in minute detail
00:38:02.01\00:38:05.58
the similarity of
the Republic of Rome
00:38:05.61\00:38:08.78
with the Republic
00:38:08.82\00:38:10.15
of the United States of America.
00:38:10.19\00:38:12.55
And number four,
00:38:12.59\00:38:13.92
we know that
there is a connection
00:38:13.96\00:38:16.36
because Ellen White wrote
00:38:16.39\00:38:17.83
two extremely
significant statements.
00:38:17.86\00:38:21.56
And now I want to
read those statements
00:38:21.60\00:38:23.23
where Ellen White states that
00:38:23.26\00:38:26.84
the eagle and the sun
00:38:26.87\00:38:29.94
and the Roman standard
00:38:29.97\00:38:31.71
as the sign for
Christians to flee Jerusalem
00:38:31.74\00:38:35.04
has an end time application
00:38:35.08\00:38:37.51
where the United States
with the eagle and the sun
00:38:37.55\00:38:41.48
also have this sign
00:38:41.52\00:38:44.35
of the need for
God's people to flee
00:38:44.39\00:38:48.22
when this sign is seen.
00:38:48.26\00:38:50.26
The first
statement is in volume five
00:38:50.29\00:38:52.29
of the Testimonies, page 451.
00:38:52.33\00:38:56.33
"As the approach
of the Roman armies
00:38:56.36\00:38:59.33
was a sign to the disciples
00:38:59.37\00:39:02.27
of the impending
destruction of Jerusalem."
00:39:02.30\00:39:06.14
So notice,
00:39:06.17\00:39:07.51
"As the approach
of the Roman armies
00:39:07.54\00:39:08.94
was a sign to the disciples
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.38
of the impending
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:39:10.41\00:39:12.91
so may this apostasy..."
00:39:12.95\00:39:14.52
If you read the
paragraph before,
00:39:14.55\00:39:16.12
it's talking about the apostasy
concerning the day of worship,
00:39:16.15\00:39:19.55
Sunday that Protestants
embraced by tradition
00:39:19.59\00:39:23.12
from Roman Catholicism.
00:39:23.16\00:39:24.49
So once again,
00:39:24.53\00:39:25.86
"As the approach
of the Roman armies
00:39:25.89\00:39:27.23
was a sign to the disciples
00:39:27.26\00:39:28.60
of the impending
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:39:28.63\00:39:30.73
so may this
apostasy, concerning Sunday,
00:39:30.77\00:39:33.94
be a sign to us
00:39:33.97\00:39:36.14
that the limit of
God's forbearance is reached,
00:39:36.17\00:39:38.91
that the measure of our
nations iniquity is full
00:39:38.94\00:39:43.01
and that the angel of mercy
00:39:43.04\00:39:44.61
is about to take her
flight never to return."
00:39:44.65\00:39:48.28
In other words,
this is the last thing
00:39:48.32\00:39:50.49
before the close of probation,
00:39:50.52\00:39:52.15
the sign, the
abomination of desolation.
00:39:52.19\00:39:54.72
That will divide the
world into two groups,
00:39:54.76\00:39:57.53
those who stay
and those who flee.
00:39:57.56\00:40:01.36
Once again, I go
back a little ways.
00:40:01.40\00:40:03.90
She continues saying,
00:40:03.93\00:40:07.10
"The people of God
00:40:07.14\00:40:08.70
will then be plunged
00:40:08.74\00:40:10.07
into those scenes of
affliction and distress
00:40:10.11\00:40:12.67
which prophets have described
00:40:12.71\00:40:14.88
as the time of Jacob's trouble,"
00:40:14.91\00:40:16.91
which is the Great Tribulation
that's mentioned in verse 21
00:40:16.95\00:40:21.02
after that abomination
of desolation is described
00:40:21.05\00:40:24.82
in verses 15 through 20.
00:40:24.85\00:40:28.12
Now there's another statement
that is even more explicit.
00:40:28.16\00:40:31.49
This one is in Five Testimonies,
00:40:31.53\00:40:33.40
464 and 465.
00:40:33.43\00:40:37.53
464 and 465.
00:40:37.57\00:40:41.57
"It is no time
now for God's people
00:40:41.60\00:40:44.67
to be fixing their affections
00:40:44.71\00:40:46.78
and laying up
treasure in the world."
00:40:46.81\00:40:50.41
In other words,
that's not time for us
00:40:50.45\00:40:51.91
to be accumulating
money and possessions.
00:40:51.95\00:40:56.18
As you know,
00:40:56.22\00:40:57.55
they're very uncertain in
these days of a Coronavirus,
00:40:57.59\00:41:01.32
what's happening to
the stock market and so on.
00:41:01.36\00:41:03.63
There's only one place
00:41:03.66\00:41:04.99
that we can
truly invest our means.
00:41:05.03\00:41:06.96
And that is in
the bank of heaven
00:41:07.00\00:41:09.83
by using our resources
to win souls to the kingdom.
00:41:09.86\00:41:13.34
So she continues,
00:41:13.37\00:41:14.87
"The time is not far distant,
when, like the early disciples,
00:41:14.90\00:41:20.38
we shall be
forced to seek a refuge
00:41:20.41\00:41:24.25
in desolate and
solitary places."
00:41:24.28\00:41:27.78
And now comes to comparison.
00:41:27.82\00:41:29.72
"As the siege of Jerusalem
00:41:29.75\00:41:31.85
by the Roman armies
00:41:31.89\00:41:33.66
was the signal for flight
to the Judean Christians."
00:41:33.69\00:41:38.36
So, now comes the
application to the end time.
00:41:38.39\00:41:41.53
"So the assumption of
power on the part of our nation
00:41:41.56\00:41:46.03
in the decree
enforcing the papal Sabbath
00:41:46.07\00:41:49.50
will be a warning to us."
00:41:49.54\00:41:52.61
So as the Roman standard
had the sun and the eagle,
00:41:52.64\00:41:55.48
and it was the sign
for God's people to flee.
00:41:55.51\00:41:58.58
At the same time,
00:41:58.61\00:41:59.95
by the way,
they rendered worship
00:41:59.98\00:42:01.32
to their sun
standard, their eagle standard.
00:42:01.35\00:42:05.09
She says, so the
sign of the Sunday law
00:42:05.12\00:42:08.99
in the United States
00:42:09.02\00:42:10.99
will be a sign that
we are supposed to do
00:42:11.03\00:42:13.90
what the
original Christians did.
00:42:13.93\00:42:15.36
What did they do?
00:42:15.40\00:42:16.73
They fled.
00:42:16.77\00:42:18.10
So once again, I
go back a little ways
00:42:18.13\00:42:19.87
in this quotation,
00:42:19.90\00:42:21.24
as the siege of
Jerusalem by the Roman armies
00:42:21.27\00:42:23.81
was a signal for flight
to the Judean Christians,
00:42:23.84\00:42:26.71
so the assumption of power
00:42:26.74\00:42:28.28
on the part of our
nation in the decree
00:42:28.31\00:42:31.11
enforcing the papal Sabbath
00:42:31.15\00:42:33.21
will be a warning to us.
00:42:33.25\00:42:34.58
Let me just stop there once.
00:42:34.62\00:42:36.15
There's a lot of talk
00:42:36.18\00:42:37.52
in Seventh-day Adventist circles
00:42:37.55\00:42:38.89
about when we are
supposed to leave the cities.
00:42:38.92\00:42:41.66
Now it's always best
to live in the country.
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.79
As you've noticed,
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.16
what has been
happening in the cities
00:42:46.19\00:42:47.53
during this time
of the Coronavirus,
00:42:47.56\00:42:49.50
and during this time of unrest?
00:42:49.53\00:42:52.23
You know, it's a
pretty risky thing
00:42:52.27\00:42:53.60
to have a business in the
city or to live in the city.
00:42:53.64\00:42:56.40
So it's always best to
live out in the country.
00:42:56.44\00:43:00.01
But when is the
moment that God indicates
00:43:00.04\00:43:02.51
that it is the last
opportunity to leave the cities.
00:43:02.54\00:43:06.55
She states once again
00:43:06.58\00:43:08.22
as the siege of
Jerusalem by the Roman armies
00:43:12.09\00:43:14.09
was the signal for
flight to the Judean Christians,
00:43:14.12\00:43:16.66
so the assumption of power
00:43:16.69\00:43:18.03
in the part of our
nations in the decree,
00:43:18.06\00:43:20.00
now notice,
enforcing the papal Sabbath.
00:43:20.03\00:43:22.60
So it's not talking about,
00:43:22.63\00:43:23.97
they're talking
about a Sunday law.
00:43:24.00\00:43:25.53
The Congress is
debating a Sunday law.
00:43:25.57\00:43:27.24
No, this is when the Sunday
law has already been written
00:43:27.27\00:43:30.61
and approved and stamped.
00:43:30.64\00:43:33.04
So it says it,
enforcing the papal Sabbath
00:43:33.07\00:43:36.91
will be a warning to us.
00:43:36.95\00:43:38.81
And then she states this,
00:43:38.85\00:43:40.38
"It will then be time
to leave the large cities,
00:43:40.42\00:43:44.95
preparatory to
leaving the smaller ones
00:43:44.99\00:43:48.09
for retired homes
in secluded places
00:43:48.12\00:43:51.03
among the mountains."
00:43:51.06\00:43:52.69
And then she gives
this counsel to us.
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.33
"And now,
00:43:56.36\00:43:59.67
instead of seeking
expensive dwellings here,
00:43:59.70\00:44:04.17
we should be preparing
to move to a better country,
00:44:04.21\00:44:07.98
even a heavenly.
00:44:08.01\00:44:10.18
Instead of spending our
means in self-gratification,
00:44:10.21\00:44:14.02
we should be
studying to economize."
00:44:14.05\00:44:18.75
So just as Ellen White
presents her sequence of events
00:44:18.79\00:44:22.96
is what we find in
Matthew Chapter 24.
00:44:22.99\00:44:26.19
You have the sign,
then you have the flight,
00:44:26.23\00:44:31.07
then you have the
Great Tribulation.
00:44:31.10\00:44:33.94
That's in Matthew Chapter 24.
00:44:33.97\00:44:36.04
The sign is in Matthew 24:15-20,
00:44:36.07\00:44:41.31
and then verse 21 and following,
00:44:41.34\00:44:45.41
you have the Great
Tribulation that ensues.
00:44:45.45\00:44:49.32
Now let's go back
to Matthew Chapter 24
00:44:49.35\00:44:52.29
and notice verses
16 through verse 20,
00:44:52.32\00:44:57.29
because we only
notice verse 15 so far.
00:44:57.33\00:45:00.93
So Jesus says,
00:45:00.96\00:45:02.30
"Therefore when you see
the abomination of desolation
00:45:02.33\00:45:05.87
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
00:45:05.90\00:45:08.50
standing in the holy place,
00:45:08.54\00:45:11.11
whoever reads, let
him understand then."
00:45:11.14\00:45:15.31
So when the sign is seen,
00:45:15.34\00:45:17.35
something needs to happen
00:45:17.38\00:45:18.71
after that,
immediately after that.
00:45:18.75\00:45:20.22
Remember the word then,
00:45:20.25\00:45:21.88
it is the Greek
word called tote,
00:45:21.92\00:45:23.79
which describes an event
00:45:23.82\00:45:25.35
that occurs
immediately after another event.
00:45:25.39\00:45:29.12
So once again,
it says in verse 16,
00:45:29.16\00:45:31.83
"Then let those
who are in Judea flee
00:45:31.86\00:45:34.40
to the mountains."
00:45:34.43\00:45:35.76
In our case, that would be those
00:45:35.80\00:45:37.27
who are in the great cities
00:45:37.30\00:45:38.83
flee, go to
desolate places of the earth.
00:45:38.87\00:45:42.90
And then in verse
17, we find these words,
00:45:42.94\00:45:45.41
"Let him who is on
the housetop not go down
00:45:45.44\00:45:49.44
to take anything
out of his house."
00:45:49.48\00:45:52.18
We've noticed this before.
00:45:52.21\00:45:54.22
In other words, don't
think about all the toys
00:45:54.25\00:45:56.05
that are left in your house,
00:45:56.08\00:45:57.72
your beautiful car
that's left in your house,
00:45:57.75\00:46:00.12
the money that you have
under the mattress of your bed.
00:46:00.16\00:46:02.62
No, because now
it is urgent to flee
00:46:02.66\00:46:06.13
because the abomination
of desolation has been seen.
00:46:06.16\00:46:09.56
Probation is about to close.
00:46:09.60\00:46:13.17
It says in verse 18,
00:46:13.20\00:46:15.20
"And let him who is in the field
00:46:15.24\00:46:17.34
not go back to get his clothes."
00:46:17.37\00:46:20.24
In other words,
don't think about the past
00:46:20.28\00:46:22.44
what you have in terms
of material possessions.
00:46:22.48\00:46:25.01
It is time now to flee
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.92
because those
material possessions
00:46:26.95\00:46:28.62
are not going
to do you any good.
00:46:28.65\00:46:31.59
And then we find in verse 19,
the difficulty of this flight.
00:46:31.62\00:46:37.33
It says in verse 19,
00:46:37.36\00:46:39.13
"But woe to
those who are pregnant
00:46:39.16\00:46:43.26
and to those who
are nursing babies
00:46:43.30\00:46:45.33
in those days."
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.30
You know, fleeing,
00:46:47.34\00:46:49.07
when a person,
when a woman is pregnant
00:46:49.10\00:46:51.24
or nursing, a baby
00:46:51.27\00:46:53.38
would be a great trial fleeing,
00:46:53.41\00:46:56.21
and at the same time
00:46:56.24\00:46:57.65
taking care of the
pregnancy or of the baby.
00:46:57.68\00:47:01.42
And then we find this
very significant verse.
00:47:01.45\00:47:04.19
You know, many times
00:47:04.22\00:47:06.62
Adventist evangelists
use this verse to prove
00:47:06.65\00:47:08.96
that the Sabbath was kept
00:47:08.99\00:47:11.39
long after Jesus
died on the cross.
00:47:11.43\00:47:13.83
It was still being
kept in the year 70
00:47:13.86\00:47:15.93
when Jerusalem was destroyed.
00:47:15.96\00:47:18.00
However, it's important
for us to take into account
00:47:18.03\00:47:21.04
the context in
which this verse appears.
00:47:21.07\00:47:24.87
Very interesting context.
00:47:24.91\00:47:26.71
It appears in the context
00:47:26.74\00:47:29.01
of the Great
Tribulation of the flight,
00:47:29.04\00:47:32.31
because the sign of a Sunday law
00:47:32.35\00:47:35.05
has been seen.
00:47:35.08\00:47:36.72
In contrast to
those who observe Sunday,
00:47:36.75\00:47:40.02
what are God's true
people going to be doing?
00:47:40.06\00:47:43.99
We find in Matthew
24:20, these words,
00:47:44.03\00:47:48.40
"And pray that your flight
00:47:48.43\00:47:52.43
may not be in winter,"
00:47:52.47\00:47:55.60
because it gets
very cold in winter,
00:47:55.64\00:47:57.97
in Jerusalem, by the way,
00:47:58.01\00:47:59.57
I've been there
in late fall and it,
00:47:59.61\00:48:03.28
you know, it's rainy and
it's very, very miserable,
00:48:03.31\00:48:06.48
but not only pray that
your flight not be in winter,
00:48:06.51\00:48:09.78
it says or on what?
00:48:09.82\00:48:13.42
"Or on the Sabbath."
00:48:13.46\00:48:16.99
So those who flee
are Sabbath keepers.
00:48:17.03\00:48:20.96
They keep the Seventh-day
Sabbath in contrast to those
00:48:21.00\00:48:26.63
who see the sign and ignore it.
00:48:26.67\00:48:29.47
The sign of Sunday are those
00:48:29.50\00:48:33.31
who observe God's
seventh day Sabbath.
00:48:33.34\00:48:37.98
Now there are those who say,
00:48:38.01\00:48:39.81
well, you know, the
Sabbath was of the Jews.
00:48:39.85\00:48:43.02
The Sabbath is
not for Christians.
00:48:43.05\00:48:45.49
Well, where do
they get that from?
00:48:45.52\00:48:47.79
Well, they get it
from certain verses,
00:48:47.82\00:48:49.92
such as Exodus 31:16-17.
00:48:49.96\00:48:55.20
Exodus 31:16-17.
00:48:55.23\00:48:59.80
It says there,
00:48:59.83\00:49:02.20
speaking about the Sabbath,
00:49:02.24\00:49:03.94
it is a sign God says between Me
00:49:03.97\00:49:07.11
and the children
of Israel forever.
00:49:07.14\00:49:09.61
So they say, see,
the Sabbath is a sign,
00:49:09.64\00:49:12.08
yes, between the
children of Israel and God.
00:49:12.11\00:49:15.35
It's a sign
between the Jews and God,
00:49:15.38\00:49:17.72
it doesn't apply to us.
00:49:17.75\00:49:19.65
However, the text does not say
it is thus exclusively a sign
00:49:19.69\00:49:25.26
between Me and the
children of Israel forever.
00:49:25.29\00:49:29.10
By the way, who is Israel today?
00:49:29.13\00:49:31.63
Well, in Galatians 3:29,
00:49:31.67\00:49:35.74
we find who Israel is today.
00:49:35.77\00:49:39.67
I will go there in a moment.
00:49:39.71\00:49:41.44
It says,
00:49:41.48\00:49:42.84
"If you are Christ's,
you are Abraham's seed
00:49:42.88\00:49:47.82
and heirs,
according to the promise.
00:49:47.85\00:49:49.92
So Jews today, Israel today
00:49:49.95\00:49:52.89
are those who have
accepted Jesus Christ
00:49:52.92\00:49:55.19
as Savior and Lord.
00:49:55.22\00:49:57.43
So when it says that
the Sabbath is a sign
00:49:57.46\00:49:59.66
between the children
of Israel and God forever.
00:49:59.69\00:50:03.13
The children of Israel are those
00:50:03.16\00:50:05.17
who are joined to Christ.
00:50:05.20\00:50:06.63
So the Sabbath must
still be the same day
00:50:06.67\00:50:09.94
that we are supposed to keep,
00:50:09.97\00:50:12.17
The text in Exodus continues.
00:50:12.21\00:50:14.21
It is a sign
00:50:14.24\00:50:15.58
between Me and the
children of Israel forever.
00:50:15.61\00:50:17.51
And then we had the reason,
00:50:17.55\00:50:19.41
the reason is not because
God took Israel out of Egypt,
00:50:19.45\00:50:22.62
primarily, although the Sabbath
has a secondary dimension,
00:50:22.65\00:50:26.89
which has to do with the Exodus.
00:50:26.92\00:50:28.79
The reason that it's
given here is very clear.
00:50:28.82\00:50:32.83
It says,
00:50:32.86\00:50:34.20
"For in six days,
00:50:34.23\00:50:35.73
the Lord made the
heavens and the earth,
00:50:35.76\00:50:38.17
and on the seventh day,
He rested and was refreshed."
00:50:38.20\00:50:41.80
So why is the sign, a
sign between God and Israel?
00:50:41.84\00:50:47.44
It's because God
created this world
00:50:47.48\00:50:50.98
and rested on the seventh day.
00:50:51.01\00:50:53.25
Now, the question is,
00:50:53.28\00:50:54.92
does the creation of the world
00:50:54.95\00:50:56.48
apply only to the Jews
00:50:56.52\00:50:58.35
as a sign of remembrance
of the true Creator God?
00:50:58.39\00:51:01.86
Absolutely not.
00:51:01.89\00:51:03.36
If you go back to Genesis,
00:51:03.39\00:51:04.73
you'll find that
God rested or ceased
00:51:04.76\00:51:07.16
on the seventh day of the week.
00:51:07.20\00:51:09.00
Three times
that's mentioned there
00:51:09.03\00:51:10.67
that God rested, God sanctified,
00:51:10.70\00:51:12.83
and God blessed the
seventh day of the week.
00:51:12.87\00:51:16.44
And in the fourth commandment,
00:51:16.47\00:51:17.97
it says that God
established a Sabbath
00:51:18.01\00:51:20.91
in commemoration of
His work as the Creator.
00:51:20.94\00:51:24.35
And so the Sabbath is
not only a sign for the Jews
00:51:24.38\00:51:27.35
that God is the Creator.
00:51:27.38\00:51:28.98
The Sabbath is a
sign for Christians
00:51:29.02\00:51:31.35
that God is the Creator as well.
00:51:31.39\00:51:34.49
Now I mentioned Galatians 3:29.
00:51:34.52\00:51:37.69
So let's go there very quickly.
00:51:37.73\00:51:39.76
Galatians Chapter 3.
00:51:39.79\00:51:41.43
In fact, let's read
beginning with verse 26.
00:51:41.46\00:51:44.17
Galatians 3:26.
00:51:44.20\00:51:49.30
It says there in
Galatians 3:26, the following.
00:51:49.34\00:51:53.54
It's referring to Christians,
00:51:53.58\00:51:55.21
"For you are all
sons of God through faith
00:51:55.24\00:51:58.01
in Christ Jesus.
00:51:58.05\00:52:00.08
For as many of you as
were baptized into Christ
00:52:00.12\00:52:04.62
have put on Christ.
00:52:04.65\00:52:07.66
There is neither Jew nor Greek,
00:52:07.69\00:52:09.96
there is neither slave nor free,
00:52:09.99\00:52:12.39
there is
neither male nor female,
00:52:12.43\00:52:14.86
for you are all
one in Christ Jesus.
00:52:14.90\00:52:19.57
And if you are Christ's,
00:52:19.60\00:52:22.64
then you are Abraham's seed
00:52:22.67\00:52:24.97
and heirs,
according to the promise."
00:52:25.01\00:52:27.44
So who is the seed of Abraham?
00:52:27.48\00:52:29.54
The literal Jews
who lived in Jerusalem,
00:52:29.58\00:52:32.61
physically, maybe,
but spiritually speaking,
00:52:32.65\00:52:36.38
clearly the Apostle Paul states
00:52:36.42\00:52:38.65
that those who have accepted
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord
00:52:38.69\00:52:42.72
are children of Abraham,
00:52:42.76\00:52:44.26
even though they
are not literally so,
00:52:44.29\00:52:46.73
which means that
the Sabbath applies
00:52:46.76\00:52:50.17
to God's spiritual
Israel today as well.
00:52:50.20\00:52:54.37
Let's notice a
couple of other verses
00:52:54.40\00:52:55.90
before we bring this to a close.
00:52:55.94\00:52:58.44
Romans 2:28-29.
00:52:58.47\00:53:02.24
Romans 2:28-29,
00:53:02.28\00:53:06.61
here the Apostle Paul
says something very strange.
00:53:06.65\00:53:09.28
He says,
00:53:09.32\00:53:10.65
"For he is not a Jew
00:53:10.69\00:53:12.75
who is one outwardly."
00:53:12.79\00:53:16.16
What is an outward Jew?
00:53:16.19\00:53:17.63
One who has
practiced circumcision.
00:53:17.66\00:53:20.16
So it says,
00:53:20.20\00:53:21.53
"For he is not a
Jew who is one outwardly
00:53:21.56\00:53:25.30
nor is circumcision
00:53:25.33\00:53:26.97
that which is
outward in the flesh,
00:53:27.00\00:53:30.14
but he is a Jew
who is one inwardly
00:53:30.17\00:53:34.24
and circumcision
is that of the heart
00:53:34.28\00:53:37.41
in the spirit, not in the letter
00:53:37.45\00:53:39.65
whose praise is not from men,
00:53:39.68\00:53:42.28
but from God."
00:53:42.32\00:53:43.79
Once again,
circumcision is of the heart.
00:53:43.82\00:53:45.95
When a person is
converted to Jesus Christ,
00:53:45.99\00:53:48.69
that person becomes according
to the Apostle Paul, a Jew.
00:53:48.72\00:53:52.46
A spiritual Jew.
00:53:52.49\00:53:54.16
So the Sabbath must
apply to the spiritual Jew
00:53:54.20\00:53:56.67
as it applied to the
literal Jew in the past.
00:53:56.70\00:54:00.44
Notice also Romans Chapter 9.
00:54:00.47\00:54:02.37
Romans 9:6-8,
00:54:02.40\00:54:06.17
"But it is not
that the word of God
00:54:06.21\00:54:08.11
has taken no effect."
00:54:08.14\00:54:10.61
Now, he says
something really strange."
00:54:10.65\00:54:12.95
For they are not all
Israel who are of Israel."
00:54:12.98\00:54:17.22
You say not all
Israelites are Israel.
00:54:17.25\00:54:19.79
Now that seems
to be contradictory.
00:54:19.82\00:54:21.72
What did he mean?
00:54:21.76\00:54:23.19
Verse 7,
00:54:23.22\00:54:24.56
"Nor are they all children
00:54:24.59\00:54:27.70
because they are
the seed of Abraham."
00:54:27.73\00:54:29.56
Not all children of
Abraham are children of Abraham
00:54:29.60\00:54:32.33
is what the
Apostle Paul is saying.
00:54:32.37\00:54:34.30
"But in Isaac, your
seed shall be called,"
00:54:34.34\00:54:37.71
because the
Messiah came from Isaac.
00:54:37.74\00:54:39.81
Verse 8,
00:54:39.84\00:54:41.18
"That is, those who are
the children of the flesh,
00:54:41.21\00:54:45.58
these are not
the children of God,
00:54:45.61\00:54:47.82
but the
children of the promise,"
00:54:47.85\00:54:49.48
that is of the
promise of the Messiah,
00:54:49.52\00:54:51.52
"are counted as seed."
00:54:51.55\00:54:55.69
Now do you know
that in the Bible,
00:54:55.72\00:54:57.06
the Sabbath is never
called the Sabbath of the Jews?
00:54:57.09\00:54:59.76
Not once.
00:54:59.79\00:55:01.13
It's always the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God.
00:55:01.16\00:55:04.13
It's spoken of,
00:55:04.17\00:55:05.50
God speaks of it as My holy day.
00:55:05.53\00:55:09.27
He says, it is a sign
between Me and Israel.
00:55:09.30\00:55:12.71
And Israel includes not
only literal Israelites,
00:55:12.74\00:55:15.64
but the Israel that
has joined Jesus Christ.
00:55:15.68\00:55:18.25
They are children of Abraham.
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There are certain celebrations
of the Old Testament
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that are referred
to as of the Jews.
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If you got to the
Gospel of John, for example,
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you'll find that several times
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it speaks of the
Passover of the Jews.
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You'll find the expression,
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it was the Feast of
Tabernacles of the Jews.
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So when it came to the
feasts that were fulfilled,
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when Jesus actually accomplished
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those things in person,
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then those things
are called of the Jews.
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But the Sabbath
is never referred to
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as the Sabbath of the Jews.
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So when Christians today say,
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"Oh no, you Adventist,
you keep that Jewish Sabbath.
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We keep the Christian
Sabbath, which is Sunday."
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Nowhere in the Bible does it say
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that Sunday is
the Christian Sabbath.
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We're going to
notice in our next study
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that the idea of
the observance of Sunday
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comes from the Roman Empire
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through the papacy to
apostate Protestantism.
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In other words,
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this celebration of Sunday
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has no biblical
foundation whatsoever.
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You can look from
Genesis to Revelation.
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You'll never find that
it says that Sunday as holy,
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that we're supposed to
go to church on Sunday,
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that Sunday is a celebration
of the resurrection of Christ.
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You'll find that
absolutely nowhere.
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It is a human tradition
that has been handed down
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from generation to generation.
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And Christians
simply accept that as fact,
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because their ministers say so,
because their priests say so.
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The question is, are we going
to be faithful to the Lord?
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Or are we going to be
faithful to tradition?
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You know, once again,
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the sign that the
people in Jerusalem saw
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was the eagle and the sun,
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the Romans worshiping the sun.
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At the end of time,
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the nation
represented by an eagle
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is going to proclaim
a national Sunday law.
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You'll say,
"Pastor Bohr, you're crazy.
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That's never going
to happen." Just watch.
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Remember what I'm
telling you today.
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The United States will
impose a national Sunday law,
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a day of worship,
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which the Bible does
not say is a day of worship
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and it will enforce it by law.
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And whoever
does not abide by it,
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scripture says that
they will be persecuted.
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And even the Book
of Revelation says
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that a death decree
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will be given
against God's people.
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They will not be
able to buy or sale
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unless they receive the
mark or the sign of the beast,
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which is the
opposite of the sign
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or the mark of
God, His Holy Sabbath.
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