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"Father in heaven,
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it's with reverence that
we come into Your presence
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to study Your
holy Book the Bible.
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We ask for the
guidance of Your Holy Spirit
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as we work through its pages.
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I ask, Lord, that You
would give us clear minds...
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open hearts...
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remove any obstacle
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that would keep us
from hearing Your voice.
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We thank You for the
promise of Your presence
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and we claim that promise.
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In the powerful
name of Jesus, amen. "
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In a previous lecture
we studied how the Romans
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came with their legions
to the city of Jerusalem...
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put their
standards in the ground...
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and worshipped the
standards as a sign
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that the city was soon to fall.
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We noticed that the
standard contained an eagle
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with outstretched wings
and a golden wreath around it
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representing the sun god Mithra.
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So, the Roman legions
were actually worshipping
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the sun god, Mithra, as they
kneeled before their standards.
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Then, we also
studied in another lesson
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on how the United
States of America...
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the nation represented by
an eagle... in the end time
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is going to enact a
National Sunday Law.
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You see, the great
seal of the United States
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not only contains an
eagle with outstretched wings
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but it also
contains two sun bursts
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on either side of the seal.
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So, the United States will
enact a National Sunday Law
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commanding everyone to
worship on the day of the sun.
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Though the prospect
of a national Sunday Law
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appears impossible today,
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we already noticed that events
at the end of the 19th century
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show that it is very
possible for this to happen
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in these United
States of America
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in spite of the fact
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that the first amendment
to the Constitution tells us
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that Congress can
make no law respecting
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an establishment of religion
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or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof.
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Now, in this Study, we're
going to look at a blueprint
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of end-time events
from the perspective
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of someone who
wrote over 130 years ago.
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Ellen White...
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whom the Seventh-day
Adventist Church considers
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a prophet for these times,
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wrote the book:
The Great Controversy.
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This is the illustrated edition,
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you can get it
from Secrets Unsealed.
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It's beautiful... it
has color pictures...
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it has large print...
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we also have a simpler copy
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but I would recommend that
you get a copy of this book
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from Secrets Unsealed
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because it is
the best commentary
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that we can find
on Matthew chapter 24
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and end-time events
from a prophetic perspective.
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So, I would
encourage you to get a copy
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of this very important book.
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In the future
we're going to notice
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that during the
decades of the 80s and 90s,
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a movement or several movements
arose in the United States
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using the same basic
arguments that were used
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at the end of the 19th century
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which shows that in
more contemporary times,
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you could have a
religious movement
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wanting what was wanted
by the religious leaders
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back in the 1860s
and 1870s and 1880s
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and then, we're also
going to have two Presentations
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on what is happening now in
our time... in the year 2020.
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So, we still have a
lot of material to study
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in this Series.
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So, now we're
going to take a look at
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Ellen White's perspective
of end-time events...
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her blueprint
of end-time events.
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And the first thing
that we're going to do
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is provide an
outline of the main points
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that Ellen White brings to view
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when she speaks
about end-time prophecy.
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What is going to happen with
the Papacy and the United States
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in the end time.
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So, I'm going to give an outline
and then I'm going to read
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many statements from Ellen White
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where she speaks about
what is going to take place...
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we're going to
amplify the main points
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that we're going to
just look at in outline form.
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The first point that
Ellen White brings to view
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in her blueprint
of end-time events
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is that the
United States of America
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will embrace Roman
Catholic principles
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by uniting Church and State.
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You see the word Papacy
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does not referred to
the Roman Catholic Church...
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the Papacy means the
union of Church and State...
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a System that
unites Church and State.
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The deadly wound does not mean
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that the Catholic
Church disappeared.
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What it means is that
the Papacy lost its ability
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to use the Civil
Powers of the world
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to accomplish its purpose.
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So, now we're
living in the "pause"
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between what the
Papacy did in the past
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and what the Papacy
will do in the future
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and Ellen White underlines
that the United States...
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according to the prophecy
of Revelation 13:11 to 18...
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is going to provide
an image of the Papacy
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by uniting Church and State...
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the principles upon
which the Papacy is built.
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The next point is that
the Protestant churches
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in the United States
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will unite on
common points of doctrine.
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They will set aside
their doctrinal differences
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where they have discrepancies
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and they will unite on
what they have in common.
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Next, the populace
instigated by their ministers...
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in other words,
the church members
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instigated by their ministers
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will blame the
social and natural upheavals
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to those who are keeping
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God's holy
seventh-day Sabbath day of rest.
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In other words, the
wars and rumors of wars...
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the pestilence... the famine...
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the earthquakes are all going
to be blamed on God's people
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just as in the days of Elijah...
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Elijah was blamed by Ahab...
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just like Nero
blamed the Christians
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for the burning of Rome.
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Ellen White also mentions that
the legislators of this country,
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in order to gain the
favor of the people...
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will support the Sunday Law
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because of the
pressure that is put upon them.
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Revelation
chapter 13 describes this
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as the beast from
the earth speaking...
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the beast from the
earth will speak like a dragon
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and a nation
speaks through its laws...
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through its legislative powers.
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Politicians will fear losing the
support of their constituents
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and therefore,
they will go along
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with a National Sunday Law.
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Now, the political leaders
of the Sunday movement in 1888
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did not have any idea
where this was really leading.
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Likewise, at the end of time,
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we find that the
political leaders
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are not going to be aware
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of the motivations
of the religious leaders
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that are attempting to use them
to accomplish their purposes.
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I'm reminded of the
story of King Ahasuerus
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in the days of Queen Esther.
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You know, he had a
religious advisor, Haman
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who said, "You need
to destroy all the Jews
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because their laws are different
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than any other people's laws
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and it's risky to
keep anybody around
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who has different laws. "
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And so, he suggested to the king
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to give a law to
exterminate all of the Jews...
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to commit genocide
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and the king went along.
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He didn't realize
what the agenda was.
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The same is going to happen
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with the political
leaders at the end.
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They are not going to
realize what the agenda
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of the religious leaders is.
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And, of course, when the king...
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when King Ahasuerus realized
the real motivations of Haman,
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the Bible tells us that
the king arose against Haman
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and he hung on the gallows
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that were supposed
to be for Mordecai.
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At the end of time,
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prophecy tells us in
Revelation chapter 17,
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that the kings... when
they wake up to the true agenda
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of the religious leaders,
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they will turn on the
religious leaders of the nation
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because they have been deceived
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into enacting a
National Sunday Law
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and they didn't
realize what the motivations
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of the religious leaders were.
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The next point is
that the religious leaders
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will press for an amendment
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to the Constitution
of the United States.
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What is clearly unconstitutional
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will be declared
by the Supreme Court
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as constitutional.
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"Protestants... " she continues
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"will unite with Roman Catholics
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to lobby for the
National Sunday Law.
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In fact, Catholics
will not only lobby
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for a National Sunday Law,
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Protestants will
encourage Catholics
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to help them enact
a National Sunday Law.
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The beast from the earth will
make an image of the first beast
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in honor of the first beast
which represents the Papacy. "
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The next point
is that Sunday Laws
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will eventually
become anti-Sabbath laws.
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In other words, not only
will Sunday be imposed by law
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as the day of worship,
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but people will be forbidden
from keeping the Sabbath.
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Now, obviously, both of
those will be unconstitutional
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and they would
be an infringement
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of the first two
clauses of the first amendment
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to the Constitution
of the United States.
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The first clause of the
first amendment tells us
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that Congress can make no law
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for the
establishment of religion.
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And the second phrase tells us
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that it cannot also
curtail the freedom to worship
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according to the
dictates of conscience.
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It cannot establish religion
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nor forbid the free
exercise of religion.
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So, a National Sunday
Law and an anti-Sabbath Law
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would clearly
be unconstitutional
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because establishing
a National Sunday Law
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is establishing religion
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and forbidding
Sabbath observance
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would be forbidding
the free exercise thereof.
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Whenever these two
clauses are violated,
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the automatic
result is persecution
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as you can see from
Daniel 3 and Daniel 6.
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In Daniel chapter 3,
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you find King
Nebuchadnezzar the Civil Ruler
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building a gigantic image
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and commanding
everyone to worship.
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The king is
establishing religion.
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What was the result?
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The three young men
ended up in the fiery furnace
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and if God had not
come to deliver them,
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they would have burnt up.
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But in Daniel chapter
6, you have another story
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that illustrates
the second phrase
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of the First
Amendment to the Constitution
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and that is that
in Daniel chapter 6,
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Daniel is forbidden
from praying to his God.
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See, that's not an
establishment of religion...
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that's a prohibition against
him practicing his religion.
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And what was the result?
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The result is that Daniel
ended up in the Lions' Den
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but God once again
came and protected Daniel.
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Ellen White continues her
blueprint of end-time events.
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She stated that the clergy
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will use
underhanded and devious methods
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to secure
Sunday Law legislation.
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They will not overtly show
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what the true
agenda behind it is.
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Ellen White also mentions that
the advocates of Sunday Laws
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will link it
with many good causes.
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You know, back in 1888,
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it was Prohibition that
was linked with the Sunday Law.
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The WCTU... the Women's
Christian Temperance Union
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and the third
party prohibitionists
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fought for a
Sunday Law tooth and nail
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but they also
fought for temperance.
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Now, perhaps the issues will
be Family... Climate Change...
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Gender Issues...
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Marriage between
a Man and a Woman
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and the Sanctity of Life.
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In other words, there
might be different issues
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but still the point is
that Sunday Legislation
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will be linked with other causes
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that are not necessarily bad.
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Ellen White continues saying
that eventually the entire world
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will follow in the
footsteps of the United States
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and eventually enforce
a universal Sunday Law.
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Revelation chapter
13 verse 3 tells us
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that when the
deadly wound is healed,
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the entire world
wondered after the beast.
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Some people say,
"Pastor Bohr, you're crazy...
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how are the Muslims
going to keep Sunday?
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How are the
Hindus and the Buddhists
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going to keep
Sunday as the day of rest?"
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Listen Folks, when
things get really bad...
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when there's terrible
riots and turmoil in society,
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when there are
many natural disasters
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one right after
another of different types
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and when there are miraculous
things that are happening
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in the world,
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strange things can happen.
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In other words, this
will be for global survival
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and the Bible tells us that
the Beast and the False Prophet
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are going to
perform signs and wonders.
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So, people are going to
say, "These signs and wonders
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are evidence that God
is with this Movement.
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So, the natural
disasters and social disasters
00:14:55.49\00:14:58.53
and the miracles
that are taking place
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will lead people to believe
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that God is on the
side of the entire world
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in enacting a Sunday Law.
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Ellen White further
states that God's people
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who refuse to
keep the Sunday Law
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and insist on
keeping the Sabbath,
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will lose their Civil
Rights and suffer persecution.
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Eventually, they will
not be able to buy or sell
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and finally, they
will be sentenced to death.
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You say, "Pastor
Bohr, that is impossible
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in the Land of the Free
and the Home of the Brave. "
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Well Folks, prophecy tells
us that this is going to happen
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and we can know that prophecy
is going to be fulfilled.
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Jesus says, "I have told
you these things beforehand
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so that when they
occur, you might believe. "
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So, those of
you who are thinking
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that this is preposterous...
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that this could never happen,
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I want you to remember
what we're studying today
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and when you see it happening,
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remember, "Oh! I heard this
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in the Series on
Matthew chapter 24,
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and it's happening
right before my eyes.
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I'd better make sure
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I'm on the right
side of this issue.
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So, now let's unpack
what Ellen White had to say
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by reading several
statements from her writings.
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You know, it's...
it's not a lot of fun
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to simply read statements
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but I could explain it
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but she wrote in a way in which
she can explain it much better
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than I can... so, I'm
going to take the time
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to read several
statements from Ellen White
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sustaining the bullet points
that we've discussed so far
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in our study.
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First of all, what
Ellen White speaks about
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regarding the
union of church and state
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in the United States of America.
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In Great Controversy page 442,
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Ellen White wrote
regarding a National Sunday Law,
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"Such an action
would be directly contrary
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to the principles
of this government,
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to the genius of
its free institutions,
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to the direct and solemn avowals
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of the
Declaration of Independence,
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and to the Constitution.
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The founders of the nation
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wisely sought to
guard against the employment
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of secular power on
the part of the church,
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with its inevitable result...
00:17:31.81\00:17:34.82
intolerance and persecution.
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The Constitution provides
that Congress shall make no law
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respecting an
establishment of religion,
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or prohibiting the
free exercise thereof,
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and that no religious
test shall ever be required
00:17:48.83\00:17:53.77
as a qualification to
any office of public trust
00:17:53.80\00:17:57.01
under the United States. "
00:17:57.04\00:17:58.84
And then she comments this,
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"Only in flagrant
violation of these safeguards
00:18:02.44\00:18:07.05
to the nation's liberty,
00:18:07.08\00:18:09.25
can any religious observance
be enforced by civil authority.
00:18:09.28\00:18:14.02
But the
inconsistency of such action
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is no greater than is
represented in the symbol.
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It is the beast
with lamblike horns...
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in profession pure,
gentle, and harmless...
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that speaks as a dragon. "
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A few years ago, I
wrote a book called:
00:18:31.17\00:18:34.01
Prophecy's Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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where I
unpacked this prophecy...
00:18:36.91\00:18:40.55
of Revelation 13 verses 11 to 18
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where you have this beast
that has two horns like a lamb
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represented the United States.
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You know, what
is more inoffensive
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and peaceful as a lamb
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and yet it speaks like a dragon.
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This shows what's going to
happen in the United States.
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It's going to profess to be in
harmony with its Constitution,
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it's not going to get
rid of the First Amendment
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to the Constitution,
00:19:05.37\00:19:06.91
but by making Sunday Laws
and enforcing Sunday Laws,
00:19:06.94\00:19:10.31
it is going to
contradict the First Amendment
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to the Constitution
of the United States.
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It will profess one
thing but in its actions
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it will do something different.
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In Great Controversy
page 581, Ellen White wrote,
00:19:20.39\00:19:24.39
"Let the principle once be
established in the United States
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that the church may employ
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or control the
power of the state;
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that religious observances
may be enforced by secular laws;
00:19:33.23\00:19:38.01
in short, that the
authority of church and state
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is to dominate the conscience,
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and the triumph of Rome
in this country is assured. "
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And when she
speaks of Rome here,
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she's speaking about Papal Rome.
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So, she says: Join Church
and State in the United States,
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and the victory of
Rome is absolutely assured
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in these United
States of America
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because the main
characteristic of the Papacy...
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the meaning of the word Papacy
is the union of Church and State
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using the Church
to influence the State
00:20:08.44\00:20:11.61
to implement
the Church's agenda.
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Notice Great
Controversy page 615,
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"As the Sabbath has become
the special point of controversy
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throughout Christendom,
00:20:21.65\00:20:22.98
and religious and
secular authorities... "
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listen carefully...
00:20:25.49\00:20:26.82
"have combined to enforce
the observance of Sunday,
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the persistent
refusal of a small minority
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to yield to the popular demand
00:20:34.83\00:20:38.60
will make them objects
of universal execration. "
00:20:38.63\00:20:42.84
And I know you're
thinking, "Pastor Bohr,
00:20:42.87\00:20:44.77
this is the United States...
00:20:44.81\00:20:46.37
this can never happen
in the United States. "
00:20:46.41\00:20:48.74
Never say never...
00:20:48.78\00:20:50.91
In another statement in
the book Evangelism page 235...
00:20:50.95\00:20:55.25
another book
written by Ellen White,
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we find these words,
00:20:56.99\00:20:58.32
"When Protestant churches
00:20:58.35\00:21:01.16
shall unite with
the secular power
00:21:01.19\00:21:03.66
to sustain a false religion,
00:21:03.69\00:21:06.09
for opposing which
their ancestors endured
00:21:06.13\00:21:10.43
the fiercest persecution,
00:21:10.47\00:21:12.07
then will the
papal sabbath be enforced
00:21:12.10\00:21:15.60
by the combined
authority of church and state.
00:21:15.64\00:21:20.28
There will be a
national apostasy... "
00:21:20.31\00:21:23.65
that's what we might
call, "the abomination"
00:21:23.68\00:21:27.02
"which will end
only in national ruin. "
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That is... desolation.
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Once again, in volume 5
of the Testimonies, page 712,
00:21:33.19\00:21:38.86
Ellen White wrote concerning
the National Reform Movement,
00:21:38.89\00:21:43.40
which was the Movement in the
latter half of the 19th century
00:21:43.43\00:21:46.60
the following,
00:21:46.63\00:21:47.97
"The National Reform movement,
00:21:48.00\00:21:50.21
exercising the power
of religious legislation,
00:21:50.24\00:21:53.98
will, when fully developed,
manifest the same intolerance
00:21:54.01\00:22:00.32
and oppression that
have prevailed in past ages.
00:22:00.35\00:22:03.92
Human councils then assumed
the prerogatives of Deity,
00:22:03.95\00:22:09.12
crushing under
their despotic power
00:22:09.16\00:22:12.99
liberty of conscience,
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.76
and
imprisonment, exile, and death
00:22:14.80\00:22:18.13
followed for those who
opposed their dictates.
00:22:18.17\00:22:20.87
If popery... "
popery means the Papacy...
00:22:20.90\00:22:24.94
it's a word that was
used back in the 19th century.
00:22:24.97\00:22:28.01
"If popery or its principles
00:22:28.04\00:22:31.78
shall again be
legislated into power,
00:22:31.81\00:22:35.45
the fires of
persecution will be rekindled
00:22:35.48\00:22:39.52
against those who will
not sacrifice conscience
00:22:39.55\00:22:43.19
and the truth in
deference to popular errors.
00:22:43.22\00:22:47.30
This evil is on the
point of realization. "
00:22:47.33\00:22:52.30
Ellen White also wrote
that the political leaders
00:22:52.33\00:22:57.84
will be oblivious
to the real agenda
00:22:57.87\00:23:02.38
and the results of
Sunday Legislation.
00:23:02.41\00:23:05.45
They will think that Sunday
legislation is a great idea
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.92
because we will return to God.
00:23:08.95\00:23:11.09
People will go back to church
00:23:11.12\00:23:13.86
and in this way,
the calamities in nature
00:23:13.89\00:23:16.29
and the calamities in
society will be turned aside
00:23:16.32\00:23:19.66
and God will
bless His people again.
00:23:19.69\00:23:22.16
But the opposite
is going to happen
00:23:22.20\00:23:24.83
because this is a
return to church by obligation
00:23:24.87\00:23:29.50
and it is contrary to what
God teaches in His holy Word.
00:23:29.54\00:23:33.91
If they said: everybody
should observe the Sabbath,
00:23:33.94\00:23:37.68
not by law but voluntarily,
00:23:37.71\00:23:40.72
that would be fine
00:23:40.75\00:23:42.08
but telling people that they
have to violate God's holy law
00:23:42.12\00:23:46.76
and keep a day
00:23:46.79\00:23:48.12
that the fourth commandment
does not tell us to keep
00:23:48.16\00:23:50.76
is apostasy and they
don't see the results.
00:23:50.79\00:23:54.46
In 5 Testimonies page
711, Ellen White wrote,
00:23:54.53\00:23:58.17
"There are many,
00:23:58.20\00:23:59.53
even those engaged in this
movement for Sunday enforcement
00:23:59.57\00:24:04.61
who are blinded to the results
which will follow this action.
00:24:04.67\00:24:09.68
They do not see
00:24:09.71\00:24:11.68
that they are striking directly
against religious liberty. "
00:24:11.71\00:24:15.98
In the Review and
Herald, January 1, 1889,
00:24:16.05\00:24:20.82
Ellen White spoke about
what was behind these laws.
00:24:20.86\00:24:24.39
She wrote, "There
is a satanic force
00:24:24.43\00:24:28.56
propelling the Sunday movement,
00:24:28.63\00:24:30.93
but it is concealed. "
00:24:30.97\00:24:33.54
In other words... that
looks good, but it's not.
00:24:33.57\00:24:36.24
She continues,
00:24:36.27\00:24:38.04
"Even the men who are
engaged in this work... "
00:24:38.07\00:24:40.81
see... even those who are
pressuring for a Sunday Law,
00:24:40.84\00:24:44.35
"Even the men who
are engaged in the work,
00:24:44.38\00:24:47.42
are themselves
blinded to the results
00:24:47.45\00:24:49.78
which will
follow their movement. "
00:24:49.85\00:24:52.12
In other words, it
will lead to national ruin
00:24:52.15\00:24:55.82
because that's an
abomination in the sight of God.
00:24:55.89\00:24:59.16
Ezekiel chapter 8 tells us...
00:24:59.19\00:25:01.26
the greatest abomination
that was being committed
00:25:01.30\00:25:04.07
among those who
profess to serve God
00:25:04.10\00:25:05.90
was that their leaders had
their backs to the temple of God
00:25:05.93\00:25:09.07
and they were worshipping
the sun toward the east.
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.44
That was the
greatest abomination
00:25:11.47\00:25:12.87
and it will be the greatest
abomination at the end of time.
00:25:12.94\00:25:15.84
Changing God's holy
law by human legislation.
00:25:15.88\00:25:20.72
In volume 4 of the
Testimonies page 452,
00:25:20.75\00:25:24.49
Ellen White wrote,
00:25:24.52\00:25:25.95
"The Sunday movement is
now making its way in darkness.
00:25:26.02\00:25:29.59
The leaders are
concealing the true issue,
00:25:29.62\00:25:32.96
and many who
unite in the movement
00:25:32.99\00:25:36.06
do not themselves see
00:25:36.10\00:25:38.20
whither the
undercurrent is tending.
00:25:38.23\00:25:42.40
Its professions are mild
and apparently Christian,
00:25:42.44\00:25:47.24
but when it shall speak
00:25:47.28\00:25:49.78
it will reveal the
spirit of the dragon. "
00:25:49.81\00:25:53.68
Ellen White
also... as we noticed
00:25:53.72\00:25:56.38
when we studied
the bullet points,
00:25:56.42\00:25:59.05
told us that Protestants
will stretch their hand
00:25:59.09\00:26:02.62
to grasp the hand of
the Roman Catholic Papacy.
00:26:02.66\00:26:06.13
In the book Maranatha, page 179,
00:26:06.19\00:26:10.00
Ellen White wrote,
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.37
"Protestants will throw their
whole influence and strength
00:26:11.40\00:26:16.50
on the side of the Papacy.
00:26:16.54\00:26:18.54
By a national act... "
00:26:18.57\00:26:20.48
what is a national act?
00:26:20.51\00:26:22.31
It's an act of Congress, Folks,
00:26:22.34\00:26:24.91
"By a national
act... " she says,
00:26:24.95\00:26:27.48
"enforcing the false sabbath
00:26:27.52\00:26:30.99
they will give life and vigor
to the corrupt faith of Rome,
00:26:31.02\00:26:36.76
reviving her tyranny and
oppression of conscience. "
00:26:36.79\00:26:39.86
You know... notice
the words, "give life...
00:26:39.89\00:26:41.96
give vigor...
00:26:42.00\00:26:43.33
revive again... "
00:26:43.37\00:26:44.70
you can't revive
something that hasn't died.
00:26:44.73\00:26:46.94
The Papacy
received the deadly wound
00:26:47.00\00:26:48.90
but we're told here that
Protestants will help the Papacy
00:26:48.94\00:26:53.31
revive... they will
help the wound resurrect...
00:26:53.34\00:26:56.31
the Papacy
resurrect from the wound.
00:26:56.34\00:26:59.28
Great Controversy page 566,
00:26:59.31\00:27:02.45
"Protestants have tampered
with and patronized popery;
00:27:02.48\00:27:08.06
they have made
compromises and concessions
00:27:08.09\00:27:11.93
which papists
themselves are surprised to see
00:27:11.96\00:27:15.80
and fail to understand. "
00:27:15.83\00:27:17.17
We're going to have
a couple of lectures
00:27:17.20\00:27:19.03
where we're going to
talk about what's happening
00:27:19.07\00:27:20.54
with Protestantism
and Catholicism today.
00:27:20.57\00:27:23.10
She continues, "Men
are closing their eyes
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.17
to the real
character of Romanism
00:27:26.21\00:27:28.94
and the dangers to be
apprehended from her supremacy.
00:27:28.98\00:27:33.75
The people need to be
aroused to resist the advances
00:27:33.78\00:27:37.82
of this most dangerous foe to
civil and religious liberty. "
00:27:37.85\00:27:43.63
Ellen White
states that the Papacy
00:27:43.66\00:27:47.60
will not take the
initiative in the Sunday Law...
00:27:47.66\00:27:51.03
Protestants will
00:27:51.07\00:27:52.43
and then they will
request the aid of the Papacy.
00:27:52.50\00:27:56.07
In this rather long
statement from a collection
00:27:56.10\00:27:59.64
of Ellen White's writings called
"Spaulding/Magan, pages 1 and 2,
00:27:59.67\00:28:04.48
Ellen White wrote the following,
00:28:04.51\00:28:06.98
"I saw that the
two-horned beast... "
00:28:07.02\00:28:09.38
that is the beast
that rises from the earth,
00:28:09.42\00:28:11.45
"had a dragon's mouth,
00:28:11.49\00:28:12.82
and that his
power was in his head,
00:28:12.85\00:28:15.92
and that the decree
would go out of his mouth... "
00:28:15.96\00:28:18.86
remember, a nation speaks
through its legislative power
00:28:18.89\00:28:22.00
so, the mouth of this beast
00:28:22.03\00:28:23.37
is the legislature of
the nation represented.
00:28:23.40\00:28:26.13
She continues,
00:28:26.17\00:28:27.50
"Then I saw the
mother of Harlots... "
00:28:27.54\00:28:29.37
that's the Papacy...
00:28:29.40\00:28:30.97
"that the mother was
not the daughters... "
00:28:31.01\00:28:32.67
see, the mother is the Papacy...
00:28:32.71\00:28:34.48
the daughters are the
Protestant denominations.
00:28:34.51\00:28:36.54
So... "Then I saw
the mother of Harlots;
00:28:36.58\00:28:39.11
that the mother
was not the daughters,
00:28:39.15\00:28:41.08
but separate and
distinct from her.
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.98
She has had her day,
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.72
and it is past... "
00:28:45.75\00:28:48.46
this is the 1260 years
that she's talking about.
00:28:48.49\00:28:51.19
"And her daughters... "
this is Protestantism...
00:28:51.23\00:28:54.26
"and her daughters,
the Protestant sects,
00:28:54.30\00:28:57.87
were the next to
come on the stage... "
00:28:57.90\00:29:00.87
that's Revelation 13:11-18,
00:29:00.90\00:29:03.74
Revelation 13... the
first half of the chapter deals
00:29:03.77\00:29:06.74
with the Papacy
during the 1260 years.
00:29:06.78\00:29:09.08
The second half of the chapter
00:29:09.11\00:29:10.78
deals with what
Protestants will do
00:29:10.81\00:29:12.88
to restore power
to the Papacy again.
00:29:12.91\00:29:15.48
So, once again,
she has had her day
00:29:15.52\00:29:17.85
and it is past.
00:29:17.89\00:29:19.22
And her daughters...
the Protestant sects...
00:29:19.25\00:29:21.29
were the next to
come on the stage
00:29:21.32\00:29:23.22
and act out...
listen carefully...
00:29:23.26\00:29:25.66
"act out the same
mind that the mother had
00:29:25.69\00:29:28.80
when she
persecuted the saints. "
00:29:28.83\00:29:30.77
In other words,
she'll make an image
00:29:30.80\00:29:32.70
of the first beast.
00:29:32.73\00:29:34.50
"I saw that as the mother
has been declining in power,
00:29:34.54\00:29:37.91
the daughters had been growing,
00:29:37.94\00:29:40.21
and soon they
will exercise the power
00:29:40.24\00:29:43.24
once exercised by the mother. "
00:29:43.28\00:29:45.15
In other words, they will
do it to support the mother.
00:29:45.18\00:29:47.65
She continues, "I
saw the nominal church
00:29:47.68\00:29:51.42
and nominal
Adventists, like Judas,
00:29:51.45\00:29:53.36
would betray us... "
Seventh-day Adventists...
00:29:53.39\00:29:56.46
"to the Catholics to
obtain their influence... "
00:29:56.49\00:29:59.53
that is... the
influence of the Catholics
00:29:59.56\00:30:00.96
to come against the truth.
00:30:01.00\00:30:02.40
"The saints will
then be an obscure people,
00:30:02.43\00:30:05.47
little known to the Catholics;
00:30:05.50\00:30:07.90
but the churches
and nominal Adventists
00:30:07.94\00:30:11.17
who know of our
faith and customs...
00:30:11.21\00:30:13.34
will betray the saints
00:30:13.38\00:30:15.38
and report them to the Catholics
00:30:15.41\00:30:17.75
as those who disregard the
institutions of the people;
00:30:17.78\00:30:20.95
that is, that they keep
Sabbath and disregard Sunday.
00:30:20.98\00:30:25.35
Then... " she states...
00:30:25.39\00:30:28.12
"the Catholics bid the
Protestants to go forward... "
00:30:28.16\00:30:31.06
so, the Protestants first
ask the Papacy for help...
00:30:31.09\00:30:34.00
then the Papacy
says, "Go for it... "
00:30:34.03\00:30:36.30
"Then the Catholics bid
the Protestants to go forward
00:30:36.33\00:30:39.50
and issue a decree
00:30:39.53\00:30:41.24
that all who will not observe
the first day of the week,
00:30:41.27\00:30:44.41
instead of the seventh day,
00:30:44.44\00:30:45.81
shall be slain.
00:30:45.84\00:30:47.94
And the Catholics
whose numbers are large,
00:30:47.98\00:30:50.75
will stand by the Protestants.
00:30:50.78\00:30:52.95
The Catholics will give their
power to the image of the beast
00:30:52.98\00:30:56.82
and the Protestants will work as
their mother worked before them
00:30:56.89\00:31:00.69
to destroy the saints.
00:31:00.72\00:31:02.86
But before their
decree bring or bear fruit,
00:31:02.89\00:31:08.63
the saints will be
delivered by the Voice of God. "
00:31:08.66\00:31:13.07
You say, "Pastor, that
is an amazing statement,
00:31:13.10\00:31:17.47
that's never going to happen. "
00:31:17.51\00:31:18.84
Never say never, Folks.
00:31:18.87\00:31:20.64
In volume 5 of
Testimonies page 711 and 712,
00:31:20.68\00:31:25.21
Ellen White wrote,
00:31:25.25\00:31:26.72
"Any movement in favor
of religious legislation
00:31:26.75\00:31:29.58
is really an act of
concession to the papacy,
00:31:29.62\00:31:32.95
which for so many
ages has steadily warred
00:31:32.99\00:31:36.26
against the
liberty of conscience.
00:31:36.29\00:31:38.63
Sunday observance
owes its existence
00:31:38.66\00:31:41.33
as a so-called
Christian institution
00:31:41.36\00:31:43.97
to 'the mystery of iniquity;'
00:31:44.03\00:31:45.93
and its enforcement
will be a virtual recognition
00:31:45.97\00:31:49.30
of the principles
00:31:49.34\00:31:50.67
which are the very
cornerstone of Romanism. "
00:31:50.71\00:31:53.68
That is the union
of Church and State.
00:31:53.71\00:31:55.24
Then she states, "When
our nation shall so abjure
00:31:55.28\00:31:59.88
the principles of its government
00:31:59.91\00:32:01.55
as to enact a Sunday law,
00:32:01.58\00:32:02.92
Protestantism will in this
act join hands with popery;
00:32:02.95\00:32:07.86
it will be nothing else
than giving life to the tyranny
00:32:07.89\00:32:11.93
which has long been
eagerly watching its opportunity
00:32:11.96\00:32:16.00
to spring again
into active despotism. "
00:32:16.03\00:32:19.30
Did you notice the
terminology she uses?
00:32:19.33\00:32:22.50
She says, "It will be nothing
else than giving life... "
00:32:22.57\00:32:26.78
that's because the
Papacy has a deadly wound...
00:32:26.81\00:32:29.44
"giving life to the tyranny
00:32:29.48\00:32:32.35
which has long been
eagerly watching its opportunity
00:32:32.38\00:32:36.69
to spring again... "
00:32:36.72\00:32:38.05
because the
Papacy ruled in the past
00:32:38.09\00:32:39.75
"to spring again
into active despotism. "
00:32:39.79\00:32:43.53
So, the Papacy is inactive.
00:32:43.56\00:32:45.26
Now, we are in
the "pause" period
00:32:45.29\00:32:48.60
between the two
phases of the tribulation...
00:32:48.63\00:32:52.20
the past phase... 538 to 1798
00:32:52.23\00:32:55.47
and the future phase
00:32:55.50\00:32:57.44
which is right before
the close of probation.
00:32:57.47\00:33:01.24
Ellen White also states
00:33:01.28\00:33:04.15
that there will
be among Protestants
00:33:04.18\00:33:07.32
a desire to unite with Catholics
00:33:07.35\00:33:10.39
on the basis of doctrines
that they hold in common
00:33:10.42\00:33:14.06
as well as uniting denominations
00:33:14.09\00:33:17.79
among the Protestants...
00:33:17.83\00:33:19.16
uniting on common
points of doctrine
00:33:19.19\00:33:21.73
and setting aside the issues
on which they don't agree.
00:33:21.76\00:33:25.50
In the book Great Controversy
page 445 Ellen White wrote,
00:33:25.53\00:33:29.24
"When the leading
churches of the United States,
00:33:29.27\00:33:32.07
uniting upon such
points of doctrines
00:33:32.11\00:33:35.61
as are held by them in common,
00:33:35.64\00:33:38.65
shall influence the state
00:33:38.68\00:33:41.28
to enforce their decrees
00:33:41.32\00:33:43.82
and to sustain
their institutions,
00:33:43.85\00:33:45.75
then Protestant America
00:33:45.79\00:33:48.49
will have formed an
image of the Roman hierarchy,
00:33:48.52\00:33:52.69
and the infliction of
civil penalties upon dissenters
00:33:52.73\00:33:57.27
will inevitably result. "
00:33:57.30\00:34:00.07
So, they're going to unite
on common points of doctrine
00:34:00.10\00:34:03.47
and then they're
going to influence the State
00:34:03.51\00:34:06.17
to do what the church wants
00:34:06.21\00:34:08.11
which is a National Sunday Law.
00:34:08.14\00:34:10.38
In Great Controversy
page 444, Ellen White wrote,
00:34:10.41\00:34:14.45
"The wide diversity of belief
in the Protestant churches
00:34:14.48\00:34:17.42
is regarded by
many as decisive proof
00:34:17.45\00:34:20.39
that no effort to
secure a forced uniformity
00:34:20.42\00:34:24.13
can ever be made.
00:34:24.19\00:34:25.53
But there has been for years,
00:34:25.56\00:34:27.73
in churches of
the Protestant faith,
00:34:27.76\00:34:30.53
a strong and growing sentiment
00:34:30.57\00:34:33.64
in favor of a union
00:34:33.67\00:34:35.47
based upon common
points of doctrine.
00:34:35.50\00:34:38.54
To secure such a union,
00:34:38.57\00:34:40.98
the discussion of subjects upon
which all were not agreed...
00:34:41.01\00:34:46.01
however important they might be
00:34:46.05\00:34:47.98
from a Bible standpoint...
00:34:48.02\00:34:49.55
must necessarily be waived. "
00:34:49.58\00:34:53.12
So, they're going to waive the
issues that divide Protestants
00:34:53.15\00:34:57.26
and they're going to
unite on common doctrines
00:34:57.29\00:34:59.59
and two of those
doctrines will be
00:34:59.63\00:35:01.96
the sanctity of Sunday
00:35:02.00\00:35:03.83
and the immortality of the soul
00:35:03.87\00:35:06.17
which Catholics
and Protestants...
00:35:06.20\00:35:08.50
virtually all
Protestants share in common.
00:35:08.54\00:35:11.77
In another statement,
Great Controversy, page 563,
00:35:11.81\00:35:15.78
we find these words,
00:35:15.81\00:35:17.18
"There is an
increasing indifference
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.75
concerning the doctrines that
separate the reformed churches
00:35:19.78\00:35:23.92
from the papal hierarchy;
00:35:23.95\00:35:25.82
the opinion is
gaining ground that,
00:35:25.85\00:35:29.12
after all, we do not differ
so widely upon vital points
00:35:29.16\00:35:33.90
as has been supposed,
00:35:33.93\00:35:35.96
and that a little
concession on our part
00:35:36.00\00:35:38.93
will bring us into a better
understanding with Rome. "
00:35:38.97\00:35:43.27
Ellen White also wrote
about the role of the clergy
00:35:43.30\00:35:48.88
in securing a
National Sunday Law.
00:35:48.91\00:35:51.41
In Review and
Herald, December 24, 1889,
00:35:51.45\00:35:55.58
Ellen White wrote
these powerful words,
00:35:55.62\00:35:58.75
"Plans of serious
import to the people of God
00:35:58.79\00:36:02.79
are advancing in
an underhand manner
00:36:02.82\00:36:06.73
among the clergymen
of various denominations,
00:36:06.76\00:36:10.03
and the object of
this secret maneuvering
00:36:10.07\00:36:13.57
is to win popular favor
00:36:13.60\00:36:17.14
for the enforcement
of Sunday sacredness. "
00:36:17.17\00:36:19.67
So, notice, "Secret maneuvering
00:36:19.71\00:36:23.01
to win popular favor
00:36:23.04\00:36:25.08
for the enforcement
of Sunday sacredness. "
00:36:25.11\00:36:27.42
Now, listen carefully,
00:36:27.45\00:36:29.72
"If the people can be
led to favor a Sunday Law,
00:36:29.75\00:36:33.12
then the clergy intend to
exert their united influence
00:36:33.15\00:36:37.69
to obtain a religious
amendment to the Constitution,
00:36:37.73\00:36:41.30
and compel the
nation to keep Sunday. "
00:36:41.33\00:36:43.93
This reminds us of
the times of Christ.
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.87
You know, it
was not the populous
00:36:45.90\00:36:48.74
that came up with the
idea of crucifying Christ.
00:36:48.77\00:36:51.27
It was actually the religious
leaders of that day and age
00:36:51.31\00:36:54.91
that instigated the people
00:36:54.94\00:36:57.48
to clamor for
the death of Jesus.
00:36:57.51\00:36:59.75
People need to learn to
think for themselves, Folks,
00:36:59.78\00:37:04.05
don't just believe
everything that you hear.
00:37:04.09\00:37:06.39
Compare what you
hear with what God says
00:37:06.42\00:37:09.82
in His holy Word.
00:37:09.86\00:37:11.36
Ellen White also states
that politicians will accede
00:37:11.39\00:37:16.83
to the popular demand.
00:37:16.87\00:37:18.20
In other words, they'll
give in to the popular demand.
00:37:18.23\00:37:20.70
Many of them might not
believe that it's a good idea.
00:37:20.74\00:37:23.27
Many might believe
that it's unconstitutional
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.87
and yet they will go
along with the Sunday Law
00:37:25.91\00:37:28.78
that the religious leaders want.
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.51
In Great Controversy page 592,
00:37:30.55\00:37:33.42
Ellen White gave
us the reason why.
00:37:33.45\00:37:35.45
"The dignitaries of church
and State will unite to bribe,
00:37:35.48\00:37:40.12
persuade, or compel all
classes to honor the Sunday.
00:37:40.16\00:37:45.26
The lack of divine authority
00:37:45.29\00:37:47.43
will be supplied by
oppressive enactments.
00:37:47.46\00:37:50.97
Political corruption is
destroying love of justice
00:37:51.00\00:37:55.00
and regard for truth;
00:37:55.04\00:37:56.37
and even in free America,
rulers and legislators... "
00:37:56.40\00:38:01.21
listen carefully now,
00:38:01.24\00:38:02.64
"rulers and legislators,
00:38:02.68\00:38:04.05
in order to
secure public favor... "
00:38:04.08\00:38:07.65
we call them "votes" Folks,
00:38:07.68\00:38:10.79
"In order to
secure public favor,
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.99
will yield to the popular demand
00:38:14.02\00:38:17.23
for a law
enforcing Sunday observance.
00:38:17.26\00:38:20.33
Liberty of conscience,
00:38:20.36\00:38:22.16
which has cost so
great a sacrifice,
00:38:22.20\00:38:24.73
will no longer be respected. "
00:38:24.77\00:38:27.84
In another statement
that we find in the book:
00:38:27.87\00:38:31.47
Fundamentals of
Christian Education, page 475,
00:38:31.51\00:38:35.11
Ellen White wrote, "We
cannot labor to please men
00:38:35.14\00:38:39.11
who will use their influence
to repress religious liberty,
00:38:39.15\00:38:43.12
and to set in
operation oppressive measures
00:38:43.15\00:38:46.55
to lead or
compel their fellow men
00:38:46.59\00:38:49.29
to keep Sunday as the Sabbath.
00:38:49.32\00:38:51.09
The first day of the week
is not a day to be reverenced.
00:38:51.13\00:38:55.03
It is a spurious sabbath,
00:38:55.06\00:38:57.70
and the members
of the Lord's family
00:38:57.73\00:39:00.44
cannot participate with
the men who exalt this day,
00:39:00.47\00:39:03.41
and violate the law of God
by trampling upon His Sabbath.
00:39:03.44\00:39:07.74
The people of
God are not to vote
00:39:07.78\00:39:10.45
to place such men in office;
00:39:10.48\00:39:12.08
for when they do this... "
00:39:12.11\00:39:14.02
that is... those who vote...
00:39:14.05\00:39:15.62
"they are partakers with them
00:39:15.65\00:39:17.55
of the sins which they
commit while in office. "
00:39:17.59\00:39:21.29
You know, also Ellen
White discussed the issue
00:39:21.32\00:39:26.26
of introducing religious
curriculum into public schools.
00:39:26.29\00:39:32.20
Now, I want you to
remember all these details
00:39:32.23\00:39:35.14
because when I
present the lecture
00:39:35.17\00:39:37.91
on the events that took
place in the 1980s... 1990s...
00:39:37.94\00:39:42.28
and in the early 2000s,
00:39:42.31\00:39:43.81
you're going to find a movement
in relatively recent times
00:39:43.85\00:39:46.82
that were clamoring for the same
00:39:46.85\00:39:48.42
that we're talking about now.
00:39:48.45\00:39:49.78
So, you say, "This
is pie in the sky...
00:39:49.82\00:39:51.95
this is not going to happen. "
00:39:51.99\00:39:53.32
It's not going to happen...
00:39:53.36\00:39:54.69
it happened in the
80s... 90s and the 2000s
00:39:54.72\00:39:57.13
and it is happening today as
we'll see in a future lecture.
00:39:57.16\00:40:00.50
Ellen White wrote in
the Watchman, May 1906,
00:40:00.53\00:40:04.03
"The present
effort of the church
00:40:04.07\00:40:08.24
to get the state to introduce
the teaching of Christianity
00:40:08.27\00:40:12.31
into state schools,
00:40:12.34\00:40:13.68
is but a revival of the doctrine
of force in religious things,
00:40:13.71\00:40:18.55
and as such it
is antichristian. "
00:40:18.58\00:40:21.72
Wow! Ellen White also
wrote in Letter 44, 1893,
00:40:21.75\00:40:26.59
you see, people say,
00:40:26.62\00:40:27.96
"Well, you know God was
kicked out of public school
00:40:27.99\00:40:30.46
when... when students were told
00:40:30.49\00:40:32.63
that they couldn't actually
bring the Bible to school. "
00:40:32.66\00:40:36.43
That's not true.
00:40:36.46\00:40:38.47
The school cannot legislate
the reading of the Bible
00:40:38.53\00:40:41.67
because that would
be unconstitutional,
00:40:41.70\00:40:43.20
but students are free to come
to school with their Bible...
00:40:43.24\00:40:47.14
they can even form voluntarily
Study Groups to study the Bible,
00:40:47.18\00:40:51.31
they can get groups of
students together to pray
00:40:51.35\00:40:54.02
as long as it's not
mandated by the government.
00:40:54.05\00:40:57.69
Ellen White wrote
about introducing the Bible
00:40:57.72\00:41:01.36
to be read in public schools...
00:41:01.39\00:41:03.96
this is by official
decree of the government.
00:41:03.99\00:41:06.76
Letter 44, 1893,
00:41:06.80\00:41:09.00
"I do not see
the justice nor right
00:41:09.03\00:41:12.13
in enforcing by law
the bringing of the Bible
00:41:12.17\00:41:16.37
to be read in
the public schools. "
00:41:16.40\00:41:18.77
And I bring this to view
00:41:18.81\00:41:20.14
because this is
what was being pushed for
00:41:20.18\00:41:23.04
in the 1980s...
1990s and early 2000s.
00:41:23.08\00:41:27.12
Ellen White also mentioned
that good causes will be linked
00:41:27.15\00:41:32.12
with the idea of a
National Sunday Law.
00:41:32.15\00:41:35.26
In Great Controversy, 587
and 588, Ellen White wrote,
00:41:35.29\00:41:39.46
"Here the temperance work,
00:41:39.49\00:41:42.66
one of the most prominent
and important of moral reforms,
00:41:42.70\00:41:46.17
is often combined with
the Sunday movement... "
00:41:46.20\00:41:49.84
she's talking about
what happened in 1888...
00:41:49.87\00:41:52.07
"and the advocates of the latter
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.58
represent themselves
as laboring to promote
00:41:54.61\00:41:58.05
the highest interest of society;
00:41:58.08\00:42:00.52
and those who
refuse to unite with them
00:42:00.55\00:42:03.12
are denounced as enemies
of temperance and reform. "
00:42:03.15\00:42:05.55
In other words, if you
don't join the Sunday Movement
00:42:05.59\00:42:09.52
they says, "Oh, then
you're in favor of liquor... "
00:42:09.56\00:42:14.23
they were saying back then.
00:42:14.26\00:42:16.77
Now, in this time, you know,
00:42:16.80\00:42:19.30
if you don't keep
Sunday as the day of rest...
00:42:19.33\00:42:22.74
if you're not in harmony
with the Sunday legislation,
00:42:22.77\00:42:24.97
they'll say, "Oh, this
person is against the family...
00:42:25.01\00:42:27.74
this person is against
the idea of climate change...
00:42:27.78\00:42:30.95
this person is... is
against this and against that. "
00:42:30.98\00:42:34.05
They're going
to link good causes
00:42:34.08\00:42:36.62
with a bad cause which
is a National Sunday Law.
00:42:36.65\00:42:39.82
She continues writing,
00:42:39.85\00:42:41.39
"However, the fact that a
movement to establish error
00:42:41.42\00:42:45.49
is connected with a
work which is in itself good,
00:42:45.53\00:42:50.03
is not an argument
in favor of the error.
00:42:50.07\00:42:52.87
We may disguise poison... "
now she uses an illustration,
00:42:52.90\00:42:56.50
"We may disguise poison
00:42:56.54\00:42:58.37
by mingling it
with wholesome food,
00:42:58.41\00:43:00.88
but we do not change its nature.
00:43:00.91\00:43:03.35
On the contrary, it is
rendered more dangerous,
00:43:03.38\00:43:06.92
as it is more likely
to be taken unawares.
00:43:06.95\00:43:10.02
It is one of Satan's devices
00:43:10.05\00:43:13.12
to combine with
falsehood just enough truth
00:43:13.15\00:43:16.86
to give it plausibility.
00:43:16.89\00:43:18.29
The leaders of
the Sunday movement
00:43:18.33\00:43:20.56
may advocate reforms
which the people need,
00:43:20.60\00:43:24.00
principles which are
in harmony with the Bible;
00:43:24.03\00:43:27.14
yet while there is
with these a requirement
00:43:27.17\00:43:31.21
which is contrary to God's law.
00:43:31.24\00:43:33.27
His servants
cannot unite with them.
00:43:33.31\00:43:36.44
Nothing can justify them
00:43:36.48\00:43:39.05
in setting aside
the commandments of God
00:43:39.08\00:43:41.82
for the precepts of men. "
00:43:41.85\00:43:43.95
Another point that
Ellen White mentions
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.49
is that God's
people will be blamed
00:43:47.52\00:43:50.03
for what's
happening in the world
00:43:50.06\00:43:52.46
for the turmoil... the
natural disasters... etc.
00:43:52.49\00:43:56.67
Great Controversy, page 592,
00:43:56.70\00:44:00.04
"Those who honor
the Bible Sabbath
00:44:00.07\00:44:02.60
will be denounced as
enemies of law and order,
00:44:02.64\00:44:06.41
as breaking down the
moral restraints of society,
00:44:06.44\00:44:10.08
causing anarchy and corruption,
00:44:10.11\00:44:13.01
and calling down the
judgments of God upon the earth.
00:44:13.05\00:44:16.89
Their conscientious scruples
will be pronounced obstinacy,
00:44:16.92\00:44:20.79
stubbornness, and
contempt of authority.
00:44:20.82\00:44:23.76
They will be
accused of disaffection
00:44:23.79\00:44:26.33
toward the government. " Why?
00:44:26.39\00:44:27.96
Because they're not going
along with the Sunday Law.
00:44:28.00\00:44:30.00
But you must obey
God rather than man.
00:44:30.03\00:44:32.77
Even when it comes
to civil legislation,
00:44:32.80\00:44:35.44
you must be in harmony
with your own conscience.
00:44:35.50\00:44:39.07
She continues this
statement in the following way,
00:44:39.11\00:44:42.64
"They will be accused
00:44:42.68\00:44:44.01
of disaffection
toward the government.
00:44:44.05\00:44:45.38
Ministers who deny the
obligation of the divine law
00:44:45.41\00:44:50.25
will present from the pulpit
00:44:50.29\00:44:52.65
the duty of yielding obedience
to the civil authorities
00:44:52.69\00:44:56.59
as ordained of God.
00:44:56.62\00:44:57.96
In legislative halls
and courts of justice,
00:44:57.99\00:45:01.16
commandment keepers
will be misrepresented
00:45:01.20\00:45:04.53
and condemned. "
00:45:04.57\00:45:06.03
Ellen White also
mentioned that the Constitution
00:45:06.07\00:45:09.50
will be amended.
00:45:09.54\00:45:11.11
Regarding the crisis
as existed in her day
00:45:11.17\00:45:15.14
in the 1880s...
00:45:15.21\00:45:16.61
she wrote in 5
Testimonies, page 711,
00:45:16.64\00:45:19.41
"A great crisis
awaits the people of God.
00:45:19.45\00:45:22.82
A crisis awaits the world.
00:45:22.88\00:45:25.45
The most momentous struggle of
all the ages is just before us.
00:45:25.49\00:45:29.96
Events which for
more than forty years
00:45:29.99\00:45:33.53
we have upon the
authority of the prophetic word
00:45:33.56\00:45:36.13
declared to be impending
00:45:36.16\00:45:37.83
are now taking
place before our eyes. "
00:45:37.87\00:45:40.40
She's talking about
what's taking place in 1888.
00:45:40.44\00:45:42.80
She had been saying
00:45:42.84\00:45:44.17
that there was going to
be a National Sunday Law.
00:45:44.21\00:45:45.91
Well, it didn't happen and
she realized that it didn't
00:45:45.94\00:45:48.91
but that doesn't mean
that the idea has died.
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.95
She continues,
"Already the question... "
00:45:51.98\00:45:54.95
she's speaking about the 1880s,
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.32
"Already the question of an
amendment to the Constitution
00:45:56.38\00:45:59.32
restricting
liberty of conscience
00:45:59.35\00:46:02.69
has been urged upon the
legislators of the nation.
00:46:02.72\00:46:06.39
The question of
enforcing Sunday observance
00:46:06.43\00:46:09.56
has become one of national
interest and importance. "
00:46:09.63\00:46:13.77
Which was true at
that particular time.
00:46:13.80\00:46:17.21
In Review and
Herald, December 11, 1888,
00:46:17.24\00:46:20.58
Ellen White wrote,
00:46:20.61\00:46:21.94
"They do not see that
if a Protestant government
00:46:21.98\00:46:25.45
sacrifices the principles
00:46:25.48\00:46:27.02
that have made them a
free, independent nation,
00:46:27.05\00:46:29.52
and through legislation
00:46:29.55\00:46:31.72
brings into the Constitution,
00:46:31.75\00:46:33.29
principles that will propagate
00:46:33.32\00:46:35.59
papal falsehood
and papal delusion,
00:46:35.62\00:46:38.06
they are plunging
into the Roman horrors
00:46:38.09\00:46:41.80
of the Dark Ages. "
00:46:41.83\00:46:43.16
You say, "Well, she's
speaking hyperbolically...
00:46:43.20\00:46:46.47
in hyperbole...
00:46:46.50\00:46:48.47
bringing legislation
into the Constitution
00:46:48.50\00:46:52.17
will take us to the Roman
horrors of the Dark Ages. "
00:46:52.21\00:46:54.41
Yes, you just wait and see.
00:46:54.44\00:46:57.01
In 5 Testimonies page
713, Ellen White realized that
00:46:57.05\00:47:02.15
this movement at
that particular moment
00:47:02.18\00:47:04.99
might not be the final one.
00:47:05.02\00:47:06.86
She wrote, "It may be that
a respite may yet be granted
00:47:06.89\00:47:12.36
for God's people to awake
and let their light shine.
00:47:12.39\00:47:15.30
If the presence of
ten righteous persons
00:47:15.33\00:47:18.53
would have saved the
wicked cities of the plain,
00:47:18.57\00:47:20.97
is it not
possible that God will yet,
00:47:21.00\00:47:24.01
in answer to the
prayers of His people,
00:47:24.04\00:47:26.24
hold in check
00:47:26.27\00:47:28.04
the workings of those
who are making void His law?
00:47:28.08\00:47:31.91
Shall we not humble our
hearts greatly before God,
00:47:31.95\00:47:34.42
flee to the mercy seat,
00:47:34.45\00:47:36.42
and plead with Him to
reveal His almighty power?"
00:47:36.45\00:47:40.62
So, Ellen White
realized that in the 1880s,
00:47:40.66\00:47:44.09
the National Sunday
Law might not happen
00:47:44.13\00:47:46.70
but she said, "It
will sooner or later. "
00:47:46.73\00:47:50.30
In Review and
Herald, February 16, 1905,
00:47:50.33\00:47:54.24
Ellen White wrote,
00:47:54.27\00:47:55.60
"Sooner or later
Sunday laws will be passed. "
00:47:55.64\00:48:00.61
So, sooner or later,
there's going to be Sunday Laws.
00:48:00.64\00:48:04.38
"However, there is much
for God's servants to do
00:48:04.41\00:48:08.05
to warn the people.
00:48:08.08\00:48:09.52
This work has
been greatly retarded
00:48:09.55\00:48:11.62
by their having
to wait and stand
00:48:11.65\00:48:14.22
against the devising's of Satan
00:48:14.26\00:48:15.82
which have been striving
to find a place in our work.
00:48:15.86\00:48:18.76
We are years
behind. " Ellen White wrote.
00:48:18.79\00:48:22.43
Ellen White also stated
00:48:22.46\00:48:25.07
that not only will
pro-Sunday Laws be established
00:48:25.10\00:48:28.14
but also anti-Sabbath laws.
00:48:28.17\00:48:29.80
In the Little Work...
the Southern Work, page 69,
00:48:29.84\00:48:34.71
Ellen White wrote,
00:48:34.74\00:48:36.24
"The time will come
00:48:36.28\00:48:37.61
when men will not
only forbid Sunday work,
00:48:37.65\00:48:40.95
but they will try to
force men to labor on Sabbath
00:48:40.98\00:48:45.09
and men will be asked
to renounce the Sabbath
00:48:45.12\00:48:48.16
and to subscribe
to Sunday observance
00:48:48.19\00:48:50.99
or forfeit their
freedom and their lives.
00:48:51.03\00:48:54.40
But the time for
this has not yet come,
00:48:54.43\00:48:58.70
for the truth must be presented
more fully before the people
00:48:58.73\00:49:03.04
as a witness. "
00:49:03.07\00:49:04.44
And then she states
that the whole world
00:49:04.47\00:49:07.38
will join the United States
00:49:07.41\00:49:09.61
in the idea of a
universal Sunday Law.
00:49:09.64\00:49:12.15
I'm going to read
several statements now quickly,
00:49:12.18\00:49:14.75
Maranatha, page 217,
00:49:14.78\00:49:16.85
"The whole
world is to be stirred
00:49:16.89\00:49:19.29
with enmity against
Seventh-day Adventists
00:49:19.32\00:49:21.26
because they will not
yield homage to the papacy,
00:49:21.29\00:49:24.89
by honoring Sunday,
00:49:24.93\00:49:26.26
the institution of
this antichristian power.
00:49:26.29\00:49:29.26
It is the purpose of
Satan to cause them... "
00:49:29.30\00:49:31.80
that is... the remnant...
00:49:31.83\00:49:33.17
"to be blotted from the earth,
00:49:33.20\00:49:34.54
in order that his
supremacy of the world
00:49:34.57\00:49:37.14
may not be disputed. "
00:49:37.17\00:49:39.31
Volume 6 of the
Testimonies, page 18,
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.74
"As America, the
land of religious liberty
00:49:42.78\00:49:45.45
shall unite with the
papacy in forcing the conscience
00:49:45.48\00:49:49.72
and compelling men to
honor the false sabbath... "
00:49:49.75\00:49:52.32
that is Sunday...
00:49:52.35\00:49:53.69
"the people of
every country on the globe
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.99
will be led to
follow her example. "
00:49:57.03\00:49:59.89
Folks, every country on the
globe will follow the example
00:49:59.93\00:50:04.70
of the United States.
00:50:04.73\00:50:06.23
Volume 3 of
Selected Messages, page 392,
00:50:06.27\00:50:10.14
Ellen White wrote,
00:50:10.17\00:50:11.51
"The so-called Christian world
00:50:11.54\00:50:13.64
is to be the theater of
great and decisive actions.
00:50:13.68\00:50:17.11
Men in authority will enact
laws controlling the conscience,
00:50:17.15\00:50:22.58
after the example of the papacy.
00:50:22.62\00:50:25.05
Babylon will make all nations
00:50:25.09\00:50:27.56
drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication.
00:50:27.59\00:50:30.03
Every nation will be involved. "
00:50:30.06\00:50:33.96
Because there will
be a global emergency
00:50:34.00\00:50:37.33
not a national emergency
really but a global emergency
00:50:37.37\00:50:40.94
because of all of the
things that are taking place.
00:50:40.97\00:50:42.97
Volume 6 of the Testimonies
page 394, Ellen White wrote,
00:50:43.00\00:50:46.98
"Foreign nations will follow the
example of the United States.
00:50:47.01\00:50:50.08
Though she leads out... "
00:50:50.11\00:50:51.88
see... the United
States is going to lead out.
00:50:51.91\00:50:54.92
"Yet the same crisis
will come upon our people
00:50:54.95\00:50:57.92
in all parts of the world. "
00:50:57.95\00:51:00.99
One other statement...
00:51:01.02\00:51:03.36
this is found in the same 3
Selected Messages, 427 and 428,
00:51:03.43\00:51:07.70
"The wicked declared
that they had the truth,
00:51:07.73\00:51:10.57
that miracles were among them,
00:51:10.60\00:51:13.17
that angels from heaven talked
with them and walked with them,
00:51:13.20\00:51:16.81
that great power
and signs and wonders
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.94
were performed among them... "
00:51:19.97\00:51:21.31
so, you're going to see
a lot of signs and wonders
00:51:21.34\00:51:23.38
in the Christian world.
00:51:23.41\00:51:25.05
She says, "and that this
was the temporal millennium
00:51:25.08\00:51:27.92
that they had
been expecting so long.
00:51:27.95\00:51:29.48
The whole world was
converted and in harmony
00:51:29.52\00:51:33.09
with the Sunday law. "
00:51:33.12\00:51:34.46
So, what is to be the
Seventh-day Adventist response
00:51:34.49\00:51:39.89
to all of this?
00:51:39.96\00:51:41.63
Ellen White gave
counsel to the ministers
00:51:41.66\00:51:44.10
of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:51:44.17\00:51:45.50
because I hear very
little being said about this
00:51:45.53\00:51:48.30
in this time of
crisis in the world.
00:51:48.34\00:51:50.97
This is present truth.
00:51:51.01\00:51:52.67
We're seeing events that
could very well lead quickly
00:51:52.74\00:51:57.35
to what we're discussing here
00:51:57.41\00:51:58.75
from the
writings of Ellen White.
00:51:58.78\00:52:00.12
Ellen White wrote in
5 Testimonies, page 715,
00:52:00.15\00:52:04.39
"Not all our ministers who are
giving the third angel's message
00:52:04.42\00:52:08.32
really understand what
constitutes that message.
00:52:08.36\00:52:10.79
The National Reform movement
has been regarded by some
00:52:10.83\00:52:14.63
as of so little importance
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.73
that they have not
thought it necessary
00:52:16.77\00:52:18.93
to give much attention to it
00:52:18.97\00:52:20.30
and have even
felt that in so doing
00:52:20.34\00:52:23.04
they would be
giving time to questions
00:52:23.07\00:52:25.67
distinct from the
third angel's message.
00:52:25.71\00:52:28.28
May the Lord
forgive our brethren
00:52:28.31\00:52:30.95
for thus interpreting the
very message for this time.
00:52:30.98\00:52:34.02
The people need to be aroused
00:52:34.05\00:52:36.18
in regard to the
dangers of the present time.
00:52:36.22\00:52:39.39
The watchman are asleep.
00:52:39.42\00:52:41.29
We are years behind. "
00:52:41.32\00:52:43.53
So, let me ask you...
00:52:43.56\00:52:45.69
What is it that could actually
bring a change to society?
00:52:45.73\00:52:53.54
Is it more laws...
00:52:53.57\00:52:55.27
more police...
00:52:55.30\00:52:56.97
more surveillance...
00:52:57.01\00:52:58.84
that will lead to
peace and harmony in society?
00:52:58.87\00:53:01.78
Why is it wrong for church
and state to be joined together?
00:53:01.81\00:53:05.55
I want to end by reading
a rather lengthy statement
00:53:05.58\00:53:09.72
from the book:
Desire of Ages, 509 and 510.
00:53:09.75\00:53:12.29
Powerful statement.
00:53:12.32\00:53:13.96
Ellen White wrote,
00:53:13.99\00:53:15.59
"But today in
the religious world
00:53:15.62\00:53:16.96
there are
multitudes who as they believe,
00:53:16.99\00:53:20.66
are working for
the establishment
00:53:20.70\00:53:22.40
of the kingdom of Christ
00:53:22.43\00:53:24.23
as an earthly and
temporal dominion.
00:53:24.27\00:53:26.67
They desire to make our Lord
00:53:26.70\00:53:29.07
the ruler of the
kingdoms of this world,
00:53:29.10\00:53:30.87
the ruler in its
courts and camps,
00:53:30.91\00:53:33.44
its legislative halls,
00:53:33.48\00:53:35.21
its palaces and market places.
00:53:35.24\00:53:37.55
They expect Him
to rule through... "
00:53:37.58\00:53:39.48
Jesus to rule
"through legal enactments,
00:53:39.51\00:53:42.32
enforced by human authority.
00:53:42.35\00:53:44.75
Since Christ is
not here in person,
00:53:44.79\00:53:47.32
they themselves will
undertake to act in His stead,
00:53:47.36\00:53:52.09
to execute the
laws of His kingdom.
00:53:52.13\00:53:54.80
The
establishment of such a kingdom
00:53:54.83\00:53:57.47
is what the Jews
desired in the days of Christ.
00:53:57.50\00:53:59.87
They would have received Jesus,
00:53:59.90\00:54:02.24
had He been willing to
establish a temporal dominion,
00:54:02.27\00:54:05.74
to enforce what they
regarded as the laws of God,
00:54:05.77\00:54:09.18
and to make them the
expositors of His will
00:54:09.21\00:54:12.45
and the agents of His authority.
00:54:12.48\00:54:14.62
However He... Jesus said...
00:54:14.65\00:54:17.42
'My kingdom is
not of this world. '
00:54:17.45\00:54:20.39
He would not accept
the earthly throne."
00:54:20.42\00:54:23.43
And then, comes this
very important section
00:54:23.46\00:54:26.73
of this statement,
00:54:26.76\00:54:28.10
"The government
under which Jesus lived
00:54:28.13\00:54:31.20
was corrupt and oppressive;
00:54:31.23\00:54:33.30
on every hand
were crying abuses,
00:54:33.34\00:54:36.60
extortion, intolerance,
and grinding cruelty. "
00:54:36.64\00:54:41.51
Did you ever see Jesus picketing
00:54:41.54\00:54:44.41
or demonstrating
00:54:44.45\00:54:46.58
or rioting to get
society to change?
00:54:46.61\00:54:48.95
No... so what was the solution?
00:54:48.98\00:54:51.59
Ellen White continues,
00:54:51.62\00:54:53.32
"Yet the Savior
attempted no civil reforms.
00:54:53.36\00:54:56.19
He attacked no national abuses,
00:54:56.22\00:54:59.33
nor condemned
the national enemies.
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.80
He did not
interfere with the authority
00:55:01.83\00:55:04.97
or administration
of those in power.
00:55:05.00\00:55:07.50
He who was our example
00:55:07.54\00:55:10.34
kept aloof from
earthly governments. "
00:55:10.37\00:55:13.27
So, Jesus didn't care, right?
00:55:13.31\00:55:16.34
Of course He cared
00:55:16.38\00:55:17.71
but He knew the solution
was not in legal enactments.
00:55:17.75\00:55:20.68
She continues,
00:55:20.72\00:55:22.05
"Not because He was
indifferent to the woes of men,
00:55:22.08\00:55:24.95
but because the
remedy did not lie
00:55:24.99\00:55:27.92
in merely human
and external measures.
00:55:27.96\00:55:30.63
To be efficient, the cure
must reach men individually,
00:55:30.66\00:55:34.33
and must regenerate the heart. "
00:55:34.36\00:55:35.90
You know, there's
this big debate now
00:55:35.93\00:55:37.77
about race in the
United States, racism...
00:55:37.80\00:55:40.70
you know, you can't...
00:55:40.74\00:55:42.10
cannot make
someone who is a racist
00:55:42.14\00:55:44.04
not a racist by legislation.
00:55:44.07\00:55:47.48
Yeah, you can make laws
00:55:47.51\00:55:49.64
so that externally
society can function better...
00:55:49.68\00:55:53.98
nothing wrong with that...
00:55:54.02\00:55:55.35
but really, you cannot
change a person's heart
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from being racist to
not being racist by laws.
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The heart has to be changed.
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Ellen White continues,
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"Not because He was
indifferent to the woes of men,
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but because the
remedy did not lie
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in merely human
and external measures.
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To be efficient, the cure
must reach men individually,
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and must regenerate the heart. "
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And then comes this,
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"Not by the decisions of courts
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or councils or
legislative assemblies,
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not by the patronage
of worldly great men,
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is the kingdom of
Christ established,
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but by the implanting of
Christ's nature in humanity
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through the work
of the Holy Spirit.
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As many as received Him,
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to them gave He power
to become the sons of God,
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even to them that
believe on His name:
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which were born, not of blood,
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nor of the will of the flesh,
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nor of the will
of man, but of God. "
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And then she states,
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"Here is the only power
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that can work the
uplifting of mankind
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and the human agency
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for the
accomplishment of this work
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is the teaching and
practicing of the word of God. "
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People are not changed by
what happens on Capitol Hill
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but rather by what happens
in the home... in the schools
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and in the church.
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Legislation does
not change the heart.
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It might improve
society externally
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so that there's more
peace and tranquility
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but legislation does
not change the heart...
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the Holy Spirit
changes the heart.
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When the early church lost
the spirit and power of God,
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society fell apart
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and that's when the
church became apostate
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and said, "Let's appeal to
the strong arm of the state
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to bring order in society. "
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And when church and
state join together,
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the automatic result was
persecution against dissenters.
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So, this is only
one Presentation in many
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that we will have in
the next several lectures
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on what is happening and
what will soon take place.
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