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Holy and gracious God, we have
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gathered here
because You have invited us.
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We know that You are present
with us wherever we came from.
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You are present
with us in this place.
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You are present with all people
because of Your love for all of
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Your children. But we
are gathered here to be
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present to You, to offer
our prayers and response to Your
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self-giving, Your
grace, Your love for us.
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And as we are a present to the
God who is always with us, may
we be transformed by Your grace
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to reflect Your love for
this world in the worship of our
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lives. May that happen as we
pray and praise and worship
together this morning.
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We pray these things
in Jesus' name. Amen.
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>> Let's pray for that "renovate
the house" process, as well.
Let's pray right now.
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Oh, God, this is our Father's
world. Why should our hearts be
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sad? The Lord is king. Let the
heavens ring. God, raise that
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the earth be glad. We're glad
that we can come to You with
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anything. Some people are going
through bad stuff right now.
They need to know this is Your
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world, and You're still on
the throne. We need to remind
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ourselves that house is Your
house. This house is Your house.
This space is Your space.
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Fill it now, and be at work
behind the scenes, dear God. We
humbly ask, in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Now, look, I'm not a prophet nor
the son of a prophet, but I'm
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gonna make a
prediction right here.
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Right here, right now.
The very last exile in this
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world, the very last
exile will be a woman.
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That was an interesting thought.
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Given all this hubbub in the
world and in the church about
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the place of the woman, the
very last exile will be a woman.
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I don't suppose we should be
surprised because the very first
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exile, in the
beginning, was a woman.
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So that the last exile
would be a woman, hey, I'm okay.
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But it's you and me, the exiles
who are squeezed in between the
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two. We're way
down here with the
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last woman. This
narrative is for us.
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It's a dramatic narrative.
It comes alive right now.
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Once upon a time, way up in
the northwest corner of Italy, a
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woman crouched in hiding.
She knew they were coming for
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her. She knew she was marked for
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extinction,
decimation, finished.
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Gone. She knew, and so she hid.
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Hmm. 4:00 in the morning, black,
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chilly April morning, cold...
Could we see them by the light
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of the moon. We
would see the surrounding
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Alps with white halos
where the snow still lies.
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It's 4:00 AM --
Boom! goes a cannon.
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The designated sign.
And the Italian dragoons who
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just two days ago had
ingratiated themselves to the
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hapless villagers saying, "We're
here just a couple days, then
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we'll on our way," inviting
themselves into all the homes of
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that little village,
leap from their beds -- Boom!
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That's the sign.
Swords and knives unsheathed.
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And thus begins the
blood extermination of a little
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Italian town called La
Torre on the banks of the
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Perricci River, that is flowing
red by the time the sun rises.
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It is the planned extermination
of the Waldensians.
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This Christ-loving,
Bible-believing, resistance
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movement to Rome, far away.
A tragic moment is described by
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James Wilie in his graphic
history of the Waldensians.
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I'll put it on the screen
for you, describing that morning
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with these agonizing words."
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You see the
ellipses? Dot, dot, dot?
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It's too horrific to
read in civilized presence.
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But Wilie
records it. Children torn
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from the arms of their mothers.
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End quote. How many
thousand Waldensians
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perished in Rome's extermination
attempt in those sequestered,
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Alpine valleys?
Only Heaven knows.
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But we do know that when some of
the survivors made their way to
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England, Sir Oliver Cromwell
announces a day of mourning and
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fasting in that kingdom.
And the great English poet
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John Milton grabs his pen to
capture for posterity the infamy
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of that Roman massacre.
He describes in his poem how
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many of the Waldensians, that
early morning, resorted to a
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hideout that they had
up the mighty Castelluzzo.
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It's a couple miles
high above the valley floor.
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But on the way to the top
is a cavern, and they amassed
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themselves, these survivors
-- We're talking about moms and
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dads and children and grandmas
and grandpas and strangers with
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their gates hiding in that cave.
But the dragoons knew that cave.
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Takes a while to
climb it -- two hours.
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Karen and I have
climbed it twice.
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The dragoons make their way to
that cave and, you guessed it,
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one by one, they hauled
them out, and up to the rocky
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precipice, they hurled
them down -- I stood, I said,
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"Hold onto me, hold onto me" --
to the rocks and their deaths.
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Milton describes that infamous
day in his sonnet "On The Late
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Massacre in Piedmont."
On the screen, please.
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End quote. "Hey,
Dwight, what's this have
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to do with the very last
exile?" It has everything to do.
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Open your Bible with me right
now to the Apocalypse, last book
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of the Bible,
Chapter 12. Let's go.
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Our little "In Exile" miniseries
is ending right now, as you can
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see on the screen.
"The Very Last Exile."
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If you missed any of these
pieces, they're all sitting
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there on that
website, www.newperceptions.tv.
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Let's go Revelations Chapter
12. Verse 1, I'm in the NIV.
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Hit the pause
button. My, oh my, oh my.
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What a beautiful -- I
picture her as beautiful.
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I mean, she's right in the
sun. She's standing on the moon.
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She has a garland of 12 stars.
What a beautiful but tragic
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woman in this tale. I
mean, to have that salivating,
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roaring dragon.
"Which head is gonna get the
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head of my child
when it comes out?"
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Seven heads just waiting
for that baby to be born!
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Beautiful. Oh,
woman, you are in trouble.
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You have done something to have
incited this seven-headed beast,
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seeking to exterminate
you, devour you, finish you.
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But it gets even
worse. Watch this.
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Because she flees the dragon,
and he's hot on her trail.
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Okay, drop down to Verse 13.
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Now, hold on, hold on,
hold on, hold on, hold on.
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Come on, this dragon, this
seven-headed crimson dragon --
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Who is he? I'll
tell you who he is.
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Verse 6 says
there was war in Heaven.
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Michael and his angels fought,
and the dragon and his angels
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fought back. But I love Verse 8.
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I love Verse 8. You
have to look at it in your
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Bible. Look at Verse 8.
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"But he, the dragon,
was not strong enough."
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Hallelujah! "He was
not strong enough, and
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they, he and his minions,
lost their place in Heaven."
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Now, who's this dragon?
Come on. Verse 9 on the screen.
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Please never forget the
devil is "evil" with a "D."
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All right? There's good to him.
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He's been the incarnation
of evil from the beginning.
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So who is he?
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That's who this bad dragon
is. Yeah, but who's this woman?
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I mean, she's
beautiful. I love the picture.
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Oh, you know what, in
Apocalyptic literature, a pure
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and beautiful woman always
symbolizes God's faith community
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on Earth. Pure and beautiful.
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Oh, by the way, if they ever
ask you to play a part in an
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Apocalyptic program at your
school, and they ask you to play
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a part, never choose the impure
woman because she's called a
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whore. She's a prostitute.
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It's bad. You don't
want to play her part.
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You don't want to
sleep with her, either.
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No, no, no, you don't
want to sleep with her.
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This is the beautiful woman,
tragic story that hers is.
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But, oh, girl, you are --
you are in big trouble because
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that dragon is gonna get
you. You have been marked for
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extermination! Verse 13 again.
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Two times periods -- 1260 days.
That time period we just read,
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the same, and scholars are clear
that those are the dark, dark,
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dark Middle Ages. But
the woman is given wings.
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She flies. She
flies to a wilderness.
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Now, in Apocalyptic prophecy,
water always symbolizes people.
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People, masses. But
the opposite of water is a
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barren land, dry, no water.
That describes the sparsity of
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population. So she
flees to where there are
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few people. But the
dragon sees her, doesn't
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he? Mm-hmm.
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He knows where she's hiding.
She has fled Rome's long arm in
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reach -- not a bad idea.
But they know now where she's
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hiding. Verse 15. Read it.
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The serpent spewed what?
People! People spewed up into
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Northern Italy.
Spewed up into France.
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Spewed up wherever. He
smells their existence.
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He has one idea.
Disengage. Disseminate.
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Exterminate. The
point of that torrent is
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killing.
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This is Verse 16.
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That Earth has been
a helper for centuries.
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No more today.
No more, too late.
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We've found you. Hey,
listen, fellow exiles.
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Listen, listen, listen, listen.
This is not history, this is now
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you and me. Let's
think for a moment.
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It has always
been -- true or false.
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It has always been the
dragon's modus operandi from the
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beginning to kill the faithful,
loyal adherence to the creator
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God. True or false.
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>> True. >> Of course it's true.
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"Yo, Cain, your kid brother
makes me as sick as he makes
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you. You know
what you're gonna do?
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You're gonna kill
him. Just kill him!
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I don't care how you
do it, just kill him!"
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And what does Cain do? He
hears that voice. He obeys.
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He kills Abel. From
the first murder to the end
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of time, Jesus says he's been
a murderer and liar from the
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beginning. That's
the dragon for you.
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And if you're in exile,
as you and I are, guess what?
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Mother and her children are
all marked for extermination.
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Mm. Exiles. Even in
hiding, he'll find them.
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And thus, it is that century
after century of repeated
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attempts into the sequestered
valleys of the Northern Italian
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Alps, he finally breaks through.
April 24, 1655, the tragic
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morning of -- Oh,
but what about the tragic
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night of August 23,
1572, the tragic night of the
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St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre?
This dragon is massacre-crazy.
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Exterminate,
exterminate, exterminate.
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And as you're gonna find
out in a moment, his preferred
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modus operandi for
that is decapitate.
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Decapitate. Hmm.
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What's this story
have to do with you and me?
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[ Chuckles ] I'll
put this on the screen,
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because this is
the take-home line.
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Put it up there,
please, right now.
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This narrative clearly
reveals. Revelation 12.
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She's always had a mission.
She will always have children.
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And the exiles
today have her mission.
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The exile movement
leads to the exile mission.
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That's the
line. Put it up again.
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I got to read that again.
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Because, you see,
there's one verse left.
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Let's read it
together. Revelation 12:17.
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So the Earth helps the woman.
The dragon's furious! Verse 17.
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She has children.
Children born in exile, just
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like she is. She has children.
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Who are these
children? John describes them.
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Two marks for the
exiles at the end.
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In the end game
here, the two marks.
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Number one, they have
the testimony of Jesus.
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Yep. That is the
people who keep the
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Ten Commandments have
the testimony of Jesus.
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Well, the Ten
Commandments, we understand.
00:27:57.61\00:27:59.34
The Fourth Commandment
-- everybody knows that the
00:27:59.34\00:28:01.44
Ten Commandments, the
Fourth Commandment calls for a
00:28:01.44\00:28:03.51
Sabbatarian community.
So it would be a Sabbatarian
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community, and
what's the other one?
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Has the testimony of Jesus.
Oh! Just a few pages later.
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Revelation 19:10, the
testimony of Jesus is the
00:28:10.09\00:28:13.02
Spirit of Prophecies. So
here will be a band of exiles
00:28:13.02\00:28:16.56
at the end of time who are
Sabbatarians and have the spirit
00:28:16.56\00:28:20.53
of prophecy, whatever
that is. Isn't that amazing?
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[ Exhales sharply ]
Which means that the exiles
00:28:26.20\00:28:30.84
stand with Mother Church
at the end of time, when the
00:28:30.84\00:28:34.31
dragon moves in
for decapitation.
00:28:34.31\00:28:35.98
I want to share a verse with
you that you have never read.
00:28:35.98\00:28:38.68
You've read it, but
you've skipped right over it.
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You have not seen what's in
this verse, I'll just bet you.
00:28:41.02\00:28:43.72
Revelations 20:4. I
want to show that generation
00:28:43.72\00:28:47.49
at the very end. So let
me just turn a few pages.
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What are we, in 12?
So eight pages over.
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Revelations 20:4.
And it goes like this.
00:28:52.09\00:28:55.96
Oh, you see, Jesus has returned
to the Earth, and he has
00:28:58.17\00:29:01.14
redeemed -- He has
rescued all his exiled
00:29:01.14\00:29:03.94
children, and
Revelation 7 declares --
00:29:03.94\00:29:06.88
When you see the crowd, you'd
have no idea how many of them --
00:29:06.88\00:29:09.84
The number is so big,
no man can count them.
00:29:09.84\00:29:12.01
Nobody can count them. So
you mathematicians, you can't
00:29:12.01\00:29:14.75
count them. It's a
huge group that Jesus
00:29:14.75\00:29:16.95
takes to Heaven.
Now, this is in Heaven.
00:29:16.95\00:29:18.72
They call it the millennium.
Some people call it the
00:29:18.72\00:29:20.49
millennium. In
Heaven, he sees thrones, and
00:29:20.49\00:29:22.22
seated on the thrones are those
who had been given authority to
00:29:22.22\00:29:24.73
judge. Now, keep
reading because this
00:29:24.73\00:29:26.33
is gonna open your eyes.
00:29:26.33\00:29:28.23
What's that next
word? Beheaded. Beheaded.
00:29:28.30\00:29:34.07
Decapitation, all right?
I saw the souls of those --
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.67
These are people on Earth --
that had been -- chick, chick,
00:29:36.67\00:29:39.01
chick -- decapitated.
00:29:39.01\00:29:41.11
Now, watch this.
Number one, their testimony
00:29:43.71\00:29:45.95
about Jesus and because of,
number two, the word of God.
00:29:45.95\00:29:48.68
Hey, wait a minute!
That's what we just read of the
00:29:48.68\00:29:50.82
Revelation 12:16 community!
Number one, they keep the
00:29:50.82\00:29:53.02
Commandments of God, and, number
two, they have the testimony of
00:29:53.02\00:29:55.62
Jesus. This is the same group!
00:29:55.62\00:29:57.36
They call them "The
Remnant," the very last exiles.
00:29:57.36\00:30:02.60
These are the --
shh! -- decapitated ones.
00:30:02.60\00:30:06.07
"Aww, come on,
Dwight, you can't prove that."
00:30:06.07\00:30:07.87
Well, just read the
next line. That cinches it.
00:30:07.87\00:30:09.74
What's the next line?
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is
called the end of the end game.
00:30:20.12\00:30:24.22
These are the Shadrach, Meshach,
and Abednego who are asked --
00:30:24.22\00:30:27.19
"You see this
image, this golden image?
00:30:27.19\00:30:29.19
You bow down to it right
now, or we're gonna -- shh! --
00:30:29.19\00:30:31.89
decapitate you." And
they're gonna say, just like
00:30:31.89\00:30:35.00
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego
did, "Oh, King, we will not bow
00:30:35.00\00:30:39.37
down to this image.
Even if you stoke the fires
00:30:39.37\00:30:42.80
seven times hotter,
we're not bowing down.
00:30:42.80\00:30:45.91
Even if God does not save
us, we're not bowing down.
00:30:45.91\00:30:48.28
Shh! Decapitation.
These are they. They made it.
00:30:48.28\00:30:54.95
They died. The
last exile. Ooh! Wow.
00:30:54.95\00:31:03.26
These are the last one of
the woman's seed on Earth.
00:31:03.26\00:31:06.56
Exiles like her, executed like
so many of her children through
00:31:06.56\00:31:09.76
the ages.
Apparently -- Listen, listen.
00:31:09.76\00:31:11.93
Apparently, the children of the
beautiful woman at the end of
00:31:11.93\00:31:15.10
time will not be exempted from
the fate of the children of the
00:31:15.10\00:31:18.34
beautiful woman throughout
time. Same fate. Same fate.
00:31:18.34\00:31:23.98
Some of us thought we were
going to Heaven on beds on ease.
00:31:23.98\00:31:29.08
Apparently not. "And
your point is, Dwight,
00:31:29.08\00:31:34.39
hmm?" Oh, it's
not my point, it's
00:31:34.39\00:31:37.03
John's point. You got to get it.
00:31:37.03\00:31:40.20
The beautiful woman's
exile mission gets completed and
00:31:40.20\00:31:43.97
finished by her exiled children,
and in doing so, they will face
00:31:43.97\00:31:48.40
the searing heat of
the dragon's last fury.
00:31:48.40\00:31:51.54
[ Exhales sharply ]
Enraged dragon will hurl his
00:31:51.54\00:32:00.12
end game forces against the east
to decapitate them, and some
00:32:00.12\00:32:05.32
of them will sear their
testimony with a supreme
00:32:05.32\00:32:09.56
sacrifice of death. Meaning...
00:32:09.56\00:32:14.86
This very narrative, what
it's already been hinting, we're
00:32:14.86\00:32:18.83
getting it now. We just got it.
00:32:18.83\00:32:21.20
I want you to look at the two
verses we skipped over, and then
00:32:21.20\00:32:24.67
I'll sit down.
Go back to Verse 10.
00:32:24.67\00:32:27.11
This is amazing.
You got to see this.
00:32:27.11\00:32:29.91
Verse 10. Look at this.
Should be in your Bible.
00:32:29.91\00:32:32.41
Oh, yeah, we got
to back to Chapter 12.
00:32:32.41\00:32:34.52
Chapter 12, Verse 10.
00:32:34.52\00:32:36.45
In the Greek, it's megale
phone. So this is really loud.
00:32:36.52\00:32:40.46
This is big stuff.
When megale phone appears --
00:32:40.46\00:32:42.56
those two words in the Greek,
you know it, this is huge.
00:32:42.56\00:32:45.79
Oh, I love
that. "Now have come."
00:32:49.36\00:32:52.17
Scholars believe that these
words are sung the moment the
00:32:52.17\00:32:57.04
crucified, buried, risen Jesus
ascends back to Heaven and is
00:32:57.04\00:33:02.18
enthroned, in Chapter 5, on the
throne of the universe, all of
00:33:02.18\00:33:07.38
Heaven sings these words.
The 24 Elders, they sing these
00:33:07.38\00:33:12.19
words. Oh, I
love that, because of
00:33:12.19\00:33:14.62
Calvary. "Now have come."
00:33:14.62\00:33:16.39
You know what Jesus said
on Calvary in the English?
00:33:16.39\00:33:19.26
"It is finished." This
is to match the English
00:33:19.26\00:33:22.70
"It is
finished." "It is finished."
00:33:22.70\00:33:25.20
"Now have come."
"It is finished."
00:33:25.20\00:33:27.34
"Now have come." What is it?
00:33:27.34\00:33:29.44
What is it, this
megale phone announcement?
00:33:29.44\00:33:33.01
So somebody in
Heaven is singing this.
00:33:46.32\00:33:49.36
Hallelujah!
He's down! He's down!
00:33:56.10\00:33:59.40
Calvary! He's down! He's down.
00:33:59.40\00:34:03.74
This last week, I was talking
with a young man who got sucked
00:34:03.74\00:34:09.34
into drug culture in our
little corner of the world.
00:34:09.34\00:34:14.25
Started off with a little bit of
weed, then prescription drugs --
00:34:14.25\00:34:18.45
not his own. Then meth.
00:34:18.45\00:34:20.52
Before he knew
it, he was hooked.
00:34:20.52\00:34:23.63
But in moments of sobriety, the
voice of God would speak to him
00:34:23.63\00:34:28.50
and call him away
from that bondage.
00:34:28.50\00:34:31.57
"You don't want this. You
don't need this. Come to me.
00:34:31.57\00:34:35.97
I'll set you free. But
I need you to want Me."
00:34:35.97\00:34:39.74
And he told me, as I'm sitting
there listen to him, that, just
00:34:39.74\00:34:44.51
like that, that gator
in the grass shows up.
00:34:44.51\00:34:48.05
And I scribbled it
down, what he told me, okay?
00:34:48.05\00:34:51.82
Then I would hear this
other voice, a harsh voice of
00:34:51.82\00:34:54.72
accusation. "You
can't go back now!
00:34:54.72\00:34:57.09
Look at you!
You're hopeless addicted!
00:34:57.09\00:34:59.76
I mean, how many times have you
asked God to deliver you, and He
00:34:59.76\00:35:02.40
hasn't, now has he? He
has not delivered you."
00:35:02.40\00:35:04.23
"You might as
well give up, girl.
00:35:04.23\00:35:05.63
"You might as
well give up, boy."
00:35:05.63\00:35:08.70
You ever heard
that voice before?
00:35:08.70\00:35:11.07
Oh, I have. "You know why?
00:35:11.07\00:35:15.58
Because you're a loser!
O-L -- Loser. That's you.
00:35:15.58\00:35:19.68
And God doesn't want
losers hanging around Him!
00:35:19.68\00:35:23.15
So you might as well give up.
That's why God's never answered
00:35:23.15\00:35:25.59
your prayer. You're a loser!
00:35:25.59\00:35:26.89
If you had been stronger, you'd
have been healed by now, but,
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.46
no, you're not
healed. You're a loser.
00:35:29.46\00:35:31.19
Loser, loser,
loser, loser, loser!"
00:35:31.19\00:35:33.60
That's the way
the accuser works!
00:35:33.60\00:35:35.96
When this boy is telling
me this, tears are in my eyes
00:35:35.96\00:35:40.47
because I'm a personal
eyewitness to the battle, and
00:35:40.47\00:35:44.81
I'm saying to myself, "I cannot
believe the brutalization of the
00:35:44.81\00:35:50.01
enemy over every
victim he holds."
00:35:50.01\00:35:54.62
I just was --
You've heard that voice.
00:35:54.62\00:36:00.72
I've heard that voice.
That voice is a killer.
00:36:00.72\00:36:04.83
But I'm here to tell you, by the
authority of God's word of the
00:36:04.83\00:36:08.13
verse I just read
that that voice is a liar!
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.57
>> Amen! >> He is a liar!
00:36:10.57\00:36:13.10
You are not a loser! You
are the object of the savior
00:36:13.10\00:36:17.34
of the universe who picked you
out before you born and said,
00:36:17.34\00:36:21.24
"I want that girl
in My house one day.
00:36:21.24\00:36:23.88
I want that boy
in My house one day.
00:36:23.88\00:36:26.41
Mark him,
Gabriel. Mark her, Gabriel.
00:36:26.41\00:36:29.12
That's my child.
I've chosen her."
00:36:29.12\00:36:30.95
>> Amen! >> "I've chosen her.
00:36:30.95\00:36:34.32
I'm not gonna lose her.
And that voice of the sweet God
00:36:34.32\00:36:38.06
of the beautiful woman
is whispering to you, "Don't
00:36:38.06\00:36:42.03
believe it. Don't
believe it, it's not true.
00:36:42.03\00:36:45.57
I love you. You are not a loser.
00:36:45.57\00:36:48.54
You're my girl. You're my boy.
And you're coming home with me
00:36:48.54\00:36:53.58
one day. Stick
with me! Stay with me.
00:36:53.58\00:36:56.14
I have to have
your permission now.
00:36:56.14\00:36:59.95
Wow. What you
have just read in that
00:36:59.95\00:37:05.39
one line, that announcement from
Heaven, exposes the nakedness of
00:37:05.39\00:37:10.09
the devil's modus operandi.
It's bankrupt, he's lying.
00:37:10.09\00:37:15.36
But he has so many
believing his voice now.
00:37:15.36\00:37:17.20
They give up, they throw in the
towel, they hoist the white flag
00:37:17.20\00:37:19.77
of surrender. "I
give up. All right."
00:37:19.77\00:37:21.40
"You always wanted to live
this way anyway, didn't you?
00:37:21.40\00:37:23.67
You always want
it, now you have it.
00:37:23.67\00:37:25.24
You don't have to
have a conscience now.
00:37:25.24\00:37:26.98
You don't have to
feel bad now. I got you.
00:37:26.98\00:37:29.14
I'll take good
care of you, girl.
00:37:29.14\00:37:30.98
I'll take good care of
you, boy. Just stay with me."
00:37:30.98\00:37:33.65
Liar. Liar. Jesus,
when He cries out from
00:37:33.65\00:37:37.65
that centered cross -- "It
is finished" is announcing.
00:37:37.65\00:37:40.76
"Now has come!" And
put it on the screen again.
00:37:40.76\00:37:43.53
Do you see what's come
now, thanks to Calvary?
00:37:43.53\00:37:46.80
Number one. Number two.
00:37:48.50\00:37:51.10
Number three. It has
all come now, and you got
00:37:51.10\00:37:58.64
it. It's all on your side.
00:37:58.64\00:38:00.44
>> Amen! >> "Now have come!"
00:38:00.44\00:38:04.38
Oh, I tell you what, that was
such a great song that you led
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.18
us in, Nick.
Nice to have you back.
00:38:07.18\00:38:09.15
A moment ago. This is the song,
00:38:09.15\00:38:10.99
"In Christ Alone," but
lookit. "No power of hell..."
00:38:10.99\00:38:15.22
"No power of
hell, no scheme of man
00:38:15.22\00:38:18.19
Can ever pluck me from His hand
Till He returns or calls me home
00:38:18.19\00:38:23.10
Here in the power of
Christ I'll stand" --
00:38:23.10\00:38:26.47
He's a liar! The
accuser is a liar.
00:38:26.47\00:38:32.74
[ Laughter ] That's
all Jesus needed to say,
00:38:32.74\00:38:35.98
and that's all I need to
say. [ Laughter continues ]
00:38:35.98\00:38:38.41
Satan is a defeated foe.
He lost at Calvary, but he
00:38:38.41\00:38:42.72
desperately needs you
not to believe that he lost.
00:38:42.72\00:38:47.19
Hence the toothless
roar of this gutless dragon.
00:38:47.19\00:38:53.36
I've got what you're gonna say
to Satan next time he comes to
00:38:53.36\00:38:55.73
you. When you
dial that 911 to Jesus,
00:38:55.73\00:38:57.27
I have the exact words, I'm
gonna put them on the screen for
00:38:57.27\00:38:59.63
you. You're
gonna want to jot this
00:38:59.63\00:39:01.17
down. It's the Little Classics
00:39:01.17\00:39:02.50
Steps to
Christ, pages 34 and 35.
00:39:02.50\00:39:03.94
Okay, so jot this because you're
gonna put this on a little note
00:39:03.94\00:39:06.41
card and carry it around in your
office and in your home and your
00:39:06.41\00:39:08.94
door room, or
wherever. This is a great quote.
00:39:08.94\00:39:10.81
Put on the screen, please.
00:39:10.81\00:39:13.08
And he does it to all of us.
00:39:17.09\00:39:19.02
911! 911! The dragon is here!
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.30
Just look up to the light.
When you look to the light,
00:39:29.30\00:39:33.30
suddenly, it's not dark anymore.
The accuser always brings
00:39:33.30\00:39:38.07
darkness. Jesus is
the light of the world.
00:39:38.07\00:39:40.58
Look up to the light.
Keep going, because here comes
00:39:40.58\00:39:43.51
the action words
you're gonna use.
00:39:43.51\00:39:46.58
Hey, yo! Yo,
dragon! You're right!
00:39:50.75\00:39:56.32
You're trying to
prove something to me?
00:39:56.32\00:39:59.16
I acknowledge that."
Acknowledge your sin.
00:39:59.16\00:40:02.30
Keep reading.
00:40:02.30\00:40:04.23
Now here are your
words. Quoting 1 Timothy 1:15.
00:40:05.27\00:40:08.87
"You got it right! I
am a sinner, but I got it
00:40:12.54\00:40:15.28
right. Christ
Jesus came to save me,
00:40:15.28\00:40:17.28
so I'm saved!
Accusing voice, I'm saved."
00:40:17.28\00:40:19.71
And, by the way, the rest of
that 1 Timothy 1:15 goes like
00:40:19.71\00:40:23.12
this. Paul said,
"Christ Jesus came
00:40:23.12\00:40:25.39
into the world to save sinners
who I am the worst," in the NIV.
00:40:25.39\00:40:29.06
"I am the worst sinner,
so go ahead, lay it on me!
00:40:29.06\00:40:31.29
Tell me some more!
What else did I do?"
00:40:31.29\00:40:33.80
What else did I do yesterday?
Tell me what I'm gonna do
00:40:33.80\00:40:36.87
tomorrow. He can't.
00:40:36.87\00:40:39.83
I bet that drives
him crazy. [ Laughter ]
00:40:39.83\00:40:43.67
Tell me! I am a
sinner, but Jesus died
00:40:43.67\00:40:48.34
for me. Oh, brother.
00:40:48.34\00:40:52.11
911, get this gator out
of here. Back to the weeds.
00:40:52.11\00:40:57.42
Look, keep reading.
00:40:57.42\00:40:59.35
You got to remember that.
The closer you get to the love
00:41:01.56\00:41:11.63
of God, you'll figure it out.
00:41:11.63\00:41:13.94
End quote.
Listen, listen, ladies and
00:41:27.92\00:41:30.72
gentlemen, the
devil has no addiction.
00:41:30.72\00:41:32.62
Has no addiction
that Jesus cannot crush.
00:41:32.62\00:41:35.82
That's gonna be a
battle till the last day.
00:41:35.82\00:41:37.89
All addictions are a
battle till the last day.
00:41:37.89\00:41:40.06
Once addicted, you know,
you're gonna live with that.
00:41:40.06\00:41:42.70
But that doesn't mean you have
to fall day after day after day.
00:41:42.70\00:41:46.30
No, no, no, no,
no. We are blood.
00:41:46.30\00:41:50.17
Oh, I got to show you this.
No addiction, no temptation,
00:41:50.17\00:41:54.88
mnh-mnh, can withstand
the crimson power of Calvary.
00:41:54.88\00:41:58.71
So that's the other
verse, then I'll sit down.
00:41:58.71\00:42:00.78
Verse 11. Okay,
put this on the screen
00:42:00.78\00:42:03.02
because I put a
little annotations there.
00:42:03.02\00:42:04.72
Who are the they? The remnant,
00:42:04.72\00:42:08.12
the last exiles on Earth.
They triumphed, or overcame, or
00:42:08.12\00:42:11.33
conquered him. Who's the him?
00:42:11.33\00:42:13.29
The accusing
but defeated dragon.
00:42:13.29\00:42:15.43
They triumphed over him by the
blood the Lamb -- code language
00:42:15.43\00:42:19.10
for Calvary.
What's their testimony?
00:42:19.10\00:42:23.07
"Christ Jesus came into the
world to save sinners, of whom I
00:42:23.07\00:42:25.57
am the worst!" Do
you understand that?
00:42:25.57\00:42:27.08
"I already know this.
You're not telling me a thing!"
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By the word of their testimony,
they overcome the killer, the
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accuser. Oh, keep
reading because there's
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more.
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The last exiles.
Devil, I'm talking to you.
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You can go ahead
and decapitate me.
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Go ahead. I don't
need this head anymore,
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anyway. You can take it off!
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I know whom I have believed, and
I know He is able to keep that
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which I have committed
unto Him until that day.
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I may die. You may hear one day.
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"That's a little bump in
the ground, that old Dwight boy.
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He's gone." But I tell you what,
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I win. You
lose, Devil. You lose.
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Take my head. They
did not shrink from death.
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No. There will
be a band of exiles
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at the end. Not all
of the exiles will end
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up that way. But
it'll be an end game you'll
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never forget. Till
Jesus just wipes that
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memory and says,
"Isn't it great to be home?
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Forget it." And
we'll forget it all.
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Heaven is cheap
enough. [ Sighs ]
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You lost, Devil.
Because by His grace, I am His
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forever and ever, Amen. Amen.
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And, by the way, that
young man, saved in Jesus.
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You say, "How do
you know that, Dwight?"
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Because I heard him pray this
week for prayer and exile, set
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free in Christ. Amen.
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I'm gonna pray
right now. Oh, God...
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This is the good
news. We the exiles.
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Motley band, we are.
But the beautiful woman,
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oh, she's our mother.
And we live in the closing
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of the great narrative. And
it's possible some here will
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pay the supreme price in
sacrifice for their testimony on
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your behalf. Oh, God,
we're not anticipating
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trouble, but if you ever need
a testimony from our lips, you
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give it to us. Jesus
said, "Don't you even
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worry about what you're
gonna say because at that very
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split-second, the Spirit of
my Father will give it to you."
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Luke 12:11. While
you're standing there.
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So we're not worried, Jesus.
It would be an honor to live for
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You. And if we
had to die for You,
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it would be an honor, as
well.' But in this group, this
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gathering of exiles, dear God,
this is the end of this little
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series. Not for you.
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I need to make a call right now.
I haven't gotten to the connect
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card yet, but I want to
give an invitation right now.
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There's a man here that needs
to clarify his stand with You.
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I don't know, but You know.
Call that man right now to take
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the stand as an exile, as
a King of Kings and beautiful
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woman. There's a
woman here battling
00:46:02.86\00:46:06.53
the voice of the accuser,
who keeps taking her down and
00:46:06.53\00:46:12.27
rubbing her face in
it. He is no friend.
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He's a foe. But he's defeated.
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Father, I pray for that
woman, I pray for that man.
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I pray for that young adult.
I pray for that senior citizen.
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We're exiles. And
what Jesus has done for us
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can never be taken away
for the rest of eternity.
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"Now have come!"
Salvation and power.
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The kingdom of our God and
the authority of His Messiah.
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So, in that good news, call that
man, call that woman to make a
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decision right now and stand
to his feet, stand to her feet.
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It's a quiet
decision. But you call for them.
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And in the
standing... In the standing...
00:46:55.94\00:47:02.62
May the power of the mighty
third person of the God had just
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sweeped into that heart and
mind fresh for this new day.
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So while every head is
still bowed in prayer...
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I want to give an invitation
to those who would like to stand
00:47:17.90\00:47:22.50
right now. Not
asking you to come to the
00:47:22.50\00:47:26.51
front. Not asking
you put your hand on
00:47:26.51\00:47:30.61
a Bible and swear that you'll
never make a mistake again.
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You may be in the choir.
Spiritual people, religious
00:47:36.02\00:47:40.76
people are particularly
the victims of a dragon.
00:47:40.76\00:47:45.23
Particularly, particularly.
If your heart right now saying,
00:47:45.23\00:47:50.77
"I just need to take a stand,
like Shadrach, Meshach, and
00:47:50.77\00:47:56.30
Abednego, I'm
just gonna be in exile.
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I'm just gonna take that stand.
This is not a call for general
00:47:58.17\00:48:02.98
rededication. But I
want to invite you to
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stand. Up in the
end of the balcony, on
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these wings on the
side, in the choir.
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It doesn't matter.
We're all exiles here.
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We all have issues,
trust me. WE all have issues.
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But God never gives up on
us. God never gives up on us.
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Because Calvary has seen His
choice of you and His choice of
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me. And so if you
would like to take
00:48:28.77\00:48:33.24
this moment -- you're
not doing this for me.
00:48:33.24\00:48:37.98
You're doing it for God,
but you're really doing it for
00:48:37.98\00:48:41.48
yourself and saying, "I need to
go on record to myself," and God
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will honor that. God
bless you who are standing.
00:48:45.49\00:48:48.62
God bless you.
It's a great day for the
00:48:48.62\00:48:51.86
Kingdom of Heaven and
you. I'm proud of you.
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Some of you are
still resting with it.
00:48:55.36\00:48:57.37
"I don't know.
Just as soon not saying
00:48:57.37\00:48:59.37
anything about
myself by standing.
00:48:59.37\00:49:01.27
What are people gonna think?"
Oh, I know those thoughts.
00:49:01.27\00:49:04.77
Yeah, you may be too sensitive
to have to show somebody that
00:49:04.77\00:49:09.24
you really need
to take this stand.
00:49:09.24\00:49:12.08
God understand your heart.
He knows how you're composed.
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And I'm gonna make
this easier for you now.
00:49:16.95\00:49:19.12
Because I'm gonna ask the others
to stand, and when they're
00:49:19.12\00:49:21.59
standing, you're gonna stand
with them, just look like this
00:49:21.59\00:49:24.03
is general rededication
Nobody will know that you just
00:49:24.03\00:49:26.29
made a decision with Jesus.
And He has taken that decision,
00:49:26.29\00:49:30.00
and he's sealed
it. "You're my man.
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You're my girl, my woman."
Lord, I'm with you always, even
00:49:33.10\00:49:37.71
to the end of the age.
I'll never leave you, boy.
00:49:37.71\00:49:40.91
Girl, I'll never
leave you. Stay with me.
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The accuser? [
Scoffs ] He'll be back.
00:49:43.18\00:49:46.01
Probably as soon as
you walk out of here.
00:49:46.01\00:49:48.08
He's that dumb.
But you stay with me.
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You stay with me. All
right? So you want to make that
00:49:52.79\00:49:57.09
silently, nobody will
know you're making it.
00:49:57.09\00:49:59.06
Because I want to invite
everybody here to rededicate
00:49:59.06\00:50:02.56
their lives to Jesus
right now. Stand to your feet.
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You want to rededicate your life
to Jesus, then stand to your
00:50:05.60\00:50:08.54
feet. In the back, in the front.
00:50:08.54\00:50:11.64
On the sides.
Oh, God, here we are.
00:50:11.64\00:50:18.88
Exiles. Thank you
for calling for this
00:50:18.88\00:50:22.52
moment because you needed this
moment, and we trust everybody
00:50:22.52\00:50:27.16
who has stood for
whatever reasons he has stood.
00:50:27.16\00:50:30.93
We trust them all to you.
We put all of our lives in Your
00:50:30.93\00:50:35.40
hands. Mother,
beautiful mother that we
00:50:35.40\00:50:38.73
are children of,
don't let us fail You now.
00:50:38.73\00:50:43.71
We've got to stand for this,
and it's gonna get tougher.
00:50:43.71\00:50:47.84
Just keep your ears
open, watch what's happening.
00:50:47.84\00:50:51.55
It's gonna get tougher.
But, oh, God, You've made
00:50:51.55\00:50:55.55
provision. This is
gonna be Your greatest
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.09
hour. And we are humble, weak,
00:50:58.09\00:51:02.16
fallible
children, but we are exiles.
00:51:02.16\00:51:06.39
Like Daniel and Esther
and Shadrach and Meshach and
00:51:06.39\00:51:09.93
Abednego, the little Jewish
maiden and Jonah, we are exiles,
00:51:09.93\00:51:14.07
but we stand before
you. Seal our hearts.
00:51:14.07\00:51:18.24
Seal this decision.
We pray in Jesus' name.
00:51:18.24\00:51:22.81
Amen. >> Amen.
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>> I don't know what God is
00:54:45.68\00:54:57.03
needing to restore in your
life, but that's the good news.
00:54:57.03\00:55:01.26
Whatever the devil has taken,
the Bible has said, "What the
00:55:01.26\00:55:04.73
locust has taken,
God has restored."
00:55:04.73\00:55:07.00
>> Amen. >> He'll
make it up to you.
00:55:07.00\00:55:09.17
You've lost
some years, have you?
00:55:09.17\00:55:11.17
You have. Is that a point of
00:55:11.17\00:55:14.84
consternation? It is not.
00:55:14.84\00:55:17.05
God has you now. You
stood. I saw you. You stood.
00:55:17.05\00:55:22.78
And because you
stood, God restores.
00:55:22.78\00:55:25.69
He'll make it up to you.
You'll never be the same again.
00:55:25.69\00:55:28.46
I want you to stand
again. We're gonna pray now.
00:55:28.46\00:55:32.16
I'm gonna read to you a
beautiful prayer here in the
00:55:32.16\00:55:36.56
Apocalypse for the exiles.
Oh, this is a beautiful prayer.
00:55:36.56\00:55:40.37
God restores. Thank
you, singers, musicians.
00:55:40.37\00:55:45.94
God restores. And
that good news will follow
00:55:45.94\00:55:50.55
us through an entire new
week, all way till next Sabbath.
00:55:50.55\00:55:54.62
Yeah. But here's
this prayer, and I'm
00:55:54.62\00:55:57.55
gonna pray it in your
presence. A prayer for exiles.
00:55:57.55\00:56:01.39
"Now to Him who loves us and has
freed us from our sins by His
00:56:01.39\00:56:06.90
blood and has made us to be a
kingdom and priest who serve His
00:56:06.90\00:56:12.37
God and Father, through Him
the glory and power forever and
00:56:12.37\00:56:17.64
ever..." Let all
God's people say --
00:56:17.64\00:56:21.14
>> Amen. >> And amen.
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00:56:57.31\00:56:59.58
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