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>> Good morning, saints.
We're gonna start our praise
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with singing a traditional
African greeting song.
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I'm gonna sing it through once,
and then I'm gonna invite you to
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join in with me. This
is a time where we want to
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give you the opportunity to wave
and say hello to your neighbor.
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Amen? I know
we're social distancing,
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but we can still say hello. [
"Good Morning, Jesus" begins ]
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[ "The Lion and
the Lamb" begins ] ¤¤
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God is King. Amen? >> Amen.
>> And not only is He King, He's
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our Savior. And He wants to
be not just the Savior for the
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world but the Savior for each
individual's personal story --
so much so that He will cover
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your past, He will cover all of
your brokenness and even invite
you into His Father's house.
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He has prepared a place for
you and for me. And so I want to
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invite you to sing with us "Who
You Say I Am." "Who You Say I
Am." [ "Who You Say I Am" begins
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] I'm gonna invite you to
stand as we sing this one.
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¤¤ >> Hey, Sis,
Dad, Mom! Come on!
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"Children's Story" is
on! >> Hello, boys and girls.
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Happy Sabbath,
and welcome to church.
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Today I'm gonna tell you a
story, but it's a different kind
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of story, and I need
you to listen very careful.
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This is a parable, and I'm
going to try to use a number of
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different references to
different things that you're
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gonna find in the Bible.
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And, hopefully, those of you who
are older will be able to see
how many of those connections
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you can find. And then I'm
trying to connect it to Pastor
Dwight's sermon, so
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we'll see how all the pieces fit
together. If you're younger, I
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want to invite you just to
follow along and enjoy the
story. Today's story is about a
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little girl, and her name was
Elizabeth, and she had a brother
by the name of Thomas, and
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Thomas had a twin. And their mom
-- Thomas and Elizabeth and his
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twin -- her twin, his twin --
lived in a big stone house that
their great-great-grandparents
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had built on a big rock on the
side of a mountain. Their
mother's name was Shalom.
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And the three of them were
waiting for something very, very
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special. Their older brother,
Joshua, had gone on a long trip
to go and do some very important
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work with their dad, and he had
promised them that he would come
back to get them all and that
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there could be a big storm that
would come before he came back.
So they were waiting in the big
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brick house that was built
on the rock on the side of the
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mountain. They lived in a town
that had people from all over
the world there, with a big
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factory that made cars that ran
on electricity. And the people
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were saying that these cars were
going to help to change the
world for the better. They
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didn't know that the storm was
coming. So they worked every
day, and they came from all over
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the world, and they had funny
names from different countries,
and they worked in different
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parts of this factory. And so
Elizabeth and Thomas and his
brother, they went to school
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and they made friends with all
kinds of people -- people that
spoke different languages -- and
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they loved their friends. They
also loved to go walking around
in the neighborhood
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because it was a rural area and
there were all different kinds
of animals like dogs, and cows
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that went [Moos] And sheep that
went [Bleating] And even a pig
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or two that went [Grunting and
squealing] And when they heard
the pigs squealing, they would
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giggle and think, "What a silly
sound that pigs make." Every
morning they would wake
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up, and they would hear
the rooster crow. [ Crowing ]
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And they knew it was time to go
and do their chores and help
their mom and clean the house
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before they went to school.
Well, one day their mom said,
"You're not going to school
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today because there's reports
of a big storm." So they decided
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that they would stay at home,
and they watched the dark clouds
rolling in, and they heard the
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[Whooshing] wind blowing around
the mountaintops, and they saw
the clouds billowing in the sky.
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And it got more and more ominous
and dark. And then suddenly they
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heard a deep rumbling sound
[Rumbling] in the distance, and
they saw a flash of lightning,
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and they knew that the storm
that their brother Joshua had
told them about was coming.
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But it wasn't there yet. It was
still a long way off. They lived
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in a little town along a river,
and they thought to themselves,
"We should invite our friends to
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come into our house because our
house is built on a rock on the
side of the mountain."
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And so they started calling. And
so Elizabeth called her friend
Shakira, and she said,
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"Shakira, I want to invite you
to come into our house because a
big storm is coming, and I want
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you to come and be safe
with us." And Shakira said, "Oh,
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sure. I'll come. Let me just
see if my mom can come too."
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And so her and her mom ran up
the street and around the
corner, and they took the steps
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up to the house, and they
knocked on the door. [ Knocking
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] And they opened the door, and
they said, "Come on in, come on
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in." Thomas said, "I've got a
friend whose name is Christian,
and I'm gonna call him."
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And so he called Christian,
and Christian said, "I'm just a
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little sleepy. I spent the whole
night sleeping and a whole night
watching Facebook and Instagram.
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I'm too sleepy to come." And
so he didn't come. And then they
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called their friend Hideki, and
Hideki said, "Of course I'll
come." He came over to the house
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with his parents, and they
stayed inside. And then they
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called another friend and
another friend and another
friend. And then one of their
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friends said, "I've got a friend
too," and they invited that
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friend to come. And they waited,
and the storm got worse and it
started raining buckets.
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[ Whooshing and rumbling ] They
looked out the window, and they
called one more friend, and
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they got their flashlights, and
they were holding it by the
window so that their friend
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could see the house, and they
heard the knock on the door. And
then they waited for their
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brother Joshua to come back. And
they waited, and the storm got
worse and worse, and the
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river started rising. And soon
the homes in the valley started
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to disappear. Then, as they were
waiting and wondering when --
like, it seemed it was the worst
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time -- all of a sudden the sky
opened up just long enough, and
they looked up, and there was a
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massive helicopter with
two propellers. [ Whirring ]
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And it came down to the side of
the mountain where the house
was, and they heard a voice from
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their big brother Joshua.
He said, "Come on over to the
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helicopter! Come quickly!" And
they all ran over to the house,
and they got on the
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helicopter, and they were taken
away with their friends from all
around the world that they had
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called. Some of them didn't want
to come, but the ones who came
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were safe, and they went in the
helicopter with Joshua to the
place where their dad was
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working, safe, far away from the
storm. So that's the end of the
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story. I'm gonna invite you to
think about, what are the
parallels that we learned from
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in the Bible and that you see in
Pastor Dwight's sermon that may
be speaking to the good news
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that Jesus has promised to come
and take us back? Even though
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there's a terrible storm, He's
given us a safe house to stay
in, and I pray that you will put
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your trust in Jesus and stay
safe in His house until Jesus
comes to take us home.
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>> Dear Jesus, thank
you for this Holy Sabbath.
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I'd like to ask You to bless
all of those praying with us.
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Help the orphans and help the
poor and help those who have
never had a home before.
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And please help us all to pass
those trials and tests that we
ourselves, we face -- with
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spiritual tests and real tests,
trials that we all have in our
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life. Help us to pass them, and
while we are, to earn faith and
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patience. And please, Lord, when
we go to heaven and we take off
our masks of suffering, it will
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be a very great day, and it's
good to remember You here on
Earth this Sabbath while we
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escape this world of suffering
and see our new world with you.
In the name of Jesus. Amen.
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>> ¤ One day You'll make
everything new, Jesus ¤ ¤ One
day You will bind every
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wound ¤ ¤ The former
things shall all pass away ¤
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¤ No more tears >> ¤ One
day You'll make sense of it all,
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Jesus ¤ ¤ One day every question
resolved ¤ ¤ Every anxious
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thought left behind ¤ ¤ No more
fear >> ¤ When we all get to
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heaven ¤ What a day of rejoicing
that will be ¤ ¤ When we all see
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Jesus ¤ We'll sing and shout the
victory ¤ >> ¤ One day we will
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see face to face, Jesus ¤ ¤ Is
there a greater vision of grace
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¤ ¤ And in a moment, we
shall be changed ¤ ¤ On that day
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>> ¤ And one day we'll be
free, free indeed ¤ ¤ Jesus
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¤ One day all this struggle will
cease ¤ ¤ And we will see Your
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glory revealed ¤ ¤ On that
day ¤ When we all get to heaven
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¤ What a day of rejoicing
that will be ¤ ¤ When we all see
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Jesus ¤ We'll sing and shout the
victory ¤ ¤ When we all get to
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heaven ¤ What a day of rejoicing
that will be ¤ ¤ When we all see
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Jesus ¤ We'll sing
and shout the victory ¤
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¤ When we all get to heaven
¤ What a day of rejoicing that
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will be ¤ ¤ When we all see
Jesus ¤ We'll sing and shout the
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victory ¤ ¤ We'll sing and shout
the victory ¤ ¤ We'll sing and
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shout the victory ¤
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>> When we all get to heaven.
Did you hear little Ezra?
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I scribbled it
down just a moment ago.
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"When we go to heaven and take
off our masks of suffering."
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Did you hear that? I
don't know how old he is.
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9, 10, 11. That's
a line to take home.
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We'll take off these
masks of suffering one day.
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"How long is this
pandemic gonna last, Dwight?"
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"I have no idea."
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Nobody knows. But here we are on
the cusp of a brand-new year at
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Andrews University. I want
to ask you a simple question.
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If your house were burning down,
would you want me to warn you?
So you're inside, I'm walking
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outside, I see the flames. Would
you want me to warn you? >> Yes.
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>> Oh, but of course. If the
world were burning down, should
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we warn it? If America is
beginning to burn down, should
somebody say something?
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Somebody like you? "American
Apocalypse." A brand-new series
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that begins right now. Boy,
I wrestled long and hard this
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summer. With God. In
prayer. Do we go there?
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Do we really go there?
The moment you speak of this
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country... you're gonna move
into controversial realities.
And somebody's gonna stand up
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and say, "You can't say that."
But if the house is burning down
and you don't say anything,
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aren't we morally culpable if
we know? American Apocalypse in
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this season of the pandemic.
Here we are with our masks.
American Apocalypse in this
00:26:58.95\00:27:07.39
season of racial fracture
and class warfare. American
00:27:07.39\00:27:20.07
Apocalypse in this season of a
broken economy. All the
Band-Aids in the world won't
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save it. American Apocalypse in
this season of a conflicted
election. And let me tell you
00:27:28.78\00:27:36.28
something. It's not the election
we're worried about. It's the
day after the election
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that we're worried about. Isn't
that right? American Apocalypse
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and the remnant church that is
sound asleep, if not comatose,
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in the West. American
Apocalypse. Come to think of it,
that's why God gave prophecies
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in the first place -- to be a
warning. A halogen light shining
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down the pathway. We talked
about halogen lights last night
with the new students.
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Shining down the pathway,
saying, "Look out. Look out.
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It's coming." Are you
gonna say something about it?
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Am I gonna say something about
it, or do we just let it crash
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and burn? American Apocalypse.
Because the time is right. Let's
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pray. Oh, God. My,
oh, my. If not now, when?
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And if not prophecy, what? Here
we are with our masks,
physically distanced, but the
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Holy Spirit is within us. And
we're all connected through Him.
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We're not alone. Pastor
Jenifer's beautiful "Season of
00:29:09.18\00:29:12.45
Prayer" a moment ago -- We're
not alone. We're bound together.
Michelle having us wave to each
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other. "At least
somebody greeted me today."
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We're here. Gilbert
reminded us, "You got to pray."
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You got to pray. This is
the season of the prophecies.
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And so we are praying. Have at
it right now. We pray in Jesus'
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name. Amen. Open your Bible with
me, please, to the Apocalypse,
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the Bible's last book, the
Book of Revelation. Revelation
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chapter 1. The opening line.
We're together. There are two
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lines that you must get right
off the bat. Before we take
another step into these
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prophecies, two lines. You get
these two lines, and the
mysterious doors to the
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Apocalypse will open wide for
you. This is your journey. Your
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exploration. Your discovery. Two
lines. Here's line number one.
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Revelation 1:1. I'm in
the New International Version.
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"The revelation from Jesus
Christ..." Now, the Greek can be
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translated "The revelation of
Jesus Christ," revealing Jesus.
Or is it from Jesus?
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Is it about Jesus? It can go all
three ways. "The revelation of
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Jesus Christ -- from Jesus
Christ, which God gave him to
show his servants..."
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Well, who are His servants?
Anybody that follows Him. This
church is filled right now
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with servants. Livestreaming
-- servants watching.
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The servants of Jesus. So it
goes from God the Father to God
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the Son. Now, what does God the
Son do with it? "The revelation
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from Jesus Christ, which God
gave him to show his servants
what must soon take place.
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He made it known by sending his
angel to his servant John..."
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Do you know that Jesus has a
guardian angel? In fact when he
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came here as a little human
baby, that angel was assigned to
him the entire time he was here.
00:31:10.93\00:31:15.47
I happen to know the name of
that angel because that angel
shows up in the Book of Daniel,
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which is a twin book with
Revelation, and that angel is
unabashed to say, "My name is
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Gabriel." Some of you are named
Gabriel. "My name is Gabriel,
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man of God." This is the same
Gabriel. He's the prime minister
00:31:28.28\00:31:35.22
of the universe. Christ
Jesus our Lord is the King.
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He has a prime minister. "I
have an errand for you, Gabriel.
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Go!" So he sent it through
Gabriel, and who does it go to?
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It says he sent it to his
servant John. Which John is
00:31:45.93\00:31:48.80
this? This John Boy who's now
the elderly John. You look at
verse 9, he's on the
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isle of Patmos. Why is he on
Patmos? Because that's a penal
00:31:52.71\00:31:56.78
penitentiary Roman institution
of incarceration. He's in jail.
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For his faith. Read
verse 9. It's for his faith.
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And, by the way, Domitian is the
emperor in Rome, in the Roman
Empire at this moment.
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Domitian has already tried to
snuff out the witness of this
John Boy turned elderly John.
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He threw him in a boiling
cauldron of oil, tradition tells
us -- threw him in there.
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"Let's watch him burn." And he
just stood there. [ Chuckles ]
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Nothing happened. He finally
crawled back out, and they said,
"Dry the oil off of him."
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God did that in the Book of
Daniel -- put three boys in a
fiery furnace seven times
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hotter, and those boys just
stood there like nothing's going
00:32:37.22\00:32:41.09
on. Both books remind us that,
if you are a follower, if you
are a servant of the Most High
00:32:41.09\00:32:46.53
God, you have nothing to fear
for what's coming ahead. Now,
there's gonna be some stuff
00:32:46.53\00:32:50.63
that's gonna make us
tremble a bit. It ought to.
00:32:50.63\00:32:53.00
That's why it's a warning. But
you don't have to be afraid. So,
let's see -- it goes from
00:32:53.00\00:32:58.91
God the Father to God the Son,
God the Son to Gabriel, Gabriel
to John -- oh, and John at the
00:32:58.91\00:33:05.01
end of verse 1, to his servant
John -- verse 2 now -- "who
testifies to everything he
00:33:05.01\00:33:10.15
saw -- that is, the Word of
God and the testimony of Jesus
00:33:10.15\00:33:14.12
Christ." Now here it comes.
Verse 3. "Blessed is the one who
reads aloud the words of this
00:33:14.12\00:33:18.79
prophecy." Oh, I'll take
that blessing right now because
00:33:18.79\00:33:22.10
that's what I'm doing -- I'm
reading aloud the words of this
prophecy. You're gonna find out
00:33:22.10\00:33:26.00
in one split second that that's
you reading aloud to yourself.
00:33:26.00\00:33:29.60
"Blessed is the one who
reads aloud the words of this
00:33:29.64\00:33:32.91
prophecy, and blessed are those
who hear it and take to heart
00:33:32.91\00:33:36.61
what is written in it,
because the time is --" what?
00:33:36.61\00:33:39.88
"The time is...
"The time is near."
00:33:39.88\00:33:43.18
Come on, keep
that on the screen.
00:33:43.18\00:33:45.49
"Because...the...time...is
near."
00:33:45.49\00:33:49.79
Now, there's some scholars, God
bless them, that push this point
00:33:49.79\00:33:54.00
too far. "What
point are you talking
00:33:54.00\00:33:55.93
about, Dwight?" I'm
talking about the point that
00:33:55.93\00:33:57.43
says, "Listen, we know that
Revelation was written for the
00:33:57.43\00:33:59.23
first-century Christians because
they're the original readers.
00:33:59.23\00:34:02.04
Therefore, the Book of
Revelation has to make sense to
00:34:02.07\00:34:04.64
them." It does not have to make
sense to them. I read another
00:34:04.64\00:34:08.31
scholar this summer that says,
"Oh, whoa, whoa, whoa! Not so
00:34:08.31\00:34:11.88
fast. The Book of Revelation was
written for the last generation
of the human race."
00:34:11.88\00:34:16.82
Of course the first century read
it, but what do you think the
21st century is gonna do?
00:34:16.82\00:34:22.69
We're gonna read it, as well.
Why would it be especially for
the endgame generation?
00:34:22.69\00:34:28.00
Because they're the ones that
are gonna live through these
hairy, scary stories.
00:34:28.00\00:34:35.54
This was intended, in its
completeness, for one
generation, and it's the
00:34:35.54\00:34:40.58
generation that is the final
generation, and you can't tell
me and I can't tell you that
00:34:40.58\00:34:46.55
you're it or I'm it. But I'm
watching a house beginning to
00:34:46.55\00:34:53.42
burn -- "American Apocalypse."
Don't miss next week, whatever
00:34:53.42\00:34:58.96
you do. Yeah. The time is near.
Now, there's a generation that
was intended to get the whole
00:35:02.43\00:35:08.90
story, and you and I are part of
that generation right now. Hey,
let me tell you about
00:35:08.90\00:35:13.07
William Shakespeare, because if
you take honors class here at
Andrews University, you'll read
00:35:13.07\00:35:17.35
some of Shakespeare's plays.
"The Tempest." Honors students
00:35:17.35\00:35:23.62
particularly, you might remember
this line if you've already
taken the class. What did
00:35:23.62\00:35:28.59
Shakespeare write? That "what is
past is prologue." So, here's
the deal. That's true about
00:35:28.59\00:35:34.23
prophecy. What happens back here
is a huge clue as to what's
gonna happen up here.
00:35:34.23\00:35:39.20
What's happened behind us is
a clue to what's gonna happen
00:35:39.20\00:35:42.77
ahead of us. You're gonna, in
this -- You're gonna run into
all kinds of strange stuff, but
00:35:42.77\00:35:47.24
you're gonna run into a woman
who's drunk. She's called a
prostitute. She's called a whore
00:35:47.24\00:35:51.65
in some of your translations.
And you know what she's drunk
00:35:51.65\00:35:54.58
with? She's drunk with the
blood of God's friends. Can you
00:35:54.58\00:35:58.99
believe that? She's drunk with
the blood [Gasps] of God's
friends. And if what is past is
00:35:58.99\00:36:06.36
prologue, what has happened
behind us -- ohh -- is gonna
happen in front of us.
00:36:06.36\00:36:13.54
Yeah. Warning -- the
house is burning down.
00:36:13.54\00:36:21.74
Whoa. Yeah, make no mistake
about it, this book is for you.
00:36:21.74\00:36:25.81
This book is really for you.
[ Tapping book ] Alright, read
00:36:25.81\00:36:33.05
verse 1 again because we got to
get this. Verse 1. "The
Revelation from --" of,
00:36:33.05\00:36:36.99
about -- "Jesus Christ, which
God gave him to show his
servants what must soon take
00:36:36.99\00:36:41.73
place." How does it read in the
Greek? It reads, "The Revelation
00:36:41.73\00:36:45.00
--" the apokalupsis, the
apokalupsis. That means "the
00:36:45.00\00:36:48.90
unveiling," pull the -- you
know, they're unveiling a new
car model, they take that cloth
00:36:48.90\00:36:54.11
off and -- [ Exhales deeply ]
That's what's happening here, an
00:36:54.11\00:36:58.95
unveiling. Of what? The end-time
events? What does it say?
00:36:58.95\00:37:01.35
The unveiling of what? It's
the unveiling of the Lord Jesus
00:37:01.35\00:37:05.79
Christ. That's the unveiling
taking place. I want to tell you
00:37:05.79\00:37:09.82
something, newbie reader of
Revelation. What you're gonna be
looking for is a portrait of
00:37:09.82\00:37:15.43
Jesus. This book is all about
Jesus -- hands down, from stem
to stern, cover to cover.
00:37:15.43\00:37:21.77
It's about Him. And if, in my
teaching, I neglect to point Him
00:37:21.77\00:37:29.44
out, I am praying to God
already, "Send the Holy Spirit
immediately to cover for me and
00:37:29.44\00:37:35.88
show her, show him the picture
of Jesus that, at this moment,
is extremely personal to you."
00:37:35.88\00:37:41.96
Do you need power? On the eve
of this new year, do you need
00:37:41.96\00:37:45.96
power? You are going to be
introduced to a Jesus with all
the power in the universe.
00:37:45.96\00:37:49.83
There is nothing
that can stand in His way.
00:37:49.83\00:37:52.97
Do you need hope in
this season of the pandemic?
00:37:53.00\00:37:56.77
[ Chuckles ] You're gonna meet a
Jesus in the Apocalypse who will
00:37:56.77\00:38:00.61
have all the hope, the hope
of what's even ahead when we all
00:38:00.61\00:38:05.78
get to heaven. What
a day of rejoicing that
00:38:05.78\00:38:09.85
will be, when we all see
Jesus. We'll sing and shout the
00:38:09.85\00:38:17.19
victory.
Everything you need, you're
00:38:17.19\00:38:19.39
gonna find in Jesus,
the Jesus of the Apocalypse.
00:38:19.39\00:38:22.20
So don't run from
this, whatever you do.
00:38:22.20\00:38:24.60
Grab it.
00:38:24.60\00:38:25.70
"The revelation of..."
Put that on the screen there.
00:38:29.27\00:38:32.04
"Revelation of..."
"Revelation from..."
00:38:32.04\00:38:35.34
I'm gonna skip one.
Go to the next line.
00:38:35.34\00:38:38.48
"The revelation of, the
revelation from, the revelation
about Jesus Christ."
00:38:38.51\00:38:44.99
That's line one. You got to
get this. There are two lines.
00:38:44.99\00:38:47.32
If you get the two lines, the
mysterious doors of Revelation
will open for you in your
00:38:47.32\00:38:51.63
private reading, alright?
There's line one. Let's go to
00:38:51.63\00:38:55.03
line two. So now we go to the
literary middle of the book. The
heart of the book is
00:38:55.03\00:38:58.80
Revelation chapter 12, alright?
So now we're jumping down the
00:38:58.80\00:39:04.37
pike here. Revelation chapter
12. Let's begin in verse 7.
"Then war --" Whew!
00:39:04.37\00:39:10.58
War broke out. Guess where.
Guess where war broke out. Long
before it broke out in your
00:39:10.58\00:39:16.52
mom and dad's marriage, long
before it broke out in the
office where you work, long
00:39:16.52\00:39:20.79
before it broke out in the
dormitory where you live, long
before war broke out in that
00:39:20.79\00:39:25.19
relationship that has crushed
your heart, long before it broke
out on earth, it broke out in
00:39:25.19\00:39:30.07
God's home. I have parents who
sit in my office and they are
00:39:30.07\00:39:34.24
weeping. "Dwight, what have we
done? We made a mistake. Our
child has run away from
00:39:34.24\00:39:40.01
God." You know what I have
to say to those parents every
00:39:40.01\00:39:43.58
single time? "I know your heart
is broken. I want to remind you,
however, there is a perfect
00:39:43.58\00:39:47.65
parent in this universe who lost
one third of his family in a
00:39:47.65\00:39:51.82
perfect home." Go figure. God
knows what war's all about. It
has wounded Him to the core.
00:39:51.82\00:39:57.66
He will carry secret wounds for
the rest of eternity. He knows
00:39:57.66\00:40:02.70
what you're going through. "War
broke out in heaven. Michael --"
00:40:02.70\00:40:07.37
oh, that's the apocalyptic name
for Christ before he was a baby
Jesus. "Michael and his angels
00:40:07.37\00:40:12.04
fought against the dragon, and
the dragon and his angels fought
00:40:12.04\00:40:15.28
back. And he --" the dragon --
"was not strong enough --"
hallelujah, amen -- "and they
00:40:15.28\00:40:19.35
lost their place in heaven. That
great dragon was hurled down --
that ancient serpent
00:40:19.35\00:40:23.55
called the devil, or Satan, who
leads the whole world astray. He
was hurled to the earth..."
00:40:23.55\00:40:29.32
Hit the pause button right
there. Because if line number 1
00:40:29.32\00:40:34.46
is the truth that Jesus is the
subject of the Apocalypse, line
number 2 is His defeat of Satan
00:40:34.46\00:40:42.50
is the focus of the Apocalypse.
You got to get both of those.
He's the subject of everything.
00:40:42.50\00:40:48.84
His defeat of Satan is the focus
of everything in the Book of
00:40:48.84\00:40:54.22
Revelation. You don't believe
me? "Oh, Dwight, you're just
00:40:54.22\00:40:57.22
making that up." Nope. Keep
reading. Pick it up in verse 9
again. "That great dragon was
00:40:57.22\00:41:02.99
hurled down -- that ancient
serpent called the devil, or
Satan, who leads the whole world
00:41:02.99\00:41:06.53
astray. He was hurled to the
earth, and his angels with him."
00:41:06.53\00:41:09.26
Now, come on, hold on, hold on.
Verse 10. "Then I heard a loud
00:41:09.26\00:41:13.23
voice --" megales phone. This
is a shout. This is a megaphone.
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.84
That's how it
reads in the Greek.
00:41:16.87\00:41:19.17
"I heard a megaphone in
heaven say: 'Now have come the
00:41:19.17\00:41:22.71
salvation and the power and
the kingdom of our God, and the
00:41:22.71\00:41:26.48
authority of His
Messiah --'" Christ.
00:41:26.48\00:41:29.05
"'For the accuser of our
brothers and sisters, who
00:41:29.05\00:41:32.35
accuses them before our God day
and night, has been hurled down.
00:41:32.35\00:41:36.96
And they --'" these
are the followers of Jesus.
00:41:36.96\00:41:39.63
"'They triumphed over him
--'" that's that wicked dragon.
00:41:39.63\00:41:42.63
"'They triumphed over him by
the blood of the Lamb --'" code
00:41:42.63\00:41:45.83
language for Calvary -- "'and by
the word of their testimony; for
00:41:45.83\00:41:49.30
they did not love their lives so
much as to shrink from death.'"
00:41:49.30\00:41:53.01
You remember that drunk woman?
She was drunk back there, she'll
00:41:53.01\00:41:55.68
be drunk again. That
line is gonna be important
00:41:55.68\00:41:57.78
to remember. When the
moment comes, you will
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.78
not shrink. You
will not shrink...
00:42:00.78\00:42:09.62
from what stands before
you. "'They did not shrink from
00:42:09.62\00:42:13.33
death.
Therefore --'" verse 12 --
00:42:13.33\00:42:15.73
"'rejoice, you heavens
and you who dwell in them!'"
00:42:15.73\00:42:19.30
Whew! He's gone.
Lucifer is gone forever.
00:42:19.30\00:42:22.37
"'But woe to the earth and the
sea, because the devil has gone
00:42:22.37\00:42:27.71
down to you! He is
filled with fury, because
00:42:27.71\00:42:30.81
he knows that
his time is short."
00:42:30.81\00:42:33.65
Both passages we've read have
ended with the same point -- the
time is near, the time is short.
00:42:33.68\00:42:38.62
Either way, for an endgame
generation, this book is
absolutely your chart for your
00:42:38.62\00:42:46.66
spiritual journey with Jesus
through the endgame and the
house burning down.
00:42:46.66\00:42:52.00
Wow. We're in a war, and
this battle's intensifying.
00:42:56.00\00:43:01.38
[ Chuckles ] Don't you let
anybody kid you. It's worse
today than it was a
00:43:01.38\00:43:05.15
year ago today. It's worse
today than it was last month.
00:43:05.15\00:43:08.78
The battle is intensifying. The
war is intensifying. This is not
00:43:08.78\00:43:15.19
the little mythological Luke
Skywalker and Darth Vader with
that lightsaber fight to the
00:43:15.19\00:43:20.00
death. This is not that! This
is the real deal! There are only
00:43:20.00\00:43:27.77
two sides -- Christ and Satan.
Only two sides in this war. Only
00:43:27.77\00:43:37.15
two sides. These prophecies that
we are plunging into now
describe the stunning detail of
00:43:37.15\00:43:42.52
the desperate war raging between
the forces of light and the
forces of darkness on a
00:43:42.52\00:43:47.79
battlefield called earth. But
guess what. Where the
battleground really is, it's
00:43:47.79\00:43:51.63
between your two ears, between
my two ears. This is where the
battle is being waged.
00:43:51.63\00:43:55.46
And I'm telling you, both sides
are playing for keeps. One side
will use intimidation
00:43:55.46\00:44:02.20
and brute force, if he can get
by with it. The other side will
00:44:02.20\00:44:05.77
only use persuasion and woo and
love and just draw -- "No, no,
no, no. Don't -- Come back, come
00:44:05.77\00:44:12.81
back." It will feel like you're
going crazy. You are not going
00:44:12.81\00:44:16.89
crazy. That battle going inside
of your mind is as real as the
00:44:16.89\00:44:22.52
nose on your face. They're all
battling for your allegiance,
for your loyalty. They need you
00:44:22.52\00:44:28.03
to say yes to them, and there
are only two sides. There are
00:44:28.03\00:44:30.47
not three. "No, Dwight, I have a
third side." "Oh, really, Miss?
00:44:30.47\00:44:32.80
What's your third side?" "My
third side is me." [ Chuckles ]
00:44:32.80\00:44:38.11
You? If you're making you
the third side, guess what.
00:44:38.11\00:44:41.91
You're automatically on the side
of the one who said, "Me first,"
00:44:41.91\00:44:47.35
and started this
whole...bloomin' mess. There are
only two sides, and every
00:44:47.35\00:44:53.86
morning when you awaken, you
have to answer the question,
"Yo, boy, girl, whose side are
00:44:53.86\00:44:58.19
you on today?" Every night when
you go to sleep, in that
dormitory room, no matter what
00:44:58.19\00:45:02.23
has happened before, you're
going to sleep, the question
will be put to you again...
00:45:02.23\00:45:07.30
"Whose side are you on?" Only
two sides. Which side am I on?
00:45:07.30\00:45:18.58
Was talking with a young man
last summer who got sucked into
the drug culture, okay?
00:45:18.58\00:45:25.75
Started off with a little bit of
weed. Then it was prescription
00:45:25.75\00:45:30.19
drugs -- not his own. And then
it was meth. And then the dragon
00:45:30.19\00:45:34.93
said, "Gotcha. I gotcha, boy."
He told me -- speaking of this
00:45:34.93\00:45:42.00
war that we're all in -- he told
me there were moments of
sobriety when he could think
00:45:42.00\00:45:46.47
clearly and, in those moments of
sobriety, the voice of God would
speak to him and say, "Come on,
00:45:46.47\00:45:51.45
come on, come on, come on. Come
back. Come back to me. You want
00:45:51.45\00:45:54.98
peace? I'll give it to you. You
want fulfillment? I'll give it
00:45:54.98\00:45:58.69
you. Come to me." And he said,
invariably, in those moments of
sobriety, when he would hear the
00:45:58.69\00:46:03.32
voice of God -- [Exhales
dramatically] there would be
that dark dragon, this accusing
00:46:03.32\00:46:11.87
voice. You know what the dragon
would say to him? "You can't go
00:46:11.87\00:46:18.04
back now. [ Snickering ] Look at
you. Look at you. You are
hopelessly addicted.
00:46:18.04\00:46:21.98
I mean, how many times have you
asked God to deliver you? And,
apparently, God can't do it
00:46:21.98\00:46:26.92
or you don't want it. You cannot
go back. I'll tell you what,
00:46:26.92\00:46:30.72
boy. You know what you are?
You are a loser. That's what you
00:46:30.72\00:46:34.42
are. You are a loser. You have
lost this thing. You know what
00:46:34.42\00:46:39.36
you want to do. You want to
belong to me. You come back.
We'll just put that little
00:46:39.36\00:46:43.23
conscience to sleep, and then
I'll give you everything you
00:46:43.23\00:46:48.90
want." As he's telling me this,
my eyes are just welling up with
tears because I'm realizing how
00:46:48.90\00:46:56.78
brutal the fury of the dragon
who's about to lose his victim.
00:46:56.78\00:47:02.75
You've heard the accuser. I've
heard the accuser. I've heard
00:47:08.16\00:47:14.46
that "loser" line. It's so old.
He ought to give it up. "Loser."
00:47:14.46\00:47:19.93
You've heard that voice. But I'm
telling you what, on the
authority of what we just read,
00:47:19.93\00:47:28.14
that boy who told me his
story... I'll show you. Read it
00:47:28.14\00:47:35.32
again. Lookit. Verse 10.
"Then I heard a megaphone
00:47:35.35\00:47:37.42
in heaven saying: 'Now have come
the --'" this is at Calvary --
00:47:37.42\00:47:40.29
"'Now have come the salvation
and the power and the kingdom of
00:47:40.29\00:47:43.16
our God, and the
authority of His Messiah.
00:47:43.16\00:47:45.53
For the accuser --'" the
accuser, the accuser -- "'of our
00:47:45.53\00:47:48.53
brothers and sisters --'" and
you and me, who accuses us day
00:47:48.53\00:47:51.70
and night before God --
he has been hurled down.
00:47:51.70\00:47:54.34
And they -- you and me --
triumph over him by the blood of
00:47:54.34\00:47:57.44
the Lamb, and we triumph
over him by the word of our
00:47:57.44\00:48:00.28
testimony -- and we're gonna be
sharing those testimonies here.
00:48:00.28\00:48:03.48
For, "'They did not love their
lives so much as to shrink from
00:48:03.48\00:48:06.65
death. Therefore
rejoice, you heavens
00:48:06.65\00:48:08.68
and you who dwell in them!
But woe to the earth and the
00:48:08.68\00:48:11.52
sea, because the
devil has gone down to you!
00:48:11.52\00:48:13.89
He is filled with fury, he
knows that his time is short.'"
00:48:13.89\00:48:17.09
The generation that reads this,
when the time is short, needs
the fullness of what has just
00:48:17.13\00:48:22.20
been promised. And I'm telling
you, I'm happy to tell you today
00:48:22.20\00:48:27.04
that he was in church today --
that boy. He had a face mask on,
so you won't recognize him.
00:48:27.04\00:48:34.74
He's a volunteer in this church
today because he found out, "Now
has come salvation and power" to
00:48:34.74\00:48:43.59
the one who yields his life to
the Lord Jesus Christ. He's no
00:48:43.59\00:48:50.29
longer a loser. Guess what.
He's a winner. He's a winner!
00:48:50.29\00:48:54.36
The devil was lying to him
because that's the only language
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the devil knows. He's a liar
from birth. He's a liar. Don't
you ever believe him.
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Wow. [ Chuckles ] Hallelujah.
That young man is living proof
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of these words.
Gonna end with these words.
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Put them on the screen
for you -- "Steps to Christ."
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There it is. "When
Satan --" the accuser.
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"When Satan comes to tell you
that you are a great sinner --"
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guess what, no surprise -- "look
up to your Redeemer --" the
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Jesus of the Apocalypse --
"and talk of Jesus' merits.
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That which will help you
is to look to His light."
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We talked about
the light last night.
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Keep your eyes on
the light. Next line.
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"Acknowledge your sin, but tell
the enemy that 'Christ Jesus
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came into the world to save
sinners' and that you --" that
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I, that we -- "may be
saved by His matchless love."
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Hallelujah. Is there more?
"We have been great sinners --"
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yep, yep, yep, yep -- "but
Christ died that we might be
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forgiven. It is
when we most fully
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comprehend the love of God that
we best realize the sinfulness
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of sin." Keep going.
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"When we see the length of
the chain that was let down for
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us --" at Calvary. Man,
somebody climbed all the
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way down that chain
to save me from my pit.
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"When we understand something
of the infinite sacrifice that
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Christ has made in our
behalf --" here we go now --
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"the heart --" talking
about your heart and mine -- "is
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melted with
tenderness and contrition."
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Good news that Jesus Christ
revealed in the Bible's last
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book is everything you need for
the new journey in front of us
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all -- everything you need.
When you're standing in line,
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read the Apocalypse.
Say, "Dwight, I'm not gonna
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carry my Bible around."
You have it on your phone.
00:50:50.85\00:50:53.11
The lines are longer now
with the pandemic anyway.
00:50:53.11\00:50:55.38
Pull your phone out.
Read it in your room.
00:50:55.38\00:51:02.86
Read it in your home.
00:51:02.86\00:51:04.69
Something -- there's some
mysterious power in the reading
00:51:04.73\00:51:10.70
of the Revelation. I end this
line from the same author as
00:51:10.73\00:51:14.00
"Steps to Christ." I couldn't
skip this. "When we as a people
00:51:14.00\00:51:16.34
--" this little faith community
-- "understand what this book
00:51:16.34\00:51:18.84
--" we're talking
about Revelation here.
00:51:18.84\00:51:20.61
"When we as a people understand
what this book means to us --"
00:51:20.61\00:51:24.31
as a faith community -- "there
will be seen among us a --"
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what's this word right
here? What's this word?
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Call it out to me.
>> Together: "Great."
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>> "Great." And
what's this word right here?
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>> Together: "Revival."
>> "There will be a great
00:51:32.59\00:51:34.42
revival." We have
been praying for a
00:51:34.42\00:51:36.36
revival for years on this
campus and in this congregation.
00:51:36.36\00:51:39.56
Guess what. I just
found out this summer --
00:51:39.56\00:51:42.03
you want a revival, you want
a revival at Andrews University,
00:51:42.03\00:51:44.73
you want a revival in the
Pioneer Memorial Church, you
00:51:44.73\00:51:47.17
want a revival in the
Seventh-Day Adventist Church,
00:51:47.17\00:51:49.47
then go back to
the Book of Revelation.
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Go back to the Apocalypse. It's
all about Jesus, and it's the
Jesus we need to know now
00:51:52.01\00:51:58.48
for what's just ahead. Would
you join me in praying for that
00:51:58.48\00:52:05.85
revival? Would you join me?
Every day when you pick the book
up, say, "Jesus, I don't know.
00:52:05.85\00:52:08.92
Dwight said to read the book, so
I'm just slowly working my way
through it, but, Jesus, I see
00:52:08.92\00:52:13.33
here -- would You please do for
us what we have never in a time
of peace and prosperity been
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able to do for ourselves? Do
it now as the house burns down.
00:52:19.07\00:52:28.01
Give us the time we need to tell
Your story while there's still
00:52:28.01\00:52:35.12
time." Let's pray.
Oh, God... Oh, God.
00:52:35.12\00:52:42.92
We're not asking You to burn
down Your house. Boy, the devil
00:52:42.92\00:52:46.26
doesn't like that Book.
Whew! He doesn't like that Book.
00:52:46.26\00:52:49.40
He'll throw it to the ground.
You know what he'll do, God. We
00:52:49.40\00:52:52.93
just saw that. We just saw that.
He walked by. We just saw that,
00:52:52.93\00:52:59.44
Lord. That's what we're up
against. But you know what? It
doesn't matter to You.
00:52:59.44\00:53:06.68
They can destroy the Book. They
can get rid of every printed
word that speaks of
00:53:06.68\00:53:12.49
Jesus. But we have Jesus in our
hearts. And we're facing this
00:53:12.49\00:53:18.23
brave new pandemic new year.
We're facing it with confidence
00:53:18.23\00:53:24.33
and courage. Because Jesus
already won the war. There are a
few battles that got
00:53:24.33\00:53:31.17
to be taking place, but He's
already, at Calvary, won the
00:53:31.17\00:53:34.64
war. And we praise You. Now,
Father, don't burn our hearts
00:53:34.64\00:53:39.08
down. Ignite our hearts, please.
Ignite our hearts with this
great revival so that we are
00:53:39.08\00:53:45.95
compelled to move away, move
out, move out. We are propelled
00:53:45.95\00:53:50.76
into a world that desperately
needs to know its house is
burning down. Set us ablaze with
00:53:50.76\00:53:57.73
Your reviving love. We humbly
pray in Jesus' name. Let all the
00:53:57.73\00:54:04.44
people say amen. And amen. The
world is coming to an end. We
have nothing to fear.
00:54:04.44\00:54:09.91
We have everything to look
forward to, and we have a
friend, our very best friend,
00:54:09.91\00:54:15.75
who goes with us. And to
that I say amen. >> Amen.
00:54:15.75\00:54:22.69
[ "Come, Thou Long
Expected Jesus" begins ] ¤¤
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>> Now may the Lord
bless you and keep you.
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The Lord make His face to shine
upon you and be gracious unto
00:56:46.37\00:56:48.84
you. The Lord
lift up His countenance
00:56:48.84\00:56:51.34
upon you and give you peace.
00:56:51.34\00:56:53.24
Now and forever more, let
all the church say... >> Amen.
00:56:53.27\00:56:56.88
>> Amen. ¤¤
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>> Think of the last time
someone said, "I'm praying for
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you." Didn't it
give you a sense of
00:57:11.89\00:57:13.76
peace and reassurance
that, "Somebody cares for me"?
00:57:13.76\00:57:16.83
I know how I feel when I get an
e-mail from one of our viewers
00:57:16.83\00:57:19.17
saying, "Yo, Dwight, I've
been praying for you lately."
00:57:19.17\00:57:21.30
There's nothing like knowing
someone is praying for you.
00:57:21.30\00:57:23.74
So I want to offer you an
opportunity to partner -- let
00:57:23.74\00:57:26.61
me, let us partner
with you in prayer.
00:57:26.61\00:57:28.74
If you have a special
prayer request or a praise of
00:57:28.74\00:57:31.21
thanksgiving you'd like to share
with us, I'm inviting you to
00:57:31.21\00:57:34.12
contact one of our
friendly chaplains.
00:57:34.12\00:57:36.05
It's simple to do.
You can call our toll-free
00:57:36.05\00:57:38.19
number
877-HIS-WILL. 877-HIS-WILL.
00:57:38.19\00:57:43.16
That friendly voice that
answers, you tell him, you tell
00:57:43.16\00:57:46.03
her, what your prayer need
is. We'll join with you in that
00:57:46.03\00:57:49.70
petition. And may
the God who answers
00:57:49.70\00:57:52.00
prayer journey with you these
next few days until we're right
00:57:52.00\00:57:54.97
back here
together again next time.
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