Hello and welcome. We're
coming to you live once again
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from Thompsonville, Illinois
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from the Thompsonville
SDA Church which also serves
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as the 3ABN Worship Center.
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Thompsonville is a
small town of about 600 people
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and we're grateful to the
Lord for 3ABN that God is using
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to bring the everlasting
Gospel all over the world, Amen
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Amen. We have a
wonderful congregation here
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and they have come to listen
to the preaching of God's Word
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to be inspired by the music and
the testimonies of great things
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that God is doing. During
this hour we have a message
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from Pr. Hiram Rester.
Pastor Rester serves as pastor
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of the Springfield SDA church
and he's the Senior Pastor
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the sermon entitled Genesis Pil-
lars of Revelations Prophecies
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is the message for the hour.
So we'd like to encourage you
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to get your Bible ready
and pen something to write with
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and some of you may want
to record this message to
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hear it again. And one of
the things about 3ABN is that
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if you didn't catch it
now you may catch it later on.
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And so we'd like to encourage
you to pray for each and every
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presenter that is here during
our Spring Camp Meeting 2012
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Pillars of Prophecy. At this
time we'd like to invite you to
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pray. We invite you if
it's possible for you to stand
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and we're going to pray.
We'd like to invite our viewers
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and listeners all over
the world to join us in prayer
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because we really need God's
blessings. Let us pray together.
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Our loving heavenly Father.
You are great and marvelous.
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We worship you we honor
you Lord and we ask you Father
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to make your presence
known to your children.
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We pray Lord that as
we open the scriptures
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just as the 2 disciples who
were marching, they were walking
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on the road to Emmaus, that
our hearts will burn within us
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as we search the scriptures.
We pray that you will be
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with your servant, Pr.
Hiram Rester. Bless him
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with the Holy Spirit Lord
we pray, and that every word
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will come from your
Throne of Grace. And Father,
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we pray that all will be
blessed all that are willing
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and join in
searching the scriptures.
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Father there may be some
that are confused and lost
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looking for hope,
looking for encouragement
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and we pray that as
they listen to this message
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listen to the music that they
will be inspired and encouraged
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We pray for these
blessings in Jesus' name. Amen.
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You may be seated. At this
time we're going to be blessed
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by an instrumental piano
piece by Sister Jill Morikone
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and it is entitled
"Gentle Shepherd Medley"
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After this the next voice you
will hear will be that of our
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our Speaker for this
hour, Pr. Hiram Rester.
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May the Lord bless
us as we study His Word.
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Amen. What a blessing. Thank you
Jill. Gentle shepherd medley.
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As Jesus leads us
as our gentle shepherd.
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I'd like to welcome you here
to- day to the 3ABN Camp Meeting
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It's a blessing to be
here. I'm having so much fun.
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Is anyone else
having fun at Camp Meeting?
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Oh the Lord has just blessed.
I've seen people as we traveled
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in the years in
evangelism, people from Indiana
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people from Florida and really
people from all over the place
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There are some folks here from
my home church in Springfield MO
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to support us and encourage
us and we're just thankful to
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being here and people from
church I used to pastor in MS
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It's just great to come to
camp meeting. I mentioned those
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because each of you have folks
that you're seeing probably here
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at camp meeting that you might
not have seen for a few years
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How many of you are catching
up with some folks and saying
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this is just great! Well
it's a privilege to be with you
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and to have a moment to share
something from the Word of God
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that I'm excited about and I
hope that it's a blessing to you
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I'd like to encourage you to
open your Bibles to Revelation
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Revelation 14. Now
here at 3ABN camp meeting
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Three Angels Broadcasting
Network here, we may think
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that folks have heard
enough and learned enough about
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the 3 Angels Messages
already but that's going to be
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nonetheless the core of
what we're going to talk about
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here today, and I'd like to
invite you to open your Bibles
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to Revelation, chapter
14. I grew up down in South
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Mississippi and when I was a
teenager, me and my buddies Josh
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and Eli would often go to a rope
swing on Black Creek. We had two
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major creeks in our town, Black
Creek because you couldn't see
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the bottom, it looked black
and Red Creek because you could
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and so that's what we called
them I guess, I don't know
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maybe they're named
for some other reason
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but we went to Black Creek
because there was a rope swing
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and we were going to go
and enjoy swinging off the rope
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swing and swimming for a little
while. As Josh and Eli and I
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my good buddies, we showed
up there we discovered that at
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the swim hole there
were some teenage girls there
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that we didn't know which
immediately meant one thing
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fellows, and what's that?
We had to make complete idiots
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out of ourselves. We
were teenage boys. Why is it
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that teenage boys think
that to impress young ladies
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they need to make idiots
out of themselves? I don't know.
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But we did. We showed up, we
got ready to head into the water
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and you know took off the shirts
swam across trying to look cool
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you know. This particular rope
swing hung from a big water oak
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that went out over the big,
dark swim hole, some person that
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was crazy I'd say, had climbed
up there and tied a 3/4 inch
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steel cable up in this tree. I'd
say crazy because I'm horrified
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of heights. My two fears
are claustrophobia and heights
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Worse thing that could
happen to me is being thrown out
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of an airplane in a box,
it would just be awful ok.
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But, somebody had climbed
up in that tree and had hung
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this cable. Every year someone
would go and tie a new rope
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to the eyelet at the end of the
cable and on that rope would be
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a metal bar or
whatever we could get a hold of
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an old bicycle handlebar
was on there one year you know
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but it worked. And if you swung
off the bank you'd be up 15 feet
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that was nice you know,
you could do a little flip
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then there was another
oak tree which was at a slant
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and you could crawl up that
oak tree and stand there and
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get the rope and you swing out
and you might be up, you know
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about 20-25 feet above
the water and that was kinda
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that would get you goin and then
way, way back away from the bank
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there was a skinny, I'm
gettin outta the lights there,
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there was a skinny pine
tree that went up that someone
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had come and nailed little
pieces of 2x4s about this long
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to this long, they
weren't all the same length
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on this little pine
tree, and you could climb up it
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as you held on to it for dear
life because it was a skinny
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little pine tree and they would
throw you the rope and when
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you caught it you would swing
out and you might go 35 feet
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above the water. You know you
see on TV where people scream
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when they fall all the way from
a skyscraper down to the no, no
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you can run out of air in
35 foot worth of screaming
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Look, I had practiced back flips
and I knew what I was gonna do
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I was gonna go off the skinny
pine tree and do a back flip.
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Usually it took me several times
to build up the adrenalin rush
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before I would go off the pine
tree. But I was a teenage boy
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and there were teenage
girls here, I already had the
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adrenalin rush, I was ready to
go off the pine tree. I had to
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impress these young ladies.
Well the problem is Josh beat me
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over to the other side and he
swung off and did the back flip
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which is what I was
gonna do right off the bank
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I said, forget this I'm
going for the big one, I'm going
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on the one up the pine tree. I
climbed up Eli threw me the rope
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I caught it the first try al-
though I almost fell when I did
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and then instead of letting go
and swinging I pushed backwards
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off the pine tree to get the
extra lift, I was gonna go for
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a double back flip. You
gotta impress them you know
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faint heart never
won fair lady right?
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And as I came down outta that
tree I'm rushing to the ground
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and all of a sudden it begins
to pull up and you know it's
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now you go down and now you
you're going against gravity
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and it begins to go against your
biceps, pull and all of a sudden
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I felt this huge
feeling of freedom come over me
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the rope had broke and
since I had done a belly flop
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from about 40 foot
in 6 inches of water
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coz I hadn't got out
over the swim hole yet.
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No doubt the
girls were impressed.
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I was laying there in
the most exquisite pain
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Josh and Eli came running
over are you ok? are you ok?
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and I'm you know growling, don't
touch me, I'm gonna kill ya
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and they kinda grabbed me
and drug me up to where my
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head's on the sand so
I won't drown and then
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they went
swimming with the girls!
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But I discovered
something that day and that is
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I had trusted something would
hold me up that didn't hold up
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Now that's fine if it's a rope
swing and it's a kid's story
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it happened when
you were a teenager
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but what if you're trusting
some thing to hold you up
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your life alone,
spiritually speaking,
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and it doesn't hold you up?
We are talking about Pillars
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of Prophecy. The Pillars
hold up a foundation. Yes or no?
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Whether it's a rope
holding you from above
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or a pillar holding you
from below, we're talking about
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something to hold you
up that won't let you down
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Well my friends, as we
get into the Word of God
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what I'm here to share with
you is that you have the stories
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of the book of Genesis as a
platform, or rather the pillars
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to hold up the platform
of the prophecies of the book
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of Revelation. The
title of our message
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Genesis Pillars of
Revelation's prophecies.
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As we get into this my
friends we're going to see
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that the book of Genesis,
my friends, is fundamental
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foundation or pillar that holds
up the prophecies of Revelation
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What I'm about to tell you
is this. We're gonna see it
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we're gonna look at it. It's
gonna be new for some of you
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to look at for the first
time but it's nothing new
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it's been there all
along in the Word of God
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and that is that the
Three Angels messages
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contain an outline
of the book of Genesis.
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Now there's so much more.
And there God's end time message
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for a lost and dying
world the 3 Angels messages are
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but they're also are an
outline of the Book of Genesis.
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Now why is that so important?
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Because Genesis is
under attack today.
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In fact those two
books Genesis and Revelation
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there are no two books
that are attacked more than
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Genesis and Revelation. Which
is interesting for Jesus said
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He's the Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end.
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The first and the last, right?
And the beginning and the end
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the first and the
last are under attack.
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Particularly the first 11
chapters of the book of Genesis
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are said to be just allegories.
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That they're just made up
stories to represent something
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that they didn't literally
happen but my friends the fact
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that they did literally
happen is of vital importance
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by the time you get to
Revelation's prophecies.
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Because if God didn't
tell you the truth about
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where you came from, what makes
you think He's gonna tell you
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the truth about
where you're going?
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Now let's dig into this.
I'm going to give you a synopsis
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very quick and then we'll go
through it step by step by step.
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You find that in the
three Angels Messages
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are outlined the creation,
the global flood of Noah's day
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the Tower of Babel and
then Sodom and Gomorrah
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right through the three Angels
Messages and those are the very
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stories in Genesis that
are said to be allegories.
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My friends, they are the
found- ation, the pillars
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of Revelation end
time vital messages.
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Let's look at this here, Rev 14
Have you had time to find it yet
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Rev 14:6 and it says I
saw another Angel flying
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in the midst of heaven having
everlasting Gospel to preach
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to them that dwell on the earth
and every nation and kindred and
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tongue and people, saying with
a what kind of voice, class?
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That's right, with a loud voice
Fear God and give glory to Him
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for the hour of His judgment is
come. Now if you have your Bible
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with you you might want
to circle the word judgment
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if it's not circled already,
it is going to be significant in
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just a few moments, the hour
of His judgment is come. Now
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and worship Him that
made heaven and earth and sea
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and the fountains of waters or
if you have another translation
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it might say springs of waters
that word fountains or springs
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if you don't have it circled in
your Bible you might wanna do so
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it's gonna jump out at you
and later when you review this
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you're gonna wanna be
able to remember it and see it
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and so fountains or springs
of water and you'll wanna keep
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a finger or a bookmark
or a ribbon or something
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right here in Revelation 14 for
entirety of our message today
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We will come back to it
constantly. With that in mind
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go with me to the Ten Command-
ments, Exodus 20 verse 11
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Exodus 20:11, let's look there
It says here, for in 6 days
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the Lord made heaven and earth
the sea and all that is in them
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Exodus 20:11, it says in 6 days
the Lord made heaven and earth
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Now in the 1st Angel's
message we find creation
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Does it not say in Revelation
14 Worship Him that made
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heaven and earth, the sea
and the fountains of water.
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Now as we look at
this, it's very intriguing.
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and you'll see it's
very, just astounding, I mean
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I decided to share it with you
look here my friends, as we get
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into this understand there's lot
of ideas different places people
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that are teaching that creation
didn't happen in 6 literal days
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and then God rested on a 7th day
They say it happened over eons
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over long ages and all of
these kind of things, my friends
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a couple of thousand
years at least after creation
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God wrote in stone with His own
finger that He did it in 6 days.
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And rested on the 7th.
You're not just allegorizing
00:20:34.91\00:20:39.11
away the first few chapters
of Genesis. The 10 commandments
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are the only part of the
Bible that God wrote down for us
00:20:43.42\00:20:46.11
Himself. Now the whole Bible
is inspired no one's questioning
00:20:46.14\00:20:49.47
that here today, but the
10 commandments were written
00:20:49.50\00:20:52.41
Exodus 31:18 by the
finger of God, yes or no?
00:20:52.44\00:20:57.34
And He said he made it in
six and rested on the seventh.
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And so, Rev 14:7 you know
this quotes the 4th commandment
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Worship Him that made
heaven and earth and sea
00:21:06.77\00:21:09.81
But then John the
Revelator, if you wanna compare
00:21:09.84\00:21:12.69
back and forth in your
Bible Exodus 20 and verse 11
00:21:12.72\00:21:15.71
to Revelation 14:7
you'll see there is a difference
00:21:15.74\00:21:19.21
an intentional difference.
You see John the Revelator said
00:21:19.24\00:21:23.23
Worship Him that made
heaven and earth, the sea
00:21:23.26\00:21:26.10
and the fountains of
waters. But God wrote on stone
00:21:26.13\00:21:32.09
what? all that in them is.
John wrote fountains of waters
00:21:32.12\00:21:38.51
God wrote on stone all
that in them is. So John quotes
00:21:39.85\00:21:45.00
part of it and breaks away, why
is that? Did John not know the
00:21:45.03\00:21:49.96
whole
commandment? No, that's not it.
00:21:49.99\00:21:52.15
He quotes the commandment
partially in Revelation 10
00:21:52.18\00:21:55.60
and he has it same there or
closer or he reflects that he
00:21:55.63\00:22:01.21
he knows it there but under
inspiration of God he breaks
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and he says fountain of waters
why? because my friends it is a
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reference to the flood. Go with
me would you? I'm in Exodus 20
00:22:13.48\00:22:20.03
I'm going to Genesis 7:11
now The word for fountains there
00:22:20.06\00:22:25.17
in the Greek is the same
word used in the Septuagint,
00:22:25.20\00:22:29.00
the Old Testament
translated into Greek for
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fountains of waters that broke
up at the time of the flood
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That's right. Now look at this
Genesis 7:11, In the 600th year
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of Noah's life, in the second
month, the 17th day of the month
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the fountains of the
great deep were broken up.
00:22:49.30\00:22:54.88
And the windows of
the heaven were opened.
00:22:54.91\00:22:58.50
That word
fountains in the Septuagint
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the Old Testament translated
into Greek is the same word
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used in Revelation 14:7
where it says Worship Him that
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made heaven and earth, the
sea and the fountains of waters
00:23:11.10\00:23:15.45
Incidentally, Rev 14:7 says
the hour of His what has come?
00:23:15.48\00:23:19.93
Judgment. Now if you put fount-
ains of waters from the flood
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and the word judgment together,
was there a judgment time
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in the Old Testament? The world
was judged in the time of Noah
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Yes or no? Yeah. This begins to
come alive. The 3 Angels Message
00:23:32.82\00:23:37.58
contain an outline of the book
of Genesis, that's why Genesis
00:23:37.61\00:23:41.96
is so important. Genesis pillars
of Revelation's prophecies.
00:23:41.99\00:23:46.64
Now as we dig into this I just
want to point out, first of all
00:23:46.67\00:23:49.90
what does creation say about who
God is? That's one of the reason
00:23:49.93\00:23:52.85
it's important. You see creation
is not just about arguing
00:23:52.88\00:23:56.96
about what the Bible
says though that's important
00:23:56.99\00:23:58.98
it's also important to go what
does it say about who our God is
00:23:59.01\00:24:03.01
Did He create through millions
and millions of years of pain
00:24:03.04\00:24:06.98
and suffering and death
or is death a result of sin
00:24:07.01\00:24:12.11
because God gave free will and
people chose to rebel against
00:24:12.14\00:24:16.74
God. My friends what you
believe on either one of those
00:24:16.77\00:24:21.54
is a big deal because it
goes right to the heart of what
00:24:21.57\00:24:24.76
what you believe who
God is. Did God create death
00:24:24.79\00:24:28.82
or is the wages of sin death?
00:24:28.85\00:24:31.07
That's right. You see and by the
way if you believe that death
00:24:32.11\00:24:36.05
existed before sin then
you believe death exists before
00:24:36.08\00:24:39.29
it's Biblical cause which is
sin and therefore you've denied
00:24:39.32\00:24:44.84
the underlying premise the under
girding of the Gospel Message
00:24:44.87\00:24:48.65
that we need to be saved from
sin because the wages of sin
00:24:48.68\00:24:53.56
is death. Yea there's so much
more that could be said but the
00:24:53.59\00:24:56.92
clock's ticking and watch
is coming so let's move ahead.
00:24:56.95\00:24:59.94
Alright? Praise the Lord for
that. At the flood now you see
00:24:59.97\00:25:03.36
God's longsuffering. It
says here in Genesis 7:11
00:25:03.39\00:25:08.54
that the flood came in the 600th
year of Noah. Let's look at
00:25:08.57\00:25:11.25
something very quickly, very
quickly ok. It came in the 600th
00:25:11.28\00:25:14.26
year of Noah. Go to Genesis
5 and it says in verse 25
00:25:14.29\00:25:19.21
Methuselah lived 187
years and begat Lamech.
00:25:19.24\00:25:23.01
Okay write down 187 and
put a plus sign. You're gonna
00:25:23.04\00:25:28.56
put another number
under that and add it up.
00:25:28.59\00:25:30.67
Now I'm from Mississippi so you
are gonna help me with addition
00:25:30.70\00:25:33.61
No, I'm just jokin. It
says here now in verse 28
00:25:34.61\00:25:37.89
And Methuselah lived
after he begat Lamech 782 years
00:25:37.92\00:25:41.53
and begat sons and daughters
and all the days of Methuselah
00:25:41.56\00:25:44.31
were 969 years and he died.
He lived longer than anyone else
00:25:44.34\00:25:48.60
that ever lived. 969 years.
Now it says here that he lived
00:25:48.63\00:25:53.89
187 years and begat Lamech.
Now v.28, Lamech lived 182 years
00:25:53.92\00:25:59.75
so write 187 you've got that and
underneath that write the + sign
00:25:59.78\00:26:04.01
and the number 182. Lamech lived
182 years and begat a son and he
00:26:04.04\00:26:10.81
he called his name, what?
Noah Alright now most of you
00:26:10.84\00:26:15.11
have seen this before I'm
not pointing out anything new
00:26:15.14\00:26:17.14
I'm just pointing out
the long suffering of God and
00:26:17.17\00:26:19.78
the attribute of the character
of the awesome God that we serve
00:26:19.81\00:26:23.32
And I'll show you
how in just a moment.
00:26:23.35\00:26:25.48
If you add those 2 numbers
together 182 and 187 you have
00:26:25.51\00:26:31.25
what? 369. Now how old
was Methuselah when he died?
00:26:31.28\00:26:38.09
969. The flood came, we
just read it in Genesis 7:11
00:26:38.12\00:26:44.69
in what year of Noah's life? 600
969 minus 600 and you have what?
00:26:44.72\00:26:52.93
369. That's how much
older Methuselah was than Noah
00:26:52.96\00:26:59.33
Methuselah died
the year of the flood.
00:26:59.36\00:27:03.14
The old man was a walking
prophecy. When he passed the
00:27:03.17\00:27:08.47
end would come and he
lived longer than anyone else
00:27:08.50\00:27:13.35
because God is longsuffering
and merciful and wants to save
00:27:13.38\00:27:17.02
every person He possibly can.
00:27:17.05\00:27:19.27
Now there are some implications
for that. We ask, why does
00:27:20.33\00:27:23.11
the Lord yet tarry just now. My
friends the Lord is not tarrying
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.49
except for any reason that
He wants to save as many people
00:27:26.52\00:27:29.49
as He possibly can, He passion-
ately loves mankind though we
00:27:29.52\00:27:33.61
can't possibly understand
how when we look at how we treat
00:27:33.64\00:27:36.34
each other. Go with me to
a prophecy about the flood
00:27:36.37\00:27:39.17
in the New Testament. Very
quickly now, we go to 2 Peter
00:27:39.20\00:27:42.75
chapter 3, 2 Peter and then
we'll be going back to Rev 14
00:27:42.78\00:27:47.49
We see this here in 2nd
Peter 3 2 Peter chapter 3
00:27:47.52\00:27:50.54
2nd Peter 3 we see it
here together, something very
00:27:52.36\00:27:56.26
interesting. This is a
prophecy that you will recognize
00:27:56.29\00:27:59.15
the beginning of from most 'A
Prophecy Seminar' you might've
00:27:59.18\00:28:02.68
ever attended. Check this
out. It says in 2 Peter 3,
00:28:02.71\00:28:05.99
knowing this, when? I guess
I should've told you the verse
00:28:06.02\00:28:11.54
not just the chapter, would that
be helpful? 2 Peter 3, verse 3
00:28:11.57\00:28:17.95
And so here we are, it says in
2 Peter 3:3, knowing this, when?
00:28:22.41\00:28:27.71
Now you're there, Praise
the Lord. Knowing this first
00:28:27.74\00:28:31.49
that there shall come
in the what days? Last days
00:28:31.52\00:28:34.77
what kinda folks? Scoffers
walking after their own lust and
00:28:34.80\00:28:38.64
saying where is the
promise of His coming?
00:28:38.67\00:28:40.43
For since the fathers
fell asleep all things continue
00:28:40.46\00:28:43.20
as they were from the
beginning of the creation.
00:28:43.23\00:28:45.98
Now we hear that in
prophecy seminar, you know
00:28:46.01\00:28:48.24
we need to know this
first, that there are scoffers
00:28:48.27\00:28:50.40
and they're scoffing at the
idea that Jesus is coming again
00:28:50.43\00:28:53.22
But why are they scoffing?
It has the promise of His coming
00:28:53.25\00:29:00.62
Since the fathers fell asleep
all things continue as they were
00:29:00.65\00:29:03.92
As far back as you
care to go in other words
00:29:03.95\00:29:05.78
from the beginning of the
creation the uniformitarian
00:29:05.81\00:29:08.73
principle. The idea that
this earth has been evolving for
00:29:08.76\00:29:12.33
eons, that for
millions and millions of years
00:29:12.36\00:29:15.57
roughly 570 million years is how
old they say the geologic column
00:29:15.60\00:29:20.06
supposedly is with the entombed
fossils, the dead creatures
00:29:20.09\00:29:23.68
Ha! It predicts that they would
deny the flood and buy into
00:29:23.71\00:29:31.42
deep age of the earth all things
continue and these gradual
00:29:31.45\00:29:34.96
processes. In other words there
was not a cataclysmic event
00:29:34.99\00:29:38.01
that did this, it was a slow
gradual processes which means
00:29:38.04\00:29:41.98
death has existed supposedly for
millions and millions of years
00:29:42.01\00:29:45.66
before man evolved and
sinned. See the implications?
00:29:45.69\00:29:49.67
All things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation
00:29:51.47\00:29:54.45
Say, are you wedging this
in here, aren't you no, no.
00:29:54.48\00:29:57.20
Read on. For this
they're will- ingly ignorant of
00:29:57.23\00:29:59.93
they willingly choose
to ignore marine fossils
00:29:59.96\00:30:02.47
on every continent and
the list goes on and on and on
00:30:02.50\00:30:05.23
that there was a
global water catastrophe.
00:30:05.26\00:30:07.98
They're willingly ignorant
of 'that by the Word of God
00:30:08.01\00:30:11.54
the heavens were of old and the
earth standing out of the water
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.53
and in the water, the world that
then was overflowed with water
00:30:13.56\00:30:17.01
or what? perished. But
the heavens and the earth
00:30:17.04\00:30:21.51
which are now by the same order
kept in store reserved unto fire
00:30:21.54\00:30:25.05
against the day of judgment
and perdition of ungodly men
00:30:25.08\00:30:27.60
My friends, it's talking about
the flood. It's a prophecy that
00:30:27.63\00:30:31.80
people will deny the flood,
they will be willingly ignorant
00:30:31.83\00:30:36.39
that it happened. There is
scientific evidence to point
00:30:36.42\00:30:39.50
that there was a global water
catastrophe, that's the best
00:30:39.53\00:30:42.32
explanation. How else
do you get fossil fuels?
00:30:42.35\00:30:47.33
I do creation conferences, I
could spend several times, just
00:30:47.36\00:30:52.01
talking about this,
just think about it.
00:30:52.04\00:30:53.45
How do you bury enough organic
material to become oil and coal?
00:30:53.48\00:30:57.58
A cow that dies out in
the pasture buzzards eat him,
00:30:58.58\00:31:00.90
he doesn't turn into oil.
It has to be buried en masse
00:31:00.93\00:31:04.52
together for it to then
go through the processes
00:31:04.55\00:31:09.74
to become fossil fuels. A global
water catastrophe is the only
00:31:09.77\00:31:13.40
explanation that can logically
be looked at when you look at
00:31:13.43\00:31:19.36
all the evidence I mean, it
does not mean that the folks
00:31:19.39\00:31:21.89
that don't believe aren't smart
there are some very, very smart
00:31:21.92\00:31:24.17
people with IQs off the charts
that don't believe in creation
00:31:24.20\00:31:27.73
we understand this, but the
Bible said and it prophesied
00:31:27.76\00:31:30.49
there'd be scoffers that
would be willingly ignorant
00:31:30.52\00:31:32.68
they would deny the flood
and as they denied he flood,
00:31:32.71\00:31:35.99
they then scoff at the
idea that Jesus is coming soon.
00:31:36.02\00:31:39.10
This ties Genesis to
end time events. Yes or No?
00:31:39.13\00:31:43.56
and it's a prophecy for
right where we're at. Right now
00:31:43.59\00:31:46.83
in the text books they're teach-
ing that these things developed
00:31:46.86\00:31:49.09
slowly over millions of years,
I say no, they developed in
00:31:49.12\00:31:51.90
weeks and months at the flood.
00:31:51.93\00:31:53.74
Now, as we move along here this
becomes interesting as well.
00:31:55.29\00:31:58.97
Go with me to Revelation 14:8.
Revelation 14:8. The creation
00:31:59.00\00:32:03.50
and the flood go together.
You see it's like this.
00:32:03.53\00:32:06.09
You hear a lot about intelligent
design. Have you heard about
00:32:06.12\00:32:09.87
intelligent design today?
Every one that is a creationist
00:32:09.90\00:32:14.01
believes in intelligent design.
But not everyone that believes
00:32:14.04\00:32:16.81
in intelligent
design believes in creation.
00:32:16.84\00:32:19.55
You know like all poodles
are dogs but not all dogs are
00:32:19.58\00:32:25.63
poodles. It's that simple.
Some people that believe in
00:32:26.82\00:32:29.72
intelligent design believe
in something called theistic
00:32:29.75\00:32:32.00
evolution. That God
guided the process of evolution,
00:32:32.03\00:32:35.60
supposedly. ok? No, creation
means you believe the Bible
00:32:36.52\00:32:40.58
story. You believe God made the
world in 6 days and rested on
00:32:40.61\00:32:44.22
the 7th. There is a difference.
All creationists believe in
00:32:45.37\00:32:48.81
intelligent design but
not all those that believe in
00:32:48.84\00:32:50.71
intelligent design are creation-
ists. Now, with this in mind
00:32:50.74\00:32:54.32
creation and the
flood go hand in hand.
00:32:54.35\00:32:56.47
Do you realize that if there
was a global water catastrophe
00:32:56.50\00:32:59.59
that killed all the land animals
that weren't on Noah's ark
00:32:59.62\00:33:03.95
that Natural Selection, Darwin's
theory would have had to start
00:33:05.24\00:33:09.33
over when they
got off of the ark?
00:33:09.36\00:33:12.13
You can't believe in deep
time evolution and in the flood.
00:33:15.32\00:33:18.92
That's the crux. If the flood
didn't happen then it must've
00:33:18.95\00:33:23.89
took millions of years for
all those fossils under our feet
00:33:23.92\00:33:26.82
right here to form
in the earth's crust.
00:33:26.85\00:33:28.98
But, if there was a
flood it formed very rapidly.
00:33:30.07\00:33:33.16
And it's there as a testimony
that God has judged the world
00:33:33.19\00:33:36.35
once for sin and will do so
again. Hence it's tied together.
00:33:36.38\00:33:40.45
Now we've got to move along here
Go with me to Revelation 14:8
00:33:40.48\00:33:43.43
Revelation 14:8. This gets
interesting I'm telling you.
00:33:43.46\00:33:47.31
The 3 Angels messages are an
outline of the book of Genesis
00:33:47.34\00:33:52.95
They contain so much more but
the important end-time messages
00:33:52.98\00:33:56.31
to a lost and dying world
from a loving, passionate God
00:33:56.34\00:34:00.21
actually contain
an outline of Genesis.
00:34:00.24\00:34:02.31
That's the pillar, the found-
ation under Revelations prophecy
00:34:02.34\00:34:06.13
We look here in verse 8, Rev 14
and there followed another angel
00:34:06.16\00:34:09.77
saying Babylon is fallen,
is fallen that great city
00:34:09.80\00:34:12.91
because she made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath
00:34:12.94\00:34:15.72
of her fornication. Babylon.
Now think of this as you turn
00:34:15.75\00:34:19.06
with me to Genesis 11. Keep
your finger here, keep it marked
00:34:19.09\00:34:22.73
maybe a ribbon or something book
mark there. Babylon was built
00:34:22.76\00:34:26.03
near the abandoned Tower
of Babel and in Genesis 11
00:34:26.06\00:34:30.67
Genesis 11, a passage I went
to many times over the years
00:34:30.70\00:34:34.51
in Prophecy Seminars
we see this. Genesis 11
00:34:34.54\00:34:38.11
and look with me here in Genesis
11, verse 7, Go to let us go
00:34:38.14\00:34:42.38
go down and there confound their
language that they many not
00:34:42.41\00:34:45.18
understand one another's speech
so the Lord scattered them
00:34:45.21\00:34:47.67
abroad from thence upon the face
of all the earth and they left
00:34:47.70\00:34:51.30
off to build the city. Therefore
the name of it is called Babel
00:34:51.33\00:34:54.86
because the Lord did there con-
found the language of all the
00:34:54.89\00:34:58.70
earth and from thence the
Lord did scatter them abroad
00:34:58.73\00:35:01.50
upon the face of the earth.
Babel means confusion. Therefore
00:35:01.53\00:35:07.62
spiritual Babylon is religious
confusion in the last days.
00:35:07.65\00:35:11.31
This is what we often
call a proof text for that
00:35:11.34\00:35:14.55
going right here. He called
it Babel because He confounded
00:35:14.58\00:35:18.88
the language. It means confusion
00:35:18.91\00:35:22.51
Well the city of Babylon was
built near the abandoned tower
00:35:22.54\00:35:27.57
It got its name from that.
Now Revelation 18:4 tells us
00:35:27.60\00:35:33.62
In Revelation 18:4,
turn with me to Genesis 15
00:35:33.65\00:35:36.08
while I quote that for
you. It says in Revelation 18:4
00:35:36.11\00:35:39.38
And I heard another voice from
heaven. If you hear a voice from
00:35:39.41\00:35:41.98
heaven you ought to listen. E.F.
Hutton ain't got nothin on that
00:35:42.01\00:35:44.96
ok And so Revelation 18:4, and I
heard another voice from heaven
00:35:44.99\00:35:48.55
and saying, come out of her,
who? my people that you be not
00:35:48.58\00:35:54.13
partakers of her sins and that
you receive not her plagues.
00:35:54.16\00:35:56.63
God calls His people out
of Babylon. Now, remember
00:35:56.66\00:35:59.81
the 3 Angels messages contain an
outline of the book of Genesis
00:35:59.84\00:36:02.46
Look here, in Genesis 15:7. And
He said unto him, I am the Lord
00:36:02.49\00:36:06.57
that brought thee out of
where? Ur of the Chaldees
00:36:06.60\00:36:12.07
You might want to underline
that Ur of the Chaldees
00:36:12.10\00:36:14.50
to give thee this
land to inherit it
00:36:14.53\00:36:16.89
Remember when Nebuchadnezzar
couldn't remember his dream
00:36:18.15\00:36:20.69
and he called for the Chaldeans
to come, the wise men, etc
00:36:20.72\00:36:26.73
Ok, Ur was in the
territory of Babylon.
00:36:26.76\00:36:34.58
God called
Abraham out of Babylon.
00:36:34.61\00:36:39.04
Abraham is called Father of the
Faithful in the New Testament
00:36:39.07\00:36:42.77
Yes or no? If you are in Christ
you are Abraham's seed and
00:36:42.80\00:36:47.67
heirs according to the
promise Galatians says.
00:36:47.70\00:36:50.66
And Abraham the
father of the faithful
00:36:52.27\00:36:54.99
was called out of Babylon as
God's people are in Revelation.
00:36:55.02\00:36:59.41
Pretty neat isn't it? Now let's
keep going. Go back with me
00:37:00.99\00:37:04.45
to Revelation 14:9 and 10. That
is an important lesson for me.
00:37:04.48\00:37:08.04
I grew up in the Baptist church
and I'm gonna tell you when
00:37:08.07\00:37:10.70
God confronts you with truth and
you realize you have to make a
00:37:10.73\00:37:14.60
change, I was young it didn't
impact me as much. My parents
00:37:14.63\00:37:18.48
were obviously old
enough to be my parents, and so,
00:37:18.51\00:37:21.77
it was a much bigger deal
for them in the Baptist Church
00:37:21.80\00:37:24.66
it was like leaving
family, do you understand that?
00:37:24.69\00:37:27.50
Sometimes we go, oh
that's being too harsh
00:37:27.53\00:37:29.55
to preach a message where folks
may have to come apart you know
00:37:29.58\00:37:32.83
and separate themselves from, if
they come to a point that truth
00:37:32.86\00:37:36.70
separates. But Abraham
was called to leave his family
00:37:36.73\00:37:40.02
today we have a nomadic
society, well it's not nomadic
00:37:40.05\00:37:42.96
a traveling society. I
might go to this place and live
00:37:42.99\00:37:46.59
and then I'm talkin on the phone
or I'm on the internet talkin
00:37:46.62\00:37:50.58
to family, right? Not
then. To leave your family
00:37:50.61\00:37:54.82
was almost an unthinkable thing
in Bible times. And Abraham
00:37:55.64\00:37:59.61
was called to do
just that, yes or no?
00:37:59.64\00:38:01.95
Ok. As God called me to
more truth the Sabbath truth
00:38:01.98\00:38:05.69
and others, I face that now.
Revelation 14:9-10, you've had
00:38:05.72\00:38:09.56
time to turn there, to
save time I'll just quote it.
00:38:09.59\00:38:11.10
And the 3rd Angel followed him
saying with a what kinda voice?
00:38:11.13\00:38:14.09
Loud voice, if any man
worship the beast and his image
00:38:14.12\00:38:16.36
or receive his mark in
his fore- head or in his hand
00:38:16.39\00:38:19.81
the same shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God
00:38:19.84\00:38:21.42
which is poured out without
mixture into the cup of His
00:38:21.45\00:38:23.29
indignation and he shall be tor-
mented with fire and brimstone
00:38:23.32\00:38:26.25
in the presence of the holy
angels and in the presence of
00:38:26.28\00:38:30.06
the Lamb. The third
angel. Go with me right here in
00:38:30.09\00:38:35.94
Genesis, to Genesis 18. Genesis
18. It says the Lord appeared to
00:38:35.97\00:38:42.75
him in the plains of Mamre,
the Lord appeared to Abraham
00:38:42.78\00:38:45.87
ok? And he sat in the tent door
in the heat. As he sat in the
00:38:45.90\00:38:50.37
tent door in the heat of the day
and he lifted up his eyes and
00:38:50.40\00:38:52.69
looked and lo three men stood
by him. And when he saw them he
00:38:52.72\00:38:56.27
ran to meet them from the
tent door and bowed himself
00:38:56.30\00:39:00.06
toward the ground. You have the
LORD and the Jehovah's Witness
00:39:00.09\00:39:05.01
Bible it will be
translated Jehovah.
00:39:05.04\00:39:08.11
They have their own Bible right
In case any of you get mixed up
00:39:08.14\00:39:11.75
SDA's and Jehovah's Witnesses,
we often times get mixed up
00:39:11.78\00:39:15.33
with groups folk aren't familiar
with, we're not the same
00:39:15.36\00:39:20.40
In fact I'm going to share with
you a verse that if you have
00:39:20.43\00:39:24.05
friends and family that
are Jehovah's Witness or
00:39:24.08\00:39:26.17
somebody comes knockin on
your door trying to be a witness
00:39:26.20\00:39:28.98
their hearts in the right place
Praise God, that you could share
00:39:29.01\00:39:31.90
with them right here. I'll point
that out to you in just a second
00:39:31.93\00:39:35.35
Look at verse 20. Genesis 18:20
And the Lord said, because the
00:39:35.38\00:39:39.73
cry of Sodom and Gomorrah
is great and because their sin
00:39:39.76\00:39:42.49
is very grievous I will go down
now and see whether they have
00:39:42.52\00:39:45.54
altogether according to the
cry of it which is come unto me
00:39:45.57\00:39:48.89
and if not, I will know. And
the men turned their faces from
00:39:48.92\00:39:53.60
thence and went towards Sodom
but Abraham stood yet before
00:39:53.63\00:39:56.89
the Lord and Abraham drew near
and said, Wilt Thou also destroy
00:39:56.92\00:39:59.79
the righteous with the wicked?
And you again see a glimpse
00:39:59.82\00:40:02.53
into the heart of God, the
character of God as Abraham
00:40:02.56\00:40:06.29
negotiates with Him. About
saving the righteous people.
00:40:06.32\00:40:10.67
And in the end, although some
of us might debate a little bit
00:40:10.70\00:40:14.76
as you look at the behavior of
Lot's family whether righteous
00:40:14.79\00:40:17.47
people were saved but
that's not for us to judge.
00:40:17.50\00:40:19.43
Can you say amen? God did
save people out of that city.
00:40:19.46\00:40:23.69
He did. God is compassionate and
loving and as we look at this
00:40:25.09\00:40:29.69
my friends, notice he talks with
the Lord. Go to Genesis 19:24
00:40:29.72\00:40:35.03
Genesis 19:24. I hope you don't
mind looking in your Bibles and
00:40:35.06\00:40:38.56
going from passage to passage
as we see this come alive for us
00:40:38.59\00:40:41.91
today in Bible Prophecy. Check
it out. Then the LORD Jehovah
00:40:41.94\00:40:47.44
rained upon Sodom and Gomorrah
brimstone and fire from the Lord
00:40:47.47\00:40:51.60
LORD Jehovah out of heaven.
Your Jehovah Witness friends
00:40:51.63\00:40:56.15
ask them about the two Jehovah's
00:40:56.18\00:40:57.67
I've tried, who are the
two Jehovah's, those two
00:40:58.96\00:41:01.33
The LORD who is on earth
talking to Abraham, yes or no?
00:41:01.36\00:41:06.37
rained fire and brimstone
from the LORD out of heaven.
00:41:06.40\00:41:10.53
Jesus is not a god, a little
god Jesus is GOD my friends
00:41:11.58\00:41:15.09
He's part of the
Godhead. Can you say Amen?
00:41:15.12\00:41:18.04
You had Jehovah on earth
and you had Jehovah in heaven
00:41:18.07\00:41:21.18
at the same time. I've
seen they will look at you,
00:41:21.21\00:41:24.65
they'll look back at it. Jehovah
on earth, Jehovah in heaven.
00:41:24.68\00:41:30.38
That's right. Jehovah in
two different places at the same
00:41:30.41\00:41:33.75
time It's this
verse, the one we're
00:41:35.45\00:41:40.30
Genesis 19:24 but you
want to read the earlier
00:41:40.33\00:41:43.46
and show that the Lord was
on earth talking to Abraham
00:41:43.49\00:41:46.03
Right? And then you show the
Lord who's on earth talking to
00:41:46.06\00:41:49.53
Abraham rained fire and
brim stone from the Lord Jehovah
00:41:49.56\00:41:51.69
out of heaven. Now with this
in mind what I want to point out
00:41:51.72\00:41:55.48
to you is it says the 3rd angel
people that receive the mark
00:41:55.51\00:42:00.18
of the beast, they're going
to receive fire and brimstone
00:42:00.21\00:42:05.23
that comes from, this is the
only other place I'm familiar
00:42:05.26\00:42:08.10
within Scripture where speci-
fically talks about it like that
00:42:08.13\00:42:10.34
fire and brimstone from heaven.
OK? Except at the very very end
00:42:10.37\00:42:15.27
Now also pay attention to this.
It says that they receive fire
00:42:15.85\00:42:23.26
and brimstone in the presence
of the holy angels and in the
00:42:23.29\00:42:25.58
presence of the who?
the Lamb and that is Jesus
00:42:25.61\00:42:28.93
who was the LORD that was
talking to Abraham here, the
00:42:28.96\00:42:31.04
pre-incarnate Christ, the Lamb
of God who takes away the sin
00:42:31.07\00:42:33.94
of the world, yes or no? And
then angels went ahead to Sodom
00:42:33.97\00:42:37.31
and Gomorrah. Sodom and
Gomorrah was destroyed with fire
00:42:37.34\00:42:40.33
and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels
00:42:40.36\00:42:42.11
and in the presence of the Lamb.
00:42:42.14\00:42:44.77
So it all begins to come to-
gether. The 3 Angels messages
00:42:45.96\00:42:48.62
though they're so
much more are an outline
00:42:48.65\00:42:51.42
of the book of Genesis
and the battle over beginnings
00:42:51.45\00:42:54.71
is so important my friends.
These first few chapters
00:42:54.74\00:42:59.43
if you allegorize away these
first few chapters of Genesis
00:42:59.46\00:43:02.59
you have no foundation
for your end time message.
00:43:02.62\00:43:06.33
That's why the
devil is attacking it.
00:43:07.20\00:43:09.28
The devil wants to just turn
termites loose in your basement
00:43:09.31\00:43:12.45
That's what he's
trying to do, yes or no?
00:43:12.48\00:43:15.27
They just eat, eat, eat and
you are up there living, Oh man
00:43:15.30\00:43:18.26
I got a nice strong house while
your foundation is beginning
00:43:18.29\00:43:21.22
to cave in. This is so import-
ant I cannot over emphasize it
00:43:21.25\00:43:25.82
for you today. Revelation 14:12
Let's look there. Rev 14:12.
00:43:25.85\00:43:31.62
we see it together in the Word
of God. Check it out. It says
00:43:31.65\00:43:34.49
in Revelation 14:12, here
is the patience of the saints
00:43:34.52\00:43:38.71
here are they that what?
keep the commandments of God
00:43:38.74\00:43:45.53
and have the faith of Jesus.
Folks I just misread that verse
00:43:45.56\00:43:49.66
I'll let you think
about that for a moment
00:43:49.69\00:43:51.40
You said no you read exactly
what was there, yes I did and I
00:43:51.43\00:43:55.19
I misread it. But
we'll come back to that
00:43:55.22\00:43:57.27
hang that on a hook in your mind
00:43:57.30\00:43:58.55
Genesis 26:5, I'm just going to
turn there and come right back
00:43:58.58\00:44:03.04
if you want to read it
with me I could quote it for you
00:44:03.07\00:44:05.38
but I want to turn there,
give you time to turn there
00:44:05.41\00:44:07.15
or at least make an
attempt to get there
00:44:07.18\00:44:09.23
We are trying to get done,
see the Production Managers
00:44:09.26\00:44:13.37
think we're trying to get
done in the next few minutes
00:44:13.40\00:44:15.21
because we go off air, but
the rest of us know it's because
00:44:15.24\00:44:17.57
lunch is served
when this is over, right?
00:44:17.60\00:44:20.53
And so we go to Genesis 26:5
Because Abraham obeyed my voice
00:44:20.56\00:44:30.17
and kept my charge, my what?
my commandments, my statutes
00:44:30.20\00:44:34.84
and my laws and so again
in Genesis, Abraham is keeping
00:44:34.87\00:44:39.12
God's commandments. You continue
to see that the 3 Angels Message
00:44:39.15\00:44:44.41
are an outline, of at least
parts of the book of Genesis.
00:44:44.44\00:44:47.94
Wow! When I began to see
this I am like this is amazing!
00:44:47.97\00:44:52.85
I was doing creation conferences
you know I do prophecy seminars
00:44:52.88\00:44:56.31
and after doing that several
years God began to show me that
00:44:56.34\00:44:58.55
everything that you
preach with prophecy emphasis
00:44:58.58\00:45:01.38
you can start with Genesis
because everything that ends
00:45:01.41\00:45:04.87
in Revelation starts in
Genesis. Mark of the Beast,
00:45:04.90\00:45:08.59
you got the mark of
Cain, that's where it came from
00:45:08.62\00:45:10.67
right there in Genesis 4.
Sabbath, yeah you can look at
00:45:10.70\00:45:13.31
that in Genesis 2, right? State
of the dead - what Adventist
00:45:13.34\00:45:16.66
evangelists doesn't use Gen 2:7
and it's right at the beginning
00:45:16.69\00:45:20.07
in the state of the dead message
State of the Dead is not Florida
00:45:20.10\00:45:22.83
where Americans move and die
it's a condition of man in death
00:45:22.86\00:45:25.48
Just for those of you
that did not know. Genesis 2:7
00:45:25.51\00:45:28.32
The Lord God formed man
from the dust of the ground and
00:45:28.35\00:45:29.95
breathed in his
nostrils the breath of life and
00:45:29.98\00:45:31.28
man became a living soul, right?
You start right there. All of
00:45:31.31\00:45:34.64
these great truths, even modesty
you find there. When Adam
00:45:34.67\00:45:37.92
and Eve made themselves
aprons and girdles of fig leaves
00:45:37.95\00:45:40.75
then God clothed
them with coats of skins
00:45:40.78\00:45:44.75
Contrast the word
girdle or apron with coat
00:45:44.78\00:45:47.56
and sometimes when people today
are wearing girdles I think
00:45:47.59\00:45:50.28
the Lord would prefer
for them to put a coat on.
00:45:50.31\00:45:52.42
And so you can see all of it
it all comes right there, right?
00:45:52.45\00:45:55.80
It all comes right from Genesis.
00:45:55.83\00:45:59.67
And you can go right to
Revelation and then when you tie
00:45:59.70\00:46:02.31
in and show, let me show you
Revelation's outline in Genesis
00:46:02.34\00:46:05.74
in a creation conference,
now you can share with them the
00:46:05.77\00:46:08.52
the prophecies. I will say
that I did not have success
00:46:08.55\00:46:11.96
just preaching the message
from the creation standpoint
00:46:11.99\00:46:14.28
as an evangelist, I would
get to the end and people would
00:46:14.31\00:46:16.55
they didn't make decisions
right then like an evangelist
00:46:16.58\00:46:20.24
like I was hoping to see.
Today is the day of salvation
00:46:20.27\00:46:23.32
choose you this day
whom you will serve etc
00:46:23.35\00:46:25.18
It wasn't until I put it
back in a prophetic context
00:46:25.21\00:46:28.38
and showed them this outline
prophecy creates a framework in
00:46:28.41\00:46:31.82
which people realize the
need to make a decision now.
00:46:31.85\00:46:34.83
That's why we have a prophetic
message no matter how you teach
00:46:34.86\00:46:38.58
our message it needs to have the
prophetic undergirding friends
00:46:38.61\00:46:42.25
Now we're talking about pillars
of prophecy that's appropriate
00:46:42.28\00:46:45.70
right? Now back to Rev 14:12
You said you misread that verse
00:46:45.73\00:46:50.42
Yes I did and some
of you helped me do it.
00:46:50.45\00:46:53.13
And that's the only
way I read it for years.
00:46:53.16\00:46:56.25
You said you misread
it? Let's try it again.
00:46:57.46\00:47:00.47
Here is the patience of
the saints, you're all gun shy
00:47:00.50\00:47:03.74
to help me now, are
you? Are you gonna help me?
00:47:03.77\00:47:05.58
Help me out. Here is
the patience of the saints
00:47:05.61\00:47:08.33
Here are they that
keep the commandments of God
00:47:08.36\00:47:13.87
and the faith of Jesus. Now why
is that misreading the verse?
00:47:13.90\00:47:17.73
It is the wrong emphasis.
00:47:19.86\00:47:23.68
What is the
emphasis of that verse?
00:47:25.56\00:47:27.61
In the Three Angels Messages,
the farther you go into them
00:47:27.64\00:47:31.03
the more important the issues
get. Especially in the third
00:47:31.06\00:47:34.39
angel's message. The faith of
Jesus is a most important thing
00:47:34.42\00:47:39.24
in these messages. The
mark of the beast, the Sabbath,
00:47:39.27\00:47:42.31
all of that is important, but
folks people cannot do anything
00:47:42.34\00:47:46.02
from sundown Friday to sundown
Saturday and still go to hell.
00:47:46.05\00:47:49.04
You didn't say Amen to that
one did I step on your toes?
00:47:50.31\00:47:52.97
My friends it's only through
Jesus we're gonna get there.
00:47:54.65\00:47:57.36
John 14:6, He says I am
the way the truth and the life
00:47:58.48\00:48:02.07
No man cometh unto
the Father but by Me.
00:48:02.10\00:48:05.29
In fact my friends, the Jewish
people even right now observe
00:48:06.00\00:48:09.69
and don't do anything. They keep
it more strict than we do, they
00:48:09.72\00:48:12.54
won't turn on the light switch
or drive a car on the Sabbath
00:48:12.57\00:48:14.90
hours a lot of times, do they?
But they haven't accepted Jesus
00:48:14.93\00:48:19.01
by and large as
their personal Savior
00:48:19.04\00:48:22.20
My friends, there is none other
name given among men whereby
00:48:22.23\00:48:25.33
ye must be saved. That's Jesus.
Now no doubt the Lord can work
00:48:25.36\00:48:29.40
with people that have never had
opportunity, nobody's talking
00:48:29.43\00:48:32.10
about that right now. But you
understand the point. The faith
00:48:32.13\00:48:35.65
of Jesus. See, Here's the
way and that's the way I read it
00:48:35.68\00:48:38.74
for 10 years as I traveled
on the road as an evangelist,
00:48:38.77\00:48:40.97
for ten and a half
years, that's the way I read it.
00:48:41.00\00:48:43.28
The commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus.
00:48:43.31\00:48:46.58
No my friends, they
keep the commandments of God
00:48:46.61\00:48:51.29
Why? Because they
have the faith of Jesus.
00:48:51.32\00:48:55.93
The faith of Jesus.
Jesus must be exalted, higher
00:48:55.96\00:49:00.08
and yet higher still. My friends
you're not going to draw anyone
00:49:00.11\00:49:05.78
to Jesus with true conversion
through legalism, through
00:49:05.81\00:49:09.68
pushing the law
down their throats
00:49:09.71\00:49:11.91
You're gonna have to show them
a deliverer that frees them from
00:49:11.94\00:49:16.37
Egypt, from sin and then
gives them the commandments
00:49:16.40\00:49:19.98
because He loves them.
That's my God, that's my Savior,
00:49:20.01\00:49:24.01
that's the God I worship
and as we look here at this,
00:49:24.04\00:49:26.51
this is amazing. Now notice
the three Angels Messages begin
00:49:26.54\00:49:31.21
and end with the Gospel.
Revelation 14:6, look at it.
00:49:31.24\00:49:34.10
And I saw another angel fly in
the midst of heaven having the
00:49:35.36\00:49:38.44
everlasting gospel, the ever-
lasting what? Gospel to preach
00:49:38.47\00:49:42.87
to proclaim to those
who are on the earth.
00:49:42.90\00:49:44.55
And then it ends with
the Gospel, does it not?
00:49:47.01\00:49:48.83
Rev 14:12, Here's the patience
of the saints, here are they
00:49:48.86\00:49:54.28
that keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus.
00:49:54.31\00:50:00.76
My friends, have you ever read
under the pen of inspiration
00:50:02.02\00:50:08.24
how it says that justification
by faith is the third angel's
00:50:08.27\00:50:13.54
message in verity?
Have you read that?
00:50:13.57\00:50:16.72
Have you like me ever wondered
how in the world that could be?
00:50:16.75\00:50:20.44
I'm not jokin. I was preaching
the message folks. Seeing people
00:50:21.92\00:50:25.33
baptized in my meetings.
And I'd read that and go,
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I believe it, it says it but I
ain't figured that one out yet.
00:50:30.16\00:50:32.87
I mean, how could justification
by faith be, And the third angel
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followed him saying with a loud
voice if any man worships the
00:50:39.07\00:50:41.07
beast and his image and receives
his mark on his forehead or
00:50:41.10\00:50:42.84
his hand, the same shall
drink wine of the wrath of God
00:50:42.87\00:50:44.51
which is poured out without
mixture into the cup of His
00:50:44.54\00:50:46.40
indignation and he shall be tor-
mented with fire and brimstone
00:50:46.43\00:50:48.38
in the presence of the
holy angels and in the presence
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of the Lamb. How is
that justification by faith?
00:50:50.00\00:50:52.71
I believe it, I read
a quote, it made sense
00:50:56.15\00:51:00.06
except I didn't get it. So
I guess it didn't make sense
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But, I was working on it. I
have to be one of those people
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that when I have questions
I can put them on a shelf till
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God decides to answer
them for me and keep on movin.
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If you can't do that then
you're likely to get tripped up
00:51:12.74\00:51:15.02
somewhere coz we have
things we don't have answers for
00:51:15.05\00:51:19.09
God finally gave me the
answer and some of you got it
00:51:19.12\00:51:21.35
right away, first time you ever
read it you probably got it.
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.77
And it was hid from me as
if there were some glasses on
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I just didn't see it until
God decided to open my eyes.
00:51:27.14\00:51:30.82
As the scales fell from
my eyes here's what I saw
00:51:30.85\00:51:35.18
The third Angel's message
does not end in verse 9 or 10
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it ends in verse 12. Here's
the patience of the saints
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The patient endurance of the
saints. Here are they that keep
00:51:47.24\00:51:50.01
the commandments of
God and the faith of Jesus
00:51:50.04\00:51:56.06
There's your justification
by faith, faith of Jesus
00:51:56.09\00:52:02.32
The third Angel's message in
verity in truth is what it means
00:52:02.35\00:52:07.08
My friends that's the
third Angel's message in truth,
00:52:09.26\00:52:12.41
in verity is justification
by faith. The other has to be
00:52:12.44\00:52:18.14
preached to all the
world. It all has to be preached
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.83
though, not just the tough
part. The hard part, you know
00:52:20.86\00:52:27.09
I discovered something in
Adventist or like other churches
00:52:27.12\00:52:30.13
We, and I see this in the
begin- ning of prophecy seminars
00:52:30.16\00:52:33.24
if I'm talking for instance,
about homosexuality, or
00:52:33.27\00:52:36.35
you know what the Bible says
about that or I'm talkin about
00:52:36.38\00:52:39.23
shackin up, you call it that
around here, that's what they
00:52:39.26\00:52:42.78
call it down in
Mississippi, when two folks
00:52:42.81\00:52:44.00
live together,
shouldn't be living together
00:52:44.03\00:52:45.12
they're shackin up. And the
Baptists and the Pentecostals
00:52:45.15\00:52:50.10
will shout Amen louder
than anything you've ever heard
00:52:50.13\00:52:52.46
but when you start
steppin on their own toes
00:52:52.49\00:52:54.36
even though they still
know it's true it gets quiet.
00:52:54.39\00:52:57.72
We like it when someone
tells it like it is as long as
00:52:57.75\00:53:02.56
they're tellin it
about somebody else.
00:53:02.59\00:53:04.30
Yes or no? Yes. So if you get
quiet, I don't worry I just know
00:53:06.61\00:53:12.32
that the Holy Spirit is finally
speaking to us, and praise God
00:53:12.35\00:53:15.93
for that, we need it
in our hearts and lives.
00:53:15.96\00:53:18.25
My friends, this is so important
00:53:18.28\00:53:23.29
As the scales fell from my eyes
I realized that justification
00:53:23.32\00:53:26.86
by faith is the third
Angel's message in verity
00:53:26.89\00:53:29.54
I had been emphasizing the first
part of the third Angels message
00:53:29.57\00:53:33.39
above the last part. And the
last part is God's main emphasis
00:53:33.42\00:53:39.66
It all must be preached. No one
is trying to take anything away
00:53:39.69\00:53:42.74
you understand that?
But my friends as I saw this
00:53:42.77\00:53:45.79
it's impacted my ministry, it's
changed the way I view things
00:53:45.82\00:53:49.59
I will tell you that. And those
stories in Genesis, creation
00:53:49.62\00:53:54.21
worship Him that made heaven
and earth, the flood, the seas
00:53:54.24\00:53:57.80
and the fountains, the Greek
word, for the fountains that
00:53:57.83\00:54:01.02
broke up in judgment in that and
then Babylon's fallen, the tower
00:54:01.05\00:54:06.36
of Babel and Abraham literally
being called out of Babylon.
00:54:06.39\00:54:09.16
And then the third
Angel said with a loud voice,
00:54:10.54\00:54:14.53
and of course it has destruction
with fire and brimstone, and
00:54:14.56\00:54:18.05
you have Sodom and Gomorrah, and
you go on and Abraham's keeping
00:54:18.08\00:54:22.60
the commandments. These are
literal stories that Genesis
00:54:22.63\00:54:25.79
is based upon and each of
these stories has something
00:54:25.82\00:54:28.31
interesting to say about who God
is. Tower of Babel, God didn't
00:54:28.34\00:54:31.85
just decide to wipe em out.
He gave them new languages and
00:54:31.88\00:54:35.71
gave them another chance. Yes or
no? You can see the compassion
00:54:35.74\00:54:41.39
you can see keys to
the character of God
00:54:41.42\00:54:44.24
in each of these
stories that brings it out to us
00:54:44.27\00:54:47.04
And even as God calls
people out of Babylon right now
00:54:47.07\00:54:49.73
He says come out of her, who?
the majority of God's people
00:54:49.76\00:54:53.48
right now we're told are in
spiritual Babylon, did you know?
00:54:53.51\00:54:56.02
And they're His people. That's
right. Now as we delve into this
00:54:56.05\00:55:03.17
this is going to be interesting
to finish up, we're not done.
00:55:03.20\00:55:06.60
My friends, as we consider
this closing point today
00:55:08.64\00:55:14.24
I want you to see something
and that is in Genesis you find
00:55:14.27\00:55:18.36
the gospel. You have Abraham and
God said, take thine only son
00:55:18.39\00:55:24.37
Isaac. Now he had Ishmael but
Isaac was the son of promise.
00:55:24.40\00:55:27.37
and that emphasis, thine only
son Isaac, there was an emphasis
00:55:27.40\00:55:30.20
in that for later as well. And
God was actually contrasting, He
00:55:30.23\00:55:34.46
didn't let Abraham sacrifice
Isaac because the true God
00:55:34.49\00:55:38.30
was not like the pagan gods, or
like people thought the supposed
00:55:38.33\00:55:41.77
pagan gods were. He wouldn't
want to accept human sacrifice.
00:55:41.80\00:55:45.58
He was stopped at the last
moment and that ram was caught
00:55:45.61\00:55:49.35
by his horns in the thorns,
he was wearing a crown of thorns
00:55:49.38\00:55:53.98
if you will, and that ram
took Isaac's place, you see the
00:55:54.01\00:55:57.59
substitutionary death of Jesus
on our behalf, justification
00:55:57.62\00:56:02.27
by faith. We are told Abraham
believed God and it was counted
00:56:02.30\00:56:05.56
to him for righteousness. Well,
I want you to see this. This is
00:56:05.59\00:56:10.28
very important in the
story line my friends,
00:56:10.31\00:56:16.30
John 3:16, God so loved
the world that He gave His only
00:56:16.33\00:56:19.36
begotten son that whosoever
believeth in Him should not
00:56:19.39\00:56:23.05
perish but have everlasting life
As Abraham thought he was giving
00:56:23.08\00:56:28.19
up his son, he was in a small
way wrestling through what God
00:56:28.22\00:56:33.48
did, to give up
Jesus for you and me.
00:56:33.51\00:56:36.79
I have a son. I have three kids,
I can't imagine giving up any
00:56:36.82\00:56:40.55
one of em for anybody else on
the planet. Just thinking about
00:56:40.58\00:56:44.36
that will stretch your
mind beyond where you wanna go.
00:56:44.39\00:56:48.33
But I'm going to close now with
four things God doesn't know.
00:56:48.36\00:56:52.43
You say, wait God knows every
thing. Yeah, except the four
00:56:52.46\00:56:56.11
things He doesn't know. He does
not know a sin He doesn't hate
00:56:56.14\00:56:58.91
He doesn't know a
sinner He doesn't love
00:56:58.94\00:57:01.36
He doesn't know anything
else He could do to save you
00:57:01.39\00:57:04.24
and He doesn't know a
better time than right now.
00:57:04.27\00:57:07.93
For today is the
day of salvation.
00:57:07.96\00:57:10.10
Make Him the Savior of
your heart and life right now.
00:57:10.13\00:57:15.51