Good morning and
blessings to you coming to live
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from Three Angels
Broadcasting Network
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in Thompsonville, Illinois,
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a tiny little town in Southern
Illinois, about 600 people.
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But from here the preaching
of the everlasting gospel
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is going all around the world.
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How many present
say amen to that.
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Amen. Amen.
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We have a
beautiful congregation here
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from different
parts of the state
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and some other
parts of the world
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that are here to receive
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the blessing of the
preaching of God's word.
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And on this
hour, during this hour
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we have a
speaker who is a person
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that is connected
with Jesus Christ.
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If you've ready any of
the books by James Rafferty,
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you will notice
that he studies deeply
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but also he relies
on the Holy Spirit.
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He is the
speaker and co-director
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of Light Bearers
Ministry, a ministry
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that is every year
sending millions of pieces
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of literature
all around the world
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so that the
gospel can be preached
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all around the world
in different languages
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as a matter of fact.
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And we praise the
Lord for this ministry
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that has his goal
to reach as many people
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as possible for Jesus Christ.
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During this hour, he
will be preaching on a message
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"Waymarks of Prophecy
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and Finding
Jesus in the Prophecy."
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And you will find
that this will be a message
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that you should
hear and we encourage you
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to take notes continue studying.
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And I hope that you will
see how God has in every,
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almost every page of scripture
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there is a message about
God, His love and also warning,
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because this
world has to be warned
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that there is a lion
who is roaming about seeking
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whom he may devour and the
only answer is Jesus Christ.
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Before we begin our message,
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we will hear a
beautiful musical offering
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by Sister Jill Morikone
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and the message in song is
"His Eye is on the Sparrow."
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His Eye is on the Sparrow.
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After the musical
offering, we will hear
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the voice of James Rafferty
preaching God's message.
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But before that we
want to encourage you
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to stand if you're able
and we're going to have prayer.
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We're going to ask
for the Lord to bless us,
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not only us here but
people all around the world
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that are watching
3ABN or listening to 3ABN
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in different parts of the world.
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Let us pray together.
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Our loving heavenly Father.
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We want to thank You
Lord, that we have the privilege
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to hear Your message
for us during this hour.
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We pray, Lord, that not
only us here will be blessed
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but people all around the world.
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You know their needs.
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And we pray that through
your servant James Rafferty,
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they will hear Your message
from Your throne of grace.
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We therefore ask
for Your Holy Spirit
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to be poured out upon him.
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We pray that a
message will come forth
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in the power of the Holy Spirit.
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And we pray, Lord, that You
will bless the musical offering
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so that it will also be a
blessing to your children.
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Bless our staff
and our equipment
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and we pray that we will
see Jesus in this message.
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In Jesus' name we ask and pray.
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Amen. Amen.
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We may be seated.
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At this time we will
hear the musical offering
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"His Eye is on the
Sparrow" by Sister Jill Morikone
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and then the preaching of God's
word through James Rafferty.
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May God bless us.
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Amen. I have my
Bible opened already.
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We want to use the time
wisely, Matthew Chapter 24,
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Jesus is talking
to His disciples about
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what is going to happen
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not only at the
destruction of Jerusalem
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but at the end of the world.
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Signs that are going to
lead down to His second coming
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as well as the
destruction of Jerusalem,
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Matthew 24:3.
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"And he sat on
the mount of Olives,
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and the disciples
came unto him privately,
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saying, Tell us, when
shall these things be?
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And what shall be
the sign of thy coming,
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and of the end of the world?"
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Have you been talking
to Jesus privately lately,
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asking Him about what's
going on in the world today?
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Because evidently there are
lot of people who are curious,
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interested and aroused about
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where we are in this
earth's history right now.
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And Jesus has the answer still.
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He had the answers then
and He has the answers now.
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But there are a
lot of false teachers
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that are
bringing false messages.
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Jesus warned us about
that three times in Matthew 24,
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you know that, right.
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And so there are lot of people
who are taking current events
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and things that are
taking place in the world today
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and they're trying to
put them into Bible prophecy.
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This morning we're going to be
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talking about Waymarks number 2.
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Waymarks. Signs.
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And we gonna be
trying to understand
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how we can
identify current events
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that fits with Bible prophecy.
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Let's pray together.
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Father in heaven, I want
to thank You this morning
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for this opportunity
again here at 3ABN camp meeting,
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seeking Your
presence, Your spirit asking
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for the fulfillment of
Your promises to lead us,
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instruct us and
teach us and recognizing
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that we need again to
talk privately with Jesus.
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To have an
audience with Him right now
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and as we open the word,
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we pray that He
will indeed speak to us.
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That He will be lifted up
and that He will direct us
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in the path that we should take,
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so we'll not be
confused or distracted
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by the events that are
taking place in this world
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that are-- that
amount to smokescreens,
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distractions, and
that we'll keep our feet
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on the path that
Jesus has marked out,
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that we'll follow the
Lamb wherever He goes.
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Be with us to this end.
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Speak to us, communicate
to us. Cleanse my heart.
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Use me as a vessel
fit to share this message
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and open up each heart
that is here listening,
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those who are listening
through this broadcast,
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we pray in Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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Prophetic waymarks.
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Well, the world
waymark is by definition a mark
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that is put on a tree or
a wall or another surface
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to show the
direction that a path takes.
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Waymarks, that's
how I got to 3ABN.
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I came to St. Louise,
and it said highway 64
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and I followed that waymark
and that took me to highway 57
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down south
toward West Frankfort.
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Well, actually
what was it first?
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No. No.
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Benton came later,
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57 south to Mount
Vernon, that was it.
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Did you see how
important it is for us
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to know and
remember the waymarks.
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Even the ones that
already in the past
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because I'm traveling 57
down south towards Mount Vernon.
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And I get to Mount Vernon,
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I'm thinking when
I get to Mount Vernon
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because I come out here
a lot but not every day.
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I'm thinking when I
get to Mount Vernon,
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what do I do now, do I
take the Mount Vernon exit,
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do I keep going
south here and of course
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there is Louisville
going to the left somewhere,
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I'm thinking, am I
in the right place.
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I'm looking for the sign.
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You know, the sign I'm
looking for now is Benton.
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I'm looking for the Benton sign
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because you can
take the Benton exit
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or you can take the
West Frankfort exit.
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I'm looking for the Benton sign.
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And I keep thinking away.
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Have I gone too
far? Have I gone too far?
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Have I gone too far?
And then there it is.
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There it is, the Benton sign.
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And now I know that
I'm on the right path.
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I know because I've
taken 64 out of St. Louis,
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and I've taken 57
south toward Mount Vernon.
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And now I see the
Benton sign so I take that,
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I go through the city of Benton,
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I'm looking for
that big square circle,
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that big square circle.
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And I go around
the big square circle,
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and I come out, got
past the high school
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and down that lonely
road it's 2:30 in the morning.
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Actually it's 12:30 time.
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And I'm looking
for the last sign,
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the last waymark.
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And what is that last waymark?
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Angel Lane. Angel Lane.
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It's hard to find.
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I actually did the mileage
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because I figured it's about
8 or 9 miles out of Benton,
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I would see that lane
because you can go right past,
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I go right past it many times
and I end up in Thompsonville.
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And if I'm in
Thompsonville, guess what?
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I've gone too far.
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I need to turn
around, I need to go back.
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Waymarks.
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They show us the way.
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They mark out the
path and they help us,
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they confirm us when
we're not sure we think,
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well, I know that I followed
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these previous signs
have taken me X, Y and Z,
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so I'm pretty sure
I'm in the right place.
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I'm still looking
for that last sign.
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Prophetic waymarks.
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Now, I like the
definition of waymarks
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because one of the
definitions that we read here
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was a mark put on a tree.
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Prophetic waymarks.
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There are lot of
prophetic waymarks
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that has God has
given us in His word,
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but there was
one that stands out
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clear head and
shoulders above every other one
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and that is Jesus
Christ and Him crucified.
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A mark put on a tree.
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And that waymark,
that prophetic waymark
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is what has established us
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as a Seventh-day
Adventist movement.
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We are established
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in the prophetic
waymark of Jesus Christ.
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There is no
other. It's foundational.
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We build upon
that prophetic waymark
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and that's what the
Book of Revelation does.
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We looked at this a little bit,
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but I want to review as
we move into the second half
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of the Book of
Revelation this morning.
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In Revelation, we
have three cycles,
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three prophetic
pictures, three images
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if you will of three maps,
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all taking us
down the same road.
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That's the way it works.
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God is using the
principle of repeat and enlarge
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because He wants to make
sure we get to our destination.
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He wants us to
make it to heaven.
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I'd like you guys to come
to our camp meeting in Oregon,
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Light Bearers' camp meeting.
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It's over the 4th of July week,
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starts July 3rd
Tuesday through the weekend
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and so I'm going to
give you directions.
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You'll have to
probably fly into Eugene,
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but from there you'd take I-5.
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If you drive I-5,84,
I-5 either south or north
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depending on
which way you're coming.
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I-5 south from
Eugene, you look for 126.
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You take the 126 east
and that will take you
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to a stop sign main
street, Springfield,
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Springfield, Eugene,
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and you just go
right through that light
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and you're going to be
on the Bob Strauss roadway.
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It's brand new road.
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Your GPS will quit
working right there
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because it's a new brand road.
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You just keep following
that road, you go about 8 miles
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as you're following that road,
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it whines back and
forth and you'll see
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Light Bearers
Ministry on the left,
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37457 Jasper Lowell Road.
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126 turns into Bob Strauss,
turns into Jasper Lowell Road.
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Think you can make it.
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I'm not sure so I'm going
to repeat those directions
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with some more details.
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As you drive down 65,
you can go 65 miles an hour.
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When you get onto 126,
you go 55 miles an hour.
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When you get
onto the Bob Strauss,
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you can still go 55
but then it will turn to 45
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and then you come into
Jasper and it will turn to 35.
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Be sure and drive 35 in Jasper.
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Watch out for the
speed limit signs.
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See, that's what the
Book of Revelation does.
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It repeats and enlarges,
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and gives us
another perspective.
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Look out for.
Look out for the beast.
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Look out for the dragon.
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Look out for the
seven last plagues.
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And then as you go
into that 35 mile hour zone,
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you come out of
it again into a 55.
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You'll see a
school sign on the right.
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And right across from the school
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is Light Bearers Ministry.
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Think you can
make it. I'm not sure.
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So I'm going to repeat it
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because I really want
to make sure you get there.
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As you're coming
into Springfield, Eugene,
00:18:21.40\00:18:25.37
the freeway splits,
Eugene's on the right,
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Springfield's on the left.
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You gonna see this big
stacks of this big lumber mill,
00:18:28.70\00:18:31.97
and as you go past main
street to toward Jasper,
00:18:32.01\00:18:36.78
you gonna hit a
set of railway tracks.
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Now, if the bars are down
00:18:38.95\00:18:40.92
and the lights
are flashing red...
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Stop. Okay.
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Red dragon, red light, stop.
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Okay, when the bars
come up, you go through.
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And then you will see
Lamar River will be right there
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on your right and
you'll see Jasper Store.
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Don't buy gas there.
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You'll pay a dollar more gallon.
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You ensure gas up
before you get there
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and then you'll see a
green bridge on the right.
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And then you'll start seeing
mile markers from Jasper Store,
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mile marker 1, mile
marker 2, mile marker 3.
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We're between 2 and 3.
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If you get to mile
marker 3 you've gone too far.
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Turn around and come back.
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Think you can
make it. I'm not sure.
00:19:16.58\00:19:19.69
So I'm going now.
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This is what God is doing
00:19:23.19\00:19:24.99
in the Books of
Daniel and Revelation.
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He is giving us instructions
00:19:27.60\00:19:29.06
just like he has
done all through the Bible
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and he is repeating
and enlarging upon it,
00:19:31.00\00:19:32.93
repeating it and
enlarging upon it
00:19:32.97\00:19:34.84
because He wants to
make sure we get there.
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He wants to make
sure we get there.
00:19:38.67\00:19:40.24
And if we get
confused. If we go too far.
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If we're not
sure, we can look back
00:19:42.74\00:19:45.18
at the waymarks,
the prophetic waymark
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and we can remember,
yes, I remember James told me,
00:19:48.22\00:19:50.92
I was going to cross
that railroad crossing.
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He told me I was going to
come into a 35 mile hour zone.
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He told me I was going to
see a green bridge on the right
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and Jasper Store on the left.
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Don't buy gas there.
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He told me all of these things,
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I am pretty sure it's
up here little bit further,
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it's got to be up here
just a little bit further.
00:20:03.63\00:20:05.13
Look for 37457.
00:20:05.17\00:20:07.67
Not sure exactly where it is,
00:20:07.70\00:20:09.60
not sure
exactly when he's coming
00:20:09.64\00:20:11.97
but we can know by the
signs that we're close.
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We're very close.
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.48
Now these signs are so specific,
00:20:17.51\00:20:19.61
they are so significant,
they are so powerful,
00:20:19.65\00:20:22.15
they're so clear that
Satan is doing everything he can
00:20:22.18\00:20:25.89
to change the
signs, to dismantle them,
00:20:25.92\00:20:28.72
to take them out,
to get us confused,
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.99
to get us on the wrong path.
00:20:31.03\00:20:32.36
He's doing
everything he can and that's why
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God has given us
this book, this guide,
00:20:34.73\00:20:36.97
this Book of Revelation
and it all begins with Jesus.
00:20:37.00\00:20:40.47
Jesus tells us two
things in prophecy.
00:20:40.50\00:20:43.74
He tells us what
prophecy is all about,
00:20:43.77\00:20:45.87
Himself and our redemption
of course tied into him,
00:20:45.91\00:20:50.21
and He also tells
us where it begins,
00:20:50.25\00:20:54.08
because the
prophecies of Revelation begin
00:20:54.12\00:20:57.75
in the times of Jesus,
00:20:57.79\00:20:59.12
in the times of the apostolic
church, they begin with Him,
00:20:59.15\00:21:01.26
with His time,
with His incarnation.
00:21:01.29\00:21:03.26
Daniel takes us from Babylon
all the way through to Rome
00:21:03.29\00:21:07.36
and to the
second coming of Jesus.
00:21:07.40\00:21:09.30
Revelation picks up in Rome.
00:21:09.33\00:21:11.53
It picks up with
the time of Christ,
00:21:11.57\00:21:13.70
with the Roman Empire and
it takes it little further.
00:21:13.74\00:21:16.14
Daniel is like
the washing machine,
00:21:16.17\00:21:19.37
and Revelation
is like the dryer.
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The washing machine
goes through its cycle.
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We talked about
that yesterday, you know,
00:21:25.55\00:21:27.25
and we're in the tumble
cycle, the last spin cycle.
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You know how that is, it
starts and it's kind of rough.
00:21:29.68\00:21:31.95
And then it starts moving fast,
00:21:31.99\00:21:33.72
the last movements are
going to be rapid ones.
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And then God takes
that wash out of the washer
00:21:36.56\00:21:38.99
and He puts it in the
dryer and get's it all dry.
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And you know if you get
00:21:41.03\00:21:42.36
that wash out of
the dryer just in time,
00:21:42.40\00:21:44.03
you don't have to
iron those shirts.
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Revelation and the seven
churches begins with Jesus.
00:21:51.31\00:21:56.58
He's pictured
there among the churches.
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That is a picture
00:21:59.81\00:22:01.15
of the incarnation
of the Jesus Christ.
00:22:01.18\00:22:04.82
He's telling us,
I've come to this earth,
00:22:04.85\00:22:06.96
I've come to be with you,
00:22:06.99\00:22:08.32
I am going to
send my Holy Spirit
00:22:08.36\00:22:09.69
and He's going to pick
up where I've left off.
00:22:09.72\00:22:11.06
I am going to be with you
till the end of the world.
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So the message of the churches
begins with apostolic age
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with the church of
Christ and it takes us
00:22:16.33\00:22:18.27
down through the ages
to the Laodicean Church.
00:22:18.30\00:22:20.60
The message of the
seven churches has taken us
00:22:20.64\00:22:23.10
to where we are now.
00:22:23.14\00:22:24.47
We're in the Laodicean age.
00:22:24.51\00:22:26.68
We're in the time
of the seventh church.
00:22:26.71\00:22:29.38
Then you go to the seals.
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The seals again pick
up with the time of Jesus.
00:22:30.78\00:22:34.72
The seal start
with the inauguration
00:22:34.75\00:22:37.69
with Jesus ascending to heaven.
00:22:37.72\00:22:40.19
You remember we saw
there in Revelation 4 and 5.
00:22:40.22\00:22:42.76
You have the
seven spirits of God
00:22:42.79\00:22:44.13
before the
throne in Revelation 4
00:22:44.16\00:22:45.96
and there's voices and
thunders and lightning,
00:22:45.99\00:22:47.33
and in Revelation 5 Jesus comes,
00:22:47.36\00:22:49.56
the lamb slain in
the midst of the throne,
00:22:49.60\00:22:51.83
that's pointing
through the crucifixion.
00:22:51.87\00:22:54.80
The seven churches
points us to the incarnation.
00:22:54.84\00:22:58.01
The seven seals
points us to the crucifixion.
00:22:58.04\00:23:05.45
It begins with the
picture of the lamb slain
00:23:05.48\00:23:08.02
in the midst of the throne.
00:23:08.05\00:23:09.38
And once Jesus takes the book,
00:23:09.42\00:23:11.55
those seven spirits
that's around the throne of God
00:23:11.59\00:23:13.62
are send out into all the earth,
00:23:13.66\00:23:14.99
that's the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit.
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.66
Then the seals
opened, first seal,
00:23:16.69\00:23:18.36
apostolic church going
forth conquering the conquer.
00:23:18.39\00:23:20.93
Faith, the conquering faith.
00:23:20.96\00:23:22.30
Then you have the
red horse, persecution.
00:23:22.33\00:23:24.07
Then you have the black
horse, compromise, dark ages.
00:23:24.10\00:23:27.30
Then you have the
pale horse, death.
00:23:27.34\00:23:29.44
Transformation from
those dark ages into atheism,
00:23:29.47\00:23:32.64
destroying faith
through misrepresenting God.
00:23:32.67\00:23:35.14
Then you have the fifth seal,
00:23:35.18\00:23:36.51
those under the altar
crying out for judgment
00:23:36.54\00:23:38.41
and of course you
have the signs of the end.
00:23:38.45\00:23:39.95
And so we're
living in that time,
00:23:39.98\00:23:41.88
the fifth and sixth
seals had been peel back
00:23:41.92\00:23:44.39
and we're living in that
time, just before Jesus comes
00:23:44.42\00:23:47.29
under the sixth and seven seals.
00:23:47.32\00:23:49.22
That's where we are today.
00:23:49.26\00:23:50.99
So most of the
church's prophetic history
00:23:51.03\00:23:54.26
has already been fulfilled
00:23:54.30\00:23:55.86
and we're living
in the seventh church.
00:23:55.90\00:23:57.40
Most of the
church's prophetic history--
00:23:57.43\00:23:59.40
Excuse me, most of the
seal's prophetic history
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.34
has already been fulfilled.
00:24:01.37\00:24:03.07
We're in the last cycle
00:24:03.10\00:24:04.44
of the prophetic
washing machine or dryer.
00:24:04.47\00:24:07.48
And so we're living in the time
of the sixth and seventh seal.
00:24:07.51\00:24:10.61
Then we go to the trumpets.
00:24:10.65\00:24:11.98
What do we see in the trumpets?
00:24:12.01\00:24:13.55
It begins again with Jesus.
All prophecy begins with Jesus.
00:24:13.58\00:24:19.65
So we have a
picture in the trumpets,
00:24:19.69\00:24:21.56
not of the incarnation of Christ
00:24:21.59\00:24:22.92
like we have in the churches,
00:24:22.96\00:24:24.29
not of the crucifixion of Christ
00:24:24.33\00:24:26.13
like we have in the seals.
00:24:26.16\00:24:27.50
In the trumpets
we have the picture
00:24:27.53\00:24:28.86
of the intercession of Christ.
00:24:28.90\00:24:32.03
Incarnation,
crucifixion and intersession.
00:24:32.07\00:24:34.74
Paul calls that in
1 Corinthians 15:1-3,
00:24:34.77\00:24:37.21
he calls that the foundation
00:24:37.24\00:24:39.01
or the first of
all of the gospel.
00:24:39.04\00:24:40.98
Christ, incarnate,
crucified and risen for us
00:24:41.01\00:24:45.95
is the essence of the gospel.
00:24:45.98\00:24:48.98
So in Revelation 8 we have
this angel with this incense
00:24:49.02\00:24:52.92
and he's standing at this altar,
00:24:52.95\00:24:54.29
he gets his
incense and he takes it
00:24:54.32\00:24:55.99
to the golden
altar and he mingles it
00:24:56.02\00:24:57.99
with the prayers of the saints.
00:24:58.03\00:24:59.36
That's the picture of Christ
00:24:59.39\00:25:00.73
interceding the
heavenly sanctuary.
00:25:00.76\00:25:02.10
It's a beautiful picture
that God has given us here
00:25:02.13\00:25:05.07
in the Book of Revelation
of the plan of salivation
00:25:05.10\00:25:07.70
in the context of history.
00:25:07.74\00:25:11.01
All the history begins,
churches, seals and trumpets
00:25:11.04\00:25:13.84
with Jesus in the apostolic age.
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.04
When this angel mingles
these prayers with the incense,
00:25:16.08\00:25:19.75
he then in
verse 5 of Revelation,
00:25:19.78\00:25:21.58
he takes fire off
the altar and does what?
00:25:21.62\00:25:24.32
Where does he throw the fire?
00:25:24.35\00:25:26.55
Into the earth. Sends
the fire into the earth.
00:25:26.59\00:25:32.49
The apostles in
Christ's day were praying
00:25:32.53\00:25:34.36
for the outpouring
of the Holy Spirit.
00:25:34.40\00:25:35.73
Their prayers were mingled
00:25:35.76\00:25:37.10
with the
righteousness of Christ.
00:25:37.13\00:25:38.47
They had-- they
were in one place
00:25:38.50\00:25:40.00
in one accord and
that's where God wants us
00:25:40.04\00:25:41.37
to be in the end of time.
00:25:41.40\00:25:42.74
Amen.
00:25:42.77\00:25:44.11
That history
needs to be repeated.
00:25:44.14\00:25:45.47
And as they are coming together
00:25:45.51\00:25:47.18
with one place and one
accord, God pours out the fire,
00:25:47.21\00:25:50.48
pours out His Holy
Spirit into the earth
00:25:50.51\00:25:52.28
and all of that
lightning and thundering
00:25:52.31\00:25:53.78
those voices that was
around the throne of God
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.75
in Revelation 4 is
now cast into earth.
00:25:55.78\00:25:58.62
And God's
people are going forth,
00:25:58.65\00:25:59.99
they are in this
room, the doors are locked,
00:26:00.02\00:26:01.42
they are scared to death
00:26:01.46\00:26:02.79
but as the spirit
of God's poured out,
00:26:02.82\00:26:04.46
the doors are burst open,
00:26:04.49\00:26:05.96
and they go out for
claming Jesus Christ.
00:26:05.99\00:26:08.56
See voices, the lightning,
the angels of God guiding them
00:26:08.60\00:26:12.37
and delivering them
from prison and the thunder,
00:26:12.40\00:26:14.20
the voice of God speaking.
00:26:14.24\00:26:15.57
It was powerful.
00:26:15.60\00:26:16.94
It was like an
earthquake, it shook the world.
00:26:16.97\00:26:18.81
And they told him, be
quite and he said, no.
00:26:18.84\00:26:20.71
They spoke in other tongues.
00:26:20.74\00:26:22.08
All of this was
the manifestation
00:26:22.11\00:26:23.45
of the Holy Spirit.
00:26:23.48\00:26:24.81
Stop preaching Jesus. We
can't stop preaching Jesus.
00:26:24.85\00:26:27.62
We can't stop
talking about Jesus.
00:26:27.65\00:26:31.12
Can you imagine that history
00:26:31.15\00:26:33.82
being repeated
in the end of time?
00:26:33.86\00:26:36.42
Can you imagine a group
of people in the end of time
00:26:36.46\00:26:39.49
that thought more about
Jesus than anything else?
00:26:39.53\00:26:42.00
More about Jesus than the pope,
00:26:42.03\00:26:43.37
more about Jesus than the signs,
00:26:43.40\00:26:44.87
more about Jesus
than the government,
00:26:44.90\00:26:47.40
more about Jesus than
the conspiracy theories,
00:26:47.44\00:26:49.30
more about
Jesus than themselves.
00:26:49.34\00:26:52.74
They just talk
about Jesus all the time.
00:26:52.77\00:26:55.84
That's what the decuples did.
00:26:55.88\00:26:57.21
They were just enamored,
they were just in love,
00:26:57.25\00:26:58.95
they were just
consumed by the picture
00:26:58.98\00:27:01.25
that they had of Jesus Christ.
00:27:01.28\00:27:04.99
They beheld Him,
00:27:05.02\00:27:06.76
and by beholding
they became changed.
00:27:06.79\00:27:09.02
And everything that
went in just came out.
00:27:09.06\00:27:11.46
It just came out
and they couldn't stop.
00:27:11.49\00:27:14.43
Nothing could stop them.
00:27:14.46\00:27:16.53
And then of course you have
the history of the trumpets.
00:27:16.56\00:27:19.50
It begins with the
judgments on the Roman Empire
00:27:19.53\00:27:21.70
that began with
the fall of Jerusalem.
00:27:21.74\00:27:23.77
Definitely a judgment on Rome
00:27:23.81\00:27:25.24
because the Jews had
given themselves over to Caesar.
00:27:25.27\00:27:28.31
The Romans didn't
want to destroy Jerusalem.
00:27:28.34\00:27:29.68
They didn't want
to destroy the temple.
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.05
They embellished it,
00:27:31.08\00:27:32.41
they invested
lot of money into it.
00:27:32.45\00:27:33.78
Titus was pleading
with them, come out,
00:27:33.82\00:27:35.15
we don't want to
destroy this temple.
00:27:35.18\00:27:36.99
But prophecy
had to be fulfilled.
00:27:37.02\00:27:40.42
God's prophetic word will
be fulfilled to the letter
00:27:40.46\00:27:46.23
and no human
devising can stop that.
00:27:46.26\00:27:51.10
We have a more
sure word of prophecy.
00:27:51.13\00:27:53.03
I am so thankful
for that, aren't you?
00:27:53.07\00:27:54.84
We have a more
sure word of prophecy.
00:27:54.87\00:27:57.14
So it's important for us
not to look at current events
00:27:57.17\00:28:00.61
and use them to
interpret Bible prophecy.
00:28:00.64\00:28:04.41
We need to be careful there.
00:28:04.45\00:28:07.02
One trumpet, two trumpets,
three trumpets, four trumpets,
00:28:07.05\00:28:09.35
all of them
symbolizing God's judgments,
00:28:09.38\00:28:12.19
limited but judgments
that came upon the nations.
00:28:12.22\00:28:14.96
Again, beginning in
the apostolic period
00:28:14.99\00:28:16.99
and all the way down
00:28:17.03\00:28:18.36
until the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:28:18.39\00:28:19.73
We're living right now
00:28:19.76\00:28:21.90
in the time of the
sixth and seventh trumpet,
00:28:21.93\00:28:25.50
the sixth trumpet has
happened and the seventh trumpet
00:28:25.53\00:28:28.34
has not yet sounded.
00:28:28.37\00:28:30.67
When it sounds, the kingdoms
of this world will become
00:28:30.71\00:28:33.17
the kingdoms of our
Lord, now it's Christ.
00:28:33.21\00:28:36.08
So most of the
history of the trumpets
00:28:36.11\00:28:38.21
has already taken place.
00:28:38.25\00:28:39.58
There are waymarks that guide us
00:28:39.61\00:28:41.08
to where we're at right now.
00:28:41.12\00:28:42.45
Most of the history of the seals
00:28:42.48\00:28:43.82
already taken place,
00:28:43.85\00:28:45.19
most of the history of
churches already taken place.
00:28:45.22\00:28:47.66
The prophetic
history I should say.
00:28:47.69\00:28:49.96
Stands immovable.
00:28:49.99\00:28:52.49
Most of the first half
of the Book of Revelation
00:28:52.53\00:28:55.60
has been fulfilled.
00:28:55.63\00:28:56.97
That's what
historicists believe,
00:28:57.00\00:28:58.33
that's what historicists teach.
00:28:58.37\00:28:59.70
However, there's another
half to the Book of Revelation.
00:28:59.73\00:29:04.57
Now some of us want the
whole book for ourselves.
00:29:04.61\00:29:06.98
We want the whole
book for the end of time
00:29:07.01\00:29:08.94
but remember historicists
are generous, they share.
00:29:08.98\00:29:14.18
God has given a
little to very generation,
00:29:14.22\00:29:16.58
it's not all for us.
00:29:16.62\00:29:17.95
We don't get the whole pie.
00:29:17.99\00:29:20.49
We can learn from the
history of these prophecies
00:29:20.52\00:29:22.62
that have been fulfilled.
00:29:22.66\00:29:24.03
We can learn fantastic
lessons from that history.
00:29:24.06\00:29:27.66
But God has given
00:29:27.70\00:29:29.03
the whole second half of
the Book of the Revelation
00:29:29.06\00:29:31.43
for the final generation.
00:29:31.47\00:29:33.03
Primarily, now
there are some points
00:29:33.07\00:29:36.71
in the second half that
direct us back in history
00:29:36.74\00:29:40.54
to make the connection.
00:29:40.58\00:29:42.18
But primarily
most of it is for us.
00:29:42.21\00:29:46.68
We have a transition
point in Revelation 11.
00:29:46.72\00:29:50.59
A powerful transition
point when you think about it
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.66
because it's right in
the middle of the book.
00:29:53.69\00:29:55.06
Revelation 11, right in
the context of the third woe
00:29:55.09\00:30:00.36
or the seventh trumpet, we have
this verse Revelation 11:19,
00:30:00.40\00:30:04.63
"And the temple of
God was opened in heaven,
00:30:04.67\00:30:08.17
and there was
seen in his temple-- "
00:30:08.20\00:30:10.87
What? "The ark
of his testament."
00:30:10.91\00:30:15.28
Where is that? In
the most holy place.
00:30:15.31\00:30:20.08
Now remember,
that's the language
00:30:20.12\00:30:22.78
of the sanctuary tells us
00:30:22.82\00:30:24.55
where we are in
prophetic history.
00:30:24.59\00:30:26.76
For example, go
back a couple of pages
00:30:26.79\00:30:29.29
to the sixth trumpet.
00:30:29.32\00:30:32.09
It's the second
world, same thing.
00:30:32.13\00:30:34.53
It's in Revelation 9:12.
We'll start with verse 12.
00:30:34.56\00:30:39.60
"One woe is past; and, behold,
00:30:39.63\00:30:40.97
there come two
woes more hereafter.
00:30:41.00\00:30:42.40
And the sixth
angel sounded, verse 13,
00:30:42.44\00:30:45.34
the sixth angel and I
heard a voice from the-- "
00:30:45.37\00:30:47.91
What?
00:30:47.94\00:30:49.28
"Four horns of
the golden altar."
00:30:49.31\00:30:51.01
Where is that?
00:30:51.05\00:30:53.92
It's in the holy
place. It's in the holy place.
00:30:53.95\00:30:56.65
Do you know what that tells us?
00:30:56.69\00:30:58.92
That tells us that this prophecy
00:30:58.95\00:31:00.66
that's about to be revealed
00:31:00.69\00:31:02.16
in the sixth
trumpet is pre 1844.
00:31:02.19\00:31:06.63
That's what it tells us,
00:31:06.66\00:31:08.00
because the voice
comes from the Holy Place,
00:31:08.03\00:31:11.07
from the four
horns of the golden altar
00:31:11.10\00:31:12.70
which is in the Holy place.
00:31:12.73\00:31:14.07
So what is the prophecy?
00:31:14.10\00:31:15.44
It is the prophecy
that is a remarkable
00:31:15.47\00:31:17.71
fulfillment
according to Great Controversy,
00:31:17.74\00:31:20.31
Josiah Litch's prediction
00:31:20.34\00:31:21.98
of the fall of
the Ottoman Empire.
00:31:22.01\00:31:23.35
And when did that take place?
00:31:23.38\00:31:24.75
It took place on August 11th,
00:31:24.78\00:31:27.32
not August 10th
and not August 12th.
00:31:27.35\00:31:29.85
It took place on
August 11th, 1840.
00:31:29.88\00:31:34.16
It was the forerunner.
00:31:34.19\00:31:35.52
It was the forerunner
of the 2,300 day prophecy,
00:31:35.56\00:31:38.53
of the Millerite moment.
00:31:38.56\00:31:39.89
It affirmed atheists
00:31:39.93\00:31:42.10
in the message
of the Millerites.
00:31:42.13\00:31:45.17
It had an
incredible impact on the world,
00:31:45.20\00:31:48.67
this prophecy, this prediction.
00:31:48.70\00:31:50.81
And like John the Baptist,
the forerunner of Christ
00:31:50.84\00:31:53.17
has been lost
sight of, beheaded, gone.
00:31:53.21\00:31:55.71
Many of us don't even know
00:31:55.74\00:31:57.08
how to interpret
or what it means.
00:31:57.11\00:31:59.61
I want to encourage
you, we have a whole series
00:31:59.65\00:32:01.55
of outlines on
the seven trumpets
00:32:01.58\00:32:02.92
on our website
lightbearers.org and this will,
00:32:02.95\00:32:05.52
all of this is explained in
that series on the trumpets.
00:32:05.55\00:32:08.29
We need to know this message
00:32:08.32\00:32:09.82
because this
message is powerful,
00:32:09.86\00:32:11.66
it's a powerful waymark.
00:32:11.69\00:32:13.03
It's the bridge,
it's the Jasper store,
00:32:13.06\00:32:16.40
it's the railroad track,
00:32:16.43\00:32:18.07
it's I-57 south,
it's Mount Vernon.
00:32:18.10\00:32:21.14
Whatever we want to call
it, it is important for us today
00:32:21.17\00:32:25.01
because it affirms
our prophetic history
00:32:25.04\00:32:28.38
and our
understanding of prophecy.
00:32:28.41\00:32:29.74
Now that article of furniture
being in the holy place
00:32:29.78\00:32:34.52
also affirms that the prophecy
00:32:34.55\00:32:36.02
has the right
application, it's pre 1844.
00:32:36.05\00:32:38.35
But notice now
in Revelation 11:19,
00:32:38.39\00:32:40.46
we see the temple
of God open in heaven
00:32:40.49\00:32:42.66
and it was seen in His
temple the Ark of His testament.
00:32:42.69\00:32:46.13
That's in the most holy place.
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.23
We've now transitioned
in the most holy place,
00:32:48.26\00:32:50.43
not that certain
portions of those prophecies
00:32:50.47\00:32:53.54
of the churches,
seals and trumpets,
00:32:53.57\00:32:54.90
aren't post 1844 they
are, just the last portions.
00:32:54.94\00:32:58.67
But now entire sections of
Revelations are going to be
00:32:58.71\00:33:03.65
primarily played out post 1844.
00:33:03.68\00:33:06.68
What I mean by that?
00:33:06.72\00:33:08.05
Well, for example,
after the most holy place
00:33:08.08\00:33:12.72
is open in Revelation 11:19,
we have in Revelation 12:17
00:33:12.75\00:33:16.76
something very interesting.
00:33:16.79\00:33:18.99
Revelation 12:17.
00:33:19.03\00:33:21.30
"And the dragon was
wroth with the woman,
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.67
and went to make war
with the remnant of her seed."
00:33:24.70\00:33:29.70
Who do what?
00:33:29.74\00:33:31.54
Where are the
commandments of God?
00:33:31.57\00:33:34.58
In the sanctuary service,
00:33:34.61\00:33:35.94
where are the
commandments of God?
00:33:35.98\00:33:37.31
They are in the most holy place.
00:33:37.35\00:33:38.98
Now I want you to notice this
00:33:39.01\00:33:40.65
because we're following
the sanctuary symbolism
00:33:40.68\00:33:43.65
and that is identifying
00:33:43.69\00:33:45.02
where we are in
prophetic history.
00:33:45.05\00:33:46.42
The commandments of God
have never been mentioned
00:33:46.45\00:33:48.96
in the Book of Revelation
up until this time, never.
00:33:48.99\00:33:52.36
They are not in Revelation
1, they are not in Revelation 2,
00:33:52.39\00:33:54.50
they are not in Revelation 3,
00:33:54.53\00:33:55.86
they are not in Revelation
4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.
00:33:55.90\00:33:58.57
They are not there. Why?
00:33:58.60\00:34:00.30
Because the primary focus
00:34:00.34\00:34:02.27
of that prophetic
history is pre 1844.
00:34:02.30\00:34:06.07
So you see the sanctuary
symbolism is helping us,
00:34:06.11\00:34:09.74
confirming us in
prophetic waymarks.
00:34:09.78\00:34:12.75
Helping and confirming
00:34:12.78\00:34:14.22
the historicist
approach to Bible prophecy.
00:34:14.25\00:34:17.92
Why are they
mentioned in Revelation 12:17?
00:34:17.95\00:34:19.72
Because the temple of
God is been open in heaven
00:34:19.75\00:34:21.52
and we've seen the
Ark of His testament.
00:34:21.56\00:34:23.16
We're in the
most holy place now.
00:34:23.19\00:34:25.39
You see that?
00:34:25.43\00:34:26.80
It's beautiful. It's beautiful.
00:34:26.83\00:34:29.33
And now we have
the commandments of God
00:34:29.36\00:34:30.70
mentioned in Revelation
12:17 and commandments of God
00:34:30.73\00:34:32.73
mentioned again
in Revelation 14:12.
00:34:32.77\00:34:39.24
We are there,
we're on the other side.
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.01
We are in the time of
the end. We are post 1844.
00:34:42.04\00:34:46.48
Time of the end
beginning is 1798.
00:34:46.51\00:34:48.08
And so here we see our
destiny. This is our destiny.
00:34:48.12\00:34:51.75
is our destiny.
00:34:51.79\00:34:53.76
But how do we get to that place?
00:34:53.79\00:34:56.49
How do we get to our destiny?
00:34:56.52\00:34:58.03
I want to back up
just a couple of steps.
00:34:58.06\00:35:00.76
Before we become the people
00:35:00.80\00:35:02.86
who keep the
commandments of God,
00:35:02.90\00:35:04.23
there's something
else that we become.
00:35:04.27\00:35:08.24
Jesus said it this way, He said,
00:35:08.27\00:35:11.31
"If you love me,
keep My commandments."
00:35:11.34\00:35:16.41
And 1 John 4:19 says
it even more explicitly,
00:35:16.44\00:35:20.08
more simply, it says,
00:35:20.12\00:35:22.15
"We love Him
because He first loved us."
00:35:22.18\00:35:27.62
You see, the first whole
half of the Book of Revelation
00:35:27.66\00:35:30.29
is not just giving
us prophetic waymarks,
00:35:30.33\00:35:33.09
historicist
waymarks, it's also giving us
00:35:33.13\00:35:35.46
the picture of the love
of God, His incarnation,
00:35:35.50\00:35:39.37
His crucifixion,
His intercession.
00:35:39.40\00:35:42.24
It's focusing on
Jesus because the first half
00:35:42.27\00:35:44.81
of the Book of Revelation
is not seeking to identify us
00:35:44.84\00:35:50.75
as commandment keepers.
00:35:50.78\00:35:52.11
It's seeking to identify
us as people who need Jesus.
00:35:52.15\00:35:57.19
We need to overcome
what we can't overcome.
00:35:57.22\00:35:58.75
No man in heaven
or earth can overcome,
00:35:58.79\00:36:00.26
no man in heaven or
earth has prevailed,
00:36:00.29\00:36:02.29
but Jesus has
prevailed where we've failed.
00:36:02.32\00:36:04.86
And we are to connect with Jesus
00:36:04.89\00:36:06.49
and when we connect with Jesus
and give our lives to Jesus,
00:36:06.53\00:36:08.70
when we give Him our hearts,
He gives us His righteousness.
00:36:08.73\00:36:14.10
And we praise Him, we honor
Him with that great multitude.
00:36:14.14\00:36:18.27
In fact Revelation 12:1,
00:36:18.31\00:36:20.81
we become part of this woman
that is clothed with a sun.
00:36:20.84\00:36:26.45
Now does the sun
represent? Malachi 4:2?
00:36:26.48\00:36:30.02
S - U - N, it represents
00:36:30.05\00:36:31.39
the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:36:31.42\00:36:32.85
You see, before we can
keep the commandments of God,
00:36:32.89\00:36:35.16
we need to be clothed
00:36:35.19\00:36:36.52
with the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:36:36.56\00:36:38.76
That's what
Revelation 12 is telling us.
00:36:38.79\00:36:40.60
Revelation 12 is
the transition point
00:36:40.63\00:36:43.03
in our Christian experience
00:36:43.06\00:36:44.70
as well as the transition
point in prophetic history.
00:36:44.73\00:36:48.30
What do I mean by that?
00:36:48.34\00:36:49.67
Well, it's complicated
but I'll try to simplify it.
00:36:49.70\00:36:53.58
Revelation 12 begins
00:36:53.61\00:36:56.01
with the appearance of a wonder,
00:36:56.04\00:36:58.75
a great sign of
unusual occurrence,
00:36:58.78\00:37:01.08
that's what the Greek tells us.
00:37:01.12\00:37:02.45
An unusual
occurrence has just taken place.
00:37:02.48\00:37:04.52
There's a woman,
00:37:04.55\00:37:05.89
what does a woman
represent in Bible prophecy?
00:37:05.92\00:37:07.26
A church.
00:37:07.29\00:37:08.62
There's a woman who
is clothed with the sun.
00:37:08.66\00:37:12.13
This is unusual.
00:37:12.16\00:37:15.30
She has under her feet the moon.
00:37:15.33\00:37:20.27
Now I believe the sun represents
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.64
the
righteousness of Jesus Christ
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.00
so I believe the moon,
00:37:23.04\00:37:24.37
the lesser light
would represent His word
00:37:24.41\00:37:25.77
where we find
this righteousness.
00:37:25.81\00:37:27.88
"The word is a light to my
path and a lamp to my feet,"
00:37:27.91\00:37:30.78
you read that
verse in Psalm 109?
00:37:30.81\00:37:33.15
Psalm 119:105.
00:37:33.18\00:37:35.02
And that word actually,
that light actually translates
00:37:35.05\00:37:37.75
in Hebrew to the
moon, and the lesser lights.
00:37:37.79\00:37:41.82
So we have a woman
here who is clothed
00:37:41.86\00:37:43.69
with the
righteousness of Jesus Christ
00:37:43.73\00:37:45.06
and is standing firmly
00:37:45.09\00:37:46.43
on the word of God, is that you?
00:37:46.46\00:37:50.20
Is that you?
00:37:50.23\00:37:51.97
See, God is
actually producing a people
00:37:52.00\00:37:54.94
who stand firmly on His word
00:37:54.97\00:37:56.81
and are clothed
with His righteousness.
00:37:56.84\00:37:59.11
And they have--
00:37:59.14\00:38:00.48
she has a crown of
12 stars on her head.
00:38:00.51\00:38:02.44
Now that crown of 12
stars represent the king--
00:38:02.48\00:38:04.48
12 is the kingdom number.
00:38:04.51\00:38:06.05
In other words,
that number represents
00:38:06.08\00:38:08.92
God's organized church,
00:38:08.95\00:38:10.79
the 12 tribes of
the Old Testament,
00:38:10.82\00:38:12.75
the 12 apostles
of the New Testament.
00:38:12.79\00:38:14.46
God has an organized
people who are standing
00:38:14.49\00:38:17.09
on the word of
God and are clothed
00:38:17.13\00:38:18.93
with the
righteousness of Jesus Christ.
00:38:18.96\00:38:20.30
Is that us?
00:38:20.33\00:38:22.26
See, this is the first picture
that emerges of God' church
00:38:22.30\00:38:27.14
as we make this transition.
00:38:27.17\00:38:29.97
But this church began
again in apostolic times.
00:38:30.01\00:38:33.68
Revelation 12 begins just
where the church has began
00:38:33.71\00:38:38.81
and the seals began
and the trumpets began.
00:38:38.85\00:38:40.98
It begins in apostolic times.
00:38:41.02\00:38:43.59
That's where it
begins prophetically
00:38:43.62\00:38:45.55
because we're
doing the same thing,
00:38:45.59\00:38:46.92
now, we're doing a
repeat and in enlarge.
00:38:46.96\00:38:48.36
Now watch this,
this is beautiful.
00:38:48.39\00:38:50.89
"And she being
with child verse 2,
00:38:50.93\00:38:52.99
travailed in birth,
pained to be delivered."
00:38:53.03\00:38:54.93
Who's the child?
00:38:54.96\00:38:56.93
Jesus is the child.
00:38:56.97\00:38:58.30
So who's the
woman prophetically?
00:38:58.33\00:39:00.84
It's a church,
definitely but what church?
00:39:00.87\00:39:04.11
You got two choices,
00:39:04.14\00:39:05.87
the Christian church
or the Jewish church.
00:39:05.91\00:39:09.31
Those are your only two choices.
00:39:09.34\00:39:11.41
Which church is it?
00:39:11.45\00:39:15.75
The woman that bore
Jesus was what church?
00:39:15.78\00:39:19.85
The Jewish church.
It was a Jewish church.
00:39:19.89\00:39:22.62
See, we're
starting in Jesus time here.
00:39:22.66\00:39:24.76
She's travailing in birth
and pained to be delivered
00:39:24.79\00:39:26.90
and then there's another
wandering in heaven is dragon
00:39:26.93\00:39:29.76
which is Satan the devil
and it says that he who--
00:39:29.80\00:39:34.24
verse 4, cast the
stars out of heaven.
00:39:34.27\00:39:36.47
He stood before the
child-- the woman, excuse me,
00:39:36.50\00:39:39.81
which was ready to be
delivered to devour her child
00:39:39.84\00:39:42.24
as soon as it was born.
00:39:42.28\00:39:43.61
You see that?
00:39:43.65\00:39:44.98
So that's the dragon working
00:39:45.01\00:39:46.38
through Herod to
destroy baby Jesus.
00:39:46.41\00:39:49.15
You see that, right?
00:39:49.18\00:39:50.52
So right now in Revelation 12
00:39:50.55\00:39:52.12
we've gone back
to the apostolic age.
00:39:52.15\00:39:54.66
We're in the Jewish
church history, Jesus was a Jew.
00:39:54.69\00:39:58.53
He was born of a Jewish
heritage, that's where we are.
00:39:58.56\00:40:03.20
But notice, verse 5,
00:40:03.23\00:40:06.63
"And she brought
forth a man child,
00:40:06.67\00:40:08.77
Jesus, who was to rule all
nations with a rod of iron,
00:40:08.80\00:40:11.77
that's future,
and her child was -- "
00:40:11.81\00:40:13.91
What?
00:40:13.94\00:40:15.28
"Caught up to God,
and to his throne."
00:40:15.31\00:40:17.55
You see where we are right now.
00:40:17.58\00:40:18.95
We've just gone
from the birth of Jesus
00:40:18.98\00:40:21.18
and the life of Jesus
now He's gone to heaven,
00:40:21.22\00:40:23.12
He's interceding
for us there in heaven.
00:40:23.15\00:40:25.02
We've just transitioned.
Jesus is now in heaven.
00:40:25.05\00:40:28.32
So we start in the apostolic age
00:40:28.36\00:40:29.99
but we're going
to move forwards.
00:40:30.03\00:40:31.36
Then there's a little
kind of a little break here,
00:40:31.39\00:40:32.76
you know, where He goes
back to the war in heaven
00:40:32.79\00:40:34.13
but I want-- that's later,
00:40:34.16\00:40:35.50
but I want you
to notice verse 6.
00:40:35.53\00:40:36.87
Verse 6 is key.
00:40:36.90\00:40:38.23
This is the prophetic waymark
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.00
that the entire
evangelical world is missing
00:40:41.04\00:40:43.74
and we ourselves
are in danger of missing
00:40:43.77\00:40:45.77
this waymark, this
sign, this sign post.
00:40:45.81\00:40:49.04
"And the woman, verse 6,
fled into the wilderness,
00:40:49.08\00:40:53.48
where she hath a
place prepared of God,
00:40:53.52\00:40:55.58
that they should feed her there
00:40:55.62\00:40:57.19
a thousand two
hundred and threescore days."
00:40:57.22\00:41:01.76
What woman is that?
You got two choices.
00:41:01.79\00:41:05.93
Remember you've got the
Jewish church or the Christian?
00:41:05.96\00:41:09.23
What woman is that?
00:41:09.26\00:41:10.60
It's the Christian church.
00:41:10.63\00:41:13.44
Now this is amazing
because we're just reading
00:41:13.47\00:41:15.57
this Bible verses and we know
00:41:15.60\00:41:16.94
that the first identification
the woman is a Jewish church
00:41:16.97\00:41:20.08
because Jesus was
born of that woman
00:41:20.11\00:41:22.61
and of course Herod
tried to destroy Jesus
00:41:22.64\00:41:25.65
through the imperial Roman
power as soon as he was born.
00:41:25.68\00:41:29.32
But then in one
verse we transition
00:41:29.35\00:41:33.05
from the Jewish church
to the Christian church,
00:41:33.09\00:41:36.83
just in a Bible verse
00:41:36.86\00:41:38.33
and no one's
going to catch that.
00:41:38.36\00:41:40.70
No one's going to
catch that, but us.
00:41:40.73\00:41:45.50
Seriously.
00:41:45.53\00:41:46.87
Because the people
who identify that woman
00:41:46.90\00:41:49.00
as the Jewish church are
going to continue identify
00:41:49.04\00:41:50.97
that woman as a Jewish church.
00:41:51.01\00:41:52.34
But we identify that
woman as a Christian church
00:41:52.37\00:41:53.94
because we see the
connection of 1260 days.
00:41:53.98\00:41:56.75
We recognize that
this is the dark ages.
00:41:56.78\00:41:59.48
You read Matthew
24, Mark 13 and Luke 21,
00:41:59.51\00:42:02.82
the same transition takes place.
00:42:02.85\00:42:04.42
In Luke 21 it's very
tricky because it talks about
00:42:04.45\00:42:07.32
the time of the Gentiles.
00:42:07.36\00:42:08.69
Now I am just going
to read this verse to you
00:42:08.72\00:42:10.06
so that you can
see the connection
00:42:10.09\00:42:11.83
between Matthew 24, Mark 13
and Luke 21 with Revelation 12.
00:42:11.86\00:42:16.87
Revelation 11 and 12
unlock this transition,
00:42:16.90\00:42:20.67
make it very clear but Luke 21,
it's difficult to catch this.
00:42:20.70\00:42:24.41
I want you to
look here in Luke 21,
00:42:24.44\00:42:27.48
and look here in verse 21.
00:42:27.51\00:42:32.65
Luke verse 21, Luke 21.
00:42:32.68\00:42:37.39
Jesus is talking about
the destruction of Jerusalem,
00:42:37.42\00:42:39.19
first and foremost and of course
00:42:39.22\00:42:40.56
then the signs
of the second coming
00:42:40.59\00:42:42.62
and the
destruction of the world.
00:42:42.66\00:42:44.19
"Then let them
which are in Judaea flee
00:42:44.23\00:42:45.99
to the mountains; and let them
00:42:46.03\00:42:47.36
which are in the
midst of it depart out;
00:42:47.40\00:42:48.73
and let not them
00:42:48.76\00:42:50.10
which are in the
countries enter there into.
00:42:50.13\00:42:51.70
For these be the days of
vengeance, that all things
00:42:51.73\00:42:54.07
which are
written may be fulfilled.
00:42:54.10\00:42:55.44
Verse 22.
00:42:55.47\00:42:56.81
Verse 23, "But woe unto
them that are with child,
00:42:56.84\00:42:59.84
and to them that
give suck, in those days
00:42:59.87\00:43:02.41
there shall be great
distress in the land,
00:43:02.44\00:43:04.41
and wrath upon this people."
00:43:04.45\00:43:07.52
Who is this people?
00:43:07.55\00:43:10.52
The Jews. These are Jews.
00:43:10.55\00:43:12.85
This is talking about
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:43:12.89\00:43:14.52
it's the Jews.
00:43:14.56\00:43:15.89
Now look at verse 24,
00:43:15.92\00:43:18.03
"And they shall fall
by the edge of the sword,
00:43:18.06\00:43:21.36
and shall be led away
captive into all nations
00:43:21.40\00:43:25.17
and Jerusalem shall be
trodden down of the Gentiles,
00:43:25.20\00:43:28.30
until the times of the
Gentiles be fulfilled."
00:43:28.34\00:43:31.67
What is that
talking about, verse 24?
00:43:31.71\00:43:34.84
Who's that talking about?
Is that talking about the Jews?
00:43:34.88\00:43:38.95
We have just made a
transition in verse 24
00:43:38.98\00:43:41.88
from the Jews to
the Christian church.
00:43:41.92\00:43:45.09
We've gone from the
destruction of Jerusalem
00:43:45.12\00:43:47.66
till the great time of
tribulation in verse 24
00:43:47.69\00:43:50.63
because right
after verse 24 it says,
00:43:50.66\00:43:52.33
verse 25, "And there
shall be signs in the sun,
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.20
in the moon, and the stars."
00:43:54.23\00:43:56.20
Those signs come at
the end of that dark age
00:43:56.23\00:43:58.93
tribulation period, that
great tribulation period.
00:43:58.97\00:44:00.67
And if you
compare this with Mark 13
00:44:00.70\00:44:02.77
and with Matthew
24, you're going to see
00:44:02.80\00:44:04.77
it all lines up prophetically.
00:44:04.81\00:44:06.81
But we're
missing this transition
00:44:06.84\00:44:08.41
and so we think the
time of the Gentiles
00:44:08.44\00:44:09.78
has to do with
literal Jerusalem.
00:44:09.81\00:44:11.58
Now, friends, if
you're following this,
00:44:11.61\00:44:13.45
this is preparatory
for our final meeting
00:44:13.48\00:44:16.12
on Daniel 11
because the transition
00:44:16.15\00:44:18.92
that we're seeing
here in Revelation 12
00:44:18.95\00:44:21.62
that is also confirmed
00:44:21.66\00:44:22.99
by Mark 13 and
Matthew 24 and Luke 21
00:44:23.02\00:44:26.43
is key to understanding
the last portion of Daniel 11.
00:44:26.46\00:44:33.13
Because most
people want to literalize
00:44:33.17\00:44:38.24
the last verses in Daniel 11
00:44:38.27\00:44:40.58
and they're not
seeing the transition
00:44:40.61\00:44:41.94
from the literal Jewish nation
00:44:41.98\00:44:43.31
and the literal
area of Jerusalem
00:44:43.35\00:44:44.91
in the Middle East
to the Christian church
00:44:44.95\00:44:47.48
and the worldwide
conflict that we understand
00:44:47.52\00:44:50.19
to be part of the final moments
in the Great Controversy.
00:44:50.22\00:44:53.29
Back to Revelation.
00:44:56.19\00:44:57.53
I know this is challenging.
00:45:02.40\00:45:04.93
You gonna have to take a
long walk after this meeting
00:45:04.97\00:45:06.80
and get your brain cleared out.
00:45:06.84\00:45:08.77
Those who are
sleeping won't need to do that.
00:45:08.80\00:45:13.14
But here's the
point, Revelation 12
00:45:13.17\00:45:16.85
makes this
transition and now Revelation 13
00:45:16.88\00:45:21.88
and onwards are going to tell us
00:45:21.92\00:45:24.42
about the last events,
the eschatological events
00:45:24.45\00:45:28.12
that are going to take
place not only in Revelation,
00:45:28.16\00:45:30.46
not only in this world
00:45:30.49\00:45:31.83
but also in the Book of Daniel
because the Book of Daniel
00:45:31.86\00:45:34.10
doesn't give us all the details,
00:45:34.13\00:45:35.46
you known, the toes
and the clay and the rock.
00:45:35.50\00:45:37.90
And then you got a little
bit more detail in Daniel 7,
00:45:37.93\00:45:39.77
little bit more
detail in Daniel 8
00:45:39.80\00:45:41.67
and a lot more
detail in Daniel 11
00:45:41.70\00:45:43.57
but it's confusing and
people aren't getting were just,
00:45:43.61\00:45:46.74
"I don't get that."
00:45:46.78\00:45:48.11
And Daniel 11:4-45 is
just, no one has solved
00:45:48.14\00:45:51.78
or understood
those verses clearly.
00:45:51.81\00:45:54.15
I mean, there's not a unity
00:45:54.22\00:45:56.72
of
understanding on those verses.
00:45:56.75\00:45:58.19
I believe we have a
key to unlock those verses
00:45:58.22\00:46:00.66
in the Book of Revelation.
00:46:00.69\00:46:02.19
I believe the Book of
Revelation unseals for us
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.29
the Book of Daniel and shows us
00:46:05.33\00:46:10.03
what those
verses actually means.
00:46:10.07\00:46:12.63
Now the reason I
think this is so important
00:46:12.67\00:46:14.07
is because there are a
number of different opinions
00:46:14.10\00:46:17.04
and there are number
of events taking place
00:46:17.07\00:46:18.74
in the world today
that can mislead us.
00:46:18.77\00:46:20.48
For example, one
of the big questions
00:46:20.51\00:46:21.88
that we're dealing
with today is Islam.
00:46:21.91\00:46:25.51
Now this meeting is specifically
00:46:25.55\00:46:27.08
about how we can
understand current events
00:46:27.12\00:46:32.05
in relation to Bible prophecy.
00:46:32.09\00:46:33.42
How do we that?
00:46:33.46\00:46:35.32
Do we look at Islam and we see
00:46:35.36\00:46:37.19
how they're
developing and growing
00:46:37.23\00:46:38.89
and threatening
the Christian world
00:46:38.93\00:46:40.36
and we see them
growing in the Middle East
00:46:40.40\00:46:42.06
with all these
countries being overturned
00:46:42.10\00:46:43.43
and we hear about the
idea of a caliph, a new caliph.
00:46:43.47\00:46:46.37
Do we say, ah-hah, this must be
00:46:46.40\00:46:49.64
the fulfillment
of these prophecies?
00:46:49.67\00:46:51.87
Is that how you do it?
00:46:51.91\00:46:53.24
Do you go to current
events, see what's taking place
00:46:53.27\00:46:55.91
and then take them and
put them into the prophecy?
00:46:55.94\00:46:58.01
No.
00:46:58.05\00:46:59.38
what you have to do, friends,
00:46:59.41\00:47:00.75
what we have to do is we
have to go to Bible prophecy.
00:47:00.78\00:47:04.15
We have to understand
what the Bible teaches
00:47:04.19\00:47:06.59
in that prophecy and then
00:47:06.62\00:47:07.96
we look for current
events to confirm that.
00:47:07.99\00:47:09.99
We wait for the current events
to confirm the fulfillment
00:47:10.03\00:47:13.29
that we see in the Bible.
00:47:13.33\00:47:15.16
But the Bible itself
has to explain the prophecy.
00:47:15.20\00:47:18.53
For example, Revelation
13 identifies a current event
00:47:18.57\00:47:24.21
that we have been looking for,
00:47:24.24\00:47:25.94
and we're seeing
being fulfilled today.
00:47:25.97\00:47:28.68
Revelation 13 confirms
a number of current events
00:47:28.71\00:47:31.38
but one of them
is found in verse 15.
00:47:31.41\00:47:34.12
Revelation 13:15.
Notice what it says here.
00:47:34.15\00:47:37.79
Actually we read verse 16,
00:47:37.82\00:47:39.65
"And he cause all,
both small and great,
00:47:39.69\00:47:42.79
no problem there,
both poor and rich."
00:47:42.82\00:47:48.50
Now rich and poor.
Now, that's amazing.
00:47:48.53\00:47:51.37
"Free and bond,
to receive a mark
00:47:51.40\00:47:52.73
in their right hand,
or in their foreheads."
00:47:52.77\00:47:54.10
There's coming a time
when the economic stability
00:47:54.14\00:47:58.47
of the world will fail.
00:47:58.51\00:48:02.64
That's what
Revelation is telling us.
00:48:02.68\00:48:04.28
Revelation is telling us
00:48:04.31\00:48:05.95
that the economic stability
of the world will fall,
00:48:05.98\00:48:08.72
Revelation 18 confirms this.
00:48:08.75\00:48:10.49
It will fall so much
so that there will be,
00:48:10.52\00:48:13.89
this beast which
represents a kingdom or a power,
00:48:13.92\00:48:16.22
an earthly kingdom
or power and another one
00:48:16.26\00:48:18.16
which represents
another of the kingdom or power.
00:48:18.19\00:48:19.93
So you got one
coming out of the sea,
00:48:19.96\00:48:21.30
one coming out of the earth.
00:48:21.33\00:48:22.66
There will be two
powers in the end of time
00:48:22.70\00:48:24.23
that are going to unite together
00:48:24.27\00:48:25.77
and they're going to
be able to enforce worship
00:48:25.80\00:48:27.90
upon the entire world.
00:48:27.94\00:48:31.31
That's what the Book
of Revelation is teaching.
00:48:31.34\00:48:33.21
The issue is worship
00:48:33.24\00:48:34.91
and it's
centered around economics.
00:48:34.94\00:48:38.21
No man's going to
able to buy or sell.
00:48:38.25\00:48:39.91
There's going to
be an economic crisis.
00:48:39.95\00:48:42.08
Do we see those events
taking place in the earth today?
00:48:42.12\00:48:46.52
Do we see these powers
being involved in those events?
00:48:46.55\00:48:50.26
Even suggesting that there be
00:48:50.29\00:48:53.43
some kind of
economic control set up,
00:48:53.46\00:48:56.63
and we're volunteering to do it.
00:48:56.67\00:49:02.17
It's amazing when
you think about it.
00:49:02.20\00:49:04.04
It is amazing what is happening
00:49:04.07\00:49:06.84
behind the scenes to
fulfill this Bible prophecy.
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.78
And I believe it's
going to happen like that.
00:49:09.81\00:49:12.65
When it takes place
as the stage is been set,
00:49:12.68\00:49:14.45
when it takes place,
00:49:14.48\00:49:15.82
it is going to
come upon this world
00:49:15.85\00:49:17.19
as an overwhelming surprise
00:49:17.22\00:49:18.55
and we're going to be
brought face to face with death.
00:49:18.59\00:49:21.29
And it's too
late then to prepare.
00:49:21.32\00:49:24.29
And God is so merciful
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.66
because He wants us
to prepare right now.
00:49:25.69\00:49:27.03
You know, I used
to teach academy kids
00:49:27.06\00:49:28.40
and I had seniors
for my Revelation class
00:49:28.43\00:49:31.23
and then sophomores we taught
00:49:31.27\00:49:32.93
the life of Christ is our wages.
00:49:32.97\00:49:34.54
And when I first went
into the class it was difficult
00:49:34.57\00:49:36.60
because the
seniors, senior class,
00:49:36.64\00:49:41.04
the angel sat on the front
row and they had their pencils
00:49:41.08\00:49:46.61
and they had their notebooks out
00:49:46.65\00:49:47.98
and they are ready
to take notes, you know.
00:49:48.02\00:49:49.35
And then the second
row and the third, uh...
00:49:49.38\00:49:52.29
But the last row,
they were the sleepers,
00:49:52.32\00:49:55.12
they were the
talkers, they were the,
00:49:55.16\00:49:56.49
"let's get my homework
done for the next class."
00:49:56.52\00:49:57.89
And I, you know,
I personally think
00:49:57.93\00:49:59.56
that the Bible class
is the most import class.
00:49:59.59\00:50:02.16
Just my opinion.
00:50:02.20\00:50:03.57
Not because I am teaching it,
00:50:03.60\00:50:04.93
I just think it's
the most important class.
00:50:04.97\00:50:06.50
So I am really over
the top, I am just thinking
00:50:06.53\00:50:09.40
what am I going to do
to get these kids to focus?
00:50:09.44\00:50:12.94
All of them, because I
want the ones in the row.
00:50:12.97\00:50:15.94
The ones in the front row
00:50:15.98\00:50:17.31
probably already
there, I want them.
00:50:17.35\00:50:18.98
So at the end of the
week I threw out a pop-quiz.
00:50:19.01\00:50:23.02
Okay, we're having a quiz
over the stuff we've covered,
00:50:23.05\00:50:25.15
I just started
writing questions on the board
00:50:25.19\00:50:27.06
and I said to them, by the
way, all of you that took notes,
00:50:27.09\00:50:29.56
which was the kids
in the front row only,
00:50:29.59\00:50:32.49
it's open notes.
00:50:32.53\00:50:35.13
You can use your
notes. You can use your notes.
00:50:35.16\00:50:38.70
And you should
have heard the howling
00:50:38.73\00:50:40.90
that took place in the back row.
00:50:40.94\00:50:42.40
But you know what?
00:50:44.97\00:50:47.01
From that day
forward everyone in the class
00:50:47.04\00:50:50.45
was taking notes
because I told them,
00:50:50.48\00:50:52.28
I said, I want you to
get an A in this class
00:50:52.31\00:50:54.38
and so every single week
I am going to have a quiz
00:50:54.42\00:50:56.89
and every single
week it's open notes.
00:50:56.92\00:50:59.72
So I figure you
hear it, you write it
00:50:59.75\00:51:01.96
and then you write it again.
00:51:01.99\00:51:07.53
Now in my sophomore
class there was one guy,
00:51:07.56\00:51:09.30
he was pretty smart,
he came to class to sleep,
00:51:09.33\00:51:11.77
he came to-- he
stayed up, you know,
00:51:11.80\00:51:13.13
doing whatever and
came to class to sleep
00:51:13.17\00:51:14.87
and even though I went through
this whole procedure with him,
00:51:14.90\00:51:16.71
he wasn't buying it.
00:51:16.77\00:51:18.11
And so he would come
to class on quiz day,
00:51:18.14\00:51:19.81
I didn't realize this at first
00:51:19.84\00:51:21.18
because we always
started class with prayer
00:51:21.21\00:51:22.54
and sometimes it
will go five, ten minutes
00:51:22.58\00:51:24.25
and prayer request and etcetera.
00:51:24.28\00:51:25.61
And so he would--
during the prayer request time
00:51:25.65\00:51:28.28
we would grab the
paper of his friend
00:51:28.32\00:51:30.15
and he'll be writing--
catching up with open notes.
00:51:30.19\00:51:33.12
And he didn't get
them all but he get,
00:51:33.15\00:51:34.76
you know, he
consistently get a B.
00:51:34.79\00:51:37.39
you know he's a brain
too so he consistently.
00:51:37.43\00:51:38.96
So he wasn't-- he
just sleep and I was like,
00:51:38.99\00:51:40.76
this guy is getting a B,
these guys are all taking note,
00:51:40.80\00:51:42.80
this guy is getting
a Bs, what's he doing?
00:51:42.83\00:51:44.20
So someone told me,
you know. I said, oh, okay.
00:51:44.23\00:51:47.70
So the next Thursday,
when we had the next quiz
00:51:47.74\00:51:51.41
I was standing at the
door, hanging out the quizzes
00:51:51.44\00:51:54.41
and he always came in late.
00:51:54.44\00:51:56.28
And I gave him the quiz
and I said, sit down, let's go.
00:51:56.31\00:51:58.11
He said, aren't we
going to have prayer first?
00:51:58.15\00:51:59.48
I said, not today.
00:51:59.51\00:52:01.58
Not today? He
got a D on that test.
00:52:01.62\00:52:07.46
We are in the
preparation time right now.
00:52:07.49\00:52:11.46
When the test comes
it's too late to get ready.
00:52:11.49\00:52:15.60
See, the test, tests
00:52:15.63\00:52:17.77
the preparation
we're doing right now.
00:52:17.80\00:52:20.14
That's why it's vital for us
to be here at this camp meeting
00:52:20.17\00:52:22.07
and every other camp meeting
00:52:22.10\00:52:23.44
we can attend,
it's vital for us.
00:52:23.47\00:52:24.84
God set at four in the year,
00:52:24.87\00:52:26.68
always three in the year
that all the males had to at.
00:52:26.71\00:52:29.54
It's vital for us to
get into the word of God
00:52:29.58\00:52:31.71
and to encourage one
another and build one another
00:52:31.75\00:52:33.52
and strengthen one another
and to talk about and agitate
00:52:33.55\00:52:37.12
and remember these waymarks
00:52:37.15\00:52:38.65
and these prophetic
signs and these pillars
00:52:38.69\00:52:40.62
that God has given
us, it's vital for us.
00:52:40.66\00:52:42.79
We don't know,
we don't understand,
00:52:42.82\00:52:44.16
we know more
about the NBA play offs
00:52:44.19\00:52:46.80
than we do about
some of this stuff.
00:52:46.83\00:52:49.60
And those guys
aren't going to save us,
00:52:49.63\00:52:50.97
they're going to make us
feel good or bad depending on,
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.63
whether they win or
lose for you know, few hours.
00:52:52.67\00:52:55.37
But Jesus Christ has given
us something that is priceless
00:52:55.40\00:52:59.17
and He's all through this.
00:52:59.21\00:53:00.94
He's everywhere
in these prophecies.
00:53:00.98\00:53:03.55
And so we know that
there are these two powers.
00:53:03.58\00:53:05.48
So someone says to
me, what about the Islam?
00:53:05.51\00:53:06.85
I said, well, I don't
see Islam in Revelation 13.
00:53:06.88\00:53:08.78
You see Islam in
Revelation 13, 14, 15, 16?
00:53:08.82\00:53:12.29
Not there. So
don't worry about it.
00:53:12.32\00:53:16.52
God has never been
wrong. God has never been wrong.
00:53:16.56\00:53:20.16
You say, well,
00:53:20.20\00:53:21.53
yeah but there are
such this and such that.
00:53:21.56\00:53:22.90
I said, be careful
00:53:22.93\00:53:24.30
because you're
hearing that on the media.
00:53:24.33\00:53:26.23
The media is trying to tell
you how to think about Islam.
00:53:26.27\00:53:30.54
The media is trying to tell you
how to think about everything.
00:53:30.57\00:53:33.74
You need to shut that off
and get into the word of God.
00:53:33.78\00:53:35.78
The word of God will tell you,
I mean, I've been to Pakistan,
00:53:35.81\00:53:38.88
I've been to these countries,
they're already keeping Sunday.
00:53:38.91\00:53:42.25
They're already keeping Sunday.
They're already doing it.
00:53:42.28\00:53:47.62
They don't do it to worship,
00:53:47.66\00:53:49.02
they just close
businesses and why?
00:53:49.06\00:53:50.49
Because of economic pressure.
00:53:50.53\00:53:51.86
That's what they do in Pakistan.
00:53:51.89\00:53:53.23
Mid-90s I was there,
they just passed the law,
00:53:53.26\00:53:54.66
changing the day the business
are open from Sunday to Friday.
00:53:54.70\00:53:59.33
Friday open, Sunday
closed. I said, why?
00:53:59.37\00:54:02.87
Economic pressure.
00:54:02.90\00:54:04.24
The rest of the world was open,
00:54:04.27\00:54:05.61
stock market was open
on Fridays, we were closed.
00:54:05.64\00:54:07.61
And then they were
closed on Sundays, we were open.
00:54:07.64\00:54:09.38
We were falling
behind economically.
00:54:09.41\00:54:10.91
So we said, how do the religious
00:54:10.95\00:54:12.28
fundaments feel about this?
00:54:12.31\00:54:13.65
Oh, they hate it.
See, we are there, friends.
00:54:13.68\00:54:16.82
That's' why it
says in Revelation 13,
00:54:16.85\00:54:18.42
they can receive the mark
of the beast in the forehead,
00:54:18.45\00:54:20.02
they believe it, or in the hand,
00:54:20.06\00:54:21.39
they just go along with it.
00:54:21.42\00:54:22.76
Why? Economic pressure.
00:54:22.79\00:54:24.13
Oregon, one of the most
secular state in the Union,
00:54:24.16\00:54:28.30
I lived there.
00:54:28.33\00:54:30.67
Just a few years ago
00:54:30.70\00:54:32.03
all of the auto
dealerships got together,
00:54:32.07\00:54:34.20
went to the state
legislator and appeal to them
00:54:34.24\00:54:37.94
to start enforcing
Sunday law, closing.
00:54:37.97\00:54:43.35
Why?
00:54:43.38\00:54:44.71
Economic pressure,
no religious reason.
00:54:44.75\00:54:46.58
They said, you know,
business are going out,
00:54:46.61\00:54:48.55
and we're going
bad economically,
00:54:48.58\00:54:50.02
car sales are down.
00:54:50.05\00:54:51.42
If we can have a
guarantee day off every week
00:54:51.45\00:54:54.12
we can hire better employees,
we would cut down our overhead.
00:54:54.16\00:54:57.46
You following this?
00:54:57.49\00:54:58.83
No religious reason whatsoever.
00:54:58.86\00:55:01.26
Of course, if you don't
pass a law we're going to do it
00:55:06.37\00:55:09.40
because we would close
00:55:09.44\00:55:10.77
but other business will be open,
00:55:10.81\00:55:12.14
they will be
taking advantage of us.
00:55:12.17\00:55:13.84
Europe, Sunday law
alliance taking place,
00:55:13.88\00:55:17.71
labor unions are in it,
00:55:17.75\00:55:19.08
religious groups
are in it, family day.
00:55:19.11\00:55:21.08
It's happening.
00:55:21.12\00:55:22.45
These are the signs
that fulfill Bible prophecy.
00:55:22.48\00:55:26.45
These are the current events
00:55:26.49\00:55:27.82
that we need to stay focused on,
00:55:27.86\00:55:29.19
don't get distracted.
00:55:29.22\00:55:30.56
Don't get distracted by
these other interpretations
00:55:30.59\00:55:32.63
and applications, stick
with the sure word of prophecy.
00:55:32.66\00:55:37.63
We'll talk more
about that as we continue
00:55:37.67\00:55:41.37
on Sabbath
evening with Daniel 11
00:55:41.40\00:55:44.64
and connect that
to Revelation 13.
00:55:44.67\00:55:48.04
It's powerful
when you think about
00:55:48.08\00:55:49.41
what God has given to us
in the Book of Revelation.
00:55:49.44\00:55:52.38
When you move to Revelation 13,
00:55:52.41\00:55:55.22
you connect with
the Book of Daniel.
00:55:55.25\00:55:57.42
Why?
00:55:57.45\00:55:58.79
Well, in Revelation 13:2
00:55:58.82\00:56:00.49
you have a beast
that comes out of the sea,
00:56:00.52\00:56:03.12
and this beast is like leopard,
00:56:03.16\00:56:06.90
a bear, a lion and the
dragon gives him his power
00:56:06.93\00:56:09.56
acceding great authority.
00:56:09.60\00:56:10.93
That is connecting us
to the Book of Daniel.
00:56:10.97\00:56:13.97
Battle of
Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome.
00:56:14.00\00:56:17.71
Revelation 13
rehearses in the first half
00:56:17.74\00:56:21.71
the history
that's already given us
00:56:21.74\00:56:23.75
in the Book of Daniel.
00:56:23.78\00:56:25.11
This beast grew up for 42 years.
00:56:25.15\00:56:26.48
They persecuted God's people,
it was blasphemous against God,
00:56:26.51\00:56:29.68
it was wounded,
00:56:29.72\00:56:31.12
they don't think
wound is going to be healed.
00:56:31.15\00:56:32.49
All that's in
the Book of Daniel.
00:56:32.52\00:56:34.72
He that lives in the
captivity must in the captivity
00:56:34.76\00:56:36.83
and while that's happening
another beast rises up.
00:56:36.86\00:56:39.36
And that's where the
Book of Revelation picks up
00:56:39.39\00:56:42.13
from where the
Book of Daniel left off
00:56:42.16\00:56:43.77
and gives us new insights.
00:56:43.80\00:56:46.27
It helps us to
understand exactly
00:56:46.30\00:56:49.10
what is going to take
place in the end of time.
00:56:49.14\00:56:51.07
Revelation 13, 14, 15 does that.
00:56:51.11\00:56:54.84
And that is going to give us
00:56:54.88\00:56:56.21
the understanding that we
need in Daniel 11, I believe.
00:56:56.24\00:57:02.42
So I am really
excited about this,
00:57:02.45\00:57:03.79
I believe that God is opening up
00:57:03.82\00:57:05.75
insights and understanding
00:57:05.79\00:57:07.12
that we need in these last days.
00:57:07.16\00:57:09.52
But we can't rest on our leaves,
00:57:09.56\00:57:11.96
we need to pray
earnestly and dig earnestly
00:57:11.99\00:57:14.20
into the word of God.
00:57:14.23\00:57:15.56
Amen. Amen.
00:57:15.60\00:57:16.97