What does the future hold?
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Where can we find certainty
in a world of uncertainty?
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The Book of Revelation
provides hopeful answers
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for today, tomorrow and forever.
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Join Mark Finley,
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author and
world renowned speaker
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on a journey into the future
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with Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
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Welcome to Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
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As we've journeyed together
through the Book of Revelation,
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we've discovered that
God will ultimately triumph
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in the controversy
between good and evil.
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The theme of Revelation is
Christ wins and Satan loses.
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A question is often asked,
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does God have a people today
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that will take the
gospel to the world?
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Will the gospel lighten
the earth with the glory of God
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just before the
coming of Christ?
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Does God have a church today?
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Are churches manmade
or are they God made?
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Are churches
human, bureaucratic,
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authoritarian institutions
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or the dynamic
movements raised up by God
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to foster and
further His work on earth?
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We're gonna discover answers
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to those questions
in our program today.
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But let's pray.
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Father in heaven, thank
You so much for the fact
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that You have guided Your church
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down through the centuries,
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and as we explore
the movement of God,
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a movement of
destiny, a last day movement,
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as we've explored the
characteristics of that
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and its work,
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we pray that You'd give
us wisdom, and strength,
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and the courage to follow
You, in Christ name, amen.
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Our topic is Revelation's
Movement of Destiny.
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As men and women around
the world look at scripture,
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they wonder if
there's one God and one faith,
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why are there so many
different denominations?
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And how can I work my way
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through that
maze of denominations
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to discover
God's truth for today?
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Some actually wonder
if God has a people today,
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but yet there is a
hunger for genuine Christianity.
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As we look out over our
world, one thing is for certain,
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materialism does not satisfy.
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You know in 1986,
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Ferdinand and Imelda
Marcos fled the Philippines.
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When they did and
their mansion was examined,
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it was found that Imelda
Marcos had 1220 pairs of shoes.
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She had many, many
accessories, of course,
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purses and
pocketbooks and fine gowns,
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just tens of
thousands of dollars,
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hundreds of thousands
tied up in that clothing.
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Where's all that today,
20 some odd years later?
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Recently, an article came
out in the Philippine newspapers
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that was reported by
the National Archives
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where those shoes are
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and those gowns
and accessories are.
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Water from a
monsoon got into the section
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where her things were
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and her things are wet,
damp, mildewing, termites
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eating some of them
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and the article said
they are of no value.
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Materialism does not satisfy.
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The new pair of shoes
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we have today is
gonna get old tomorrow.
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The new suit, the new dress
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is going to be
out of style tomorrow.
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Materialism doesn't satisfy.
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There must be
something far deeper than that.
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Pleasure is not satisfied.
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You know, you have one party,
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one fun fling but
yet the next morning
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you wake up and
it leaves you empty.
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The tingling
sensation of pleasure tonight
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is tomorrow's disappointment
or discouragement.
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Technology has not satisfied.
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You know, you look at
the latest iPad, iPhone,
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latest computer
gadgets, latest material
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that is written
about the best camera
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and you look at that
stuff on the best camera today
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and then you
read six months later,
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a year later, two years later
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and your best camera
is now your oldest camera.
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You know, you
look at technology,
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it just does not satisfy.
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What does satisfy?
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What are human
beings really looking for?
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Most human beings
are looking for something
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bigger than themself,
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something grander than themself,
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something nobler themself.
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They're looking for
a purpose to live for.
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They're looking for something
to give their life for,
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something that will give
them direction and guidance,
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something that will
bring them satisfaction,
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something that fulfills
the meaning of their existence.
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There's only one thing like that
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and that's Jesus Christ.
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He fills the deepest
longing of our hearts,
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but in addition to that
Christ leads us to His people.
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He leads us to purpose,
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He leads us to a movement
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that's to lighten the
earth with the glory of God.
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There is
nothing more satisfying,
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nothing more enriching,
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nothing more fulfilling
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than to be part of
a movement of destiny,
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that you know it has
been raised up by God
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to do something significant,
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something
meaningful in this world.
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In every generation,
God has had a people.
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In every generation,
God has had a movement.
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When you look
down through history,
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God has always had a church.
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Well, does God call the people
on earth today His church?
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It would be strange
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if God did not have
a people on earth today
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when He has had a
people in every generation.
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Let's go back to
the days of Noah.
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God was going to
destroy this world with a flood.
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But before the waters
fell and before the flood came,
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God raised up Noah,
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and Noah had a
purpose to live for,
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to prepare people for
the coming destruction.
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Does God have a people today
that He has called His church
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that calls men and women
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to prepare for the
coming fiery holocaust
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when Jesus comes again?
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Jesus will soon return.
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In loving arms,
He's reaching out now
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to prepare men and
women for His soon return.
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In the days of Noah,
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the majority
rejected God's call,
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but His faithful
people entered into the ark.
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If God had a
message in the days of Noah,
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would it be not surprising
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if He didn't
have a message today?
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In every generation,
God has sent a message
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to prepare for the crisis.
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God has always had a people.
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Think about the days of Abraham.
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God called Abraham
out of Ur of the Chaldees.
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He called him to
be His faithful leader
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of a new movement.
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Genesis 26:2 says,
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"Then the Lord appeared to him,"
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that's Abraham "and said,
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'Don't go down to Egypt,
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live in the land of
which I shall tell you.'"
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Then the
scripture goes on to say,
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"Because Abraham obeyed
My voice and kept My charge,
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My commandments, My
statutes, and My laws."
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Now here is a key to
understanding God's people.
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God calls them
out of the majority.
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God's people are
never the majority.
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He calls them
out of the majority,
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but He calls them to
be faithful, obedient
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to His
commandments and His laws.
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Here are two
characteristics of God's people.
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First, like
Abraham, within their heart.
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They listen to the voice of God.
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They decided to
follow the voice of God,
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and more than anything
else they want to please God.
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Secondly, in their lifestyle,
they live godly obedient lives.
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When you come to
the days of Israel,
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God has a people.
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He had people in
the days of Noah,
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had a people in
the days of Abraham.
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And in the days of
Moses, God had a people.
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He called Moses
and the Israelites
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out of Egypt,
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the scripture says
in Deuteronomy 11:1,
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"Therefore you shall
love the Lord your God,
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and keep His
charge, His statutes,
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His judgments, and
His commandments always."
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Now notice the text,
first, there is love to God.
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Obedience is not some
legalistic requirement.
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It is not some
external formalism.
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It comes and springs
from the heart of love,
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but you notice the text,
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"You love the Lord your God
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and you'll keep
His commandments."
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So down through the ages,
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God has always had a
people that have loved Him.
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He's always had a people
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that have been committed to Him,
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always had a people that
were desirous of doing His will
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that have kept His commandments.
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God's chosen people
through the Old Testament
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also are found in
the New Testament.
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When Israel, as a nation,
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as a corporate whole
through its leadership
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drifted from
the purposes of God.
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God raised up the New
Testament Christian church,
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they were called
His chosen people.
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In the day of Pentecost,
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3,000 were baptized to form
God's new spiritual community.
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They came and they were
called "God's chosen people".
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In the Book of
Peter, we read this.
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In 1 Peter 2:9,
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"But you are a
chosen generation,
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a royal priesthood,
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a holy nation, His
own special people."
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Did God in the days
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of the New Testament
have a chosen generation,
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a royal
priesthood, a holy nation?
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Israel previously
was God's holy nation,
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but when the
leadership of Israel
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turned their
back on the Messiah,
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many individual
Jews were baptized,
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they became
Christians following Jesus
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and this new Christian
community of Jew and Gentile
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became God's church
or His chosen people.
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The Bible says, "That you
may proclaim the praises of Him
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who called you out of darkness
into this marvelous light."
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God always calls His
people for a purpose.
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God called Noah to proclaim
His message to a dying world.
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God called Abraham to proclaim
His message to a dying world.
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God called Moses to
proclaim His message
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to lead people out
of Egyptian bondage
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into the Promised Land.
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God called the New
Testament Christian church
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to lead His
people into a movement
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that would impact the world
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and enlighten it
with the glory of God.
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If in every generation,
God has had a people.
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Would it not be surprising
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if God did not
have a people today?
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You see, when you
take a step to follow truth
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and become part of God's
commandment keeping people,
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you're not denying any truth
that you believed in the past.
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Well, God always leads
His people progressively
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just like He lead
Abraham and Moses,
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just like He lead
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the New Testament
Christian believers.
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When those New
Testament believers,
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who were Jews followed Christ,
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they were not
denying the Old Testament,
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they were rather accepting
the larger, brighter truth
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that God led them into.
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So God is always
leading us to take another step.
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Could it be that
you've not turned into,
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tuned into this
program by accident?
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Could it be that God wants
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you personally to
take another step?
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That He's
revealing His light to you.
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You've been a faithful Christian
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down through these years.
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You've loved Christ
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and to the best of your
knowledge you obeyed Him,
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but God's inviting
you to take another step.
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He's inviting you to follow
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His ways, and His
will, and His commands.
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He's inviting you
to walk with the people
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that He's outlined in
the Book of Revelation.
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You see, while we
may appreciate our past,
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we commit ourselves to following
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all the truth that
God has for us today.
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There's never a stopping
place in the Christian life,
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where we say,
"Now I know everything,
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therefore, I can be comfortable
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with the knowledge that I have."
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God is always leading
us to take another step.
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He's always leading us
to follow further truth.
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When you find the truth,
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you look for a church
that teaches the truth.
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You see, we
don't go to the church
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to find out what truth is.
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We go to the Bible to
find out what truth is,
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and then we find a people
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that God has
raised up in harmony
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with the truth of Scripture.
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In 1 Timothy 3:15,
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the Bible describes
what defines the church.
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It says, "I write
so that you may know
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how you ought to conduct
yourself in the house of God,"
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that's the church,
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"which is the
church of the living God,
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the pillar and
the ground of truth."
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Did you notice how the
Bible defines the church?
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What is it?
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It's the pillar
and ground of truth.
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So the church is the foundation
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of the very truth of God's Word.
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In fact, in John 17:17, it says,
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"Sanctify them by your truth..."
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What's the rest of it?
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"Your word is truth."
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So God's word
reveals what truth is.
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If you want to know the truth,
you go to the very Word of God.
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And what did Jesus Himself say?
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John 8:32, "And you
shall know the truth,
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and the truth shall" do what?
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"The truth shall set
you free." Free from what?
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Free from
falsehood, free from error,
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free from
deception, free from fables.
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So the truth of
God's word sets us free.
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Where do we find
or discover that truth
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about the last
days of earth's history?
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What's this book
that we've been studying?
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It is the book
of what? Revelation.
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So in Revelation,
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we find a description
of God's end time people.
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Now if we approach God's word
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only desiring to
prove our position,
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we will not discover His will,
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our own thoughts will influence
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what we read in
the very Word of God.
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But if we come to the
Bible with humble hearts,
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if we come to the
Bible with a prayer,
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desiring to do God's will,
in fact, Jesus put it this way.
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If any man will do His will,
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he shall know the doctrine.
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So we come to the Bible,
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praying, seeking
God with humble hearts,
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desiring to follow
Him and do His will.
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The Book of Revelation outlines
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the characteristics
of God's last day people.
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So let's go to Revelation
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and discover
that just as God has
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a people down
through the centuries,
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He has a people today.
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We go to Revelation
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and we're looking there at
Revelation the 12th chapter.
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You'll recall
from previous studies
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in the Book of Revelation
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that we've done here on 3ABN
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in this series Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries,
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that we've talked
about Revelation chapter 12,
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and there in verse
one, it describes a woman.
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A woman that rises up
and if we look at this woman,
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she has a crown on
her head of 12 stars.
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She is decked in white,
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iridescent with the glory of God
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and standing on the moon.
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We've discovered in the Bible
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that a pure chaste
woman represents the church.
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You find that here
in 2 Corinthians 11:2
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as well as in many other verses,
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"For I am jealous for
you with godly jealousy.
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For I have
betrothed you to one husband,
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that I may present you as
a chaste virgin to Christ."
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What's this
talking about? The church.
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Here the Apostle Paul says that
the church is a chaste virgin,
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she's pure,
radiating the glory of heaven.
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She is pure with true doctrine,
unadulterated, no falsehood,
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so she is the bride of Christ.
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So we look in Revelation 12,
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we see the New Testament church,
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the glory of the Old Testament
people of God is fading away,
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just like the moon
reflects the glory of the sun,
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so the Old Testament reflected
dimly the glory of Christ,
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the Old Testament
movement was fading away.
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God would raise up
His bride, His church,
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the New Testament church.
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She would have a crown of stars
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upon her head
guided by the 12 apostles
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or divine authority of
the administration of heaven.
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She would be based
on the very Word of God,
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clothed with
white righteousness,
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no defilement there,
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iridescent with
the glory of God.
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As the Bible describes
this people in Revelation 12,
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it describes a titanic struggle,
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a struggle
between good and evil,
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a struggle that began in heaven
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but would focus on
the church on earth.
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Revelation 12:9,
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"So the great
dragon was cast out,
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that serpent of old,
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called the Devil and Satan,
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who deceives the whole world."
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Now notice, there is
this battle in heaven,
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there is this war in heaven.
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Satan is a deceiver.
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He deceives the
whole world with falsehood.
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"He was cast to the earth
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and his angels
were cast out with him."
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So Revelation 12
begins with a battle.
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Satan rebels
against God in heaven.
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This is episode number one,
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but who wins
that battle in heaven,
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who wins in this
first episode in the battle?
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Christ wins and Satan loses.
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So in the first episode,
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you have four
episodes here in Revelation 12,
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four snapshots,
four video pictures,
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four fast moving scenes.
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Scene number one,
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Satan rebels
against God in heaven,
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an angel of dazzling brightness
rebels against his creator.
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The creature
exalts his authority
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above the creator.
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Satan leads one
third of the angels
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to battle
against Christ in heaven
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and those angels
are cast out of heaven.
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The Bible then says
that this pure woman,
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Revelation 12:4 and 5,
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"The dragon
stood before the woman
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who was ready to give birth,
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to devour her child
as soon as it was born."
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Who's this woman?
The New Testament church.
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Who's the child
that's to be born
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to lead out in the
New Testament church,
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to raise up a new
generation, a new movement?
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It's Jesus Christ.
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So Revelation has
these four episodes,
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the first episode, Satan
rebels against God in heaven
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and he is cast out.
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Then millenniums pass
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and the camera
focuses on the next scene
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and that's the
birth of Jesus Christ.
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And it tells us that the devil
would try to destroy Jesus,
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so she bore a male child.
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Who is that again?
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Jesus, who is
to rule all nations
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with the rod of iron.
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Who is that? Jesus.
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And what does
the devil try to do.
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He tries in every
way to destroy Jesus.
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Jesus comes and He's born.
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He lives the life
we should have lived,
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dies the death we
should have died is resurrected
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and what does Scripture say,
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"Her Child, Christ
would be eventually
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caught up to
God and His throne."
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In, of course, the ascension,
and so here is a description
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and two short verses
of the birth of Christ.
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Jesus, the divine Son of
God, tabernacled in human flesh.
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He was faithful to the Father.
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John 8:29, Jesus says,
00:20:25.69\00:20:27.62
"I always do those
things that please Him."
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In the Book of Hebrews, it says,
00:20:31.23\00:20:33.06
"I come in the
volume of the book
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it's written of me
to do Thy will, oh God."
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Jesus focused on one thing
00:20:38.57\00:20:40.87
and that's doing
the will of the Father,
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as Christ lived that life
facing temptations of Satan,
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He depended on
the Father's strength
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and was
victorious and an overcomer.
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He came then, Satan
tries to destroy Him at birth,
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Mary and Joseph
left, went to Egypt.
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Satan followed Jesus
00:21:01.82\00:21:03.39
into the
wilderness of temptation
00:21:03.43\00:21:05.53
and there tried to
break his faith in Christ
00:21:05.56\00:21:09.10
but could not accomplish that.
00:21:09.13\00:21:10.87
Satan tried to
destroy Jesus on the cross,
00:21:10.90\00:21:13.70
but yet Jesus was victorious
over Satan on the cross,
00:21:13.74\00:21:18.31
and eventually after
his death and resurrection
00:21:18.34\00:21:21.11
"Her child is caught
up to God and His throne."
00:21:21.14\00:21:23.61
Jesus wins and Satan loses.
00:21:23.65\00:21:26.85
Satan tries to destroy Christ
from Jesus' birth to His death,
00:21:26.88\00:21:30.85
but he does not accomplish that.
00:21:30.89\00:21:33.46
The resurrected Christ
is triumphant over death
00:21:33.49\00:21:37.46
and Satan, the
resurrected Christ triumphs.
00:21:37.49\00:21:42.43
Satan turns now
after the resurrection
00:21:42.46\00:21:45.33
and ascension of Jesus,
00:21:45.37\00:21:46.94
he turns his wrath on the woman,
00:21:46.97\00:21:48.90
the Christian church,
00:21:48.94\00:21:51.11
all but one of the
disciples died a martyr's death.
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Satan wants to
stamp out the church
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and has tried to do
that down through the ages.
00:21:58.91\00:22:02.35
As centuries passed, in
the days of Constantine,
00:22:02.38\00:22:05.95
in the fourth century
church and state unite,
00:22:05.99\00:22:08.99
eventually there is
a period of darkness
00:22:09.02\00:22:12.99
called the Dark Ages
00:22:13.03\00:22:14.56
where tradition
comes in to the church.
00:22:14.60\00:22:18.53
The Bible says,
in Revelation 12:6,
00:22:18.57\00:22:21.40
"Then the woman..."
00:22:21.44\00:22:22.77
Who's the woman,
everybody who is that?
00:22:22.80\00:22:24.51
"Then the woman did" what?
00:22:24.54\00:22:26.27
"Fled into the wilderness,
00:22:26.31\00:22:28.38
where she has a
place prepared by God."
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There is persecution,
00:22:32.15\00:22:33.62
the church flees
into the wilderness
00:22:33.65\00:22:35.28
but notice what it says,
00:22:35.32\00:22:36.85
there is a
place prepared by God.
00:22:36.89\00:22:39.19
In the wilderness
experience of your life,
00:22:39.22\00:22:42.52
there is always a
place prepared by God.
00:22:42.56\00:22:46.33
In the darkest
moments of your life,
00:22:46.36\00:22:48.46
there is always a
place prepared by God,
00:22:48.50\00:22:52.00
whatever you're
going through, right now,
00:22:52.03\00:22:54.74
God has a place
prepared for you.
00:22:54.77\00:22:57.11
He will be your security,
your refuge, your safety.
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It says, "That they
should feed her there
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.84
one thousand two
hundred and sixty days."
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So in this third
episode, episode number one,
00:23:05.75\00:23:10.29
the devil battles
against God in heaven.
00:23:10.32\00:23:13.19
Christ wins, Satan
loses, the devil's cast out.
00:23:13.22\00:23:15.76
Episode number two,
centuries, millenniums past
00:23:15.79\00:23:19.49
and the devil
tries to destroy Jesus.
00:23:19.53\00:23:21.80
He's born, but Christ
is victorious in His death
00:23:21.83\00:23:25.20
and resurrection and ascension.
00:23:25.23\00:23:27.34
Christ wins, Satan loses.
00:23:27.37\00:23:29.44
In episode number three,
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the devil focus his
attention upon the church
00:23:31.34\00:23:34.61
and there's this
long period of Dark Ages,
00:23:34.64\00:23:37.28
where the devil tries
to stamp out the church.
00:23:37.31\00:23:40.45
Now, what about this
1260 days, 1260 days?
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In Bible prophecy,
00:23:46.49\00:23:48.32
one prophetic day
equals a literal year.
00:23:48.36\00:23:52.09
Now that doesn't mean
that every time in the Bible
00:23:52.13\00:23:54.53
you mention a day,
it's a year, not at all.
00:23:54.56\00:23:57.00
When the Bible
says a day, it's a day,
00:23:57.03\00:23:58.50
but when you have
prophetic symbolism,
00:23:58.53\00:24:00.54
particular in
Daniel and Revelation,
00:24:00.57\00:24:02.50
one prophetic day
equals one literal year.
00:24:02.54\00:24:04.81
You find that in
Ezekiel 4:6, Numbers 14:34.
00:24:04.84\00:24:09.81
I've appointed
you, the Bible says,
00:24:09.84\00:24:11.48
in those passages a day,
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.01
that is a
prophetic day for a year.
00:24:13.05\00:24:15.45
So 1260 days would be 1260 what?
00:24:15.48\00:24:18.85
1260 years.
00:24:18.89\00:24:21.46
History tells us
that this Dark Ages period
00:24:21.49\00:24:25.33
went from about
AD 538 to AD 1798.
00:24:25.36\00:24:31.57
The papal power began to rule
00:24:31.60\00:24:33.97
in its Roman authority in AD 538
00:24:34.00\00:24:38.81
and it ruled for 1260,
00:24:38.84\00:24:41.74
the last of the barbarian tribes
00:24:41.78\00:24:43.51
was finally driven out of Rome,
00:24:43.55\00:24:45.68
a little earlier than that.
00:24:45.71\00:24:47.35
But Roman authority,
00:24:47.38\00:24:49.02
the Roman church
authority of the union of church
00:24:49.05\00:24:52.19
and state began in
that year, and then in 1798,
00:24:52.22\00:24:57.49
the Pope of Rome
was taken captive.
00:24:57.53\00:25:00.40
During this wilderness period,
00:25:00.43\00:25:03.60
God's church, God's true
people were in the wilderness.
00:25:03.63\00:25:07.57
We find oppression taking place.
00:25:07.60\00:25:10.57
We find
persecution taking place.
00:25:10.61\00:25:13.07
Many of the people of
God, particularly in the 1300s,
00:25:13.11\00:25:18.18
the Waldensians fled
00:25:18.21\00:25:20.35
into the
mountains of northern Italy,
00:25:20.38\00:25:23.08
fled into the
mountains of southern France
00:25:23.12\00:25:25.92
and they were
faithful to God there.
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.42
The reformers
were raised up by God
00:25:29.46\00:25:31.99
but still
persecuted for their faith.
00:25:32.03\00:25:34.46
John Huss, the
Czechoslovakian reformer
00:25:34.50\00:25:37.47
was burned at the stake.
00:25:37.50\00:25:39.07
You look at the persecution
00:25:39.10\00:25:40.97
that took place of Martin Luther
00:25:41.00\00:25:43.07
for example, his trials.
00:25:43.10\00:25:46.44
These reformers who said,
00:25:46.47\00:25:48.81
"Our mind is
captive to the Word of God."
00:25:48.84\00:25:51.88
Luther said, "Here I
stand and I can't do no other.
00:25:51.91\00:25:56.42
If it can be shown to me
that my writings are in error
00:25:56.45\00:26:00.36
and not in
harmony with the Word,
00:26:00.39\00:26:02.16
I will yield,
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.53
but I, my conscience is
bound by the Word of God."
00:26:03.56\00:26:07.50
I think of Hugh Latimer,
00:26:07.53\00:26:09.96
Thomas Cranmer and Ridley
00:26:10.00\00:26:13.47
who were called
the Oxford martyrs,
00:26:13.50\00:26:16.24
who in England were burned
at the stake for their faith.
00:26:16.27\00:26:21.08
Down through the centuries,
00:26:21.11\00:26:23.08
God has always
had a faithful people.
00:26:23.11\00:26:25.65
A people who have
courageously stood for him
00:26:25.68\00:26:29.68
and they've stood for His Word.
00:26:29.72\00:26:31.99
In this period of Dark Ages,
00:26:32.02\00:26:34.99
Satan tried to
destroy the church
00:26:35.02\00:26:37.46
from the first century,
second century, third century.
00:26:37.49\00:26:41.26
First century, they're
thrown to lions in the Coliseum,
00:26:41.30\00:26:44.27
down through the Dark Ages,
00:26:44.30\00:26:45.80
they're persecuted,
burned at the stake,
00:26:45.83\00:26:48.80
they are killed with the sword.
00:26:48.84\00:26:52.71
But yet, in that
Dark Ages period,
00:26:52.74\00:26:55.84
light although and truth
although it burned dimly,
00:26:55.88\00:27:00.42
Christ won, Satan lost,
00:27:00.45\00:27:02.38
because truth
was not stamped out.
00:27:02.42\00:27:05.52
At the end of this period, 1798,
00:27:05.55\00:27:09.02
the wilderness period would end.
00:27:09.06\00:27:10.43
How?
00:27:10.46\00:27:11.79
Berthier,
French general was sent
00:27:11.83\00:27:14.30
by Napoleon down to Rome.
00:27:14.33\00:27:16.23
He took the pope captive,
the pope dies in captivity.
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.47
And according to the Bible,
00:27:19.50\00:27:21.24
that's the end of the 1260 years
00:27:21.27\00:27:23.77
and the period of wilderness
time for the church ends.
00:27:23.81\00:27:29.84
What then would we expect?
What then would we expect?
00:27:29.88\00:27:34.25
We would expect
out of the wilderness.
00:27:34.28\00:27:36.82
Out of this period of darkness,
00:27:36.85\00:27:39.15
just before the coming of Jesus.
00:27:39.19\00:27:41.22
Sometime after 1798,
00:27:41.26\00:27:44.46
God would raise up
an end time movement,
00:27:44.49\00:27:47.30
that would be faithful to Him
00:27:47.33\00:27:49.73
in the great
panorama of history,
00:27:49.76\00:27:52.23
in the divine drama of destiny,
00:27:52.27\00:27:55.10
God would raise up
an end time people.
00:27:55.14\00:27:58.31
Sometime after the Dark Ages,
00:27:58.34\00:28:00.44
sometime after 1798,
00:28:00.48\00:28:03.35
that just like He
had a chosen people
00:28:03.38\00:28:05.75
in the days of Noah,
00:28:05.78\00:28:07.12
just like He had a chosen
people in the days of Abraham,
00:28:07.15\00:28:10.05
just like He had a chosen people
00:28:10.09\00:28:11.75
in the days of the
Old Testament, Israel.
00:28:11.79\00:28:13.66
People that loved Him,
00:28:13.69\00:28:15.06
people that would
keep His commandments,
00:28:15.09\00:28:17.06
at end time God
would have a people.
00:28:17.09\00:28:20.53
The Book of Revelation
00:28:20.56\00:28:21.96
describes the identifying
00:28:22.00\00:28:23.53
characteristics of
God's last day people.
00:28:23.57\00:28:26.57
Four episodes, Satan tries
to destroy Christ in heaven.
00:28:26.60\00:28:30.41
He fails, Christ
wins, Satan loses.
00:28:30.44\00:28:33.01
Satan tries to
destroy Jesus, he fails.
00:28:33.04\00:28:35.74
Christ wins, Satan loses.
00:28:35.78\00:28:37.38
Satan tries to
destroy the church
00:28:37.41\00:28:39.25
in the wilderness period.
00:28:39.28\00:28:40.62
He fails, Christ
wins, Satan loses.
00:28:40.65\00:28:43.52
In the last days
of earth's history,
00:28:43.55\00:28:45.02
the Bible says Revelation 12:17,
00:28:45.05\00:28:47.06
"And the dragon..."
00:28:47.09\00:28:48.42
Who's the dragon? Satan.
00:28:48.46\00:28:50.29
"Was enraged..."
What does that mean?
00:28:50.33\00:28:52.39
Angry. "With the woman..."
00:28:52.43\00:28:53.76
Who is that? The church.
00:28:53.80\00:28:55.13
Here is the last day church,
00:28:55.16\00:28:56.53
"Went to make war with
the rest of her offspring."
00:28:56.56\00:28:59.67
King James Version says
the remnant of her seed,
00:28:59.70\00:29:02.87
those that remain loyal,
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.71
those that remain faithful,
00:29:04.74\00:29:06.34
those that remain true to God
00:29:06.37\00:29:09.11
who keep the commandments of God
00:29:09.14\00:29:11.11
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:29:11.15\00:29:13.45
How then are God's
faithful people described?
00:29:13.48\00:29:17.39
If you're looking
for the people of God,
00:29:17.42\00:29:20.06
if you looking for
the Church of Jesus Christ
00:29:20.09\00:29:23.53
in the last days
of earth's history.
00:29:23.56\00:29:25.83
If you are a truth seeker,
00:29:25.86\00:29:28.50
you're not
looking for any church,
00:29:28.53\00:29:30.73
you're not
looking for any movement
00:29:30.77\00:29:32.33
that claims to teach the Bible.
00:29:32.37\00:29:34.10
You're looking for the remnant.
00:29:34.14\00:29:35.87
You're looking for
the rest of her seed.
00:29:35.90\00:29:38.31
Those who remained
loyal and faithful to Christ.
00:29:38.34\00:29:41.48
One of their characteristics.
00:29:41.51\00:29:42.94
They have this passionate
love for Christ in His Word,
00:29:42.98\00:29:45.98
and they do what?
00:29:46.01\00:29:47.75
They keep the
commandments of God
00:29:47.78\00:29:50.59
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.56
Any movement that does not
keep the commandments of God,
00:29:53.59\00:29:57.29
including the Bible Sabbath
00:29:57.33\00:29:59.39
could not be the
remnant of Revelation.
00:29:59.43\00:30:03.20
They could not be
the true movement of God,
00:30:03.23\00:30:05.90
they may have some truth,
00:30:05.93\00:30:07.57
there may be love there,
00:30:07.60\00:30:09.10
there may be warmth there,
00:30:09.14\00:30:10.67
their pastor may
preach wonderful sermons,
00:30:10.71\00:30:13.17
but if you're
looking for the remnant,
00:30:13.21\00:30:15.34
you're looking for
the true people of God,
00:30:15.38\00:30:17.75
you're looking for
the rest of the offspring
00:30:17.78\00:30:20.05
of the seed of Christ,
00:30:20.08\00:30:21.68
they must according
to the Book of Revelation
00:30:21.72\00:30:24.35
keep the commandments of God.
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.59
They must also have
the testimony of Jesus.
00:30:26.62\00:30:30.73
Now one of those commandments,
of course, is the Sabbath.
00:30:30.76\00:30:33.43
Exodus 20:8-10,
"Remember the Sabbath..."
00:30:33.46\00:30:37.20
I wonder, did God say remember?
00:30:37.23\00:30:39.63
Because He knew that most
of the world would forget.
00:30:39.67\00:30:42.77
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:30:42.80\00:30:45.17
Six days shalt thou
labor, and do all thy work:
00:30:45.21\00:30:48.51
but the seventh day
00:30:48.54\00:30:49.88
is the Sabbath of
the Lord thy God..."
00:30:49.91\00:30:51.91
So if we're
looking for the remnant,
00:30:51.95\00:30:54.48
the people of God,
the movement of God
00:30:54.52\00:30:58.62
that would be raised
up to prepare a world
00:30:58.65\00:31:00.79
for the coming of Christ.
00:31:00.82\00:31:02.46
We must look for a
Sabbath keeping movement.
00:31:02.49\00:31:07.33
We must look for a people
00:31:07.36\00:31:09.33
who because of
their love for Christ
00:31:09.36\00:31:12.03
keep all of His commandments.
00:31:12.07\00:31:15.27
Notice Hebrews
10:16, the new covenant,
00:31:15.30\00:31:18.51
the new covenant doesn't
do away with the law it is.
00:31:18.54\00:31:21.58
"I'll put My laws
into their hearts"
00:31:21.61\00:31:23.45
that so they love them,
00:31:23.48\00:31:24.81
"I put them in their
minds, I will write them"
00:31:24.85\00:31:27.02
there that is so they know them.
00:31:27.05\00:31:28.62
So the new covenant promise
00:31:28.65\00:31:30.35
is that Christ
will have a people,
00:31:30.39\00:31:32.15
whose law is
written in their mind.
00:31:32.19\00:31:35.09
All they want to
do is please Jesus.
00:31:35.12\00:31:37.66
It is written in their heart
and they love to please Jesus.
00:31:37.69\00:31:41.40
They love Him so
they want to serve Him,
00:31:41.43\00:31:44.07
and they serve Him
because they love Him.
00:31:44.10\00:31:46.63
They love Him, so
they want to obey Him,
00:31:46.67\00:31:49.10
and they obey Him
because they love Him.
00:31:49.14\00:31:52.07
They keep His commandments.
00:31:52.11\00:31:54.04
But secondly, the Bible says
00:31:54.08\00:31:56.08
they have the
testimony of Jesus.
00:31:56.11\00:31:58.48
What is the testimony of Jesus?
00:31:58.51\00:32:01.22
What's that all about?
00:32:01.25\00:32:02.72
What's another
word for testimony?
00:32:02.75\00:32:04.65
It's witness.
00:32:04.69\00:32:06.02
So that means,
00:32:06.05\00:32:07.56
but they have a
witness from Jesus.
00:32:07.59\00:32:10.73
In Revelation 12:17,
identifying the true church,
00:32:10.76\00:32:13.90
it says, "They have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:32:13.93\00:32:16.00
Revelation 12:17.
00:32:16.03\00:32:18.20
And in Revelation 19:10,
00:32:18.23\00:32:21.00
it says, "The
testimony of Jesus is" what?
00:32:21.04\00:32:24.21
"The Spirit of Prophecy."
00:32:24.24\00:32:25.64
So God would have an end time
movement based on the Bible.
00:32:25.67\00:32:29.14
An end time
movement of men and women
00:32:29.18\00:32:31.01
that were so in love with Christ
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.48
because He saved
them with His grace.
00:32:32.51\00:32:35.65
An end time movement
that was obedient to Christ
00:32:35.68\00:32:38.49
and kept the Sabbath,
00:32:38.52\00:32:39.85
but He would send to that
movement a special divine gift
00:32:39.89\00:32:44.13
called the gift of prophecy.
00:32:44.16\00:32:46.09
Were the church waiting
00:32:46.13\00:32:47.80
for the Advent be blessed
with the gift of prophecy,
00:32:47.83\00:32:51.73
not to take the
place of the Bible
00:32:51.77\00:32:53.60
but to give special insight
00:32:53.64\00:32:55.74
to guide God's
people at end time.
00:32:55.77\00:32:58.31
1 Corinthians 1:7,
00:32:58.34\00:33:00.64
"So that you come
short in no gift..."
00:33:00.68\00:33:02.61
Come short in what? No gift.
00:33:02.64\00:33:04.68
"Eagerly waiting
for the revelation
00:33:04.71\00:33:06.72
of our Lord Jesus Christ."
00:33:06.75\00:33:08.12
Or for the coming
of the Lord Jesus.
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.25
So the church that was
waiting for the coming of Jesus
00:33:10.29\00:33:14.32
would be blessed by
the gift of prophecy.
00:33:14.36\00:33:17.13
If Jesus has a gift,
00:33:17.16\00:33:19.93
I want to receive it, don't you?
00:33:19.96\00:33:21.53
Somebody says,
oh, I go by the Bible
00:33:21.56\00:33:22.93
and the Bible only,
00:33:22.96\00:33:24.30
we don't need to
give to prophecy,
00:33:24.33\00:33:25.67
but if the gift of prophecy
is part of what Scripture
00:33:25.70\00:33:29.34
teaches about the last
days of earth's history
00:33:29.37\00:33:32.47
to reject the gift of prophecy
00:33:32.51\00:33:35.38
is to reject that
portion of Scripture
00:33:35.41\00:33:38.28
that reveals the
gift of prophecy.
00:33:38.31\00:33:40.38
If Jesus has a gift for me,
00:33:40.42\00:33:42.72
I want to receive
it, don't you, my friend?
00:33:42.75\00:33:45.12
God's church would be
a Spirit filled church.
00:33:45.15\00:33:49.16
God's church would
be a global movement.
00:33:49.19\00:33:51.86
God's church would be
an international movement
00:33:51.89\00:33:55.10
that would impact the world.
00:33:55.13\00:33:57.43
The true church is not some
00:33:57.47\00:33:59.67
non denominational
mega church on the corner.
00:33:59.70\00:34:03.00
The true church
will be a worldwide body
00:34:03.04\00:34:05.67
committed to Christ
and obedient to His Word.
00:34:05.71\00:34:09.48
Revelation 12
describes this epic controversy
00:34:09.51\00:34:14.32
down through the ages.
00:34:14.35\00:34:15.85
And Revelation 12 describes
00:34:15.88\00:34:19.05
the rise of God's
true church after 1798,
00:34:19.09\00:34:24.26
and it's identifying
characteristics says,
00:34:24.29\00:34:26.63
keeping the commandments of God
00:34:26.66\00:34:28.43
and having the
testimony of Jesus,
00:34:28.46\00:34:31.80
the gift of prophecy.
00:34:31.83\00:34:33.20
Revelation 14 expands on that
00:34:33.23\00:34:37.34
and tells us the
message of the true church.
00:34:37.37\00:34:40.18
It tells us what
God's true church
00:34:40.21\00:34:42.34
would be
preaching around the world
00:34:42.38\00:34:45.05
in fulfillment
to Christ's command.
00:34:45.08\00:34:47.32
Now you remember,
00:34:47.35\00:34:48.68
Jesus in Matthew
28:19 and 20 says,
00:34:48.72\00:34:51.25
"Go therefore and
make disciples of" what?
00:34:51.29\00:34:53.86
"All nations, all
nations, baptizing them
00:34:53.89\00:34:56.83
in the name of the
Father and of the Son
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.19
and of the Holy Spirit,
and lo I am with you always."
00:34:58.23\00:35:01.70
It says, "Teaching
them to do all things
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.73
whatever I have commanded you,
00:35:04.77\00:35:06.37
and lo I am with you always,
even to the end of the age."
00:35:06.40\00:35:09.90
So Jesus go, teach all nations.
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.01
So His message would
be an international one,
00:35:12.04\00:35:14.91
that's exactly what
Revelation 14 is all about.
00:35:14.94\00:35:19.15
Revelation 14:6 says,
00:35:19.18\00:35:20.72
"I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
00:35:20.75\00:35:23.25
having the everlasting gospel
00:35:23.28\00:35:24.95
to go to the ends of the earth,
00:35:24.99\00:35:26.32
to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people."
00:35:26.35\00:35:28.69
Revelation 14
describes this people
00:35:28.72\00:35:31.99
that would be going forth
00:35:32.03\00:35:33.36
proclaiming
God's end time message.
00:35:33.40\00:35:35.70
Men and women
accepting that message
00:35:35.73\00:35:37.90
would enter into the
watery grave of baptism
00:35:37.93\00:35:40.40
and follow Jesus Christ there.
00:35:40.44\00:35:42.37
Revelation describes an
urgent end time movement.
00:35:42.40\00:35:45.74
Here is something that's
bigger than any individual.
00:35:45.77\00:35:50.55
Here is something that is
larger than you and I are.
00:35:50.58\00:35:53.98
Here is something
worth giving our all to.
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.35
Here is something
worth giving our energies to.
00:35:56.38\00:35:59.62
Here is a movement of
destiny to be raised up by God
00:35:59.65\00:36:03.22
to go to the ends of the earth
00:36:03.26\00:36:05.06
looking for
purpose in your life,
00:36:05.09\00:36:07.20
looking for
meaning in your life,
00:36:07.23\00:36:08.93
looking for
fulfillment in your life.
00:36:08.96\00:36:11.13
Technology has not satisfied,
materialism has not satisfied,
00:36:11.17\00:36:16.44
your gadgets have not satisfied,
00:36:16.47\00:36:19.84
pleasure has not satisfied,
00:36:19.87\00:36:22.01
but God in broad strokes
in the Book of Revelation
00:36:22.04\00:36:25.61
describes a movement
that's worth identifying with
00:36:25.65\00:36:29.02
you can do something
worthwhile with your life.
00:36:29.05\00:36:31.85
The Bible describes
this end time movement,
00:36:31.89\00:36:34.26
I saw another angel flying,
00:36:34.29\00:36:36.39
it's urgent in
the midst of heaven.
00:36:36.42\00:36:38.26
He has the everlasting gospel.
00:36:38.29\00:36:40.30
The good news that
Christ has redeemed you and me
00:36:40.33\00:36:43.93
to preach to those
that dwell on the earth,
00:36:43.97\00:36:45.80
to every nation, every tribe,
00:36:45.83\00:36:48.57
every tongue, every people.
00:36:48.60\00:36:50.04
Here is
something broad and great,
00:36:50.07\00:36:52.24
worth giving your life to,
00:36:52.27\00:36:54.01
but notice, "Saying
with a loud voice..."
00:36:54.04\00:36:57.71
There is part of God's
biblical Christ centered message
00:36:57.75\00:37:01.82
that's not been emphasized.
00:37:01.85\00:37:03.32
Fear God, that's
reverence, respect, obey Him.
00:37:03.35\00:37:06.86
Give glory to Him.
00:37:06.89\00:37:08.56
This is the message
of God's last day church.
00:37:08.59\00:37:11.39
This is the message
of God's end time people,
00:37:11.43\00:37:14.80
give glory to Him.
00:37:14.83\00:37:16.16
Why? For the hour of
His judgment has come.
00:37:16.20\00:37:19.80
We're living on the
knife edge of eternity,
00:37:19.83\00:37:22.34
living just before, my friend,
00:37:22.37\00:37:24.47
the coming of Jesus Christ,
00:37:24.51\00:37:26.68
and the Bible says, worship Him
00:37:26.71\00:37:29.61
that made heaven, earth, the sea
00:37:29.64\00:37:30.98
and the fountains of waters.
00:37:31.01\00:37:32.35
Now, what does it
mean to give glory to God?
00:37:32.38\00:37:33.72
And how do we give glory to God?
00:37:33.75\00:37:35.08
Fear God or obey Him.
00:37:35.12\00:37:36.45
Give glory to Him.
00:37:36.48\00:37:37.82
It means we honor Him
00:37:37.85\00:37:39.22
in how we live, in our
diet, in our lifestyle.
00:37:39.25\00:37:43.16
It means in the
things we eat or drink,
00:37:43.19\00:37:46.13
we give glory to God in
the way we treat our body.
00:37:46.16\00:37:49.06
What about the judgment?
00:37:49.10\00:37:50.43
What does that say?
00:37:50.47\00:37:51.80
In an age of irresponsibility,
00:37:51.83\00:37:53.74
God is calling us to
moral responsibility.
00:37:53.77\00:37:57.47
God is calling us to
account ability for our actions.
00:37:57.51\00:38:02.31
God's final message declares,
00:38:02.34\00:38:05.05
"The hour of God's
judgment has indeed come."
00:38:05.08\00:38:09.28
God's message says "Worship Him
00:38:09.32\00:38:11.65
that made heaven, earth, the sea
00:38:11.69\00:38:13.25
and the fountains of waters."
00:38:13.29\00:38:14.82
In an age of evolution,
00:38:14.86\00:38:16.99
God is calling us
back to worship the Creator
00:38:17.03\00:38:20.20
and what's the sign of
His creative authority?
00:38:20.23\00:38:22.66
The Bible Sabbath.
00:38:22.70\00:38:24.97
The Sabbath is part of
God's last day message.
00:38:25.00\00:38:29.00
The Sabbath was not simply given
00:38:29.04\00:38:31.74
for an ancient Jewish people,
00:38:31.77\00:38:34.61
it is part of a
last day message,
00:38:34.64\00:38:37.95
calling all men
and women everywhere
00:38:37.98\00:38:40.65
to worship the Creator,
00:38:40.68\00:38:43.12
calling them
back to their roots,
00:38:43.15\00:38:45.45
calling them to the sense that
they have worth in God's sight,
00:38:45.49\00:38:49.42
calling them back to acknowledge
00:38:49.46\00:38:51.23
the one that
created heaven and earth.
00:38:51.26\00:38:53.33
God invites us to be part
of that last day movement.
00:38:53.36\00:38:58.77
Now let's summarize
the Biblical teachings
00:38:58.80\00:39:03.81
of Revelation 14.
00:39:03.84\00:39:05.81
Let's go back and
look at Revelation 12
00:39:05.84\00:39:08.08
and summarize
everything we've gone over
00:39:08.11\00:39:10.05
in the presentation so far.
00:39:10.08\00:39:11.91
And let's try to
put that together
00:39:11.95\00:39:13.62
and ask this simple question.
00:39:13.65\00:39:16.05
Is there a
movement on earth today
00:39:16.08\00:39:19.65
that has the
characteristics outlined
00:39:19.69\00:39:22.96
in Revelation 12
and Revelation 14?
00:39:22.99\00:39:27.33
Let's suppose that we had
never studied the Bible before
00:39:27.36\00:39:30.93
and we say all I want dear Jesus
00:39:30.97\00:39:33.57
is to know if you have a people.
00:39:33.60\00:39:36.57
And once I've
identified those people,
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.74
I want to follow them.
00:39:38.77\00:39:40.11
What are those
identifying characteristics
00:39:40.14\00:39:42.38
that we've gone over?
00:39:42.41\00:39:43.75
First, God's true message today
00:39:43.78\00:39:46.78
will recapture the
pure faith of the disciples.
00:39:46.82\00:39:51.22
It will be a Bible based
Christ centered movement.
00:39:51.25\00:39:56.56
Any movement not
based on Scripture,
00:39:56.59\00:39:59.16
any movement not
based on the Word of God,
00:39:59.19\00:40:02.30
but it's based on
the teachings of man
00:40:02.33\00:40:04.23
we want to turn
away from it immediately.
00:40:04.27\00:40:06.77
It must be a
Christ centered movement.
00:40:06.80\00:40:10.37
It must be a movement
00:40:10.41\00:40:12.01
that is committed
to the living Christ
00:40:12.04\00:40:14.58
and leads men and women
00:40:14.61\00:40:15.94
to know that they
are saved by grace
00:40:15.98\00:40:18.18
and not by their works.
00:40:18.21\00:40:19.78
It will have the
dual characteristics
00:40:19.81\00:40:22.35
of keeping God's commandments.
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.95
Jesus said, "If
you love Me," do what?
00:40:24.99\00:40:28.66
"If you love Me," do
what? "Keep My commandments."
00:40:28.69\00:40:31.03
1 John says
this, "He that saith,
00:40:31.06\00:40:33.86
'I know Him and doesn't
keep His commandments is a liar
00:40:33.90\00:40:37.60
and the truth is not in him.'"
00:40:37.63\00:40:39.23
So when God reveals truth to us,
00:40:39.27\00:40:41.40
He invites us to follow it.
00:40:41.44\00:40:44.24
God will have a people
00:40:44.27\00:40:45.64
that will be
keeping His commandments.
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.71
You want to find God's
people, you say where are they.
00:40:47.74\00:40:50.18
Revelation 14:12,
00:40:50.21\00:40:52.35
"Here is the patience
00:40:52.38\00:40:54.15
or the endurance of
the saints, the believers,
00:40:54.18\00:40:56.25
here are they that
keep the commandments of God
00:40:56.28\00:40:58.25
and have the faith of Jesus."
00:40:58.29\00:40:59.99
So God's people will
keep His commandments
00:41:00.02\00:41:03.12
and they also will be
guided by the gift of prophecy.
00:41:03.16\00:41:07.03
So that leads us
to raise a question.
00:41:07.06\00:41:09.50
Is there a
movement on earth today
00:41:09.53\00:41:12.00
that is based on Scripture?
00:41:12.03\00:41:13.80
A movement that
is Christ centered
00:41:13.84\00:41:16.04
that believes we're
saved only by grace.
00:41:16.07\00:41:18.47
Is there a movement
00:41:18.51\00:41:19.84
that leads people to
keep God's commandments,
00:41:19.87\00:41:22.24
including the
seventh day Sabbath?
00:41:22.28\00:41:24.48
Is there a
movement that's been guided
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.38
by the gift of
prophecy raised up
00:41:26.41\00:41:28.72
some time after
1798 in the early 1800s.
00:41:28.75\00:41:34.19
Is this movement a
fulfillment of Revelation 14:6,
00:41:34.22\00:41:38.86
that says the
gospel go to every nation,
00:41:38.89\00:41:40.96
kindred, tongue and people.
00:41:41.00\00:41:42.46
It must be a worldwide
mission driven movement.
00:41:42.50\00:41:46.63
You know, ladies
and gentlemen, tonight,
00:41:46.67\00:41:48.74
the reason I am a
Seventh-day Adventist
00:41:48.77\00:41:51.07
is not because I
was born an Adventist.
00:41:51.11\00:41:54.08
I was born in a
lovely Roman Catholic home
00:41:54.11\00:41:56.91
but when I was
about 17 years old,
00:41:56.95\00:41:58.91
I began seeking.
00:41:58.95\00:42:00.65
My desire was to follow Jesus.
00:42:00.68\00:42:02.72
I didn't know
much about the Bible
00:42:02.75\00:42:04.09
but I began to study,
00:42:04.12\00:42:05.45
and as I began to study
I found a group of people,
00:42:05.49\00:42:08.19
Seventh-day Adventists,
00:42:08.22\00:42:09.89
who lived in harmony,
00:42:09.92\00:42:12.13
made a commitment to follow
the teachings of the Bible,
00:42:12.16\00:42:15.76
who desired to be free
00:42:15.80\00:42:17.37
from the
falsehoods of this world.
00:42:17.40\00:42:19.40
And as I began
to study the Bible,
00:42:19.43\00:42:21.27
I found Jesus or
should I say Jesus found me.
00:42:21.30\00:42:24.74
And the Bible says by grace,
00:42:24.77\00:42:26.11
or if you'd say, through
faith it's the gift of God,
00:42:26.14\00:42:28.68
not of works lest
anyone should boast.
00:42:28.71\00:42:31.28
And there as I came to Jesus,
00:42:31.31\00:42:32.98
it was life
transformational for me,
00:42:33.01\00:42:34.88
His grace provided pardon,
00:42:34.92\00:42:37.62
His grace provided
freedom from guilt,
00:42:37.65\00:42:40.32
His grace provided
new power in my life.
00:42:40.36\00:42:43.19
And I saw that
grace lead to obedience.
00:42:43.22\00:42:45.39
I found a people
that were teaching
00:42:45.43\00:42:47.70
the commandments of God
just like Scripture said.
00:42:47.73\00:42:51.23
This people is a worldwide,
mission-driven movement,
00:42:51.27\00:42:55.80
Seventh-day Adventists
have missionaries in work
00:42:55.84\00:42:59.21
and believers in over
216 countries in the world.
00:42:59.24\00:43:05.35
The Book of
Revelation, in Revelation 14:7
00:43:05.38\00:43:08.72
calls us and cause a people
00:43:08.75\00:43:11.05
to a total
commitment to Jesus Christ.
00:43:11.09\00:43:13.96
This movement would lead people
00:43:13.99\00:43:16.69
to keep the Bible Sabbath
by worshipping the Creator.
00:43:16.73\00:43:19.86
It would encourage people
00:43:19.89\00:43:21.23
to give their bodies to
Christ by giving glory to Him.
00:43:21.26\00:43:24.67
The only people
in the world today
00:43:24.70\00:43:28.44
that are a Bible believing,
00:43:28.47\00:43:29.80
Christ centered,
commandment keeping,
00:43:29.84\00:43:32.37
guided by the gift of prophecy,
00:43:32.41\00:43:34.31
worldwide movement,
00:43:34.34\00:43:36.31
leading people to
the back to worship
00:43:36.34\00:43:38.61
the Creator and
the Bible Sabbath,
00:43:38.65\00:43:40.85
an end time movement,
00:43:40.88\00:43:42.28
leading them to be
ready for the coming of Jesus,
00:43:42.32\00:43:45.02
calling them to
give their bodies to Him,
00:43:45.05\00:43:46.96
to give up alcohol, and tobacco,
00:43:46.99\00:43:48.46
and the unclean foods.
00:43:48.49\00:43:49.82
All of these
characteristics are found
00:43:49.86\00:43:52.79
within the
Seventh-day Adventist movement.
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.96
This movement would make
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.33
a final appeal
for men and women,
00:43:57.37\00:44:00.07
boys and girls
everywhere to know
00:44:00.10\00:44:02.20
and find to discover truth.
00:44:02.24\00:44:04.04
Are Adventists a perfect people?
00:44:04.07\00:44:05.44
They are not. They are not.
00:44:05.47\00:44:07.71
But they are a
movement that God has raised up,
00:44:07.74\00:44:10.85
a movement of destiny,
00:44:10.88\00:44:12.91
not simply another denomination,
00:44:12.95\00:44:15.05
not simply another church
00:44:15.08\00:44:17.09
but a movement that God
has raised up of Baptists,
00:44:17.12\00:44:20.76
of Catholics, of Pentecostals,
of Church of Christ,
00:44:20.79\00:44:25.19
of Jehovah's Witness.
00:44:25.23\00:44:26.56
God has raised up this movement,
00:44:26.59\00:44:29.03
He's brought people
from varying dominations
00:44:29.06\00:44:31.80
and various
religious persuasions,
00:44:31.83\00:44:33.50
Hindus and Muslims,
He has brought Buddhists,
00:44:33.54\00:44:37.51
He has brought secularists,
00:44:37.54\00:44:39.07
He has brought communists
into His last day movement
00:44:39.11\00:44:43.11
to impact the world.
00:44:43.14\00:44:44.55
They have come together
not simply as a denomination,
00:44:44.58\00:44:48.42
not simply as another church
00:44:48.45\00:44:50.42
but they have come
together as the body of Christ.
00:44:50.45\00:44:54.06
The body of Christ
00:44:54.09\00:44:55.42
that believes the
great truths of God's Word
00:44:55.46\00:44:58.19
that are to go to
the ends of the earth.
00:44:58.23\00:45:00.86
They are
composed of men and women
00:45:00.90\00:45:03.37
of varying
religious backgrounds,
00:45:03.40\00:45:06.17
varying
ethnicities, varying languages
00:45:06.20\00:45:10.14
and varying cultures,
00:45:10.17\00:45:12.11
they have one
desire in their heart,
00:45:12.14\00:45:14.64
one goal in their heart,
one passion in their mind...
00:45:14.68\00:45:18.81
No, they are not perfect.
00:45:18.85\00:45:20.28
Yes, they fail,
00:45:20.32\00:45:21.68
but they are
committed to Christ,
00:45:21.72\00:45:23.69
committed to His Word,
committed to following Jesus.
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.92
They are a people,
00:45:27.96\00:45:30.23
a movement raised up
from the Book of Revelation
00:45:30.26\00:45:34.26
and around the
world men and women
00:45:34.30\00:45:36.93
are responding to God's call,
00:45:36.97\00:45:39.40
around the world men
and women are saying,
00:45:39.43\00:45:42.37
yes, we see that
just like God had a people
00:45:42.40\00:45:45.34
in the days of Abraham,
00:45:45.37\00:45:46.71
just like God had a
people in the days of Moses,
00:45:46.74\00:45:49.21
just like God had
a people in Israel,
00:45:49.24\00:45:51.98
just like God had a
New Testament movement,
00:45:52.01\00:45:54.48
God has a people today,
00:45:54.52\00:45:56.28
every day 3,000
people are baptized
00:45:56.32\00:46:01.16
in the name of
the Father, the Son,
00:46:01.19\00:46:03.06
and the Holy
Spirit into the Sabbath
00:46:03.09\00:46:05.53
keeping Adventist movement.
00:46:05.56\00:46:08.03
I remember going to the Ukraine
00:46:08.06\00:46:10.50
and there in the
Ukraine preaching
00:46:10.53\00:46:12.73
in what was the former
communist cultural center
00:46:12.77\00:46:16.54
that was built
over a KGB prison,
00:46:16.57\00:46:19.74
and their former
communist came to Christ
00:46:19.77\00:46:22.51
in the Olympic swimming pool.
00:46:22.54\00:46:24.51
We baptized 300 or
400 on a single day,
00:46:24.55\00:46:29.02
God is moving around the world.
00:46:29.05\00:46:31.75
I think of South Africa
00:46:31.79\00:46:34.09
and standing
there on that Sabbath
00:46:34.12\00:46:36.89
with over 12,000 people
00:46:36.93\00:46:39.36
and watching God
moved by His Holy Spirit
00:46:39.39\00:46:42.23
where 1,000 were
baptized into the Bible
00:46:42.26\00:46:45.23
believing Christ
centered Adventist movement.
00:46:45.27\00:46:49.04
I think of the
joy on their faces,
00:46:49.07\00:46:51.47
the smile in their lives.
00:46:51.51\00:46:53.91
I remember Mexico, Monterrey,
and as we went to Monterrey,
00:46:53.94\00:46:59.35
I was preaching in a
stadium, 10,000 were there.
00:46:59.38\00:47:02.55
I did not know
there was a man standing
00:47:02.58\00:47:05.22
in the entryway
listening to the sermon.
00:47:05.25\00:47:08.02
He got up that
morning with a gun in his hand
00:47:08.06\00:47:09.82
and he said, "I want
to blow my brains out,
00:47:09.86\00:47:11.99
there is no reason to
live, there is no hope for me."
00:47:12.03\00:47:15.73
The series of our meetings
was titled, "There is hope."
00:47:15.76\00:47:19.80
He walked out of his home.
00:47:19.83\00:47:21.17
He said, "I don't want
to kill myself in my house
00:47:21.20\00:47:22.60
because the
blood will be all over.
00:47:22.64\00:47:24.34
I don't want my
wife to find my body."
00:47:24.37\00:47:25.97
So he took the gun.
00:47:26.01\00:47:27.34
He was gonna walk to a park.
00:47:27.38\00:47:29.01
As he was crossing the street,
00:47:29.04\00:47:30.38
a bus went by and it had
one of our placards on it,
00:47:30.41\00:47:33.28
and the placard said,
00:47:33.31\00:47:34.65
"There is hope at
the National Stadium.
00:47:34.68\00:47:37.09
He said, "Hope? No hope for me."
00:47:37.12\00:47:38.79
He kept walking.
00:47:38.82\00:47:40.16
Saw a
billboard, "There is hope."
00:47:40.19\00:47:41.99
He said, "No hope for me."
00:47:42.02\00:47:43.43
He walked by the stadium,
it said, "There is hope."
00:47:43.46\00:47:45.76
He said, "Maybe God's
trying to tell me something."
00:47:45.79\00:47:48.30
Walked into that
stadium that night,
00:47:48.33\00:47:50.57
heard about Jesus Christ,
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.50
the one who could take
away our shame and our guilt
00:47:52.53\00:47:54.84
and give us new life.
00:47:54.87\00:47:56.74
He, as he
listened, heard about God
00:47:56.77\00:47:59.61
having a people at end time.
00:47:59.64\00:48:02.31
He heard about
the message of Jesus.
00:48:02.34\00:48:05.01
And he said, "I
want to follow Christ."
00:48:05.05\00:48:06.88
He made a decision
for Christ that day.
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.62
Over the
subsequent weeks and months,
00:48:09.65\00:48:11.72
he studied the Word of God
00:48:11.75\00:48:13.09
and found that Jesus had
00:48:13.12\00:48:14.79
an international
world wide movement,
00:48:14.82\00:48:17.99
a movement of Bible
believing Christians,
00:48:18.03\00:48:20.60
a movement of men and women
00:48:20.63\00:48:21.96
that love Christ so much,
00:48:22.00\00:48:23.33
they were going to obey Him.
00:48:23.37\00:48:24.70
A movement of people
00:48:24.73\00:48:26.07
that were
keeping the Bible Sabbath
00:48:26.10\00:48:27.77
who treated their
bodies not like a funhouse
00:48:27.80\00:48:30.21
but the temple of God.
00:48:30.24\00:48:32.04
A movement of
people getting ready
00:48:32.07\00:48:33.58
for the second coming of Christ.
00:48:33.61\00:48:35.21
This hopeless man now
has hope and joy in his life.
00:48:35.24\00:48:39.61
I remember Cuba, that
former communist country
00:48:39.65\00:48:43.85
where God moved so powerfully
00:48:43.89\00:48:45.72
and the Cuban
government by the grace of God
00:48:45.75\00:48:48.12
let us preached the Word
00:48:48.16\00:48:49.59
and 300 were
baptized in the swimming pool.
00:48:49.62\00:48:52.83
Around the world,
God's message is going forth,
00:48:52.86\00:48:55.96
around the world
God has a movement.
00:48:56.00\00:48:58.33
God's church is
not in the majority.
00:48:58.37\00:49:00.54
You can never base
truth on a majority vote.
00:49:00.57\00:49:04.67
Around the world,
God's church does not need
00:49:04.71\00:49:06.84
the approval of
popular religious leaders
00:49:06.88\00:49:09.14
because truth is truth
00:49:09.18\00:49:10.51
whether religious
leaders accept truth or not.
00:49:10.55\00:49:14.12
Some people say to me,
00:49:14.15\00:49:15.48
"I'm not gonna make a
decision till my pastor agrees.
00:49:15.52\00:49:18.32
I'm not going to make a decision
00:49:18.35\00:49:19.75
until my priest agrees."
00:49:19.79\00:49:21.92
Truth is truth, my
friend, and when you hear truth,
00:49:21.96\00:49:25.73
God convicts your heart.
00:49:25.76\00:49:27.23
When you hear truth, God
invites you to take a step.
00:49:27.26\00:49:30.50
When you hear truth,
00:49:30.53\00:49:31.87
there is only one thing to
do and that is to follow it.
00:49:31.90\00:49:35.94
You may be a truth seeker.
00:49:35.97\00:49:39.14
Some time ago, I
was holding meetings
00:49:39.17\00:49:41.68
in one of the large
Midwestern cities of America
00:49:41.71\00:49:44.81
and a woman alcoholic came
00:49:44.85\00:49:47.88
and she was coming to
the meetings each evening,
00:49:47.92\00:49:49.85
and I noticed
her in the meetings
00:49:49.88\00:49:51.42
but hadn't gotten
acquainted with her.
00:49:51.45\00:49:53.69
And one day I was
greeting people at the door
00:49:53.72\00:49:56.83
as they were
leaving the meetings.
00:49:56.86\00:49:58.66
And I reached through the crowd
00:49:58.69\00:50:00.13
and so Cleve and I grabbed
her hand and greeted her,
00:50:00.16\00:50:03.20
and I said, "So
delighted that you're here.
00:50:03.23\00:50:06.23
How did you learn
about the meetings?"
00:50:06.27\00:50:08.30
And she said, "Pastor
Mark, I have a story."
00:50:08.34\00:50:11.04
I said, "I really
want to know your story."
00:50:11.07\00:50:13.27
And she said, "Pastor Mark,
00:50:13.31\00:50:15.44
can we just visit a little bit?"
00:50:15.48\00:50:17.21
So we sat down and visited
00:50:17.25\00:50:18.58
and this is the
story she told me.
00:50:18.61\00:50:20.72
"She said, "A couple weeks
ago before your meeting started,
00:50:20.75\00:50:25.15
I took my Bible
and I opened it."
00:50:25.19\00:50:29.02
And I never
understood Revelation,
00:50:29.06\00:50:31.36
"I was so
confused with Revelation
00:50:31.39\00:50:34.66
and so I knelt down and I said,
00:50:34.70\00:50:36.26
'Jesus, I really want
to understand Revelation
00:50:36.30\00:50:40.44
and particularly I
want to understand,
00:50:40.47\00:50:43.07
do You have an end
time message for today.'"
00:50:43.10\00:50:46.37
She wondered, is there
a Christ centered Bible
00:50:46.41\00:50:49.78
believing people that
she could identify with.
00:50:49.81\00:50:52.95
She said, "I
prayed that prayer."
00:50:52.98\00:50:55.08
And in the next day,
00:50:55.12\00:50:57.72
a brochure came to my house
inviting me to your meetings,
00:50:57.75\00:51:03.16
and I knew this was
the answer to my prayer,
00:51:03.19\00:51:06.29
I was a truth seeker."
00:51:06.33\00:51:08.96
My friend, this telecast may
be the answer to your prayers.
00:51:09.00\00:51:16.57
You have been
seeking, you have been looking
00:51:16.60\00:51:19.14
and God reveals truth to you.
00:51:19.17\00:51:23.88
God's been
speaking to your heart.
00:51:23.91\00:51:26.51
Will you say,
"Jesus, I give my all to you.
00:51:26.55\00:51:30.09
Jesus, all that I
have I give to you.
00:51:30.12\00:51:33.15
Jesus, I want to follow You.
00:51:33.19\00:51:35.99
Listen as CA comes to sing,
and why not open your heart?
00:51:36.02\00:51:41.56
Why not make that
decision right now?
00:51:41.60\00:51:44.37
I give all my service to You
00:51:55.24\00:52:03.22
I give all my service
00:52:03.25\00:52:08.52
To You
00:52:08.56\00:52:11.59
No matter the cost
00:52:11.63\00:52:15.56
Or what others do
00:52:15.60\00:52:20.14
I give all my service to You
00:52:20.17\00:52:27.91
I give all my problems to You
00:52:27.94\00:52:35.35
I give all my problems
00:52:35.38\00:52:40.99
To You
00:52:41.02\00:52:44.36
No matter the cost
00:52:44.39\00:52:48.23
Or what others do
00:52:48.26\00:52:52.60
I give all my problems to You
00:52:52.63\00:53:00.34
I give all my family to You
00:53:00.38\00:53:07.48
I give all my family
00:53:07.52\00:53:12.95
To You
00:53:12.99\00:53:15.86
No matter the cost
00:53:15.89\00:53:19.36
Or what others do
00:53:19.39\00:53:23.57
I give all my family
00:53:23.60\00:53:29.27
To You
00:53:29.30\00:53:31.97
And I give all my future to You
00:53:36.11\00:53:43.89
I give all my future
00:53:43.92\00:53:49.12
To You
00:53:49.16\00:53:52.06
No matter the cost
00:53:52.09\00:53:55.56
Or what others do
00:53:55.60\00:54:00.17
I give all my future
00:54:00.20\00:54:06.37
To You
00:54:06.41\00:54:09.71
I give all my worship to You
00:54:09.74\00:54:16.85
I give all my worship
00:54:16.89\00:54:21.79
To You
00:54:21.82\00:54:24.13
No matter the cost
00:54:24.16\00:54:27.53
Or what others do
00:54:27.56\00:54:31.93
I give all my worship
00:54:31.97\00:54:38.47
To You
00:54:38.51\00:54:41.04
I give
00:54:41.08\00:54:43.24
All my worship
00:54:43.28\00:54:49.72
To You
00:54:49.75\00:54:54.49
God is speaking to your heart.
00:55:00.70\00:55:05.57
Do you resonate with
the words of the song?
00:55:05.60\00:55:08.67
Did they touch your heart?
00:55:08.70\00:55:10.94
I give all my worship to You.
00:55:10.97\00:55:15.28
Jesus is leading a people.
00:55:15.31\00:55:17.78
He's reaching out
00:55:17.81\00:55:19.15
and touching a man
here, a woman there,
00:55:19.18\00:55:21.65
touching a teenager there,
touching a young couple here.
00:55:21.68\00:55:26.05
He's moving by His
Spirit, touching people's lives
00:55:26.09\00:55:30.56
and they're making
eternal decisions for Him.
00:55:30.59\00:55:34.23
Before this program we gathered
00:55:34.26\00:55:37.30
our staff, our
crew, our camera crew
00:55:37.33\00:55:39.73
and our production
crew around to pray
00:55:39.77\00:55:42.30
and we prayed that
God would prepare people
00:55:42.34\00:55:47.24
to turn on the television
to watch this broadcast.
00:55:47.28\00:55:51.58
God's prepared you.
00:55:51.61\00:55:53.45
You like that woman in Denver
00:55:53.48\00:55:55.38
that I talked about in
the Midwest of America.
00:55:55.42\00:55:59.12
You may have been wondering
about the Book of Revelation.
00:55:59.15\00:56:02.29
You may have been
studying the Bible,
00:56:02.32\00:56:04.89
and this message
resonates with you.
00:56:04.93\00:56:08.40
You see, maybe for the
first time in your life
00:56:08.43\00:56:12.23
that God has a Bible based,
00:56:12.27\00:56:16.77
Christ centered,
commandment keeping,
00:56:16.81\00:56:20.31
Sabbath keeping church,
00:56:20.34\00:56:21.91
calling people in the light
of the second coming of Christ
00:56:21.94\00:56:25.91
to give their
bodies, their minds
00:56:25.95\00:56:28.08
and their spirits to Him,
to give everything to Him.
00:56:28.12\00:56:31.95
And you want to say,
00:56:31.99\00:56:34.36
Lord, I hear the
call of Your heart.
00:56:34.39\00:56:38.09
I sense the
moving of Your Spirit.
00:56:38.13\00:56:41.53
Lord, I want to
make that decision.
00:56:41.56\00:56:45.00
Why not make it
right now as we pray.
00:56:45.03\00:56:48.44
Father in
heaven, thank You so much
00:56:48.47\00:56:52.01
for the call of the Spirit.
00:56:52.04\00:56:53.68
Thank You that
down through the ages
00:56:53.71\00:56:55.78
You have had a
people in every generation,
00:56:55.81\00:56:58.78
in the days of
Abraham, in the days of Moses,
00:56:58.81\00:57:02.12
in the days of
the Old Testament,
00:57:02.15\00:57:03.69
New Testament that
You have a people today.
00:57:03.72\00:57:06.39
Father, thank You for
speaking to our hearts
00:57:06.42\00:57:08.96
and leading us
to something bigger,
00:57:08.99\00:57:10.63
greater than we are not
a church or a denomination,
00:57:10.66\00:57:13.40
but a movement,
00:57:13.43\00:57:14.76
your final movement
of destiny in this world.
00:57:14.80\00:57:17.40
Jesus, give us the
strength and courage
00:57:17.43\00:57:20.70
to follow You in Christ's name.
00:57:20.74\00:57:22.60
Amen.
00:57:22.64\00:57:24.04
Thank you for joining us
00:57:24.07\00:57:25.51
for Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
00:57:25.54\00:57:29.64