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 back.
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Thank you for joining us
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for Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
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You know a lot of people,
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when they think about
the Book of Revelation,
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think about
complicated prophecy.
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Some people say,"
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You know, I don't
want to study Revelation,"
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because all it's
about is mystic symbols,
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and prophetic images,
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but actually the Book of
Revelation has encouraged
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the people of God
down through the centuries.
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It is a prophetic book,
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but it's a very,
very practical book
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and when you look at
the Book of Revelation,
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it gives you joy for today,
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it gives you hope for tomorrow,
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it gives you
courage for the future.
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Our topic today looks at
joy out of disappointment.
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As we study, let's
pray, Father in Heaven,
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as we come to the
Book of Revelation,
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the last book in the Bible,
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we pray that we
would not only understand
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its prophetic significance,
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but we pray today
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that you would
speak to our hearts,
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we pray today that
the living word, Jesus,
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would speak to us
personally, individually,
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bring to us a sense of hope
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in despair, in
courage, in defeat,
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and bring to us a sense of joy
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in the
disappointments of our life.
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Help us to see...
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You can turn
around any circumstance
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for the glory of your
name, in Christ's name, amen."
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Amen.
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The topic for
this presentation is
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"Revelation's Prediction
of Joy in Disappointment".
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You know, as you
live the Christian life,
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you often experience trials.
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There are many people
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who look at the
Christian life and say,
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"It's just health,
wealth, and prosperity."
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But that certainly
was not the picture
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that you get when
you read Scripture.
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It is not the picture you get
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when you read the New Testament.
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It certainly is
not the picture you get
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when you read the
Book of Revelation.
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Down through the ages,
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God's people
have been encouraged
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as they have read Revelation.
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Think of some of the trials
that God's people have faced.
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They faced the lions' den,
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they faced the stake and
been burned at the stake,
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they have faced
persecution and oppression.
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Yet, the Book of Revelation
has given them great courage.
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Have you ever
noticed that sometimes
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after your greatest
disappointments in life,
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you have your
greatest joys in life.
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Christians at times
go through sickness,
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yet in that moment of sickness,
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they find Christ in ways
that they would never have had
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if they hadn't
gone through that.
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They go through periods
of financial challenges.
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Yet they find Christ in that,
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in ways they
would not have found
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if they hadn't
gone through that.
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They have gone through
periods of financial disaster,
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and as they have
periods with their family
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where there's been conflict
and through all of that,
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through the tears of life,
through the trauma of life,
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they found Christ in a new way.
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In Revelation 10,
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we're gonna study
in this presentation,
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joy coming out of sorrow,
triumph coming out of defeat.
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We're gonna discover
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how in some of the most
painful experience in life,
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God works some of the
most amazing miracles,
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for the glory of His name,
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and for the
triumph of His cause.
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As we go to
Revelation, 10, we understand
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that the Book of
Revelation talks about a God
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that brings joy
out of disappointment,
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a God that brings
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His power at the
time when we need it most.
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We take our Bibles and
we turn to Revelation 10.
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One of the most powerful,
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one of the most
magnificent chapters
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in all the Bible.
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Now there are three chapters
in the Book of Revelation
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that describe God's
people, or His true church.
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Revelation 14 describes
the message of the true church.
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Revelation 12 describes
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the identifying characteristics
of the true church.
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But Revelation 10
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deals with the historic
rise of the true church,
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and it deals
with the people of God
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rising up out of disappointment.
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Revelation 10's
central message is this,
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"God brings joy out of sorrow."
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Revelation 10:1-4,
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"I saw still
another mighty angel
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coming down from
heaven, clothed with a cloud.
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And a rainbow was on his head,
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his face was like the sun."
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Very often we
rush by Bible texts,
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not fully getting
their significance,
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not fully
grasping their meaning.
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So let's look at this
passage very carefully.
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I saw still another mighty angel
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come down from heaven.
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When an angel
comes down from heaven
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to bring a message to John,
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I want to listen, don't you?
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If God sends His
message via an angel,
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it must be incredibly important.
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Now notice what it says,
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it says he's
clothed with a cloud.
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Can you think of any
other time in the Bible,
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where a cloud
protected God's people,
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can you think of that?
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When Israel wandered
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in the wilderness in the desert,
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there was a
cloud over them by day.
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What does a cloud
represent in the Bible?
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If you have your scriptures,
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take your Bible and
turn to Proverbs 16.
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Proverbs 16.
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And here we find a little bit
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about the
significance of a cloud.
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What does a cloud
represent in the Bible?
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Proverbs 16:15, we
get a clue from the cloud
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that protected
Israel from the desert sun.
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That was
obviously God's blessing,
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obviously God's protection,
obviously God's favor.
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Proverbs 16:15,
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"In the light of
the king's face is life,
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and his favor is like a" what?
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"Cloud."
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So when we see this
expression of an angel,
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coming from the
presence of God with a cloud,
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God is bringing His
favor to His church.
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God is bringing His
blessing to His church,
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God is gonna manifest
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all of His
goodness upon His church.
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I saw still another angel,
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mighty angel come
down clothed with a cloud,
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and a rainbow was on His head.
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Whence the first
time God mentioned
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a rainbow in the Bible?
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In the Book of
Genesis, that's right.
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And the rainbow
represents God's justice
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that the world must
be destroyed by a flood,
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but His mercy
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that He would never do it again.
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So when an angel comes
from the presence of God,
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bringing God's
favor to His people.
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When this angel comes
from the presence of God,
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he is an angel of
justice and mercy.
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On the cross of Calvary,
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with nails
driven through His hands
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and blood running down His face,
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Jesus demonstrated justice
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that sin must be atone for,
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that the broken
law could not be left
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without the
satisfaction of divine justice.
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So on the cross we find justice,
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but in the cross
we also find mercy.
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The characteristic of God
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is He is a God of
justice and mercy.
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So love has two
sides, the justice side,
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and the mercy side.
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So also when you look
at the final judgment,
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you see the blessing,
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the cloud of God upon
His people in judgment
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when the great
controversy is settled
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between good and evil,
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but you also see the
justice and mercy of God.
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So right from the first phrase,
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here in Revelation 10,
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we are being
pointed to end time,
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a time when the
cloud of blessing
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would come upon God's church,
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a time when justice and
mercy would be revealed,
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and the great
controversy would be settled
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between good and evil,
between Christ and Satan.
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And it said, His
face was like the Son,
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the Son of righteousness,
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the iridescent glory of God,
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and then it says,
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"And his feet were like"
what, like what everybody?
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"Pillars of fire.
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And he had a little
book open in His hand,
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and he set His
right foot on the sea
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and His left foot on the land."
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Now notice his feet
were like pillars of fire.
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Where else in the Bible
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do you read
about pillars of fire?
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When Israel is
wandering in the wilderness,
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they were covered by
the cloud of God's favor,
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the cloud of God's blessing,
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the cloud of God's
goodness through the day,
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and they were guided by
pillars of fire at night.
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Pillars of fire
indicate guidance,
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they indicate direction.
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So when an angel comes down
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iridescent with
the glory of God,
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and as this angel comes down,
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he comes down
with God's blessing,
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the cloud of his
favor for God's church.
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He comes down to
point God's church
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to justice and mercy
in the final judgment.
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He comes down to give
God's special direction
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to his church guided
by these pillars of fire.
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"But this angel
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has a little
book open in his hand.
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And he sets his
right foot on the sea,
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and his left foot on the land,
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and he cries with a loud
voice, says when a lion roars.
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When he cried out,
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seven thunders
uttered their voices.
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Now when the seven
thunders uttered their voices,
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I was about to write,
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but I heard a
voice saying to me,
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'Seal up the things
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which the seven
thunders uttered,
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and do not write them.'"
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You know, there
is a lot of people
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that want to know,
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and they are always
trying to figure out
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things that God
has never revealed.
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You know, the Bible says,
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that the seven
thunders are announced
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but here the angel says,
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"John, don't write
these seven thunders."
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You know, I give God credit
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for making most clear
what's most important.
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I am always nervous
about those people that say,
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"I have discovered new truth
and here is some time prophecy
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and if everybody
else only knew that,"
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I am nervous about that.
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I think God makes most plain
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what's most
important in the Bible,
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what do you think?
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God is very clear in Scripture
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as He makes most
plain His divine truth,
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as He makes most plain His Word,
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as He makes
most plain the things
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that are the most
significant in Scripture.
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So when God says,
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"Seal up the things
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which the seven
thunders uttered,
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and do not write them."
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I don't want to
get into those, do you?
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I am not interested in
what God has not revealed,
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I am interested in
what He has revealed.
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Now what was in
the angel's hand,
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what was there?
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A little what? Book.
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And the book was
closed or open, everybody?
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Open. The book was open.
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What other book in the Bible
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is a companion book to
the Book of Revelation?
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What other book?
The Book of Daniel.
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Does Daniel and Revelation,
do they match, and sync,
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and does one explain the other?
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Yeah.
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Was the Book of
Daniel ever sealed?
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Well, let's look at
what the Bible says,
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"What's the little
book in the angel's hands?"
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It must be a prophetic book,
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and it must be a book
that was at one time sealed.
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Daniel 12:4, what does it say?
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"But you, Daniel,
shut up the words,
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and seal the" what?
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"Book until" what
time? Until what time?
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"The time of the end,
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and many shall run to
and fro, and knowledge"
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that is knowledge about
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the Book of
Daniel would be what?
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"Increased."
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Daniel 12:9, "And he
said, 'Go your way, Daniel,
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for the words are sealed
until the time of " what?
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"The end."
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So was there a book of the Bible
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that was to be
sealed until end time.
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Was there?
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Certainly, and
what was that book?
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Daniel.
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So an angel
comes down from heaven,
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iridescent with
the glory of God,
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an angel comes down from heaven
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with the cloud of
God's favor and blessing,
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an angel comes down from
heaven with justice and mercy,
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an angel comes down from heaven
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to open the
little Book of Daniel,
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and reveal the portion of Daniel
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that has been sealed,
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namely the portion
about the end-time judgment.
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Now when you look
at the Book of Daniel,
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was the whole book sealed?
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Did anybody
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failed to understand
some of the parts of Daniel?
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What portion of
the Book of Daniel
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does the angel would be...
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Say would be sealed?
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Well, was the part about Daniel
and the lions' den sealed?
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Nope, Christians have read that,
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believers have read that
down through the centuries,
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and they have understood
Daniel and the lions' den.
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What about the three Hebrews
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being thrown into
the fiery furnace,
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was that sealed?
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Certainly not,
so what was sealed?
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The time portions
of the Book of Daniel.
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The angel whom I
saw, Revelation 10:5, 6,
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"The angel whom I
saw standing on the sea,
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on the land raised
up his hand to heaven
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and he swore by Him who
lives forever and ever."
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Now look, my friends,
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if the angel stands,
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raises his hand to heaven,
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and swears by a solemn oath,
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I want to listen, don't you?
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Here is an angel
swearing by a solemn oath.
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Do angels lie when
they swear by a solemn oath?
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Do angels speak falsehood
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when they swear
by a solemn oath?
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This angel that
represents God himself,
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who brings a
message from God himself,
00:15:06.13\00:15:09.20
lifts his hand to heaven.
00:15:09.24\00:15:11.14
And it says, he swears by him
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who created the
things that are in it,
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and the earth and the
things that are in it,
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and the sea and the
things that they are in it,
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that there should be delay,
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that is the delay
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and the fulfillment
of the time prophecies.
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The King James Version says,
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"There should
be time no longer."
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Now I want you to think
about this word delay or time.
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You don't quite catch
it in the English language.
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The New Testament was
written in the Greek language,
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and the word for delay
or time is Chronos there.
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Do you know what
word we get from Chronos?
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Chronology, and
chronology has to do
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not with a
punctiliar point in time,
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but rather a
duration or length of time.
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So the very word Chronos
that's used refers us back
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to the prophecies
of the Book of Daniel,
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the longest time
prophecy in the Bible in Daniel.
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There would be time no
longer, another word's,
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chronology would run out
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after the
fulfillment of Daniel 8:14,
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the 2300 year prophecy,
we're gonna look at that.
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So after that time,
00:16:25.58\00:16:27.92
according to the
angel who swears,
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lifting his hand to heaven,
00:16:31.69\00:16:33.46
the issue with
Christ is no longer time.
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You go back to this prophecy,
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the time prophecies
of the Book of Daniel
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would be sealed
until the time of the end.
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Now what's the
longest time prophecy
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in the Book of Daniel?
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What prophecy in
Daniel takes you down
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to a time period
00:16:54.61\00:16:56.11
after which there is
no specific time prophecy?
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Daniel 8:14, "He said to me,
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'For two thousand
three hundred days,
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then the sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
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This is the
longest time prophecy
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in the Bible.
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Now in this series
00:17:16.00\00:17:18.07
on Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries,
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we have studied
this 2300 day prophecy.
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In the Bible, one prophetic
day equals one literal what?
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One literal year,
00:17:30.75\00:17:32.08
so this prophecy
would say unto 2300 years,
00:17:32.11\00:17:36.69
then the
sanctuary will be cleansed.
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That only makes sense
00:17:38.29\00:17:39.69
because 2300
days from Daniel's day
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certainly only would
take you for literal days,
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about six, six and a half years,
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it doesn't take you
down to the time of the end.
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Now what about this
cleansing of the sanctuary?
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Let me review what
we studied already.
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The 2300 years in
Daniel's day, the Bible says,
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"Know therefore and understand
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from the going forth
of the decree to restore
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and build
Jerusalem unto the Messiah,
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shall be seven weeks,
three score and two weeks.
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That decree went
forth by Artaxerxes,
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according to Ezra 7, in 457 B.C.
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Sixty nine prophetic
weeks after that 483 years,
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take you down to
the cross exactly,
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take you down rather
to the baptism of Christ,
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and where Christ
here is baptized.
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Three and a half years later,
according to the prophecy,
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you are taken down
to the spring of 31,
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the cross of Calvary.
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Three and a half years
later, you are taken down
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to the gospel
going to the Gentiles.
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In fact, Daniel's prophecy said,
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70 years, or 70 weeks of years.
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70 weeks, 490 literal years
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are for the Jews
in this prophecy.
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So part one of the
prophecy for the Jews has to do
00:19:04.54\00:19:07.98
with the first coming of Jesus,
His baptism, His crucifixion,
00:19:08.01\00:19:13.55
the gospel
going to the Gentiles.
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The second part of
the prophecy has to do
00:19:15.75\00:19:17.95
with the second
coming of Christ,
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and the first 490
years run out in 34 A.D.
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Then, there are 1810
years left in the prophecy,
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taking us down to 1844.
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This 2300 year prophecy,
00:19:32.00\00:19:36.17
2300 prophetic
days or literal years,
00:19:36.20\00:19:38.74
we've studied this carefully
00:19:38.77\00:19:41.01
in this Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries series.
00:19:41.04\00:19:43.58
This is a review of that.
00:19:43.61\00:19:46.51
If some of you have missed
it, go back to the presentation
00:19:46.55\00:19:50.22
that we have gone
over this very carefully.
00:19:50.25\00:19:52.95
So this
cleansing of the sanctuary
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takes you down to
what the Bible calls,
00:19:56.39\00:19:59.03
"The time of the End".
00:19:59.06\00:20:01.53
It takes you
down to the last days
00:20:01.56\00:20:04.13
of earth's history,
00:20:04.17\00:20:05.53
takes you down to the year 1844.
00:20:05.57\00:20:09.94
Now God deals with
great epics in history.
00:20:09.97\00:20:13.54
When God is
talking about history,
00:20:13.58\00:20:15.64
He is dealing with great epics.
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.18
So when we look
at Revelation 10,
00:20:17.21\00:20:20.02
what does that say?
00:20:20.05\00:20:21.38
It's saying Daniel's
prophecies would be unfolded,
00:20:21.42\00:20:24.29
the Book of
Daniel would be opened.
00:20:24.32\00:20:26.86
And as the Book of
Daniel would be opened,
00:20:26.89\00:20:29.42
the longest time
prophecy in Daniel,
00:20:29.46\00:20:32.03
that 2300 year
prophecy that predicted
00:20:32.06\00:20:35.60
the exact date of
the baptism of Christ,
00:20:35.63\00:20:39.70
the exact date for
the crucifixion of Christ,
00:20:39.73\00:20:43.71
the exact date for the
gospel to go to the Gentiles,
00:20:43.74\00:20:47.31
that this long time
prophecy would run out.
00:20:47.34\00:20:50.35
It would come to
its fulfillment in 1844.
00:20:50.38\00:20:53.78
God is dealing with
these huge epics of history,
00:20:53.82\00:20:57.42
but notice what it
says in Revelation 10:7.
00:20:57.45\00:21:02.32
"But in the days of the sounding
00:21:02.36\00:21:04.33
of the seventh angel,
when he is about to sound..."
00:21:04.36\00:21:07.93
Now, this is the
last of the trumpets.
00:21:07.96\00:21:10.97
"The mystery of
God would be finished
00:21:11.00\00:21:13.90
as He declared to His
servants, the prophets."
00:21:13.94\00:21:16.64
Now, whenever this
2300 year prophecy ran out,
00:21:16.67\00:21:20.98
sometime after 1844,
according to the Bible,
00:21:21.01\00:21:25.45
the mystery of
God would be finished.
00:21:25.48\00:21:28.65
What's the mystery of God?
00:21:28.68\00:21:30.45
Take your Bible,
turn to Colossians 1.
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It's vitally important to
understand this expression,
00:21:34.36\00:21:39.76
the mystery of God.
00:21:39.79\00:21:42.00
The angel comes down
from heaven iridescent
00:21:42.03\00:21:46.40
with the glory of God,
00:21:46.43\00:21:48.54
with an end-time
message about a little book,
00:21:48.57\00:21:51.94
the Book of Daniel
that would be open,
00:21:51.97\00:21:54.08
about Daniel's time prophecies
00:21:54.11\00:21:55.94
that would be
fulfilled after 1844,
00:21:55.98\00:21:58.71
about a little
book that would be open
00:21:58.75\00:22:01.65
and talk about the
mystery of God being finished.
00:22:01.68\00:22:05.15
You are looking at the
Book of Colossians 1:27.
00:22:05.19\00:22:11.49
What is the mystery of God?
00:22:11.53\00:22:15.10
"To them God
willed to make known
00:22:15.13\00:22:17.23
what are the riches of
the glory of His mystery."
00:22:17.27\00:22:21.84
Here is the glory
of Christ's mystery,
00:22:21.87\00:22:24.61
what is that?
00:22:24.64\00:22:25.97
"Among the Gentiles
which is Christ in you,
00:22:26.01\00:22:28.94
the hope of glory."
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.58
So what is the mystery of Christ
00:22:30.61\00:22:33.01
that's been kept
hidden down through the ages?
00:22:33.05\00:22:36.32
It's Christ transforming
the lives of His people.
00:22:36.35\00:22:39.22
It's the love of God
being manifested in His people.
00:22:39.25\00:22:42.62
It is the people that
are dedicated totally,
00:22:42.66\00:22:45.63
completely,
absolutely to Christ.
00:22:45.66\00:22:48.50
The mystery of God,
00:22:48.53\00:22:50.17
the mystery of the incarnation
of Christ in the believer,
00:22:50.20\00:22:54.90
the mystery of the transformed
life of the believer,
00:22:54.94\00:22:58.64
the mystery that
in a world of sin,
00:22:58.67\00:23:00.88
and iniquity, and wickedness,
00:23:00.91\00:23:02.68
that Christ can
triumph over evil in your life.
00:23:02.71\00:23:06.08
That mystery would be
revealed, and what would happen?
00:23:06.11\00:23:09.42
Verse 28, "Him we
preach, warning every man,
00:23:09.45\00:23:14.26
and teaching
every man in all wisdom,
00:23:14.29\00:23:16.89
that we may present
every man perfect in Christ."
00:23:16.93\00:23:20.46
What is the mystery of God?
00:23:20.50\00:23:22.60
It is the cross
of Christ changing
00:23:22.63\00:23:25.03
the lives of men and women.
00:23:25.07\00:23:26.60
It's the cross of Christ making
the lives of men and women new,
00:23:26.63\00:23:30.37
whoever you are
watching this telecast,
00:23:30.41\00:23:32.17
whoever you are in
this local audience.
00:23:32.21\00:23:34.48
Christ can do something
in your life that's amazing.
00:23:34.51\00:23:37.45
Christ can enter your life,
Christ can transform your life.
00:23:37.48\00:23:40.98
The mystery of God can
be revealed in your life.
00:23:41.02\00:23:44.85
The mystery of Christ,
00:23:44.89\00:23:46.25
the mystery of
Jesus forgiving your sin,
00:23:46.29\00:23:49.22
the mystery of
Jesus pardoning your sin,
00:23:49.26\00:23:52.23
the mystery of Jesus
taking away that guilt,
00:23:52.26\00:23:55.03
the mystery of Jesus breaking
the chains that bind us,
00:23:55.06\00:23:58.77
the mystery of
Jesus delivering us
00:23:58.80\00:24:00.90
from habits and
attitudes that shackle us.
00:24:00.94\00:24:03.61
This mystery of Christ,
00:24:03.64\00:24:05.37
and when Christ
enters into your life,
00:24:05.41\00:24:07.51
when He gives you a new life,
when He transforms your life,
00:24:07.54\00:24:11.15
all you want to
do is share His love,
00:24:11.18\00:24:13.52
all you want to do
is share His goodness,
00:24:13.55\00:24:15.68
all you want to do
is share His grace.
00:24:15.72\00:24:18.15
God will have a
group of people at end-time
00:24:18.19\00:24:21.82
that have come to Christ.
00:24:21.86\00:24:23.46
They have come to
the cross of Christ.
00:24:23.49\00:24:25.66
Jesus has changed their life
00:24:25.69\00:24:27.66
and they go out to
spread His message,
00:24:27.70\00:24:30.13
and the mystery of
God will be finished.
00:24:30.17\00:24:32.50
Now the finishing
of the mystery of God
00:24:32.53\00:24:34.47
is His final
powerful proclamation
00:24:34.50\00:24:37.11
of the gospel to
the entire world,
00:24:37.14\00:24:39.77
so that Jesus can come.
00:24:39.81\00:24:41.64
Now how would
these events develop?
00:24:41.68\00:24:45.01
How would the fulfillment
of Daniel's prophecies,
00:24:45.05\00:24:50.05
how would those
that fulfillment,
00:24:50.09\00:24:52.19
at the end of that 2300
year prophecy, in around 1844,
00:24:52.22\00:24:57.89
how would the
events that surrounded
00:24:57.93\00:25:00.43
that lead to the mystery of God,
00:25:00.46\00:25:03.33
lead to men and
women being totally,
00:25:03.37\00:25:05.80
absolutely sold out for Christ
00:25:05.83\00:25:07.87
and going out to preach
the gospel to the world.
00:25:07.90\00:25:11.04
Notice Revelation 10:9,
00:25:11.07\00:25:13.41
"So I went to the
angel and I said to him,
00:25:13.44\00:25:15.88
'Give me the little book.'"
00:25:15.91\00:25:17.25
What's the little book?
00:25:17.28\00:25:18.61
The Book of Daniel.
00:25:18.65\00:25:20.02
"And he said to me,
'Take it and eat it,
00:25:20.05\00:25:23.45
and it will make
your stomach bitter,
00:25:23.49\00:25:25.72
but it will be as sweet as honey
00:25:25.75\00:25:28.12
in your mouth.'"
00:25:28.16\00:25:29.49
So take the
little book and eat it.
00:25:29.52\00:25:31.16
You remember what Jeremiah said,
00:25:31.19\00:25:32.96
"Thy words were
found and I did eat them
00:25:32.99\00:25:35.66
and they were the joy
and rejoicing of my heart."
00:25:35.70\00:25:39.10
You remember what
Jesus said in Matthew 4:4,
00:25:39.13\00:25:42.27
"Man shall not
live by bread alone,
00:25:42.30\00:25:43.91
but by every" what?
00:25:43.94\00:25:45.27
"Word that precedes
out of the mouth of God."
00:25:45.31\00:25:48.44
So taking the
little Book of Daniel,
00:25:48.48\00:25:50.68
here's a prediction,
00:25:50.71\00:25:52.45
at the end of
that 2300 year period.
00:25:52.48\00:25:55.82
In 1840s, God's people
men and women around the world
00:25:55.85\00:26:00.92
would begin studying
the prophecies of Daniel.
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.43
The prophecies of
Daniel would be open,
00:26:03.46\00:26:05.59
and as they studied them,
their hearts would thrill,
00:26:05.63\00:26:09.10
new joy would cross
through their veins,
00:26:09.13\00:26:11.53
they would have a
hope and a glimmer
00:26:11.57\00:26:13.64
in this dark world
00:26:13.67\00:26:15.00
that Jesus is
coming and coming soon.
00:26:15.04\00:26:18.34
But "Then I took the little book
00:26:18.37\00:26:19.87
out of the angel's
hand and I ate it."
00:26:19.91\00:26:22.54
I absorbed the
little Book of Daniel.
00:26:22.58\00:26:24.51
"It was sweet as
honey in my mouth.
00:26:24.55\00:26:28.02
But when I had eaten it,
my stomach became bitter."
00:26:28.05\00:26:33.32
What is the clear prediction?
00:26:33.36\00:26:35.62
That a group of people,
desiring to see Jesus come,
00:26:35.66\00:26:40.66
would study Jesus' Word,
00:26:40.70\00:26:42.60
and they would be so
thrilled with what they studied,
00:26:42.63\00:26:45.60
so enthralled
with what they studied,
00:26:45.63\00:26:47.94
so excited about
what they studied,
00:26:47.97\00:26:50.11
they would believe
that Jesus was coming,
00:26:50.14\00:26:52.87
and it would be so
sweet in their mouth.
00:26:52.91\00:26:55.81
But they would go
00:26:55.84\00:26:57.78
through a bitter disappointment.
00:26:57.81\00:27:01.68
Tears would
flow from their eyes,
00:27:01.72\00:27:04.25
they would feel that
their hopes like a bottle
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.55
thrown against
the wall and dashed
00:27:06.59\00:27:09.09
and cracked in
a thousand pieces,
00:27:09.12\00:27:11.93
their hopes would
dance away like a shadow.
00:27:11.96\00:27:15.50
They would go through a
bitter, sweet experience.
00:27:15.53\00:27:20.64
Historically,
00:27:20.67\00:27:23.10
when the prophecies
of Daniel were fulfilled,
00:27:23.14\00:27:26.47
shortly after 1844,
and in and around that date
00:27:26.51\00:27:31.98
before and after it, what
experience led up to 1844?
00:27:32.01\00:27:37.79
What experience
led up to the climax
00:27:37.82\00:27:40.56
of that 2300 year prophecy?
00:27:40.59\00:27:44.26
Did God's people
read the Book of Daniel?
00:27:44.29\00:27:48.03
Were there
Baptists, and Methodists,
00:27:48.06\00:27:49.96
and Congregationalists,
and Catholics,
00:27:50.00\00:27:52.23
and people of
all faiths and creeds
00:27:52.27\00:27:54.70
that studied the Book of Daniel,
00:27:54.74\00:27:57.21
did their hearts
burn within them?
00:27:57.24\00:27:59.87
Were they thrilled
with what they studied?
00:27:59.91\00:28:03.01
Did they go through a
bitter disappointment?
00:28:03.04\00:28:06.51
Let's review
some of that history.
00:28:06.55\00:28:08.42
We go to Europe
and the continent,
00:28:08.45\00:28:10.79
and we leap across to England.
00:28:10.82\00:28:13.05
Edward Irving began to study
00:28:13.09\00:28:15.09
the prophecies of
the Book of Daniel.
00:28:15.12\00:28:17.79
He studied the time
prophecies of Daniel.
00:28:17.83\00:28:20.66
He believed that
Christ was going to come
00:28:20.70\00:28:23.37
in the early 1800s
and settled on the 1840s.
00:28:23.40\00:28:28.20
At this time,
00:28:28.24\00:28:29.70
most of the churches
were teaching, in fact,
00:28:29.74\00:28:32.41
most of the
theologians were teaching,
00:28:32.44\00:28:34.54
Bible teachers were
teaching, that Christ would come
00:28:34.58\00:28:37.58
and establish
His kingdom on earth,
00:28:37.61\00:28:40.22
that there would be a 1000
year millennial period of peace.
00:28:40.25\00:28:44.09
The idea of a
soon return of Christ,
00:28:44.12\00:28:47.36
the idea of Christ
coming in power, and glory
00:28:47.39\00:28:50.33
in the clouds of heaven,
00:28:50.36\00:28:52.19
was not something that
was typically being taught
00:28:52.23\00:28:55.90
by the traditional churches.
00:28:55.93\00:28:57.73
But Edward Irving began studying
00:28:57.77\00:28:59.27
the prophecies of
Daniel and he said,
00:28:59.30\00:29:01.27
"Christ is going to come,
00:29:01.30\00:29:02.94
and Christ is
going to come soon."
00:29:02.97\00:29:05.74
Soon, 300 preachers
in the Church of England
00:29:05.77\00:29:10.98
were preaching
00:29:11.01\00:29:12.35
from their pulpits,
the soon return of Christ.
00:29:12.38\00:29:15.48
That He would come and
every eye would see Him.
00:29:15.52\00:29:17.79
That He would
come and He would come
00:29:17.82\00:29:19.29
and not keep
silence, Psalm 50:3.
00:29:19.32\00:29:22.02
That He would come
in glory, Matthew 16:27.
00:29:22.06\00:29:25.53
And so England was moved
00:29:25.56\00:29:28.33
by the preaching
of these preachers
00:29:28.36\00:29:30.37
in the 1840s about
the coming of Christ.
00:29:30.40\00:29:33.57
There was Manuel Lacunza,
00:29:33.60\00:29:35.64
he happened to be a
Catholic priest, a Jesuit.
00:29:35.67\00:29:39.27
He began studying the Bible,
00:29:39.31\00:29:41.14
he was amazed
00:29:41.18\00:29:42.51
at what he
studied in South America.
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.98
And he began to
study about the fact
00:29:45.01\00:29:47.22
that Jesus was coming
and He was coming soon.
00:29:47.25\00:29:50.22
He began to study about the fact
00:29:50.25\00:29:51.89
that the Bible did not teach,
00:29:51.92\00:29:53.59
that there was a 1000
years of peace on earth.
00:29:53.62\00:29:57.16
He became so thrilled
that he wrote a track.
00:29:57.19\00:29:59.86
He would not write it
under his name Manuel Lacunza
00:29:59.89\00:30:02.90
because he knew that he
could be persecuted, oppressed.
00:30:02.93\00:30:05.97
So he wrote it under
the name of Rabbi ben-Ezra.
00:30:06.00\00:30:09.67
And as he wrote it,
people began to read it,
00:30:09.70\00:30:11.94
and all of South
America began to be stirred,
00:30:11.97\00:30:14.61
Christ is
coming, and coming soon.
00:30:14.64\00:30:17.11
Joseph Wolf became the
missionary to the world,
00:30:17.15\00:30:22.18
brilliant mind,
knew multiple languages,
00:30:22.22\00:30:25.75
traveled to the Middle East,
00:30:25.79\00:30:27.62
often walked the
deserts bare feet,
00:30:27.66\00:30:30.63
little to drink, often
attacked by wild beasts,
00:30:30.66\00:30:34.83
taken captive and
kidnapped by barbarian tribes
00:30:34.86\00:30:39.27
but he preached, and
preached, and preached
00:30:39.30\00:30:41.74
on the second coming of
Christ, came to America,
00:30:41.77\00:30:45.01
preached before the American
Congress, all over the world.
00:30:45.04\00:30:49.28
Surprisingly, God is raising up
different men, different women.
00:30:49.31\00:30:53.68
Surprisingly, God is
moving by His Holy Spirit
00:30:53.72\00:30:57.65
in very, very remarkable ways.
00:30:57.69\00:31:00.06
There is an advent
movement, an advent awakening,
00:31:00.09\00:31:03.99
God is preparing to
do something amazing.
00:31:04.03\00:31:08.36
God raises up a farmer.
00:31:08.40\00:31:10.60
Low Hampton, New York,
his name William Miller,
00:31:10.63\00:31:13.97
and God moves upon him.
00:31:14.00\00:31:15.87
He studied Scripture
for 12, 13, 14 years.
00:31:15.90\00:31:19.91
He had been a
deist. What a deist?
00:31:19.94\00:31:22.64
Deists believe that you
wind up the world like a clock
00:31:22.68\00:31:26.08
and you let it go.
00:31:26.11\00:31:27.45
That God does not
interfere in human activity.
00:31:27.48\00:31:31.12
But God moves upon this farmer.
00:31:31.15\00:31:34.09
He begins to study the Bible,
he had no hope for salvation.
00:31:34.12\00:31:38.06
He said, "The earth was
like brass under my feet."
00:31:38.09\00:31:41.13
He said, "My future
was clouded in darkness."
00:31:41.16\00:31:43.93
But as he
studies, he finds Jesus.
00:31:43.97\00:31:46.74
He finds the Lamb of God
that can take away his sin.
00:31:46.77\00:31:50.34
He finds the Christ that
died upon the cross for him.
00:31:50.37\00:31:54.11
He finds a new
strength, he finds a new joy,
00:31:54.14\00:31:57.68
he finds a new meaning.
00:31:57.71\00:32:00.02
He has one rule
of scriptural study.
00:32:00.05\00:32:03.72
I will let the
Bible explain itself.
00:32:03.75\00:32:06.25
And he starts with Genesis,
00:32:06.29\00:32:08.19
and as he is reading
00:32:08.22\00:32:09.59
something that he
doesn't understand
00:32:09.62\00:32:11.36
he looks for a text that
enables him to explain it,
00:32:11.39\00:32:14.36
and William Miller
comes to the conclusion,
00:32:14.40\00:32:17.57
he comes to the Book of Daniel,
00:32:17.60\00:32:19.23
and he lets the
Bible explain itself.
00:32:19.27\00:32:21.07
He reads 2300 days,
00:32:21.10\00:32:25.11
he goes to Ezekiel 4:6,
a prophetic day is a year.
00:32:25.14\00:32:28.44
He goes to Numbers
14:34, prophetic day is a year.
00:32:28.48\00:32:32.25
He reads about
the beast in Daniel 7.
00:32:32.28\00:32:34.95
He comes down to 7:23
00:32:34.98\00:32:36.55
and he reads the beast
shall be the fourth kingdom.
00:32:36.58\00:32:39.62
He reads about waters,
00:32:39.65\00:32:40.99
he goes over to
Revelation 17:15,
00:32:41.02\00:32:42.86
he says the waters are people.
00:32:42.89\00:32:44.79
So he begins to use the
Bible to interpret itself.
00:32:44.83\00:32:48.93
Along with Edward
Irving, along with Joseph Wolf,
00:32:48.96\00:32:53.94
along with
Manuel Lacunza, Miller,
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.10
thousands of others
00:32:56.14\00:32:57.57
have come to the
conclusion, Christ is coming.
00:32:57.61\00:32:59.87
So there is this
great Advent movement,
00:32:59.91\00:33:02.81
1840, 1841, in the 1840s.
00:33:02.84\00:33:07.08
Around the world,
00:33:07.12\00:33:08.45
the Word of God
is being proclaimed.
00:33:08.48\00:33:11.15
What are the
fruits of this movement?
00:33:11.19\00:33:13.72
Men and women
00:33:13.76\00:33:15.76
are on their knees
surrendering to God.
00:33:15.79\00:33:18.43
Men and women are
repenting of their sin.
00:33:18.46\00:33:21.30
Debts are being paid back.
00:33:21.33\00:33:24.00
Old scores are being settled.
00:33:24.03\00:33:26.84
Reconciliation is
taking place between people.
00:33:26.87\00:33:30.81
Drunkards are becoming sober.
00:33:30.84\00:33:33.21
Prostitutes are becoming pure.
00:33:33.24\00:33:35.88
Thieves are becoming honest.
00:33:35.91\00:33:38.41
The message of the
second coming of Christ
00:33:38.45\00:33:41.72
is stirring America,
00:33:41.75\00:33:43.72
stirring Europe,
moving the world.
00:33:43.75\00:33:46.79
They believe
Jesus is going to come.
00:33:46.82\00:33:49.22
Eventually, they settled
00:33:49.26\00:33:51.69
on a date, 1844,
October 22, 1844.
00:33:51.73\00:33:56.33
Now you say,
00:33:56.36\00:33:57.70
"But they should
have known better.
00:33:57.73\00:33:59.07
Jesus says there would
be not a day or an hour."
00:33:59.10\00:34:03.04
You know, there are times
00:34:03.07\00:34:04.97
that one may
misunderstand prophecy,
00:34:05.01\00:34:07.81
and they did, no
question about it.
00:34:07.84\00:34:10.15
But God did something amazing
out of that misunderstanding.
00:34:10.18\00:34:14.48
You see, faithful
Bible students believed
00:34:14.52\00:34:17.52
that the
cleansing of the sanctuary
00:34:17.55\00:34:19.92
was the cleansing
of the earth by fire.
00:34:19.95\00:34:22.09
So when they
read under 2300 days,
00:34:22.12\00:34:25.09
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
00:34:25.13\00:34:26.46
They said,
"What's the sanctuary?"
00:34:26.49\00:34:27.83
Oh, that's the earth.
00:34:27.86\00:34:29.20
And it needs to be cleansed
by fire when Jesus comes.
00:34:29.23\00:34:33.03
They misunderstood that.
00:34:33.07\00:34:35.00
They anticipated
that Christ would come
00:34:35.04\00:34:37.97
at the end of the
2300 years in 1844.
00:34:38.01\00:34:43.28
Now remember
00:34:43.31\00:34:44.68
what Daniel's
prophecy predicted,
00:34:44.71\00:34:48.28
that time prophecy
would run out in 1844,
00:34:48.32\00:34:51.69
that the judgment...
00:34:51.72\00:34:53.05
The cleansing of the sanctuary,
that judgment would begin then.
00:34:53.09\00:34:56.56
And remember
what Revelation said?
00:34:56.59\00:34:58.99
It said, take the
little book and eat it,
00:34:59.03\00:35:01.66
and it will be what?
00:35:01.70\00:35:03.37
Sweet in your mouth, but what?
00:35:03.40\00:35:06.27
Bitter in your belly.
00:35:06.30\00:35:08.77
When Christ did not
come as they expected,
00:35:08.80\00:35:12.01
they were bitterly disappointed.
00:35:12.04\00:35:15.94
But let me take you to
another disappointment.
00:35:15.98\00:35:21.32
You see somebody says,
00:35:21.35\00:35:22.88
"But Pastor Mark, wait a minute.
00:35:22.92\00:35:26.22
How could a
movement that was so true,
00:35:26.25\00:35:30.13
and has such tremendous power,
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.59
how could that ever
end up so disappointed?"
00:35:32.63\00:35:37.60
Let me take you to
another disappointment.
00:35:37.63\00:35:40.20
This disappointment is not 1844,
00:35:40.24\00:35:43.24
this disappointment is 31 A.D.
00:35:43.27\00:35:45.81
This disappointment has
to do with the disciples.
00:35:45.84\00:35:49.04
Did Jesus
explain to the disciples
00:35:49.08\00:35:52.71
that He was coming to
set up a kingdom of grace?
00:35:52.75\00:35:58.35
Were there
prophecies in the Old Testament
00:35:58.39\00:36:00.49
that spoke about
00:36:00.52\00:36:01.86
the crucifixion of
Christ, were there?
00:36:01.89\00:36:03.99
Did the
disciples understand those?
00:36:04.03\00:36:06.59
They thought He was
coming to give them victory
00:36:06.63\00:36:09.33
over the Romans.
00:36:09.36\00:36:10.70
They thought He was coming
to triumph over their enemies.
00:36:10.73\00:36:15.24
When Jesus died on the cross,
00:36:15.27\00:36:18.54
were there prophecies
both in Daniel, and Isaiah,
00:36:18.57\00:36:23.14
and Micah, and Psalms
throughout the Old Testament
00:36:23.18\00:36:27.58
that could have and
should have revealed
00:36:27.62\00:36:30.72
to the disciples
00:36:30.75\00:36:32.09
that Christ was coming to set up
00:36:32.12\00:36:34.09
the kingdom of grace and
not the kingdom of glory.
00:36:34.12\00:36:36.93
Were the disciples disappointed
when Jesus died on the cross?
00:36:36.96\00:36:41.90
Were all their hopes dashed
when Jesus died on the cross?
00:36:41.93\00:36:46.70
Luke 24:21 records the sayings
00:36:46.74\00:36:50.64
of the disciples on Emmaus road,
00:36:50.67\00:36:53.61
"But we were hoping
00:36:53.64\00:36:55.38
that it was He who was
going to redeem Israel..."
00:36:55.41\00:36:58.18
They had given everything.
00:36:58.21\00:36:59.95
Peter, and James, and John
00:36:59.98\00:37:02.28
had left their fishermen's nets.
00:37:02.32\00:37:05.05
Matthew had left his
tax collector's booth,
00:37:05.09\00:37:08.52
and here when Christ died,
00:37:08.56\00:37:10.63
they were bitterly disappointed.
00:37:10.66\00:37:13.16
The last time they
had seen Christ's body
00:37:13.19\00:37:15.66
before the resurrection,
they saw his bruised,
00:37:15.70\00:37:18.73
and broken, and bloodied body
00:37:18.77\00:37:21.10
as it was laid in the tomb.
00:37:21.14\00:37:22.84
They were hiding
00:37:22.87\00:37:24.21
in that upper room
fearful, discouraged, depressed
00:37:24.24\00:37:28.78
but out of that
disappointment of 31 A.D,
00:37:28.81\00:37:32.65
out of their
misunderstanding of prophecy,
00:37:32.68\00:37:36.79
out of all of
that, God was raising up
00:37:36.82\00:37:39.95
the New
Testament Christian church
00:37:39.99\00:37:41.86
because God
brings joy out of sorrow.
00:37:41.89\00:37:44.06
God brings
triumph out of defeat.
00:37:44.09\00:37:46.59
God brings joy and happiness
00:37:46.63\00:37:50.17
out of our
discouragements in life.
00:37:50.20\00:37:52.23
Look, Jesus said
to them in Acts 1:7,
00:37:52.27\00:37:54.80
"He said to them,
00:37:54.84\00:37:56.17
'It's not for you to
know the times and seasons
00:37:56.20\00:37:58.37
when I'll set up my kingdom
00:37:58.41\00:37:59.74
that the Father has
put in My own authority."
00:37:59.77\00:38:01.84
After His
resurrection, He said to them,
00:38:01.88\00:38:04.18
"I have a task for you."
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.51
Acts 1:8, "You
shall receive power
00:38:06.55\00:38:09.38
when the Holy
Spirit has come upon you,
00:38:09.42\00:38:11.65
and you will be witnesses
to Me in Jerusalem, Judea,
00:38:11.69\00:38:14.92
Samaria to the
end of the earth."
00:38:14.96\00:38:16.76
The New
Testament Christian church
00:38:16.79\00:38:18.96
was raised up out
of disappointment.
00:38:18.99\00:38:21.80
The New
Testament Christian church
00:38:21.83\00:38:23.60
was raised up
00:38:23.63\00:38:24.97
out of a
misunderstanding of prophecy.
00:38:25.00\00:38:28.67
The Bible says, Acts 2:41,
00:38:28.70\00:38:31.17
"Then those that
gladly received his word
00:38:31.21\00:38:34.64
were baptized,
00:38:34.68\00:38:36.11
and about three thousand
souls were added to them."
00:38:36.14\00:38:40.55
Watch the pattern,
00:38:40.58\00:38:42.48
misunderstanding of
prophecy by the disciples,
00:38:42.52\00:38:45.45
hopes dashed when
Christ goes to the cross,
00:38:45.49\00:38:49.02
Jesus dies and put in His
tomb, Christ is resurrected.
00:38:49.06\00:38:52.76
He says, "You have a mission."
00:38:52.79\00:38:54.36
They commit to
following that mission.
00:38:54.40\00:38:56.56
He pours out His
Holy Spirit upon them.
00:38:56.60\00:38:59.00
The gospel goes to
the then known world.
00:38:59.03\00:39:01.74
Acts 6:7, "The
word of God spread,
00:39:01.77\00:39:04.47
the number of disciples
multiplied in Jerusalem,
00:39:04.51\00:39:07.38
a great many of the priests
were obedient to the faith."
00:39:07.41\00:39:10.18
So the gospel goes everywhere.
00:39:10.21\00:39:13.18
God often brings
victory out of our pain.
00:39:13.21\00:39:15.78
You're going
through some pain today,
00:39:15.82\00:39:17.82
some sorrow today,
some disappointment today,
00:39:17.85\00:39:21.46
God brings
victory out of our pain.
00:39:21.49\00:39:25.83
God said to them,
Matthew 28:19, 20,
00:39:25.86\00:39:30.07
"Go therefore
00:39:30.10\00:39:31.43
and make
disciples of all nations,
00:39:31.47\00:39:34.04
teaching them to
observe all things
00:39:34.07\00:39:35.54
that I have commanded you."
00:39:35.57\00:39:36.91
Go, I have a mission for you.
00:39:36.94\00:39:38.87
The disciples believed
00:39:38.91\00:39:40.54
that Christ was going
to restore His kingdom.
00:39:40.58\00:39:42.68
The disciples were
bitterly disappointed
00:39:42.71\00:39:45.61
when Christ was crucified.
00:39:45.65\00:39:47.88
The disciples were
amazed after the resurrection.
00:39:47.92\00:39:52.02
And the disciples too
had a mission to fulfill.
00:39:52.05\00:39:57.56
What about
God's last day church?
00:39:57.59\00:39:59.76
They went through that
period of disappointment.
00:39:59.79\00:40:03.67
Can you imagine
00:40:03.70\00:40:05.20
what it must have
been like October 22, 1844?
00:40:05.23\00:40:09.90
Like these early disciples,
00:40:09.94\00:40:13.48
they believed
that Christ was going
00:40:13.51\00:40:15.61
to set up His kingdom.
00:40:15.64\00:40:17.08
Like these early disciples,
00:40:17.11\00:40:18.58
they believed that
Jesus was going to come.
00:40:18.61\00:40:23.82
Can you imagine, it's
October 22, it's 1844.
00:40:23.85\00:40:29.99
The leaves are changing
in the autumn in New England.
00:40:30.03\00:40:34.93
The horizon is painted
in all the hues of gold,
00:40:34.96\00:40:40.44
and yellow, and orange.
00:40:40.47\00:40:42.67
It's a beautiful fall.
00:40:42.70\00:40:44.67
But these New Englanders
and those who believed
00:40:44.71\00:40:47.91
around the world
that Christ was coming,
00:40:47.94\00:40:49.61
have left their crops,
many of them in the fields.
00:40:49.64\00:40:54.12
They believed Christ is
coming and I can just imagine,
00:40:54.15\00:40:57.32
it's evening of
1844, October 22,
00:40:57.35\00:41:00.82
and a family gathers around,
00:41:00.86\00:41:02.42
there is father,
and there is mother,
00:41:02.46\00:41:05.29
there are sisters and brothers.
00:41:05.33\00:41:07.50
And father says,
00:41:07.53\00:41:09.10
"Children, Jesus is
coming, Jesus is coming.
00:41:09.13\00:41:13.50
We've studied the
prophecies of Daniel 2,
00:41:13.54\00:41:15.90
they had been fulfilled.
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.27
We've studied the
prophecies of Daniel 7,
00:41:17.31\00:41:18.87
they had been fulfilled.
00:41:18.91\00:41:20.24
We've studied
00:41:20.28\00:41:21.61
the last time
prophecy in the Bible.
00:41:21.64\00:41:22.98
The sanctuary is
going to be cleansed.
00:41:23.01\00:41:24.48
The earth is going to
be cleansed with fire.
00:41:24.51\00:41:26.68
Jesus gonna come.
00:41:26.72\00:41:28.18
Oh, John, my son.
00:41:28.22\00:41:30.39
James, my son,
00:41:30.42\00:41:31.75
have you fully
committed your life to Christ?"
00:41:31.79\00:41:33.46
"Yes, father, we have."
00:41:33.49\00:41:35.29
Alice, little
girl, eight years old,
00:41:35.32\00:41:37.23
"Have you committed?"
00:41:37.26\00:41:38.59
"Yes, I have
daddy. Yes, I have."
00:41:38.63\00:41:39.96
Jesus is gonna come today.
00:41:40.00\00:41:41.90
He is coming before midnight.
00:41:41.93\00:41:43.80
He's gonna come
at the darkest hour.
00:41:43.83\00:41:45.77
Oh, Johnny raises
his hand. "Daddy, daddy.
00:41:45.80\00:41:48.97
Will we see grandpa
again? I love grandpa.
00:41:49.00\00:41:53.01
Grandpa and I
used to take hikes,
00:41:53.04\00:41:54.51
we used to walk in the
forest right out there.
00:41:54.54\00:41:56.14
Daddy, will I
see him?" "Yes, yes."
00:41:56.18\00:41:58.01
"And, daddy,
00:41:58.05\00:41:59.38
what about Aunt
Jane, will we see her?"
00:41:59.41\00:42:01.28
"Yes, we will."
"Oh, I can't wait.
00:42:01.32\00:42:03.79
How soon, how soon?"
00:42:03.82\00:42:05.35
"Five more hours children,
four more hours, children,
00:42:05.39\00:42:08.36
three more hours, children,
00:42:08.39\00:42:09.72
one more hour,
children, He is coming."
00:42:09.76\00:42:13.33
He does not come.
00:42:13.36\00:42:17.53
Were the prophecies wrong?
00:42:17.57\00:42:21.37
Mother doesn't sleep all night.
00:42:21.40\00:42:23.94
What shall we tell the
children in the morning?
00:42:23.97\00:42:28.08
Was the Bible wrong?
Were we wrong to believe?
00:42:28.11\00:42:32.68
But they saw
00:42:32.71\00:42:34.05
the evidence of the
moving of the Spirit of God,
00:42:34.08\00:42:38.65
and they began to understand
these early Adventists,
00:42:38.69\00:42:42.82
these
Methodists, these Baptists,
00:42:42.86\00:42:45.03
these Pentecostals,
these Congregationalists.
00:42:45.06\00:42:48.66
They began to understand
00:42:48.70\00:42:51.63
that the earth
was not the sanctuary,
00:42:51.67\00:42:54.40
but that Christ had
entered into His final work
00:42:54.44\00:42:57.94
in the sanctuary of heaven
00:42:57.97\00:43:00.01
to prepare a world
for His soon coming,
00:43:00.04\00:43:03.01
that in the
light of the judgment,
00:43:03.04\00:43:04.91
men and women would
kneel and repent of their sins,
00:43:04.95\00:43:08.15
and Christ in
them would be revealed
00:43:08.18\00:43:11.12
and His Holy Spirit
would be poured out on them,
00:43:11.15\00:43:13.76
and go to the world.
00:43:13.79\00:43:15.12
You see, the disciples accepted
after their disappointment
00:43:15.16\00:43:18.79
that Christ had a commission
to proclaim the gospel
00:43:18.83\00:43:21.43
to the world.
00:43:21.46\00:43:22.80
Christ's last day
disciples believed like
00:43:22.83\00:43:25.03
these early disciples
00:43:25.07\00:43:26.53
that Christ was going
to restore His kingdom.
00:43:26.57\00:43:29.87
Christ's last day disciples,
00:43:29.90\00:43:31.31
like these early disciples
were bitterly disappointed
00:43:31.34\00:43:34.08
when Jesus did not return.
00:43:34.11\00:43:36.21
Christ's last day
disciples were amazed
00:43:36.24\00:43:38.41
when they discovered
00:43:38.45\00:43:39.78
that they were
living in the judgment hour,
00:43:39.81\00:43:41.85
and that the message of Christ
00:43:41.88\00:43:43.59
was to go to the
ends of the earth,
00:43:43.62\00:43:45.09
and Christ's last
day disciples accepted
00:43:45.12\00:43:48.02
Christ's commission to proclaim
00:43:48.06\00:43:49.92
the gospel to the world,
00:43:49.96\00:43:51.76
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:43:51.79\00:43:54.10
Do not look at 1844
00:43:54.13\00:43:57.63
as some black spot on
denominational history.
00:43:57.67\00:44:01.57
We see that as
one of the hallmarks
00:44:01.60\00:44:04.34
that this is a
divine movement of destiny
00:44:04.37\00:44:07.08
raised up by God.
00:44:07.11\00:44:09.04
We do not look
00:44:09.08\00:44:10.55
at the
disappointment of the disciples,
00:44:10.58\00:44:12.38
or the cross as some black mark.
00:44:12.41\00:44:14.12
We see the cross
standing above heaven and earth.
00:44:14.15\00:44:18.92
We see Christ dying for us,
00:44:18.95\00:44:21.66
we see the
disciples disappointed.
00:44:21.69\00:44:24.16
But out of that disappointment,
00:44:24.19\00:44:25.89
our mighty God
00:44:25.93\00:44:27.70
brought the New
Testament Christian church
00:44:27.73\00:44:30.17
to launch the New Testament
Christian dispensation,
00:44:30.20\00:44:33.20
and we see Jesus
doing the exact same thing
00:44:33.23\00:44:36.84
in the exact same
pattern at end-time.
00:44:36.87\00:44:40.01
Out of disappointment
raising up a movement,
00:44:40.04\00:44:43.14
a movement that would
go to the ends of the earth
00:44:43.18\00:44:45.61
to prepare people
for the coming of Christ.
00:44:45.65\00:44:48.18
God brings joy
out of disappointment,
00:44:48.22\00:44:51.69
God brings
victory out of defeat,
00:44:51.72\00:44:54.89
God brings
triumph out of tragedy
00:44:54.92\00:44:57.66
because that is the
kind of God we serve.
00:44:57.69\00:45:00.70
And today, the message of Christ
00:45:00.73\00:45:03.63
is being preached to
the ends of the earth
00:45:03.67\00:45:06.33
because the angel said
the prophecy is not over
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.40
with a bitter disappointment.
00:45:09.44\00:45:11.07
Revelation 10:11,
00:45:11.11\00:45:12.91
"He said to me,
you must prophesy again
00:45:12.94\00:45:16.98
about many peoples,
nations, tongues, and kings."
00:45:17.01\00:45:21.05
Out of the
disappointment of Calvary,
00:45:21.08\00:45:22.88
God raised up
00:45:22.92\00:45:24.25
the New
Testament Christian church,
00:45:24.29\00:45:25.85
filled it with the spirit
to go to the ends of the earth.
00:45:25.89\00:45:29.02
Out of the
disappointment of 1844,
00:45:29.06\00:45:31.33
God raised up
the Advent movement
00:45:31.36\00:45:33.50
not as another denomination,
not as another church
00:45:33.53\00:45:36.87
in the landscape
of American churches
00:45:36.90\00:45:39.17
or this world's churches.
00:45:39.20\00:45:40.97
God raised up an
end-time movement
00:45:41.00\00:45:43.64
to take the gospel
to the ends of the earth
00:45:43.67\00:45:45.97
and from that small beginning
Seventh-day Adventists today
00:45:46.01\00:45:50.85
have work in over 216
countries in the world.
00:45:50.88\00:45:54.95
"This gospel of the
kingdom, Matthew 24:14,
00:45:54.98\00:45:58.49
will be preached to
the ends of the earth,
00:45:58.52\00:46:00.82
and then the end will come."
00:46:00.86\00:46:02.76
God is fulfilling
His prophecy today.
00:46:02.79\00:46:06.09
What's Christ waiting for?
He is waiting for His people.
00:46:06.13\00:46:09.46
On their knees,
repent before Him,
00:46:09.50\00:46:12.33
to give their
lives fully to Him,
00:46:12.37\00:46:14.87
to be filled
with His Holy Spirit,
00:46:14.90\00:46:17.11
and go to the ends of
the earth sharing His love.
00:46:17.14\00:46:19.91
Revelation 14:6, 7 says,
00:46:19.94\00:46:22.38
"Then I saw another angel flying
00:46:22.41\00:46:25.01
in the midst of heaven,
00:46:25.05\00:46:26.38
having the everlasting
gospel to preach to those
00:46:26.41\00:46:29.25
who dwell on the earth
00:46:29.28\00:46:30.62
to every nation,
tongue, and people."
00:46:30.65\00:46:33.42
This prophecy is
being fulfilled today.
00:46:33.46\00:46:36.83
Let me share with
you some amazing stories
00:46:36.86\00:46:40.43
of how this
prophecy is being fulfilled,
00:46:40.46\00:46:43.30
the gospel is going
to the ends of the earth.
00:46:43.33\00:46:45.93
God does have
an end-time people,
00:46:45.97\00:46:48.80
a people that are
preparing men and women
00:46:48.84\00:46:51.07
for the coming of Christ.
00:46:51.11\00:46:52.77
When Jesus will come,
every eye will see Him.
00:46:52.81\00:46:55.01
A people that are sharing
the matchless charms of Christ,
00:46:55.04\00:46:58.78
a people that are
leading men and women
00:46:58.81\00:47:00.55
back to the law of
God, and the Bible, Sabbath.
00:47:00.58\00:47:04.15
A people that believe in
the message of Revelation 10
00:47:04.19\00:47:08.92
that you must prophesy again.
00:47:08.96\00:47:12.09
A people that are taking
this message to every nation,
00:47:12.13\00:47:15.96
kindred, tongue and people.
00:47:16.00\00:47:17.33
Let me share with
you an amazing story
00:47:17.37\00:47:18.70
that just happened.
00:47:18.73\00:47:20.14
Adventist World Radio,
00:47:20.17\00:47:21.70
making an amazing impact
as is all of our telecasts,
00:47:21.74\00:47:25.94
and all of our
radio and internet.
00:47:25.97\00:47:28.38
But recently,
00:47:28.41\00:47:30.38
Adventist World Radio broadcasts
00:47:30.41\00:47:32.21
in 80 languages
with signals reaching
00:47:32.25\00:47:34.45
more than two-thirds
of the world's population.
00:47:34.48\00:47:37.49
Recently, Adventist
World Radio leadership
00:47:37.52\00:47:40.26
came to me and they said,
00:47:40.29\00:47:41.62
"Pastor Mark, can we
broadcast some of your sermons
00:47:41.66\00:47:44.89
to the most
remotest areas of the world?"
00:47:44.93\00:47:47.63
So we gave them our
sermons on Revelation.
00:47:47.66\00:47:50.03
They began
broadcasting my audio sermons.
00:47:50.07\00:47:54.07
Way back, in the Philippines,
in the mountain areas,
00:47:54.10\00:47:58.91
with no civilization
back there but tribes...
00:47:58.94\00:48:04.05
One of the tribes
had a transistor radio,
00:48:04.08\00:48:07.75
and those tribes
then began listening
00:48:07.78\00:48:09.82
to that transistor radio.
00:48:09.85\00:48:11.89
Now at the same time, we
had sent about 25 pastors
00:48:11.92\00:48:17.23
to preach in different
cities in the Philippines.
00:48:17.26\00:48:20.76
And as they were preaching
in the south Philippines,
00:48:20.80\00:48:23.60
they were gonna have a
baptism on one Sabbath,
00:48:23.63\00:48:26.43
about 800, 900 people
are going to be baptized.
00:48:26.47\00:48:29.60
As they were getting
ready for the baptism,
00:48:29.64\00:48:31.94
they noticed these
people coming, coming, coming,
00:48:31.97\00:48:35.51
and they were
coming from the mountains,
00:48:35.54\00:48:37.58
and they are about 20 of them.
00:48:37.61\00:48:39.11
And they said, "Who are
you? Where did you come from?"
00:48:39.15\00:48:41.28
We were listening, in
our language translated,
00:48:41.32\00:48:46.39
to the messages of
the Book of Revelation.
00:48:46.42\00:48:48.86
We come from the jungles.
00:48:48.89\00:48:50.69
We represent 14 villages
00:48:50.73\00:48:53.96
with thousands
of Indians in there,
00:48:54.00\00:48:56.43
and our chief said to us,
00:48:56.46\00:48:58.30
"You come to be baptized
at that Adventist baptism,
00:48:58.33\00:49:02.60
and then come back
and teach the village.
00:49:02.64\00:49:04.94
Get who is
baptizing those Adventists
00:49:04.97\00:49:07.04
to send their
missionaries to the village
00:49:07.08\00:49:08.84
because we've heard
this message on the radio."
00:49:08.88\00:49:11.78
Praise God in
the deepest recesses
00:49:11.81\00:49:15.35
of the jungle, God's
message is going forth.
00:49:15.38\00:49:19.09
There are tens of thousands
00:49:19.12\00:49:20.72
of Seventh-day
Adventist mission pioneers
00:49:20.76\00:49:23.96
that are penetrating
00:49:23.99\00:49:25.33
the remotest
areas with the gospel.
00:49:25.36\00:49:26.70
Not long ago, we were with
some of those mission pioneers,
00:49:26.73\00:49:29.63
two of them, one
of our church leaders.
00:49:29.66\00:49:33.03
And we said to these
two mission pioneers,
00:49:33.07\00:49:35.40
"What do you need
more than anything else?"
00:49:35.44\00:49:37.64
They said, "We
don't want to say."
00:49:37.67\00:49:39.94
"What do you need
more than anything else?"
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.41
"We don't want to say."
00:49:42.44\00:49:44.48
"Please tell us
what do you need?"
00:49:44.51\00:49:46.72
Well, they
looked at one another.
00:49:46.75\00:49:49.65
They said, "We
have one pair of shoes
00:49:49.68\00:49:51.65
between us and
we work in villages
00:49:51.69\00:49:55.59
that are 14 to 20 miles apart,
00:49:55.62\00:49:58.89
and whoever is walking
to the farthest village
00:49:58.93\00:50:01.86
gets to wear the shoes that day.
00:50:01.90\00:50:05.57
But look at our feet,
Pastor, they are all bloody.
00:50:05.60\00:50:08.94
Only if we had
another pair of shoes."
00:50:08.97\00:50:11.94
Well, you can bet
we gave them the shoes.
00:50:11.97\00:50:14.44
But that's the dedication,
00:50:14.48\00:50:16.41
that is the commitment
that is taking this message.
00:50:16.44\00:50:20.18
Well, you come with me
to the cities of the world,
00:50:20.22\00:50:22.75
the cities of this
world are filled with people
00:50:22.78\00:50:25.09
longing to know Jesus Christ
00:50:25.12\00:50:27.16
and the message is going forth
in the great cities of India,
00:50:27.19\00:50:30.23
the message is going
forth in the cities of China,
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.69
the message is going forth
00:50:32.73\00:50:34.06
in the cities of
the former Soviet Union.
00:50:34.10\00:50:36.67
God is moving
powerfully through radio,
00:50:36.70\00:50:41.00
through
television, through 3ABN,
00:50:41.04\00:50:44.34
through every
aspect that we are using.
00:50:44.37\00:50:47.34
God is moving in
Moscow, he is moving in Russia.
00:50:47.38\00:50:51.05
Hundreds, thousands
are coming to Christ.
00:50:51.08\00:50:54.02
This message that grew
up out of disappointment
00:50:54.05\00:50:57.02
is going to the
ends of all the world.
00:50:57.05\00:51:01.36
I was in Papua New Guinea,
00:51:01.39\00:51:02.89
a hundred thousand
came out to the stadium
00:51:02.92\00:51:05.53
and I saw this
bedraggled group of people.
00:51:05.56\00:51:08.06
I said, "Who are you?
How did you get here?"
00:51:08.10\00:51:09.96
"Pastor, we live on an island.
00:51:10.00\00:51:12.07
We live on an island
00:51:12.10\00:51:13.44
and, Pastor,
this is what happened.
00:51:13.47\00:51:15.70
We heard you're gonna be here.
00:51:15.74\00:51:17.27
We heard you're
gonna talk about Jesus.
00:51:17.31\00:51:18.87
We heard you're gonna talk
00:51:18.91\00:51:20.24
about the second
coming of Christ.
00:51:20.28\00:51:21.74
We walked three
days across our island,
00:51:21.78\00:51:24.01
then we took a boat for one day.
00:51:24.05\00:51:25.95
Then we came here
to the Kokoda Trail
00:51:25.98\00:51:28.15
and we walked for a week."
00:51:28.18\00:51:29.52
I said, "That's dangerous.
There are robbers there."
00:51:29.55\00:51:31.49
They said, "No problem, Pastor,
we only got robbed twice."
00:51:31.52\00:51:35.82
They said, "We
walked and came by truck,
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.59
by boat, for ten days."
00:51:38.63\00:51:41.96
Jesus is doing
something, my friends.
00:51:42.00\00:51:44.03
God is leading
people from every faith.
00:51:44.07\00:51:46.87
God is leading
people from every creed.
00:51:46.90\00:51:49.40
God is leading people
to His last day church.
00:51:49.44\00:51:54.68
Would you like to
open your heart right now,
00:51:54.71\00:51:56.14
wherever you are,
as CA comes to sing.
00:51:56.18\00:51:58.55
And say, Jesus, Jesus.
00:51:58.58\00:52:01.82
I see that You
bring joy out of sorrow.
00:52:01.85\00:52:06.32
Lord, I want to
give my life to you
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and walk with
Your last day people.
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Weak and wounded sinner
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Lost and left to die
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Raise your head
for Love is passin' by
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Come to Jesus
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Come to Jesus
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Come to Jesus
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And live
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Now your burden's
lifted Carried far away
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His precious
blood has washed away
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Your stain
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So sing to Jesus
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Sing to Jesus
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Sing to Jesus
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And live
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Just like a newborn baby
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Don't be afraid to crawl
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Remember when you walk
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Sometimes you fall
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But fall on Jesus
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Fall on Jesus
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Fall on Jesus
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And live
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Sometimes the way is lonely
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Steep and filled with pain
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But if your sky gets
dark and pours the rain
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Then cry to Jesus
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On the shoulder of Jesus
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Cry to Jesus
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And live
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And when your love spills over
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And worship fills your life
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And when you can't
contain the joy inside
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Then dance for Jesus
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Like David danced for Jesus
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Dance for Jesus
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And live
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And when your life is over
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And your work is done
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Rest in peace and wait
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until He comes
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Then fly to Jesus
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Rise and see Jesus
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Fly to Jesus
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And live
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Fly to Jesus
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And live
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One day, we will fly to Jesus.
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He will come again
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and we'll be caught up
in the sky to meet Him.
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But until that time
He has given us a task,
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until that time He
has given us a mission.
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Do you want to be part
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of something
bigger than yourself,
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something greater than yourself?
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You are watching this telecast,
you are here in this audience.
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But you long for
something bigger,
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something greater.
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You know that life
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is not simply
getting up every morning,
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and going to
work, and coming home,
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and watching television,
there is something big,
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and grand, and great.
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Jesus says to you,
"Make your decision."
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Come to Christ, be
part of a movement.
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Not simply a
church or denomination,
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but be part of a movement,
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a Sabbath keeping
Adventist movement
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that's going to
the ends of the earth.
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It will capture your attention,
it will grip your imagination.
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Use every one of your
talents until Jesus comes again,
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why not make that
decision as we pray.
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Father in heaven,
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You've called us
to something bigger,
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something
grander, something greater.
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In the mundane
lives that we live,
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we see the vision
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and just now come to
Jesus in Christ's name, amen.
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Thank you so much for joining us
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for Revelation's
Ancient Discoveries.
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