Welcome again to our program
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"Revelation of the Coming King."
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Whether you are the viewer,
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already watched
the previous programs
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or you're new one,
I want to welcome you
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in the name of our
Savior Jesus Christ.
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We are studying
a book of the Bible
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that's not easy to understand
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but praise God, He
promised all help to us.
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And I hope that
you have realized
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that when we do
it in the right way,
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when we take the
Bible as our interpreter,
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interpreter of that
book, that some things
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they become much,
much clear, clear to us.
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I'm Ranko Stefanovic,
professor of New Testament,
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and Seventh-day
Adventist theological seminary,
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Andrews University.
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And I am so glad to lead
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and study of the
last book of the Bible.
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As we study the
Book of Revelation,
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we need God's help.
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We need the wisdom
of the Holy Spirit.
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But at the same time
we need some good tools
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and I'd like at this
moment to once again introduce
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one good tool for study
of the Book of Revelation.
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There are other
books and very good tools
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that people made but our
presentations here follow
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what is here found
in this book titled
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"Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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As I promised to you, I
will always refer to the pages
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that you can open
and study the topic
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that we cover
in the presentation
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that we made after
this program is over.
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So my presentation now,
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the material is found
here from page 163 and on.
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There are about
next 30, 40 or 50 pages.
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We'll see how much
material you can get here
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and I'd like to encourage you
to study the topic for yourself.
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But as every time we do it,
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we'd like to ask God
for His presence here
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and for His
help in understanding
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those difficult things
of the Book of Revelation.
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Our, Heavenly Father,
thank you so much for your love.
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Thank you for giving us
this revelation of Jesus Christ.
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And thank you for a promise
that those who study your word,
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you will not leave them alone.
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Thank you for a Holy Spirit
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who can direct us and
lead us into all the truth
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so just asking for
Your presence in our midst
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and thank you for all
your help, in the precious name
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of our Savior
Jesus Christ. Amen.
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I would like just in
few moments to recall
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and to repeat
what we said last time.
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We saw that Revelation 4
and 5 makes one literary unit.
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It's one vision of John.
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But this vision has two stages.
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One that is set
here in Chapter 4
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and we saw the Chapter 4
presents the general realities
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there before the throne of
God in the heavenly places.
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This is something that always
takes place on a regular base
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when the heavenly
beings come there before God.
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We saw new element 24 elders
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but generally
speaking this is something
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that always takes
place there in heaven.
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However, when we come here
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to Chapter 5, the
situation changes.
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And now comes very
emotional moment for me
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because I'm
coming to the chapter
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that I spend 3 years of my life,
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6 days of the week about
13, 14, or 15 hours a day
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because the
subject of my dissertation
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was actually
Revelation Chapter 5.
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This reason I fell in love
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with the
content of this chapter.
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So I would like
to invite our viewers
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and you who are
here, my audience,
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that we go here to Chapter
5 of the Book of Revelation.
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There are many--
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here to discover
here in this chapter
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and many encouraging messages
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that God wants to
give us at this moment.
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Keep in mind that John
is still in the vision.
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He is there watching
through the open door
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of the heavenly temple
there in the throne room
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what is going on there.
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And you remember what
we finished in Chapter 4.
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There is that
giving glory to God
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and worshipping of God
by the heavenly beings.
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But suddenly everything stops
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and there is a silence there
in the heavenly throne room.
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Let's read Chapter 5 verse 1.
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And "I saw in
the right hand of him
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who sat on the throne."
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You know who he is.
It's God, we saw Him.
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"A book written
inside and on the back,
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sealed up with seven seals."
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Suddenly the
heavenly lethargy stops.
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And the focus of
the whole assembly
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in the heavenly
room is on that book.
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By the way, what
kind of book is that?
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Usually, when we think
of books, it's like this.
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Unfortunately, this is not
a kind of book that John saw.
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He saw the book
like this, scroll.
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It was sealed. It means
that it had seven threads.
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Into the knots here,
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there was a seal
impression with the ring there.
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So you cannot open this book.
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You can break even one
seal and remove the thread
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but you cannot open the book.
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The book is not opened
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until all the
seven seals are broken.
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Are you still with me?
Then you can unroll the scroll.
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This is actually what John sees.
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The question is how do
you know that this is scroll?
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Because about the time
of the Book of Revelation,
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the format of the
book was changed gradually
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from scrolls to the codex.
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Codex, this is the
format of the book.
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Actually, the codex came to use
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toward the end of
the second century
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but already toward the
end of the first century,
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we have some
evidence of the use.
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But we know that this scroll,
the Greek word of biblion,
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that is book was actually scroll
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because when you
go to the 6th seal
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of the Book of Revelation,
which is in Chapter 6,
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John talks with the opening
of the 6th seal that the heaven
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was like a scroll open.
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This is a clear reference
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when John used
the word 'biblion.'
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The same word is used
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that he had in mind not
'codex' but the 'scroll.'
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So he sees the scroll.
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The scroll is okay,
sealed with the seven seals.
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But John also notices
something very interesting is
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that this actually
scroll is written on both sides.
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Okay, on both sides.
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The question is now, what
is the meaning of all of this?
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And I'd like now to
start with something
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that is very provocative
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because just on
this small detail,
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I spent about 8
months of my life.
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If you take any
Bible translation,
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it states that
John saw the scroll
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in the right hand of God.
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Because my language,
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okay, as I was
born is based on Greek.
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When I read this
statement -- in Greek
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and I saw all those
different translations
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of the Bible in the world,
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something was
strange in my ears.
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Because in Greek when you read,
it's not in the right hand,
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it's at the right
side at the right hand.
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When I for the first
time writing my dissertation
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made that proposal,
everybody was against me.
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They said, "How can you disagree
with all Bible translators?"
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But I had to do my
scholarly research.
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And that's why I spent
so many months of my life.
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I went to search
old Greek sources
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dealing with 1,000, 1,000 pages.
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We did not have
that computer research
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but we had so called Ibycus.
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You type the phrase in Greek
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and it goes
through all Greek pages
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that were written
from the seventh century BC
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until the seventh century AD.
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And I found only
that the phrase--
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was used only
about 20 times by Greeks.
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Because the translators
translated this phrase
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that in Greek is
on the right hand
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meaning the side they
translate in the hand of God.
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They said we
translate in this way because
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John did not
know Greek very well.
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So we have here a
corrupted grammar.
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But then what I discover is
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actually it's not
corrupted grammar.
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John used the
phrase that was an idiom
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well used in
Greek but very rarely.
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And in all those 20 instances
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that I got from Greek sources
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actually always
means on the right hand.
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It applies the side.
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By the way, I wrote a
scholarly paper on that.
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It was published
in scholarly journal.
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I'm quoted by
scholars with regard to that
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but still people are
still holding the tradition.
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How it's very
difficult for people to change.
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So what is the
situation that we have here is
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we have to keep in mind
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John sees God
sitting on the throne.
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But see our problem is
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that when we are
talking about a throne,
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we always have in
mind British throne.
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But in ancient
Near East, in Israel,
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throne was not just a chair
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where the king would
sit. It was a kind of a couch.
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The king would sit
and king would invite
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somebody else to sit
beside him there on the throne.
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By the way, I would
like to encourage you
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to open 1 Kings Chapter 1.
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You read there that King Solomon
was sitting on the throne
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and his mother came to visit him
if you remember to talk to him
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about Adonijah,
his brother there.
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And Solomon saw his mother.
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He got up from the throne.
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He took his mother for his hand
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and took her to sit
beside him on the throne.
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Now it comes everything
clear when we read Psalm 110.
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"The Lord said to my lord,
sit with me upon my throne."
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And now Revelation 3:21
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the promise given to
the church makes sense.
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"Everybody who overcomes
will sit with Me on My throne,
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as I overcame and sat with
my Father on His throne." Amen.
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Now everything,
everything makes clear.
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So let me now clarify it.
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So John sees God
sitting on the throne
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but there on the throne
at the right hand of God,
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there on the throne, he sees
a scroll not in the hand of God
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waiting for somebody
for a worldly candidate
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to come to take that scroll.
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So when you take the
scroll, what do you do next?
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To come and to sit
there on the throne.
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Oh, boy. They're coming here to
something very interesting is.
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Let me just
provide few more details.
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When John sees the scroll,
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there was nothing
uncommon in the Roman Empire,
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that the documents were
sealed with seven seals.
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I have the
evidences, the dissertations.
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The scroll, if you have
some important document,
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you needed seven witnesses.
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Each one witness
would put the impress
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of his ring there
to seal that document.
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So it means nobody can pamper
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with the
content of the document.
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So dealing here with something
that is securely sealed.
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It's so sealed that
the following scene comes.
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Are you with me?
Let's go there verse 2
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"And I saw a strong angel,"
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whenever in the
Book of Revelation
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you have strong angel,
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it means that the
message is so much important,
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that some important
angel has to do this job.
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Not just an ordinary angel.
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It says, "I saw a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice.
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'Who is worthy to take the
book and to break its seals?'"
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Keep in mind they're
looking for a worthy candidate.
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Not everybody in the
universe is able to do it.
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But please I would like
you to pay special attention
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to something
John says in verse 3.
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"And no one in heaven or
on earth or under the earth
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was able to open the
book or to look into it."
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Why nobody in heaven?
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Please I would like--
you want to use our knowledge
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that we talk about Chapter 4.
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If you go to
conclusion of Chapter 4,
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what do you read there?
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Verse 11, "Worthy you are,
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our Lord to receive
glory and honor and power."
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Who is the only one
who is worthy? A God.
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Now there is a question
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who is worthy to take
this book and to open it?
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So to be worthy it
means you have to be divine.
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But not only to be
divine, please, I would like you
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to observe something.
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If this is the
only qualification
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just to be worthy to be divine,
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God could go and take
the scroll and open it.
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But there was something more.
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In order to open that book
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it was necessary
not to be just worthy,
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but also to have
the blood of the lamb
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by which the fallen
humanity was redeemed
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in order to open the
scroll and unleash the history,
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to lead us to the
time of the earth.
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That's why nobody
in the entire universe
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is able to open the scroll.
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Hey, we have some great
crises there in the throne room.
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And John says, "Nobody is able."
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Now watch out the next
text, it says in verse 4.
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"Then I began to weep greatly,
because no one was found worthy
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to open the
book and to look it."
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And now John as he's
crying, one of the 24 elders,
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now you see
that, those elders, uh?
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He said to me, "Stop
weeping, behold the lamb
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that is from the tribe of Judah,
the root of David, has overcome,
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so as we open the
book and its seven seals."
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"Please, please,
can you help me?"
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The elder says to John,
"Stop weeping and crying,
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because there is
somebody who overcame,"
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one more time,
you remember in 3:21,
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"Who overcomes will
sit with me on my throne,
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as I overcame and sit
with my Father on His throne."
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Now the elder says to John,
"There is one who overcame."
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Can you connect the two verses?
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"There is one who
overcame" and who is that?
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The lion from
the tribe of Judah.
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And John excited,
keep in mind, he's weeping,
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he's excited to see
that lion who overcame.
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He turns to see,
but where is the lion?
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Actually, he
sees the slain lamb.
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By the way, this is
very important feature
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in the Book of Revelation.
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It's very important
for Revelation Chapter 7.
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Very often John
is in the vision.
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We'll talk more about
that. He hears something.
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He hears that the lion from
the tribe of Judah overcame,
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but when John
actually sees what he heard,
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he sees the same thing,
but with different symbol
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because both the
lion and the lamb
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are the symbols for Christ.
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You see, the lamb, uh, sorry,
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the lion
indicates what Jesus did.
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What did He do? He overcame.
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But the lamb
shows how He did it.
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He did not overcome as the lion,
He overcame as the slain lamb.
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So actually this is the
text that is telling us that,
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that qualification
for taking the book
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includes somebody who is divine
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because he's worthy,
but that's not enough.
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It looks for the
blood of the lamb.
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Somebody by the
virtue of his own death,
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of his own blood is able to
redeem the falling humanity.
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That's why nobody in the
universe was found worthy.
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There is only one and he
is now ushered into the scene.
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But please watch something out.
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We are coming here to the climax
moment of the entire scene.
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Verse 6, "And I
saw between the throne
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with the four living
creatures and the elders,
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a lamb standing as if slain,
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having seven
horns and seven eyes,
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which are the
seven spirits of God,
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sent out into all the earth."
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And now verse 7,
"And when he came
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and when he took the book"
keep in mind, one more time,
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he comes to the
throne. What does he do?
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He takes the
scroll, at the moment
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when the lamb takes the scroll,
he doesn't open the book.
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When does he open the book?
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If you go to Chapter 6,
he breaks the first seal.
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We will see it next time,
then he breaks the next seal
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and the next seal
and the next seal.
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When he actually
opens the seventh seal
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is the second coming of Christ.
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So the book is not open
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before the
second coming of Christ.
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So this is not about
the opening of the book.
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It's about what? It's
about the taking of the book.
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The moment when
he takes the book
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from the throne what happens?
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Look verse 8, "When
he had taken the scroll,
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the four living
creatures and the 24 elders
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fell down before the
lamb, each one holding a harp
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and golden
bowls full of incense,
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which are the
prayers of the saints.
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And they sang a new song."
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Now, now, now I'm
asking you to pay attention
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to something very important,
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"Worthy are you
to take the book."
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What was the question
that was asked in verse 2?
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Who is worthy to take the
book, to open it to read it?"
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He says, "You are
worthy to take the book
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and to break its
seals for you were slain
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and purchase for
God with your blood,
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man of every tribe and
tongue and people and nation."
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Please, I would like you
to pay attention to something.
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Who is worthy in
Chapter 4? Only God is worthy.
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Now there is somebody
worthy to take the scroll,
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somebody has to be divine,
but another qualification,
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he had to
purchase, to redeem people
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from the slavery of
Satan. And we go to verse 10.
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"You have made them to be
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a kingdom and
priests to our God,
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and they will
reign upon the earth."
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And then verse
11, "Then I looked,
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and heard the
voice of many angels
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around the throne and the
living creatures and the elders.
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And the number of
them was Myriads of Myriads
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and thousand of thousand," boy,
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the throne room had to be
a great during the era, huh?
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"Saying with loud voice,
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'Worthy is the lamb that
was slain to receive power
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and the riches and
the wisdom and the might
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and the glory and the blessing."
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Please, I'd like to
ask you in question is
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when they said,
"Worthy is the lamb
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that was slain to receive power
and the riches and the wisdom
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and might and honor and glory,"
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what is this?
These are exclamations
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that you give
only to the royalty.
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But keep in mind,
that Jesus does not receive
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these exclamations
before he takes the book.
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Did you notice
something? Let's go back.
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Please, this is very
important to observe.
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When you read in verse 7,
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"He came and He took the book
out of the right side of Him
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who sat on the throne.
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When he had taken the
book" then what happens?
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Then there is
glorification of the lamb.
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He's worthy, but he's also
worthy to receive the power
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and the glory and the wealth
and all those exclamations
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that belong only to the royalty.
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But you see the crescendo here
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that reaches the climax
of that worship in verse 13.
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"And every created thing
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which is in
heaven and on the earth
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and under the
earth and on the sea.
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And all things in
them, I heard saying,
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'To Him who sits on
the throne and to the lamb,
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be blessing and honor and glory
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and dominion
forever and ever.'" Amen.
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"And the four living
creatures kept saying, 'Amen.'
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And the elders fell
down and worshiped."
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What's going on?
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You will notice while in
Chapter 4, "God is worship."
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All the heavenly
beings they glorify Him,
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sing to Him, worshiping Him.
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What is going on
now in Chapter 5?
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Now the lamb is worshipped.
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Worshiped on the
same level as God.
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If you go to verse 13,
they're worshipping the lamb
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and the God
who's sitting on throne
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which means that
they are now both
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sitting on the throne there.
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Because the lamb came,
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he took the
scroll from the throne.
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He sat there on the
throne and glorifying God.
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Let's now explain this.
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We're coming to the key
moment here of the vision.
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There are few questions.
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Why do heavenly beings
worship Jesus and glorify Him?
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Because He has taken
the scroll from the throne.
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Why that crisis
in the throne room?
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Looking for a worthy candidate.
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Why is this scroll sealed?
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And there is only one
person in the entire universe
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who can come, take
the scroll, and unseal it.
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Look at those questions.
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What is the
significance of that?
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You know, unfortunately
there are Christians
00:24:25.54\00:24:28.14
coming from my
own denominations,
00:24:28.17\00:24:30.52
who believed that in Chapter 5,
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we have the
investigative judgments seen.
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I'm sorry,
everything which we just read,
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does it somehow reflect
investigative judgments seen?
00:24:37.30\00:24:42.94
There's so much celebration.
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There's taking of the
scroll and the book is not open.
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If the Book of Daniel Chapter 7,
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yeah, the books are
open at the judgment.
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Here there is no
any opening of the book.
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Simply the book
is taken by the lamb
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and the lamb is
glorified as royalty.
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What are we talking about?
00:24:57.38\00:24:58.90
You see, we have
something to understand
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.66
little bit about
the history of Israel.
00:25:01.69\00:25:04.37
You remember we
already mentioned
00:25:04.40\00:25:06.71
that we want to understand
the Book of Revelation.
00:25:06.74\00:25:09.91
What is the first
step that we have to make?
00:25:09.94\00:25:12.17
Where is the key
for the unlocking
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many difficult passages of
the Book of Revelation where?
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In the Old Testament. So
you want to understand it,
00:25:19.46\00:25:23.41
we have to ask
ourselves a question.
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Where in the Old
Testament? We have the throne.
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And at the
throne, there is a scroll,
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especially that
the scroll is sealed.
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Are you still with me? I'd
like to invite you something.
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Please keep in mind the
purpose of this presentation
00:25:43.46\00:25:46.07
is to stimulate our
appetite for starting.
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I cannot cover all details.
00:25:48.75\00:25:50.43
I know that may
be you will be left
00:25:50.46\00:25:52.33
confused at the end
of this presentation,
00:25:52.36\00:25:54.10
but praise God for that,
00:25:54.13\00:25:55.50
it means, that
after this presentation
00:25:55.53\00:25:57.15
you will go and
study for yourself more.
00:25:57.18\00:25:58.92
And you have
here about 50 pages.
00:25:58.95\00:26:01.02
You understand
it's impossible to cover
00:26:01.05\00:26:02.51
these 50 pages in one hour.
00:26:02.54\00:26:04.34
So please, go and
keep study for yourself,
00:26:04.37\00:26:06.81
let's go back to
the Old Testament.
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If you open the
Book of Deuteronomy,
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the Book of
Deuteronomy Chapter 17.
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We read there, you know,
00:26:17.47\00:26:20.96
God was bringing
the people of Israel
00:26:20.99\00:26:22.98
into the promise land,
you know--we know that.
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And God wanted to be
the king over His people.
00:26:26.83\00:26:32.21
God was supposed to
be the King of Israel.
00:26:32.24\00:26:35.11
But when we go to
Deuteronomy Chapter 17,
00:26:35.14\00:26:37.77
Moses said to
the people of Israel,
00:26:37.80\00:26:40.56
"When you enter
the promise land,"
00:26:40.59\00:26:43.71
Moses said, "I
know what you will do.
00:26:43.74\00:26:46.31
You will want to have a king,
00:26:46.34\00:26:49.57
a human king among
yourself as the other nations."
00:26:49.60\00:26:53.97
Moses said, "I
know you will do it."
00:26:54.00\00:26:56.20
And Moses says, "Since I
know that you will do it,
00:26:56.23\00:27:01.81
these are the rules and
the regulations for your king."
00:27:01.84\00:27:08.57
And please, I don't want to
go through entire Chapter 17,
00:27:08.60\00:27:12.28
from verse 14 actually
you have those regulations.
00:27:12.31\00:27:16.10
But there is something
very important in verse 18
00:27:16.13\00:27:19.55
that we read
about the regulations
00:27:19.58\00:27:23.35
that Moses gave
for their future king.
00:27:23.38\00:27:27.26
Are you there?
Deuteronomy Chapter 17,
00:27:27.29\00:27:29.85
we read from verse 18,
00:27:29.88\00:27:32.77
"Now it shall come about
00:27:32.80\00:27:34.75
when he the king
sits on the throne."
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Please, what does it
mean to sit on the throne?
00:27:37.96\00:27:39.63
It means to begin to
reign when he's enthroned.
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"He shall write for himself
a copy of this law on a scroll
00:27:42.73\00:27:47.16
in the presence of
the Levitical priests.
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It shall be with him
00:27:50.20\00:27:51.57
and he shall read it
all the days of his life,
00:27:51.60\00:27:54.92
that he may learn to
fear the Lord his God,
00:27:54.95\00:27:57.90
by carefully
observing all the words
00:27:57.93\00:28:00.53
of this law and these statutes,
00:28:00.56\00:28:03.01
that his heart may not be
lifted up above his countrymen
00:28:03.04\00:28:07.33
and that he may not turn
aside from the commandments,
00:28:07.36\00:28:10.66
to the right or to the left
00:28:10.69\00:28:12.79
so that he and his sons may
continue long in his kingdom
00:28:12.82\00:28:17.82
in the midst of Israel." Okay.
00:28:17.85\00:28:20.99
As we read here
about the regulations
00:28:21.02\00:28:24.86
for the Israelite
kings that Moses set.
00:28:24.89\00:28:29.54
According to the instructions
00:28:29.57\00:28:31.11
that Moses set for
the future kingship
00:28:31.14\00:28:34.04
was when the king is
enthroned on the throne,
00:28:34.07\00:28:37.21
when he becomes the
king, sits on the throne,
00:28:37.24\00:28:39.45
what was the first
duty of the king to do
00:28:39.48\00:28:42.95
when he becomes a king?
00:28:42.98\00:28:46.76
He has to provide for himself
a copy of the law of God.
00:28:46.79\00:28:53.90
It could be the
five Books of Moses
00:28:53.93\00:28:55.74
or simply the
Book of Deuteronomy.
00:28:55.77\00:28:57.24
He says, this law which is
actually all of his reference
00:28:57.27\00:28:59.86
in the Book of Deuteronomy
00:28:59.89\00:29:01.26
to the Book of
Deuteronomy, doesn't matter.
00:29:01.29\00:29:03.69
It means the copy
of the law of God.
00:29:03.72\00:29:06.39
Why did king have to do it? Why?
00:29:06.42\00:29:10.04
What is the purpose of that?
00:29:10.07\00:29:12.13
Moses makes very clear
00:29:12.16\00:29:14.16
because that king
when he sits on the throne,
00:29:14.19\00:29:16.80
he had to realize that
he was not the sole king.
00:29:16.83\00:29:20.73
There was a king above him.
00:29:20.76\00:29:24.63
So that heavenly king
asked him to read that law
00:29:24.66\00:29:28.61
that he knew-- that
he knows how to behave.
00:29:28.64\00:29:33.20
That his heart, he says,
00:29:33.23\00:29:34.60
is not lifted
above his brethren.
00:29:34.63\00:29:37.74
Because the King of Israel
00:29:37.77\00:29:39.14
was supposed
simply to be Shepherd,
00:29:39.17\00:29:41.04
the father of his people
because he was accountable
00:29:41.07\00:29:44.80
to that real king who was
actually God, God in heaven.
00:29:44.83\00:29:49.44
By the way, please,
I hope you trust me,
00:29:49.47\00:29:52.13
because you have the references,
you'll study for yourself.
00:29:52.16\00:29:55.20
It was God's will
that the King of Israel
00:29:55.23\00:29:58.60
when he sits on the throne
00:29:58.63\00:30:00.43
by providing the copy of
the law of God for himself
00:30:00.46\00:30:04.24
that he reads it constantly,
00:30:04.27\00:30:06.59
that he knows how to
relate to the people,
00:30:06.62\00:30:09.39
but at the same time,
00:30:09.42\00:30:11.51
the King of
Israel was supposed to be
00:30:11.54\00:30:14.01
the keeper of the law of God.
00:30:14.04\00:30:16.06
His duty was
constantly to keep that law
00:30:16.09\00:30:19.01
and to instruct the
people into the law of God.
00:30:19.04\00:30:21.17
By the way, you
will notice all of this.
00:30:21.20\00:30:23.44
Whenever there is--after a long
period of apostasy in Israel,
00:30:23.47\00:30:28.41
when the good king
sits on the throne,
00:30:28.44\00:30:30.82
the first thing
that the king does,
00:30:30.85\00:30:33.20
he reads the law of God
00:30:33.23\00:30:34.60
and he organizes the
Levites and the priests.
00:30:34.63\00:30:36.92
He sends them
throughout the land,
00:30:36.95\00:30:38.95
to teach
people, to instruct them
00:30:38.98\00:30:40.59
into the will of God.
00:30:40.62\00:30:42.61
This was actually
the first reference
00:30:42.64\00:30:44.09
and you'll see that
the scroll is connected
00:30:44.12\00:30:46.57
with enthronement of the
king and the throne there.
00:30:46.60\00:30:49.79
By the way, if you
go to 1 Samuel Chapter,
00:30:49.82\00:30:52.60
let me just see,
it's 1 Samuel 10:25.
00:30:52.63\00:30:58.77
You can read it there.
00:30:58.80\00:31:00.37
When the first king
in Israel was crowned,
00:31:00.40\00:31:05.03
you know, his name it was Saul.
00:31:05.06\00:31:07.17
we read that Samuel
00:31:07.20\00:31:11.93
made a copy of the law
of God for the king there.
00:31:11.96\00:31:17.09
Actually, the history
of the Israelite kingship
00:31:17.12\00:31:20.53
was closely associated with
the scroll of the law of God.
00:31:20.56\00:31:26.16
Are you still with me?
00:31:26.19\00:31:28.18
By the way, when
you see the history
00:31:28.21\00:31:29.83
of the Israelite kingship,
00:31:29.86\00:31:31.38
whenever one king
sits on the throne,
00:31:31.41\00:31:33.25
you hear the statement, "He
did evil in the eyes of God.
00:31:33.28\00:31:37.86
He did not obey the instructions
00:31:37.89\00:31:40.15
that are found in
the Books of Moses."
00:31:40.18\00:31:43.29
Then you have
that person by name,
00:31:43.32\00:31:47.00
he sat on the
throne after his father,
00:31:47.03\00:31:50.34
but his heart was right
before God and he did everything
00:31:50.37\00:31:53.57
what was right
in the eyes of God
00:31:53.60\00:31:55.19
according to the instructions
from the Book of Moses.
00:31:55.22\00:31:57.75
So you see the
reign and the rule
00:31:57.78\00:32:00.42
of the king in
Israel was based on that
00:32:00.45\00:32:03.84
how the person
relate to the law of God
00:32:03.87\00:32:06.91
because the king
was supposed to be
00:32:06.94\00:32:08.79
the keeper of the law of God.
00:32:08.82\00:32:11.49
But to live to
get little bit faster.
00:32:11.52\00:32:14.57
There is something that
point of Israel's history.
00:32:14.60\00:32:18.32
That something
happened. We don't know how.
00:32:18.35\00:32:21.79
We don't know where
the tradition started,
00:32:21.82\00:32:24.45
but I'd like you
to open 2 Kings 11:12.
00:32:24.48\00:32:31.42
This is a very important text
00:32:31.45\00:32:33.81
for the understanding
of Revelation Chapter 5.
00:32:33.84\00:32:36.64
We read there it's
about the enthronement
00:32:36.67\00:32:41.08
of the young king Joash.
00:32:41.11\00:32:43.53
You remember he was
just-- how old was he?
00:32:43.56\00:32:45.74
7, 8 when he became a king.
00:32:45.77\00:32:49.85
You remember all
his brothers were killed
00:32:49.88\00:32:51.57
by that evil queen
Athaliah, you remember that.
00:32:51.60\00:32:56.28
And now the time
came and they said,
00:32:56.31\00:32:59.23
"Then he the high priest,
brought the king's son out
00:32:59.26\00:33:04.64
and put the crown on him
and gave him the testimony."
00:33:04.67\00:33:09.19
What is the testimony?
00:33:09.22\00:33:11.67
If you go
through the Old Testament
00:33:11.70\00:33:13.07
you can see that the law of God,
00:33:13.10\00:33:15.39
the Torah, the
five books of Moses,
00:33:15.42\00:33:18.22
they were also
called the testimony.
00:33:18.25\00:33:20.06
By the way, you know that
in the arc of the covenant
00:33:20.09\00:33:22.45
was the testimony there.
00:33:22.48\00:33:23.99
It's always the
reference to the law of God.
00:33:24.02\00:33:26.27
So now, now, now pay attention
to something very important.
00:33:26.30\00:33:29.34
"They brought the king's
son" and what did they do?
00:33:29.37\00:33:35.92
"They put the crown"
royal crown "upon his head."
00:33:35.95\00:33:41.01
Did he become the
king at that moment? No.
00:33:41.04\00:33:44.64
Something else had to happen
00:33:44.67\00:33:46.67
and they put the
testimony into his hands.
00:33:46.70\00:33:50.83
And it is at that
moment "they made him king,
00:33:50.86\00:33:54.53
anointed him and
they clapped their hands
00:33:54.56\00:33:57.67
and they said,
'Long live the king.'"
00:33:57.70\00:34:01.34
Something happened
in Israel's history.
00:34:01.37\00:34:02.88
We don't know how that
instruction that Moses gave
00:34:02.91\00:34:07.21
to the kings of Israel
00:34:07.24\00:34:09.03
when the king
sits on the throne,
00:34:09.06\00:34:10.44
he has to provide
for himself the copy
00:34:10.47\00:34:12.63
evidently because of the bad
history of the Israelite king.
00:34:12.66\00:34:16.82
They did it before.
00:34:16.85\00:34:18.52
So when the king
came to his enthronement,
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.56
they put him there
at the special place.
00:34:21.59\00:34:24.17
Are you still with me?
00:34:24.20\00:34:25.57
And they would take a crown
00:34:25.60\00:34:27.66
and put up on his
head, but it's silence.
00:34:27.69\00:34:31.45
Nobody rejoices. And
then something else is done.
00:34:31.48\00:34:36.45
They took a
scroll. You know why.
00:34:36.48\00:34:40.69
They put into his
hand. He accepts the scroll.
00:34:40.72\00:34:44.57
At that moment,
what does the text say?
00:34:44.60\00:34:48.16
They made him king and
people started shouting,
00:34:48.19\00:34:53.26
singing, rejoicing,
00:34:53.29\00:34:56.00
"Long live the
king." Who is he now?
00:34:56.03\00:34:59.42
From this point on in
history of the Israelite king,
00:34:59.45\00:35:03.48
the enthronement
consisted of two arcs.
00:35:03.51\00:35:06.88
The crown on the head,
the scroll of the law of God
00:35:06.91\00:35:12.09
in his hand, at that
moment, the king is proclaimed--
00:35:12.12\00:35:16.76
the young prince is
proclaimed to be the king.
00:35:16.79\00:35:21.25
This is the way
how the enthronement
00:35:21.28\00:35:23.18
of the Israel
kings actually started.
00:35:23.21\00:35:26.45
Unfortunately,
the Israelite kings
00:35:26.48\00:35:31.36
did not obey the instructions
00:35:31.39\00:35:34.52
that Moses gave to
the Israelite kings.
00:35:34.55\00:35:37.87
You remember just here and there
some of the kings in Jerusalem
00:35:37.90\00:35:42.29
did what was right
in the eyes of God.
00:35:42.32\00:35:45.07
Most of them, they did evil.
00:35:45.10\00:35:47.81
And finally the
Assyrian king came,
00:35:47.84\00:35:51.43
he took the people of Israel,
00:35:51.46\00:35:52.83
those 10 tribes to
the Assyrian captivity
00:35:52.86\00:35:55.65
and finally we have the
destruction of Jerusalem,
00:35:55.68\00:35:58.74
okay, in 605 and the
people of Judah were taken,
00:35:58.77\00:36:03.77
you remember
when Daniel was taken,
00:36:03.80\00:36:05.42
they were taken
to the captivity.
00:36:05.45\00:36:07.29
Now let me ask you, friends.
00:36:07.32\00:36:11.79
There is no anymore
the king on the throne
00:36:11.82\00:36:16.99
of the David's
throne there in Jerusalem.
00:36:17.02\00:36:19.65
What does it mean?
00:36:19.68\00:36:21.05
There is no somebody who is
in charge of the law of God.
00:36:23.71\00:36:29.24
People are now taken
there into the Babylonian exile,
00:36:29.27\00:36:32.54
but there is
something very interesting
00:36:32.57\00:36:34.67
as I did the research.
00:36:34.70\00:36:37.03
I wanted to find
why the scroll is sealed
00:36:37.06\00:36:40.83
and suddenly I
found in Jewish sources.
00:36:40.86\00:36:44.87
You can find
there in my commentary.
00:36:44.90\00:36:46.50
I put it there.
00:36:46.53\00:36:47.90
You can see there
are several pages,
00:36:47.93\00:36:50.05
that the Jewish
people at the time
00:36:50.08\00:36:51.58
when the Book of
Revelation was written
00:36:51.61\00:36:53.60
they believed the
base of Isaiah 8:16,
00:36:53.63\00:37:00.35
and we read,
"Bind up the testimony,
00:37:00.38\00:37:04.61
seal the law among
my disciples." Okay.
00:37:04.64\00:37:09.30
Let's make it
very practical, okay.
00:37:09.33\00:37:12.38
"Bind up the testimony."
00:37:12.41\00:37:15.46
This is how you make scroll,
00:37:15.49\00:37:17.21
then you put those threats
there and then you seal it,
00:37:17.24\00:37:22.55
so nobody can read it.
00:37:22.58\00:37:24.57
By the way later in the book,
00:37:24.60\00:37:27.38
Isaiah explains
the meaning of this.
00:37:27.41\00:37:30.67
It's in Chapter
29 verses 9 to 14.
00:37:30.70\00:37:36.77
God said to Isaiah, you
know, your words to the people
00:37:36.80\00:37:41.58
are really like the
words of the sealed book.
00:37:41.61\00:37:45.74
When you give the
sealed book to somebody
00:37:45.77\00:37:47.77
and you said to
the person read it,
00:37:47.80\00:37:50.59
he will say to you, I cannot
read it, because it's sealed.
00:37:50.62\00:37:55.80
So we see God compares
the sealed book with the word
00:37:55.83\00:37:59.27
that Isaiah actually
prophesied to the people.
00:37:59.30\00:38:02.35
And it's based on that
00:38:02.38\00:38:04.02
that the Jewish
people reached the conclusion
00:38:04.05\00:38:07.03
that somewhere
with the king of Ahaz,
00:38:07.06\00:38:09.67
they mentioned
him the king of Ahaz,
00:38:09.70\00:38:12.11
who was really
rebellious against God
00:38:12.14\00:38:14.44
and that's why
God sent the message
00:38:14.47\00:38:16.20
through Isaiah to
people against the very king.
00:38:16.23\00:38:18.89
They said it was a time of Ahaz,
00:38:18.92\00:38:21.00
during the prophet of
Isaiah that actually the law,
00:38:21.03\00:38:25.85
the revelation
of God became sealed
00:38:25.88\00:38:29.74
to the Jewish people,
to the people of Israel.
00:38:29.77\00:38:33.19
And they said that the kings
00:38:33.22\00:38:35.07
that they
followed the king of Ahaz,
00:38:35.10\00:38:38.39
they contributed to
the sealing of the book.
00:38:38.42\00:38:41.36
So with the Babylonian exile
00:38:41.39\00:38:43.89
there is no other king on
the throne of Israel any longer.
00:38:43.92\00:38:47.49
The book is sealed and
there is nobody to interpret
00:38:47.52\00:38:53.14
the law of God to the people
and it was during the same time.
00:38:53.17\00:38:58.28
By the way, we are
talking about Jewish people
00:38:58.31\00:39:00.96
the same concept is found
also in the Book of Jeremiah,
00:39:00.99\00:39:05.27
in the Book of Ezekiel
and also in minor prophets.
00:39:05.30\00:39:08.97
And Jewish people
took all those texts.
00:39:09.00\00:39:11.87
They developed
their tradition saying,
00:39:11.90\00:39:14.98
"Yeah, there was no king of
Israel anymore on the throne,
00:39:15.01\00:39:19.40
but the time will
come when the Messiah
00:39:19.43\00:39:24.79
who is descendant of David,
00:39:24.82\00:39:26.65
the true king of
Israel will come to Jerusalem,
00:39:26.68\00:39:30.49
sit on the throne of David
00:39:30.52\00:39:33.09
and he will take the
seal scroll of the law of God,
00:39:33.12\00:39:39.29
unseal it and once again
00:39:39.32\00:39:42.66
instruct the people
into the law of God."
00:39:42.69\00:39:46.03
This concept is
found in the New Testament.
00:39:46.06\00:39:48.65
In Jeremiah, Ezekiel and
I'd like to encourage you
00:39:48.68\00:39:51.17
when you study it you
have all those texts there,
00:39:51.20\00:39:54.30
but the Jewish people they
went even one step further.
00:39:54.33\00:39:57.59
They really
developed the entire tradition,
00:39:57.62\00:40:00.07
so they were
waiting for the Messiah
00:40:00.10\00:40:02.65
who will come and finally
unseal the sealed law of God
00:40:02.68\00:40:07.72
and instruct the
people into the will of God.
00:40:07.75\00:40:11.33
I don't need to remind
you that in the New Testament
00:40:11.36\00:40:15.10
what the Jewish people expected
00:40:15.13\00:40:17.42
and what the Old
Testament prophets prophesied
00:40:17.45\00:40:20.45
finally was fulfilled in
Jesus Christ, the Messiah.
00:40:20.48\00:40:23.99
How is Jesus called
in the New Testament?
00:40:24.02\00:40:26.41
The Son of David.
00:40:26.44\00:40:27.81
How many times
He's called in that way?
00:40:27.84\00:40:29.84
By the way, if you go
to the Gospel of Luke,
00:40:29.87\00:40:33.20
when Gabriel talks
to Mary and he said,
00:40:33.23\00:40:35.52
"The son that you
will bear actually,
00:40:35.55\00:40:40.02
he will sit on
the throne of David
00:40:40.05\00:40:43.53
and he will rule forever."
00:40:43.56\00:40:46.55
Actually, we know
that in the New Testament.
00:40:46.58\00:40:49.09
All those expectations,
all those prophesies
00:40:49.12\00:40:52.19
about that future king
00:40:52.22\00:40:53.67
were actually
fulfilled with Jesus Christ.
00:40:53.70\00:40:56.20
And no wonder when we
read the Gospel of Matthew,
00:40:56.23\00:40:59.16
when Jesus was anointed
there at the River of Jordan,
00:40:59.19\00:41:02.84
when He started His
public ministry as a king,
00:41:02.87\00:41:05.86
what was the first
job that Jesus does
00:41:05.89\00:41:09.25
when he began
His public ministry?
00:41:09.28\00:41:10.99
In the Gospel of
Matthew Chapter 5,
00:41:11.02\00:41:12.86
He goes there to
the mount of blessings
00:41:12.89\00:41:17.46
and people
surround that mount there,
00:41:17.49\00:41:20.77
disciples were there
00:41:20.80\00:41:23.31
and He fulfills
that Messianic promises
00:41:23.34\00:41:26.08
and He instructs the people
on the Sermon on the Mount
00:41:26.11\00:41:29.49
into the law of God.
00:41:29.52\00:41:30.93
When you go to the
Gospel of Luke, the same Jesus,
00:41:30.96\00:41:34.76
the same baptism at
the River of Jordan,
00:41:34.79\00:41:37.00
the same temptation
there in the desert,
00:41:37.03\00:41:39.65
but the first thing
according to the Gospel of Luke
00:41:39.68\00:41:41.65
that Jesus does, He
goes there to the synagogue.
00:41:41.68\00:41:45.17
Luke 4:16, on the
Sabbath day, He goes there
00:41:45.20\00:41:49.09
and the first thing
that they give to Him
00:41:49.12\00:41:51.84
is the scroll of Isaiah to read
00:41:51.87\00:41:53.89
and Jesus read the
spirit of the Lord is upon me.
00:41:53.92\00:41:57.65
The Lord anointed me to
preach the Gospel to the poor,
00:41:57.68\00:42:03.75
to proclaim that message of
the joyous year of the Lord.
00:42:03.78\00:42:08.98
Then Jesus sits down
and says to the people,
00:42:09.01\00:42:12.21
"Today, that scripture
is fulfilled in your ears."
00:42:12.24\00:42:17.61
What was the people response?
00:42:17.64\00:42:19.51
"Who is he? He's
the son of Joseph.
00:42:19.54\00:42:22.10
What is he pretending to do?"
00:42:22.13\00:42:23.51
Because they knew
what Jesus was doing.
00:42:23.54\00:42:25.34
They were
waiting for the Messiah
00:42:25.37\00:42:26.83
who would take the scroll,
00:42:26.86\00:42:28.24
instruct the
people and now Jesus said,
00:42:28.27\00:42:30.46
"The scripture has been
fulfilled in your ears."
00:42:30.49\00:42:32.67
And they wanted to kill Jesus.
00:42:32.70\00:42:35.06
Friends, this is the
message of Revelation Chapter 5.
00:42:35.09\00:42:39.78
The Jewish people and
the Christians were waiting
00:42:39.81\00:42:42.78
for the Messiah to come.
00:42:42.81\00:42:45.84
He will take that sealed scroll
00:42:45.87\00:42:48.73
that was sealed at
some point of history.
00:42:48.76\00:42:52.49
He will unseal it.
00:42:52.52\00:42:54.74
And now in the
Book of Revelation,
00:42:54.77\00:42:56.17
He will unleash
the events in history
00:42:56.20\00:43:00.97
that have to take a
place under God's control,
00:43:01.00\00:43:04.09
leading to the time of the end.
00:43:04.12\00:43:07.12
That's why when
John started weeping,
00:43:07.15\00:43:10.38
the elder came to
him and he told him,
00:43:10.41\00:43:13.15
"stop weeping,
because" look now,
00:43:13.18\00:43:16.94
"because the lion
from the tribe of Judah,
00:43:16.97\00:43:20.29
the one who is
the root of David."
00:43:20.32\00:43:23.61
Now you know why
Jesus is the root of David
00:43:23.64\00:43:26.39
because that's
the Messianic title.
00:43:26.42\00:43:28.64
This is what the Jewish
people are waiting to take
00:43:28.67\00:43:31.49
and Revelation
Chapter 5 is telling us
00:43:31.52\00:43:35.51
that what Jewish
people were awaiting
00:43:35.54\00:43:38.54
and Christians were hoping
about finally was fulfilled
00:43:38.57\00:43:42.57
with the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:43:42.60\00:43:44.78
So I'd like to suggest to you
00:43:44.81\00:43:47.38
that actually
Revelation Chapter 5
00:43:47.41\00:43:51.07
portrays a
significant moment in history
00:43:51.10\00:43:55.35
when actually Jesus
after His death on the cross,
00:43:55.38\00:43:59.06
His ascension there
to the heavenly places.
00:43:59.09\00:44:03.47
A stage was set
here in Chapter 4.
00:44:03.50\00:44:07.24
All the heavenly
beings, representatives
00:44:07.27\00:44:09.59
of different planets
were there in the throne room
00:44:09.62\00:44:12.31
waiting for Jesus to
come, to celebrate His triumph
00:44:12.34\00:44:16.31
but much more, there
was enthronement ceremony
00:44:16.34\00:44:21.66
when finally Satan
who up to this moment
00:44:21.69\00:44:25.80
who took dominion over
the planet earth from Adam.
00:44:25.83\00:44:30.39
Finally, there was a
transference of the authority
00:44:30.42\00:44:33.07
from Satan upon
Jesus and from that moment,
00:44:33.10\00:44:36.92
Jesus became the ruler
of the planet earth. Amen.
00:44:36.95\00:44:41.73
Satan has nothing to seek more
there in the heavenly places.
00:44:41.76\00:44:46.34
He's not representative
of the planet earth
00:44:46.37\00:44:48.65
as he did in the Book
of Job, you remember that?
00:44:48.68\00:44:51.25
Because now
Jesus is our advocate,
00:44:51.28\00:44:53.62
He's our representative
00:44:53.65\00:44:55.57
and He is the ruler of
the planet earth. Amen.
00:44:55.60\00:44:59.78
So I'd like to suggest to you
00:44:59.81\00:45:01.38
that actually Revelation
Chapter 5 portrays that moment,
00:45:01.41\00:45:05.41
The Enthronement of Christ.
00:45:05.44\00:45:07.12
By the way if you read
in the Book of Hebrews,
00:45:07.15\00:45:11.07
the author of
the Book of Hebrews,
00:45:11.10\00:45:12.47
I believe that
it was Apostle Paul,
00:45:12.50\00:45:14.46
he said, the main
point of everything
00:45:14.49\00:45:17.25
that we are talking about is
that we have such high priest
00:45:17.28\00:45:21.30
"who sat there at the right hand
00:45:21.33\00:45:24.48
of the majesty there
in the heavenly places."
00:45:24.51\00:45:27.27
The New Testament is
replete with statements
00:45:27.30\00:45:29.85
we have in Ephesians
Chapter 2, we have in 1 Peter,
00:45:29.88\00:45:32.98
we have Hebrews the
most important text,
00:45:33.01\00:45:34.90
Hebrews 12:1, 2 that Jesus
after His death on the cross,
00:45:34.93\00:45:40.64
He went there and
instead of choosing
00:45:40.67\00:45:44.17
the prestigious position there,
00:45:44.20\00:45:46.19
He sat at the right
hand of the Father there
00:45:46.22\00:45:48.91
at the right hand on the throne
there in the heavenly places.
00:45:48.94\00:45:52.82
The New Testament is
replete with this statement.
00:45:52.85\00:45:56.10
So at what point of history
00:45:56.13\00:45:59.79
does Revelation
Chapter 5 refers to?
00:45:59.82\00:46:02.96
There is only
one text in the Bible
00:46:02.99\00:46:06.17
that actually provides
the explanation for that.
00:46:06.20\00:46:09.79
It's actually the Book of Acts.
The Book of Acts Chapter 2.
00:46:09.82\00:46:15.01
So please I
would like you to turn
00:46:15.04\00:46:19.71
to the Book of Acts Chapter 2,
00:46:19.74\00:46:21.65
you know, we have
the day of Pentecost?
00:46:21.68\00:46:23.87
When Peter started
preaching the day of Pentecost
00:46:23.90\00:46:26.47
and people said, "Boy,
00:46:26.50\00:46:28.05
why are you listening
to them, they are drunk?"
00:46:28.08\00:46:30.60
And then Peter made that
famous sermon telling them
00:46:30.63\00:46:36.02
that they were
not actually drunk,
00:46:36.05\00:46:38.46
but actually
what's taking place there
00:46:38.49\00:46:40.60
is the fulfillment
of the prophesy of Joel
00:46:40.63\00:46:42.84
that God will send His spirit.
00:46:42.87\00:46:45.86
And people will prophesy
00:46:45.89\00:46:47.75
people who
proclaim the Gospel message.
00:46:47.78\00:46:49.95
And now Peter concludes
with following statement.
00:46:49.98\00:46:52.59
Please I would like
that you join me in verse 33.
00:46:52.62\00:46:57.93
"Therefore" So Acts 2:33,
00:46:57.96\00:47:03.54
"Therefore having being exalted
to the right hand of God,
00:47:03.57\00:47:08.27
and having
received from the father
00:47:08.30\00:47:10.43
the promise of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:10.46\00:47:13.19
He has poured forth this
which you now see and hear."
00:47:13.22\00:47:16.79
Let me repeat one more time.
00:47:16.82\00:47:18.58
"Therefore having being exalted
to the right hand of God."
00:47:18.61\00:47:24.77
Is this clear?
Amen. What did he do now?
00:47:24.80\00:47:28.55
He sent the Holy
Spirit and Peter says,
00:47:28.58\00:47:32.48
"The coming of the Holy
Spirit is the greatest evidence
00:47:32.51\00:47:35.86
that he has been exalted
there in the heavenly places."
00:47:35.89\00:47:39.88
And now he says in
verse-- let's read verse 34.
00:47:39.91\00:47:43.48
"For it was not David
who ascended into heaven,
00:47:43.51\00:47:46.29
but he himself said,
00:47:46.32\00:47:47.96
'The Lord said to my
Lord, 'sit at my right hand
00:47:47.99\00:47:52.06
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.'
00:47:52.09\00:47:55.98
'Therefore let all the
house of Israel know for certain
00:47:56.01\00:48:00.32
that God has made
him both Lord and Christ,
00:48:00.35\00:48:04.20
this Jesus whom you crucified.'"
00:48:04.23\00:48:07.27
So when did the event of
Revelation Chapter 5 take place?
00:48:07.30\00:48:12.83
At what point of history?
On the day of Pentecost.
00:48:12.86\00:48:17.05
Please allow me, I have another
description of this event
00:48:17.08\00:48:22.20
that is found in that book
00:48:22.23\00:48:24.29
"Desire of
Ages" page 833 to 835.
00:48:24.32\00:48:31.14
It's one of the
nicest description
00:48:31.17\00:48:33.32
of what we find there
in Revelation Chapter 5
00:48:33.35\00:48:36.11
and you will notice
that this description
00:48:36.14\00:48:37.85
is actually concluded with last
two verses from Revelation 5,
00:48:37.88\00:48:41.43
so please, I
need your attention.
00:48:41.46\00:48:43.84
It says, "All heaven was waiting
00:48:43.87\00:48:46.22
to welcome Savior to
the celestial courts.
00:48:46.25\00:48:49.52
As He ascended, He led the way
00:48:49.55\00:48:51.45
and the multitude of captives
00:48:51.48\00:48:53.40
set free at His
resurrection followed."
00:48:53.43\00:48:55.78
24 elders, huh?
00:48:55.81\00:48:57.62
"The heavenly
hosts with the shouts
00:48:57.65\00:48:59.81
and exclamations of the praise
00:48:59.84\00:49:02.06
and celestial song
attended the joyous train.
00:49:02.09\00:49:05.82
There is the
throne, and around it,
00:49:05.85\00:49:08.71
the rainbow of promise.
00:49:08.74\00:49:10.35
There are cherubim and seraphim.
00:49:10.38\00:49:11.75
The commanders of the
angel's hosts, the sons of God,
00:49:11.78\00:49:15.28
the representatives
of the unfallen worlds,
00:49:15.31\00:49:17.89
they assembled there.
00:49:17.92\00:49:19.65
The heavenly
council before which Lucifer
00:49:19.68\00:49:22.10
had accused God and His Son,
00:49:22.13\00:49:24.11
the representatives
of those sinless realms
00:49:24.14\00:49:26.76
over which Satan had thought
to establish his dominion,
00:49:26.79\00:49:30.29
all are there to
welcome the Redeemer.
00:49:30.32\00:49:33.16
They are eager to
celebrate His triumph
00:49:33.19\00:49:36.20
and to glorify
their King." Amen.
00:49:36.23\00:49:41.06
"But He waves
them back. Not yet.
00:49:41.09\00:49:45.53
He cannot now receive
the coronet of glory,"
00:49:45.56\00:49:48.85
He's supposed to receive
the crown "and the royal robe."
00:49:48.88\00:49:53.79
Is that enthronement ceremony?
00:49:53.82\00:49:56.30
"He enters into the
presence of His Father.
00:49:56.33\00:49:59.62
He points to His wounded head,
00:49:59.65\00:50:02.11
the pierced
side, the marred feet.
00:50:02.14\00:50:04.85
He lifts His hands,
bearing the print of nails.
00:50:04.88\00:50:08.57
He points to the token
of His triumph," 24 elders.
00:50:08.60\00:50:12.54
"He presents to
God the wave sheaf,
00:50:12.57\00:50:15.06
those raised with Him
00:50:15.09\00:50:17.36
as representatives
of that great multitude
00:50:17.39\00:50:20.40
who shall come forth from
the grave at His second coming.
00:50:20.43\00:50:23.15
He approaches the Father,
00:50:23.18\00:50:24.56
with whom there is joy
over one sinner that repents,
00:50:24.59\00:50:27.88
who rejoices
over one with singing.
00:50:27.91\00:50:30.59
Before the foundation
of the earth were laid,
00:50:30.62\00:50:33.81
the Father and the Son
00:50:33.84\00:50:35.21
had united in a
covenant to redeem man
00:50:35.24\00:50:37.96
if he should be
overcome by Satan.
00:50:37.99\00:50:40.92
They had clasped their
hands in a solemn pledge
00:50:40.95\00:50:43.71
that Christ should become
the surety for the human race.
00:50:43.74\00:50:47.89
This pledge
Christ has fulfilled.
00:50:47.92\00:50:50.34
The voice of God
is heard proclaiming
00:50:50.37\00:50:52.64
that justice is
satisfied. Satan is vanquished.
00:50:52.67\00:50:55.68
Christ's toiling,
struggling ones on the earth
00:50:55.71\00:50:58.48
are accepted in the Beloved.
00:50:58.51\00:51:00.46
The Father's arms,
boy, encircle His Son,
00:51:00.49\00:51:05.30
and the word is given,
00:51:05.33\00:51:07.27
'Let all the angels of
God worship Him.'" Amen.
00:51:07.30\00:51:11.40
"With joy, rulers and
principalities and powers
00:51:11.43\00:51:15.43
acknowledge the
supremacy of the Prince of life.
00:51:15.46\00:51:18.35
The angel host
prostrate themselves before Him,
00:51:18.38\00:51:21.24
while the glad shout
fills all the courts of heaven,"
00:51:21.27\00:51:25.77
she quotes now Revelation 5.
00:51:25.80\00:51:28.39
"Worthy is the Lamb that
was slain to receive power,
00:51:28.42\00:51:33.45
and riches, and
wisdom, and strength,
00:51:33.48\00:51:35.96
and honor, and
glory, and blessing."
00:51:35.99\00:51:37.68
Why they are shouting this?
00:51:37.71\00:51:39.08
Because now Jesus receives
the crown and the royal robe.
00:51:39.11\00:51:42.30
He's now there
on the throne. Amen.
00:51:42.33\00:51:45.50
"Songs and triumph mingle
with the music from angel harp,
00:51:45.53\00:51:50.49
till heaven seems to
overflow with joy and praise.
00:51:50.52\00:51:55.37
Love has
conquered. The lost is found.
00:51:55.40\00:51:59.77
Heaven rings with voices
in lofty strains proclaiming,
00:51:59.80\00:52:05.24
'Blessing, and
honor, and glory, and power,
00:52:05.27\00:52:10.30
be unto Him who
sitteth upon the throne,
00:52:10.33\00:52:13.65
and unto the Lamb
forever and ever.'" Amen.
00:52:13.68\00:52:16.86
Friends, if you're not persuaded
that Revelation 5 portrays
00:52:16.89\00:52:22.10
the enthronement of
Christ by these arguments,
00:52:22.13\00:52:24.69
you will never be persuaded
with any other arguments.
00:52:24.72\00:52:28.57
You can see what Ellen
White saw in the vision,
00:52:28.60\00:52:32.42
what John saw in the vision.
00:52:32.45\00:52:34.32
It's one and the same event.
00:52:34.35\00:52:35.96
Of course, each one
of them is describing Him
00:52:35.99\00:52:38.51
from his or her perspective.
00:52:38.54\00:52:41.25
But it's the same event.
00:52:41.28\00:52:43.31
And I would like now
to read another quotation
00:52:43.34\00:52:45.61
from Ellen White from the
book "The Acts of the Apostles."
00:52:45.64\00:52:49.34
Please, I want to read this
00:52:49.37\00:52:51.79
because there are
some people they say,
00:52:51.82\00:52:53.66
"It has never
been any enthronement
00:52:53.69\00:52:55.96
of Jesus there in
the heavenly places.
00:52:55.99\00:52:58.51
They're just invention of some
they call liberal scholars."
00:52:58.54\00:53:03.81
I just want that you see that,
00:53:03.84\00:53:05.21
we saw it there on the
base of Acts Chapter 2,
00:53:05.24\00:53:07.66
but let's read
what Ellen White said
00:53:07.69\00:53:09.12
in "The Acts of the
Apostles," page 38 to 39.
00:53:09.15\00:53:13.44
She said, "When Christ passed
within the heavenly gates,"
00:53:13.47\00:53:18.13
well, she described
here what we saw there.
00:53:18.16\00:53:21.11
"He was enthroned amidst
the adoration of the angels."
00:53:21.14\00:53:27.01
What was he?
Enthroned. Enthroned.
00:53:27.04\00:53:30.00
"As soon as this
ceremony was completed,"
00:53:30.03\00:53:33.96
do you need any
interpretation of this?
00:53:33.99\00:53:35.74
"As soon as this
ceremony was completed,
00:53:35.77\00:53:38.35
the Holy Spirit descended upon
the disciples in rich currents,"
00:53:38.38\00:53:42.78
actually Ellen White interprets
00:53:42.81\00:53:44.19
what we have in
Luke, in Acts Chapter 2.
00:53:44.22\00:53:47.72
"The Pentecostal outpouring
was Heaven's communication
00:53:47.75\00:53:54.47
that the Redeemer's
inauguration was accomplished.
00:53:54.50\00:53:58.91
According to His promise
He had sent the Holy Spirit
00:53:58.94\00:54:02.75
from heaven to His followers
00:54:02.78\00:54:04.90
as a token that He
had, as a priest and king,
00:54:04.93\00:54:09.21
received all the authority
in heaven and on earth,
00:54:09.24\00:54:13.95
and was the anointed
One over His people." Amen.
00:54:13.98\00:54:19.82
Now you have to
understand why actually
00:54:19.85\00:54:25.16
Revelation Chapter 5 is
so significant and important.
00:54:25.19\00:54:29.85
We talked so much about
what Jesus did on the cross
00:54:29.88\00:54:33.69
and we do it rightly here.
00:54:33.72\00:54:37.09
But without this ceremony,
00:54:37.12\00:54:40.13
the enthronement of
Jesus on the heavenly throne
00:54:40.16\00:54:43.17
when there was a transference
00:54:43.20\00:54:45.21
of the authority
from Satan to Christ,
00:54:45.24\00:54:47.75
without the
ceremony Satan would be still
00:54:47.78\00:54:51.10
the ruler of the planet earth.
00:54:51.13\00:54:54.83
Actually
Revelation 5 is telling us,
00:54:54.86\00:54:57.86
we will come to that
00:54:57.89\00:54:59.26
when we come to
Revelation Chapter 12,
00:54:59.29\00:55:00.67
we will see that,
that with that point
00:55:00.70\00:55:03.17
Satan was
completely cast out from heaven
00:55:03.20\00:55:05.94
and Satan realized that
he had but a short time.
00:55:05.97\00:55:10.31
He knew that his
dominion came to its end
00:55:10.34\00:55:13.61
that now Jesus
is the glorious king
00:55:13.64\00:55:17.19
and it is that glorious
appearance actually drawn
00:55:17.22\00:55:20.28
so Jesus there on
Patmos in Revelation Chapter 1.
00:55:20.31\00:55:25.54
By the way there is more point
00:55:25.57\00:55:27.15
I would like
just to use one point.
00:55:27.18\00:55:29.51
I would like to
conclude with this
00:55:29.54\00:55:30.91
because people are asking me,
00:55:30.94\00:55:32.31
"Where do we have in
Revelation Chapter 5,
00:55:32.34\00:55:34.99
where do we have the Pentecost?"
00:55:35.02\00:55:38.49
So please I'd like to invite you
00:55:38.52\00:55:40.50
quickly that we go
to Revelation Chapter 1.
00:55:40.53\00:55:45.73
If you go to
Revelation Chapter 1
00:55:45.76\00:55:47.45
you remember we see
the seven spirits of God.
00:55:47.48\00:55:50.89
We already explained it
the seven spirits of God
00:55:50.92\00:55:53.88
it's actually symbolic
reference to the Holy Spirit
00:55:53.91\00:55:56.55
and we read in the
Revelation 1, we read verse 4.
00:55:56.58\00:56:01.06
"John to the seven
churches that are in Asia,
00:56:01.09\00:56:04.32
grace to you and
peace from him who is,
00:56:04.35\00:56:07.07
and who was, and who
is to come," Yahweh, huh?
00:56:07.10\00:56:09.52
"And from the seven spirits who
are before the throne of God."
00:56:09.55\00:56:12.67
Where is the Holy
Spirit seen in Chapter 1?
00:56:12.70\00:56:15.98
Before the throne of
God. Before the throne of God.
00:56:16.01\00:56:18.48
Please will you go with
me to Revelation Chapter 4?
00:56:18.51\00:56:21.38
Revelation Chapter 4,
are you there? Mm-hmm.
00:56:21.41\00:56:25.35
I want to do it
before the time, okay?
00:56:25.38\00:56:28.48
Verse 5. "Out of the throne
come flashes of lightning,
00:56:28.51\00:56:32.98
and sounds, and
peals of thunder.
00:56:33.01\00:56:35.06
There are seven lamps of
fire burning before the throne
00:56:35.09\00:56:38.50
which are the
seven spirits of God."
00:56:38.53\00:56:40.50
Where is the Holy
Spirit seen in Chapter 4?
00:56:40.53\00:56:43.01
Before the
throne. Before the throne.
00:56:43.04\00:56:44.87
Please, will you go
with me to Revelation 5:6?
00:56:44.90\00:56:49.27
"And I saw between the throne
with the four living creatures
00:56:49.30\00:56:53.07
the elders, Lamb
standing, as if slain,
00:56:53.10\00:56:56.29
having seven
horns and seven eyes,
00:56:56.32\00:56:58.95
which are the
seven spirits of God
00:56:58.98\00:57:01.54
sent out into whole the earth."
00:57:01.57\00:57:05.16
Why suddenly in
Revelation Chapter 5,
00:57:05.19\00:57:07.64
the Holy Spirit is not before
the throne of God any longer?
00:57:07.67\00:57:11.39
Now the Holy Spirit
is sent down to the earth
00:57:11.42\00:57:15.06
because we have
the day of Pentecost.
00:57:15.09\00:57:17.48
We will continue the
study in the next presentation.
00:57:17.51\00:57:20.63
Until then, may God bless you
00:57:20.66\00:57:22.76
and keep in mind
that we have our King
00:57:22.79\00:57:25.70
who is on the heavenly throne
00:57:25.73\00:57:27.50
and He is in control of
whole situations on the earth.
00:57:27.53\00:57:32.38