Welcome again to
our program titled
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the "Revelation
of the Coming King."
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This program is a
part of a long series
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in which we try to cover
the entire Book of Revelation.
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Of course, we
cannot cover everything,
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but at least to get an insight
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into those different visions
of the Book of Revelation,
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so at the end of this
series, you will be able to go
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and to study the Book
of Revelation for yourself.
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I'm Ranko Stefanovic, Professor
at Seventh-day Adventist
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Theological
Seminary, Andrews University.
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And I'm so glad
to be with you here.
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And I have the best audience
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and the best crew
people who are working here.
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They are also my audience there.
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And I'm so excited to
study with you this book
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that means so much to me,
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because it is through
understanding of this book
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I discovered the
gospel of Jesus Christ
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and He changed
my life completely.
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He turned it upside down.
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And since that time I haven't
been the same person any longer.
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And that's why I'm
so excited with you.
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As you know, that the
text book for this program,
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it's in my hand
here, it's the Bible.
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The Bible, it's the best,
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the best commentary on
the Book of Revelation.
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But at the same
time if you want to--
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once this program is over,
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if you want to continue to
study the subject for yourself
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and I would like to
encourage you to do it.
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You know,
everything what is said here
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and what you read and
you hear from other people,
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it's our human
attempt that we explain
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the difficult text of
the Book of Revelation,
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but we have also to
study it for ourselves.
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So if you have
already provided for yourself
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a copy of this commentary,
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the subject that we
will be dealing with today
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is covered here
from page 325, 325
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going all up to the page 341,
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so from 325 to 341.
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Before we go and
into our subject,
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I'd like us to ask the One,
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who is the real expert
in the Book of Revelation,
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that through His Holy
Spirit that He can help us
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that there's sometimes difficult
text of this difficult book
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can somehow be
meaningful and clear to us.
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Our heavenly
Father, please be with us
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and give us Your Holy Spirit.
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Give us
discernment and understanding
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as we are trying our
best through Holy Spirit
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to understand
this difficult text,
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but above all to understand
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how much you are
interested in human beings.
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You want to draw them
to Yourself so that one day
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we all can find
ourselves in Your kingdom.
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Please be with us, Father.
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We're asking for Your
help and we pray all of this
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in the precious name of our
Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.
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As you know that so far for
last some of the presentations,
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some of the programs
we tried to understand
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the series of
the seven trumpets.
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One more time let me remind
you that we have been dealing
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with really the
most difficult section
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of the Book of Revelation.
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And now I believe
you understand why.
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But let's be reminded.
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We saw seven angles
with those seven trumpets.
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Whenever one of the
angels blows the trumpet,
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the judgments that fall
upon the rebellious humanity.
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We saw the seven
trumpets represent
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a series of divine
intervention in history,
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because what they
have done to God's people
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and the way how they treated
and related to the gospel
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and the way how actually
they rebelled against God.
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And we saw that there was
the first trumpet was heard
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and the judgment fall
on the rebellious humanity.
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Then the second
trumpet, then the third trumpet,
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the fourth, the fifth
trumpet, and the sixth trumpet.
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Now when you expect
the conclusion of chapter 9
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to read about the seven
angels blowing the trumpets,
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suddenly that's not the case.
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We have to wait
until chapter 11:15
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to read about the
seventh angel. Why?
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Because between the end of
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chapter 9 and chapter 11:15,
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there is a long section
that we call an interlude.
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Chapter 10 and the
first 14 verses of chapter 11,
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we will try to
cover this interlude
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in our next two presentations.
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But before we go
into this section,
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we have to ask
ourselves a question.
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Why this interlude?
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Let me remind you what we
were talking about before.
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We saw the
seven seals, the same,
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first, second, third,
fourth, fifth, sixth seal.
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When we expected
the seventh seal,
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suddenly there is not.
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We had to wait until the
opening of the seventh seal
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in chapter 8:1 but
between the sixth seal
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and the seventh seal
there was a chapter 7.
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What was the
purpose of chapter 7?
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It was an interlude
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inserted between the
sixth and the seventh seal.
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What was the
purpose of that interlude?
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To provide the
answer to the question,
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who is able to stand at the day
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of the great wrath
of God the Almighty?
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And the answer was
the sealed people of God.
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So chapter 7
identifies God's people
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at the time before the
second coming of Christ.
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Now we have the similar pattern.
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We talk already about that.
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Before the seventh
angel blows the trumpet,
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we have another interlude
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and I would like
to suggest to you
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that this interlude of
chapter 10 and 11 parallels
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the interlude of chapter 7.
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When the interlude of chapter
7 identifies God's people,
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the last generation,
the faithful people of God
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prior to the
second coming of Christ,
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this section, this interlude
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between the sixth
and the seventh trumpet
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is telling us about the task
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and the experience of God's
people in the hostile world
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as they are waiting for
the second coming of Christ.
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So he's telling
us about the task,
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what they have to fulfill.
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Chapter 7 identifies them,
but chapter 10 is telling us
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what they are supposed to do
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as they are waiting
for the end to come.
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And then chapter 11 is telling
about the special experience
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that God's people
have to go through
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as they are waiting for
the second coming of Christ.
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I hope that you
will keep this in mind
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as we are now
going into chapter 10,
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trying to
understand what we have there.
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So please, would you turn
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to the Book of
Revelation chapter 10
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and let us read
the first verse there,
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first two verses actually.
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Revelation 10:1-2.
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"And I saw another
strong angel," or mighty angel,
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"coming down of
heaven, clothed with a cloud
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and the rainbow
was upon his head,
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and his face was like the sun,
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and his feet
like pillars of fire.
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And he had in his hand a
little book which was open.
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He placed his
right foot on the sea
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and his left on the land."
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What do we have
here in this interlude?
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John sees an angel of
magnificent appearance
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descending from heaven.
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How does he refer to this angel?
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He says, "I saw another
strong or a mighty angel."
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He is using this expression,
"another strong angel"
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to distinguish this
angel from those seven angels
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who are blowing the trumpets,
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telling us that this angel is
not to be put on the same level
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as those seven angels.
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But there is something
very interesting please.
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Let's go back to the text.
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It says, "That this
angel was clothed with a cloud,
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the rainbow was upon his
head, his face was like the sun,
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and his feet
like pillars of fire."
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May I ask you one question?
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When we read here the
description to these angles,
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is there anything
that's comes to your mind
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as we read the
description of this angel?
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It's the description of
Jesus in Revelation Chapter 1.
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So it brings to mind
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the description of
Jesus Himself in chapter 1.
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The rainbow
about His head stands
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and represent the covenant.
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You remember the covenant
that God made with His people,
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"His face like the sun, His
feet like the pillars of fire."
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Among the Bible commentators,
there is a big discussion.
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Some commentators they say,
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"You see this angel
is Jesus Christ Himself."
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There are others who disagree.
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And they say, "No, this
angel actually represent Christ
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and that's why he looks Christ."
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And the question
is what is the answer?
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And the answer is yes.
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We are dealing with the angel,
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who is the true
representation of Christ.
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And through this angel actually
Jesus Christ came Himself
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to appear to
John there on Patmos.
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This angel is Jesus
Christ in the full authority
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and the full appearance
of Jesus Christ Himself.
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But there is something
very interesting is here.
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And John is watching this angel,
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he said that this
angel had in his hand
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a little book which was open.
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This little book which
is in Greek biblaridion
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which actually
means a little book,
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distinguishes this
book from that scroll
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that John saw in chapter 5.
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Today, many
recent studies have shown
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that actually this scroll,
this little scroll that John saw
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and recorded here in chapter 10,
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that this scroll
is actually related
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to the scroll of
Revelation chapter 5.
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And please I would
like to suggest to you
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the product of my research,
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because as I explained to
you that Revelation chapter 5
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was my doctoral dissertation,
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the topic for my
doctoral dissertation.
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So in dealing with that scroll
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I also had to come little
bit to Revelation chapter 10
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to see what this
little scroll is all about.
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You see the scroll of
Revelation 5 is the scroll.
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How does scroll
look like? Please, okay.
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This is the scroll.
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Now in Revelation chapter
10, we have the little scroll.
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Can you help me to understand?
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If this is the
scroll, how of this scroll
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you can make the little scroll?
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You just take the
scissor and you cut it here
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and you can very
easily make a little scroll.
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Please keep in mind.
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This is not the kind
of book that John saw.
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He saw the scroll.
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So when you have little
scroll, you can have a scroll.
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When you unroll it,
it can be very long.
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You cut it, and then you have
a little, little, little scroll.
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I will suggest you that
this is actually the way
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what we have to understand it.
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I would like to suggest
to you is that the scroll,
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that little scroll
of Revelation chapter 10
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is actually a part of the scroll
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that was in
Revelation chapter 5.
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Let me explain little more.
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What is the
difference between this scroll
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that we have here and the scroll
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that we have in
Revelation chapter 5?
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Of course, in Revelation
chapter 5 we have the scroll.
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Here is the little scroll.
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In Revelation 5, we have
the scroll that is sealed.
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It's not open.
Nobody can read the content.
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But what about this scroll?
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It says that this
scroll was opened.
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What do you mean with that?
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Furthermore,
studies, they actually show
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that since this scroll was seen,
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he open and
provided introduction,
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we will explain this
more details little bit later
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as we are going to chapter 10,
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that actually the
content of this scroll
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that John
received there on Patmos,
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it's somehow related
to the Book of Revelation.
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And many biblical scholars,
and I belong to that group,
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actually agree that the
content of this little scroll
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of chapter 10 is
actually recorded
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in Revelation
chapter 12 to chapter 22.
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Now you will ask a question,
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on which base somebody
can make such a conclusion?
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When we read
Revelation chapter 10,
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we see that this little scroll
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somehow deals with
the time of the end.
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Where in the Book of Revelation
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we have the portrayal
of the time of the end?
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In Revelation chapter 12 to 22.
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The second half of
the Book of Revelation
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is the
eschatological portion we dealt
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deals with the time of the end.
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But then like now that
you see something else,
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because you will ask a question,
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on which base we can conclude
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that the content
of Book of Revelation
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is related to the
content of this open scroll?
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If you open--
I'm bringing you back
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to the beginning of
the Book of Revelation.
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If you open Revelation
1:1, what do we read there?
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Please read with me now.
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"The Revelation of
Jesus Christ which God," who?
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"God gave Him,"
whom? Jesus, Jesus, okay.
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"To show to His
servants the things
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which must soon take place.
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And He, Jesus, showed it
00:16:33.41\00:16:38.15
through His angel
to His servant, John."
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Are you still
with me? Let's go back.
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It's very
important to keep in mind.
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It's Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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The last book of the Bible,
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which God, God, the
Father, gave to whom? To Jesus.
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What did Jesus do?
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He gave it to His angel.
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To His angel, and the angel?
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To John. Give to John.
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What did John do? He wrote down.
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John witnessed and he wrote it
for the needs of the churches.
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Praise God. Amen.
00:17:08.19\00:17:09.56
Including us, we are
included in the group of those
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who are recipients of
the Book of Revelation.
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Now let's see something else.
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What do we have in
Revelation chapters 4 and 5?
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Revelation chapter
4 and 5, we see Jesus.
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He receives the sealed
scroll from the Father.
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Now in Revelation chapter 10,
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this scroll is in
the hand of the angel.
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And now this angel reveals the
content of the scroll to John.
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And now John writes it down
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and in
Revelation chapter 12 to 22,
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actually we have the description
of the time of the end
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that is really found in
the content of the scroll.
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These are the parallels.
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God, the Father
gives to Jesus Christ,
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Jesus Christ through
the angels gives to John,
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John records here.
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Chapters 4 and 5 we
have the Father gives
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the sealed
scroll to Jesus Christ.
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Now in chapter 10
Jesus Christ has given
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the scroll to His angel.
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And now the angel
reveals the content to John.
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And now John writes for
the needs of the church.
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Oh, boy, if this is true,
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we have a great
revelation of that intention
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of the Book of
Revelation is all about.
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Okay, more about
that just in few minutes.
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But keep in mind, you
will be reminded several times
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that actually
Revelation chapters 12 to 22
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is the Revelation
of the little scroll
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of Revelation
chapter 10, chapter 10, okay.
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Let's go, second
part of verse 2 it says.
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"That the angel placed
his right foot on the sea
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and his left foot on the land."
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When in the Book of Revelation
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we have the earth
and the sea it always,
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it always
signifies the universal
00:19:20.87\00:19:24.76
the significance of the message.
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Are you still with me?
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When you have the
earth and the sea,
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you have the entire globe.
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You have the
entire planet earth.
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So what do we have here?
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What is the
significance of this?
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Then the angel puts
one foot on the land
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and puts
another foot on the sea.
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What is the meaning of this?
00:19:45.87\00:19:48.18
That now what the angel
is about to reveal to John
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has the universal
significance and meaning.
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It concerns
everybody on the earth.
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We have the universal scope
of the message to be proclaimed.
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By the way, let
me just remind you.
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When we go to
Revelation chapter 13,
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we have one beast
coming out of the sea
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and other beast is coming
out of the land of the earth.
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He's telling us that the final
events are universal in scope.
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They concern every
person in this world.
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Just to simulate your
appetite for further study
00:20:31.87\00:20:34.44
of the Book of Revelation.
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So now the angel
puts one foot on the land,
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another one he puts on the sea.
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And verse 3, he said,
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.17
"And he cried out
with a loud voice,
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as when a lion roars,
and when he cried out,
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the seven peals of
thunder uttered their voices.
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And when the seven
peals of thunder had spoken,
00:20:59.96\00:21:03.27
I was about to write,
00:21:03.30\00:21:05.68
and I heard a
voice from heaven saying,
00:21:05.71\00:21:09.15
'Seal up the things which
the seven peals of thunder
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have spoken and
do not write them.'"
00:21:13.33\00:21:17.32
I have good news for you.
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If so far we have been studying
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and looked into the
most difficult section
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of the Book of Revelation,
the verses that we just read,
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is probably the
most difficult text
00:21:35.13\00:21:38.15
in the entire
Book of Revelation.
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This is not exaggeration.
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What's the problem?
Please would you be with me?
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We have heard seven thunders.
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What are the seven
thunders? What is the problem?
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That John, nowhere in the book
identifies those seven thunders.
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And that's why people
are making all good guesses
00:21:59.03\00:22:04.60
and making great effort,
00:22:04.63\00:22:06.79
you know, in understanding
00:22:06.82\00:22:08.39
who or what these
seven thunders are all about.
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But I will suggest to you,
if you really try to understand
00:22:12.41\00:22:18.16
the Book of
Revelation in the right way,
00:22:18.19\00:22:20.67
the book is not as
difficult as it appears.
00:22:20.70\00:22:25.62
Can you help me?
00:22:25.65\00:22:27.02
When you have
the difficult text,
00:22:27.05\00:22:28.64
a difficult text,
what is the first step?
00:22:28.67\00:22:31.98
To understand the
symbolism of the book.
00:22:32.01\00:22:33.75
What is the first step?
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Go to the Old Testament. Amen.
00:22:35.18\00:22:36.55
And we go to the Old Testament.
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We can see that the
voice of God is often equated
00:22:38.45\00:22:44.27
with the sound of thunder.
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In the Book of Job 37:5 or
maybe you will be more familiar
00:22:47.00\00:22:53.35
with the gospel
of John 12:28-30.
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Do you know when those
Greeks they wanted to see Jesus?
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And Jesus said,
"Father, the hour has come,
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please glorify Your Son.
00:23:05.87\00:23:08.75
And the voice came from heaven.
00:23:08.78\00:23:11.50
It says, 'I have glorified You
and I will still glorify You.'"
00:23:11.53\00:23:17.13
But John is telling us
00:23:17.16\00:23:19.69
that people around
did not understand.
00:23:19.72\00:23:21.73
They just heard a
thunder sound there.
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Actually if you
take a Concordance
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and if you go to
the Old Testament,
00:23:31.15\00:23:33.93
you can see how many
times the voice of God
00:23:33.96\00:23:36.37
is like voice of thunder.
00:23:36.40\00:23:38.00
But there is one
particular text that help us
00:23:38.03\00:23:39.84
really to understand what
seven thunders are all about.
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I would like you to
turn to Psalms 29:3-9.
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Psalms 29:3-9 and you can see
00:23:50.90\00:23:55.35
that you no need to wander all
around in order to understand
00:23:55.38\00:24:00.59
the meaning of this symbolism
in Revelation chapter 10.
00:24:00.62\00:24:04.30
So Psalms 29:3-9. Are you there?
00:24:04.33\00:24:11.44
Psalm 29:3-9, okay.
00:24:11.47\00:24:16.47
Can we go to the text?
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It says--let's
read from verse 2.
00:24:17.90\00:24:21.98
"Ascribe to the Lord
the glory due to His name.
00:24:22.01\00:24:25.80
Worship the Lord
in His holy array.
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The voice of the
Lord is upon the waters.
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The God of glory thunders.
00:24:33.05\00:24:37.71
The voice of the
Lord is powerful.
00:24:37.74\00:24:40.28
The voice of the
Lord is majestic.
00:24:40.31\00:24:43.25
The voice of the
Lord breaks the cedars.
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Yes, the Lord breaks in
pieces the cedars of Lebanon.
00:24:46.44\00:24:50.23
He makes Lebanon
skip like a calf,
00:24:50.26\00:24:52.93
and Sirion like a young wild ox.
00:24:52.96\00:24:56.63
The voice of the Lord
hews out flames of fire.
00:24:56.66\00:25:00.15
The voice of the Lord
shakes the wilderness.
00:25:00.18\00:25:02.74
The Lord shakes the
wilderness of Kadesh.
00:25:02.77\00:25:05.39
The voice of the Lord
makes the deer to calve,
00:25:05.42\00:25:08.58
and strips the forests bare.
00:25:08.61\00:25:10.44
And in His temple
everything says, 'Glory!'"
00:25:10.47\00:25:13.32
By the way, you
will notice here,
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we have the
sevenfold manifestation
00:25:15.24\00:25:18.17
of the voice of God.
00:25:18.20\00:25:19.57
But how is that voice identified
in verse 3? As a thunder.
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You can see really that the
text of the Book of Revelation
00:25:26.11\00:25:29.05
is not always as
difficult as people are making,
00:25:29.08\00:25:32.78
when you do it in the right way.
00:25:32.81\00:25:34.49
When you go to
the Old Testament,
00:25:34.52\00:25:36.44
the Old Testament will
really give you the key
00:25:36.47\00:25:40.23
to the
understanding and the meaning,
00:25:40.26\00:25:42.34
sometimes some difficult
text of the Book of Revelation.
00:25:42.37\00:25:46.15
But there is
something here very interesting.
00:25:46.18\00:25:50.11
John hears the seven thunders
which is the voice of God.
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Did he understand what the seven
thunders were talking about?
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Yes, he understands.
How do you know that?
00:25:59.08\00:26:01.90
Please let's go
back to the text.
00:26:01.93\00:26:03.64
How do you know
that? It says in verse 4.
00:26:03.67\00:26:08.02
"When the seven peals
of thunder had spoken,
00:26:08.05\00:26:11.18
I was about to write."
00:26:11.21\00:26:14.89
Hey, you write only what
you hear, what you understand.
00:26:14.92\00:26:17.27
John heard what the
seven thunders said.
00:26:17.30\00:26:20.55
But surprisingly, every
time when John is in the vision,
00:26:20.58\00:26:25.87
when he hears
something from God,
00:26:25.90\00:26:28.57
he is always
urged "write it down,"
00:26:28.60\00:26:33.24
except in this case.
00:26:33.27\00:26:38.40
We read here,
in verse 4 it says,
00:26:38.43\00:26:41.65
"The same voice was from
heaven was saying to him,
00:26:41.68\00:26:45.04
'Seal up the things which
the seven peals of thunder
00:26:45.07\00:26:50.30
have spoken and
do not write them.'"
00:26:50.33\00:26:54.22
Now understand why
this text is so difficult?
00:26:57.56\00:27:02.07
Boy, I'm
waiting for that moment.
00:27:02.10\00:27:05.39
That one day see John in
the kingdom of God to ask him
00:27:05.42\00:27:10.12
"what was that
those seven thunders
00:27:10.15\00:27:13.86
were saying at that moment?"
00:27:13.89\00:27:16.18
Unfortunately, John was
not allowed to write it down.
00:27:16.21\00:27:24.18
But everything
else, he was urged,
00:27:24.21\00:27:28.16
he was instructed, he was
actually commanded to write.
00:27:28.19\00:27:31.64
The content of the sealed
scroll he had to write down,
00:27:31.67\00:27:34.58
except the seven thunders.
00:27:34.61\00:27:36.41
What's that all about?
00:27:36.44\00:27:39.92
By the way, if you go
00:27:39.95\00:27:41.86
to the Book of
Deuteronomy 29:29,
00:27:41.89\00:27:48.89
we read that "The secret things
belong to the Lord our God,
00:27:48.92\00:27:55.32
but the things
revealed belong to us
00:27:55.35\00:27:59.06
and to our sons forever,
00:27:59.09\00:28:01.54
that we may observe
all the words of this law."
00:28:01.57\00:28:09.03
Please, friends, allow me just
to say something in few minutes.
00:28:09.06\00:28:14.34
When we are dealing
with Biblical prophecies,
00:28:14.37\00:28:17.56
we have to understand that
not everything about the future
00:28:17.59\00:28:22.88
and what God is planning to do
00:28:22.91\00:28:24.94
at the time of the
end is revealed to us.
00:28:24.97\00:28:29.48
Evidently what
the seven thunders
00:28:29.51\00:28:31.05
were saying what John
heard-- John became excited.
00:28:31.08\00:28:33.26
You will see why he was excited.
00:28:33.29\00:28:35.13
He understood that he was
living in the time of the end.
00:28:35.16\00:28:37.72
That what he saw in the
vision was the time of the end.
00:28:37.75\00:28:41.51
And what seven thunders
were saying he understood that.
00:28:41.54\00:28:46.30
He became so excited
because he wanted now
00:28:46.33\00:28:48.83
to reveal it to
God's people there.
00:28:48.86\00:28:51.50
Unfortunately, he
was forbidden to do so.
00:28:51.53\00:28:54.32
There are some
things about the future
00:28:58.06\00:29:01.55
that God never
intended to reveal to us.
00:29:01.58\00:29:04.51
Can you guess what?
00:29:04.54\00:29:07.05
God never revealed to us
00:29:07.08\00:29:10.25
who will be in
the kingdom of God,
00:29:10.28\00:29:11.76
who will be left.
00:29:11.79\00:29:15.45
You remember that Jesus
said that the day is coming
00:29:15.48\00:29:19.78
when everything
what is kept in secret,
00:29:19.81\00:29:21.55
finally will be revealed.
00:29:21.58\00:29:23.58
Jesus is talking about people
who will be in the kingdom,
00:29:23.61\00:29:25.91
people who will be left.
00:29:25.94\00:29:27.31
It is not revealed to us.
00:29:27.34\00:29:29.35
I'm sorry, friends,
it is not revealed to us
00:29:29.38\00:29:32.60
when the end will come.
00:29:32.63\00:29:36.71
Unfortunately, we even
do not know how many things
00:29:36.74\00:29:40.67
about the future, in the
future will indeed take place.
00:29:40.70\00:29:44.14
There are many things.
It's not revealed to us.
00:29:44.17\00:29:47.63
So actually the seven thunders,
00:29:47.66\00:29:49.60
instead of trying
to speculate too much
00:29:49.63\00:29:51.30
about what seven
thunders are all about,
00:29:51.33\00:29:54.12
are a caution to us, a warning
00:29:54.15\00:29:56.79
that when we study
the end time prophecies,
00:29:56.82\00:30:00.78
we must be
careful not to venture
00:30:00.81\00:30:03.41
beyond what God
intended for us to know. Amen.
00:30:03.44\00:30:05.85
It is simply not revealed to us.
00:30:08.76\00:30:13.83
Not everything
is revealed to us.
00:30:13.86\00:30:16.59
But everything that God
knew in His wisdom that we,
00:30:16.62\00:30:23.80
as those who really obey God,
00:30:23.83\00:30:25.96
that we are supposed to know,
00:30:25.99\00:30:28.49
the things that
are profitable to us,
00:30:28.52\00:30:32.40
for building of our character,
00:30:32.43\00:30:34.57
and for the
preparation for the final events
00:30:34.60\00:30:37.59
and for the
entries into the kingdom
00:30:37.62\00:30:41.12
that is revealed to us.
00:30:41.15\00:30:43.65
Let's stick to that.
00:30:43.68\00:30:45.07
Wherever I go, boy, I
meet very, very good people.
00:30:45.10\00:30:49.60
They are my
brothers and sisters.
00:30:49.63\00:30:51.98
But they always would
like to learn something
00:30:52.01\00:30:54.55
that God has
never intended to us.
00:30:54.58\00:30:57.22
Let's be very careful to ask.
00:30:57.25\00:30:59.39
And I meet people
everywhere who are aware
00:30:59.42\00:31:03.52
that it is not
revealed in the Bible
00:31:03.55\00:31:05.01
and suddenly they have
to claim certain visions,
00:31:05.04\00:31:08.70
certain revelation
that God has given to them
00:31:08.73\00:31:12.13
and they have a
special light revealed to them.
00:31:12.16\00:31:15.45
Friends, if it was God's
intention to reveal to us,
00:31:15.48\00:31:18.74
He would reveal it to
John there on Patmos. Amen.
00:31:18.77\00:31:22.96
We would not have
to reveal some people
00:31:22.99\00:31:24.45
in different parts of the
world, who have special dreams.
00:31:24.48\00:31:27.12
And, believe me,
just have a good dinner
00:31:27.15\00:31:29.88
after studying the
Book of Revelation tonight
00:31:29.91\00:31:31.88
and you will have special dreams
00:31:31.91\00:31:33.89
and get insight that you cannot
find anywhere, anywhere else.
00:31:33.92\00:31:37.15
It's very, very
important to be very careful,
00:31:37.18\00:31:41.20
to ask God for the wisdom.
00:31:41.23\00:31:43.81
With greater reverences
we are approaching the Bible
00:31:43.84\00:31:47.76
and just stick to the things
00:31:47.79\00:31:49.16
that God has
clearly revealed to us.
00:31:49.19\00:31:54.97
Has John wondered why God
did not allow him to write down?
00:31:55.00\00:32:01.39
There is something
more that happened.
00:32:01.42\00:32:04.63
It was in verse 5.
00:32:04.66\00:32:06.86
"Then the angels
whom I saw standing
00:32:06.89\00:32:09.53
on the sea and on the land."
00:32:09.56\00:32:11.04
Keep in mind that we are dealing
00:32:11.07\00:32:12.81
with the universal scope of
this message and of this vision.
00:32:12.84\00:32:17.87
"He lifted up his
right hand to heaven,
00:32:17.90\00:32:22.52
and swore by Him who
lives forever and ever,
00:32:22.55\00:32:26.40
who created heaven
and the things in it,
00:32:26.43\00:32:29.92
and the earth
and the things in it,
00:32:29.95\00:32:32.85
and the sea and
the things in it,
00:32:32.88\00:32:35.63
that there will be"--
00:32:35.66\00:32:38.73
I'm sorry, my New
American Standard Version said
00:32:38.76\00:32:41.85
"That there will
be delay not longer."
00:32:41.88\00:32:44.84
I disagree with
this translation.
00:32:44.87\00:32:46.38
I will explain in few minutes.
00:32:46.41\00:32:48.67
"But in the days of the
voice of the seventh angel,
00:32:48.70\00:32:52.17
when he's about to
sound, then the mystery of God
00:32:52.20\00:32:56.14
will be finished, as he preached
to His servants the prophets."
00:32:56.17\00:33:01.27
Very interesting text.
00:33:01.30\00:33:03.39
And I'd like to invite you
to go little bit into this text
00:33:03.42\00:33:07.88
and to analyze and to
find the meaning of this text.
00:33:07.91\00:33:11.85
So now the angel is
standing on the land and the sea
00:33:11.88\00:33:15.53
and he lifts up his
right hand towards heaven.
00:33:15.56\00:33:19.04
This gesture in the Bible,
00:33:19.07\00:33:21.46
it's always
associated with making an oath.
00:33:21.49\00:33:27.09
With a solemn voice,
this angel swears by the One
00:33:27.12\00:33:31.45
who is eternal and who
created the heaven and the earth
00:33:31.48\00:33:34.73
and all that is in them that
there will be no longer time.
00:33:34.76\00:33:40.52
I will explain little
bit of this phrase later.
00:33:40.55\00:33:44.26
But says that in the days of
the sound of the seventh angel,
00:33:44.29\00:33:48.16
you remember last time?
00:33:48.19\00:33:49.95
We talked about the
sound of the seventh angel.
00:33:49.98\00:33:52.93
Then the mystery of
God will be completed
00:33:52.96\00:33:55.79
as was revealed to
His servants the prophets.
00:33:55.82\00:34:01.28
Friends, if you really
want to understand this text,
00:34:01.31\00:34:04.50
we have to go to another
text in the Old Testament,
00:34:04.53\00:34:07.70
because these two
texts are almost identical.
00:34:07.73\00:34:09.92
And we see that this Old--
00:34:09.95\00:34:11.97
there is another Old
Testament text give us
00:34:12.00\00:34:14.72
really the clear
insight into the meaning
00:34:14.75\00:34:17.33
what we have here in
Revelation chapter 10.
00:34:17.36\00:34:20.18
And actually it's in the
Book of Daniel chapter 12.
00:34:20.21\00:34:23.32
I'd like to invite to you to go
00:34:23.35\00:34:24.94
to the Book of
Daniel chapter 12.
00:34:24.97\00:34:29.73
So I would like to invite
you that we read from verse 4
00:34:29.76\00:34:35.00
which is actually the conclusion
of the Book of Daniel.
00:34:35.03\00:34:37.81
This is the conclusion
of the Book of Daniel.
00:34:37.84\00:34:40.52
It's chapter 12 from verse 4.
00:34:40.55\00:34:44.68
As we are reading this text,
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.33
please can you somehow
underline whatever you want?
00:34:46.37\00:34:49.61
The parallels between
what we have here in chapter 12
00:34:49.64\00:34:53.89
and what we have in
Revelation chapter 10.
00:34:53.92\00:34:57.69
It says, "But
as for you, Daniel,
00:34:57.72\00:35:00.95
conceal these words
and seal up the book."
00:35:00.98\00:35:04.01
Keep in mind, Daniel
was supposed to seal.
00:35:04.04\00:35:06.30
What do we have in
Revelation chapter 10?
00:35:06.33\00:35:08.58
The book is open, unsealed.
00:35:08.61\00:35:11.96
"Until the time of the end,
many will go back and forth,
00:35:11.99\00:35:16.43
and knowledge will increase.
00:35:16.46\00:35:18.89
Then I, Daniel,
looked and behold,
00:35:18.92\00:35:20.51
two others were standing,
one on this bank of the river
00:35:20.54\00:35:24.41
and the other on
that bank of the river.
00:35:24.44\00:35:27.34
And one said to the
man dressed in linen,
00:35:27.37\00:35:30.06
who was above the
waters and the river,
00:35:30.09\00:35:32.57
'How long will it be
until the end of these wonders?'
00:35:32.60\00:35:36.99
And I heard the
man dressed in linen,
00:35:37.02\00:35:40.79
who was above
the waters of river,
00:35:40.82\00:35:43.73
as he raised his right hand."
00:35:43.76\00:35:45.82
Please, please
look for the parallels.
00:35:45.85\00:35:48.50
"And his left toward heaven,
00:35:48.53\00:35:50.75
and swore by Him
who lives forever
00:35:50.78\00:35:54.24
that will be for a
time, times, and half a time
00:35:54.27\00:35:58.62
and as soon as
they finish shattering
00:35:58.65\00:36:01.75
the power of the holy people,
00:36:01.78\00:36:03.82
all these events
will be completed.
00:36:03.85\00:36:07.35
As for me, I heard but
I could not understand,
00:36:07.38\00:36:10.09
so I said, 'My Lord,
00:36:10.12\00:36:12.23
what will be the
outcome of these events?'
00:36:12.26\00:36:14.73
And He said, 'Go your way,
00:36:14.76\00:36:16.60
Daniel, for these words
are concealed and sealed
00:36:16.63\00:36:21.74
up until the time of the end.
00:36:21.77\00:36:24.75
Many will be
purged, purified and refined
00:36:24.78\00:36:29.39
but the wicked
will act wickedly,
00:36:29.42\00:36:32.15
and none of the
wicked will understand,
00:36:32.18\00:36:35.08
but those who have
insight will understand.'"
00:36:35.11\00:36:41.72
If you look
carefully in this text,
00:36:41.75\00:36:44.24
you will notice something.
00:36:44.27\00:36:45.93
As Daniel is there in the vision
00:36:45.96\00:36:48.69
he hears how
some heavenly beings
00:36:48.72\00:36:50.76
are talking among themselves.
00:36:50.79\00:36:52.16
Prior to that he was distracted
00:36:52.19\00:36:54.19
that the end time
prophecies of his book
00:36:54.22\00:36:57.00
they have to be
sealed, for how long time?
00:36:57.03\00:37:01.60
Until the time of the
end. Until the time of the end.
00:37:01.63\00:37:04.76
Please keep in mind.
00:37:04.79\00:37:06.97
If the prophecies of
Daniel were to be sealed
00:37:07.00\00:37:10.38
until the time of the
end, what does it mean?
00:37:10.41\00:37:12.89
Nobody could read and
understand those prophecies
00:37:12.92\00:37:15.76
to get insight the
meaning, until when?
00:37:15.79\00:37:18.46
Until the time of the end.
00:37:18.49\00:37:20.95
But the
question is how much time
00:37:20.98\00:37:24.14
should pass between that
time and the time of the end?
00:37:24.17\00:37:28.07
You will notice that one
heavenly being asked, it says,
00:37:28.10\00:37:32.10
"How long will persecution
of God's people last?"
00:37:32.13\00:37:36.74
Until the time of the end comes.
00:37:36.77\00:37:39.70
And another
heavenly beings answer
00:37:39.73\00:37:42.75
and what does he say?
00:37:42.78\00:37:44.39
"It will be for a
time, times, and half a time,
00:37:44.42\00:37:50.45
as soon as they
finish shattering
00:37:50.48\00:37:52.60
the power of the holy people,
00:37:52.63\00:37:54.14
all these events
will be completed."
00:37:54.17\00:37:56.54
Actually Daniel
hears in the vision
00:37:56.57\00:38:00.47
that the end cannot come
00:38:00.50\00:38:02.57
until a certain
period of time is completed
00:38:02.60\00:38:06.51
and that period of time
00:38:06.54\00:38:08.04
is referred to in
the terms of a time.
00:38:08.07\00:38:11.70
I'm sorry now I
have to refer to Hebrew.
00:38:11.73\00:38:14.88
Two times and a
half of the time,
00:38:14.91\00:38:19.58
in the way how the
Hebrew language functioned,
00:38:19.61\00:38:22.09
a time actually is
synonym for a year.
00:38:22.12\00:38:26.90
So let's paraphrase it.
00:38:26.93\00:38:29.50
It's 1 year, 2
year and 1/2 year.
00:38:29.53\00:38:36.96
How many days is that?
00:38:36.99\00:38:39.13
1,260 days
00:38:39.16\00:38:44.03
or if you put it into
months, it's 42 months.
00:38:44.06\00:38:48.35
Let me suggest to you,
00:38:48.38\00:38:50.45
all these time designations
that we just mentioned,
00:38:50.48\00:38:54.75
time, 2 times and half a
time or 1,260 days or 42 months,
00:38:54.78\00:39:01.67
they occur only
in the Book of Daniel
00:39:01.70\00:39:04.34
and Revelation
chapters 11 to 13,
00:39:04.37\00:39:07.52
nowhere else in the Bible.
00:39:07.55\00:39:10.05
That's strictly
time designations
00:39:10.08\00:39:12.44
with reference to
the longer period,
00:39:12.47\00:39:15.94
prior to the time of the end.
00:39:15.97\00:39:19.07
Let's go back to
the Book of Daniel.
00:39:19.10\00:39:22.50
What Daniel heard in the vision
00:39:22.53\00:39:25.12
that the persecution
of God's people last,
00:39:25.15\00:39:27.71
for how long?
00:39:27.74\00:39:29.92
For that a time, 2
times and half a time
00:39:29.95\00:39:34.83
which is elsewhere in Daniel,
Revelation refer to as 42 months
00:39:34.86\00:39:39.13
or 1,260 days.
00:39:39.16\00:39:44.27
We will come to this--
00:39:44.30\00:39:45.67
to this time period
in Revelation chapter 11.
00:39:45.70\00:39:50.82
But evidently here,
00:39:50.85\00:39:52.22
what we have in
the Book of Daniel
00:39:52.25\00:39:54.81
is the prophecy
identical to the one
00:39:54.84\00:39:57.16
that is found in the
Book of Revelation chapter 11,
00:39:57.19\00:40:00.44
chapter 13 is the long
period of the Middle Ages
00:40:00.47\00:40:05.20
of the
persecution of God's people.
00:40:05.23\00:40:08.15
The historic
interpreters rightly
00:40:08.18\00:40:10.84
put that time
period from the year 538
00:40:10.87\00:40:14.77
to the time of French
Revolution in the year 1798.
00:40:14.80\00:40:20.56
We'll talk more
about this time element.
00:40:20.59\00:40:25.19
But Daniel was really sad
that the end will not come,
00:40:25.22\00:40:29.07
until when?
00:40:29.10\00:40:30.75
Until this prophetic
period it's fulfilled.
00:40:30.78\00:40:35.59
The persecution of God's
people last for that period.
00:40:35.62\00:40:39.63
Now let's go back to
Revelation chapter 10.
00:40:39.66\00:40:43.26
Do you notice here
in Revelation chapter 10
00:40:43.29\00:40:45.94
that all those elements
00:40:45.97\00:40:48.77
that are found
in Daniel chapter 12
00:40:48.80\00:40:52.18
are found also in the
Revelation chapter 10?
00:40:52.21\00:40:54.60
Let's go back one more
time to Revelation chapter 10.
00:40:54.63\00:40:58.27
Let's go there. Let's read
one more time from verse 5.
00:40:58.30\00:41:02.09
"Then the angel whom I
saw standing on the sea
00:41:02.12\00:41:04.49
and on the land lifted up
his right hand to heaven."
00:41:04.52\00:41:08.88
We saw it also in
the Book of Daniel.
00:41:08.91\00:41:10.28
Did you see that?
00:41:10.31\00:41:11.97
"And swore by Him who
lives forever and ever.
00:41:12.00\00:41:14.65
"We saw it also in
the Book of Daniel.
00:41:14.68\00:41:19.08
"Who created heaven
and the things in it,
00:41:19.11\00:41:21.63
and the earth
and the things in it,
00:41:21.66\00:41:24.49
and the sea and
the things in it."
00:41:24.52\00:41:26.04
All these
details that we just read
00:41:26.07\00:41:27.94
are found also in
Daniel chapter 12.
00:41:27.97\00:41:31.20
There is only one difference
and what is the difference?
00:41:31.23\00:41:36.36
That in Daniel we have a time,
00:41:36.39\00:41:39.69
2 times and half a
time which is 1,260 days.
00:41:39.72\00:41:43.61
But here in the
book of Revelation
00:41:43.64\00:41:45.27
this is replaced with that
the time will not be any longer.
00:41:45.30\00:41:53.27
So what is the purpose of this?
00:41:53.30\00:41:55.47
The readers of
the Book of Revelation
00:41:55.50\00:41:56.94
in the 1st century,
00:41:56.97\00:41:58.56
who knew the Old
Testament so well,
00:41:58.59\00:42:01.36
did not have too
many difficulties
00:42:01.39\00:42:04.46
to see the connection
between the two passages.
00:42:04.49\00:42:07.32
And evidently John himself
00:42:07.35\00:42:10.11
understood the
meaning of this message
00:42:10.14\00:42:12.72
that the time period
00:42:12.75\00:42:15.32
that was
prophesied through Daniel
00:42:15.35\00:42:21.08
it's now
actually in the background
00:42:21.11\00:42:25.04
from the perspective of
vision of Revelation chapter 10.
00:42:25.07\00:42:29.75
The persecution of God's people
during the medieval period,
00:42:29.78\00:42:32.85
during the prophetic
period of 1,260 days is over.
00:42:32.88\00:42:39.98
And now the
planet earth is entering
00:42:40.01\00:42:44.56
into its last period of history
00:42:44.59\00:42:47.49
which is known as
the time of the end.
00:42:47.52\00:42:52.03
And there will be
no longer an appointed,
00:42:52.06\00:42:57.38
a definite prophetic time
00:42:57.41\00:43:00.77
of which actually
Daniel was talking
00:43:00.80\00:43:04.64
in his book in chapter 12.
00:43:04.67\00:43:11.61
So this period that
actually came to its conclusion
00:43:11.64\00:43:18.72
in the year 1798, with
events French Revolution,
00:43:18.75\00:43:22.78
marks actually the conclusion
of this prophetic period.
00:43:22.81\00:43:27.14
And what was now
supposed to take place
00:43:27.17\00:43:30.54
after the
conclusion of this period.
00:43:30.57\00:43:32.96
Let's go one more
time-- let's go one more time.
00:43:32.99\00:43:36.50
Daniel was told to go
00:43:36.53\00:43:39.50
and to seal the
visions of the time of the end
00:43:39.53\00:43:43.57
that were revealed
to him, to seal his book
00:43:43.60\00:43:46.33
that was here,
for how long time?
00:43:46.36\00:43:50.27
Until this
prophetic period is fulfilled.
00:43:50.30\00:43:52.52
Please I'm asking one more time
00:43:52.55\00:43:54.80
that we go to
the Book of Daniel.
00:43:54.83\00:43:56.76
What will now happen
at the end of this period?
00:43:56.79\00:44:00.55
This is very
important to keep here in mind.
00:44:00.58\00:44:03.78
Let's go one more time.
00:44:03.81\00:44:05.99
Verse 9, so Daniel 12:9
00:44:06.02\00:44:10.61
and he, that heavenly being,
00:44:10.64\00:44:14.10
who make that
oath said to Daniel,
00:44:14.13\00:44:17.40
"Go your way, Daniel,
for these words are concealed
00:44:17.43\00:44:22.09
and sealed up until
the time of the end."
00:44:22.12\00:44:26.13
The time of the end,
00:44:26.16\00:44:27.68
when does that
time of the end come?
00:44:27.71\00:44:29.58
After that prophetic period.
00:44:29.61\00:44:31.06
Are you still with
me? What will happen?
00:44:31.09\00:44:34.13
What will happen
after that period?
00:44:34.16\00:44:36.35
"Many will be
purged, purified and refined
00:44:36.38\00:44:40.88
but the wicked
will act wickedly,
00:44:40.91\00:44:43.68
and none of the
wicked will understand."
00:44:43.71\00:44:45.74
Understand
what? Understand what?
00:44:45.77\00:44:50.07
The meaning of these prophecies
of the time of the end,
00:44:50.10\00:44:53.45
but those who have
insight will understand.
00:44:53.48\00:44:56.03
By the way, if you go to
verse 4 that we read before--
00:44:56.06\00:45:02.18
let's read one more
time, "But as for you,
00:45:02.21\00:45:05.15
Daniel, conceal these words
00:45:05.18\00:45:07.36
and seal up the book,
until the end of time.
00:45:07.39\00:45:10.64
Many will go back and forth,
and knowledge will increase."
00:45:10.67\00:45:14.40
Unfortunately, I see sometimes
00:45:14.43\00:45:15.80
people are reading
these words to show
00:45:15.83\00:45:17.60
how technology at
the time of the end
00:45:17.63\00:45:19.45
will multiply and increase.
00:45:19.48\00:45:21.26
Friends, this is
not about technology.
00:45:21.29\00:45:24.38
The statement that
knowledge will increase
00:45:24.41\00:45:26.80
is the knowledge
of the understanding
00:45:26.83\00:45:28.32
of the biblical prophecies.
00:45:28.35\00:45:30.81
According to the Book of
Daniel the time will come,
00:45:30.84\00:45:34.26
after this prophetic
period or 1,260 days,
00:45:34.29\00:45:39.11
when people who really fear God
00:45:39.14\00:45:41.91
and who love God so much
and they study the Bible,
00:45:41.94\00:45:45.27
finally, we get
the understanding
00:45:45.30\00:45:47.36
of these prophecies
of the Book of Daniel.
00:45:47.39\00:45:51.20
Now as John is in the
vision and making connection
00:45:51.23\00:45:55.51
with the Book of
Daniel chapter 12,
00:45:55.54\00:45:57.07
he understand
that in that vision,
00:45:57.10\00:46:00.06
that time of the
end finally has come,
00:46:00.09\00:46:03.52
when God's people
will get a special insight
00:46:03.55\00:46:07.68
into the meaning of
those Daniel's prophecies.
00:46:07.71\00:46:10.97
Where is those
Daniel's prophecies clarified?
00:46:11.00\00:46:16.60
In Book of
Revelation chapter 12 to 22.
00:46:16.63\00:46:20.17
Yes, the Book of
Daniel are sealed prophecies.
00:46:20.20\00:46:24.16
The Book of
Revelation is apocalypses.
00:46:24.19\00:46:26.90
It means the
revelation, the prophecies
00:46:26.93\00:46:28.41
that are revealed and explained.
00:46:28.44\00:46:30.47
And God's people
deals with the book
00:46:30.50\00:46:34.40
that is open and
revelation of Jesus Christ
00:46:34.43\00:46:37.77
that is given to
God's people to know
00:46:37.80\00:46:39.73
how to prepare themselves
for the time of the end.
00:46:39.76\00:46:42.79
So, friends, this time
there will be no longer.
00:46:42.82\00:46:47.44
It's not the
time that people talk
00:46:47.47\00:46:49.05
that we will have now
the shortness of time.
00:46:49.08\00:46:52.11
Actually in the Greek language
00:46:52.14\00:46:53.99
there are two
words for the time.
00:46:54.02\00:46:55.89
One is the word, "kronos"
or "chronos" that people knows.
00:46:55.92\00:46:59.28
From that comes
the word chronology.
00:46:59.31\00:47:01.98
It refers to that
long period of time.
00:47:02.01\00:47:05.62
Another word is the word kronus
00:47:05.65\00:47:08.28
which refers to
the point in time.
00:47:08.31\00:47:11.38
Any guess, which word is
used here in Revelation 10:7?
00:47:11.41\00:47:17.15
It's the word kronos.
00:47:17.18\00:47:18.62
It means that there is
no a long prophetic period
00:47:18.65\00:47:21.78
any longer for this point
on until Jesus comes. Amen.
00:47:21.81\00:47:26.16
Actually for us
Seventh-day Adventist,
00:47:26.19\00:47:29.42
the best
interpretation of this statement
00:47:29.45\00:47:31.29
comes from the
book of Ellen White
00:47:31.32\00:47:35.87
that she wrote in
"Manuscript Releases" volume 9,
00:47:35.90\00:47:39.77
pages 319 to 321, when she said,
00:47:39.80\00:47:43.86
"This time, which
the angel declares
00:47:43.89\00:47:46.34
with a solemn oath,
00:47:46.37\00:47:48.01
is not the end of
the world's history,
00:47:48.04\00:47:50.75
neither of probationary
time, but of prophetic time
00:47:50.78\00:47:54.42
which would precede
the advent of our Lord.
00:47:54.45\00:47:57.78
That is the people will
not have another message
00:47:57.81\00:48:00.82
upon definite time.
00:48:00.85\00:48:02.76
After this period of time,
reaching from 1842 to 1844,
00:48:02.79\00:48:09.02
there can be no definite
tracing of the prophetic time.
00:48:09.05\00:48:13.66
The longest reckoning
reaches to the autumn of 1844."
00:48:13.69\00:48:18.90
Friends, one more
time, when I travel
00:48:18.93\00:48:23.14
I see many, many good
people who would like to know
00:48:23.17\00:48:27.35
so much about the time of
the second coming of Christ.
00:48:27.38\00:48:31.31
They try to have the calculation
of Biblical prophecies,
00:48:31.34\00:48:35.87
some time elements.
00:48:35.90\00:48:37.27
We have to understand
00:48:37.30\00:48:38.92
that according to
Revelation chapter 10,
00:48:38.95\00:48:41.66
after the year
1844, there is no longer
00:48:41.69\00:48:45.89
any definite time
period prophesied in the Bible.
00:48:45.92\00:48:51.03
We live in the time of grace.
00:48:51.06\00:48:52.84
Jesus would come
already a long, long ago.
00:48:52.87\00:48:56.58
But we don't know
actually when He will come
00:48:56.61\00:48:59.09
in the near future. We
always have to be ready.
00:48:59.12\00:49:01.74
There is no anymore
definite prophetic time.
00:49:01.77\00:49:06.32
As John was
listening to these words,
00:49:06.35\00:49:11.18
he actually became so excited.
00:49:11.21\00:49:14.24
The time there is no any longer,
00:49:14.27\00:49:17.31
but actually he came, he
was caught in a surprise.
00:49:17.34\00:49:21.80
Then in verse 7 it says,
00:49:21.83\00:49:25.23
"But in the days of the
voice of the seventh angel,
00:49:25.26\00:49:29.72
when he is about to sound,
00:49:29.75\00:49:32.07
then the mystery
of God is finished,
00:49:32.10\00:49:34.55
as He preached to His
servants the prophet."
00:49:34.58\00:49:38.17
John was
surprised. The end is here.
00:49:38.20\00:49:41.79
The time there is no any longer.
00:49:41.82\00:49:45.02
But the very end is not yet.
00:49:45.05\00:49:49.19
He still has to
wait for that time--
00:49:49.22\00:49:52.86
for that time to come.
00:49:52.89\00:49:55.76
It is at the sound
of the seventh angel
00:49:55.79\00:49:58.88
that all God's
mysteries that we just talked
00:49:58.91\00:50:01.30
at the
beginning of this program,
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.88
that all that mystery of
God finally will be revealed,
00:50:03.91\00:50:08.51
but not too much
about this mystery,
00:50:08.54\00:50:11.87
because entire vision
concludes with something else.
00:50:11.90\00:50:17.49
At that moment the
angel instructed John,
00:50:17.52\00:50:22.22
in verse 8, telling
him "Go and take book
00:50:22.25\00:50:27.69
which is opened in
the hand of the angel
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.25
who stands on the
sea and on the land.
00:50:30.28\00:50:33.28
So I went to the
angel, telling him
00:50:33.31\00:50:35.59
to give me the little book.
00:50:35.62\00:50:37.59
And he said to me,
'Take it and eat it,
00:50:37.62\00:50:40.63
it will make
your stomach bitter,
00:50:40.66\00:50:42.54
but in your mouth it
will be sweet as honey.'
00:50:42.57\00:50:46.07
And I took the little
book out of the angel's hand,
00:50:46.10\00:50:49.06
and I ate it and in my
mouth it was sweet as honey,
00:50:49.09\00:50:53.41
and when I had eaten it,
my stomach was made bitter."
00:50:53.44\00:50:57.39
And now verse 11,
it's very important.
00:50:57.42\00:51:01.71
"They said to me, you must,"
00:51:01.74\00:51:05.04
evidently, all the
angels together present there,
00:51:05.07\00:51:07.56
"You must prophesy
again concerning many peoples
00:51:07.59\00:51:12.36
and nations and
tongues and kings."
00:51:12.39\00:51:17.72
This is the
conclusion of this vision.
00:51:17.75\00:51:20.96
The same heavenly voice
now instructs John to go
00:51:20.99\00:51:26.30
and to take that scroll
from the hand of the angel.
00:51:26.33\00:51:30.95
By the way, what happens here
00:51:30.98\00:51:33.04
in the conclusion of
Revelation chapter 10
00:51:33.07\00:51:36.91
echoes the similar
experience that Ezekiel had
00:51:36.94\00:51:40.78
and recorded in
Ezekiel 2:8 to 3:3
00:51:40.81\00:51:46.68
for Ezekiel saw the book.
00:51:46.71\00:51:48.96
And that book
was sweet as a honey,
00:51:48.99\00:51:52.15
okay, when he
tasted that book, yes.
00:51:52.18\00:51:56.92
But what is the
meaning of everything
00:51:56.95\00:51:59.03
that John
experienced here in this vision?
00:51:59.06\00:52:01.80
You see, John
was so much excited.
00:52:01.83\00:52:04.89
The end is
coming, the end is here.
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.98
And the angel told him
"Go and take it scroll."
00:52:07.01\00:52:10.53
Friends, when people hear
that Jesus is coming soon--
00:52:10.56\00:52:14.51
what would you
say if I tell you,
00:52:14.54\00:52:16.25
I have special instruction,
God came and showed me
00:52:16.28\00:52:18.96
that Jesus is
actually coming tonight.
00:52:18.99\00:52:20.98
How would you feel? Excited.
00:52:21.01\00:52:22.98
You see, it's good news
00:52:23.01\00:52:24.90
that we really
live very, very close
00:52:24.93\00:52:30.21
to the
establishment of God's kingdom.
00:52:30.24\00:52:31.92
Jesus is indeed coming
soon. And John was excited.
00:52:31.95\00:52:36.02
The time there is
no any, any longer.
00:52:36.05\00:52:38.27
And the angel told him "Go
and take and eat that book."
00:52:38.30\00:52:41.81
And John ate that book
and then what happened?
00:52:41.84\00:52:44.68
It was so sweet
like honey in his mouth.
00:52:44.71\00:52:48.59
But after a while what happened?
00:52:48.62\00:52:50.91
In his stomach, he had
completely different effect.
00:52:50.94\00:52:56.77
It says it was
bitter in his stomach.
00:52:56.80\00:53:02.66
Here in the
conclusion of this vision,
00:53:02.69\00:53:07.14
we have something that
is very, very important
00:53:07.17\00:53:10.27
with reference to the gospel.
00:53:10.30\00:53:12.46
When people accepted the gospel,
00:53:12.49\00:53:14.27
the taste of the
gospel is always good news.
00:53:14.30\00:53:19.07
It's so sweet when we accept it.
00:53:19.10\00:53:22.78
When the people
try to live that gospel
00:53:22.81\00:53:26.53
and they take that
gospel to proclaim to the world
00:53:26.56\00:53:30.23
that that sweetness disappeared
00:53:30.26\00:53:32.98
and there's that
bitter taste of that.
00:53:33.01\00:53:37.32
You will notice
when we are talking here
00:53:37.35\00:53:39.77
about that bitter
experience of John,
00:53:39.80\00:53:43.29
it's clearly related
00:53:43.32\00:53:45.24
to what is found
here in verse 11.
00:53:45.27\00:53:47.95
"They said to me,
00:53:47.98\00:53:49.80
'You must prophecy
again concerning many peoples,
00:53:49.83\00:53:53.89
and nations, and
tongues, and kings.'"
00:53:53.92\00:53:56.34
When finally John realized
00:53:56.37\00:53:59.08
that the end is
not really here yet
00:53:59.11\00:54:04.39
and when this
voice was telling him
00:54:04.42\00:54:06.52
that he still has to prophecy,
00:54:06.55\00:54:08.42
he still has to carry
out his prophetic ministry
00:54:08.45\00:54:11.51
to proclaim this
message, telling him
00:54:11.54\00:54:14.03
what is
associated to that message
00:54:14.06\00:54:15.97
and John knew very
well how persecution
00:54:16.00\00:54:19.10
and suffering was associated
00:54:19.13\00:54:20.94
with the
proclamation of the message.
00:54:20.97\00:54:22.34
That's why he
was there on Patmos.
00:54:22.37\00:54:24.44
Actually, added
00:54:24.47\00:54:27.11
to the bitter
character of that scroll.
00:54:27.14\00:54:33.47
Well, one question
00:54:33.50\00:54:37.86
remains to be answered.
00:54:37.89\00:54:42.99
Is this vision
simply about John?
00:54:43.02\00:54:47.60
And why this experience of John
was put here into the context
00:54:47.63\00:54:52.89
between the sixth
and the seventh trumpet?
00:54:52.92\00:54:55.01
Let me ask you a
question. We explained that.
00:54:55.04\00:54:56.69
What is the purpose
of Revelation chapter 10?
00:54:56.72\00:54:59.33
It's an interlude
00:54:59.36\00:55:01.17
inserted between the
sixth and the seventh trumpet,
00:55:01.20\00:55:04.00
telling us about the
experience of God's people
00:55:04.03\00:55:06.37
at the time of the end,
00:55:06.40\00:55:07.77
as we are waiting for
the battle of Armageddon
00:55:07.80\00:55:12.57
when we are at the
time of those activities,
00:55:12.60\00:55:15.81
demonic activities in the world,
00:55:15.84\00:55:17.84
when the hostile world
does not like God's people,
00:55:17.87\00:55:20.63
they hate the gospel,
decide to do something else.
00:55:20.66\00:55:24.69
Is this message
what we have here
00:55:24.72\00:55:26.88
simply about John?
00:55:26.91\00:55:28.74
What he experienced
about the scroll? No.
00:55:28.77\00:55:31.09
John here stays as a
symbol for the church
00:55:31.12\00:55:35.18
because the message
that he's supposed to record,
00:55:35.21\00:55:37.63
he's supposed to
send to the church
00:55:37.66\00:55:40.57
and the fact that
this vision is inserted
00:55:40.60\00:55:43.95
between the sixth
and the seventh trumpet,
00:55:43.98\00:55:46.36
it's telling us
that this is a prophecy,
00:55:46.39\00:55:50.75
that what happened
to John in the vision,
00:55:50.78\00:55:53.88
it will happen to
those who will live
00:55:53.91\00:55:56.75
at the time prior to
the second coming of Christ.
00:55:56.78\00:56:01.24
Seventh-day Adventist
have rightly interpreted
00:56:01.27\00:56:06.38
the conclusion of chapter
10, identify it with experience
00:56:06.41\00:56:11.72
to the great disappointment
experienced by William Miller.
00:56:11.75\00:56:16.21
And Miller writes in
1844, when William Miller
00:56:16.24\00:56:22.32
after studying the
prophecies of the Book of Daniel
00:56:22.35\00:56:25.13
understood that Jesus would come
00:56:25.16\00:56:27.17
very soon
according to his calculation.
00:56:27.20\00:56:31.25
That message was
so sweet, so sweet,
00:56:31.28\00:56:35.56
as they accepted that
message and believed in that.
00:56:35.59\00:56:38.51
But when Jesus did
not come in the year 1844,
00:56:38.54\00:56:43.88
the disappointed
Miller experienced
00:56:43.91\00:56:46.06
all the
bitterness of the message
00:56:46.09\00:56:48.19
they had
believed and proclaimed.
00:56:48.22\00:56:50.85
As a result, many
left the movement,
00:56:50.88\00:56:52.95
however, although,
disappointed and ridiculed.
00:56:52.98\00:56:56.04
Those who stayed found in
John's visionary experience
00:56:56.07\00:56:59.97
the explanation for
their disappointment.
00:57:00.00\00:57:02.76
In John's eating of the scroll
00:57:02.79\00:57:05.17
they saw the prophecy
of their own experience.
00:57:05.20\00:57:08.37
Friends, that small
group of about 100 people
00:57:08.40\00:57:10.94
today has grown in the movement
of about 15 million people.
00:57:10.97\00:57:15.54
They have seriously take
the message given to John,
00:57:15.57\00:57:18.29
you still have to prophecy,
00:57:18.32\00:57:20.25
those prophecies
of the Book of Daniel
00:57:20.28\00:57:22.28
and the Book of
Revelation and I'm so happy
00:57:22.31\00:57:24.75
that I belong to that movement.
00:57:24.78\00:57:26.73
What about you? Amen.
00:57:26.76\00:57:28.53
We are waiting
for that end to come.
00:57:28.56\00:57:30.54
Yes, and we have to proclaim
that message to the world.
00:57:30.57\00:57:34.57