Welcome again to our program
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titled "Revelation
of the Coming King."
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As you know that this program
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is a part of a
long series 26 programs
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which we try to cover,
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those major themes of
the Book of Revelation.
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And we already
talked and you could notice
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that sometimes it's frustrating,
when you try in a short time
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to cover such a complex book
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and visions and the text
of the Book of Revelation,
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such short time.
And praise God for that.
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The purpose of
this program is simply,
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dear viewers, to
stimulate your appetite
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for the word of God.
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Once this program is over,
we like to encourage you to go
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and to study the Book
of Revelation for yourself.
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And we can provide
the good tool for you.
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By the way, this
is our text book.
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It's infallible word of God.
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When you follow the
instructions of this book,
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you can find here the answers
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to many, many difficult
parts of the Book of Revelation.
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But we need also
some other tools.
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And all the lectures that
we have here follow this book,
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which is actually verse by verse
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commentary on the
Book of Revelation titled
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"Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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So as you know,
every time I'm giving you
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pages from this commentary
that once this program is over,
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you can go and
continue to study for yourself.
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So our lecture today is based
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on the pages from 343, 343
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going all up to
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page 364, 364.
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So we would like
really to encourage you
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that once this program is over
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that you go and you
continue to study for yourself.
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Let me introduce
myself, I am Ranko Stefanovic,
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Professor at the
Seventh-day Adventist
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Theological
Seminary, Andrews University.
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And I am so thrilled to be here.
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I want to express my
deep gratitude to 3ABN,
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making possible
tape these series.
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So that we can give
you today the best insights
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that we as the church have
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and today's very,
very important book
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to our nation
and to our destiny.
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I am so glad to have
the wonderful audience
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and excellent crew here.
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Actually, they are
also part of my audience.
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I see they are
listening very carefully
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what is presented here.
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But you know above all,
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we need the
guidance of the Holy Spirit.
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We can do all the best,
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but without God's
help, we are nothing.
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It is He who
inspired John in Patmos there
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giving him these visions.
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It is the Holy
Spirit who can help us
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in understanding of this
difficult text of the Bible.
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So I would like to ask you
to bow your heads for prayer.
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Our heavenly Father,
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thank you so much
for your guidance.
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Thank you for your help.
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Thank you for
showing your care for us,
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telling us about the things
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that will happen
in the last days,
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before the coming of our savior
Jesus Christ in power and glory.
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For we are asking this moment,
as we are going to understand
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one of the easy chapter
of the Book of Revelation,
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please give us your Holy
Spirit and open our minds
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that we can get
understanding of this text
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which is according to our will.
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We pray all of this
in the precious name
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of our savior
Jesus Christ. Amen. Amen.
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Last time, we saw in the
conclusion of chapter 10,
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a special experience
that John had in the vision.
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John is usually
a passive observer.
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But there are several
times in the Book of Revelation,
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when he is an
active participant.
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In the conclusion of
Chapter 10 verses 8:11,
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we see John
actively participating
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there in the vision.
Do you remember that?
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He was given like he
was actually requested
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to go there to that angel,
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who was holding that
little scroll telling him
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"Take the scroll and eat it."
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I hope that our
viewers understand
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that the entire
vision is symbolical.
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You don't eat papyrus scroll.
It has a symbolical meaning.
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If this is symbolic,
also John and his action
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of taking the
scroll and eating it,
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it must be symbolic.
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So the entire
vision, the setting of which
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is between the sixth
and the seventh trumpet
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is actually
telling us about the future
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from John's
perspective about the time.
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When there will be Christians
who like to understand
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those sealed prophecies
of the Book of Daniel.
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They will take those
prophecies and digest them.
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It'll be so sweet
in the mouth as honey.
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But once they digest it,
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they identify
themselves with that message
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and they try to share
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that message to
the hostile world.
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They will experience the
bitter aspect of that message
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because of the persecution
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and what they will
experience in the world.
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I hope that we
are keeping this mind
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because the vision moves on.
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You know so many times,
when we are studying the Bible
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and I see so many times
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the readers of the
Bible did not understand
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that when the Bible
was originally written,
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the inspired
authors did not divide
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into the Bible into
chapters and verses.
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And so many times,
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we'll limit our study
just one chapter forgetting,
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okay, that the text continues
in the following chapter.
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This is exactly
what we have here.
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John did not make a line
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dividing the
vision into two parts.
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That's what we are doing
this because of convenience,
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so that we can much
easier handle the biblical text.
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So the vision goes on.
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So please keep in mind
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John is still a
participant. Okay.
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I would like you to turn
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your Bibles to
Revelation Chapter 11.
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We are moving to
the next chapter.
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But keep in mind once
again, this is the same vision
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John is still participating
there in the vision. Okay.
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Chapter 11, verse 1
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"Then" you see after that
experience of eating the scroll
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"there was given me a
measuring rod like a staff,
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and someone said,
"Get up and measure
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the temple of God and the altar,
and those who worship it it."
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Probably, you are now surprised.
What is this all about?
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What does it have with the
previous experience of John,
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when he pick up that scroll
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and then he ate it and
experiencing that sweet,
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bitter affect of that scroll?
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Now John was he
given a measuring rod?
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And he was commanded to
measure the temple of God,
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the altar and the worshippers.
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Please I would like
you to keep in mind,
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the three things, John
was supposed to measure.
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What was that?
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The temple of God, the
altar and the worshippers.
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There is one Old Testament text
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that really
helps us to understand
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what this vision is all about.
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There are more
Old Testament texts
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we will point to
them little bit later.
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But the prophet Ezekiel,
centuries earlier, okay?
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He had a very similar vision
in participation like John.
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I'm not read this text,
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but I want to mention
this text to encourage you
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that you can go and
delve into that text.
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You know after
this program is over.
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It's actually the
vision of prophet Ezekiel
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and it is recorded it
in the Book of Ezekiel 40:3
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to Ezekiel 43:12.
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Ezekiel saw the temple of God
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and he was given a measuring
rod to measure the temple.
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Very similar to what we
find here in Revelation 11.
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What was the purpose
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of measuring the
temple in the book of Ezekiel?
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You see the vision
was a strong message
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and assurance to God's people,
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who were about to
come out of the exile
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to go back to Palestine, okay.
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That God will restore the
temple and the temple services.
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So it was a strong
assurance to God's people
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there in the Promised Land.
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So the rebuilding of
the temple was God's attempt
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to restore His
relationships with the people.
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That was with a
purpose in Ezekiel.
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So Ezekiel's
vision gave us a clue
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to the meaning of
the measuring temple
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in John's vision.
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Let's go into depth
to see this in details.
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What is a temple here?
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If you go to the New Testament,
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you can find that the
temple can mean several things.
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Sometimes the temple stands
as a symbol for the church.
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And I can give you many verses.
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By the way, I was
reminded that sometimes
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there are so many
biblical evidences
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and references that I
should remind you to tell you
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that you can find all
those Bible references
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in that commentary that I
introduced in the beginning.
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There is much more.
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We don't mention
just a few verses
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here during this presentation.
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You can find
literally hundred and hundred
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different bible
references, okay.
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So the symbol of the church,
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however, the
concept of the church
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as the temple does not fit
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into the context of
Revelation Chapter 11.
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Why not?
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You will ask your question.
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Keep in mind, that John was
supposed to measure the temple,
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what else?
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The altar and
those who worship in it.
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Who are those who worship
in it? That's the church.
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So the temple
cannot mean the church.
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Are you still with me?
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Second thing is, so
believers are mentioned there,
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the church is mentioned there.
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Neither the temple
in Jerusalem is in view
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because the temple was destroyed
about 20 years earlier.
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There is only one understanding
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that really fits the context
of the Book of Revelation.
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It's the heavenly temple,
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the temple that
is there in heaven.
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By the way, when you
study the Book of Revelation,
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you can see that
the Book of Revelation
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is saturated with the
references to the temple
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and the articles of furniture
there in the heavenly temple.
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There is a
temple there in heaven.
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According to the New Testament,
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and please we would
need now a lot of time
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to go just to some basic
text of the New Testament,
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especially, the Book
of Hebrews its telling us
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that there is
there temple in heaven
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where Jesus is
doing His ministry
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and intercession on
behalf of His people.
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So this is the
temple in heaven there
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that John was
commanded to measure.
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But what is the
meaning of this measuring?
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Keep in mind, this
is related to what?
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To John's eating
of the scroll, okay.
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This is section that follows
John's previous experience.
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Keep in mind, the three elements
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are specially
emphasized here to be measured.
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What is that one more time?
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The temple, the
altar and the worshippers.
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Actually, we have a
number of excellent studies.
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You can find all the
references in the articles here,
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in my commentary there that
show that in the Old Testament
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in association
with the earthly temple
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that was
established in Jerusalem.
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When these three entities
are mentioned is the temple,
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the altar and the worshippers.
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These three entities
are found only once together
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with reference to
the Day of Atonement.
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Only once, okay.
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So the Day of
Atonement in the Old Testament
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was the most solemn day of
the Jewish sacred calendar.
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It was day of measuring
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or a judgment
when God ultimately
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had to deal with
the sins of His people.
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So the Old
Testament Day of Atonement
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is the backdrop
for Revelation 11:1.
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Anyway, you will notice here
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that the keyword
that is used here is
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"Get up and measure the
temple and the worshippers."
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Keep in mind, the
Book of Revelation
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is a symbolic book.
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In the Bible, the word
measure can figuratively
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be used and it's used
frequently to evaluate or judge.
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For instance, you can
go to 2 Corinthians 10:12
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where Paul is
using that word to show
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that actually to measure,
it means to judge somebody.
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In the Old
Testament, the word is used
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as a manner of deciding
who will live and who will die.
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Like in the case of David
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or in the Book of Isaiah 65:7,
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God measures His people it means
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that He judges the
sins of His people.
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But I would like to invite you
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that you turn with me to
the gospel of Matthew 7:2,
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gospel of Matthew 7:2.
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And this is
probably the classical text
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that Jesus used, okay.
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The word
measure in order to show
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that it really
means judgment, okay.
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Chapter 7 verse 2,
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for in the--let's
actually start with verse 1.
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"Do not judge so that
you will not be judged."
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Keep in mind.
What is in verse 1?
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Don't judge so you
will not be judged.
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Did you see that? But
let's go now to verse 2.
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"For in the way you
judge, you will be judged."
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Repetition, but watch out.
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"By your standard of
measure" and as in Greek stated
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"As the way you measure others,
it will be measured to you."
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Did you see that?
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The way you judge,
you will be judged.
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The way you measure,
you will be measured.
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Actually, Jesus is
using the word measure
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or to measure as a
synonym for to judge.
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So what are you
talking here about?
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What is this
measuring of the temple?
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Of the altar and the
worshippers all about?
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It deals with the
concept of judgment.
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In the concept of judgment,
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I would like to suggest
to you, to the, readers.
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We don't have time now
to go into details of that.
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According to the Bible
and in the Book of Revelation,
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this concept is
so well emphasized
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that prior to the
second coming of Christ,
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there is the
so-called pre-advent judgment.
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When people will be measured
and on base of that measuring,
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they will be decided who
will enter the God's kingdom
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and who will be left out.
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Anyway, I would
like to suggest to you
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that this
measuring that we have here
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in the Revelation Chapter 11
parallels to Revelation 7:1, 3
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which actually is
equivalence for sealing.
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You see those who
are measured, okay,
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at the same time sealed.
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They belong to God's people
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and that's why
the great emphasis
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is given as the central point
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of the preaching of
that everlasting gospel,
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the first angel message,
"Fear God and give Him glory
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for the hour of
His judgment has come."
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Dear viewers, I just
want to encourage you,
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I'm here touching the surface.
Please take all these tools.
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There are many
other commentaries.
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They can help you that you
study this topic more for self.
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Believe me we can
spend now several hours
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just talking about this subject.
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And I'm tempted to go into that,
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but I see there
that clock is running,
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running too fast there.
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But the main point of
the entire vision is what?
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Let's go back.
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John ate the scroll, okay.
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It was so sweet in his
mouth, but it became bitter.
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It is after eating the scroll
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and experiencing that
sweet bitter taste of that,
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now, John was
commanded, do you remember that?
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What was he commanded?
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In the last verse of chapter 10,
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you still have
to go to prophesy.
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Prophesy, it's
equivalent to preaching.
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You still have to go to preach.
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When you proclaim to the
people about the future events,
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you are prophesying.
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But you see that
proclamation of the gospel,
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that prophesying,
according to Revelation 11:1, 2
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is given in the context
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of the heavenly
sanctuary of Christ's ministry.
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What Jesus is doing
there in the heavenly places
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on behalf of human beings?
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Actually, this
verse is telling us
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that the heavenly sanctuary
and what is going there
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has a great significance
for God sovereignty.
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During the
history of sin on earth,
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God's character as
well as His governance
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has been challenged by Satan.
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However, the heavenly sanctuary
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is the message to
vindicate God's character
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before the entire universe
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and restore his
rightful rule over universe.
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And such it give
us a new dimension
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to the meaning of the gospel.
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And the gospel
message, that everlasting gospel
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is supposed to be
preached at the time of the end.
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It gets a full
significance and the meaning
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in light of what Jesus Christ
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is doing there in
the heavenly places
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on behalf of His people,
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or supposed one
day to enter His.
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And I just want
to tell you, viewers,
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here there I have some people,
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they question if
the doctrine sanctuary?
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It's really biblical.
Believe me, it's biblical.
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There are so many texts
that we cannot mention it
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and he's telling us
that any gospel proclamation
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done at the time of the end
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must be done
within the framework
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of what Jesus is
doing there on behalf of us
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and ministering on behalf of us.
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That work of intercession
there in the heavenly sanctuary.
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That's a beautiful message.
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But you see the text goes on
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and we read it
and it says verse 2.
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"Leave out the court
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which is outside the
temple and do not measure it."
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Keep in mind, what was
supposed to be measured?
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The temple, the
altar and the worshippers.
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But suddenly John hears
don't measure the court,
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why not?
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"For it has been given to the"
my Bible says "To the nations."
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Maybe, you, viewers,
some of you have the text
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that says it was
given to the Gentiles.
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I'll explain it
just in few minutes.
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"And they nations or Gentiles,
they will tread under foot
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the holy city for
forty-two months."
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Again, we have a
difficult text that really seeks
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a lot, lot attention
that we haven't seen.
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John was told what to measure
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but he was told
what not to measure
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and it was the court.
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Actually, in Jerusalem temple,
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the outside court was in
front there of the temple.
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You know, it was in that court
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that there was the
altar of sacrifice.
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By the way, in
the first century,
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while the
Jerusalem temple still stood
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and John knew it very, very well
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that was the only
place, Jerusalem temple,
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where the Gentiles could come
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if anybody would like
to go to the next court
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which was called the
court of the Israelite.
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There was a huge
inscription there
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that any Gentile who would dare
to go to pass through his gate
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will be
responsible for his own death.
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So the Gentiles
were allowed to be
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only in the outer court.
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By the way, we'll come
to Revelation Chapter 22.
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Once the sin is abolished,
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finally the Gentiles will
have free access to God, okay.
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But we have here some
very interesting prophesy.
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By the way, let me
mention here that the word,
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the keyword here that is used
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is the word ethne.
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What does come to your
mind? The word ethic, okay.
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Actually the word
simply means nations.
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It's a plural.
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If you replace this with s,
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you have ethnos
which means a nation, okay.
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You know, the entire concept
comes from the Old Testament.
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You have Israel and
you have the nations.
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You have Israel and
then you have the nations.
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And in the New Testament times,
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the word for nations
actually is understood
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today in
English as the Gentiles.
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It means all those who
are not God's people, okay.
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So God's people and
everybody and everybody else.
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You will notice
here that the text says
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that that outer court
where Gentiles were present,
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the nations were present.
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It was not
supposed to be measured.
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Why not?
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Because it was
given to the Gentiles.
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For how long? For how long?
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If you go to verse 2, it says,
"It was given for 42 months."
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Do you remember, we just--
00:24:50.53\00:24:51.90
we mentioned in
our last presentations
00:24:51.93\00:24:53.88
that 42 months is one of
the several time designations
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in the prophecies
of Daniel revelation
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which is 1,260 days?
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Time, two times and half
a time and similar, okay.
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Sometimes, they all
mean the same period.
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The period of the middle Ages
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that His wrath rightly
counted from the year 538 AD
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until the events of
French Revolution 1798.
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You see, it says that the court
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which actually stands
as a symbol for the earth.
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Keep in mind, the earth
was not supposed to be measured
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only the heavenly temple
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and the altar
and the worshippers
00:25:34.03\00:25:35.48
because God's
people are the ones,
00:25:35.51\00:25:38.13
who are worshipping
there in the heavenly temple.
00:25:38.16\00:25:40.38
They are present
there as Jesus ministers
00:25:40.41\00:25:42.88
on behalf of them, but
the earth during that period
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was not supposed to be measured.
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Why not?
00:25:47.79\00:25:49.20
Because it says the holy city
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and the court will be
given to the nations Nations,
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who are those nations?
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By the way, in
the Book of Revelation
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nations are always those
who are not God's people.
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They are usually
hostile to God and his people.
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By the way, there
is another expression
00:26:10.66\00:26:12.16
in the Book of
Revelation that refers to them.
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I just want to mention some text
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6:10, 8:13, 11:10, 13:8
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and 14, 17:2,
etcetera, etcetera.
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The expression that is
used the inhabitant of the earth
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or those who dwell on the earth.
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You see God's people
in the Book of Revelation
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are always in
the heavenly places.
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They live here, but
the existence is there,
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with Jesus there in
the heavenly sanctuary.
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While everybody else
is here on this earth,
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but Jesus said don't
measure the earth, why?
00:26:48.99\00:26:52.89
Because the holy city
will be given to the nations
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and they will trample
over the city for 42 months.
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The prophetic 1,260 days.
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What is this all about?
00:27:04.93\00:27:06.37
Are you confused?
00:27:06.40\00:27:07.77
Of course. We're dealing very
difficult text of the Bible,
00:27:07.80\00:27:10.96
but there is one text.
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Why there is something
that during these lectures,
00:27:13.53\00:27:16.23
we can understand is
how much is important
00:27:16.26\00:27:19.12
to let the
Bible interpret itself
00:27:19.15\00:27:21.57
rather than to use
allegorical imagination
00:27:21.60\00:27:24.66
and find our ideas
and read in the text.
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Let's go to that
text which is actually
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the gospel of Luke Chapter 21.
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The gospel of Luke 21:24.
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You will notice
that in chapter 21 there,
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Jesus is about
to die on the cross.
00:27:46.55\00:27:50.73
And He's dealing with
rejection of Jerusalem
00:27:50.76\00:27:53.44
and the people who lived there.
00:27:53.47\00:27:56.40
Despite the fact,
that Jesus did everything
00:27:56.43\00:27:59.50
to bring them back to God, okay.
00:27:59.53\00:28:01.51
And now Jesus is
making that prophesy, okay,
00:28:01.54\00:28:06.07
with reference to
Jerusalem which is evidently
00:28:06.10\00:28:08.84
the key to the understanding
00:28:08.87\00:28:11.06
what's going on
in Revelation 11:2.
00:28:11.09\00:28:13.83
So the gospel of Luke 21:22,
00:28:13.86\00:28:17.69
Jesus said talking about
destruction of Jerusalem, okay.
00:28:17.72\00:28:20.36
It says "And they will
fall by the edge of the sword
00:28:20.39\00:28:23.30
and they will be led
captive into all the nations."
00:28:23.33\00:28:27.83
Ethne, all nations, okay.
00:28:27.86\00:28:30.96
"And Jerusalem will be trampled
under the foot by the Gentiles."
00:28:30.99\00:28:38.80
It's the same expression that
is found in Revelation 11:2.
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The Jerusalem will be trampled
under the foot of the ethne,
00:28:42.99\00:28:48.06
under foot by the Gentiles.
00:28:48.09\00:28:51.66
Until the times of the
Gentiles are fulfilled.
00:28:51.69\00:28:55.94
So Jesus talks about
destruction of Jerusalem
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and this destruction of
Jerusalem would follow what?
00:28:58.60\00:29:02.39
Will follow one period.
00:29:02.42\00:29:05.90
Jesus talks about the
times which must be fulfilled,
00:29:05.93\00:29:08.99
when the holy city
Jerusalem would be trampled
00:29:09.02\00:29:12.19
under the foot of the Gentiles.
00:29:12.22\00:29:13.75
By the way, Jesus
does not specifies
00:29:13.78\00:29:16.66
the length of this period.
00:29:16.69\00:29:19.42
He only says until
the times are fulfilled.
00:29:19.45\00:29:23.36
Time given to the
Gentiles are fulfilled.
00:29:23.39\00:29:25.49
But the Book of Revelation 11:2
specifies clearly that the time
00:29:25.52\00:29:30.38
allotted to those
ethne is actually 42 months.
00:29:30.41\00:29:34.98
The prophetic
period of 1,260 days.
00:29:35.01\00:29:41.17
Luke version is
that actually Jesus
00:29:41.20\00:29:46.99
as He does in Matthew
24, are you still with me?
00:29:47.02\00:29:52.12
As Jesus is talking about
the destruction of Jerusalem
00:29:52.15\00:29:57.62
at the same time, He
takes Jerusalem as a foreshadow,
00:29:57.65\00:30:02.76
as a foretaste of the
entire world will experience
00:30:02.79\00:30:07.18
in the future prior to
the second coming of Christ.
00:30:07.21\00:30:09.37
That's why it's so
difficult to read Matthew 24,
00:30:09.40\00:30:11.73
you don't know if Jesus
talking about the Jerusalem
00:30:11.76\00:30:14.03
or He's talking
about the entire world.
00:30:14.06\00:30:16.62
And the answer is yes.
00:30:16.65\00:30:19.00
Jesus talks
primarily about Jerusalem,
00:30:19.03\00:30:22.52
but at the same time He
uses Jerusalem as a symbol,
00:30:22.55\00:30:26.58
okay, of the entire world.
00:30:26.61\00:30:28.36
That's why it's so
difficult to read Matthew 24.
00:30:28.39\00:30:31.41
The same happens here
because this is the same speech
00:30:31.44\00:30:34.28
that Jesus made, but this
detail Matthew does not record.
00:30:34.31\00:30:38.31
And Jesus says the
Jerusalem will be destroyed
00:30:38.34\00:30:42.92
and after that
it will be trampled
00:30:42.95\00:30:45.68
under the foot of the Gentiles
for a certain period of time
00:30:45.71\00:30:50.90
which the Revelation
has specified as 42 months.
00:30:50.93\00:30:53.76
So Jesus is moving from
the literal city of Jerusalem
00:30:53.79\00:30:59.03
to its symbolic meaning with
reference to the entire world.
00:30:59.06\00:31:05.51
Actually or
specifically with reference
00:31:05.54\00:31:09.07
to God's faithful people,
Luke questioned that actually.
00:31:09.10\00:31:12.40
This text from
Luke 21 give us a clue
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of what we read in
the Revelation 11:2.
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By the way, if you go to
the Book of Daniel Chapter 7
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and then we go to Book
of Revelation Chapter 13,
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whenever this
period of 42 months,
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1,260 days or time, two times
and a half a time are mentioned.
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There always
one common dominator
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and what is that?
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It's the power
of the anti-Christ.
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That will be involved in
the persecution of God's people,
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so the holy city
here in particular
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is reference to God's people
00:31:54.58\00:31:56.83
who will be persecuted
during certain period.
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God says don't
measure the earth.
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It's given to the Gentiles.
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They are already
under the judgment of God.
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They don't need to be measured
in the pre-advent judgment
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that is found in
chapter 11 verse 2.
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But here we have
actually the explanation
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about that bitter
taste of that little scroll
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and what God's
people will experience
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in this world
that belong to God.
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They are measured.
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They are ready
for God's kingdom,
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but we have here an announcement
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that is actually elaborated
in detail in chapter 13
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is that God's
people will have to go
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through a long period
of the dark middle Ages.
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Some of them will
have to suffer martyrdom.
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And not just for some.
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Many, many of them.
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But these texts
give us the assurance
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that nothing happens in this
world without knowledge of God.
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He is still in control.
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Yes, God's people,
they have to go through
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certain period of trials.
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Some of them,
they really have to pay
00:33:09.01\00:33:10.96
their testimony witness
to the gospel by martyrdom,
00:33:10.99\00:33:14.02
but God is still in control,
God's people are provided
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with assurance that their names
are written there in heaven.
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You remember what
Jesus said don't be afraid
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of those who
just kill your body.
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Be afraid of the one
who can take your soul,
00:33:26.82\00:33:30.61
who can take you
as whole as a person
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and throw you there
in hell. Praise God.
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The Book of
Revelation is not the book
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about those rustic
and bizarre events.
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It's about God who
cares about His people.
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Yes, we have all those
things that so many times,
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they don't sound nice.
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They are recorded in
the Book of Revelation,
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but not to make us
afraid, to make us clear.
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It just for a simply
reason to produce assurance
00:33:54.96\00:33:58.02
that God is
still with His people.
00:33:58.05\00:34:00.21
He'll always be
present with them.
00:34:00.24\00:34:02.65
And whatever
happens to God's people,
00:34:02.68\00:34:04.71
He's still in control.
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We can trust our God.
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And that's why, we will
come more to this concept,
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when we come to
Revelation Chapter 13
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because the
trampling of the holy city
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during the period of
42 months or 1,260 days.
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It's really explained in more
details in Revelation 13:1-10.
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And we will deal with that
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when we come to
Revelation Chapter 13.
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Now the text moves
on and it says, verse 3,
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"And I will grant
authority to my two witnesses.
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And they will prophesy
00:34:42.72\00:34:44.81
for 1,260 days
clothed in sackcloth."
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Let me ask you something.
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Did you notice
something, a common expression
00:34:50.29\00:34:54.69
that ties the two
verses, verse 2 and verse 3?
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What is that that ties
the two verses together?
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It's the same time period.
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Did you notice it?
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In verse 2, we
have the holy city
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will be trampled under the foot
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of the Gentiles for 42 months.
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But during the same
period, we have two witnesses
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that will carry the testimony
on behalf of the gospel,
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during the period or 1,260 days
they are clothed in sackcloth.
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Do you see that? We are
dealing with the same period.
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Friends, did you
notice something?
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This is what amazes me
about the Book of Revelation.
00:35:44.02\00:35:45.82
How so many times
we are eager to focus
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on something that
the Book of Revelation
00:35:48.18\00:35:50.21
shows an
insignificant to be distracted
00:35:50.24\00:35:55.29
from something that
is very significant.
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You see, we have just one verse,
00:35:57.69\00:35:59.28
it's telling us
during this prophetic period
00:35:59.31\00:36:03.41
there'll be severe
persecution of God's people.
00:36:03.44\00:36:05.84
That's what
Gentiles will be doing.
00:36:05.87\00:36:07.96
This is what Satan will
be doing during this period.
00:36:07.99\00:36:10.77
But go all from verse 3
until the end of chapter,
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actually, to verse
14, its talks about
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what God is doing
during this period.
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He's sending His witnesses who
will have to carry the witness,
00:36:20.37\00:36:26.54
carry the
witness to the gospel is.
00:36:26.57\00:36:32.07
Really, the Book of
Revelation is something else
00:36:32.10\00:36:35.78
than when we try,
from that that we try
00:36:35.81\00:36:39.29
to find there in the text is.
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Yeah, Satan will
be doing his work,
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but this is what
God will be doing.
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God always has His
people and through them
00:36:48.32\00:36:51.40
He try to win the world, of
their situation calling them
00:36:51.43\00:36:55.30
back to God and
telling them to worship
00:36:55.33\00:36:58.07
the only true God and to
have that future with God
00:36:58.10\00:37:02.18
because He is the
one who holds the future.
00:37:02.21\00:37:06.77
So the two witnesses, okay.
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There are few things here
that are very interesting.
00:37:08.83\00:37:14.07
Two witnesses
here are mentioned,
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says they will
prophesy, okay, for 1,260 days.
00:37:16.42\00:37:23.35
They are clothed in sackcloth.
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Now John tried to
provide the identification
00:37:26.28\00:37:29.31
of these two
witnesses telling us,
00:37:29.34\00:37:31.30
these are the two olive
trees and the two lamp stands
00:37:31.33\00:37:35.50
that stand before
the Lord of the earth.
00:37:35.53\00:37:38.32
And if anyone
wants to harm them,
00:37:38.35\00:37:40.90
fire flows out of their
mouth and devours their enemies.
00:37:40.93\00:37:45.38
So if anyone wants to harm them,
00:37:45.41\00:37:48.30
he must be killed in this way.
00:37:48.33\00:37:51.12
This have the
power to shut up the sky,
00:37:51.15\00:37:53.87
so that the rain will
not fall during the days
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of their prophesying and they
have a power over the waters
00:37:56.79\00:38:00.60
to turn them into
blood and to strike the earth
00:38:00.63\00:38:05.17
with every plague as
often as they desire.
00:38:05.20\00:38:08.39
Please allow me to
stay for a few minutes
00:38:08.42\00:38:11.18
because in 3, these--how many?
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3, 4 verses we
have the identification
00:38:13.84\00:38:18.19
of these two witnesses.
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I'll just point few
things, two witnesses.
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What does come to your mind
00:38:24.61\00:38:25.98
when the word two witnesses
is read there in the Bible?
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If you go to the Old Testament,
00:38:33.81\00:38:38.31
for instance the
Book of Deuteronomy 19:15
00:38:38.34\00:38:41.93
will read that
the ancient Israel,
00:38:41.96\00:38:45.77
the judicial
system always functioned
00:38:45.80\00:38:48.25
on the testimony
of two witnesses.
00:38:48.28\00:38:51.42
Two or three witnesses.
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By the way, Jesus repeats
00:38:53.28\00:38:54.67
that rule in the
gospel of John 8:17.
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And you will find in the
gospel of Matthew Chapter 18,
00:38:58.64\00:39:01.42
Jesus talks when the church
is dealing with ailing brother
00:39:01.45\00:39:05.52
in the church, you have to look
00:39:05.55\00:39:07.80
for two or three
witnesses to help you
00:39:07.83\00:39:10.35
in working with that brother.
00:39:10.38\00:39:13.46
By the way, when
Jesus sent His disciples
00:39:13.49\00:39:15.41
to preach the
gospel, how did He do it?
00:39:15.44\00:39:18.05
He sent them two by two. Why?
00:39:18.08\00:39:21.46
Because the
preaching is credible
00:39:21.49\00:39:23.56
when you have two
witnesses to that gospel
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and that's why when you
read in the Book of Acts,
00:39:26.32\00:39:29.39
Apostle Paul never went
alone to preach the gospel.
00:39:29.42\00:39:31.87
Peter never
alone, they are always
00:39:31.90\00:39:33.71
two by two to preach the gospel.
00:39:33.74\00:39:35.36
You have to understand why?
00:39:35.39\00:39:36.82
Because in Jewish mind
00:39:36.85\00:39:38.37
when you have two
people giving testimony
00:39:38.40\00:39:40.57
to the same thing,
it has credibility.
00:39:40.60\00:39:44.15
So here you are dealing
here with the two witnesses.
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It says that they are
dressed in the sackcloth.
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In the Old
Testament, the sackcloth
00:39:51.29\00:39:55.09
is a regular dress
of the Israel prophets.
00:39:55.12\00:40:01.34
Notice that in
verse 10, if you read it,
00:40:01.37\00:40:06.00
these two witnesses
are called the prophets.
00:40:06.03\00:40:10.52
Furthermore, the sackcloth
is also the garment of mourning.
00:40:10.55\00:40:15.16
So the portrayal
of the two witnesses,
00:40:15.19\00:40:18.72
okay, is giving the testimony,
00:40:18.75\00:40:21.96
okay and
prophesying is sackcloth
00:40:21.99\00:40:25.51
during the prophetic
period of 1,260 days.
00:40:25.54\00:40:29.51
He's talking about the special
situation in which they are.
00:40:29.54\00:40:33.74
They are going through the
period of persecution, okay.
00:40:33.77\00:40:37.41
Difficult time for God's
people, as they are trying
00:40:37.44\00:40:42.15
to uphold the standard
of the Bible and to proclaim
00:40:42.18\00:40:45.41
the gospel message to the world.
00:40:45.44\00:40:47.82
Friends, it is here
the sackcloth give us
00:40:47.85\00:40:51.30
another aspect of that
bitter taste of that scroll
00:40:51.33\00:40:55.00
that john tasted in
Revelation Chapter 10.
00:40:55.03\00:40:59.75
Now John is giving us the clue
00:40:59.78\00:41:05.05
who actually
these two witnesses are.
00:41:05.08\00:41:07.87
And he is referring
00:41:07.90\00:41:10.49
to the Book of Zechariah 4:2
00:41:10.52\00:41:17.29
because the expression
that is found here in verse 4,
00:41:17.32\00:41:20.93
these are the two olive
trees and the two lampstands.
00:41:20.96\00:41:24.37
It goes back to
Zechariah, where Zechariah saw
00:41:24.40\00:41:28.52
two olive trees
and the two lampstands
00:41:28.55\00:41:31.51
standing before
the Lord of the earth.
00:41:31.54\00:41:35.40
John is using this
language from the Zechariah.
00:41:35.43\00:41:37.97
Pointing to the
book of Zechariah
00:41:38.00\00:41:41.72
because in
Zechariah the two olive trees,
00:41:41.75\00:41:45.32
they represented
the two anointed ones
00:41:45.35\00:41:48.60
in verse 14, Zechariah 4:14.
00:41:48.63\00:41:51.72
Standing by the
Lord of the earth
00:41:51.75\00:41:53.92
and who are those
two anointed ones?
00:41:53.95\00:41:56.27
This Joshua the high
priest and Zerubbabel
00:41:56.30\00:41:59.62
the governor of Judea.
00:41:59.65\00:42:01.31
They were two
anointed ones, okay.
00:42:01.34\00:42:04.81
So the activities of
these two witnesses resembles
00:42:04.84\00:42:11.20
the roles of
Joshua and Zerubbabel
00:42:11.23\00:42:13.87
in the Old Testament
because these two witnesses
00:42:13.90\00:42:17.57
are portrayed in
priestly and royal terms.
00:42:17.60\00:42:20.48
But there is something
more you cannot desert.
00:42:20.51\00:42:23.82
Please now you can be
with me in verses 6 and 7,
00:42:23.85\00:42:26.70
they said,
actually 5 and 6 sorry.
00:42:26.73\00:42:30.27
And if anyone
wants to harm them,
00:42:30.30\00:42:32.94
fire flows out of their
mouth and devours their enemies
00:42:32.97\00:42:38.07
and so if anyone
wants to harm them
00:42:38.10\00:42:40.25
he must be killed in this way.
00:42:40.28\00:42:45.86
What does suddenly come to
your mind as you read this text?
00:42:45.89\00:42:49.30
By the way, if you
gone to the Old Testament,
00:42:49.33\00:42:56.32
you'll probably
remember in 2 Kings 1:9-14,
00:42:56.35\00:43:02.74
when Elijah was
supposed to be arrested
00:43:02.77\00:43:06.60
by the evil king
Ahab and suddenly
00:43:06.63\00:43:10.03
a fire fell from
heaven, upon the soldiers
00:43:10.06\00:43:13.00
who came to arrest him.
00:43:13.03\00:43:14.77
So this is solution to Elijah.
00:43:14.80\00:43:16.34
But there is
much more in verse 6.
00:43:16.37\00:43:19.80
This have the
power to shut up the sky.
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.79
What does come to your mind?
00:43:22.82\00:43:24.73
Okay, let's go there.
00:43:24.76\00:43:26.13
So the terrain will not fall
00:43:26.16\00:43:27.88
during the days
of their prophesying.
00:43:27.91\00:43:29.96
Please what were the
days of their prophesying?
00:43:29.99\00:43:33.77
1, 260 days. How
long was the famine
00:43:33.80\00:43:37.09
in Israel during
the prophet Elijah?
00:43:37.12\00:43:41.59
It is 3 and 1/2
years, which is 1, 260 days.
00:43:41.62\00:43:46.52
Okay, what are we talking about.
00:43:46.55\00:43:48.50
There is much
more. Go to verse 6.
00:43:48.53\00:43:51.31
They have power over the waters
00:43:51.34\00:43:53.60
to turn them into the blood.
00:43:53.63\00:43:55.66
What does
suddenly come to your mind?
00:43:55.69\00:43:57.51
Moses in Exodus what
happened there in Egypt
00:43:57.54\00:44:01.42
and to strike the
earth with every plaque
00:44:01.45\00:44:05.38
as often as they desire.
00:44:05.41\00:44:07.02
What place are we
talking here about?
00:44:07.05\00:44:08.69
The place of Eqypt.
00:44:08.72\00:44:11.03
You see friends,
what we have here is,
00:44:11.06\00:44:13.52
that these two
witnesses are portrayed
00:44:13.55\00:44:17.46
after the images of Moses
and Elijah in the Old Testament.
00:44:17.49\00:44:24.29
What Moses and Elijah were doing
00:44:24.32\00:44:26.33
there in the spirit of God?
00:44:26.36\00:44:28.83
Trying to bring
unfaithful Israel back to God?
00:44:28.86\00:44:31.98
So these two witnesses
00:44:32.01\00:44:33.91
have the same characteristics
in the same spirit.
00:44:33.94\00:44:37.96
They're carrying the
witness through their gospel
00:44:37.99\00:44:39.48
during this
period of 1, 260 days.
00:44:39.51\00:44:43.44
That means to resemblance
to the role of Joshua
00:44:43.47\00:44:46.58
and Zerubbabel in the
rebuilding of the temple.
00:44:46.61\00:44:49.19
You remember we talked
about the temple in verse 1?
00:44:49.22\00:44:52.11
So now there is a question.
00:44:52.14\00:44:54.08
Who are the two witnesses?
00:44:54.11\00:44:57.22
And if you take
different commentators,
00:44:57.25\00:44:59.71
you will see how the
Bible commentators are divided.
00:44:59.74\00:45:02.98
What are the two possibilities?
00:45:03.01\00:45:06.65
There are really
two possibilities.
00:45:06.68\00:45:08.56
One is the two witnesses
represent God's people.
00:45:08.59\00:45:14.04
In the two-fold role as priest
and kings in the Old Testament.
00:45:14.07\00:45:21.03
The ones who carried the gospel.
00:45:21.06\00:45:24.42
However, there is
another possibility.
00:45:24.45\00:45:28.25
This is the history of
Seventh day Adventist Church
00:45:28.28\00:45:31.40
is that actually
these two witnesses
00:45:31.43\00:45:34.59
they stand a
symbol for the Bible.
00:45:34.62\00:45:38.24
Now the question is which one
of the two views are correct?
00:45:38.27\00:45:42.98
The answer is yes.
00:45:43.01\00:45:45.97
I believe that
the both views are--
00:45:46.00\00:45:49.72
By the way, if you
go later to the text,
00:45:49.75\00:45:52.54
you will see there that actually
00:45:52.57\00:45:56.34
it talks in verse 8,
00:45:56.37\00:46:00.91
"And their bodies" keep
in mind in my Bible says,
00:46:00.94\00:46:05.67
"And their bodies will lie in
the street of the great city."
00:46:05.70\00:46:08.82
By the way in Greek,
it says "And the body,"
00:46:08.85\00:46:11.16
keep in mind, you are
dealing with two entities
00:46:11.19\00:46:13.29
which actually makes one entity.
00:46:13.32\00:46:16.07
So now you ask the question,
how these two witnesses
00:46:16.10\00:46:19.24
can be both symbol of
God's people in the Bible.
00:46:19.27\00:46:22.05
Tell me what is the
Bible with the God's people.
00:46:22.08\00:46:25.82
The Bible itself will
not proclaim the gospel.
00:46:25.85\00:46:29.29
So I believe here, we
have a powerful testimony
00:46:29.32\00:46:31.48
of God's people with
the Bible in their hands.
00:46:31.51\00:46:35.07
Proclaiming the gospel, okay,
00:46:35.10\00:46:38.07
to the world and
preaching the gospel God wants
00:46:38.10\00:46:42.83
to reach people for Himself.
00:46:42.86\00:46:45.89
We're talking about
that powerful testimony
00:46:45.92\00:46:47.84
of the Bible being preached
during the dark middle Ages.
00:46:47.87\00:46:52.23
But then we move on.
00:46:52.26\00:46:54.01
In verses 8, no, verse 7 and 8,
00:46:54.04\00:47:01.07
we read, when
those two witnesses
00:47:01.10\00:47:03.40
have finished their testimony,
"The beast that comes up
00:47:03.43\00:47:06.86
out of the abyss
will make war with them
00:47:06.89\00:47:09.94
and overcome them and kill them
00:47:09.97\00:47:13.39
and their body will lie in
the street of the great city,
00:47:13.42\00:47:18.07
which mystically is
called Sodom in Egypt.
00:47:18.10\00:47:21.81
When also the Lord was crucified
and those from their peoples,
00:47:21.84\00:47:26.75
and tribes, and
tongues and nations
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.54
will look at their dead
body for 3 and 1/2 days.
00:47:28.57\00:47:32.52
And they will not permit their
dead body to be let in the tomb
00:47:32.55\00:47:36.92
and those who dwell on the
earth will rejoice over them
00:47:36.95\00:47:41.04
and celebrate and they
will send gifts to another
00:47:41.07\00:47:44.48
because these two
prophets tormented
00:47:44.51\00:47:47.77
those who dwell on the earth.
00:47:47.80\00:47:50.99
What will happen at the
end of these prophetic period
00:47:51.02\00:47:55.23
of prophesying of two witnesses?
00:47:55.26\00:47:58.10
It talks here about the beast
that will come out of the abyss.
00:47:58.13\00:48:04.79
You remember we
already mentioned in reference
00:48:04.82\00:48:07.19
to the fifth trumpet
that abyss is the place
00:48:07.22\00:48:09.99
where Satan and the
demons are locked up there,
00:48:10.02\00:48:14.18
after being
cast out from heaven.
00:48:14.21\00:48:18.35
So talking about the beast,
00:48:18.38\00:48:20.01
actually commissioned by Satan
00:48:20.04\00:48:23.14
and wages the war
against the witnesses.
00:48:23.17\00:48:27.31
And actually
kills the two witnesses.
00:48:27.34\00:48:32.01
And since that the
body of these two witnesses,
00:48:32.04\00:48:34.40
one body of the witnesses is
on the street of the great city,
00:48:34.43\00:48:41.13
exposed there and
that city mystically,
00:48:41.16\00:48:44.52
symbolically
called Sodom in Egypt.
00:48:44.55\00:48:47.69
When also their
Lord was crucified.
00:48:47.72\00:48:51.62
Let's first talk about the great
city in the Book of revelation.
00:48:51.65\00:48:54.50
There is one great city,
which is actually Babylon.
00:48:54.53\00:48:58.28
But if you go to
the Old Testament,
00:48:58.31\00:48:59.96
there are many great cities.
00:48:59.99\00:49:04.37
I will not list them now.
00:49:04.40\00:49:05.77
There are many of
them, but those great cities.
00:49:05.80\00:49:08.07
There is one
thing that characterizes
00:49:08.10\00:49:11.91
all those great cities.
00:49:11.94\00:49:13.31
And what is that?
00:49:13.34\00:49:14.71
They are always evolved
in persecuting God's people.
00:49:14.74\00:49:18.85
By the way, you'll notice that
a great city is mentioned here.
00:49:18.88\00:49:22.18
Hence the characteristic
of similar cities,
00:49:22.21\00:49:24.71
Sodom, okay, did you notice it?
00:49:24.74\00:49:29.81
So we are dealing
with city that really
00:49:29.84\00:49:32.42
is characterized
by the wickedness
00:49:32.45\00:49:34.45
and the moral
degradation of Sodom.
00:49:34.48\00:49:37.14
But also he said it's
called how else Egypt.
00:49:37.17\00:49:41.46
What was the
characteristic of Egypt?
00:49:41.49\00:49:42.98
Do you remember Pharaoh?
00:49:43.01\00:49:44.45
It's atheism.
00:49:44.48\00:49:46.80
Atheistic arrogance of Egypt.
00:49:46.83\00:49:48.55
Who is God that
I should obey him?
00:49:48.58\00:49:52.87
But there is also the third
characteristic of the city says,
00:49:52.90\00:49:55.85
then also their
Lord was crucified.
00:49:55.88\00:49:58.60
I am referring to verse 8.
00:49:58.63\00:50:00.76
Okay, so also the rebellious
condition of Jerusalem.
00:50:00.79\00:50:05.18
You see, you are dealing
00:50:05.21\00:50:06.58
here with
political entity because
00:50:06.61\00:50:08.22
in the Book of Revelation the
'b' stands for political power.
00:50:08.25\00:50:10.81
They means political
power that is wicked, okay.
00:50:10.84\00:50:17.88
That has
atheistic characteristics
00:50:17.91\00:50:22.17
and it's rebellious
against God and his system
00:50:22.20\00:50:24.86
like what happened to Jerusalem.
00:50:24.89\00:50:27.66
Now there is a question
that who is this entity?
00:50:27.69\00:50:30.87
And what is this entity?
00:50:30.90\00:50:32.36
Friends, there is
only one political entity
00:50:32.39\00:50:36.91
that fits the history.
00:50:36.94\00:50:38.69
Literally, made the
war with the religion,
00:50:38.72\00:50:41.70
with the church,
and with the Bible,
00:50:41.73\00:50:44.02
that fits the historical context
00:50:44.05\00:50:46.04
and that's French and
the French revolution.
00:50:46.07\00:50:51.03
That made the great effort
of the abolishment of the Bible.
00:50:51.06\00:50:56.14
And to replace the traditional
religion and the gospel message
00:50:56.17\00:51:01.35
with humanism,
atheistic stand, okay.
00:51:01.38\00:51:08.52
And making war to the Bible
and everything what is religion.
00:51:08.55\00:51:14.12
This prophecy of
Revelation Chapter 11
00:51:14.15\00:51:17.26
was actually,
accurately fulfilled
00:51:17.29\00:51:20.12
in the events of
French revolution.
00:51:20.15\00:51:23.32
And everything what
happened during the time
00:51:23.35\00:51:26.05
when really the
Bible was then done away
00:51:26.08\00:51:31.29
with that system
and the temple was made,
00:51:31.32\00:51:34.16
really to do away with the Bible
and the entire world rejoiced.
00:51:34.19\00:51:38.90
Unfortunately,
this is what happens
00:51:38.93\00:51:41.06
when people try to get rid off
00:51:41.09\00:51:44.59
of the religious
intolerance of the middle ages.
00:51:44.62\00:51:47.61
People step on the wrong ground
00:51:47.64\00:51:49.63
and then don't
doing with that problem.
00:51:49.66\00:51:52.21
They'll initially blame God.
00:51:52.24\00:51:54.45
They blame the Bible
00:51:54.48\00:51:56.28
and they blame
the gospel message.
00:51:56.31\00:51:58.28
And actually this is indeed
00:51:58.31\00:51:59.68
what happened with
events of French revolution
00:51:59.71\00:52:02.96
and causing the
events of the fifth
00:52:02.99\00:52:06.43
and the sixth trumpets,
actually that we've talked
00:52:06.46\00:52:08.65
in our two
previous lesson there.
00:52:08.68\00:52:11.92
And now it says, the conscious
of the people was calm now.
00:52:11.95\00:52:15.80
Because please pay
attention here something,
00:52:15.83\00:52:20.79
verse 9, no,
actually verse 10, it says
00:52:20.82\00:52:24.72
"And those could dwell on
the earth will rejoice over them
00:52:24.75\00:52:27.87
and celebrate and they
will send gifts to one another
00:52:27.90\00:52:31.10
because these two
prophets tormented
00:52:31.13\00:52:33.39
those who dwell on the earth."
00:52:33.42\00:52:35.05
Boy, in the Bible, last
people are very, very offended,
00:52:35.08\00:52:41.08
blamed for many bad situations,
when people find themselves.
00:52:41.11\00:52:48.02
And people think when
rid off with God's people,
00:52:48.05\00:52:53.96
they will rest
with their conscious
00:52:53.99\00:52:56.03
and they'll find the peace.
00:52:56.06\00:52:58.77
By the way, you will remember
when that famine was in Israel.
00:52:58.80\00:53:03.06
Remember Ahab when he
said to Elijah are you the one,
00:53:03.09\00:53:08.37
who is bringing
trouble to Israel.
00:53:08.40\00:53:10.71
It's very interesting
that people get into trouble
00:53:10.74\00:53:14.53
because they do
away with the gospel.
00:53:14.56\00:53:18.74
They turn away from God
and when they find themselves
00:53:18.77\00:53:22.28
into the trouble, who
are those to be blamed?
00:53:22.31\00:53:25.02
Those who are with the
God, it is always in history.
00:53:25.05\00:53:28.27
But very soon,
people have realized
00:53:28.30\00:53:30.99
they cannot do away with God.
00:53:31.02\00:53:34.86
You can kick out
God from your life.
00:53:34.89\00:53:38.29
You can put the
Bible into the flame.
00:53:38.32\00:53:40.92
You can try to
destroy everything
00:53:40.95\00:53:43.53
that even comes
close to religion,
00:53:43.56\00:53:45.61
but very soon, human beings
00:53:45.64\00:53:48.18
they must understand that
they cannot do away with God.
00:53:48.21\00:53:54.14
Actually this is what
exactly what happens here.
00:53:54.17\00:53:56.66
Because this
celebration and what happens
00:53:56.69\00:53:59.39
with events of
the French revolution,
00:53:59.42\00:54:01.15
did not last for too long.
00:54:01.18\00:54:03.17
Let's keep on, verse
11, I like the first word,
00:54:03.20\00:54:06.90
do you have the first word
it says 'but,' I like the 'but.'
00:54:06.93\00:54:11.13
By the way, my famous
sermon that I preached,
00:54:11.16\00:54:14.07
favorite sermon that I
preached is titled 'but.'
00:54:14.10\00:54:18.34
We're sinners, but
we're lost, but, we suffer,
00:54:18.37\00:54:25.42
but people try to
do away with the Bible,
00:54:25.45\00:54:28.04
the religion, but, let's read,
00:54:28.07\00:54:29.92
"But after the
three and half days,
00:54:29.95\00:54:32.15
the breath of life
from God came into them
00:54:32.18\00:54:35.22
and they stood on their feet
and great fear fell upon those
00:54:35.25\00:54:39.59
who were watching them
and they heard a loud voice
00:54:39.62\00:54:42.48
from heaven saying
to the come up here.
00:54:42.51\00:54:45.45
And they went up
into heaven in the cloud
00:54:45.48\00:54:48.51
and their enemies watched them.
00:54:48.54\00:54:50.70
In that hour there
was a great earthquake,
00:54:50.73\00:54:53.52
and a tenth of the city
fell, seven thousand people
00:54:53.55\00:54:56.72
were killed in the earthquake,
and the rest were terrified
00:54:56.75\00:55:00.11
and gave glory to
the God of heaven."
00:55:00.14\00:55:03.44
The second war is passed.
00:55:03.47\00:55:05.80
Behold, the third
war, is coming soon.
00:55:05.83\00:55:11.55
After three-and half
days, God breathes life
00:55:11.58\00:55:15.21
into the witnesses
and resurrects them.
00:55:15.24\00:55:18.00
Of course, this is
strong illusion to Genesis 2:7,
00:55:18.03\00:55:23.00
when God created Adam.
00:55:23.03\00:55:24.97
And the whole
scene reminds that valley
00:55:25.00\00:55:28.70
with the dry bones in the vision
of Book of Ezekiel Chapter 37.
00:55:28.73\00:55:34.74
People thought,
they have done away
00:55:34.77\00:55:37.84
with those two witnesses.
00:55:37.87\00:55:39.66
They have done
away with the Bible
00:55:39.69\00:55:41.60
and silenced the witness
that tormented their conscious.
00:55:41.63\00:55:45.95
How were the word
of God always shines?
00:55:45.98\00:55:49.04
And then the
sight of their enemies
00:55:49.07\00:55:51.44
the resurrected
witnesses are miraculously
00:55:51.47\00:55:54.27
taken to heaven on the cloud.
00:55:54.30\00:55:56.50
This is the dissertation
of the two witnesses, okay.
00:55:56.53\00:56:00.88
From the humiliated
previous humiliated situation,
00:56:00.91\00:56:04.59
adds to the terror experience
by the earth dwellers.
00:56:04.62\00:56:08.58
Friends,
historically one of the outcomes
00:56:08.61\00:56:11.57
of French revolution was a great
revival interest of the Bible.
00:56:11.60\00:56:15.28
It's very interesting.
00:56:15.31\00:56:17.10
This is what Satan tried to
do, but God always triumphs.
00:56:17.13\00:56:24.20
And the great
interest resulted in that
00:56:24.23\00:56:28.50
that we have the establishment
00:56:28.53\00:56:30.49
of the great Bible societies
00:56:30.52\00:56:33.30
led to two different
missionary movements.
00:56:33.33\00:56:37.59
Organized simply for
one and the same purpose
00:56:37.62\00:56:41.33
to take the Bible
and the gospel message
00:56:41.36\00:56:44.07
and to proclaim it to the world.
00:56:44.10\00:56:46.05
All of these we
have the following
00:56:46.08\00:56:47.64
the dark middle ages
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.10
and the events of
French revolution.
00:56:49.13\00:56:51.85
The two witnesses
thus came back to life.
00:56:51.88\00:56:54.74
The stage was set for the wide
spread preaching of the gospel.
00:56:54.77\00:56:58.24
It's talking about
7000 people who were killed,
00:56:58.27\00:57:02.23
but says, but there are other
people who really repented.
00:57:02.26\00:57:07.37
We are dealing here with a
small part of that great city
00:57:07.40\00:57:11.65
that we came to recognize God.
00:57:11.68\00:57:13.96
By the way, this
leaves to the conclusion
00:57:13.99\00:57:17.75
is that the time of the
end, even though Satan wanted
00:57:17.78\00:57:20.76
to prevent the
preaching of the gospel.
00:57:20.79\00:57:22.59
At the time of the
end, God will triumph
00:57:22.62\00:57:24.92
because according
to Revelation 14: 7,
00:57:24.95\00:57:28.11
there'll be one more time
that the great proclamation
00:57:28.15\00:57:30.83
of the gospel
message out to the world.
00:57:30.86\00:57:33.63