Thank you and good
evening ladies and gentlemen,
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to each and every.
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A special welcome to my friends.
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The Blue Mountain
boys and girls are here.
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Remember that story I
made up about playing and
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singing in the band?
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Here's the proof
right here tonight.
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It's good to see all of you.
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Are you ready to travel?
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A few evenings back, I had a
little quiz if you'll recall.
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I said we're going to go
to the city that's said to be
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the most
romantic in all the world.
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And several of you said
Paris. You remember that?
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And I said, "No, not
Paris but rather Venice. "
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Well tonight, we're
going to go to Paris.
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The Kingston Trio sang it, I
suppose, for all of us and best,
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when they sang, "A
young man goes to Paris,
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as every young man should.
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For something in the Paris
air does a young man good. "
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This city, like the major
cities of the world, is born on
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the banks of a river.
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Here, of course,
it's the river Seine.
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And we, oft times,
would pronounce it "sane".
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No matter how you say it, it
means, "the fisherman's net".
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That which he catches fish in.
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On the banks of the
Seine is the chief identifying
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feature of this city.
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That is the Eiffel Tower.
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The Eiffel Tower was
built for the World Exposition
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that was held here at the
turn of the prior century.
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About 1898 or
1900, right in then,
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this the Eiffel Tower was built.
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And when the thing
was built, the folks just
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had a fit about it.
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The locals
denigrated it, they put it down.
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And they protested
regarding the thing.
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They said, "Our city is
a city of wide streets and
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lovely
boulevards, beautiful statues.
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And here you build
this iron skeleton in the
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midst of all of it.
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Tear it down. "
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And now they're more
proud of it than any other
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single feature, I
think, in the whole city.
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For those of you with an
engineering background and
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interest, it is what is known
as a perpendicular cantilever.
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Now that, to me, sounds
like a contradiction of terms.
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But in any event,
that's what it is.
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And at the top of it...
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And by the way, when
you go to the top, you're up
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nearly a thousand feet high.
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I was up there once.
I'm never going again.
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The breeze was blowing
and that thing was going
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back and forth like this.
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And I didn't have my
sea legs and besides that,
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I'm afraid of heights.
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I sometimes fear I
shall fall from here.
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Atop that, there's a restaurant
at the very top of it,
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at about the 800
or 850 foot level.
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And then there are towers
that go up another 200 feet.
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And atop those towers
are the lights of warning.
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And there are television
antennas and radio things
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and all like that.
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And some poor guy has to
go up there every other day
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to check the bulbs
and polish the lenses.
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I'm glad that's not my job.
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Couldn't do it.
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I just couldn't do it.
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Well, there are
many other things to see.
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I want you now to take a
look at this city from an
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aerial vantage point.
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The city was born on
an island in the middle
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of the river
Seine, a natural island.
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And this city
today is divided by that.
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When you look upstream of
the island, it is then divided
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right bank and left bank.
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And you've heard them talk about
the city of Paris that way.
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The artists, you know, the
sculptures and the painters.
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They're left bank people.
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And the folks from Idaho,
they put over on the right bank.
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Well, there is one thing
here that folks come to see
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on the island, largely,
and that is this lovely,
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lovely gothic cathedral.
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Many say, and I think I
would agree, that it's the most
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lovely gothic
cathedral in the world.
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Notre-Dame de Paris.
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We simply say Notre Dame.
The Cathedral of Notre Dame.
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Our Lady of Paris.
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And every time I see this
picture, my mind goes back
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to that movie that I saw
when I was a bit younger.
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"The Hunchback of Notre
Dame" Do you remember him?
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Old Quasimodo lived up
in there amongst the bells.
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And he wasn't very pretty but
he was kind and sweet and good.
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And he saved that
street girl, you know.
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Hid her up there from the
revolutionary mobs and all.
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And then, finally,
he fell from a gargoyle
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at the end of the story.
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That movie has been made on at
least four separate occasions.
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And from time to
time someone will ask me,
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"Which is your favorite?"
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And I still like
the Lon Chaney one best.
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I think it's nearer to the
facts and nearer to history.
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And so that's
my favorite of all.
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We're going to talk
more about the gargoyles
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in just a little bit.
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But before we do that,
let me just tell you this.
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When I was here, there
was a man that was arrested
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when he came down from
the top of those towers.
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You can go up the stairway
and go in and amongst the bells.
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You don't want to be there
when the bells strike the hour
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because your ears
are going to ring.
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But this guy had a knack for
walking a tight rope or a wire.
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And he had
sneaked up there somehow.
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Under the cover of
darkness, I don't know.
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But he got his cable with
him and somehow he stretched
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it between those
towers and tied it off.
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And then when the crowd
was gathered by the hundreds
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down here in front of
the cathedral, he walked
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between those two towers.
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Up there about 300 feet high,
I think, or something like that.
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Well, he paid his fine but
he had his 15 minutes of fame.
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Now I want you, from across
the banks of the Seine River,
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to have a look at this cathedral
because this is said to be the
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finest example of the flying
buttress style of architecture.
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A flying buttress is
nothing more or less than an arm
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that has a foundation
several feet out and away from
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the wall of the church.
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And that arm reaches up and
supports the wall just below
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where the roof sits atop.
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And when you support the
roof in that way, you can leave
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vast openings in the
wall and fill those openings
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with stained glass.
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And that they have done here.
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Oh and by the way, if ever you
go to Paris in the summer time
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or when the weather's really
nice, take a boat ride at sunset
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down the river Seine
and they have a program.
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Lights flash on the buildings
and the loud speakers tell you
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the story and give
the history behind it all.
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And I found it very
relaxing as well as informative.
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The flying buttresses of
the Cathedral of Notre Dame.
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This, for your interest sake by
the way, was completed in 1193.
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That's been a while back, huh.
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Still standing strong.
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Well from the top, we
look upstream and we see
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where the river forks,
right bank and left bank, and
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we see the tour boats coming
down and it's a good ride.
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Now in front of the cathedral
itself, there are folks
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by the dozens,
sometimes by the hundreds.
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And of course
everyone has a camera or two.
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But many have
easel's with drawing pads.
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Maybe they're doing chalk
work, maybe it's pencil drawing.
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Or maybe it is watercolor
or oil or something else.
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But they're painting the
facade, the front of the church
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because it is such a beautiful,
beautiful thing to see.
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And we're going to
begin to look at it right now.
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Above the doors of
entry, there is kings row.
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There they are.
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They stand about 18 feet high.
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Each has a crown on his
head and a scepter in his hand.
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And during the French
Revolution, an angry mob
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scaled the wall.
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And men vented their anger
by putting ropes around the
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necks of those statues
and pulling them down and
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smashing them to pieces.
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And when they were
asked, "Why did you do that?"
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they said, "Because we
want to show our anger and our
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disrespect for the kings of
France who've sold us out. "
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And then it was explained to
the mob that these statues never
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symbolized the kings of
France, but the Bible kings
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from the time of Saul and David,
right down to the time of Jesus.
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Well fortunately,
they've been beautifully
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replaced and restored.
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But it is indeed one of
the most beautifully carved
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facades that I have ever seen.
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Now to give you a little
bit of a feel for the size,
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way up at the top of the
screen there is kings row.
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Right up there.
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And down here, the entry doors.
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And then way at the bottom
of the screen, there are the
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heads of the people.
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Now between the doors of
entry, there is a carving
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of Jesus done in marble.
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And on either side then,
six of His disciple apostles.
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I want to take you inside but
first a close up, if you'd like,
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of those
beautiful marble carvings.
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And again, you just have
to sort of pinch yourself
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to be reminded that this
is done hundreds of years ago
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by men with crude tools,
by our measurements today.
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Hammers and
chisels in their hands.
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I think they did a good job.
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Well, here they are
on either side of Jesus
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there in the very middle, and
all kinds of other Bible stories
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carved beneath them.
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You recall that we have
said on more than one occasion
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that these great cathedrals
were built during the dark ages
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when folks were
largely illiterate.
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But if they were able to read
or write, they couldn't read the
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Bible, for Bibles were literally
chained to monastery desks.
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And so, in order to
teach them the Bible stories
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that they were
permitted to hear and know,
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they would decorate
the churches with a statue,
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with a
monument, with a painting,
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with a stained glass window, or
some other illustrative device,
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and then take the folks on
tours throughout the cathedrals
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or around the exterior as
in this case and tell them
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the Bible stories
that go along with it.
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Now, we're ready
then to step inside.
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Through the entry door,
you're greeted by the Madonna.
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She, after whom
the cathedral is named,
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Our Lady of Paris, with
the baby Jesus in her arms.
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Now, we have also on
prior occasions said that a
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true cathedral must be
built in the shape of a cross.
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Were the folks are seated for
worship, that is the main nave.
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And then at the high altar,
there is a wing that goes out
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on either side and
that's the transept.
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And then behind that, a
little alcove called the apse.
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And so, we're ready then
to look down the main nave.
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I've forgotten how
many folks they say they can
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comfortably seat in here,
but hundreds and hundreds,
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if not a few
thousand as I recall now.
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And in the apse, there you
see some stained glass windows.
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But the windows that most folk
come to see are in the transept
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and we're going
to look at those.
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But before we do that,
let me remind you again
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of the style of the gothic.
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It is slender and delicate
and spaghetti like as opposed
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to the Romanesque
which has broad columns and
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big arches and all of that.
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The basic difference
between the two styles.
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Alright.
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Now, there is a story
here in this painting that I
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want to share with you tonight.
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For hundreds and hundreds
of years, when a king or queen
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of Europe was coronated,
the Pope would come from Rome
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and he would be given
the crown of coronation.
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And at exactly the right moment
after the bands had played
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and all of the rest, he
would walk down the center aisle
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of the nave carrying
in his hands the crown,
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he would step up to the
high altar, and then he would
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reach out and place it upon the
head of the king or the queen.
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And that was to show the
king, the world or whomever,
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that the church, the leader of
the church, was above the king.
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And it was like that, ladies
and gentlemen, for 1260 years.
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From about 538 to 1798 when
Napoleon put an end to it all
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as we're going
to talk right now.
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So it's time for the coronation
of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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He was small in stature but
he was a giant in his own mind.
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Or someone said, a
legend in his own mind.
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He stood only about, let's see,
about 4 feet and 11.5 inches
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in his high healed boots.
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And here's something else you're
going to enjoy about Napoleon.
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When his picture was painted,
when his portrait was made,
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he always, always
wore a three piece suit,
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he always wore a vest.
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And he tucked his hand
inside his vest like this.
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And you've seen pictures
like that, haven't you now.
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Well, I've done a little bit
of research and I can tell you
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why he always wore the vest.
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He had a little pot belly
and he thought that the vest
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would help hide it.
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Cruel, Ron.
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These people are cruel.
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Alright then.
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So let me finish this story now.
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Let's get back to reality.
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Here comes the
Pope down the aisle,
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he's carrying the crown,
he comes up the high altar,
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steps up and reaches out
to place the crown on the head
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of Napoleon, and at that instant
Napoleon snatched the crown
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from the hand of the Pope
and put it upon his own head
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to say to the church and
to France and to the world,
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"No one is worthy to crown
Napoleon except Napoleon. "
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And shortly afterward, he
would make the Pope a captive.
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And we're going to go out
to the Palace of Fontainebleau
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tomorrow night, by
the way, in our travel.
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We're going to go to
Fontainebleau and we're
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going to walk through the
suite of rooms where the Pope
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was made a captive.
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So be sure to be here
on time to travel with me.
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And so history has been made
here in so many different ways.
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But none, I think, more
fascinating than at the time
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of the coronation
of Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Now we're going to begin
to walk around the high altar.
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And it's covered, up at about
the 15 foot level, with carvings
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that have been painted with
oil paints and then much of it
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encrusted with gold leaf.
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And here, Bible
stories are told.
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We'll begin over at the extreme
left because this is where
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the story begins.
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Here, we see Herod the Great.
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He has a scepter
and he has a crown.
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And he's giving an order to
his armies of the Roman legions.
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They're to go to Bethlehem
and destroy the little baby boys
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two years of age and younger.
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But the holy family has
been warned and there go
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Joseph and Mary.
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Joseph's leading the
little burro and there's Mary
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and the baby Jesus in her arms.
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They're going to go down to
Egypt for a couple of years.
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We move on around to
the opposite side and we
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come to the end of
the ministry of Jesus.
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And we see His triumphal entry
into the city of Jerusalem.
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And the folks are throwing their
coats before Him and laying
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palm fronds in front of
His little animal there.
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And then finally, we
find Him in the upper room
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washing the feet of His
disciples and then sharing
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with them the Lord's supper.
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A spiritual washing before the
eating of that spiritual meal.
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And so again, further evidence
of the way folks were taught
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the Bible stories
from the decorations
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in and around the cathedrals.
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Now, I told you we were
going to enjoy the beauty
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of the rose windows.
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Here they are.
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Those frames, ladies
and gentlemen, are about
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28 feet in diameter.
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And every single frame
tells a different Bible story.
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This one and
this one and this one,
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and these down beneath them.
00:17:30.75\00:17:33.21
And now we can easily
see the advantage of that
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flying buttress so they
can leave the wall empty
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and fill it with
beautiful stain glass.
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This is the west rose window
and the one on the opposite side
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is like it, only
different in that it tells
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different Bible stories.
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You can imagine the folks being
brought here, can't you now.
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And the pastors pointing
out this frame and telling them
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the Bible story and explaining
the next and the next,
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and right on down the line.
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I was privileged to
go inside the treasury.
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You cannot go without
armed guards accompanying you
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at any time and
rarely can a person go.
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But with special
permission and asking in advance
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we were granted the
ability, four of us, to go
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inside the treasury.
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And I think there were 4 or
5 armed guards for each of us.
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And so we made quite a group.
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But inside the
treasury there are scores,
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ladies and gentlemen,
of crucifixes and little
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altars of incense, and
other relics that are pure gold.
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Pure solid gold.
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The wealth of the
church of Rome is inestimable.
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Really it is.
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The bank of Rome, the
Vatican Bank, is I suppose,
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if not the most wealthy
bank in all of the world...
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We're going to go again
to Rome in a few evenings
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and I may forget
so I'll tell you now.
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But, the Vatican owns all
of the utilities in the whole
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of the city of Rome.
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All of the lights, all of the
water, all of the sewer system,
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all of the gas, and that sort
of thing is owned by the church.
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And so it's quite obvious
that they have a nice income.
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And we see just a little
bit of the evidence of it here.
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Now, we're up atop the cathedral
and we're standing beside
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the gargoyle from which
Quasimodo fell in the movie.
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My son Troy was with
me. He's our youngest.
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And Peggy stayed
down at the ground level.
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She was still admiring some
of the marble carvings and all.
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But we climbed the
staircase and went up and in and
00:19:49.49\00:19:52.32
amongst and through the bells.
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And then we came
over beside this gargoyle.
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And we each had
a camera with us.
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And I stood up against this
gargoyle and I said to my son,
00:20:03.16\00:20:06.74
"Troy, if you don't
mind, take my picture. "
00:20:06.77\00:20:10.21
And he picked up his
camera and focused and had his
00:20:11.84\00:20:16.74
hand on the trigger.
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And then he put it down.
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And he said, "Dad, what do you
plan to do with this picture?"
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And I said, "Well, I
don't know for sure. "
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I said, "I suppose it
depends a little bit on how it
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turns out and all. "
00:20:34.59\00:20:35.98
Troy said, "You weren't thinking
about putting it in your
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travel log, where you?"
00:20:39.41\00:20:40.59
And I said, "Well to be
honest, the thought had come
00:20:42.40\00:20:44.86
across my mind alright. "
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"No way," he
said. "No picture. "
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"Why," I asked him.
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He said, "Because you're
going to confuse the folks.
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That's why. "
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I want to thank you
for traveling with me.
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And now to our
subject of the evening.
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The Hour of God's Judgment.
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Please open your Bibles
to Revelation chapter 14.
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We've alluded to this passage
on several prior occasions
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and must begin with it tonight.
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Revelation chapter 14 carries
within it those three very
00:21:18.89\00:21:23.52
special messages to
the terminal generation
00:21:23.55\00:21:25.80
by the three angels,
those three messengers
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sent from God's throne.
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And I'm going to
begin to read now at verse 6
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and ask you to follow carefully.
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We'll read verses 6 and 7.
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Revelation chapter 14,
beginning with verse 6.
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"I saw then another angel flying
in the midst of heaven and he
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had the everlasting
gospel to preach to those
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that dwell upon the earth;
to every nation and kindred
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and tongue and people. "
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That takes our minds
back, doesn't it, to our
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study last night.
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The final command of
Jesus from Matthew chapter 28
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where He said to His disciples
to go to the whole world
00:21:58.65\00:22:00.87
and take the gospel.
00:22:00.90\00:22:02.79
"And he that believes
and is baptized, the same
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shall be saved. "
00:22:05.03\00:22:06.00
And so we see a
connection here again tonight.
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This is a message that's
to go to the whole world.
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This is the good news
about Jesus and about the
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righteousness of God.
00:22:13.95\00:22:15.31
This must be
preached to the whole world,
00:22:16.38\00:22:18.59
to every man that
dwells upon the earth;
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every nation and
kindred and tongue and people.
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And then verse 7, "And He said
with a loud voice, 'Fear God. '"
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Now, if you have a newer
translation, something different
00:22:28.11\00:22:31.47
from the King James, it very
likely says, "Reverence God"
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or "Honor God. "
00:22:35.29\00:22:36.56
It doesn't mean to
be afraid God at all,
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but rather to reverence God.
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"Reverence God and give
Him glory, for the hour of
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His judgment is come.
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And worship He who made
the heaven and the earth
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and the sea and the
fountains of water. "
00:22:51.12\00:22:52.85
Now I want you to know
that there are two things here
00:22:52.88\00:22:55.35
that go together hand in glove.
00:22:55.38\00:22:57.71
One of them is this
special message about the
00:22:57.74\00:23:00.48
judgment hour of God.
00:23:00.51\00:23:01.97
And together with that, really,
locked tightly to it is this
00:23:02.00\00:23:06.44
idea of
returning to the Creator,
00:23:06.47\00:23:10.63
the worship of the
Creator, He who made the heavens
00:23:10.66\00:23:12.84
and the earth
and all of the rest.
00:23:12.87\00:23:14.48
You remember when about 3
evenings ago we talked about
00:23:14.51\00:23:17.29
the origin of the Saturday
Sabbath and how it was a
00:23:17.32\00:23:21.01
memorial to the
creative power of God?
00:23:21.04\00:23:23.13
It was a monument made out
of time where a family could
00:23:23.51\00:23:27.02
come together and be
reminded down through the ages
00:23:27.05\00:23:29.87
that we're not the
result of an accident, from a
00:23:29.90\00:23:32.15
primeval pool, but
rather we have come from the
00:23:32.19\00:23:34.41
creative hand of God almighty.
00:23:34.44\00:23:36.53
And so, here then is this
special messenger with this
00:23:36.56\00:23:39.33
special message announcing
the judgment hour of God
00:23:39.36\00:23:42.38
is begun and turn
your minds back toward the
00:23:42.41\00:23:46.33
creatorship of Jesus.
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Remember His day of creation.
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That's implicit
within it as well.
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Our message tonight,
ladies and gentlemen,
00:23:51.80\00:23:53.74
has been designed really by God
to answer a number of questions.
00:23:53.77\00:23:57.88
Questions that I'm asked nearly
every week in my ministry.
00:23:57.91\00:24:01.25
Questions like these.
00:24:01.28\00:24:02.78
"Lyle, where did this
Saturday business originate?
00:24:03.56\00:24:08.68
I mean, I've been in church all
my life and my great granddaddy
00:24:08.71\00:24:12.53
was a preacher and I've
never heard much about it
00:24:12.56\00:24:15.64
until fairly lately.
00:24:15.67\00:24:16.99
Why? Why was that?
00:24:17.02\00:24:18.17
Why didn't Martin Luther
shout it from the rooftop
00:24:18.20\00:24:20.82
and begin to keep
the Saturday Sabbath?
00:24:20.85\00:24:23.19
Why?
00:24:23.22\00:24:24.45
Why is it such a Johnny
come lately sort of a notion?"
00:24:24.48\00:24:27.52
And then this second question.
00:24:27.55\00:24:29.40
Where and when and how
did the Seventh-day Adventist
00:24:29.43\00:24:33.13
church originate?
00:24:33.16\00:24:34.91
And I'm asked that question
more and more often recently
00:24:34.94\00:24:38.25
because the Seventh-day
Adventist church today,
00:24:38.28\00:24:40.37
ladies and gentlemen,
is the fastest growing
00:24:40.40\00:24:42.41
Protestant church
in all of the world.
00:24:42.44\00:24:44.55
And if time allows, we
shall say more about that
00:24:44.58\00:24:46.68
before we conclude.
00:24:46.71\00:24:48.45
And so we going to, in
our Bibles tonight, find the
00:24:49.63\00:24:52.52
answers to these questions.
00:24:52.55\00:24:53.86
But before we read
more from the Revelation,
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.61
let's go back to the Psalms.
00:24:56.64\00:24:57.81
Leave a book mark
here at Revelation.
00:24:57.84\00:25:00.24
Turn back to chapter 10
and 11, leave your mark there.
00:25:00.27\00:25:04.48
And then we shall go
together to the Psalms.
00:25:04.51\00:25:07.68
I want to read to you a
verse from Psalm number 20
00:25:07.71\00:25:10.98
that's very fitting.
00:25:11.01\00:25:11.98
At least in my mind
tonight and I think it shall be
00:25:12.00\00:25:14.07
to yours as well.
00:25:14.10\00:25:15.07
Just before the Proverb.
00:25:15.08\00:25:17.82
Job and Psalms
and then the Proverbs.
00:25:17.85\00:25:20.27
Chapter 20 verses 1 and 2.
00:25:20.30\00:25:23.53
Psalm number 20 verses 1 and 2.
00:25:24.60\00:25:28.52
Psalm 20 verse 1.
00:25:30.73\00:25:32.19
"May the Lord hear
you in the day of trouble,
00:25:34.89\00:25:37.75
and may the name of the
Lord God of Jacob defend you. "
00:25:39.11\00:25:42.53
And then this next
verse. Listen carefully.
00:25:42.56\00:25:45.70
"And send you help from... "
00:25:45.73\00:25:47.94
Now you tell me what
it says in your Bible.
00:25:47.97\00:25:49.79
Send us help from where now?
00:25:49.82\00:25:51.18
There it is, "... send
us help from the sanctuary
00:25:51.56\00:25:55.33
and strengthen
you out of Zion. "
00:25:55.36\00:25:57.70
Send us help,
Lord, from the sanctuary.
00:25:57.73\00:26:00.35
Tonight we're going to study
the sanctuary and we're going to
00:26:00.38\00:26:03.81
share together the
beauty of its teaching.
00:26:03.84\00:26:06.28
And we're going to see in it the
love of God and the great love
00:26:06.31\00:26:10.00
of our Father as well.
00:26:10.03\00:26:11.91
I want you now then to go with
me to Revelation chapter 10.
00:26:11.94\00:26:15.81
I'm going to read the entirety
of that chapter, and then
00:26:16.82\00:26:18.78
as time allows, several verses
from the 11th chapter as well.
00:26:18.81\00:26:22.02
And while we're turning
back to Revelation chapter 10,
00:26:22.05\00:26:25.22
let's be reminded, as
we have on prior evenings,
00:26:25.25\00:26:28.26
that much of the book
of Revelation is symbolic.
00:26:28.29\00:26:30.54
In fact, I think it's safe
to say that most of the book
00:26:30.57\00:26:33.60
of Revelation is
written in terms of symbols.
00:26:33.63\00:26:37.17
And there was a
reason for that, of course.
00:26:37.20\00:26:39.05
The Bible was protected
from its enemies who couldn't
00:26:39.08\00:26:42.46
understand the
symbolisms, you see.
00:26:42.49\00:26:44.95
So God saved the information,
couched the information
00:26:45.46\00:26:48.71
in symbols so that we
who live in the last day,
00:26:48.74\00:26:52.21
the terminal generation, could
be blessed by the information
00:26:52.24\00:26:55.64
and the Revelation not be
destroyed by those who are
00:26:55.67\00:26:59.01
described symbolically in it.
00:26:59.04\00:27:01.49
Alright, chapter
10. Symbolic indeed.
00:27:01.52\00:27:05.14
And we're going to
begin with the first verse.
00:27:05.17\00:27:06.84
John in this vision
says, "I saw a might angel
00:27:07.30\00:27:09.96
come down from heaven.
00:27:09.99\00:27:11.26
He was clothed with a cloud and
he had a rainbow upon his head.
00:27:11.29\00:27:15.21
His face was like the
sun and his feet were like
00:27:15.24\00:27:18.72
pillars of fire.
00:27:18.75\00:27:19.99
And he had in his hand a
little book that was... "
00:27:20.02\00:27:23.29
Now you tell me what it says.
00:27:23.32\00:27:24.84
What does it tell us
about this little book?
00:27:24.87\00:27:26.36
It was open.
00:27:26.94\00:27:27.91
We're going to notice that
again and again in this passage.
00:27:27.92\00:27:30.37
And because of the emphasis
upon the little book being open,
00:27:30.40\00:27:33.78
we can know that at one
time, or some time or another,
00:27:33.81\00:27:36.91
the little book was closed.
00:27:36.94\00:27:38.84
But this angel
now has in his hand,
00:27:38.87\00:27:41.04
a little book that is open.
00:27:41.07\00:27:42.78
"The angel put his right
foot upon the sea and his
00:27:43.77\00:27:45.60
left upon the earth and
he cried with a loud voice
00:27:45.63\00:27:47.57
like when a lion roars.
00:27:47.60\00:27:48.62
And when he cried,
the seven thunders began
00:27:48.65\00:27:50.84
to utter their voices.
00:27:50.87\00:27:51.84
And when the seven
thunders uttered their voices,
00:27:51.85\00:27:54.23
I was about to write.
00:27:54.26\00:27:56.48
And then I heard a
voice from heaven that said,
00:27:59.25\00:28:00.76
'Seal up the things which
the seven thunders have uttered
00:28:00.79\00:28:03.32
and do not write them.
00:28:03.35\00:28:04.72
Don't write it John, not yet. '
00:28:05.70\00:28:07.40
And then the angel that
I saw standing upon the sea
00:28:07.43\00:28:11.41
and upon the earth
lifted up his hand toward heaven
00:28:11.44\00:28:13.59
and swore by Him who
lives forever and ever,
00:28:13.62\00:28:15.37
who created the heavens
and the things there in,
00:28:15.40\00:28:17.08
the earth and the
things that are there in,
00:28:17.11\00:28:18.14
the sea and the
things that are there in,
00:28:18.17\00:28:19.93
that time should be
no longer, no more time.
00:28:19.96\00:28:24.56
But in the days of the
voice of the seventh angel,
00:28:26.96\00:28:29.07
when he begins to sound, the
mystery of God would be finished
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.97
as He's declared to
His servants the prophets.
00:28:32.00\00:28:34.01
Then the voice that I heard
from heaven spoke to me again
00:28:34.40\00:28:37.71
and said, 'Go and take the
little book that is now open
00:28:37.74\00:28:40.82
in the hand of the
angel, the one that stands
00:28:40.85\00:28:42.68
upon the sea and
upon the earth. '
00:28:42.71\00:28:43.79
And I went to that
angel and I said to him,
00:28:43.82\00:28:45.38
'Give me that little book. '
00:28:45.41\00:28:47.29
And he said,
'Take it and eat it up.
00:28:47.32\00:28:50.97
And it'll be, in your
mouth, as sweet as honey
00:28:51.00\00:28:53.91
but it will make
your belly bitter. '
00:28:53.94\00:28:56.19
And so I took the little
book from the hand of the angel
00:28:56.22\00:28:58.41
and I did eat it up.
00:28:58.44\00:28:59.49
And it was, in my
mouth, as sweet as honey.
00:28:59.52\00:29:02.00
But as soon as I had
eaten, my belly was bitter.
00:29:02.03\00:29:06.46
And then he said to me,
'You must prophesy again
00:29:07.55\00:29:12.73
before many nations and tongues
and peoples and kings. '"
00:29:12.76\00:29:19.34
Alright, now let's
make some basic review here.
00:29:19.37\00:29:22.10
It's fascinating,
this symbolic information.
00:29:22.13\00:29:25.09
The whole experience
revolves itself, gathers itself
00:29:25.84\00:29:29.18
around this little book.
00:29:29.21\00:29:30.19
And every time we see
the angel, we see the book.
00:29:30.22\00:29:32.95
And four time we're told
that it is indeed a little book.
00:29:32.98\00:29:35.74
And twice we're told
that the book is open.
00:29:35.77\00:29:38.30
And once we're told
the nature of the book.
00:29:38.33\00:29:40.42
It is the book of prophesy.
00:29:40.45\00:29:42.25
"Thou must prophesy again. "
00:29:42.28\00:29:45.67
Now this question comes
to us, naturally really.
00:29:47.43\00:29:50.88
Where in the stream of
time would this prophesy
00:29:51.48\00:29:54.33
regarding the little
book find a fulfillment?
00:29:54.36\00:29:57.11
Our very first night
together, we said that prophesy
00:29:57.14\00:30:00.57
is history written in advance.
00:30:00.60\00:30:02.21
It's God pulling aside
the veil that hides the future
00:30:02.24\00:30:05.31
and giving us a
glimpse into what's out there
00:30:05.34\00:30:07.61
so we can make preparation.
00:30:07.64\00:30:09.22
And on the other
hand, history is the mirror
00:30:09.25\00:30:11.96
reflection of prophesy.
00:30:11.99\00:30:13.33
It is prophesy fulfilled.
00:30:13.36\00:30:14.75
And prophesy and history go
together like identical twins.
00:30:14.78\00:30:19.56
Thus then the question,
where in the stream of time
00:30:19.59\00:30:23.82
would this
prophesy become history?
00:30:23.85\00:30:26.67
Now we have several
clues and we're going to begin
00:30:27.10\00:30:29.86
to look at them right now.
00:30:29.89\00:30:31.98
Clue number 1, for
those of you who take notes.
00:30:32.01\00:30:34.51
Clue number 1, as we
look at where this prophesy
00:30:34.54\00:30:37.59
finds its fulfillment.
00:30:37.62\00:30:38.89
In the days of
the voice of the...
00:30:39.68\00:30:41.95
Which angel? The third?
00:30:41.98\00:30:43.98
The seventh
angel, exactly right.
00:30:45.19\00:30:47.36
The seventh angel.
00:30:47.39\00:30:48.77
In all of the Bible,
both Old and New Testaments,
00:30:48.80\00:30:50.90
but particularly in the
book of Revelation, the number 7
00:30:50.93\00:30:54.35
is a special number.
00:30:54.38\00:30:55.89
It's unique.
00:30:55.92\00:30:57.10
The Sabbath is unique, it's
the seventh day of the week.
00:30:57.13\00:30:59.82
And we've said
that again and again.
00:30:59.85\00:31:01.51
But here we have
the seventh angel.
00:31:01.81\00:31:03.60
Now when, in the Revelation,
you come to number 7,
00:31:03.63\00:31:07.71
whether it's the trumpets
or the plagues or the churches
00:31:07.74\00:31:10.54
or whatever else,
that's the end of it.
00:31:10.57\00:31:12.57
It's over, that's
it. That's the finality.
00:31:12.60\00:31:15.38
This, then, is the
seventh angel and he's just
00:31:15.41\00:31:19.05
beginning his sounding.
00:31:19.08\00:31:21.02
Moreover, it tells us then that
at this time the mystery of God
00:31:21.05\00:31:25.30
should be finished.
00:31:25.33\00:31:26.54
We could ask, what
is the mystery of God?
00:31:26.57\00:31:29.04
And we ought to.
00:31:29.07\00:31:30.04
If we had 2 or 3 weeks to
put the theology together,
00:31:31.14\00:31:33.61
I'm sure you'd agree with
me that the mystery of God
00:31:33.64\00:31:36.88
is the power of the gospel.
00:31:36.91\00:31:39.60
We can't explain it.
00:31:39.63\00:31:40.60
I see it in every
meeting and it's miraculous.
00:31:40.62\00:31:43.79
I see it often
demonstrated in men, it seems.
00:31:44.30\00:31:47.21
Men who've never had
any interest in the things
00:31:47.24\00:31:49.82
of God or Christ.
00:31:49.85\00:31:50.96
Maybe you've never
been to church before.
00:31:50.99\00:31:52.87
And they'll come maybe
to just one meeting or one
00:31:52.90\00:31:55.08
worship service and
they sort of get hooked.
00:31:55.11\00:31:57.37
And they continue to come
and the Holy Spirit begins to
00:31:57.40\00:32:00.50
fill their hearts and
their minds and their lives.
00:32:00.53\00:32:03.21
And habits that have held them
in a vice grip, maybe for years
00:32:03.24\00:32:07.65
and decades, suddenly fall off.
00:32:07.68\00:32:09.91
Tobacco or alcohol or
cocaine or whatever else.
00:32:09.94\00:32:13.02
And you can't
explain that changed life.
00:32:13.05\00:32:15.02
I've told you how I saw it in my
own dad and I'll tell the story
00:32:15.05\00:32:18.37
in detail on another evening.
00:32:18.40\00:32:20.10
It is a mystery.
00:32:20.13\00:32:21.86
The power of the
gospel is a mystery.
00:32:21.89\00:32:24.98
Just before Jesus
ascended, we must allude again,
00:32:25.69\00:32:28.89
He said to His disciples,
"Go into the whole world
00:32:28.92\00:32:31.73
and share this good news,
take this power out to the
00:32:31.76\00:32:35.28
ends of the earth.
00:32:35.31\00:32:36.37
And when the job is
done, then I will come again. "
00:32:36.40\00:32:40.77
Now this tells us
that the gospel has gone
00:32:40.80\00:32:44.17
to nearly the whole earth.
00:32:44.20\00:32:45.83
The mystery of God,
the power of the gospel
00:32:45.86\00:32:48.13
is in its final
stages of fulfillment.
00:32:48.16\00:32:51.15
The mystery of God is
near its finishing touches.
00:32:51.18\00:32:54.78
Now this angel, the seventh, the
last, which carries the message
00:32:54.81\00:33:03.16
that the mystery of God is in
the final stages of fulfillment,
00:33:03.19\00:33:06.85
also makes a bold statement
that time shall be no more.
00:33:06.88\00:33:15.94
We're now ready to step
across from time into eternity
00:33:17.44\00:33:20.38
where there are
no more alarm clocks.
00:33:20.41\00:33:22.09
How about that?
00:33:22.12\00:33:23.23
And so this is the seventh
angel, he's the last one.
00:33:26.03\00:33:28.74
His message is that the
gospel has nearly gone to the
00:33:28.77\00:33:31.74
whole world with its
miraculous life changing power
00:33:31.77\00:33:35.21
and time shall be no longer.
00:33:35.24\00:33:36.99
It becomes, with these
clues, quite obvious I think
00:33:37.02\00:33:40.39
to even the casual observer that
the fulfillment of this prophesy
00:33:40.42\00:33:44.11
has to do with the end
times, with the last days.
00:33:44.14\00:33:47.62
Now we have alluded, on several
evenings prior, to the time
00:33:48.06\00:33:52.96
of the falling of the stars
predicted by Joel in chapter 2,
00:33:52.99\00:33:56.42
predicted by Jesus in Matthew
chapter 24 and Luke 17 and 21,
00:33:56.45\00:34:02.76
that there would be signs in the
sun and the moon and the stars.
00:34:02.79\00:34:05.02
And we talked about how at
the turn of the 16th or 17th
00:34:05.05\00:34:10.25
century, right in there, there
was the dark day that had been
00:34:10.28\00:34:13.89
been predicted by
Joel and then by Jesus.
00:34:13.92\00:34:15.81
Do you remember?
00:34:15.84\00:34:16.81
And the moon
was turned to blood,
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.65
and then there was
the meteoric shower,
00:34:18.68\00:34:21.44
and then that great earthquake.
00:34:21.47\00:34:23.51
And so we said we
believe with good reason,
00:34:23.54\00:34:26.36
with Bible background
and historical knowledge,
00:34:26.39\00:34:29.42
that the last days,
plural, began about 1780,
00:34:29.45\00:34:34.46
right around in there.
00:34:34.49\00:34:36.38
Now someone might easily
say, "Well, boy that's been
00:34:36.41\00:34:38.60
a long time ago.
00:34:38.63\00:34:40.10
I mean here we are,
you known, in 2000 plus.
00:34:40.85\00:34:46.17
That's surely
been a long time ago. "
00:34:46.20\00:34:47.74
But you know folks, if I were to
stretch across this auditorium
00:34:47.77\00:34:51.52
a tape that symbolizes
the history of the world
00:34:51.55\00:34:54.91
since the beginning until
today, and then I cut off from
00:34:54.94\00:35:00.29
that tape the amount that would
represent from 1780 to today.
00:35:00.32\00:35:06.94
You know how much it would be?
00:35:06.97\00:35:08.36
Just about like that.
00:35:08.87\00:35:11.61
And so when you look at
the big picture, in the big
00:35:11.64\00:35:14.13
scheme of things, suggesting
that the last days began
00:35:14.16\00:35:17.34
about 1780, it's
not a stretch at all.
00:35:17.37\00:35:20.98
Now, we're going to
summarize once again.
00:35:21.50\00:35:23.75
We're talking about
a little book tonight.
00:35:23.78\00:35:25.54
We're talking
about a book of prophesy.
00:35:25.57\00:35:27.30
We're about a book that was
once closed but is now open.
00:35:27.33\00:35:29.97
It was to be opened at the
end of time, at the time of the
00:35:30.00\00:35:32.83
beginning of the
sounding of the seventh angel.
00:35:32.86\00:35:34.78
Now my suggestion is
that we could begin in Genesis
00:35:34.81\00:35:41.06
and go to Revelation.
00:35:41.09\00:35:42.18
We could do it in the
opposite direction, study from
00:35:42.21\00:35:44.90
Revelation to Genesis.
00:35:44.93\00:35:45.90
We could begin right in
the middle of our Bibles
00:35:45.91\00:35:49.11
and go both directions.
00:35:49.14\00:35:50.43
And we'll only find one
book of all of the 66 that
00:35:50.46\00:35:53.21
make up our Bible
that fits the demands of
00:35:53.24\00:35:57.58
Revelation chapter 10.
00:35:57.61\00:35:59.93
Only one book.
00:35:59.96\00:36:01.44
And I think you'll agree
with me that it is the little
00:36:01.47\00:36:04.74
Old Testament book
of Daniel, of course.
00:36:04.77\00:36:08.94
Many folks refer to Daniel
as the Old Testament apocalypse
00:36:08.97\00:36:12.62
or the Old Testament revelation.
00:36:12.65\00:36:14.49
And much of the
symbolism, much of the language
00:36:14.52\00:36:17.18
of the New Testament
Revelation is borrowed from,
00:36:17.21\00:36:20.29
directly from the Old
Testament book of Daniel.
00:36:20.32\00:36:24.07
I'm going to suggest that
we turn to Daniel chapter 12,
00:36:24.10\00:36:28.23
you and I together, and
we'll notice a verse or two.
00:36:28.26\00:36:33.77
Daniel is writing, ladies
and gentlemen, about 560 years
00:36:34.93\00:36:39.37
before the birth of Jesus.
00:36:39.40\00:36:41.25
And he's in Babylonian captivity
and he ends every day by
00:36:41.28\00:36:46.22
looking out, on his
knees, over toward Jerusalem
00:36:46.25\00:36:49.20
and the Holy Land and
praying, "Lord, how long
00:36:49.23\00:36:51.56
until You let us return?
00:36:51.59\00:36:53.05
How long, how long?"
00:36:53.08\00:36:54.95
When he comes to
conclude his book, God tells him
00:36:58.16\00:37:02.49
exactly how to sign off.
00:37:02.52\00:37:04.75
And we're going to read
that together right now.
00:37:04.78\00:37:08.14
Right now.
00:37:10.13\00:37:11.24
Daniel chapter 12 and verse 4.
00:37:12.63\00:37:15.99
"But thou, Daniel, shut up the
words and seal your book... "
00:37:16.97\00:37:22.50
Until when?
00:37:22.53\00:37:24.04
Oh, there it is.
00:37:24.88\00:37:26.36
"Close your book, let it remain
closed, let it remain sealed
00:37:26.39\00:37:29.34
until the time of the end. "
00:37:29.37\00:37:30.76
And then it says,
"Many shall run to and fro,
00:37:30.79\00:37:32.47
and knowledge
shall be increased. "
00:37:32.50\00:37:35.85
Now, ladies and gentlemen, I
can't begin to explain to you
00:37:36.37\00:37:40.68
the effect that this verse
had upon my mind when first
00:37:40.71\00:37:44.89
it was explained to me.
00:37:44.92\00:37:46.19
I was a young man
but the impression was
00:37:47.60\00:37:50.25
deep and is lasting.
00:37:50.28\00:37:51.62
I guarantee you.
00:37:51.69\00:37:52.78
"Let your book
remain closed, Daniel.
00:37:53.89\00:37:56.23
But in the end times, there will
be an explosion of knowledge
00:37:56.26\00:37:59.83
in technology, and men
will be running to and fro. "
00:37:59.86\00:38:02.68
And the explanation was
continued by my Bible teacher.
00:38:03.71\00:38:08.03
Imagine in the lifetime of folks
who have gone from traveling
00:38:08.06\00:38:15.03
on the back of an
animal to seeing jets
00:38:15.06\00:38:17.52
streak across the sky.
00:38:17.55\00:38:19.12
Imagine this
explosion of technology.
00:38:19.60\00:38:23.26
I remember so very well
in college reading about
00:38:23.29\00:38:27.38
the first computer, the
first real working computer.
00:38:27.41\00:38:31.25
And it was somewhere in
New York City, they said.
00:38:31.28\00:38:33.91
And I've forgotten how
many floors of one big building,
00:38:33.94\00:38:36.37
but they told
how much information.
00:38:36.40\00:38:38.23
They said that you could
put enough information in that
00:38:38.26\00:38:40.76
computer, it would take nearly
all of the books in all the
00:38:40.79\00:38:43.88
libraries of all of
the cities and universities
00:38:43.91\00:38:47.01
in the United States.
00:38:47.04\00:38:48.17
Now all that much
is in that computer.
00:38:48.20\00:38:50.04
Well, that hasn't been
so terribly long ago, folks.
00:38:50.07\00:38:52.59
This isn't the history
of civilization I'm sharing
00:38:52.62\00:38:54.49
with you now.
00:38:54.59\00:38:55.56
I mean, it wasn't
back in the dark ages when
00:38:55.57\00:38:57.06
Lyle was in college.
00:38:57.09\00:38:58.52
But in one lifetime, you
know, we've gone from buggies to
00:39:00.41\00:39:04.95
soft landings on the moon.
00:39:04.98\00:39:06.36
And now, all of that information
that took all of those
00:39:06.39\00:39:09.79
floors in that great big
building in New York City
00:39:09.82\00:39:12.50
can be compressed into that
little computer you put inside
00:39:12.53\00:39:16.00
your watch pocket.
00:39:16.03\00:39:17.15
It is quite remarkable.
00:39:17.18\00:39:18.87
And so when this
verse was explained to me,
00:39:18.90\00:39:21.10
the explanation had to do
with people leaving vapor trails
00:39:21.13\00:39:25.33
across the sky, you know.
00:39:25.36\00:39:26.90
Jet airplanes here and there.
00:39:26.93\00:39:28.70
Amazing.
00:39:28.73\00:39:30.22
Yea, this
explosion of technology.
00:39:30.25\00:39:32.79
So it really locked
in, it made a lot of sense.
00:39:32.82\00:39:34.98
Men running to and
fro, knowledge is increased.
00:39:35.01\00:39:37.12
I want to say to you all tonight
that this is a good application
00:39:37.15\00:39:40.79
of Daniel
chapter 12 and verse 4.
00:39:40.82\00:39:43.25
A proper application, but
it is a secondary application.
00:39:43.28\00:39:46.55
And many, many Bible
prophesies have primary
00:39:46.58\00:39:49.73
and secondary applications.
00:39:49.76\00:39:51.48
Folks then ask, "Well, what
is the primary application?"
00:39:51.51\00:39:55.69
Well to answer that, we look
for the subject of the verse.
00:39:55.72\00:39:59.89
Daniel chapter 12
verse 4. What is the subject?
00:40:00.39\00:40:03.03
Close the doors on the ship.
00:40:03.06\00:40:05.92
Lock the door on
the jet airplane.
00:40:05.95\00:40:09.30
No, close your book Daniel.
00:40:09.33\00:40:14.15
Let your book remain closed
until the time of the end.
00:40:14.18\00:40:17.70
And in the time of the end,
knowledge will be increased.
00:40:17.73\00:40:20.63
Knowledge about your book.
00:40:20.66\00:40:24.24
Now folks ask rightfully,
"How then does it plug in,
00:40:24.89\00:40:28.11
the running to and fro?
00:40:28.14\00:40:29.11
If primarily that isn't
men leaving vapor trails
00:40:29.12\00:40:31.58
across the sky,
what then does it mean?"
00:40:31.61\00:40:34.71
In the time of Daniel,
and for a long time prior and
00:40:35.21\00:40:38.10
a good while afterward,
books were not as we have them
00:40:38.13\00:40:42.04
with backs and pages and
so forth, but rather they were
00:40:42.07\00:40:45.88
scrolls rolled upon sticks.
00:40:45.91\00:40:48.45
And if we're looking for
a passage, say we're looking
00:40:48.90\00:40:51.46
for Daniel chapter 12 verse
4 and we unroll with this hand
00:40:51.49\00:40:55.13
and roll up with this hand.
00:40:55.16\00:40:56.13
Nope, we went by it. And
so we do just the reverse.
00:40:56.14\00:40:57.98
It took a real manual
dexterity, by the way.
00:40:58.01\00:41:01.41
And when they were
doing that, they called it
00:41:01.44\00:41:04.11
running to and fro
through their scrolls.
00:41:04.14\00:41:07.85
"Close your book, Daniel.
00:41:08.52\00:41:10.73
Let it remain closed until
the end time, the last days.
00:41:10.76\00:41:15.31
And knowledge about
your book shall be increased
00:41:15.34\00:41:17.32
as men run to and fro
studying through your book. "
00:41:17.35\00:41:22.14
Now it's time
for a history lesson.
00:41:22.17\00:41:24.29
About 1780, there came a
simultaneous international
00:41:24.32\00:41:27.24
interdenominational
and independent revival
00:41:27.27\00:41:29.61
of the study of
the book of Daniel.
00:41:29.64\00:41:31.30
And there was one chapter, and
one verse within that chapter,
00:41:31.33\00:41:35.74
that grabbed the
minds of these scholars and
00:41:35.77\00:41:39.17
would not let them go.
00:41:39.20\00:41:40.74
And so we're going to
go now, you and I, back to
00:41:40.77\00:41:43.65
chapter 8 of Daniel.
00:41:43.68\00:41:45.07
And we're going to
notice in a moment verse 14.
00:41:45.10\00:41:48.87
Daniel chapter 8.
00:41:48.90\00:41:50.57
And while you're turning,
just let me give you again
00:41:50.60\00:41:53.28
this idea because
it is very important.
00:41:53.31\00:41:55.31
These men were
arriving at the same conclusions
00:41:55.34\00:41:59.14
without collaboration.
00:41:59.17\00:42:00.59
There was no internet
hookup. There was no email.
00:42:00.62\00:42:04.33
There were no cell phones.
00:42:04.36\00:42:05.94
It was impossible
even to get a letter from
00:42:05.97\00:42:09.13
this continent to
that in less than months.
00:42:09.16\00:42:11.88
And so, here are these
men; one in South America,
00:42:12.34\00:42:15.34
one for sure we know
about, several here on this
00:42:15.37\00:42:18.71
North American continent, many
over on the continent of Europe,
00:42:18.74\00:42:23.68
and one out in the Middle East.
00:42:23.71\00:42:25.11
And they were studying Daniel
and arrived at the very same
00:42:25.14\00:42:28.09
conclusions regarding this
passage we're now going to read.
00:42:28.12\00:42:31.30
Chapter 8 and verse 14.
00:42:31.33\00:42:33.47
Here is the verse
that really grabbed them
00:42:33.50\00:42:35.96
and wouldn't let them go.
00:42:35.99\00:42:37.09
"He said unto me, 'Unto two
thousand and three hundred days,
00:42:37.12\00:42:40.09
then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. '"
00:42:40.12\00:42:43.44
And perhaps your Bible
says, "Then shall the sanctuary
00:42:43.47\00:42:45.78
be restored to
its rightful place. "
00:42:45.81\00:42:47.68
Now these men universally
jumped to the conclusion that
00:42:48.79\00:42:54.34
the sanctuary here
spoken of was planet earth.
00:42:54.37\00:42:57.53
And that the cleansing here
spoken of was the final fire.
00:42:57.56\00:43:00.90
And so they said, "If we could
only discover when this 2300 day
00:43:00.93\00:43:06.48
period begins, then we'll know
when Jesus will come back. "
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.05
And they intensified
their search and the answer
00:43:09.08\00:43:12.37
to their question as to
when this prophesy began
00:43:12.40\00:43:14.86
was to be found in
the study of chapter 9.
00:43:14.89\00:43:17.89
So we'll go there and we
shall read only just verse 25
00:43:17.92\00:43:21.39
for want of time.
00:43:21.42\00:43:22.40
Daniel chapter 9 verse 25.
00:43:22.43\00:43:24.64
"Know therefore and understand,
that from the time of the
00:43:25.52\00:43:27.54
going forth of the command to
restore and rebuild Jerusalem. "
00:43:27.57\00:43:29.89
There it was,
ladies and gentlemen.
00:43:29.92\00:43:31.48
There was the event
that triggered, initiated,
00:43:31.51\00:43:35.80
this 2300 day prophesy.
00:43:35.83\00:43:40.10
The longest of all of the
time prophesies in the Bible.
00:43:40.13\00:43:42.60
Now, these Bible
scholars, moreover, knew that
00:43:42.63\00:43:46.32
when you're studying a passage
that is clearly prophetic
00:43:46.35\00:43:49.51
and it mentions a day,
you interpret that to mean
00:43:49.54\00:43:53.77
a literal year.
00:43:53.80\00:43:56.01
A day for a year.
00:43:56.04\00:43:57.37
Numbers chapter 14,
Ezekiel chapter 4 and verse 6.
00:43:57.40\00:44:00.71
We've mentioned that before.
00:44:00.74\00:44:01.99
Numbers 14, Ezekiel 4:6.
00:44:02.02\00:44:03.55
"I have given you
a day for a year. "
00:44:03.58\00:44:05.33
And so these men said,
"Look, we're not talking about
00:44:05.36\00:44:08.55
2300 literal days
but 2300 literal years.
00:44:08.58\00:44:11.76
And it tells us that this
2300 year period will begin
00:44:11.79\00:44:16.06
at the time of the command
that allows Jews to go back and
00:44:16.09\00:44:19.05
restore and rebuild Jerusalem. "
00:44:19.08\00:44:20.31
And so they did what
we do here every night.
00:44:20.34\00:44:23.78
They put together,
with the prophesy, history.
00:44:23.81\00:44:26.30
And they discovered that 457
years before the birth of Jesus
00:44:26.33\00:44:33.02
there was a command given by
a guy by the name of Artaxerxes
00:44:33.05\00:44:36.31
that allowed the children of
God to go back from captivity,
00:44:36.34\00:44:41.30
back to Jerusalem, and not
only patch up the potholes but
00:44:41.33\00:44:44.04
to restore and rebuild the
temple and the whole place.
00:44:44.07\00:44:47.17
Now, without the aid of
calculators or modern math,
00:44:47.20\00:44:51.41
these men added 2300
years to 457 before Christ,
00:44:51.44\00:44:56.59
and they came to the startling
notion that Jesus would
00:44:56.62\00:45:00.38
come back to cleanse the
earth about 1843 or 1844,
00:45:00.41\00:45:05.35
some time right in there.
00:45:05.38\00:45:07.46
And this idea, folk,
lit the fuse to the greatest
00:45:07.49\00:45:11.52
religious revival the world
had known, I think, since the
00:45:11.55\00:45:13.63
time of Luther and Calvin.
00:45:13.66\00:45:15.20
I mean it really
changed the Christian world and
00:45:15.23\00:45:18.93
caused a lot of non-Christians
to become Christian
00:45:18.96\00:45:21.38
as far as that goes.
00:45:21.41\00:45:22.96
Now your question ought be, and
I'm sure it is in many minds,
00:45:24.52\00:45:31.73
"Who, in the United
States, were these preachers
00:45:31.76\00:45:35.02
who believed that Jesus would
be back about 1843 or 1844?"
00:45:35.05\00:45:39.27
Well, there were several.
00:45:39.30\00:45:41.41
Chief among them in the
United States was a man by the
00:45:42.23\00:45:45.25
name of William Miller.
00:45:45.28\00:45:46.66
William Miller, like
his grandfather before him,
00:45:47.22\00:45:49.87
was a Baptist pastor.
00:45:49.90\00:45:51.75
He'd, by the way, been decorated
as a very brave and loyal
00:45:51.78\00:45:56.49
soldier at the war of 1812,
the Battle of Lake Champlain.
00:45:56.52\00:46:01.11
And it was after that experience
that he went back and began
00:46:01.14\00:46:05.06
to carefully study the Bible.
00:46:05.09\00:46:06.17
He'd seen so many
horrors in war and he wanted to
00:46:06.20\00:46:08.65
get nearer to God.
00:46:08.68\00:46:09.80
And so William
Miller, this Baptist preacher,
00:46:09.83\00:46:12.61
came to this idea that
Jesus was going to be back
00:46:12.64\00:46:15.18
about 1843 or 1844.
00:46:15.21\00:46:18.53
Now by early 1843, by late 1842,
00:46:20.87\00:46:29.90
these Bible scholars
here in the United States,
00:46:29.93\00:46:33.19
and elsewhere for that matter,
had arrived at a precise date.
00:46:33.23\00:46:37.31
Not only just a
generality of somewhere between
00:46:37.34\00:46:39.97
1843 or 1844,
but a precise date.
00:46:40.00\00:46:43.37
"The sanctuary
shall be cleansed. "
00:46:44.00\00:46:46.50
Type will follow antitype.
00:46:46.53\00:46:48.55
And so they began to
study this sanctuary system.
00:46:49.25\00:46:51.66
You remember, God took
Moses up into a mountain
00:46:51.69\00:46:54.31
and gave him a vision
of the sanctuary in heaven.
00:46:54.34\00:46:57.29
And then He said, "Go back down
and build one just like that. "
00:46:57.32\00:47:00.27
And He told him of the services
that went along with it.
00:47:00.30\00:47:03.59
He said, "Every evening,
bring a little animal and
00:47:03.62\00:47:05.78
take that little animals
life and spill the blood there
00:47:05.81\00:47:08.46
on the altar of sacrifice. "
00:47:08.49\00:47:10.39
And now, symbolically, the sins
of the people are collecting
00:47:10.42\00:47:13.45
inside the Most Holy Place.
00:47:13.48\00:47:15.22
But once a year, a
special animal is sacrificed,
00:47:15.25\00:47:18.21
special blood is spilled.
00:47:18.24\00:47:19.27
And this blood is taken
inside the Most Holy Place,
00:47:19.30\00:47:23.66
and there it is
sprinkled upon the altar of the
00:47:23.69\00:47:27.76
ten commandment law,
the Ark of the Covenant.
00:47:27.80\00:47:30.84
And when that happened,
then the sanctuary was cleansed
00:47:32.61\00:47:35.75
of the sins of the
people for the past year.
00:47:35.78\00:47:39.05
And that became known as the
day of atonement, at-one-ment,
00:47:39.08\00:47:44.01
when the people were brought
back into oneness with God.
00:47:44.04\00:47:47.36
Now in our calendar,
that day of atonement happens
00:47:47.39\00:47:52.31
on October 22.
00:47:52.34\00:47:53.80
And so, these Bible
scholars and students said,
00:47:53.83\00:47:57.10
"Hey, Jesus is coming back not,
generally between 1843 and 1844,
00:47:57.13\00:48:01.44
but on October 22nd of 1844.
00:48:01.47\00:48:05.59
That's when He'll be back
with the cleansing fire. "
00:48:05.62\00:48:08.61
The preaching of this
idea, ladies and gentlemen,
00:48:10.73\00:48:12.66
had the result of dividing
every congregation right
00:48:12.69\00:48:16.41
down the center aisle.
00:48:16.44\00:48:17.66
Let's suppose that the
year is 1843 and this is a
00:48:18.59\00:48:22.67
Methodist congregation.
00:48:22.70\00:48:24.15
And a brother over here asks
one over here, "Tell me sir,
00:48:24.18\00:48:26.68
are you and
Adventist or are you not?"
00:48:26.71\00:48:28.82
Now what is he asking?
00:48:30.23\00:48:31.34
He's asking simply, "Do you
believe that Jesus is going to
00:48:31.37\00:48:34.27
be back on October 22nd of next
year, or do you disbelieve it?"
00:48:34.30\00:48:37.75
The point I want to
make now is that there were
00:48:37.78\00:48:41.00
Adventist Baptist, there
were Adventist Methodists,
00:48:41.03\00:48:44.15
there were
Adventist Episcopalians,
00:48:44.18\00:48:45.52
Adventist Catholics,
Adventist Presbyterians,
00:48:45.55\00:48:47.54
Adventist Quakers,
Adventist everybody.
00:48:47.57\00:48:50.31
Time to time, when
I'm introduced as a
00:48:51.74\00:48:53.30
Seventh-day Adventist minister,
someone will kind of smile
00:48:53.33\00:48:55.83
and say, "Oh I read
about you on the internet.
00:48:55.86\00:48:58.11
You're the ones who said
Jesus was coming back in 1844.
00:48:58.14\00:49:03.19
I read all about you. "
00:49:03.22\00:49:04.98
And when they say that to me,
sometimes I respond like this.
00:49:07.37\00:49:12.55
"What kind of
limousine did Abraham Lincoln
00:49:12.58\00:49:16.15
prefer to ride in?
00:49:16.18\00:49:17.35
What was his choice?
00:49:17.38\00:49:18.36
Lincoln town car
or Cadillac, huh?
00:49:18.39\00:49:21.30
Which did he prefer?"
00:49:21.33\00:49:22.69
"Oh that's a silly question.
00:49:22.72\00:49:24.75
He had no preference for
there were no automobiles. "
00:49:24.78\00:49:27.92
Seventh-Day
Adventists never said Jesus was
00:49:28.82\00:49:31.09
coming back in 1844.
00:49:31.12\00:49:33.54
For there were no Seventh-Day
Adventists until 1863.
00:49:33.57\00:49:37.22
But there were lots
of wonderfully dedicated
00:49:37.69\00:49:40.29
Christian folks who
believed it and were teaching it
00:49:40.32\00:49:43.88
and sharing it;
00:49:43.91\00:49:45.11
that the hour of God's
judgment was soon to come.
00:49:46.80\00:49:51.05
Now if you know anything at all
about Seventh-Day Adventists,
00:49:52.25\00:49:54.37
you know that we lay a
great deal of importance upon
00:49:54.40\00:49:59.02
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:49:59.05\00:50:01.51
And it's not because,
"I think it's a good idea,"
00:50:04.55\00:50:06.96
or "some little lady
said that it was important. "
00:50:06.99\00:50:09.06
It's because God said it.
00:50:09.09\00:50:11.69
I want you to go
with me now to chapter 11.
00:50:11.72\00:50:15.78
And while you're
turning to chapter 11 of
00:50:16.44\00:50:18.11
Revelation, by
the way, not Daniel.
00:50:18.14\00:50:19.83
Revelation again.
00:50:19.86\00:50:21.26
While you're turning there
with me, let me just give you
00:50:21.29\00:50:25.26
a little bit of
the background now.
00:50:25.29\00:50:26.92
These followers of William
Miller and a score of others,
00:50:31.27\00:50:36.48
by early 1844
began to liquidate.
00:50:38.75\00:50:43.29
I mean, the farmers sold out.
00:50:43.32\00:50:44.84
And the business folks
liquidated their stock.
00:50:46.10\00:50:49.05
And as it got nearer
and nearer to October 22nd,
00:50:49.08\00:50:51.73
they gave their things away.
00:50:51.76\00:50:54.32
And they encouraged everyone
to do the same, do likewise.
00:50:55.37\00:50:58.25
Give away your food,
cash in, bring your money.
00:50:58.28\00:51:02.00
Help us to print a little
tract so the we can encourage
00:51:02.03\00:51:04.44
everybody in
town to do likewise.
00:51:04.47\00:51:06.38
And there were camp meetings
that required in New York state,
00:51:07.42\00:51:10.69
a special train to
take the folks out to hear
00:51:10.72\00:51:13.10
that Jesus was coming
back on October 22nd of 1844.
00:51:13.13\00:51:16.44
This wasn't something
done in some dark corner
00:51:16.47\00:51:19.22
by a bunch of lunatics.
00:51:19.25\00:51:20.71
This happened on
a very broad base.
00:51:20.74\00:51:23.25
1844 was the year of
the General Election.
00:51:23.28\00:51:25.72
By the way, aren't you
about tired of the politics?
00:51:25.92\00:51:27.96
I mean, months
and months yet to go.
00:51:28.67\00:51:31.42
I've had it, you know.
00:51:31.45\00:51:33.43
It's almost to a
point where I don't care.
00:51:34.13\00:51:36.27
Well, equal space was
given in the city newspaper
00:51:38.31\00:51:43.15
to the idea that Jesus would
be back on October 22nd of '44
00:51:43.18\00:51:47.07
as was given to
the General Election.
00:51:47.10\00:51:49.22
And the two men who ran
for the high office that year
00:51:49.25\00:51:51.87
were Mr. Clay, a gentleman
from Kentucky, and James Polk
00:51:51.90\00:51:55.16
who became the President of
the United States, of course.
00:51:55.19\00:51:57.66
Now, Jesus did not
come on October 22nd.
00:51:58.18\00:52:01.28
And they were
bitterly terribly disappointed.
00:52:01.31\00:52:03.66
But the prophesy from Revelation
10 said it would be like that.
00:52:03.69\00:52:07.63
"In your mouth it
will be sweet as honey. "
00:52:07.66\00:52:09.19
You know, my dears, there is
nothing in the world, I think,
00:52:09.22\00:52:11.31
sweeter to the born
again than the thought that
00:52:11.34\00:52:13.75
Jesus is coming back.
00:52:13.78\00:52:15.41
Now, the key to the
understanding of the
00:52:16.17\00:52:18.23
disappointment was to be found
in the studying of chapter 11.
00:52:18.26\00:52:22.68
And so we go there to
read the very first verse.
00:52:22.71\00:52:25.29
John is in this vision now
and he's seen about this book
00:52:25.69\00:52:30.26
and the angel and all.
00:52:30.29\00:52:31.68
Now chapter 11 verse 1.
00:52:31.71\00:52:33.25
"There was given unto
me, a reed like unto a rod.
00:52:33.28\00:52:35.54
And the angel said, 'Get up
and measure the temple of God
00:52:35.57\00:52:38.46
and the altar and
those that worship inside. '"
00:52:38.49\00:52:40.92
Now this thing was so real
to John that he was on his back,
00:52:41.52\00:52:44.72
he was prostrate.
00:52:44.75\00:52:45.93
He was down on his back.
00:52:46.56\00:52:49.01
And the angel said,
"Get up John, now get up.
00:52:50.02\00:52:51.93
Rise and measure. "
00:52:53.71\00:52:55.87
And if we were to put this into
modern language, we would say,
00:52:56.25\00:52:58.63
here's an angel who comes
to John the Revelator and says,
00:52:58.66\00:53:01.41
"Here John, take this
Stanley Steel tape measure
00:53:01.44\00:53:04.45
and measure the temple of God. "
00:53:04.48\00:53:06.25
Now if I were to take a
tape measure and measure this
00:53:06.28\00:53:08.57
lectern, it's this
wide and it's this high.
00:53:08.60\00:53:10.93
Will it hold my Bible and
my notes and a book or two?
00:53:11.03\00:53:14.02
Will it? Will it suffice?
00:53:14.05\00:53:15.21
I'm studying, I'm measuring.
00:53:15.24\00:53:16.84
You see?
00:53:17.50\00:53:18.47
"Get up John,
measure the temple.
00:53:18.49\00:53:20.56
Study the temple of God and the
altar and all that goes on. "
00:53:20.59\00:53:24.33
I'm going to ask you, ladies
and gentlemen, in your minds now
00:53:27.32\00:53:29.64
as we move toward a
conclusion, to go with me
00:53:29.67\00:53:32.62
to the temple of God.
00:53:32.65\00:53:34.26
It was divided, as
Moses carefully noted,
00:53:38.80\00:53:42.05
into two compartments;
Holy and Most Holy.
00:53:42.08\00:53:45.07
Sanctum and Sanctum Sanctorum.
00:53:45.10\00:53:47.46
And you step into the
Holy Place and the only light
00:53:48.40\00:53:51.81
is that which comes
from a candelabrum over here.
00:53:51.84\00:53:53.87
It has a central stem with
three branches on either side.
00:53:53.90\00:53:56.47
For a total of how many?
00:53:56.50\00:53:57.87
There it is again.
00:53:57.90\00:53:59.40
Seven, that perfect number.
00:53:59.43\00:54:01.12
Now everything in here has
to teach us something about
00:54:02.18\00:54:05.43
the life, the atonement,
the death, the ministry,
00:54:05.46\00:54:08.18
the resurrection
of our Lord Jesus.
00:54:08.21\00:54:09.89
We're measuring
and we're studying.
00:54:09.92\00:54:11.43
And when we see the candelabrum,
we remember that when Jesus
00:54:11.46\00:54:14.41
came, he said, "I am
the light of the world. "
00:54:14.44\00:54:18.54
We're measuring and studying.
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Now over against this wall,
there is a long and low table
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atop which there
are two stacks of bread.
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Six in each stack
for a total of twelve.
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And remember that
when Jesus came, he said,
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"I am bread of life. "
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We're measuring and studying.
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And now there's only one
object left in this Holy Place.
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And that is the
altar of incense.
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Incense continuously
burns there and wafts over
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into the Most Holy Place.
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And the incense that burns
there, says the apostle Paul,
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symbolizes the life of Jesus.
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Paul said His life is
a sweet smelling savor.
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And that, by the way, is
why we always end our prayer
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in who's name?
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In Jesus' name.
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Amen.
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And that makes them acceptable
into the throne room of God.
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So we're measuring
and we're studying.
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Now we part the curtain and
step into the Holy of Holies
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and there's only one
article of furniture.
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And that's a great golden chest.
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And no ark is important in it's
own right, but rather becomes
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important for what it contains.
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And so we lift the
lid and roll it back.
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And inside we see the
10 commandment law of God.
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There it is.
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And we read down
through, "I'm the Lord thy God
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that has taken thee by the
hand to lead thee out of Egypt.
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Therefore, thou shall
have no other gods before me.
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Thou shall not make
unto thee any graven images
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the likes of anything in
the heaven, the earth, the water
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beneath the earth.
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Thou shall not
bow down before them.
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Thou shall not take the name
of the Lord thy God in vain.
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Remember the... "
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What?
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Which day?
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"Remember the
Sabbath day to keep it holy.
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Six days to labor, but
the seventh day is the Sabbath
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of the Lord thy God. "
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What happened on
October the 22nd of 1844?
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Instead of Jesus coming back,
I believe, and many theologians
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with minds far
brighter than mine also believe
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that Jesus, according to
the type, stepped inside the
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Holy of Holies and began
His great High Priestly ministry
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for His children.
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The hour of God's
judgment began on that day.
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And it has nothing to
do with being condemned
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or being put down.
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This is to vindicate the
character of God, you see.
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God is on trial.
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We don't know when our names
come up, but all who claim Jesus
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have their name come
up in this trial, in this
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great courtroom scene.
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The question of the universe
is, "Is Lyle safe to save?
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God, you surely don't
want to take him into Your
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eternal kingdom and run the
risk that sin's infection is
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going to break out again.
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Surely You have
better sense than that.
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God, are You going to save him?"
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And now God is on trial.
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Revelation chapter 12 speaks
about our enemy and calls him
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the accuser of the brethren.
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Now in this courtroom, all
the Christians have an Attorney.
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He's not only their
Attorney, He is their Judge.
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His name is Jesus
Christ, the Righteous.
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And when the devil,
though he's not there in person,
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he shouts across the
universe, "God, you can't save
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Lyle and destroy me.
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He's a sinner, surely. "
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And now I'm in big trouble.
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And now my Attorney... I
don't even have to be there.
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My Attorney is there for me.
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The final judgment has
been rigged in my favor.
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Praise Jesus.
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And my Attorney stands up.
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And He says,
"Father, Lyle is safe to save.
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He has claimed My blood,
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My righteousness. "
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And now, God is vindicated.
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Ah, thank You Jesus.
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You're our High Priest,
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You're our Attorney,
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our Lawyer and our Judge.
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And we don't even have
to go to the city hall,
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we don't even have
to go to the courtroom.
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For You fixed it
all in our favor.
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We don't deserve it.
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But we, tonight, again
thank You in Jesus' name. Amen.
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