And good evening.
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We're very happy to
welcome each of you back
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to The
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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And in this series
we're covering the prophecies
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that was given to John from
the 4th chapter of Revelation
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basically
through the 12th chapter.
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Tonight we're
looking at chapters 8 and 9
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and part of 11.
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That's what we'll
be looking at tonight,
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and so we're very
happy that you're here.
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We'd like to especially
welcome those that are watching
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by television no
matter where you're at.
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We're glad that
you've joined us.
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Those that are listening
by radio or on the Internet
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thank you for tuning in.
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And we hope that
as we talk tonight
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about the Seven Trumpets -
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the Seven Trumpets - that
it will help you understand
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the book of Revelation.
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Out of all the prophecies
in the book of Revelation
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without question the seven
trumpets are the most difficult.
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And so it requires that
you follow as best you can
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as we take a look at it tonight.
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We'll be looking
at chapters 8 and 9
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and about half - or
verses 15 through 18-
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of the 11th
chapter on the trumpets.
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Our next presentation
will be Time of the End,
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and we'll be looking at
Revelation the 10th chapter.
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Now this is much like
you just found out in regard
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to the seals. You
remember as we studied the seals
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we found out
that that 7th chapter
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was kind of an
interlude into the seals.
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You have the same
thing here. The 10th chapter
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and part of the 11th is an
interlude into the trumpets.
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And so you need to look
at that in the scripture
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because the seventh
trumpet doesn't fall
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until in the 11th chapter.
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So the 10th chapter is put in
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and that's what we'll be
looking at as we talk about
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The Time of the End.
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Very, very important subject
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as we continue talking about
the prophecies of Revelation.
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And then of course
tonight: Seven Trumpets.
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What do you want to look for?
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What you want to look
for in the Seven Trumpets is
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God's judgments
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and how they are
poured out upon the earth.
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That's what you want to
find out as we talk about it.
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So we hope you'll be blessed
as we study the Seven Trumpets.
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We're continuing to thank God
for having Pam and Jimmy Rhodes
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with us, and Pam's
going to sing a song entitled
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Redeemed... a great, great hymn.
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb.
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That's what she'll be singing.
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But before she does,
Chuck Allgaier is going to come
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and he's going to read
to you the 8th, 9th chapters
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of Revelation and verses
15-18 of the 11th chapter.
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Again tonight if
you have your Bibles,
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if you can take them and turn
them to Revelation chapter 8.
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We're going to start there
and read Revelation chapter 8,
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9, and I believe
it was chapter 11
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15 through 19 I believe.
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Let's turn our
Bibles to that right now
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and we'll read together:
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May the Lord add His
blessing to His Word.
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Redeemed - how I
love to proclaim it!
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb!
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Redeemed through
His infinite mercy,
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His child, and forever, I am.
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb;
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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His child, and forever, I am.
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Redeemed - and
so happy in Jesus,
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No language my rapture can tell;
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I know that the
light of His presence
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With me will continually dwell.
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb;
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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His child, and forever, I am.
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I think of my blessed Redeemer,
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I think of Him all the day long;
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I sing, for I cannot be silent!
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His love is my
theme and my song.
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I know that I
shall see in His beauty
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the King in whose law I delight,
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Who lovingly
guards every footstep
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And gives me a song in
the night. Sing it with me:
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb;
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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His child, and forever, I am.
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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Redeemed by the
blood of the Lamb;
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Redeemed, redeemed,
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His child, and forever...
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His child, and forever...
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His child, and forever, I am.
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I'm redeemed!
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Our gracious Lord,
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Tonight we come to You
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asking that in Your
mercy and in Your love
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You will look down upon us.
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Give us, Lord,
Your Spirit tonight.
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May it give us enlightenment.
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May we see things that
You have recorded in Your Word
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for us to know in the
time in which we are living in.
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Bless us in a special
way in our study this evening
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we ask in Christ's name, Amen.
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We finished the 7th
chapter of Revelation
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where we talked about
the sealing of God's people.
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We talked about how the sealing
was a settling in to the truth
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of God's Word.
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Tonight as we look
at the seven trumpets
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we are looking at God's
dealing with those that did not
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receive the seal of God...
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have not taken the seal
of God, have not received it.
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This is what he's talking to,
so let's take a look and see.
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The golden altar that it's
talking about there, folks:
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this is it. This is the
one they're talking about.
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It was the altar of incense.
This was the golden altar.
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And that is what he is
there offering the prayers
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of the saints. These are
those who have been sealed.
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So here they're praying.
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The angel has brought
the prayers of God's people
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before the Lord.
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Concerning what is going
on... the condition of things
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that's happening in the earth:
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This marks that they have
approached the end of time.
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He has taken the
censer, thrown it to the earth
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marking that time
has come to an end.
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Trumpets you'll find as
you go through God's Word
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studying it...
trumpets are blown as a warning.
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This is why they blew
the trumpets. They had
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people in the camp that would
blow the trumpet as a warning.
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In other words, the
trumpet was sounded as a warning
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and people were to
take cognizance of that
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and follow the
warning that had been given.
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So this is what the
trumpets were to do:
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they were sounded as
a warning to the people.
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These seven
trumpets are an answer
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to the prayers of the
souls under the altar.
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Because they are
those that if you remember
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had been slain
for the Word of God.
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So these judgment are in
answer to their prayers...
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what they are.
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Now as I mentioned, of
all the prophecies in the
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book of Revelation
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probably the seven
trumpets are the most difficult
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to understand. Basically
there are three concepts
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of prophecy. And you'll
find there is one that goes way
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over here that's
called a Predister view.
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And it takes all the prophecies
and sticks them in the past
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and says they've all been
fulfilled; they have no meaning
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to you whatsoever.
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There's another
view way over here
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that is called
the Futurist view.
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And the Futurist view
simply says this, folks:
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it says all the prophecies
in the book of Revelation
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from the 4th chapter
of Revelation to the end
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are in the future after
the righteous have been taken
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from the earth and they have
no effect on you whatsoever.
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That's the Futurist view.
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There's another
view that's in between
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that's called
the Historical view.
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And the Historical view
says that many of the prophecies
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in scripture have
been fulfilled and some
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are still to be fulfilled.
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I'd like to tell you
that is where I stand.
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OK? Are we clear on
that? That is where I stand.
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These prophecies
of the judgment -
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as far as I am concerned -
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some of them have
not been fulfilled.
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And that... because
they are in the future
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does not make a
person a Futurist.
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If it did, then people who
believe in the second coming
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of Christ or in the millennium
would be classified as
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Futurists. OK.. but that's where
I stand. I felt it necessary
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that you understand
where I am on this subject.
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I am Historic in my
belief and that's where I stand.
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OK, let's see if we
can take a look at this.
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What do we know that we
can say "Yes, this we know? "
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The trumpets are intended
to bring people to repentance.
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And as you read through them...
as we read through them tonight
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you'll find that it
refers to that over and over.
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These are people that have
not yet accepted the message
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of God's Word and He's trying
to bring them to repentance
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by the judgments.
Says: "They repented not. "
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It's running... time
is running out on them.
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Those are the
chapters that it covers.
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OK? So let's
take a look at them.
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This is the
trumpet taking place.
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Now as you pick up your
Bible, and particularly, folks,
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as we begin to study and as
we continue through the book
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of Revelation you're
going to find that God speaks
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over and over
about a particular city,
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and that city is called Babylon.
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And He talks about His
judgment against Babylon.
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And this has to do with Babylon.
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He speaks very clear, and
as we continue on in our study
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we're going to find out exactly
what's all involved in Babylon
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and all. But this
is Satan's kingdom
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and the trumpets are
judgments against it.
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So you find here that this
is judgment against this city
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of Babylon. And as He says
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the grass and all
will be burned up.
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Babylon, we just
read, was divided into what?
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Three parts.
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How much of the grass
and trees was burned up?
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A third. So see, it's
talking about that particularly
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what is happening
there to Babylon of old.
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I'm going to show you something.
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I want to make it
clear in showing this.
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I don't particularly believe
this is the second trumpet, OK?
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I just want to show it
to you to show how quickly
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a trumpet like
that could be fulfilled.
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OK? Because he says he saw
something like a... like what?
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Like a mountain.
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Ever seen
anything like a mountain?
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And it was burning with
fire and thrown into the sea.
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And because of that
the sea became blood.
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Those are actual
pictures of the oil spill.
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And a third of the
fish in the sea died.
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Now folks, we haven't
started to see the results
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of the oil spill.
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I mean, we've only
seen the tip of the iceberg.
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It only takes one quart.
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All I'm trying to get across
to you is we may read those
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prophecies and say: "Well
how could that ever happen? "
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Very, very easy.
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You know, could
happen... without question.
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But this is talking,
as I said, about Babylon.
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He's talking specifically
about Babylon... Babylon...
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and when those prophecies
were made about Babylon
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they apply to spiritual Babylon.
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That's what they apply to.
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Babylon as you
remember sat there
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and through the city of Babylon
flowed the river Euphrates.
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And it's very important
that you understand that
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as we look at these trumpets.
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So this is talking
about spiritual Babylon
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and what is going to
happen to it to be destroyed.
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It fell on how much? See,
Babylon's divided into 3 parts.
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So you find just
exactly it's talking about fell.
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The trumpets not only
have a spiritual application
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but a physical application
to the inhabitants of the earth.
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OK, it says he saw a
star fall from heaven.
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In the Bible, stars
are what? They're angels.
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That's the way it
refers to them is angels.
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This is Lucifer.
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This is referring to him.
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Speaking of Lucifer in
Revelation the 12th chapter...
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So you have here these stars
that Lucifer brought with him
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were the angels.
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So when it talks
about this star that fell
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very applicable
to the devil himself.
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As we, as it says
in the 11th chapter
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we will talk about tonight
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"He will destroy those
that destroy the earth. "
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And we're doing a
great job at destroying it.
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A third of the sun
struck... darkness on the earth.
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You remember one
the plagues in Egypt
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was darkness. Remember that?
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Also you remember that
it says here that one of the
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seven last plagues is darkness
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on the seat of the beast.
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And so it says the
darkness would fall upon them.
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This is the plague...
this is Revelation 16 verse 10.
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This is one of the plagues.
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So a very strong
parallel between the plagues -
00:31:15.04\00:31:18.96
seven last
plagues or that plague -
00:31:19.17\00:31:21.47
and the judgments here or
the sounding of the trumpets.
00:31:21.77\00:31:24.89
Now you remember when
we studied the seven seals
00:31:40.69\00:31:45.60
we found out that
four of them were what?
00:31:45.80\00:31:50.70
Remember? Four of those
were men riding on horses
00:31:51.00\00:31:55.55
but the last three
weren't. They were different.
00:31:55.85\00:31:59.22
And they applied to mankind...
those first four applied to
00:31:59.42\00:32:03.28
mankind in general.
00:32:03.48\00:32:04.85
But then you get
to the last three
00:32:05.10\00:32:06.64
and they become more specific.
00:32:06.84\00:32:08.42
Same thing happens here.
00:32:08.62\00:32:10.10
These four trumpets
apply to mankind, but now
00:32:10.40\00:32:14.02
all of a sudden you
find it begins to turn
00:32:14.22\00:32:16.36
and become much,
much more specific
00:32:16.57\00:32:19.21
as to what is going
to happen and take place.
00:32:19.41\00:32:21.85
So we come to the fifth one
which is the first of the woes.
00:32:22.15\00:32:26.88
I should go back
and re-read that.
00:32:35.43\00:32:37.96
"The fifth angel sounded
and I saw a star... " What?
00:32:37.99\00:32:41.48
Doesn't say "fall. " It
says "fallen from heaven
00:32:41.78\00:32:45.11
to the earth. " In other words,
it has already taken place.
00:32:45.21\00:32:49.24
OK. "Fallen to the earth. "
00:32:49.50\00:32:51.91
"To him was given a key
to the bottomless pit. "
00:32:52.11\00:32:54.06
So you can see
clearly here, this is judgment
00:33:28.96\00:33:32.23
against those who do
not have the seal of God
00:33:32.43\00:33:35.82
on their foreheads, OK?
00:33:36.03\00:33:38.19
Let's see if we can
put some things together
00:35:01.76\00:35:04.67
about this fifth
trumpet that has been blown.
00:35:04.87\00:35:08.69
One that like a
star... fallen from heaven.
00:35:16.00\00:35:21.04
Here it says it has
fallen from heaven already.
00:35:21.35\00:35:24.33
So this star that
it's talking about here
00:35:24.43\00:35:27.09
has a definite
application to the devil...
00:35:27.29\00:35:30.38
to Lucifer. He's a fallen
angel. Has fallen from heaven.
00:35:30.58\00:35:34.63
And this is what it's
referring to when it talks about
00:35:34.94\00:35:37.56
him falling from heaven.
00:35:37.76\00:35:39.45
If you read Revelation 11
it talks about this beast that
00:35:46.02\00:35:49.18
came out of the bottomless pit
00:35:49.38\00:35:51.35
where Satan has
spent the millennium.
00:35:52.92\00:35:55.19
If you read Revelation 20,
00:35:55.39\00:35:57.10
it says that's where the
devil will spend the millennium.
00:35:57.21\00:35:59.83
So when it talks
about a pit or the abyss,
00:36:00.13\00:36:03.47
this is the place where
the devil is assigned to.
00:36:03.67\00:36:07.16
It says that it was prepared
for the devil and his...
00:36:07.46\00:36:10.27
angels. So this is
what that's talking about.
00:36:10.47\00:36:14.53
Locusts. You have
these locusts coming
00:36:14.83\00:36:17.91
and in the Old Testament
they're used as another symbol
00:36:18.01\00:36:21.83
of judgment.
00:36:22.03\00:36:24.38
And you find very clearly
it talks about locusts coming
00:36:24.58\00:36:27.90
on Babylon. It talks
about what it would do to them
00:36:28.11\00:36:30.82
there in Jeremiah 51:14.
00:36:31.03\00:36:33.06
It talks about locust
as a judgment against Egypt
00:36:33.36\00:36:37.67
in Exodus 10:4-15.
00:36:37.87\00:36:40.50
And so locust are used as
a means of God's judgment.
00:36:40.71\00:36:45.27
These locusts are different
00:36:45.58\00:36:47.93
as you notice
from what we just read.
00:36:47.97\00:36:50.37
The locust in the fifth trumpet
00:36:50.50\00:36:54.28
must be understood as symbolic.
00:36:54.48\00:36:58.99
Symbols of demonic forces.
00:36:59.29\00:37:02.90
We do not have
any locust coming.
00:37:03.21\00:37:07.37
And folks, there's
not going to be any locust
00:37:07.57\00:37:09.29
that you're going to
see that are going to have
00:37:09.49\00:37:11.73
faces like lions and
women's hair and lion's teeth
00:37:11.93\00:37:17.18
and all that. That's
not going to be there.
00:37:17.38\00:37:19.40
These are symbols, and they're
symbols of demonic forces
00:37:19.60\00:37:23.72
that will take place
here in the last days.
00:37:23.92\00:37:26.66
That's what it's talking about
00:37:26.97\00:37:28.34
when it talks about this fifth
trumpet that is to be sounded.
00:37:28.46\00:37:32.76
These are signs of judgment
00:37:32.96\00:37:35.73
that's to happen to the people.
00:37:35.93\00:37:37.58
That's the only other place.
00:37:46.71\00:37:48.65
Five months with the flood
00:37:48.95\00:37:51.42
represented five
months of destruction.
00:37:51.62\00:37:55.02
And that's the only
place that John got that from.
00:37:55.32\00:37:58.58
The five months would be
signs of destruction that would
00:37:58.78\00:38:02.38
take place by the
judgment of the fifth trumpet
00:38:02.58\00:38:06.62
upon the earth.
You have to remember
00:38:06.82\00:38:08.45
that this is God's
effort - God's final effort -
00:38:08.66\00:38:12.31
to pull the people away
from the things of this earth
00:38:12.51\00:38:15.95
and cause them to
repent and come back to God.
00:38:16.15\00:38:20.11
This is what He's doing.
00:38:20.22\00:38:22.05
And so He's pleading with
the people, working with them,
00:38:22.35\00:38:25.07
trying to pull them
away from this earth
00:38:25.27\00:38:27.94
and get them to
accept Him and to follow Him.
00:38:28.14\00:38:30.57
Remember that?
Says: "He pulled... "
00:38:37.82\00:38:40.89
It's his tail that he
uses. "Has stings in his tail. "
00:38:41.17\00:38:43.88
This is what it's talking
about that it's that power.
00:38:44.08\00:38:47.33
It's by... we'll
read this in a minute...
00:38:47.56\00:38:49.88
but it's "by his
tail and his mouth"
00:38:50.08\00:38:53.48
the scripture says that he
deceives and pulls people away.
00:38:53.68\00:38:57.99
Both. And it says clearly
there in Revelation 18 verse 6
00:39:31.66\00:39:34.93
that she will
receive double on the city...
00:39:35.13\00:39:39.36
spiritual Babylon.
This is what takes place.
00:39:39.56\00:39:43.30
So this fifth trumpet is a
trumpet that is being poured out
00:39:43.50\00:39:48.08
as a judgment down
here at the close of time
00:39:48.28\00:39:51.70
in which He is
calling people back.
00:39:51.90\00:39:55.46
Where do you and I stand?
00:39:55.76\00:39:59.33
These trumpets are
being poured out on who?
00:40:02.16\00:40:05.60
Those who do not
receive the seal of God.
00:40:06.60\00:40:10.69
But it makes it clear that
they will not be poured out
00:40:11.00\00:40:14.92
on those that have
received the seal of God.
00:40:15.12\00:40:17.63
Those that have the
seal of God will be cared for
00:40:17.93\00:40:21.30
and will be protected. That's
the marvelous thing about it
00:40:21.50\00:40:24.57
is that God's seal is
placed upon His people
00:40:24.88\00:40:27.91
and He says: "They're
mine. I will care for them.
00:40:28.11\00:40:31.10
I'll look after them; I'll
see that they're cared for. "
00:40:31.30\00:40:34.62
So this is what He does.
00:40:34.72\00:40:36.26
And so these trumpets are
against those who do not have
00:40:36.46\00:40:40.79
the seal of God.
00:40:41.00\00:40:43.22
All right... we
come to the sixth one.
00:40:43.52\00:40:47.63
This is the four
horns of the golden altar...
00:40:56.61\00:41:00.77
altar of incense.
00:41:01.07\00:41:03.00
Heard a voice
from there speaking.
00:41:03.30\00:41:07.46
Now this angels... release them.
00:41:17.71\00:41:22.98
Turn them loose. What
are these angels holding?
00:41:23.28\00:41:26.15
Yeah, the winds of strife.
00:41:27.66\00:41:29.99
That's what they're holding.
He said: "Turn them loose. "
00:41:30.29\00:41:32.36
Please notice that takes
place in the sixth trumpet
00:41:32.86\00:41:38.23
because when they turn
them loose you know what's
00:41:39.45\00:41:42.08
going to happen?
00:41:42.28\00:41:44.63
The seven last
plagues are going to fall.
00:41:45.23\00:41:48.51
They were
released... a third of mankind
00:42:02.95\00:42:08.16
would be killed.
00:42:08.46\00:42:09.85
So this isn't a few. Now
again, we had a description
00:42:18.61\00:42:23.28
of the locusts,
folks, that as you can say
00:42:23.48\00:42:26.01
was very descriptive.
00:42:26.21\00:42:27.92
Well the same thing is
true of the sixth plague.
00:42:28.12\00:42:31.15
Very very
descriptive of what is happening
00:42:31.35\00:42:34.02
when it talks about them here.
00:42:34.22\00:42:35.79
OK?
00:42:54.22\00:42:55.86
All right.
00:43:03.25\00:43:05.21
What... what are
those three plagues?
00:43:11.02\00:43:13.54
By fire, by
smoke, and by brimstone
00:43:13.84\00:43:17.49
which came out of their mouths.
00:43:17.69\00:43:21.19
I told you. The thing that
happens here: it has a mouth
00:43:21.29\00:43:24.87
and tail. Very, very important.
00:43:25.07\00:43:28.73
So these horses
00:43:43.88\00:43:49.55
that they are
riding on and these men,
00:43:49.85\00:43:52.16
they are going to
do harm to the earth.
00:43:52.36\00:43:54.02
See, He's making an effort,
folks, to get them to repent,
00:44:14.26\00:44:17.70
to change their ways.
00:44:17.90\00:44:19.59
They didn't
change; they didn't repent.
00:44:27.63\00:44:30.11
OK, let's take a
look at the sixth trumpet.
00:44:30.41\00:44:34.98
See what's involved.
00:44:35.28\00:44:36.76
The four angels
are those in chapter 7.
00:44:37.06\00:44:41.02
Those are the four
angels that are holding back
00:44:41.42\00:44:44.41
the winds of strife.
00:44:44.61\00:44:46.53
And those four angels
that are there are bound where?
00:44:46.83\00:44:51.09
At the river Euphrates.
00:44:51.39\00:44:53.93
And the river
Euphrates flows through what?
00:44:54.23\00:44:57.30
Through Babylon, OK?
00:44:57.60\00:45:00.39
So when you come to that...
00:45:00.69\00:45:02.80
Let me just take
a moment to show you
00:45:03.71\00:45:05.46
what I'm trying
to get across to you.
00:45:05.66\00:45:07.45
The river Euphrates
flows through Babylon,
00:45:07.65\00:45:11.19
and it says here that they're
bound at the river Euphrates.
00:45:11.49\00:45:16.84
When you go to Revelation and
read about the 7 last plagues
00:45:17.15\00:45:21.22
the sixth plague speaks
about the river Euphrates what?
00:45:21.52\00:45:26.02
Being dried up.
00:45:26.32\00:45:29.26
OK, this is all... has meaning
in reference to God's Word
00:45:29.56\00:45:33.24
here... what happens.
00:45:33.44\00:45:34.88
In other words, it's not trying
to tell you prophetic time.
00:45:50.63\00:45:54.83
It's trying to say that
God had decided on the day,
00:45:54.86\00:45:57.88
the hour, the month, the year
00:45:58.08\00:45:59.45
in which He is going to
release those four angels.
00:45:59.65\00:46:03.09
And when He
releases those four angels,
00:46:04.87\00:46:07.33
dear friend, THEN you're
dealing with the time in which
00:46:07.63\00:46:10.35
probation has
closed and it's over.
00:46:10.56\00:46:13.52
And so that... that's
what it's talking about when it
00:46:13.82\00:46:16.65
talks about the day, the
hour, and the month, the year.
00:46:16.85\00:46:19.34
That is where God has
decided that it come to an end.
00:46:19.54\00:46:24.20
That those are to be released.
00:46:24.50\00:46:27.16
Just the same as when you
read scripture and it says
00:46:34.54\00:46:37.33
there was ten thousand
times ten thousand and thousands
00:46:37.53\00:46:39.99
of thousands.
This is the same thing.
00:46:40.19\00:46:43.29
It's talking
about a complete number.
00:46:43.49\00:46:45.85
That 200,000,000 is innumerable.
00:46:46.05\00:46:49.77
Innumerable company of them.
00:46:50.07\00:46:52.43
That was this army.
These are, again, folks,
00:46:52.63\00:46:57.20
I want to clarify:
these are demonic forces
00:46:57.40\00:47:00.77
that are working
at the end of time.
00:47:00.97\00:47:03.50
When fire, smoke, and
sulphur is used in scripture
00:47:03.71\00:47:08.62
it is connected
with judgment... always.
00:47:08.82\00:47:12.54
Do you remember the colors?
00:47:12.85\00:47:15.83
Hmmm?
00:47:16.33\00:47:17.91
What were the three colors?
00:47:18.21\00:47:20.01
Red, blue, and yellow.
00:47:20.41\00:47:23.84
Did you notice that
fire, smoke, and sulphur
00:47:24.14\00:47:28.81
are those three colors?
00:47:29.01\00:47:30.97
See, that all fits
together. It's the judgment
00:47:31.27\00:47:35.51
that goes against the
people that are unwilling
00:47:35.81\00:47:39.52
to follow God. Unwilling to walk
with Him and do His bidding.
00:47:39.72\00:47:44.04
OK.
00:47:47.22\00:47:48.91
Now I want to
clarify what I mean by that.
00:47:54.28\00:47:57.16
I don't mean to say that there's
not physical conflict here...
00:47:57.36\00:48:00.46
there is.
00:48:00.66\00:48:02.34
And without question
as those are poured out
00:48:02.54\00:48:04.66
upon the earth there will be
00:48:04.86\00:48:06.87
great suffering
and death from it.
00:48:07.07\00:48:10.28
But the conflict is more
spiritual than it is physical.
00:48:10.58\00:48:15.03
And that's why it
says it's in their mouths
00:48:15.23\00:48:18.17
and in their tails.
Because in this conflict,
00:48:18.37\00:48:23.19
folks, more is
involved in the mouth
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.82
than any other thing. Listen:
00:48:27.02\00:48:29.99
That's... I'm reading
II Corinthians 10 verse 4.
00:48:40.61\00:48:43.31
And it says what
the what? The what?
00:48:43.61\00:48:45.35
The weapons, OK? The
weapons of our warfare
00:48:46.53\00:48:50.78
are not carnal.
They're not physical.
00:48:50.98\00:48:53.24
"But mighty in God for
pulling down strongholds,
00:48:53.55\00:48:57.38
casting down" what? "arguments,
00:48:57.58\00:49:00.63
and every high thing
that exalts itself against
00:49:00.83\00:49:03.66
the knowledge of God, bringing
every thought into captivity
00:49:03.86\00:49:07.37
to the obedience of Christ. "
00:49:07.57\00:49:09.27
This is
important because the words
00:49:09.57\00:49:14.41
have tremendous power.
00:49:14.71\00:49:17.63
That's what it's talking about.
00:49:17.94\00:49:19.31
And so by their
words they stand.
00:49:19.34\00:49:21.97
And by the devil's deception
- by the things he does -
00:49:22.17\00:49:26.54
by word of mouth is
what it's talking about.
00:49:26.74\00:49:29.15
Revelation again
00:49:29.45\00:49:34.13
the 16th chapter where it
talks about the plagues there
00:49:34.43\00:49:37.63
it said "I saw three unclean
spirits come out of the... "
00:49:37.83\00:49:41.66
what? "Out of the
mouth of the beast,
00:49:41.86\00:49:45.83
the dragon, the false prophet. "
00:49:46.13\00:49:48.52
Those were... In other words,
that's why they're coming out
00:49:48.82\00:49:51.14
of the mouth is
because it's by deception,
00:49:51.34\00:49:53.84
by the power of the
mouth, that this takes place.
00:49:54.05\00:49:57.56
This is where the conflict
is, and that's why it says
00:50:11.63\00:50:15.30
"Out of their
mouth" goes these things.
00:50:15.50\00:50:18.45
I have a friend of
mine here tonight - Sherry,
00:50:18.69\00:50:22.94
who's an attorney - and
she, I think, could very
00:50:23.14\00:50:26.38
vouch for the fact that
it's the words in court that
00:50:26.58\00:50:30.68
counts... that
makes a great difference.
00:50:30.88\00:50:33.02
That's where the power of
the argument is is in that.
00:50:33.22\00:50:36.53
And so this is what it's
trying to tell you and I:
00:50:36.83\00:50:39.55
that this is
where the conflict is.
00:50:39.76\00:50:41.50
And so the sixth
trumpet takes place.
00:50:41.80\00:50:46.40
When those
trumpets are sounded, folks,
00:50:46.71\00:50:49.11
that sixth one is
sounded, then after that
00:50:49.41\00:50:55.00
it's over.
That's God's last appeal
00:50:55.20\00:50:59.35
to try to get mankind
to repent and come to Him.
00:50:59.65\00:51:04.58
Do you know why the
temple all of a sudden in heaven
00:52:05.29\00:52:08.24
is open?
00:52:08.27\00:52:10.46
Because Christ has left.
00:52:10.76\00:52:13.42
His mediation on behalf
of man, pleading for man,
00:52:13.72\00:52:19.05
has come to an
end. He's walked out.
00:52:19.25\00:52:21.73
It's over. He's
taken off His robes
00:52:21.93\00:52:24.56
as the Priest... as the
High Priest, as the Mediator...
00:52:24.77\00:52:30.35
and He's put on His
robes as the King of Kings
00:52:30.48\00:52:33.54
and the Lord of Lords.
00:52:33.75\00:52:35.88
And so these are
judgments that take place
00:52:36.18\00:52:39.64
down at the end of time.
00:52:39.84\00:52:42.25
So I would tell you,
study the book of Revelation.
00:52:42.55\00:52:45.07
Study what's happening there,
00:52:45.37\00:52:47.47
and God will direct,
help you and I understand
00:52:47.77\00:52:51.84
what is to happen and take place
00:52:52.04\00:52:53.81
just before Jesus comes back.
00:52:54.11\00:52:55.89
Let us pray.
00:52:56.19\00:52:57.80
Father in heaven,
00:52:58.10\00:53:00.96
we come to You
tonight asking that You would
00:53:01.27\00:53:04.77
give us... give
us the assurance.
00:53:04.97\00:53:09.58
Give to each one
that's listening,
00:53:09.88\00:53:12.42
watching on television, here...
00:53:12.62\00:53:16.48
May they have the assurance
of salvation in Christ.
00:53:16.78\00:53:21.55
May they be
sealed by Your blood.
00:53:21.85\00:53:24.77
May all of us look
to You, cling to You,
00:53:25.07\00:53:30.54
place our lives in Your hands,
00:53:30.74\00:53:34.09
walk with You in all that we do.
00:53:34.39\00:53:36.96
May we desire above all else
00:53:37.47\00:53:42.66
to follow the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:53:42.96\00:53:45.78
We're thankful to
know that You're there...
00:53:46.08\00:53:49.63
that You're our Savior,
00:53:49.93\00:53:52.82
that You're by our side
and we can depend upon You.
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For we have salvation in no
other name but Jesus Christ.
00:53:57.48\00:54:02.89
For this we ask
in Your name, Amen.
00:54:03.19\00:54:07.70
Well, we move into
the next presentation
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into the 10th chapter.
We're still dealing with the
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time of the trumpets
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because the trumpets deal
with the 10th and 11th chapters.
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It's not until the
end of the 11th chapter
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that we come to the
end of the trumpets.
00:54:27.90\00:54:30.50
So this 10th
chapter of Revelation
00:54:30.80\00:54:34.16
is again kind of an interlude
00:54:34.36\00:54:36.58
that God is putting
in there that tells us
00:54:36.78\00:54:39.88
what is
happening to His people...
00:54:40.08\00:54:42.51
God's people
here in the last days.
00:54:42.81\00:54:45.01
That's what He's helping
us to know and to understand.
00:54:45.21\00:54:47.88
So it's a... it's a
very, very vital chapter.
00:54:48.18\00:54:51.62
I think it's a great chapter
00:54:51.86\00:54:54.07
because it deals with
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:54:54.37\00:54:57.43
That's what it talks
about: great coming of our Lord.
00:54:57.73\00:55:00.99
We're thankful for that promise
of hope that we have in Him
00:55:01.29\00:55:04.22
as our Lord and Savior.
00:55:04.53\00:55:06.34
So we hope that you will
be blessed as we continue
00:55:06.64\00:55:09.33
to take a look at it.
And then, of course, we'll
00:55:09.53\00:55:12.00
look at the 11th chapter, and
that will bring us to the end
00:55:12.20\00:55:15.87
of the trumpets. So
have a good evening.
00:55:16.07\00:55:18.94
God bless you, and
be faithful to the Lord.
00:55:19.14\00:55:22.21
And we'll see you again
in our next presentation.
00:55:22.41\00:55:26.02
Good night; God bless you.
00:55:26.05\00:55:28.16
Every day thousands risk
their lives to protect and serve
00:55:34.32\00:55:38.44
their fellow man.
00:55:38.47\00:55:39.92
They have a deep commitment
to excellency in teamwork
00:55:40.12\00:55:43.08
and when others run from
danger, they run to it...
00:55:43.28\00:55:46.79
even if it means
personal sacrifice.
00:55:47.09\00:55:49.69
Even if it means making the
supreme sacrifice for another.
00:55:49.99\00:55:53.92
They're always on call,
ready to serve no matter what.
00:55:54.22\00:55:58.65
Friends, you and I can
learn a lot from firefighters.
00:55:58.95\00:56:02.18
In the United States, the
majority of them are volunteers.
00:56:02.48\00:56:05.38
That's right... volunteers.
00:56:05.68\00:56:07.80
But even for those who are
paid it's more than a job...
00:56:08.10\00:56:11.44
it's a calling.
00:56:11.64\00:56:13.13
Jesus said in John
15 verses 12 and 13:
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"This is My commandment:
00:56:17.31\00:56:18.94
that you love one
another as I have loved you.
00:56:19.14\00:56:21.79
Greater love has
no one than this:
00:56:22.09\00:56:24.47
than to lay down one's
life for his friends. "
00:56:24.67\00:56:27.57
Those who follow the
words of Jesus are His friends.
00:56:27.87\00:56:30.99
But Romans 5:8 says that
"God demonstrated His own love
00:56:31.29\00:56:34.60
towards us in that
while we were still sinners
00:56:34.80\00:56:37.49
Christ died for us. "
00:56:37.69\00:56:39.51
What an amazing thought!
00:56:39.81\00:56:41.47
Christ laid down His life for us
00:56:41.77\00:56:44.02
even though we
were not His friends.
00:56:44.22\00:56:47.35
A firefighter is
willing to do the same.
00:56:47.65\00:56:50.38
He's constantly
preparing for his next mission
00:56:50.58\00:56:53.11
because his own life
and the life of others
00:56:53.31\00:56:55.95
depends on his
training and qualifications.
00:56:56.15\00:56:58.81
My friends, that's
what we're doing right now
00:56:59.11\00:57:02.54
with this series:
we are preparing you
00:57:02.74\00:57:05.45
for what is to come.
00:57:05.65\00:57:07.09
Our goal is to make
you skilled in the Word
00:57:07.29\00:57:10.00
so that by the power of God
you can bring others to safety -
00:57:10.20\00:57:13.76
the safety that
can be found only
00:57:13.96\00:57:16.07
in the arms of a loving Savior.
00:57:16.27\00:57:18.39
Won't you help us to
train and prepare others
00:57:18.59\00:57:21.34
to fulfill this mission?
00:57:21.54\00:57:22.98
Please consider what
you can for those who
00:57:23.18\00:57:25.68
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:25.78\00:57:27.56
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:27.76\00:57:29.28
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00:57:44.79\00:57:47.57
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00:57:47.67\00:57:50.53
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