Well, we're very
happy to welcome you
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to the study of
the book of Revelation
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which we have entitled
The Revelation of Jesus Christ
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because IT IS about Jesus
Christ and His ministry...
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what He has to say
to you and to me today.
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And so in this particular series
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we're covering
Revelation 4 through 12.
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That's what
we're taking a look at.
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And if you have been following
us as we have been taking
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these subjects step by
step, you know that we have just
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finished talking
about the trumpets in the
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8th and 9th
chapter of Revelation...
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but the trumpets continue on
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through the 10th
and 11th chapter.
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And so today we're taking
a look at the 10th chapter
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in a subject that is entitled:
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And so we'd like to welcome
all of you that are here today
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and also those of you that
are joining us by television
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or by radio or on the Internet.
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We're very, very happy
to welcome you and we hope
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that today's subject
will help you understand
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God's message
particularly to you and I
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that are living today because
it's very, very important
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that we know where we
are, where we're headed,
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what's going on.
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And then our next
presentation will be entitled
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The Two Witnesses and
we're going to be looking at
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Revelation the 11th chapter.
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And in that 11th
chapter are Two Witnesses.
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There's also a beast there,
and it's necessary for you and I
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to understand what took place
during that period of time.
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And that's what we're looking
at in our next presentation
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on the Two Witnesses.
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But today we're taking a
look at the Time of the End.
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I consider this to be an
extremely important chapter
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because it talks about
the coming of Jesus Christ.
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That's what it deals
with: the coming of Jesus Christ
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and also the time
factor that's involved in that.
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So we hope that as we pick
up God's Word and go through it
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verse by verse that
you'll understand it,
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you'll see where we are,
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and above all, dear
friend, I'd invite you...
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prepare your heart for
the coming of Jesus Christ.
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It's very, very vital.
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We've taken a look at
some very serious subjects
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and what happens to those
that do not follow the Lord.
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And sometimes as we read that
people have some trepidation
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about their own
lives and what's going on.
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But God is more than capable
of taking care of you and of me.
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And we're happy to have
Jim and Pam Rhodes with us.
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And Pam is going to
sing a song that's entitled
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On Eagle's Wings.
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And this song gets its
inspiration from Psalm 91
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and it brings assurance
and comfort to you and me.
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And so I know you'll be blessed
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as they share
this song with you.
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But before they do,
Chuck Allgaier is going to come
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and he's going to read
with you the 10th chapter
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of the book of Revelation.
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Good morning. Good morning.
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If you have your Bibles this
morning, we're going to turn
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to Revelation chapter 10
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and we're going
to read that chapter.
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So if you have
your Bibles with you,
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please open them to the
book of Revelation chapter 10.
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Let's read together:
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings.
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Bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you
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in the palm
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of His hand.
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You who dwell in
the shelter of the Lord
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will abide in His presence
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for life. Say to the Lord
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"My refuge, my rock
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in whom I trust. "
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings.
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Bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you
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in the palm
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of His hand.
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You need not fear
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the terror of the night
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nor the arrow that flies by day.
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Under His wings... your refuge.
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His faithfulness...
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your shield.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings.
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Bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you
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in the palm
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of His hand.
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For to His angels
He's given the command
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to guard you in
all of your ways.
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Upon their hands
they will bear you up
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lest you dash
your foot upon a stone.
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And He will raise you up
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on eagle's wings.
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Bear you on the breath of dawn.
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Make you to shine like the sun
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and hold you...
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and hold you...
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and hold you in the
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palm
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of His
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hand.
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In the palm
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of
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His
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hand.
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Our heavenly Father,
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we come to You today
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first, Lord, to thank you.
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Thank you for sheltering us.
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Holding us in the
palm of Your hand.
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To know... have the assurance
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that we're safe and that You
care and love each one of us.
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Bless us, Lord, as
we study Your word now.
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We pray that the Holy
Spirit may give us insight,
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enlightenment.
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We ask, Lord, that
our hearts may be soft...
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they may be tender that the
Holy Spirit can guide and direct
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and Your Word can be understood.
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Bless, guide, and
direct as we study
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Your Word together this
morning we pray in Your name,
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Amen.
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The seven trumpets in
the 8th and 9th chapter
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of Revelation
are judgments of God
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against those who do
not have the seal of God.
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Makes that very clear.
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Says that it's
judgments against those
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that do not
have the seal of God.
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But you find that the Lord
doesn't intend just to do that
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and not make His people
aware of where they stand.
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And so John here
inserts or puts an interlude
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between the 6th and
7th trumpet and shows you
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what God has to
say about His people
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and what He's expecting of them.
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Does the same thing
with the seals, folks.
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Remember there He has
an interlude or an insert
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between the 6th and 7th seal
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where He talks about His
people and where they stand
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as far as the 144,000
are concerned and so forth.
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So He does the same
thing here with the trumpets.
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And that's basically
what we're looking at today
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is this 10th chapter
and what God is saying about
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His people and what
He expects from them.
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In that chapter is
what the scripture says
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"a mighty angel. "
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Now this angel is the
very same one as you find
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in the 5th chapter in verse 2
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where it talks about "a
mighty angel" or a strong angel.
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So this angel has come to
John and he has certain things
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to tell him
concerning his people.
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This description of
these angels, folks, is mighty.
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Angels can be as strong
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as a wintery blast.
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But they can also be as
gentle as a summer breeze.
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But these angels are mighty and
they have great, great power.
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Very, very
important: he has a little book.
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It's what? Open.
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Actually in the
original it would say
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"He had a little
scroll open in his hand. "
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And since it's
talking about a little scroll,
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it's probably part of
the scroll that the Lamb
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took out of the Father's hand.
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That the Lamb loosed the
seven seals and so forth.
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So he has a little book or
a little scroll in his hand
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and it is open.
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When it says his
right foot is on the sea,
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left foot is on the land,
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it represents that that
message has a world-wide part
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that's to be proclaimed to
every man, woman, and child
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on the face of the
earth. That's why he's standing
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on the land and the sea.
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God simply takes angels
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and uses angels to
represent a message
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that's to be given to the world.
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That's what this angel
here in Revelation 10 is doing.
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He has a message that
the whole world is to hear,
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and you're involved
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because it is speaking
about your day... my day.
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You're involved... this message
is to go to the whole world.
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Uh, same thing is concerning
the message of the 3 angels.
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Revelation 14: each one of those
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had a particular message that
the whole world was to hear,
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proclaim. Same thing with
the angel in Revelation 18
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where it says the
earth was lightened
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with the glory of this angel.
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It meant that he had a
message that the whole word
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was also to hear. So
that's what God uses angels for:
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to represent messages that
the whole world is to hear.
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Here he is standing
on the earth and the sea.
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He now has his
hand raised to heaven
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and he's about to shout
something... proclaim something.
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Now folks, we talked
about the souls under the altar
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that cried for judgment and
they said: "How long is this
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going to go on? " We
talked about the trumpets
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and we're
wondering... that were there
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to try to get men to repent.
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But now this angel is
proclaiming there shall be
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"delay no longer. "
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Now that's the way the
New King James version reads.
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I prefer the old King
James here much better,
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and it says that
"time should be no longer. "
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It means that time has run out.
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It's come to its end.
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"Time shall be no
longer. " So this angel
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is proclaiming to the
whole earth: "Time's run out!
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It's over; come to an end. "
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He continues on:
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It says here that he's saying:
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"Time shall be no
longer; that the mystery of God
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is finished. "
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You know the Bible speaks
of the mystery of iniquity?
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It speaks of the
mystery of godliness.
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Both of those
things are mysteries.
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If you try to
understand or reason
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or find an excuse for sin...
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there is none.
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You can't... if you
can find an excuse for sin,
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it ceases to be sin.
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There just is none.
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So when you start talking
about the mystery of iniquity,
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why? Why would Lucifer -
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created by God, in heaven,
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holding the
position next to Christ,
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above all the angelic
host and all those things -
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why he would turn
upon his own Creator?
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No... you can't
logically make that work.
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It's a mystery.
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Sin is a mystery
and always will be.
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But so is godliness.
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You try to think
out a rational reason
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why Jesus Christ would
leave the side of His Father,
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the adoration of
all of the angels,
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the joy of all
God's created universe,
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and come down here to this earth
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to be abused by mankind
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who didn't
appreciate Him or care for Him.
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You try and think up a
rational reason for that.
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There is none.
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But when it talks about here
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the "mystery of
God" should be finished,
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the mystery of
God is the gospel.
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The gospel of Jesus Christ
that's preached to mankind
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for salvation... that
is the mystery of God.
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And what he's saying here is:
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"The gospel has come to an end.
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That time has
run out for mankind.
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That the mystery of
God has come to an end. "
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Now John is
told: "Go to the angel.
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Take this
scroll from his hand. "
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"So John, OK...
here, take it and eat it...
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and when you do it's
going to be sweet in your mouth;
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it's going to be
bitter in your stomach. "
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Something about this message,
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something about what is
contained in that scroll,
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something about what
that angel is proclaiming
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that was going to
be sweet in his mouth
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and bitter in his stomach.
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There's something
about that... that message
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that would have
that effect upon John.
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That it would be
sweet in his mouth
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and bitter in his stomach.
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Well, you find that
there are books of the Bible
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that - How should
I say? - go together.
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And the books of the Bible that,
as far as prophecy is concerned,
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that go together are the
books of Daniel and Revelation.
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All the prophecies
in the book of Daniel
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are repeated in
the book of Revelation.
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In fact, I doubt very well -
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very much - that
anyone could really understand
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the prophecies of Revelation
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if he didn't understand
the prophecies of Daniel.
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They're... they're
that close together.
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They're like a hand in a glove.
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You have to put them together;
you have to understand them.
00:22:26.90\00:22:29.75
This little book - this little
scroll - that we're talking
00:22:30.06\00:22:32.71
about here that was
in the angel's hand...
00:22:32.91\00:22:35.39
that little book is
also mentioned in Daniel.
00:22:35.59\00:22:38.23
We read about it in
Daniel the 12th chapter
00:22:39.45\00:22:41.93
in verse 4, and it says this:
00:22:42.13\00:22:43.79
He said: "Now
Daniel, shut up the words,
00:22:53.29\00:22:55.63
seal the book, until
the time of the end. "
00:22:55.83\00:22:59.67
Well, this little
book that Daniel has here
00:23:01.15\00:23:05.99
is in the hand of
the angel but it's what?
00:23:06.29\00:23:10.29
Is it closed or is it open
00:23:12.43\00:23:14.25
in the hand of the angel?
00:23:15.64\00:23:17.59
It's open.
00:23:17.89\00:23:19.39
The little book was open
in the hand of the angel.
00:23:19.69\00:23:21.98
But Daniel sees
it and it's sealed.
00:23:22.18\00:23:24.39
He said: "Daniel, seal it
up unto the time of the end. "
00:23:24.49\00:23:28.91
Now when you and I
begin to talk about the time
00:23:29.21\00:23:31.81
of the end... the Bible
speaks of the time of the end.
00:23:32.01\00:23:36.10
Do you understand the difference
between the time of the end
00:23:36.31\00:23:40.35
and the end of time?
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.37
'Cause those are both
phrases used in the Bible.
00:23:43.71\00:23:45.51
It talks about the time of
the end and the end of time.
00:23:45.71\00:23:48.93
Well, when I was a boy
00:23:49.23\00:23:51.84
uh, my father would go
to town in September...
00:23:52.14\00:23:57.73
usually we'd buy a turkey.
00:23:57.93\00:23:59.73
And he would bring
that turkey back home,
00:24:00.03\00:24:02.05
and we had a large cage there.
00:24:02.25\00:24:03.91
And he would put
the turkey in that cage.
00:24:04.21\00:24:06.07
And he would give me
instructions about feeding it
00:24:06.37\00:24:08.93
and watering it and making sure
that it was well taken care of
00:24:09.13\00:24:12.89
and all. And that was my job:
I was to look after that turkey.
00:24:13.19\00:24:18.18
When my father put
that turkey in that cage,
00:24:18.48\00:24:22.18
that began the time of the end.
00:24:22.49\00:24:25.32
OK? That began
the time of the end.
00:24:28.35\00:24:31.73
Said: "Shut it up, seal it
unto the time of the end. "
00:24:32.03\00:24:37.13
But when
Thanksgiving Day rolled around,
00:24:37.43\00:24:40.62
that was the end of time. OK.
00:24:40.82\00:24:44.26
So that's the
difference between those two.
00:24:44.46\00:24:46.32
"Shut it up, seal it
unto the time of the end. "
00:24:46.52\00:24:50.85
Well when you pick up your
Bible and you begin to read
00:24:51.15\00:24:54.22
about the time of the end,
00:24:54.42\00:24:56.59
God is very explicit.
00:24:56.89\00:25:00.73
Over and over He
will tell you exactly when
00:25:01.03\00:25:04.00
that time of the end began.
00:25:04.20\00:25:05.88
And all you have to do is
begin to study the prophecies
00:25:06.18\00:25:08.71
like Daniel 7:25, and it
mentions the time of the end.
00:25:08.91\00:25:13.34
Revelation 11 verse 2 will
talk about the time of the end.
00:25:13.64\00:25:18.42
Revelation 12 verse 6 will
talk about the time of the end.
00:25:18.65\00:25:21.67
Revelation 13 verse 5
will talk about the end.
00:25:21.98\00:25:25.41
And all of those
point to the time of 1798 AD
00:25:25.71\00:25:30.70
as beginning
the time of the end.
00:25:30.90\00:25:33.60
So when he told
Daniel: "Shut up the words,
00:25:33.90\00:25:36.02
seal the book unto
the time of the end, "
00:25:36.22\00:25:39.18
very very clear when the time
of the end begins: in 1798 AD.
00:25:39.38\00:25:45.37
Up until 1798 AD
00:25:45.57\00:25:49.14
people tried to
understand the books of
00:25:50.62\00:25:52.85
of Daniel and Revelation
00:25:53.05\00:25:54.58
but they just
couldn't seem to break through.
00:25:54.78\00:25:58.43
In fact you can still go
back and read the writings
00:25:58.63\00:26:01.63
of some of those theologians
and those Bible students
00:26:01.66\00:26:04.17
and you can see as they
try to understand what it's
00:26:04.37\00:26:07.46
talking about... but they
just can't seem to get through
00:26:07.56\00:26:12.05
and understand
what it's talking about.
00:26:12.25\00:26:13.64
But in the late 1700s
there was a Jewish boy.
00:26:14.24\00:26:20.19
His name was Joseph Wolf.
00:26:20.32\00:26:24.18
Joseph Wolf as a boy
accepted Jesus Christ
00:26:24.48\00:26:29.62
as his Savior.
00:26:29.82\00:26:31.19
As he got older, he went
away to school and the seminary.
00:26:31.22\00:26:34.88
Studied... became a minister
00:26:35.08\00:26:37.28
and had a great,
great burden on his heart
00:26:37.58\00:26:40.87
for the Jewish people.
00:26:41.07\00:26:43.08
And so he went over to
Palestine and he began to preach
00:26:43.38\00:26:47.23
to the Jewish people there.
00:26:47.44\00:26:48.83
But while he was there, he also
00:26:49.13\00:26:51.10
carried a burden to understand
00:26:51.21\00:26:53.13
the books of
Daniel and Revelation.
00:26:53.33\00:26:55.12
And he was trying
to understand them,
00:26:55.43\00:26:57.27
and he had come to
the 8th chapter of Daniel
00:26:57.48\00:27:01.49
and trying to understand that
prophecy... what it was talking
00:27:01.73\00:27:05.73
about like verse 14 that
said "Unto 2,300 days and then
00:27:05.93\00:27:10.65
shall the
sanctuary be cleansed. "
00:27:10.85\00:27:12.35
And he was trying
to get that in his mind
00:27:12.38\00:27:15.57
and understand
what it was about.
00:27:15.77\00:27:17.30
And he continued to read and he
moved over into the 9th chapter
00:27:17.60\00:27:22.02
and he came to
that text in Daniel 9
00:27:22.22\00:27:25.25
where the angel told him
a definite period of time.
00:27:25.45\00:27:29.87
He told him that
there would be seven weeks
00:27:30.17\00:27:34.42
threescore and two weeks
00:27:34.62\00:27:37.03
unto the Messiah, the Prince.
00:27:37.33\00:27:39.46
But it also said that when the
Jewish people were to go back
00:27:39.76\00:27:44.70
that would begin a time -
set time - for it to start.
00:27:44.90\00:27:50.17
And so he began to get his
Bible and every history book
00:27:50.47\00:27:53.05
he could find and
he began to study it.
00:27:53.25\00:27:55.34
And he began to
trace that prophecy.
00:27:55.64\00:27:57.31
Found out the decree of
Artaxerxes was given in 457 BC
00:27:57.51\00:28:01.60
and tracing it, it brought
him to the date of 1843 AD.
00:28:01.90\00:28:07.88
And Joseph Wolf began to preach
all across the Middle East
00:28:08.18\00:28:12.11
that Jesus was coming in
1843 AD because, you see,
00:28:12.41\00:28:16.98
they believed that text
in Daniel 8:14 that spoke of
00:28:17.18\00:28:20.65
the cleansing of the
sanctuary... they believed
00:28:20.68\00:28:23.64
that that meant the
cleansing of this earth by fire.
00:28:23.84\00:28:26.54
And therefore they
said: "Jesus is coming back. "
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.86
And he began to preach
that all across Palestine
00:28:30.16\00:28:32.82
that Jesus was coming.
00:28:33.02\00:28:34.39
At the same time - I mean,
during the same period of time -
00:28:34.48\00:28:40.42
there is a minister
over in England by the name
00:28:40.72\00:28:43.83
of Edward Irving.
00:28:44.03\00:28:46.11
Edward Irving has been studying
the very same prophecies.
00:28:46.41\00:28:50.07
And as he has
studied those prophecies
00:28:50.37\00:28:53.31
they too have
carried him step by step
00:28:53.51\00:28:56.77
down to the date of 1843 AD.
00:28:56.97\00:28:59.81
And Edward Irving
began to preach in England
00:29:00.12\00:29:02.96
that Jesus was
coming in 1843 AD.
00:29:03.16\00:29:05.86
He was joined, folks, by
500 other Episcopal ministers
00:29:06.06\00:29:11.08
and that swept across the
British Isles like wildfire
00:29:11.29\00:29:14.67
that Jesus was
coming in 1843 AD.
00:29:14.87\00:29:17.39
Uh, you want to say
this is coincidental?
00:29:19.39\00:29:21.51
That it just happened?
00:29:22.09\00:29:23.59
At the very same time...
00:29:23.89\00:29:26.87
at the very same time
there's a Roman Catholic priest
00:29:27.37\00:29:33.00
in South America by the
name of Manuel de Lacunza
00:29:33.20\00:29:36.90
that is preaching
the very same prophecies.
00:29:37.10\00:29:39.85
And they, too, as
he has studied them,
00:29:40.05\00:29:42.05
have brought him to 1843 AD.
00:29:42.25\00:29:44.67
He's written a book
called The Coming King.
00:29:44.87\00:29:46.86
It has circulated all across
South America and literally
00:29:47.06\00:29:49.98
thousands of people
have accepted and believed
00:29:50.18\00:29:52.75
that Jesus is coming in 1843 AD.
00:29:52.95\00:29:55.45
Just happened?
00:29:59.85\00:30:01.47
At the same time,
there's a Baptist minister here
00:30:02.07\00:30:07.02
in the United States by
the name of William Miller
00:30:07.22\00:30:09.56
who has been studying these
prophecies now for 9 years.
00:30:09.86\00:30:15.49
And as he has
studied those prophecies,
00:30:15.69\00:30:19.19
he too has come
under the same conviction
00:30:19.50\00:30:22.79
that Jesus Christ is
coming back in 1843 AD.
00:30:22.99\00:30:27.06
Began to preach
it around his church
00:30:27.36\00:30:30.68
in the area where he
was, and he was invited
00:30:30.98\00:30:33.46
to preach at a Congregational
church up in Boston.
00:30:33.66\00:30:37.79
He took his charts and
everything and went up there
00:30:37.99\00:30:40.94
and preached a
series at that church
00:30:41.14\00:30:44.13
about these prophecies.
00:30:44.33\00:30:46.31
And when he finished, the
young pastor of that church
00:30:46.61\00:30:50.91
by the name of Joshua
V. Hines stood up and said:
00:30:51.11\00:30:54.64
"Mr. Miller, do you
believe what you're preaching? "
00:30:54.84\00:30:57.23
And William Miller said:
"I wouldn't be preaching it
00:30:57.53\00:31:00.00
if I didn't believe it. "
00:31:00.20\00:31:01.57
And then he said:
"Well, why don't you
00:31:01.80\00:31:03.23
do something about it? "
00:31:03.43\00:31:04.93
And under the guidance and
help of that young preacher
00:31:05.23\00:31:09.12
they began to make one
large city after another
00:31:09.32\00:31:12.14
across this country.
00:31:12.34\00:31:13.71
They would go in
and pitch tents, folks,
00:31:13.93\00:31:16.27
that would seat five,
six, seven thousand people.
00:31:16.47\00:31:20.36
And the people would come out.
00:31:20.66\00:31:22.60
And so many would come out
that the railroad companies
00:31:22.81\00:31:25.71
would have to run
tracks out to the tent
00:31:25.91\00:31:28.22
just to take care of the
people that came by railcar.
00:31:28.42\00:31:30.86
That... those places would be
packed with thousands of people
00:31:31.06\00:31:34.70
as William Miller
preached night after night
00:31:34.90\00:31:37.07
about the coming of the Lord.
00:31:37.27\00:31:38.64
A young Methodist minister
by the name of S. S. Snow
00:31:39.69\00:31:45.21
went to hear William Miller.
00:31:45.41\00:31:47.58
He heard
William Miller preach it
00:31:47.88\00:31:51.15
and left that tent
under great conviction.
00:31:51.35\00:31:54.52
Went back home and got his
Bible and got every history book
00:31:54.82\00:31:58.15
he could get, and he
began to search it out.
00:31:58.35\00:32:00.77
And he found out that
that decree of Artaxerxes was
00:32:00.97\00:32:04.17
given in the fall of the year.
00:32:04.37\00:32:05.87
And so as he began
to trace it step by step
00:32:06.17\00:32:09.41
it brought him not to
1843 AD but it brought him
00:32:09.62\00:32:14.06
to the Fall of 1844 AD.
00:32:14.26\00:32:17.32
And he went to see William
Miller, and they sat down
00:32:17.62\00:32:20.90
and they studied that together.
00:32:21.10\00:32:22.47
And William Miller
could see that he was right.
00:32:22.67\00:32:24.87
And they called
a Bible conference.
00:32:26.94\00:32:29.07
People came in from
all over the United States.
00:32:29.47\00:32:33.36
In fact, some people
even came from Europe.
00:32:33.66\00:32:36.64
And S. S. Snow stood up
there and presented that paper.
00:32:36.85\00:32:41.58
And when he was through,
that Bible conference voted
00:32:41.88\00:32:45.75
that Jesus Christ was
coming back on October 22, 1844.
00:32:46.97\00:32:53.05
They voted!
00:32:53.35\00:32:55.11
That... that became
known as the Midnight Cry.
00:32:55.41\00:32:59.73
They said: "Behold,
the bridegroom cometh;
00:33:00.03\00:33:02.76
go out to meet Him. "
00:33:03.06\00:33:04.43
They went out and they talked
to everybody they could find.
00:33:04.71\00:33:08.02
They told them Jesus
Christ was coming back.
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.44
They got on their knees;
they confessed their sins.
00:33:10.64\00:33:13.30
They got their hearts right
for the coming of the Lord.
00:33:13.50\00:33:15.86
They looked for
it; they longed for it.
00:33:16.06\00:33:17.82
It was in their
mouths as sweet as honey.
00:33:18.02\00:33:21.45
Time should be no longer.
00:33:21.75\00:33:24.96
That the mystery
of God was finished!
00:33:25.26\00:33:27.96
October 22, 1844, came...
00:33:29.25\00:33:35.22
and they went out to meet Him.
00:33:35.53\00:33:38.66
Some of them
stood out in the yard.
00:33:38.96\00:33:43.26
Some stood in vacant fields.
00:33:43.56\00:33:46.32
Some sat in their
house like William Miller
00:33:46.62\00:33:49.22
and they waited
for the Lord to come.
00:33:49.52\00:33:52.30
All day long they waited
00:33:52.60\00:33:55.35
until the sun began
to set that evening.
00:33:55.65\00:33:59.71
And they encouraged one another
00:34:00.02\00:34:02.07
and they said:
"He'll come at midnight. "
00:34:02.27\00:34:04.10
And on into the
night they waited
00:34:04.40\00:34:07.20
until the sun
rose the next morning.
00:34:07.40\00:34:11.83
And that which had
been as sweet as honey
00:34:12.13\00:34:15.69
in their mouths became
bitter in their stomachs.
00:34:15.99\00:34:21.11
They longed for it; they
hoped for it; they believed it.
00:34:21.41\00:34:24.13
Now let me tell you something:
00:34:24.33\00:34:25.70
if you take this
prophecy in Daniel 9
00:34:25.81\00:34:29.46
and you trace it, it will
take you to 1844 AD every time
00:34:29.66\00:34:33.32
if you're intelectually honest.
00:34:33.52\00:34:34.98
They were wrong
about what was to happen.
00:34:35.28\00:34:38.36
It was talking about
Christ coming to His Father
00:34:38.56\00:34:42.13
in the sanctuary and
for the judgment to begin.
00:34:42.16\00:34:44.37
They were wrong in the
application, but the scripture
00:34:44.57\00:34:47.03
had foretold that
they would be wrong.
00:34:47.24\00:34:49.61
Had said that it would be
a bitter experience for them.
00:34:49.82\00:34:52.77
But out of that was to
grow a movement of God's people.
00:34:52.97\00:34:58.07
Did you hear me?
00:35:00.59\00:35:01.96
Out of that was
to grow a movement
00:35:03.12\00:35:06.14
of God's people that
had a specific purpose
00:35:06.35\00:35:10.96
and plan and a
commission to fulfill
00:35:11.16\00:35:14.13
up to the coming
of Jesus Christ. Amen!
00:35:14.33\00:35:17.64
That's where you
and I stand today.
00:35:17.88\00:35:21.56
I read to you all the
verses in the 10th chapter
00:35:23.00\00:35:27.38
of Revelation
except the last one.
00:35:27.58\00:35:29.64
Verse 11 says:
00:35:29.94\00:35:31.85
"Thou must prophesy again.
" Prophesy again about what?
00:35:43.09\00:35:46.78
About the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:35:48.90\00:35:51.28
When it uses that
word "thou" there,
00:35:51.48\00:35:54.67
who's it talking about?
00:35:54.87\00:35:56.68
Yeah, it's talking about you.
00:35:59.25\00:36:01.38
You have a responsibility.
00:36:02.65\00:36:05.50
You have been
called; you have been chosen.
00:36:06.49\00:36:11.20
You have a
responsibility to proclaim
00:36:11.50\00:36:14.58
that Jesus
Christ is coming back!
00:36:14.78\00:36:17.84
That is your calling;
that is what you're to do.
00:36:18.14\00:36:21.34
That should become the
foremost thing in your life:
00:36:21.54\00:36:24.83
to tell others
about Jesus Christ.
00:36:25.13\00:36:29.22
Well I know, when you talk
about the coming of Jesus Christ
00:36:29.72\00:36:33.87
people get
excited and they'll say:
00:36:34.07\00:36:37.20
"Oh, we don't know
when Jesus is coming.
00:36:37.40\00:36:39.41
Why it could be
1,000 years from now.
00:36:39.71\00:36:42.49
We... we don't know
when that will take place. "
00:36:42.79\00:36:45.19
In fact, I hear
some dear saint say:
00:36:47.04\00:36:50.92
"Oh, He's going to come
as a thief in the night,
00:36:51.12\00:36:53.67
so we don't know
when He's going to come. "
00:36:53.97\00:36:56.61
Well, let me tell you something:
00:36:57.84\00:36:59.36
if Jesus Christ comes as
a thief in the night to you,
00:36:59.66\00:37:05.32
you're lost.
00:37:05.53\00:37:07.41
At least that's
what the scripture says.
00:37:10.17\00:37:12.66
Listen:
00:37:12.96\00:37:14.65
And some people say:
"See, right there it says
00:37:27.85\00:37:30.08
He's coming as a
thief in the night. "
00:37:30.18\00:37:31.55
The problem is: most
people quit reading right there.
00:37:31.58\00:37:33.52
If you'll just read
on, it makes it very clear.
00:37:33.82\00:37:36.93
"But you brethren...
but YOU brethren... "
00:37:46.05\00:37:50.00
Who's that talking to? OK.
00:37:50.20\00:37:53.15
"You're not in darkness.
00:37:58.95\00:38:01.46
If I know a
thief's coming to my house,
00:38:11.00\00:38:14.08
you'd better believe I'm going
to be watching and waiting.
00:38:14.28\00:38:16.82
And you and I ought to be also!
00:38:17.12\00:38:20.68
So how can I
know... how can I know
00:38:20.89\00:38:26.49
that Christ is coming?
00:38:26.79\00:38:28.84
How... how can I
know that is taking place?
00:38:29.14\00:38:34.72
Well, the scripture
gives us some insights.
00:38:34.92\00:38:38.44
He said: "You've got
the prophetic Word...
00:38:58.17\00:39:01.03
you've got the prophecies. "
00:39:01.13\00:39:03.08
And he says those
prophecies are clear enough that
00:39:03.28\00:39:06.30
"you shall not be in
darkness but that you have light
00:39:06.50\00:39:09.96
and you should walk in
the light of the Word. "
00:39:10.16\00:39:12.18
How can you and I -
who know what the book says
00:39:12.48\00:39:16.86
and we know what
God's Word says -
00:39:17.06\00:39:19.24
how can you stand
there and not open your mouth
00:39:19.44\00:39:22.98
and tell somebody
Jesus Christ is coming?
00:39:23.08\00:39:25.44
How can we do that?
00:39:25.74\00:39:27.63
We are children of the
light, not of darkness.
00:39:29.26\00:39:33.27
Therefore, you and I have
a responsibility laid upon us
00:39:33.50\00:39:37.34
to tell men and women
Jesus Christ is coming back.
00:39:37.54\00:39:41.16
You ever been there?
00:39:44.49\00:39:47.00
The light should
have dawned upon you.
00:39:53.83\00:39:56.47
You should have woke up!
00:39:56.77\00:39:58.32
You should see the
day... not the darkness.
00:39:58.63\00:40:00.90
That's how we're to be
00:40:05.52\00:40:08.52
in preparing for
the coming of Jesus.
00:40:08.82\00:40:11.69
I'm going to share
a few things with you
00:40:13.15\00:40:15.12
that I believe
are clear indications
00:40:15.42\00:40:20.59
of the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:40:20.79\00:40:23.51
Where you and I are today.
00:40:23.81\00:40:27.02
And I hope that it will
help you to prepare your heart.
00:40:28.65\00:40:33.01
And if you're
slumbering and sleeping,
00:40:33.21\00:40:36.00
I hope you'll wake up.
00:40:36.10\00:40:38.31
The first is
the loss of liberty.
00:40:41.75\00:40:44.21
The Bible clearly
says that in the last days
00:40:44.51\00:40:49.82
one of the signs
of Christ's return
00:40:50.02\00:40:52.08
is the loss of liberty.
00:40:52.28\00:40:54.95
You can look for
that... you can expect it.
00:40:55.26\00:40:57.58
It says this:
00:40:57.88\00:41:00.61
There are certain
things that have happened
00:41:22.44\00:41:26.55
that should tell you and
I that things have changed.
00:41:26.86\00:41:32.32
There has been a
marked change in the way
00:41:32.62\00:41:36.39
we live and
operate in this country.
00:41:36.59\00:41:39.59
I want you to listen.
00:41:39.89\00:41:42.50
This is a statement
by Michael Connelly.
00:41:42.80\00:41:47.97
He's an attorney;
he's an instructor...
00:41:48.27\00:41:51.60
teacher of constitutional law
00:41:51.80\00:41:53.65
in Carrollton, Texas.
00:41:53.95\00:41:56.17
I want you to listen
to what he has to say
00:41:56.47\00:41:58.88
because it's vital to
what we're talking about:
00:41:59.18\00:42:02.72
Now he's talking about
the health care bill, OK,
00:42:08.63\00:42:12.29
and he wrote this
before it was passed.
00:42:12.49\00:42:14.90
We're now talking
about the health care bill
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.77
that has passed, OK?
00:42:17.97\00:42:20.08
He said: "Now what
this bill is actually doing
00:42:43.43\00:42:46.43
and if you read the
bill, it is transferring
00:42:46.63\00:42:50.11
the power from
that of the legislative
00:42:50.31\00:42:53.32
branch of our government
to the executive branch
00:42:53.52\00:42:56.24
of our government.
00:42:56.44\00:42:57.81
And it was adopted...
00:43:02.28\00:43:04.12
I think we have a statement in
the writings of Ellen G. White
00:43:11.74\00:43:17.39
where she says the principles
of the Constitution will be
00:43:18.95\00:43:22.31
done away with.
00:43:22.51\00:43:24.54
Which it has.
00:43:50.24\00:43:51.92
They can call it a
tax and get by with it.
00:44:14.03\00:44:17.43
Dear friend, I don't know
whether you're aware of it
00:44:20.13\00:44:22.74
but your liberty has
greatly been curtailed.
00:44:22.94\00:44:27.18
And there are steps
that are being taken
00:44:27.48\00:44:30.81
and you and I need to
understand what's happening.
00:44:31.12\00:44:36.07
Secondly, financial bankruptcy.
00:44:36.37\00:44:40.24
Uh, we never thought
this day would ever come
00:44:40.44\00:44:44.60
when as a country - the
United States of America
00:44:44.91\00:44:50.44
that has been the
leader in so many things -
00:44:50.64\00:44:52.92
today finds itself
financially bankrupt.
00:44:53.12\00:44:57.24
The scripture prophesies
that that would happen
00:44:58.45\00:45:01.86
at the end of time.
00:45:02.06\00:45:03.45
Talking about Babylon, and
we'll talk more about Babylon
00:45:24.85\00:45:27.51
in future nights.
00:45:27.71\00:45:29.17
But it talks about
how it would crumble
00:45:29.57\00:45:32.39
and it would be
financially bankrupt.
00:45:32.59\00:45:35.21
Where do we stand
today financially?
00:45:35.51\00:45:40.25
Well, we owe China
00:45:41.08\00:45:43.87
894.8 billion dollars.
00:45:44.17\00:45:49.01
We owe Japan
766.7 billion dollars.
00:45:49.51\00:45:55.42
We're in debt to those
two countries that much.
00:45:55.82\00:45:59.41
What does our
national debt look like?
00:46:02.02\00:46:05.44
As of July 9, 2010,
00:46:06.44\00:46:11.36
we owed 13 trillion,
00:46:11.66\00:46:15.88
189 billion,
00:46:16.19\00:46:18.17
193 million,
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.38
996 thousand
00:46:21.68\00:46:24.79
eight hundred seventy-four
dollars and 56 cents.
00:46:25.09\00:46:29.50
Now do you understand, folks,
00:46:29.80\00:46:33.90
that the only asset... the
only asset the United States
00:46:34.20\00:46:38.37
government has...
00:46:38.57\00:46:40.06
Do you know what the
only asset they have is?
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.67
The only asset they have is YOU.
00:46:43.07\00:46:46.21
That's the only asset
they have: you're the one
00:46:47.90\00:46:50.37
that makes the money.
You're the one that does this.
00:46:50.57\00:46:53.25
You're the only asset they have.
00:46:53.45\00:46:55.02
That simply means if we've
got a national debt like that
00:46:55.32\00:46:58.88
that every one of you
and your children included
00:46:59.08\00:47:02.21
are in hock for $42,000.
00:47:02.51\00:47:05.93
Every one of you.
00:47:08.40\00:47:09.77
And so what's happening?
00:47:11.02\00:47:14.01
What's going on?
00:47:14.11\00:47:15.48
Very quickly - I don't
know if you can see this -
00:47:15.56\00:47:19.41
Folks, in 2008- in 2008-
00:47:19.71\00:47:24.72
our national debt which
was high enough at that point
00:47:25.02\00:47:28.01
was 5.6 trillion dollars.
00:47:28.31\00:47:31.48
2008!
00:47:32.08\00:47:34.99
Two years it has
risen to 13 trillion.
00:47:35.29\00:47:39.00
You and I face some real
problems, and I'm talking about
00:47:42.44\00:47:45.40
financially bankrupt we are.
00:47:45.60\00:47:47.50
Total revenue. Total revenue...
that means all the money that
00:47:47.81\00:47:52.60
you and I pour into the
government through taxes
00:47:52.80\00:47:55.42
and all that kind of stuff...
00:47:55.72\00:47:57.09
the total revenue that they got
00:47:57.12\00:47:58.83
was 14.8 trillion dollars.
00:47:59.03\00:48:01.98
In 2009, they spent
00:48:02.28\00:48:07.45
24 trillion 700 dollars.
00:48:07.76\00:48:11.23
When you take a look
at all of it, that means
00:48:11.53\00:48:15.15
that they went into debt to a
total of 9.9 trillion dollars.
00:48:15.35\00:48:20.77
I... I don't know about you,
00:48:21.85\00:48:23.97
but there's no way on earth
00:48:24.27\00:48:26.68
to continue that kind
of spending and survive.
00:48:26.88\00:48:31.09
You can't do it!
00:48:31.39\00:48:33.06
So you and I need to understand
where we stand financially.
00:48:34.63\00:48:38.11
As a nation, we have
become morally corrupt.
00:48:43.58\00:48:48.62
They were morally
corrupt... they were destroyed!
00:49:05.53\00:49:09.40
So it will be in the
day that God comes back.
00:49:09.70\00:49:12.96
Paul talked about it. He said:
00:49:13.26\00:49:15.59
Exactly where we are today.
00:50:02.35\00:50:04.70
Where are we?
00:50:06.41\00:50:08.18
Look. This is our
situation today, folks.
00:50:10.04\00:50:13.15
There's a murder in this
country every 30 minutes.
00:50:15.08\00:50:21.02
I'm not talking about killed...
00:50:21.32\00:50:25.06
I'm talking about murdered.
00:50:25.36\00:50:26.86
Every 30 minutes
someone is murdered.
00:50:27.16\00:50:29.60
A woman is raped in this country
00:50:30.99\00:50:35.57
every two minutes.
00:50:35.77\00:50:38.38
Morally corrupt.
00:50:40.99\00:50:43.23
Burglary. Every 15 seconds
00:50:44.75\00:50:50.00
there's a
burglary that takes place.
00:50:50.30\00:50:53.17
Theft every 5 seconds.
00:50:56.00\00:51:00.56
And I'm not talking
about things... little things.
00:51:00.86\00:51:04.85
When I'm talking about theft...
I'm talking about major things
00:51:05.05\00:51:07.81
every 5 seconds.
00:51:08.11\00:51:09.48
We have become a
nation that has no morals.
00:51:09.77\00:51:14.44
A nation that even
nations that do not know
00:51:14.74\00:51:20.67
the Lord Jesus Christ
look upon us as Satanic
00:51:20.87\00:51:26.47
because we've lost
our concept of morals.
00:51:27.79\00:51:31.78
One other point
I'd like to mention.
00:51:32.08\00:51:34.62
And I'll just say
this... it bothers me greatly.
00:51:34.92\00:51:37.78
I would never invite
somebody into my home, folks,
00:51:38.18\00:51:41.28
that would use
profanity all the time
00:51:41.48\00:51:43.44
and would teach my
children it was all right to lie
00:51:43.64\00:51:46.71
and to kill and to steal.
00:51:46.91\00:51:48.51
I would never permit that.
00:51:48.81\00:51:50.62
But yet we all
invite someone into our home
00:51:50.92\00:51:54.56
and they sit there in
the corner of our house
00:51:54.76\00:51:56.75
and they use
profanity and they teach lying
00:51:56.95\00:51:59.72
and stealing and killing...
00:51:59.82\00:52:01.19
and we seem to
think that's all right.
00:52:01.22\00:52:03.12
I think we need to
stop and take a good look
00:52:06.21\00:52:08.47
at how we control
that TV set. Amen!
00:52:08.77\00:52:13.59
Listen to this:
00:52:17.93\00:52:19.40
Have you ever
heard? I had never heard
00:52:31.52\00:52:33.71
of tornadoes. I grew up
in part of the world that
00:52:34.01\00:52:38.21
has tornadoes. I've
seen them all my life.
00:52:38.41\00:52:41.10
I've never heard of tornadoes
that were a mile and a half wide
00:52:41.41\00:52:45.86
and a hundred miles in length.
00:52:46.06\00:52:49.01
But that's what
we've had this year.
00:52:49.31\00:52:51.76
Went right across Alabama
and Georgia and that way.
00:52:52.06\00:52:54.92
We have today storms
like we have never seen.
00:52:55.22\00:53:00.16
Floods? Almost constantly
there's some place that's
00:53:02.62\00:53:08.40
being flooded. This
is pictures of Nashville.
00:53:08.60\00:53:12.27
That's where I
live: not far from there.
00:53:12.37\00:53:15.04
You can see... this is Opryland.
00:53:15.34\00:53:18.88
This was the worst
disaster that they've ever had
00:53:19.18\00:53:23.62
since the Civil War.
00:53:23.82\00:53:25.27
They still... you can't
go to some of these places.
00:53:25.97\00:53:29.34
They're still
trying to rebuild it
00:53:29.65\00:53:31.24
because we've had
such terrible floods.
00:53:31.54\00:53:35.58
Earthquakes? We have had 99
00:53:37.42\00:53:41.12
earthquakes 6.0 or greater
00:53:41.33\00:53:44.69
since the first
of the year this year
00:53:44.89\00:53:47.30
to say nothing of
China, Spain, Solomon Islands,
00:53:47.60\00:53:49.96
Indonesia, Baja,
Mexico, Chile, and Haiti.
00:53:50.16\00:53:52.95
Folks, when I say we
had 99 earthquakes...
00:54:10.81\00:54:15.22
that's since the
first of the year to now.
00:54:15.42\00:54:18.75
Last year we had
twenty eight 6.0 or greater.
00:54:19.05\00:54:23.08
Uh, 2004 was the
worst year for earthquakes
00:54:23.38\00:54:28.12
in 500 years.
00:54:28.42\00:54:30.61
276,000 people lost their lives.
00:54:30.91\00:54:34.87
We had one earthquake
this year that took that many.
00:54:35.17\00:54:38.69
You can look at
their dead bodies
00:54:40.49\00:54:43.69
strung across
the streets of Haiti
00:54:43.89\00:54:46.83
where they died
literally by the thousands.
00:54:47.13\00:54:50.17
I hope... I hope
by the grace of God
00:54:59.88\00:55:04.00
that you
understand where we are.
00:55:06.32\00:55:09.78
That you and I
will prepare our hearts
00:55:10.08\00:55:14.09
and look for the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:55:14.39\00:55:17.03
Dear friend, don't let
that friend, that neighbor,
00:55:17.43\00:55:20.05
that loved one of yours go
into eternity without salvation
00:55:20.25\00:55:26.01
or at least without
it being offered to them.
00:55:26.21\00:55:28.55
God bless you; have a great day.
00:55:28.85\00:55:31.05
Every day thousands risk
their lives to protect and serve
00:55:36.52\00:55:40.89
their fellow man.
00:55:41.09\00:55:42.46
They have a deep commitment
to excellency in teamwork
00:55:42.63\00:55:45.57
and when others run from
danger, they run to it...
00:55:45.77\00:55:49.34
even if it means
personal sacrifice.
00:55:49.54\00:55:52.16
Even if it means making the
supreme sacrifice for another.
00:55:52.46\00:55:56.60
They're always on call,
ready to serve no matter what.
00:55:56.90\00:56:01.02
Friends, you and I can
learn a lot from firefighters.
00:56:01.32\00:56:04.67
In the United States, the
majority of them are volunteers.
00:56:04.97\00:56:07.82
That's right... volunteers.
00:56:08.12\00:56:10.29
But even for those who are
paid it's more than a job...
00:56:10.59\00:56:13.89
it's a calling.
00:56:14.09\00:56:15.50
Jesus said in John
15 verses 12 and 13:
00:56:15.80\00:56:19.51
"This is My commandment:
00:56:19.81\00:56:21.40
that you love one
another as I have loved you.
00:56:21.70\00:56:24.38
Greater love has
no one than this:
00:56:24.68\00:56:27.03
than to lay down one's
life for his friends. "
00:56:27.23\00:56:29.96
Those who follow the
words of Jesus are His friends.
00:56:30.26\00:56:33.70
But Romans 5:8 says that
"God demonstrated His own love
00:56:34.00\00:56:37.08
towards us in that
while we were still sinners
00:56:37.28\00:56:40.11
Christ died for us. "
00:56:40.41\00:56:42.12
What an amazing thought!
00:56:42.42\00:56:44.06
Christ laid down His life for us
00:56:44.36\00:56:46.58
even though we
were not His friends.
00:56:46.78\00:56:49.75
A firefighter is
willing to do the same.
00:56:50.05\00:56:52.85
He's constantly
preparing for his next mission
00:56:53.05\00:56:55.63
because his own life
and the life of others
00:56:55.83\00:56:58.49
depends on his
training and qualifications.
00:56:58.69\00:57:01.44
My friends, that's
what we're doing right now
00:57:01.74\00:57:05.14
with this series:
we are preparing you
00:57:05.34\00:57:08.14
for what is to come.
00:57:08.34\00:57:09.71
Our goal is to make
you skilled in the Word
00:57:09.95\00:57:12.33
so that by the power of God
you can bring others to safety -
00:57:12.53\00:57:16.29
the safety that
can be found only
00:57:16.49\00:57:18.69
in the arms of a loving Savior.
00:57:18.89\00:57:20.87
Won't you help us to
train and prepare others
00:57:20.97\00:57:23.73
to fulfill this mission?
00:57:23.93\00:57:25.56
Please consider what
you can for for those who
00:57:25.79\00:57:28.11
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:28.31\00:57:29.96
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:30.16\00:57:31.76
please send your
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Thank you for helping us
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00:57:47.26\00:57:50.06
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00:57:50.26\00:57:52.90
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00:57:53.20\00:57:56.51