And welcome to each one of you
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as we continue our series
on the book of Revelation:
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one of the great,
great books of God's Word.
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The book of Revelation,
written by the apostle John
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on the island of
Patmos as God showed him
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the revelation of Jesus Christ.
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And that's what
we're talking about here.
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And in this session
we have been covering
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chapters 13 through 16...
and that's where we are tonight.
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We're on the 15th, 16th chapter
of the book of Revelation
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which deals with
the seven last plagues.
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And so those of you that
have been following along
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we hope it will continue to
help you understand God's Word.
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And those of you that
are joining us by television
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we hope that these
studies are a blessing to you
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as you have seen
what God's Word is saying
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and it will help you
understand it better.
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Those that are
listening on the radio
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or following on the Internet
we welcome each one of you
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and appreciate you
tuning in, studying God's Word,
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and seeing what He has to say
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about the time in
which we are living...
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times that the
scripture talks about.
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This is the last one in
this particular section.
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We have another
section we're going to be doing
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that covers Revelation 17-22.
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Seventeen through twenty-two.
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And our first presentation
on that one is entitled
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The Scarlet Beast.
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There's a scarlet beast
there that a woman's riding on
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and we're going to take a
look at that particular prophecy
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and what it has to say
about things that are happening
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and things that
are going to happen.
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So join us in our next
session that we'll be looking at
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in the Word of God.
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I know that all of you
have enjoyed as much as I have
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the quartet, and I'd like
to invite the His Voice quartet
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to come out. I just wanted
to especially express my thanks
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to you. Been a
great, great blessing to us.
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We've enjoyed having you here.
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And we thank you for coming
and sharing with us God's Word.
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And we just ask that
the Lord will bless you
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as you go back home.
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And keep singing
and blessing people,
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uh, many, many different places.
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We thank you for
this opportunity and all.
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We appreciate that.
Janelle, thank you for coming
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and accompanying them. We
appreciate that very much also.
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And they're going to
sing tonight a beautiful song
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entitled Steal Away.
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And I'm sure you'll be
blessed as they do that.
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Our scripture
tonight is rather long.
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And Chuck Allgaier is
going to come and share with you
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the 15th and 16th
chapters of Revelation.
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So if you have
your Bibles follow along
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as he reads the
Word of God at this time.
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Good evening.
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If you have your Bible tonight,
turn to Revelation chapter 15.
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As you heard, we're going
to read Revelation chapter 15
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and 16. And so if you can
go to your Bibles right now
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we're going to get
started right on it.
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The Seven Plagues.
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May God add His
blessing to His Word.
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Steal away,
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steal away,
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steal away
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to Jesus.
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Steal away,
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steal away home.
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I ain't got long
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to stay
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here.
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My Lord calls me,
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He calls me by the thunder.
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The trumpet
sounds, the trumpet sounds,
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within'a my soul.
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I ain't got long
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to stay here.
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Steal away,
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steal away,
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steal away
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to Jesus.
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Steal away,
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steal away home.
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I ain't got long
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to stay here.
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Green trees a'bendin'
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poor sinner stands a'tremblin'
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the trumpet
sounds, the trumpet sounds,
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the trumpet sounds,
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the trumpet sounds
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within'a my
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soul.
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I ain't got long
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to stay here.
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Steal away,
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steal away,
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steal away
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to Jesus.
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Steal away,
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steal away home.
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I ain't got long
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to stay
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here.
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Steal away - away -
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away
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home.
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Amen.
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Our Father, we thank you
for the assurance of Your Word.
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That You care for us.
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That You love us.
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That You are by our side
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and that we may place
our confidence and our trust
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in You. We ask
that as we take a look
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at these plagues
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which contain the wrath of God
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may we each one purpose
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in our hearts to be
with You and stand with You
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and to walk with
You in all that we do.
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Open our minds tonight.
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Give us understanding
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and may we see Your Word...
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what God... what
Your Word is telling us
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about Your
justice and righteousness.
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For this we ask
in Your name, Amen.
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Well, let's take a look at where
we've been during this session.
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One... we started out with
the 13th chapter but actually
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the 12th and 13th
chapter of Revelation
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portray the nations
anger towards God's people.
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That's what's in the
12th and 13th chapters.
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Talks about the beast and the
false prophet and the dragon.
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And that's their anger towards
God, towards God's people.
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The 14th chapter
that we looked at
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is God's final warning
message to the nations.
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That's what's contained there.
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The 14th chapter has
the Three Angels' Messages:
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His final
warning to the nations.
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Talks about the coming of
Christ and being ready for that.
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This is His plea for them
to be ready for His coming.
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The 15th and 16th chapters
that we're looking at tonight
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is an evaluation if
you please or the execution
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of divine wrath.
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That is what this
chapter deals with.
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So we're looking at that.
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The 15th chapter of Revelation
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is kind of... it
sets the background
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and all for the 16th chapter.
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That's what's
contained in the 15th chapter
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as we look at it, and
you'll see what God is saying.
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Some very important things
in this 15th chapter. Says:
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So here sees these seven
angels that have seven bowls
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and in them is
contained the wrath of God.
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And it says that with this
the wrath of God is complete.
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Now, what you and
I need to understand
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is the seven last plagues
are poured out on the wicked.
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They are the ones that
receive the seven last plagues.
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The righteous do
not receive this.
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This is something that
is not poured out upon them.
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It says this
about the righteous:
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These are God's people that have
been redeemed from this earth
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and they are there
having the harps of God and all.
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Listen to this:
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So God promises to those
who walk with Him and follow Him
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that no plague will
come near your dwelling.
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Doesn't mean,
folks... does not mean
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that you and I are
not going to see them.
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But it does mean that
they're not going to fall on us.
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These plagues do not
come upon the righteous.
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They only fall on the wicked.
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"Shall not come
nigh your dwelling. "
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God's telling them here and
we just talked about this call
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to the people...
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You see, makes it
clear that His people do not
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receive the plagues. That those
are given to those who do not
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follow God - that
are opposed to God -
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that have gone contrary to God.
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All right. Here in
Revelation 15 it shows something
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that's very important because
the basis for God's wrath
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is based upon this.
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And you and I need to
understand it. It says:
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When it says the
temple of the tabernacle
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of the testimony was opened
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what is involved in that?
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Here the temple is opened
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but also the tabernacle,
the testimony is open there.
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We need to establish
what that's talking about
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and what's it referring to.
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So let's take a
look and establish that,
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and then we can
go on from there.
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Go back to the book of Exodus
and the experience with Moses.
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And it says:
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So Moses has the two
tables of the Testimony,
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and on the two tables of
the Testimony is written what?
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The law.
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The Ten
Commandments are written there.
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They were written
there by the finger of God.
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This is referred
to as the Testimony.
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So when it talks
about the temple being open
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and the
tabernacle of the Testimony,
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it's talking
about the law of God.
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Open... and they
could see the law of God.
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He said: "Take the
Testimony" - that's the law -
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and put it in the ark.
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OK.
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So here you have the law.
It's placed inside the ark.
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The ark is inside the
tabernacle or the temple.
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And it says this was opened.
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So the temple of God in heaven.
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This is not talking
about the one on earth.
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Talking the one
up in heaven is open.
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So this is at the time that the
7 last plagues are poured out
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that the temple is open
and the ark is seen there.
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Because the ark and the law
are the basis of God's judgment.
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See folks,
there is no such thing
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as violating law
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without there being punishment.
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There is no such thing.
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And these people have gone
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absolutely
contrary to God's law.
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They have refused to walk in
the light of what God's law is
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and therefore they are receiving
the seven last plagues.
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So the people that
keep God's commandments,
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follow Him, are obedient to Him,
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they do not receive
the seven last plagues.
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This is what it tells us
very clearly in God's Word.
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OK. Let's take a look at
these seven last plagues.
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Seven angels pour
out the wrath of God
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on the earth.
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First one poured out his bowl
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on the earth, and those that had
received the mark of the beast
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and worshiped the beast
and the image and so forth
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they receive a loathsome sore.
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This sore, folks, is
not just like any sore.
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It is extremely -
we'll see in a minute -
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is extremely painful.
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So painful the scripture
says that the gnaw their tongue
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for the pain.
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So it's not just a regular sore.
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It has extreme
pain connected with it.
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Now these seven last
plagues are poured out
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after probation has closed.
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Turn with me in your Bibles.
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If you have your Bibles,
turn with me over here to
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Revelation 15 and
let's take a look at verse 8.
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Revelation 15 and verse 8.
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And it says: "And the
temple was filled with smoke. "
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OK. "The temple
was filled with smoke
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from the glory of
God and from His power.
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And no one was
able to enter the temple
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till the seven plagues of
the seven angels were completed.
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You see, that's
telling you that the service
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in the temple
has come to an end.
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Christ has left the sanctuary.
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He is no longer
there interceding on behalf
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of mankind. He
has left the temple.
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And therefore this takes place
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after probation has closed.
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In other words as we
talked about in the last session
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there's no repentance.
There's no change of heart.
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The cup of iniquity is full.
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Therefore because it's full
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God pours out His wrath.
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So the first one
was like a sore...
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extremely painful.
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Those that had
received the mark of the beast,
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worshiped the
image of the beast,
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these are the ones that
this was poured out upon.
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Back to that same
thing. "God, You are righteous
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in what You are doing
because You have judged this
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because these people
have been in opposition
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to the law of God.
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Therefore You are
just in pouring out this. "
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So He's giving
them blood to drink
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because they slew
the prophets of God.
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They slew God's people. They
made war upon the righteous.
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Therefore God said:
"Because you have done this
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you're going to
have blood to drink. "
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Now folks, this is
really in answer...
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it's an answer to the
prayer of the saints that
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was under the altar
when we studied the seals.
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And it talks
about them and it says:
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You see, it's talking
about those who were martyred
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for the cause of God.
00:27:28.11\00:27:30.35
And it says their blood like
the blood of Abel is crying out
00:27:30.48\00:27:34.25
saying "How long, Lord?
00:27:34.38\00:27:36.79
When are You going to judge? "
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.29
And this 2nd and 3rd
plague is an answer to that.
00:27:38.32\00:27:42.32
Saying: "You're just, oh Lord,
00:27:42.46\00:27:45.39
in pouring out
this plague upon them. "
00:27:45.53\00:27:48.23
You'll also find that this
is very much... runs a parallel
00:27:48.36\00:27:53.27
in a sense... to the
second and third trumpets.
00:27:53.40\00:27:58.84
We studied the
trumpets, you remember?
00:27:58.87\00:28:00.88
And the second and third
trumpets are blood trumpets.
00:28:01.01\00:28:04.55
But the trumpets are judgments.
00:28:04.68\00:28:08.15
That's what they
are: they're judgments.
00:28:08.38\00:28:11.32
They are warnings
to the people on earth
00:28:11.45\00:28:15.66
trying to call
them to repentance.
00:28:15.79\00:28:19.43
But there's a
blood plague there...
00:28:20.20\00:28:22.63
or, excuse me... a
blood trumpet there
00:28:22.76\00:28:25.30
in the second and
third that is sounded.
00:28:25.43\00:28:28.07
And the difference
here is in those warnings
00:28:28.20\00:28:32.71
or those
trumpets it says a third
00:28:32.74\00:28:35.54
of what was in the sea died.
00:28:35.78\00:28:40.12
But with the seven
last plagues - 2nd and 3rd -
00:28:41.15\00:28:44.15
it says they all die.
00:28:44.29\00:28:47.22
So there's a definite
difference here in those.
00:28:47.36\00:28:50.69
So this plague is a blood
plague that God will give them
00:28:50.73\00:28:54.50
blood to drink for
what they have done.
00:28:54.63\00:28:58.47
Not a very pleasant thought
00:29:01.14\00:29:02.60
to think that that's
what's given to them to drink.
00:29:02.74\00:29:06.68
It says the ocean,
rivers, and the springs of water
00:29:06.81\00:29:11.05
that will all turn to blood.
00:29:11.18\00:29:15.02
They receive blood to drink.
00:29:15.15\00:29:18.42
OK.
00:29:18.55\00:29:19.99
This fourth plague
is poured out on the sun
00:29:28.23\00:29:33.30
and the sun
becomes extremely hot...
00:29:33.44\00:29:38.37
enough that it scorches men.
00:29:38.41\00:29:41.81
That's what it says.
00:29:41.94\00:29:43.38
I don't understand.
00:29:58.23\00:30:03.03
You know... here
00:30:03.16\00:30:05.50
they understand who's
pouring out the plagues.
00:30:05.73\00:30:09.20
They blaspheme God
for what He's doing.
00:30:09.87\00:30:13.84
So they... they
know who's doing this.
00:30:13.98\00:30:16.41
They refuse to repent
00:30:16.75\00:30:19.48
and the sun scorches people.
00:30:19.61\00:30:24.19
The refused to accept Him;
they refused to follow Him.
00:30:37.73\00:30:41.34
They refused to do
His will and His bidding.
00:30:41.47\00:30:44.97
They go contrary
to the will of God
00:30:45.11\00:30:48.71
and therefore it says:
"the sun scorches them. "
00:30:48.84\00:30:53.15
But fortunately it tells us
00:30:54.12\00:30:57.75
that's not what
happens to the righteous.
00:30:57.79\00:30:59.82
God's people are
cared for, protected.
00:31:11.33\00:31:14.57
Sun won't strike
them... any heat.
00:31:14.70\00:31:17.14
You and I may see it
00:31:17.27\00:31:19.71
but we do not experience it.
00:31:21.34\00:31:24.61
That's the marvelous thing
about being under the protection
00:31:24.75\00:31:28.75
of God, you know.
00:31:28.78\00:31:31.29
When all the earth is
going through this terrible
00:31:31.42\00:31:34.76
period of time God
cares for His people.
00:31:34.79\00:31:39.23
Looks after them.
They are in His umbrella
00:31:39.36\00:31:44.80
of protection and care.
00:31:44.93\00:31:47.00
No heat will strike
them; sun will not scorch them.
00:31:47.14\00:31:52.44
So the Lord
promises to the righteous
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.96
His care, His
protection, and His leading.
00:32:11.09\00:32:15.36
OK.
00:32:15.50\00:32:17.17
Now the plagues,
00:32:31.68\00:32:35.55
the trumpets, and the seals
00:32:36.99\00:32:42.42
all have something in common
00:32:42.56\00:32:45.26
and that is the first four.
00:32:45.29\00:32:48.23
The first four of the seals,
the first four of the trumpets,
00:32:48.36\00:32:51.93
and the first four of the
plagues are all poured out
00:32:52.07\00:32:55.54
on mankind in general.
00:32:55.67\00:32:58.54
That's what happens: they're all
00:33:00.78\00:33:02.14
poured out on
mankind in general.
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.48
But when we hit the
fifth one it becomes specific.
00:33:04.61\00:33:08.18
And in this case, that
fifth one is poured out
00:33:08.42\00:33:12.19
on what? The
throne of the beast.
00:33:12.32\00:33:16.93
"The throne of the
beast was full of darkness
00:33:17.06\00:33:19.89
and they gnawed their
tongues for the pain. "
00:33:20.03\00:33:22.60
You see these
people have received two
00:33:22.73\00:33:26.60
of the plagues.
00:33:26.84\00:33:29.40
Now folks, there's no question
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.54
that everybody will not receive
all of the 7 last plagues.
00:33:31.67\00:33:36.04
If they were,
it'd destroy everybody.
00:33:36.28\00:33:40.22
It'd wipe out everything.
00:33:40.35\00:33:42.15
And of course we
know from God's Word
00:33:42.18\00:33:44.22
that they're going to be
living to see Christ come.
00:33:44.35\00:33:46.72
So everybody will not receive
all of the 7 last plagues.
00:33:46.86\00:33:51.79
They will receive one, or in
this case they're receiving two.
00:33:51.93\00:33:55.80
But they receive on the
earth the seven last plagues
00:33:55.93\00:34:01.37
that are poured
out upon mankind.
00:34:01.50\00:34:05.11
Blaspheme God because of the
pain that they were suffering
00:34:15.65\00:34:21.46
but they don't
repent... don't change.
00:34:21.96\00:34:25.69
Strange, isn't it?
00:34:25.83\00:34:27.66
Some people
just will not repent.
00:34:27.66\00:34:32.90
This sixth angel
00:34:46.55\00:34:49.15
pours out his plague
00:34:49.28\00:34:52.85
on the great river Euphrates.
The water was dried up
00:34:52.99\00:34:57.76
so that the way of the
kings of the east was prepared.
00:34:57.89\00:35:02.70
This becomes
very, very important
00:35:02.83\00:35:06.23
because lots happens
with this sixth plague
00:35:06.37\00:35:10.31
when this angel
pours out his plague,
00:35:10.44\00:35:14.08
or his bowl, upon the
great river Euphrates.
00:35:14.21\00:35:18.18
"I saw... " this is
continuing right there, folks...
00:35:18.31\00:35:21.65
But when he pours
out this plague, says:
00:35:31.03\00:35:35.70
"I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs
00:35:35.73\00:35:39.20
come out of these
three: the dragon, the beast,
00:35:39.23\00:35:42.14
and the false prophet. "
00:35:42.17\00:35:43.61
So here you have the dragon,
00:35:54.12\00:35:57.65
the beast, and the false prophet
00:35:58.79\00:36:01.79
who are in
league with one another.
00:36:01.82\00:36:04.93
They are a confederacy of evil
00:36:04.96\00:36:07.93
that send out
the spirits of demons
00:36:07.96\00:36:11.67
to gather all the people.
00:36:11.80\00:36:14.00
And they're gathering
all the people for the battle
00:36:14.34\00:36:18.21
of God Almighty -
00:36:18.24\00:36:20.11
or if you please - for
the battle of Armageddon.
00:36:20.24\00:36:23.85
This is what
they're going out to do.
00:36:24.85\00:36:28.05
All right.
00:36:28.82\00:36:30.72
In other words what He's
saying is when that sixth plague
00:36:47.30\00:36:50.87
is poured out, He's coming.
00:36:50.91\00:36:53.84
He's coming back.
00:36:54.84\00:36:56.44
And He said: "I'm coming
and blessed is he who watches
00:36:56.58\00:37:00.35
and keeps his
garments. " Walks and doesn't...
00:37:00.38\00:37:03.12
"walks naked... they
do not see his shame. "
00:37:03.25\00:37:06.89
Do you understand that
text when it talks about here
00:37:07.02\00:37:09.46
"walk naked and do
not see his shame? "
00:37:09.59\00:37:12.19
Do you know what
that's talking about?
00:37:12.33\00:37:14.10
In the Bible in
the Old Testament time
00:37:14.20\00:37:17.37
to be naked or to be uncovered
00:37:17.50\00:37:23.00
was... was shameful.
00:37:23.14\00:37:25.91
Was considered an insult...
it was an embarrassment.
00:37:26.04\00:37:29.91
Do you remember the case when
00:37:30.05\00:37:32.08
I guess David had
taken over the throne?
00:37:35.48\00:37:38.02
Do you remember that... and all?
00:37:38.05\00:37:41.16
And one of these pagan kings
00:37:41.29\00:37:45.49
had been good to David.
00:37:45.53\00:37:49.66
And so David out of kindness
and wanting to show his respect
00:37:49.80\00:37:55.77
sent some of his
soldiers - his young men -
00:37:55.90\00:37:59.44
to that king to
express his appreciation
00:37:59.57\00:38:04.25
and his kindness to him.
00:38:04.28\00:38:05.98
And when they got there
some of this king's counselors
00:38:06.31\00:38:10.82
told him: "they aren't coming
here to express their thanks
00:38:10.85\00:38:13.36
to you. They're coming
here to spy out the land.
00:38:13.39\00:38:16.56
David's going to take the land;
00:38:16.79\00:38:20.03
that's what's going on here. "
00:38:20.16\00:38:21.70
And evidently they
convinced the king of that.
00:38:21.83\00:38:24.03
And it says that that
king took those young men
00:38:24.27\00:38:28.44
and split their garments down
00:38:28.47\00:38:32.07
and took half of
their garments away.
00:38:32.11\00:38:34.61
Left half of it
without any clothing
00:38:34.74\00:38:37.61
and he sent them back to David.
00:38:37.75\00:38:40.38
That was an act
of despising him.
00:38:40.42\00:38:45.09
That was an act of causing
those young men to be ashamed.
00:38:45.12\00:38:49.46
When they got as far as Jericho
they wouldn't go any farther.
00:38:49.59\00:38:52.56
He shaved them half
way off their beard.
00:38:52.79\00:38:56.70
Cut their clothes
down the middle and all.
00:38:56.83\00:38:59.30
That was an act to
show his contempt for David.
00:38:59.43\00:39:04.97
And David sent word
and said "Just stay there
00:39:05.21\00:39:09.64
in Jericho until your
beard grows out and so forth. "
00:39:09.68\00:39:13.68
But this is what
that's talking about.
00:39:14.85\00:39:16.79
In other words it says
that: "Keeps his garments
00:39:17.32\00:39:21.86
lest he walk naked
and they see his shame. "
00:39:21.89\00:39:24.19
You and I don't
want to face the Lord
00:39:25.63\00:39:29.96
shamefully.
00:39:30.80\00:39:32.50
We don't want to find ourselves
in a place where we have not
00:39:32.63\00:39:36.71
done what He wants us to do.
00:39:36.84\00:39:39.81
That's what it's
saying: "Don't be ashamed. "
00:39:39.94\00:39:42.78
That you and I need to walk
with the Lord and follow Him
00:39:42.91\00:39:46.31
as He wants us to.
00:39:46.45\00:39:48.35
All right.
00:39:48.48\00:39:49.92
Gathers all these
people into a place
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.89
called Armageddon.
00:39:59.33\00:40:02.10
I'd like to say this, folks:
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.93
Armageddon is not a battle
00:40:05.07\00:40:08.30
between Israel
and the United States.
00:40:08.34\00:40:13.98
It's not a battle between Israel
00:40:14.11\00:40:16.18
and the United
States and Russia.
00:40:16.21\00:40:17.91
It's none of those.
00:40:18.05\00:40:20.15
This is the
battle of God Almighty
00:40:20.28\00:40:23.85
and this is God's
controversy with the nations.
00:40:23.99\00:40:28.69
These are what
we've been talking about.
00:40:29.76\00:40:32.03
These are the people that
have gone contrary to God,
00:40:32.16\00:40:35.66
have not walked with
Him, that are opposed to God
00:40:35.80\00:40:39.47
and to His people and to
what the Word of God teaches.
00:40:39.60\00:40:43.64
And these are the ones that
they're in opposition to God.
00:40:43.77\00:40:49.61
This is the
battle of Armageddon.
00:40:49.74\00:40:51.65
And so you find that this
is a controversy between God
00:40:51.78\00:40:55.92
and the nations
that takes place.
00:40:56.05\00:40:58.39
This is reminding of the
case of the fall of Babylon
00:40:58.75\00:41:03.93
or the destruction of Babylon
00:41:04.06\00:41:06.16
because you remember Cyrus -
00:41:06.29\00:41:08.76
the general of the
Medes and Persians -
00:41:08.90\00:41:11.57
came up and
surrounded the city of Babylon.
00:41:11.70\00:41:14.70
The people laughed at him.
00:41:16.71\00:41:19.41
They went up on top of the
wall around the city of Babylon
00:41:19.74\00:41:24.01
and threw food to
Cyrus and laughed at him.
00:41:24.15\00:41:26.55
The city was
considered impregnable.
00:41:26.68\00:41:30.12
Could not be
taken... impossible.
00:41:30.25\00:41:33.02
And Cyrus took his men
00:41:34.19\00:41:36.66
and marched them
down the Euphrates river -
00:41:36.79\00:41:41.03
OK? - and at a selected spot
00:41:41.16\00:41:45.07
he had them dig canals
and he diverted the river
00:41:46.37\00:41:50.64
into these
canals and he dried up
00:41:50.77\00:41:55.14
the Euphrates. Are
you getting the picture?
00:41:55.28\00:41:58.91
OK, he dried up the Euphrates,
00:41:59.05\00:42:02.28
and by the drying up of
the Euphrates he and his men
00:42:02.42\00:42:05.79
marched up the muddy
bottom of the Euphrates river.
00:42:05.82\00:42:08.92
And the gates into
it had been left open,
00:42:09.06\00:42:12.79
and he and his men marched
in and took the city of Babylon
00:42:12.93\00:42:17.60
and freed - if you please - the
children of Israel from bondage.
00:42:17.73\00:42:23.44
OK. So this very much parallels
00:42:24.67\00:42:29.18
what's happening here:
00:42:29.31\00:42:31.18
drying up of
the river Euphrates.
00:42:31.31\00:42:35.18
So this plague that's poured out
00:42:35.32\00:42:37.52
this is a picture of
the city of Babylon and the
00:42:37.65\00:42:40.59
drying up of the Euphrates.
00:42:40.62\00:42:42.29
So when He says that the
river Euphrates is dried up
00:42:55.24\00:43:00.58
that the way of the
kings of the east... that water
00:43:00.71\00:43:03.35
represents people
and nations and tongues.
00:43:03.38\00:43:06.78
And so it's saying
that these civil powers
00:43:06.92\00:43:10.39
that are at war with God
00:43:10.52\00:43:13.25
are dried up so
that Christ can come.
00:43:13.39\00:43:18.09
He and His people are
the kings of the east.
00:43:18.23\00:43:22.30
This is who it's
talking about when it refers
00:43:22.43\00:43:25.50
to the kings of the east.
00:43:25.53\00:43:27.90
And so as the
Euphrates is dried up
00:43:49.12\00:43:52.49
it prepares for the
battle of God Almighty.
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.56
The three powers: the dragon,
00:43:57.53\00:44:01.77
which represents
the devil or paganism;
00:44:02.10\00:44:06.88
the false
prophet which represents
00:44:08.31\00:44:12.18
the United
States... Protestantism;
00:44:12.31\00:44:16.32
the beast which
represents Catholicism.
00:44:16.45\00:44:21.12
All that is at odds with God
00:44:21.26\00:44:23.89
and the water is dried up
00:44:24.03\00:44:27.66
to prepare the way for
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:44:27.76\00:44:32.27
These - these
kings, these people -
00:44:51.35\00:44:57.29
will make war with the Lamb.
00:44:57.33\00:45:00.53
Gonna fight Him... against Him.
00:45:01.00\00:45:04.37
And folks, it
doesn't necessarily mean
00:45:04.50\00:45:07.27
with military weapons.
00:45:07.30\00:45:10.67
We get that all mixed up.
00:45:10.71\00:45:12.61
Means they are opposed to
God, they go contrary to God.
00:45:12.84\00:45:17.18
They will not
support what He's doing.
00:45:17.21\00:45:19.91
But those that are
called, faithful, and chosen...
00:45:20.88\00:45:24.12
they go with the Lamb.
00:45:24.25\00:45:26.15
You see these - when it speaks
of the kings of the east -
00:45:40.30\00:45:43.97
this is referring to
Christ and His people
00:45:44.01\00:45:46.37
to make the way for
God to set up His kingdom
00:45:46.61\00:45:50.78
in preparation
that will last forever.
00:45:51.25\00:45:55.75
The ten horns which we talked
just a little bit about today...
00:45:55.88\00:46:00.12
Interesting...
00:46:12.23\00:46:13.84
because here
you have the dragon,
00:46:13.97\00:46:19.34
you have the false prophet,
00:46:20.84\00:46:23.41
you have the beast,
and you have the ten kings.
00:46:23.55\00:46:27.35
These are all civil powers, OK?
00:46:27.38\00:46:31.45
And these have given
their support the scripture says
00:46:31.59\00:46:35.99
to the woman.
That's what it says.
00:46:36.02\00:46:38.86
She's riding on
the back of the beast.
00:46:38.99\00:46:40.66
She receives the
support of these.
00:46:40.70\00:46:43.23
But there comes a time
in this relationship, folks,
00:46:43.37\00:46:49.30
where they turn on the woman.
00:46:49.44\00:46:52.41
And the woman here is Babylon,
00:46:53.81\00:46:56.71
and Babylon is a
counterfeit system of worship
00:46:56.85\00:47:01.08
that the world has gone
along with and accepted.
00:47:01.22\00:47:04.79
And evidently it comes to the
place where it no longer works
00:47:04.92\00:47:08.59
and they turn against the woman.
00:47:08.72\00:47:10.79
And it says they will
"hate her and will destroy her.
00:47:10.93\00:47:16.40
Make her desolate and naked. "
00:47:16.53\00:47:18.63
This is turning on her.
00:47:18.77\00:47:21.34
This is what
happens in the drying up
00:47:21.47\00:47:25.41
of the Euphrates river.
00:47:25.54\00:47:28.31
This is part of the process
00:47:28.48\00:47:30.95
of drying up
the Euphrates river.
00:47:30.98\00:47:32.88
So He's saying He's coming back.
00:47:43.69\00:47:45.56
During the sixth
plague He's coming back.
00:47:46.83\00:47:52.63
He's going to put
an end to all this.
00:47:53.44\00:47:56.64
Suffering will be no more.
00:47:56.77\00:48:00.28
God will bring it to an end.
00:48:00.41\00:48:04.25
So all the world has
come arrayed before God.
00:48:11.32\00:48:16.06
The battle of
Armageddon is there,
00:48:16.19\00:48:20.03
and God is victorious.
00:48:20.16\00:48:23.26
Christ is the King of
Kings, the Lord of Lords,
00:48:23.40\00:48:26.60
and He rules over all.
00:48:26.74\00:48:30.11
I don't know about you tonight
00:48:30.24\00:48:32.27
but I can tell you
as far as I'm concerned
00:48:32.41\00:48:35.71
I want to be on
the side of the Lamb.
00:48:35.84\00:48:38.91
I want to follow Him.
00:48:39.15\00:48:41.38
I want to walk with Him; I
want to be among His people.
00:48:41.52\00:48:46.12
And you and I have that right.
00:48:46.25\00:48:48.49
We just have the responsibility
of making that decision
00:48:48.62\00:48:53.46
and saying: "Yes, I'm
going to follow the Lord.
00:48:53.60\00:48:56.97
I'm going to walk with Him...
I'm going to follow Him. "
00:48:57.10\00:49:00.20
Loud voice out of
the temple saying:
00:49:15.22\00:49:19.12
"It is done. "
00:49:19.25\00:49:23.46
Over... completed.
00:49:23.59\00:49:26.49
Oh, I long to
hear that voice say:
00:49:27.86\00:49:33.77
"It is done. " All the sin
and everything will be gone.
00:49:33.80\00:49:38.07
Be no more.
00:49:38.21\00:49:39.81
We're down at
the very end, folks.
00:49:51.59\00:49:54.42
Jesus is coming
back, and it says
00:49:54.56\00:49:57.83
that there's a great earthquake
like this earth has never seen.
00:49:57.96\00:50:03.03
Now you and I have...
at least by television,
00:50:03.06\00:50:07.34
different things...
have seen some earthquakes
00:50:07.47\00:50:11.64
as high as an 8.0
on the Richter scale.
00:50:11.67\00:50:16.44
But dear friend,
that kind of an earthquake
00:50:16.68\00:50:21.02
the destruction is...
00:50:21.15\00:50:25.22
almost you can't imagine.
00:50:25.35\00:50:27.99
If you saw just the pictures
of what the one in Haiti
00:50:28.12\00:50:32.36
which was a 7.0 did,
00:50:32.39\00:50:34.03
the destruction was unbelievable
00:50:34.36\00:50:37.67
that took place there.
00:50:37.80\00:50:39.37
Think of what it will be
like when there's an earthquake
00:50:39.50\00:50:43.07
like no one has ever seen.
00:50:43.41\00:50:46.78
She has had the world drink
00:51:03.69\00:51:07.86
the wine of her fornication.
00:51:08.00\00:51:11.27
Now God is going to give her
00:51:11.40\00:51:13.84
the wine of His wrath to drink.
00:51:13.97\00:51:18.17
Going to stand up
and say: "It is done. "
00:51:44.07\00:51:46.60
There will be a
great earthquake.
00:51:46.84\00:51:49.80
Hail will fall.
00:51:52.77\00:51:55.41
Every hail stone about
the weight of a talent.
00:51:55.54\00:52:01.65
A talent is somewhere
between 50 and 100 pounds.
00:52:01.78\00:52:07.09
Some authorities
say it's 57 pounds.
00:52:07.22\00:52:11.33
Can you imagine
hail stones falling
00:52:11.46\00:52:15.00
weighing 57 pounds?
00:52:15.03\00:52:17.80
I mean, those
become missiles, folks.
00:52:17.93\00:52:21.54
They go right through buildings.
00:52:21.67\00:52:23.10
They... unbelievable
destruction that will be there.
00:52:23.24\00:52:26.34
Said "It is done. " Three
times Christ says this, folks.
00:52:26.47\00:52:31.98
Three times He
says: "It is done. "
00:52:32.11\00:52:34.15
John 19:30 He
said: "It is finished. "
00:52:35.65\00:52:39.02
In Hebrew it's the
same words: "It is done. "
00:52:39.05\00:52:42.09
That was when?
00:52:43.59\00:52:46.49
When He was on the cross.
00:52:46.73\00:52:49.23
Said: "It is done. "
00:52:49.36\00:52:51.37
Revelation
16:17... "It is done. "
00:52:51.50\00:52:55.84
That's what we just
read about the plagues.
00:52:55.87\00:52:58.51
Done; the wrath
of God is poured out.
00:52:58.64\00:53:01.24
says: "It is done. "
00:53:01.38\00:53:05.78
And this is when the
earth has been burned
00:53:05.91\00:53:10.09
and God has made
it new for His people.
00:53:10.22\00:53:13.22
This is done.
00:53:13.36\00:53:14.99
In other words, it's
over. No longer is there sin.
00:53:15.12\00:53:19.19
It's been
eradicated from the universe.
00:53:19.33\00:53:21.56
Great earthquake on this earth.
00:53:21.70\00:53:25.20
Everything will
be destroyed, shaken.
00:53:26.43\00:53:29.90
The plagues will
have done their work
00:53:31.11\00:53:33.68
and now Christ can come back,
00:53:35.11\00:53:37.55
claim His people,
and set up His kingdom.
00:53:37.68\00:53:41.45
This is what He
says to you and to me:
00:53:41.58\00:53:44.29
So we have that we can depend
on that God will be our shelter
00:53:59.40\00:54:04.31
and that He will care for us.
00:54:04.44\00:54:07.68
Let us pray.
00:54:07.81\00:54:09.24
Father in heaven,
00:54:09.38\00:54:10.81
we come to You this
evening to thank you for
00:54:11.75\00:54:16.82
the assurance of Your Word
00:54:17.05\00:54:19.92
that we can depend upon You.
00:54:19.95\00:54:24.69
That You will be there; that
You will be a shelter for us
00:54:24.83\00:54:27.93
in the time of storm.
00:54:27.96\00:54:30.07
May we all reach out in faith
and lay hold of these promises.
00:54:30.40\00:54:36.44
May we purpose in our
hearts to be true to You
00:54:36.91\00:54:41.34
and to walk with
You and to follow You.
00:54:41.48\00:54:44.01
We're thankful... thankful
for Your Word that tells us
00:54:44.15\00:54:48.08
that the coming of Jesus
Christ cannot be far off.
00:54:48.32\00:54:52.92
That He's coming back soon.
00:54:52.95\00:54:54.52
For this we thank you
in Christ's name, Amen.
00:54:54.66\00:54:59.63
Well remember our next
section that we'll be doing
00:55:00.80\00:55:05.77
is on the last-day events.
00:55:05.90\00:55:09.44
We're going to be
covering Revelation 17 to 22
00:55:09.47\00:55:13.17
which brings the book
of Revelation to a close.
00:55:13.21\00:55:16.18
So we hope that
you'll follow us there.
00:55:16.31\00:55:18.11
Good night; God bless you.
00:55:18.25\00:55:20.05
All around us we
see want and suffering.
00:55:27.62\00:55:30.43
In large cities,
millions of human beings
00:55:30.56\00:55:33.60
do not receive as
much care and consideration
00:55:33.63\00:55:36.36
as we give beasts of the field.
00:55:36.50\00:55:39.00
Families are herded
together in miserable projects.
00:55:39.13\00:55:42.27
Children are born
into these terrible places.
00:55:42.40\00:55:45.74
They see nothing of
the beauty God has created
00:55:45.87\00:55:48.78
to delight their senses.
00:55:48.81\00:55:50.55
They are left to grow
up molded and fashioned by
00:55:50.68\00:55:53.48
wretched and wicked
examples all around them.
00:55:53.52\00:55:56.95
They hear the name of
God only in profanity.
00:55:57.09\00:56:00.09
Impure words and
fumes of liquor and tobacco
00:56:00.22\00:56:03.56
and immoral
behavior of every kind
00:56:03.69\00:56:06.39
pervert their tender senses.
00:56:06.53\00:56:09.16
Wretched and pitiful cries
for food and clothing are heard
00:56:09.30\00:56:13.23
by parents who know nothing
about prayer or a loving Savior.
00:56:13.27\00:56:17.74
But these cries do
not go unheard in heaven.
00:56:17.87\00:56:21.18
God sees... God hears.
00:56:21.31\00:56:24.71
Friends, our loving
Father has entrusted us
00:56:24.95\00:56:28.45
with abundance to
supply the necessities of all.
00:56:28.48\00:56:31.65
But sadly, we're not
always faithful stewards.
00:56:31.79\00:56:35.62
Many who have taken
on the name of Christ
00:56:35.76\00:56:38.16
spend His money
for selfish pleasure,
00:56:38.29\00:56:40.96
extravagant homes and clothing.
00:56:41.06\00:56:43.37
They hardly give a
suffering human a look of pity
00:56:43.50\00:56:47.30
or a word of sympathy.
00:56:47.34\00:56:49.24
We are to show the
kindness of the Samaritan
00:56:49.37\00:56:52.24
in food, clothing,
and shelter for the poor.
00:56:52.37\00:56:55.68
As Christians, our work
is to reach the people who
00:56:55.81\00:56:59.05
are neglected and
win them to Christ.
00:56:59.08\00:57:01.65
That's the goal
of this ministry.
00:57:01.68\00:57:04.45
We want them to know that He
is able to save to the uttermost
00:57:04.59\00:57:08.06
and restore them to His image.
00:57:08.19\00:57:10.56
But in order to do
this, we need your help.
00:57:10.69\00:57:14.20
Please consider
what you can do for those
00:57:14.40\00:57:17.13
who still don't
know about Jesus.
00:57:17.17\00:57:19.03
As the Holy Spirit impresses,
00:57:19.17\00:57:20.90
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00:57:36.38\00:57:39.19
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00:57:39.22\00:57:42.12
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