And good evening and welcome to
The Revelation of Jesus Christ:
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the study of the book of
Revelation chapter by chapter.
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And tonight we're
looking at the 18th chapter
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of the book of Revelation.
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We would like to
welcome all of you that are here
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and also welcome those
that are watching by television
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or listening on the radio
or following on the Internet.
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We are very happy to have you
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and we hope that this
study of the book of Revelation
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has opened your eyes.
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Helped you to understand where
we are in the stream of time.
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What's happening...
what's taking place.
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And as we finish up...
this has been a four-part series
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and we're down
to the fourth part.
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Final events: what
happens at the very, very end
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is what we're looking at.
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And so we hope that you
will follow carefully tonight
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as we study God's Word.
Our subject this evening is:
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Now you pick up your Bible
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and you'll find that
invitation after invitation
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after invitation
has been given by God.
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You can remember God gave a
very, very definite invitation
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in the days of Noah
and invited the people.
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That was an
invitation that was given.
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You also find that
God gave a very definite
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invitation in the
days of the Jewish people.
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He send prophet after
prophet after prophet...
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gave invitation for
the people to follow.
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Come into the time of the
New Testament: same thing.
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God gave one
invitation after another.
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Well tonight we're
down to the last invitation.
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There won't be
another one after this, folks.
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This is the final one.
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And so we hope it will help you
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understand what's
happening because the door
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of mercy closes
in the 18th chapter.
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That's what happens. And so
as we go through it, follow it.
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Tomorrow, our next presentation
we enter into... moves on
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and we get into the
Marriage Supper of the Lamb.
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In other words,
this controversy is over
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and God has invited the
people to the marriage supper
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of the Lamb. And we'll be
taking a look at this wonderful
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wonderful time that God
has prepared for His people
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in the marriage. And
so you don't want to miss
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tomorrow or the
next presentation
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on the Marriage
Supper of the Lamb.
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It will be something I
think that will bless you
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in a special way.
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So we're glad you're here.
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Glad that you are
able to follow us.
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Be sure and take your
Bible and paper... take notes,
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follow along as we continue
to study God's Word together.
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We were blessed
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last series that we did here
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to have with us a quartet.
They came and sang for us,
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and we got so many telephone
calls and so many letters
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of people saying how
much they enjoyed the quartet.
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And... and we just really...
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We also just enjoyed
having them with us very much.
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And fortunately we were able
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to bring them
back with us again.
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And we're sure you're going to
enjoy having them here with us
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for the rest of
this week especially.
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So we're very happy to
have His Voice Quartet.
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And I'm going to ask them
to introduce themselves...
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tell you where they're from
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and what part they
sing in the quartet.
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Hi, my name is Doug Leno
and I'm coming to you from
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Meridian, Idaho, and
I'll be singing bass tonight.
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My name is Todd Spainhower,
and I'm from Boise, Idaho,
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and I sing first tenor.
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And I'm Kevin Spainhower.
I come from Caldwell, Idaho,
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and I sing second tenor.
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I'm Harold Dixon. I
come from Garden City, Idaho,
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and I sing baritone.
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Sounds like we're
scattered all over the state
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But it's 30 miles
from my house to Kevin's
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and they're in between.
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Tonight we want to sing
for you when the time comes
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a song that expresses
our desire to be ready
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when God gives His last call:
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Ready to Walk in
Jerusalem Just Like John.
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Great! I'm sure
you'll enjoy that.
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You may have noticed
that two of them here
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the name is Spainhower.
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And Doug, I think, has some kind
of relationship to that also.
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And of course one of
the things about it is
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Dona's maiden
name was Spainhower.
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So might get you the
connection that's involved here.
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Anyhow, we're very
happy that you're here.
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Before they sing I'm
going to ask Chuck to come out
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and read with
you the 18th chapter
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of the book of Revelation.
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Good evening.
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If you have your
Bibles again tonight,
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we want you to turn to the
book of Revelation chapter 18
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and we're going to
read that together.
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So if you have your Bibles,
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turn them to the book
of Revelation chapter 18.
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Let's read together:
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May God add His
blessing to His Word.
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready
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to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready
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to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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Oh John, oh John,
now didn't you say...
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walk in
Jerusalem just like John...
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that you'd be
there on that great day?
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Walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready
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to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready
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to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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King Jesus rise in
the middle of the air...
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Walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I pray the Lord
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we'll all be there...
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Walk in Jerusalem just like...
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just like John.
I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready,
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I want to be ready
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to walk in Jerusalem.
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Great day! Great...
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Great day! The
righteous marching.
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Great day! Great...
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Walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I want to walk in Jerusalem
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just like John. I want to walk
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in Jerusalem just like John.
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Walk in
Jerusalem, walk in Jerusalem
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just like John.
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I want to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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I want to walk in
Jerusalem just like John.
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Walk in
Jerusalem, walk in Jerusalem
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just like... walk in Jerusalem
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just like John!
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Amen!
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Father in heaven, tonight
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as we approach the end
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of the book of Revelation,
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and as we look at
the closing events
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in the history of mankind,
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we pray that our
eyes may be open.
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That we might be
receptive to Your Word.
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May the Holy Spirit be here
to lead and guide and direct us.
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May we understand
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and may we desire that we might
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do Your will and
follow You in all that we do.
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Bless us in our
study this evening
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we ask in Christ's name, Amen.
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The 18th chapter of
Revelation opens with this angel
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that is standing in the sun.
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And this angel has a message
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that is so powerful that
it illuminates the earth.
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Listen to what it says about it:
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So this angel
speaks with great authority
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and what he has to
say illuminates the earth.
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This message that
this angel is speaking
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is what gives impetus to the
third angel of Revelation 14.
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It's what causes it
to move across the earth
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with great power and brings
what the scripture refers to
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as the loud cry
or the latter rain.
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This is what brings it
about is this angel's message.
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And this third angel in
Revelation the 14th chapter
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had this to say:
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In other words, it's being pro-
claimed across the whole earth.
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So this third angel
is proclaiming a message
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across the earth telling
the people to refrain from
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receiving the mark of the beast.
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And this angel of Revelation 18
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adds emphasis to that and it's
proclaimed across the earth.
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So this that
we're looking at tonight
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basically is the last invitation
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that God is giving to mankind.
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The very last one...
there won't be another one.
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The last invitation
that He's giving to mankind.
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Years ago a lady by
the name of Ellen G. White
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made a statement about
people that had written her.
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I want you to
listen to what she said:
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Now the third angel's
message is that you and I
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should not receive
the mark of the beast.
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That's what the message is.
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And she said "this is the third
angel's message in verity. "
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So what did she
mean when she is saying
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"this is the third
angel's message in verity? "
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What is the message of
righteousness by faith?
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When we talk about
righteousness by faith...
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what's... what's
involved in that?
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What do we mean?
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If the third angel's message
is that and the people are
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asked to follow the
Lord and to walk with Him,
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and that we're to have
righteousness by faith.
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Well, I'd like to define
what righteousness by faith is.
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To begin, righteousness
by faith is yielding
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the will to the will of God.
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Now let me say that again.
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Righteousness by
faith is yielding the will
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to the will of God.
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I must, if I'm going to
walk by righteousness by faith -
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I'm going to walk by
faith - I must surrender
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my will to His will.
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It won't work any other way. OK.
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Secondly, it's rendering
obedience to His commandments.
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In other words, if
I'm going to yield my will
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to His will, then I must
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be obedient to
God's commandments.
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If God says "This is the way, "
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then I must walk in that.
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And I can't do it
as I think I should...
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I have to do it as I
understand He wants it done.
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And thirdly, it's making
His standard of righteousness
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the aim of our lives.
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In other words, His
standard of righteousness
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must be the aim of my life.
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That is righteousness by faith.
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But you say: "That's
a pretty tall order. "
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Sure it is; it has to be.
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It wouldn't be if it wasn't
to call you and I to step up;
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to follow Him;
to accept by faith
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what He's willing to do for us.
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So what does
that mean when it says
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righteousness by
faith? What is faith?
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What is faith?
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Well faith is
really quite simple.
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Faith is simply trusting in God.
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David could say: "In
God I put my trust. "
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In other words, if
righteousness by faith
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is going to work in my life,
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then I must be
yielded to His will
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and I must trust Him to
do whatever He wants to do
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with me... completely.
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I must learn total and complete
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dependence upon Him.
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Only when I come to the
place that I understand that
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then does it begin
to work in my life.
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Abraham of old... it says:
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What did he
believe in the Lord about?
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What did he believe?
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Well he believed one thing:
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that God had
promised him an heir.
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And humanly... impossible.
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It couldn't be done...
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because it says very clearly
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that Sarah had never
been able to have a child.
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It even says she was
past that time of life.
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And if you read Romans
it tells you that Abraham
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was beyond that time.
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So humanly,
impossible to have a child...
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but God promised him one.
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Also, took him and put
him in the land of Canaan
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that was hostile to him
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and said: "I'm going
to give you this land. "
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And he believed God.
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Believed what the Lord said,
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and it was accounted to
him as "righteousness. "
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So with me and with you
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when God says: "This
is what you should do, "
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then I must
believe Him and follow
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when it comes to
questions of faith.
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That's faith:
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when it's the vehicle by
which I lay hold of what God
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has done for me.
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In other words, if I
understand the book right -
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and I hope and pray by
grace that I understand what
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God is saying -
that my righteousness
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won't count.
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But I understand that Christ's
righteousness does count
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and that I can only
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have His righteousness by faith.
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I can't get it any other way.
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I can't say: "Well, I'll
do this and this and this. "
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No... it's given
totally and completely on faith.
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Way it comes. All right.
00:23:49.34\00:23:52.23
That commandment
is intricately tied up
00:24:02.22\00:24:07.28
in the question of
the mark of the beast.
00:24:07.48\00:24:10.26
Why?
00:24:12.34\00:24:14.42
Well it says: "All
that do not have the mark
00:24:14.72\00:24:18.40
should be... killed. "
00:24:18.60\00:24:23.24
Well did you
ever think about it?
00:24:24.64\00:24:26.39
Why would that
particular commandment be
00:24:26.69\00:24:29.71
intricately tied
up in that question?
00:24:29.91\00:24:32.93
Well, if I believe something
00:24:33.23\00:24:38.25
and it's totally in
my head what I believe,
00:24:38.45\00:24:42.41
you can't do much about that.
00:24:42.71\00:24:45.50
You don't know
what's going on up here,
00:24:45.80\00:24:49.12
so you can't do much about that.
00:24:50.81\00:24:52.87
But if what I
believe affects my lifestyle
00:24:54.32\00:24:59.24
you can do something about that.
00:24:59.45\00:25:02.38
You can pass
legislation that affects that...
00:25:02.68\00:25:08.40
my lifestyle.
00:25:08.60\00:25:10.22
This is where the
Sabbath comes in. The problem is
00:25:10.33\00:25:13.83
is that Sabbath commandment
- that fourth commandment -
00:25:14.03\00:25:18.46
is the only one of the
commandments that tells you
00:25:18.66\00:25:22.98
who the true God is.
00:25:23.18\00:25:25.08
It's the only one of the 10 that
tells you who the true God is.
00:25:25.38\00:25:29.39
See, I can take this altar here
00:25:29.70\00:25:33.81
and make it my god.
00:25:34.11\00:25:36.60
People do that to this day.
00:25:36.90\00:25:39.38
And I could say: "My god says
00:25:41.14\00:25:45.18
I'm not to take
his name in vain. "
00:25:45.38\00:25:47.64
"My god says that I'm not to
00:25:49.47\00:25:52.19
have any other
gods before him. "
00:25:52.29\00:25:54.00
"My god says I'm to honor
my father and my mother. "
00:25:55.65\00:26:00.63
"My god says I
should not kill. "
00:26:02.11\00:26:04.65
I can take all nine
of those commandments
00:26:04.85\00:26:07.34
and apply it to that...
00:26:07.54\00:26:09.08
but when I come to the
fourth one, it won't fit
00:26:09.59\00:26:14.74
because it says that He
"created heaven and earth. "
00:26:15.04\00:26:20.84
That leaves out
anything that man has made.
00:26:21.14\00:26:26.22
You see? So that commandment
becomes very, very important
00:26:26.52\00:26:31.39
and if I take anything -
listen to me carefully, folks -
00:26:31.59\00:26:36.85
if I take
anything else and I put it
00:26:37.05\00:26:42.21
in place of what God has given,
00:26:42.41\00:26:46.42
that is righteousness by works.
00:26:46.72\00:26:51.76
Righteousness by faith is only
00:26:53.95\00:26:56.99
when you accept
what God has given.
00:26:57.19\00:27:01.36
Only way it fits...
00:27:01.66\00:27:04.83
no other way.
00:27:05.13\00:27:06.77
OK. Let's go on and let's take
a look at what happens here now.
00:27:07.07\00:27:10.96
Says:
00:27:11.36\00:27:13.02
So this angel is proclaiming
that Babylon has fallen.
00:27:27.18\00:27:32.88
Please notice there
is a great difference
00:27:33.19\00:27:37.33
between when she has
fallen and when she's destroyed.
00:27:37.53\00:27:43.49
Because she can
fall in the eyes of God
00:27:45.39\00:27:50.58
and not in the eyes of man.
00:27:50.88\00:27:54.27
And when it's saying here:
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen, "
00:27:54.57\00:27:58.62
it's talking about her
falling in the eyes of God.
00:27:58.72\00:28:02.67
She's not
following what He says.
00:28:02.87\00:28:05.02
In other words,
Babylon has come forth
00:28:18.14\00:28:22.02
and through what she
has done the whole world
00:28:22.23\00:28:25.65
and all the
merchants of the earth and all
00:28:25.75\00:28:27.88
have become wealthy
through what she has done.
00:28:28.09\00:28:31.72
In other words,
Babylon has been well received
00:28:32.02\00:28:36.41
by the world but she has
fallen in the eyes of God.
00:28:37.22\00:28:43.13
Simply what it's saying here.
00:28:43.43\00:28:45.51
Says they have become "drunk.
" And I told you about this.
00:28:45.81\00:28:48.46
You know, it's
very, very difficult
00:28:48.77\00:28:51.61
to reason with a drunk.
00:28:51.81\00:28:53.79
I can remember when
I was a young pastor,
00:28:54.09\00:28:57.62
we were holding some
meetings, another fellow and I.
00:28:57.82\00:29:01.67
We were working on things
for the meeting: pitching a tent
00:29:01.87\00:29:05.56
and so forth. And
in the town was a...
00:29:05.76\00:29:08.72
a drunk. He was
drunk all the time.
00:29:08.93\00:29:12.62
And we decided that
we were going to help him
00:29:12.92\00:29:16.00
and convert him, see?
00:29:16.10\00:29:17.97
And so we hired him
to work... work with us.
00:29:18.17\00:29:21.07
And being a young
pastor and not very smart
00:29:21.47\00:29:27.46
he worked for us for
several days and then
00:29:27.66\00:29:32.04
I didn't have enough
sense not to pay him.
00:29:32.24\00:29:35.44
And I paid him, and
you know what he did.
00:29:35.74\00:29:39.09
He took the money
and went and got drunk!
00:29:39.39\00:29:42.10
And I can remember
we went looking for him
00:29:42.40\00:29:46.15
and finally found him, but
we couldn't reason with him.
00:29:46.35\00:29:48.98
We couldn't get
him to do anything,
00:29:49.18\00:29:51.10
but he came to the
meeting that night.
00:29:51.30\00:29:53.00
And sitting there in the
meeting and I'm preaching...
00:29:53.30\00:29:57.20
and he gets up and
starts down the aisle
00:29:57.40\00:29:59.99
saying: "Eve came from an
apple. Eve came from an apple. "
00:30:00.29\00:30:05.09
And we all called him
Moose, and I said: "Moose,
00:30:05.39\00:30:09.12
sit down and be quiet. "
00:30:09.32\00:30:10.69
And he sat down in one of the
chairs and didn't say any more.
00:30:10.95\00:30:13.42
But you just can't
reason with a drunk.
00:30:13.62\00:30:16.66
So understand: these
people are drunk with the wine
00:30:16.96\00:30:21.05
of her fornication.
That's what they're drunk with.
00:30:21.25\00:30:24.52
What is that?
00:30:24.62\00:30:26.80
This woman,
this harlot: Babylon.
00:30:27.01\00:30:29.57
What is that she's made
the world drunk with her wine?
00:30:29.78\00:30:34.07
Well, you have
three things here;
00:30:34.37\00:30:38.20
I talked about them last night.
00:30:38.40\00:30:39.94
Babylon is made
up of three things.
00:30:40.24\00:30:42.64
It's made up of Paganism,
00:30:42.84\00:30:44.73
and it's made up
of Protestantism,
00:30:44.93\00:30:47.78
and it's made up of Catholicism.
00:30:48.08\00:30:50.20
Those are the three because you
have three characters involved.
00:30:50.50\00:30:55.01
You have a dragon
which represents Paganism.
00:30:55.21\00:30:58.04
You have a beast which
represents Catholicism,
00:30:58.25\00:31:01.83
and you have the false prophet
which represent Protestantism.
00:31:02.03\00:31:05.59
And this is a
mixture of all that
00:31:05.89\00:31:09.24
put together and that makes
what the scripture refers to
00:31:09.44\00:31:12.75
as Babylon. And
they have become...
00:31:12.95\00:31:16.22
the inhabitants of the
earth have become drunk
00:31:16.52\00:31:19.07
through what she teaches such
as the immortality of the soul
00:31:19.27\00:31:23.05
that comes
straight from Paganism.
00:31:23.25\00:31:26.41
This is where it comes from.
00:31:26.71\00:31:29.03
And it was given
to the Catholic church
00:31:29.33\00:31:31.03
and then from the Catholic
church to Protestantism.
00:31:31.23\00:31:33.14
And so today the whole
world is full of the idea
00:31:33.44\00:31:36.69
that man does not die.
00:31:36.89\00:31:40.02
That he goes off
to another place.
00:31:40.32\00:31:42.93
But this is not what
the book teaches, folks.
00:31:43.23\00:31:46.28
There's no foundation
for that in the Word of God.
00:31:46.58\00:31:49.75
Or you can take the
belief of the false Sabbath.
00:31:50.05\00:31:53.45
Sunday worship:
not based on scripture.
00:31:53.65\00:31:56.68
Came directly from Paganism
and passed on to these others.
00:31:56.98\00:32:01.04
And this becomes the belief
and what the scripture refers to
00:32:01.34\00:32:06.98
as Babylon.
00:32:07.18\00:32:09.19
And the world is drunk with
the wine of her fornication.
00:32:09.49\00:32:15.02
Please notice God is saying
00:32:20.46\00:32:23.03
very clearly that He
has His people in Babylon.
00:32:23.23\00:32:28.65
That's why I'm
telling you that at this point
00:32:28.96\00:32:32.70
the door of mercy is not closed.
00:32:32.91\00:32:37.44
Tonight the door of
mercy is not closed.
00:32:37.74\00:32:42.02
Tonight it's open,
00:32:42.12\00:32:43.92
and a person can come to
God and I can give Him my heart
00:32:44.22\00:32:47.72
and I can
surrender my life to Him
00:32:47.92\00:32:49.71
and I can commit my life to Him.
00:32:49.91\00:32:51.56
And the door of mercy is
open tonight to receive mercy.
00:32:51.76\00:32:55.05
But the day is coming, and we're
going to see it in this chapter,
00:32:55.35\00:32:58.24
in which that door closes.
00:32:58.44\00:33:00.74
And when that door
closes, there will be no more
00:33:01.04\00:33:05.06
opportunity to come to God.
00:33:05.27\00:33:07.54
But right now He says:
00:33:07.74\00:33:09.11
"Calling My people to come out
of her"... come out of Babylon.
00:33:09.27\00:33:13.87
"Don't continue
to live in Babylon. "
00:33:14.17\00:33:17.57
That's the
invitation God's giving.
00:33:17.87\00:33:20.70
Now, what's the problem here?
00:33:21.00\00:33:24.46
Babylon. Let me
tell you about Babylon.
00:33:24.76\00:33:28.53
Things are good in Babylon.
00:33:31.11\00:33:36.76
They have lived in
luxury on the earth.
00:33:38.48\00:33:41.99
I mean things
are nice in Babylon.
00:33:42.29\00:33:46.09
Go back to Babylon of old,
00:33:46.29\00:33:48.38
and the Jewish people
were carried off to Babylon.
00:33:48.68\00:33:52.32
Don't think that when they
were carried off to Babylon
00:33:52.62\00:33:55.44
and lived in Babylon
that they had it rough.
00:33:55.64\00:33:58.51
They didn't.
00:33:58.81\00:34:00.18
Have you forgotten?
00:34:00.28\00:34:02.38
Daniel was the prime
minister of the country.
00:34:02.58\00:34:06.81
Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego
held very, very high offices.
00:34:07.11\00:34:12.04
I mean they were treated great.
00:34:12.34\00:34:14.75
They had nice
homes. They had good jobs.
00:34:15.05\00:34:18.07
Things were good in Babylon.
00:34:18.27\00:34:20.59
It wasn't hard...
it was good there.
00:34:22.40\00:34:24.98
In fact, it was so good
00:34:28.58\00:34:32.19
that after 70 years in Babylon
00:34:32.39\00:34:35.76
and God said: "The time has
come to go back to Jerusalem, "
00:34:35.96\00:34:39.21
this is what happened...
00:34:39.41\00:34:41.62
Ezra decided to take a
group back to Jerusalem.
00:34:41.92\00:34:46.11
Listen to what happened here:
00:34:46.41\00:34:48.67
I mean, they... He said:
"We're going to take a group
00:35:04.78\00:35:07.04
back to Jerusalem, live there. "
00:35:07.24\00:35:09.20
Not one of the
tribe of Levi showed up.
00:35:09.40\00:35:13.72
Not one!
00:35:14.94\00:35:16.74
They all had it nice in Babylon.
00:35:17.04\00:35:22.71
Right there... stay there.
00:35:23.01\00:35:26.73
In fact, he had to go
back to make another appeal
00:35:27.03\00:35:31.49
before he got some of them to
go with him back to Jerusalem.
00:35:31.79\00:35:35.38
Why not go back to Jerusalem?
00:35:35.48\00:35:37.36
Well, because things
aren't very nice in Jerusalem.
00:35:37.66\00:35:41.51
There's no jobs in Jerusalem.
00:35:41.81\00:35:44.50
The city's in ruins.
00:35:44.80\00:35:46.86
Things are not good
there at all... it's rough.
00:35:47.16\00:35:49.64
It's hard. Get the picture?
00:35:49.84\00:35:54.21
In the last days
it's not going to be good
00:35:56.76\00:36:02.75
among God's people.
00:36:02.95\00:36:06.47
It's going to
be good in Babylon.
00:36:06.87\00:36:11.46
And you have to make a
decision whether you're going to
00:36:13.32\00:36:16.19
come out of Babylon
and be on God's side
00:36:16.29\00:36:19.94
or whether you're going
to go along with Babylon.
00:36:20.14\00:36:22.33
That decision has to be made
which way you're going to go.
00:36:22.63\00:36:25.94
And so He's saying:
"Come out of her My people
00:36:27.68\00:36:32.79
that you do not
receive her plagues. "
00:36:34.39\00:36:36.94
This is... this is
00:36:37.15\00:36:42.50
God's last call.
00:36:42.80\00:36:44.85
I'm sorry folks...
there's not another one.
00:36:46.30\00:36:48.76
When we come to
there, that will be it.
00:36:49.06\00:36:53.48
There won't be another time
00:36:53.88\00:36:57.46
another place in
which God's going to invite.
00:36:57.66\00:37:01.75
It will be over.
00:37:02.05\00:37:04.00
Watch what happens
from this point on.
00:37:04.30\00:37:07.55
You can come to God. You can
accept Him, you can follow Him.
00:37:16.47\00:37:20.09
But the door of
mercy now is open.
00:37:20.39\00:37:23.08
But starting at this
point the door closes.
00:37:23.38\00:37:28.67
The cup is full.
00:37:39.68\00:37:42.95
"Her sins have reached to heaven
00:37:43.25\00:37:46.56
and God has
remembered her iniquities. "
00:37:46.86\00:37:52.62
When does that happen?
00:37:57.31\00:37:59.58
When it says her sins
have reached to heaven
00:37:59.68\00:38:04.07
and God remembers her iniquity,
00:38:04.27\00:38:05.87
when does that take place?
00:38:05.97\00:38:07.34
Well that takes
place when this happens:
00:38:07.37\00:38:10.24
When that decree is made
00:38:22.72\00:38:27.38
that those who do not
have the mark of the beast -
00:38:27.68\00:38:31.42
those who do not
worship the image to the beast -
00:38:31.62\00:38:34.52
should be killed...
00:38:34.72\00:38:36.54
Said he would cause all...
00:38:46.29\00:38:49.52
It means... speak
means to legislate.
00:38:50.46\00:38:53.51
Cause means to enforce.
00:38:53.81\00:38:55.79
And so when
mankind enforces those
00:38:56.00\00:39:00.51
to follow the beast and to
follow what the beast says,
00:39:00.71\00:39:04.34
dear friend, that is when her
sins have reached unto heaven.
00:39:04.54\00:39:10.03
And that is when, I'm sorry,
00:39:10.88\00:39:13.24
but the door of mercy closes.
00:39:13.44\00:39:17.14
That's when it happens.
00:39:17.74\00:39:19.24
So Babylon who has
00:39:19.65\00:39:25.62
taken a position against God...
00:39:25.92\00:39:28.65
the time has come
for the door to close.
00:39:28.96\00:39:33.68
Paganism,
Protestantism, Catholicism.
00:39:33.98\00:39:39.60
Paganism has always been,
00:39:39.90\00:39:43.20
basically counter
00:39:43.50\00:39:48.80
to what God has taught.
00:39:49.10\00:39:51.76
I mean all the way
through the Bible you find
00:39:52.06\00:39:54.31
that Paganism has always
taught different than what
00:39:54.51\00:39:57.50
the scripture taught.
00:39:57.70\00:39:59.17
Catholicism... God in His mercy
00:40:00.45\00:40:06.35
and in His kindness
pled with her for years
00:40:06.76\00:40:12.70
to change.
00:40:13.00\00:40:16.38
Wouldn't. And so you have
because she would not change -
00:40:17.16\00:40:22.79
growing out of
that the Reformation.
00:40:22.99\00:40:25.51
And you found
that great men such as
00:40:25.71\00:40:31.09
Knox and Calvin and Luther
00:40:31.29\00:40:35.83
and Zwingli and all
those great reformers
00:40:36.03\00:40:39.29
that stood up and
took the Word of God
00:40:39.39\00:40:41.55
and built their
belief on the Word of God
00:40:41.75\00:40:44.13
and said: "This
is where we stand. "
00:40:44.33\00:40:45.83
And out of that the great
Protestant movement was born.
00:40:46.03\00:40:50.17
And even when the Pilgrims
came over to the United States
00:40:51.98\00:40:55.55
and as they were
getting on the ship
00:40:55.85\00:40:58.38
their Pastor Robinson
stood there and talked with them
00:40:58.58\00:41:02.28
and he urged them that
when they got to the New World
00:41:02.49\00:41:06.23
that they would
follow the Word of God.
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.46
And then he said
something... he said to them:
00:41:08.66\00:41:10.77
"As you understand
what the scripture teaches,
00:41:10.97\00:41:14.21
walk in the light of it. "
00:41:14.41\00:41:16.75
And unfortunately, Protestantism
00:41:19.37\00:41:24.64
did not continue to walk in
the light that God gave them.
00:41:26.50\00:41:30.01
And they have given
up what they stood for,
00:41:32.02\00:41:36.25
and today there's no conviction
00:41:36.28\00:41:41.92
there of what God's
Word says and to follow
00:41:42.13\00:41:44.87
what the Word says.
00:41:45.07\00:41:46.54
And so you have the uniting now
00:41:46.84\00:41:49.66
of those powers
bringing together
00:41:49.96\00:41:53.89
what the scripture
classifies as Babylon.
00:41:54.09\00:41:57.47
They unite on the worship
00:42:00.14\00:42:03.81
of a day that God never gave.
00:42:04.01\00:42:07.05
They believe beliefs that
the scripture does not teach.
00:42:07.35\00:42:12.66
They turn away
from that of the Sabbath
00:42:14.85\00:42:18.92
and refuse to follow
00:42:19.23\00:42:23.29
what God says about the Sabbath.
00:42:23.59\00:42:26.59
And for those
reasons, her cup is full.
00:42:26.89\00:42:30.46
So He says this to her:
00:42:30.77\00:42:32.72
Says: "Give back to
her double what she gave. "
00:42:47.65\00:42:53.19
Now folks, you've
got to understand...
00:43:10.48\00:43:12.21
The Bible teaches clearly
that there is a period of time
00:43:12.41\00:43:16.30
in which Babylon
will sit as a queen.
00:43:16.50\00:43:20.75
And it will be great and
things will be wonderful.
00:43:21.05\00:43:25.96
And the whole world
will wonder after her
00:43:26.26\00:43:30.53
and follow what she
has put off. So much so
00:43:30.73\00:43:33.89
that it says they are "drunk
00:43:34.09\00:43:37.30
by the wine of
her fornication. "
00:43:37.80\00:43:40.10
So you can't...
there's going to be a time
00:43:40.41\00:43:43.67
in which this will
be very, very good.
00:43:43.87\00:43:47.25
He said: "She's
lived luxuriously.
00:44:00.02\00:44:02.35
She has not followed
what God's Word says.
00:44:02.55\00:44:06.81
Therefore give to her
double of what she has given. "
00:44:07.11\00:44:12.47
And dear friends,
the seven last plagues
00:44:12.61\00:44:15.84
will be double of
anything that she has ever had.
00:44:17.74\00:44:23.66
Probation for the human race
00:44:23.96\00:44:28.61
will have closed.
00:44:28.91\00:44:31.96
Those words in
Revelation where it says:
00:44:32.16\00:44:34.37
"He that is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
00:44:34.67\00:44:38.54
and he that is holy,
let him be holy still;
00:44:38.84\00:44:43.13
he who is filthy, let
him be filthy still. "
00:44:43.23\00:44:47.45
Those words are pronounced and
probation closes for mankind.
00:44:47.76\00:44:53.68
And as probation closes
00:44:53.98\00:44:57.32
then these things that they have
had and lived so luxuriously
00:44:57.62\00:45:01.63
with all come to an end.
00:45:01.83\00:45:04.68
Now as I told you, some
people take those things and
00:45:10.88\00:45:13.63
would like to
apply that as 15 days.
00:45:13.83\00:45:17.19
And one day = one
year, I should say.
00:45:17.49\00:45:21.68
One hour they apply as 15 days.
00:45:21.98\00:45:24.98
I don't know.
00:45:25.28\00:45:26.82
I would say it refers
more to a short period of time.
00:45:27.12\00:45:30.81
But "her plagues
will come in one day. "
00:45:31.11\00:45:33.78
I mean He's going to
pour out His wrath upon her.
00:45:43.89\00:45:49.39
They're going to see Babylon
and all that she stood for
00:46:00.84\00:46:04.33
crumbling. Now folks, these...
00:46:04.53\00:46:08.49
Put together what you
heard previously last night
00:46:08.89\00:46:12.66
where these ten kings and
the beast and the false prophet
00:46:12.86\00:46:17.82
all accept her and follow her,
00:46:18.02\00:46:21.03
and they're all in
agreement with her,
00:46:21.23\00:46:23.26
but now all the
things that she has said
00:46:23.46\00:46:26.29
is crumbling... coming down.
00:46:26.49\00:46:29.04
And they stand
back and they weep.
00:46:29.34\00:46:32.28
I mean it has
moved swiftly upon them.
00:46:46.77\00:46:50.86
You see, they are the ones
that will turn against her.
00:47:03.33\00:47:07.62
Like I told you, it
says those ten kings
00:47:07.82\00:47:10.69
gave their
authority to the beast.
00:47:10.89\00:47:15.46
You don't find them
giving it to the woman.
00:47:15.76\00:47:18.54
They gave it to the beast.
00:47:18.85\00:47:21.33
And so those ten kings,
the beast, the false prophet
00:47:21.63\00:47:25.20
all turn against the woman.
00:47:25.40\00:47:28.88
Make her desolate and naked.
00:47:29.18\00:47:31.34
Eat her flesh and
burn her with fire.
00:47:31.64\00:47:34.85
You have complete
financial collapse
00:47:36.77\00:47:42.16
taking place here. That's what's
pictured in the 18th chapter
00:47:42.36\00:47:46.35
is financial
collapse of everything around.
00:47:46.65\00:47:49.76
Watch as he talks
about the merchants:
00:47:50.07\00:47:52.76
I mean, they have had it good.
00:48:02.63\00:48:04.93
They've lived luxuriously;
things have gone well.
00:48:05.23\00:48:07.94
But now all of a
sudden it's come crashing down
00:48:08.14\00:48:10.95
and no one buys
their merchandise any more.
00:48:11.15\00:48:15.45
All the things that man
has made and that man sells
00:48:34.72\00:48:39.34
and trades for back and forth...
00:48:39.54\00:48:41.25
all that ceases
to be worth anything.
00:48:41.55\00:48:45.47
All your gold
00:48:48.55\00:48:54.15
all your silver
00:48:54.55\00:48:56.20
will be worth nothing.
00:48:56.84\00:48:59.49
What is gold worth
00:49:00.67\00:49:04.15
or what is silver worth
00:49:04.35\00:49:07.10
if it won't buy anything?
00:49:07.40\00:49:10.15
If you can't buy anything
with it, what's it worth?
00:49:12.28\00:49:15.40
Reminds me of when I
have gone over to Israel.
00:49:18.73\00:49:21.36
When you get off the plane
or get out there and go through
00:49:22.68\00:49:25.37
the cities and
these little kids come up
00:49:25.57\00:49:27.71
always asking for a dollar.
00:49:28.01\00:49:30.68
You know, and I've reached
in my pocket and pulled out
00:49:30.99\00:49:34.32
some change and
handed them change
00:49:34.52\00:49:35.89
and they just
throw it on the ground
00:49:36.01\00:49:37.67
'cause it's not worth anything.
00:49:39.06\00:49:40.91
Not worth anything...
just throw it on the ground.
00:49:42.34\00:49:44.90
They'll take the
gold... throw it on the ground.
00:49:45.20\00:49:48.40
It won't be
worth a thing, folks.
00:49:48.60\00:49:50.57
All come to an end.
00:49:50.97\00:49:53.85
I mean, financial
collapse has taken place.
00:50:18.55\00:50:24.31
None of it will
be worth anything.
00:50:24.81\00:50:28.97
Those that accepted her with
arms, praised her greatness,
00:50:41.35\00:50:44.99
now are going to stand
back and they're going to mourn
00:50:45.19\00:50:48.09
and weep because
she's come to an end.
00:50:48.29\00:50:51.96
Merchandise is
not worth a thing.
00:51:00.24\00:51:05.39
Not only folks... not
only is the merchandise
00:51:05.69\00:51:08.83
not worth anything, but
world trade will come to an end.
00:51:09.03\00:51:14.85
I mean, today we live
in a time where you can
00:51:15.08\00:51:18.43
trade all over the
world. I mean you can go home,
00:51:18.63\00:51:22.66
sit down at your computer,
00:51:22.86\00:51:24.42
and you can buy anything
in Japan, Germany, France.
00:51:24.62\00:51:27.83
Anywhere in the
world you can shop.
00:51:28.03\00:51:30.96
That all comes
to an end. Listen:
00:51:31.26\00:51:34.13
That's world trade.
00:51:48.44\00:51:50.56
What's like
Babylon... this great city?
00:51:58.12\00:52:00.43
All the things
that we experience.
00:52:00.73\00:52:03.26
Babylon has fallen... it's over!
00:52:24.20\00:52:27.82
You see, dear friend,
what it's simply telling us?
00:53:24.98\00:53:28.80
The time is short.
00:53:29.10\00:53:31.77
You and I have time
right now, but it's run out.
00:53:32.07\00:53:37.55
When we hit
this time, it's over.
00:53:37.85\00:53:42.35
There's no more time
00:53:42.66\00:53:44.03
because when we take a
look at the 19th chapter
00:53:44.18\00:53:46.84
the first verse says:
00:53:47.14\00:53:49.31
You see, God's
kingdom has come into being.
00:53:59.13\00:54:02.67
We're going to take a look at
the marriage supper of the Lamb.
00:54:02.97\00:54:07.47
It's come down to the
end. The controversy is over.
00:54:07.77\00:54:12.57
God has brought it to an end.
00:54:12.87\00:54:15.80
Dear friend, you and I
need to make absolutely sure
00:54:16.10\00:54:20.91
that we're walking by faith,
following Him, obeying Him.
00:54:21.66\00:54:26.88
That our wills are
surrendered to His will.
00:54:27.11\00:54:30.75
That we will
follow the Word of God.
00:54:31.05\00:54:33.90
May God bless you
00:54:34.10\00:54:35.47
as you continue to
study the Word of God.
00:54:35.50\00:54:38.79
In the heart of
southern Illinois
00:54:39.93\00:54:42.21
lies a small town
named after A. J. Mason
00:54:42.41\00:54:46.54
who came in 1923 with
plans for a dream city
00:54:46.74\00:54:50.61
and the largest coal
mine in the United States.
00:54:50.81\00:54:54.38
Surveyors laid out the
streets and the sidewalk
00:54:54.68\00:54:57.44
and workers built the tallest
smokestack in the country
00:54:57.64\00:55:01.30
complete with a Spanish turret
00:55:01.50\00:55:03.62
and decorative
cathedral doors at the top.
00:55:03.82\00:55:07.24
Railroad tracks were laid,
00:55:07.54\00:55:09.33
and as word of
this dream city spread
00:55:09.63\00:55:12.23
people flocked
in by the thousands.
00:55:12.43\00:55:15.14
But as the black coal
came out of those deep tunnels
00:55:15.44\00:55:18.61
miners came closer and
closer to the end of the dream.
00:55:18.81\00:55:23.73
And after just
three years of mining
00:55:24.03\00:55:26.23
an underground
river flooded the shaft.
00:55:26.43\00:55:29.85
Suddenly the
operations became very costly
00:55:30.15\00:55:33.56
and although Mr. Mason
poured millions into his mine
00:55:33.76\00:55:37.94
eventually it was
taken over by the bank.
00:55:38.14\00:55:41.25
People left the city in droves.
00:55:41.55\00:55:43.82
Some didn't even bother
to take their furniture.
00:55:44.12\00:55:46.43
Soon the tracks lay dormant.
00:55:46.73\00:55:48.92
Weeds grew up around
the beautiful train station,
00:55:49.12\00:55:51.84
and abandoned
homes gave way to trees.
00:55:52.04\00:55:55.57
Today locals say that Mason
is the only town in America
00:55:55.87\00:56:00.60
where you can hunt
quail from the sidewalk.
00:56:00.80\00:56:04.09
Although other coal
companies tried to revive it,
00:56:04.48\00:56:07.36
Mason's mine never
again turned a profit
00:56:07.58\00:56:11.68
and today only a few
hundred people are left.
00:56:11.88\00:56:15.25
Mr. Mason's
dream went up in smoke.
00:56:15.55\00:56:19.33
All that remains is
a beautiful smokestack,
00:56:19.63\00:56:22.96
an old train station,
00:56:23.26\00:56:25.43
and miles of deserted tracks.
00:56:25.63\00:56:28.33
The Bible says earthly
treasures are easily stolen
00:56:29.77\00:56:33.53
by thieves and
destroyed by moth and rust.
00:56:33.73\00:56:37.00
But our Heavenly Father
is building a dream city
00:56:37.30\00:56:40.05
with streets of gold and
mansions by a crystal sea.
00:56:40.25\00:56:44.27
He invites us to come
live with Him for eternity
00:56:44.37\00:56:47.63
and never grow old.
00:56:47.83\00:56:49.61
The Bible also says
that where our treasure is
00:56:49.91\00:56:52.55
there our heart will be also.
00:56:52.85\00:56:55.06
And in this day and age
when stocks lose their value
00:56:55.36\00:56:59.06
in minutes and
entire banking systems fail
00:56:59.16\00:57:02.69
God invites us to put
our treasures in things of
00:57:02.89\00:57:06.79
eternal value.
00:57:06.89\00:57:08.28
Friends, nothing is more
valuable than a human soul.
00:57:08.58\00:57:12.91
Won't you help us bring
the good news of salvation
00:57:13.21\00:57:16.12
to those who are lost?
00:57:16.32\00:57:18.50
Please, ask the Holy Spirit
what He would have you do.
00:57:18.70\00:57:23.49
Please consider what
you can do for those who
00:57:24.66\00:57:27.63
still don't know about Jesus.
00:57:27.83\00:57:29.65
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00:57:29.85\00:57:31.46
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