Elijah, the return of
Elijah and the fall of Babylon.
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Let's pray
together before we begin.
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Dear Lord we just once again
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pause for a moment,
about to open your word
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and anxiously
seeking your truth,
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for these last days that
we know we are living in.
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But tonight Lord
I again plead for
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for a special
outpouring of your Holy Spirit,
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that you'll
enable me to be clear.
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The message be understood
and yet to speak it in love
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because all we want to
do is to follow the lamb.
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So we thank you and we
praise you in Jesus name, Amen.
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Elijah, what a man, he
entered the Bible story
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in one giant stride and
left in a flaming chariot.
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Elijah, what a name, it
means the Lord is my God
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and what an
appropriate name it was.
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Because the
Elijah lived at a time
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when Israel was at a low point
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in her relationship with God.
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The spineless
vacillating King Ahab
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had married a wicked
Phoenician princess Jezebel
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and Jezebel somehow
managed to deceive God's people
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into mixing the
worship of her God Baal
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together with the
worship of the Lord.
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And so we find the
people of God worshiping Baal
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and the Lord at the same time
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and that has
always and forever been
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the method that
the old devil uses.
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He takes a lot of truth
and sprinkles in a little error
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and manages to
corrupt and distraught
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the true worship of God.
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Elijah did the only
thing that a man of God
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can do in a time like that,
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he prayed and God
gave him a message.
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So picture in your mind,
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in First Kings
chapter 17 verse 1,
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Elijah dressed in
his camel haired robe,
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marching past the temple guards
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into the king's
chamber appearing before
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before the king
saying in verse 1,
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as the Lord God of Israel lives,
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whom I serve,
there will be neither dew
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nor rain in the land
in the next few years
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except at word and
just as mysteriously
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as Elijah had
appeared, he disappeared,
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leaving the king and his
men scratching their heads,
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wondering what was that.
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Who did he think he was
and did you notice that funny
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looking camel
haired robe he was wearing,
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that went out in the 50s.
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How can he lockup the keys,
how can he lockup the heaven,
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so that there will be no
rain, no dew in the land.
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But those weeks
passed into months,
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the months into years
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and after three
years there were still
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not a drop of rain in the land.
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The crop had failed,
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the cattle dying, people dying,
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people leaving by the droves,
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until finally Elijah summoned
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King Ahab for a meeting
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and you can read about it,
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it's in First Kings chapter 18,
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Ahab verse 16
went to meet Elijah,
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in verse 17 when he
saw Elijah he said to him,
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you're the one,
you troubler of Israel?
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Now imagine Ahab
in his finest chariot
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with his shiniest white horses
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trying to maintain
his kingly composure,
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he sees Elijah and immediately
points his fingers saying,
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you're the one,
you troubler of Israel,
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notice that those who do right
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right are always
blamed for the problems.
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But Elijah was not
one to be intimated,
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not even by the king himself
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immediately seizing
control, Elijah said in verse18,
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no I've not made
trouble for Israel,
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but you and your
father's family have,
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you've abandoned
the Lord's commands
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and followed the Baals,
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now summon the
people from all over Israel
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to meet me on Mount Carmel
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and bring the
450 prophets of Baal.
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Go head and bring the
400 prophets of Asherah
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who eat at Jezebel's table,
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what else could he do.
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He had no choice, so
he accepted the challenge
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and the day
arrived on Mount Carmel.
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It was King
Ahab, all of his guards
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dressed in their finest robes
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and then there were the
450 false prophets of Baal.
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The 400 false
prophets of Asherah,
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850 false prophets,
850 of the most powerful,
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most respected,
religious leaders in the land
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and the king
himself on one side with all
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of the people of
Israel and on the other side
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was one man of God
dressed in his funny looking
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camel haired robe.
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Which side would you've
been on if you were that day,
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would you've
stood with the Elijah,
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the one man of God or
would you've gone along
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with the crowd,
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where would you have been.
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Well I like the thing
that each one of us here
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would be standing with Elijah,
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that's why you're here
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because you want
to know the truth
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and you're
committed to know the truth.
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The Elijah stood for the truth,
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I think you would be
standing with Elijah,
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but what I want you know is
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that it would
not have been easy,
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it's never easy to
go against the crowd,
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it's never easy to
stand alone for God,
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it wouldn't have been easy.
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So Elijah preaches
shortest sermon in the Bible
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and probably, at least I think
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one of the most
powerful sermons.
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He stands there before
those 850 false prophets
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and all the people of
Israel and he says in verse 21
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how long will you
waiver between two opinions,
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if the Lord is
God then follow him,
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but if Baal is God
then follow him. Amen.
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Sermon over.
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What a Sermon?
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If the Lord is
God then follow God,
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if Baal is God then follow Baal,
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but stop claiming to worship God
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while you're going after Baal,
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how long will you
waiver between two opinions,
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how long will you
claim to serve God,
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while you mixing
the worship of God
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with the traditions of man.
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How long will you
waiver between two opinions.
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If the Lord is
God then follow him,
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if Baal is God then follow Baal,
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but quit claiming to follow God,
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while you're going after Baal.
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What a Sermon.
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And then he proposed the test,
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he said look you
build an altar to Baal
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and I build an altar to God,
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you pray to Baal
that he'll send fire
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to consume the
offering, I'll pray to God
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that he sends fire
to consume the offering
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they said fair
enough because Baal
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was supposed to be a God of fire
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and that he was
also supposed to be
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the God of rain,
hadn't been unable to do
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anything about
that for 3-1/2 years,
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let's see what he
can do with the fire,
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so they build their altar,
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they put the offering on
it and then he began to pray,
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Oh Baal, Oh Baal send
the fire, send the fire
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and they prayed on and on and on
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screaming into the heavens,
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Oh Baal.
Finally, Elijah stood up,
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the Bible says Elijah
stood up and he taunted them,
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well, may be he is taking
a trip, cry a little louder,
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may be he's taking
a nap, wake him up,
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maybe he stepped
out back for a moment,
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just cry out a little louder
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and then after a while
it was obvious that Baal
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wasn't gonna answer.
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So Elijah said that's enough,
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prepare the old broken
down altar to the Lord,
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put an offering on it
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and the Bible says
that he had them douse
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that offering with water,
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they went down to the
sea filled the big jars
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with water and
dumped it on that altar,
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it was standing in a ditch,
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a trench around the
altar just to be sure,
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no one could ever say
that there was a hidden spark
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in the wood.
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and then at the time
of the evening sacrifice
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Elijah stepped
forward to pray, in verse 36,
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he said, Oh!
Lord God of Abraham,
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Isaac and Israel,
let it be known today
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that you are God in Israel
and that I am your servant
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and I've done all of
these things at your command,
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answer me Oh Lord, answer me,
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so that these
people will know that
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that you Oh! Lord
are God and that your
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turning their hearts back again
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and they heard a loud
roar, they looked up and saw
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a big ball of fire
came down from heaven
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and it burned the offering,
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it burned the
altar, it burned the water
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and the trench around it
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and the people fell to
the ground across straight,
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they cried out.
The Lord he is God,
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the Lord he is God and
there was a mighty revival
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in Israel led by Elijah,
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the man of God.
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Elijah the man who
restored the true worship
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of the true God in the
face of 850 false prophets,
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in the face of the king himself,
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he was willing to
stand alone for God, Elijah.
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And Elijah commanded them
seize the prophets of Baal,
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don't let anyone get
away, they seized them
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and Elijah had them
brought to the Kishon Valley
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and slaughtered there.
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What we see here is an
intense spiritual battle,
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a clash between the
true worship of the true God
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and the false
worship of a false God,
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and a climax is in
sudden divine glory
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and the destruction
of the false prophets.
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Just a little glimpse of
the future in the end time.
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Elijah stuck his
cloak under his belt,
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and the Bible says,
after he prayed for rain
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and the clouds came on,
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and he ran ahead of King
Ahab all the way to Jezreel.
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Elijah was the
forerunner to the king
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and the amazing thing is
that the prophesy tells us
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that again two times in
the future Elijah will return
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and this time both times
he will be the forerunner
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to a greater king then Ahab,
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he would be
forerunner to king Jesus.
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I want to read that
prophesy it's in Malachi,
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in Malachi chapter 4,
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this is the last
chapter of the last book
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in the Old Testament
before Jesus would come.
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The last book in
the Old Testament,
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in Malachi chapter 4 verse 4,
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remember the law of my
servant Moses, the decrees
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and laws that I gave
him at Horeb for all Israel.
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Behold I will send
you the prophet Elijah
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before the great and
dreadful day of the Lord comes.
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So Malachi says
that two times again
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in the future Elijah will come,
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but I want you to
notice something else.
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First in verse 4, he
said remember the law
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of my servant Moses,
the decrees and the laws
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I gave him at
Horeb for all Israel,
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the return of Elijah
presupposes a falling
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away from the law of God
and Elijah is a restorer,
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restoration of the Law of God,
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before the great and
dreadful day of the Lord comes.
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In others words the
prophet is looking ahead
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to the time, when
everyone practically on earth
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will be saying wow!
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The law has been done away
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with that's old
covenant, that's for the Jews,
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Ten Commandments, don't bother.
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God will raise up
another Elijah saying
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remember the law
of my servant Moses
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that I gave him at Horeb,
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in another words the return
of Elijah is the restoration
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of the law of
God in the last days,
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two times again in
the future it says,
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you say well I
don't see two times there,
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he says one time before
the great and dreadful day
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of the Lord comes.
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Well, then let's
ask, the best interpreter
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of the Old Testament prophesies,
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let's ask the best interpreter,
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who is the best interpreter.
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I want you listen carefully to
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what I am saying right now,
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don't miss a thing.
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Because this is crucial for us,
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who is the best interpreter
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of the Old Testament prophesy.
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Jesus, can you trust him?
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If we can't trust
him, who can we trust.
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So lets ask Jesus
what about Elijah,
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what about that.
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In Mathew chapter 17,
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the disciples asked
him that very question,
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they said in verse 10,
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the disciple asked
him why does it teach us
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a law saying
Elijah must come first.
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Jesus replied to be sure,
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Elijah comes and he
will restore all things.
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Now that's future isn't it,
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Elijah will come and
Elijah will restore all things.
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But Jesus said I tell
you, Elijah has already come.
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They didn't recognize him,
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they did to him
whatever they wished
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and in the same
way the son of man
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is gonna suffer in their hands.
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Verse 13, then the
disciples understood
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he was talking to them
about John the Baptist,
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now notice Elijah
will come in future
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and he will restore
all things in future,
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but I tell you
Elijah has already come,
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past and it was
John the Baptist,
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so you see Jesus is saying
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they will be a
two full fulfillment
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of the Elijah prophesy.
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Jesus comes two times,
one as a baby in a manger
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and the second time
when the clouds of glory
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and both times there will
be Elijah to prepare the way
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for the king just as
surely as he was forerunner
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to the King Ahab,
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he will be forerunner
to Jesus Christ both times.
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It wasn't necessary to
raise up the man Elijah,
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the prophet Elijah.
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It wasn't necessary
to reincarnate Elijah,
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but in John, in
the Gospel of Luke,
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in the Gospel of
Luke the 3rd chapter,
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he says that Elijah in
verse 3 went through out all,
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John the Baptist, in
verse 3 went through out all
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country around the
Jordan preaching of baptism
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of repentance for
the forgiveness of sins,
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as it is written in
the book of the words
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of Isaiah the prophet,
a voice of one calling out
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in the wilderness makes
straight the way of the Lord,
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makes straight pass for
him, every valley will be
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filled in, every
mountain and hill made low,
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the crooked roads
will become straight,
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it wasn't necessary
to bring the man Elijah,
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but it was the message
of Elijah with the spirit
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and the power of
Elijah that God brings
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back through John the Baptist,
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and again before the great
and dreadful day of the Lord.
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What did John have
to say to the crowds,
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in verse 7, John said
to the crowds coming out
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to be baptized by
him, you brood of vipers,
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you bunch of
rattlesnakes, he said.
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Wow! how was that for
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winning friends
and influencing people,
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you brood of vipers,
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who warned you to
flee from the coming wrath.
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You see, they only
wanted to be baptized
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to escape burning in hell,
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not out of the
burning love for God,
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not out of the
desire to do what is right,
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they just didn't
want to burn in hell.
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Who warned you to
flee from the coming wrath,
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produce fruit in
keeping with repentance
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and do not begin
to say to yourselves,
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we have Abraham as our father,
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I'll tell you out
of these stones God
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can raise up
children of Abraham.
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So many times people come to me
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and they say
you know Pastor Jac,
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I understand what you saying,
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I want to be baptized,
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but I don't wanna to give
up the work that I'm doing,
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I don't think that I
need to keep the Sabbath
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because my church doesn't
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or I don't need to
be baptized by immersion
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because my church just sprinkles
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or I don't need to worry
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about stopping
smoking cigarettes
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because my pastor
does and a little beer once
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in a while doesn't matter,
00:19:06.52\00:19:07.93
because my
church says it's okay.
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God can raise up
church members out of stone,
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nobody is gonna be saved
because they follow a church.
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Baptist,
Methodist, Presbyterian,
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Catholic even
Seventh-Day Adventist,
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we're saved
because we follow the Lamb.
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They were relying
on their tradition,
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they were relying
on their heritage,
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but they weren't
following the lamb.
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The lamb kept going places
that they didn't want to go
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and the same thing happens today
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the lamb goes places
where many don't want to go.
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So what did he say in verse 10,
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what should we do
then the crowd asked,
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John answered in verse 11 share,
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says the man with
two tunics should share,
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thou shalt not covet.
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Verse 13, don't
collect anymore than
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you're required to.
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Verse 14, don't extort
money, thou shalt not steal,
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don't accuse people
falsely, thou shalt not lie,
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be contempt with your pay,
00:20:10.61\00:20:12.63
thou shalt not covet,
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even when after the
King Herod perhaps committing
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adultery with
his brother's wife.
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In other words, remember
the law of my servant Moses,
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John the Baptist
restored the law of God.
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And Elijah comes again before
Jesus comes the second time,
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where can we find Elijah.
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Who is Elijah?
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We better
understand that because already
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men have come
claiming to be Elijah.
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So where can we find Elijah?
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We already know that
we don't need to look for
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the man, we look for the
message of Elijah given in
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the spirit and
the power of Elijah.
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Where does the Bible talk
about of the return of Elijah?
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The message of Elijah given
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in the spirit and power
of Elijah before Jesus comes
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the second time, you
should know the answer
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to that question now,
00:21:05.09\00:21:06.06
you should know the answer.
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It's in Revelation
chapter 14 verse 6,
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and then I saw another
angel flying in the mid-air,
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he had the
everlasting Gospel to proclaim
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to those who live on the
earth to every nation, tribe,
00:21:16.46\00:21:19.11
language and people and
he said in a loud voice,
00:21:19.14\00:21:21.70
fear God and
give him glory because
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the hour of his
judgment has come,
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in another words this
is the message that church
00:21:26.47\00:21:28.72
has for the last days,
it's the Elijah message,
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it goes to every
tribe, every language,
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every person on earth will
hear the everlasting Gospel
00:21:33.26\00:21:36.58
of Jesus, every living soul
on this earth will be called
00:21:36.61\00:21:39.58
to the recognition
of the judgment hour.
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The hour of God
judgment has begun
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nd the standard of the
judgment is the law of God.
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Remember the law of my
servant Moses, don't let
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anyone tell you that
the law has been abolished,
00:21:50.67\00:21:53.32
that the law has
been done away with,
00:21:53.35\00:21:55.09
that it doesn't
apply to Christians today.
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God has an
Elijah for the last days
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and Elijah
restores the law of Moses
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that has been brushed
aside for so many years.
00:22:02.15\00:22:04.57
He is calling the
world to be obedient to God,
00:22:04.60\00:22:07.06
but not only that
he says worship God
00:22:07.09\00:22:09.71
who made the
heavens and the earth.
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In other words, the
Elijah message restores the
00:22:11.19\00:22:13.46
true worship of the true God.
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When so many people
are mixing the traditions
00:22:15.30\00:22:17.51
of man with the worship of God.
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If our Lord is
God then follow him,
00:22:19.51\00:22:21.89
If Baal is God then follow him.
00:22:21.92\00:22:24.30
But stop claiming to follow
God while you're going after
00:22:24.33\00:22:27.52
the traditions of the beast.
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God has an Elijah
message for the last days
00:22:30.56\00:22:33.17
and you have been hearing it.
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I am not Elijah, God
doesn't need a man Elijah,
00:22:35.12\00:22:38.62
he needs is the
message of Elijah
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in the spirit and
the power of Elijah.
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And then the second
angel says Babylon has fallen.
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Babylon has fallen,
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she made the nations
drink the maddening wine
00:22:56.03\00:22:58.80
of her adulteries.
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You know, this is the
first time that Babylon
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is mentioned in
the Book of Revelation.
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So John assumes that
the people are going to
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understand what he
means when he says Babylon
00:23:13.60\00:23:15.54
has fallen.
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Well, how could they
possibly understand it.
00:23:17.92\00:23:20.15
You know, the Book
of Revelation quotes
00:23:22.23\00:23:23.72
the Old
Testament how many times?
00:23:23.75\00:23:25.50
Over 600 times and
here is one of those places,
00:23:25.53\00:23:29.47
the only way to
understand the fall of Babylon
00:23:29.50\00:23:31.26
here in the Book
of Revelation is to
00:23:31.29\00:23:32.95
understand the fall of
Babylon in the Old Testament.
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So, if you would turn with
me now to the Book of Daniel,
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actually I'm
gonna start in Daniel I
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this is where we
began Revelation Now
00:23:40.55\00:23:42.83
on the very first night.
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Daniel chapter 1 verse 1,
00:23:43.84\00:23:45.26
in the third year of
the reign of Jehoiakim,
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the King of
Judah, that's Jerusalem.
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Nebuchadnezzar and
Babylon came to Jerusalem
00:23:51.51\00:23:54.65
and besieged it and the
Lord delivered Jehoiakim
00:23:54.68\00:23:57.83
the King of Judah into his hands
00:23:57.86\00:23:59.97
along with some of the
articles from the temple
00:24:00.00\00:24:02.76
of God and these he carried
off to he temple of his God
00:24:02.79\00:24:07.36
in Babylon and put them in
the treasure house of his God.
00:24:07.39\00:24:10.74
So picture
clearly what's happening.
00:24:10.77\00:24:12.72
Nebuchadnezzar,
the King of Babylon
00:24:12.75\00:24:15.37
sends his armies into Jerusalem,
00:24:15.40\00:24:17.93
they capture the city,
they capture the people,
00:24:17.96\00:24:20.71
but even more importantly
they went into the temple
00:24:20.74\00:24:21.71
and they took the
golden cups that would
00:24:23.70\00:24:26.25
have been used only
to worship the Lord God,
00:24:26.28\00:24:28.68
the creator of the
heavens and the earth
00:24:28.71\00:24:30.69
and they brought
them back to Babylon
00:24:30.72\00:24:32.64
and they put them in
the Babylonian temple
00:24:32.67\00:24:35.10
and they used them to
worship the Babylonian Gods.
00:24:35.13\00:24:38.37
They took those cups
that God had set aside,
00:24:38.40\00:24:41.49
that God had
sanctified, that God had blessed
00:24:41.52\00:24:44.98
and made Holy and they used them
00:24:45.01\00:24:47.55
in a common ordinary way.
00:24:47.58\00:24:49.65
They profaned
the things that God
00:24:49.68\00:24:52.41
had set aside as Holy.
00:24:52.44\00:24:54.00
In chapter 5 of Daniel verse 1,
00:25:01.63\00:25:03.85
Belshazzar's now the king
and he had a great banquet
00:25:03.88\00:25:06.58
in his banquet hall,
he and his nobles drank
00:25:06.61\00:25:09.11
wine and while
Belshazzar was drinking,
00:25:09.14\00:25:11.49
he gave orders to bring in
the gold and silver goblets,
00:25:11.52\00:25:14.01
so they brought those
golden cups, holy cups,
00:25:14.04\00:25:16.92
they were to be used
only to worship the Lord God,
00:25:16.95\00:25:20.55
they filled them
with Babylonian wine
00:25:20.58\00:25:22.92
and begun to drink
to the Babylonian Gods,
00:25:22.95\00:25:24.96
when suddenly God sent a hand,
00:25:24.99\00:25:27.60
just a man's to hand
cut off all by itself
00:25:27.63\00:25:30.79
and it began to write
on the wall with its finger
00:25:30.82\00:25:33.59
a special message
Belshazzar saw that,
00:25:33.62\00:25:37.18
the cup drops from his
hand, his knees knocked,
00:25:37.21\00:25:39.65
the Bible says,
his face turns white.
00:25:39.68\00:25:41.48
How's that for a kingly image.
00:25:41.51\00:25:43.54
And he asked
someone To read the message,
00:25:48.07\00:25:50.05
nobody could read it and
then they remember Daniel,
00:25:50.21\00:25:53.28
so they brought the
prophet Daniel down,
00:25:53.31\00:25:54.32
Daniel said in
verse 18 Oh! King,
00:25:54.35\00:26:00.26
the Most High God gave
00:26:00.29\00:26:01.85
your father Nebuchadnezzar
00:26:01.88\00:26:03.47
sovereignty and greatness
and glory and splendor,
00:26:03.50\00:26:06.15
it was God who
put him on his thrown
00:26:07.24\00:26:09.75
and even
acknowledged it in verse 21,
00:26:10.39\00:26:12.82
he acknowledged that the
00:26:12.85\00:26:14.30
Most High God is
00:26:14.33\00:26:15.58
Sovereign over all
the kingdoms of men
00:26:15.61\00:26:17.56
and sets over
them anyone he wishes,
00:26:17.59\00:26:19.52
but you his son, Oh!
00:26:19.55\00:26:21.38
Belshazzar, you have
not humbled yourself,
00:26:21.41\00:26:24.35
though you knew all of this
00:26:24.38\00:26:26.36
You see it wasn't as
though Belshazzar was ignorant,
00:26:28.13\00:26:32.10
it wasn't as though oh!
those look like nice cups,
00:26:33.46\00:26:36.20
I wonder where they came from,
00:26:36.23\00:26:37.50
I think I'll use
them for my party tonight.
00:26:37.53\00:26:39.83
Belshazzar knew
exactly what he was doing
00:26:40.22\00:26:43.24
when he profaned something that
00:26:43.27\00:26:45.44
God had said was Holy. He knew,
00:26:45.47\00:26:49.84
in fact verse 23,
instead you've set
00:26:49.87\00:26:53.59
yourself up
against the Lord of heaven.
00:26:53.62\00:26:56.05
How did he set himself up
against the Lord of heaven.
00:26:56.61\00:26:59.69
You have the goblets from
his temple brought to you,
00:27:00.07\00:27:02.71
you and your nobles, your wives,
00:27:02.74\00:27:04.23
your concubines, you
drank wine from them,
00:27:04.26\00:27:06.40
you praised the God of silver,
00:27:06.43\00:27:08.01
gold and bronze,
iron, wood and stone
00:27:08.04\00:27:09.83
which can't see,
hear, understand,
00:27:09.86\00:27:11.39
but you did not honor the God,
00:27:11.42\00:27:13.17
who holds in his hand
your life and your ways.
00:27:13.20\00:27:15.95
Therefore he sent the
hand that wrote the inscription
00:27:15.98\00:27:19.08
and this is the
inscription written on the wall.
00:27:19.11\00:27:21.36
The reason God
sent that message was
00:27:21.39\00:27:23.67
Belshazzar had the
audacity to take something
00:27:23.70\00:27:27.56
that God said was Holy
and say it is not Holy.
00:27:27.59\00:27:31.16
That's why he sent the message,
00:27:31.19\00:27:37.36
what did the message say,
00:27:37.39\00:27:38.43
MENE, MENE, TEKEL, PARSIN.
00:27:39.13\00:27:41.30
And this is
what these words mean
00:27:43.40\00:27:44.71
Daniel went on to say,
00:27:44.74\00:27:45.86
MENE: God has
numbered the days of your reign
00:27:45.89\00:27:49.55
and brought it to an end.
00:27:49.83\00:27:52.00
You have been
weighed in the balances
00:27:52.03\00:27:56.08
and found
wanting. In others words
00:27:56.11\00:27:58.92
after a definite period of time,
00:27:58.95\00:28:01.01
the hour of his judgment came.
00:28:02.22\00:28:05.32
He was judged,
he was found guilty,
00:28:06.45\00:28:09.85
PERES: Your kingdom is divided
00:28:10.16\00:28:13.13
and given to the
Medes and the Persians,
00:28:13.16\00:28:15.55
in other words
Babylon has fallen.
00:28:15.58\00:28:19.92
Belshazzar knew
what he was doing,
00:28:23.84\00:28:26.85
he deliberately
profaned the things
00:28:27.48\00:28:29.71
that God had set aside as holy,
00:28:29.74\00:28:32.18
used them in a common ways,
00:28:32.84\00:28:34.36
said it wasn't holy,
it doesn't matter anymore,
00:28:34.39\00:28:36.70
that's all been changed.
00:28:36.73\00:28:37.83
You've been judged Belshazzar,
00:28:41.25\00:28:42.88
you're guilty and
Babylon has fallen.
00:28:43.58\00:28:47.56
In the Old
Testament, Israel was a nation,
00:28:50.35\00:28:55.18
the Israel of God was a nation
00:28:55.95\00:28:57.73
that was supposed
to be committed to God.
00:28:57.76\00:29:00.19
Babylon was another nation,
00:29:01.83\00:29:04.53
the enemy to the Israel of God,
00:29:04.56\00:29:08.20
but in the New Testament
00:29:08.72\00:29:10.87
the Israel of God is
the Church of Jesus Christ.
00:29:10.90\00:29:15.54
Babylon is the enemy to
the Church of Jesus Christ.
00:29:17.45\00:29:24.12
Babylon isn't
located in Baghdad only,
00:29:25.19\00:29:30.46
it's there, it's only there
00:29:31.79\00:29:34.43
because wherever
there is a believer in Jesus
00:29:34.46\00:29:36.27
there's an enemy to the church.
00:29:36.30\00:29:37.96
Babylon is everywhere.
Babylon is where ever
00:29:37.99\00:29:44.03
there is someone who opposes
00:29:44.06\00:29:45.50
the Gospel of Jesus
Christ and the law of God,
00:29:45.53\00:29:49.16
because Babylon disregarded
00:29:50.93\00:29:53.00
God's commands,
Babylon trampled on the things
00:29:53.03\00:29:56.28
that God said was
Holy. Now we can understand
00:29:56.31\00:30:00.17
the fall of Babylon
in the New Testament.
00:30:00.20\00:30:02.55
We find it in the
17th chapter of Revelation.
00:30:02.58\00:30:05.57
Revelation chapter 17 verse 1,
00:30:06.99\00:30:09.46
one of the seven angels
who had the seven bowls,
00:30:09.49\00:30:11.54
that's the seventh last plagues,
00:30:11.57\00:30:13.00
we're gonna take a
look at those coming up
00:30:13.03\00:30:14.77
on Friday night.
I've got some new things
00:30:14.80\00:30:17.40
now, the way things
are unfolding around us
00:30:17.43\00:30:19.74
in the world today,
I've got some new stuff
00:30:19.77\00:30:21.64
that you are
just gonna be stunned
00:30:21.67\00:30:23.65
Friday night when we look
at the seven last plagues,
00:30:23.68\00:30:26.05
but tonight let's just
take a look this 7th one,
00:30:26.08\00:30:29.14
this 17th
chapter. One of the angels
00:30:29.17\00:30:31.93
who had the seven
bowls came and he said to me,
00:30:31.96\00:30:33.94
come and I'll
show you the punishment
00:30:33.97\00:30:35.37
of the great prostitute
who sits on many waters.
00:30:35.40\00:30:38.54
The waters in verse 15,
it says where the prostitute
00:30:38.89\00:30:41.68
sits are multitudes,
nations, languages, people.
00:30:41.71\00:30:44.36
So here is this harlot
00:30:44.39\00:30:46.04
sitting on water
symbolizing people.
00:30:46.07\00:30:48.17
A woman in the Bible,
00:30:48.20\00:30:50.77
the woman always
symbolizes a church,
00:30:50.80\00:30:53.13
a pure woman a true church,
00:30:53.44\00:30:55.25
a fallen woman, a corrupt woman,
00:30:55.28\00:30:57.33
a prostitute a false
church, a fallen church.
00:30:57.36\00:30:59.81
So here is a false church,
00:30:59.84\00:31:01.51
a counterfeit church and
multitudes are supporting
00:31:01.54\00:31:04.72
or multitudes doing her bidding
00:31:04.75\00:31:06.96
and she sits on many waters.
00:31:06.99\00:31:08.85
Verse 2, with her
00:31:08.88\00:31:09.85
the kings of the
earth committed adultery,
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.50
she even manages to
take the political powers
00:31:11.53\00:31:13.91
of the earth and use
them to enforce her doctrines
00:31:13.94\00:31:16.48
and her decrees and
the people of the earth
00:31:16.51\00:31:18.87
are intoxicated with
the wine of her adulteries,
00:31:18.90\00:31:21.51
what's her name? Verse 5,
00:31:21.55\00:31:23.02
she has this title
written on her forehead,
00:31:23.05\00:31:25.08
mystery Babylon the great,
00:31:25.11\00:31:26.75
and there she is, false church.
00:31:28.36\00:31:30.75
But notice he goes on to say
00:31:33.90\00:31:35.40
the mother of prostitutes
00:31:35.43\00:31:37.58
and abominations of the earth.
00:31:37.68\00:31:39.83
She has daughters
with her, who are they?
00:31:40.50\00:31:45.36
Look, verse 3,
00:31:45.39\00:31:46.36
the angel carried
me away in the desert,
00:31:46.37\00:31:47.98
in the spirits of the
desert and I saw a woman
00:31:48.01\00:31:50.09
sitting on a scarlet beast
00:31:50.12\00:31:51.14
covered with blasphemous names,
00:31:51.17\00:31:52.72
it had seven
heads and ten horns,
00:31:52.75\00:31:54.18
we know that beast don't we?
00:31:54.21\00:31:55.79
Remember the deadly wound
00:31:56.62\00:31:57.73
would be healed and so
here we see another power,
00:31:57.76\00:32:00.31
another church raising to power,
00:32:00.34\00:32:02.12
her name is Babylon,
built on the foundations
00:32:02.15\00:32:05.40
that was established in
the church of the Dark Ages
00:32:05.43\00:32:07.72
during the Roman time
00:32:07.75\00:32:08.84
and the name of
the church is Babylon,
00:32:08.87\00:32:11.88
the harlot is named Babylon,
00:32:11.91\00:32:13.54
but she has daughters,
00:32:13.57\00:32:14.55
she has Protestant
daughters who join with her
00:32:14.58\00:32:17.28
in the filth of her adulteries
00:32:18.66\00:32:20.84
and her unfaithfulness to God.
00:32:20.87\00:32:22.03
What does a harlot
symbolize in the Bible?
00:32:22.06\00:32:24.85
For woman symbolizes a Church
00:32:24.88\00:32:26.52
then a harlot has
to be a fallen church,
00:32:26.55\00:32:28.54
but there is even
more to it than that.
00:32:28.57\00:32:30.14
Compare
scripture with scripture,
00:32:30.17\00:32:31.61
Judges chapter 2,
this time in verse 17,
00:32:31.64\00:32:34.07
they would not
listen to their judges
00:32:35.64\00:32:37.16
but they prostituted
themselves to other Gods
00:32:37.19\00:32:40.52
and worshiped other
Gods, unlike their fathers
00:32:40.55\00:32:44.11
they quickly turned from
00:32:44.14\00:32:45.50
the way in which
their fathers had walked,
00:32:45.53\00:32:47.58
the way of obedience
to the Lord's commands.
00:32:47.61\00:32:50.38
So the Bible
shows that any church
00:32:50.41\00:32:53.07
who is unfaithful to
the commandments of God
00:32:53.10\00:32:55.50
is symbolized by the harlot.
Mystery, Babylon the great,
00:32:55.53\00:33:02.24
the mother of prostitutes
00:33:02.27\00:33:03.69
and abominations of the earth,
00:33:03.72\00:33:04.98
simply shows that in the future
00:33:05.01\00:33:06.71
and now it's happening
00:33:06.74\00:33:08.23
that a new super
church will arise,
00:33:08.26\00:33:10.22
built on the
foundation of the Roman church,
00:33:10.25\00:33:12.25
but the Roman
church will reach across
00:33:12.28\00:33:14.14
the gulf to her
Protestant daughters,
00:33:14.17\00:33:16.08
bringing her back into the full
00:33:16.11\00:33:17.70
and what is the one
thing that holds them together,
00:33:17.73\00:33:20.52
that binds them together?
00:33:20.55\00:33:21.90
She has a
golden cup in her hand.
00:33:21.93\00:33:24.93
A golden cup! That
was made Holy by God,
00:33:29.30\00:33:33.38
trampled upon and treated
00:33:33.41\00:33:36.13
in a common way in
the Babylon of old.
00:33:36.16\00:33:38.79
Now the new Babylon,
00:33:38.82\00:33:40.30
the church has a golden cup,
00:33:40.33\00:33:42.00
something made
Holy by God is trampled
00:33:42.03\00:33:44.91
on in a common way not
a cup, but a day, a time,
00:33:44.94\00:33:48.95
the Sabbath and the whole world
00:33:48.98\00:33:52.44
joins together with her,
even the kings of the earth.
00:33:52.47\00:33:55.97
A super church,
where all of the churches
00:33:56.00\00:33:58.67
will unite
together, except for those
00:33:58.70\00:34:01.74
whose names are
written in the Book of Life
00:34:01.77\00:34:03.27
belonging to the lamb.
00:34:03.30\00:34:04.81
There are four things
that have to happen for this
00:34:06.15\00:34:08.27
prophesy to be
fulfilled. First of all,
00:34:08.30\00:34:11.16
all the Protestant
churches need to unite.
00:34:11.74\00:34:14.02
Secondly, the
Protestant churches
00:34:15.75\00:34:20.79
need to reach across the gulf,
00:34:21.28\00:34:22.35
join hands with
the Church of Rome
00:34:22.38\00:34:23.93
and form a super Church. Third,
00:34:24.39\00:34:27.52
this super church must reach out
00:34:27.55\00:34:30.96
to other worship entities
and other religious entities
00:34:30.99\00:34:35.79
and bring them into the fold,
00:34:36.21\00:34:38.43
and number four,
once that worldwide,
00:34:39.33\00:34:42.15
once that global
super church is formed,
00:34:42.18\00:34:44.29
they must
somehow manage to secure
00:34:44.32\00:34:46.16
the political
powers of the state
00:34:46.19\00:34:48.16
and the nations of
the earth to enforce
00:34:48.19\00:34:49.98
her doctrines and her decrees.
00:34:50.01\00:34:51.62
How can that ever
happen? Wrong question,
00:34:53.18\00:34:56.74
it is happening,
it's happening now.
00:34:57.58\00:35:01.50
Associated press
report of January 24, 1999,
00:35:02.19\00:35:05.63
nine Christian
denominations voted
00:35:05.66\00:35:08.23
Sunday to move towards
00:35:08.26\00:35:09.73
the broader affiliation
of churches and unite
00:35:09.76\00:35:12.50
20 million Protestants
despite their differences.
00:35:12.53\00:35:16.56
Now I believe
that Jesus wants unity,
00:35:17.83\00:35:20.20
he wants his Church together.
00:35:20.23\00:35:21.86
Jesus never Intended to have
00:35:21.89\00:35:23.52
so many different denominations
00:35:23.55\00:35:25.16
and so many different churches,
00:35:25.19\00:35:26.44
he established his
Church to be the one Church
00:35:26.47\00:35:28.77
on earth that maintain the
00:35:28.80\00:35:30.24
truth as it is in Jesus Christ
00:35:30.27\00:35:32.13
and he wants one
Church, but never
00:35:32.16\00:35:34.42
at the cost of
compromising the truth
00:35:34.45\00:35:37.42
and when church is unite
00:35:38.05\00:35:39.90
without resolving
their differences,
00:35:39.93\00:35:41.87
then the people get confused
00:35:41.90\00:35:43.52
and they don't
know right from wrong,
00:35:43.55\00:35:45.22
and they don't know
what's true and the true worship
00:35:45.25\00:35:47.42
of the true God
gets lost in the shuffle.
00:35:47.45\00:35:49.85
Those churches
that are involved,
00:35:52.82\00:35:54.26
the nine churches
that signed the document,
00:35:54.29\00:35:56.19
Presbyterian,
Episcopal, Disciples of Christ,
00:35:56.22\00:35:59.57
International Council
of Community Churches,
00:35:59.60\00:36:01.96
United Church of
Christ, United Methodist Church,
00:36:01.99\00:36:05.23
African
Methodist Episcopal Church,
00:36:05.26\00:36:07.42
African Methodist
Episcopal Zion Church,
00:36:07.45\00:36:09.87
and the Christian
Methodist Episcopal Church.
00:36:09.90\00:36:12.75
The march has
started, in another paper
00:36:14.00\00:36:16.64
Evangelicals and
Catholics together,
00:36:16.67\00:36:18.59
leading Catholic
and Evangelical scholars
00:36:18.62\00:36:20.89
outlined their plans to bring
00:36:20.92\00:36:22.66
the two wings of
Christianity together.
00:36:22.69\00:36:24.97
Signed by leading Evangelical,
00:36:26.05\00:36:28.62
Protestant scholars and
leading Catholic scholars
00:36:28.65\00:36:31.82
and in the years
leading up to the year 2000,
00:36:33.35\00:36:37.52
Pope John Paul II
launched his plan in a document
00:36:37.55\00:36:41.61
that I had obtained
almost 10 years ago now in 1994
00:36:41.64\00:36:46.28
as soon as it came off
the press I got a copy of it,
00:36:46.31\00:36:48.80
it's called as the
Third Millennium Draws
00:36:49.22\00:36:51.41
Near and this outlines
00:36:51.44\00:36:52.75
John Paul II plans to
bring all of the denominations
00:36:52.78\00:36:56.07
together not just Christian
00:36:56.10\00:36:57.58
but Catholic,
Protestant, Jewish and Muslim.
00:36:57.61\00:37:00.91
He planned a series
of meetings in Jerusalem,
00:37:00.94\00:37:03.34
in Bethlehem and on Mount Sinai,
00:37:03.37\00:37:05.34
reaching out to
each of the groups,
00:37:05.37\00:37:07.02
trying to bring them together,
00:37:07.05\00:37:08.41
the final goal of his plan
we can read in this regard,
00:37:08.44\00:37:12.47
attention is being
given to finding ways
00:37:12.50\00:37:14.78
of arranging historical meetings
00:37:14.81\00:37:16.12
in places of symbolic
importance like Bethlehem,
00:37:16.15\00:37:19.74
Jerusalem, and
Mount Sinai is the means
00:37:19.77\00:37:21.52
of further
dialogue with Jews and Islam
00:37:21.55\00:37:24.26
in arranging similar meetings
00:37:24.29\00:37:25.88
with religious
leaders elsewhere.
00:37:25.91\00:37:27.95
The International
Eucharistic Conference
00:37:27.98\00:37:30.55
would take place in Rome
00:37:30.58\00:37:31.94
on the occasion of the
great Jubilee and it did,
00:37:31.97\00:37:34.64
the Ecumenical and
universal character
00:37:34.67\00:37:37.09
of the scared Jubilee
can be fittingly reflected
00:37:37.12\00:37:40.41
by a meeting of all Christians
00:37:40.44\00:37:42.16
and then he concludes
and here it is, listen,
00:37:42.19\00:37:44.77
"all are called to be a
part of this Catholic Unity,
00:37:45.59\00:37:49.87
the new people of God."
00:37:49.90\00:37:51.99
This is John
Paul II's plan folks
00:37:52.84\00:37:55.05
and it's already being unfolded
00:37:55.08\00:37:57.13
just exactly the
way he envisioned
00:37:57.16\00:37:59.75
that it would happen.
00:37:59.78\00:38:00.75
Cardinal Adam
Maida of Detroit said,
00:38:04.21\00:38:06.47
this is a very
important document,
00:38:06.50\00:38:08.01
the Holy Father wants
to bring all face together
00:38:08.04\00:38:10.45
to try to find the
common denominators in
00:38:10.48\00:38:12.54
all of our faiths that
will allow us to work together.
00:38:12.57\00:38:14.95
The Pope wants to move
rapidly and to breakdown
00:38:14.98\00:38:18.55
The barriers
between the churches,
00:38:18.58\00:38:20.47
he wants temporary agreements
00:38:20.50\00:38:22.43
to allow members to worship
00:38:22.46\00:38:23.91
together in
special Jubilee programs,
00:38:23.94\00:38:26.23
but beyond that the
Pope hopes to move quickly
00:38:26.26\00:38:29.08
toward full
communion with the churches.
00:38:29.11\00:38:32.43
I don't know how he can
say it any planer than that.
00:38:33.52\00:38:35.50
Well how does
Islam feel about this?
00:38:35.78\00:38:38.13
Mohammed Ali Elahi, of
00:38:38.16\00:38:40.22
Detroit Islamic
Center of America said,
00:38:40.25\00:38:42.32
'the whole idea of
inter faith communication
00:38:42.35\00:38:44.55
between religious
scholars is an excellent idea,
00:38:44.58\00:38:47.18
we need to talk
more about how Islam,
00:38:47.21\00:38:49.55
Christianity and Judaism
can contribute to society
00:38:49.58\00:38:52.29
and help in the
healing process of the world.
00:38:52.32\00:38:54.81
What do Protestant scholars
have to say about all this?
00:38:54.84\00:38:57.83
Bishop J. Philip Wahl of the
00:38:57.86\00:39:00.05
Evangelical Lutheran
Church in America said,
00:39:00.08\00:39:03.24
'personally, I think
it is a wonderful idea,
00:39:03.27\00:39:06.69
in our proposed statement
00:39:06.72\00:39:08.55
of the
Evangelical Lutheran Church
00:39:08.58\00:39:10.51
we will declare that
the conditions existing
00:39:10.54\00:39:13.53
within the Church at the time
00:39:13.56\00:39:15.46
of the
reformation no longer exist.
00:39:15.49\00:39:18.76
I don't know if you understand
00:39:20.42\00:39:21.71
the significance of
what you've just heard,
00:39:21.74\00:39:23.45
but all of the things
that Martin Luther stood
00:39:25.00\00:39:27.37
for are no longer important.
00:39:27.40\00:39:31.01
In fact November 1,
1999, the Everett Herald
00:39:32.13\00:39:36.51
in Everett Washington reported,
00:39:36.54\00:39:38.78
482 years ago Sunday
the blunt speaking monk
00:39:38.81\00:39:41.99
Martin Luther
nailed his legendary attack
00:39:42.02\00:39:44.65
on the Catholic Church
practices to a Church door
00:39:44.68\00:39:47.10
in Germany and triggered
the Protestant Reformation.
00:39:47.13\00:39:50.22
Sunday, the leaders
of the modern Lutheran
00:39:51.06\00:39:54.92
and Roman Catholic churches
00:39:54.95\00:39:56.74
signed a document
that officially settles
00:39:56.77\00:39:59.58
the central argument about
00:39:59.61\00:40:01.37
the nature of faith
that Luther provoked.
00:40:01.40\00:40:03.75
The agreement declares in effect
00:40:03.78\00:40:06.06
that it was all
just a misunderstanding,
00:40:06.09\00:40:09.53
but all isn't happy
in the Lutheran camp.
00:40:13.64\00:40:15.90
Dr A. L. Barry, president
of the more conservative,
00:40:17.44\00:40:19.96
Missouri Lutheran Synod said,
00:40:19.99\00:40:22.01
'the Catholic
Church has not budged
00:40:22.04\00:40:24.08
since the Council
of Trents insistence
00:40:24.66\00:40:26.63
on justification by work.
00:40:26.66\00:40:28.39
' Who caved in, it wasn't Rome,
00:40:28.42\00:40:31.71
the Council of
Trent said if anyone says
00:40:32.58\00:40:34.49
that salvation is
trusting through faith alone,
00:40:34.52\00:40:37.97
that we are
justified let him be a cursed
00:40:38.00\00:40:40.01
and not one word is changed.
00:40:40.04\00:40:41.83
Just a misunderstanding.
00:40:43.37\00:40:44.87
What about the Pope's
plan to bring other groups
00:40:51.75\00:40:54.96
into the fold of the Church.
00:40:54.99\00:40:57.29
Seattle times
reported on Sunday,
00:40:58.93\00:41:00.48
August the 8th,
1999, unprecedented meeting
00:41:00.51\00:41:03.26
where two Catholic bishops
sat cross legged on a stage
00:41:03.29\00:41:06.10
and smoked the
ceremonial peace pipe
00:41:06.13\00:41:08.46
with Indian religious leaders.
00:41:08.59\00:41:11.34
The purpose of the
meeting was to explore ways
00:41:11.48\00:41:13.52
to bring unity
between the two groups
00:41:13.55\00:41:15.34
and Bishop Albert Andrews said
00:41:16.12\00:41:18.97
there is a rope from
heaven and it unravels
00:41:19.37\00:41:24.20
and each strand in the
rope is a different religion.
00:41:24.43\00:41:27.99
Wrong, wrong, wrong!
00:41:30.06\00:41:33.94
There is a rope from heaven,
00:41:34.65\00:41:37.28
but there is only one
strand and that's Jesus Christ.
00:41:37.31\00:41:41.33
News Week
Magazine April 16th, 2001,
00:41:45.22\00:41:48.53
Pope through a curve ball
at me I'll have to confess,
00:41:48.56\00:41:52.58
I thought I had
it all figured out.
00:41:52.61\00:41:54.44
Folks, you'll never
have it all figure it out,
00:41:54.47\00:41:56.21
I thought that this
new church would insist
00:41:56.24\00:41:58.79
on towing the line and
adopting all of the doctrines
00:41:58.82\00:42:01.32
taught by the
church in the Dark Ages,
00:42:01.35\00:42:03.31
but he threw me a curve ball,
00:42:04.74\00:42:06.32
in an article in
news week entitled,
00:42:06.35\00:42:08.20
'the changing face
of Christian church,
00:42:08.23\00:42:10.23
'talking about the
explosive growth of the church
00:42:11.24\00:42:13.41
in third world
countries, here's what he said.
00:42:13.44\00:42:16.58
News week Tributes
00:42:19.82\00:42:21.16
The growth of
the Christian church
00:42:21.19\00:42:24.06
to a growing syncretism
that tends to mix tradition
00:42:24.09\00:42:28.70
with the trues of scripture.
00:42:28.73\00:42:30.90
Syncretism means
joining together,
00:42:30.93\00:42:34.25
taking the truth and
mixing in a little tradition
00:42:34.28\00:42:37.50
and they work together.
00:42:37.68\00:42:39.50
As in the past
today's New Christians,
00:42:41.25\00:42:43.43
listen to this
folks, as in the past
00:42:43.46\00:42:46.39
today's new Christians
tend to take from the Bible
00:42:46.42\00:42:50.03
whatever fits
their needs and ignore
00:42:50.06\00:42:52.88
whatever fails to resonate
00:42:52.91\00:42:54.57
with their own
religious traditions.
00:42:54.60\00:42:56.84
I see that all the time here,
00:42:57.95\00:42:59.84
not just in
third world countries.
00:42:59.87\00:43:01.67
For example in
India, Vandana Mataji,
00:43:02.54\00:43:06.29
a Catholic nun in India
sings and prays of Jesus
00:43:06.32\00:43:10.62
and Hari Krishna
four times a day.
00:43:10.65\00:43:14.24
Notice the blending together,
00:43:15.45\00:43:18.08
taking the pagan thoughts and
00:43:19.32\00:43:21.82
bringing them into
the Christian church.
00:43:21.85\00:43:23.84
In Africa, many
theologians insist
00:43:25.37\00:43:30.92
that tribal witchcraft
and ideal worship are simply
00:43:30.95\00:43:35.38
the spade work
of the Holy Spirit.
00:43:35.41\00:43:37.92
In fact Archbishop
Peter Kwasi Sarpong,
00:43:39.75\00:43:42.22
Catholic
Archbishop Peter Kwasi Sarpong
00:43:42.25\00:43:44.46
of Ghana said,
the problem is not
00:43:44.49\00:43:46.96
how do we Christianize Africa,
00:43:46.99\00:43:49.87
but how do we
Africanize Christianity.
00:43:49.90\00:43:53.64
You see the church is
desperately reaching out
00:43:54.65\00:43:57.43
to the non-Christian
groups and it's even
00:43:57.46\00:43:59.92
willing to compromise
some of the very principles
00:43:59.95\00:44:03.02
that it stood for
in order to make itself
00:44:03.05\00:44:05.03
appealing and attractive, but
00:44:05.06\00:44:06.76
they will never
compromise on one thing,
00:44:06.79\00:44:09.56
her authority to
change the law of God
00:44:09.59\00:44:12.91
from the seventh day to
the first day of the week.
00:44:12.94\00:44:15.74
She will think to change
the set times in the laws.
00:44:17.28\00:44:20.42
September 11th has
changed the landscape
00:44:21.94\00:44:24.57
of the religious theme forever,
00:44:24.60\00:44:26.43
I don't know if
you remember that view
00:44:27.82\00:44:30.12
in the National Cathedral Friday
00:44:30.15\00:44:31.84
following the
attack on September 11th.
00:44:31.87\00:44:34.35
I don't know if you remember it,
00:44:34.38\00:44:35.62
but I can still see it
00:44:35.65\00:44:36.67
vividly a Protestant minister,
00:44:36.70\00:44:39.23
a Roman Catholic
bishop, a Jewish Rabbi
00:44:39.26\00:44:42.86
and a Muslim
minister all on the platform
00:44:42.89\00:44:45.47
together for a
national day of prayer.
00:44:45.50\00:44:48.07
On the surface it Sounds good,
00:44:48.10\00:44:52.02
our country needs to
comes together and pray,
00:44:52.05\00:44:55.64
don't misunderstand
me, but I couldn't help
00:44:55.67\00:44:58.18
but wondering
how long will it be
00:44:58.21\00:45:00.64
until the calls for a
national day of prayer
00:45:00.67\00:45:03.98
becomes calls for a
national day of worship.
00:45:04.01\00:45:07.42
It's already
sounding. In fact in a joint
00:45:10.39\00:45:17.30
Anglican Roman Catholic
00:45:17.33\00:45:18.78
International
Commission report three,
00:45:18.81\00:45:22.01
it stated within
his wider ministry,
00:45:22.88\00:45:25.60
this is Protestant
and Catholic agreement,
00:45:25.63\00:45:28.07
within his wider
ministry the Bishop of Rome
00:45:28.47\00:45:31.61
offers a specific
ministry concerning
00:45:31.64\00:45:35.65
the discernment of
truth as an expression of his
00:45:35.68\00:45:39.82
universal primacy in other words
00:45:39.85\00:45:41.90
he is the final authority,
the final voice of truth,
00:45:41.93\00:45:45.70
the Bishop of Rome.
We joint declaration
00:45:45.73\00:45:50.29
Protestant and
Catholic, we believe
00:45:50.32\00:45:52.69
that this gift is to be received
00:45:52.72\00:45:55.07
by all of the Churches.
00:45:55.10\00:45:57.19
Thank God there's one
religious world leader
00:46:02.16\00:46:05.55
who refuses to go along
00:46:05.58\00:46:06.90
with the politically
correct notions of the day
00:46:06.93\00:46:09.31
and he said we affirm
that our historical position,
00:46:10.77\00:46:14.60
the spiritual
authority is vested in the Bible
00:46:14.63\00:46:17.80
and the Bible
only as a word to God
00:46:17.83\00:46:19.81
and not as an individual
for Seventh-Day Adventists,
00:46:19.84\00:46:23.86
the authority of
scripture and the authority
00:46:23.89\00:46:25.76
of the Bishop of
Rome are incompatible.
00:46:25.79\00:46:28.46
Jan Paulsen, President of the
00:46:28.50\00:46:30.84
Worldwide
Seventh-Day Adventist church.
00:46:30.87\00:46:32.76
Thank God that at
least one man is not afraid
00:46:32.79\00:46:35.83
to stand up and
say that there is
00:46:35.86\00:46:38.03
a truth in this
world today and we must
00:46:38.06\00:46:40.90
follow the lamb and
not the traditions of man.
00:46:40.93\00:46:43.94
Speaking on the
eve of the dedication
00:46:49.72\00:46:51.35
to John Paul II Cultural Center,
00:46:51.38\00:46:54.09
President George W.
Bush said in a tribute
00:46:54.12\00:46:56.70
that we should
listen to his teachings
00:46:57.69\00:47:00.96
and put his
teachings to action in America.
00:47:01.99\00:47:05.98
I'm not sure what he
meant, I don't know for sure
00:47:06.01\00:47:12.53
what he meant, but I
can't help but wonder
00:47:12.56\00:47:15.56
if he would include the
call for a national legislation
00:47:16.37\00:47:22.04
to enforce Sunday worship,
may be he didn't mean that,
00:47:23.34\00:47:28.75
I hope he didn't,
but folks one day soon
00:47:29.37\00:47:32.80
it's gonna come and we
are on the march today.
00:47:33.33\00:47:37.62
The last step not only do the
00:47:40.09\00:47:42.48
Protestant
churches unite, not only do
00:47:42.51\00:47:44.89
the Protestant and
Catholic churches unite,
00:47:44.92\00:47:47.49
and not only they bring in the
00:47:47.52\00:47:48.52
non-Christian
religions into the fold.
00:47:48.55\00:47:50.84
The last step is
somehow they must secure
00:47:51.37\00:47:53.58
the political
cloud, the political power
00:47:53.61\00:47:56.12
of the state to enforce
the doctrines of Babylon
00:47:56.15\00:47:58.58
as worldwide super church.
00:47:58.61\00:48:00.49
October 11 and 12 and
the Christian coalition held
00:48:00.52\00:48:04.17
its road to victory rally
00:48:04.20\00:48:05.30
at the Washington
Convention Center,
00:48:05.33\00:48:06.89
Joyce Meyer popular
television preacher stated,
00:48:06.92\00:48:09.99
the separation of church
00:48:10.02\00:48:11.86
and state is a
deception of Satan.
00:48:11.89\00:48:14.65
Folks the separation
of the church and state
00:48:16.22\00:48:18.07
is that provision that
allows you to have the freedom
00:48:18.10\00:48:20.97
to worship and the government
00:48:21.00\00:48:22.08
cannot form any establishment
00:48:22.11\00:48:23.64
having to do with religion.
00:48:23.67\00:48:24.98
She is saying that
is a deception of Satan
00:48:25.01\00:48:27.54
and we are bringing the
00:48:27.57\00:48:29.64
political and the
spiritual together.
00:48:29.67\00:48:33.15
In fact, Senator Inhofe promised
00:48:33.18\00:48:36.95
the cheering crowd
that we are winning
00:48:36.98\00:48:39.05
and he noted that the
00:48:39.08\00:48:40.25
Christian coalition is
fighting in the holiest
00:48:40.28\00:48:42.56
of all wars and we
are a clear majority.
00:48:42.59\00:48:46.05
The rally was a celebration
00:48:46.08\00:48:47.65
of a union of church and state,
00:48:47.68\00:48:49.96
an impressive flexing of
political muscle fueled by
00:48:49.99\00:48:53.41
religious fervor,
reminds me of the crusades,
00:48:53.44\00:48:57.39
the inquisition, the
Saint Bartholomew Massacre.
00:48:57.42\00:49:00.23
Haven't learned our lessons yet.
00:49:02.34\00:49:04.46
Time is coming the
prophet said and Elijah warns
00:49:07.16\00:49:10.94
that there will
be a super church.
00:49:10.97\00:49:13.17
The Protestant
churches will unite
00:49:13.20\00:49:15.55
with the Catholic Church
00:49:15.58\00:49:16.61
and non Christian religions
will all unite together
00:49:16.64\00:49:19.61
and they'll unite under
the banner of that golden cup,
00:49:19.64\00:49:22.56
trampling on the
things that God said are Holy,
00:49:22.59\00:49:25.26
bringing in the
traditions of the world and
00:49:25.29\00:49:27.61
establishing them over
the commandments of the God.
00:49:27.64\00:49:29.97
Babylon the great
will solicit the powers
00:49:30.00\00:49:33.32
of the kings of the
earth to enforce her filthy
00:49:33.35\00:49:36.11
doctrines and her decrees
00:49:36.14\00:49:37.67
What should I do, people ask?
00:49:37.70\00:49:40.10
What can I do? I
belong to a church
00:49:41.19\00:49:45.33
that goes along with
the teachings of Babylon.
00:49:45.43\00:49:48.34
My church doesn't say that
00:49:48.61\00:49:50.47
we should obey the
commandments of God.
00:49:50.50\00:49:52.50
My church says that
the Sabbath isn't holy,
00:49:52.53\00:49:54.95
what should I do?
00:49:55.05\00:49:56.02
I'm thankful that I
don't have to answer
00:49:56.70\00:49:59.52
that question for you,
00:49:59.55\00:50:00.59
because I would
never have the courage
00:50:01.18\00:50:02.55
to do it, but God does.
00:50:02.58\00:50:05.55
In Revelation
chapter 18 in verse 1,
00:50:06.29\00:50:09.11
I saw another angel
coming down from heaven,
00:50:09.14\00:50:11.53
he had great
authority and the earth
00:50:11.56\00:50:13.19
was illuminated
by it's splendor,
00:50:13.22\00:50:14.93
noticed this is a angel
from heaven with a loud voice
00:50:14.96\00:50:18.57
and with great
authority he shouted,
00:50:18.60\00:50:20.44
fallen-fallen is
Babylon the great,
00:50:20.47\00:50:23.27
she's become a home for demons
00:50:23.30\00:50:25.16
and a haunt for
every evil spirit.
00:50:25.19\00:50:27.19
Verse 4, then I heard
another voice from heaven,
00:50:27.22\00:50:30.56
this is not Jac
Colon, this is not my church,
00:50:30.59\00:50:33.78
this is not
anybody's church on earth,
00:50:33.81\00:50:35.91
this is a voice from heaven,
00:50:35.94\00:50:37.46
'Babylon has fallen,
come out of her my people,'
00:50:37.49\00:50:42.15
come out of her.
00:50:42.18\00:50:45.25
What can I do?
00:50:46.24\00:50:47.21
My church is going along
with this come out of her,
00:50:47.22\00:50:50.69
my people, you see
God has people in Babylon.
00:50:50.72\00:50:58.08
I said last night
00:50:59.39\00:51:00.86
that you don't have to
be a Seventh-Day Adventist
00:51:00.89\00:51:03.42
to be saved,
00:51:03.45\00:51:04.42
you need to follow the lamb
00:51:04.43\00:51:05.77
and there are many
people who never heard
00:51:06.06\00:51:08.28
of Seventh-Day Adventists,
but they spent their life
00:51:08.31\00:51:10.54
following the lamb and
they're gonna follow the lamb
00:51:10.57\00:51:13.21
all the way into the kingdom,
00:51:13.24\00:51:14.40
but in the last
days God has a message
00:51:14.65\00:51:17.19
in the spirit and
the power of Elijah
00:51:17.22\00:51:19.57
and he says I have
people, but they are in Babylon
00:51:19.60\00:51:23.67
and Babylon is
about to be destroyed
00:51:23.70\00:51:26.28
come out of her my people.
00:51:26.31\00:51:28.77
Jesus even said it when
he was on this earth in John,
00:51:29.58\00:51:33.41
the Gospel of
John the 10th chapter
00:51:33.44\00:51:35.54
one of our favorite
passages of about Jesus,
00:51:35.57\00:51:37.70
he said in chapter 10 verse 14,
00:51:37.73\00:51:40.05
"I'm the good shepherd,
00:51:40.08\00:51:42.61
I know my sheep
and my sheep know me,
00:51:42.64\00:51:46.90
just as my father
knows me I know the father
00:51:48.81\00:51:51.66
and I lay down my
life for the sheep."
00:51:51.69\00:51:55.49
Now listen, I have other sheep
00:51:56.45\00:51:59.92
that are not a
part of this fold,
00:51:59.95\00:52:01.93
but I must bring them also,
00:52:03.38\00:52:05.19
they too will listen to my voice
00:52:06.08\00:52:08.17
and they will be one
flock and one shepherd.
00:52:09.09\00:52:12.53
What is the fold?
00:52:13.91\00:52:15.07
Those who obey the
commandments of God
00:52:15.81\00:52:17.82
and the testimony of the Jesus.
00:52:18.74\00:52:20.21
Come out of her my people,
00:52:21.29\00:52:23.62
my sheep know my
voice they'll hear my voice
00:52:23.65\00:52:28.27
and they will come.
00:52:28.59\00:52:30.00
Those who are
following the lamb know the lamb
00:52:30.92\00:52:33.57
and they're gonna
follow him where ever they go.
00:52:34.68\00:52:36.51
Some say, well
pastor, I can't do that,
00:52:37.93\00:52:40.25
I've been in this church
for 50 years, I can't just go.
00:52:40.28\00:52:43.35
Jesus says come
out of her my people,
00:52:43.38\00:52:45.46
lest you share in her plagues.
00:52:45.49\00:52:48.40
But I want to change my church,
00:52:50.19\00:52:51.59
you can't change your church.
00:52:51.62\00:52:52.69
Babylon has fallen,
00:52:52.72\00:52:54.22
she's not gonna
change, it's time to come out.
00:52:54.25\00:52:56.72
Jesus couldn't even change
00:52:57.50\00:52:59.12
the religious
institutions of his day.
00:52:59.15\00:53:00.95
He had to call out his church,
00:53:02.45\00:53:03.60
but my grandma and
my grandpa were there
00:53:06.41\00:53:09.56
and my mom and dad were there
00:53:09.59\00:53:10.90
and I promised them
00:53:10.93\00:53:12.07
that I would always
stay faithful to that church.
00:53:12.10\00:53:14.65
Your promise is
to follow the lamb
00:53:16.63\00:53:19.33
and stay faithful to him,
00:53:20.19\00:53:21.50
but I can't leave
all of my friends behind,
00:53:23.86\00:53:26.54
don't leave them
behind, leave them out.
00:53:26.57\00:53:31.07
Come out of her my people,
00:53:32.58\00:53:35.12
how long will you
waiver between two opinions.
00:53:36.24\00:53:39.61
If the Lord is
God then follow God,
00:53:39.90\00:53:42.89
if the beast is God
then follow the beast,
00:53:42.92\00:53:45.57
but how can you
claim to follow God
00:53:45.60\00:53:48.18
when you're taking the
traditions of the beast
00:53:48.21\00:53:50.67
and putting them over
the commandments of God.
00:53:50.70\00:53:52.84
How long will you waiver,
00:53:53.94\00:53:56.26
come out of her my people,
00:53:57.32\00:54:00.54
there is only one way
into the kingdom of God,
00:54:03.10\00:54:08.64
there's not a rope
with multiple strands.
00:54:10.53\00:54:12.81
It's not a lot of
voices calling out
00:54:14.36\00:54:16.70
in many different directions,
00:54:16.73\00:54:18.33
all roads do not lead to Rome
00:54:18.97\00:54:21.33
and all past do
not lead to that city.
00:54:21.89\00:54:24.46
There is only
one way into the city
00:54:25.45\00:54:28.02
and that is to follow the lamb.
00:54:28.65\00:54:30.37
Sometimes it isn't easy,
00:54:32.47\00:54:34.02
sometimes the lamb goes
in places we don't wanna go,
00:54:35.97\00:54:38.88
but I know this that
every time he's tried to lead
00:54:41.15\00:54:44.69
me some place I didn't wanna go,
00:54:44.72\00:54:46.07
once I go I can
look back and say wow!
00:54:46.10\00:54:48.99
That's what I would
have chosen if I knew.
00:54:50.06\00:54:51.92
You'll always be safe
if you follow the lamb,
00:54:53.61\00:54:56.69
how long will you waiver.
00:54:57.49\00:54:59.02
For Lord's day, is the
Lord's day then go ahead
00:55:00.39\00:55:04.56
and follow it, but
if Sabbath is Saturday
00:55:04.59\00:55:06.33
then follow that.
00:55:06.36\00:55:07.77
How long can you
claim to worship God
00:55:08.68\00:55:12.14
and observe the
traditions of the Rome,
00:55:12.67\00:55:14.94
follow the lamb.
00:55:17.69\00:55:18.76
Now I want to take a
minute to talk to you
00:55:21.09\00:55:23.44
out in the television audience,
00:55:23.47\00:55:25.31
night after night
we've been studying the Bible
00:55:25.94\00:55:28.16
and many of you have
been learning some new things.
00:55:28.19\00:55:30.68
Things that you've
never heard before,
00:55:31.43\00:55:34.01
things that have made
an impact on your life
00:55:34.39\00:55:37.21
and you've been making
decisions right along with us.
00:55:37.24\00:55:40.49
You've learned
about the Sabbath day,
00:55:41.23\00:55:43.48
you learned what
happened when people die,
00:55:43.51\00:55:45.52
you've learned about
the second coming of Jesus,
00:55:45.55\00:55:47.79
you've learned that
God has a remnant church.
00:55:47.82\00:55:50.52
He raised up in the
last days for the purpose
00:55:50.58\00:55:53.16
of proclaiming the
three angels messages
00:55:53.19\00:55:55.34
and you want to
start keeping the Sabbath.
00:55:55.37\00:55:57.48
And some of you
would like to find a church
00:55:57.51\00:56:00.19
that you could attend
that teaches the things
00:56:00.22\00:56:02.15
we have learned
at Revelation Now.
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So, I want to just challenge you
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and appeal to you if you would,
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as soon as we go off the air,
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pickup your telephone book,
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turn to the
yellow pages and look up
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the nearest Seventh
Day Adventist church
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in your community, in your town,
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call the pastor, talk to him,
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tell him that you have
been watching Revelation
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Now on the
broadcast, the 3ABN broadcast
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and that you are
interested in learning more
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about the Seventh
Day Adventist church.
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Would you do that, just
look up the phone number,
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call the pastor and
get the instructions to go
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and next Sabbath
morning you just purpose
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in your heart to be
worshiping with those
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who obey the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of the Jesus
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and I know that God will
bless you in a wonderful way.
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Thank you so much
and God bless you,
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just remember
to follow the lamb.
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