Elijah lived at the
time when Israel had reached
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a low point in her
relationship to God.
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That spineless,
vacillating king Ahab
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had married the wicked
Phoenician princess Jezebel.
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And Jezebel managed
to deceive God's people
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into mixing in the
worship of the Lord
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with the worship
of Baal, her God.
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So we find God's
people worshipping the Lord
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and worshipping
Baal at the same time.
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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, he prayed
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and God gave him a message.
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So dressed in his
camel haired robe,
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he went marching
into the king's palace,
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passed the
guards, down the court
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to the very presence of
the king in the throne room
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and delivers his message.
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He said to the
King Ahab, 1 Kings 17:1,
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"As the Lord, the
God of Israel, lives,
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whom I serve, there will be
neither dew nor rain in the land
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in the next few
years except at my word."
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And just as mysteriously
as Elijah had appeared,
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he disappeared,
leaving the king and his men
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scratching their heads,
wondering, what was that?
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Who was he?
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Anyway, did you
notice that funny looking
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camel haired
robe he was wearing,
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that went out years ago?
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And who does he think he
is to see aloft the heavens,
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so there would be no
rain except that his word.
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But there was no rain.
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The days turned into
weeks, the weeks into months,
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the months into years.
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Three and half years,
there was no rain in the land.
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The crops
failed, the cattle dying,
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people leaving the
country by the droves,
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when finally God
send a message to Elijah.
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And he said, go and
present yourself to Ahab
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and I will send
rain on the land.
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So, Elijah goes,
makes an appointment
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to meet the King Ahab.
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And I want you to picture this,
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Ahab riding in
his finest chariot
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with his finest
white horses pulling him,
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trying to maintain
his kingly composure
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and be in
control of the situation
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as he sees
Elijah standing there.
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He goes up to him and he says,
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you are the one,
you troubler of Israel.
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In verse 16, and Elijah says,
immediately taking control,
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not to be intimidated by anyone,
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especially a king on
this earth because he served
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the king of kings
and Lord of lords.
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And he said no.
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he says, "No, I am
not the troubler of Israel
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but you and your
father's family have.
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You have abandoned the Lord's
commands and gone after Baal."
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Now in absolute control
Elijah says in verse 19,
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now he said, "Summon the people
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from all over Israel to
meet me on Mount Carmel.
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Bring the four hundred and
fifty false prophets of Baal
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and the four
hundred prophets of Asherah,
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who eat at Jezebel's table."
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What could the king do?
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He had to go along with Elijah.
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And so he agreed to
meet him on Mount Carmel
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with 950 of the most
powerful preachers in the land,
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950 false
prophets, false teachers,
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highly respected
religious leaders in the land
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and all the people of
Israel and King Ahab himself
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on Mount Carmel and
there was one man of God Elijah
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standing in that funny
looking camel haired robe.
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King, the most
popular pastors and preachers
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and teachers in the land.
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The most favorite Bible
school teachers, parents,
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fathers, sons,
mothers, daughters,
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all on one side,
Elijah on the other side.
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And I think we
would stand with Elijah,
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but it wouldn't' be easy.
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God is always looking for men
and women willing to stand alone
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in the face of the crowd
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in order to follow the Lamb.
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So Elijah went before the
people in verse 21 and he said,
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this is the
shortest sermon at least
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as far as I know in the
Bible, but the most powerful.
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"How long will you
waver between two opinions?
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If the Lord is
God, then follow Him,
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but if Baal is God, follow him."
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Period, amen.
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Sermon over.
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I know what you're thinking.
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Preacher, why
don't you go like Elijah?
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Well, he didn't' have a
fifty eight and a half minute
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television program to fill.
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How long will you waver?
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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 the Lord
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while you are going after Baal.
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You see that's
the way Satan works.
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He takes a little bit of error
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and sprinkles it in
with a lot of truth.
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He has always done
that and he always will.
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How long are you going to waver?
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If the Lord is God, follow
God, follow Him all the way,
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don't sprinkle
in a little error,
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you can't serve
both God and Baal.
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You can't worship both God
and the beast at the same time.
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So then Elijah said, I
want you to prepare test.
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We are going to test
to see who is really God.
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You build an altar
to Baal and I am going
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to build an altar to the Lord.
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You put an offering on yours,
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I put offering on mine.
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You pray to Baal,
I'll pray to the Lord
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and the God who answers by
fire then he is the real God
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and the people said
fair enough because Baal
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was supposed to
be the God of fire,
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he was also supposed
to be the God of rain
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but haven't been able
to do anything about that
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for the last
three and half years.
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Let's see what he
can do with the fire.
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So they prepare their altar,
they put an offering on it
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and they began to pray,
"Oh, Baal, oh, Baal, hear us."
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And they prayed and they prayed
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and they prayed
and nothing happened.
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About noon, the
Bible says, verse 27,
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Elijah began to taunt
them, cry a little louder,
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maybe he can't hear you.
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Louder, louder,
maybe he is taking a nap.
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Louder, maybe he
stepped out back.
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He taunted them.
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And then he said, that's enough,
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it's obvious Baal
isn't going to answer you.
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And he repaired the
old broken down altar
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to Lord, put an offering on it
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and about the
time of the evening
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sacrifice he step forward.
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In verse 36 he prayed,
"O lord, God of Abraham,
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Isaac and Israel, let
it be known today O Lord
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that you are God and
that I am your servant
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and have done all
these things at your command.
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Answer me, O lord, answer me,
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and then these
people will know that you,
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O lord, are God,
and you are turning
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their hearts back again."
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And they heard a loud
roar, a ball of fire came down
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from heaven and it
burnt the offering,
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it burnt the altar,
it even burnt the water
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they dumped in
the trench around it.
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And the people fell
face down to the ground
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and they cried out the Lord,
He is God, the Lord, He is God.
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And there was a
revival in Israel
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because one man had the courage
to stand against the king
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and 850 false
prophets of the land
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and all the
people, one man of God.
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What a man, Elijah.
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And then he told
them in verse 40,
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"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
down to the Kishon Valley
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and slaughtered
there, all 850 of them."
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What we have just seen is
an intensely spiritual battle
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between false worship of a
false god and the true worship
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of a true God ending with
the divine intervention in glory
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and the execution
of the false prophets.
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Does that sound familiar?
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You have been with us
long enough at Revelation Now
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to know that this is pointing
us to the Revelation 13.
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And then the Bible says
that Elijah prayed seven times
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and finally the Lord
sent rain on the land.
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It says, "Meanwhile,"
verse 45, "The sky grew black
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with clouds, the wind
rose, a heavy rain came on
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and Ahab rode off to Jezreel.
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The power of the
lord came upon Elijah
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and tucking his
cloak into his belt,
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he ran ahead of Ahab
all the way to Jezreel."
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Elijah was the
forerunner to the king
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all the way into the city.
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And the Bible tell us that
two times again in the future
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Elijah is going to be
the forerunner to a king.
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This time a
greater king, King Jesus.
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You want to see that prophecy?
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It's the last
prophecy in the Old Testament.
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Malachi 4, the last word
that God had for His people
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before it was
time for Jesus to come.
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Malachi 4:4, "Remember the law
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of my servant Moses,
the decrees and the laws
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that I gave him at
Horeb for all Israel."
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Verse 5, "See, I will send you
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the prophet Elijah before
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the great and dreadful
day of the Lord comes."
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Remember the law
of my servant Moses.
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You see the return of Elijah
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presupposes a falling away
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from the law of
God and Elijah comes
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back to restore the law of God.
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Does that sound familiar?
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You see these stories are
much more than just stories
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to read to your
children at bedtime.
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They are stories that teach
us about the time of the end.
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So the return of Elijah
presupposes a falling away
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to the laws of God and
Elijah comes to restore
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God's law two
times in the future.
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That what it says,
verse 5, "See, I send you
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the prophet Elijah before
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the great and dreadful
day of the Lord comes."
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You say, "I don't
see two times there.
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I only see one time, before
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the great and dreadful
day of the Lord comes."
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Well, let's ask
the best interpreter
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of the Old Testament prophecies.
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How many times does Elijah come?
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Let's ask him,
you know who that is?
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Who is the best interpreter
of the Old Testament?
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Jesus. Can you trust Him?
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So let's ask Him.
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Jesus, how many
times does Elijah come?
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In Matthew 17, the disciples
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asking that very question.
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They came up to Jesus,
verse 10 and they asked Him,
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"Why then do the
teachers of the law say
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that Elijah has to come first?"
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you see the
Pharisees were saying Jesus
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can't be the Messiah
because Elijah comes first.
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They knew about
Malachi's prophecy and Elijah
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is not here yet, so how
can Jesus be the Messiah.
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So they go running up to Jesus,
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they are saying
you can't be Messiah
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because Elijah
has to come first.
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What about that?
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I think they were kind
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of wondering
themselves, don't you?
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And Jesus answered
the question for them.
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He said, verse 11, "To be sure,
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Elijah comes and he
will restore all things."
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Now tell me, is that
past, present or future?
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That's future, isn't it?
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He will come, he
will restore all things.
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That's future.
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"But I tell you
Elijah has already come
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and they didn't
recognize him but they have done
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to him everything that
they wished in the same way
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the son of man is going
to suffer at their hands."
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Then the disciples understood.
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He was talking to them
about John the Baptist,
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and they beheaded him.
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You see, Jesus is showing
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that there will be
a double fulfillment
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of that Elijah prophecy.
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Why? Because
Jesus comes two times.
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Once born as a baby,
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He came as the messiah.
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Second, on the clouds of
glory when He comes again.
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So Elijah comes two
times, he is the forerunner
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to the king the first
time, John the Baptist.
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Forerunner to the
king the second time
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when he comes in
the clouds of glory.
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Well, they went
running to John the Baptist.
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They said, are you Elijah?
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And he said no.
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Now wait a
minute, Jesus said he was
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and John says no, I am not.
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Who is right?
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They were both right.
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You say, well, how can that be?
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In Luke 3, in Luke 3:3,
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"He, John the Baptist,
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he went into all the
country around the Jordan River,
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preaching a
baptism of repentance
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for the forgiveness of sins.
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As it is written in the book of
the words of Isaiah the prophet,
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he was a voice of one
calling in the desert,
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Prepare the way for the Lord,
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make straight paths for Him."
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It wasn't necessary for God
to bring back the man Elijah.
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No, it was the
message of Elijah,
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the voice of Elijah
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in the spirit and the
power of Elijah to make straight
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and prepare the way
for the Lord to come.
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You see they were expecting
a reincarnation of Elijah.
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They were looking for
the man Elijah and John said,
00:15:47.98\00:15:52.18
"No, I am not the man Elijah,
I am the voice of Elijah,
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the spirit and
the power of Elijah.
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Prepare the way for the Lord."
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And what did he do?
00:16:02.79\00:16:03.96
He said to the crowds coming out
00:16:03.99\00:16:05.21
to be baptized
by him in verse 7,
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"You brood of vipers!,
you rattlesnakes, he said.
00:16:07.15\00:16:11.35
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,
00:16:16.55\00:16:18.06
'We have Abraham as our father.'
00:16:18.09\00:16:20.11
I tell you God
can raise up children
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of Abraham out of these stones."
00:16:22.48\00:16:26.60
Repent, produce fruit,
show me by your actions
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that you want
to follow the Lamb.
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Let me see you do it,
don't tell me about it.
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The only reason
they want to be baptized
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was not to burn in hell.
00:16:38.82\00:16:42.00
So John was telling
they needed to demonstrate
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it and don't claim you
are children of Abraham,
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God can make children
of Abraham out of stone.
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You know a lot
of people tell me,
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"Well, Pastor, I
don't need to be baptized
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under the water like
that, my church doesn't do it.
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Or I go to this
church and they do Sunday
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saying Sunday is just fine."
00:16:58.21\00:17:00.18
And another church said,
00:17:00.21\00:17:01.47
"Well, when we
die we go up to haven,
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a purgatory and if we put
enough in the offering then
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we can get him out of there."
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God can make church
members out of stones.
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You are not going to be saved
because you belong to a church,
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you are going to be
saved because you followed
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Jesus Christ who is the Lamb.
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It doesn't matter
if you are a Baptist,
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Methodist, Presbyterian,
Seventh-day Adventist,
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that's not going to save you.
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What saves you is
faith in Jesus Christ
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and following Him
even when the whole world
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is doing something else.
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And so John the
Baptist started preaching,
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he said what should we do?
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He said the man with
two tunics should share
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with the one who has one.
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Don't collect more
than you're required to.
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Don't steal, don't
extort money and hear it,
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quit living with
your brother's wife,
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thou shalt not commit adultery.
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You see, he was
restoring the Law of Moses.
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But the prophet said,
prophet said that Elijah
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would appear again before
the great day of the Lord comes,
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so we should be looking for
another Elijah in the last days
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to remind people of the law
of God that He gave to Moses.
00:18:17.51\00:18:23.23
Now where can we find
a message to be delivered
00:18:23.26\00:18:27.52
in the power of
in spirit of Elijah?
00:18:27.55\00:18:30.84
It should be somewhere
in the Book of Revelation,
00:18:30.87\00:18:34.05
if it's the last
days before Jesus come.
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So where can we find a
message that prepares people
00:18:36.82\00:18:39.70
for the return of Jesus Christ
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to be delivered
just before He comes?
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Now you should know by now.
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You think it might be
the Three Angels' Messages
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of Revelation 14 and
now you're beginning to see
00:18:50.84\00:18:54.00
why they are so important?
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No, it's not necessary for
God to bring back the man Elijah
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anymore than it was
for John the Baptist
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to be the man Elijah.
00:19:02.89\00:19:04.44
It's the message of Elijah
preparing the people for God
00:19:04.47\00:19:07.53
to return and the first angel,
00:19:07.56\00:19:09.54
"With the everlasting
gospel, goes every tribe,
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language, nation and people."
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Chapter 14:6. And he said
00:19:13.67\00:19:16.08
with the everlasting gospel,
and he said in a loud voice,
00:19:16.11\00:19:18.93
"Fear God, give him
glory, because the hour
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of his judgment has come."
00:19:22.23\00:19:23.84
Jesus is coming, we
are in the end time,
00:19:23.87\00:19:26.79
we are in the last moments.
00:19:26.82\00:19:28.49
Now is the time to worship
Him who made the heavens,
00:19:28.52\00:19:31.95
the earth, the sea and
the fountains of water.
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He is quoting the Sabbath
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commandment of
the Ten Commandments.
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Remember the law
of my servant Moses,
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that's the Elijah
message for the last days.
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And you are hearing it.
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I am not Elijah, no more
than John the Baptist was.
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You are not Elijah
but if you have a part
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in helping to proclaim the Three
Angels' Messages to the world
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you are
proclaiming the Elijah message.
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That's why it's so important.
00:20:04.92\00:20:07.13
And then the second angel
followed in verse 8 and he said,
00:20:07.16\00:20:10.19
"Fallen! Fallen
is Babylon the Great,
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made all the nations drink
00:20:12.67\00:20:13.88
the maddening wine
of her adulteries."
00:20:13.91\00:20:17.24
Babylon has fallen.
00:20:17.27\00:20:19.71
On Mount Zion
God's people worshipped
00:20:19.74\00:20:22.88
the creator of the
heavens and the earth.
00:20:22.91\00:20:25.28
In Babylon they are
worshipping the beast,
00:20:25.31\00:20:28.21
the creature
because Babylon has fallen.
00:20:28.24\00:20:31.31
Now what does that mean
when it says Babylon has fallen?
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John doesn't explain it.
00:20:35.16\00:20:37.33
He assumes we
understand the fall of Babylon.
00:20:37.36\00:20:40.70
Well, how are we
going to understand that?
00:20:40.73\00:20:44.81
Remember, Book
of Revelation quotes
00:20:44.84\00:20:47.78
or alludes the Old
Testament how many times?
00:20:47.81\00:20:50.89
Over 600 times,
here's another one.
00:20:50.92\00:20:55.51
Let's go back to Daniel.
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We'll go fast because
this is going to be reviewed,
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at least the first part of
it, in the prophecy of Daniel 1.
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I want to start at Chapter 1,
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in Daniel 1:1
the Bible tells us,
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"In the third year of
the reign of Jehoiakim,
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the king of Judah,
00:21:11.82\00:21:13.96
that's in
Jerusalem, God's people.
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Nebuchadnezzar, the
king of Babylon came
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to the city of
Jerusalem and he besieged it."
00:21:19.17\00:21:22.43
So the wicked king from
Babylon came to Jerusalem
00:21:22.46\00:21:25.20
and he captured God's city.
00:21:25.23\00:21:27.04
Not only that, the
Lord deliver Jehoiakim,
00:21:27.07\00:21:29.75
the king of Judah into his hands
along with some of the articles
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from the temple of
God and these he took
00:21:33.27\00:21:35.37
to the temple of his
God in Babylon and put them
00:21:35.40\00:21:37.79
in the treasure
house of his God.
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So they went to
Jerusalem, captured the city,
00:21:39.55\00:21:42.31
took the people,
took some golden cups,
00:21:42.34\00:21:44.75
remember that golden
cups out of the temple,
00:21:44.78\00:21:47.45
brought them back
to Babylon and put them
00:21:47.48\00:21:49.83
in the Babylonian
temple and used them
00:21:49.86\00:21:52.10
to worship the Babylonian gods.
00:21:52.13\00:21:55.09
So they took something that God
00:21:55.12\00:21:57.59
had set aside and made
holy, those cups were holy cups.
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They were to be used
only to worship the Lord God.
00:22:02.44\00:22:05.57
They took
something that God made holy
00:22:05.60\00:22:08.52
and they used it in
a common ordinary way
00:22:08.55\00:22:11.82
as though they were not holy.
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That's Babylon.
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Now Chapter 5,
Nebuchadnezzar had died
00:22:17.23\00:22:21.26
and Belshazzar, his
son gave a great banquet
00:22:21.29\00:22:24.16
for a thousand of his nobles
and he drank wine with them
00:22:24.19\00:22:27.06
and in the middle
of that drunken orgy,
00:22:27.09\00:22:29.70
the Bible tells us in
verse 2 that he gave orders
00:22:29.73\00:22:32.28
to bring those
gold and silver cups.
00:22:32.31\00:22:34.15
So they brought the cups,
00:22:34.18\00:22:35.56
he filled them
with Babylonian wine,
00:22:35.59\00:22:37.82
those holy cups
that were to be used
00:22:37.85\00:22:39.52
only to worship the Lord God.
00:22:39.55\00:22:41.33
He filled them with Babylonian
wine and began to drink
00:22:41.36\00:22:44.21
to the Babylonian gods
when suddenly his knees
00:22:44.24\00:22:47.34
began to knock,
his face turned white,
00:22:47.37\00:22:49.44
the cup slips from
his hand because he saw
00:22:49.47\00:22:51.74
a man's hand cut off,
writing a message on the wall,
00:22:51.77\00:22:55.16
he couldn't understand it
so he called his magicians
00:22:55.19\00:22:58.41
and astrologers and chart
watchers and tarot card players
00:22:58.44\00:23:02.07
and anybody else he could find.
00:23:02.10\00:23:03.85
What is it
saying, what is it saying?
00:23:03.88\00:23:05.73
And they couldn't but
somebody remembered Daniel
00:23:05.76\00:23:08.11
and Daniel came to
interpret the message.
00:23:08.14\00:23:10.66
Listen to what
Daniel had to say, verse 18,
00:23:10.69\00:23:13.75
"Oh, king, the Most High God
00:23:13.78\00:23:17.14
gave your father
Nebuchadnezzar, sovereignty,
00:23:17.17\00:23:19.16
greatness, glory and splendor."
00:23:19.19\00:23:21.56
And he
acknowledged that in verse 21,
00:23:21.59\00:23:24.17
"He acknowledged that the
Most High God is sovereign
00:23:24.20\00:23:27.12
over all the kingdoms of men.
00:23:27.15\00:23:28.88
Nebuchadnezzar
acknowledged God but you,
00:23:28.91\00:23:33.87
his son, oh, Belshazzar,
you have not humbled yourself,
00:23:33.90\00:23:39.54
though you knew all of this."
00:23:39.57\00:23:42.17
You see, it wasn't
as though Belshazzar
00:23:42.20\00:23:44.02
didn't understand
those cups were holy,
00:23:44.05\00:23:47.99
he knew they were holy cups.
00:23:48.02\00:23:49.95
He knew he was
trampling on something that God
00:23:49.98\00:23:53.56
made holy when he began to
drink to the Babylonian gods,
00:23:53.59\00:23:56.95
he knew what he was doing.
00:23:56.98\00:23:58.31
It wasn't
ignorance, he knew the truth.
00:23:58.34\00:24:03.32
And because of
that the Bible says,
00:24:03.35\00:24:07.13
"You knew all of
this, instead you have set
00:24:07.16\00:24:09.53
yourself up
against the Lord of heaven.
00:24:09.56\00:24:13.16
You had the goblets from
his temple brought to you,
00:24:13.19\00:24:15.96
and you and your nobles,
your wives, your concubines,
00:24:15.99\00:24:18.53
you drank wine from them.
00:24:18.56\00:24:19.98
You praised the gods of silver,
00:24:20.01\00:24:21.50
gold, bronze,
iron, wood and stone,
00:24:21.53\00:24:22.89
that cannot see,
hear or understand.
00:24:22.92\00:24:24.77
But you did not honor the God
who holds in his hand your life.
00:24:24.80\00:24:27.79
That's why God sent
the message on the wall."
00:24:27.82\00:24:35.19
You set yourself up against God.
00:24:35.22\00:24:37.01
How did Belshazzar set
himself up against God?
00:24:37.04\00:24:41.60
He took the holy
cups, the cups that God
00:24:41.63\00:24:46.28
said were to be
used only to worship Him
00:24:46.31\00:24:50.89
and trampled on them,
00:24:50.92\00:24:53.38
treated them like any other cup.
00:24:53.41\00:24:59.59
And the Bible
says he set himself up
00:24:59.62\00:25:01.42
against the Lord God of heaven.
00:25:01.45\00:25:05.94
That's why the message came.
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.82
Well, what did it say?
00:25:07.85\00:25:09.48
"Mene, mene, tekel, parsin.
00:25:09.51\00:25:11.46
Mene, God has
numbered the days of your reign
00:25:11.49\00:25:13.89
and brought it to an end.
00:25:13.92\00:25:15.71
Tekel, you have been weighed
on the scales and found wanting.
00:25:15.74\00:25:20.84
Peres, your kingdom
is divided and given
00:25:20.87\00:25:23.00
to the Medes and the Persians."
00:25:23.03\00:25:28.48
God has numbered the
days, brought it to an end.
00:25:28.51\00:25:31.02
You have been weighed on
the scales and found wanting.
00:25:31.05\00:25:34.20
The hour of God's
judgment has come.
00:25:34.23\00:25:39.47
Babylon has fallen.
00:25:39.50\00:25:44.04
Here are the
Three Angels' Messages
00:25:44.07\00:25:45.79
right here in the Old Testament.
00:25:45.82\00:25:49.46
The gospel goes to the
whole world, angel number one.
00:25:49.49\00:25:51.96
Babylon, Belshazzar, you knew
exactly what you were doing,
00:25:51.99\00:25:55.88
the whole world is going to know
00:25:55.91\00:25:57.16
the truth before Jesus comes.
00:25:57.19\00:26:00.43
And those who trample
on the things that God
00:26:00.46\00:26:02.57
says are holy are
going to know that's exactly
00:26:02.60\00:26:04.97
what they are
doing before Jesus comes.
00:26:05.00\00:26:08.91
You see, here's a precursor
to the Three Angels' Messages.
00:26:08.94\00:26:15.28
Now, we are ready to understand
00:26:15.31\00:26:17.95
Babylon in the
Book of Revelation,
00:26:17.98\00:26:20.02
in the New
Testament, because you see
00:26:20.05\00:26:21.73
in the Old Testament,
Israel was a literal nation
00:26:21.76\00:26:26.93
in their own territory,
in their political structure.
00:26:26.96\00:26:31.26
Babylon was also
a literal nation,
00:26:31.29\00:26:34.06
their enemy up to
the North of Israel
00:26:34.09\00:26:37.62
and they would come down
and fight against Israel.
00:26:37.65\00:26:41.26
But in the New
Testament the Israel of God
00:26:41.29\00:26:44.27
is the church of Jesus Christ.
00:26:44.30\00:26:47.36
Therefore, Babylon in the
New Testament is the enemy
00:26:47.39\00:26:51.38
to the church of Jesus Christ.
00:26:51.41\00:26:54.10
Today we hear lots of
stories in the news and sermons
00:27:00.40\00:27:04.27
and books and novels
about Iraq being Babylon
00:27:04.30\00:27:10.63
and that Saddam Husain was going
00:27:10.66\00:27:12.45
to re-build the
ancient city of Babylon.
00:27:12.48\00:27:18.16
He is not going to make
it, in case you are wondering
00:27:18.19\00:27:24.00
but even if he did, it
wouldn't be the Babylon
00:27:24.03\00:27:27.24
that the New
Testament is talking about.
00:27:27.28\00:27:30.05
It wouldn't be the Babylon that
Revelation is talking about.
00:27:30.08\00:27:33.92
Look, Revelation
18:24, "In her Babylon,
00:27:33.95\00:27:39.67
was found the
blood of the prophets
00:27:39.70\00:27:41.25
and of all the
saints, and all who have
00:27:41.28\00:27:43.56
been killed on the earth."
00:27:43.59\00:27:46.02
Now if the blood of all who
have been killed on the earth
00:27:46.05\00:27:51.82
is found in
Babylon, then Babylon
00:27:51.85\00:27:55.64
has to be something
more than restoring Bagdad
00:27:55.67\00:28:00.06
or a city near Iraq or a
city in Iraq near Bagdad.
00:28:00.09\00:28:06.57
Now get it.
00:28:06.60\00:28:09.70
It has the blood of all who
have been killed on the earth.
00:28:09.73\00:28:13.90
Babylon is the kingdom of Satan,
00:28:13.93\00:28:18.68
Israel is the kingdom of God.
00:28:18.71\00:28:21.97
And all who follow
the Lamb are Israel
00:28:22.00\00:28:24.67
and all who oppose
the Lamb are Babylon.
00:28:24.70\00:28:30.78
Babylon has fallen,
what does that mean?
00:28:30.81\00:28:33.79
Now we are ready for
this complex prophecy.
00:28:33.82\00:28:36.15
Revelation 17:1,
"One of the seven angels
00:28:36.18\00:28:43.66
who had seven bowls
came and said to me,
00:28:43.69\00:28:48.25
"Come, and I will
show you the punishment
00:28:48.28\00:28:50.24
of the great prostitute,
who sits on many waters."
00:28:50.27\00:28:53.52
So he sees a
prostitute, a harlot.
00:28:53.55\00:28:56.48
And she is
sitting on many waters.
00:28:56.52\00:28:59.51
Now remember that Revelation
is a symbolic prophecy,
00:28:59.54\00:29:05.30
that's one of our principles
we learned from the first verse.
00:29:05.33\00:29:08.86
The Book of Revelation
is a symbolic representation
00:29:08.89\00:29:14.02
of what's going to
happen in the future.
00:29:14.05\00:29:18.07
And so the woman is a symbol.
00:29:18.10\00:29:21.17
We've learned
already that a pure woman
00:29:21.20\00:29:24.00
who obeys the
commandments of God and clings
00:29:24.03\00:29:26.91
to the gospel of Jesus
00:29:26.94\00:29:28.56
represents the
true people of God.
00:29:28.59\00:29:32.85
A harlot then would be a
counterfeit people of God.
00:29:32.88\00:29:38.27
If the pure woman as
we learned last night
00:29:38.30\00:29:40.85
symbolizes God's church
that obeys the commandments
00:29:40.88\00:29:44.49
of God and clings to
the gospel, then the harlot
00:29:44.52\00:29:47.96
must be a counterfeit church,
an enemy to the true church.
00:29:47.99\00:29:53.17
In fact when we compare
the Old Testament again,
00:29:53.20\00:29:56.57
comparing
scripture with scripture
00:29:56.60\00:29:59.10
in the little
Book of Judges 2:17,
00:29:59.13\00:30:03.23
"They, your
fathers, would not listen
00:30:09.33\00:30:12.03
to their judges but
they prostituted themselves
00:30:12.06\00:30:15.34
to other gods
and worshiped them.
00:30:15.37\00:30:17.71
Unlike their fathers they
quickly turned from the ways
00:30:17.74\00:30:21.13
in which their
fathers had walked,
00:30:21.16\00:30:22.70
the way of obedience
to the Lord's command."
00:30:22.73\00:30:25.20
So when God's people turn
away from obeying God's commands
00:30:25.23\00:30:29.83
they became
spiritual prostitutes.
00:30:29.86\00:30:32.19
They are harlots, they are not
00:30:32.22\00:30:33.74
faithful to God anymore.
00:30:33.77\00:30:35.43
They are faithful to
someone else, to Babylon.
00:30:35.46\00:30:40.23
That's what pictured here.
00:30:40.26\00:30:41.74
In Revelation
17:15, the waters you saw
00:30:41.77\00:30:45.51
were the
prostitutes, it's our people,
00:30:45.54\00:30:47.82
multitudes, the nations.
00:30:47.85\00:30:49.40
So this woman is
a counterfeit church
00:30:49.43\00:30:52.34
that is unfaithful to
the commandments of God
00:30:52.37\00:30:55.45
and sitting on many
waters, she has a support
00:30:55.48\00:30:58.15
of practically the whole world.
00:30:58.18\00:31:04.63
What's her name?
00:31:04.66\00:31:07.57
Verse 5 tells us that this title
was written on her forehead,
00:31:07.60\00:31:10.01
a mystery Babylon the
great, the mother of prostitutes
00:31:10.04\00:31:14.18
and the
abominations of the earth.
00:31:14.21\00:31:15.85
Her name is Babylon,
a counterfeit church,
00:31:15.88\00:31:20.91
a fallen church because
00:31:20.94\00:31:22.33
she is not faithful
to God or His commands.
00:31:22.36\00:31:25.42
Watch this, verse 3,
"The angel carried me away
00:31:25.45\00:31:28.18
in the Spirit into a
desert, and there I saw a woman
00:31:28.21\00:31:30.89
sitting on a
scarlet, beast covered
00:31:30.92\00:31:32.31
with blasphemous names,
seven heads and ten horns."
00:31:32.34\00:31:34.84
Sound familiar?
We know who that is.
00:31:34.87\00:31:38.17
So now this woman
symbolizing a church
00:31:38.20\00:31:41.38
is found riding
a beast, the beast
00:31:41.41\00:31:45.37
that we discovered was
a church of the Dark Ages,
00:31:45.40\00:31:48.43
the Roman church
from 538 till 1798.
00:31:48.46\00:31:51.87
So now we see a new church
riding and built on a platform
00:31:51.90\00:31:56.85
of that medieval church
that put itself in God's place
00:31:56.88\00:32:00.47
and try to change
God's set times and laws.
00:32:00.50\00:32:04.09
And this new
church is called Babylon.
00:32:04.12\00:32:07.61
Watch this now, verse
4, "The woman was dressed
00:32:07.64\00:32:10.85
in purple and
scarlet, glittering with
00:32:10.88\00:32:12.39
precious gold,
stones and pearls.
00:32:12.42\00:32:14.87
And she had a
golden cup in her hand."
00:32:14.90\00:32:22.66
Just like Belshazzar
00:32:22.69\00:32:28.12
who took the holy cup
00:32:28.15\00:32:31.08
and said it wasn't
holy, used it in a common way.
00:32:31.11\00:32:34.53
This woman takes
something that is holy
00:32:34.56\00:32:38.07
and says it isn't holy
and uses it in a command way.
00:32:38.10\00:32:42.06
Not a cup but time.
00:32:42.09\00:32:48.41
God's holy day, Babylon
says we have changed it.
00:32:48.44\00:32:55.47
It's not the
seventh day anymore.
00:32:55.50\00:32:58.25
Don't burden yourself with
such trivia, you've heard it.
00:32:58.28\00:33:05.57
It's the first
day of the week now.
00:33:05.60\00:33:08.55
You can work on the seventh day,
00:33:08.58\00:33:10.51
you should work
on the seventh day.
00:33:10.54\00:33:12.53
As she tramples
something God made holy
00:33:12.56\00:33:15.72
just as surely as Belshazzar
profane those holy cups.
00:33:15.75\00:33:22.80
But watch this,
"This was written
00:33:22.83\00:33:26.08
on her forehead,
mystery Babylon the great,
00:33:26.11\00:33:28.35
the mother of prostitutes
00:33:28.38\00:33:30.47
and of
abominations of the earth."
00:33:30.50\00:33:32.78
Rome, the roman harlot
is now seen joint together
00:33:32.81\00:33:37.48
with her Protestant
daughters who joined with her
00:33:37.51\00:33:42.26
in trampling
upon God' holy things.
00:33:42.29\00:33:48.04
So we should see a
super church consisting
00:33:48.07\00:33:52.26
of Rome and Protestants
00:33:52.29\00:33:56.26
united in declaring
00:33:56.29\00:34:00.40
that God's holy
day is no longer holy.
00:34:00.43\00:34:04.68
Not only that,
"The great prostitute
00:34:04.71\00:34:08.40
who sits on many
waters and with her the kings
00:34:08.43\00:34:12.33
of the earth
committed adultery."
00:34:12.36\00:34:14.19
So once again, like
in the past we should see
00:34:14.22\00:34:16.90
this church joining
hands with the political powers
00:34:16.93\00:34:21.36
of the state to enforce
her doctrines and her decrees
00:34:21.39\00:34:26.60
and her
particular brand of worship.
00:34:26.63\00:34:31.88
Four things have to happen for
this prophecy to be fulfilled.
00:34:31.91\00:34:36.66
First of all, the Protestant
churches will need to merge
00:34:36.69\00:34:40.92
together and then the
merged Protestant churches
00:34:40.95\00:34:47.27
will reach across the
gulf and join forces with Rome,
00:34:47.30\00:34:51.53
the former super church.
00:34:51.56\00:34:53.49
And then they will have
to reach out and embrace
00:34:53.53\00:34:56.58
non-Christian religions
and bring them into Babylon.
00:34:56.62\00:35:01.93
And finally, this
super church, Rome,
00:35:01.96\00:35:04.59
non-Christian
religions and Protestant
00:35:04.62\00:35:09.91
will finally reach out
to the kings of the world
00:35:09.94\00:35:12.60
and their political powers
relying on them to enforce
00:35:12.64\00:35:16.96
her particular brand of worship
and insist on trampling upon
00:35:17.48\00:35:22.04
the things that
God has said are holy.
00:35:22.07\00:35:26.40
God wants one
church, that's His desire
00:35:26.43\00:35:32.01
but never at the cost
of compromising the truth.
00:35:32.04\00:35:36.76
When churches unite
despite their differences,
00:35:36.79\00:35:39.41
that means that
their differences
00:35:39.44\00:35:41.36
are theological differences,
00:35:41.39\00:35:44.21
biblical differences
understanding of biblical truth.
00:35:44.24\00:35:47.99
Jesus said, "I am the truth,
00:35:48.02\00:35:50.93
I am the way, the
truth and the life."
00:35:50.96\00:35:53.26
So to merge
despite their differences
00:35:53.29\00:35:55.47
is to disregard
truth and to shove
00:35:55.50\00:35:57.99
Jesus Christ out of the way
00:35:58.02\00:36:00.05
and you don't have a church
anymore, you have an army.
00:36:00.08\00:36:07.55
In March 2000 John
Paul II had a plan.
00:36:07.58\00:36:11.99
I learned about this
because I am on the newsletter--
00:36:12.02\00:36:14.66
I get an email newsletter
00:36:14.69\00:36:16.93
from the Vatican
called Inside the Vatican.
00:36:16.96\00:36:19.14
I don't know if they know
I am a Seventh-day Adventist
00:36:19.17\00:36:21.16
or not but I get it and I
am going to show you some stuff
00:36:21.19\00:36:25.38
that's going to
open your eyes round.
00:36:25.41\00:36:28.04
But here, this is
John Paul II's article.
00:36:28.07\00:36:30.91
As soon as I found out it
came out, I got to have one.
00:36:30.94\00:36:33.12
I ordered it and here
it is, right in my hand.
00:36:33.15\00:36:35.23
Now this is back
before the year 2000
00:36:35.26\00:36:37.30
and this was an article that
he had prepared in preparation
00:36:37.33\00:36:39.80
for what he called the
Jubilee in the year 2000.
00:36:39.83\00:36:44.13
He called for
series of meetings between
00:36:44.16\00:36:46.05
Jews and Muslims and
Christians to all meet
00:36:46.08\00:36:49.49
together at Mount
Sinai, Bethlehem, Jerusalem,
00:36:49.52\00:36:52.58
three different meeting to
prepare for this great jubilee
00:36:52.61\00:36:55.46
where they would ll
come together in Rome
00:36:55.49\00:36:57.87
and worship together
in one jubilee service.
00:36:57.90\00:37:00.49
And he said-- and it
did happened by the way,
00:37:00.52\00:37:03.58
and John Paul II says,
"All are called to be a part
00:37:03.61\00:37:07.00
of this catholic
unity, the new people of God."
00:37:07.03\00:37:11.94
Do you understand
the vision he had?
00:37:11.97\00:37:15.15
His vision was to fulfill
John's vision of the harlot
00:37:15.18\00:37:19.48
reaching out to her
Protestant daughters
00:37:19.51\00:37:21.67
and bringing them
back into the fold.
00:37:21.70\00:37:27.55
Now the author of that
paper was Cardinal Ratzinger,
00:37:27.58\00:37:33.06
who is now Benedict XVI.
00:37:33.09\00:37:39.83
Cardinal Adam
Maida of Detroit said,
00:37:39.86\00:37:42.70
this is a very
important document,
00:37:42.73\00:37:43.95
the Holy Father wants to
find a common denominator
00:37:43.98\00:37:47.36
in all of our faiths that
will allow us to work together.
00:37:47.39\00:37:50.33
He wants to move
rapidly to break down barriers
00:37:50.36\00:37:53.77
between the churches.
00:37:53.80\00:37:54.90
He wants temporary
agreements to allow members
00:37:54.93\00:37:57.38
to worship together in the
jet special jubilee programs,
00:37:57.41\00:38:00.67
but beyond that the
Pope hopes to move quickly
00:38:00.70\00:38:03.13
towards full communion, bringing
them all in back to the full.
00:38:03.16\00:38:06.53
That's his goal,
that's his vision,
00:38:06.56\00:38:08.58
that's his plan and
that's exactly what John saw
00:38:08.61\00:38:11.11
was going to happen.
00:38:11.14\00:38:14.58
How the Islamic
leadersfeel about this?
00:38:14.61\00:38:17.24
Imam, Mohammed
Ali, Elijah of Detroit,
00:38:17.27\00:38:20.73
the Islamic Center of
America said the whole idea
00:38:20.76\00:38:22.85
of interfaith communication
between religious leaders
00:38:22.88\00:38:25.87
is an excellent idea.
00:38:25.90\00:38:27.64
We need to talk about how Islam,
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.31
Christianity and Judaism
can contribute to society
00:38:29.34\00:38:33.09
and help with
the healing process.
00:38:33.12\00:38:34.67
In other words they
are saying, we are onboard,
00:38:34.70\00:38:37.96
we are with you, we want
to work together with you,
00:38:37.99\00:38:39.62
we want to heal the world.
00:38:39.65\00:38:42.57
Benedict baptize a
Muslim man, March 16, 2008,
00:38:42.60\00:38:49.10
a relatively prominent
Muslim leader was baptized
00:38:49.13\00:38:54.42
into the Roman Catholic Church,
00:38:54.45\00:38:56.03
just a symbol of
what's going to happen.
00:38:56.06\00:38:58.93
People always ask
me, what about Islam?
00:38:58.96\00:39:01.24
What about Islam?
00:39:01.27\00:39:03.79
Islam will be a part of
Babylon in some surprising ways.
00:39:03.82\00:39:11.52
What about Protestant leaders?
00:39:11.55\00:39:12.94
What they think of all these?
00:39:12.97\00:39:14.21
Bishop J Philip Wahl of
the Evangelical Lutheran
00:39:14.24\00:39:17.00
church said, personally,
I think it's wonderful.
00:39:17.03\00:39:20.17
In our proposed
statement we would declare
00:39:20.20\00:39:22.50
that the conditions existing
within the church at the time
00:39:22.53\00:39:25.65
of the
reformation no longer exist.
00:39:25.68\00:39:29.09
And the central
argument between Lutheran
00:39:29.12\00:39:32.23
and the Pope, it was just
the personal misunderstanding.
00:39:32.26\00:39:38.76
Misunderstanding,
well, all were not happy
00:39:38.79\00:39:42.94
in the Lutheran camp.
00:39:42.97\00:39:45.51
Fortunately, Dr. A. L. Barry,
00:39:45.54\00:39:48.09
president of the much more
conservative Missouri Synod
00:39:48.12\00:39:51.21
of the Lutheran church said,
00:39:51.24\00:39:54.00
the catholic
church has not budged
00:39:54.03\00:39:56.45
since the Council of Trent
00:39:56.48\00:39:57.79
insistence on
justification by works.
00:39:57.82\00:40:01.48
The Catholics didn't
blink, it was the Lutherans
00:40:01.51\00:40:04.41
who blinked and the
Catholic still believe
00:40:04.44\00:40:06.51
that we're saved by works
00:40:06.54\00:40:07.69
and not by grace
through faith in Jesus Christ.
00:40:07.72\00:40:13.58
So what progress has
been made in Pope's plan
00:40:13.61\00:40:15.76
to unite other groups?
00:40:15.79\00:40:18.02
I couldn't believe this article,
I saw on the Seattle Times.
00:40:18.05\00:40:20.95
In unprecedented meeting
where two Catholic bishops
00:40:20.98\00:40:23.69
sad cross-legged on a stage,
smoking a ceremonial peace pipe
00:40:23.72\00:40:28.19
with Indian religious leaders.
00:40:28.22\00:40:30.60
And the purpose of the
meeting was to explore ways
00:40:30.63\00:40:32.54
to bring unity
between these two groups.
00:40:32.57\00:40:35.50
Bishop Albert Andrew says,
there is a rope from heaven
00:40:35.53\00:40:38.67
and it unravels and
each strand is a religion.
00:40:38.70\00:40:42.07
But that's wrong,
there is a rope from heaven,
00:40:42.10\00:40:44.94
but it doesn't unravel
because there's only one strand
00:40:44.97\00:40:47.96
and the one
strand is Jesus Christ.
00:40:47.99\00:40:51.63
We are not all on the
same path to the same place,
00:40:51.66\00:40:55.12
many think they are but
they are following the beast
00:40:55.15\00:40:57.86
that looks like a lamb
but speaks like the dragon.
00:40:57.89\00:41:03.52
There's only one strand,
folks, there's only one truth.
00:41:03.55\00:41:07.55
It's a truth as it is in Jesus.
00:41:07.58\00:41:09.83
You see the church has
never been afraid to take
00:41:09.86\00:41:11.93
the pagan traditions and
work them in to her own system,
00:41:11.96\00:41:17.31
that's how Sunday
worship came about.
00:41:17.34\00:41:20.48
But that's one tradition
they are never gong to change.
00:41:20.51\00:41:25.12
And the other one is
the absolute authority
00:41:25.15\00:41:27.25
of the Pope in determining
what's right and wrong.
00:41:27.28\00:41:29.72
And here come some of the
latest and most startling stuff.
00:41:29.75\00:41:34.10
Joint Anglican and
Roman Catholic International
00:41:34.14\00:41:37.00
Commission report 3,
now this is little older
00:41:37.03\00:41:38.94
but it's going to
lead you to something
00:41:38.97\00:41:40.17
that's just almost unbelievable.
00:41:40.20\00:41:43.51
Anglican is the
England's Protestant church,
00:41:43.54\00:41:47.26
the big church of
England and they are Protestant.
00:41:47.29\00:41:50.97
Within his wider
ministry the bishop of Rome
00:41:51.00\00:41:53.63
offers a specific
ministry concerning
00:41:53.66\00:41:56.62
the discernment of truth.
00:41:56.65\00:41:57.99
Now you got to get this.
00:41:58.02\00:41:59.90
The Bishop of Rome has a
ministry of discerning truth
00:41:59.93\00:42:03.67
as an expression of
his universal primacy.
00:42:03.70\00:42:06.97
We believe this is a gift
to be received by all churches.
00:42:07.00\00:42:12.77
So all churches should submit
to the Pope's determination
00:42:12.80\00:42:18.86
of what is right and what
is wrong and what is truth.
00:42:18.89\00:42:22.62
This is what the Protestant
Anglican Church has agreed to.
00:42:22.65\00:42:28.25
Thank God, there's one world
religious leader who refuses
00:42:28.28\00:42:32.79
to go along with the politically
correct trends of the time.
00:42:32.82\00:42:36.15
Jan Paulsen, president
00:42:36.18\00:42:38.80
of the Seventh-day
Adventist church said,
00:42:38.83\00:42:41.78
we affirm our
historical position
00:42:41.81\00:42:43.85
that spiritual
authority is vested in the Bible
00:42:43.88\00:42:47.34
only as the word of God
and not in an individual.
00:42:47.38\00:42:50.04
For Seventh-day
Adventist the authority
00:42:50.08\00:42:52.42
of scripture and the
authority of the bishop
00:42:52.45\00:42:54.59
of Rome are incompatible.
00:42:54.62\00:42:58.03
Thank God, someone sees it.
00:42:58.06\00:43:01.97
But now
00:43:02.00\00:43:05.64
in my special email, I just
got it month and a half ago.
00:43:09.97\00:43:16.50
Inside the Vatican,
from Dr. Robert Moynihan
00:43:16.53\00:43:21.62
who has audience with the Pope.
00:43:21.65\00:43:26.31
You are not going to believe
what he said in this letter.
00:43:26.34\00:43:29.30
So you say, well, tell us.
00:43:29.33\00:43:31.68
Well, I'll tell you.
00:43:31.72\00:43:34.22
This is amazing.
00:43:34.25\00:43:37.65
He said, I am going to
send out newsflash for 12 days
00:43:37.68\00:43:39.92
but now I hope to
report again regularly.
00:43:39.95\00:43:41.83
Today comes historic news,
00:43:41.86\00:43:45.69
the Vatican has issued an
official text of the document
00:43:45.73\00:43:49.88
in English
translated groups of Anglicans,
00:43:49.91\00:43:53.91
Protestant church,
which sets up an unprecedented
00:43:53.94\00:43:58.38
structure to allow
Anglican congregations
00:43:58.42\00:44:01.94
to reunite with Rome, but still
keep their Anglican traditions.
00:44:01.97\00:44:09.20
This will be seen as one
of the historic documents
00:44:09.23\00:44:12.30
of Pope Benedict
XVI's pontificate.
00:44:12.33\00:44:16.15
We are watching
history unfold here.
00:44:16.18\00:44:20.88
No, no, no, we are
watching prophecy unfold here.
00:44:20.91\00:44:28.76
But he sees the
hugeness of the event.
00:44:28.79\00:44:34.32
But this is just one part
of a larger papal strategy
00:44:34.35\00:44:40.04
and vision which opens outwardly
towards orthodox churches
00:44:40.07\00:44:44.56
and what has to do with
00:44:44.59\00:44:46.03
the mysterious
message from Fatima.
00:44:46.06\00:44:49.73
So he is saying, this
is just the beginning,
00:44:49.76\00:44:51.45
the Anglicans they
were close to Rome anyway.
00:44:51.48\00:44:53.93
Now we are going
after the Orthodox,
00:44:53.96\00:44:56.23
a large body of Russian Orthodox
Church that are Protestant.
00:44:56.26\00:45:01.18
It's just the
beginning, he says.
00:45:01.21\00:45:03.14
It's just opening the door.
00:45:03.17\00:45:06.44
Now Mary died
hundred of years ago
00:45:06.47\00:45:11.41
but she appeared in
apparition and now we have
00:45:11.44\00:45:15.12
this mysterious message.
00:45:15.15\00:45:17.28
Do you
understand what's happening?
00:45:17.31\00:45:22.68
The church is using
messages from someone
00:45:22.71\00:45:26.68
who has supposedly died
to influence her theology
00:45:26.71\00:45:33.51
and her
direction and her movement.
00:45:33.54\00:45:38.26
Remember Revelation
13, he perform miracles,
00:45:38.29\00:45:42.89
gathering the world
to worship the beast
00:45:42.92\00:45:46.67
and the kings of the
earth, the nations with them.
00:45:46.70\00:45:54.02
Pope Benedict,
who really stymied me
00:45:54.05\00:45:56.49
for the first little bit.
00:45:56.52\00:45:57.79
He didn't do much
and I thought, man.
00:45:57.82\00:46:01.41
You know, if he is going to be
the one to wrap this thing up,
00:46:01.44\00:46:03.31
he needs to get busy.
00:46:03.34\00:46:04.45
Well, he is busy now.
00:46:04.48\00:46:08.47
In the middle of the economic
crisis he published his paper
00:46:08.51\00:46:13.31
on dealing with the economy.
00:46:13.34\00:46:16.59
And I have it, you probably
00:46:16.62\00:46:17.80
wouldn't want to
read, it's pretty dry.
00:46:17.83\00:46:19.58
But there are few
things in it that I took out
00:46:19.61\00:46:22.09
that are not very dry.
00:46:22.12\00:46:24.36
And here is what it is, he says,
00:46:24.39\00:46:26.78
"In order to manage the
global economy to revive economy
00:46:26.81\00:46:29.80
that's hit by the
crisis there is an urgent need
00:46:29.83\00:46:33.18
of a true world
political authority."
00:46:33.21\00:46:38.59
You got that?
00:46:38.62\00:46:39.71
In order to manage the economic
crisis--it's global now.
00:46:39.74\00:46:42.59
So now we need a
world political authority
00:46:42.62\00:46:46.22
to manage the
economy of the globe.
00:46:46.26\00:46:49.11
Watch this. The
economy needs ethics in order
00:46:49.15\00:46:54.16
to function correctly, a
world political authority
00:46:54.19\00:46:58.85
that will function ethically.
00:46:58.88\00:47:02.05
Now, look up
ethics in your dictionary
00:47:02.08\00:47:04.92
and the Oxford
American dictionary says,
00:47:04.95\00:47:07.39
"A set of moral principles."
00:47:07.42\00:47:11.75
A set of principles deciding
what is right and wrong.
00:47:11.78\00:47:14.56
So this global
authority to manage
00:47:14.60\00:47:16.87
the economy must be moral,
it must have a set of principles
00:47:16.90\00:47:21.24
that define what is
right and what is wrong.
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.73
But we've already
seen if we has to question,
00:47:23.76\00:47:26.06
whose ethics is it?
00:47:26.09\00:47:27.59
We have already seen
that the Pope sees himself
00:47:27.62\00:47:29.83
as the only one who is the
primary discerner of truth.
00:47:29.87\00:47:35.53
Is this starting
to... click here? Now watch.
00:47:35.56\00:47:43.41
It would need to be
universally recognized
00:47:43.45\00:47:46.88
and vested with effective power.
00:47:46.91\00:47:50.61
So this global
authority, economic authority
00:47:50.65\00:47:53.67
must have power
over all the nations
00:47:53.70\00:47:56.32
of the earth to
enforce its decisions.
00:47:56.35\00:47:59.91
This is Benedict speaking.
00:47:59.94\00:48:03.15
He wants to enforce his
views on the rest of the world.
00:48:03.18\00:48:06.11
There is a strongly felt,
he says, a need for reform
00:48:06.14\00:48:10.47
of the United Nations
origination and likewise
00:48:10.51\00:48:13.75
of economic institutions,
so that the concept
00:48:13.78\00:48:16.90
of the family of
nations can acquire real teeth.
00:48:16.93\00:48:24.19
Daniel 7, didn't
it say something about
00:48:24.22\00:48:26.44
that fourth beast
with teeth of iron?
00:48:26.47\00:48:29.90
I don't want to
make too much of that
00:48:29.93\00:48:32.57
but I just thought,
that was interesting.
00:48:32.60\00:48:37.72
Could something
like this ever happen
00:48:37.76\00:48:39.83
without the backing
of Protestant America?
00:48:39.86\00:48:44.98
I don't think so.
00:48:45.01\00:48:47.96
Well, how do Americans?
00:48:47.99\00:48:49.73
We are we going to
be brought on board.
00:48:49.76\00:48:52.19
You think it was a
coincidence that the day
00:48:52.22\00:48:56.22
after the G8 Summit
the Pope had an audience
00:48:56.25\00:49:00.47
with our president,
President Barrack Obama
00:49:00.50\00:49:04.64
and gave him a
white leather covered copy
00:49:04.67\00:49:09.80
of his paper and his plan?
00:49:09.84\00:49:13.90
No, I don't know what
the president did with it.
00:49:13.93\00:49:16.89
He might not do
anything with it,
00:49:16.92\00:49:19.43
but one of these days
one of our presidents will.
00:49:19.47\00:49:23.65
And when I look at how
our current administration
00:49:23.68\00:49:28.53
is bringing our
country into alignment
00:49:28.56\00:49:31.87
with the global monetary system,
00:49:31.90\00:49:34.85
I think that we are
seeing things happen, folks.
00:49:34.89\00:49:40.97
Keep your eyes open.
00:49:41.00\00:49:43.89
Speaking of the
economy, Pope Benedict
00:49:43.92\00:49:46.90
has been pressuring Europe
to include Sunday legislation
00:49:46.93\00:49:53.70
in the European
Union Constitution.
00:49:53.74\00:49:58.30
Now about a year and
half ago it was clear
00:49:58.33\00:50:02.36
that the Catholic
Church wanted Sunday observance
00:50:02.39\00:50:04.70
enshrined in the law and
that was Benedict's pressure.
00:50:04.73\00:50:09.38
They even had a vote.
00:50:09.42\00:50:12.20
Seven members of the
European parliament tabled
00:50:12.23\00:50:15.40
an amendment saying
that the minimum rest period
00:50:15.43\00:50:18.22
shall in
principle include Sunday.
00:50:18.25\00:50:21.79
It was tabled, it didn't pass.
00:50:21.82\00:50:24.84
One of these days it will.
00:50:24.87\00:50:26.38
But folks, it was
brought up for a vote.
00:50:26.41\00:50:29.87
That ought to get our attention.
00:50:29.90\00:50:32.52
It was brought up for
vote, sure it got tabled,
00:50:32.55\00:50:34.94
but it was
brought up for a vote,
00:50:34.97\00:50:36.87
but watch the reason behind it.
00:50:36.90\00:50:39.10
Oh, this one a huge
curveball he threw at me.
00:50:39.13\00:50:42.62
I thought I had
it all figured out,
00:50:42.66\00:50:46.02
but this one, he
caught me by surprise.
00:50:46.05\00:50:49.78
The amendment stated,
the likelihood of sickness
00:50:49.81\00:50:53.51
in companies that
required their staffs to work
00:50:53.55\00:50:56.77
on Sundays is greater
than is greater in companies
00:50:56.80\00:51:01.30
that do not require
their staff to work on Sundays.
00:51:01.33\00:51:05.15
Put that in the
economic setting,
00:51:05.18\00:51:07.14
and in our country when
we are trying to consider
00:51:07.17\00:51:10.75
enforced healthcare legislation.
00:51:10.78\00:51:14.36
And if the president
thinks that the Pope is right
00:51:14.39\00:51:17.67
and that those
who work on Sundays
00:51:17.70\00:51:20.15
will cause much
more health care expense
00:51:20.18\00:51:23.55
than those who
don't work on Sunday,
00:51:23.58\00:51:25.59
I think even our own
president would go for that.
00:51:25.63\00:51:30.28
Man, I am speculating a
little bit now, I admit that.
00:51:30.32\00:51:33.80
This is little
speculate, I don't know
00:51:33.83\00:51:35.25
that's going to happen now,
00:51:35.28\00:51:37.29
but I know it
is going to happen.
00:51:37.32\00:51:40.52
And it could happen now.
00:51:40.55\00:51:44.93
Sunday as a traditional
weekly rest day contributes
00:51:44.96\00:51:48.27
to these objectives
of family and health
00:51:48.30\00:51:51.86
more than any
other day of the week.
00:51:51.89\00:51:53.97
Now watch. He went on to say
00:51:54.00\00:51:57.54
in a sermon, this is
a year and a half ago.
00:51:57.57\00:52:00.01
Without Sunday
worship we cannot live,
00:52:00.04\00:52:04.17
Benedict XVI
declared and he said
00:52:04.20\00:52:07.84
it is a
necessity for all people.
00:52:07.87\00:52:11.48
Fore thing that has to happen
is that there would be a joining
00:52:11.51\00:52:15.86
together of church
and state to enforce
00:52:15.89\00:52:18.25
religious
particular brand of worship.
00:52:18.29\00:52:21.38
Have you seen this?
00:52:21.41\00:52:23.13
I couldn't believe this.
00:52:23.17\00:52:25.78
This is a document
put out by Dr. Napolitano.
00:52:25.81\00:52:30.74
She is the director
of Human-- what is it,
00:52:30.77\00:52:35.00
Homeland Security Department
of the United States of America,
00:52:35.03\00:52:38.00
shortly after she was
installed this document,
00:52:38.03\00:52:40.71
it was available on the web.
00:52:40.74\00:52:41.92
I got it, good thing
I got it fast because
00:52:41.95\00:52:43.72
they took it
off. They took it off.
00:52:43.75\00:52:46.20
Rightwing
Extremism, Current Economic
00:52:46.23\00:52:49.04
and Political
Climate Fueling Resurgence
00:52:49.07\00:52:51.67
in
Radicalization and Recruitment.
00:52:51.70\00:52:54.99
Now listen to what
she says in this paper,
00:52:55.02\00:52:56.87
how to spot Rightwing extremists
and potential terrorists
00:52:56.90\00:53:01.44
within the Unites
States of America.
00:53:01.47\00:53:03.94
A newly unclassified
department of Homeland Security
00:53:03.98\00:53:07.47
document warns against
the possibility of violence
00:53:07.50\00:53:10.82
by rightwing
extremists concerned
00:53:10.85\00:53:13.36
about illegal immigration,
increased federal power,
00:53:13.39\00:53:17.43
restrictions on
firearms, abortion,
00:53:17.46\00:53:20.38
loss of US
sovereignty and singles out
00:53:20.41\00:53:22.98
returning war
veterans as particular threats.
00:53:23.01\00:53:29.86
That's why they took it
off because the veterans
00:53:29.89\00:53:32.10
really started fussing about it.
00:53:32.13\00:53:35.51
But listen to this.
00:53:35.54\00:53:37.43
The paper defines
rightwing extremism in the US
00:53:37.46\00:53:41.07
as divided into those
groups, movements and adherence
00:53:41.10\00:53:44.74
that are primarily hate
oriented based on hatred
00:53:44.77\00:53:48.62
of particular religions,
racist or ethnic groups.
00:53:48.65\00:53:56.18
And, folks, if you haven't
00:53:56.21\00:53:57.38
figured it out yet,
the stuff I've been sharing
00:53:57.41\00:53:59.84
with you about
Rome would be considered
00:53:59.87\00:54:03.70
hateful by this people.
00:54:03.73\00:54:07.11
Are you putting this together?
00:54:07.14\00:54:08.54
Oh, you haven't
heard anything yet.
00:54:08.57\00:54:13.55
This report also
mentions people motivated
00:54:13.59\00:54:19.28
by end time
prophecies have been linked
00:54:19.31\00:54:23.89
with radicalization of domestic
extremist individuals in groups
00:54:23.93\00:54:28.96
in the past such
as violent Christian
00:54:28.99\00:54:32.14
identity organizations.
00:54:32.17\00:54:37.14
Are you interested
in end time prophecies?
00:54:37.17\00:54:39.87
Amen. You are on the
list as a potential terrorist.
00:54:39.90\00:54:46.59
And that isn't all.
00:54:46.63\00:54:49.11
The last paragraph says,
00:54:49.14\00:54:52.58
the Department of
Homeland Security encourages
00:54:52.61\00:54:55.37
recipients of this
document to report information
00:54:55.40\00:54:59.44
concerning
suspicious or criminal activity
00:54:59.47\00:55:02.60
to the Department of
the Homeland Security
00:55:02.63\00:55:05.00
and the FBI. Remember,
it wasn't that long ago
00:55:05.03\00:55:10.21
when they were asking us to send
00:55:10.24\00:55:12.41
any suspicious
emails from our friend
00:55:12.44\00:55:15.01
to the Department
of Homeland Security.
00:55:15.04\00:55:16.71
You remember
that, some of you must.
00:55:16.74\00:55:18.96
Just a few months ago.
00:55:18.99\00:55:21.13
And they backtracked
on that one too but these
00:55:21.16\00:55:23.02
ideas are in their head.
00:55:23.05\00:55:25.52
When we were in Cuba
doing a Revelation Now
00:55:25.55\00:55:27.91
we learned that
every city block in Havana,
00:55:27.94\00:55:31.91
every single city block
had a president of that block
00:55:31.94\00:55:35.45
that was to
report to the government
00:55:35.48\00:55:37.19
any suspicious activity.
00:55:37.22\00:55:39.85
Where are we now, in Cuba?
00:55:39.88\00:55:44.63
Folks, it's coming.
00:55:44.66\00:55:46.21
So what does
all this have to do?
00:55:46.24\00:55:47.89
Babylon merging
together of protestant churches,
00:55:47.92\00:55:51.04
catholic churches,
non-Christian religions
00:55:51.07\00:55:54.00
and the political
powers of the state to enforce
00:55:54.03\00:55:57.47
trampling upon
something God had said is holy.
00:55:57.50\00:56:01.07
And some people are
asking, what should I do because
00:56:01.10\00:56:03.42
my church does that?
00:56:03.45\00:56:08.17
My church doesn't teach
that the Lord's day is holy.
00:56:08.20\00:56:11.59
The Sabbath is
to be kept separate.
00:56:11.62\00:56:14.78
What should I do?
00:56:14.81\00:56:17.21
Well, I would
never have the courage
00:56:17.24\00:56:19.45
to tell you what to do.
00:56:19.48\00:56:21.45
So I am not going to tell you.
00:56:21.48\00:56:23.53
I am going to let God
tell you because that's exactly
00:56:23.56\00:56:27.01
what Revelation 18:1
says, "I saw another angel
00:56:27.04\00:56:30.99
coming down from heaven.
00:56:31.02\00:56:32.80
He had great
authority, and the earth
00:56:32.83\00:56:34.19
was illuminated
by his splendor."
00:56:34.22\00:56:35.89
This is the
Elijah message, folks.
00:56:35.92\00:56:38.37
"And with the
mighty voice he shouted:
00:56:38.40\00:56:40.51
"Fallen! Fallen is
Babylon the Great!"
00:56:40.54\00:56:42.92
verse 3, "For all
the nations have drunk
00:56:42.95\00:56:45.12
the maddening
wine of her adulteries.
00:56:45.15\00:56:46.90
The kings of the earth
committed adultery with her."
00:56:46.93\00:56:49.23
And verse 4, "Then
I heard another voice
00:56:49.27\00:56:51.24
from heaven say--
"this is not Jac Colon,
00:56:51.27\00:56:53.80
this is God speaking
to you, "Come out of her,
00:56:53.83\00:56:58.98
my people, so that you will not
00:56:59.01\00:57:02.31
share in her sins, that you will
not receive any of her plagues.
00:57:02.34\00:57:05.34
Come out of her, my people."
00:57:05.37\00:57:08.14
Babylon has fallen.
00:57:08.17\00:57:12.15
Come out of her, my people.
00:57:12.18\00:57:16.49
But I can't, I've
been there forever
00:57:16.52\00:57:18.80
and my grandpas
started that church
00:57:18.83\00:57:20.91
and my father is a
pastor there, how can I leave?
00:57:20.95\00:57:24.62
How can I leave
all of my friends?
00:57:24.65\00:57:26.62
Don't leave your
friends, lead them out.
00:57:26.65\00:57:30.93
Well, I want to
go back and change
00:57:30.96\00:57:32.31
my church and I
am going to teach
00:57:32.34\00:57:33.84
all my Revelation
lessons to the church.
00:57:33.87\00:57:36.09
Babylon has fallen, you are
not going to change Babylon.
00:57:36.12\00:57:39.23
I've been
hearing that for 36 years
00:57:39.26\00:57:41.16
and I haven't
seen one church change
00:57:41.19\00:57:42.79
yet and you
won't a church because
00:57:42.82\00:57:44.94
Babylon has fallen,
come out of her, my people.
00:57:44.97\00:57:50.95