Well, good morning, everyone.
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Good morning.
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I hope you had a
good night's rest.
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Those of you from New
Zealand and from the east coast,
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hopefully you're
getting over your jetlag.
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And today, we have
another four presentations
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and we are going to
begin with the third trumpet.
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And if you have the study notes,
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we will begin on page 65.
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But before we do begin,
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we want to have
a word of prayer.
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We want to begin each session,
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morning and afternoon
with a word of prayer.
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So, let's bow
our heads for prayer.
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Father in heaven, we come
before Your awesome throne
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in the powerful name of Jesus.
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Knowing that
when we come in faith,
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You hear and answer our prayers.
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Thank You for
giving us life this day,
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we ask that You
will enlighten our minds,
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open our hearts and empower us
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to understand and to share that
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which we will study today
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and throughout the
course of the week.
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We thank You for the
promise of Your presence
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and we claim that
promise, in the name of Jesus.
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Amen. Amen.
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Okay, the first
trumpet represents what?
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Reviewing from yesterday.
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The destruction of Jerusalem.
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The second trumpet describes
which historical event?
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It describes the fall of what?
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Of the Roman Empire.
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And then we have
the third trumpet.
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So, let's read Revelation 8:8,
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where you have a description
of the third trumpet.
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We have several symbols here.
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"Then the third angel sounded,
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and a great star
fell from heaven,
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burning like a torch,
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and it fell on a third,"
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notice the concept
of a third once again,
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"on a third of the rivers
and on the springs of waters.
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The name of the
star is Wormwood.
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A third of the
waters became Wormwood
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and many men died from the water
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because it was made bitter."
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So, we have several
symbols in this verse,
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we have a star, the
falling of the star.
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The star is compared to a torch.
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We have the defiling of
rivers and fountains of waters,
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that's drinking water,
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it's not the same as
the seas of yesterday.
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And we have Wormwood,
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which embitters the waters
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and when people
drink the waters,
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they are poisoned, and they die.
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That's the picture
of the third trumpet.
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Now let's look
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at a little bit of
historical context following
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what we have in our study notes.
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There can be little
doubt that the falling star
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of the third trumpet refers
in a primary sense to whom?
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To Satan.
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Yet, this is an
important detail.
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This star cannot
refer to the original
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fall of Satan from heaven,
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because that happened when?
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It happened
before creation week.
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And the third trumpet
is into the Christian era.
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It cannot refer to the
fall of Satan at the cross
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because Satan had a
further fall at the cross.
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You know, Jesus in
John Chapter 12 said,
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"The Prince of this
world shall be cast out."
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And in Luke 10:18,
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He spoke of Satan
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falling like
lightning from heaven.
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Ellen White describes that
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as being a fall
of Satan at the cross
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because Jesus took
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over the rulership of the world,
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the legal
rulership of the world.
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So, Satan was
cast out at the cross.
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It cannot refer
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to the casting out
Satan at the cross,
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because the third trumpet
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is taking place long
after Jesus died on the cross.
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So, we have to look
at the historical context
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in order to
understand when this applies.
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Now, though this trumpet,
we're at the bottom of page 65.
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Though this trumpet
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cannot refer
primarily to the fall of Satan,
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the original fall of Satan
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at the
beginning or at the cross.
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Nevertheless, the language
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is very reminiscent
of the fall of Lucifer
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as described in Isaiah 14:12-14.
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Correct?
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Let's read those verses.
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Isaiah
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14:12-14.
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"How you are fallen from heaven,
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O Lucifer, son of the morning!
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How you are cut
down to the ground,
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you who weakened the nations!"
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By the way, what
does Lucifer mean?
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Lucifer means the day star.
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That's the literal
meaning of the word Lucifer.
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So, Lucifer is
compared to a falling star.
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Verse 13, "For you
have said in your heart,
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'I will ascend into heaven,
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I will exalt my throne
above the stars of God,
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I will also sit on the
mount of the congregation
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on the furthest
sides of the north,
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I will ascend
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above the heights of the clouds,
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I will be like the Most High.'"
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So, the sin of Lucifer was that
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he wanted to take
the place of whom?
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He wanted to sit on
the mountain of God,
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the sanctuary is on
the mountain of God,
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and he wanted to
occupy the throne of God.
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Does that sound familiar?
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Now let's go back
to our study notes,
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the terminological links
between the third trumpet
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and Isaiah 14 and Revelation 12
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leave a little doubt
that say the fall of Satan
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is in the background
of the third trumpet.
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Satan, the star of the morning,
who was originally perfect
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apostatized and
became what kind of star?
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He became a fallen star.
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He then did what?
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He defiled and
poisoned Adam and Eve
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with his specious teachings.
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And the result was
that the entire human race
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became what?
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Infected with a virus of sin.
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The result was
that the entire race
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came under the sentence of what?
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Of death.
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That is the context
in which we need to look
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at the third trumpet.
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Now the fall of
this star portrays
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the Great Apostasy
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that defiled the
church from within.
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When papal Rome rose to power,
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from the shambles
that the barbarians
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left in the Roman Empire.
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Do you remember
that the second trumpet
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describes the barbarians
carving up the Roman Empire?
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We studied that yesterday.
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And from there arose
the Roman Catholic papacy.
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So, this is speaking
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of the period in the
Roman Catholic papacy
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is beginning its rise
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not when it
reaches its apex of power.
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Now, the crucial
question then is this.
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What principle
allows us to say that
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the fallen star represents Satan
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as well as the
fall of papal Rome?
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We have three
reasons why we can say that
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this fall of the Satan
is really in the background
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of the fall of the church
in the times of Constantine
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and thereafter for
the next two centuries.
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Three points that we
need to take into account.
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In the first place,
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what the Bible
attributes to Satan,
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he actually
accomplishes through whom
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or through what?
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Through human apostate powers.
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You all are aware
that in Revelation 12:4,
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we're told that
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the dragon stood
next to the woman
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to devour her child as
soon as a child was born,
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the dragon is doing this.
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But who did the dragon use?
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Who did Satan use?
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He used Herod, a Roman ruler.
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In fact, in
Great Controversy, 438,
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Ellen White wrote, thus,
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while the dragon
primarily represents Satan,
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it is in a secondary
sense a symbol of what?
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A symbol of pagan Rome.
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Likewise, when pagan Rome
gave its power to the papacy,
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I want you to notice
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the terminology that is
used in Revelation 13:2.
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Notice this
quotation from Ellen White.
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"In the sixth century the papacy
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had become firmly established."
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By the way that
means that the papacy
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had already been
rising before that, right?
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It only becomes
firmly established in 538.
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"In the sixth century,
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the papacy had
become firmly established,
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its seat of power was
fixed in the imperial city,
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and the Bishop of Rome
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was declared the head
over the entire church."
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Now listen to this.
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Paganism had
given place to what?
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To the papacy.
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And what text do we find
that shows that the paganism,
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the Roman Empire
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had given its
power to the papacy?
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Revelation 13:2.
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The dragon had
given to the beast.
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So pagan Rome is
compared to what?
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To the dragon, right?
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So, the dragon
had given the beast,
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his power and his
seat and great authority.
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So, the dragon
works through pagan Rome.
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Both when Jesus was born
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and then pagan
Rome gave its seat
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and its power to what?
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To the papacy.
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At the end of time,
Ellen White explains that
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the dragon represents
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the political
rulers of the world.
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Now, doesn't the
dragon represent Satan?
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Yes, it's Satan working through
visible powers that he uses.
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Notice this statement
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from Testimonies
to Ministers, page 39.
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"Kings and rulers
and governors have placed
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the brand of
Antichrist upon themselves
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and are
represented as the," what?
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So, what does a
dragon represent?
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Yes, Satan primarily
but it also represents what?
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Kings, rulers and governors.
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So, it says, "Are
represented as the dragon
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who goes to make
war with the saints,
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with those who keep
the commandments of God,
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and who have
got faith of Jesus."
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So that's the first reason
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why we can say that,
you know, the third trumpet,
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the falling star can
represent the papacy,
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even though
primarily, it represents whom?
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Primarily it represents Satan.
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Now, the second
reason why we know this
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is because when you
look at Daniel Chapter 7,
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you have a little horn, right?
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And the little
horn persecutes whom?
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The saints of the Most High.
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In Revelation
13, you have a beast
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that persecutes the
saints of the Most High.
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In Daniel, the little
horn persecutes God's people
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for time times and
the dividing of time.
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In Revelation Chapter 13,
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the beast persecutes
God's people for 42 months,
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it's the same period of time.
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However, when you go
back to Revelation Chapter 12,
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you find that the
woman flees to the wilderness
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because the dragon
wants to slay the woman.
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So, if you take Revelation
13, it's the little horn
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and the beast, that is,
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that are
persecuting God's people.
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But Revelation Chapter 12
tells us that for time times
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and the dividing of time,
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it is the dragon
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that is
persecuting God's people.
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So, who is the
papacy an emissary of?
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It's an emissary of the
dragon, an emissary of Satan.
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In the third
place, the third reason
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why we can say that
this fallen star represents
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the papacy and not
only Satan personally
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is because of what we
find in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 4.
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Here we are told explicitly
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that the man of
sin exalted himself
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because he wanted
to take whose place?
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He wanted to take God's place,
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sitting in the temple of
God showing himself to be God.
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Are you with me?
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Who is this man of sin?
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This man of sin
is primarily Satan,
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but Satan working through whom?
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Working through papal Rome.
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And it's interesting
that in 2 Thessalonians 2:9,
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we are told in the
literal Greek says this,
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that the man of sin
is energized by Satan.
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That's the terminology
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that is used there
in 2 Thessalonians 2:9.
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So, the backdrop to
the idea expressed above
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is that Satan
does not accomplish
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his work in person,
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but through his
seed or his body.
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What he was not able
to accomplish in heaven,
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he does on earth
through his vicegerent
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or through His representative.
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And as Christ
works through His body.
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What is the body of Christ?
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The church.
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Satan also has a what?
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He also has a body
through whom he works.
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Is this principle clear?
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Now, let's talk about
Satan and his vicegerent.
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On the mount of temptation,
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you remember that
Satan offered Jesus what?
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All the kingdoms of the world
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if He simply bowed before him.
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Jesus rejected the offer
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of all of the
kingdoms of the world.
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But in the times of Constantine,
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Satan offered the Bishop of Rome
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those same
kingdoms, and he what?
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And he accepted the offer.
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And so, if Christ had
accepted Satan's offer,
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Christ would have
become Satan's what?
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Vicegerent or representative.
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But in the times of Constantine
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when the papacy
accepted the offer
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of the kingdoms of the world,
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the papacy, the line
of pope's became what?
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The vicegerent of Satan.
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Are you
understanding the principle?
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Now let's read these statements
from the Spirit of Prophecy.
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Ellen White understood this.
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There is one pointed out
in prophecy as the man of sin.
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What is he?
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He is the
representative of Satan.
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That's the meaning
of the word vicegerent.
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He is the
representative of Satan,
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taking the suggestion of Satan,
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concerning the law of God
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which is as
unchangeable as his throne,
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but this man of sin comes in
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and represents to the world
that he has changed that law,
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and that the
first day of the week
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instead of the
seventh is now the Sabbath.
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Professing infallibility
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he claims the right
to change the law of God
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to suit his own purposes.
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So very clearly Ellen
White explains that the papacy
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is the representative of Satan
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because the
papacy accepted the offer
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of the kingdoms of the world.
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We find also
this other statement,
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Story of Redemption, page 327.
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"The compromise between
paganism and Christianity,"
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this is taught in
the days of Constantine,
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"resulted in the
development of the man of sin,
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foretold in prophecy as opposing
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and exalting himself above God."
00:16:48.27\00:16:50.57
Is this what Satan wanted to do
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originally
exalting himself above God?
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Yes.
00:16:54.68\00:16:56.01
That gigantic
system of false religion
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is a masterpiece of whose power?
00:16:59.71\00:17:02.22
Satan's. Of Satan's power.
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A monument of his
efforts to seek himself
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upon the throne
to rule the earth
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according to his will.
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Is this is actually what
he wanted to do in heaven?
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So, who does he
work through now?
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The papacy.
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She continues,
00:17:20.64\00:17:21.97
"To secure world,
the gains and honors,
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the church was
led to seek the favor
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and support of the
great men of the earth.
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And having thus rejected Christ,
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she was induced
to yield allegiance
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to the," whom?
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"The representative of
Satan, the Bishop of Rome."
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And when she refers
to the Bishop of Rome,
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she's not referring
to one particular pope.
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She's referring
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to the entire
succession of popes.
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She's referring to the
papacy, in other words.
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Now let's go to
the next section,
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pagan and papal Rome.
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It is important
to take into account
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the chronological sequence
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of the second
and third trumpets.
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As we have already studied,
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Satan's throne
was originally where?
00:18:05.85\00:18:08.65
If you read the...
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We didn't cover this in class,
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but if you read
your homework for today,
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you'll notice that
first of all Satan's throne,
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was where?
00:18:16.96\00:18:18.66
In pagan Rome.
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And then his throne
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was transferred via
the church of Pergamum,
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which is the period
of Constantine to where?
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To papal Rome in the year 538.
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If you didn't read the pages,
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well, you're kind
of out of left field
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in the bleachers right now.
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That's why I recommended
00:18:36.11\00:18:37.48
that you read
these 12 or 13 pages,
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it's an eye opening thing.
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How the religion
of ancient Babylon
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is transferred
directly to the papacy
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and ultimately to
the United States.
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This is very, very
interesting. Now let's continue.
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"In all the great
lines of prophecy,
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pagan Rome is
always followed by," what?
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"By papal Rome."
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Does papal Rome
continue after the iron legs?
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Yes.
00:19:04.81\00:19:06.61
Because the legs
have iron and clay.
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The clay represents the church.
00:19:09.04\00:19:11.08
The iron represents
the continuation of Rome.
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So, after Rome,
the iron kingdom,
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you have another
kingdom which is divided,
00:19:17.75\00:19:20.59
and the clay
represents the church.
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Do we have in Daniel 7
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also papal Rome
following pagan Rome?
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Yes, because
you have the dragon.
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Sprouts ten horns,
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and then you have a little horn,
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which is the next power.
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How about Revelation Chapter 12?
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Yes.
00:19:36.77\00:19:38.21
After the dragon
tries to slay the man child,
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the man child ascends
to God into his throne,
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then the dragon persecutes
the church for time times
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and the dividing of time.
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The papacy is the
next power on the scene.
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Is that true of Revelation 13?
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Yes, the dragon gives a
seat in his power to the beast
00:19:54.96\00:19:58.86
and then the beast,
00:19:58.89\00:20:00.23
the papacy persecutes
the church for 42 months.
00:20:00.26\00:20:03.47
Are you with me or not?
00:20:03.50\00:20:05.17
In 2 Thessalonians
2, there's a restrainer
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that is restrained to the papacy
00:20:08.27\00:20:09.94
for manifesting itself
that represents a Roman Empire.
00:20:09.97\00:20:13.94
When the restrainer is
taken away, what happens?
00:20:13.98\00:20:17.35
Then the man of
sin rises to power.
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So, let me ask you this then.
00:20:19.65\00:20:23.12
What would be the next
trumpet after the second trumpet
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which describes
the barbarian invasions
00:20:27.89\00:20:30.76
and the fall of
the Roman Empire?
00:20:30.79\00:20:32.56
What would be the next power
00:20:32.59\00:20:33.93
that would rise according
to the great lines of prophecy?
00:20:33.96\00:20:37.27
It would have to be papal
Rome. Are you with me or not?
00:20:37.30\00:20:40.74
So, all you have to do is
look at the chronology of this.
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Now, let's go to the paragraph
in the middle of page 69.
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The prophecy of
Daniel 7 leaves no doubt
00:20:50.18\00:20:54.05
that after the ten horns
devastated the Roman Empire,
00:20:54.08\00:20:57.69
that's the ten horns.
00:20:57.72\00:20:59.65
Another power would arise
to subdue and defile them.
00:20:59.69\00:21:04.43
2 Thessalonians explains that
00:21:04.46\00:21:06.43
after the removal
of the restrainer,
00:21:06.46\00:21:09.46
by the ten horns,
the barbarian tribes,
00:21:09.50\00:21:12.73
the man of sin
would reveal himself
00:21:12.77\00:21:15.34
sitting in the temple of God,
00:21:15.37\00:21:16.77
that is the
church showing himself
00:21:16.81\00:21:18.67
that he is God, much
like Satan intended to do
00:21:18.71\00:21:21.98
when he fell from heaven
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.98
and he said, I will
be like the Most High.
00:21:24.01\00:21:27.92
Are you with me so far? Yes.
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.72
Now, let's go to the perspective
00:21:29.75\00:21:31.72
of 2 Thessalonians 2,
00:21:31.75\00:21:33.42
let's amplify
this a little bit more.
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In the writings
of the Apostle Paul,
00:21:37.06\00:21:40.56
he always identifies
00:21:40.60\00:21:42.06
the temple of God as the church.
00:21:42.10\00:21:45.80
Never as a
rebuilt Jewish temple,
00:21:45.83\00:21:48.94
like the futurists believe.
00:21:48.97\00:21:50.41
They say, oh, you know, that,
00:21:50.44\00:21:51.77
it says that I know Christ
00:21:51.81\00:21:53.14
is going to sit
in the temple of God.
00:21:53.17\00:21:54.51
So, the Jewish
temple has to be rebuilt
00:21:54.54\00:21:56.81
for the Antichrist to sit there.
00:21:56.85\00:21:59.11
The problem is in
all of the other texts
00:21:59.15\00:22:01.18
where the Apostle Paul
refers to the temple of God,
00:22:01.22\00:22:04.35
he always says that
it refers to the church.
00:22:04.39\00:22:07.96
So, where's the
Antichrist going to sit?
00:22:07.99\00:22:10.53
He's going to sit in the church.
00:22:10.56\00:22:12.99
He's an enemy from within.
00:22:13.03\00:22:15.56
So, let's go to the paragraph
that begins with John 17:12.
00:22:15.60\00:22:20.14
John 17:12 calls Judas
00:22:20.17\00:22:22.94
by the identical
name as the man of sin.
00:22:22.97\00:22:27.38
Judas is called
the son of perdition.
00:22:27.41\00:22:29.64
The man of sin is
called the son of perdition,
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.85
so must they have
a similar character?
00:22:31.88\00:22:33.95
Absolutely.
00:22:33.98\00:22:35.32
Judas was an insider that
feigned loyalty to Christ,
00:22:35.35\00:22:40.16
but secretly
betrayed Him with a kiss.
00:22:40.19\00:22:44.03
These three expressions
in 1 Thessalonians 2,
00:22:44.06\00:22:47.53
the apostasy, by the way,
00:22:47.56\00:22:49.40
you can't apostatize
00:22:49.43\00:22:50.77
unless you had embraced
the truth at some time first.
00:22:50.80\00:22:55.50
So, the
apostasy, the temple of God
00:22:55.54\00:22:58.41
which is the church
00:22:58.44\00:22:59.97
and the son of
perdition clearly indicate
00:23:00.01\00:23:03.31
that an enemy from
within, a fallen enemy
00:23:03.35\00:23:07.65
from within would
defile and poison what?
00:23:07.68\00:23:11.75
And poison the church.
00:23:11.79\00:23:14.79
2 Thessalonians 2:6, 7
describes the restrainer
00:23:14.82\00:23:19.96
with both the
masculine and neuter genders.
00:23:20.00\00:23:25.00
First, Paul tells
the Thessalonians,
00:23:25.03\00:23:28.10
you know, what is holding back
00:23:28.14\00:23:32.37
and then he refers
to he who holds back
00:23:32.41\00:23:36.68
will be taken out of the way.
00:23:36.71\00:23:38.88
So, in other words,
Paul uses both the neuter
00:23:38.91\00:23:41.88
and the masculine.
00:23:41.92\00:23:43.32
Now, what does that mean?
00:23:43.35\00:23:45.09
Next paragraph.
00:23:45.12\00:23:46.69
In Romans 13:1-10, we
see a similar phenomenon.
00:23:46.72\00:23:51.66
Paul begins by
telling the Romans
00:23:51.69\00:23:54.03
to subject themselves to whom?
00:23:54.06\00:23:57.07
To the governing authorities.
00:23:57.10\00:24:00.64
Then in verse 4, he
uses the muscular singular
00:24:00.67\00:24:04.87
he to refer to
the individual rulers
00:24:04.91\00:24:08.64
of the governing authorities.
00:24:08.68\00:24:10.05
Are you understanding my point?
00:24:10.08\00:24:12.15
It is very clear that
00:24:12.18\00:24:13.65
the he here does not
refer to a particular person,
00:24:13.68\00:24:18.45
but rather to whoever
00:24:18.49\00:24:20.22
is ruling the
civil power of Rome
00:24:20.26\00:24:23.02
at any given moment.
00:24:23.06\00:24:25.79
How many of you
understand what that means?
00:24:25.83\00:24:28.26
Good. There's four of you.
00:24:28.30\00:24:32.73
All right.
00:24:32.77\00:24:34.10
Now, let's notice a
very interesting statement
00:24:34.14\00:24:37.01
by Cardinal Edward Manning.
00:24:37.04\00:24:40.68
He was a convert
00:24:40.71\00:24:42.04
from the Anglican Church
to the Roman Catholic Church.
00:24:42.08\00:24:44.65
And then he was
made a cardinal later on.
00:24:44.68\00:24:48.75
He wrote this
interesting statement.
00:24:48.78\00:24:51.45
He didn't even know what
he was describing really.
00:24:51.49\00:24:54.59
He didn't know
that he was describing
00:24:54.62\00:24:56.39
that the papacy is the
power of 2 Thessalonians 2.
00:24:56.42\00:25:00.33
Let's read now what he wrote.
00:25:00.36\00:25:03.37
Now the abandonment of Rome.
00:25:03.40\00:25:06.33
You remember that Constantine,
00:25:06.37\00:25:08.34
you know, he
went, he took the sea
00:25:08.37\00:25:10.31
of the Empire to Constantinople,
00:25:10.34\00:25:12.94
to Istanbul, what
is Istanbul today.
00:25:12.97\00:25:15.41
So, this is what
he's referring to.
00:25:15.44\00:25:16.78
Now the abandonment of Rome
00:25:16.81\00:25:18.85
was the
liberation of the pontiff.
00:25:18.88\00:25:20.72
In other words, when Constantine
00:25:20.75\00:25:22.68
the Emperor goes to
the Eastern Roman Empire,
00:25:22.72\00:25:25.12
what happens with,
what happens with the pope,
00:25:25.15\00:25:28.02
with the pontiffs?
00:25:28.06\00:25:29.39
They're suddenly liberated. Why?
00:25:29.42\00:25:32.69
Because they are
sovereign in the West.
00:25:32.73\00:25:35.80
It continues, whatsoever claims
00:25:35.83\00:25:37.77
to obedience the Emperors
00:25:37.80\00:25:39.17
may have had and
whatsoever compliance
00:25:39.20\00:25:43.17
the pontiff may have
yielded that is to the Emperor,
00:25:43.20\00:25:46.57
the whole
previous relation anomalous
00:25:46.61\00:25:49.18
and annulled again and again
00:25:49.21\00:25:50.68
by the vices and
outrages of the Emperors
00:25:50.71\00:25:53.52
was finally
dissolved by higher power.
00:25:53.55\00:25:57.52
The providence of God permitted,
00:25:57.55\00:25:59.42
now notice the
barbarian invasions,
00:25:59.45\00:26:01.39
the providence of God permitted
00:26:01.42\00:26:03.02
a succession of
eruptions, Gothic, Lombard
00:26:03.06\00:26:07.46
and Hungarian to desolate Italy,
00:26:07.50\00:26:10.47
and to efface
00:26:10.50\00:26:11.83
from it every
remnant of the empire.
00:26:11.87\00:26:15.44
Is that describing
the barbarian invasions?
00:26:15.47\00:26:18.04
The second trumpet? Absolutely.
00:26:18.07\00:26:20.38
What happened
when this took place?
00:26:20.41\00:26:22.91
Because the Emperor was gone,
00:26:22.94\00:26:25.25
there was no law
and order in the West.
00:26:25.28\00:26:27.25
The barbarians are
finishing off the economy
00:26:27.28\00:26:31.45
and causing social
disorder and disarray.
00:26:31.49\00:26:34.66
So, what happens?
00:26:34.69\00:26:36.12
The pontiffs
found themselves alone,
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.73
the sole fountains of
order, peace, law and safety.
00:26:38.76\00:26:43.97
And from the hour of
this providential what?
00:26:44.00\00:26:47.94
Liberation,
liberation from whom?
00:26:47.97\00:26:50.57
From the power of the Emperor.
00:26:50.61\00:26:53.01
And from the hour of
this providential liberation
00:26:53.04\00:26:56.58
when by divine
interventions, the what?
00:26:56.61\00:26:59.91
That chains fell off.
00:26:59.95\00:27:01.32
So, was this
power restrained before?
00:27:01.35\00:27:04.22
Yes.
00:27:04.25\00:27:05.59
The chains fell off from
the hands of the successor
00:27:05.62\00:27:08.82
of St. Peter as
once before from his own.
00:27:08.86\00:27:11.56
No sovereign has
ever reigned in Rome
00:27:11.59\00:27:14.53
except the
vicar of Jesus Christ.
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.90
What a statement,
he doesn't realize
00:27:17.93\00:27:19.43
he's commenting
on 2 Thessalonians 2,
00:27:19.47\00:27:22.00
and he's
incriminating the papacy.
00:27:22.04\00:27:27.01
I'm sure that
Manning did not realize that
00:27:27.04\00:27:29.24
his remark indicted the papacy.
00:27:29.28\00:27:31.98
History proves that the
removal of the Roman Empire
00:27:32.01\00:27:35.88
did indeed lead
to the liberation
00:27:35.92\00:27:39.25
of the Roman pontiff.
00:27:39.29\00:27:41.09
It is noteworthy
that Manning describes
00:27:41.12\00:27:43.89
the fall of the
Roman Empire as what?
00:27:43.93\00:27:47.33
Chains falling off the hands
of the successor of St. Peter,
00:27:47.36\00:27:51.87
the restrainer is taken away.
00:27:51.90\00:27:53.84
From Manning's own words,
00:27:53.87\00:27:55.30
we can conclude
00:27:55.34\00:27:56.67
that the fall
of the Roman Empire
00:27:56.71\00:27:58.17
removed the chains
00:27:58.21\00:27:59.64
that restrained
the Bishop of Rome.
00:27:59.67\00:28:03.04
Are you with me?
00:28:03.08\00:28:05.38
See, it's very
important to study history,
00:28:05.41\00:28:07.15
the historical context,
00:28:07.18\00:28:08.52
the sequence, you know,
00:28:08.55\00:28:09.88
it's not only
interpreting symbols,
00:28:09.92\00:28:11.25
you have to look at
00:28:11.29\00:28:12.62
what historical period
these symbols apply to.
00:28:12.65\00:28:16.29
So, let's go to page 71.
00:28:16.32\00:28:18.66
The early church
fathers were unanimous,
00:28:18.69\00:28:21.93
in the opinion
that the restrainer
00:28:21.96\00:28:23.83
was a reference to the
Roman Empire in general
00:28:23.87\00:28:27.34
and to the individual
emperors in particular.
00:28:27.37\00:28:30.97
Paul made it clear that
the church at Thessalonica
00:28:31.01\00:28:34.74
knew the identity
of the restrainer.
00:28:34.78\00:28:36.88
He says, you know
who I'm talking about,
00:28:36.91\00:28:38.91
if you read that
passage in 2 Thessalonians.
00:28:38.95\00:28:41.88
However, Paul wrote
in what kind of language?
00:28:41.92\00:28:46.05
Veiled language. Why?
00:28:46.09\00:28:48.76
The answer is that he
could not speak openly
00:28:48.79\00:28:51.56
about the fall
of the Roman Empire
00:28:51.59\00:28:54.00
that was ruling in his day.
00:28:54.03\00:28:55.36
Why not?
00:28:55.40\00:28:56.77
Well, because if
he was going to say
00:28:56.80\00:28:58.27
that the Roman
Empire was going to be
00:28:58.30\00:28:59.63
taken out of the way, he
could be accused of sedition
00:28:59.67\00:29:02.64
against the Roman government.
00:29:02.67\00:29:04.41
Therefore, Paul had
to be what? Cautious.
00:29:04.44\00:29:07.54
Now, the
futurists and by the way
00:29:07.58\00:29:11.25
also the Andrews
University study Bible claims
00:29:11.28\00:29:15.38
that the
restrainer is the Holy Spirit.
00:29:15.42\00:29:18.79
But why would Paul
use veiled language
00:29:18.82\00:29:20.86
if he was going to say that
00:29:20.89\00:29:22.22
the removal of the Holy
Spirit was going to cause this?
00:29:22.26\00:29:25.06
That's not controversial,
00:29:25.09\00:29:26.43
the Romans would have had
00:29:26.46\00:29:27.80
no problem whatsoever with that.
00:29:27.83\00:29:29.63
Now, let's notice
several statements
00:29:29.66\00:29:32.53
by the early church fathers
00:29:32.57\00:29:35.20
where they identified
00:29:35.24\00:29:38.14
the restrainer
as the Roman Empire.
00:29:38.17\00:29:41.28
First of all, Tertullian.
00:29:41.31\00:29:44.28
By the way,
we're not going to read
00:29:44.31\00:29:45.65
all of these statements
00:29:45.68\00:29:47.02
because we simply
don't have the time.
00:29:47.05\00:29:49.12
Tertullian lived
between 160 and 240.
00:29:49.15\00:29:52.25
The barbarian invasions
have not taken place yet.
00:29:52.29\00:29:55.29
So, he writes, "For the mystery
of iniquity doth already work.
00:29:55.32\00:29:59.06
Only he who now
hinders must hinder
00:29:59.09\00:30:02.06
until he be
taken out of the way."
00:30:02.10\00:30:05.17
And then he asked the question
00:30:05.20\00:30:06.53
what obstacle is
there but the Roman state.
00:30:06.57\00:30:09.64
So, what was it
that was restraining?
00:30:09.67\00:30:12.07
The pagan Rome.
00:30:12.11\00:30:13.94
"The falling away of which
00:30:13.98\00:30:16.28
by being scattered
into ten kingdoms,"
00:30:16.31\00:30:18.45
he understood that the Empire
00:30:18.48\00:30:19.81
was going to be
divided into ten kingdoms,
00:30:19.85\00:30:21.98
"shall introduce
Antichrist upon its own ruins,
00:30:22.02\00:30:27.56
and then shall be
revealed the wicked one."
00:30:27.59\00:30:31.79
He also wrote, "The
very end of all things
00:30:31.83\00:30:34.60
threatening dreadful woes
is only retarded by," what?
00:30:34.63\00:30:40.60
"By the continued
existence of the Roman Empire."
00:30:40.64\00:30:43.97
They were living at that time.
00:30:44.01\00:30:47.68
Notice what Lactantius
wrote early in the 4th century.
00:30:47.71\00:30:52.58
"The subject itself
declares that the fall
00:30:52.61\00:30:55.18
and ruin of the world
will shortly take place,
00:30:55.22\00:30:58.22
except that while
the city of Rome remains,
00:30:58.25\00:31:01.66
it appears that nothing of
this kind is to be feared."
00:31:01.69\00:31:04.59
Notice, everything is
okay as long as Rome is ruling.
00:31:04.63\00:31:08.56
However, when that capital
of the world shall have fallen,
00:31:08.60\00:31:13.34
and shall have
begun to be a street,
00:31:13.37\00:31:15.27
which the sibyls
say shall come to pass,
00:31:15.30\00:31:18.51
who can doubt that the end
00:31:18.54\00:31:20.28
has now arrived
to the affairs of men
00:31:20.31\00:31:22.68
and the whole world?
00:31:22.71\00:31:24.15
It is that city,
00:31:24.18\00:31:25.61
that only which
still sustains all things.
00:31:25.65\00:31:30.59
So, they actually prayed
00:31:30.62\00:31:31.95
for the Lord to keep
the Roman Empire in place
00:31:31.99\00:31:34.82
because they knew
that something worse
00:31:34.86\00:31:36.46
was gonna come after that.
00:31:36.49\00:31:38.49
Notice what Cyril
of Jerusalem wrote.
00:31:38.53\00:31:41.60
He lived between 318 and 386.
00:31:41.63\00:31:45.40
"But this aforesaid
Antichrist is to come
00:31:45.43\00:31:48.94
when the times
of the Roman Empire
00:31:48.97\00:31:51.24
have been," what?
00:31:51.27\00:31:52.97
Did they have this
straight, they understand this?
00:31:53.01\00:31:55.48
They most certainly did.
00:31:55.51\00:31:57.21
"When the Roman Empire
shall have been fulfilled
00:31:57.25\00:31:59.81
and the end of the
world is drawing near,
00:31:59.85\00:32:02.38
there shall rise up together
ten kings of the Romans."
00:32:02.42\00:32:06.76
So, he's saying that the
divisions are also Roman.
00:32:06.79\00:32:11.19
"Reining in
different parts, perhaps,
00:32:11.23\00:32:13.76
but all about the same time.
00:32:13.80\00:32:16.23
And after those an
eleventh, the Antichrist,
00:32:16.26\00:32:19.93
who by his
magical craft shall seize
00:32:19.97\00:32:22.14
upon the Roman power,
00:32:22.17\00:32:23.61
and of the kings
who reigned before him.
00:32:23.64\00:32:25.84
Three, he shall humble
00:32:25.87\00:32:27.68
and the remaining seven,
00:32:27.71\00:32:29.04
he shall keep in
subjection to himself."
00:32:29.08\00:32:32.75
Ambrose died in 398.
00:32:32.78\00:32:36.48
"After the falling or
decay of the Roman Empire,
00:32:36.52\00:32:39.99
Antichrist shall appear."
00:32:40.02\00:32:43.09
Chrysostom, he died in 407.
00:32:43.12\00:32:45.89
By this time the barbarian
invasions are going on.
00:32:45.93\00:32:50.10
He says, "When the Roman
Empire is taken out of the way."
00:32:50.13\00:32:54.24
He's really
referring to 2 Thessalonians 2,
00:32:54.27\00:32:57.71
"Then he," that
is the Antichrist,
00:32:57.74\00:32:59.64
"shall come.
00:32:59.67\00:33:01.01
And naturally, for as long as
the fear of this empire lasts,
00:33:01.04\00:33:05.71
no one will
willingly exalt himself.
00:33:05.75\00:33:08.88
But when that is dissolved,"
00:33:08.92\00:33:11.25
in other words, when
the Empire is dissolved,
00:33:11.29\00:33:13.49
"he will attack the anarchy
00:33:13.52\00:33:15.49
and endeavor to
seize upon the government,
00:33:15.52\00:33:18.39
both of man and God."
00:33:18.43\00:33:23.57
Let's talk about
Jerome, the one who translated
00:33:23.60\00:33:27.94
the scriptures,
the famous Vulgate.
00:33:27.97\00:33:30.97
He wrote, "He that
leadeth," that means restraints,
00:33:31.01\00:33:35.94
"is taken out of the way.
00:33:35.98\00:33:38.08
And yet we do not realize
that Antichrist is near."
00:33:38.11\00:33:40.72
He said, you know,
00:33:40.75\00:33:42.22
that the
barbarians are invading now.
00:33:42.25\00:33:45.29
The Roman Empire is
being taken all the way.
00:33:45.32\00:33:47.09
And he says,
00:33:47.12\00:33:48.46
and we do not realize
that Antichrist is near.
00:33:48.49\00:33:51.33
Ellen White wrote
00:33:51.36\00:33:52.69
some significant
statements as well.
00:33:52.73\00:33:55.63
She wrote in Great
Controversy, page 49,
00:33:55.66\00:33:58.47
"The spirit of compromise
and conformity was restrained."
00:33:58.50\00:34:02.80
Was what? Restrained by what?
00:34:02.84\00:34:07.44
By the fears, persecutions
00:34:07.48\00:34:08.98
which the church
endured under paganism.
00:34:09.01\00:34:10.88
In other words,
under the Roman Empire,
00:34:10.91\00:34:13.38
but as persecution ceased,
00:34:13.42\00:34:15.28
this is the
times of Constantine,
00:34:15.32\00:34:16.95
third trumpet,
00:34:16.99\00:34:18.32
and Christianity
entered the courts of palaces
00:34:18.35\00:34:20.59
and kings, she laid aside
the humble simplicity of Christ
00:34:20.62\00:34:23.93
and His apostles
for the pomp and pride
00:34:23.96\00:34:25.89
of pagan priests and rulers,
00:34:25.93\00:34:27.53
and in place of
the requirements of God
00:34:27.56\00:34:29.83
she's substituted human theories
00:34:29.86\00:34:32.37
and traditions.
00:34:32.40\00:34:34.70
And this
statement that she makes,
00:34:34.74\00:34:36.20
by the way is the
papacy restrained now again?
00:34:36.24\00:34:40.74
Who put the
restraint on the papacy?
00:34:40.78\00:34:44.01
Well, there's two answers.
00:34:44.05\00:34:45.58
One is the French Revolution,
the deadly wound, and secondly,
00:34:45.61\00:34:49.68
the United States of America.
00:34:49.72\00:34:52.52
The earth helped the
woman that was being persecuted.
00:34:52.55\00:34:56.22
And France gave the
papacy its deadly wound
00:34:56.26\00:34:59.93
from which it
has not healed yet.
00:34:59.96\00:35:02.30
So, Ellen White
describes that there's going,
00:35:02.33\00:35:05.40
the restraint
of the civil powers
00:35:05.43\00:35:07.44
of the world is
going to be removed.
00:35:07.47\00:35:09.04
Again, notice this statement,
00:35:09.07\00:35:11.21
let the restraints
now imposed by what?
00:35:11.24\00:35:17.01
Just like Rome,
the secular government
00:35:17.05\00:35:19.58
restrain the papacy before,
00:35:19.61\00:35:21.62
and then the
papacy rose to power
00:35:21.65\00:35:23.18
to receive a deadly wound.
00:35:23.22\00:35:24.95
She says, let the
restraints now imposed
00:35:24.99\00:35:27.76
by secular governments be what?
00:35:27.79\00:35:31.49
Removed.
00:35:31.53\00:35:33.03
And Rome, she's
speaking about papal Rome
00:35:33.06\00:35:35.66
be reinstated in
her former power,
00:35:35.70\00:35:38.13
and there would speedily
00:35:38.17\00:35:39.80
be a revival of her
tyranny and persecution.
00:35:39.83\00:35:45.14
Very significant
statement, isn't it?
00:35:45.17\00:35:47.71
Because she uses
the same terminology
00:35:47.74\00:35:49.91
as 2 Thessalonians do,
00:35:49.94\00:35:51.58
the removal of the
secular governments
00:35:51.61\00:35:53.92
is going to heal the
wound and that papacy will do
00:35:53.95\00:35:56.75
as she did during the
period of her dominion.
00:35:56.79\00:35:59.45
And then Adan asked a
very interesting question
00:35:59.49\00:36:02.39
yesterday about Ellen White,
00:36:02.42\00:36:04.19
and whether she has anything
00:36:04.23\00:36:05.56
to say about the disintegration
of the Roman Empire.
00:36:05.59\00:36:08.36
This is the only statement
00:36:08.40\00:36:09.73
I was able to find in
the writings of Ellen White,
00:36:09.76\00:36:11.70
there might be
more, I haven't found them
00:36:11.73\00:36:13.74
where she describes
00:36:13.77\00:36:15.10
the demise of the Roman Empire
00:36:15.14\00:36:18.14
by the barbarian invasions,
00:36:18.17\00:36:19.51
how the Empire
crumbled into pieces,
00:36:19.54\00:36:21.08
and then from
that the papacy arose.
00:36:21.11\00:36:24.15
This is in volume one
of Manuscript Releases,
00:36:24.18\00:36:27.08
page 50.
00:36:27.12\00:36:28.98
The vast empire of Rome, what?
00:36:29.02\00:36:32.15
There you have
00:36:32.19\00:36:33.52
what the
barbarian invasions did,
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.42
crumbled to
pieces, and from its what?
00:36:35.46\00:36:39.36
From its ruins,
rose that mighty power,
00:36:39.39\00:36:44.10
the Roman Catholic Church.
00:36:44.13\00:36:46.33
This church boasts
of her infallibility
00:36:46.37\00:36:49.57
and her hereditary religion.
00:36:49.60\00:36:53.71
So, did Ellen White recognize
that the barbarian invasions
00:36:53.74\00:36:56.61
carved up their
Empire and ruined the Empire,
00:36:56.64\00:36:59.25
she most certainly did.
00:36:59.28\00:37:00.72
Did she say, did she think
00:37:00.75\00:37:02.28
that we need four trumpets
00:37:02.32\00:37:03.75
to describe that
historical event?
00:37:03.79\00:37:05.59
I very much doubt that.
00:37:05.62\00:37:07.82
Now let's talk
about the falling star.
00:37:07.86\00:37:10.73
The third trumpet
describes the star
00:37:10.76\00:37:12.69
that fell from
heaven as a burning lamp.
00:37:12.73\00:37:16.36
See, now we get need to go
00:37:16.40\00:37:17.73
one step further
as a burning lamp.
00:37:17.77\00:37:20.24
Therefore, we
must not only discover
00:37:20.27\00:37:22.30
the meaning of the word star,
00:37:22.34\00:37:24.81
but also of the expression what?
00:37:24.84\00:37:27.48
Burning lamp.
00:37:27.51\00:37:29.34
As we have seen,
in the first instance,
00:37:29.38\00:37:32.21
the falling
star represents whom?
00:37:32.25\00:37:35.18
Satan. Satan.
00:37:35.22\00:37:36.55
Several texts of scripture
make this absolutely clear.
00:37:36.58\00:37:41.06
So, let's notice those texts.
00:37:41.09\00:37:45.43
Isaiah
14:12-14, we already read.
00:37:45.46\00:37:49.16
Let's read Revelation 12:7-9,
"And war broke out in heaven.
00:37:49.20\00:37:54.00
Michael and his angels
fought with the dragon,
00:37:54.04\00:37:56.84
and the dragon
and his angels fought,
00:37:56.87\00:37:59.44
but they did not prevail,
00:37:59.47\00:38:01.14
nor was a place found for
them in heaven any longer.
00:38:01.18\00:38:04.51
So, the great dragon was," what?
00:38:04.55\00:38:06.72
"Cast out, that serpent of
old, called the Devil and Satan
00:38:06.75\00:38:10.32
who deceives the whole world,
00:38:10.35\00:38:11.82
he was cast to the earth,
00:38:11.85\00:38:13.25
and his angels
were cast out with him."
00:38:13.29\00:38:16.93
In Luke 10:18,
Jesus said that he saw
00:38:16.96\00:38:22.63
Satan fall like
lightning from heaven.
00:38:22.66\00:38:25.23
Ellen White says that
00:38:25.27\00:38:26.60
this is an allusion to
he's cast not originally,
00:38:26.63\00:38:29.70
but she specifies that
it's especially talking
00:38:29.74\00:38:32.97
about the casting out
of Satan at the cross.
00:38:33.01\00:38:35.78
Notice what Luke 10:18 says,
00:38:35.81\00:38:38.81
"Then the seventy returned
with joy, saying, 'Lord,
00:38:38.85\00:38:42.88
even the demons
00:38:42.92\00:38:44.25
are subject to us in your name.'
00:38:44.29\00:38:46.76
And he said to
them, 'I saw Satan," what?
00:38:46.79\00:38:51.63
"Fall like
lightning from heaven.'"
00:38:51.66\00:38:55.83
Is that similar
to what we noticed
00:38:55.86\00:38:58.37
in the third trumpet?
00:38:58.40\00:38:59.87
Absolutely.
00:38:59.90\00:39:01.27
"Behold I give you
00:39:01.30\00:39:02.64
the authority to trample
on serpents and scorpions,
00:39:02.67\00:39:05.67
and over all the
power of the enemy,
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.51
and nothing shall
by any means hurt you."
00:39:07.54\00:39:10.15
By the way in Scripture,
00:39:10.18\00:39:11.85
angels are compared to lamps.
00:39:11.88\00:39:16.35
Is Satan an angel? Yes.
00:39:16.38\00:39:19.39
He's a fallen star.
00:39:19.42\00:39:21.79
But angels are
also called lamps.
00:39:21.82\00:39:24.83
Notice, Ezekiel 1:13, 14.
00:39:24.86\00:39:30.27
"As for the likeness
of the living creatures,"
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.23
which are
angels, "their appearance
00:39:32.27\00:39:34.47
was like burning coals of fire,
00:39:34.50\00:39:38.51
like the appearance of," what?
00:39:38.54\00:39:41.44
"Torches." Interesting.
00:39:41.48\00:39:43.98
"Going back and forth
among the living creatures.
00:39:44.01\00:39:47.38
The fire was bright,
00:39:47.42\00:39:49.25
and out of the fire went," what?
00:39:49.28\00:39:51.79
I saw Satan fall like what?
00:39:51.82\00:39:54.16
"Like lightning."
00:39:54.19\00:39:55.62
Angels here are
compared to lamps.
00:39:55.66\00:39:58.13
Verse 14, "And
the living creatures
00:39:58.16\00:40:00.20
ran back and forth,
00:40:00.23\00:40:01.96
in appearance
like a flash of," what?
00:40:02.00\00:40:05.93
"Like a flash of lightning."
00:40:05.97\00:40:09.30
Top of page 75.
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As we have already seen,
however, the star that falls
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from heaven at this point
cannot directly represent whom?
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Satan.
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Because he had
already fallen long before,
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both from heaven
and at the cross.
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Then the star must represent
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something that came later.
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Now, let's go one step further.
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Not only is Satan
spoken of as a star,
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and also angel spoken
of as lamps or as torches,
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as it says here
because in the New Testament
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the lamp is actually a torch.
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They did not have
lamps like we know today.
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The lamps were actually torches.
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So, stars not only
represent angels in the Bible,
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they frequently also
represent God's people
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who are agents of God in
preaching the pure gospel.
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In Revelation 1:20.
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The seven stars in
the right hand of Jesus
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represent what?
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The messengers or the
pastors of the seven churches.
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So yes, Satan is
spoken of as a star,
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a falling star,
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but the star can
also represent what?
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Can also represent God's people.
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Notice, Revelation 1:20,
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"The mystery of the seven stars
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which you saw in My right hand,
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and the seven golden lampstands.
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The seven stars are the," what?
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Are the angels or
the messengers, better,
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"of the seven churches,
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and the seven lampstands
which you saw are," what?
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"The seven churches."
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Now the seven stars are
in the right hand of Jesus.
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And this represents
the fact that Jesus, what?
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He directs the work
of these messengers.
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The seven
churches represent what?
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Seven consecutive eras or
periods of church history.
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So, the seven stars
must represent the messengers
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or pastors that proclaim
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God's message to the
church in each of those periods.
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Are you understanding my point?
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Now, that is to say
each of the seven churches
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has one star.
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And each of those stars
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represents the religious leaders
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of that particular period,
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represented by that church.
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These preachers
were to keep the truth
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of the pure gospel, how?
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Alive.
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They were not
to be fallen stars.
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They were to be
stars fixed in heaven,
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giving their light.
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Let's continue.
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Revelation 12:1,
because we're taught,
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we're saying that the
stars not only represent angels
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but they also represent what?
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Human beings that do
the bidding of the Lord.
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In Revelation
12:1, these twelve stars
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on the crown of the
woman represent what?
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The twelve apostles of the lamb.
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What did they do?
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They taught the
truths as it is in Jesus.
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In Zechariah 9:16,
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the prophet saw
the final remnant,
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under a symbol of
stars on a crown of glory.
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In Daniel 8:10 and 24,
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we're told that the
little horn cast down the stars
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which represents
those who have been,
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who are persecuted
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during the period
of papal dominion.
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And in Daniel 12:3,
we're told that the wise
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will shine as
stars forever and ever.
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So, do stars represent
God's faithful people as well?
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Absolutely.
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As long as they're not
fallen stars by the way.
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Now, Ellen White gives
this insightful comment
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about the stars.
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This is found in
Acts of the Apostles,
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page 586 and 587.
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"These things
saith he that holdeth
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the seven stars
in his right hand.
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These words are
spoken to," what?
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"To the teachers in the church,
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those entrusted by God
with weigh responsibilities."
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So, what do the stars represent?
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The teachers and the church.
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And they're entrusted with what?
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With weighty responsibilities.
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The sweet influences
that are to be abundant
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in the church are
bound up with God's what?
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Ministers, who are to
reveal the love of Christ.
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The stars of heaven
are under His control.
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He fills them with light.
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He guides and
directs their movements.
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What would
happen if they did not,
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they were not
directed by Christ?
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If He did not do this,
they would become what?
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Fallen stars.
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Are you
understanding this point?
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Saul with his ministers,
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they are but
instruments in his hands
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and all the good
they accomplished
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is done through His power,
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through them His
light is to shine forth,
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the Savior's to
be there efficiency.
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If they will look to Him
as He look to the Father,
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they will be
unable to do whose work?
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His work.
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As they make God
their dependence,
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He will give them His brightness
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to reflect to the world.
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Isn't that a
marvelous statement?
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Yes.
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So, the Satan have fallen
stars that do his bidding.
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He is the fallen star,
but does he have fallen stars?
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Yes.
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Does, is Jesus the
bright and morning star?
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Yes.
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Does He also have
stars that do His bidding?
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Absolutely. But
they're not fallen stars.
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They're stars that
are fixed in heaven
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that are shedding light.
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I hope you're following me.
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Now, let's take a look
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at the positive
side of the burning lamp.
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There's a positive side to
the star as a burning lamp.
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The word lamp which
in Greek is lampades.
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In Revelation 8:8
refers to a burning torch.
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John 18:3 uses
the identical word
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to describe the Pharisees
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who came with
torches to arrest Jesus.
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So, the lamp is
really a torch back then.
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Acts 20:8 describes the torches
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that provided light
when the Apostle Paul
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was long winded one night
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and preached till after midnight
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and Eutychius
fell out of the window
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and had to be
resurrected by the power of God.
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And you think I'm
long winded, I tell people.
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Now Scripture not only
compares God's people to stars
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but also to what?
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To lamps.
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Satan is a star but
he's a lamp, a fallen lamp.
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God's people are stars
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and they're lamps, but
they're not fallen lamps.
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Notice Isaiah 61:1, 2,
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where we are told that
Scripture not only compares
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God's people to
stars, but also to lamps
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or torches that shed God's light
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upon a world of darkness.
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Isaiah 62:1, 2, "For Zion's sake
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I will not hold My peace,
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and for Jerusalem's
sake I will not rest,
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until her righteousness
goes forth as," what?
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"As brightness, and
her salvation as," what?
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"As a lamp that burns.
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The Gentiles shall
see your righteousness,
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and all kings your glory."
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That's the glory of a
lamp, the glory of the torch.
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"You shall be
called by a new name,
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which the mouth of
the Lord will name."
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Let's skip the next one.
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2 Corinthians 4:5, 6
because we need to advance.
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Let's go to Matthew 5:14-16.
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Jesus said to His
followers, you are the, what?
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Now wait a minute,
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I thought Jesus is
the light of the world.
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You know, does
Jesus contradict Himself
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when He says,
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I am the light of the world,
you are the light of the world.
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No, He is the
sun and we are moons.
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The sun is original light,
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the moon reflects
the light of the sun.
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So, Jesus is the morning star,
but those who are His followers
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and preach the pure gospel
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are stars under the
leadership of the star.
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So, He says,
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"You are the light of the world.
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A city that is set on
a hill cannot be hidden.
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Nor do they light a lamp."
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Now it's not the
same word lampades,
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it is the word
luchnon, but it's a synonym.
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"Nor do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
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but on a
lampstand," the word luchnia,
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"and it gives light," lampo,
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so you see that the
word luchnos and the word,
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the word
lampades are synonymous.
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So, it says, "Nor do they give,
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do they light a lamp
and put it under a basket,
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but on a lampstand,
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and it gives light to
all who are in the house."
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And then he says what?
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"Let your light,"
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which is the
light of a lamp, right?
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"Let your light
so shine before men,
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that they may
see your good works."
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What is the light?
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"It's the
character, the good work that
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they may see your good works
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and glorify your
Father who is in heaven."
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Now I'm not going to
read the next passage
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because you're very
well acquainted with it.
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It's the parable
of the ten virgins.
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Interesting.
00:49:47.58\00:49:48.92
The word lamp is
used several times.
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It's highlighted there.
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What do the
bridesmaids represent?
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They represent God's people
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that are lighting the
way to the marriage chamber,
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the marriage of
Jesus with His people,
00:50:03.20\00:50:06.47
with His
corporate people, isn't it?
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So, are God's
people compared to lamps?
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They most certainly
are compared to lamps.
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Now let's go to
the next page, page 78.
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The passage in Matthew
25 describes God's people
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as illuminating the way
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to the bridegroom's
chamber for the wedding.
00:50:26.35\00:50:29.79
The idea in this parable
00:50:29.82\00:50:31.43
is that human beings
shed light, like a what?
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Like a lamp.
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Notice this
interesting statement
00:50:37.57\00:50:39.13
from Christ
Object Lessons, page 414.
00:50:39.17\00:50:43.20
"So, the followers of
Christ are to shed light
00:50:43.24\00:50:46.94
into the darkness of the world.
00:50:46.98\00:50:49.44
Through the Holy Spirit,"
00:50:49.48\00:50:50.81
that's the oil in
the lamp by the way,
00:50:50.85\00:50:53.11
"God's word is a light
00:50:53.15\00:50:54.92
as it becomes a
transforming power
00:50:54.95\00:50:57.25
in the life of the receiver.
00:50:57.29\00:50:59.52
By implanting in their hearts
the principles of His word
00:50:59.55\00:51:03.12
the Holy Spirit develops
in men the attributes of God,
00:51:03.16\00:51:06.46
the light of His glory,
His character is to," what?
00:51:06.49\00:51:10.67
"Is to shine
forth in His followers."
00:51:10.70\00:51:14.50
So, whose is the original glory?
00:51:14.54\00:51:17.51
Jesus. We are reflected glory.
00:51:17.54\00:51:20.98
Is that true of
Satan's work too?
00:51:21.01\00:51:23.48
Satan is a fallen
star, the fallen lamp.
00:51:23.51\00:51:26.11
So, does he work
through other fallen lamps?
00:51:26.15\00:51:28.82
He most certainly
does or fallen stars.
00:51:28.85\00:51:31.35
Then she concludes by saying,
00:51:31.39\00:51:32.85
"Thus they are to
glorify God to lighten the path
00:51:32.89\00:51:35.72
to the bridegroom's
home to the City of God,
00:51:35.76\00:51:38.49
to the marriage
supper of the Lamb."
00:51:38.53\00:51:40.30
I don't know if we'll be
00:51:40.33\00:51:41.66
able to get to
the part in our...
00:51:41.70\00:51:44.63
study notes, dealing
with marriage customs.
00:51:44.67\00:51:47.80
You want to read that,
00:51:47.84\00:51:49.30
because sometimes
God's people are spoken
00:51:49.34\00:51:52.51
of as guests to the wedding.
00:51:52.54\00:51:55.11
And they're also
called the bride.
00:51:55.14\00:51:57.01
So how can they be
the bride and the guests?
00:51:57.05\00:51:59.81
Well, we might not
have time to get there,
00:51:59.85\00:52:01.48
but it's very carefully
explained in the section
00:52:01.52\00:52:04.89
towards the end
of the study notes
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.76
on the marriage.
00:52:06.79\00:52:09.09
Now, Revelation 4:5 is
a very interesting verse.
00:52:09.12\00:52:14.63
Let's read it,
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.00
"And from the throne
proceeded lightnings,
00:52:16.03\00:52:18.13
thunderings, and voices.
00:52:18.17\00:52:20.24
Seven lamps," it's
the same word lampades,
00:52:20.27\00:52:23.30
"seven lamps of
fire were burning
00:52:23.34\00:52:25.04
before the throne,
00:52:25.07\00:52:26.41
which are the
seven Spirits of God."
00:52:26.44\00:52:28.44
So, what do this?
00:52:28.48\00:52:29.81
What does the seven-branched
candlestick represent?
00:52:29.84\00:52:33.15
It represents the church,
00:52:33.18\00:52:36.32
and the church receives the
oil and the church gives what?
00:52:36.35\00:52:40.06
Light.
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Because the lampstand
represents the seven churches,
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seven periods of church history.
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So, during the seven
periods of church history,
00:52:47.13\00:52:49.36
the oil goes into the lamp
in that period of the church,
00:52:49.40\00:52:53.03
and the church gives what?
00:52:53.07\00:52:55.27
The church gives light.
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So, you know, it's the church
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that sheds the
light of Jesus Christ
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through the power
of the Holy Spirit.
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Incidentally,
the Bible also speaks
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of the Word of God as a lamp.
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Well, what do
God's people preach?
00:53:10.05\00:53:13.96
Well, they
preach the Word, right?
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So, God's people are the lamp
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because they preach the content
that is found in the lamp,
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if you please.
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So, it says in Psalm 119:105,
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"Your word is a lamp to my feet,
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and a light to my path."
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And finally, John the Baptist
is called a shining lamp.
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Whom did John the
Baptist give witness to?
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He gave witness to Jesus.
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In fact, it says in
John 1, he was not the light.
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And yet in John
5:35, he's called a lamp.
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So, what was John the Baptist?
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He was a lesser light
that led people to what?
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To the greater light.
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Top of page 79.
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Very interesting
statement of Ellen White.
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Speaking to the
youth of the church.
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"You are God's," what?
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"God's light bearer.
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He has placed in
your hands a," what?
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"A lamp." What is the lamp?
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The Word of God.
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"He has placed
in your hands a lamp
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that you are to keep trimmed
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and burning for Him."
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So, are you following me so far?
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Now, let's look
at the negative side
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of the lamp and we might not be
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able to finish
this particular section
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but let's do our best
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before our
first session is over.
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Revelation 8:8
indicates that the ministers
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and teachers that is the angel
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or the star of the
church of this period
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were supposed to do what?
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They were
supposed to shine as lamps.
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Instead what happened?
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They fell from their
post and defile the waters.
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In other words, the
teachers started teaching what?
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Error, heresy, apostate ideas.
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Ellen White wrote in Bible Echo,
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November 1, 1892,
Satan had been Lucifer.
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What was he? The light bearer.
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In other words,
it was God's light
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that shone in
him, the light bearer,
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the sharer of
God's glory in heaven.
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Before sin, Lucifer
was the light bearer,
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a shining star, like a
lamp that brought glory to whom?
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To God.
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However, when he became proud,
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and sought to
bring glory to himself,
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he defiled and
embittered the angels
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with false
accusations against God.
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As a result, he fell from heaven
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and he became what?
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He became a falling star, a
fallen star or a fallen lamp.
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Something similar occurred
in the apostolic church.
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Originally it
reflected the purity
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of the Gospel of Jesus.
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However, in the course of time,
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it fell into apostasy,
poisoned the pure waters
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of the gospel and
brought in spiritual deaths.
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Proverbs 13:9 tells us
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the light of the
righteous rejoices,
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but the lamp of the
wicked will be put out.
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So, are the wicked
spoken of as lamps also?
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Absolutely.
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Jude 11 to 13
speaks of wandering stars
00:56:33.15\00:56:37.19
that have no
anchor and compares them
00:56:37.23\00:56:40.06
to three notable
apostates of the Old Testament.
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Cain, Korah, and Balaam.
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Let's read those verses.
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Woe to them for they
have gone in the way of Cain,
00:56:49.64\00:56:52.21
have run greedily in the
error of Balaam for profit
00:56:52.24\00:56:55.14
and perished in
the rebellion of Korah.
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These are spots
in your love feasts
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while they feast with you
00:56:59.85\00:57:01.18
without fear
serving only themselves.
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They are clouds without water,
carried about by the winds,
00:57:03.39\00:57:06.96
late autumn trees without fruit,
00:57:06.99\00:57:09.22
twice dead,
pulled up by the roots,
00:57:09.26\00:57:12.03
raging waves of the sea,
forming up their own shame."
00:57:12.06\00:57:16.36
And then it says what?
00:57:16.40\00:57:17.90
Wandering what?
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"Wandering stars for whom
00:57:19.57\00:57:22.00
is reserved the
blackness of," what?
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"Of darkness forever."
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In contrast to the falling star,
00:57:27.68\00:57:30.11
and those who study
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the prophecy of
the morning star,
00:57:31.51\00:57:33.72
the morning star
rises in their hearts.
00:57:33.75\00:57:36.85
Thus, the rising star stands
00:57:36.89\00:57:39.29
in contrast to the falling star.
00:57:39.32\00:57:43.93
You understand what
we've studied so far?
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Now we still have to talk
about the pollution of waters,
00:57:46.33\00:57:50.00
the fountains of waters
00:57:50.03\00:57:51.37
and the
bitterness, the Wormwood.
00:57:51.40\00:57:53.00
And that will be the subject
00:57:53.03\00:57:54.47
that we will study in
our next exciting episode.
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