We are going to
begin our study on page 141
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in this session.
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Unfortunately, we're not going
to be able to cover everything
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in the study notes.
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We're going to skip over some
things in the next few pages.
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And I'll tell you exactly
which ones we're going to skip.
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But we do want to do what we
find on pages 141 through 144.
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So first of all, we're
going to look at a summary
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of the three woes.
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You know that there are
three woes that are referred to
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in the trumpets.
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The first woe is
the fifth trumpet.
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I'm summarizing.
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The second woe is
the sixth trumpet.
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And the third woe
is the seventh trumpet.
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Okay?
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Very simple.
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Fifth trumpet, first woe;
sixth trumpet, second woe;
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seventh trumpet, third woe.
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You say, how do we know that?
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Well, let's take a look at it.
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Revelation 9:1-11...
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We're studying where it says,
"Summary of the three woes."
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Revelation 9:1-11
describe the fifth trumpet.
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And then when
you get to verse 12,
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after the fifth trumpet,
it says, "One woe is..." What?
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"...is past."
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So what is the first woe?
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Duh.
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The fifth trumpet.
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But then it says,
"Behold, still two more woes
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are coming after these things."
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So after the fifth
trumpet, which is the first woe,
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there's going to
be two more woes.
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And then I want you to
notice, we're following here,
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Revelation 11:2-12
is a further expansion
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of the fifth trumpet.
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You need to pay
careful attention here.
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Because there is an interlude
after the fifth trumpet.
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After the fifth
and sixth trumpets
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you have Revelation 10 and 11.
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It breaks the flow.
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So pay close attention to this
because it's very important.
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Revelation 11:2-12
is a further expansion
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of the fifth
trumpet and the first woe.
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In your spare time
this afternoon go over this
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so that it gets
clear in your mind.
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Then Revelation
11:13 ends by saying,
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"In the same hour there
was a great earthquake..."
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This is describing the
French Revolution; France.
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The word, "rest,"
once again, is, remnant.
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It's the word, "loipos."
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"...and the
remnant were afraid..."
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Not a good translation.
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A better translation is, feared.
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In the same way that the
first angel's message says,
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"Fear God..."
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Okay?
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So you have
enemies in this verse.
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And you also have what?
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The remnant who fears.
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And what do they do?
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They give glory
to the God of heaven.
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What is this introducing?
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The first angel's message.
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So you see two groups there?
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The enemies, and those who
fear God and give glory to Him,
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which are the remnant.
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Following me?
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Okay. Now Revelation 9:13-21,
which is the sixth trumpet,
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is also the second woe.
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Okay?
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So Revelation
9:13-21: the sixth trumpet
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and the second woe.
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Revelation 10:1 through
11:1 is a further expansion
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of the sixth trumpet.
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That's why I said,
the book of Revelation
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is a tricky book.
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It's not in chronological order.
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One of the most difficult
parts of studying Revelation
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is to decipher
how it was organized.
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Because there are cycles,
and flashbacks, and foretaste.
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You know, there's a way in
which you can decipher it all,
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but it takes
serious time to study it.
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So Revelation
9:13-21 is the sixth trumpet
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and the second woe.
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Revelation 10:1 through
11:1 is an expansion of the
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sixth trumpet
and the second woe.
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Then, Revelation
11:15-17 is the seventh trumpet
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and the third woe.
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When this trumpet
blows, probation closes,
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the plagues fall, and the
second coming of Jesus occurs.
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This is further amplified
in Revelation chapters 15-19.
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Do you have the
picture in your mind?
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I'm dedicating a lot
of time to this because
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this is critically important
for what we're going to study
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in the future.
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So what is the first woe?
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The fifth trumpet.
What is the second woe?
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Sixth trumpet.
What is the third woe?
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The seventh trumpet.
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What is an expansion
of the fifth trumpet?
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Revelation 11:2-12.
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What is the
expansion of the sixth trumpet?
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Revelation 10:1 through 11:1.
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11:1 really
belongs with chapter 10.
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We'll notice that.
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And then where is the
seventh trumpet expanded?
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In Revelation chapters
15-19; the close of probation,
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and the plagues, and
the second coming of Christ.
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Now what is the
meaning of the word, "woe"?
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It's also translated, "alas".
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A word that we never use.
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The Greek word,
"ouai," not Hawaii, "ouai,"
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is an exclamatory
interjection that portends...
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In other words, it announces.
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...pain, calamity,
suffering, and sorrow.
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In fact, the Septuagint,
the Greek translation
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of the Old Testament and the
New, uses the word to describe
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the retribution that
falls upon those who are
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not faithful to the covenant.
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And so, let's look at
several uses in the Septuagint,
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in the Greek translation
of the Old Testament.
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Isaiah 3:11 is an
oracle against Jerusalem.
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It's a woe against Jerusalem.
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The same is true of
Jeremiah 4:13, Jeremiah 10:19.
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All are woes upon Jerusalem.
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It's the same word, "ouai," that
is found in the New Testament
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in the Greek Old Testament.
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In Jeremiah 50:27 you have a woe
or an oracle against Babylon.
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Ezekiel 2:10 you have a woe
or an oracle against Jerusalem.
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In Nahum 3:1-4 there
is a woe upon Nineveh.
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And in Zephaniah 3:1-4
you have a woe upon Jerusalem.
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And then you find a
description of the destruction
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and the chaos
that comes as a result.
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Finally, Zechariah 11:7
from the LXX, or the Septuagint,
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is an oracle against, or a
woe against the false shepherds.
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How is the word used
in the New Testament,
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the word, "ouai"?
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The word is used in
Matthew 18:7, woe to he
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who mistreats a child.
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It's like tying a great
big rock around your neck
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and being thrown into the sea.
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In Matthew 23 you have the woes
on the scribes and Pharisees.
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"Woe to you
scribes and Pharisees..."
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And then He says, "Who's
going to deliver you from hell?"
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So, "woe," is something
very serious is going to come.
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Matthew 24:19
says, woe to those who
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are alive in the
final tribulation.
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Matthew 26:24, woe to the
one who betrays the Son of man.
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Revelation 12:12, woe to
those who are on the earth.
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The dragon has come
down with great wrath,
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knowing that he
has but a short time.
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And of course,
Revelation 18:10, 16-19,
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you have the woes upon Babylon.
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You know, the word,
"woe," is used in Revelation 18;
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woe, woe, woe.
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And you can read there,
it's like collapse of the
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world economy, basically.
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So basically, the last
three trumpets are three woes,
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which means
horrendous calamities
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that are going to take place.
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Now let's look at the textual
location of the three woes.
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And we're going to
look at this carefully.
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Let's read Revelation 8:12-13.
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"The fourth angel sounded..."
This is the fourth trumpet.
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So which trumpet is this?
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This is the
fourth trumpet, right?
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Which we studied yesterday.
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What does it describe?
What period of history?
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The period of the Roman
Catholic papacy's dominion
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when it eclipsed Christ,
it eclipsed the Scriptures,
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and it persecuted the stars
so that they would not shine.
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People, in other words.
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And then immediately
after the fourth trumpet,
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it says in verse 13...
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"Woe, woe, woe..."
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How many? Three.
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What are the three woes?
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Trumpets five,
six, and seven. Right?
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A student from
primary elementary school
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can understand that.
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Now Revelation 9...
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We just read verse 12,
That's the fourth trumpet.
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Revelation 8:13
introduces three woes,
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which are the
three following trumpets.
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Then Revelation 9:1-11 has the
first woe and the fifth trumpet.
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You say, how do we know that?
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Well, because the Bible says so.
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Notice Revelation 9:12,
after the fifth trumpet.
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"One woe is past."
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The fifth
trumpet has just sounded.
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"One woe is past.
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Behold, still two more woes
are coming after these things."
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So what were the two
that were still lacking?
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Duh. Six and seven, right?
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Now, Revelation
9:13-21 has the sixth trumpet.
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Now don't miss this
point. This is a critical point.
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Revelation 9:13-21
describes the sixth trumpet,
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which is which woe?
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The second woe.
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But here is the
interesting thing.
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When the sixth trumpet ends,
there is not a verse that says,
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"The second woe is past."
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Are you with me or not?
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You have to wait till
after chapters 10 and 11
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for the second woe to pass.
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What does that mean?
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Is simply means
that Revelation 10 and 11
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are part of what?
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Of the sixth trumpet.
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They are an
interlude in the sixth trumpet.
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Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
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And we're going to find
in the course of our study
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that there are two
views in Revelation 10 and 11.
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In Revelation 10 you
have the side of the remnant.
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And in Revelation 11
you have the side of the
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enemies of the remnant.
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Now we'll come
to that in a moment.
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So let's go to the
bottom of page 142.
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Revelation
9:13-21 is a description
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of the sixth trumpet.
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When this trumpet concludes in
verse 21, there is no reference
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to the second woe passing.
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This seems to indicate
that chapters 10 and 11
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will have what?
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More to say about the
period of the sixth trumpet.
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So let's go to the next page.
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Revelation 10:1 through
11:13, which is the interlude,
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further amplifies
certain aspects of the
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fourth, fifth,
and sixth trumpets.
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So the interlude is
going to add details about
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trumpet four, five, and six.
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And now notice the
bullet points under this,
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because it's an amplification
of what are the contents of
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Revelation 10:1 through 11:13.
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In Revelation 11:2-6, it
takes up back to the 1260 years.
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Are you following me?
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We'll go slow.
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Because the structure
is of critical importance.
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It describes the two witnesses
witnessing in sackcloth
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for 1260 years.
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What trumpet is that?
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That's the fourth trumpet.
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Then Revelation
11:7-10 describes what?
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The French Revolution.
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What trumpet would that be?
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That will be the
fifth trumpet. Right?
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And we're going to
prove that from Scripture.
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When the two witnesses were
killed, this was 1793 to 1797.
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And the fifth
trumpet is the first what?
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The first woe.
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Then Revelation 11:11-12
describes the resurrection
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of the two witnesses.
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What are the two witnesses?
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The Bible; the
Old and New Testament.
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So what happens after
the two witnesses are killed
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in the French Revolution?
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Ah, verses 11 and
12 say that they what?
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They resurrect.
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In other words,
people are going to now what?
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Study the Scriptures.
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By the way,
because the little book of
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Revelation 10 has been opened.
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The book that was
sealed, in the time of the end
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it's now opened.
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So Revelation 11:11-12
describes the resurrection
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of the two witnesses
after the French Revolution.
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They no longer testify how?
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In sackcloth, but rather
enjoy great power and prestige.
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The miraculous
resurrection of the Bible
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not only describes the
establishment of multiple
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Bible societies in the aftermath
of the French Revolution,
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it also portrays the
great advent awakening
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and the renewed
study of Bible prophecy
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because the little
book of Daniel was opened
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at the time of the end.
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When does the
time of the end begin?
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1798 when the
French Revolution ends.
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Are you seeing the importance
of studying the structure?
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Not only symbols; the structure.
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Then Revelation 11:13
introduces the two groups
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that will exist
at the end of time.
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What are those two groups?
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The first group are the what?
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The enemies of
the two witnesses.
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The enemies where how many?
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In the previous verses,
how many were the enemies?
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Two.
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The previous context identifies
the first enemy as the what?
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The Gentiles.
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Now you say, "Now what
does that mean, the Gentiles?"
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It simply means the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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We're going to notice that.
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Were the Gentiles the one
that trampled the holy city
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and persecuted the
saints during the 1260 years?
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Absolutely.
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But it was people who
claimed to be Christians,
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but were really not Christians.
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And the second enemy in
the previous context is what?
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The beast from
the bottomless pit.
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In other words,
the French Revolution
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that warred against the Bible.
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So you have two enemies
that are opposed to the Bible.
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Who are they?
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The papacy and the
spirit of the French Revolution.
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Now here is the
interesting point.
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Revelation uses the
word, "enemies," only twice.
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And in both references,
both of those references
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are in chapter 11.
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Verse 5 and verse 12.
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In the first
instance, the enemies obscured
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the two witnesses
by forbidding the Bible
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during the 1260 years.
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In the second instance,
the enemies, what did they do?
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They killed the two witnesses.
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So the first enemy
obscures the two witnesses.
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The second one
kills the two witnesses
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in the French Revolution.
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Are you with me so far?
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Yes or no?
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Good.
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But there's a second
group that is mentioned
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in Revelation 11:13.
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That group is the
loipos, the remnant.
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I don't know why
versions translate it, the rest.
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It's the remnant.
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The word, loipos.
The remnant of her seed.
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The same word that is
used in Revelation 12:17.
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So the remnant,
what do the remnant do?
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Ah, they fear God, and what?
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And give Him glory.
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Is that introducing the
following section of Revelation,
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particularly the
three angels' messages?
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Absolutely.
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And then in Revelation 11:14,
now don't miss this point,
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11:14, then the
second woe comes to an end.
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Notice verse 14.
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It says in 11:14,
"The second woe is past..."
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Are Revelation 10 and 11
part of the sixth trumpet?
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Are they part of the second woe?
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Yes.
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It's an interlude that
explains events that take place
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primarily during the
fifth and sixth trumpets.
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I hope you're
understanding what I'm saying.
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Vitally important to
understand what we're studying.
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Now the next page.
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The sixth trumpet
presents the negative side.
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It amplifies the negative
side of the sixth trumpet...
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Which is the
perspective of whom?
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The enemies.
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...of end time events.
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And Revelation 10 presents what?
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The positive side
of the end time events.
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The perspective of the remnant.
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I hope you're following this.
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The sixth trumpet presents the
negative side of the enemies.
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Revelation 10
presents the positive side;
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the perspective of the remnant.
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Expressed another way,
the sixth trumpet describes
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the attitude of the
enemies of the two witnesses
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in the end time, while
Revelation 10 describes
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the attitude of the faithful
remnant during the same period.
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The enemies are
against Scripture,
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whereas the remnant
fears God and gives Him glory.
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Finally, the sixth
trumpet carries us from 1844
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all the way to the
close of probation when the
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mystery of God is finished.
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This occurs when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound.
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When the seventh trumpet sounds,
Jesus takes over the kingdoms
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of the world at His coming.
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And then the blast of
the seventh trumpet is what?
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The third woe.
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You don't have to
be a rocket scientist
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to figure out that the third
woe is the seventh trumpet,
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even though there's
not a text that says
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the third woe is finished.
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Because the
seventh trumpet is the end.
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But you know that the seventh
trumpet is the third woe.
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Now we are going to skip...
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I wish we had time to
do this, but we don't.
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I'm going to skip from
page 144 through page 147.
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I hope that you
will study those.
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That you will study those pages.
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Don't just file the
study notes in your bookcase.
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Read what we're
not able to cover.
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Now I am going to
deal very briefly with
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pages 148 through 159.
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We're going to go very quickly.
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Because I want to get
to the fifth trumpet now.
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What we have in these
pages that I'm going to
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pretty much skip,
what I want you to see is
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that the book,
The Great Controversy,
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follows the exact
order of the trumpets.
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Okay?
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That's what these pages contain.
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So let's go to page
148, the first trumpet.
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Great Controversy, which
pages in, The Great Controversy?
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17 to 38.
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The title of the chapter?
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"The Destruction of Jerusalem."
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Well, well.
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The second
trumpet, pages 39 to 49.
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Guess what the title is.
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"Persecution in
the Early Centuries."
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It's speaking
about the persecutions
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of the Roman Empire
against the Christians.
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Are you following me?
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Ellen White here describes
the persecution of Christians
00:25:02.16\00:25:04.83
by the Roman Empire,
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and then briefly
describes the removal
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of its restraining influence.
00:25:09.10\00:25:12.01
"The spirit of compromise
and conformity was restrained
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for a time by the
fierce persecutions
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which the church
endured under paganism."
00:25:18.78\00:25:21.15
So the manifestation of
the man of sin was being what?
00:25:22.28\00:25:25.19
Restrained as long as
Rome, pagan Rome was ruling.
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Let me ask you,
would the second trumpet
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certainly include the incursion
of the barbarian tribes
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and the removal
of the restrainer?
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Of course.
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Now it's noteworthy that Uriah
Smith dedicated the first four
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trumpets to the barbarian
invasions and even mentions
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some of the
barbarian leaders by name.
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However, Ellen White never
mentions the barbarian invasions
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directly in, The
Great Controversy.
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If the invasions
merited four trumpets,
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why did she not mention
them directly even once?
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However, she was aware of the
break-up of the Roman Empire,
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as we can see from
this quotation here,
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"The vast empire of
Rome crumbled to pieces,
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and from its ruins..."
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This is now the third
and fourth trumpet, right?
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"...from its ruins
rose that mighty power,
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the Roman Catholic Church.
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This church
boasts her infallibility
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and her hereditary religion."
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The third trumpet,
Ellen White describes
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in, Great Controversy,
page 49 through page 60.
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What is the title?
00:26:49.34\00:26:50.67
"An Era of Spiritual Darkness."
00:26:51.54\00:26:54.38
Interesting, huh?
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.11
Well, we can't go
through all of this material.
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Then she describes
the fourth trumpet,
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this is the middle of page 149,
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the fourth trumpet
in, Great Controversy,
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pages 55 to 264.
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So you have to go
to, Great Controversy,
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and see if what I'm
telling you is true.
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Because, you know, I
can't go through all of this.
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We just don't have the
time. It's frustrating.
00:27:26.71\00:27:28.98
Maybe we need to
have two weeks of Anchor.
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Oh, there's three or four
of you that would like that.
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So Ellen White, what
does she comment here?
00:27:37.69\00:27:40.26
"The apostasy
under the third trumpet
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intensified as the
Dark Ages transpired."
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Under the fourth
trumpet, you remember,
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the sun, the moon, and the stars
experienced a partial eclipse.
00:27:50.30\00:27:53.67
As we have already
noted, the sun represents Jesus,
00:27:54.57\00:27:57.77
the moon represents the Bible,
00:27:58.47\00:27:59.94
and the stars
symbolize God's people.
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Notice Ellen
White's comment on page 55.
00:28:03.85\00:28:06.21
"The accession of
the Roman church to power
00:28:06.25\00:28:08.28
marked the
beginning of the..." What?
00:28:08.32\00:28:09.88
"...Dark Ages.
00:28:10.25\00:28:11.59
As her power increased,
the darkness deepened."
00:28:11.62\00:28:15.32
And you know, if you
read pages 55 to 264,
00:28:15.36\00:28:18.76
look up in those
pages the word, "light,"
00:28:19.09\00:28:21.83
and the word, "darkness."
00:28:21.86\00:28:23.60
Time and again Ellen
White refers to darkness,
00:28:25.23\00:28:28.67
and darkness, and darkness,
and darkness, and obscurity
00:28:28.70\00:28:31.94
during this period.
00:28:31.97\00:28:33.31
Why? Because it's
the fourth trumpet.
00:28:33.34\00:28:35.98
The sun, moon, and
stars have been eclipsed.
00:28:36.24\00:28:39.11
Are you with me?
00:28:39.48\00:28:40.82
Let's read some of those.
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The bottom of page 149.
00:28:42.45\00:28:44.12
"In order for Satan to
maintain his sway over men,
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and establish the
authority of the papal usurper,
00:28:47.49\00:28:49.92
he must keep them in
ignorance of..." What?
00:28:50.53\00:28:53.26
"...of the Scriptures.
00:28:53.56\00:28:54.90
The Bible would exalt
God and place finite men
00:28:55.10\00:28:59.67
in their true position;
therefore its sacred truths
00:28:59.70\00:29:02.87
must be..." What?
00:29:02.90\00:29:04.24
"...concealed..." And what else?
00:29:04.71\00:29:06.54
"...suppressed."
00:29:06.57\00:29:07.91
Did the papacy kill the Bible?
00:29:07.94\00:29:09.68
No, it didn't kill
the Bible. What did it do?
00:29:11.05\00:29:12.95
It suppressed the Bible.
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.85
Concealed the Bible.
00:29:15.75\00:29:17.42
Who killed the Bible?
00:29:17.55\00:29:19.05
The French Revolution killed it.
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She continues, "The Roman
church adopted this policy.
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For hundreds of
years the circulation of
00:29:24.76\00:29:26.59
the Bible was prohibited."
00:29:26.63\00:29:28.53
It wasn't burned,
it was prohibited.
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.33
The people were
forbidden to read it
00:29:31.80\00:29:34.04
or to have it in their houses,
00:29:34.07\00:29:36.24
and unprincipled
priests and relates interpreted
00:29:36.60\00:29:39.51
its teachings to
sustain their pretensions.
00:29:39.54\00:29:41.91
Thus the pope came to be
almost universally acknowledged
00:29:42.08\00:29:46.31
as the
vicegerent of God on earth,
00:29:46.35\00:29:48.78
endowed with authority
over church and state."
00:29:48.82\00:29:52.62
It's interesting
that after this quotation
00:29:54.26\00:29:56.22
Ellen White describes all
of the errors and heresies that
00:29:57.09\00:30:00.10
enter the church during
the period of the Dark Ages.
00:30:00.13\00:30:02.93
So what is the darkness?
00:30:03.83\00:30:05.37
The heresies and the
errors that were taught.
00:30:06.27\00:30:09.44
It bears noting that the
eclipse of the Scriptures
00:30:10.51\00:30:14.94
and the work of Christ
during this period was partial,
00:30:14.98\00:30:19.41
as indicated by
the expression, what?
00:30:19.45\00:30:21.48
One third.
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Let's read some of those
statements where Ellen White
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refers to light and
darkness in the following pages.
00:30:25.42\00:30:28.22
Let's skip the one
from, Counsels on Education.
00:30:29.59\00:30:31.93
Let's go to the one
that says, "Satan had urged
00:30:31.96\00:30:36.30
on the papal priests
and prelates..." To do what?
00:30:36.50\00:30:40.50
"...to bury the Word of truth
beneath the rubbish of error,
00:30:41.00\00:30:45.17
heresy, and superstition,
but in a most wonderful manner
00:30:45.37\00:30:50.48
it was preserved uncorrupted
00:30:50.58\00:30:52.91
through all the
ages of darkness."
00:30:52.95\00:30:57.02
Great Controversy, page
72, "As the light illuminated
00:30:59.32\00:31:02.29
their understanding and
made glad their hearts..."
00:31:02.32\00:31:05.36
This is the Waldenses.
00:31:05.79\00:31:07.86
"...they longed
to shed its..." What?
00:31:07.90\00:31:10.87
"...its beams
upon those who were in
00:31:11.17\00:31:14.90
darkness of papal error."
00:31:14.94\00:31:17.17
See, because the
heavenly bodies had been what?
00:31:17.21\00:31:19.61
Eclipsed.
00:31:19.81\00:31:21.24
Great Controversy, page 61,
"Amid the gloom that settled
00:31:22.94\00:31:27.98
upon the earth during the
long period of papal supremacy,
00:31:28.02\00:31:30.69
the light of truth..."
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.32
Now here comes
the one-third idea.
00:31:32.42\00:31:34.46
"...the light of truth could
not be wholly extinguished..."
00:31:34.49\00:31:39.93
Only what?
00:31:41.20\00:31:42.53
Partially extinguished.
00:31:42.90\00:31:45.63
"In every age, there
were witnesses for God;
00:31:46.60\00:31:49.47
men who cherished faith in
Christ as the only mediator
00:31:49.67\00:31:53.48
between God and
man, who held the Bible
00:31:53.94\00:31:56.31
as the only rule of life, and
who hallowed the true Sabbath."
00:31:56.41\00:31:59.98
Let's go to the next quotation.
Great Controversy, pages 65-66.
00:32:00.02\00:32:03.75
"Behind the lofty
bulwarks of the mountains,
00:32:04.29\00:32:06.86
in all ages the refuge of
the persecuted and oppressed,
00:32:07.19\00:32:10.39
the Waldenses found..."
Where? "...a hiding place.
00:32:10.63\00:32:15.10
Here, the light of
truth was kept..." What?
00:32:15.36\00:32:18.00
"...burning amid the
darkness of the Middle Ages.
00:32:18.17\00:32:22.77
Here, for a thousand
years, witnesses for the truth
00:32:22.80\00:32:25.91
maintained the ancient faith."
00:32:25.94\00:32:28.04
Were the sun and
moon totally eclipsed?
00:32:28.28\00:32:31.88
Was the testimony of the stars,
God's people, totally eclipsed?
00:32:32.51\00:32:36.25
No.
00:32:36.28\00:32:37.62
The next statement, "In
the schools whither they went,"
00:32:38.35\00:32:42.12
speaking about the Waldenses,
00:32:42.16\00:32:43.76
"they were not to
make confidants of any.
00:32:43.99\00:32:46.13
Their garments were
so prepared as to conceal
00:32:46.16\00:32:48.50
their greatest treasure;
00:32:48.53\00:32:49.86
the precious
manuscripts of the Scriptures."
00:32:49.90\00:32:53.20
See, the Scriptures
are giving their witness,
00:32:53.23\00:32:55.20
but they're
doing it in sackcloth.
00:32:55.24\00:32:57.51
In obscurity.
00:32:57.87\00:32:59.21
Let's jump down to the one from,
Great Controversy, pages 73-74.
00:33:00.34\00:33:05.05
Particularly the
highlighted portions.
00:33:06.08\00:33:08.95
"Thus, the light of truth
penetrated many a..." What?
00:33:08.98\00:33:13.02
"...darkened mind, rolling
back the cloud of..." What?
00:33:13.49\00:33:17.33
"...gloom, until the
Sun of Righteousness shone
00:33:17.73\00:33:21.20
into the heart with
healing in His beams."
00:33:21.23\00:33:25.13
Let's go to the next page.
Let's talk about John Wycliffe.
00:33:27.04\00:33:30.01
Notice the theme of
light and darkness again.
00:33:30.04\00:33:32.21
"Except among the Waldenses,
00:33:33.74\00:33:35.48
the word of God had
for ages been..." What?
00:33:35.51\00:33:37.91
Notice, it's not
killing the two witnesses.
00:33:38.68\00:33:41.55
Locked up,
suppressed, concealed, hidden.
00:33:42.05\00:33:44.95
"Except among the Waldenses,
the word of God had for ages
00:33:45.72\00:33:48.62
been locked up in languages
known only to the learned;
00:33:48.66\00:33:51.99
but the time has come for
the Scriptures to be translated
00:33:52.26\00:33:55.76
and given to the
people of different lands
00:33:55.80\00:33:57.87
in their native tongue.
00:33:57.90\00:33:59.23
The world..."
00:33:59.27\00:34:00.60
She's talking about now the
Protestant Reformation rising.
00:34:00.64\00:34:03.44
"The world had
passed its..." What?
00:34:03.54\00:34:06.01
"...midnight."
00:34:06.78\00:34:08.11
By the way, is it
still dark after midnight?
00:34:08.14\00:34:10.65
But the midnight is
the deepest darkness.
00:34:12.21\00:34:14.18
So now the
Protestant Reformation,
00:34:14.22\00:34:15.98
the light is beginning to what?
00:34:16.02\00:34:17.75
The light is
going to soon appear.
00:34:18.55\00:34:20.32
"The world has
passed its midnight.
00:34:20.59\00:34:22.56
The hours of
darkness were..." What?
00:34:22.96\00:34:25.46
"...wearing away, and in
many lands appears tokens
00:34:25.73\00:34:29.40
of the coming dawn."
00:34:29.43\00:34:31.07
Why? Because now the
Scriptures were going to
00:34:31.10\00:34:34.10
be brought to light.
00:34:34.14\00:34:35.54
The next chapter
on Huss and Jerome.
00:34:36.77\00:34:40.81
Notice once again the
idea of light and darkness.
00:34:40.91\00:34:43.41
Are you
understanding the fourth trumpet
00:34:43.45\00:34:44.91
in the light of this?
00:34:44.95\00:34:46.28
Ellen White is commenting
on the fourth trumpet.
00:34:46.38\00:34:48.88
"God permitted great
light to shine upon the minds
00:34:49.85\00:34:53.39
of these chosen men..."
00:34:53.59\00:34:54.96
That is, Huss and Jerome.
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.59
"...revealing to them
many of the errors of Rome,
00:34:56.83\00:34:59.76
but they did not
receive all the..." What?
00:34:59.79\00:35:02.13
"...all the light that
was to be given to the world.
00:35:02.60\00:35:05.43
Through these, His servants, God
was leading His people..." What?
00:35:05.47\00:35:09.17
There it is, "...out
of darkness of Romanism.
00:35:09.70\00:35:12.57
But there were many and great
obstacles for them to meet,
00:35:12.71\00:35:16.31
and He led them on step by
step as they could bear it.
00:35:16.64\00:35:20.28
They were not
prepared to receive..." What?
00:35:20.58\00:35:23.12
"...all the light at once.
00:35:23.45\00:35:25.62
Like the full glory of the
noontide sun to those who have
00:35:25.65\00:35:29.99
long dwelt..." What?
00:35:30.03\00:35:32.23
"...in darkness, it
would, if presented,
00:35:32.26\00:35:35.96
have caused them to turn away."
00:35:36.00\00:35:38.63
Then Ellen White
talks about Martin Luther.
00:35:39.30\00:35:41.10
These are all the
following pages that, you know,
00:35:41.14\00:35:43.41
Great Controversy,
the fourth trumpet,
00:35:43.44\00:35:45.37
where does she
comment the fourth trumpet?
00:35:45.41\00:35:47.54
She comments it in, Great
Controversy, pages 55-264.
00:35:47.58\00:35:51.18
All of these are
from those pages.
00:35:51.21\00:35:52.91
Notice what she has to
say about Martin Luther,
00:35:54.02\00:35:56.69
at the bottom of page 152.
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.52
"Foremost among
those who were called
00:35:59.42\00:36:01.56
to lead the
church from..." What?
00:36:01.59\00:36:03.36
"...the darkness of
popery into..." What?
00:36:03.83\00:36:06.33
"...the light of a purer
faith stood Martin Luther.
00:36:06.80\00:36:09.70
Zealous, ardent, and
devoted, knowing no fear
00:36:10.17\00:36:12.97
but the fear of God, and
acknowledging no foundation
00:36:13.00\00:36:15.74
for religious faith
but by the..." What?
00:36:15.77\00:36:18.37
"...Holy Scriptures,
Luther was the man for his time.
00:36:18.57\00:36:22.04
Through him, God accomplished
a great work for the reformation
00:36:22.18\00:36:25.45
of the church and the
enlightenment of the world."
00:36:25.48\00:36:31.12
Are you catching the point?
00:36:32.09\00:36:33.42
You'll find many
other references.
00:36:34.72\00:36:36.19
This is just a
sampling of the passages that
00:36:36.22\00:36:40.46
deal with light and darkness.
00:36:40.50\00:36:42.40
And then, interestingly enough,
after describing this period
00:36:43.50\00:36:46.84
of darkness, and that
the light was about to dawn
00:36:46.87\00:36:50.71
in the Protestant reformation,
I bet you can't guess
00:36:50.91\00:36:54.24
what the next chapter is.
00:36:54.28\00:36:55.84
"The French Revolution."
00:36:56.48\00:36:58.11
Hello.
00:36:58.15\00:36:59.48
What trumpet would that be?
00:37:01.82\00:37:03.35
That would be
trumpet number five.
00:37:04.02\00:37:05.69
And we're going to see it
clearly as we study along.
00:37:06.12\00:37:09.72
So the next one is
the French Revolution,
00:37:10.09\00:37:14.10
which is the fifth
trumpet and the first what?
00:37:14.13\00:37:17.50
And the first woe.
00:37:17.87\00:37:19.20
Then, listen up, the
sixth trumpet and the second woe
00:37:19.77\00:37:25.07
is described on pages 299-612.
00:37:25.11\00:37:30.08
Because you'll notice
in the book of Revelation
00:37:32.85\00:37:34.72
the fifth and sixth
trumpets are the longest.
00:37:34.75\00:37:36.99
So then Ellen White has
to make it the longest too.
00:37:38.09\00:37:40.59
Now the sixth
trumpet and the second woe
00:37:43.16\00:37:45.36
give us a view of the
righteous and a view of whom?
00:37:45.39\00:37:47.96
Of the wicked.
00:37:48.46\00:37:49.80
Now here's the
interesting point.
00:37:49.83\00:37:51.17
Pages 299-491, Ellen
White presents the emphasis upon
00:37:52.23\00:37:57.74
the righteous and
God's gathering message.
00:37:58.07\00:38:00.61
Pages 500-612, she
emphasis the wicked
00:38:02.34\00:38:06.68
and Satan gathering the wicked.
00:38:06.72\00:38:08.68
Does that fit
with the interlude?
00:38:10.25\00:38:11.99
Did Ellen White sit
down and figure this out?
00:38:14.69\00:38:16.32
She says, "Well, you know, I
need to put the interlude here
00:38:16.36\00:38:18.33
because the
interlude is in Revelation."
00:38:18.36\00:38:20.06
No!
00:38:21.00\00:38:22.33
God, the same Spirit that guided
John in composing Revelation
00:38:23.16\00:38:29.30
is the same Spirit that
inspired Ellen G. White.
00:38:29.34\00:38:32.01
She's following
the same sequence.
00:38:32.54\00:38:34.21
Now let's continue.
00:38:38.28\00:38:39.61
Immediately after the chapter
on the French Revolution,
00:38:39.65\00:38:42.02
this is a very
interesting detail,
00:38:42.72\00:38:44.59
Ellen White goes back to 1620.
00:38:45.65\00:38:50.23
What date was the
French Revolution?
00:38:51.99\00:38:53.73
1793 to 17...
Uh... It ended in 1797.
00:38:54.90\00:39:00.94
Right?
00:39:00.97\00:39:02.30
And the pope was
taken captive the next year.
00:39:02.57\00:39:05.17
Which is really the
culmination of the spirit
00:39:05.54\00:39:07.68
of the French Revolution.
00:39:07.71\00:39:09.18
But in the very next
chapter after the one on the
00:39:09.61\00:39:12.61
French Revolution,
Ellen White goes back in time
00:39:12.65\00:39:15.58
to the arrival of
the pilgrims in 1620.
00:39:16.45\00:39:19.19
See, she also has
flashbacks in her writings.
00:39:20.46\00:39:23.02
But you're going to notice
that this is extraordinary.
00:39:23.66\00:39:26.13
She describes the arrival of
the pilgrim fathers in America
00:39:28.10\00:39:31.53
searching for civil
and religious liberty.
00:39:31.97\00:39:34.44
This prepared a place for what?
00:39:35.47\00:39:37.37
For the preaching of
the three angels' messages
00:39:37.41\00:39:40.41
with power to the world.
00:39:40.44\00:39:41.81
And thus,
gathering God's people.
00:39:41.84\00:39:44.81
Notably, Revelation 12 describes
how the dragon was spewing
00:39:46.25\00:39:51.62
waters out of his
mouth during the 1260 years.
00:39:51.65\00:39:55.16
Remember that the
dragon was spewing water out of
00:39:55.19\00:39:57.36
his mouth to try
and drown the woman.
00:39:57.39\00:39:59.49
However, the text tells us
that the earth came to her what?
00:40:01.60\00:40:05.63
Came to her rescue,
00:40:06.30\00:40:07.84
and swallowed up the
waters of persecution.
00:40:08.20\00:40:10.91
The earth here represents what?
00:40:13.27\00:40:15.64
Not the United States.
00:40:16.18\00:40:19.08
The territory of
the United States.
00:40:19.11\00:40:21.85
There was no
United States in 1620.
00:40:22.52\00:40:25.32
There were only colonies
that belonged to England.
00:40:26.65\00:40:29.59
That's why is says the...
00:40:31.19\00:40:32.53
It doesn't say that the beast
with two horns helped the woman.
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.56
It says the
earth helped the woman
00:40:35.60\00:40:37.83
from where the beast with
two horns will later rise.
00:40:37.87\00:40:42.10
So the earth
comes to her rescue,
00:40:44.77\00:40:47.34
swallows up the
waters of persecution.
00:40:47.38\00:40:49.41
The earth represents the
territory of the United States
00:40:49.88\00:40:52.55
that provided
refuge for those who were
00:40:52.58\00:40:54.95
suffering persecution in Europe.
00:40:54.98\00:40:56.89
The United States became the
beacon for other western nations
00:40:58.15\00:41:02.82
to establish
secular governments.
00:41:02.86\00:41:05.06
You know, this is an
interesting statement
00:41:06.39\00:41:09.36
by James Madison in 1822.
00:41:09.40\00:41:11.90
When was the Declaration
of Independence uttered?
00:41:13.23\00:41:16.54
1776. And the Constitution?
00:41:17.04\00:41:19.67
1787.
00:41:20.08\00:41:21.54
And the Bill of Rights? 1791.
00:41:21.88\00:41:24.58
So by 1822 the
experiment had had a few years.
00:41:26.72\00:41:30.65
And notice what Madison said.
00:41:31.02\00:41:32.79
"We are teaching the world..."
00:41:33.29\00:41:35.26
Who are we teaching?
00:41:36.62\00:41:37.96
Who is the
United States teaching?
00:41:37.99\00:41:39.33
We're teaching them the
right thing now, but soon
00:41:40.76\00:41:42.83
the United States is going
to teach it the wrong thing.
00:41:42.86\00:41:44.70
Because at first it
has two horns like a lamb,
00:41:46.00\00:41:47.84
but then it
speaks like a dragon.
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.20
By the way, it
doesn't speak like a dragon
00:41:49.24\00:41:51.27
while it has the two horns.
00:41:51.31\00:41:52.64
This is a case, once again,
where the introductory verse
00:41:52.67\00:41:55.41
has the beginning and ending.
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.11
When it rises, it had
two horns like a lamb,
00:41:58.61\00:42:00.78
but at the end it
speaks like a dragon.
00:42:00.82\00:42:02.62
Are you with me?
00:42:03.85\00:42:05.19
So, he wrote this,
"We are teaching the world
00:42:06.25\00:42:11.99
the great truth that
governments do better without
00:42:12.03\00:42:16.10
kings and
nobles than with them."
00:42:16.13\00:42:18.20
So in other words,
he's saying, we are teaching
00:42:20.34\00:42:22.40
the world that
they should establish
00:42:22.50\00:42:24.71
republican governments.
00:42:24.74\00:42:26.68
Not the Republican party.
00:42:27.58\00:42:29.18
Republics.
00:42:31.38\00:42:32.71
Where the power
flows from the people up
00:42:33.11\00:42:35.68
rather than from a king down.
00:42:36.08\00:42:37.85
But then he says, "The
merit will be doubled by the
00:42:39.95\00:42:43.06
other lesson, that religion
flourishes in greater purity
00:42:43.09\00:42:48.50
without than with
the aid of government."
00:42:48.96\00:42:52.37
This is
republicanism and Protestantism.
00:42:54.30\00:42:57.04
Separation of church and state.
00:42:57.47\00:42:59.81
Civil and religious liberty.
00:43:00.24\00:43:03.18
Next page.
00:43:05.21\00:43:06.55
It is remarkable...
00:43:07.38\00:43:09.08
This is another indication that
Ellen White was right on target.
00:43:10.82\00:43:14.69
The same Spirit
was inspiring her
00:43:14.72\00:43:16.69
as the book of Revelation.
00:43:16.79\00:43:18.29
It is remarkable
that both Revelation 12
00:43:18.69\00:43:21.56
and Ellen White
describe the 1260 years,
00:43:22.36\00:43:27.14
the French Revolution,
and then go back in time
00:43:28.50\00:43:33.21
to describe the
arrival of the pilgrims.
00:43:33.24\00:43:36.41
You say, "How's that?"
00:43:40.38\00:43:41.72
Well, in Revelation 12,
it says that the woman flees
00:43:42.85\00:43:46.96
to the wilderness for how long?
00:43:46.99\00:43:48.66
1260 years.
00:43:50.33\00:43:51.79
But then it says the
earth helped the woman.
00:43:52.39\00:43:55.30
Did that take place
before the 1260 years ended?
00:43:56.13\00:43:59.17
Yes.
00:44:00.54\00:44:01.87
The United States, the
territory, provided refuge
00:44:02.57\00:44:05.07
for those who
were being persecuted.
00:44:05.11\00:44:06.64
So in Revelation 12,
it speaks about the dragon
00:44:06.68\00:44:11.48
persecuting the
church for 1260 years,
00:44:11.51\00:44:15.12
but then it says the
earth helps the woman,
00:44:15.15\00:44:17.39
which takes you back
to the pilgrims coming
00:44:17.42\00:44:20.06
and the United
States providing refuge.
00:44:20.09\00:44:21.92
Is that what Ellen White does?
00:44:22.29\00:44:23.69
After describing the French
Revolution, what does she do?
00:44:24.63\00:44:27.30
The 1260 years and
the French Revolution,
00:44:27.33\00:44:29.43
she goes back
and she speaks about
00:44:29.63\00:44:32.03
the arrival of the pilgrims.
00:44:32.07\00:44:33.70
Amazing.
00:44:34.07\00:44:35.40
Beginners luck.
00:44:36.94\00:44:38.27
No!
00:44:41.34\00:44:42.68
In the following chapters, Ellen
White wrote about the Great
00:44:44.05\00:44:47.75
Second Advent
Awakening after 1798,
00:44:48.35\00:44:52.25
the Millerite movement,
the Great Disappointment,
00:44:52.69\00:44:56.62
the opening of the heavenly
temple for the judgment.
00:44:56.99\00:44:59.43
Let me ask you, what is
the center of focus here;
00:44:59.46\00:45:02.03
the enemies or the remnant?
00:45:02.06\00:45:04.60
The remnant.
00:45:05.30\00:45:06.63
The following chapters
describe the resurrection
00:45:09.30\00:45:11.54
of the two witnesses,
00:45:11.57\00:45:12.91
and the opening of the little
book of Daniel in Revelation 10.
00:45:13.38\00:45:17.58
This is the positive
side of the sixth trumpet.
00:45:17.95\00:45:21.08
God musters His forces
with three angels' messages
00:45:22.42\00:45:25.85
to gather His
remnant on His side.
00:45:25.89\00:45:27.99
Notice the
titles of the chapters.
00:45:29.52\00:45:31.39
"Heralds of the Morning"
00:45:31.89\00:45:33.56
This is the signs in
the sun, moon, and stars
00:45:34.53\00:45:37.47
as an announcement of the
coming message of judgment.
00:45:37.50\00:45:40.94
"An American Reformer"
00:45:41.37\00:45:42.90
It's a chapter
about William Miller.
00:45:43.30\00:45:45.21
"Light Through the Darkness"
00:45:46.04\00:45:47.71
The disciples' misunderstanding
of the prophecies concerning
00:45:47.91\00:45:50.78
the first coming sets the
stage for their misunderstanding
00:45:50.81\00:45:54.15
of the prophecy
of the 2300 days.
00:45:54.18\00:45:57.42
"A Great Religious Awakening"
00:45:58.05\00:45:59.62
She described Joseph
Wolff, Anglican ministers,
00:45:59.65\00:46:02.19
Emmanuel Lacunza,
Johann Albrecht Bengel,
00:46:02.22\00:46:05.26
Francois Samuel
Robert Louis Gaussen,
00:46:05.96\00:46:08.73
child preachers, William Miller,
00:46:08.76\00:46:10.80
proclaiming the
judgment hour message.
00:46:10.83\00:46:12.87
Is that what
Revelation 10 is all about?
00:46:12.90\00:46:14.90
Then you have, "A
Warning Rejected".
00:46:16.20\00:46:17.97
This is the
proclamation by the Millerites
00:46:18.67\00:46:20.74
of the second angel's message,
that Protestantism has fallen,
00:46:20.78\00:46:24.51
and calling people to come out.
00:46:24.95\00:46:27.08
"Prophecies Fulfilled"
00:46:28.85\00:46:30.55
It describes a series of
prophecies that pointed to the
00:46:30.89\00:46:33.49
great advent awakening.
00:46:33.52\00:46:35.92
"What is the Sanctuary?"
00:46:36.49\00:46:37.96
It introduces the idea of
the investigative judgment.
00:46:37.99\00:46:40.70
"In the Holy of Holies"
00:46:40.73\00:46:42.10
The Most Holy
ministry of Christ.
00:46:42.13\00:46:44.80
"God's Law Immutable"
00:46:45.00\00:46:46.33
The remnant understood
the importance of the law
00:46:46.40\00:46:48.87
when the Most Holy Place opened.
00:46:48.90\00:46:50.51
"A Work of Reform"
00:46:50.61\00:46:51.94
That's the need to restore
the Sabbath to its proper place.
00:46:51.97\00:46:55.38
And then, "Modern Revivals",
which distinguish a genuine
00:46:55.98\00:47:00.48
revival from a
counterfeit revival.
00:47:00.52\00:47:02.58
And finally, "Facing Life's
Record", which is a description
00:47:02.62\00:47:05.42
of the investigative judgment.
00:47:05.45\00:47:07.26
What is the center of
focus of all of these chapters?
00:47:08.49\00:47:11.29
It's what we
have in Revelation 10.
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The opening of the little book.
00:47:15.83\00:47:17.53
The beginning of the
investigative judgment.
00:47:18.00\00:47:19.93
The cleansing of the Sanctuary.
00:47:19.97\00:47:21.64
The measuring of the temple.
00:47:21.67\00:47:23.20
So in the context
of the sixth trumpet,
00:47:24.64\00:47:26.84
she is describing
what is in Revelation 10.
00:47:26.88\00:47:29.94
That's the view
of the righteous.
00:47:29.98\00:47:32.01
But now here
comes the amazing thing.
00:47:33.25\00:47:35.25
This is on page 156.
00:47:36.55\00:47:39.59
We can also make a strong
argument that the following
00:47:39.62\00:47:43.02
chapters in, The
Great Controversy,
00:47:43.06\00:47:44.39
all describe the
period of the sixth trumpet.
00:47:44.59\00:47:46.90
The sixth trumpet here is
described as a view of the
00:47:47.26\00:47:50.87
wicked which were introduced
in Revelation 9:13-21.
00:47:50.90\00:47:55.90
What are the following chapters?
00:47:57.61\00:47:59.11
What are the titles of
the following chapters?
00:47:59.14\00:48:01.41
"The Origin of Evil"
00:48:02.11\00:48:03.65
"Enmity Between God and Satan"
00:48:04.85\00:48:06.98
"The Agency of Evil Spirits"
00:48:07.68\00:48:10.15
"Snares of Satan"
00:48:10.89\00:48:12.65
"The First Great Deception"
00:48:13.19\00:48:15.09
"Can Our Dead Speak to Us?"
00:48:16.42\00:48:18.29
What is the focus here?
00:48:18.33\00:48:19.79
Oh, the focus is on how
Satan is trying to gather whom?
00:48:21.26\00:48:25.63
The wicked.
00:48:25.93\00:48:27.27
"Liberty of
Conscience Threatened"
00:48:27.77\00:48:29.97
"The Impending Conflict"
00:48:30.51\00:48:31.84
"The Scriptures a Safeguard"
00:48:31.87\00:48:33.44
"The Final Warning"
00:48:33.48\00:48:34.91
The focus is on how
Satan is gathering the wicked
00:48:35.78\00:48:38.41
on his side for
the final controversy
00:48:38.45\00:48:41.78
between good and evil.
00:48:41.82\00:48:43.15
Between the
righteous and the unrighteous.
00:48:43.35\00:48:45.39
Regarding the gathering of
the righteous and the wicked
00:48:46.69\00:48:49.12
in Revelation 10, Ellen
White wrote the following:
00:48:49.72\00:48:54.53
Let's read v7, Bible
Commentary, page 971.
00:48:54.86\00:48:59.23
"The mighty angel who
instructed John was no less
00:48:59.73\00:49:02.54
a personage than Jesus Christ.
00:49:02.57\00:49:04.61
Setting His right foot on the
sea and His left on the dry land
00:49:04.97\00:49:08.08
shows the part which He is
acting in the closing scenes
00:49:08.18\00:49:12.51
of the great
controversy with Satan.
00:49:12.55\00:49:14.95
This position denotes His
supreme power and authority
00:49:15.68\00:49:19.15
over the whole earth.
00:49:19.19\00:49:20.52
The controversy had waxed
stronger and more determined
00:49:20.56\00:49:24.49
from age to age, and
will continue to do so,
00:49:24.53\00:49:28.06
to the concluding scenes
when the masterly working
00:49:28.63\00:49:31.83
of the powers of darkness
shall reach their height.
00:49:31.87\00:49:35.30
Satan, united with..." What?
00:49:35.90\00:49:38.14
"...with evil men, will deceive
the whole world and the churches
00:49:38.84\00:49:43.58
who receive not
the love of the truth.
00:49:43.61\00:49:46.01
However, the mighty
angel demands attention.
00:49:46.35\00:49:49.92
He cries with a loud voice.
00:49:50.25\00:49:52.05
He is to show the power
and authority of His voice
00:49:52.29\00:49:54.99
to those who have united
with Satan to oppose the truth."
00:49:55.02\00:49:59.13
So the mighty
angel of Revelation 10
00:50:00.00\00:50:02.46
is going to call those on
the devil's side to come over.
00:50:02.86\00:50:05.70
And Satan on the other hand, the
enemies are going to be working
00:50:06.20\00:50:10.27
to gather people
on the devil's side.
00:50:10.37\00:50:12.77
So this is the perspective
of the interlude that we find
00:50:13.27\00:50:17.91
in Revelation 10
and Revelation 11.
00:50:17.95\00:50:21.78
And then let's go to page 159.
00:50:22.92\00:50:26.29
Then Ellen White
describes the seventh trumpet.
00:50:28.82\00:50:32.39
When does the mystery
of God come to an end?
00:50:33.93\00:50:36.23
Right before what?
00:50:38.87\00:50:40.40
The seventh angel
blows his trumpet.
00:50:40.87\00:50:43.34
What is the finishing
of the mystery of God?
00:50:43.97\00:50:46.11
It's the close of probation.
00:50:47.74\00:50:49.08
The mystery of God is
the preaching of the gospel.
00:50:49.74\00:50:52.68
We're going to
see that when we study
00:50:53.92\00:50:55.58
about the little book.
00:50:56.12\00:50:57.45
So the mystery of God is
the preaching of the gospel.
00:50:57.49\00:51:01.59
So what is the ending
of the mystery of God?
00:51:01.79\00:51:04.19
It's the finishing of
the preaching of the gospel.
00:51:04.83\00:51:07.20
So when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound,
00:51:08.20\00:51:10.83
probation closes, and
then you have the plagues,
00:51:11.10\00:51:15.40
and eventually the
second coming of Christ,
00:51:16.40\00:51:18.54
which is the seventh trumpet.
00:51:19.14\00:51:20.61
Now page 613, do you
know what chapter that is?
00:51:21.51\00:51:27.08
It's called,
"The Time of Trouble".
00:51:27.12\00:51:28.52
And do you know with what verse
Ellen White begins that chapter?
00:51:30.85\00:51:34.36
"At that time,
Michael shall stand up..."
00:51:34.96\00:51:37.39
Which is the close of probation.
00:51:39.09\00:51:40.76
"...and there will be a time
of trouble such as never was."
00:51:41.86\00:51:44.53
See, that's the
finishing of the mystery of God,
00:51:44.57\00:51:46.50
when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound.
00:51:46.53\00:51:48.60
And then you move on
all the way to page 661
00:51:48.77\00:51:53.51
and you're going to
find the second coming,
00:51:53.78\00:51:55.91
the millennium,
the post millennium,
00:51:56.11\00:51:58.51
and the new
heavens and the new earth.
00:51:58.55\00:52:00.18
Are you following me?
00:52:01.48\00:52:02.82
Amazing how Ellen
White follows the exact order
00:52:03.32\00:52:06.19
of the seven trumpets,
00:52:07.26\00:52:08.62
beginning with the
destruction of Jerusalem.
00:52:08.66\00:52:11.23
Not with the
four trumpets applying
00:52:11.26\00:52:13.53
to the barbarian invasions.
00:52:13.56\00:52:15.30
It's a distraction.
00:52:15.76\00:52:17.10
What it does is it
takes the eyes away from the
00:52:18.43\00:52:20.64
flow of history,
how God has been guiding
00:52:20.67\00:52:23.47
history with His hand.
00:52:23.51\00:52:25.31
Now we only have like five
minutes left for this segment,
00:52:26.84\00:52:30.15
so let's go to page 160.
00:52:30.18\00:52:33.58
I was hoping to be able to
finish this the next session,
00:52:35.22\00:52:37.95
but we might have to take
part of session number four
00:52:37.99\00:52:42.22
today to finish this.
00:52:42.26\00:52:44.16
Let's go to
Revelation chapter 9,
00:52:46.46\00:52:51.80
and let's read about the
fifth, probably we'll just
00:52:53.54\00:52:58.87
read the passage
now, and then we'll go
00:52:58.91\00:53:01.84
to page 160 in our next segment.
00:53:01.88\00:53:04.91
But I want to read the
fifth trumpet so that we have
00:53:04.95\00:53:08.62
the details clear in our minds.
00:53:08.82\00:53:10.69
It says in verse 1...
00:53:10.89\00:53:12.32
Notice, he didn't see a star
fall from heaven to the earth.
00:53:20.53\00:53:23.47
Actually, we're going to
notice that really it says,
00:53:23.97\00:53:27.64
"that had fallen
from heaven to the earth."
00:53:27.67\00:53:30.11
It fell before
the fifth trumpet.
00:53:30.14\00:53:32.21
But anyway, it says...
00:53:32.24\00:53:34.08
So what is this
being going to do?
00:53:43.18\00:53:46.59
He's going to open
the bottomless pit.
00:53:46.62\00:53:48.62
And all hell is
going to break loose.
00:53:49.26\00:53:51.86
Verse 2...
00:53:52.66\00:53:54.00
So we have locusts, and
the locusts are scorpions.
00:54:21.42\00:54:24.23
So it's a period of
great anx, isn't it?
00:55:00.96\00:55:03.40
Great anxiety.
00:55:04.23\00:55:05.73
And by the way,
they're coming up from hell,
00:55:27.86\00:55:29.32
because it continues saying...
00:55:29.36\00:55:30.69
Oh, so they have
a general. Right?
00:55:51.18\00:55:54.22
And who is the general?
00:55:54.62\00:55:56.12
The angel of the bottomless pit.
00:55:56.52\00:55:59.35
Which means the destroyer.
00:56:10.83\00:56:14.24
So this is quite a
vivid description, isn't it?
00:56:15.77\00:56:18.37
We're going to find in our next
segment that this is describing
00:56:20.21\00:56:23.58
a new manifestation of Satan's
power from the bottomless pit
00:56:24.48\00:56:29.62
in the French Revolution.
00:56:29.65\00:56:31.49
Now you say, "How
do you know that?"
00:56:33.05\00:56:34.39
Because in the fifth trumpet
these scorpions which are
00:56:35.16\00:56:40.90
also referred to as
having characteristics of lions,
00:56:40.93\00:56:43.97
and tails that sting, and they
arise from the bottomless pit,
00:56:44.27\00:56:48.64
that's in the fifth trumpet.
00:56:49.97\00:56:51.57
Where does the beast of
Revelation 11 rise from,
00:56:52.04\00:56:55.51
which represents
the French Revolution?
00:56:55.54\00:56:57.65
It rises from
the bottomless pit.
00:56:58.21\00:57:00.62
And I'm going to give you
statements from Ellen White
00:57:02.15\00:57:04.22
where she clearly
applies this symbolic language
00:57:04.25\00:57:07.76
to the rise of atheism
during the French Revolution.
00:57:07.99\00:57:14.20
So in our next segment
we are going to take a look
00:57:14.80\00:57:19.30
at what it means when
is says that the angel
00:57:19.83\00:57:26.84
of the
bottomless pit is unbound,
00:57:26.88\00:57:29.48
and this coming up, all
of these demonic powers,
00:57:29.61\00:57:33.25
what specific
event of human history
00:57:33.55\00:57:36.28
this is referring to.
00:57:36.32\00:57:38.49
So let me ask,
have you understood
00:57:38.79\00:57:40.99
what we've studied so far?
00:57:41.02\00:57:42.72
I try to go as slow as we can.
00:57:42.96\00:57:44.86
And now we're
going to talk more about
00:57:45.23\00:57:48.16
the fifth trumpet
during our next segment
00:57:48.20\00:57:50.97
after we enjoy
a delicious lunch.
00:57:51.70\00:57:54.84