Well, good afternoon, everyone.
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I trust you had a good lunch.
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And that you
got some walking in.
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That you didn't just
take a siesta after eating.
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It's good to
see all of you back.
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Our goal this
afternoon is to finish our study
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of the fifth trumpet.
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And then tomorrow we'll
probably need, I would say,
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probably all four sessions
to deal with the little book
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episode of Daniel 12:4
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as we relate it
to Revelation 10.
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And then after that, we
have to study the sixth trumpet.
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So we have a lot of
material yet to study.
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But we want to begin
with a word of prayer.
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And then we will
start on page 160
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of our study notes.
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Page 160. Let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
thank You for the good rest
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we've been able to enjoy between
now and our morning session.
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And we ask that as we
open Your Word this afternoon
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that You will
continue to instruct us
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on the great things that
we find in Your Holy Word.
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Thank You, Lord, for
keeping us awake and alert,
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and for clarifying things
to us so we can understand.
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This we pray in the
precious name of Jesus,
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our Lord and Savior, amen.
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Alright, Ellen White
helps us locate the time frame
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of the fifth trumpet.
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But before we go to
Ellen White, we need to do
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some study of some details
that we find in the text itself.
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So we're going to
begin at the top of page 160.
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The key to understanding the
fifth trumpet is in the details
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that we find in Revelation 9.
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Which we read when we were
concluding the last session
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this morning.
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There we find a fallen star
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that rises from
the bottomless pit.
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The name of this star
is Abaddon or Apollyon,
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which means, the destroyer.
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This star is the leader
of a vast host of locusts
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who have the tails of scorpions
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that come out of
the bottomless pit,
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and the result
is dense darkness.
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Even darker than
during the fourth trumpet.
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This star did not fall...
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This is an important detail.
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This star did not fall at
the time of the fifth trumpet.
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There is a distinction
between Revelation 8:10,
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which we already
studied, where John saw a star
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fall from heaven.
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For those of you who
are English language buffs,
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it's a second aorist,
active, indicative in Greek.
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In other words, John is seeing
that happen in that trumpet
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at that moment.
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Revelation 9:1 is different.
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The NIV translates it correctly.
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By the way, it's a
perfect, active participle.
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And the correct translation is,
"I saw a star that had fallen
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from the sky to the earth."
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This is a perfect tense.
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Do you know what
a perfect tense is?
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It's an action
that began in the past
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and endures or
continues in the present.
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In other words, this
star had fallen before
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the fifth trumpet.
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The star had fallen from heaven.
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So it doesn't fall at the
moment of the fifth trumpet.
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It actually had
fallen before this.
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This is a very important point.
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Now Revelation 11 explains
the chronological time frame
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when the shaft of
the abyss was opened
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during the fifth trumpet to
release this hoard of demons.
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Remember, the key is
the bottomless pit. Right?
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That's the key in the fifth
trumpet, the bottomless pit.
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This
manifestation of satanic powers
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coming from the bottomless pit.
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So in Revelation 11
we have an amplification
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of this event in
the fifth trumpet.
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We have, once again, a
mention of the bottomless pit.
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Notice Revelation 11:7-9.
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"Now when they
finish..." The two witnesses.
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"When they finish..."
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A better translation is, "When
they are about to finish..."
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And we'll deal with
that a little bit later on.
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"When they finish
their testimony..."
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When is it that the two
witnesses finish their testimony
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or were about to
finish their testimony?
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In 1798, right?
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Because they testified
in sackcloth for 1260 years,
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which end when?
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In 1798.
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So now when they are
finishing their testimony...
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Do you see the connection?
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The fifth trumpet
speaks about this manifestation
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of satanic power coming
from the bottomless pit.
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And here, in Revelation 11:7-9,
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you have a beast
that ascends from where.
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From the bottomless pit.
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And what does this power do?
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"...will make
war against..." Whom?
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Or what, against what?
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Against the two witnesses.
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What will they do?
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Overcome the two witnesses.
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"...and kill them."
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Is that different than
the war that was made against
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the two witnesses
during the 1260 years?
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Yes. But are they connected?
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Yes, the fourth and
fifth trumpets are connected.
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"And their dead bodies..."
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That is the two witnesses,
the Old and New Testament.
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"...will lie in the
street of the great city..."
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The great city in
this case is Paris, France.
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"...which
spiritually is called..." What?
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What is France called?
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"...Sodom and Egypt, where
also our Lord was crucified."
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Now we're going to
study the fifth trumpet
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verse by verse later on.
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But I want us to catch a
vision of what the fifth trumpet
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is describing now, and then
it will be easier to understand
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the verse by verse study.
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Are we doing well so far?
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Now, Ellen White adds
some clarifying information
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on when the shaft of the
bottomless pit was opened,
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when the fifth trumpet blew.
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Now I'm going to read
a series of statements
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from the spirit of prophecy.
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Notice this
statement that we find
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in, Great Controversy, page 268.
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"As they," that
is the two witnesses,
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the Old and New
Testament, the Bible,
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"were
approaching the termination
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of their work in..." What?
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~ Obscurity. - What
does obscurity means?
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In darkness.
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Why was it dark?
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Well, because the sun, moon, and
stars were partially eclipsed
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in the fourth trumpet, right?
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What was going to
happen with the two witnesses
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when they were reaching the
end of their work in obscurity?
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"...war was to be made upon
them by the power represented as
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'the beast that...'" What?
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"...that ascendeth out
of the bottomless pit."
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In the fifth trumpet, is
there a leader of the hoards
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that come out of the
abyss in the fifth trumpet?
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Yes.
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Here, this individual
who is called Apollyon
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is actually
referred to as a beast
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that rises from
the bottomless pit.
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And then Ellen White continues.
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"In many of the nations of
Europe, the powers that ruled
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in church and state had
for centuries been controlled
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by Satan through the
medium of the papacy.
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Can we agree with that?
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Yeah, the dragon
persecuted the woman.
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But it was the little
horn that persecuted the woman.
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But now notice she describes
what these three verses
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in Revelation 11 are depicting.
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"However, here
is brought to view
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a new manifestation of..." What?
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"...of satanic power."
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So was there satanic
power during the fourth trumpet?
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Yes.
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Is this a new
manifestation of satanic power?
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Yes.
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Now I want you to notice this:
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Ellen White clearly
links the fourth trumpet,
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that is the work of the
papacy during the 1260 years,
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and the fifth
trumpet, the French Revolution.
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She links those two events.
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Because they are describing the
fourth and the fifth trumpet.
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Notice these statements. Clear.
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"It was
popery..." Not potpourri.
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"It was popery," in
other words, the papacy,
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"that had begun the work
which atheism was..." What?
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"...completing.
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The policy of Rome had
wrought out those conditions,
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social,
political, and religious,
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that were hurrying
France on to ruin."
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Is there any
relationship between the papacy
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hiding the Bible and the
manifestation of satanic power
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in the French Revolution?
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Yes.
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Notice this next statement,
Great Controversy, page 26.
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"I had been Rome's
policy, under a profession of
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reverence for the
Bible, to keep it..." What?
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"...locked up in
an unknown tongue..."
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And what else?
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"...hidden away
from the people."
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So did the papacy
kill the witnesses?
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The Old and New Testament.
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No. What did the papacy do?
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Locked it up and hid it away.
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Which means that
there was darkness, right?
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Because the Bible brings light.
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She continues, "Under her
rule the witnesses prophesied
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'clothed in sackcloth.'"
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That's 1260 years, right?
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"However, another power, another
beast from the bottomless pit,
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was to arise to
make open, avowed war
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upon the word of God."
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You see the connection between
the fourth and fifth trumpet
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that Ellen White makes here?
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Notice this next statement,
Great Controversy, page 269.
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"According to the
words of the prophet, then,
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a little before the
year 1798 some power..."
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Of what kind of origin?
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"...of satanic origin
and character would rise
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to make war upon the Bible.
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And in the land where the
testimony of God's two witnesses
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should thus be silenced,
there would be manifest
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the atheism of Pharaoh and
the licentiousness of Sodom."
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Is that true of
what happened in France?
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Just read the chapter, The
Bible and the French Revolution,
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in the spirit of prophecy.
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Now Ellen White
makes a striking parallel
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between what
happened in the first trumpet
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with Jerusalem and
what happened under the
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fifth trumpet in France.
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Notice this remarkable
statement that comes next.
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By the way, did God give free
reign to Satan and his angels
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before the
destruction of Jerusalem?
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Did God release, so
to speak, did God release
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Satan and his angels out of the
bottomless pit at that point?
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Absolutely.
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Notice the description.
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"Then God withdrew
His protection from them
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and removed His..." What?
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What does the angel have in
his hand when he comes down?
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He unlocks the
bottomless pit, right?
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To let Satan and his angels come
out in the French Revolution.
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Here it says that when God
was about to destroy Jerusalem,
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He removed..." What?
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"...His restraining power
from Satan and his angels."
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So are they going to be able
to come up out of the abyss now?
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Oh yeah.
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And the nation was left
to the control of the leader
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that she had chosen.
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Her children had
spurned the grace of Christ,
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which would have enabled them
to subdue their evil impulses,
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and these became the conquerors.
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Satan aroused the
fiercest and most debased
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passions of the soul.
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Men did not reason;
they were beyond reason,
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controlled by
impulse and blind rage."
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Wow!
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"They become..." How?
"...satanic in their cruelty.
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In the family and in the
nation, among the highest
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and the lowest classes
alike, there was suspicion,
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envy, hatred,
strife, rebellion, murder.
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There was no safety anywhere.
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Friends and kindred
betrayed one another.
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Parents slew their children,
and children their parents.
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The rulers of the people
had no power to rule themselves.
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Uncontrolled
passions made them tyrants.
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The Jews had accepted
false testimony to condemn
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the innocent Son of God.
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Now false accusations
made their own lives uncertain.
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By their actions
they had long been saying,
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'Cause the Holy One of
Israel to cease from before us.'
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Now God granted their desire.
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The fear of God no
longer disturbed them.
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Satan was at the head of
the nation, and the highest
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civil and religious authorities
were under his sway."
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Did God unlock the
bottomless pit at that point
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and give free reign
to Satan and his angels?
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Absolutely.
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So that's an example
of the fifth trumpet,
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the French Revolution, because
God allowed the same thing
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to happen during
the French Revolution.
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Now, we want to read
some additional statements.
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And I want you to notice
once again Ellen White connects
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the darkness of
the fourth trumpet
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with the French Revolution.
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You see, the papacy hid
the Bible, and as a result
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what happened with society?
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Society fell
apart morally. Right?
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And so now in
the French Revolution
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people have no principles
to act on the basis of.
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Because the
Bible has been hidden.
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Is the world now
coming to that point?
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Absolutely.
Notice these statements.
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This one is from,
Great Controversy, page 286.
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"When France publicly rejected
God and set aside the Bible,
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wicked men and
spirits of darkness..."
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Are those the ones that
come from the bottomless pit
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or from the abyss? Yes.
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"...wicked men and
spirits of darkness exulted
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in their attainment of
the object so long desired:
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a kingdom free from the
restraints of the law of God."
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Now she's going to speak
about the fourth trumpet,
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the period of papal dominion.
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"Centuries of apostasy and crime
had been treasuring up wrath
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against the day of retribution;
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and when their
iniquity was full..."
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When their iniquity was what?
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When the iniquity
in France was full.
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"...the despisers of God
learned too late that it is
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a fearful thing to have
worn out the divine patience."
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Did France wear
out divine patience?
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Yes.
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Iniquity was full, she says.
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And so what does God do?
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"The restraining Spirit of
God, which imposes a..." What?
00:16:55.34\00:16:59.15
"...a check..."
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Can Satan and his
angels manifest themselves
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unless the key opens the pit?
00:17:02.95\00:17:04.92
No.
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So, "The restraining Spirit
of God, which imposes a check
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upon the cruel power of Satan,
was in great measure..." What?
00:17:11.43\00:17:16.16
"...removed..."
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Was the shaft of the abyss
opened by God's permission? Yes.
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"...and he whose only delight
is the wretchedness of men
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was permitted to work his will."
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Are you understanding what
the fifth trumpet is all about?
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The French Revolution was
not a mere historical event.
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We are still reaping the results
of the French Revolution today.
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She continues, "Those who had
chosen the service of rebellion
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were left to reap its
fruits until the land was
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filled with crimes too
horrible for pen to trace.
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From devastated
provinces and ruined cities
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a terrible cry was heard;
a cry of bitterest anguish.
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France was shaken
as if by an earthquake.
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Religion, law, social
order, the family, the state,
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and the church were
smitten down by the impious hand
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that had been lifted
against the law of God."
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Is she alluding to
the fifth trumpet here?
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It's absolutely clear.
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Now notice once
again how she links
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the fourth and fifth trumpet.
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The fifth trumpet is
a result of the fourth.
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You suppress the Scriptures
and people become immoral,
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and therefore, they react
against the power that has
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kept them suppressed.
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We find here, "In
the sixteenth century
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the Reformation, presenting
an open Bible to the people,
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had sought admission to
all the countries of Europe.
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Some nations
welcomed it with gladness..."
00:18:58.37\00:19:00.94
So some nations
welcomed the Scriptures.
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"...as a messenger from heaven.
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In other lands, the papacy
succeeded to a great extent
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in preventing its entrance; and
the light of Bible knowledge..."
00:19:09.28\00:19:13.58
Notice, light.
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Fourth trumpet.
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"...and the light
of Bible knowledge,
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with its elevating influences,
was almost wholly..." What?
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"...excluded."
00:19:24.29\00:19:25.63
What does, "almost," mean?
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Almost wholly.
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It's partial.
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One-third, if you please.
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"In one country..."
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Now France is an exception.
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"In one country, though
the light found entrance,
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it was not
comprehended by the darkness.
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For centuries, truth and
error struggled for the mastery.
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At last evil triumphed, and the
truth of Heaven was thrust out.
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'This is the condemnation, that
light is come into the world,
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and men loved
darkness rather than light.'"
00:20:00.06\00:20:03.30
Now she speaks about France.
00:20:04.07\00:20:05.60
"The nation was left to
reap the results of the course
00:20:05.63\00:20:08.70
that she had chosen.
00:20:08.74\00:20:10.07
The restraint of
God's Spirit was removed...
00:20:10.31\00:20:13.41
So is God releasing Satan and
his host from the bottomless pit
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to exert full control in France
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like at the
destruction of Jerusalem?
00:20:19.58\00:20:21.58
Yes.
00:20:21.78\00:20:23.12
So once again, "The restraint
of God's Spirit was removed
00:20:23.28\00:20:26.42
from a people that had
despised the gift of His grace."
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Which is the Scriptures.
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"Evil was permitted
to come to..." What?
00:20:31.59\00:20:34.10
"...to maturity."
00:20:34.90\00:20:36.23
In other words,
the cup was full.
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"And all the world
saw the fruit of..." What?
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"...willful
rejection of the light."
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Is that what happened
during the fourth trumpet?
00:20:46.34\00:20:48.31
Absolutely.
00:20:48.64\00:20:49.98
Great Controversy, page 265.
00:20:50.45\00:20:52.31
Once again, she
connects the 1260 years,
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suppression of the Bible, with
the attack against the Bible
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in the French Revolution.
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"The war against the Bible,
carried forward for so many
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centuries in France,
culminated in the scenes
00:21:06.16\00:21:10.90
of the Revolution."
00:21:10.93\00:21:12.27
Do you see the connection?
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"That terrible outbreaking
was but the..." What?
00:21:14.10\00:21:18.01
"...the
legitimate result of Rome's
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suppression of the Scriptures."
00:21:21.44\00:21:22.78
Any connection between
the fourth and fifth trumpet?
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Absolutely.
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"It presented the
most striking illustration
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that the world
has ever witnessed
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of the working out
of the papal policy;
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an illustration of the
results to which for more than a
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thousand years the
teaching of the Roman Church
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had been tending."
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Is the picture
becoming clearer now?
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Now let's go to
the last statement.
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Great
Controversy, pages 267 and 268.
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"During the greater part of this
period," that is the 1260 years,
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"God's witnesses
remained in a state of..." What?
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"...obscurity."
00:22:05.79\00:22:07.12
What color is obscurity?
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Dark. Okay.
00:22:09.82\00:22:11.49
"The papal power sought..."
00:22:12.09\00:22:14.26
Now notice the
words that are used.
00:22:14.36\00:22:16.33
"The papal power
sought to..." What?
00:22:16.56\00:22:19.33
"...hide from the
people the word of truth,
00:22:19.83\00:22:21.84
and set before
them false witnesses
00:22:23.04\00:22:25.07
to contradict its testimony.
00:22:25.11\00:22:26.74
When the Bible was..." What?
00:22:26.98\00:22:28.64
"...proscribed..."
00:22:29.68\00:22:31.01
Not killed; proscribed.
00:22:31.41\00:22:33.42
"...by religious
and secular authority,
00:22:34.02\00:22:36.72
when its testimony was..." What?
00:22:36.75\00:22:38.35
"...perverted, and every
effort made that men and demons
00:22:38.89\00:22:45.79
could invent to turn the
minds of the people from it,
00:22:45.83\00:22:49.93
when those who dared proclaim
its sacred truths were hunted,
00:22:50.57\00:22:54.14
betrayed, tortured,
buried in dungeon cells,
00:22:54.17\00:22:57.84
martyred for their
faith, or compelled to flee
00:22:57.87\00:23:00.68
to mountain fastnesses, and
to dens and caves of the earth,
00:23:00.71\00:23:04.05
then the faithful witnesses
prophesied in sackcloth.
00:23:04.58\00:23:08.48
Yet they continued
their testimony throughout
00:23:10.05\00:23:14.56
the entire period of 1260 years.
00:23:14.59\00:23:17.16
In the darkest times..."
00:23:17.79\00:23:19.46
Why were they darkest times?
00:23:19.49\00:23:21.16
Well, because the sun,
moon, and stars were eclipsed.
00:23:22.23\00:23:24.63
"In the darkest times there
were faithful men who loved
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God's Word and were
jealous for His honor.
00:23:30.14\00:23:33.31
To these loyal servants
were given wisdom, power,
00:23:33.64\00:23:36.95
and authority to
declare his truth
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during the whole of this time."
00:23:39.75\00:23:42.52
So was there a testimony?
00:23:42.95\00:23:44.49
Did the sun partially shine?
00:23:44.52\00:23:47.32
Yes. Did the
moon partially shine?
00:23:48.09\00:23:50.53
Did the stars partially shine?
00:23:50.96\00:23:53.13
Absolutely.
00:23:53.29\00:23:54.63
Isn't it amazing the
way Ellen White interprets
00:23:55.36\00:23:58.87
all of these things?
00:23:58.90\00:24:00.24
She doesn't even quote
the verses, but you can tell
00:24:00.27\00:24:02.34
by the gist of what she's
saying what the meaning is.
00:24:02.37\00:24:05.81
It's amazing.
00:24:06.04\00:24:07.38
Now let's talk about the binding
and the unbinding of Satan.
00:24:08.14\00:24:12.88
Let's start, we'll skip the
first part because of the time,
00:24:13.62\00:24:17.85
let's go to Romans 10:7.
00:24:17.89\00:24:19.59
Romans 10:7
00:24:20.16\00:24:22.06
This is speaking
about the death of Christ.
00:24:22.79\00:24:26.13
And the apostle Paul says, "Who
will descend into the..." What?
00:24:26.80\00:24:31.70
Now, you know, that
expression, "bottomless pit,"
00:24:33.47\00:24:36.24
that's not a good translation.
00:24:37.17\00:24:38.51
The Greek word is
the word, "abussos."
00:24:38.54\00:24:40.94
It means, the abyss.
00:24:42.94\00:24:44.28
The underworld, in other words.
00:24:45.21\00:24:47.62
So this is the
identical word that we find
00:24:47.95\00:24:50.72
in the fifth trumpet.
00:24:50.75\00:24:52.12
So, "Who will
descend into the abyss?"
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.02
Did Jesus go to the abyss?
00:24:55.06\00:24:56.69
Yeah, He did.
00:25:00.33\00:25:01.66
Because it continues
saying, "That is, to bring
00:25:01.73\00:25:03.77
Christ up from the dead."
00:25:03.80\00:25:05.37
So did Jesus go to the abyss?
00:25:08.34\00:25:10.07
Yeah, He went to the abyss.
00:25:11.04\00:25:12.37
Did He
literally go to the abyss?
00:25:12.41\00:25:13.88
No, He was actually
buried above the ground.
00:25:14.91\00:25:19.25
So the "abyss" does
not mean, catch this point,
00:25:20.92\00:25:25.32
the "abyss" does not
mean that the demons and Satan
00:25:25.95\00:25:29.86
were put some place
down there in the underworld.
00:25:29.89\00:25:32.59
This is a symbolic meaning.
00:25:33.90\00:25:35.63
What does it mean?
00:25:36.26\00:25:37.60
Well, we find that Jesus
went to the abyss, right?
00:25:37.70\00:25:40.50
Because it says, "Who
will descend into the abyss?
00:25:41.40\00:25:44.07
That is, to bring
Christ up from the dead."
00:25:44.64\00:25:47.41
So the abyss is
where what happens?
00:25:47.51\00:25:50.65
Dead people go.
00:25:51.28\00:25:52.61
Now, here's the key point.
00:25:52.91\00:25:54.38
While Jesus was dead,
the fetters of the tomb,
00:25:54.85\00:25:58.85
the abyss, bound Him.
00:25:58.89\00:26:00.22
Correct?
00:26:00.26\00:26:01.59
He could do no work.
00:26:02.02\00:26:03.36
True or false?
00:26:04.79\00:26:06.13
Could Jesus be active
while He was in the tomb?
00:26:07.00\00:26:09.13
No.
00:26:09.73\00:26:11.07
He did not literally go
to the deep, or to the abyss.
00:26:11.73\00:26:15.00
This is what kind of language?
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.87
Metaphorical language.
00:26:18.17\00:26:20.11
Being in the abyss
means that He cannot act,
00:26:21.04\00:26:24.55
He cannot do.
00:26:24.95\00:26:26.28
He's restrained.
00:26:26.68\00:26:28.08
Notice Luke 8:30-31.
00:26:29.98\00:26:33.22
The demons, they were
really scared of Christ.
00:26:35.26\00:26:37.63
"Jesus asked him
saying, 'What is your name?'"
00:26:39.06\00:26:42.60
This is the Gadarenes.
00:26:42.63\00:26:44.67
So what were they begging?
00:26:59.25\00:27:00.58
"Please don't send
us to the underworld."
00:27:00.62\00:27:02.58
"Please don't send us down deep
into the depths of the earth."
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.72
That's not what he's saying.
00:27:06.76\00:27:08.09
What are they saying?
00:27:08.32\00:27:09.66
"Please don't
restrain our..." What?
00:27:09.69\00:27:11.86
"...our capacity to work."
00:27:12.69\00:27:14.53
That's what he's saying.
00:27:15.86\00:27:17.20
And I'm going to prove it
to you with another example
00:27:17.53\00:27:20.17
in a few moments.
00:27:20.20\00:27:21.54
The demons at
Gadara requested that Jesus
00:27:21.80\00:27:24.24
not send them to the
deep, or to the bottomless pit.
00:27:24.27\00:27:28.94
This does not mean that
Jesus was going to send them
00:27:29.21\00:27:32.05
to a place with
literal bars and chains.
00:27:32.08\00:27:34.98
They requested that Jesus would
not prevent them from what?
00:27:35.75\00:27:39.25
From working.
00:27:39.82\00:27:41.16
Where did Jesus send them?
00:27:41.76\00:27:43.32
Were they able to
continue their work?
00:27:47.20\00:27:49.10
Yeah, they killed a
whole bunch of pigs.
00:27:49.56\00:27:51.70
And do you know what
the purpose of that was?
00:27:55.10\00:27:57.17
You know, if I was a devil, I
would find a much better place
00:27:58.74\00:28:02.28
to go than into a pig.
00:28:02.31\00:28:03.81
So why did they say,
"Send us into the swine."
00:28:05.18\00:28:08.22
Because they knew that if
they could control the swine,
00:28:08.45\00:28:11.05
they could make the swine
go over a cliff into the water,
00:28:11.65\00:28:14.56
the owners would lose the
financial benefit of the swine,
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.93
and they would
ask Jesus to leave,
00:28:19.03\00:28:20.96
so that Jesus could
not continue working.
00:28:21.93\00:28:24.03
And that's
exactly what happened.
00:28:24.53\00:28:26.17
After these men were
sane, clothed, and bathed,
00:28:27.14\00:28:32.54
they were sitting at the feet
of Jesus and they say to Jesus,
00:28:33.88\00:28:36.31
"Oh Jesus, You're so
wonderful. You delivered us.
00:28:36.34\00:28:39.01
We want to go with You."
00:28:39.05\00:28:40.38
Jesus said, "No.
00:28:40.72\00:28:42.05
Go back to your own and
tell them the great things
00:28:42.58\00:28:44.99
that God has done for you."
00:28:45.02\00:28:46.35
And Ellen White says that
a time later when Jesus went
00:28:47.12\00:28:50.13
to that region, there were
hundreds of believers in Jesus
00:28:50.16\00:28:53.60
as a result of the
testimony of these men.
00:28:53.80\00:28:55.86
So Jesus didn't
send them into the abyss?
00:28:57.90\00:29:00.74
What does that mean?
00:29:00.77\00:29:02.10
It means that they
could continue what?
00:29:02.14\00:29:03.81
Oh, they could continue working.
00:29:04.21\00:29:05.94
They were not
bound, in other words.
00:29:06.17\00:29:08.24
Now let me give
you another example.
00:29:08.51\00:29:10.28
In what other passage
of the book of Revelation
00:29:11.48\00:29:14.15
do you find an angel
with a key, using the key,
00:29:14.18\00:29:19.45
not to unlock but to lock?
00:29:19.69\00:29:22.02
Revelation 20.
00:29:25.06\00:29:26.49
So if you have Revelation 20...
00:29:27.06\00:29:29.33
By the way, you have
the angel that descends,
00:29:29.53\00:29:32.80
he has a key,
and he locks who in?
00:29:33.34\00:29:39.67
He locks Satan in.
00:29:40.38\00:29:41.81
Which means that Satan is what?
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.48
He's restrained.
00:29:45.28\00:29:46.82
Can he work?
00:29:47.25\00:29:48.58
Can he act?
00:29:48.68\00:29:50.02
No.
00:29:50.05\00:29:51.39
By the way, he's cast into the
bottomless pit, the Bible says.
00:29:51.42\00:29:54.09
So God is going to cast the
devil deep into the underworld
00:29:55.36\00:29:58.93
of the planet.
00:29:58.96\00:30:01.23
No.
00:30:01.63\00:30:02.96
What does "abyss" mean?
00:30:03.00\00:30:04.33
It means that Satan
is not able to work.
00:30:04.53\00:30:08.74
His power is restrained.
00:30:09.77\00:30:11.47
And how does God
restrain Satan's power?
00:30:11.94\00:30:14.28
He restrains Satan's power
because all of his followers
00:30:14.78\00:30:18.01
that he used are dead.
00:30:18.05\00:30:20.15
What happens after
the thousand years?
00:30:21.98\00:30:24.12
The angel comes
once again with the what?
00:30:24.39\00:30:26.65
With the key.
00:30:27.12\00:30:28.46
And what does he do?
00:30:29.09\00:30:30.46
He unlocks the devil from
the abyss with his angels.
00:30:30.96\00:30:34.40
And what does Satan do?
00:30:34.60\00:30:36.06
He goes out to
deceive the nations once more.
00:30:36.73\00:30:39.93
Because he's been unbound.
00:30:40.24\00:30:41.57
So are you understanding
that the abyss is not some
00:30:42.17\00:30:45.04
place deep down
there where at some point
00:30:45.07\00:30:47.94
two hundred millions demons are
going to come out of that place.
00:30:47.98\00:30:52.15
You know, those who
literalize the trumpets,
00:30:53.05\00:30:55.38
even in our midst, are saying
that a moment is coming when
00:30:55.42\00:30:57.79
two hundred million
demons that are down there,
00:30:57.99\00:31:00.82
they're going to be released.
00:31:00.86\00:31:02.19
That's not the point.
00:31:02.22\00:31:03.56
The point is that
the abyss is a place
00:31:05.19\00:31:08.46
where Satan and
his angels cannot act.
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.17
Unless God what?
00:31:13.97\00:31:15.57
Unless God locks the
abyss and lets them out.
00:31:16.10\00:31:20.68
Did God let them out
during the French Revolution?
00:31:21.81\00:31:25.95
Yes.
00:31:26.88\00:31:28.22
Did He unbind them at
the destruction of Jerusalem?
00:31:28.25\00:31:31.85
Yes.
00:31:32.25\00:31:33.59
And by the way...
00:31:33.69\00:31:35.02
This is a sideline.
00:31:35.36\00:31:36.69
It doesn't have anything
directly to do with this, but.
00:31:36.73\00:31:38.89
You know, the Bible says
that the beast that ruled
00:31:39.06\00:31:43.23
for 42 months, at
the end of the 42 months
00:31:43.26\00:31:46.60
it says that it will
receive a deadly wound
00:31:46.84\00:31:49.74
and it will be
sent into captivity.
00:31:49.77\00:31:52.41
We usually
interpret that as meaning that
00:31:53.78\00:31:55.81
Pope Pious VI was taken prisoner
and he died in France in 1799.
00:31:55.98\00:32:01.68
However, that prophecy
that the beast was going to be
00:32:02.32\00:32:06.42
taken captive does
not apply to a pope.
00:32:06.45\00:32:09.16
It applies to the entire system.
00:32:09.19\00:32:11.53
Because it's the beast
that goes into captivity.
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.06
Not an individual pope.
00:32:15.70\00:32:17.03
So what is the captivity?
00:32:17.07\00:32:18.53
You see, before 1798, did
the papacy have the capacity
00:32:19.83\00:32:24.44
of using the kings of the earth
to accomplish its purposes?
00:32:24.47\00:32:27.24
But what happened in 1798?
00:32:28.34\00:32:30.48
It was withdrawn.
00:32:30.95\00:32:32.28
So when will the papacy
be released from captivity?
00:32:33.28\00:32:36.28
When it is able
once again to use the
00:32:36.69\00:32:38.62
civil powers of the world.
00:32:38.65\00:32:40.26
And use the sword of
the state to persecute.
00:32:41.02\00:32:43.93
Are you following me?
00:32:43.96\00:32:45.29
Now, let's go back here.
00:32:45.59\00:32:47.56
Matthew 8:29
00:32:48.66\00:32:50.53
"And suddenly they
cried out saying..."
00:32:50.93\00:32:52.83
Oh, look what their fear was.
00:32:52.87\00:32:55.60
"What have we to do with
You, Jesus, You Son of God?"
00:32:56.10\00:33:00.71
the demons say.
00:33:00.74\00:33:02.08
"Have You come here to
torment us before the time?"
00:33:02.11\00:33:06.55
What is the
time? What is the time?
00:33:10.49\00:33:13.05
Oh, during the thousand years.
00:33:13.15\00:33:15.29
They know what's coming.
00:33:15.32\00:33:16.66
They know very
well what's coming.
00:33:17.33\00:33:18.79
Now let's read some
interesting statements
00:33:19.36\00:33:21.70
from the spirit of prophecy
before we end this section.
00:33:21.73\00:33:26.60
Signs of the
Times, September 23, 1889.
00:33:29.47\00:33:33.07
"All heaven rejoiced when
Christ rose from the dead."
00:33:33.17\00:33:36.41
Why?
00:33:36.81\00:33:38.15
"He had power to..." What?
00:33:38.18\00:33:39.61
"...to bind the strong man and
to despoil him of his goods."
00:33:40.18\00:33:44.32
What are Satan's goods?
00:33:44.35\00:33:46.32
People.
00:33:48.06\00:33:49.39
You know what happened
on the day of Pentecost?
00:33:49.66\00:33:51.59
On the day of
Pentecost Satan was bound
00:33:51.79\00:33:55.23
and the followers
of Jesus were unleashed
00:33:56.10\00:33:59.30
to preach the gospel.
00:33:59.33\00:34:00.67
Thousands upon
thousands accepted the gospel.
00:34:01.34\00:34:04.31
Did God restrain Satan
from manifesting his full power
00:34:04.41\00:34:08.38
so the gospel
could be proclaimed?
00:34:08.41\00:34:10.15
Absolutely.
00:34:10.41\00:34:11.75
Here's another statement.
00:34:11.78\00:34:13.11
18, Manuscript
Releases, page 354.
00:34:13.15\00:34:15.42
"All heaven is working
to resist Satan's power,
00:34:15.65\00:34:18.42
to bind the strong man.
00:34:18.79\00:34:20.66
The angels of God are
working to put..." What?
00:34:20.86\00:34:24.26
"...restrictions upon the
power of the enemy until man
00:34:25.06\00:34:29.53
shall be fully..." What?
00:34:29.56\00:34:31.20
"...tested and tried."
00:34:31.23\00:34:34.34
Let's go to the
bottom of the page.
00:34:34.37\00:34:36.30
"When He leaves
the sanctuary..."
00:34:37.31\00:34:39.21
Is there going to be a time
when God is going to totally
00:34:40.04\00:34:43.38
release Satan and his
angels upon this world?
00:34:43.41\00:34:46.48
And the only ones
that they will not be able
00:34:47.12\00:34:48.75
to touch are God's remnant.
00:34:48.78\00:34:50.35
But now notice this.
00:34:51.25\00:34:52.59
"When He leaves the
sanctuary, darkness covers
00:34:52.62\00:34:55.52
the inhabitants of the earth.
00:34:55.56\00:34:57.06
In that fearful time, the
righteous must live in the
00:34:57.46\00:34:59.83
sight of a holy God
without an intercessor.
00:34:59.86\00:35:02.03
The restraint that has been
put upon the wicked is..." What?
00:35:02.80\00:35:07.57
"...removed..."
00:35:08.37\00:35:09.70
Just like at the time of
the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:35:10.37\00:35:13.11
Just like at the time
of the French Revolution.
00:35:13.14\00:35:15.21
But you know, what happened
in Jerusalem and in France
00:35:15.31\00:35:17.81
is only a local
event that illustrates
00:35:17.85\00:35:21.02
what's going to happen globally.
00:35:21.05\00:35:22.92
"The restraint that has been
put upon the wicked is removed,
00:35:24.39\00:35:27.26
And Satan has..." What,
after the close of probation?
00:35:27.36\00:35:30.33
"...entire control of
the finally impenitent.
00:35:30.53\00:35:34.06
God's long-suffering has ended.
00:35:35.46\00:35:37.37
The world has rejected
His mercy, despised His love,
00:35:37.73\00:35:40.34
and trampled upon His law.
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.10
The wicked have passed the
boundary of their probation.
00:35:42.64\00:35:45.51
The Spirit of God,
persistently resisted,
00:35:45.54\00:35:49.04
has been at last..."
What? "...withdrawn."
00:35:49.08\00:35:52.48
And listen now.
00:35:52.51\00:35:53.85
"Unsheltered by divine
grace, they have no protection
00:35:53.88\00:35:57.99
from the wicked one."
00:35:58.02\00:35:59.35
Are the angels still
holding the winds globally?
00:36:00.19\00:36:03.02
Yes.
00:36:03.56\00:36:04.89
Is Satan working?
00:36:04.93\00:36:06.26
Yeah, he's working.
00:36:06.36\00:36:07.70
But is he able to
work without restrictions?
00:36:07.73\00:36:10.40
No.
00:36:10.43\00:36:11.77
Let's continue.
00:36:11.80\00:36:13.13
"Satan will then plunge
the inhabitants of the earth
00:36:13.17\00:36:16.20
into one great, final trouble.
00:36:16.97\00:36:19.37
As the angels of God
cease to hold in check..."
00:36:20.68\00:36:24.41
So do the angels hold in check
00:36:25.28\00:36:27.02
the
manifestation of Satan's power?
00:36:27.05\00:36:29.25
Yes.
00:36:29.28\00:36:30.62
"As the angels of God
cease to hold in check
00:36:31.45\00:36:34.06
the fierce winds
of human passion,
00:36:34.09\00:36:36.52
all the elements of
strife will be let loose."
00:36:36.93\00:36:40.10
Does that sound like the
release of all those demons
00:36:40.20\00:36:43.60
from the abyss?
00:36:43.63\00:36:44.97
You know, they
have teeth like lions,
00:36:46.07\00:36:50.91
and they have
tails like scorpions.
00:36:51.44\00:36:54.18
I mean, they come from hell
because they come where there's
00:36:54.34\00:36:57.15
fire and brimstone.
00:36:57.18\00:36:58.58
This is language that
deals with the manifestation
00:36:58.68\00:37:01.88
of Satanic power.
00:37:01.92\00:37:03.25
Because Satan is
released at some point to work
00:37:03.65\00:37:08.02
as God allows him.
00:37:08.22\00:37:09.62
So she continues, "As the angels
of God cease to hold in check
00:37:10.89\00:37:14.86
the fierce winds of
human passion, all the elements
00:37:14.90\00:37:17.93
of strife will be let loose.
00:37:17.97\00:37:19.87
The whole world..."
00:37:20.30\00:37:21.64
Now notice how she connects
the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:37:21.67\00:37:23.91
Are you aware that Ellen
White states several times
00:37:23.94\00:37:26.78
that the destruction
of Jerusalem foreshadows
00:37:27.01\00:37:29.98
the final
destruction of the world?
00:37:30.01\00:37:31.55
So is God going to withdraw
His protection from the world
00:37:32.31\00:37:34.95
as He did in Jerusalem?
00:37:34.98\00:37:36.52
How many Christians died in
the destruction of Jerusalem?
00:37:36.89\00:37:39.49
How many of God's
people will die when Satan
00:37:40.02\00:37:41.99
and his angels are let loose?
00:37:42.02\00:37:43.39
None.
00:37:43.43\00:37:44.76
That's the good news.
00:37:45.69\00:37:47.03
So she says, "The whole
world will be involved in ruin
00:37:47.80\00:37:51.10
more terrible than that which
came upon Jerusalem of old."
00:37:51.13\00:37:54.50
And you read that
chapter in, Great Controversy,
00:37:54.54\00:37:56.34
you'll say, "How can it
get any worse than that?"
00:37:56.37\00:37:58.14
Just read the first
chapter in, Great Controversy;
00:37:59.31\00:38:01.04
the first trumpet.
00:38:01.08\00:38:02.41
The next statement,
My Life Today, page 308.
00:38:03.75\00:38:06.41
A devotional book.
00:38:06.45\00:38:07.78
"Four mighty
angels are still holding
00:38:07.88\00:38:11.39
the four winds of the earth.
00:38:12.29\00:38:13.92
Terrible
destruction is forbidden
00:38:14.42\00:38:16.66
to come..." To the what?
00:38:16.69\00:38:18.03
~ Full.
00:38:18.06\00:38:19.39
So is Satan working?
00:38:19.43\00:38:21.06
Yeah, but he
can't work to the full.
00:38:21.53\00:38:23.43
The accidents by land
and by sea; the loss of life,
00:38:24.07\00:38:27.97
steadily increasing,
by storm, by tempest,
00:38:28.00\00:38:30.51
by railroad
disaster, by conflagration,"
00:38:30.54\00:38:33.07
that means wars,
"the terrible floods,
00:38:33.11\00:38:35.01
the earthquakes, and the
winds will be the stirring up
00:38:35.04\00:38:39.78
of the nations to one
deadly combat, while the angels
00:38:39.81\00:38:43.35
hold the four winds, forbidding
the terrible power of Satan
00:38:43.39\00:38:47.69
to be exercised in its
fury until the servants of God
00:38:47.72\00:38:51.89
are sealed in their foreheads."
00:38:51.93\00:38:53.90
My Life Today, page
308, another statement.
00:38:56.26\00:38:59.27
I like this
metaphor that she uses.
00:38:59.63\00:39:01.94
"Angels are holding the four
winds, which are represented
00:39:01.97\00:39:05.31
as an angry horse
seeking to break loose
00:39:05.34\00:39:08.58
and rush over the
face of the whole earth,
00:39:09.71\00:39:12.31
bearing destruction
and death in its path."
00:39:12.35\00:39:16.15
Is that what
happened with France?
00:39:16.18\00:39:17.85
So you really want to
know what is going to happen
00:39:19.42\00:39:20.86
with the world, just take a
look at France and Jerusalem.
00:39:20.89\00:39:23.19
Does it help for us to
let people in the world know,
00:39:25.26\00:39:27.66
you know, about these
examples from the past?
00:39:27.70\00:39:30.03
Yes.
00:39:31.03\00:39:32.37
You know, maybe we
should preach about this
00:39:32.40\00:39:33.74
in our evangelistic series.
00:39:33.77\00:39:35.17
I think.
00:39:37.07\00:39:38.41
Maybe not the whole study notes.
00:39:39.21\00:39:42.68
Because people
won't be prepared.
00:39:43.18\00:39:44.85
But we can tell them
what happened in France.
00:39:44.88\00:39:47.15
What the papacy did
during the 1260 years.
00:39:47.88\00:39:50.92
What happened with Jerusalem.
00:39:50.95\00:39:52.69
We can tell them about that.
00:39:52.72\00:39:54.06
And then make a
parallel with what's happening
00:39:54.16\00:39:56.36
in the world today.
00:39:56.39\00:39:57.73
Here is another statement.
00:39:58.46\00:40:00.50
This one is, Letter 138, 1897.
00:40:00.53\00:40:03.26
"A terrible
conflict is before us.
00:40:03.47\00:40:06.43
We are nearing the battle of
the great day of God Almighty.
00:40:06.67\00:40:10.17
That which has been held
in control is to be..." What?
00:40:10.64\00:40:16.38
"...let loose."
00:40:16.71\00:40:18.18
So is the angel going
to come down and release
00:40:18.21\00:40:20.98
Satan and his angels?
00:40:21.55\00:40:22.98
No longer just for France
and Jerusalem, but for what?
00:40:23.18\00:40:26.45
The whole world.
00:40:26.65\00:40:27.99
"That which has been held
in control is to be let loose.
00:40:28.96\00:40:32.29
The angel of mercy
is folding her wings,
00:40:32.49\00:40:35.26
preparing to step
down from the throne
00:40:35.46\00:40:37.73
and leave the world
to the control of Satan.
00:40:37.77\00:40:40.87
I tell you in the name
of the Lord God of Israel
00:40:42.17\00:40:44.77
that all injurious,
discouraging influences
00:40:44.81\00:40:47.94
are held in control
by unseen angel hands,
00:40:47.98\00:40:52.31
until everyone that
works in fear and love of God
00:40:52.35\00:40:56.25
is sealed in his forehead."
00:40:56.35\00:40:59.09
Review and
Herald, August 1, 1849.
00:41:00.32\00:41:03.02
"I asked my accompanying
angel the meaning of what
00:41:03.49\00:41:05.93
I heard, and what the
four angels were about to do.
00:41:05.96\00:41:10.03
He showed me that it was
God that restrained the powers,
00:41:10.40\00:41:14.00
and that He gave His
angles charge over the things
00:41:14.34\00:41:17.17
on the earth, and that the
four angles had power from God
00:41:17.21\00:41:20.98
to hold the four winds,
and that they were about to
00:41:21.01\00:41:24.55
let the four winds go.
00:41:24.58\00:41:26.21
And while they had started on
their mission to let them go..."
00:41:26.61\00:41:30.19
Praise the Lord for this.
00:41:31.22\00:41:32.69
"...the merciful eye of
Jesus gazed on the remnant
00:41:33.15\00:41:36.16
that were not all
sealed, then He raised His hands
00:41:36.19\00:41:41.16
to the Father to plead
with Him that He had spilled
00:41:41.20\00:41:46.77
His blood for them.
00:41:46.80\00:41:48.14
Then another angel was
commissioned to fly swiftly
00:41:48.40\00:41:51.07
to the four angels and bid them
hold until the servants of God
00:41:51.17\00:41:55.78
were sealed with the seal of the
living God in their foreheads."
00:41:55.81\00:42:00.68
Let's read these
final three statements.
00:42:02.58\00:42:05.45
"Four mighty angels hold
back the power of this earth
00:42:05.82\00:42:08.89
till the servants of God
are sealed in their foreheads.
00:42:09.42\00:42:12.06
The nations of the world
are eager for conflict..."
00:42:12.29\00:42:15.30
Is that true?
00:42:15.33\00:42:16.67
Hmm.
00:42:16.70\00:42:18.03
"...but they are..." What?
00:42:18.30\00:42:19.70
"...held in
check by the angels."
00:42:20.30\00:42:22.60
In other words, the
demons are in the abyss.
00:42:22.70\00:42:26.57
No, not deep down there. No, no.
00:42:28.48\00:42:31.35
They're kept from
being able to act.
00:42:31.38\00:42:34.22
Is that clear?
00:42:34.25\00:42:35.58
So, "The nations of the
world are eager for conflict,
00:42:36.48\00:42:39.39
but they are held
in check by the angels.
00:42:39.42\00:42:41.89
When this restraining power
is removed, there will come
00:42:42.39\00:42:46.53
a time of trouble and anguish.
00:42:46.56\00:42:48.40
Deadly instruments of
warfare will be invented.
00:42:48.83\00:42:52.27
Vessels with their
living cargo will be entombed
00:42:52.73\00:42:55.84
in the great deep.
00:42:55.87\00:42:57.21
All who have not the spirit
of truth will unite under the
00:42:57.51\00:43:01.61
leadership of satanic agencies,
but they are to be kept
00:43:01.64\00:43:06.48
under control till
the time shall come
00:43:06.51\00:43:09.58
for the great
battle of Armageddon."
00:43:09.62\00:43:12.09
We already noticed
this morning the one from,
00:43:13.52\00:43:15.76
Education, page 228.
00:43:15.79\00:43:17.83
You know, the world is going to
have another French Revolution.
00:43:18.73\00:43:21.20
It's not going to be in France,
00:43:21.23\00:43:22.56
it's going to be
all over the world.
00:43:22.60\00:43:23.93
It's going to be global.
00:43:23.97\00:43:25.30
And it's actually
going to be a revolution,
00:43:25.33\00:43:28.94
to use Bernie
Sanders' terminology.
00:43:28.97\00:43:31.67
It's going to be a
revolution of the proletariat
00:43:32.04\00:43:35.71
of the poor against the rich.
00:43:36.08\00:43:38.48
The have nots against the haves.
00:43:39.85\00:43:42.75
Have you ever
read James chapter 5?
00:43:43.79\00:43:46.25
I see a glassy
look in your eyes.
00:43:50.16\00:43:52.33
So let's go to James chapter 5.
00:43:54.46\00:43:56.67
There you have a description
of what Ellen White is
00:44:01.10\00:44:03.61
describing here; another French
Revolution on a global scale.
00:44:03.64\00:44:06.74
"Come now, you rich, weep
and howl for your miseries
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that are coming upon you!"
00:44:13.42\00:44:14.85
Hoarding wealth.
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Not only by non-Adventists,
but by Adventists.
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And you know, Ellen
White explains in the book,
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Early Writings, that when the
little time of trouble comes,
00:44:44.25\00:44:47.72
and people are no longer
able to dispose of what they had
00:44:47.95\00:44:52.45
that they don't really
need, which they're saving for a
00:44:52.49\00:44:55.19
rainy day, like the
people before the flood,
00:44:55.22\00:44:57.89
they're going to say,
they're going to cry out,
00:45:00.93\00:45:02.73
"Lord, why did we
not use that money
00:45:02.76\00:45:06.07
to carry forward Your work?"
00:45:06.47\00:45:08.17
No, we can't, we
can't add house to house,
00:45:10.84\00:45:14.88
and you know, put
our money where we
00:45:15.54\00:45:17.88
think it's going to be secure.
00:45:17.91\00:45:19.25
Because it's not.
00:45:19.28\00:45:20.62
The stock market when
I left home after lunch
00:45:21.08\00:45:23.22
was down 1500 points.
00:45:23.25\00:45:25.55
It's not a safe place to go.
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Up 1100
yesterday, down 1500 today.
00:45:29.02\00:45:33.09
2000 the day before.
00:45:33.19\00:45:35.00
Our only security is to invest
00:45:35.60\00:45:38.23
what we don't
need in God's cause.
00:45:38.70\00:45:41.24
Like Secrets Unsealed.
00:45:41.64\00:45:43.30
You knew I had to
get that in, right?
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Okay, now, verse 4...
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What was it that the rich did?
00:45:52.01\00:45:55.42
Wow!
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Because they didn't
have power to do it.
00:46:27.35\00:46:29.12
That's what Ellen White is
describing in this quotation
00:46:29.62\00:46:32.45
in the book,
Education, page 228.
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Let's read it again.
00:46:36.16\00:46:37.49
"At the same time, anarchy is
seeking to sweep away all law,
00:46:37.99\00:46:42.00
not only divine, but human.
00:46:42.36\00:46:44.87
The centralizing of
wealth and power..."
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.64
Could we say that
there's a lot of centralizing of
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.50
wealth and power these days?
00:46:49.54\00:46:51.17
Wall Street.
00:46:51.97\00:46:53.31
That's the centralizing
of wealth and power.
00:46:54.11\00:46:56.88
"...the centralizing
of wealth and power,
00:46:57.38\00:46:59.71
the vast combinations
for the enriching of the few
00:46:59.98\00:47:03.75
at the expense of the many,
00:47:04.25\00:47:06.15
the combination of the poorer
classes for the defense of their
00:47:06.76\00:47:11.69
interests and claims..."
00:47:11.73\00:47:13.06
Are you seeing James 5 here?
00:47:13.09\00:47:14.43
"...the spirit of
unrest, of riot and bloodshed;
00:47:15.23\00:47:18.33
the world-wide dissemination
of the same teachings
00:47:18.37\00:47:21.24
that led to the
French Revolution:
00:47:21.27\00:47:23.51
all are tending to involve
the whole world in a struggle
00:47:24.24\00:47:28.01
similar to that
which convulsed France."
00:47:28.21\00:47:31.55
So that's what we
have to look forward to.
00:47:33.21\00:47:35.55
But after the storm comes the
new heavens and the new earth.
00:47:36.22\00:47:41.49
So we have
something to look forward to
00:47:41.92\00:47:43.96
after the tribulation.
00:47:44.26\00:47:45.99
Youth Instructor,
December 24, 1896.
00:47:46.39\00:47:50.80
"The fool has said in his
heart, 'There is no God.'"
00:47:51.83\00:47:55.30
Why do you suppose
people don't want to believe
00:47:55.67\00:47:57.67
that there is a God?
00:47:57.71\00:47:59.04
For a very simple reason.
00:47:59.47\00:48:00.81
If there is a God,
you're accountable to Him
00:48:00.84\00:48:02.61
and He's going to judge you.
00:48:02.64\00:48:04.01
And if you believe
He's going to judge you,
00:48:06.48\00:48:08.28
we're in trouble.
00:48:10.39\00:48:11.72
Right?
00:48:11.89\00:48:13.22
Why do people believe
in the theory of evolution?
00:48:14.32\00:48:17.86
Because if the hand of the
Creator did not create you,
00:48:18.83\00:48:21.30
if you're the result
of natural processes,
00:48:21.33\00:48:24.83
the course of millions of years,
00:48:24.87\00:48:26.77
then you're not accountable
to a God who didn't create you,
00:48:26.80\00:48:31.14
according to evolution.
00:48:31.87\00:48:33.21
So it's all about
God being the judge.
00:48:33.24\00:48:35.51
So once again, "The
fool has said in his heart,
00:48:35.54\00:48:37.68
'There is no God.'
00:48:37.71\00:48:39.05
But he can advance no
evidence to sustain his claims.
00:48:39.61\00:48:42.92
He can only take the
position of an objector
00:48:43.32\00:48:45.89
to the purposes
of an all-wise God."
00:48:45.92\00:48:48.16
Notice what atheism is like.
00:48:49.16\00:48:51.13
"Atheism can shed
no ray of light..."
00:48:51.53\00:48:54.23
We'll see this when we
read the actual verses that
00:48:55.70\00:48:58.83
describe the fifth trumpet.
00:48:58.87\00:49:00.27
It speaks about
people who are depressed,
00:49:00.57\00:49:03.71
filled with
grief, and see no future.
00:49:03.81\00:49:06.54
"Atheism can shed no
ray light into the grave.
00:49:08.08\00:49:11.21
It cannot restrain crime,
or quicken the moral energies.
00:49:11.61\00:49:15.75
It has no power to elevate the
character or purify the soul.
00:49:16.15\00:49:19.62
On the contrary, it
always tends to..." What?
00:49:20.29\00:49:23.02
"...to
degenerate the human race;
00:49:23.49\00:49:25.83
it leads always
from purity and peace.
00:49:25.86\00:49:28.66
An instance of this
is given in the history
00:49:30.17\00:49:33.34
of the French Revolution.
00:49:33.37\00:49:34.84
That period, when the
existence of God was denied,
00:49:35.14\00:49:40.34
and his
commandments were abolished,
00:49:40.38\00:49:42.71
was the most
revolting that is recorded
00:49:42.91\00:49:45.88
on the pages of human history."
00:49:45.91\00:49:48.28
So what do you think?
00:49:54.59\00:49:55.96
You're probably
thinking and you're saying,
00:49:57.83\00:50:00.00
"We came here to
receive words of comfort."
00:50:00.30\00:50:03.37
Fear not.
00:50:07.70\00:50:09.04
"Though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death,
00:50:10.27\00:50:13.24
You are with me."
00:50:13.27\00:50:14.61
"No plague will
come near your dwelling."
00:50:15.11\00:50:17.28
God will protect His people.
00:50:17.78\00:50:19.78
But we have to make
sure that we are on His side.
00:50:20.22\00:50:22.25
You know, we can't say when
we get there, "I'm with You,"
00:50:22.65\00:50:25.55
if we're not with Him now.
00:50:26.65\00:50:28.12
We have to form a covenant
relationship with Him now.
00:50:28.22\00:50:31.73
Alright, we have a few moments
left, so let's go to the bottom
00:50:32.09\00:50:35.80
of page 167 and read
this passage in the light of
00:50:35.83\00:50:40.40
what we have
described in this class.
00:50:40.44\00:50:42.80
I'm going to read the
passage, although I already
00:50:44.57\00:50:46.37
did it this morning,
I'm going to do it again.
00:50:46.41\00:50:48.11
And then we might have a
little time, I'm not sure,
00:50:48.14\00:50:50.31
to make a few comments
on the verses one by one.
00:50:50.35\00:50:53.88
This is the fifth trumpet.
00:50:54.65\00:50:56.08
Remember, a star had
fallen from heaven to the earth.
00:51:02.72\00:51:06.59
That's the tense of the verb.
00:51:06.63\00:51:08.03
And what happens
when the smoke comes out?
00:51:25.55\00:51:28.05
Was there darkness
under the fourth trumpet?
00:51:31.35\00:51:34.46
Is there a greater darkness now?
00:51:35.26\00:51:37.13
Yes.
00:51:37.16\00:51:38.49
"Then out of the smoke..."
That is, out of the darkness.
00:51:41.80\00:51:45.03
What came out?
00:51:45.97\00:51:47.30
Notice, somebody else
is giving this to them.
00:51:53.21\00:51:55.51
Notice, the
emphasis is on, "green."
00:52:10.46\00:52:12.16
It's not talking about
dry wood like we noticed
00:52:12.69\00:52:15.16
in the first trumpet.
00:52:15.46\00:52:16.80
Everything is green here?
00:52:16.83\00:52:18.53
So who are the only
ones that are going to
00:52:23.27\00:52:26.37
fall under the curse of
this particular trumpet?
00:52:26.41\00:52:29.71
It's only those who do
not have the seal of God
00:52:29.98\00:52:32.71
on their foreheads.
00:52:32.75\00:52:34.08
Is this a pretty
fatalistic way of thinking?
00:52:51.90\00:52:55.10
Yes.
00:52:55.50\00:52:56.84
Who do you suppose the
leader of this underworld is?
00:54:00.04\00:54:02.74
Satan.
00:54:03.20\00:54:04.54
What are the armies?
00:54:04.57\00:54:05.91
His angels. His demons.
00:54:07.08\00:54:09.34
So are they
unleashed at this point
00:54:10.15\00:54:12.21
at the period of
the fifth trumpet?
00:54:12.45\00:54:13.85
Oh, absolutely.
00:54:13.88\00:54:15.22
Now, being that we have
just three or four minutes left,
00:54:15.25\00:54:19.32
let's begin studying
the verses one by one.
00:54:19.35\00:54:24.09
Verse 1 says, "The fifth
angel sounded his trumpet.
00:54:24.99\00:54:27.93
and I saw a star
that had fallen..."
00:54:28.36\00:54:30.70
The star was given the
key to the shaft of the abyss.
00:54:33.10\00:54:37.01
The description of the fifth
trumpet contains a series of
00:54:37.64\00:54:41.78
"divine passives."
00:54:41.81\00:54:43.68
What do we mean
by, "divine passives"?
00:54:43.78\00:54:46.11
We mean that someone is
allowing this to happen.
00:54:46.15\00:54:50.65
In this, we notice that
the star "was given the key"
00:54:51.09\00:54:56.32
to the abyss.
00:54:56.36\00:54:58.13
So the description of
the fifth trumpet contains
00:55:00.83\00:55:02.93
a series of "divine passives".
00:55:02.96\00:55:04.83
Expressions such as, "was given
the key," "were given power,"
00:55:04.87\00:55:09.27
"it was commanded
them," where God is releasing
00:55:09.30\00:55:12.74
and allowing the powers of
the abyss to perform their work.
00:55:12.77\00:55:16.54
We will see in our
detailed study of Revelation 11
00:55:17.05\00:55:20.15
that God allowed the
shaft of the bottomless pit,
00:55:20.45\00:55:24.15
or the abyss, to open
because of the treatment that
00:55:24.19\00:55:27.82
the two witnesses
received during the 1260 years.
00:55:27.86\00:55:31.63
The tense of the verb,
"had fallen," clearly indicates
00:55:32.79\00:55:37.73
that the star did not fall
when the fifth trumpet blew.
00:55:37.97\00:55:41.14
It had already fallen before the
fifth trumpet began to sound.
00:55:41.74\00:55:45.37
How else could the
star come out of the abyss
00:55:45.91\00:55:48.54
unless it had fallen
into the abyss before?
00:55:48.58\00:55:51.65
There can be little doubt
that this star represents whom?
00:55:52.98\00:55:56.35
Lucifer, who originally fell
from heaven and at the cross.
00:55:56.72\00:56:01.99
The abyss is the abode of whom?
00:56:02.46\00:56:05.06
Of Satan and his angels.
00:56:05.56\00:56:07.10
We've already
noticed that in some verses
00:56:07.13\00:56:09.46
in Revelation 20, as
well as in the gospels.
00:56:09.50\00:56:12.43
And they are the
rulers of the what?
00:56:12.63\00:56:15.30
Of the underworld, so to speak.
00:56:15.60\00:56:18.11
Let's go to the
comments on verse 2.
00:56:18.87\00:56:20.98
So this is like a
burning hell, isn't it?
00:56:29.68\00:56:31.92
So who is it that is identified
in the book of Revelation
00:56:32.69\00:56:35.22
with fire and brimstone?
00:56:35.26\00:56:36.96
The devil is going
to be thrown into the
00:56:38.39\00:56:39.83
fire and brimstone, right?
00:56:39.86\00:56:41.40
Is this a greater darkness
than the darkness that existed
00:56:50.11\00:56:53.68
during the fourth trumpet?
00:56:53.71\00:56:55.68
Absolutely.
00:56:55.88\00:56:57.21
When the star...
00:56:57.48\00:56:58.81
And by the way, do you notice
the star is identified as, "he"?
00:56:58.85\00:57:02.75
When the star opened the abyss,
smoke comes out of the abyss
00:57:04.45\00:57:10.36
like the smoke of
a massive furnace.
00:57:10.39\00:57:12.86
This is an army from
hell, in other words.
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.73
The smoke eclipsed
the sun and the sky.
00:57:16.16\00:57:19.07
There is no indication
here that the smoke eclipsed
00:57:20.37\00:57:23.30
only a third part of the earth.
00:57:23.34\00:57:25.77
It is total
darkness, in other words.
00:57:26.37\00:57:28.98
The text seems to indicate
that the darkness was what?
00:57:29.41\00:57:33.62
The darkness was total because
God had removed His Spirit.
00:57:33.82\00:57:38.75
So we'll stop here.
00:57:39.42\00:57:42.56
And in our next session we
will finish our verse by verse
00:57:43.02\00:57:46.19
study of this passage that
describes the fifth trumpet
00:57:46.23\00:57:51.80
of the book of Revelation.
00:57:51.83\00:57:53.17
I hope that we're understanding
where we're going with this
00:57:53.20\00:57:55.40
little by little.
00:57:55.44\00:57:56.77
It's magnificent how God
has revealed these things to us.
00:57:56.81\00:58:00.04