Good morning, everyone.
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Morning, morning.
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Hope you had a
good night's rest.
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And you did your homework.
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How many of you
did your homework?
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Well, good, a
good percentage of you,
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hallelujah.
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The rest of you
need some improvement.
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But that's okay. That's okay.
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We'll keep on working on it.
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We're going to
have a word of prayer.
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And then we will begin on
page 237, with this chart,
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on page 237.
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But let's have a
word of prayer first.
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Our Father and our God,
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thank You for
the good night's rest
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that You have given us.
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Thank You for
giving us the privilege
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of seeing the
light of a new day.
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We thank You
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that we're able
to gather together
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as brothers and
sisters in the Lord,
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to open Your Word freely
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and to discover
Your will for us.
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We ask that You will be
with us today as we study,
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particularly
Revelation Chapter 10.
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Help us to
understand what has occurred
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and what will soon
occur in this world.
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Thank you,
Father, for the privilege
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of coming to You in prayer,
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we know that You
have heard our prayer
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because we ask
it in the powerful
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and uncomparable name of Jesus,
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our attorney in
the heavenly court.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen.
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All right.
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I'm going to go
through this chart.
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It's going to
take us a little while
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because this gives
us a bird's eye view
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of what we are going to study
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in the two
sessions this morning,
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and probably the first
session this afternoon.
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So you'll notice here
in this chart on page 237,
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that at the bottom of
the page we have the events,
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a description of the
events, you see that there?
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Yes. Yes.
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Then the solid line,
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the bold line has the
dates for those events.
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And then above that
you have the time period,
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the prophetic time periods.
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Is this clear?
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Then, you know,
at the very bottom,
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you have Revelation 10:1-11:1
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from 1798 to 1844.
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And above you have
the 2,300 days or years
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that begin in 457 through 1844.
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Do you see that?
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Now, let's work our
way from left to right.
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The little Book of Daniel
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which or what is the little book
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according to what
we studied yesterday?
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All of Daniel, right?
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No, Daniel 8 through 12.
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What is the
central theme of that book?
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The investigative judgment
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and the 2,300
days, the time period.
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So this book is sealed
around the year 535 BC.
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That's Daniel Chapter 12.
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That's approximate
date for Daniel 12.
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Then when do the 70 weeks begin?
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In 457 BC.
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And that marks the
beginning of what prophecy?
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See at the very
top, the 2,300 days,
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it's parallel there
to the 70 weeks begin.
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Then you move
further to the right
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and you arrive at 34 AD.
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What happens on that date?
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The 70 weeks.
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See the 70 weeks
there the two arrows.
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The 70 weeks end
in the year 34 AD.
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Then you move forward
and you have the year 538.
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What event marks the year 538?
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It is the beginning
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of the period of
papal supremacy, right?
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And what trumpet
is that by the way?
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That's the fourth trumpet.
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Yes.
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And then you have how many years
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from 538 to 1798?
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See that, 1,260 years.
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Is that the period
that the Gentiles trampled
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upon the holy city?
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Is it the period
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when the little horn
persecuted the saints
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of the Most High?
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Is it the time when the
dragon went after the woman?
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Yes.
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And so, this is the period
of the fourth trumpet, right?
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The period of
the fourth trumpet.
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And then you move
forward a little bit more
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and we're going to
find that Revelation 10
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describes seven thunders.
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I want you to
catch the structure now
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of what we're going to discuss.
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That way, you'll be able to
fit the events where they go.
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The seven thunders
utter their message
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between 1842 and 1844.
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We're going to notice that,
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so just keep that in
the corner of your mind.
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By the way, in 1798,
which trumpet begins?
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You notice above the
date 1798, the sixth trumpet.
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So the seven thunders occur
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during the period
of the sixth trumpet.
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The angels' oath in 1844,
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the time will be no longer
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is during the period
of the sixth trumpet.
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And the command
to prophesy again
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also occurs in 1844.
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And the measuring of
the temple begins in 1844.
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Are you with me or not?
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Are we still in the
period of the six trumpet then?
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Yes.
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When does the sixth trumpet end?
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It is when the seventh trumpet
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is about to sound.
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And the mystery
of God is finished.
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Are you with me?
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I'm going slow
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because once you
understand the structure,
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everything, the nitty-gritty
will make a lot more sense.
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So the mystery of God,
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do you notice that
the question mark there
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is a little bit before the
line of the seventh trumpet?
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Because really, the
mystery of God is finished
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right before the
seventh trumpet sounds.
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And then, of course,
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between when the
mystery of God finishes,
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when the trumpet is,
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seventh trumpet
is about to sound,
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and when the seventh
trumpet finally sounds,
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which is when Jesus
comes to take over the kingdom,
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what do you have
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between those
two points of time?
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The time of trouble.
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So is this clear in your mind?
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Now let's go then
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to page through 238,
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and unpack what
we just looked at
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in the chart.
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There's no passage in Scripture
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that describes more accurately
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the origin,
identity, message, mission,
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and destiny of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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than the prophecy of
Revelation Chapter 10.
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The three main
philosophical questions
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are relevant
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when we speak about the
origin of our beloved church.
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Where do we come from?
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Why are we here?
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And what is our destiny?
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Those are the three
great philosophical questions.
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If we do not know our roots,
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we will not realize
the immense privilege
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of belonging to
the remnant church,
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to God's
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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And the awesome
responsibility that we have
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of proclaiming the
message of this church
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and fulfilling the
mission that God has given
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to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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We will feel no particular pride
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in belonging to the
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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Our church is
not just any church.
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It is the remnant church.
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And I don't say that arrogantly,
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it's simply the truth.
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These days, some
of the intelligentsia,
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the highly educated, that is,
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of our church are embarrassed
about the origin of our church.
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They have
concluded that the pioneers
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were a group of
uneducated individuals
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who had no higher
education degrees,
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and therefore
were highly deficient
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in their theology.
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As the leaders of
the Jewish Sanhedrin
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perceived Peter and John,
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they perceive that the pioneers
were uneducated and untrained.
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By the way, the words
in Greek are agrammatos,
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which means that you
don't know a lot of grammar.
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And untrained
is the word idiotes
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from where we
get the word idiot.
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So that's how they
considered Peter and John.
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Some liberal publications,
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whose names I will not mention,
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but they are in the manual
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would just as soon
erase from our history,
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the sanctuary, 1844, and
the great disappointment.
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They would like the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
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to be just like all
of the other churches,
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perhaps with a little sprinkling
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of distinctive doctrine
such as keeping the Sabbath.
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This is a great tragedy.
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Because if we do
not know the prophecies
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that have made us
the people that we are,
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we will simply conclude
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that our church
is one among many,
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and it is not.
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In this study of Revelation 10,
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we will allow the
Bible to explain itself
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as we have done to this point
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by comparing one
text with another.
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The Holy Spirit supervise
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the composition
of the scriptures,
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and place them in them
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everything we need to
understand the scriptures.
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In other words, the
scriptures explain themselves
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by comparing one
text with another.
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We will find that
the Holy Spirit placed
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in many different
books of the Bible,
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all the necessary elements
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to explain the prophecy
of Revelation Chapter 10.
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One point I
would like to underline
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as we begin this study,
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we will see that
in Revelation 10,
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God describes the origins
of the great Advent movement
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in the minutest detail.
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And as we move along,
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I will use the
Spirit of Prophecy
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to support many
details of our interpretation.
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On a certain occasion,
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I was lecturing on this chapter.
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It was actually
in North Carolina
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some years ago.
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And someone came to me
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with the utmost
sincerity and asked,
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"If we wish to give
this study of Revelation 10
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to one who is not a member
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of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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could we do it
simply from the Bible
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without using the
Spirit of Prophecy at all?
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The implication
of the question was
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that a
non-Adventist would never accept
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the authority of
the Spirit of Prophecy,
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and therefore we
should use the Bible alone
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in explaining
Revelation Chapter 10.
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In my answer, I made
two important points.
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First, we should
never give a non-Adventist
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a study on Revelation 10,
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until the very end of
a series of Bible studies
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in preparation for baptism.
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After the
candidate has fully studied
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all the doctrines of the church,
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including the sanctuary,
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the 70 weeks, the
2,300 day prophecy,
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and the role of
the Spirit of Prophecy,
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then we can unlock the meaning
of Revelation Chapter 10.
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Second,
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and this is probably
the most important of all.
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It is not fair to insist
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that we must present this
study from the Bible alone.
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You say, "Well, why not?"
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Well, let's notice.
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How can we
explain the little horn
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and the beast prophecies
of Daniel 7 and Revelation 13
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to Roman Catholics by
using the Bible alone?
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The simple
answer is that we can't.
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Daniel and John give
us many characteristics
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of the little horn or the beast.
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They wrote that the
little horn blasphemed God.
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They blasphemed His
tabernacle in heaven.
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They persecuted the
saints of the Most High,
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thought that it
could change, the beast,
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the little horn
could change God's law,
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and ruled for 1,260 years.
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How can we prove
these characteristics
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apply to the papacy
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without going
outside the Bible to history?
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Are you understanding my point?
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The answer is that we cannot.
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The Bible gives us
the characteristics,
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and then we must find
their fulfillment in history
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outside the biblical canon.
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Is that legitimate?
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Absolutely.
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We could say the same
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about the earth beast
of Revelation 13:11-18.
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All the
characteristics of this beast
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indicate that it represents
the United States of America.
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However, nowhere in the Bible
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can you find the
name United States.
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Once again, the Bible
provides the characteristics
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and then we must find in history
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the power to which
the characteristics apply.
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We can say the same
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about the
prophecy of Revelation 10.
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In this chapter, we
find the characteristics
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that point to the
rise of the remnant church.
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But we must find the fulfillment
00:14:29.30\00:14:31.70
of these characteristics where?
00:14:31.73\00:14:34.14
In history.
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Would it not be absurd to say
00:14:35.67\00:14:37.41
that we must look
for the fulfillment
00:14:37.44\00:14:39.14
of Bible prophecies in history,
00:14:39.17\00:14:41.31
except for Revelation 10?
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We must underline
00:14:44.35\00:14:46.08
that the writings and
this is an important point,
00:14:46.11\00:14:48.18
the writings of Ellen
White and the pioneers
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are of particular authority
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when it comes to the fulfillment
00:14:53.39\00:14:54.82
of Revelation Chapter 10.
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Why?
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Because they
personally participated
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in its fulfillment.
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They were eyewitnesses.
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Ellen White did not
write simply as a historian
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looking back at what happened.
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She was there,
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and actually
participated in the events
00:15:11.84\00:15:14.98
that that chapter describes.
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One of the great deficiencies,
00:15:17.35\00:15:19.45
I believe in Seventh-day
Adventist evangelism today
00:15:19.48\00:15:22.85
is that we are not teaching
our baptismal candidates
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our denominational history.
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And therefore they are not aware
00:15:28.99\00:15:30.93
of the rich historical heritage
00:15:30.96\00:15:34.20
of the church
that they are joining.
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Would you agree with that?
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Most people don't
have the foggiest idea
00:15:38.83\00:15:40.74
about the origins of this church
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or why this church exists.
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It's just a
collection of doctrines
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that they're supposed to accept.
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Now, let's go to
the next section.
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Traditionally,
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Seventh-day
Adventists interpreters
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have correctly
seen in the trumpets,
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a chronological sequence of
events in Christian history.
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The events of Revelation 10,
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clearly transpire
at the time of the end,
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because they are occurring
during the period of the what?
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Of course,
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so must it be sometime
after the French Revolution,
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after 1798?
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Of course.
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Must it be also before
the close of probation?
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Yeah, because the
close of probation comes
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when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound.
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So it must occur
sometime after 1798
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and before the
close of probation.
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Now, let's read the passage.
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And I'm going to emphasize
00:16:36.93\00:16:38.69
certain things
about Revelation 10.
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I'm going to read
all of Revelation 10 now,
00:16:40.40\00:16:42.60
so that we have the
sequence of events in our minds,
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because Revelation 10
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is written in
chronological order,
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with the exception of verse 7.
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Verse 7 is not in
chronological order,
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we'll deal with that.
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But the chapter itself is,
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the events are one after another
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in chronological order.
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So let's begin in verse 1.
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"I saw still
another mighty angel
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coming down from heaven,
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clothed with a cloud.
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And a rainbow was on his
head, his face was like the sun,
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and his feet
like pillars of fire.
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He had a little book open,"
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actually, the Greek
says, having been opened.
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So at some point, if
it having been opened,
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at some time it
must have been closed.
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Is this a
commentary in Daniel 12:4?
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Absolutely.
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"So he had a little
book open in his hand.
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And he set his
right foot on the sea
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and his left foot on the land,
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and cried with a loud
voice, as when a lion roars.
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When he cried out,
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seven thunders
uttered their voices.
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Now when the seven
thunders uttered their voices,
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I was about to
write," John says,
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"but I heard a voice
from heaven saying to me,
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'Seal up the things
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which the seven
thunders uttered,
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and do not write them.'"
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Interesting.
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God reveals to
John the thunders.
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We're going to
notice that John understood
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what the thunders uttered.
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And God says, seal them,
so they can't be understood.
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That's kind of weird, isn't it?
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Well, we'll see what that means.
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Verse 5,
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"Then the angel whom I
saw standing on the sea
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and on the land
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raised up his hand to heaven
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and swore by Him who
lives forever and ever,
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who created heaven and
the things that are in it,
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the earth and the
things that are in it,
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and the sea and the
things that are in it, "
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clear reference to
the fourth commandment,
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right?
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"That there should,"
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and I'm reading
from New King James,
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"that there should
be delay no longer."
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Bad translation.
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The King James says
time would be no longer.
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We're going to see that
that is the proper translation.
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Then we notice verse
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that that time
would be no longer.
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Verse 7,
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"But in the days of the sounding
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of the seventh
angel, when he is," what?
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Now when the
seventh trumpet sounds?
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"When it is about to sound,
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the mystery of God
would be finished."
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When is the
mystery of God finished,
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when the seventh trumpet sounds
or when it's about to sound?
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When it's about to sound.
00:19:34.87\00:19:36.94
"And He declared this
to his servants" what?
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The prophets.
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Then the voice which I heard
from heaven spoke to me again."
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That is telling him
about the seven thunders.
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"And said,
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'Go, take the little
book which is open in the hand
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of the angel who stands
on the sea and on the earth.'
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So I went to the
angel and said to him,
00:19:58.39\00:20:00.56
'Give me the little book.'
00:20:00.60\00:20:02.93
And he said to
me, 'Take and eat it,
00:20:02.96\00:20:05.70
and it will make
your stomach bitter,
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but it will be as sweet as honey
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in your mouth.'"
00:20:10.74\00:20:12.07
That's the kind of a
strange order, isn't it?
00:20:12.11\00:20:14.34
First it says it will
be bitter in your stomach,
00:20:14.38\00:20:16.24
a bit sweet in your mouth,
00:20:16.28\00:20:17.61
that that kind of
reverses the normal way, right?
00:20:17.65\00:20:19.68
We eat it and it's sweet.
00:20:19.71\00:20:21.18
And then it's
bitter in the stomach.
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Why do we have this reversed?
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We're going to look at that.
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Verse 10.
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"Then I took the little book
00:20:27.56\00:20:28.89
out of the
angel's hand and ate it,
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and it was as sweet
as honey in my mouth, "
00:20:31.49\00:20:33.70
now we get the proper order,
00:20:33.73\00:20:35.46
it was as sweet
as honey in my mouth.
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"But when I had eaten it,
my stomach became bitter."
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And he said to me,
notice after the experience,
00:20:42.37\00:20:45.81
the bittersweet experience,
the angel says to him what?
00:20:45.84\00:20:49.94
You must prophesy again.
00:20:49.98\00:20:52.41
By the way, you
can't do something again
00:20:52.45\00:20:54.02
unless you did it once before.
00:20:54.05\00:20:57.65
So is the message going to come
out of the little book again?
00:20:57.69\00:21:00.56
Yes.
00:21:00.59\00:21:01.92
"You must prophesy
again about many peoples, "
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.66
probably a better translation
is "to many peoples, nations,
00:21:04.69\00:21:08.86
tongues, and kings."
00:21:08.90\00:21:11.43
And then Revelation 11:1,
it belongs with Revelation 10.
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Is that the same
angel that is speaking?
00:21:17.41\00:21:19.64
Yes.
00:21:19.67\00:21:21.01
"Then I was given a
reed like a measuring rod.
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And the angel,"
is it the same angel?
00:21:24.28\00:21:27.05
"The angel stood, saying,
00:21:27.08\00:21:29.68
'Rise and measure
the temple of God,
00:21:29.72\00:21:33.36
the altar, and
those who worship there.'"
00:21:33.39\00:21:38.06
Now, let's look at the elements.
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I'm going to go
through this passage again,
00:21:40.86\00:21:43.23
showing you
00:21:43.26\00:21:44.60
the
chronological order of events
00:21:44.63\00:21:46.60
at the bottom of the page,
00:21:46.63\00:21:47.97
summary of the
little book episode,
00:21:48.00\00:21:50.27
it might appear
00:21:50.31\00:21:51.64
that I'm
repeating the same thing.
00:21:51.67\00:21:53.54
But repetition is
the master of learning.
00:21:53.58\00:21:58.18
My wife tells me
that I repeat too much.
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And what I tell my wife is,
00:22:01.88\00:22:03.39
how do you suppose
that parents learn to talk?
00:22:03.42\00:22:08.06
By repetition.
00:22:08.09\00:22:09.79
Now, let's go then to
the bottom of page 241.
00:22:09.82\00:22:13.80
First, the angel what?
00:22:13.83\00:22:16.63
By the way, he descends down,
00:22:16.67\00:22:18.13
but you need to
eliminate the word down there.
00:22:18.17\00:22:21.27
It's redundant.
00:22:21.30\00:22:22.67
The angel descended
from heaven to earth.
00:22:22.70\00:22:26.88
Then what happens?
00:22:26.91\00:22:28.64
The angel's
physical characteristics
00:22:28.68\00:22:31.31
are described, right?
00:22:31.35\00:22:33.58
What are his
physical characteristics?
00:22:33.62\00:22:36.25
Well, it says
00:22:36.28\00:22:37.62
that he is
surrounded by a cloud,
00:22:37.65\00:22:40.06
a rainbow over his head,
his face is like the sun,
00:22:40.09\00:22:42.92
and his feet are
like pillars of fire.
00:22:42.96\00:22:44.79
So the appearance of
the angel is described.
00:22:44.83\00:22:49.43
Then as the angel
descends from heaven,
00:22:49.46\00:22:52.43
he has in his
right hand an open book.
00:22:52.47\00:22:55.60
Actually, it's a scroll,
but it's called the book.
00:22:55.64\00:22:59.17
Does this mean that
he had already opened it
00:22:59.21\00:23:01.88
before he
descended to the earth?
00:23:01.91\00:23:04.31
Of course.
00:23:04.35\00:23:05.68
So He opens the book,
00:23:05.71\00:23:07.22
and then he comes down
from heaven with the book.
00:23:07.25\00:23:10.82
By the way, did you notice
00:23:10.85\00:23:12.19
that it doesn't
say that this angel
00:23:12.22\00:23:13.56
fell from heaven?
00:23:13.59\00:23:16.39
Falling is apostasy.
00:23:16.42\00:23:18.83
This one comes from heaven.
00:23:18.86\00:23:20.50
We noticed in a previous trumpet
00:23:20.53\00:23:22.46
that there's a star
that falls from heaven.
00:23:22.50\00:23:26.00
Then notice,
00:23:26.03\00:23:27.37
what does the angel do
when he arrived at the earth
00:23:27.40\00:23:30.21
with the open book?
00:23:30.24\00:23:31.87
He plants one foot on dry land
and the other foot on the sea.
00:23:31.91\00:23:36.88
That's verse 2.
00:23:36.91\00:23:38.75
And then what happens
after he plants his feet?
00:23:38.78\00:23:42.28
The angel then
spoke a message like what?
00:23:42.32\00:23:45.22
Like the roar of a
lion that echoed like what?
00:23:45.25\00:23:50.06
Like seven thunders.
00:23:50.09\00:23:53.26
John understood the
message of the thunders.
00:23:53.29\00:23:57.07
Did he understand the
message of the thunders?
00:23:57.10\00:23:59.50
Yeah, because he
says I was about to write.
00:23:59.53\00:24:03.04
How can he write if
he didn't understand?
00:24:03.07\00:24:06.04
So it says, John understood
the message of the thunders.
00:24:06.07\00:24:09.28
But the angel
instructed him to what?
00:24:09.31\00:24:12.18
To seal the message
that the thunders uttered,
00:24:12.21\00:24:15.08
and not to write it down.
00:24:15.12\00:24:18.65
Then what does the angel do?
00:24:18.69\00:24:20.02
Do you see the
chronological order?
00:24:20.06\00:24:21.72
Then what does the angel do?
00:24:21.76\00:24:23.76
The angel then raises
his right hand to heaven.
00:24:23.79\00:24:27.63
By the way, in
Daniel Chapter 12,
00:24:27.66\00:24:29.26
you'll find
that the angel raised
00:24:29.30\00:24:30.67
both hands to heaven.
00:24:30.70\00:24:32.77
But here the angel
raises only one, why?
00:24:32.80\00:24:35.74
Because in Daniel,
00:24:35.77\00:24:37.11
the angel still
did not have the book.
00:24:37.14\00:24:40.41
Here the angel has
the book in one hand,
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.14
so he can only raise one hand.
00:24:42.18\00:24:45.58
So the angel raises
his right hand to heaven.
00:24:45.61\00:24:49.38
He has the book
in his left hand,
00:24:49.42\00:24:51.19
and swore an oath,
00:24:51.22\00:24:52.92
in the name of the
eternal Creator God,
00:24:52.95\00:24:55.16
that time would be no longer.
00:24:55.19\00:24:58.09
The angel, then what,
00:24:58.13\00:25:00.56
is this a sequence
of chronological events?
00:25:00.60\00:25:03.16
Yes.
00:25:03.20\00:25:04.53
Then the angel
gave the book to John,
00:25:04.57\00:25:06.80
with instructions to eat it,
00:25:06.84\00:25:08.90
and told him it would
be bitter in his stomach
00:25:08.94\00:25:11.97
and sweet as honey in his mouth.
00:25:12.01\00:25:15.51
What did John then do?
00:25:15.54\00:25:17.45
John ate the book.
00:25:17.48\00:25:19.58
And it was sweet in his mouth.
00:25:19.61\00:25:22.78
The next point is that
00:25:22.82\00:25:24.15
in the aftermath
of eating the book,
00:25:24.19\00:25:26.82
he got indigestion.
00:25:26.86\00:25:28.79
In other words, it
was bitter in his stomach.
00:25:28.82\00:25:32.23
Then the same angel
instructed John to what?
00:25:32.26\00:25:35.96
To prophesy again,
from the little book,
00:25:36.00\00:25:39.50
to many peoples,
nations, tongues and kings.
00:25:39.53\00:25:43.17
Then the same angel
commanded John to do what?
00:25:43.20\00:25:47.84
To measure the
temple, the altar,
00:25:47.88\00:25:50.85
and those who worship therein.
00:25:50.88\00:25:53.52
And then this is the one
verse that is out of order.
00:25:53.55\00:25:58.69
This is a
parenthetical statement
00:25:58.72\00:26:00.79
in verse 7,
00:26:00.82\00:26:02.16
we're going to see that.
00:26:02.19\00:26:03.96
Then what happens?
00:26:03.99\00:26:05.33
The mystery of God what?
00:26:05.36\00:26:07.90
Ends right before
the seventh trumpet
00:26:07.93\00:26:10.37
is going to sound,
00:26:10.40\00:26:13.27
the mystery of God ends.
00:26:13.30\00:26:15.67
And then what is the last point?
00:26:15.70\00:26:18.27
Then the seventh trumpet blows,
00:26:18.31\00:26:21.68
and all the
kingdoms of the world
00:26:21.71\00:26:23.48
become the kingdoms of Jesus.
00:26:23.51\00:26:26.92
Is this clear?
00:26:26.95\00:26:28.98
See we dedicated some
time to going through this,
00:26:29.02\00:26:31.95
we have to have
the sequence clear.
00:26:31.99\00:26:34.29
Listen, this was
fulfilled to a tee,
00:26:34.32\00:26:37.19
with the Millerite movement.
00:26:37.23\00:26:39.19
It is simply amazing,
00:26:39.23\00:26:41.06
as we studied the early history
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of actually not the Seventh-day
Adventist Church yet,
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but many of the
pioneers became members
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of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church later.
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Now, let's notice
who this messenger is.
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This messenger is
really Jesus Christ.
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You say, how do we know that?
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Because of several reasons.
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First, John did not
see merely an angel.
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He saw what?
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A mighty angel. By
the way, angel means what?
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Means messenger.
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So this is a messenger.
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What did the
angel's face shine like?
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Like the sun.
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In Revelation
1:16, the same book,
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we are told that
the face of Jesus
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in the heavenly
sanctuary shone as the sun.
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He was surrounded by a what?
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By a cloud.
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Who is surrounded
by clouds in Scripture?
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Jesus, He comes with clouds.
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He rides on a cloud
to the Most Holy Place.
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In other words,
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the angel is
surrounded by clouds.
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What are His legs like?
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Like pillars of fire.
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Read Revelation 1:15.
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It says that Jesus,
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Jesus' legs and feet
are like pillars of fire.
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Now, when the angel spoke,
what did His voice sound like?
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Like the roar of a lion.
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Who is the lion?
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Jesus is the lion
of the tribe of Judah.
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The angel had a
rainbow over His head,
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representing what?
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The union of
Christ's mercy and justice.
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Notice this
statement in Education 115,
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"As the bow in the cloud
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results from the union
of sunshine and shower,
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so the bow above God's throne
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represents the union of
His mercy and His justice.
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To the sinful but
repentant soul God says,
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'Live thou, I
have found a ransom.'"
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So let me ask you,
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is the door of probation
open during the sixth trumpet?
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Yeah, because it's
justice mingled with what?
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With mercy.
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You know, if our
probation had closed,
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then you would only have what?
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Justice with no mercy.
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And so the door
of probation is open.
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Now Ellen White tells
us who this angel was,
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who this messenger was.
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The mighty angel
who instructed John
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was no less a
personage than Jesus Christ.
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In another statement,
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Bible Commentary,
volume seven, pages 953 and 54.
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She wrote,
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"The instruction to
be communicated to John
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was so important that
Christ came from heaven,
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to give it to his servant,
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telling him to send
it to the churches."
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Now, let's talk
about the identity
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of the little book.
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Does Revelation 10
revolve around the little book?
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Yeah, revolves
around the little book.
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Now, there's only one
book in the Bible, folks,
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that was sealed
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and later opened in
the time of the end.
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Is the little book opened
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during the period
of the sixth trumpet?
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Yes.
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Is that towards the end?
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Would that be in
the time of the end?
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Of course, it would be.
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Now, Daniel shut up the book
and sealed it around the year,
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it will be between 535 and 538.
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Now, notice
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Daniel 11, 12:4.
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"But you Daniel,
shut up the words,
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and seal the book."
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What is the book again?
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Daniel 8-12,
particularly what element?
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Many things could be
understood of Daniel 8-12.
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What couldn't be understood?
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The timing
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when the investigative
judgment would begin where?
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In heaven.
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So he's told
Daniel, shut up the words
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and seal the book forever.
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No, it says, until when?
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So does that mean that the
book was going to be unsealed
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at the time of the end?
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Yes, absolutely.
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Many, and I put eyes there,
by the way, the expression,
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run to and fro is
also used in the Psalms
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to describe the eyes of
God that roam to and fro.
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So that's why I
put that that there.
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Many shall run to and
fro with what purpose?
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To gain
knowledge, knowledge of what?
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Of what's in the book,
because it's been unsealed.
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So many shall run to and fro,
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and knowledge and in brackets
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you have of the
book shall increase.
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Where is the book
opened in the Bible?
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Revelation 10.
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Notice Revelation 10:1,
00:31:39.19\00:31:41.73
"I saw another mighty
angel coming down from heaven,
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clothed with a cloud.
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And a rainbow was on his
head, his face was like the sun,
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and his feet
like pillars of fire."
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He had a little
book open in his hand.
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Now the tense of the verb open,
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indicates that
the angel unsealed
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and opened the little book,
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just before he
descended from heaven.
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The verb open,
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literally reads in
the Greek, the book,
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the one having been opened.
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Literally the
Greek verb, that this,
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the verb that describes
the opening of the book
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is a passive
perfect tense participle
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for all the
English buffs in our midst.
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What does that mean?
What is a perfect tense?
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A perfect tense is an
action that began in the past
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and endures in the present.
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For example, I say, I
have been here all week.
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The action started
when the week started,
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but I'm still here.
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So that's a perfect tense.
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So the angel opened the
book and when he arrives,
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the book is what?
00:32:58.27\00:32:59.67
The book is open, but
it was open at some point.
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The perfect tense
describes an event
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that began in the past,
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and endures or
continues in the present.
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This means that the angel
opened the book in heaven when?
00:33:10.19\00:33:14.29
At the time of the end,
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and then descended from
heaven with the open book.
00:33:16.19\00:33:19.93
In other words, the
little book remained closed
00:33:19.96\00:33:22.50
and sealed until
the time of the end,
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at which time the seal was what?
00:33:26.07\00:33:28.94
Was removed,
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and the book was open so
that it could be understood
00:33:30.37\00:33:34.98
and proclaimed.
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So if a book is sealed,
can anyone understand it?
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No.
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But if the book is open,
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can people read it and
study it, understand it?
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Absolutely.
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Now, as we studied previously,
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the little book
consisted of Daniel 8:1
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through Daniel 12:4,
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particularly the portion
that has to do with what?
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The 2,300 days
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and the beginning
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of the heavenly
investigative judgment.
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That's the central theme.
00:34:04.14\00:34:06.04
The opening of the little book
took place when the Millerites
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and others preached what?
00:34:09.88\00:34:12.35
The first angel's
message beginning in 1798,
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because they preached what?
00:34:15.72\00:34:17.15
The hour of His
judgment has come.
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Now, we have three scenarios
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that describe
what happened in 1844.
00:34:24.63\00:34:27.46
First, Daniel
8:14 give us the timing
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for the
beginning of the judgment.
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It's at the end of the what?
00:34:32.67\00:34:34.74
2,300 days.
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Daniel 7 describes
the heavenly event.
00:34:36.81\00:34:39.57
Remember, the Father
moves into the Most Holy Place.
00:34:39.61\00:34:43.71
He sits, the books are open,"
00:34:43.75\00:34:45.65
then Jesus comes on a cloud
00:34:45.68\00:34:47.95
to where the Father is
00:34:47.98\00:34:49.88
to receive the
kingdom from the Father.
00:34:49.92\00:34:51.39
Is that a description
of what happens in 1844?
00:34:51.42\00:34:54.16
Yes.
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So Daniel 8:14
gives us the date.
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Daniel Chapter 7
provides the what?
00:34:58.59\00:35:01.16
A description of
the heavenly event.
00:35:01.20\00:35:03.26
And Revelation
10 and 14: 6 and 7,
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gives us the what?
00:35:06.40\00:35:07.74
The earthly
announcement of the event.
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Are you
understanding the relationship
00:35:11.44\00:35:12.91
between these three passages?
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So you have the timing,
00:35:14.98\00:35:16.71
you have the description
of the heavenly event,
00:35:16.75\00:35:20.38
and you have the
earthly announcement
00:35:20.42\00:35:22.12
of the event in the
first angel's message,
00:35:22.15\00:35:24.75
as well as in Revelation 10,
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which is the
chapter that we're studying.
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Now, let's read these statements
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that we find on
pages 244 and 245,
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where Ellen White
describes the moment
00:35:39.20\00:35:42.47
when the book was opened.
00:35:42.50\00:35:44.97
"It was the lion of the
tribe of Judah who," what?
00:35:45.01\00:35:48.94
"Who unsealed the book,
00:35:48.98\00:35:51.15
and gave to John the revelation
of what should be" when?
00:35:51.18\00:35:55.78
"In these last days.
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Daniel stood in his
lot to bear his testimony."
00:35:57.79\00:36:00.89
How did Daniel stand in
his lot and bear his testimony
00:36:00.92\00:36:03.59
in Revelation 10?
00:36:03.63\00:36:06.56
Through his book, not in person,
00:36:06.59\00:36:08.43
he was dead in 1844, folks.
00:36:08.46\00:36:10.83
It's through his book.
00:36:10.87\00:36:12.73
So once again, "Daniel stood
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.14
in his lot to
bear his testimony,
00:36:14.17\00:36:16.30
which was sealed
until the time of the end."
00:36:16.34\00:36:18.81
Now when is the book unsealed?
00:36:18.84\00:36:20.48
When the first angel's message
00:36:20.51\00:36:22.04
should be
proclaimed to our world.
00:36:22.08\00:36:24.61
So when is the seal
removed from the book?
00:36:24.65\00:36:27.48
When they begin to preach what?
00:36:27.52\00:36:29.28
The hour of His
judgment has come.
00:36:29.32\00:36:31.02
Did Miller preach that?
00:36:31.05\00:36:32.62
Did Wolff, Bengal, and
all these others, children,
00:36:32.65\00:36:36.29
proclaim the hour of
His judgment has come
00:36:36.32\00:36:38.49
starting in 1798?
00:36:38.53\00:36:40.53
Absolutely.
00:36:40.56\00:36:41.90
Let's continue.
00:36:41.93\00:36:43.26
"These matters are
of infinite importance
00:36:43.30\00:36:45.73
in these last days.
00:36:45.77\00:36:47.84
But while many
shall be purified,
00:36:47.87\00:36:49.57
and made white and tried,
the wicked shall do wickedly,
00:36:49.60\00:36:52.57
and none of the
wicked shall understand.
00:36:52.61\00:36:55.24
How true this is,"
Ellen White states,
00:36:55.28\00:36:58.18
"sin is the
transgression of the law of God.
00:36:58.21\00:37:01.18
And those in the
denominational churches,
00:37:01.22\00:37:04.02
who will not accept the light
in regard to the law of God
00:37:04.05\00:37:07.82
will not understand the
proclamation of the first,
00:37:07.86\00:37:11.09
second and third
angels' messages.
00:37:11.13\00:37:14.50
So what happens to those
who reject the law of God?
00:37:14.53\00:37:17.93
They can't understand
the three angels' messages.
00:37:17.97\00:37:20.64
Why not?
00:37:20.67\00:37:22.00
Well, because what
the first angel's message
00:37:22.04\00:37:24.37
proclaims the
Sabbath, worship the Creator.
00:37:24.41\00:37:30.01
What does the third
angel's message say?
00:37:30.05\00:37:32.31
Don't receive the
mark of the beast,
00:37:32.35\00:37:33.92
don't keep Sunday?
00:37:33.95\00:37:35.88
What does the
second angel's message say?
00:37:35.92\00:37:37.79
Get out of Babylon.
00:37:37.82\00:37:40.56
So if they
reject the law of God,
00:37:40.59\00:37:43.29
can they understand everything
that we find in Revelation 10?
00:37:43.32\00:37:47.66
It's impossible.
00:37:47.70\00:37:49.60
She continues,
00:37:49.63\00:37:51.13
"The book of Daniel is unsealed
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.94
in the revelation to
John and carries us forward, "
00:37:53.97\00:37:58.91
what does the Book of Daniel do?
00:37:58.94\00:38:01.81
It's unsealed in
the revelation to John
00:38:01.84\00:38:04.35
and carries us forward to where?
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.22
"To the last scenes
of this earth's history."
00:38:07.25\00:38:10.99
Are we talking here
about the sixth trumpet?
00:38:11.02\00:38:13.12
The last scenes
after the sixth trumpet,
00:38:13.15\00:38:16.66
there is only one, the seventh,
00:38:16.69\00:38:18.99
and that is when Jesus
takes over the kingdom.
00:38:19.03\00:38:21.90
Notice this
rather long statement
00:38:21.93\00:38:23.97
from Great
Controversy, page 356.
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.80
The message of salvation
has been preached in all ages,
00:38:27.84\00:38:30.81
correct?
00:38:30.84\00:38:32.17
The gospel has been
preached in all ages,
00:38:32.21\00:38:33.68
even in the Old Testament.
00:38:33.71\00:38:35.44
But this message
says Ellen White,
00:38:35.48\00:38:38.18
and the context is
the first angel's message
00:38:38.21\00:38:40.98
concerning the judgment hour.
00:38:41.02\00:38:42.75
By the way, what
are we judged by?
00:38:42.78\00:38:45.82
The law.
00:38:45.85\00:38:47.19
So what happens if
you reject the law?
00:38:47.22\00:38:50.03
See, are you understanding
00:38:50.06\00:38:51.39
why the Christian
world cannot understand this?
00:38:51.43\00:38:54.80
It's because
they reject the law.
00:38:54.83\00:38:56.43
She continues.
00:38:56.46\00:38:57.80
"The message of salvation
has been preached in all ages,
00:38:57.83\00:38:59.73
but this message is
a part of the gospel,
00:38:59.77\00:39:02.97
which could be proclaimed
only in the last days.
00:39:03.00\00:39:07.58
Why?
00:39:07.61\00:39:08.94
For only then would it be true
00:39:08.98\00:39:10.78
that the hour of
judgment had come.
00:39:10.81\00:39:13.01
Could the Apostle Paul so say,
00:39:13.05\00:39:14.55
the hour of His
judgment has come?
00:39:14.58\00:39:16.82
No, because they hadn't come.
00:39:16.85\00:39:19.25
So it can only be proclaimed
00:39:19.29\00:39:20.89
when the judgment
was about to begin.
00:39:20.92\00:39:23.86
Continue saying here.
00:39:23.89\00:39:25.73
"The prophecies present
a succession of events."
00:39:25.76\00:39:29.00
For example, a chain
prophecy of Daniel 7,
00:39:29.03\00:39:31.70
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
00:39:31.73\00:39:33.07
Greece, pagan
Rome, the ten horns,
00:39:33.10\00:39:35.60
the little horn for 1260 years,
00:39:35.64\00:39:38.47
then the
beginning of the judgment
00:39:38.51\00:39:41.24
and the everlasting kingdom.
00:39:41.28\00:39:42.61
That's what she's talking about.
00:39:42.64\00:39:44.81
The prophecies
present a succession of events
00:39:44.85\00:39:47.48
leading down to what?
00:39:47.52\00:39:49.42
To the opening of the judgment.
00:39:49.45\00:39:50.79
Does Daniel 7 lead you down
to the opening of the judgment?
00:39:50.82\00:39:54.06
It does.
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.79
She continues.
00:39:55.82\00:39:57.99
"But that part of his prophecy,
which related to," what?
00:39:58.03\00:40:04.27
"To the last days."
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.87
Daniel was bitten to close up
and seal till time of the end.
00:40:05.90\00:40:09.10
What is the one
element that was sealed
00:40:09.14\00:40:11.54
in the prophecy of Daniel 7
00:40:11.57\00:40:12.91
that no one could understand
until the time of the end?
00:40:12.94\00:40:18.18
Remember, we meant
00:40:18.21\00:40:19.55
remember high
politics that we read from?
00:40:19.58\00:40:22.08
He said, the judgment is
Jesus coming to heaven to judge
00:40:22.12\00:40:24.55
from heaven to
earth to judge the world?
00:40:24.59\00:40:26.86
Did he understand that?
00:40:26.89\00:40:28.62
Did anyone
understand before October 23
00:40:28.66\00:40:33.16
when Hiram Edson
had that insight,
00:40:33.19\00:40:35.86
going through the field?
00:40:35.90\00:40:37.23
Did anybody
before October 23, 1844,
00:40:37.27\00:40:41.04
understand there was going to be
00:40:41.07\00:40:42.44
a heavenly judgment
00:40:42.47\00:40:44.11
before Jesus
took over the kingdom?
00:40:44.14\00:40:46.71
No.
00:40:46.74\00:40:48.34
That is what it was sealed.
00:40:48.38\00:40:51.38
She continues,
00:40:51.41\00:40:53.01
but that part of his prophecy
which related to the last days,
00:40:53.05\00:40:56.62
Daniel was bitten to close up
00:40:56.65\00:40:58.95
and seal to the time of the end.
00:40:58.99\00:41:01.39
Not till we reach
this time, what time?
00:41:01.42\00:41:06.39
The time of the end, right?
00:41:06.43\00:41:08.20
Could a message
concerning the judgment
00:41:08.23\00:41:10.27
be proclaimed
00:41:10.30\00:41:11.63
based on the
fulfillment of these prophecies?
00:41:11.67\00:41:14.80
But at the time that
he answers the prophet
00:41:14.84\00:41:17.21
many shall run to and fro,
00:41:17.24\00:41:19.37
and knowledge
shall be increased?
00:41:19.41\00:41:20.88
According to Ellen White,
00:41:20.91\00:41:22.24
what is the
increase of knowledge?
00:41:22.28\00:41:24.95
Understanding what was sealed
until the time of the end,
00:41:24.98\00:41:28.18
folks?
00:41:28.22\00:41:29.78
Notice this statement,
00:41:29.82\00:41:31.15
volume seven of a
blog Bible Commentary,
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.42
page 971.
00:41:33.46\00:41:35.89
"The unsealing
of the little book,
00:41:35.92\00:41:38.99
was the message in
relation to," what?
00:41:39.03\00:41:42.30
"To time."
00:41:42.33\00:41:43.67
What was that that was sealed?
00:41:43.70\00:41:45.03
That time
element relating to 1844
00:41:45.07\00:41:50.41
and particularly Daniel 8:14.
00:41:50.44\00:41:55.24
Now, let's notice,
00:41:55.28\00:41:56.71
when did the
angel open the book?
00:41:56.75\00:42:00.32
Well, according
to Revelation 10,
00:42:00.35\00:42:03.55
the angel removed
the seal from the book
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.85
so that people could
study and proclaim it
00:42:05.89\00:42:09.02
at the end time.
00:42:09.06\00:42:10.83
Just before the seventh
angel blows his trumpet,
00:42:10.86\00:42:13.66
and the mystery
of God is finished.
00:42:13.70\00:42:16.56
Concerning the
message of judgment,
00:42:16.60\00:42:18.90
that the first angel proclaimed,
00:42:18.93\00:42:20.37
Ellen White wrote this.
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.90
When does the
time of the end begin?
00:42:22.94\00:42:24.47
The book is sealed
until the time of the end?
00:42:24.51\00:42:26.17
When does the
time of the end begin?
00:42:26.21\00:42:28.88
1798.
00:42:28.91\00:42:30.85
Notice this
statement from Ellen White.
00:42:30.88\00:42:33.62
No such message,
00:42:33.65\00:42:36.35
the hour of His
judgment has come.
00:42:36.38\00:42:38.29
No such message
has ever been given
00:42:38.32\00:42:40.36
in past ages.
00:42:40.39\00:42:42.02
Paul, as we have
seen, did not preach it.
00:42:42.06\00:42:45.66
He pointed his brethren
00:42:45.69\00:42:47.03
into the then far distant future
00:42:47.06\00:42:49.40
for the coming of the Lord.
00:42:49.43\00:42:51.30
The reformers
did not proclaim it.
00:42:51.33\00:42:53.44
Did the reformers proclaimed
the first angels' message?
00:42:53.47\00:42:56.67
No.
00:42:56.71\00:42:58.04
Martin Luther
placed the judgment
00:42:58.07\00:43:00.48
about 300 years in
the future from His day.
00:43:00.51\00:43:04.85
Now notice this detail.
00:43:04.88\00:43:06.78
"But since 1798," since when?
00:43:06.82\00:43:13.76
The Book of
Daniel has been what?
00:43:13.79\00:43:16.52
Unsealed.
00:43:16.56\00:43:17.89
So when was the
little book unsealed?
00:43:17.93\00:43:21.10
At the time of the end.
00:43:21.13\00:43:22.46
When does the
time of the end begin?
00:43:22.50\00:43:24.07
1798.
00:43:24.10\00:43:26.97
So once again,
going back, she says,
00:43:27.00\00:43:30.87
"But since 1798,
00:43:30.91\00:43:33.48
the Book of Daniel
has been unsealed."
00:43:33.51\00:43:35.04
And when she says
the Book of Daniel,
00:43:35.08\00:43:36.41
we know that the
particular aspect
00:43:36.44\00:43:39.71
of Daniel
00:43:39.75\00:43:41.08
is that portion or
part that she referred to,
00:43:41.12\00:43:44.59
so I've to read
everything that she says.
00:43:44.62\00:43:47.19
The Book of Daniel has
been unsealed and now what,
00:43:47.22\00:43:51.13
what kind of
knowledge has increased?
00:43:51.16\00:43:52.96
Scientific knowledge, right?
00:43:52.99\00:43:55.30
No.
00:43:55.33\00:43:56.97
Knowledge of the
prophecies has increased.
00:43:57.00\00:44:00.60
Is that true from 1798 forward?
00:44:00.64\00:44:03.51
Isn't it much more
powerful to tell the story
00:44:03.54\00:44:06.47
about how starting in 1798,
00:44:06.51\00:44:09.34
there was this great revival,
00:44:09.38\00:44:10.81
the great
second advent movement,
00:44:10.85\00:44:12.65
proclaiming that the hour
of God's judgment had come
00:44:12.68\00:44:15.08
and go through
all of the history?
00:44:15.12\00:44:16.45
Isn't that much more
powerful than talking about,
00:44:16.48\00:44:19.19
you know, railroads and
airplanes and automobiles?
00:44:19.22\00:44:23.76
We need to be honest
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.93
with what
Scripture is telling us,
00:44:28.96\00:44:31.97
you know, and not extend beyond
00:44:32.00\00:44:34.14
what Scripture is
really telling us.
00:44:34.17\00:44:36.17
So the Book of
Daniel has been unsealed,
00:44:36.20\00:44:38.81
knowledge of the
prophecies has what?
00:44:38.84\00:44:42.11
Increased
00:44:42.14\00:44:43.48
and many have proclaimed
the solemn message of what?
00:44:43.51\00:44:47.68
Of the judgment hour.
00:44:47.72\00:44:50.35
It is a historical
fact that after 1798,
00:44:50.39\00:44:54.32
there was an awakened interest
00:44:54.36\00:44:56.69
in the study of the prophecies
of Daniel and Revelation.
00:44:56.73\00:45:00.30
Preachers
everywhere, including children,
00:45:00.33\00:45:04.83
preached that the hour
of God's judgment had come.
00:45:04.87\00:45:08.40
Among the notables were Lacunza,
00:45:08.44\00:45:10.84
Wolff, Bengal, Galsen, Miller,
00:45:10.87\00:45:14.01
Litch, Fitch, and we
could increase the list.
00:45:14.04\00:45:17.58
All of them proclaimed
00:45:17.61\00:45:19.91
that the hour of God's judgment
00:45:19.95\00:45:21.58
was about to arrive.
00:45:21.62\00:45:23.65
Is this clear?
00:45:23.69\00:45:25.25
Now let's go to
the global extension
00:45:25.29\00:45:27.26
of the message.
00:45:27.29\00:45:28.82
The angel presents a message
from the book that is what?
00:45:28.86\00:45:33.63
Global in
extension to every nation,
00:45:33.66\00:45:37.07
kindred, tongue and people.
00:45:37.10\00:45:38.73
Is that true also
the first angel's message
00:45:38.77\00:45:41.10
does it go to every nation,
kindred tongue and people?
00:45:41.14\00:45:43.77
Yes.
00:45:43.81\00:45:45.14
The global reach of the message
00:45:45.17\00:45:46.78
is expressed in
symbolic language
00:45:46.81\00:45:49.04
at the beginning of the chapter.
00:45:49.08\00:45:51.81
So at the beginning of chapter,
00:45:51.85\00:45:53.21
the globalness of the message
00:45:53.25\00:45:56.45
is expressed by the
angel symbolically what?
00:45:56.48\00:46:00.39
Placing one foot on the
sea and one foot on the land.
00:46:00.42\00:46:04.06
That's a symbolic way of
expressing that it's global,
00:46:04.09\00:46:08.03
land and sea.
00:46:08.06\00:46:09.76
But at the end of Revelation 10,
00:46:09.80\00:46:12.13
literal language is used,
00:46:12.17\00:46:13.84
because the message
is to go to every nation,
00:46:13.87\00:46:16.40
tongue and kings.
00:46:16.44\00:46:18.64
Notice Ellen White's
comment in Selected Messages,
00:46:18.67\00:46:21.14
volume two, page 107 and 108.
00:46:21.18\00:46:24.71
"The message of Revelation 14
00:46:24.75\00:46:26.31
proclaiming that the hour
of God's judgment is come,
00:46:26.35\00:46:29.48
is given in the time of the end.
00:46:29.52\00:46:32.19
And the angel of
Revelation 10 is represented
00:46:32.22\00:46:34.82
as having one foot on the sea,
00:46:34.86\00:46:36.86
and one foot on
the land, showing, "
00:46:36.89\00:46:39.53
now notice what
this symbolism means,
00:46:39.56\00:46:41.60
"showing that the
message will be carried," where?
00:46:41.63\00:46:45.13
"To distant lands,
the ocean will be crossed,
00:46:45.17\00:46:49.20
and the islands of the sea
00:46:49.24\00:46:51.01
will hear the
proclamation of the last message
00:46:51.04\00:46:54.08
of warning to our world."
00:46:54.11\00:46:57.95
So what is represented
00:46:57.98\00:46:59.31
by the two feet on sea and land?
00:46:59.35\00:47:01.85
That the message will go what?
00:47:01.88\00:47:04.15
Globally to the whole world.
00:47:04.19\00:47:06.22
Is that true of the
first angel's message,
00:47:06.25\00:47:08.22
the hour of His
judgment has come?
00:47:08.26\00:47:09.79
Yeah, it's the
everlasting gospel
00:47:09.82\00:47:11.49
that goes to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
00:47:11.53\00:47:14.13
Is Revelation 10
related to Daniel Chapter 8?
00:47:14.16\00:47:18.57
Yes.
00:47:18.60\00:47:20.24
Now, here's an important point,
00:47:20.27\00:47:22.24
you know, you
have these offshoots
00:47:22.27\00:47:24.64
that have one point
that is all their gospel.
00:47:24.67\00:47:27.91
Are they ever
going to finish the work?
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.61
No.
00:47:30.65\00:47:33.21
A little group down,
00:47:33.25\00:47:34.58
down in Dinuba
00:47:34.62\00:47:37.59
is never going
to finish the work.
00:47:37.62\00:47:39.39
If a message is to go
globally, what do you need?
00:47:39.42\00:47:43.12
You need a global
church to proclaim it.
00:47:43.16\00:47:46.76
Right?
00:47:46.80\00:47:48.13
You need a remnant
church that is worldwide.
00:47:48.16\00:47:50.37
Do you know why God established
00:47:50.40\00:47:51.73
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church?
00:47:51.77\00:47:53.10
To plant every Adventist
everywhere in the world.
00:47:53.13\00:47:57.21
So that when crunch times comes,
00:47:57.24\00:47:59.24
God will have witnesses
everywhere in the world.
00:47:59.27\00:48:02.24
In other words, the
organization is functional.
00:48:02.28\00:48:06.11
It is not an end in itself.
00:48:06.15\00:48:07.92
The purpose is
to make it possible
00:48:07.95\00:48:10.45
for this Adventist message
to go to the entire world.
00:48:10.49\00:48:14.52
So that when the shaking comes,
00:48:14.56\00:48:17.29
God will have witnesses
everywhere in the world.
00:48:17.33\00:48:22.36
Now let's go to
the bottom of page 246.
00:48:22.40\00:48:24.50
"The angel's position
with one foot on the sea,
00:48:24.53\00:48:26.94
the other on the
land, signifies," what?
00:48:26.97\00:48:30.81
"The wide extent
00:48:30.84\00:48:32.57
of the
proclamation of the message.
00:48:32.61\00:48:35.08
It will cross the broad waters
00:48:35.11\00:48:37.35
and be proclaimed
in other countries,
00:48:37.38\00:48:39.41
even to," where?
00:48:39.45\00:48:41.02
"To all the world."
00:48:41.05\00:48:42.38
Is the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:48:42.42\00:48:43.75
basically
working in all the world?
00:48:43.79\00:48:45.82
Yes.
00:48:45.85\00:48:47.19
Can you say that
of any other church
00:48:47.22\00:48:48.92
that is preaching the truth?
00:48:48.96\00:48:50.29
Absolutely not.
00:48:50.33\00:48:51.66
Listen, folks, this
is God's remnant church.
00:48:51.69\00:48:54.83
Okay.
00:48:54.86\00:48:56.87
Does it have mistakes?
00:48:56.90\00:48:58.40
Yes.
00:48:58.43\00:48:59.83
Has it gone off its
mission and message?
00:48:59.87\00:49:04.91
Yes, but it is
still God's church.
00:49:04.94\00:49:07.64
And God is going to take
care of making things right.
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.98
In fact, the
shaking is going to do it.
00:49:11.01\00:49:14.12
And the shaking, you
know, there are several things
00:49:14.15\00:49:15.88
that are going to
cause the shaking.
00:49:15.92\00:49:18.19
One is heresy.
00:49:18.22\00:49:21.16
The second is worldliness.
00:49:21.19\00:49:24.03
But the third is persecution.
00:49:24.06\00:49:26.23
That's where the
great shaking would come.
00:49:26.26\00:49:27.86
That's where you're
going to see who is who,
00:49:27.90\00:49:31.40
because in times of
prosperity, the church fills up.
00:49:31.43\00:49:35.17
In times of adversity,
00:49:35.20\00:49:37.01
those who are not
faithful are shaken out.
00:49:37.04\00:49:41.34
Now the
expression top of page 247,
00:49:41.38\00:49:44.11
the expression sea and land
00:49:44.15\00:49:46.08
could also mean that the message
00:49:46.11\00:49:47.62
will be
proclaimed to the nations
00:49:47.65\00:49:48.98
of the old world,
00:49:49.02\00:49:51.52
the beast from the sea, right?
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.02
Europe, and in the
new world, America,
00:49:53.05\00:49:58.59
the beast from the earth.
00:49:58.63\00:50:00.90
Now here comes
another important point.
00:50:00.93\00:50:02.50
The act of planting the feet
00:50:02.53\00:50:05.07
indicates that the angel
is claiming global ownership
00:50:05.10\00:50:08.47
of the world.
00:50:08.50\00:50:10.34
When the seventh trumpet sounds
00:50:10.37\00:50:11.87
that claim will
become an empirical reality,
00:50:11.91\00:50:15.54
when the kingdoms of the world
00:50:15.58\00:50:16.91
become the kingdoms
of God and of the Lamb.
00:50:16.95\00:50:20.42
You say, where do
you get this idea?
00:50:20.45\00:50:21.78
From Deuteronomy
11:24, God told Israel,
00:50:21.82\00:50:26.42
every place on which the soul
00:50:26.45\00:50:28.62
of your foot
treads shall be yours.
00:50:28.66\00:50:31.93
So when the angel
puts one foot on the sea,
00:50:31.96\00:50:35.23
and the other on land,
he says, "This is mine."
00:50:35.26\00:50:41.17
So it says,
00:50:41.20\00:50:42.54
"From the wilderness in Lebanon,
00:50:42.57\00:50:44.21
from the river, from the river,
00:50:44.24\00:50:46.61
the river Euphrates,
00:50:46.64\00:50:47.98
even to the western sea
shall be your territory."
00:50:48.01\00:50:52.61
So wherever they
planted their feet,
00:50:52.65\00:50:54.95
that was theirs.
00:50:54.98\00:50:57.79
Are you catching the picture?
00:50:57.82\00:50:59.95
Now let's go to
the seven thunders.
00:50:59.99\00:51:02.39
This is interesting.
00:51:02.42\00:51:03.99
Are the seven
thunders taking place
00:51:04.03\00:51:06.66
after the little book is opened
00:51:06.70\00:51:08.40
and the judgment hour
begins to be proclaimed?
00:51:08.43\00:51:10.83
Yes.
00:51:10.87\00:51:12.20
Now notice what we
find here in John 12:28-29.
00:51:12.23\00:51:17.94
The sound of seven thunders
00:51:17.97\00:51:20.48
imparted unintelligible
message from God to John.
00:51:20.51\00:51:25.55
That is to say, the
thunders were not simply noise.
00:51:25.58\00:51:30.72
You know, we hear thunder,
it's just noise, boom, boom.
00:51:30.75\00:51:33.49
The thunders
were not simply noise,
00:51:36.66\00:51:38.83
they contained a
message from God.
00:51:38.86\00:51:41.53
In fact, the thunders
were the echoes of God's voice.
00:51:41.56\00:51:46.53
Now, there's
another text in Scripture
00:51:46.57\00:51:48.24
that helps us understand
00:51:48.27\00:51:50.24
how the thunder can
carry unintelligible message.
00:51:50.27\00:51:54.74
Just before Jesus' passion,
00:51:54.78\00:51:58.15
He pleaded with His
Father to glorify His name.
00:51:58.18\00:52:02.42
And notice the story
00:52:02.45\00:52:04.09
as it develops in John 12:27-29.
00:52:04.12\00:52:10.63
"Now My soul is
troubled, Jesus says,
00:52:10.66\00:52:13.70
and what shall I say?
00:52:13.73\00:52:15.06
'Father, save
Me from this hour'?
00:52:15.10\00:52:17.07
But for this
purpose I came to this hour.
00:52:17.10\00:52:19.87
Father, glorify Your name.'
00:52:19.90\00:52:22.00
Then a voice came
from heaven, saying,
00:52:22.04\00:52:25.31
'I have both glorified it
and will glorify it again.'"
00:52:25.34\00:52:28.98
Was that an
intelligible message?
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Could it be
understood by everybody?
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Not by everybody, verse 29.
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"Therefore the people
who stood by and heard it
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said that it has thundered."
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Was that an
intelligible message?
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But people heard
it as if it was what?
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Thunder.
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"Others said," what?
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"An angel has spoken to Him."
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Does this help us
understand the seven thunders?
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Most certainly.
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Now, we must
focus on several facts
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as we study the
meaning of the seven thunders.
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We need to focus
on several facts.
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First, the angel
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whose voice
sounded like seven thunders
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gave a message to John
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and John understood
the message, correct?
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Did John understand the message?
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Yes, he did
understand the message.
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But then the angel
commanded John to do what?
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To seal the message
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so the readers
could not understand it.
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John understood, but
the readers could not.
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Finally, the seven
thunders bear a relationship
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with events that transpired
between 1798 and 1844.
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Because they imparted
their message after what?
00:53:49.99\00:53:53.40
After the book was opened,
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and the angel
descended from heaven in 1798.
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And before the
angel swore his oath
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that time would
be no longer in 1844.
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Are you understanding the point?
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So, do the seven
thunders uttered their voice
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after the book,
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the angel descends
with the book open?
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What date was that?
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1798.
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Does this, the seven
thunders uttered their message
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right before the angel swears
that time will be no longer?
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Yes.
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So it must be some event
that occurred between when?
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1798 and October 22, 1844.
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Are you catching the point?
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Now, let's continue here.
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Ellen White
wrote about the timing
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for the fulfillment
of the seven thunders.
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This is an important statement.
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The special light given to John
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which was expressed
in the seven thunders
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was a delineation of events.
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What were the seven
thunders, a delineation of what?
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Events which would transpire
under the first and what?
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Second angel's messages.
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So, I want you to, I
want you to process this.
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So the thunders
uttered something that happened
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was a delineation of events
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that transpired
under the proclamation
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of the first and
second angels' messages.
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Do you know when the
second angel's message
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began to be proclaimed?
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1842-1844,
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that was the call for the people
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in the apostate
churches to come out
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and join the Millerite movement.
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So let's continue.
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It was not best for the
people to know these things.
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What things?
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The events, right?
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Now, wait a minute.
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It was not best for the
people to know these events.
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That's why the
thunders were sealed.
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So let's continue.
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"It was not best for the people
to know these things," why?
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"For their faith
must necessarily be" what?
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"Tested."
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So why were the
seven thunders sealed?
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So that people
could not understand
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and their faith would be what?
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Tested.
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Don't forget
this. This is important.
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Three facts in this statement.
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The seven thunders described
a delineation of events
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that would occur
between 1842 and 1844,
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just before the
mighty angel swore his oath,
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because the
second angel's message
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began in 1842.
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And Ellen White has said
that the events were events
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of the first and
second angel's message.
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Second, the people who
live during this period
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were not supposed to
know these events beforehand.
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And third,
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the reason they
were not supposed to know
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is that their
faith needed to be what?
00:56:57.31\00:57:00.68
Their faith needed to be tested.
00:57:00.72\00:57:05.49
Their faith in what or of what?
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That's the big question.
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Now, our time has come
to an end for this session.
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So in our next session,
we are going to take a look,
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a closer look at the thunders,
00:57:20.10\00:57:23.57
and we're going to see
what the delineation of events
00:57:23.61\00:57:27.68
was between 1842 and 1844.
00:57:27.71\00:57:31.71
We're going to see
why the people did not,
00:57:31.75\00:57:35.18
could not know these things.
00:57:35.22\00:57:36.89
God did not want
them to know these things,
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even though He
revealed them to John.
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And in what sense their
faith needed to be tested?
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We have clear light
on all of these issues
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that I've just mentioned.
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So we'll see you
in the next session.
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