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Welcome back to session
#2, the morning presentations.
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We want to continue
studying in this session
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what we started last
time, which is the study
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of Revelation chapter
10. We got to page 248
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in our last study
together. I'm hoping to be able
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to finish this particular
lesson in this session
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so that this afternoon,
we can get to the issue
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of prophesying again
and measuring the temple.
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So, we're gonna
begin at the bottom of page
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248. In the middle of
the page, three points:
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#1) The seven
thunders are a delineation of
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events that happen
between 1842 and 1844.
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#2) The people were
not supposed to know the
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message that the
thunders uttered. And #3) The
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reason why they were not
to know what the thunders
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uttered is because their
faith needed to be tested.
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Now, what does all
this mean? The message of
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the seven thunders
told John that those who
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proclaim the
judgment hour message would be
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disappointed when
Jesus failed to come in 1843,
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or the spring of
1844. As is well-known by
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informed Seventh-day
Adventists, Miller originally
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believed that Jesus
was gonna come about the
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year 1843. Unfortunately,
Miller and his associates
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failed to reckon
that there is no year 0
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between 1 B.C. and 1
A.D. And therefore, they were
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disappointed when
Jesus did not come in 1843.
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Ellen White wrote about
this particular disappointment.
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"I saw the people of
God in joyful expectation,"
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this is in 1843,
"looking for their Lord." Now,
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notice this: "But God
designed to prove them."
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What is a synonym
of 'proof'? Test! "God
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designed to prove
them. His hand covered a
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mistake in the reckoning
of the prophetic periods."
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Would that be kind of
like the sealing of the
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thunders-what the
thunders uttered? Absolutely!
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"His hand covered a
mistake in the reckoning
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of the prophetic
periods." This is the same thing
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as the sealing of the
seven thunders. If John
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had written down what
the thunders said, the
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people would not
have been what? Would not
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have been disappointed.
"Those who were looking
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for their Lord did
not discover this mistake,
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and the most
learned men who oppose the
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time also failed to
see it. God designed that
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His people should meet
with the disappointment."
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Who was the one who
told John to seal the
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thunders? God did.
So why didn't the people
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understand? Because
God designed it that way.
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Are you following
me or not? I continue,
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"The time passed,
and those who had looked
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with joyful expectation
for their Savior were
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sad and disheartened."
Now, notice; there's
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another group. "While
those who had not loved
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the appearing of Jesus
but embraced the message
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through fear were
pleased that He did not come at
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the time of expectation.
Their profession had not
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affected their heart
and purified the life.
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The passing of the
time was well-calculated to
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reveal such hearts.
They were the first to
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turn and ridicule the
sorrowful, disappointed
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ones who really loved
the appearing of their
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Savior. I saw the
wisdom of God in proving His
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people and giving
them a searching test." Do
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you remember what Ellen
White stated - that their
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faith must be necessarily
be what? Tested. Are you
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following this? So she
says, "I saw the wisdom
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of God improving His
people and giving them
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a searching test
to discover those who
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would shrink and
turn back in the hour of
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trial." The next statement
has to do with after the
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1843 disappointment.
They discovered the
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reason why they were
disappointed-Jesus didn't
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come in 1843-they said,
"Well, the prophecy ends
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in 1844." But they thought
it was in the spring first.
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But then when they realized
that the Day of Atonement
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was in the summer of
1844, then they said,
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"No, it's in
October." So, notice this second
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statement after the
1843 disappointment. "Those
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faithful
disappointed ones who could not
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understand why their
Lord did not come were
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not left in darkness."
Is God gonna take away
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the hand now to reveal
what the thunders mean?
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Yes! "Again, they
were led to their Bibles to
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search the
prophetic periods. The hand of
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the Lord was removed
from the figures." [laughs]
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So are they gonna
understand now? Yes.
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"And the mistake was
explained. They saw that
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the prophetic
periods reached to 1844 and
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that the same evidence
which they had presented
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to show that the
prophetic periods closed in 1843
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proved that they were
terminate in 1844. Light
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from the Word of God
shone upon their position,
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and they discovered
a tarrying time. Though
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it," that is, the
vision, "tarry, wait for it.
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In their love for
Christ's immediate coming, they
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had overlooked the tarrying
of the vision, which was
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calculated to
manifest the true waiting ones.
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The test, right? "Again,
they had a point of time,
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yet I saw that many of
them could not rise above
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their severe disappointment
to possess that degree
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of zeal and energy,
which had marked their
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faith in 1843." Now,
there's a statement that
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some Adventists have
misinterpreted, and this
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statement gives the
impression, if you don't
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read it carefully,
that the thunders are still
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future. It's a
misreading of the statement. So,
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you're gonna probably
face this at some point in your
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church, so let's go
through it on the next
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page, pg. 250.
After these seven thunders
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uttered their
voices, the injunction comes
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to John as to Daniel
in regard to the little
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book. "Seal up
those things," which the
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seven thunders
uttered. Now, here's the point:
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These thunders relate
to future events. So, they
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say, "See, the thunders
are still in the future."
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But the question
is, future from when?
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She's just mentioned
John and Daniel, right?
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So, it's future not
from the time of Ellen White;
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it's future from the time of
Daniel. Are you understanding
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me or not? So, these
thunders relate to future
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events, which will be
disclosed in their order.
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And then she refers to
Daniel. Daniel shall stand
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in his lot at the end
of the days, John sees
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the little book unsealed,
then Daniel's prophecies
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have their proper place
in the first, second, and
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third angels' messages
to be given to the world.
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The unsealing of
the little book was the
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message in relation to
time. So in other words, the
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seven thunders are not
future from the time of
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Ellen White; they're
future from the time of Daniel
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and John. Is that
point clear? Now, let's go to
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the angel's oath.
After the angel descended
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from heaven with the
open book-that's point
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#1-and the seven
thunders uttered their message-
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1842 to the spring of
1844- the angel raised his right
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hand to heaven and
swore an oath in the name of
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the eternal God,
the Creator, and he said
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that time would be
no longer. So let me ask
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you - is this happening
after the seven thunders
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uttered their
message that was sealed, and
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then the people understood?
Yes. What did the angel
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mean by, "Time will
be no longer." Was he
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referring to the end
of probationary time?
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Was he referring to
the end of the world? No!
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Ellen White was
explicit, and I'm gonna prove it
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from the Bible, as
well. Seventh-day Adventist
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Bible Commentary, vol.
7, pg. 971. "This time,
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which the angel
declares with a solemn oath, is
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not the end of this
world's history." In
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other words, it's not
the seventh trumpet. Neither
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of what? Probationary
time- when the seventh
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trumpet is what? About
to sound, but a prophetic
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time, which should
precede the advent of our Lord.
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That is, the people
will not-listen carefully-
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the people would
not have another message
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upon definite time,
because all prophetic
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periods ended in
1844. She continues. "After
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this period of time,
reaching from," when?
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Ah! See, there it
is. "1842 to 1844, there
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can be no definite
tracing of the prophetic time.
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The longest
reckoning reaches to the autumn
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of 1844." Here's another
one. This is Selected Messages,
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vol. 2, pg. 108. "And
the angel which I saw stand
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upon the sea and upon
the earth lifted up his
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hand to heaven and swear
by Him that liveth forever
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and ever who created
heaven and the things
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that therein are, and
the earth and the things
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that therein are, and
the sea and the things
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which are therein,
that there should be time no
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longer." Now, what
does that mean-"time will be
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no longer"? She's explicit.
"This message announces
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the end of the prophetic
periods. The disappointment
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of those who expected
to see our Lord in 1844
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was indeed bitter to
those who had so ardently looked
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for His appearing. It
was in the Lord's order
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that this disappointment
should come and that
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hearts should be revealed."
Now, biblically speaking,
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how do we know that the
expression, "Time will be
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no longer," does not
refer to the close of probation
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or to the end of the
world? Two reasons. Reason #1)
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The oath of the
angel that time will be no
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longer takes place
during which trumpet? During
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the sixth trumpet. Has
probation closed during
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the sixth trumpet?
No. So we know that the
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expression, "Time
will be no longer," is done
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during probationary
time. So, it can't be the close
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of probation or the
end of the world. Are you
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following me? Now, there's
a second reason. After the
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angel announced that
time would be no longer,
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he instructed John to
prophesy again and measure the
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temple. What good
would it do to prophesy again
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and measure the temple
if probation had closed?
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Are we on the same page?
[chuckles] Unfortunately,
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all modern versions of
the Bible-including the
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New King James, by
the way-translate the
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expression, "Time
will be no longer as there
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should no longer be any
delay." Folks, that totally
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disconnects
Revelation 10 from Daniel 12:4.
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Even our very own
Andrews University Study Bible
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translates it in this
fashion. However, this
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translation is simply
wrong! It totally severs
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the time referred
to in Revelation 10:6
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from the time
prophecy of the 2,300 days,
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which is the last time
prophecy. In other words,
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when the 2,300 days
come to an end, that
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is the end of the prophetic
periods. Time, prophetic
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time, will be no
more. The word 'khronos',
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which is the word
'time', appears in three other
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places in Revelation.
It appears in Revelation
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2:21 where it says
that God gave Jezebel time
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to repent. It
appears in Revelation 6:11
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where the martyrs are
told to rest "a little
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time," and it's
used in Revelation 20:3
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where it speaks about
the devil being unleashed
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after the
millennium "for a short time."
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All modern
versions translate the word
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'time' there. In
the other 30 references
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of the word
'khronos' in the New Testament,
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the versions
always translate 'time'.
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There's the one
time where they translate
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'delay'. I think
there's an agenda here. By
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the way, there is a
Greek word in the New
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Testament for 'delay'.
It's the word 'kronizo'-
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at the bottom of
page 251. The word appears
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in Matthew 24:48 where
the Lord's servant says,
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"My Master delays His
coming." So if John had
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wanted to say
"delay," could he have used a
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word that means
'delay'? Of course. Now, it is
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obvious the angel's
declaration that time
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will be no longer
cannot have been made before
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the 42 months ended,
before the 1,260 days ended,
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before the 3.5 times
ended, before the 3.5
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days ended, and
before the 2,300 days ended,
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because if these
time periods had not ended
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and they were still
future from the time
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that he said,
"Time will be no longer,"
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then time would be
longer. Now, here's
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another important point.
Contrary to the accusations
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of the enemies of
Adventism-within and
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without, I might
say-the Seventh-day Adventist
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Church has never set
a date for any prophetic
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event. "...Really?"
In 1844, the Seventh-day
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Adventist Church did
not even exist. It is
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true that later, the
Seventh-day Adventist
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Church embraced October
22, 1844 as the date when
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Jesus entered the
Most Holy Place to begin a
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work of
investigative judgment. However,
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leading up to 1844,
scholars of many different
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denominations came
up with that date. Ellen
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White on multiple
occasions warned Adventists not
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to set dates for any
prophetic event after
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1844. She's been explicit,
and yet there are people
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in the Church that
are giving dates for the
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Sunday law, and
they're giving dates for the
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international Sunday
law, and they're giving
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dates for the close of
probation for the Adventist
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Church, and giving dates
for the close of probation
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for the world...
Ellen White says no more
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dates, folks. No more
dates having to do with
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prophecy. The last
date is October 22, 1844.
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"Time will be no
longer," is what the angel said.
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Let me just read this
one statement, because
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we really want to
finish this lesson before the
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end of this
session. The first statement
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has Ellen White's comment
about the setting of dates.
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She wrote, Review and
Herald, July 21, 1851,
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"The Lord has shown me
that the message of the
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third angel must go
and be proclaimed to the
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scattered children
of the Lord, and that it
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should not be hung
on time, for time will
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never be a test
again. I saw that some were
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getting a false excitement,
arising from preaching
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time, that the
third angel's message was
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stronger than time
can be. I saw that this
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message can stand on its
own foundation," now that
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this third angel's
message can stand on its own
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foundation, "and
that it needs not time to
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strengthen it, and
that it will go in mighty
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power, and do its
work, and will be cut short
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in righteousness." So
is this clear? If anybody
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sets dates, you
know that they're on the
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wrong track. The
purpose might be sincere.
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What is the purpose
of setting the date? To
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excite the people. But
then what happens after
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the date passes
and nothing occurs? The
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excitement
disappears and is more difficult
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next time to get them
excited about something
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that really is
worthy to be excited about!
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Like the little boy
who cried, "Wolf, wolf!"
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Now, let's go to
the oath in Daniel and
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Revelation - the oath
in Daniel and Revelation.
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Both in Daniel and
Revelation, both of
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these books refer
to the angel's oath,
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and both books
begin the oath by invoking
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the name of the
everlasting God. So, both Daniel
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12:7 and Revelation
chapter 10 invoke the
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eternal God. In
Daniel 12:7, the angel lifts
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both hands to heaven;
but in Revelation, the
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angel raises only
his right hand. And the
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reason is very
simple: In the book of Daniel,
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the angel did not
yet have the book, so he
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raises both hands. But
in Revelation, the angel
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has the book in one
hand, so he can only raise-
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unless he raises the
hand with the book. He only
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raises one hand. Now,
significantly, the angel
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in the book of
Revelation invokes the name of
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the eternal God,
and he swears the oath.
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However, the book
of Revelation adds that
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the eternal God was
the one who what? Ah, this
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is not in Daniel; this is
in Revelation. The eternal
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God is the One
who created the heaven
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and the things that
are in it, the earth
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and the things that
are in it, and the sea
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and the things that
are in it. What does
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this bring to our
minds? How about the first
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angel's message? "Worship
Him who made the heavens
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and the earth, the
seas, and the fountains of
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waters?" Is this an
illusion to the fourth
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commandment, also? To
the Sabbath? Absolutely!
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Now, notice. The description
of God as the eternal Creator
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links the little
book of Revelation 10 with
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what? With the
first angel's message of
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Revelation 14. There
are three similarities
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between Revelation
10 and the first angel's
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message. First,
both underline that the
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message is what?
Global. Does the first angel's
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message go to every
nation, kindred, tongue,
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and people? Does the
angel that brings the
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little book plant
his left foot on the land
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and the right foot
on the sea? So is it a
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global message? Yes.
Secondly, both announce
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the beginning of
the what? Does the first
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angel's message
announce the beginning of the
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judgment? Is Revelation
10 also about the beginning
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of the judgment?
Absolutely. Do both focus on the
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Creator? Yes. So, Revelation
14:6-7 is closely related
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to Revelation
chapter 10. Let's continue -
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last paragraph.
"The angel's command for
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John to prophecy
again from the little book
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bears a direct relationship
with the first angel's
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message, where God
commands the world to
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worship the
Creator, because the hour of
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God's judgment has
come. Thus, the final remnant
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people of God will admonish
the world to worship the
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Creator. In the context
of the judgment, in addition
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there's something
more. In his oath, the angel
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strongly
paraphrases the language of the
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fourth
commandment, where God commands
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His people to keep
the Sabbath as a sign of
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creation." Now, let's
talk about the mystery
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of God - the
finishing of the mystery of God.
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As I mentioned, this
verse is out of order.
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This verse, Revelation
10:7, we're gonna notice
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actually should be
placed at the end of the sixth
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trumpet. We'll see that.
Revelation 10:7. "But"...
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"But"-means
'however'- "in the days of the
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sounding of the
seventh angel, when he is about
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to sound," not when
the seventh angel sounds,
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but when he is about
to sound, what is gonna
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happen when the seventh
angel is about to sound?
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"The mystery of God
would be finished, as
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He declared to His
servants, the prophets."
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Now, what does it
mean? "The mystery of God
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would be
finished." Let's skip the next
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two paragraphs
because of the brevity of time
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and go to the
subtitle, "What is the mystery
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of God?" The
mystery of God is the gospel
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of salvation
that He kept secret in
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the eternal
counsels of the past, but has
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now revealed by the
preaching of the gospel.
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In other words,
the mystery of God is
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the preaching of
the gospel for people to
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be saved. What
would the finishing of the
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mystery of God be?
What would it be? It would
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simply mean that there's
no use to preach anymore,
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because people cannot
be saved by the preaching.
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Let's notice Romans 16:25-27.
Did you notice here that
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it says that the
servants, the prophets, declared
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the finishing of
the mystery of God? So,
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let's notice Romans 16:25-27.
"Now to Him who is able
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to establish you according
to my..." What does Paul
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say? "My gospel, and
the preaching of Jesus
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Christ, according to the
revelation of the mystery
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kept secret since
the world began." What is
00:23:14.72\00:23:18.26
the mystery that was
kept secret since the
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world began? The
mystery of preaching the gospel,
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the plan of
salvation. When was the plan of
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salvation devised?
In the ages of eternity,
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even before sin. But
then, Paul says, "But
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now made," what was
secret in the eternal
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counsels in the past
is, "now made manifest,
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and by the
prophetic scriptures." Did you
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notice that it says
the mystery of God would
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be finished as He declared
to His servants, the prophets?
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Now Paul is saying
what? He's saying, "now made
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manifest by the prophetic
scriptures made known to
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all nations, according
to the commandment of the
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everlasting God, for
obedience to the faith-
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to God, alone wise,
be glory through Jesus
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Christ forever. Amen."
So, what is the mystery
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that is finished
shortly before the seventh
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trumpet sounds? It is
the preaching of the gospel,
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the gospel of
salvation where people can be
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saved. Now, notice
this statement from Ellen
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White-powerful statement-
where she concurs that the
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mystery of God is
the mystery that was kept
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secret, but then in
the New Testament times
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because Jesus came,
now it's been revealed in
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its fullness. She
says, "The incarnation of
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Christ is a mystery.
The union of divinity
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with humanity is a
mystery, indeed hidden with God,
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'even the mystery
which hath been hid from
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ages.'" And now,
Ellen White comments. She
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was just quoting the
verse that we read from
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Romans. "It was kept
in eternal silence by
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Jehovah, and was
first revealed," where? Did
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it exist before
Eden? Yes; it was first
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revealed in Eden. So
once again, "It was kept
00:25:17.61\00:25:21.18
in eternal silence
by Jehovah and was first
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revealed in Eden by
the prophecy that the
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seat of the woman
should bruise the serpent's
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head and that he
should bruise his heel. Now,
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listen carefully.
"To present to the world
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this mystery that
God kept in silence for
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eternal ages before the
world was created, before
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Man was created,
was the part that Christ
00:25:44.57\00:25:47.38
was to act in the
work He entered upon when
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He came to this
earth." And now what should be
00:25:50.38\00:25:53.75
done with this
mystery? This wonderful mystery
00:25:53.85\00:25:56.05
of salvation? "And
this wonderful mystery,
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the incarnation of
Christ and the atonement that
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He made must be declared
to every son and daughter
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of Adam, whether Jew
or Gentile." What is the
00:26:10.37\00:26:14.90
mystery of God? The
preaching of the gospel,
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so that people can
be what? Saved. So what
00:26:20.51\00:26:25.51
is the finishing of
the mystery of God? It
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must be when the
preaching of the gospel comes to
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an end, and no one
any longer can be saved,
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because probation has
closed! Let me ask you:
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Is this happening
before or after 1844? But now
00:26:46.43\00:26:52.97
wait a minute, in the
next verse, you're gonna
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have the
bittersweet experience. That was
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in 1844.
[chuckles] Are you with me?
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So is 10:7 chronologically
after the following verses?
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Very clearly, it is.
It's an interjection.
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In other words, it is
a clarification that the
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mystery of God takes
place at the very end
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of the sixth trumpet -
before the seventh trumpet
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begins to blow.
Now, let's go to the next
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paragraph. The
mystery of God-that is, the
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preaching of the
gospel to the world-will end
00:27:28.04\00:27:30.15
shortly before the
seventh trumpet begins
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to sound. At that
time, what will Jesus do?
00:27:33.01\00:27:36.69
He will remove
His priestly robes and
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clothe Himself with His
kingly robe. Is He gonna
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be intercessor anymore?
No. He's gonna be clothed
00:27:46.19\00:27:50.17
as King, because He's
gonna come as King and
00:27:50.27\00:27:53.20
King of kings and
Lord of lords to rescue His
00:27:53.30\00:27:56.57
people. Daniel 12:1
describes this moment
00:27:56.71\00:28:01.98
by Michael standing up.
At this time, Jesus will
00:28:02.64\00:28:06.55
begin to reign, and
because the judgment
00:28:06.68\00:28:10.55
has ended and the number
of His subjects is complete.
00:28:10.69\00:28:14.66
We already discard
that, right? What does
00:28:14.76\00:28:17.49
the investigative
judgment do? It reveals who are
00:28:17.59\00:28:20.43
subject of His
Kingdom. So when is the Kingdom
00:28:20.53\00:28:23.40
complete? When the
mystery of God is finished
00:28:23.53\00:28:26.77
and the preaching of
the gospel ends and all
00:28:27.77\00:28:30.11
cases are decided in
the judgment. Revelation
00:28:30.21\00:28:34.54
15:5-8 describes the
moment, as well, where
00:28:34.64\00:28:38.85
Christ's work of intercession
ends in the heavenly
00:28:38.95\00:28:41.48
Naos, which is the
heavenly Most Holy Place of the
00:28:41.58\00:28:44.79
sanctuary. In
summary, when the seventh angel
00:28:44.95\00:28:49.56
is about to sound,
the following events will
00:28:49.72\00:28:52.43
transpire. Probation
will close, the mystery
00:28:52.56\00:28:57.53
of God will be
finished... And you need to add
00:28:57.67\00:29:00.54
one there. The time
of trouble will ensue
00:29:00.67\00:29:02.60
in between the
mystery of God and the seventh
00:29:04.44\00:29:06.04
trumpet. And then,
the seventh trumpet will
00:29:06.17\00:29:10.31
sound, and Jesus
will possess the kingdoms
00:29:10.45\00:29:13.08
of the world. Are
you understanding the
00:29:13.21\00:29:14.62
chronology? So, is
there a period of time between
00:29:14.72\00:29:18.19
when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound and
00:29:18.32\00:29:21.16
probation closes, and when
the seventh trumpet actually
00:29:21.26\00:29:24.69
sounds? What is in
between those two points? The
00:29:24.83\00:29:29.40
time of trouble.
(x2) And, by the way, does
00:29:29.50\00:29:33.47
Daniel chapter 12
prove that? That that time
00:29:33.57\00:29:36.87
Michael shall stand up;
that's the close of probation.
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The great prince.
What ensues after that?
00:29:39.57\00:29:42.18
The time of
trouble, such as never has
00:29:42.28\00:29:44.55
been seen! What
follows that? "Your people will
00:29:44.65\00:29:47.62
be delivered!" He
comes to get His people.
00:29:47.72\00:29:51.42
That's the seventh
trumpet - the giving
00:29:51.55\00:29:53.99
of the kingdom.
Now, I wish that we could
00:29:54.09\00:29:56.89
cover what we find next,
but the clock is rolling,
00:29:56.99\00:30:03.00
very fast. Let me just
summarize what you have.
00:30:03.63\00:30:06.84
This closing of probation
is amplified in Revelation
00:30:06.94\00:30:10.07
15:5-8. By the way,
next year, Lord willing,
00:30:10.14\00:30:14.34
if I'm still alive
and if Jesus doesn't come
00:30:14.81\00:30:19.35
and the final crisis
is not upon us, we will
00:30:20.62\00:30:24.59
be studying Revelation
15-22. Tremendous material!
00:30:24.75\00:30:29.79
Unbelievable
material. So, you want to make
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.49
sure you sign up
early. We only have space for
00:30:32.59\00:30:35.50
47 people. So if everybody
who's here registers for
00:30:35.60\00:30:39.83
next year, nobody new
can register. [laughter]
00:30:39.97\00:30:44.94
Which is not what we
necessarily want, but
00:30:45.04\00:30:47.81
what I'm saying: If you
want to save your space,
00:30:47.94\00:30:50.05
do it early. And by
the way, the same price.
00:30:50.55\00:30:54.58
The same price.
It's never gone up, and
00:30:55.98\00:30:59.15
we don't anticipate
it going up, either. So
00:30:59.22\00:31:01.09
Revelation 15:5-8 speaks
about when Michael stands
00:31:01.19\00:31:04.13
up to close the probation,
and Revelation 22:10-12
00:31:04.23\00:31:09.20
also describes the
moment when probation closes,
00:31:09.36\00:31:12.63
and Daniel 7, which we
already looked at yesterday,
00:31:13.13\00:31:17.01
also describes the
time when the judgment ends
00:31:17.34\00:31:20.84
and Jesus takes over
the Kingdom. So, you need to
00:31:21.34\00:31:23.78
read from the bottom
of page 255 through almost
00:31:23.85\00:31:29.92
the end of page 257,
because we don't have
00:31:29.98\00:31:32.69
time to do that right
now. But basically, the
00:31:32.75\00:31:35.52
key point that you need
to remember is that these
00:31:35.59\00:31:38.46
pages are
describing the same moment when
00:31:38.56\00:31:40.96
Michael stands up, the
mystery of God is finished,
00:31:41.06\00:31:43.63
and probation closes.
Now, let's go, actually,
00:31:43.77\00:31:47.40
to page 258. The Bittersweet
Experience. (x2) This is
00:31:47.50\00:31:57.41
an important point. It
is clear that the little
00:31:57.51\00:31:59.81
book experience of
verses 8-11 precedes Revelation
00:31:59.91\00:32:04.22
10:7 in time,
right? It's not a case that
00:32:04.32\00:32:08.99
the mystery of God
ends, and then John is told,
00:32:09.09\00:32:12.46
"Now, you eat the book;
it'll be sweet and bitter."
00:32:12.56\00:32:14.20
No. The sweet and
bitter experience takes place
00:32:14.30\00:32:16.36
before the finishing
of the mystery of God.
00:32:16.46\00:32:18.73
In other words, Revelation
10:7 is a parenthetical
00:32:19.33\00:32:22.20
statement that
breaks the flow of thought.
00:32:22.30\00:32:25.47
Someone may wonder why
this is so. Well, the reason
00:32:26.31\00:32:29.28
is obvious. After
John eats the little book
00:32:29.38\00:32:32.18
and it's sweet in
his mouth and bitter in
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.55
his stomach, the
angel tells him to prophesy
00:32:34.68\00:32:37.15
again and measure the
temple. If the mystery
00:32:37.29\00:32:41.02
of God, the
preaching of the gospel, had
00:32:41.16\00:32:42.62
already finished and
probation had closed,
00:32:42.72\00:32:45.29
there would be no
reason to prophesy again! And
00:32:46.09\00:32:49.26
there would be no
reason to measure the temple,
00:32:49.36\00:32:51.17
because that takes place
before the blowing of the
00:32:51.30\00:32:53.07
seventh trumpet.
So, verses 8-11 take us
00:32:53.17\00:32:57.31
back to events that
occurred between verses
00:32:57.41\00:33:00.28
6 and 7. The assimilation
of the little book by
00:33:00.38\00:33:06.51
John causes a bittersweet
reaction. In the mouth,
00:33:06.61\00:33:11.49
the judgment book,
by the way- this is the
00:33:11.59\00:33:13.86
judgment book,
right? The announcement of
00:33:13.96\00:33:17.16
the end of the 2,300
days. That's important.
00:33:17.26\00:33:20.53
So, there's gonna
be something bitter and
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.56
something sweet about
the 2,300-day prophecy.
00:33:22.66\00:33:25.37
So, when John eats
the book, it is what? Oh,
00:33:27.34\00:33:30.71
it is sweet like
honey! But then what happens?
00:33:30.77\00:33:35.04
The contents of
the book, because he's
00:33:35.14\00:33:37.45
eating the book, the
contents of this judgment
00:33:37.51\00:33:41.72
book, the 2,300-day
prophecy, becomes what?
00:33:42.08\00:33:45.12
Becomes bitter. By
the way, have you ever had
00:33:45.69\00:33:49.96
the experience of
eating something that is sweet
00:33:50.09\00:33:52.63
but it gives you indigestion?
Well, then you literally
00:33:52.96\00:33:56.67
know what John went
through. Now, what does
00:33:56.77\00:34:00.20
it mean when it
says, "Eat the book." Well,
00:34:00.27\00:34:03.61
actually, we don't
go around eating books.
00:34:03.71\00:34:06.64
It means to
assimilate the book, the message
00:34:07.88\00:34:11.01
of the book. Notice
three texts: Jeremiah
00:34:11.11\00:34:14.18
15:16... Jeremiah
says, "Your words were found,
00:34:14.28\00:34:18.99
and I ate them, and
Your Word was to me the joy
00:34:19.52\00:34:24.89
and rejoicing of my
heart, for I am called
00:34:24.99\00:34:28.16
by Your name, O
Lord, God of hosts," so
00:34:28.26\00:34:30.40
when God utters His
Word, it is what? It
00:34:30.47\00:34:33.03
causes joy and
rejoicing. Psalm 119:103. "How
00:34:33.13\00:34:39.14
sweet are your
words to my taste, sweeter
00:34:39.21\00:34:44.05
than honey to my mouth!"
So somehow, the bittersweet
00:34:44.15\00:34:49.62
experience has to do
with reading the words that
00:34:49.75\00:34:53.76
are found in the little
book! Something relating
00:34:53.89\00:34:57.33
to the 2,300-day prophecy
is going to cause bitterness
00:34:57.43\00:35:00.83
after sweetness in
the mouth. By the way,
00:35:02.16\00:35:05.80
what was the taste of
the manna? Ohh, it says-
00:35:05.90\00:35:09.87
you know, this was a
very versatile kind of
00:35:10.37\00:35:12.37
food!-it says,
"And the house of Israel
00:35:12.47\00:35:15.44
called its name
manna, and it was like white
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.25
coriander seed, and
the taste of it was like
00:35:18.38\00:35:21.48
wafers made with
honey." Does that sound good?
00:35:22.58\00:35:26.86
Ooh, that sounds
tasty. Ellen White explained
00:35:27.52\00:35:32.13
in what sense the book
concerning the judgment
00:35:32.23\00:35:34.60
message was sweet. She
wrote this, Manuscript, 59,
00:35:34.70\00:35:40.10
1900, "The comprehension
of truth, the glad reception
00:35:40.20\00:35:45.34
of the message, is
represented by the eating
00:35:45.47\00:35:48.78
of the little book.
The truth in regard to the
00:35:48.84\00:35:52.35
time of the Advent of our
Lord"... Had they specified
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.58
that Jesus was gonna
come October 22, 1844?
00:35:55.72\00:35:58.32
She says, "The
timing, the time of the Advent
00:35:58.82\00:36:02.02
of the Lord, was a
most precious message to our
00:36:02.12\00:36:05.79
souls." In other
words, it was what? Sweet.
00:36:05.89\00:36:08.70
In fact, Ellen
White described the year
00:36:08.80\00:36:10.23
that led up to 1844
as the "happiest year of
00:36:10.30\00:36:13.37
my life," because
she was gonna see Jesus
00:36:13.47\00:36:16.50
come back in power
and glory. Now, the act of
00:36:16.64\00:36:20.18
eating the scroll-
continuing here-not
00:36:20.28\00:36:22.91
only represents the fact
that John was to assimilate
00:36:23.04\00:36:26.08
the message and
digest the message; it also
00:36:26.18\00:36:29.55
means that he was
supposed to impart the message.
00:36:29.65\00:36:32.59
So, the Millerites
not only were supposed to
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.66
understand the message,
but they were to proclaim
00:36:35.79\00:36:37.89
the message. You say,
"How do we know that?"
00:36:37.99\00:36:40.43
Well, we go back; we
allow Scripture to interpret
00:36:40.93\00:36:43.16
Scripture. We go back
to Ezekiel chapter 3:1-4-
00:36:43.23\00:36:47.70
very similar verses.
"Moreover, he said to
00:36:47.77\00:36:50.81
me, 'Son of Man, eat
what you find. Eat this
00:36:50.91\00:36:55.31
scroll, and go; speak
to the house of Israel."
00:36:55.38\00:36:58.58
So do you have a
scroll? Is the prophet Ezekiel
00:36:58.68\00:37:03.18
commanded to eat
the scroll? Yes. So what
00:37:03.28\00:37:07.26
does he do? "So I open
my mouth, and it caused
00:37:07.36\00:37:10.93
me to eat the
scroll. And he said to me,
00:37:11.03\00:37:14.90
'Son of Man, feed
your belly and fill your
00:37:15.03\00:37:18.80
stomach.'" Is there a
mention of stomach there
00:37:18.90\00:37:21.10
in Revelation? Yes!
"'Fill your stomach with
00:37:21.17\00:37:24.97
this scroll that I
give you,' so I ate, and it
00:37:25.07\00:37:28.28
was in my mouth
like honey and sweetness.
00:37:28.34\00:37:32.08
Are you seeing
the parallels? And now
00:37:32.18\00:37:34.58
notice, not only
is Ezekiel supposed to
00:37:34.68\00:37:38.09
eat it and have it be
sweet to him, but then
00:37:38.19\00:37:41.62
in verse 4 it says, "Then
he said to me, 'Son of Man,
00:37:41.72\00:37:45.26
go to the house of
Israel and speak My words to
00:37:45.36\00:37:49.53
them.'" Did the Millerites
only rejoice, "Oh, Jesus
00:37:49.63\00:37:53.77
is coming again! Hallelujah,"
and then sit at home
00:37:53.87\00:37:57.11
and not tell anyone?
No! They assimilated,
00:37:57.21\00:38:02.08
understood the
message, were filled with joy,
00:38:02.21\00:38:04.91
and then they proclaimed
it. Bottom of page 259:
00:38:05.05\00:38:12.29
"The message of the judgment
imparted by the Millerites
00:38:12.42\00:38:15.02
leading up to October
22, 1844 was indeed sweet.
00:38:15.96\00:38:19.46
They believe that
the judgment meant the
00:38:20.83\00:38:22.56
cleansing of the earth
by fire and the setting
00:38:22.66\00:38:24.93
up of Christ's everlasting
Kingdom! They were wrong
00:38:25.03\00:38:28.70
about the event, and
were severely disappointed."
00:38:28.84\00:38:33.21
Let's look at the reaction
of some of the pioneers.
00:38:34.61\00:38:36.88
Hiram Edson. You can
really sense by what he wrote
00:38:36.95\00:38:43.35
the deep sadness and
sorrow that those who
00:38:44.22\00:38:48.49
went through the disappointment
experienced. "We confidently
00:38:48.59\00:38:51.69
expected to see Jesus
Christ and all the holy
00:38:51.76\00:38:54.70
angels with Him and
that His voice would call up
00:38:54.80\00:38:57.77
Abraham, Isaac, and
Jacob and all of the
00:38:57.87\00:39:00.17
ancient worthies and
dear friends which had
00:39:00.27\00:39:02.50
been torn from us
by death, and that our
00:39:02.60\00:39:04.81
trials and sufferings
with our earthly pilgrimage
00:39:04.91\00:39:07.51
would close, and that
we should be caught up
00:39:07.58\00:39:09.64
to meet our coming
Lord, to be forever with Him,
00:39:09.74\00:39:12.05
to inhabit bright
golden mansions in the golden
00:39:12.68\00:39:15.18
home city prepared
for the redeemed. Our
00:39:15.32\00:39:18.55
expectations were
raised high, and thus we looked
00:39:18.65\00:39:21.12
for our coming Lord
until the clock told
00:39:21.22\00:39:23.73
12 at midnight." See,
they were wrong there.
00:39:24.29\00:39:27.96
They needed, still,
to learn that the day
00:39:28.06\00:39:30.37
begins at sunset.
[laughs] That's what Ellen White
00:39:30.43\00:39:34.60
says; they were
not ready to meet their
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.00
Lord. They still
had duties and things to
00:39:36.10\00:39:38.27
learn. He
continues, "The day had been
00:39:38.37\00:39:41.98
passed, and our disappointment
became a certainty. Our
00:39:42.11\00:39:45.25
fondest hopes and expectations
were blasted, and such
00:39:45.38\00:39:49.65
a spirit of weeping
came over us as I never
00:39:49.75\00:39:52.85
experienced before.
It seemed that the loss
00:39:52.99\00:39:56.02
of all earthly
friends could not have been
00:39:56.09\00:39:58.69
anything in comparison.
We wept and wept till
00:39:58.79\00:40:02.60
the day dawn. I mused
in my own heart, saying,
00:40:02.70\00:40:05.63
'My Advent
experience has been the richest
00:40:06.20\00:40:07.97
and brightest of all
my Christian experience!
00:40:08.10\00:40:10.41
If this had proved a
failure, what was the
00:40:10.84\00:40:13.07
rest of my
Christian experience worth?
00:40:13.17\00:40:15.51
Has the Bible proved
a failure? Is there no
00:40:16.08\00:40:18.48
God, no heaven, no
golden city, no paradise? Is all
00:40:18.61\00:40:23.39
this but a cunningly
devised fable?" These
00:40:23.49\00:40:26.72
are questions that came
up in his mind. "Is there
00:40:26.82\00:40:29.12
no reality to our fondest
hope and expectation of these
00:40:29.22\00:40:32.46
things? And thus we
had something to grieve and
00:40:32.56\00:40:35.86
weep over, if all our
fondest hopes were lost. And
00:40:35.96\00:40:39.70
as I said, we wept
till the day dawn."
00:40:39.80\00:40:43.20
Don't you dare
criticize that movement unless
00:40:43.47\00:40:45.64
you have this kind of
spirit. There are those
00:40:45.77\00:40:49.91
who say, "Ah, the
Great Disappointment; the
00:40:49.98\00:40:51.61
Adventist Church
began with a disappointment.
00:40:51.68\00:40:53.35
Let's bury that,
because that's embarrassing."
00:40:53.45\00:40:55.48
Notice what Washington
Morse said. "The passing
00:40:57.12\00:41:00.42
of the time was a
bitter disappointment. True
00:41:00.56\00:41:05.39
believers had given up
all for Christ." They sold
00:41:05.49\00:41:09.66
their things to pay
the debts of other people!
00:41:09.76\00:41:14.87
They prayed all night!
They studied the Scriptures
00:41:14.97\00:41:16.71
all night! They left
the potatoes in the field!
00:41:16.81\00:41:19.14
These people really
believed this. "True
00:41:20.08\00:41:23.68
believers had given
up all for Christ and
00:41:23.75\00:41:26.25
had shared His
presence as never before. The
00:41:26.38\00:41:29.28
love of Jesus
filled every soul, and with
00:41:29.38\00:41:32.15
an expressible
desire, they prayed, 'Come,
00:41:32.25\00:41:34.59
Lord Jesus, and come
quickly.' But He did not
00:41:34.72\00:41:38.69
come. And now, to
turn again to the cares,
00:41:38.79\00:41:41.66
perplexities, and
dangers of life, in full view of
00:41:41.76\00:41:45.30
the jeering and
reviling unbelievers who scoffed
00:41:45.40\00:41:47.97
as never before was a
terrible trial of faith
00:41:48.07\00:41:51.54
and patience. When
Elder Himes visited Waterbury,
00:41:51.64\00:41:55.01
Vermont, a short time
after the passing of the
00:41:55.11\00:41:57.35
time and stated
that the brethren should
00:41:57.48\00:42:00.08
prepare for another
cold winter, my feelings were
00:42:00.15\00:42:03.45
almost uncontrollable. I
left the place of meeting
00:42:03.52\00:42:07.06
and wept like a
child. Does this help you
00:42:07.46\00:42:10.89
understand a little
bit about the bitterness
00:42:11.23\00:42:13.03
of the Disappointment?
Notice what William
00:42:13.60\00:42:15.63
Miller wrote. "It
passed. And the next day, it
00:42:15.93\00:42:20.10
seemed as though
all the demons from the
00:42:20.40\00:42:22.54
bottomless pit were
let loose upon us. The same
00:42:22.87\00:42:26.78
ones, and many
more, who were crying for
00:42:27.14\00:42:29.84
mercy two days
before were now mixed with
00:42:30.15\00:42:32.51
the rabble and mocking,
scoffing, and threatening
00:42:32.61\00:42:36.12
in a most
blasphemous manner. Those people
00:42:36.22\00:42:40.99
joined the
movement because they were
00:42:41.32\00:42:42.66
afraid. [That's
right.] Not because they loved
00:42:42.69\00:42:45.53
the Lord. Now, do you
remember the triumphal
00:42:45.59\00:42:49.70
entry of Jesus into
Jerusalem? I'm gonna
00:42:49.80\00:42:53.37
go through this very
quickly. Let me ask you.
00:42:53.47\00:42:57.71
Was it a sweet experience
for those who participated
00:42:57.81\00:43:00.94
in the triumphal
entry? Oh, yes! "The King is
00:43:01.04\00:43:04.28
coming!" Was a specific
prophecy being fulfilled
00:43:04.41\00:43:09.42
by this? Which
prophecy? The 70-week prophecy.
00:43:09.55\00:43:13.86
Jesus was gonna die in
the middle of the week.
00:43:13.96\00:43:15.92
Was this a portion of
the 2,300-day prophecy?
00:43:16.46\00:43:19.19
Absolutely! What did
the disciples believe?
00:43:19.33\00:43:22.83
That Jesus was gonna
establish His Kingdom
00:43:23.70\00:43:25.33
on earth. Were
they mistaken about the
00:43:26.63\00:43:28.50
event? Was the timing
right? Yes! The timing
00:43:28.57\00:43:33.34
was right. After Jesus
went to Gethsemane on the
00:43:33.44\00:43:40.18
cross, were His
followers bitterly disappointed?
00:43:40.28\00:43:44.15
Yes! In fact, after
the disappointment, two of
00:43:44.69\00:43:47.49
the followers of Jesus-not
of the 12 disciples, but-
00:43:47.62\00:43:50.99
two of His followers
are walking on a country
00:43:51.09\00:43:53.16
road to the little
town of Emmaus. We know the
00:43:53.26\00:43:56.67
name of one of them,
but not of the other.
00:43:56.73\00:43:58.63
The name of one is
Cleopas. It's interesting to
00:43:59.43\00:44:06.51
notice that as they
are walking, who catches
00:44:06.64\00:44:09.41
up to them? Jesus
catches up to them! And what
00:44:09.51\00:44:13.42
does Jesus do? He says,
"Guys, you misunderstood
00:44:13.48\00:44:17.82
Scripture!" Wasn't
it necessary that Jesus
00:44:17.95\00:44:21.66
go to the cross and
die and resurrect from the
00:44:21.72\00:44:24.29
dead? And beginning in
Moses and all the prophets,
00:44:24.39\00:44:27.20
He revealed to them
in all the scriptures the
00:44:27.30\00:44:29.20
things concerning Himself,
and their hearts burned!
00:44:29.30\00:44:32.10
They say, "We get it
now!" He wasn't gonna
00:44:32.20\00:44:36.24
come to reign as
king; He had to die! So was
00:44:36.34\00:44:40.34
prophecy clarified
to these two individuals
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.95
who were walking
on the country road to
00:44:44.05\00:44:46.11
Emmaus? Yes. And then,
Peter and the disciples
00:44:46.21\00:44:49.35
understood that Jesus
was not going to establish
00:44:49.42\00:44:53.02
His Kingdom here
on earth, but He was
00:44:53.12\00:44:54.72
gonna enter the Holy
Place to begin His work
00:44:54.82\00:44:58.09
of intercession in
the heavenly sanctuary!
00:44:58.23\00:45:00.76
Did the majority
of those who professed
00:45:02.36\00:45:05.00
to follow Jesus follow
Him into the Holy Place?
00:45:05.10\00:45:08.70
No. How many were left
in the upper room? 120,
00:45:10.31\00:45:15.84
out of all the multitudes.
Did most of them fall
00:45:16.88\00:45:19.75
by the wayside?
Yes. Now, did Jesus then
00:45:19.81\00:45:24.25
command the
disciples to go prophesy again
00:45:24.35\00:45:27.79
with new understanding?
Absolutely! And was
00:45:28.76\00:45:34.23
there a faithful remnant
that founded the Christian
00:45:34.33\00:45:37.37
Church? [Yes.] Are you
looking at the parallel
00:45:37.47\00:45:40.20
here? The Christian Church began
with a great disappointment!
00:45:40.30\00:45:44.74
Why don't we try
to bury that if we're
00:45:45.97\00:45:47.38
embarrassed? Now
let's draw the parallel. The
00:45:47.48\00:45:52.01
Millerites also
had a sweet experience.
00:45:52.11\00:45:55.02
They were expecting
Jesus to come at the
00:45:55.45\00:45:57.52
conclusion of the larger
portion of that prophecy.
00:45:57.65\00:46:01.92
Was Jesus fulfilling a
specific time prophecy?
00:46:02.72\00:46:05.29
Yes! The 2,300
days. What kind of kingdom
00:46:05.89\00:46:10.07
did the Millerites
envision? A kingdom on earth -
00:46:10.20\00:46:14.14
cleansing the earth, and
Jesus establishing Himself
00:46:15.20\00:46:17.77
as King here! Were
they right about the timing?
00:46:17.91\00:46:20.74
Yes. What were they
wrong about? The event.
00:46:21.24\00:46:24.88
When Jesus failed to
fulfill their expectations, was
00:46:24.98\00:46:29.58
the sweet experience
changed into bitterness
00:46:29.72\00:46:32.12
as we just
noticed? Yes! Now here's the
00:46:32.22\00:46:35.42
interesting thing: The
day after the Disappointment,
00:46:35.52\00:46:38.33
there are two of the
Millerites that are walking
00:46:38.46\00:46:41.66
across a field. We know
the name of one of them-
00:46:41.76\00:46:44.93
Hiram Edson. We
don't know the name of the
00:46:45.03\00:46:47.54
other. [laughs]
And suddenly one, Hiram
00:46:47.64\00:46:51.57
Edson, has this momentary
insight-and some people
00:46:51.67\00:46:56.51
don't know whether it's
a vision or whether it's
00:46:56.61\00:46:59.41
just a momentary
insight of thought, but-he said,
00:46:59.48\00:47:02.32
"I saw distinctly and
clearly that instead of
00:47:02.42\00:47:05.95
Jesus coming to the
earth on October 22,
00:47:06.05\00:47:08.46
1844, He entered the
Most Holy Place to begin
00:47:08.59\00:47:11.59
a new work!" Are
you with me? Amazing!
00:47:11.69\00:47:18.73
As Jesus had entered
the Holy Place and Peter
00:47:20.17\00:47:22.40
preached on the Day
of Pentecost- no, no,
00:47:22.54\00:47:24.01
no, He wasn't gonna
set up His Kingdom here;
00:47:24.11\00:47:26.04
He's begun as Intercessor
in the Holy Place in 1844.
00:47:26.14\00:47:29.51
Now, the message is
given. No, He wasn't gonna
00:47:30.05\00:47:31.91
come to the earth;
He was gonna start His
00:47:32.01\00:47:34.22
work in the Most
Holy Place! What happened
00:47:34.32\00:47:37.79
with the majority of
those who had believed
00:47:37.89\00:47:39.45
that Jesus was gonna
come as King on earth?
00:47:39.55\00:47:41.52
They fell by the
wayside, and they became, by the
00:47:42.79\00:47:44.89
way, the synagogue
of Satan. What did the
00:47:44.99\00:47:48.36
faithful do after
this? They restudied the
00:47:48.50\00:47:51.57
prophecies that
they had misinterpreted.
00:47:51.73\00:47:54.80
Did they now have
further understanding? Yes!
00:47:55.64\00:47:58.61
Did God establish
a remnant out of this
00:47:59.94\00:48:01.48
group and tell them to
prophesy again? Absolutely.
00:48:01.61\00:48:06.45
That faithful
remnant was the nucleus of
00:48:06.95\00:48:09.78
the Seventh-day Adventist
Church that we know today.
00:48:09.95\00:48:13.39
Isn't that a remarkable
parallel? God has a sense
00:48:15.12\00:48:18.46
of humor.
[laughter] Now let's talk about
00:48:18.59\00:48:23.63
the prophesying again.
There's something strange
00:48:23.70\00:48:27.30
about the angel's order
for John to eat the book.
00:48:27.90\00:48:30.71
He first told John that
the book would be bitter
00:48:31.71\00:48:35.94
in the stomach and sweet
in the mouth. Is that kind
00:48:36.04\00:48:38.61
of a weird order?
Yeah, because things don't
00:48:38.75\00:48:42.22
become bitter in
your belly before you eat
00:48:42.35\00:48:43.89
them. Why does the angel
reverse the natural order
00:48:44.02\00:48:48.69
in verse 9? In order to
understand this, we need
00:48:48.82\00:48:52.96
to look at the
chiastic structure of verses 9
00:48:53.06\00:48:55.63
through 11. So notice
this chiasm. Letter A above
00:48:55.76\00:49:01.37
is equivalent to
letter A below. You see that?
00:49:01.84\00:49:03.87
B above, equivalent
to B below; and C and C
00:49:04.77\00:49:08.78
are parallel. So
let's notice. Letter A: The
00:49:08.84\00:49:13.15
angel tells John to
take the scroll and eat it.
00:49:13.21\00:49:16.69
Then he is told, "It's
gonna be bitter in your
00:49:17.75\00:49:19.75
stomach," right? Then
letter C, "In your mouth,
00:49:19.82\00:49:23.22
it will be sweet
as honey." Now, in the
00:49:23.32\00:49:27.36
second half of the chiasm,
he's going to reverse the
00:49:27.46\00:49:30.13
order. "In your
mouth, it will be sweet as
00:49:30.23\00:49:34.60
honey"-that's the same
letter C in reverse order-
00:49:34.70\00:49:37.21
B, "It was bitter
in my stomach." And
00:49:38.54\00:49:43.38
what is equivalent to
the angel telling John
00:49:43.48\00:49:45.71
to take and eat the
scroll? The angel tells
00:49:45.81\00:49:48.42
John, "You must
prophesy again." So what does
00:49:48.55\00:49:54.49
that mean-to eat the
scroll? It is equivalent
00:49:54.59\00:49:58.26
to prophesying again.
Did the Millerites eat
00:49:58.39\00:50:02.80
the scroll? Does
that mean only that they
00:50:02.90\00:50:06.33
understood the message?
No. What does that mean?
00:50:06.43\00:50:09.00
It means they understood
the message, and what?
00:50:09.50\00:50:11.27
Proclaimed it. So what
does the angel say now?
00:50:11.71\00:50:14.48
The angel says, "Go,
and you must prophesy
00:50:14.94\00:50:19.65
again." In other
words, "You have to proclaim
00:50:20.35\00:50:22.05
this message again
with new understanding."
00:50:22.18\00:50:25.12
The chiastic structure
is important, because it
00:50:26.86\00:50:30.16
shows that the
angel's order for John to eat
00:50:30.26\00:50:32.09
the scroll in verse
9A is equivalent to the
00:50:32.23\00:50:35.30
order to prophesy
again in verse 11. When John
00:50:35.43\00:50:38.57
ate the scroll, he
assimilated the judgment
00:50:38.67\00:50:40.67
message and proclaimed
it. However, because of
00:50:40.77\00:50:43.51
the Disappointment, it
was necessary to preach
00:50:43.61\00:50:46.01
the message from the
same scroll again. So
00:50:46.14\00:50:49.21
do we have a judgment
hour message to proclaim
00:50:49.31\00:50:51.11
to the world today?
Yes, we do, but with added
00:50:51.21\00:50:54.48
understanding. You
notice that the angel says-
00:50:54.58\00:51:00.22
it doesn't say, "I
hope you prophesy again."
00:51:00.86\00:51:04.29
"You should prophesy
again." "Please prophesy
00:51:06.80\00:51:10.23
again." No! He
says, "You must prophesy
00:51:10.33\00:51:14.37
again!" What does
the word 'must' mean?
00:51:14.47\00:51:16.37
The exegetical
dictionary of the New Testament
00:51:16.91\00:51:19.31
tells us what the
word 'must' means. It's an
00:51:21.38\00:51:23.41
imperative in the
Greek. What is an imperative?
00:51:23.48\00:51:25.78
A command! This word
designates an unconditional
00:51:25.88\00:51:30.85
necessity.
Sentences with this verb have
00:51:30.99\00:51:35.22
fundamentally an absolute,
unquestioned, and often
00:51:35.32\00:51:41.63
anonymous and deterministic
character. In other words,
00:51:41.73\00:51:45.97
prophesying again is not
optional, but obligatory.
00:51:46.07\00:51:51.11
We find the
prophesying again, where? In the
00:51:54.41\00:51:58.45
first angel's message
with the new understanding.
00:51:58.55\00:52:00.82
The Millerites
preached this message leading up
00:52:01.82\00:52:04.19
to 1844, but the
remnant needed to preach it once
00:52:04.29\00:52:08.66
more, but with
greater understanding. Do we
00:52:08.76\00:52:12.09
have greater understanding
than the Millerites?
00:52:12.19\00:52:14.16
[Yes.] Oh, yeah. The
Millerites also preached
00:52:14.30\00:52:17.13
the second angel's
message, but the remnant must
00:52:17.23\00:52:19.20
preach it again. And
by the way, they did not
00:52:19.33\00:52:21.40
preach the third
angel's message, but we must
00:52:21.54\00:52:23.47
preach the third.
Now, were there things that
00:52:23.57\00:52:30.51
the Millerites did not
understand besides what
00:52:30.61\00:52:32.71
was gonna happen in
1844? There's something
00:52:32.85\00:52:37.02
very interesting.
Shortly after 1844, the remnant
00:52:37.12\00:52:44.53
that was faithful started
discovering the distinctive
00:52:44.66\00:52:47.96
doctrines of the Seventh-day
Adventist Church. They
00:52:48.13\00:52:53.40
discovered that the law
was still binded. The churches
00:52:53.50\00:52:56.77
said, "No, it was
nailed to the cross." They
00:52:56.87\00:52:59.54
discovered the
Sabbath. They discovered that
00:52:59.64\00:53:03.51
the dead are dead. They
discovered health reform.
00:53:03.65\00:53:08.82
Why did they
discover all of those things?
00:53:10.52\00:53:12.49
Because all of
those things are centered
00:53:14.49\00:53:16.26
in the Most Holy
Place. When they enter the
00:53:16.42\00:53:19.36
Most Holy Place, what
is inside the Ark? The
00:53:19.46\00:53:24.03
Ten Commandments. What
is at the center of the
00:53:24.13\00:53:26.70
Ten Commandments?
The Sabbath. And the idea
00:53:26.80\00:53:31.77
that the judgment
began in 1844-and Adam was
00:53:31.87\00:53:35.18
the first one judged-
indicates that Adam did
00:53:35.24\00:53:38.98
not go to heaven
when he died, because his
00:53:39.08\00:53:42.45
case appears in 1844,
before the heavenly court.
00:53:42.58\00:53:45.15
They said, "Well,
if the judgment begins
00:53:45.25\00:53:46.72
in 1844, and it starts
with Adam and continues
00:53:46.82\00:53:49.96
with everybody after
that, then nobody went
00:53:50.09\00:53:52.83
to heaven after
they died!" Are you with
00:53:52.96\00:53:56.30
me? And the pot of
manna not only represented
00:53:56.40\00:54:02.44
the need to keep the
Sabbath, but the manna
00:54:04.54\00:54:07.54
also represented
health reform! Remember when
00:54:07.64\00:54:10.81
Israel said, "Ah,
we're tired of the manna!
00:54:10.91\00:54:12.85
Give us all that
good food that we had in
00:54:16.02\00:54:18.05
Egypt." "Good" in
quotation marks, of course. So,
00:54:18.15\00:54:22.39
the manna inside the
Ark represented health
00:54:22.89\00:54:26.23
reform. And what about
the dead rod that sprouted
00:54:26.29\00:54:30.47
life? - represents that
the hope of the Christian
00:54:30.57\00:54:32.90
is found in the resurrection.
By the way, I won't
00:54:33.00\00:54:35.50
get into women's ordination,
but the rod also has to
00:54:35.64\00:54:37.91
have something to do
with that, because it
00:54:38.01\00:54:40.28
comes after the rebellion
of Korah, Dathan, in the
00:54:40.38\00:54:43.11
Bible. But we'll
leave that alone. Now, let's
00:54:43.21\00:54:46.78
go to our final section:
a representative person.
00:54:46.88\00:54:50.09
The question we
must ask at this point is
00:54:51.12\00:54:53.62
this: Does this
symbolic portrayal of eating the
00:54:53.79\00:54:56.76
scroll and it being
sweet and bitter apply
00:54:57.56\00:55:01.00
to John in the
first century, or does the
00:55:01.13\00:55:03.50
act of John
symbolize the experience of an
00:55:03.60\00:55:05.60
anti-remnant? In other
words, is John symbolic
00:55:05.73\00:55:08.84
of a movement at the
end of time? Of course!
00:55:08.94\00:55:11.94
Notice what William
Shay- who passed away recently;
00:55:13.14\00:55:16.38
he was my teacher of
the seminary - photographic
00:55:16.48\00:55:18.18
memory-he wrote this.
"John lived at the beginning
00:55:18.31\00:55:21.38
of the Christian era, right?
When he received this vision.
00:55:21.48\00:55:24.89
However, the prophetic
scene itself looks down
00:55:25.99\00:55:28.26
toward the end of time
long after John's death,
00:55:28.36\00:55:31.39
the sixth trumpet.
He should therefore be
00:55:31.56\00:55:33.83
taken as representative
of those who will bear
00:55:33.96\00:55:38.00
this final message,
the part he was acting out
00:55:38.67\00:55:41.20
under those circumstances.
It would have been
00:55:41.37\00:55:44.34
physically impossible
for John to bear the message
00:55:44.47\00:55:47.81
to all of the groups
he was told to address."
00:55:47.91\00:55:50.65
Could John alone
witness to all nations, tongues,
00:55:51.58\00:55:55.05
peoples, kings? He
was a prisoner in Patmos,
00:55:55.15\00:55:57.99
folks! So, John
here is symbolic of what?
00:55:58.12\00:56:04.39
Symbolic of a
movement. Now, let's go to the
00:56:05.33\00:56:11.07
bottom of page 264.
This prophecy, then, does
00:56:11.13\00:56:15.10
not apply to John in
the first century for
00:56:15.17\00:56:17.51
two reasons, summarized:
1) John lived during the
00:56:17.57\00:56:21.04
first century, but
these events take place during
00:56:21.14\00:56:24.21
the period of the
sixth trumpet at the time of
00:56:24.28\00:56:26.51
the end when John was
already dead. 2) "It would've
00:56:26.61\00:56:30.85
been impossible for John
to prophesy again to many
00:56:30.99\00:56:34.46
peoples, nations, tongues,
and kings. After all, he
00:56:34.56\00:56:37.86
was a prisoner on
Patmos, and there's no evidence
00:56:37.99\00:56:40.70
that he ever fulfilled
this commission. A global
00:56:40.83\00:56:44.57
message requires a
global people to proclaim that
00:56:44.67\00:56:51.37
message." Did the Seventh-day
Adventist Church become
00:56:51.51\00:56:55.31
a global church
after 1844? Absolutely. The
00:56:55.44\00:57:00.35
proof is in the
pudding, as they say. Isn't this
00:57:00.48\00:57:04.05
remarkable? How
everything in Revelation 10 was
00:57:04.19\00:57:08.69
fulfilled in the
movement surrounding 1844? Now,
00:57:08.76\00:57:14.13
does the Bible say,
"The Millerites were
00:57:15.10\00:57:17.33
gonna announce the
coming of judgment, that they
00:57:17.40\00:57:19.60
will be disappointed
because Jesus wasn't
00:57:19.67\00:57:21.24
gonna come..."
Revelation 10 doesn't say that!
00:57:21.30\00:57:25.37
Do we have to go outside the
cannon of Scripture to history
00:57:25.67\00:57:31.15
to see these things
being fulfilled? Yes. And when
00:57:31.25\00:57:33.55
we look at the history
of the Advent movement,
00:57:33.65\00:57:36.82
everything happened
exactly in the order in
00:57:37.39\00:57:41.36
which Revelation
chapter 10 says. In other words,
00:57:41.49\00:57:45.49
we have not believed
cunningly-devised fables.
00:57:45.89\00:57:49.70
We are on solid
ground. Ellen White said it is
00:57:50.33\00:57:52.97
certain that we have
the [ascertainment] that
00:57:53.03\00:57:55.74
we have the truth as God lives.
00:57:55.84\00:57:58.01
[intense strings music]
00:57:58.44\00:58:00.71