Well, good
morning and happy Sabbath.
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Happy Sabbath.
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It's good to see
you all nicely dressed.
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You look so elegant
and the ladies look pretty.
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This morning we
are going to study,
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we're going to begin our
study of the sixth trumpet.
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However, before we
study the sixth trumpet,
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we need to deal with
some structural matters,
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the sequence of
events that we find
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not only in the trumpets,
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but in Revelation 8
through Revelation 15.
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But before we do,
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we want to ask for
the Lord's guidance
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in our study today.
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So let's pray.
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Father in heaven,
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thank You for the
good night's rest.
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Thank You that
we're able to enjoy
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this entire day of Sabbath rest,
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and fellowship
together and worship to You.
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We ask that as we
study this lesson,
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us
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to give us understanding,
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because we know that
the Book of Daniel says
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that in the end time,
the wise will understand
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and we want Your wisdom.
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So we ask for Your presence,
in the precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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Amen.
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All right.
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Let's review the trumpets.
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What is the first trumpet?
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What event?
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The destruction of
Jerusalem in AD 70.
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What is the second trumpet?
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It is the fall
of the Roman Empire
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by the barbarian invasions.
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What is the third trumpet?
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The third trumpet
is when apostasy begins
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creeping into the church
in the days of Constantine.
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What is the fourth trumpet?
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The fourth trumpet is a
period of the 1260 years
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of papal dominion where
the sun, moon and stars,
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Christ, the scriptures,
and God's people are eclipsed.
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What does the
fifth trumpet represent?
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The fifth trumpet represents
the French Revolution.
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Now I'm going to jump
over the sixth trumpet.
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And I'm going to go
beyond the sixth trumpet.
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What happens right before
the seventh trumpet sounds?
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Probation closes, right?
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And then you have
this, the time of trouble.
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And after the time of trouble,
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God's people are
delivered which is what?
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The sounding of
the seventh trumpet.
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So why did I jump?
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For a very simple reason.
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If the fifth trumpet
is the French Revolution,
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and when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound?
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Before the seventh trumpet,
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where do we place
the sixth trumpet?
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It has to be between
the French Revolution
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between 1798 and when?
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And right before
probation closes.
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Are you with me or not?
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This is very important.
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The chronology
is very important.
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The order of
events is very important.
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So clearly by the
sequence that we've studied,
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the sixth trumpet falls between
when the fifth trumpet blows
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which is the French Revolution,
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and that culminates
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with the captivity
of the pope in 1798.
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And when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound
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which is the close of probation.
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So the events of
the sixth trumpet
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are from 1798 to
the close of probation.
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Is that when the
little book is opened?
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Yes.
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Now let's look at this a
little bit more in detail.
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I've given you a page,
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and I'll give it to
Ilene to clean it up,
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so you have a nicer copy.
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But this was a last
minute thing, Ilene,
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so that people don't
have to scribble notes
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and we take more time
than what we need to take.
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So notice the page that
I gave you this morning.
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Revelation Chapter 8.
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Revelation 8:12.
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Revelation 8:12, tells us,
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"Then the fourth angel sounded:
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And a third of
the sun was struck,
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and a third of the moon,
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and a third of the stars,
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so that a third of
them were darkened.
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A third of the
day did not shine,
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and likewise the night."
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So, there you
have the fourth trumpet
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which is the
period of papal dominion.
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And then in verse 13,
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you have the
announcement of three woes.
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It says there, "And I looked,
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and I heard an angel flying
through the midst of heaven,
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saying with a loud
voice, 'Woe, woe, woe
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to the inhabitants of the earth,
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because of the remaining blasts
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of the trumpet
of the three angels
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who are about to sound!' "
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So the three woes are what?
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The last three trumpets.
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Trumpet number
five, six and seven.
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Is that clear?
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So, trumpets five,
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six and seven
are the three woes.
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And they follow, of course,
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the fourth trumpet
which is which period?
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The period of papal supremacy.
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And then in Revelation 9:1-11,
you have the fifth trumpet.
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What does the
fifth trumpet represent?
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The French Revolution.
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Which woe is that?
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That's the first woe.
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How do we know that?
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Well, because in 9:12,
when that trumpet ends,
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when the fifth trumpet ends,
it says, one woe is passed,
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behold, still two more woes
are coming after these things.
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Are you with me?
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So Revelation
9:1-11, the fifth trumpet,
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the French
Revolution is the first woe.
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Then in Revelation 9:13-21,
those are the following verses.
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You have which trumpet?
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The sixth trumpet,
and we're going to see
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that the sixth trumpet describes
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the gathering of the wicked
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to attack God's
people in the end time.
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And then in Revelation
10:1 through Revelation 11:1,
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you have the gathering of what?
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You have the
gathering of the righteous,
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that's the little book episode.
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Are you with me or not?
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So the sixth trumpet is
the gathering of the wicked
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for the end time crisis.
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Revelation 10:1 through 11:1
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is the
gathering of the righteous
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for the end time crisis.
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So Revelation 11:1 ends
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with the
gathering of the righteous,
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it ends with the remnant, right?
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Now, Revelation
11:2-3 takes us back where?
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To the fourth trumpet.
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Are you following me?
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Because it
mentions the two witnesses
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that are going to
prophesy in sackcloth
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for 1260 days or 42 months.
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Is that the fourth trumpet?
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Yes.
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So Revelation
11:2-3 is taking us back.
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We're studying
the structure here.
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So it takes us back.
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And then what do we
find in Revelation 11:7-10?
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The fifth trumpet,
the French Revolution.
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Are you with me or not?
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So we have cycles here.
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And then in Revelation 11:11-13,
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what happens
with the two witnesses
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that were killed in
the French Revolution?
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Now they resurrect,
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and you have a
remnant that what?
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Fears God and
gives glory to Him?
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Are you following me or not?
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Yes.
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So what does
Revelation 11:11-13 end with?
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Once again with the remnant.
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And then I want you to
notice that in Revelation 11:14,
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after you have a
view of the wicked,
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and you have a
view of the righteous,
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then in verse 14 of
Revelation Chapter 11,
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it says, "The
second woe is past, behold,
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the third woe
is coming quickly."
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So what is the second woe?
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The second woe is
the sixth trumpet.
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The gathering of the
wicked for an attack,
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a final attack on
God's kingdom, God's people.
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Revelation 10 describes
the gathering of the righteous
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as the other army
to face the enemies.
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So then, in Revelation 12:1-5,
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you have a woman
who's clothed with the sun,
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she has the moon under her feet,
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and she has a crown of 12 stars.
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And you have a dragon
that wants to kill a child
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that is going to be
born from the woman.
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What does this woman represent?
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She represents the church.
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The Old Testament Church
or the New Testament Church?
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Well, when John sees her,
she's the Old Testament Church.
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You say, "Why is that?"
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Because the child
hasn't been born yet.
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You can't have a
New Testament Church
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before the child is born.
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Did the woman
exist before the child?
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That's a dumb question?
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Yes.
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So did the church
exist in the Old Testament?
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Of course.
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Did 12 patriarchs establish
the Old Testament Church?
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Yes, that's why
you have the crown
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with 12 stars.
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How about the
New Testament Church?
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Does the woman later
flee to the wilderness?
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So is that the
New Testament Church?
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How many were the founders
of the New Testament Church?
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Twelve.
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So how many churches
does God have in history?
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One just for the Jews and
the other for the Gentiles,
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and then you have the rapture?
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No, no.
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There's one people of God
throughout all of history,
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is that clear?
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So Revelation 12
takes us back where?
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It takes us back to the
time when Jesus was born.
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And then it moves on
to the fourth trumpet.
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Are you following me?
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You say, "How do we know that?"
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Well, let's read verse
6, Revelation 12:6, it says,
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then the woman
after, in other words,
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after Jesus goes to
heaven, He gains the victory.
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It says in verse 6,
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"Then the woman
fled into the wilderness,
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where she was, has a
place prepared by God,
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that they should
feed her there 1260 days."
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Is that the same
period of the fourth trumpet?
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Absolutely.
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And then verses 13
through 15 tells us,
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"Now the dragon saw
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that when he had
been cast to the earth,"
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which Jesus did,
when He died on the cross,
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he persecuted the woman
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who gave birth
to the male Child.
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But the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle,
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that she might fly
into the wilderness
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to her place,
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where she is
nourished for a time
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and times and half a time
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from the
presence of the serpent."
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So what is the next
stage after pagan Rome
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tries to slay the child,
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but the child escapes
and goes to God's throne?
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It's the fourth trumpet.
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The time times
and dividing of time
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and the 1260 days.
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Are you following me or not?
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Now, however, then
you have Revelation 12:17,
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verses 13 through 16
describe the 1260 years.
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But Revelation
12:17, once it bring,
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once again brings to view what?
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The remnant.
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Are you noticing
that all these cycles
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end with the remnant?
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Notice Revelation 12:17,
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman."
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Is that the same
as the sixth trumpet
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where there's this horde
that comes from the abyss?
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And you know,
they're led by Satan.
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Is that the same picture?
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Yes.
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"And the dragon was
enraged with the woman,
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and went to make war
with the remnant, better,
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remnant of her seed,
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who keep the commandments of God
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and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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Are you following him a bit?
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Are you following this?
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See, the structure
of Revelation is tricky.
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I mean, you know,
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we can't only study
symbols and, you know,
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just read isolated verses,
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we have to look at
how the Book of Revelation
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was organized.
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So it ends with the remnant.
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And then in Chapter
13, let's go to 13:1-2.
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"Then I stood on
the sand of the sea.
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And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,
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having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and on his horns ten crowns,
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and on his heads
a blasphemous name.
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Now the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
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his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
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his mouth like
the mouth of a lion."
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This is looking
towards the past, right?
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"The dragon gave him his power,
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his throne, and
great authority."
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What does the
dragon here represent?
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Satan, yes, but
it's the same dragon
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that tried to slay whom?
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The male Child that
we noticed in Chapter 12.
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So pagan Rome now
gives its power to what?
00:12:52.37\00:12:56.10
To papal Rome.
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And then in verse
3 through verse 9,
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you have the same
history of the fourth trumpet.
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Is this making sense?
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The same period of
the fourth trumpet.
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You say, "How do we know that?"
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Well, because
in Revelation 13:5,
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it says, "And he was given
a mouth speaking great things
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and blasphemies,
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and he was given authority
to continue for," how long?
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"For 42 months."
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Clear? Yes.
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So is that the fourth trumpet?
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Yes.
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What would you expect
to be the fifth trumpet?
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Would it be next in line?
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Well, let's read verse 10.
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It says in verse 10,
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"He who leads into captivity..."
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Who is it that
led into captivity?
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The beast, right?
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"He who leads into captivity
shall go into captivity,
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he who kills with the sword
must be killed with the sword."
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What do we call that?
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The deadly wound.
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Who gave the
papacy the deadly wound?
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France.
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So is that the fifth trumpet?
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Yeah, that's the
fifth trumpet, right?
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And then I want you
to notice that you have
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a picture of the
enemies of the end time.
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We have a beast that
rises from the earth,
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who has two horns like a lamb,
but he speaks like a dragon.
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Is that during the
period of the sixth trumpet?
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Yes or no? Yes.
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How do we know that?
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Because we just
read in verse 10,
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about the fifth
trumpet, the deadly wound.
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So this is describing
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what is happening
during the sixth trumpet.
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And then I want you to notice
after it depicts the wicked,
00:14:32.43\00:14:37.97
who are going to try
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and destroy God's
people, basically.
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What do you have
next in Revelation 14:1-5?
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By the way, Revelation
14:1-5 belongs with Chapter 13.
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It's the climax of Chapter 13.
00:14:52.92\00:14:56.86
You say, "Well,
how do we know that?"
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Well, because
when Chapter 13 ends,
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you find that this
beast from the earth,
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he forbids buying and selling.
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He gives the mark of the beast.
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He kills those who
don't worship the image.
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And so when
Chapter 13 ends, you say,
00:15:16.38\00:15:18.68
"Well, was anybody faithful?
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Did everybody followed the beast
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and received the mark?"
00:15:24.12\00:15:26.05
What is the
answer in Chapter 14?
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Is there going to be a
group that's victorious?
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Yes.
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That is what group?
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God in 144,000.
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So does this entire
cycle end with the remnant?
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Absolutely.
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And then we go
to the next cycle,
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Revelation 14:6-12.
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Revelation 14:6-12
takes you back in time,
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to the moment when
the three angels' messages
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were proclaimed, to gather
God's people on God's side.
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Are you with me?
00:16:01.89\00:16:03.56
The purpose of the
three angels is to gather
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as many as possible in
the world on God's side.
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What trumpet would that be?
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Chapter 14 begins
with the sixth trumpet.
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That's right.
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You know, we've just
seen a picture of the wicked.
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Now there's a
picture of the righteous.
00:16:18.34\00:16:20.58
And, you know, so you
have the sixth trumpet,
00:16:20.61\00:16:22.68
the gathering of the
righteous for the final battle.
00:16:22.71\00:16:27.55
And then in Revelation 14:14-19,
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what do you have?
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You have the close of probation.
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You say, "Well,
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what do you mean
the close of probation?"
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Well, Jesus is seen
with sitting on a cloud
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with a sickle in His hand,
and what is He going to do?
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He's going to harvest the earth.
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And so, first of all,
He harvests the righteous.
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And then He harvests what?
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The wicked and He
throws them where?
00:16:58.81\00:17:01.48
Into the
winepress, into the winepress.
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So is this speaking about
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a work of
separation of judgment?
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During which trumpet
does a judgment take place?
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It's taking place
during the sixth trumpet.
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So after every one is
divided into the two groups,
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what happens?
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Probation closes, right?
00:17:21.67\00:17:24.51
And then verse 20 has a
very interesting detail.
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Verse 20, Revelation
14:20, after the separation,
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that we find in
verses 17 through 19.
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You have the
harvesting of the righteous,
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and you have the
harvesting of the wicked,
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the wicked are
thrown into the winepress.
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You have a very
strange verse, verse 20.
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And the winepress...
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Who is in the winepress?
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The wicked, right.
00:17:51.27\00:17:53.00
"Was trampled outside
the city," which city?
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Jerusalem.
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Which Jerusalem is this,
the heavenly New Jerusalem?
00:17:58.17\00:18:01.68
No, we studied this yesterday.
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What is Jerusalem
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before the
Second Coming of Christ?
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It's the church.
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So it says, "And the winepress
where the wicked are gathered,
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was trampled outside the city."
00:18:12.39\00:18:14.02
What are the wicked
doing outside the city?
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They came, they're on vacation.
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No.
00:18:18.99\00:18:20.33
What did they come for?
00:18:20.36\00:18:22.16
They came to destroy
those who are inside the city.
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But what happens when
they're going to do that?
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It says, "And blood
came out of the winepress."
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This is symbolic
language by the way.
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Why does blood come out?
00:18:33.38\00:18:34.71
Because the grapes
are going to be what?
00:18:34.74\00:18:36.34
Trampled.
00:18:36.38\00:18:37.71
We'll come to
another passage in a moment.
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And it says,
00:18:39.71\00:18:41.05
"And blood came
out of the winepress,
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up to the horses' bridles,
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for one thousand
six hundred furlongs."
00:18:44.39\00:18:48.22
So here you have
horses trampling on what?
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Trampling on the winepress
00:18:51.23\00:18:52.66
which symbolizes that
they're trampling on whom?
00:18:52.69\00:18:55.46
On the wicked.
00:18:55.50\00:18:56.90
What event is
being described here?
00:18:56.93\00:18:59.50
The Second Coming of Christ.
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You say," Really?"
00:19:02.20\00:19:03.61
Well, let's go to Revelation 19.
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What trumpet would this be?
00:19:05.47\00:19:08.18
No, no, no.
00:19:08.21\00:19:11.01
When does Jesus come
to take over the kingdoms,
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to destroy the
wicked and save His people?
00:19:13.42\00:19:16.25
At the seventh trumpet?
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Correct.
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Notice Revelation 19:11.
00:19:20.06\00:19:22.69
Now we're gonna
find out who are,
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what the horses are
00:19:24.36\00:19:25.69
and why the garments of
Jesus are stained in blood.
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Verse 11, says,
"Now I saw heaven opened,
00:19:30.47\00:19:32.73
and behold, a white horse.
00:19:32.77\00:19:35.40
And He who sat on him
was called Faithful and True,
00:19:35.44\00:19:38.61
and in righteousness
He judges and makes war."
00:19:38.64\00:19:42.18
Who is that who is
seated on that horse?
00:19:42.21\00:19:44.51
It's Jesus.
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What event is
being described here?
00:19:45.91\00:19:48.25
The seventh
trumpet, which is what?
00:19:48.28\00:19:50.65
The Second Coming of Christ.
00:19:50.69\00:19:52.29
He's coming to
take over the kingdom.
00:19:52.32\00:19:54.22
Verse 12, "His eyes
were like a flame of fire,
00:19:54.26\00:19:57.63
and on his head
were many crowns.
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He had a name written
00:19:59.89\00:20:01.23
that no one knew except Himself.
00:20:01.26\00:20:03.97
He was clothed with
a robe dipped in blood?
00:20:04.00\00:20:08.44
Why is His robe dipped in blood?
00:20:08.47\00:20:10.87
You have to go back to
Isaiah 63, where Jesus says,
00:20:10.91\00:20:15.11
"I tread the winepress alone.
00:20:15.14\00:20:17.48
Nobody was with me."
00:20:17.51\00:20:18.88
And so He speaks about
treading the winepress,
00:20:18.91\00:20:21.15
which represents
treading the wicked.
00:20:21.18\00:20:23.15
What are the wicked
wanting to do at this point?
00:20:23.18\00:20:25.62
They're wanting to
destroy Christ people.
00:20:25.65\00:20:27.86
So now Jesus is
coming on the white horse.
00:20:27.89\00:20:30.29
His garments
are stained in blood
00:20:30.33\00:20:32.39
because He's coming
to trample the winepress.
00:20:32.43\00:20:35.00
And by the way, do you
know what the picture is here?
00:20:35.03\00:20:38.13
There are still places in Italy
00:20:38.17\00:20:40.07
where they make
wine in this way.
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They put the
grapes in a great big...
00:20:43.14\00:20:45.37
tub.
00:20:48.51\00:20:49.91
And then the
people get in the tub
00:20:49.94\00:20:51.55
with their bare feet, and
they trample on the grapes.
00:20:51.58\00:20:55.52
And when they
trample on the grapes,
00:20:55.55\00:20:57.25
the grape splatters
onto their clothing,
00:20:57.29\00:20:59.25
and it looks like blood.
00:20:59.29\00:21:01.09
That's the picture here.
00:21:01.12\00:21:04.56
So it says then in,
I'm continuing here.
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Verse 13, "He was clothed
with a robe dipped in blood,
00:21:07.46\00:21:09.93
and His name is
called the Word of God."
00:21:09.96\00:21:12.13
Does He come by Himself
00:21:12.17\00:21:13.57
or does He come with
other beings seated on horses?
00:21:13.60\00:21:17.97
Now we're going to know
who is sitting on the horses
00:21:18.01\00:21:20.78
that tread the winepress.
00:21:20.81\00:21:22.28
It says in verse 14,
"And the armies of heaven,
00:21:22.31\00:21:26.08
clothed in fine linen,
white and clean," what?
00:21:26.11\00:21:30.15
"Followed Him on white horses."
00:21:30.19\00:21:33.15
And notice verse 15 connects
00:21:33.19\00:21:34.82
with what we read
in Revelation 14:20.
00:21:34.86\00:21:37.69
"Now out of His
mouth goes a sharp sword,
00:21:37.73\00:21:40.63
that with it He
should strike the nations.
00:21:40.66\00:21:43.26
And He Himself will rule
them with a rod of iron."
00:21:43.30\00:21:46.20
So is this talking about
00:21:46.23\00:21:47.57
when Jesus is going
to take over the kingdom?
00:21:47.60\00:21:49.57
Yes.
00:21:49.60\00:21:51.24
And then it says, "He
Himself treads the" what?
00:21:51.27\00:21:55.04
"The winepress of the fierceness
00:21:55.08\00:21:57.28
and wrath of Almighty God."
00:21:57.31\00:22:01.42
So does this passage here
00:22:01.45\00:22:04.22
contain the
gathering of the righteous
00:22:04.25\00:22:06.89
during the sixth trumpet,
the three angels' messages?
00:22:06.92\00:22:11.39
Do the wicked reject
the three angels' messages?
00:22:11.43\00:22:14.23
Yes.
00:22:14.26\00:22:15.60
So one group accepts,
the other group rejects.
00:22:15.63\00:22:20.17
And as a result,
00:22:20.20\00:22:21.54
what happens
with in the judgment?
00:22:21.57\00:22:24.17
Well, by the
decisions that are made,
00:22:24.21\00:22:27.21
you have two groups.
00:22:27.24\00:22:28.94
And what does Jesus do?
00:22:28.98\00:22:30.65
He performs the
final work of judgment,
00:22:30.68\00:22:33.08
separating the
harvest of the earth
00:22:33.11\00:22:36.25
from the grapes of the earth.
00:22:36.28\00:22:38.72
And then you have that,
00:22:38.75\00:22:40.52
by the way that
happens just before
00:22:40.56\00:22:43.16
the seventh angel sounds.
00:22:43.19\00:22:45.39
And then you have what?
00:22:45.43\00:22:47.16
Jesus coming to
take the kingdom,
00:22:47.20\00:22:49.06
that's the seventh trumpet.
00:22:49.10\00:22:51.23
But it doesn't end there.
00:22:51.27\00:22:53.23
It ends with the remnant.
00:22:53.27\00:22:55.60
Notice Revelation Chapter 15,
00:22:55.64\00:22:57.44
the very next
chapter, verse two.
00:22:57.47\00:22:59.84
Revelation 15:2.
00:22:59.87\00:23:03.68
It says there,
this is after, you know,
00:23:03.71\00:23:07.12
the horses trample the
winepress outside the city,
00:23:07.15\00:23:09.55
which represents the wicked
00:23:09.58\00:23:10.95
that have gathered
around the church to try
00:23:10.99\00:23:13.05
and destroy the church,
00:23:13.09\00:23:14.42
those who have accepted
the three angels' message.
00:23:14.46\00:23:16.52
It says in Revelation 15:2,
00:23:16.56\00:23:18.33
"And I saw something like
00:23:18.36\00:23:19.69
a sea of glass
mingled with fire,
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.06
and those who have the" what?
00:23:22.10\00:23:25.23
"Oh, the victory over
the beast, over his image,
00:23:25.27\00:23:29.04
and over his mark,
00:23:29.07\00:23:30.41
and over the number of his name,
00:23:30.44\00:23:32.04
standing on the sea of
glass, having harps of God.
00:23:32.07\00:23:36.21
They sing the song of
Moses, the servant of God,
00:23:36.24\00:23:38.95
and the song of
the Lamb, saying,
00:23:38.98\00:23:40.78
'Great and
marvelous are Your works,
00:23:40.82\00:23:42.42
Lord God Almighty,
just and true are Your ways,
00:23:42.45\00:23:45.29
O King of the saints!
00:23:45.32\00:23:46.96
Who shall not fear you, O,
Lord, and glorify Your name?
00:23:46.99\00:23:49.79
For You alone are holy,
00:23:49.82\00:23:51.16
for all nations shall
come and worship before You."
00:23:51.19\00:23:56.40
Does the entire series
00:23:56.43\00:23:58.30
end once again with the remnant.
00:23:58.33\00:24:00.44
Yes.
00:24:00.47\00:24:01.80
So in each cycle, you
end up with the remnant.
00:24:01.84\00:24:04.64
Revelation 10:1-11, remnant.
00:24:04.67\00:24:08.61
Revelation 11:11-13, remnant.
00:24:08.64\00:24:11.98
Revelation 12:17, remnant.
00:24:12.01\00:24:14.88
Revelation 14:1-5, remnant.
00:24:14.92\00:24:17.79
Revelation 15:2-4, remnant.
00:24:17.82\00:24:21.59
Are you catching the picture?
00:24:21.62\00:24:22.96
Yes.
00:24:22.99\00:24:24.33
So, you know, unless
we know the structure,
00:24:24.36\00:24:27.36
folks, we are
going to be so confused,
00:24:27.40\00:24:30.27
that we'll be
worse than Confucius.
00:24:30.30\00:24:33.00
I mean, I don't know why
they called him Confucius.
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.54
He was supposed to be very wise.
00:24:35.57\00:24:37.44
But anyway, we need
to study the structure.
00:24:37.47\00:24:39.91
Now, once again, I'll
mention, read pages 355 to 362,
00:24:39.94\00:24:44.51
where this is
developed in detail.
00:24:44.55\00:24:47.32
You'll be able to
understand it a lot better.
00:24:47.35\00:24:50.55
Now let's go to page 301.
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In the light of
what we've studied,
00:24:53.89\00:24:57.03
the sixth
trumpet describes what?
00:24:57.06\00:25:00.76
The sixth trumpet describes
the gathering of the wicked
00:25:00.80\00:25:05.23
for the end time crisis.
00:25:05.27\00:25:08.04
What occurs also
during the sixth trumpet?
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The little book is opened.
00:25:11.67\00:25:14.08
And God also calls His what?
00:25:14.11\00:25:17.45
His remnant to do
battle with the wicked.
00:25:17.48\00:25:22.88
So in other words,
00:25:22.92\00:25:24.25
the sixth trumpet is
the gathering of the wicked,
00:25:24.29\00:25:27.46
and the
gathering of the righteous.
00:25:27.49\00:25:29.92
So with that in
mind, let's go to page 301.
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The sixth trumpet
is a vivid description
00:25:34.40\00:25:37.67
of the gathering of the wicked
00:25:37.70\00:25:40.37
by Satan's three symbolic angels
00:25:40.40\00:25:43.74
for the final battle
against God's remnant.
00:25:43.77\00:25:47.58
This final
gathering which began in 1844.
00:25:47.61\00:25:52.61
With whom did it begin?
00:25:52.65\00:25:56.02
With the living
or with the dead?
00:25:56.05\00:25:59.19
The judgment began with the dead
00:25:59.22\00:26:00.69
and it's been going on.
00:26:00.72\00:26:02.42
What group does
the judgment end with?
00:26:02.46\00:26:05.49
The final remnant
that's going to be alive,
00:26:05.53\00:26:07.70
that the wicked
will surround to try
00:26:07.73\00:26:09.16
and destroy during
the time of trouble.
00:26:09.20\00:26:11.80
So the final gathering,
00:26:11.83\00:26:13.17
which began in
1844 will intensify
00:26:13.20\00:26:15.20
until the close of probation.
00:26:15.24\00:26:17.54
Immediately before
the close of probation,
00:26:17.57\00:26:20.84
when the seventh angel is
about to blow his trumpet,
00:26:20.88\00:26:24.78
Satan will bring
about a great, what?
00:26:24.81\00:26:27.98
Counterfeit Pentecostal revival.
00:26:28.02\00:26:31.69
You know, on Sabbath morning, I
00:26:31.72\00:26:33.05
like to turn on the television
00:26:33.09\00:26:36.32
to some of the
religious channels.
00:26:36.36\00:26:39.06
And this morning,
you know, I switch,
00:26:39.09\00:26:41.30
I go to the Hope channel,
00:26:41.33\00:26:42.66
and then I go to some of
the other channels to see
00:26:42.70\00:26:44.43
if there's anything worthwhile,
00:26:44.47\00:26:46.10
and they had TD Jakes on.
00:26:46.13\00:26:48.70
It's just a great big show.
00:26:48.74\00:26:51.37
You know, it was
amazing, I say, man,
00:26:51.41\00:26:53.64
and thousands gathered
there, totally deceived.
00:26:53.68\00:26:57.15
It looked like it
was Holy Spirit revival.
00:26:59.11\00:27:03.15
But it's not God's Spirit.
00:27:03.18\00:27:05.95
So Satan will
bring about a great,
00:27:05.99\00:27:08.72
great counterfeit
Pentecostal revival.
00:27:08.76\00:27:11.49
The purpose of
this revival is what?
00:27:11.53\00:27:14.86
To preempt and
counterfeit the genuine revival
00:27:14.90\00:27:19.57
that will take place
00:27:19.60\00:27:20.94
at the outpouring
of the latter rain.
00:27:20.97\00:27:23.41
It will gather
the wicked into what?
00:27:23.44\00:27:25.67
One body,
00:27:25.71\00:27:27.04
that's what the sixth
trumpet is describing.
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And we're going to
study the sixth trumpet
00:27:29.71\00:27:31.05
this afternoon verse by verse,
and you'll be able to see that.
00:27:31.08\00:27:35.65
Inspiration tells us
that the false prophet,
00:27:35.68\00:27:39.29
which is what?
00:27:39.32\00:27:41.09
Apostate Protestantism
will even make what?
00:27:41.12\00:27:45.59
Fire come down from
heaven in the sight of men.
00:27:45.63\00:27:50.37
A miracle that parodies
00:27:50.40\00:27:53.47
the falling of fire from heaven,
00:27:53.50\00:27:56.04
in the days of whom?
00:27:56.07\00:27:58.61
You know, the
false prophets of Baal
00:27:58.64\00:28:00.98
were not allowed to
bring fire from heaven.
00:28:01.01\00:28:03.38
But this false
Elijah at the end of time
00:28:03.41\00:28:05.28
is going to
bring fire from heaven.
00:28:05.31\00:28:07.55
It's going to be a
much greater counterfeit.
00:28:07.58\00:28:10.52
It also is a manifestation
of the tongues of fire
00:28:10.55\00:28:14.99
that came down when?
00:28:15.02\00:28:17.16
On the day of Pentecost.
00:28:17.19\00:28:18.53
It's a false
Pentecost in other words.
00:28:18.56\00:28:20.80
This gathering of the
wicked during the sixth trumpet
00:28:20.83\00:28:24.33
is further
amplified, and we just covered
00:28:24.37\00:28:26.57
this in Revelation, what?
00:28:26.60\00:28:28.74
12:17, the dragon was what?
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.34
Angry with the woman.
00:28:31.37\00:28:32.94
Revelation 13:11-18,
00:28:32.97\00:28:35.48
"The false prophet
persecutes God's people."
00:28:35.51\00:28:38.71
Revelation 14,
primarily, verse 20,
00:28:38.75\00:28:41.62
"The wicked gather
around the holy city,
00:28:41.65\00:28:43.85
the church to
destroy God's people."
00:28:43.89\00:28:46.05
And a passage that we
haven't looked at yet,
00:28:46.09\00:28:48.76
Revelation 16:13-16.
00:28:48.79\00:28:53.03
Immediately after the conclusion
00:28:53.06\00:28:54.93
of the gathering of the wicked,
00:28:54.96\00:28:56.67
during the sixth trumpet,
which is Revelation 9:21,
00:28:56.70\00:29:01.34
Chapter 10 presents what?
00:29:01.37\00:29:04.01
The flip side by
going back in time
00:29:04.04\00:29:07.78
to describe the
global gathering of what?
00:29:07.81\00:29:10.88
Of the righteous.
00:29:10.91\00:29:12.25
So the sixth trumpet
is the gathering of what?
00:29:12.28\00:29:14.68
The wicked.
00:29:14.72\00:29:16.05
Revelation 10,
the very next chapter
00:29:16.08\00:29:18.09
is the
gathering of the righteous
00:29:18.12\00:29:21.06
by the message from where?
00:29:21.09\00:29:23.12
The little book.
00:29:23.16\00:29:25.19
Are you with me or not?
00:29:25.23\00:29:27.56
Now, we know that
this judgment hour message
00:29:27.60\00:29:30.77
which began with
events surrounding
00:29:30.80\00:29:32.60
the year 1844 is what?
00:29:32.63\00:29:35.90
So is this trumpet
going to be global in scale?
00:29:35.94\00:29:40.74
Absolutely.
00:29:40.78\00:29:42.11
Because the angel
places one foot on the land
00:29:42.14\00:29:44.18
and the other foot on the sea.
00:29:44.21\00:29:46.08
This gathering of the
righteous in Revelation 10
00:29:46.11\00:29:50.32
is further developed where?
00:29:50.35\00:29:52.92
In Revelation 14:6-12,
00:29:52.95\00:29:55.92
which is the prophesying
again of Revelation 10:11.
00:29:55.96\00:30:01.06
In the midst of
Satan's counterfeit revival,
00:30:01.10\00:30:04.27
God will bring about a what?
00:30:04.30\00:30:07.34
A revival of primitive
godliness among His people.
00:30:07.37\00:30:10.84
Which revival comes
first, the revival of the wicked
00:30:10.87\00:30:13.68
or the revival of the righteous?
00:30:13.71\00:30:16.11
The revival of
the wicked, folks,
00:30:16.14\00:30:18.88
that's the sixth trumpet.
00:30:18.91\00:30:21.12
Let's continue.
00:30:21.15\00:30:22.68
This message is known
as the message of the what?
00:30:22.72\00:30:26.02
The fourth angel
00:30:26.05\00:30:28.29
who brings the
final latter rain,
00:30:28.32\00:30:30.53
loud cry, revival
of the Holy Spirit
00:30:30.56\00:30:33.46
to God's remnant.
00:30:33.50\00:30:35.33
The gathering of both
the righteous and the wicked
00:30:35.36\00:30:37.73
is then further
described in the harvest scene
00:30:37.77\00:30:41.67
of Revelation 14:14-20.
00:30:41.70\00:30:44.41
Remember that, we
talked about that,
00:30:44.44\00:30:46.74
the separation of
the harvest of the earth
00:30:46.78\00:30:52.71
from the grapes?
00:30:52.75\00:30:54.18
Now let's look at the structure
00:30:54.22\00:30:55.75
of Revelation
9:13 through 14:20.
00:30:55.78\00:30:58.85
Revelation 9:13-21.
00:30:58.89\00:31:02.02
This is the sixth trumpet.
00:31:02.06\00:31:04.69
What does it describe?
00:31:04.73\00:31:06.63
The gathering of
the wicked from 1844
00:31:06.66\00:31:09.66
till the close of probation.
00:31:09.70\00:31:11.73
What does Revelation
10:1 to 11:1 describe?
00:31:11.77\00:31:15.17
The gathering of
the righteous from 1844,
00:31:15.20\00:31:18.54
until the close of probation.
00:31:18.57\00:31:21.38
Then Revelation
12:17 and 13:11-18,
00:31:21.41\00:31:24.55
what does it describe?
00:31:24.58\00:31:26.65
The gathering of the wicked
before the close of probation.
00:31:26.68\00:31:30.79
Satan was wroth with the
woman and went to make war
00:31:30.82\00:31:33.62
with the woman,
Revelation 12:17.
00:31:33.66\00:31:35.66
And that war is amplified where?
00:31:35.69\00:31:37.93
In Revelation 13,
00:31:37.96\00:31:39.39
this beast
arises from the earth.
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.20
And then in Revelation 4:6-12,
00:31:42.23\00:31:46.33
you have the
gathering of the what?
00:31:46.37\00:31:48.44
Of the righteous
before the close of probation,
00:31:48.47\00:31:50.94
those who accept the
three angels' message.
00:31:50.97\00:31:53.61
Then in Revelation 14:14-20,
00:31:53.64\00:31:57.81
the righteous and the
wicked have been what?
00:31:57.85\00:32:01.82
Gathered inside and
outside of the symbolic city,
00:32:01.85\00:32:05.89
spiritual Jerusalem.
00:32:05.92\00:32:08.62
Are you with me?
00:32:08.66\00:32:09.99
Yes.
00:32:10.03\00:32:11.36
Now, let's see what
Ellen White had to say
00:32:11.39\00:32:14.50
about the two gatherings.
00:32:14.53\00:32:17.13
In the book, The
Great Controversy,
00:32:17.17\00:32:18.70
page 464, Ellen White wrote,
00:32:18.73\00:32:22.40
"Notwithstanding the widespread
declension of faith and piety,
00:32:22.44\00:32:28.51
there are true followers
of Christ in these churches."
00:32:28.54\00:32:30.91
She's talking about
00:32:30.95\00:32:32.28
the Protestant
churches primarily.
00:32:32.31\00:32:35.12
"Before the final
visitation of God's judgments
00:32:35.15\00:32:37.92
upon the earth there
will be among the people
00:32:37.95\00:32:41.12
of the Lord such a
revival of primitive godliness
00:32:41.16\00:32:45.36
as has not been
witnessed since apostolic times.
00:32:45.39\00:32:50.47
The Spirit and power of God
00:32:50.50\00:32:52.20
will be poured
out upon His children.
00:32:52.23\00:32:54.47
At that time many
will separate themselves
00:32:54.50\00:32:56.71
from those churches in
which the love of this world
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.61
has supplanted love
for God and His word."
00:32:59.64\00:33:02.14
By the way, is the
fourth angel's message
00:33:02.18\00:33:04.01
related to the first three?
00:33:04.05\00:33:05.71
Yeah.
00:33:05.75\00:33:07.08
What it does is it gives
a boost to the first three.
00:33:07.12\00:33:11.22
It's like the first
three kind of went on hold.
00:33:11.25\00:33:16.16
And then you
have booster cables,
00:33:16.19\00:33:20.93
you know, to say, hey, people,
00:33:20.96\00:33:23.06
the three angels' messages
00:33:23.10\00:33:24.43
need to be
proclaimed with power.
00:33:24.47\00:33:26.57
So she continues.
00:33:26.60\00:33:28.00
"At that time many
will separate themselves
00:33:28.04\00:33:30.31
from those churches in
which the love of this world
00:33:30.34\00:33:33.68
has supplanted the
love for God and His word.
00:33:33.71\00:33:36.44
Many, both ministers and people,
00:33:36.48\00:33:39.98
will gladly
accept those great truths
00:33:40.02\00:33:42.62
which God has caused to
be proclaimed at this time
00:33:42.65\00:33:45.32
to prepare a people for
the Lord's second coming."
00:33:45.35\00:33:48.89
Is this work accomplished
by the three angels' message?
00:33:48.92\00:33:52.19
And the fourth
angel that gives a boost
00:33:52.23\00:33:54.20
to the three angels' message?
00:33:54.23\00:33:55.56
Absolutely.
00:33:55.60\00:33:57.07
So the focus here
is upon the righteous.
00:33:57.10\00:34:00.47
But now notice, does
Satan also want to prevent
00:34:00.50\00:34:04.47
this from happening?
00:34:04.51\00:34:05.84
Yes.
00:34:05.87\00:34:07.21
So it says, the enemy of souls
desires to hinder this work,
00:34:07.24\00:34:12.01
and before the time for
such a movement shall come.
00:34:12.05\00:34:15.82
So which revival comes first?
00:34:15.85\00:34:19.42
The false revival comes first.
00:34:19.45\00:34:22.66
So would you expect
in the Book of Revelation
00:34:22.69\00:34:25.19
to have the sixth
trumpet be the false revival
00:34:25.23\00:34:27.46
and then Chapter 10
be the true revival?
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.53
The enemy souls
desires to hinder this work,
00:34:32.00\00:34:35.04
and before the time for
such a movement shall come,
00:34:35.07\00:34:37.67
he will endeavor to prevent
it by introducing a what?
00:34:37.71\00:34:41.11
A counterfeit in those churches
00:34:41.14\00:34:43.51
which he can bring
under his deceptive power.
00:34:43.55\00:34:46.21
He will make it appear
00:34:46.25\00:34:47.62
that God's special
blessing is poured out.
00:34:47.65\00:34:50.52
There will be manifest
what is thought to be what?
00:34:50.55\00:34:54.69
A great religious interest.
00:34:54.72\00:34:58.09
Multitudes will exalt
00:34:58.13\00:34:59.69
that God is working
marvelously for them
00:34:59.73\00:35:02.36
when the work is
out of another spirit.
00:35:02.40\00:35:04.93
Under a religious disguise,
00:35:04.97\00:35:07.54
Satan will seek to
extend his influence
00:35:07.57\00:35:10.17
over the Christian world.
00:35:10.21\00:35:11.77
So is the three
angels' messages supposed to go
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.84
to the Christian world?
00:35:13.88\00:35:15.64
Yes, what will it do?
00:35:15.68\00:35:17.55
Thousands upon
thousands will come up
00:35:17.58\00:35:19.35
and join the remnant.
00:35:19.38\00:35:21.52
But what is Satan
doing at the same time?
00:35:21.55\00:35:24.25
Satan is gathering his
people at the same time.
00:35:24.29\00:35:27.46
And he's actually doing
00:35:27.49\00:35:29.52
that before the
true revival comes
00:35:29.56\00:35:31.73
because does the devil know
00:35:31.76\00:35:33.33
that there's going
to be a true revival
00:35:33.36\00:35:35.06
and that the
three angels' messages
00:35:35.10\00:35:36.50
are going to be boosted.
00:35:36.53\00:35:37.90
You better
believe he knows that.
00:35:37.93\00:35:40.10
Now, Ellen White then focuses
00:35:40.14\00:35:41.67
upon the message
of the righteous.
00:35:41.70\00:35:44.91
She writes, "Servants of God,
00:35:44.94\00:35:47.24
with their faces lighted up
00:35:47.28\00:35:49.44
and shining with
holy consecration,
00:35:49.48\00:35:52.21
will hasten from place to place
00:35:52.25\00:35:54.65
to proclaim the
message from heaven."
00:35:54.68\00:35:56.69
What message?
00:35:56.72\00:35:58.89
The three angels' messages
00:35:58.92\00:36:00.26
boosted by the
loud cry of angel.
00:36:00.29\00:36:03.69
Thousands of
voices all over the earth
00:36:03.73\00:36:06.59
will give the warning.
00:36:06.63\00:36:09.00
Praise the Lord
that God established
00:36:09.03\00:36:10.37
a global
Seventh-day Adventist Church.
00:36:10.40\00:36:12.50
That's why the message
can be heard at this time
00:36:12.53\00:36:15.10
all over the world.
00:36:15.14\00:36:16.87
"Thousands of
voices all over the earth
00:36:16.91\00:36:18.87
will give the warning.
00:36:18.91\00:36:20.58
Miracles will be wrought,
the sick will be healed,
00:36:20.61\00:36:23.81
and signs and wonders
will follow the believers."
00:36:23.85\00:36:26.95
But now once again,
00:36:26.98\00:36:28.32
we see there's
another gathering.
00:36:28.35\00:36:29.85
Satan also works
with lying wonders,
00:36:29.88\00:36:34.12
even bringing down excuse me...
00:36:34.16\00:36:36.06
Fire from heaven.
00:36:36.09\00:36:37.43
Is that what we read
about the false prophet?
00:36:37.46\00:36:40.60
That's an amplification.
00:36:40.63\00:36:42.23
Satan also works
with lying wonders,
00:36:42.26\00:36:44.63
even bringing
down fire from heaven
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.97
in the sight of men.
00:36:47.00\00:36:48.80
And then, is this gonna divide
the world into two groups?
00:36:48.84\00:36:52.04
The harvest of the
earth and the grapes, notice,
00:36:52.07\00:36:54.64
"Thus the
inhabitants of the earth
00:36:54.68\00:36:56.54
will be brought
to take their stand,
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.68
either on one side
or on the other side.
00:36:59.71\00:37:02.58
And then what is
Jesus going to do?
00:37:02.62\00:37:04.82
With a sickle, He
is going to harvest
00:37:04.85\00:37:06.35
the harvest of the earth,
00:37:06.39\00:37:07.72
that's the righteous,
00:37:07.76\00:37:09.09
and the wicked
are going to be thrown
00:37:09.12\00:37:11.03
into the winepress
of the wrath of God.
00:37:11.06\00:37:13.40
That's the seven
last plagues by the way?
00:37:13.43\00:37:16.90
Are you catching the picture?
00:37:16.93\00:37:20.07
Is the sixth trumpet describing
the Muslims during the,
00:37:20.10\00:37:23.07
right after the Middle Ages?
00:37:23.10\00:37:25.87
Folks, it's a distraction.
00:37:25.91\00:37:29.74
It's a distraction from
what God wants us to know
00:37:29.78\00:37:32.95
about the end time.
00:37:32.98\00:37:34.98
So this is not, you
know, oh, the trumpets,
00:37:35.02\00:37:37.65
they're so hard to understand,
who cares about the trumpets.
00:37:37.69\00:37:40.42
I care about the trumpets.
00:37:40.46\00:37:42.39
Because they are
depicting what happens from 1844
00:37:42.42\00:37:46.56
to the close of probation.
00:37:46.59\00:37:48.70
Now, let's notice the relevance
of Revelation 16:12-16.
00:37:48.73\00:37:53.23
We are to understand...
00:37:56.20\00:37:58.11
Are you understanding so far?
00:37:58.14\00:38:00.38
Okay.
00:38:00.41\00:38:01.78
We are to
understand Revelation 16:12-16
00:38:01.81\00:38:06.98
as an enlargement and
expansion of the sixth trumpet
00:38:07.02\00:38:10.72
in Revelation 9:13-21.
00:38:10.75\00:38:13.72
So, what I want
you to understand now
00:38:13.76\00:38:15.99
is that Revelation 16:12-16,
00:38:16.02\00:38:19.33
which is
describing the six plague,
00:38:19.36\00:38:22.43
is an amplification
of the sixth trumpet.
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.70
And I know you're
thinking, you'd say,
00:38:25.73\00:38:27.10
"But, Pastor, the sixth plague
is after probation closes.
00:38:27.14\00:38:30.64
So how can you say
that it's an amplification
00:38:30.67\00:38:33.31
of the sixth trumpet?"
00:38:33.34\00:38:34.68
Well, that's what
we're going to pursue.
00:38:34.71\00:38:36.71
Because Revelation 16:12-16,
00:38:36.75\00:38:39.75
not everything in those verses
is in chronological order.
00:38:39.78\00:38:44.85
Now, there are two facts
that linked these two passages.
00:38:44.89\00:38:48.79
In other words,
the sixth trumpet
00:38:48.82\00:38:50.53
and Revelation 16:12-16.
00:38:50.56\00:38:54.16
The first is a reference
to the River Euphrates,
00:38:54.20\00:38:58.53
both the sixth
trumpet and the sixth plague
00:38:58.57\00:39:02.47
mentioned the River Euphrates,
00:39:02.50\00:39:04.04
so must there be
some kind of connection,
00:39:04.07\00:39:05.91
there must be.
00:39:05.94\00:39:07.28
The only two times in
Revelation that explicitly
00:39:07.31\00:39:10.75
the Euphrates is
mentioned by name.
00:39:10.78\00:39:13.42
The second link between the two
is a reference to evil spirits
00:39:13.45\00:39:18.85
that are
released, to go to the world
00:39:18.89\00:39:22.92
to gather the
wicked against the remnant.
00:39:22.96\00:39:26.16
So are you catching
the two similarities
00:39:26.19\00:39:28.66
between the sixth
trumpet and the sixth plague?
00:39:28.70\00:39:31.60
You have one,
00:39:31.63\00:39:33.20
I mentioned of
the River Euphrates,
00:39:33.23\00:39:35.27
and second, a
releasing of evil spirits
00:39:35.30\00:39:39.41
to go to the whole
world to gather the wicked
00:39:39.44\00:39:41.71
against the remnant.
00:39:41.74\00:39:43.55
These are the only passages
in the Book of Revelation
00:39:43.58\00:39:46.48
that mentioned the
River Euphrates by name.
00:39:46.51\00:39:49.62
However, we will notice
that in Revelation 12:13-15,
00:39:49.65\00:39:54.59
you have a strong
allusion to or hint
00:39:54.62\00:39:58.39
that the Euphrates
is being referred to.
00:39:58.43\00:40:02.16
In order to
understand the relationship
00:40:02.20\00:40:04.03
between these two passages,
00:40:04.07\00:40:05.90
that is the sixth
trumpet in Revelation 9:13-21,
00:40:05.93\00:40:10.24
and Revelation 16:12-16.
00:40:10.27\00:40:13.61
We must go back to Revelation 12
00:40:13.64\00:40:16.98
to get a little
historical context.
00:40:17.01\00:40:20.42
Revelation 12:13-15 tells us
00:40:20.45\00:40:24.82
that the dragon did what?
00:40:24.85\00:40:27.62
He spewed water
out of his mouth,
00:40:27.66\00:40:31.03
like a river with
an intention of what?
00:40:31.06\00:40:34.30
Of drowning
God's faithful remnant
00:40:34.33\00:40:36.77
during which period?
00:40:36.80\00:40:39.83
Which trumpet is that?
00:40:39.87\00:40:42.54
During the fourth trumpet.
00:40:42.57\00:40:43.91
Let's read those
verses Revelation 12:13-15.
00:40:43.94\00:40:48.14
Revelation 12:13-15.
00:40:48.18\00:40:49.78
"Now when the dragon saw
00:40:51.11\00:40:52.45
that he had been
cast to the earth,
00:40:52.48\00:40:54.45
he persecuted the woman
00:40:54.48\00:40:55.82
who gave birth
to the male Child."
00:40:55.85\00:40:57.49
Now the woman represents
00:40:57.52\00:40:58.85
the New Testament Church, right?
00:40:58.89\00:41:01.46
Because the child has
already gone to heaven.
00:41:01.49\00:41:04.16
Verse 14, "But the
woman was given two wings
00:41:04.19\00:41:07.23
of a great eagle,
that she might fly
00:41:07.26\00:41:09.26
into the
wilderness to her place,
00:41:09.30\00:41:11.13
where she is
nourished for a time
00:41:11.17\00:41:12.53
and times and half a time,
00:41:12.57\00:41:14.27
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:41:14.30\00:41:16.60
And now how does a serpent...
00:41:16.64\00:41:18.37
By the way, a serpent and
dragon are the same, right?
00:41:18.41\00:41:20.84
The ancient serpent, the dragon,
00:41:20.88\00:41:22.61
the ancient
serpent, the devil and Satan.
00:41:22.64\00:41:24.91
Revelation 12:7-9 tells us that.
00:41:24.95\00:41:29.15
So it says, "So the serpent..."
00:41:29.18\00:41:30.82
How does he tie
to slay the woman?
00:41:30.85\00:41:34.19
"The serpent spewed water
out of his mouth, like a" what?
00:41:34.22\00:41:38.89
"Like a flood after the woman,
00:41:38.93\00:41:41.86
that he might cause her
00:41:41.90\00:41:43.23
to be carried away by the" what?
00:41:43.26\00:41:45.93
"By the flood?
00:41:45.97\00:41:47.30
"What do the waters represent?
00:41:47.34\00:41:49.17
It represents multitudes,
nations, tongues and peoples.
00:41:52.61\00:41:57.41
Which power is persecuting here?
00:41:57.45\00:41:59.11
Satan is, he's the dragon.
00:42:02.08\00:42:03.49
But what instrument is he using?
00:42:03.52\00:42:06.09
The papacy, the papacy.
00:42:06.12\00:42:08.66
You say, "How do we know that?"
00:42:08.69\00:42:10.03
Because it mentions time
times and the dividing of time.
00:42:10.06\00:42:15.26
Are you following me or not?
00:42:15.30\00:42:17.10
So that's the fourth trumpet.
00:42:17.13\00:42:18.60
So the way that
dragon is going to try
00:42:18.63\00:42:19.97
and slay the woman
during this period,
00:42:20.00\00:42:22.04
during the fourth
trumpet is by drowning her.
00:42:22.07\00:42:28.91
Are you following me?
00:42:28.94\00:42:31.08
Now let's go to the next page.
00:42:31.11\00:42:35.02
We have to go to
Joshua Chapter 24 now.
00:42:35.05\00:42:38.85
What are the waters
00:42:38.89\00:42:40.82
with which the
dragon wants to drown
00:42:40.86\00:42:42.66
the woman during
the fourth trumpet?
00:42:42.69\00:42:45.96
Well, let's go back
to Joshua Chapter 24.
00:42:45.99\00:42:51.00
Joshua Chapter 24.
00:42:51.03\00:42:54.84
And let's read several verses.
00:42:54.87\00:42:59.57
Verse 2,
00:42:59.61\00:43:01.84
"And Joshua said
to all the people,
00:43:01.88\00:43:03.24
'Thus says the Lord God
of Israel: 'Your fathers,
00:43:03.28\00:43:05.35
including Terah,
the father of Abraham
00:43:05.38\00:43:07.35
and the father of Nahor,
00:43:07.38\00:43:08.72
dwelt on the
other side of the" what?
00:43:08.75\00:43:11.49
"Of the River."
00:43:11.52\00:43:13.36
The other side of the river.
00:43:13.39\00:43:16.02
What river is that?
00:43:16.06\00:43:19.03
There's a little
number next to the river
00:43:19.06\00:43:21.20
in my New King James
Version, it says, the Euphrates.
00:43:21.23\00:43:26.07
Notice verse 2, verse 3,
00:43:26.10\00:43:28.27
"Then I took your father Abraham
00:43:28.30\00:43:29.80
from the other
side of the" what?
00:43:29.84\00:43:32.31
"Of the river."
00:43:32.34\00:43:34.28
What river is that?
00:43:34.31\00:43:35.88
The Euphrates.
00:43:35.91\00:43:37.25
Notice verse 14.
00:43:37.28\00:43:38.85
"Now therefore fear the Lord,
00:43:38.88\00:43:40.22
serve Him in
sincerity and in truth,
00:43:40.25\00:43:41.75
and put away the gods
00:43:41.78\00:43:43.12
which your fathers served
00:43:43.15\00:43:44.49
on the other side of the river."
00:43:44.52\00:43:47.42
And verse 15 repeats.
00:43:47.46\00:43:49.62
"And if it seems evil
to you to serve the Lord,
00:43:49.66\00:43:51.86
choose for yourself
this day whom you will serve,
00:43:51.89\00:43:54.30
whether the gods
which your fathers served
00:43:54.33\00:43:55.96
that were on the
other side of the river."
00:43:56.00\00:43:59.03
What is that river?
00:43:59.07\00:44:00.87
The river is
the River Euphrates.
00:44:00.90\00:44:04.37
Now, the Euphrates is
also called The Great River.
00:44:04.41\00:44:10.88
Is that
significant, The Great River?
00:44:10.91\00:44:13.35
Yeah, because we're gonna
see in Revelation Chapter 16,
00:44:13.38\00:44:16.02
that the sixth plague falls
upon the great River Euphrates.
00:44:16.05\00:44:21.39
Notice Genesis 15:18.
00:44:21.42\00:44:25.26
Genesis 15:18.
00:44:25.29\00:44:29.43
It says there, "On the same
day the Lord made a covenant
00:44:29.46\00:44:33.97
with Abraham, saying,
00:44:34.00\00:44:35.34
'Your descendants I
have given this land,
00:44:35.37\00:44:37.34
from the river of
Egypt," what river is that?
00:44:37.37\00:44:41.34
The Nile?
00:44:41.38\00:44:42.71
Yes, "to the great
river, the River Euphrates.
00:44:42.74\00:44:48.62
So what is the Euphrates?
00:44:48.65\00:44:50.75
It is the great river.
00:44:50.79\00:44:53.49
Now, we are to understand
that in Revelation Chapter 12,
00:44:53.52\00:44:57.33
the river is symbolic.
00:44:57.36\00:45:00.26
The waters are symbolic, right?
00:45:00.30\00:45:03.13
What do the waters represent?
00:45:03.16\00:45:05.43
They represent the peoples
00:45:05.47\00:45:07.44
that Satan used to
try and kill the woman,
00:45:07.47\00:45:11.07
to try and destroy the church.
00:45:11.11\00:45:14.28
Now let's go to Isaiah 8:7.
00:45:14.31\00:45:17.41
Even the Old Testament gives
us the concept that the river
00:45:17.45\00:45:21.55
represents
armies that are intent
00:45:21.58\00:45:24.92
on destroying God's people.
00:45:24.95\00:45:26.65
Go with me to Isaiah 8:7-8.
00:45:26.69\00:45:31.39
Here, the king of Assyria
is invading the land of Israel.
00:45:31.43\00:45:36.77
And he is
compared to the flooding
00:45:36.80\00:45:40.24
of the River Euphrates.
00:45:40.27\00:45:41.97
It says there in Isaiah 8:7-8.
00:45:42.00\00:45:48.44
"Now therefore,"
this is Sennacherib,
00:45:48.48\00:45:51.48
the king of Assyria,
00:45:51.51\00:45:52.85
who is now
invading the Holy Land,
00:45:52.88\00:45:54.48
and he comes to
the city of Jerusalem,
00:45:54.52\00:45:57.22
and the water is
swirling up to the neck
00:45:57.25\00:45:59.49
of the city symbolically.
00:45:59.52\00:46:01.32
It says, "Now therefore, behold,
00:46:01.36\00:46:03.29
the Lord brings up over
them the waters of" what?
00:46:03.32\00:46:07.56
"The river."
00:46:07.60\00:46:09.06
Which one?
00:46:09.10\00:46:10.53
The Euphrates,
"strong and mighty,"
00:46:10.57\00:46:13.50
what are the mighty
and strong waters here
00:46:13.54\00:46:15.90
of the Euphrates?
00:46:15.94\00:46:17.41
"The king of
Assyria and all his glory."
00:46:17.44\00:46:21.98
So what do the waters represent?
00:46:22.01\00:46:24.61
The king of
Assyria and his armies.
00:46:24.65\00:46:27.45
"He will go up
over all his channels."
00:46:27.48\00:46:30.29
What is he being compared to?
00:46:30.32\00:46:32.49
A flooding river.
00:46:32.52\00:46:34.39
"He will go up
over all his channels
00:46:34.42\00:46:36.83
and go over all his banks.
00:46:36.86\00:46:40.63
He will pass through Judah,
he will overflow and pass over,
00:46:40.66\00:46:45.87
he will reach up to the neck."
00:46:45.90\00:46:47.80
Now, when the water
reaches the neck, folks,
00:46:47.84\00:46:50.71
you're pretty close to drowning.
00:46:50.74\00:46:52.34
Are you understanding this?
00:46:55.38\00:46:56.98
Now, in Revelation Chapter 12.
00:46:57.01\00:47:00.72
Let's go back there.
00:47:03.79\00:47:05.19
There's a couple
of interesting details
00:47:05.22\00:47:07.22
that I want us to notice
there in Revelation Chapter 12.
00:47:07.26\00:47:10.86
And once again, verse 15,
00:47:10.89\00:47:15.66
verse 15, it says there,
00:47:15.70\00:47:19.83
"So the serpent spewed water
out of his mouth, like a" what?
00:47:19.87\00:47:26.11
"Like a flood."
00:47:26.14\00:47:27.48
Now, here's an
interesting detail.
00:47:27.51\00:47:29.41
If you read the
King James Version
00:47:29.44\00:47:32.15
of Joshua 24,
where it says the river,
00:47:32.18\00:47:36.45
it says what?
00:47:36.48\00:47:38.25
The flood.
00:47:38.29\00:47:40.22
The flood.
00:47:40.26\00:47:41.59
What is the flood?
00:47:41.62\00:47:43.89
It's the Euphrates River.
00:47:43.93\00:47:45.96
It's the great Euphrates River.
00:47:45.99\00:47:48.73
So it says, "So the serpent
spewed water out of his mouth
00:47:48.76\00:47:51.63
like a flood, after the
woman that he might cause her
00:47:51.67\00:47:54.90
to be carried away by" what?
00:47:54.94\00:47:57.41
"To be carried
away by the flood."
00:47:57.44\00:48:01.84
Now notice that translation
of the English Standard Version
00:48:01.88\00:48:06.68
of Revelation 12:15-16.
00:48:06.72\00:48:09.05
You know, most modern versions
translate instead of the flood,
00:48:09.08\00:48:12.92
they put the river,
but the ESV captured that,
00:48:12.95\00:48:17.79
that this is really the flood.
00:48:17.83\00:48:19.86
This is the Euphrates River.
00:48:19.89\00:48:21.93
It says there in verse 15,
00:48:21.96\00:48:23.87
"The serpent
poured water like a" what?
00:48:23.90\00:48:27.57
"Like a river, out of
his mouth after the woman
00:48:27.60\00:48:30.97
to sweep her away with a" what?
00:48:31.01\00:48:34.78
"With a flood."
00:48:34.81\00:48:36.14
Incidentally, the word
river that is used here,
00:48:36.18\00:48:39.31
the word flood
that is used here,
00:48:39.35\00:48:40.72
which is the word
river is the same word
00:48:40.75\00:48:43.69
that is used in the parable
of the wise and foolish man.
00:48:43.72\00:48:47.52
So what happens
with the foolish man?
00:48:50.43\00:48:54.30
It says the flood
comes, same word river here.
00:48:54.33\00:48:59.87
So this is speaking,
00:48:59.90\00:49:01.24
Revelation 12 is speaking about
the overflowing of which river?
00:49:01.27\00:49:05.67
The overflowing of
the River Euphrates,
00:49:05.71\00:49:08.48
even though it's
not mentioned by name.
00:49:08.51\00:49:10.58
And what is the intention
of the River Euphrates?
00:49:10.61\00:49:14.22
The intention is
to drown the church
00:49:14.25\00:49:17.72
during which trumpet?
00:49:17.75\00:49:20.29
During the period
of the fourth trumpet.
00:49:20.32\00:49:23.56
Right?
00:49:23.59\00:49:26.29
Who comes to the rescue?
00:49:26.33\00:49:27.66
A certain territory somewhere.
00:49:30.93\00:49:34.84
A certain territory
somewhere, not a nation.
00:49:34.87\00:49:39.01
There's no United States yet.
00:49:39.04\00:49:41.48
By the way, did the
earth help the woman
00:49:41.51\00:49:44.05
during the 1260 years?
00:49:44.08\00:49:46.98
Yes, because it was in 1620.
00:49:47.02\00:49:48.52
What does, what happens?
00:49:51.82\00:49:53.15
It says, but the earth what?
00:49:53.19\00:49:56.09
Helped the woman, and
what did the earth do?
00:49:56.12\00:49:59.89
The earth opened its
mouth and swallowed up the flood
00:49:59.93\00:50:05.87
which the dragon had
spewed out of his mouth.
00:50:05.90\00:50:09.54
In other words,
what is this describing?
00:50:09.57\00:50:13.51
This is describing the
fact that when the church
00:50:13.54\00:50:16.44
was being drowned in Europe,
00:50:16.48\00:50:21.58
there was a
place called the earth
00:50:21.62\00:50:23.92
that gave the woman refuge.
00:50:23.95\00:50:26.42
Where was that?
00:50:26.45\00:50:28.52
The territory of
the United States,
00:50:28.56\00:50:30.76
not the United States,
00:50:30.79\00:50:32.13
there was no
United States back then.
00:50:32.16\00:50:34.83
Here, it only
mentions the territory.
00:50:34.86\00:50:37.37
But listen carefully
in Revelation Chapter 13.
00:50:37.40\00:50:40.60
It speaks about a beast
that rises from the earth.
00:50:40.64\00:50:45.04
And now it is a nation
00:50:45.07\00:50:47.18
because a beast
represents a nation.
00:50:47.21\00:50:49.71
Are you following me?
00:50:49.74\00:50:52.01
So let's notice at
the bottom of page 304.
00:50:52.05\00:50:58.29
However, Revelation 12:17
explains that after persecution
00:50:58.32\00:51:02.42
ceased for a while,
that dragon will again what?
00:51:02.46\00:51:07.66
Let's read verse 17.
00:51:07.70\00:51:09.56
Is there gonna be?
00:51:09.60\00:51:10.93
Are the waters gonna
once again flow, so to speak?
00:51:10.97\00:51:16.30
Of course, because it says
in verse 17, and the dragon,
00:51:16.34\00:51:20.44
is that the same
dragon that spewed water
00:51:20.48\00:51:22.14
out of his mouth?
00:51:22.18\00:51:23.61
Yes, the dragon was
enraged with a woman.
00:51:23.65\00:51:27.78
And he went to make what?
00:51:27.82\00:51:29.15
War.
00:51:29.18\00:51:30.52
Is that the sixth trumpet?
00:51:30.55\00:51:32.79
Yes, that's the
Satan gathering his armies.
00:51:32.82\00:51:35.66
He went to make war
with the remnant of her seed.
00:51:35.69\00:51:39.53
How many groups do
you have in this verse?
00:51:39.56\00:51:42.76
Two.
00:51:42.80\00:51:44.60
You have the dragon,
angry with the woman.
00:51:44.63\00:51:47.57
And you have what?
00:51:47.60\00:51:49.20
The remnant of her seed.
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And what does the remnant do?
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It keeps the commandments
of God, and has what?
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The testimony of Jesus Christ.
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So here's my question.
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After Revelation 12:17
explains that after persecution
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ceased for a period.
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Are we in that period
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of where the
persecution is still ceasing?
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Yes.
00:52:13.16\00:52:14.63
Why?
00:52:14.66\00:52:16.00
Because the United
States, the beast from the earth
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has not yet
helped the first beast
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receive its power back.
00:52:19.83\00:52:23.20
The dragon will
once again persecute
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the remnant of her seed.
00:52:25.34\00:52:27.54
In other words,
the remnant of Jesus.
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There is another way of...
00:52:30.58\00:52:31.91
This is another way
of saying that the dragon
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will once again do what?
00:52:34.38\00:52:36.72
Spew waters of a symbolic
00:52:36.75\00:52:39.65
River Euphrates
out of his mouth.
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You say, "Well,
that's speculation."
00:52:43.49\00:52:45.19
Wait.
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We haven't dealt
with Revelation 16 yet.
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Now, Revelation 9:13-21
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and 16:13-16 describe the time
00:52:55.44\00:52:59.77
when the waters
of the Euphrates,
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which were dried up by
the democratic principles
00:53:01.84\00:53:04.75
of the United States,
and the French Revolution,
00:53:04.78\00:53:07.08
by the way, will begin what?
00:53:07.12\00:53:09.68
Flowing again after
the deadly wound is healed.
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This will lead to
oppressive enactments
00:53:16.06\00:53:18.16
against God's people.
00:53:18.19\00:53:20.93
Does the Bible
describe the moment
00:53:20.96\00:53:23.57
when the harlot or the
beast or the little horn
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will once again
sit on the waters
00:53:26.70\00:53:28.94
to slay God's people?
00:53:28.97\00:53:31.17
Revelation 17 further describes
00:53:31.21\00:53:34.94
how the waters of the
Euphrates will flow once again,
00:53:34.98\00:53:39.01
under the dominion of the harlot
00:53:39.05\00:53:41.28
who sits where?
00:53:41.32\00:53:43.22
On many waters.
00:53:43.25\00:53:44.59
Which waters?
00:53:44.62\00:53:46.29
The Euphrates, you say,
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but Revelation 17
doesn't mention the Euphrates.
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Yes, but the heart
of is called Babylon.
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And Babylon's
river was the Euphrates.
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So where is the harlot sitting?
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She's sitting on the Euphrates.
00:53:58.77\00:54:00.74
Are the waters flowing?
00:54:00.77\00:54:02.84
Oh, yeah, the
waters are flowing.
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She's dominant.
00:54:04.24\00:54:05.57
She's sitting on them.
00:54:05.61\00:54:06.94
They're dominating.
00:54:06.98\00:54:08.31
She's dominating the world.
00:54:08.34\00:54:10.61
As long as the
waters of the river flow,
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all goes well for what?
00:54:13.72\00:54:16.05
For the harlot,
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who is full of the
blood of the saints.
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However,
immediately after describing
00:54:20.92\00:54:24.29
the meaning of the waters
upon which the woman sits,
00:54:24.33\00:54:27.93
the text tells us
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that the kings will turn on her.
00:54:29.33\00:54:33.00
Are they gonna dry up on her?
00:54:33.03\00:54:36.10
Are the multitudes
gonna withdraw their support?
00:54:36.14\00:54:39.64
Is the River
Euphrates going to dry up again
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after it starts flowing again?
00:54:42.14\00:54:44.51
Yes.
00:54:44.55\00:54:45.91
In other words,
they will dry up on her.
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This will be
the final drawing up
00:54:49.25\00:54:50.82
of the River Euphrates.
00:54:50.85\00:54:52.95
Ellen White describes
this vividly in the chapter,
00:54:52.99\00:54:55.76
the beginning of the
chapter, God's people delivered.
00:54:55.79\00:54:59.69
Great Controversy, 635 and 636,
00:54:59.73\00:55:03.13
speaking about the
wicked with shouts of triumph,
00:55:03.16\00:55:05.60
jeering and implication.
00:55:05.63\00:55:08.44
Throngs of evil men are about
to rush up on their plague.
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Does this plague,
00:55:11.57\00:55:12.91
does this sound
like the sixth trumpet?
00:55:12.94\00:55:15.08
If you've read
it, yes, when low,
00:55:15.11\00:55:17.81
a dense blackness deeper than
the darkness of the night falls
00:55:17.85\00:55:21.38
upon the earth,
that's a fifth plague.
00:55:21.42\00:55:22.88
The fifth plague is darkness.
00:55:22.92\00:55:24.89
Then a rainbow
shining with the glory
00:55:24.92\00:55:26.62
from the throne of
God spans the heavens,
00:55:26.65\00:55:28.99
and seems to
encircle each praying company.
00:55:29.02\00:55:31.73
And now notice what
happens with the multitudes?
00:55:31.76\00:55:33.46
What were the multitudes
00:55:33.50\00:55:34.83
planning on
doing up to this point?
00:55:34.86\00:55:38.03
They're about to
rush upon God's people.
00:55:38.07\00:55:40.74
By the way, what
is it that rushes?
00:55:40.77\00:55:42.97
Water.
00:55:43.00\00:55:45.17
But what happens now during,
00:55:45.21\00:55:47.24
after the darkness comes
00:55:47.28\00:55:48.64
which the fifth plague
is a plague of darkness.
00:55:48.68\00:55:51.61
The angry multitudes
are suddenly arrested.
00:55:51.65\00:55:56.38
What happens with the waters?
00:55:56.42\00:55:58.19
They dry up?
00:55:58.22\00:55:59.55
That's right.
00:55:59.59\00:56:00.92
See, don't always look
for the words of the Bible
00:56:00.96\00:56:02.56
in the writings of Ellen White.
00:56:02.59\00:56:03.93
Look for the sequence of events.
00:56:03.96\00:56:07.60
They're mocking Christ die away.
00:56:07.63\00:56:09.46
They forget the objects
of their murderous rage.
00:56:09.50\00:56:12.50
With fearful forebodings,
00:56:12.53\00:56:13.87
they gaze upon the
symbol of God's covenant,
00:56:13.90\00:56:16.07
and longed tow be shielded
00:56:16.10\00:56:17.57
from its
overpowering brightness.
00:56:17.61\00:56:19.71
A little later,
Ellen White goes on.
00:56:19.74\00:56:21.84
She speaks about the
drying up of the waters now.
00:56:21.88\00:56:24.45
The people see that
they have been deluded.
00:56:24.48\00:56:26.68
They accuse one
another of having led them
00:56:26.72\00:56:29.02
to destruction, but
all unite in heaping
00:56:29.05\00:56:31.42
the bitterest
condemnation upon the ministers.
00:56:31.45\00:56:35.52
Did they support the
ministers before this?
00:56:35.56\00:56:37.89
Oh, yeah.
00:56:37.93\00:56:39.26
Unfaithful pastors have
prophesied smooth things.
00:56:39.29\00:56:44.00
They have led their hearers
to make void the law of God
00:56:44.03\00:56:46.74
and to persecute those
who would keep it holy.
00:56:46.77\00:56:50.01
Now in their despair,
these teachers confess before
00:56:50.04\00:56:53.31
the world their
work of deception.
00:56:53.34\00:56:55.34
Now notice what
happens with the waters.
00:56:55.38\00:56:57.35
Now, the waters are going
to dry up on this system now.
00:56:57.38\00:57:00.38
And they're going to
avalanche themselves upon whom?
00:57:00.42\00:57:03.62
Upon those who receive them.
00:57:03.65\00:57:05.29
The multitudes
are filled with what?
00:57:05.32\00:57:07.92
With fury, we
are lost, they cry,
00:57:07.96\00:57:10.43
and you are the
cause of our ruin.
00:57:10.46\00:57:12.26
And they turn upon
the false shepherds.
00:57:12.29\00:57:15.36
Does a support of
the false shepherds now,
00:57:15.40\00:57:17.13
is it withdrawn?
00:57:17.17\00:57:18.83
Do the waters dry up?
00:57:18.87\00:57:20.40
Yes.
00:57:20.44\00:57:21.77
The very ones that
once admire them most
00:57:21.80\00:57:23.64
will pronounce the most
dreadful curses upon them.
00:57:23.67\00:57:27.31
The swords that
were to slay God's people
00:57:27.34\00:57:29.71
are now employed to
destroy their enemies.
00:57:29.74\00:57:32.15
Everywhere there is
strife and bloodshed.
00:57:32.18\00:57:36.99
Quite a description, isn't it?
00:57:37.02\00:57:40.09
So are you
understanding the sixth plague
00:57:40.12\00:57:41.72
a little bit better?
00:57:41.76\00:57:43.22
Yes.
00:57:43.26\00:57:44.59
How many groups
are there going to be?
00:57:44.63\00:57:45.96
Two.
00:57:45.99\00:57:47.33
The righteous and the wicked.
00:57:47.36\00:57:48.70