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Well, welcome to the
afternoon session! Our
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last session in
this seminar. And when I
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say "session," I'm
talking about the two that we're
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gonna have this afternoon.
This morning, we began
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our study of the
sixth trumpet. We want to
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continue that study,
and I believe that we
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were on page 306
when we ended in our last
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presentation. So,
we want to begin there.
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What we're gonna do is
just, basically, summarize
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the main points of what
we studied this morning.
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But before we do, at
the beginning of each
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session-morning
and afternoon-we have a
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word of prayer to
ask the Lord's presence.
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So, let's pray.
Father in heaven, thank you
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for the good meal that
we've been able to enjoy.
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Thank you for the good
worship service that we've
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been present at.
What a blessing it was. We
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ask that you will
now bless us as we open
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Your Word, and study
about the sixth trumpet.
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Give us clear minds and
open hearts. We ask that
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You will be present here
with us through the ministry
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of the Holy Spirit.
We pray this in Jesus'
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precious name.
Amen. [Amen!] Okay! What
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two points in
common do the sixth trumpet
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and the sixth
plagues have? Sixth plague?
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First of all, the river
Euphrates. And secondly,
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the manifestation of
spirits of devils, right?
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Those are the two
common denominators between the
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sixth trumpet and the
sixth plague. Now, let's
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summarize what we looked
at this morning. You have
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four bullet points here
where it says, "In summary".
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In Revelation 8:12,
12:13-15, and 13:1-9,
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the persecuting
waters of the symbolic river
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Euphrates flowed
against God's people for 1,260
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years. You remember
that? The dragon spewed water
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all over his mouth to
try and drown the woman.
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So, that was the
river Euphrates during the
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1,260 years, right?
...Right? [audience approval]
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Good, alright. Now,
what happened at the end of
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this period? Revelation
9:1-11 (and that's the
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fifth trumpet, by the
way), Revelation 12:16,
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the earth dries up
the waters, and Revelation
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13:3, 10, the
deadly wound of the papacy.
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What happened with
the waters at the end of
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the fourth trumpet and
the end of this period?
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The waters dried up.
What is another way of
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explaining "the waters
dried up"? What is another
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way of expressing
it? "The beast received
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a deadly wound,"
right? So the drying up of the
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waters and the
deadly wound are the same.
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And then, Revelation
9:13-21, 12:17, 16:13-15,
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which we're gonna look at a
little bit later, and 17:1, 2,
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and 15 tell us that
the persecuting waters are
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going to flow
again. Correct? Once again,
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in Revelation
9:13-21, you have a mention of
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the Euphrates. We're
gonna study that. And
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you also have
mention of spirits of demons
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coming up to cause
problems for God's people. So,
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are the persecuting
waters going to flow again?
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Yes, because the harlot
in Revelation 17 is seated
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on many waters. And
what is her name? Babylon!
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What were the many waters
of Babylon? The Euphrates!
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So are the waters
going to flow again under the
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leadership of the
harlot, joined with the kings
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of the earth? Absolutely.
But then what's going
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to happen, according
to Revelation 11:15-17-
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this is the
seventh trumpet, when Jesus
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takes over the
Kingdom- and Revelation 16:12,
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which describes the
drying up of those waters,
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and Revelation 17:16,
where it says that the
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kings will turn against
the harlot. What's gonna
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happen to the waters,
finally, during the period
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of the sixth
plague? The waters are going
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to dry up again. What
does that mean? It means
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that the papacy will
finally lose its power
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when the civil powers,
the kings, arise against
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the system. Is that
what happened at the end of
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the French Revolution?
Absolutely! France rose
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against the papacy. So,
let's go to our comments
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on Revelation
16:12. Let's read the verse
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first. "Then, the
sixth angel poured out his
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bowl on the great
river Euphrates." We're gonna
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find this same river
mentioned in the sixth
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trumpet when we study
verse by verse, a little
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bit later on. So,
"The sixth angel poured out
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his bowl on the
great river Euphrates," and
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what happened when
he poured out his bowl?
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"The water of the Euphrates
was dried up so that the
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way of the kings from
the east might be prepared."
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So, after the
waters dry up, what is the
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next event? The next
event is the coming of
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Christ. Who are the
kings from the east? The kings
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from the east are Jesus
and His angels. We already
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identified them in
chapter 19! Jesus comes on a
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white horse. He's followed
by white horses, and He's
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coming to trample on
the winepress. So, do
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you see the
seventh trumpet there? The
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seventh plague is
really- the sixth and seventh
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plagues are parallel
to the seventh trumpet.
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Now, let's go to the
next page - page 307.
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We know for certain that
the drying up of the Euphrates
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at the time of the
sixth plague occurs after the
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close of probationary
time, right? Does the sixth
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plague take place
after the close of probation?
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Yes, because the
plagues fall after the close of
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probation. But when
does the sixth trumpet take
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place? Does it take
place after the close
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of probation? No.
The sixth trumpet takes
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place during probationary
time, because it's the
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sixth trumpet. Only
when the seventh trumpet is
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about to sound,
probation closes, and then you
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have the time of
trouble; and, ultimately, the
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seventh trumpet blows,
and Jesus comes to take
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over the kingdom.
Now, let's go to the next
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verse. Revelation
16 and verse 13. "And I
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saw three unclean
spirits like frogs, coming out
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of the mouth of the
dragon, out of the mouth of the
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beast, and out of
the mouth of the false
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prophet." Does this
describe demonic activity?
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[Yes.] Yes. Does the
previous verse mention
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the river Euphrates?
Yes. Are you following
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me or not? So, now
notice- let's read the note.
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It is vitally
important to underline that the
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events of verses 13
to 16-very important-
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occur chronologically
before those of verse
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12. In other words,
what we find in verses 13
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to 16 actually
occurs before what you find
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in verse 12.
You're gonna see why. In
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other words, verse
12 describes the sixth
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plague after the
close of probationary time,
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while verses 13-16
describe the events that led up
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to that climax
during probationary time.
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Are you with me?
Yes? [Yes!] Good. [laughs]
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Now, the ancient Egyptians
considered the frog the
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god of immortality.
The three unclean spirits
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symbolize three symbolic
fallen angels. So does the
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devil also have three
angels? [Oh, yeah.] Yeah. God
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has three angels, and
Satan has three angels.
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Now, let's continue
here. The three unclean
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spirits come out of
the mouth of the dragon,
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the beast, and the
false prophet. What comes
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out of your mouth? [Words.]
Words. So what is coming
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out of the mouth of
the dragon, the beast, and
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the false prophet? False
doctrines. False teachings.
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Deceptions. Now,
the next paragraph... It
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has been common among
Adventists to interpret
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the dragon in this verse
as spiritualism. Have you
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ever heard that before?
The beast is the papacy,
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and the false prophet are
the Protestant denominations,
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and the dragon is
Satan... or spiritualism. Now,
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that's partially
true. But really, the dragon
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represents Satan
working through the civil powers
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of the world. And you
say, "How's that?" Who
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tried to slay Jesus
when He was born? Was it the
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dragon who tried to
slay Jesus? [Yes.] Yes. And
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who was the dragon
that wanted to slay Jesus?
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Well, it was Satan working
through Herod. In Ezekiel
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29:3, Pharaoh is
called the great dragon. Who
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wanted to see
Moses, the deliverer, dead?
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Satan wanted to!
But who did he use? He
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actually used Pharaoh.
So, the dragon represents
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the civil powers of the
world, the beast represents
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the papacy, and the false
prophet represents apostate
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Protestantism. Now,
these three fallen angels...
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Actually, these three
angels represent Satan's
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people who spread his
lies. You know the three
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angels of Revelation
14 represent the people
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of God proclaiming
the message. It's not that
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you're gonna see
three angels whizzing across
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heaven. It's the
people that actually proclaim
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the messages. So, we
need to understand that
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these three fallen
angels represent Satan's people
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who spread his lies.
They will speak on behalf
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of what? These evil spirits
will speak on behalf of whom?
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On behalf of the
dragon, the beast, and the false
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prophet. So, what we
have here is that the
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dragon is a parody of
whom? Of God the Father.
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The beast is a
parody of whom? Of Christ.
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How many years did the
ministry of Christ last?
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Three and a half.
Did He perform miracles?
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[Yes.] Yes. Did He
receive a deadly wound at the
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end of His life?
[Yes.] Did He resurrect from
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the wound? [Yes.] Did
the world wonder after
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Him? Yes! Just look
at Pentecost. After that,
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5,000 more. So, what
would the false prophet
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represent? What does
a false prophet do? He
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makes fire come
down from heaven in the
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sight of men. So he
would be a counterfeit of what?
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Of the Holy Spirit. So,
Satan has his counterfeit
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godhead, and God has
His true Godhead. Are
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you with me or
not? [Amen.] Now, let's
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continue at the bottom
of the page. Notice how
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Ellen White
connects the false prophet of
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Revelation 13:13 with the
message of Revelation 16:13-14.
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"John upon the isle
of Patmos saw the things
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which had come upon the
earth in the last days."
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And then she quotes
Revelation 13:13 and
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16:14. Interesting.
13:13 is describing the
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beast from the
earth, and 16:14 is quoting
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the verses that
we're taking a look at now.
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She continues,
quoting, "'And he doeth great
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wonders, so that he
make a fire come down from
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heaven on earth in the
sight of men.'" And then
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she goes to this very
next verse. "'For they
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are spirits of
devils, working miracles which
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go forth onto the
kings of the earth and of the
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whole world, to
gather them to the battle of
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that great day of
God Almighty. So, what is
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verse 13 describing?
Verse 13 is describing
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demonic activity by
three fallen angels that are
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speaking out of
their mouth doctrines of
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devils. They are
deceiving spirits. So now, let's
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go to the comments on
Revelation 16:14. What
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are these spirits that
are mentioned in Revelation
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16:13? The unclean
spirits. Well, we don't have to
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guess, because it says,
"For they are spirits of
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demons, performing
signs, which go out to the kings
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of the earth and the
whole world, to gather
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them to the battle
of that great day of God
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Almighty." Let's read
the note. "The purpose
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of the message of
these symbolic angels and the
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signs they perform is
to gather the kings of the
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earth and the whole world
against God and His people.
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One cannot help but
see that under the sixth
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trumpet, the angels
are at the four corners at
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the river Euphrates,
and they're released."
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And here, the text
tells us that the spirits of
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demons go to the kings
of the earth and of the
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whole world. Is there
a parallel there? [Yes.]
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Absolutely there's a
parallel. Now, let's notice
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Ellen White's comment
in Revelation 16:13-14.
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When did this demonic
activity start to manifest
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itself? Is it just
in the very last remnant
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of time, or did it
start right around the 1840s?
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[1840s.] It started when
the three angels' messages
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were proclaimed in the
1840s. You remember the vision
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that Ellen White
had of the train? Where
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she's talking
about... Where did spiritualism
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originate? Modern spiritualism.
Have you heard of the
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Fox sisters? 1848
in Rochester, New York.
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Ellen White
describes this as a train. She
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says, "I saw a
train." And almost the whole
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world appeared to be
on the train. Ellen White
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saw the conductor. He
looked like a very refined
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person. She was confused
how God's prophet didn't
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know who he was. And
so, Ellen White asked
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her angel, "Who is he?"
And the angel tells Ellen
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White, "He's Satan,
disguised as an angel
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of light, and he's leading
the world into deception,
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and ultimately onto
destruction." So, does
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this scenario of
Revelation 16 apply only to the
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very end of time? No!
The sixth trumpet goes
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all the way back to 1798,
after 1798, and the 1840s.
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Now, notice Ellen
White, the tenses of the verbs
00:16:18.24\00:16:20.58
that Ellen White
uses when she quotes this
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verse. This is from
Last Day Events, pg. 249.
00:16:25.61\00:16:29.85
"The Spirit of God
is," what?...Is the Spirit
00:16:30.29\00:16:37.86
of God withdrawn? Boom!
No... "The Spirit of God
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is gradually withdrawing
from the world." Was it
00:16:43.53\00:16:47.14
withdrawing in her day?
Yes! "Satan is," when she
00:16:47.27\00:16:53.27
writes, "Satan is mustering
his forces of evil." What is
00:16:53.38\00:16:58.28
Satan doing? He's
gathering his armies. That's the
00:16:58.41\00:17:02.48
sixth trumpet, by
the way. Satan is also
00:17:02.62\00:17:05.79
mustering his forces
of evil, and now she's
00:17:05.89\00:17:08.26
gonna quote Revelation
16:13-14. "Going forth
00:17:08.36\00:17:12.33
onto the kings of the
earth and of the whole
00:17:13.90\00:17:15.76
world, to gather them
under his banner to be
00:17:15.86\00:17:18.93
trained for the
battle of that great day of
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God Almighty." Is she
quoting Revelation 16?
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[Yes.] Was the
devil already doing that
00:17:24.37\00:17:27.08
back when she
wrote? Yes! See, the sixth
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trumpet doesn't leave
a big gap between 1798,
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and then jump all the
way to the end time. No!
00:17:35.08\00:17:37.59
God started withdrawing
His Spirit there in 1798,
00:17:38.42\00:17:43.83
and the Spirit has been
withdrawn little by little
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since then. Notice the next
quotation: Great Controversy
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[pg.] 588 and 589. "The
line of distinction between
00:17:51.10\00:17:55.07
professed Christians
and the ungodly is now
00:17:55.17\00:17:57.77
hardly distinguishable.
Church members love what
00:17:58.27\00:18:01.68
the world loves and are
ready to join with them."
00:18:01.81\00:18:04.78
And what does Satan
want to do? "And Satan
00:18:04.91\00:18:07.55
determines to unite them
in one body." Is that what
00:18:07.68\00:18:12.09
God wants to do with
His people? Yes! "And
00:18:12.19\00:18:15.79
thus strengthen his
cause by sweeping all into the
00:18:15.92\00:18:20.96
ranks of spiritualism.
Papists, who boast of
00:18:21.10\00:18:24.87
miracles as a certain
sign of the true Church,
00:18:24.97\00:18:27.24
will be readily
deceived by this wonder-working
00:18:27.70\00:18:30.41
power. And Protestants,
having cast away the
00:18:30.54\00:18:34.51
shield of truth..."
What is the shield of truth?
00:18:34.64\00:18:36.48
The Bible. "...will
also be deluded. Papists,
00:18:36.98\00:18:41.08
Protestants, and worldings..."
The word 'worldings' means
00:18:41.22\00:18:43.95
'the secular'. "...will alike
accept the form of godliness
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without the power,
and they will see in this
00:18:48.32\00:18:50.39
union a grand
movement for the conversion of
00:18:50.53\00:18:53.43
the world and the
ushering in the long expected
00:18:53.56\00:18:56.90
millennium." So, was
that happening in the days
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of Ellen White? Yes.
Notice the next quotation.
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[vol.] 8, Testimonies
[for the Church], pg. 49.
00:19:06.17\00:19:08.58
"Already, the inhabitants
of the earth are marshaling
00:19:08.68\00:19:16.05
under the leading of
the prince of darkness."
00:19:16.15\00:19:19.29
So was the prince
of darkness already at
00:19:20.22\00:19:22.19
work back then? Oh, yes
he was. Notice [vol.] 19,
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Manuscript Releases,
page 376. "Let us earnestly
00:19:26.73\00:19:30.97
prepare for the
conflict that is before us, for
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Satan's armies are marshaling
for the last great struggle."
00:19:34.87\00:19:41.24
Let's read the following
quotation. North Pacific
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Union Gleaner January
27, 1910. "In these perilous
00:19:45.41\00:19:49.48
times, when the
forces of evil are marshaling
00:19:49.58\00:19:54.99
their hosts to thwart,
if possible, the efforts
00:19:55.09\00:19:57.93
of God's servants in
the earth, it is vitally
00:19:58.06\00:20:00.96
necessary for every
laborer to walk humbly
00:20:01.06\00:20:03.90
with God. Daily, he
is to maintain a close
00:20:04.03\00:20:06.77
connection with
the heavenly agencies."
00:20:06.87\00:20:10.41
So was this spirit of
these evil spirits already
00:20:10.87\00:20:14.28
being manifested in
the times of Ellen White?
00:20:14.34\00:20:16.68
Absolutely. Notice
this quotation. Review and
00:20:17.45\00:20:20.52
Herald July 18, 1882.
"Satan is marshaling his
00:20:20.62\00:20:26.86
forces for the last
great struggle." What is the
00:20:26.96\00:20:29.92
last great struggle?
It ultimately culminates
00:20:30.03\00:20:34.13
in what? In the
battle of Armageddon. "...to
00:20:34.30\00:20:37.27
make war with the
remnant of His seed, which keep
00:20:37.37\00:20:40.60
the commandments of
God and have the testimony
00:20:40.74\00:20:42.60
of Jesus Christ." So is
Revelation 12:17 related
00:20:42.74\00:20:45.74
to the sixth trumpet,
as well? She's quoting
00:20:45.87\00:20:48.91
Revelation 12:17.
Do you notice that she
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quotes Revelation 12:17,
she quotes Revelation chapter
00:20:51.75\00:20:55.08
13 about the false
prophet, she also quotes what we
00:20:55.18\00:21:01.66
find in Revelation
chapter 16... So are all these
00:21:01.79\00:21:04.46
passages describing
events during the sixth trumpet?
00:21:04.59\00:21:08.20
Absolutely. Now,
this is a very important
00:21:08.30\00:21:11.50
statement. Satan is
marshaling his forces
00:21:11.60\00:21:14.54
for the last great
struggle to make war with the
00:21:14.67\00:21:17.81
remnant of her seed
which keep the commandments
00:21:17.94\00:21:19.51
of God and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:21:19.64\00:21:22.14
If we would be
true to God, we cannot
00:21:22.58\00:21:25.68
escape the
conflict; but we are not left
00:21:25.78\00:21:28.85
in doubt as to the
issue." Now don't miss the next
00:21:28.95\00:21:31.75
part of this
quotation. "Beyond the smoke and
00:21:32.45\00:21:35.56
heat..." The sixth trumpet
is gonna mention fire and
00:21:35.66\00:21:41.83
brimstone and heat.
She's alluding to that. "Beyond
00:21:41.93\00:21:46.47
the smoke and heat
of the battle, we behold
00:21:46.60\00:21:51.54
them that had gotten
the victory, standing on
00:21:51.67\00:21:55.18
Mt. Zion with the Lamb."
[Yes.] Notice the following
00:21:55.31\00:22:00.32
quotation. "I was shown
that a terrible condition
00:22:00.42\00:22:03.18
of things is seen
to exist in our world."
00:22:03.28\00:22:07.62
Did these things
already exist in her time? Yes.
00:22:08.36\00:22:11.29
What were they
going to do in the course
00:22:11.43\00:22:12.76
of time? Intensity,
right? Get worse and
00:22:12.79\00:22:15.26
worse. She continues,
"The angel of mercy is
00:22:15.40\00:22:19.17
folding her wings,
ready to depart. Already, the
00:22:19.30\00:22:24.21
Lord's restraining
power is being withdrawn."
00:22:24.31\00:22:27.01
Was it happening in her
day? Yes. So once again,
00:22:28.81\00:22:33.82
"Already, the
Lord's restraining power is
00:22:34.65\00:22:36.89
being withdrawn from
the earth, and the power
00:22:36.99\00:22:38.52
of Satan is working in
the world to stir up the
00:22:38.62\00:22:43.12
religious elements under
the training of the great
00:22:43.22\00:22:45.63
deceiver, to work
with all deceivableness of
00:22:45.73\00:22:48.76
unrighteousness in the
children of disobedience.
00:22:48.86\00:22:51.77
Already, the inhabitants
of the earth are marshaling
00:22:52.47\00:22:56.50
under the leadings of
the prince of darkness, and
00:22:56.60\00:22:58.94
this is only the beginning
of the end." This is only
00:22:59.07\00:23:03.88
the first part of
the sixth trumpet! She
00:23:04.01\00:23:07.88
continues, "The law
of God is made void. We
00:23:07.98\00:23:12.19
see and hear of confusion,
perplexities, want, and
00:23:12.29\00:23:15.79
famine; earthquakes and
floods; terrible outrages
00:23:15.86\00:23:19.59
will be committed by
men, passion-not reason-
00:23:19.69\00:23:22.26
bears sway, God's wrath
is upon the inhabitants of
00:23:22.36\00:23:25.73
a world that is
fast becoming as corrupt
00:23:25.87\00:23:28.00
as were the inhabitants
of Sodom and Gomorrah."
00:23:28.40\00:23:30.54
What would she say today?
"Already, fires and floods
00:23:30.97\00:23:34.44
are destroying thousands
of human beings and the
00:23:34.54\00:23:36.95
property that has been
selfishly boarded by the
00:23:37.08\00:23:42.28
oppression of the
poor." So, was Satan at this
00:23:42.38\00:23:46.09
time already
manifesting his power to marshal
00:23:46.15\00:23:48.76
the forces of the
earth to be on his side?
00:23:48.92\00:23:52.56
Absolutely. And she
describes it as "beyond
00:23:52.66\00:23:55.56
the smoke and heat of
the battle." Why would
00:23:55.66\00:23:58.77
she mention smoke and
heat? Well, that's language
00:23:58.87\00:24:02.00
that comes from the
sixth trumpet, we're gonna
00:24:02.14\00:24:04.34
notice. Notice the
next quotation. The demonic
00:24:04.44\00:24:08.61
activity... You remember
that in Revelation chapter
00:24:08.71\00:24:11.41
16, it speaks about
the spirits that come out
00:24:11.51\00:24:14.28
of the mouth of
the dragon, the beast,
00:24:14.38\00:24:15.82
and the false prophet
as spirits of devils? Is
00:24:15.92\00:24:19.09
that the language that
is used-spirits of devils?
00:24:19.22\00:24:20.89
Notice how Ellen
White uses that time and
00:24:21.46\00:24:23.73
again in her writings.
Here, we find in The Desire
00:24:23.83\00:24:28.43
of Ages [pg.] 257. "So
it will be in the great
00:24:28.50\00:24:32.93
final conflict of
the controversy between
00:24:33.03\00:24:35.20
righteousness and sin.
While new life and light
00:24:35.27\00:24:38.57
and power are
descending from on high upon the
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.61
disciples of Christ,
a new life is springing
00:24:41.71\00:24:44.98
up," where? We're
gonna see that the power in
00:24:45.08\00:24:48.42
the sixth trumpet
comes from beneath-from hell.
00:24:48.88\00:24:53.29
So, she's saying here,
"A new life is springing
00:24:53.69\00:24:56.42
up from beneath." What
is that new life that's
00:24:56.52\00:25:00.40
springing up from
beneath? God? No! Notice: "...is
00:25:00.50\00:25:06.37
springing up from beneath,
and energizing the agencies
00:25:06.47\00:25:11.67
of Satan. Intensity
is taking possession of
00:25:11.77\00:25:14.81
every earthly
element. With a subtle? through
00:25:14.94\00:25:17.95
centuries of conflict,
the prince of evil works
00:25:18.08\00:25:21.25
under a disguise." And
now notice, she's gonna
00:25:21.35\00:25:23.49
refer directly to a Bible
verse. "He appears clothed
00:25:23.59\00:25:27.72
as an angel of
light, and multitudes are
00:25:27.86\00:25:30.99
giving heed to seducing
spirits and doctrines of
00:25:31.09\00:25:36.00
devils." Now, we're
not gonna read all of these
00:25:36.16\00:25:40.47
quotations-there
are many of them-but I
00:25:40.57\00:25:43.91
want you to notice the
highlighted portions that
00:25:44.01\00:25:46.21
we have here. Does Revelation
16 use the expression "spirits
00:25:46.31\00:25:52.21
of devils"? Yes. Notice
how Ellen White repeatedly
00:25:52.35\00:25:55.85
uses this. In Great
Controversy page 560-
00:25:56.35\00:26:00.79
this is the next to
last quotation that we find
00:26:00.96\00:26:03.73
on page 310. How
does the quotation end? It
00:26:03.83\00:26:08.23
ends, "They who thus appear
are the spirits of devils."
00:26:08.36\00:26:14.14
The next quotation. Let's,
in fact, read this quotation.
00:26:15.30\00:26:19.24
"Satan has long been
preparing for his final
00:26:19.34\00:26:22.14
effort to deceive
the world. The foundation
00:26:22.24\00:26:25.01
of his work was laid
by the assurance given
00:26:25.11\00:26:27.98
to Eve in Eden, 'Ye
shall not surely die. In the
00:26:28.05\00:26:31.72
day ye eat thereof, then
your eyes shall be opened,
00:26:31.79\00:26:34.56
and you shall be as
gods, knowing good and evil.'
00:26:34.92\00:26:37.09
Little by little..." So,
does it happen overnight?
00:26:37.96\00:26:41.86
No. "Little by
little, he has prepared the
00:26:42.50\00:26:45.93
way for his
masterpiece of deception in the
00:26:46.03\00:26:50.11
development of spiritualism."
Was spiritualism already
00:26:50.21\00:26:54.38
raising its ugly head
in the 1840s? Absolutely.
00:26:54.48\00:26:59.78
She continues. "He has
not yet reached the full
00:27:00.12\00:27:02.98
accomplishment of
his designs." So, can we
00:27:03.15\00:27:07.76
see him working now?
Are the spirits of devils
00:27:07.86\00:27:10.13
working now? Yes.
Are they gonna work a lot
00:27:10.23\00:27:13.56
harder later?
Towards the end of the sixth
00:27:13.70\00:27:16.06
trumpet - absolutely.
So little by little, he has
00:27:16.16\00:27:19.10
prepared the way
for his masterpiece of
00:27:19.20\00:27:21.34
deception in the development
of spiritualism. He has
00:27:21.47\00:27:24.71
not yet reached the
full accomplishment of his
00:27:24.81\00:27:26.98
designs, but it will
be reached in the last
00:27:27.08\00:27:30.31
remnant of time.
Says the prophet..." Now,
00:27:30.75\00:27:33.88
what is she gonna quote?
She's gonna quote Revelation
00:27:33.98\00:27:38.29
16! "Says the
prophet, 'I saw three unclean
00:27:38.39\00:27:43.19
spirits like frogs. They
are the spirits of devils,
00:27:43.29\00:27:47.76
working miracles which
go forth unto the kings
00:27:48.16\00:27:51.00
of the earth and of
the whole world, to gather
00:27:51.10\00:27:52.83
them to the battle
of that great day of God
00:27:52.93\00:27:54.90
Almighty. Except
those who are kept by the
00:27:55.00\00:27:58.07
power of God through
faith in His Word, the whole
00:27:58.14\00:28:01.21
world will be swept into
the ranks of this delusion.
00:28:01.78\00:28:05.88
The people are fast being
lulled to a fatal security,
00:28:06.61\00:28:10.09
to be awakened only
by the outpouring of the
00:28:10.35\00:28:13.12
wrath of God.'"
Notice what Ellen White says
00:28:13.22\00:28:17.33
about the state of
the dead. By the way, is
00:28:17.39\00:28:18.73
the Christian world just
very ripe for this? [Yes.]
00:28:18.76\00:28:22.73
Why is the
Christian world ripe for this-
00:28:22.86\00:28:24.23
for the manifestation
of the spirits of devils,
00:28:24.33\00:28:26.74
going to the kings of
the earth and the whole
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.00
world, to gather
them against God? Why?
00:28:29.10\00:28:31.51
Because practically all
Christian churches, with
00:28:32.91\00:28:36.68
perhaps the exception
of the Jehovah's Witnesses,
00:28:36.75\00:28:39.41
believe that when a
person dies, their soul goes to
00:28:40.82\00:28:44.45
heaven or to hell. They
believe in the immortality
00:28:44.55\00:28:48.29
of the soul, which is the
foundation of spiritualism!
00:28:48.42\00:28:51.09
Are you with me? [Yes.]
So notice what Ellen White
00:28:53.66\00:28:56.33
wrote. "I saw that the
saints must get a thorough
00:28:56.43\00:29:00.57
understanding of present
truth, which they will be
00:29:01.34\00:29:05.14
obliged to maintain from
the scriptures. They must
00:29:05.24\00:29:09.41
understand the state
of the dead," and now
00:29:09.51\00:29:13.68
comes the expression,
"for the spirits of devils..."
00:29:13.78\00:29:18.22
Out of whose mouth do
the spirits of devils come?
00:29:18.99\00:29:21.76
The dragon, the beast,
and the false prophet. All
00:29:24.19\00:29:29.36
three are controlled by
spiritualism. The dragon
00:29:29.46\00:29:33.34
alone is not spiritualism.
The evil spirits come out
00:29:33.44\00:29:38.04
of the mouth of all
three. So, they must understand
00:29:38.11\00:29:41.48
the state of the dead,
"For the spirits of devils
00:29:41.61\00:29:44.11
will yet appear to
them, professing to be beloved
00:29:44.25\00:29:47.15
friends and relatives
who will declare to them
00:29:47.28\00:29:50.49
that the Sabbath
has been changed. Also,
00:29:50.62\00:29:53.36
other unscriptural doctrines."
Folks, if people believe
00:29:53.52\00:29:57.29
their ministers that
say, "Don't worry about
00:29:57.39\00:30:00.03
those Adventists. Sunday's
the day we're supposed to
00:30:00.13\00:30:02.23
keep," and people buy
it, what's gonna happen
00:30:02.36\00:30:05.13
when Satan disguises
himself as friends and
00:30:05.97\00:30:08.70
relatives, and says,
"Sunday is the day of
00:30:08.84\00:30:11.07
worship"? They will
have no protection against
00:30:11.21\00:30:14.11
this delusion! What
is early protection? "I
00:30:14.21\00:30:17.81
see you! I hear
you! But you are not my
00:30:17.95\00:30:21.65
relative, because
the Bible says the living
00:30:21.78\00:30:24.55
know that they will
die, but the dead know
00:30:24.72\00:30:26.76
nothing. So depart from
me, in the name of Jesus."
00:30:27.32\00:30:30.26
Our only protection
will be this book. [Yes.]
00:30:30.73\00:30:33.63
Not our eyes, not our
feelings, not our ears,
00:30:34.06\00:30:37.50
not what people
say... No. Simply what the
00:30:37.93\00:30:41.80
Bible says. In
fact, Ellen White goes on
00:30:41.90\00:30:45.54
in this quotation on
page 87 and 88. That's
00:30:45.67\00:30:49.34
where she speaks about
the train, and she says
00:30:49.44\00:30:51.88
that individuals,
demons, disguising themselves
00:30:52.01\00:30:58.75
as relatives and friends,
are going to appear before
00:30:58.92\00:31:02.49
Adventists. Before Adventists!
Not before non-Adventists-
00:31:02.92\00:31:07.96
although, probably
they will to them, too-but
00:31:08.06\00:31:10.33
they will appear to Adventists
to try to persuade Adventists.
00:31:10.47\00:31:13.94
And when Adventists will
say, "Well, there's something
00:31:14.80\00:31:16.74
going on here; this is wrong,"
they'll start wailing and
00:31:16.81\00:31:19.77
saying, "Oh, son, it's me,
son." [Ohhh.] Hoo... And Ellen
00:31:19.87\00:31:24.95
White says that the
falsification is perfect.
00:31:25.05\00:31:28.48
The voice is precisely
the voice that the relative
00:31:28.62\00:31:32.05
had. The appearance
is exactly the same. What
00:31:32.15\00:31:37.23
will be our only protection?
God said that the dead
00:31:37.33\00:31:41.46
don't know anything!
So we can't go by our
00:31:41.56\00:31:44.43
eyes, our ears, our emotions,
our feelings, miracles,
00:31:44.53\00:31:47.87
what others say.
Only what the Word of God
00:31:48.00\00:31:50.84
says. Now, here comes
the description of the
00:31:50.94\00:31:55.58
train. "I saw the rapidity
with which this delusion
00:31:55.68\00:31:59.01
was spreading." Was
it already spreading in
00:31:59.11\00:32:00.72
Ellen White's day?
[Yes.] Is the sixth trumpet
00:32:00.78\00:32:03.42
already in play during
the times of Ellen White?
00:32:03.89\00:32:07.69
Absolutely. "A train
of cars was shown me,
00:32:08.06\00:32:11.46
going with the speed
of lightning. The angel
00:32:11.93\00:32:15.26
bade me, 'Look carefully.'
I fixed my eyes upon the
00:32:15.40\00:32:19.13
train. It seemed that
the whole world was on
00:32:19.23\00:32:22.50
board, that there could
be no one left. Said the
00:32:22.60\00:32:27.91
angel, 'They are
binding in bundles, ready to
00:32:28.01\00:32:31.81
burn.' Then, he
showed me the conductor, who
00:32:31.91\00:32:35.18
appeared like a
stately, fair person, whom all
00:32:35.28\00:32:40.06
the passengers
looked up to and reverenced.
00:32:40.16\00:32:43.06
I was perplexed."
The prophet didn't even
00:32:44.36\00:32:47.33
know who he was! "I
was perplexed and asked
00:32:47.43\00:32:51.20
my attending angel who
it was. He said, 'It is
00:32:51.30\00:32:55.04
Satan. He is the conductor
in the form of an angel
00:32:55.14\00:32:59.17
of light. He has
taken the world captive.
00:32:59.27\00:33:02.84
They are given over
to strong delusions, to
00:33:03.98\00:33:07.05
believe a lie, that
they may be damned. This
00:33:07.15\00:33:10.29
agent, the next
highest in order to him, he is
00:33:10.35\00:33:13.29
the engineer. And other
of his agents are employed
00:33:13.42\00:33:16.73
in different
offices as he may need them,
00:33:17.29\00:33:20.00
and they are all going
with lightning speed to
00:33:20.76\00:33:24.10
perdition.'" What do
you think? Amazing, isn't
00:33:24.60\00:33:30.44
it? So let me ask
you: Revelation 16:13, 14,
00:33:30.54\00:33:36.95
and 15 - do they apply
during probationary time?
00:33:37.45\00:33:40.52
[Yes.] Yes! Ellen White
quotes them in probationary
00:33:40.92\00:33:45.72
time. So, must this
be a parenthesis in the
00:33:45.85\00:33:50.69
sixth plague?
Absolutely. Now, let's go to the
00:33:51.26\00:33:54.70
bottom of the page.
Ellen White then described
00:33:54.80\00:33:57.33
another group that resisted
and opposed this overwhelming
00:33:57.47\00:34:02.40
delusion. Let's
read. She's continuing here
00:34:02.54\00:34:06.14
in Early Writings,
page 88. "I asked the angel
00:34:06.31\00:34:11.51
if there were none
left." [laughs] 'Cause the
00:34:11.61\00:34:14.65
whole world is on the
train. "I asked the angel if
00:34:14.78\00:34:18.19
there were none
left. He bade me look in
00:34:18.32\00:34:21.62
an opposite direction,
and I saw a little company."
00:34:21.79\00:34:27.40
How many are on the
devil's side in the sixth
00:34:29.03\00:34:33.00
trumpet? 200
million. [Oh, wow.] How many
00:34:33.10\00:34:38.24
are on the Lord's
side in the sixth seal? 144
00:34:38.34\00:34:42.98
thousand. You see the
contrast? So, it says,
00:34:43.11\00:34:48.78
"He bade me look in an
opposite direction, and
00:34:48.92\00:34:50.69
I saw a little company
traveling a narrow pathway.
00:34:50.79\00:34:53.82
All seemed to be
firmly united, bound together
00:34:54.69\00:34:59.36
by emotion." [By
truth.] Oh, my- my glasses must
00:34:59.86\00:35:04.63
be failing me.
[laughter] "Bound together by,"
00:35:04.77\00:35:10.11
what? [Truth!] What
needs to bind God's people
00:35:10.17\00:35:13.14
together? Just
feeling good about each other?
00:35:13.27\00:35:15.28
[laughter] [No.]
[Truth.] Getting together and
00:35:15.38\00:35:17.11
singing
"Kumbaya"? [further laughter]
00:35:17.21\00:35:19.25
No! "All seemed to
be firmly united, bound
00:35:19.35\00:35:23.32
together by the truth
in bundles or companies.
00:35:23.45\00:35:27.66
Said the angel, 'The
third angel is binding
00:35:28.12\00:35:30.83
or sealing them in bundles
for the heavenly garner.'"
00:35:30.93\00:35:34.13
You remember the scene
in Revelation 14 where he
00:35:34.23\00:35:36.40
has a sickle in his
hand and he's harvesting the
00:35:36.50\00:35:38.20
harvest of the earth?
This little company looked
00:35:38.27\00:35:43.00
careworn, as if
they had passed through
00:35:43.14\00:35:46.04
severe trials and
conflicts, and it appeared as if
00:35:46.14\00:35:49.71
the sun had just
risen from behind a cloud
00:35:49.84\00:35:52.08
and shone upon their
countenances, causing
00:35:52.55\00:35:55.15
them to look triumphant
as if their victories were
00:35:55.28\00:35:58.72
nearly won. J. A. Seiss
in his book The Exposition
00:35:58.85\00:36:05.49
of the Book of
Revelation, makes the following
00:36:05.56\00:36:08.10
incisive remark about
the sixth plague, but he's
00:36:08.26\00:36:14.97
commenting, actually,
on the part that has to do
00:36:15.07\00:36:17.84
with the events that
take place before the
00:36:17.97\00:36:19.51
sixth plague. He connected
it with spiritualism, and
00:36:19.61\00:36:24.45
this guy wasn't an
Adventist. Notice what he wrote.
00:36:24.55\00:36:27.32
"Modern spiritism, or
so-called spiritualism, is only
00:36:28.12\00:36:32.12
a revival of the
same thing - a branch of
00:36:32.22\00:36:35.62
the same iniquity. There,
doubtless, is some reality
00:36:35.72\00:36:39.36
in it, and it is confessedly
a system of contact with
00:36:39.43\00:36:44.10
the death, whose
spirits are invoked in various
00:36:44.23\00:36:47.20
forms and methods to
teach wisdom to dictate
00:36:47.34\00:36:50.37
faith, religion,
and life, to comfort and
00:36:50.51\00:36:53.41
help and trouble and
necessity, and to serve
00:36:53.54\00:36:56.01
as saviors and as
gods. It is demon worship
00:36:56.14\00:37:00.32
brought to life again."
[Ooh!] "It claims to have
00:37:00.42\00:37:04.85
vast multitudes of adherence,
even among the baptized
00:37:04.95\00:37:11.96
and nominally Christian!
It is influencing whole
00:37:12.09\00:37:16.16
communities of men
and women who are prepared
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.83
to commit
themselves, body and soul, for a
00:37:18.93\00:37:22.00
time and eternity into
the care of these lying
00:37:22.07\00:37:26.21
demon guides. It has
made inroads upon people of
00:37:26.31\00:37:29.64
all classes, and
is received by many as
00:37:29.74\00:37:34.02
a distinct and the only
true religion. Its oracles
00:37:34.08\00:37:37.65
are loud and hopeful
in the prediction that
00:37:37.75\00:37:40.56
it will soon enlist
to itself the governments
00:37:40.69\00:37:45.06
and reigning
classes of the whole world."
00:37:45.19\00:37:48.16
He's commenting on
Revelation chapter 16
00:37:48.86\00:37:51.20
and verses 13 and 14.
So, let me ask you this:
00:37:51.67\00:37:57.17
Is Revelation
16:13, is that describing
00:37:58.47\00:38:04.25
something before probationary
time ends, or after?
00:38:04.38\00:38:07.52
Before! How about
verse 14? Going to all the
00:38:08.32\00:38:11.52
kings of the earth and
the world to gather them.
00:38:11.62\00:38:13.62
Before! Now, how
about verse 15? Verse 15,
00:38:13.72\00:38:18.26
that's the bottom of
page 312. Let's notice.
00:38:18.39\00:38:22.30
Jesus says now, "Behold,
I am coming as a thief."
00:38:23.30\00:38:27.20
Do you know what the
coming of the thief is?
00:38:29.47\00:38:31.44
You know what moment
that is, the coming of
00:38:31.54\00:38:32.87
the thief? It's not
the Second Coming. See,
00:38:32.91\00:38:37.91
the coming of the
thief has two stages. You
00:38:38.01\00:38:41.88
say, "What?" And one
isn't the rapture. [chuckles]
00:38:41.98\00:38:46.32
Let's just use
this analogy. You know,
00:38:46.79\00:38:50.99
Fresno sometimes
gets very cold, but let's
00:38:51.09\00:38:52.96
use Canada as our
example. Saskatchewan. Okay?
00:38:53.03\00:38:56.33
I was there in January.
...Ooh. [laughter] I mean,
00:38:57.47\00:39:01.04
talk about cold and
windy. But anyway, you live
00:39:01.14\00:39:04.37
in Saskatchewan,
and it is the month of
00:39:04.47\00:39:06.68
December. It is
bitter cold. The wind is
00:39:06.81\00:39:09.28
blowing, and it's
snowing. You finish work and you
00:39:09.34\00:39:12.25
get home, going to a
nice, warm living room...
00:39:12.35\00:39:15.55
And then your wife
brings you a bowl of soup and
00:39:15.98\00:39:19.32
some bread. I know
you're not hungry, so I can
00:39:19.42\00:39:21.56
talk about this. [laughs]
And so, then afterwards,
00:39:21.69\00:39:25.36
you sit down to watch the
news, and you kind of dose
00:39:25.46\00:39:27.63
off. You say, "I'm
gonna go to bed," so you go
00:39:27.73\00:39:29.30
to bed, you get under
the covers... "Oh, it's so
00:39:29.40\00:39:33.10
nice and warm under
the covers." And you're
00:39:33.20\00:39:35.67
there with your wife;
and suddenly, you forget
00:39:35.77\00:39:37.34
that you forgot to
lock the door. Mm. Oh, it's
00:39:37.44\00:39:44.11
so nice and warm under
these covers. [laughter]
00:39:44.21\00:39:47.35
This pillow feels so
good... Ah, I've lived here for
00:39:47.52\00:39:51.89
20 years, and the
thief has never come. And
00:39:51.95\00:39:56.89
so you stay under the
covers. Lo and behold,
00:39:56.96\00:39:59.19
that night, the
thief comes...enters the
00:39:59.29\00:40:02.76
house, and steals your
valuables. Do the people
00:40:02.86\00:40:06.57
inside the house know
that the thief has come?
00:40:06.70\00:40:08.70
No. When do they find
out? The next morning,
00:40:09.30\00:40:12.01
but it's too late.
Probation will close
00:40:12.51\00:40:16.04
before people realize
it! Because they'll be
00:40:16.18\00:40:18.81
sleeping. They're
not watching. When will
00:40:18.91\00:40:21.15
they find out that
Jesus has closed the door and
00:40:21.28\00:40:24.65
that they're lost?
When Jesus comes on the
00:40:24.75\00:40:27.09
clouds of heaven in the
morning, but then it will
00:40:27.19\00:40:31.03
be too late. So, when
Jesus says here, "Behold,
00:40:31.13\00:40:35.23
I am coming as a
thief." He's saying, "I'm gonna
00:40:35.36\00:40:38.17
close probation! So
be ready." Blessed is
00:40:38.27\00:40:44.81
he who watches. It's
the opposite of sleeping.
00:40:44.91\00:40:48.44
Who watches. And
keeps his garments! Lest he
00:40:48.54\00:40:54.05
walk naked, and
they see his shame. Will
00:40:54.18\00:41:02.06
this warning make
any sense after the close
00:41:02.16\00:41:03.93
of probation? [chuckles]
Will it make any sense
00:41:04.03\00:41:10.07
after the close of probation?
Of course not! Why not?
00:41:10.17\00:41:13.07
Well, because
probation has closed. You can't
00:41:14.04\00:41:16.40
watch anymore; you can't
guard your garments anymore.
00:41:16.50\00:41:19.57
Is this a warning
during probationary time? Yes.
00:41:20.04\00:41:23.45
Let's go to the next
page. And by the way,
00:41:23.55\00:41:25.31
do you know who some of
those will be, who will be
00:41:25.41\00:41:30.05
naked, and they will
see their shame? People who
00:41:30.15\00:41:33.72
belong to the church
of Laodicea. What church
00:41:33.82\00:41:37.23
is that? Of course,
that's the Lutherans,
00:41:37.29\00:41:38.69
right? [laughter]
And the Presbyterians,
00:41:38.76\00:41:42.40
and the Methodists...
and the Mormons and
00:41:42.50\00:41:44.83
and the Jehovah's Witnesses...
No. What is Laodicea?
00:41:44.97\00:41:47.14
The Seventh-day Adventist
Church. Notice Revelation
00:41:48.30\00:41:51.74
chapter 3:18. This is
the scary part. Many of
00:41:51.84\00:41:54.94
those who profess Jesus
inside the remnant church
00:41:55.04\00:41:57.45
are gonna be found not
watching and without the
00:41:58.45\00:42:01.25
garment. Revelation 3:18
says, the faithful witness
00:42:01.35\00:42:05.19
is speaking...
[reads text on-screen]
00:42:05.29\00:42:08.56
"...your nakedness may
not be revealed..." Is that
00:42:16.53\00:42:21.40
a warning to
Laodicea? [Yes.] Is it a warning
00:42:21.50\00:42:24.81
during the period
of the sixth trumpet?
00:42:24.91\00:42:26.91
Absolutely. Now, let's
notice the next paragraph.
00:42:27.58\00:42:32.15
It bears noting that
it would do no good to
00:42:32.25\00:42:34.25
give this warning
to God's people during
00:42:34.35\00:42:36.38
the period of the
sixth plague after probation
00:42:36.52\00:42:38.89
has closed. Because at
that time, probation will
00:42:38.95\00:42:42.26
have closed, and no
one can change sides! In
00:42:42.36\00:42:45.69
fact, verse 15
contains God's warning to His
00:42:45.83\00:42:48.50
people during probationary
time to be faithful in
00:42:48.60\00:42:52.57
resisting the spirits
of devils by not gathering
00:42:52.70\00:42:55.50
with the kings of
the earth and the whole
00:42:55.64\00:42:57.31
world." So, verses 13-15,
they apply to probationary
00:42:57.41\00:43:04.41
time. Right? When
does does the drying up of
00:43:04.51\00:43:07.85
the Euphrates in
chapter 16:12 apply? That's
00:43:07.95\00:43:12.75
during the period of
the sixth plague. But
00:43:12.85\00:43:15.42
the gathering before
that takes place during
00:43:15.52\00:43:18.03
probationary time. Are
you following me or not?
00:43:18.13\00:43:21.16
Now, so that you have
it absolutely clear, we're
00:43:22.16\00:43:26.53
going to a review now
on page 313. Here is the
00:43:26.63\00:43:31.97
literary structure
of Revelation 16:12-16.
00:43:32.07\00:43:36.34
Once again, we see how
important it is to study
00:43:36.44\00:43:39.25
the order of
events, how the passage is
00:43:39.35\00:43:43.75
organized, because is
not in strict chronological
00:43:43.85\00:43:47.79
order. First,
Revelation 16:12. This is the
00:43:47.89\00:43:51.83
summary. Up to the
moment of the fifth
00:43:51.89\00:43:54.30
plague, Babylon's
waters are ever-increasing.
00:43:54.40\00:44:01.40
With what intention?
With the intention of drowning
00:44:02.74\00:44:06.17
God's people at the
time of the sixth plague.
00:44:06.27\00:44:11.08
But what happens
during the sixth plague? The
00:44:12.71\00:44:15.85
waters are about
to drown God's people.
00:44:15.92\00:44:17.55
But what happens
then? The waters are dried
00:44:17.62\00:44:19.95
up. So, does verse 12
apply to post-probationary
00:44:20.09\00:44:23.93
time? Do the
waters dry up at the sixth
00:44:24.03\00:44:27.76
plague?
Absolutely. Let's continue. The
00:44:27.86\00:44:31.43
drying up of the
waters then prepares the way
00:44:31.53\00:44:33.74
for the coming of
the kings of the east.
00:44:35.37\00:44:37.17
Who are the kings
of the east? [Jesus.]
00:44:37.31\00:44:39.44
Jesus and His
angels. Jesus comes from the
00:44:39.54\00:44:41.64
east! He comes on a
white horse. The armies
00:44:41.78\00:44:44.01
of heaven come with
Him. Right? Which trumpet is
00:44:44.11\00:44:46.78
that? That's #7!
Now notice the next two
00:44:46.88\00:44:52.99
verses. Revelation
16:13 and 14. These verses
00:44:53.12\00:44:57.06
take us back to probationary
time, "When the wicked
00:44:57.16\00:45:00.56
swirling waters
are ever-increasing and
00:45:00.66\00:45:03.20
gathering against God's
people. Does the gathering
00:45:03.26\00:45:05.50
of the wicked take
place after probation closes,
00:45:05.60\00:45:07.90
or before probation
closes? Before! "Three
00:45:08.04\00:45:11.81
evil angels with a counterfeit
message go to the kings
00:45:11.94\00:45:15.51
of the earth and the
whole world to gather
00:45:15.64\00:45:17.78
them for the final
battle against God in the person
00:45:17.91\00:45:21.95
of His people." Then
you have Revelation 16:15.
00:45:22.12\00:45:25.95
In this parenthetical
statement, Jesus warns
00:45:26.69\00:45:29.62
God's people to be
on the right side when
00:45:29.76\00:45:32.73
probation closes.
When the gathering is over
00:45:32.83\00:45:35.86
and probation closes,
there will only be two
00:45:35.96\00:45:38.63
groups: those who walk
naked, and those who will
00:45:38.73\00:45:42.44
have the seal of God
on their forehead. In
00:45:42.54\00:45:47.18
other words, the
faithful, and the unfaithful.
00:45:47.31\00:45:50.08
And then, Revelation
16:16 is a continuation of
00:45:50.48\00:45:56.48
verses 13 and 14,
so we skip 15, because
00:45:56.58\00:46:01.02
15 is a warning. You
say, "Now, wait a minute."
00:46:01.12\00:46:04.29
Well, let's read Revelation
16:13-16, but let's skip
00:46:05.03\00:46:14.97
verse 15, and you
tell me if it makes sense.
00:46:15.30\00:46:17.87
[reads text on-screen]
00:46:18.34\00:46:21.31
Now, we skip verse 15.
[reads verse 16 on-screen]
00:46:38.83\00:46:42.86
[That makes sense.]
Is that a continuation of
00:46:45.37\00:46:47.30
the thought? [Yes.]
[Mhm.] Absolutely, 'cause verse
00:46:47.44\00:46:51.21
15 is a parenthetical
statement; it's a warning,
00:46:51.31\00:46:53.41
that when this
moment comes, make sure that
00:46:54.18\00:46:56.71
you're clothed. By the
way, when do you clothe
00:46:56.81\00:46:58.41
yourself? After
probation closes, right? No! We
00:46:58.51\00:47:02.75
clothe ourselves
before probation closes. So,
00:47:02.85\00:47:04.99
is this warning
telling us, "You need to be
00:47:05.29\00:47:08.02
clothed before
probation closes?" Absolutely.
00:47:08.12\00:47:11.26
Now, here's a
question: Where's Armageddon
00:47:12.66\00:47:14.60
located? So where do
the three evil spirits that
00:47:14.66\00:47:22.37
come out of the mouth
of the dragon, the beast,
00:47:22.44\00:47:24.17
and the false
prophet, where do they gather
00:47:24.24\00:47:26.04
the whole world against
God's people? They gather
00:47:26.14\00:47:29.88
them at a place called
what? In the Hebrew tongue,
00:47:30.45\00:47:34.45
Harmageddon. Now, the
word 'Harmageddon' comes
00:47:35.38\00:47:41.82
from two Hebrew words:
'har', which means 'mountain',
00:47:41.92\00:47:46.70
and 'mo'ed', which
means congregation. It's the
00:47:47.10\00:47:52.77
identical expression that
is used in Isaiah 14 where
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Lucifer says that he
will go to the "Mount
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of the Congregation."
The wicked are actually
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gathered at the Mount
of the Congregation. Which
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congregation? Who's the
congregation? [The Church.]
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The Church - God's people.
The consonants in 'Harmageddon'
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are identical to the
ones in 'Har Mo'ed'. So in
00:48:20.96\00:48:26.00
other words, Harmageddon-
you know, in Hebrew,
00:48:26.10\00:48:29.20
there were no vowels,
right? Only consonants.
00:48:29.30\00:48:32.81
So, the consonants
in Harmageddon are the
00:48:33.27\00:48:36.98
same consonants that
you have in Har Mo'ed,
00:48:37.08\00:48:39.65
which is 'Mount of the
Congregation'. But what
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about the ending,
'Armagedd...on'? What
00:48:43.32\00:48:48.82
about that? Well,
this is simply a way of
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.43
Greek-icizing, if I
could invent that word, a
00:48:51.53\00:48:55.06
Hebrew word. The ending
is a Greek ending adapted
00:48:55.20\00:48:59.70
to a Hebrew word.
The same happens with the
00:48:59.83\00:49:03.14
Hebrew word 'abad'.
What does 'abad' mean?
00:49:03.27\00:49:08.21
We already studied
that. What is the name of the
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being that comes out
of the abyss in the fifth
00:49:14.12\00:49:16.45
trumpet? Abaddon.
But where does the "O-N"
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come at the end? Abad-
the Hebrew word is abad!
00:49:23.16\00:49:26.33
So why do you have in
Revelation, "Abaddon"?
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Because the ending 'on'
is adding a Greek ending
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to a Hebrew word. Let
me give you an example.
00:49:36.00\00:49:40.11
I couldn't think of
an English example, so
00:49:41.18\00:49:43.31
I'll give you a
Spanish example. [laughter] In
00:49:43.41\00:49:45.81
English, we have
the word 'park'. As in,
00:49:45.95\00:49:49.48
parking a car. Park.
Right? So, when we use that-
00:49:49.58\00:49:55.12
we sometimes use that
word- Hispanics use that
00:49:55.22\00:49:57.39
word. They say,
'parquear'. 'Parquear'. Have you
00:49:57.53\00:50:03.77
ever heard that
word? Parquear? [Yes.] So,
00:50:03.87\00:50:07.44
does 'A-R' belong to
the original word? No.
00:50:07.57\00:50:10.77
It's added to make
it Hispanic. [laughter]
00:50:10.87\00:50:14.84
Are you following me
or not? So, 'Har Mo'ed'
00:50:16.21\00:50:20.98
is the word 'Armageddon',
but the ending 'Har Mo'eddon',
00:50:21.52\00:50:26.82
the 'O-N' is a
Greek ending to a Hebrew
00:50:27.72\00:50:30.39
word. Are you understanding
what I'm saying? [Yes.]
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So, it means, 'The
Mount of the Congregation'.
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Now, let's go to the
last paragraph on page
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314. In Daniel and
Revelation, God gathers
00:50:38.37\00:50:42.27
His people to Mount Zion
where the spiritual temple
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on earth is. What is
Zion, and what is the
00:50:48.74\00:50:52.25
sanctuary, and what
is the city before the
00:50:52.38\00:50:55.38
Second Coming of Jesus?
It is the Christian church -
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.55
the Seventh-day
Adventist Church. In Revelation,
00:50:58.65\00:51:01.56
there is a twofold gathering.
God and His angels gather
00:51:01.66\00:51:05.29
the remnant to
symbolic Mt. Zion, and Satan and
00:51:05.39\00:51:09.20
his angels gather the
wicked around it to attempt to
00:51:09.33\00:51:12.83
destroy it. So,
they surround the Mount
00:51:12.93\00:51:14.64
of Congregation. In
the Old Testament, the word
00:51:14.70\00:51:17.67
'mo'ed' refers exclusively
either to the congregation
00:51:17.77\00:51:22.21
of the tabernacle, or the
appointed times to celebrate
00:51:22.34\00:51:25.58
the Hebrew feasts.
It is a sanctuary term
00:51:26.25\00:51:29.68
that refers to the congregation
that meets at the temple
00:51:30.22\00:51:33.52
on Mt. Zion to
worship the Lord. So, who are
00:51:34.02\00:51:37.49
the wicked going to
surround? They gather
00:51:37.59\00:51:39.59
at Har Mo'ed, or Harmageddon.
Where is it that they're
00:51:39.69\00:51:44.87
gathering? Well, did
they surround the Holy
00:51:44.97\00:51:48.17
City according to Revelation
chapter 14 and verse 20?
00:51:48.27\00:51:51.07
What is outside the
Holy City? The winepress!
00:51:52.51\00:51:55.88
What does the
winepress represent? The wicked!
00:51:56.44\00:52:00.08
So why did the wicked
gather around the city?
00:52:00.98\00:52:03.15
Because they wanted
to overcome the city. By
00:52:04.19\00:52:07.02
the way, are the
wicked gonna surround the
00:52:07.12\00:52:08.69
city after the millennium?
[Yes.] But in this case,
00:52:08.76\00:52:11.49
it's the literal city.
Before the Second Coming,
00:52:11.59\00:52:14.40
it is what? It is the
church. It's a spiritual
00:52:14.53\00:52:17.30
city. Now, if you
read these verses that are
00:52:17.40\00:52:20.14
mentioned here-we
don't have time to read all
00:52:20.24\00:52:22.27
of them-but if you
read Revelation 14:1, where
00:52:22.37\00:52:26.78
are the 144,000 gathered?
On Mt. Zion. In Revelation
00:52:26.88\00:52:32.11
14:19 and 20-that should
be, by the way, 19 and 20,
00:52:32.21\00:52:35.78
rather than 19 and
10-you have God's people inside
00:52:35.88\00:52:41.79
the city. And where
are the wicked gathered?
00:52:41.89\00:52:43.73
In the winepress,
outside. Is Jesus gonna come to
00:52:44.19\00:52:47.93
trample the
winepress to save those who are
00:52:48.06\00:52:50.60
inside?
Absolutely. The same if you go-
00:52:50.70\00:52:53.64
by the way, the background
to these texts in Revelation
00:52:53.74\00:52:56.91
14:19-20 is found in
Joel 2:32 and 3:9-12.
00:52:57.01\00:53:04.01
That is the root prophecy
of what we find in Revelation
00:53:04.11\00:53:07.25
14. In Daniel
chapter 11:45, does the king
00:53:07.52\00:53:11.92
of the north set up the
tents of his tabernacles in a
00:53:12.02\00:53:16.22
strategic place
between the seas and the holy
00:53:16.32\00:53:18.39
mountain? Yes! To
deliver a final death
00:53:18.49\00:53:22.23
blow. So, what we have
here is God's people are
00:53:22.33\00:53:25.60
gathered in spiritual
Zion, in spiritual Jerusalem,
00:53:25.73\00:53:29.57
in the spiritual temple...
and the wicked are gathered
00:53:30.04\00:53:35.38
outside. And their
intention is to drown those who
00:53:35.48\00:53:43.45
are inside. You
remember the text that we read
00:53:43.55\00:53:45.49
from the book of
Isaiah chapter 8:7-8 about the
00:53:45.55\00:53:49.29
invasion of Sennacherib,
king of Assyria, into the
00:53:49.39\00:53:52.43
holy land? He and his
armies represent overflowing
00:53:52.49\00:53:56.46
waters. Up to where
did the waters reach? Up
00:53:56.60\00:54:00.44
to the neck! Which
means that God's people were
00:54:00.54\00:54:03.51
in severe danger,
but what did God say?
00:54:03.64\00:54:06.24
It says there that God
will rebuke the waters.
00:54:06.68\00:54:10.35
In other words, he
will dry the waters up.
00:54:10.85\00:54:13.85
So, we've? very
quickly, but let's review
00:54:14.78\00:54:18.65
what we've
studied. At the end of time,
00:54:19.05\00:54:21.46
there's gonna be how
many gatherings? [Two.]
00:54:21.56\00:54:24.26
Two. What will
gather God's people? The
00:54:24.36\00:54:27.76
three angels' message.
Right? [Yes.] The Father,
00:54:27.86\00:54:32.03
Son, and Holy
Spirit. What will gather the
00:54:32.10\00:54:34.70
wicked? Oh!
Three... counterfeit powers
00:54:34.80\00:54:41.48
that parody the
Father, the Son, and the Holy
00:54:42.34\00:54:44.25
Spirit...and three
counterfeit angels.
00:54:44.35\00:54:47.35
Right? Three counterfeit
angels. So, where will
00:54:47.78\00:54:51.29
God's people be
gathered? They will be gathered
00:54:51.39\00:54:54.62
spiritually in spiritual
Jerusalem, in the church.
00:54:54.72\00:54:57.16
Where will the wicked
be gathered? They will
00:54:57.26\00:55:00.03
be gathered outside in
the winepress. What does
00:55:00.20\00:55:04.57
this appear like's
gonna happen? It appears like
00:55:04.70\00:55:07.90
God's people are going
to be killed and destroyed!
00:55:08.07\00:55:12.21
But then what
happens? Jesus comes on a white
00:55:12.81\00:55:16.64
horse, the armies
of heaven come with Him
00:55:16.75\00:55:19.68
on a white horse, and
what does He come to do?
00:55:19.81\00:55:22.15
He comes to trample
the winepress. Why is He
00:55:22.98\00:55:25.72
gonna trample the winepress?
Well, because their intention
00:55:25.82\00:55:31.36
is to destroy God's
people who are inside. Are you
00:55:31.46\00:55:34.20
understanding me?
[Yes.] So, what is represented
00:55:34.30\00:55:39.20
by Jesus coming on
the horse with the horses,
00:55:39.30\00:55:43.10
or the angels of
heaven, coming with Him? Which
00:55:43.20\00:55:44.84
trumpet is that? [Seventh.]
That's the seventh trumpet!
00:55:44.91\00:55:48.08
It's the Second Coming
of Jesus when the kingdoms
00:55:48.58\00:55:50.58
of the world are
taken over by Jesus. So let
00:55:50.71\00:55:54.78
me ask you then:
Where would you expect the
00:55:54.85\00:55:57.19
sixth trumpet to be?
Well, the sixth trumpet
00:55:57.29\00:56:00.42
would have to be
before that. Would it have to
00:56:00.49\00:56:03.89
be during probationary
time? [audience agrees]
00:56:03.96\00:56:05.99
Yes! Because probation
doesn't close until the
00:56:06.09\00:56:11.00
seventh angel is
about to sound his trumpet.
00:56:11.10\00:56:14.50
So, let's review very
quickly, the trumpets.
00:56:15.34\00:56:18.34
What is the first trumpet?
The destruction of Jerusalem.
00:56:18.77\00:56:21.64
What is the second trumpet?
The fall of the Roman Empire.
00:56:21.74\00:56:24.71
What is the third
trumpet? It is, apostasy begins
00:56:24.85\00:56:28.75
to infiltrate the church
in the days of Constantine.
00:56:28.85\00:56:31.45
What is the fourth
trumpet? The period of
00:56:32.32\00:56:34.89
1,260 years of papal
dominion. But then there's
00:56:34.99\00:56:39.73
an opposite reaction
in the fifth trumpet.
00:56:39.83\00:56:42.26
What does that represent?
It represents a French
00:56:42.33\00:56:44.83
revolution when
the papacy received a
00:56:44.93\00:56:47.90
deadly wound. And then,
after the fifth trumpet,
00:56:47.97\00:56:51.04
you have two
gatherings: the gathering of the
00:56:51.54\00:56:53.98
righteous by the
three angels' messages, the
00:56:54.08\00:56:56.81
gathering of the
wicked by this false godhead,
00:56:56.91\00:57:00.18
and three counterfeit
angels. In other words,
00:57:00.62\00:57:03.59
the world is gonna be
divided into two groups.
00:57:03.69\00:57:06.02
So, must probation
still be open if the world is
00:57:06.15\00:57:08.39
gonna be divided
into two groups? Yes. Is
00:57:08.52\00:57:11.59
this going to
intensify as we near the close
00:57:11.86\00:57:15.16
of probation? Is it
already at work? [Yes.]
00:57:15.23\00:57:18.30
Yes, it already is
at work. And so, when it
00:57:18.40\00:57:21.37
appears that God's
people, when probation closes,
00:57:21.44\00:57:24.11
when the seventh
trumpet is about to sound, after
00:57:24.91\00:57:27.18
that what do you have?
The time of trouble such
00:57:27.24\00:57:29.28
as never has been
seen in the history of the
00:57:29.38\00:57:30.91
world. Where are God's
people gathered? In the
00:57:31.01\00:57:35.78
Church. In other
words, in spiritual Jerusalem.
00:57:35.88\00:57:39.12
Where are the
wicked gathered? They're
00:57:39.25\00:57:41.16
gathered outside. And
then what is gonna blow?
00:57:41.26\00:57:43.56
Trumpet #7, because
Jesus is coming on a
00:57:43.93\00:57:47.06
white horse, and
the armies of heaven are
00:57:47.16\00:57:49.03
coming with Him to deliver
His people from certain death.
00:57:49.13\00:57:52.73
[intense orchestral outro music]
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