I'm very thankful for being here
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together with you
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at the Orosi Church
in Central California.
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I'm glad to be alive, and
able to present the gospel
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in the Book of Revelation.
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Today we're gonna be
going into Revelation 1
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as the second part
because we last time
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looked at verses 1
through 8, but today
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we're gonna go
into verses 1 through...
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I'm sorry, verses 9 through 20,
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and look more into the beauty
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and the
Revelation of Jesus Christ
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as it is written here
in the Book of Revelation.
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So before I get
started with prayer though,
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I'd like to introduce
you to a friend of mine,
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Laura LaBore,
she's gonna come up here
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and give just a brief
moment of what she's doing
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as a missionary with her
family over the last 10 years
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in Guyana.
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So if you could
speak in this microphone
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that would be great.
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We have been in Guyana
for like you said 10 years,
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we are with
Adventist World Aviation.
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And we use the
airplane to fly people out
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when they're sick and
take them to the main cities.
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And because of the airplane,
we have actually had people
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just knocking on
our doors saying,
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"Please, give us Bible studies."
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We don't have enough
people there to help us,
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we need more people to help.
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Amen.
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So you said you had a
website where people can learn
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more about what
you're doing there.
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Would you share
that with us, please?
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Right.
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You could go to
WFHGuyana, G-U-Y-A-N-A.org
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and that will be on our blog.
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And we'll be
transferring to the Philippines
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too pretty soon.
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Thank you so
much, and God bless you.
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That was a pleasure
last night to have her
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share with my family
and a couple of friends,
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what she's doing with
pictures and going into details,
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and I thought what
an amazing ministry,
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she's got to give a little bit
so that people around the world
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can hear what's going on
there in not only Guyana,
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but also in the Philippines.
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So let's begin with prayer,
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and then we'll
get into the Gospel
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of the
Revelation of Jesus Christ.
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Father, thank You for all
of us that are able to gather
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and listen whether it be online,
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or on CD, or DVD
whatever it is, wherever it is,
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may you bless us in
the time that we hear
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the words that You have spoken
in the Book of Revelation.
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I pray that You
glorify yourself,
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do not trust me
with a single word here
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before these people,
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and may be that
the angels are here
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to keep us from
all distractions.
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May the Holy Spirit
also have power in our lives,
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in our hearts and our minds.
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Thank You for this, Father.
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In Jesus name, amen. Amen.
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All right, we will be
looking at Revelation 1:9.
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If you'd like to turn
there, that would be great.
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We were looking last time
at a lot of different things,
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and one of the
concepts that I mentioned
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but didn't go
through very much was that
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the Book of Revelation
covers so many different sevens.
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The word seven
is used many times
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in the Book of Revelation, why?
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So I'm gonna look at
that for just a brief moment.
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Why are there so many
times the word "seven" is used?
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Then I'm gonna
come to one conclusion,
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you could probably
come to others as well,
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but the one that I like
is what I'm gonna share,
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and trust me, there
is so much in this book.
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I cannot share
all of what I want to
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in the brief amount of
time we're gonna spend together.
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But notice, in the very
first chapter of Revelation,
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did you know that it
actually uses the word seven
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12 different times.
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You didn't know that
reading chapter 1, did you?
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You read 12 different
times the word seven is used
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and that does not
include the seven fold praise
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of Christ in verses 5 and 6.
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So there are lots of different
sevens that are mentioned.
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It doesn't even
mention the seven times
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the word blessed is
used, or the seven times
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all those other words
are used that I mentioned,
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and there are
more that I mention be,
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or that I didn't mention before,
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but when you notice
that sevens are used
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through the Book of
Revelation because that
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God is trying to
establish himself
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as something.
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Now I have a quick
question, if you think of
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the orbiting
bodies in our universe,
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what would you look at
there in our orbiting bodies
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of the universe to
come up with a year, okay?
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You would have the
earth rotating around the sun,
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would you not?
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Okay, that equals a year.
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When looking at
those same bodies,
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how would you
come up with a month?
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You have the moon rotating
around the earth, correct?
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Okay, so that equals a
month. How do you get a day?
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A day is the earth
rotating on its axis, right?
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So it rotates 365 times
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as it goes around the
sun one time, that's a day.
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Where do you come up
with the orbiting bodies...
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Where do you
come up with a week?
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You're thinking, wait a minute.
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I haven't thought
about that before.
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I can't think of
anything. Guess, why not?
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Because there is
nothing out there
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that equals a
week, seven day cycle,
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or maybe there is but
we don't know about it.
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I don't know about it.
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So what we do find
though is the number seven,
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the seven day weekly
cycle that we see in our world
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comes directly
from Genesis 1 and 2.
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Amen.
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So when you go
anywhere around the world,
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and I've traveled to
different places in this world,
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when you go to
those different places,
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you realize that
everybody's on a weekly cycle.
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And you question, why?
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The answer is because God
is the establishing factor
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in our seven day weekly cycle.
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God is the author of the week.
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God is the author of
seven, from the very beginning,
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from the onset of this earth.
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And so therefore, in
the Book of Revelation,
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God is trying to
establish Himself
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as the Creator.
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Amen, yes or no? Amen.
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So you can look
around and see the year,
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you can see the
month, you can see the day,
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but where is the week?
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From the Bible,
and the Bible alone.
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So if you look at
the Holy Scripture,
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you realize that God
has established Himself
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as the creator all the
way from the Book of Genesis,
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all the way through to
the Book of Revelation.
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God is Creator and
we are His subjects.
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And so that's why you
find 12 different times
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in the Book of Revelation
1 itself, the word seven.
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God's trying to
establish Himself.
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So now we're gonna
look at Revelation 1:9.
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"I John, who
also am your brother,
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and companion in
tribulation, and in the kingdom
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and patients of Jesus Christ,
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was in the isle
that is called Patmos,
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for the word of God,
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and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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So John, on the
Island of Patmos,
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he is there as an outcast,
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he has been sent there
by rulers during that time
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because he was being persecuted.
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Persecuted why?
Because he was a Christian.
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He was a believer in the gospel.
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In fact, it said
right there in verse 9,
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"For the word of God,
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and for the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
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That is why he is on
the Island of Patmos.
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He's there for his faith.
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And what happens, he's
saying, I am your brother.
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Not only in the faith,
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but I'm a
companion in tribulation.
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We're going through
this trial together.
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There were people being
killed for the fact that
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they were
Christian during this time.
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You can just read in
"Foxe's Book of Martyrs".
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Anybody ever read
"Foxe's Book of Martyrs"
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or a portion of it?
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I've read almost the entire book
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'cause I was doing a
series and I felt like
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I could use that history.
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So I read most of that book.
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But I found on page
18 something if you go to
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RevelationWithDaniel.com.
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And then you find
the Revelation messages,
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you can see the notes
are available right there.
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You can download
them for free as well.
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But it says, "The
beloved disciple,"
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on page 18, "was
brother to James"
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and he was the
pastor if you will,
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"of Smyrna, Pergamos,
Sardis, Philadelphia, Laodicea,
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and Thyatira, they
were founded by him.
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From Ephesus he was
ordered to be sent to Rome,
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where it is
affirmed that he was cast
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into a cauldron of boiling oil."
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John, this man that is
writing, before he wrote,
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was thrown into a
cauldron of boiling oil, okay?
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"He escaped by a
miracle, without injury."
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And so it says,
"Domitian afterwards,"
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Domitian being
one of the leaders,
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"afterwards banished him
to the Isle of Patmos," why?
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Well, if you can't kill
him, get him off your island,
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or get him off
your mainland, okay?
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So he sent him away
because he couldn't kill him
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with boiling oil.
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And it says
there, "He banished him
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to the Island of
Patmos where he wrote
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the Book of Revelation."
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You see, John was probably
about 96 years old or so
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when he was finally captured
and persecuted by Domitian.
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But guess what, at that age,
God wouldn't done with him yet.
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My Bible
teaches in the Proverbs,
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the hoary head or the
gray hair is a crown of glory
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if it be found in
the way of righteousness.
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So no matter how old we are,
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if we are
surrendered to God 100%,
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He can still
call us out and use us
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when the enemy is
trying to do us harm.
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Amen? Amen.
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And so there it says,
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"Nerva, the successor
of Domitian recalled him.
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He was the only of the apostles
who escaped a violent death."
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Isn't that amazing?
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John the Revelator,
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the only one who
didn't die by human hand,
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was the one at
about 100 years old,
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almost 100 years old
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was able to write
the Book of Revelation.
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I find that fascinating.
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Some people like to
retire, but God is like,
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"Guess what, John,
you're not done yet."
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I got a work for you
that's gonna change the world.
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It's fascinating.
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So John, he was there
as a persecuted brother,
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as a companion in
this kingdom and patience.
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Guess how many
times patience is used
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in the King James Version.
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It is written or and translated
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seven times in the
Book of Revelation.
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Ain't that fascinating?
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So blessed is used seven times,
patience is used seven times,
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but it's interesting we
only have grace and peace
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used twice each
in the Revelation.
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Remember, grace is used
in chapter 1 and chapter 22,
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it's because we
have an umbrella of grace
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all the way through
the Book of Revelation.
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We talked about that last time.
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RevelationWithDaniel.com
is where to find that video
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if you missed it.
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And so as we
continue on in Revelation 1,
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we're gonna jump
down to verse 10.
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"I was in the
spirit on the Lord's day,
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and I heard
behind me a great voice,
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as of a trumpet..."
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And so John hears this
trumpet sounding voice.
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I like to imagine
that it was one of those
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ram horn trumpets, okay,
like a shofar if you will.
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I don't know how it
sounded, but John said
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it was like a trumpet.
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And so it goes, I was in
the spirit, in the spirit.
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Now what do you
mean in the spirit?
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You can find this phrase
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in different
portions of the Bible.
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But guess what?
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It is used only four
times in the Revelation.
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And I will talk about it further
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as we continue to study.
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The second time
it's used in chapter 4,
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the third time
it's used in chapter 17,
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and the fourth time
it's used is in chapter 21.
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When we get to
chapter 17 or 21ish,
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somewhere around
there, that's where
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I'm gonna focus on that.
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But right now
we're just gonna know,
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it only happens four times.
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And guess what?
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When John is in the spirit,
he is not in the same place
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that he was out of
the spirit if you will,
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he is taken to a different place
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and a different time.
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You can see that every
time you look at the four places
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in the Revelation
where in the spirit is used.
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You can see
similarly in Ezekiel 3 as well.
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But what's interesting about
in the spirit here is John,
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he's actually taken
from the Island of Patmos
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and he is brought to
where Christ is, okay?
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Because remember,
in verse 4 it says,
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this is a letter
written to the seven churches
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which are where?
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In Asia, right?
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Now, the seven churches,
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were they on the
Island of Patmos?
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No, they weren't on
the Island of Patmos,
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they were over in Asia, okay,
not far from where John was.
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And it says that, he
was there on the Lord's Day.
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Now, there have
been so many people
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who have talked
about the Lord's Day.
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And I'm just gonna talk
about it very briefly here.
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We'll talk about
it more in the future.
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Some of these first mentions
in the Book of Revelation
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are something that's
covered much more in detail
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in the future as we
study the Book of Revelation.
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So the Lord's Day is a
phrase translated only one time
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in the Bible.
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This is it.
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The Lord's Day, that
phrase, it's translated once,
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right here you can see it.
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So the other time
the Lord's, L- O-R-D
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or, yeah, L-O-R-D comma S.
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There's only one
other time that's used,
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it's in 2 Corinthians...
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I'm sorry, 1 Corinthians 11:20
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where it says the
Lord's Supper, okay?
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There's the Lord's Day
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and the Lord's
Supper, that's it.
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There's no more times,
Lord's is used or Lord's Day.
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So we can though find
out what day was claimed
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by the Lord Jesus
Christ because He says Himself,
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I'll ready it to
you, in Mark 2:27 and 28,
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"He said unto his disciples,
the Sabbath was made for man,
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and not man for the Sabbath.
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Therefore the Son of Man
is Lord also of the Sabbath."
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And so the Lord's
Day is the Sabbath,
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that's the only way biblically
we can come to a conclusion
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of what the Lord's
Day is, by his own words
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right there in Mark 2:27 and 28.
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So like I said, if
you're interested in the future,
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I will be covering
this in greater detail
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in the next presentations.
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Notice verse 11 in Revelation 1.
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So he speaks with his
voice of a trumpet, verse 11,
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"Saying, I am Alpha and
Omega, the first and the last:
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What thou
seest, write in a book,
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and send it unto
the seven churches
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which are in Asia, unto Ephesus,
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and unto Smyrna,
and unto Pergamos,
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and unto Thyatira, unto Sardis,
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unto Philadelphia,
and unto Laodicea."
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So there we have seen
Christ, He actually tells John
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to write the things
that he is speaking.
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Now why do I say it's Christ?
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Well, for two reasons,
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the Bible says I
am Alpha and Omega.
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In 22:13, Jesus again
says, He is Alpha and Omega,
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the root and the
offspring of David.
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We know who the root is
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according to the Book of Romans.
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We know also who the
offspring of David is.
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It's Jesus Christ, that's why
so many times in the gospels,
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Son of David
like Bartimaeus said.
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Son of David, have
mercy on me, remember that?
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Son of David, root
of Jesse, this is Jesus.
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And so the Bible says,
the Alpha and the Omega,
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the beginning and the
end, the first and the last
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that is in Revelation
22:13, Christ, you see?
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So right here it
says, I am Alpha and Omega,
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the first and the last.
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Now it actually talks about
who the first and the last is
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in chapter 2 and 3 as
well in the seven churches.
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And guess what? It's Jesus.
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So that's why last time
when I concluded in verse 8
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where it says, "I
am Alpha and Omega,
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the beginning and
the end, saith the Lord,
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which is, and which
was, and which is to come,
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the Almighty."
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When I said that was Jesus,
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I can verify that by verse 11
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and other verses
also in the Revelation.
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Do this study on
your own, you'll find out
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it's the same thing.
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So not only is God
the Father in verse 4
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called the one who is,
and was, and is to come,
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but Jesus also in
verse 8 is called the one
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who is, and was, and is to come.
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It's fascinating. They
have the same name, why?
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Because they're both
God, you can read that
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in John 1:1 through 3.
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So what's
amazing as we continue is
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John hears this voice,
it sounded like a trumpet.
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It told him to write
the things that you see
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and send them on
to the seven churches.
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So basically,
God gave John a job.
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He said, I want you
to be a media creator,
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I want you to write out a book,
and I want you to publish it,
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send it to all
the seven churches.
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So now John is into publishing.
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That's why I'm
interested in creating media
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to send to the world is
because John did a long time ago
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with the Book of Revelation,
now I want to do the same thing
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and spread it
to the world, amen?
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Amen.
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So now what we're
doing is we're seeing that
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John has a
message to write in a book
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what he has seen
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and then what happens
in verse 12 is fascinating.
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It says, "I turned to see
the voice that spake with me.
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And being turned, I saw
seven golden candlesticks."
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Now Jesus speaks to John
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as it were with
the voice of a trumpet.
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John hears him say something.
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What you see, write,
send it to the seven churches.
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The Bible said
right there in verse 12,
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"And I turned to
see the voice..."
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He didn't turn
to see the person,
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he turned to see the voice.
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How do you see a voice?
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It's when the voice,
the word has become flesh.
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The word according to John 1,
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the word was
God, the word was God.
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The word was with God, sorry.
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And by that same word,
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God created all
things that were made.
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He jumped down to
verse 14 in John 1
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that word became
flesh and dwelt among us.
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John had spent
three and a half years
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walking with Jesus.
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And so after
Christ had ascended,
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and when He came back to John
after many years had passed,
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John remembers 90
something years old,
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John turns around to
hear a familiar voice
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that sounds like a trumpet,
but he looked for the voice,
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the word that it
had been spoken to him
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because I think
he could recognize
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the voice of his Savior.
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So he turns around to
hear the, see the voice
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rather than speak with him.
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Being turned, he saw how
many golden candlesticks?
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Seven.
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He saw seven
golden candlesticks.
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Now there's another
use of the word seven,
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remember there
are twelve of them
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in chapter 1 of the Revelation.
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Now these golden candlesticks,
what does that remind you of?
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That reminds me
of the sanctuary.
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In fact, in Exodus,
we're gonna turn there,
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chapter 25, and we're gonna
be looking at 31 and onward.
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Exodus 25, I'm
gonna turn there quickly
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and see if you can beat me.
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Exodus 25,
we're gonna talk about
00:19:43.78\00:19:45.31
the candlesticks for a second.
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Verse 31, "Thou shalt make
a candlestick of pure gold,"
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God says to
Moses, "of beaten work
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shall the candlestick be made,
his shaft, and his branches,
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his bowls, his
knops, and his flowers,
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shall be of the same."
00:20:02.93\00:20:04.27
Verse 32, "And six
branches shall come
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out of the sides of it.
00:20:07.44\00:20:09.47
Three branches
of the candlestick
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out of the one side,
00:20:11.51\00:20:12.84
and three
branches of the candlestick
00:20:12.87\00:20:15.04
out of the other side."
00:20:15.08\00:20:16.68
So notice, you have a shaft
00:20:16.71\00:20:20.28
with three branches on one side
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and three branches on the other,
00:20:22.68\00:20:24.09
how many does that make?
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Three plus three is six
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with a shaft in
the middle, seven.
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It's a seven
branched golden candlestick.
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And so when John
in the Revelation 1,
00:20:31.26\00:20:34.53
and looking at verse 12,
00:20:34.56\00:20:36.67
when he turns
around to see the voice
00:20:36.70\00:20:39.23
and he sees seven
golden candlesticks.
00:20:39.27\00:20:44.17
What he's
looking at is his savior
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in the midst of
the sanctuary, okay?
00:20:48.14\00:20:52.81
Now what's more
fascinating than that is that
00:20:52.85\00:20:55.45
the candlesticks
represent something,
00:20:55.48\00:20:57.59
let's jump down
real quick to verse 20.
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Revelation 1:20, it says,
"The mystery of the seven stars
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which you saw in my
right hand, and the," notice,
00:21:03.89\00:21:07.30
"seven golden candlesticks.
00:21:07.33\00:21:09.80
The seven stars are the
angels of the seven churches,"
00:21:09.83\00:21:13.67
and notice, "the
seven candlesticks
00:21:13.70\00:21:16.10
which you saw are
the seven churches."
00:21:16.14\00:21:20.24
And so when John was told
to write to the seven churches
00:21:20.28\00:21:24.05
which are in
Asia, there were listed,
00:21:24.08\00:21:25.98
all seven churches,
00:21:26.01\00:21:27.65
and then John
turns to see that voice
00:21:27.68\00:21:29.98
that spoke with him,
the word become flesh,
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he sees Jesus, and he's standing
00:21:32.69\00:21:35.09
in the midst of the churches
00:21:35.12\00:21:38.86
because the candlesticks
represent the churches.
00:21:38.89\00:21:41.46
And so what John did was,
he was taken in the spirit
00:21:41.50\00:21:46.47
to where Jesus
was in the midst of
00:21:46.50\00:21:49.30
those seven churches that
John on the Island of Patmos
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at almost 100 years old
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was supposed to
write a letter to.
00:21:53.58\00:21:54.91
You see?
00:21:54.94\00:21:57.61
So John in the spirit
was taken to where Christ was
00:21:57.65\00:22:00.32
which he was in
the spirit, I'm sorry,
00:22:00.35\00:22:02.62
in the midst of the churches.
00:22:02.65\00:22:04.59
And then notice in verse 13,
00:22:04.62\00:22:07.06
"In the midst of
the seven candlesticks
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one like unto the Son of man,
00:22:10.99\00:22:13.96
clothed with the
garment down to the foot,
00:22:14.00\00:22:16.46
and girt about the
paps with a golden girdle."
00:22:16.50\00:22:20.64
Now, I want to look for a moment
00:22:20.67\00:22:23.04
at Exodus 28
00:22:23.07\00:22:27.91
if you want to
turn there with me.
00:22:27.94\00:22:30.01
Exodus 28:39, the Bible says,
00:22:30.05\00:22:33.78
talking to Moses
about the priests.
00:22:33.82\00:22:36.55
"Thou shalt embroider
the coat of fine linen,
00:22:36.58\00:22:41.32
and thou shalt make
the mitre of fine linen,
00:22:41.36\00:22:44.49
and thou shalt make
the girdle of needlework."
00:22:44.53\00:22:48.66
Now wait a minute,
Christ is pictured there
00:22:48.70\00:22:51.40
in a garment down to the foot
00:22:51.43\00:22:54.07
surrounded with a golden girdle,
00:22:54.10\00:22:56.10
and here we just
read about the priests
00:22:56.14\00:22:58.54
being told to make
garments that were fine linen
00:22:58.57\00:23:03.08
with a girdle of
needlework, you see?
00:23:03.11\00:23:05.98
Notice what it
says in the next...
00:23:06.01\00:23:08.18
Well, I won't read verse 40,
00:23:08.22\00:23:09.82
we can just stick with verse 39.
00:23:09.85\00:23:11.69
But what we're seeing there
00:23:11.72\00:23:13.05
is the priests
of the Old Testament
00:23:13.09\00:23:15.69
were garbed in a white garment
00:23:15.72\00:23:18.43
and they had a girdle
of needlework around them.
00:23:18.46\00:23:21.93
What we see in
Revelation 1 is Christ is garbed
00:23:21.96\00:23:25.70
in fine linen with a
golden girdle around him.
00:23:25.73\00:23:29.67
So Christ is
actually dressed as a priest.
00:23:29.70\00:23:33.21
If you look there in Exodus 28,
00:23:33.24\00:23:35.34
and you continue
reading just above it
00:23:35.38\00:23:37.35
what we just read in verse 39.
00:23:37.38\00:23:38.81
If you read just above
that, you're gonna see that
00:23:38.85\00:23:42.82
we're told the
priests had on a turban.
00:23:42.85\00:23:47.79
They had a turban on their head,
00:23:47.82\00:23:49.56
and a block of
gold that was etched
00:23:49.59\00:23:52.93
with something on the forehead.
00:23:52.96\00:23:54.30
Did you notice what it said?
Holiness unto the Lord, okay?
00:23:54.33\00:24:01.00
I wonder if
Christ didn't also have
00:24:01.04\00:24:02.60
one of those in
the Book of Revelation,
00:24:02.64\00:24:04.01
we just don't read about it.
00:24:04.04\00:24:05.37
We can see in the Old Testament
00:24:05.41\00:24:06.74
that it was that
way but not here.
00:24:06.78\00:24:09.41
Now, I want to turn to Zechariah
00:24:09.44\00:24:13.15
if you can find that...
00:24:13.18\00:24:14.68
Zechariah actually
portrays Joshua the High Priest.
00:24:14.72\00:24:18.59
And Joshua is pictured
as interacting with the Lord
00:24:18.62\00:24:25.56
and the devil at the same time.
00:24:25.59\00:24:28.46
Zechariah 3:1, "He showed
me Joshua the high priest,
00:24:28.50\00:24:35.00
he was standing
before the angel of the LORD,
00:24:35.04\00:24:37.51
and Satan was
standing at his right hand
00:24:37.54\00:24:39.91
to resist him.
00:24:39.94\00:24:41.94
And the LORD said unto Satan,
the LORD rebuke thee, O Satan,
00:24:41.98\00:24:45.98
even the LORD that
hath chosen Jerusalem
00:24:46.01\00:24:48.52
rebuke thee: is not this Joshua
00:24:48.55\00:24:51.89
a brand plucked out of the fire?
00:24:51.92\00:24:54.59
Now, Joshua was
clothed with filthy garments,
00:24:54.62\00:24:58.26
and stood before the angel.
00:24:58.29\00:25:00.96
He answered and spoke unto those
00:25:01.00\00:25:03.10
that stood before him, saying,
00:25:03.13\00:25:04.67
Take away the filthy
garments from Joshua.
00:25:04.70\00:25:07.70
And unto him he said, Behold,
00:25:07.74\00:25:10.37
I have caused thine
iniquity to pass from thee,
00:25:10.41\00:25:13.31
and I will clothe thee
with the change of raiment.
00:25:13.34\00:25:17.11
And I said, Let
them set a," what?
00:25:17.15\00:25:19.41
"A fair mitre upon his head.
00:25:19.45\00:25:22.28
So they set a fair
mitre upon his head,
00:25:22.32\00:25:24.62
and clothed him with garments.
00:25:24.65\00:25:26.69
And the angel of
the LORD stood by."
00:25:26.72\00:25:29.26
Verse 6 and 7,
00:25:29.29\00:25:30.83
"The angel of the LORD
protested unto Joshua, saying,
00:25:30.86\00:25:33.83
Thus saith the LORD of hosts,
if you wilt walk in my ways,
00:25:33.86\00:25:38.43
and if you will keep my charge,
00:25:38.47\00:25:40.74
then you will
also judge my house,
00:25:40.77\00:25:43.81
and shalt also keep my courts,
00:25:43.84\00:25:46.07
and I will give
thee places to walk
00:25:46.11\00:25:48.54
among these that stand by."
00:25:48.58\00:25:52.01
I think that is a
fascinating section
00:25:52.05\00:25:53.78
of scripture.
00:25:53.82\00:25:55.15
It shows that the
high priest on the earth
00:25:55.18\00:25:58.25
was clothed in filthy garments.
00:25:58.29\00:26:00.72
Those garments were
taken away from him,
00:26:00.76\00:26:02.72
and he was
clothed with new garments.
00:26:02.76\00:26:05.63
That would be the garment of
Christ's righteousness, amen.
00:26:05.66\00:26:09.23
Christ here in
Revelation 1 is clothed already
00:26:09.26\00:26:13.20
in the garment of
his righteousness,
00:26:13.23\00:26:15.07
and he too just like
Joshua and in the Old Testament
00:26:15.10\00:26:18.11
had a mitre upon his head.
00:26:18.14\00:26:19.87
And the reason why I know that,
00:26:19.91\00:26:21.31
notice what it
says there in verse 14.
00:26:21.34\00:26:26.78
The Bible says,
his head and his hairs
00:26:26.82\00:26:30.05
were white like what?
00:26:30.09\00:26:32.05
Like wool. His
head and his hairs.
00:26:32.09\00:26:37.33
Okay, imagine having a turban
on your head and a white hair,
00:26:37.36\00:26:41.66
okay, there's a
differentiation between
00:26:41.70\00:26:43.23
the head and the hairs.
00:26:43.26\00:26:44.83
And I wonder if that's the mitre
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.23
that's being referred to.
00:26:46.27\00:26:47.90
Okay, now jump back to verse 13
00:26:47.94\00:26:49.30
because we're not
done with that yet.
00:26:49.34\00:26:51.41
He was clothed with a
garment down to the foot.
00:26:51.44\00:26:54.88
I think we can
take a hinted suggestion
00:26:54.91\00:27:01.82
to how our Lord was dressed.
00:27:01.85\00:27:03.39
Amen.
00:27:03.42\00:27:04.75
He was clothed down to the foot.
00:27:04.79\00:27:07.49
I think we can suggest that
00:27:07.52\00:27:09.62
Christ is
wearing modest clothing.
00:27:09.66\00:27:12.39
Amen.
00:27:12.43\00:27:14.60
So take that as
far as you want to go,
00:27:14.63\00:27:16.73
but I just thought
it would be a good thing
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.10
to mention it because
sometimes we as men and women
00:27:18.13\00:27:20.97
are not as modest in
our dress as we could be
00:27:21.00\00:27:23.34
but the Lord
here is our example.
00:27:23.37\00:27:25.41
He was gird about
with a golden girdle.
00:27:25.44\00:27:28.24
And we know that
gold is a beautiful color,
00:27:28.28\00:27:31.25
we'll focus on later
as we continue to study.
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Verse 14, "His
head and his hairs
00:27:35.15\00:27:39.95
were white like
wool, as white as snow..."
00:27:39.99\00:27:44.26
When it says his
hairs and his head
00:27:44.29\00:27:45.83
were white like wool,
00:27:45.86\00:27:48.16
what do you
think wool comes from?
00:27:48.20\00:27:52.13
Sheep. Sheep, right?
00:27:52.17\00:27:54.77
Do sheep have anything to
do with the sanctuary service
00:27:54.80\00:27:57.11
that we talked about before?
00:27:57.14\00:27:59.07
Absolutely, so, so
far we have candlesticks,
00:27:59.11\00:28:03.14
we have Christ dressed
in high priestly garments.
00:28:03.18\00:28:07.22
We have the turban
which I think is on his head,
00:28:07.25\00:28:10.82
well, which would be
part of those garments,
00:28:10.85\00:28:12.19
but we also have
wool like the lamb.
00:28:12.22\00:28:14.76
Okay, we have a lot of
sanctuary language here,
00:28:14.79\00:28:16.32
don't we?
00:28:16.36\00:28:17.69
So notice what it says in the...
00:28:17.73\00:28:19.56
I'll just complete verse 14.
00:28:19.59\00:28:21.50
"His head and his
hair were white like wool,
00:28:21.53\00:28:23.77
as white as snow,
00:28:23.80\00:28:25.33
his eyes were as
a flame of fire."
00:28:25.37\00:28:28.44
So is there any
time that the word fire
00:28:28.47\00:28:32.41
or the idea of fire is used
00:28:32.44\00:28:34.64
in the Old
Testament sanctuary service?
00:28:34.68\00:28:37.81
Yeah, absolutely.
00:28:37.85\00:28:39.31
In the outer court, correct,
00:28:39.35\00:28:41.25
when they have the
altar of sacrifice.
00:28:41.28\00:28:44.29
But there's also
that same fire that's used
00:28:44.32\00:28:48.16
in the altar of
incense, in the holy place.
00:28:48.19\00:28:51.76
I don't know that
fire was ever used
00:28:51.79\00:28:53.83
in the most holy place,
00:28:53.86\00:28:55.20
although fire
from the incense altar
00:28:55.23\00:28:57.20
was used during
the Day of Atonement
00:28:57.23\00:28:58.93
which was in
the most holy place.
00:28:58.97\00:29:00.90
So you can say
that fire was used
00:29:00.94\00:29:02.27
in all three phases
of the sanctuary service.
00:29:02.30\00:29:05.81
But I wanted to
notice something,
00:29:05.84\00:29:08.31
when the Bible talks about wool,
00:29:08.34\00:29:10.71
it talks about,
that refers to lambs.
00:29:10.75\00:29:13.31
But it talks
about white like wool,
00:29:13.35\00:29:16.28
and white as snow,
00:29:16.32\00:29:18.52
that brings my mind to
a verse in Isaiah 1:18.
00:29:18.55\00:29:23.26
"Come now, let
us reason together,
00:29:23.29\00:29:25.39
saith the Lord: though
your sins be as scarlet,
00:29:25.43\00:29:29.50
they shall be white as snow,
00:29:29.53\00:29:32.87
though they be red like crimson,
00:29:32.90\00:29:34.64
they shall be as wool."
00:29:34.67\00:29:37.27
Right?
00:29:37.31\00:29:38.64
So snow and wool are
referred to in Isaiah 1:18
00:29:38.67\00:29:44.45
where it directly
equates the cleansing of sin
00:29:44.48\00:29:49.08
with the white as
snow and the white as wool.
00:29:49.12\00:29:51.75
So here when we see
Christ's head and his hairs
00:29:51.79\00:29:55.26
as white as wool
and as white as snow,
00:29:55.29\00:29:59.03
we can say that
He has the ability
00:29:59.06\00:30:01.56
to forgive sin
because of His whiteness.
00:30:01.60\00:30:04.93
Not only the white
hair, but of course
00:30:04.97\00:30:06.57
the white
garments as the high priest
00:30:06.60\00:30:08.00
in the golden girdle about Him.
00:30:08.04\00:30:09.70
We're talking about cleansing
and forgiveness of sin.
00:30:09.74\00:30:15.78
Now regarding the fire,
00:30:15.81\00:30:18.75
I want you to
turn to Exodus 28:14.
00:30:18.78\00:30:23.28
With me Exodus 28:14,
00:30:23.32\00:30:25.65
we're gonna look at
what fire is used for.
00:30:25.69\00:30:28.89
The Bible says in
verse 14, you know,
00:30:28.92\00:30:31.26
I think I may have
written down the wrong one.
00:30:31.29\00:30:32.89
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm
reading the wrong chapter.
00:30:32.93\00:30:34.76
Verse 14 of chapter 29,
"The flesh of the bullock,
00:30:34.80\00:30:38.13
and of his skin, and his dung,
00:30:38.17\00:30:40.60
thou shalt burn with
fire without the camp.
00:30:40.64\00:30:44.37
It is a sin offering."
00:30:44.41\00:30:47.24
So the flesh and the dung
and the skin of the animals
00:30:47.28\00:30:51.81
were to be
burned with fire, okay?
00:30:51.85\00:30:55.58
There was a purification of that
00:30:55.62\00:30:57.89
which was revolving around sin.
00:30:57.92\00:31:01.72
Now jump to Psalms 12,
and then we're gonna see
00:31:01.76\00:31:06.90
that fire can be used for
something very interesting
00:31:06.93\00:31:11.67
as an illustration here.
00:31:11.70\00:31:13.34
Psalms 12:6,
00:31:13.37\00:31:17.21
"The words of the
LORD are pure words,
00:31:17.24\00:31:21.38
as silver tried in
a furnace of earth,
00:31:21.41\00:31:25.38
purified seven times."
00:31:25.41\00:31:28.75
So the words of
the Lord are pure
00:31:28.78\00:31:31.45
according to Psalms 12:6.
00:31:31.49\00:31:35.09
The words are as pure as
though they had been purified
00:31:35.12\00:31:39.39
with fire in the
furnace of the earth.
00:31:39.43\00:31:42.83
And of course, seven
times means perfectly.
00:31:42.86\00:31:46.03
So when we're
looking at the fire
00:31:46.07\00:31:47.70
in Revelation 1:14,
00:31:47.74\00:31:53.41
we're looking at purification,
00:31:53.44\00:31:56.01
His eyes were
as a flame of fire.
00:31:56.04\00:31:59.91
So my Bible teaches me
that when we come to Christ,
00:31:59.95\00:32:04.32
not only are we in
the midst of His church,
00:32:04.35\00:32:08.06
we are His church, and
He's in the midst of us,
00:32:08.09\00:32:10.73
I should have said it that way.
00:32:10.76\00:32:12.43
We also can be
blessed with His ministry
00:32:12.46\00:32:15.73
as high priest.
00:32:15.76\00:32:17.77
We also can partake
of the forgiveness of sin
00:32:17.80\00:32:20.87
with the wool and the snow.
00:32:20.90\00:32:23.04
We also can receive
the gift of perfect sight,
00:32:23.07\00:32:28.21
not only as a gift to us.
00:32:28.24\00:32:30.45
But have you ever
needed somebody to know
00:32:30.48\00:32:32.95
exactly what happened?
00:32:32.98\00:32:35.02
Did you ever
needed to come to somebody
00:32:35.05\00:32:36.79
who just understood?
00:32:36.82\00:32:39.02
Christ can see what he did.
00:32:39.05\00:32:41.86
Christ knows what she said
or what she imagined or felt.
00:32:41.89\00:32:45.06
He understands the opposing view
00:32:45.09\00:32:47.13
and your view,
He knows completely.
00:32:47.16\00:32:49.56
If you've ever
needed a counselor,
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.67
my Bible teaches that
Jesus Christ is that counselor.
00:32:51.70\00:32:54.97
You can read it in Revelation 3.
00:32:55.00\00:32:58.51
And so as we continue
on in verse 15, it says,
00:32:58.54\00:33:04.11
"And his feet were
like unto fine brass,
00:33:04.15\00:33:07.78
as if they burned in a furnace,
00:33:07.82\00:33:10.12
and his voice as the
sound of many waters."
00:33:10.15\00:33:14.06
So now feet like fine brass.
00:33:14.09\00:33:18.16
I want to comment
on that for a second.
00:33:18.19\00:33:21.93
Why feet like brass?
00:33:21.96\00:33:25.03
Well, all of the
furniture in the outer court
00:33:25.07\00:33:30.07
was made of what material?
00:33:30.11\00:33:32.71
It was made of brass.
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.58
I want you to
understand this now.
00:33:34.61\00:33:35.98
Brass was used
in the outer court,
00:33:36.01\00:33:38.78
gold was used in
the other courts,
00:33:38.81\00:33:41.78
which was the holy place
00:33:41.82\00:33:43.15
and the most
holy place, but why?
00:33:43.18\00:33:46.25
What's the deal
with brass or bronze?
00:33:46.29\00:33:49.56
Well, the outer court
of the earthly sanctuary
00:33:49.59\00:33:52.99
was decorated with
this beautiful metal brass
00:33:53.03\00:33:59.23
because brass is an alloy.
00:33:59.27\00:34:02.44
What is an alloy?
00:34:02.47\00:34:04.87
An alloy is a mixture
of two materials, okay.
00:34:04.91\00:34:09.74
So brass is an alloy.
00:34:09.78\00:34:11.95
"It's a metal made by combining
two or more metallic elements,"
00:34:11.98\00:34:17.19
that's from the Apple Dictionary
00:34:17.22\00:34:19.22
under the word "alloy".
00:34:19.25\00:34:21.56
It is "A yellow
alloy of copper and zinc,"
00:34:21.59\00:34:26.26
of copper and zinc,
00:34:26.29\00:34:27.86
so bronze is
two, copper and zinc.
00:34:27.90\00:34:32.23
It is... That's
what defines brass.
00:34:32.27\00:34:34.90
One, according to
Bible Dictionary I read
00:34:34.94\00:34:38.31
is a baser metal, the
other is a finer metal, okay.
00:34:38.34\00:34:44.08
So the copper is a baser metal,
the zinc is a finer metal,
00:34:44.11\00:34:48.32
so the baser and the
finer are combined together
00:34:48.35\00:34:51.29
to equal one.
00:34:51.32\00:34:53.76
And then the
application that we can make
00:34:53.79\00:34:59.19
with why the feet
are like fine brass,
00:34:59.23\00:35:03.50
is not only because
Christ as the lambslain
00:35:03.53\00:35:07.34
from the foundation of the earth
00:35:07.37\00:35:09.14
stood upon that brazen altar
00:35:09.17\00:35:11.97
to be received as a sacrifice.
00:35:12.01\00:35:16.18
He also was an alloy.
00:35:16.21\00:35:19.55
So not only did He
stand on the bronze altar,
00:35:19.58\00:35:21.95
He had feet
like they were brazen
00:35:21.98\00:35:24.52
because He, Jesus was an alloy.
00:35:24.55\00:35:26.86
Did He not have a baser
nature and a finer nature?
00:35:26.89\00:35:31.56
Was He not made out of
100% human and 100% God?
00:35:31.59\00:35:36.67
Was He not an alloy
that was brought together?
00:35:36.70\00:35:40.17
This is Jesus Christ,
that's why He had the feet
00:35:40.20\00:35:43.30
as though they
were brazen, okay.
00:35:43.34\00:35:46.14
So what we can see there
in the verse that we read,
00:35:46.17\00:35:49.54
verse 15, "His feet
were like fine brass."
00:35:49.58\00:35:53.82
Well, if you look at
the Bible and you can see,
00:35:53.85\00:35:56.48
there are lots of places
where brass is referred to.
00:35:56.52\00:36:00.72
And Exodus 30:18,
00:36:00.76\00:36:03.12
I'll just read a
few of these to you.
00:36:03.16\00:36:05.36
"Thou shalt make a laver,"
which is in the outer court,
00:36:05.39\00:36:08.26
"of brass, and his foot
also of brass, to wash withal:
00:36:08.30\00:36:13.03
and thou shalt put in between
00:36:13.07\00:36:14.57
the tabernacle
of the congregation
00:36:14.60\00:36:16.10
and the altar," put it there,
00:36:16.14\00:36:17.84
"and thou shalt
put water therein."
00:36:17.87\00:36:20.94
So the brazen altar was
outside, it was a laver.
00:36:20.98\00:36:26.25
There was a
brazen altar of sacrifice
00:36:26.28\00:36:27.95
and the brazen laver,
00:36:27.98\00:36:29.32
they were out
in the outer court.
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.12
Could it be
meaning in Revelation 1:15
00:36:31.15\00:36:33.39
that Christ not
only is the sacrifice
00:36:33.42\00:36:36.89
that was on the brazen
altar, but He also represents
00:36:36.93\00:36:41.26
the laver that will wash us
clean of our sin, absolutely.
00:36:41.30\00:36:46.33
If you've met
Jesus, you've met somebody
00:36:46.37\00:36:48.40
who is not only
willing but He's also able
00:36:48.44\00:36:51.21
to transform your character
to make you like He is.
00:36:51.24\00:36:55.91
Amen.
00:36:55.94\00:36:57.85
What about Ezekiel 1:7,
00:36:57.88\00:37:00.65
talking about the
cherubim and seraphim there,
00:37:00.68\00:37:02.98
"Their feet were straight
feet, and the sole of their feet
00:37:03.02\00:37:07.22
was like the
sole of a calf's foot:
00:37:07.26\00:37:10.06
and they sparkled like
the color of burnished brass."
00:37:10.09\00:37:13.80
So it's talking
about their feet,
00:37:13.83\00:37:15.43
and then they
sparkled like colored brass.
00:37:15.46\00:37:18.63
What about Daniel 7:19,
00:37:18.67\00:37:21.70
talking about the
antichrist, the fourth beast.
00:37:21.74\00:37:25.44
He says, "I want
to know the truth
00:37:25.47\00:37:26.81
about this fourth beast,
00:37:26.84\00:37:28.78
which was different
from all the others,
00:37:28.81\00:37:30.91
exceeding dreadful,
whose teeth were of iron,
00:37:30.95\00:37:34.88
and his nails of
brass, which devoured,
00:37:34.92\00:37:38.72
brake in pieces, and stamped
the residue with his feet."
00:37:38.75\00:37:42.92
Now notice something there.
00:37:42.96\00:37:45.26
His teeth were of iron,
and his nails were of brass,
00:37:45.29\00:37:51.30
and then he stamped all
with the residue of his feet.
00:37:51.33\00:37:55.84
This was a beast.
00:37:55.87\00:37:57.21
He didn't have arms like we do,
and he didn't have fingernails,
00:37:57.24\00:37:59.34
he had feet.
00:37:59.37\00:38:00.71
So when he stamped,
these other creatures
00:38:00.74\00:38:03.14
with their feet, he
had the brazen nails
00:38:03.18\00:38:06.11
they were on his feet,
00:38:06.15\00:38:07.48
so he had feet of
brass if you will.
00:38:07.52\00:38:09.55
Daniel 10:9, I'm sorry, verse 6,
00:38:09.58\00:38:13.62
talking about Christ.
00:38:13.66\00:38:14.99
Now notice what's
interesting about this.
00:38:15.02\00:38:17.49
"His body was like the beryl,
00:38:17.53\00:38:20.46
and his face as the
appearance of lightning,
00:38:20.50\00:38:23.06
and his eyes as lamps of fire,
00:38:23.10\00:38:25.77
and his arms as
the feet like in color
00:38:25.80\00:38:28.40
too polished brass,
and the voice of his words
00:38:28.44\00:38:32.27
like the voice of a multitude."
00:38:32.31\00:38:34.91
Jesus is actually
pictured in Daniel 10
00:38:34.94\00:38:39.95
very similarly as
he is in Revelation 1.
00:38:39.98\00:38:46.45
And we can see, later,
we'll look at this more
00:38:46.49\00:38:49.49
when we get into Daniel
10, I'm sorry Revelation 10.
00:38:49.52\00:38:53.63
We can see that
there's a correlation
00:38:53.66\00:38:55.20
between the Book of Daniel
and the Book of Revelation.
00:38:55.23\00:38:59.80
Jesus is pictured
the same way in Daniel 10
00:38:59.83\00:39:03.24
as he's
pictured in Revelation 1,
00:39:03.27\00:39:05.97
because John wanted you to know
00:39:06.01\00:39:09.41
that he's correlating this book
with the sister or brother book
00:39:09.44\00:39:14.58
to Revelation
called Daniel, okay.
00:39:14.62\00:39:17.89
I guess because
Daniel is a male name,
00:39:17.92\00:39:19.55
Daniel would be
the brother book,
00:39:19.59\00:39:21.12
maybe I'm just saying.
00:39:21.16\00:39:23.83
So he says there in verse 15,
00:39:23.86\00:39:28.60
"Not only was this
feat like fine brass,
00:39:28.63\00:39:31.30
as if they burned in a
furnace" which we know.
00:39:31.33\00:39:34.80
There was a furnace
in the Old Testament.
00:39:34.84\00:39:38.21
The furnace that
contained three young men.
00:39:38.24\00:39:42.91
Those three men were named
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.
00:39:42.94\00:39:49.35
And I remember that
that furnace contained
00:39:49.38\00:39:53.22
those three young men
00:39:53.25\00:39:55.12
and one other
person, who was that?
00:39:55.16\00:39:58.36
The Son of God, Jesus Christ.
00:39:58.39\00:40:01.73
And could you guess
why his feet were burned
00:40:01.76\00:40:05.23
as though they were
burned in a furnace,
00:40:05.27\00:40:07.54
because he had been with
Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah
00:40:07.57\00:40:12.41
with those three young
Hebrews in the furnace himself.
00:40:12.44\00:40:17.71
I love it.
00:40:17.75\00:40:19.08
Also, if you turn to Amos 9,
00:40:19.11\00:40:22.68
I'll go there
quickly and I'll read it.
00:40:22.72\00:40:24.62
But Amos has an
interesting verse.
00:40:24.65\00:40:27.76
Amos 9:1, "I saw the Lord
00:40:27.79\00:40:32.56
standing upon the
altar, and he said,
00:40:32.59\00:40:36.80
Smite the lintel of the
door, that the posts may shake,
00:40:36.83\00:40:40.70
and cut them in
the head, all of them.
00:40:40.74\00:40:42.37
And I will slay the
last of them with the sword,
00:40:42.40\00:40:45.07
he that fleeth of
them shall not flee away,
00:40:45.11\00:40:47.98
and he did escapeth of
them shall not be delivered."
00:40:48.01\00:40:52.31
So what's interesting
here is the Lord is standing
00:40:52.35\00:40:55.32
up on the altar.
00:40:55.35\00:40:57.09
There are some
translations which will say
00:40:57.12\00:40:59.39
the Lord is
standing beside the altar.
00:40:59.42\00:41:02.72
But you can look at
the literal translations,
00:41:02.76\00:41:06.66
and a lot of them
say up on the altar.
00:41:06.70\00:41:09.36
I like to think in
Amos 9 that the Lord
00:41:09.40\00:41:12.13
is actually
standing on the brazen altar.
00:41:12.17\00:41:16.74
And if He's
standing on the brazen altar,
00:41:16.77\00:41:19.44
it would make sense
that He has brazen feet
00:41:19.47\00:41:22.28
as though they are
burned in a furnace
00:41:22.31\00:41:24.38
in Revelation 1:15.
00:41:24.41\00:41:26.98
Would it not? Amen.
00:41:27.02\00:41:29.18
So it says in verse 15,
00:41:29.22\00:41:32.62
his voice was as the
sound of many waters.
00:41:32.65\00:41:35.26
Again, was there water
used in the Old Testament
00:41:35.29\00:41:37.29
sanctuary service?
00:41:37.33\00:41:39.19
We read about it
earlier in the laver, right?
00:41:39.23\00:41:41.83
But when he speaks, it
says the sound of many waters.
00:41:41.86\00:41:46.17
Think about this for a second.
00:41:46.20\00:41:47.70
You ever been to the ocean?
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.97
I just had the pleasure
00:41:50.01\00:41:51.34
of being on a
vacation with my family.
00:41:51.37\00:41:52.71
We were driving up
along the one highway
00:41:52.74\00:41:55.41
on the west coast of California.
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.88
And on the one, we're
going through Big Sur.
00:41:57.91\00:42:01.65
What a beautiful place.
00:42:01.68\00:42:03.55
There was so many
times I wanted to stop,
00:42:03.59\00:42:05.12
in fact, I did, my
family was so merciful,
00:42:05.15\00:42:07.69
they allowed me to
stop and get out of the car.
00:42:07.72\00:42:09.69
Take video, and
listen to the sounds
00:42:09.72\00:42:11.43
and just hear the
amazing power of the ocean.
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.30
But as you're
standing up on those cliffs,
00:42:14.33\00:42:16.03
you're looking
down, you're seeing
00:42:16.06\00:42:18.07
the vast ocean before you,
00:42:18.10\00:42:20.10
you're seeing those
waves come rolling in
00:42:20.14\00:42:21.87
and crashing against
those beautiful rocks.
00:42:21.90\00:42:25.07
And you're thinking the
voice of the almighty sounds
00:42:25.11\00:42:29.51
like the voice of many waters.
00:42:29.54\00:42:32.38
You can go through
Old Testament scripture
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.15
after scripture in the Psalms,
and in so many other places
00:42:34.18\00:42:37.12
where the Holy Bible
talks about the voice of God
00:42:37.15\00:42:40.86
sounding like many waters.
00:42:40.89\00:42:45.16
And if you were to stand
or stood next to the ocean,
00:42:45.19\00:42:48.36
and you've seen the power,
and you've heard the sound
00:42:48.40\00:42:51.17
of those waves and
the wind, you realize
00:42:51.20\00:42:53.67
God must be big.
00:42:53.70\00:42:59.37
So here when it
says in verse 15,
00:42:59.41\00:43:01.04
he had the voice as
the sound of many waters.
00:43:01.08\00:43:04.71
We again are referred to
the waters of the sanctuary
00:43:04.75\00:43:08.02
in the Old Testament.
00:43:08.05\00:43:09.85
Now it says there in verse 16.
00:43:09.88\00:43:13.62
"He had in his
right hand seven stars:
00:43:13.66\00:43:16.89
out of his mouth went
a sharp twoedged sword:
00:43:16.93\00:43:19.29
and his
countenance was as the sun
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.03
shining in his strength."
00:43:21.06\00:43:22.80
In his right
hand were seven stars,
00:43:22.83\00:43:25.63
I'm telling you,
there is way too much
00:43:25.67\00:43:27.64
to cover in this section.
00:43:27.67\00:43:30.57
There is more in the notes
that I will not be able to go to
00:43:30.61\00:43:33.98
or go through today,
00:43:34.01\00:43:35.41
so feel free to
go through the notes
00:43:35.44\00:43:37.48
and you will find more there.
00:43:37.51\00:43:39.01
But when it talks
about holding the seven stars
00:43:39.05\00:43:42.68
in His right hand, not
only is it his right hand,
00:43:42.72\00:43:46.65
but it's seven
stars in His right hand.
00:43:46.69\00:43:49.19
I won't go
through all the verses
00:43:49.22\00:43:50.56
that talk about God's salvation
00:43:50.59\00:43:52.79
in His right hand, His
power in his right hand,
00:43:52.83\00:43:56.16
His strength in his
right hand, I will uphold you
00:43:56.20\00:43:59.40
with the right hand
of My righteousness.
00:43:59.43\00:44:01.70
God's right hand
is powerful to save.
00:44:01.74\00:44:06.07
So not only is that
it is in right hand,
00:44:06.11\00:44:08.24
he's holding seven
stars in his right hand.
00:44:08.28\00:44:10.65
Have you ever thought
about why the Bible teaches
00:44:10.68\00:44:12.88
about seven stars, what is this?
00:44:12.91\00:44:15.45
Well, notice,
there are some verses,
00:44:15.48\00:44:18.05
I'll just read them to you.
00:44:18.09\00:44:19.42
Job 8 and verses...
00:44:19.45\00:44:22.22
I'm sorry, Job 9:8 through 9,
00:44:22.26\00:44:26.13
talking about God, "Which
alone spreads out the heavens,
00:44:26.16\00:44:29.96
and treads upon
the waves of the sea.
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.83
Which makes
Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades,
00:44:32.87\00:44:38.54
and the chambers of the south."
00:44:38.57\00:44:41.34
Anybody know
what the Pleiades is?
00:44:41.38\00:44:45.01
It's a constellation
made up of how many stars?
00:44:45.05\00:44:48.75
Made up of seven stars.
00:44:48.78\00:44:50.99
You can look in the
Hebrew, in the Book of Job
00:44:51.02\00:44:54.16
and find out that
the Hebrew lettering
00:44:54.19\00:44:55.76
will give you the definition
that this is referring to
00:44:55.79\00:44:58.29
the Seven Stars Constellation.
00:44:58.33\00:45:02.03
So in Job 38:31,
00:45:02.06\00:45:05.87
God asked Job the question,
00:45:05.90\00:45:09.24
"Can you bind
the sweet influences
00:45:09.27\00:45:11.07
of Pleiades, or
loose the bands of Orion?"
00:45:11.11\00:45:16.04
Again, he
refers to the Pleiades,
00:45:16.08\00:45:17.95
the seven stars.
00:45:17.98\00:45:19.71
In Amos 5:8,
00:45:19.75\00:45:22.08
"Seek him that makes
the seven stars and Orion,
00:45:22.12\00:45:26.52
and turns the shadow
of death into the morning,
00:45:26.55\00:45:29.06
and makes the
day dark with night,
00:45:29.09\00:45:30.79
and calls for the
waters of the sea,
00:45:30.83\00:45:32.73
and pours them out
upon the face of the earth.
00:45:32.76\00:45:34.93
The Lord is his name."
00:45:34.96\00:45:38.73
So the seven stars are
referred to three times
00:45:38.77\00:45:41.50
in the Book of Revelation.
00:45:41.54\00:45:42.87
We're gonna look
just now at this one,
00:45:42.90\00:45:44.47
but you can see
that the constellation
00:45:44.51\00:45:47.24
of the seven stars is
referred to in the Bible.
00:45:47.28\00:45:50.58
But also, we see
that these seven stars
00:45:50.61\00:45:52.78
are in the right hand of Christ.
00:45:52.81\00:45:55.85
What that saying
is God is big enough
00:45:55.88\00:45:57.72
to hold the
universe in his hand, okay.
00:45:57.75\00:46:00.59
But not only that,
but the seven stars
00:46:00.62\00:46:02.79
as we read
earlier in Revelation 1:20
00:46:02.82\00:46:06.26
are the seven messengers
to the seven churches, okay.
00:46:06.29\00:46:11.90
The messengers,
the word "messenger"
00:46:11.93\00:46:14.20
can be translated as
angel, to the angels,
00:46:14.24\00:46:16.44
or messengers to
the seven churches.
00:46:16.47\00:46:19.57
The messengers to
the seven churches
00:46:19.61\00:46:21.44
are the one that give
the message, the pastors,
00:46:21.48\00:46:23.98
the speakers, the
elders, the bishops
00:46:24.01\00:46:25.81
that are in the churches.
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.18
Those are the ones that
God is saying, is holding,
00:46:27.22\00:46:29.68
He is holding in His right hand.
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.35
He has the speakers that
are willing to speak truth
00:46:31.39\00:46:35.96
in His hand for the
purpose of spreading the truth
00:46:35.99\00:46:40.33
because by the
truth we are transformed.
00:46:40.36\00:46:44.83
We can see that in Corinthians.
00:46:44.87\00:46:46.74
We can also know that
in John 17:17, Jesus says,
00:46:46.77\00:46:50.77
sanctify My
disciples by Your truth.
00:46:50.81\00:46:54.44
Oh, Father, Your word is truth.
00:46:54.48\00:46:58.88
Do you think it's important
that Christ's messengers
00:46:58.91\00:47:01.28
speak truth?
00:47:01.32\00:47:02.65
Yes. Absolutely.
00:47:02.68\00:47:04.32
And so that's why Christ
is pictured as all, or seven,
00:47:04.35\00:47:07.89
the complete
number of the messengers
00:47:07.92\00:47:10.49
are in His right hand of power.
00:47:10.53\00:47:13.43
That verses is
big, that verse is huge,
00:47:13.46\00:47:16.16
don't pass by it
thinking you understand it.
00:47:16.20\00:47:18.13
I keep and we'll
keep studying this verse.
00:47:18.17\00:47:21.30
So he had in His
right hand seven stars,
00:47:21.34\00:47:23.91
and out of his mouth
went a sharp twoedged sword.
00:47:23.94\00:47:27.91
Now the twoedged
sword, we know one verse
00:47:27.94\00:47:30.91
that we commonly
refer to but let's see
00:47:30.95\00:47:33.28
a couple of
other verses that refer
00:47:33.31\00:47:34.95
to the twoedged sword.
00:47:34.98\00:47:36.82
First, Psalm 149:5 through 6,
00:47:36.85\00:47:41.42
"Let the saints
be joyful in glory,
00:47:41.46\00:47:44.76
let them sing
aloud upon their beds.
00:47:44.79\00:47:47.93
Let the high praises
of God be in their mouth,
00:47:47.96\00:47:51.33
and a twoedged
sword in their hand."
00:47:51.37\00:47:55.30
Wait a minute, whoa!
00:47:55.34\00:47:56.77
Let him glory, be
joyful, sing upon your bed,
00:47:56.81\00:48:01.61
sing high praises
come out of their mouths,
00:48:01.64\00:48:04.15
and then a twoedged
sharp sword in their hand?
00:48:04.18\00:48:07.45
That sounds
little weird, doesn't it?
00:48:07.48\00:48:10.35
Jump down to
Proverbs 5:3 through 4,
00:48:10.39\00:48:14.19
"The lips of a strange
woman drop as an honeycomb,
00:48:14.22\00:48:17.33
and her mouth is
smoother than oil.
00:48:17.36\00:48:19.83
But her end is
bitter as wormwood,
00:48:19.86\00:48:22.56
sharp as a twoedged sword."
00:48:22.60\00:48:26.03
So you can either have praise
00:48:26.07\00:48:27.77
with a twoedged
sword in your hand,
00:48:27.80\00:48:29.14
or you can be a deceitful woman
00:48:29.17\00:48:31.11
with a twoedged sword
00:48:31.14\00:48:32.54
coming out of
your mouth if you will.
00:48:32.57\00:48:33.98
The words are
like a twoedged sword.
00:48:34.01\00:48:37.78
Hebrews 4:12, the Bible says,
00:48:37.81\00:48:41.85
"For the word of the
Lord is quick, and powerful,
00:48:41.88\00:48:44.59
sharper than any twoedged sword,
00:48:44.62\00:48:47.56
piercing even to dividing
asunder of soul and spirit,
00:48:47.59\00:48:52.06
and of the joints and marrow,
00:48:52.09\00:48:54.13
it is a
discerner of the thoughts
00:48:54.16\00:48:56.16
and the intents of the heart."
00:48:56.20\00:48:58.87
The Bible says in
the Book of Revelation,
00:48:58.90\00:49:01.17
that Christ will come and smite
the nations with the earth,
00:49:01.20\00:49:05.07
smite the nations
with a rod of iron,
00:49:05.11\00:49:07.48
and he will have
a sword coming forth
00:49:07.51\00:49:09.94
out of his mouth referring to,
00:49:09.98\00:49:12.08
not the deceitful woman's words,
00:49:12.11\00:49:15.05
but the high praise, and
also the words of the Lord.
00:49:15.08\00:49:19.12
You see, God is gonna
have that powerful word
00:49:19.15\00:49:21.86
coming out of His mouth.
00:49:21.89\00:49:23.22
So here in the Revelation 1:16,
when it talks about the word
00:49:23.26\00:49:28.03
or rather the
sharp twoedged sword
00:49:28.06\00:49:29.66
coming out of His mouth,
00:49:29.70\00:49:31.47
it's referring to the
high praise of His Father
00:49:31.50\00:49:34.00
that we can read about
while He was on the earth,
00:49:34.04\00:49:36.47
but also the Word of the Lord.
00:49:36.50\00:49:39.07
The Bible says His
countenance was as the sun
00:49:39.11\00:49:42.28
shining in its strength.
00:49:42.31\00:49:44.88
The sun shining
upon God's people
00:49:44.91\00:49:48.72
all through the Old
Testament has been something
00:49:48.75\00:49:51.99
that has been
coveted, something requested,
00:49:52.02\00:49:54.89
required for
the blessing of God.
00:49:54.92\00:49:57.69
Notice, one of the praises,
one of the priestly praises
00:49:57.73\00:50:00.60
of the Old Testament in
Numbers 6:24 through 26,
00:50:00.63\00:50:04.90
"The LORD bless
thee, and keep thee.
00:50:04.93\00:50:07.04
The LORD make his
face shine upon thee,
00:50:07.07\00:50:09.30
and be gracious unto thee.
00:50:09.34\00:50:11.21
The LORD lift up His
countenance upon thee,
00:50:11.24\00:50:13.61
and give thee peace."
00:50:13.64\00:50:15.51
See, the Lord's countenance
being lifted up upon somebody
00:50:15.54\00:50:18.31
was the prayer of the
priests upon God's people.
00:50:18.35\00:50:21.25
So here when it says that
His countenance was as the sun
00:50:21.28\00:50:23.82
shining in its strength,
where does the sun not shine?
00:50:23.85\00:50:28.12
The sun is powerful, is it not?
00:50:28.16\00:50:31.23
In Psalm 46, I'm
sorry, Psalm 4:6,
00:50:31.26\00:50:35.76
"There be many that say,
who will show us any good?
00:50:35.80\00:50:39.63
LORD, lift thou up the light
of thy countenance upon us."
00:50:39.67\00:50:45.61
So when you're feeling
low, you need the light
00:50:45.64\00:50:48.38
of the countenance
of the Lord upon you.
00:50:48.41\00:50:50.65
And so we can see
here in Revelation 1,
00:50:50.68\00:50:52.85
God's countenance
is upon His people.
00:50:52.88\00:50:55.52
Now, I wonder, was there a
shining of God's countenance
00:50:55.55\00:50:59.62
in the Old Testament
sanctuary, yes or no?
00:50:59.65\00:51:03.59
In the most holy place,
there was the Shekinah glory,
00:51:03.63\00:51:07.73
the glory of God.
00:51:07.76\00:51:09.10
Psalm 80:1 talks
about the shining glory
00:51:09.13\00:51:12.53
being between the two cherubim,
00:51:12.57\00:51:14.50
shining forth the
glories of the Lord.
00:51:14.54\00:51:17.94
Now, I would
like to take a moment
00:51:17.97\00:51:20.58
to just get a big
picture of the Revelation.
00:51:20.61\00:51:24.11
We've looked at
some of the details,
00:51:24.15\00:51:25.61
and we've seen all
the characteristics
00:51:25.65\00:51:27.22
that are
mentioned here of Christ
00:51:27.25\00:51:29.28
as being those relative
00:51:29.32\00:51:31.72
directly to the sanctuary, okay.
00:51:31.75\00:51:35.82
But what this is
doing in Revelation 1,
00:51:35.86\00:51:39.36
it's showing you
a picture of Christ
00:51:39.39\00:51:42.40
which is preparatory
to seven churches, okay.
00:51:42.43\00:51:46.67
Because what
comes after chapter 1,
00:51:46.70\00:51:49.00
the seven churches of
chapter 2 and 3, right?
00:51:49.04\00:51:52.07
So we have a picture of
Christ that we just looked at
00:51:52.11\00:51:54.64
and then seven churches.
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Now, the next section
after the seven churches
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is a picture of
Christ in chapter 4 and 5
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and then seven seals.
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After the seals, you
have a picture of Christ
00:52:06.62\00:52:09.72
in chapter 8 and
in seven trumpets.
00:52:09.76\00:52:13.29
That takes you all the
way to the end of chapter 11.
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So we've just seen
the Book of Revelation
00:52:17.20\00:52:19.33
in pretty good
detail in chapter 1.
00:52:19.37\00:52:21.54
We haven't
covered all the details,
00:52:21.57\00:52:23.10
but what we really know is
this is a picture of Jesus,
00:52:23.14\00:52:27.48
preparatory to seven churches.
00:52:27.51\00:52:29.34
Followed by
another picture of Jesus
00:52:29.38\00:52:32.45
going before the seven seals.
00:52:32.48\00:52:36.02
Followed by the picture of Jesus
00:52:36.05\00:52:38.65
which is going
before the seven trumpets.
00:52:38.69\00:52:41.46
So picture of
Jesus, seven churches,
00:52:41.49\00:52:44.63
picture of Jesus, seven seals,
00:52:44.66\00:52:47.00
picture of
Jesus, seven trumpets,
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that's the first half of
the Book of Revelation, okay.
00:52:49.30\00:52:53.54
If you haven't seen
it before, that to you
00:52:53.57\00:52:56.04
is probably gonna be a
Revelation of like, wow,
00:52:56.07\00:52:58.74
I think I see the first
half of the Book of Revelation
00:52:58.77\00:53:01.11
kind of in a
pictorial or in a pattern,
00:53:01.14\00:53:04.61
okay, a pictorial
sense of a pattern.
00:53:04.65\00:53:06.48
That's what it is.
00:53:06.51\00:53:07.85
It's trying to
illustrate something.
00:53:07.88\00:53:09.42
It's trying to illustrate that
Christ is the one ministering
00:53:09.45\00:53:13.76
during the time of
the seven churches,
00:53:13.79\00:53:15.32
Christ is the one ministering
00:53:15.36\00:53:16.69
during the time
of the seven seals,
00:53:16.73\00:53:18.26
Christ is the one ministering
00:53:18.29\00:53:19.63
during the time of
the seven trumpets, okay.
00:53:19.66\00:53:22.33
And we're gonna see
more fully as we continue
00:53:22.36\00:53:25.47
when we study the
churches next time,
00:53:25.50\00:53:28.17
but we'll continue
on with chapter 4 and 5
00:53:28.20\00:53:31.37
the next time.
00:53:31.41\00:53:33.54
So now go back to Revelation 1,
00:53:33.58\00:53:36.28
I'm gonna have to cover
this stuff really quickly.
00:53:36.31\00:53:38.88
I'm on a time limit here.
00:53:38.91\00:53:40.58
Verse 1, 17, or
chapter 1, verse 17,
00:53:40.62\00:53:44.85
"When I saw him,"
00:53:44.89\00:53:46.42
so all these characteristics
that we're just mentioned
00:53:46.45\00:53:48.29
between verses 12 and
16, "When I saw him..."
00:53:48.32\00:53:52.96
First, I was looking
for the voice, but then
00:53:52.99\00:53:54.86
"When I saw him, I
fell at his feet as dead."
00:53:54.90\00:54:01.84
John had turned
around to see the voice.
00:54:01.87\00:54:05.67
He recognizes it's
Jesus, and I wonder
00:54:05.71\00:54:08.94
if he became weak
and just passed out.
00:54:08.98\00:54:12.28
He fell to the earth
as though he were dead,
00:54:12.31\00:54:15.68
he was seeing his
friend Jesus again.
00:54:15.72\00:54:22.09
So it says in verse
17, "When I saw him,
00:54:22.12\00:54:24.19
I fell at his feet as dead.
00:54:24.23\00:54:26.33
And he laid his right
hand upon me, saying unto me,
00:54:26.36\00:54:30.03
Fear not, I, Jesus Christ,
00:54:30.07\00:54:34.04
I am the first and the last."
00:54:34.07\00:54:37.47
Just what we read
about in verse 11,
00:54:37.51\00:54:39.47
I am Alpha and Omega,
00:54:39.51\00:54:41.11
the first and the last
Jesus is being referred to.
00:54:41.14\00:54:44.01
And that same Alpha
and Omega is in verse 8,
00:54:44.05\00:54:47.12
the beginning and the ending
which the one that was is,
00:54:47.15\00:54:50.59
and the one
that was, and the one
00:54:50.62\00:54:52.05
that is to come, the Almighty.
00:54:52.09\00:54:55.32
So again, Christ and the Father
can be named the one that is,
00:54:55.36\00:54:58.83
and was, and is to
come, the Alpha and the Omega,
00:54:58.86\00:55:02.43
the first and last,
the beginning and the end.
00:55:02.46\00:55:04.80
So here he says, I'm
the first and the last.
00:55:04.83\00:55:07.37
Verse 18, it says,
"I am he that lives,
00:55:07.40\00:55:11.04
and was dead, and, behold,
I am alive for evermore,"
00:55:11.07\00:55:15.41
it says in the
middle of verse 18,
00:55:15.44\00:55:19.48
"Amen, I have the
keys of hell and of death."
00:55:19.51\00:55:24.95
Now I want to share
something with you real quick.
00:55:24.99\00:55:27.99
It says in verse
18, I am he that lives
00:55:28.02\00:55:31.49
and was dead, I am
alive for evermore.
00:55:31.53\00:55:36.40
I have the keys
of hell and of death.
00:55:36.43\00:55:39.60
Notice what it's
talking about here
00:55:39.63\00:55:42.14
is the death and the
resurrection of Christ
00:55:42.17\00:55:46.78
in several
different ways, is it not?
00:55:46.81\00:55:50.15
So what's interesting
about this chapter is
00:55:50.18\00:55:53.42
it's talking about the
death, burial, and resurrection,
00:55:53.45\00:55:58.05
more in chapter 1
than any other chapter
00:55:58.09\00:56:02.36
in the Book of Revelation.
00:56:02.39\00:56:04.26
Revelation 1 talks
about the death, burial,
00:56:04.29\00:56:07.76
and resurrection more
than any other chapter
00:56:07.80\00:56:11.03
in the Book of Revelation.
00:56:11.07\00:56:13.07
And why?
00:56:13.10\00:56:14.47
I want to read you
something from the notes here.
00:56:14.50\00:56:16.87
The death, burial,
resurrection of Jesus Christ
00:56:16.91\00:56:18.84
is found in chapter 1
more than any other chapter
00:56:18.87\00:56:21.11
in the Revelation.
00:56:21.14\00:56:22.48
Notice in verse 5, he was
the first begotten of the dead.
00:56:22.51\00:56:25.58
In verse 5 again, He washed us
from our sin in His own blood,
00:56:25.61\00:56:29.28
that would refer to his death.
00:56:29.32\00:56:31.19
In verse 7, they
also which pierced Him.
00:56:31.22\00:56:34.86
In verse 14, He
was white like wool,
00:56:34.89\00:56:37.99
wool being from
a lamb or a sheep,
00:56:38.03\00:56:40.86
or a goat if you will.
00:56:40.90\00:56:42.33
His feet were
like unto fine brass,
00:56:42.36\00:56:44.53
and we know that in Amos 9:1,
00:56:44.57\00:56:46.60
He was standing
on the brazen altar
00:56:46.63\00:56:49.07
which was the
altar of sacrifice.
00:56:49.10\00:56:51.01
And then of course,
verse 18 talks about
00:56:51.04\00:56:53.34
I am the one that
lives and was dead.
00:56:53.38\00:56:57.45
I am alive for evermore,
I have the keys of death
00:56:57.48\00:57:01.15
or the grave, and hell, okay.
00:57:01.18\00:57:03.32
Or the hell which
is the grave and death,
00:57:03.35\00:57:06.82
that's what I should have said.
00:57:06.86\00:57:09.09
So what's
interesting about Revelation 1,
00:57:09.12\00:57:11.39
it covers the death,
burial, and resurrection
00:57:11.43\00:57:13.90
more than any
other chapter, why?
00:57:13.93\00:57:16.13
Here's why real quick.
00:57:16.16\00:57:19.57
Because the
Revelation of Jesus Christ
00:57:19.60\00:57:22.27
is laid out in such a
way that it actually covers
00:57:22.30\00:57:26.98
the entire
ceremonial feast system
00:57:27.01\00:57:32.38
chronologically, okay.
00:57:32.41\00:57:34.72
There are seven
feasts in the Old Testament.
00:57:34.75\00:57:37.95
You can read all
about them in Leviticus 23.
00:57:37.99\00:57:41.49
There's the Passover, The
Feast of Unleavened Bread,
00:57:41.52\00:57:44.59
there's the Wave
Sheaf, there's Pentecost,
00:57:44.63\00:57:46.76
there's the
Trumpets, the Day of Atonement,
00:57:46.80\00:57:48.56
and the Tabernacles.
00:57:48.60\00:57:50.00
The Book of
Revelation covers all of them
00:57:50.03\00:57:52.63
in chronological order.
00:57:52.67\00:57:54.64
Chapter 1 deals with
the first three, okay.
00:57:54.67\00:57:58.57
The first one being
Passover, then Unleavened Bread,
00:57:58.61\00:58:02.44
and then the Wave Sheaf,
00:58:02.48\00:58:03.81
all of them referring
specifically to the death,
00:58:03.85\00:58:05.91
burial, and
resurrection of Christ Jesus.
00:58:05.95\00:58:08.08
Chapter one covers
all three of the first.
00:58:08.12\00:58:10.62
And then
Pentecost, we read about
00:58:10.65\00:58:12.55
in chapters 4 and 5.
00:58:12.59\00:58:15.22
Don't forget to look at
RevelationWithDaniel.com
00:58:15.26\00:58:17.89
and please, continue
to pray for this series.
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