Welcome to the 3ABN
Spring Camp Meeting:
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The Three Angels' Messages.
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Hello! I just want to welcome
you to 3ABN Spring Camp Meeting
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2018. I'm Jill
Morikone and we are so glad
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that you have joined us at
home. Haven't we been having
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an incredible Camp
Meeting experience?
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Amen! Amen. I
know my own heart has
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been blessed by
the anointed messages
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from the Word of God.
We are in the middle of our
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journey through
Revelation chapter 14:
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the three angels' messages.
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And tonight's message is
the third angel's message:
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the mark of the beast.
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Our speaker this
evening is Elder Jay Gallimore.
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He has been president
of the Michigan Conference
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for 27 years.
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He recently
retired from that position.
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It seems like
almost my whole life
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I remember Elder
Gallimore being president
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of the Michigan Conference.
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Before that he was
executive secretary
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and he also served
as ministerial director.
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And then prior to that he
was a pastor for 18 years.
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The thing I love the
most about Elder Gallimore
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is he is a man of God.
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He's a man of principle.
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A man who stands by conviction.
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A man of the Word.
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And he's a servant leader.
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And so we are so blessed to
have him with us this evening.
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Before he comes
Brother Tim Parton
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will be
ministering to us on the piano.
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And we are invited to join
him in worship this evening.
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The song he will be
bringing, leading us in,
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is His Name Is Wonderful.
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Tim Parton, of
course, is general manager of
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3ABN's Praise
Him! music channel.
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And we're so blessed by
his ministry - music ministry -
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here. And Greg and I just
count you as a wonderful friend
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in the Lord and we're so
thankful you're part of the
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3ABN team. After Tim
Parton leads us in worship
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the next voice you will
hear is that of our pastor
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and friend Elder Jay Gallimore.
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The prophet Isaiah declared
that His name would be called
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Wonderful
Counselor, the Mighty God,
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Eternal Father, Prince of Peace.
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And if ever anyone
has lived up to their name
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my Savior and Lord Jesus Christ
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has lived up to those names.
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So I encourage you
to worship the Lord
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as we sing this song.
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Amen!
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Thank you, Tim.
Thank you so very much
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for that
beautiful beautiful number.
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Didn't you love that?
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My! I was blessed by that just
being able to sit back there...
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not sit back there...
stand back there and listen
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to that. It's a
perfect lead-in tonight.
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The topic tonight is
the mark of the beast.
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For many people
it's a scary thing.
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People know about
this everywhere by the way.
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You can't go hardly anywhere
unless you mention the words
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666 or the mark of
the beast and people...
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I was going through a
cash register one time
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and my total - I'm not
saying this to be funny -
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just the way it was.
My total came up to $6.66.
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And the lady
looked at me and she said:
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"Don't you want to
buy something else? "
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I said: No, because
I'm not superstitious. "
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We have a wonderful Lord. Amen!
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I tell you: this is a
really serious subject.
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It is a sobering subject.
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In fact, I don't know of
another subject more sobering
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than this.
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In my own series I
take almost three nights
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to do this, so I'm not
going to do three nights,
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of course, so I'm not going to
be able to cover every nuance.
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You have to understand
that. Viewing audience as well.
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But the mark of the beast...
You don't have to be a rocket
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scientist to get this.
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This is not all that hard.
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There's some key points,
and I hope that when you leave
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you'll be able to share it with
somebody. 'Cause the whole world
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needs to know about
this. The Lord is coming,
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and He gave us this in order
to prepare us for the coming
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of the Lord. And this is a
message not just for Adventists.
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It's for Muslims; it's
for Catholics; it's for Jews.
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It's for Protestants;
it's for Evangelicals.
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It's for all of us... because
Jesus is King and Lord of all
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of us. It's for
the atheist, too.
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For the evolutionist...
it's for everybody.
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So if you have your Bibles
tonight and you don't mind
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taking them with me, we're going
to get right into the Word.
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And I want to go
to II Thessalonians
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and that's where
we're going to start.
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Chapter 2. And the Apostle Paul
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verse 3: "Let no one
deceive you by any means,
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for that day... " meaning
the coming of the Lord...
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"will not come unless
the falling away comes first
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and the man of sin is
revealed, the son of perdition
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who opposes and exalts himself
above all that is called God
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or that is worshiped so that
he sits in the temple of God
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showing himself
that he is God. "
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Paul is saying that there is...
within the Christian church
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there is coming a falling away.
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Something within the Christian
church - a man of sin - is going
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to rise up, and when he does
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he's going to be as it were
sitting in the temple of God
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and taking on characteristics
that only belong to God.
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That's a prophecy at that point
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but that prophecy
would be fulfilled.
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Now I want to go over
to the book of Revelation
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and I'd like to go to chapter
5. And while you're going there
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to chapter 5 I want
to give you a picture
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of this. The Bible says
that this is a revelation
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of Jesus Christ
so it can't be secret
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or it can't be
something you can't understand.
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In the first chapter
we get a picture of Jesus
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moving through the
heavenly sanctuary.
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In fact, the whole book
of Revelation is a picture
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of Jesus moving
through the heavenly sanctuary.
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Now I don't have time tonight
to talk about the sanctuary
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except that the Jewish
sanctuary is a reflection
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of the heavenly. And the
first place that you see Jesus
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is at the candlesticks.
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And the next place that
you see Jesus in chapter 4
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is at I think it's
the table of Shewbread.
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Doesn't actually say
that, and I don't have time
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to give you the
scriptural evidence on it
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but the table of Shewbread
represents the throne of God.
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And by the way,
that throne can move.
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Remember these
are symbolic pictures.
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There's a reality of
the heavenly sanctuary
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but we want to keep in
mind that the book of Revelation
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is filled with symbols. And
they're not hard to understand
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really. And then the
next time we see Him at the
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altar of incense. So
He's moving through the...
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Then... then...
watch this. In chapter 11
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and I need to go... I
was going to go to 5 first
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so before I get to
11 let's go to 5...
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chapter 5... 'cause
I want you to see this.
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And I want you
to look at verse 6.
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"And I looked and behold
in the midst of the throne
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of the four living creatures
and the midst of the elders
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stood a Lamb as
though it had been slain
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having seven horns, seven eyes,
which are the seven spirits of
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God which go
throughout all the earth. "
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This picture of
Jesus... He's the symbol
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of this animal, a Lamb...
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but the Lamb has been slain.
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But He's not dead.
Isn't that good news?
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So He's a
resurrected Lamb if you please.
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He's a living Lamb;
we serve a living Christ!
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Amen! Not a dead Christ.
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And He had seven horns.
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And those horns - this
Lamb with seven horns -
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that's been
slain and resurrected
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is going to take on
the great red fiery dragon.
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How about that?
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And He wins!
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And that's the good news. Amen!
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I want that Lamb
to win in my heart
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and I want Him to
win in your heart. Amen!
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Now if you go to chapter 11
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almost it's kind of the
introduction to chapter 12
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verse 19: "Then the
temple of God was open in heaven
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and the ark of His
covenant was seen in His temple
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and there were
lightning's, noises, thunders,
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and an
earthquake and great hail. "
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So now we're out of that first
compartment of the sanctuary
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and we are moving through
time in the heavenly sanctuary
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and now we're introduced
to the Holy of Holies.
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In the Holy of Holies
is the ark of the covenant.
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It has two major points
and it has a mercy seat.
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Aren't you glad
for that tonight?
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AND it has the Ten
Commandments. That's right!
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So when you talk
about the Ten Commandments
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and those that keep
the commandments of God
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it is in the context
of the heavenly sanctuary
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and it can be none other than
the Ten Commandments that God
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wrote with His own finger.
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By the way, people ought not to
mess with the Ten Commandments.
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I don't care if
you're an Adventist;
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I don't care if you're
a Baptist or a Protestant
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or a Catholic... I
don't care who you are.
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Don't mess with
God's Ten Commandments
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'cause I think the
Ten Commandments matter.
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Amen! I think they matter a lot
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or they wouldn't be in this
place underneath the mercy seat.
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The whole issue is to
get everybody back in harmony
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with the Ten Commandments.
And let me just take a real side
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quick - real quick - here.
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Those Ten Commandments are not
something that God just came up
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with arbitrary and said:
"I just kind of like this one,
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I like this one. I'll
put that one. We'll make
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these the rules
for the human race. "
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These according to the
Apostle Paul Romans chapter 7
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are essential for life. Amen!
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They're not arbitrary.
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Every one of those Ten
Commandments make it possible
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for life to exist. You
break them you bring death.
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And what the mercy seat
is all about is bringing us
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back into harmony with
the harmony of the universe.
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By the way, when
the universe plays music
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it's beautiful. It's in harmony.
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All right. Now
let's go to chapter 12.
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I'm not going to take
time to read chapter 12
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because if you don't mind
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I'm going to just
describe some things there.
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You follow me in chapter
12 but I'm going to use my own
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paraphrasing
words if you don't mind.
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The picture here that opens up
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is this woman who's
clothed with the sun,
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crown of stars,
moon under her feet.
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But she's unique in
this sense and this picture
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that she's expecting a child.
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Now that flashes you
right back to Genesis
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where God promised Eve
that she would have a Seed -
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one Seed someday - that
would crush the serpent's head
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that had brought all
this misery on all of us.
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And so she's getting
ready to have this child
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and then appears in this
scene a great red fiery dragon.
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That's a scary thing.
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And the dragon stands and
he wants to kill this child...
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devour this child.
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But he is not able to do that
because the child is caught up.
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Now I want to
ask a question or two
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because we're going to
get down to trying to identify
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some important texts
here in just a little bit.
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This great red dragon
the Bible says in chapter 12
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pre-existed this earth
and there was war in heaven
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between the great red dragon
and Michael and His angels.
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And for sake of time I
will only say that Michael
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here is a symbol of Christ
leading the forces of heaven.
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He's not a created
being - Hallelujah! -
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He's eternal. Jesus
always has been, always will be.
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He's God. By the
way, some people say:
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"We can't see your God. "
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I'm telling you:
this earth HAS seen God.
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Saw it in the living Christ.
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We've seen God in the flesh.
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And the Bible says
that this great red dragon
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is none other than
that old serpent the devil
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and Satan who
deceived the entire world.
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That's who he is.
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But let me ask a question:
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was there a great
red dragon standing there
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when they nailed
Jesus to the cross?
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You're thinkin'
about it, aren't you?
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That's good. The
answer is yes and no.
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Yes, there was a
great red dragon unseen.
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But the great red dragon doesn't
usually show up. Am I right?
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That you can see him? He
works through human agents.
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May God help us not to be an
agent of the great red dragon.
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Amen! I want to be an
agent of the Lord Jesus.
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So here is this great red
dragon, but the human agent
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that crucified Christ
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is whom?
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Well who was Pontius Pilate?
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He was the Roman
governor appointed by the Caesar
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if you please.
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Who nailed Jesus to that cross
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is Roman soldiers.
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Who put Him in essence in
that tomb and put a seal on it
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and 100 soldiers to guard it?
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Whose soldiers were those?
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This is Rome.
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The agent through whom
the great red dragon works
00:19:06.74\00:19:11.08
is Rome. That make sense?
00:19:11.28\00:19:15.45
Yes. Is that hard? No.
00:19:15.65\00:19:17.69
That's common knowledge.
00:19:17.89\00:19:19.22
Let me ask you a question:
00:19:19.35\00:19:21.02
is that rooted in
history? Yes or no?
00:19:21.22\00:19:24.09
Yes. Is that reality? Yes it is.
00:19:24.29\00:19:27.73
By the way, Jesus'
resurrection's a reality, too.
00:19:28.33\00:19:32.07
Amen! Yeah, don't
let me get into that.
00:19:32.27\00:19:36.44
But let me just say
this: there've been people that
00:19:36.64\00:19:39.47
say... Skeptics,
lawyers, these kind of people...
00:19:39.67\00:19:42.81
And they say: "Let's just
give the ancient documents
00:19:43.01\00:19:45.85
that tell us about Jesus the
same thing that we would give
00:19:46.05\00:19:48.02
to the ones that tell us about
Julius Caesar for instance. "
00:19:48.22\00:19:50.95
And there's far more evident
evidence that the resurrection
00:19:51.89\00:19:56.02
is a reality. And if the
resurrection is a reality -
00:19:56.22\00:19:59.79
and it is - and Genesis is true
00:20:00.00\00:20:02.43
and the coming of Jesus is true.
00:20:02.63\00:20:04.90
This Lamb that
was slain is alive.
00:20:05.30\00:20:08.97
So now let's go to...
let's go to chapter 13.
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No, the end of chapter 12.
00:20:17.95\00:20:20.18
So Jesus is
resurrected... He's in heaven.
00:20:20.78\00:20:24.02
The devil cannot
get his hands on Him.
00:20:24.22\00:20:27.09
So the woman represents God's
church from Eve all the way
00:20:27.49\00:20:30.99
down through. And
now what the devil does
00:20:31.19\00:20:34.76
is he persecutes God's church;
00:20:34.96\00:20:37.00
he persecutes
the church of Jesus.
00:20:37.20\00:20:39.33
There's quite a scene there
00:20:39.53\00:20:40.97
as he spews out a flood in
order to destroy the woman.
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And she goes into the
wilderness for 1,260 years...
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days it says. Day
for a year prophecy.
00:20:50.75\00:20:53.55
I can't spend time
on everything tonight.
00:20:53.75\00:20:55.92
You understand that.
And by the way, 3ABN I think
00:20:56.12\00:20:58.85
has some good Bible
studies or It Is Written
00:20:59.05\00:21:01.06
if you want to get
the details on that.
00:21:01.26\00:21:03.29
But she runs as it
were, and the Bible then says
00:21:03.59\00:21:06.43
the earth opens its
mouth and swallows the flood
00:21:06.63\00:21:11.57
and she is safe for a while.
00:21:11.97\00:21:17.47
And then it
describes the end of time.
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Now I want to tell you tonight:
we're living in the end of time.
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We're living here.
00:21:28.98\00:21:30.49
The Lord is coming.
00:21:30.89\00:21:32.92
And everything we've been
talking about for 150 years
00:21:33.12\00:21:36.39
is coming to pass in
front of our very eyes.
00:21:36.59\00:21:38.26
So those people are described
as those - verse 17- who keep
00:21:42.33\00:21:47.90
the commandments of
God. What commandments?
00:21:48.10\00:21:51.37
Has to be the ark of
the covenant commandments.
00:21:51.57\00:21:54.64
Keep the commandments of God
and have the testimony of Jesus.
00:21:54.84\00:21:58.35
And then he says: "I
stood on the seashore... "
00:21:59.55\00:22:02.72
Some versions say: "then he...
" talking about the great red...
00:22:02.92\00:22:06.39
red dragon stood on
the sand of the sea. "
00:22:06.59\00:22:08.59
Doesn't matter.
00:22:08.79\00:22:10.13
"And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea. "
00:22:10.26\00:22:13.50
Now interestingly enough,
this beast also has seven heads
00:22:13.70\00:22:16.97
and ten horns.
And the Bible says
00:22:17.17\00:22:22.30
he's like a leopard and he's got
feet like the feet of a bear,
00:22:22.50\00:22:25.67
mouth of a lion. You
can read Daniel chapter 7.
00:22:25.87\00:22:28.31
But then the key
point is in verse 2.
00:22:28.51\00:22:31.71
It says: "And the
dragon gave him his seat,
00:22:31.91\00:22:36.52
his power, and
great authority. "
00:22:36.72\00:22:39.02
So since Rome is also represen-
ted by that great red dragon
00:22:40.49\00:22:45.79
then it must be
Rome... Is this hard?
00:22:47.20\00:22:50.47
It must be Rome that
gives this new beast -
00:22:51.63\00:22:57.14
this new animal - its power,
00:22:57.34\00:23:02.28
authority, and its
seat or its throne.
00:23:02.48\00:23:06.18
Is that clear?
00:23:08.22\00:23:09.88
That means also that
this leopard-like beast
00:23:12.89\00:23:16.86
is also found in history.
00:23:17.26\00:23:20.10
And it's going to be found
somewhere as the old pagan Roman
00:23:22.70\00:23:26.94
Empire fades away.
00:23:27.14\00:23:30.67
It gets replaced if you please
00:23:30.87\00:23:34.04
by this new beast
in a different dress.
00:23:34.24\00:23:39.18
That's right! Still
has 7 heads and 10 horns.
00:23:39.41\00:23:42.62
Now I want to say something.
00:23:44.25\00:23:46.72
God is no respecter of persons
00:23:49.42\00:23:51.89
and He's no
respecter of denominations.
00:23:53.19\00:23:55.96
The book of Revelation I
think is a combination of
00:24:00.10\00:24:04.34
the truth and
lovingkindness together.
00:24:04.54\00:24:07.74
Lovingkindness and truth...
and they're not separate.
00:24:08.44\00:24:14.38
The book of
Revelation has something to say
00:24:16.55\00:24:19.09
to the Protestants...
some pretty tough things.
00:24:19.59\00:24:23.06
It has some pretty tough
things to say to Adventists.
00:24:23.36\00:24:26.06
It has some pretty tough
things to say to Catholics.
00:24:26.93\00:24:30.83
It has some pretty tough
things to say to the Muslims.
00:24:31.13\00:24:33.80
When Jesus called the
Pharisees "whited sepulchers"
00:24:36.04\00:24:41.31
He did it with
tears in His voice.
00:24:41.51\00:24:43.61
But did He love them?
Tell me... did He love them?
00:24:43.81\00:24:46.55
Yes! Of course He did.
00:24:46.75\00:24:48.62
When John the Baptist
said "You brood of vipers..."
00:24:49.12\00:24:52.85
Tough! It's the
truth. Did he love them? Yes.
00:24:56.89\00:25:02.43
Nobody listening to me is
any better than anybody else.
00:25:05.00\00:25:08.20
This book is for all
of us; we need to hear it.
00:25:08.40\00:25:10.51
All right, so who is this
leopard beast that gets it?
00:25:11.67\00:25:16.31
So I'm going to let history
do a little answering for that.
00:25:16.51\00:25:20.35
Is that OK? Let me
give you a little...
00:25:20.55\00:25:22.35
analyze the data
here for a moment.
00:25:24.09\00:25:26.12
"The leopard beast receives
its throne of ruling authority
00:25:26.32\00:25:28.92
from the dragon. The
great red dragon acts
00:25:29.12\00:25:31.39
through his
human agent pagan Rome.
00:25:31.59\00:25:33.29
Pagan Rome gives the leopard
beast his seat or capitol
00:25:33.50\00:25:37.23
or ruling authority.
And since Pagan Rome gives
00:25:37.43\00:25:40.44
the leopard beast its throne
then it means the leopard beast
00:25:40.64\00:25:44.07
comes after pagan Rome.
And since pagan Rome is found
00:25:44.27\00:25:47.64
in history then the leopard
beast from the sea must also be
00:25:47.84\00:25:50.71
found in history following
on the heels of pagan Rome. "
00:25:50.91\00:25:53.58
Does that make
sense? Amen! All right.
00:25:53.78\00:25:55.28
Here's history.
This is, by the way,
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.89
an outstanding,
renown English historian:
00:25:58.09\00:26:00.42
Stanley's History.
"The popes filled the place
00:26:00.62\00:26:04.66
of the vacant emperors at Rome
00:26:04.86\00:26:07.20
inheriting their power,
prestige, and titles from
00:26:07.60\00:26:11.43
paganism. Constantine
left all to the bishop of Rome.
00:26:11.63\00:26:16.44
The papacy is but the ghost
of the deceased Roman Empire
00:26:16.84\00:26:21.04
sitting crowned
upon its grave. "
00:26:21.24\00:26:24.61
Secular historian. Here's
a renown American historian.
00:26:25.01\00:26:29.42
He taught at Princeton
University. Wrote several works
00:26:32.05\00:26:35.29
on the Roman Empire
and its civilization.
00:26:35.49\00:26:37.69
This is Abbott's
Roman History page 236.
00:26:38.09\00:26:41.03
The other one was
Stanley's History page 40.
00:26:41.23\00:26:43.70
"The transfer of the emperor's
residence to Constantinople
00:26:43.90\00:26:47.07
was a sad blow to
the prestige of Rome
00:26:47.27\00:26:49.00
and at the time might have
predicted the speedy decline.
00:26:49.20\00:26:52.61
BUT the development of the
church and the growing authority
00:26:52.81\00:26:56.54
of the bishop
of Rome or the pope
00:26:56.75\00:26:58.51
gave her a new lease on
life and made her - Rome -
00:26:58.91\00:27:02.02
again the capitol. This
time, the religious capitol
00:27:02.22\00:27:05.99
of the civilized world. "
00:27:06.19\00:27:07.89
Pretty powerful.
00:27:08.29\00:27:09.66
And there's plenty
more to go with that.
00:27:10.06\00:27:11.93
But just leave it there that
this came from within the church
00:27:12.33\00:27:18.23
and now Rome passes it off.
00:27:18.43\00:27:20.84
Now let me just skip down here
00:27:21.04\00:27:23.57
and verse 6 says: "And
then he opened his mouth
00:27:23.77\00:27:27.94
in blasphemy against God
and those who dwell in heaven...
00:27:28.14\00:27:31.71
His tabernacle and
those who dwell in heaven. "
00:27:31.91\00:27:34.82
Blasphemy is a religious term
00:27:35.02\00:27:37.19
and Jesus basically was defined
of course in the New Testament
00:27:37.59\00:27:40.89
by if anyone chooses to forgive
sins because that belongs to God
00:27:41.09\00:27:44.79
alone. And if anyone
claims the prerogatives of God
00:27:44.99\00:27:49.06
that that was con-
sidered a religious blasphemy.
00:27:49.46\00:27:52.37
Do we have anything like that?
00:27:56.30\00:27:58.84
I don't think I've got...
Does that mean I've got 29 min.
00:27:59.77\00:28:04.68
left? I guess
that's what it means.
00:28:04.88\00:28:06.82
Well, let's see here. Let me
me just talk for a moment about,
00:28:07.02\00:28:10.59
let me talk for a
moment about the penetration
00:28:14.12\00:28:16.56
of paganism into Christianity.
00:28:16.76\00:28:20.26
This is Cardinal Gibbons in
his book Faith of our Fathers.
00:28:22.53\00:28:27.84
He says: "The
penetration of religion
00:28:28.34\00:28:30.81
of Babylon became so
general and well known
00:28:30.97\00:28:34.64
that Rome was
called the new Babylon. "
00:28:34.84\00:28:38.08
Now hopefully
before you're a Christian
00:28:39.01\00:28:40.55
maybe you looked
at the horoscope.
00:28:40.75\00:28:42.65
Hopefully if you're a Christian
you don't look at that.
00:28:42.85\00:28:44.82
Somebody should
have said "Amen! "
00:28:45.22\00:28:47.69
That horoscope? OK...
that's old Babylonian paganism
00:28:52.26\00:28:56.16
is what it is. And there's
a painting in the Vatican
00:28:56.36\00:28:59.57
of one of the popes
sitting under a circle with
00:28:59.77\00:29:03.57
all those astrological
paintings from Babylon there.
00:29:03.77\00:29:09.71
Just... Let me
just cut to the chase.
00:29:10.78\00:29:12.61
Babylon... they created
this astrological religion.
00:29:12.81\00:29:16.75
They believed that
there were 36 chief gods
00:29:16.95\00:29:20.16
and that there was a dragon -
00:29:20.56\00:29:24.23
a seven-headed dragon -
that ruled over the 36 gods.
00:29:24.43\00:29:28.43
How about that?
Isn't that interesting?
00:29:28.63\00:29:30.73
And then over
THAT was the sun god.
00:29:31.53\00:29:34.07
And they assigned each
one of these 36 chief gods
00:29:35.17\00:29:38.17
a number. And they said:
00:29:38.37\00:29:41.61
"Number 1, number
2... up to number 36. "
00:29:41.81\00:29:45.51
Well then they said:
"Let's add these together. "
00:29:45.91\00:29:48.45
One plus two plus three
and they keep accumulative
00:29:48.65\00:29:52.72
adding those things. And
what number do you suppose
00:29:52.92\00:29:55.22
they come up
with at the end of 36?
00:29:55.42\00:29:57.83
Six hundred and sixty-six.
00:29:58.03\00:30:00.86
Not just 666... six
hundred and sixty-six.
00:30:01.06\00:30:03.80
Fascinating. That's why they
wore... that's why they wore
00:30:04.83\00:30:09.20
emblems, charms
around their neck.
00:30:10.11\00:30:12.54
On one side it had the
sun god. On the other side
00:30:12.74\00:30:14.61
it had this table with this 36.
00:30:14.81\00:30:17.48
And any sum of any
side ended up being 666...
00:30:17.68\00:30:22.65
six hundred sixty-six.
00:30:22.85\00:30:24.49
And they thought that would
ward off those evil spirits.
00:30:24.89\00:30:30.49
Now let's look at Revelation...
Like I said, I don't have
00:30:31.53\00:30:34.56
enough time to get into every-
thing. The beast from the...
00:30:34.76\00:30:37.03
The two-horned beast... I
can't get into him tonight.
00:30:37.43\00:30:39.50
But we want to
focus in on this mark,
00:30:39.70\00:30:41.90
and I want to look if
you don't mind at verse 16.
00:30:42.10\00:30:46.94
Revelation verse 16.
"He causes all, both small
00:30:47.68\00:30:52.58
and great, rich and poor, free
and slave, to receive a mark
00:30:52.78\00:30:57.75
in the right hand
or in their foreheads
00:30:57.95\00:30:59.92
that no one may buy or
sell except he who had the mark
00:31:00.32\00:31:03.22
of the name of the beast
or the number of his name. "
00:31:03.43\00:31:05.89
This is talk about control.
00:31:06.09\00:31:08.10
And if you don't think
the stage is set for that...
00:31:09.66\00:31:11.87
Have you ever heard of
Google? No offense, Google.
00:31:14.27\00:31:17.87
Have you ever heard of Facebook?
00:31:19.91\00:31:21.71
No offense.
00:31:22.11\00:31:25.05
Everybody in this room and
probably everybody listening
00:31:26.28\00:31:28.38
to me is in somebody's file.
00:31:28.58\00:31:30.65
And if you don't think
the US government doesn't have
00:31:31.05\00:31:33.15
their own files on all of us...
00:31:33.36\00:31:35.09
Knowledge is power.
00:31:36.46\00:31:38.59
And when I saw and I read
how extensive and pervasive
00:31:39.29\00:31:42.26
all this stuff
was I said to myself:
00:31:42.46\00:31:44.43
"This is a set up for
the mark of the beast. "
00:31:44.63\00:31:46.63
Because it's about control.
00:31:48.27\00:31:50.14
It's about information. You have
to have information to control.
00:31:50.54\00:31:53.27
OK... let's go on here.
00:31:53.68\00:31:55.94
"That no one may buy or
sell except... " verse 17...
00:31:59.95\00:32:02.15
"they have the mark
or the name of the beast
00:32:02.35\00:32:05.42
or the number of his name.
00:32:05.62\00:32:07.36
Here is wisdom... "
00:32:07.56\00:32:09.39
Now the Lord asks
us to use reason here.
00:32:10.29\00:32:13.66
He doesn't ask
us to get emotional.
00:32:14.63\00:32:16.80
He asks us to use reason.
00:32:18.90\00:32:20.74
Two plus two
does not equal ten...
00:32:22.50\00:32:25.31
it equals four.
00:32:26.68\00:32:28.51
Use some wisdom;
think about this.
00:32:30.35\00:32:34.62
It's reasonable...
it's not unreasonable.
00:32:35.02\00:32:38.99
And don't forget the context.
00:32:39.79\00:32:42.02
"Let him who has understanding
00:32:49.60\00:32:51.93
calculate the
number of the beast
00:32:52.50\00:32:54.40
for it is the number of a man. "
00:32:54.60\00:32:57.01
I've heard some people
try to apply it to a woman.
00:32:57.61\00:33:00.48
You ladies escaped.
00:33:02.11\00:33:05.75
Serious. "For it is
the number of a man.
00:33:08.85\00:33:12.09
His number is six
hundred and sixty-six. "
00:33:12.49\00:33:15.89
So we should be able
to look at the papal power
00:33:17.39\00:33:21.33
and we should be able
to find one of his titles.
00:33:21.73\00:33:25.07
Now I'm going to back up
for just a moment, flash back...
00:33:25.27\00:33:27.54
I want to flash back to
II Thessalonians chapter 2
00:33:27.74\00:33:31.67
where this apostasy
that comes within the church
00:33:32.31\00:33:37.25
becomes a substitute
- becomes in place of...
00:33:37.45\00:33:42.98
And many people think
sometimes when they see the word
00:33:43.39\00:33:46.29
antichrist... By the
way, it's not just one.
00:33:46.49\00:33:49.22
The Apostle John said
there would be many antichrists.
00:33:49.42\00:33:51.99
The word anti means
actually "in place of. "
00:33:54.06\00:33:57.57
In other words, it takes
over by substituting itself.
00:33:57.77\00:34:03.07
Just because somebody says they
have the prerogatives of God
00:34:05.31\00:34:09.04
doesn't mean that they
HAVE the prerogatives of God.
00:34:09.24\00:34:11.95
And so we find this...
00:34:15.78\00:34:19.65
this 666 very interesting.
00:34:21.56\00:34:24.89
And I want to... So
what we're looking for
00:34:25.09\00:34:28.03
is in the titles of the papacy
00:34:28.43\00:34:32.03
is there something - a
title - that substitutes itself?
00:34:32.23\00:34:37.81
Well, there is.
00:34:40.21\00:34:41.94
It's called Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:34:42.14\00:34:44.31
Now sometimes you
get on the Internet
00:34:44.71\00:34:46.05
they'll say: "Ah, no, no... some
people just came up with that. "
00:34:46.11\00:34:49.78
And they kind of say: "Oh,
no, no, no, that didn't exist.
00:34:49.98\00:34:52.95
They never used
that as titles. "
00:34:53.15\00:34:54.49
That's very
fascinating because in 1054
00:34:54.52\00:34:58.53
pope... let's see if I
get the right one here...
00:34:58.73\00:35:02.06
Pope Leo the 9th I think
00:35:02.46\00:35:05.00
said in a document -
and this is a big deal -
00:35:05.20\00:35:08.87
to the patriarch of the
Byzantine church because he was
00:35:09.07\00:35:11.77
establishing his authority
00:35:11.97\00:35:13.71
he called himself
Vicarius Filii Dei
00:35:13.91\00:35:16.04
which means in
place of the Son of God.
00:35:16.24\00:35:18.68
And then there was the
thing called the donation
00:35:22.42\00:35:24.02
of Constantine that was
fabricated we think today
00:35:24.22\00:35:28.26
by the papacy
to establish a fact
00:35:28.46\00:35:32.33
that they
actually had Constantine
00:35:32.53\00:35:34.26
actually basically -
these are my proverbial words -
00:35:34.46\00:35:37.40
write them a deed
to the Roman Empire
00:35:37.60\00:35:39.67
and to its throne.
That's why they used the titles.
00:35:39.87\00:35:42.50
By the way, the
papacy has many titles:
00:35:42.70\00:35:44.67
Pontifex Maximus etc. etc.
00:35:44.87\00:35:48.04
So you have this
donation that was forged
00:35:49.04\00:35:54.15
but they claimed that...
nobody believed that it was
00:35:54.35\00:35:57.65
anything but true, and
they put it into Canon law.
00:35:57.85\00:36:01.96
And in that Canon law
they refer to themselves as
00:36:02.26\00:36:05.93
Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:36:06.13\00:36:07.46
And then you have the summary
on the power of the church.
00:36:09.33\00:36:12.97
Doesn't that sound interesting?
00:36:13.17\00:36:14.97
It's one of the most influential
documents that's ever been
00:36:15.17\00:36:17.61
commissioned by Pope John XXII.
00:36:17.77\00:36:20.61
One of half a dozen
most influential documents
00:36:21.64\00:36:25.88
on the church.
00:36:26.28\00:36:27.62
And there it's
called Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:36:28.02\00:36:30.99
Pope Paul I
think it's the 6th...
00:36:33.02\00:36:35.52
recent one... he was
alive in my lifetime.
00:36:35.72\00:36:37.49
He's dead now, but
he referred to himself
00:36:37.69\00:36:40.40
as Vicarius Filii Dei.
00:36:40.60\00:36:43.16
When you take Vicarius Filii Dei
00:36:43.57\00:36:45.80
and you add it up
it comes out to 666.
00:36:46.00\00:36:50.74
Now you can do the
same thing with your name.
00:36:51.14\00:36:52.74
You know that.
00:36:52.94\00:36:54.28
You've seen the
Roman numerals on a clock.
00:36:54.31\00:36:55.81
It's not hard, is it?
00:36:56.21\00:36:57.71
V equals how much? Five.
00:36:57.91\00:37:00.18
A V or a U will always equal 5.
00:37:00.38\00:37:02.45
You see it used both ways.
00:37:02.65\00:37:03.99
And I'm not going to
add them up for you tonight
00:37:04.35\00:37:06.15
'cause I think you can
figure that out for yourself.
00:37:06.35\00:37:09.66
But there's some
more to go with that.
00:37:10.16\00:37:12.69
In the early church
they felt like it would be
00:37:13.09\00:37:15.83
the Latin-speaking man
that would be the 666 person.
00:37:16.03\00:37:20.87
And if you take the
Latin- speaking man in Latin or
00:37:21.07\00:37:25.21
in Greek it adds up to 666.
00:37:25.41\00:37:28.71
Tell me: what is the
only political power on earth
00:37:29.61\00:37:33.82
has official language of Latin?
00:37:34.02\00:37:36.28
There's only
one... there's only one.
00:37:36.99\00:37:40.62
Well... so what is
the mark of this power?
00:37:42.92\00:37:48.86
What is its mark?
00:37:50.07\00:37:51.73
By the way, I should
have... From that same document
00:37:52.43\00:37:55.67
I've gotta share this with
you. From that same document
00:37:57.57\00:38:01.01
I could give you a lot of...
See if I can find that here
00:38:01.21\00:38:05.98
real quick. I wanted you
to hear some of the claims
00:38:06.18\00:38:09.72
of the papacy. I thought that
would come jumping up at me here
00:38:09.92\00:38:12.25
but I don't see it
right off the top of my head.
00:38:12.45\00:38:15.42
OK... that's all right.
00:38:15.62\00:38:16.96
But let me get down to
the mark for just a moment.
00:38:18.13\00:38:20.20
And I want you
to go to chapter 14
00:38:21.23\00:38:23.60
and you heard a wonderful
presentation on Babylon
00:38:23.80\00:38:27.64
just a few...
previous... just fantastic.
00:38:27.84\00:38:31.11
And then it comes to
the third angel's message.
00:38:32.47\00:38:34.51
This is a
sobering... this is so sobering.
00:38:34.71\00:38:38.41
"Third angel followed
them saying with a loud voice:
00:38:41.22\00:38:43.25
"If anyone worships the
beast... " That's the issue...
00:38:43.45\00:38:45.95
"and his image
and receives his mark
00:38:46.76\00:38:50.53
on his forehead or in his hand
00:38:50.73\00:38:52.76
he will drink of the
wrath of God which is poured out
00:38:54.13\00:38:56.93
full strength. " You know why?
00:38:57.13\00:38:59.20
'Cause there's no more Mediator.
00:38:59.60\00:39:01.54
Once the judgment comes,
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.44
once the close of human
probation... and I'm going to
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.98
talk about that
on Sabbath afternoon.
00:39:10.18\00:39:12.71
Once the close of
human probation comes
00:39:12.91\00:39:14.88
there's no more Mediator.
00:39:15.08\00:39:16.89
And God doesn't have
any choice but to eradicate
00:39:17.69\00:39:21.16
sin from the universe.
00:39:21.36\00:39:23.16
If He doesn't
eradicate it, He can't be just.
00:39:23.36\00:39:25.79
But God is not only
merciful, God is also just.
00:39:25.99\00:39:29.66
And God is not just
just... He's also merciful.
00:39:29.86\00:39:32.30
But He's got to eradicate
in order to save the universe
00:39:33.20\00:39:35.94
'cause the universe
cannot exist with sin.
00:39:36.74\00:39:39.24
That's why it's got to
come out of our hearts...
00:39:40.28\00:39:42.38
out of our affections.
00:39:42.58\00:39:44.18
Thank God for the blood of
Christ and for that slain Lamb
00:39:44.38\00:39:46.85
which was slain from the
foundations of the earth.
00:39:47.05\00:39:49.25
Another reference to creation.
00:39:49.45\00:39:51.22
OK... coming back to this:
00:39:51.42\00:39:53.42
and look at verse 12.
00:39:53.62\00:39:56.73
"Here is the
patience... " Of whom?
00:39:57.13\00:40:02.36
The saints! Saints.
00:40:02.56\00:40:04.63
This is that remnant
again; they endure a lot.
00:40:04.83\00:40:08.34
It takes faith to
endure, doesn't it?
00:40:09.34\00:40:13.01
It takes faith to hang on.
00:40:13.54\00:40:15.68
It take faith
to stay the course.
00:40:15.88\00:40:18.05
When the obstacles are
going and it's rough and tough
00:40:18.25\00:40:20.52
it takes faith. And let me tell
you: it's going to take faith
00:40:20.72\00:40:24.19
for God's people to go
through the end of time.
00:40:24.35\00:40:26.52
Now some people think they're
going to prepare for the end of
00:40:27.32\00:40:29.02
time, you know, if
they get a big enough garden
00:40:29.22\00:40:30.89
or maybe run to the mountains.
00:40:35.83\00:40:37.17
And probably the mountain's
a good place to go sometimes.
00:40:37.23\00:40:39.60
I'm not making fun of anything.
00:40:39.80\00:40:41.57
We should have
gardens if you can.
00:40:41.77\00:40:43.57
I've got one... I
just got it put in
00:40:43.97\00:40:45.77
before coming down here.
00:40:48.38\00:40:49.81
That's not what's
going to save you.
00:40:53.42\00:40:55.55
The only thing that
will save you is your faith
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.62
in the saving grace and power
00:41:01.02\00:41:04.49
of the Lord Jesus. Amen!
00:41:04.69\00:41:06.59
Have I lost any of you so
far? Are you still with me?
00:41:07.96\00:41:09.93
OK. I told you it
wasn't rocket science.
00:41:10.13\00:41:13.03
Now let's go to this mark thing.
00:41:13.23\00:41:14.57
I don't know how many
different kinds of ideas
00:41:14.74\00:41:18.64
have come about
the mark of the beast.
00:41:18.84\00:41:20.18
It seems every new
president becomes the beast
00:41:20.21\00:41:21.91
and then somebody
else has a computer
00:41:22.11\00:41:23.51
and then somebody
else has something else.
00:41:23.71\00:41:25.18
It's amazing what
peoples' minds do.
00:41:25.38\00:41:27.35
But I don't want their opinions.
00:41:27.55\00:41:29.75
What I want is a solid
- rock solid - Biblical
00:41:30.15\00:41:33.92
understanding of
the mark of the beast.
00:41:34.12\00:41:36.56
And I want to
understand the mark.
00:41:36.96\00:41:38.53
What is the mark of this power?
00:41:38.93\00:41:41.33
What does it
claim that its mark is?
00:41:41.53\00:41:42.86
So let's look at just something.
If you look at verse 12,
00:41:43.03\00:41:45.37
"Here is the patience of the
saints. Here are they that keep
00:41:46.50\00:41:48.64
the... " What? Commandments!
"and the faith of Jesus. "
00:41:48.84\00:41:52.21
Now the book of Revelation
is a book of contrasts.
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.71
So if one group of
people have the mark
00:41:55.91\00:41:59.91
and another group has
the commandments of God...
00:42:02.08\00:42:06.12
Still with me?
00:42:07.29\00:42:09.02
then you're going to find the
real in the commandments of God
00:42:10.39\00:42:15.40
and the counterfeit up here in
the mark. Does that make sense?
00:42:15.60\00:42:18.87
That's the only place
I know how to go, because
00:42:21.10\00:42:23.41
that in the context of the text.
00:42:23.61\00:42:25.74
So if those who are in contrast
00:42:27.88\00:42:31.01
to those who have
the mark of the beast -
00:42:31.21\00:42:32.55
keep the commandments of God
- that means that whatever that
00:42:32.71\00:42:35.88
mark is is not keeping
the commandments of God.
00:42:36.08\00:42:37.85
Does that make sense? Amen!
00:42:38.05\00:42:39.89
Now fascinating... Of course
that mark's put on peoples'
00:42:40.56\00:42:42.82
foreheads or in their hand.
00:42:43.02\00:42:44.63
And that's, you know...
You've got people running around
00:42:44.83\00:42:46.93
thinking somebody's
going to brand them with 666
00:42:47.13\00:42:49.30
and all that
kind of crazy stuff.
00:42:49.50\00:42:50.83
This is symbolic
of how you think.
00:42:51.07\00:42:53.17
God does care about
how you think by the way.
00:42:53.37\00:42:55.34
And buy and sell. That tells
you there's going to be huge
00:42:55.90\00:42:58.44
economic issues
in the end of time.
00:42:58.64\00:43:00.21
And they're going to have con-
trol over those economic issues.
00:43:00.41\00:43:02.71
If you don't go along with them,
then they're going to take...
00:43:02.91\00:43:05.15
"I may not agree with it but
I'm going to go along with it. "
00:43:05.35\00:43:07.98
I can be an atheist and still
receive the mark of the beast.
00:43:09.28\00:43:11.79
So I want to look at
something else real quick
00:43:19.43\00:43:22.03
I want to flash back over.
00:43:22.23\00:43:24.03
You've got your
Bibles... to chapter 7.
00:43:24.23\00:43:28.54
Chapter 7 ends with
this marvelous picture
00:43:29.94\00:43:34.41
of Jesus coming on
the clouds of glory
00:43:34.91\00:43:38.81
if you please or on His throne.
00:43:39.01\00:43:41.18
And it's a unique
combination of words.
00:43:41.38\00:43:43.79
And these people look at
Jesus and they say: "Hide us
00:43:43.99\00:43:47.79
from the wrath of the Lamb. "
00:43:47.99\00:43:51.46
Doesn't that seem
like an oxymoron to you?
00:43:51.86\00:43:54.66
That's because they
never understood His love
00:43:57.67\00:44:01.30
or they never accepted His love.
00:44:01.70\00:44:03.84
Now we have no
righteousness of our own.
00:44:05.04\00:44:07.64
The only
righteousness we have is His.
00:44:08.04\00:44:10.55
And then when John sees
this thing he's overwhelmed
00:44:12.51\00:44:15.62
by the scene and he
says in words of exclamation
00:44:15.82\00:44:20.86
he says: "Who will
be able to stand? "
00:44:21.06\00:44:25.43
And then chapter 7
answers that question.
00:44:30.67\00:44:33.03
And if you look, verse 7 says
"Hold the winds of strife. "
00:44:34.77\00:44:40.44
I think God's holding
those winds of strife right now.
00:44:40.64\00:44:42.78
Verse 2: "And then I saw another
angel ascending from the east
00:44:44.78\00:44:49.08
having the seal
of the Living God
00:44:49.28\00:44:50.89
and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels to whom
00:44:51.25\00:44:54.42
it is granted to
harm the earth and the sea
00:44:54.62\00:44:56.39
saying: 'Do not harm the earth,
the sea, or the trees... '
00:44:56.59\00:44:59.53
That's why there's not going
to be a nuclear war right now.
00:44:59.73\00:45:01.93
'till we have sealed
the servants of our God
00:45:03.97\00:45:07.00
on their... ' " Where? Forehead.
00:45:07.20\00:45:09.10
Now I got very interested
about that word sealed
00:45:09.30\00:45:11.71
and I went back and I
looked in the original language
00:45:11.91\00:45:14.84
and that is "an
authentic, genuine mark. "
00:45:15.04\00:45:18.75
I said: "Why does it
say mark in one place
00:45:19.15\00:45:20.85
and seal in the other place?
" They are two different words
00:45:21.05\00:45:23.42
but they're
very closely related.
00:45:24.39\00:45:26.25
Because this is the genuine.
If you accept the Lord Jesus
00:45:27.96\00:45:31.93
Christ as your Savior
and He changes your life
00:45:32.13\00:45:34.53
and transforms you He
becomes not only your Savior
00:45:34.73\00:45:37.77
but your King. Somebody
should have said "Amen. "
00:45:37.97\00:45:40.24
Amen! And the Ruler of
your heart and your affections.
00:45:40.44\00:45:43.51
Then He is going to
seal you in your head
00:45:44.61\00:45:48.91
and your mind with an authentic
seal that says you're His.
00:45:49.11\00:45:53.85
Hmm. The mark, however,
00:45:54.35\00:45:57.95
is a badge or a scratch.
00:45:58.15\00:46:02.12
It's an imitation of the real.
00:46:02.82\00:46:06.63
Remember the substitution thing?
00:46:06.83\00:46:09.23
So this mark is a substitute
for the genuine seal of God.
00:46:10.37\00:46:15.90
So if I go to the
Ten Commandments -
00:46:19.77\00:46:22.28
that's my context -
00:46:22.48\00:46:23.85
where do I find in the Ten
Commandments the seal of God?
00:46:24.05\00:46:26.75
There's only
one place to find it
00:46:27.25\00:46:29.42
and that's in the
fourth commandment.
00:46:29.72\00:46:31.95
You can read it for yourself.
00:46:32.15\00:46:34.02
It says the Lord
God, Yahweh, or Jehovah.
00:46:34.22\00:46:36.96
I like Jehovah better.
00:46:37.16\00:46:38.69
Jehovah God, Elohim.
00:46:39.43\00:46:42.30
Jehovah God: that's His name.
00:46:42.50\00:46:44.53
And then it says Lord Creator
00:46:45.10\00:46:48.34
or Lord, Yahweh, or Jehovah
00:46:48.54\00:46:51.97
Maker or
Creator. That's His title.
00:46:52.17\00:46:55.91
And then it tells you
what His territory is:
00:46:56.41\00:46:58.81
heaven and earth
00:46:59.21\00:47:01.55
and the universe if you please.
00:47:01.75\00:47:04.05
The Sabbath is
God's mark of creation
00:47:04.65\00:47:07.59
and that's why you find it
in the middle of chapter 13
00:47:07.79\00:47:10.63
the slain Lamb is brought
back up again in verse 8.
00:47:10.83\00:47:14.60
"All who dwell on the earth
will worship him whose names
00:47:14.80\00:47:18.37
have not been written in
the Lamb's Book of Life. "
00:47:18.57\00:47:21.94
Slain from the
foundation of the earth.
00:47:22.14\00:47:24.51
If you go to chapter 14 the
three angels' message starts out
00:47:24.71\00:47:29.48
with the fact that God is
Creator of heaven and earth.
00:47:29.68\00:47:33.05
The pagans refuse to
receive God as Creator.
00:47:33.25\00:47:37.09
They rebel
against that creation.
00:47:37.29\00:47:39.65
But the Sabbath has always
been God's seal if you please.
00:47:40.56\00:47:45.73
In the end of time when Jesus
comes in the clouds of glory
00:47:45.93\00:47:49.20
the people that are
waiting to meet Jesus
00:47:49.70\00:47:52.20
and to be received of Him, they
are not going to be disobeying
00:47:52.40\00:47:56.00
the Ten Commandments. Amen!
00:47:56.20\00:47:58.17
They're not going
to tamper with it;
00:47:58.37\00:47:59.71
they're not going to change it.
00:47:59.77\00:48:01.11
They're going to
be keeping the Sabbath
00:48:01.14\00:48:02.51
because they're going
to have the seal of God.
00:48:02.71\00:48:05.41
Amen! And if you keep
the Sabbath in your heart
00:48:05.61\00:48:08.62
you've got the
living Christ in your heart.
00:48:08.82\00:48:10.15
By the way, the real 10 Command-
ments is the living Christ.
00:48:10.19\00:48:14.29
Amen! And He
comes into your heart
00:48:14.49\00:48:16.96
and your life
He brings His life,
00:48:17.16\00:48:19.19
His commandments, into
your heart and into your life.
00:48:19.39\00:48:22.76
So the Sabbath becomes
the mark not only of creation
00:48:23.77\00:48:27.27
but it becomes the
seal of our redemption.
00:48:27.47\00:48:31.07
And Sabbath is that
time that we are drawn
00:48:31.27\00:48:34.51
to the Savior.
And when Jesus comes
00:48:34.71\00:48:36.98
everybody that's going to
be saved is going to be keeping
00:48:37.18\00:48:39.75
ALL of God's commandments.
00:48:39.95\00:48:41.28
They're not going to be
able to pick and choose.
00:48:41.32\00:48:42.88
Now the papacy
substituted Sunday for that
00:48:43.69\00:48:48.19
and they make those claims.
00:48:48.39\00:48:50.19
Let me put it this
way... let me ask this question:
00:48:52.29\00:48:55.93
who claims
ownership of the Sabbath?
00:48:56.13\00:48:58.73
Jesus said: "For the
Son of Man is even Lord
00:49:00.50\00:49:03.41
of the Sabbath Day. "
00:49:03.61\00:49:05.77
That's Matthew 12 verse 8.
00:49:05.97\00:49:08.61
And of course the Bible
says in the Ten Commandments
00:49:09.14\00:49:12.25
that the seventh day
is the Sabbath of whom?
00:49:12.45\00:49:15.42
The Lord! It's
not the Jews' Sabbath.
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.95
It's not the
Adventist's Sabbath.
00:49:18.15\00:49:19.72
It's not anybody's
Sabbath. It's the Lord's Sabbath
00:49:20.19\00:49:22.96
and we are to keep it by grace.
00:49:23.16\00:49:28.56
So where did this
substitution come in?
00:49:30.63\00:49:33.74
Well, it comes in again
from the pagan, Babylonian
00:49:34.14\00:49:38.77
influence. The day of the sun
was something that the pagans
00:49:39.37\00:49:43.04
revered, and it was just
easy to incorporate that.
00:49:43.24\00:49:46.82
What the Roman papacy
did is they made people fast
00:49:47.02\00:49:50.92
on the Sabbath and
then have a feast on Sunday.
00:49:51.12\00:49:54.42
That's pretty slick, isn't it?
00:49:55.82\00:49:57.53
Actually the Sabbath
should be a day of rejoicing
00:49:58.26\00:50:00.20
and celebration
and happiness and joy.
00:50:00.40\00:50:02.43
Not doing your own
work; not doing your own thing
00:50:02.63\00:50:04.70
but we should be
rejoicing in the Lord our God
00:50:05.10\00:50:06.94
who's given us
the breath of life.
00:50:07.14\00:50:08.74
And so they came up with this.
And by the way, they claim it.
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And that summary on
the power of the church
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is a very powerful document.
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Listen to this: "Resolved:
the Sabbath Day law has been
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changed by the
pope to the Lord's Day
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due to the
preeminence of things signified
00:50:27.56\00:50:31.36
and the excellent factors
00:50:31.56\00:50:32.89
in agreement with
time and circumstance. "
00:50:32.96\00:50:34.90
I will tell you this, and
I say it with sweet kindness:
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time, circumstance, or anything
else doesn't give any man
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the right to
change the law of God
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that He wrote with His own hand.
00:50:42.57\00:50:43.91
Now I want to say this: if...
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if the Ten Commandments matter,
00:50:48.58\00:50:51.61
the Sabbath matters. Amen!
00:50:52.75\00:50:55.22
If "Thou shall
not steal" matters,
00:50:57.45\00:50:59.89
if "Honor your father
and your mother" matters,
00:51:01.59\00:51:04.29
if "not taking the
Lord's name" matters,
00:51:04.99\00:51:07.33
if not
committing adultery matters,
00:51:07.73\00:51:10.83
if not stealing matters,
00:51:11.70\00:51:13.80
it not coveting matters,
00:51:14.10\00:51:16.14
then the Sabbath matters. Amen!
00:51:17.17\00:51:19.74
You can't separate 'em out.
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And God isn't going to
change. I'm glad for that.
00:51:23.24\00:51:26.05
I'm glad that God
doesn't change, aren't you?
00:51:26.25\00:51:27.98
Wouldn't it be scary if He did?
00:51:28.18\00:51:30.75
I mean with all that power?
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He doesn't change.
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And you can praise
Him and give Him glory,
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.59
tell Him how much you love Him,
00:51:38.99\00:51:41.16
tell Him how grateful you are.
00:51:41.36\00:51:42.70
That's really
good for us to do that.
00:51:42.73\00:51:44.07
But you know, all that
praise... It might change you
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but it wouldn't
change Him. Amen!
00:51:46.47\00:51:48.70
That praise doesn't change Him.
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He's the same
yesterday, today, and forever.
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He's the same at creation
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as He will be when Jesus
comes in the clouds of heaven.
00:51:56.14\00:51:58.51
It's going to be a
glorious time when Jesus comes.
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Well, they make the claim.
00:52:03.25\00:52:05.32
Here's Cardinal Gibbons... I'm
sorry... yes, Cardinal Gibbons.
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"Of course the Catholic church
claims the change was her act
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and the act is the mark of
her ecclesiastical power. "
00:52:15.16\00:52:19.47
Here's Dr. Hiscox. He
wrote the Baptist Manual
00:52:19.87\00:52:24.11
back in the 1800's... 1893.
00:52:24.51\00:52:28.74
Dr. Edward Hiscox,
00:52:29.14\00:52:31.28
author of the Baptist Manual.
00:52:31.48\00:52:33.45
In a paper he read this.
00:52:33.65\00:52:35.42
"What a pity that it - Sunday
- comes branded with the mark
00:52:35.62\00:52:39.79
of paganism and christened
with the name of the sun god
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when adopted and
sanctioned by the papal apostasy
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and bequeathed as a sacred
legacy to Protestantism. "
00:52:49.16\00:52:53.44
I want to weep when I read that.
00:52:54.20\00:52:56.10
I say to my Catholic
friends who we love by the way:
00:52:56.81\00:52:59.97
Jesus loves everybody.
00:53:00.58\00:53:02.31
Aren't you glad for that?
00:53:02.51\00:53:03.85
I say to them:
"As much as I love you
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I don't think you should allow
a man, even if you revere him,
00:53:09.15\00:53:13.72
to change one dot
or I of God's law. "
00:53:14.12\00:53:18.16
In fact, Jesus said
that. He said: "Not one dot;
00:53:18.36\00:53:20.53
not one crossing
of the T will change
00:53:20.73\00:53:24.00
till heaven and
earth pass away. "
00:53:24.20\00:53:26.07
I say to my Protestant friends:
00:53:28.50\00:53:30.81
"You claim to believe the Bible.
00:53:31.21\00:53:34.04
You claim. Why don't you
just accept it at face value
00:53:36.58\00:53:41.28
instead of trying to...? "
00:53:41.88\00:53:43.39
And I say to the Adventists:
00:53:44.55\00:53:46.72
"There's two
issues here: the right day
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and the right way. "
00:53:52.93\00:53:55.76
You get the right
day and not keep it holy
00:53:57.77\00:54:00.60
it's not going to do...
Just showing up for church
00:54:00.80\00:54:02.67
on Sabbath
morning's not going to cut it.
00:54:02.87\00:54:04.87
You SHOULD be in
church on Sabbath morning.
00:54:05.07\00:54:06.91
Somebody should
have said "Amen. " Amen!
00:54:07.11\00:54:08.91
Should be in church.
00:54:11.61\00:54:13.01
But we need to
keep the Sabbath holy.
00:54:13.95\00:54:16.18
That means use the
Preparation Day to get ready
00:54:16.38\00:54:18.72
for the coming of the Sabbath.
00:54:18.92\00:54:20.26
It means that I'm ready. You
know, whatever you have to do...
00:54:21.16\00:54:24.69
the housework. Some
people call that legalism.
00:54:24.89\00:54:26.39
That's not legalism. That's
saying: "Lord I love You so much
00:54:26.59\00:54:29.63
I can't wait till that
special day gets here. "
00:54:29.83\00:54:32.07
It means laying
aside all your other stuff.
00:54:33.90\00:54:36.14
You know, hallelujah! On
the Sabbath I don't have to mow
00:54:36.34\00:54:39.57
the yard! I'm free.
00:54:39.77\00:54:42.14
My wife doesn't have
to cook on the Sabbath.
00:54:42.44\00:54:44.78
She's free.
00:54:45.18\00:54:46.55
We're free. The Sabbath frees us
00:54:46.95\00:54:49.38
from all that stuff
we do during the week.
00:54:49.58\00:54:51.22
Nothing wrong with the
stuff we do during the week
00:54:51.42\00:54:53.02
but on Sabbath we are free.
00:54:53.52\00:54:56.52
Free to visit with the Lord to
show Him our... And by the way,
00:54:56.73\00:55:00.73
that's what Sabbath is
all about. It's a time for God
00:55:01.13\00:55:03.67
to come specially to His people.
He's with us all week long.
00:55:03.87\00:55:06.87
We know that. When the sun
goes down on Saturday evening
00:55:07.07\00:55:10.54
doesn't mean
the Lord walks away.
00:55:10.74\00:55:12.64
That's not the point.
00:55:12.84\00:55:14.18
The Bible says Jesus
said the Sabbath was made for
00:55:14.34\00:55:16.71
man. In other words,
He gave it to us as a gift
00:55:16.91\00:55:20.48
to bless us and to encourage
us and to strengthen us
00:55:20.68\00:55:23.82
and to bring
happiness and joy to us.
00:55:24.02\00:55:25.92
What's it going to be
like to keep the Sabbath?
00:55:26.32\00:55:27.96
And it's going to be kept in the
New Earth, so why shouldn't we
00:55:28.16\00:55:30.69
get used to it now? Amen!
00:55:30.89\00:55:33.19
I'm telling you: great changes
are coming into the world,
00:55:36.33\00:55:38.87
and they're already
touting Sunday as the solution
00:55:39.67\00:55:43.44
to climate change. I'm
not getting into politics
00:55:43.64\00:55:46.01
so that doesn't matter.
00:55:46.21\00:55:47.54
The point is that we
know before Jesus comes
00:55:48.11\00:55:51.08
there's going to be
great upheavals in nature
00:55:51.28\00:55:53.38
regardless of
where it comes from.
00:55:53.78\00:55:55.45
And the families are falling
apart with all the pornography
00:55:56.89\00:56:00.02
and all the
garbage and everything.
00:56:00.22\00:56:01.89
Sunday is the solution.
00:56:02.09\00:56:03.86
They're beginning to see Sunday,
if we could just get everybody
00:56:04.06\00:56:06.76
going to church. If we
could just get everybody
00:56:06.96\00:56:09.76
taking some time off we
could even get the atheists
00:56:09.96\00:56:12.50
to slow down. By the
way, in the encyclical
00:56:12.70\00:56:15.80
the Pope gave calling
for Sunday the atheists were
00:56:16.00\00:56:18.44
cheering it.
00:56:18.64\00:56:20.04
The real question is not
what you're going to do with the
00:56:24.71\00:56:26.55
Sabbath.
00:56:26.75\00:56:28.18
What are you going to do
with the Lord of the Sabbath?
00:56:32.42\00:56:34.92
It's not just the Ten Command-
ments on the stone that Moses
00:56:40.00\00:56:43.63
gave us. But what
are we going to do
00:56:43.83\00:56:46.17
with the Ten Commandments in the
ark of the covenant in heaven
00:56:46.37\00:56:48.94
of which the Sabbath is a part?
00:56:50.97\00:56:53.91
Are you
committed to the Sabbath?
00:56:54.94\00:56:56.48
Not just the day, but
are you committed to the way?
00:56:56.68\00:56:58.98
Are you committed to the
joy the Sabbath will bring?
00:56:59.38\00:57:02.25
Are you committed to the
Savior who gave us the Sabbath?
00:57:02.88\00:57:06.99
Do you want to celebrate
this glorious God who created us
00:57:07.66\00:57:12.29
and sent His only
begotten Son to redeem us
00:57:12.69\00:57:15.46
and save us by His grace?
00:57:15.66\00:57:17.50
When you keep the Sabbath holy
00:57:18.20\00:57:20.57
you celebrate a mighty God
00:57:20.97\00:57:25.44
who REALLY REALLY loves you.
00:57:25.64\00:57:29.24