We don't want to go too fast,
we don't want to go too fast...
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we're having an
excellent journey,
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an excellent experience
in the Book of Revelation
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and I believe that we
don't really have an agenda...
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a timetable... we want
to go back now, I think
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and... and...
look in more detail
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at the verses concerning
the Philadelphia Church,
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now, there are two
reasons we want to do that,
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one is... there's
still a lot here to cover,
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there's still a lot
here we need to understand
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and number two is... this
is our ultimate destiny...
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Philadelphia is
our ultimate destiny,
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Laodicea is the
age in which we live,
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that's... that's
just par for the course
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but if we're going to be able to
deal with Laodicea and that age,
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if we're going to be
able to escape and understand
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how it is that God wants us
to get out of that condition...
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that Laodicean
condition, you know,
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He's knocking on the door,
Philadelphia is the goal...
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Philadelphia is the goal...
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God isn't leading us out
of Laodicea into nothing,
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He's leading us out of Laodicea
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back into this
experience of Brotherly Love
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so, I want us to go
through these verses together
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and just try to
understand some of these phrases
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and, of course, we need the...
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we need to have a
word of prayer first
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because the Holy Spirit
is going to be our teacher,
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so, Jason, would you
have a word of prayer for us?
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All right, "Dear Heavenly
Father thank you for another day
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of life that we
can study your word,
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not only do we need you
here but we want you here,
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so please be with us today
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as we study Revelation
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and help us to be able
to retain the information
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that we studied, in
Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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So, just this first verse,
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"To the angel in the
church of Philadelphia write;
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these things
saith he that is holy
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he that is true, he
that has the key of David,
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he that opens, and no man shuts;
and shuts, and no man opens... "
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What's that talking
about? "The Key of David... "
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Ivor: So, as we look this verse
and listen to Christ saying,
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"I have the key of David,"
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I think it's
important for us to understand
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what the key of David is,
so let's go back to Isaiah 22,
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and in Isaiah 22,
beginning with verse 1,
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the Bible says there,
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Isaiah 22
beginning with verse 21,
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it says, "I will
clothe him with thy robe,
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and strengthen
him with thy girdle,
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and I will commit thy
government into his hand:
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and he shall be a father to
the inhabitants of Jerusalem,
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and to the house of Judah.
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And the key of
the house of David
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will I lay upon his
shoulder; so he shall open,
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and none shall shut;
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and he shall shut,
and none shall open. "
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James: That's
exactly the same language
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that we find in Revelation.
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Ivor: Absolutely,
absolutely, absolutely,
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so, when we think of
this... the key represents
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"having access to... "
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to open up and when you think
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of something that's locked,
you don't have access to it
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so Christ is telling us here,
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"I'm giving you
access to something... "
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right? so what's He
giving us access to?
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Well, the key of David is
the key of the Government,
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"the government shall
be upon his shoulders,"
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so let's go back
to Isaiah chapter 9...
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James: But let me
add something to that,
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because I think, it's
appropriate right here too
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and that is when Jesus
was talking to the lawyers
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and the lawyers
in Luke chapter 11...
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the lawyers... that
word "lawyer" means,
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"someone who is an
expert according to the law,
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the Legal Laws, Ceremonial Laws,
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an expert in the Mosaic Law... "
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in other words,
the law of Moses,
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that included all of
the laws, He says to them...
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He says... "You have the key
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and you're not
letting people enter in... "
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let me just read the verse
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because I think... the
verses is is pretty clear,
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"Woe to you, lawyers!
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for you have taken
away the key of knowledge,
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you have entered
not in yourselves,
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and them that were
entering in you have hindered. "
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So the key is the government...
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is the key... is also
the key of knowledge...
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in other words... God
wants to open to us knowledge
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He wants to open up to us a
revelation of His Government,
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He wants to take us further
in understanding of the law...
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the Mosaic Law...
the Ceremonial Laws...
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all of that...
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and I think that's
connected to the Sanctuary,
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He wants to take us further
in our understanding of this,
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Jesus says, "You closed it up...
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you lawyers have closed
it up... " but now He says,
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"I have that key and
I'm going to open it,
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I'm going to give
you more knowledge. "
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Ivor: Look at
Isaiah 9, verse 6 and 7,
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it says this, "For
unto us a child is born,
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unto us a son is
given: and the government
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shall be upon his shoulders... "
we just read that in Isaiah 22,
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Ivor: "his name shall be
called Wonderful, Counsellor,
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The mighty God,
The everlasting Father,
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The Prince of Peace.
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And of the
increase of his government
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and peace there shall be no end,
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upon the throne of David,
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and upon his
kingdom, to order it,
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and to establish it with
judgment and with justice
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from henceforth even for ever.
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The zeal of the Lord of
hosts will perform this. "
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So, I think of it this way...
the verse you just read, James,
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about the key of knowledge...
not letting people enter in...
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a key opens up a door
which leads to a particular path
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or a particular
way, you shut that door,
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you cannot enter,
Jesus said, "I am the door,"
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right? and He says, He
invites us to follow Him
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so that key really
opens up the way of God to us,
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so that we can enter
in and walk in that way,
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well, guess where
the way of God is found?
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It is found in the Sanctuary...
"Thy way of God... "
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James: "is in the Sanctuary... "
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Ivor: The way you do things,
the way your government operates
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James: The plan of salvation.
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Ivor: The plan of
salvation, everything...
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the entire Scripture...
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your understanding the
entire key to knowledge
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is the key to the sanctuary,
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so David said,
"even with the wicked,
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I didn't understand their end,
until I went into the sanctuary"
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James: Psalm 73 verse17...
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Ivor: Psalm 73 verse 17...
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"I didn't understand
the end of the wicked
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till I went into the sanctuary,"
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so the Sanctuary
reveals the way of God...
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the Government of God...
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by-the-way... that's
where God's throne is
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and the throne is the
symbol of His Government,
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so when Jesus says to
the Philadelphia church,
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"I have the key of David... "
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He's saying, "I have
something special for you
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that will open up an
understanding for you
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about how my Government operates
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and guess what was given
to the Philadelphian church?
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They received an understanding
of God's heavenly Government
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by understanding
the Sanctuary message.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: And it's really
interesting too because,
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because, it says,
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"I'm going to open this
door and no man can shut it,"
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so the implication here is...
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is that people
tried to shut it...
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people tried to
shut out this knowledge,
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people are still trying
to shut out this knowledge,
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in other words,
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when you look at the history
of the Millerite Movement,
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you see that they went through a
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devastating
disappointment in 1844...
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and we're going
to look at that more
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when we get
further into Revelation,
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it's really identified
and magnified in Revelation 10
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but it's touched on right here,
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and what happened when they
went through this devastation
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was... people kind of mocked
the message and they said,
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"Ah, that wasn't
true... " and they said,
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"No, it was true,
it had to be true,"
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and then they realized that...
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that their disappointment
was based on a misunderstanding
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of the Sanctuary... and
so, this is the promise,
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I want to open up
your understanding,
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I'm going to give
you the key to knowledge,
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I'm going to give you the
key of the Government of God...
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I'm going to help you
understand this Sanctuary,
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before this time,
most Christians believed
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the Sanctuary was the earth
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and the idea that the Sanctuary
was going to be cleansed
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at the end of the 2,300 days,
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was taken to mean
that Jesus was coming back
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to cleanse the earth with
fire from sin and sinners,
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the misunderstanding was,
the Sanctuary was the earth,
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the Bible teaches that
the Sanctuary is in heaven
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and that Jesus now
is opening the door
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into a further understanding
of this Sanctuary truth
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by taking us from the Holy Place
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where He had been
ministering for years,
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into the next apartment
of the heavenly Sanctuary...
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the Most Holy
Place... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So... so think about this,
remember our timeline, right?
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70 weeks...
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we saw... the first church
revolved around the 70 weeks,
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okay, and, we find Jesus
ministering in the Holy Place,
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right,
seven-branched candlestick...
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we get down to the second church
we find, it's the interim,
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between the 70
weeks and the 1,260...
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we get down to the third
church, we find the same thing,
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so, first church...
31 A.D. to 100 A.D.,
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second church... 100
A.D. to about 313 A.D.,
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third church...
313 or 323 roughly...
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down to about 538...
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the fourth church... we saw...
brought us into the 1,260...
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538 A.D... that's when the
1,260 year prophecy begins...
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538 A.D. takes us down to
1,517 with the Sardis church,
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the Sardis church
goes from the Reformation
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all the way down to 1,798...
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then we're introduced
to church of Philadelphia,
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it is after 1798
and it is introducing us
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to the 2,300-day
Prophecy, to cross check that
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Christ says, "I
have the key of David"
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I'm about to open a
door that no man can shut
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and He's making reference to
the door between the Holy Place,
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the door that
leads from the Holy Place
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into the Most Holy Place where
we find judgment beginning,
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the final judgment,
the final work of God
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and that work commences
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when God's people
finally reunite again,
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to have a completed gospel
not a partial gospel... Sardis,
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but a completed gospel,
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now that the completed
gospel has been restored,
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judgment can
begin to go forward.
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James: And I see this also,
Ivor, there's a connection here
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in verse 10, "Because thou hast
kept the word of my patience,
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I'm going to keep you
from the hour of temptation
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which shall come
upon the whole world,
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to try them that
dwell on the earth. "
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Now there are two points
here, the first one is...
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"you've kept the
word of my patience,"
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is a direct
connection to Revelation 14,
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because in
Revelation 14 and verse 12,
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it describes a people who have
"the patience of the saints,"
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it says, "here is the
patience of the saints... "
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so you've kept the
word of my patience,
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you have the
patience of the saints,
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what did these people do?
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They keep the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus.
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Where are the
commandments of God?
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In the Most Holy Place,
in the Ark of the Covenant
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and it's disclosed in
Revelation 11 and verse 19.
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Ivor: Absolutely.
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James: So here
is one connection,
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then you have the
hour of temptation
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that's going to
come up on all the world.
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Basically, what we
see God allowing here
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as we get further into the book,
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but we're in the
Philadelphian Age
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so we're there... we're
just not expanding it yet
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until we get into the
other part of Revelation
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is... He's allowing a test
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that's going to
come upon all the world
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small, great, rich,
poor, free and bond,
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everyone's going to be...
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the whole world...
is going to be tested
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and in that hour of test,
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you're going to
be kept, because why?
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Because you are
walking further in the light...
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you are walking
through that door,
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you have seen what I have
for you in the Most Holy Place,
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you're recognizing the goal
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and you're going to
embrace by my patience...
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you're going to embrace
that light which is... revealed
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"keeping the commandments
of God and the faith of Jesus"
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and so I'm going to keep you
from the hour of temptation...
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being kept from the hour
of temptation... in this...
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as it says in
Revelation 14 and I love this,
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is the experience of following
the lamb wherever He goes,
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"follow the lamb... "
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He has gone in to
the Most Holy Place
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and He wants us to follow Him in
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to the Most Holy
Place, just follow the lamb...
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you'll be okay if
you just follow the Lamb
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and of course the
Lamb is... the Word...
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the Word of God... made
flesh... so the Word of God...
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the Lamb of God...
He wants to woo us...
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the love story again... He
wants us to be the bride...
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He wants us to be prepared...
He wants us to be robed...
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He wants us to
follow Him all the way...
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no man can shut that door,
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if you listen to men...
the door is going to be shut,
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the Lawyers in Christ's
day tried to shut up the...
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the key of knowledge...
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but if you follow
me... you're good.
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Ivor: I don't know if you
remember how we talked about the
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three compartments
of the Sanctuary...
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right, there's the Outer Court
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which had the Altar of
Sacrifice and the Laver,
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there was the Holy Place
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that has the three
articles of furniture,
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and then there's
the Most Holy Place,
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so this understanding of the
Sanctuary really helps us here
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because, remember in
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John,
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we're being pointed to
the Altar of Sacrifice,
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right, and from
the Book of Acts...
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all the way over to Jude,
we're looking at the Laver,
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all that's the Outer Court,
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but when we get to
Revelation, what we see is...
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Christ standing in the
midst of the candlesticks,
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we're see Him in
the Altar of Incense,
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we see Him at the
Table of Shewbread,
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right, but within the
context of the seven churches,
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this now all comes
together when you realize,
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"Whoa, each
prophecy is like moving us...
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stage by stage to the Sanctuary
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so 70 weeks points
us to the Outer Court,
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the 1,260 points us
to that period of time
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covering three to four churches
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and then the 2,300 is what...
is when Christ is saying,
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"I'm going to open this
door that no man can shut"
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and brings us into
that Most Holy Place
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which sets the foundation,
so, put it like this,
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if we didn't
have the seven seals
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or the seven trumpets,
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just the understanding
of the seven churches
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let's just say, all we
had were the seven churches
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and then
Revelation 12... 13... 14...
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that alone...
right, from Revelation...
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from the sixth church onward,
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you would have
Revelation 12, 13, 14...
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because that's where
all... Most Holy Place...
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events now begin to occur,
so phrase it another way...
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the 70 and the
1,260... you find them occupying
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most of the first church,
second church, third church,
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fourth church, fifth church...
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when you get to
the sixth church,
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the 70 and the
1,260 fall off the scene.
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Now we're dealing with
2,300-Day 1844 language,
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focus... and that's
what this open door does,
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it brings an understanding
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this key unlocks the
understanding of the Sanctuary
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as it relates
to end-time events.
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James: And you know,
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the seven churches is
to the Book of Revelation
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what Daniel 2 is
to the Book of Daniel.
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Ivor: Absolutely.
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James: Daniel 2 is
the basic framework
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and you have this
image... all of it is there,
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everything is
there, we have the image,
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it goes from
Babylon, Medo-Persia,
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Greece, Rome,
you got the ten toes,
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you've got the
nations of Europe,
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you've got the miry
clay mixed with the iron
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and Church-State...
mixed with civil power,
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and then you've got the stone
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that comes and
smites the image at the feet
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and becomes a great mountain
and fills the whole earth,
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the whole thing is there,
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second coming... the
whole thing is there,
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even thousand
years... it's all there...
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but the
details... the details...
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so, the seven seals
and the seven trumpets
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and Revelation 12... are
going to give us more details,
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but what is it that says here,
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"you've kept the
word of my patience... "
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oh, what does that mean?
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Oh, Revelation 14 tells
us what that means, right?
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"The word of my patience... "
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now why don't you look
at this verse that follows,
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it says, verse 12, it
says, "Him that overcomes,
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will I make a pillar
in the temple of my God,
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he shall go no more out... "
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Out of what? The Temple...
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"and I will write upon
him the name of my God,
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and the name of
the city of my God... "
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that is... "I'm going to
seal him with the seal of God,
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the name of the city of
my God... the new Jerusalem,
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this is talking
about the sealing now
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because the sealing takes place
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during the
Philadelphia experience
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that started right there,
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the sealing time began during
the Philadelphia experience,
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so "I'm going to write
on him the name of my God,
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I'm going to write on
him the new Jerusalem,
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and which comes down
from heaven from my God:
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and I will write
upon him my new name. "
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So God's people are going
to be sealed in this time now,
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here's the point I want
to make about this verse...
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Ivor: Let me...
let me just back up
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to something you
just said, James: Okay.
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Ivor: So, in Revelation
14 and verse 1, it says,
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"And I looked, and lo, a
Lamb stood on Mount Zion,
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and with him a hundred
forty and four thousand,
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having his Father's name
written in their foreheads. "
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We know that the seal of
God is received in the forehead
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and so the seal of
God is... in a sense...
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the Father's name being written
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so this correlates
us... it let's us know
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that we are definitely
looking at end-time events here,
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in Revelation chapter 3 when
it tells about Philadelphia...
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having the name of
God written upon them.
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James: Yes, and it talks
about in Revelation 22...
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it talks about
the fact that they...
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"the redeemed will see His face
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and His name shall
be in their foreheads"
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so everyone that's in
heaven is going to have His name
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in their foreheads
and the name of God
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is synonymous with
the character of God...
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is synonymous
with the Law of God.
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Ivor: That's right.
00:17:51.50\00:17:52.83
James: This is another
reference to the Law...
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in the Most Holy Place.
00:17:54.24\00:17:55.57
and here's something really...
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Jason: Now, so, what about
the Mark of the Beast then?
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and the name of God is
written on the forehead,
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the Mark of the Beast is...
written on the forehead as well?
00:18:01.98\00:18:05.91
James: Yes... no... yes...
or in the hands, or in the hands
00:18:05.98\00:18:09.88
so here's a real
quick response to that...
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to that statement and that is,
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we can only receive the
seal of God in the forehead
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because... to be
sealed... with the name of God
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is to have His image reflected
in our hearts, in our minds,
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so we are like God...
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the Mark of the
Beast can be received
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in the forehead or in the hand
because the Mark of the Beast is
00:18:30.67\00:18:34.41
either reflecting
the image of the beast
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which ultimately is selfishness,
versus selflessness,
00:18:36.51\00:18:40.42
or just going along with it,
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in other words, you don't
really actually believe this,
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you don't really
actually hear this
00:18:45.79\00:18:48.46
but because of the
financial pressure,
00:18:48.49\00:18:50.96
the economic
pressure, the death threat,
00:18:50.99\00:18:53.13
you're going to
go along with it.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: And so
there's those two options,
00:18:55.90\00:18:57.23
but with God, it
has to be genuine,
00:18:57.27\00:18:58.73
you can't... right now
with God you can go along...
00:18:58.77\00:19:02.07
you can pretend, you
can just go along with it
00:19:02.10\00:19:04.04
but the test is
going to distinguish
00:19:04.07\00:19:07.18
between those who just go...
00:19:07.21\00:19:08.54
who say they're
Jews and they're not...
00:19:08.58\00:19:09.91
and they're liars...
Philadelphia church...
00:19:09.94\00:19:11.68
you can't just go
along with it with God...
00:19:11.71\00:19:13.72
when the test comes,
00:19:13.75\00:19:15.08
it has to be a
genuine experience.
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Ivor: And let me add this
00:19:16.48\00:19:18.45
that those who
receive the Mark of the Beast
00:19:18.49\00:19:21.16
on their forehead,
will be those who are
00:19:21.19\00:19:23.79
genuinely deceived,
00:19:23.83\00:19:26.66
which will be
00:19:26.70\00:19:28.26
almost the whole world...
00:19:28.30\00:19:31.07
who doesn't
understand the Scriptures,
00:19:31.10\00:19:34.00
those who receive
the mark in the hand
00:19:34.04\00:19:36.67
are those who
understand the Scripture...
00:19:36.71\00:19:39.27
they're not deceived...
James: They're not deceived.
00:19:39.31\00:19:41.74
Yvonne: Ahh...
that's interesting...
00:19:41.81\00:19:44.18
wait... give us that again...
unpack that a little bit.
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Ivor: So, remember, the
whole world is going to be
00:19:47.45\00:19:50.45
deceived but... really
it's not the whole world,
00:19:50.49\00:19:53.29
those... those who
are deceived in their mind
00:19:53.32\00:19:56.06
receive the Mark
in their forehead,
00:19:56.09\00:19:57.69
they're the ones that
are like, "Oh yeah... "
00:19:57.73\00:20:00.10
they have no clue...
00:20:00.13\00:20:01.46
they don't
understand the Scriptures,
00:20:01.50\00:20:03.33
those who receive
the Mark in the hand
00:20:03.37\00:20:05.43
are those who
are not deceived...
00:20:05.47\00:20:07.64
Ivor: They understand...
you understand what I'm saying?
00:20:07.67\00:20:12.51
They understand the Sanctuary,
00:20:12.54\00:20:15.24
yeah, they understand
the everlasting gospel,
00:20:15.28\00:20:19.38
they know it here
but because of pressure
00:20:19.41\00:20:23.42
and because their characters
have not been developed,
00:20:23.49\00:20:26.35
in time of
crisis, they know better
00:20:26.39\00:20:29.49
but they go along.
00:20:29.52\00:20:31.86
Jason: Okay let me
ask you this question...
00:20:31.89\00:20:33.63
what about that verse...
00:20:33.66\00:20:35.00
"God winks at our
ignorance," what does that mean?
00:20:35.03\00:20:39.00
James: That means that
there are people, even now...
00:20:39.03\00:20:42.74
and this is why we're still...
00:20:42.77\00:20:44.17
we're still looking
in relation to this,
00:20:44.21\00:20:47.21
we're still looking for
00:20:47.24\00:20:48.74
a culmination of what
we're developing right here,
00:20:48.78\00:20:51.71
there are people who are in
Babylon... who are God's people.
00:20:51.78\00:20:54.82
The final message that
we're going to see proclaimed...
00:20:54.85\00:20:57.99
as we expand this
00:20:58.02\00:20:59.35
and repeat and enlarge
on this in Revelation 18...
00:20:59.39\00:21:01.06
the final message we're
going to hear proclaimed
00:21:01.09\00:21:02.89
as the earth is lightened
by the glory of God is...
00:21:02.92\00:21:04.69
"Come out of her my
people, come out... "
00:21:04.73\00:21:07.20
they're honest...
they... we've looked at Sardis,
00:21:07.23\00:21:10.67
we've looked at Thyatira,
00:21:10.70\00:21:12.03
we see honest
people in those churches,
00:21:12.07\00:21:14.27
"I'm not going
to put any burden,
00:21:14.30\00:21:15.90
what you have...
hold fast till I come...
00:21:15.94\00:21:17.87
you haven't found
your works perfect,
00:21:17.94\00:21:19.84
you need to
progress, come out, come out,
00:21:19.87\00:21:21.98
I even gave
Jezebel space to repent,
00:21:22.01\00:21:23.95
and she repented not,
00:21:23.98\00:21:25.31
do you see Ahab...
00:21:25.35\00:21:27.08
how he's repenting,
how he's humbling himself,
00:21:27.12\00:21:28.75
what about Manasseh?"
00:21:28.78\00:21:30.12
Manasseh is actually
going to be in heaven.
00:21:30.15\00:21:31.49
"Oh,
Nebuchadnezzar, that wicked king
00:21:31.52\00:21:33.15
who was ready to
kill all his wise men
00:21:33.19\00:21:34.96
because they
couldn't interpret his dream?"
00:21:34.99\00:21:36.32
He's going to be in heaven.
00:21:36.36\00:21:37.69
Ivor: And he was
the king of Babylon.
00:21:37.73\00:21:39.06
James: God
winks at our ignorance
00:21:39.09\00:21:40.43
but there's a time coming...
there's a test coming...
00:21:40.46\00:21:42.76
and there are people who know...
they get it in their hand...
00:21:42.83\00:21:45.30
there are people who
not only... as Ivor said,
00:21:45.33\00:21:48.34
are going to be people
who know but go along with it,
00:21:48.37\00:21:50.67
there's also going to be
people... they may not know
00:21:50.71\00:21:52.77
what we know as
far as the truth goes,
00:21:52.81\00:21:54.38
but they do know
that that is not true
00:21:54.41\00:21:56.14
and they're just
going along with it,
00:21:56.21\00:21:57.55
even though they
know that's not true
00:21:57.58\00:21:58.91
they're just going along with it
00:21:58.95\00:22:00.28
because they haven't
fully embraced the truth,
00:22:00.32\00:22:02.82
their only
safety is in the truth.
00:22:02.85\00:22:04.39
Now, let me... oh, go ahead...
00:22:04.42\00:22:05.89
Yvonne: The whole idea of
having God's name in our heads,
00:22:05.92\00:22:10.26
I love the idea
that He knows my name,
00:22:10.29\00:22:13.19
"Fear not for I
have redeemed thee...
00:22:13.23\00:22:15.96
I've called thee by
name... thou art mine... "
00:22:16.00\00:22:18.23
so, I am His... now
His name is in my head...
00:22:18.27\00:22:24.61
and so, I know
Him and I am now...
00:22:24.64\00:22:29.41
He's giving me a new name...
00:22:29.44\00:22:31.18
I'm going to shout
up here in a minute now!
00:22:31.21\00:22:34.75
I'm getting ready
to shout up here...
00:22:34.78\00:22:36.12
James: Think about this...
00:22:36.15\00:22:37.49
let's just pull
this out a little bit...
00:22:37.52\00:22:40.29
my wife...
before I married her...
00:22:40.32\00:22:44.93
her name was Khadia...
I wooed her, dated her,
00:22:44.96\00:22:50.27
courted her,
drew her, asked her,
00:22:50.30\00:22:52.93
she said, "Yes," we got married,
00:22:52.97\00:22:55.54
now her dad wanted her
to keep her maiden name,
00:22:55.60\00:22:57.94
but I'm giving her a new name...
I'm giving her a new name...
00:22:57.97\00:23:02.44
Yvonne: Right... right...
James: That's great because
00:23:02.48\00:23:04.55
her first name is
Risé... Risé Rafferty...
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Yvonne: Oh, nice...
it has a ring to it,
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it has a ring...
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so God is
wooing us... you see...
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God is the
bridegroom and He's courting us,
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you see... and He is enclosing
us in His arms of love,
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He's drawing us to Him
and He's getting us ready...
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the marriage of
the Bride has come...
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and if we marry
Him, we get a new name...
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we get a new name.
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Yvonne: Ah ha...
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James: So the whole...
the whole package is there,
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it's all there.
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All right... this verse...
I want to unpack this verse,
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I've been anxious to do this
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just because...
it's a new idea to me
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and I think it's really
important... verse 12...
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"Him that overcometh
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will I make a pillar in
the temple of my God... "
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okay... the need to overcome,
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the issue that they had to
overcome was this disappointment
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the Philadelphian church had
overcome this disappointment,
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they had to accept
that God had this in hand
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He knew what was happening,
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they had to accept
and trust the bridegroom,
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they had to trust Him,
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there were some rumors
about Him that... you know,
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where... He was a shady
guy... you can't trust Him...
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they had to trust Him
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and then they had to
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enter into this
understanding of the temple,
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and if they
would enter into this,
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they would become
pillars in the temple,
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now, a pillar in a
temple is something
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that holds up the
temple, it supports the temple
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and they wouldn't
go out of the temple,
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they'd come in,
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they support the temple
and they don't leave it,
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see, there are
people that wouldn't go in
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they wouldn't
support the temple idea,
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they wouldn't support
the "Most Holy Place idea,"
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they wouldn't support the idea
that this was a disappointment
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because we misunderstood
the earthly Sanctuary,
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it's really the
heavenly Sanctuary,
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so they wouldn't go in...
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Ivor: They were the
pillars of our faith.
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James: These are
the pillars of our faith
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that support our
understanding of this truth
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and we don't leave it,
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now there are people that
went in and then they go out.
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there are people that come
in and then they've gone out
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but those who overcome...
are going to go in...
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they're going to
be in that temple,
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they're going to
support that temple,
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they're going to
support that Sanctuary truth,
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they're going to support those
pillars and not going to leave.
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Yvonne: So, this represents
the 1844 experience then?
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Ivor: Absolutely.
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James: And our experience today
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because we are walking
in the footsteps of 1844,
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we have to revisit that...
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we have to go back
and we have to say,
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"Do we believe in the
experience that they had?
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Do we accept the
message that God gave them
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and do we step into that
temple and support those...
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are we supportive...
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are we going to be
pillars of that temple truth?"
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Ivor: And I think, what's
beautiful... as we look at again
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at the correlation of
Old Testament history,
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we look at what happened
under the work of Nehemiah,
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these were people who were
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at one time busy
building their own homes,
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who now come together to
focus on the Lord's house,
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and what I think... one
of the most beautiful things
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about the Millerite Movement was
that in essence, Adventism...
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was made up of people who came
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from their
different Denominations
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and all became pillars
in the one house of the Lord
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and so, it's not
that the Lord is saying,
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"Hey, I have a... you know...
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I like these people
better than those people... "
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He's saying, "I
want all my people,
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to come out of Babylon
and go back to Jerusalem. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm... yeah...
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Ivor: "Come out of
Babylon... and go back... "
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and that's exactly
what you see happening
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under Sardis, Philadelphia...
the history repeats itself,
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these people
came out of Babylon,
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by-the-way, some
chose to stay in Babylon.
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James: Yes, and
several calls were made...
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Ivor: That's
right... James: Come out...
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and we need more
priests, we need more people...
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they were
comfortable in their locations,
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they were
comfortable in this world,
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and in our Denominations,
and in the direction...
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and we're not as willing...
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we're reluctant to come
out of all of that comfort...
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and to step forward in
what God has for them...
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Ivor and James: Into
the house of the Lord...
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Ivor: Into spiritual
Jerusalem. James: Israel...
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yes, and we see them suddenly
become pillars of that truth,
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so it's... it's
amazing... this... this...
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all these verses are bringing
out these entire experiences.
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Yvonne: Yes... yes... yes...
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James: And I know that...
that there may be some questions
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that people are
going to be asking...
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and if there are questions...
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Jason: How do they send them in?
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Yvonne: Ah... you're
asking me, triple "s"
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so it's: sss as in
Salvation in Symbols and Signs,
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@3abn. org
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James: Amen... close us out
with a prayer, Yvonne, please.
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Yvonne: "Father God, thank you,
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thank you so much for
allowing us to just see
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all of this new information
and you're just so gracious
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and just so good to us,
Lord, we just thank you so much
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continue to be with
us, continue to guide us,
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continue, Lord God,
to direct our steps,
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thank you again for all that you
do and for who you are, Lord,
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we just praise you, we
just magnify you right now
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as the Divine Designer,
in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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