So we are in
Revelation chapter 7,
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now Revelation chapter 7 is
still part of the seven seals
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there's no seal
mentioned in this chapter
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because in a sense it's
kind of like an interlude
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or an interruption in the
sequence of the seven seals,
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the seven seals are going to
come after Revelation chapter 7
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in Revelation 8 verse 1
so we have the sixth seal
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then we have this interlude
of hope... Revelation 7...
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the entire chapter and
then we have the 7th seal,
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so why do we have
this interruption?
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Why do we have this...
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this interlude right in
the middle of these seals
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before the 7th seal is opened,
after the 6th seal is opened
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why do we have this...
this whole chapter put in here?
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Well, the reason why is because
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this chapter
answers the question
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that is asked in
Revelation chapter 6.
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When the sixth seal is opened,
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there's a sequence of
events that takes place,
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and those events culminate
in the coming of Jesus and God
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and the
question that's asked is,
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"Who is going
to be able to stand
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before the throne
and before the Lamb?"
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And so what happens is
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John is inspired by
God, by the Holy Spirit
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to give a whole chapter
to answer that question.
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And that's what we're
going to do in this next study
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we're going to
seek to understand
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Revelation chapter 7's
answer to the question,
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"Who is going to
be able to stand?"
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Yvonne: So, is this kind of
a continuation of the idea of
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who can open the seals?
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James: No, it's
not a continuation
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of who's going
to open the seals,
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because that's
already been answered,
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Jesus, the Lamb
is opening the seals
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but this is more
like a statement of,
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you know, this sequence of seals
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has taken us from
the Apostolic Age...
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all the way down through history
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to the Second Coming of Jesus,
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we've gone through the
disappointment of 1844...
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we've headed into the judgment,
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we've seen the signs in
the heavens that indicate
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that the Millerite
Movement was right on track
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and now we're seeing
the Second Coming of Jesus
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well, who is going to be
able to stand when Jesus comes?
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Well, I forgot to tell you...
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let me tell you
about this little...
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little bit right
here... that judgment...
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is involved...
involves a sealing
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a sealing work
that's going to take place
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and there's going to be this
number that's going to be sealed
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"I heard the number...
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they were a hundred
and forty and four thousand
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and then I saw
this great multitude
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that no man could number... "
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that's what Revelation 7
does, it's kind of like...
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I call it... "an
interlude of hope"
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because there's this despair
that comes from this question,
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"Who's going to
be able to stand?"
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And I mean, even the righteous
will kind of ask that question,
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"who's going to
be able to stand?"
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And Revelation chapter
7 is an interlude to hope
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because it gives an
answer... it points to a people
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who are going
to be able to stand
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because they
have the seal of God.
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Yvonne: Yeah...
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James: And that
people is so large
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that you can't even number them
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so it's... it's
encouragement for us
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they come from every nation,
kindred, tongue and people so...
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all right... Jason, let's get
into this with a word of prayer
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and then, Yvonne, can you read
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Revelation 7 verses 1 through
4 for us? Yvonne: Sure...
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James: All right,
let's get started.
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Jason: "Dear Heavenly
Father, thank you so much
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for blessing us
with the privilege
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to be able to study your Word,
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we invite you to be with
us and help us to understand
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what we are studying, in
Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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Yvonne: Okay, Revelation
7 verses 1 through 4...
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"And after these
things I saw four angels
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standing on the four
corners of the earth,
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holding the four
winds of the earth,
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that the wind should
not blow on the earth,
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nor on the sea, nor on any tree.
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And I saw another angel
ascending from the east,
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having the seal
of the living God:
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and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels,
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to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea,
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Saying, Hurt not the earth,
neither the sea, nor the trees,
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till we have sealed the servants
of our God in their foreheads.
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And I heard the number
of them which were sealed:
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and there were sealed
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an hundred and
forty and four thousand
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of all the tribes of
the children of Israel. "
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James: Okay, these verses are
the introduction to the sealing
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and the introduction in
verse 1 identifies four winds,
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four winds that are
ready to blow on the earth
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now these four
winds are touched on
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in our previous chapter
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because when we got into
the opening of the sixth seal,
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we saw all kinds
of natural disasters,
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we saw a great earthquake
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and we referenced that
to the Lisbon earthquake,
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we saw the signs in the sky,
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the sun and the moon and
the stars falling to the earth,
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all of these were
indicating of natural disasters
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that were coming... calamities
that were coming upon the earth
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and in Revelation chapter 7
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the idea is that these
calamities are being held back,
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they're being restrained...
they're not coming in full force
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because there's a
work that has to be done
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in sealing God's servants
and we see the same thing,
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and the same idea
in Ezekiel chapter 9,
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this whole picture is
borrowed from the Old Testament
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so in Ezekiel
chapter 9 God shows Ezekiel
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this same
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sealing work
that is taking place
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and the same consequence
that's being held back
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yeah, Ezekiel chapter 9 and
Jason could you read for us,
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Ezekiel 9, verses
1... all the way through
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to verse 6.
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Jason: Okay, "He cried also
in mine ears with a loud voice,
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saying, Cause them that
have charge over the city
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to draw near, even every man
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with his
destroying weapon in his hand.
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And behold, six men came
from the way of the higher gate,
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which lieth toward the north,
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and every man a
slaughter weapon in his hand;
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and one man among them
was clothed with linen,
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with a writer's
inkhorn by his side:
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and they went in, and
stood beside the brazen altar.
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And the glory of
the God of Israel
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was gone up from the
cherub, whereupon he was,
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to the threshold of the house.
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And he called to the
man clothed with linen,
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which had the
writer's inkhorn by his side;
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And the Lord said unto him,
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Go through the
midst of the city,
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through the midst of Jerusalem,
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and set a mark upon the
foreheads of the men that sigh
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and that cry for
all the abominations
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that be done in
the midst thereof.
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And to the others he
said in mine hearing,
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Go ye after him
through the city, and smite:
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let not your eye
spare, neither have ye pity:
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Slay utterly old and young,
both maids, and little children,
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and women: but
come not near any man
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upon whom is the mark;
and begin at my sanctuary.
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Then they began
at the ancient men
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which were before the house. "
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Now really quickly
here on these verses,
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we see the same two ingredients
that we see in Revelation 7,
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we see a mark that's
being set on God's people...
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who are sighing and
crying for the abominations
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and then we see destruction
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coming on those who are
not going to have the mark...
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the destruction
is the same thing
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that we see in Revelation
7 as the four winds...
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: God is not going
to allow those four winds...
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He's not going to allow
that destruction to come
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until God's
people are sealed, why?
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Because according to Ezekiel 9,
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the destruction
is not going to come
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to those who have the
seal of the Mark of God.
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So, this is an important
parallel that we see here
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taking place
between these two chapters,
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Ezekiel 9 is helping us
with Revelation chapter 7
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the four winds being
held back to God's servants
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are sealed in their foreheads.
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Ivor: Yeah, I also
want to pick up on...
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to go back to the
Book of Revelation
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and looking at the
context of Revelation chapter 7
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we've seen that it is set within
the context of the seven seals
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and we established
in earlier programs
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that the seven seals unfold
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according to
Revelation chapter 4 and 5,
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at the Table of Shewbread,
that's the "sides of the north,"
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and it's interesting as
you were speaking, James,
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we were actually reading
the description of the...
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of the tribes...
12,000 from each tribe,
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so, how many tribes are there?
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There are twelve... and
on the Table of Shewbread
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how many loaves
of bread? Twelve...
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and what's interesting is that
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if you take each
one of those loaves...
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as representing
a tribe, you know,
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you have 12,000 in each tribe
so those 12 loaves of bread
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are almost a shadow
form of this 144,000.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Okay, so, think if this...
think of it in this context,
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remember where
Lucifer wanted to sit...
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he wanted to sit...
according to Isaiah 14 verse 13,
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"on the sides of
the north," okay,
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so what we see
unfolding within the seven seals
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is this conflict
between God and Lucifer
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over "the sides of the north,"
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so what's on the
sides of the north?
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According to Isaiah 14:13,
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Lucifer said, "I
will set my throne
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upon the sides of the north
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where the mount of
the congregation is...
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okay, this again is speaking
about "the congregation of God"
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so, when that question is asked,
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we saw that the
rider on the white horse
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going forth
with the Word of God,
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this... going
forth of the Word of God
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is to help establish the
mount of the congregation
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where Satan's trying to destroy
the mount of the congregation,
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he's trying to rule over
the mount of the congregation
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so we get to
Revelation chapter 6
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or it's... yeah... chapter
6... to the sixth seal...
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we have this question,
"Who shall be able to what...?
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Yvonne: Stand...
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Ivor: To stand... all right...
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and the answer comes
in Revelation chapter 7
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where it's very interesting...
I want you to notice,
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Revelation chapter 7
and look at verse 9...
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Revelation chapter 7 verse 9...
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after John
describes the 144,000...
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verse 9 says this...
"After this I beheld, and lo,
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a great multitude,
which no man could number,
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of all nations,
kindred's, tongues and peoples,
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stood before... "
where? "the throne... "
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all right...
where is God's throne?
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"The sides of the north... "
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in other words...
the... this Revelation 7
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shows us the end product
of the Word of God going forth
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and in fact, here's
what's even more interesting...
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if you flip over
to Revelation 14...
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and look at how the
144,000 are described here,
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Revelation 14 verse 1, it says,
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"I looked and lo, a
Lamb stood... " where?
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All: "Mount Zion... "
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Ivor: Where is Mount Zion
James: side of the north...
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Ivor: sides of the north...
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according to Psalm
48... verses 1 and 2
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"Beautiful for
situation... " right...
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James: "the joy of the
whole earth, is mount Zion,
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on the sides of the north,
the city of the great King. "
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Ivor: the city of
the great king... so...
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Yvonne: "king"
singular or kings?
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Ivor: King...
singular... so in other words,
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those who stand on
Mount Zion at the very end...
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when all things
are said and done...
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are represented by
the loaves of bread
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they are the "mount
of the congregation"
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that has made it to
heaven. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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James: So that number 12
is significant... because
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the number 12 in the Old
Testament... 12 tribes...
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in the New
Testament... 12 disciples...
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Ivor: 12 Apostles...
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James: And even
the New Jerusalem
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which is the Bride of
Christ has 12 foundations
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and 12 gates... 12
times 12 is a 144...
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and 1,000 is the
largest number in the Bible...
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see... when God
wants to get big...
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and see... sometimes we think
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"Oh, a 144,000... that's
not very many people... "
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well, first of all,
it is a symbolic number
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because if you look
at it in the Greek...
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it actually reads
twelve... 1,000...
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twelve...
1,000... twelve... 1,000
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twelve... 1,000...
and it's repeated 12 times
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and the thing that's
so powerful about this is
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twelve is a symbol
of the kingdom number
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and the 1,000 is the
largest number in the Bible,
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when God wants
to get big He says,
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"a thousand times ten thousands
and thousands of thousands"
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okay, so when he
using a 1,000 He's saying,
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"I want you to think
big... " okay, a thousand...
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so who's going to be sealed
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twelve...
1,000... from this tribe...
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and 12,000 from this tribe
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and 12 one
thousand from this tribe...
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and 12 one thousand from
this tribe, that's a lot,
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or 12 one
thousand from this tribe
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and 12 one
thousand from this tribe...
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how many have we done
so far? Jason: A lot...
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James: Six... 12
one thousand from...
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12 one thousand from...
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and it just keeps
going and going...
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and even though
he stops at 12...
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the point is not...
it's only this is not...
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the point isn't limited,
the point is... it's great,
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it's big... that's
why... in Revelation 7:9...
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John turns to see
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what he first heard,
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now this is a
key point right here,
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let's just touch
on this real quick...
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in Revelation
chapter 7 in verse 4,
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he says, "And I heard the
number of them that were sealed
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and there were sealed a 144,000"
then in verse 9 he says,
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"And after this
I... " what's the word?
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Yvonne: Beheld...
James: "Beheld... "
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Yvonne: Ah...
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James: when John first is
introduced to the sealing...
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he hears... he
doesn't see this...
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he just hears
who's going to be sealed,
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then he turns
around and he sees them
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what he's seeing is
the same thing he heard,
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how do we know this?
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Go back to
Revelation chapter 1...
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and look in Revelation chapter 1
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at what happens when
Jesus first comes to John
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on the Isle of Patmos, in
Revelation chapter 1 verse 10
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John says, "I was in the
Spirit on the Lord's day,
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and I heard behind
me a great voice... "
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what was it like?
Yvonne: A trumpet...
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James: A trumpet...
now was it a trumpet?
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a little... no... it
wasn't... so what was it?
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well, it sounded
like a trumpet, right?
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That's what I heard...
and then there was verse 12,
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"And I turned to see the
voice that spake with me.
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And being turned, I saw
seven golden candlesticks;
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And in the
midst... " verse 13...
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"of the candlesticks...
one like unto the Son of man. "
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So, what he first
heard was a trumpet
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but then what saw was Jesus.
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What he heard and what he
saw were the same things...
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He heard the voice of
Jesus and he saw Jesus,
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in Revelation 7... he hears
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the number of
those that are sealed,
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and they're the 144,000...
and he beheld and he saw
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a great multitude that
would make that number,
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12 one thousands of it
and 12 one thousands...
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and 12 one thousands...
and 12 one thousands,
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just continuing
on and on and on...
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recognizing that twelve is a
symbol of the Kingdom of God...
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Old Testament... Kingdom of God,
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New Testament... so you've
got the Old Testament redeemed,
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the New Testament redeemed...
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times a thousand... a
thousand... a thousand...
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a thousand... 12
times 12... a 144,000s...
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Ivor: I think what's
also pretty significant
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is that if you look
at the first four seals
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it follows that
very pattern, he says,
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"I heard the
angel... basically saying,
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'come and see... '
and then I go look... "
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the second seal... "I
heard... and then I looked...
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I heard... "
three... four seals...
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"I heard... then I looked"
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so this concept
I think is very...
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it's crucial to understand
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that he doesn't
see the number first,
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he hears it and
then when he looks...
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what does he see?
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He sees a great multitude,
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now, I want to
mention something here
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because this is... this
is important to understand
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the great multitude is a
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fulfillment of the
promise given to Abraham.
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James: Hmmm...
hmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Abraham's seed...
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"Abraham...
you're going to have seed
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so great that they
cannot be numbered... "
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James: Like the stars of heaven.
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Ivor: Like the
stars of heaven...
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this is the promise to Abraham,
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Abraham... the father
of the Children of Israel,
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right... so, Abraham
never saw this promise
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so when he gets to
heaven, I mean, just imagine
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he's like, "Man,
where my great multitude?"
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And God says, "Well,
count those 144,000... "
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he's like, "Wait a
minute... that's the great...
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that's the... " no,
no, no... God shows him
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this great multitude,
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he was to be the
father of many nations
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and so, what we see here is that
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this promise is being
fulfilled, this group... 144,000
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is... is the symbolic number
for the great multitude...
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those that have been redeemed
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and here's something else
that's interesting is that
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in the Old Testament God
called Israel to serve him,
00:16:11.60\00:16:14.54
he said to
Pharaoh, "Let my people go
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that they may serve me in
the wilderness" twelve tribes...
00:16:17.34\00:16:20.34
in the New Testament He
calls 12 disciples to serve Him,
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so there's a
connection with that number 12
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and service so guess what?
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When you see the
sealing of the 144,000...
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who were they sealing?
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those that... that... it says,
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"That we may seal the
servants of our God... "
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: When John asks,
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"Who are these...
this great multitude?"
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"These are they that serve Him
day and night in the temple. "
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So all those points
become crucial to understand
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when we're looking at this...
this number... 144,000...
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we're seeing that
this is a symbolic number
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that is the same as
the great multitude.
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James: And those
two verses, verse 3...
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"sealing the
servants of our God"
00:17:06.05\00:17:07.59
and verse 15... "Who are these?
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these are they who serve
Him day and night in the temple"
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and that's another
point, the great multitude
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that cannot be numbered
served God in the temple,
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they entered into the temple
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and they served God day
and night in that temple,
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what's beautiful
about this picture
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and this is
something we need to look at
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when we highlight because we...
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maybe haven't emphasized this,
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we're looking at
four epochs of time,
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we're looking at four
visions in Revelation,
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we're looking at the churches,
the seals, the trumpets
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and the seven salvation signs,
00:17:34.65\00:17:36.12
and we know they
begin at this Apostolic Age
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they begin in Christ's day
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and the day of the establishment
of the early church...
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the apostles... that's what
we mean by the Apostolic Age,
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the time of the apostles
being established by Christ
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being filled
with the Holy Spirit
00:17:49.36\00:17:51.03
and taking the
gospel to the world
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and they take us down to the
new heaven and the new earth,
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now, sometimes we think,
"Oh each one of these epics of
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time take us down to
the Second Coming... "
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I thought that for a long time
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but as I reexamined this I've
realized that in the context
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of the churches... you
have all these promises
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that are given to
those who overcome
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and notice... for
example... notice the promise
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that is given to
the church in Smyrna
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in the... in the... in the...
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well, actually, let's start
with the church in Ephesus,
00:18:20.76\00:18:23.70
in verse 7...
yeah, read that for us...
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Jason, Revelation 2 verse 7
00:18:26.94\00:18:30.71
and then Yvonne,
would you read after that...
00:18:30.74\00:18:34.54
will you read Revelation
chapter 2 and verse 11.
00:18:34.58\00:18:38.31
so, 2:7... 2:11...
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Jason: Okay, "He
that hath an ear,
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let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches;
00:18:42.78\00:18:45.55
To him that overcometh will I
give to eat of the tree of life,
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which is in the midst
of the paradise of God. "
00:18:48.96\00:18:51.46
Yvonne: And then 2:11...
says, "He that hath an ear,
00:18:51.49\00:18:54.50
let him hear what the
Spirit saith unto the churches;
00:18:54.53\00:18:57.47
He that overcometh shall not
be hurt of the second death. "
00:18:57.50\00:19:00.97
James: The second death is on
the other side of the millennium
00:19:01.00\00:19:04.44
it's when the New
Jerusalem comes down
00:19:04.47\00:19:07.24
out of God from heaven
and rests on this earth
00:19:07.28\00:19:09.91
and this earth becomes
the center of the universe,
00:19:09.94\00:19:12.35
the Tree of Life... the
Tree of the Paradise of God
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is also going to be in that
new heaven and that new earth
00:19:14.88\00:19:17.05
so the implication here
in the seven churches is
00:19:17.09\00:19:20.36
we're going from the
Apostolic Age all the way
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down to the new
heaven and the new earth...
00:19:22.99\00:19:25.49
Eden restored...
Yvonne: Hmmm... yes...
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James: We're going all
the way to Eden restored,
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okay now, do we
have that same thing
00:19:29.76\00:19:31.63
taking place in the seven seals?
00:19:31.67\00:19:33.23
Notice here in
Revelation chapter 7...
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Ivor talked about verse
15, let's just read there
00:19:35.27\00:19:39.81
Jason read for us...
00:19:39.84\00:19:41.18
Yvonne: Can I add
something about the...
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make an observation of
the 144,000 before we...
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James: Yeah.
00:19:45.08\00:19:46.41
Yvonne: It's really
interesting to me like...
00:19:46.45\00:19:48.68
I've read about that
before and I've thought
00:19:48.72\00:19:50.95
"Man, a 144,000... that's
not a whole bunch of people"
00:19:50.99\00:19:54.19
so then you think,
00:19:54.22\00:19:55.56
"Okay, am I
going to make the cut
00:19:55.59\00:19:56.93
because it's only a 144,000,"
like... "do I measure up?"
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kind of thing... but then
the encouraging thing for me
00:20:00.00\00:20:03.23
was when I read that
John said he saw a number
00:20:03.26\00:20:05.43
that no man can
number... now I'm like... okay,
00:20:05.47\00:20:08.60
"I'll surely... I
can be in that number"
00:20:08.64\00:20:10.54
which is really... that's
really the emphasis is wrong
00:20:10.57\00:20:14.11
because the
emphasis should be on
00:20:14.14\00:20:15.64
Christ and His
righteousness not mine...
00:20:15.68\00:20:17.65
but you know how we go
00:20:17.68\00:20:19.01
so, I was looking at
that and I'm thinking,
00:20:19.05\00:20:21.02
"144,000... okay... that's
not a whole bunch of people"
00:20:21.05\00:20:24.95
but again it's so
encouraging to see that number
00:20:24.99\00:20:28.49
"that no man can
number" so then you think,
00:20:28.52\00:20:30.69
"Wow! it's going to
be... you can't even imagine
00:20:30.73\00:20:34.10
how many people...
from the beginning of time
00:20:34.13\00:20:37.37
all the way to the
end... " but you know...
00:20:37.43\00:20:40.60
to when the Lord comes...
it's a whole lot of people
00:20:40.64\00:20:42.74
so praise the Lord for that.
00:20:42.77\00:20:44.11
Jason: You have a chance.
00:20:44.14\00:20:45.47
Yvonne: Yeah, it makes
you feel like, "Okay... "
00:20:45.51\00:20:47.64
which we all do... I
mean intellectually we know
00:20:47.68\00:20:50.48
and from the Word we
know that it's about Christ
00:20:50.51\00:20:53.18
and it's not about
what we do and all that
00:20:53.21\00:20:55.48
but you still feel like,
00:20:55.52\00:20:57.35
"Well, broad is the way
that leads to destruction
00:20:57.39\00:21:00.89
and many there be that find it
00:21:00.92\00:21:03.06
and then narrow is the
way... " so you're thinking,
00:21:03.12\00:21:05.96
"Okay, so... " you know
00:21:05.99\00:21:09.00
but with this it's encouraging,
that's what I want to say.
00:21:09.03\00:21:11.37
James: You just caught it...
00:21:11.40\00:21:12.73
you just caught the
point of the chapter...
00:21:12.77\00:21:14.60
because see the
point of the chapter is
00:21:14.64\00:21:16.44
the interlude of
hope... Yvonne: Ahhh...
00:21:16.47\00:21:18.24
James: The point
of the chapter is,
00:21:18.27\00:21:19.61
Okay, there's
this white horse...
00:21:19.64\00:21:20.98
he's going forth with the gospel
00:21:21.01\00:21:22.34
but then there's a red horse,
then there's this black horse,
00:21:22.38\00:21:24.81
then there's this pale horse,
00:21:24.85\00:21:26.18
and then there are these
martyrs and they're crying out,
00:21:26.21\00:21:28.18
"How long you're
not going to judge"
00:21:28.22\00:21:29.55
and then there's all of these
natural disasters and signs
00:21:29.58\00:21:32.19
and then there's all...
00:21:32.22\00:21:33.56
rich, poor, free,
bond, mighty, all crying out,
00:21:33.59\00:21:35.52
"who's going to
be able to stand?"
00:21:35.56\00:21:37.39
it's like... "Whoa...
whoa... one white horse
00:21:37.43\00:21:39.63
and all this
negative... " you know,
00:21:39.69\00:21:41.63
that's what it appears
like but then John says,
00:21:41.66\00:21:43.57
"Wait a minute... wait a
minute, I forgot to tell you
00:21:43.60\00:21:45.50
there's something else
here God wants me to show you,
00:21:45.53\00:21:47.27
I saw that all these natural
disasters are being held back
00:21:47.30\00:21:50.71
and all these
calamities are being held back
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.34
while God's children were sealed
00:21:52.37\00:21:53.78
and then I heard this number
of those that were sealed"
00:21:53.81\00:21:55.64
and Hebrew... Hebrew thinkers
now you're never going to guess
00:21:55.68\00:21:59.05
12 yeah... Kingdom number...
but a 1,000... wow! that's big!
00:21:59.11\00:22:02.45
Again and again and again
and again and again and again
00:22:02.48\00:22:07.82
and again... whoa...
00:22:07.86\00:22:09.86
am I hearing things?
00:22:09.89\00:22:11.86
This sounds really
big... am I hearing things?
00:22:11.89\00:22:14.43
Well, then I turned and I looked
00:22:14.46\00:22:17.17
and beheld and lo, sure enough,
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.80
sure enough, a great
multitude that no man can number
00:22:19.83\00:22:23.44
he's not seeing two
different groups here
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you see... when
he first hears...
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Ivor: He only saw one group.
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James: He only saw one group,
he only heard the first group
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and so... and he had to be...
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it had to be
confirmed in his mind,
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"Is this really what I'm
hearing because this sounds... "
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and he was
thinking, "This sounds big...
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this sounds like a lot, I
mean, these thousands... "
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but sure enough,
it's confirmed...
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and these... these
servants... now notice this,
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I want us to read here,
just finishing up this thought,
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verses 15, 16 and
17, 15 through 17,
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let's read those
verses, Jason, thank you.
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Jason: "Therefore are
they before the throne of God,
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and serve him day
and night in his temple:
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and he that sitteth on the
throne shall dwell among them.
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They shall hunger no
more, neither thirst any more;
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neither shall the
sun light on them,
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nor any heat.
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For the Lamb which is
in the midst of the throne
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shall feed them and
shall lead them unto
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living fountains of waters
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and God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes. "
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James: Okay, if you compare
that with Revelation chapter 21
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when the temple comes...
when the city comes down...
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it talks about
how in Revelation 21,
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"I saw a new
heaven and a new earth:
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for the first heaven and the
first earth were passed away;
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and there was no more sea.
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And I saw... " John said,
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"I saw the holy city coming
down from God out of heaven,
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prepared as a bride
adorned for her husband.
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And I heard a great
voice out of heaven saying,
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Behold, the
tabernacle of God is with men,
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and he will dwell with them,
and they shall be his people,
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and God himself shall be
with them, and be their God.
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And God shall wipe away
all tears from their eyes:
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and there shall be no
more death and no more sorrow,
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no more crying, neither shall
there be any more pain... "
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no more back pain...
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no more neck pain that
makes you just want to complain
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"for the former things...
" see, John is taking us
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in Revelation seven seals
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all the way to the new
heaven and the new earth.
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John is taking us in
Revelation seven churches
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all the way to the new
heaven and the new earth...
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Eden restored, Eden restored...
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and we're going to see
the same thing in the trumpets
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and then in the
seven salvation signs,
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it just takes us all the
way there because we're...
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that Revelation 21 is
part of the last epic,
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it's part of that last
series, that last vision
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and so it fills out...
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the little hints we
have in the churches,
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the little hints we
have here in the seals,
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is filled out in that final
epic where he just expands...
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he gives full
revelation of exactly
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what that new
heaven and new earth is
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and how that all comes about.
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Ivor: Yeah, it's
a beautiful picture.
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Jason: So with Eden
restored that means that...
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that same diet is going
to be restored too, huh?
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James: Absolutely.
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Yvonne: All he
thinks about is food.
00:24:50.62\00:24:51.95
Laugher...
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James: It's going
to be unbelievable...
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the food that
we are going to eat
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from the Tree of Life...
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we are not even going
to want to touch anything
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that's even close to
earthly food ever again,
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it is going to be unbelievable,
have you ever tasted
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a piece of fruit
that was perfect?
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I mean... we eat a
lot of fruit that's...
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but... we eat a lot of fruit
that's, you know... whatever...
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but when you get
that one, you want to go,
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"All right, we got to go
back there and buy them out...
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we got to buy them
out... " Yvonne: Absolutely.
00:25:20.45\00:25:21.78
That doesn't even
come close to what's...
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Yvonne: It happened to me
last summer, these peaches...
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I love peaches... many times
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peaches are bland
and have no flavor
00:25:30.69\00:25:32.33
but these were the bomb...
and I tried to find them,
00:25:32.36\00:25:36.23
they had run out at one store
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and I was going to go
all the way to the orchard
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to get some more... I
didn't tell you that right,
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so I do know what
you're saying, yes.
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James: That's what
we're talking about here...
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Ivor: I think one of
the other points that,
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that I think it's really...
00:25:50.18\00:25:52.48
it's an insight that helps us
to unlock the 144,000 even more
00:25:52.51\00:25:57.95
is that... remember
under the fifth seal
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the saints are crying
out underneath the altar,
00:26:00.16\00:26:05.29
"How long before you
judge?" Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: And then at some
point they're given white robes
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and they're told...
00:26:11.47\00:26:12.83
"Listen, there are
others to come after you"
00:26:12.87\00:26:15.00
they too will
receive white robes,
00:26:15.04\00:26:17.01
well, as we look at
this great multitude,
00:26:17.04\00:26:20.78
right, and chapter
7... what do we have?
00:26:20.81\00:26:24.51
They are clothed in white robes.
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Yvonne: Wow!
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Ivor: Okay... but
they are identified
00:26:28.22\00:26:30.55
as "the mount of
the congregation,"
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which is symbolized
by the twelve loaves,
00:26:33.09\00:26:36.93
right, so the...
you know... people...
00:26:36.96\00:26:39.76
that same concern
you had, you know,
00:26:39.79\00:26:42.50
"the 144,000... am I
going to make it or not?"
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.80
I'm going to show you
something that is absolutely
00:26:44.83\00:26:46.84
crucial to understanding...
00:26:46.87\00:26:49.10
so let's go over
to Revelation 15...
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Revelation 15 and... actually...
I'm sorry Revelation 14,
00:26:50.91\00:26:56.78
Revelation 14... and let's...
00:26:56.81\00:27:00.55
this is a second
description of the 144,000
00:27:00.58\00:27:03.75
and we've got very
little time left...
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James: We can pick this up
though in our next program.
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Yvonne: Oh wow! cliffhanger...
00:27:10.53\00:27:12.23
James: This is a cliffhanger
right... but it is good...
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we're going to have to do
at least one or maybe two more
00:27:14.76\00:27:17.17
on this 144,000 in
Revelation 7 anyway,
00:27:17.23\00:27:20.07
so we'll do that... so...
we need to remind our Viewers
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to go into...
00:27:22.77\00:27:24.77
Yvonne: E-mail us at sss as in
Salvation in Symbols and Signs
00:27:24.81\00:27:30.65
at 3abn. org
00:27:30.68\00:27:33.21
James: sss... okay...
close us out with prayer, Jason.
00:27:33.25\00:27:36.12
Jason: All right...
"Dear Heavenly Father,
00:27:36.15\00:27:37.59
thank you for being
with us as we study the Word,
00:27:37.62\00:27:40.26
thank you for the
hope that you give us
00:27:40.29\00:27:42.76
that we can be a
part of that number, Lord,
00:27:42.79\00:27:45.86
help us to be
prepared for your soon return,
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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James: So, we'll be
looking at continuing, Ivor,
00:27:51.70\00:27:54.40
you're going to
pick it up for us,
00:27:54.47\00:27:55.80
we're going to start and
continue with this thought...
00:27:55.84\00:27:57.77
this cliffhanger thought
you've got on your brain.
00:27:57.84\00:28:00.11
Ivor:
Absolutely... Jason: Amen...
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Yvonne: That's great...
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