Revelation 8... the
symbols are coming alive,
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they are coming alive,
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we have stepped out
by faith in a sense,
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we've said now this is
either literal or it's symbolic
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we've said, "It's symbolic"
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and we found the
symbols identified
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in other parts of Revelation,
specifically Revelation 4,
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the thunders, the
lightnings, the voices
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around the throne of
God, the seven Spirits,
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we've identified those,
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the fire for
example as the Holy Spirit,
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we've looked at the
thunders... the voice of God,
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we've looked at the
voices as the languages
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and then we've
gone to the Bible,
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Bible history... to
authenticate or confirm
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the application of those symbols
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and we've seen them when the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
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took place on
the Day of Pentecost,
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fire... cloven
tongues of fire came down
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and they spake
with these languages
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that people could understand,
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and the voice of God came,
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the thunder of
God came and spoke
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to Saul and to Peter
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when he had that
vision of the sheet and said,
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"Peter, you need to
eat with the Gentiles,
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Saul, you need to
stop persecuting me... "
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so we've seen in the symbolic
language of Revelation...
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the confirmation
of that history...
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that early Apostolic History...
a Christian church history...
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now, we didn't
look at the lightnings,
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it says in Revelation
chapter 8 that there were not...
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it was not only fire and it was
not only voices and thunderings
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but there was lightnings
and there was an earthquake,
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what do the lightnings
and the earthquakes symbolize
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and how does that get confirmed
in the early Christian Church?
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That's what we
want to look at now
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and also, we want to look
at a larger picture that we
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are seeing here in
relation to prophecy...
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Peter on the day of Pentecost
quotes from the Old Testament,
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the Book of Joel,
how does that fit in?
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Ivor is going to bring us
something there... aren't you?
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How does that fit
in? Ivor: Oh boy...
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James: How does
that fit in here?
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All: Laughing...
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James: All right,
we need to pray...
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we need to pray and then we'll
get started with a few verses,
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Yvonne, would you pray
for us? Yvonne: Yes, sure,
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"Father God, we just
thank you so very much
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for the privilege
of studying your Word
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and gaining new insights, Lord,
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they just
reinforce how awesome you are
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so we thank you
and we praise you
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and we ask for your guidance
and your Spirit this day
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in Jesus' name,
amen. " All: "Amen... "
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James: And Jason, let's move
right into our Bible verses,
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I want us to... there are two
verses that I want us to read
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and one of them is in
Matthew 28 and verse 3,
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if you can get that
for us and then, Yvonne,
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can you get Ezekiel 1 verse 14?
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We're on lightnings...
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what does lightning
symbolize or represent?
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It's not literal...
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if it's symbolic... what
does it symbolize and represent
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and then we're going
to take that and apply it,
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so, we're going to interpret it
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and then we're
going to apply it...
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interpretation... application...
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Yvonne: What chapter in Ezekiel?
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James: Ezekiel chapter 1
verse 14 and Matthew 28 verse 3.
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Jason: Okay...
Matthew 28 verse 3... reads,
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"His countenance
was like lightning,
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and his raiment
white as snow... "
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James: This is
talking about an angel...
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Matthew 28 is
talking about an angel
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that was seen there after
the resurrection of Christ
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and the disciples come to the
tomb and they're looking around
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and they see this angel,
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and his
countenance was like lightning,
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so we're looking at
the symbol of lightning...
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we're looking at it...
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representing or
symbolizing an angel,
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okay, what have you got?
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Ezekiel 1:14...
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Yvonne: "And the living
creatures ran and returned
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as an appearance of
a flash of lightning. "
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James: Okay... the
living creatures...
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same as the living
beasts or the four living beasts
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that were there in
Revelation 4... these are angels
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the angels of
heaven in Ezekiel chapter 1
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are represented as lightning,
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the appearance of
flash of lightning,
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okay, that's the interpretation,
we're saying that the lightning
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that's around the
throne... represents angels
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okay, and we're told the
angels are ministering spirits,
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now what about the application,
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how does that apply to
the early Apostolic church?
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Were there angels manifested
in that early Christian era?
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Do we hear about
them, do we see them,
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are they part of the picture
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when the outpouring of
the Holy Spirit takes place
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and the message
goes to the world,
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are they part of that picture?
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Here's the application,
first of all, we want to look at
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Ivor, can you take
us to Acts 5:19 and 20?
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And then also Jason, can
you take us to Acts 6:15?
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Ivor: All right,
Acts 5:19 and 20,
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the Bible says, "But
the angel of the Lord
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by night opened
the prison doors,
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and brought
them forth, and said,
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Go, stand and speak in
the temple to the people
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all the words of this life. "
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James: That's it... so
God's people are in prison
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and they're going to be
killed, at least, persecuted...
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at least... but
killed... and angel rescues them
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and the angel
takes them out and says,
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"Now, go and preach... go
and preach, go and preach. "
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There is an application
of the interpretation
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of lightning... being angels...
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there's an application to
the early Apostolic church
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so it wasn't just the disciples,
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they just want
to... by themselves...
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it wasn't just them
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and it wasn't just
them and the voice of God,
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it wasn't just them
and the voice of God
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and the Holy Spirit,
it was the disciples,
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it was the voice of
God, it was the Holy Spirit,
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speaking in languages,
and it was the angels,
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now I want you
to think about this,
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because this is building,
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all the power
around the throne of God
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is coming down to earth,
God is giving His Holy Spirit,
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He is giving them
the gift of languages,
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He's speaking words
Himself, personally,
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and He's giving them the angels,
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and the reason why
this is so significant to me
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is not just because of the
history of the early church
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but because that is
what God wants to do today,
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we need to look at
all these manifestations
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as God's promises for us today,
God wants to communicate to us
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and empower us today
through these same agencies.
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Ivor: Yeah, and it's
interesting because...
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this is what we would
consider the "early rain. "
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James: Yes.
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Ivor: Yeah, and in the last
days what does God want to do?
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He wants to pour out
the latter rain, absolutely.
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Jason: What was that verse
that Mark used to always say?
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"The angel of the Lord... "
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Yvonne:
"encampeth round about them
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that fear Him,
and delivered them. "
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Jason: Yeah, where is it?
Yvonne: It is in Psalm isn't it?
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James: It is in Psalms... and...
I don't know exactly where
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but that would be
another good verse for this
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because the disciples knew
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the angels would
encamp about them,
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let's look at a couple more,
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one of them is in Acts 6:15.
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Jason: Okay, "And all
that sat in the council,
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looking steadfastly on him,
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saw his face as it had
been the face of an angel. "
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James: This is talking
about Stephen when he was stoned
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and he had the face
as the face of an angel,
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in other words, we have
the angelic manifestation again
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in the early
Apostolic Age, couple more...
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this one is in
Acts chapter 8 verse 26,
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Yvonne, could you read that
for us, Acts chapter 8 verse 26
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and then Acts 10 verse 3.
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Yvonne: "And the angel of the
Lord spake unto Philip, saying,
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Arise, and go toward the south
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unto the way that goeth
down from Jerusalem unto Gaza,
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which is desert. "
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James: Okay and Act 10:3...
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Jason: He saw in a vision
evidently about the ninth hour
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of the day an angel
of God coming in to him,
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and saying unto
him, Cornelius... "
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James: Okay, now,
Acts 12 verse 7, Yvonne,
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and then 12:23...
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Yvonne: Chapter 12 verse 7,
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"And behold, the
angel of the Lord
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came upon him, and a
light shined in the prison:
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and he smote Peter on the side,
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and raised him up,
saying, Arise up quickly.
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And his chains fell
off from his hands. "
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James: And Chapter 12:23...
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Jason: "And immediately the
angel of the Lord smote him,
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because he gave
not God the glory:
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and he was eaten of
worms, and gave up the ghost. "
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James: Woooo... And
then chapter 27 verse 23,
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Jason: That doesn't
sound good. Yvonne: Laughing...
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Yvonne: Chapter
27... James: 23 and 24...
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Yvonne: 23 and 24...
"For there stood by me
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this night the angel of God,
whose I am, and whom I serve.
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Saying, Fear not, Paul;
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thou must be
brought before Caesar:
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and, lo, God has given thee
all them that sail with thee. "
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James: Okay, verse
after verse after verse,
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story after story after story,
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you see, the early Apostolic Age
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confirms the symbol of lightning
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which was around the throne
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as angels which
are sent down to earth
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to minister to God's people.
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So we have the Holy
Spirit, we have languages,
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we have angels, we
have the voice of God
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and then there's the
earthquake, and the last one,
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let's just... just a couple
of verses on the last one,
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Acts 4:31...
Jason... and then...
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I'm just going to
give you, first of all,
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I'm going to give
you the application...
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which is Acts 4:31...
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Jason: Okay, "And
when they had prayed,
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the place was shaken
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where they were
assembled together;
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and they were all
filled with the Holy Ghost,
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and they spake the
word of God with boldness. "
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James: Okay, the presence
of God brings a shaking...
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as in an
earthquake, we know this because
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the interpretation that
we find in... for example,
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Psalm 68... And
when God came down
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to Mount Sinai, there
was a great earthquake,
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the presence of God
brings this earthquake,
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Ivor: The earth shook...
James: The earth shook...
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Yvonne: And also with the return
of Christ, the earth will shake
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and the elements will
melt with fervent heat...
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James: Yes... so we
have that in the future,
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we have it in the Apostolic Age,
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we have it in the past,
all through the Bible...
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we see this symbol
representing God's presence.
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Jason: What happened
with the burning bush, though?
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James: Lights fire...
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Jason: Yeah... I mean,
was there any shaking then?
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James: No, and sometimes
it's different manifestation
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so with Moses... it was
this thing that drew Moses
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to ask this question,
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but later when
they come back to Sinai
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and God is
delivering His Commandments,
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there is
darkness, there is thunder
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and there's lightning
and there's an earthquake
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which is another
manifestation of God's presence.
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So, one draws... and
one causes us to tremble
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and say, "Whoa,
this is a holy place... "
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and that was the
point in the second one.
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Jason: Okay...
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James: And then there's
one more in Acts 16:26...
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"And suddenly there
was a great earthquake,
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so that the foundations
of the prison were shaken:
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and immediately all
the doors were opened,
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and everyone's
hands were loosed. "
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That's when, Paul, I
think... Silas were in prison
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and the angel came to deliver
them... God came to deliver them
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and there was a
mighty earthquake,
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so, basically, what we have here
I'm just going to summarize it,
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after the resurrection
of Jesus, He goes to heaven
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and when He goes to heaven,
He takes His sacrifice to heaven
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mingles it with the
prayers of the disciples
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who were praying for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
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and Jesus takes fire...
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symbolizing the
Holy Spirit from heaven,
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casts it into the earth,
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there is voices,
thunders, lightnings
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and a great earthquake
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and we see this
manifestation taking place
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in the Apostolic Church.
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Ivor: That's right,
so this brings us...
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the trumpets... the
opening scene of the trumpets
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were introduced to
the Day of Pentecost
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and what happens after that
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now, we've just seen that
on the day of Pentecost...
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fire falls... and let's
go back to the Book of Acts
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chapter 2 and we're
going to notice verse 15...
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Acts chapter 2 verse
15, and the Bible says,
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"For these are not
drunken, as ye suppose,
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seeing that it is but the
third hour of the day... "
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so they were saying, you know,
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"They are speaking in these
languages or they must be drunk"
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then notice the very next verse,
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it says, "But this is that
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which was spoken
by the prophet Joel;
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And it shall come to pass
in the last days, saith God,
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I will pour out of my
Spirit upon all flesh:
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and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
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and your young
men shall see visions,
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and your old men
shall dream dreams:
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And on my servants
and on my handmaidens
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will I pour out in
those days of my Spirit;
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and they shall prophesy... "
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they shall do
what? Yvonne: Prophesy...
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Ivor: Prophesy...
"And I will show wonders
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in heaven above, and
signs in the earth beneath;
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blood and fire
and vapor of smoke:
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The sun shall be
turned into darkness,
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and the moon into blood,
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before that great and
notable day of the Lord... "
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just let me shake my
head for a moment, please.
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James: This is
amazing... it is amazing...
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Ivor: Okay... "Before the great
and notable day of the Lord come
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James: We're ahead on
this, we're just apologizing...
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Yvonne: That's all
right... that's all right...
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just bring us up there... so...
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Ivor: Yes, we will... we will...
"And it shall come to pass,
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that whosoever shall
call on the name of the Lord
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shall be saved. "
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So, just imagine for a
moment that you are there
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when Peter's preaching
the sermon and He's like,
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"Yup, this is what
Joel was talking about...
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it's coming to pass...
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blood mingled with
fire... the sun's up... "
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and you're looking around going,
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"Hmmm... where is the
blood mingled with fire?
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what is he talking about,
the sun's going to be darkened"
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None of that
happened on that day
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but he's saying,
"it's fulfilled... "
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so, in order for us to get...
"What is he talking about?"
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it might be a good idea,
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we were just talking
a little bit earlier,
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"This is like a scavenger
hunt" you know like God says,
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you know, we were
reading Revelation 8
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and we see fire falling...
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God's like,
"Where else did fire fall
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in answer to the
prayers of the saints?"
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"Oh! the day of Pentecost... "
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okay, so we go to
the day of Pentecost
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and then we see
Peter's sermon...
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"Oh, where does
Peter quote from?"
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He quotes from the Book of Joel
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so let's go over to
the Book of Joel chapter 2,
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Joel chapter 2...
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James: While you're turning
there, I just want to tell you,
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God keeps saying to
me in my brain right now,
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"Thou shalt not
steal... thou shalt not steal,
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thou shalt not steal...
this is his material... "
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Yvonne: That's right...
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James: It's good
stuff man, so, this is good.
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Ivor: Joel chapter 2 is
where Peter quotes from, right?
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How does Joel chapter 2 begin?
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Whichever one of you
finds it, just go ahead and read
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Joel chapter 2 verse 1
and try not to get excited.
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Jason: "Blow ye the
trumpet in Zion... "
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Ivor: All right,
stop right there...
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Yvonne: Oh...
Ivor: What? Do what?
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Yvonne: Blow ye the trumpet...
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Ivor: Now this
just affirms to us
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Peter's sermon... he is
quoting from the very chapter
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that begins, "Blow
ye the trumpet... "
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James: Yes...
Ivor: What are the...
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what are the... what do we
see as the opening vision...
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the opening vision
leads us into the trumpets...
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okay, now, this
is amazing because
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we read a little bit earlier,
hold your place in Joel 2
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because we're going to
stay in Joel 2 for a while,
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but let's go back to
Ezekiel 33 verses 1 through 4
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and whoever finds that...
just go ahead and read it,
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Ezekiel 33 verses 1 through 4,
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we're going to see
here again the reason...
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one of the reasons for
the trumpet being blown.
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Jason: Chapter 33
verses 1 through 4...
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"Again the word of the
LORD came unto me, saying,
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Son of man, speak to
the children of thy people,
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and say unto them,
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When I bring the
sword upon a land,
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if the people of the land
take a man of their coasts,
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and set him for their watchman:
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If when he seeth the
sword come upon the land,
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he blow the
trumpet, and warn the people;
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Then whosoever heareth
the sound of the trumpet,
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and taketh not warning;
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if the sword
come, and take him away,
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his blood shall be
upon his own head. "
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Ivor: Okay, you
can stop right there,
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so, what we're seeing
here is that the trumpet again
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signifies a warning...
so what is Peter doing
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on the day of Pentecost?
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He is issuing a
warning... he's saying,
00:15:03.70\00:15:08.40
"Listen, whosoever calls
upon the name of the Lord,
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will be saved...
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but if you don't,
something's coming... "
00:15:12.34\00:15:14.38
Peter is warning
that something is coming
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so, let's go
back to Joel chapter 2
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and let's figure out the
context of Joel chapter 2.
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So, Joel 2 and verse
1, I'm going to read...
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it says, "Blow ye
the trumpet in Zion,
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and sound an alarm in my
holy mountain... " where?
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James: Holy
mountain... Yvonne: In Zion.
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Ivor: Where's His holy
mountain? Yvonne: In Zion.
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Ivor: So God's
people... sound an alarm, where?
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In Zion... in Israel,
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well evidently
something must be coming upon...
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Israel... blow the
trumpet, send the warning,
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"let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble:
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for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand;
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A day of darkness
and of gloominess,
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a day of clouds
and of thick darkness,
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as the morning
spread upon the mountains:
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a great people and a strong;
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there has not
been ever the like,
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neither shall be
any more after it,
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even to the years
of many generations. "
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: So now he's saying,
"Listen, an army is coming... "
00:16:06.06\00:16:09.03
Peter is
quoting from the chapter
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that says, "an army is coming...
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because of the sins of
Israel," okay, let's read on,
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For... "The appearance of them
is as the appearance of horses;
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and as horsemen,
so shall they run. "
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Now, we need to put
something in context here
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because what Peter is doing is,
00:16:26.48\00:16:28.12
he is quoting from
the Book of Joel...
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the Book of Joel...
in its original context
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is speaking about
the Kingdom Babylon
00:16:32.29\00:16:34.49
that would overthrow Jerusalem,
would overthrow Israel,
00:16:34.52\00:16:38.09
people of Israel, but
what Peter is doing is,
00:16:38.13\00:16:40.96
he's saying, "Listen, just
as Babylon overthrew Israel
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before the time of
Christ, because of their sin
00:16:45.10\00:16:48.04
in putting Christ to
death, he is warning...
00:16:48.07\00:16:50.94
he's like a trumpet voice
warning something's coming,
00:16:50.97\00:16:54.88
if you don't repent, the
same thing that happened to us
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back in the day is
going to happen again.
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James: It's a
judgment. Ivor: It's a judgment.
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James: Babylon is a
judgment on old Jerusalem
00:17:02.05\00:17:03.65
and there's another judgment
that's going to come upon
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present
Jerusalem... Peter's saying.
00:17:05.85\00:17:07.49
Ivor: That's right... so,
it's as though Peter is saying,
00:17:07.52\00:17:09.29
"another nation... "
right, "is coming upon you
00:17:09.32\00:17:12.46
if you don't learn from
what happened the last time,
00:17:12.49\00:17:15.26
if you don't repent... " so
now he's quoting these horsemen
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but I want you to notice
how Joel chapter 1 verse 6
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describes these
same horsemen, all right,
00:17:21.80\00:17:24.21
Joel chapter 1 verse
6, the Bible says here,
00:17:24.24\00:17:26.57
"For a nation is
come up upon my land,
00:17:26.61\00:17:28.94
strong, and without number,
00:17:28.98\00:17:30.55
whose teeth are as
the teeth of a lion
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and he has the cheek
teeth of a great lion. "
00:17:33.65\00:17:36.35
So we've just seen this mighty
army great... without number...
00:17:36.38\00:17:39.15
and now they're
being compared to having...
00:17:39.19\00:17:41.69
as having Lion's teeth,
00:17:41.76\00:17:43.09
I want you to go to
Revelation chapter 9
00:17:43.12\00:17:45.26
and just notice verse 8,
00:17:45.29\00:17:47.13
in fact, one of you
can stay in Revelation 9
00:17:47.20\00:17:49.16
because we're just
going to jump back and forth
00:17:49.20\00:17:51.03
a little bit to the
Book of Joel and Revelation
00:17:51.07\00:17:52.83
so, read
Revelation chapter 9 verse 8
00:17:52.87\00:17:54.97
and let's see what that says.
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Yvonne: "And they had
hair as the hair of women,
00:17:56.40\00:17:58.91
and their teeth were
as the teeth of lions. "
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Ivor: Okay, this is a brief
description of an entire...
00:18:01.58\00:18:04.58
an army... an army of horsemen,
if you read the whole context
00:18:04.61\00:18:08.52
they're being
described as having Lion's teeth
00:18:08.55\00:18:11.12
and so is there
a comparison here,
00:18:11.15\00:18:12.75
is there a
connection? James: Yes.
00:18:12.79\00:18:14.19
Absolutely, what we're seeing...
00:18:14.22\00:18:15.56
what we're going to see
is that the Book of Joel
00:18:15.59\00:18:18.49
is in essence... giving
us this outline, as it were,
00:18:18.53\00:18:21.06
symbolically speaking
of what's going to happen
00:18:21.10\00:18:24.90
under the seven
trumpets, seven warnings, right,
00:18:24.93\00:18:28.17
and notice again with
me, Joel chapter 1 verse 19,
00:18:28.20\00:18:31.44
in Joel 1 verse 19,
the Bible says here,
00:18:31.47\00:18:34.64
"O LORD, to thee will I
cry: for the fire has devoured
00:18:34.71\00:18:38.58
the pastures of the wilderness,
00:18:38.61\00:18:40.32
and the flame has burned
all the trees of the field. "
00:18:40.35\00:18:44.22
James: Thou shalt
not steal, come on now...
00:18:44.29\00:18:47.06
All: Laughing...
00:18:47.09\00:18:49.29
Ivor: What does
Revelation 8 verse 7 say?
00:18:49.32\00:18:51.06
James: It says, "the
trees were burned up... "
00:18:51.09\00:18:52.73
the third of all
the trees were burned up
00:18:52.76\00:18:54.73
and all the green
grass was burned up...
00:18:54.73\00:18:56.06
Ivor: So, in Joel chapter
2... Joel is using symbolism
00:18:56.10\00:19:00.07
to describe a
nation being destroyed.
00:19:00.10\00:19:02.50
James: Judgments, judgments,
judgments... judgments.
00:19:02.54\00:19:04.14
Ivor: So this is how we know,
one of the ways that we know
00:19:04.17\00:19:06.57
that what's happening
in Revelation chapter 9
00:19:06.61\00:19:08.64
is not literal, it
is symbolic language
00:19:08.68\00:19:11.55
describing judgments
coming upon various nations.
00:19:11.58\00:19:15.38
Let's just look at a few more,
in Joel chapter 2 verse 10,
00:19:15.42\00:19:19.22
Joel chapter 2 and
verse 10, the Bible says here,
00:19:19.25\00:19:23.69
"The earth shall
quake before them;
00:19:23.76\00:19:26.86
the heavens shall tremble:
00:19:26.93\00:19:28.23
the sun and the
moon shall be darkened,
00:19:28.26\00:19:30.57
and the stars shall
withdraw their shining... "
00:19:30.60\00:19:32.90
you know what happens
when you open up the...
00:19:32.93\00:19:35.17
the... what is it... the
fifth seal or sixth seal?
00:19:35.20\00:19:37.51
James: It's the fifth seal.
00:19:37.54\00:19:38.87
Ivor: Fifth seal...
it talks about the sun
00:19:38.91\00:19:40.68
and the air being darkened
as a result of this army...
00:19:40.78\00:19:44.18
James: This locust army...
00:19:44.25\00:19:45.65
Ivor: Locust
army, this locust army.
00:19:45.68\00:19:47.62
James: And in
Joel, it's also locust...
00:19:47.65\00:19:49.45
because the first verses
talk about the locust army.
00:19:49.48\00:19:51.09
Ivor: Absolutely, absolutely,
00:19:51.12\00:19:52.92
it mentions the
term "Locust" right?
00:19:52.95\00:19:54.59
So now, let's go... let's...
00:19:54.62\00:19:56.36
we're in the Book
of Joel, chapter 2,
00:19:56.39\00:19:58.89
let's look at verse 28 and 29
00:19:58.93\00:20:01.06
and in verse 28
and 29 it says this,
00:20:01.10\00:20:03.06
"And it shall
come to pass afterward,
00:20:03.10\00:20:05.03
that I will pour out
my spirit upon all flesh;
00:20:05.07\00:20:07.40
and your sons and your
daughters shall prophesy,
00:20:07.44\00:20:09.74
your old men shall dream dreams,
00:20:09.77\00:20:12.11
your young men
shall see visions:
00:20:12.14\00:20:14.41
And also upon the
servants and upon the handmaids
00:20:14.44\00:20:17.45
in those days will I
pour out my spirit. "
00:20:17.51\00:20:20.78
You know what?
00:20:20.82\00:20:22.15
If we follow this
pattern and look at what happens
00:20:22.18\00:20:24.35
after the fifth and sixth seal,
speaking about this Locust Army,
00:20:24.39\00:20:29.19
you have Revelation chapter 10
00:20:29.26\00:20:31.33
which is the call
for God's end-time people
00:20:31.36\00:20:34.60
to prophesy again,
00:20:34.63\00:20:35.96
and He pours out His
Spirit upon His people...
00:20:36.00\00:20:39.53
and they begin to
have visions and dreams.
00:20:39.57\00:20:43.07
James: It's like the
former rain and the latter rain.
00:20:43.10\00:20:44.81
Ivor: Absolutely.
00:20:44.84\00:20:46.17
James: Which is... let's go
to Joel chapter 2 and verse...
00:20:46.21\00:20:51.78
now check this
out... Joel chapter 2...
00:20:51.81\00:20:53.78
because you didn't get
this so I can have this one.
00:20:53.85\00:20:55.42
verse 23... check
this out, "Be glad... "
00:20:55.45\00:20:58.95
this is Joel chapter 2 verse 23,
00:20:58.99\00:21:00.56
read it for us Jason,
are you there? Joel 2:23...
00:21:00.59\00:21:02.96
Jason: Yes, "Be glad
then, ye children of Zion,
00:21:02.99\00:21:05.36
and rejoice in
the LORD your God;
00:21:05.39\00:21:07.03
for he hath given you
the former rain moderately,
00:21:07.10\00:21:10.63
and he will cause to
come down for you the rain,
00:21:10.67\00:21:14.10
the former rain, and the latter
rain in the first month. "
00:21:14.14\00:21:17.71
James: Check that out...
now he's implied and implicated
00:21:17.74\00:21:21.31
in my thievery
right now... so...
00:21:21.34\00:21:23.31
Jason: Oh
great... I'm an accessory.
00:21:23.35\00:21:25.21
James: But the Book of
Revelation is borrowing
00:21:25.25\00:21:28.22
from the Book of Joel...
borrowing from the Old Testament
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the Book of Revelation
is really a distillation
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or summary of the entire Bible
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and so when we
look at these symbols,
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we identify them
and we unpack them,
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by going back to the
Old Testament stories
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and we've got to
get those stories right,
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we have to
understand those stories
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so we know that
Joel was a story about
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alarm and trumpet blowing
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that brought
judgments and or... repentance
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and that's where we take
transfer the Book of Revelation,
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the trumpets
bring alarm and warning
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and talk about judgments
and that's how we understand
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the Book of Revelation by
going back and understanding
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those symbols in
the Old Testament.
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Ivor: Absolutely,
let's... let's look at verse 31
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and we'll just look
at a few more verses
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before we close this connection
or establish this connection
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with the Book of Joel and
other trumpets, so verse 31...
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Yvonne: In which chapter?
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Ivor: This is
chapter 2 and verse 31...
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James: Of Joel? Ivor: Right...
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"The sun shall darkened...
turned into darkness,
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and the moon into blood,
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before the great and the
terrible day of the Lord. "
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Now, remember,
we're talking about
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a sequence of events,
you look at the trumpets,
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you look at the
trees being burned,
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the first trumpet...
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you go down to the
fifth and sixth trumpets,
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this great army...
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and then you see here
that the sun and the moon
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shall be darkened before
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the great and
terrible day of the Lord,
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that brings us
down to the sixth seal
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which parallels
the sixth trumpet...
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and so, there are
these connections,
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let's jump to
chapter 3 and verse 11,
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let's just go to
verse 11, it says,
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"Assemble yourselves,
and come, all ye heathen,
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and gather
yourselves together round about:
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thither cause thy mighty
ones to come down, O LORD.
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Let the heathen be wakened,
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and come up to the
valley of Jehoshaphat:
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for there will I sit to judge
all the heathen round about.
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Put ye in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe... "
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the whole Book of Joel...
you have this parallel language
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with the events that are
occurring in the seven trumpets
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so it's important
for us to understand
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that if we want to unlock...
unfold the seven trumpets,
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we've got to take
Peter's statement...
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the only way we get
to Peter's statement
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is by seeing that fire...
fell from heaven on that day,
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Peter quotes the Book of Joel
and so, here's what we know,
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that the Book
of... the Book of...
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the seven trumpets
are going to be a story
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of how warnings were being given
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to the enemies of God's
people, remember, who was the...
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who were the... who was
the church's first enemy?
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Their first enemy...
in the early Christian era
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was not Rome... it was Israel...
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so this trumpet
warning is to Israel...
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"Israel, if you don't repent,
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something's going to
happen to this nation... "
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Did something
happen to that nation?
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It absolutely did and that's
what we should be looking for
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in the first trumpet,
this is God's mercy call
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the trumpets are
about God's mercy...
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His warnings
before judgment comes.
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Yvonne: Just expanding
on that a little bit...
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in Joel 2 and
verse 13 where it says,
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"And rend your heart,
and not your garments... "
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don't give a
superficial repentance.
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Ivor: Yes, this
is genuine repentance
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and by-the-way... what
happens at the altar of incense?
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It's intercession...
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what did Jesus do on
the cross for His enemies?
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He prays, "Father, forgive them,
they know not what they do. "
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What does Jesus say to
us? Pray for your enemies,
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so the prayers of
the saints are going on
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throughout the
duration of the seven trumpets,
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what are they praying for?
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They're not praying,
"Lord, destroy my enemy... "
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they're praying...
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"Lord, please open the
hearts of our enemies... "
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because that's what
they've been called to pray for
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but the time comes where
just as they reject this prayer,
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God has to bring
probation closing upon them,
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so you have this
probation closing
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upon each of these... powers
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as we go through
the trumpets in a sense.
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James: And it is...
it is a trumpet judgment
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is also mingled with mercy
and so God is manifesting mercy
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and that's why He's
blowing the trumpet,
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it's kind of like when
Ivor and I were sitting at
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dinner the other day,
you know, I'm a little older,
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my sense of taste isn't
as refined as Ivor's is...
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he's a lot younger than me
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and we were eating this
tofu and it's off a little bit
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and I can see Ivor,
he's like... "hmmm... "
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I'm like, "what?"
he's like, "My tofu is off"
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and I'm like,
"Well, is mine off?
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Why don't you
taste a piece of mine?"
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I hadn't touched it... so he
takes a piece of mine and said,
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"It's off too... " and
I'm like, "Ah, thank you"
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in other words...
that was a warning,
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that was a
blowing of the trumpet...
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Ivor: It's love...
James: But it's love because
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"I don't want you to
eat all that... 'off tofu'"
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and this is what God is saying,
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that's what God is saying to us,
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the trumpets
begin with this message
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of this picture of intercession
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and then the
trumpets get ready to be blown
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and as they're blown...
they're calling us back to God,
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calling us back to God...
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and the only way
that God can do that
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and the only way
the He must do that
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and that is sometimes
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during these
judgments, they wake us up...
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that make us
aware of our situation
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and so I know people
are going to have questions
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and we need to let them know how
they can ask those questions.
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Jason: And that's exactly
why they should e-mail us at
00:26:23.55\00:26:26.21
sss@3abn. org
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sss as in Salvation in
Symbols and Signs at 3abn. org
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James: Yvonne,
will you pray us out?
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Yvonne: Sure,
"Father God, we thank you
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so very much as your
presence has been with us Lord
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and we just ask for
your continued guidance
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be with all of our Viewers,
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be with us Lord as we
continue to study your Word,
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in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: "Amen... amen... "
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James: So, we're
going to continue on...
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and we're going to
into the first trumpet
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in our next session,
it's going to be good...
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it's going to be good.
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Yvonne: Amen, it's great.
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