Finally, we are going
to begin the trumpets...
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actually...
trumpet number one...
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and Revelation
chapter 8 has been
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powerful in its introduction
to trumpet number one
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and its told us this...
that God gives trumpet warnings,
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warnings of alarm but
before those warnings sound,
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He gives us a
picture of His love,
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of His intercession,
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He gives us a
picture of His desire
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to pour out His
Spirit upon all flesh,
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a desire to call us back to Him
and to forgive us of our sins
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and to fulfill in us His goal
which is complete redemption
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and it's only as
we reject that picture
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that he allows
judgments which really are
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the consequences
of our own choices
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so, the Jews... in
rejecting the gospel,
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aligned
themselves with the Romans,
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they even said at one point,
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"We have no king but
Caesar and His blood... "
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talking of Christ, "His blood
be on us and our children... "
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and those are
the kinds of symbols
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we're going to
see coming out here
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as we look at the first trumpet.
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We're going to see the symbolism
that identifies judgments...
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trumpet judgments...
coming upon this first nation
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that rejected Christ
and refused to receive
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the gospel... the everlasting
gospel of Jesus Christ,
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now, in saying
that I want to emphasize
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that Jesus told His disciples
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after the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit,
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"I want you first
to go to Jerusalem...
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I want... then to Samaria...
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and then to the
uttermost parts of the world
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but I want you
first to go to Jerusalem,
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so there was a
40-year period there
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from the time Christ died until
the destruction of Jerusalem
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was almost a complete
generation of 40 years
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before that
final destruction came,
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Jesus said, "I'm
leaving your house desolate"
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but He gives that mercy,
He gives that long-suffering
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to His nation... to His people,
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and we're going
to see all of this
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when we start breaking over...
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open these symbols
in the first trumpet.
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Jason, we're going to
open with a word of prayer
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and then, Yvonne, we're going
to get into Revelation chapter 8
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and we look here at
verses 6 and 7, all right.
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Jason: "Dear Heavenly Father,
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we need you to be with us
as we study the Word, Lord,
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and we thank you for filling
this place with your presence,
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help us to retain the
information that we're studying
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and comprehend it, in
Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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Yvonne: 8 and 9, right?
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James: Revelation
chapter 8 verses 6 and 7.
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Yvonne: Verses 6 and 7,
see, I'm glad I asked you, okay,
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"And the seven angels
which had the seven trumpets
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prepared themselves to sound.
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The first angel sounded,
and there followed hail and fire
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mingled with blood,
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and they were
cast upon the earth:
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And the third part
of trees was burnt up,
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and all green
grass was burnt up. "
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James: All right, so
verse 6 is telling us
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these angels are
getting ready to sound
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which is important
because we're realizing now
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that they haven't sounded yet,
the judgments haven't come yet
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and we've seen...
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we've filled out
this picture of Pentecost,
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we've filled out the
picture of the early church...
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Peter... filled with
the Spirit quoting Joel
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which is filled
with all of the symbols
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that we're going to see
here in the trumpet judgments,
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quoting Joel and saying,
"Repent, repent, repent...
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this is the day that
God has talked about...
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and He's warning you to repent
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because blood and
fire mingled with smoke...
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it's going to come... "
the judgments are going to come
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and so now, after Pentecost
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which is fulfilled in
this... these previous verses...
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now we see
those judgments coming
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as the first angel sounds,
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one of the questions
that we have to ask ourselves
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when we study these trumpets is,
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"Are they literal
or are they symbolic?"
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And it's very important for
us to understand the principles
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that would help us to identify
a literal or a symbolic...
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in the Book of Revelation...
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so here's the principle that
we're going to look at right now
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if the texts make
good sense as it reads
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and it does no
violation to the laws of nature,
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it should be
understood literally,
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okay, if the text makes
good sense as it reads...
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it makes sense, "Whoa, yeah,
that's easy to understand... "
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and there's no
violation of the laws of nature,
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it should be
understood literally,
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if not... it should be
understood symbolically,
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so I'm going to read
this text, you guys tell me,
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does it make good sense
as it reads and does it...
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does it or does it not
violate the laws of nature,
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"And the first angel sounded,"
the first trumpet sounded...
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"and there followed hail
and fire mingled with blood,
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and they were
cast upon the earth:
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and the third part
of trees was burnt up,
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and all green
grass was burnt up. "
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Does that make good sense?
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Yvonne: No, that sounds as
though it would be symbolic.
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James: It does... doesn't it?
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Yvonne: Because hail and
fire mingled with blood...
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James: Hail and fire
mingled with blood...
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and then... a third part of
the trees and all green grass...
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like, every blade of green
grass so there's symbolism...
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it's almost
obvious... the symbolism here...
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and that is a really important
principle we want to follow
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through with it
in all of our texts,
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if it doesn't make good sense,
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if it violates
the laws of nature,
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you know, hail and
fire... those are two opposites,
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mingled with blood,
whoa... what was that?
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Then we should understand
the text symbolically.
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Ivor: And we can also
remember from our last study,
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that we saw that...
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the opening vision...
gives us a picture of Peter
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as he is preaching
on the day of Pentecost
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and we saw he
utilized those very terms,
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many of the
terms that are found...
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the ideas that are
found in the seven trumpets...
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he utilizes them and remember
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on the day of
Pentecost, as Peter is saying,
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"Yup, these things are
about to be fulfilled...
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the smoke and
all these things... "
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and they're
looking around going...
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"How are you saying
that this is fulfilled?"
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But Peter was warning
them of things to come
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he's quoting
from the Book of Joel
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which we see itself...
is used in symbolic language
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to describe armies... or
destruction upon nations,
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specifically upon
the nation of Israel.
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James: I think it's
really important for us now
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just to take a gander,
a look... at Matthew 24,
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you could also see it
in Mark 13 and Luke 21
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but Matthew 24 is
where Christ takes time
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to describe what's
going to happen to Jerusalem
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and the end of the
world, so Matthew chapter 24
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is a warning that
Christ gives, we could say,
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that Matthew 24 is the
trumpet being sounded...
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literally being
sounded by Christ
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and He is very clear,
there's no symbolism here,
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He's very clear in His language,
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He's talking... we
don't need to read the verses,
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I'm just going to
do a quick overview,
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He's talking
about... first of all...
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the destruction of Jerusalem,
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He comes out of the temple,
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He has just told His disciples
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that this temple is going to be
left desolate in chapter 23...
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in chapter 24 He
comes out of the temple
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and says, "See
all these stones...
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that you think are so beautiful,
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not one is going to
be left upon another...
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that won't be cast down... "
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then He says,
"There's going to be deception,
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false prophets and there's going
to be wars and rumors of wars
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famine, pestilence,
earthquakes in different places
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and Jerusalem is going to fall,
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basically,
Jerusalem is going to fall...
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now we know
Jerusalem fell in AD 70...
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if we're in the Apostolic Age
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and the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
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in Revelation chapter 8,
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if we have a trumpet
giving a warning of judgment,
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if we have Jesus
telling His disciples,
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"Go to Jerusalem first and
make sure they hear the warning
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and then I'll deal with them
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depending on how
they relate to that... "
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if the history of
the early church tells us
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the Jews rejected that warning
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and the history of nations
tells us that Jerusalem fell
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and Jesus' words were fulfilled
in the destruction of Jerusalem,
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we can expect that
the first trumpet...
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that announces a
judgment on a nation
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would be a trumpet that
would come upon Jerusalem
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because it lines
up with the Bible,
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it lines up with
the words of Christ,
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it lines up with history, so
all of that comes into place.
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Ivor: And I'll say, let's
look at what we've been doing
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in all our
other programs, right,
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what's the first church?
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The first church is Ephesus,
that is the early church,
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okay, so, the
first church is Ephesus
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and the first seal is the
church going forward in power,
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advancing the gospel,
then, when we get to the trumpet
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all we need to ask is,
"Okay, trumpets, trumpets...
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well, trumpets are blown
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against the
enemies of God's people,
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so, hmmm... who are
the enemies of God's people
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in the early church, who was it?
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Was it the Medo-Persian Empire?
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Was it the Papacy?
No, no, no, no, no, no...
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the first enemy of the
church was Israel itself
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so, this trumpet must have
to do with first... the warning
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and then the ultimate
judgment upon this nation
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that was warring
against the people of God... "
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so, remember what we
saw what trumpets meant
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in previous
studies, number one...
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the trumpet... is
a sound to advance...
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number two... the trumpet
reflects a call or a warning
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to those who are
against God's purposes
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but it's a warning of
mercy, "Blow the trumpet... "
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Peter was blowing the
trumpet on the day of Pentecost
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to the Jews...
"Blow your trumpet...
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blow ye the trumpet
where? In my Holy Mountain"
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and so, here you have
this blowing of the trumpet...
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they are... it's a
warning to Israel...
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and what happens in 70 AD...
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because Israel did not,
as a nation, embrace Christ,
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they stoned
Stephen, in fact, James,
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think about
this... the first trumpet
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actually takes us... shows us
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a fulfillment of
the 70-Week Prophecy,
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the 70-Week Prophecy...
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pointed forward to
the coming of Christ,
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and was basically
saying to the Jews,
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"Listen, if you don't repent,
if you don't accept the Messiah,
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you will be cut off. "
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Now, what's 70 weeks?
It's seventy times seven,
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what did Jesus
say about forgiveness?
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James: Matthew 18...
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Ivor: If your
enemy... sins against you...
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forgive him... seven times?
No... seventy times seven...
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and so, at the close of
this seventy-times-seven period
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which brought us down
to the time of Christ,
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the Jews said, "no... "
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and as a result... you
have this trumpet being...
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well, the trumpet
is blown warning them,
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they reject the warning... you
have the fall of Israel, 70 AD.
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James: All right... let's
look at a few Bible verses,
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we want to fill our
minds with the Word of God,
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so, Jason, take us...
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the first Bible
verse I want us to look at
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is in relation to
hail... so Job chapter 38...
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Job 38:22 and 23...
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Yvonne, don't go there because
I've got a Bible verse for you.
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Yvonne: Okay...
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James: I'd like
you to share with us
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Isaiah 28 verse 2...
so, Isaiah 28 verse 2...
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and then Job 38:22 and 23...
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and whoever gets
there first can start
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because they are both going to
be helping us with the hail...
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how the hail
symbolizes judgment.
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Jason: Okay, you said
verse chapter 28 verse...
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James: Chapter 38...
and this time... it's Job.
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That's an inside joke...
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Yvonne: You want me
to just read Isaiah 28:2?
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"Behold, the Lord hath
a mighty and strong one,
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which as a tempest of
hail and a destroying storm,
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as a flood of
mighty waters overflowing,
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shall cast down to
the earth with the hand. "
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James: Okay... so
this is simply saying
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that hail is used symbolically
to talk about God's judgment
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and His destroying storm
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and His casting down to
the earth with His hand.
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Okay, another verse
is Job 38:22 and 23.
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Jason: Okay, "Hast thou entered
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into the treasures of the snow?
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or hast thou seen the
treasures of the hail,
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Which I have reserved
against the time of trouble,
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against the day
of battle and war?"
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James: Okay, here
this verse is telling us,
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hail is synonymous
with the time of trouble,
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a time of Babylon war and
that's exactly what happened
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in the destruction of Jerusalem,
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the destruction of
Jerusalem took place
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when the Romans came
and laid a siege against it
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and basically came against it
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and warred against
it and brought it down
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and it was a direct judgment,
a direct fulfillment of God's...
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of the prophecy of the Bible.
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Ivor: And, we should say,
"much blood was spilled... "
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James: Yes... Ivor:
Much blood was spilled,
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hail and fire mingled with blood
it's a picture of destruction.
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Yvonne: Okay.
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James: It's a
picture of destruction...
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"His blood be on us
and our children... "
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there are a number of verses
here... in relation to blood
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but I think that's obvious,
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the point that we
need to make here, Ivor,
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I think it's really important
for us to understand this... is
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sometimes you've
got the same word
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but a different
symbolic meaning,
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so, fire, in the previous verses
represented the Holy Spirit
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and we looked at
Bible verses for that,
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one of the Bible
verses, we didn't touch on
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but I want us to look is...
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just to give for a reference
is Isaiah chapter 6:1 through 9,
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or Isaiah is cleansed
with fire off the altar
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and then he gives a message
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and so that's a
good reference for fire,
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but now, we have
the same word, "fire"
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but it means
something different,
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now, we have
Bible verses for that
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and we're going to read those,
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but when fire means
something different,
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what would make us
interpret it differently?
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Well, the context makes
us interpret it differently,
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for example... before
the trumpets start blowing,
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we're not talking about judgment
the trumpets haven't blown yet,
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so now, we're talking
about something else...
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that fire has to
mean something else.
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Ivor: This fire
is destroying things.
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James: Yes...
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Ivor: The trees are
burnt up. James: Yes.
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Ivor: The grass is burnt up.
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James: So this
can't be that same fire...
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that same interpretation.
Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: So in the Bible,
in Revelation, for example,
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chapter 5, we're
told that the incense
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represents the
prayers of the saints
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but in Revelation chapter 8,
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that incense is mingled
with the prayers of the saints.
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So it has to
represent something else,
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well, then we
looked in Ephesians 5:2...
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it represents the righteousness
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or the
sacrifice of Jesus Christ,
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the "sweet-smelling savor"
so, it's very important...
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not to just have a Bible verse
or two to interpret this symbol,
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but to make sure
your interpretation fits
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with the
context of the prophecy,
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what are we
talking about right now,
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right now... we're
talking about judgment,
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okay, let's look at the verses,
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the one that is
really powerful, Jason,
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if you can read...
it's Matthew chapter 7
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and verse 19 and then...
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Yvonne if you can read 1st
Corinthians 3 and verse 13,
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and this has to do
with fire equaling judgment
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fire equaling a time when
God's people or when a nation
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or when, you know, different
individuals were judged.
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Jason: Matthew 7:19?
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James: Matthew
7: 19. Jason: Okay,
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"Every tree that bringeth not
forth good fruit is hewn down,
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and cast into the fire. "
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James: Now, what's really
interesting about this verse
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is a sign talking about
"fire" being "judgment,"
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it's also talking about
trees, which were in the context
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of our verse here... we
haven't gotten the trees yet
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but that's in
verse for both of them.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
hmmm... that's good.
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1st Corinthians 3:13,
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"Every man's work
shall be made manifest:
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for the day shall declare it,
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because it shall
be revealed by fire;
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and the fire shall try every
man's work of what sort it is. "
00:15:04.27\00:15:08.24
James: Okay, so again, we
have fire, here, trying...
00:15:08.27\00:15:11.74
fire bringing the day of trial
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and revealing what
manner of work you are,
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where you are standing with God
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or where you are
not standing with God,
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so, we've got
judgment, we've got fire,
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implicating... I
mean... judgment...
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and trial
implicated in the word "fire,"
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a day of
judgment, a day of trying,
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now, I think it's
really interesting
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that we've also got
that word, "blood... "
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and we didn't touch on this
but I want us to touch on this,
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we've got blood...
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in a previous
meeting we looked at blood
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in relation to
the blood of Christ,
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and all through
the Bible we have that,
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but again, remember,
we're under judgments,
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we're under the trumpets now,
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so we got to have a
different understanding
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of how that blood is used
and we've got a number of verses
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that we've looked at and
referred to in relation to that
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but I want us to look now
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at trees because
this is really interesting
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and the one that...
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the verse that I
want us to look at is...
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is Luke 23:31... for one of them
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and then the other one is...
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so Luke 23:31...
Yvonne, if you can get that
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and Jason, if you
can get Luke 3 verse 9...
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Luke 3 verse 9 and then
Ivor, can you take us to
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Daniel 4 verse 20?
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Jason: All right...
Yvonne: You said 23:31?
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James: I said,
yeah, Luke 23:31...
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Yvonne: Okay... "For
if they do these things
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in a green tree, what
shall be done in the dry?"
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James: Okay, now,
Jesus is talking here
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and He's saying... He's liking
Himself to the green tree,
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"they're...
they're are crucifying me,
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they're persecuting me in the
green tree... I'm the green tree
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what's going to be
done in the dry tree?"
00:16:45.07\00:16:46.53
And He's referring now to
the time when the Jewish nation
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is all dried up...
there's no Holy Spirit,
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there's nothing there,
they're ready for judgment,
00:16:51.14\00:16:53.11
so He's referring to
Himself as a green tree
00:16:53.17\00:16:55.31
and the Jewish
nation as a dry tree
00:16:55.34\00:16:56.81
in another
verse... as the fig tree...
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that was cursed and it dried
up, that was the Jewish nation,
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okay, Jason, what have you got?
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Jason: Luke chapter 3 verse 9,
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"And now also the axe is
laid unto the root of the trees:
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every tree therefore which
bringeth not forth good fruit
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is hewn down, and
cast into the fire. "
00:17:11.79\00:17:14.46
James: Again, trees
symbolizing people...
00:17:14.50\00:17:16.83
symbolizing judgment
that comes upon people
00:17:16.87\00:17:19.13
who reject the message,
00:17:19.17\00:17:20.54
John the Baptist there speaking
and is thrown into the fire,
00:17:20.60\00:17:23.67
the point we're making here
is that all of these symbols...
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all of these... the trees,
the fire, the blood, the hail...
00:17:26.51\00:17:29.24
all of these are
unpacking the Bible
00:17:29.28\00:17:31.28
and they all
represent judgments...
00:17:31.31\00:17:33.28
they... it all make sense...
New Testament, Old Testament,
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it all comes forth,
00:17:35.68\00:17:37.02
now, the only other one
that I want us to look at...
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oh, Ivor, you've got one for us.
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Ivor: Yeah, Daniel 4:20...
"The tree that thou sawest,
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which grew, and was strong,
00:17:41.86\00:17:43.19
whose height
reached unto the heaven,
00:17:43.22\00:17:44.56
and the sight
thereof to all the earth... "
00:17:44.59\00:17:46.46
James: Okay, that's
talking about Nebuchadnezzar,
00:17:46.49\00:17:49.60
so he's a leader...
so... in the Bible consistently
00:17:49.63\00:17:52.70
trees represent
leaders, specifically,
00:17:52.73\00:17:55.47
so you've got the trees,
00:17:55.50\00:17:56.91
but then, what does
the green grass represent?
00:17:56.94\00:17:59.21
The trees represent the leaders
00:17:59.24\00:18:00.64
like Nebuchadnezzar et cetera,
what does the green grass...?
00:18:00.68\00:18:02.78
Ivor: Before
you go to the grass,
00:18:02.81\00:18:04.58
I want to mention,
one verse in particular
00:18:04.61\00:18:06.68
with the trees and it's
found in Ezekiel 20 verse 47
00:18:06.72\00:18:10.75
and... actually verse 46 and 47.
00:18:10.79\00:18:12.79
James: You're going to read it?
00:18:12.85\00:18:14.82
Ivor: I'll read
it. James: Okay...
00:18:14.86\00:18:16.19
Ivor: So it says,
"Son of man, set thy face
00:18:16.22\00:18:17.69
toward the south...
" that is Jerusalem...
00:18:17.73\00:18:20.06
"and drop thy
word toward the south,
00:18:20.10\00:18:22.30
and prophesy against the
forest of the south field;
00:18:22.36\00:18:25.70
And say to the
forest of the south,
00:18:25.73\00:18:27.90
Hear the word of the
Lord; Thus saith the Lord GOD;
00:18:27.94\00:18:32.21
Behold, I will
kindle a fire in thee,
00:18:32.24\00:18:35.11
and it shall devour
every green tree in thee,
00:18:35.14\00:18:38.51
and every dry tree:
00:18:38.58\00:18:40.12
the flaming flame
shall not be quenched,
00:18:40.15\00:18:42.38
and all the faces
from the south to the north
00:18:42.42\00:18:44.62
shall be burned therein. "
00:18:44.65\00:18:46.19
So, here you have God
using this illustration
00:18:46.25\00:18:49.12
of fire burning this forest,
00:18:49.19\00:18:50.89
and He's
referring to His own people,
00:18:50.93\00:18:53.70
so when we see this plague...
00:18:53.73\00:18:56.10
not this plague but
his trumpet being blown
00:18:56.13\00:18:59.23
and these trees
are being burned up,
00:18:59.27\00:19:01.77
there's ample
evidence to show us...
00:19:01.80\00:19:03.87
as we look at
everything in its context,
00:19:03.91\00:19:05.94
and do all our double checking,
00:19:05.97\00:19:07.68
this can be nothing else but
the destruction of Jerusalem.
00:19:07.74\00:19:12.65
James: In fact,
look at this, one more...
00:19:12.68\00:19:15.72
a couple more
verses on green grass
00:19:15.75\00:19:17.65
and then we'll kind of summarize
and look at a few verses
00:19:17.69\00:19:19.79
that bring it all together,
00:19:19.82\00:19:21.16
because I think that's
really going to be powerful
00:19:21.19\00:19:23.09
but... first... excuse
me... Isaiah 40 verse 7...
00:19:23.12\00:19:26.39
Ivor: I'll read
that, I got it right here.
00:19:26.46\00:19:27.86
James: You got it
right there? Ivor: Yeah.
00:19:27.90\00:19:29.46
James: Okay. Ivor:
"The voice said, Cry.
00:19:29.50\00:19:31.07
And he said, What shall I cry?
00:19:31.10\00:19:32.43
All flesh is grass, and
all the goodness thereof
00:19:32.47\00:19:35.44
is as the flower of the field:
00:19:35.50\00:19:36.84
The grass withereth,
the flower fadeth away:
00:19:36.87\00:19:39.47
because the spirit of
the LORD bloweth upon it:
00:19:39.51\00:19:42.14
surely the people is as grass. "
00:19:42.18\00:19:44.18
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:19:44.21\00:19:45.55
James: Psalm 92:7 says,
00:19:45.58\00:19:46.92
"When the wicked
spring as the grass,
00:19:46.95\00:19:48.95
and when all the
workers of iniquity do flourish;
00:19:48.98\00:19:52.69
it shall be
destroyed for ever... "
00:19:52.72\00:19:55.69
James: So, green
grass... people...
00:19:55.72\00:19:58.63
trees... leaders...
fire... burned up...
00:19:58.66\00:20:03.70
hail... day of
battle... blood... being shed...
00:20:03.77\00:20:08.07
we have all of these symbols
identified in the Bible...
00:20:08.10\00:20:11.07
Ivor: Warning...
James: Trumpets blowing...
00:20:11.11\00:20:13.38
the only other symbol
that we want to look at
00:20:13.41\00:20:15.51
is the "third part... "
00:20:15.54\00:20:16.88
it says, "the third part of the
trees and all green grass... "
00:20:16.91\00:20:19.48
and in Revelation
chapter 12 and verse 3,
00:20:19.51\00:20:22.92
it talks about Satan,
let's just look at that verse,
00:20:22.95\00:20:26.59
Revelation 12 and verse
3, Jason, read that for us,
00:20:26.62\00:20:30.23
if you can get that...
00:20:30.26\00:20:31.66
Jason: Chapter 12 verse 3...
00:20:31.69\00:20:33.56
James: Actually, I'm
sorry, it's 12 verse 4...
00:20:33.60\00:20:35.20
Jason: Okay, "And his tail drew
00:20:35.23\00:20:37.17
the third part of
the stars of heaven,
00:20:37.20\00:20:38.93
and did cast
them to the earth... "
00:20:38.97\00:20:40.47
James: Stop right there... okay,
00:20:40.50\00:20:41.94
this is talking about
Satan... the war in heaven...
00:20:41.97\00:20:45.01
and how his tail...
which Isaiah 9:15 says,
00:20:45.04\00:20:48.44
"the prophet that teaches
lies, he is the tail... "
00:20:48.48\00:20:50.88
so it's lies, deception...
00:20:50.91\00:20:52.25
"drew the third
part of the stars... "
00:20:52.28\00:20:54.45
now they call it the
"third part" for two reasons,
00:20:54.48\00:20:56.65
one reason is
because it was a third...
00:20:56.69\00:20:58.52
a third of the
angels were deceived,
00:20:58.55\00:21:00.69
but the third part
now becomes a symbol
00:21:00.72\00:21:02.46
of those who were deceived,
00:21:02.49\00:21:03.83
so what the third part
of the trees... is symbol...
00:21:03.86\00:21:07.20
representation of the leaders
in Israel that were deceived,
00:21:07.26\00:21:09.50
they wouldn't
accept the message,
00:21:09.53\00:21:11.10
it also reminds us
that it's limited...
00:21:11.13\00:21:13.50
the third part is
not the two thirds,
00:21:13.54\00:21:15.57
it's not the three thirds,
00:21:15.60\00:21:16.94
this is still
judgment mingled with mercy,
00:21:16.97\00:21:18.91
this is limited judgment,
it's not the seven last plagues,
00:21:18.94\00:21:22.58
it's not the end of
probation, it's not...
00:21:22.64\00:21:24.98
we can apply this
verse down to the plagues
00:21:25.01\00:21:27.32
in Revelation chapter 15 and 16,
00:21:27.38\00:21:29.02
it's right here that we
have a limited judgment...
00:21:29.05\00:21:31.72
that's taking place
on a specific nation
00:21:31.75\00:21:33.86
and it is... and there's
still mercy tendered with that,
00:21:33.89\00:21:36.39
so we have
leadership... we have people...
00:21:36.42\00:21:38.93
we have
judgment, we have fire...
00:21:38.96\00:21:41.36
we have all of the
destruction that was predicted
00:21:41.40\00:21:44.10
by Christ in Matthew 24...
00:21:44.13\00:21:46.47
all of it is
being fulfilled here
00:21:46.50\00:21:48.10
in Revelation chapter 8
00:21:48.17\00:21:49.57
when that first
trumpet is being blown.
00:21:49.60\00:21:51.17
James: You still
want to go over there...
00:21:51.21\00:21:52.77
Ivor: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
00:21:52.81\00:21:54.18
so, remember some of the things
we talked about with trumpets,
00:21:54.21\00:21:56.91
remember one of the
things we talked about
00:21:56.95\00:21:58.38
was the story of Gideon,
00:21:58.41\00:21:59.75
remember the story of Gideon,
how when the trumpet blew,
00:21:59.78\00:22:02.78
right, the
enemies of God's people,
00:22:02.85\00:22:06.29
they turned their
swords on one another,
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okay, so, let's think about this
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who is God's enemy at this time?
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Who are the
enemies of God's people...
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the Christian church this time?
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It's Israel... okay...
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but who did Israel team
up with to crucify Christ?
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Yvonne: Rome...
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Ivor: Rome... so here
you have these two powers,
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working together to
oppose God's people,
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well, guess what
happens under the first trumpet?
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They turn their
swords on one another,
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Rome destroys Israel...
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they're in this
battle between each other,
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remember they said, "We
have no king but Caesar... "
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right, so you are our new king,
come on... we're buddy buddy,
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we're... when the trumpet blows,
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woosh... their
swords turn upon each other,
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just like in Gideon's time, now,
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and James and I talked
about this yesterday so...
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James: I can take over... I
can take over here, you know.
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Ivor: All right... so just watch
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let's go back to
Revelation 8, very quickly,
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Revelation 8... and just
notice this, Revelation 8...
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we're not going to get into the
second trumpet yet, of course.
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James: Jesus says,
"I'll come as a thief... "
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Ivor: Funny... so
in Revelation 8...
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Revelation 8... and
notice the second trumpet...
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what is the second trumpet?
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James: It's a
mountain burning with fire.
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Ivor: It's a mountain...
right, burning with fire,
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now, let's go back to
the Book of Matthew...
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Yvonne: Wait, I'm
sorry... where is that?
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Ivor: It's Revelation 8 verse...
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James: Verse 8... "And
the second angel sounded,
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and there was this great
mountain burning with fire
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and was cast into the sea... "
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Ivor: The mountain
is where, cast where?
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Yvonne: In the
sea... Ivor: Into the sea...
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all right, let's go
over to Matthew chapter 21,
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Matthew 21 and
let's look at verse 19.
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James: This is powerful stuff
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but I think we've
reversed our roles here,
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I think we've
reversed our roles here.
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Thou shalt not steal..
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thou shalt not
steal... high interest...
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it's going to
cost you the blueprint.
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Ivor: Yeah, all
right, look at verse 19...
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Matthew 21... verse 19
and the Bible says here,
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this is Jesus speaking, it says,
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and... right... "When
he saw a fig tree... "
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let's go to verse 18...
"Now in the morning he returned
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into the city and he was hungry.
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And when he saw a fig
tree in the way, he came to it,
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and found nothing
thereon, but leaves only,
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and he said unto it,
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Let no fruit grow on
thee henceforth for ever.
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And presently... " the what?
00:24:38.21\00:24:39.87
James and Yvonne: "the
fig tree withered away... "
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Ivor: Now this fig tree
was a symbol of Jerusalem,
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no fruit on it... it's
going to wither away...
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it is going to fall,
okay, so, in the first trumpet,
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we have... the
destruction of trees...
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now look at what
He goes on to say,
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verse 20... "And
when the disciples saw it,
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they marveled, saying,
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How soon is the
fig tree withered away!
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And Jesus answered
and said unto them,
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Verily I say unto you,
00:25:05.97\00:25:07.30
If you got faith
and doubt nothing,
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you shall not only do this
which is done to the fig tree"
00:25:08.70\00:25:12.04
James: But... but... but...
00:25:12.07\00:25:16.08
Ivor: "but also if ye
say unto this mountain,
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Be thou removed, and
be thou cast into the sea;
00:25:20.05\00:25:23.95
it shall be done. "
00:25:23.99\00:25:25.85
Yvonne: Oh...
00:25:25.92\00:25:27.26
Ivor: So He... Jesus here...
00:25:27.29\00:25:29.06
James: Is talking
about trees and mountains...
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Ivor: He's talking
about trees and mountains...
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James:
Symbolically... Ivor: He's says,
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"Look, not only is this
going to happen to the tree,
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but the mountain also
will be cast into the sea. "
00:25:35.83\00:25:38.53
James: Yes. Ivor:
"Hey, hey, disciples,
00:25:38.57\00:25:40.37
this tree right
now is your enemy
00:25:40.40\00:25:43.24
but look, this enemy is
going to fall and guess what?
00:25:43.27\00:25:46.44
Not only will this tree fall
00:25:46.47\00:25:47.81
but when you
say to the mountain,
00:25:47.84\00:25:49.78
the mountain is
going to fall too... "
00:25:49.81\00:25:51.28
Yvonne: Oh...
00:25:51.31\00:25:52.65
Ivor: So, what can we
already assume that...
00:25:52.68\00:25:54.02
whatever this mountain is...
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.38
it must be the second
enemy of the people of God
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at some further time
when you go down. Yvonne: Wow!
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James: It's going
to receive a judgment.
00:26:01.72\00:26:03.06
Ivor: That's going
to receive a judgment.
00:26:03.09\00:26:04.43
James: Because the
trumpets represent a judgment.
00:26:04.46\00:26:05.79
Ivor: Yes...
James: See what Revelation
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is doing is... it's simply
breaking open symbolically
00:26:07.23\00:26:10.40
the very words of Christ,
the very words of the Bible
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and if we're careful...
00:26:13.44\00:26:15.17
if we read carefully
what Christ is saying,
00:26:15.20\00:26:17.24
if we read carefully
what the Bible is teaching,
00:26:17.27\00:26:19.24
and when we talk... you
know this strange language
00:26:19.27\00:26:21.21
about the fire
and about the mountain
00:26:21.24\00:26:23.61
and about the
trees and about the grass
00:26:23.65\00:26:25.81
and John the Baptist said,
00:26:25.85\00:26:27.28
"It's going to be hewn
down and cast into the fire... "
00:26:27.32\00:26:28.65
and these differ...
00:26:28.68\00:26:30.02
but if we understand
what he's talking about,
00:26:30.05\00:26:31.85
he's not talking
about literal trees and...
00:26:31.89\00:26:33.36
we're talking in symbolic form,
00:26:33.39\00:26:35.29
these nations and these
kingdoms and these powers
00:26:35.32\00:26:37.93
and the day would come
and God is so longsuffering,
00:26:37.96\00:26:40.46
because He wants them to see
and hear and receive the gospel
00:26:40.50\00:26:43.77
but the day of judgment comes
so the disciples, you know,
00:26:43.80\00:26:47.00
"the fig tree right here,
you're in awe about that...
00:26:47.04\00:26:49.20
but hey look... not
only is that going to happen
00:26:49.24\00:26:51.27
but the mountain is also
going to be taken care of,
00:26:51.31\00:26:53.31
you need to focus on the fig,
00:26:53.38\00:26:55.28
I'll take care of those
things, you focus on the fig...
00:26:55.31\00:26:57.28
you focus on
giving the message. "
00:26:57.31\00:26:59.11
Ivor: Advance... James: Advance.
00:26:59.15\00:27:00.65
Ivor: Move forward... advance...
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James: So that's it...
Yvonne: The white horse...
00:27:02.38\00:27:03.92
Ivor: Yes. James:
We've almost done...
00:27:03.95\00:27:05.39
now we're starting to
move into the second trumpet...
00:27:05.42\00:27:08.92
Ivor: Don't mind the red
horse, don't mind it... ah boy!
00:27:08.96\00:27:11.43
James: And people are
going to ask us questions,
00:27:11.46\00:27:14.26
and when they ask
those questions...
00:27:14.30\00:27:16.67
Jason: That's exactly
why they need to e-mail us at
00:27:16.70\00:27:19.63
sss@3abn. org
00:27:19.67\00:27:23.00
James: sss@3abn. org
00:27:23.04\00:27:24.37
and we're looking
forward to those questions,
00:27:24.44\00:27:26.14
now we need to close
with a word of prayer,
00:27:26.17\00:27:27.88
because we've only
got about 30 seconds left,
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Yvonne, would you close us out?
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Yvonne: "Father,
we just thank you,
00:27:30.88\00:27:32.21
we just want to
say, 'thank you so much
00:27:32.25\00:27:34.22
for what you've
written in your Word... '
00:27:34.28\00:27:36.58
and continue oh
God to give us insight,
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guide us and direct us we
pray in Jesus' name, amen. "
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All: "Amen... "
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James: Amen...
so... next program,
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we're going to be
looking at second trumpet...
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and all the implications
of the second trumpet
00:27:48.06\00:27:49.80
and I think it's
going to be pretty easy
00:27:49.86\00:27:51.67
because we're
following the outline,
00:27:51.70\00:27:53.47
we're seeing the connections
and the lights are going on.
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Yvonne: Praise the Lord, amen...
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