Okay, so we're continuing our study in Revelation 7 trumpets 00:00:29.16\00:00:33.53 and we have, right now, moved from the second to the third 00:00:33.60\00:00:37.90 and we're not quite finished with the third... 00:00:37.93\00:00:39.97 we spent a little bit of time there... talking about the Lamb 00:00:40.00\00:00:42.80 and the angel that fell from heaven... 00:00:42.84\00:00:45.47 the star that fell from heaven, we identified as Lucifer 00:00:45.51\00:00:47.91 according to Isaiah 14... 00:00:47.94\00:00:49.28 and bringing us a lamp... the Word of God 00:00:49.31\00:00:51.55 so it's a counterfeit of God's Word... 00:00:51.58\00:00:53.78 according to Psalm 119:105 00:00:53.82\00:00:55.72 falling upon the rivers and fountains of waters, 00:00:55.75\00:00:58.92 rivers, fountains of waters representing the gospel, 00:00:58.95\00:01:01.76 the proclamation of truth, the righteous 00:01:01.79\00:01:04.23 and those who are turning away 00:01:04.26\00:01:07.13 because it's turning them into wormwood or bitterness 00:01:07.16\00:01:10.00 and we... that's what we got to spend more time on, I think, 00:01:10.03\00:01:12.17 is verse 11, and we'll talk about that. 00:01:12.20\00:01:14.70 So, Jason, will you start with a word of prayer 00:01:14.74\00:01:17.77 and we'll get right into 00:01:17.81\00:01:19.41 and continue our study in the third trumpet. 00:01:19.44\00:01:21.61 Jason: All right, "Dear Heavenly Father, 00:01:21.64\00:01:23.75 we ask that you would please bless us with your Holy Spirit 00:01:23.78\00:01:27.35 to lead us into all truth as we study your Word, 00:01:27.38\00:01:31.12 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 00:01:31.15\00:01:32.49 All: "Amen... " 00:01:32.52\00:01:33.86 James: All right, so, Yvonne, 00:01:33.89\00:01:35.52 can you read for us then... let's just pick up... 00:01:35.59\00:01:37.23 well, actually, let's read verse 10 00:01:37.26\00:01:39.16 just so that we get the context so verse 10 and then verse 11. 00:01:39.19\00:01:41.86 Yvonne: Sure, "And the third angel sounded, 00:01:41.90\00:01:43.97 and there fell a great star from heaven, 00:01:44.00\00:01:46.03 burning as it were a lamp, 00:01:46.07\00:01:47.40 and it fell upon the third part of the rivers, 00:01:47.44\00:01:50.21 and upon the fountains of waters; 00:01:50.24\00:01:51.77 And the name of the star is called Wormwood: 00:01:51.81\00:01:54.44 and the third part of the waters became wormwood; 00:01:54.48\00:01:57.61 and many men died of the waters, because they were made bitter. " 00:01:57.65\00:02:01.22 James: Okay, so this again is symbolic 00:02:01.25\00:02:04.42 and we've got to look up the words... 00:02:04.45\00:02:07.12 get a Biblical perspective on them... 00:02:07.16\00:02:09.82 Ivor, you started us out on that 00:02:09.86\00:02:12.43 with some insights on wormwood... 00:02:12.46\00:02:14.66 Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:02:14.70\00:02:16.03 James: And the bitterness... and I think you talked about 00:02:16.06\00:02:17.60 in relation to Christ being the tree 00:02:17.63\00:02:20.44 that was put into the waters to make them sweet 00:02:20.47\00:02:22.60 so, "wormwood" from that perspective 00:02:22.64\00:02:24.61 is an absence of Christ 00:02:24.64\00:02:26.07 and we see Christ being taken out 00:02:26.14\00:02:27.98 in the Dark Ages in the compromise... 00:02:28.04\00:02:29.84 Christ is taken out and compromise takes place 00:02:29.88\00:02:33.08 with the gospel... 00:02:33.11\00:02:34.45 I wanted to share a couple of other verses 00:02:34.48\00:02:36.72 that would confirm that... affirm that... 00:02:36.75\00:02:39.09 and bring us a little bit further into understanding that, 00:02:39.12\00:02:41.52 the first one is in Deuteronomy 29, 00:02:41.56\00:02:43.26 Deuteronomy 29 and verse 18 and this verse here 00:02:43.29\00:02:49.00 indicates that "wormwood" is when we turn away from God 00:02:49.03\00:02:54.10 so it says, basically, the same thing you were talking about 00:02:54.14\00:02:56.94 "wormwood" is basically when we turn away from God 00:02:56.97\00:02:59.41 so Deuteronomy 29 verse 18... 00:02:59.44\00:03:02.44 Jason, you want to read that for us? 00:03:02.48\00:03:03.81 Jason: Sure. James: If you can find it. 00:03:03.85\00:03:05.18 Jason: All right... oops no... that's not it... 00:03:05.21\00:03:08.18 hold on... Deuteronomy 29:18? 00:03:08.22\00:03:15.19 Jason: Scrolling, scrolling, scrolling... there we go... 00:03:15.22\00:03:20.06 "Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, 00:03:20.10\00:03:24.87 or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day 00:03:24.90\00:03:27.54 from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods 00:03:27.57\00:03:30.74 of these nations; lest there should be among you 00:03:30.77\00:03:33.94 a root that beareth gall and wormwood... " 00:03:33.98\00:03:37.11 James: It's interesting isn't it the way he's talking there, 00:03:37.15\00:03:39.68 he's saying... to bear wormwood... 00:03:39.71\00:03:42.25 to bear a bit of wormwood and gall... 00:03:42.28\00:03:44.49 is to serve other gods... 00:03:44.52\00:03:45.85 is to turn away from God and serve other gods. 00:03:45.89\00:03:47.52 Ivor: Idols... 00:03:47.56\00:03:48.89 James: Idols and its very interesting because 00:03:48.92\00:03:51.13 here you got this incredible Book of Revelation 00:03:51.16\00:03:53.50 and all it does is... it simply borrows... borrows... 00:03:53.53\00:03:56.56 borrows... it's already... 00:03:56.60\00:03:58.03 God has already written all the stuff and God said, 00:03:58.07\00:04:00.07 "Oh, I'll put that verse... oh, I'll put that word in there 00:04:00.10\00:04:01.70 and they'll go look up 'wormwood' 00:04:01.74\00:04:03.10 and they'll remember all the other things I told them" 00:04:03.17\00:04:04.91 but here's the point, 00:04:04.94\00:04:06.27 God doesn't necessarily want us to pick and choose 00:04:06.31\00:04:08.91 like, "Oh, there's a verse... 00:04:08.94\00:04:10.55 oh, there's another verse... I'll put... " 00:04:10.58\00:04:11.91 He wants us to read the whole story. 00:04:11.95\00:04:13.98 He wants us to get a picture of the whole story 00:04:14.02\00:04:17.35 what's happening in the Old Testament... 00:04:17.39\00:04:18.72 one of the ways that God keeps us 00:04:18.75\00:04:21.32 is by reminding us of His leadings in the past. 00:04:21.36\00:04:23.93 So we read through these stories 00:04:23.96\00:04:25.79 and we get a picture of it and then... poom! 00:04:25.86\00:04:28.30 we plug in the symbol... we plug in the meaning... 00:04:28.33\00:04:29.66 so, that's one of them. 00:04:29.70\00:04:31.03 Ivor: Wait, before you move on, let's look at the context of 00:04:31.07\00:04:34.00 Deuteronomy 29:18... 00:04:34.04\00:04:35.54 James: That's what we're talking about, okay. 00:04:35.57\00:04:36.91 Ivor: Were you're going there? 00:04:36.94\00:04:38.64 James: No, I was going to somewhere else. 00:04:38.67\00:04:40.28 Ivor: Before you go there... 00:04:40.31\00:04:41.64 because, what's really interesting is that 00:04:41.68\00:04:43.11 back up in verse 12... it tells us here 00:04:43.14\00:04:48.22 verse 12... "That thou shouldest 00:04:48.25\00:04:50.85 enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, 00:04:50.89\00:04:53.42 and into his oath, 00:04:53.46\00:04:54.92 which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day... " 00:04:54.96\00:04:57.56 the whole context of Deuteronomy 29 00:04:57.59\00:04:59.29 is the context of the covenant and God says, 00:04:59.33\00:05:02.60 "Look, I'm watching some of your children... 00:05:02.63\00:05:03.97 those that are gathered with you, 00:05:04.00\00:05:05.33 those that are not here today, 00:05:05.37\00:05:06.70 remember this covenant, remember how I led you... " 00:05:06.74\00:05:09.30 and then He goes into verse 18 where it says, 00:05:09.34\00:05:12.04 "Look, you've seen the other nations and the gods 00:05:12.07\00:05:14.51 that they took to themselves so, remember my covenant... 00:05:14.54\00:05:18.35 don't defy yourselves with these other gods... " 00:05:18.38\00:05:23.69 the reason why that is... 00:05:23.72\00:05:25.65 that context is so powerful to understand 00:05:25.69\00:05:28.62 is because what's happening in this time period, 00:05:28.66\00:05:30.69 is that there's a forsaking of the covenant of the Lord 00:05:30.73\00:05:33.73 and they are in the place of the covenant... 00:05:33.76\00:05:36.87 taking to them other gods which produces wormwood. 00:05:36.90\00:05:40.50 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:05:40.54\00:05:42.50 Ivor: If you were to take... 00:05:42.57\00:05:43.91 remember we were in the third trumpet here, right? 00:05:43.94\00:05:46.91 Jason: Right. Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:05:46.94\00:05:48.28 Ivor: So, what can we parallel this to? 00:05:48.31\00:05:49.64 Third church... right... and in the third church 00:05:49.68\00:05:53.21 I believe this is Revelation chapter 2 verse 14, 00:05:53.25\00:05:56.99 it actually says there that.. 00:05:57.02\00:05:58.35 "I have somewhat against thee because 00:05:58.39\00:05:59.85 you have them there that teach the doctrine of Balaam 00:05:59.92\00:06:02.59 that taught the children of Israel 00:06:02.62\00:06:05.76 to become a stumbling block and to worship... " 00:06:05.79\00:06:09.10 what? "Idols... " 00:06:09.13\00:06:10.47 Yvonne: Yes... 00:06:10.50\00:06:11.83 Ivor: Idols... so when you can parallel, 00:06:11.87\00:06:13.77 right, which is what we're doing 00:06:13.80\00:06:15.37 again, when you get to like the 5th and 6th trumpet... 00:06:15.40\00:06:17.57 James: The parallel... 00:06:17.61\00:06:20.14 Ivor: this is key because even with the 5th and 6th trumpet... 00:06:20.18\00:06:23.75 we were just talking about this that there's a lot of different, 00:06:23.81\00:06:25.88 "Oh, the 5th and 6th trumpet... 00:06:25.91\00:06:27.82 we think it's this or it's that" 00:06:27.85\00:06:29.72 but when you have these checks and balances 00:06:29.75\00:06:32.22 that keep you in the parameter of... you know... 00:06:32.25\00:06:35.12 okay... we know what we're looking for 00:06:35.16\00:06:37.36 and it's no longer guess work... 00:06:37.39\00:06:39.39 it's, "I'm stepping back, I see the big picture... 00:06:39.43\00:06:41.53 I'm seeing these parallel" 00:06:41.56\00:06:43.20 and so back to "wormwood... " 00:06:43.23\00:06:44.80 we're seeing wormwood representing 00:06:44.83\00:06:47.14 a denial of the covenant... a worshipping of idols... 00:06:47.17\00:06:50.27 and this is exactly what is going on in this time period. 00:06:50.31\00:06:53.21 James: Yeah, I'm just... I'm pretty excited about this 00:06:53.24\00:06:56.71 principle... and a thought keeps coming to my brain 00:06:56.75\00:07:00.22 and it's jumping way forward in a sense... 00:07:00.25\00:07:02.38 but I just want to throw it out there since you brought this up 00:07:02.42\00:07:05.09 we're going to see an affliction take place 00:07:05.12\00:07:08.66 in trumpets 5 and 6, they're called "wolves" 00:07:08.69\00:07:11.23 and they're God's way of disciplining... 00:07:11.26\00:07:13.73 bringing affliction in order to bring to a... 00:07:13.76\00:07:16.30 a call to repentance 00:07:16.33\00:07:17.67 and in the 4th church... the church of Thyatira 00:07:17.70\00:07:20.97 who has the woman Jezebel, 00:07:21.00\00:07:22.67 "I would put her into a bed of affliction, 00:07:22.70\00:07:25.37 I will give her space to repent, 00:07:25.41\00:07:27.28 I'll give her time to repent of her idol worship" 00:07:27.31\00:07:29.21 and that parallels the 5th and 6th because 00:07:29.24\00:07:32.18 it says, "And they repented not of their worship of idols" 00:07:32.21\00:07:34.75 at the end of this... 00:07:34.78\00:07:36.12 "they repented... she repented not of their worship of idols 00:07:36.15\00:07:37.49 and with their gold and silver" and I'm thinking, 00:07:37.52\00:07:39.52 "Whoa... " so, definitely what Ivor's saying here is 00:07:39.55\00:07:41.89 so powerful... because all the way through 00:07:41.92\00:07:43.86 we have this checks and balances that help us to see 00:07:43.89\00:07:45.79 if we're in the right course. 00:07:45.86\00:07:47.20 Ivor: So we know that 5 and 6... trumpets 5 and 6 then 00:07:47.23\00:07:49.26 just on what you just said, 00:07:49.30\00:07:50.63 must be something in response to this woman Jezebel 00:07:50.67\00:07:55.64 in church 4, right, 00:07:55.70\00:07:58.27 which says, "Hey, she's not repenting... 00:07:58.31\00:08:00.34 all right... we're going to have this happen 00:08:00.38\00:08:02.14 and let's see what happens... let's see if they repent" 00:08:02.18\00:08:05.41 but what does it say? "They repented not. " 00:08:05.45\00:08:07.38 So all these things help us to go, 00:08:07.42\00:08:09.45 "Yeah, you know what, this book is not thrown together... 00:08:09.48\00:08:11.75 we're not just pulling pieces here and there... 00:08:11.79\00:08:13.89 there is actually a divine design 00:08:13.92\00:08:17.39 in the Book of Revelation. " 00:08:17.43\00:08:19.69 Yvonne: For sure, for sure. 00:08:19.76\00:08:21.96 James: Divine design... Ivor: Divine design... 00:08:22.03\00:08:23.47 James: I've got to remember that... yeah, that's a really 00:08:23.50\00:08:25.13 good phrase... okay, here's a another verse. 00:08:25.17\00:08:26.63 Yvonne: I have a quick question. James: Yes. 00:08:26.67\00:08:28.10 Yvonne: So, the whole "Jezebel" thing... 00:08:28.14\00:08:29.84 when a woman is brought up in Revelation, it's often... 00:08:29.87\00:08:34.21 as relates to the church. James: It is. 00:08:34.28\00:08:37.01 Yvonne: Jezebel... does she represent a wicked church? 00:08:37.05\00:08:40.52 James: Yes. 00:08:40.55\00:08:41.88 Yvonne: Not just a spirit of an evil woman 00:08:41.92\00:08:44.45 but a church... an apostate church. 00:08:44.49\00:08:46.55 James: Yes. Yvonne: Okay. 00:08:46.59\00:08:47.92 James: She represents an apostate church, 00:08:47.96\00:08:49.29 so, here's a woman who is symbolizing an apostate church 00:08:49.32\00:08:53.40 because when you go back to the history, 00:08:53.43\00:08:54.80 you see that this woman, herself, 00:08:54.83\00:08:56.53 turned away from God and turned others away from God 00:08:56.56\00:09:00.00 and then persecuted God's people... 00:09:00.04\00:09:02.20 specifically the prophets, they had to hide in a cave. 00:09:02.24\00:09:05.64 Ivor: A harlot in the Bible 00:09:05.67\00:09:07.24 is one that does not abide by wedding vows 00:09:07.28\00:09:11.88 okay, it's one that doesn't regard wedding vows 00:09:11.91\00:09:14.75 and so you think about Christ and His bride, 00:09:14.78\00:09:17.55 they have wedding vows, Christ proposed to the church 00:09:17.59\00:09:21.99 at the cross, "Will you marry me? 00:09:22.02\00:09:24.16 This is how much I love you... this is how much I love you, 00:09:24.19\00:09:27.33 will you marry me?" Yvonne: Yes, yes. 00:09:27.36\00:09:28.86 Right, but you're not marrying when someone proposes to you, 00:09:28.90\00:09:31.07 you're only married after you exchange vows. 00:09:31.10\00:09:33.44 Yvonne: And you go through the covenant. 00:09:33.47\00:09:35.74 Ivor: Exactly, and the vows are the covenant, 00:09:35.77\00:09:37.84 so, Christ is like, 00:09:37.87\00:09:39.44 "Do you promise to have no other gods before me?" 00:09:39.47\00:09:41.71 "I do... " 00:09:41.74\00:09:43.08 "Do you promise not to take my name in vain 00:09:43.11\00:09:46.11 or worship any graven images?" "I do. " 00:09:46.15\00:09:49.92 But the church that says, "These vows, man, 00:09:49.95\00:09:53.66 they're legalistic. " What? I mean... 00:09:53.69\00:09:56.83 when you're in love... the wedding vow is never legalistic. 00:09:56.86\00:10:00.26 James: Nothing's legalistic. 00:10:00.30\00:10:01.63 Ivor: Nothing... when you're not in love, 00:10:01.66\00:10:03.00 your wedding vows are bondage... 00:10:03.03\00:10:04.63 "What have I gotten myself into?" 00:10:04.67\00:10:06.27 Yvonne: Yeah, yeah, yeah. 00:10:06.30\00:10:07.64 Ivor: So, the harlot is like... 00:10:07.67\00:10:09.00 "No, I don't want these wedding vows, 00:10:09.04\00:10:10.51 I still want to be called by your name... 00:10:10.57\00:10:12.17 but I'm not going to obey the vows. " 00:10:12.21\00:10:13.54 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:10:13.58\00:10:14.91 Ivor: So any church that is against the commandments of God, 00:10:14.94\00:10:18.28 represents... or is symbolic of what we're looking at here. 00:10:18.31\00:10:21.48 Yvonne: Wow! 00:10:21.52\00:10:22.88 James: And that's what we find in this verse... 00:10:22.92\00:10:24.95 this next verse which is in Amos chapter 5 and verse 7 00:10:24.99\00:10:28.32 it's really interesting, it says, 00:10:28.39\00:10:31.19 "You who turn judgment to wormwood, 00:10:31.23\00:10:34.13 and leave off righteousness in the earth... " 00:10:34.16\00:10:37.80 so, so... wormwood here 00:10:37.83\00:10:40.84 is likened unto "leaving righteousness off in the earth, 00:10:40.87\00:10:43.30 forsaking righteousness, turning away from righteousness" 00:10:43.34\00:10:47.04 well, if you combine that verse with Jeremiah 23 and verse 6, 00:10:47.08\00:10:50.75 there Jeremiah tells us that Jesus Christ 00:10:50.78\00:10:53.92 is going to be called, "the Lord our righteousness. " 00:10:53.95\00:10:56.48 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:10:56.52\00:10:57.85 James: "The Lord our righteousness," so... so... 00:10:57.89\00:10:59.25 to leave off righteousness is to leave off the Lord... 00:10:59.29\00:11:02.06 is to have an unfaithful relationship with the Lord, 00:11:02.12\00:11:04.83 it's to refuse that covenant relationship with Jesus Christ. 00:11:04.86\00:11:07.46 Ivor: The water without the tree. 00:11:07.50\00:11:08.83 James: The water without the tree. 00:11:08.86\00:11:10.20 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:11:10.23\00:11:11.57 James: Bitter... bitter... I love that, 00:11:11.60\00:11:14.27 okay, so those are two more verses that just affirm 00:11:14.30\00:11:18.11 what's taking place here as we look at 00:11:18.14\00:11:20.68 Revelation chapter 8 and verse 10 or excuse me, 00:11:20.71\00:11:25.25 verse 11... the name of that star is called wormwood. 00:11:25.28\00:11:27.55 So now, this is really interesting, 00:11:27.58\00:11:29.25 the name of that star... 00:11:29.28\00:11:30.79 now the word, "name" represents His character. 00:11:30.82\00:11:33.69 This star... this fallen angel, 00:11:33.76\00:11:36.76 this messenger that fell from heaven, 00:11:36.83\00:11:39.23 his character is wormwood, 00:11:39.26\00:11:40.86 his character is turning people away from Jesus, 00:11:40.90\00:11:42.56 his character is turning people away 00:11:42.60\00:11:44.27 from a covenant relationship with God, 00:11:44.33\00:11:45.93 his character is turning people away from the Law of God. 00:11:45.97\00:11:47.80 That's his purpose, that's his character... 00:11:47.84\00:11:50.91 that's what... that's the kind of character that he's developed 00:11:50.94\00:11:53.54 and so, then you have to ask yourself the question, 00:11:53.58\00:11:56.08 "What kind of character are we developing 00:11:56.11\00:11:58.25 if we're doing the same things?" 00:11:58.28\00:11:59.65 We're developing the same character as the deceiver, 00:11:59.68\00:12:02.28 as the accuser... as the one who's fallen... 00:12:02.32\00:12:04.32 as the fallen angel and that's what's taking place here 00:12:04.35\00:12:07.22 in the context of these verses and we can affirm those 00:12:07.26\00:12:10.13 that in history... so what happens? 00:12:10.16\00:12:11.93 "The third part of the waters become bitter... wormwood: 00:12:11.96\00:12:15.46 and many men died of the waters, 00:12:15.50\00:12:17.60 because they were made bitter. " 00:12:17.63\00:12:19.70 What does that mean? Waters represent the gospel, 00:12:19.73\00:12:23.04 they represent life... the water of life... 00:12:23.07\00:12:24.81 I wanted to give a couple of references on this 00:12:24.84\00:12:26.51 but if they're made bitter then, the people are dying 00:12:26.54\00:12:31.38 because the waters don't have the tree... 00:12:31.41\00:12:34.15 they don't have Christ, they're bitter, 00:12:34.18\00:12:36.82 they're "Christless" Christless doctrines... 00:12:36.89\00:12:40.22 Christless teachings, legalism, righteousness by works 00:12:40.26\00:12:44.96 all of the different church traditions 00:12:44.99\00:12:47.76 that you needed to follow 00:12:47.80\00:12:49.30 without Christ in the middle of it. 00:12:49.33\00:12:51.37 Now, are we in danger of the same thing? 00:12:51.43\00:12:53.77 I think every Denomination is, I really do. 00:12:53.80\00:12:56.10 I think Catholicism is something that we like to 00:12:56.14\00:12:59.57 try to put in a little neat corner over here 00:12:59.61\00:13:01.84 and say, "Well, we're not like them" 00:13:01.88\00:13:03.21 but I think it's really the religion of a natural heart. 00:13:03.24\00:13:05.18 When you combine Christianity with Paganism, 00:13:05.21\00:13:09.68 you've come to the religion of the natural heart, 00:13:09.72\00:13:12.45 what we're naturally inclined to do. 00:13:12.49\00:13:14.56 Adam and Eve were naturally inclined to do that. 00:13:14.59\00:13:16.76 Remember when they sewed fig leaves together? 00:13:16.79\00:13:18.89 They were naturally trying to cover their nakedness 00:13:18.96\00:13:21.36 and we're still trying to cover our nakedness 00:13:21.43\00:13:23.40 so, Cain and Abel... 00:13:23.43\00:13:24.77 Cain was bringing the fruits of his hands, 00:13:24.80\00:13:26.90 fruits of his labors to God and it's interesting that 00:13:26.94\00:13:31.27 that there are certain sacrificial requirements 00:13:31.31\00:13:36.18 that involve fruit but this one didn't... 00:13:36.21\00:13:38.31 this one involved putting your faith 00:13:38.38\00:13:40.42 totally in the sacrifice of the Lamb... of Jesus... 00:13:40.45\00:13:43.05 so, that's our natural inclination, 00:13:43.08\00:13:45.39 we can't put it off over here 00:13:45.42\00:13:46.76 to another Denomination necessarily, 00:13:46.79\00:13:48.39 we need to be aware of it 00:13:48.42\00:13:49.79 but the history is really clear here... 00:13:49.82\00:13:51.56 the history of the development of this power in the earth 00:13:51.59\00:13:56.33 it will cause many people to die 00:13:56.36\00:13:59.30 and be made bitter to be without Christ... 00:13:59.33\00:14:01.24 even though they may have had the church, 00:14:01.30\00:14:02.80 they didn't have Jesus. 00:14:02.87\00:14:04.21 James: Any other thoughts on the third trumpet 00:14:04.24\00:14:07.48 or any other questions about it? 00:14:07.51\00:14:09.94 Ivor: Well, I would just point out here that 00:14:09.98\00:14:12.01 we're going to... we're going to see something 00:14:12.05\00:14:15.02 that's another important point for us to consider 00:14:15.05\00:14:17.99 as we're looking at these upcoming trumpets. 00:14:18.05\00:14:20.46 James: Okay. Ivor: Is that there is no... 00:14:20.49\00:14:22.86 under the first trumpet... it was the fall of Jerusalem, 00:14:22.89\00:14:25.76 the second trumpet... the fall of Rome, 00:14:25.79\00:14:28.56 we don't have a "fall" here. 00:14:28.60\00:14:30.23 James: Right, in a sense... we have a compromise. 00:14:30.27\00:14:32.57 Ivor: There's a compromise but it's not a fall. 00:14:32.63\00:14:35.27 Ivor: What power are we talking about here? 00:14:35.30\00:14:37.91 This is the Papal Power, right, 00:14:37.94\00:14:40.94 so we're talking about 00:14:40.98\00:14:42.31 God's true people who were living this time... 00:14:42.34\00:14:46.55 would have been able to look and see the effects 00:14:46.58\00:14:50.79 of this bitter water... 00:14:50.82\00:14:52.25 men don't have peace... 00:14:52.29\00:14:53.62 this gospel... something's wrong with this gospel... 00:14:53.66\00:14:56.16 the waters are bitter, you see what I'm saying? 00:14:56.19\00:14:58.13 But it still wasn't a fall... 00:14:58.16\00:15:00.00 remember, we're talking about the Papacy here, 00:15:00.03\00:15:01.66 the Papacy does not fall until 1798 00:15:01.70\00:15:06.97 so what we're going to see... 00:15:07.00\00:15:08.80 I'm kind of like giving you a sneak preview here, 00:15:08.84\00:15:10.67 is that trumpets 3, 4, 5 and 6 will all be... will all assist 00:15:10.71\00:15:18.11 in the fall of the Papacy by 1798. 00:15:18.15\00:15:22.98 Yvonne: Ah... they kind of lead up to... 00:15:23.02\00:15:26.76 Ivor: Exactly, these events so, this is a spiritual... 00:15:26.79\00:15:30.16 this trumpet is spiritual in nature. 00:15:30.23\00:15:33.50 It's talking about doctrines and teachings 00:15:33.56\00:15:35.90 and again I'm jumping ahead, 00:15:35.93\00:15:39.13 I don't want to jump too far ahead but 00:15:39.17\00:15:40.67 remember that the Papacy is... well, I'm just going to say... 00:15:40.70\00:15:44.04 you're going to have to wait, I'm sorry... 00:15:44.07\00:15:45.57 James: Let me fill in here and just pick up right there. 00:15:45.61\00:15:49.08 So, this is really significant because in the 4th church, 00:15:49.11\00:15:52.58 Thyatira... Jezebel is given time to repent 00:15:52.61\00:15:55.98 she's given time... so Jerusalem they had their time 00:15:56.02\00:16:00.29 and so we pick it up right where they're ready for final judgment 00:16:00.32\00:16:03.12 Pagan Rome... they had their time 00:16:03.16\00:16:04.49 and so we pick it up when they're ready for final judgment 00:16:04.53\00:16:06.76 but now we're picking this up where the time is being given 00:16:06.80\00:16:09.26 that's where we are in prophecy 00:16:09.30\00:16:10.63 so the time is being given so here's what happens, 00:16:10.67\00:16:12.33 in the 4th trumpet, there is a... 00:16:12.37\00:16:14.57 either going to be a repentance 00:16:14.60\00:16:16.67 or there's going to be a deepening of the apostasy, 00:16:16.71\00:16:18.81 5th trumpet... repentance or a deepening of the apostasy, 00:16:18.84\00:16:21.64 6th trumpet... repentance or a deepening of the apostasy, 00:16:21.68\00:16:24.01 that's what happens... it either goes one way or the other. 00:16:24.05\00:16:26.38 We either go... we either get worse and worse 00:16:26.41\00:16:28.65 or we pull away and we repent of those deeds 00:16:28.68\00:16:30.89 and that's the same way with all of us 00:16:30.92\00:16:32.49 and those are principles that we can bring out of this. 00:16:32.55\00:16:34.56 So when we get to the 4th trumpet, 00:16:34.62\00:16:36.93 what are we going to see? 00:16:36.96\00:16:38.33 Are we going to see repentance or are we going to see 00:16:38.36\00:16:39.69 a deepening of the apostasy? 00:16:39.73\00:16:41.06 Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:16:41.10\00:16:42.43 James: All right, so shall we move into the 4th...? 00:16:42.46\00:16:43.90 Yvonne: Yeah. James: Okay, let's read... 00:16:43.97\00:16:45.40 Jason, would you want to read for us 00:16:45.43\00:16:46.84 Revelation chapter 8 and let's just go ahead and read 00:16:46.87\00:16:50.47 both verses, well, let's just read verse 12 00:16:50.51\00:16:53.41 because the next one is going to transition us 00:16:53.44\00:16:56.24 into the next three so Revelation 8 verse 12. 00:16:56.31\00:16:58.85 Jason: Okay, "And the fourth angel sounded, 00:16:58.88\00:17:01.22 and the third part of the sun was smitten, 00:17:01.25\00:17:03.55 and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; 00:17:03.59\00:17:06.76 so as the third part of them was darkened, 00:17:06.79\00:17:09.72 and the day shone not for a third part of it, 00:17:09.76\00:17:12.66 and the night likewise. " 00:17:12.69\00:17:14.20 James: All right, this is where we've been... 00:17:14.23\00:17:17.30 where I've been excitedly looking to 00:17:17.37\00:17:20.57 because we've got some symbols here 00:17:20.64\00:17:23.67 that are actually going to be interpreted 00:17:23.71\00:17:25.97 in the Book of Revelation, the sun, the moon and the stars, 00:17:26.01\00:17:28.38 the sun, the moon and the stars and we've got a development here 00:17:28.44\00:17:32.31 of the Pergamos church to the Thyatira church 00:17:32.38\00:17:35.12 and we can see the history there of the persecution 00:17:35.15\00:17:38.42 the Dark Ages and the persecution again 00:17:38.45\00:17:40.16 against God's people if we think about the history, 00:17:40.19\00:17:42.86 what we're looking here in this verse 4 is... 00:17:42.89\00:17:44.99 is an interpretation that will tell us 00:17:45.03\00:17:47.20 that the Papal Power began to grow... become stronger 00:17:47.26\00:17:50.77 and then it turned itself against God's faithful people 00:17:50.80\00:17:54.30 and began to persecute and afflict those people 00:17:54.34\00:17:56.27 and included in that persecution was also 00:17:56.30\00:18:00.48 a push against the Bible, against the light of truth, 00:18:00.51\00:18:04.68 against the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 00:18:04.71\00:18:06.65 Now the reason why I think this is interesting 00:18:06.72\00:18:09.55 is because the sun and the moon and the stars 00:18:09.58\00:18:12.39 in Revelation 12 are the very things that clothe the woman... 00:18:12.42\00:18:18.23 the righteous woman... 00:18:18.26\00:18:20.23 James: Let's just read that verse, 00:18:20.26\00:18:21.76 Yvonne, do you want to read that verse for us 00:18:21.80\00:18:23.13 it's in Revelation 12 and verse 1. 00:18:23.16\00:18:24.77 Yvonne: "And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; 00:18:24.80\00:18:29.47 a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, 00:18:29.50\00:18:32.67 and upon her head a crown of twelve stars... " 00:18:32.71\00:18:35.28 James: Yes, now, if we could just... 00:18:35.31\00:18:37.05 I mean... this is going to be... 00:18:37.08\00:18:38.75 we're going to be getting into our fourth cycle 00:18:38.78\00:18:40.12 when we get to Revelation 12 00:18:40.15\00:18:41.48 and it's going to be just amazing how we go back now 00:18:41.52\00:18:43.82 and we start the whole cycle all over again 00:18:43.85\00:18:45.29 but right here, God is... in a sense giving us our destiny 00:18:45.32\00:18:49.09 our destiny is to be this woman that's clothed with the sun, 00:18:49.12\00:18:52.86 standing on the moon and having a crown of 12 stars. 00:18:52.89\00:18:55.33 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:18:55.36\00:18:56.70 James: so when we go back to Revelation chapter 8 00:18:56.73\00:18:58.47 and it says that this angel... the fourth angel sounds 00:18:58.50\00:19:02.10 and a third part of the sun 00:19:02.14\00:19:03.47 and the moon and the stars were smitten 00:19:03.51\00:19:05.27 this is talking... in symbolic sense 00:19:05.34\00:19:07.08 this is talking about God's people being smitten, 00:19:07.14\00:19:09.14 God's people are being afflicted, 00:19:09.21\00:19:10.71 God's people are being attacked, 00:19:10.75\00:19:12.08 God's people are being persecuted, 00:19:12.11\00:19:13.45 we know that not only from Revelation 12 00:19:13.48\00:19:16.02 but when we go to the Old Testament 00:19:16.05\00:19:17.39 and I have the verse right here 00:19:17.42\00:19:19.39 we read about the story of Joseph, 00:19:19.42\00:19:21.42 remember the story of Joseph? 00:19:21.46\00:19:22.86 And Joseph is a young man 00:19:22.89\00:19:26.23 whose brothers are very jealous of him 00:19:26.29\00:19:28.36 because God has given this coat of many colors 00:19:28.40\00:19:30.30 and he is put in a prominent position 00:19:30.33\00:19:33.84 God is kind of choosing him and he starts having these dreams 00:19:33.87\00:19:37.21 I'm not sure if you remember the dreams that he has, 00:19:37.24\00:19:39.11 the first dream he has is these stacks of barley... 00:19:39.14\00:19:44.28 of grain and they all bow down to him... to his... 00:19:44.31\00:19:49.45 and the second dream... 00:19:49.48\00:19:50.82 do you remember what the second dream was? 00:19:50.85\00:19:52.19 Yvonne: I just remember the first one. 00:19:52.22\00:19:53.56 James: Okay, let me read it for you. 00:19:53.59\00:19:54.99 Genesis chapter 37:9 and 10, 00:19:55.02\00:19:56.79 "And he dreamed yet another dream, 00:19:56.83\00:19:58.56 and told it to his brothers, and said, 00:19:58.59\00:20:00.26 Behold I have dreamed a dream more and, behold, 00:20:00.30\00:20:02.36 the sun and the moon 00:20:02.40\00:20:04.53 and the eleven stars made obeisance to me. 00:20:04.57\00:20:08.14 And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: 00:20:08.17\00:20:10.47 and his father rebuked him, and he said unto him, 00:20:10.51\00:20:12.54 What is this dream about, this dream... 00:20:12.57\00:20:14.11 shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed 00:20:14.14\00:20:17.35 come to bow ourselves to thee on the earth?" 00:20:17.38\00:20:20.25 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:20:20.28\00:20:21.62 James: So what do the sun, moon and stars represent here? 00:20:21.65\00:20:23.35 Jacob... the people of God... 00:20:23.39\00:20:26.15 Jason: Little did they know. Yvonne: Yeah... right... 00:20:26.19\00:20:28.59 Jason: Little did they know. 00:20:28.62\00:20:30.83 James: So here... this is really interesting 00:20:30.86\00:20:33.63 both in the Old and New Testament 00:20:33.70\00:20:35.83 and even in Daniel, Daniel talks about how 00:20:35.86\00:20:38.13 the stars represent fallen angels 00:20:38.17\00:20:42.10 but stars also represent those who replaced him... 00:20:42.14\00:20:44.24 God's people... who shine as stars forever and ever. 00:20:44.27\00:20:46.31 God's people, then, 00:20:46.37\00:20:48.14 are symbolized by the sun and the moon and the stars. 00:20:48.18\00:20:50.51 That represents God's church, His people, 00:20:50.55\00:20:53.31 in the Old Testament, Genesis 37:9 and 10, 00:20:53.35\00:20:56.08 in the New Testament, Revelation chapter 12 verse 1 00:20:56.12\00:20:58.95 so, in fact, Jesus says, Matthew 5:14, 00:20:58.99\00:21:03.39 "You are the light of the world with the light... " 00:21:03.43\00:21:06.39 and so, when it says that the fourth angel sounds, 00:21:06.46\00:21:09.36 "the third part of the sun, moon and stars are smitten... 00:21:09.40\00:21:12.57 so as the third part of them was darkened... " 00:21:12.60\00:21:15.90 now here it goes on to say, "and the day shone not 00:21:15.94\00:21:18.54 for a third part of it, and the night likewise. " 00:21:18.57\00:21:21.11 Jason: That's a lot of "thirds" like it's third, third, third... 00:21:21.14\00:21:23.91 they've got three thirds... so what is that? 00:21:23.95\00:21:26.45 James: So, remember what Ivor brought out and I loved it, 00:21:26.51\00:21:28.45 Ivor, can you share that again where in Revelation 12... 00:21:28.48\00:21:30.42 the third represents what? 00:21:30.49\00:21:32.39 Ivor: Right... the third represents 00:21:32.42\00:21:34.42 apostasy... it represents rebellion... 00:21:34.46\00:21:36.16 so we're looking at, again, this issue of rebellion 00:21:36.22\00:21:39.19 and apostasy with this power that is connected with Lucifer, 00:21:39.23\00:21:46.00 that is connected with Satan 00:21:46.03\00:21:48.04 that is actually a reflection of 00:21:48.07\00:21:50.01 exactly what Satan did in heaven 00:21:50.07\00:21:51.94 because in Revelation 12, it says, 00:21:51.97\00:21:53.84 "His tail cast a third of the stars to the ground. " 00:21:53.88\00:21:57.38 James: So, Satan and his angels, what they did... 00:21:57.41\00:22:00.25 they went through this transition 00:22:00.28\00:22:01.62 from faithfulness and loyalty and obedience to apostasy, 00:22:01.65\00:22:04.35 that's what's happening right here. 00:22:04.39\00:22:05.85 Ivor: And what's interesting, 00:22:05.89\00:22:07.89 let me add a couple of verses to this, 00:22:07.92\00:22:09.36 in Daniel chapter 8 and verse 10, 00:22:09.39\00:22:12.36 Daniel chapter 8 verse 10, 00:22:12.39\00:22:13.93 talks about this "little horn power" 00:22:13.96\00:22:15.36 and I want you to notice how the little horn power is described 00:22:15.40\00:22:18.20 in verse 10, it says, 00:22:18.23\00:22:20.07 "And it waxed great, even to the host of heaven; 00:22:20.14\00:22:22.74 and it cast down some of the host and of the stars 00:22:22.80\00:22:25.37 to the ground, and stamped upon them. " 00:22:25.41\00:22:27.18 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:27.21\00:22:28.54 Ivor: Okay, this is the persecution, 00:22:28.58\00:22:30.71 this is the little horn which is the exact power 00:22:30.75\00:22:33.92 we're talking about here under the 4th trumpet, 00:22:33.95\00:22:36.79 the little horn persecuting the people of God. 00:22:36.82\00:22:39.59 But there's something else that's really interesting 00:22:39.62\00:22:43.53 about the sun, moon and stars, 00:22:43.56\00:22:44.89 is that these are all heavenly realities, 00:22:44.93\00:22:50.20 these are all heavenly realities, 00:22:50.23\00:22:53.40 and this power is seeking to obscure heavenly realities, 00:22:53.44\00:23:00.01 what do we know are the heavenly realities 00:23:00.04\00:23:02.91 during... you know, when Christ ascended? 00:23:02.94\00:23:05.75 He ascended into heaven, into the heavenly sanctuary 00:23:05.78\00:23:09.38 and when the lights in the heavens don't show, 00:23:09.42\00:23:13.56 it's... you know... you can't see... 00:23:13.59\00:23:15.96 this is what we're talking about here, 00:23:15.99\00:23:18.53 they are obscuring heavenly truths 00:23:18.59\00:23:20.96 and one of the main heavenly truths 00:23:21.00\00:23:23.30 that they began to obscure during the Dark Ages 00:23:23.33\00:23:26.43 was the Sanctuary of God in heaven. 00:23:26.47\00:23:29.57 "No, no, no, the Sanctuary is down here... " 00:23:29.60\00:23:31.44 James: It was counterfeit... 00:23:31.47\00:23:34.44 Ivor: Yeah, "you pray to God down here... 00:23:34.48\00:23:35.81 you want to go into a 00:23:35.84\00:23:37.18 two-compartment room divided by a curtain... 00:23:37.21\00:23:38.55 Heavenly Sanctuary... 00:23:38.58\00:23:39.91 no, you come into the Confessional Booth. " 00:23:39.95\00:23:42.65 Right, they began to replace... in other words, 00:23:42.68\00:23:45.59 instead of the men looking up for life, 00:23:45.62\00:23:47.52 they were directed to look down. 00:23:47.56\00:23:50.09 Jason: I was wondering, I never... I never understood 00:23:50.13\00:23:53.70 why people would confess their sins to a sinful human being. 00:23:53.73\00:23:58.53 There is only one way to God and it should be through Christ. 00:23:58.57\00:24:02.30 James: Because we were taught to and I say that with a "we" 00:24:02.34\00:24:06.04 because I was raised Catholic, so I was... that's all I knew... 00:24:06.07\00:24:09.54 that's what religion was to me and I can't even tell you 00:24:09.58\00:24:12.81 the experience that I had when I realized 00:24:12.85\00:24:14.98 that I could pray directly to God, 00:24:15.02\00:24:16.99 it was 1984... it was the very year that 00:24:17.02\00:24:20.42 the LA Times quoted John Paul the Second saying, 00:24:20.46\00:24:22.62 "We should not accept the Protestant idea 00:24:22.66\00:24:24.96 that we can pray directly to God and have our sins forgiven, 00:24:24.99\00:24:27.40 we should pray more earnestly or more frequently to our priest," 00:24:27.43\00:24:29.80 in that same year, 1984, when he said that, 00:24:29.83\00:24:32.70 I became a Christian and then became a Seventh-day Adventist. 00:24:32.73\00:24:36.91 I became a Christian before I became an Adventist, 00:24:36.94\00:24:39.54 when I say, "became a Christian" 00:24:39.57\00:24:40.91 I was raised Catholic but when I say, "became a Christian" 00:24:40.94\00:24:43.14 I became a born-again Christian, 00:24:43.18\00:24:44.61 I knew the Lord's Prayer and the "Hail Mary" 00:24:44.65\00:24:47.72 but I knew nothing about Christ in my earlier years, 00:24:47.75\00:24:50.25 I knew about the Priest and confession to the Priest 00:24:50.29\00:24:52.75 which... the verses you brought out, Ivor, 00:24:52.79\00:24:55.22 it's all there... in Daniel 8... 00:24:55.26\00:24:57.63 let's read those verses, 00:24:57.66\00:24:58.99 Yvonne, would you read those verses, 00:24:59.03\00:25:00.43 verses 11 and 12, in fact, all the way to 14. 00:25:00.46\00:25:05.53 In Daniel 8 verses 11, 12, 13 and 14 00:25:05.57\00:25:08.67 and I think if we read these verses, 00:25:08.70\00:25:11.74 we're going... because we've already explained, 00:25:11.77\00:25:13.48 we've already explained... we just explained these verses, 00:25:13.51\00:25:15.34 now we're just going to read them 00:25:15.38\00:25:16.71 and they're going to confirm what we just explained 00:25:16.75\00:25:18.31 about the Sanctuary being attacked 00:25:18.35\00:25:20.22 and brought down to the earth. 00:25:20.25\00:25:21.58 Yvonne: Daniel 8:11, right, through 13? 00:25:21.62\00:25:23.62 James: Through 14. Yvonne: Through 14. 00:25:23.65\00:25:25.85 "Yea, he magnified himself even to the prince of the host, 00:25:25.89\00:25:29.29 and by him the daily sacrifice was taken away, 00:25:29.32\00:25:32.36 and the place of his sanctuary was cast down. 00:25:32.39\00:25:35.40 And an host was given him 00:25:35.43\00:25:37.40 against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression, 00:25:37.43\00:25:40.47 and it cast down the truth to the ground; 00:25:40.50\00:25:42.74 and it practiced, and prospered. 00:25:42.77\00:25:44.84 Then I heard one saint speaking, 00:25:44.87\00:25:46.88 and another saint said unto that certain saint which spake, 00:25:46.91\00:25:50.18 How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice, 00:25:50.21\00:25:53.48 and the transgression of desolation, 00:25:53.52\00:25:55.42 to give both the sanctuary 00:25:55.45\00:25:57.22 and the host to be trodden under foot? 00:25:57.25\00:25:59.22 And he said unto me, 00:25:59.25\00:26:01.02 Unto two thousand and three hundred days; 00:26:01.06\00:26:03.46 then shall the sanctuary be cleaned. " 00:26:03.49\00:26:05.86 James: Wooo... Yvonne: Wow! 00:26:05.89\00:26:07.26 James: So this is another description 00:26:07.30\00:26:10.30 of these Dark Ages and we're right now 00:26:10.33\00:26:13.27 we're in Revelation chapter 8, we're seeing the development... 00:26:13.30\00:26:17.04 today, we're looking past and saying this happened 00:26:17.07\00:26:19.37 but now we're looking at the development of these verses 00:26:19.41\00:26:22.61 that ended with the Sanctuary being made right or justified 00:26:22.64\00:26:25.91 or cleansed in 1844... at the end of the 2,300-day Prophecy 00:26:25.95\00:26:29.15 that's when a message went forth that eventually even impacted me 00:26:29.18\00:26:32.29 a young, Catholic Altar Boy in 1984 00:26:32.35\00:26:35.46 it caused me to realize "heavenly luminaries" 00:26:35.52\00:26:38.36 the day and the night... 00:26:38.39\00:26:40.30 the shining of the heavenly luminaries... 00:26:40.33\00:26:42.23 getting into heaven and not being focused on this earth 00:26:42.26\00:26:45.23 and on human beings. Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:26:45.30\00:26:46.94 Ivor: Let me add in here... just saying is that, 00:26:47.00\00:26:48.80 it says a host was given him... what are we talking about? 00:26:48.87\00:26:52.44 A third of the sun the moon and the stars... the hosts... 00:26:52.47\00:26:55.84 because of his persecution... like people are like... 00:26:55.91\00:26:59.25 "Okay, we got to follow him because... " 00:26:59.28\00:27:00.68 you see what I'm saying? 00:27:00.72\00:27:02.08 So, I'm only talking about that one-third representing apostasy, 00:27:02.12\00:27:05.22 representing rebellion and this is what's going on, 00:27:05.25\00:27:07.62 the people of God are being attacked 00:27:07.66\00:27:08.99 and because of the persecution, many of them are like, 00:27:09.02\00:27:12.83 "Okay, we don't want to be burnt at the stake" 00:27:12.86\00:27:14.80 you see what I'm saying and there's this... 00:27:14.83\00:27:16.70 "the host has been given to him against the daily sacrifice. " 00:27:16.73\00:27:21.04 James: You know time is done already 00:27:21.10\00:27:23.51 and I love... what I love about this program is 00:27:23.54\00:27:25.94 you don't have to worry about that 00:27:25.97\00:27:27.34 because we don't have any... 00:27:27.38\00:27:28.71 we don't have to be through this through that 00:27:28.74\00:27:30.08 and the other thing in a certain time, 00:27:30.11\00:27:31.51 we just pick up where we left off... in our next program, 00:27:31.55\00:27:33.65 but we need to let people know how they can get ahold of us 00:27:33.68\00:27:35.72 and get information about this. 00:27:35.75\00:27:37.89 Jason: Oh absolutely, they should send their e-mail to 00:27:37.92\00:27:39.55 sss@3abn. org 00:27:39.59\00:27:42.06 that's sss as in Salvation in Symbols and Signs 00:27:42.12\00:27:45.19 and I love that we're not rushing through it either 00:27:45.23\00:27:48.13 but I'm running out of clothes. 00:27:48.16\00:27:49.50 James: It's all good... it's all good... 00:27:49.53\00:27:53.77 we can fix that down in Walmart. 00:27:53.80\00:27:56.37 All: Laughing... 00:27:56.40\00:27:59.04