Okay, we almost
finished Revelation 10,
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I mean, we've spent a
couple of sessions on it,
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and I think we finished it
but there's one little phrase
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that we talked about in
our last session together
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that we really want to
highlight and understand
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because I think what it does is
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that it confirms this whole
idea these time prophecies,
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and this
day-for-a-year principle
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that they have a
certain place where they fit,
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they began... they
ended... we're done with those,
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the time is no
longer... so now what?
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Because if we are still waiting
for time to be fulfilled,
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then that's
going to be indicated
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in the verses
that follow but yet
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there's something in
the verse that follows
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that tells us that we're
no longer waiting for time,
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we're waiting for something else
and that's the mystery of God.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm...
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James: So what is this mystery
of God that we're waiting for?
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That's what we want to discover,
that's what we want to look at,
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so, we need to begin with
a word of prayer, don't we?
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All right, who
would like to pray for us?
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Ivor: I'll pray...
James: Thanks Ivor.
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Ivor: "Heavenly Father,
please guide us as we continue
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to study your Word, we pray Lord
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that what we learn will
affect our hearts and our minds
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and would work
transformation within us,
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and again Lord, we just
ask that you send your Spirit
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to guide us into all truth
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is our prayer in
Jesus' name, amen"
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All: "Amen. "
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James: And Ivor, I was
just thinking about that...
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that prayer has
already been answered
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with the frank
confession that you made
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between sessions...
you didn't do it on...
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and I won't take it out of
your mouth and spill the beans
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but the whole idea of the
1840 and the 1798 dates...
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nailed down to establish
the day-for-a-year principle
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that that helped them through
that bitter disappointment
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we know the 1844...
we know the 1798 date...
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this... these prophetic
timelines were established there
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and, therefore, "that helped me
get through that disappointment"
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I love that... and so God's
already answering your prayer,
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He's leading us into this truth
and helping us to see things
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so, just, there
they are, like...
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Ivor: Amen, amen...
good stuff. James: Yeah.
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Ivor: And this
mystery of iniquity...
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I'm sorry...
"mystery of God... "
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and... I almost
spilled the beans again.
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All: Laugher...
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James: All right, let's
start with the mystery of God.
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Ivor: Yeah... yeah...
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James: Shall we?
Revelation chapter 10...
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Jason, read for us
Revelation chapter 10
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so we can get... so we
can get a good start here,
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Revelation 10 verse 7.
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Jason: Verse 7?
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Jason: "But in the days of
the voice of the seventh angel,
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when he shall begin to sound,
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the mystery of God
should be finished,
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as he hath declared to
his servants the prophets. "
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James: Okay, so
this mystery of God...
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first of all, brings an
end to all time prophecies,
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in other words...
"time no longer but... "
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means, we're not
waiting for time now,
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now we're waiting for the
mystery of God to be finished.
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So, God has given
us a number of ways
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to know
biblically, prophetically
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that those time
prophecies have come to an end,
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that they were a
day for a year...
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and one of those
ways He's given to us
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that confirms this
is the mystery of God,
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that's what we're
supposed to be looking for now,
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we're not supposed to be looking
for time prophecies anymore,
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we're supposed to be
looking for the mystery of God
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so what is this mystery of God?
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I've got one verse on it.
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Ivor: Now, I just
want to kind of amplify
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a little bit of what
you just said just now,
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in the book of Daniel and
in the book of Revelation,
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there's really
only one time prophecy,
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it's the 2,300 days.
James: Really, really?
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Ivor: That's it. Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: All the
other prophecies, right,
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70 weeks... the 1,260...
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in the book of
Daniel there's a 1,290...
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there's a 1,335...
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in the book of Revelation,
there's the 5 months...
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and there's the 391...
along with the other...
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they are all actually part of
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that larger
prophecy of the 2,300 days,
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they just fall...
these are sub-sections...
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Yvonne: Right, like milestones?
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Ivor: Yeah, they all fall in
line so this part of the 2,300
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and they're all
actually given to culminate...
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with that 2,300-day
Prophecy ending 1844.
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James: Yes... yeah... wow...
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Ivor: So, one of the things
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that's really
important to understand is,
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when we talk about the
day-for-a-year principle,
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there's another
way to look at this,
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I know we're
kind of going off...
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but I think it's
important to point out here
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that when you look
at the 70-week Prophecy
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and you know that well...
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it couldn't be 70 weeks
until the coming of Christ...
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it has to be 70 weeks of years
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because if you count
that 70 weeks of years,
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it establishes... that's what...
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it's interesting... the
beginning of the prophecy
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establishes the
veracity of the...
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James: Rest. Ivor: Yeah, and so
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if it's one prophecy...
then every sub-section of that
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prophecy must be
a day for a year,
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because it's all
the same prophecy.
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Yvonne: Right.
James: Good point.
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Ivor: Every
prophecy... so that prophecy...
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once we've
established a day for a year,
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every other part of it
must be a day for a year
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and that's what
God is doing throughout
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so when He
says, "time no longer"
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He's saying, "Look,
the prophecy is done...
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I've given you these...
I've broken up these prophecies"
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because imagine if this
prophecy wasn't broken up,
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there would be no
shoulder for us to stand on.
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James: Right. Yvonne: Right.
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Ivor: No... "yeah, this is...
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yeah, we're right...
we're moving along... "
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because 1844 is
going to be an event
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that could not be
seen... in other words...
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there's no
verification on earth,
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we can't see Jesus
moving into a Most...
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so... what God
does this, he says,
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"Look, I'm going to
give you these waymarks...
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and these being established
will strengthen your faith
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to believe in
something that you cannot see"
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because even the
disciples could see
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Jesus rose from
the dead... right?
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"Oh, 70-week prophecy...
okay, we got it wrong...
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but we have
evidence, we've seen Him... "
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here... nothing...
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all we have to go on... is faith
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but God said, "I'm not going
to let you go on that alone,
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I'm going to give
you these prophecies,
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all one prophecy... different
sub-sections of that prophecy
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so when He says,
"Time no longer... "
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He's saying, "Look,
I've given you enough
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to establish the truth of 1844."
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James: Now what we need to
look for is the mystery of God.
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That's what we need to
focus on. Ivor: That's it.
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James: And the
reason I really like this is
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because it really ties in
with the two-fold emphasis
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of Revelation 10,
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the first emphasis is
intellectual knowledge,
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"Write it, write it,
write it, write it, write it"
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okay, so, "The book's open,
write it, write this down... "
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the second emphasis
is spiritual experience,
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character
development, no more writing,
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"eat it... assimilate
what's already been written"
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"Thy Word was found...
thy words were found... "
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it says in Jeremiah
15:16, "Thy words were found,
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and I did eat them;
and thy word was unto me
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the joy and
rejoicing of mine heart:
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for I am called by thy
name, O LORD God of hosts. "
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James: This is
character development...
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this is the
mystery of God by the way,
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that's the first verse on the
mystery of God... Jeremiah 15:16
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Jeremiah is in a sense
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interpreting what it
means to eat the words of God,
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to eat the little book,
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they are to become
character, we are to...
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we are to assimilate God's words
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and they become the joy
and rejoicing of our hearts
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and we are called by His
name, we become like Him,
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so that's the first
verse we're looking at.
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Yvonne: Was this sanctification?
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James: Yes well, it's
righteousness by faith,
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we call it
righteousness by faith.
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Yvonne: Okay.
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James: Because sometimes
when we separate sanctification
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from the experience of
righteousness by faith,
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people can get the idea that
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well, justification
is what Christ does,
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and
sanctification is what we do...
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no, no, it's all one
package. Yvonne: Right.
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James: Those who are
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given the gift of
salvation, will live for Jesus,
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that's what they
do, they live for Jesus
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and sanctification is
the gift that's given to us
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that causes us to
live our lives for Him
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just like justification
is a gift that's given to us
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justification... sanctification,
cannot be separated.
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One of them deals
with our past sins,
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the next one deals with our
ongoing life, our present life,
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the power of sin in our lives
is diminished and destroyed
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by righteousness by faith
by the gospel of Jesus Christ,
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so it's one and the same thing
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and because God gives us
this gift of sanctification,
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this gift of justification,
we desire to live for Him
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and that life that we
live for Him... is an evidence
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that we are resting on Him...
His righteousness... His gift,
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the gift of salvation,
so when we look at this,
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and there's another
verse that I want to look at
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and maybe we'll
have a few more of it
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but this one for sure is
really going to nail it down,
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this one is found in Colossians
chapter 1 and verse 26,
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actually, if we can
read a few verses here,
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whoever gets there first...
but I'm thinking will be Jason
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I'm watching you guys race
through the Scriptures and...
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Colossians 1, let's
just read, Jason, 26, 27, 28
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26, 27 and 28.
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Jason: Okay, "Even the mystery
which hath been hid from ages
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and from generations,
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but now is made
manifest to his saints:
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To whom God would make known
what is the riches of the glory
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of this mystery
among the Gentiles;
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which is Christ in
you, the hope of glory:
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Whom we preach,
warning every man,
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and teaching
every man in all wisdom;
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that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus... "
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James: Did you get that?
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That's a summation
of what we just said,
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the mystery twice
defined in verses 26 and 27...
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the mystery is: Christ
in you... the hope of glory
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that's the mystery...
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we're not looking for
time prophecy anymore,
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the time prophecies
have all been fulfilled
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all of that...
intellectual knowledge,
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let that rest in
your mind and heart
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that's good stuff but
now we need to assimilate
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the words of God
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so that they become the
joy and rejoicing of our heart
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so that we are
called by His name...
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we need to have Christ
in us, the hope of glory
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this is the
mystery... no more time...
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we're waiting
for the mystery of...
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by the time the 7th
angel sounds and Jesus comes,
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you know what
should be finished?
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"Christ in you...
the hope of glory"
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so that... and this is the
last verse here that we read,
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that Jason read...
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"so that... every
man may be presented
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perfect... in Christ... "
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so, the only way we can be
presented "perfect in Christ"
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is if we have His righteousness,
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if we have His righteousness,
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we can be
presented perfect in Christ
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and the only
way that we're going
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to be having His
righteousness is if our lives
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are lives that are
being lived for Him
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because that's an evidence
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that we have His
righteousness, see...
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Jason: Like we can say that
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He's waiting for a
purified bride... is that...?
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James: Yes, He's
waiting for a purified bride
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and that evidence
of a purified bride
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is a people who
are living for Him,
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now, let me just
put a caveat on that,
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the "living for Him"
is not sanctification,
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the "living for Him" is not
our ideal or fitness for heaven,
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"living for Him"
is not what saves us,
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the "living for Him"
is what evidence is...
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that we're resting
on His righteousness,
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we're trusting in Him,
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so, when you
live a life for Jesus,
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you're sold out for
Jesus, you're following Him,
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you're obeying His Word,
you're keeping His Commandments,
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that's an evidence
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that you are trusting in His
justification... sanctification,
00:11:34.42\00:11:36.99
in the gift of
His righteousness.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm...
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James: That's... that
you're perfect in Christ,
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that's the evidence of that,
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without that...
there's no evidence.
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"What? You say you're an apple
tree... where are the apples?
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You said you were a fig
tree, where are the figs?"
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Well, the fig tree is a fig tree
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and the apple tree is an
apple tree... without the fruit
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but the fruit... confirms...
reveals... testifies to the fact
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and without the fruit...
it's not good for anything.
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Ivor: Yeah, yeah, so,
let's put this in context...
00:12:01.22\00:12:04.05
what do we have going on?
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We have the mystery of
Godliness being announced
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in connection
with 1844... okay...
00:12:10.63\00:12:14.20
so, okay, well, how do we
get the mystery of Godliness
00:12:14.23\00:12:19.60
which is what?
"Christ in you," right?
00:12:19.63\00:12:22.07
Now, we need
Christ dwelling in us
00:12:22.10\00:12:24.47
because He wants to
justify us and sanctify us...
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righteousness by faith,
so, how does that happen?
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Well, God Himself has
given us an object lesson
00:12:33.65\00:12:38.42
of what it means
to have Christ in you,
00:12:38.45\00:12:41.26
Jesus said, "I am the
way the truth and the life"
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but Psalm 77 verse 13 says,
00:12:45.13\00:12:48.80
"Thy way, O God, is
in the Sanctuary... "
00:12:48.83\00:12:52.20
if you look at
Exodus 25 and verse 8,
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I'm just looking
at you right now,
00:12:55.10\00:12:57.71
if you look at
Exodus 25 verse 8, God said,
00:12:57.77\00:13:01.41
"And let them
make me a sanctuary;
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that I may dwell among them"
00:13:02.98\00:13:04.98
really meaning... within them.
00:13:05.01\00:13:06.92
Ivor: So, in the New
Testament, we are sanctuaries...
00:13:06.95\00:13:11.05
"Know ye not that you are
the temple of the Holy Ghost?"
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Right? and so,
in the Old Testament
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God was trying to
show the Children of Israel
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"Look, the mystery of Godliness
is me... dwelling in you...
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and the sanctuary is the
object lesson of how this works"
00:13:24.10\00:13:28.44
so, when we see
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that God says, "This is
the mystery of Godliness"
00:13:31.44\00:13:34.74
and then we find
something really amazing...
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so I want you to
turn with me in your Bible
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to 2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 and let me ask someone
00:13:37.98\00:13:42.68
to read verses 3 through 7,
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so 2nd Thessalonians
chapter 2 verses 3 through 7.
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Yvonne: "Let no man
deceive you by any means:
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for that day shall not come,
00:13:52.89\00:13:54.30
except there come
a falling away first,
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and that man of sin be
revealed, the son of perdition;
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Who opposeth
and exalteth himself
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above all that is called
God, or that is worshipped;
00:14:02.90\00:14:05.64
so that he as God
sitteth in the temple of God,
00:14:05.67\00:14:09.34
shewing himself that he is God.
00:14:09.41\00:14:11.95
Remember ye not, that,
when I was yet with you,
00:14:11.98\00:14:15.18
I told you these things?"
00:14:15.22\00:14:16.55
You want me to
go through verse 7?
00:14:16.58\00:14:17.95
Ivor: Verse 7, yeah.
James: You got to hear verse 7.
00:14:17.99\00:14:20.62
Yvonne: "For the mystery
of iniquity doth already work:
00:14:20.66\00:14:23.22
only he who now
letteth will let,
00:14:23.26\00:14:25.73
until he be
taken out of the way. "
00:14:25.76\00:14:27.63
James: Ivor, how can you
be so calm right now, buddy,
00:14:27.66\00:14:29.00
what's wrong with
you you lost your...?
00:14:29.03\00:14:30.37
Ivor: I don't know... I
was trying to understand
00:14:30.40\00:14:32.43
how I am being
so calm, right now.
00:14:32.50\00:14:35.67
James: That was cool...
00:14:35.70\00:14:37.64
Ivor: you know...
just meditating in my mind
00:14:37.67\00:14:40.04
like, "What's
going on?" James: Yeah.
00:14:40.08\00:14:41.54
Yvonne: Okay,
pull this together.
00:14:41.58\00:14:42.91
James: Because the first
thing we did this whole thing
00:14:42.94\00:14:44.61
and that happened to
you, you were just like,
00:14:44.65\00:14:46.11
"Oooh... "
00:14:46.15\00:14:48.05
Ivor: So, the mystery of
Godliness... is God in us.
00:14:48.08\00:14:51.49
Yvonne: Right.
James: In the temple.
00:14:51.55\00:14:52.89
Ivor: In the temple,
right, God in the temple
00:14:52.92\00:14:54.32
and we are the
temple and in fact...
00:14:54.36\00:14:56.39
imagine it like this, If
you want to know who God is
00:14:56.42\00:14:59.06
He says, "Go to my temple... "
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Ivor: The Sanctuary...
00:15:00.53\00:15:01.90
James: Which we are about
to do. Ivor: That's right,
00:15:01.93\00:15:03.83
that's coming right up...
I'm just setting you up...
00:15:03.87\00:15:05.73
James: I can't
wait... you're so patient.
00:15:05.77\00:15:08.84
Ivor: Oh yeah,
the Sanctuary is like,
00:15:08.87\00:15:11.91
a picture of God...
00:15:11.94\00:15:13.27
so, you know how
you carry a picture
00:15:13.31\00:15:15.38
in your wallet, "This
is my mom, this is my... "
00:15:15.41\00:15:17.08
Yvonne: Right... right...
00:15:17.11\00:15:18.45
Ivor: The sanctuary
is like a picture of...
00:15:18.51\00:15:19.85
you want to know who God
is? Go into the Sanctuary,
00:15:19.88\00:15:22.02
it reveals who God is
00:15:22.05\00:15:23.69
and by beholding
Him, I become like Him,
00:15:23.72\00:15:26.79
right, God... "Christ
in me... the hope of glory"
00:15:26.82\00:15:30.89
but what we just
read in 2nd Thessalonians,
00:15:30.93\00:15:33.13
this is the
mystery of Godliness,
00:15:33.16\00:15:34.50
what we just read in
2nd Thessalonians is that
00:15:34.53\00:15:36.16
there would be a
mystery of iniquity...
00:15:36.20\00:15:38.47
which is the very opposite
of the mystery of Godliness,
00:15:38.50\00:15:41.60
this mystery of iniquity would
sit in the temple of God...
00:15:41.64\00:15:44.67
James: Just like the
mystery of Godliness...
00:15:44.71\00:15:46.17
Ivor: That's right... just
like the mystery of Godliness...
00:15:46.21\00:15:47.64
Yvonne: Oh... Ivor:
Showing, "Hey, I'm God...
00:15:47.68\00:15:49.74
and as God, let me
show you what God is like"
00:15:49.78\00:15:51.75
"Oh, God burns
babies forever... "
00:15:51.78\00:15:54.62
"Yeah, and you know,
00:15:54.65\00:15:56.38
God requires payment for
the forgiveness of sins,"
00:15:56.42\00:15:59.25
"Oh yeah, God
persecutes other Christians
00:15:59.29\00:16:03.76
who don't
believe as we believe. "
00:16:03.79\00:16:06.59
The picture of
God had been changed
00:16:06.63\00:16:09.40
during the Dark Ages.
00:16:09.43\00:16:10.90
The mystery of
iniquity had taken the place
00:16:10.93\00:16:14.84
of the mystery of Godliness.
00:16:14.87\00:16:17.27
Yvonne: Oooooh, now you
know that's deep right there.
00:16:17.31\00:16:19.07
Ivor: And so,
what you have happening
00:16:19.11\00:16:21.24
in Revelation chapter 10,
00:16:21.28\00:16:22.78
God says, "Listen,
the mystery of Godliness,
00:16:22.81\00:16:25.71
which is supposed to
go into all the world,
00:16:25.75\00:16:28.55
to every nation, kindred, tongue
and then the end will come"
00:16:28.58\00:16:30.69
yeah, that
was... that was obscured
00:16:30.72\00:16:33.25
during the Dark Ages by
the mystery of iniquity.
00:16:33.29\00:16:34.72
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:16:34.76\00:16:36.09
Ivor: Showing a
picture... a false picture
00:16:36.12\00:16:39.49
of who God is... now... now...
00:16:39.53\00:16:41.83
James: I'm ready... I'm ready...
00:16:41.86\00:16:44.10
Yvonne: That's the
counterfeit about the truth.
00:16:44.17\00:16:46.70
James: Ready...
ready... I got the verse.
00:16:46.74\00:16:48.44
Ready, ready, now, now,
"Thou must prophesy again,
00:16:48.47\00:16:51.94
you've got to prophesy
again before many nations... "
00:16:51.97\00:16:55.34
Revelation 10:11... "before many
nations, kindreds, tongues...
00:16:55.38\00:16:58.18
you've got to tell
the world about this"
00:16:58.21\00:16:59.55
so here's the Millerite
Movement being raised up
00:16:59.58\00:17:02.52
going through
this disappointment
00:17:02.55\00:17:04.39
but coming to this full
revelation... the mystery of God
00:17:04.42\00:17:07.22
"You've got to tell the
world about this mystery of God,
00:17:07.26\00:17:09.76
because there's a counterfeit
and this counterfeit...
00:17:09.82\00:17:12.69
I've had him on hold...
I've had him under judgment,
00:17:12.73\00:17:15.60
I've tried to get him to repent,
he won't repent, he won't repent
00:17:15.63\00:17:17.93
he won't
repent... so, next option...
00:17:17.97\00:17:20.24
since I can't get him to repent,
I can't get the church purified,
00:17:20.27\00:17:22.90
next option... I'm
raising up this new Movement
00:17:22.94\00:17:25.01
and I'm pulling people out
of all these different churches
00:17:25.04\00:17:27.61
that have been infected
by this misunderstanding
00:17:27.64\00:17:29.24
of my character,
00:17:29.31\00:17:30.65
I'm pulling them out...
I'm bringing them together...
00:17:30.68\00:17:32.25
and they're going to go...
they're going to be tried...
00:17:32.31\00:17:34.22
because there
are a lot of people
00:17:34.25\00:17:35.58
that are just kind of coming
with them... that aren't really
00:17:35.62\00:17:37.12
shouldn't be there
so they're going out...
00:17:37.15\00:17:38.99
and I'm going to
purify this one group,
00:17:39.02\00:17:40.79
tried... purified... and
then I want them to prophecy
00:17:40.82\00:17:43.79
they've got to prophecy
again because my character
00:17:43.83\00:17:46.83
my character has been
distorted before the world. "
00:17:46.86\00:17:49.53
Yvonne: Wow!
00:17:49.56\00:17:50.90
James: And the last message
that has to go to the world,
00:17:50.93\00:17:52.27
is a revelation of
the character of God
00:17:52.30\00:17:53.67
and that sets us up
for Revelation 11:1 and 2.
00:17:53.70\00:17:56.94
Yvonne: Wooo... you know what?
00:17:56.97\00:17:58.31
James: You got to be quiet
and still for about 10 minutes.
00:17:58.34\00:18:00.71
Yvonne: "Praise the
Lord." This is so rich,
00:18:00.78\00:18:04.55
this is so rich
it's giving me chills...
00:18:04.58\00:18:06.75
James: I never made
that connection before...
00:18:06.78\00:18:08.12
between 2nd
Thessalonians. Ivor: Yeah.
00:18:08.15\00:18:09.48
James: I know you didn't...
00:18:09.52\00:18:10.85
I know, you got no
excuse now, but you say that
00:18:10.89\00:18:12.22
you've got to be careful
now because you're saying
00:18:12.25\00:18:13.62
that live now... you
know what I'm saying?
00:18:13.66\00:18:15.39
Ivor: Yes, we
knew that all along.
00:18:15.42\00:18:16.76
Yes, we've been preparing.
00:18:16.79\00:18:18.39
Yvonne: Isn't that
amazing when the Holy Spirit
00:18:18.43\00:18:21.70
gives you an insight
and an insight on the spot
00:18:21.73\00:18:24.97
and it's just...
this is so rich...
00:18:25.00\00:18:26.94
James: Yeah, and the
conflict's going to continue
00:18:26.97\00:18:28.80
because when we get into
our last prophetic cycle,
00:18:28.87\00:18:30.64
you've got intense conflict
now between these two powers
00:18:30.71\00:18:34.28
and the counterfeit
is almost overwhelming
00:18:34.31\00:18:36.58
because you've got the Godhead,
Father, Son and Holy Spirit,
00:18:36.61\00:18:39.68
and you've got the counterfeit,
00:18:39.71\00:18:41.05
the beast, the dragon
and the false prophet.
00:18:41.08\00:18:42.42
Yvonne: Hmmm...
00:18:42.45\00:18:43.79
James: Calling down fire
from heaven... doing miracles...
00:18:43.82\00:18:46.55
see, you've got
the same back and forth
00:18:46.59\00:18:49.02
worship... worship...
then you've got two groups
00:18:49.06\00:18:52.16
that are ripened
for the harvest...
00:18:52.19\00:18:54.50
in the end, you've got
two groups that are ripe...
00:18:54.53\00:18:57.07
that's Revelation 14...
00:18:57.10\00:18:58.43
"Thrust in thy sickle
and reap, the grape...
00:18:58.47\00:19:00.50
those who are going
to taste of the wrath
00:19:00.54\00:19:02.84
and then... reap those
00:19:02.87\00:19:04.24
who are going to be taken
up with God into heaven. "
00:19:04.31\00:19:06.47
Ivor: And I think
it's so crucial because
00:19:06.51\00:19:08.54
what this is showing us is that
00:19:08.58\00:19:12.11
end-time events
are not going to be
00:19:12.15\00:19:15.38
overtly wicked
against righteous,
00:19:15.42\00:19:18.62
it's going to be
00:19:18.65\00:19:20.22
"false righteous"
versus "true righteous"
00:19:20.26\00:19:22.92
you see what I'm saying?
00:19:22.96\00:19:24.29
Yvonne: Ooooh, now
that's a great... unpack that.
00:19:24.33\00:19:26.23
Ivor: The mystery
of iniquity is not...
00:19:26.26\00:19:27.83
it's not open evil,
00:19:27.86\00:19:30.23
the mystery of iniquity is
a counterfeit of who God is.
00:19:30.27\00:19:33.44
Yvonne: Ooooh... James:
A very close counterfeit.
00:19:33.47\00:19:35.74
Ivor: A very close counterfeit.
00:19:35.77\00:19:37.11
Yvonne: So that... so
that even the very elect...
00:19:37.14\00:19:39.57
Ivor: Elect... if
it were possible...
00:19:39.61\00:19:41.98
it's a mystery, if
it weren't a mystery,
00:19:42.01\00:19:44.31
then it would
just be iniquity...
00:19:44.38\00:19:45.71
just be iniquity...
"Oh yeah, that's iniquity"
00:19:45.75\00:19:47.48
no... this is the
mystery of iniquity...
00:19:47.52\00:19:49.62
it doesn't look like
iniquity on the front,
00:19:49.68\00:19:51.75
it looks like God...
00:19:51.79\00:19:53.59
it's sitting in
the temple of God...
00:19:53.62\00:19:56.12
showing itself to be God...
00:19:56.16\00:19:58.23
James: Let's just get
some verification on this
00:19:58.26\00:20:00.96
for our Viewers, so,
00:20:01.00\00:20:02.33
number one, this is the
way that Satan has worked
00:20:02.36\00:20:04.37
from the very beginning.
00:20:04.43\00:20:05.77
In heaven, angel, Lucifer,
light bearer, et cetera,
00:20:05.80\00:20:09.50
coming down to
earth... Eve, Adam et cetera,
00:20:09.54\00:20:12.27
going through... but then
when you get to, for example,
00:20:12.31\00:20:14.84
and I'm just going to... we'll
just look at the references here
00:20:14.91\00:20:16.95
it's in 2nd
Corinthians chapter 11
00:20:16.98\00:20:19.25
this is how we're told...
this is how Satan works...
00:20:19.28\00:20:22.75
and again... we...
we're going to see this
00:20:22.78\00:20:25.09
in our last
prophetic cycle, Revelation 12,
00:20:25.12\00:20:27.39
we're going to see it even more
00:20:27.42\00:20:28.76
but here, Paul is
calling us back to Genesis
00:20:28.79\00:20:32.16
and making the
connection to Genesis
00:20:32.19\00:20:33.90
all the way up until his
time in the New Testament
00:20:33.93\00:20:36.97
and he's making
the same connection
00:20:37.00\00:20:38.33
that we're talking
about, 2nd Corinthians 11
00:20:38.37\00:20:42.00
and Jason read for
us verses 2, 3 and 4.
00:20:42.04\00:20:45.57
Jason: Okay, "For I am jealous
over you with godly jealousy:
00:20:45.64\00:20:50.98
for I have
espoused you to one husband,
00:20:51.01\00:20:54.12
that I may present you as
a chaste virgin to Christ.
00:20:54.15\00:20:58.65
But I fear, lest by any means,
as the serpent beguiled Eve
00:20:58.69\00:21:03.69
through his subtlety,
00:21:03.73\00:21:05.89
so your minds
should be corrupted
00:21:05.93\00:21:09.23
from the
simplicity that is in Christ.
00:21:09.26\00:21:10.90
For if he that cometh
preacheth another Jesus,
00:21:10.97\00:21:14.07
whom we have not preached,
or if ye receive another spirit,
00:21:14.10\00:21:18.84
which ye have not
received, or another gospel,
00:21:18.87\00:21:21.51
which ye have not accepted,
ye might well bear with him. "
00:21:21.54\00:21:24.81
James: Now verses...
00:21:24.85\00:21:26.18
Yvonne, read verses 13
through 15 of the same chapter.
00:21:26.21\00:21:28.65
Yvonne: "For such
are false apostles,
00:21:28.68\00:21:31.55
deceitful workers,
transforming themselves
00:21:31.59\00:21:34.12
into the apostles of Christ.
00:21:34.16\00:21:35.89
And no marvel;
00:21:35.92\00:21:37.39
for Satan himself is transformed
into an angel of light.
00:21:37.43\00:21:40.80
Therefore it is no great thing
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.20
if his ministers
also be transformed
00:21:43.23\00:21:45.33
as the ministers
of righteousness;
00:21:45.40\00:21:47.44
whose end shall be
according to their works. "
00:21:47.47\00:21:49.77
James: There it is,
right there. Yvonne: Wow!
00:21:49.80\00:21:52.01
James: So Paul is telling us
just how this is going to work,
00:21:52.04\00:21:54.31
he's the one that wrote 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2 also
00:21:54.34\00:21:56.61
"he's going to come
as an angel of light...
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he's going to deceive, if
possible, the very elect. "
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In the context of
2nd Thessalonians,
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"Those who received not
the love of the truth...
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that they might be saved
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and therefore they have
pleasure in unrighteousness
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and these are the principles"
so the mystery of God is huge,
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we are going to be
part of the mystery of God
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or are we going to be
part of the mystery of iniquity
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and it's going to be almost
impossible for us to tell,
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we've got to examine ourselves.
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I see you're
thinking about a question.
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Yvonne: You know, it's so funny,
what popped into my mind is,
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just doing like a
study on the mystery of God
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and the mystery of iniquity
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because that's... I
mean... that sermon.
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Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm...
I'm already planning it.
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Yvonne: Good, I'll get
your notes, but to me that...
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I mean, God is letting us know,
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the wonderful thing
about this is that...
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He didn't leave us in the dark,
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He's letting us know
what's going to happen,
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it's up to us to
study and find out
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how it's going to play
out but He has left it for us.
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Ivor: We need to get
to Revelation 11 verse 1.
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James: Let's do it
right now because it's...
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it's burning a
hole in my pocket.
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Jason: I like what you
were saying because I mean,
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even from the very
beginning, God has sustained us,
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He created man on the 6th day,
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the plants,
animals... all that stuff...
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everything was here
for us when we were created
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throughout time...
He's just sustained us
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and He's still
creating and sustaining.
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James: Creating and sustaining,
creating and sustaining,
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that's what it's
all about for God.
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Okay, 11 verse 1, let's
read those verses, 11:1 and 2.
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"And there was given unto
me a reed like unto a rod:
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and the angel stood saying,
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Rise, measure the
temple of God... " number one,
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"the altar" number two..
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"and them that worship therein.
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But the court... " verse two...
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"But the court which is
without the temple leave out,
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and measure it not; for it
is given unto the Gentiles:
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the holy city shall they tread
under foot forty two months. "
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Verse 1, that's what
I want us to look at,
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three things are being
measured, the temple of God,
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the altar and them
that worship therein.
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Now this measurement
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is directly connected
to the character of God,
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the word
"measure" means... to judge,
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to judge... judge God...
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that's just a
fact, it's a given...
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and that's why this
context is so important
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because this
context is coming at a time
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when Dark Ages
have just taken place
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when people have totally
misunderstood God's character
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and so the whole world
is just naturally it...
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in a trajectory to
measure God... to judge God...
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"Whoa, I don't
want anything to do
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with this God
that burns babies... "
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"I don't want anything to
do with this God that... "
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"I want nothing to do
with that kind of God... "
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and that is the atmosphere
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in which the
Millerite Movement was raised up
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and they were
raised up with a Movement
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that calls us to
the mystery of Godliness
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that's calling us to
clarify what God is really like.
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Ivor: It's calling them to
actually measure the temple,
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it's calling
them... their attention...
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to the temple, why?
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Because that's where the
true picture of God is revealed,
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that's where the
true character of God is
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"and by
beholding... we become changed"
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this is very interesting,
it says, "measure the temple"
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is there any
other place in the Bible
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where the temple is measured?
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It's in the book of Exodus...
Exodus 25, what was measured?
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the articles of
furniture in the Sanctuary,
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those articles
reveal who God is,
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the Ark of the Covenant reveals
that God is a God of justice
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and the Mercy Seat
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points to God as a God of mercy,
00:25:21.58\00:25:24.45
the candlestick points
to God as a God of light,
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the Word points to Him
as a God who sustains us,
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the Table of Shewbread...
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the Altar of Incense points
to Him as a God who is a friend,
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someone that we
can talk to and so,
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the Altar... His self-sacrifice,
the Laver... His purity
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so God is like... "Look,
when the Papacy did this stuff,
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they were... when they began
to tamper with these truths,
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they were
tampering with my character,
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now I need you
to prophesy again,
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tell them about these
articles of furniture...
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tell them about the Sanctuary,
tell them about my character
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because in doing so,
the mystery of God...
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the mystery of God
will go into all the world
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which is a revelation,
counteract the counterfeit. "
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James: Yes... and the Altar...
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the Altar is also
an article of furniture
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that's distinctly brought out
here, "so measure the temple"
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but then, the Altar is brought
out as something specifically
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to be measured in
addition to the temple
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because we'd say, "Well,
it's inclusive of the temple?"
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No, see, the Altar is the place
where the lamb was sacrificed,
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the Altar is
Calvary... Ivor: That's right.
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James: So in order for us
to really get an understanding
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of God's character,
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in order for us to really
be able to measure the temple,
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we've got to measure the
Altar and the sacrifice of God.
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Ivor: We need to point
out that in the latter...
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in what we're going to read
after... in the next program...
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in Revelation 11...
is the rise of Atheism...
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kind of... you
know... jumping the gun again
00:26:46.13\00:26:48.54
but it's the rise of Atheism
and the key here is that...
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Atheism is a
result of a rejection
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of a false picture of Godliness.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: The true picture of God
00:26:57.11\00:26:58.75
is the only answer
to the Atheist argument.
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James: In other words,
00:27:01.72\00:27:03.05
many Atheists reject the
very same god that we reject.
00:27:03.08\00:27:05.72
Ivor: Yes... Yvonne: Ah...
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James: Many Atheists reject the
very same god that we reject.
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Yvonne: It's the
rejection of the counterfeit.
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James: Yes. Ivor: Exactly.
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James: That everyone
thinks it's the truth.
00:27:12.89\00:27:14.23
Yvonne: Right...
Ivor: They're smart...
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because, "Yeah, why would
I accept a God like that?"
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Yvonne: Right.
00:27:18.23\00:27:19.57
Ivor: They just need
to see the true picture.
00:27:19.60\00:27:21.84
James: Not just
smart but they're also...
00:27:21.87\00:27:24.21
they're also morally sensitive,
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"There's no way
that I could serve a God
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that would do that
to people. " Ivor: Yeah.
00:27:28.71\00:27:30.08
James: "That's
not... that can't be...
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if that's what Christianity is,
00:27:31.48\00:27:32.81
I want nothing to do
with it. " Yvonne: Right.
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James: So that makes
sense in that context
00:27:34.35\00:27:36.02
and that's why this message
is so pertinent... so important.
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Yvonne: Powerful... oooooh!
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James: It is...
it's just beautiful...
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and here's another
thing, just a few seconds left,
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this comes right after
the bitter Disappointment,
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prophecy says that there's a...
00:27:47.26\00:27:49.26
there's this message of judgment
right after the Disappointment
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so it fits perfectly
in the prophetic cycle.
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We are out of
time... out of time...
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Yvonne: Ah, this was so good.
00:27:56.17\00:27:57.64
James: But we'll pick
it up in the next session.
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Yvonne: Great.
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