So let's get into some good conversation 00:00:29.82\00:00:32.26 and we're talking about Bible conversation, 00:00:32.29\00:00:34.66 we're talking about Bible-prophecy conversation... 00:00:34.70\00:00:36.83 we're talking about being set among the beasts 00:00:36.87\00:00:38.93 here we are sitting among the beasts 00:00:38.97\00:00:40.80 of Revelation 13 and we're not afraid. 00:00:40.84\00:00:42.34 That's right... 00:00:42.37\00:00:43.71 Why we're not afraid? 00:00:43.74\00:00:45.07 Because as we have noted in Revelation 13 00:00:45.11\00:00:47.51 the Lamb is there... 00:00:47.54\00:00:49.01 the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world 00:00:49.04\00:00:51.58 is there so the Lamb is with us 00:00:51.61\00:00:53.42 and you know how the words of that hymn go... 00:00:53.45\00:00:56.72 "Anywhere with Jesus I can... " All: "safely go. " 00:00:56.75\00:01:00.26 James: "Anywhere... " All: Anywhere... 00:01:00.29\00:01:01.92 James: "fear I cannot know. " 00:01:01.96\00:01:03.29 So this is the basic theme that we're bringing 00:01:03.32\00:01:05.76 to the conversation and this is a conversation... 00:01:05.79\00:01:08.43 it's not like we know everything we've been studying this... 00:01:08.46\00:01:11.23 this book... these books for a long time 00:01:11.27\00:01:14.17 Ivor and I... for many, many years 00:01:14.20\00:01:15.97 I don't want to give away my age here but only 30... 00:01:16.00\00:01:19.07 and yet there are still things that we don't understand, 00:01:19.11\00:01:22.18 there are still questions that we have, 00:01:22.21\00:01:23.55 there's still light that needs to come to the table, 00:01:23.58\00:01:24.91 so this is a discussion and as we discuss this, 00:01:24.95\00:01:27.98 we ask questions 00:01:28.02\00:01:29.35 and those questions bring us more light and understanding 00:01:29.38\00:01:31.29 and we have some questions that our Viewers are asking, 00:01:31.32\00:01:33.29 one of them that we're going to ask right now 00:01:33.32\00:01:35.32 has to do with the 24 Elders, 00:01:35.39\00:01:36.73 we have a question that Yvonne brought up 00:01:36.76\00:01:38.99 about the "abomination of desolation" 00:01:39.03\00:01:40.70 and we want to get into that 00:01:40.73\00:01:42.26 and we want to continue our study in Revelation... 00:01:42.30\00:01:44.17 Matthew 24 and Revelation chapter 13... 00:01:44.20\00:01:46.20 Jason, would you pray for us before we get into it? 00:01:46.23\00:01:47.84 Sure, absolutely, "Dear Heavenly Father, 00:01:47.90\00:01:49.60 we thank you for the opportunity to study your Word again, 00:01:49.64\00:01:52.44 we ask that you would please send your Holy Spirit 00:01:52.47\00:01:55.31 to lead and guide us into all truth 00:01:55.34\00:01:56.78 and be with the Viewers and listeners, 00:01:56.81\00:01:58.21 and allow them to receive a blessing from this Program, 00:01:58.25\00:02:01.42 from studying your Word, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 00:02:01.48\00:02:04.62 "Amen. " 00:02:04.65\00:02:05.99 So the quick question here that is coming from Elsa is: 00:02:06.02\00:02:11.06 "Who are the 24 Elders in Revelation chapter 5 00:02:11.09\00:02:15.36 and also, do you have Bible Studies 00:02:15.40\00:02:17.53 to go along with your presentations?" 00:02:17.57\00:02:19.60 Now I'm going to answer the first part of that question 00:02:19.63\00:02:21.80 after... 00:02:21.84\00:02:23.17 pause... 00:02:23.20\00:02:25.51 Yvonne answers the second part of the question. 00:02:25.54\00:02:27.48 I think that I was caught... I was kind of hesitant there... 00:02:27.51\00:02:30.28 Yvonne: No it's fine... no, no, no, no... 00:02:30.35\00:02:32.28 we are actually editing the Bible Studies, 00:02:32.31\00:02:36.15 we do have 1 to 15 done. 00:02:36.18\00:02:38.85 James: Really? Yvonne: Yes, praise the Lord 00:02:38.89\00:02:42.02 and so, they should be up the website soon, 00:02:42.06\00:02:44.43 just check the website for the Bible Studies. 00:02:44.46\00:02:46.83 James: When you say 1 to 15, 00:02:46.86\00:02:48.20 you're talking about 1 to 15 of 50? 00:02:48.23\00:02:50.37 Is it one per program or is it... 00:02:50.40\00:02:52.60 Yvonne: No, it's just going to cover topics 00:02:52.63\00:02:56.00 so, we just... yeah, we're connecting... 00:02:56.04\00:02:59.34 and it will say that it's related to Programs 1 and 2 00:02:59.37\00:03:04.11 or 14 and 15... or... like that... 00:03:04.15\00:03:06.18 so, you know... 00:03:06.21\00:03:07.55 James: I just want to clarify that for our Viewers 00:03:07.58\00:03:09.22 because, we've done 50 so far 00:03:09.25\00:03:11.25 and with that... got us to Revelation 12... 00:03:11.29\00:03:13.66 and we're hoping in the next 15 or so... 00:03:13.69\00:03:16.02 to finish the book of Revelation we'll see what happens, 00:03:16.06\00:03:18.23 but that doesn't mean there's going to be 00:03:18.29\00:03:20.70 65 outlines or 70 outlines 00:03:20.73\00:03:23.80 and I think that's important because 00:03:23.83\00:03:25.17 some of our topics aren't necessarily an outline. 00:03:25.20\00:03:27.67 Jason: And if they don't know the website, it's D2Dnetwork. tv 00:03:27.70\00:03:30.94 that's where they can get them. 00:03:30.97\00:03:32.51 James: Can you say that one more time... that was...? 00:03:32.54\00:03:34.21 Jason: D2Dnetwork. tv 00:03:34.24\00:03:36.38 James: D2Dnetwork? Jason: Yeah. 00:03:36.41\00:03:38.55 James: Okay... 2 is a number? 00:03:38.58\00:03:40.68 Yvonne: D2Dnetwork 00:03:40.72\00:03:42.05 James: So 2 as in Dare 2 Dream. 00:03:42.08\00:03:44.29 Yvonne: Right. Jason: That's right. 00:03:44.32\00:03:45.65 James: D2D... I like that. 00:03:45.69\00:03:47.39 Yvonne: Yeah, D2Dnetwork. tv 00:03:47.42\00:03:49.22 James: Okay, the first part of the question, 00:03:49.29\00:03:50.83 "Who are the 24 Elders of Revelation chapter 5? 00:03:50.86\00:03:52.96 And I will just give a quick summary of that... 00:03:52.99\00:03:55.10 we have covered this in more detail 00:03:55.13\00:03:56.90 and there is a study on this 00:03:56.93\00:03:58.73 and I can sent the study to 3ABN that I have on it 00:03:58.77\00:04:01.40 if you want it to work off that, 00:04:01.44\00:04:03.27 I don't know how much they've done those 00:04:03.30\00:04:04.94 because I haven't seen it yet but I'd love to. 00:04:04.97\00:04:06.44 So, Revelation chapter 5... the 24 Elders plain and simple 00:04:06.47\00:04:09.44 are redeemed... the redeemed who were taken to heaven 00:04:09.48\00:04:12.71 with Christ at His resurrection 00:04:12.75\00:04:14.28 and you can find that a captivity was taken with Christ 00:04:14.32\00:04:17.99 at His resurrection... 00:04:18.02\00:04:19.35 a couple of verses in the Bible, the first one is in 00:04:19.39\00:04:22.26 Matthew chapter 27 27... and verses 52 and 53 00:04:22.29\00:04:30.83 I'm just giving the references, I'm not going to read them, 00:04:30.87\00:04:33.13 because we want to get into our study, 00:04:33.17\00:04:34.50 so Matthew 27:52 and 53 tells us how that Jesus... 00:04:34.54\00:04:38.84 at His resurrection... at his death... 00:04:38.87\00:04:41.68 many that were in their graves were resurrected... 00:04:41.71\00:04:45.01 they came forth after His resurrection 00:04:45.08\00:04:46.98 and they were taken to heaven according to Ephesians chapter 4 00:04:47.02\00:04:49.28 Ephesians 4 and verse... what is it? 00:04:49.32\00:04:54.92 Here it is... verse 8... 00:04:54.99\00:04:58.66 "Wherefore when he ascended up on high, 00:04:58.69\00:05:00.73 he led captivity captive. " 00:05:00.76\00:05:02.10 Now, the reason why we know these are the redeemed 00:05:02.13\00:05:05.23 is in the context of the text, 00:05:05.27\00:05:07.40 I'll tell you one thing for sure, 00:05:07.44\00:05:09.50 Elders... hundreds of uses in the Bible... 00:05:09.54\00:05:11.97 never applied to anyone but a human being, 00:05:12.01\00:05:14.38 never applied to anyone but a human being... 00:05:14.41\00:05:16.54 that word is never used to 00:05:16.58\00:05:17.91 describe anyone but a human being 00:05:17.95\00:05:19.28 so, it's here... what's really cool is that, 00:05:19.31\00:05:22.82 in Revelation chapter 4, you have a throne-room scene 00:05:22.85\00:05:25.92 and in Isaiah 6, you have a throne-room scene 00:05:25.95\00:05:28.36 and in Ezekiel 1 and 2, you have a throne-room scene, 00:05:28.39\00:05:31.69 in the Old Testament, 00:05:31.73\00:05:33.06 the throne-room scene never had the Elders... 00:05:33.09\00:05:34.83 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:05:34.86\00:05:36.46 James: But in the New Testament, in Revelation... 00:05:36.50\00:05:38.00 when the Lamb slain is introduced, 00:05:38.03\00:05:39.77 now, you have the Elders. 00:05:39.80\00:05:41.14 Yvonne: Oh... great. 00:05:41.17\00:05:42.50 James: It's really a beautiful picture when you think about it 00:05:42.54\00:05:43.87 because God is saying, 00:05:43.91\00:05:45.24 "They're here... they're here, they're here... " 00:05:45.27\00:05:47.08 How do we know they're redeemed? 00:05:47.11\00:05:48.74 Because, the context of it tells us, 00:05:48.78\00:05:50.35 it says, "The 24 Elders were sitting on seats... or thrones 00:05:50.38\00:05:54.08 they had white raiment and crowns of gold on their heads 00:05:54.12\00:05:57.79 every one of these... 00:05:57.82\00:05:59.82 all three of these are what is promised to the seven churches 00:05:59.85\00:06:02.99 "to him that overcomes will sit on the throne with me... 00:06:03.02\00:06:06.09 to him who overcomes will have the white raiment... 00:06:06.13\00:06:07.60 to him who overcomes will have a crown... " 00:06:07.63\00:06:08.96 so these are the promises made to the seven churches 00:06:09.00\00:06:11.90 which represent God's redeemed, of course... every generation 00:06:11.93\00:06:14.84 and so, 24 Elders are given all of these 00:06:14.90\00:06:18.77 as... if you will... what's the word? 00:06:18.81\00:06:22.58 A promise, okay, that applies to all of us... 00:06:22.61\00:06:27.68 all of the redeemed 00:06:27.72\00:06:29.05 and then, finally, if you go back down here 00:06:29.08\00:06:30.59 to Revelation 5 in verse 8, it says 00:06:30.62\00:06:33.42 that when Christ takes the book, the four beasts... 00:06:33.46\00:06:37.33 "and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, 00:06:37.36\00:06:40.86 every one having harps of gold, 00:06:40.90\00:06:42.46 harps... and golden vials full of odours, 00:06:42.50\00:06:45.60 which are the prayers of the saints. 00:06:45.63\00:06:46.97 And they sing a new song," verse 9... 00:06:47.00\00:06:48.34 "saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, 00:06:48.37\00:06:50.44 and open the seals thereof: for you were slain 00:06:50.47\00:06:52.77 and you have redeemed us to God 00:06:52.81\00:06:55.08 by your blood out of... " where? 00:06:55.14\00:06:57.35 "every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation. " 00:06:57.41\00:07:01.05 Okay, now, I really love the King James on this, 00:07:01.08\00:07:04.45 you're going to get some other versions... 00:07:04.49\00:07:07.29 they're going to... change this a little bit 00:07:07.32\00:07:10.06 and it makes it... doesn't quite give the same meaning 00:07:10.13\00:07:12.03 that you have here... but meaning is just nails it, 00:07:12.06\00:07:13.96 so, you've got the context of Revelation 4, 00:07:14.00\00:07:16.97 the white raiment... the golden crowns... 00:07:17.00\00:07:19.93 the thrones... you've got the context of Revelation chapter 5, 00:07:19.97\00:07:22.50 "you have redeemed us by your blood 00:07:22.54\00:07:23.87 out of every nation, kindred, tongue and people... " 00:07:23.91\00:07:25.24 the fact that "Elders" are only ever applied to human beings 00:07:25.27\00:07:27.84 and then you've got the throne-room scene 00:07:27.88\00:07:29.74 in the Old Testament minus the 24 Elders 00:07:29.78\00:07:31.55 but then when Jesus is crucified there's the 24 Elders 00:07:31.58\00:07:34.42 then you've got Christ raising that group of captives 00:07:34.45\00:07:36.89 from the grave 00:07:36.92\00:07:38.25 when He went to heaven at His resurrection. 00:07:38.29\00:07:40.46 Yvonne: Wow! Beautiful! 00:07:40.49\00:07:41.89 James: That's it... and then there's a full study on it 00:07:41.92\00:07:43.83 if you'd like to have it... 00:07:43.86\00:07:45.19 we can send that to you, just ask for it. 00:07:45.23\00:07:46.56 All right, we're in Matthew 24, we left off in Matthew 24. 00:07:46.59\00:07:50.83 Ivor: Yeah. 00:07:50.87\00:07:52.20 James: We're in Revelation 13 but we're in Matthew 24 00:07:52.23\00:07:53.74 and we're making the connections. 00:07:53.80\00:07:55.14 Ivor: So, let me just do a little re-cap... 00:07:55.17\00:07:57.47 we talked about in the book of Revelation 13 00:07:57.51\00:07:59.84 that the deadly wound... when it is healed... 00:07:59.87\00:08:03.95 it parallels the fire that falls... the miracle fire 00:08:04.01\00:08:08.05 in Revelation 13 that we read as well... 00:08:08.08\00:08:09.88 that miracle is what moves the people to make this image 00:08:09.92\00:08:13.66 and the image is what brings 00:08:13.69\00:08:16.26 the people of God face-to-face with persecution. 00:08:16.29\00:08:18.96 So, in other words, just like the story of Daniel 00:08:18.99\00:08:21.63 or Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego... 00:08:21.66\00:08:23.13 when the image is set up 00:08:23.16\00:08:24.50 whosoever doesn't bow down, you're going to be persecuted, 00:08:24.53\00:08:27.90 so then we went back to Matthew 24 00:08:27.94\00:08:30.21 and saw that Jesus said that there was going to be 00:08:30.24\00:08:33.68 something that we should look out for 00:08:33.71\00:08:35.11 when we see this thing... 00:08:35.14\00:08:36.48 that's when the whole world is going to "wonder" 00:08:36.51\00:08:39.15 but you guys don't wonder because 00:08:39.18\00:08:41.25 you know that when I come, this is how I'm coming. 00:08:41.28\00:08:45.59 When you see the "abomination of desolation" 00:08:45.62\00:08:47.66 and that's the question that you have... 00:08:47.69\00:08:49.56 "What is the abomination of desolation?" Yvonne: Right. 00:08:49.59\00:08:51.39 Ivor: When you see the abomination of desolation 00:08:51.43\00:08:53.03 stand in the Holy Place, 00:08:53.06\00:08:54.40 then, let him who reads, understand 00:08:54.43\00:08:57.03 that when you see this thing... you know that this is it. 00:08:57.07\00:09:01.30 Right, so, Matthew 24 verse 15 is a verse that tells us 00:09:01.34\00:09:05.37 "when you see the abomination of desolation 00:09:05.44\00:09:07.18 standing in the Holy Place. " 00:09:07.21\00:09:08.54 In the book of Luke, there's a parallel 00:09:08.58\00:09:10.98 and let's look at what Luke says in Luke 21 00:09:11.01\00:09:17.42 and we're going to look at verse, I believe, it's 20. 00:09:17.45\00:09:22.02 James: By-the-way, Matthew 24, Luke 21 and Mark 13 00:09:22.06\00:09:26.56 are all prophetic chapters that parallel Revelation... 00:09:26.59\00:09:30.47 Daniel and Revelation, 00:09:30.50\00:09:31.83 same with 2nd Thessalonians chapter 2. 00:09:31.87\00:09:34.24 So, when we're looking at Luke 21, 00:09:34.27\00:09:36.87 we want to be thinking, "Ah, this is prophecy... " 00:09:36.91\00:09:39.31 because, you know, we're thinking about Luke, 00:09:39.34\00:09:40.68 "Oh, that's a gospel... Matthew, that's a gospel... " 00:09:40.71\00:09:43.51 but Luke 21 is prophecy... Matthew 24... it's prophecy... 00:09:43.55\00:09:46.31 Mark 13... it's prophecy... 00:09:46.35\00:09:47.68 those are three prophetic sections of these gospels. 00:09:47.72\00:09:50.02 Ivor: Yep, yep, so, Luke 21 verse 20, 00:09:50.09\00:09:53.46 this is Luke's parallel, right, to what Matthew wrote 00:09:53.49\00:09:59.06 but Luke says it this way, 00:09:59.09\00:10:00.73 "And when you shall see Jerusalem 00:10:00.76\00:10:03.90 compassed with... " what? 00:10:03.97\00:10:06.03 "armies, then you shall know 00:10:06.07\00:10:08.07 that the desolation thereof is nigh. 00:10:08.10\00:10:10.37 Then let them which are in Judaea... " 00:10:10.41\00:10:12.64 so you see the parallel... 00:10:12.67\00:10:14.14 James: I circled that word... Ivor: Say again... 00:10:14.18\00:10:15.51 James: "armies" I circled that word. 00:10:15.54\00:10:16.88 Ivor: "armies... " circled that word. 00:10:16.91\00:10:18.25 James: And all of a sudden... boom! 00:10:18.28\00:10:19.61 Ivor: James and I are having a moment here. 00:10:19.65\00:10:21.65 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Oh okay... all right. 00:10:21.68\00:10:24.02 Laughter... 00:10:24.05\00:10:25.55 Ivor: So, "armies" right? 00:10:25.59\00:10:26.96 Armies... so the question is, okay, well, in order to find out 00:10:26.99\00:10:30.89 what the "abomination of desolation" is 00:10:30.93\00:10:32.26 all we need to do is see, "Who are the armies... 00:10:32.29\00:10:34.56 surrounding God's people at the end of time. " 00:10:34.60\00:10:37.03 Let's go back to the book of Revelation 00:10:37.07\00:10:39.00 and we'll see that... what the army consists of. 00:10:39.03\00:10:45.77 So, Revelation... we'll go to let's go to chapter 16, 00:10:45.81\00:10:52.48 let's go to Revelation chapter 16 00:10:52.51\00:10:54.28 and Yvonne, if you can read for me, verse 13. 00:10:54.32\00:10:58.42 "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 00:10:58.45\00:11:02.52 coming out of the mouth of the dragon, 00:11:02.56\00:11:03.96 out of the mouth of the beast, 00:11:03.99\00:11:05.46 and out of the mouth of the false prophet. " 00:11:05.49\00:11:07.00 Ivor: Next verse. 00:11:07.03\00:11:08.36 Yvonne: "For they are the spirits of demons 00:11:08.40\00:11:10.10 performing signs which go out 00:11:10.13\00:11:12.20 to the kings of the earth and of the whole world, to gather them 00:11:12.23\00:11:15.47 to the battle of that great day of God Almighty. " 00:11:15.50\00:11:18.24 Ivor: Okay, so here we see this parallel again 00:11:18.27\00:11:20.51 in Revelation 13, 00:11:20.54\00:11:23.14 the whole world wonders 00:11:23.21\00:11:25.21 when the wound is finally fully healed... 00:11:25.25\00:11:27.32 in Revelation 13 verse 13, fire comes down on the earth 00:11:27.35\00:11:31.45 and the whole world is deceived by these miracles 00:11:31.49\00:11:34.76 and they make this image which brings about persecution. 00:11:34.79\00:11:37.26 We go over to Matthew 24, 00:11:37.29\00:11:38.99 when you see the "abomination of desolation" 00:11:39.06\00:11:41.26 everybody is going to wonder... what... 00:11:41.30\00:11:44.43 "but know, that when I come 00:11:44.47\00:11:46.63 my coming is going to be like lightning. " 00:11:46.67\00:11:48.64 And by-the-way, we saw in the last Program, 00:11:48.67\00:11:51.27 that when it talks about fire in Revelation 13, 00:11:51.31\00:11:53.84 the word there is used for lightning... 00:11:53.88\00:11:55.91 this miracle of fire is a miracle of lightning, 00:11:55.94\00:11:58.51 what did Jesus say? "When I come, 00:11:58.55\00:12:00.32 it will be like lightning from the east even unto the west. " 00:12:00.35\00:12:03.65 So what we're seeing here 00:12:03.69\00:12:05.05 is that the "abomination of desolation" 00:12:05.09\00:12:07.29 is a combination of the dragon... 00:12:07.32\00:12:11.16 Satan himself appearing as Christ... 00:12:11.19\00:12:14.56 the beast... the Papal authority 00:12:14.60\00:12:17.93 and the false prophet... apostate Protestantism 00:12:17.97\00:12:21.44 which we are going to identify 00:12:21.50\00:12:23.17 once we get further into the book of Revelation 13 00:12:23.20\00:12:25.61 but these are the armies that basically 00:12:25.64\00:12:28.94 are surrounding the people of God 00:12:28.98\00:12:31.28 at the end of time, they're the ones going out 00:12:31.31\00:12:33.95 and they're doing this... they... 00:12:33.98\00:12:35.78 they gather the world through miracles... 00:12:35.82\00:12:38.19 miracles... so remember... 00:12:38.22\00:12:40.66 now when I think of "abomination of desolation" 00:12:40.69\00:12:42.92 oh! when I see this three-fold union... 00:12:42.96\00:12:46.43 of dragon... beast... false prophet... 00:12:46.49\00:12:49.90 right now, we actually see a union of how many? 00:12:49.93\00:12:53.23 Two... we see apostate Protestantism 00:12:53.27\00:12:56.40 and we see the Papacy working together 00:12:56.44\00:12:59.24 but they don't have as much authority, 00:12:59.27\00:13:02.01 Islam isn't listening to them, you know what I'm saying? 00:13:02.04\00:13:05.61 It's like, "Whatever, whatever... " 00:13:05.65\00:13:06.98 the whole world is like, "Whatever, whatever... " 00:13:07.02\00:13:08.48 Well, guess what? When someone comes 00:13:08.52\00:13:11.99 appearing as the Messiah Himself, 00:13:12.02\00:13:15.42 yeah, then everyone is going to listen up, 00:13:15.46\00:13:18.53 and by-the-way, the Bible says... 00:13:18.59\00:13:23.13 and when Jesus speaks of the "abomination of desolation," 00:13:23.16\00:13:25.30 He says, "When you see the 'abomination of desolation' 00:13:25.33\00:13:27.10 stand in the Holy Place" 00:13:27.14\00:13:28.47 now, that's interesting because it doesn't say 00:13:28.50\00:13:30.31 we see him standing in the Most Holy Place 00:13:30.34\00:13:32.34 it says, "when you see him stand in the Holy Place" 00:13:32.37\00:13:35.11 so what's in the Holy Place? 00:13:35.14\00:13:36.61 Do you remember? James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:13:36.64\00:13:38.01 Ivor: The three articles of furniture, right? 00:13:38.05\00:13:40.08 There is the candlestick, there is the Altar of Incense 00:13:40.12\00:13:43.45 and there is the Table of Shewbread. 00:13:43.49\00:13:45.19 Okay, where is the Table of Shewbread located? 00:13:45.22\00:13:49.19 On the sides of the north. 00:13:49.22\00:13:52.36 Ha... so, what did Lucifer want to do in heaven? 00:13:52.39\00:13:56.70 He wanted to sit on the sides of the north. 00:13:56.73\00:13:59.17 The thing that got him kicked out of heaven, 00:13:59.23\00:14:01.50 the thing that made... okay, done... 00:14:01.54\00:14:03.20 when he wanted to sit in the temple of God, 00:14:03.24\00:14:06.34 showing himself that he is God. Yvonne: Wow! 00:14:06.37\00:14:09.31 Ivor: He says, "When you see the abomination of desolation 00:14:09.34\00:14:12.38 stand in the Holy Place... " 00:14:12.41\00:14:13.75 ah... this is what... in fact, Paul warns us 00:14:13.78\00:14:18.29 that the "man of sin" which is a power... 00:14:18.32\00:14:22.12 it's not a specific individual per se, 00:14:22.16\00:14:25.93 it's a power... it's a... 00:14:25.96\00:14:27.33 this power "the man of sin" is a combination 00:14:27.36\00:14:30.17 of dragon, beast, false prophet 00:14:30.20\00:14:33.27 with Satan himself leading out 00:14:33.30\00:14:36.27 and I don't know if you've ever seen this, James, 00:14:36.30\00:14:38.31 but when the Bible says in 2nd Thessalonians 00:14:38.34\00:14:42.08 that he will sit in the temple of God 00:14:42.11\00:14:44.25 showing himself that he is God and it says, 00:14:44.28\00:14:49.68 "Let no man deceive you for that day shall not come 00:14:49.72\00:14:53.19 except the man of sin be revealed... " 00:14:53.22\00:14:54.82 that word, "revealed" is the Greek word, "apokalupto. " 00:14:54.86\00:14:59.96 All: Hmmm... 00:15:00.00\00:15:01.33 Ivor: Apocalypse... 00:15:01.36\00:15:03.73 why that's what the book of Revelation is called 00:15:03.77\00:15:06.90 which means "the revealing" or the revelation of Jesus Christ 00:15:06.94\00:15:12.47 Oh... so you mean Satan himself will come as an angel of light 00:15:12.51\00:15:17.98 performing miracles and telling the world, 00:15:18.01\00:15:22.08 you know what? You guys have been... 00:15:22.12\00:15:23.45 talking against the Papacy, 00:15:23.49\00:15:24.82 you've been talking against... 00:15:24.85\00:15:26.42 these are my people, this is true 00:15:26.45\00:15:27.99 and here is a miracle just to show you 00:15:28.02\00:15:29.92 that what they have been trying to tell you 00:15:29.96\00:15:31.63 he has been right all along. 00:15:31.66\00:15:33.80 James: What's really interesting I think 00:15:33.83\00:15:35.33 Ivor in what you're saying now... 00:15:35.36\00:15:36.70 and I've got a lot of thoughts going through my brain here 00:15:36.73\00:15:38.07 and so I want to share a few of them... 00:15:38.10\00:15:39.43 first of all, that Satan will likely then appear 00:15:39.47\00:15:43.41 as the person that is revealed in Revelation chapter 1 00:15:43.44\00:15:47.04 the personage of Christ in Revelation chapter 1, 00:15:47.08\00:15:49.58 because there's a picture of Him there, 00:15:49.61\00:15:50.95 He's got hair like wool down to the shoulders 00:15:50.98\00:15:53.01 feet like brass... 00:15:53.05\00:15:54.38 that's the personage that I think Satan's going to take on 00:15:54.42\00:15:57.42 the counterfeit... he's going to take on 00:15:57.45\00:15:59.29 so he would be getting into the Word of God 00:15:59.32\00:16:00.96 and trying to counterfeit the Word of God, 00:16:00.99\00:16:02.59 as much as possible, 00:16:02.62\00:16:03.96 if possible the elect will be deceived, 00:16:03.99\00:16:05.33 and then you have this correlation... 00:16:05.36\00:16:07.13 we correlated the two beasts here, 00:16:07.16\00:16:09.06 you've got the dragon which represents primarily Satan 00:16:09.10\00:16:11.37 working through earthly powers 00:16:11.40\00:16:12.73 and the dragon was a wonder that John saw in heaven 00:16:12.77\00:16:16.50 and so, this power began in heaven, 00:16:16.54\00:16:18.87 then you've got the land beast 00:16:18.94\00:16:21.21 which has the same basic configuration 00:16:21.24\00:16:23.68 seven heads, ten horns, crowns on his head... 00:16:23.71\00:16:25.58 seven heads... ten horns... 00:16:25.61\00:16:26.95 so here now is the earthly manifestation 00:16:26.98\00:16:29.18 of the work of Satan that began in heaven. 00:16:29.22\00:16:31.35 James: So you've got the heavenly manifestation 00:16:31.39\00:16:33.22 deceiving the angels, 00:16:33.25\00:16:34.59 you've got the earthly manifestation 00:16:34.62\00:16:35.96 deceiving the world... 00:16:35.99\00:16:37.33 two forms of the same power coming at us. 00:16:37.36\00:16:39.16 Ivor: And I need to just throw this in here... right in here 00:16:39.19\00:16:41.66 just... the little horn of Daniel 7... 00:16:41.70\00:16:45.73 in Revelation 12, the Bible says, 00:16:45.77\00:16:48.60 "the dragon cast the stars to the ground" 00:16:48.64\00:16:51.81 you read about the description of the Little Horn... 00:16:51.84\00:16:54.11 in Daniel 7... the final... 00:16:54.14\00:16:56.78 the power that thinks to change times and laws... 00:16:56.81\00:16:59.45 what does it do? 00:16:59.48\00:17:00.82 It cast down the stars to the ground... 00:17:00.85\00:17:03.15 the Bible said that the Little Horn 00:17:03.18\00:17:05.19 uprooted the third of the stars... 00:17:05.22\00:17:07.16 I'm sorry... the dragon uprooted the third of the stars... 00:17:07.19\00:17:10.33 the Little Horn uproots one third of the ten horns. 00:17:10.36\00:17:14.23 James: Yeah. Yvonne: Ohhhhh! James: It's a parallel. 00:17:14.26\00:17:16.43 Ivor: So it's almost as if God is saying to you, 00:17:16.46\00:17:18.87 "Look, if you've seen the Little Horn, 00:17:18.90\00:17:21.10 you've seen... you've seen Satan. " 00:17:21.14\00:17:22.84 James: The power behind him. 00:17:22.87\00:17:24.21 Ivor: You've seen the power behind him. James: Yup. 00:17:24.24\00:17:25.64 Ivor: Jesus said, "You've seen me... 00:17:25.67\00:17:27.01 you've seen the Father. " 00:17:27.04\00:17:28.38 You look at the Little Horn, 00:17:28.41\00:17:29.74 you're looking at the work that Satan has done 00:17:29.78\00:17:31.41 but ultimately, Satan himself... 00:17:31.48\00:17:32.98 and well I think we said it in the Program before, 00:17:33.01\00:17:35.12 "The Little Horn is to Satan 00:17:35.18\00:17:36.55 what John the Baptist was to Jesus. " 00:17:36.58\00:17:38.35 James: Yeah, you did say that. 00:17:38.39\00:17:39.89 Ivor: He prepares the way 00:17:39.92\00:17:41.32 for the coming of the "final deception... " yes. 00:17:41.36\00:17:45.66 James: I like where we're at right here in Revelation 16, 00:17:45.69\00:17:49.00 the reason I like this is because 00:17:49.06\00:17:50.60 these verses are not really taking place... in 16... 00:17:50.63\00:17:56.44 16 is like... close relation to... 00:17:56.47\00:17:58.47 these verses are taking place now 00:17:58.51\00:18:00.48 and we know that because when you read the verses, 00:18:00.51\00:18:03.31 the next verse says, Revelation 16 verse 15, 00:18:03.35\00:18:07.82 "Behold, I come as a thief. 00:18:07.85\00:18:09.18 Blessed is he that watches, and keeps his garments, 00:18:09.22\00:18:11.05 lest he walk naked, and they see his shame. " 00:18:11.09\00:18:13.99 That's holding on to the righteousness of Christ, 00:18:14.02\00:18:16.73 that's holding on to our gift of salvation... grace... 00:18:16.76\00:18:20.06 that's holding on to Christ with everything we've got 00:18:20.10\00:18:23.37 because we have nothing else to offer 00:18:23.40\00:18:24.73 and we're doing that as we're being bombarded by frogs 00:18:24.77\00:18:28.40 and frogs... that plague of frogs was really interesting 00:18:28.44\00:18:31.71 because the frogs... the plague of the frogs was that 00:18:31.74\00:18:35.01 they were everywhere... they were everywhere, 00:18:35.04\00:18:38.25 so these three unclean spirits are bombarding us 00:18:38.28\00:18:41.45 and they are gathering us, now, verse 16 repeats that thought 00:18:41.48\00:18:45.65 and I just want to bring this out... 00:18:45.69\00:18:47.46 I don't know if we have time. 00:18:47.52\00:18:48.86 Ivor: I know, I was thinking, shall we go and see... 00:18:48.89\00:18:50.46 but... we'll do it again. 00:18:50.49\00:18:51.83 James: It's good, it's good because this... 00:18:51.86\00:18:53.26 all of this really needs to be unfolded 00:18:53.29\00:18:54.80 before we get to this in time 00:18:54.83\00:18:56.67 otherwise, it will not make sense... yeah, 00:18:56.73\00:18:59.10 so verse 16 says this, "And he gathered them... " 00:18:59.13\00:19:02.07 and who is he gathering... He's gathering the entire world, 00:19:02.10\00:19:04.41 he's gathering the entire world 00:19:04.47\00:19:05.94 "he gathered them to the place called 00:19:05.97\00:19:08.41 in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon" 00:19:08.44\00:19:10.41 the only place in the Bible, 00:19:10.45\00:19:11.78 New Testament... Armageddon is used, 00:19:11.81\00:19:13.15 the only place... Armageddon... "battle of the Megiddo" 00:19:13.18\00:19:15.38 in Mount of the Megiddo, I don't want to go to that yet, 00:19:15.42\00:19:17.65 I want to go to the word, "gathered" 00:19:17.69\00:19:19.02 you look up the word "gathered" 00:19:19.05\00:19:20.59 in verse 16, you know what it means? 00:19:20.62\00:19:22.29 One of the definitions for the word, "gathered" 00:19:22.32\00:19:26.19 in verse 16 is, "to entertain" 00:19:26.23\00:19:29.20 to entertain... in other words... 00:19:29.23\00:19:32.10 Satan is working through these... this... 00:19:32.13\00:19:35.57 these frogs... which are everywhere... 00:19:35.60\00:19:37.81 Satan is everywhere... entertaining us, 00:19:37.84\00:19:39.67 everywhere... he's entertaining us, 00:19:39.71\00:19:41.51 he wants to entertain us out of the kingdom of God. 00:19:41.54\00:19:44.95 So you got it right here, on your phone... you got your TV 00:19:45.01\00:19:49.08 you got your movies, you're on the plane... 00:19:49.15\00:19:51.22 you know, it used to be... 00:19:51.25\00:19:52.59 it used to take a lot of money to watch a movie on a plane, 00:19:52.62\00:19:55.46 now-a-days, you just dial them in... 00:19:55.49\00:19:56.83 and they're just right there... 00:19:56.86\00:19:58.19 everywhere you go, you've got your Red Box 00:19:58.23\00:20:00.30 for a dollar... whatever it is... 00:20:00.36\00:20:02.86 you've got everywhere... 00:20:02.90\00:20:04.23 you just download events... 00:20:04.27\00:20:05.60 everywhere... entertainment, sports, 00:20:05.63\00:20:07.54 one thing after another, 00:20:07.57\00:20:09.50 even our political system, 00:20:09.54\00:20:11.41 I'm going to say this year was all about entertainment 00:20:11.44\00:20:13.74 who could entertain the most was going to get the most votes 00:20:13.78\00:20:16.64 that's basically what it was, it's about Twitter... 00:20:16.68\00:20:18.78 I'm not saying we shouldn't use these, 00:20:18.81\00:20:20.32 I think we should use them, I think... 00:20:20.35\00:20:22.48 I use Facebook, I use Twitter, I use media 00:20:22.52\00:20:24.59 to reach people with the gospel 00:20:24.65\00:20:26.52 but we need to be so careful 00:20:26.55\00:20:28.36 because there's such a fine line there 00:20:28.39\00:20:29.96 between ministry and outreach 00:20:29.99\00:20:32.49 and then, mesmerism, hypnotism 00:20:32.53\00:20:34.93 and just being completely taken in and mesmerized 00:20:34.96\00:20:38.10 and hooked on one form of entertainment after another 00:20:38.13\00:20:41.20 including news... it's just a form of entertainment 00:20:41.24\00:20:44.54 because God is opening up for us in chapter 16, 00:20:44.57\00:20:47.88 God is opening up for us 00:20:47.91\00:20:49.24 how these powers are actually working 00:20:49.28\00:20:51.15 they're working to entertain us, so we're talking now, 00:20:51.18\00:20:54.38 Ivor is breaking down what it's going to look like 00:20:54.42\00:20:58.09 when the religious and the civil powers come together 00:20:58.15\00:21:01.76 there's going to be persecution, there's going to be this... 00:21:01.79\00:21:03.73 that's true... 00:21:03.76\00:21:05.09 but how does that work out practically in our lives? 00:21:05.13\00:21:06.96 When we leave here today 00:21:07.00\00:21:08.56 when our Viewers turn off this Program and they go about... 00:21:08.60\00:21:11.50 what is it that is preparing them either for heaven 00:21:11.53\00:21:15.00 or preparing them to be deceived? 00:21:15.04\00:21:17.57 It's entertainment. 00:21:17.61\00:21:19.07 Are we holding on to Christ's righteousness? 00:21:19.11\00:21:21.61 Are we studying Christ? 00:21:21.64\00:21:22.98 Are we following the Lamb wherever He goes? 00:21:23.01\00:21:24.35 Are we spending time in the Word of God? 00:21:24.38\00:21:25.71 Are we surrounding ourselves with spiritual influences 00:21:25.75\00:21:29.35 or are we being entertained out of spiritual places... 00:21:29.38\00:21:33.02 away from Jesus Christ. 00:21:33.05\00:21:35.06 Is the majority of our time spent 00:21:35.12\00:21:38.09 focusing on anything and everything but Christ? 00:21:38.13\00:21:41.03 Ivor: So let me build something on that now. 00:21:41.06\00:21:43.73 James: Build on... 00:21:43.77\00:21:45.10 Ivor: So, these frogs, okay... 00:21:45.13\00:21:48.14 can we think of another place in the Bible that deals with frogs? 00:21:48.20\00:21:53.07 Yvonne: Egypt... Ivor: Egypt... 00:21:53.11\00:21:55.14 okay, when these frogs... in the Old Testament, 00:21:55.18\00:22:00.68 you've got the story of the frogs 00:22:00.72\00:22:02.95 with the plagues and Moses... 00:22:02.98\00:22:05.22 the reason that these... 00:22:05.25\00:22:08.02 when you look at the story of Moses, 00:22:08.06\00:22:10.43 you'll see that on the first plague 00:22:10.46\00:22:12.73 Moses, I think he turns the water to blood... 00:22:12.79\00:22:18.37 and then the magicians... they counterfeit that miracle. 00:22:18.40\00:22:25.01 Okay, when it gets to the frogs, they counterfeit that miracle 00:22:25.04\00:22:30.25 the frogs were a miracle from God... 00:22:30.28\00:22:33.58 but the magicians counterfeited that miracle, 00:22:33.62\00:22:38.22 okay, after the frogs... 00:22:38.25\00:22:40.26 they could no longer counterfeit any of Moses' miracles, 00:22:40.29\00:22:43.89 so check this out... the frogs were the last miracle 00:22:43.93\00:22:47.53 that they were able to pull off... 00:22:47.56\00:22:52.33 what is the last miracle... that Satan will pull off 00:22:52.37\00:22:58.71 the impersonation of Christ. 00:22:58.74\00:23:00.68 Now, along with that, okay, this... these... 00:23:00.74\00:23:04.78 we're talking about these frogs and the miracles, 00:23:04.81\00:23:07.22 when Jesus comes again, 00:23:07.28\00:23:10.35 what happens when He comes again? 00:23:10.39\00:23:13.02 Yvonne: Every eye will see Him. Ivor: Every eye will see Him... 00:23:13.05\00:23:15.82 yes, but there's something else that happens too, 00:23:15.86\00:23:17.69 Yvonne: We'll be changed in a moment... 00:23:17.73\00:23:20.93 Ivor: We'll be changed... praise God... 00:23:20.96\00:23:22.46 but there's something else that happens too. 00:23:22.50\00:23:23.87 James: The resurrection of the righteous. 00:23:23.90\00:23:25.77 Ivor: The resurrection of dead people, 00:23:25.83\00:23:27.64 you can talk to me... I'm going to get excited... 00:23:27.67\00:23:31.84 Yvonne: Ohhhhh... come on... come on... 00:23:31.87\00:23:33.48 Ivor: When Jesus comes again, 00:23:33.51\00:23:34.84 the dead are going to come back to life. 00:23:34.88\00:23:36.95 James: That's right. Jason: Hmmm... 00:23:36.98\00:23:38.31 Ivor: Satan's final miracle is not only, 00:23:38.35\00:23:43.18 "Hey, look, Christ is here... but to verify that I am Christ, 00:23:43.22\00:23:47.16 look, you've got dead people that are now talking to you. " 00:23:47.19\00:23:50.66 Now, watch this... if you haven't been studying your Bible 00:23:50.69\00:23:54.66 and being... "Oh... hey, what are we going to do now?" 00:23:54.70\00:23:58.20 When this overwhelming deception hits, 00:23:58.23\00:24:04.37 where you have dead people appearing and saying, 00:24:04.41\00:24:08.64 "Yeah, this is the Lord... " 00:24:08.68\00:24:10.41 if you don't know your Bible, 00:24:10.45\00:24:12.11 if you haven't been taking the time to really know 00:24:12.15\00:24:15.28 what you know... guess what? 00:24:15.32\00:24:17.19 The whole world "wondered" when this deadly wound was healed... 00:24:17.22\00:24:23.53 when this thing happens... 00:24:23.56\00:24:25.89 and by-the-way... 00:24:25.93\00:24:27.26 I don't know what your definition you saw 00:24:27.30\00:24:30.40 for Armageddon... but from what I've studied 00:24:30.43\00:24:33.13 it's two words... "Har" which is Mount... 00:24:33.17\00:24:35.84 and "Megiddo... " congregation... 00:24:35.87\00:24:38.77 it is the Mount of the Congregation 00:24:38.81\00:24:41.64 which is the sides... on the sides of the north. 00:24:41.68\00:24:45.68 So, he's gathering all this... specifically to war 00:24:45.71\00:24:49.68 against the Mount of the Congregation, 00:24:49.75\00:24:51.72 against God's people... 00:24:51.75\00:24:53.09 the armies are going to surround God's people 00:24:53.12\00:24:56.12 and your senses are going to be overloaded with miracles 00:24:56.16\00:25:02.16 and if you're not firmly rooted on the Word of God, 00:25:02.20\00:25:06.57 understanding... look... this is... oh yeah... 00:25:06.60\00:25:11.11 Yvonne: Wow! 00:25:11.14\00:25:12.61 James: There are two definitions of Armageddon... 00:25:12.64\00:25:16.34 Armageddon... valley of Megiddo is another one 00:25:16.38\00:25:19.21 but both of them lead to the same conclusion 00:25:19.25\00:25:21.55 because if you go to the valley of Megiddo, 00:25:21.58\00:25:23.82 in the Middle East, 00:25:23.85\00:25:25.19 the Mount that you see there in Megiddo, is Mount Carmel. 00:25:25.22\00:25:28.39 Fire from heaven... Mount Carmel... 00:25:28.42\00:25:30.69 when you go to Mount Carmel, you have the same war... 00:25:30.73\00:25:33.33 the same battle that's been revealed right here 00:25:33.36\00:25:35.70 you have a call to an apostate people, 00:25:35.76\00:25:37.57 who are following Jezebel and worshipping "the lord," 00:25:37.60\00:25:40.14 to worship God... 00:25:40.17\00:25:41.70 you have a decision that has to be made between Baal and God. 00:25:41.77\00:25:45.07 You have the three-and-a-half years, 00:25:45.11\00:25:46.57 you have the fire coming down from heaven, 00:25:46.61\00:25:47.94 you have all of the same principles 00:25:47.98\00:25:50.15 being revealed there in that Old Testament story 00:25:50.18\00:25:52.88 that you see being duplicated now in the New Testament. 00:25:52.91\00:25:55.58 Only, this time, the counterfeit fire comes before the... 00:25:55.62\00:25:58.79 the counterfeit lightning comes before the real lightning 00:25:58.82\00:26:01.06 and we're calling people not to believe the counterfeit 00:26:01.09\00:26:03.26 so Baal's prophets weren't able to bring down counterfeit fire, 00:26:03.29\00:26:07.26 but in the end of time, 00:26:07.30\00:26:08.63 there's going to be some counterfeit fire 00:26:08.66\00:26:10.00 before the real lightning comes. 00:26:10.03\00:26:11.37 Ivor: And again, this is what makes the whole world... 00:26:11.40\00:26:14.90 you talk about ISIS... you talk about all the... 00:26:14.94\00:26:18.01 James: Islam... they're looking for the second coming of Christ, 00:26:18.07\00:26:20.21 they're looking for the second coming of Christ. 00:26:20.24\00:26:22.14 Ivor: And for Atheists... guess what? 00:26:22.18\00:26:23.51 Seeing is believing... so hey, "You guys... " 00:26:23.55\00:26:27.12 when they see this, hey... 00:26:27.15\00:26:30.05 James: The Atheists are very impressed with the Pope 00:26:30.09\00:26:31.42 simply because of the way that he conducts himself, 00:26:31.45\00:26:33.69 "Who is able to make war with him?" 00:26:33.72\00:26:35.06 Is what the Bible says 00:26:35.09\00:26:36.42 and before we're through here, 00:26:36.46\00:26:38.09 the question on the "abomination of desolation... " 00:26:38.13\00:26:40.63 we've just answered it, 00:26:40.66\00:26:42.00 so the "abomination of desolation" 00:26:42.03\00:26:43.63 is the counterfeit of the truth, 00:26:43.67\00:26:45.40 it's the counterfeit of the truth. 00:26:45.43\00:26:47.17 So, not just one counterfeit but every single counterfeit 00:26:47.20\00:26:50.44 is an "abomination of desolation" 00:26:50.47\00:26:51.81 because it's an abomination to counterfeit Christ, 00:26:51.84\00:26:55.18 to put a counterfeit law in Christ's place... 00:26:55.21\00:26:57.18 to counterfeit... 00:26:57.21\00:26:58.55 everything that counterfeits the truth 00:26:58.58\00:27:00.42 is an abomination that does what? 00:27:00.45\00:27:01.92 It makes us desolate... Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:27:01.95\00:27:04.09 Ivor: Let me add this in here, remember that the set up... 00:27:04.12\00:27:07.86 when he is standing on the sides of the north, 00:27:07.89\00:27:09.79 the Table of Shewbread... we pointed this out 00:27:09.82\00:27:11.69 was changed every Sabbath, 00:27:11.73\00:27:13.29 when Satan appears in the form of Christ 00:27:13.36\00:27:16.93 claiming to have power to change the Sabbath 00:27:16.97\00:27:20.40 from what it really is, to the first day of the week, 00:27:20.44\00:27:24.01 then you know... persecution begins as a result of something 00:27:24.04\00:27:29.54 that the people are forced to bow down to 00:27:29.58\00:27:31.61 which is in direct contradiction to the Law of God 00:27:31.65\00:27:34.28 which is why Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego 00:27:34.32\00:27:36.22 did not bow down... 00:27:36.25\00:27:37.59 they were like, "Nah... that's breaking God's law, 00:27:37.62\00:27:39.02 we're not doing it. " 00:27:39.05\00:27:40.39 James: And it was a counterfeit of the genuine... 00:27:40.42\00:27:41.89 you've got an image... 00:27:41.92\00:27:43.26 it was an image that God showed him... 00:27:43.29\00:27:44.63 so the counterfeit always resembles 00:27:44.66\00:27:45.99 very closely with the genuine. 00:27:46.03\00:27:47.43 That's what we're seeing all the way through here. 00:27:47.46\00:27:48.86 We are running out of time again, 00:27:48.90\00:27:50.57 but that's okay, we're not in a hurry, 00:27:50.60\00:27:52.90 we want to really break down these verses, 00:27:52.93\00:27:54.64 we want to understand them, 00:27:54.67\00:27:56.00 I think God has blessed 00:27:56.04\00:27:57.37 and we'll just continue with the journey. 00:27:57.41\00:27:58.74 Ivor: Praise the Lord. Yonne: "Amen. " 00:27:58.77\00:28:00.11