So we got to start, we laid a good foundation 00:00:30.63\00:00:33.19 but we want to continue now to unmask the Mark of the Beast. 00:00:33.23\00:00:37.13 We're in Revelation chapter 13, 00:00:37.17\00:00:38.93 we're looking at the word, "worship" 00:00:38.97\00:00:41.87 and we've identified its use in two different ways, 00:00:41.90\00:00:45.04 one... to worship the earthly powers, 00:00:45.07\00:00:46.41 the other... to worship God. 00:00:46.44\00:00:47.78 So, we'll start with a word of prayer 00:00:47.81\00:00:49.38 and the other things I want to do is, 00:00:49.41\00:00:51.25 I want to give a shout-out for "Historicals" 00:00:51.28\00:00:53.68 these models are called Historicals, 00:00:53.72\00:00:56.22 we've got the land beast, we've got the sea beast, 00:00:56.25\00:00:59.32 we've got the dragon and Brendan Valiant and his wife 00:00:59.35\00:01:02.29 are developing this ministry, making these available, 00:01:02.32\00:01:04.63 so for those Viewers who would like to get these 00:01:04.66\00:01:07.00 and use them in Bible Study, et cetera, 00:01:07.03\00:01:08.83 historicals. com 00:01:08.86\00:01:11.00 historicals. com is their website 00:01:11.03\00:01:13.60 and they're going to be producing these... 00:01:13.64\00:01:15.70 and you can actually get them from them 00:01:15.74\00:01:17.71 and utilize them for your evangelism 00:01:17.74\00:01:19.97 and outreach and Bible studies 00:01:20.01\00:01:22.14 and I think they're great little models to have 00:01:22.18\00:01:23.81 they really help to illustrate what we're doing here 00:01:23.85\00:01:26.38 so, well, let's start with a word of prayer, Jason, 00:01:26.41\00:01:28.88 and then we'll jump right into our subject. 00:01:28.95\00:01:30.82 All right, "Dear Heavenly Father, 00:01:30.85\00:01:32.82 it's such a wonderful day to study your Word 00:01:32.85\00:01:34.99 we ask that you would fill the studio with your Holy Spirit 00:01:35.02\00:01:38.79 and fill the homes of our Viewers 00:01:38.83\00:01:40.36 with your Holy Spirit as well 00:01:40.40\00:01:41.80 and lead and guide us into all truth 00:01:41.83\00:01:43.37 as we continue to dive deeper into Revelation 00:01:43.40\00:01:47.64 so we can understand what has happened 00:01:47.67\00:01:50.27 and what is to come, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 00:01:50.31\00:01:52.01 All: "Amen. " 00:01:52.07\00:01:53.41 So, Revelation chapter 13... the key word again, "worship" 00:01:53.44\00:01:57.31 are we going to worship these two powers 00:01:57.35\00:01:59.51 or are we going to worship God? 00:01:59.55\00:02:01.08 God's call to worship is based on the fact 00:02:01.12\00:02:03.75 that He's the Creator, 00:02:03.79\00:02:05.12 He created heaven and earth and the seas 00:02:05.15\00:02:06.79 and the fountains of waters which is a clue 00:02:06.82\00:02:08.59 to the worship that He's calling us to 00:02:08.62\00:02:11.49 because, when you look at this verse, Revelation 14:7, 00:02:11.53\00:02:14.76 it's actually almost a direct quotation from Exodus chapter 20 00:02:14.80\00:02:19.30 Exodus chapter 20 is the 4th commandment 00:02:19.33\00:02:21.94 and it calls us to worship God who made heaven and earth 00:02:21.97\00:02:25.04 and the seas and the fountains of waters. 00:02:25.07\00:02:26.81 Let's just look there and read that verse 00:02:26.84\00:02:28.51 Yvonne, would you like to read 00:02:28.54\00:02:29.91 that verse for us when you get there? 00:02:29.94\00:02:31.28 Exodus chapter 20 and we're going to read... 00:02:31.31\00:02:34.38 it actually starts in verse 8 00:02:34.42\00:02:36.72 and that is where the 4th commandment begins 00:02:36.75\00:02:40.36 so if we could read Exodus 20 verses 8 through 11, 00:02:40.39\00:02:43.59 I think it would be good to read all three verses... 00:02:43.63\00:02:46.83 or all four verses... I should say. 00:02:46.86\00:02:50.03 Yvonne: Sure, now this is the New King James Version. 00:02:50.07\00:02:54.70 James: Sounds good. 00:02:54.74\00:02:56.07 "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. 00:02:56.10\00:02:58.41 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 00:02:58.44\00:03:00.51 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. 00:03:00.58\00:03:03.88 In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, 00:03:03.91\00:03:07.52 nor your daughter, nor your male servant, 00:03:07.55\00:03:10.42 nor your female servant, nor your cattle, 00:03:10.45\00:03:12.39 nor your stranger who is within your gates. 00:03:12.42\00:03:14.29 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, 00:03:14.32\00:03:17.59 the sea, and all that is in them, 00:03:17.63\00:03:19.39 and rested the seventh day. 00:03:19.43\00:03:21.10 Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. " 00:03:21.13\00:03:24.53 James: All right, two things are taking place here, 00:03:24.57\00:03:26.97 first of all, God is calling us 00:03:27.00\00:03:31.04 to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy 00:03:31.07\00:03:33.84 and then He's reminding us why. 00:03:33.88\00:03:36.04 Hmmm... 00:03:36.08\00:03:37.41 The reason why is because of Creation... 00:03:37.45\00:03:39.88 so Exodus... the Ten Commandments in Exodus, 00:03:39.91\00:03:42.58 the fourth commandment in Exodus 00:03:42.62\00:03:43.95 is pointing us back to Creation 00:03:43.99\00:03:45.32 which is really interesting because it says, 00:03:45.35\00:03:47.46 "for in six days the LORD made the heaven and earth 00:03:47.49\00:03:49.29 and seas and the fountains of waters... 00:03:49.32\00:03:50.66 that's why I want you to remember 00:03:50.69\00:03:52.03 the Sabbath day to keep it holy 00:03:52.06\00:03:53.40 and the seventh day is the Sabbath day... " 00:03:53.43\00:03:55.26 is what the commandment says, 00:03:55.30\00:03:56.90 now, in Revelation 14 it says, 00:03:56.93\00:03:58.43 "Worship Him who made heaven and earth and seas 00:03:58.47\00:04:00.77 and the fountains of waters. " 00:04:00.80\00:04:02.17 In Exodus it says, "and in six days the LORD made 00:04:02.20\00:04:04.74 the heaven and earth and seas and fountains of waters... " 00:04:04.77\00:04:06.74 basically, it's quoting right from the fourth commandment 00:04:06.78\00:04:08.68 which is directing us back to Genesis. 00:04:08.71\00:04:10.18 In Genesis... and the reason why I love Genesis 00:04:10.21\00:04:12.41 is because... when God created this earth... 00:04:12.48\00:04:14.62 before there was a Hebrew, before there was a Jew, 00:04:14.65\00:04:16.82 before there was a particular people, 00:04:16.85\00:04:18.62 God gave us the Sabbath. 00:04:18.65\00:04:20.56 Yvonne: That's right. 00:04:20.59\00:04:22.42 James: Okay, so, Genesis chapter 2 00:04:22.49\00:04:24.99 and let's just read there, 00:04:25.03\00:04:26.59 Jason, can you read Genesis chapter 2 verses 1 through 3? 00:04:26.63\00:04:31.17 Sure, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 00:04:31.23\00:04:34.84 and all the host of them. 00:04:34.87\00:04:36.34 And on the seventh day 00:04:36.37\00:04:37.74 God ended his work which he had made; 00:04:37.77\00:04:39.64 and he rested on the seventh day 00:04:39.67\00:04:41.24 from all his work which he had made; 00:04:41.28\00:04:42.94 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: 00:04:42.98\00:04:46.68 because that in it he had rested from all his work 00:04:46.72\00:04:50.39 which God created and made. " 00:04:50.42\00:04:51.75 So we have two groups of people on Planet Earth. 00:04:51.79\00:04:53.52 We have a group of people who... coming from various backgrounds 00:04:53.56\00:04:57.66 for example, myself, I was raised Catholic, 00:04:57.69\00:04:59.73 went to church every Sunday, was an Altar Boy 00:04:59.76\00:05:02.20 started reading the Bible when I was 21 years old 00:05:02.23\00:05:05.37 and became convicted about what the Bible teaches 00:05:05.40\00:05:07.94 concerning the seventh day... that it's Saturday, 00:05:07.97\00:05:10.47 even though I'd been raised going to church on Sunday 00:05:10.51\00:05:13.07 and my church taught me to go to church on Sunday... 00:05:13.11\00:05:15.64 that day was the... 00:05:15.68\00:05:17.01 I was convicted that I should follow the Bible 00:05:17.05\00:05:20.02 and so, I began going to church on Saturday 00:05:20.05\00:05:22.88 because God was calling me to worship Him 00:05:22.92\00:05:25.02 in accordance with the fourth commandment. 00:05:25.05\00:05:27.09 There are millions of people on Planet Earth that do this, 00:05:27.12\00:05:30.36 this day... they keep the commandments of God 00:05:30.39\00:05:32.69 according to the Word of God... according to the Bible 00:05:32.73\00:05:34.30 so, there's the one group of people, 00:05:34.33\00:05:36.50 then there's another group of people, 00:05:36.53\00:05:38.60 now, this other group of people worship on Sunday 00:05:38.63\00:05:42.40 for various reasons, 00:05:42.44\00:05:44.01 reason number one might be because... 00:05:44.04\00:05:46.34 like I was... we were raised that way, 00:05:46.37\00:05:48.61 that's the day we were raised to believe... tradition... 00:05:48.64\00:05:51.01 we've always kept Sunday 00:05:51.05\00:05:52.75 or maybe it's because they believe that the apostles 00:05:52.78\00:05:55.35 met on the first day of the week to break bread 00:05:55.38\00:05:57.22 or even more so, because Jesus was raised 00:05:57.25\00:06:00.42 on the first day of the week 00:06:00.46\00:06:01.79 but no matter what their reason is, 00:06:01.82\00:06:04.16 what is missing is a commandment from God. 00:06:04.19\00:06:08.23 There's no commandment in the Bible 00:06:08.26\00:06:10.30 that commands them... 00:06:10.33\00:06:11.67 like we're commanded to do in relation to the seventh day 00:06:11.70\00:06:14.27 to keep Sunday holy 00:06:14.30\00:06:15.84 or this is a commandment that we should worship on this day, 00:06:15.87\00:06:18.54 there's nothing in the Bible that says that, 00:06:18.57\00:06:19.91 there's no commandment that says that 00:06:19.94\00:06:21.31 so what you've got is... 00:06:21.34\00:06:22.78 you've got those who follow the commandments of God 00:06:22.84\00:06:24.78 and those who worship according to earthly traditions... 00:06:24.81\00:06:28.72 according to what they've inherited or what they believe 00:06:28.75\00:06:32.62 man has interpreted the Bible to say 00:06:32.65\00:06:34.82 concerning the first day of the week 00:06:34.86\00:06:36.96 and that's what you see here in Revelation chapter 13, 00:06:37.03\00:06:40.40 you see these two groups of people worshipping 00:06:40.46\00:06:42.10 for these two different reasons, in fact, going even further 00:06:42.13\00:06:44.93 the church that I was part of said, 00:06:44.97\00:06:47.97 "We have the power to change this day 00:06:48.00\00:06:51.01 from Saturday to Sunday. 00:06:51.04\00:06:53.44 We have the authority to do that, 00:06:53.48\00:06:55.14 we're based... our church is based upon the apostolic... 00:06:55.18\00:06:58.01 you know... apostles... Peter... you know... 00:06:58.05\00:07:00.42 and the keys were given to him and so we can... 00:07:00.45\00:07:02.78 we can make these changes. " 00:07:02.82\00:07:04.15 They claimed to make the changes that causes millions of people 00:07:04.19\00:07:08.62 maybe a billion people to worship on a different day 00:07:08.66\00:07:11.13 than what is called for... in the Word of God. 00:07:11.16\00:07:13.23 Ivor: I think that as we look at Revelation chapter 13, 00:07:13.29\00:07:17.53 a big question is, 00:07:17.57\00:07:19.23 "How in the world is Satan going to get the whole world 00:07:19.27\00:07:25.04 to basically receive this mark?" 00:07:25.07\00:07:28.08 And I think it's a question that a lot of people 00:07:28.11\00:07:31.71 who read the Bible are having 00:07:31.75\00:07:33.08 there's a lot of confusion about it, 00:07:33.11\00:07:34.45 when I was growing up, I think I was about, maybe six 00:07:34.48\00:07:37.59 or maybe twelve-years old, 00:07:37.65\00:07:39.09 it was the first time I heard about the Mark of the Beast 00:07:39.12\00:07:41.42 and I remember 00:07:41.46\00:07:45.06 my cousin had come over from England 00:07:45.09\00:07:47.43 and she was about 13... she was 14 at the time... 00:07:47.46\00:07:49.93 my brother and I... six... I mean, 12 and 11... 00:07:49.96\00:07:53.70 so we had just met each other and we really got along well 00:07:53.74\00:07:57.21 but I didn't know she was a Christian 00:07:57.24\00:07:58.87 and one day we were all home alone 00:07:58.91\00:08:00.51 sometime in the morning... my parents were gone to work 00:08:00.54\00:08:03.35 and she starts talking to us about the Bible 00:08:03.38\00:08:05.05 and she'd been doing that often... 00:08:05.08\00:08:06.41 and we were like, "Hey, cool, no problem... " 00:08:06.45\00:08:07.85 this morning she was like... 00:08:07.88\00:08:09.22 talking about these beasts coming up out of the sea, 00:08:09.25\00:08:12.09 and this thing called the Mark of the Beast 00:08:12.15\00:08:15.49 and she was like, 00:08:15.52\00:08:16.86 "I know what the Mark of the Beast is... 00:08:16.89\00:08:18.23 do you guys want to know what the Mark of the Beast is?" 00:08:18.26\00:08:19.59 And I remember thinking... 00:08:19.63\00:08:20.96 at that... when she said at that moment, 00:08:21.00\00:08:22.60 my brother and I began trembling 00:08:22.63\00:08:25.90 and the reason why was because that summer 00:08:25.93\00:08:28.30 we had just watched a movie about a little boy from England 00:08:28.34\00:08:33.14 who discovers he has the Mark of the Beast 00:08:33.17\00:08:36.24 and whoever finds out his identity 00:08:36.28\00:08:40.38 dies this mysterious, horrible, painful death... 00:08:40.42\00:08:47.02 you know, crows coming out of nowhere, 00:08:47.06\00:08:49.06 and trucks... and you still don't die 00:08:49.09\00:08:50.99 and your death takes like 15 minutes, ahhhhhhh... 00:08:51.06\00:08:54.76 so my brother and I decided 00:08:54.80\00:08:56.23 we never want to know what the Mark of the Beast is 00:08:56.26\00:08:57.60 ever, ever, ever... 00:08:57.63\00:08:58.97 and she's like, "I know what the Mark of the Beast is" 00:08:59.00\00:09:00.64 and we were like, "What? You... " 00:09:00.67\00:09:02.00 She's like, "Do you want to know what it is?" 00:09:02.04\00:09:04.14 And I'm like, "No... " 00:09:04.17\00:09:05.51 my head was like, "No... " but my mouth said, "Yes. " 00:09:05.54\00:09:06.98 Laughter... 00:09:07.01\00:09:08.34 And then she begins to tell us, 00:09:08.38\00:09:09.71 "The Mark of the Beast is on soap boxes... 00:09:09.74\00:09:13.31 it's a sign of a half-moon... with a man's face in it 00:09:13.35\00:09:18.59 and that is what the Mark of the Beast is... " 00:09:18.62\00:09:20.22 I don't know if you guys have ever heard this before. 00:09:20.26\00:09:22.19 Yvonne: I've never heard that. 00:09:22.22\00:09:23.56 Ivor: And we're like, "What?" 00:09:23.59\00:09:24.93 She's like, "You have a soap box in your house?" 00:09:24.96\00:09:26.39 We were like, "Yeah. " She's like, "Let's go... " 00:09:26.43\00:09:28.43 we go downstairs to the basement 00:09:28.46\00:09:29.93 she shows us the soap box 00:09:29.96\00:09:32.07 with a half moon and a man's face in it 00:09:32.13\00:09:33.84 we run out the house screaming and crying... 00:09:33.87\00:09:37.44 we're in the middle of the road looking out for trucks 00:09:37.47\00:09:40.81 and crows... we're thinking, "This is it, we're going to die" 00:09:40.84\00:09:44.08 and we didn't die 00:09:44.11\00:09:45.61 and it was like, God planted... in that moment 00:09:45.65\00:09:48.48 okay, "One day I really want to figure out... 00:09:48.52\00:09:51.35 know more about this Mark of the Beast" 00:09:51.39\00:09:52.95 but there's so much confusion out there about it, 00:09:52.99\00:09:55.42 the question is, 00:09:55.46\00:09:56.79 "What is it and how does Satan bring this to pass?" 00:09:56.83\00:10:00.53 So... I want to show you... 00:10:00.56\00:10:01.90 Yvonne: Is it a chip... is it a little mark on the forehead? 00:10:01.93\00:10:05.13 James: Tattoo...? 00:10:05.17\00:10:06.50 Ivor: And who gets it and why? Why do they get it? 00:10:06.53\00:10:08.14 Yvonne: Right. 00:10:08.17\00:10:09.50 Ivor: So, let's go back to Revelation chapter 13 00:10:09.54\00:10:10.94 and we're going to look at some things here, 00:10:10.97\00:10:12.61 so, Revelation chapter 13 verse 13, 00:10:12.64\00:10:15.44 and Jason, would you read that for us? 00:10:15.48\00:10:18.25 Revelation 13 verse 13? 00:10:18.28\00:10:19.61 Jason: Sure, "And he doeth great wonders, 00:10:19.65\00:10:21.88 so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth 00:10:21.92\00:10:24.39 in the sight of men... " 00:10:24.42\00:10:25.75 Ivor: Okay, so, we saw that this was the second beast... 00:10:25.79\00:10:29.42 this is speaking about the second beast 00:10:29.46\00:10:31.53 of Revelation chapter 11 that comes out of the earth 00:10:31.56\00:10:35.06 and that these miracles will begin to happen during... 00:10:35.10\00:10:36.83 at some particular point in time, 00:10:36.87\00:10:38.83 this particular miracle here, we've already seen 00:10:38.87\00:10:41.97 is a representation of Satan himself 00:10:42.00\00:10:46.47 impersonating Jesus Christ, okay, 00:10:46.51\00:10:49.54 that fire falling from the sky, 00:10:49.58\00:10:52.55 we saw that the fire is actually the word, "lightning" 00:10:52.58\00:10:55.75 and in Matthew 24 Jesus said, 00:10:55.78\00:10:58.95 "As the lightning shines from the east, even unto the west, 00:10:58.99\00:11:01.49 so shall the coming of the son of man be... " 00:11:01.52\00:11:04.19 so, one thing we see here is that Satan himself 00:11:04.23\00:11:06.90 is going to impersonate Christ. 00:11:06.93\00:11:10.80 James: He's coming as an angel of light. 00:11:10.83\00:11:12.33 Ivor: He's coming as an angel of light 00:11:12.37\00:11:13.77 and, in fact, in 2nd Thessalonians 1 it says, 00:11:13.80\00:11:18.14 "He comes in flaming fire executing vengeance 00:11:18.17\00:11:22.48 upon them who obey not the Lord. " 00:11:22.54\00:11:24.85 James: God does. 00:11:24.88\00:11:26.21 Ivor: God does... so, when Satan comes, 00:11:26.25\00:11:29.78 when Satan counterfeits, guess what he's coming to do? 00:11:29.82\00:11:32.89 He's coming to exercise vengeance 00:11:32.92\00:11:35.72 right, "in the name of Jesus" 00:11:35.79\00:11:37.96 okay, that's number one, 00:11:37.99\00:11:40.13 number two, from our previous studies we saw 00:11:40.16\00:11:43.26 that when Jesus comes again 00:11:43.30\00:11:45.87 something else very important happens, what is it? 00:11:45.90\00:11:48.54 It is the resurrection of the dead, 00:11:48.57\00:11:51.41 okay, we know that Satan is going to attempt 00:11:51.44\00:11:54.21 to counterfeit this not by really resurrecting the dead 00:11:54.24\00:11:57.45 but through spiritualism, right, so, 00:11:57.48\00:12:00.72 demons in the form of people appearing and saying, 00:12:00.75\00:12:04.55 "Yes, you know what? This is... " 00:12:04.59\00:12:06.62 this looks like Jesus has come again, 00:12:06.65\00:12:08.62 however, we know that when Jesus comes again, 00:12:08.66\00:12:12.89 according to 2nd Thessalonians, He does not touch the ground. 00:12:12.93\00:12:18.73 James: 1st Thessalonians... Ivor: 1st Thessalonians... 00:12:18.77\00:12:20.94 He does not touch the ground. 00:12:20.97\00:12:22.57 James: 1st Thessalonians 4:16... 00:12:22.60\00:12:24.14 Ivor: All right, So when he comes... 00:12:24.21\00:12:25.77 when Satan comes, guess what he's going to do? 00:12:25.84\00:12:27.38 He's going to touch the ground 00:12:27.41\00:12:29.41 but here's the issue, 00:12:29.44\00:12:31.31 most Christians believe that when Jesus comes again, 00:12:31.35\00:12:36.02 He's coming to set up His kingdom on earth 00:12:36.05\00:12:40.56 okay, notice in Revelation 13, right after this miracle occurs 00:12:40.59\00:12:45.39 it is this miracle that leads to verse 14, 00:12:45.43\00:12:49.06 so, Yvonne, would you read verse 14? 00:12:49.10\00:12:50.90 Yvonne: "And he deceives those who dwell on the earth 00:12:50.93\00:12:53.64 by those signs that he was granted to do 00:12:53.67\00:12:55.90 in the sight of the beast; 00:12:55.94\00:12:57.27 telling those who dwell on the earth, 00:12:57.31\00:12:59.34 to make an image to the beast, 00:12:59.37\00:13:00.98 who was wounded by the sword, and lived. " 00:13:01.01\00:13:03.08 Ivor: Okay, so, who is the beast? 00:13:03.11\00:13:05.11 Making an image to the beast, who is the beast? 00:13:05.15\00:13:07.98 We saw the beast was... 00:13:08.02\00:13:09.35 James: First earthly kingdom which is the Papacy. 00:13:09.38\00:13:10.99 Ivor: Right, the Papacy... 00:13:11.02\00:13:12.35 now what kind of kingdom was the Papacy? 00:13:12.39\00:13:14.59 James: It was a Civil and Religious... 00:13:14.62\00:13:16.96 Ivor: So, what happens... 00:13:16.99\00:13:18.86 what kind of a kingdom is that called? 00:13:18.89\00:13:20.76 A Civil and Religious Kingdom. 00:13:20.80\00:13:23.37 James: Church and State. 00:13:23.40\00:13:24.73 Ivor: Yeah, it's Church and State 00:13:24.77\00:13:26.10 it's not a Democracy... it's a Theocracy... 00:13:26.13\00:13:29.87 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:13:29.90\00:13:31.24 Ivor: The definition of a Theocracy is 00:13:31.27\00:13:33.31 when priests rule on behalf of God. 00:13:33.38\00:13:35.08 So what the Bible is telling us 00:13:35.11\00:13:38.71 is that this second beast... America... 00:13:38.78\00:13:41.82 will make an image to the first beast, 00:13:41.85\00:13:44.05 in other words, they're going to say, 00:13:44.09\00:13:46.82 "We need to set up a Theocracy. " 00:13:46.86\00:13:49.56 A Theocracy is where 00:13:49.59\00:13:51.73 God Himself is the Head of the Kingdom. 00:13:51.76\00:13:55.66 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:13:55.70\00:13:58.57 Ivor: When Satan comes in the place of Christ, 00:13:58.60\00:13:59.93 ruling as Christ... the world is going to believe... 00:13:59.97\00:14:04.97 and Christians especially are going to believe, 00:14:05.01\00:14:07.04 "Oh, this is Christ coming to set up His kingdom on earth. " 00:14:07.08\00:14:11.81 We understand that to be something called the millennium, 00:14:11.85\00:14:16.52 the one thousand years of what? Peace... right? 00:14:16.55\00:14:21.42 Satan comes professing this is the long awaited millennium. 00:14:21.46\00:14:27.50 Now what happens in the millennium? 00:14:27.53\00:14:28.86 Let me show you a couple of verses, 00:14:28.90\00:14:30.23 let's go over to Revelation 20 very quickly, 00:14:30.27\00:14:31.97 Revelation 20... 00:14:32.00\00:14:33.47 and if I can have someone read for me verses 1 through 4, 00:14:33.50\00:14:37.57 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, 00:14:37.61\00:14:41.24 having the key of the bottomless pit 00:14:41.28\00:14:43.31 and a great chain in his hand, 00:14:43.35\00:14:44.68 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, 00:14:44.71\00:14:47.65 which is the Devil, and Satan, 00:14:47.68\00:14:49.42 and bound him a thousand years, 00:14:49.45\00:14:51.15 And cast him into the bottomless pit, 00:14:51.22\00:14:53.76 and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, 00:14:53.79\00:14:56.22 that he should deceive the nations no more, 00:14:56.26\00:14:58.36 till the thousand years should be fulfilled: 00:14:58.39\00:15:00.30 and after that he must be loosed a little season. 00:15:00.33\00:15:04.23 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, 00:15:04.27\00:15:07.00 and judgment was given unto them: 00:15:07.04\00:15:08.87 and I saw the souls of them 00:15:08.90\00:15:11.04 that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, 00:15:11.07\00:15:13.48 and for the word of God, 00:15:13.51\00:15:15.41 and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, 00:15:15.44\00:15:19.55 neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, 00:15:19.58\00:15:21.85 or in their hands; 00:15:21.88\00:15:23.22 and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. " 00:15:23.25\00:15:26.02 Ivor: Okay, so you have two things going on here, 00:15:26.05\00:15:27.96 this is talking about Christ coming 00:15:27.99\00:15:30.36 and He's resurrecting the dead, right, 00:15:30.39\00:15:32.69 and then, what is He doing? 00:15:32.73\00:15:34.06 He's giving judgment to His saints. 00:15:34.10\00:15:37.17 "I'm allowing you guys as my priests 00:15:37.20\00:15:40.17 to now exercise judgment on my behalf. " 00:15:40.20\00:15:43.10 So, Satan's coming to counterfeit the coming of Christ 00:15:43.14\00:15:47.91 and basically counterfeit this millennium. 00:15:47.94\00:15:49.94 What is he doing? 00:15:49.98\00:15:51.31 He's setting up his kingdom on earth 00:15:51.35\00:15:52.68 and He's giving His "saints" 00:15:52.71\00:15:55.42 power and authority to judge. 00:15:55.45\00:15:58.25 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:15:58.29\00:16:00.02 Ivor: He's basically counterfeiting 00:16:00.06\00:16:02.72 the millennium on earth. 00:16:02.79\00:16:04.13 Yvonne: Wow! 00:16:04.16\00:16:05.49 Ivor: Now, what is he going to do? 00:16:05.53\00:16:06.93 Right, when this happens, okay, 00:16:06.96\00:16:09.06 I want you to go over to Isaiah 66 00:16:09.10\00:16:11.13 and we're going to see something actually... 00:16:11.17\00:16:12.50 just totally profound here, 00:16:12.53\00:16:14.57 Isaiah 66... in this new kingdom, 00:16:14.60\00:16:16.44 Isaiah 66 and verse 15. 00:16:16.47\00:16:22.71 Yvonne: "For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, 00:16:22.74\00:16:28.05 and with his chariots like a whirlwind... " 00:16:28.08\00:16:30.29 Ivor: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... 00:16:30.32\00:16:31.65 I'm sorry... not Isaiah 66, verse 15... 00:16:31.69\00:16:33.12 it's actually Isaiah 66 verse 23, 00:16:33.15\00:16:36.93 and this is talking about... in the new kingdom... 00:16:36.96\00:16:39.86 right, what does it say? Isaiah 66 verse 23. 00:16:39.89\00:16:42.26 Yvonne: "and it shall come to pass, 00:16:42.30\00:16:43.77 that from one new moon to another, 00:16:43.80\00:16:45.20 and from one Sabbath to another, 00:16:45.23\00:16:46.57 all flesh shall come to worship before me, saith the Lord. " 00:16:46.60\00:16:49.07 Ivor: All right, so what do you think Satan is going to do? 00:16:49.10\00:16:51.51 Here is Satan standing in the place of Christ, 00:16:51.57\00:16:53.68 and what is he going to command? 00:16:53.71\00:16:55.44 That all flesh come before him to worship... on what? 00:16:55.48\00:16:59.95 Yvonne: On his day. Ivor: On his day... 00:17:00.02\00:17:02.52 on the Sabbath... the only problem is... 00:17:02.55\00:17:05.05 what Sabbath is that? 00:17:05.09\00:17:06.49 Yvonne: That's going to be Sunday. 00:17:06.52\00:17:08.49 Ivor: Is it the first day of the week 00:17:08.52\00:17:10.16 or is it the seventh day of the week 00:17:10.19\00:17:11.99 or is it the first day of the week? 00:17:12.03\00:17:13.73 It's going to be the first day of the week, 00:17:13.80\00:17:15.66 now the reason why this is so important to understand 00:17:15.70\00:17:18.43 is because the Sabbath... 00:17:18.47\00:17:20.17 according to Ezekiel 20 verse 12, 00:17:20.20\00:17:22.64 is the Seal of God. 00:17:22.70\00:17:25.41 Ivor: That's the sign that you are truly standing with God. 00:17:25.47\00:17:29.28 Those who receive the Mark of the Beast 00:17:29.31\00:17:31.98 they're receiving a counterfeit... 00:17:32.01\00:17:34.65 thinking, "this shows that I'm with the true God. " 00:17:34.68\00:17:38.69 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:17:38.75\00:17:40.56 Ivor: The whole thing is flipped on his head, 00:17:40.59\00:17:44.59 Satan is saying, "Yeah, I'm Christ... didn't you read? 00:17:44.63\00:17:47.56 When I come, my feet are going to stand on the Mount of Olives, 00:17:47.60\00:17:50.27 we're going to have a new heaven and... 00:17:50.30\00:17:51.93 I mean, a new kingdom... 00:17:51.97\00:17:53.30 the kingdom is going to be full of righteousness, 00:17:53.34\00:17:54.87 everyone's going to follow my laws 00:17:54.90\00:17:56.24 Sabbath to Sabbath... 00:17:56.27\00:17:57.61 all flesh is going to come before me and worship, 00:17:57.64\00:17:59.37 it's the sign of sanctification that I sanctify you... 00:17:59.41\00:18:02.98 what are you doing? 00:18:03.04\00:18:05.01 What are you waiting for? 00:18:05.05\00:18:06.92 By-the-way, Sabbath is the only commandment 00:18:06.95\00:18:10.22 that has a... a built in it... 00:18:10.25\00:18:12.25 a prohibition for buying and selling. 00:18:12.29\00:18:14.46 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 00:18:14.52\00:18:17.16 Ivor: Right, it's the only commandment 00:18:17.19\00:18:18.53 that actually has built in it a prohibition 00:18:18.56\00:18:20.30 against buying and selling on a certain day 00:18:20.36\00:18:22.23 so if you break this commandment, 00:18:22.26\00:18:23.77 in fact, you remember, Nehemiah... 00:18:23.80\00:18:25.17 when Nehemiah finished building that kingdom, 00:18:25.23\00:18:29.10 those who rejected... 00:18:29.14\00:18:31.31 I mean, those who wanted to buy and sell, 00:18:31.37\00:18:33.81 he was like, "You can't do this in the new kingdom, 00:18:33.88\00:18:36.81 you can't break God's Sabbath in in the new kingdom, 00:18:36.85\00:18:39.78 you do it again and I will lay hands... 00:18:39.81\00:18:42.82 lay hands on you. " 00:18:42.85\00:18:44.39 Laughter... 00:18:44.42\00:18:45.95 But this is what you have, this is what's going to happen 00:18:45.99\00:18:50.43 is that Satan... appearing as Christ 00:18:50.46\00:18:52.23 will make it appear that the kingdom of God has come on earth 00:18:52.26\00:18:56.26 this is the millennium... judgment given unto the saints, 00:18:56.30\00:19:00.24 a new heaven and a new earth... 00:19:00.27\00:19:02.00 a new heaven and a new earth is 1,000 years of peace 00:19:02.04\00:19:05.54 and the Sabbath will be the sign 00:19:05.57\00:19:07.61 that you fall in line with the kingdom, 00:19:07.64\00:19:10.35 reject that sign... and guess what? 00:19:10.38\00:19:12.85 Under a Theocracy, 00:19:12.91\00:19:14.28 when you blaspheme, what's the penalty? 00:19:14.32\00:19:16.55 Death... you're blaspheming the God of heaven, 00:19:16.58\00:19:20.42 how dare you? 00:19:20.46\00:19:22.22 So this... and I'm telling you, even for those who know the... 00:19:22.26\00:19:27.46 who know the Bible... 00:19:27.50\00:19:28.83 James: It's going to be overwhelming. 00:19:28.86\00:19:30.20 Ivor: I'm telling you... James: Yeah. 00:19:30.23\00:19:31.57 Ivor: Can you imagine thinking, "Did I get it right?" 00:19:31.60\00:19:33.03 Did we get it right because look at this... 00:19:33.07\00:19:36.60 I mean, look at him? Look at the world... 00:19:36.64\00:19:40.11 I mean, it looks like Christ, 00:19:40.18\00:19:42.24 acts like Christ, talks like Christ... 00:19:42.28\00:19:44.51 James: People will be raised from the dead... 00:19:44.55\00:19:46.51 people are being healed, the whole world is going along. 00:19:46.55\00:19:49.25 Yvonne: And we're being prepped for this now... 00:19:49.28\00:19:51.12 with all these movies about people who died 00:19:51.15\00:19:52.92 and they're communicating with us here on earth, 00:19:52.95\00:19:56.86 we're getting prepped... Ivor: Absolutely... 00:19:56.89\00:19:58.56 James: It's going to be an overmastering deception. 00:19:58.59\00:20:00.50 Yvonne: Wow! 00:20:00.53\00:20:01.86 Ivor: It's even mindboggling to think about it now, 00:20:01.90\00:20:06.67 I mean, if you have been studying your Bible 00:20:06.70\00:20:09.30 and you're like, "Yeah, I'm not sure about this" 00:20:09.34\00:20:11.91 or... if you're not too sure, 00:20:11.94\00:20:14.21 when this happens, I guarantee... 00:20:14.24\00:20:16.21 you're going to be... you're going to get carried away 00:20:16.24\00:20:19.41 you're getting carried away 00:20:19.45\00:20:21.08 even those who know this and I'm like, "Yeah, I got it, 00:20:21.12\00:20:25.52 I got it, I got it, when Christ comes, 00:20:25.55\00:20:27.49 His feet do not touch the ground... I got it. " 00:20:27.56\00:20:31.19 In this time, the optics... 00:20:31.23\00:20:36.77 the senses... are going to be so overwhelming 00:20:36.80\00:20:41.74 that if it were possible, even the very elect... 00:20:41.77\00:20:46.78 you know, because I mean... just think... 00:20:46.81\00:20:49.61 he... Satan is basically using Scripture... 00:20:49.64\00:20:52.41 he's backing up his deception 00:20:52.45\00:20:56.48 through an incorrect understanding of Scripture 00:20:56.52\00:20:59.62 and he's saying, "Look, doesn't the Bible say, 00:20:59.65\00:21:02.72 when He comes, 00:21:02.76\00:21:04.09 His feet are going to touch the ground, 00:21:04.13\00:21:05.46 He's going to set up a kingdom on earth 00:21:05.49\00:21:07.43 He's going to... Sabbath to Sabbath... 00:21:07.46\00:21:09.50 all flesh are going to come and... " 00:21:09.56\00:21:10.90 these are going to be the arguments 00:21:10.93\00:21:12.27 when the world argues with you, 00:21:12.30\00:21:14.17 when those who deceive argue with you, 00:21:14.20\00:21:15.97 guess what they're going to be arguing? 00:21:16.00\00:21:17.74 The Bible... 00:21:17.77\00:21:20.28 James: Yep. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:21:20.31\00:21:21.84 Jason: That's why we need to know it backwards and forward 00:21:21.88\00:21:23.61 inside and out, 00:21:23.65\00:21:24.98 like, when Christ was tempted in the wilderness, 00:21:25.01\00:21:28.42 He just came... He combated against the devil 00:21:28.45\00:21:32.05 with Scripture, the devil tried to say, 00:21:32.09\00:21:34.69 "Okay, the angels... da... da... da... da... da... " 00:21:34.72\00:21:36.89 and Christ came back and said, 00:21:36.93\00:21:38.93 "No... " and He just... He broke it down. 00:21:38.96\00:21:42.73 Ivor: And see how the devil used Scripture... 00:21:42.76\00:21:47.00 he used Scripture to back up his argument 00:21:47.04\00:21:51.17 the same thing is going to happen at the end of time 00:21:51.21\00:21:54.71 and again, I mean, I can't even stress it enough... 00:21:54.74\00:21:58.88 but the importance of studying the Word of God now 00:21:58.91\00:22:02.98 because everything that can be shaken... will be shaken. 00:22:03.05\00:22:07.16 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:07.19\00:22:08.52 Ivor: We're not... 00:22:08.56\00:22:09.89 if we don't know what we believe and why we believe it... 00:22:09.92\00:22:13.23 Yvonne: We won't be able to stand. 00:22:13.26\00:22:16.63 Ivor: You're fighting against righteousness, I mean... 00:22:16.67\00:22:19.30 "What you believe, Brother, is wrong 00:22:19.33\00:22:24.14 and this is the evidence, 00:22:24.17\00:22:25.61 I mean, come on, this is righteousness here, 00:22:25.64\00:22:28.08 can't you... can't you see? 00:22:28.11\00:22:29.44 What else... all right... if God were going to speak to you, 00:22:29.48\00:22:32.85 what else could He do to convince you 00:22:32.91\00:22:35.02 that this is His kingdom on earth 00:22:35.05\00:22:37.12 and you have been wrong all along?" 00:22:37.19\00:22:39.42 You begin to doubt, 00:22:39.45\00:22:40.82 "Hey, was I baptized into something incorrect? 00:22:40.86\00:22:44.66 were my teachers wrong?" 00:22:44.69\00:22:46.03 You know what? 00:22:46.06\00:22:47.40 Ah... it's crazy... and so, this is what... 00:22:47.43\00:22:52.87 this is why it's called... "a time of trouble... " 00:22:52.90\00:22:56.64 that will just be like nothing that we've ever experienced 00:22:56.67\00:23:00.38 because the deception will be off the chain... 00:23:00.41\00:23:05.98 I can use that too. 00:23:06.01\00:23:07.35 Yvonne: Because everything that's in us 00:23:07.38\00:23:08.72 wants to go with our senses... 00:23:08.75\00:23:10.22 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Ivor: Yeah. 00:23:10.25\00:23:11.59 Yvonne: And that's why that question from that Viewer 00:23:11.62\00:23:13.36 about, "I don't feel forgiven... " 00:23:13.39\00:23:15.26 we cannot go with feelings because if we go with feelings, 00:23:15.29\00:23:18.36 we'll get swept up. 00:23:18.39\00:23:19.73 Ivor: That's right. 00:23:19.76\00:23:21.10 Yvonne: We have to go with what's in the Word 00:23:21.13\00:23:22.46 and spend time with the Lord and what... 00:23:22.50\00:23:24.53 this is really convicting me 00:23:24.57\00:23:26.23 because timewise... you get so distracted... 00:23:26.27\00:23:30.44 but the Lord is saying, "It's not time to be distracted" 00:23:30.47\00:23:34.71 we'd better get this now 00:23:34.74\00:23:37.01 because things are happening so fast. 00:23:37.05\00:23:40.35 Ivor: You know, there is a parable... 00:23:40.38\00:23:42.52 a parable of the ten virgins 00:23:42.58\00:23:43.92 and the Bible says that at midnight, 00:23:43.95\00:23:47.32 all the virgins woke up, 00:23:47.36\00:23:49.36 if you know the parable, these ten virgins... 00:23:49.39\00:23:51.49 five were wise, five were foolish 00:23:51.53\00:23:52.86 and they all take their lamps and go forth 00:23:52.89\00:23:56.33 to meet the bridegroom, 00:23:56.36\00:23:57.70 okay, but something happens at midnight that wakes them up, 00:23:57.73\00:24:02.64 midnight is the darkest hour... that's what it represents. 00:24:02.67\00:24:07.74 Something happens that is unexpected, 00:24:07.78\00:24:09.94 that makes all the virgins realize, "Huh... this is it... 00:24:09.98\00:24:14.92 this is the moment that we've been waiting for. " 00:24:14.95\00:24:18.49 What is that darkest event in earth's history? 00:24:18.52\00:24:22.12 What is the overwhelming deception of Satan 00:24:22.16\00:24:24.83 at the very end of time, it's his appearing 00:24:24.86\00:24:27.50 and here's the thing, 00:24:27.56\00:24:28.90 many people are looking for signs 00:24:28.93\00:24:32.17 that, "Okay, when I see this, 00:24:32.20\00:24:35.60 then I'll know... and I'll get ready for it... " 00:24:35.64\00:24:37.27 No... when Satan comes, there's no sign that he gives 00:24:37.31\00:24:41.54 that... you get up one day, 00:24:41.58\00:24:43.85 turn the news on... and Jesus is here. 00:24:43.88\00:24:46.61 James: There he is... 00:24:46.65\00:24:47.98 Ivor: That's how sudden this is. Yvonne: Right. 00:24:48.02\00:24:49.62 Ivor: It's an unexpected event, 00:24:49.68\00:24:51.39 there's... it's not like a sign... 00:24:51.45\00:24:52.79 "Okay, well we think Satan might appear sometime this year... " 00:24:52.82\00:24:55.42 No, it's totally unexpected 00:24:55.46\00:24:57.39 and so with that if you haven't been preparing beforehand... 00:24:57.43\00:25:00.96 when you see the "abomination of desolation" 00:25:01.00\00:25:03.63 standing in the Holy Place 00:25:03.67\00:25:05.00 and you're like, "I'm not ready" 00:25:05.03\00:25:06.43 there's no time, you see what I'm saying? 00:25:06.47\00:25:08.74 You have failed to be prepared in the time 00:25:08.77\00:25:13.27 that you should have been prepared. 00:25:13.31\00:25:14.64 That is the greatest thing that is facing God's people today 00:25:14.68\00:25:17.61 is lack of preparation 00:25:17.65\00:25:19.51 because we're probably looking for wrong signs. 00:25:19.55\00:25:23.99 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:25:24.02\00:25:25.35 James: You know in Revelation chapter 1 verse 10, 00:25:25.39\00:25:28.39 we got a couple of minutes here just to look at this 00:25:28.42\00:25:31.56 in relation to everything you've said, Ivor, 00:25:31.59\00:25:33.13 a way to prepare... let's just... 00:25:33.19\00:25:36.70 let's just close with giving our Viewers a way to prepare, 00:25:36.73\00:25:39.17 so, Revelation 1:10 says, 00:25:39.23\00:25:42.60 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, 00:25:42.64\00:25:44.57 and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet... " 00:25:44.61\00:25:49.24 What is the Lord's day? 00:25:49.28\00:25:50.91 Jason: Saturday... the seventh day... 00:25:50.95\00:25:54.65 James: According to what? 00:25:54.68\00:25:56.02 Jason: The fourth commandment and Genesis 2:2... 00:25:56.05\00:25:58.45 James: Okay, according to the Bible, 00:25:58.49\00:25:59.82 the Lord's day is the seventh day. 00:25:59.85\00:26:01.19 Do most Christians believe that? Yvonne: No. 00:26:01.22\00:26:03.06 James: No, most Christians believe the Lord's day is what? 00:26:03.09\00:26:05.19 Sunday... 00:26:05.23\00:26:06.56 now the text here doesn't explicitly say 00:26:06.59\00:26:08.90 that it's Saturday or Sunday, 00:26:08.93\00:26:10.30 it just says, "the Lord's Day" 00:26:10.33\00:26:11.90 but if you go to the Bible, 00:26:11.93\00:26:13.44 you'll find that in Exodus 20 it says, 00:26:13.47\00:26:15.50 "The Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" 00:26:15.54\00:26:17.57 so it's the Lord's Day 00:26:17.61\00:26:18.94 and Jesus says in Mark 2 that... yeah, 00:26:18.97\00:26:22.31 "I'm the Lord of the Sabbath... " 00:26:22.34\00:26:23.68 however, if you read 00:26:23.71\00:26:26.25 no less than five translations of the Bible, post 2000, 00:26:26.31\00:26:31.72 that means these were translations 00:26:31.75\00:26:33.39 that were developed after the year 2000, 00:26:33.46\00:26:36.76 so we're in the year 2017, 00:26:36.79\00:26:38.49 so these five translations were all printed... 00:26:38.53\00:26:40.70 translated... after the year 2000, 00:26:40.73\00:26:43.47 they don't say, "the Lord's day" here, 00:26:43.50\00:26:45.67 they say, "Sunday" 00:26:45.70\00:26:47.97 or in the marginal reference, "the first day of the week" 00:26:48.00\00:26:50.54 and one of those translations is a Spanish translation 00:26:50.61\00:26:53.21 so, we're going to be dealing with people 00:26:53.24\00:26:57.55 who are reading their Bibles... their Bible versions... 00:26:57.58\00:27:00.52 and we say to them, "The seventh day is the Sabbath" 00:27:00.55\00:27:02.85 then they'll say, "But what about the Lord's Day?" 00:27:02.88\00:27:05.12 We'll say, "Well the Lord's Day is the Sabbath. " 00:27:05.15\00:27:07.36 "No, in Revelation 1:10, it says the Lord's Day is Sunday 00:27:07.39\00:27:09.92 it's the first day of the week. " 00:27:09.96\00:27:11.29 "Well, wait a minute, that's a bad translation. " 00:27:11.33\00:27:13.09 "Well, I don't know Greek and Hebrew 00:27:13.13\00:27:14.96 but the guy that translated this sure does. " 00:27:15.00\00:27:16.67 Do you see what I'm saying? 00:27:16.70\00:27:18.17 And this is the more practical preparation that we have to make 00:27:18.20\00:27:21.64 we have to be aware... 00:27:21.67\00:27:23.54 what is taking place with the Scriptures, 00:27:23.57\00:27:26.01 we can go to the Scriptures but we have to be aware also 00:27:26.04\00:27:28.24 of how the Scripture is being changed, 00:27:28.28\00:27:29.71 the Law is being changed, the Scripture is being changed, 00:27:29.74\00:27:32.31 we're in for a spiritual battle that's before us 00:27:32.35\00:27:35.12 and we need to trim our lamps and be ready 00:27:35.15\00:27:37.05 or we're going to face this overwhelming deception 00:27:37.09\00:27:40.06 that's going to bring our souls face to face with death. 00:27:40.09\00:27:41.96 Yvonne: Wow! 00:27:42.02\00:27:43.36 James: So, we need to continue this though, 00:27:43.39\00:27:45.56 we got to finish this subject, 00:27:45.59\00:27:46.93 we're going to do a Part 3, I think... 00:27:46.96\00:27:48.30 Yvonne: Yeah, I love it. 00:27:48.33\00:27:49.66