So we are right in the middle
of the first angel's message
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it is a
powerful, glorious message
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because every phrase of
the first angel's message
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refers back to the
everlasting gospel.
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The everlasting
gospel actually defines
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the phrases that we find here,
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because you can take
those phrases through the Bible
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and you can define...
almost anywhere you want to
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but God has called
in us to define them
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according to the
everlasting gospel.
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Yvonne: Hmmm... beautiful.
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James: Jason, you
want to pray for us?
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Jason: Sure. James: All right.
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Jason: "Dear Heavenly
Father, we ask that you would
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please fill the
Studio with your Holy Spirit
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and as we study,
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we ask that you would please
bring back to our remembrance
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the things we have
studied in the past
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and help us to
understand the new things
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that are being
introduced to us today
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in Jesus' name we pray, amen. "
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All: "Amen. "
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James: There is a
beautiful picture that develops
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in relation to this phrase,
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"The hour of His
judgment is come"
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in the context of
the everlasting gospel,
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and I want us to look
at three Bible verses,
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the first one is Romans 14
and I believe it's verse 12,
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Jason, if you could
look that one up for us
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and the second verse is
found in Matthew 7:21 to 23...
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if you could look
those up for us, Ivor,
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and then the third one is
found in Revelation 12 verse 10.
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Jason: Romans 14 verse 12.
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James: Romans
14... hold on the verse,
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let me get there and
make sure it's that verse,
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it might be verse
10... but it's verse 10
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and read all the way
though through... verse 10...
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all the way through to verse 13.
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Jason: Okay, "But why
dost thou judge thy brother?
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or why dost thou set
at naught thy brother?
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for we shall all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ.
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For it is written, As
I live, saith the Lord,
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every knee shall bow to me,
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and every tongue
shall confess to God.
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So then every one of us shall
give account of himself to God.
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Let us not therefore
judge one another anymore:
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but judge this rather,
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that no man put
a stumbling block
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or an occasion to fall
in his brother's way. "
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James: Wow! three
reasons for the judgment,
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reason number one,
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so we don't have to
judge another anymore,
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one another anymore...
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stop judging one another, God...
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we'll all stand before
the judgment seat of Christ,
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God has a judgment... the
hour of His judgment is come
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He has a judgment,
He's going to make...
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take account of
every single person...
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we don't need to
hold people accountable,
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God is going to hold
people accountable, so...
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Jason: Where is that verse...
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like you get the moat out
of your own eye or something...
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James: Matthew 5... Jason:
Is that where we're going?
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James: No... but it's a
good verse to add to it, yeah...
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"Judge not that
ye be not judged. "
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Yvonne: But what about
"judge righteous judgment?"
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James: "Judge
righteous judgment... "
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what's the first thing that
we should judge righteously?
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That Christ is Judge...
He's ultimately the Judge...
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so, there is a place for us
to "judge righteous judgment"
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in the sense of making
sure we do things right,
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in our own lives
and the lives of others,
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when it comes to salvation...
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when it comes to
the everlasting gospel,
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okay, so, if you go to the store
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and you pay four dollars
and fifty cents for something
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and you give
them a 20 dollar bill
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and they give 50
cents back, so you say,
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"Wait a minute... wait a
minute I need 15 more dollars,"
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right, that's
righteous judgment...
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"I need 15 more dollars... "
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Ivor: But they might
say, "Don't judge me... "
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James: And you say,
"No one's judging you,
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I just need my
15 dollars back...
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if you don't give
me my 15 dollars back,
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you are lost in hell. "
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Well, now wait a minute, now
that's going one step further,
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you see what I'm saying?
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And that's where we're called as
Christians not to judge others
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when it comes to the
everlasting gospel...
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when it comes to salvation,
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"We hope all things,
we believe all things,
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we do all things... "
that's what love does.
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It doesn't mean that we have
to let people walk all over us,
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it doesn't mean that we have
to live up... live with abuse...
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or allow people to abuse us,
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but it simply means that
we hope the best for others
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so the context of this verse...
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I love this because
the everlasting gospel
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calls us in the
context of Romans 14,
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not to judge one
another but rather,
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not to be a stumbling block,
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so that's the reason
number one for the judgment,
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reason number two, is in
Matthew chapter 7:21 to 23.
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Ivor: All right, Matthew 7:21,
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"Not every one that
saith unto me, Lord, Lord,
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shall enter into
the kingdom of heaven;
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but he that doeth the will
of my Father which is in heaven.
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Many will say to me in that day,
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Lord, Lord, have we
not prophesied in thy name?
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and in thy name
have cast out devils?
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and in thy name done
many wonderful works?
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And then will I
profess unto them,
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I never knew
you: depart from me,
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ye that work iniquity. "
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James: So, here we
have a group of people
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who are professing
to be followers of God,
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they call Him, "Lord... "
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and Jesus says to
them, "I don't know you... "
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and they say, "But
we've done all these works"
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So, reason number
two for the judgment is,
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we cannot be saved
by our wonderful deeds,
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we can't be saved by our works.
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We have to have a
relationship with Christ,
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we have to have trust in Christ
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and that's been the emphasis
of the everlasting gospel
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so, reason number one,
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"Don't judge one another...
God has a judgment... "
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okay, the hour of
His judgment is come,
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He's going to take care
of all the inadequacies,
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all of the issues,
all of the problems,
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all the questions we
have, when it comes to salvation
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leave people with God,
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reason number two,
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"Don't trust your
own works for salvation"
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and then reason number
three is Revelation chapter 12
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and verse 10, and that
verse is what Yvonne has.
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Yvonne: "Then I heard a
loud voice saying in heaven,
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now salvation and strength
and the kingdom of our God,
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and the power of
his Christ: have come
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for the accuser of our brethren
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who accused them
before our God day and night
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has been cast down... "
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James: "Amen. " Yvonne: "Amen. "
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James: Okay, so he's
accusing day and night...
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24... 7... 365...
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my wife likes to take vacations
she doesn't take any...
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all right, so, when we
look at the judgment...
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one of the main reasons for the
judgment... I'm going to say,
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"the main reason that comes
to the top is, this accuser... "
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see in 1st John 2 it says,
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"If any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father,
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Jesus Christ the righteous:
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And he is not only the
propitiation for our sins:
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but for the sins
of the whole world. "
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Why do we have an
advocate with the Father?
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Some people think,
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"Oh because Jesus is
more merciful than God
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and God is kind of like,
pointing out our problems...
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our sins... our...
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and Jesus is trying to
convince God to love us... "
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no, "For God so loved the world
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that He gave His
only begotten Son... "
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Jesus said, "If you've seen
me, you've seen the Father... "
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the reason why we have
an advocate with the Father
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is because we have an accuser
of the brethren... Satan...
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Jesus is defending
us before the Father
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from the accusations of Satan,
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you say, "Well, why does
that defend us from the Father?"
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Because the Father is
fair... He's righteous...
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He understands sin... He
understands the accusations
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but He can silence them based
upon the merits of Jesus Christ
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and that's what He does,
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the judgment is all
about God vindicating us
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through Christ from
the accusations of Satan.
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It's all about our
Advocate silencing the accuser,
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Joshua chapter
3 brings this out,
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the Old Testament book
of Joshua... no... Joshua?
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What am I thinking?
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Zechariah chapter 3...
Joshua and the angel...
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that's what I was
thinking of, same thing,
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"The Lord rebuke you... "
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"This is a Brad
plucked out of the fire... "
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and we're clothed
with the raiment of white,
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this is the
picture of the judgment
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so when you look at the judgment
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in the context of
the everlasting gospel
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you see, some Christians
really struggle with this idea
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of the investigative judgment,
"Why is God judging us?"
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Well, the reason why is
because we have the accuser
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the reason why is because
we are judging one another,
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the reason why is because we're
depending on our own works,
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and so God has a
judgment to wipe out all of that
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so that we will put our complete
trust in Christ as our Advocate,
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that's what the
judgment is all about.
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So, in the judgment,
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Christ stands as the
One who vindicates us
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from depending
on our own works...
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from the accusations of Satan
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and from all this
inclination we have
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to judge and measure others.
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Ivor: Yeah, yeah,
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the question that I
think a lot of people have is,
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"Okay, judgment...
how do I pass it...
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how do I pass it?"
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So, I'll give an Old
Testament illustration
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because there was a time...
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when this happens,
there's going to come a point
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where the whole world
will be filled with wickedness,
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right, the judgment
is preparing us to escape
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the coming judgment
of God upon this world,
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well, guess what, remember
back in the Old Testament?
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There was a guy
by the name of Noah
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and he warned for 120
years of a coming flood...
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we're warning that fire is
going to fall from the sky,
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that's our warning...
"Hey, it's going to rain fire,"
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"Come on Man! it's
never rained fire before,
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what are you
talking about?" You know...
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same thing in the days of
Noah, "It's going to rain... "
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"It's never rained before... "
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very interesting...
how was Noah saved?
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The Bible says, "Noah found
grace in the eyes of the Lord"
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there it is again, the
gospel of grace, right,
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Noah was saved by grace
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but watch what
happens after Noah preaches,
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um... well... let me
phrase it this way...
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in Noah's day... salvation...
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the way that Noah
escaped the judgment of God
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was through wood that was
lifted up above the earth.
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All: Hmmm...
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Yvonne: Wow...
come on... come on...
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Ivor: Wood lifted
up above the earth,
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and whoever was in that wood...
lifted up above the earth,
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whoever was in that
ark, get into the ark...
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right, whoever was
hidden in that ark was safe.
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So the gospel message
is... the everlasting gospel...
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is doing the same thing...
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it's the same
message in Noah's day,
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"Get into the ark... " right,
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but the ark... it is Christ...
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it's the Most Holy Place...
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it is being hidden in Him
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and realizing that
it is only through Him
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that we can make it
through the judgment
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and so, what happens with Noah?
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The ark takes him from
an old world to a new world.
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James: Good... love
it... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Yeah, and
there's a rainbow that says,
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"Hey, destruction will never
come again... in a certain way"
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that whole picture is a picture
of what God is doing with us
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and by-the-way in the
ark there was only one window
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which means... the only
place that Noah could look
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was not around... "Oh Man!
look, Sister Betty is lost... "
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no... the only thing
he could do was look up...
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look up... look
up... right... and so,
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that's what
God's calling us to do.
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"Fear God and give Him
glory, look up... " right...
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"focus on the Lamb on the
cross" and it is through that
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that we're going to be...
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that we will
ultimately pass the judgment
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which leads us to...
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James: To trust in Christ,
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I just... I just
want to emphasize again
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what Ivor said, I love this
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because what
we're discovering here
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in the three angels' messages...
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at least in this first
angel... the everlasting gospel,
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we're discovering this
emphasis on trusting in Christ,
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which is what
the group learned...
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who follow the
Lamb wherever He goes
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and that's the answer to
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worshipping the
beast and his image.
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Once you start trusting Jesus
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in following Him
wherever He goes,
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you can't worship the beast,
you can't worship his image,
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you can't receive his
mark, you can't do that,
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it's not that
it is impossible...
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you just... you incline
toward a different path...
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you incline toward God.
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Next phrase...
Revelation 14 and verse 7,
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final phrase, "And
worship Him that made
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heaven and earth and the seas
and the fountains of waters. "
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Now, we've already
unpacked this a little bit
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in relation to worship,
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we've looked at the
crisis that worship brings
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to Revelation 13 and 14,
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it's worshipping the
beast and his image...
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or it's worshipping God...
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and we looked at the Sabbath...
the seventh day of the week
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versus Sunday... the
first day of the week
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and how those two days
pitch two groups of people
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either worshipping
earthly kingdoms...
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traditions of man...
et cetera, a man's laws...
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or worshipping God
according to the Bible
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but there's something more here
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that I want us to just touch on
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in relation to
the everlasting gospel
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when God created the Sabbath,
He created it on the seventh day
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he worked in creating
this world in six days...
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on the sixth
day... He created mankind
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and then the first
thing that we did...
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when after we were created
is we rested on the Sabbath.
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So, when God created this world,
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He did it without us
but He did it for us,
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there was nothing we
could point to and say,
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"Oh! you see that
tree over there...
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well, I did the trunk
and God did the branches...
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and then I put the leaves
and then He did the fruit... "
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there was nothing you
could point to and say,
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you helped God do this,
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God did it all by
Himself but He did it for us.
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So the first thing He does is,
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"I want you to rest on Sabbath
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and everything I've
done for you without you. "
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That's what the
Sabbath reminds us to do,
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to rest in everything He
did for us... without us...
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that's before the
fall, then we fall...
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Jesus becomes a
man... the Bible says,
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"Of the people
there were none with Him,
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He trod the winepress alone. "
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He lived a perfect
life, no man ever did that
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so He did that... and
we never helped Him do it,
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then He died on
the cross for our sins,
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now when God created the world,
He finished it in six days
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and the sixth day was Friday
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and when He came
to the sixth day,
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He said, "It is finished... "
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when Jesus came, He came to
recreate man in God's image...
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He did it in Himself,
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He lived a perfect life
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and "He who carried the
image of man in Himself... "
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this is what man looks like,
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this is what you
were created to be like,
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then He went to the
cross and He took upon Himself
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the wages of
mankind's sin... all of it...
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what day was it that
He went to the cross?
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Friday...
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and what did He say just
before He died on the cross?
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Yvonne: "It is finished... "
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James: Yeah,
"It is finished... "
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What's finished? The
re-creation of mankind
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in the image of God is finished,
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and then what did He do
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after He finished
his work of re-creation?
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He rested on the seventh day,
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just like God did when He
finished His work of creation...
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Christ did...
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just like God created
the world by Himself for us,
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Christ re-created mankind by
Himself... for us... as a gift
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and he rested on the Sabbath
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so when we keep the
Sabbath, it's to remind us
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of everything God
did for us without us.
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It's to remind us...
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the everlasting gospel
calls us to remember the Sabbath
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to remind us of
everything God did for us...
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so it's not
legalism, it's not...
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we're not saved by
keeping the Sabbath,
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we keep the Sabbath to
remind us to rest in Jesus
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for the gift of salvation,
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that's what the
everlasting gospel
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tells us about the Sabbath.
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Ivor: So, this gospel
message goes into all the world
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right, to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people
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which by-the-way, is a call
for us to be able to minister
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to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people.
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God is looking to save
as many as He possibly can
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right, this first
angel's message goes forth
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and it's bringing
into light the truth of God
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okay, so the
first angel's message
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if we were to
summarize it... God's truth...
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that leads us to the
second angel's message
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which... if we
were to summarize it,
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Satan's error...
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we get to the
third angel's message,
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and it's very simple... truth...
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right, first angel... the
truth, second angel... error...
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third angel... truth.
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Yvonne: Hmmm...
James: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Ivor: That's Revelation 14...
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juiced down to
three words, right,
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but let's look at the
second angel's message,
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Revelation 14
verse 8, the Bible says,
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"And there
followed another angel,
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saying, Babylon is fallen,
is fallen, that great city,
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because she made all nations
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drink of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication. "
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So, she is described
here as "that great city"
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and in the... in the
book of Revelation...
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chapter 17... verse 18...
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James, you want to just
read that for me quickly,
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Revelation 17 verse 18.
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James: Revelation 17 verse 18,
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"And the woman which thou
sawest is that great city,
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which reigns over
the kings of the earth. "
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Ivor: Okay, so, this woman
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is actually described in
the same chapter verse 5,
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her name is "Mystery Babylon
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mother of harlots and
abominations of the earth"
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so, what we have in
Revelation chapter 14,
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is warning
against Mystery Babylon.
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It's this warning
against this woman
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who is called a harlot,
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who is called a
prostitute basically.
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So, why is she
called a prostitute
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and why is she
described as a woman?
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Well, first of all,
in the Bible a woman...
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as we have seen in
our... in earlier studies
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is symbolic of a church,
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so this is a church that
God is warning against, right,
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Mystery Babylon...
but she has daughters...
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so there are daughter
churches that come out of her
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while the key thing that I want
you to remember here is this,
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a harlot is one who does
not regard "wedding vows"
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that's what a harlot is,
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she's one who doesn't
regard wedding vows, okay,
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she is... she does
not regard marriage...
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so, God has...
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the Bible talks about Christ
and His bride... the church...
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well, they have wedding vows,
what are those wedding vows?
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Pause...
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It's the Law of God, right?
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And, in fact,
you're not actually...
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I like to put it this way...
Christ came to this world,
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by-the-way, the Bible says,
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"A man shall leave
his mother and father
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and cleave unto his wife. "
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So, Christ in heaven was like,
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"You know, Father,
there's this girl that I like,
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she's already on
earth... " love story right...
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"and, I want her... "
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and so Father says,
"You know... you know...
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you have to leave your
Father if you want to go... "
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and what does Jesus
do? He leaves His father...
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and He becomes... the
two become one flesh...
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so, Christ comes
down, He proposed to us...
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but that
proposal was on the cross.
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"Hey, this is how much I
love you... will you marry me?"
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And it's like,
"Oh, how romantic... "
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after we spit on
Him... and did all this...
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He says, "Hey, this
is how much I love you. "
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So the cross is
His proposal to us
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but you're not married...
just because someone proposes.
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All: Hmmm... hmmm...
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True marriage comes after
wedding vows are exchanged
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so what are God's wedding vows?
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They're His commandments.
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So you and the Lord
are there at the altar...
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"Do you promise to have
no other gods before me?"
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"I do... "
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"You promise not to
worship any graven images?"
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"I do... "
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The harlot... is the
one who comes to those vows
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and says, "No...
no, no, no, no, no,
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I don't want to
submit to these vows. "
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Any church that teaches
that you can follow Christ
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without obeying
His commandments,
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he, therefore, identifies
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as one who is not into
wedding vows... a harlot...
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that's what He's warning
against... with Babylon...
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it's a warning against...
going against his wedding vows,
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"If you love me,
keep my commandments. "
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By-the-way, true
love... true love...
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when you got
married... when I got married...
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when we marry, it's
like, you're not thinking
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"Okay, wedding vows... what?"
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"Do you promise to
have no other men...
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no other men or
women in your life?"
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James: Of course!
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Ivor: "Ah Man! No
other women? Are you serious?
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Isn't that being... aren't
you being, like, legalistic?
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Come on, seriously?"
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Nah... the woman that you
touch, she would be like...
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she'd slap you
and walk away, right?
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Laughter...
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Ivor: True love...
James: Your wife would do that.
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Ivor: Oh yeah,
yeah, yeah... yes...
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right, true
love... does not think,
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"Ah, wedding vows...
wedding vows... wedding... "
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when you're not in love,
the wedding vows are a bondage.
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All: Yes, hmmm... Hmmm...
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Ivor: If the commandments
of God are bondage to you...
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James: You're not in love.
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Yvonne: Oh, which is why
He said, "If you love me... "
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Ivor: That's right,
"if you love me... "
00:20:10.51\00:20:12.11
if you love
someone, you're not thinking,
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"Oh yeah, now, what did
the wedding vows say again?"
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James: Got a
verse... got a verse...
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got a verse, got a verse, Jason?
00:20:17.48\00:20:19.21
Jason: No, I'm just thinking,
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that's also why we have to
introduce people to Christ,
00:20:20.95\00:20:24.92
before... we don't
just start... like,
00:20:24.95\00:20:27.26
"Here are the wedding
vows... take that... "
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Ivor: Prearranged marriage...
Yvonne: Yeah, right, right.
00:20:29.32\00:20:32.23
James: "For this
is the love of God,
00:20:32.26\00:20:33.80
that we keep his commandments:
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and his
commandments are not grievous"
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burdensome... it's 1st
John chapter 5 verse 3.
00:20:36.56\00:20:39.33
Ivor: That's
right, that's right.
00:20:39.37\00:20:40.70
James: I love
that. Yvonne: Me too.
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James: Babylon is fallen...
and here's how Babylon falls,
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in this context,
Babylon has this false gospel,
00:20:44.91\00:20:47.84
this false doctrine,
00:20:47.88\00:20:49.21
the only way Babylon will fall,
00:20:49.24\00:20:51.48
is this... the
gospel is preached...
00:20:51.51\00:20:52.95
that's why the first
angel has to go first.
00:20:52.98\00:20:54.65
The first angel can't go second,
the first angel has to go first
00:20:54.68\00:20:58.89
because notice, the second
angel follows the first angel
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and the second angel
announces, Babylon is fallen,
00:21:01.96\00:21:04.06
well, how did Babylon fall?
00:21:04.13\00:21:05.59
The everlasting
gospel was preached.
00:21:05.63\00:21:07.76
Ivor: That's right.
00:21:07.80\00:21:09.13
James: Whoa... when the
everlasting gospel is preached,
00:21:09.16\00:21:11.23
it produces the
fall of Babylon...
00:21:11.30\00:21:13.40
so the second angel is
simply following the first angel
00:21:13.44\00:21:17.24
who is pronouncing
this everlasting gospel...
00:21:17.27\00:21:19.54
you got to saturate
people with Jesus...
00:21:19.57\00:21:21.58
and the everlasting
gospel... the Sabbath...
00:21:21.61\00:21:23.91
the judgment... fear
God... give glory to Him...
00:21:23.95\00:21:25.91
all of it has to be
understood in the context
00:21:25.95\00:21:27.88
of this
beautiful gospel message.
00:21:27.95\00:21:29.35
Resting in Christ...
trusting in Christ...
00:21:29.38\00:21:32.09
in His righteousness...
00:21:32.12\00:21:33.76
having fear or hope in the Lord,
00:21:33.79\00:21:36.59
giving glory to Him...
being saved by grace...
00:21:36.62\00:21:39.29
and that knocks
Babylon off its feet.
00:21:39.33\00:21:41.46
Ivor: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:21:41.50\00:21:42.83
James: It demolishes Babylon
00:21:42.86\00:21:44.20
because Babylon is a System
that points to creature merit,
00:21:44.23\00:21:47.34
it points to man's glory...
it points everything to us...
00:21:47.37\00:21:50.21
and so, Babylon gets knocked
out when the gospel is preached
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and then we move to the
third angel's message...
00:21:53.11\00:21:55.71
and the third angel's message...
we've already covered it...
00:21:55.74\00:21:58.28
but just to summarize it...
00:21:58.31\00:21:59.75
the third
angel's message calls us
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not to receive the
Mark of the Beast...
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his image, his mark...
the number of his name...
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that if we do...
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we're going to be tormented
with fire and brimstone
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in the presence
of the holy angels
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and the presence of the Lamb,
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now, one little point here
that I think is really important
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and that is... in the context
of the third angel's message
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the torment takes
place in God's presence
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and the reason
for that is because
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God Himself is a devouring fire,
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the angels and God... the
holiness in the presence of God
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is what consumes or
destroys the lost...
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hell's not some
place in the Netherlands...
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underneath the earth...
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some place where it
burns for all eternity... no...
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it takes place for a
certain amount of time
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in the very presence
of God and that's it...
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it's over... it's
done... it's finished...
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God is not the kind of God
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that torments and
tortures people forever and ever
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and ever and ever and ever...
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now, the phrase here, yeah...
it says, "forever and ever... "
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but that's because
of the condition...
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the experience that
they're going through
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I mean, when I pulled
up here to the studios,
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I don't know... I don't
think our Viewers know this
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but it's cold here...
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I mean, it's snowing outside...
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I mean, I left 60-degree
weather to come out here,
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I made some sacrifices
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and it's mostly 60s next
week when we leave, right?
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Yvonne: Right. Jason:
It's a counterfeit spring
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James: Okay, so it's
a counterfeit spring,
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so I pull up in my rental car...
get out the door... and it...
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I mean, it was forever to
get from my car to the door
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and I wanted that buzzer to
be pushed so I could get in,
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then I remember... "Oh,
I left my phone in the car"
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so then, I had to go back
out in the cold to get my phone,
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when you're in an
uncomfortable position,
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a little bit of time
feels like "forever... "
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and this position that
these guys are going to be in
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in the context of being lost is
going to be very uncomfortable
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so it seems like forever...
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Jonah, was in the
belly of the whale,
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and he said, "forever... "
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but it was actually for
three days and three nights,
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it wasn't forever.
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The Bible uses this
phrase to describe an experience
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that is very uncomfortable,
so it seems like a long time,
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even eternity,
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"I've been waiting
for you... " well...
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this morning, you guys were
waiting for me forever, huh?
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Jason: Well, we weren't going
to call you out... or anything
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we were going to let you slide.
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James: And, of course, of
course, I returned the favor,
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you returned the favor...
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Jason: Right after lunch...
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James: Yeah, I
had to wait for you...
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so, but it's... the Bible
uses the phrase the same way,
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the same way...
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Ivor: I think it's
important to see here as well
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because some people
are like, "You know what?
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That this is evidence that
the wicked burn forever... "
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but you got to
look carefully because
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where are they being tormented?
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In the presence of the
Lamb and in the presence of God.
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Well, where is God and the Lamb?
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Where are they
going to spend eternity?
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Where are they
going to spend eternity?
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In heaven... well
if this is true...
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this means that the
wicked... guess where they are?
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In heaven...
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James: Hmmm...
hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm...
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Ivor: Huh, wait a minute...
that doesn't make sense,
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no, no, no, so this
reveals that this...
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the wicked will
not spend eternity
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in the presence of the
Lamb, only the righteous do.
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James: Right. Ivor:
So this... I mean...
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we're not going into this
in great detail about it now,
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but, this...
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James: But we
will, Revelation 20...
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Ivor: We will, Revelation 20...
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this definitely shows that
the wicked do not suffer...
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and in fact, I
have a verse here,
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just go with me very
quickly... Psalm 37 verse 20...
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because this... says,
"And the smoke of their torment
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ascendeth up for
ever and ever... "
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and I want you to
notice that, it's not...
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it's the smoke of their torment
that ascends up forever and ever
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so Psalm 37 verse 20,
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whoever finds that
first... go ahead and read it,
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Yvonne: "But the
wicked shall perish,
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and the enemies of the LORD
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like the splendor of the meadows
shall vanish into smoke...
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shall they vanish away. "
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Ivor: Okay, so
the Bible says here
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that the wicked will
vanish away into what?
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Into smoke... all
right, so where are they?
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They have vanished...
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the only
remainder is what? Smoke...
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So, it's the smoke
of their torment...
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that ascendeth
up forever and ever,
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it's not that
they're being tormented...
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think about the Twin
Towers when they fell...
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the smoke from the Twin Towers
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hovered over New
York for a long time,
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that's just two buildings,
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imagine the whole
world going up in smoke...
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you know, who knows...
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there may be some column of
smoke throughout the universe,
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you know... the newly created...
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that's all that's left...
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we don't know but
what I'm saying is that
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it's not the wicked
that are tormented forever,
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it's the smoke, the Bible
says, "that ascends forever. "
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All: Hmmm...
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So, this again, points to the
fact that God is a God of love,
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you cannot... you
cannot... you know...
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say that a God of love
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burns and torments
people forever and ever,
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this is against the
very character of God
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which we will get
into... in another Program.
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Yvonne: Malachi 4...
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James: That was the
verse I was thinking of too.
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Yvonne: Verse 3... "Ye
shall trample the wicked
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for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
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on the day that I do
this, saith the LORD of hosts. "
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So, ashes
means... they're gone...
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James: That's
it... Ivor: Absolutely.
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Yvonne: So, they're not going
to be burned forever and ever
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because they will be ashes.
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Ivor: That teaching is
probably the greatest...
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the single most
popularly used reason
00:27:05.39\00:27:08.62
to deny the existence of God.
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All: Hmmm...
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Ivor: "How can God be
love if this is what He does?"
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James: This created more
Atheists than any other teaching
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I think... that...
that... false teaching
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and that is a Babylonian...
that's the wine of Babylon...
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that's part of
the wine of Babylon...
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and it's going to come down
when the gospel is preached.
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It's going
to... it's going to...
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Babylon is going to fall
when the gospel is preached.
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Babylon is... there are
a couple of definitions,
00:27:29.21\00:27:32.41
one of the
definitions is, "confusion... "
00:27:32.45\00:27:34.22
getting the
Gods... is another one...
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confusion... it's a
false presentation of God
00:27:35.98\00:27:40.72
it brings you to the gates
of the "gods" of this world
00:27:40.76\00:27:44.23
and it confuses the true gospel,
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we talked about this earlier
when we talked about the fact
00:27:46.56\00:27:48.93
that there's... Christianity
has one message of grace...
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all the other religions is
merit... it's creature merit...
00:27:51.27\00:27:54.24
it's our works...
00:27:54.27\00:27:55.70
so we're out of time
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but we'll continue
this in our next Program.
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