So we are now in Revelation 15, we're just moving right along. 00:00:30.16\00:00:35.53 We just left one of the most amazing chapters 00:00:35.56\00:00:39.20 of the Book of Revelation, Revelation 14, 00:00:39.23\00:00:42.84 the 144,000... 00:00:42.87\00:00:44.37 that follow the Lamb wherever He goes... 00:00:44.44\00:00:45.97 the everlasting gospel that summarizes with those 00:00:46.01\00:00:49.28 who keep the gift of the commandments of God 00:00:49.31\00:00:52.08 and the faith of Jesus, 00:00:52.11\00:00:53.45 beautiful stuff and then harvest of the earth 00:00:53.48\00:00:56.02 so now in Revelation chapter 15 00:00:56.05\00:00:58.12 and we're going to be looking here 00:00:58.15\00:01:00.16 at some... I think some thoughts that are going to tie us 00:01:00.19\00:01:03.66 or take us right into Revelation 16 00:01:03.69\00:01:05.33 so 15 and 16 are kind of going to... kind of go together, 00:01:05.39\00:01:07.76 Ivor: 15 is the introductory vision of chapter 16, 00:01:07.80\00:01:12.13 yeah, basically. 00:01:12.17\00:01:13.64 James: Yes, and then there's a song of Moses and the Lamb. 00:01:13.67\00:01:15.00 it's kind of an aside but we still need to... 00:01:15.04\00:01:17.27 it's... the song of Moses the Lamb 00:01:17.31\00:01:19.11 is going to be kind of a summary 00:01:19.14\00:01:20.94 of the everlasting gospel 00:01:20.98\00:01:22.31 you'll see that connection real quick 00:01:22.34\00:01:23.68 so, Jason, pray for us and we'll jump right in... 00:01:23.75\00:01:26.51 Jason: Sure, "Dear Heavenly Father, 00:01:26.55\00:01:27.88 we ask that you would please send your Holy Spirit 00:01:27.92\00:01:30.42 to be with us... to lead and guide us into all truth, 00:01:30.45\00:01:33.12 be with our Viewers as well 00:01:33.15\00:01:34.56 as we partake in this wonderful study of your Word, 00:01:34.62\00:01:37.63 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 00:01:37.66\00:01:38.99 All: "Amen. " 00:01:39.03\00:01:40.36 So, Yvonne, can you read for us Revelation 15 00:01:40.40\00:01:43.20 verses 1 through... I'm going to say, verses 1 through 4. 00:01:43.23\00:01:49.30 Yvonne: Okay, "Then I saw another sign in heaven, 00:01:49.34\00:01:52.94 great and marvelous, 00:01:52.97\00:01:54.31 seven angels having the seven last plagues; 00:01:54.34\00:01:57.55 for in them the wrath of God is complete. 00:01:57.58\00:02:00.88 And I saw something like the sea of glass mingled with fire: 00:02:00.92\00:02:05.42 and those who have the victory over the beast, 00:02:05.45\00:02:07.46 over his image, and over his mark, 00:02:07.49\00:02:09.46 and over the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, 00:02:09.49\00:02:13.19 having harps of God. 00:02:13.23\00:02:14.56 They sing the song of Moses the servant of God, 00:02:14.60\00:02:17.60 and the song of the Lamb, 00:02:17.63\00:02:18.97 saying, Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God Almighty; 00:02:19.00\00:02:23.00 just and true are your ways, O King of the saints. 00:02:23.07\00:02:26.21 Who shall not fear you, O Lord, 00:02:26.24\00:02:28.41 and glorify your name? 00:02:28.44\00:02:29.98 for you alone are holy: 00:02:30.01\00:02:31.45 for all nations shall come and worship before you; 00:02:31.48\00:02:34.62 for your judgments have been manifested. " 00:02:34.65\00:02:37.19 James: Okay, so, 00:02:37.22\00:02:38.55 first verse introduces the seven last plagues, 00:02:38.59\00:02:41.42 the wrath of God... the plagues of God... 00:02:41.46\00:02:43.39 which is going to be the subject of chapter 16, 00:02:43.43\00:02:45.63 but then there's an aside, there's a pause, if you will, 00:02:45.66\00:02:48.83 and then in verses 2, 3 and 4, John goes back now 00:02:48.86\00:02:53.30 and kind of summarizes this everlasting gospel 00:02:53.34\00:02:57.14 in the context of the song of Moses and the Lamb, 00:02:57.17\00:03:00.38 and the song of Moses and the Lamb is very specific 00:03:00.41\00:03:03.55 in relation to Revelation 14 verse 7, 00:03:03.58\00:03:06.11 now remember, Revelation 14 verse 7... 00:03:06.18\00:03:08.48 the message of the everlasting gospel is: 00:03:08.52\00:03:10.79 Fear God, give glory to Him, 00:03:10.82\00:03:13.05 the hour of His judgment is come and worship Him. 00:03:13.09\00:03:15.62 Now notice, those four things, 00:03:15.66\00:03:17.29 now notice those four things here in verse 4, 00:03:17.33\00:03:20.60 pause... 00:03:20.63\00:03:22.00 verse 3 says, "Who shall not... " 00:03:22.03\00:03:24.27 that they sing a song of Moses and the Lamb 00:03:24.30\00:03:26.00 and then in verse 4 it says, "Who shall not fear thee, 00:03:26.03\00:03:28.70 and glorify thy name? 00:03:28.74\00:03:30.84 for all nations shall come and worship you; 00:03:30.87\00:03:33.44 for your judgments are made manifest. " 00:03:33.48\00:03:35.98 Fear God... give glory to Him... 00:03:36.04\00:03:37.55 the hour of His judgment is come... and worship Him. 00:03:37.58\00:03:39.75 See that? 00:03:39.78\00:03:41.12 Ivor: And notice, back in verse 2 00:03:41.15\00:03:43.79 you have a few things. 00:03:43.85\00:03:45.65 James: Okay, bring that up, bring that up. 00:03:45.72\00:03:47.06 Ivor: You have those who got the victory over the beast, 00:03:47.09\00:03:49.42 his image, the mark... and the number of his name. 00:03:49.46\00:03:54.20 The four things that we related to the first four commandments. 00:03:54.26\00:03:57.43 James: Yes! Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:03:57.47\00:03:58.80 Ivor: It's like it's... it's just poetic, as it were, 00:03:58.83\00:04:02.14 picture... of those who are... 00:04:02.20\00:04:07.38 remember the last six commandments dealing with man... 00:04:07.44\00:04:11.45 but the first four... dealing with God, 00:04:11.48\00:04:13.62 you have these... these sets of four, 00:04:13.65\00:04:15.72 right, and this is what Moses... 00:04:15.75\00:04:18.79 and this is what John the Revelator is bringing out here 00:04:18.82\00:04:21.19 as he connects four... four... 00:04:21.22\00:04:26.26 those who overcome these four things 00:04:26.29\00:04:28.16 by doing these four things. 00:04:28.20\00:04:29.90 James: And just for our Viewers' sake, for those who... 00:04:29.93\00:04:32.20 who may not see the "four connection... " 00:04:32.23\00:04:34.30 in a previous program 00:04:34.34\00:04:35.67 we connected those four aspects of overcoming 00:04:35.70\00:04:38.07 to the first four commandments, 00:04:38.11\00:04:39.44 that was beautiful, powerful stuff. 00:04:39.47\00:04:41.14 Yvonne: So the song of Moses would be a song of deliverance 00:04:41.18\00:04:44.35 from bondage, is that...? 00:04:44.41\00:04:46.21 Ivor: Exactly, so when you think about the... 00:04:46.25\00:04:48.88 when did they sing the song of Moses 00:04:48.92\00:04:50.25 back in the Old Testament? 00:04:50.29\00:04:51.62 James: After they came through... 00:04:51.65\00:04:52.99 Ivor: After they came... after they were delivered 00:04:53.02\00:04:55.52 by the blood of the Lamb, 00:04:55.56\00:04:58.13 they crossed the Red Sea, 00:04:58.19\00:05:00.70 and when they get on the other side, 00:05:00.73\00:05:02.73 it's the song of Moses. 00:05:02.76\00:05:04.10 James: "I will sing unto the Lord, 00:05:04.13\00:05:05.47 for He has triumphed gloriously: 00:05:05.50\00:05:06.84 the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea. " 00:05:06.87\00:05:08.77 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:05:08.80\00:05:10.14 Ivor: Yes, yeah, so, those who sing the song of Moses... 00:05:10.17\00:05:13.71 is really simple... are the ones that cross over. 00:05:13.74\00:05:17.68 When Jesus comes again, the skies part 00:05:17.71\00:05:21.88 just like the Red Sea parted and the "Divine Moses" 00:05:21.92\00:05:25.15 the Moses of Heaven... Jesus... the deliverer... 00:05:25.19\00:05:28.36 comes and He leads us through the skies, 00:05:28.39\00:05:32.36 we get to the other side, and we sing the song of Moses. 00:05:32.39\00:05:36.50 James: And He comes as the White Horse Rider... 00:05:36.53\00:05:38.97 and the three other horses of Revelation 6, 00:05:39.00\00:05:40.47 the black horse... the red horse of persecution... 00:05:40.50\00:05:43.14 the black horse of compromise 00:05:43.20\00:05:44.54 and the pale horse of death... destroying our faith 00:05:44.57\00:05:46.51 are all conquered by Christ. 00:05:46.54\00:05:47.94 Ivor: That's right... James: The white horse rider, 00:05:47.98\00:05:50.05 we're connected with the white horse so the rider... 00:05:50.08\00:05:51.95 the horse and its rider has been thrown into the sea 00:05:52.01\00:05:54.45 the multitudes and peoples and nations of this earth... 00:05:54.48\00:05:56.55 the seas that the whore sits on 00:05:56.58\00:05:58.35 and we'll talk about that a little bit more... 00:05:58.42\00:05:59.75 have been conquered by Christ. 00:05:59.79\00:06:01.12 Ivor: Yes. Yvonne: Amen. 00:06:01.16\00:06:02.49 James: So the picture is all there... 00:06:02.52\00:06:03.86 the song of Moses is all there... 00:06:03.89\00:06:05.23 the symbolism of that all comes down to our time 00:06:05.26\00:06:07.30 delivered by the blood of the Lamb. 00:06:07.33\00:06:08.66 Ivor: That's right. 00:06:08.70\00:06:10.03 James: It's a beautiful picture. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:06:10.07\00:06:11.40 James: And so, as we get through now to Revelation chapter 15 00:06:11.43\00:06:14.94 and verses 5 through 8, 00:06:15.00\00:06:16.67 there's something that's taking place here, 00:06:16.71\00:06:18.11 Jason, can you read those verses for us? 00:06:18.14\00:06:19.47 Jason: Sure, "And after that I looked, and behold, 00:06:19.51\00:06:22.14 the temple of the tabernacle 00:06:22.18\00:06:23.95 of the testimony in heaven was opened: 00:06:23.98\00:06:25.88 And the seven angels came out of the temple, 00:06:25.91\00:06:28.32 having the seven plagues, clothed in pure and white linen, 00:06:28.35\00:06:31.79 and having their breasts girded with golden girdles. 00:06:31.82\00:06:35.39 And one of the four beasts gave unto the seven angels 00:06:35.42\00:06:38.93 seven golden vials full of the wrath of God, 00:06:38.96\00:06:41.53 who liveth for ever and ever. " 00:06:41.56\00:06:43.77 And you said to eight? James: Yes. 00:06:43.80\00:06:45.93 Jason: Okay, "And the temple was filled with smoke 00:06:45.97\00:06:48.20 from the glory of God, and from his power; 00:06:48.24\00:06:50.87 and no man was able to enter into the temple, 00:06:50.91\00:06:53.44 till the seen plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled. " 00:06:53.48\00:06:56.91 James: All right, so here is a more detailed picture 00:06:56.95\00:06:59.58 of the wrath of God 00:06:59.61\00:07:01.58 being prepared to be poured out on to the earth 00:07:01.62\00:07:04.42 and one of the key points here in relation to this 00:07:04.45\00:07:07.22 is that the temple is filled with smoke 00:07:07.26\00:07:09.79 and no man can enter into the temple, 00:07:09.82\00:07:12.29 Jesus Christ is in the heavenly temple right now, 00:07:12.33\00:07:15.16 He's in the Most Holy Place of the heavenly Sanctuary, 00:07:15.23\00:07:17.27 and He is mediating for us there 00:07:17.30\00:07:20.27 so, right now, according to Hebrews 4, 00:07:20.30\00:07:22.40 we can come with boldness to the throne of grace 00:07:22.44\00:07:26.01 where we can find grace and mercy in this time 00:07:26.07\00:07:29.61 and help in our time of need. 00:07:29.64\00:07:31.48 We can enter into the temple by faith 00:07:31.51\00:07:34.18 but when probation closes, 00:07:34.22\00:07:36.42 when the plagues begin to be poured out, 00:07:36.45\00:07:38.82 when there is no more mediation, when the gospel's gone, 00:07:38.85\00:07:42.26 everyone's made a decision and the earth is being harvested, 00:07:42.29\00:07:45.49 in that time, no man can enter into the temple 00:07:45.53\00:07:48.56 that's what this is referring to, 00:07:48.60\00:07:50.17 it's referring to a time when we no longer have an intercessor, 00:07:50.20\00:07:52.67 when we no longer can enter into that temple, 00:07:52.70\00:07:54.54 the High Priest has exited the temple 00:07:54.60\00:07:56.74 and He's returning for His people. 00:07:56.77\00:07:58.84 Ivor: Some good point-out, I want to add something to that 00:07:58.87\00:08:03.24 in a... this is a good verse that actually lets us know that 00:08:03.28\00:08:07.58 you know... 00:08:07.62\00:08:11.15 people don't die and go to heaven right now, 00:08:11.19\00:08:16.32 right, it is not until the plagues are poured out, 00:08:16.36\00:08:22.50 Jesus comes again to redeem His people 00:08:22.53\00:08:25.27 that, as a whole, humanity enters the temple, 00:08:25.33\00:08:27.80 we know that there are exceptions of course, 00:08:27.84\00:08:30.31 Jesus... the 24 Elders... 00:08:30.34\00:08:32.21 but as a whole, we're talking about humanity 00:08:32.24\00:08:35.28 and we will be able to enter that temple 00:08:35.31\00:08:38.28 when Jesus comes again to deliver us from our sins, 00:08:38.31\00:08:42.08 okay, or deliver us from... 00:08:42.15\00:08:43.49 He's already delivered us from our sins 00:08:43.52\00:08:45.35 but to deliver us from our enemies 00:08:45.39\00:08:46.99 so, that's number one, 00:08:47.02\00:08:48.42 number two, these angels that come out of the tabernacle, 00:08:48.46\00:08:55.10 the temple of the tabernacle of the testimony, 00:08:55.13\00:08:58.10 meaning, they come out of the Most Holy Place. 00:08:58.13\00:09:01.07 Now that's significant... the seven plagues... 00:09:01.10\00:09:04.01 are... the angels of the seven plagues 00:09:04.07\00:09:07.04 are seen coming out of the Most Holy Place. 00:09:07.08\00:09:10.65 Why? well, it is because those people who receive the plagues, 00:09:10.68\00:09:19.25 are the ones that rejected the contents 00:09:19.29\00:09:22.06 of the Ark of the Covenant. 00:09:22.09\00:09:23.99 James: Okay, Gotcha... 00:09:24.03\00:09:25.86 Ivor: There's the Mercy Seat... there's the Law... 00:09:25.89\00:09:29.03 they rejected God's Law, they rejected God's mercy 00:09:29.06\00:09:32.17 and as a result of that 00:09:32.23\00:09:33.57 the curse is being poured out on them 00:09:33.60\00:09:36.20 written in the book... 00:09:36.24\00:09:37.77 and that's how it was in the Old Testament, you know, 00:09:37.81\00:09:39.87 God said, "Hey, if you don't follow these laws... 00:09:39.91\00:09:42.44 the curse that is written... 00:09:42.48\00:09:43.81 the curse that's written in the book 00:09:43.85\00:09:45.18 will be poured out upon you. " Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:09:45.21\00:09:46.88 Ivor: When we look at Revelation chapter 15, 00:09:46.92\00:09:48.85 where it's located... remember what we have covered 00:09:48.88\00:09:52.09 from Revelation 1 onward, 00:09:52.12\00:09:54.39 in Revelation chapters 1 through 11, 00:09:54.42\00:09:58.09 we have the seven churches, the seven seals, 00:09:58.16\00:10:00.30 the seven trumpets, where are they unfolding? 00:10:00.36\00:10:02.46 They're all unfolding in the Holy Place, 00:10:02.50\00:10:04.63 the Seven-branched Candlestick, 00:10:04.67\00:10:06.27 Table of Shewbread, Altar of Incense, 00:10:06.30\00:10:08.04 we get to Revelation 11:19, 00:10:08.07\00:10:10.21 we're brought into the Most Holy Place, 00:10:10.24\00:10:11.97 the temple is opened... 00:10:12.01\00:10:13.58 the temple being opened reflects the entering in, as it were, 00:10:13.61\00:10:21.02 the opening up of the Most Holy Place 00:10:21.05\00:10:23.08 now, the Most Holy Place was opened twice 00:10:23.12\00:10:25.25 on the Day of Atonement, two major times, 00:10:25.29\00:10:27.36 once when the High Priest entered 00:10:27.39\00:10:30.79 and once when he was exiting, right, 00:10:30.83\00:10:34.10 in other words, the exiting symbolized 00:10:34.13\00:10:37.17 the closing of his ministry on the Day of Atonement, 00:10:37.20\00:10:39.80 the entering signified the opening 00:10:39.83\00:10:41.74 so in Revelation 11:19, you have the opening, 00:10:41.77\00:10:45.01 in Revelation 15, He sees it opened one more time 00:10:45.04\00:10:48.91 this time, He's coming out okay, 00:10:48.94\00:10:52.88 and at the end of the Day of Atonement, 00:10:52.91\00:10:54.35 those who did not participate in the work... 00:10:54.38\00:10:56.85 in the Old Testament, those who did not participate 00:10:56.89\00:10:59.02 were cut off from the people, this is what's happening, 00:10:59.05\00:11:01.16 in other words, the entire book of Revelation 00:11:01.19\00:11:03.12 is following the pattern of the, 00:11:03.16\00:11:06.26 "Keep the Sanctuary service throughout the year... " 00:11:06.29\00:11:08.96 so towards the end of the year... Day of Atonement, 00:11:09.00\00:11:11.83 at the end of that day, the wicked were cut off, 00:11:11.87\00:11:14.67 this was happening in Revelation chapter 15 00:11:14.70\00:11:16.67 the angel comes out, 00:11:16.71\00:11:18.04 the angels come out of the Most Holy Place 00:11:18.07\00:11:20.38 having the plagues 00:11:20.44\00:11:21.78 and this is about to be the judgment 00:11:21.81\00:11:24.01 from 15 on... chapter 16... 17... 18... 19... 00:11:24.05\00:11:28.65 all you're seeing is judgment upon the wicked. 00:11:28.68\00:11:33.25 Yvonne: Hmmm... so at this point 00:11:33.32\00:11:35.46 everyone will have had an opportunity 00:11:35.52\00:11:39.63 to choose which side they're on 00:11:39.66\00:11:41.73 when probation closes, 00:11:41.76\00:11:44.20 that means that everyone has chosen, 00:11:44.23\00:11:46.97 is that correct? Ivor: Absolutely. 00:11:47.00\00:11:49.50 James: Yeah, in fact, let's look at a couple of verses on that 00:11:49.54\00:11:51.37 toward the end of the book because 00:11:51.41\00:11:52.74 what Ivor's just explaining is that really these chapters... 00:11:52.77\00:11:56.54 these next chapters that we're going to be reading 00:11:56.58\00:11:58.15 are all basically one message 00:11:58.18\00:11:59.75 and the one message that they're giving us 00:11:59.78\00:12:01.92 from different angles is justice... judgment... 00:12:01.95\00:12:04.79 plagues... wrath... and we need to define wrath... 00:12:04.82\00:12:07.99 we need to define justice because justice and judgment are 00:12:08.02\00:12:11.06 just as verily a manifestation of God's love 00:12:11.09\00:12:13.70 as is His mercy and His forgiveness, 00:12:13.73\00:12:16.06 so, if we look at this from the perspective of the 00:12:16.10\00:12:19.83 close of the book and I just want to... 00:12:19.87\00:12:21.94 us to fast forward here to Revelation 22 00:12:21.97\00:12:23.64 and look at a couple of verses 00:12:23.67\00:12:25.91 in relation to the question you asked, 00:12:25.97\00:12:28.31 "Has everyone had an opportunity, everyone had...?" 00:12:28.34\00:12:31.98 so Revelation chapter 22, Yvonne, read for us verse 11. 00:12:32.01\00:12:35.65 Yvonne: Okay... 00:12:35.68\00:12:38.25 James: 11 and 12... 00:12:38.29\00:12:40.62 Yvonne: Okay, ooops... 00:12:40.66\00:12:42.92 Jason: And by then... 00:12:42.96\00:12:46.19 by not making a decision, you've made your decision. 00:12:46.23\00:12:48.90 Ivor: Right. Yvonne: Right... right... 00:12:48.96\00:12:50.30 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still: 00:12:50.33\00:12:53.07 he who is filthy, let him be filthy still: 00:12:53.13\00:12:55.97 he who is righteous, let him be righteous still: 00:12:56.00\00:12:58.74 he who is holy, let him be holy still. 00:12:58.77\00:13:01.31 And, behold, I'm coming quickly; 00:13:01.34\00:13:03.41 and my reward is with me, to give every man 00:13:03.45\00:13:06.11 according... to give every one 00:13:06.15\00:13:07.65 according to his work. " 00:13:07.68\00:13:09.02 James: Okay, now these are really key verses 00:13:09.05\00:13:10.99 to help us to understand what we're going to go back now 00:13:11.02\00:13:13.92 and look at... in Revelation 15, 16, 17, 18, 19... 00:13:13.96\00:13:17.56 so there are two things here that we need to grab ahold of 00:13:17.59\00:13:20.70 as this book closes out, 00:13:20.73\00:13:22.43 number one is, when Jesus looks out on the whole world, 00:13:22.46\00:13:25.50 in relation to the close of probation, 00:13:25.53\00:13:27.80 He says, "You know what? 00:13:27.84\00:13:29.67 It wouldn't matter if we continued 00:13:29.70\00:13:31.97 this message of mercy and love 00:13:32.01\00:13:35.01 for another year or another month or another week 00:13:35.04\00:13:37.88 or another day, or another hour, 00:13:37.91\00:13:39.28 he that is just... is going to be just still... 00:13:39.31\00:13:42.25 he's already made his decision, he's not switching, 00:13:42.28\00:13:45.22 he that is holy is going to be holy still... 00:13:45.25\00:13:46.65 he's already made his decision, he's not going to sway, 00:13:46.69\00:13:48.79 and those that are unjust are going to remain unjust still 00:13:48.82\00:13:51.03 they're not turning either, they're settled in their... 00:13:51.06\00:13:53.19 and those that are filthy are going to remain filthy still... 00:13:53.23\00:13:55.50 this is not a proclamation that Christ is making 00:13:55.53\00:13:58.23 in relation to His determination, 00:13:58.27\00:14:00.34 it is a proclamation He's making 00:14:00.37\00:14:02.34 in relation to our determination. 00:14:02.37\00:14:03.91 Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:14:03.94\00:14:05.27 James: A message has gone to the world 00:14:05.31\00:14:06.64 and it's lightened the whole world with its glory, 00:14:06.68\00:14:08.01 Revelation 18, 00:14:08.04\00:14:09.38 and we're going to look at that some more too 00:14:09.41\00:14:11.75 because that also boys up this idea, 00:14:11.78\00:14:13.52 that's why, in the middle of all these judgments, 00:14:13.55\00:14:15.42 God reminds us, 00:14:15.48\00:14:16.82 "Hey, remember, I lighten the whole earth with my glory, 00:14:16.85\00:14:18.99 I called everyone out of Babylon, 00:14:19.02\00:14:20.96 even my people were called out of Babylon, 00:14:20.99\00:14:23.26 everyone is making a decision for or against, 00:14:23.29\00:14:26.16 so "he that is holy still... " if I continue to... 00:14:26.19\00:14:29.06 and God will only close probation 00:14:29.10\00:14:30.90 when He can actually say this. 00:14:30.93\00:14:32.67 "It doesn't matter if I kept it open for another day, 00:14:32.73\00:14:35.20 another hour, another minute, another second, 00:14:35.24\00:14:36.94 these guys have made all their decisions, 00:14:36.97\00:14:38.47 these guys have made all their decisions, 00:14:38.51\00:14:39.91 nothing's going to change, might as well close it up. " 00:14:39.97\00:14:42.11 Yvonne: I never looked at it like that, 00:14:42.14\00:14:44.51 I thought that the Lord was saying, 00:14:44.55\00:14:47.05 "wherever you are... that's where... " 00:14:47.08\00:14:49.58 but what He's saying is, 00:14:49.62\00:14:51.15 "That's where you're going to be by your determination. " 00:14:51.19\00:14:53.99 James: Yes "and nothing's going to change, 00:14:54.02\00:14:55.36 so I'm going to come quickly now I'm coming quickly. " 00:14:55.39\00:14:57.46 And here's another way of looking at that, 00:14:57.49\00:14:59.33 God will not say this 00:14:59.36\00:15:00.83 until everyone has come to the place 00:15:00.86\00:15:02.40 where they've made a decision... that is irrevocable 00:15:02.43\00:15:05.03 but God is not going to say this see... 00:15:05.07\00:15:06.94 if there's one soul that has the opportunity to repent, 00:15:06.97\00:15:10.11 and this is 2nd Peter, which, by-the-way, 00:15:10.14\00:15:12.81 2nd Peter chapter 3 is a prophetic chapter, 00:15:12.84\00:15:15.41 it's an end-time chapter, 00:15:15.44\00:15:16.98 and in 2nd Peter, the question is asked, 00:15:17.01\00:15:19.11 "Where's the promise of your fathers?" 00:15:19.15\00:15:21.72 Or the promise of our fathers from the beginning... yeah, 00:15:21.75\00:15:24.45 how come it's taking so long? What... what...? 00:15:24.49\00:15:27.12 And the answer is given, 00:15:27.16\00:15:28.52 "The Lord is longsuffering toward us, 00:15:28.56\00:15:30.46 not willing that any would perish 00:15:30.49\00:15:32.29 but that all would come to repentance. " 00:15:32.36\00:15:33.96 So, a day with the Lord is like a year 00:15:34.00\00:15:36.06 and a thousand years is like a day 00:15:36.10\00:15:37.67 and a day is like a thousand years, 00:15:37.70\00:15:39.17 with the Lord... time is not an issue with the Lord, 00:15:39.20\00:15:41.24 so, "I come quickly... " 00:15:41.27\00:15:43.10 we say, "Oh, Christ has been gone for 2,000 years. " 00:15:43.14\00:15:46.11 Well, in heaven... in heavenly time, 00:15:46.14\00:15:47.64 He's been gone for two days... 00:15:47.68\00:15:49.21 just a couple of days because for Him, 00:15:49.24\00:15:51.31 time is not the issue, souls are the issue. 00:15:51.35\00:15:54.25 But when He can come to this place, where He can say, 00:15:54.28\00:15:57.02 "There's no one that's going to change... 00:15:57.05\00:15:58.65 then I'm coming, I'm just... 00:15:58.72\00:16:00.62 I'm not even holding back now, 00:16:00.66\00:16:02.26 I am out of here... I'm down there... 00:16:02.29\00:16:03.79 there's no reason for me to wait. " 00:16:03.83\00:16:05.23 Ivor: And what's interesting, James, is that, 00:16:05.26\00:16:06.70 in Daniel 12:2... 12:1... 00:16:06.73\00:16:09.36 it talks about Michael standing up, 00:16:09.40\00:16:11.60 like, okay, He's getting ready to come, 00:16:11.63\00:16:13.80 okay, but what is it that leads so many people 00:16:13.84\00:16:17.74 to make that irrevocable decision? 00:16:17.77\00:16:19.94 It's an over-mastering delusion, 00:16:19.97\00:16:22.04 it's something that totally convinces them 00:16:22.08\00:16:24.68 "yeah, this is it," you see what I'm saying? 00:16:24.71\00:16:27.28 and so that decision, in other words, 00:16:27.32\00:16:30.09 when we get put into that time 00:16:30.15\00:16:32.69 that is going to be like no other time, 00:16:32.72\00:16:34.66 the decision... the deception will be so great 00:16:34.72\00:16:38.23 that the whole world has made up their mind. 00:16:38.26\00:16:41.46 Those that are for it and those that are against it 00:16:41.50\00:16:44.90 and so, that's the reason why even in Daniel 2, 00:16:44.93\00:16:48.30 the stone that is cut out without hands... 00:16:48.34\00:16:50.61 it smites the image on the feet, that's why... 00:16:50.64\00:16:52.91 it doesn't smite it on the head, 00:16:52.94\00:16:54.48 it doesn't smite... 00:16:54.51\00:16:55.84 it's something that occurs 00:16:55.88\00:16:57.58 within the feet of Daniel chapter 2, 00:16:57.61\00:16:59.98 that says, "Okay, stone, it's time that you are... 00:17:00.02\00:17:03.79 you are sent... " 00:17:03.82\00:17:05.15 we'll go more through that when we get into the book of Daniel 00:17:05.19\00:17:08.12 but, you kind of begin to pull all... and begin to see... 00:17:08.16\00:17:11.43 "Hmmm... that's why the stone is cut out, 00:17:11.46\00:17:14.00 aaah, that's why Michael stands up... " 00:17:14.03\00:17:16.53 because of what happens just before... 00:17:16.56\00:17:19.43 the counterfeit comes before the genuine. 00:17:19.47\00:17:22.20 James: And as we were talking about this 00:17:22.24\00:17:24.91 in the program that we thought should have been taped 00:17:24.97\00:17:26.71 in our conversation here, 00:17:26.74\00:17:28.11 we were talking about how even though that's the case, 00:17:28.14\00:17:30.98 it's our little decisions today that lead up to that 00:17:31.01\00:17:34.28 so, in 2nd Thessalonians, another prophetic chapter, 00:17:34.32\00:17:37.15 it says that the reason why we're going to be deceived 00:17:37.19\00:17:39.95 is because we don't receive the love of the truth 00:17:40.02\00:17:41.66 that we might be saved, 00:17:41.69\00:17:43.02 therefore, strong delusion comes and when it says... 00:17:43.06\00:17:45.66 it says, "God sends strong delusions," 00:17:45.69\00:17:47.03 it's not talking about God being the One... 00:17:47.06\00:17:48.46 it's talking about God allowing... 00:17:48.50\00:17:50.67 because Satan has a certain space 00:17:50.70\00:17:53.13 that he's allowed to operate in, God allows that 00:17:53.17\00:17:55.70 and the only reason we're deceived by this deception 00:17:55.74\00:17:57.77 is because we receive not the love of the truth 00:17:57.81\00:17:59.81 that we might be saved 00:17:59.87\00:18:01.21 so, that's where in our personal lives, 00:18:01.24\00:18:03.45 day by day, when the truth comes to us, 00:18:03.48\00:18:06.11 when light comes to us, 00:18:06.15\00:18:07.48 in fact, that takes us right into Revelation 16. 00:18:07.52\00:18:10.69 In Revelation 16, there's one of the plagues... 00:18:10.72\00:18:12.65 I'm going to jump forward to this plague 00:18:12.69\00:18:14.02 and I'm going to back up, 00:18:14.06\00:18:15.39 but there's one of the plagues here... that is darkness... 00:18:15.42\00:18:17.53 now I want us to read, Jason, can you read for us 00:18:17.56\00:18:19.66 Revelation chapter 16 and look at... 00:18:19.69\00:18:23.40 read verses... verse 10. 00:18:23.43\00:18:26.20 Jason: Verse 10, "And the fifth angel poured out 00:18:26.23\00:18:29.30 his vial upon the seat of the beast; 00:18:29.37\00:18:31.67 and his kingdom was full of darkness; 00:18:31.71\00:18:33.98 and they gnawed their tongues for pain... " 00:18:34.01\00:18:36.08 James: Now, quickly, the wrath of God is not necessarily 00:18:36.14\00:18:40.95 God arbitrarily inflicting but He's pulling back... 00:18:40.98\00:18:44.65 and He's allowing us to reap the consequences 00:18:44.69\00:18:46.89 it looks like God is doing it 00:18:46.96\00:18:48.49 but that's because God's angels are holding back the four winds 00:18:48.52\00:18:51.33 in Revelation 7, so we see this... 00:18:51.36\00:18:54.16 as we understand what's happening right here... 00:18:54.20\00:18:56.97 for example, 00:18:57.00\00:18:58.33 the kingdom of the beast is immersed in darkness 00:18:58.37\00:19:02.20 and it's so dark that they gnaw their tongues for pain, 00:19:02.24\00:19:05.07 well, what's this darkness all about? 00:19:05.11\00:19:07.18 Well, go back to John chapter 3 and verse 16 00:19:07.21\00:19:10.28 and this is the most precious verse of the Bible, 00:19:10.35\00:19:14.18 John 3:16, and people are familiar with it 00:19:14.35\00:19:17.05 but we want to read a little bit further on from John 3:16, 00:19:17.09\00:19:20.99 we want to read verses 17 and go all the way down 00:19:21.02\00:19:26.33 in John 3 to verse... let's see... verse 20... 00:19:26.36\00:19:31.63 so let's read verse 17 onward. 00:19:31.70\00:19:34.20 Yvonne, can you read those for us? 00:19:34.24\00:19:36.40 "For God did not send his Son into the world 00:19:36.44\00:19:38.97 to condemn the world; 00:19:39.04\00:19:40.38 but that the world through him might be saved. 00:19:40.41\00:19:41.94 He who believes in him is not condemned: 00:19:41.98\00:19:44.88 but he who does not believe is condemned already, 00:19:44.91\00:19:48.22 because he has not believed 00:19:48.28\00:19:49.62 in the name of the only begotten Son of God. 00:19:49.65\00:19:51.85 And this is the condemnation, 00:19:51.89\00:19:53.99 that light has come into the world, 00:19:54.02\00:19:56.02 and men loved darkness rather than light, 00:19:56.06\00:19:58.89 because their deeds were evil. 00:19:58.93\00:20:00.40 For every one practicing evil hates the light, 00:20:00.43\00:20:03.77 and doesn't come to the light, 00:20:03.80\00:20:05.17 lest his deeds should be exposed. " 00:20:05.20\00:20:08.70 James: And verse 21. 00:20:08.74\00:20:10.07 Yvonne: "But he who does the truth comes to the light, 00:20:10.11\00:20:13.27 that his deeds may be clearly seen, 00:20:13.31\00:20:15.48 that they have been done in God. " 00:20:15.51\00:20:17.65 James: Okay, so there's this picture 00:20:17.68\00:20:19.75 that Jesus is giving to us... 00:20:19.78\00:20:21.12 the condemnation is the rejection of light 00:20:21.15\00:20:23.82 and the embracing of darkness 00:20:23.85\00:20:25.29 so when the wrath of God is manifest, 00:20:25.32\00:20:28.02 Romans 1 says, "God... " three times it says, 00:20:28.09\00:20:30.86 God gives us up, God gives us up... 00:20:30.89\00:20:32.53 God gives us over... 00:20:32.56\00:20:34.30 so God gives us over to the things that we've chosen, 00:20:34.33\00:20:37.00 God is honoring our choice in the end, 00:20:37.03\00:20:39.47 right now He's unwilling to do that, 00:20:39.50\00:20:41.34 He's not willing that any would perish 00:20:41.37\00:20:43.14 and so He's... He's... He's pleading with us 00:20:43.20\00:20:45.51 kind of like we do with our kids, 00:20:45.54\00:20:47.41 like, oh we're praying and pleading 00:20:47.44\00:20:49.31 and pleading and praying because we want them to come... 00:20:49.34\00:20:52.11 you know what I'm saying? You can relate to that? 00:20:52.15\00:20:53.75 Parents... grandparents... 00:20:53.78\00:20:55.42 and so, but eventually when my kids get to a certain age, 00:20:55.45\00:20:59.05 I have to honor them, they're adults, 00:20:59.09\00:21:01.22 "Dad, I'm an adult... and I can make my own decisions" 00:21:01.26\00:21:04.79 and... and so I have to... 00:21:04.86\00:21:07.03 and God comes to the place where He honors our decision 00:21:07.06\00:21:09.53 He can't force us into heaven 00:21:09.56\00:21:11.23 and so, they've embraced darkness. 00:21:11.27\00:21:13.20 They didn't want the light, and so... when they back... 00:21:13.23\00:21:15.57 Ivor: They get darkness... James: They get darkness... 00:21:15.60\00:21:17.94 okay... 00:21:17.97\00:21:19.31 Ivor: In Revelation 16:2... the first plague 00:21:19.34\00:21:22.38 it actually speaks of... it says, 00:21:22.41\00:21:26.11 "The first angel went out 00:21:26.18\00:21:29.52 and poured out his vial upon the earth; 00:21:29.55\00:21:30.92 and there fell a noisome and grievous sore upon the men 00:21:30.99\00:21:33.49 which had the mark of the beast, 00:21:33.52\00:21:34.86 and upon them which worshipped the image. " 00:21:34.89\00:21:36.76 So, they're receiving this plague in their flesh 00:21:36.79\00:21:40.66 all right, it's almost as if God is saying, 00:21:40.70\00:21:42.90 "All right, you desire the flesh... 00:21:42.96\00:21:44.43 pause... 00:21:44.47\00:21:46.23 you desire the flesh... 00:21:46.27\00:21:47.74 this is the consequence of trusting in the flesh, 00:21:47.80\00:21:50.71 right, so, fifth plague... 00:21:50.74\00:21:53.11 "You wanted darkness... okay, here's darkness... " 00:21:53.14\00:21:56.28 first plague, "You wanted flesh... 00:21:56.31\00:21:58.15 you trusted in the flesh... 00:21:58.18\00:21:59.51 this is the result of trusting in the flesh 00:21:59.58\00:22:02.65 each of these plagues we see go through... 00:22:02.68\00:22:05.52 in fact... one of them... I think is plague number 3, 00:22:05.55\00:22:10.23 let's read it, yeah. 00:22:10.26\00:22:12.53 James: All right Jason, read verses... verse 8... 8 and 9... 00:22:12.56\00:22:18.13 "And the fourth angel poured out his vial upon the sun; 00:22:18.17\00:22:21.87 and power was given unto him to scorch men with fire. 00:22:21.90\00:22:25.57 And men were scorched with great heat, 00:22:25.61\00:22:27.91 and blasphemed the name of God, 00:22:27.94\00:22:29.34 which hath power over these plagues: 00:22:29.38\00:22:31.45 and they repented not to give him glory. " 00:22:31.51\00:22:34.32 James: All right, what does that what is that telling you? 00:22:34.35\00:22:35.82 The sun... 00:22:35.85\00:22:37.39 Ivor: The sun... 00:22:37.42\00:22:38.75 James: What did men want? Yvonne: Hmmm... 00:22:38.79\00:22:40.12 Ivor: What were they worshipping? 00:22:40.16\00:22:41.49 Yvonne: The sun... 00:22:41.52\00:22:43.12 Ivor: They were worshipping the sun... 00:22:43.16\00:22:44.49 James: Sun worship... Sunday. 00:22:44.53\00:22:45.86 Ivor: Yeah, "Here's the sun... " All: Hmmm... 00:22:45.89\00:22:47.33 James: So we're given as... God's giving you over... 00:22:47.36\00:22:49.00 you got the plague on the waters 00:22:49.03\00:22:51.27 and on the rivers... the turning into blood... 00:22:51.30\00:22:54.04 Ivor: "You spill the blood of the prophets... " 00:22:54.07\00:22:56.47 James: God is giving them blood to drink... 00:22:56.50\00:22:58.84 Ivor: Yeah, verse 5... "I heard the angel of the waters say, 00:22:58.87\00:23:01.44 Thou art righteous, O Lord, 00:23:01.48\00:23:02.81 which art, and wast, and shall be... " 00:23:02.84\00:23:04.58 remember that term... 00:23:04.61\00:23:06.05 "because thou has judged thus. 00:23:06.08\00:23:10.39 For they have shed the blood of the saints and prophets, 00:23:10.42\00:23:13.05 and thou has given them blood to drink; for they are worthy. " 00:23:13.09\00:23:15.59 This is the plague 00:23:15.62\00:23:16.96 where the drinking waters are turned to blood. 00:23:16.99\00:23:18.93 James: It's consequential... these plagues are consequential 00:23:18.96\00:23:21.56 in other words, they're not arbitrary... 00:23:21.63\00:23:23.06 God is simply handing us over to things we've chosen, 00:23:23.10\00:23:25.90 He's honoring our choices, 00:23:25.93\00:23:27.27 "We want darkness, we want sun worship, 00:23:27.30\00:23:28.64 we want to spill other people's blood, 00:23:28.67\00:23:30.17 we want to trust in the flesh... " 00:23:30.21\00:23:31.54 here are the consequences of all of that. 00:23:31.57\00:23:33.01 Yvonne: Wow! James: Yeah... Ivor: Yeah. 00:23:33.04\00:23:34.68 James: So it's really important 00:23:34.71\00:23:36.11 for us to understand this principle 00:23:36.14\00:23:37.48 when it comes to the wrath of God 00:23:37.51\00:23:38.85 because sometimes we look at God in an arbitrary sense, 00:23:38.88\00:23:42.92 we don't look at Him as... as... 00:23:42.98\00:23:44.45 now, recognize this though this is still punishment 00:23:44.49\00:23:47.46 God could just... He could just make all of this go away, 00:23:47.52\00:23:51.26 but He doesn't... He treats us as human beings 00:23:51.29\00:23:53.80 not as animals... 00:23:53.83\00:23:55.16 He recognizes that we do have choice 00:23:55.20\00:23:57.03 that we have made choices and He honors those choices 00:23:57.07\00:23:59.53 and that's to treat us as human beings with free choice. 00:23:59.57\00:24:01.97 Ivor: Now I'll tell you, the sixth plague 00:24:02.00\00:24:05.27 is, to me, one of the best plagues ever 00:24:05.31\00:24:08.51 and let me tell you why. 00:24:08.54\00:24:10.51 James: Yeah, please do... 00:24:10.55\00:24:12.41 Yvonne: That's an oxymoron, right, that's an oxymoron. 00:24:12.48\00:24:15.38 Ivor: I love this plague... so Revelation 16:12, right, 00:24:15.42\00:24:18.95 says, "The sixth angel poured out his vial 00:24:18.99\00:24:23.19 upon the great river Euphrates; 00:24:23.22\00:24:24.59 and the water thereof was dried up, 00:24:24.63\00:24:26.80 that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. " 00:24:26.86\00:24:29.73 James: Hmmm... 00:24:29.76\00:24:31.10 Ivor: So, we have to go back to the Old Testament 00:24:31.13\00:24:32.63 to figure out what's going on here, right, 00:24:32.67\00:24:34.94 and this is the story of Cyrus, right, 00:24:35.00\00:24:37.24 who dried up the river Euphrates 00:24:37.27\00:24:41.88 and the purpose of the river's drying up, 00:24:41.91\00:24:46.72 God's purpose was to set the captives free. 00:24:46.75\00:24:49.78 James: I love it. 00:24:49.82\00:24:52.19 Ivor: Okay, so, this is so interesting... 00:24:52.22\00:24:54.76 the Bible says that Cyrus would descend into the deep 00:24:54.79\00:24:59.39 so, Isaiah 44 verse 16, I believe it is, 00:24:59.43\00:25:04.20 he would descend into the deep and he would open the gates 00:25:04.23\00:25:07.70 and the gates would not be shut, 00:25:07.74\00:25:10.01 end of Isaiah 44, beginning of Isaiah 45... 00:25:10.04\00:25:12.57 you know what Jesus did on the cross? 00:25:12.61\00:25:14.74 He descended into the deep and opened the gates of the grave 00:25:14.78\00:25:20.22 to provide a way of escape from death, 00:25:20.25\00:25:23.92 so this 6th plague is actually a plague on death. 00:25:23.95\00:25:27.96 Yvonne: Hmmm... James: Hmmm... hmmm... 00:25:27.99\00:25:31.19 Ivor: It's a plague on death, in fact, in Hosea 00:25:31.23\00:25:33.60 chapter 13, let's find that very quickly, 00:25:33.63\00:25:39.00 Hosea chapter 13 verse 14. 00:25:39.03\00:25:40.74 James: And as you're going there, 00:25:40.77\00:25:42.10 "Thus saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, 00:25:42.14\00:25:46.31 he'll perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, 00:25:46.34\00:25:49.41 Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, 00:25:49.44\00:25:51.28 Thy foundation shall be laid. " 00:25:51.31\00:25:52.85 James: Jerusalem is the heavenly Jerusalem, 00:25:52.88\00:25:54.78 it's got... it includes God's people 00:25:54.82\00:25:56.25 so Cyrus has come to deliver us to build us. 00:25:56.28\00:25:59.35 Ivor: Not only that, 00:25:59.42\00:26:01.16 but he is the one that allowed the Jews to go to Jerusalem. 00:26:01.22\00:26:06.80 Guess what Jesus is coming to do? 00:26:06.83\00:26:09.03 He's drying up the deep, 00:26:09.06\00:26:10.60 He's opening the gates of the graves, 00:26:10.63\00:26:13.70 to set His people free 00:26:13.74\00:26:16.81 so that they can go to the heavenly Jerusalem. 00:26:16.84\00:26:18.77 Look at Hosea 13 verse 14. 00:26:18.81\00:26:20.88 Jason: Okay, "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; 00:26:20.91\00:26:25.11 I will redeem them from death: 00:26:25.15\00:26:27.28 O death, I will be thy plagues; 00:26:27.32\00:26:29.88 O grave, I will be thy destruction: 00:26:29.92\00:26:32.39 repentance shall be hid from mine yes. " 00:26:32.42\00:26:35.62 Ivor: Yes, yes, yes, yes, this is... this is God 00:26:35.66\00:26:38.23 because the very next plague, the seventh plague, it is done, 00:26:38.26\00:26:40.96 right, so this plague, you know, 00:26:41.00\00:26:43.90 it's the plague on death itself. James: I love it. 00:26:43.93\00:26:48.90 Ivor: It's a plague on death itself. 00:26:48.94\00:26:50.94 Is it your favorite plague? Yes... 00:26:50.97\00:26:52.94 the last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. 00:26:52.97\00:26:56.54 James: Which verse? Ivor: 1st Corinthians... 00:26:56.58\00:27:00.05 Yvonne: So each of these plagues addresses an enemy. 00:27:00.08\00:27:02.52 Ivor: That's right. 00:27:02.55\00:27:04.09 Yvonne: Huh, so, when it talks about the wrath of God 00:27:04.12\00:27:08.92 and the winepress, back in... Revelation 14:19. 00:27:08.96\00:27:13.76 Ivor: Oh, by-the-way, I'm sorry, 00:27:13.80\00:27:15.20 let me add this in here because I know we're running out of time 00:27:15.23\00:27:17.93 remember how we talked about 00:27:17.97\00:27:19.43 the three unclean spirits like frogs, 00:27:19.47\00:27:22.07 they're counterfeiting the plague... 00:27:22.10\00:27:24.44 they're counterfeiting this resurrection 00:27:24.47\00:27:27.28 so that's why it comes right after... 00:27:27.31\00:27:30.05 John says, "I saw three unclean spirits. " 00:27:30.08\00:27:32.18 They're about to counterfeit this miracle. 00:27:32.21\00:27:34.25 Yvonne: Wow! we got to pick this up in our next program. 00:27:34.28\00:27:36.52 Ivor: Yeah. 00:27:36.55\00:27:37.89 James: We are running out of time. Ivor: Yes. 00:27:37.92\00:27:39.52 James: You need to let our Viewers know 00:27:39.55\00:27:40.89 how they can get ahold of us if they have any questions. 00:27:40.92\00:27:43.93 Jason: They should send their questions to: sss@3abn. org 00:27:43.96\00:27:47.10 James: sss@3abn. org 00:27:47.13\00:27:49.26 yeah, this is... we'll pick up where we left off here 00:27:49.30\00:27:51.63 because we'll just finish this chapter 00:27:51.67\00:27:53.20 and then we'll jump into Revelation chapter 17, 00:27:53.23\00:27:56.47 it's going to be a good one. 00:27:56.50\00:27:57.94 Yvonne: Hmmm... yeah. James: Good. 00:27:57.97\00:27:59.34