Does the book of revelation
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tell us anything
about the Muslim faith
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and the religion of Islam?
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And it's a truth that
the Book of Revelation
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records that its
author, the Apostle John,
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is on record of eating a book.
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And if so, why?
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And what about
those two mysterious
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witnesses that are found
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in the 11th
chapter of Revelation,
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they are also called prophets.
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They are said to be both killed
and resurrected back to life.
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Are these literal prophets
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or is God trying to
tell us something different?
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These questions and
more will be answered
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in this edition of the
Sabbath School Study Hour.
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We're so glad that
you've decided to join us,
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and we pray that
this will be a blessing
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as we continue to study
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that exciting
prophetic book of Revelation.
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Well, with that being said,
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let's ask the Lord to
be with us as we pray.
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Father in heaven,
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we want to thank
You for the opportunity
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to be able to come together,
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want to thank You for all
those who are both locally here
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in the Sacramento,
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Granite Bay
Seventh-day Adventist Church,
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as well as those
who are watching online
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on the different
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I want to pray
that You will bless
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each and every one of
us that You will guide us
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with Your spirit as
we claim that promise
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that Your Spirit will
guide us into all truth
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as we come to Your
Word with an open heart.
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Please bless our
teacher today as well.
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In Jesus name, we
pray these things.
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Amen.
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I'd like to
introduce our teacher today,
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which is Pastor John
Ross, one of our local pastors.
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As he teaches
us, we want to pray
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and wish him all
of God's blessings.
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God bless you, Pastor Ross.
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Thank you, Pastor Shawn.
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Good morning, everyone.
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And welcome to
Sabbath School Study Hour.
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Our study through
the entire quarter
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has been on the
Book of Revelation.
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Today, we're
going to be delving in,
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well, probably one of the
most interesting and complicated
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and may even had difficult parts
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of this prophetic book.
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We're going to be talking
about the seven trumpets.
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Now if you're following
along in your lesson quarterly,
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we're on lesson number seven.
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And it's simply
entitled "The Seven Trumpets."
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If you have your lesson
quarterly, it's page 52.
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We have a memory verse
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that we find right at
the top of our lesson.
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It comes from
Revelation chapter 10.
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And I'd like to
read that to you.
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It's Revelation 10:7, a
very important verse it says,
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"But in the days of the sounding
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of the seventh angel,
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when is about to sound,
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the mystery of
God will be finished,
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as He declared unto
His servants the prophets."
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Couple of things
to note in this verse,
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it's talking about the
sounding of the seventh trumpet.
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It says when the seventh trumpet
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is about to sound, a
mystery will be revealed,
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a mystery that was
given to the prophets.
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Now the question we
want to ask this morning is,
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well, what is that mystery?
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Who was the prophet
that had that mystery?
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And what does that have to do
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with the sounding
of the seventh trumpet?
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Some very important information
that we want to study today
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on Sabbath afternoon
in our lesson quarterly.
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We have the third paragraph
on the introduction section.
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I'd like to read that
because that sets the stage
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for our study today.
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The last paragraph says
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the vision of the seven trumpets
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shows that throughout history
God already has intervened
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on behalf of
His oppressed people
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and has judged
those who harm them.
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The purpose of
the seven trumpets
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is to show God's people
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that heaven is not
indifferent to their sufferings.
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Now in the Book of Revelation,
we have a series of sevens.
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You can see if you
can help me out with this.
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We begin by reading
about Revelation chapter 2, 3,
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we have the seven what?
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Seven churches.
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And then if you read a
little further, in chapter 6,
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we have something
called the seven seals.
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Very good.
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And then chapter 8 and 9,
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we read about
the seven trumpets.
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The seventh trumpet,
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we don't read about
until Revelation chapter 11,
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beginning verse 15.
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We'll talk about
the significance there.
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But the seven churches,
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the seven seals
and the seven trumpets,
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cover roughly
the same time period.
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It's the Christian era,
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beginning with the first century
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and then going all the
way through to the time
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in which we are now living.
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So when you look
at the seven churches,
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the church of
Ephesus was the church
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of the first century,
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the church that
describes the Christian church
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at the time that John
wrote the Book of Revelation.
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You look at the seventh
church in Revelation chapter 3,
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it's called the
church of Laodicea,
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it's spiritually lukewarm.
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It really describes
the condition of the church
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even today.
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When you look
at the seven seals,
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you see something similar.
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The first seal
represents the gospel
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going forth
victorious and powerful,
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and then if you
look at the sixth seal,
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it brings you right up to
the second coming of Christ.
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And it's not until
you get to Revelation 8:1,
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we have the opening
of the seventh seal,
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and that's what we're
going to start with today.
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So if you have your Bibles,
turn to Revelation chapter 8,
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and we're going to
start reading here,
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Revelation chapter 8,
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we're going to finish the seals
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and then we're going to
move on into the trumpets.
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Revelation chapter 8 and
we're going to begin in verse 1,
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Revelation chapter 8,
beginning then in verse 1.
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It says, "When He had
opened up the seventh seal,
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there was silence in heaven
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for about a
space of half an hour."
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So the seventh seal is open.
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What happens just
before the seventh seal opens?
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You have Revelation chapter 7
which talks about the 144,000,
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those that the seal
of God in their foreheads
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and you remember that
chapter 7 of Revelation,
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as we discussed last week,
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is really an
answer to the question
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that's asked at
the end of chapter 6.
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Chapter 6 brings you up
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to the opening
of the sixth seal,
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brings you right up to
the second coming of Jesus,
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and a question is asked
in Revelation chapter 6.
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If you look in verse 17,
it says, Revelation 6:17,
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"For the great day
of His wrath has come
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and who shall be able to stand."
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So the sixth seal brings you up
to the second coming of Jesus,
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a question is asked
who's going to be able to stand
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when Jesus comes again.
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That question is answered
in Revelation chapter 7.
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It describes a group of
people that have the seal of God
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in their foreheads.
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Yes, they are the ones
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who will stand when Jesus comes.
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Then in chapter 8, we go back
to finish up with the seals.
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And when the seventh
seal is open, verse 1,
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it says "There's
silence in heaven
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about the space
of a half an hour."
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Why is there silence in heaven?
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Well, that's because most
of the inhabitants of heaven
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have left.
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Where have they gone?
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Well, if you look
at the sixth seal,
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it talks about the
second coming of Jesus.
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I mean, Jesus
comes the second time,
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who comes with Jesus?
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All the angels.
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So Jesus and all the
angels have left heaven,
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they've come to the earth.
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It's the second coming,
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Jesus come to
gather the righteous,
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thus there is silence
in heaven about the space
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of a half an hour.
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Now time prophecies
in the Book of Revelation
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are rather significant
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we actually have a
specific time period
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given here about the
space of a half an hour.
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And now we need
to do a little math,
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it's not too complicated,
but let me walk you through it.
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The Bible tells us
that one prophetic day
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is equal to one literal year.
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You get the principle?
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One prophetic day is
equal to one literal year.
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A Hebrew year had 360 days.
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So keep that number in mind.
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And a day has 24 hours.
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It had 24 hours back
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at the time of
the Old Testament,
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it has 24 hours today.
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So if we take a year, 360 days,
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and we divide it by 24
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because there's
silence in heaven
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about the space
of a half an hour,
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so we begin by
dividing it by 24,
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we end up with 15 days.
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That would be roughly
the equivalent to one hour,
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about 15 days.
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How long is there
silence in heaven?
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It says about the
space of a half an hour.
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So we take the 15
days and we cut it in half
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and we come up
roughly with about seven days.
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So the Bible tells us
there is silence in heaven
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for about seven
days when Jesus comes.
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So does that means
it takes seven days
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to go from heaven to
earth and then back to heaven.
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Well, of course,
Jesus and the angels,
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they could be
here instantaneously,
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but it does give us the idea
that the journey back to heaven
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seems to take about seven days.
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There are some things that
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Jesus wants to
reveal to the redeemed
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on their way back to heaven.
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I'm not quite
sure what it is that
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God wants to reveal or
Christ wants to reveal to us
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as we journey back to heaven.
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But I'm sure as we
travel those seven days
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back to the golden city,
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our anticipation is growing
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because there is somebody
waiting for us in heaven.
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Who's waiting for us in heaven?
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God the Father.
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And Jesus is about
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to introduce us face
to face to his father,
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that journey
from Earth to heaven
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about the period of seven days.
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So that's the
opening of the seventh seal
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rather interesting.
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Okay, now gears
shift just a little
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and we get into the trumpets.
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If you look in verse 2
all the way through to verse 6
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sets the stage or
is the introduction
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to the sounding of
the seven trumpets.
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Trumpets, back in Bible times,
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were often used as
announcements for war,
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or judgment,
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or calling people's
attention to something,
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perhaps a general
assembly, a trumpet would sound.
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You remember when
judgment came upon Jericho,
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back in the Old Testament,
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there were angels that
marched in front of the ark
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and they sounded
on silver trumpets,
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they sounded actually...
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they were the
ram's horn trumpets.
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They sounded trumpets.
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They were a sign of
judgment that was about to come.
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So these trumpets
represent certain judgments
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that come upon the earth.
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Now we have the
introduction to that.
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The point that I
just want you to note,
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we don't have time
to read all the verses
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in chapter 8 and 9,
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I wish we did,
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but we'd never get
through chapter 10 and 11
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if we did so.
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So I'm just going to
give you the high points.
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What I want you to
notice then is the imagery
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of where this takes place.
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Look at verse 2 and 3,
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it says, "And I
saw seven angels,
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who stood before God,
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and to them were
given seven trumpets.
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Then another angel,
having a golden censer,
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came and stood by the altar,
and he was given much incense
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that he should offer it
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with the prayers
of all the saints
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upon the golden altar
which is before the throne."
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Now the earthly sanctuary
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is a shadow of the
heavenly sanctuary,
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and the earthly sanctuary,
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there were three
articles of furniture
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in the first compartment
known as the holy place,
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the table of showbread,
the seven-branch candlestick,
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and our altar of incense.
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Now what John is
seeing here in Revelation
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is a description of
the heavenly sanctuary.
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Where about in
the heavenly sanctuary
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does John see these
things taking place?
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In the first compartment,
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the holy, or in
the most holy place,
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which is the second compartment,
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where do you find
the altar of incense?
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In the first
compartment or the second?
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You find it in the first
compartment of the sanctuary.
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So these judgments
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were to take place on the earth,
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the sounding of the trumpets,
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the judgments take
place on the earth.
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They had to take place
before probation closes,
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before there is a transition
from the first compartment
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to the second compartment,
that's important to note.
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Incidentally,
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when the seventh trumpet sounds,
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that we're going to read
about in Revelation chapter 11,
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suddenly we see
the Ark of the Covenant
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in the temple of God in heaven.
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Where is the
Ark of the Covenant?
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In the most holy place.
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So between the
sounding of the sixth trumpet
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and the sounding of
the seventh trumpet,
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there is a shift of
focus in the heavenly sanctuary
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from the first compartment
into the second compartment.
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All right, put that
in the back of your mind,
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we'll come back to it
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when we get to
Revelation chapter 11,
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but that's an
important part to note.
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Now what does
this altar of incense
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and the smoke that ascends
from the altar represent?
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Well, the Bible goes on
to tell us, verse 4 says,
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"The smoke of the incense,
with the prayers of the saints,
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ascended before God."
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So the altar of incense
and the smoke represents
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the prayers of the saints.
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But then in verse 5
and 6, there is a change,
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an angel takes some of
the fire from the altar,
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he puts it in the censer,
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but he does not add any incense.
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He takes it
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and he throws it
down to the earth.
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So Bible scholars
are recognizing this
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that the next
sounding of the trumpets
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are judgments that
come upon the wicked.
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There is no incense
mingled with the fire.
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It's just fire.
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Fire is often a
symbol of judgment
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that God brings upon the wicked.
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So with that as the background,
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let's take a look at
the first of the trumpets.
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You find this in verse 7.
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Revelation 8:7,
it's just one verse.
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It says, " The
first angel sounded,
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and hail and fire
followed, mingled with blood,
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and it was thrown to the earth.
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And a third of the
trees were burnt up
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and all the green
grass was burnt up."
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Now Getting into the trumpets,
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probably the most descriptive
and detailed prophetic imagery
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that you'll find
anywhere in the book Revelation.
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When we get to chapter 9,
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describes into the
fifth and the sixth trumpet,
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talks about these locusts,
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and it says that
they breathe fire
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and their tails are
like the tails of scorpions,
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and they wear crowns,
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and their hair is
like the hair of woman,
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all kinds of very detailed
descriptions it's given.
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So it's a rather deep
study, the seven trumpets.
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But what does this
first trumpet represent?
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This fire been
thrown into the earth.
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It says it burns up
the trees and the grass.
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Well, a number of
Bible scholars recognize this
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as an act or at least
prophecy concerning the judgment
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and act of judgment
that came upon Israel,
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specifically Jerusalem,
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for the role that they
played in crucifying Jesus.
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Notice it talks about
the trees being burnt up.
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You can read about
this, in Luke chapter 23,
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when Jesus was taken to Calvary
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and he was being
led by the Romans
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and they were beating
Jesus and pushing Jesus
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and He had been
carrying the cross
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and He had stumbled
onto the weight of the cross.
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And Simon had taken the cross
and was carrying it for Jesus,
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and the procession made
its way through Jerusalem
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towards Calvary.
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The Bible says in
Luke chapter 23 there
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that there were some women,
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people of Jerusalem,
that wept when they saw
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what the Romans
were doing to Jesus.
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And Jesus stopped and He said
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to these women
that were weeping,
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"Daughters of
Jerusalem, don't weep for Me,
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but weep for yourselves,"
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and then He goes on to say,
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"If they, "meaning the Romans,
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"do this when the tree is green,
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what will they do
when the tree is dry?"
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Now that's a cryptic
statement made by Jesus.
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He says don't weep for Me,
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but He says weep for you
and your children for if they,
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the Romans are doing this to Me
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and to the Jews
during the green tree,
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what will happen during the dry?
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While the green tree there
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represents the probationary time
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that God had given
to the nation of Israel.
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After the resurrection of Jesus,
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remember the gospel primarily
went to the Jews in Jerusalem
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for the next 3.5 years,
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until the stoning
of Stephen in 34 AD,
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which was the fulfillment
of the 490 year prophecy
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in Daniel chapter 9,
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that probationary time
period that God had given
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to the Jewish
leadership, the Jewish nation,
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in particular, to
receive the gospel
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that came to an end in 34 AD
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at the stoning of Stephen.
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God then withdrew His
protection from the city,
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from Jerusalem, and
what did the Romans do
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in the dry tree after
that probationary time period
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when God's
protection was withdrawn?
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Well, we just need to go
back and look at history.
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In 70 AD, the Romans
came, surrounded Jerusalem,
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and there was a
terrible slaughter.
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As one historian put it,
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he said there was so
much death and destruction
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at the temple
that blood flowed down
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the temple stairs like water.
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And the inhabitants
in Jerusalem were killed.
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Now, of course, the Christians
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who understood
these words of Jesus,
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especially the
prophecies given in Matthew 24,
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they saw the signs
that Christ had given,
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and they fled from Jerusalem
before its final destruction.
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But hearing the first
trumpet, many Bible scholars
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see this as a
fulfillment of judgment
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that came upon
Jerusalem there in 70 AD.
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Okay, now looking
at the second trumpet.
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This is verse 8.
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It says, "Then the
second angel sounded
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and something
like a great mountain
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burning the fire
was thrown into the sea,
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and the third of the
sea became as blood."
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I want you to
notice the parallel,
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at least the imagery
that we have of the trumpet
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as related to the plagues.
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It talks about the
sea turning to blood.
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Both of these are the judgments,
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the plagues and the
trumpets are both judgments
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that come up on the earth.
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Now in the Bible,
in the Old Testament,
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Jeremiah chapter 51,
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it talks about a
nation being represented
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by a great mountain,
even a burning mountain
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or a destroying
mountain which we read about
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in Isaiah 51:25.
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So it says this
mountain is thrown into the sea.
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Many Bible scholars
see this as judgment
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that came upon Rome
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for the role that they
played in crucifying Jesus.
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The first trumpet is judgment
that came upon Jerusalem,
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the second trumpet is
judgments that came upon Rome,
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and they have identified this
as the attack of the Vandals.
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Now if you can get a
picture of Europe in your mind,
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you know where Italy
is and where Rome is.
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The Vandals
migrated from the east
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through what is now
France down into Spain.
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They crossed the Mediterranean
and they went to North Africa,
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at the time,
controlled by the Roman Empire.
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And they
established a headquarters
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in a place Carthage
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which was on the
shore of the Mediterranean.
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And they organized a very
powerful navy of pirate ships
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that preyed
against the Roman shipping.
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And they went out
and they destroyed
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large portions
of the Roman navy,
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and they pillaged even
the city of Rome in 445,
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I believe it
is, that the Vandals
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actually entered
into the city of Rome
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and vandalized the city,
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thus the name the vandals
goes along with what they did.
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And so some have seen
in the second trumpet,
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the description of
judgment that comes upon Rome
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for the part that they
played in crucifying Jesus.
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All right, then we
go to the third trumpet.
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You all still with me?
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Just wait until
we get to chapter 9.
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Okay, verse 10 says,
"And the third angel sounded,
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and a great
star fell from heaven
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burning like a torch
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and it fell on the
third of the rivers
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and the springs of water."
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Now here's a big clue.
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In Bible prophecy, what
do stars often represent?
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Angels.
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We know that from Revelation 12,
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we also know that
from Revelation chapter 1.
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Here is an angel, but
it has fallen from heaven.
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Can you give a
name to the Angel?
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What angel fell from heaven?
00:21:09.40\00:21:11.40
Lucifer.
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Jesus said, "I saw Satan
fall as lightning from heaven."
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So here is an angel coming
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or has been
kicked out from heaven,
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he falls to the earth,
he's burning like a torch...
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he almost gives
the idea of an asteroid
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of some kind
coming towards the earth.
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"It fell on the rivers
and the springs of water."
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Notice that the
second trumpet sounds,
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there is a burning
mountain that falls in the sea,
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the third trumpet sounds,
and there is this burning star
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that falls on the rivers
and the springs of water.
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What's the difference
00:21:40.43\00:21:41.43
between the sea
and rivers and springs?
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Well, of course,
rivers and springs,
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that's fresh
water, that gives life,
00:21:46.40\00:21:49.20
whereas the sea
could represent multitudes,
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and nations, and kindreds
and tongues, Revelation 17:15.
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So here we have this false angel
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bringing error or lies
00:21:58.18\00:22:00.62
and diluting the
truth of God's Word.
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So we see falsehood
coming into the church.
00:22:04.05\00:22:07.26
Again, many scholars recognize
this as during the dark ages,
00:22:07.29\00:22:11.53
Satan after the legalization
of Christianity in 3:13
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and a Constantine
bringing into Christiandom,
00:22:15.00\00:22:17.90
a number of errors
00:22:17.93\00:22:19.23
and pagan rituals and practices,
00:22:19.27\00:22:21.37
even to the point where those
00:22:21.40\00:22:22.87
who are wanting to be
faithful to the Word of God,
00:22:22.90\00:22:25.61
during this time period,
00:22:25.64\00:22:26.74
suffered persecution
from religious leaders
00:22:26.78\00:22:30.25
in the church.
00:22:30.28\00:22:31.85
So the truth of
God was corrupted
00:22:31.88\00:22:33.78
and that leads you into,
what we know as, the dark ages,
00:22:33.82\00:22:37.65
a time of
persecution that came upon those
00:22:37.69\00:22:40.56
who wanted to be
true to God's Word.
00:22:40.59\00:22:42.69
Verse 11 gives
the name for the star,
00:22:42.72\00:22:44.69
it's called Wormwood.
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Wormwood is a bitter
herb back in Bible times.
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It represents a poisoning
of the truth of God's Word.
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Some have also seen in this,
00:22:53.34\00:22:55.14
another one of those
barbarian tribes the Huns
00:22:55.17\00:22:57.67
under the
leadership of Attila the Hun
00:22:57.71\00:22:59.91
that brought havoc
to the Western Rome
00:22:59.94\00:23:03.88
and the attacks by the Huns.
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Then we find in verse 12,
"The fourth angel sounded,
00:23:06.48\00:23:10.25
and a third of
the sun was struck,
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and a third of the moon,
and a third of the stars,
00:23:12.35\00:23:15.46
so that a third of
them were darkened."
00:23:15.49\00:23:18.16
Now we have three
symbols found here in verse 12,
00:23:18.19\00:23:21.06
the sun, the
moon, and the stars.
00:23:21.10\00:23:24.77
In Bible prophecy,
00:23:24.80\00:23:26.00
what does the
sun often represent?
00:23:26.03\00:23:29.00
Represents Jesus.
00:23:29.04\00:23:30.37
The Bible tells us
that, "The sun," S-U-N,
00:23:30.41\00:23:32.51
"of righteousness shall arise
with healing in his wings."
00:23:32.54\00:23:36.64
So a third of
the sun is darkened,
00:23:36.68\00:23:39.88
and the third of the moon...
00:23:39.91\00:23:41.55
what does the moon
represent in Bible prophecy?
00:23:41.58\00:23:43.89
In Revelation chapter 12,
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.85
you have a picture of a
woman clothed with the sun,
00:23:45.89\00:23:48.99
she's clothed in the
righteousness of Jesus,
00:23:49.02\00:23:51.23
she's standing upon the moon.
00:23:51.26\00:23:53.60
Where does the
moon get its light?
00:23:53.63\00:23:56.23
It gets its light from the sun.
00:23:56.26\00:23:58.13
It reflects the
light of the sun.
00:23:58.17\00:24:00.14
Where do we get
00:24:00.17\00:24:01.30
the clearest
reflection of Jesus today?
00:24:01.34\00:24:05.34
In His Word, right?
00:24:05.37\00:24:07.54
In His Word.
00:24:07.58\00:24:08.61
What is the church
to be founded upon?
00:24:08.64\00:24:11.48
The Word of God.
00:24:11.51\00:24:13.15
So when it says a third
of the sun was darkened,
00:24:13.18\00:24:15.48
a third of the moon was
dark, and a third of the stars,
00:24:15.52\00:24:18.79
who are the 12
stars representing
00:24:18.82\00:24:21.39
that make up the
crown of the woman
00:24:21.42\00:24:23.66
in Revelation chapter 12
00:24:23.69\00:24:25.23
that's clothed with the
sun and standing upon the moon?
00:24:25.26\00:24:28.23
Twelve is the number
00:24:28.26\00:24:29.30
often
associated with the church.
00:24:29.33\00:24:31.33
In the Old
Testament, it's the 12 tribes.
00:24:31.37\00:24:33.17
But in the New Testament,
it represents the 12 apostles,
00:24:33.20\00:24:35.80
the teaching of the apostles.
00:24:35.84\00:24:38.51
So a number of scholars
have seen in this trumpet
00:24:38.54\00:24:40.68
a description of the dark ages
where the truth of who Jesus is
00:24:40.71\00:24:44.75
and what His ministry is for us
00:24:44.78\00:24:46.85
in the heavenly sanctuary
00:24:46.88\00:24:48.45
was darkened from
the minds of people.
00:24:48.48\00:24:51.12
The truth of
God's word was darkened,
00:24:51.15\00:24:53.86
Bibles were chained to
the walls of monasteries
00:24:53.89\00:24:56.93
and the common people
couldn't read the Bible.
00:24:56.96\00:24:58.89
They didn't have the
Bible in their own language.
00:24:58.93\00:25:01.16
It was even
against the law to possess
00:25:01.20\00:25:03.63
even a page of the
Bible, and the teachings,
00:25:03.67\00:25:07.07
the gospel of salvation by faith
00:25:07.10\00:25:09.17
or by grace through
faith delivered by the apostles
00:25:09.20\00:25:12.67
was hidden from
the minds of people.
00:25:12.71\00:25:14.98
And so they see
00:25:15.01\00:25:16.01
in this sounding of the trumpet,
00:25:16.04\00:25:18.05
this fourth
trumpet, the dark ages,
00:25:18.08\00:25:21.28
which parallels will
be seen with the seals
00:25:21.32\00:25:23.92
and also
parallels what we studied
00:25:23.95\00:25:25.52
so far with the churches.
00:25:25.55\00:25:27.72
So in quick summary of
what we've looked at so far,
00:25:27.76\00:25:31.19
the first
sounding of the trumpet
00:25:31.23\00:25:32.99
represents judgment
that came upon Rome in 70 AD.
00:25:33.03\00:25:36.93
The second trumpet,
00:25:36.97\00:25:38.13
a burning mountain
can represent judgment
00:25:38.17\00:25:40.97
that came upon
Rome by the vandals
00:25:41.00\00:25:43.41
between 428 AD and 468 AD,
00:25:43.44\00:25:47.18
the falling of
the star represents
00:25:47.21\00:25:49.71
a compromising of the
truth after Christianity
00:25:49.74\00:25:52.95
was legalized in
313 AD and onwards,
00:25:52.98\00:25:56.38
as well as the
attacks of the Huns,
00:25:56.42\00:25:59.02
highlighted in 451AD,
with their attacks upon Rome.
00:25:59.05\00:26:04.46
And the sun,
moon, and stars darkened
00:26:04.49\00:26:07.13
represents the
Middle Ages or the dark ages
00:26:07.20\00:26:09.96
where the truth of
God's Word of Jesus,
00:26:10.00\00:26:12.47
the teaching of the apostles
was hidden from the minds
00:26:12.50\00:26:15.67
and the eyes of the people.
00:26:15.70\00:26:17.77
So that's the
first four trumpets.
00:26:17.81\00:26:21.51
Are you all together?
00:26:21.54\00:26:23.51
All right, hope you
got your seatbelt fastened
00:26:23.55\00:26:25.58
because now we're
going to chapter 9.
00:26:25.61\00:26:28.05
We're going to be looking
00:26:28.08\00:26:29.08
at two of the most
detailed description
00:26:29.12\00:26:30.85
of the trumpets
in Revelation 9:1
00:26:30.89\00:26:36.12
is where we have the
sounding of the next trumpet,
00:26:36.16\00:26:38.73
the fifth and then we
have the sixth trumpet
00:26:38.76\00:26:43.57
sounding in verse 13.
00:26:43.60\00:26:45.20
So we're not going to be
00:26:45.23\00:26:46.27
able to read
through all of this.
00:26:46.30\00:26:47.34
We just won't have enough time.
00:26:47.37\00:26:48.47
But let me
hopefully give you enough
00:26:48.50\00:26:49.94
so that you can study
this further on your own
00:26:49.97\00:26:52.07
about these various trumpets.
00:26:52.11\00:26:54.71
Starting in
verse 1, Revelation 9,
00:26:54.74\00:26:57.75
beginning verse 1,
00:26:57.78\00:26:59.18
it says "And the
fifth angel sounded,
00:26:59.21\00:27:01.02
and I saw a star fallen
from heaven to the earth."
00:27:01.05\00:27:04.19
Oh, wait a minute,
00:27:04.22\00:27:05.55
we've just read about a
star falling from heaven.
00:27:05.59\00:27:07.76
Who does that star represent?
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.03
Represents Lucifer,
00:27:10.06\00:27:11.26
represents the devil
bringing something to the earth.
00:27:11.29\00:27:14.50
So here again, we have
a star fallen from heaven.
00:27:14.56\00:27:17.57
And it says, the
last part of verse 1,
00:27:17.60\00:27:19.30
"To him, it was given a
key to the bottomless pit."
00:27:19.33\00:27:22.57
We're going to talk
more about the bottomless pit
00:27:22.60\00:27:24.17
when we get to
Revelation chapter 20,
00:27:24.21\00:27:25.81
but it represents
the domain of Satan,
00:27:25.84\00:27:28.51
it represents
emptiness or desolation
00:27:28.54\00:27:31.05
or just Satan's control,
00:27:31.08\00:27:33.98
Satan's kingdom, Satan's power.
00:27:34.02\00:27:36.89
Now the star fallen from heaven,
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.25
we've already
identified as being Satan,
00:27:38.29\00:27:40.46
the fact that he has a
key and he let something
00:27:40.49\00:27:43.66
loose from the bottomless pit.
00:27:43.69\00:27:45.89
Some have seen in this
that God has allowed Satan
00:27:45.93\00:27:48.53
to release
something upon the earth
00:27:48.56\00:27:51.33
as the sounding of the trumpet,
00:27:51.37\00:27:52.73
and we'll find out what
that is in just a minute.
00:27:52.77\00:27:55.14
If you look at verse 2,
00:27:55.17\00:27:56.20
it says "And he
opened the bottomless pit
00:27:56.24\00:27:57.71
and smoke arose out of the pit
00:27:57.74\00:28:00.11
like the smoke
of a great furnace."
00:28:00.14\00:28:03.21
Now smoke in Bible
prophecy can represent
00:28:03.24\00:28:05.58
more than one thing.
00:28:05.61\00:28:07.52
Early in the
beginning of chapter 8,
00:28:07.55\00:28:09.92
smoke was
offered with the incense
00:28:09.95\00:28:12.35
representing the
prayers of the saints,
00:28:12.39\00:28:15.12
but smoke can also represent
error or lies, deception.
00:28:15.16\00:28:20.23
You can read about
that in the Old Testament,
00:28:20.26\00:28:22.00
Isaiah 9:18,
00:28:22.03\00:28:23.83
talks about wickedness
and describes it as smoke.
00:28:23.87\00:28:27.54
So here, this
fallen angel unlocks
00:28:27.57\00:28:30.37
or releases wickedness
or lies upon the earth.
00:28:30.41\00:28:35.34
They come from
the bottomless pit
00:28:35.38\00:28:37.08
from his kingdom, his domain.
00:28:37.11\00:28:39.75
And as a result of that,
if you read on in verse 2,
00:28:39.78\00:28:41.95
it says, "The sun
and the air were darkened
00:28:41.98\00:28:44.45
because of the
smoke of the pit."
00:28:44.49\00:28:46.82
The smoke
represents errors and lies.
00:28:46.86\00:28:48.72
What does the sun represent?
00:28:48.76\00:28:51.39
Jesus.
00:28:51.43\00:28:52.73
What does the air represent?
00:28:52.76\00:28:56.30
Sometimes, in Bible prophecy,
00:28:56.33\00:28:57.70
air is a symbol
of the Holy Spirit.
00:28:57.73\00:28:59.77
Remember on
Pentecost and the upper Rome,
00:28:59.80\00:29:03.07
where the Holy Spirit
came upon the disciples
00:29:03.10\00:29:04.81
in tongues of fire,
00:29:04.84\00:29:05.84
it says there was sound
of a mighty rushing wind.
00:29:05.87\00:29:09.54
So there was
something released by the devil
00:29:09.58\00:29:12.25
that misrepresented
00:29:12.28\00:29:13.95
who Jesus is and misrepresented
the work of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:13.98\00:29:19.79
The Holy Spirit is the
one that brings conviction.
00:29:19.82\00:29:22.52
The Holy Spirit brings
the new birth experience.
00:29:22.56\00:29:25.53
The Holy Spirit
00:29:25.56\00:29:26.59
is the third
person of the Godhead.
00:29:26.63\00:29:28.23
So there was
something around this time
00:29:28.26\00:29:30.10
that was to be
released upon the earth
00:29:30.13\00:29:33.07
that took
something away from Christ
00:29:33.10\00:29:35.04
and His
ministry and also clouded
00:29:35.07\00:29:37.21
the work of the Holy Spirit.
00:29:37.24\00:29:38.34
Now many Bible scholars,
not just recent scholars
00:29:38.37\00:29:41.68
but those that
they back all the way
00:29:41.71\00:29:43.41
to the time of Martin Luther
and the Reformers recognize
00:29:43.45\00:29:47.35
that in this
fifth and sixth trumpet
00:29:47.38\00:29:50.69
was the rise and
the expansion of Islam.
00:29:50.72\00:29:53.89
The first trumpet
is the rise of Islam
00:29:53.92\00:29:56.32
during the time of Muhammad.
00:29:56.36\00:29:58.09
And I'd like to read to you
00:29:58.13\00:29:59.39
just a little
bit of the background
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.43
as to how Islam arose.
00:30:01.46\00:30:04.23
It says, "Muhammad
was born in 570 AD, "
00:30:04.27\00:30:06.94
that's the time period,
"in the Arabian city of Mecca.
00:30:06.97\00:30:10.67
His mother was Aminah, who
was a Christian," interesting.
00:30:10.71\00:30:15.18
"But she died when
he was six years old,
00:30:15.21\00:30:17.18
and he was brought up
under the care of his uncle.
00:30:17.21\00:30:20.12
He later worked as a
merchant and a shepherd
00:30:20.15\00:30:22.82
and was first
married at the age of 25.
00:30:22.85\00:30:25.72
This content with life in Mecca,
00:30:25.75\00:30:27.62
he retreated to a
cave in the surrounding
00:30:27.66\00:30:29.72
mountains of
Medina for reflection.
00:30:29.76\00:30:32.33
According to Islamic beliefs,
it was here at the age of 40,
00:30:32.36\00:30:36.46
in the month of Ramadan,
00:30:36.50\00:30:38.47
where he received the
first of many visions.
00:30:38.50\00:30:42.70
Three years after this,
Muhammad started proclaiming
00:30:42.74\00:30:45.34
these revelations
00:30:45.37\00:30:46.41
that he had received
in the cave publicly.
00:30:46.44\00:30:49.38
Muhammad gained
few followers early on
00:30:49.41\00:30:51.91
and was met with hostility
from the inhabitants of Mecca.
00:30:51.95\00:30:56.89
He finally moved
with his few followers
00:30:56.92\00:31:00.22
to Medina in 622 AD.
00:31:00.26\00:31:04.36
In Medina, Muhammad
united the conflicting tribes,
00:31:04.39\00:31:08.10
and after eight
years of fighting
00:31:08.13\00:31:09.83
with the Meccan tribes,
00:31:09.86\00:31:11.73
he conquered
Mecca without bloodshed.
00:31:11.77\00:31:14.14
In 632, Muhammad
fell ill and died.
00:31:14.17\00:31:18.71
When he was born,
00:31:18.74\00:31:19.71
Arabia was a collection
of quarrelsome tribes.
00:31:19.74\00:31:23.68
When he died, it
was a single nation
00:31:23.71\00:31:25.85
prepared to
rapidly expand its borders
00:31:25.88\00:31:28.88
and strengthen its religion.
00:31:28.92\00:31:31.69
So this fifth
trumpet has been identified
00:31:31.72\00:31:33.99
as the rise of Islam
during the time of Muhammad
00:31:34.02\00:31:36.99
and shortly after his death,
00:31:37.03\00:31:38.69
primarily
centered around Arabia.
00:31:38.73\00:31:41.33
So before Muhammad was born,
00:31:41.36\00:31:43.77
Arabia consisted
of different tribes
00:31:43.80\00:31:46.17
and they fought
amongst themselves,
00:31:46.20\00:31:47.74
there was a whole
lot of different beliefs
00:31:47.77\00:31:49.57
and different deities
that have been worshipped,
00:31:49.60\00:31:51.97
Muhammad was able to pull
these various tribes together
00:31:52.01\00:31:55.04
and bring them all
united in this belief,
00:31:55.08\00:31:58.71
this religion that
he had helped establish,
00:31:58.75\00:32:02.08
and that's the rise of Islam.
00:32:02.12\00:32:04.02
Part of the belief,
Mohammed and others,
00:32:04.05\00:32:06.52
was that religion
was to be enforced
00:32:06.55\00:32:10.06
using military strength,
00:32:10.09\00:32:12.33
and Mohammed did lead
armies on many occasions
00:32:12.36\00:32:15.26
and enforced
those that he conquered
00:32:15.30\00:32:17.47
to become Muslims
00:32:17.50\00:32:19.03
and to adopt
these various beliefs.
00:32:19.07\00:32:21.40
Now right there,
we see a conflict
00:32:21.44\00:32:23.54
with true
Christianity or true belief.
00:32:23.57\00:32:26.61
Did Jesus ever force
anybody to worship him?
00:32:26.64\00:32:30.35
Of course not.
00:32:30.38\00:32:32.05
The exercise of force
00:32:32.08\00:32:33.58
is concrete to
the nature of God,
00:32:33.62\00:32:35.42
and God can't accept
worship that is forced.
00:32:35.45\00:32:38.45
Only worship that
comes from a heart of love
00:32:38.49\00:32:40.99
is accepted to God,
00:32:41.02\00:32:42.82
so if somebody forces
you to worship a certain way,
00:32:42.86\00:32:45.73
you can know for sure
that that is not true worship.
00:32:45.76\00:32:48.40
That is a false
worship that is been enforced
00:32:48.43\00:32:51.47
by the prince of this world.
00:32:51.50\00:32:53.94
And then it goes to
describing great detail.
00:32:53.97\00:32:56.71
Rise of this
movement goes all the way
00:32:56.74\00:32:59.84
through talking
about the description
00:32:59.87\00:33:02.01
of what the horses looked like
00:33:02.04\00:33:03.58
that they we use for
battle in the mighty army
00:33:03.61\00:33:05.85
that went up
conquering and so on.
00:33:05.88\00:33:08.12
And that brings you all
the way down to verse 12.
00:33:08.15\00:33:10.32
And again, we don't have time
00:33:10.35\00:33:11.42
to look at all the details here,
00:33:11.45\00:33:12.52
but hopefully, you can
read through that again
00:33:12.55\00:33:14.46
this afternoon.
00:33:14.49\00:33:15.79
Verse 12 says, "One woe is past.
00:33:15.82\00:33:17.93
Behold, still
two woes are coming."
00:33:17.96\00:33:20.63
Then we go to verse 13,
00:33:20.66\00:33:22.36
and we have the
sounding of the sixth angel.
00:33:22.40\00:33:25.83
Verse 16 says,
"And I heard the voice
00:33:25.87\00:33:28.60
from the four horns
of the golden altar,
00:33:28.64\00:33:32.01
which are before God."
00:33:32.04\00:33:33.41
Were about...
00:33:33.44\00:33:34.48
Are we in the
heavenly sanctuary,
00:33:34.51\00:33:36.61
we're still in
the first compartment,
00:33:36.64\00:33:38.85
it's just talking
about the golden altar
00:33:38.88\00:33:40.38
that is the altar of incense.
00:33:40.42\00:33:41.98
We haven't yet moved
into the Most Holy place.
00:33:42.02\00:33:44.29
Verse 14 says,
"Saying to the sixth angel
00:33:44.32\00:33:47.36
who had the trumpet
release the four angels
00:33:47.39\00:33:49.66
who are bound on the
great river Euphrates."
00:33:49.69\00:33:52.56
Now just to give
you a little background
00:33:52.59\00:33:54.13
of what we're talking
about here, this trumpet,
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.53
the sixth trumpet
has been identified
00:33:56.56\00:33:58.33
as the expansion of
Islam under the Ottoman Empire
00:33:58.37\00:34:01.67
or the Ottoman Turks,
00:34:01.70\00:34:03.64
talks about four
angels that are bound
00:34:03.67\00:34:05.41
on the river Euphrates.
00:34:05.44\00:34:07.24
These four angels
have been identified
00:34:07.28\00:34:09.41
as symbolizing the four
Sultans of the Ottoman Empire
00:34:09.44\00:34:14.68
or of Turkey.
00:34:14.72\00:34:15.92
That capitals of which
was in Baghdad, Damascus,
00:34:15.95\00:34:18.45
Aleppo, and Iconium,
00:34:18.49\00:34:20.32
they were converted to Islam
and they use their military
00:34:20.36\00:34:23.96
to expand Islam
as far as they could.
00:34:23.99\00:34:27.46
Of course, as you
know, based on history,
00:34:27.50\00:34:29.10
they were able
to conquer turkey,
00:34:29.13\00:34:31.23
what is present day Turkey
to expand all the way down
00:34:31.27\00:34:34.24
into parts of India,
00:34:34.27\00:34:36.57
as far over to the east
as a number of different West
00:34:36.60\00:34:40.68
or Eastern European nations
that fell under the control
00:34:40.71\00:34:44.48
of the Turkish
Empire, the Ottoman Empire.
00:34:44.51\00:34:46.98
And that's
what's being described
00:34:47.02\00:34:48.22
here under the sixth angel.
00:34:48.25\00:34:49.32
Now there is an interesting
time period that's given,
00:34:49.35\00:34:52.62
and you find this in verse
15, and I'm going to read it,
00:34:52.65\00:34:55.96
it says, "The four angels
00:34:55.99\00:34:57.09
who had been
prepared for an hour..."
00:34:57.13\00:34:59.36
This is Revelation Chapter 9:15,
00:34:59.39\00:35:02.33
"They were
prepared for an hour, a day,
00:35:02.36\00:35:06.30
a month and a year,
00:35:06.33\00:35:09.20
and then they were released
to kill a third of mankind."
00:35:09.24\00:35:12.34
Now again, we
have prophetic time.
00:35:12.37\00:35:14.08
So what does this mean?
00:35:14.11\00:35:15.51
It says they
were to be released.
00:35:15.54\00:35:18.05
There was a time
period for a year.
00:35:18.08\00:35:20.98
There are 360
days in Hebrew year,
00:35:21.02\00:35:23.65
so that would
literally represent
00:35:23.69\00:35:25.49
360 literal years a month.
00:35:25.52\00:35:29.19
There were 30
days in a Hebrew month.
00:35:29.22\00:35:31.36
So that would be 30 years a day.
00:35:31.39\00:35:34.23
That would be one year.
00:35:34.30\00:35:36.03
And it says an hour
that would be about 15 days.
00:35:36.06\00:35:41.44
As we've already studied.
00:35:41.47\00:35:43.54
We're talking about a
total time period here
00:35:43.57\00:35:45.51
of 391 years and 15 days.
00:35:45.54\00:35:50.55
Now the significance
of this time prophecy
00:35:50.58\00:35:52.71
was really brought to
view in the early 1800s
00:35:52.75\00:35:56.35
when these
prophecies were being studied.
00:35:56.38\00:35:58.82
There was a Millerite preacher,
00:35:58.85\00:36:00.69
was a
contemporary of William Miller.
00:36:00.72\00:36:02.56
Of course, William Miller
was talking about time prophecy
00:36:02.59\00:36:05.46
and studying the book of Daniel.
00:36:05.49\00:36:07.30
And based upon his
study of Revelation chapter 9,
00:36:07.30\00:36:10.10
he came to the conclusion
based on this time period
00:36:10.13\00:36:13.30
that the Ottoman
Empire or the Turkish Empire
00:36:13.34\00:36:16.37
would eventually surrender
to the Christian nations
00:36:16.40\00:36:19.54
of Western Europe,
00:36:19.57\00:36:21.18
and he gave a specific time
based on this time prophecy.
00:36:21.21\00:36:25.01
Let me read it to you.
00:36:25.05\00:36:26.25
It says, "The
significance of this time period
00:36:26.28\00:36:28.15
was brought to
view when Josiah Litch,
00:36:28.18\00:36:30.09
a Millerite preacher predicted
00:36:30.12\00:36:31.89
that based on the time prophecy,
00:36:31.92\00:36:33.99
the Turkish Empire would submit
00:36:34.02\00:36:36.12
to the nations
of Western Europe,
00:36:36.16\00:36:38.43
and he gave the date
on August the 11, 1840.
00:36:38.46\00:36:42.56
Now this was this prediction
was made before August 1840.
00:36:42.60\00:36:48.00
His prediction was
perfectly fulfilled.
00:36:48.04\00:36:51.31
Yes, indeed, on August 11, 1840,
00:36:51.34\00:36:54.38
the Turkish
Empire did surrender.
00:36:54.41\00:36:56.98
The Ottoman Empire did surrender
00:36:57.01\00:36:58.68
to the Western
nations of Europe,
00:36:58.71\00:37:01.22
thus validating this
time prophecy prediction.
00:37:01.25\00:37:04.42
So based on a study thus far,
00:37:04.45\00:37:06.09
we find ourselves up
to around the early 1800s,
00:37:06.12\00:37:10.26
1840 to be exact,
based on this time prophecy.
00:37:10.29\00:37:14.36
Then the rest of chapter 9,
00:37:14.36\00:37:15.93
and we don't have time
to go into all of that,
00:37:15.96\00:37:17.63
again is a description
of the various armies
00:37:17.67\00:37:20.17
and the conquest
of the Ottoman Empire
00:37:20.20\00:37:22.87
expanding the influence of Islam
00:37:22.90\00:37:25.11
all the way up to 1840.
00:37:25.14\00:37:27.38
Now we have a pause in
the sounding of the trumpets
00:37:27.41\00:37:31.41
and something else is dealt
with in Revelation chapter 10.
00:37:31.45\00:37:35.42
But before we get to
Revelation chapter 10
00:37:35.45\00:37:37.29
and this is a good
part coming along here,
00:37:37.32\00:37:39.62
let me just remind you
of what we've learned so far
00:37:39.65\00:37:42.29
in our study of
the Book of Revelation.
00:37:42.32\00:37:43.96
You remember when
we studied the seals,
00:37:43.99\00:37:46.70
we look from
seal one to seal six
00:37:46.73\00:37:49.23
which came to
the end of chapter 6.
00:37:49.26\00:37:51.23
Then there was a pause in
the sequence of the seals.
00:37:51.27\00:37:54.27
A question was
answered in Revelation chapter 7
00:37:54.30\00:37:57.37
"The great day of
His wrath is common,
00:37:57.41\00:37:59.21
who shall be able to stand?"
00:37:59.24\00:38:00.68
The answer is
given, the 144,000,
00:38:00.71\00:38:03.31
those have the seal of
God in their foreheads.
00:38:03.35\00:38:05.68
And then in chapter 8, verse 1,
we go back to finish the seals.
00:38:05.71\00:38:10.22
And we have this
seventh seal that is open.
00:38:10.25\00:38:13.22
We see a similar thing
when it comes to the trumpets.
00:38:13.25\00:38:15.96
We have trumpet one, two,
three, four, five, and six,
00:38:15.99\00:38:19.06
then there is a pause,
additional information is given
00:38:19.09\00:38:22.06
in Revelation chapter 10,
00:38:22.10\00:38:23.97
and in the first half
of Revelation chapter 11.
00:38:24.00\00:38:27.64
And then we go back
00:38:27.67\00:38:29.00
to the sounding of the trumpets,
00:38:29.04\00:38:30.37
and we find the seventh trumpet
sounding in Revelation 11:15.
00:38:30.41\00:38:35.48
So the time period
00:38:35.51\00:38:36.78
between the sixth
and the seventh trumpet
00:38:36.81\00:38:38.81
is around 1840
based on the time prophecy
00:38:38.85\00:38:41.98
that we looked at
when the Ottoman Empire
00:38:42.02\00:38:43.95
would surrender to the
nations of Western Europe.
00:38:43.99\00:38:45.65
So that's roughly the timeframe
that we're talking about.
00:38:45.69\00:38:48.96
Now we go to
Revelation chapter 10.
00:38:48.99\00:38:51.16
Revelation chapter 10 is
a very interesting passage
00:38:51.19\00:38:55.26
not too hard to understand,
but let me read verse 1,
00:38:55.30\00:38:59.03
"I saw still
another mighty angel
00:38:59.07\00:39:02.07
coming down from heaven,
00:39:02.10\00:39:03.51
clothed with a cloud and
a rainbow was on his head.
00:39:03.54\00:39:06.98
And his face was like the sun,
00:39:07.01\00:39:08.84
and his feet
like pillars of fire."
00:39:08.88\00:39:11.15
If you look at the description
of this heavenly messenger,
00:39:11.18\00:39:13.72
the word angel means messenger,
00:39:13.75\00:39:16.18
you find a very
similar description given here
00:39:16.22\00:39:18.82
to the description
of Jesus that you find
00:39:18.85\00:39:20.72
in Revelation chapter 1.
00:39:20.76\00:39:22.49
It says his face is as the
sun, who does the sun represent?
00:39:22.52\00:39:26.80
Jesus.
00:39:26.83\00:39:27.93
There is a
rainbow upon his head.
00:39:27.96\00:39:29.66
Verse 2 says, "And
he had a little book
00:39:29.70\00:39:32.53
that was open in his hand,
00:39:32.57\00:39:34.77
and he set his
right foot upon the sea
00:39:34.80\00:39:37.04
and his left
foot upon the land."
00:39:37.07\00:39:39.71
What does the
angel have in his hand?
00:39:39.74\00:39:42.91
Is it a big book?
It's a little book.
00:39:42.94\00:39:45.21
Is the book
sealed or is it unsealed?
00:39:45.25\00:39:49.02
It's unsealed.
Why? Because it's open.
00:39:49.05\00:39:51.75
All of these are important clues
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.25
as to the identity
of what this book is.
00:39:53.29\00:39:55.86
Where did he put his
one foot? On the sea.
00:39:55.89\00:39:59.26
Where did he put his other foot?
00:39:59.29\00:40:01.26
What does the sea
represent in Bible prophecy?
00:40:01.30\00:40:03.57
Revelation 17:15.
00:40:03.60\00:40:05.70
Represents
multitudes, and nations,
00:40:05.73\00:40:07.50
and kindreds, and tongues.
00:40:07.54\00:40:09.14
From a prophetic perspective,
00:40:09.17\00:40:10.67
it represents a
densely populated Europe,
00:40:10.71\00:40:14.91
the land would represent
a sparsely populated area.
00:40:14.94\00:40:19.21
What land was coming around
or at least being discovered
00:40:19.25\00:40:24.35
and been settled around
late 1700s, early 1800s?
00:40:24.39\00:40:29.59
It was the United
States of America.
00:40:29.62\00:40:31.76
And by the way,
00:40:31.79\00:40:32.93
many of the first settlers
that came to the United States
00:40:32.96\00:40:34.93
came for religious
freedom, they were Christians.
00:40:34.93\00:40:38.23
And so here is a message
that has to go to all the world
00:40:38.27\00:40:41.17
somewhere around 1840,
00:40:41.20\00:40:43.44
this message is something to
do with a little prophetic book
00:40:43.47\00:40:46.51
that was once sealed,
but now it is unsealed.
00:40:46.54\00:40:49.41
This message is to be preached
00:40:49.44\00:40:51.05
not only in
densely populated Europe
00:40:51.08\00:40:53.82
but it is also to be preached
in sparsely populated America
00:40:53.85\00:40:57.89
at the time.
00:40:57.92\00:40:59.15
These are all clues as
to what's being described.
00:40:59.19\00:41:01.86
Now look at verse 3,
00:41:01.89\00:41:03.99
"And he cried with a loud
voice is when a lion roars."
00:41:04.03\00:41:06.59
By the way, who is
the voice of a lion?
00:41:06.63\00:41:09.10
Jesus is said to be the
lion of the tribe of Judah.
00:41:09.13\00:41:12.10
"As when a lion
roars and he cried out
00:41:12.13\00:41:14.24
and seven thunders
uttered their voices.
00:41:14.27\00:41:17.34
Now when the seven
thunders uttered their voices,
00:41:17.37\00:41:19.41
I was about to write, but
I heard a voice from heaven
00:41:19.44\00:41:22.58
saying to me,
'Seal up the things
00:41:22.61\00:41:24.68
that the seven thunders uttered
and do not write them.' "
00:41:24.71\00:41:29.32
And then verse five,
"The angel that I saw,
00:41:29.35\00:41:31.99
standing upon the
sea and upon the land,
00:41:32.02\00:41:34.39
raised his hand towards heaven."
00:41:34.42\00:41:36.79
He's making a
solemn oath, and verse six
00:41:36.83\00:41:40.36
"And swore by him who
lives forever and ever
00:41:40.40\00:41:43.16
who created the
heavens and the things
00:41:43.20\00:41:45.17
that are there in the earth,
00:41:45.20\00:41:46.50
and the things that
are there in the sea,
00:41:46.53\00:41:48.67
and the things that are there in
00:41:48.70\00:41:50.57
that there should be
time or delay no longer."
00:41:50.61\00:41:54.31
Notice the phrase,
00:41:54.34\00:41:55.34
the one who made the heavens
00:41:55.38\00:41:56.75
and the things that
are there in the earth
00:41:56.78\00:41:58.25
and the things that
are there in the sea
00:41:58.28\00:42:00.05
and the things
that are there in,
00:42:00.08\00:42:01.78
that's parallel to
the first angel's message,
00:42:01.82\00:42:04.49
that says, "Fear God
giving glory worship Him
00:42:04.52\00:42:08.62
that made the
heavens and the things
00:42:08.66\00:42:10.03
that are there in the earth,
00:42:10.06\00:42:11.23
and the things that
are there in the sea,
00:42:11.26\00:42:13.33
and the things that are there
in the fountains of water."
00:42:13.36\00:42:16.10
So here, we have a parallel
to the first angel's message
00:42:16.13\00:42:19.50
as relates to
Revelation chapter 10,
00:42:19.53\00:42:22.24
and keep that also in
the back of your mind.
00:42:22.27\00:42:24.44
All right, then
what does he say?
00:42:24.47\00:42:26.98
Verse 10, notice this.
00:42:27.01\00:42:30.08
"But in the days of the sounding
00:42:30.11\00:42:32.11
of the seventh angel,
00:42:32.15\00:42:34.25
when he's about to sound,
00:42:34.28\00:42:35.92
the mystery of God will
be finished as He's declared
00:42:35.95\00:42:39.19
unto His servants the prophets."
00:42:39.22\00:42:41.19
Now we've already
looked at the sixth trumpet,
00:42:41.22\00:42:43.16
and we looked at the time period
00:42:43.19\00:42:44.29
that brings you up to 1840.
00:42:44.33\00:42:46.39
Now this angel
with the little book
00:42:46.43\00:42:48.10
that's open in his hand says,
00:42:48.13\00:42:49.73
"When the seventh
trumpet is about to sound,
00:42:49.76\00:42:52.30
the mystery of
God will be revealed
00:42:52.33\00:42:54.97
that which was declared to
the servants the prophets."
00:42:55.00\00:42:58.07
Now the little book that's
open in the hand of the angel
00:42:58.11\00:43:00.38
is none other than
the little Book of Daniel.
00:43:00.41\00:43:03.21
Book of Daniel is a
little prophetic book.
00:43:03.24\00:43:05.85
It was sealed, but
it is now unsealed.
00:43:05.88\00:43:08.62
You're reading
Daniel chapter 12,
00:43:08.65\00:43:10.39
where Daniel gets the message.
00:43:10.42\00:43:11.82
"Seal the book
until the time of the end.
00:43:11.85\00:43:13.79
Many shall run to and fro
00:43:13.82\00:43:15.06
and knowledge
shall be increased."
00:43:15.09\00:43:16.76
The Book of Daniel had
a mysterious time prophecy
00:43:16.79\00:43:19.49
that was not understood
00:43:19.53\00:43:21.70
until the sounding
of the seventh trumpet.
00:43:21.73\00:43:25.30
Now you might be wondering
what is this seventh trumpet.
00:43:25.33\00:43:27.64
Let's quickly go to that.
00:43:27.67\00:43:28.70
Revelation
11:15, Revelation 11:15,
00:43:28.74\00:43:32.67
it says, "Then the
seventh angel sounded,
00:43:32.71\00:43:34.38
and there were loud
voices in heaven, saying,
00:43:34.41\00:43:37.05
'The kingdoms of this world
00:43:37.08\00:43:38.71
had become the
kingdoms of our Lord
00:43:38.75\00:43:39.78
and of His Christ,
00:43:39.81\00:43:40.85
and He shall
reign forever and ever.'
00:43:40.88\00:43:43.02
And the 24 elders
that sat before God
00:43:43.05\00:43:45.25
on their throne
00:43:45.29\00:43:46.29
fell on their
faces worshiping God,
00:43:46.32\00:43:47.92
saying this,
'We give you thanks,
00:43:47.96\00:43:49.86
O Lord God Almighty,
00:43:49.89\00:43:51.03
the one who is who
was and who is to come
00:43:51.06\00:43:53.86
because you have taken
your great power and reigned.' "
00:43:53.90\00:43:56.67
Notice verse 18,
what's happening on the earth,
00:43:56.70\00:44:00.04
"The nations were
angry, your wrath has come,
00:44:00.07\00:44:04.24
the time of the dead
that they should be judged..."
00:44:04.27\00:44:07.58
Notice there is a pre-Advent
judgment being described,
00:44:07.61\00:44:11.41
"And that you
should reward your servants
00:44:11.45\00:44:13.82
the prophets and the saints."
00:44:13.85\00:44:15.88
When are the servants
of God and the prophets
00:44:15.92\00:44:17.85
and the saints to be rewarded?
00:44:17.89\00:44:20.32
When Jesus
comes the second time,
00:44:20.36\00:44:22.42
so this brings you right up
to the second coming of Jesus.
00:44:22.46\00:44:25.56
Then it says, "And all
those who fear your name,
00:44:25.59\00:44:27.93
small and great,
00:44:27.96\00:44:29.00
and you should destroy
those who destroy the earth."
00:44:29.03\00:44:31.73
When are the wicked destroyed?
00:44:31.77\00:44:33.97
At the second coming of Christ.
00:44:34.00\00:44:35.70
So the sounding of
the seventh trumpet
00:44:35.74\00:44:37.41
brings you right up to
the second coming of Jesus.
00:44:37.44\00:44:40.38
Just a little bit before that,
00:44:40.41\00:44:41.88
there is a
special time of judgment,
00:44:41.91\00:44:43.95
we call that the
pre-Advent judgment.
00:44:43.98\00:44:45.65
The nations are angry,
there is a time of judgment.
00:44:45.68\00:44:48.68
The plagues
eventually are poured out.
00:44:48.72\00:44:50.79
Notice verse 19,
00:44:50.82\00:44:52.02
at the sounding of
the seventh trumpet,
00:44:52.05\00:44:53.79
"Then the temple of
God was open in heaven."
00:44:53.82\00:44:56.69
This is when the
seventh trumpet sounds,
00:44:56.73\00:44:58.86
"And the Ark of the Covenant
was seen in His temple."
00:44:58.89\00:45:03.50
Now where is the
Ark of the Covenant?
00:45:03.53\00:45:04.77
In the Holy or
the Most Holy Place?
00:45:04.80\00:45:06.84
It is in the Most Holy place.
00:45:06.87\00:45:08.80
You remember that
under the sounding
00:45:08.84\00:45:10.21
of the sixth trumpet,
00:45:10.24\00:45:11.67
we're still in
the first compartment.
00:45:11.71\00:45:14.11
But when the seventh
trumpet begins to sound,
00:45:14.14\00:45:16.75
suddenly we're in
the Most Holy place
00:45:16.78\00:45:19.18
because we can see
the Ark of the Covenant.
00:45:19.21\00:45:21.15
So there is a shift
in the ministry of Jesus
00:45:21.18\00:45:23.65
from the first
compartment ministry
00:45:23.69\00:45:25.62
into the second
compartment ministry
00:45:25.65\00:45:27.69
or the Most Holy place ministry.
00:45:27.72\00:45:30.19
Now let me finish up chapter
10 before we run out of time.
00:45:30.23\00:45:33.19
Verse 8, John then hears
a book I'll summarize it.
00:45:33.23\00:45:36.46
He hears a voice speaking to him
00:45:36.50\00:45:39.10
and the voice tells
him to take the little book
00:45:39.13\00:45:40.87
and eat it up.
00:45:40.90\00:45:41.90
It's sweet in his mouth,
but bitter in his stomach.
00:45:41.94\00:45:44.97
So John does just that,
he takes the book he eats it,
00:45:45.01\00:45:47.41
it's sweet in his mouth
but bitter in his stomach.
00:45:47.44\00:45:50.45
And then after that experience,
verse 11, "And he said unto me,
00:45:50.48\00:45:53.88
'You must prophesy
again, about before many people,
00:45:53.92\00:45:58.25
nations, tongues, and kings.' "
00:45:58.29\00:46:00.79
What does it
mean to eat the book?
00:46:00.82\00:46:02.52
To eat the book means
to receive it, to study it,
00:46:02.56\00:46:04.93
to make it your own.
00:46:04.96\00:46:06.59
And Jesus said
00:46:06.63\00:46:07.66
"Thy words were
found, and I did eat them."
00:46:07.66\00:46:09.43
Well, Jeremiah 15:16
says, "Thy words were found,
00:46:09.46\00:46:12.03
and I did eat them, and
they were onto me the joy
00:46:12.07\00:46:15.04
and the rejoicing of my heart."
00:46:15.07\00:46:16.97
To eat the book means to
study the words of Scripture,
00:46:17.01\00:46:19.31
to make it your own.
00:46:19.34\00:46:21.14
Jesus said, "Except you
00:46:21.18\00:46:22.21
eat my flesh and drink my blood,
00:46:22.24\00:46:23.71
you have no life in you."
00:46:23.75\00:46:24.81
And the disciples said,
"Lord, this is a hard thing.
00:46:24.85\00:46:26.38
What does this mean?"
00:46:26.41\00:46:27.45
Jesus said, "The
flesh profits nothing,
00:46:27.48\00:46:29.32
the words I speak to you,
they're spirit, they are power,
00:46:29.35\00:46:32.85
they are life."
00:46:32.89\00:46:34.16
So to eat the book
means to study the book,
00:46:34.19\00:46:35.86
to make it your own.
00:46:35.89\00:46:37.03
It was sweet in the mouth,
meaning based upon their study
00:46:37.06\00:46:39.83
of this little
prophetic Old Testament book,
00:46:39.86\00:46:42.36
the Book of Daniel the
book that was once sealed,
00:46:42.40\00:46:44.80
but now it's unsealed,
00:46:44.83\00:46:46.20
they came to a
certain conclusion
00:46:46.23\00:46:48.07
that was sweet and wonderful.
00:46:48.10\00:46:50.27
But when they didn't experience
00:46:50.31\00:46:51.94
what they thought was to happen,
00:46:51.97\00:46:54.01
they were bitterly disappointed.
00:46:54.04\00:46:56.34
Now John here in
Revelation chapter 10
00:46:56.38\00:46:58.98
plays the part of the
early Advent believers,
00:46:59.01\00:47:01.85
the Millerite believers,
00:47:01.88\00:47:03.72
who based upon their
study, the Book of Daniel,
00:47:03.75\00:47:06.32
came to Daniel 8:14
that spoke about 2,300 days,
00:47:06.35\00:47:10.76
then the
sanctuary shall be cleansed.
00:47:10.79\00:47:13.33
They did their
math, and they counted,
00:47:13.36\00:47:15.13
and they looked
in Daniel chapter 9,
00:47:15.16\00:47:17.43
and they realized that
this 2, 300-year time period end
00:47:17.47\00:47:21.40
or would end in 1844.
00:47:21.44\00:47:25.01
They looked at
Daniel 8:14, and it said,
00:47:25.04\00:47:27.14
"The sanctuary
shall be cleansed."
00:47:27.18\00:47:28.78
Well, they thought, the
sanctuary was the earth.
00:47:28.81\00:47:31.65
And the cleansing of
the Earth would occur
00:47:31.68\00:47:33.42
at the second coming of Christ.
00:47:33.45\00:47:35.02
Christ was to
cleanse the earth with fire,
00:47:35.05\00:47:37.05
they didn't realize
00:47:37.09\00:47:38.12
that there is a
special cleansing work
00:47:38.15\00:47:40.12
that Jesus does in
the heavenly sanctuary
00:47:40.16\00:47:42.69
in the Most Holy place
just before probation closes,
00:47:42.72\00:47:46.66
nevertheless,
based upon their study,
00:47:46.70\00:47:48.33
and Daniel 8:14 in particular,
00:47:48.36\00:47:50.17
they reached the conclusion
that Jesus was soon to come.
00:47:50.20\00:47:53.67
While when Jesus didn't
come as they had expected,
00:47:53.70\00:47:56.74
they experienced a
very bitter disappointment.
00:47:56.77\00:48:00.88
And many of those
early Advent believers
00:48:00.91\00:48:02.68
went back to the Bible
and they started studying
00:48:02.71\00:48:05.51
and searching
even more to find out
00:48:05.55\00:48:07.35
where they had gone wrong.
00:48:07.38\00:48:09.12
Then it was that
they began to realize
00:48:09.15\00:48:11.19
that they had missed
a very important truth,
00:48:11.22\00:48:14.32
the truth of the high
priestly ministry of Jesus
00:48:14.36\00:48:16.79
in the heavenly sanctuary,
00:48:16.83\00:48:18.46
as well as the
special work of cleansing
00:48:18.49\00:48:20.50
that Jesus wants
to do in the hearts
00:48:20.53\00:48:22.46
and the lives of his people,
00:48:22.50\00:48:23.83
a work of cleansing that occurs
00:48:23.87\00:48:25.23
in the heavenly
sanctuary in the earth,
00:48:25.27\00:48:27.94
in the church on the
earth, a work of cleansing,
00:48:27.97\00:48:30.37
a work of judgment that occurs
just before probation closes.
00:48:30.41\00:48:34.44
Then they came to that
understanding and then they...
00:48:34.48\00:48:36.95
Read the last
verse, "He said to me,
00:48:36.98\00:48:38.61
'You must prophesy again.' "
00:48:38.65\00:48:41.55
Suddenly they began to realize
00:48:41.58\00:48:42.92
that their work wasn't finished.
00:48:42.95\00:48:45.32
Their work had scarcely begun.
00:48:45.35\00:48:47.66
And from that early beginning,
00:48:47.69\00:48:50.13
rose up a great
worldwide movement
00:48:50.16\00:48:53.80
of which we're part,
00:48:53.83\00:48:55.63
whose mission it is to
proclaim to every nation,
00:48:55.66\00:48:58.53
kindred, tongue, and people,
the three angels' messages.
00:48:58.57\00:49:03.57
"Fear God, give Him glory,
00:49:03.61\00:49:05.94
the hour of His
judgment has come."
00:49:05.97\00:49:10.01
Now there is no
other explanation
00:49:10.05\00:49:13.38
other than the
one that I gave you
00:49:13.42\00:49:15.08
of Revelation
chapter 10 that makes sense.
00:49:15.12\00:49:18.45
If you go to your
evangelical friends,
00:49:18.49\00:49:20.06
and you ask them,
00:49:20.09\00:49:21.12
"What is Revelation
chapter 10 all about,
00:49:21.16\00:49:22.82
this eating of the book?"
00:49:22.86\00:49:24.73
they won't have a clue.
00:49:24.76\00:49:26.56
There is only one
prophetic movement
00:49:26.59\00:49:29.76
that matches the description
00:49:29.80\00:49:31.63
and the experience that we
find in Revelation chapter 10
00:49:31.67\00:49:34.87
that is the
early Advent movement
00:49:34.90\00:49:36.64
or the Millerite movement.
00:49:36.67\00:49:38.27
Revelation chapter 10
is very important for us
00:49:38.31\00:49:40.54
as Adventists to
recognize what our mission is,
00:49:40.58\00:49:43.51
what is it that God has given us
00:49:43.55\00:49:45.31
to take to the whole world.
00:49:45.35\00:49:47.98
And also, the
context that we find
00:49:48.02\00:49:49.55
in Revelation chapter 11,
00:49:49.58\00:49:50.79
we don't have time to get into
the two witnesses, hopefully,
00:49:50.82\00:49:53.02
you can study a little
bit further bio on yourself,
00:49:53.05\00:49:56.02
but the context
of the two witnesses
00:49:56.06\00:49:58.63
you find in verse 1,
00:49:58.66\00:50:00.00
it's still in the
context of judgment.
00:50:00.03\00:50:01.96
I was given a read,
and I was to measure those
00:50:02.00\00:50:04.30
that worship in the temple.
00:50:04.33\00:50:05.70
So we're in
this time of judgment
00:50:05.73\00:50:08.10
that takes place
just before Jesus comes.
00:50:08.14\00:50:12.14
Well, as I look at the clock,
00:50:12.17\00:50:13.24
I can see that
we are out of time
00:50:13.27\00:50:14.98
for our lesson today.
00:50:15.01\00:50:16.48
That was an ambitious project
to try and cover the trumpets
00:50:16.51\00:50:19.28
Revelation chapter 10
and even a little bit of 11
00:50:19.31\00:50:22.18
all in 50 minutes.
00:50:22.22\00:50:23.45
But hopefully, I've
been able to give you
00:50:23.49\00:50:25.45
just an overview of
these very important truths.
00:50:25.49\00:50:29.09
I'd like to thank
those who joined us today,
00:50:29.12\00:50:31.09
and I hope that you'll
join us again next week
00:50:31.13\00:50:33.43
as we continue our study
in the Book of Revelation.
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We're here on
the beautiful coast
00:51:21.64\00:51:23.28
of the island of Puerto Rico.
00:51:23.31\00:51:25.15
And if you were to travel east
about 2000 miles, of course,
00:51:25.18\00:51:28.32
you'd be out in the
middle of the ocean.
00:51:28.35\00:51:30.25
But you'd also be in
the middle of a mystical sea
00:51:30.29\00:51:32.65
called the Sargasso Sea.
00:51:32.69\00:51:34.76
It gets its name
00:51:34.79\00:51:35.82
because of this
common ground seaweed
00:51:35.86\00:51:38.89
that can be found
floating in vast mass.
00:51:38.93\00:51:42.10
The area of the Sargasso
Sea is about 700 miles wide
00:51:42.13\00:51:46.10
and 2, 000 miles long.
00:51:46.13\00:51:48.37
Now the seaweed
itself is fascinating stuff.
00:51:48.40\00:51:51.17
It was first observed
00:51:51.21\00:51:52.21
and called gulfweed
by Christopher Columbus.
00:51:52.24\00:51:54.64
It gets the name
Sargassum from the Portuguese.
00:51:54.68\00:51:57.21
Some people use it
as herbal remedies.
00:51:57.25\00:51:59.25
But out in the
middle of the Sargasso Sea,
00:51:59.28\00:52:01.72
the water is some of
the bluest in the world,
00:52:01.75\00:52:04.22
it's there you can see
200 feet deep in places.
00:52:04.25\00:52:07.86
It also has a great
biodiversity and ecosystem
00:52:07.89\00:52:10.66
that surrounds the Saragoss Sea.
00:52:10.69\00:52:13.06
For years, scientists
wondered where the American
00:52:13.09\00:52:15.40
and the Atlantic
eels were breeding.
00:52:15.43\00:52:17.80
They knew the adult eel
swam down the rivers out
00:52:17.83\00:52:20.17
into the Atlantic,
00:52:20.20\00:52:21.27
but they never
could find the place
00:52:21.30\00:52:22.47
where they reproduced.
00:52:22.50\00:52:23.77
Finally, they
discovered it was out
00:52:23.81\00:52:25.31
in the middle of
the Sargasso Sea.
00:52:25.34\00:52:27.68
So it's a fascinating place.
00:52:27.71\00:52:29.41
But if you are
an Ancient sailor,
00:52:29.44\00:52:31.05
you did not want
to get stuck there.
00:52:31.08\00:52:35.55
Being caught in the
doldrums was extremely difficult
00:52:35.58\00:52:38.89
for the ancient sailors.
00:52:38.92\00:52:40.46
Of course, their boats
were driven by wind and sail,
00:52:40.49\00:52:43.12
and they were caught in
the vast mass of the seaweed
00:52:43.16\00:52:45.99
that would wrap
around the rudder,
00:52:46.03\00:52:47.60
barnacles would begin to grow.
00:52:47.66\00:52:49.30
It's an area that is notorious
for light and baffling winds,
00:52:49.33\00:52:52.90
and so they make no progress.
00:52:52.93\00:52:54.77
They get stuck,
00:52:54.80\00:52:55.97
the men would become
extremely dispirited.
00:52:56.00\00:52:58.47
Sometimes
violence and even insanity
00:52:58.51\00:53:00.84
would break out as people
were trapped in the doldrums.
00:53:00.88\00:53:04.71
Well, friends,
perhaps sometimes you feel
00:53:04.75\00:53:06.55
that you're
trapped in the doldrums,
00:53:06.58\00:53:08.52
you've gone through
episodes of depression.
00:53:08.55\00:53:10.72
You feel like
you're going in circles.
00:53:10.75\00:53:12.59
Life seems stifling.
00:53:12.62\00:53:14.19
You know, the
Bible offers good news.
00:53:14.22\00:53:16.02
There is a way out.
00:53:16.06\00:53:17.66
Bible talks about
a famous character
00:53:17.69\00:53:19.89
that was trapped in
a cycle of depression.
00:53:19.93\00:53:22.16
He was low as you could be.
00:53:22.20\00:53:24.03
Matter of fact,
00:53:24.07\00:53:25.10
he even had seaweed
wrapped around his head,
00:53:25.13\00:53:26.87
his name was Jonah.
00:53:26.90\00:53:28.27
But God gave
him a way of escape.
00:53:28.30\00:53:30.84
In Jonah 2:3 through 7,
00:53:30.87\00:53:33.58
we read, "For you
cast me into the depths,
00:53:33.61\00:53:36.58
into the heart of the seas,
and the floods surrounded me.
00:53:36.61\00:53:40.22
All of Your billows and
Your waves passed over me.
00:53:40.25\00:53:43.42
Then I said, 'I have
been cast out of Your sight,
00:53:43.45\00:53:46.59
yet I will look again
towards Your holy temple.
00:53:46.62\00:53:49.29
The waters
surrounded me even to my soul.
00:53:49.32\00:53:52.06
The deep closed around me.
00:53:52.09\00:53:53.96
Weeds were
wrapped around my head.
00:53:54.00\00:53:56.26
I went down to the
moorings of the mountains,
00:53:56.30\00:53:59.03
the earth with its bars
closed behind me forever,
00:53:59.07\00:54:02.47
yet you've brought my life
up from the pit, O Lord, my God.
00:54:02.50\00:54:06.78
When my soul fainted within
me, I remembered the Lord,
00:54:06.81\00:54:10.28
and my prayer went up to
You, into your holy temple.' "
00:54:10.31\00:54:14.28
You know,
friends, the way that Jonah
00:54:14.32\00:54:15.65
got out of these
discouraging circumstances,
00:54:15.68\00:54:18.19
he turned to God, and he prayed.
00:54:18.22\00:54:20.36
And if God could
hear Jonah's prayer,
00:54:20.39\00:54:22.09
just think about it,
00:54:22.12\00:54:23.12
he was as far away from
God as anybody could be.
00:54:23.16\00:54:25.66
He was in the
belly of a sea monster
00:54:25.69\00:54:27.36
in the bottom of
the ocean, in the dark,
00:54:27.40\00:54:29.53
yet he turned to God,
and God heard his prayer.
00:54:29.56\00:54:32.30
You know, these ancient sailors,
00:54:32.33\00:54:33.44
when they were trapped
00:54:33.47\00:54:34.74
on the deck of
the ship for weeks,
00:54:34.77\00:54:36.27
stuck in the
doldrums discouraged,
00:54:36.30\00:54:38.14
sometimes they would
have a prayer meeting
00:54:38.17\00:54:40.11
and pray that God
would send a breeze
00:54:40.14\00:54:42.58
that would set them free
and get their boats moving.
00:54:42.61\00:54:45.41
They turned to God in prayer,
00:54:45.45\00:54:46.48
and often miracles would happen,
00:54:46.51\00:54:48.38
and the wind would
flutter in the sails
00:54:48.42\00:54:50.29
and bring them out
of their seaweed prison.
00:54:50.32\00:54:53.02
Friends, maybe you have
been stuck in the doldrums,
00:54:53.05\00:54:55.89
maybe you've been caught
in a cycle of depression.
00:54:55.92\00:54:58.56
If God can do it for Jonah,
00:54:58.59\00:54:59.79
if He can do it for
the ancient sailors,
00:54:59.83\00:55:01.46
He can do it for you.
00:55:01.50\00:55:02.66
Turn to the Lord in prayer.
00:55:02.70\00:55:03.97
Trust His spirit to
blow through your soul
00:55:04.00\00:55:06.74
and to set you free.
00:55:06.77\00:55:08.44
"The Holy Spirit came down.
00:55:58.39\00:55:59.65
This is what God
wants you to experience.
00:55:59.69\00:56:02.26
You come to Christ,
your sins are washed away,
00:56:02.29\00:56:05.26
you become a new creature.
00:56:05.29\00:56:06.63
It's a brand new beginning again
00:56:06.66\00:56:08.20
and praying and
wishing you have a new start."
00:56:08.23\00:56:10.17
"For I was hungry
00:56:12.30\00:56:13.87
and you gave Me
something to eat,
00:56:13.90\00:56:16.87
and as much as you do it
one of the least of these,
00:56:16.91\00:56:20.04
my brethren, you did it to Me."
00:56:20.08\00:56:22.61
"How many of you wish
you could get a new start?
00:57:28.78\00:57:30.75
I'd like to live my life
over knowing what I know now.
00:57:30.78\00:57:32.95
I don't want to start over
and just make same mistakes.
00:57:32.98\00:57:35.35
I want to have my memories
00:57:35.38\00:57:36.65
so I don't make
the same mistakes.
00:57:36.69\00:57:38.89
But you do get a new beginning,
you become a new creature,
00:57:38.92\00:57:41.86
that feeling of all
your sins being washed away
00:57:41.89\00:57:43.89
because God promised us it.
00:57:43.93\00:57:45.39
Isn't that a
wonderful concept, friends?
00:57:45.43\00:57:47.46
"I was thirsty,
00:57:47.50\00:57:51.00
and you gave Me drink,
00:57:51.03\00:57:57.01
in as much as you did it
00:57:57.04\00:57:58.44
to one of the least
of these, my brethren,
00:57:58.47\00:58:02.28
you did it to Me."
00:58:02.31\00:58:04.28