Hello, I'm Shelley
Quinn, and we are so excited
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that you're joining us today for
the 3ABN Sabbath School Panel
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as we study this Quarterly which
is the "Book of Revelation."
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Today we will be covering lesson
#7 on "The Seven Trumpets"
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and you'll want to
stay tuned, I'm sure.
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to do that and even study
with you if you would like.
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Let me introduce our
wonderful panel today...
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I have next to me, my pastor,
John Lomacang, my dear friend
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and sister Jill Morikone,
and another precious pastor,
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and that would be Kenny
Shelton and Pastor Ryan Day.
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We're so glad that each
one of you are here and I enjoy
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so much hearing what
each of you bring to the table
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because you're all
students of the word and it's
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going to be an exciting study.
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John, if ever we needed
prayer, if we're going to cover
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the trumpets, we need prayer,
could you ask the Lord? Sure.
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Loving Father in Heaven...
We commit our hearts to You
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this morning. We know that
this is Your Word and You said,
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"If anyone lack wisdom,
let him ask." Give us wisdom
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this morning, Father.
There is such a diversity of
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understandings of even
this particular prophecy, but
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we want Jesus to be
exalted, and so come and unify
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us and may the understanding
be followed by a desire
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to commit our hearts to Christ.
In Jesus name, we pray... Amen
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I think it would behoove
us to have a quick review.
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A couple of weeks ago,
we studied the seals and the
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scene of the fifth seal...
so let me go through that
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real quickly - this is
found in Revelation 6:9-10.
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It says, "When He opened the
fifth seal (and this would be
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Jesus who is opening the seals)
I saw under the altar the souls
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of those who had been slain
for the word of God and for the
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testimony which they
held, and they cried with a loud
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voice saying, "How long, O
Lord, holy and true, until You
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judge and avenge our blood on
those who dwell on the earth?"
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We see here the cry of God's
oppressed people from all ages;
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now these people aren't
really alive and crying out.
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This was like the blood of Able
that is crying out and they're
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portrayed as souls under
the altar of God crying for
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justice and vindication and
what we must remember is that
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God hears these cries.
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God is going to answer
our prayers and this scene
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that represents the suffering
of God's people throughout
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history is going
to have a conclusion.
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Now the opening of the sixth
seal, in Revelation 6:12-17,
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pictured Jesus return
to the earth and bringing
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judgment upon those who
did evil on His followers.
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Now let me pause and say this...
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As Seventh-day
Adventist Christians, we employ
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the historicist method of
interpretation to Revelation.
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That's what Jesus used,
Paul, Daniel, the prophets,
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and what this means is
that we believe that apocalyptic
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prophecy covers the span
from ancient times right up till
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the coming of Jesus.
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And we were going to
apply that to the trumpets
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and recognize some have
been fulfilled; some are in the
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process of fulfillment and
some are soon to be fulfilled.
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Now Revelation is
written in visionary circles,
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we call it recapitulation.
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It's repeat and enlarge
and we see that... Boy, I mean,
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if you look at Daniel 2, Daniel
7, Daniel 8, and Daniel 11,
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you'll see that in each
one, Daniel states a summary
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of a main point and then
develops it a little further.
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So the trumpets recapitulate
the eras (the eras not errors)
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but the different time
periods of earth's history,
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and they parallel other
prophecies in Revelation.
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Each parallel analyzes
the historical period from
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different and yet
supplemental angles.
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However, the purpose
of the trumpets is clearly
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different than that of
the seven plagues. Amen? Amen.
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So we haven't studied the
plagues yet, that's coming up
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in Revelation 16.
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But the trumpets are limited
to one-third of the earth,
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so we see that there is still
a redemptive purpose in this.
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When the plagues are
poured out, when God pours out
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those final seven last plagues,
that there is no redemptive
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purpose - this is after
probation has ended and He
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is going to
annihilate the wicked.
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So Revelation chapters 8-11,
I think you all will agree,
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is one of the most
difficult group of passages or
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visionary cycles to interpret.
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The language and the imagery
is very complex and it has
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resulted in a variety of
views in application to specific
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historical events, but
it is still compatible with
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the historicist
method of interpretation.
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So as we look at the
apocalyptic nature of the
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vision, we know that it
is going to aim at a specific
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time specific-enough to
be located in one historical
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event or another.
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The vision of the seven
trumpets demonstrates throughout
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history, God has intervened
on behalf of His oppressed
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people and has
judged those who harm them.
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The purpose of the seven
trumpets is to ensure God's
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people that He's not
indifferent to their suffering.
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So let's look at our
memory verse... Revelation 10:7,
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"But in the days of
the sounding of the seventh
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angel, when he is about
to sound, the mystery of God
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would be finished as He
declared to His servants
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the prophets."
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I have Sunday's lesson,
"The Prayers of the Saints"
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And if you open your
Bibles to Revelation 8:1-2,
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we'll go through the
prayer of the saints quickly.
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"When He opened the
seventh seal, there was silence
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in heaven for
about half an hour.
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And I saw the seven
angels who stand before God,
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and to them were
given seven trumpets."
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So this opens with the
picture of seven angels,
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and they are standing
before God ready to blow their
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trumpets... but before
the trumpets are blown,
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another scene is inserted
that is going to explain
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the theological
meaning of the trumpets.
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Revelation 8 continuing in
verse 3... "Then another angel,
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having a golden censer,
came and stood at the altar.
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What altar would this be,
if we've got the golden censer,
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he's standing at the altar...
This is the altar of incense.
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He was given much incense
that he should offer it with
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the prayers of the
saints upon the golden altar
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which was before the throne.
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And the smoke of the incense,
with the prayers of the saints,
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ascended before God
from the angel's hand.
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Then the angel took the censer,
filled it with fire from the
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altar and he threw it to the
earth. And there were noises,
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thunderings,
lightnings, and an earthquake."
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Now we have mentioned on several
occasions that the imagery,
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the symbolic imagery of
Revelation is found throughout
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the Bible - more specifically
in the Old Testament.
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In Revelation
8:3-5, that we just read,
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is language of the
evening temple service.
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A Jewish Commentary on the Bible
explains the evening sacrifice;
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the lamb was placed upon
the altar of burnt offering;
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blood was poured at the base
of the altar, and an appointed
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priest would take the
golden censer inside the temple
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and he would offer incense
on the golden altar of incense.
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Now that was the third
piece, you remember we had
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the table of
showbread, the seven candles,
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and then right in front of the
veil was the altar of incense,
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so when the priest
would come out, he would take
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that censer throw it down
on the pavement and it would
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produce a loud noise, and
at that point, the rest of the
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priests would blow their
trumpets - marking the end
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of the temple
services for the day.
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So we see that same
imagery in our passage in
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Revelation 8.
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So the incense represents
the prayers of God's people.
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Let me read Revelation 5:8...
"When He had taken the scroll,
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the four living creatures
and the 24 elders fell down
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before the Lamb, each
having a harp and golden bowls
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full of incense which are
what? The prayers of the saints.
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It's just like in Psalm 141
when he said, "Let my prayer
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be set before you as
incense, lifting up of my hands
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as the evening sacrifice."
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So the golden altar of
incense represents the prayers
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of the saints in the
intercessory ministry of Jesus
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Christ whose
prayers are continually
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offered on our behalf.
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He intercedes for us and is
able to save to the uttermost.
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Now Revelation 8:3 said that
the angel that had the golden
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censor came and stood at the
altar and it says that he was
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given much incense
that he should offer it with
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the prayers of the saints.
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I think that incense is
Jesus' intercessory ministry.
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It think it's the
prayers of Jesus, you know, as
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Hebrews 7:25 says... "He
is interceding for us always."
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So this is a beautiful
thing that we see and the angel
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that offers these
prayers before God, God is now
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hearing the prayers
of His persecuted people.
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So the seven
trumpets are God's judgment...
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this is setting us up to see
they're God's judgment on the
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rebellious people of humanity
in response to the prayers
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of His oppressed people.
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The trumpets follow the
death of Jesus as the Lamb,
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and they run
consecutively throughout history
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until the second coming.
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In this last minute,
let me show you one thing...
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If we compare Revelation
8:5 with Ezekiel 10:2,
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we find what is the source
of this fire that's thrown upon
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the enemies of God.
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So we said in Revelation
8:5, "The angel took the censer,
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filled it with fire from the
altar and threw it to the earth;
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Ezekiel 10:2 says, "... Go
in among the wheels, under the
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cherub, fill your hands
with coals of fire from among
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the cherubim and
scatter them over the city."
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So the angel is filling
this censer with fire from the
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altar, hurls it down
to the earth and it shows
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that the seven trumpets
that are about to be blown
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will be judgments on
the inhabitants of the earth
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who persecuted God's people.
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The whole idea is that
God doesn't forget His people.
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He is going to answer
their prayers and intervene
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on their behalf. Amen! John...
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Thank you Shelley,
what a wonderful opening
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and each one of us is
going to contribute something
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different to the understanding
of the seven trumpets.
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When I say different,
a harmonious connection
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but each has a
link in the chain.
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The seven trumpets has
been a subject of so much
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misunderstanding
and I'm so thankful that
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Dr. Ranko Stefanovic and
the committee that worked on
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this lesson has taken the time
to calibrate our understanding,
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to give the context
and the clear meaning.
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Shelley was very
apropos that you mentioned that
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the seven trumpets is
God's response in answer
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to the prayers of the saints.
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But when you look at the
history of the people of God,
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you'll find that one thing is
for sure - the Lord has always
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defended His people. Yes, Amen!
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And throughout each
component of time in history,
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whenever the people of
God have come up against
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oppression or a nation
that's rebellious or a people
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that are trying
to stamp them out,
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God always stood in
behalf of His people...
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as he said to them when
they were in the wilderness,
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He said, "The battle
belongs to the Lord." Amen!
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And so the battle tools of
God are symbolized in natural
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elements.
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And so you see here...
if I go ahead and peek at
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the imagery, one of the
things that is pointed out in
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the lesson is that
trumpets have a tremendous role
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to play throughout the Bible.
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I think one of the first things
I'd like to do is establish
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trumpets throughout the Bible.
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One of the things we pointed
out, and this is true throughout
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the whole study of Revelation,
is anytime the Bible gives
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a symbol, the Bible also
defines the symbol. Amen!
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No prophecy of Scripture is
of any private interpretation,
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1 Peter 1:20-21.
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Everything that happens
in Scripture has to have
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it's
interpretation in Scripture.
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So you'll see that the
picture that is given here,
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in the interlude
between the silence in heaven,
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in Jewish literature, they
call that silence in heaven,
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"The great pause," before God
steps in behalf of His people;
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before God steps in and
now begins to respond to the
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prayers of His saints.
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But look at Numbers 10:8-10,
showing how the trumpets
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had such a role to play in
many areas because, remember,
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Revelation is a book that
was written in the mindset
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of the Old Testament
because when John wrote this
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there was no New Testament.
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He would later become a
part of the New Testament.
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And so we have to find the
language in the Old Testament
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that endorses the imagery
that is revealed in Revelation.
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The overview: Numbers 10:8-10,
do you have that Jill? Yes!
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"The sons of Aaron, the priests,
shall blow the trumpets,
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(that's #1) and these
shall be brought you as an
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ordinance forever throughout
your generations. (keep going)
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When you go to war in
your land against the enemy who
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oppresses you, then you shall
sound an alarm with the trumpets
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and you will be remembered
before the Lord your God,
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and you will be
saved from your enemies.
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Also in the day of your
gladness, in your appointed
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feasts, and at the beginning
of your months, you shall
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blow the trumpets over
your burnt offerings and offer
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the sacrifices of your peace
offerings; and they shall be
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a memorial for you before your
God: I am the Lord your God."
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Notice how the trumpets all
throughout various activities
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shall blow them in an ordinance,
announcing the ordinances;
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also sounding of the
trumpet when it comes to war.
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Recently, this is not too long
ago actually, a few months ago,
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when President Bush's
funeral took place, there's a
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difference between the
sound of a trumpet for war;
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the sound of a trumpet for Taps,
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and the sound of a trumpet for
a memorial... dada-da, dada-da,
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we know that's
not the sound of war,
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we can tell just by the
sound of the trumpet and the
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Apostle Paul says the trumpet
has to give a certain sound.
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And so we find the overview
in the economy of the Jews,
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trumpets played a major role.
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So because the Book of
Revelation is written in
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sanctuary language, it
cannot omit the applications
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the trumpets established
in the Old Testament.
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Another reason for
trumpets in Ezekiel 33,
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trumpets is a warning
of coming destruction,
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verse 3 and 4 says,
speaking about the watchman...
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"... when he sees the
sword coming upon the land,
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if he blows the
trumpet and warns the people,
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then whoever hears the sound
of the trumpet and does not
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take warning, if the
sword comes and takes him away,
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his blood shall
be on his own head."
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So the trumpet is
used again for a warning...
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destruction is coming.
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Another one, the
trumpet symbolizes the preaching
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of the gospel, Isaiah
58:1, "Lift up your voice
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like a "trumpet;" shew My
people their transgression
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and the house of
Jacob their sins."
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Once again the
trumpets' imagery and I'm
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reiterating this because
we cannot depart from the
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language of the Scriptures
when the interpretation
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is sought for.
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The Bible establishes it
in such a wonderful cadence,
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to go outside of that framework,
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is a private interpretation.
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The other application for
trumpets is the announcement
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of coming judgments.
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Joel 2:1-2, I'll read
that because of the importance
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of time... It says, "Blow
the trumpets in Zion and sound
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an alarm in My holy mountain!
00:19:08.31\00:19:10.48
Let all the
inhabitants of the land tremble;
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For the day of
the Lord is coming."
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In the day of the Lord
motif, the trumpets are used by
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Joel and also Zephaniah,
warning of the coming of
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the day of the Lord and
it shows that when these
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trumpets are sounded, you
have a day of darkness and
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gloominess, a day of thick
clouds and you see that it's
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preceded by the
judgments of God on the land.
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But Joel is saying, "When
you hear that, you'll know
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these signs indicate
these trumpets being sounded
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indicate the
coming of God's judgments.
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Another one, we talked about
that - the Day of Atonement.
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Leviticus 23:23,
the announcement of the
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atonement work... verse 23
says, "Then the Lord spoke to
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Moses, saying, "Speak to
the children of Israel, saying:
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"In the seventh month, on
the first day of the month,
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you shall have a Sabbath-rest,
a memorial of blowing of
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trumpets, a holy convocation."
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And so we find again,
once again it's used in the
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atonement services.
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When the trumpet was
sounded, they knew they had nine
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more days left
before the Day of Atonement.
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That trumpet was an indication
that probation is closing,
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and it's time to repent
your sins so that when the
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atonement work is over,
your sins will be blotted out.
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Then you'll be allowed in the
Feast of Tabernacles, which was
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a seven-day celebration.
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Another application, the trumpet
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sound indicates
the noise of war.
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We know Joshua, the
battle of...? Jericho.
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And we find clearly, when
they walked around and they
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continued blowing the
trumpets and when they got
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to the seventh day;
seven times on the seventh day,
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the blowing of
trumpets, the sound of war,
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preparation for victory.
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Also, the trumpets are
used when Jesus returns.
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"He shall send His angels with
a great sound of a...? Trumpet,
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Matthew 24:31.
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So the trumpets, once again...
1 Thessalonians, "The Lord,
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Himself, will descend
from heaven with a shout,
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with the trumpet of God."
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So the Bible is continuing,
and then Revelation 1:10...
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"I heard the sound of the Lord
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behind me like
as of a...? Trumpet!
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So you find the Bible is
not elusive on the application,
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but the Bible is
replete with the understanding
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of what the trumpets mean.
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So when you begin to
see these judgments...
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and there's a quotation here I
want to read from Manuscript 59.
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And thank you, Shelley,
for giving us the preview in
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Revelation 6 and 7
because the trumpets
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are a part of the seals.
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It starts unfolding
onto the seventh seal.
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Listen to this, it says,
"Revelation 6 and 7 are full
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of meaning; "Terrible are
the judgments of God revealed."
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Manuscript 59- 1895, p. 26.
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"The seven angels stood before
God to receive their commission.
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To them were
given seven trumpets.
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The Lord was going forth
to punish the inhabitants
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of the earth for their iniquity.
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And the earth was to
disclose her blood and no more
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cover her slain."
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And so when you talk
about that, she goes on further
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to say... "But there are
mercies mixed with judgments."
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One-third, the
one-third, these are redemptive
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judgments that will be
followed by executive judgments.
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The Lord is saying - You need
to know that time is winding up,
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and if you take advantage
of the blowing of the trumpets,
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9 days before
the Day of Atonement,
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if you make provision
for your sins to be forgiven,
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they will be blotted out;
but if they're not blotted out,
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the mercy is moved and
then the seven last plagues.
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So the same period... the
seven churches, the seven seals,
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the seven trumpets,
they run concurrent unfolding
00:22:40.52\00:22:44.73
the history of God.
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The seven trumpets, however,
specifically talks about God's
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intervention in
behalf of His people.
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Making it very clear...
in other words, it's apropos,
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I'm not going to
keep silent anymore
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than a trumpet is silent.
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The Lord shall come
and shall not keep silent.
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He's never silent in
behalf of His people.
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In summary, it says, the
first two trumpets herald
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judgments upon the
nation that crucified Christ
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and persecuted the early church.
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Rebellious Jerusalem and
the Roman Empire - they united
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in the persecution of Christ.
00:23:15.02\00:23:16.93
The third and fourth
trumpets portray heaven's
00:23:16.96\00:23:19.03
judgments against the
apostasy of the Christian
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Church in the medieval period.
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And the fifth and sixth trumpets
describe the warring factions
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in the religious world
during the late medieval and
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post reformation periods.
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These periods are characterized
by increasing demonic activity
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that ultimately draws the world
into the battle of Armageddon.
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And lastly, Revelation 9,
speaks about the introduction of
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that demonic activity when
it says, "I saw a star that had
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fallen from heaven to the
earth, to him was given the key
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to the bottomless pit."
00:23:49.86\00:23:51.23
The first time the bottomless
pit is introduced, but is only
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seven times in Revelation,
and it's defined as the
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angel of the bottomless
pit, the only star that fell
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from heaven that the Bible
substantiates is Satan himself.
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Ezekiel, Revelation,
John chapter 10, Luke 10:18,
00:24:04.67\00:24:09.74
and also Revelation 9...
the angel of the bottomless pit
00:24:09.78\00:24:15.08
that brings about this demonic
activity is Satan himself. Amen!
00:24:15.12\00:24:19.42
Oh John, thank you, you are
so well versed in Revelation
00:24:19.45\00:24:22.72
and I know the trumpets is
one of your favorite topics.
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Now we will continue with
our study with Jill Morikone on
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"The Angel With an Open Book"
00:25:11.97\00:25:14.34
Amen, thank you so
much, Shelley and Pastor John
00:25:14.38\00:25:17.05
for what a
wonderful introduction
00:25:17.08\00:25:18.48
to the Seven Trumpets. Amen!
00:25:18.51\00:25:19.85
I could listen to Pastor
John teach on the Seven Trumpets
00:25:19.88\00:25:21.85
all day because of your
knowledge of the Word of God,
00:25:21.88\00:25:24.72
specifically the Seven Trumpets.
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I have "The Angel
With an Open Book"
00:25:26.62\00:25:28.62
which begins in Revelation
10, so just turn over a page
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to Revelation 10.
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The sixth trumpet brings
us to the time period of the
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time of the end and there's an
interlude, as it were, inserted
00:25:37.60\00:25:41.54
right after the sixth
trumpet and we just finished
00:25:41.57\00:25:43.37
that in Revelation 9.
00:25:43.47\00:25:44.81
In Revelation 10 and part of
Revelation 11 is this interlude.
00:25:44.84\00:25:49.01
Remember when we studied
the seals, we had an interlude
00:25:49.04\00:25:51.75
from Revelation 6,
the end of the sixth seal.
00:25:51.78\00:25:55.42
Remember they said, "The great
day of His wrath is coming,
00:25:55.45\00:25:57.55
who is able to stand?"
00:25:57.59\00:25:58.92
And then it talked about
the sealing of the saints of God
00:25:58.95\00:26:02.02
and the 144,000, and then we
jumped into the seventh seal.
00:26:02.06\00:26:06.13
So the similar thing happens
here and that there's a little
00:26:06.16\00:26:08.93
interlude inserted
between the sixth trumpet
00:26:08.96\00:26:11.97
and the seventh trumpet.
00:26:12.00\00:26:13.57
So "The Angel With an
Open Book," let's just pick up
00:26:13.64\00:26:15.57
with verse 1... "I saw still
another mighty angel coming
00:26:15.60\00:26:20.98
down from heaven,
clothed with a cloud.
00:26:21.01\00:26:23.11
And a rainbow was on his
head, his face was like the sun,
00:26:23.14\00:26:26.48
and his feet
like pillars of fire."
00:26:26.51\00:26:29.42
So who is this mighty
angel who has come down?
00:26:29.45\00:26:32.52
He has four descriptive
words that describe him,
00:26:32.55\00:26:36.93
and this is none other than the
Lord Jesus Christ Himself. Amen!
00:26:36.96\00:26:40.20
The description is clothed with
a cloud, a rainbow on his head,
00:26:40.70\00:26:44.97
face shining like the sun
and feet like pillars of fire.
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If you think about clothed
with a cloud, the Scriptures
00:26:49.97\00:26:53.01
associate clouds with
the appearance of Christ.
00:26:53.04\00:26:56.64
Daniel 7:13, Daniel was
in vision and he's watching
00:26:56.71\00:26:59.91
in the night vision and
"Behold, One like the Son of Man
00:27:00.05\00:27:02.88
coming with the
clouds of heaven."
00:27:02.92\00:27:05.62
Acts 1:9, when Jesus descended,
"Now when He had spoken
00:27:05.65\00:27:09.12
these things, while they
watched, He was taken up,
00:27:09.16\00:27:11.96
and a cloud received
Him out of their sight."
00:27:11.99\00:27:15.70
Revelation 1:7, the
second coming of Christ...
00:27:15.73\00:27:17.93
"Behold, He is coming
with clouds, and every eye
00:27:17.97\00:27:21.50
will see him, even
they who pierced Him."
00:27:21.54\00:27:24.14
Revelation 14:14... "I
looked and behold a white cloud,
00:27:25.21\00:27:28.24
and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man."
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So here this mighty
Angel is clothed with a cloud.
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The cloud associates in
Scripture with the appearance
00:27:35.45\00:27:38.62
of Christ. Then
there's a rainbow on His head.
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Revelation 4, we talked
about the throne room of heaven.
00:27:41.42\00:27:45.73
Remember God the Father
was there in the throne room.
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And then Revelation 5, the Lamb,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
00:27:47.93\00:27:51.37
joined the scene.
00:27:51.40\00:27:52.73
Revelation 4:3, "One sat on the
throne, (this is God the Father)
00:27:52.77\00:27:57.31
and He who sat there was like
a jasper and a sardius stone
00:27:57.37\00:28:00.81
in appearance and there was
a rainbow around the throne,
00:28:00.84\00:28:03.98
in appearance like an emerald."
00:28:04.01\00:28:05.81
There's the
rainbow around the throne.
00:28:05.85\00:28:08.42
Ezekiel 1:28 says the
same thing, with "A rainbow
00:28:08.45\00:28:12.19
around the throne."
00:28:12.22\00:28:13.59
Then "the face shining like
the sun," that reminds me of
00:28:13.62\00:28:16.69
the vision John
had in Revelation 1.
00:28:16.76\00:28:19.66
Christ among the lampstands.
00:28:19.69\00:28:22.26
Revelation 1:16 says,
"His countenance was shining
00:28:22.30\00:28:25.53
like the sun in its strength."
00:28:25.57\00:28:28.07
And the fourth description
is "feet like pillars of fire."
00:28:28.10\00:28:31.64
We think of Revelation 1:15,
the same description of Christ
00:28:31.67\00:28:36.28
amongst the lampstands...
His feet were like fine brass,
00:28:36.31\00:28:40.02
as if we find in a furnace.
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So let's read verse 2 and
we get to the little book.
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Before you do that, let
me insert because some people
00:28:44.65\00:28:46.76
are confused in saying,
"How can you call Christ
00:28:46.79\00:28:49.29
an Angel?" The word "Angel"
00:28:49.32\00:28:51.16
just means messenger, we're
not talking about Christ being
00:28:51.19\00:28:54.86
a created Angel. Good.
00:28:54.93\00:28:56.46
So I just wanted to make
sure... that used to confuse me.
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Thank you so much, Shelley,
00:28:59.70\00:29:01.10
for that clarification,
I appreciate that.
00:29:01.14\00:29:02.70
So we jump into the little
book which is Revelation 10:2.
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We'll just read the first part.
00:29:06.41\00:29:08.21
And it says, "And he had in
his hand, a little book open..."
00:29:08.24\00:29:12.48
Now, contrast this with
the closed scroll that was in
00:29:13.75\00:29:18.09
Revelation 5, remember?
Revelation 5:1-4, "I saw in the
00:29:18.12\00:29:22.12
right hand of Him who sat
on the throne a scroll written
00:29:22.16\00:29:24.76
inside and on the back
sealed with seven seals.
00:29:24.79\00:29:28.23
And a strong angel
proclaiming with a loud voice,
00:29:28.26\00:29:30.60
"Who is worthy to open the
scroll and to loose its seals?"
00:29:30.67\00:29:34.44
Now we know... who was worthy?
00:29:34.47\00:29:35.80
Jesus, the Lion of
the tribe of Judah.
00:29:35.84\00:29:38.91
A part of a book that was
previously sealed... what book
00:29:38.94\00:29:43.45
was sealed in the past,
00:29:43.48\00:29:44.81
but then it was
opened at the end of time.
00:29:44.85\00:29:47.32
That's right,
the Book of Daniel.
00:29:47.35\00:29:49.45
We see this in Daniel 12:4.
00:29:49.48\00:29:52.32
"But you, Daniel, shut up
the words, and seal the book."
00:29:52.35\00:29:56.12
So the Book of Daniel was to
remain sealed until a certain
00:29:56.16\00:29:59.26
point or period of time.
00:29:59.29\00:30:02.23
"Shut up the
words and seal the book
00:30:02.26\00:30:03.93
until the time of the end.
00:30:03.97\00:30:06.80
Many shall run to and fro
and knowledge shall increase."
00:30:06.84\00:30:10.91
We know there are certain time
prophecies in the Book of Daniel
00:30:10.94\00:30:13.68
that were sealed...
"until the time of the end..."
00:30:13.74\00:30:16.38
the 1,260 time prophecy,
the 2,300 day time prophecy
00:30:16.41\00:30:21.02
which we'll look at
again in just a moment.
00:30:21.05\00:30:23.55
After the little book is open,
you see here Christ is here
00:30:23.59\00:30:25.92
holding the little open book in
His hand - the Book of Daniel.
00:30:25.95\00:30:29.49
The Book of Daniel is featured
very prominently throughout
00:30:29.52\00:30:33.36
the rest of the
Book of Revelation. Amen!
00:30:33.40\00:30:36.20
We see the comparisons
between Daniel and Revelation.
00:30:36.23\00:30:40.57
The beast with ten horns...
we see that in Revelation 12:3
00:30:40.60\00:30:44.74
representing the dragon.
00:30:44.77\00:30:46.11
Revelation 13:1,
representing the sea beast.
00:30:46.14\00:30:48.51
That's a reference all
the way back to Daniel 7.
00:30:48.54\00:30:52.15
I think of kingdom and dominions
given to Christ and His people
00:30:52.18\00:30:55.55
in Revelation 11:15.
00:30:55.58\00:30:57.55
Well, Daniel 7 talks
about that, verses 14 and 15.
00:30:57.59\00:31:01.59
The lion and the bear and
the leopard representing the
00:31:01.62\00:31:04.26
world empires -
that's Revelation 13.
00:31:04.33\00:31:06.63
With the
description of the sea beast?
00:31:06.70\00:31:08.53
Well that refers
us back to Daniel 7.
00:31:08.56\00:31:12.07
There's a description of
the second coming of Christ
00:31:12.10\00:31:15.24
in Revelation 14 and
we see that in Daniel 7.
00:31:15.27\00:31:18.91
There's the whole issue
of worship in Revelation 13.
00:31:18.94\00:31:22.54
Worship the beast and his image
or you are going to be killed,
00:31:22.58\00:31:25.78
and that reminds us of Daniel
3 and the three Hebrew worthies
00:31:25.81\00:31:30.85
who had to worship another image
or they were going to be killed.
00:31:30.89\00:31:35.79
There is the 1,260 day
prophecy and persecution
00:31:35.82\00:31:38.76
of God's people in
both of these books.
00:31:38.79\00:31:41.43
There's the focus on
the sanctuary and the temple
00:31:41.46\00:31:43.90
in both of them.
00:31:43.93\00:31:45.27
So let's look at
the angel's stance.
00:31:45.30\00:31:47.64
We're still in verse 2.
00:31:47.67\00:31:49.27
He is holding the
open book in his hand.
00:31:49.30\00:31:52.21
And he set his
right foot on the sea,
00:31:54.74\00:31:57.28
and his left foot on the land
and cried with a loud voice,
00:31:57.31\00:32:02.42
as when a lion roars."
00:32:02.45\00:32:04.75
So one foot is on the
sea; one foot is on the land.
00:32:04.79\00:32:09.36
This stands on
both sea and land.
00:32:09.39\00:32:11.23
It signifies the
worldwide proclamation
00:32:11.26\00:32:13.83
of the contents of this book.
00:32:13.90\00:32:16.20
It signifies the universal
significance of the message
00:32:16.23\00:32:20.00
that is being proclaimed.
00:32:20.04\00:32:21.90
It signifies the
universal rule of the angel,
00:32:21.94\00:32:24.67
the Lord Jesus Christ.
00:32:24.71\00:32:26.94
And he cried with a loud voice,
like a lion - it reminds me of
00:32:26.98\00:32:30.45
Revelation 5:5, "Do not weep,
the Lion of the tribe of Judah,
00:32:30.51\00:32:34.82
the Root of David has
prevailed to open the seals.
00:32:34.85\00:32:38.79
Let's look at "time no longer"
because I'm running out of time.
00:32:38.82\00:32:42.82
If we jump down to verse
5, we see the angel whom I saw
00:32:42.86\00:32:46.86
standing on the
sea and on the land
00:32:46.90\00:32:48.36
raised up his hand to heaven
and swore by Him who lives
00:32:48.40\00:32:51.63
forever and ever, who
created heaven and the things
00:32:51.67\00:32:54.94
that are in it, the earth
and the things that are in it,
00:32:54.97\00:32:58.21
and the sea and the
things that are in it."
00:32:58.24\00:33:01.34
So Creator of everything,
this is heaven and earth
00:33:01.38\00:33:04.18
and sea and everything!
00:33:04.25\00:33:05.95
That (what does it say?)
there should be delay no longer,
00:33:05.98\00:33:09.78
or King James would
say, "time no longer."
00:33:09.82\00:33:12.69
I remember learning
that as a kid growing up.
00:33:12.72\00:33:14.59
There would be time no longer.
00:33:14.62\00:33:16.52
"But in the days of the
sounding of the seventh angel,
00:33:16.56\00:33:18.89
when he is about to sound,
the mystery of God would be
00:33:18.93\00:33:21.56
finished, as He declared
to His servants the prophets."
00:33:21.60\00:33:24.50
So let's look at
this "time no longer."
00:33:24.53\00:33:27.20
That means the time prophecies
have reached their fulfillment.
00:33:27.24\00:33:32.11
The time prophecies of
the Book of Daniel, the 1,260,
00:33:32.14\00:33:35.34
and the 2,300 time prophecy
00:33:35.38\00:33:37.31
have been fulfilled at
this point and there is coming
00:33:37.35\00:33:41.32
no more time prophecy.
00:33:41.35\00:33:43.45
People say, "Well I know
when the second coming of Christ
00:33:43.49\00:33:46.12
is coming and He's
going to be this day,
00:33:46.15\00:33:47.82
and this month,
and this year..."
00:33:47.86\00:33:50.73
There is no more time prophecy.
00:33:50.79\00:33:53.56
This says
"there's time no longer."
00:33:53.60\00:33:55.73
Not only are the prophecies
fulfilled but there will be
00:33:55.76\00:33:58.07
no more time
prophecy coming in the future.
00:33:58.10\00:34:01.87
Daniel 12:6-7, we'll look at
the two time prophecies quickly.
00:34:01.90\00:34:05.94
This is the 1,260 time prophecy.
00:34:05.97\00:34:09.81
"And one said to the man clothed
in linen, who was above the
00:34:09.84\00:34:12.51
waters of the river, "How long
shall the fulfillment of these
00:34:12.55\00:34:16.25
wonders be?" Then I
heard the man clothed in linen,
00:34:16.28\00:34:18.79
who was above the waters of
the river, when he held up his
00:34:18.82\00:34:20.99
right hand and his left
hand to heaven, and swore by Him
00:34:21.02\00:34:23.96
who lives forever, that it
shall be for a time, times, and
00:34:24.03\00:34:28.20
half a time; and when the power
of the holy people has been
00:34:28.23\00:34:31.80
completely shattered, all
these things shall be finished."
00:34:31.83\00:34:35.37
Now we don't have time
to unpackage all of that,
00:34:35.40\00:34:38.21
but if you apply the
day for a year principle,
00:34:38.24\00:34:40.84
where a day equals a
year in Bible prophecy...
00:34:40.88\00:34:43.51
it says 3-1/2 years =
1,260 days or 1,260 years.
00:34:43.55\00:34:48.75
This is symbolic of the
Dark Ages, the dark period from
00:34:48.78\00:34:53.25
538 to 1798
when the Roman Church
00:34:53.32\00:34:57.43
held full sway, as it were.
00:34:57.49\00:34:59.13
The 2,300 day prophecy in
Daniel 8:14, "He said to me,
00:34:59.16\00:35:03.40
"For 2,300 days, then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed."
00:35:03.47\00:35:09.47
We know this is from 457
B.C. until 1844 A.D. when
00:35:09.50\00:35:15.08
Christ entered
His heavenly ministry
00:35:15.11\00:35:17.78
in the heavenly sanctuary.
00:35:17.81\00:35:19.61
Pastor Kenny, what
happens with the little book?
00:35:19.65\00:35:21.68
Amen, wow, well
covered, well covered.
00:35:21.72\00:35:23.69
I have Wednesday's
lesson because we have a book.
00:35:23.72\00:35:26.55
Jesus is holding the
book and then all of a sudden,
00:35:26.59\00:35:29.72
He's talking
about "Eat the book."
00:35:29.76\00:35:32.16
So we're looking at
eating the scroll because what
00:35:32.19\00:35:36.50
does that really mean?
00:35:36.53\00:35:38.07
Revelation 10:8-11, this will
give us a little foundation,
00:35:38.10\00:35:42.14
we'll read it as
quickly as we can.
00:35:42.17\00:35:43.51
Revelation 10, we're
going to look at verses 8-11.
00:35:43.57\00:35:47.04
"And the voice which I
heard from heaven spake unto me
00:35:47.08\00:35:50.71
again, and said, "Go and take
00:35:50.75\00:35:52.35
the little book which is open
in the hand of the angel which
00:35:52.38\00:35:55.45
standeth upon the
sea and upon the earth."
00:35:55.48\00:35:57.55
And I went unto the
angel, and said unto him,
00:35:57.59\00:36:00.09
"Give me the little book."
And he said unto me, "Take it
00:36:00.12\00:36:03.46
and eat it up; it shall make
thy belly bitter, but it shall
00:36:03.49\00:36:07.13
be in thy mouth sweet as honey;"
00:36:07.23\00:36:09.23
And I took the little
book out of the angel's hand
00:36:09.26\00:36:12.30
and ate it up and it was,
in my mouth, sweet as honey;
00:36:12.33\00:36:16.71
As soon as I had eaten
it, my belly was bitter."
00:36:16.74\00:36:20.48
Now these are interesting words
when we're eating and tasting
00:36:20.51\00:36:24.55
in the Bible.
00:36:24.58\00:36:27.15
It is used to describe a message
and accepting the message.
00:36:27.22\00:36:30.82
And here, it's getting
the message, eating it up,
00:36:30.89\00:36:33.25
it's good when you first
eat it, and then all of a sudden
00:36:34.06\00:36:36.49
something happens.
00:36:36.52\00:36:39.03
If it's sweet and it's good,
you want to give it to others.
00:36:39.06\00:36:42.33
What I found in
the message we have
00:36:42.36\00:36:43.73
in Adventism, it's a
sweet and good message
00:36:43.77\00:36:45.10
and you want to give
this message, but here, we're
00:36:45.13\00:36:47.67
looking at here.. it's kind of
like my wife, you know at home,
00:36:47.70\00:36:50.61
I'm a taster - I don't
know if any of you are tasters.
00:36:50.67\00:36:54.51
She'll whip up something
good, you know, and then put it
00:36:54.54\00:36:56.75
out there and she'll say,
"Kenny, come and taste this
00:36:56.81\00:36:59.11
thing and see what you
think, see if it tastes good."
00:36:59.15\00:37:01.78
"If it tastes good, I'm
going to give it to others."
00:37:01.82\00:37:04.99
Now think about what
we're talking about here.
00:37:05.02\00:37:06.35
If it tastes good,
we'll give it to others.
00:37:06.39\00:37:08.26
And then if not, wow...
if not, then that's probably
00:37:08.29\00:37:12.59
what I'll have for
the next week! Laughter
00:37:12.63\00:37:16.20
No sharing! Yeah,
I mean you have to
00:37:16.23\00:37:18.23
kind of think along that
line and this is nothing new.
00:37:18.27\00:37:19.73
And it's always good, by
the way I better make that clear
00:37:22.50\00:37:25.44
that what she makes is
always good, praise God!
00:37:25.47\00:37:27.48
In the Book of Psalms 34:8,
it's very clear, it says...
00:37:27.51\00:37:31.35
"O taste and see that...
what? That the Lord is good.
00:37:31.38\00:37:34.32
So this is not
unusual there for the angel.
00:37:34.35\00:37:36.08
Jesus said, "Here it is,
take it, eat it up" and then...
00:37:36.12\00:37:38.49
except it seemed like it was
really good then all of a sudden
00:37:38.52\00:37:40.56
it's not so good.
00:37:40.59\00:37:41.92
"Taste and see
that the Lord is good."
00:37:41.96\00:37:43.46
Jeremiah 15:16 says, "Thy words
were found... what happened?
00:37:43.53\00:37:47.03
I did eat them, Thy
word was to me the joy
00:37:47.10\00:37:50.63
and rejoicing
of my heart." Amen.
00:37:50.67\00:37:53.60
Jesus referred to Himself as,
many times, the Bread of Life,
00:37:53.64\00:37:57.27
and He invites us
to take and to eat.
00:37:57.31\00:38:00.11
You know, in John 6, I think
it is 6:58, he said, "He that
00:38:00.14\00:38:03.71
eateth this bread, think
about, will live forever."
00:38:03.78\00:38:07.08
John 6, you can see the verse
is verse 35, verse 41, verse 48,
00:38:07.15\00:38:12.52
and verse 51 and then,
of course, in verse 58,
00:38:12.55\00:38:15.12
He's still referring to Himself
as the bread that we need
00:38:15.16\00:38:18.66
to take and taste it
and see if it's not good.
00:38:18.69\00:38:21.40
So this all fits in with
what we're talking about here.
00:38:21.43\00:38:23.77
John's experience then in
eating this scroll was first
00:38:23.80\00:38:27.67
sweet, then it
says it became bitter.
00:38:27.70\00:38:30.71
And, of course, this has to
do with the unsealing of Daniel
00:38:30.74\00:38:34.31
and the end-time prophecies,
this is what's happening here.
00:38:34.34\00:38:37.71
One dealing with the prophecy
that you mentioned, 1,260 day
00:38:37.75\00:38:41.38
or year prophecy; the 42
months, or the 3-1/2 years,
00:38:41.42\00:38:45.75
or the time and the
times and dividing of times.
00:38:45.79\00:38:49.06
We look at it as - this is
where God's church was really
00:38:49.09\00:38:52.19
commissioned to get in
there and to spread the gospel
00:38:52.23\00:38:55.46
to the whole world;
coming out of the Dark Ages
00:38:55.50\00:38:58.63
there was a
mission for us to do here.
00:38:58.67\00:39:00.67
And as you mentioned,
we realize at 538 to 1798
00:39:00.70\00:39:05.64
is the 1,260 year period
of time that I can't really
00:39:05.67\00:39:08.44
get into that, but it was
when the papacy was really
00:39:08.48\00:39:11.11
finally established in there.
00:39:11.15\00:39:13.25
You know, you had the 3 of
the 10 nations; the Ostrogoths,
00:39:13.28\00:39:16.38
the Heruli, the Vandals,
538 as it went down, that was
00:39:16.42\00:39:19.52
538, that was the beginning of
that prophecy and of that time.
00:39:19.55\00:39:23.02
So we know that it stands
good in history background
00:39:23.06\00:39:26.33
that we have to dig into.
00:39:26.36\00:39:28.73
Then that simply goes
into the bitterest experience
00:39:28.76\00:39:31.27
would be what we're
talking about is the 2,300 day
00:39:31.30\00:39:34.34
year prophecy, Daniel 8:14.
00:39:34.37\00:39:37.54
It's something we should be
studying, if you don't know it..
00:39:37.61\00:39:40.18
"Then shall the sanctuary
be cleansed," we're in that
00:39:40.21\00:39:43.01
timeframe - it tells me
that Jesus certainly is coming.
00:39:43.04\00:39:46.61
The numbers all add
up, so what is it that you
00:39:46.65\00:39:48.92
take this and it's good,
tastes good, then all of a
00:39:48.95\00:39:51.52
sudden it becomes bitter
and no longer people want that.
00:39:51.55\00:39:55.86
The numbers added up,
when you go into prophecy
00:39:55.89\00:39:57.89
and you look at
the numbers, add it up.
00:39:57.93\00:39:59.26
We realize we had to go from the
spring to the fall and so on,
00:39:59.29\00:40:02.46
so it takes us a little
bit, but the numbers were there,
00:40:02.50\00:40:05.07
and people were excited.
00:40:05.10\00:40:06.70
And I think I understand a
little bit how excited they were
00:40:06.74\00:40:09.97
because they believed with
their whole heart, under the
00:40:10.01\00:40:11.94
Millerites, John Miller
and the way he brought that
00:40:11.97\00:40:17.21
message, people really believed
it and they caught the vision;
00:40:17.25\00:40:19.88
they studied it for themselves
and they said Jesus was coming.
00:40:19.91\00:40:22.82
If we really believed it
like they believed it then,
00:40:22.85\00:40:25.29
would we be like they
were then - when they sold
00:40:25.32\00:40:28.19
their property; when they gave
00:40:28.22\00:40:30.09
everything to
the cause of Christ.
00:40:30.13\00:40:31.83
They left their crops in
the field because they just
00:40:31.86\00:40:33.96
knew that Jesus was coming.
00:40:34.00\00:40:35.93
Even though, I always look and
I say, "Only one little small
00:40:35.96\00:40:38.10
detail - "No man knows
(you mentioned it) the day
00:40:38.13\00:40:40.87
or the hour," and so this
kind of cuts a little bit raw,
00:40:40.90\00:40:43.64
so how did they get past that?
00:40:43.67\00:40:45.44
It's an interesting message,
sweet but became bitter.
00:40:45.47\00:40:48.31
And again, you have
457, under Artaxerxes,
00:40:48.34\00:40:51.58
we realize that's
when that started.
00:40:51.61\00:40:52.95
We realize the prophecy
extended to the baptism of Jesus
00:40:52.98\00:40:56.08
in 27, then to 31 A.D. to
the cross of Calvary, right?
00:40:56.12\00:41:00.79
And then, of course, to
34, the stoning of Stephen,
00:41:00.86\00:41:03.56
and also with the
gospel going to the Gentiles,
00:41:03.63\00:41:06.90
and then 1810...left
means 1844 the judgment hour.
00:41:06.93\00:41:10.73
I mean these things are
all good, Jesus would not come
00:41:10.77\00:41:14.20
back, they found that
He would not come back
00:41:14.24\00:41:16.00
to gather the saints at that
time but what He did was move
00:41:16.04\00:41:19.24
from what? He moved from
the holy to the most holy place.
00:41:19.27\00:41:23.41
The judgment hour began -
we realize that as we talk
00:41:23.45\00:41:27.38
about the Day of Atonement
or the atoning work of Christ
00:41:27.42\00:41:31.12
is being carried on in
the heavenly sanctuary.
00:41:31.15\00:41:33.92
And, in fact, it's the
investigative phase of the
00:41:33.96\00:41:37.39
judgment which most people
deny in a lot of churches.
00:41:37.43\00:41:40.16
They say, "There's
not any such thing,"
00:41:40.20\00:41:41.73
but certainly,
the Bible proves it.
00:41:41.76\00:41:43.33
John was told that he
must what? Prophesy again.
00:41:43.40\00:41:47.90
He must prophesy again.
00:41:47.94\00:41:49.80
And what does that
mean, ...Revelation 10:11?
00:41:49.84\00:41:51.97
So after the disappointment,
as he totaled everything up,
00:41:52.01\00:41:55.74
Jesus was supposed
to come; He didn't come;
00:41:55.78\00:41:57.58
people became
discouraged with that
00:41:57.61\00:42:00.12
and a lot of them
just fell by the wayside.
00:42:00.15\00:42:02.42
So they went back, they
re-studied the prophecies
00:42:02.45\00:42:05.29
and found that the end of
the 2,300 days of prophecy
00:42:05.32\00:42:09.26
or the cleansing of the
sanctuary - getting rid of sin,
00:42:09.29\00:42:12.56
was in the heavenly sanctuary,
not anything to do with the
00:42:12.59\00:42:16.53
earthly, but the
sanctuary of the new covenant,
00:42:16.56\00:42:19.17
the Bible said which the
Lord did what? The Lord pitched,
00:42:19.20\00:42:23.37
isn't that right? Hebrews 8:2.
00:42:23.41\00:42:24.91
This is one that we
should be looking to.
00:42:24.94\00:42:26.74
Christ is our High
Priest, Hebrews 8:1.
00:42:26.78\00:42:30.65
Think about the priest in
the earthly sanctuary served
00:42:30.71\00:42:33.98
unto the example
of shadow of what?
00:42:34.02\00:42:36.75
Of heavenly things, Hebrews 8:5.
00:42:36.79\00:42:39.89
Now quickly with
a few moments left,
00:42:39.92\00:42:41.66
Revelation 11:1-2, it
says here, "And there was given
00:42:43.99\00:42:49.56
me a reed like unto a rod;
and the angel stood saying,
00:42:49.60\00:42:53.70
"Rise and measure the
temple of God, and the altar,
00:42:53.77\00:42:56.64
and them that... what?
Them that worship therein.
00:42:56.67\00:43:00.28
But the court which is
without the temple leave out,
00:43:00.31\00:43:03.11
measure it not; for it
is given to the Gentiles;
00:43:03.14\00:43:06.31
and the holy city which shall
00:43:06.35\00:43:07.95
tread under foot
forty and two months."
00:43:07.98\00:43:11.69
What is God telling us?
00:43:12.49\00:43:13.86
He telling us...
"and measure the temple."
00:43:13.89\00:43:15.79
Who is He measuring here
when we look at this thing?
00:43:15.82\00:43:18.03
Who is He really measuring?
00:43:18.06\00:43:19.79
I'd like for us just to remember
this in Manuscript 4-1888.
00:43:19.83\00:43:22.96
This is real counsel here.
00:43:23.00\00:43:25.17
"Remember when you
were walking in the street
00:43:25.20\00:43:27.10
about your business,
God is measuring you.
00:43:27.14\00:43:30.71
When you are
attending your household duties;
00:43:30.77\00:43:33.21
when you are
engaged in the conversation,
00:43:33.24\00:43:35.58
God is doing... what?
God is measuring you."
00:43:35.61\00:43:39.18
You see, (notice
this), to see who will stand
00:43:39.21\00:43:42.42
in the last great day.
00:43:42.45\00:43:43.79
This is what the
measuring is all about.
00:43:43.85\00:43:45.75
Measuring takes place at
a specific period, we know,
00:43:45.79\00:43:48.86
in the history of the church.
00:43:48.89\00:43:50.96
This, to me, suggests a
work of judgment - so after the
00:43:50.99\00:43:55.23
Great Disappointment
on October 27, 1844,
00:43:55.26\00:43:58.80
Advent believers
directed their attention to the
00:43:58.83\00:44:02.07
heavenly sanctuary.
00:44:02.10\00:44:03.81
Now think about this, is
that what we should be doing?
00:44:03.84\00:44:06.14
Absolutely! That's where
the work is going on right now
00:44:06.17\00:44:09.08
in behalf of mankind.
00:44:09.11\00:44:10.45
We need to
understand this message.
00:44:10.48\00:44:12.98
You know, if you
look at this great work,
00:44:13.01\00:44:15.42
what happened is, the
work wasn't completed.
00:44:15.45\00:44:18.19
Our job wasn't completed
and that's why it said here
00:44:18.22\00:44:21.02
that what we need to go and
do is - give this message again.
00:44:21.06\00:44:25.36
We have to go back, why?
00:44:25.39\00:44:26.73
Because we have to give the
Three Angels Message once again.
00:44:26.80\00:44:28.96
That's including the First
and the Second and the Third
00:44:29.00\00:44:31.93
Angel's Message again.
00:44:31.97\00:44:33.70
Prophesy again - is
what we are told to the world
00:44:33.74\00:44:38.34
before Jesus comes
and that would be giving
00:44:38.37\00:44:40.94
Revelation 14 wouldn't it?
00:44:40.98\00:44:43.04
Not only the Third
Angel's Message but the First,
00:44:43.08\00:44:45.11
Second and
Third Angel's Message.
00:44:45.15\00:44:46.98
Why? To simply prepare a
people for the coming of Jesus.
00:44:47.02\00:44:50.79
And so, you know, I think
that's where we're at right now
00:44:50.85\00:44:53.15
in the history of the world,
God has given us a message...
00:44:53.19\00:44:55.49
It's going to test
and try the people of God,
00:44:55.52\00:44:57.89
just like they were in 1844.
00:44:57.93\00:45:00.06
There may be a little delaying
in the time, but we need to
00:45:00.13\00:45:02.70
remain faithful to the coming
of Jesus - realizing we do have
00:45:02.73\00:45:06.87
a specific job - work to
be done - messages to proclaim
00:45:06.94\00:45:11.27
to the world and by
God's grace we need to proclaim
00:45:11.31\00:45:13.98
those messages - not
get discouraged, not get
00:45:14.01\00:45:16.24
down and out,
don't get beside ourself,
00:45:16.28\00:45:18.41
but get with Jesus
and listen to the message
00:45:18.45\00:45:21.55
that He has for us today
and proclaim it to the world,
00:45:21.58\00:45:24.02
and to be ready for His coming.
00:45:24.09\00:45:25.42
To me, that's the most
important thing... to be ready
00:45:25.45\00:45:27.72
for the coming of
Jesus. Amen! Amen!
00:45:27.76\00:45:29.76
Praise the Lord!
00:45:29.79\00:45:31.13
Well I have the wonderful
task of doing the impossible,
00:45:31.16\00:45:34.60
and that's
communicating an entire
00:45:34.63\00:45:36.46
chapter in less than 10
minutes, but we know that we're
00:45:36.50\00:45:39.90
simply giving a brief overview
and so we're going to do that
00:45:39.93\00:45:43.04
just right now.
00:45:43.07\00:45:44.41
My topic is Thursday's
lesson on "The two witnesses,"
00:45:44.44\00:45:48.11
and also I'm going
to be covering Friday's
00:45:48.14\00:45:50.95
"Further Thought"
on the seventh trumpet.
00:45:50.98\00:45:53.78
And so, you know, it interesting
looking at this layout
00:45:53.82\00:45:57.65
of the Book of Revelation
because while there is a
00:45:57.69\00:46:00.69
sense of chronology
from chapter to chapter,
00:46:00.79\00:46:03.46
we also know that you
can't take from Revelation 1
00:46:03.49\00:46:07.30
all the way to
Revelation 22 as a strict
00:46:07.36\00:46:11.00
chronological sequence
because there are times
00:46:11.03\00:46:13.64
that God will back up
and He will obviously...
00:46:13.67\00:46:15.87
that repeat and enlarge method.
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.24
He will review
something and expound on that,
00:46:17.31\00:46:19.81
and we find, as Jill mentioned
beautifully, that Revelation
00:46:19.84\00:46:24.15
10 and Revelation 11 is
kind of an interlude between
00:46:24.18\00:46:29.22
the sixth trumpet
and the seventh trumpet.
00:46:29.25\00:46:32.32
And so when we get to
Revelation 11, we are introduced
00:46:32.35\00:46:35.79
to these two witnesses and
this is one of the most popular
00:46:35.82\00:46:39.26
questions that I got again
on the road traveling as an
00:46:39.29\00:46:41.70
evangelist all those years;
Ryan, who are the two witnesses?
00:46:41.73\00:46:45.63
The most common
popular explanation of the two
00:46:45.67\00:46:48.94
witnesses throughout the
evangelical Christian world
00:46:48.97\00:46:51.67
today is most people think
that they are the literal beings
00:46:51.71\00:46:54.38
of Moses and Elijah that
God will allow to come back
00:46:54.41\00:46:57.61
to this planet and
they're going to witness on this
00:46:57.65\00:47:00.65
earth for 3-1/2 literal days
and then they're going to be
00:47:00.68\00:47:03.35
killed and then they're
going to be resurrected...
00:47:03.42\00:47:05.22
and where they get this
from is the layout of Revelation
00:47:05.25\00:47:09.52
11, you'll see that verses
1-6 is simply introducing to us,
00:47:09.56\00:47:14.46
who these two witnesses are
and then when you read verses
00:47:14.50\00:47:17.30
7-10, it tells us about how
these two witnesses are killed.
00:47:17.37\00:47:20.84
And then of course, verses
11-14 these two witnesses are
00:47:20.87\00:47:27.18
resurrected and so, you know,
is it literal, is it symbolic?
00:47:27.21\00:47:30.35
And you'll see in just a
few moments that you cannot read
00:47:30.38\00:47:33.18
this chapter about these
two witnesses and take it every
00:47:33.21\00:47:36.69
single word literal, and
I'll show you even with the
00:47:36.72\00:47:39.05
application that is literal,
the persons of Moses and Elijah.
00:47:39.09\00:47:43.02
There is some symbolism involved
00:47:43.69\00:47:45.36
and you'll see
that as we go through.
00:47:45.43\00:47:46.80
I'm going to start in verse
3 and then we're just going to
00:47:46.83\00:47:48.93
kind of unpack a few things,
I know I'm not going to be able
00:47:48.96\00:47:51.47
to cover this entire section
but we'll do what we can.
00:47:51.50\00:47:54.14
Revelation 11:3 says, "And
I will give power to my two
00:47:54.20\00:47:59.54
witnesses and they
will prophesy 1,260 days
00:47:59.57\00:48:05.21
clothed in sackcloth."
00:48:05.25\00:48:07.92
So we have some
context clues here that kind of
00:48:07.95\00:48:11.52
gives us some insight
on who these two witnesses
00:48:11.55\00:48:14.19
could possibly be.
00:48:14.22\00:48:15.56
Now obviously the
two witnesses, I believe,
00:48:15.59\00:48:18.43
there is sufficient
evidence that the two witnesses
00:48:18.46\00:48:20.53
represent the Bible, both
the Old and New Testament,
00:48:20.56\00:48:23.70
and even though we call
it the Old and New Testament,
00:48:24.57\00:48:26.30
we know that there's no
such thing as an old or a new,
00:48:26.33\00:48:28.37
it's all the Word of God
and it flows very smoothly
00:48:28.40\00:48:31.84
from one side to
the next, but just a
00:48:31.87\00:48:34.01
few Scriptural
references here...
00:48:34.08\00:48:36.08
we have a reference of
the law and the prophets
00:48:36.11\00:48:38.91
in Matthew 7:12, "Jesus referred
to the law and the prophets,
00:48:38.98\00:48:42.48
and most people believe
that these two witnesses are
00:48:42.52\00:48:44.79
Moses and Elijah and in a sense
they are... not the literal
00:48:44.82\00:48:48.19
beings, but obviously
Moses represents the law and
00:48:48.22\00:48:52.53
of course, Elijah
would represent the prophets,
00:48:52.56\00:48:54.86
and there's some Scriptural
evidence of that in Malachi 4
00:48:54.93\00:48:58.00
and Matthew 17.
00:48:58.03\00:48:59.70
The two olive trees in
Zechariah 4 which we're about to
00:48:59.73\00:49:03.67
read about... again representing
the Old and New Testament,
00:49:03.74\00:49:06.41
this biblical application;
the two candlesticks;
00:49:06.44\00:49:09.61
the two-edged
sword all a reference
00:49:09.64\00:49:11.98
of the Bible, the Word of God.
00:49:12.01\00:49:14.35
So the 1,260 days
obviously would represent as
00:49:14.38\00:49:18.49
Pastor Kenny mentioned as
we mentioned several times
00:49:18.52\00:49:20.82
here... that period from
about 538 A.D. to 1798 A.D.
00:49:20.89\00:49:25.43
when the Catholic Church State
reigned supreme all over the
00:49:25.46\00:49:28.83
world and it was
indeed a dark time.
00:49:28.86\00:49:32.20
We call it the "Dark
Ages" for a reason and we'll see
00:49:32.23\00:49:34.80
a little bit of why we
call it the "Dark Ages"
00:49:34.84\00:49:36.71
in just a few moments
as we get through this.
00:49:36.74\00:49:38.77
The sackcloth - notice
how it says that these were
00:49:38.81\00:49:42.21
clothed were sackcloth.
00:49:42.24\00:49:43.58
Sackcloth simply is a
representation - it is closely
00:49:43.65\00:49:46.38
associated to a time
of mourning and distress.
00:49:46.41\00:49:49.28
I think of the Day of Atonement
when on that special day
00:49:49.32\00:49:53.22
of judgment - the children
of Israel would sit in sackcloth
00:49:53.25\00:49:56.26
and ashes as they
would pray towards the temple
00:49:56.29\00:49:58.46
pleading and searching
the soul, you know, searching
00:49:58.49\00:50:01.30
themselves - "Lord,
forgive my sins," presenting
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.83
themselves before the Lord...
00:50:03.87\00:50:05.23
so a time of
mourning, a time of distress.
00:50:05.27\00:50:08.07
Look at Revelation
11:4... "These are the two
00:50:08.10\00:50:13.07
olive trees and the two
lampstands standing before
00:50:13.11\00:50:16.95
the God of the earth."
00:50:17.01\00:50:19.28
Now, I think this Scripture
here even further alludes to
00:50:19.31\00:50:22.25
the fact that this is for
sure the word of God for we know
00:50:22.28\00:50:25.65
the two olive trees
are a symbol drawn from
00:50:25.69\00:50:28.06
Zechariah 4:1-6, and they
are portrayed as a furnishing
00:50:28.09\00:50:33.40
of oil for the
lamps of the sanctuary.
00:50:33.46\00:50:35.80
And I have to add here
again, I know I've said this
00:50:35.83\00:50:38.00
several times, but it's
quite impossible to understand
00:50:38.03\00:50:41.07
the Book of Revelation
without having been exposed
00:50:41.10\00:50:43.34
to or a previous
knowledge of the sanctuary.
00:50:43.37\00:50:45.84
That's why I
encourage our viewers at home,
00:50:45.87\00:50:47.98
all of those who are studying
with us around the world...
00:50:48.01\00:50:49.78
study the sanctuary message,
it will help you understand
00:50:49.81\00:50:53.45
the Book of Revelation so much
00:50:53.48\00:50:54.82
better when you
get to these chapters.
00:50:54.85\00:50:56.55
The reason why there's so much
confusion about much of this
00:50:56.62\00:50:58.65
symbolism, is people
don't understand the sanctuary
00:50:58.69\00:51:02.02
that is primarily established
in the Old Testament...
00:51:02.06\00:51:04.69
we have a lot of people
today that consider themselves
00:51:04.73\00:51:06.80
"New Testament Christians."
00:51:06.83\00:51:08.26
They say, "I don't
need the Old Testament."
00:51:08.30\00:51:09.96
When we know that the
Word of God is the Word of God,
00:51:10.03\00:51:11.97
we have to take the
whole pie, not just half of it.
00:51:12.00\00:51:14.70
And we also know that
this lampstand... okay, the two
00:51:14.74\00:51:18.17
trees - let's go
back to that for a moment.
00:51:18.21\00:51:19.87
Zechariah 4:1-6 establishes
the fact the furnishing
00:51:19.91\00:51:24.38
of the oil for the lamps;
the oil is a representation
00:51:24.41\00:51:26.78
of the Holy Spirit in
Scripture, that is the symbolism
00:51:26.82\00:51:29.48
of the Holy Spirit.
00:51:29.52\00:51:30.85
Now these lampstands, we
know for sure, is pointing
00:51:30.89\00:51:33.52
directly to the Word of God
for we have in Psalm 119:105.
00:51:33.56\00:51:37.49
You guys know the Scripture...
"Thy word, O Lord, is a lamp
00:51:37.53\00:51:40.46
unto my feet and a
light unto my path."
00:51:40.50\00:51:42.96
And, you know, referring to
them as being two witnesses...
00:51:43.00\00:51:45.90
Is the Word of God a witness?
Oh you better believe it!
00:51:45.93\00:51:49.97
Notice Matthew 24:14, I want
to establish that one first.
00:51:50.04\00:51:54.01
"And this gospel of the
kingdom will be preached in all
00:51:54.04\00:51:56.28
the world for a...?
witness unto all nations."
00:51:56.31\00:51:59.38
So there's no doubt in
our minds that when we read
00:51:59.41\00:52:02.25
through here, about
these two witnesses,
00:52:02.28\00:52:04.19
it's talking
about the Word of God.
00:52:04.22\00:52:05.69
When it says that
these witnesses were killed,
00:52:05.72\00:52:08.66
as we go on to verse 7,
notice what it says here...
00:52:08.69\00:52:11.29
"And when they finished
their testimony, the beast, that
00:52:11.33\00:52:13.50
ascends out of
the bottomless pit,
00:52:13.53\00:52:14.83
will make war against them."
00:52:14.86\00:52:16.50
A beast in Bible
prophecy represents a power,
00:52:16.53\00:52:19.67
significant nations or kingdoms
and so there was a kingdom
00:52:19.70\00:52:23.67
in history and I'll just
say it for the sake of time...
00:52:23.71\00:52:26.27
I encourage you to study
this because what we're reading
00:52:26.31\00:52:28.78
here in Revelation 11 is
a time period in which we're
00:52:28.81\00:52:32.85
studying, historically,
the French Revolution.
00:52:32.88\00:52:35.62
If you go back and study
the time period of the French
00:52:35.65\00:52:37.35
Revolution, the latter
part of the 1700s from about
00:52:37.39\00:52:40.22
1793 through to 1797-98,
again, the time of the end.
00:52:40.26\00:52:46.66
You will study that time
period, you will see that the
00:52:46.70\00:52:48.66
Word of God was
actually being oppressed by the
00:52:48.70\00:52:51.47
French assemblies, by
the French governments.
00:52:51.50\00:52:53.87
And so when it says that
they were killed... you go study
00:52:54.60\00:52:57.94
history from about
1793-1797 for a period of about
00:52:57.97\00:53:02.88
3-1/2 years, as it says
here that their dead bodies
00:53:02.91\00:53:05.61
lie in the streets for about
3-1/2 days - a day for a year
00:53:05.65\00:53:09.18
principle, 3-1/12
years, from 1793 to 1797,
00:53:09.22\00:53:14.69
that 3-1/2 year
period, the Word of God was
00:53:14.72\00:53:17.26
oppressed, it was taken away.
00:53:17.33\00:53:18.76
The Bibles were heaped up
in the middle of the streets
00:53:19.66\00:53:21.93
and set afire.
00:53:21.96\00:53:23.33
That's why it said that
their bodies were burned.
00:53:23.37\00:53:25.30
Incredible time in history!
00:53:25.33\00:53:26.70
I encourage you to study this.
00:53:26.74\00:53:28.17
And then it says that
their bodies were resurrected.
00:53:28.20\00:53:30.27
When you get to around verse 11,
notice what verse 11 says here.
00:53:30.31\00:53:33.94
"Now after 3-1/2 days,
(there it is) the breath of life
00:53:33.98\00:53:36.58
from God entered them and
they stood up on their feet and
00:53:36.61\00:53:39.31
great fear fell on
those who saw them."
00:53:39.35\00:53:41.78
Because while they did try
to oppress the Word of God,
00:53:41.82\00:53:44.52
for 3-1/2 years, around
1797-1798, you start to see
00:53:44.55\00:53:50.09
this resurgence, this
revival of the Word of God being
00:53:50.13\00:53:53.40
printed all over the place.
00:53:53.46\00:53:55.23
Notice this right
here, this is incredible...
00:53:55.26\00:53:57.53
Soon after the French
Revolution, various national
00:53:57.57\00:54:00.17
Bible societies were
established, particularly
00:54:00.24\00:54:02.50
notable among those were
the "British and Foreign Bible
00:54:02.54\00:54:05.11
Societies" founded in 1804,
notice the timeframe here...
00:54:05.14\00:54:08.61
and the "American Bible
Society" organized in 1816.
00:54:08.64\00:54:12.35
These organizations
help translate the Bible
00:54:12.38\00:54:15.02
into more than 1,500 languages
00:54:15.05\00:54:17.49
in a very short period of time.
00:54:17.52\00:54:19.92
You want to talk about a
revival of the Word of God
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after it had been oppressed,
this is powerful stuff here.
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And it gets me excited because,
you know, when you try to
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wage war against truth,
TRUTH always prevails. Amen!
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Truth always will prevail!
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Check this out... Voltaire,
a notable French atheist,
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he had said, (in his
time), he died in 1778,
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and this is what he said
within 100 years of his time,
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"Christianity would be
swept away from existence
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and pass into the
obscurity of history."
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Yet 50 years after his death,
the "Geneva Bible Society"
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used his house and printing
press to produce thousands
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of Bibles! So the Word
of God will always prevail.
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I have about 40 seconds
and I'm going to quickly
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cover just the very
basis of the seventh trumpet
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which is basically
Christ receiving His kingdoms
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and launching us
into this judgment time
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period 1844 and forward.
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I just want to
give a quick summary.
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I'm not going to be able
to read any Scripture there,
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but read verses
15-19 for yourself.
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The seventh trumpet
represents the time period from
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1844 into the
second coming of Jesus.
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During this time,
attention is focused upon the
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High Priestly Ministry of
Jesus in the Most Holy Place.
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We are living in a "Most
Holy Place" time period. Amen!
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And I think that's where
we're actually setting up as we
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continue on through the
Book of Revelation, chapter 12
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and onward, we're focusing
on that High Priestly Ministry
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of Jesus in the Most
Holy Place. Amen and Amen!
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Thank you so much!
That was wonderful and
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it occurs to me though as
I'm listening, that for those
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of you who may not be
familiar with Revelation,
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you're probably
going... "Where are they getting
00:55:56.18\00:55:58.45
all of this?" We will unpack,
I know, in a future lesson,
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we'll be explaining about
the time periods and things.
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But one of the chief
contributors for this Quarterly
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was "Ranko
Stefanovic," he has a program on
00:56:11.47\00:56:14.57
3ABN, "The
Revelation of Jesus Christ."
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He has a commentary called,
"The Revelation of Jesus Christ"
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You may want to Google that...
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"The Revelation of the
Coming King," it's called.
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"The Revelation of the
Coming King" is our program.
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Yes, thank you.
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Quick comment from everybody,
we've got about a minute.
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Well the trumpet will sound and
the dead in Christ will rise.
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I'm looking forward
to the last trump! Amen!
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That's what I'm
looking forward to.
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They'll be many trumpets,
but I'm waiting and getting
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ready for the LAST TRUMP!
Amen! Praise God for that.
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I love the fact that the
trumpets, even though there's
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judgment, there's
redemption and mercy mingled
00:56:49.80\00:56:53.07
with it because God calls
each one of us to repentance.
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Amen! In "Selected
Messages," Book 1, p. 188,
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says, "We are not to know
the definite time either for the
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outpouring of the Holy Spirit
or for the coming of Christ."
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Just something good, to
remember as we study prophecy.
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"Faith comes by hearing and
hearing by the Word of God."
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"Man shall not live by
bread alone, but by every word
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that proceeds out
of the mouth of God."
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Now more than ever,
we need to be focused on
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truth and uplift the
truth in this time. Amen!
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Absolutely! You know, the
Bible promises, in Revelation,
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actually the opening
chapter of Revelation promises
00:57:25.24\00:57:27.88
that blessed is he
who hears, who reads,
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who applies this Word.
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So we hope that you have
been blessed today as you're
00:57:35.35\00:57:39.29
hearing and even if
you don't understand fully,
00:57:39.32\00:57:41.62
just say, "Oh Lord, thank You
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that You will bring
me that understanding."
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And my comment is just
that I want you to remember
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Jesus is standing at
the right hand of the throne
00:57:49.36\00:57:52.67
of the Father in the
Most Holy Place right now.
00:57:52.70\00:57:55.37
He is interceding on
your behalf and He is
00:57:55.40\00:57:59.41
able to save to the uttermost.
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We hope you'll join us
again next time. Bye, bye.
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