Hello, and welcome to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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We're glad to have you,
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glad you've chosen to
spend this time with us.
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We're going to be
on lesson number 12.
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We're going to be talking
about a message worth sharing.
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And absolutely, we
have a message worth sharing
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and giving to all the world,
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you'll hear that in this lesson.
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So I know you want
to stay tuned with us.
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And even though it's coming
to the end of these lessons,
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you still may not
have those guides yet.
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And I'm just
going to encourage you
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to go ahead and get those.
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And the reason I'm
going to encourage you
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because maybe
you've missed quite a few
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or maybe you don't
have them still yet,
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but you can go
back and get those
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and then you can
study all of these lessons,
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which will be a blessing to you.
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You can get those
by downloading them
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at absg.Adventist.org.
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That's absg.Adventist.org
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and get those lessons
and study right along.
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We're eager and
excited about this lesson
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and we're very
excited that you've joined us.
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Stay right with us.
We'll be right back.
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Thank you once again
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for joining us here at
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Again it's a delight
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that you've chosen
to study with us today.
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Again, we're on
lesson number 12,
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get everything that you
need and get it together
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because it's going
to move rather quickly.
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As we begin we're going to talk
about a message worth sharing.
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And as I've studied this lesson,
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it is a message worth sharing.
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In fact, it's to
go into all the world
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and I'm excited about that.
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So again, welcome back
and introduce the panel.
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On to my left, Brother Ryan Day.
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Glad to have you. Man,
I'm excited to be here.
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Going to be diving deep
into the Book of Revelation,
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my favorite book.
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Oh, praise God.
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And you have on your left there,
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Pastor John Lomacang, nice.
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That's right.
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See, as Ryan just said,
when you step into Revelation,
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remember it says I John saw.
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Yes.
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Sounds good to me.
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And on your left
sister, Sister Jill Morikone.
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Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny.
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Excited about the study today.
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And who do you
have on your left there?
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It's like the new kid on
the block they say, right?
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Yay!
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Jason Bradley.
Yeah, Jason Bradley.
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Yes.
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And happy to go on this journey.
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Amen.
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We're glad to have you, Jason.
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Thank you so
much for joining us.
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I know God's going to
give you some good insight.
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And each one of you here,
as we go through this lesson.
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We need to have prayer.
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There's power in prayer, right?
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We've been learning
that in these lessons,
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have we not?
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Brother Jason,
since you're here today,
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would you offer prayer for us?
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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Dear Heavenly Father,
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we thank You for the
wonderful opportunity
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and privilege
to study Your Word.
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And now we just ask for
Your Holy Spirit to lead,
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guide and direct
us into all truths.
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In Jesus' name we pray, amen.
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Amen. Praise the Lord.
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Okay, we'll go
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to the Sabbath
afternoon's lesson there,
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we go to the memory text.
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Again this
probably will be shared
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several different times.
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But I'm telling
you, the more we hear it,
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the more we're going to settle
into our hearts and our minds,
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and that we'll be
able to recall that
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when God calls us to
share it with someone else.
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Our memory text,
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it again is found in
Revelation14:6 and 7.
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Revelation 14:6 and 7,
it reads like this, it said,
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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flying,
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach to those
who dwell on the earth,
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every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people,
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saying with a loud voice,
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'Fear God and give glory to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come,
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worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
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and the sea and
springs of water."
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What a familiar
passage of scripture
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that should be
to each one of us.
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We should have
not only just read it,
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we should have be studying that
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in this hour
that we are living in.
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The key to Sabbath afternoon,
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in my opinion
is studying the key
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is simply Christ death
was meant for all people.
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The message was meant
to go into all the world.
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And as our text said,
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every nation, and every kindred,
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and every
tongue, and every people,
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that's the good news.
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That's the gospel of salvation.
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That's the good
news of Jesus Christ,
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who came to deliver us
from the penalty of sin.
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That's to me, that's
just good news today.
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We have a
Redeemer, we have a Savior,
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we have a second chance, right,
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to get things
right by the grace of God
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and, of course,
those goes on by His grace.
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Praise God for that.
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Book of Revelation was written
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as this passage
come from Revelation 14,
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especially for
the end time people.
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We know that and so
we should be studying
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and encourage other
people to study it to.
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Not only is that
Revelation a prophecy
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and things that
are come to pass,
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but it just really points in,
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it's a
revelation of Jesus Christ.
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We find Jesus in
the Book of Revelation.
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Let no one fool you
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and try to throw
you off from that.
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You find Jesus, you
find what's happening,
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you know, even
in the world today
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if you're a little
confused what's going on,
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get into the Book of
Daniel and Revelation,
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God's going to help
you to understand that.
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We have a message
to give to the world,
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a message worth sharing.
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And I believe that
with all of my heart,
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you know in Sunday's lesson
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it's titled "Peter's
Present-Truth Message."
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Now, again, this
should not be anything
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that would upset anyone
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because there's such
thing as present truth,
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you know, and
we need to find out
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what present truth is
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and there's times
that needs to be interwoven
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with the messages that God gives
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His people here
in these last days.
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Why?
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Because God has from,
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we know from the very
beginning sent special messages,
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special points
and periods of time,
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and it was
always to prepare people
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for what was
coming on this earth.
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Aren't you glad
we have a friend?
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Aren't you glad we
have someone, right,
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who sits in the
authority, right, on the throne
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and lets us know
what soon to take place,
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what's taking place even now,
in this world, all the stuff.
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We can have peace
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knowing that
Jesus is on the throne.
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So don't be surprised.
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So don't be caught.
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We don't need to
be caught off guard.
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Because the Bible said
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more passage of scripture
is mentioned so many times.
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Amos 3:7, the Bible
is just simply says,
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Surely the Lord God,"
would do what everything?
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Nothing. Oh, thank you. Okay.
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"He will do
nothing," notice this,
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"but He revealeth
His secrets" unto whom?
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"His servants the prophets."
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This is the promise,
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you know, get in and
get a hold of that promise.
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God said, "I'm not
going to do anything
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until I let you know first,
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and then I'm
going to reveal it."
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Now it's up to you to
accept that revelation or not.
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But God said, "I'm
going to reveal it.
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I don't want you
caught off guard.
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I don't want you to be fooled.
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I don't want you to be deceived.
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You know, I want you to know
so that you can be prepared.
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And then once you get prepared,
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then you can help what?
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Prepare others by
the grace and strength
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and the power of hope of God."
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Our lesson brings
out several examples
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of what we just
talked about of God warning
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before the event took place.
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For instance before the flood,
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these are to say
maybe simple things
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but man, they just hit home
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and they certainly
hit the example for us.
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Before the flood God
sent a message through who?
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Through Noah, did He not?
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Basically that a
flood was going to come,
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the world was
going to be destroyed.
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Now did He do it
before the flood came?
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Absolutely.
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You know Genesis 6,
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you can read more about
that when you have time.
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Number two there's
another one, Joseph.
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Joseph was raised to,
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you know at the time to
prepare for that seven years
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you remember, yeah, of plenty
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because there was going to be,
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you know, some
rough times ahead.
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So he was there forecast before
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in the Word of God.
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Joseph, I read
one time where it said
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Joseph became
the savior of Egypt
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in the right way.
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He was the man of the hour
in Genesis 41:3, notice this,
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the prophets
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and, of course Jesus Himself
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talked about the
destruction of Jerusalem.
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Man, it says, don't be deceived.
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You need to know
these things are going on,
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Matthew 24.
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And then along
comes John the Baptist.
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Praise God for John the Baptist.
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He gave a message that
we need today still yet,
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but he gave a
message of repentance,
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to prepare people
for Jesus' first coming.
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So don't you
believe along with me
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that we need to
hear of that today?
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It's the message
that Jesus is coming
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the second time,
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it's we need to repent
and get ourselves right,
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Matthew Chapter 3,
because Jesus is coming.
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We believe that God
has given a special message
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for these last
days for the world.
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It's going to test
and it's going to prepare
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a people to meet Him.
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And it's called as we
read in our memory text,
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the three angels'
message of Revelation 14.
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We talk about
powerful words of Scripture,
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this message and
other important truths,
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I believe can be
called present truth.
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This is what
we're talking about,
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present truth that
can be called that.
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2 Peter 1:12.
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It simply says,
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we need to be
established in what?
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In present
truth. We need to know.
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In other words,
we need to understand
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the hour that we're living in
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and we've been studying here
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that God always
before sent what?
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He sent a warning.
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So He's sending warnings today
before the events take place
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so that we can know.
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And so this
would be present truth,
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at least in my
opinion, this is present truth.
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And then, of course, you
read in the 2 Peter 1:19.
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It simply says,
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because we have a
more sure word of prophecy,
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since the Word of
God is sure, right?
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As His throne is sure,
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these things are
going to take place
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whether you accept it or not,
whether you believe it or not,
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or may I say nicely,
whether you want it or not.
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These things are going to happen
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and we need to make
sure that we read the Word
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and get ready for these
things that are taking place.
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You know, question
maybe could be asked,
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they said are the truths
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or the doctrines we
hold today present truth?
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There's been
discussions about these things.
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Well, we can present truth
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and everybody might
have their own little take
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and so on about present truth,
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and really what
encompasses present truth?
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Well, I found
something in 2 Testimonies 355.
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I pray that would
be a blessing to you
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and maybe give a little
more than part knowledge,
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the things that maybe
we need to be focusing on
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along with lot of
other but notice this,
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"We believe," starts out,
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"We believe without a doubt
that Christ is soon coming."
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We believe without a
doubt that Christ is coming.
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There's no doubt in my mind.
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It's coming
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because it's just
that's a sure word we know.
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"This is not a fable to us.
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It is a reality,"
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notice this, "we
have no doubt neither, "
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notice this, "have we,"
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notice, "a doubt
about present truth
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for these years,"
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notice this, "the
years that we've had,
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the doctrines
that we hold today,
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are present truth."
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Maybe that's the bottom line.
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The doctrines that we hold today
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as a movement
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could be classified
and put into present truth.
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Because do we need all of these?
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Absolutely.
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We need all of these messages
today to warn the world.
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Why?
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Because we are
preparing to meet Jesus
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in the clouds of glory.
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Not going to go
through all of the messages,
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but you've turned your Bible
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already to
Revelation14:6, 7, 8, 9, and 10
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and so on in there,
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this given the
three angels' message.
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I might ask a question,
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you know, as we
look at those messages,
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is it paramount
that we understand
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that they're present truth.
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If we look at Revelation
14, I thought I'm gonna do
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is just discuss
and just touch on
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because there's a
lot more discussion
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going to be on these messages.
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But if we said, we saw an angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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there's a message to
be given to the world.
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Okay, we just say
okay, that's present truth.
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The message is going to
be preached to all the world
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that's present truth
as far as I'm concerned.
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This angel messenger said
with the loud voice, do what?
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Give glory, right, to Him,
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for the hour of
His judgment has come.
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God's last day
people present truth
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is that we are living what?
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We're living in the
hour of God's judgment.
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We are living in this time.
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And if we had a real concept,
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Pastor, at least in my
opinion, all of us here,
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it seems like we'd be
doing more than we're doing.
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I don't know how
people can do maybe some more
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and some of you doesn't seem
like you're busy all the time.
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But it seemed like there may
be a little more urgency to it
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if we really believe
that this is a judgment hour.
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We've been here
for many, many years.
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And soon it's going to be over.
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With present truth we
need to be hitting on that,
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no doubt.
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And then it says, go
back and worship the one
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who made heavens and earth.
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So we realize
that we need to go back
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to the beginning,
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and certainly bring forth what?
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Seventh day
Sabbath, isn't that right?
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You have to go
back to the beginning,
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worship the creator
of heaven and earth.
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So to me,
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seventh day
Sabbath is present truth.
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And then there
follow another angel second
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just simply said,
Babylon is fallen,
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is fallen, is fallen why?
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Because she's
drunk, we understand it.
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So once this message goes
out, and the people hear it,
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should there not be a call
to come out of her, my people.
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I believe, I'm
just making point,
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this is present truth.
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You just don't give a
message and give the truth
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and you just walk away.
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You give a call,
you give an urgency,
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and then compel
them by the grace
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and the power of the Holy Spirit
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to come and to join in.
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And then, of course,
the third angel's message
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in last minute or so here,
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it talks about that,
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you know, if any
man worship the beast
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and his image and
receive the mark in his hand,
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his forehead, we're
in the lost condition.
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To me that is present truth.
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We have an
obligation to warn the world,
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what the mark of the beast is,
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what the image of
the beast is all about,
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what's taking
place in the world today
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that leads us to think
not only with Scripture,
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but we see signs of
the times are everywhere.
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Think about it,
they're everywhere.
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And so we need to
grasp hold of these things
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and simply say,
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now we're not saying
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every time,
every time, every time.
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But I at least in my
opinion when I'm in prayer,
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and again, what I
may be impressed with
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may not be what you.
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I know I get some
letters and calls,
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I understand that.
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Well, you know,
you spend too much time
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on this dooming and glooming.
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You know, you
may not be impressed
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what I'm impressed with
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and you may not be impressed
what I'm impressed with,
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God impresses
each one differently,
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that's what makes it
so good and so wonderful
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to have a balanced message.
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And everybody
doesn't give it the same way.
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See, I'm starting
to get excited about,
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I got to calm down.
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Because I realize,
at least in my heart,
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the urgency of this time, why?
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Because our message today,
we have a message to give.
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And we need to
give it to the world
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and we can only
give it with the power,
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the aid of the Holy Spirit.
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This represents a real message
that we will be tested on.
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I'm not even getting
to all the stuff here.
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But a message that
God's people everybody
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will be tested on.
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And we're going to
have to match up to that
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by the grace of God
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why we believe
the Lord is coming
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and because we believe
we have message that's good,
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and we need to
give it to the world.
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Preach it, Brother.
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I get excited every time.
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Amen. Well, you got me excited.
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So we got to get excited. Amen.
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Praise the Lord.
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Well, hey, I think you
set a great foundation,
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we're talking
about in Monday's lesson,
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"Revelation's End-Time Focus."
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Now, there's a
lot to be said on this
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in the very
little time that we have.
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I'm going to do my best
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to emphasize
that end time focus.
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And so the lesson
brings out in Monday's lesson
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that while the
Second Coming of Jesus
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is referenced and
talked about in the gospels,
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it's not a major
focus of emphasis.
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In fact, the
majority of the focus
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is on Christ first advent.
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Now again, it is
referenced it's talked about,
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there are texts in the gospels
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about the
Second Coming of Jesus,
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but if you really,
really want to find
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what the end time focus is,
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by the time you get
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to these great apocalyptic books
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like Daniel and Revelation,
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and more
specifically, in this case,
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the Book of
Revelation which means, again,
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Revelation in the
original Greek there
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was apocalypses,
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which means a
revealing and unveiling
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of this beautiful last day truth
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that Jesus wants to
reveal to His people,
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that it's certainly clear
00:16:09.36\00:16:10.97
that one of the
great major themes
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throughout the
Book of Revelation
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is the Second Coming of Jesus.
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And we want to
provide some evidence for that
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and look through
some of these passages
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all the way through
the Book of Revelation
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that reminds us of
why we do evangelism.
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That reminds us
of why we're here,
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why we preach the
gospel, why we witness,
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why we share Jesus now
with a sense of urgency,
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with a sense of appeal,
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with a sense of
calling out and crying out
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for people to come to God now.
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So I wanna jump right
into the first chapter
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of Revelation.
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And you can see
seven verses into this,
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Jesus isn't
holding anything back.
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He's letting you
know why He's given you
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this last day as
Brother Kenny brought out
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present truth
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and this is for sure
a present truth message.
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Notice what He says in
Revelation 1:7, he says,
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"Behold, He is
coming with clouds,
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and every eye will see
Him, even they who pierced Him,
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and all the tribes
of the earth will mourn
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because of Him.
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Even so, Amen.
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So I mean, we have
literally just walked
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through the front door, we
pulled back the screen door,
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we've kicked our shoes off.
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We're trying to get comfortable
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and but we
haven't even sat down yet
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and Jesus is already
saying, "Hey, let Me remind you,
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I'm coming soon.
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And I'm not just coming soon,
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I'm coming quickly so be ready."
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Another passage in
the Book of Revelation
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that is quite
fascinating and ironic to me
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is Revelation 6:12-17.
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And this comes
within the context
00:17:33.98\00:17:35.78
of the end part
of the sixth seal.
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And it's quite interesting
when you read these verses,
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because it's
literally describing
00:17:41.42\00:17:43.29
the return of Jesus.
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Notice beginning of verse 12,
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all the way through to verse 17.
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It says, I looked when
He opened the sixth seal,
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and behold, there
was a great earthquake,
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and the sun became
black as sackcloth of hair,
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and the moon became like blood
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and the stars of
heaven fell from the earth,
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as a fig tree drops
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its late figs when it is
shaken by a mighty wind."
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So this is
talking about those signs,
00:18:03.04\00:18:04.48
those great signs
that are leading up
00:18:04.51\00:18:06.18
to this great
Second Coming event.
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Notice verse 14,
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"Then the sky
receded as a scroll
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when it is rolled up,
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and every mountain and island
was moved out of its place.
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And the kings of the earth,
the great men, the rich men,
00:18:16.66\00:18:20.10
the commanders, the mighty men,
00:18:20.13\00:18:21.86
every slave and every free man,
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hid themselves in the caves
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and in the rocks
and the mountains,
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and it said to the
rocks and the mountains,
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'Fall on us and hide
us from the face of Him
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who sits on the throne and
from the wrath of the Lamb!
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For the great day
of His wrath has come,
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and who is able to stand?' "
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And I find this quite ironic
00:18:40.22\00:18:41.58
because in the
original Greek here,
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the word for lamb
is the word arnion
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and, of course, the general word
00:18:46.65\00:18:48.52
in the Greek for
lamb, for instance in first,
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I think it's John 1:29.
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When John sees Jesus
coming "Behold, the Lamb of God
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that takes away,
it's the word amnos,
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which is a general,
00:18:56.73\00:18:58.07
there's a lamb, there's a sheep,
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but this here,
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the word arnion is referencing
Christ as a baby pet lamb,
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a small little baby
lambkin of the first year.
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And so it's interesting
that these men in judgment
00:19:07.31\00:19:09.71
we're seeing clearly here
00:19:09.74\00:19:11.08
that they're
running as Pastor brought up
00:19:11.11\00:19:12.48
in a previous
lesson, I loved it.
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You know, we don't want
to be running to the rocks.
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We want to be running
from the rocks, right?
00:19:15.88\00:19:17.79
Out of the rocks,
they're running to the rocks
00:19:17.82\00:19:19.32
and they're crying, Lord,
00:19:19.35\00:19:20.69
you know, let him fall on us
00:19:20.72\00:19:22.06
and hide us from the
face of the baby pet lamb.
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It's just ironic to envision,
00:19:25.19\00:19:27.43
but Jesus has seen all the way
through the Book of Revelation
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every time you
see the word lamb,
00:19:30.00\00:19:31.40
it is he had seen,
John saw Him in vision
00:19:31.43\00:19:33.90
as a baby lambkin,
00:19:33.94\00:19:35.27
a lambkin of the first year
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appeared slain in Revelation 5
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before the throne of
God which is an interesting,
00:19:38.57\00:19:41.11
very interesting imagery
there and image in your mind,
00:19:41.14\00:19:43.55
but Jesus is the
Lamb of God indeed.
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Revelation
11:15, love this text.
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It comes within the
context of the Seventh Trump
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I believe it is.
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"Then the seventh angel sounded:
00:19:56.26\00:19:57.93
And there were loud
voices in heaven saying,
00:19:57.96\00:20:00.80
'The kingdoms of this world
00:20:00.83\00:20:02.66
have become the kingdoms
of our Lord and His Christ,
00:20:02.70\00:20:06.23
and He shall reign forever.'"
00:20:06.27\00:20:08.30
Again within the context
of the Second Coming of Jesus,
00:20:08.34\00:20:11.34
where Jesus is now,
00:20:11.37\00:20:12.74
He has received
the kingdom as His own,
00:20:12.77\00:20:15.01
that stone that has come
and had filled the whole world
00:20:15.04\00:20:18.31
and has become a great mountain.
00:20:18.35\00:20:19.78
It is referring to
the kingdom of Christ
00:20:19.81\00:20:21.82
at His Second
Coming, Revelation 14:14-16.
00:20:21.85\00:20:25.99
I'm not gonna spend
much time on this one,
00:20:26.02\00:20:27.36
but just to reference
00:20:27.39\00:20:28.72
that this is
indeed talking about
00:20:28.76\00:20:30.43
that central theme of focus,
the Second Coming of Jesus,
00:20:30.46\00:20:33.66
it says, then I look,
00:20:33.70\00:20:35.03
we're starting with
verse 14 in Revelation 14.
00:20:35.06\00:20:37.20
He says, "Then I looked,
and behold, a white cloud,
00:20:37.23\00:20:39.47
and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
00:20:39.50\00:20:41.64
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:20:41.67\00:20:43.87
and in His hand a sharp sickle.
00:20:43.91\00:20:46.07
And another angel
came out of the temple,
00:20:46.11\00:20:47.94
crying with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud,
00:20:47.98\00:20:51.48
'Thrust in Your sickle and reap,
00:20:51.51\00:20:53.52
for the time has
come for You to reap,
00:20:53.55\00:20:56.99
for the harvest of
the earth is ripe.'
00:20:57.02\00:20:58.79
So He that sat
on the cloud thrust
00:20:58.82\00:21:00.66
in His sickle on the earth,
00:21:00.69\00:21:02.39
and the earth was reaped.'"
00:21:02.42\00:21:04.36
And, of course, this comes
00:21:04.39\00:21:05.73
right after the proclamation
00:21:05.76\00:21:07.30
of the first, second
and third angels' messages.
00:21:07.33\00:21:09.36
We don't have to wonder
00:21:09.40\00:21:10.73
as to who this person
is sitting on the cloud,
00:21:10.77\00:21:12.87
who thrust in His
sickle to the earth.
00:21:12.90\00:21:15.00
This is Jesus Christ.
00:21:15.04\00:21:16.37
This is the Jesus
Christ at His Second Coming.
00:21:16.40\00:21:18.84
Revelation Chapter 19.
00:21:18.87\00:21:20.24
Probably won't
spend a lot of time
00:21:20.28\00:21:21.61
on this right here.
00:21:21.64\00:21:22.98
Just simply reference
it and reference the fact
00:21:23.01\00:21:24.75
that in Revelation 19:11-16,
00:21:24.78\00:21:27.78
the Bible
envisions and pictures Christ
00:21:27.82\00:21:30.42
as coming back on a white horse
00:21:30.45\00:21:32.42
with all of the angels
with Him on white horses.
00:21:32.45\00:21:35.16
And it says that
right here in verse 16,
00:21:35.19\00:21:37.89
"And He has on His robe
00:21:37.93\00:21:39.26
and on His thigh a name written:
00:21:39.29\00:21:40.80
King of kings
and Lord of lords."
00:21:40.83\00:21:43.43
Again, we see this theme
00:21:43.47\00:21:45.17
all the way through
the Book of Revelation,
00:21:45.20\00:21:47.40
Christ is
constantly reminding us,
00:21:47.44\00:21:49.50
"Hey, I'm coming.
00:21:49.54\00:21:51.71
Hey, get ready, I'm on my way.
00:21:51.74\00:21:53.34
Hey, I'm coming very quickly."
00:21:53.38\00:21:55.74
And so also I think
of Revelation Chapter 22.
00:21:55.78\00:21:58.51
If you missed it,
00:21:58.55\00:21:59.88
if you read all the way
through the Book of Revelation,
00:21:59.91\00:22:01.65
and you missed this thing.
00:22:01.68\00:22:03.02
All right?
00:22:03.05\00:22:04.39
You missed this theme of
the second coming of Jesus.
00:22:04.42\00:22:06.72
Jesus says, "Look,
just go all the way
00:22:06.76\00:22:08.46
to the last chapter of the Bible
00:22:08.49\00:22:09.82
and read through that
00:22:09.86\00:22:11.19
in case you missed
all that other stuff."
00:22:11.23\00:22:12.56
Let me really
emphasize it for you.
00:22:12.59\00:22:14.03
Because not in one,
not in two, not in three,
00:22:14.06\00:22:16.10
but four verses
in that same chapter.
00:22:16.13\00:22:18.40
He says, "I'm coming,
I'm coming, I'm coming."
00:22:18.43\00:22:20.54
Notice Revelation 22:7,
00:22:20.57\00:22:23.00
He says, "Behold,
I am coming quickly!
00:22:23.04\00:22:25.14
Blessed is he
who keeps the words
00:22:25.17\00:22:27.31
of the prophecy of this book."
00:22:27.34\00:22:29.51
and then you keep
reading through the chapter,
00:22:29.54\00:22:30.88
you get to verse 12.
00:22:30.91\00:22:32.25
"And behold, I
am coming quickly,"
00:22:32.28\00:22:33.65
there it is again,
00:22:33.68\00:22:35.02
"and My reward is with Me,
00:22:35.05\00:22:36.38
to give to everyone
according to his work."
00:22:36.42\00:22:39.72
And then, of course, verse 17,
00:22:39.75\00:22:41.59
"And the Spirit and
the bride say, 'Come!'
00:22:41.62\00:22:44.99
And let Him who
here say, 'Come!' "
00:22:45.03\00:22:47.30
Lord, oh, come, Lord,
00:22:47.33\00:22:48.66
we're ready for you
to come get us, Lord,
00:22:48.70\00:22:50.60
and take us home.
00:22:50.63\00:22:51.97
And then verse 20, I love this.
00:22:52.00\00:22:53.34
"And he who
testifies to these things,
00:22:53.37\00:22:56.64
it says, 'Surely I
am coming quickly.'
00:22:56.67\00:23:00.84
Amen.
00:23:00.88\00:23:02.21
Even so, come,
Lord Jesus Christ!' "
00:23:02.24\00:23:04.95
So we see very clearly
00:23:04.98\00:23:06.31
all the way through
the Book of Revelation,
00:23:06.35\00:23:08.25
Jesus is crying out
00:23:08.28\00:23:10.59
as this great last
day present truth message,
00:23:10.62\00:23:13.52
crying out and saying,
00:23:13.56\00:23:14.89
"Look, I'm coming quickly.
00:23:14.92\00:23:16.26
Are you ready?"
00:23:16.29\00:23:17.63
And see, I have to
just ask you in closing,
00:23:17.66\00:23:19.79
why do we evangelize?
00:23:19.83\00:23:21.70
I kind of
alluded at the beginning
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.06
of this particular
lesson that I started.
00:23:23.10\00:23:24.80
But, you know,
what is the purpose
00:23:24.83\00:23:26.87
of all of the
public evangelistic series
00:23:26.90\00:23:28.74
that we do?
00:23:28.77\00:23:30.87
What about all the small
group Bible studies that we do?
00:23:30.91\00:23:34.38
What is the purpose
that we go out of our way
00:23:34.41\00:23:36.61
to make sure that
this message is proclaimed?
00:23:36.64\00:23:40.68
It's because
Jesus is coming soon.
00:23:40.72\00:23:42.05
That's it. That's right.
00:23:42.08\00:23:43.42
We know that He's coming soon.
00:23:43.45\00:23:44.79
And we have to
prepare not only ourselves,
00:23:44.82\00:23:47.12
but also others
00:23:47.16\00:23:48.59
and we have to be warning them
00:23:48.62\00:23:49.96
and preaching it
with a sense of urgency
00:23:49.99\00:23:51.83
that they need
to prepare and know
00:23:51.86\00:23:53.29
that Jesus is to return soon.
00:23:53.33\00:23:55.03
I also find it
interesting that all the way
00:23:55.06\00:23:56.93
through the Book of Revelation,
00:23:56.97\00:23:58.77
another theme and
other constant theme
00:23:58.80\00:24:00.37
that we see coming up
is the sanctuary thing.
00:24:00.40\00:24:04.57
The Book of
Revelation is just shrouded
00:24:04.61\00:24:07.11
in sanctuary terminology.
00:24:07.14\00:24:09.78
And if you look at
the sanctuary blueprint,
00:24:09.81\00:24:11.15
which we know
00:24:11.18\00:24:12.51
is a blueprint
model of salvation,
00:24:12.55\00:24:14.58
the ultimate goal
of the progression
00:24:14.62\00:24:17.12
of the sanctuary message
00:24:17.15\00:24:18.52
is that God's people want
to be in that Most Holy Place,
00:24:18.55\00:24:23.66
so we can be in the
very presence of God.
00:24:23.69\00:24:26.56
God desires His
people to be with Him.
00:24:26.59\00:24:28.96
That's why He told Moses,
00:24:29.00\00:24:30.43
"Let them make Me a sanctuary
00:24:30.47\00:24:32.00
that I may dwell
among My people."
00:24:32.03\00:24:34.37
And in the Book
of Revelation, we see
00:24:34.40\00:24:36.10
that eventually when we
get to those latter chapters,
00:24:36.14\00:24:38.47
Jesus comes
back, gets His people.
00:24:38.51\00:24:40.41
There's no more
need for separation.
00:24:40.44\00:24:42.51
There's no more need
for a sanctuary necessarily
00:24:42.54\00:24:45.58
because we are
now with Him forever.
00:24:45.61\00:24:47.88
There is no veil.
00:24:47.92\00:24:49.25
There is no separation.
00:24:49.28\00:24:50.62
We want to be in
that Most Holy Place.
00:24:50.65\00:24:52.45
We want to have a
Most Holy Place experience
00:24:52.49\00:24:55.06
right here in these last days
00:24:55.09\00:24:56.83
and the only way we can do that
00:24:56.86\00:24:58.19
is to prepare
for His soon coming.
00:24:58.23\00:25:00.13
Take this gospel serious,
00:25:00.16\00:25:01.86
let the gospel transform us
00:25:01.90\00:25:03.67
and preach it that
it may transform others.
00:25:03.70\00:25:07.04
Praise the Lord.
I'm already worked up.
00:25:07.07\00:25:08.67
We pray that you are
00:25:08.70\00:25:10.04
by the Holy Spirit power of God.
00:25:10.07\00:25:12.21
We're going to
take just a short break
00:25:12.24\00:25:13.58
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right back on Tuesday's lesson,
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Hello and welcome back to
3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
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Man, we're glad you joined us,
00:25:54.62\00:25:55.95
we're having a
good time in the Lord
00:25:55.98\00:25:57.39
on lesson number 12,
a message we're sharing.
00:25:57.42\00:26:00.22
I'm going to pass it
quickly to Pastor John Lomacang,
00:26:00.26\00:26:02.26
he's going to be talking about
00:26:02.29\00:26:03.63
"Revelation's End-Time Message."
00:26:03.66\00:26:06.06
Revelation's End-Time Message.
00:26:06.09\00:26:09.03
I feel like I need an hour.
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.57
So you guys need to relinquish
your time, just joking.
00:26:10.60\00:26:13.94
You know this is
a powerful message,
00:26:13.97\00:26:15.80
Revelation, it's
the end of the story.
00:26:15.84\00:26:18.87
I feel badly for those churches
00:26:18.91\00:26:20.78
where people are told
they can't understand it.
00:26:20.81\00:26:24.31
It's like
watching the most amazing,
00:26:24.35\00:26:26.41
engaging production of a movie
00:26:26.45\00:26:29.58
and then somebody just
unplugs the television and say,
00:26:29.62\00:26:32.25
well, we have to
guess how it ends.
00:26:32.29\00:26:34.72
While the Lord is not
going to sneak up on us,
00:26:34.76\00:26:37.03
He wants us to know,
as Pastor Kenny said,
00:26:37.06\00:26:39.79
Amos 3:7, "Surely,
00:26:39.83\00:26:42.50
the Lord God does nothing,
00:26:42.53\00:26:44.33
except He revealed His secrets
to his servants the prophets."
00:26:44.37\00:26:47.37
There's a component
in the Bible of secrecy
00:26:47.40\00:26:50.54
that the Lord has reserved
for those who follow Him.
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.77
You know, when the disciples
were on the Mount of Olives,
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.04
and Jesus talked
about the Second Coming
00:26:55.08\00:26:57.01
in Matthew Chapter 24.
00:26:57.05\00:26:59.25
Then the Bible says,
00:26:59.28\00:27:01.02
"Then His disciples
took Him away privately
00:27:01.05\00:27:03.45
and asked Him
specific questions,
00:27:03.49\00:27:05.05
tell us when
will these things be?
00:27:05.09\00:27:07.49
And what will be
the sign of Your coming,
00:27:07.52\00:27:09.52
and of the end of the age?"
00:27:09.56\00:27:10.89
He didn't tell the multitude.
00:27:10.93\00:27:12.26
He doesn't tell
00:27:12.29\00:27:13.63
those who are not His followers.
00:27:13.66\00:27:15.00
He doesn't give out a secrets.
00:27:15.03\00:27:16.46
And you know, the
Bible talks about the gospel.
00:27:16.50\00:27:18.53
It has been
hidden through the ages,
00:27:18.57\00:27:20.04
but now is revealed.
00:27:20.07\00:27:21.40
Revelation.
00:27:21.44\00:27:22.77
So you see,
Revelation is the revealing.
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.57
It is the final
curtain call on humanity.
00:27:24.61\00:27:28.28
So I like to look at
Revelation Chapter 14,
00:27:28.31\00:27:30.71
in three particulars.
00:27:30.75\00:27:32.88
First of all,
00:27:32.91\00:27:34.42
the three angels' message
is a preparation message,
00:27:34.45\00:27:38.19
it's a preparation message.
00:27:38.22\00:27:39.95
Now, why is it so
vitally important,
00:27:39.99\00:27:42.16
because Jesus is
coming back for the world,
00:27:42.19\00:27:44.59
for God so loved the world.
00:27:44.63\00:27:46.76
He's not coming
back just for the church.
00:27:46.80\00:27:48.53
He's coming back for those
00:27:48.56\00:27:50.20
He's given all of
humanity and opportunity
00:27:50.23\00:27:52.73
to be a part of
His eternal kingdom.
00:27:52.77\00:27:54.47
He's not going to sneak back.
00:27:54.50\00:27:56.20
That's why you
have seven trumpets.
00:27:56.24\00:27:58.27
Trumpets are not
silent instruments.
00:27:58.31\00:28:00.58
And I know there
are many interpretations
00:28:00.61\00:28:01.94
about the trumpets,
00:28:01.98\00:28:03.31
but the trumpets are
not silent instruments.
00:28:03.35\00:28:05.38
He wants to blow the trumpet,
blow the trumpet in Zion,
00:28:05.41\00:28:08.72
and sound an alarm
in my holy mountain.
00:28:08.75\00:28:11.02
He says, if the
servant or the watchman sees
00:28:11.05\00:28:14.82
a sword coming,
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.19
he has to blow the trumpet.
00:28:16.22\00:28:17.56
So God has given us as a church
00:28:17.59\00:28:18.93
the responsibility
00:28:18.96\00:28:20.30
of blowing the trumpet of
the three angels' messages
00:28:20.33\00:28:22.76
to every nation, every kindred,
every tongue, every people.
00:28:22.80\00:28:25.57
Now why is it a
preparation message?
00:28:25.60\00:28:27.57
Because the Lord is
preparing to come back
00:28:27.60\00:28:29.40
and He wants the world
to know I'm coming back.
00:28:29.44\00:28:31.67
Now in Matthew 24,
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.71
we find also that
the message of Revelation
00:28:33.74\00:28:36.24
is a prerequisite message.
00:28:36.28\00:28:38.65
Look at Matthew
24:14, you know it by heart,
00:28:38.68\00:28:42.78
I'm laying some foundation,
you know it by heart,
00:28:42.82\00:28:45.22
it's a prerequisite,
00:28:45.25\00:28:47.29
and this gospel of the kingdom
00:28:47.32\00:28:49.52
shall be
preached in all the world
00:28:49.56\00:28:51.76
for a witness unto all nations
and then shall the end come.
00:28:51.79\00:28:55.86
It's not ironic or coincidental
00:28:55.90\00:28:58.50
that the three angels' messages
is to every nation, kindred,
00:28:58.53\00:29:01.14
tongue and people.
00:29:01.17\00:29:02.50
It's called the...
00:29:02.54\00:29:03.87
This gospel of the kingdom
is the everlasting gospel.
00:29:03.91\00:29:06.78
What is the everlasting gospel?
00:29:06.81\00:29:08.48
Salvation by grace
through faith in Christ alone.
00:29:08.51\00:29:12.08
We are not saved by
works, we are saved for works.
00:29:12.11\00:29:16.12
But the message of salvation,
the emancipation, proclamation,
00:29:16.15\00:29:19.65
the entire world needs to know
00:29:19.69\00:29:21.46
that the devil
may have bound you,
00:29:21.49\00:29:22.82
but I've come to set you free.
00:29:22.86\00:29:24.53
And if the Son
therefore shall make you free,
00:29:24.56\00:29:26.26
you shall be free indeed.
00:29:26.29\00:29:27.83
So it's a
message of prerequisite.
00:29:27.86\00:29:30.87
I'm coming, I
want everyone to know,
00:29:30.90\00:29:33.13
so that you will have an
opportunity to get ready.
00:29:33.17\00:29:36.24
So Matthew 24,
00:29:36.27\00:29:37.61
but then the
three angels' messages
00:29:37.64\00:29:38.97
is a prevention message.
00:29:39.01\00:29:40.71
Now go with me to
Revelation Chapter 7
00:29:40.74\00:29:42.88
is a prevention message.
00:29:42.91\00:29:44.75
Now what I'm
going to do is insert
00:29:44.78\00:29:46.75
right into
Revelation Chapter 14,
00:29:46.78\00:29:50.02
we're going to
see the connection,
00:29:50.05\00:29:52.15
the contextual connection.
00:29:52.19\00:29:54.29
But if you look at
Revelation Chapter 7,
00:29:54.32\00:29:56.89
this shows the
prevention aspect of it.
00:29:56.93\00:29:59.53
Verses 1-3,
00:29:59.56\00:30:00.96
"After these
things I saw four angels
00:30:01.00\00:30:04.70
standing at the four
corners of the earth,
00:30:04.73\00:30:07.00
holding the four
winds of the earth,
00:30:07.04\00:30:09.17
that the wind should not
blow on the earth, on the sea,
00:30:09.20\00:30:13.04
or on any tree."
00:30:13.07\00:30:14.41
Prevention.
00:30:14.44\00:30:16.04
"Then I saw another
angel ascending from the east,
00:30:16.08\00:30:18.18
having the seal
of the living God.
00:30:18.21\00:30:20.22
And he cried with a
loud voice to the four angels
00:30:20.25\00:30:23.92
to whom it was granted to
harm the earth and the sea."
00:30:23.95\00:30:27.69
Verse 3 talks
about the prevention,
00:30:27.72\00:30:30.19
"saying, "Do not harm the earth,
00:30:30.23\00:30:32.33
the sea, or the trees
00:30:32.36\00:30:34.23
till we have sealed
the servants of our God
00:30:34.26\00:30:37.17
on their foreheads."
00:30:37.20\00:30:38.53
Don't do, I'm
going to prevent you
00:30:38.57\00:30:40.00
from doing anything
until I do what I must do.
00:30:40.04\00:30:43.10
It's a prevention message.
00:30:43.14\00:30:44.47
I'm not going to
let you harm the earth,
00:30:44.51\00:30:45.84
or the sea, or the trees
00:30:45.87\00:30:47.21
until I've sealed
the servants of God
00:30:47.24\00:30:48.58
on their foreheads.
00:30:48.61\00:30:49.94
Let's go to Revelation 9.
00:30:49.98\00:30:51.31
And I'll show you now
right after the earth,
00:30:51.35\00:30:52.68
the sea and the trees
00:30:52.71\00:30:54.05
as the Bible talked about
00:30:54.08\00:30:55.95
right after the
impact comes to them.
00:30:55.98\00:30:58.09
Notice, the next prevention.
00:30:58.12\00:31:00.82
It's a prevention message.
00:31:00.86\00:31:02.19
Look at Revelation 9:4.
00:31:02.22\00:31:05.53
And by the way, I
believe, personally,
00:31:05.56\00:31:08.60
I believe that this talks
about the appearing of Satan,
00:31:08.63\00:31:11.33
because when the
Bible talks about a star
00:31:11.37\00:31:12.70
that fell from heaven,
00:31:12.73\00:31:14.07
what star do we
know in the Bible
00:31:14.10\00:31:15.44
that fell from heaven?
00:31:15.47\00:31:16.81
The only star
that fell from heaven,
00:31:16.84\00:31:18.24
O Lucifer, son of the morning,
00:31:18.27\00:31:19.61
how art thou fallen from heaven,
00:31:19.64\00:31:21.04
O, Lucifer, son of the morning?
00:31:21.08\00:31:22.48
Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28.
00:31:22.51\00:31:25.48
Luke 10:18,
00:31:25.51\00:31:26.85
I saw Satan like
lightning fall from heaven.
00:31:26.88\00:31:29.35
Revelation 12:7,
"He did not prevail,
00:31:29.38\00:31:31.99
but he was cast to the earth
00:31:32.02\00:31:33.36
and his angels
were cast out with him."
00:31:33.39\00:31:34.89
If you let the
Bible speak for itself,
00:31:34.92\00:31:36.96
this is very clear.
00:31:36.99\00:31:38.33
The only star
that could have fallen
00:31:38.36\00:31:39.79
from heaven to
the earth is Satan.
00:31:39.83\00:31:42.86
The morning star,
Lucifer meant the morning star,
00:31:42.90\00:31:45.10
Jesus is the
bright and morning star.
00:31:45.13\00:31:48.30
But let's look what happens.
00:31:48.34\00:31:50.01
After the earth,
the sea and the trees
00:31:50.04\00:31:51.64
are impacted politically,
socially, financially,
00:31:51.67\00:31:55.34
and religiously
00:31:55.38\00:31:56.95
that preparation work
00:31:56.98\00:31:58.31
for the people of
God to be sorted out.
00:31:58.35\00:31:59.85
Notice what happens in
verse 4 of Revelation 9,
00:31:59.88\00:32:03.35
"They were commanded
00:32:03.39\00:32:04.72
not to harm the
grass of the earth,
00:32:04.75\00:32:06.22
or any green thing or any tree,
00:32:06.25\00:32:08.32
but only those
men who do not have
00:32:08.36\00:32:10.29
the seal of God
on their forehead."
00:32:10.33\00:32:12.09
Prevention again,
don't touch My people.
00:32:12.13\00:32:13.83
Right.
00:32:13.86\00:32:15.20
And so many people apply this
00:32:15.23\00:32:16.56
to what happened
during the Dark Ages.
00:32:16.60\00:32:18.00
You know, the
Wars of the Muslims
00:32:18.03\00:32:20.87
and the Ottoman Empire.
00:32:20.90\00:32:23.00
You might have
some application there.
00:32:23.04\00:32:24.94
However, I believe
00:32:24.97\00:32:26.31
that this has a
greater application
00:32:26.34\00:32:27.68
because the sealing
work is an end-time work.
00:32:27.71\00:32:31.01
And strangely enough,
00:32:31.05\00:32:32.61
the only place in the Bible
00:32:32.65\00:32:34.78
where we talk
about the seal of God,
00:32:34.82\00:32:36.15
the only place
in all of the Bible,
00:32:36.18\00:32:38.52
where the seal
of God in Revelation
00:32:38.55\00:32:40.76
is mentioned is in verse 4.
00:32:40.79\00:32:43.46
The seal of God,
00:32:43.49\00:32:44.86
it's talked
about in Revelation 7,
00:32:44.89\00:32:46.83
but it's talked about
here clearly described
00:32:46.86\00:32:49.66
the seal of God
on their foreheads.
00:32:49.70\00:32:52.07
So you see once
again, a prevention message.
00:32:52.10\00:32:54.94
Now why is the
prevention so significant?
00:32:54.97\00:32:57.54
Because Revelation
00:32:57.57\00:32:59.04
is where the two sides
now are no longer merging.
00:32:59.07\00:33:02.98
They are on opposite sides.
00:33:03.01\00:33:04.35
They are completely polarized,
complete evil on one side,
00:33:04.38\00:33:08.18
complete
righteousness on the other.
00:33:08.22\00:33:10.42
And Babylon, let's
go to Revelation 18 now.
00:33:10.45\00:33:13.19
Babylon that has
boasted of its success
00:33:13.22\00:33:17.03
has to be fully built up
00:33:17.06\00:33:19.69
before it's
completely destroyed.
00:33:19.73\00:33:22.23
That's what happened
in the Book of Genesis.
00:33:22.26\00:33:23.90
They had to build a tower
up before the tower came down.
00:33:23.93\00:33:26.67
And Babylon
00:33:26.70\00:33:28.04
is in its
building stages right now.
00:33:28.07\00:33:30.71
It is being built socially,
it is being built financially,
00:33:30.74\00:33:34.84
it is being built politically,
00:33:34.88\00:33:36.54
and it's going to
finally be built religiously.
00:33:36.58\00:33:39.91
Now that's the
entire system of Babylon.
00:33:39.95\00:33:42.08
Because Revelation 18:1
says, verse 1- 3, where it says,
00:33:42.12\00:33:47.16
"Come out of her My people."
00:33:47.19\00:33:48.69
Why does the Lord want
His people to come out?
00:33:48.72\00:33:51.83
Because soon if
you don't come out,
00:33:51.86\00:33:54.16
you're going to
receive her plagues
00:33:54.20\00:33:56.40
and share in her sins.
00:33:56.43\00:33:58.40
But here's the point
that's so significant.
00:33:58.43\00:34:00.60
That's why God has
given us the responsibility
00:34:00.64\00:34:03.27
of proclaiming this message.
00:34:03.30\00:34:05.24
Because He's saying, you
got to get My people out.
00:34:05.27\00:34:07.64
I'm not reforming Babylon.
00:34:07.68\00:34:09.41
I'm destroying Babylon.
00:34:09.44\00:34:11.48
It's not a
movement of reformation,
00:34:11.51\00:34:13.52
but a movement of removal.
00:34:13.55\00:34:15.32
I'm bringing this system down.
00:34:15.35\00:34:16.99
There's nothing about
it that can be reformed
00:34:17.02\00:34:19.12
because it's a cage
of every foul spirit,
00:34:19.15\00:34:22.72
and unclean and hated bird.
00:34:22.76\00:34:24.96
And the devil lives there.
00:34:24.99\00:34:27.03
These unclean
spirits dwell there,
00:34:27.06\00:34:29.23
I'm not reforming that system.
00:34:29.26\00:34:30.80
It's at the point
of complete corruption.
00:34:30.83\00:34:33.07
I've got to get My people out.
00:34:33.10\00:34:34.44
But now look at
Revelation 18:21-23.
00:34:34.47\00:34:37.41
This gives a
picture of what happens
00:34:37.44\00:34:39.67
when her sins have
reached into heaven
00:34:39.71\00:34:41.68
as Revelation 18:5 makes clear.
00:34:41.71\00:34:44.25
Verse 21-23,
00:34:44.28\00:34:46.31
"Then a mighty
angel took up a stone
00:34:46.35\00:34:48.62
like a great millstone
00:34:48.65\00:34:50.39
and threw it into the sea,
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.05
saying,
00:34:52.09\00:34:53.69
'Thus with violence
the great city Babylon
00:34:53.72\00:34:57.19
shall be thrown down,
00:34:57.23\00:34:58.99
and shall not
be found anymore.'"
00:34:59.03\00:35:01.20
Just as it
happened to literal Babylon
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.57
never be inhabited again,
00:35:03.60\00:35:05.23
same thing for
spiritual Babylon.
00:35:05.27\00:35:06.74
Let's look at verse 22.
00:35:06.77\00:35:09.30
"The sound of
harpists, musicians, flutists,
00:35:09.34\00:35:11.77
and trumpeters
00:35:11.81\00:35:13.14
shall not be
heard in you anymore.
00:35:13.17\00:35:15.78
And no craftsman of any craft
shall be found in you anymore,
00:35:15.81\00:35:20.92
and the sound of a millstone
00:35:20.95\00:35:22.62
shall not be
heard in you anymore."
00:35:22.65\00:35:25.25
What is the
millstone needed for?
00:35:25.29\00:35:26.62
To grind out wheat.
00:35:26.65\00:35:28.09
Musicians, all the
successes of Babylon.
00:35:28.12\00:35:30.89
Look at verse 23.
00:35:30.93\00:35:32.59
"And the light of a lamp
00:35:32.63\00:35:34.43
shall not shine in you anymore."
00:35:34.46\00:35:36.70
Right now the light is
shining. What light is that?
00:35:36.73\00:35:38.47
The light of the gospel.
00:35:38.50\00:35:39.83
It has to shine in Babylon
00:35:39.87\00:35:41.20
so the people in
darkness could see it.
00:35:41.24\00:35:42.97
Isaiah 60:1-2.
00:35:43.00\00:35:44.77
In a time of darkness,
00:35:44.81\00:35:46.14
God is saying shine that light
00:35:46.17\00:35:47.98
so that My people in
darkness could see it.
00:35:48.01\00:35:50.01
Let's continue in
this verse, verse 23,
00:35:50.05\00:35:52.78
"The voice of the bridegroom
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.12
and the bride shall not be heard
00:35:55.15\00:35:56.99
in you anymore."
00:35:57.02\00:35:58.85
Look at the financial system
that's coming together today.
00:35:58.89\00:36:02.02
"For your merchants
00:36:02.06\00:36:03.86
were the great men of the earth,
00:36:03.89\00:36:05.66
for by your sorceries all
the nations were deceived,
00:36:05.69\00:36:10.20
and in her was found
the blood of the prophets
00:36:10.23\00:36:12.83
and the saints
00:36:12.87\00:36:14.20
and all who were
slain on the earth."
00:36:14.24\00:36:17.91
Amen. Yes.
00:36:17.94\00:36:19.27
Powerful.
00:36:19.31\00:36:20.64
So... Yeah.
00:36:20.68\00:36:22.01
Food for thought. Right.
00:36:22.04\00:36:23.38
Time to come out of
Babylon that's coming down.
00:36:23.41\00:36:25.38
And Revelation's message
is a preparation to come out.
00:36:25.41\00:36:27.72
Amen. Amen.
00:36:27.75\00:36:29.08
Thank you so much, Pastor John.
00:36:29.12\00:36:31.29
I always think this
is my personal opinion
00:36:31.32\00:36:33.96
but Pastor John,
00:36:33.99\00:36:35.32
nobody preaches
the Book of Revelation
00:36:35.36\00:36:37.06
like Pastor John.
00:36:37.09\00:36:38.43
I could listen to you all
day on the Book of Revelation
00:36:38.46\00:36:41.50
because he knows this book.
00:36:41.53\00:36:42.86
Thank you.
00:36:42.90\00:36:44.23
I love that preparation message,
00:36:44.27\00:36:46.07
prerequisite
message, prevention message.
00:36:46.10\00:36:49.20
I got to study
that, that's powerful.
00:36:49.24\00:36:51.07
So we're looking at
Wednesday, I forgot my day.
00:36:51.11\00:36:54.11
I got so excited about that.
00:36:54.14\00:36:55.84
Wednesday's lesson which is
00:36:55.88\00:36:57.28
"Understanding
God's Message More Fully,"
00:36:57.31\00:37:00.62
specifically the
first angel's message.
00:37:00.65\00:37:03.18
So turn with me
to Revelation 14,
00:37:03.22\00:37:05.55
Revelation 14:6 and 7.
00:37:05.59\00:37:07.56
We're going to
read those two verses.
00:37:07.59\00:37:08.92
We've already read it before,
but we'll read it again here.
00:37:08.96\00:37:12.53
"Then I saw," verse 6,
00:37:12.56\00:37:14.30
"another angel having
the everlasting gospel,
00:37:14.33\00:37:17.43
to preach to those
who dwell on the earth,
00:37:17.47\00:37:19.47
to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people."
00:37:19.50\00:37:22.37
So let's look at the messenger.
00:37:22.40\00:37:24.44
Who does the preaching?
00:37:24.47\00:37:26.44
Clearly it says another angel.
00:37:26.47\00:37:28.64
Now in the Word of God,
00:37:28.68\00:37:30.38
it means an
angel or a messenger.
00:37:30.41\00:37:34.68
Matthew 11:10,
00:37:34.72\00:37:36.92
Jesus use that word to
refer to John the Baptist.
00:37:36.95\00:37:39.22
Why?
00:37:39.25\00:37:40.59
Because he was a messenger
00:37:40.62\00:37:41.96
preparing the way
for Jesus' first coming.
00:37:41.99\00:37:45.33
You and I are called to preach
the first angel's message,
00:37:45.36\00:37:50.63
to be the messenger
to proclaim this message
00:37:50.67\00:37:53.87
before the
Second Coming of Christ.
00:37:53.90\00:37:56.50
What is the message?
What are we to preach?
00:37:56.54\00:37:58.21
Pastor John
already talked about it.
00:37:58.24\00:38:00.18
The everlasting gospel
00:38:00.21\00:38:02.41
that message of salvation
by grace through faith.
00:38:02.44\00:38:06.72
And what is the mission?
00:38:06.75\00:38:08.42
Who are we to preach to?
00:38:08.45\00:38:10.92
It says we're to
preach to every nation,
00:38:10.95\00:38:14.19
tribe, tongue, and people.
00:38:14.22\00:38:17.39
Now the word every in Greek pos
00:38:17.43\00:38:19.26
means each and
every one specifically.
00:38:19.29\00:38:22.86
So in other words,
it's not just saying,
00:38:22.90\00:38:24.63
okay, you're to preach
to the world in general,
00:38:24.67\00:38:26.94
you're to preach to
every person, every nation,
00:38:26.97\00:38:30.57
every tribe, tongue and people.
00:38:30.61\00:38:33.14
What is that message?
00:38:33.17\00:38:34.51
Let's read the next verse,
"Saying with a loud voice, "
00:38:34.54\00:38:37.35
we are called to proclaim
this message with a loud voice.
00:38:37.38\00:38:41.05
This is present truth as
Pastor Kenny talked about,
00:38:41.08\00:38:43.89
"Fear God, give glory to Him,
00:38:43.92\00:38:47.56
for the hour of
His judgment has come
00:38:47.59\00:38:50.99
and worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:38:51.03\00:38:53.50
the sea and the
springs of water."
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.13
So we will
hopefully cover in this time,
00:38:56.16\00:38:59.37
fear God, give
glory, judgment hour,
00:38:59.40\00:39:03.41
creation and Sabbath and worship
00:39:03.44\00:39:07.61
were covered all quickly.
00:39:07.64\00:39:09.41
So if you look at fear
God and give glory to Him,
00:39:09.44\00:39:12.58
I look at these two
as very closely related.
00:39:12.61\00:39:16.02
Revelation 15:4 says,
00:39:16.05\00:39:17.65
"Who shall not fear You, O Lord,
00:39:17.69\00:39:19.75
and glorify Your name?
00:39:19.79\00:39:22.22
For You alone are holy.
00:39:22.26\00:39:24.43
For all nations shall
come and worship before You,
00:39:24.46\00:39:27.20
for Your judgments
have been manifested."
00:39:27.23\00:39:30.50
You see, there we
see the connection,
00:39:30.53\00:39:31.93
fear, glory and judgments.
00:39:31.97\00:39:35.50
Fear has to do with
our thoughts really,
00:39:35.54\00:39:38.01
in my mind it has
to do with thoughts.
00:39:38.04\00:39:40.24
In the Word of God
fear means respect,
00:39:40.28\00:39:42.74
reverence,
reverential obedience.
00:39:42.78\00:39:46.21
Psalm 111:10,
00:39:46.25\00:39:48.02
"The fear of the Lord
is the beginning of wisdom,
00:39:48.05\00:39:51.75
a good understanding
00:39:51.79\00:39:53.12
of all those who
do His commandments."
00:39:53.15\00:39:56.12
And we see that fear
connected with obedience.
00:39:56.16\00:40:00.60
Ecclesiastes 12:13 and 14.
00:40:00.63\00:40:03.06
Let us hear the
conclusion of the whole matter,
00:40:03.10\00:40:05.37
fear God and
keep His commandments,
00:40:05.40\00:40:08.47
for this is the
whole duty of man,
00:40:08.50\00:40:10.34
King James says,
"for this is man's all.
00:40:10.37\00:40:13.71
For God will bring
every work into judgment,
00:40:13.74\00:40:16.28
including every secret
thing, whether good or evil."
00:40:16.31\00:40:19.11
There again we see
fearing God, respecting,
00:40:19.15\00:40:22.88
reverencing Him
connected with obedience.
00:40:22.92\00:40:27.06
And we see that
connected with judgment.
00:40:27.09\00:40:30.83
Give glory to Him.
00:40:30.86\00:40:32.29
To me, a fear is
thoughts, glory is actions.
00:40:32.33\00:40:35.96
We know in the Word of God,
the glory represents character.
00:40:36.00\00:40:40.80
Think about Moses,
remember in Exodus,
00:40:40.84\00:40:43.44
and he said, "God,
show me Your glory.
00:40:43.47\00:40:45.64
Show me Your character."
00:40:45.67\00:40:47.01
Remember, God hid Moses
in the cleft of the rock,
00:40:47.04\00:40:49.68
and He allowed His
backside not His face,
00:40:49.71\00:40:52.18
but the back to pass before him.
00:40:52.21\00:40:53.92
And what did he see?
00:40:53.95\00:40:55.28
He saw His goodness,
he saw His character.
00:40:55.32\00:40:58.55
Glory represents character.
00:40:58.59\00:41:00.16
I think of 1
Corinthians 6:19 and 20,
00:41:00.19\00:41:03.39
"Do you not know that your body
00:41:03.43\00:41:05.46
is the temple of the Holy Spirit
00:41:05.49\00:41:07.46
who is in you,
you have from God,
00:41:07.50\00:41:09.23
and you are not your own?
00:41:09.26\00:41:11.00
For you were
bought with a price,
00:41:11.03\00:41:13.90
therefore glorify God
00:41:13.94\00:41:16.40
in your body
and in your spirit."
00:41:16.44\00:41:18.21
We are called
to represent Jesus,
00:41:18.24\00:41:21.24
represent the character of God
00:41:21.28\00:41:23.81
with our thoughts
and with our actions.
00:41:23.85\00:41:27.48
The hour of His
judgment has come.
00:41:27.52\00:41:31.62
Judgment in Revelation 14
00:41:31.65\00:41:33.36
is clearly part of this end time
00:41:33.39\00:41:36.59
present day
present truth message.
00:41:36.62\00:41:40.66
Judgment is a good thing
00:41:40.70\00:41:42.66
for those who are covered
with Christ's righteousness.
00:41:42.70\00:41:46.37
I want to pause on
that for just a moment
00:41:46.40\00:41:48.00
because we know clearly
00:41:48.04\00:41:49.37
judgment is not a
good thing for the wicked.
00:41:49.40\00:41:51.54
But for those who are covered
with Christ's righteousness,
00:41:51.57\00:41:54.91
you do not have to be
afraid of the judgment
00:41:54.94\00:41:57.98
because you are covered
with His imputed righteousness
00:41:58.01\00:42:01.82
and His imparted righteousness.
00:42:01.85\00:42:05.45
But let's look at
that very quickly.
00:42:05.49\00:42:07.22
Imputed
righteousness, Romans 4:3,
00:42:07.26\00:42:11.49
Romans 4:3 we
know our righteousness,
00:42:11.53\00:42:13.76
Isaiah tells us,
00:42:13.80\00:42:15.13
our righteousness
is as filthy rags.
00:42:15.16\00:42:17.70
So there's nothing good in us.
00:42:17.73\00:42:19.67
But Jesus covers
us and justifies us
00:42:19.70\00:42:23.81
with the righteous
white robe of Himself.
00:42:23.84\00:42:27.21
Romans 4:3,
"Abraham believed God,
00:42:27.24\00:42:30.35
and it was accounted to him,
00:42:30.38\00:42:32.38
reckoned to him
for righteousness."
00:42:32.41\00:42:34.88
Now this whole
discussion in Romans Chapter 4,
00:42:34.92\00:42:37.72
whether did this
justification take place
00:42:37.75\00:42:40.89
before Abraham was circumcised
or after he was circumcised
00:42:40.92\00:42:44.59
because if it took place
after he was circumcised,
00:42:44.63\00:42:47.26
then that means
okay, he had some works
00:42:47.30\00:42:50.47
that took place in order for him
00:42:50.50\00:42:52.60
to receive this
righteous white robe
00:42:52.63\00:42:55.20
or the justification
00:42:55.24\00:42:56.57
but Romans 4,
Paul is very clear.
00:42:56.60\00:42:58.97
It took place
before he was circumcised.
00:42:59.01\00:43:02.78
Philippians 3:9,
"And being found in him,
00:43:02.81\00:43:05.71
not having my
own righteousness, "
00:43:05.75\00:43:08.05
which is from the law
which we know is filthy rags,
00:43:08.08\00:43:10.79
"but that which is
through faith in Christ,
00:43:10.82\00:43:13.09
the righteousness
which is from God by faith."
00:43:13.12\00:43:16.29
The moment you accept the
Lord Jesus into your heart,
00:43:16.32\00:43:20.26
He takes away those
filthy garments of sin,
00:43:20.30\00:43:23.23
as He did in
Zechariah 3 as He stood,
00:43:23.26\00:43:26.43
remember Joshua
before the angel of the Lord,
00:43:26.47\00:43:29.00
and He covers you with
His righteous white robe,
00:43:29.04\00:43:32.57
but He doesn't stop there.
00:43:32.61\00:43:33.94
He transforms us by
the indwelling Holy Spirit.
00:43:33.98\00:43:38.51
Revelation 19:8, to
her, that's to the church.
00:43:38.55\00:43:42.65
That's you and I,
00:43:42.68\00:43:44.02
"It was granted to be
arrayed in fine linen,
00:43:44.05\00:43:46.92
clean and bright,
00:43:46.96\00:43:48.76
for the fine linen
00:43:48.79\00:43:50.13
is the righteous
acts of the saints."
00:43:50.16\00:43:51.99
This is sanctification.
00:43:52.03\00:43:54.16
Now you might
say, wait a minute,
00:43:54.20\00:43:55.53
I don't have any righteousness,
00:43:55.56\00:43:56.90
but this is Christ in
you, the hope of glory,
00:43:56.93\00:44:01.47
Colossians 1:27.
00:44:01.50\00:44:03.20
This is John 15:5
that abiding in the vine,
00:44:03.24\00:44:06.37
the moment, Jason,
00:44:06.41\00:44:07.74
we become disconnected
from Jesus, we begin to die.
00:44:07.78\00:44:10.98
And we begin to
live in our own works,
00:44:11.01\00:44:13.11
in our own righteousness.
00:44:13.15\00:44:14.48
But as long as we
remain connected to Him,
00:44:14.52\00:44:17.52
and Christ lives in us,
His righteousness flows forth.
00:44:17.55\00:44:22.66
The judgment, of
course, we know is entered
00:44:22.69\00:44:24.53
against the wicked.
00:44:24.56\00:44:26.16
Remember the fifth
seal in Revelation 6,
00:44:26.19\00:44:28.56
the martyrs cry
out how long oh, Lord,
00:44:28.60\00:44:31.93
until you judge our blood
and avenge us from our enemies.
00:44:31.97\00:44:35.87
This judgment is that vengeance
00:44:35.90\00:44:39.54
that they were
crying out for taking place.
00:44:39.57\00:44:42.48
This judgment is pre-advent,
00:44:42.51\00:44:44.21
it takes place
00:44:44.25\00:44:45.58
before the
Second Coming of Christ.
00:44:45.61\00:44:48.55
Because when Christ
comes a second time,
00:44:48.58\00:44:50.42
the destiny of
everyone will be decided.
00:44:50.45\00:44:53.39
Revelation 22:11.
00:44:53.42\00:44:54.76
"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still,
00:44:54.79\00:44:57.56
he who is filthy,
let him be filthy still,
00:44:57.59\00:45:00.36
he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still,
00:45:00.40\00:45:02.43
he who is holy,
let him be holy still."
00:45:02.46\00:45:05.40
In the last moment,
let's look at worship Him
00:45:05.43\00:45:08.27
who made heaven and earth,
00:45:08.30\00:45:09.87
the sea and the
fountains of springs of water.
00:45:09.90\00:45:14.04
This is fourth
commandment language,
00:45:14.08\00:45:16.28
reminiscent of
the fourth commandment
00:45:16.31\00:45:18.55
which we won't read,
00:45:18.58\00:45:19.91
but you find in Exodus 20:8-11.
00:45:19.95\00:45:23.32
In there, it talks about
remember the Sabbath day,
00:45:23.35\00:45:26.42
the seventh day
00:45:26.45\00:45:27.79
because they had
forgotten to keep it holy.
00:45:27.82\00:45:31.43
And then we know that
00:45:31.46\00:45:32.79
in six days the Lord
made heaven and earth,
00:45:32.83\00:45:34.76
the sea and the
fountains of waters.
00:45:34.80\00:45:37.57
It reminds me of Jesus
resting on the seventh day
00:45:37.60\00:45:41.57
at the conclusion of creation.
00:45:41.60\00:45:43.97
Genesis 2:1-3,
00:45:44.01\00:45:47.34
"When the heavens and earth
00:45:47.38\00:45:48.71
and all the hosts
of them were finished."
00:45:48.74\00:45:50.21
And God ended His
work, what happened?
00:45:50.25\00:45:52.55
"He rested on the seventh day
00:45:52.58\00:45:55.18
and He blessed the
seventh day and sanctified it,
00:45:55.22\00:45:58.52
because in it He
rested from all His work
00:45:58.55\00:46:00.79
which God created and made."
00:46:00.82\00:46:03.26
Is it a issue at the end of time
00:46:03.29\00:46:05.73
is over worship.
00:46:05.76\00:46:07.13
Who will we worship?
00:46:07.16\00:46:10.07
Are we going to
choose to follow Jesus
00:46:10.10\00:46:13.47
and follow the lamb and
allow Him to transform us,
00:46:13.50\00:46:16.67
keep His seventh
day the Sabbath holy?
00:46:16.71\00:46:19.77
Are we going to allow Him
00:46:19.81\00:46:22.01
to cover us with
His righteous robe
00:46:22.04\00:46:24.58
so that we can stand
undefiled in the judgment?
00:46:24.61\00:46:27.98
That's my choice, and I
hope it's yours as well.
00:46:28.02\00:46:30.29
Amen.
00:46:30.32\00:46:31.65
Wow, Jill, you just
preached the whole sermon.
00:46:31.69\00:46:34.42
And I might have to
watch this on YouTube
00:46:34.46\00:46:36.62
so I can process it all.
00:46:36.66\00:46:40.30
Thursday's lesson is
entitled "God's Final Appeal."
00:46:40.33\00:46:43.67
This is God's Final appeal.
00:46:43.70\00:46:45.20
And this is a
very important message.
00:46:45.23\00:46:47.54
And you know, when
we hear the word appeal,
00:46:47.57\00:46:50.34
it's a word
00:46:50.37\00:46:51.71
that's thrown
around quite often,
00:46:51.74\00:46:53.61
but I think
it's important for us
00:46:53.64\00:46:55.04
to examine the
definition of the word.
00:46:55.08\00:46:58.41
An appeal is to make a
serious or urgent request,
00:46:58.45\00:47:03.18
typically to the public.
00:47:03.22\00:47:04.65
And that's what
we're going to see
00:47:04.69\00:47:06.79
taking place here.
00:47:06.82\00:47:08.86
When I first looked at
the Book of Revelation,
00:47:08.89\00:47:11.09
I have to admit
I was intimidated.
00:47:11.13\00:47:13.60
And there's still parts about it
00:47:13.63\00:47:15.53
that intimidate me.
00:47:15.56\00:47:17.53
And since we're
being honest here, right?
00:47:17.57\00:47:21.30
And perhaps that's
the case for you, too.
00:47:21.34\00:47:23.51
It wasn't until
I was on salvation
00:47:23.54\00:47:25.27
and symbols and signs
00:47:25.31\00:47:26.64
that I began to
view it as a love story,
00:47:26.68\00:47:29.71
because the Book of Revelation
truly is a love story.
00:47:29.74\00:47:33.35
It's about Christ coming back
to receive His purified bride.
00:47:33.38\00:47:38.05
And so we're
going to take a look
00:47:38.09\00:47:39.65
at some of these
components in here.
00:47:39.69\00:47:42.22
The second angels'
message, we'll jump into that.
00:47:42.26\00:47:46.70
But I want to go to
Revelation Chapter 1.
00:47:46.73\00:47:50.00
Let's go to
this to the beginning
00:47:50.03\00:47:51.90
of this fascinating book.
00:47:51.93\00:47:53.54
And I think that
it's very important
00:47:53.57\00:47:55.60
to remember
00:47:55.64\00:47:56.97
that when we're
studying the Book of Revelation,
00:47:57.01\00:47:59.31
everything that God
does is motivated by love.
00:47:59.34\00:48:02.58
I think that is a key.
00:48:02.61\00:48:04.61
So let's look at
Revelation 1:1-3.
00:48:04.65\00:48:08.32
And it says, "The
revelation of Jesus Christ
00:48:08.35\00:48:11.22
which God gave Him to
show His servants things
00:48:11.25\00:48:13.56
which must shortly take place
00:48:13.59\00:48:17.23
and He sent and signified it
00:48:17.26\00:48:18.93
by His angel to
his servant John,
00:48:18.96\00:48:21.06
who bore witness
to the Word of God
00:48:21.10\00:48:23.03
and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ
00:48:23.06\00:48:24.90
to all things that he saw."
00:48:24.93\00:48:26.67
Now, Jill, I like
what you said earlier
00:48:26.70\00:48:29.04
about fear God is,
00:48:29.07\00:48:30.71
you know, equivalent,
you got to be obedient.
00:48:30.74\00:48:33.11
When you're fearing
God, you're obedient.
00:48:33.14\00:48:35.71
And verse 3 here, it says,
00:48:35.74\00:48:37.78
"Blessed is he who reads
00:48:37.81\00:48:39.68
and those who hear
the words of this prophecy
00:48:39.71\00:48:42.28
and keep those things
which are written in it."
00:48:42.32\00:48:45.55
It's not enough to read
it, it's not enough to hear it.
00:48:45.59\00:48:49.49
You have to keep it.
00:48:49.52\00:48:52.33
"For the time is near."
00:48:52.36\00:48:54.26
We are truly
living in the last days.
00:48:54.30\00:48:57.47
I'm a firm believer
of that, and I think
00:48:57.50\00:48:59.63
that if you just
turn on your news,
00:48:59.67\00:49:02.37
you'll believe that as well.
00:49:02.40\00:49:03.77
When you start
looking at all of the signs
00:49:03.81\00:49:06.98
that are coming into
play, whether it's pestilence,
00:49:07.01\00:49:09.84
whether it's
earthquakes, whether it's,
00:49:09.88\00:49:11.81
I mean all these
natural disasters
00:49:11.85\00:49:13.82
happening at a
rate and frequency
00:49:13.85\00:49:15.78
in which we've
never seen before.
00:49:15.82\00:49:17.69
And God doesn't want
us to be caught off guard
00:49:17.72\00:49:21.19
or confused about the message
that He has for His people.
00:49:21.22\00:49:24.29
And throughout
the hands of time,
00:49:24.33\00:49:25.76
God has had a
message for His people
00:49:25.79\00:49:28.96
as we touched on earlier.
00:49:29.00\00:49:30.90
Now, we're jumping into
the three angels' message
00:49:30.93\00:49:33.97
while continuing into it
as we have touched on it.
00:49:34.00\00:49:37.77
And we're jumping
00:49:37.81\00:49:39.14
into the second angel's message.
00:49:39.17\00:49:41.34
Now the three angels' messages
00:49:41.38\00:49:43.11
are an end-times
message for an end-times people,
00:49:43.14\00:49:46.88
one that
counteracts the counterfeit,
00:49:46.92\00:49:49.42
and for everything
genuine that God has,
00:49:49.45\00:49:52.45
the devil has
made a counterfeit.
00:49:52.49\00:49:54.02
So let's look at
Revelation 14:8 and it says,
00:49:54.06\00:49:59.93
"And another angel followed,
saying, "Babylon is fallen,
00:49:59.96\00:50:03.53
is fallen, that great city,
00:50:03.57\00:50:05.13
because she has made all
nations drink of the wine
00:50:05.17\00:50:08.34
of the wrath of
her fornication."
00:50:08.37\00:50:10.74
Now, when I think about wine,
00:50:10.77\00:50:12.67
I think about
somebody getting drunk.
00:50:12.71\00:50:14.41
And when I think about
somebody getting drunk,
00:50:14.44\00:50:16.21
I think about
them being confused.
00:50:16.24\00:50:18.28
And so here, we're
talking about spiritual Babylon.
00:50:18.31\00:50:22.08
And so that means
that there's a confusion.
00:50:22.12\00:50:26.72
And we know that God is
not the author of confusion,
00:50:26.76\00:50:29.49
and He doesn't
want us to be confused
00:50:29.52\00:50:31.53
about the message
00:50:31.56\00:50:32.89
about Him coming
back to receive us,
00:50:32.93\00:50:34.80
about the things
that need to take place.
00:50:34.83\00:50:37.20
And so that's spiritual Babylon.
00:50:37.23\00:50:40.24
Now, if you think
about physical Babylon,
00:50:40.27\00:50:43.61
well, they had a
whole world of issues.
00:50:43.64\00:50:46.91
There were so many
problems with them.
00:50:46.94\00:50:49.08
Let's look at Revelation 17:3-6.
00:50:49.11\00:50:55.05
And it says, "So
he carried me away
00:50:55.08\00:50:57.69
in the Spirit
into the wilderness.
00:50:57.72\00:50:59.85
And I saw a woman
sitting on a scarlet beast
00:50:59.89\00:51:02.22
which was full of
names of blasphemy,
00:51:02.26\00:51:04.73
having seven
heads and ten horns.
00:51:04.76\00:51:07.06
The woman was arrayed
in purple and scarlet,
00:51:07.10\00:51:09.76
and adorned with gold and
precious stones and pearls,
00:51:09.80\00:51:13.07
having in her hand a golden cup
00:51:13.10\00:51:15.37
full of abominations
00:51:15.40\00:51:16.81
and the filthiness
of her fornication.
00:51:16.84\00:51:19.17
And on her
forehead a name was written:
00:51:19.21\00:51:21.21
MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT,
00:51:21.24\00:51:23.01
THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS
00:51:23.04\00:51:24.38
AND OF THE
ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
00:51:24.41\00:51:28.28
I saw the woman,
00:51:28.32\00:51:29.65
drunk with the
blood of the saints
00:51:29.68\00:51:32.22
and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus.
00:51:32.25\00:51:34.39
And when I saw her, I
marveled with great amazement."
00:51:34.42\00:51:37.23
I love what it says here though,
00:51:37.26\00:51:39.49
because this kind of
breaks it down in Revelation,
00:51:39.53\00:51:42.83
well not in Revelation, in
Great Controversy, page 381.
00:51:42.86\00:51:46.87
Ellen White says,
00:51:46.90\00:51:48.24
"The term Babylon
is derived from Babel
00:51:48.27\00:51:50.71
and signifies confusion.
00:51:50.74\00:51:53.04
It is employed in
Scripture to designate
00:51:53.07\00:51:55.34
the various forms of
false or apostate religion."
00:51:55.38\00:51:59.08
In Revelation Chapter 17,
00:51:59.11\00:52:00.78
Babylon is
represented as a woman,
00:52:00.82\00:52:02.95
a figure which
is used in the Bible
00:52:02.98\00:52:04.89
as the symbol of a church,
00:52:04.92\00:52:06.72
a virtuous woman
representing a pure church,
00:52:06.76\00:52:10.23
a vile woman and
an apostate church.
00:52:10.26\00:52:14.76
It's very interesting.
00:52:14.80\00:52:16.13
It's very interesting,
00:52:16.16\00:52:17.50
especially in the
times in which we are living,
00:52:17.53\00:52:20.60
we're seeing all
kinds of false doctrine
00:52:20.64\00:52:23.30
that's coming about,
00:52:23.34\00:52:24.67
whether it's the
state of the dead,
00:52:24.71\00:52:26.14
whether it's the Sabbath,
00:52:26.17\00:52:28.34
you know, there's a disagreement
00:52:28.38\00:52:30.55
in those areas.
00:52:30.58\00:52:31.91
But when you study
it from the Word of God,
00:52:31.95\00:52:34.35
you can't be confused
00:52:34.38\00:52:35.72
unless you
introduce man's tradition.
00:52:35.75\00:52:39.89
Okay.
00:52:39.92\00:52:41.26
Now, when I think
about the Book of Daniel,
00:52:41.29\00:52:44.69
because Daniel and Revelation
kind of go hand in hand there.
00:52:44.73\00:52:48.30
When I think
about the Book of Daniel
00:52:48.33\00:52:49.96
and I take a
look at the beginning
00:52:50.00\00:52:52.83
of when some of the children
of Israel were taken captive.
00:52:52.87\00:52:58.07
It's interesting.
00:52:58.11\00:52:59.44
In fact, let's go
there, let's go to Daniel.
00:52:59.47\00:53:04.48
And let's look at Daniel.
00:53:04.51\00:53:05.85
We're going to be in Chapter 1.
00:53:05.88\00:53:09.82
And Daniel
Chapter 1 and we'll start,
00:53:09.85\00:53:12.65
let's say in verse, verse 3.
00:53:12.69\00:53:17.93
"Then the king
instructed Ashpenaz,
00:53:17.96\00:53:19.93
the master of his eunuchs,
00:53:19.96\00:53:21.80
to bring some of
the children of Israel
00:53:21.83\00:53:23.47
and some of the
king's descendants
00:53:23.50\00:53:24.87
and some of the nobles,
00:53:24.90\00:53:26.27
young men in whom
there was no blemish,
00:53:26.30\00:53:28.50
but good-looking,
gifted in all wisdom,
00:53:28.54\00:53:30.41
possessing knowledge
and quick to understand,
00:53:30.44\00:53:33.17
who had ability to
serve in the king's palace,
00:53:33.21\00:53:35.91
and whom they might teach
the language and literature
00:53:35.94\00:53:39.05
of the Chaldeans.
00:53:39.08\00:53:40.92
And the king appointed for them
00:53:40.95\00:53:42.85
a daily provision of
the king's delicacies
00:53:42.88\00:53:45.15
and of the wine which he drank,
00:53:45.19\00:53:47.46
and three years
of training for them,
00:53:47.49\00:53:50.23
so that at the end of that time
00:53:50.26\00:53:52.29
they might serve
before the king."
00:53:52.33\00:53:54.33
Later it goes on to say
00:53:54.36\00:53:55.70
that they gave
them new names as well.
00:53:55.73\00:53:57.87
And so, this is
kind of a reprogramming,
00:53:57.90\00:54:01.77
he's introducing
them to the culture.
00:54:01.80\00:54:04.01
He's introducing
them to their beliefs
00:54:04.04\00:54:06.27
and all the craziness
that they have going on,
00:54:06.31\00:54:09.78
the sorcery, the astrologers,
00:54:09.81\00:54:11.58
the magicians,
all of these things.
00:54:11.61\00:54:13.82
Now, we notice in
verse 8 and in verse 8,
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I think this is
important for us as well.
00:54:17.55\00:54:20.59
Verse 8 says,
00:54:20.62\00:54:21.96
"But Daniel
purposed in his heart
00:54:21.99\00:54:24.69
that he would not defile himself
00:54:24.73\00:54:26.80
with the portion of
the king's delicacies,
00:54:26.83\00:54:28.93
nor with the
wine which he drank,
00:54:28.96\00:54:31.10
therefore he requested
of the chief of the eunuchs
00:54:31.13\00:54:33.90
that he might
not defile himself."
00:54:33.94\00:54:36.81
Daniel purposed in his heart.
00:54:36.84\00:54:39.21
Now we are
living in the last days
00:54:39.24\00:54:41.01
and as we look at
the different messages
00:54:41.04\00:54:42.84
and all the
things that are going on,
00:54:42.88\00:54:44.51
and the false
doctrine and all of this stuff,
00:54:44.55\00:54:46.51
we have to purpose in our hearts
00:54:46.55\00:54:49.48
to follow the Word of God.
00:54:49.52\00:54:52.49
I forgot how you say
it, it's Sola scriptura.
00:54:52.52\00:54:56.02
Yes. All right.
00:54:56.06\00:54:57.39
We have to
follow the Word of God.
00:54:57.43\00:55:00.90
And you can't go wrong with it,
00:55:00.93\00:55:02.96
you cannot go wrong with it.
00:55:03.00\00:55:04.33
So living in the last days,
00:55:04.37\00:55:07.80
standing firm
on the Word of God,
00:55:07.84\00:55:09.57
as we saw with
Daniel walking through
00:55:09.60\00:55:12.04
and now Daniel survived
multiple administrations,
00:55:12.07\00:55:16.04
and he operated
and conducted himself
00:55:16.08\00:55:18.11
with integrity.
00:55:18.15\00:55:19.85
And that's what
we must do today.
00:55:19.88\00:55:22.05
You know, we
talked about worship
00:55:22.08\00:55:23.59
and the issue with
being with worship,
00:55:23.62\00:55:26.02
who are you going to serve?
00:55:26.05\00:55:27.79
I remember a pastor
saying that, you know,
00:55:27.82\00:55:31.76
if I asked you for a banana,
and you give me a banana,
00:55:31.79\00:55:38.13
did you fulfill
what I asked for?
00:55:38.17\00:55:40.37
The answer is yes.
00:55:40.40\00:55:41.94
Now or actually,
00:55:41.97\00:55:44.64
if I asked you
for a piece of fruit,
00:55:44.67\00:55:46.17
that's what it is.
00:55:46.21\00:55:47.54
If I ask you
for a piece of fruit
00:55:47.58\00:55:48.91
and you give me a banana.
00:55:48.94\00:55:50.28
Did you fulfill
what I asked for it?
00:55:50.31\00:55:51.65
Yes. Okay.
00:55:51.68\00:55:53.01
Now, if I asked you for a
mango and you give me a banana,
00:55:53.05\00:55:56.58
did you fulfill
what I asked for?
00:55:56.62\00:55:59.15
No.
00:55:59.19\00:56:00.52
Well, we can worship
God any day that we choose,
00:56:00.56\00:56:04.93
any day we can
work, worship Him,
00:56:04.96\00:56:07.06
but He set aside one day
00:56:07.10\00:56:09.66
that He
sanctified and made holy.
00:56:09.70\00:56:12.27
And that is the day
that we are to observe.
00:56:12.30\00:56:14.60
That's the seventh day Sabbath.
00:56:14.64\00:56:16.57
And if you look back
at the children of Israel,
00:56:16.60\00:56:19.77
when they were getting manna,
00:56:19.81\00:56:22.24
they collected it
six days out the week,
00:56:22.28\00:56:24.81
if they collected
more than what they needed,
00:56:24.85\00:56:27.22
other than on the sixth day
in preparation for the Sabbath,
00:56:27.25\00:56:30.05
it would spoil, it didn't spoil.
00:56:30.09\00:56:32.05
There's something very
special about the Sabbath day.
00:56:32.09\00:56:35.79
And that's because
God's sanctified it,
00:56:35.82\00:56:38.66
He set it
aside, He made it holy.
00:56:38.69\00:56:40.93
And so we're being
called out of false teachings
00:56:40.96\00:56:45.67
into God's marvelous light.
00:56:45.70\00:56:47.64
Amen. Thank you very much.
00:56:47.67\00:56:49.44
Wow, praise the Lord.
00:56:49.47\00:56:50.81
That's a message we're
sharing. Isn't that right?
00:56:50.84\00:56:52.71
Okay, some final thoughts,
00:56:52.74\00:56:54.18
last few minutes time
we have, Brother Ryan?
00:56:54.21\00:56:56.68
Jason said something earlier
that sparked my attention.
00:56:56.71\00:56:59.05
He said that the
devil is trying to deceive,
00:56:59.08\00:57:01.08
you know Daniel and his
friends with all that craziness
00:57:01.12\00:57:02.98
that was going on in Babylon.
00:57:03.02\00:57:05.39
And that's exactly
00:57:05.42\00:57:06.76
what's happening
in these last days.
00:57:06.79\00:57:08.12
We have a lot of
craziness going on,
00:57:08.16\00:57:09.49
the devil is
trying to deceive us.
00:57:09.52\00:57:10.86
But we look to Jesus,
00:57:10.89\00:57:12.23
we keep our faces in God's Word,
00:57:12.26\00:57:14.20
and He will see us home.
00:57:14.23\00:57:15.56
Amen. That's right.
00:57:15.60\00:57:16.93
Here is the
patience of the saints,
00:57:16.97\00:57:19.37
here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:57:19.40\00:57:21.74
and the faith of Jesus,"
00:57:21.77\00:57:23.10
Revelation 12:14,
00:57:23.14\00:57:25.94
"determined to be
among the faithful."
00:57:25.97\00:57:27.44
Amen.
00:57:27.48\00:57:28.81
Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I
stand at the door and knock."
00:57:28.84\00:57:32.18
Open the door of
your heart to Jesus.
00:57:32.21\00:57:34.12
Amen.
00:57:34.15\00:57:35.55
Just study the Word of God,
stay true to the Word of God.
00:57:35.58\00:57:39.55
Amen.
00:57:39.59\00:57:41.09
I pray it's been a blessing.
00:57:41.12\00:57:42.46
It has been a blessing to
me a message we're sharing.
00:57:42.49\00:57:44.39
And don't you believe
00:57:44.43\00:57:45.76
that is a message we're sharing?
00:57:45.79\00:57:47.16
I believe with all of my heart.
00:57:47.20\00:57:48.76
And again, we encourage
you next time to join us.
00:57:48.80\00:57:51.50
We're going to be
on lesson number 13.
00:57:51.53\00:57:52.87
The last of the
quarter is entitled,
00:57:52.90\00:57:54.77
"A Step of Faith."
00:57:54.80\00:57:57.01
It's going to be a good lesson
00:57:57.04\00:57:58.37
and we know it's
going to bless your heart.
00:57:58.41\00:57:59.74
Thank you for joining us.
00:57:59.77\00:58:01.11
God bless you,
00:58:01.14\00:58:02.48
and we look
forward to seeing you
00:58:02.51\00:58:03.85
on lesson number 13.
00:58:03.88\00:58:05.21
Be sure to tune in.
00:58:05.25\00:58:06.58
Amen.
00:58:06.61\00:58:07.95