Here on 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel,
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we're making our way
through Revelation chapter 14
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and the three angels' messages
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and this Quarter's Study is
entitled: Three Cosmic Messages
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and we're excited...
this week, Lesson Number 2,
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we're going to be taking
on a special study entitled:
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A Moment of Destiny
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Ryan: Hello Friends,
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you're watching 3ABN
Sabbath School Panel.
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My name is Ryan Day
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and it is a blessing to
have you guys joining us
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each and every week
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to study with
us... to come together...
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open up God's Word
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and, of course,
during this Quarter
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we're studying the
three angels' messages
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found in Revelation chapter 14
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and it's such a... just an
important message for our time
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and so, we want to
thank you for joining us.
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I'm going to go
ahead and introduce
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our Panel members at this time.
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To my direct left
is Ms. Shelley Quinn.
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Shelley: Oh, I'm
so excited to be here
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and we're so excited
that you're joining us.
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I had Monday's Lesson:
The Son of Man Returns.
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Lomacang: Okay,
and mine is Tuesday:
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The Heavenly Judgment.
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Instead of focusing
on the entire process,
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we're going to focus on
this central focal point.
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Ryan: And to your
left is Pastor John Dinzey,
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it's a blessing
to have you Brother.
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Dinzey: It's a
blessing to be here.
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I have Wednesday's Lesson
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and it's entitled:
The Victor's Crown.
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Ryan: Amen, of course
at the end of the table,
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there is Ms. Jill Morikone.
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Jill: Thank you,
Ryan, I have Thursday...
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Every Seed Produces a Harvest.
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Ryan: All right, all
right, praise the Lord
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and, of course, we're
studying Lesson Number 2
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which is entitled:
A Moment of Destiny
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and as always, we dare
not dive into this Study
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without first
asking the Holy Spirit
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to lead and guide us,
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so, Ms. Jill, would
you have a prayer for us?
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Jill: "Holy Father, we come
before You in the name of Jesus,
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grateful for the
gift of Your Word
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and grateful for the
anointing of Your Holy Spirit
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that's inherent in Your Word,
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and we ask right now that
You would get us out of the way
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and that You could be
seen uplifted and glorified,
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would You come and teach us now?
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In Jesus' name, amen. "
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Panel: Amen...
amen... praise the Lord.
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Ryan: You got to
know that these messages,
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these three angel's messages
are absolutely imperative,
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they're absolutely important to
the times that we're living in
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because they precede the
second coming of Jesus Christ
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which actually we...
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it helps us to understand
this little more in-depth
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because when you end
the third angel's message,
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you now have
this interesting scene
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in which Jesus
is seen on a cloud
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with a sickle in His hand
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and, of course, Revelation
chapter 14 verses 14 and 15
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helps us to understand what's
happening immediately after
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the third angel's
message is delivered.
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This is our memory text again:
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Revelation 14 verses 14 and 15,
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and I'm reading from
the New King James Version
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and it says, "Then I looked,
and behold a white cloud,
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and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
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having on His
head a golden crown,
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and in His hand a sharp sickle.
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And another angel
came out of the temple,
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crying with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud,
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and said, 'Thrust in
Your sickle and reap,
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for the time has
come for You to reap,
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for the harvest of
the earth is ripe. '"
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This is ultimately
what we're preparing for.
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We're preparing for the
soon return of Jesus Christ
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and those three
angel's messages help dial in
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the necessary
salvational relationship
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that we need to
have with Jesus Christ
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during these last days.
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I'm going to go to
Sabbath afternoon's lesson
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and I just want to read...
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Pastor Mark Finley
just has a way with words.
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He has a beautiful way of
describing and illustrating
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and just helping us
fully understand this message
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and I want to
read what he has there
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in Sabbath afternoon's
lesson and it says here,
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"God has always
spoken to His people,
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giving them
whatever relevant truths
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they need to hear at the time.
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From the warning about
the Flood in Genesis chapter 6
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to the first coming of Jesus
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and, of course,
in Daniel chapter 9
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in the 70-week prophecy
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to the pre-Advent judgment
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of Daniel chapter
7 verses 9 and onward
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to the final events
before Christ return
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there found in
Revelation 12 to 14,
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God has spoken to us.
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In these last
days of human history,
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He has sent a special message
to the world and to His people,
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designed to meet
the need of the hour.
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He pictures this message as
being carried by three angels
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flying in mid-heaven
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with their
urgent, end-time message
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to all the world.
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The three angels' messages is
Jesus' final message of mercy. "
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I love that... Panel: Yes.
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Ryan: Because many people think
that God is a harsh judge...
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He's coming
back... but I love here...
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it's a final message of mercy.
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"A call that
leads us from trusting
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in our own righteousness
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to trusting the righteousness
of Jesus to justify us,
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to sanctify us,
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and, at the end of
time, to glorify us. "
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Can't wait for that!
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"As always, though,
we must choose Christ,
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to surrender to
Him and to obey Him,
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and the choices we make now
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will, indeed,
impact the choices we make
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in the final crisis ahead of us.
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Thus, now is the
time to prepare. "
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I love that and that
sets us up for Sunday's Lesson
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which is
entitled: Eternal Choices
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and we find ourselves in
Matthew chapter 24 verses 14
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and we're also
going to be looking at
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the beginning portion there...
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also, the verse there
found in Revelation 14 verse 6
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and you will see
a comparison here
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and it says in
Matthew chapter 24 verse 14...
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we're familiar with this,
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it says, "And this
gospel of the kingdom
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shall be
preached in all the world
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for a witness unto all nations,
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and then shall the end come. "
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And so, yes, this
gospel of the kingdom
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shall go unto all the world
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prior to the
second coming of Jesus
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but now when you pair that to
Revelation chapter 14 verse 6,
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notice what it says,
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it says, "And I
saw another angel
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flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them... "
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so, if you have
any doubt in your mind
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as to what these three
angels' messages are all about,
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it's... it's
coming under the banner
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of the everlasting gospel.
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Christ is
proclaiming His righteousness
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and He's trying
to wake up this world
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to prepare for His soon return.
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And so, having
the everlasting gospel
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to preach unto them
that dwell on the earth
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and when it says that
this gospel shall come,
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please... when it
says to all the world...
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make no mistake what that means
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because it goes to
clarify here in verse 6,
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it says... "to the earth...
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to every nation, every kindred,
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and tongue and people. "
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So, every single
person on the globe,
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will have a
chance and an opportunity
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to hear the goodness of Jesus...
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to hear the gospel of
Jesus Christ in some capacity
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and, of course,
the lesson brings out
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that in the three
times in Revelation 22,
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Jesus says that
He is coming quickly.
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We see this in
Revelation 22 verse 7,
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verse 12 and also in verse 20.
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But, of course, in the
context of this soon return...
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this quick return...
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He also proclaims in verse 11,
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"He who is unjust,
let him be unjust still;
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he who is filthy,
let him be filthy still;
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and he who is righteous,
let him be righteous still;
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he who is holy, let
him be holy still. "
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And so, every day by our choices
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even in the
so-called "Little things"
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Pastor Mark Finley brings out
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that we are choosing
either for or against Jesus.
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Man! if you really
put it like that...
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that's a
powerful thing to consider
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that every choice we make
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is either for or
against Jesus Christ.
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"It's not likely that
someone constantly making
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the wrong choices
in their life now,
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will suddenly,
at the final crisis,
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come down on the side of Jesus,
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especially when the force of the
whole world... the evil world
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is against them.
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And, of course,
"Now, today, and every day
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we must choose to be
faithful to Jesus Christ
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and to His commandments. "
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Of course, 1st John chapter
5 verse 3 reminds us that
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"For it is the love of God,
that we keep His commandments"
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and, of course, very interesting
that in Last Day Events page 295
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we find there... it says,
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"Jesus does not change the
character at His coming... "
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I love that...
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some people think
that they're going to live
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just however they want
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all the way up to the
second coming of Jesus
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and say, "Oh,
when Jesus comes back,
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then, God's going to do
that marvelous change in me. "
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Oh no, it says here in
Last Day Events page 295,
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"Jesus does not change
the character at His coming.
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The work of
transformation must be done now.
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Our daily lives are
determining our destiny. "
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So, Sunday's Lesson is
entitled: Eternal Choices
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and... and it's just a
powerful lesson to consider
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because we see examples all
the way through Scripture...
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we see Scriptures that
remind us constantly...
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we see messages and stories
that remind us constantly
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of how important it is for
us to make our choice today.
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For instance, Joshua
chapter 24 and verse 15...
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in the days of Joshua... in
the days of the wilderness...
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as they're coming into
the land of milk and honey...
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as they're coming into Canaan,
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what does he say to
the children of Israel?
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"Choose for yourselves...
whenever you get a chance...
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whenever you get
an opportunity...
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you know, when
the time is right,
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when the weather
is appropriate... "
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no, no, no, no...
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"choose for yourselves this day
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whom you will serve,
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but as for me and my house...
" Joshua made up his mind,
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"we will serve the LORD."
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I love those words...
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"As for me and my house,
we will serve the Lord. "
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Even in the days of... of Elijah
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at that great
showdown at Mount Carmel
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where you have the
false prophets of Baal
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and the one true
prophet of God there...
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of course, there's a
decision that needs to be made,
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everyone has free
will and free choice
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to choose where they will
be and what side they will be,
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and right there in 1st
Kings chapter 18 and verse 21,
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we see the
message loud and clear,
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it says, "And Elijah
came to the people and said,
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'How long will you
falter between two opinions?
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If the LORD is God, follow Him;
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but if Baal... follow him. '
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But the people
answered him not in word. "
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We have many people that are
serving the Baals of this world
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even today when
their heart is in Babylon
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but yet, they may also
profess the name of Jesus.
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It's a dangerous thing
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and we need to make
sure that we have our fate
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and our decision and our lives
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saved up in Jesus Christ.
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Panel: That's right.
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Ryan: Even in Joel's day,
Joel chapter 3 verses 13 and 14,
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and here we find these words,
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it says, "Put in the sickle... "
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we just read about
the sickle earlier,
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it says, "Put in the
sickle, for the harvest is ripe.
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Come, go down; for
the winepress is full,
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the vats overflow...
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for their wickedness is great. "
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And then he says these words,
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"Multitudes, multitudes
in the valley of decision!"
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Ryan: Are you dwelling
in the valley of decision?
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Or have you made your
decision to serve Jesus today?
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Why falter between two
opinions, Elijah would say,
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right here he says, "Multitudes,
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multitudes in the
valley of decision!
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For the day of the LORD is near
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in the valley of decision. "
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The day of the
Lord is upon us all...
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and we need to
have made our decision
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to follow Him
well before He arrives
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and then, of course,
2nd Corinthians chapter 6
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verse 2... how can you
talk about making a decision
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to follow Jesus and
leave this Scripture out
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or Paul writes and says,
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"In an acceptable
time I have heard you,
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and in the day of
salvation I have helped you.
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Behold, now is
the accepted time;
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behold now, is the
day of salvation. "
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And this is where I think that
pre-tribulation-rapture theory
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as I was studying this lesson
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that kept popping into my mind
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because this is where I
think that that theory fails
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because so many
people buy into this idea
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that, "You know what? I'm
just going to live my life
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as long as I
mentally accept Jesus
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and I mentally
believe that He's my Savior
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and I mentally accept the fact
that nearly 2,000 years ago,
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He died on the
cross for my sins,
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that's all I need... I can
just keep living however I want
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because I am saved
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and, you know what?
If I miss the mark...
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if I miss the point...
ah, I might have to go through
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the seven horrible
years of tribulation
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but I'll be
given a second chance
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during the seven years of
tribulation after the rapture...
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what a deadly,
deadly, deadly teaching!
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and this is where it
falls because it teaches people
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that they don't have
to live for God now...
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they don't have to
make those necessary choices
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and changes now,
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if they miss the
point down the road,
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they might be given a
second chance down the road.
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Have mercy!
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Panel: Hmmm...
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Ryan: It's not
enough to mentally believe
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but to practice for
change of character.
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Listen what it says here,
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it says, "He who will build up
a strong, symmetrical character,
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he who would be a
well-balanced Christian,
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must give all
and do all for Christ
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for the Redeemer will
not accept divided service.
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Daily he must learn the
meaning of self-surrender.
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He must study the Word
of God, learning its meaning
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and obeying its precepts.
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Thus, he may reach the standard
of Christian excellence... "
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and I love these words...
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"Day by day God works with him,
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perfecting the character
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that is to stand in the
time of final test, and... "
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there it is again...
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"day by day the
believer is working out
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before men and angels
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a sublime experiment,
showing what the gospel can do
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for fallen human beings. "
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And, of course,
Education page 105,
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these... these powerful
quotes that help illustrate
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the very purpose of this lesson
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and it says here...
"The germination of the seed"
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Jesus often used
gardening or... or
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you know, the plants and the...
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you know, He'd use
these different illustrations
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to explain the Kingdom of God.
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But I love this right here,
Education page 105 and 106,
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it says, "The
germination of the seed
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represents the
beginning of spiritual life,
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and the development
of the plant is a figure
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of the development of character.
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There can be no
life without growth.
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The plant must
either grow or die.
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As its growth is
silent and imperceptible,
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but continuous,
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so is the growth of character.
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At every stage of development
our life may be perfect;
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yet if God's
purpose for us is fulfilled,
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there will be
constant advancement. "
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Panel: Amen.
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Ryan: Eternal
choices... we have that now.
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Panel: Amen and amen.
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Shelley: Thank you,
Ryan, that was beautiful.
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I'm Shelley Quinn.
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My lesson is based on
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and it's titled:
The Son of Man Returns.
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Let's look at Revelation 14:14.
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John writes, "Then I looked,
and behold a white cloud,
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and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
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having on His
head a golden crown,
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and in His hand
a sharp sickle. "
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Wha... who is...
who is John seeing?
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He is seeing Jesus Christ.
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Why is he calling
Him the Son of Man?
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The everlasting gospel
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which is the foundation
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of the three angels'
messages of Revelation 14...
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the everlasting gospel
was announced in the Garden
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in Genesis 3:15, when
God said to the woman...
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or to the serpent...
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that the woman was
going to give birth to a Seed
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and He would crush
the serpent's head.
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That is in thirty words
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talking about God's
plan to become a man
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and to save us.
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So, when the Holy
Spirit overshadowed Mary,
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she conceived an
existing Person...
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the Second Person of the Godhead
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and their two natures...
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His divine
nature... her human nature
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were knitted together.
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He had no biological father
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but He became
the Son of humanity.
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Hebrews 2:14 says,
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"Inasmuch then as the children
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have partaken
of flesh and blood,
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He Himself... Jesus...
likewise shared in the same,
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that through death
He might destroy him
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who had the power of death,
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that is, the devil. "
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So, why did God become a man?
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He was born to die...
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to start a new bloodline.
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In Romans 5, it talks
about death entering through...
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the world through one man...
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let's look at that.
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The first
representative of humanity
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from whom all were
made from one blood...
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that's what Acts 17:26 says
that every nation of humanity
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came from the one man, Adam.
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Romans 5:15 says,
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"by the one man's
offense... " Adam's offense...
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"many died,
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much more the grace of God
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and the gift by the grace
of the one Man, Jesus Christ,
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abounded to many. "
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So, Christ became the new
representative of humanity,
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the last Adam.
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That's what Paul calls
Him in 1st Corinthians 15:45,
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he says, "The first man
Adam became a living being.
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The last Adam became
a life-giving spirit. "
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So, He started a new bloodline
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and when we are born again,
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the whole nation of
Christ... God's people...
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will come from that one blood.
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Only a perfect man
could take humanity's place
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and be our substitute
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to die to pay the
penalty for our sins
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and only the precious blood
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of Jesus Christ,
our Creator God Himself,
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was worth...
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had the value to pay the
penalty for all of mankind.
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Now, you know, it is amazing
to think of His humanity.
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While He was on earth,
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Jesus laid down His
independent authority.
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He did not... He said,
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"I only do what
the Father said to do,
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I only say what He
tells Me to say... "
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He didn't call not
His own divine power
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but He relied on the
power of the Holy Spirit
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just as you and I must.
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But He took on
humanity permanently.
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Think about that for a minute.
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Our Creator... "In the
beginning was the Word,
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the Word was with God,
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the Word was God. "
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The Word became flesh...
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He humiliated
Himself to take on our flesh,
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but forever.
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Oh, if you understand
the plan of salvation,
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you will stand in holy
wonder of the love of God.
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And then, He
shared this humanity
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so that... when He said, "It
is finished... " on the cross,
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He was talking
about... He paid the penalty...
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the first aspect to justify
this by His righteousness.
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That was done
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but He took on our humanity
and took it back to heaven
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that He may become a
sympathetic High Priest.
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His ministry continues.
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Hebrews 4:15 says, "We
do not have a High Priest
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who cannot
sympathize with our weaknesses,
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but was in all
points tempted as we are,
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yet without sin. "
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He faced the full fury
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of Satan's temptations.
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Do you think He
doesn't understand your trials?
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He does.
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He understands and relates to
our struggles with temptations
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because He was tempted
in all points as we were,
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yet, He never sinned.
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So, He overcame all of that
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in the flesh of humanity
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by the power of the Holy Spirit.
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Did you know,
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our Creator became the
person of Jesus Christ.
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He's called: Son of
Man... Son of God...
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there are so
many titles for Jesus.
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You know what His
favorite title for Himself was?
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Son of Man.
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He used it 82 times.
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I want to read a few to you.
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In Matthew 8 verse 20,
00:20:39.20\00:20:42.80
Jesus said, "Foxes have holes
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and birds of the air have nests,
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but the Son of
Man... " God in the flesh...
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"has nowhere to lay His head. "
00:20:52.31\00:20:54.22
In Matthew 12:8, He says,
00:20:54.25\00:20:58.42
"For the Son of Man
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is Lord even of the Sabbath. "
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Matthew 18:11, He says,
00:21:04.89\00:21:07.80
"The Son of Man has come
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to save that which was lost. "
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Matthew 20:24 says,
00:21:15.37\00:21:18.21
He said, "The Son of Man
did not come to be served,
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but to serve,
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and to give His
life a ransom for many. "
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This same Jesus
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who walked the face
of the earth among men
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is the One who's going to
be returning again from heaven.
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In Mark 14:62 Jesus said,
00:21:41.26\00:21:44.40
"You will see the Son of Man
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sitting at the
right hand of the Power,
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and coming with
the clouds of heaven. "
00:21:51.24\00:21:54.84
He's going to return
and every eye will see Him.
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He's going to return
with all of His angels
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and that's where John is
saying in Revelation 14:14,
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"I looked, and
behold, a white cloud,
00:22:08.29\00:22:10.79
and on the cloud sat,
One like the Son of Man,
00:22:10.83\00:22:13.03
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:22:13.06\00:22:16.33
and in His hand
a sharp sickle. "
00:22:16.36\00:22:19.53
He is coming to
harvest the earth...
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to rescue His redeemed.
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You know, this
echoes the same emphasis
00:22:25.71\00:22:30.61
of Christ's humanity.
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From the prophetic
vision of Daniel 7:13 and 14,
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Daniel sees One who
is like the Son of Man,
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who came to the Ancient of Days,
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and was given
universal authority.
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Matthew 16:27,
00:22:48.66\00:22:51.77
Jesus said, "The
Son of Man will come
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in the glory of His
Father with His angels,
00:22:53.87\00:22:56.87
and then He will reward
each according to his works. "
00:22:56.91\00:23:03.24
So, right now, when He returns,
00:23:03.28\00:23:07.05
He says, "My
reward is with Me. "
00:23:07.08\00:23:10.82
Matthew 24:27 says,
00:23:10.85\00:23:15.96
Jesus says, "As the
lightning comes from the east
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and flashes to the west,
00:23:19.09\00:23:20.60
so also will the
coming of the Son of Man be. "
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He will circle this
globe with lightning speed,
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verse 30 says,
00:23:28.50\00:23:30.04
"The sign of the Son of
Man will appear in heaven,
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and all the tribes
of the earth will mourn,
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and they will see this... "
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all the tribes of the earth
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will see the Son of Man
coming on the clouds of heaven
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with great power
and great glory. "
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Does that sound
like a secret coming?
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Does that sound
like a secret rapture?
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Matthew 25 verses 31 and 32,
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Jesus says, "When the Son
of man comes in His glory,
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and all the
holy angels with Him,
00:24:01.94\00:24:04.81
then He will sit on
the throne of His glory
00:24:04.84\00:24:07.58
and all the nations will
be gathered before Him... "
00:24:07.61\00:24:10.11
and there's a judgment...
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He says, "He will
separate them one from another,
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as a shepherd divides
his sheep from the goats. "
00:24:16.38\00:24:20.79
So, the Bible tells us
that Jesus is the Son of Man.
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He is going to
return in all of His glory.
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He will divide in judgment
the sheep from the goats
00:24:28.46\00:24:33.44
and the destiny of all
nations in all humanity
00:24:33.47\00:24:38.51
will be decided for eternity.
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Let me ask... are you
ready to meet the Son of Man?
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Panel: Hmmm... amen, amen.
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Ryan: Thank you so much,
Shelley, for that beautiful
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Ryan: Hello Friends,
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We're going to pass it
over to Pastor John Lomacang
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for Tuesday's Lesson.
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Lomacang: Mine is
the Heavenly Judgment
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and surprisingly enough, we
are also on Revelation 14:14
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so, if you have your
Bibles, go there with me.
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We read, "Then I looked,
and behold a white cloud,
00:25:45.71\00:25:51.28
and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
00:25:51.31\00:25:55.18
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:25:55.22\00:25:58.02
and in His hand
a sharp sickle. "
00:25:58.05\00:26:00.82
I think that you, me and John
00:26:00.86\00:26:05.59
are going to have
fun with this one verse.
00:26:05.63\00:26:08.73
Shelley: And Jill.
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Lomacang: You will be
amazed... you also Jill?
00:26:10.13\00:26:11.57
Jill: Mine's coming later.
00:26:11.63\00:26:12.97
Lomacang: Okay, it is
amazing how much is contained
00:26:13.00\00:26:15.44
in one verse,
00:26:15.47\00:26:16.81
we're going to
squeeze this orange.
00:26:16.84\00:26:18.17
Someone took a
different example...
00:26:18.21\00:26:20.01
a different approach here
00:26:20.04\00:26:21.38
but one of the things I'd like
to reiterate here very quickly
00:26:21.41\00:26:23.11
is God uses
clouds in amazing ways.
00:26:23.14\00:26:28.85
But I want to just
first hit on the cadence of
00:26:28.88\00:26:31.82
what you started building on of
the fact of "this same Jesus. "
00:26:31.85\00:26:35.96
Shelley: Yes.
00:26:35.99\00:26:37.33
Lomacang: This same
Jesus... Acts 1 verses 9 to 11
00:26:37.36\00:26:39.46
is where we see the
clouds also introduced.
00:26:39.49\00:26:41.13
"Now when He had spoken these
things, while they watched,
00:26:41.16\00:26:44.47
He was taken up in a cloud...
received Him out of their sight.
00:26:44.50\00:26:47.54
While they looked steadfastly
toward heaven as He went up,
00:26:47.57\00:26:50.54
behold, two men stood
by them in white apparel,
00:26:50.57\00:26:52.97
who also said, 'Men of Galilee,
00:26:53.01\00:26:54.61
why do you stand
gazing into heaven?
00:26:54.64\00:26:56.38
This same Jesus, who was
taken up from you into heaven,
00:26:56.44\00:26:59.55
will so come in like manner
00:26:59.61\00:27:01.58
as you saw Him go. '"
00:27:01.62\00:27:02.95
I want to focus on the
"this same Jesus" aspect
00:27:02.98\00:27:04.69
and the clouds...
putting that together.
00:27:04.72\00:27:06.92
What's so wonderful about
that is that "this same Jesus. "
00:27:06.96\00:27:10.93
Now, in the
minds of the disciples,
00:27:10.96\00:27:13.63
that meant a whole lot
00:27:13.70\00:27:15.03
and let me just
go down a few things
00:27:15.06\00:27:16.40
because they walked with Jesus,
00:27:16.43\00:27:18.20
and... and I'm sure
that in each of their minds,
00:27:18.23\00:27:20.94
something different about
"this same Jesus" came up,
00:27:20.97\00:27:23.61
for example, there is a divine
truth embedded in the passage
00:27:23.64\00:27:27.64
in the phrase: this same Jesus.
00:27:27.68\00:27:29.58
Let's consider some of those.
00:27:29.61\00:27:31.48
What same Jesus?
00:27:31.51\00:27:32.88
The same Jesus that walked
the dusty streets of Nazareth.
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That's what they
thought about... put Jesus...
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the same Jesus that
ministered to crowds
00:27:37.95\00:27:40.69
on the streets of Jerusalem.
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What Jesus?
00:27:42.09\00:27:43.43
The same Jesus that healed
the sick in the villages of
00:27:43.46\00:27:46.76
Israel... that same Jesus.
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What Jesus?
00:27:48.16\00:27:49.50
The same Jesus who preached on
the grassy hills of Galilee...
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that same Jesus...
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so each of the... each
of these: that same Jesus...
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each of the disciples... a
different spark is going off
00:27:55.94\00:27:58.21
and they say, "You
mean the one that healed?"
00:27:58.24\00:28:00.14
"No, the One that read...
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the One that was on...
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the One that condes...
00:28:02.91\00:28:04.25
the One that
delivered the demoniac...
00:28:04.28\00:28:05.61
that same Jesus.
00:28:05.65\00:28:06.98
The same Jesus who was crucified
00:28:07.02\00:28:08.35
and rose again is the
One that's coming back.
00:28:08.38\00:28:11.15
This same Jesus... He
is coming back in clouds,
00:28:11.19\00:28:13.99
and when He comes back,
00:28:14.02\00:28:15.36
He's coming back
for a number of reasons
00:28:15.39\00:28:17.59
in the context of the judgment.
00:28:17.63\00:28:18.96
The reason why we
have confidence is:
00:28:18.99\00:28:20.73
He is the presiding
Judge in the judgment.
00:28:20.76\00:28:23.87
Let's look at John
5 verses 22 and 23,
00:28:23.93\00:28:26.90
this same
Jesus... that lowly Jesus
00:28:26.94\00:28:29.87
is now going to be
sitting in a different capacity.
00:28:29.90\00:28:32.47
John 5:22 and 23, "For
the Father judges no one,
00:28:32.51\00:28:35.04
but has committed
all judgment to the Son,
00:28:35.08\00:28:37.48
that all should honor the Son
just as they honor the Father.
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He who does not honor the Son
00:28:41.92\00:28:43.75
does not honor the
Father who sent Him. "
00:28:43.79\00:28:46.02
That's why Jesus says,
00:28:46.05\00:28:47.39
"You believe in God,
believe also in Me. "
00:28:47.42\00:28:49.49
And there are a lot of
people that believe in God
00:28:49.52\00:28:51.29
but don't believe in Jesus.
00:28:51.36\00:28:52.69
You cannot get to the
Father except through Jesus.
00:28:52.73\00:28:55.00
So, He said, "The One you reject
00:28:55.06\00:28:56.67
is going to be the One
you face in the judgment. "
00:28:56.73\00:28:58.60
How fitting is it for
us to get to know the One
00:28:58.63\00:29:01.77
that we're going to
face in the judgment.
00:29:01.80\00:29:03.27
The other one is: Jesus is
our Advocate in the judgment.
00:29:03.30\00:29:06.51
Now, this blows me away...
He's the Judge and the Lawyer?
00:29:06.54\00:29:09.74
That's a hung court.
00:29:09.78\00:29:11.11
You know, when judgment was
made in favor of the saints,
00:29:11.15\00:29:13.52
I see now why...
00:29:13.55\00:29:14.88
sitting on the bench... Jesus.
00:29:14.92\00:29:16.58
Standing with me
on my side: Jesus.
00:29:16.62\00:29:18.39
Try to figure out
that divine dichotomy...
00:29:18.45\00:29:21.19
it's impossible
00:29:21.22\00:29:22.56
but notice what the
Bible says, 1st John 2 verse 1,
00:29:22.59\00:29:24.66
"My little children,
these things I write to you,
00:29:24.69\00:29:27.10
so that you may not sin.
00:29:27.13\00:29:29.03
If anyone sins,
00:29:29.06\00:29:30.40
we have an
Advocate with the Father,
00:29:30.43\00:29:32.53
Jesus Christ the righteous. "
00:29:32.57\00:29:34.07
So, how could the courts be set
in any of the beautiful setting
00:29:34.10\00:29:37.71
that they know that
Jesus is my Advocate
00:29:37.74\00:29:39.64
and Jesus is my judge.
00:29:39.67\00:29:41.44
You know, there's a
picture in Revelation
00:29:41.48\00:29:43.38
when it comes to the
seven churches where...
00:29:43.41\00:29:45.25
where Jesus is talked
about as giving a white stone.
00:29:45.28\00:29:49.52
Well, think about the stone...
00:29:49.55\00:29:50.95
who is the stone?
00:29:50.99\00:29:52.32
Christ who is the white
stone, the pure stone... Jesus.
00:29:52.35\00:29:54.56
And in the Roman
Court, similar to today
00:29:54.62\00:29:56.93
if the jury could not
come up with a verdict,
00:29:56.96\00:29:59.39
pause...
00:29:59.43\00:30:01.40
the beautiful words... "I
will give you a white stone
00:30:01.43\00:30:04.07
with a new name on it. "
00:30:04.10\00:30:05.43
Now, get the...
get the picture...
00:30:05.47\00:30:06.80
I studied this... in the
court, there was a leather bag
00:30:06.84\00:30:09.74
kind of like: Let's Make a Deal.
00:30:09.77\00:30:11.24
You have to put your hand
in there and pick up chips
00:30:11.27\00:30:14.14
well, in that
bag were two stones:
00:30:14.18\00:30:16.75
the white one and the black one
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.38
and your life hung
on which one you chose.
00:30:18.41\00:30:20.92
If you chose the black
stone, you'd be hung...
00:30:20.98\00:30:23.62
you'd be crucified
in the Roman Court.
00:30:23.65\00:30:26.09
If you chose the white stone,
00:30:26.12\00:30:27.56
not only you'd be exonerated
and declared innocent,
00:30:27.59\00:30:29.92
but you'll have a name change
00:30:29.96\00:30:31.89
so that nobody understands...
00:30:31.93\00:30:33.76
nobody identifies you as the
one that you were accused to be.
00:30:33.80\00:30:37.03
Look at the setting.
00:30:37.07\00:30:38.83
So, here's the accused
00:30:38.87\00:30:40.57
and he has his
advocate, Jesus, by his side...
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.24
let me use Shelley as an example
00:30:43.27\00:30:44.97
and He says, "Wait,
before you go into the bag,
00:30:45.01\00:30:48.01
I'm going to
give you a white stone
00:30:48.04\00:30:50.05
with a new name on
it, you hold on to that. "
00:30:50.08\00:30:52.85
Shelley: Happy laughter.
00:30:52.91\00:30:54.25
Lomacang: You put
your hand in that bag
00:30:54.28\00:30:55.62
with the blessed assurance
00:30:55.65\00:30:56.99
that you're going to
only take out what went in.
00:30:57.02\00:30:58.35
Amen. Panel: Amen.
00:30:58.39\00:30:59.82
Lomacang: That's the
beautiful... the court is
00:30:59.85\00:31:01.69
hung... judgment was
made in favor of the saints
00:31:01.72\00:31:05.69
and the time came for
them to possess the kingdom.
00:31:05.73\00:31:08.96
So, He is our Advocate.
00:31:09.00\00:31:10.33
The third thing is:
00:31:10.37\00:31:11.70
He is our hope in the judgment.
00:31:11.73\00:31:13.30
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm... Amen.
00:31:13.34\00:31:14.87
Lomacang: 1st John 5 verse 12,
00:31:14.90\00:31:17.41
"He who has the Son has life;
00:31:17.44\00:31:19.91
he who does not
have the Son of God
00:31:19.97\00:31:22.21
does not have life. "
00:31:22.24\00:31:23.58
What a beautiful picture!
00:31:23.61\00:31:24.95
So, whom do we need
to have in the judgment?
00:31:24.98\00:31:28.35
The Son...
00:31:28.38\00:31:29.72
and finally, Jesus is our
confidence in the judgment.
00:31:29.75\00:31:33.69
1st John 2 verse 28,
00:31:33.76\00:31:35.32
"And now, little
children, abide in Me,
00:31:35.39\00:31:37.69
that when He appears,
00:31:37.73\00:31:39.56
we may have
confidence and not be ashamed
00:31:39.59\00:31:42.46
before Him at His coming. "
00:31:42.50\00:31:44.90
But now let me take a short
twist about the clouds here...
00:31:44.93\00:31:47.47
I'm going to show four
things about the clouds.
00:31:47.50\00:31:49.67
I did a sermon not too long
ago called: Coming with Clouds
00:31:49.70\00:31:52.37
in which I learned
something about God
00:31:52.41\00:31:54.08
that cars are amazing.
00:31:54.11\00:31:55.58
My wife and I
were driving to Florida
00:31:55.61\00:31:57.25
and we went through
a terrible rainstorm
00:31:57.31\00:31:58.91
just after we got married
00:31:58.95\00:32:00.28
and it was just black clouds.
00:32:00.32\00:32:01.65
When we came out on the
other side of that torrential
00:32:01.68\00:32:05.09
rainstorm
wrapped in black clouds,
00:32:05.12\00:32:06.45
our car was cleaner
than it had ever been before.
00:32:06.49\00:32:08.46
Panel: Laughter.
00:32:08.49\00:32:09.82
Lomacang: What am I
saying... what am I saying?
00:32:09.86\00:32:11.19
Clouds are a precursor to
the cleansing of your life.
00:32:11.23\00:32:14.90
Panel: Hmmm...
00:32:14.93\00:32:16.26
Lomacang: God
sometimes brings clouds...
00:32:16.30\00:32:17.83
it's a precursor to
the promises of God.
00:32:17.87\00:32:19.67
That's what we find in Genesis
chapter 9 verses 12 to 15,
00:32:19.70\00:32:22.57
the cloud put in
the proper context...
00:32:22.60\00:32:25.27
the Bible says in verse
13 of Genesis chapter 9,
00:32:25.31\00:32:28.21
"I set My rainbow in the cloud,
00:32:28.24\00:32:31.21
and it shall be for
the sign of the covenant
00:32:31.25\00:32:34.18
between Me and the earth.
00:32:34.22\00:32:35.55
It shall be when I bring
a cloud over the earth... "
00:32:35.58\00:32:40.86
we think of cloud as bad news...
00:32:40.89\00:32:42.62
"When I bring a cloud...
00:32:42.66\00:32:43.99
that the rainbow shall
be seen in the cloud... "
00:32:44.03\00:32:46.86
Oh, this is powerful!
00:32:46.90\00:32:48.60
No clouds... no rainbows.
00:32:48.63\00:32:49.96
Here's the cadence...
00:32:50.00\00:32:51.33
no clouds... no rain...
00:32:51.37\00:32:52.70
no rain... no rainbow...
00:32:52.73\00:32:54.07
no rainbow... no covenant.
00:32:54.10\00:32:55.44
Panel: Hmmm...
00:32:55.47\00:32:56.81
Lomacang: So, when
clouds are coming...
00:32:56.84\00:32:58.17
these are the precursors...
00:32:58.21\00:32:59.54
when there are
clouds in your life...
00:32:59.57\00:33:00.91
clouds in your marriage...
00:33:00.94\00:33:02.28
clouds in your family...
00:33:02.31\00:33:04.11
it's a precursor that
the blessing is coming
00:33:04.15\00:33:07.88
that God is about
to bless your life.
00:33:07.92\00:33:09.88
Also, clouds are a confirmation
of the presence of God.
00:33:09.92\00:33:12.29
We find there in
Exodus 33 verse 9 and 10,
00:33:12.32\00:33:15.72
He says, "And it came to pass,
00:33:15.76\00:33:18.26
when Moses
entered the tabernacle,
00:33:18.29\00:33:20.20
that the pillar of
cloud descended... "
00:33:20.23\00:33:22.03
who is in the cloud?
00:33:22.06\00:33:23.40
The presence of God.
00:33:23.43\00:33:24.77
You see, Friends, when
the clouds are in your life,
00:33:24.80\00:33:27.24
don't look at clouds
as always a negative thing
00:33:27.27\00:33:29.74
because God uses clouds in
ways that we don't understand.
00:33:29.80\00:33:33.21
When the cloud was there,
the presence of God was there.
00:33:33.24\00:33:36.61
God uses clouds to
bring us to the place
00:33:36.64\00:33:39.28
where we worship Him
00:33:39.31\00:33:41.05
and that's what happened
when they saw the cloud,
00:33:41.08\00:33:42.85
they fell down in the
temple and they worshipped God.
00:33:42.88\00:33:44.65
But thirdly,
00:33:44.69\00:33:46.02
clouds are a preparation for the
revelation of the glory of God.
00:33:46.05\00:33:49.39
By the way, in
Naaman in Nahum 1 verse 3,
00:33:49.42\00:33:52.99
the beautiful
thing about this...
00:33:53.03\00:33:54.36
another profound truth about
clouds that we often miss is,
00:33:54.40\00:33:56.50
Nahum 1 verse 3 says,
00:33:56.53\00:33:58.43
"the clouds are
the dust of His feet. "
00:33:58.47\00:34:01.04
You want to hear a revelation?
00:34:01.07\00:34:02.50
If there is dust in your
family, God's presence is there.
00:34:02.54\00:34:05.27
If there's dust
in your marriage...
00:34:05.34\00:34:06.88
dust in your job...
00:34:06.91\00:34:08.24
dust in your church...
00:34:08.28\00:34:09.61
dust in your neighborhood...
00:34:09.64\00:34:10.98
dust...
00:34:11.01\00:34:12.35
clouds are the
dust of God's feet.
00:34:12.38\00:34:13.72
He's not absent, He's
present in the clouds.
00:34:13.75\00:34:16.02
How do I know that?
00:34:16.05\00:34:17.39
When Jesus was on the cross,
00:34:17.42\00:34:19.02
the clouds that
hovered over that area
00:34:19.05\00:34:21.99
when Jesus was being crucified,
00:34:22.02\00:34:23.53
the Father was
hidden in the cloud.
00:34:23.56\00:34:25.66
He was not absent... He
was present in the cloud,
00:34:25.69\00:34:28.66
so Friends, are
there clouds in your life?
00:34:28.70\00:34:30.23
If there are
clouds in your life,
00:34:30.27\00:34:31.93
don't think it's
the absence of God...
00:34:31.97\00:34:33.30
it's the silent presence of God
00:34:33.34\00:34:35.24
hovering closer to you
than He's ever been before.
00:34:35.27\00:34:38.34
Don't think of clouds
as an adversarial sign,
00:34:38.37\00:34:41.14
think of clouds as a preparation
00:34:41.18\00:34:43.14
for the
revelation of God's glory.
00:34:43.18\00:34:45.08
That's what the Bible
says, Romans 8 and verse 18,
00:34:45.11\00:34:48.62
"For I consider that the
sufferings of this present time
00:34:48.65\00:34:50.79
are not worthy to be compared
00:34:50.82\00:34:52.42
with the glory that
shall be revealed. "
00:34:52.45\00:34:55.09
What kind of glory?
00:34:55.12\00:34:56.46
"Behold He cometh with clouds. "
00:34:56.49\00:34:58.19
When he comes with
clouds in your life,
00:34:58.23\00:35:00.56
the glory of God is
going to be accompanying Him
00:35:00.60\00:35:02.96
so, I ask you today, "Are
there clouds in your life?"
00:35:03.00\00:35:05.10
One of my favorite authors said,
00:35:05.13\00:35:06.84
in My Utmost for His
Highest, July 29th, he says,
00:35:06.87\00:35:10.11
"What a
revelation is it to know that
00:35:10.14\00:35:12.14
sorrow,
bereavement and suffering
00:35:12.17\00:35:14.08
are actually the clouds
that come along with God. "
00:35:14.11\00:35:19.01
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:35:19.05\00:35:20.38
Lomacang: That's deep...
00:35:20.42\00:35:21.75
so, whatever you're
facing, it may be cloudy to you
00:35:21.78\00:35:23.62
but I say it in the words of...
00:35:23.65\00:35:25.35
all of us who've
seen clouds before,
00:35:25.39\00:35:26.92
behind every cloud,
there's a silver lining
00:35:26.96\00:35:32.13
and that lining is Jesus.
00:35:32.16\00:35:33.60
So, yes, He's
coming with clouds,
00:35:33.66\00:35:35.86
the clouds
precede the glory of God
00:35:35.90\00:35:38.10
and when the clouds dissipate,
00:35:38.13\00:35:39.80
the presence of
God will be clear.
00:35:39.83\00:35:41.74
Trust the
clouds... God is in them.
00:35:41.77\00:35:44.37
Panel: Hmmm... amen.
00:35:44.41\00:35:45.94
Dinzey: Amen, praise the Lord.
00:35:45.97\00:35:47.31
It's time to close
the church and go home.
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Panel: Laughter.
00:35:48.71\00:35:50.05
Dinzey: Praise the Lord.
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.41
Well, I have Wednesday's
portion of the Lesson,
00:35:51.45\00:35:54.08
it's called: The Victor's Crown.
00:35:54.12\00:35:55.48
My name is John Dinzey
00:35:55.52\00:35:56.89
and we are moving again
back to Revelation chapter 14
00:35:56.92\00:36:00.79
verse 14, "Then I looked,
and behold a white cloud,
00:36:00.86\00:36:04.69
and on the cloud sat
One like the Son of Man,
00:36:04.76\00:36:07.10
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:36:07.13\00:36:08.53
and in His hand
a sharp sickle... "
00:36:08.56\00:36:10.87
and I'll stop there.
00:36:10.90\00:36:12.80
You know, my focus is
on the victor's crown...
00:36:12.83\00:36:15.70
the golden crown that Jesus wore
00:36:15.74\00:36:17.14
but before He
wore that golden crown,
00:36:17.17\00:36:18.87
I have to take you back even
before He came to this earth,
00:36:18.91\00:36:23.14
He was the subject of
praise and adoration in heaven
00:36:23.18\00:36:27.38
and He came to this
earth and became a babe
00:36:27.42\00:36:31.22
but on this earth
His suffering intensified
00:36:31.25\00:36:34.99
as He was living among men.
00:36:35.02\00:36:37.56
And the Bible says that
He went about doing good
00:36:37.59\00:36:41.53
and this Jesus was
attacked by the devil severely.
00:36:41.56\00:36:45.50
Every single day of His life,
00:36:45.53\00:36:47.17
attacked, attacked,
attacked by the devil.
00:36:47.20\00:36:49.14
But Jesus... victorious...
victorious... victorious
00:36:49.17\00:36:51.91
and if there was
some kind of scoreboard,
00:36:51.94\00:36:54.24
the devil was
losing every single day.
00:36:54.28\00:36:56.54
Praise the Lord for that
because Jesus was victorious.
00:36:56.58\00:36:59.31
And so, the Bible says...
He went about doing good.
00:36:59.35\00:37:01.92
The devil didn't like that.
00:37:01.98\00:37:03.45
He went about doing good...
00:37:03.49\00:37:05.89
well, He was healing the sick,
00:37:05.95\00:37:08.16
He was giving
sight to the blind,
00:37:08.22\00:37:10.29
the cripples were able to walk
00:37:10.33\00:37:12.23
and even the dead were raised
00:37:12.26\00:37:14.10
and I'd like to take your
mind to imagine the moment
00:37:14.13\00:37:16.97
when somebody says,
00:37:17.00\00:37:18.90
"Hey, weren't you the guy that
was blind begging for money?
00:37:18.93\00:37:23.14
What happened to you?"
00:37:23.17\00:37:24.51
"Jesus... Jesus came
by and gave me sight. "
00:37:24.54\00:37:28.51
Panel: That's right.
00:37:28.54\00:37:29.88
Dinzey: And,
"Hey, aren't you the guy
00:37:29.91\00:37:31.25
that was crippled
00:37:31.28\00:37:32.61
begging for money
over there by the temple?"
00:37:32.65\00:37:34.25
"Yes, but Jesus came
by and He healed me. "
00:37:34.28\00:37:36.99
And why I imagine that fifth day
00:37:37.02\00:37:39.12
after Lazarus was resurrected...
four days he was in the grave,
00:37:39.15\00:37:43.06
fifth day, he
goes to the market.
00:37:43.12\00:37:45.16
"Hey, wait a minute,
00:37:45.19\00:37:46.53
didn't you die about
four... five days ago?"
00:37:46.56\00:37:49.13
"Well, yes, but Jesus called
me forth from the grave... "
00:37:49.16\00:37:52.97
and so, victory after
victory through Jesus.
00:37:53.00\00:37:56.20
And, it's amazing when
you look at the lesson,
00:37:56.24\00:37:59.37
Pastor Mark Finley brings
out this very important thing
00:37:59.41\00:38:02.28
concerning the
golden crown, he says,
00:38:02.31\00:38:06.15
"John describes
Jesus as the 'Son of Man,
00:38:06.18\00:38:09.98
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:38:10.02\00:38:12.09
and in His hand
a sharp sickle. '
00:38:12.12\00:38:14.46
The word for
"crown" is Stephanos.
00:38:14.49\00:38:16.79
It is a victor's crown.
00:38:16.83\00:38:18.99
When an athlete won
an important contest,
00:38:19.03\00:38:22.33
he was given a Stephanos,
00:38:22.36\00:38:24.03
a crown of honor,
of glory, of victory. "
00:38:24.07\00:38:27.17
But he says, "Jesus
once wore a crown of thorns,
00:38:27.20\00:38:31.57
symbolizing shame and mockery.
00:38:31.61\00:38:34.61
He was once
despised and rejected of men.
00:38:34.64\00:38:37.31
He was reviled,
ridiculed, spat upon,
00:38:37.35\00:38:40.02
beaten and whipped.
00:38:40.05\00:38:41.38
But now He
wears a crown of glory
00:38:41.42\00:38:43.62
and comes again
00:38:43.65\00:38:44.99
but now as King of
kings and Lord of lords. "
00:38:45.02\00:38:48.99
This is Jesus.
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.03
And He brings out that
00:38:51.06\00:38:54.36
before He's able to
wear that crown of...
00:38:54.40\00:38:57.97
golden crown...
00:38:58.00\00:38:59.33
He wore a crown of thorns.
00:38:59.37\00:39:01.10
Now, why did Jesus
who went about doing good
00:39:01.14\00:39:03.44
have to wear a crown of thorns?
00:39:03.47\00:39:05.67
And, you know, it's interesting
00:39:05.71\00:39:07.84
because they say that
thorns are like a symbol of sin.
00:39:07.88\00:39:11.58
It's like He was saying...
He was King of the sinners.
00:39:11.61\00:39:15.28
And He faced such ridicule...
00:39:15.35\00:39:19.72
I mean, the scribes
and the Pharisees...
00:39:19.75\00:39:23.02
the very demons were there.
00:39:23.06\00:39:24.49
You know, you
mentioned, God was there...
00:39:24.53\00:39:26.53
but the... the demons were there
00:39:26.56\00:39:28.03
working on the
hearts of people and minds
00:39:28.06\00:39:30.33
to keep saying things,
"Come down from the cross... "
00:39:30.37\00:39:32.53
and speaking
horrible things about Jesus.
00:39:32.60\00:39:35.80
But what do we
hear Jesus saying?
00:39:35.84\00:39:37.87
"Father, forgive them for
they know not what they do. "
00:39:37.91\00:39:43.48
It's amazing what
Jesus suffered for you and me
00:39:43.51\00:39:47.18
so that we can have
salvation and guess what?
00:39:47.22\00:39:50.82
if you follow Jesus
with all your heart,
00:39:50.85\00:39:54.22
there is a crown of
life waiting for you.
00:39:54.26\00:39:57.56
Panel: That's right.
Dinzey: Isn't it marvelous?
00:39:57.59\00:39:58.93
I'm reading to you
from a letter written by
00:39:58.96\00:40:01.53
Manuscript Release 44 from 1886,
00:40:01.56\00:40:04.07
"Christ was
despised and rejected of man,
00:40:04.10\00:40:07.30
a Man of sorrows and acquainted
with grief. Isaiah 53:3.
00:40:07.34\00:40:12.41
What was it that
brought such sorrow?
00:40:12.47\00:40:16.31
It was not on His own account,
but for the sins of the people.
00:40:16.34\00:40:19.28
He realized their condition,
00:40:19.31\00:40:20.88
and this was the reason
that He felt such sorrow
00:40:20.92\00:40:24.19
as He wept over Jerusalem and
uttered the lamentable words,
00:40:24.22\00:40:28.36
'O Jerusalem, Jerusalem,
00:40:28.39\00:40:30.49
which killest the prophets,
00:40:30.53\00:40:32.53
and stonest them
that are sent unto thee;
00:40:32.59\00:40:35.03
how often would I have
gathered thy children together,
00:40:35.06\00:40:38.13
as a hen doth gather
her brood under her wings,
00:40:38.17\00:40:41.14
and ye would not.
00:40:41.17\00:40:42.77
Behold, your house is
left unto you desolate. '"
00:40:42.80\00:40:45.21
Jesus wept over Jerusalem.
00:40:45.24\00:40:48.28
Jesus weeps over those
that do not accept His call
00:40:48.34\00:40:53.38
to eternal life.
00:40:53.42\00:40:54.75
Panel: That's right.
00:40:54.78\00:40:56.12
Dinzey: Jesus is
inviting you to walk with Him
00:40:56.15\00:40:59.35
and live with Him
because He accompanies us.
00:40:59.39\00:41:03.12
He promises to be with us always
00:41:03.16\00:41:05.66
even until the end of the world.
00:41:05.69\00:41:08.56
And, again, I go
back to the Lesson.
00:41:08.60\00:41:11.43
It talks about Jesus.
00:41:11.47\00:41:13.40
It says here in the Lesson,
00:41:13.44\00:41:16.34
John describes
Jesus as the Son of Man
00:41:16.37\00:41:18.44
having on His
head a golden crown,
00:41:18.47\00:41:20.31
and in His hand a sharp sickle.
00:41:20.34\00:41:22.08
The word for crown is
Stephanos which we already said
00:41:22.11\00:41:25.88
but then he goes
into talking about
00:41:25.91\00:41:28.35
that Jesus likens them...
many things in the Bible,
00:41:28.38\00:41:34.42
He looked at the
things around and He uses,
00:41:34.46\00:41:36.29
"The sower went out to sow
00:41:36.32\00:41:37.79
and some seeds
fell on good ground...
00:41:37.83\00:41:39.93
some... " and He
goes on like this
00:41:39.96\00:41:41.40
but you see, there's a...
00:41:41.43\00:41:44.07
He points out, Mark chapter 4,
00:41:44.10\00:41:45.73
I'll read that to you,
00:41:45.77\00:41:47.10
beginning in verse 26:
00:41:47.14\00:41:48.47
And He said, "The
kingdom of God is as if
00:41:48.50\00:41:50.34
a man should
scatter seed on the ground,
00:41:50.37\00:41:52.87
and should sleep by
night and rise by day,
00:41:52.91\00:41:55.41
and the seed
should sprout and grow,
00:41:55.44\00:41:57.75
he himself does not know how.
00:41:57.78\00:42:00.12
For the earth yields crops
by itself: first the blade,
00:42:00.18\00:42:03.35
then the head,
00:42:03.39\00:42:04.72
after that the
full grain in the head.
00:42:04.75\00:42:06.72
But when the grain ripens,
00:42:06.76\00:42:08.22
immediately he
puts in the sickle,
00:42:08.26\00:42:09.72
because the harvest has come. "
00:42:09.76\00:42:11.19
In this same manner,
00:42:11.23\00:42:12.59
there's going to be harvest
00:42:12.66\00:42:14.16
and you'll hear more
about that in a moment.
00:42:14.20\00:42:16.30
But the part that we have
to do is cooperate with Jesus
00:42:16.33\00:42:20.17
so that He
continues working in us
00:42:20.20\00:42:23.30
and this is the
thought that is brought out
00:42:23.37\00:42:26.81
by Pastor Mark
Finley in the Lesson.
00:42:26.84\00:42:28.61
He says that sanctification
is the work of a lifetime.
00:42:28.64\00:42:33.11
He's quoting from Christ's
Object Lessons, page 65.
00:42:33.15\00:42:37.59
"Sanctification is
a work of a lifetime.
00:42:37.62\00:42:39.79
As our opportunities multiply,
our experience will enlarge,
00:42:39.82\00:42:43.43
and our knowledge increase. "
00:42:43.46\00:42:45.39
So, we work day
by day with Jesus
00:42:45.43\00:42:48.40
so that He is preparing
us and moving in our hearts
00:42:48.46\00:42:53.44
so that we grow in grace
00:42:53.47\00:42:54.80
in the knowledge of
our Lord Jesus Christ.
00:42:54.84\00:42:57.51
And in Jude chapter 1
verse 20 and verse 21,
00:42:57.57\00:43:00.34
it's only one chapter,
00:43:00.38\00:43:01.91
it says, "But you, beloved,
00:43:01.94\00:43:04.15
building yourselves up
on our most holy faith,
00:43:04.21\00:43:07.55
praying in the Holy Spirit,
00:43:07.58\00:43:09.48
keep yourselves
in the love of God,
00:43:09.52\00:43:12.42
looking for the mercy
of our Lord Jesus Christ
00:43:12.45\00:43:15.19
unto eternal life. "
00:43:15.22\00:43:16.56
Every day, we should
have our focus on Jesus...
00:43:16.59\00:43:20.13
have our focus in heaven
00:43:20.20\00:43:22.13
because we're just
passing through this world.
00:43:22.16\00:43:25.33
Colossians chapter 1
beginning in verse 9,
00:43:25.37\00:43:28.40
"For this reason we also,
since the day we heard it,
00:43:28.44\00:43:31.21
do not cease to pray for you,
00:43:31.24\00:43:33.58
and to ask that
you may be filled
00:43:33.61\00:43:35.68
with the knowledge of His will
00:43:35.74\00:43:37.75
in all wisdom and in
spiritual understanding;
00:43:37.81\00:43:40.72
that you may walk
worthy of the Lord,
00:43:40.75\00:43:42.72
fully pleasing Him,
00:43:42.75\00:43:44.19
being fruitful
in every good work
00:43:44.25\00:43:46.22
and increasing in
the knowledge of God. "
00:43:46.25\00:43:48.36
God has it in His plan
00:43:48.39\00:43:50.53
that we can daily increase
in the knowledge of God.
00:43:50.56\00:43:53.93
Do you remember that
Jesus says, "Come unto Me...? "
00:43:53.96\00:43:57.30
Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
00:43:57.37\00:43:58.70
Dinzey: And then, as
you continue reading there
00:43:58.73\00:44:00.07
in Matthew 11 verse 28,
00:44:00.10\00:44:01.80
eventually, He
says, "Learn of Me,
00:44:01.84\00:44:04.21
for I am meek
and lowly of heart. "
00:44:04.27\00:44:06.54
This is an open
invitation for us
00:44:06.57\00:44:08.68
because daily, we
can learn of Jesus
00:44:08.71\00:44:10.75
I'll continue reading
there in Colossians chapter 1,
00:44:10.78\00:44:13.25
and it says now in verse 11,
00:44:15.52\00:44:16.85
according to His glorious power,
00:44:16.89\00:44:21.16
for all patience and
longsuffering with joy;
00:44:21.19\00:44:24.03
giving thanks to the
Father who has... " listen...
00:44:24.06\00:44:28.16
qualified us to be partakers
of the inheritance of the saints
00:44:28.20\00:44:33.57
in the light. "
00:44:33.60\00:44:34.94
In the King
James Version it says,
00:44:34.97\00:44:37.54
"makes us meet...
" He qualifies us.
00:44:37.57\00:44:40.28
Because of what Jesus
Christ has done on the cross,
00:44:40.31\00:44:43.11
you are qualified
to be a child of God
00:44:43.14\00:44:45.88
if you accept because
it says in John chapter 1,
00:44:45.91\00:44:48.82
"As many as received Him,
00:44:49.12\00:44:50.99
to them He gives power
00:44:51.02\00:44:52.85
to become children
of God... sons of God. "
00:44:52.89\00:44:55.36
You can be a child of God today,
right now, if you accept Jesus.
00:44:55.39\00:45:00.13
He will qualify you.
00:45:00.16\00:45:02.06
And it says...
continuing on, verse 13,
00:45:02.10\00:45:04.83
"He has delivered us
from the power of darkness
00:45:04.87\00:45:08.17
and conveyed us into the
kingdom of the Son of His love,
00:45:08.20\00:45:12.74
in whom we have
redemption through His blood,
00:45:12.77\00:45:17.21
the forgiveness of sins. "
00:45:17.25\00:45:18.75
We have redemption in
Jesus through His blood.
00:45:18.78\00:45:23.69
So, you remember that it says
in Ephesians chapter 2 verse 8,
00:45:23.72\00:45:27.62
"by grace are you
saved through faith,
00:45:27.66\00:45:30.29
and that not of yourselves;
it is a gift of God. "
00:45:30.33\00:45:33.36
He qualifies you...
00:45:33.40\00:45:34.86
He prepares you.
00:45:34.90\00:45:36.30
He keeps you moving and growing
and prepares you to be like Him.
00:45:36.33\00:45:41.94
I have to finish...
00:45:41.97\00:45:43.44
it says in Ephesians
chapter 4 verses 11 and 12,
00:45:43.47\00:45:46.01
"He gives some
apostles, and some prophets,
00:45:46.04\00:45:48.31
and some evangelists,
00:45:48.34\00:45:49.68
and some pastors and teachers,
00:45:49.71\00:45:51.05
for the perfecting of the saints
for the work of the ministry,
00:45:51.08\00:45:54.18
for the edifying
of the body of Christ,
00:45:54.22\00:45:56.42
till we all come in
the unity of the faith
00:45:56.45\00:45:58.45
and of the
knowledge of the Son of God,
00:45:58.49\00:46:00.19
unto a perfect man,
00:46:00.22\00:46:01.62
unto the measure of the stature
of the fullness of Christ. "
00:46:01.66\00:46:04.89
Praise the Lord.
00:46:04.93\00:46:06.26
God has His servants
and we all grow together
00:46:06.29\00:46:09.56
unto the
stature of Jesus Christ.
00:46:09.60\00:46:11.53
Jill: Amen, thank you
so much each one of you...
00:46:11.57\00:46:14.24
just what a
beautiful picture of Jesus!
00:46:14.27\00:46:16.10
Jesus... as the Son of Man...
00:46:16.14\00:46:18.07
Jesus as our
Judge and Advocate...
00:46:18.11\00:46:20.94
Jesus as our Savior
and soon-coming King.
00:46:20.98\00:46:25.51
I'm Jill Morikone...
00:46:25.55\00:46:26.88
on Thursday, we look at:
Every Seed Produces a Harvest.
00:46:26.92\00:46:32.35
Before we jump into
our passage of study,
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I want to talk to you just a
moment about seeds and harvest.
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Do you know that whatever you
plant... is going to come up.
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If you plant corn,
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do you get wheat?
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No... you would receive corn.
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If you plant wheat,
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are you going to
get something different?
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Turnips? No...
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you're going to get wheat.
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Every seed
eventually produces a harvest.
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Now, Greg likes to garden...
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I'm not a good gardener,
but Greg loves to garden
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and when he gardens,
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he plants his
tomatoes or sweet potatoes...
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we love to do sweet potatoes,
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or whatever he's
growing in the garden
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and you know, a
couple of days after that,
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what starts to come up?
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Weeds...
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and they grow with the
plants that he planted.
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Now, you know what he does?
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He pulls up
those weeds right away.
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I'm picking up this weed
and I'm picking up that weed
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because I want all the nutrients
to go into the good seed
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that I have planted.
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But, you know, God
is the Master Gardener.
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He allows the weeds to grow.
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He allows the weeds to flourish
along with the good seed
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so that everything fully
ripens and produces a harvest.
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That's what we see
in our lesson today.
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When Jesus comes
as the Son of Man
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on the cloud with
the glory of the angels,
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comes to bring...
what's He coming for?
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He's coming for judgment.
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Panel: Hmmm... hmmm...
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Jill: What do we see?
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Revelation 22 verse
11, what does it say?
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"He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still:
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he that is filthy,
let him be filthy still:
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he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still. "
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So, what does that mean?
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When He is
coming the second time,
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His reward is with Him
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and at that point
we see fully revealed
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the character of God's people
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that they fully represent Jesus
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and at that point, the wicked...
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or you could say, "fully...
" ah... what's the word?
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fully entrenched in
rebellion against God.
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We see this... we've
already read Revelation 14,
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verse 14, we're
read multiple times,
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and verse 15, we see the
angel coming out of the temple
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crying with a loud voice
to Him who sat on the cloud...
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that's Jesus... "Thrust
in Your sickle and reap"
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here comes the "reap"
this is the harvest...
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"for the time has
come for You to reap,
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for the harvest of
the earth is ripe. "
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Now, this is Pastor Mark Finley
called it: The golden grain.
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This is the righteous
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but then we see in
verses 17 through 20,
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he calls them the "gory grapes".
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This is the wicked
and we pick up that...
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we're looking at
Revelation 14 verse 17,
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let's see the wicked...
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we see that their wickedness
and evilness is fully mature
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and here comes the judgment.
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Revelation 14:17, "Another
angel came out of the temple
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which is in heaven,
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he also having a sharp sickle. "
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Verse 18,
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"And another angel
came out from the altar... "
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now, let's pause a moment,
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the angel that
came out from the altar,
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is probably...
this is the same altar
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that's mentioned in
Revelation chapter 8
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versus 3 to 5...
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that's the introduction
to the seven trumpets.
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Of course, the
trumpets showcase what?
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The judgment on the wicked
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in response to the
prayers of the righteous.
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So, this angel that
comes out from the altar...
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what does the angel have?
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Power over fire.
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This is the angel who commands
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the fires of
God's final judgment.
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"He cries with a loud cry to him
who had the sharp sickle saying,
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'Thrust in your sharp sickle
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and gather the clusters
of the vine of the earth. ' "
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These are the gory grapes...
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these are the wicked.
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"for the grapes
they're fully ripe... "
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fully developed in sin.
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You know, the cluster...
it's interesting to me,
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we have the
figure of this harvest...
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we have the ancient
Palestinian agriculture year,
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they had two main
harvests... the grain harvest
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and the vintage
harvest or the grape harvest
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and we see here...
this represents the wicked
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who will be destroyed by
the brightness of His coming
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of course, at
Jesus' second coming.
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And I think it can also have a
dual application, you could say
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at the end of the 1,000 years,
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the wicked, we know,
will be fully exterminated
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or fully annihilated.
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Verse 19, "So the angel
thrust his sickle into the earth
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and gathered the
vine of the earth,
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and threw it into
the great winepress
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of the wrath of God. "
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Now, that reminds me of the
third angel's message, right,
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Revelation 14:10,
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"he himself shall drink of
the wine of the wrath of God,
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which is poured
out full strength
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into the cup of
His indignation. "
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It reminds me of
Revelation 15 verse 1,
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"I saw another sign in
heaven, great and marvelous:
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seven angels having
the seven last plagues,
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for in them the
wrath of God is complete. "
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Also, if you
study Isaiah chapter 63,
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you see another reference
to the winepress of God.
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The people in that passage
made their irrevocable choice.
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They were never going to repent.
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They were never
going to turn back to God
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and that's what we see
with the "gory grapes... "
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that are fully developed in
wickedness at the end of time.
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There even if God gave
them another million years,
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they would never repent.
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They would
never turn back to God
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because their wickedness is
fully ripened and developed.
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Verse 20, "The winepress
was trampled outside the city,
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and blood... "
this is kind of gory...
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"came out of the winepress,
up to the horses' bridles,
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for one thousand
six hundred furlongs. "
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Now, it's interesting...
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it talks about
"outside the city. "
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In the Old Testament,
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in Joel, I think,
Ryan, you read this verse,
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Joel 3 verses 12 and 13,
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talks about the
nations being wakened...
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"Come up to the
Valley of Jehoshaphat;
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for there, I will sit to judge
all the surrounding nations.
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Put in the sickle,
for the harvest is ripe.
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Come, go down; for
the winepress is full,
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the vats overflow...
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their wickedness is great. "
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And then, multitudes...
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multitudes are in
the valley of decision!
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So, what is the
point of all this?
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You could read all that and
says, "Why am I reading that?"
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What is the point?
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Here are three lessons
from the harvest of the grain
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and the grapes.
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Lesson Number 1:
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There is coming a judgment.
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We can live like
there's no coming judgment...
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like there is no tomorrow,
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but it doesn't change the fact
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that the
judgment of God is coming.
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You know the parable that Jesus
told about in Luke chapter 12,
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the rich fool
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and he lived like
there was no coming judgment
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and what did God
say in Luke 12:20,
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"Fool! This night your soul
will be required of you... "
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Lesson Number 2:
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The choices you and I make today
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will predict our destiny.
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You see, it's daily choices.
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It's little choices...
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it's what we choose to sow
that has an impact for eternity.
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Galatians 6 verses 7 and 8,
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"Do not be
deceived, God is not mocked;
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whatever a man sows,
that he will also reap.
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For he who sows to the flesh
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will of the
flesh reap corruption,
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but he who sows to the Spirit
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will of the Spirit
reap life everlasting. "
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You see, every day we can make
choices for ourself or for Satan
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because really whether
we choose self or Satan,
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it's the same choice.
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Hosea 8 verse 7,
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what happens if we choose that?
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"They sow the wind,
and reap the whirlwind. "
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Hosea 10 verse 13,
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"You plowed
wickedness; you reaped iniquity.
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You ate the fruit of lies,
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because you
trusted in your own way,
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in the multitude
of your mighty men. "
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But by contrast, you and I can
make daily choices for Jesus.
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What happens then?
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Hosea 10 verse 12,
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"Sow for
yourselves righteousness;
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reap mercy;
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break up your fallow ground,
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it's time to seek the LORD,
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till He comes and
rains righteousness on you. "
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Also, James 3 verse 18,
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"Now the fruit of
righteousness is sown in peace
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by those who make peace. "
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Finally, Lesson number 3:
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Every see produces a harvest
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and that harvest
is going to be clear.
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There would be
two camps... only two
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and there's always
been only two camps...
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the grain and the grapes...
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the wheat and the tares...
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the wise and foolish virgins...
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the sheep and the goats...
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in Noah's time, it was
those in the boat who were saved
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and those outside of the boat.
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Mount Carmel... Elijah's time,
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it was those who followed
God and those who followed Baal.
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So, the question comes down to:
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I think Ryan was the
first to read this verse,
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Joshua 24:15,
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"Choose you this day
whom you will serve...
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but as for me and my house,
00:56:18.34\00:56:20.28
we will serve the LORD."
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There is coming a judgment...
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be in the righteous grain.
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Ryan: Amen... amen,
thank you guys so much.
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Powerful lesson indeed.
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Let's get some final thoughts.
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Shelley: The Son of
Man came to seek and save
00:56:31.92\00:56:34.89
that which was lost.
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I just have to say...
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He didn't die
on the cross for us
00:56:37.79\00:56:40.30
so that we could
live like the devil.
00:56:40.33\00:56:42.76
We are to follow in His
pathway of righteousness.
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Lomacang: That's
right, Revelation 1:7,
00:56:48.37\00:56:49.97
"Behold, He is
coming with clouds... "
00:56:50.01\00:56:51.44
since we know that...
it's time to get ready
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for that wonderful return.
00:56:53.68\00:56:55.14
Panel: Amen. Dinzey: Amen...
00:56:55.18\00:56:57.11
and Jesus has been victorious,
00:56:57.15\00:56:59.01
and through Him, we
can also be victorious.
00:56:59.08\00:57:02.28
Jill: Amen...
00:57:02.32\00:57:03.65
what an incredible blessing
that we have probationary time
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to make choices today
and every day for Jesus.
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Ryan: Amen...
00:57:09.59\00:57:10.93
we live in a
time where it's time
00:57:10.96\00:57:12.29
for us to live and to practice
what it is that we believe.
00:57:12.33\00:57:14.76
That's why Jesus said in
Matthew chapter 7 verse 24,
00:57:14.80\00:57:17.57
"Therefore if whoever
hears these things of Mine
00:57:17.60\00:57:20.34
and does them,
00:57:20.37\00:57:21.70
I will liken him to a wise man
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who built his house on a rock. "
00:57:23.17\00:57:25.04
And, of course, we
know that rock to be
00:57:25.07\00:57:26.41
Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:57:26.44\00:57:28.11
My Friends, we thank you
so much for joining us today
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but you are for sure not
going to want to miss next week
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because next week's lesson here
on 3ABN Sabbath School Panel...
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we're going to be taking
on Lesson Number 3 entitled:
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The Everlasting Gospel.
00:57:39.15\00:57:41.92
This is the very foundation
of the three angels' messages...
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the very foundation of what
we believe and why we exist.
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Until next time,
God bless you all.
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See you soon.
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