Let's pray. Father we're
thankful for the privilege
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of being in Your presence today.
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What a joy it is to know
that You are in our midst
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through the presence of Your
Holy Spirit and Your angels.
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And Father, as we open Your holy
book, we plead for Your help,
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for human minds cannot
begin to comprehend the great
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things from Your Word.
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And so Father
come to be with us.
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Instruct us and give us
the capacity to live in harmony
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with what we learn.
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And we thank You, Father, for
hearing our prayer, for we ask
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it in the
precious and powerful name
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of Your beloved Son Jesus, Amen.
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Let's reflect for a
few moments about the world
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as it is after 9/11.
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We live in a world
of unparalleled turmoil.
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The world economy is
crumbling before our very eyes.
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The United States taxpayers
have incurred a debt of over
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2 trillion dollars
just in the last few months.
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As you know, the United States
government has had to bail out
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some very large banks, and
some significant corporations.
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And they've put a huge sum of
money into getting the economy
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of the United
States on track again.
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But it's not only the United
States that is in trouble.
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We live in a time of
global economic turmoil.
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As you know, many
states in the United States
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are almost bankrupt, including
the state of California.
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Millions of people in the United
States have lost their homes
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due to foreclosure.
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Life savings, and retirement
plans have disappeared.
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Corporate greed runs
rampant in Wall Street
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and in the large corporations.
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And this has caused
unprecedented financial loss
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for millions of people.
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And then we have the natural
disasters, which seem to be
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greater and more
prevalent every day.
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Disasters that are
of epic proportions like
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Hurricane Katrina, like the
Asian Tsunami, like the terrible
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tornados that we had
just a few months ago
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in the Midwestern United States,
hundred year fires in Australia,
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and in California, and
earthquakes in different places.
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And what could we say
about wars and rumors of wars?
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Israel and the Palestinians,
Iraq, Afghanistan, India,
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Pakistan, and many
other countries of the world
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that are embroiled in war.
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And then we have the threat of
global pandemics and epidemics:
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Bird flu, Mad Cow disease, new
strains of Tuberculosis, AIDS,
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and other diseases that
could devastate the human race.
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And then there is the ever
present danger of global terror,
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and the perilous task of trying
to guard our homeland security.
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And what could we say about
the potential for biological,
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chemical, and nuclear weapons?
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On the moral level
everything seems to go downhill.
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The gay marriage debate rages.
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Pornography runs rampant.
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The use of pornography
on the air is prevalent.
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Abortions are performed
without any pangs of conscience.
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School shootings and
workplace shootings appear to be
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the rule of the day.
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Child abuse and kidnappings,
husbands killing their wives,
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and global warming.
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I don't know how you
feel about global warming,
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but it's definitely happening.
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Something is happening in
this world that is disturbing
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the delicate
ecosystem of Planet Earth.
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In the midst of
all of this turmoil,
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and all of these
problems we ask the question,
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Is there no hope? Is the
world moving towards Armageddon?
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Is the world, as we
know it, moving to its end?
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Well, during this
series I have good news.
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We're going to study God's
final message to Planet Earth.
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And that message is
found in Revelation 14:6-12.
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Now I'm going to tell
you that we're going to study
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24 sessions together.
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And we are going to
analyze every phrase
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of the three angels' messages.
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We are not going to leave
any stone unturned when it comes
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to the study of these
three messages that God
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sends to Planet Earth.
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And I believe that when
we finish the 24 sessions,
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those of us who attend
will understand the relationship
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between all of these different
aspects that we find in the
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three angels' messages, and
the urgent need that we have
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of preparing for the coming
of Jesus Christ, which I believe
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is to be even at the
door; very, very eminent.
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I'd like to begin by reading
the three angels' messages
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as we find in
Revelation 14: 6-12.
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And of course the
title of our study today is,
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Ten Great Facts About
the Three Angels' Messages.
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So turn with me in your
Bibles to Revelation 14:6-12.
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Let's read the
first angel's message.
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That's the first message.
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Now we go to the second.
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And then we find the
third angel's message
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beginning in verse 9.
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Now during this series we
are going to try to answer
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a series of questions.
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And so as we begin our study
today, I would like to formulate
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those questions which we are
going to answer in the course
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of the next 24 sessions
that we have here together.
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Question 1. What is
the everlasting gospel?
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It's mentioned in the
first angel's message.
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What is the everlasting
gospel that needs to be preached
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to the whole world?
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2. What do three
angels represent?
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Are we to expect three angels
flying in the midst of heaven
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zipping from one side
of the heaven to the other?
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What do angels represent?
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What do angels symbolize?
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And then we must ask the
question, Why are they described
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as flying in
the midst of heaven?
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Why are these angels flying?
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Why do these messages
go to all of the world,
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as we've just read?
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What does it mean to fear God?
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What does it mean
to give glory to God?
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What does the first angel's
message mean when it says
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that we are in the
hour of God's judgment?
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What does it mean
to worship the Creator?
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What is Babylon? What
is Babylon's wine of wrath,
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because Babylon has wine?
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What does the wine represent?
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What does prophecy mean when
it says that Babylon fornicates
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with the kings of the earth?
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Who is the beast? Who or
what is the image to the beast?
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What is the mark of the beast?
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What is the number
of the beast's name?
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What is the wine of God's wrath?
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Why is God's wine
poured without mixture?
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Will the worshippers of
the beast be incinerated
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in fire that will never go out?
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After all the Bible
says forever and ever.
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What is the
patience of the saints?
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What are the
commandments of God?
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What is meant by
the faith of Jesus?
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And finally,
who are the 144,000,
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and when will they live?
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And you say, Why are
you including the 144,000?
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Simply because in Revelation
14:1-5 you have the 144,000
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before the three
angels' messages are proclaimed,
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which means that the
144,000 are somehow related
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to the three angels' messages.
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So we have our
work cut out for us.
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We have a lot to study.
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We have to know
who the beast is.
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How can you not
worship the beast
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if don't know who he is?
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You see, if we don't
know who the beast is,
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we'll end up worshipping him.
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If we don't know
what the image is,
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we'll end up
worshipping the image.
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If we don't know what
the mark of the beast is,
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we might just end up
receiving the mark of the beast.
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So it's very important for
us to understand these things.
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Now we want to take a
look at ten facts concerning
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the three angels' messages.
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This is an
introductory subject today.
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We're going to take a look
at several introductory matters
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dealing with the
three angels' messages.
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Fact 1. When the Bible says that
three angels' are proclaiming
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their messages to the world,
we are not to understand that
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literal angels will zip
across the sky at the speed of
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lightening, shouting with a loud
voice the messages that we find
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in Revelation chapter 14.
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The fact is that in the Bible
angels are depicted as helping
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human beings
proclaim the message.
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In other words, the angels
represent heavenly messengers
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that use human
beings to proclaim the
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message of Jesus Christ.
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Take for example
Revelation 1: 1-3, where we find
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a very interesting
process. Revelation 1:1-3.
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This is the introduction
to the book of Revelation,
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and it says there: The
Revelation of Jesus Christ,
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which God gave Him.
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Now notice the sequence.
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God gave Jesus a
certain Revelation.
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And He gave it to Him, to show
whom? His servants things which
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must shortly take place; and
he sent and signified it by his
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angel to His servant John: who
bore witness to the word of God,
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and to the
testimony of Jesus Christ.
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Do you see a
chain of command here?
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Very clearly
there's a chain of command.
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God the Father gives
the message to Jesus.
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Jesus gives the
message to His angel.
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The angel then
whispers in John's ear and says,
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This is the message that
I want you to write down.
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And so now the angel
gives the message to John.
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And John gives the
message to the churches.
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And the churches are supposed to
give the message to the world.
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In other words, the angels
are depicted as three messages
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that the angels help human
beings to proclaim to the world.
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By the way, the word
angel in Greek, angelos,
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actually means messenger.
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And did you know that in
the New Testament certain human
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beings are called angels?
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You say, Now how's that?
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Well, let me just mention some.
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We're not going to read
the text, but if you want you
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can write them down.
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Epaphroditus: you say
well, that's a weird name.
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Is he in the Bible? Yes,
he's in Philippians 2:25.
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The apostle Paul mentions
him, but he's called an angel.
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He's called a messenger.
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John the Baptist in
Matthew 11: 10 is called
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a messenger, or an angel.
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You remember that there were
certain messengers that John
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sent to speak with Jesus.
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The word messengers
there is the word Angeloi.
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In other words they are angels.
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The spies that went to Jericho,
according to James 2:25,
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were angels, or messengers.
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Even the apostle
Paul, in Galatians 4:14,
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is called an
angel, or a messenger.
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And, of course we, know
about Stephen, that first martyr
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of the Christian church, in
Acts 6:15 it says that his face
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was like the face of an angel.
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Now we all know that God
has not committed the preaching
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of the gospel to angels, has He?
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Jesus did not say to
the angels, Go proclaim
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the gospel to the world.
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The work of proclaiming the
everlasting gospel to the world
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has been committed to
the servants of Jesus Christ;
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to human beings. But
they are aided in their work
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by the angelic host.
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In fact, notice Matthew
28: 18-20 where it tells us,
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to whom it has been committed to
preach the everlasting gospel.
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It says there in verse 18, And
Jesus came and spoke to them,
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saying, All
authority has been given to me
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in heaven and on earth.
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Go, He's
speaking to His disciples,
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Teaching them to observe
all things that I have commanded
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you: and, lo, I
am with you always,
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even unto the
end of the age. Amen.
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Notice that the great commission
of preaching the gospel was
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committed to the disciples.
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It's not committed to angels.
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You see, the angels
never needed to be redeemed.
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They don't know what
it means to be redeemed.
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Only those who have
been redeemed can proclaim
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the message of redemption
with power, because they know
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the experience of the gospel.
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Also in Acts 1:8 we find
the command of Jesus to His
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disciples to
proclaim the gospel.
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Once again, the gospel has
not been committed to angels
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to proclaim by streaking
across the sky and shouting
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with a loud voice God's message.
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It's committed to human beings,
but angels help human beings.
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Notice Acts 1:8,
But you shall receive...
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Incidentally, I would like to
share with you two experiences
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where an angel actually helped
one of the followers of Jesus
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to proclaim the message.
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Do you remember
the story of Phillip
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and the Ethiopian eunuch?
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Let me ask you, Who was it that
actually took Phillip so that he
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could go speak and meet
with the Ethiopian eunuch?
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If you read Acts 8:26, it says
that the angel directed Phillip
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to go and meet with
the Ethiopian eunuch.
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And then, of course,
Phillip shared the message
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of God with the eunuch.
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And then we also have the
example of the apostle Peter.
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You remember that Peter preached
the gospel to Cornelius.
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But it was an angel that came to
Cornelius and actually put him
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in touch, or put him in
contact with Simon Peter.
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In other words, the angels give
the message to human beings,
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and then human beings proclaim
the gospel to the world.
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So these three angels represent
messages that God sends
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by the angelic hosts to us,
for us to proclaim to the world.
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That's fact 1. The three
angels represent human beings
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preaching the gospel of
Jesus Christ to the world,
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particularly
God's end time people.
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Now let's go to fact 2.
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We're told as we read in
Revelation 14, that the angels
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This must mean that the
messages of the three angels
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are of heavenly origin.
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You know, whenever God speaks
in the book of Revelation,
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God's message
always comes from above.
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It always comes from heaven.
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On the other hand, the powers
of Satan come from the sea,
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from the abyss,
and from the earth.
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In other words, the fact
that these three messages are
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depicted as three angels'
flying in the midst of heaven,
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coming from heaven to
earth, means that these messages
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are directly sent by God.
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They are heavenly messages.
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Incidentally, in the
Bible to speak of beneath
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is the realm of Satan.
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To speak of above is
the realm of Jesus Christ.
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It's the realm of God.
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So whenever an
angel comes from heaven
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it means a message from God.
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James 3, I want you to
notice, James 3 tells us this:
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speaking about the wisdom
that doesn't come from above,
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it says: this wisdom
does not descend from above,
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but is earthly,
sensual, demonic.
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So where does the
power of Satan come from?
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It comes not from above,
but from where? from beneath.
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Revelation 18:1, which we're
going to study in this series
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later on, speaks of a powerful
angel that comes down from
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heaven, and he
cries with a mighty voice
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that Babylon is fallen.
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And then he calls God's
people to come out of Babylon.
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This message comes with
great power from heaven.
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So Fact 2. is that the fact that
these angels are depicted as
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flying in the midst of heaven,
means that these messages
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are of heavenly origin.
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They come directly
from the throne of God.
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Fact 3. We're told twice
in the three angels' messages
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that these messages are
proclaimed with a loud voice.
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It's interesting; the Greek
word that is used for loud voice
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is the word megaphone.
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What word do we
get from megaphone?
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The word megaphone, right?
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Have you ever
heard of megaphone?
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You know you use
them at campouts.
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I know at camporees, Pathfinder
camporees, you have a megaphone
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to call all of the
Pathfinders together.
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Let me ask you, When
you use the megaphone,
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can you hear the message?
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You certainly can.
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And sometimes it's so
loud that it actually squeals,
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and then everybody can hear it.
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And so that's the
word that is used.
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These messages are
of heavenly origin.
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Human beings are supposed to
preach them, and they come with
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great power, because they're
proclaimed with a loud voice.
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In other words, there is no word
parcing or political correctness
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in these messages.
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This is not some
ambivalent double speak.
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There's no mute on the trumpet.
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It is to be shouted from
the rooftops no matter what
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the consequences are.
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The messages are to be
proclaimed with utmost power.
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Fact 4. The angels fly.
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Now what does that
represent, the angels flying?
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It represents the speed with
which this message is supposed
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to go to the world.
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Now let me ask you,
How fast do angels fly?
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Well, let's go to
Ezekiel 1, Ezekiel 1:13, 14.
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Let me ask you, Are these
messages supposed to go with
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utmost speed to all
of the world? Absolutely!
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These messages of heavenly
origin are to go to all of the
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world with great power,
and with the utmost velocity.
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Notice what it says
in Ezekiel 1:13, 14.
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It's speaking about
the four living creatures,
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which represents
the angelic host.
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And notice what it says.
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As for the likeness
of the living creatures,
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their appearance was
like burning coals of fire,
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like the appearance of torches
going back and forth among
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the living creatures.
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The fire was bright, and
out of the fire went lightening.
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And the living creatures
ran back and forth in appearance
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like a flash of lightening.
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How fast do angels travel?
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With the speed of lightening.
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How fast does this
message need to go to the world?
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It needs to go to the world
with the speed of lightening.
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But, unfortunately,
it's going to the world
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with the speed of a snail,
or the speed of a tortoise.
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It's not because the
angelic host isn't waiting
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anxiously for this message
to be proclaimed to the world.
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It's simply because we, as human
beings, have not lent ourselves
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to be used by the power of
God to proclaim these heavenly
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messages of God to the
world, so that the end can come.
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Now I have an example of
the speed of travel of angels.
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Do you remember that in Daniel
9, Daniel was praying because he
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wanted some wisdom
about understanding a prophecy
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that said unto 2300 days and
the Sanctuary shall be cleansed,
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which was in the
previous chapter of Daniel 8:14?
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And Daniel was praying
because he wanted to understand
00:24:51.19\00:24:53.86
that time prophecy?
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And if you read there in
Daniel 9 it says that Gabriel,
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when Daniel began his prayer,
he left the heavenly throne,
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and before Daniel
finished his prayer
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Gabriel was next to his side.
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So how fast do angels travel?
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They travel very, very swiftly.
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And God wants these messages
to go with utmost swiftness.
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Fact 5. The messages
are worldwide in scope.
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In other words, the
messages are of heavenly origin,
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they're to be proclaimed by
human beings with the utmost
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velocity, with great power,
and they are to be proclaimed
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in all of the world.
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Now listen to what
I'm going to tell you.
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Most Christians today, most
conservative Christians that is,
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Evangelicals, Pentecostals,
etc., believe that the three
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angels' messages are actually
messages that will be proclaimed
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during the tribulation,
after the church has been
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raptured to heaven.
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In fact they believe that
everything from Revelation 4,
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all the way through Revelation
19, applies to the Jews
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in the Middle East
after the church has been
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raptured to heaven.
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But my question regarding
that is this, If this message,
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or these messages,
because it's one message
00:26:17.31\00:26:20.38
composed of three parts.
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If these messages are to be
proclaimed only to the Jews,
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why do we find that it says
that these messages are supposed
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to go to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people?
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Obviously, these messages
are not only for the Jews in the
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Middle East. These messages are
to be proclaimed on a worldwide
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scale, which means that
in order to proclaim them,
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you have to have a worldwide
people to announce them.
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I'm just throwing that out.
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We're going to talk about
that a little bit later on.
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A worldwide message
being proclaimed necessitates a
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worldwide people that
understands these messages,
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and is willing to go out
and preach these messages.
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These messages are to go to
every nation, kindred, tongue,
00:27:03.79\00:27:08.66
and people. They
are global in extent.
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Notice Matthew 24:14.
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You notice that the first
angel's message speaks about
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preaching the
everlasting gospel.
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And then when you get to the end
of the three angels' messages
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you have the harvest.
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In other words,
Jesus is seated on a cloud,
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He has a cycle on his
hand; the end has come.
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The earth has been harvested.
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In other words, the preaching of
the gospel has come to an end.
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Now I want you to
notice what Jesus said
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in harmony with this.
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Matthew 24:14 And
this gospel of the kingdom
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And in Mark 16, the
last few verses it says,
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And he said to them,
Jesus says to the disciples,
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Go ye into all the
world, and preach the gospel
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to every creature.
00:28:02.21\00:28:04.01
Go into all the
world and preach what?
00:28:04.05\00:28:06.45
And preach the
gospel to whom? to the Jews?
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No, preach the
gospel to all the world.
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He who believes and is
baptized will be saved;
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but he who does not
believe will be condemned.
00:28:16.79\00:28:20.26
So what is the purpose of
the three angels' messages?
00:28:20.30\00:28:23.06
The purpose of the three angels'
messages is to proclaim the
00:28:23.13\00:28:26.27
gospel to gather as many people
as possible into God's camp.
00:28:26.30\00:28:30.91
In other words, to
gather as many people
00:28:30.94\00:28:33.94
as possible onto God's side.
00:28:33.98\00:28:35.54
That's the purpose of
the three angels' messages.
00:28:35.61\00:28:37.71
They go to every nation, because
Jesus, through the gospel,
00:28:37.75\00:28:40.88
wants to conquer
the world for Himself.
00:28:40.92\00:28:43.05
But do you know something very
interesting that we're going
00:28:43.08\00:28:45.55
to study later on in Revelation?
00:28:45.59\00:28:46.96
And that is that
the Devil also has three
00:28:46.99\00:28:50.43
counterfeit angels' messages.
00:28:50.46\00:28:52.69
You say, Now how is that?
00:28:52.73\00:28:54.93
Go with me to Revelation 16.
00:28:54.93\00:28:57.23
We're just going to
briefly introduce this.
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Revelation 16, and I want
to read verse 13 and verse 14,
00:28:59.43\00:29:06.41
16, verse 13 and 14.
00:29:06.44\00:29:09.38
And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs...
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Let me ask you,
What are unclean spirits?
00:29:14.78\00:29:18.22
What were the unclean spirits
that Jesus cast out when He
00:29:18.25\00:29:23.06
was on this earth? demons.
00:29:23.09\00:29:25.63
And what are
demons? fallen angels.
00:29:25.66\00:29:28.40
Thank you very much.
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So notice it says here in
Revelation 16:13, I saw three
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unclean spirits like frogs
coming out of where? the mouth.
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What do you use your
mouth for? to speak, right?
00:29:41.81\00:29:45.75
And this is not talking
about eating, because we eat
00:29:45.81\00:29:49.72
through our mouth, too.
00:29:49.75\00:29:51.09
But it says here that
the three unclean spirits
00:29:51.12\00:29:53.89
come out of the mouth.
00:29:53.96\00:29:55.29
In other words, it means
that these three unclean spirits
00:29:55.32\00:29:57.49
are proclaiming a what?
a message. That's right.
00:29:57.53\00:30:00.80
Coming out of the
mouth of the dragon...
00:30:00.86\00:30:03.30
We're going to study this.
00:30:03.33\00:30:04.67
...and out of the
mouth of the beast,
00:30:04.70\00:30:06.20
and out of the mouth
of the false prophet.
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.54
What is the purpose of
this trilogy of these three
00:30:08.57\00:30:12.14
counterfeit angels?
00:30:12.17\00:30:13.51
Of these three evil spirits?
00:30:13.54\00:30:15.21
Why are they speaking
it out of their mouths?
00:30:15.24\00:30:17.91
They have a purpose,
and it's to gather the world
00:30:17.98\00:30:20.62
on the Devil's side.
00:30:20.65\00:30:21.98
Notice verse 14: For
they are spirits of demons,
00:30:22.02\00:30:25.32
performing signs, which go
out to the kings of the earth
00:30:25.35\00:30:29.16
and of the whole world, to
gather them to the battle of
00:30:29.19\00:30:32.96
that great day of God Almighty.
00:30:32.99\00:30:35.36
So how many groups of
three messages do we have?
00:30:35.40\00:30:38.20
We have two
groups of three messages.
00:30:38.23\00:30:40.57
We have God's three
messages, which are proclaimed
00:30:40.60\00:30:43.97
from the mouth with
power, the everlasting gospel.
00:30:44.01\00:30:46.44
The purpose is to gather
the whole world on God's side.
00:30:46.47\00:30:49.48
But the Devil also has
three counterfeit angels
00:30:49.51\00:30:52.51
that are called demons,
and out of their mouths,
00:30:52.55\00:30:54.98
out of the mouths of
the dragon, and the beast,
00:30:55.02\00:30:57.42
and the false prophet, these
three angels proclaim their
00:30:57.45\00:31:00.72
messages, and their
messages also have the intension
00:31:00.76\00:31:04.19
of gathering the
whole world on whose side?
00:31:04.23\00:31:06.93
on the Devil's side.
00:31:06.96\00:31:08.33
By the way, do you know the
reason why God wants these three
00:31:08.36\00:31:12.90
angels' messages to
go to the whole world?
00:31:12.93\00:31:15.14
Simply because the Bible
says that Babylon, who is called
00:31:15.17\00:31:18.77
the harlot in Revelation
17, she controls all of the
00:31:18.81\00:31:23.21
peoples in the world.
00:31:23.24\00:31:24.68
You say, How's that?
00:31:24.71\00:31:26.05
Go with me to
Revelation 17, Revelation 17:1.
00:31:26.08\00:31:32.59
It says, Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
00:31:32.62\00:31:35.86
came and talked with me,
saying to me, Come, I will show
00:31:35.89\00:31:39.03
you the judgment of the great
harlot who sits on many waters.
00:31:39.06\00:31:42.36
Where does the
harlot sit? on many waters.
00:31:42.40\00:31:45.50
What does that
mean that she sits?
00:31:45.57\00:31:47.77
It means that she
rules, she controls, right?
00:31:47.80\00:31:50.94
She sits on many waters.
00:31:50.97\00:31:52.61
Let me ask you, What are those
many waters that she sits on?
00:31:52.64\00:31:55.44
Go with me to verse
15, verse 15. It says:
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Are those the same
groups that the three angels'
00:32:11.16\00:32:13.19
messages go to? Yes.
00:32:13.23\00:32:15.76
Do the three angels' messages
go to every nation, kindred,
00:32:15.80\00:32:19.43
tongue, and people? Absolutely!
00:32:19.47\00:32:21.04
Who does the harlot sit
on? every nation, kindred,
00:32:21.07\00:32:24.51
tongue and people.
00:32:24.54\00:32:25.87
So why does God send
these three messages?
00:32:25.91\00:32:28.58
He sends these three messages
to say to the people upon whom
00:32:28.61\00:32:32.35
the harlot sits, Get out
of there before the plagues
00:32:32.38\00:32:35.55
are poured out, and
before you are destroyed.
00:32:35.62\00:32:38.59
So the question is,
Which three messages are we
00:32:38.62\00:32:41.52
going to listen to?
00:32:41.56\00:32:42.89
Are we going to listen to God's
three messages that are from
00:32:42.92\00:32:45.13
heavenly origin; they're
the preaching of the everlasting
00:32:45.16\00:32:47.86
gospel, with
absolute power and velocity,
00:32:47.93\00:32:51.57
to all of the world to
gather people on God's side?
00:32:51.60\00:32:54.30
Or are we going to accept
the three messages of these evil
00:32:54.34\00:32:58.17
spirits, who are fallen angels,
who have the intention of
00:32:58.21\00:33:01.98
gathering us, not on
God's side, but on Satan's side.
00:33:02.01\00:33:05.65
You see, the book of Revelation
tells us that there's only
00:33:05.68\00:33:07.75
going to be two sides at the end
of time: those who have the seal
00:33:07.78\00:33:11.75
of God, and those who
have the mark of the beast.
00:33:11.79\00:33:15.42
So Fact 5. is that
these messages are worldwide
00:33:17.43\00:33:21.33
to counteract the
worldwide message of these three
00:33:21.36\00:33:24.70
counterfeit angels' messages
that come out of the mouth
00:33:24.73\00:33:28.10
of the dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet.
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Now let's go to Fact 6. These
messages are supposed to be
00:33:30.97\00:33:37.05
proclaimed in
their proper order.
00:33:37.08\00:33:39.48
You say, what do you
mean by their proper order?
00:33:39.55\00:33:43.22
You know, if you try to proclaim
the third angel's message
00:33:43.25\00:33:46.02
without proclaiming the
first and the second before,
00:33:46.05\00:33:48.69
people will not be able
to make sense out of it.
00:33:48.72\00:33:51.33
In other words,
the messages must be
00:33:53.23\00:33:55.16
proclaimed in their order.
00:33:55.20\00:33:57.40
The first message we need to
proclaim and understand first.
00:33:57.43\00:34:01.44
Then we'll be ready
to understand the second.
00:34:01.47\00:34:05.04
And after we understand
the second we will be ready
00:34:05.07\00:34:08.21
to understand the third.
00:34:08.24\00:34:09.58
Now you say, How do we
know that they are sequential,
00:34:09.61\00:34:11.98
and that we need to
study them in their order?
00:34:12.01\00:34:14.32
Notice Revelation 14:6, 14:6.
00:34:14.35\00:34:19.55
Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven.
00:34:19.59\00:34:22.49
Okay, so you have an angel that
flies in the midst of heaven.
00:34:22.52\00:34:24.96
Now notice verse 8.
00:34:24.99\00:34:26.70
What's the next word?
00:34:28.30\00:34:29.63
Another angel what? followed.
00:34:29.66\00:34:32.47
Is there an order
here? most certainly!
00:34:32.50\00:34:35.44
And then notice verse 9.
00:34:35.47\00:34:36.97
Then a third
angel followed them.
00:34:37.01\00:34:40.64
Is there an order to the three
angels' message? Most certainly!
00:34:40.68\00:34:46.11
And if we get the order
wrong people will never listen.
00:34:46.15\00:34:49.25
You say, What do you
mean? Let me explain.
00:34:49.28\00:34:53.09
The reason why Babylon falls
in the second angel's message
00:34:53.12\00:34:57.99
is because Babylon rejected
the first angel's message.
00:34:58.03\00:35:02.40
Are you with me? When you
go to Revelation 18 God says,
00:35:05.63\00:35:10.37
Babylon is fallen,
come out of her My people.
00:35:10.61\00:35:12.27
So people say,
Why should I come out?
00:35:12.31\00:35:15.41
You say, Yeah, come
out of her My people.
00:35:15.44\00:35:18.35
Why should I come out?
00:35:18.38\00:35:19.71
Do you know the reason why?
00:35:19.75\00:35:21.12
Because Babylon has rejected
the first angel's message.
00:35:21.15\00:35:24.35
So before people are
ready to come out of Babylon
00:35:24.39\00:35:27.96
and join God's forces, they need
to understand the reason why.
00:35:27.99\00:35:31.46
And the first angel's message
gives you the reason why.
00:35:31.49\00:35:34.00
The first angel, you
see, has three imperatives.
00:35:34.03\00:35:37.03
It has three commands.
00:35:37.07\00:35:38.40
The first angel's
message says, Fear God.
00:35:38.43\00:35:42.60
By the way, that's not
just counsel, that's not just,
00:35:42.64\00:35:47.21
I hope you'll do it.
00:35:47.24\00:35:48.58
It is an imperative
in the Greek language.
00:35:48.61\00:35:51.55
It says, Fear God, give glory
to Him, because the hour of His
00:35:51.58\00:35:58.12
judgment has come, and worship
Him who created the heavens,
00:35:58.15\00:36:02.02
the earth, and the
fountains of waters.
00:36:02.06\00:36:04.73
The reason why Babylon falls is
because she's not fearing God.
00:36:04.76\00:36:09.76
So we need to understand
what it means to fear God.
00:36:09.80\00:36:11.70
The reasons why Babylon
has fallen is because she's not
00:36:11.73\00:36:15.90
giving glory to God.
00:36:15.94\00:36:17.27
She's giving glory to herself.
00:36:17.31\00:36:18.64
The reason why Babylon has
fallen is because she refuses
00:36:18.67\00:36:23.04
to believe that the hour
of God's judgment has come.
00:36:23.08\00:36:26.15
The reason why Babylon
has fallen is because Babylon
00:36:26.18\00:36:30.12
does not worship the Creator
of the heavens, the earth,
00:36:30.15\00:36:33.96
the seas, and
everything that is in them.
00:36:33.99\00:36:36.42
In other words, for people
to be willing to come out of
00:36:36.46\00:36:40.03
Babylon, the
second angel's message,
00:36:40.06\00:36:42.63
in order for people to
understand that Babylon is
00:36:42.66\00:36:45.47
fallen, they need to understand
why Babylon is fallen.
00:36:45.50\00:36:48.70
Babylon is fallen
because she refused
00:36:48.74\00:36:52.01
the first angel's message.
00:36:52.04\00:36:53.61
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:36:53.64\00:36:54.98
And let me share this
with you: If we do not proclaim
00:36:55.01\00:36:58.75
the first angel's message,
people will feel no incentive
00:36:58.78\00:37:02.18
to come out of Babylon in
the second angel's message.
00:37:02.22\00:37:05.49
And they will feel no urgency
to receive the final warning
00:37:05.55\00:37:10.13
in the third angel's message.
00:37:10.16\00:37:11.49
Because the third angel's
message says, Woe if you worship
00:37:11.53\00:37:15.30
the beast, or if you worship
his image, or if you receive his
00:37:15.33\00:37:19.17
number, or if
you receive his mark.
00:37:19.20\00:37:22.00
Because you will
receive the wrath of God
00:37:22.04\00:37:24.67
poured out without mixture.
00:37:24.74\00:37:26.74
Let me ask you, Are people
going to want to listen to that
00:37:26.78\00:37:31.61
warning and not worship
the beast, or his image,
00:37:31.65\00:37:34.32
or receive the mark, or
receive the number of his name
00:37:34.35\00:37:37.55
if they don't understand
the first angel's message?
00:37:37.59\00:37:40.76
Absolutely not! You
see, we have a sequence.
00:37:40.79\00:37:43.83
The first angel's message tells
us the positive message of God.
00:37:43.86\00:37:47.86
The second message says, Get out
of Babylon, because Babylon has
00:37:47.86\00:37:51.57
rejected the
first angel's message.
00:37:51.60\00:37:53.23
And then the third angel's
message says, If you don't
00:37:53.27\00:37:56.20
get out you'll
end up worshipping
00:37:56.24\00:38:00.11
the beast and his image.
00:38:00.14\00:38:01.48
You'll end up
receiving the mark,
00:38:01.51\00:38:03.08
and you'll receive the plagues.
00:38:03.11\00:38:05.01
So basically in the
first angel's message
00:38:05.05\00:38:07.85
you have a command of God.
00:38:07.88\00:38:09.82
In the second message you have
a call to come out from where
00:38:09.85\00:38:13.92
that command is
not being obeyed.
00:38:13.96\00:38:15.62
And in the third message
God says, If you don't come out
00:38:15.66\00:38:19.03
the plagues, and the
wrath of God will fall upon you.
00:38:19.06\00:38:22.43
So these three
messages must be proclaimed
00:38:22.46\00:38:25.57
in their proper order.
00:38:25.60\00:38:28.37
Let's go to Fact 7.
00:38:28.40\00:38:31.11
These messages
are God's final...
00:38:31.14\00:38:35.24
These are God's last message.
00:38:41.92\00:38:44.42
There will be no further
message besides these three.
00:38:44.45\00:38:46.72
And you say, Well, Pastor
Bohr, how do you know that?
00:38:46.76\00:38:49.02
For the simple reason that
as soon as the third message is
00:38:49.06\00:38:52.99
finished: you have
message 1, 2, and 3.
00:38:53.03\00:38:56.03
As soon as 3 is
proclaimed, notice what we find
00:38:56.06\00:39:01.04
in chapter 14, and
verse 14, Revelation 14:14.
00:39:01.07\00:39:05.97
What event is being
described in that verse?
00:39:26.76\00:39:30.87
The coming of Christ.
00:39:30.90\00:39:33.60
When does the coming of
Christ take place in the
00:39:33.64\00:39:36.60
sequence of Revelation 14?
00:39:36.64\00:39:38.27
It comes immediately after
the third angel's message is
00:39:38.31\00:39:42.04
proclaimed, which means
that these three messages are
00:39:42.08\00:39:45.81
God's final
message to the world,
00:39:45.85\00:39:47.55
and then the end will come.
00:39:47.58\00:39:50.02
Are you understanding my point?
00:39:50.05\00:39:52.45
So you have the three messages
and then Jesus is seen sitting
00:39:52.49\00:39:56.12
on a cloud, with a sickle in
His hand, and He's going to come
00:39:56.19\00:39:59.79
to harvest the earth.
00:39:59.86\00:40:01.16
He's going to come to gather His
people, and He's going to come
00:40:01.20\00:40:03.63
to destroy the wicked.
00:40:03.67\00:40:05.00
You can continue reading
it there in Revelation 14.
00:40:05.03\00:40:07.84
So let me ask you, How urgent
is it for us to understand
00:40:07.87\00:40:11.11
these three angels'
messages in these last days?
00:40:11.14\00:40:13.81
It's a matter of life and death,
because it's the last message.
00:40:13.84\00:40:17.28
There will be no other
message that God will give
00:40:17.31\00:40:21.15
to the world after this one.
00:40:21.18\00:40:23.79
Now let's go to Fact 8.
00:40:23.82\00:40:26.76
The proclamation of these three
messages will be accompanied
00:40:26.79\00:40:31.86
by the power of the latter rain.
00:40:31.89\00:40:33.56
Do you understand what
I mean by the latter rain?
00:40:33.60\00:40:39.47
You know, in Biblical
areas you have the early rain,
00:40:39.50\00:40:45.37
and you have the latter rain.
00:40:45.41\00:40:47.34
The early rain is that
rain that falls in the spring,
00:40:47.38\00:40:51.11
that causes the
seed to germinate
00:40:51.15\00:40:54.95
and to begin its growth.
00:40:54.98\00:40:56.55
And then the rain continues
falling throughout the season.
00:40:56.58\00:41:00.52
And then eventually
you have the latter rain.
00:41:00.56\00:41:02.56
And the purpose of the latter
rain is to ripen that which has
00:41:02.59\00:41:06.33
been growing through the
influence of the early rain.
00:41:06.39\00:41:09.13
Now let me ask you, When
was the early rain poured out
00:41:09.16\00:41:11.93
according to Scripture?
00:41:11.97\00:41:13.30
It was poured out when
God poured out the Holy Spirit
00:41:13.34\00:41:16.71
on the day of Pentecost.
00:41:16.74\00:41:18.07
Isn't that correct?
00:41:18.11\00:41:19.44
The Holy Spirit was
poured out with power.
00:41:19.47\00:41:21.04
Let me ask you, Did the
disciples go out and preach the
00:41:21.08\00:41:23.88
gospel with power?
00:41:23.91\00:41:25.25
Were thousands upon thousands
gathered on God's side?
00:41:25.28\00:41:27.88
Did multitudes come
from the side of the Devil
00:41:27.92\00:41:30.35
to the side of God? Absolutely!
00:41:30.42\00:41:32.49
But the Bible teaches that
at the end of time God is going
00:41:32.52\00:41:36.49
to have a people that
will proclaim the three angels'
00:41:36.56\00:41:40.70
messages under the
power of the latter rain,
00:41:40.73\00:41:43.70
with the purpose of
maturing the human race,
00:41:43.73\00:41:46.84
and preparing the
human race for the harvest.
00:41:46.87\00:41:49.87
For the harvest on God's
side, which is the righteous,
00:41:49.90\00:41:53.24
and for the harvest of the
wicked, which are called the
00:41:53.31\00:41:56.61
grapes in Revelation
14, on the Devil's side.
00:41:56.64\00:41:59.41
You say, How do we know that
these messages are accompanied
00:41:59.45\00:42:02.45
by the latter rain?
00:42:02.48\00:42:03.82
Well, let's go back to
Revelation 14, and you're going
00:42:03.85\00:42:07.09
to see that God is going to pour
out the Holy Spirit with great
00:42:07.12\00:42:09.79
power upon the world.
00:42:09.82\00:42:11.69
And do you know what's
going to happen when He pours
00:42:11.76\00:42:14.20
out His Holy Spirit?
00:42:14.23\00:42:15.56
God's people will
proclaim the message
00:42:15.60\00:42:16.93
just like the disciples did.
00:42:16.97\00:42:18.30
And thousands upon thousands
will come over to the Lord's
00:42:18.33\00:42:21.57
side in preparation for
the second coming of Jesus.
00:42:21.64\00:42:25.14
And the whole world will
be polarized into two groups,
00:42:25.17\00:42:28.51
as a result of the
power, and the message that
00:42:28.54\00:42:32.65
goes along with the power.
00:42:32.68\00:42:34.45
You say, How do we know that?
00:42:34.48\00:42:35.82
Well, notice Revelation
14 and let's read verse 14.
00:42:35.85\00:42:39.82
Immediately after the
third angel's message it says:
00:42:39.89\00:42:43.99
Then I looked, and behold a
white cloud, and on the cloud
00:42:44.03\00:42:46.66
sat one like the Son of
man, having on his head a golden
00:42:46.70\00:42:49.30
crown, and in his
hand a sharp sickle.
00:42:49.33\00:42:51.80
And another angel came out of
the temple, crying with a loud
00:42:51.83\00:42:55.27
voice to him that
sat on the cloud,...
00:42:55.34\00:42:57.57
Now notice this:...
Thrust in your sickle, and reap:
00:42:57.61\00:43:02.24
for the time has come for
you to reap; for the harvest
00:43:02.28\00:43:06.82
of the earth is ripe.
00:43:06.85\00:43:09.68
Let me ask you, in
Biblical times what was it that
00:43:09.72\00:43:12.05
ripened the harvest?
00:43:12.09\00:43:13.42
What ripened the
harvest was the latter rain.
00:43:13.46\00:43:17.03
The early rain began
the germination process.
00:43:17.06\00:43:20.80
You know, like in Fresno
you have the rain in the spring?
00:43:20.83\00:43:23.83
Right? And that germinates
the seed, and leaves it to grow.
00:43:23.87\00:43:26.87
So you have the
harvest later on.
00:43:26.90\00:43:28.47
Well, the same thing
you have in Biblical times.
00:43:28.50\00:43:31.27
By the way, the climate
in Fresno is very similar
00:43:31.31\00:43:34.04
to the climate in Israel.
00:43:34.08\00:43:35.61
We're in the sub-tropical
zone just like they are.
00:43:35.64\00:43:37.91
That's why a lot of our
products are the same products
00:43:37.95\00:43:40.18
that you have in Israel.
00:43:40.22\00:43:42.35
Because the weather
patterns are very, very similar.
00:43:42.38\00:43:45.05
And so you have the early rain,
and you have the latter rain.
00:43:45.09\00:43:48.92
The purpose of the
latter rain is with the
00:43:48.96\00:43:50.89
three angels' messages.
00:43:50.93\00:43:52.26
The power of the Holy Spirit
is poured out upon His people.
00:43:52.29\00:43:55.13
And as a result the whole earth
is ripened either as the harvest
00:43:55.16\00:43:59.90
of the earth, which is the
righteous, or the grapes of
00:43:59.93\00:44:02.47
the earth, which is the wicked.
00:44:02.50\00:44:04.04
What this means is that the
three angels' messages are going
00:44:04.07\00:44:07.64
to ripen the world
in two different ways.
00:44:07.68\00:44:09.68
The people who reject
these three angels' messages
00:44:09.71\00:44:13.65
will be the grapes.
00:44:13.68\00:44:15.38
They'll be fully
ripened against these messages.
00:44:15.42\00:44:18.35
Whereas on the other side
you have those who receive these
00:44:18.39\00:44:21.99
messages with the power of the
Holy Spirit, and they will be
00:44:22.02\00:44:25.59
also ripened, but they
will be ripened on God's side.
00:44:25.66\00:44:28.66
And when all of the world has
made its decision to be on one
00:44:28.73\00:44:31.53
side or the other, because the
messages have been proclaimed
00:44:31.57\00:44:34.37
with the power
of the Holy Spirit,
00:44:34.40\00:44:35.74
then probation will
close, and then Jesus will come.
00:44:35.77\00:44:42.04
Fact 9. And this is
a very important fact.
00:44:42.11\00:44:44.98
The three angels'
messages are linked with what?
00:44:51.95\00:44:57.26
with the most holy place
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:44:57.29\00:45:01.03
You say, Now what's this
issue of the heavenly Sanctuary?
00:45:01.06\00:45:03.26
Let me just say that God
has a Sanctuary in heaven,
00:45:03.30\00:45:06.57
which is the great original.
00:45:06.60\00:45:07.94
The one that He told Moses to
build in the wilderness was only
00:45:07.97\00:45:11.41
a copy of, it was actually a
copy of a, how would you say?
00:45:11.44\00:45:16.85
a small scale model
of the real Sanctuary
00:45:16.88\00:45:20.05
that we find in heaven.
00:45:20.08\00:45:21.42
And in the Sanctuary
you had three apartments.
00:45:21.45\00:45:24.25
You had the court, where
the sacrifices were offered.
00:45:24.29\00:45:26.76
You had the holy place where
the priest entered to intercede
00:45:26.79\00:45:31.16
for the sins of Israel.
00:45:31.19\00:45:32.53
And you had the most holy
place where the ark of the
00:45:32.56\00:45:35.36
covenant was found.
00:45:35.40\00:45:36.73
And inside the ark of the
covenant was God's holy law.
00:45:36.77\00:45:39.87
Now you say, Pastor, how do
you know that the three angels'
00:45:39.90\00:45:43.41
messages need to be connected,
or linked with the most holy
00:45:43.44\00:45:46.91
place of the Sanctuary?
00:45:46.94\00:45:48.28
Let me give you
some indications why.
00:45:48.31\00:45:49.81
Day after tomorrow, in our
third lecture in this series,
00:45:49.88\00:45:54.58
we're going to study
what it means to fear God.
00:45:54.62\00:45:57.42
In Scripture very, very
frequently when you find that
00:45:59.35\00:46:04.19
expression, fear God,
it is linked with keeping
00:46:04.23\00:46:07.96
the commandments of God.
00:46:07.96\00:46:09.30
Just to give you one example,
in Ecclesiastes 12:13 it says:
00:46:09.33\00:46:15.20
Fear God, and keep his
commandments: for this is the
00:46:15.24\00:46:19.84
whole duty of man.
00:46:19.87\00:46:21.21
For God will bring every
work into what? judgment.
00:46:21.24\00:46:25.65
Notice how similar to Revelation
14 where it says, Fear God,
00:46:25.68\00:46:28.78
and give glory to him; for the
hour of his judgment has come.
00:46:28.82\00:46:31.89
Ecclesiastes says, Fear
God, and keep his commandments.
00:46:31.92\00:46:35.09
For God will bring every
work into what? into judgment.
00:46:35.12\00:46:38.56
Fearing God is coupled
with keeping God's commandments.
00:46:38.59\00:46:41.90
Now let me ask you, In
which apartment of the Sanctuary
00:46:41.93\00:46:45.27
were the ten
commandments contained?
00:46:45.30\00:46:47.60
They were contained
in the most holy place.
00:46:47.64\00:46:51.04
Furthermore, the first
angel's message calls people to
00:46:51.11\00:46:56.54
worship the Creator.
00:46:56.58\00:46:58.35
Let me ask you,
What sign did God give of
00:46:58.38\00:47:02.52
worship to the Creator?
00:47:02.55\00:47:04.62
You go back to Genesis 2.
00:47:04.65\00:47:06.69
It says that at the
end of creation week,
00:47:06.72\00:47:08.96
God rested on which day?
00:47:08.99\00:47:11.33
God rested on the seventh day.
00:47:11.36\00:47:14.00
And then He commanded Adam and
Eve to rest every seventh day
00:47:14.00\00:47:18.13
in commemoration of
the work of creation.
00:47:18.17\00:47:21.30
Now let me ask you, Where is the
Sabbath found in the Sanctuary?
00:47:21.34\00:47:27.08
It is found in
the tables of the law,
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and the tables of
the law were where?
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They were in the most
holy place of the Sanctuary.
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By the way, the three
angels' messages end by speaking
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about a people who keep
the commandments of God.
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So the commandments are
involved, but the commandments
00:47:46.06\00:47:48.66
are in the most holy place.
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The first angel's message
says, Worship the Creator.
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The sign of the
Creator is the Sabbath.
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The Sabbath was in the law.
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And the law is in the most
holy place of the Sanctuary.
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But there's more! The first
angel's message also tells us
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that the hour of
God's judgment has come.
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Let me ask you, In which
apartment of the Sanctuary
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in the Old Testament do you have
an illustration of the judgment?
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Once a year on the great Yom
Kippur, the Day of Atonement,
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the great
judgment day of Israel,
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those who were faithful to God,
and those who were unfaithful
00:48:25.20\00:48:30.37
to God were separated one
from another in the judgment
00:48:30.41\00:48:34.04
when the law of
God came into view.
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And in what apartment
did the Day of Atonement
00:48:36.98\00:48:40.92
take place primarily?
00:48:40.95\00:48:42.52
It took place in
the most holy place.
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That's where the blood was
sprinkled, was on the mercy
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seat, in the most holy place, to
satisfy the demands of the law.
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So when the first angel's
message says the hour of His
00:48:52.63\00:48:56.06
judgment has come, immediately
we say, If this is the judgment,
00:48:56.10\00:49:00.34
it must involve the law, because
we will be judged by the perfect
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law of liberty, and the
law was in which apartment?
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In the most holy place
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
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But there's more. Do you know
that this passage that we're
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studying actually
begins in Revelation 11:19?
00:49:17.89\00:49:22.06
Do you know what
Revelation 11: 19 says?
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Where this whole
passage of the three
00:49:26.09\00:49:27.76
angels' messages begins?
00:49:27.76\00:49:29.10
It begins by saying
that John saw heaven opened,
00:49:29.13\00:49:32.07
and the temple of
God in heaven was opened.
00:49:32.10\00:49:34.90
And what was seen in His
temple? the ark of His covenant.
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Let me ask you,
Where was the ark of the
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.11
covenant in the Sanctuary?
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The ark of His covenant
was in the most holy place.
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So this whole passage that
has the three angels' messages,
00:49:46.61\00:49:50.25
in the heart of the book
of Revelation, begins with the
00:49:50.29\00:49:53.92
opening of the most
holy place where the
00:49:53.96\00:49:56.39
ark of the covenant is.
00:49:56.42\00:49:57.76
And then, of course, you
have the dragon introduced
00:49:57.79\00:50:00.83
in chapter 12. You
have the beast introduced
00:50:00.86\00:50:03.43
in Revelation 13:1-10.
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And then you have the second
beast, the image to the beast,
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introduced into the
latter half of Revelation 13.
00:50:09.57\00:50:12.27
And then in chapter 14 you
have the hour of His judgment.
00:50:12.34\00:50:16.44
And interestingly enough,
when you get to Revelation 15,
00:50:16.48\00:50:20.25
the first part of the chapter
says that the temple of God
00:50:20.28\00:50:24.02
in heaven is now closed.
00:50:24.05\00:50:27.02
And no one can enter the temple
until the seven last plagues
00:50:27.06\00:50:31.86
have been poured out,
because probation has closed.
00:50:31.89\00:50:34.86
Isn't that interesting
that you have this passage?
00:50:34.93\00:50:37.93
Revelation 11:19, The
most holy place is opened.
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The ark of His covenant is seen.
00:50:41.04\00:50:43.34
And then you have an
introduction to the dragon,
00:50:43.41\00:50:46.61
the beast, and the false
prophet, which we're going to
00:50:46.64\00:50:48.71
study in connection with
the three angels' messages.
00:50:48.74\00:50:51.35
And then God warns against
the beast, and his image,
00:50:51.38\00:50:53.95
and his mark in the
three angels' messages.
00:50:53.98\00:50:55.95
And after that warning we
find that the temple in heaven
00:50:55.98\00:50:59.79
closes; the most
holy place closes.
00:50:59.82\00:51:02.26
No one is able to
enter the temple anymore,
00:51:02.29\00:51:05.69
because probation has closed.
00:51:05.73\00:51:08.16
Fact 10. The
acceptance or rejection...
00:51:08.20\00:51:13.84
It's not optional.
00:51:21.08\00:51:23.45
You can't say, Oh, you
know, if you accept them fine,
00:51:23.48\00:51:25.98
and if you don't
accept them that's fine.
00:51:26.01\00:51:27.85
You know, ultimately everybody
is going to the same place.
00:51:27.92\00:51:32.45
My Bible tells me that those who
listen to these three angels'
00:51:32.49\00:51:36.99
messages will
receive the seal of God.
00:51:37.03\00:51:38.93
And those who reject
these messages will receive
00:51:38.96\00:51:42.96
the mark of the beast.
00:51:43.00\00:51:44.33
And one group will be
saved in God's kingdom.
00:51:44.37\00:51:47.50
The other group will
receive the wrath of God.
00:51:47.54\00:51:51.11
So let me ask you, Are
these messages a matter of
00:51:51.14\00:51:54.64
life and death?
They most certainly are!
00:51:54.68\00:51:56.91
Now, when I was in
school I used to like bonuses.
00:51:56.95\00:52:00.45
Say, teacher, could you
please give us a bonus question?
00:52:01.38\00:52:04.82
So I'm going to
give you two bonus facts
00:52:04.85\00:52:06.72
to end our study today.
00:52:06.76\00:52:09.42
Praise the Lord that
there will be a people,
00:52:09.46\00:52:14.66
because the question is,
is God going to have a people
00:52:14.73\00:52:17.00
in the world who
will accept these messages
00:52:17.03\00:52:19.73
and eventually be saved?
00:52:19.77\00:52:21.10
There's good news.
00:52:21.14\00:52:22.47
God will have a people who
will listen to these messages.
00:52:22.50\00:52:27.01
They will accept them, they
will proclaim them to the world,
00:52:27.04\00:52:30.15
and they will be faithful till
the end, and they will be saved.
00:52:30.18\00:52:33.05
Notice Revelation 15, Revelation
15:2-4, Revelation 15:2-4.
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Notice here you have a group
that's victorious over what the
00:52:40.56\00:52:45.19
three angels' message
mentions: the beast, his image,
00:52:45.23\00:52:47.50
his number, his mark.
00:52:47.56\00:52:48.86
There's a group that's going
to be victorious, because they
00:52:48.90\00:52:51.13
receive the
three angels' messages.
00:52:51.17\00:52:52.90
It says in verse 2:
00:52:52.93\00:52:54.27
Ha ha ha, I love that!
00:52:59.77\00:53:01.18
Is there going to be a group
that's going to reject the beast
00:53:11.85\00:53:14.52
and his image, and
his mark, and his number?
00:53:14.59\00:53:16.29
You'd better believe it!
00:53:16.32\00:53:17.66
And they're going to
be victorious. Verse 3:
00:53:17.69\00:53:19.79
So there will be a group that
will listen to these messages
00:53:31.57\00:53:35.81
and that will ultimately
be saved in Christ's kingdom.
00:53:35.84\00:53:39.11
They will stand on the sea
of glass, and they will sing
00:53:39.15\00:53:42.42
the song of Moses and the Lamb.
00:53:42.45\00:53:44.92
They will not worship the beast.
00:53:44.95\00:53:47.42
Let me ask you something.
00:53:47.46\00:53:48.79
Do you think it's important
to know who the beast is?
00:53:48.82\00:53:51.66
How are you going to
not worship the beast
00:53:51.69\00:53:54.20
if you don't know who he is?
00:53:54.20\00:53:55.53
Is it important to know
what the mark of the beast is?
00:53:55.56\00:54:00.14
Of course! If you don't know
what the mark of the beast is,
00:54:00.17\00:54:03.44
how can you be sure
that you won't receive it?
00:54:03.47\00:54:05.27
Is it important to know
what the image to the beast is?
00:54:05.31\00:54:09.41
Of course! If you
don't know what the image is,
00:54:09.44\00:54:11.75
you might end up worshipping it.
00:54:11.78\00:54:13.65
Some people say, Oh no, when the
temple is rebuilt over in the
00:54:13.68\00:54:16.42
Middle East,
and the anti-Christ,
00:54:16.45\00:54:19.99
this nasty individual sits
in the temple, and he raises up
00:54:20.02\00:54:22.76
this great big statute.
00:54:22.79\00:54:24.13
I'll say, Oh, that's
the image to the beast!
00:54:24.16\00:54:25.83
I'm not worshipping that.
00:54:25.89\00:54:27.23
Do you think the Devil is dumb?
00:54:27.23\00:54:28.56
Do you think it's
going to be that obvious?
00:54:29.93\00:54:31.33
Do you think that it's
talking about a literal image,
00:54:31.37\00:54:34.47
and a literal individual
that's going to sit in a rebuilt
00:54:34.50\00:54:37.97
Jerusalem temple? Not according
to what we're going to study
00:54:38.01\00:54:41.41
from the three
angels' messages in Scripture.
00:54:41.44\00:54:43.35
Bonus Fact 2. And this
will be Fact 12. Listen to this:
00:54:43.38\00:54:51.75
You say, How do we know that?
00:55:05.23\00:55:07.04
Notice Revelation
14:6, 7 once again,
00:55:07.10\00:55:10.81
as we draw this
to a close. 14:6, 7.
00:55:10.87\00:55:14.54
Why do you suppose the first
angel's message calls the world
00:55:37.87\00:55:40.60
to worship the Creator?
00:55:40.64\00:55:42.07
Let's go to the third angel's
message, which is the opposite.
00:55:44.27\00:55:48.61
It says in verse 9: Then
a third angel followed them,
00:55:48.64\00:55:53.18
saying with a loud voice, If any
man worships the beast and his
00:55:53.21\00:55:56.99
image, and receives his mark
on his forehead, or on his hand,
00:55:57.02\00:56:00.82
he himself shall also drink
of the wine of the wrath of God.
00:56:00.86\00:56:05.16
Let me ask you, How many
systems are there that will
00:56:05.19\00:56:07.96
demand worship at
the end of time? two:
00:56:08.00\00:56:10.53
the Creator, and the beast.
00:56:10.57\00:56:14.40
So let me ask you, In
some sense, will the beast be a
00:56:14.44\00:56:18.97
counterfeit creator?
00:56:19.01\00:56:20.38
Let me ask you,
Why do we worship God?
00:56:20.41\00:56:23.28
Because He's our Creator
and we are what? creatures.
00:56:25.31\00:56:29.92
What sign has He given
us that He is the Creator,
00:56:29.95\00:56:34.52
and we are
creatures? the Sabbath.
00:56:34.56\00:56:37.39
So when we worship on
the Sabbath we're recognizing
00:56:37.43\00:56:41.76
and worshipping
whom? the Creator.
00:56:41.80\00:56:44.70
Is it just possible
that the beast claims
00:56:44.73\00:56:49.54
to have creative power?
00:56:49.57\00:56:51.67
And he also has a sign;
a sign of his authority?
00:56:51.71\00:56:57.78
That when we keep his
sign we are recognizing him,
00:56:57.81\00:57:03.65
and we are worshipping him.
00:57:03.72\00:57:06.29
Don't you think that people
are just going to kneel down
00:57:06.32\00:57:08.76
and start
worshipping an individual? No!
00:57:08.79\00:57:11.69
Worship is a far
deeper and greater issue.
00:57:11.73\00:57:14.56
It involves a Creator
and a counterfeit creator.
00:57:14.56\00:57:17.40
It involves one
sign versus another sign.
00:57:17.43\00:57:20.20
So I trust that we'll continue
coming, because we have great
00:57:20.24\00:57:23.87
things that we're going
to study in this seminar.
00:57:23.91\00:57:26.61