Let's bow our heads.
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Father in heaven, this day
we are going to study a very
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important subject.
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We're going to speak
about the mark of the beast
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and we need
you're divine guidance.
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Not only do I need your
guidance but I also ask that you
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will be with those who are
watching this presentation on TV
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or listening to a CD.
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I ask Lord that you
will open minds and hearts,
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that people will be tender
hearted to receive the truth
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as it is in Jesus.
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I ask Lord that people will
not be offended, but to study
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these things out for themselves,
that they might see the truth
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and embrace it.
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Thank you Father
for hearing my prayer,
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for I ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, Amen.
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In our studies together, we have
already identified the beast
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We've noticed that the beast
is the same as the little horn,
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as the harlot, the
abomination of desolation.
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The man of sin of 2nd
Thessalonians chapter 2.
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Basically, all of these symbols
represent a world wide system.
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That system, is the
Roman Catholic papacy.
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I'm not speaking of individuals
who are within this system.
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There are many people who are
very sincere, they love Jesus
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and they don't
know about these things.
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So, don't take this personally.
I'm not talking about you,
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I'm talking about the
system of Roman Catholicism.
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Now, we've identified the beast
as the Roman Catholic system.
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It shouldn't be too difficult to
identify the mark of this system
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or what is known as
the mark of the beast.
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Now we are going to approach our
study from three perspectives.
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I want you to imagine
throwing a pebble into a lake.
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When you throw a
pebble into the water,
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I want you to imagine,
you have three ripples.
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You have a small one a larger
one and you have the largest one
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Now, what we're going to do,
is study the end time conflict
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and we're going to notice
what is the broadest issue
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in the final controversy.
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We're going to notice that the
broadest issue is a controversy
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over the law of God,
over the ten commandments.
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Then we're going to
specify a little bit more.
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We are going to
look at the inner circle.
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That inner circle is
going to show us that God's
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ten commandment
law has two tables.
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The first table
describes our duty towards God,
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the second describes our duty
towards our fellow human beings.
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We are going to notice
that the end time controversy
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has to do with the law of
God, but more specifically,
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it has to do with the
first table of God's holy law.
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Then we are going to go
to the inner most circle.
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We are going to notice,
that the end time controversy
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has to do with one
specific commandment
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in the first table of the law.
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So, we are going to go from
the broadest, God's holy law
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the ten commandments.
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To a little bit smaller
circle, which is the first table
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of the ten commandments.
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Then, we're going to
go to the smallest circle
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this is one specific commandment
in the first table of the law.
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We are going to notice,
first of all the broadest circle
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the great
controversy at the end of time
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has to do with God's
holy ten commandment law
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which the devil hates.
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Go with me to Revelation 12:17,
where we find a description
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of the end time controversy
and what the issue is.
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It says there in Rev. 12:17...
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So, Satan hates two
things the end time remnant.
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First of all, they keep
the commandments of God.
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He hates the commandments
of God. That's what the final
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controversy is about.
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Now, we're going to study
the testimony of Jesus Christ,
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a little bit later on.
For now, I want you to notice
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that Satan's hatred against
God's people at the end of time
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will be, because they
keep the commandments of God,
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the ten commandments. As we will
study later on in this series
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we will study that
phase, the commandments of God,
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and we are going to notice it
refers to the ten commandments.
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Now, I also want you to notice,
that the end time controversy
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has to do with two
marks. The mark of the beast
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and the seal of God.
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I want you to notice, where
the seal of God and the mark of
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are placed. The bible says
they are placed on the forehead.
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Notice, Revelation 7:3,
where it speaks about God's
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end time remnant, the 144,000.
We are going to notice later on
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in the series, that these are
those that will be alive when
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Jesus comes. Who will be able to
stand in the mist of the wrath
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of God when it is being
poured out upon the earth.
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It says in Rev 7:3, do not harm
the earth, the sea or the trees
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until we have sealed the servant
of our God on their foreheads.
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Notice, that the servants of God
are sealed on their foreheads.
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Why are they sealed on
their foreheads? Let me ask you.
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What is behind your forehead?
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Behind your forehead,
I would hope, is a brain.
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Your brain is the organ of the
mind. Another words the forehead
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represents the mind. What is it,
that God writes in our minds?
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Notice, Hebrews 8:10
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For this is the covenant that
I will make with the house of
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Israel, after those
days, says the Lord.
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Now, notice this. I will
put my laws in their mind.
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What does God place in
the mind or on the forehead?
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He places his laws in the
mind. He says, and write them
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on their hearts. I will be their
God and they shall be my people.
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The sign of God on the forehead
has something to do with his
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laws. Generally speaking. Of
course, the mark of the beast
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must be some counterfeit,
having to do with the law.
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It must be human laws in
contrast to God's holy law
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which is placed on the forehead.
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Then, I want you to notice,
Isaiah 8:16. Once again the seal
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is identified with God's law.
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Notice Isaiah
8:16. It says there,
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What do God's disciples
have sealed among them.
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God's holy law is sealed among
God's disciples. So you notice
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once again the seal that
is placed on the forehead
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is connected with the
commandments of God or with
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the law of God.
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Another thing that I want you
to notice, that shows that this
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end time controversy has to
do with the law of God, is what
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we find in 2 Timothy 2:19.
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Here the apostle Paul is
speaking about the followers of
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Jesus Christ, and he says this..
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Those who name the name
of Jesus, what do they do?
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They depart from iniquity.
That's the seal of God.
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It has to do with departing from
iniquity. Now, the question is
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what is it that defines
righteousness and iniquity?
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What
distinguishes between the two
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It's God's holy law.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13 says, the
some of the whole matter is this
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fear God and keep his
commandments, for this is the
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whole duty of man. For God will
bring every work into judgment
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whether it be good, or whether
it be evil. Notice that the law
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of God defines what
is good and what is evil.
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If you are going to depart from
iniquity it must be that you
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keep what? God's holy law.
In fact, there's an interesting
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messianic psalm in Psalm
40:6-8. Where we are told, that
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Jesus when he would
come, he would love and
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he would hate iniquity,
and of course, iniquity, is the
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transgression of God's holy law.
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In fact, lets go to
that point right now.
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Go with me to Matthew 7:23. By
the way, the word iniquity that
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is used in 2nd Timothy
2:19, is the Greek word adikia
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Now, I want you to notice,
Matthew 7:23. Then we will go to
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Luke, and notice a
parallel verse. It says there,
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The word there is anomias. Which
literally in Greek means to be
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opposed to the law of God,
because the Greek word for law
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is nomos, and when you put an
A next to it, it means against
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or contrary to. So, here Jesus
is saying to those who professed
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name, depart from me, you
who practiced lawlessness.
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I want you to
notice, Luke 13:27.
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Is that the same declaration
we read in Matthew 7?
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The same expression, only
the word used here is adikia.
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Let me ask you, is
adikia and anomias, synonymous?
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They most certainly are
synonymous. When the apostle
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Paul is saying that
those that have the seal of God
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depart from iniquity, he saying
that they depart from what?
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from law-less-ness. Once again
those that have the seal of God
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at the end of time. Are they
going to be keepers of Gods holy
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law? They most certainly are.
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I want you to notice, one
other aspect of this broadest
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circle.
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Revelation 14:9-11. Has
the third angels message and
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of course, later on we're
going to study the third angels
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message in detail, particularly
verse 12. I want you to notice
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now, is Revelation 14:11. It's
speaking about the punishment
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upon those that worship
the beast and receive his mark.
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Notice what it says...
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So, upon whom is the
wrath of God going to fall?
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It's going to fall upon
those who worship the beast
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and his image and receive
the mark. That's Rev 14:11.
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Now, notice,
Revelation verse 12.
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The very next verse presents
another group that contrasts
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with those who worship the beast
and his image. I want you to
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notice, one of the main
characteristics of this group.
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It says in Revelation 14:12...
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Did you see the contrast?
You have one group, in the
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third angels message who
worship the beast and his image
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and receive the mark.
Immediately in the next verse
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it speaks about a remnant who
keep the commandments of God.
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So, let me ask you, is the
worship of the beast and his
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image related some how to
keeping God's commandment?
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There's one group that keep
them which means the other group
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who worship the beast
and his image and the mark
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must be against God's
commandments or must break God's
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commandments, because the
contrast is clear in Rev. 14:11
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and Rev. 14:12.
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Now, we want to go to the
other circle. A smaller circle.
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We noticed the largest, we're
going to notice a smaller circle
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and of course, we're going
to go to the smallest circle.
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The final conflict is not
only going to be over God's law
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the final conflict is going
to have to do with the first
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table of God's holy law.
The first four commandments,
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that describe
our duty towards God.
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Now, notice what we
find in Deuteronomy 6:4.
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By the way, this is the
central confession of Judaism.
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And it says this...
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You shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart, with
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all your soul and
all your strength.
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Is this the summery of
the first table of the law?
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You remember that Jesus
quoted this, when he said that
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this is the first and
great commandment. It actually
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summarizes the first four
commandments, our duty for God.
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You see, if you love God, you
won't have other gods. If you
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love God, you're not going
to have idols. If you love God,
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you're going to respect his name
If you love God, you're going
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to keep his holy Sabbath.
Then the last six commandments,
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have to do with a horizontal
relationship between us and our
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fellow human beings. I want
you to notice something very
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interesting. Immediately after
giving this quotation, where it
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says that we should
love God above all things,
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then God says where these
words are supposed to be written
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Notice, beginning at verse
6, of Deuteronomy chapter 6.
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I want you to notice that this
table of the law, the one that
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has to do with our duty towards
God, is to be placed in two
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places. It doesn't say, on
your forehead OR on your hand.
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It says in your
forehead AND in your hand.
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We are going to notice in
Revelation that the mark of the
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beast, is placed on the
forehead OR on the hand.
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Here God says, you need to place
these words, which we quoted,
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between your eyes, which is
the forehead, AND also, on your
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hand. That is a very important
distinction. You'll notice,
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that it's the first four
commandments that are placed
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where?... That are placed in
the frontlets between your eyes
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and also on your hand.
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I want you to notice, something
else that is very interesting.
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In Rev, the final controversy
has to do with worship.
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Time and again, in Rev, we
find that the final issue will
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be concerning worship. Let me
ask you, which table of the law
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has to do
especially with worship?
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That's the first table of the
law. See, if you worship God,
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you won't have other gods. If
you worship God, you don't have
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images of god. If you worship
God, you don't take his name in
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vain. If you worship God, you
keep the Sabbath, as a sign of
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the creator. The first table of
the law, has to do with worship.
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So, if Revelation says
that the end time controversy
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is concerning worship, it
must be that the final conflict
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has to do with which table?
Especially, it has to do with
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the first table of the law.
Let me read you some of those
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statements that speak about the
issue of worship as being the
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main point of contention.
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Revelation 13:4, it says...
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Let's go down to verse 8.
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Notice verse 15...
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Notice time and again, the issue
is worship and worship has to
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do with the
first table of the law.
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Notice Revelation 14:9-10.
Again the idea is that the final
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conflict has to do with
worship. It says there in
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Revelation 14, verse 9,
and then we will read verse 11.
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I think the word worship is
used enough times for us to know
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that the end time controversy
has to do with worship.
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Worship is related to
the first table of the law.
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I want you to notice another
text that speaks about worship
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in the end time, but this
is the positive perspective.
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This is the verse that
tells us that we're supposed to
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worship the
creator in the end time.
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Notice Revelation 14:6-7.
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Then I saw and angel flying in
the midst of heaven having the
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everlasting gospel to preach
to those that dwell on the earth
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to every nation,
tribe, tongue and people.
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Why do you suppose God calls on
the world to worship the creator
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in the end time? Folks, it
because the beast and the image
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of the beast are claiming
the right to be worshiped.
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Another words, here we have a
contrast between worshiping the
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creator of the heavens and the
earth and worshiping the beast.
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The issue once again, is between
true worship and false worship
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Once again, the table of the
law that has to do with worship
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is the first table of the law.
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It is very interesting as you
examine Revelation 13 and 14,
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that the issue involves the
first table of the law but there
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are specific examples in
these chapters that show how the
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beast and his image violate
the first table of the law
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Let me just mention this
quickly, does the beast demand
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worship? Revelation 13:4...
Now, if he demands worship would
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this be a violation of the
first commandment that said thou
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shall have no other
gods before me? Absolutely.
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Secondly, does this beast raise
up an image and command every
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one to worship the image? Yes.
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Which commandment is this a
violation of? The commandment
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that says, don't make any
image and don't worship it.
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That is the second commandment.
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The third commandment is also
involved, because we are told
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in Revelation 13:6, that
the beast blasphemes the name
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of God. Which commandment does
that violate? Thou shall not
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take the name of the
Lord thy God in vain.
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Does the conflict also involve
the fourth commandment? Yes.
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The first angels message
calls us to worship the creator,
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which means that the beast
must claim to be the creator,
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but he is the counterfeit, which
commandment of the law of God
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has to do with worshiping
the creator? It is the fourth
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commandment of God's holy law.
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We notice that the second
circle, the smaller circle shows
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that the end time controversy
is going to be over the first
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table of the law. Now we are
going to notice, that the end
00:24:42.91\00:24:48.52
time controversy is going to
have to do with one particular
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commandment of the first table
of the law. This is the smallest
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circle, or the smallest ripple.
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Go with me to Psalm 95:6
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It says here...
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Why do we worship God,
according to this verse?
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We worship God, because he
is our maker. He is our creator.
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We worship because he is the
creator. Notice Nehemiah 9:6.
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I want this principle to be
clear. We worship God, because
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God is our
creator. Nehemiah 9:6...
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Do you notice once again, that
worship is connected with the
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idea that God is the creator?
Notice Revelation 14:6-7.
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We have already read this
passage, let's read it again.
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I want to show you that worship
is connected or is linked with
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creation. It says there...
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Is the idea of worship,
once again linked with creation?
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Absolutely.
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By the way, the language
of the first angels message
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actually comes from
the fourth commandment.
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Notice Exodus 20:11.
The conclusion to the fourth
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commandment.
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Do you see the similarities
of language in the fourth
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commandment to what we
read in Revelation 14:7?
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They are very similar. You'll
notice that we worship the
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creator and the sign
of the creator is, what?
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The Sabbath, according to
what we read in Exodus 20:11.
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So, you can't separate the
Sabbath from worshiping the
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creator, because the sign
of worship to the creator is
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his holy Sabbath. By the way,
do you know that we will worship
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the creator when he makes a
new heavens and an new earth
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and we will
worship him on the Sabbath?
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Notice Isaiah 66:22-23.
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Let me ask you, when God makes
a new heaven and a new earth,
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he creates a new heaven and
a new earth, are we going to go
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worship before him? Yes.
00:28:49.49\00:28:51.56
What day are we going to
worship before him? The Sabbath.
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You see, when the fourth
commandment says worship the
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creator, it is saying, worship
the creator by keeping the
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Sabbath. So you can not separate
the Sabbath from worship.
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So, is the end time issue
going to have to do specifically
00:29:05.41\00:29:09.94
with the commandment that
has to do with the creator
00:29:09.94\00:29:13.82
with the Sabbath? Absolutely.
00:29:13.82\00:29:16.55
By the way do you know that the
book of Genesis also tells us
00:29:16.55\00:29:20.69
that God established the
Sabbath to commemorate creation?
00:29:20.69\00:29:24.39
He instituted the Sabbath to
be kept to remember the event of
00:29:24.39\00:29:28.43
creation? See, you can't
separate creation, worship and
00:29:28.43\00:29:32.87
the Sabbath.
Notice Genesis 2:2-3...
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The Sabbath identifies
the creator. It says...
00:29:38.27\00:29:42.21
Question... Did God
bless the Sabbath for himself?
00:30:03.20\00:30:06.74
Folks, God is the fountain of
all blessings. God doesn't have
00:30:06.74\00:30:10.44
to bless a day for himself. Did
God make the Sabbath holy for
00:30:10.44\00:30:14.58
himself? No... Everything
connected with God is holy.
00:30:14.58\00:30:19.08
He was obviously blessing
the Sabbath and it was actually
00:30:19.08\00:30:22.35
sanctifying the Sabbath, because
he expected man to keep the
00:30:22.35\00:30:27.36
Sabbath, in commemoration of
his work of, what? Of his work
00:30:27.36\00:30:31.99
of creation. Furthermore, do you
know that the Bible links two
00:30:31.99\00:30:37.77
words. It uses interchangeably
the words sign and seal.
00:30:37.77\00:30:43.17
Notice Romans 4:11... Speaking
about circumcision here,
00:30:43.17\00:30:52.81
the circumcision of Abraham. I
want you to notice particularly
00:30:52.81\00:30:56.42
two words that are
used here synonymously.
00:30:56.42\00:30:58.69
It says about Abraham..
00:30:58.69\00:31:01.29
Are sign and seal used
interchangeably in this verse?
00:31:12.27\00:31:16.14
They most certainly are.
00:31:16.14\00:31:17.67
Now, Revelation speaks about
the seal of God being on the
00:31:17.67\00:31:21.21
forehead, but you could
also say that the sign of God
00:31:21.21\00:31:25.11
is on the forehead. Now, the
question is, what is the sign
00:31:25.11\00:31:29.08
of God? Notice Exodus 31:17.
00:31:29.08\00:31:37.36
It is speaking
about the Sabbath.
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.23
...and it says...
00:31:39.23\00:31:40.73
God gave it to Israel, but he
didn't say, it's only for Israel
00:31:50.47\00:31:54.14
furthermore, the apostle Paul
defines Israel as those who have
00:31:54.14\00:31:58.48
received Jesus Christ as savior
and Lord. If you are Christ's
00:31:58.48\00:32:03.08
you are Abraham's seed and
heirs, according to the promise.
00:32:03.08\00:32:06.89
So, it says, it is a sign.
Interchangeable with the word
00:32:06.89\00:32:11.63
seal, by the way. Between me and
the children of Israel forever
00:32:11.63\00:32:15.06
and then it
explains why it's a sign.
00:32:15.06\00:32:16.73
For in six days the Lord...
00:32:16.73\00:32:19.13
What is it that made
the Sabbath the sign?
00:32:25.14\00:32:27.41
The fact that he made it
at creation. Notice also,
00:32:27.41\00:32:33.18
Ezekiel 20:12. Here God says...
00:32:33.18\00:32:40.59
How do we know that God is our
Lord? We have his sign and what
00:32:52.20\00:32:58.07
is his sign? The sign is
the Sabbath and the word sign is
00:32:58.07\00:33:02.21
used
interchangeably with what? Seal,
00:33:02.21\00:33:05.68
and the end time generation
has the seal or the sign of God
00:33:05.68\00:33:09.95
on the forehead.
00:33:09.95\00:33:11.52
There is something else very
interesting that I want you to
00:33:12.42\00:33:14.79
notice. In Ezekiel 8, we have
a description of the apostasy of
00:33:14.79\00:33:20.63
Israel shortly before
Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the
00:33:20.63\00:33:23.73
city of Jerusalem.
00:33:23.73\00:33:25.53
We don't have time to study
this whole chapter, so I'm just
00:33:25.53\00:33:29.30
going to synthesize. Basically,
chapter 8 speaks about
00:33:29.30\00:33:33.34
abominations that God's
own people where committing
00:33:33.34\00:33:37.01
within the city of Jerusalem.
These were not the pagans
00:33:37.01\00:33:39.81
that were
committing these abominations.
00:33:39.81\00:33:42.08
God's own people were
committing these abominations.
00:33:42.08\00:33:45.22
The greatest abomination, we're
going to read this in a moment,
00:33:45.22\00:33:48.39
was that they were worshiping
the sun. That was the greatest
00:33:48.39\00:33:53.19
abomination that God's people
were committing within the city
00:33:53.19\00:33:56.73
Do you know, that it says there
were a group of people that were
00:33:56.73\00:33:59.77
not committing this abomination
of sun worship. In fact, it says
00:33:59.77\00:34:04.51
therein Ezekiel chapter 8, that
they were sighing and crying
00:34:04.51\00:34:08.91
because of the abominations
that were being committed in the
00:34:08.91\00:34:12.08
city. God said, go to the
city and put a sign or a mark
00:34:12.08\00:34:17.55
on the foreheads of those
who sigh and cry because of the
00:34:17.55\00:34:21.82
abominations that are
being committed in the earth.
00:34:21.82\00:34:24.36
Notice, that there is a
contrast between those who have
00:34:24.36\00:34:27.50
have the sign or the seal of
God and those who are worshiping
00:34:27.50\00:34:30.73
what? Those who
are worshiping the sun.
00:34:30.73\00:34:34.54
Which are practicing
this terrible abomination.
00:34:34.54\00:34:37.67
Let's read Ezekiel 8:16-17...
00:34:37.67\00:34:42.11
Which means that they
just flaunt this in God's face.
00:35:32.09\00:35:34.83
What was the
greatest abomination?
00:35:34.83\00:35:36.70
They were worshiping the sun.
00:35:36.70\00:35:39.53
Interesting, but there was a
contrasting group who sighed and
00:35:39.53\00:35:44.14
cried, who had the seal of
God, the sign of God on their
00:35:44.14\00:35:47.51
foreheads. It must be that they
are opposite to those who were
00:35:47.51\00:35:51.91
worshiping, what? To those
that were worshiping the sun.
00:35:51.91\00:35:54.88
Interesting.
00:35:54.88\00:35:57.05
Who were they worshiping then?
They must have been worshiping
00:35:57.05\00:36:00.66
the creator.
Notice Ezekiel 9:4...
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and by the way, it says after
all of God's people are sealed,
00:36:21.44\00:36:24.91
go in the midst of the city,
destroy all of those that are
00:36:24.91\00:36:28.92
practicing the abominations and
do not spare a single person.
00:36:28.92\00:36:32.85
The wrath of God was going
to be poured out upon Jerusalem.
00:36:32.85\00:36:36.79
Not everyone was
destroyed, though.
00:36:38.13\00:36:40.70
Let me ask you, was Jerusalem
destroyed, because Israel was
00:36:40.70\00:36:45.90
desecrating the Sabbath? That's
what Ezekiel chapter 8 and 9
00:36:45.90\00:36:49.24
seems to indicate, but we don't
have to guess. Some people say
00:36:49.24\00:36:53.04
oh, you're saying the
city of Jerusalem was destroyed
00:36:53.04\00:36:57.18
simply because they were
breaking the Sabbath, that's why
00:36:57.18\00:37:00.52
everyone was slain? According
to Ezekiel chapter 8, that's
00:37:00.52\00:37:03.79
exactly what I'm saying,
because the Bible says it.
00:37:03.79\00:37:06.25
Notice Jeremiah
17:27... Here God says
00:37:06.25\00:37:14.63
Was Jerusalem
destroyed because they were the
00:37:34.58\00:37:37.52
Sabbath? Absolutely.
00:37:37.52\00:37:40.22
What were they worshiping?
They were worshiping the sun.
00:37:40.22\00:37:45.13
Is it just possible that this
thing is going to be repeated
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.93
in the book of Revelation?
00:37:47.93\00:37:50.33
Absolutely.
00:37:50.97\00:37:52.20
Does the book of Revelation
speak about a harlot who brings
00:37:52.20\00:37:57.01
all kinds of
abominations upon the earth
00:37:57.01\00:37:59.61
Absolutely.
00:38:00.28\00:38:01.58
Does Revelation speak
about a group of individuals
00:38:01.58\00:38:04.78
who have the mark of the beast
in contrast to those who have
00:38:04.78\00:38:08.45
the seal of God?
00:38:08.45\00:38:09.42
Absolutely.
00:38:09.78\00:38:11.02
Are those who have the seal
of God, is God going to protect
00:38:11.02\00:38:15.59
them? Absolutely.
00:38:15.59\00:38:17.59
Is he going to pour out his
wrath upon those that have the
00:38:17.59\00:38:21.36
mark of the beast? Absolutely.
00:38:21.36\00:38:22.60
You see, once again, just like
in Ezekiel you have two signs.
00:38:22.60\00:38:27.97
One, that is received, though
it doesn't say so explicitly
00:38:27.97\00:38:34.38
is received by those who are
worshiping the sun, because they
00:38:34.38\00:38:38.21
are marked for destruction, it
says there in Ezekiel chapter 8
00:38:38.21\00:38:41.12
they are not marked by the seal
of God, and you have that group
00:38:41.12\00:38:43.85
that are marked
with the seal of God.
00:38:43.85\00:38:46.09
Those that are an apostasy of
God, they are worshiping, what?
00:38:46.09\00:38:50.83
They are worshiping
the sun. Now, you ask me.
00:38:50.83\00:38:53.70
Are you that it's the same
to worship on the day of the sun
00:38:54.56\00:38:58.23
as it is to worship the sun?
My answer is, in principle, yes.
00:38:58.23\00:39:05.24
You say, how is this?
00:39:06.44\00:39:07.94
Who created the sun?
00:39:07.94\00:39:13.05
God created the sun, right?
00:39:13.68\00:39:15.35
Did he create the
sun for worship?... No.
00:39:15.35\00:39:18.99
What happens if you turn
it into an object of worship?
00:39:18.99\00:39:22.19
What's that called? Idolatry.
00:39:22.19\00:39:25.36
Who created the
first day of the week?
00:39:25.36\00:39:27.50
God did. Did he
create it for worship?... No.
00:39:28.90\00:39:32.97
What happens if you turn
it into a day of worship?
00:39:32.97\00:39:35.87
What is that called? Idolatry.
00:39:35.87\00:39:38.61
It doesn't matter whether
it's the sun an object or a day.
00:39:38.61\00:39:43.01
What ever man makes for worship
that God did not make for
00:39:43.01\00:39:47.48
worship, is what? Idolatry.
00:39:47.48\00:39:50.09
The devil knows that
Christians at the end of time
00:39:50.09\00:39:52.72
are not going to be
dumb enough to worship sun.
00:39:52.72\00:39:57.06
What he does, he leads them
to worship on the day of the sun
00:39:57.06\00:39:58.13
Which came into Christianity
directly from paganism
00:39:58.13\00:40:06.77
in the days of Constantine.
00:40:06.77\00:40:08.50
Constantine was a pagan. He
called Sunday the day of the
00:40:08.50\00:40:14.78
invincible sun.
00:40:14.78\00:40:17.11
The venerable day of the sun. He
called Sunday and he introduced
00:40:17.11\00:40:22.02
it into the Christian church.
An abomination, for sure.
00:40:22.02\00:40:25.89
Christians embraced it and
adopted it and they worship
00:40:25.89\00:40:29.66
on Sunday. A day which
has been created for worship
00:40:29.66\00:40:33.23
by man. Which is the same
idolatry in principle as was
00:40:33.23\00:40:39.00
being practiced in Jerusalem.
00:40:39.00\00:40:40.80
We call also look
at the law of analogy.
00:40:41.64\00:40:45.14
Look at the
presidential seal of the US.
00:40:45.14\00:40:48.98
It has to have three things,
right? It has to have the name
00:40:48.98\00:40:52.58
the office and the territory
of the person who possesses the
00:40:52.58\00:40:57.59
seal. For example the seal these
days would say, Barack Obama,
00:40:57.59\00:41:03.39
president, that's his office,
of the USA. The seal has to have
00:41:03.39\00:41:09.50
three characteristics. What
is the seal of God in the ten
00:41:09.50\00:41:16.07
commandments that shows that the
ten commandments are authentic?
00:41:16.07\00:41:20.11
There is only one commandment,
in the ten commandments that
00:41:20.11\00:41:23.48
has these three
necessary for a seal.
00:41:23.48\00:41:27.58
That is the fourth
commandment of the law of God.
00:41:27.58\00:41:30.02
E. White in the book Patriarchs
and Prophets, pg 307, said
00:41:30.02\00:41:34.99
this.
00:41:34.99\00:41:35.99
Somebody will say, well
Pastor Bohr, but how do you know
00:42:03.75\00:42:07.32
you can apply the
three characteristics to a
00:42:07.32\00:42:10.53
seal today, back
to biblical times?
00:42:10.53\00:42:14.13
The fact is, we are helped
by archeology at this point.
00:42:14.13\00:42:18.07
They have discovered tablets
where ancient kings used to make
00:42:18.07\00:42:23.57
treaties with other kings I want
to share these characteristics
00:42:23.57\00:42:28.71
of these treaties or covenants.
First of all, it was a covenant
00:42:28.71\00:42:33.18
between a great
king and a lesser king.
00:42:33.18\00:42:36.18
These covenants were
written on tablets of clay.
00:42:36.18\00:42:40.89
Interestingly enough, on the
tablets both sides were written.
00:42:40.89\00:42:47.10
The same info that was written
on the front was on the back
00:42:47.10\00:42:51.77
of the tablet. Why
would they do that?
00:42:51.77\00:42:55.67
Why write the same thing on
both sides? The reason why, is
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because, these tablets that have
been on earth, what they would
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do while the tablet was
still wet and the clay was soft.
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The great king who was making
the covenant, would take a seal
00:43:09.05\00:43:13.29
and he would impress the seal
in the middle of the tablet.
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When he would impress the seal,
it would obliterate part of the
00:43:16.56\00:43:21.83
writing on the tablet. In
order to read the full covenant,
00:43:21.83\00:43:25.80
they would turn it over, to
read the covenant, but the side
00:43:25.80\00:43:30.27
with the seal showed
that it was authentic.
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Interesting... the seal was
in the middle of the tablet.
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I bet you can't guess what
three characteristic were always
00:43:38.55\00:43:39.75
the seal? The name of the king
who was giving the covenant,
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his title, king, and the
territory over which he governed
00:43:46.69\00:43:52.49
This idea of three aspects
of the seal does not come from
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the seal of the US, it
comes from the period when
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the ten commandments were given.
Do you know the Bible says
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that the ten commandments
were also a covenant?
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Notice Deuteronomy 4:13... So
he declared to you his covenant
00:44:08.28\00:44:13.98
which he commanded you to
perform the ten commandments and
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wrote them on 2 tablets of stone
What was the covenant of God
00:44:18.99\00:44:23.59
God gave his covenant
which are the ten commandments
00:44:23.59\00:44:27.20
Where did he write them? It
says here that he wrote them on
00:44:27.20\00:44:31.67
tablets of stone. It
wasn't on clay, it was on stone.
00:44:31.67\00:44:36.07
The ten commandments are eternal
like stone. They don't break
00:44:36.07\00:44:41.94
up, they don't
dissipate and disappear.
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On how many sides of the tablets
were the commandments written?
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Many people don't realize
this, the ten commandments
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were written on both sides of
the tablets. They were written
00:44:51.92\00:44:55.69
at the same time as the other
covenants. Go to Exodus 32:15-16
00:44:55.69\00:44:56.86
Moses turned and went down
from the mountain and the two
00:44:56.86\00:45:04.70
tablets of the testimony
were in his hand the tablets
00:45:04.70\00:45:09.17
were written on both sides.
On the one side and on the other
00:45:09.17\00:45:14.48
were they written. Now, the
tablets were the work of God.
00:45:14.48\00:45:17.95
and the writing was the writing
of God engraved on the tablets.
00:45:17.95\00:45:22.18
Where would you expect to find
the seal in the tablets that
00:45:22.18\00:45:27.06
were written on both sides.
Where would you find the seal
00:45:27.06\00:45:30.33
Right in the center of
the tablets. Do you know which
00:45:30.33\00:45:34.93
commandment, center of the holy
law of God his covenant with
00:45:34.93\00:45:39.10
man? Its the Sabbath commandment
It is the only commandment
00:45:39.10\00:45:40.27
that has the 3 characteristics.
Let's read Exodus 20:11
00:45:40.27\00:45:46.84
For in six days the Lord,
his name, made, his function
00:45:46.84\00:45:52.85
He is the creator, He made. made
what? What is His territory?
00:45:52.85\00:45:57.92
Made the heavens and the earth,
the sea and all the is in them
00:45:57.92\00:46:01.76
and rested the seventh
day. Therefore the Lord blessed
00:46:01.76\00:46:05.89
the Sabbath day
and made it holy.
00:46:05.89\00:46:08.06
Where is the seal of the Lord
found? It is found in the fourth
00:46:09.43\00:46:14.80
commandment in the holy law of
God. The commandment has to do
00:46:14.80\00:46:19.17
with the Sabbath, with the
creator, which is in contrast
00:46:19.17\00:46:23.08
to worshiping the sun, or in
principle on the day of the sun.
00:46:23.08\00:46:29.12
We also have the testimony
of history. We're going to talk
00:46:29.92\00:46:33.89
about this a little more in our
next lecture when we deal with
00:46:33.89\00:46:37.46
part two, of the mark of the
beast. The Bible speaks about
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a little horn. This little horn,
as we've studied, represents
00:46:40.96\00:46:46.37
the Roman Catholic papacy,
the same thing as the beast
00:46:46.37\00:46:49.77
The interesting thing is, that
this little horn, according to
00:46:50.67\00:46:54.28
the Bible, would
think to change something.
00:46:54.28\00:46:57.58
Notice Daniel 7:25. History
tells us that a power is going
00:46:57.58\00:47:04.02
to rise, to attempt
to change God's holy law.
00:47:04.02\00:47:08.02
It says, he shall speak pompous
words against the most high
00:47:08.02\00:47:11.79
and shall persecute the saints
of the most high and shall
00:47:11.79\00:47:15.20
intend to change time and law.
Then the saints shall be given
00:47:15.20\00:47:22.50
into his hand for a time
and times and half a time.
00:47:22.50\00:47:27.04
what would this little horn try
to do? He would think to change
00:47:27.91\00:47:32.05
the times, which we
won't discuss, and what else?
00:47:32.05\00:47:35.78
The law of God.
00:47:35.78\00:47:38.39
Does the Roman Catholic papacy
claim to have changed God's law
00:47:39.62\00:47:43.09
historically? I'm going to
read you a series of statements
00:47:43.09\00:47:46.63
and we will read as many as
we can, before our time is up.
00:47:46.63\00:47:51.23
Here is the first one.
John Gilmary Shay, who was an
00:47:51.23\00:47:55.80
important Roman Catholic
historian of his time. This is
00:47:55.80\00:47:59.91
what he said. For ages,
all nations looked to the
00:47:59.91\00:48:05.25
Catholic church and as we
have seen, the various states
00:48:05.25\00:48:10.45
enforced by law, her ordinances
as to worship and sensation
00:48:10.45\00:48:16.39
of labor on Sunday. Interesting,
that they used the state to
00:48:16.39\00:48:19.03
enforce the observance of Sunday
we've already studied that.
00:48:19.03\00:48:23.06
Protestantism, he continues,
in discarding the authority of
00:48:23.06\00:48:27.97
the church, has no good
reason for it's Sunday theory.
00:48:27.97\00:48:31.74
and ought, logically, to
keep Saturday as the Sabbath.
00:48:31.74\00:48:36.34
That's what
Protestants should do you say.
00:48:36.34\00:48:38.31
The state, in passing laws for
the due sanctification of Sunday
00:48:38.31\00:48:43.99
is unwittingly acknowledging the
authority of the Catholic church
00:48:43.99\00:48:48.89
even the state is recognizing
the authority of the Catholic
00:48:48.89\00:48:51.89
church by doing what the
Catholic church says. It says,
00:48:51.89\00:48:55.90
it is unwittingly acknowledging
the authority of the Catholic
00:48:55.90\00:48:58.97
church and carrying out more or
less faithfully its prescription
00:48:58.97\00:49:04.11
The Sunday as a day of the week
set apart for the obligatory
00:49:04.11\00:49:08.61
public worship of the all
mighty God, is purely a creation
00:49:08.61\00:49:13.18
of the Catholic church. This
is a Roman Catholic theologian
00:49:13.18\00:49:17.09
Our Sunday visitor, which was
the most famous Roman Catholic
00:49:17.09\00:49:23.22
journal in the US, for
many years stated this once.
00:49:23.22\00:49:28.66
Protestants accept Sunday rather
than Saturday as the day for
00:49:28.66\00:49:35.80
public worship, after the
Catholic church made the change.
00:49:35.80\00:49:41.34
This is a Roman Catholic
publication saying, who made the
00:49:41.34\00:49:45.35
change? The Catholic church
The article continues saying,
00:49:45.35\00:49:51.19
but the protestant mind,
does not seem to realize that it
00:49:51.19\00:49:56.02
in accepting the Bible and
observing the Sunday, they are
00:49:56.02\00:50:00.56
accepting the authority of
the spokesman for the church
00:50:00.56\00:50:05.23
the Pope. Here's
another one, by Louis G. Segur.
00:50:05.23\00:50:10.44
Who was a French Roman
Catholic peruit, and apologist.
00:50:10.44\00:50:15.11
Later on he was a diplomat
and very important figure in the
00:50:15.11\00:50:21.68
city of Rome. This
is what he had to say.
00:50:21.68\00:50:23.65
What Bible authority is there
for changing the Sabbath from
00:50:26.55\00:50:31.73
the seventh day to
the first day of the week?
00:50:31.73\00:50:34.36
Who gave the Pope the authority
to change a command of God
00:50:34.36\00:50:39.20
Notice the word change again.
00:50:39.20\00:50:42.37
It was the Catholic church,
which by the authority of Jesus
00:50:42.87\00:50:48.31
Christ, so they say, has
transferred this rest to Sunday
00:50:48.31\00:50:54.32
and here comes the scary
part. Thus, the observance of
00:50:54.32\00:50:58.65
Sunday, by the Protestants
is an homage they pay.
00:50:58.65\00:51:03.36
What does mean? It means honor.
00:51:03.36\00:51:08.53
It means respect. So it says,
thus the observance of Sunday
00:51:08.53\00:51:14.54
by the is an they pay
in spite of themselves
00:51:14.54\00:51:20.04
to the authority of
the Catholic church.
00:51:20.04\00:51:24.78
Notice what the
Catholic encyclopedia says.
00:51:24.78\00:51:28.62
What is the third commandment?
They say the third commandment
00:51:30.35\00:51:34.69
but it is really the fourth
commandment, because they take
00:51:34.69\00:51:37.59
out the second commandment
that says don't worship images.
00:51:37.59\00:51:40.43
That one doesn't appear in
the catechisms, it disappears.
00:51:40.43\00:51:43.57
because the Catholic
church is full of images.
00:51:43.57\00:51:46.50
They refer to the
fourth commandment, the Sabbath
00:51:46.50\00:51:49.57
commandment as the
third. Notice, What is the third
00:51:49.57\00:51:54.58
commandment? The 3rd commandment
is remember that thou
00:51:54.58\00:52:00.18
keep holy the Sabbath
day. Which is the Sabbath day?
00:52:00.18\00:52:04.22
Saturday is the Sabbath
day. Why do we observe Sunday,
00:52:04.22\00:52:11.49
instead of Saturday? The
Catholic church after changing
00:52:11.49\00:52:17.93
the day of rest from Saturday,
the seventh day of the week
00:52:17.93\00:52:21.77
to Sunday the first day,
made the third commandment refer
00:52:21.77\00:52:26.98
to Sunday, as the day
to kept as the Lord's day.
00:52:26.98\00:52:31.41
Once again, the word change.
The little horn thought that it
00:52:31.85\00:52:36.72
could change God's
law. History bears it out.
00:52:36.72\00:52:40.82
I want to read you another
statement this is Thomas Enright
00:52:40.82\00:52:44.63
a priest of the Roman Catholic
church, for several years he
00:52:44.63\00:52:48.20
was president of Redemptions
College in Kansas City, MO.
00:52:48.20\00:52:51.83
This is what he said.
Prove to me from the Bible alone
00:52:51.83\00:52:55.97
That I am bound to keep Sunday
holy. There is no such law in
00:52:55.97\00:53:00.74
the Bible. It is a law of
the holy Catholic church alone
00:53:00.74\00:53:05.51
The Bible says, remember
the Sabbath day, to keep it holy
00:53:06.51\00:53:09.48
The Catholic church says
no, by my divine power, notice
00:53:09.48\00:53:14.09
the church claims to
have power, by my power
00:53:14.09\00:53:18.29
I abolish the Sabbath day
and command you to keep holy
00:53:18.29\00:53:23.03
the first day of the week.
Lo, the entire civilized world
00:53:23.03\00:53:29.17
bows down in reverent obedience
to the holy Catholic church.
00:53:29.17\00:53:37.51
Not written by a Protestant,
but by a Roman Catholic priest.
00:53:39.38\00:53:44.99
Once somebody wrote the
office of Cardinal James Givins.
00:53:46.69\00:53:51.29
Whether it was true the Roman
Catholic church claimed to have
00:53:51.29\00:53:56.13
changed the day, and from his
office, chancellor H.F. Thomas
00:53:56.13\00:54:04.87
wrote in the name of
Cardinal Givins, wrote this.
00:54:04.87\00:54:08.68
Of course the Catholic
church claims that the change
00:54:08.68\00:54:13.05
was her act, and the act is
a mark of her ecclesiastical
00:54:14.98\00:54:24.89
power. What is the mark
according to Cardinal Givins
00:54:24.89\00:54:29.83
through his Chancellor
H.F. Thomas? He says the change
00:54:29.83\00:54:34.67
of the Sabbath is the mark
of our ecclesiastical power.
00:54:34.67\00:54:39.14
Let me ask you, if the church
could really change God's law
00:54:40.24\00:54:44.48
wouldn't the church be God
on earth? It would have to be
00:54:44.48\00:54:48.95
We are going to study about the
number of the name of the beast.
00:54:49.58\00:54:54.76
When we study the number of the
name of the beast, which is a
00:54:54.76\00:54:59.73
very interesting lecture, we are
going to notice that it bears
00:54:59.73\00:55:03.26
A very close relationship
to this quotation where it says
00:55:03.26\00:55:09.37
that the act of changing
the day is a mark of their
00:55:09.37\00:55:13.44
ecclesiastical power. We are
going to notice that the Pope
00:55:13.44\00:55:15.81
has a particular name and that
name, he says, shows that he has
00:55:15.81\00:55:20.08
the right to exercise powers
of Jesus Christ on planet earth
00:55:20.08\00:55:25.72
even to the point of
changing his law if necessary.
00:55:25.72\00:55:30.33
I want to read one quotation in
closing. Another Roman Catholic
00:55:31.09\00:55:36.33
theologian. A word about Sunday,
God said remember that thou
00:55:36.33\00:55:42.74
keep holy the Sabbath day. The
Sabbath was Saturday, not Sunday
00:55:42.74\00:55:47.48
Why then do we keep Sunday
holy, instead of Saturday?
00:55:47.48\00:55:52.61
Is what this Catholic
theologian writes. Notice this.
00:55:52.61\00:55:56.48
The church altered the
observance of the Sabbath to the
00:55:56.48\00:56:01.49
observance of Sunday.
who say that they go by the
00:56:01.49\00:56:06.53
Bible and the Bible only,
and that they do not believe
00:56:06.53\00:56:10.83
anything that is not in the
Bible, must be rather puzzled
00:56:10.83\00:56:14.87
by the keeping of Sunday when
God distinctly said keep holy
00:56:14.87\00:56:20.58
the Sabbath day. The word
Sunday does not come anywhere
00:56:20.58\00:56:24.11
in the Bible, so without
knowing it, they are obeying the
00:56:24.11\00:56:29.98
authority the Catholic church.
00:56:29.98\00:56:33.46
think they are
keeping Sunday in of the
00:56:33.46\00:56:37.16
resurrection, because the Bible
said so but Sunday came into the
00:56:37.16\00:56:42.43
long before there
was any Protestant. The
00:56:42.43\00:56:45.87
reformers felt that it would
be impossible to change the
00:56:45.87\00:56:49.94
practice in the Christian
church, and they continued
00:56:49.94\00:56:53.44
with it and some of the
reformers like Lutheran Calvin
00:56:53.44\00:56:56.71
actually tried to rationalize
the observance of Sunday
00:56:56.71\00:57:00.58
and they tried to prove
the observance of Sunday from
00:57:00.58\00:57:03.85
but failed miserably, because
the Bible is clear. It says
00:57:03.85\00:57:08.99
that the seventh day is the
Sabbath of the Lord, your God.
00:57:08.99\00:57:12.83
What is the mark of the beast?
The mark of the beast is the
00:57:12.83\00:57:16.97
change in God's holy law from
Sabbath to Sunday and everyone
00:57:16.97\00:57:21.77
who observes Sunday,
knowingly, will receive
00:57:21.77\00:57:25.57
the mark of the beast.
00:57:25.57\00:57:26.84