Welcome back! This
is the final session
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in our series
titled: Three Cosmic Messages
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This entire series has been
based on the book of Revelation.
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Specifically
Revelation chapter 14
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verses 6 to 12.
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These 3 messages are eternal.
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They're urgent and
they are universal.
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They're messages that God
has given to prepare a people
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for His soon return.
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Each of these messages focuses
on the second coming of Christ.
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Each message rings with hope.
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In this
presentation we'll be discussing
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God's final move:
earth, a world ablaze
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with the glory of God.
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It is time to
lift up the trumpet
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and loud let it ring
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for Jesus is coming
again. Listen as Charles sings.
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Lift up the trumpet
and loud let it ring!
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Jesus is coming again!
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Cheer up, ye pilgrims...
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be joyful and sing:
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Jesus is coming again!
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He's coming again!
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Coming again!
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Jesus is coming again!
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Now echo it hilltops,
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proclaim it, ye plains:
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Jesus is coming again!
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He's coming in glory
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the Lamb that was slain...
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Jesus is coming again!
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He's coming again!
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Coming again!
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Jesus is coming again!
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Heaving's of earth tell
the vast wond'ring throng:
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Jesus is coming again.
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Tempests and whirlwinds
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the anthem prolong:
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Jesus is coming again!
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Coming again!
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Coming again!
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Jesus is coming again!
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The nations are angry...
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by this we do know:
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Jesus is coming again.
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Knowledge increases,
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men run to and fro:
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Jesus is coming again!
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Coming again!
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Coming again!
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Jesus is
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coming again!
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Amen, Charles.
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And that is the
hope of our world:
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Jesus IS coming again.
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During this presentation
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I'd like to invite you
to bow your heads to pray.
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And as we pray let
us have our hearts ring
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with the hope of
Christ's soon return.
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Father in heaven, we thank you
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that Jesus is coming again.
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We thank you for
three cosmic messages:
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three messages of eternal hope
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that in spite of
what we see around us
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with famine and
earthquake, with pestilences,
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with these strange viruses,
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with the threat of nuclear war,
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with economic disaster pending,
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with the chaos and calamity
in society and among nations,
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no matter...
whatever we see around us
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and even the challenges
in our own personal life
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and in our families, our health,
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we have the hope of
the coming of Christ.
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And so gear into
us that deeper hope,
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that broader
hope, that brighter hope
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that greater hope as we study
together in this presentation.
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In Christ's name, Amen.
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My topic is:
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One day soon the earth will
be ablaze with the glory of God.
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That is the message of
the book of Revelation.
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One of the more
significant events
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in the first World War was
the sinking of the RMS Lusitania
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by German submarines.
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That sinking
brought into the war
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the United States and many
of the other allied nations.
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The Lusitania was sunk
on Friday, May 7, 1915.
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It was a tragic event.
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The vessel went down 11
miles off Hinsdale, Ireland.
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It killed... As
this boat was torpedoed
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and sunk there
were 1,198 people killed
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and 761 survivors.
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There is a fascinating story
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that comes out of the
sinking of the Lusitania.
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In fact, when the
Lusitania was sunk
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many pamphlets were published
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like Take Up the
Sword of Justice.
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Enlist in the Fight of the War.
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It brought many
soldiers to enlist...
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many enlistees into that war.
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Joseph Duveen was an art dealer,
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and he had bought a
ticket for one of his young art
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experts... an
expert in pottery...
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to travel on the
Lusitania to Europe
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to look at and
examine some very exotic, very
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rare pieces of pottery.
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When Joseph Duveen
saw the warnings regarding
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war he said to
this young protégée,
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this young pottery expert:
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"I don't think you should go.
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We've had warnings.
" This is a photograph
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of the actual warning
that the Germans put out.
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The German Embassy issued a
warning that the ocean liner
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might be
torpedoed and destroyed.
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So Duveen said to
this young art expert:
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"I don't think you should go. "
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"I don't want to
risk your life. "
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The young man said: "Look, sir,
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when I read what was happening
in the Atlantic I began to
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harden myself.
At first I would sit
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in a tub of ice-cold
water for 30 minutes.
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But this morning I
sat in that ice-cold tub
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for two hours. Sir,
don't think I would leave
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preparation of
such an important event
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to the last minute. I
am prepared; I will go. "
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The young man went.
The Lusitania was torpedoed
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and amazingly enough
this young man survived
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in the chilly,
freezing waters for five hours
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and he was rescued.
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He did not leave preparation
until the last minute.
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The book of Revelation
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urges us, the book
of Revelation invites us
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not to leave preparation
for the second coming of Christ
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to the last minute.
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That's what the message of
the three angels is all about.
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That's the purpose of
these three cosmic messages:
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to prepare a people
for the coming of Jesus.
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These are messages of hope; they
are messages of encouragement.
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They are messages
that have been given to us
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by a God of enormous
love who wants us prepared.
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The apostle Paul echoes the
words of these end-time messages
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that are heaven's last
appeal to a dying planet.
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We ignore Paul's words
and we ignore these messages
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at our own peril.
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The apostle Paul says
in I Thessalonians 5:4,6:
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This is a time to be fully
aware of what's taking place
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in earth's
history. This is a time
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living at the heartbeat
of eternity... the knife-edge
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of eternity...
this is a time to know
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that there's nothing
between us and Christ.
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That our hearts are
fully, totally, absolutely
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committed to Him. This
is a time to understand
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the prophecies of this last
prophetic book of the Bible:
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Revelation. This
is a time to be sure
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that everything in our
life not in harmony with Christ
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is surrendered to Him.
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In the book Testimonies volume 8
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Ellen White writes with
divine prophetic insight
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on pages 27 and 28:
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Did Paul in the
book of Thessalonians
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say that Christ
"was coming as a thief? "
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Quickly, rapidly,
unexpectedly to the world?
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He did. And here this statement
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points out that there will
be to the world's inhabitants
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an overwhelming surprise.
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But we need not be surprised.
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We need not be caught unaware.
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As one early
Adventist writer wrote
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preparing for the
second coming he said:
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"The only way to be ready is to
get ready and to stay ready. "
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You see, putting off
the second coming of Christ
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till tomorrow,
putting off preparation
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for His coming
until another time
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means that we often will
put it off until it's too late.
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These three cosmic
messages speak to our hearts.
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They speak to our
hearts to be ready today.
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Every generation from
the first coming of Christ
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when Jesus said: "Let
not your heart be troubled.
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You believe in
God... believe also in Me.
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In My Father's
house are many mansions.
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If it were not so I
would have told you.
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I go to prepare a place for you
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and if I go... I
WILL COME AGAIN. "
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Every generation
for the last 2,000 years
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has heard those
words echo in their ears.
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And it's God's
intent that every generation
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live in
preparation for His coming.
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Live ready for His coming.
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But in THIS generation
the signs have coalesced.
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The things that Christ
has said would take place
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are taking place.
We have more evidence
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today than we've ever had.
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Somebody said to me:
"Well, Pastor Mark, you
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as an evangelist have been
preaching about the 2nd coming
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of Christ for 50 years and
telling people it's soon. "
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I said: "Oh, yeah. If we
preached it 50 years ago,
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it's a lot sooner
today than it was then. "
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I would rather prepare
for the coming of Christ
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in my lifetime
and have Him not come
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but be ready for His coming
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than not prepare and have
Him come and not be ready. "
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There is no hesitation
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with the people of God.
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Christ calls us to be
ready for His soon return
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and I repeat: the
only way to be ready
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is to get ready
and to stay ready.
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God has given us divine insight
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in the prophecies of
the book of Revelation.
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These prophecies point forward
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to the divine climax of history.
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In the book
Evangelism page 119 I read:
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This is our hour.
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THIS is the hour
for the people of God.
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The sands in the hourglass
of time are running out
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and Jesus Christ has
given us a message...
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a message outlined as
being carried by three angels
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in mid heaven. This is the
time for Christian believers
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in general -
Adventists in specific -
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to take the message
of the three angels,
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the message of these three cos-
mic beings flying in mid heaven,
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in earth's final conflict
to the ends of the earth.
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This is no time for
religious complacency.
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This is no time for
religious mediocrity.
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This is OUR HOUR to
take God's last-day message.
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What are those
messages again? In summary:
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Here is a message of love,
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a message of grace, a message
to go to the ends of the earth
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leading people to be
so enamored with Christ,
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so transformed by
the grace of Christ
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to live godly obedient lives.
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Here is a message of the
judgment hour calling men
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and women to obey God.
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But because the majority
of the world turns their back
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on this message
the second angel flies.
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in Revelation 14
verse 8. He says:
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As we've studied in this series:
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And so here the
second angel's message
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is calling us from
all man-made traditions.
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It's calling us from
making self the center.
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It's calling us from
the humanism of our day.
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It's calling us back to Jesus
and making Jesus a priority.
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It's calling us back to
the truths of God's Word.
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But the message of the
angels flying in mid heaven
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calls us back to
the supremacy of Christ.
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Babylon misunderstands the
state of human beings in death
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so it teaches the
immortality of the soul.
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It revives ancient sun
worship rather than accepting
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the Bible Sabbath.
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So the messages of these angels,
these three cosmic messages,
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call us back to
worshiping the Creator
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rather than the sun worship of
the pagan philosophy & cultures.
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So God has an
end-time message...
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an end-time message
calling us back to giving glory
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in what we eat
and what we drink.
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Glory in how we
live to praise Him
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in every area and
aspect of our lives.
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The message of the 3 angels -
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these three cosmic
messages - call us back
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to the Word to be set apart,
to be sanctified, to be hallowed
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by the very truth of God.
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Some people have this idea that
you can never know the truth.
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But Jesus says:
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The truth frees us;
the truth liberates us
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from error and
falsehood and apostasy.
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The third angel
flies. Revelation 14:9-11.
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It is a warning
against accepting
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a church/state political union
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to bring security
and peace on earth.
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The vehicle of
that union, of course,
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is that false sign of
sun worship in opposition
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to Sabbath worship.
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So the mark of the beast
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represents the sign of authority
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of a religious political power
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that attempts to
bring the world together
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in a world unity movement.
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The beast of
Revelation 13 and 14
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rises out of Rome
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as we've studied as a
world-wide system of worship.
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History will repeat itself.
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In the days of
the early Roman Empire
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church and state united.
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At a time when the
Empire was falling apart
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Constantine, the
pagan Roman emperor,
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in an attempt
to unite his empire
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used Sunday as a vehicle
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in which the workshops closed,
what was a common social day.
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Church leaders
united with the Roman state
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passed decrees
in church councils
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to sanctify Sunday contrary
to the very Word of God.
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This indeed will happen again.
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Great Controversy page 588 says:
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What's the three-fold union?
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Spiritualism, Catholicism,
and Apostate Protestantism
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that has left its true
lover, Jesus, to accept
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the counterfeit
teachings of the world
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and the counterfeit
teachings of Babylon.
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How will that indeed take place?
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In a time of immense crisis.
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In a time when it appears
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that this world is
falling apart and crumbling.
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At a time of uncertainty.
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At that period of time
church and state will unite.
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The devil will
work false miracles
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to bring together under
the auspices of the vehicle
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Sunday worship a
common day of worship.
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Those that don't go along
will eventually be persecuted.
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Unable to buy or sell
is what Revelation 13 says.
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And eventually there
will be a death decree.
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So the spirits of
demons work miracles
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to get this false
unity movement united.
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In the Bible fire is a
symbol of the presence of God.
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The fiery sword there at the
entrance of the Garden of Eden.
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The presence of God keeping
Adam & Eve from going back in.
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The fiery presence
leading the children of Israel
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with a pillar of fire by night.
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That was the representation...
the presence of God.
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Elijah... the fire comes
down. The presence of God.
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In the New Testament
fire represents the presence
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of God manifest
in the Holy Spirit.
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Tongues of fire on
the Day of Pentecost:
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the fire of God's presence.
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But this is FALSE fire so this
is a false presence of God...
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a false Holy Ghost
movement under the beast.
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So here are false
miracles that indeed occur.
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Revelation 16:14
tells the source, the origin
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of these false miracles:
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So... summarizing:
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Revelation chapter
13 talks about the rise
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of the papal power. Talks about
its influence in the world.
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It talks about a vehicle under
the auspices of the beast power
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to unite the whole world
just before the coming of Jesus.
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And Satan then
unleashes the mighty powers
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of hell to work false
or counterfeit miracles
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to convince the
kings of the earth
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who often have this
humanistic viewpoint
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these political leaders and
the idea "seeing is believing. "
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So these false
miracles convince them.
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Spiritualism,
Protestantism, Catholicism,
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the nations of the world, the
various religions of the world
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unite in an attempt to
bring the world together
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in that unity.
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In the book Great Controversy
page 588 I continue to read:
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So there's this false
religious revival that occurs.
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But God is not caught off-guard.
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He is preparing for the earth
to be lightened with the glory
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of God and a true
religious revival will come.
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But the people of
God have been warned.
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Three cosmic messages -
three angels' messages -
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have given them the
alert, have opened their eyes,
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have prepared them for the
coming of the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The Reformation at
end-time will be completed.
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Satan will not
take the field alone.
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God will move
through His end-time people,
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His last-day people, to
restore the truth of His Word.
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Honest-hearted men and
women will have their hearts
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illuminated with
the glory of God.
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With the truth of God, the
light of God's truth will shine.
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And as it
shines ever so brightly
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thousands and tens of
thousands will respond
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to that truth, accept it,
and be prepared for the coming
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of Jesus. It will be
written... As is stated
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in Revelation 14 verse 12
it will be written of them:
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Jesus will have
an end-time people...
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a people that
are obedient to Him.
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A people that have the
quality of Christ's faith
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living in their hearts.
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A people that have
trust in Jesus at end-time.
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Through that people
God will reveal His will.
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This earth will be
lightened with the glory of God.
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The Reformation that
began in the 13th century
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and continued on through
the 14th, 15th, 16th century...
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that Reformation,
that return to the Bible,
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that return to the
centrality of Christ,
00:27:38.35\00:27:41.02
that return to grace as
the only means of salvation,
00:27:41.22\00:27:44.49
that return to
obedience to God as our model,
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that Reformation
will be completed.
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That Reformation
will come to a climax
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in a last-day Adventist people
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who are a movement of
destiny raised up by God
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to proclaim His last-day message
to the ends of the earth.
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It will be the birth
of a movement at end-time.
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That movement has already begun.
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That movement is already echoing
God's truth around the world.
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But there will be at end-time
a final movement of God,
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a final move of God.
Revelation 14 verse 7 says:
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"Fear God" -
respect Him, obey Him.
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A message to go to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
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Give glory to Him
in your lifestyle.
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A message for the world:
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"For the hour of
His judgment is come. "
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A message for every man, woman,
and child on planet earth.
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Worship the Creator rather than
worshiping the ones who made
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and the works of our hands.
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The devil has tried to undermine
creation in an age of evolution.
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But the call at end-time,
the call in the last days,
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the call of these three
angels is a call to worship
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the Creator, and
enshrined in the Sabbath
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commandment is that
call to worship the Creator.
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John in Revelation chapter 18
verse 1 talks about this final
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move of God. He talks about
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this last-day
movement and he says:
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The devil will not
enshroud this world in darkness.
00:29:40.81\00:29:44.98
The devil will not
triumph in the end.
00:29:45.18\00:29:47.92
JESUS will triumph in the end!
00:29:48.12\00:29:50.25
The devil will not be
victorious in the end.
00:29:50.65\00:29:53.12
JESUS will be
victorious in the end!
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The earth will be
lightened with the glory of God.
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Now did you notice our text?
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Now this expression great
authority is a very amazing
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expression. The NT is
written in the Greek language,
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and the word for
great authority is exousia.
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Now exousia means authority but
it means more than authority.
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Exousia means power but
it means more than power.
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Exousia is a very hard word
to translate into the English
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language or other languages.
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You don't really
see the nuance on it.
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But the word exousia
has to do with victory
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and triumph and
power and authority.
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It has to do with
Christ's authority over the
00:30:43.37\00:30:45.61
principalities
and powers of hell.
00:30:45.81\00:30:48.04
So what Rev. 18 is saying is
00:30:48.34\00:30:51.01
that God will
have an end-time people
00:30:51.21\00:30:53.72
through whom He will triumph
00:30:54.12\00:30:56.42
in the most crucial
time of earth's history,
00:30:56.62\00:30:59.75
at the greatest
crisis of earth's history.
00:30:59.95\00:31:01.52
And His people will triumph by
His grace and through His power
00:31:01.72\00:31:05.29
over the principalities
and powers of hell
00:31:05.69\00:31:07.86
and the earth will be
lighted with His glory.
00:31:08.06\00:31:10.03
Now I'd like to look
with you at some other ways
00:31:10.23\00:31:13.54
in the New Testament
that this verb exousia,
00:31:13.74\00:31:17.44
or this phrase exousia rather
is described: great authority.
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Here we have it in
Matthew 10 verse 1.
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When Jesus... He had
called his twelve disciples
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He gave them power.
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Now notice the word
for power is exousia.
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Over what?
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So in the last
days of earth's history
00:31:39.53\00:31:41.63
when Satan works false miracles
00:31:42.03\00:31:44.13
God at end-time
will manifest His power.
00:31:44.33\00:31:48.44
Unusual power from beneath
00:31:48.64\00:31:51.04
calls for
supernatural power from above.
00:31:51.24\00:31:53.94
And God will once
again through His church
00:31:54.14\00:31:57.31
bless it with
supernatural power.
00:31:57.51\00:32:00.08
We will see miracles worked.
00:32:00.28\00:32:02.48
The sick will be healed.
00:32:02.68\00:32:04.22
Undeniable wonders will be
performed by the people of God
00:32:04.42\00:32:09.06
because they are totally
absolutely committed to Christ.
00:32:09.46\00:32:13.06
They will not be performing
those miracles; they will be
00:32:13.26\00:32:16.30
the vehicle that Christ
uses to perform those miracles.
00:32:16.50\00:32:20.07
But we are going to see the
miracle-working power of God
00:32:20.27\00:32:23.97
at end-time. Will
there be false miracles? Yes.
00:32:24.17\00:32:26.27
Will many people be deceived
by those false miracles?
00:32:26.47\00:32:29.01
Certainly. What's the difference
00:32:29.21\00:32:30.91
between the false
and true miracles?
00:32:31.11\00:32:32.71
We shared that in
another presentation,
00:32:32.91\00:32:35.32
but to summarize it
in case you missed that:
00:32:35.52\00:32:37.29
false miracles lead you
to be content in yourself
00:32:37.65\00:32:42.19
separate from obedience to God.
00:32:42.39\00:32:45.39
False miracles have
nothing to do with obedience.
00:32:45.79\00:32:48.13
But genuine authentic miracles
always lead us back to obedience
00:32:48.33\00:32:53.00
to God's natural
law, God's moral law.
00:32:53.20\00:32:56.44
Genuine miracles always
lead us to heartfelt confession
00:32:56.84\00:33:01.18
and repentance. And
so this word exousia
00:33:01.38\00:33:05.15
is a word of power and triumph.
00:33:05.35\00:33:08.12
Here it's used again
in Matthew 28 verse 18.
00:33:08.32\00:33:11.32
That word
authority again is exousia.
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How did they do that?
In the power of Christ.
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How did they do that? In
the power of the Holy Spirit.
00:33:32.37\00:33:34.91
So in end-time when it looks
like everything in the world
00:33:35.11\00:33:39.41
is falling apart, when there's
a union of church and state,
00:33:39.61\00:33:43.05
when the people
of God are oppressed,
00:33:43.25\00:33:45.55
the Latter Rain
power of the Holy Spirit
00:33:45.75\00:33:48.59
is poured out upon them.
00:33:48.79\00:33:50.33
And the church rises
as glorious as the sun,
00:33:50.53\00:33:55.10
as fair as the moon,
00:33:55.30\00:33:57.70
as strong as an army accord-
ing to Ephesians chapter 5.
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And the earth is
lightened with the glory of God
00:34:02.40\00:34:04.67
because God's church
has risen to the occasion
00:34:05.07\00:34:09.74
and God has a people totally
absolutely committed to Him.
00:34:09.94\00:34:14.12
Upon that people He pours
out His Holy Spirit at end time.
00:34:14.32\00:34:18.35
The Holy Spirit will be poured
out in unprecedented power.
00:34:18.55\00:34:22.26
The gospel will rapidly
spread to the ends of the earth.
00:34:22.46\00:34:26.43
"This gospel of the
kingdom... " Matthew 24:14
00:34:26.63\00:34:29.93
"shall be
preached to all the world
00:34:30.13\00:34:32.30
as a witness to all nations
00:34:32.50\00:34:34.67
then the end will come. "
00:34:34.87\00:34:36.44
This is Christ's promise.
00:34:36.64\00:34:38.74
This is Christ's
appeal to you and me:
00:34:38.94\00:34:42.54
"Be part of something big.
Be part of something grand.
00:34:42.74\00:34:46.25
Be part of something glorious. "
00:34:46.45\00:34:48.48
Do not play church. Do not
fiddle around on the peripheries
00:34:48.68\00:34:53.72
of faith. THIS is a
time to share Christ.
00:34:53.92\00:34:57.99
This is a time to share
the hope of His soon coming.
00:34:58.19\00:35:01.66
THIS is the time of urgency
00:35:01.86\00:35:05.00
to share the beauty
of His last-day message
00:35:05.20\00:35:09.80
with the world. This is a time
00:35:10.01\00:35:12.71
to share the 3 angels' messages,
these three cosmic messages
00:35:12.91\00:35:16.95
in earth's final conflict with
your friends & your neighbors.
00:35:17.15\00:35:20.42
What does it mean the earth
was illuminated with the glory
00:35:36.20\00:35:39.20
of God? In the
book of Revelation
00:35:39.40\00:35:42.47
there are three
things that are linked:
00:35:42.67\00:35:45.37
God's glory; God's
honor; and God's power.
00:35:45.57\00:35:49.84
When Satan
challenged the government of God
00:35:50.05\00:35:54.28
in the great controversy
between good and evil
00:35:54.48\00:35:58.12
millenniums ago in heaven
00:35:58.32\00:36:00.12
he challenged God's glory.
Lucifer wanted God's glory.
00:36:00.32\00:36:04.13
He challenged God's honor.
Lucifer wanted God's honor.
00:36:04.33\00:36:07.93
And he challenged God's power.
00:36:08.13\00:36:10.20
God will raise up
an end-time people
00:36:10.60\00:36:13.34
who have only one
interest: God's glory.
00:36:13.54\00:36:17.67
Not their own glory.
Not self-centered egotism.
00:36:17.87\00:36:21.38
God's honor...
not their reputation.
00:36:21.58\00:36:24.31
God's power... not their power.
Not on some ego trip for power.
00:36:24.51\00:36:29.68
But I want you to notice how
these three things are linked
00:36:29.88\00:36:33.02
as the ultimate solution
to the great controversy
00:36:33.22\00:36:36.52
in the book of Revelation.
00:36:36.73\00:36:38.06
So God as Creator
00:36:49.34\00:36:52.04
is worthy of
glory, honor, and power.
00:36:52.24\00:36:54.34
That's the real issue
in the great controversy.
00:36:54.54\00:36:56.68
That's the issue in this
inter- galactic struggle between
00:36:56.88\00:36:59.95
Christ and Satan: who is worthy
of glory, honor, and power?
00:37:00.15\00:37:03.55
Notice Revelation 5:12.
You have the same expression.
00:37:03.75\00:37:08.02
A little different
order but the same.
00:37:08.22\00:37:10.46
Why is Jesus
worthy of our honor?
00:37:19.10\00:37:21.44
Why is Jesus
worthy of our glory?
00:37:21.64\00:37:24.37
Why is Jesus worthy of
being the One who has the power
00:37:24.57\00:37:28.68
of the whole universe?
Because first: He created us.
00:37:28.88\00:37:32.28
Revelation 4:11.
Second: He redeemed us
00:37:32.48\00:37:35.78
Revelation 5 there and verse 12.
00:37:35.98\00:37:38.25
But notice the linkage
of power, honor, and glory.
00:37:38.45\00:37:42.06
Notice Revelation 19 verse 1:
00:37:42.26\00:37:44.63
The redeemed... the redeemed
standing in heaven with Christ
00:37:44.83\00:37:50.43
when sin and suffering
and sickness are no more.
00:37:50.63\00:37:54.00
When heartache is no more.
00:37:54.20\00:37:55.97
When pain is over;
when evil is destroyed.
00:37:56.17\00:37:59.91
When sin has been
crushed by Christ.
00:38:00.11\00:38:03.51
When the victory is Christ's
we stand there with Jesus
00:38:03.71\00:38:06.65
and we say what?
00:38:06.85\00:38:08.18
The controversy is ended!
00:38:12.72\00:38:14.89
One pulse of harmony and
gladness beats throughout
00:38:15.09\00:38:17.83
the vast creation. Sin
and sinners are no more.
00:38:18.03\00:38:21.60
And in the numberless
worlds cherubim and seraphim
00:38:21.80\00:38:25.87
sing: "Glory and
honor and power to Him. "
00:38:26.07\00:38:28.90
We, clothed with
the glory of Christ;
00:38:37.15\00:38:39.41
we, filled with one
desire to honor Christ
00:38:39.61\00:38:42.48
enter in to that holy city.
00:38:42.68\00:38:44.42
Satan, the evil
serpent that deceived Eve,
00:38:44.62\00:38:47.29
is crushed and gone forever.
00:38:47.49\00:38:49.26
That evil angel, the being
of dazzling brightness that
00:38:49.46\00:38:52.26
rebelled against God
one day will be destroyed...
00:38:52.46\00:38:55.10
burned up, consumed.
00:38:55.30\00:38:56.70
All of those earthy
powers that wanted their glory:
00:38:56.90\00:38:59.73
beasts rise and fall;
Babylon rises and falls.
00:39:00.14\00:39:03.10
Medo-Persia rises and falls.
00:39:03.30\00:39:05.27
Greece rises and falls.
00:39:05.47\00:39:06.81
Rome rises and falls.
00:39:07.01\00:39:08.34
Rome is broken up.
There is this amalgamation
00:39:08.54\00:39:11.85
union of church
and state - Dark Ages.
00:39:12.05\00:39:13.92
End-time political
union of church and state.
00:39:14.12\00:39:16.62
But all of these powers
that have risen and fallen
00:39:16.82\00:39:20.79
seeking their
honor, seeking their glory
00:39:20.99\00:39:23.69
they are now faded
into insignificance.
00:39:23.89\00:39:26.39
Here is the good news: there
is one thing that will last.
00:39:26.59\00:39:30.07
There is one
thing that will endure.
00:39:30.27\00:39:32.23
There is one thing that will go
00:39:32.43\00:39:34.47
through the
ceaseless ages of eternity.
00:39:34.67\00:39:36.84
We'll be singing "glory. "
"We'll be singing "honor. "
00:39:37.04\00:39:40.14
We'll be singing
"power" to Christ.
00:39:40.34\00:39:42.48
The great
controversy will be ended!
00:39:42.68\00:39:45.18
Jesus earned that
right when He created us.
00:39:45.38\00:39:49.35
Jesus earned that
right on the cross of Calvary
00:39:49.55\00:39:53.25
when He bore our sins and guilt.
00:39:53.46\00:39:55.26
Jesus resurrected from the dead
00:39:55.46\00:39:58.19
intercedes for
us and He is the One
00:39:58.39\00:40:01.33
that is worthy of
glory, honor, and power.
00:40:01.53\00:40:04.57
Because an end-time people
00:40:22.98\00:40:25.09
who want nothing
else but what He wants,
00:40:25.29\00:40:27.99
who desire nothing
else but to please Him,
00:40:28.19\00:40:30.56
who are concerned
about His glory, His honor,
00:40:30.76\00:40:34.56
who are concerned about His
reputation in the universe...
00:40:34.76\00:40:38.70
That end-time people go
out and proclaim the message
00:40:38.90\00:40:42.54
of His love, the
message of His grace,
00:40:42.74\00:40:45.34
the message of His mercy,
00:40:45.54\00:40:47.41
the message of
His incredible power.
00:40:47.81\00:40:50.08
The messages of His
everlasting strength
00:40:50.28\00:40:52.68
and the message of His
soon return and the hope
00:40:52.88\00:40:55.02
of His soon return.
What is the glory of Christ?
00:40:55.22\00:40:58.55
Exodus 33:18-19: Moses
said: "Show me Your glory"
00:40:58.75\00:41:04.63
and God said:
00:41:04.86\00:41:06.19
The earth is filled
with the glory of God.
00:41:11.43\00:41:14.14
If God's goodness is
poured out through God's people
00:41:14.34\00:41:18.31
as they reveal His character,
the earth will be filled
00:41:18.51\00:41:22.54
with the glory, the
goodness, the grace of God.
00:41:22.74\00:41:25.71
As an end-time people go
out and proclaim that grace
00:41:25.91\00:41:29.58
I John 3:1-2 says:
00:41:29.78\00:41:32.89
Coming to Christ right now
00:41:42.53\00:41:45.73
you are a child of God.
00:41:45.93\00:41:48.60
You are a son of
God, a daughter of God.
00:41:48.80\00:41:51.71
But you remember
what the Bible says:
00:41:52.11\00:41:54.28
When are we
children of God? Right now.
00:41:58.15\00:41:59.88
God is doing
something in your life today
00:42:15.73\00:42:19.07
but God wants to do much more.
00:42:19.47\00:42:21.90
According to Hebrews
chapter 12 verses 1 and 2
00:42:22.10\00:42:25.54
Jesus is the author of our faith
00:42:25.94\00:42:29.61
but He's also
the finisher of it.
00:42:29.81\00:42:31.75
Christ has begun to do
something in your life.
00:42:31.95\00:42:34.65
Philippians 1 verses 6 and 7
00:42:35.05\00:42:38.29
says: "This is the
confidence I have in Him:
00:42:38.69\00:42:41.49
that He that has begun a good
work in me will finish it. "
00:42:41.69\00:42:44.79
God wants to do
much more for you.
00:42:44.99\00:42:47.33
However much you know Christ
00:42:47.53\00:42:50.07
He wants to fill you
fuller with His grace.
00:42:50.27\00:42:54.07
However close you are to Him
00:42:55.00\00:42:57.27
He wants to bring you closer.
00:42:57.47\00:42:59.74
He wants you to know Him
and to know Him intimately.
00:43:00.71\00:43:05.28
He wants to fill your heart
with a sense of His presence...
00:43:05.91\00:43:11.72
a sense of His love,
00:43:11.92\00:43:14.39
a sense of His grace.
"Beloved... " John says...
00:43:14.59\00:43:19.53
The John that wrote the
book of Revelation: "Beloved,
00:43:19.93\00:43:22.56
NOW are we the sons of God.
00:43:22.76\00:43:25.03
Yet it doth not yet
appear what we shall be
00:43:25.43\00:43:29.07
for when He shall appear
00:43:29.57\00:43:31.77
we shall see Him as He is
00:43:31.97\00:43:35.98
and we shall be like Him. "
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.31
Is the great desire of
your heart to be like Christ?
00:43:38.51\00:43:41.98
Ellen White, writing to
the General Conference of SDA's
00:43:42.18\00:43:48.29
in the Daily Bulletin of
January 28, 1893, says this:
00:43:48.49\00:43:53.50
The message of Christ's
righteousness... what is that?
00:44:06.41\00:44:09.14
That I am
unworthy but He is worthy.
00:44:09.34\00:44:12.05
I am unrighteous
but He is righteous.
00:44:12.45\00:44:14.78
I am filthy but He is clean.
00:44:14.98\00:44:17.19
I am impure but He is pure.
00:44:17.39\00:44:19.39
I am weak but He is strong.
00:44:19.59\00:44:21.66
The message of Christ's
righteousness is to go from
00:44:22.16\00:44:24.59
one end of the
earth to the other.
00:44:24.79\00:44:26.13
What is the message, the summary
of the message of the 3 angels?
00:44:26.16\00:44:28.86
It is that Christ is all in all.
00:44:29.06\00:44:31.57
We come to
Christ; we forsake all
00:44:31.97\00:44:35.94
of our own righteousness.
00:44:36.14\00:44:38.07
His righteousness
lives in our hearts.
00:44:38.27\00:44:40.18
The beast power
focuses attention upon himself
00:44:40.38\00:44:43.51
and some political religious
unity to solve the problems
00:44:43.71\00:44:47.92
of the world. What is
the righteousness of Christ?
00:44:48.12\00:44:49.95
It's only Christ can
solve the problems of the world.
00:44:50.15\00:44:52.22
He can solve the problems
of our own personal life.
00:44:52.42\00:44:54.66
He can solve the problems
internationally of the world.
00:44:54.86\00:44:57.93
The Christ that created us,
the Christ that died for us,
00:44:58.13\00:45:01.96
the Christ that
intercedes for us,
00:45:02.16\00:45:04.17
the Christ that's
coming again for us.
00:45:04.33\00:45:06.17
This Christ who is all righteous
00:45:06.37\00:45:09.20
is our only Savior and Redeemer.
00:45:09.40\00:45:11.77
These false religions neces-
sitate coming with offerings and
00:45:46.98\00:45:51.41
flagellation and coming to
make myself righteous before God
00:45:51.65\00:45:55.85
but genuine Christianity
speaks of the cross!
00:45:56.25\00:46:00.06
It speaks of what
Christ has done for me
00:46:00.26\00:46:02.96
and in light of His matchless
charm I am drawn to Him.
00:46:03.16\00:46:06.80
Genuine Christianity is
anchored not in man's opinion.
00:46:19.91\00:46:22.88
Not in human ideas. Not
in some cultural approach
00:46:23.08\00:46:26.31
that shapes the Bible
according to my opinion.
00:46:26.51\00:46:29.22
But it is anchored
in Jesus and His Word.
00:46:29.42\00:46:32.35
The Bible says
00:46:42.93\00:46:44.63
in the essence of these
messages of the 3 angels,
00:46:44.83\00:46:48.00
these 3 cosmic messages,
the Bible says: "Fear God...
00:46:48.20\00:46:50.71
respect Him.
Give glory to Him. "
00:46:50.91\00:46:54.64
In Testimonies to Ministers
Ellen White writes to ministers
00:46:54.84\00:46:58.55
page 453:
00:46:58.75\00:47:00.08
We come to Jesus
and we say: "Jesus,
00:47:12.39\00:47:15.66
there is no way
I can save myself.
00:47:16.06\00:47:18.43
Jesus, take my life
00:47:18.83\00:47:20.90
my sinful self
and Jesus, save me.
00:47:21.10\00:47:24.51
And Jesus, when You save me
You save me not for a life of
00:47:24.91\00:47:28.21
disobedience. You save me
for a life of obedience. "
00:47:28.41\00:47:32.41
The angel cries
mightily in Revelation 18:2-4.
00:47:32.61\00:47:36.35
Babylon, a false religion
that depends on human opinions,
00:47:45.86\00:47:49.83
is deceived by demons.
00:47:50.03\00:47:52.30
The nations of the world drink
the wine. They become drunk
00:47:52.50\00:47:56.40
with her false doctrine.
00:47:56.60\00:47:58.87
The kings of the earth
unite with that false system.
00:47:59.07\00:48:02.18
They commit
fornication with her.
00:48:02.38\00:48:03.98
The merchants of the earth,
that is the economic powers,
00:48:04.18\00:48:07.15
the moneyed men of the earth be-
come rich through the abundance
00:48:07.35\00:48:10.52
of her delicacy. Here
there is another 3-fold union.
00:48:10.72\00:48:15.46
Apostate or false religions
unite on their perceived
00:48:15.66\00:48:21.23
idea of truth, their
human opinion of truth,
00:48:21.43\00:48:24.17
their human traditions.
00:48:24.37\00:48:25.77
Political powers join them
to bring the world together.
00:48:25.97\00:48:28.67
The nations of the
world unite governments.
00:48:28.87\00:48:31.81
The financial institutions
or economic powers unite.
00:48:32.01\00:48:35.41
But in Revelation 18:4
there is a clarion call.
00:48:35.61\00:48:40.38
God makes His final appeal.
00:48:47.26\00:48:49.49
That final appeal is going
out to the world right now.
00:48:49.69\00:48:52.83
Jesus is appealing to His
people in a message of love:
00:48:53.03\00:48:56.87
"Come... be part of
My last-day movement. "
00:48:57.07\00:49:00.40
"Come... be part of this move-
ment, this divine movement of
00:49:00.60\00:49:03.71
destiny. " "Come
and share the glory
00:49:03.91\00:49:06.57
of My truth to the world. "
"Come and reveal My honor. "
00:49:06.78\00:49:10.31
"Come and reveal My glory. "
00:49:10.51\00:49:12.11
"Come... and be
empowered by My Spirit. "
00:49:12.31\00:49:14.55
"Come... and
unite your life with Me
00:49:14.75\00:49:18.15
and be participant in that
final movement to the world. "
00:49:18.35\00:49:21.86
The Bible says it is time
to make a decision for Christ.
00:49:22.06\00:49:25.39
Babylon, described in
Revelation 18 verse 5:
00:49:25.59\00:49:28.73
It is time! When
Jesus says: "Enough!
00:49:33.70\00:49:36.74
Enough sin! "
In the days of Noah
00:49:36.94\00:49:40.58
sin reached its final point.
00:49:40.78\00:49:43.78
In the days of Noah the
cup of iniquity was filled.
00:49:43.98\00:49:47.92
In the days of
Sodom and Gomorrah
00:49:48.32\00:49:49.92
the cup of iniquity was
filled and God said: "Enough! "
00:49:50.12\00:49:53.02
At end time
Jesus says: "Enough! "
00:49:53.22\00:49:56.16
Enough suffering; enough
heartache; enough sorrow;
00:49:58.63\00:50:01.33
enough rebellion; enough sin.
00:50:01.53\00:50:03.20
And Jesus says: "It is time,
gentlemen, ladies. It's closing
00:50:03.40\00:50:07.14
time. " Testimonies for the
Church, vol. 5, page 208 reads:
00:50:07.34\00:50:11.47
Probation will close
when that takes place.
00:50:28.62\00:50:30.83
Notice what it says:
00:50:31.03\00:50:32.36
The message of
Christ is going out now.
00:50:39.70\00:50:42.64
Every human being
will have the opportunity
00:50:42.84\00:50:45.54
to make their
irrevocable decision.
00:50:45.74\00:50:47.64
Probation does not
close arbitrarily by God
00:50:48.04\00:50:52.88
but it closes as a signal
that everybody has already
00:50:53.08\00:50:57.02
made up their mind.
00:50:57.22\00:50:58.55
This is decision time.
00:50:58.75\00:51:01.39
As Paul said: "For
me to live is Christ. "
00:51:17.81\00:51:21.74
This is the time in the light
of the second coming of Christ
00:51:21.94\00:51:26.41
to make our final
decision for Christ.
00:51:26.61\00:51:29.35
This is the time
to get off the fence.
00:51:29.55\00:51:32.19
Some time ago Lord Cecil,
00:51:32.39\00:51:36.09
one of the royal
line, princes of England,
00:51:36.29\00:51:39.93
was in Canada for a
short period of time
00:51:40.23\00:51:43.67
and he was on his
way to a church service.
00:51:43.87\00:51:47.90
And as he was he
looked out and saw
00:51:48.10\00:51:51.41
a man who he recognized
that had been to church
00:51:51.61\00:51:55.24
before but who had
drifted away from Christ.
00:51:55.44\00:51:58.41
And this man was out
working splitting lumber.
00:51:58.61\00:52:02.32
And all Cecil said was:
"Brother, the Lord is coming! "
00:52:02.52\00:52:07.82
and kept walking.
00:52:08.02\00:52:09.86
That lumberjack began thinking.
00:52:10.06\00:52:12.59
The Lord is
coming... the Lord is coming!
00:52:12.79\00:52:15.60
The Lord is coming...
am I ready for His return?
00:52:16.20\00:52:22.14
Am I ready for that day
that Jesus will stream down
00:52:22.34\00:52:26.21
the corridor of the
sky? Am I ready for that day
00:52:26.41\00:52:29.84
that the earth will be
alight with the glory of God?
00:52:30.91\00:52:34.12
Have I made a full, complete,
total surrender to Christ?
00:52:34.52\00:52:39.42
This world is
on collision course
00:52:39.82\00:52:43.26
and there is only one hope:
the hope of the coming of Jesus.
00:52:43.66\00:52:47.23
I love that
song: We have this hope
00:52:47.43\00:52:49.76
that burns within our hearts.
00:52:49.96\00:52:51.83
Listen as Charles sings.
00:52:52.03\00:52:54.07
We have this hope that
00:53:00.24\00:53:03.78
burns within our hearts:
00:53:04.18\00:53:07.52
hope in the coming of our Lord!
00:53:08.02\00:53:13.96
We have this faith that
00:53:15.49\00:53:18.93
Christ alone imparts:
00:53:19.33\00:53:22.73
faith in the promise
00:53:23.13\00:53:25.93
of His Word.
00:53:26.13\00:53:30.11
We believe the time is here
00:53:30.61\00:53:33.98
when the nations far and near
00:53:34.18\00:53:37.51
shall awake and shout and sing:
00:53:37.71\00:53:41.42
"Hallelujah! Christ is King! "
00:53:41.82\00:53:47.79
We have this hope
00:53:50.46\00:53:53.83
that burns within our hearts:
00:53:54.03\00:53:58.67
hope in the coming
00:53:58.97\00:54:02.07
of the Lord!
00:54:02.27\00:54:06.61
We are united
00:54:07.61\00:54:10.95
in Jesus Christ our Lord.
00:54:11.15\00:54:14.85
We are united
00:54:15.15\00:54:18.12
in His love.
00:54:18.32\00:54:22.49
Love for the waiting
00:54:22.69\00:54:26.33
people of our world,
00:54:26.73\00:54:30.20
people who need
our Savior's love.
00:54:30.40\00:54:36.37
Soon the heavens will open wide,
00:54:36.57\00:54:41.38
Christ will come
to claim His bride.
00:54:41.58\00:54:45.15
All the universe will sing:
00:54:45.35\00:54:48.92
"Hallelujah!
00:54:49.22\00:54:51.65
Christ is King! "
00:54:51.85\00:54:57.36
We have this hope,
00:54:58.09\00:55:01.10
this faith, and
God's great love.
00:55:01.30\00:55:06.00
We are united
00:55:06.20\00:55:09.37
in Christ.
00:55:09.57\00:55:14.01
We have this hope
00:55:14.64\00:55:17.45
that burns within our hearts:
00:55:17.65\00:55:21.95
hope in the coming of our Lord.
00:55:22.25\00:55:28.16
We have this faith that
00:55:29.89\00:55:33.63
Christ alone imparts:
00:55:33.83\00:55:37.20
faith in the promise
00:55:37.60\00:55:40.40
of His Word.
00:55:40.60\00:55:44.44
Now we believe the time is here
00:55:44.84\00:55:48.44
when the nations far and near
00:55:48.84\00:55:52.11
shall awake and shout and sing:
00:55:52.31\00:55:56.05
"Hallelujah!
00:55:56.25\00:55:58.92
Christ is King! "
00:55:59.12\00:56:05.09
We have this hope that
00:56:06.90\00:56:10.67
burns within our hearts:
00:56:10.87\00:56:14.94
hope in the
00:56:15.14\00:56:17.47
coming of the Lord!
00:56:17.77\00:56:23.71
That is our hope, friend:
hope in the coming of Christ.
00:56:26.72\00:56:31.85
If we do not have that
hope, what hope do we have?
00:56:32.25\00:56:36.59
Is death the dark
hole in the ground?
00:56:36.79\00:56:39.26
A long night without a morning?
00:56:39.46\00:56:41.86
We have a hope... a hope
that pierces our darkness.
00:56:42.26\00:56:46.20
Reach out and grasp that hope.
00:56:46.60\00:56:49.10
Reach out and embrace that hope.
00:56:49.30\00:56:51.61
Reach out and cherish that hope.
00:56:51.81\00:56:54.01
Christ is coming again!
00:56:54.21\00:56:55.88
Let's pray together.
00:56:56.08\00:56:57.41
Father in heaven,
thank you for the hope.
00:56:57.58\00:56:59.71
We choose to allow
Jesus to live in our lives
00:56:59.91\00:57:04.62
and fill our lives
with His grace and love
00:57:04.82\00:57:08.09
so we can proclaim that
hope to the ends of the earth.
00:57:08.29\00:57:11.29
In Christ's name, Amen.
00:57:11.49\00:57:13.80
God bless you, my friend.
00:57:14.20\00:57:16.50