I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Removing pain
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Lord, let my words
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Heal a heart that hurts
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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I want to spend my life
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Mending broken people
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Hello, I'm Shelley Quinn.
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I'm JD Quinn.
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And we are so glad
that you, our 3ABN family,
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are joining us today.
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We have an interesting situation
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at 3ABN.
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A lot of people
when we talk about
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Three Angels
Broadcasting Network,
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many people in the area
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thought that it
was supposed to be
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Danny and his
brothers were the three angels.
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And the point is that a
lot of people don't know
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the Book of Revelation
and the three angels' messages
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from Revelation 14.
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Let me read, just real
quickly, how this message begins
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because it doesn't begin
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with "Fear God
and give Him glory."
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That's not the beginning.
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The beginning
is Revelation 14:6.
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"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
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having the everlasting gospel
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to preach to those who dwell
on the earth to every nation,
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tribe, tongue, and people."
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Now the point that I'm
making is the everlasting gospel
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is the foundation for
the three angels' messages.
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And we're gonna be talking about
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the three
angels' messages today.
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We have a special guest with us.
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Let me just go
ahead and introduce him,
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and that is Pastor
John Thomas Anderson.
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You know my
middle name in there.
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Yeah. I did, didn't I?
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John, we are so glad
that you're with us today.
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I'm blessed.
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I wanna thank you for letting me
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be on your program.
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And as we pray before we began,
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we ask that God's name
be lifted up and glorified
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and every word be to His honor.
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Amen.
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Now you are the
pastor of the Mentone
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Seventh-day Adventist Church.
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I am so blessed to be
pastor of a wonderful church
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in Mentone, California.
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And if you don't
know where that is,
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it's about 10
miles east of Loma Linda
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on Interstate 10.
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Okay.
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And this is a wonderful
church with loving people,
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active people, faithful people.
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I've been there a little
more than four years now.
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And it's gone by very fast.
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Well, we're very, very...
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So I'm gonna say hi
to my church members.
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Absolutely.
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I know they're all
watching and waving back.
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Well, before we get into this,
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first, I do wanna thank
you so much for your prayer...
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and your prayers and your love
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and your
financial support of 3ABN.
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And obviously,
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Revelation 14 is where we
got the name for this network.
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But, honey,
everybody likes music
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and you get to
introduce the music.
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I get to introduce the music
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and we're blessed
by having Sam O campo.
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"What a Precious Friend."
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You're gonna love
his piano playing.
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Thank you, Sam. Yeah, Sam.
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I always love listening to
Sam and I love watching Sam
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while he's into his music.
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Amen. What a blessing!
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Amen.
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What a blessing it is
to be here with pastor.
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Yes. Blessing to me.
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Tell us a little
bit about yourself.
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I know that you're
in Southern California.
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Yes. Right?
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Yes.
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And we're in the
cornfields of Southern Illinois.
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And I think there's a little bit
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different dynamics here.
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What's your church like?
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Well, our church
is a wonderful church,
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we have a wide diversity
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in just about every category
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you can think of with ethnicity,
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we have many
different cultures represented
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and everybody gets along.
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This is what I find truly
a blessing is that seriously,
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I've never heard one
whisper of any kind of,
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you know, racial
thing or like that.
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We have all colors and
makes and models there.
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We have all ages.
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We have lots of kids,
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when the children's
story time is presented,
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we may have 40 or 50
kids upon the rostrum.
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And the people are
willing to work and serve.
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And church is
active and growing.
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So this is good active church.
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Absolutely it is.
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I mean, about how
many come on a Sabbath?
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On any given Sabbath,
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by the time you count
early service, late service,
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our Spanish group that
meets, there's probably 400.
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Praise God.
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Sometimes when we
have special events,
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it's 50% more than that.
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Praise the Lord.
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Can I tell you a quick story?
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Oh, sure.
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Years ago, the
church sold a property
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that was adjacent
to us to another church
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and they built on it.
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It's a wonderful
church, a Sunday keeping church.
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And the pastor there told
me about a year ago, he said,
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"On Saturday, I'm in my office,
looking down on your campus,
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I'm preparing for my
sermon the next day."
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And he said,
"What is your secret?"
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Can you imagine
how humbling it was
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for somebody to
ask me that question?
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And I told him, I said,
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"It's the message that we share.
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It's the three
angels' messages."
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And I gave him that book.
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Praise God.
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And when you said
gave him that book,
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the reason that we have invited
Pastor John here today is...
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And we'll get into this story.
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But we have a
gentleman who works here Gary,
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well, you've probably
seen him on family worship,
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he used to attend
Pastor John's Church.
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And one day he
walked in, I mean,
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he told JD about this
book entitled Three Angels,
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One Message, and he
walked in and gave it to JD.
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Now I want you to
know, it's not often
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that I see my
husband pick up a book
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and not be able to put it down.
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But what was your
impression of the book?
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Well, as I got into it...
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I mean, we all wanna know more
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about the three angels' message.
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I mean, every time that I
read the three angels' message,
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it's always I
learned more and more.
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And as I picked up
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and started
reading your book, pastor,
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it just seems like it
was so simple to understand.
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Praise the Lord.
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And when you go one
page to page for long,
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you're in the next
chapter, then next chapter.
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And it's got from
Revelation 14:6-12.
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Yes, and I mean,
every chapter is broken down
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and just fantastic.
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Fantastic.
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All the glory to God, JD.
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Let me tell you how
that happened actually,
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and that is that a
number of years ago...
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I've always appreciated
and loved and preached
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to three angels' messages.
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It's a cornerstone of our faith.
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And as I kind of looked around
in my mind, I said, "You know,
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you can read about
the three angels' messages
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in this book over here or
in this periodical over here
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or in this Bible study here."
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But I said, "Is there one book
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that just covers
those seven verses?"
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And in my mind, I
could not come up with one.
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And I thought, "Well,
somebody ought to write a book
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just on the three
angels' messages."
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And the Lord put a
burden on my heart to do that.
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And at first, I kind
of shied away from that
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'cause I thought,
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"Well, somebody can
do it better than me,
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surely there's a
scholar or a teacher or somebody
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that could do that."
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And yet, the Lord
just impressed me,
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"Go ahead and work on that."
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And eventually, we submitted
the manuscript to the review.
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And thank the
Lord, they accepted it,
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they published it in 2012.
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And the purpose that I had...
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A number of purposes, of course,
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was to make the message simple.
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In the Book of
Habakkuk, we read 2:2,
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"Write the vision
and make it plain."
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Amen.
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And I think the
Lord wants His message
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to be understood.
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Sister White says
that when Jesus preached,
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He did not use big words.
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That's one of
my favorite quotes.
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So I wanted a book
that would be readable
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and understandable for people
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who did not have the
chance to go to seminary.
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I mean, education is great.
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Get all the learning you can,
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but many of our members
have not had that opportunity.
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And I wanted a book
that could speak to them.
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I also wanted a book that
was entirely from the Bible.
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We have
wonderful outside sources,
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extra biblical
sources that we appreciate.
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But I wanted a book
that somebody could,
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you know, realize this
just came out of Scripture
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strictly on the Bible.
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I love that.
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And my prayer is that
the Lord will bless this book
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to share the
messages of the three angels,
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which of course,
your network is...
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All about. All about. All about.
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Let's hit the
pause button right there
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'cause we're gonna
get into this message.
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We want you to hear some things
that he has to say about this.
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But, John, let's
back up just a little bit
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and get some
personal information.
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Okay.
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Did you grow up
in a Christian home?
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I grew up in a Christian home,
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my parents were
devout Lutherans.
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Okay.
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And they came from Minnesota,
they were Scandinavian,
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and so that was very common,
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and settled in San
Diego after the war.
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And they were invited
to a series of meetings
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by their family doctor,
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they had never heard
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of Seventh-day
Adventists before,
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but the doctor was a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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And how it happened that
he was their family doctor,
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I'll never know.
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But I believe the
Lord had His hand in that.
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Amen.
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And so he invited them
to the series of meetings,
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and the pastor who
was Elder Calvin Osborn
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gave a tremendous series.
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I was only five
years old at the time.
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The meetings were
held in a rented building
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that was literally next
door to my grandparents' house.
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We would go to my
grandparents' house
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and have something to eat
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and then walk down the
sidewalk into this Masonic lodge
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that they had rented
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for the purpose of the meetings.
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And so night
after night, they went,
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and they were just blown away.
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What an irony,
the Masonic lodge.
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You know,
they've been Christians,
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they've been going
to church every week,
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but they were learning things
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they'd never seen
in the Bible before.
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And they could not deny
that these were Bible truths
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that they were hearing.
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So at the end of the meetings,
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although the rest of my family
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who had also attended the
meetings, aunts and uncles,
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they'd also
attend to those meetings.
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But my parents
said we have to do this.
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And so they became
Seventh-day Adventists in 1954,
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I believe it was,
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and that was a life-changing
event in our family.
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I'm sure.
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Health principles were adopted,
kids went to Christian school,
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we went to
Sabbath instead of Sunday.
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And many things in our
lives changed for the better.
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And I have to say, you know,
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praise God that that doctor
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invited my
parents to those meetings
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and praise God that my
parents accepted the message.
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I have to say where I
would be, without that today,
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I have no idea, literally.
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How old are you
when you became personal,
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your relationship with the Lord?
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I grew up in
that Christian home,
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I went to church school,
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I went to church
and Sabbath school,
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but I was not truly
converted until my senior year
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in high school.
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I was just kind of there
occupying the pew, you know,
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but I was truly converted
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when I was a
senior in high school
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and felt a burden
to become a pastor,
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I went to Pacific Union College
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and was there graduated in '72,
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did not have a call
to go into the ministry,
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we had graduated
like some 40, you know,
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students taking theology.
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So I actually
went into law school
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for a couple years.
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I did well, but it
didn't seem to fit.
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Talked to my pastor, he said,
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"Why don't you get an
interview again if you can.
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And I thought, "They
didn't like me before.
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Why would they like me now?"
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But I did.
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And through a
number of, I will say,
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miraculous
providential happenings,
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I was able to get
into the ministry in 1974
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in the Southeastern
California Conference
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and served for 15 years.
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You went to
Andrews before this or...
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My tour at Andrews
was from '77 to '79.
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So it was after my first church,
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which was in El Centro,
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even though it's only
100 miles east of San Diego,
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I never heard of it.
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But anyway, El Centro
was a good experience for us.
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And we still have
friends that are from that area.
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But in 1989,
Shelley, I have to tell you,
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that my spiritual
life had taken a decline.
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I was not studying the Bible
on my own, for my own need.
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I was preparing sermons.
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Let's hit pause. Okay.
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So you're studying the Bible
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to prepare sermons
and messages for people,
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but you weren't
seeking the Lord's face
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and doing it in a
conversational manner
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where the Bible study was
God talking to you correctly
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and you're talking to God.
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That is correctly said.
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I'm sad to tell
you, I'm sad to tell you.
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I was a pastor. I was a pastor.
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It happens.
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But my spirituality had waned.
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And so in 1989,
an opportunity came
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to earn a living
doing something else,
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and I left the ministry.
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I'm sad to tell you that.
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And I was out of the ministry
for 18 years in construction
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and became a general contractor
and build houses and stuff.
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And the Lord used that
knowledge in a good way,
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but that's not where I
was supposed to be, you know?
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Okay. So how did
He call you back?
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Well, about...
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I'm not exactly sure,
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I can't put a
date on the calendar
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but probably 15,
16 years ago or so,
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the Lord called me
back to studying the Bible,
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studying the Bible.
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And a little slogan came
into my mind at that time
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and it was very simple.
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Read the Bible every day,
read the Bible every year,
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meaning if you read only
three or four chapters a day
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consistently, you
will read the Bible...
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At that point, I had
never read the Bible through.
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Never.
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And I have no idea how many
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Christians or
Seventh-day Adventists
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or even Seventh-day
Adventist pastors today
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might have to confess,
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"I never read the
Bible through," you know?
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Wow.
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You can read here and there,
but to read the Bible through.
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So that changed
my life, Shelley.
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I began, JD, to read the
Bible every day, every year,
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and I just spent
that way ever since.
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And then my other series
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of providential
happenings in 2007.
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The Lord made it possible for me
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to come back into the ministry.
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And as I go down
the journey of life,
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I'm becoming more
and more impressed
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of how unusual that
is to be out for 18 years
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and be allowed to come back in.
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And that was an act of faith
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on the part of our
conference leaders to say,
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"Yeah, we'll take you back."
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But God was in that,
and I've never regretted
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that move to come
back into the ministry.
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And along with that
then came this burden
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to share the
messages of the three angels.
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And...
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Since then, since writing
Three Angels, One Message,
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you have written
nine other books as well.
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Yeah.
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One actually was prior to that.
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Okay.
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In 2003, the Lord put a burden
on my heart to write a book
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having to do with one of
our distinctive teachings,
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the investigative judgment,
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which is part of the
three angels' messages,
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strictly again, from the Bible.
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And so that was published,
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it was called
Investigating the Judgment.
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And that was in 2003.
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But then
subsequent to this book, yes,
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eight other books.
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And I actually have a
number of manuscripts finished,
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but I don't have
them yet in print.
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But, you know,
Paul said to Timothy,
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"Do not neglect the gift."
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And each of us
has spiritual gifts,
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and we should, you know,
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humbly exercise
them to God's glory.
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And so that's what I hope to do.
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You know, I often tell people,
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I think the first
investigative judgment
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happened right in the
Garden of Eden, don't you?
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Absolutely.
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All the stories of the
Bible illustrate God's system
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of administering justice,
which is to investigate,
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to take a second look
before He takes action,
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not because He
needs to, He's omniscient,
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He knows end from the beginning.
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But what did He do there?
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He came and asked questions.
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"Did you eat of the fruit?"
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He didn't have
to. He already knew.
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But He went
through that process,
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lowering Himself,
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which is part of
the incarnation story
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from the
foundation of the world.
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He lowered Himself
to speak in a language
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we could understand.
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And I think that
part of the message
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that our church
has is so beautiful
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because it brings to
light God's loving character,
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which...
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And by the way, don't mind,
I'm digressing for a second.
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The title of the
book is to bring that idea
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of Three Angels, One Message
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because even
though Revelation 14
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speaks of three angels,
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and we can divide that
into three separate messages,
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it's one message.
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And the message is
the message of God's love.
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Amen.
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I mean, He came to this
world and rather than abort it
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and turn it aside,
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He put into plan
a rescue operation.
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And that began in
the Garden of Eden.
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And it's coming to
a close very quickly
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and the messages
of the three angels
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play a vital role
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in bringing this to a
successful conclusion.
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And when you
think of what, you know,
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one of the most
amazing things to me
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is that God
created us with free will.
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Absolutely.
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What a gift.
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It's a gift unappreciated
for the most part, I think.
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He could have made robots
and then there'd be no risk.
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Things could have
float along smoothly
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with no bumps in the road.
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But that would not have
been satisfying to the heart
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of our Father God.
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He can accept only love
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that is
appreciated and freely returned
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as any parent can understand.
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I mean, just to have a
doll that you pull the string
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and it says, "I love
you," that's not going to do it.
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So God took the risk
knowing that some days,
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you know,
something might happen,
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but He was gonna
be prepared for it.
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And, you know, that's
a picture of God's love.
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I think that's fantastic.
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Well, it is a love story
because He loves you so much
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that He wants everyone to hear
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so that they will
allow the Holy Spirit
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which is the
best gift in the world
00:21:07.13\00:21:09.83
that in fact, the Holy Spirit is
00:21:09.86\00:21:11.37
and then in the love story,
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"Hey, listen
and follow that lead
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because I want you to
spend eternity with me."
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That His desire.
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And so it's just...
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It is the ultimate love story.
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But let's kind of
go back for just...
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You may be
watching from home and say,
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"What do you mean free will?"
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It's simply choice.
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And when God placed
Adam and Eve in the garden...
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And, you know,
the Garden of Eden,
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Eden is really that
the word for pleasure,
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it was the garden of pleasure.
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And He sticks them
there, and He tells them,
00:21:42.80\00:21:45.20
"You can eat any
tree in the garden,
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except this one,
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the tree of the
knowledge of good and evil."
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He didn't want them
to decide for themselves
00:21:53.14\00:21:56.01
what was good for them
or what was bad for them.
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He wanted them to
listen to His counsel.
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But tell us...
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Kind of just kick
off through, I mean,
00:22:05.05\00:22:06.59
our times
getting away in a hurry.
00:22:06.62\00:22:07.96
I know.
00:22:07.99\00:22:09.32
Just kick off and get rolling.
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Okay, well, what
happened at the Garden of Eden
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is an illustration of how
God operates with His creatures.
00:22:13.03\00:22:16.00
And as you say, there
was freedom of choice.
00:22:16.03\00:22:17.90
But a rebellion had
begun in heaven prior to that
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sometime we don't
know exactly when.
00:22:20.67\00:22:22.64
And Lucifer and his
angels had to be evicted
00:22:22.67\00:22:25.64
and they showed up
here on planet Earth.
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The Lord wanted Adam
and Eve to be faithful,
00:22:29.31\00:22:31.25
but He in love
gave them an opportunity
00:22:31.28\00:22:34.32
to exhibit their loyalty.
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And I use those words carefully
because that's what it was.
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He didn't force them.
00:22:39.15\00:22:40.76
But He gave them
an opportunity to see
00:22:40.79\00:22:43.19
if they would trust and obey.
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Amen.
00:22:44.96\00:22:46.29
And the principle that I
find the Bible brings out
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is such a simple principle.
00:22:47.70\00:22:49.60
God wants His
creatures to be with Him,
00:22:49.63\00:22:51.47
but having given them free will,
00:22:51.50\00:22:53.64
He knows that the
only way that a society
00:22:53.67\00:22:56.24
can exist is if everyone
is operated by selfless love.
00:22:56.27\00:23:00.48
Amen.
00:23:00.51\00:23:01.84
That's the only
way it can exist.
00:23:01.88\00:23:03.21
Satan had introduced that
other principle, selfish love.
00:23:03.24\00:23:06.72
So God gave to Adam
and Eve an opportunity
00:23:06.75\00:23:09.65
to express their
loyalty by obedience to Him.
00:23:09.68\00:23:14.06
And when I think about that, JD,
00:23:14.09\00:23:16.29
I think a message of
love but a warning message.
00:23:16.32\00:23:20.70
I mean, if you
read in Genesis 2,
00:23:20.73\00:23:23.50
there's strong words,
00:23:23.57\00:23:24.90
"If you eat, you
will surely die."
00:23:24.93\00:23:26.74
Those are strong words.
00:23:26.77\00:23:28.24
But the intensity of the warning
00:23:28.27\00:23:32.64
has to be commensurate or equal
00:23:32.67\00:23:35.08
with the results of
choice this way or that way.
00:23:35.11\00:23:39.35
And I think the
messages of the three angels
00:23:39.38\00:23:42.15
have startling language in them.
00:23:42.18\00:23:44.49
And that confronts
people and they're not sure,
00:23:44.52\00:23:47.89
"How can this be
a message of love?"
00:23:47.92\00:23:50.03
But this is the
way I think about it.
00:23:50.06\00:23:51.39
If a mother is talking to
her son, and she's saying,
00:23:51.43\00:23:54.30
"Bobby, it's not a good
idea that you pick up that scab,
00:23:54.33\00:23:57.47
it's not gonna help it."
00:23:57.50\00:23:58.93
She says that in a
certain tone of voice.
00:23:58.97\00:24:02.37
But if Bobby is on the
curb, ready to chase a ball out
00:24:02.40\00:24:05.44
into a busy intersection,
where cars are coming,
00:24:05.47\00:24:07.78
her voice is not
gonna be the same.
00:24:07.81\00:24:09.14
That's right.
00:24:09.18\00:24:10.55
She is gonna be shouting
at the top of her lungs.
00:24:10.58\00:24:12.35
"Bobby, don't go out!"
00:24:12.38\00:24:13.85
Why? Because she
doesn't like Bobby?
00:24:13.92\00:24:15.55
No because she
loves Bobby. Yeah.
00:24:15.58\00:24:17.42
She wants to save him.
She wants to protect him.
00:24:17.49\00:24:19.19
And so she gives that message
00:24:19.22\00:24:21.46
because the
consequences are different
00:24:21.49\00:24:23.46
than picking a scab,
00:24:23.53\00:24:24.86
she gives that
message in a tone of voice
00:24:24.89\00:24:26.63
that is equal to
the need of the time.
00:24:26.70\00:24:30.57
So the message of
the Garden of Eden,
00:24:30.60\00:24:32.43
"Don't eat the
fruit, you will surely die."
00:24:32.47\00:24:34.54
And the messages
of Revelation 14,
00:24:34.57\00:24:37.31
they are given in
startling language,
00:24:37.34\00:24:39.11
but they're given in love.
00:24:39.14\00:24:40.48
We have to
understand in that context.
00:24:40.51\00:24:42.64
So let's talk.
00:24:42.68\00:24:44.05
Give us what are the
three angels' message.
00:24:44.08\00:24:45.88
The three angels' messages
00:24:45.91\00:24:47.52
are found in the heart
of the Book of Revelation,
00:24:47.55\00:24:50.59
which again is a book
00:24:50.62\00:24:51.95
that Satan has
clouded people's minds
00:24:51.99\00:24:53.56
into thinking that
is not understandable
00:24:53.59\00:24:55.56
when the very title of it means
something that is revealed.
00:24:55.59\00:24:59.06
The title in the
original is we say apocalypse.
00:24:59.09\00:25:02.43
And that means the
removal of a cover.
00:25:02.46\00:25:04.97
And the removal of the
cover brings out a Revelation
00:25:05.00\00:25:08.10
of the character of God.
00:25:08.14\00:25:09.77
And so Satan is put
into people's mindset that,
00:25:09.80\00:25:12.14
"No, you can't understand
it or it's for a future time.
00:25:12.17\00:25:14.78
It's not for now."
00:25:14.81\00:25:16.98
A terrible thing
that he's put people mind.
00:25:17.05\00:25:20.12
The Book of
Revelation is a relevant book.
00:25:20.15\00:25:22.82
It's just for us today.
00:25:22.85\00:25:24.19
And right in the
heart of that book
00:25:24.22\00:25:25.55
are these three messages
00:25:25.59\00:25:26.96
that are messages of
love but contain a warning
00:25:26.99\00:25:29.46
and that is to be
loyal citizens of God.
00:25:29.49\00:25:32.46
All He wants is
citizens who are willing to live
00:25:32.49\00:25:35.56
within the safe
framework of His holy law.
00:25:35.60\00:25:39.67
And if we're willing to do that,
00:25:39.70\00:25:41.04
He wants to
live with us forever.
00:25:41.07\00:25:42.80
He can't take
rebels to heaven, Shelley.
00:25:42.84\00:25:44.44
That's right.
00:25:44.47\00:25:45.81
Rebellion happened
and that didn't work out.
00:25:45.84\00:25:47.48
So how can you
take people to heaven
00:25:47.51\00:25:49.11
that are willfully and knowingly
00:25:49.14\00:25:51.05
not in compliance with His law.
00:25:51.08\00:25:53.35
That can't happen.
00:25:53.42\00:25:54.75
So He's just hoping that
people will hear the message
00:25:54.78\00:25:57.65
and respond to it
and align themselves
00:25:57.69\00:26:00.39
through the power of
the Holy Spirit with His law
00:26:00.46\00:26:03.43
so that He can take us
to live with Him forever.
00:26:03.46\00:26:05.53
Give us bodies
that will never decay
00:26:05.56\00:26:07.00
and never be sick
and never have pain
00:26:07.03\00:26:08.36
and all that stuff.
00:26:08.40\00:26:09.73
I can't wait. So
the angels come along.
00:26:09.76\00:26:12.73
And as I said, it begins
with the idea of this angel
00:26:12.77\00:26:17.01
seen in heaven, who
has the everlasting gospel,
00:26:17.04\00:26:21.18
the good news of the
covenant of redemption
00:26:21.21\00:26:23.98
that God has put in place.
00:26:24.05\00:26:26.08
But the first angel cries out
like the mothers sing the child
00:26:26.11\00:26:30.59
going into the
street, in a loud voice...
00:26:30.62\00:26:32.22
In a loud voice.
00:26:32.25\00:26:33.59
"Fear God, and give Him glory
00:26:33.66\00:26:36.09
and worship Him who created."
00:26:36.12\00:26:39.46
Talk to us about that message.
00:26:39.49\00:26:40.83
The first angel's message,
they're all very powerful,
00:26:40.90\00:26:43.57
and we're not gonna have
time to get into them in depth.
00:26:43.60\00:26:46.97
Can I say just a
word, it says angel there.
00:26:47.04\00:26:48.87
And some people might think,
well, these are like the angels
00:26:48.90\00:26:53.48
who saying at
the birth of Jesus,
00:26:53.51\00:26:54.84
there were angels in the sky
00:26:54.88\00:26:56.34
that gave a message of good news
00:26:56.38\00:26:58.18
at the first coming of Jesus.
00:26:58.21\00:26:59.55
So maybe this is the same thing.
00:26:59.58\00:27:00.92
Maybe we're waiting for angels,
literally celestial beings
00:27:00.95\00:27:04.09
to appear in the sky
and give these messages.
00:27:04.12\00:27:06.86
That might be something
that we could understand.
00:27:06.89\00:27:09.12
But the word angel
in the original language
00:27:09.16\00:27:11.56
simply means messenger.
00:27:11.59\00:27:12.93
Amen.
00:27:12.96\00:27:14.30
Somebody who bears a message
00:27:14.33\00:27:15.66
and there is scriptural
authority to understand
00:27:15.70\00:27:18.40
that human beings
who carry God's message,
00:27:18.43\00:27:21.07
that same term
angel is applied to them.
00:27:21.10\00:27:22.77
Yes.
00:27:22.80\00:27:24.14
The translations
don't bear that out
00:27:24.21\00:27:25.97
because it would be confusing.
00:27:26.01\00:27:27.61
But in Matthew Chapter
11, Jesus spoke to the crowd
00:27:27.64\00:27:30.75
after the
disciples of John the Baptist
00:27:30.78\00:27:32.91
had come with their question,
00:27:32.95\00:27:34.32
"Are you the one
we should look for
00:27:34.35\00:27:35.68
or we should look
for somebody else?"
00:27:35.72\00:27:37.09
And after they left, Jesus said,
00:27:37.12\00:27:39.82
"What did you go on to see
when you saw John the Baptist?
00:27:39.85\00:27:41.79
Just shaking in
the wind or whatever?"
00:27:41.82\00:27:43.83
He said, this is the
one that the Prophet Malachi
00:27:43.86\00:27:46.53
was speaking about when He said,
00:27:46.56\00:27:47.90
"I'm sending my messenger
before your face to prepare
00:27:47.93\00:27:50.80
the people for the Lord."
00:27:50.87\00:27:52.20
The word messenger,
there's the word angel,
00:27:52.23\00:27:54.90
angelos.
00:27:54.94\00:27:56.27
And in the Old
Testament that he quoted,
00:27:56.30\00:27:57.67
it's the same idea,
Hebrew word, malakh.
00:27:57.71\00:28:00.88
But it means messenger.
00:28:00.91\00:28:02.24
And it's used many, many
times to refer to human beings
00:28:02.28\00:28:04.91
that are carrying a message.
00:28:04.95\00:28:06.45
So who are the messengers,
and I believe God wants us
00:28:06.48\00:28:09.75
to be the messengers, I
believe that Revelation 14:6
00:28:09.78\00:28:13.12
is telling our story,
00:28:13.15\00:28:14.49
it's giving our job description,
00:28:14.52\00:28:16.66
our commission
because that's what Jesus said
00:28:16.73\00:28:18.63
in Matthew 28:19 and 20.
00:28:18.66\00:28:20.40
"Go ye," you know?
00:28:20.43\00:28:21.83
And so this is...
00:28:21.86\00:28:23.57
Revelation 14, we can
see divided into 4 parts,
00:28:23.60\00:28:26.84
verses 1 to 5, the
ones who bear the message,
00:28:26.87\00:28:30.01
the 144,000, the first fruits,
00:28:30.04\00:28:31.94
the ones who
reflect Christ's character.
00:28:31.97\00:28:36.04
Verses 6 and onward,
what the messages are.
00:28:36.08\00:28:39.71
Verse 14, there we
have the coming of Jesus.
00:28:39.75\00:28:42.48
And we have two harvests,
the harvest of the grain,
00:28:42.52\00:28:45.79
which in this case represents
00:28:45.82\00:28:47.16
the ones who have
responded to the message
00:28:47.19\00:28:49.06
and they have become
mature in Christ and,
00:28:49.09\00:28:52.06
sad to say, the
harvest of the grapes.
00:28:52.09\00:28:55.50
Now sometimes
grapes in the Bible
00:28:55.53\00:28:56.90
and grape juice
is a good symbol,
00:28:56.97\00:28:58.60
not in this case,
00:28:58.63\00:28:59.97
this is the
harvest of wickedness
00:29:00.04\00:29:01.37
for those that have rejected
God's mercy and God's love.
00:29:01.40\00:29:04.61
And they reap the
reward of destruction,
00:29:04.64\00:29:07.88
sad to say.
00:29:07.91\00:29:09.24
So why do you
believe that God felt
00:29:09.28\00:29:12.95
the first angel's message,
00:29:12.98\00:29:14.95
the first message
that should come out
00:29:14.98\00:29:17.39
would be about worship?
00:29:17.42\00:29:19.45
Very good question, Shelley.
00:29:19.49\00:29:21.29
Worship is the heart
of the Book of Revelation,
00:29:21.32\00:29:24.13
particularly chapters 13 and 14.
00:29:24.16\00:29:26.83
If you read Revelation 13 and 14
00:29:26.90\00:29:29.10
and count the number of
times the word worship is used,
00:29:29.13\00:29:31.63
you'll find that it's used
8 times, 4 and 13, 4 and 14.
00:29:31.67\00:29:36.20
Worship is at
the very heart of it.
00:29:36.24\00:29:37.91
And we're gonna end
up either worshiping God
00:29:37.94\00:29:40.48
or worshiping the devil.
00:29:40.51\00:29:42.68
Those are the two choices.
00:29:42.71\00:29:44.28
So the message is to worship God
00:29:44.31\00:29:46.55
and worship Him as the Creator.
00:29:46.58\00:29:48.92
The words that we find
there in that text there,
00:29:48.95\00:29:50.92
"Worship Him who made
heaven and earth and the sea,"
00:29:50.99\00:29:54.16
are virtually a
verbatim quotation
00:29:54.19\00:29:56.46
from the fourth commandment.
00:29:56.49\00:29:57.83
Yes.
00:29:57.86\00:29:59.36
In the Bible like in
Revelation Chapter 4,
00:29:59.39\00:30:02.36
whatever it says...
00:30:02.40\00:30:06.20
"You are worthy, O Lord,
to receive glory and honor
00:30:06.23\00:30:08.34
and power for You
created all things,
00:30:08.37\00:30:12.71
and by Your will they
exist and were created."
00:30:12.74\00:30:14.91
God's
creatorship, the fact that...
00:30:14.94\00:30:16.98
What is the fourth commandment?
00:30:17.05\00:30:18.58
The fourth commandment
is the one that identifies
00:30:18.61\00:30:20.92
God is the Creator and
commands us to honor Him
00:30:20.95\00:30:23.89
by worshiping
on the seventh day,
00:30:23.92\00:30:25.42
which was established
back in the original creation
00:30:25.45\00:30:27.82
in Genesis 2.
00:30:27.86\00:30:29.36
And it's there to remind us,
00:30:29.39\00:30:33.60
it begins with the word remember
00:30:33.63\00:30:35.60
to remind us that
God is the Creator.
00:30:35.63\00:30:37.87
We didn't come from slime.
00:30:37.90\00:30:39.23
We came from the
hand of a loving creator.
00:30:39.27\00:30:40.64
Amen.
00:30:40.67\00:30:42.00
And the fourth
commandment reminds us of that
00:30:42.04\00:30:44.01
and commands us to honor
the seventh day of the week
00:30:44.04\00:30:46.98
in recognition
of His creatorship.
00:30:47.01\00:30:48.34
Amen.
00:30:48.38\00:30:49.71
And of course, Satan hates that.
00:30:49.74\00:30:51.15
Satan hates the
fourth commandment
00:30:51.18\00:30:52.68
because it
identifies God is the Creator.
00:30:52.71\00:30:55.72
It identifies the
fact that He took a world
00:30:55.75\00:30:58.59
that was without form
and void and in darkness
00:30:58.62\00:31:01.02
and made it good,
00:31:01.06\00:31:02.69
which is what He
wants to do in my life.
00:31:02.72\00:31:05.06
Genesis 1 is the story
of creation and recreation.
00:31:05.09\00:31:08.56
That's good.
00:31:08.60\00:31:09.93
Let there be light.
00:31:09.96\00:31:11.30
That's when the light of
truth comes in our heart,
00:31:11.33\00:31:12.67
we begin our walk with God.
00:31:12.70\00:31:15.17
The fourth
commandment reminds us
00:31:15.20\00:31:17.74
that God did the
work and man rested.
00:31:17.77\00:31:21.81
Adam didn't create.
00:31:21.84\00:31:23.18
He came on the scene
after everything was made.
00:31:23.21\00:31:25.28
And the Sabbath is a reminder
00:31:25.31\00:31:26.65
that as pertaining to salvation,
00:31:26.72\00:31:29.58
God did the work
and we rest in Him.
00:31:29.62\00:31:32.32
Now that doesn't
mean we don't work,
00:31:32.35\00:31:34.59
but our works are in
response and in appreciation.
00:31:34.62\00:31:37.86
They are do response
to Him as our Creator.
00:31:37.89\00:31:44.37
And empowered by grace
00:31:44.40\00:31:45.73
because His word
can yearn us to...
00:31:45.77\00:31:48.07
Well, Bible says
all of our righteousness
00:31:48.10\00:31:50.01
is as filthy rags.
00:31:50.04\00:31:51.91
We cannot earn salvation,
00:31:51.94\00:31:53.48
but Jesus
earned salvation for us
00:31:53.51\00:31:55.31
by dying on the cross.
00:31:55.34\00:31:56.85
But what is my response to that?
00:31:56.88\00:31:58.68
It should be in
loving obedience.
00:31:58.71\00:32:00.55
I can't say, "I love you,
Lord. Thank You for salvation.
00:32:00.62\00:32:03.25
Yes, I'll take
your grace and mercy.
00:32:03.28\00:32:04.72
I want the prize in heaven,
but I'm not gonna obey You."
00:32:04.75\00:32:07.92
That doesn't make sense.
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.29
And the three angels'
messages actually close
00:32:09.32\00:32:11.73
with a promise to that effect.
00:32:11.76\00:32:13.60
Here's the
patience of the saints.
00:32:13.63\00:32:15.30
Here are those who
keep the commandments of God
00:32:15.33\00:32:18.40
and the faith of Jesus.
00:32:18.43\00:32:20.64
So those who
accept these messages
00:32:20.67\00:32:22.34
will be obedient Christians,
not to earn salvation
00:32:22.37\00:32:25.67
but the fruit of salvation.
00:32:25.71\00:32:27.58
Expression of
our love and loyalty.
00:32:27.61\00:32:29.21
Expression. Yes.
00:32:29.24\00:32:30.58
So when you're
going through Revelation,
00:32:30.65\00:32:33.01
what you find is that...
00:32:33.05\00:32:35.12
And even through
the Bible, the devil...
00:32:35.15\00:32:37.52
If you wanna look
at Isaiah Chapter 14,
00:32:37.59\00:32:39.79
Ezekiel Chapter 28,
00:32:39.82\00:32:41.49
the devil, Satan
wants the worship of God.
00:32:41.52\00:32:45.29
It's all about...
00:32:45.33\00:32:46.70
From the very beginning.
00:32:46.73\00:32:48.06
And if you look
through the Book of Daniel,
00:32:48.10\00:32:49.43
it's about worship, isn't it?
00:32:49.46\00:32:51.60
And in Revelation
13, it's talking about,
00:32:51.63\00:32:55.90
"Hey, if you
don't worship the beast
00:32:55.94\00:32:58.87
and receive his mark on
your forehead or your hand,
00:32:58.91\00:33:04.95
you're gonna die.
00:33:04.98\00:33:06.31
They're gonna put you away."
00:33:06.35\00:33:07.78
And God comes
along and sends a message
00:33:07.82\00:33:09.95
that saying, "No, no,
no, if you worship the beast,
00:33:09.98\00:33:13.76
you're gonna die," isn't it?
00:33:13.79\00:33:15.32
Worship the Creator.
00:33:15.36\00:33:16.86
Yeah, those are the
two choices, Shelley?
00:33:16.93\00:33:18.99
Absolutely.
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.63
Kind of like two
choices of the...
00:33:20.70\00:33:23.80
Either eat of these
trees or not this one, right?
00:33:23.87\00:33:26.53
Yes.
00:33:26.57\00:33:27.90
And if I can
extrapolate on that,
00:33:27.94\00:33:29.27
just for a minute, it strikes me
00:33:29.30\00:33:30.64
that the
principles have not changed
00:33:30.71\00:33:32.71
from Eden to where we are.
00:33:32.74\00:33:34.08
We're 6,000 years away
from that approximately,
00:33:34.11\00:33:36.11
but the principles are the same.
00:33:36.14\00:33:38.08
Do we love and honor
God and obey Him or not?
00:33:38.11\00:33:42.15
Now in the Garden that
test was made possible by,
00:33:42.18\00:33:46.22
shall we say, two
trees, the tree of life
00:33:46.25\00:33:48.89
and the tree of
knowledge of good and evil?
00:33:48.92\00:33:50.73
The test had to
do with which tree?
00:33:50.76\00:33:52.66
Would you accept life
00:33:52.69\00:33:54.03
by trust and obey God
and love Him, worship Him
00:33:54.10\00:33:57.30
or will you
take the other thing?
00:33:57.37\00:33:59.00
Now Satan came along
and with his deceptions,
00:33:59.03\00:34:03.10
he deceived Eve, and he said...
00:34:03.14\00:34:05.77
His first attack was
against the Word of God,
00:34:05.81\00:34:07.78
"Yea, hath God
said? Did God really say?"
00:34:07.81\00:34:11.08
He knew that if he
could undermine confidence
00:34:11.11\00:34:13.15
in God's Word,
00:34:13.18\00:34:14.52
then God's command,
which is contained in His Word,
00:34:14.55\00:34:17.42
would be disannulled.
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.69
And by that
disobedience would happen,
00:34:20.76\00:34:22.96
which would, of course,
separate Adam and Eve from God.
00:34:22.99\00:34:27.23
So his attack was
against the Word of God
00:34:27.30\00:34:29.50
and against His command.
00:34:29.53\00:34:31.40
Now the
principle is very similar
00:34:31.43\00:34:33.77
to what we face today.
00:34:33.84\00:34:35.20
But we can't have the
test involving the two trees.
00:34:35.24\00:34:39.91
Back then, it worked
because mankind was confined,
00:34:39.94\00:34:42.71
it was only two people.
00:34:42.74\00:34:44.08
And it was all
confined in one limited space.
00:34:44.15\00:34:46.61
But mankind is spread out
00:34:46.65\00:34:48.48
covering the face
of the globe today.
00:34:48.52\00:34:50.29
And the two trees
aren't here anyway.
00:34:50.32\00:34:52.29
So God wants to have a test
00:34:52.32\00:34:55.12
so that every single
person on this planet,
00:34:55.16\00:34:56.83
that's why it's all
given with a loud voice,
00:34:56.86\00:34:58.29
which by the way, the
original is megaphone.
00:34:58.33\00:35:01.20
Greek, you didn't
know that you knew,
00:35:01.23\00:35:03.03
it's megaphone.
00:35:03.06\00:35:04.97
God wants the entire planet
to have that same opportunity
00:35:05.00\00:35:07.64
to choose Him and choose life.
00:35:07.67\00:35:09.84
But it can't be
about the two trees.
00:35:09.87\00:35:11.84
But there is something
that goes throughout the world
00:35:11.87\00:35:15.71
that touches
every single person.
00:35:15.74\00:35:17.55
And that is time.
00:35:17.58\00:35:19.18
Time touches
every single person.
00:35:19.21\00:35:20.82
So God has ingeniously crafted
an opportunity for people
00:35:20.85\00:35:24.99
to express their loyalty
00:35:25.02\00:35:26.35
through something
having to do with time.
00:35:26.39\00:35:27.89
And which of these commandments
has to do with time?
00:35:27.92\00:35:30.03
It's the fourth commandment.
It's the Sabbath commandment.
00:35:30.06\00:35:33.23
So everybody
will be given a choice
00:35:33.26\00:35:34.93
whether to exhibit
their loyalty to God
00:35:34.96\00:35:38.20
by obedience to all
of His commandments,
00:35:38.23\00:35:40.34
including the Sabbath or not.
00:35:40.37\00:35:42.64
Now going back to
the Garden of Eden,
00:35:42.67\00:35:44.24
we find that there
were two people there,
00:35:44.31\00:35:46.41
Adam and Eve.
00:35:46.44\00:35:47.78
And Eve was
deceived, the Bible says,
00:35:47.81\00:35:50.05
though she was in transgression,
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.41
she wasn't,
00:35:51.45\00:35:52.78
you know, she didn't go free
00:35:52.81\00:35:55.78
just because she really thought,
00:35:55.82\00:35:57.19
but she really thought
she was onto something good
00:35:57.22\00:35:59.45
by eating that fruit.
00:35:59.49\00:36:00.86
She felt exhilaration, a thrill.
00:36:00.89\00:36:03.43
So she really believed it.
00:36:03.46\00:36:04.79
So she illustrates
the ones who get the mark
00:36:04.83\00:36:07.76
in the forehead,
00:36:07.80\00:36:09.13
who really believe
00:36:09.16\00:36:10.50
that they're onto something good
00:36:10.57\00:36:11.90
by obeying the
command of the beast,
00:36:11.93\00:36:13.54
which is to elevate
the first day of the week,
00:36:13.57\00:36:15.27
the counterfeit Sabbath.
00:36:15.30\00:36:16.81
There will be people
that really think that
00:36:16.84\00:36:18.17
that's something wonderful.
00:36:18.21\00:36:19.54
And the whole
world is coming together
00:36:19.57\00:36:20.91
under this revival
00:36:20.98\00:36:22.31
that is a
spiritual revival, okay?
00:36:22.34\00:36:26.72
But Adam, on the other
hand, he knew immediately
00:36:26.75\00:36:30.99
that that was wrong.
00:36:31.02\00:36:32.35
But he felt that he was trapped.
00:36:32.39\00:36:36.59
He saw no way
around the situation,
00:36:36.62\00:36:39.56
either he was going to
disobey God and keep Eve
00:36:39.59\00:36:42.73
or he was gonna
obey God and lose Eve.
00:36:42.76\00:36:45.50
So he didn't
believe in the message
00:36:45.53\00:36:48.10
that had been given to
Eve, but he did it anyway.
00:36:48.14\00:36:51.77
So his head was
there, but his hand was...
00:36:51.81\00:36:54.98
he took the fruit.
00:36:55.01\00:36:56.34
So he's an illustration
of those who get the mark
00:36:56.38\00:36:58.08
of the beast in their hand.
00:36:58.11\00:36:59.45
They don't believe this,
but they go along with it
00:36:59.48\00:37:01.35
because the
penalties that are assessed
00:37:01.38\00:37:02.85
against those that
violate that command
00:37:02.88\00:37:04.82
to worship the
beast are so stiff that,
00:37:04.85\00:37:07.36
"Okay, well, I don't believe it,
00:37:07.39\00:37:09.09
but I'm gonna do it
anyway, just to keep my job
00:37:09.12\00:37:11.13
or keep my house
or keep my life."
00:37:11.16\00:37:13.53
But on the other hand,
00:37:13.60\00:37:14.96
there will be
those that would say,
00:37:15.00\00:37:16.43
"I would rather
die than disobey God."
00:37:16.46\00:37:19.10
And those are the ones that
that the Lord is looking for.
00:37:19.13\00:37:22.14
So the angel comes along
00:37:22.17\00:37:24.84
or the message
comes along and says,
00:37:24.87\00:37:27.58
"Fear God, give Him
glory, worship Him."
00:37:27.61\00:37:30.35
The second angel
though comes and says,
00:37:30.38\00:37:32.25
"Babylon is fallen, is fallen."
00:37:32.28\00:37:33.95
What does it mean?
00:37:34.02\00:37:35.35
Babylon is a term in the Bible
00:37:35.38\00:37:36.72
that describes
apostasy, departure.
00:37:36.75\00:37:39.32
Now we can look at
seven different episodes
00:37:39.35\00:37:42.46
or editions of Babylon.
00:37:42.49\00:37:44.63
The Babylon of
the Tower of Babel,
00:37:44.66\00:37:46.23
the Babylon of
Nebuchadnezzar, or Hammurabi,
00:37:46.26\00:37:49.30
the Babylon of Nebuchadnezzar.
00:37:49.33\00:37:51.30
Then we have four more
that are more of a symbolic
00:37:51.33\00:37:53.84
or mystical meaning
Peter, when he closes letter,
00:37:53.87\00:37:58.27
1 Peter 5:13, he says,
00:37:58.31\00:37:59.64
"The church at
Babylon says hello."
00:37:59.67\00:38:01.98
Paraphrasing.
00:38:02.01\00:38:03.35
Well, there was no
Babylon when Peter wrote that,
00:38:03.38\00:38:05.51
but there was Rome,
who in their practices
00:38:05.55\00:38:09.05
and their philosophies
and their religion mimicked
00:38:09.08\00:38:12.09
the things of ancient Babylon,
00:38:12.12\00:38:13.46
even the title that
was given to the Caesars.
00:38:13.49\00:38:16.93
The Pontifex Maximus
00:38:16.96\00:38:19.19
came from the ancient
priesthood of Babylon.
00:38:19.23\00:38:21.63
So Rome and then we have
Babylon of the Middle Ages,
00:38:21.66\00:38:26.07
when the church fell
away as Paul had described
00:38:26.10\00:38:28.40
in 2 Thessalonians,
there will be an apostasy
00:38:28.44\00:38:31.04
or falling away.
00:38:31.07\00:38:32.41
And then we can say
there's Babylon of today
00:38:32.44\00:38:35.01
where the beast
has come back to life
00:38:35.04\00:38:37.25
after the deadly
wound of Revelation 13.
00:38:37.28\00:38:39.78
But then there will
be a last day edition
00:38:39.81\00:38:41.68
that will bring together
many different elements,
00:38:41.72\00:38:44.49
the dragon, the
beast, and the false prophet
00:38:44.52\00:38:46.25
as Revelation talks about.
00:38:46.29\00:38:48.02
And that will be
the very last episode
00:38:48.06\00:38:50.23
of Babylon, but
it will not succeed.
00:38:50.26\00:38:52.59
When it says...
00:38:52.63\00:38:54.00
So Babylon is
an apostate system,
00:38:54.03\00:38:55.76
a false religion.
00:38:55.80\00:38:57.17
An apostate system. Yeah.
00:38:57.20\00:38:59.00
And if you study
those different entities
00:38:59.03\00:39:02.60
in history,
00:39:02.64\00:39:04.51
you coalite what
are the things in common
00:39:04.54\00:39:07.61
and you find that it's
righteousness by works,
00:39:07.64\00:39:10.55
you find it's defiance,
00:39:10.58\00:39:11.91
it's rejection of God's promise,
00:39:11.95\00:39:13.95
you find that it's
persecuting those that dissent.
00:39:14.02\00:39:16.55
And all of these
things come together
00:39:16.58\00:39:18.82
to give us
understanding what Babylon is.
00:39:18.85\00:39:21.12
The word Babylon, by the way,
00:39:21.16\00:39:22.86
it's associated
with word confusion.
00:39:22.89\00:39:25.36
But in the
original, it actually meant
00:39:25.39\00:39:27.40
gate of the
gods, gate of the gods.
00:39:27.43\00:39:30.27
So it was the attempt
to get into the beyond,
00:39:30.30\00:39:32.40
that's why they built
the tower into heaven.
00:39:32.43\00:39:34.17
They wanted to,
00:39:34.24\00:39:36.57
you know, get through the screen
00:39:36.60\00:39:38.21
the curtain to the next level.
00:39:38.24\00:39:40.08
And Satan has been about
that from the very beginning,
00:39:40.11\00:39:42.34
even in the false teaching
that people don't really die
00:39:42.38\00:39:45.78
in through different,
00:39:45.81\00:39:47.25
you know, means you
can reach out to them.
00:39:47.32\00:39:49.12
He's trying to
give that idea today
00:39:49.15\00:39:51.05
that you get
knowledge that God hasn't given.
00:39:51.09\00:39:53.79
You know, the Bible says,
00:39:53.86\00:39:55.19
"The secret things
belong unto the Lord,
00:39:55.22\00:39:56.59
but those things it
is revealed one to us
00:39:56.62\00:39:58.66
and our children forever,
00:39:58.69\00:40:00.10
that we may do all
the words of this law."
00:40:00.13\00:40:01.80
But Satan is
always there saying,
00:40:01.83\00:40:03.26
"As he did in
the Garden of Eden,
00:40:03.30\00:40:04.63
you can get higher
knowledge by disobedience."
00:40:04.67\00:40:08.27
And that's part
of what Babylon is.
00:40:08.30\00:40:10.44
So when it says
it's fallen, it's fallen,
00:40:10.51\00:40:12.37
I understand that to mean
that the early church fell,
00:40:12.41\00:40:14.68
during the Middle Ages,
00:40:14.71\00:40:16.04
there was an apostasy,
God's Word was supplanted,
00:40:16.08\00:40:18.51
His commandments were changed,
many false teachings came in.
00:40:18.55\00:40:22.35
But then
Protestantism came along
00:40:22.38\00:40:24.89
and revived many
of those teachings,
00:40:24.92\00:40:26.42
but it is
formalized, it has stagnated
00:40:26.45\00:40:29.19
and Protestantism
has refused to let go
00:40:29.22\00:40:32.53
of some key papal errors
that that have held it back.
00:40:32.56\00:40:37.17
But the phrase
in the middle part,
00:40:37.20\00:40:38.90
it says, "In that great city,
00:40:38.93\00:40:40.27
she's fallen
because she has made
00:40:40.34\00:40:41.97
all nations drink of the wine
00:40:42.00\00:40:43.94
of the wrath of
her fornication."
00:40:44.01\00:40:45.94
Those are important words too.
00:40:45.97\00:40:48.34
Made is a word
that describes coercion,
00:40:48.38\00:40:50.85
enforcement, legislation.
00:40:50.88\00:40:53.42
It is performed
in the same function
00:40:53.45\00:40:55.25
as what we read
back in Chapter 13,
00:40:55.28\00:40:57.02
where it says,
00:40:57.09\00:40:58.42
"He will cause as
many as that don't worship
00:40:58.45\00:41:01.16
the image of the
beast to be killed."
00:41:01.19\00:41:02.79
So there will be
an enforcement aspect
00:41:02.82\00:41:04.89
that we're not there yet.
00:41:04.93\00:41:06.43
So the message
of the three angels,
00:41:06.46\00:41:09.23
the message of the second angel
has relevance today absolutely,
00:41:09.26\00:41:12.87
but we have not yet come
00:41:12.90\00:41:14.24
to the complete
fulfillment of that,
00:41:14.27\00:41:15.74
we have not yet
come to the point
00:41:15.77\00:41:17.64
where Babylon has
made all nations worldwide
00:41:17.67\00:41:22.08
drink of the wine,
00:41:22.11\00:41:23.95
wine is her false teachings,
00:41:23.98\00:41:25.65
of the wrath of her fornication.
00:41:25.68\00:41:27.92
Fornication is a
term that describes
00:41:27.95\00:41:31.39
an illicit union.
00:41:31.42\00:41:34.19
And in this case, it's the union
00:41:34.26\00:41:35.62
between church and state
00:41:35.66\00:41:38.23
that was so prominent
during the Middle Ages
00:41:38.26\00:41:39.86
that brought about persecution.
00:41:39.89\00:41:41.23
And...
00:41:41.26\00:41:42.60
Let me insert one comment here.
00:41:42.63\00:41:43.97
Yes, please.
00:41:44.00\00:41:45.33
Because you can tell
00:41:45.37\00:41:46.74
that this man knows
a lot about the Bible,
00:41:46.77\00:41:48.10
but you know how
I was one of those
00:41:48.14\00:41:50.34
who I grew up in a
New Testament Church.
00:41:50.41\00:41:54.48
We weren't allowed
to read Revelation,
00:41:54.51\00:41:56.41
we were told as
a matter of fact,
00:41:56.44\00:41:58.51
I mean, it was like
you were going to go
00:41:58.55\00:42:02.65
to a bad place if
you read Revelation.
00:42:02.68\00:42:04.55
And I would peek at
it every now and then
00:42:04.59\00:42:06.39
in see it begins that,
00:42:06.42\00:42:07.76
"Blessed that he who
hears this or who reads this,"
00:42:07.79\00:42:11.53
and it confused me.
00:42:11.56\00:42:12.89
But I finally, I read Revelation
00:42:12.93\00:42:16.26
and I thought, "How
can I understand this?"
00:42:16.30\00:42:19.80
And I had books from
every kind of person that,
00:42:19.83\00:42:25.27
all kinds of prophecy teachers,
different denominations,
00:42:25.31\00:42:29.11
nobody agreed with anybody.
00:42:29.14\00:42:31.61
But what I learned
through watching 3ABN
00:42:31.65\00:42:36.89
was that the Bible
absolutely translates itself.
00:42:36.92\00:42:41.49
Amen.
00:42:41.52\00:42:42.86
Because all of these symbols
00:42:42.89\00:42:44.76
and this is a book
of signs and symbols,
00:42:44.79\00:42:48.43
they're all found in the Bible.
00:42:48.46\00:42:50.37
You can find the answer to
what each one of these mean,
00:42:50.40\00:42:54.50
but let's kind of
fast forward here.
00:42:54.54\00:42:57.71
The third angel's
message will get your attention.
00:42:57.74\00:43:00.88
It will.
00:43:00.91\00:43:02.24
But again, remember, the
mother who is warning her child
00:43:02.28\00:43:04.51
is going out of the
street uses language
00:43:04.55\00:43:06.21
that is very strong
and the volume is high.
00:43:06.25\00:43:09.85
God wants to warn us to save us.
00:43:09.88\00:43:12.72
And so yes, he
gives this warning,
00:43:12.75\00:43:14.86
Satan is the master of deception
00:43:14.89\00:43:17.03
and he has put a
cloud of darkness
00:43:17.06\00:43:18.63
over the world as
far as God's character
00:43:18.66\00:43:20.93
and his requirements.
00:43:20.96\00:43:22.30
And so the Lord has
to use startling language
00:43:22.33\00:43:24.10
to wake us up.
00:43:24.17\00:43:25.50
You know, the
Bible says Matthew 25
00:43:25.53\00:43:26.94
that the church is asleep.
00:43:26.97\00:43:28.57
The all 10 of those
young ladies are asleep,
00:43:28.60\00:43:31.37
and so God's got to wake us up.
00:43:31.41\00:43:33.38
In Acts Chapter
12, Peter was asleep
00:43:33.41\00:43:35.51
and an angel came and says,
the angel smote him, smote him.
00:43:35.54\00:43:41.92
The very same word that is
used when it describes how Peter
00:43:41.95\00:43:45.89
took a sword when
Jesus was being arrested
00:43:45.92\00:43:47.89
and smote the
servant of the priest
00:43:47.92\00:43:51.56
and cut his ear
off, it's the same word.
00:43:51.59\00:43:53.60
Well, did Peter complain later,
you know, how the story ends.
00:43:53.63\00:43:58.60
Peter was awakened
and, by miraculous means,
00:43:58.63\00:44:01.40
the gates were
opened, the shackles fell.
00:44:01.44\00:44:03.20
He walked free.
00:44:03.24\00:44:04.57
I don't read anywhere
that Peter complained.
00:44:04.61\00:44:06.44
"Why did you hit me?"
00:44:06.47\00:44:07.81
No, of course not,
00:44:07.84\00:44:09.18
but that says
the angel smote him.
00:44:09.21\00:44:11.08
Well, sometimes the Lord
has to do that to wake us up.
00:44:11.11\00:44:13.21
He smote Saul on
the way to Damascus,
00:44:13.25\00:44:15.68
but Saul has never complained...
00:44:15.72\00:44:18.25
Paul never
complained about that.
00:44:18.29\00:44:19.85
And so this
message is to wake us up.
00:44:19.89\00:44:21.69
It is startling,
00:44:21.72\00:44:23.06
but it's a message
given in love and warning.
00:44:23.09\00:44:25.73
You know, going
back to the word worship,
00:44:25.76\00:44:27.10
we were talking about,
00:44:27.13\00:44:28.46
the word worship has
an interesting background.
00:44:28.50\00:44:31.23
A lot of words in English
are actually contractions
00:44:31.27\00:44:33.94
of their original form
00:44:33.97\00:44:36.50
or they undergo
some sort of change.
00:44:36.54\00:44:38.44
The word worship
actually in its original form
00:44:38.47\00:44:40.61
was worth ship, worth ship,
00:44:40.68\00:44:45.38
meaning what is it
00:44:45.41\00:44:46.75
that we ascribe
the highest worth?
00:44:46.82\00:44:48.25
What is the
highest value in our life?
00:44:48.28\00:44:50.39
It should be God.
That's the first commandment.
00:44:50.42\00:44:52.12
"Put no other gods before Me."
00:44:52.15\00:44:53.86
So the message to worship God
00:44:53.89\00:44:56.42
should resonate within
us to say put God first.
00:44:56.46\00:44:58.93
Yes.
00:44:58.96\00:45:00.30
And if we put God first,
00:45:00.33\00:45:01.80
the rest will
come into alignment,
00:45:01.83\00:45:03.20
we will want to
love and obey Him.
00:45:03.23\00:45:04.70
You know, when I think about
the third angel's message with,
00:45:04.73\00:45:07.24
when he comes along and says,
00:45:07.27\00:45:08.97
"Hey, all right, we
know a system is being set up
00:45:09.00\00:45:12.74
that says if you
don't receive..."
00:45:12.77\00:45:14.91
It says the system,
the apostate system,
00:45:14.94\00:45:18.11
"If you don't receive
the mark on your forehead
00:45:18.15\00:45:20.12
or in your hand,
00:45:20.15\00:45:21.48
you won't be
able to buy or sell,
00:45:21.52\00:45:22.95
you know, you're in
danger of being killed."
00:45:22.98\00:45:26.39
But, the third angel
comes along and is saying,
00:45:26.42\00:45:29.62
"No, no, no, no,
00:45:29.66\00:45:30.99
if you receive
the mark of the beast,
00:45:31.03\00:45:33.70
if you receive in your
forehead or in your hand,
00:45:33.73\00:45:37.07
then you're going to have
to drink the wrath of God.
00:45:37.10\00:45:40.27
You think that you're
going to be killed here?
00:45:40.34\00:45:42.50
You'll drink the wrath of God
00:45:42.54\00:45:44.71
that is not mingled with mercy."
00:45:44.74\00:45:47.38
And I think of the wrath of God
00:45:47.41\00:45:51.25
is the love of justice.
00:45:51.28\00:45:58.05
It's God's love.
00:45:58.09\00:45:59.55
So let's talk
about that a few minutes.
00:45:59.59\00:46:01.66
Yeah.
00:46:01.69\00:46:03.02
The Bible describes
what God's wrath is.
00:46:03.06\00:46:04.53
If you read Romans Chapter 1,
00:46:04.56\00:46:05.89
it says, "God's
wrath is revealed,"
00:46:05.93\00:46:08.00
verse 16 I believe it is.
00:46:08.03\00:46:09.43
And then if you go
through the chapter of verses,
00:46:09.46\00:46:11.97
I think it's 22,
or 24, 26, and 28.
00:46:12.00\00:46:15.87
It describes what
that really involves,
00:46:15.90\00:46:17.31
and it means
that "God lets us go
00:46:17.34\00:46:19.61
and reap the consequences
of our own choices."
00:46:19.64\00:46:22.48
As we started out,
00:46:22.51\00:46:23.85
God has put
free will into place.
00:46:23.88\00:46:25.55
He knows what's best.
00:46:25.58\00:46:26.92
He knows that sin is...
00:46:26.95\00:46:28.28
there's nothing good in it.
00:46:28.32\00:46:29.65
And there are
other ways of death.
00:46:29.68\00:46:31.92
He knows that.
00:46:31.95\00:46:33.29
So he wants to warn us
but he will not force us.
00:46:33.36\00:46:36.29
So his wrath is when He...
00:46:36.32\00:46:38.66
after having
counseled and advised and moved
00:46:38.69\00:46:42.33
and encouraged, reaches the end
00:46:42.36\00:46:44.83
where we have made a
firm decision against Him,
00:46:44.87\00:46:47.64
then He pulls back.
00:46:47.67\00:46:49.10
But that's not good.
00:46:49.14\00:46:50.51
But the Bible
says that's His wrath,
00:46:50.54\00:46:51.87
His anger or His fury
and uses those as synonyms.
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It's not hair standing
on the back of the neck,
00:46:55.54\00:46:57.68
face turning red, and all that,
God's wrath is not human wrath,
00:46:57.71\00:47:01.42
but it is when He allows
us ultimately, reluctantly
00:47:01.45\00:47:05.59
to reap the
consequences of our own choice.
00:47:05.62\00:47:07.79
That's God's wrath.
00:47:07.82\00:47:09.16
Now the part that
you've alluded to there,
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it says it's
poured out full strength.
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That's an important concept
in that when sin came in,
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God knew that that the
wages of sin are death.
00:47:20.84\00:47:23.24
And Adam and Eve
deserve to die instantly,
00:47:23.27\00:47:26.37
except for the
mercy of Jesus stepping in
00:47:26.41\00:47:29.01
and saying, "I
will take that upon Me."
00:47:29.04\00:47:31.68
But nevertheless,
00:47:31.71\00:47:33.05
God had to allow
some of the effects of sin
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to be part of this human
story, the thorns and thistles,
00:47:35.58\00:47:38.72
the pain in
childbirth, Genesis 3,
00:47:38.75\00:47:41.72
so that we could at least
get the concept that sin is bad.
00:47:41.76\00:47:44.26
Amen.
00:47:44.33\00:47:45.66
But those results, those
effects have been limited
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because human life cannot exist
00:47:50.60\00:47:52.43
if the full effect
of sin is experienced.
00:47:52.47\00:47:55.47
Now on the cross Jesus
reaped, he drank the cup.
00:47:55.50\00:47:59.71
Thursday night, He gave
the cup of the covenant,
00:47:59.74\00:48:03.01
the sweet cup of grape
juice to the disciples,
00:48:03.04\00:48:05.31
but He drank a different cup.
00:48:05.35\00:48:07.32
Thursday night in the
garden and on the cross,
00:48:07.35\00:48:09.15
He drank the full
cup without mixture.
00:48:09.18\00:48:11.75
Up to this point,
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God has been
sheltering everyone,
00:48:13.15\00:48:15.92
sinners or non-sinners,
from the full effects of sin
00:48:15.96\00:48:19.19
because light can't exist.
00:48:19.23\00:48:21.23
And He wants
this to be an exhibit
00:48:21.26\00:48:23.77
between
righteousness and wickedness.
00:48:23.80\00:48:25.97
So He has had to
limit the effects of sin.
00:48:26.00\00:48:29.57
But at the end, like
it says in Revelation 7,
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the angels are going
to release the winds.
00:48:31.77\00:48:34.48
And we when we reach
that point of human history,
00:48:34.51\00:48:37.15
the Lord will
allow the universe,
00:48:37.18\00:48:39.31
human beings as
well as the universe,
00:48:39.35\00:48:40.92
to see what sin really
is and what it really does.
00:48:40.95\00:48:43.99
He has to because he
has known it all along,
00:48:44.02\00:48:46.99
but He wants people to see
00:48:47.06\00:48:48.62
that there's
nothing good in sin.
00:48:48.66\00:48:50.73
So drinking the cup,
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full strength is a
very, very significant thing.
00:48:52.26\00:48:55.53
Up to this point,
that hasn't happened.
00:48:55.56\00:48:57.47
But when God
removes the restrictions
00:48:57.50\00:48:59.83
and allows
Satan to do everything
00:48:59.87\00:49:01.20
he wants to do and
removes the restrictions
00:49:01.24\00:49:04.04
He's put on the
base passions of mankind,
00:49:04.11\00:49:06.88
this world is
going to be a scene
00:49:06.91\00:49:08.24
that is
indescribable in wickedness.
00:49:08.28\00:49:10.98
We want to be
sheltered by cup in Christ
00:49:11.01\00:49:13.82
when that comes, believe me.
00:49:13.85\00:49:15.18
Romans 6:23 says that,
"The wages of sin is death,
00:49:15.22\00:49:18.92
but the gift of God
00:49:18.95\00:49:21.42
is eternal life
in Christ Jesus."
00:49:21.46\00:49:23.93
You realize what that's saying?
00:49:23.96\00:49:25.56
Paul is saying
you've got to earn
00:49:25.59\00:49:27.30
your way to hell.
00:49:27.33\00:49:28.66
That's right.
00:49:28.70\00:49:30.03
I mean, the wages...
00:49:30.07\00:49:31.40
You've got to earn your
way to that second death,
00:49:31.43\00:49:34.67
but the gift of God
00:49:34.70\00:49:36.91
is eternal life in Christ Jesus.
00:49:36.94\00:49:39.41
I love that.
00:49:39.44\00:49:40.78
I do too. Thanks
for bringing that up.
00:49:40.81\00:49:42.74
So I see us as the
angels that are going,
00:49:42.78\00:49:47.32
preaching the gospel,
00:49:47.35\00:49:48.68
every nation,
tribe, tongue, people,
00:49:48.72\00:49:50.09
saying with the megaphone,
00:49:50.12\00:49:52.89
we are as if we
were in the place.
00:49:52.92\00:49:55.39
If we could
think of it this way,
00:49:55.42\00:49:56.86
we are as if we
were the place of angels
00:49:56.93\00:49:58.86
that God sent to Adam and Eve,
00:49:58.89\00:50:01.60
giving the message.
00:50:01.63\00:50:03.40
Don't do that.
00:50:03.47\00:50:05.20
Love and obey God.
00:50:05.23\00:50:06.74
That's the best way.
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.10
Don't disobey
and eat that fruit.
00:50:08.14\00:50:09.47
It may look good.
00:50:09.50\00:50:10.84
There may be a momentary thrill.
00:50:10.87\00:50:12.81
But the end of it,
00:50:12.84\00:50:14.18
they're obviously
the ways of death.
00:50:14.21\00:50:15.61
We are the angels that,
00:50:15.64\00:50:17.35
you know, could have
been speaking to Adam and Eve
00:50:17.38\00:50:18.78
but the sons and
daughters of Adam and Eve
00:50:18.81\00:50:20.82
in the world today.
00:50:20.85\00:50:22.25
God wants them to
hear that message.
00:50:22.28\00:50:24.02
Okay, so your book is
called Three Angels, One Message
00:50:24.09\00:50:29.06
by John T. Anderson.
00:50:29.09\00:50:31.03
How do we get this book?
00:50:31.06\00:50:32.46
It can be acquired
through our website,
00:50:32.49\00:50:34.76
which is
ComingKingPublications.com.
00:50:34.80\00:50:37.40
I think we're
going to put that up.
00:50:37.47\00:50:38.80
Okay.
00:50:38.83\00:50:40.17
Also, you can send
me an email directly,
00:50:40.20\00:50:42.64
which is very simple
mentonepastor@gmail.com.
00:50:42.67\00:50:47.38
Mentone is the
church I serve at,
00:50:47.41\00:50:49.04
mentonepastor@gmail.com
00:50:49.08\00:50:50.75
will come into my mailbox.
00:50:50.78\00:50:53.62
They are also
available at the VCs.
00:50:53.65\00:50:57.32
But anyway, I
just hope that the Lord
00:50:57.39\00:51:00.76
puts the message out
quickly and effectively.
00:51:00.79\00:51:03.66
Such an important message,
this is a life-saving message.
00:51:03.73\00:51:07.53
So we're going to put
Pastor Anderson's information
00:51:07.60\00:51:11.07
on the screen right now
00:51:11.10\00:51:12.47
so you will know
how to get this book.
00:51:12.50\00:51:17.71
If you would like to invite
00:51:17.74\00:51:19.07
Pastor John
Anderson to your church
00:51:19.11\00:51:20.68
for a presentation on
the book of Revelation
00:51:20.71\00:51:23.28
or if you would
like to find out more
00:51:23.35\00:51:24.88
about his book
Three Angels, One Message,
00:51:24.91\00:51:27.55
visit his website,
ComingKingPublications.com,
00:51:27.62\00:51:31.02
where you'll also find a list
of other books he's written,
00:51:31.05\00:51:33.86
that's
ComingKingPublications.com.
00:51:33.89\00:51:36.83
You may also email him
at mentonepastor@gmail.com,
00:51:36.86\00:51:41.16
that's mentonepastor@gmail.com
00:51:41.20\00:51:44.97
or write to him at
Coming King Publications,
00:51:45.00\00:51:47.64
Post Office Box 2642,
San Marcos, California 92079.
00:51:47.67\00:51:53.48