Well hello again, everybody.
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It's nice to see you here
today for session number seven.
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I can hardly believe it.
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Session number
seven in our series,
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The Great Cosmic Controversy.
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And the subtitle is,
How God Clears His Name
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From All False Charges.
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Before we begin our study,
which is part 2 of the judgment
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in the Most Holy Place, we want
to ask for the Lord's blessing.
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And so I ask you to bow
your heads with me as we
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implore God's presence.
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Father in heaven, we have a very
solemn and important subject
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to study this evening,
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and we need the
help of the Holy Spirit.
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So we ask that you'll be
present through the Spirit
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and through the angels, that
You will give us understanding.
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There are many
complex things that we're
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going to take a look at.
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I ask, Lord, that You
will make everything clear
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to each person
gathered here this evening.
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That You'll make it
clear also to those who are
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watching the live streaming, and
those who will watch on YouTube,
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and on DVD, and on television.
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I ask, Lord, that You will
make this absolutely clear,
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for Your honor and Your glory.
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And we thank You
for hearing our prayer.
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For we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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Well, last evening
we were studying about
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the biblical
concept of the judgment.
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And we answered a
series of questions in our
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introductory subject yesterday.
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Number one, we
answered the question,
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when does the
judgment take place?
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And of course, the
answer is that it takes place
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before the
second coming of Christ.
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More specifically, it
begins on October 22, 1844.
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Then we asked where
the judgment takes place.
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And of course, the answer is
that the judgment takes place in
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the Most Holy Place of
the heavenly Sanctuary.
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We also asked the question,
who is judged in this stage
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of the judgment?
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And we noticed that those
who are judged are only those
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who claim the name of
Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
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The cases of the wicked are
looked at later on in history.
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We also answered the question,
why does God perform a work of
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judgment if God
already knows everything?
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And the reason is
because God needs to prove that
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He's been right in every case
before the heavenly universe.
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Because they are not omniscient.
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Then we noticed just very
briefly the evidence that is
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examined in the judgment.
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And of course, the
evidence is our life.
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The Bible calls it, our works.
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And finally we
answered the question,
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can forgiveness be revoked?
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Once forgiveness has been given,
can forgiveness be revoked?
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And we noticed that
the Bible clearly teaches
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that if a person was
not sincere in repenting,
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and in confessing their
sin, and had crocodile tears,
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so to speak, then
that individual, when their
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name comes up in the judgment,
the forgiveness that was granted
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without God questioning at
that point in the daily service
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will be reversed
or will be revoked.
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Now this evening we're
going to study a little bit more
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about the
process of the judgment.
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How does the process of
the judgment take place?
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I'd like to begin by mentioning
that the judgment began
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with those who first
lived upon the earth.
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In other words, the judgment
takes place chronologically.
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It takes place with
those who first lived,
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it continues with
successive generations,
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and finally ends up with
the judgment of the living.
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I'd like to read a statement
that we find in the book,
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The Great Controversy, page 483,
where Ellen White makes it very
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clear who was first
judged and how the judgment
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proceeds chronologically.
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This is how it reads.
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Not the wicked. The righteous.
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She concludes the
statement by saying...
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So there's several
interesting details here
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that are very important.
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The judgment is of
those who believed on Jesus.
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And the judgment begins
with those who first lived.
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Which means that the
first person to be judged
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would have been Adam.
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And then God
takes up chronologically
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each successive generation.
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And finally before the
close of probation, He ends with
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the judgment of the living.
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Now let's go in our
Bibles to John 5:28-29.
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If I was to ask you,
where are the dead today,
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I'm sure that as good
Seventh-day Adventists,
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good Bible students,
you would say that the dead
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are in their
graves until Jesus comes.
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Not only the righteous, but also
the wicked are in their graves.
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But we're concerned
especially about the righteous.
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Now John 5:28-29 clearly
tells us where the dead are.
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I read, these are
the words of Jesus...
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So where are the dead?
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In their graves.
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And then it says...
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And of course, we
know that takes place
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after the thousand years.
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Jesus is not
concerned here about the
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chronology of the two stages.
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He's simply saying
that there are going to be
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two resurrections.
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So where are the dead
today, according to the
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testimony of Jesus?
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They are in their what?
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In their graves.
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What does the Christian world
generally teach about the dead?
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If they were
good, they went where?
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To heaven.
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If they were bad,
they go where? To hell.
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And at least one church
says that if you are half bad,
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or maybe half good,
you go to purgatory.
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And if you had not reached
the age of accountability,
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you go to limbo.
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All kinds of different spheres
invented by human beings.
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But the Bible is clear that
the dead are in their graves
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until the moment
of the resurrection.
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But now we have a problem.
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We mentioned that the
first individual to be judged
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in 1844 would have been whom?
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Adam.
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Now the question is,
where was Adam in 1844
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when the judgment began?
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He was in his grave.
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So here is the big question.
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How could he be the first to
appear before the judgment seat
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of Christ if he was
dead and he was buried?
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Are you
understanding my problem?
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Now it's not really a problem
when we look at what the Bible
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has to say about this.
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I want to read from,
Great Controversy, page 482,
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where Ellen White explains
how Adam appeared before
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Christ's judgment seat in 1844.
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This is how it reads...
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So notice again...
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In other words, the
judgment takes place first
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to show that they are what?
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That they are worthy.
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And after that, they
are given their reward.
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She finishes the
statement by saying...
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So how did Adam
appear before the judgment
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seat of Christ in 1844?
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It was through his records.
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It was through the
record of his life.
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He did not
appear there personally.
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He appeared there
through his biographical record
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that God kept in heaven.
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Now when we read the
Bible, we find that the Bible
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speaks of books,
plural, and book, singular,
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in relationship to the judgment.
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Now when the Bible
speaks about the book, singular,
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it's referring to a
book that contains the names
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of all of those who claim
to have received Jesus Christ
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as Savior and Lord.
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So the book,
singular, has names.
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The books, plural, contain
the life record or the biography
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of the individual.
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Now I want us to notice,
for example, that our good deeds
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are kept in a book,
according to the Bible.
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We find this in a
very important text.
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It read in the following
way, this is Psalm 56:8...
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"In the book..."
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Actually, this
is from Ellen White.
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And then we'll notice
a text from Scripture.
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It is from Psalm 56:8, but I'm
commenting now from Ellen White.
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That's, Great
Controversy, page 481.
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So the question is, are
the good deeds of those who
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receive Jesus
Christ written in a book?
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Yes.
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But also, in other books the
evil deeds are written as well.
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Now let's notice
several text in Scripture
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that refer to the books, plural.
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2 Corinthians 5:10
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Does God keep a
record of our actions
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whether they are good or bad?
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He most certainly does.
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What about our words?
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Does God keep a record of
our words in heaven as well?
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Certainly.
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Notice Matthew 12:36-37.
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Jesus is
speaking, and He says...
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Does God keep a record
of our words, good and evil?
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According to Matthew
12, the testimony of Jesus,
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absolutely.
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God also keeps a record
of the secrets of our hearts.
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Notice Ecclesiastes 12, and
we'll read verses 13 and 14.
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Ecclesiastes 12:13-14
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It reads there...
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So if God is going to
bring works into judgment,
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does God keep a
record of our works?
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Of course.
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So does God keep a
record also of the secret things
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that human beings don't see?
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Absolutely.
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Notice 1 Corinthians 4:5.
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Once again it tells us
that the secrets will come back
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to face us in the judgment.
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1 Corinthians 4:5
speaks about God unsealing
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the secrets of hearts.
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By the way, it has nothing
to do with Secrets Unsealed.
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He's going to unseal
the secrets of the hearts.
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This is how it reads...
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So does God keep a
record of us inside and out?
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Words, actions,
secret things, good deeds.
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That's what is
contained in the books, plural.
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Books.
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Now notice Daniel 7:9-10.
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Now the context of this
is that the little horn...
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And the little horn, of
course, represents the papacy.
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Does the papacy
profess to serve Christ?
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Does the papacy profess
to be a Christian system?
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It most certainly does.
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So would those who
belong to this system
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appear in the judgment
before the second coming?
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Absolutely.
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So in Daniel
7:9-10, it's speaking about
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the judgment sitting
to take care of the cases
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of all of those
individuals who were mistreated
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and who were persecuted
by this little horn system.
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And God, in the judgment,
is going to set things right.
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Now notice Daniel 7:9-10.
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"...books..." Plural.
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So all of the cases of
those individuals who persecuted
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God's people during
the 1260 years are going to
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come forth in the judgment.
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Now that doesn't mean that only
that is going to be looked at
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in the judgment before
the second coming of Christ.
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Simply, Daniel 7 is emphasizing
that it's those who were
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persecuted by the little horn,
because that is the subject
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that is being discussed.
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It's kind of like people say,
just to digress a little bit,
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people say, "Well you know,
the Sabbath was for the Jews
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because God
gave it to the Jews."
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But no where in the Bible
does it say that God gave it
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exclusively to the Jews.
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It does say that God
gave it to the Jewish nation
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because they were God's
people at the time when the
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Ten Commandments were given.
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But it doesn't mean
that it applied only to them.
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And so this judgment of
the little horn doesn't mean
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that only those who
lived during the 1260 years
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are being looked at.
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Leviticus 16 tells us
that all of those who profess
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the name of Jesus before
the second coming of Christ
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come into this judgment.
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Now notice Revelation 20:12-13.
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I want you to see that
there's a difference between
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the books which
contain the biographical record
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of the individual and book,
singular, which contains names.
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It says here...
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And by the way, this is
speaking about the judgment
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after the millennium.
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However, in principle,
that judgment is going to
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function in the
same way as the judgment
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before the
second coming of Christ.
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It says there...
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Do you see that there
are "books" and "book"?
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It says, "Another
book was opened..."
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So what is it that is
found written in the books?
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People's what? Works.
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It says they were
judged by their works,
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by the things which
are written in the books.
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So the books
contain the life record.
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And the book, singular, contains
the names of individuals
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in chronological
order according to when
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they receive Jesus Christ, or
claimed to receive Jesus Christ
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as Savior and Lord.
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In other words, in
the heavenly books,
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God has a complete record of the
life of every single individual.
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Every act, every word,
every motive, every thought,
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every emotion, even
every opportunity to do good
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which perhaps we did
not take advantage of.
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There is a complete
biographical record in heaven,
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inside and out, without
missing a single detail.
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In other words, there is
another Stephen Bohr in heaven
00:17:29.88\00:17:33.25
in written form.
00:17:33.35\00:17:35.05
That doesn't mean
that he's up there living.
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Doesn't mean that
there's a guy living here
00:17:36.75\00:17:38.69
and another one of
me up there living also.
00:17:38.72\00:17:41.56
It simply means that God keeps
in heaven a biographical record
00:17:41.79\00:17:45.49
of myself without
missing anything inside or out.
00:17:45.53\00:17:49.66
Now Ellen White used
the example of photography
00:17:50.00\00:17:54.27
when she talked
about God keeping records.
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You see, God speaks to
the prophet in the language
00:17:57.27\00:17:59.87
that the prophet is accustomed
to in his day and age.
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You know, if John had
talked about God keeping records
00:18:02.94\00:18:05.51
by photography, they
would have said, "What's that?"
00:18:05.55\00:18:07.98
So they used the word,
"books," because that's the way
00:18:08.38\00:18:11.49
records were kept.
00:18:11.52\00:18:12.85
But I believe that if God
today wanted to explain to us
00:18:12.89\00:18:16.69
how He keeps records
and how He retrieves them,
00:18:16.73\00:18:19.89
He would probably speak about
video cameras, and hard drives,
00:18:19.93\00:18:24.10
and computers, because that's
what we are accustomed to.
00:18:24.13\00:18:27.17
It's our way of
storing information.
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Which, by the way, is much more
efficient than written records.
00:18:29.24\00:18:32.24
But Ellen White used
the example of photography,
00:18:32.27\00:18:34.48
because photography was coming
in when Ellen White lived.
00:18:34.51\00:18:37.65
I want to read you a
couple of statements.
00:18:37.68\00:18:39.51
The first is found
in the devotional book,
00:18:39.61\00:18:41.72
In Heavenly Places, page 360.
00:18:41.75\00:18:44.09
The second
statement is in the book,
00:19:06.68\00:19:08.24
Testimonies on Sexual Behavior,
Adultery, and Divorce, page 62,
00:19:08.28\00:19:12.71
where she states...
00:19:12.91\00:19:14.25
We don't use that word any more.
00:19:18.25\00:19:19.62
It means photograph, basically.
00:19:19.65\00:19:21.59
And so God keeps an
exact transcript and record
00:19:36.10\00:19:40.14
of our lives, inside and
out, good deeds, bad deeds,
00:19:40.34\00:19:45.35
words, actions, motivations,
feelings, you name it,
00:19:45.38\00:19:48.88
everything is
written in the books.
00:19:48.98\00:19:52.72
So do you understand what
is contained in the books?
00:19:52.99\00:19:55.62
I hope so.
00:19:56.59\00:19:57.93
Now let's talk about
what is contained in the book.
00:19:58.36\00:20:00.73
I mentioned that what
is in the book is names.
00:20:00.76\00:20:03.63
Let's read several verses.
00:20:03.87\00:20:05.53
Philippians
4:3. Philippians 4:3.
00:20:05.57\00:20:10.31
Here, Paul is talking about
several of his fellow laborers
00:20:10.57\00:20:14.14
in the gospel.
00:20:14.18\00:20:15.51
And he states the following...
00:20:15.58\00:20:17.85
So what does the
book of life contain?
00:20:32.66\00:20:34.73
Not the actions.
It contains what?
00:20:35.33\00:20:37.63
The names.
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Notice Revelation 3:5.
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Revelation 3:5
00:20:41.40\00:20:43.37
So once again, what
does the book contain?
00:20:57.52\00:20:59.75
The book contains names.
00:20:59.92\00:21:02.52
Notice Revelation 13:8.
00:21:02.56\00:21:05.36
Revelation 13:8.
00:21:05.39\00:21:07.56
It's speaking about
those who worship the beast.
00:21:07.83\00:21:10.27
It says...
00:21:10.30\00:21:11.63
Once again, what is
written in the book?
00:21:22.51\00:21:24.71
Names are contained in the book.
00:21:24.91\00:21:27.22
You remember when Moses
was on the mount that Israel
00:21:27.65\00:21:31.39
worshiped the golden calf?
00:21:31.42\00:21:33.12
And God said, "I'm going
to wipe out these people.
00:21:33.56\00:21:35.79
I going to
chose another nation."
00:21:35.82\00:21:37.33
You remember that Moses
interceded before the Lord.
00:21:37.56\00:21:40.60
And notice what
Moses had to say.
00:21:40.70\00:21:43.00
This is Exodus 32:31-33.
00:21:43.03\00:21:47.50
Moses is speaking to the Lord.
00:21:58.08\00:21:59.45
In other words,
"Strike my name from Your book
00:22:09.19\00:22:11.63
if You cannot
save these people."
00:22:11.66\00:22:13.96
One more text
on the book itself.
00:22:14.30\00:22:17.97
Daniel 12:1
00:22:18.00\00:22:20.17
Daniel 12:1 is speaking about
the deliverance of God's people
00:22:20.94\00:22:26.11
from the powers of the
earth at the end of time.
00:22:26.14\00:22:28.51
It says there in Daniel 12:1...
00:22:28.98\00:22:31.28
They need to be
delivered because according to
00:22:47.60\00:22:49.26
the previous verses the king
of the north and his cohorts
00:22:49.30\00:22:52.33
wanted to
obliterate them from the earth.
00:22:52.37\00:22:54.37
So it says, "...your
people shall be delivered..."
00:22:54.40\00:22:57.71
So what does the book contain?
00:23:03.11\00:23:04.78
Names.
00:23:05.11\00:23:06.45
In the chronological
order in which they received
00:23:06.48\00:23:09.35
Jesus Christ or claimed to
receive Jesus Christ as Savior.
00:23:09.38\00:23:12.62
What is it that is
contained in the books?
00:23:13.12\00:23:15.92
It is the biographical record.
00:23:16.22\00:23:18.49
An exact transcript of
the life of the people.
00:23:18.53\00:23:22.20
Now we need to
take a look at something
00:23:22.70\00:23:25.17
which is very, very important.
00:23:25.20\00:23:26.94
You know, Seventh-day
Adventist evangelists,
00:23:27.30\00:23:29.37
when they preach
about the state of the dead,
00:23:29.87\00:23:32.57
basically they say the
spirit that returns to God
00:23:33.07\00:23:36.11
is simply the breath.
00:23:36.14\00:23:37.78
Now I believe that the spirit
has to do with the breath,
00:23:38.18\00:23:41.08
but there's more to the
spirit than just the breath.
00:23:41.28\00:23:44.85
And you're saying,
"What are you talking about?"
00:23:45.12\00:23:47.36
You see, the spirit is
the breath, but when God
00:23:47.89\00:23:52.96
returns the breath,
if a person should die,
00:23:52.99\00:23:55.93
He's not only going to
return the capacity to breathe,
00:23:56.16\00:24:00.34
He is going to return to
that person who they were
00:24:00.54\00:24:03.81
while they were alive.
00:24:03.84\00:24:05.17
In other words, along
with the breath of life
00:24:05.47\00:24:08.01
God is going to give them
their biographical record.
00:24:08.04\00:24:10.31
Are you following me?
00:24:10.35\00:24:11.68
And that is the spirit.
00:24:11.71\00:24:13.05
The spirit is the
breath, along with the identity
00:24:13.08\00:24:18.22
that the person
formed during their life.
00:24:18.25\00:24:20.32
I want to prove that
from Scripture and from
00:24:20.62\00:24:22.76
the spirit of prophecy.
00:24:22.79\00:24:24.13
You remember the
daughter of Jairus.
00:24:24.76\00:24:27.56
She died and
people were mourning her.
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.63
And I want you to notice the end
of the story in Luke 8:52-56.
00:24:30.73\00:24:36.87
So was the little girl dead?
00:24:48.58\00:24:49.98
Clearly.
00:24:50.89\00:24:52.22
People knew she was dead.
00:24:52.25\00:24:53.59
In other words,
"Little girl, resurrect."
00:25:00.60\00:25:02.73
Now sometimes, you know,
my glasses don't allow me to
00:25:03.53\00:25:07.17
read things exactly
the way they're written.
00:25:07.20\00:25:09.70
So if I read something wrong,
you please correct me, okay?
00:25:09.74\00:25:12.07
So it says in verse 55,
"Then the spirit returned..."
00:25:12.24\00:25:17.28
Is that what it says,
"Then the spirit returned?"
00:25:18.81\00:25:21.08
No. A
possessive pronoun is used.
00:25:21.58\00:25:25.52
"...her spirit returned..."
00:25:25.92\00:25:28.26
See, when she
died she was hungry.
00:25:34.30\00:25:36.00
And so when she was
resurrected she picked up
00:25:37.40\00:25:40.00
where she left off.
00:25:40.04\00:25:41.37
Why?
00:25:41.40\00:25:42.74
Because along with her
breath, what was she given?
00:25:42.77\00:25:45.54
Her personal identity that
she had while she was alive.
00:25:46.17\00:25:49.08
Are you following me or not?
00:25:49.11\00:25:50.45
Very important point.
00:25:50.48\00:25:51.81
Let me ask you, would it
be kind of tragic if the Lord,
00:25:52.78\00:25:56.08
when He resurrected me,
He only would give me the
00:25:56.18\00:25:58.22
capacity to breathe and
wouldn't make me who I was
00:25:58.25\00:26:01.89
while I was alive?
00:26:01.92\00:26:03.26
That would be kind
of funny, wouldn't it?
00:26:03.43\00:26:05.33
Imagine me receiving the
breath of life and being Barney.
00:26:05.89\00:26:10.40
You say, "Now
come on, wait a minute.
00:26:11.37\00:26:13.40
There's something
incongruous here."
00:26:13.44\00:26:16.10
Now notice another example.
00:26:16.14\00:26:18.27
This is the stoning
of Stephen, Acts 7:57-60.
00:26:18.74\00:26:23.28
It says, speaking about
those who wanted to stone
00:26:23.71\00:26:26.38
and kill Stephen, it says...
00:26:26.41\00:26:27.75
"And they stoned Stephen as he
was calling on God and saying,
00:26:40.03\00:26:43.93
'Lord Jesus,
receive the spirit.'"
00:26:43.97\00:26:47.60
No. He said,
"Receive my spirit."
00:26:48.24\00:26:51.77
What is Stephen saying?
00:26:51.81\00:26:53.14
He's saying,
"Preserve my self-identity.
00:26:53.17\00:26:56.64
Keep the record, Lord."
00:26:56.68\00:26:58.65
Verse 60...
00:26:59.55\00:27:00.88
Once again, the
possessive pronoun.
00:27:09.19\00:27:11.33
"My spirit."
00:27:11.59\00:27:13.09
Notice the third
example, Luke 23:46.
00:27:13.13\00:27:16.90
This is referring to the
death of Jesus on the cross.
00:27:17.10\00:27:19.97
It says there...
00:27:20.37\00:27:21.70
"...into Your hands
I commit the spirit."
00:27:26.91\00:27:29.91
It does not say, "the spirit."
00:27:30.38\00:27:32.11
It's a possessive pronoun.
00:27:32.15\00:27:33.78
What was Jesus
saying to His Father,
00:27:40.16\00:27:42.29
"into Your hands
I commit My spirit"?
00:27:42.32\00:27:43.89
He was saying,
"Father, preserve My identity.
00:27:43.93\00:27:46.09
Because You promised that
You were going to..." What?
00:27:46.13\00:27:48.03
"...that You were
going to resurrect Me."
00:27:48.23\00:27:50.07
When Jesus
resurrected, was it still Jesus?
00:27:50.60\00:27:52.87
Could He remember His disciples?
00:27:53.44\00:27:55.10
Did He remember
where He had been?
00:27:55.40\00:27:57.31
Did He remember that
Peter had betrayed Him?
00:27:57.64\00:27:59.87
Did He remember that
Judas had betrayed Him as well?
00:27:59.97\00:28:04.51
Yeah. He knew all
of those things. Why?
00:28:04.91\00:28:06.65
Because along with His
breath, what was given to Him?
00:28:06.78\00:28:09.88
His personal self-identity which
was preserved or kept in heaven.
00:28:10.35\00:28:14.92
Now allow me to read you
an extraordinary statement
00:28:15.42\00:28:17.86
written by Ellen White.
00:28:17.89\00:28:19.23
The little lady knew this.
00:28:19.39\00:28:21.13
She had only two and a
half years of primary education,
00:28:21.60\00:28:24.30
and yet she knew
this very clearly.
00:28:24.80\00:28:26.67
This is found in
the book, Maranatha,
00:28:26.70\00:28:28.67
a devotional book, page 301.
00:28:28.77\00:28:31.01
What is preserved
in the resurrection?
00:28:36.04\00:28:37.78
Our personal identity.
00:28:37.98\00:28:39.78
Then she says...
00:28:40.02\00:28:41.35
God doesn't have to
return to us the identical
00:28:46.29\00:28:49.02
particles of dust
that composed our body.
00:28:49.06\00:28:51.33
She continues saying...
00:28:51.73\00:28:53.06
What is it that God
preserves? Our character.
00:29:07.21\00:29:09.44
Who we are, she's saying.
00:29:09.48\00:29:11.71
And she calls it, the spirit.
00:29:11.75\00:29:13.85
She continues
saying in this statement...
00:29:14.28\00:29:17.75
A perfect body, by the way.
00:30:00.73\00:30:02.73
In fact, on the same page
301 of the book, Maranatha,
00:30:03.47\00:30:06.80
Ellen White explains, "Paul
illustrates this subject..."
00:30:07.10\00:30:10.67
Of the new body that
God is going to give us.
00:30:11.54\00:30:14.51
Now we can understand a
little bit better Job 19:25-27.
00:30:48.24\00:30:53.48
I use to wonder about this.
00:30:53.52\00:30:54.85
It sounded kind of
selfish on the part of Job,
00:30:54.88\00:30:57.72
what he was saying.
00:30:57.75\00:30:59.09
But now I understand why he used
all these personal pronouns.
00:30:59.12\00:31:01.96
He says in Job 19:25-27...
00:31:02.52\00:31:05.16
So nobody else is
going to see Jesus
00:31:24.58\00:31:26.21
when He comes, according to Job.
00:31:26.25\00:31:27.58
He says, "My eyes are going
to see Him, and no one else."
00:31:27.62\00:31:30.42
You know what
he's really saying?
00:31:30.52\00:31:31.85
He's really saying,
"It's going to be me
00:31:31.89\00:31:34.16
that is going to see Him.
00:31:34.19\00:31:35.52
It's not going
to be somebody else.
00:31:35.56\00:31:37.23
Because God is going
to return to me..." What?
00:31:37.36\00:31:39.86
"...the identity that I
had while I was..." What?
00:31:40.20\00:31:43.70
"...while I was alive."
00:31:43.80\00:31:45.13
Are you understanding this?
00:31:45.17\00:31:46.53
So how do people appear before
the judgment seat of Christ?
00:31:46.94\00:31:49.87
Do they appear there
personally beginning in 1844?
00:31:49.90\00:31:52.64
No.
00:31:52.67\00:31:54.01
They appear there
through their what?
00:31:54.04\00:31:55.78
Through their records.
00:31:55.98\00:31:57.31
Does this have anything to
do with the state of the dead?
00:31:57.35\00:31:59.81
It's a total contradiction
of the concept that the
00:32:01.08\00:32:05.22
Christian world has
of the state of the dead.
00:32:05.25\00:32:07.06
Because if you believe that
people go to heaven or to hell,
00:32:07.56\00:32:10.29
then you can never
believe that the judgment began
00:32:10.83\00:32:13.09
at a certain point.
00:32:13.13\00:32:14.46
Because when people die is
when they receive their reward.
00:32:14.50\00:32:17.13
Are you following me or not?
00:32:17.17\00:32:18.50
So if you believe that
the judgment begins at a
00:32:18.67\00:32:20.94
certain point, and God begins
to judge beginning with Adam
00:32:20.97\00:32:25.17
through the course of history,
and people are in their graves,
00:32:25.21\00:32:28.08
then it must be that
people are being judged
00:32:28.18\00:32:30.51
by the record of
their lives and not because
00:32:30.55\00:32:33.42
they are there personally.
00:32:33.45\00:32:34.88
And then when Jesus
comes, He will give the reward
00:32:34.92\00:32:37.55
personally depending on
what was revealed in the books.
00:32:37.72\00:32:41.52
Are you following me or not?
00:32:41.56\00:32:42.89
It's actually very simple.
00:32:42.92\00:32:44.29
Now there's another
point that I want us to notice
00:32:44.89\00:32:46.83
about the judgment.
00:32:46.86\00:32:48.20
Sometimes we emphasize
so much what the high priest
00:32:48.56\00:32:53.57
did in the Most Holy
Place on the Day of Atonement
00:32:53.60\00:32:56.60
that we forget that there
was a response that was expected
00:32:57.24\00:33:01.64
by the people
outside the Sanctuary.
00:33:01.68\00:33:04.15
We virtually ignore what
the people had to be doing
00:33:05.08\00:33:09.08
on the Day of Atonement
because we're so intent on
00:33:09.12\00:33:11.95
saying that Jesus is in heaven,
He's cleansing the heavenly
00:33:11.99\00:33:15.62
Sanctuary from the
sins of the people.
00:33:15.66\00:33:19.03
Ellen White, in the book,
Great Controversy, page 425,
00:33:19.43\00:33:23.47
had this to say...
00:33:23.57\00:33:24.90
There is to be a
parallel work here.
00:33:45.25\00:33:47.39
While Jesus is
cleansing the heavenly Sanctuary
00:33:47.66\00:33:50.73
from the sins of the people,
the people on earth should be
00:33:50.76\00:33:54.30
cleansing their lives from sin.
00:33:54.33\00:33:56.83
The soul temple
from sin, if you please.
00:33:56.87\00:34:00.04
Let's read in Leviticus 23:27-32
what the people were suppose
00:34:00.37\00:34:06.81
to do on the Day of Atonement.
00:34:06.84\00:34:08.41
We're not talking now about
the work of the high priest
00:34:08.71\00:34:10.91
in the Most Holy Place.
00:34:10.95\00:34:12.28
He would examine
the records, in figure.
00:34:12.31\00:34:14.68
And then he would
cleanse the Sanctuary from the
00:34:14.72\00:34:16.79
sins of the people.
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.15
Now we're going to take
a look at what the people
00:34:18.19\00:34:19.92
were expected to do.
00:34:19.95\00:34:21.29
Once again, Leviticus 23
and beginning with verse 27.
00:34:21.76\00:34:25.33
Everybody was expected to
gather around the Sanctuary
00:34:32.43\00:34:35.27
and to focus their minds on
what the high priest was doing.
00:34:35.54\00:34:38.31
That's why the high
priest had bells around the
00:34:38.51\00:34:40.84
the bottom of his garment.
00:34:40.88\00:34:42.21
So that people could follow him.
00:34:42.24\00:34:43.58
So that people knew what he
was doing at any given moment.
00:34:43.61\00:34:47.05
It continues saying, "...you
shall afflict your souls..."
00:34:47.28\00:34:51.25
Beat your chest because
of your sins, in other words.
00:34:51.52\00:34:54.22
Because of they were working,
they could not concentrate
00:35:02.86\00:35:04.93
on what was
happening in the Sanctuary.
00:35:04.97\00:35:06.84
It was a day in which
they were to be focused
00:35:06.87\00:35:09.10
on what the high
priest was doing.
00:35:09.14\00:35:10.57
He was going to
cleanse the Sanctuary from sin.
00:35:10.61\00:35:13.04
And so the time was coming
when they could not continue
00:35:13.14\00:35:16.04
putting sin into the Sanctuary.
00:35:16.08\00:35:17.85
It continues saying here in the
book of Leviticus, verse 28...
00:35:18.58\00:35:21.88
So what were they suppose to do?
00:36:00.26\00:36:01.99
They were suppose to, first
of all, afflict their souls.
00:36:02.39\00:36:07.50
They were to fast.
00:36:08.20\00:36:09.66
They were to congregate
and focus on what was happening
00:36:10.23\00:36:13.87
in the Sanctuary.
00:36:13.90\00:36:15.34
They were to be searching their
lives to see if their lives
00:36:15.37\00:36:19.21
had sin that had not
entered into the Sanctuary,
00:36:19.24\00:36:22.58
and therefore could not be
cleansed from the Sanctuary.
00:36:22.61\00:36:26.35
It's interesting to notice
that this festival was announced
00:36:27.25\00:36:32.15
by the sound of trumpets.
00:36:32.19\00:36:33.52
I'm going to give
several characteristics now,
00:36:33.56\00:36:35.19
because we're going to go
to another passage in a moment.
00:36:35.22\00:36:37.79
The Day of
Atonement was announced by
00:36:38.09\00:36:41.46
the blowing of trumpets so
that everybody would prepare
00:36:41.50\00:36:44.63
for the Day of Atonement.
00:36:44.67\00:36:46.00
As I mentioned, while
the high priest was purifying
00:36:46.20\00:36:49.14
the Sanctuary or cleansing
the Sanctuary from the sins
00:36:49.17\00:36:52.57
of the people, the people were
suppose to be gathered outside
00:36:52.61\00:36:56.61
afflicting their souls
and doing all in their power
00:36:56.64\00:37:02.18
that God had given
them to overcome sin.
00:37:02.22\00:37:05.39
Also, they were suppose to fast.
00:37:05.65\00:37:08.22
You say, "Well, do
we fast since 1844?"
00:37:08.69\00:37:11.73
Well, we'd all be dead if
we were fasting since 1844.
00:37:11.93\00:37:14.93
We need to
understand what fasting is.
00:37:15.13\00:37:17.37
The Bible defines
fasting in two ways.
00:37:17.87\00:37:20.27
Medical Ministry, page
283, Ellen White explains...
00:37:20.94\00:37:24.64
That's the true fast.
00:37:37.65\00:37:39.05
So in other words,
health reform is the true fast.
00:37:39.22\00:37:42.66
Another definition that
the Bible gives of fasting
00:37:43.22\00:37:45.59
is that we take our
clothing and we take our food
00:37:45.63\00:37:49.10
to feed those who are in need.
00:37:49.13\00:37:51.00
Notice Isaiah 58:6-7.
00:37:51.17\00:37:53.70
God speaking to Israel.
00:37:54.10\00:37:55.74
In other words, fasting
is practical Christianity.
00:38:20.40\00:38:24.30
It's practicing
healthful living, according to
00:38:24.33\00:38:27.47
Scripture and the
spirit of prophecy.
00:38:27.50\00:38:29.74
So it doesn't mean
that we have to abstain from
00:38:29.94\00:38:33.17
foods since 1844 when we
understand what fasting is.
00:38:33.21\00:38:38.18
Now we also noticed
that Israel was suppose to
00:38:38.61\00:38:41.02
abstain from work.
00:38:41.05\00:38:42.38
Does that mean that we don't
have to work from 1844 forward?
00:38:42.42\00:38:45.55
Some people would like that,
but that's not what it means.
00:38:45.59\00:38:48.19
The reason why they
were not suppose to work
00:38:48.22\00:38:50.16
is because nothing was to
interfere with there having
00:38:50.33\00:38:53.90
their minds focused on what
was happening in the Sanctuary.
00:38:53.93\00:38:57.17
And therefore,
anything today that distracts us
00:38:57.20\00:39:00.07
from what is taking
place in the Most Holy Place
00:39:00.10\00:39:02.54
of the heavenly Sanctuary we
should discard and do away with.
00:39:02.57\00:39:06.21
Because our mind
should be in there with Jesus,
00:39:06.54\00:39:09.48
knowing that He's
cleansing the Sanctuary
00:39:09.51\00:39:12.11
from the record of sin.
00:39:12.15\00:39:13.48
And therefore,
through His grace and power
00:39:13.52\00:39:15.78
we should be
doing a parallel work
00:39:15.88\00:39:18.05
through the power of the
Holy Spirit to overcome sin
00:39:18.15\00:39:21.02
in our lives.
00:39:21.06\00:39:22.39
Incidentally, you noticed that
people who did not sympathize
00:39:22.42\00:39:26.43
on the Day of Atonement
with what was happening
00:39:26.63\00:39:29.06
in the Sanctuary, the Bible
says that they would be cut off
00:39:29.10\00:39:33.10
and destroyed
from among the people.
00:39:33.30\00:39:35.80
How serious is it then
that God's people be doing this
00:39:36.71\00:39:41.41
during the Day of Atonement?
00:39:41.61\00:39:43.38
You know, you have
Adventist churches today
00:39:43.61\00:39:45.61
that think that the
worship service should be
00:39:45.71\00:39:47.98
jumping up and down,
and rolling in the aisles,
00:39:48.02\00:39:50.22
and laughing, and
shouting, and having drums, and
00:39:50.25\00:39:53.25
dancing in church,
and everything, you know,
00:39:53.29\00:39:55.69
because we should be filled
with joy and with happiness.
00:39:55.72\00:39:58.19
I'm not saying that
we shouldn't be joyful.
00:39:58.23\00:40:00.36
What I'm saying is
that the Day of Atonement
00:40:00.90\00:40:02.76
is a day of affliction.
00:40:02.80\00:40:04.13
It's a day of fasting.
00:40:04.30\00:40:05.67
It's a day of soul searching.
00:40:05.83\00:40:07.94
It's a day to focus on the
cleansing of the Sanctuary.
00:40:08.04\00:40:11.17
Following Jesus by faith
and overcoming sin in the life.
00:40:11.21\00:40:15.34
Does God expect victory
over sin from His people
00:40:16.51\00:40:19.91
in the end time generation?
00:40:19.95\00:40:21.45
Notice Revelation 6.
00:40:22.02\00:40:24.59
I'm not going to
read verses 14-17,
00:40:24.82\00:40:27.06
I'm only going to read verse 17.
00:40:27.09\00:40:29.06
But verse 14 through verse 16
is describing the second coming
00:40:29.19\00:40:33.70
of Jesus Christ.
00:40:33.73\00:40:35.06
And I want you to
notice that after describing
00:40:35.33\00:40:37.47
the second coming, a
solemn question is asked.
00:40:37.50\00:40:40.60
That's found in verse 17.
00:40:41.10\00:40:42.74
So the question
is, when Jesus comes,
00:40:51.11\00:40:53.21
who shall be able to stand?
00:40:53.25\00:40:55.62
Where would you expect to find
the answer to that question?
00:40:56.45\00:40:59.22
How about in the
very next chapter?
00:40:59.25\00:41:00.72
Do you think that would
be a good place to look?
00:41:00.76\00:41:02.29
You look in the very next verse,
it speaks about the sealing
00:41:03.02\00:41:06.53
of the 144,000.
00:41:06.90\00:41:08.73
The 144,000 are those who
will be alive when Jesus comes.
00:41:09.10\00:41:13.47
They are the
ones who are going to
00:41:13.74\00:41:15.20
go through the time of trouble.
00:41:15.24\00:41:16.57
They are the ones who
will live on the earth
00:41:17.04\00:41:19.04
without an Intercessor.
00:41:19.07\00:41:20.44
They will be the ones who will
be subjects of a death decree.
00:41:20.81\00:41:24.81
They will be individuals
who will suffer the anguish
00:41:25.81\00:41:29.58
of the time of Jacob's trouble.
00:41:29.62\00:41:31.25
And the question
is, when Jesus comes,
00:41:32.45\00:41:34.62
who shall be able to stand?
00:41:34.72\00:41:36.56
The answer is, the
living saints, the 144,000,
00:41:36.76\00:41:41.03
will be able to stand.
00:41:41.13\00:41:43.06
Now, Revelation 7 does not
give us the characteristics
00:41:43.50\00:41:47.70
of the 144,000.
00:41:47.74\00:41:49.10
It says that they are sealed
before the winds of strife
00:41:49.14\00:41:52.54
are released and
the tribulation comes.
00:41:52.57\00:41:54.44
But Revelation 14 gives
us their character qualities.
00:41:54.71\00:41:58.25
I'll mention only four of them.
00:41:58.48\00:42:00.32
You can read the whole
passage; Revelation 14:1-5.
00:42:00.35\00:42:03.15
They follow the
Lamb wherever He goes.
00:42:03.45\00:42:07.26
They were not
defiled with women.
00:42:08.12\00:42:10.43
That doesn't mean that
they didn't get married,
00:42:10.53\00:42:12.13
because marriage
doesn't defile you.
00:42:12.16\00:42:13.76
Unless you commit adultery.
00:42:14.06\00:42:15.40
Then that defiles.
00:42:16.26\00:42:17.67
In other words, they did
not have illicit relations
00:42:17.90\00:42:20.07
with the apostate churches.
00:42:20.10\00:42:21.74
Because women represent what?
00:42:21.94\00:42:23.54
Harlots represent
apostate churches.
00:42:23.94\00:42:26.91
We are also told that there
is not deceit in their mouths.
00:42:27.78\00:42:31.01
So if there is no
deceit in their mouths,
00:42:31.05\00:42:32.58
is there any
deceit in their hearts?
00:42:32.61\00:42:34.38
No, because from the
abundance of the heart
00:42:34.58\00:42:36.65
the mouth speaks,
according to the Bible.
00:42:36.99\00:42:39.19
And we are told there
that they are without fault
00:42:39.59\00:42:43.86
before the throne of God.
00:42:43.96\00:42:46.56
They will be
totally victorious over sin.
00:42:47.40\00:42:50.43
Because they will have followed
Jesus into the Most Holy Place
00:42:50.57\00:42:53.77
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:42:53.80\00:42:55.20
They will have
gained totally the victory.
00:42:55.47\00:42:57.31
And therefore, in the
great day of God's wrath
00:42:57.34\00:43:00.64
they will be able to stand.
00:43:00.84\00:43:04.25
By the way, do you know
that this is not the only time
00:43:04.68\00:43:06.95
that this question is asked:
"The great day of His wrath
00:43:06.98\00:43:10.05
is come, who
shall be able to stand?"
00:43:10.09\00:43:12.45
If you read Joel
2:1-10, you find a description
00:43:12.82\00:43:18.36
of the second
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:43:18.39\00:43:20.00
I wish we had time to read
those ten verses, but we don't.
00:43:20.03\00:43:23.13
But you can
read them at leisure.
00:43:23.16\00:43:24.83
The first ten verses
of Joel 2 describe the
00:43:24.87\00:43:27.44
second coming of Christ.
00:43:27.47\00:43:28.80
And then you come to verse
11, which is the culmination
00:43:28.87\00:43:32.81
of this passage
regarding the second coming.
00:43:32.84\00:43:35.88
And it says there in verse 11...
00:43:36.04\00:43:37.65
Remember in Revelation
19 it says that the armies
00:43:42.65\00:43:44.85
of heaven follow Jesus
when He comes on white horses?
00:43:44.89\00:43:47.29
Well that is what
this is referring to.
00:43:47.32\00:43:49.26
And then notice the question.
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.43
Is that a similar
question to Revelation 6:17?
00:44:07.18\00:44:10.18
Yes, very similar.
00:44:10.55\00:44:11.88
Where would you
expect to find the answer
00:44:11.91\00:44:13.92
to that question in verse 11?
00:44:13.95\00:44:15.48
How about verses 12 and 17?
00:44:15.58\00:44:17.42
Now we don't have
time to read those verses.
00:44:18.19\00:44:20.29
But I'll give you a summary
of what those verses contain.
00:44:20.69\00:44:23.59
They contain everything relating
to the Day of Atonement.
00:44:24.16\00:44:27.30
For example, they
contain the sound of trumpets
00:44:27.76\00:44:33.10
which sounded before
the Day of Atonement.
00:44:33.54\00:44:35.67
It says there that
it was a convocation.
00:44:36.20\00:44:38.97
People needed to
gather around the Sanctuary,
00:44:39.01\00:44:41.54
there it says in Joel.
00:44:41.58\00:44:42.91
It speaks about God's people
returning to God with all their
00:44:43.45\00:44:48.35
hearts, with fasting
and weeping and mourning.
00:44:48.38\00:44:52.12
Does that sound like
the Day of Atonement?
00:44:52.15\00:44:53.76
Absolutely.
00:44:53.99\00:44:55.32
It says that they
should rend their hearts
00:44:55.42\00:44:58.13
and not their garments.
00:44:58.29\00:44:59.73
We're told there
that an assembly, a fast,
00:45:00.26\00:45:03.20
should be called.
00:45:03.23\00:45:04.57
The assembly
should be sanctified.
00:45:04.63\00:45:07.40
It also tells us that
the ministers should weep
00:45:07.97\00:45:11.17
between the porch
and the altar, saying,
00:45:11.21\00:45:13.27
"Lord, spare Your people."
00:45:13.38\00:45:15.41
It's parallel to Ezekiel 9
where it speaks about those who
00:45:15.58\00:45:20.05
sign and cry
because of the abominations
00:45:20.08\00:45:22.95
that are being
done in the earth.
00:45:22.98\00:45:24.45
That's what ministers
should be doing today;
00:45:24.49\00:45:26.59
sighing and crying
because of the abominations
00:45:26.76\00:45:29.56
that are being
committed among God's people.
00:45:29.66\00:45:31.99
So the question is,
once again, in Joel 2:11,
00:45:32.03\00:45:34.76
"For the day of the Lord
is great and very terrible.
00:45:34.96\00:45:37.57
Who can endure it?"
00:45:37.60\00:45:38.93
The following verses tell
us it is those who experience
00:45:38.97\00:45:43.00
the Day of Atonement.
00:45:43.04\00:45:44.44
Those who go through
the steps that are spoken of
00:45:44.74\00:45:47.78
in Leviticus 23.
00:45:47.81\00:45:50.08
By the way, these are
not the only two passages
00:45:50.51\00:45:52.95
where you find this question.
00:45:53.05\00:45:55.58
Let's notice a few
other passages that have
00:45:55.62\00:45:58.35
the same question.
00:45:58.39\00:45:59.72
Psalm 15
00:45:59.75\00:46:01.39
Notice how Psalm 15 begins.
00:46:02.02\00:46:04.09
That's the Sanctuary, right?
00:46:08.16\00:46:09.90
And then a second question.
00:46:12.90\00:46:14.24
What is God's holy hill?
00:46:16.81\00:46:18.17
Zion.
00:46:18.91\00:46:20.24
Where do the 144,000 stand,
00:46:20.28\00:46:21.64
according to the
book of Revelation?
00:46:21.68\00:46:23.01
Zion.
00:46:23.04\00:46:24.38
Where do they serve God?
00:46:24.41\00:46:25.75
In His temple
day and night, right?
00:46:25.78\00:46:27.12
So is there any
connection here? Absolutely.
00:46:27.15\00:46:28.92
Now notice the answer.
00:46:29.18\00:46:30.72
The answer has to
do with your lifestyle.
00:46:30.75\00:46:32.65
You say, "Well, Pastor
Bohr, you're saying then that
00:46:32.79\00:46:34.49
we're saved by our lifestyle."
00:46:34.52\00:46:35.86
No, no. What I'm saying
is, you're saved because
00:46:35.89\00:46:38.19
your mind is with
Jesus in the Most Holy Place
00:46:38.23\00:46:40.76
of the heavenly Sanctuary.
00:46:40.80\00:46:42.13
And because of that
you're seeing His perfection
00:46:42.70\00:46:44.67
and His holiness,
how much sin costs.
00:46:44.70\00:46:47.14
And by His grace you're
overcoming sin in your life
00:46:47.24\00:46:50.04
because your
mind is focused there.
00:46:50.07\00:46:52.14
Are you following me or not?
00:46:52.17\00:46:53.51
Now notice what the answer is.
00:46:54.14\00:46:56.48
It has to do with our conduct.
00:46:56.51\00:46:58.65
It says there in verse 2...
00:46:58.95\00:47:00.32
Who shall be able to stand?
00:47:33.55\00:47:35.28
This kind of person
shall never be moved.
00:47:35.65\00:47:37.92
Are you seeing
the connection or not?
00:47:37.95\00:47:39.95
Does this have anything
to do with our lifestyle?
00:47:40.36\00:47:43.39
It most certainly does.
00:47:43.66\00:47:44.99
The lifestyle does not
save us, but our lifestyle shows
00:47:45.03\00:47:48.60
our connection to Jesus.
00:47:48.63\00:47:50.53
Notice another place
where the question is asked.
00:47:51.17\00:47:53.34
Isaiah 33:14-16
00:47:53.37\00:47:56.07
All of these are describing
the second coming of Jesus.
00:47:56.10\00:47:58.57
And the question is,
who will be able to stand?
00:47:58.77\00:48:00.54
Who will be able
to live with the Lord?
00:48:00.58\00:48:03.61
Isaiah 33:14-16
00:48:03.65\00:48:06.48
Do you know what most
Christian churches would answer?
00:48:22.86\00:48:25.60
"Oh, it's the
wicked that are going to be
00:48:25.63\00:48:27.00
in the everlasting burnings."
00:48:27.04\00:48:28.54
That's not what
the Bible teaches.
00:48:29.00\00:48:30.44
See, the wicked could never
live with the devouring fire
00:48:30.91\00:48:34.18
and the everlasting burnings
00:48:34.21\00:48:35.54
because the fire
would burn them up.
00:48:35.58\00:48:37.55
But here it says
the righteous will live
00:48:38.38\00:48:40.52
in the presence of the fire.
00:48:40.55\00:48:41.88
And now I want
you to notice why?
00:48:41.98\00:48:43.89
Verse 15 has the answer.
00:48:43.92\00:48:46.12
That's Mount Zion, by the way.
00:49:05.77\00:49:07.11
Are you catching the picture?
00:49:15.15\00:49:16.48
Ah, I want to
share one more place
00:49:16.69\00:49:18.55
where the question is asked.
00:49:18.59\00:49:20.09
Psalm 24:3-6
00:49:20.12\00:49:22.89
This is the psalm of
the ascension of Christ,
00:49:23.09\00:49:25.36
but it also is the song
that is going to be sung
00:49:25.39\00:49:27.70
when Jesus comes to
take His people home.
00:49:27.73\00:49:30.03
Notice Psalm 24:3.
00:49:30.27\00:49:32.67
That's Mount Zion, right?
00:49:35.94\00:49:37.27
Notice the answer.
00:49:40.94\00:49:42.28
Are you catching the picture?
00:50:01.30\00:50:02.66
Will the end time generation
be totally victorious over sin
00:50:03.06\00:50:06.74
in action and in thought?
00:50:06.77\00:50:08.44
Yes. And you say,
"It's impossible."
00:50:08.47\00:50:10.84
Then you're saying that your
sin is more powerful than God.
00:50:10.87\00:50:14.44
No.
00:50:14.74\00:50:16.08
See, people say, "Well you
know, we have a sinful nature.
00:50:16.11\00:50:18.61
We have a sinful nature
that sins, so it's not possible
00:50:19.05\00:50:21.58
to stop sinning
before Jesus comes."
00:50:21.62\00:50:23.39
You're not really saying that
man has a weak sinful nature.
00:50:23.42\00:50:27.36
What you're saying is
that God is not powerful enough
00:50:27.39\00:50:30.03
to give you the victory
over your sinful nature.
00:50:30.06\00:50:32.53
You're limiting the power
of God, is what you're doing.
00:50:32.89\00:50:36.26
Great Controversy, page 623.
00:50:36.60\00:50:39.03
Ellen White makes
this remarkable statement.
00:50:39.27\00:50:41.10
And you know, those who
don't believe that the victory
00:50:41.14\00:50:43.94
over sin can be
gained before Jesus comes,
00:50:43.97\00:50:45.91
they cringe when
they read this statement.
00:50:45.94\00:50:48.38
Great Controversy, 623.
00:50:48.41\00:50:50.21
Not even by a thought.
00:51:08.13\00:51:09.46
Now listen carefully.
00:51:27.62\00:51:28.95
And now comes the
amazing conclusion.
00:51:43.43\00:51:45.33
Not even by a sinful what?
00:51:53.78\00:51:56.08
By a sinful thought, according
to the spirit of prophecy.
00:51:56.28\00:52:00.18
You say, "That's impossible."
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No, it's not impossible
if we meet the conditions.
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If we behold the
perfection of Christ
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and stop looking at all that
garbage that we see everywhere,
00:52:07.76\00:52:12.69
and stop listening to all
the garbage that we listen to.
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If we focus on Jesus, His
perfection, and what sin cost,
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the pain that it causes, then
we can gain victory over sin.
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Now allow me to mention
one more thing as we close.
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And that is, that the
distinctive beliefs of the
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Seventh-day Adventist Church are
centered in the Most Holy Place.
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The very doctrines that
the Christian world despises
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are found in
the Most Holy Place.
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And do you know why?
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Because they have not entered
the Most Holy Place with Jesus.
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Let's review these.
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Let me ask you,
where is the law of God
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to be found in the Sanctuary?
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It is found in the Most
Holy Place of the Sanctuary.
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Let me ask you, what is at
the very center of the law?
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The seal.
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The Sabbath is at
the center of the law.
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By the way, did God give
the Sabbath to Israel as a test?
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Yes.
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Do you know that in the
ark in heaven there is a pot
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that contains manna?
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Perhaps God is trying to tell us
that the Sabbath in the end time
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will not only be one
of God's commandments,
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but the Sabbath is
going to be a what?
00:53:30.44\00:53:32.94
A test to see if God's
people will walk in His what?
00:53:33.24\00:53:37.18
In His law, as it
says in Exodus 16.
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Ellen White says
that the Sabbath will be a
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test at the end of time.
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There you have the manna
in the ark of the covenant
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in the Most Holy Place,
which is a symbol of the
00:53:45.15\00:53:48.39
Sabbath as a test.
00:53:48.42\00:53:51.46
Is a healthful diet
revealed in the Sanctuary?
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The pot of manna also teaches
healthful living, doesn't it?
00:53:58.17\00:54:01.00
You remember in Numbers
11 the experience of Israel?
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They were tired of eating manna.
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This vegan food.
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They said, "Blah."
00:54:08.48\00:54:09.81
You know, "We remember all the
rich delicious food in Egypt.
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You know, all the fleshpots
and all this rich food.
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And we just wish we could
have that food instead of having
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this simple diet
that God has given us."
00:54:18.82\00:54:20.96
And what happened?
00:54:21.09\00:54:22.42
They got sick and they died.
00:54:22.46\00:54:24.69
Is God trying to teach health
reform in the Most Holy Place
00:54:24.93\00:54:28.66
of the Sanctuary?
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He most certainly is.
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Let me ask you,
does the Most Holy Place
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have anything to
say about the judgment?
00:54:32.97\00:54:35.94
Of course.
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It's done in
the Most Holy Place.
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Does it have anything to
say about the state of the dead?
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We've noticed that, folks.
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Listen carefully.
00:54:43.31\00:54:44.65
If Adam was the
first to be judged in 1844,
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then He's not in heaven.
00:54:50.35\00:54:52.19
Are you following me?
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If in 1844 it begins with Adam
and it goes through all of the
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succeeding
generations, where are the dead?
00:54:58.89\00:55:01.63
The dead are in their graves.
00:55:02.03\00:55:03.60
How are they judged?
00:55:03.63\00:55:04.97
Through their records.
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When will they go to heaven?
00:55:07.14\00:55:08.54
When Jesus comes.
00:55:08.74\00:55:10.07
Are you following me?
00:55:10.34\00:55:11.67
So does a correct
concept of the judgment
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gives us a correct concept
of the state of the dead?
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Absolutely it does.
00:55:17.61\00:55:19.31
And of course, God
also wanted to teach
00:55:19.35\00:55:21.72
this issue of the state of
the dead through Aaron's rod
00:55:21.75\00:55:27.06
that miraculously sprouted
to life though it was dead.
00:55:27.16\00:55:30.89
By a miracle of God
it sprouted to life.
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Just like Jesus
says, "Though you are dead,
00:55:33.50\00:55:36.20
yet you shall..." What?
00:55:36.40\00:55:37.93
"...you shall live
by a miracle of God."
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Now let me ask you,
what does the Christian world
00:55:40.94\00:55:44.27
have to say about God's law?
00:55:44.31\00:55:45.91
"Oh, it was
nailed to the cross."
00:55:47.34\00:55:49.44
Yeah.
00:55:50.41\00:55:51.75
"You know, Christ
kept the law for us."
00:55:51.78\00:55:54.95
"You know, we're not
under law, we're..." What?
00:55:56.32\00:55:58.89
"...we're under grace."
00:55:58.92\00:56:00.26
"We don't live by the
letter, we live by the spirit."
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The law is despised.
00:56:04.49\00:56:06.19
What does the Christian
world say about the Sabbath?
00:56:06.83\00:56:09.23
"Oh, the Sabbath
was for the Jews."
00:56:09.66\00:56:11.90
"The Sabbath is
a legalistic day."
00:56:12.30\00:56:14.44
"We keep Sunday in
honor of the resurrection."
00:56:15.04\00:56:17.27
If their minds were
in the Most Holy Place,
00:56:17.37\00:56:19.51
which day would they be keeping?
00:56:19.54\00:56:20.91
The Sabbath, because they would
see that the earthly Sanctuary
00:56:21.11\00:56:23.98
was a copy of the heavenly.
00:56:24.01\00:56:25.38
The ark of the covenant on earth
had the law on the Sabbath,
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therefore the ark of
the covenant in heaven,
00:56:28.98\00:56:30.85
which Revelation 11:19 says is
there, also must have the law.
00:56:31.12\00:56:35.22
And it also must contain what?
00:56:35.26\00:56:37.39
The Sabbath.
00:56:37.43\00:56:38.76
What does the Christian world
say about healthful living?
00:56:38.79\00:56:41.03
They say, you know, "The
only thing you have to do
00:56:41.76\00:56:44.10
for your pork chops to
be blessed is simply to say
00:56:44.13\00:56:47.57
a little prayer."
00:56:47.60\00:56:48.94
And so the unclean pork
chop suddenly will become clean
00:56:49.07\00:56:52.57
by a miracle of God.
00:56:52.61\00:56:53.94
And they use like
the experience of,
00:56:54.98\00:56:57.68
"Arise. Kill and eat."
00:56:57.71\00:56:59.21
You know, and they
use text outside of the
00:56:59.25\00:57:02.28
context of Scripture to
defend the idea of eating
00:57:02.32\00:57:05.49
anything and everything.
00:57:05.52\00:57:06.89
What does the Christian world
say about the state of the dead?
00:57:07.19\00:57:09.89
Oh they say, the state of
the dead simply means that when
00:57:10.19\00:57:12.86
a person dies, if they
were good they go to heaven,
00:57:12.89\00:57:15.10
and if they were bad
they go straight to hell.
00:57:15.20\00:57:17.53
Are you following me or not?
00:57:18.93\00:57:20.27
What does the Christian
world have to say about
00:57:20.77\00:57:23.81
all of these things?
00:57:23.84\00:57:25.17
They're totally opposed to
the distinctive doctrines of the
00:57:25.84\00:57:29.64
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:57:29.68\00:57:31.01
because they
have refused to what?
00:57:31.05\00:57:33.18
To enter the Most Holy Place
where these truths are revealed.
00:57:33.55\00:57:36.89
And these are the truths that
are going to divide the world
00:57:36.99\00:57:39.65
at the end of time.
00:57:39.69\00:57:41.02
Do we have a special message as
the Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:57:41.99\00:57:46.19
to share these
truths with the world?
00:57:46.23\00:57:48.76
We most certainly do.
00:57:49.10\00:57:50.43
And woe to us if we
don't lead people in the world
00:57:50.47\00:57:54.10
to a Most Holy Place
experience where they can see
00:57:54.20\00:57:57.84
the fullness of
truth and make a decision,
00:57:57.87\00:58:00.84
a final decision, to receive
Jesus Christ and live for Him.
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