Well hello, everybody.
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Welcome back.
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This is presentation
number eight in a series of ten.
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You'll notice that the
subject that we're studying is,
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The Great Cosmic Controversy.
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The subtitle is, How God Clears
His Name of All False Charges.
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Now in our study this
evening our topic will be,
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Living Without an Intercessor.
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We will deal with
the close of probation
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and briefly with
events that take place
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after the close of probation.
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But before we do, we
want to do what we always do
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before we open God's Word.
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And that is to pray that
the Spirit who reveals Scripture
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will come back
to explain it to us.
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And so I invite you to bow your
heads reverently as we pray.
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Father in heaven, we
thank You for the many blessings
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that You have
poured out upon us.
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We can't even begin to number
the blessings that we have
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received from Your hand.
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We especially
thank You for Your Word,
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which is a sure guide in
a world that is so confused.
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We ask, Father, that You
will be with us through the
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ministration of
Your Holy Spirit.
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Open our minds and hearts
so that we might understand
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and receive the seed of
truth that You would plant
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in our hearts and in our minds.
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And we thank You,
Lord, for hearing our prayer,
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for we ask it in the
precious name of Jesus.
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Amen.
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I'd like to invite you to turn
in your Bibles with me to the
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book of Daniel 7, and we are
going to read verses 9 and 10,
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and then we'll jump
down to verses 13 and 14.
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We've read these verses
before, but now we are going to
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summarize a few things
that we've mentioned before
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and move on to new territory.
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Now Daniel 7 has a
certain sequence of events.
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We have the lion
that represents Babylon,
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we have the bear that
represents Medo-Persia,
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the leopard symbolizes Greece,
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the dragon beast
is the Roman Empire.
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Then the dragon
beast sprouts ten horns,
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which is the
division of the Roman Empire.
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And then you have a little
horn that rules for 1260 years
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that ends in the year 1798.
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And then we have the following
event immediately mentioned
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after the little horn's first
period of rule comes to an end.
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Daniel 7:9-10
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Who is the Ancient of Days?
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God the Father.
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And where does
God the Father live?
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"Our Father which
art in heaven," we pray.
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So it says...
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So after which date
does the judgment begin?
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It has to begin
sometime after what date?
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After 1798.
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And we've
specified that it began when?
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October 22, 1844.
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Now this is not
the end of the story.
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Because it says
the court was seated
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and the books were opened,
but then there's another person
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that is going to
join the Ancient of Days
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in the throne room
in the Most Holy Place.
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Let's go down to verse 13.
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"...and behold, One
like the Son of Man..."
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Who is that?
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That's Jesus Christ.
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What are the clouds?
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The angels.
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Coming with the
clouds of heaven.
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Is this the
second coming of Jesus?
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It can't be the second
coming because Jesus here
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comes on the clouds
but not to the earth.
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He comes to where?
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To the Ancient of Days
in the Most Holy Place.
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So it says here...
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Now why did Jesus go in there?
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What was the purpose of
Jesus going into the place
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where the court was seated
and the books were opened?
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Verse 14 tells us why He went
into the presence of the Father.
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Verse 14 reads,
"Then to Him..." To whom?
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To Jesus. Very well.
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So what did Jesus go there for?
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He went there to
receive what? The kingdom.
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So it says...
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Now the question is,
what is Christ's kingdom?
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We've touched on
this point before.
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Usually we think of a
kingdom in territorial terms.
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Don't we?
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The territory or the
geographical area over which
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an individual rules.
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But when it comes to Jesus,
His kingdom is composed of
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the people that
belong to His kingdom.
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In other words, His
kingdom are His people.
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So what did Jesus go
to do before the Father?
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He went to perform a
work of judgment to decide
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who is truly a
member of His kingdom.
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Are you following me or not?
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And after the last person
who has professed Jesus Christ
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as Savior has been judged,
the kingdom of Jesus is what?
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The kingdom of
Jesus is complete.
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So in other words, the
judgment process reveals
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who was a true follower
of Jesus and who wasn't.
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And as soon as all
cases have been decided,
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then the kingdom
of Jesus is made up.
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That's what Jesus went
before the Father to receive;
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to receive the kingdom.
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To determine who are
the subjects of His kingdom.
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I want to read a statement from,
Great Controversy, page 428,
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where Ellen White
describes this judgment process
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and what happens when
every case has been decided.
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It's a short
statement, but very meaningful.
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That is, when everybody who
has professed the name of Christ
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has been
evaluated in the judgment.
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Are you catching that?
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So how many people are
judged? How many of those?
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All.
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And who are the
ones that are judged?
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Not only true believers,
but those who have what?
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Professed to be
followers of Christ.
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So she says again...
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Are you with me?
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Now when the door of
mercy is shut, that's the moment
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when the sentence is pronounced.
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Either for life or not for life.
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When do those
people who have been judged
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favorably receive their reward?
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They receive the
reward when Jesus comes.
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Is there a period of
time between when the
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sentence is given and when
those who are faithful to Jesus
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receive their reward?
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Yes.
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In between those two
points, when probation closes
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and when Jesus
comes to reward His people
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by taking them to heaven,
there is what the Bible calls,
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the time of trouble.
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Now that will be the subject
of study for our next lecture.
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Lecture number
nine in this series.
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But we're not going to
deal specifically with that now.
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But I want you to
catch the chronology.
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You have the close of probation,
then later you have the
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receiving of the reward.
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And in between, you
have the seven last plagues
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and the tribulation,
or the time of trouble.
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Now let's discuss
the close of probation.
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Let's go in our
Bibles to Daniel 12:4.
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Daniel 12:4
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Now this verse is not directly
related to what we're studying,
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but I'm reading it
for a specific purpose.
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And you're going to see why.
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It says there in Daniel 12:4...
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Now was the book
going to be sealed forever?
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No.
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Because it says, "...seal
the book until..." When?
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"...until the time of the end."
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So if the book is
shut and sealed, can people
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get a message from the book?
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Can the people read the
book and understand the book?
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No, because it's
shut and it's sealed.
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So if the book is shut, a
message cannot come from it.
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Now notice, it says...
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And that's been
severely misinterpreted.
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Because basically the
way that it is generally used
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is that when it says,
"knowledge shall be increased,"
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it's talking about
airplanes, and missiles,
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and electric toothbrushes, and
all of this technology stuff.
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But that's not
what the text is saying.
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What the text is
saying is that the book,
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in this case it's a particular
portion of the book of Daniel,
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is shut and sealed.
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In other words, it
cannot be understood,
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a message cannot come from it,
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until the time of the end.
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But at the time of the
end, people are going to
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run to and fro, and
knowledge of the book
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is going to increase.
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Because the book
will then be what?
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The book will then be unsealed.
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The book will be opened.
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Would it be too much to say that
the secrets will be unsealed?
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Now let's go to
Revelation 22:10-12.
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Revelation 22:10-12
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And what I want you to notice
is that there are three points
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of time in these verses.
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Three points of time.
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Revelation 22:10-12
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You'll see why I read that verse
about the book being sealed,
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about the book being shut.
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"And he said to
me, 'Do not seal...'"
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That's the opposite, isn't it?
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It's talking about Revelation.
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Now what does that
mean, "Don't seal the words
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of the prophecy of this book."
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Can the book of
Revelation be understood?
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Can a message
come forth from it?
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Can people receive
the message and be saved
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by studying the
book of Revelation?
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Yes, because it says
here, "Don't shut up the book."
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So if the book is
open, a message of salvation
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can come from it.
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That's the first point of time.
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The book is open, everybody
can read it and understand it,
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and be saved.
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But now comes the second point.
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It says, "...for
the time is at hand."
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In other words, the book is
open now, but there's a time
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a certain event is going to
take place at a certain time.
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What is that event
that is going to take place?
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Let's read the rest of verse 10.
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Does this sound
pretty determinative?
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Does this sound like
all cases are decided?
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Absolutely.
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In other words,
when this takes place,
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the book will no longer
be open to present a message
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that will bring salvation.
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The time has come where
all cases have been decided.
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The unjust will
continue to be unjust,
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the filthy will
continue to be filthy,
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the righteous will
continue to be righteous,
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and the holy will
continue to be holy.
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But there's a
third point of time.
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And that's in verse 12.
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Notice, it says
there in verse 12,
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and Jesus is speaking...
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That's the second
coming of Christ, isn't it?
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So do you notice three
points of time in these verses?
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First of all, the book is open.
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A message of
salvation can come from it.
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Oh, but the time is going to
come when all cases are what?
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Decided.
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And then Jesus is going to what?
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He's going to come and
He's going to bring His reward.
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So does probation
close before Jesus comes
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to reward the saints?
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Absolutely.
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Now let's go to
Revelation 15:5-8.
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Revelation 15:5-8
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Now let me just
mention that at this point
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the three angels'
messages have been proclaimed.
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You know, the three
angels' messages are God's last
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message to the world.
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They're found in
Revelation 14:6-12.
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As long as the three
messages are being preached,
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the door of probation is open.
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But the time is coming
when the door of probation
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is going to close.
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Notice Revelation 15:5-8.
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Do you remember
that we read once before
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in Revelation 11:19 that
the temple of God was opened
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in heaven and the ark
of His covenant was seen?
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And that refers to the
beginning of the judgment.
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Could people enter by faith
to follow what Jesus was doing
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in the Most Holy Place?
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Absolutely. We studied that.
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But now I want you to
notice that the temple is
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going to be opened again.
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The Most Holy Place is
going to be opened again,
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but this time it's not
opened for people to be able
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to go in by faith to
see what Jesus is doing,
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to sympathize with His work.
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Remember what the people
did on the Day of Atonement?
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This time it is opened to
let the plague angels come out
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to pour their
plagues out upon the earth.
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Notice Revelation 15:5.
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Now I want you to
understand what the temple
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of the tabernacle
of the testimony is.
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The tabernacle of the
testimony is the tent.
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It's called the tabernacle.
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The Holy and
the Most Holy Place.
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But what is the
temple of the tabernacle?
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The temple of the tabernacle
is the Most Holy Place.
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So what is being opened here?
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The Most Holy Place of
the heavenly Sanctuary.
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And now notice verse 6.
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Why is the temple opened?
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It's not opened for people
to go in now and be saved.
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It's opened to let
the plague angels out.
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Has probation closed when the
plagues begin to be poured out?
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Absolutely.
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So this is talking about
the close of human probation.
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Now will God's people be able
to enter the Most Holy Place
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by faith once this takes place?
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No. Notice verse 8.
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"The temple..."
That's the Most Holy Place.
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Are God's people, the
living saints, are they going to
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be able to serve God in
the temple day and night,
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according to the book of
Revelation, after Jesus comes?
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Yes. But after probation
closes and until the plagues
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are all poured out, is anybody
going to be able to enter
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the temple to be saved, to
claim Jesus as the Mediator
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or the Intercessor?
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No. It says, "No one
was able to enter the temple
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till the seven plagues of the
seven angels were completed."
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And the reason why is
because when the seven angels
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are pouring out the bowls, when
they're pouring out the plagues,
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probation has closed.
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Jesus has finished His
ministration, and no one
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can enter there by faith.
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You say, "Well, can we really
enter the Most Holy Place?"
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Of course we can.
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We enter by faith, don't we?
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Doesn't the Bible
say that we can draw near
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to the throne of
God, in Hebrews 4?
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Yes. We don't do so physically,
because it says that this
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temple is in heaven,
but we do it in our mind.
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We do it by following
Jesus in the Sanctuary
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in the work that
He is performing.
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Now let's go to Daniel 12.
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Daniel 12, and I
want to read verse 1.
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Daniel 12:1
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It says, "At that time..."
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Incidentally, let me give
you a little bit of context
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before I finish reading this.
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If you read the previous verses,
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it talks about
the king of the north.
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The king of the north
represents the papacy.
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It's the same thing as
the little horn, the beast,
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the man of sin, the harlot,
the abomination of desolation,
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you know, the antichrist.
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All are names of this system.
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Different names
given in different context.
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And so it says there
in the previous verses,
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Daniel 11:44-45, that the
king of the north will go out
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with the intention of destroying
and slaying God's people.
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It's the same as Revelation
13 where it says that a
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death decree is
given against God's people.
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People will not be
able to buy or sell.
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And those who do not worship the
image of the beast will be what?
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Will be killed.
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So those two text are
to be studied together.
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So it says here,
"At that time..."
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When the king of the north goes
out to destroy God's people.
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"...Michael shall stand up..."
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Now the question
is, what does that mean,
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"Michael shall stand up"?
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Well, we need to
go to Daniel 11:2-3,
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where the
identical expression is used.
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Daniel 11:2-3
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It says there...
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Now unfortunately, the
translation doesn't reflect
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the fact that
it's the same word.
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In other words, the word,
"arise," that is used here
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in Daniel 11:2 is the same
identical word, "stand up,"
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that is used in Daniel 12:1.
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So what does this mean
when it says, "three more kings
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will arise in Persia"?
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It means that three
more kings are going to
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rule in Persia, right?
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Three more kings are
going to reign in Persia.
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Now let's continue reading.
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There's the same expression.
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A mighty king shall stand up.
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What does that mean?
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It means He's
going to begin to what?
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He's going to begin
to rule or to reign.
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That's what it says.
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"...who shall rule
with great dominion,
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and do according to his will."
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So the question is, what does it
mean that Michael will stand up?
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Michael is whom?
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Jesus Christ.
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"Who is like God,"
is the name Michael.
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So what does it mean
for Michael to stand up?
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It means that Jesus is
going to begin to what?
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He's going to
begin to reign or rule.
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Why?
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Because probation has just
closed and His kingdom is what?
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His kingdom is made up.
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Are you following me or not?
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His kingdom is made up because
the judgment has finished.
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Now He's going to stand
up, which means He's going to
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begin to rule over His kingdom
which has been established
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during the
investigative judgment.
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So does probation
close before Jesus comes?
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Let's finish
reading Daniel 12:1.
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He begins to rule
because His kingdom is complete.
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And now listen carefully.
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"...and there shall
be a time of trouble..."
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Does this come after He stands
up, after He begins to rule?
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Yes.
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"...and there shall be a time
of trouble such as never was
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since there was a nation..."
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So is there going
to be a time of trouble
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after probation closes
and before Jesus comes?
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Yes. It continues saying...
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That's the coming of Jesus.
"...shall be delivered..."
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Why are they
written in the book?
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Because they were judged
and they were accounted worthy
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to be in the book.
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In the judgment
that was done previously.
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Are you with me or not?
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All of this fits
together and it makes sense.
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Now there's another
story in the Bible that shows
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that probation will close and
there will be a period of time
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between the close of probation
and the coming of Jesus.
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I'm referring to what
happened in the days of Noah.
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Noah preached a
powerful message, didn't he?
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For 120 years.
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Could we say that the
book was opened, so to speak,
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during those 120 years?
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Was the message
shared? Could people be saved?
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Most certainly.
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But then what happened?
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Notice Genesis 7:16.
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When Noah finishes his
preaching, something happens.
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Genesis 7:16 says...
00:22:57.44\00:22:59.44
Talking about the animals.
00:23:02.31\00:23:03.68
So was the door shut?
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Who shut the door?
00:23:14.19\00:23:15.52
The Lord shut the door.
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So as soon as the door was
closed, it started to rain.
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Nope.
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How long went by
between when the door closed
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and it started to rain?
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When the destruction came?
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Seven days.
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Do you think that during
that period the faith of Noah
00:23:31.74\00:23:34.04
and his family
was severely tested?
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How do you think that
the people outside behaved
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for each day that went by?
00:23:39.08\00:23:40.55
They became more
and more violent.
00:23:40.95\00:23:42.88
And more and more daring.
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Was there a time of
trouble, so to speak, for Noah
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and his family inside the ark?
00:23:47.19\00:23:48.66
Was it a day of victory for
the wicked who were outside?
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Yes it was.
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Jesus referred to
this in Matthew 24:37-39.
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Go with me to Matthew 24:37-39.
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Do you see the two
events that are being compared?
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"As it was in the days of Noah,
00:24:13.35\00:24:15.08
so will it be at the
coming of the Son of Man."
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So the first,
"until," marks the moment when
00:24:31.70\00:24:33.90
Noah entered the ark.
00:24:33.94\00:24:35.27
And the door was what?
00:24:35.30\00:24:36.64
And the door was closed.
00:24:36.67\00:24:38.01
But now notice,
"...and they did not know..."
00:24:38.11\00:24:41.11
Who didn't know?
00:24:41.14\00:24:42.48
The people outside.
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What didn't they know?
00:24:44.15\00:24:45.48
That they were
lost. That's right.
00:24:46.18\00:24:48.25
So is the door of
probation going to close
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before Jesus comes?
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Is there going to be a
time of trouble in between
00:25:00.10\00:25:02.83
where the faith of
God's people will be tested
00:25:02.86\00:25:05.23
and the wicked will
become more and more
00:25:05.33\00:25:07.14
daring against God's people?
00:25:07.17\00:25:08.74
Absolutely. Because Jesus
says, "As it was back then,
00:25:08.77\00:25:11.91
it will be at the end of time."
00:25:12.14\00:25:13.78
Incidentally,
Jesus spoke of His coming
00:25:13.88\00:25:16.34
like the coming of a thief.
00:25:16.64\00:25:18.18
And people say, "Oh, the
second coming is going to
00:25:18.91\00:25:20.88
be like the coming of a thief."
00:25:20.92\00:25:22.48
Not exactly.
00:25:23.15\00:25:24.49
Not the way that we
generally think of it, anyway.
00:25:25.45\00:25:27.86
I want you to imagine it's one
of those cold nights in Fresno.
00:25:28.49\00:25:31.76
There's not very many of them.
00:25:32.56\00:25:33.90
But it's in
December and it's 30 degrees.
00:25:33.93\00:25:37.83
And you've come back
from work and, you know,
00:25:38.23\00:25:40.30
you've had supper
and you jump into bed.
00:25:40.34\00:25:43.20
You know, you
lowered the thermostat
00:25:43.24\00:25:44.74
and you jumped into bed,
and you're under the covers.
00:25:44.77\00:25:47.48
And all of a sudden you say, "Oh
no, I forgot to lock the door.
00:25:47.51\00:25:51.71
Oh it's so nice and
warm under these covers.
00:25:53.45\00:25:56.48
I just hate to get
out to lock the door.
00:25:56.92\00:25:59.12
I've lived here for 25
years, and the thief has never
00:25:59.32\00:26:02.39
come in 25 years."
00:26:02.42\00:26:04.16
So the person stays in bed.
00:26:04.59\00:26:06.16
Lo and behold, unexpectedly,
while everybody in the house
00:26:06.80\00:26:10.83
is sleeping, the thief comes
and he finds the door open.
00:26:10.87\00:26:14.50
He goes in and he steals
the television, praise the Lord.
00:26:15.20\00:26:22.08
He steals the video camera,
he steals your cell phone,
00:26:24.25\00:26:26.88
he steals some money.
00:26:26.92\00:26:28.25
Oh, he has a heyday.
00:26:28.28\00:26:29.88
Does anybody in the house
know that the thief has come?
00:26:29.92\00:26:32.75
No, because
everybody is what? Sleeping.
00:26:33.05\00:26:34.99
That's why Jesus said, "Watch."
00:26:35.02\00:26:36.56
He's not saying watch
for the second coming.
00:26:37.09\00:26:38.99
He's saying watch for
the close of probation.
00:26:39.03\00:26:41.46
When do the people
inside the house realize
00:26:42.36\00:26:44.83
that the thief has been there?
00:26:44.87\00:26:46.27
Is there a period of
time that passes between when
00:26:46.47\00:26:48.50
the thief comes and
when the people discover
00:26:48.54\00:26:50.94
that the thief has come?
00:26:50.97\00:26:52.31
Yes. When do they discover it?
00:26:52.34\00:26:54.38
In the morning
when they wake up.
00:26:54.41\00:26:56.14
But then it is too late.
00:26:56.18\00:26:58.08
You know, the whole Christian
world thinks that they can be
00:26:58.91\00:27:01.15
saved up to the moment that
Jesus is coming in the clouds.
00:27:01.18\00:27:03.99
You know, they'll just
say, "I'm Yours, Lord."
00:27:04.09\00:27:06.59
It's not going
to happen that way.
00:27:06.62\00:27:07.96
Because probation will close
before the second coming of
00:27:08.32\00:27:12.09
Jesus and there will be a severe
time of trouble in between.
00:27:12.13\00:27:15.43
Must we prepare for
that time of trouble?
00:27:16.13\00:27:18.70
By the way, that's going
to be our next study together.
00:27:18.90\00:27:21.37
We're going to study
about that time of trouble.
00:27:21.40\00:27:24.17
In fact, let's say a few things
about the time of trouble.
00:27:24.21\00:27:27.48
You see, Satan complains
that God has never allowed him
00:27:28.01\00:27:32.61
to fully implement
his style of government.
00:27:32.71\00:27:35.65
He says to God,
"You always interfere.
00:27:36.42\00:27:38.65
You don't give me free reign.
00:27:39.15\00:27:40.99
If You allowed me free
reign to attack Your people,
00:27:41.49\00:27:46.49
You would see that they serve
You, not because they love You.
00:27:46.70\00:27:49.80
They serve You because of
the loaves and the fishes.
00:27:50.00\00:27:53.00
But You just don't
let me get at them.
00:27:53.27\00:27:55.40
But if You gave me just
one chance to have full control
00:27:55.74\00:27:59.64
of the planet, I would
show that my style of government
00:27:59.67\00:28:03.08
is better than Yours."
00:28:03.11\00:28:05.21
So what is God going to do?
00:28:05.81\00:28:07.38
God is going to
say, "Is that the case?"
00:28:08.48\00:28:10.52
You remember the
story of Job, by the way?
00:28:10.55\00:28:12.65
In our next lecture, we're
going to take a closer look
00:28:12.75\00:28:14.82
at that story of Job.
00:28:14.86\00:28:16.19
That is a prophetic story.
00:28:16.22\00:28:17.56
Are all of the heavenly beings
observing what is happening
00:28:18.69\00:28:21.80
in this story
in the book of Job?
00:28:21.83\00:28:24.30
Is the heavenly
jury there? Yeah.
00:28:24.33\00:28:26.67
And Satan comes, he says,
"Oh you know, Job serves You.
00:28:26.84\00:28:29.90
Of course he's
blameless and perfect.
00:28:29.94\00:28:31.77
Because You give him everything.
00:28:31.81\00:28:33.14
You don't let me touch him.
00:28:33.17\00:28:34.51
You protect him.
00:28:34.54\00:28:35.88
But he serves You
out of self-interest.
00:28:36.14\00:28:38.68
If You allowed me access
to him, he would blaspheme You
00:28:38.71\00:28:41.88
to Your face."
00:28:41.92\00:28:43.25
Now God could have
said, "You're a liar,"
00:28:43.28\00:28:44.85
and left it at that.
00:28:44.99\00:28:46.32
And the heavenly beings
probably would have wondered,
00:28:46.35\00:28:48.12
"Umm, what is God afraid of?"
00:28:48.16\00:28:50.53
So God says, "Okay, go for it.
00:28:50.83\00:28:53.53
Only you can't touch him."
00:28:53.56\00:28:54.90
And so the devil takes
everything away from Job.
00:28:55.33\00:28:57.60
And then you have a
second meeting in heaven.
00:28:58.20\00:29:00.04
The heavenly beings
have seen that God is right.
00:29:00.40\00:29:03.00
Because Job says, "God
gave, and God has taken away.
00:29:03.04\00:29:05.47
Praise be the name of the Lord."
00:29:05.51\00:29:06.91
In this, Job did not sin.
00:29:06.94\00:29:08.81
And so when you
have the second meeting,
00:29:08.84\00:29:10.75
God says, "Oh, have
you seen My servant Job?
00:29:11.55\00:29:13.48
He's still faithful in
spite of the fact that you
00:29:13.52\00:29:15.58
turned Me against him."
00:29:15.62\00:29:16.95
"Ha," the devil
says. "Of course.
00:29:16.99\00:29:18.89
Because You
didn't let me touch him.
00:29:18.92\00:29:20.26
But if You let me touch
him, You would see he serves You
00:29:20.79\00:29:23.53
because You're good to him."
00:29:23.56\00:29:24.89
God could say, "You're a liar.
00:29:25.99\00:29:27.70
Don't believe him."
00:29:27.73\00:29:29.06
But God knows that the
heavenly beings would say,
00:29:29.10\00:29:31.43
"Well, you know,
maybe the devil is right."
00:29:31.47\00:29:34.24
So God says, "Go for it.
00:29:34.27\00:29:36.81
Do whatever you want to him.
00:29:37.11\00:29:38.71
Except I will not
allow you to kill him.
00:29:38.74\00:29:40.38
Because if you kill
him, the trial is over."
00:29:40.41\00:29:42.44
And so the devil goes out
and he afflicts Job with boils
00:29:43.24\00:29:46.68
from the tip of his head
to the soles of his feet.
00:29:46.72\00:29:50.05
He loses the
support of his wife.
00:29:50.35\00:29:52.15
He loses the
support of his friends.
00:29:52.19\00:29:53.82
And he even appears to
lose his support of God.
00:29:54.06\00:29:57.56
And he cries out
chapter after chapter,
00:29:58.03\00:30:00.03
Why have You
turned against me, O God?"
00:30:00.23\00:30:02.60
But he doesn't
give up his faith.
00:30:02.63\00:30:04.13
He says, "I know
my Redeemer lives."
00:30:04.67\00:30:06.67
He says, "Though He slay
me, yet will I trust in Him."
00:30:07.00\00:30:10.21
He never let's go
of the hand of God
00:30:10.24\00:30:12.47
even though he's asking,
"Why have You forsaken me?"
00:30:12.51\00:30:16.01
Incidentally, did
Jesus ask that same question,
00:30:16.18\00:30:18.78
"Why have you forsaken Me"?
00:30:18.88\00:30:20.52
Absolutely. Jesus went
through the experience of Job.
00:30:20.55\00:30:23.49
So the Bible tells us
that after Michael stands up,
00:30:24.19\00:30:26.92
after Jesus begins to
reign, there's going to be a
00:30:27.12\00:30:29.66
time of trouble such as never
was since there was a nation,
00:30:29.69\00:30:33.96
even to that time.
00:30:34.00\00:30:35.43
Notice how it's
described in Matthew 24:21-22.
00:30:35.83\00:30:40.44
Matthew 24:21-22
00:30:40.47\00:30:43.41
Jesus described
this tribulation in terms
00:30:43.74\00:30:46.68
similar to Daniel 12:1.
00:30:46.71\00:30:48.68
It says...
00:30:48.84\00:30:50.18
And it's going
to be so terrible,
00:31:00.22\00:31:01.72
according to verse 22...
00:31:01.76\00:31:03.19
Now listen up folks,
God is going to allow Satan
00:31:13.70\00:31:17.81
to afflict His people.
00:31:18.34\00:31:19.77
He is going to allow the
devil to try them and test them
00:31:20.24\00:31:24.28
to the utmost.
00:31:24.31\00:31:25.65
They will lose
everything, like Job did.
00:31:26.11\00:31:29.18
They will lose possessions,
they will lose houses,
00:31:29.28\00:31:31.82
they will lose lands,
they will lose their health,
00:31:31.85\00:31:34.32
they will lose the
support of family and friends.
00:31:34.36\00:31:36.73
And they will even begin
to fear that they have lost
00:31:36.96\00:31:39.69
their best Friend, which is God.
00:31:39.73\00:31:41.80
And they will struggle
with whether they have any sins
00:31:41.83\00:31:45.37
that stand between them and God.
00:31:45.63\00:31:48.50
The devil will be given
free reign, except that God will
00:31:49.07\00:31:52.01
say to the devil, "You
can test them to the utmost
00:31:52.04\00:31:54.91
so that the heavenly universe
can see that they serve Me
00:31:55.01\00:31:58.51
because they love Me, and
not out of self-interest."
00:31:58.55\00:32:01.32
Is God giving a revelation
of His character in contrast
00:32:01.35\00:32:04.55
to the character of
Satan and the time of trouble?"
00:32:04.59\00:32:06.55
He most certainly is.
00:32:06.59\00:32:07.92
And we're going to
study this a little bit more
00:32:07.96\00:32:09.92
in our next lecture together.
00:32:09.96\00:32:12.09
So the devil will be
allowed to implement his plan
00:32:12.46\00:32:15.70
without any interference by God,
except that God will not allow
00:32:15.80\00:32:20.94
His people to be slain.
00:32:20.97\00:32:23.00
God's people will go
through an experience
00:32:24.07\00:32:26.07
similar to that of Job.
00:32:26.11\00:32:28.08
And they will not let
loose of the hand of the Lord.
00:32:28.48\00:32:33.05
In fact, Ellen White has
explained that God's people
00:32:33.35\00:32:36.25
will go through a similar
experience to the experience
00:32:36.28\00:32:39.02
that Jesus went through in
Gethsemane and on the cross.
00:32:39.05\00:32:42.99
Let me read you this statement
from, Review and Herald,
00:32:43.22\00:32:45.39
April 14, 1896, where
Ellen White is describing
00:32:45.43\00:32:49.56
what is going to
happen with God's people.
00:32:49.76\00:32:53.03
Wow!
00:33:14.62\00:33:15.96
So are God's people going to cry
out, "Why have You forsaken me?"
00:33:16.12\00:33:18.99
Absolutely.
00:33:19.03\00:33:20.36
Do you know, when Jesus hung
on the cross He had nothing.
00:33:20.76\00:33:22.86
Not even His clothes.
00:33:22.90\00:33:24.27
He had lost everything.
00:33:25.00\00:33:26.33
And it appeared like He had lost
the support of His Father too.
00:33:26.37\00:33:29.20
But His Father was close by.
00:33:29.54\00:33:31.07
Jesus did not
go by His feelings.
00:33:31.47\00:33:33.54
He went by the promises of His
Father, that if He was faithful,
00:33:34.04\00:33:37.21
His Father was going to
resurrect Him on the third day.
00:33:37.25\00:33:40.12
That's why He
commended His spirit
00:33:40.15\00:33:42.05
into the hands of His Father.
00:33:42.08\00:33:43.72
So she says...
00:33:43.89\00:33:45.22
That is, men will become demons.
00:33:57.00\00:33:59.33
That's what this
world is going to be like
00:34:16.82\00:34:18.49
in the time of trouble.
00:34:18.52\00:34:19.85
And you know, sometimes
preachers try to scare people
00:34:19.89\00:34:22.79
into serving the Lord and
saying, "You're not going to
00:34:22.89\00:34:24.89
have an Intercessor.
00:34:24.93\00:34:26.26
God's going to leave you here."
00:34:26.36\00:34:27.76
Listen, folks, we are not going
to have anybody to intercede
00:34:27.80\00:34:30.37
for our sins, but
Jesus will be our Protector.
00:34:30.40\00:34:33.23
Because if Jesus is not the
Protector, nobody would survive.
00:34:33.90\00:34:37.44
Now, after probation
closes and the time of trouble
00:34:38.21\00:34:44.95
is about to begin, a
special ceremony takes place.
00:34:45.51\00:34:50.62
The last ceremony on
the Day of Atonement.
00:34:50.72\00:34:54.02
It's known as the
scapegoat ceremony.
00:34:54.22\00:34:57.43
You see, two goats were chosen.
00:34:57.99\00:34:59.69
One for the Lord;
that one was sacrificed.
00:34:59.73\00:35:01.70
The blood was shed.
Represents the death of Christ.
00:35:01.73\00:35:04.10
The other goat, the
other male goat, was not slain.
00:35:04.43\00:35:10.77
That goat was brought to
the entrance to the tent.
00:35:11.47\00:35:15.91
In other words, he's in
the court of the Sanctuary.
00:35:15.94\00:35:18.81
And the high priest would come
through the Most Holy Place,
00:35:19.18\00:35:22.98
and then through the Holy Place
to the door of the Holy Place
00:35:23.02\00:35:26.86
where the scapegoat
was waiting in the court.
00:35:26.89\00:35:29.66
And you say, "Where
does the Bible say that?"
00:35:29.89\00:35:31.73
Leviticus 16:7 tells us,
"He," that is the high priest...
00:35:32.26\00:35:38.37
Are you catching the picture?
00:35:46.47\00:35:47.81
What does the court represent?
00:35:48.14\00:35:50.05
The court represents the earth.
00:35:50.38\00:35:52.35
In heaven there is no court.
00:35:52.38\00:35:53.92
Because the work of the court
was performed by Jesus on earth.
00:35:54.32\00:35:57.85
You see, Jesus died on earth,
and He resurrected on earth,
00:35:58.15\00:36:01.26
and He lived in
our camp on earth.
00:36:01.36\00:36:03.26
So the heavenly Sanctuary
has a Holy and Most Holy Place,
00:36:03.96\00:36:06.66
but there's no court because the
work represented by the court
00:36:06.70\00:36:09.76
was fulfilled by Jesus
while He was here on the earth.
00:36:09.80\00:36:12.73
Are you following me or not?
00:36:12.77\00:36:14.10
And so where
will the scapegoat be
00:36:14.24\00:36:16.60
when this is finally fulfilled?
00:36:16.64\00:36:18.67
He will be on earth.
00:36:18.71\00:36:20.04
And Jesus, the High Priest, will
come out and He will perform
00:36:20.71\00:36:24.91
this Azazel ceremony,
this scapegoat ceremony.
00:36:25.01\00:36:29.68
He will bring all of the
sins that were introduced
00:36:30.19\00:36:34.29
into the Sanctuary
through the blood of Jesus,
00:36:34.32\00:36:36.76
all of the sins
that were forgiven,
00:36:37.03\00:36:38.99
and He's going to bring all
of those sins to the entrance
00:36:39.53\00:36:43.60
of the tabernacle of meeting
and He will place both hands
00:36:43.63\00:36:47.47
on the head of the scapegoat.
00:36:47.50\00:36:49.34
In this case, what does
the scapegoat represent?
00:36:49.37\00:36:52.07
The scapegoat represents Satan.
00:36:52.17\00:36:54.78
And all of the sins of
the righteous that were placed
00:36:54.88\00:36:59.45
in the Sanctuary
through the blood will be placed
00:36:59.48\00:37:02.22
upon the head of the scapegoat,
who is ultimately responsible
00:37:02.35\00:37:06.19
for the origin and
the perpetuation of sin.
00:37:06.29\00:37:10.13
Now some people say, "Well,
Pastor Bohr, Adventist believe
00:37:11.26\00:37:13.76
that Satan is their
savior because the sins are
00:37:13.80\00:37:15.80
placed on the
head of the scapegoat."
00:37:15.83\00:37:17.67
Well the fact is that
those who say that are not
00:37:18.07\00:37:22.10
careful in their analysis.
00:37:22.14\00:37:23.67
Let me tell you the reason
why just because the final
00:37:23.71\00:37:27.54
responsibility for the sins that
Satan led God's people to commit
00:37:27.58\00:37:31.35
are placed on the
head of the scapegoat,
00:37:31.38\00:37:33.55
it doesn't mean that
the scapegoat is our savior.
00:37:33.58\00:37:36.02
Five points that
I want to mention.
00:37:36.32\00:37:38.05
Number one, clearly the
two goats are opposites.
00:37:38.32\00:37:43.76
Some scholars say
both goats represent Jesus.
00:37:45.13\00:37:47.53
No, no, no.
00:37:47.56\00:37:48.90
It says in Leviticus
16:8-10 that one is for the Lord
00:37:48.93\00:37:53.77
and the other is for Azazel.
00:37:54.27\00:37:56.74
Incidentally, in
Jewish tradition...
00:37:56.84\00:37:58.84
And we don't go by Jewish
tradition, but it's interesting
00:37:59.04\00:38:01.11
to notice that, for example,
in the Ethiopian book of Enoch,
00:38:01.14\00:38:05.31
it states that Azazel
was a malignant being,
00:38:06.05\00:38:12.55
the originator of sin, and the
leader of the rebellious angels.
00:38:12.65\00:38:16.83
So the Jews understood
that Azazel represented
00:38:16.93\00:38:20.56
a malignant spirit.
00:38:20.60\00:38:21.96
Furthermore, when the sins
are placed upon the scapegoat,
00:38:22.16\00:38:26.33
the Sanctuary had
already been cleansed.
00:38:26.37\00:38:29.24
So the scapegoat is not
cleansing the Sanctuary.
00:38:30.24\00:38:33.31
The blood of Jesus
cleansed the Sanctuary.
00:38:33.51\00:38:35.81
And then the final
responsibility is placed
00:38:35.84\00:38:38.41
on the head of the scapegoat.
00:38:38.45\00:38:39.91
Furthermore, the blood of
the scapegoat was not shed.
00:38:39.95\00:38:44.09
And it says in Hebrews 9:22 that
without the shedding of blood,
00:38:44.59\00:38:48.79
there is no remission
or forgiveness of sins.
00:38:48.89\00:38:51.79
So the scapegoat was not
sacrificed to forgive sin.
00:38:51.96\00:38:55.46
He bore the ultimate
responsibility for sin.
00:38:55.70\00:38:59.13
And finally, the scapegoat
was sent to the wilderness
00:38:59.60\00:39:03.81
where there was no inhabitant.
00:39:03.91\00:39:06.11
You can find that
in Leviticus 16:22.
00:39:06.27\00:39:09.11
Can you think of a passage
in the book of Revelation
00:39:09.14\00:39:11.75
where a certain being is
sent to a desolate wilderness
00:39:11.81\00:39:15.68
where there are no inhabitants?
00:39:15.88\00:39:17.55
Revelation 20
00:39:17.79\00:39:19.55
It says that a mighty
angel descends from heaven
00:39:20.12\00:39:22.39
with a chain in his hand, and
he's going to chain the devil
00:39:22.42\00:39:25.63
to a desolate planet
which is without form and void,
00:39:25.73\00:39:29.80
according to Jeremiah 4.
00:39:29.83\00:39:31.67
And where all of
his followers are what?
00:39:31.70\00:39:34.24
Are dead.
00:39:34.47\00:39:35.80
And so, clearly the
one who bears the ultimate
00:39:35.84\00:39:38.64
responsibility for the
sins of the righteous is Satan.
00:39:38.67\00:39:44.55
Now the wicked, they're going
to suffer their own penalty.
00:39:44.81\00:39:47.35
Because they did not place
their sins into the Sanctuary.
00:39:47.62\00:39:50.29
Now there's a question
that comes up many times.
00:39:50.69\00:39:54.12
And that is, did Jesus
suffer the second death?
00:39:54.16\00:39:58.23
You know, I once
had a conversation
00:39:59.56\00:40:01.80
with an evangelical.
00:40:01.83\00:40:03.70
He was not a
Seventh-day Adventist.
00:40:03.73\00:40:05.23
And I asked him this question:
00:40:05.70\00:40:08.57
Which death is the wages of sin,
00:40:08.77\00:40:11.24
the first death
or the second death?
00:40:11.74\00:40:14.01
And of course he
says, "Oh, it's very clear
00:40:14.64\00:40:17.55
that the wages of sin,
the final penalty for sin,
00:40:17.58\00:40:20.35
is second death."
00:40:20.38\00:40:21.72
I said, "Well,
that's a good answer."
00:40:21.75\00:40:23.35
Then I asked him,
"What is second death?"
00:40:23.75\00:40:26.99
And he was pretty
well versed, theologically.
00:40:27.42\00:40:29.76
He says, "Well, second death
is eternal separation from God."
00:40:29.79\00:40:34.90
And I looked at him
and I said, "Yeah, okay.
00:40:35.90\00:40:39.20
It's a good answer."
00:40:39.23\00:40:40.57
And then I asked him, "Did
Jesus suffer the second death?"
00:40:40.70\00:40:44.67
And he didn't
answer as quickly now.
00:40:46.51\00:40:49.01
He said, "Well, yes He did."
00:40:49.74\00:40:52.35
And so then I asked
him the question, I said,
00:40:53.08\00:40:56.38
"If Jesus
suffered the second death,
00:40:56.42\00:40:58.72
and the second death is
eternal separation from God,
00:40:59.49\00:41:02.29
why isn't Jesus
separated from God?"
00:41:02.32\00:41:05.09
Are you
understanding my question?
00:41:06.26\00:41:07.83
There was a long silence.
00:41:08.60\00:41:10.27
He said, "I don't now."
00:41:12.00\00:41:13.50
I said, "I do."
00:41:14.04\00:41:15.37
He says, "What do you mean?"
00:41:16.81\00:41:18.14
I told him about
the scapegoat ceremony.
00:41:18.47\00:41:20.68
Who is it that's going to suffer
second death for all of the sins
00:41:21.01\00:41:25.18
that he led God's
faithful people to commit?
00:41:25.28\00:41:27.78
Satan.
00:41:28.18\00:41:29.52
Are the wicked also
going to suffer second death
00:41:29.55\00:41:31.72
for their own sins
because they did not
00:41:31.75\00:41:33.22
place them in the Sanctuary?
00:41:33.25\00:41:34.59
Absolutely.
00:41:34.62\00:41:35.96
So the scapegoat ceremony is
the only way that we can explain
00:41:35.99\00:41:39.39
why Jesus is not eternally
separated from His Father.
00:41:39.59\00:41:43.20
It's because the ultimate
originator and perpetuator
00:41:43.30\00:41:46.47
of sin is going to.
00:41:46.50\00:41:47.84
Are you following me or not?
00:41:47.87\00:41:49.20
Now, when Jesus
returns the second time,
00:41:49.94\00:41:54.21
He will be free
of the stain of sin.
00:41:54.64\00:41:58.61
Because He will have
cleansed the Sanctuary
00:41:58.65\00:42:00.45
and placed the
sins where they belong.
00:42:00.55\00:42:02.72
Notice Hebrews 9:27-28.
00:42:03.08\00:42:06.09
Hebrews 9:27-28
00:42:06.12\00:42:08.09
Why will He
appear apart from sin?
00:42:28.44\00:42:30.58
Because all of the
sins have been placed where?
00:42:30.61\00:42:32.91
On the head of the scapegoat.
00:42:32.95\00:42:34.92
And then I'll tell you
what the high priest would do.
00:42:35.18\00:42:37.09
After he had placed all
of the responsibility upon
00:42:37.25\00:42:40.02
the head of the
scapegoat, then the high priest
00:42:40.06\00:42:42.86
would return to
the Most Holy Place
00:42:43.09\00:42:46.80
and he would
change his garments.
00:42:46.83\00:42:49.30
He would take off his
high priestly garments
00:42:50.10\00:42:53.47
and he would change.
00:42:54.40\00:42:55.74
Now, I was once talking to some
Seventh-day Adventist pastor
00:42:56.24\00:43:01.51
who didn't much believe
in what Ellen White says.
00:43:02.31\00:43:04.71
You know, Ellen White explains
that Jesus, before He comes,
00:43:04.75\00:43:10.15
He's going to change His
garments from His high priestly
00:43:10.19\00:43:12.25
garments, He's going to
change to His kingly garments.
00:43:12.29\00:43:15.49
So he says, "Ellen White
says that, but where does
00:43:15.82\00:43:17.79
the Bible say that?"
00:43:17.83\00:43:19.16
And you know, he was
being facetious in his question.
00:43:19.33\00:43:21.83
He was being somewhat sarcastic.
00:43:21.86\00:43:23.20
So I decided I
would be sarcastic too.
00:43:23.23\00:43:24.93
I said, "Well, if you
used half of that gray matter
00:43:24.97\00:43:27.17
that God put in your brain, you
would be able to figure it out."
00:43:27.20\00:43:30.11
He says, "What do you mean?"
00:43:30.67\00:43:32.01
I said, "Listen,
what is Jesus doing now?
00:43:32.61\00:43:35.98
What is the function
of Jesus in heaven now?"
00:43:36.01\00:43:37.98
"Oh," he says, "that's simple.
00:43:38.01\00:43:39.35
He's High Priest."
00:43:39.38\00:43:40.72
I said, "Good."
00:43:40.75\00:43:42.08
I said, "If He's the High
Priest, how is He clothed?"
00:43:42.12\00:43:45.05
"Well, if He's
serving as the High Priest,
00:43:45.65\00:43:47.22
He must be clothed
then as the High Priest."
00:43:47.32\00:43:49.66
I said, "Good. Two for two."
00:43:49.69\00:43:51.59
And then I said, "When
Jesus returns to this earth,
00:43:52.83\00:43:55.50
how is He clothed?"
00:43:55.53\00:43:57.30
Ooh, there was a
long time of silence.
00:43:57.93\00:44:00.50
Because he knew
all about Revelation 19
00:44:00.80\00:44:03.71
that speaks about the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
00:44:03.74\00:44:06.27
Let's read Revelation 19:11-15.
00:44:06.54\00:44:10.35
Revelation 19:11-15
00:44:10.38\00:44:12.95
This is the
second coming of Christ.
00:44:12.98\00:44:14.55
How does Jesus come
clothed at the second coming?
00:44:14.78\00:44:17.19
Does He come
clothed as the High Priest?
00:44:17.22\00:44:19.42
No.
00:44:19.45\00:44:20.79
So it's very simple.
00:44:20.82\00:44:22.16
If Jesus is not
clothed as the High Priest,
00:44:22.19\00:44:24.89
but when He returns again
He returns clothed as a King,
00:44:24.93\00:44:29.00
some time before He came as
a King He must have changed.
00:44:29.03\00:44:32.37
Notice Revelation 19:11.
00:44:33.30\00:44:35.27
So is Jesus going to come
again clothed as a High Priest?
00:45:22.75\00:45:26.72
No. So He must have changed
at some moment before that.
00:45:26.92\00:45:32.53
Now let me read you a rather
long statement from Ellen White.
00:45:32.96\00:45:36.83
The little lady had it straight.
00:45:37.30\00:45:39.00
This is from, Early Writings.
00:45:39.63\00:45:41.74
This is the early Ellen White.
00:45:42.34\00:45:44.31
Because some people say, "Well,
Ellen White, as she matured,
00:45:44.34\00:45:47.98
you know, she clarified
certain things that she didn't
00:45:48.94\00:45:51.71
make clear early
in her ministry."
00:45:51.75\00:45:53.85
This is, Early Writings.
She makes it very clear.
00:45:54.98\00:45:56.99
In fact, Early Writings, is
even clearer, I believe, than,
00:45:57.09\00:45:59.42
The Great Controversy,
because it's done in a very
00:45:59.45\00:46:01.32
synthetic short form.
00:46:01.36\00:46:02.69
So you can follow the
sequence a lot easier.
00:46:02.76\00:46:05.03
Notice...
00:46:05.39\00:46:06.73
This is at the
conclusion of the judgment.
00:46:10.67\00:46:12.37
Now listen carefully.
00:46:23.11\00:46:24.45
"Christ had
received His kingdom..."
00:46:24.48\00:46:25.81
That's Daniel 7:13-14.
00:46:25.85\00:46:27.85
So what does it mean
that He received His kingdom?
00:46:36.12\00:46:38.16
"The subjects of His
kingdom were made up."
00:46:38.59\00:46:41.66
If Jesus takes off
His high priestly garments
00:47:14.73\00:47:17.27
when probation closes, is there
going to be any Intercessor
00:47:17.30\00:47:20.80
during the time of trouble?
00:47:20.84\00:47:22.17
No, because He's no
longer a High Priest.
00:47:22.37\00:47:25.07
She continues saying...
00:47:25.37\00:47:26.71
See, that's what
we were talking about.
00:47:51.83\00:47:53.17
Like Job.
00:47:53.20\00:47:54.54
God says, "Okay, you say that
you can rule better than Me?
00:47:54.60\00:47:57.94
Show it."
00:47:58.44\00:47:59.77
How do you think
heaven is going to look at it?
00:48:00.14\00:48:02.08
They'll say, "Man are
we ever glad we didn't
00:48:02.31\00:48:04.01
let this guy take
over God's throne.
00:48:04.05\00:48:05.91
What a mess!"
00:48:06.41\00:48:08.02
She continues writing...
00:48:09.45\00:48:10.79
Some Adventist theologians
cringe when they read this.
00:48:45.62\00:48:49.26
Because it means that you
can no longer send your sins
00:48:49.29\00:48:51.99
to the Sanctuary.
00:48:52.03\00:48:53.36
She continues writing...
00:48:54.66\00:48:56.00
See, there's the
scapegoat ceremony.
00:49:14.12\00:49:16.38
He left heaven for where?
00:49:33.07\00:49:34.70
He left heaven for planet earth.
00:49:35.04\00:49:37.27
Because that is
His second coming.
00:49:37.31\00:49:40.18
Is this clear?
00:49:40.88\00:49:42.21
I mean, the Bible
makes it absolutely clear.
00:49:42.78\00:49:44.58
And the spirit of
prophecy explains it
00:49:44.61\00:49:47.28
in such a simple way.
00:49:47.48\00:49:49.25
She puts all of
the pieces together
00:49:49.38\00:49:51.52
in a way that can
be easily understood.
00:49:51.55\00:49:53.72
And then of course,
probation is closed.
00:49:54.52\00:49:57.96
The sentence has been given.
00:49:58.26\00:50:00.13
The time of trouble,
Satan has full control
00:50:00.50\00:50:03.93
over the finally impenitent.
00:50:03.97\00:50:05.47
God allows the devil to
try His people to the utmost.
00:50:05.67\00:50:09.74
They go through the
severe time of trouble.
00:50:09.87\00:50:11.94
There is no
Intercessor, no Mediator.
00:50:12.07\00:50:14.54
Which means they have totally
gained the victory over sin.
00:50:14.58\00:50:17.38
And at the end of
the time of trouble,
00:50:17.48\00:50:19.21
then Jesus will come to
bring His reward to His saints
00:50:19.25\00:50:23.79
which He showed in
the judgment before
00:50:23.82\00:50:26.25
were worthy of receiving
the reward of everlasting life.
00:50:26.29\00:50:30.49
Let's notice John 14:1-3.
00:50:30.89\00:50:34.66
So Jesus didn't
go to build mansions.
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.47
They were already
there when He was speaking.
00:50:46.51\00:50:48.14
How does He prepare the place?
00:50:54.08\00:50:55.52
By His work in the Holy
Place and the Most Holy Place.
00:50:55.55\00:50:58.12
Now listen carefully.
00:51:11.53\00:51:12.87
Jesus made two
promises to His people
00:51:13.27\00:51:16.94
about their final inheritance.
00:51:16.97\00:51:18.57
First of all, He clearly
said that He was going to
00:51:18.91\00:51:21.98
take them to heaven.
00:51:22.01\00:51:23.35
Is that clear from John 14?
00:51:23.38\00:51:25.01
He says, "I'm
going to prepare a place.
00:51:25.31\00:51:27.28
And then I will
go there with you.
00:51:27.32\00:51:29.62
I'll receive you unto Myself and
we'll be in heaven together."
00:51:29.65\00:51:32.39
Did Jesus promise to
take His people to heaven?
00:51:32.42\00:51:34.72
That was His first promise
with regards to inheritance.
00:51:35.29\00:51:37.89
But did Jesus also say that
the meek will inherit the earth?
00:51:37.99\00:51:41.13
So the question is,
what are we going to inherit?
00:51:41.86\00:51:44.80
Is it heaven or
is it the new earth?
00:51:44.83\00:51:47.07
You know, this causes a
severe problem for those
00:51:47.74\00:51:50.81
who believe in the rapture.
00:51:50.84\00:51:52.17
Because those who believe
in the rapture believe that
00:51:53.34\00:51:56.34
Jesus will reign on this
earth during the millennium.
00:51:56.44\00:51:59.55
And they say, "Well that's
the fulfillment of the promise
00:52:00.85\00:52:03.39
that Jesus would give the
saints the earth to inherit."
00:52:03.42\00:52:08.22
But they say, "What about
the first promise that He was
00:52:08.32\00:52:10.69
going to take them to heaven?"
00:52:10.73\00:52:12.06
So they have to invent
a pre-tribulation rapture,
00:52:13.33\00:52:17.00
seven years before Jesus
comes, to stay on this earth.
00:52:17.57\00:52:21.24
They have to create a
pre-tribulation rapture.
00:52:21.27\00:52:23.44
They say, "Oh yeah,
Jesus is going to fulfill His
00:52:23.47\00:52:25.81
first promise taking His people
to heaven for seven years,
00:52:25.84\00:52:29.31
and then He's going to
come here during the millennium,
00:52:29.64\00:52:32.28
and the meek will
inherit the earth."
00:52:32.38\00:52:33.95
It's not necessary to
invent a pre-tribulation rapture
00:52:34.32\00:52:37.59
to understand that
Jesus fulfills both promises.
00:52:37.79\00:52:41.42
You see, Adventists have
it in a much clearer way.
00:52:41.69\00:52:43.89
How does Jesus
fulfill the promise to take
00:52:44.39\00:52:47.00
His people to heaven?
00:52:47.03\00:52:48.36
He comes the second
time, He takes them to heaven,
00:52:48.40\00:52:50.97
where they spend how long?
00:52:51.00\00:52:52.40
A thousand years.
00:52:52.67\00:52:54.00
So in other words, the problem
with the ones who believe in
00:52:54.04\00:52:56.30
the pre-tribulation
rapture is that they got
00:52:56.34\00:52:58.44
the millennium wrong.
00:52:58.47\00:52:59.81
If you get wrong where
Jesus is going to be during the
00:53:00.51\00:53:03.24
millennium, you have to
have a pre-tribulation rapture.
00:53:03.28\00:53:05.98
I don't know if you're
understanding what I'm saying.
00:53:06.01\00:53:07.52
But if you go by
what the Bible says,
00:53:08.15\00:53:09.95
if you believe that
Jesus is going to be in heaven
00:53:10.12\00:53:12.75
and the saints are
going to reign with Him,
00:53:12.79\00:53:14.66
and they're going to
perform a work of judgment
00:53:14.69\00:53:16.29
during the thousand years, and
then after the thousand years
00:53:16.32\00:53:19.39
Jesus will come and
set up His kingdom here,
00:53:19.43\00:53:22.23
and the meek will
inherit the earth,
00:53:22.26\00:53:23.67
it's much more natural
to understand how Jesus
00:53:23.70\00:53:26.13
fulfills both promises.
00:53:26.17\00:53:28.04
Are you
understanding what I'm saying?
00:53:28.07\00:53:29.77
Now let's read Revelation 22:12.
00:53:30.21\00:53:33.51
Revelation 22:12.
00:53:33.54\00:53:35.11
We're still referring to
the reward when Jesus comes.
00:53:35.14\00:53:38.45
Now if Jesus brings the
reward, must He have determined
00:53:48.96\00:53:51.76
before He came
what the reward will be?
00:53:51.79\00:53:53.93
Must there have been a judgment
before to determine the reward?
00:53:54.56\00:53:57.50
Of course.
00:53:57.53\00:53:58.87
Notice 2 Timothy 4:6-8.
00:53:58.90\00:54:01.57
You know, Christians
today, they say, "Oh, you know,
00:54:01.60\00:54:03.84
the apostle Paul,
he was a good guy.
00:54:03.87\00:54:05.51
When he died, he
went right to heaven."
00:54:05.54\00:54:07.34
That's not what Paul believed.
00:54:08.34\00:54:09.78
When did Paul believe he
was going to get his reward?
00:54:10.55\00:54:13.01
When was he
going to get his crown?
00:54:13.52\00:54:15.18
Let's read what He had to
say shortly before his death
00:54:16.15\00:54:18.95
when he was in the
Mamertine Prison in Rome.
00:54:18.99\00:54:21.42
2 Timothy 4:6
00:54:21.62\00:54:24.69
"...which the Lord,
the righteous Judge,
00:54:42.04\00:54:44.15
will give to me when I die..."
00:54:44.25\00:54:46.25
No.
00:54:47.02\00:54:48.35
"...on that Day..."
00:54:48.38\00:54:49.72
So when is it that
Paul was going to receive
00:54:56.86\00:54:59.06
the crown of life?
00:54:59.09\00:55:00.43
At the appearing of Jesus.
00:55:00.46\00:55:02.30
It's another way of
saying, at the coming of Jesus.
00:55:02.33\00:55:05.93
Notice Matthew 16:27.
00:55:06.20\00:55:08.74
Matthew 16:27
00:55:08.84\00:55:10.81
The Bible is clear as to when
people receive their reward.
00:55:11.07\00:55:13.58
Listen, if you receive
your reward when Jesus comes,
00:55:13.61\00:55:16.54
you did not
receive it when you died.
00:55:16.58\00:55:18.15
It's that simple.
00:55:18.51\00:55:19.85
So if you
understand the judgment,
00:55:19.88\00:55:21.28
you understand
the state of the dead.
00:55:21.32\00:55:22.88
Notice Matthew 16:27.
00:55:23.52\00:55:26.32
Is that the second coming?
00:55:31.43\00:55:32.76
Yes.
00:55:32.79\00:55:34.13
So when is it that people are
going to receive their reward?
00:55:44.77\00:55:47.58
Not at death, but
when Jesus comes again.
00:55:48.01\00:55:51.15
The Bible is so
clear on this point.
00:55:51.25\00:55:53.11
And when was it determined
what reward would be given?
00:55:53.28\00:55:56.82
In the judgment
that was done before.
00:55:57.52\00:55:59.65
Were the names of God's
people retained in the book
00:55:59.69\00:56:03.53
during that judgment?
00:56:03.73\00:56:05.06
Yes, because He will deliver
those who are written where?
00:56:05.09\00:56:08.60
In the book,
according to Daniel 12:1.
00:56:08.70\00:56:12.37
Let's read one final
passage on the reward.
00:56:12.73\00:56:16.30
This is read at every funeral
that I have ever attended
00:56:16.34\00:56:19.51
in the history of my life.
00:56:20.34\00:56:21.84
1 Thessalonians 4:15-17
00:56:22.28\00:56:25.65
Beautiful promise.
00:56:25.91\00:56:27.25
The living are not
going to go to heaven
00:56:36.62\00:56:38.09
before those who
died, in other words.
00:56:38.13\00:56:40.13
So where are
the dead? In heaven?
00:56:51.81\00:56:53.78
No.
00:56:53.91\00:56:55.24
Those who are
alive when Jesus comes.
00:57:00.12\00:57:01.82
With those who
died and resurrected.
00:57:05.45\00:57:07.12
And then God's people
will receive their reward.
00:57:14.06\00:57:17.37
They will be taken to
heaven for a thousand years.
00:57:17.87\00:57:21.27
What are they going to do
during the thousand years?
00:57:22.04\00:57:25.51
It is going to be
a working vacation.
00:57:26.14\00:57:28.94
This will be our final study.
00:57:29.91\00:57:32.35
We're going to discover what
God's people are going to do
00:57:32.38\00:57:34.98
during the millennium.
00:57:35.02\00:57:36.35
There is going to be
an investigative judgment
00:57:36.38\00:57:38.49
of Satan, his
angels, and the wicked
00:57:38.52\00:57:40.42
during the thousand years.
00:57:40.46\00:57:41.99
And then after the thousand
years, when Satan and his angels
00:57:42.26\00:57:45.53
are there, and all the
wicked have resurrected,
00:57:45.56\00:57:47.63
God will once
again open up the records
00:57:47.66\00:57:49.90
and show the wicked, and Satan,
and his angels their records.
00:57:50.00\00:57:53.27
And then they will
kneel and they'll say,
00:57:53.47\00:57:55.30
"Righteous and true
are Your ways, O God."
00:57:55.34\00:57:58.71
For the first
time since sin came in,
00:57:58.91\00:58:02.28
everybody will be on the same
page in the great controversy.
00:58:02.61\00:58:06.41
So don't miss the
next exciting episode.
00:58:06.45\00:58:09.12