Participants: J.D. & Shelley Quinn (Host), James Rafferty
Series Code: TL
Program Code: TL015530A
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00:18 ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪
00:28 ♪ REMOVING PAIN ♪ ♪ LORD, MY WORK ♪ 00:38 ♪ LET MY WORK ♪ ♪ HEAL A HEART THAT HURTS ♪ 00:42 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 00:55 ♪ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ♪ ♪ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ♪ 01:06 ♪ >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO 3ABN 01:17 "TODAY LIVE." WE ARE SO GLAD THAT YOU HAVE 01:20 TUNED IN, AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE GLAD TOO, BECAUSE TONIGHT WE 01:22 ARE GOING TO HAVE A WONDERFUL BIBLE STUDY. 01:25 LET ME FIRST INTRODUCE MYSELF, I'M SHELLEY QUINN. 01:28 >> AND I'M HER HUSBAND J.D. >> AND I SHOULD SAY I'M YOUR 01:32 WIFE. >> WHAT DID YOU SAY? 01:36 >> HMM? >> DON'T GO THERE BECAUSE THAT 01:37 COULD CREATE SOME ISSUES. HONEY, THAT'S ALL RIGHT. 01:40 I LOVE YA. >> HE GETS TEASED SOMETIMES BY 01:43 BEING CALLED THE HUSBAND OF J.D. QUINN. 01:48 >> WHATEVER. >> I'M REALLY MESSING THIS ONE 01:50 UP. >> I DO KNOW ONE THING AND THAT 01:52 IS TONIGHT WE HAVE A SPECIAL, SPECIAL GUEST, ONE OF MY 01:55 FAVORITE PEOPLE. >> YES, AMEN. 01:57 >> AND THAT'S PASTOR JAMES RAFFERTY. 02:00 >> THANK YOU, J.D. >> GOOD TO BE SHELLEY. 02:03 >> AND JAMES, YOU ARE THE CODIRECTOR FOR LIGHT BEARERS 02:06 MINISTRY. >> MM-HMM. 02:07 >> AND YOU ALL HAVE AN INCREDIBLE MINISTRY. 02:09 >> AMEN. PRAISE GOD. 02:10 >> WE WILL TALK ABOUT THAT FOR JUST A MOMENT, BUT WHAT WE ARE 02:13 GOING TO BE DISCUSSING TONIGHT IS THE FACT THAT EVERYONE ON 02:18 EARTH IS CREATING A CHARACTER RIGHT NOW. 02:20 WE ARE DEVELOPING A CHARACTER RIGHT NOW. 02:23 >> MM-HMM. >> WE ARE GOING TO BE TALKING 02:24 ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE LAMB AND THE DRAGON OF REVELATION. 02:28 >> AMEN. >> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T 02:30 WANT TO MISS. SO WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET YOUR 02:33 BIBLE, GET YOUR PEN AND PAPER, CALL YOUR FRIENDS, HAVE PEOPLE 02:37 TUNE IN BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A WONDERFUL STUDY. 02:40 >> AMEN. >> THIS IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE 02:41 BEEN STUDYING FOR A LONG TIME, ON THE BOOK OF REVELATION AND 02:45 DANIEL. >> MY FAVORITE BOOK AND TONIGHT 02:47 WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT ONE OF MY FAVORITE CHAPTERS, REVELATION 02:52 CHAPTER 12. I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED IF I ONLY 02:53 HAD ONE CHAPTER IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION, IF THAT WOULDN'T BE 02:56 THE CHAPTER. >> REALLY? 02:57 >> BECAUSE IT'S SO PROFOUNDLY INSIGHTFUL, FOR US, FOR THE 03:01 WHOLE GREAT CONTROVERSY THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN AND HELPING US 03:04 TO PUT OUR FAITH IN JESUS CHRIST. 03:07 >> ANDS TO IMPORTANT THAT WE UNDERSTAND THAT RIGHT NOW 03:08 BECAUSE WE KNOW SOMETIME IS SHORT. 03:10 WE SEE PROPHECY BEING FULFILLED ALL AROUND US, AND THIS IS GOING 03:13 TO BE AN EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT STUDY. 03:16 >> ONE THING THAT -- >> ONE THING THAT I HAVE NOTICED 03:19 IN MY MANY YEARS IS THAT IT'S A JOY WHEN YOU FIND SOMEONE THAT'S 03:24 REALLY GOOD AT SOMETHING, TO SIT BACK AND JUST KIND OF JUST 03:28 WATCH. >> HMM. 03:29 >> AND SO I KNOW FOR MYSELF, I'M GOING TO ENJOY TONIGHT BECAUSE 03:33 I'M GOING TO SEE A MASTER AT WORK, DISSECTING REVELATION 12. 03:38 >> AND THAT'S -- YOU KNOW WHEN WE SAY A MASTER, WE ARE GIVING 03:41 GOD THE GLORY. >> AMEN. 03:43 >> BUT HE HAS DEFINITELY GIVEN YOU THE GIFT OF TEACHING AND WE 03:46 ENJOY LISTENING TO YOU SO MUCH. >> AMEN. 03:48 >> BUT BEFORE WE GET INTO OUR TOPIC TONIGHT, WE HAVE SOME 03:50 SPECIAL MUSIC FROM OUR VERY OWN PASTOR JOHN LOMACANG. 03:57 HE'S THE PASTOR OF THE SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH. 04:01 YOU HAVE SEEN HIM ON 3ABN MANY TIMES. 04:04 >> AMEN. >> HE HAS SUCH A BEAUTIFUL 04:06 MINISTRY, NOT ONLY IN THE WORD BUT A BEAUTIFUL MUSIC MINISTRY 04:09 AND JOHN IS GOING TO SING FOR US, "DON'T YOU SEE MY JESUS 04:15 COMING." >> AMEN. 04:18 ♪ ♪ 04:33 ♪ DON'T YOU SEE MY JESUS COMING ♪ 04:39 ♪ DON'T YOU SEE HIM IN YONDER CLOUDS ♪ 04:47 ♪ WITH 10,000 ANGELS ROUND HIM ♪ ♪ SEE HOW THEY MY JESUS CHRIST ♪ 05:02 ♪ I'M BOUND FOR THE KINGDOM ♪ ♪ WILL YOU GO TO GLORY WITH ME ♪ 05:13 ♪ HALLELUJAH, OH, PRAISE YE THE LORD ♪ 05:20 ♪ DON'T YOU SEE THE SAINTS ASCENDING ♪ 05:26 ♪ HEAR THEM SHOUTING TO THE EARTH ♪ 05:34 ♪ JESUS, SMILING, TRUMPETS SOUNDING ♪ 05:38 ♪ NOW HIS GLORY THEY SHALL SHARE ♪ 05:44 ♪ I AM BOUNDED FOR THE KINGDOM OF JESUS ♪ 05:48 ♪ WILL YOU GO TO GLORY WITH ME ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, OH, PRAISE YE THE 06:02 LORD ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ 06:05 ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ 06:14 ♪ DON'T YOU SEE THE HEAVENS OPEN ♪ 06:21 ♪ AND THE SAINTS IN GLORY THERE ♪ 06:26 ♪ SHOUTS OF TRIUMPH HEARD AROUND THEM ♪ 06:33 ♪ GLORY, GLORY EVERYWHERE ♪ ♪ I AM BOUND FOR THE KINGDOM ♪ 06:47 ♪ WILL YOU GO TO GLORY WITH ME ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, PRAISE YE THE 06:57 LORD ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, OH, PRAISE YE THE 07:08 LORD ♪ ♪ HALLELUJAH, HALLELUJAH ♪ 07:16 ♪ >> I TELL YOU WHAT, IF WE LOOK 07:22 AROUND, WE CAN SEE THAT JESUS IS COMING AND HE IS COMING SOON. 07:25 SO THANK YOU, PASTOR LOMACANG FOR THAT WONDERFUL SONG. 07:30 >> THAT'S FANTASTIC. >> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING US, 07:32 TONIGHT WE HAVE A SPECIAL GUEST WITH US, JAMES RAFFERTY WHO IS 07:35 THE CODIRECTOR OF LIGHT BEARERS AND JAMES IS KNOWN FOR BEING 07:40 SOMEWHAT OF AN EXPERT, IF NOT -- I SHOULD SAY, IF NOT A REAL 07:44 EXPERT IN DANIEL AND REVELATION. AND TONIGHT WE ARE GOING TO BE 07:49 TALKING ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAMB AND 07:51 THE DRAGON. >> YES. 07:52 >> SO JAMES, WITHOUT ANY FURTHER ADO, LET'S GET INTO THIS STUDY. 07:58 I THINK -- >> RIGHT. 08:00 >> I DO WANT TO ASK ONE QUESTION. 08:03 MOST OF OUR VIEWERS KNOW YOU FROM "TABLE TALK" AND SO MANY 08:07 OTHER THINGS THAT YOU HAVE DONE ON 3ABN. 08:09 BUT TELL US, JUST FOR THOSE WHO ARE BRAND NEW TO 3ABN AND WE 08:12 HAVE GOT MORE NEW PEOPLE COMING ON EVERY DAY. 08:15 TELL US JUST A LITTLE BRIEF SYNOPSIS OF WHAT LIGHT BEARERS 08:20 DOES. >> OKAY, WELL, LIGHT BEARERS 08:22 MINISTRY IS A PUBLISHING, PREACHING, TEACHING MINISTRY IN 08:25 OREGON. AND WE HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR 08:27 ABOUT 30 YEARS. AND MYSELF, TY GIBSON AND 08:33 JEFFREY ROSARIO AND A GROUP OF STAFF WORK THERE. 08:35 WE HAVE PRINT LITERATURE LIKE "THE LEAFS OF AUTUMN." 08:39 WE SEND IT ALL OVER THE WORLD. WE PRINT ABOUT 650 MILLION 08:42 PIECES OF LITERATURE IN OVER 40 LANGUAGES TO I DON'T KNOW HOW 08:49 MANY COUNTRIES IN THE LAST 25 YEARS OR SO. 08:51 AND THEN WE HAVE A SCHOOL THERE CALLED THE AWRY SCHOOL. 08:54 IT'S GOING RIGHT NOW. WE GRADUATE 60 PLUS STUDENTS IN 08:58 AMERICA AND AUSTRALIA EVERY YEAR. 09:00 AND SO WE DO THAT FOR ABOUT 13 TO 15 WEEKS IN THE TWO DIFFERENT 09:04 LOCATIONS. AND IT'S A TRAINING SCHOOL. 09:05 IT'S A DISCIPLESHIP SCHOOL. IT'S SOME OF THE STUDENTS THAT 09:10 COME THERE COME AS BRAND NEW SEEKERS OF GOD. 09:14 THEY DON'T EVEN KNOW GOD. THEY DON'T KNOW THE BIBLE. 09:17 THEY ARE NOT -- THEY DON'T HAVE ANY RELIGIOUS BACKGROUND. 09:20 OTHERS COME FROM DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS AND MANY OF THEM 09:23 COME AS SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS. AND THEN WE WE PREACH AND TEACH. 09:28 I'M PASTORING PART-TIME IN BEND, OREGON AT THE CASCADES 09:32 SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH THERE, AND JUST A SHOUT OUT TO 09:34 THE CASCADE CHURCH. >> AMEN. 09:36 >> AND THE EL ELDERS AND THE MEMBERS THERE. 09:39 I REALLY LOVE THE CHURCH AND ENJOY IT AND BEING BLESSED IN 09:42 THAT CAPACITY. AND THEN MY WIFE AND I TRAVEL 09:45 TOGETHER FROM TIME TO TIME. SHE DOES A LOT OF HEALTH 09:47 RESEARCH AND WRITES HEALTH NUGGETS. 09:49 AND I'M TRYING TO THINK IF THERE'S ANYTHING ELSE THAT I 09:52 LEFT OUT. >> YOU HAVE TWO CHILDREN. 09:54 >> TWO CHILDREN, MY SON, J.L. IS 22. 09:57 HE RESIDES IN LOMA LINDA RIGHT NOW. 10:00 HE'S JUST FINISHED PART OF HIS EDUCATION. 10:02 HE'S A PHYSICAL THERAPY ASSISTANT, AND HE'S GOING TO GO 10:05 INTO THE DOCTORATE FOR PHYSICAL THERAPY. 10:07 AND THEN MY DAUGHTER, WHO IS 17. WE'RE IN PORTLAND, AND SHE'S 10:15 FINISHING SCHOOL AT THE PORTLAND ADVENTIST ACADEMY AND SHE WILL 10:18 DO SOMETHING GREAT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT. 10:21 THE KIDS ARE INSPIRING, ALL OF THEIR ENERGY AND INTEREST. 10:25 >> AMEN. >> AND, YOU KNOW, WHAT A 10:28 BLESSING THAT -- WHAT A BLESSING IT IS FOR CHILDREN WHEN THEY GET 10:31 TO GROW UP IN A HOME WHERE BIBLICAL PRINCIPLES ARE 10:35 INSTILLEDSTILL AND THE LOVE OF CHRIST HAS BEEN 10:42 INSTILLED IN THEM. THAT'S SOMETHING YOU HAVE BEEN 10:44 MODELING FOR YOUR CHILDREN IS HOW TO HAVE A TRUE INTIMATE 10:46 RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 10:48 >> ABSOLUTELY. AND I HOPE AND PRAY THAT, YOU 10:49 KNOW, THEY SAY TRAIN UP A CHILD IN THE WAY THEY WILL GO AND WHEN 10:52 THEY ARE OLD, THEY WILL NOT DEPART FROM IT. 10:53 AND THAT'S MY HOPE. I THINK IT'S EVERY PARENT'S HOPE 10:56 FOR THEIR CHILDREN. MY KIDS AREN'T PERFECT, BUT 10:58 NEITHER AM I AND MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN MARRIED 26 YEARS NOW. 11:03 SO WE ARE JUST -- WE JUST CELEBRATED OUR 26 11:06 26th ANNIVERSARY IN JULY. >> CAN I SHARE THAT WE HAVE A 11:09 FREE OFFER TONIGHT. >> CERTAINLY. 11:11 >> THIS IS GOING TO KIND OF FIT INTO WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT. 11:14 SO ON OUR FREE OFFER, IT'S FREE OFFER AT 3ABN.TV. 11:20 EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME. 11:22 AND THE TELEPHONE NUMBER IS 618-627-4651 IF YOU WANT TO GET 11:30 THIS, AND IT'S -- IT'S OFF OF YOUR SERIES, OFF OF YOUR ANCHOR 11:34 SERIES HERE AT THOMPSONVILLE. AND ANCHORS OF TRUTH AND IT'S 11:41 CALLED BEAST AND DRAGON. JUST CALL IT IN OR EMAIL IT IN, 11:49 LIVE@3ABN.TV. >> AMEN. 11:50 >> JAMES, WHY DON'T YOU OPEN WITH A WORD OF PRAYER AND THEN 11:53 LET'S GET INTO THE SCRIPTURE. >> FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE JUST 11:55 WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN YOUR WORD, 11:57 AND FOR EACH ONE THAT'S LISTENING, EACH ONE THAT'S GOING 12:00 TO BE LISTENING, WE WANT TO ASK THAT YOUR SPIRIT WILL PRESIDE 12:03 AND PROVIDE. WE PRAY THAT YOU WILL DIRECT US, 12:05 OUR HEARTS, AND OUR MINDS, THAT YOU WILL TEACH US AND INSTRUCT 12:09 US. WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED BY CHRIST 12:11 IN JOHN 14, JOHN 16 THAT THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL COME TO TEACH 12:16 US AND CONVICT US AND LEAD US INTO ALL TRUTH. 12:18 WE CLAIM THOSE PROMISES TONIGHT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US, 12:21 AND WE CLAIM THEM IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST AND THANK YOU, 12:24 AMEN. >> AMEN! 12:25 >> AND I DO WANT TO MENTION BEFORE YOU GET STARTED THAT WE 12:27 ARE GOING TO PUT JAMES ON THE HOT SEAT IN THE SECOND HOUR. 12:30 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, YOU CAN CALL THEM IN 12:35 TO 618-627-4651. OR YOU CAN SEND AN EMAIL TO 12:44 LIVE@3ABN.TV AND IF YOU WANT THAT FREE OFFER, JUST CALL THE 12:47 SAME PHONE NUMBER OR SEND IN YOUR EMAIL TO 12:57 FREEOFFER@3ABN.ORG. >> ALL THE ADO IS GONE? 13:01 >> IT IS. >> I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN IN 13:06 MATTHEW 7:21-23. THERE ARE SOME VERSES THAT HAVE 13:09 TO BE SOME OF THE MOST SIGNIFICANT VERSES THAT YOU ARE 13:10 GOING TO FIND. >> AMEN. 13:12 >> SPOKE FRIEND THE LIPS OF CHRIST. 13:14 IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 7:21-23, JESUS SAYS THAT NOT EVERYONE 13:19 THAT SAYS UNTO ME, LORD, LORD, SHALL ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF 13:24 HEAVEN BUT HE THAT DOTH THE WELL OF MY FATHER THAT IS IN HEAVEN. 13:29 MANY WILL SAY UP TO ME, IN THAT DAY, LORD, LORD, HAVE WE NOT 13:34 PROPHESIED IN THY NAME AND IN THY NAME HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS 13:39 AND IN THY NAME DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS AND VERSE 23, 13:43 THEN I WILL PROFESS UNTO THEM, I NEVER KNEW, YOU DEPART FROM ME, 13:48 YE THAT WORK INIQUITY. THESE ARE SOLEMN VERSES AND THEY 13:52 SHOULD AWAKEN THE CONSCIENCE OF EVERY SINGLE PERSON WHO 13:55 PROFESSES TO BE A FOLLOWER OF JESUS CHRIST. 13:58 THERE ARE THREE MAJOR ISSUES HERE THAT SHOULD CALL OUR 14:02 ATTENTION TO A SERIOUS SELF-EXAMINATION ACCORDING TO 2 14:10 CORINTHIANS. WE SHOULD BE IN THE FAITH. 14:11 ONE OF THEM THAT IS REALLY DIFFICULT AND CHALLENGING IS THE 14:15 IDEA OF SELF-DECEPTION. OBVIOUSLY THESE PEOPLE DON'T 14:18 KNOW UNTIL IT'S TOO LATE. AND JESUS IS WARNING US, IT'S 14:21 NOT THE FEW, IT'S THE MANY. AND I THINK ONE OF THE REASONS 14:24 WHY THEY DON'T KNOW IS BECAUSE THESE PEOPLE ARE CALLING JESUS 14:30 LORD. HE'S THE LORD OF THEIR LIVES. 14:32 IN OTHER WORDS, IT'S TELLING US THAT MANY PEOPLE WHO PROFESS -- 14:36 THAT JESUS IS LORD OF THEIR LIFE, THAT THEY REALLY DON'T 14:39 KNOW HIM. AND I THINK THE REASON FOR THAT 14:43 IS BECAUSE THEY ARE SO CONNECTED WITH THE WORKS RATHER THAN WITH 14:47 THE PERSON. THEY ARE SO CONNECTED WITH THE 14:50 KNOWLEDGE, RATHER THAN THE INDIVIDUAL JESUS CHRIST. 14:53 BECAUSE THEY SAY HERE THAT THEY HAVE DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS 14:55 IN HIS NAME. THEY HAVE CAST OUT DEVILS. 14:58 THEY PROVE SIDE. PROPHESIED. 15:02 THEY HAVE DONE MANY WONDERFUL WORKS BUT JESUS SAYS, I DON'T 15:05 KNOW YOU. AND I REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE 15:07 AS WE GO INTO THE BOOK OF REVELATION THAT WHILE THE BOOK 15:09 OF REVELATION IS ABOUT PROPHECY, THE ULTIMATE GOAL OF THE BOOK OF 15:14 REVELATION IS ABOUT A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST. 15:17 THAT'S THE POINT OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 15:20 WE ARE GOING TO COME TO THE PLACE IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION 15:23 WHERE WE ARE GOING TO BE USHERED SAFELY INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD 15:27 IF WE FOLLOW THE LAMB WHEREVER HE GOES. 15:30 THAT'S KIND OF LAST DESCRIPTION OF GOD'S PEOPLE BEFORE WE MOVE 15:34 INTO THE SEVEN LAST PLAGUES OF REVELATION 15 AND 16 AND THE 15:38 JUDGMENTS THAT TAKE PLACE TOWARDS THE END OF BOOK. 15:41 THERE'S A PEOPLE THAT WILL FOLLOW THE LAMB WHEREVER HE 15:44 GOES. THEY HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH 15:46 JESUS. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I 15:47 THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN THESE VERSES IS THEY DON'T TRUST 15:50 IN THEIR WORKS FOR SALVATION. THESE PEOPLE ARE KNOCKING ON THE 15:54 GATES AND BASICALLY SAYING WE DESERVE HEAVEN BECAUSE WE HAVE 15:57 DONE THESE WONDERFUL WORKS AND JESUS SAID, WAIT A MINUTE, YOU 16:01 DON'T -- YOU DON'T COME TO HEAVEN. 16:02 YOU DON'T -- YOU DON'T EARN YOUR SALVATION BY YOUR WORKS. 16:05 YOUR SALVATION IS CENTERED IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH ME AND TRUST 16:10 IN ME AND LOOKING TO ME AS YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 16:14 >> AND EVEN THOUGH I AGREE WITH THAT, I ALSO SEE IN THIS, THAT 16:17 HE SAYS, ONLY HE WHO DOES THE WILL OF MY FATHER AND THEY SAYS 16:22 AWAY FROM ME YOU HAVE PRACTICED LAWLESSNESS. 16:25 I HAVE THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY HAVE A 16:29 RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS BUT THEY DON'T WALK IN OBEDIENCE. 16:31 THEY DON'T DO THE WILL OF THE FATHER. 16:33 THEY ARE PRACTICING LAWLESSNESS, NOT THAT -- YOU KNOW, THAT'S 16:38 WALKING THAT TIGHT ROPE WHERE PEOPLE ARE ABSOLUTELY IN 16:44 GALATIANS 5:4, PAUL SAID IF YOU ARE TRYING TO BE JUSTIFIED BY 16:47 THE LAW OF YOUR WORKS, YOU ARE ESTRAIGHTED FROM CHRIST. 16:50 >> AND THAT'S THE -- ESTRANGED FROM CHRIST. 16:52 >> AND THAT'S THE CLARIFICATION THAT WE NEED TO MAKE. 16:55 >> YOU HAVE FALLEN FROM GRACE. >> THESE PEOPLE TRUST, NOT IN 16:58 THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST, NOT IN HIS RIGHTEOUSNESS BUT 17:01 THEY TRUST IN THEIR WORKS AS AN ENTRANCE TO HEAVEN. 17:04 THEY ARE KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AND THEY SAY WE DESERVE TO BE IN 17:09 HEAVEN BECAUSE OF THEIR WORKS. THE ONLY REASON WHY WE NEED TO 17:13 BE IN HEAVEN IS BECAUSE OF THE GRACE OF JESUS CHRIST. 17:16 >> AMEN. >> DOES THAT WORK PRODUCE GRACE. 17:18 IT ALWAYS PRODUCES AN OBEDIENT PEOPLE BUT THOSE PEOPLE 17:21 RECOGNIZE THAT THAT OBEDIENCE IS NOT THEIR TITLE OR FITNESS OR 17:25 HEAVEN. THE TITLE AND FITNESS IN-SEN 17:28 FOUND IN JESUS CHRIST -- FITNESS IN HEAVEN IS FOUND IN JESUS 17:36 CHRIST. IT'S INTERESTING, I WAS 17:38 PREPARING THIS OUTLINE WEEKS AGO FOR OUR LIVE TONIGHT, AND AS I 17:43 WAS THINKING AND PRAYING ABOUT IT, THINKING AND PRAYING ABOUT 17:46 IT, GOD SAID YOU NEED TO READ MATTHEW 7:21-23 FIRST. 17:51 THAT'S WHAT YOU NEED TO START WITH, BUT I SAID I WANT TO START 17:53 IN REVELATION 12. YOU KNOW HOW THE HOLY SPIRIT IS. 17:57 VERY INSISTENT. AND HE SAID, YOU WILL UNDERSTAND 17:59 THE CONNECTION IF YOU START IN MATTHEW 7:21-23, YOU WILL SEE 18:03 THE CONNECTION, AND THE CONNECTION IS PROFOUND. 18:05 IT'S BEAUTIFUL. BECAUSE JESUS CHRIST IS REALLY 18:09 THE AUTHOR OF THE BOOK OF THE REVELATION. 18:11 IT IS THE REVELATION OF JESUS CHRIST. 18:13 IT'S NOT THE REVELATION OF THE BEAST. 18:15 IT'S NOT THE REVELATION OF THE ANTI-CHRIST OR THE SEVEN LAST 18:19 PLAGUES, THE ANTI-CHRIST IS IN REVELATION. 18:21 BEAST IS IN REGULATION. THE DRAGON IS IN REVELATION. 18:24 PLAGUE IS IN REVELATION. BUT THE THEME IS JESUS. 18:27 IT BEGINS WITH JESUS AND IT ENDS ENDS WITH JESUS. 18:31 SO JESUS BEING THE AUTHOR IS ALL ABOUT DEVELOPING OUR TRUST IN 18:34 HIM, CAUSING US TO SEE IN HISTORY, PAST, PRESENT AND 18:37 FUTURE THE NEED TO PUT OUR FULL RELIANCE UPON HIM FOR SALVATION. 18:42 AND ALSO THE NEED TO WARN US OF THE DANGERS THAT WE FACE. 18:46 NOW, HE ALREADY WARNED US IN MATTHEW 7:21-23 THAT SAME 18:51 WARNING, THE VERY EXACT SAME WARNING IS THE THEME OF 18:56 REVELATION CHAPTER 12, BELIEVE IT OR NOT. 18:57 >> OKAY. >> WELL, LET ME BACK UP HERE, 19:00 BECAUSE I JUST FEEL, BOY, THIS IS TOUGH ON THE SELF-DECEPTION. 19:05 >> MM-HMM. >> BECAUSE THERE'S THIN, THIN, 19:07 THIN LINES RIGHT THERE. THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD PEOPLE 19:09 OUGHT THERE THAT PERHAPS DONE EVEN KNOW THAT THEY ARE BEING 19:12 BESEVEDDECEIVED BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT SELF-DECEPTION IS. 19:18 IF YOU HAVE ANY DOUBTS, THAT YOU CALL UPON THE HOLY SPIRIT AND 19:24 THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL IMPRESS YOU AND MAYBE GET YOU ON A STRAIGHT 19:27 ROAD? >> ABSOLUTELY. 19:28 HERE'S THE PROBLEM THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE, J.D., IN RELATION 19:31 TO THE SPIRIT. AND THAT IS IT IS MANY TIMES 19:35 RELIED UPON IN ABSENCE OF THE WORD. 19:38 >> THANK YOU. >> MM-HMM. 19:39 >> BECAUSE THAT IS -- YOU KNOW, I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING 19:42 DECEIVED IN TWO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES. 19:44 I SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE BEING DECEIVED BECAUSE THEY THINK THEY 19:47 HAVE A RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS, IT'S SOMETHING THAT IS A 19:51 FEEL-GOOD THING AND MAYBE THEY GO OUT AND DO SERVICE, BUT THEY 19:56 DON'T KNOW HIM IN JOHN 17:3, THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE THAT THEY 20:03 KNOW YOU THE FATHER AND YOU WHO HE SENT, HIS SON JESUS CHRIST. 20:07 BUT THEY DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS SAID IF YOU LOVE ME, 20:11 KEEP MY COMMANDMENTS, THAT WE DON'T KEEP COMMANDMENTS TO EARN 20:16 SALVATION. WE KEEP COMMANDMENTS BECAUSE WE 20:17 ARE SAVED AND GOD'S WORKING IN US TO WILL AND DO HIS GO 20:22 PLEASURE. SO THERE'S THAT ONE GROUP WHO 20:26 ARE HEARERS OF THE WORD BUT NOT DOERS OF WORD AND JAMES SAYS 20:29 THAT'S WHEN YOU DECEIVE YOURSELF. 20:30 BUT THE OTHER GROUP IS THE ONES WHO THINK, OKAY. 20:34 I'M DOING EVERYTHING THAT GOD SAYS ME TO AND THEY ARE TRYING 20:38 TO EARN THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN. >> RIGHT. 20:40 >> THAT DECEPTION, YOU CAN FALL OFF ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DITCH. 20:43 >> AND THAT'S WHY REVELATION CHAPTER 12 IS SO SIGNIFICANT. 20:46 >> YES. YES. 20:48 >> REVELATION CHAPTER 12 BEGINS IN VERSE ONE WITH THIS PHRASE 20:50 "AND THERE APPEARED A GREAT WANDER OR SIGN IN HEAVEN." 20:55 THIS WORD IN THE GREEK SUGGESTS SOMETHING COMPLETELY OUT OF THE 21:01 ORDINARY. SOMETHING EXTRAORDINARY HAS JUST 21:03 BEEN CITED BY JOHN IN VISION, IN HEAVEN. 21:07 >> OKAY. >> THIS IS SOMETHING UNUSUAL. 21:08 THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS NOT YOUR NORM. 21:10 AND SO IT'S VITAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND WHAT HE'S SEEING 21:14 RIGHT HERE TO BREAK THIS DOWN BECAUSE THE BOOK OF REVELATION 21:17 IS WRITTEN IN SYMBOLIC FORM. IT WAS SIGNIFIED THE KING JAMES 21:22 SAYS. NOW A LOT OF NEW TRANSITIONS 21:24 LEAVE OUT THAT WORD SIGNIFIED. IT'S NOT IN THE GREEK, BUT IT'S 21:27 VERY PRESENT IN THE TEXAS RECEPTUS. 21:34 IT SUGGESTS THAT THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS SYMBOLIC. 21:36 THE WORD THAT IS SUBSTITUTED FOR IT IN THE NEWER TRANSLATIONS IS 21:41 IT WAS COMMUNICATED. IT DOESN'T GIVE THE NAME 21:44 REFERENCE THAT SIGNIFY GIVES, SYMBOLIC, SYMBOLIZED. 21:48 WE WILL SEE THIS NOT ONLY THROUGH THE ENTIRE BOOK OF 21:50 REVELATION BUT ESPECIALLY IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12 BECAUSE IN 21:53 REVELATION CHAPTER 12, WHEN JOHNS SEES THIS INCREDIBLE SIGHT 21:57 THAT'S EXTRAORDINARY, HE SEES A WOMAN AND SHE'S CLOTHED WITH THE 22:02 SUN AND SHE'S STANDING ON THE MOON AND A CROWN OF 12 STARS ON 22:05 HER HEAD. YOU'RE LIKE, OKAY, THAT'S A 22:07 LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT! IT'S A LITTLE BIT -- WOW! 22:10 YOU KNOW? JOHN! 22:13 >> WHAT DOES ALL OF THIS MEAN? >> WHAT DOES IT MEAN? 22:16 AND DEFINITELY THIS IS SYMBOLIC. NOW A WOMAN, IT'S EASY TO BREAK 22:21 DOWN. ALL THROUGH THE BIBLE, OLD 22:23 TESTAMENT, NEW TESTAMENT, A WOMAN SYMBOLIZES A CHURCH. 22:28 GOD'S PEOPLE. I HAVE LIKENED THE DAUGHTER ZION 22:31 TO A DELICATE WOMAN JEREMIAH, I THINK IT'S 6:2. 22:38 >> 6:2. >> IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2 22:42 CORINTHIANS 11:1, 2, 3, 4, SOMEWHERE IN THERE, PAUL SAYS I 22:46 WANT TO PRESENT YOU TO CHRIST AS A CHASED VIRGIN. 22:49 IN EPHESIANS CHANT 5:27, 28, 29, AND ONWARD. 22:56 PAUL LIKENS THE CHURCH TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN A HUSBAND 23:02 AND WIFE. CHRIST IS THE HUSBAND AND THE 23:05 CHURCH IS THE BRIDE. THE SYMBOLISM OF A WOMAN IS THE 23:10 CHURCH. THIS WOMAN RIGHT HERE IS THE 23:11 CHURCH OF THE GOD. NOW WE WILL FIND THAT THIS 23:13 DESCRIPTION OF THE WOMAN HERE IS THE CHURCH OF GOD IN THE OLD 23:18 TESTAMENT AND IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 23:19 AS WE GO THROUGH THIS ENTIRE CHAPTER. 23:21 WE WILL FIND THAT THIS WOMAN IS A CHURCH OF GOD IN THE OLD 23:23 TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT AND WE'LL LOOK FOR SOME EVIDENCE 23:26 FOR THAT. BUT I WANT OUR VIEWERS TO BE 23:28 THINKING RIGHT NOW AS WE MOVE THROUGH THESE VERSES, THEY NEED 23:30 TO BE THINKING WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE WOMAN, OF 23:35 THE CHURCH, OF THOSE WHO FOLLOW THE LAMB? 23:36 WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE LAMB-LIKE? 23:39 BECAUSE WE WILL BE COMPARING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S PEOPLE 23:42 WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THOSE WHO FOLLOW SATAN, THE 23:46 DRAGON. WE ARE LOOKING AT THE 23:48 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE LAMB, OF JESUS, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS 23:52 OF THE DRAGON. TONIGHT WE WANT TO BE TOTALLY 23:54 OPEN BECAUSE WE WILL FIND IF WE ARE HONEST WITH OURSELVES, THAT 23:57 WE, INDEED, HAVE SOME OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRAGON. 24:01 >> THE DRAGON. >> AND WE'RE GOING TO NEED TO BE 24:03 OPEN AND RECOGNIZE THAT WHEN THE BIBLE IS IDENTIFYING THESE 24:06 VARIOUS CHARACTERISTICS, IT'S NOT TRYING TO CONDEMN US. 24:09 IT'S NOT TRYING TO MAKE US FEEL BAD. 24:11 IT'S TRYING TO CONVICT US SO WE CAN COME TO A PLACE OF 24:14 REPENTANCE AND MORE RELIANCE ON THE GRACE OF GOD. 24:16 IF WE SEAL OUR HEARTS AND SAY, NO, AND HAVE THAT SPIRITUAL 24:21 RELIGIOUS PRIDE, WE WILL FIND OURSELVES GOING IN THE SAME 24:25 DIRECTIONS SO MANY OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN THE PAST WHO TURNED 24:28 AWAY FROM HIS LOVELY VOICE AS THE HOLY SPIRIT WAS TRYING TO 24:31 CONVICT THEM THAT THEY HAD A GREATER NEED, A GREATER NEED TO 24:35 GROW IN JESUS. >> I KNOW WE ARE GETTING TO 24:37 THIS, BUT THOSE WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH REVELATION, THE 24:39 LAMB SIGNIFIES JESUS CHRIST. >> YES, THANK YOU, SHELLEY. 24:43 ABSOLUTELY. >> AND THE DRAGON SIGNIFIES THE 24:45 DEVIL. SO THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. 24:47 >> YES. THAT'S VITALLY IMPORTANT. 24:49 SO THE LAMB REPRESENTS CHRIST. THE LAMB OF THE GOD, WHO TAKES 24:51 AWAY THE SINS OF THE WORLD. AND THE DEVIL, WELL, RIGHT HERE 24:54 IN REVELATION CHAPTER 12, EXCUSE ME, THE DRAGON HERE IN 25:01 REVELATION IS THE SYMBOL OF THE DEVIL. 25:04 AND THE SUN. SHE'S CLOTHED WITH THE SUN. 25:08 IF THE VIEWERS HAVE A HARD TIME FINDING MALACHI. 25:12 IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO MATTHEW. IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO THE FIRST 25:14 BOOK OF THE NEW TESTAMENT. IT'S THE LAST BOOK OF THE OLD 25:18 TESTAMENT. MALACHI 4:2. 25:21 I WANT US TO LOOK AT THIS VERSE. ALL OF THE VERSES DEALING WITH 25:24 THIS SYMBOL, OR THESE SYMBOLS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT 25:29 FOR US TO UNDERSTAND THESE SYMBOLS. 25:31 JOHN IS SEEING SOMETHING STUPENDOUS, AND SOMETHING THAT'S 25:35 VITAL. THE PICTURE OF REVELATION 12:1 25:37 IS THE SUMMATION OF THE FIRST 11 11 CHAPTERS OF REVELATION AND IT 25:41 WILL TAKE US THROUGH THE LAST CHAPTERS OF REVELATION. 25:45 IT'S THE EPICENTER. THIS IS OUR DESTINATION AS A 25:48 PEOPLE. REVELATION 12:1 IS OUR DESTINY. 25:51 I CAN'T MAKE THIS -- I WISH I COULD MAKE THIS AS IMPORTANT AND 25:53 SIGNIFICANT AS IT IS. I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT 25:56 REVELATION 12:1 TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE. 25:58 NOW WE AS ADVENTISTS PUT A LOT OF IMPORTANCE, PERHAPS IN 26:03 REVELATIONS 12:1. IT'S IMPORTANT. 26:05 WE PUT A LOT OF IMPORTANCE? REVELATION 14:12. 26:08 AND THEY ARE TO HAVE THE FAITH OF JESUS AND HERE THEY THE LOVE 26:15 OF JESUS. REVELATION 12:1 IS THE MOST 26:18 IMPORTANT CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 26:19 I WILL TELL YOU WHY ON A SIDE NOTE, BECAUSE THE REMNANT WHO 26:22 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD IN REVELATIONS 12:17 ARE THE 26:25 REMNANT OF THE WOMAN IN 12:1. AND THEY CAN'T KEEP THE 26:29 COMMANDMENTS AND THEY CAN'T BE THE REMNANT UNLESS THEY 26:32 UNDERSTAND THE WOMAN'S DESCRIPTION IN REVELATION 12:1. 26:35 >> THAT'S GOOD. >> ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? 26:37 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> SO MALACHI 4:2 TELLS US QUITE 26:41 CLEARLY, BUT UNTO YOU THAT FEAR MY NAME, SHOULD THE SON OF 26:46 RIGHTEOUS ARISE WITH HEALING IN HIS WINGS AND YOU WILL GO FORTH 26:48 AND GROW UP AS CALVES OF STALL. THE SON OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. 26:53 THIS SON REST REPRESENTS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST. 26:57 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST IS THE THEOLOGICAL 27:05 REPRESENTATION OF HIS RESURRECTION. 27:08 IT'S SUMMARIZED IN 1 CORINTHIANS 1:30-31 AND IT TALKS ABOUT HOW 27:14 WE ARE SAVED BY THE GRACE OF GOD AND THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD. 27:20 EVERYTHING THAT WE NEED, OUR TITLE AND FITNESS FOR-SEN FOUND 27:22 IN THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST. 27:24 -- FOR HEAVEN IS FOUND IN THE RIGHTEOUS N OF JESUS CHRIST. 27:27 SO THE WOMAN IS CLOSED WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS. 27:30 >> NOW THIS DESCRIBES GOD'S PEOPLE IN EVERY AGE. 27:34 GOD'S FAITHFUL PEOPLE WERE SAVED BY FAITH. 27:36 THEY LOOK FORWARD TO THE CROSS. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, GOD'S 27:39 FAITHFUL PEOPLE ARE SAVED BY FAITH. 27:41 THEY LOOK BACK TO THE CROSS. EVERY GENERATION OLD TEST. 27:46 AND NEW TESTAMENT LOOKS TO THE CROSS FOR SALVATION. 27:50 EPHESIANS CHAPTER 1 11 TELLS US THAT. 27:54 >> A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE THAT ALL THE GRACE THAT WAS IN 27:56 THE OLD TESTAMENT THAT WE WERE ALWAYS SAVED BY GRACE. 27:59 IT'S NOT TWO DIFFERENT DISPENSATIONS WHERE ONCE IT WAS 28:02 BY WORKS AND THERE AGAIN BY GRACE. 28:06 ISAIAH 64:6, AND JEREMIAH 23-6 TALKS ABOUT THE LORD OUR 28:14 RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> YOU GOT IT RIGHT. 28:17 >> SO THEY ALWAYS LOOKED TO GOD AND THROUGH THE SANCTUARY 28:21 SERVICE, THEY UNDERSTOOD THE COMING OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST. 28:24 >> AND HEBREWS 11 MAKES THAT VERY CLEAR. 28:26 >> YES. >> ABRAHAM WAS SAVED BY FAITH. 28:28 JACOB WAS SAVED BY FAITH. MOSES WAS SAVED BY FAITH. 28:31 THE WHOLE CHAPTER OF HEBREWS 11 ESTABLISHES RIGHTEOUSNESS BY 28:35 FAITH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. THERE'S A LOT OF GRACE. 28:37 THERE'S A LOT OF GOSPEL. THE GOSPEL IS PREACHES UNDER 28:40 THEM AS WELL AS US. >> ABSOLUTELY. 28:43 >> EMPHATICALLY IN HEBREWS 4:2. >> AND JESUS SAID ABRAHAM SAW MY 28:47 DAY AND HE WAS GLAD. >> GLAD! 28:50 >> SO HE KNEW, I BELIEVE WHEN HE SAW IT WAS -- WHEN GOD WAS 28:52 CUTTING COVENANT WITH HIM. >> YES. 28:54 >> ABSOLUTELY. >> AND WHEN HE WENT THROUGH, HE 28:56 SAW WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. I THINK THAT'S WHY HE DIDN'T 29:00 MIND -- WELL, NOT THAT HE DIDN'T MIND BUT WHY HE WAS ABLE TO EVEN 29:05 OFFER ISAAC IS BECAUSE HE FIGURED IN REVELATION -- I MEAN 29:11 HEBREWS CH CHAPTER 11 SAYS THAT, THAT GOD COULD RAISE HIM FROM 29:14 THE DEAD. I HAVE THINK HE SAW JESUS' DAY 29:17 AND HE TAUGHT EVERYONE ELSE. >> HE SAW JESUS' DAY BECAUSE HE 29:21 SAW IT IN ISAAC. HE SAW THE SACRIFICE IN HIS SON 29:24 AND REALIZED THAT GOD HIMSELF WOULD PROVIDE A LAMB. 29:27 >> I WANT YOU TO SEE WHY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. 29:29 IF THIS WOMAN IS CLOTHED WITH THE SUN AND THE SUN REPRESENTS 29:32 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST, HIS PERFECT LIFE AND HIS 29:35 PERFECT DEATH, HIS RESURRECTION, THE ONLY WAY ANYONE CAN EVER 29:38 KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD, CAN EVER BE A REMNANT IF THEY 29:42 ARE THIS WOMAN, IF THEY ARE CLOTHED WITH THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS. 29:44 DO YOU SEE THE CONNECTION NOW? >> YES. 29:46 >> YOU CANNOT ISOLATE VERSE 17 FROM VERSE 12:1. 29:52 >> THAT'S GREAT. >> IF WE WANT TO BE OFFSPRING WE 29:55 NEED TO BE CLOTHED WITH THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST 29:57 AND THEN WE WILL KEEP THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD. 30:00 THE NEXT SYMBOL IS THAT SHE IS STANDING ON THE MOON. 30:07 YOU TOOK YOUR GLASSES OFF. >> WHEN I THINK OF SUN, I THINK 30:10 OF PLANTS AND ANIMAL MS.S AND I THINK THE SUN AND HOW IMPORTANT 30:15 THE GIFT IS TO EACH ONE OF THEM. >> MM-HMM. 30:17 >> AND THEN YOU TURN AROUND AND HOW IMPORTANT THE SUN IS TO EACH 30:22 ONE OF US THAT CAN REVITALIZE US. 30:26 YOU KNOW, IT WAS JUST -- I'M A VISUAL PERSON. 30:29 >> AMEN. >> SO TRYING TO VISUALIZE THIS, 30:31 SO I SEE HOW IMPORTANT THE IS UP OF RIGHTEOUSNESS, THE ROBE OF 30:36 RIGHTEOUSNESS. >> INTO OUR GROWTH, JUST LIKE 30:38 THE NATURAL. >> AMEN. 30:42 >> THE NEXT SYMBOL, I WILL MOVE ALONG HERE A LITTLE BIT FASTER 30:44 BECAUSE I KNOW WE WILL RUPP SHORT OF -- RUN SHORT OF TIME. 30:47 WE MIGHT RUN OUT OF TIME. THAT'S OKAY. 30:49 I WILL COME BACK. [ LAUGHTER ] 30:51 I KNOW YOU. I KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE. 30:53 >> AMEN. >> THE SUN AND THEN IT SAYS AND 30:55 THE MOON UNDER HER FEET. SHE'S CLOTHED WITH THE 30:59 RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST AND SHE STANDING ON SOMETHING. 31:01 THERE'S SOME TERRA FIRMA TYPE OF THING UNDER HER FEAST AND IT'S 31:05 DESCRIBED AS THE MOON. WHAT DOES THE MOON SYMBOLIZE. 31:08 IT'S THE LESSER RIGHT LEADING TO THE GREATER LIGHT AND THE 31:11 GREATER LIGHT IS JESUS. THE GREATER LIGHT IS GOD. 31:13 AND SO WHAT IS IT THAT LEADS TO US THAT GREATER LIGHT? 31:18 PSALM 119:105 SAYS THIS, THY WORD IS A LIGHT UNTO MY FEET AND 31:22 A LAMP -- HOW DOES THAT GO? A LAMP UNTO MY FEET AND A LIGHT 31:27 TO MY PATH. AND THAT WORD LIGHT IN HEBREW 31:29 TALKS ABOUT OR IS -- IN THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE, INFERS THE 31:34 LUMINARIES, THE SUN, THE MOON AND THE STARS. 31:37 THIS IS A SYMBOL OF GOD'S CHURCH THAT IS CLOTHED WITH THE 31:41 SALVATION, RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST AND IS STANDING 31:43 FIRMLY ON THE WORD OF GOD. THE WORD OF GOD IS WHAT GUIDES 31:48 HERE. WE TALK ABOUT THE SPIRIT LEADING 31:49 US. THE SPIRIT LEADING US. 31:51 WELL, THE SPIRIT IS THE AUTHOR OF THE WORD OF GOD. 31:53 YOU CAN'T SEPARATE THE SPIRIT FROM THE WORD OF GOD BECAUSE ALL 31:56 SCRIPTURE IS INSPIRED BY THE HOLY SPIRIT. 31:58 SO THE HOLY SPIRIT LEADS US AND THE HOLY SPIRIT GIVES US THE 32:00 STRENGTH AND THE PROMISES AND THE EMOTIONS AND THE FEELINGS 32:03 THAT ARE IN HARMONY WITH THE WORD THAT IT HAS INSPIRED. 32:06 IT DOESN'T SPEAK CONTRARY TO ITS WORD. 32:08 >> ABSOLUTELY NOT. >> SO, OF COURSE, GEORGE W. 32:09 B -- YOU AREGOING TO HAVE A PEOPLE. OF COURSE THEY WILL BE KEEPING 32:15 THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD BECAUSE THE COMMANDMENTS OF GOD ARE 32:20 FOUNDATIONAL TO HIS WORD. THEY WON'T BE KEEPING THE 32:22 COMMANDMENTS OF MAN. THEY WON'T BE KEEPING A 32:23 DIFFERENT SET OF COMMANDMENTS IN WHICH THE WORD OF GOD OUTLINES 32:27 THE COMMANDMENTS ARE. SO THIS VERSE IS VITAL! 32:30 >> AMEN. >> THIS VERSE IS FOUNDATIONAL. 32:31 AND THEN IT SAYS THAT SHE HAS A CROWN OF 12 STARS ON HER HEAD. 32:36 NOW 12 IS THE KINGDOM NUMBER. IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT AND 32:39 SIGNIFICANT NUMBER. IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, GOD CHOSE 32:42 12 TRIBES. IN THE NEW TESTAMENT GOD CHOSE 32:46 12 APOSTLES. BOTH OF THEM WERE 32:48 REPRESENTATIONS OF HIS CHURCH, THE 12 TRIBES, OLD TESTAMENT 32:51 CHURCH, LITERAL JEWS. THE 12 APOSTLES, EVEN THOUGH 32:56 THEY WERE ALL LITERAL JEWS ALSO. GOD MADE A TRANSITION FROM THE 33:00 OLD AND NEW TESTAMENT FROM THE LITERAL JEWS TO WHAT PAUL 33:04 DESCRIBED AS SPIRITUAL JEWS. IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU ARE 33:07 ABRAHAM AND SEED AND HEIRS ACCORDING TO THE PROMISE AND YOU 33:10 ARE NOT AWE JEW, ROMANS 2:28-29 BUT ONE WHICH IS LEE AND NOT 33:16 CIRCUMCISION OF THE FLESH BUT OF THE HEART. 33:18 NOT IN THE LETTER BUT IN THE SPIRIT WHAT YOU HAVE IS A 33:20 TRANSITION TAKING PLACE, NOT ONLY IN THE OLD AND NEW 33:25 TESTAMENT. THAT'S VERY CLEAR. 33:26 WE ALL KNOW THAT WHEN JESUS CAME, HE SAID TO THE JEWS IN THE 33:29 TEMPLE, YOUR HOUSE IS LEFT UNTO YOU DESOLATE. 33:32 WE ALL KNOW THAT HE MADE THAT TRANSITION AND ESTABLISHED A NEW 33:35 CHURCH, CHRISTIAN BECAUSE IT WAS NAMED AFTER HIM. 33:37 THEY ARE CHRISTIANS. THEY ARE LIKE CHRIST. 33:39 THEY ARE CHRIST-LIKE WHICH FITS INTO OUR THEME TONIGHT. 33:42 >> AMEN. >> BUT WHAT WE STRUGGLE WITH, I 33:44 THINK, JUST A LITTLE BIT, IS ALLOWING PROPHECY TO MAKE THAT 33:48 TRANSITION. THERE WERE A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO 33:50 LOOK AT THE BOOK OF REVELATION, WHO STUDY PROPHECY, WITHOUT 33:55 UNDERSTANDING THE TRANSITION THAT'S TAKEN PLACE FROM THE OLD 33:58 TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. AND MANY TIMES WHEN THEY READ 34:04 PROPHECY, ESPECIALLY REVELATION, THEY ARE LITERALLY JEWS, MIDDLE 34:09 EAST, P PALESTINE. IF FIN FACT WE HAVE GONE TO SUCH AN 34:17 EXTREME ON THAT, THAT ANY TIME WHEN WE READ THE REVELATIONS AND 34:23 WHEN WE READ THE PROPHECIES. WE ARE THINKING LITERAL JEWS. 34:29 THE BOOK OF REVELATION WILL HELP US MAKE THAT TRANSITION. 34:32 BECAUSE THE BOOK OF REVELATION, CHAPTER 12 HELPS TO TRANSITION 34:35 THIS WOMAN FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT TO NEW TESTLE RIGHT TESTAMENT RIGHT 34:40 HERE IN REVELATION 12. LOOKING FORWARD AND LOOKING 34:43 BACKWARDS, ALL OF THEM STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD. 34:47 THEY ARE FAITHFUL AND ALL ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE, AND OLD 34:50 TESTAMENT AND ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE. 34:51 SHE BEING WITH CHILD, VERSE 2, CRIED, TRAVAILING IN BIRTH AND 34:56 PAIN TO BE DELIVERED. NOW, I JUST WANT TO JUMP DOWN 34:59 HERE BECAUSE -- WELL NO, WE WILL READ VERSE 3 AND THERE APPEARED 35:03 ANOTHER WONDER IN HEAVEN, BY THE WAY, SAME WORD, ANOTHER WONDER, 35:10 AND A GREAT RED DRAGON HAVING SEVEN HEADS AND TEN HORNS AND 35:15 SEVEN CROWNS UPON HIS HEAD AND THE TAIL DREW THE THIRD PART OF 35:20 HEAVEN AND THE DRAGON STOOD BEFORE THE WOMAN WHICH WAS READY 35:24 TO BE DELIVERED TO DEVOUR HER CHILD AS SOON AS HE WAS BORN AND 35:28 SHE BROUGHT FORTH A MAN CHILD WHO WAS TO RULE ALL EARTH WITH A 35:35 WROUGHT OF IRON AND SHE WAS BROUGHT UP TO THE THRONE. 35:38 LET'S UNDERSTAND WHAT'S HAPPENING. 35:40 THE WOMAN HERE IN THESE VERSES IS THE OLD TESTAMENT LITERAL 35:44 JEWISH CHURCH. JESUS WAS A JEW. 35:46 HE WAS IMPORTANT OF THE JEWISH NATION. 35:48 WHEN HE WAS BORN, THE DRAGON CAME AND TRIED TO DESTROY HIM. 35:51 THE DRAGON REPRESENTS SATAN BUT SATANS WORKS THROUGH HIS 35:56 EMISSARIES AND WORKS THROUGH DIFFERENT EARTHLY POWERS. 35:59 HE WAS WORKING THROUGH HEROD. HE WAS THE KING THERE IN 36:03 JERUSALEM AND HE SOUGHT TO DESTROY AND WENT FORTH AND SEND 36:06 HIS SOLDIERS FORTH TO DESTROY ALL THE CHILDREN IN BETHLEHEM, 36:12 THAT WERE TWO YEARS OLD OR YOUNGER. 36:15 HE FLED WITH THE SON AND THE WISEMEN BEING WARNED NOT TO GO 36:20 BACK TO HEROD AND TELL HIM. THIS IS WHAT THE PROPHECY IS 36:24 TALKING ABOUT. THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 36:28 THIS IS SIMPLY IN SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE PICKING UP THE SAME 36:30 STORY THAT'S TOLD IN MATTHEW, THE SAME STORY THAT'S TOLD IN 36:33 MARK, THE SAME STORY THAT'S TOLD IN LUKE, AND THE SAME STORY 36:36 THAT'S TOLD IN JOHN. JESUS IS TALKING ABOUT -- THE 36:39 SAME ISSUE THAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH IN MATTHEW 7:21-22. 36:43 DECEPTION. IN FACT, WHEN YOU LOOK AT ONE OF 36:44 THE CHARACTERISTICS AND WE WILL TOUCH ON IT HERE, OF THE DEVIL, 36:49 IT TALKS ABOUT HOW YOU DREW A THIRD -- THIS IS VERSE 4, HIS 36:53 TAIL DREW THE THIRD PART OF THE STARS OF HEAVEN AND CAST THEM TO 36:56 THE EARTH. >> MM-HMM. 36:57 >> THIS IS TALKING IN THE CONTEXT OF PROPHETIC OF THE 37:04 DECEPTIVE POWER OF SATAN. IN ISAIAH 9:15, THE PROPHET THAT 37:10 TEACHES LIES IS THE TAIL. THE TAIL IN THE BIBLE SYMBOLIZES 37:14 A PROPHET, SOMEONE WHO TEACHES LIES AND THAT'S WHAT SATAN DID 37:17 IN HEAVEN. HE TAUGHT LIES ABOUT GOD AND HE 37:19 DECEIVED A THIRD PART OF THE ANGELS, THE STARS OF HEAVEN, THE 37:23 BRIGHT SHINING STARS OF HEAVEN WERE DECEIVED BY I HIS LIES AND 37:28 CAST THEM TO THE EARTH. HE WAS CAST DOWN TO THIS EARTH 37:33 AND THEY DON'T WANT US TO UNDERSTAND THIS CONTROVERSY THAT 37:37 WE ARE INVOLVED IN. THEY DON'T WANT US TO UNDERSTAND 37:40 THE VERSES THAT WE ARE READING TONIGHT. 37:42 OUR VIEWERS ARE ENGAGED IN A GREAT CONTROVERSY BETWEEN GOOD 37:45 AND EVIL. IT'S ALL AROUND US. 37:47 PEOPLE ARE FILLED WITH PAIN AND ANGUISH AND TERROR AND SADNESS 37:52 AND JUST TONIGHT WE ARE HEARING STORIES FROM MY HOME STATE OF 37:56 OREGON ABOUT TERRIBLE SICK THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING, 37:58 PEOPLE GETTING SHOT UP, JUST GOING TO SCHOOL AND MURDER 38:03 BECAUSE OF RELIGION. AND SATAN DOESN'T WANT US TO 38:07 KNOW THIS, THAT WE ARE INVOLVED IN THIS GREAT CONTROVERSY. 38:10 AND SO THESE WORDS ARE VITAL FOR US TO UNDERSTAND. 38:12 THERE'S A WAY OF ESCAPING AND THAT'S IN JESUS CHRIST. 38:15 THERE'S A DECEIVER AND THAT IS SATAN. 38:18 SATAN WANTS TO DECEIVE US COMING AS THIS MARVELOUS POWERFUL 38:22 MANIFESTATION OF POWER AND STRENGTH AND ALL OF THE KINGLY 38:25 AUTHORITY THAT'S OUTLINED HERE, HE WORKED THROUGH WORLDLY POWERS 38:29 THROUGH EARTHLY MAGISTRATES. HE WORKED THROUGH HEROD. 38:33 BUT THIS MAN WAS SAVED AND FINALLY, JESUS CHRIST WAS 38:37 RAISED, LIVED, DIED AND RESURRECTED AND TAKEN TO HEAVEN. 38:41 SO VERSES 1 THROUGH 5 OF REVELATION 12 ARE DESCRIBING 38:44 GOD'S CHURCH, THE LITERAL JEWISH CHURCH, DESCRIBING THEIR NEED TO 38:49 LOOK TO THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF CHRIST AND FOLLOW HIS WORD AND 38:52 BE ORGANIZED FOR SERVICE AND THE FACT THAT GOD BROUGHT FORTH HIS 38:56 SON THE SAVIOR OF THE WORLD THROUGH THAT CHURCH. 38:58 NOW IN VERSE 6, WE SEE A TRANSITION TAKE PLACE. 39:02 REVELATION 12:6, AND THE WOMAN FLED INTO THE WILDERNESS WHERE 39:07 SHE HATH A PLACE PREPARED OF GOD THAT THEY SHOULD FEED HER THERE, 39:15 1,200 AND THREE SCORE DAYS. WE HAVE JUST TRANSITIONED FROM 39:18 THE OLD TESTAMENT TO THE NEW TESTAMENT. 39:20 >> MM-HMM. >> AND WE KNOW THIS TRANSITION 39:21 IS TAKING PLACE. TWO REASONS WE KNOW THIS. 39:24 NUMBER ONE, JESUS HAS BEEN RESURRECTED TO HEAVEN IN VERSE 5 39:30 OF REVELATION 12. THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW 39:32 TESTAMENT AS THEY COME TOGETHER THEY GIVE US THAT SAME PICTURE. 39:35 IN THE NEW TESTAMENT, JESUS COMMISSIONED HIS DISCIPLES GO 39:38 INTO ALL THE WORLD AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY NATION. 39:40 I'M GIVING YOU ALL POWER, YOU SEE? 39:43 SO HERE HE BEGINS THE NEW CHURCH, THE CLIFFIAN CHURCH, THE 39:47 TRANSITION HAS -- THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, THE TRANSITION HAS TAKEN 39:50 PLACE. WHEN THEY DO THIS, THEY ARE 39:53 PERSECUTED. BUT EVENTUALLY FALLING AWAY AND 39:58 APOSTOCE TAKES PLACE. AND COMPROMISE BEGINS IN THE 40:01 CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND AS THE CHURCH BEGINS TO COMPROMISE, THE 40:04 FAITHFUL WHO REFUSED TO COMPROMISE HAVE TO GO 40:07 UNDERGROUND. THAT'S WHAT THIS VERSE IS 40:09 DESCRIBING HERE. IT'S DESCRIBING AN UNDERGROUND 40:11 CHURCH. IT'S DESCRIBING THE WOMAN GOING 40:12 INTO THE WILDERNESS IN THE CATACOMBS AND INTO THE DESERTED 40:18 PLACES TO ESCAPE THE PERSECUTION, TO ESCAPE FOR HER 40:21 LIFE. >> TELL US WHY THAT 1260 DAYS IS 40:24 SO SIGNIFICANT. >> WELL, ONE OF THE REASONS WHY 40:26 IT'S SO SIGNIFICANT IS BECAUSE IT MARKS THE BEGINNING AND THE 40:29 END OF A TIME THAT WE CALLED THE DARK AGES. 40:33 A TIME WHEN THE MEDIEVAL CHURCH, THE CHURCH THAT HAD COMPROMISED 40:37 WITH PAGAN ROME AND BROUGHT IN A LOT OF PAGAN ROMAN RITUALS, 40:44 INCLUDING SUNDAY OBSERVANCE WHICH IS NOT BASED IN THE BIBLE, 40:46 NOT BASED IN THE WORD OF GOD BUT THAT THE WOMAN IS STANDING ON 40:49 WHEN THAT CHURCH REIGNS SUPREME. AND SO FROM 538 UNTIL 1798, THIS 40:55 WOMAN WAS FLEEING TO DIFFERENT PLACES. 40:57 ALL THROUGH EUROPE AND EVENTUALLY IN VERSES -- WE WILL 41:02 READ THIS IN VERSES 13, 14 AND 15, AND 16 AND EVENTUALLY SHE 41:06 FLED TO A PLACE CALLED THE EARTH AND THE EARTH SWALLOWED UP THE 41:10 FLOOD OF THE WOMAN. THE EARTH SWALLOWED UP THIS 41:13 WATER, THIS PERSECUTION OF THE DRAGON, EXCUSE ME, AND HELPED 41:16 THE WOMAN ESCAPE FROM THE PERSECUTION. 41:20 NOW THAT EARTH, IT IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE WHEN YOU 41:22 LOOK AT BIBLE PROPHECY, YOU REALIZE THAT GOD DOES IN THE NEW 41:26 TESTAMENT THE SAME THING HE DOES IN THE OLD TESTAMENT. 41:29 IN FACT, A LOT OF THE SYMBOLISM OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS 41:33 FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE SYMBOLISM FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT 41:36 DESCRIBING WHAT GOD IS DOING IN THE NEW TESTAMENT AND BEYOND. 41:40 AND SO IN REVELATION 12 GOD DESCRIBES A WOMAN. 41:43 THAT'S OLD TEST. , BUT IS ALSO NEW TESTAMENT, YOU 41:46 SEE? REVELATION 12 GOD DESCRIBES HER 41:49 AS BEING CLOTHED WITH THE SUN. THAT'S OLD TESTAMENT BUT IT 41:52 REPRESENTS NEW TESTAMENT EXPERIENCE AND THE MOON, THAT'S 41:54 OLD TESTAMENT BUT IT'S ALSO REPRESENTING NEW TEST. 41:56 IN OTHER WORDS THE SUN, THE SON OF JESUS BUT THAT'S IN JEREMIAH 42:03 22:6. AND THE LIGHT, THE LIGHT TO MY 42:05 PATH, AND TO MY FEET, WELL, THAT'S ALSO IN THE NEW 42:08 TESTAMENT, WHERE TO BE ESTABLISHED ON THE WORD OF GOD, 42:11 YOU SEE AND FOLLOWING THE WORD AND ALL SCRIPTURES GIVEN MY 42:15 INSPIRATION OF GOD. THERE'S A TIME WHEN WE PREACH 42:17 THE WORD AND THERE WILL BE A TIME WHEN THE PEOPLE DON'T WANT 42:19 TO HEAR THE WORD AND SO THE STARS THAT'S IN 12. 42:22 THAT'S A NUMBER THAT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THE OLD TESTAMENT 42:25 BUT IT'S SIGNIFICANT IN THE NEW TESTAMENT. 42:26 IN REVELATION 21, JOHN IS TOLD TO -- ASKED IF HE WANTS TO SEE 42:32 THE BRIDE OF CHRIST, THE LAMB'S WIFE AND JOHN SAYS, SURE, I 42:36 WOULD LOVE TO SEE HER. AND YOU KNOW WHAT HE'S SHOWN? 42:40 WHEN THE ANGEL ASKED HIM, DO YOU WANT TO SEE THE BRIDE AND HE 42:44 SAYS, DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANGEL SHOWS HIM? 42:45 DO YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE ANGLE ANGEL SHOWS HIM? 42:49 A CITY. THE NEW JERUSALEM. 42:53 HE SHOWS HIM A CITY. IS JESUS MARRIED TO A CITY? 42:58 >> NO. >> IT SYMBOLIZES OR REPRESENTS 43:01 THE BRIDE. IT HAS 12 GATES AND 12 43:03 FOUNDATIONS. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NAMES ARE 43:04 ON THE 12 GATES OF THE BRIDE OF CHRIST? 43:07 THE NAMES OF THE 12 APOSTLES. OLD TESTAMENT. 43:11 12. >> 12. 43:13 >> 12 TRIBES. >> THANK YOU. 43:15 DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE NAME OF THE FOUNDATIONS ARE? 43:20 WHAT ARE THE NAMES ON THE FOUNDATIONS? 43:24 >> ALL THE PRECIOUS STONES. >> YES. 43:26 >> AND WHAT ARE THEY NAMED AFTER. 43:27 WHAT ARE THE 12 FOUNDATIONS? >> IT MUST BE THE 12 APOSTLES. 43:33 >> YES. YOU SEE? 43:34 SO THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT, CHURCH, WOMAN, IS 43:37 MADE UP OF FAITHFUL AND OLD TESTAMENT, AND FAITHFUL NEW 43:41 TESTAMENT. 12 STARS, 12 STARS AND YOU HAVE 43:43 THIS COMING TOGETHER, 12 TIMES 12 BY THE WAY IS 144 AND YOU 43:49 HAVE THE 144,000 THAT WILL GO IN THROUGH ONE OF THOSE GATES AND 43:52 BE PART OF THAT NEW JERUSALEM BRIDE THAT IS IN REVELATION. 43:58 THAT'S THE CONSUMMATION OF WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN 44:01 REVELATION 12. SO BASICALLY GOD HAD A PLACE IN 44:03 THE OLD TESTAMENT FOR HIS PEOPLE. 44:06 IT WAS CALLED THE GLORIOUS LAND. OKAY? 44:09 IT WAS IDENTIFIED BY TWO MARKS. IT WAS A LAND THAT WAS FLOWING 44:13 WITH MILK AND HONEY. >> MM-HMM. 44:15 >> IT WAS A LAND THAT WAS ECONOMICALLY BLESSED AND IT WAS 44:18 A LAND THAT WAS A PLACE WHERE GOD'S PEOPLE WOULD WORSHIP HIM 44:22 IN FREEDOM. >> ZION. 44:25 >> YEAH. A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD KEEP 44:26 THE SABBATH. A PLACE WHERE THEY COULD 44:28 ACTUALLY FOLLOW THE DICTATES OF WORD OF GOD AND WORSHIP HIM IN 44:33 SPIRIT AND IN IN TRUTH. NOW THAT PLACE, THE LITERAL 44:36 PALESTINE, THE PLACE FOR THE OLD TESTAMENT, THE WOMAN OF CHRIST, 44:39 EVENTUALLY WAS LOST TO THEM. NOW A NOW, A COUPLE OF TIMES THEY 44:45 REJECTED MESSIAH AND THEIR HOUSE WAS LEFT DESOLATE AND GOD FORMED 44:49 A NEW CHURCH. WHEN HE FORMED THIS NEW CHURCH, 44:50 HE TOOK THEM THROUGH THIS DARK PERIOD, THE DARK AGES, BROUGHT 44:53 THEM OUT ON THE OTHER SIDE, REVELATION 12:13, AND ONWARD AND 44:59 WHEN THE DRAGON SAW THAT HE WAS CAST OUT ON TO THE EARTH, HE 45:03 PERSECUTED THE WOMAN THAT BROUGHT FORTH THE MAN CHILD, 45:06 VERSE 14. AND TO THE WOMAN WERE GIVEN TWO 45:08 WINGS OF A GREAT EAGLE THAT SHE WILL MIGHT FLY INTO THE 45:12 WILDERNESS INTO HER PLACE, WHERE SHE'S NOURISHED FOR A TIMES, 45:16 TIME AND A HALF IN THE TIME OF THE P SERPENT. 45:22 AND AS OF THE FLOOD AFTER THE WOMAN, THAT HE MIGHT BE CAUSED, 45:26 THAT'S PERSECUTION AND THE EARTH HELPED THE WOMAN AND THE EARTH 45:28 OPENED HER MOUTH AND SWALLOWED UP THE FLOOD WHICH THE DRAGON 45:31 CAST OUT OF HIS MOUTH. THE EARTH IS THE PLACE WHERE THE 45:37 WOMAN WAS TAKEN WITH EAGLE'S WINGS. 45:40 IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: >>.>> THE EARTH IS OUR GLORIOUS 45:46 LAND. >> IN THE NE NEW TESTAMENT, IT'S 45:53 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. IT IS A LAND FLOWING WITH MILK 45:58 AND HONEY, ECONOMICALLY BLESSED AND IT'S A LAND OF RELIGIOUS 46:01 FREEDOM AND IT WAS DURING THE DARK AGES, BEFORE 1798 THAT THIS 46:07 LAND WAS ESTABLISHED AND THE PILGRIMS FIRST CAME HERE IN THE 46:11 PRECENTURIES BEFORE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, 46:14 BEFORE WE HAD PILGRIMS ROCK. WE HAD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE 46:17 EARLY COLONIES, 1600, 1700 AND THEN WE HAD THE ESTABLISHMENT OF 46:22 RELIGIOUS LIBERTY, OF COURSE, RHODE ISLAND AND ALL OF THE 46:24 PRINCIPLES THAT WENT INTO OUR CONSTITUTION. 46:26 AND IT ALLOWS THE PERSECUTION THAT WAS POURED OUT IN EUROPE TO 46:30 BE DECIMATED ON THESE SHORES. THE EARTH REPRESENTS A PLACE 46:35 UNLIKE THE SEA THAT WAS LIGHTLY POPULATED. 46:38 A MACE THAT WAS NOT FILLED WITH TRIBES AND NATIONS AND 46:42 MULTITUDES AND TONGUES. THAT FITLY REPRESENTS THE UNITED 46:45 STATES OF AMERICA. >> YES. 46:46 >> SO THE UNITED STATES NOW BECOMES THE NEW TESTAMENT 46:49 GLORIOUS LAND. >> HMM. 46:50 >> AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN GOD BROUGHT HIS PEOPLE, HE 46:55 BROUGHT THEM BY EAGLES WINGS. WHEN GOD TAKES HIS PEOPLE INTO 47:00 THE NEW TESTAMENT GLORIOUS LAND, HE BRINGS THEM WITH THE WINGS OF 47:03 AN EAGLE. THE WOMAN IS BROUGHT INTO THIS 47:04 NEW TESTAMENT GLORIOUS LANDS WITH THE WING OF AN EAGLE AND 47:08 THE GLORIOUS LAND HERE IS THE EARTH. 47:10 I WANT YOU TO NOTICE SOMETHING AS YOU TURN OVER THE PAGE TO 47:16 REVELATION 13:11. GOD IS SHOWING US PROPHECY THAT 47:22 IS YET TO TAKE PLACE. AND I BEHELD ANOTHER BEAST 47:25 COMING UP OUT OF THE EARTH, AMERICA. 47:30 AMERICAN AMERICAN CONTINENT. HE HAD TWO HOPS HORNS LIKE A LAMB BUT 47:43 SPOKE LIKE A DRAGON. >> IN AMERICA WE HAVE THESE 47:46 PRINCIPLES OF LIBERTY AND FREEDOM. 47:47 IN FACT, THEY ARE IDENTIFIED IN THIS VERSE, VERSE 11 AS 47:50 LAMB-LIKE PRINCIPLES. LAMB-LIKE HORNS. 47:54 HORNS REPRESENT POWER. THE PRINCIPLES AND THE POWERS 47:56 THAT ESTABLISH THIS COUNTRY AS A GREAT NATION WHERE CIVIL LIBERTY 48:01 AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT WE 48:04 ALL -- THIS IS THE REASON WHY QUESTION GET GOOSEBUMPS WHEN WE 48:08 SING THE NATIONAL ANTHEM. THESE ARE THE PRINCIPLES THAT 48:11 ESTABLISH US AS AMERICANS. TAKE AWAY THESE PRINCIPLES AND 48:14 AMERICA IS GONE. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT SATAN 48:17 WANTS TO DO. HE WANTS TO CHANGE THESE 48:21 PRINCIPLES. HE WANTS TO TRANSFORM THIS 48:22 COUNTRY FROM LAMB-LIKE TO DRAGON-LIKE. 48:25 AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT TONIGHT THAT WE LOOK AT THE 48:28 PRINCIPLES OF THE DRAGON AND COMPARE THEM WITH THE PRINCIPLES 48:30 OF THE LAMB SO THAT WE CAN UNDERSTAND IF, IN FACT, THESE 48:34 PRINCIPLES ARE COMING IN TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF AMERICA, AND IF 48:37 THE TRANSITION IS TAKING PLACE, NOT JUST IN OUR LEGISLATIVE 48:41 HALLS, BUT IN OUR OWN LIVES, IN THE LIVES AND THE CITIES AND THE 48:46 TOWNS OF PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS, BECAUSE THIS NATION IS BUILT ON 48:51 PEOPLE. IT'S NOT JUST BUILT ON BRICK AND 48:53 MORTAR. IT'S BUILT ON PEOPLE. 48:55 WE ARE -- PEOPLE ARE WHAT MAKE THIS NATION GREAT AND SITE 48:58 APWANTS TO -- SATAN WANTS DO COME IN AND TRANSFORM IN NATION 49:02 JUST LIKE HE WILL SOUGHT TO TRANSFORM THE JEWISH NATION. 49:05 IF WE LOOK AT THIS PROPHECY, THE BIG PICTURE. 49:08 BECAUSE IN DANIEL 11:41 IT SAYS THE KING OF THE NORTH WHICH IS 49:15 IDENTIFIED JAMES WHITE BELIEVED THAT THE KING OF THE NORTH IN 49:19 DANIEL 11:41 WAS THE SAME POWER REVEALED IN REVELATION CHAPTER 49:25 13. HE IDENTIFIED THE LITTLE FLOCK, 49:27 HE IDENTIFIED THIS AS HAVING THE NUMBER 666. 49:30 THE KING OF THE NORTH, IT SAYS IN DANIEL 11:41 WILL ENTER INTO 49:34 THE GLORIOUS LAND. >> HMM. 49:37 >> I BELIEVE THAT PROPHECY IS BEING FULFILLED TODAY. 49:40 I BELIEVE WE ARE SEEING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KING OF THE 49:42 NORTH WHOSE NUMBER IS 666 ENTERING INTO THE GLORIOUS LAND. 49:46 THIS LAND OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, THIS LAMB-LIKE LAND OF CIVIL 49:51 FREEDOM AND RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN IN AMERICA? 49:54 WELL, LET ME JUST -- LET ME JUST BRING OUR VIEWERS TO SOMETHING 49:58 THAT I THINK IS REALLY SIGNIFICANT IN RELATION TO 50:00 CURRENT EVENTS. I BELIEVE THAT THE LIBERTIES OF 50:05 AMERICANS ARE BEING LIFTED BY THE THREAT OF TERRORISM. 50:09 >> OH, ABSOLUTELY! >> JESUS CHRIST TALKED ABOUT 50:13 THIS IN LUKE CHAPTER 21. THERE ARE THREE CHAPTERS IN THE 50:18 GOSPELS THAT ARE PROPHETIC END TIME CHAPTERS. 50:21 ONE OF THEM IS MATTHEW 24 AND THE OTHER IS MARK 13 AND THE 50:24 OTHER ONE IS LUKE 21. JOHN DOESN'T HAVE A PROPHETIC 50:28 CHAPTER BECAUSE HE WROTE THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 50:30 AND IN LUKE 21:8, JESUS SAID TAKE HEED THAT YE BE NOT 50:34 DECEIVED FOR MANY WILL COME IN MY NAME, SAYING I'M CHRIST, A 50:39 RELIGIOUS TEACHER AND GO YOU NOT THEREFORE AFTER THEM. 50:41 BY THE WAY JESUS WARNED US ABOUT RELIGIOUS DECEPTION THREE TIMES 50:48 IN THE CONTEXT OF MATTHEW 24. DECEPTION IS HUGE AND WOMEN SEE 50:52 THAT IN REVELATION CHAPTER 13. THAT'S ONE OF THE 50:55 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRAGON. HE'S A LIAR AND A DECEIVER. 50:58 THEN GOES ON TO SAY THIS, BUT WHEN YE SHALL HEAR OF WARS. 51:02 HAVE WE HEARD OF WARS? AND COMMOTIONS. 51:04 BE NOT WHAT? >> TERRIFIED. 51:07 >> TERRIFIED. THINK ABOUT THIS. 51:08 BECAUSE I READ THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN. 51:09 I NEVER GOT IT. TERRIFIED. 51:12 WHAT IS THE POINT OF TERRORISM? >> TO TERRIFY US. 51:18 >> TO TERRIFY. AND WHEN YOU ARE TERRIFIED, WHAT 51:21 DO YOU DO? WHATEVER IT TAKES TO BE SAFE. 51:25 YOU WANT MY LIBERTIES, TAKE 'EM. YOU WANT TO SPY ON ME, GO AHEAD. 51:30 YOU WANT TO KNOW EVERYTHING I'M DOING, SET UP THE CAMERAS. 51:34 JUST AS LONG AS WE ARE SAFE AND SECURE FROM TERRORISM. 51:36 SO JESUS CHRIST IS TELLING US, DON'T BE TERRIFIED BECAUSE WHEN 51:38 YOU ARE TERRIFIED, YOU WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO RELEASE OF 51:42 LIBERTIES THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU, THE LAMB-LIKE PRINCIPLES OF 51:45 TRUTH THAT I HAVE GIVEN IN YOU AND INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY AND 51:49 GREAT NATION. YOU WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO GIVE 51:51 THEM UP AND A TRANSITION WILL TAKE PLACE FROM LAMB-LIKE TO 51:56 DRAGON-LIKE. WHAT IS DRAGON-LIKE? 51:58 IT'S CONTROLLING AND COERCIVE AND DRAGON LIKE IS LYING. 52:02 ALL OF THESE WORDS ARE WORDS THAT DESCRIBE A LOT OF WHAT IS 52:06 TAKING PLACE IN THIS GREAT NATION TODAY, IN OUR POLITICAL 52:10 HALLS TODAY. AND OF COURSE, IT'S IN THE NEWS. 52:12 WE SEE IT OVER AND AGAIN. WITH BIG COMPANIES AND 52:15 POLITICIANS AND ALL OF THESE OTHER THINGS. 52:16 THAT'S WHY TODAY, WE HAVE IN THE GOP RACE IF YOU DON'T MIND ME 52:21 MENTIONING THIS REAL QUICKLY. WE HAVE PEOPLE WITH NO POLITICAL 52:24 BACKGROUND, TRUMP, CARSON -- >> TIF A REFARINA. 52:39 >> AND BUSH AND OTHERS AT THE BOTTOM. 52:41 PEOPLE ARE DONE! THEY ARE TIRED. 52:43 THEY WANT SOMETHING -- THEY ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO WASHINGTON. 52:46 THEY ARE SENDING A MESSAGE TO THE NATION. 52:47 THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THE LIES AND DECEPTION THAT THEY FED OVER 52:53 AND OVER AGAIN. THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE THAT 52:54 CONTINUE. THEY WANT THIS COUNTRY BACK TO 52:56 THE GREATNESS THAT IT ONCE HAD, AND THAT'S, OF COURSE, ONE OF 53:01 THE THINGS THAT CARSON IS EMPHASIZING ON, THAT THIS NATION 53:04 IS A GREAT NATION. IT'S BUILT UPON PEOPLE AND WE 53:06 CAN BRING IT BACK TO WHAT IT ONCE WAS. 53:09 ENOUGH POLITICIZING. BUT HERE AS THE POINT. 53:11 EACH ONE OF US IS SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE DECEPTION OF SATAN IF WE 53:18 DON'T UNDERSTAND THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT HE BEARS 53:20 AND THOSE THAT CHRIST BEARS. SO FAR IN SUMMARY, WE LOOKED AT 53:23 THREE CHARACTERISTICS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 53:24 THEY HAVE THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS. 53:26 THEY ARE STANDING ON THE WORD OF GOD AND THEY ARE ORGANIZED. 53:28 THEY HAVE THIS ORGANIZATION FOR SERVICE, OKAY? 53:31 WE HAVE ALSO LOOKED AT ONE -- AT LEAST ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS 53:34 OF THE DEVIL. HE'S A DECEIVER. 53:37 HE WANTS TO DECEIVE US. I WANT YOU TO LOOK AT REVELATION 53:42 CHAPTER 12. >> HE SOUGHT TO KILL THE BOY AND 53:46 THE HATRED IS THERE TOO. >> HATRED AND DECEPTION. 53:52 THESE ARE CHARACTERISTICS WE HAVE TO BE REALLY CAREFUL WITH. 53:55 WE DON'T HAVE TO BE KILLING PEOPLE WITH GUNS TO BE 53:58 MURDERERS. >> THAT'S RIGHT? 53:58 WE CAN SIMPLY HATE THEM AND HATING PEOPLE IS SOMETHING THAT 54:01 WE CAN DO IN OUR MINDS AND OUR BRAINS WITHOUT HAVING -- 54:05 BRINGING FORTH ACTIONS. SO WE HAVE GOT TO ALLOW GOD'S 54:07 SPIRIT TO COME IN AND CONVICT US OF THESE THINGS. 54:11 I WANT TO SKIP VERSES 7 THROUGH 9. 54:14 THIS IS A SUMMARY OF THE GREAT CONFLICT THAT BEGAN IN HEAVEN 54:16 AND THEN I WANT TO LOOK IN VERSES 10 AND ONWARD. 54:19 I HEARD THE VOICE THAT SAYS NOW HAS COME SALVATION AND 54:22 STRENGTHth AND THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND THE POWER OF HIS CHRIST 54:25 FOR THE ACCUSER OF OUR BRETHREN IS CAST DOWN WHICH ACCUSED THEM 54:28 BEFORE GOD DAY AND NIGHT. GIVE ME A CHARACTERISTICS OF 54:31 SATAN HERE IN THIS VERSE. >> HE'S AN ACCUSER. 54:33 >> HE'S AN ACCUSER. HE CRITICIZES. 54:36 OKAY. I'M A PERFECTIONIST. 54:38 I'M A PERFECTIONIST. AND IT IS EASY FOR ME TO SEE THE 54:41 ONE THING THAT DIDN'T GET DONE VERSUS EVERYTHING THAT MY WIFE 54:45 DID DO. OKAY? 54:46 ARE YOU FOLLOWING ME? >> HMM-HMM. 54:49 >> SO ONE OF THE CHARACTERISTICS THAT GOD WANTS US TO STEER CLEAR 54:54 OF THIS IS ATTITUDE, THIS SPIRIT OF ACCUSATION. 55:07 CAN YOU THINK ABOUT YOUR DAY. IS THERE IN YOUR CONSCIENCE AT 55:12 ALL, A RECOLLECTION OF YOU HAVING CRITICIZED -- 55:16 >> ANYONE? >> ANYONE TODAY AT ALL? 55:20 >> THAT'S -- THAT IS SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO WORK ON. 55:26 >> YES. YES. 55:27 >> IT NEEDS TO BE WORKED ON. YES. 55:29 >> GOD NEEDS TO -- WE HAVE TO COME TO THE PLACE. 55:31 I'M 53 YEARS OLD AND I HAVE TO COME TO THE MACE PLACE I HAVE TO 55:36 REALIZE THAT I'M TRYING NOT TO BE CRITICAL ALL OF MY LIFE. 55:41 GOD, YOU WILL HAVE TO DELIVER ME, JUST LIKE GOD DELIVERED ME 55:45 FROM ALCOHOL. I HAVE ALCOHOLISM IN MY FAMILY, 55:47 GRANDMA, MOM, DAD, BOTH SIDES, I WAS IN IT. 55:50 GOD DELIVERED ME. AND GOD DID DELIVER US FROM THIS 55:54 ALSO AND HE WILL ALSO DELIVER US FROM THIS. 55:56 >> SO LET'S JUST SUMMARIZE REAL QUICKLY WHAT WE HAVE LEARNED SO 56:00 FAR. WE HAVE SO MUCH HERE IN THE 56:01 FIRST VERSE THAT THE CHURCH IS CLOTHES WITH THE SUN WHICH IS 56:06 THE RIGHTEOUSNESS OF JESUS CHRIST. 56:08 STANDING ON THE MOON, WHICH IS THE WORD OF GOD, AND THEY ARE 56:13 ORGANIZED, THE 12 STARS ARE ORGANIZED. 56:15 BUT WE HAVE SEEN THE THREE SO FAR, AND WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT 56:19 MORE, I'M SURE. BUT WE HAVE SEEN THREE 56:21 CHARACTERISTICS OF 9 DRAGON. >> MM-HMM. 56:24 >> SATAN AND THAT'S DECEPTION, HATE AND HE'S ACCUSE TORY. 56:36 ACCUSETORY. >> AREN'T YOU PROUD OF ME, 56:38 BECAUSE I KEPT MY MOUTH SHUT SO YOU REALLY COULD GET GOING. 56:43 WE WILL TEL TELL ABOUT YOU OUR FREE OFFER AGAIN. 56:46 THIS IS A LIVE PROGRAM. SO YOU CAN CALL ANY QUESTIONS OR 56:50 COMMENTS, CALL THEM IN TO 618-627-4651 OR YOU CAN EMAIL US 56:59 AT LIVE@3ABN.TV. AND J.D., TELL US ABOUT -- 57:04 QUICKLY. >> AND WE HAVE A FREE OFFER, 57:06 WHICH IS THE BEAST AND DRAGON. SO IF YOU WILL CALL IN THAT, 57:10 THAT'S ON A DVD. EVEN WAND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO GET THAT 57:17 OUT TO YOU. THAT'S FREEOFFER@3ABN.TV. 57:24 >> WE HAVE CHANGED THINGS AROUND HERE AND IT KIND OF -- WHEN YOU 57:26 ARE USED TO THINGS, IT KIND OF PUTS YOU OFF YOUR GAME JUST A 57:30 LITTLE BIT. >> IT DOES. 57:31 >> WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK IN JUST A FEW MINUTES FOR -- TWO 57:34 MINUTES, ACTUALLY. WE WILL TAKE A QUICK BREAK BUT 57:38 WE'LL BE BACK WITH JAMES RAFFERTY TO CONTINUE WITH THIS 57:41 FASCINATING STUDY. SO PLEASE STAY TUNED AND JOIN US 57:44 FOR THE SECOND HOUR. >> GOOD STUFF. 57:47 GOOD STUFF. AMEN. |
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