¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE, SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:07.84\00:00:13.74 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:13.74\00:00:23.82 ¤ REMOVING PAIN ¤ ¤ LORD LET MY WORDS ¤ 00:00:23.82\00:00:37.07 ¤ HEAL UP HEARTS THAT HURT ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:37.07\00:00:45.57 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ ¤ I WANT TO SPEND MY LIFE ¤ 00:00:45.57\00:00:57.59 ¤ MENDING BROKEN PEOPLE ¤ 00:00:57.59\00:01:04.59 >> HELLO, AND WELCOME TO 3ABN "TODAY LIVE," AS ALWAYS, BRIAN, 00:01:11.93\00:01:18.14 IT IS SUCH A JOY TO HAVE YOU JOIN WITH US. 00:01:18.14\00:01:22.84 AND WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE GUEST THAT IS GOING TO OPEN UP THE 00:01:22.84\00:01:27.48 WORLD OF GOD. I'M GOING TO TELL YOU NEED TO 00:01:27.48\00:01:30.72 GET YOUR BIBLE, YOUR NOTEBOOK, PENCIL, WE HAVE GOT THAT, 00:01:30.72\00:01:36.89 HAVEN'T WE BRIAN? >> YES. 00:01:36.89\00:01:38.76 >> WE ARE GOING TO LEARN TONIGHT. 00:01:38.76\00:01:41.26 I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME TONIGHT AND CO-HOSTING WITH 00:01:41.26\00:01:45.53 ME TONIGHT. >> I'M HAPPY TO BE HERE TONIGHT. 00:01:45.53\00:01:48.34 >> IT'S A JOY TO HAVE YOU. >> THANK YOU. 00:01:48.34\00:01:51.11 >> I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR GUEST. 00:01:51.11\00:01:53.78 HE IS SOMEONE THAT HAS BEEN A PART OF 3ABN FOR 23 OR 24 YEARS. 00:01:53.78\00:02:00.35 I'M GOING TO CALL HIM A BIBLE TEACHER, BUT I THINK HE IS A 00:02:00.35\00:02:04.45 SCHOLAR AND ONE OF THE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE YOUNG MEN WE HAVE 00:02:04.45\00:02:08.79 ON 3ABN CONCERNING GOD'S WORD. JAMES RAFFERTY IT IS SUCH A JOY 00:02:08.79\00:02:13.56 TO HAVE YOU HERE WITH US. >> GOOD TO BE HERE AS ALWAYS. 00:02:13.56\00:02:17.73 MY PLEASURE. >> I WANT YOU TO SHARE WITH OUR 00:02:17.73\00:02:21.30 VIEWERS AND OUR LISTENERS -- WE HAVE A WHOLE RADIO AUDIENCE THAT 00:02:21.30\00:02:25.27 IS LISTENING TO US, AS WELL AS THE 3ABN VIEWING FAMILY. 00:02:25.27\00:02:28.91 SHARE WHAT IT IS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO TEACH US TONIGHT. 00:02:28.91\00:02:31.78 >> WE HAVE YOU LOOKING MRIERM -- PRIMARILY AT THE BOOK 00:02:31.78\00:02:37.25 OF REVELATION AND WE'RE GOING TO TOUCH ON DANIEL AS WELL. 00:02:37.25\00:02:42.06 WE'RE GOING TO GET AN OVERVIEW OF REVELATION AND ORGANIZE IT. 00:02:42.06\00:02:46.96 WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THE BASIC BREAK UP OF THE BOOK. 00:02:46.96\00:02:50.93 IT'S SO EASY TO GET LOST IN PROPHECY BECAUSE IT'S SO 00:02:50.93\00:02:56.27 SYMBOLIC. BUT DANIEL'S PROPHECIES AREN'T 00:02:56.27\00:02:58.77 AS DIFFICULT, BECAUSE THEY ARE BROKEN UP WITH CHARACTER 00:02:58.77\00:03:03.71 STORIES. REVELATION GOES FROM ONE 00:03:03.71\00:03:07.18 PROPHETIC VISION TO THE NEXT, AND ONE SYMBOL TO ANOTHER. 00:03:07.18\00:03:13.05 AND I WANT US TO ORGANIZE THE BOOK SO WE KNOW WHERE WE ARE AS 00:03:13.05\00:03:17.09 WE'RE MOVING THROUGH THE PROPHECY. 00:03:17.09\00:03:20.03 >> I WAS TELLING JAMES A LITTLE EARLIER, I HAVE HEARD MANY 00:03:20.03\00:03:24.77 TEACHINGS ON REVELATION AND DANIEL, AND I STILL HAVE 00:03:24.77\00:03:27.57 QUESTIONS. SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS IF 00:03:27.57\00:03:30.84 THINGS DON'T ALWAYS JUST FIT THE WAY THEY SHOULD, I WANT TO 00:03:30.84\00:03:34.54 ENCOURAGE YOU, AGAIN, GET YOUR BIBLE. 00:03:34.54\00:03:36.81 THIS IS GOING TO BE AN IN-DEPTH TEACHING. 00:03:36.81\00:03:40.48 WHEN WE LEAVE HERE IN TWO HOURS -- JAMES YOU HAVE GOT TWO 00:03:40.48\00:03:45.45 HOURS, TO INSTILL WITHIN US THE OUTLINE AND THE LININGS OF 00:03:45.45\00:03:51.63 DANIEL AND REVELATION. I WANT YOU TO CALL YOUR FRIENDS. 00:03:51.63\00:03:54.93 CALL YOUR FAMILY. LET THEM KNOW THAT TONIGHT IS 00:03:54.93\00:03:57.77 THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO -- TO LEARN, AND WE HAVE GOT A TOOL TO 00:03:57.77\00:04:03.04 HELP US LEARN, TO MAKE THINGS A LITTLE MORE CLEAR FOR US, AND 00:04:03.04\00:04:07.68 IT'S OUR FREE OFFER TONIGHT. JAMES I WANT YOU TO TELL US 00:04:07.68\00:04:11.58 ABOUT THIS AS WELL. >> I HAVE BEEN STUDYING THIS 00:04:11.58\00:04:15.22 BOOK FOR OVER 30 YEARS, AND IT'S ALWAYS PUZZLED ME AS TO HOW THE 00:04:15.22\00:04:19.75 BOOK IS ORGANIZED, THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS SPECIFICALLY. 00:04:19.75\00:04:25.13 THAT LAST HALF, REVELATION 12 TO 22 HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. 00:04:25.13\00:04:29.03 AND MORE RECENTLY IT OCCURRED TO ME THAT THERE'S A VERY CLEAR 00:04:29.03\00:04:34.80 ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TO THE BOOK THAT INCLUDES THAT LAST 00:04:34.80\00:04:38.24 SECTION, 12 THROUGH 22. SO THIS OUTLINE THAT WE HAVE IS 00:04:38.24\00:04:42.24 A BASIC ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE OF THE BOOK, THE VERSES, THE 00:04:42.24\00:04:48.02 INTRODUCTION, THE PROLOGUE, THE CLOSE, THE EPILOGUE, AND THEN 00:04:48.02\00:04:52.32 WHERE EACH SECTION OF THE BOOK BEGINS AND ENDS. 00:04:52.32\00:04:55.66 AND WE'RE GOING TO GET INTO THE DETAILS OF WHY IT BEGINS AT A 00:04:55.66\00:05:00.30 CERTAIN PART AND ENDS AT A CERTAIN PART. 00:05:00.30\00:05:04.57 IT IS BROKEN UP INTO SECTIONS. AND THAT IS THE CHART ON THE 00:05:04.57\00:05:08.34 LEFT, AND ON THE RIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN OUTLINE 00:05:08.34\00:05:13.44 INTERPRETING REVELATIONS, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING AT 00:05:13.44\00:05:16.38 THAT IN RELATION TO HIS -- HIS -- HISTORYISM. 00:05:16.38\00:05:31.43 >> VERY GOOD. AND WE HAVE THE FREE OFFER, AND 00:05:31.43\00:05:37.10 TO RECEIVE IT YOU CAN ORDER IT ON LINE OR CALL US AT 00:05:37.10\00:05:45.74 618-627-4651. ONCE JAMES STARTS TEACHING BRIAN 00:05:45.74\00:05:48.14 AND I ARE GOING TO INTERRUPT HIM AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE. 00:05:48.14\00:05:52.21 SO GO AHEAD AND CALL AND GE THE FREE OFFER. 00:05:52.21\00:05:54.92 AND YOU KNOW, BRIAN AND JAMES WE HAVE GOT A WHOLE CREW THAT IS 00:05:54.92\00:06:00.22 OVER IN LONDON, AND -- NINE CHURCHES, AND THIS HAS BEEN 00:06:00.22\00:06:05.09 GOING ON NOW FOR QUITE -- FOR SEVERAL DAYS, COUPLE OF WEEKS, 00:06:05.09\00:06:08.60 AND IT'S GOING TO CULMINATE THIS COMING SABBATH WITH THE BAPTISM,-AND WE ARE PRAYING, AND 00:06:08.60\00:06:18.81 I KNOW IF MANY OF YOU HAVE FASTED. YOU HAVE PRAYED. 00:06:18.81\00:06:22.91 YOU HAVE SOUGHT GOD FOR A MIGHTY OUTPOURING OF HIS SPIRIT IN THAT 00:06:22.91\00:06:27.75 AREA OF THE WORLD. AND WE WANTED TO PRAY TONIGHT 00:06:27.75\00:06:31.45 FOR GOD TO TOUCH MANY SOULS THAT MANY WOULD COME INTO THE KINGDOM 00:06:31.45\00:06:35.29 AND I ASKED JAMES IF HE WOULD PRAY FOR US. 00:06:35.29\00:06:38.39 >> I REALLY WANT TO PRAY FOR LONDON, BECAUSE I WAS RAISED IN 00:06:38.39\00:06:44.80 L LONDON. 00:06:44.80\00:06:45.60 I LIVED THERE FOR TEN YEARS AND I HAVE FAMILY THERE AS WELL. 00:06:45.60\00:06:49.44 >> THANK YOU. >> FATHER WE WANT TO THANK YOU 00:06:49.44\00:06:52.81 FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO LIFT UP THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON IN 00:06:52.81\00:06:55.88 LONDON RIGHT NOW, AND THE OUTREACH THT HAS BEEN IN 00:06:55.88\00:06:58.95 PROGRESS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THE MINISTRY THAT IS 00:06:58.95\00:07:03.45 TAKING PLAC WITH 3ABN. WE KNOW 3ABN HAS GIVEN A NUMBER 00:07:03.45\00:07:06.99 OF PEOPLE TO THAT MINISTRY TO HELP TO BUOY UP THE WORK THAT IS 00:07:06.99\00:07:13.13 BEING DONE IN THE HOUSES, STREETS, AND CHURCHES IN LONDON. 00:07:13.13\00:07:19.90 WE ARE THANKFUL TO THOSE WHO WENT THERE, AND WE ARE THANKFUL 00:07:19.90\00:07:27.34 TO THOSE WHO LIV THERE. WE ASK THAT YOU POURT YOUR 00:07:27.34\00:07:33.05 SPIRIT, DRAW HEARTS TO YOU, GIVE WORDS AND THOUGHTS TO THOSE WHO 00:07:33.05\00:07:37.29 ARE SPEAKING AND SHARING AND YOU WILL GIVE THEM ENERGY AND 00:07:37.29\00:07:41.49 STRENGTH, AND THAT YOU WILL PROTECT THEM, THAT YOUR ANGELS 00:07:41.49\00:07:44.96 WILL BE THERE TO WATCH OVER THEM. 00:07:44.96\00:07:47.96 AND YOUR HOLY SPIRIT WILL DRAW THE HEARTS AND MINDS OF THOSE 00:07:47.96\00:07:52.90 WHO ARE THERE TO LISTEN, THAT THEY WOULD BE RECEPTIVE AND THAT 00:07:52.90\00:07:57.37 THEIR HEARTS WOULD BE SOFTENED AND THEIR LIVES CHANGED FOREVER. 00:07:57.37\00:08:03.41 WE THANK YOU FOR HEARING US AND ANSWERING OUR PRAYER AS WE PRAY 00:08:03.41\00:08:07.28 IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. 00:08:07.28\00:08:11.12 >> AMEN. JAMES WE HAVE COME ON THE AI A 00:08:11.12\00:08:13.99 FEW TIMES AND JUST ASKED THE PEOPLE TO PRAY FOR THIS OUTREACH 00:08:13.99\00:08:17.66 IN LONDON, AND WE HAVE BEEN -- I WON'T SAY, AMAZED, BUT WE HAVE 00:08:17.66\00:08:25.37 BEEN REALLY ENCOURAGED, THE PHONE CALLS, EMAILS AND LETTERS 00:08:25.37\00:08:30.54 WE HAVE RECEIVED OF PEOPLE SAYING THEY HAVE BEEN FASTING 00:08:30.54\00:08:32.77 AND PRAYING. SO THIS HAS BECOME A UNITED 00:08:32.77\00:08:36.41 EFFORT OF ALL OF OUR 3ABN FAMILY. 00:08:36.41\00:08:39.28 SO THANK ALL OF YOU VERY MUCH. I'M ABOUT TO TURN JAMES LOOSE, 00:08:39.28\00:08:43.52 BUT SOMETHING THAT I KNOW IS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE 00:08:43.52\00:08:46.86 QUESTIONS, AN HE HAS TOLD US THAT HE WILL ANSWER YOUR 00:08:46.86\00:08:51.26 QUESTIONS IN THE SECOND HOUR, AND SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, 00:08:51.26\00:08:55.13 JUST CALL THEM IN, CALL THEM IN AT 618-627-4651, OR 00:08:55.13\00:09:05.21 LIVE@3ABN.TV. SO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, WHATEVER 00:09:05.21\00:09:06.98 YOU HAVE, WE REALLY WANT TO HEAR THEM. 00:09:06.98\00:09:09.78 BUT JAMES BEFORE I TURN YOU LOOSE, AND I'M JUST ANXIOUS, YOU 00:09:09.78\00:09:13.95 WERE SHARING EARLIER WITH BRIAN AND MYSELF, WE GOT EXCITED, I 00:09:13.95\00:09:18.45 KNOW. YOU GOT WARMED UP, AND BRIAN AND 00:09:18.45\00:09:20.59 I GOT EXCITED. BUT WE HAVE SANDRA WITH US, AND 00:09:20.59\00:09:24.56 SHE IS GOING TO COME AND SING "PASS ME NOT," SO LET'S WELCOME 00:09:24.56\00:09:30.27 SANDRA NOW. ¤ 00:09:30.27\00:09:35.57 ¤ PASS ME NOT ¤ ¤ HEAR MY HUMBLE CRIES ¤ 00:09:49.78\00:10:10.14 ¤ ¤ DO NOT PASS ME BY ¤ 00:10:10.14\00:10:20.78 ¤ LIFT ME UP ¤-¤ ¤ SAVIOR, SAVIOR, HEAR MY HUMBLE 00:10:31.73\00:11:12.77 CRIES ¤ ¤ 00:11:12.77\00:11:24.85 ¤ DO NOT PASS ME BY ¤ 00:11:24.85\00:11:34.26 ¤ TRUSTING ONLY IN YOUR [ INAUDIBLE ] ¤ 00:11:57.21\00:12:11.73 ¤ HEAL MY WOUNDED BROKEN SPIRIT ¤ 00:12:11.73\00:12:22.10 ¤ SAVE ME BY YOUR GRACE ¤ ¤ SAVIOR, SAVIOR, HEAR MY HUMBLE 00:12:22.10\00:12:35.78 CRY ¤ ¤ 00:12:35.78\00:12:52.33 ¤ DO NOT PASS ME BY ¤ 00:12:52.33\00:12:59.91 >> WELL, WE THANKS SANDRA. SHE IS ALWAYS SUCH A BLESSING. 00:13:10.42\00:13:14.82 SHE HAS SUCH A PEACEFUL, EASY MINISTRY, AND WE HAD SONYA 00:13:14.82\00:13:25.00 PLAYING THE PIANO WITH SANDRA. AND JAMES YOU HAVE A SPECIAL 00:13:25.00\00:13:30.77 RELATIONSHIP. >> YES, I KNEW SANDRA FROM 30 00:13:30.77\00:13:33.94 YEARS AGO ALMOST. IN AUSTRALIA. 00:13:33.94\00:13:36.24 WE WERE THERE IN 1988, AND SANDRA SAG SPECIAL MUSIC FOR 00:13:36.24\00:13:41.12 MYSELF AND TY AS WE WENT AROUND DOING MEETINGS. 00:13:41.12\00:13:46.96 SO PRAISE THE LORD, AND THIS IS SO PROVIDENTIAL THAT SHE IS HERE 00:13:46.96\00:13:52.93 TONIGHT. >> WELL, YOU ARE GOING TO OPEN 00:13:52.93\00:13:55.46 UP FOR US PROPHETIC CYCLES, AND WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 00:13:55.46\00:14:00.17 SO BRIAN AND I WANT TO TELL YOU GO FOR IT. 00:14:00.17\00:14:03.34 >> OKAY. LET'S START IN DANIEL, AND THEN 00:14:03.34\00:14:06.41 WE'LL GET TO OUR CHART IN THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 00:14:06.41\00:14:09.78 I'M JUST GOING TO EXPLAIN THE BOOK OF DANIEL, AND IT WILL HELP 00:14:09.78\00:14:14.05 US AS WE MOVE TO THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 00:14:14.05\00:14:16.58 THE BOOK OF DANIEL IS ORGANIZED INTO FOUR MAJOR PROPHETIC 00:14:16.58\00:14:23.63 VISIONS. THERE'S DANIEL 4, EVEN DANIEL 5 00:14:23.63\00:14:27.60 HAS A PROPHETIC VISION. BUT THE ONES THAT PARALLEL ARE 00:14:27.60\00:14:31.80 DANIEL 2, 7, 8, AND 11. THESE PARTICULAR VISIONS BEGIN 00:14:31.80\00:14:37.27 WITH BABYLON AND PERSIA AND TAKE US ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE NEW 00:14:37.27\00:14:42.38 HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH. I'M SAYING THAT DELIBERATELY. 00:14:42.38\00:14:45.71 BECAUSE MANY TIMES WHEN WE STUDY THE PROPHECY OF REVELATION, WE 00:14:45.71\00:14:50.35 STOP AT THE SECOND COMING OF JESUS. 00:14:50.35\00:14:53.52 AND VISIONS OF REVELATION AND DANIEL DO NOT STOP AT THE SECOND 00:14:53.52\00:14:58.43 COMING OF JESUS, THEY GO ALL THE WAY TO GOD'S KINGDOM BEING 00:14:58.43\00:15:03.57 ESTABLISHED. WE SEE THIS PRIMARILY IN DANIEL 00:15:03.57\00:15:06.63 2. DANIEL 2 IS LIKE THE ANCHR, THE 00:15:06.63\00:15:09.87 FOUNDATION OF THE REST OF THE VISIONS WE'RE GOING TO BE 00:15:09.87\00:15:12.51 LOOKING AT. DANIEL 2 BEGINS WITH THIS 00:15:12.51\00:15:15.74 STATUTE THAT HAS A HEAD OF GOAL, AND THAT'S BABYLON, IT GOES 00:15:15.74\00:15:20.42 THROUGH PERSIA, GREECE, ROME, AND THEN THERE IS THIS ROCK THAT 00:15:20.42\00:15:27.42 IS HEWN OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN. IT GRINDS IT TO POWDER, AND THIS 00:15:27.42\00:15:34.20 ROCK ROSE UP AND FILLS THE WHOLE EARTH. 00:15:34.20\00:15:37.97 THAT ROCK EVENTS CHRIST AND HIS KINGDOM. 00:15:37.97\00:15:40.27 THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH. 00:15:40.27\00:15:43.17 IN DANIEL 2, WE HAVE A PROPHETIC VISION THAT BRINGS US FROM THE 00:15:43.17\00:15:47.48 HISTORY, HUMAN HISTORY OF BABYLON ALL THE WAY DOWN TO OUR 00:15:47.48\00:15:51.48 TIME, AND BEYOND OUR TIME, AND THE SECOND COMING, ALL THE WAY 00:15:51.48\00:15:55.08 DOWN PAST WHAT WE UNDERSTAND TO BE THE MILLENNIUM, AND THE 00:15:55.08\00:16:01.86 ESTABLISHMENT OF GOD'S KINGDOM ON THIS EARTH. 00:16:01.86\00:16:04.69 THAT IS THE SEQUENCE WE SEE IN DANIEL 2. 00:16:04.69\00:16:09.10 THEN YOU HAV DANIEL 3, AND THAT IS BASICALLY THE FIERY FURNACE 00:16:09.10\00:16:17.27 EXPERIENCE. IT'S AN EXPERIENCE IN THE LIVES 00:16:17.27\00:16:19.27 OF DAN YEELS FRIENDS. THEN GO TO DANIEL CHAPTER 4, AND 00:16:19.27\00:16:25.38 THAT'S ANOTHER EXPERIENCE OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR, AND A PROPHECY 00:16:25.38\00:16:30.62 THAT DEALT WITH HIM GOING CRAZY FOR SEVEN YEARS. 00:16:30.62\00:16:33.46 THESE ARE CHARACTER STORIES MORE THAN PROPHETIC VISIONS. 00:16:33.46\00:16:37.73 IT'S NOT UNTIL WE GET TO DANIEL 7 THAT WE HAVE ANOTHER PROPHETIC 00:16:37.73\00:16:42.63 VISION. IT BEGINS AGAIN WITH BABYLON. 00:16:42.63\00:16:45.13 THIS TIME BABYLON IS LIKENED TO A LION WITH EAGLE'S WINGS. 00:16:45.13\00:16:51.37 A LEOPARD, A BEAR, A TERRIBLE BEAST WITH A LITTLE HORN, AND 00:16:51.37\00:16:57.38 THEN THE SAINTS INHERIT THE KINGDOM. 00:16:57.38\00:17:00.55 AND YOU KNOW WHAT KINGDOM THAT IS? 00:17:00.55\00:17:02.68 THE KINGDOM OF THE NEW HEAVEN AND EARTH. 00:17:02.68\00:17:05.85 SO YOU HAVE THE SAME SEQUENCE AGAIN. 00:17:05.85\00:17:07.89 I HOPE I'M MAKING THIS REALLY SIMPLE. 00:17:07.89\00:17:10.53 YOU ARE GOING FROM BABYLON ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH THE 00:17:10.53\00:17:14.76 JUDGMENT, TO THE SECOND COMING, TO THE SETTING UP OF GOD'S 00:17:14.76\00:17:20.54 KINGDOM ON EARTH. THEN DANIEL 8 DOESN'T BEGIN WITH 00:17:20.54\00:17:25.31 BABYLON. AND THAT IS BECAUSE BY THE TIME 00:17:25.31\00:17:26.91 YOU GET TO DANIEL 8, BABYLON HAS VANISHED FROM THE SCENE. 00:17:26.91\00:17:32.05 IT IS NOW PERSIA THAT IS PROMINENT EARTHLY POWER. 00:17:32.05\00:17:36.42 IT BEGINS WITH PERSIA, GREECE, ROME, MOVES INTO THE LITTLE HORN 00:17:36.42\00:17:42.52 POWER, PAPAL ROME, AND RIGHT ON THROUGH TO THE TIME WHEN HE 00:17:42.52\00:17:47.30 SHALL BE BROKEN WITHOUT HAND. AND THAT BROKEN WITHOUT HAND 00:17:47.30\00:17:52.97 AGAIN, IS THE PRINCE OF HEAVEN, JESUS CHRIST, ESTABLISHING HIS 00:17:52.97\00:17:57.34 KINGDOM AND TAKING DOWN ALL OF THE KINGDOMS OF THIS EARTH. 00:17:57.34\00:18:00.98 YOU HAVE THE SAME SEQUENCE, TAKING US ALL THE WAY DOWN TO 00:18:00.98\00:18:09.68 SET UP OF GOD'S KINGDOM. THEN AN INTERRUPTION IN DANIEL 00:18:09.68\00:18:14.82 9, DANIEL 10, DANIEL BEING VISITED BY THE ANGEL, AND THEN 00:18:14.82\00:18:18.93 YOU HAVE DANIEL 11. AND THAT BEGINS OUR FOURTH AND 00:18:18.93\00:18:23.20 FINAL PROPHETIC VISION. IT BEGINS AGAIN WITH MEETA 00:18:23.20\00:18:29.74 PERSIA, THEN GREECE, ROME, THE PAPACY AND MOST OF THE LAST PART 00:18:29.74\00:18:34.31 OF DANIEL 11, I WOULD SAY EVEN TO CHAPTER 12 VERSES 1 AND 2, 00:18:34.31\00:18:46.05 INCORPORATE THE FINAL SCENES OF THE DARK AGES DOWN TO THE TIME 00:18:46.05\00:18:50.33 OF THE END, AND ALL THE WAY THROUGH UNTIL THE JUDGMENT, 00:18:50.33\00:18:55.10 MICHAEL STANDS UP, GOD'S PEOPLE ARE DELIVERED, AND THEN IT SAYS, 00:18:55.10\00:19:01.87 THE DUST ARRIVES, AND THEY SIGN THE AFFIRMENT FOREVER. 00:19:01.87\00:19:07.98 AND YOU HAVE GOD'S KINGDOM BEING SET UP AGAIN. 00:19:07.98\00:19:11.85 NEW HEAVEN, NEW EARTH. THAT IS THE SEQUENCE OF THE FOUR 00:19:11.85\00:19:15.58 MAJOR VISIONS OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL. 00:19:15.58\00:19:19.72 IT TAKES US THROUGH ALL OF THESE EARTHLY KINGDOMS, ALL THE WAY 00:19:19.72\00:19:24.23 THROUGH TO THE VERY END OF TIME, THE ESTABLISH OF THE KINGDOM ON 00:19:24.23\00:19:29.56 THIS EARTH FILLING THE WHOLE WORLD, AND JUDGMENT GIVEN, AND 00:19:29.56\00:19:34.97 THE SAINT'S INHERITING THE KINGDOM. 00:19:34.97\00:19:37.51 HAVE YOU GOT THAT SO FAR? PRETTY BASIC? 00:19:37.51\00:19:40.61 >> YEAH, VERY GOOD. >> SO WE'RE NOT GOING INTO THE 00:19:40.61\00:19:43.98 DETAILS OF THE BOOK OF DANIEL, WE'RE JUST GIVING A BASIC 00:19:43.98\00:19:49.42 OUTLINE DOWN TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE NEW HEAVENS 00:19:49.42\00:19:52.52 AND NEW EARTH. THAT WILL EDUCATE US FOR THE 00:19:52.52\00:19:55.46 BOOK OF REVELATION BECAUSE THE BOOK OF REVELATION IS VERY 00:19:55.46\00:19:58.73 SIMILAR TO THE BOOK OF DANIEL IN A COUPLE OF WAYS. 00:19:58.73\00:20:02.46 NUMBER 1, IT HAS FOUR MAJOR PROPHETIC VISIONS. 00:20:02.46\00:20:06.57 NUMBER 2, EACH OF THOSE VISIONS BEGIN AT A CERTAIN PLACE, JUST 00:20:06.57\00:20:10.41 LIKE DANIEL'S DID, AND THEY END AT THE NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW 00:20:10.41\00:20:14.54 EARTH, AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO SHARE WITH OUR AUDIENCE 00:20:14.54\00:20:17.75 TODAY. THIS IS WHAT WE WANT TO STUDY AS 00:20:17.75\00:20:19.95 WE GET INTO THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 00:20:19.95\00:20:22.35 WE'RE GOING TO BEGIN WITH THE PROPHETIC CYCLES OF REVELATION. 00:20:22.35\00:20:26.65 THE REASON I CALL IT THAT IS BECAUSE I THOUGHT OF A GOOD 00:20:26.65\00:20:32.36 ILLUSTRATION, AND THAT IS A WASHING MACHINE. 00:20:32.36\00:20:34.56 A WASHING MACHINE HAS YOUR WHITE CYCLE, IT HAS YOUR COLOR CYCLE. 00:20:34.56\00:20:40.07 IT HAS YOUR SHORT CYCLE. IT HAS YOUR DELICATE CYCLE. 00:20:40.07\00:20:44.41 AND EACH CYCLE BEGINS AT A CERTAIN PLACE AND ENDS AT A 00:20:44.41\00:20:48.31 CERTAIN PLACE. BUT ADDS OR TAKES AWAY CERTAIN 00:20:48.31\00:20:53.38 EMPHASIS DEPENDING ON THE CLOTHES THAT ARE BEING WASHED. 00:20:53.38\00:20:58.15 THE PROPHETIC CYCLES OF REVELATION, BEGIN AT A CERTAIN 00:20:58.15\00:21:02.72 PLACE, AND END AT A CERTAIN PLACE, AND THEY GO THROUGH THE 00:21:02.72\00:21:06.73 CYCLE, YOU HAVE YOUR WASH, RINSE, SPIN, AND THE INTENSITY 00:21:06.73\00:21:12.80 OF THAT DEPENDS ON WHAT CYCLE YOU ARE ON. 00:21:12.80\00:21:15.94 THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IS WRITTEN THE SAME WAY. 00:21:15.94\00:21:19.57 IT'S A PROPHETIC CYCLE FROM ONE POINT TO THE NEXT. 00:21:19.57\00:21:25.78 SO THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS BEGINS WITH A PROLOGUE OR 00:21:25.78\00:21:31.89 INTRODUCTION. REVELATION 1, 1 THROUGH 9 ON OUR 00:21:31.89\00:21:36.76 OUTLINE IS WHERE THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IS INTRODUCED. 00:21:36.76\00:21:40.06 AND THEN IN VERSE 10 JOHN BEGINS TO GO INTO VISION. 00:21:40.06\00:21:47.60 SO JOHN NOW IS IN THE SPIRIT. IT'S THE LORD'S DAY. 00:21:47.60\00:21:50.67 YOU KNOW WHAT DAY THAT IS? ANYONE WANT TO GUESS? 00:21:50.67\00:21:54.61 >> THAT HAS TO BE THE SABBATH. >> THAT'S RIGHT. 00:21:54.61\00:21:59.38 REVELATION IS VERY CLEAR ON THIS, AS IS EXODUS CHAPTER 20. 00:21:59.38\00:22:05.12 AND JESUS SAYS IN MARK 2,:27, 28 THAT HE WAS ON THE SABBATH. 00:22:05.12\00:22:16.30 SO WHAT JOHN IS GOING TO WRITE AND SEE NOW IS NOT FROM HIS -IMAGINATION AND HIS MIND, THIS 00:22:16.30\00:22:23.41 IS THE HOLY SPIRIT, THE SAME HOLY SPIRIT THAT HAS INSPIRED 00:22:23.41\00:22:27.38 ALL OF THE BIBLE IS NOW INSPIRING JOHN. 00:22:27.38\00:22:30.05 AND WE KNOW THIS, BECAUSE THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IS PRIMARILY 00:22:30.05\00:22:35.35 BASED ON THE REST OF THE BIBLE. THE REST OF THE BIBLE IS THE KEY 00:22:35.35\00:22:40.02 TO UNLOCKING REVELATION. THE KEYS, TERMINOLOGY, THE 00:22:40.02\00:22:44.63 IMAGERY IS BORROWED FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT. 00:22:44.63\00:22:48.50 AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS BORROWED IS THIS IDEA OF THE 00:22:48.50\00:22:53.40 PROPHETIC CYCLES. FOUR PROPHETIC CYCLES JUST LIKE 00:22:53.40\00:22:57.71 THE BOOK OF DANIEL. THE FOUR PROPHETIC CYCLES IS 00:22:57.71\00:23:01.74 SOMETHING WE SEE IN OTHER PLACES TOO. 00:23:01.74\00:23:04.31 WHAT I MEAN BY CYCLES IS THIS IDEA OF REPEATING, AND THEN 00:23:04.31\00:23:08.85 GOING BACK AGAIN, AND REPEATING THE SAME SEQUENCE, AND GOING 00:23:08.85\00:23:12.65 BACK AND REPEATING THE SAME SEQUENCE, FOUR TIMES. 00:23:12.65\00:23:16.12 WE ALSO FIND THAT IN THE GOSPELS. 00:23:16.12\00:23:19.06 HOW MANY GOSPELS ARE THERE? >> MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND 00:23:19.06\00:23:24.57 JOHN. >> FOUR. 00:23:24.57\00:23:25.20 AND WHERE DO THEY START IN HISTORY? 00:23:25.20\00:23:28.04 THEY START WITH THE BIRTH OF JESUS, AND THEN THEY TAKE US 00:23:28.04\00:23:31.07 THROUGH THIS CYCLE THAT LEADS TO THE CRUCIFIXION AND RESURRECTION 00:23:31.07\00:23:42.35 OF JESUS. REVELATION DOES THE SAME THING. 00:23:42.35\00:23:45.15 IT STARTS AT A CERTAIN POINT AND ENDS AT A CERTAIN POINT. 00:23:45.15\00:23:48.32 AND IT STARTS WITH JESUS. JUST LIKE THE GOSPELS START WITH 00:23:48.32\00:23:54.36 JESUS. BOOK OF REVELATIONS STARTS WITH 00:23:54.36\00:23:58.40 JESUS. TO ME THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IS 00:23:58.40\00:24:00.44 LIKE THE FIFTH GOSPEL OF THE BIBLE BECAUSE IT IS REALLY ALL 00:24:00.44\00:24:03.37 ABOUT CHRIST. THAT'S WHAT WE SEE IN REVELATION 00:24:03.37\00:24:07.24 1. IN VERSE 10, JOHN SAYS I TURNED 00:24:07.24\00:24:10.25 TO SEE THE VOICE THAT SPOKE WITH ME, AND AS I TURNED I SAW ONE 00:24:10.25\00:24:14.15 LIKE THE SON OF MAN. WHO IS THAT? 00:24:14.15\00:24:16.32 >> JESUS. >> JESUS. 00:24:16.32\00:24:20.42 SO THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS FIRST VISION STARTS WITH JESUS, AND 00:24:20.42\00:24:24.06 WE'RE GOING TO FIND THIS TO BE TRUE FOR EVERY VISION IN 00:24:24.06\00:24:29.63 REVELATION. FOUR OF THEM, THEY ARE ALL GOING 00:24:29.63\00:24:33.50 TO START WITH THE VISION OF CHRIST. 00:24:33.50\00:24:35.94 THEY ALL START WITH THE FOCUS ON JESUS IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:24:35.94\00:24:41.81 WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT? THAT IS THE AGE OF THE EARLY 00:24:41.81\00:24:45.68 CHURCH. IT IS THE AGE WHEN JESUS LIVED, 00:24:45.68\00:24:49.78 DIED, RESURRECTED AND THEN SENT HIS SPIRIT. 00:24:49.78\00:25:00.53 EVERY VISION BEGINS IN THAT AGE OF THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH. 00:25:00.53\00:25:05.47 SO THE FIRST VISION OF COURSE STARTS IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE, 00:25:05.47\00:25:09.00 BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH JOHN [ INAUDIBLE ] IN THE APOSTOLIC. 00:25:09.00\00:25:15.44 JESUS SAYS I HAVE A MESSAGE I WANT TO GIVE YOU JOHN. 00:25:15.44\00:25:20.58 I KNOW YOU ARE OLD. NOBODY REALLY CARES ABOUT YOU 00:25:20.58\00:25:23.89 ANYMORE. ALL OF THE CHURCHES ARE GOING IN 00:25:23.89\00:25:27.06 THEIR PROGRESSIVE WAYS, BUT I HAVE A MESSAGE I WANT TO GIVE 00:25:27.06\00:25:30.33 YOU THAT NEEDS TO GO TO THESE -pCHURCHES TO KEEP THEM STEADY FROM THE TIME THAT IS LEFT 00:25:30.33\00:25:35.80 BEFORE I RETURN A SECOND TIME AND SET UP MY KINGDOM. 00:25:35.80\00:25:39.67 AND JOHN IS JUST MAZED. WHEN HE SEES JESUS HE FALLS DOWN 00:25:39.67\00:25:45.11 AS THOUGH HE WERE DEAD. HE IS JUST OVERWHELMED. 00:25:45.11\00:25:48.91 AND JESUS TOUCHES HIM AND SAYS JOHN BE STRONG, LISTEN TO WHAT 00:25:48.91\00:25:53.82 THE SPIRIT SAYS. I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU THESE 00:25:53.82\00:25:57.29 POWERFUL MESSAGES. AND THE MESSAGES BEGIN WITH THE 00:25:57.29\00:26:01.16 SEVEN CHURCHES. THE FIRST PROPHETIC CYCLES, 00:26:01.16\00:26:06.59 WE'LL CALL IT THE WHITE CYCLE. THIS FIRST CYCLE, HOT WATER. 00:26:06.59\00:26:13.47 OKAY? WE NEED TO GET THE CHURCH CLEAN 00:26:13.47\00:26:16.27 BASICALLY IS WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE. 00:26:16.27\00:26:18.14 GOD WANTS TO GET THE CHURCH CLEAN. 00:26:18.14\00:26:24.75 1:10, ALL THE WAY THROUGH REVELATION CHAPTER 2:22 IS THE 00:26:24.75\00:26:33.62 FIRST PROPHETIC CYCLES. AS WE MOVE FROM JESUS'S TIME 00:26:33.62\00:26:38.43 FROM THE APOSTOLIC AGE, AS WE MOVE THROUGH THE CHURCHES, WE 00:26:38.43\00:26:45.57 MOVE FROM THE APOSTOLIC TO THE TIME OF JUDGMENT, THE LAST 00:26:45.57\00:26:49.34 CHURCH BEFORE JESUS RETURNS. BUT WHAT IS REALLY INTERESTING 00:26:49.34\00:26:52.44 IS EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THOSE CHURCHES ARE GIVEN PROMISES THAT 00:26:52.44\00:26:56.18 RELATE TO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW EARTH. 00:26:56.18\00:26:58.55 LOOK AT THIS WITH ME. THE FIRST CHURCH IN REVELATION 00:26:58.55\00:27:02.95 CHAPTER 2, YOU COME TO THE VERY END OF THIS CHURCH, IT'S VERSE 00:27:02.95\00:27:10.56 7, AND IT SAYS HE WHO HAVE AN EAR LET HIM HEAR, FOR HE WHO 00:27:10.56\00:27:18.00 COMES I WILL GIVE TO EAT FROM THE TREE OF GOD. 00:27:18.00\00:27:22.70 THAT'S NEW HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH LANGUAGE. 00:27:22.70\00:27:25.44 WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THAT TREE OF LIFE. 00:27:25.44\00:27:28.74 >> YEAH. >> YES. 00:27:28.74\00:27:30.31 NOW LOOK AT THE NEXT CHURCH -- BRIAN IF YOU COULD 00:27:30.31\00:27:35.25 READ FOR US VERSE 11. >> OKAY. 00:27:35.25\00:27:38.85 HE WHO HAS AN EAR LET THEM HEAR, HE WHO OVERCOMES SHALL NOT BE 00:27:38.85\00:27:44.46 HURT BY THE SECOND DEATH. >> YOU KNOW WHEN THE SECOND 00:27:44.46\00:27:47.86 DEATH TAKES PLACE? >> AT THE END OF THE MILLENNIUM. 00:27:47.86\00:27:52.30 >> YES, WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO THIS EARTH, AN ALL OF GOD'S 00:27:52.30\00:27:55.80 PEOPLE ARE INSIDE, AND THE WICKED COME, AND GOD BRINGS DOWN 00:27:55.80\00:27:59.21 FIRE AND DESTROYS THE WICKED. SO AGAIN, WE HAVE THIS PROMISE 00:27:59.21\00:28:07.65 TAKING US PAST THE SECOND COMING TO THE NEW HEAVEN AND THE NEW 00:28:07.65\00:28:11.95 EARTH. AND MOLLIE GOING TO THE NEXT 00:28:11.95\00:28:15.99 CHURCH WOULD YOU READ VERSE 17. >> HE WHO HAS AN EAR LET HIM 00:28:15.99\00:28:19.93 HEAR WHAT THE SPIRIT SAYS TO THE CHURCHES TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES I 00:28:19.93\00:28:24.20 WILL GIVE SOME OF THE HIDDEN MANNA TO ATE, AND I WILL GIVE 00:28:24.20\00:28:29.40 HIM A WHITE STONE, AND WHAT IS WRITTEN NO ONE KNOWS EXCEPT HIM 00:28:29.40\00:28:34.88 WHO HE RECEIVES IT. >> THAT ALL RELATES TO THE NEW 00:28:34.88\00:28:38.48 HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH. LET'S GO TO THE LAST CHURCH. 00:28:38.48\00:28:44.49 REVELATION CHAPTER 3 AND VERSE 21. 00:28:44.49\00:28:47.89 BRIAN CAN YOU READ THAT FOR US. >> TO HIM WHO OVERCOMES, I WILL 00:28:47.89\00:28:51.73 GRANT TO SIT WITH ME ON MY THROWN AS I ALSO HAVE OVERCOME 00:28:51.73\00:28:57.13 AND SAT DOWN WITH MY FATHER ON HIS THROWN. 00:28:57.13\00:28:59.63 THAT'S THE NEW KINGDOM. >> NEW KINGDOM. 00:28:59.63\00:29:02.04 YOU SEE THAT? >> YEAH. 00:29:02.04\00:29:04.31 >> SO WHAT WE'RE GOING TO FIND HERE IS THAT EVERY SINGLE 00:29:04.31\00:29:10.45 PROPHETIC CYCLES IN REVELATION BEGINS WITH THE APOSTOLIC AGE, 00:29:10.45\00:29:16.18 BEGINS WITH AN EMPHASIS ON CHRIST, AND ENDS WITH A NEW 00:29:16.18\00:29:21.02 HEAVEN AND NEW EARTH. THE SEVEN CHURCHES HAVE LAID THE 00:29:21.02\00:29:25.49 GROUND WORK FOR US. HE GIVES HIM THESE VISIONS, 00:29:25.49\00:29:29.06 WE'RE ON THE WHITE CYCLE, BECAUSE WE WANT TO GET THE 00:29:29.06\00:29:32.20 CHURCHES CLEAN. THERE IS LANGUAGE IN THERE THAT 00:29:32.20\00:29:34.84 INDICATES THAT. YOUR WHITE ROBES, ET CETERA, AND 00:29:34.84\00:29:37.21 THEN WE MOVE ALL THE WAY THROUGH TO THE END OF REVELATION CHAPTER 00:29:37.21\00:29:44.45 3, AND THE PROPHETIC CYCLE IS OVER. 00:29:44.45\00:29:48.58 NOW THE NEXT CYCLE BEGINS IN REVELATION 4:1, AND ENDS IN 00:29:48.58\00:29:56.32 REVELATION 8:1. AND THAT'S THE SEVEN SEALS. 00:29:56.32\00:29:59.19 THAT'S THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER PROPHETIC CYCLE. 00:29:59.19\00:30:04.57 WHERE IS THE SECOND PROPHETIC CYCLE GOING TO BEGIN IN 00:30:04.57\00:30:10.37 REVELATIONS 4 AND 5 TELL US. IT INTRODUCES US TO THIS VISION 00:30:10.37\00:30:16.34 IN THE THROWN OF GOD. CHAPTER 4 THERE IS A THROWN SET 00:30:16.34\00:30:20.42 IN HEAVEN, THERE IS SOMEONE SITTING ON THE THROWN, AND WHO 00:30:20.42\00:30:25.92 HE SAT UPON IT IS LIKE A JASPER, THERE IS A RAINBOW AROUND THE 00:30:25.92\00:30:31.43 THROWN, THERE ARE ELDERS SITTING. 00:30:31.43\00:30:39.00 AND THEY ARE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REDEEMED. 00:30:39.00\00:30:42.64 THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO WAS RESURRECTED WITH CHRIST. 00:30:42.64\00:30:47.91 AND THE REASON WE KNOW THAT -- THERE IS A NUMBER OF 00:30:47.91\00:30:51.05 REASONS, BUT ONE OF THE REASONS IS BECAUSE THE 24 EARLIES ARE IN 00:30:51.05\00:30:55.02 THE THROWN ROOM IN REVELATION CHAPTER 4. 00:30:55.02\00:30:58.52 A THROWN ROOM THAT HAS BEEN PICTURED IN THE OLD TESTAMENT IN 00:30:58.52\00:31:04.96 ISAIAH CHAPTER 6 THERE IS A THROWN ROOM. 00:31:04.96\00:31:09.16 BUT YOU KNOW WHAT IS MISSING? >> ELLERS. 00:31:09.16\00:31:12.77 >> THERE'S NO 24 ELDERS THERE. THERE'S THE SAR FIM, THE ANGELS, 00:31:12.77\00:31:23.24 GOD, THERE'S EVERYONE PRAISING, BUT THERE'S NO 24 ELDERS. 00:31:23.24\00:31:27.95 THE 24 ELDERS SHOW UP BECAUSE OF JESUS. 00:31:27.95\00:31:32.02 AND REVELATION CHAPTER 5 EXPLAIN WHY THE ELDERS ARE THERE, HOW 00:31:32.02\00:31:38.23 THEY GOT THERE. BECAUSE IT INTRODUCES US TO THE 00:31:38.23\00:31:42.46 LAND THAT WAS SLAIN. WHEN WAS JESUS SLAIN? 00:31:42.46\00:31:47.77 HE WAS SLAIN ON CALL VARY. SO THAT TAKES US BACK TO THE 00:31:47.77\00:31:54.54 APOSTOLIC AGE. JESUS WASN'T SLAIN WHEN JOHN WAS 00:31:54.54\00:31:57.28 WRITING THE BOOK OF REVELATION, BECAUSE THAT WAS QUITE A FEW 00:31:57.28\00:32:01.38 YEARS LATER. JESUS, SO JOHN IS BEING SHOWN A 00:32:01.38\00:32:04.55 VISION THAT GOES BACK TO THE BEGINNING OF THE APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:32:04.55\00:32:09.72 IN REVELATION 4 AND 5 WE HAVE THESE 24 ELLERS WHO WAS RAISED 00:32:09.72\00:32:15.10 WITH CHRIST WHEN HE WAS RESURRECTED. 00:32:15.10\00:32:17.47 THEY ARE THERE BECAUSE OF THE SLAIN LAMB. 00:32:17.47\00:32:22.10 THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PRESENT IN ANY OF FLEFOUS VISIONS, BUT THEY 00:32:22.10\00:32:26.04 ARE NOW. THEY HAVE CROWNS OF GOLD, THAT 00:32:26.04\00:32:28.34 WAS PROMISED. THEY ARE SITTING ON THRONES. 00:32:28.34\00:32:31.88 THAT WAS PROMISED TO THE SEVEN CHURCHES WHO WERE OVERCOME. 00:32:31.88\00:32:36.12 SO THESE ELDERS ARE REPRESENTATIVE.-AND IN A SENSE, 00:32:36.12\00:32:46.76 12, AND 12, 24. YOU HAVE A PERFECT NUMBER THERE. SO THERE IS A LOT OF SYMBOLISM 00:32:46.76\00:32:51.10 HERE. BUT THE POINT IS THIS, THIS 00:32:51.10\00:32:54.14 VISION OF THE SEVEN SEALS BEGINS IN THE SAME PLACE THAT TH SEVEN 00:32:54.14\00:32:59.44 CHURCHES BEGAN, IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:32:59.44\00:33:02.31 SO IF YOU LOOK AT YOUR OUTLINE HERE, WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO 00:33:02.31\00:33:05.31 FIND -- AND I'M LOOKING HERE UNDER THE CHURCHES AND THE 00:33:05.31\00:33:08.75 SEALS, IN THE CHURCHES WE HAVE THE INCLINATION OF CHRIST. 00:33:08.75\00:33:15.06 HE CAME TO THIS EARTH. ON THE SEALS WE HAVE AN EMPHASIS 00:33:15.06\00:33:20.60 ON THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST. EACH ONE OF THESE PROPHETIC 00:33:20.60\00:33:25.63 CYCLES BEGINS WITH JESUS. THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE ABOUT 00:33:25.63\00:33:29.27 THIS IS, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION 00:33:29.27\00:33:34.74 BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF SCARY IMAGES. 00:33:34.74\00:33:37.98 IT HAS BEASTS AND DRAGONS AND JUDGMENTS AND PLAGUES AND THE 00:33:37.98\00:33:42.18 MARK AND THE ANTICHRIST. BUT THE THING WE NEED TO 00:33:42.18\00:33:45.79 REMEMBER IS, EVERY VISION IN REVELATION BEGINS WITH JESUS 00:33:45.79\00:33:51.33 CHRIST. EVERY VISION IN REVELATION 00:33:51.33\00:33:53.86 BEGINS WITH THE SAVIOR, AND THE MESSAGE OF HOPE AND THE 00:33:53.86\00:33:58.27 EVER-LASTING GOSPEL. AND IT REMINDS ME OF THE HYMN, 00:33:58.27\00:34:04.74 ANYWHERE WITH JESUS I CAN -- ANYWHERE? 00:34:04.74\00:34:08.28 ANYWHERE. HERE I CANNOT KNOW. 00:34:08.28\00:34:12.21 AMEN. SO IF WE START WITH 00:34:12.21\00:34:13.55 CHRIST -- THAT'S WHAT REVELATION DOES, IT STARTS WITH CHRIST, 00:34:13.55\00:34:16.75 THEN WE CAN VENTURE IN TO THE [ INAUDIBLE ] BECAUSE WE'RE 00:34:16.75\00:34:21.42 BEGINNING WITH JESUS. THE BOOK OF REVELATION BEGINS 00:34:21.42\00:34:24.66 WITH CHRIST AND THE APOSTOLIC CHURCH. 00:34:24.66\00:34:26.09 YOU SEE THAT SO FAR? >> YES. 00:34:26.09\00:34:28.03 >> YES. >> WHAT IS THE DESTINY? 00:34:28.03\00:34:31.77 WHERE ARE WE HEADED TO? WHERE ARE WE HEADED WITH THE 00:34:31.77\00:34:38.71 SEVEN SEALS, SAME PLACE? >> YOU WOULD THINK SO. 00:34:38.71\00:34:41.48 >> ABSOLUTELY WE ARE GOING TO DEVELOP THE SAME PATTERN IN THE 00:34:41.48\00:34:45.28 SEVEN SEALS. BEFORE WE GO HERE, I WANT TO 00:34:45.28\00:34:48.52 NOTE ONE THING, AND THAT IS THAT THE APOSTOLIC AGE WAS 00:34:48.52\00:34:52.65 SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE OF THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:34:52.65\00:34:56.96 IN REVELATION CHAPTER 4, WE HAVE THIS PICTURE, IN 4:5 OF THE 00:34:56.96\00:35:04.53 SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. COULD YOU READ THAT FOR US, 00:35:04.53\00:35:08.30 BRIAN. >> SURE. 00:35:08.30\00:35:09.17 AND FROM THE THROWN PROCEEDED LIGHTNING, THUNDERING, AND 00:35:09.17\00:35:14.91 VOICES, SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE WERE BURNING BEFORE THE THROWN, WHICH 00:35:14.91\00:35:18.55 ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. >> I WANT YOU TO PICTURE THIS 00:35:18.55\00:35:22.32 JUST FOR A SECOND. WHEN JOHN FIRST SEES THE VISION 00:35:22.32\00:35:26.15 IN REVELATION 4, HE HAS SEEN THE THROWN ROOM AND THE 24 ELDERS. 00:35:26.15\00:35:32.26 THEN HE SEES THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD OR THE HOLY SPIRIT, SEVEN 00:35:32.26\00:35:38.43 SENTING PERFECT AND COMPLETE AND ALL-POWERFUL. 00:35:38.43\00:35:42.90 THEN IN REVELATION 5, THE SLAIN LAMB IS INTRODUCED. 00:35:42.90\00:35:47.78 JESUS SAID I'M GOING TO BE SLAIN, AND IF I GO TO HEAVEN, 00:35:47.78\00:35:52.25 WHAT AM I GOING TO DO? >> COME AGAIN. 00:35:52.25\00:35:55.78 >> YES. BUT WHEN I GO TO HEAVEN, I'M 00:35:55.78\00:35:59.02 GOING TO SEND YOU SOMETHING. >> THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:35:59.02\00:36:02.26 >> THE HOLY SPIRIT. AND THE HOLY SPIRIT WILL BE WITH 00:36:02.26\00:36:06.06 YOU WHEREVER YOU ARE. MOLLIE READ 5:6. 00:36:06.06\00:36:13.27 >> AND I LOOKED AND BEHOLD IN THE MIDST OF THE THROWN AND AT 00:36:13.27\00:36:17.64 THE FOUR LIVING CREATURES, AND IN THE MIDST OF THE ELLERS STOOD 00:36:17.64\00:36:22.64 A LAMB, AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN SLAIN, HAVING SEVEN 00:36:22.64\00:36:31.85 [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> DID YOU CATCH THAT? 00:36:31.85\00:36:34.06 >> THAT'S RIGHT. >> REVELATION 5 WHEN THE LAMB IS 00:36:34.06\00:36:39.79 INTRODUCED, WHEN JESUS CHRIST GOES TO HEAVEN AND PRESENTS THE 00:36:39.79\00:36:45.50 SACRIFICE, [ INAUDIBLE ].-pTHIS ALSO CONFIRMS THIS IS THE 00:36:45.50\00:36:49.24 APOSTOLIC AGE. AND THE REASON THI IS IMPORTANT IS BECAUSE WE 00:36:49.24\00:36:52.47 UNDERSTAND THE BOOK OF REVELATION AS WE INTERPRET IT TO 00:36:52.47\00:36:57.58 BE DECIPHERED THROUGH HISTORYISM, AND THAT SAYS THAT 00:36:57.58\00:37:02.48 REVELATION'S PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE. THE PROPHETIC CYCLES 00:37:02.48\00:37:06.79 BEGIN IN THE PAST, TAKE US THROUGH THE PRESENT AND INTO THE 00:37:06.79\00:37:10.93 FUTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN REVELATIONS 4 AND 5. 00:37:10.93\00:37:15.60 THE SAME CYCLE IS REPEATED HERE. YOU HAVE THE HOLY SPIRIT BEING 00:37:15.60\00:37:21.57 PRESENTED BEFORE TH THROWN AND JESUS PRESENTING HIS HANDS AND 00:37:21.57\00:37:25.27 FEET, THE SLAIN LAMB, AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT SENT OUT TO ALL 00:37:25.27\00:37:30.11 OF THE EARTH. THEN YOU HAVE THE UNSEALED BOOK, 00:37:30.11\00:37:33.28 AND THAT TAKES US THROUGH THE FOUR HORSES. 00:37:33.28\00:37:36.38 WE'RE NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH THE DETAILS OF THIS PROPHECY 00:37:36.38\00:37:40.02 RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A NEW PROGRAM CALLED 00:37:40.02\00:37:44.16 SALVATION IN SYMBOLS AND SIGNS. AND IT'S A 30-MINUTE PROGRAM 00:37:44.16\00:37:48.36 THAT WE'RE DOING WITH YVONNE AND JASON. 00:37:48.36\00:37:52.53 >> WE'RE AIRING IT ON 3ABN ENGLISH AS WELL, SO MANY OF OUR 00:37:52.53\00:37:57.54 VIEWERS AND LISTENERS -- >> AND WE'RE DOING DARE TO DREAM 00:37:57.54\00:38:01.84 ENGLISH. >> YES. 00:38:01.84\00:38:02.68 >> THEY ARE BOTH ENGLISH. BUT IT IS BEING AIRED EVERY 00:38:02.68\00:38:06.41 SINGLE DAY. WE HAVE DONE 33 SO FAR. 00:38:06.41\00:38:09.55 WE HAVE GOTTEN TO ABOUT REVELATION 8, I BELIEVE. 00:38:09.55\00:38:12.39 AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET INTO THE DETAILS. 00:38:12.39\00:38:15.26 HERE WE'RE DOING A TWO-HOUR PRESENTATION. 00:38:15.26\00:38:19.26 WE'RE GOING TO TAKE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. 00:38:19.26\00:38:22.26 THERE'S NO WAY WE'LL GET INTO THE DETAILS. 00:38:22.26\00:38:25.03 BUT I'M HOPING OUR VIEWERS WILL SEND IN FOR THIS FREE OFFER AND 00:38:25.03\00:38:30.04 GET AN OUTLINE OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IN THE BOOK OF 00:38:30.04\00:38:34.28 REVELATION. >> I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE 00:38:34.28\00:38:36.41 PEOPLE TO CALL AND GET THE OUTLINE. 00:38:36.41\00:38:38.65 IT'S THE FREE OFFER TONIGHT. BUT YOU SAID EARLIER, YOU WERE 00:38:38.65\00:38:42.08 TALKING ABOUT THIS, AND THEN GOING ON TO EXPLAIN, WHAT I ALSO 00:38:42.08\00:38:45.65 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO IS CALL AND GET THIS PROGRAM. 00:38:45.65\00:38:48.76 IT IS SO SIMPLE TO DO. WHEN YOU CALL TO ORDER YOUR FREE 00:38:48.76\00:38:53.19 OFFER, TELL THEM YOU ALSO WANT THE PROGRAM. 00:38:53.19\00:38:56.10 I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY COST. I KNOW THEY ARE VERY 00:38:56.10\00:39:00.07 INEXPENSIVE, OUR PROGRAMS ARE, AND WE WOULD -- I BELIEVE THAT 00:39:00.07\00:39:04.01 YOU WOULD FIND IT TO BE SO EDUCATIONAL AND SO INFORMATIVE 00:39:04.01\00:39:08.31 TO BE ABLE TO WATCH THE PROGRAM OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND DO IT 00:39:08.31\00:39:11.78 ALONG WITH THE OUTLINE. >> THAT'S A GOOD IDEA, MOLLIE 00:39:11.78\00:39:15.68 AND MAYBE EVEN SHARE IT IN A CHURCH OR BIBLE STUDY SETTING, 00:39:15.68\00:39:19.82 WHERE YOU CAN HAVE INTERACTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE, AND DO SOME 00:39:19.82\00:39:24.49 BIBLE STUDY WITH YOUR NEIGHBORHOODS OR FRIENDS, AND 00:39:24.49\00:39:28.26 GIVE THEM THE OUTLINE OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION. 00:39:28.26\00:39:30.87 >> SOMETIMES WHEN YOU GET INTO DETAIL, YOU LOSE TRACK OF WHERE 00:39:30.87\00:39:37.57 YOU ARE. >> YES. 00:39:37.57\00:39:40.04 >> SO THIS IS -- I APPRECIATE THIS, DOING BROOD SWEEPS. 00:39:40.04\00:39:44.08 >> YES, GET THE BIG PICTURE. >> GET THE BIG PICTURE. 00:39:44.08\00:39:48.22 >> I LIKE TO LOOK DOWN AND SAY THAT'S WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE. 00:39:48.22\00:39:53.12 I DID THAT COMING INTO ST. LOUIS. 00:39:53.12\00:39:56.09 [ LAUGHTER ] >> SO WE'RE MOVING NOW THROUGH 00:39:56.09\00:39:59.03 HISTORY AGAIN IN REVELATIONS 4 AND 5. 00:39:59.03\00:40:02.60 WE HAVE THE FOUR HORSES IN CHAPTER 6. 00:40:02.60\00:40:06.27 THAT MOVES US DOWN TO THE LAST VERSES, WHICH ARE A DENOTATION 00:40:06.27\00:40:11.91 OF THE SECOND COMING, WHERE EVERYONE IS HIDING THEMSELVES IN 00:40:11.91\00:40:15.54 ROCKS IN THE MOUNTAINS, AND THEN THERE IS THIS PAUSE, AND IT GOES 00:40:15.54\00:40:19.75 BACK AND EXPLAINS THE CEILING OF GOD'S PEOPLE IN SYMBOLIC 00:40:19.75\00:40:27.82 LANGUAGE. AND JOHN SAID A GREAT MULTITUDE 00:40:27.82\00:40:31.56 WHICH NO MA [ INAUDIBLE ] AND THEY STOOD BEFORE THE THROWN AND 00:40:31.56\00:40:35.00 THE LAMB, AND DO YOU KNOW WHEN THIS IS TAKING PLACE? 00:40:35.00\00:40:39.47 THIS VISION BEING SHOWN RIGHT HERE IN IT'S TAKING PLACE IN THE 00:40:39.47\00:40:43.84 NEW HEAVENS AND THE NEW EARTH. AND WE'RE GOING TO GO DOWN A 00:40:43.84\00:40:48.58 LITTLE BIT BRIAN. I THINK IT'S YOUR TURN TO 00:40:48.58\00:40:53.25 READ -- >> VERSE 10. 00:40:53.25\00:40:54.98 >> LET'S START WITH VERSE 13, 13, 14, 15, ALL OF THE LAST FIVE 00:40:54.98\00:41:01.36 VERSES. >> THEN ONE OF THE ELDERS 00:41:01.36\00:41:03.29 ANSWERED SAYING TO ME WHO ARE THOSE ARRAYED IN WHITE ROBES, 00:41:03.29\00:41:07.13 AND WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? AND I SAID TO HIM, SIR, YOU 00:41:07.13\00:41:10.97 KNOW. SO HE SAID TO ME, THESE ARE THE 00:41:10.97\00:41:14.17 ONES WHO COME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION, AND WASH THEIR 00:41:14.17\00:41:18.41 ROBES AND MADE THEM WHITE IN THE BLOOD OF THE LAMB, THEREFORE, 00:41:18.41\00:41:22.74 THEY ARE BEFORE THE THROWN OF GOD AND SERVE HIM DAY AND NIGHT 00:41:22.74\00:41:27.52 IN HIS TEMPLE, AND HE WHO SITS ON THE THROWN WILL DWELL AMONG 00:41:27.52\00:41:32.69 THEM. THAT'S THE NEW HEAVEN, NEW 00:41:32.69\00:41:34.76 EARTH. >> YES, YOU HAVE GOT IT. 00:41:34.76\00:41:36.56 KEEP READING. >> AND WHERE DID THEY COME FROM? 00:41:36.56\00:41:40.90 THEY CAME OUT OF GREAT TRIBULATION. 00:41:40.90\00:41:43.70 THEY SHALL NEITHER HUNGER ANYMORE, FOR THRUST ANYMORE, THE 00:41:43.70\00:41:49.87 SUN SHALL NOT STRIKE THEM -- THIS SOUNDS LIKE SOME OF 00:41:49.87\00:41:52.84 THE PLAGUES. >> RIGHT. 00:41:52.84\00:41:55.21 >> OR ANY HEAT, FOR THE LAMB WHO IS IN THE MIDST OF THE THROWN 00:41:55.21\00:42:02.58 WILL SHEPPARD THEM, AND LEAD THEM TO LIVING WATER, AND WIPE 00:42:02.58\00:42:08.12 EVERY TEAR FROM THEIR EYE. >> DOESN'T THAT SOUND LIKE 00:42:08.12\00:42:11.76 REVELATION 21, AND 22? >> YES, IT DOES. 00:42:11.76\00:42:15.56 >> SO WE ENDED ANOTHER APOSTOLIC CYCLE. 00:42:15.56\00:42:20.44 IT TAKES US ALL THE WAY THROUGH HISTORY TO THE NEW HEAVEN AND 00:42:20.44\00:42:23.84 NEW EARTH. IT'S EASY TO UNDERSTAND THAT 00:42:23.84\00:42:26.31 RIGHT HERE, BECAUSE THIS CYCLE IS CALLED THE SEVEN SEALS, AND 00:42:26.31\00:42:30.75 THE SEVEN SEAL IS OPENED, AND THEN BOOM, WE'RE DONE. 00:42:30.75\00:42:37.35 BUT IT'S GOING TO BE HARDER FOR US TO IDENTIFY THE FOURTH 00:42:37.35\00:42:44.16 PROPHETIC CYCLES WHEN WE GET TO REVELATION CHAPTER 12 AND 00:42:44.16\00:42:48.26 ONWARD, THAT'S WHY SETTING OURSELVES UP NOW WITH THESE 00:42:48.26\00:42:52.97 PROPHETIC CYCLES, IDENTIFYING WHEN THEY BEGIN AND END WILL 00:42:52.97\00:42:57.31 HELP US WHEN WE GET TO THE FOURTH PROPHETIC CYCLE. 00:42:57.31\00:43:01.98 BECAUSE WE'RE GOING TO BE LOOKING FOR THE SAME MARKERS. 00:43:01.98\00:43:05.61 AND THE MARKER THAT STARTS THE CYCLE IS NOT REPEATED ANYWHERE 00:43:05.61\00:43:11.39 ELSE IN HE CYCLE, AND THE MARKER THAT ENDS THE CYCLE IS 00:43:11.39\00:43:17.26 NOT ANYWHERE ELSE BUT THEN OF THE CYCLE. 00:43:17.26\00:43:19.56 AND I'M SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS, BECAUSE FOR YOU AND ME, AND WHEN 00:43:19.56\00:43:23.60 I WAS SHARING THIS IN MY CHURCHES, ONE OF HEL-- ELDERS 00:43:23.60\00:43:34.51 SAID TO ME, THIS MAKES THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS A LOT EASIER TO 00:43:34.51\00:43:38.95 UNDERSTAND. AND ALL OF THE MIDDLE OF THE 00:43:38.95\00:43:41.25 SANDWICH IS PART OF THIS ONE PROPHETIC CYCLE, SOMEWHERE IN 00:43:41.25\00:43:47.02 THE HISTORY, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OFF IN THE DIRECTION, BOOM, 00:43:47.02\00:43:50.89 YOU STOP, AND NOW WE START THE CYCLE AGAIN. 00:43:50.89\00:43:55.10 FOLLOWING ME SO FAR? >> YES. 00:43:55.10\00:43:56.83 >> YES. >> ALL RIGHT. 00:43:56.83\00:43:58.60 THE THIRD PROPHETIC CYCLE, A LITTLE BIT MORE CHALLENGING TO 00:43:58.60\00:44:02.77 BEGIN WITH, BUT NOT AS CHALLENGING AS OUR LAST ONE. 00:44:02.77\00:44:05.97 IT'S THE CYCLE OF THE SEVEN TRUMPETS. 00:44:05.97\00:44:09.88 HERE IS WHERE IT GETS A LITTLE TRICKY. 00:44:09.88\00:44:12.45 A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BEGIN THIS THIRD CYCLE OR THE SEVEN 00:44:12.45\00:44:18.69 TRUMPETS OF REVELATION 8:1, BECAUSE OF THE CHAPTER DIVISION. 00:44:18.69\00:44:22.76 CHAPTER DIVISION IS NOT INSPIRED. 00:44:22.76\00:44:24.79 IT WAS ADDED LATER. THE BOOK OF REVELATIONS IS 00:44:24.79\00:44:29.43 DIVIDED BY TOPIC AND THIS EMPHASIS THAT WE'RE TALKING 00:44:29.43\00:44:32.53 ABOUT BEGINNING IN THE APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:44:32.53\00:44:35.67 THE CHAPTER DIVISION AT REVELATION 8:1, THAT VERSE 00:44:35.67\00:44:39.87 REALLY BELONGS TO THE 7TH SEAL CYCLE, BECAUSE IT'S THE 7TH 00:44:39.87\00:44:44.98 SEAL. AND WHEN THAT IS OPENED JESUS IS 00:44:44.98\00:44:48.45 RETURNING, AND THERE IS SILENCE. WHEN WE GET INTO 8:2, WE START 00:44:48.45\00:44:54.06 WITH THIS MUCH REPEATED PHRASE BY JOHN, AND I SAW, AND I SAW, 00:44:54.06\00:44:58.56 AND I SAW, I SAW SEVEN ANGELS WHICHED TOO BEFORE GOD, AND THEY 00:44:58.56\00:45:05.73 WERE GIVEN SEVEN TRUMPETS. AND ANOTHER ANGEL CAME AND STOOD 00:45:05.73\00:45:11.54 AT THE ALTER, HAVING A GOLDEN SENSOR, AND IT WAS GIVEN UNTO 00:45:11.54\00:45:17.45 HIM MUCH INCENSE THAT HE SHOULD OFFER IT WITH THE PRAYERS OF ALL 00:45:17.45\00:45:21.38 OF THE SAINTS UPON THE GOLDEN ALTER WHICH IS ON THE THROWN. 00:45:21.38\00:45:26.12 AND THE SMOKE OF THE INCENSE [ INAUDIBLE ] BEFORE GOD OUT OF 00:45:26.12\00:45:32.86 THE AN INGEELS HAND, AND THE ANGEL TOOK THE SENSOR, CAST IT 00:45:32.86\00:45:36.60 INTO THE EARTH, AND THERE WERE VOICES AND LIGHTNING, AND 00:45:36.60\00:45:40.37 THUNDER, AND EARTHQUAKE, AND THEN THE FIRST ANGEL SOUNDS, 00:45:40.37\00:45:45.67 SECOND ANGEL SOUNDS, THIRD ANGEL SOUNDS. 00:45:45.67\00:45:48.21 OKAY. WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A PRELUDE. 00:45:48.21\00:45:54.78 THOSE TRUMPETS REPRESENT ALL KINDS OF THINGS THAT ARE COMING 00:45:54.78\00:45:58.95 ON THE EARTH. BEFORE THAT HAPPENS WE HAVE THIS 00:45:58.95\00:46:02.36 PRELUDE, THIS PICTURE OF THIS ANGEL AT AN ALTER, GETTING 00:46:02.36\00:46:06.49 INCENSE, AND THEN TAKING IT TO A GOLDEN ALTER, WHICH IS BEFORE 00:46:06.49\00:46:09.96 GOD, AND MINGLING THE INCENSE WITH PRAYERS, AND AS HE MINGLES 00:46:09.96\00:46:14.10 THE INCENSE WITH PRAYERS, HE TAKES FIRE FROM THE ALTER AND 00:46:14.10\00:46:19.17 CASTS IT INTO THE EARTH, AND THEN THERE'S VOICES, AND 00:46:19.17\00:46:22.68 LIGHTNING, AND THUNDER, AND EARTHQUAKES IN THE EARTH. 00:46:22.68\00:46:28.22 WHAT DOES THIS REPRESENT IN FIRST THING I WANT US TO LOOK AT 00:46:28.22\00:46:31.92 IS THE SANCTUARY. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SANCTUARY 00:46:31.92\00:46:36.56 SYMBOLISM. IN REVELATION 5 WE NOTED THE 00:46:36.56\00:46:39.46 LAMB THAT WAS SLAIN. AND WHO DID HE SAY THAT WAS? 00:46:39.46\00:46:42.46 >> JESUS. >> JESUS. 00:46:42.46\00:46:44.30 >> BUT THE LAMB COMES RIGHT OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT. 00:46:44.30\00:46:48.24 THE LAMB WAS A SYMBOL OF JESUS, BECAUSE IT WAS THE ANIMAL THAT 00:46:48.24\00:46:53.98 WAS CHOSEN TO BE SACRIFICED FOR OUR SINS. 00:46:53.98\00:46:58.41 THAT'S WHY HE SAID BEHOLD THE GOD THAT TAKES AWAY THE SINS OF 00:46:58.41\00:47:02.78 THE WORLD. SO THAT UNLOCKS REVELATIONS 00:47:02.78\00:47:07.52 SEVEN TRUMPETS. IN THE BIBLE SANCTUARY THERE 00:47:07.52\00:47:10.16 WERE TWO ALTERS. AN ALTER IN THE COURTYARD, AND 00:47:10.16\00:47:14.30 THEN A GOLDEN ALTER, WHICH WAS IN THE HOLY PLACE. 00:47:14.30\00:47:19.50 THE FIRST ALTER IS SIMPLY CALLED THE ALTER. 00:47:19.50\00:47:24.04 IN REVELATION 8:3, ANOTHER ANGEL CAME AND STOOD AT THE ALTER, AND 00:47:24.04\00:47:29.48 WAS GIVEN A GOLDEN SENSOR, AND MUCH INCENSE. 00:47:29.48\00:47:35.02 WE KNOW THE GOLDEN ALTER WAS IN THE HOLY PLACE. 00:47:35.02\00:47:40.99 SO THIS IS TELLING US -- OR INFORMING US ABOUT WHAT JESUS IS 00:47:40.99\00:47:46.76 DOING AT HIS ASCENSION. HE IS GOING INTO THE HOLY PLACE 00:47:46.76\00:47:52.87 OR THE HEAVENLY SANCTUARY. BUT WHAT IS HE -- WHAT IS IT 00:47:52.87\00:47:57.14 THAT HE IS MINISTERING THERE? ACCORDING TO THIS FIRST, HE IS 00:47:57.14\00:48:01.98 MINISTERING INCENSE FROM ANOTHER ALTER, AND HE IS MINGLING THAT 00:48:01.98\00:48:04.75 WITH THE PRAYERS OF GOD'S PEOPLE. 00:48:04.75\00:48:07.72 WELL, WHAT DOES THE INCENSE VENN? 00:48:07.72\00:48:13.02 WE KNOW IN REVELATION 5 INCENSE MEANS PRAYER. 00:48:13.02\00:48:16.79 BUT THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE HERE. 00:48:16.79\00:48:21.46 IN EPHESIANS 5:2, WE'RE TOLD THAT INCENSE REPRESENTS THE 00:48:21.46\00:48:28.14 SACRIFICE OF JESUS. >> AND IT MIXES WITH THE 00:48:28.14\00:48:31.04 PRAYERS. >> YEAH, PERFECT. 00:48:31.04\00:48:32.24 >> YEAH. >> MANY TIMES IN REVELATION 00:48:32.24\00:48:35.44 SYMBOLS CAN BE IDENTIFIED IN DIFFERENT WAYS. 00:48:35.44\00:48:39.68 A DAY CAN EQUAL A YEAR, A 24-HOUR PERIOD, OR END OF TIME. 00:48:39.68\00:48:52.19 IN REVELATION 5 INCENSE REPRESENTS GOD PEOPLE, BUT IN 00:48:52.19\00:48:58.80 REVELATION 8 IT MAKES THE SACRIFICE. 00:48:58.80\00:49:01.40 THAT ALTER IN THE COURTYARD IS WHERE THE LAMB WAS SLAIN. 00:49:01.40\00:49:09.08 WELL, HEBREWS 13 TELLS US THAT JESUS WAS SLAIN AT THAT ALTER. 00:49:09.08\00:49:14.08 WE HAVE AN ALTER, AND THIS IS THE PLACE WHERE CHRIST WAS 00:49:14.08\00:49:22.59 SLAIN. SO THE ALTER IN THE COURTYARD 00:49:22.59\00:49:27.86 REPRESENTS CAVALRY. HE IS TAKING THE BLOOD, AND THE 00:49:27.86\00:49:32.57 SWEET SMELLING SAVOR INTO HEAVEN, AND MINGLING IT THERE 00:49:32.57\00:49:35.94 WITH THE PRAYERS OF HIS PEOPLE.-THAT'S WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THIS SYMBOL. 00:49:35.94\00:49:41.91 NOW WE KNOW THAT THIS IS APOSTOLIC AGE, BECAUSE THE 00:49:41.91\00:49:45.35 GOLDEN ALTER WAS IN THE HOLY PLACE, AND WHEN JESUS WENT TO 00:49:45.35\00:49:50.02 HEAVEN, HE WENT TO THE HOLY PLACE. 00:49:50.02\00:49:52.65 WE DIDN'T GO TO THE MOST HOLY PLACE UNTIL 1844. 00:49:52.65\00:49:59.43 THAT'S WHERE HE WENT WHEN HE FIRST WENT TO HEAVEN FOR THE 00:49:59.43\00:50:02.66 HOLY PLACE. IN THE HOLY PLAC HE HAS PRAYERS 00:50:02.66\00:50:06.13 COMING UP. NOW I WANT US TO GO BACK IN TIME 00:50:06.13\00:50:09.17 TO CHRIST DAY. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE TIME 00:50:09.17\00:50:12.14 WHEN CHRIST WENT INTO THE HOLY PLACE IN HEAVEN, AND PROMISES 00:50:12.14\00:50:17.25 HIS DISCIPLES. THEY WERE GATHERED TOGETHER AND 00:50:17.25\00:50:21.18 THEY WERE TERRIFIED. THEY WERE IN THAT UPPER ROOM, 00:50:21.18\00:50:24.39 AND THEY WERE TERRIFIED. DO YOU REMEMBER THAT? 00:50:24.39\00:50:26.99 >> UH-HUH. >> AND THE DISCIPLES BEGAN TO DO 00:50:26.99\00:50:30.76 WHAT? WHAT DID THEY BEGIN TO DO 00:50:30.76\00:50:33.09 TOGETHER? >> PRAYER. 00:50:33.09\00:50:34.20 >> THEY BEGAN TO PRAY. >> YEAH. 00:50:34.20\00:50:38.30 >> AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THEIR PRAYERS ARE? 00:50:38.30\00:50:41.04 >> WELL, I THINK JESUS HAS PROMISED THEM A BLESSING THAT 00:50:41.04\00:50:46.11 WOULD COME THEIR WAY. >> SO THEY ARE PRAYING FOR THE 00:50:46.11\00:50:50.31 HOLY SPIRIT FOR SURE. WHAT ELSE DO YOU THINK? 00:50:50.31\00:50:53.55 THEY WERE IN ONE PLACE AND OF ONE ACCORD. 00:50:53.55\00:50:57.05 YOU KNOW HOW YOU GET TO BE OF ONE ACCORD WITH PEOPLE, CAN 00:50:57.05\00:51:01.56 FALLEN HUMAN BEINGS. >> YOU HAVE ONE THING IN COMMON. 00:51:01.56\00:51:05.03 YOU ARE UNITED. YOU ARE SEEKING ONE THING. 00:51:05.03\00:51:07.40 >> YES, AND YOU ARE HUMBLING YOURSELF AND CONFESSING YOUR 00:51:07.40\00:51:12.33 FAULTS TO EACH OTHER. ASKING FOR, FORGIVENESS. 00:51:12.33\00:51:18.61 PETER IS SAYING, I NEVER SHOULD HAVE DONE THAT. 00:51:18.61\00:51:22.38 PLEASE FORGIVE ME. AND THAT PRAYER GOES TO HEAVEN, 00:51:22.38\00:51:27.08 RIGHT? THEY START SAYING THESE PRAYERS 00:51:27.08\00:51:29.92 AND THESE PRAYERS ARE ASCENDING TO HEAVEN, AND JESUS IS MINGLING 00:51:29.92\00:51:34.92 THOSE PRAYERS WITH HIS SACRIFICE. 00:51:34.92\00:51:38.66 AND THEN JESUS TAKES FIRE OFF OF THE ALTER AND CASTS IT INTO THE 00:51:38.66\00:51:42.86 EARTH. YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THEY 00:51:42.86\00:51:46.57 WERE PRAYING FOR THE -- >> FIRE. 00:51:46.57\00:51:50.91 >> FIRE CAME DOWN UPON THEM. ALL OF HEAVEN WAS POURED OUT, 00:51:50.91\00:51:55.41 AND THEY HAD THESE CLOVEREN TONGUES. 00:51:55.41\00:51:58.85 MOLLIE READ FOR ME AGAIN REVELATION CHAPTER 8:5. 00:51:58.85\00:52:03.39 >> REVELATION 8:5. THEN THE ANGEL TOOK THE SENSOR 00:52:03.39\00:52:08.29 FILLED IT WITH FIRE FROM THE ALTER AND THREW IT TO THE EARTH, 00:52:08.29\00:52:13.40 AND THERE WAS NOISES, THUNDERINGS, LIGHTNING, AND 00:52:13.40\00:52:22.60 EARTHQUAKE. >> MY KING JAMES VERSE SAYS 00:52:22.60\00:52:24.81 VOICES. AND I WANT YOU TO GO BACK TO 00:52:24.81\00:52:30.11 CHAPTER 4:5. >> AND FROM THE THROWN PROCEEDED 00:52:30.11\00:52:35.92 LIGHTNINGS, THUNDERINGS AND VOICES, SEVEN LAMPS OF FIRE WERE 00:52:35.92\00:52:40.96 BURNING BEFORE THE THROWN, WHICH ARE THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. 00:52:40.96\00:52:44.86 >> REVELATION 4, JOHN IS TAKEN INTO THE HEAVENLY PRESENCE OF 00:52:44.86\00:52:48.66 GOD'S THROWN ROOM, AND HE SAYS BEFORE THE THROWN -- OUT OF THE 00:52:48.66\00:52:52.87 THROWN PROCEEDINGS LIGHTNINGS AND THUNDERINGS AND VOICES AND 00:52:52.87\00:52:57.94 THE SEVEN SPIRITS OF GOD. NOW REVELATION CHAPTER 8, THE 00:52:57.94\00:53:03.51 ANGEL CASTS FIRE INTO THE EARTH AND IN THE EARTH YOU HAVE VOICES 00:53:03.51\00:53:07.82 AND THUNDERINGS, AND LIGHTNINGS, AND AN EARTHQUAKE. 00:53:07.82\00:53:13.09 THE VERY SAME THINGS THAT WERE IN HEAVEN IN CHAPTER 4 ARE NOW 00:53:13.09\00:53:17.86 TAKING PLACE ON EARTH. IN OTHER WORS FIRE IS APPEARING 00:53:17.86\00:53:21.20 ON THE HEADS OF ALL OF THE DISCIPLES. 00:53:21.20\00:53:25.03 >> ACTS CHAPTER 2:2, AND SUDDENLY THERE CAME A SOUND FROM 00:53:25.03\00:53:29.30 HEAVEN. SO IT IS NOT QUIET, AS OF A 00:53:29.30\00:53:33.21 RUSHING MIGHTY WIND, AND IT FILLED THE WHOLE HOUSE WHERE 00:53:33.21\00:53:35.64 THEY WERE SITTING, AND IT APPEARED TO THEM DIVIDED TONGUES 00:53:35.64\00:53:40.65 OF FIRE, THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND BEGAN 00:53:40.65\00:53:44.22 TO SPEAK -- >> VOICES. 00:53:44.22\00:53:45.85 >> -- WITH OTHER TONGUES AS THE SPIRIT GAVE THEM UTTERANCE. 00:53:45.85\00:53:51.73 AND VERSE 6, AND WHEN THIS SOUND OCCURRED, THE MULTITUDES CAME 00:53:51.73\00:53:57.07 TOGETHER. SO IT WASN'T JUST A SOUND WITHIN 00:53:57.07\00:53:59.03 THE ROOM. >> RIGHT. 00:53:59.03\00:54:00.50 >> I MEAN THE WHOLE CITY GOT THE -- THE SOUND OF WHATEVER WAS 00:54:00.50\00:54:07.91 HAPPENING. AND WERE CON FUSED, BECAUSE 00:54:07.91\00:54:12.05 EVERYONE SPOKE IN THEIR OWN LANGUAGE. 00:54:12.05\00:54:14.68 >> I WANT DO YOU READ ACTS CHAPTER 4:31. 00:54:14.68\00:54:19.62 >> WHEN THEY HAD PRAYED THE PLACE WHERE THEY WERE ASSEMBLED 00:54:19.62\00:54:25.33 TOGETHER WAS SHAKEN -- >> WAS WHAT? 00:54:25.33\00:54:27.73 >> SHAKEN. >> REMEMBER THE EARTHQUAKE? 00:54:27.73\00:54:30.83 >> AND THEY WERE ALL FILLED WITH THE HOLY SPIRIT AND THEY SPOKE 00:54:30.83\00:54:35.60 WE WORD OF GOD WITH BOLD VOICES. >> THIS REVELATION CHAPTER 8, 00:54:35.60\00:54:40.44 WE'RE BEGINNING THE APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:54:40.44\00:54:43.95 CHRIST HAS TAKEN HIS GIFT TO HEAVEN. 00:54:43.95\00:54:46.05 THE DISCIPLES ARE PRAYING AND ASKING FOR FORGIVENESS, AND AS 00:54:46.05\00:54:51.72 THE PRAYERS COME UP, CHRIST MINGLES THEM WITHIN THE HOLY 00:54:51.72\00:54:57.79 PLACE, AND THEN THE HOLY SPIRIT IS POURED OUT OVER THE EARTH, 00:54:57.79\00:55:02.00 AND THE THUNDER, LIGHTNING, THAT WERE IN HEAVEN ARE NOW ON THE 00:55:02.00\00:55:08.14 EARTH. AND THE PLACE IS SHAKEN UP, AND 00:55:08.14\00:55:11.21 THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING WHICH ALSO IS SYMBOLS. 00:55:11.21\00:55:16.98 THE ANGELS WERE THERE DELIVERING THEM FROM PRISON, AND LEADING 00:55:16.98\00:55:20.98 THEM TO DIFFERENT PLACES TO DO MINISTRY. 00:55:20.98\00:55:23.85 ALL OF THE POWER OF HEAVEN POURED OUT ON THE EARTH. 00:55:23.85\00:55:27.32 SO AGAIN, IN REVELATION CHAPTER 8, BEFORE WE TRUMPETS BEGIN TO 00:55:27.32\00:55:36.43 SOUND, WE HAVE OUR APOSTOLIC AGE. 00:55:36.43\00:55:38.53 AND WE STARTED WITH THE OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. 00:55:38.53\00:55:44.27 DID WE START WITH THAT WITH THE SEALS? 00:55:44.27\00:55:48.34 YES. WITH THE CHURCHES? 00:55:48.34\00:55:50.31 IN A SENSE. REMEMBER EVERY SINGLE CHURCH 00:55:50.31\00:55:52.75 WHAT THE MESSAGE WAS, HE WHO HAS AN EAR LET HIM HEAR THE SPIRIT. 00:55:52.75\00:55:58.42 >> I'M THINKING HOW MUCH MORE WILL GOD GIVE THE HOLY SPIRIT TO 00:55:58.42\00:56:03.56 HIS CHILDREN IF THEY ASK? THIS IS FOR US TODAY. 00:56:03.56\00:56:06.26 THIS IS FOR US TODAY. AND OUR FIRST HOUR IS RAPIDLY 00:56:06.26\00:56:10.40 COMING TO A CLOSE. >> OKAY. 00:56:10.40\00:56:13.30 >> AND YOU ARE NOWHERE NEAR THROUGH WITH THIS, AND I JUST 00:56:13.30\00:56:17.71 WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU, CALL IN AND GET THE FREE OFFER, AND AS 00:56:17.71\00:56:22.31 WELL AS THIS TEACHING. GET -- GET THE DVD OR CD, 00:56:22.31\00:56:28.62 WHATEVER WILL WORK BEST FOR YOU, AND REMEMBER WE'RE TAKING 00:56:28.62\00:56:33.12 QUESTIONS, AND I KNOW BY NOW YOU HAVE GOT SO MANY QUESTIONS YOU 00:56:33.12\00:56:36.46 WANT TO ASK JAMES. WE HAVE GOT HIM HERE. 00:56:36.46\00:56:40.80 HE'S OURS FOR ANOTHER WHOLE HOUR, SO CALL IN YOUR QUESTIONS, 00:56:40.80\00:56:45.87 AND WE WILL READ THEM, AND JAMES WE WILL ASK YOU TO ANSWER THESE 00:56:45.87\00:56:50.91 QUESTIONS.->> SURE WILL. BE HAPPY TO DO THAT. 00:56:50.91\00:56:53.98 >> I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I'M EXCITED. 00:56:53.98\00:56:56.85 BRIAN ARE YOU EXCITED? >> YEAH, THIS HAS BEEN VERY 00:56:56.85\00:57:00.48 GOOD. VERY -- YOU READ THIS OVER AND 00:57:00.48\00:57:02.48 OVER THROUGH YOUR LIFE, BUT BEING ABLE TO PUT THESE PIECES 00:57:02.48\00:57:06.22 TOGETHER HAS BEEN REALLY -- REALLY FUN. 00:57:06.22\00:57:08.12 >> IT IS. I GOT SO EXCITED WHEN I STARTED 00:57:08.12\00:57:10.89 SEEING THIS. I'M TELLING YOU. 00:57:10.89\00:57:12.56 AND WHAT WE HAVE GOT SO FAR IN OUR OUTLINE IS THE INCARNATION 00:57:12.56\00:57:16.73 FOR THE SEVEN CHURCHES, THE CRUCIFIXION, AND THEN MEDIATION 00:57:16.73\00:57:21.74 FOR THE SEVEN TRUMP PETS. >> VERY GOOD. 00:57:21.74\00:57:24.24 >> IT'S AMAZING HOW THESE ARE ALL LINING UP. 00:57:24.24\00:57:28.31 AND WE'LL SEE ONE MORE EMFA SIS. >> I WANT TO ENCOURAGE YOU 00:57:28.31\00:57:36.08 AGAIN, CALL 618-627-4651, ASK FOR THE FREE OFFER FOR TONIGHT, -pOR YOU CAN EMAIL US AT 00:57:36.08\00:57:46.03 FREEOFFER@3ABN.TV, AND WE'RE GOING TO BE GONE FOR TWO MINUTES 00:57:46.03\00:57:53.30 AND TWO SECONDS. AND THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. 00:57:53.30\00:57:56.67 DON'T GO ANYWHERE. ¤ 00:57:56.67\00:57:59.01