O magnify, O magnify
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the Lord with me
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and let us exalt
His name together.
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O magnify the Lord,
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O magnify the King
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and may His name be
lifted high forever.
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O worship Him, O
worship Christ the Lord with me
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and let us exalt
His name together.
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O worship Christ, the Lord,
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O worship Christ, the King
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and may His name be
lifted high forever.
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King of kings and Lord of lords!
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May His name be
lifted high forever.
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King of kings and Lord of lords!
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May His name be
lifted high forever.
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O magnify, O
magnify the Lord with me
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and let us exalt
His name together.
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O magnify the Lord,
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O magnify the King
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and may His name be
lifted high forever.
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King of kings and Lord of lords!
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King of kings and Lord of lords!
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May His name be
lifted high forever.
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Let's welcome Myrna Matthews-
Haynes and Adrian Westney.
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So at this time we'll give
you an opportunity to listen to
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Steve Darmody.
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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would one day walk on water?
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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would save our
sons and daughters?
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Did you know
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that your baby boy
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has come to make you new?
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This child that you delivered
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will soon deliver you?
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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will give sight
to the blind man?
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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would calm a
storm with His hand?
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Did you know
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that your baby boy
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has walked where angels trod?
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And when you kissed
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your little baby
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you kissed the face of God?
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Mary, did you know?
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The blind will see,
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the deaf will hear,
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the dead will live again!
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The lame will leap
and the dumb will speak
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the praises of the Lamb!
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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is Lord of all creation?
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Mary, did you know
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that your baby boy
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will one day rule the nations?
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Did you know
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that your baby boy
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was heaven's perfect Lamb?
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And the sleeping child
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you're holding
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is the great
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I AM?
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Oh Mary,
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Mary,
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did you know?
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Thank you very much.
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Very happy to welcome
each of you back again today.
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Appreciate you being here.
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It's one of the wonderful
things about the coming of Jesus
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is that it says He will
gather all of His people
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for the great
wedding supper of the Lamb.
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I don't know about you, but
I'm looking forward to that.
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When all of us
will be invited to come
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and be at the supper...
the wedding supper of the Lamb.
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And today Roy
Drusky's going to sing
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a beautiful song about that.
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It's called
Wedding Music I Hear.
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Is that wedding music
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I hear?
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The bride's adorned and ready
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to appear.
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There's heavenly preparation
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for the wedding celebration...
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Is that wedding music
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that I hear?
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The family is preparing
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for a wedding.
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All have been invited
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to attend.
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The bride is standing ready
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waiting for the signal
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when the groom says
"Rise, My children...
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come on in! "
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Is that wedding music
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I hear?
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The bride's adorned and ready
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to appear.
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There's heavenly preparation
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for the wedding celebration...
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Is that wedding music
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that I hear?
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Soon we'll rise to leave
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that land of sorrow
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for that ceremony
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in the air.
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The Father then will lead us
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through the holy
land of splendor.
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Have you made your preparation
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to go there?
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Is that wedding music
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I hear?
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The bride's adorned and ready
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to appear.
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There's heavenly preparation
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for the wedding celebration...
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Is that wedding music
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that I hear?
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There's heavenly preparation
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for the wedding celebration...
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Is that wedding music
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that I hear?
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Father up in heaven,
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this morning as
we open Your Word
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we think about this wonderful
time that You're coming back
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where each one of us will
have the privilege of hearing
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wedding music.
Lord, we ask that we
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each may have the opportunity
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of being in Your kingdom.
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Not because, Lord,
we have done anything
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but because we've accepted You.
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Bless us as we
study Your Word now.
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Give us wisdom and
understanding we pray.
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In Christ's name, Amen.
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This morning we're
going to take a look
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at a text in the Bible -
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a chapter in the
Bible - that you'll find
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Bible commentaries
just kind of pass it by.
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You don't hear
very many sermons on it.
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Books on the Bible
don't say much about it.
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Yet it is an
extremely important chapter.
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It talks about an angel
that is standing on the earth
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and on the sea.
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We're going to take a
look and see what Revelation
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the 10th chapter has to
say to us about this angel.
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We'll start with verse 1:
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Now you find that when
you're studying God's Word
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that you will in
Bible prophecy come across
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angels many
places in the Scripture.
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When you come across an angel
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like in
Revelation the 14th chapter
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there are three
angels. Those angels represent
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a message that's to
be given to the world.
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And so you have three angels
with three distinct messages
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the whole world is to hear.
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When you go to
Revelation the 18th chapter
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you have an angel there.
And it says the earth was
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"lightened" with
the glory of that angel
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meaning that that angel
had a particular message
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the world is to hear.
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And when you come to this angel
here in Rev. the 10th chapter
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that is standing on
the earth and on the sea
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that angel has a distinct
message that the whole world
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was to hear.
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That's what he's representing.
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So let's see what's
the message that this angel
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that has his
right foot upon the sea
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and his left foot upon the land
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and his hand raised to heaven
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let's see what that
message that he's proclaiming
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to the world is.
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So he has his
hand raised to heaven.
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He's shouting out
across the whole world
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that there is to
be "delay no longer. "
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Now the Scripture
that we're reading
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is the New King James Version.
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I like the Old
King James Version
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on this particular
text much, much better.
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It doesn't say that
there shall be delay no longer.
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The Old King James Version says
that time shall be no longer.
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In other words, he has
his hand raised to heaven.
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He's shouting out
to the whole world
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that time has run out...
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that time should be no longer.
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So this angel is dealing
with the question of time.
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Watch as he continues:
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So here it says
that he is shouting out
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that it's done... that
the mystery of God is what?
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Finished.
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Now if you pick up your
Bible and you look in it
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you'll find that
there are several things
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that are mentioned as mysteries.
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One of the things the
Bible refers to as a mystery
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is the mystery of iniquity.
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That's a mystery.
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You see, logically
you can't put it together.
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Why would Lucifer
rebel against God,
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leave heaven and
everything there?
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It doesn't make sense.
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And I even run onto
people who are trying
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always to make
an excuse for sin.
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There is no excuse for sin.
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You can't... there just isn't.
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That's why it's referred
to as the mystery of iniquity.
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But it also refers
to the mystery of God.
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You see, it's also a
mystery how that the Son of God,
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Jesus Christ,
would leave heaven!
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Would leave the
side of His Father!
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Would leave the
adoration of the angels!
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Come down to this
earth to be abused of man.
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That logically does not fit.
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That's the reason it's referred
to as the mystery of God.
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It's talking about the gospel.
And he says: "The mystery of God
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is finished! " That means
when the whole plan of salvation
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is over. It's come to an end.
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So this angel has his
hand raised to heaven.
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He's shouting out that
time should be no longer.
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That the mystery of
God has come to an end.
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That's what he's proclaiming.
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Listen as he continues:
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So the prophet John is
told to go to this angel,
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take the little book out
of the hand of the angel.
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That little book is
open - please notice -
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in the hand of the angel. OK?
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Now evidently
there is something,
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something about this
message this angel has
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that time should be no longer,
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something about the mystery
of God should be finished,
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something that's
contained in that book
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that the Scripture
says that would be:
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Now you find that
as you read God's Word
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and as you study it the
books of Daniel and Revelation
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go together.
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They're kind of
like a hand and a glove.
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All the prophecies in the
book of Daniel are repeated
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in the book of Revelation.
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And so you find that
one complements the other
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as you study
them. This little book
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that is open in
the hand of the angel
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is also mentioned in Daniel...
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in Daniel the 12th chapter.
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Notice what it
has to say about it:
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So here he's telling
Daniel: "Shut up the words.
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Seal the book - not open -
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seal the book unto
the time of the end. "
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Now you understand
the difference between
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the time of the end
and the end of time?
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The Bible uses
both those phrases.
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It talks about
the time of the end;
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it talks about the end of time.
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When I was a boy
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oh, sometime... usually
the month of September...
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my father would go to
town and he would buy a turkey.
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And he would bring it home,
and he would put that turkey
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in a cage. And he
would give instructions to me
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about taking care of it.
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Make sure it was fed,
watered, cared for properly.
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When my father put
that turkey in that cage
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that began the time of the end.
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Do you understand
what I'm talking about?
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But when
Thanksgiving Day rolled around
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that was the end of time.
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OK? So he said:
"Shut up the book.
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Seal it unto the
time of the end. "
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And when you and I
begin to study Bible prophecy
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and we begin to
look at the Word of God
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and see what it's talking about
00:25:51.91\00:25:53.31
you'll find that when we're
looking at prophecies concerning
00:25:53.52\00:25:56.72
the coming of the Lord
00:25:56.92\00:25:58.39
there's one date that
comes up over and over
00:25:58.59\00:26:01.56
in God's Word that marks the be-
ginning of the time of the end.
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I don't care
whether you're talking about
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all those
chapters give you a time
00:26:19.77\00:26:23.18
and every one of them
sets the time of the end
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as that of 1798 AD.
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That begins the time of the end.
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He said: "Shut
up the book; seal it
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unto the time of the end. "
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"Many shall run to and fro and
knowledge shall be increased. "
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Up until 1798 AD
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there were a lot of
people that tried to understand
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.70
Bible prophecy... but they just
couldn't seem to get through.
00:26:47.90\00:26:52.41
And you can go back
and read their writings.
00:26:52.81\00:26:55.04
Great students
of Bible prophecy.
00:26:55.24\00:26:56.98
And it just seemed that they
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couldn't break through.
00:26:59.01\00:27:00.35
The books of Daniel and
Revelation became known as
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closed books.
Looked on as closed books.
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Couldn't be understood.
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But in the late 1700's
00:27:10.59\00:27:13.16
on the scene of action came a
man by the name of Joseph Wolf.
00:27:13.46\00:27:18.63
Joseph Wolf was a Jew.
00:27:19.83\00:27:22.20
As a boy he gave
his heart to the Lord.
00:27:22.40\00:27:24.97
Went to school;
studied to be a minister.
00:27:25.17\00:27:27.78
And when he
finished the seminary
00:27:27.98\00:27:30.68
he went to Israel and began to
00:27:30.88\00:27:34.02
preach and teach
the Jewish people there.
00:27:34.42\00:27:37.42
But Joseph Wolf had
a great, great burden
00:27:37.62\00:27:40.66
on his heart to
understand Bible prophecy.
00:27:40.86\00:27:43.53
And so he began to
read it, understand it.
00:27:44.36\00:27:47.40
And as Joseph Wolf was studying
00:27:47.60\00:27:50.07
particularly the book of Daniel
00:27:51.13\00:27:53.03
and he came to that text
that we studied the other night
00:27:53.44\00:27:56.04
in Daniel 8:14 that said
00:27:56.24\00:27:57.97
"Unto 2,300 days then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed. "
00:27:58.17\00:28:01.78
And he began to study that
00:28:02.68\00:28:04.28
and he got over into
the 9th chapter of Daniel
00:28:04.48\00:28:08.38
and he came to that text
where Gabriel has explained
00:28:08.58\00:28:11.25
to Daniel and said:
"Know therefore and understand
00:28:11.45\00:28:13.39
that from the going forth
of the commandment to restore
00:28:13.59\00:28:15.72
and build Jerusalem
unto Messiah, the Prince,
00:28:15.92\00:28:17.53
shall be seven weeks
threescore and two weeks. "
00:28:17.73\00:28:19.53
And he began to
take that prophecy
00:28:19.73\00:28:21.90
and he began to
trace it step by step.
00:28:22.10\00:28:25.00
And as he traced it
00:28:25.50\00:28:27.07
it brought him
to the date of 1843.
00:28:27.27\00:28:30.71
But there was a problem.
00:28:31.71\00:28:33.27
All the churches back then -
00:28:33.68\00:28:36.08
Baptist, Methodist,
Presbyterian, Episcopalian -
00:28:36.28\00:28:39.01
all of them believed that
that phrase in Daniel 8:14
00:28:39.21\00:28:43.35
that said: "Then shall
the sanctuary be cleansed"
00:28:43.55\00:28:45.95
they all believed that
that meant the cleansing
00:28:46.15\00:28:48.79
of this earth by fire.
00:28:48.99\00:28:50.59
And so when Joseph Wolf took
that prophecy and it brought him
00:28:51.83\00:28:55.66
to 1843 he said:
"Jesus is coming back! "
00:28:55.86\00:28:59.33
And he began to preach
all across the Middle East
00:28:59.87\00:29:03.64
that Jesus
Christ was coming back.
00:29:03.84\00:29:05.81
And people
responded to his message
00:29:06.01\00:29:08.08
saying that Jesus was coming.
00:29:08.28\00:29:10.68
At the same time, folks,
00:29:10.88\00:29:13.75
not connected with Joseph Wolf
00:29:14.15\00:29:16.12
but living at the same time
00:29:16.32\00:29:17.82
there's a minister
over in England by the name
00:29:18.02\00:29:21.26
of Edward Irving that's been
preaching the same prophecy.
00:29:21.46\00:29:24.76
He has taken that same
prophecy and studied it
00:29:25.79\00:29:28.56
and it's brought
him to the date of 1843.
00:29:28.76\00:29:31.47
And he has preached across
England that Jesus is coming.
00:29:31.67\00:29:34.57
He's joined by 500
other Anglican preachers
00:29:34.77\00:29:38.44
and that has swept across
the British Isles like wildfire.
00:29:38.64\00:29:42.28
You want to say
this is coincidental?
00:29:43.38\00:29:45.35
You want to tell
me this just happened?
00:29:45.91\00:29:48.18
At the same time not
connected with Joseph Wolf
00:29:49.12\00:29:52.15
not connected with Edward Irving
00:29:52.35\00:29:53.89
but living at the
same time - contemporary -
00:29:54.29\00:29:56.62
there's a Catholic
priest down in South America
00:29:56.83\00:29:59.33
by the name of Manuel de Lacunza
00:29:59.53\00:30:01.56
that's been
studying the same prophecy.
00:30:01.76\00:30:03.57
And as he is
studying those prophecies
00:30:03.77\00:30:05.83
they, too, have brought
him to the date of 1843.
00:30:06.03\00:30:09.57
And he has written a
book called The Coming King
00:30:09.97\00:30:12.31
and it's circulated
across South America
00:30:12.51\00:30:14.34
and thousands and thousands
of people have accepted
00:30:14.54\00:30:17.15
and believed that
Jesus is coming in 1843.
00:30:17.35\00:30:20.32
At the same time
00:30:21.88\00:30:23.92
not connected to these men
but living at the same time
00:30:24.32\00:30:27.89
there's a Baptist minister
here in the United States.
00:30:28.19\00:30:31.03
His name is William Miller.
00:30:31.43\00:30:33.63
William Miller has been
pouring over those prophecies
00:30:34.83\00:30:37.50
for 9 years. He has
become absolutely convicted
00:30:37.70\00:30:41.74
that Jesus is coming in 1843.
00:30:41.94\00:30:45.17
William Miller was invited
by a Congregational church
00:30:45.94\00:30:50.15
up in Boston to come
and to present his messages.
00:30:50.35\00:30:53.18
And he went up to
this little church
00:30:53.58\00:30:54.95
and there he took
his charts and all
00:30:55.45\00:30:57.52
and he began to
explain the prophecy.
00:30:57.72\00:30:59.65
And he brought them all the
way down through that prophecy
00:30:59.85\00:31:02.46
coming to 1843, and he
said that Jesus was coming back.
00:31:02.66\00:31:06.83
When he finished
00:31:07.33\00:31:08.83
the young pastor of that church
by the name of Joshua V. Himes
00:31:09.03\00:31:13.13
stood up and said:
"Mr. Miller, do you believe
00:31:13.34\00:31:15.40
what you're preaching? "
00:31:15.60\00:31:16.94
He said: "Well, I
wouldn't be preaching it
00:31:17.04\00:31:18.37
if I didn't believe it. "
00:31:18.51\00:31:19.84
And that young preacher said:
"Then why don't you do something
00:31:20.01\00:31:22.24
about it? " And under
the tremendous genius of that
00:31:22.44\00:31:25.48
young minister they
began to make one large city
00:31:25.68\00:31:28.45
after another
across the United States.
00:31:28.65\00:31:30.32
They would pitch tents.
00:31:30.72\00:31:32.05
Six, seven,
eight thousand people
00:31:32.09\00:31:34.09
would pour out to those tents.
00:31:34.29\00:31:35.62
In fact, so many people
came that the railroad companies
00:31:35.66\00:31:38.69
would have to run
railroad tracks out to take care
00:31:38.89\00:31:41.03
of the people
that came just by car.
00:31:41.23\00:31:43.00
Among the people that
came to those meetings
00:31:43.93\00:31:46.40
was a young Methodist minister
by the name of S. S. Snow.
00:31:46.80\00:31:51.01
He listened to
William Miller preach.
00:31:51.51\00:31:53.14
Went home that night
under great conviction.
00:31:53.54\00:31:56.01
Got his Bible, got every history
book he could get his hands on,
00:31:56.41\00:32:01.52
and began to study
that prophecy in Daniel.
00:32:01.72\00:32:04.79
And he found out that that
decree given by King Artaxerxes
00:32:04.99\00:32:08.42
in 457 BC... found out that that
00:32:08.62\00:32:11.09
was given in the fall of 457 BC.
00:32:11.29\00:32:13.93
And he began to
trace it step by step
00:32:14.13\00:32:15.93
and as he traced it it
didn't bring him to 1843:
00:32:16.13\00:32:19.83
it brought him
to the fall of 1844.
00:32:20.04\00:32:24.24
And S. S. Snow went
to see William Miller
00:32:24.44\00:32:27.38
and they sat down and
they poured over that prophecy
00:32:27.58\00:32:30.18
and William Miller
could see that he was right.
00:32:30.38\00:32:32.65
They called a Bible Conference.
00:32:34.32\00:32:36.25
People came in from all
over... some even from Europe.
00:32:36.65\00:32:40.49
S. S. Snow stood up
and presented that paper
00:32:40.69\00:32:43.22
and that Bible
Conference voted... they voted
00:32:43.43\00:32:47.20
that Jesus
Christ was coming back.
00:32:47.40\00:32:49.80
They called it the Midnight Cry.
00:32:50.73\00:32:52.77
They went out of
there electrified.
00:32:53.74\00:32:55.74
They said: "Jesus is coming! "
00:32:55.94\00:32:57.67
They told everybody they
met that Jesus was coming.
00:32:58.07\00:33:00.38
They got down on their knees;
they confessed their sins.
00:33:00.58\00:33:03.61
It was something they
believed with all their hearts.
00:33:03.81\00:33:06.15
It was in their
mouths as sweet as honey.
00:33:06.35\00:33:10.35
Time should be no longer.
00:33:11.92\00:33:14.09
The mystery of God is finished.
00:33:14.49\00:33:17.89
October 22, 1844,
came... the date that they
00:33:20.63\00:33:24.90
had set for the coming of Jesus.
00:33:25.10\00:33:26.63
They went out to meet Him.
00:33:27.50\00:33:29.00
Some went out
and stood in fields.
00:33:29.87\00:33:32.24
Some sat in their
homes as William Miller did.
00:33:32.94\00:33:35.24
All day long they waited.
00:33:35.64\00:33:37.65
The sun set and
Jesus didn't come.
00:33:38.78\00:33:41.38
They encouraged
one another and said:
00:33:41.58\00:33:43.45
"Oh, He'll come at midnight. "
00:33:43.65\00:33:44.99
And on into the night they wait-
ed and midnight came and passed
00:33:45.12\00:33:48.32
until the sun came
up the next morning.
00:33:48.92\00:33:51.09
And that that had been in
their mouths as sweet as honey
00:33:51.49\00:33:55.00
became bitter in their stomachs.
00:33:55.40\00:33:59.17
They had longed
for it, looked for it
00:33:59.37\00:34:01.70
but Jesus hadn't come.
00:34:02.10\00:34:03.94
Now let me tell
you something, friends:
00:34:04.34\00:34:06.24
if you're intellectually honest
00:34:06.64\00:34:08.58
you can take that
prophecy in Daniel 8 and 9
00:34:09.94\00:34:12.95
and it'll take you to the
Fall of 1844 every last time.
00:34:13.15\00:34:18.32
Oh, they were wrong.
00:34:18.72\00:34:20.06
They were wrong because
that prophecy's talking about
00:34:20.89\00:34:24.33
Jesus coming before His
Father to begin the judgment.
00:34:24.53\00:34:28.83
And they thought it was
talking about the second coming
00:34:29.23\00:34:31.47
but the point I'm
trying to make today
00:34:31.67\00:34:33.40
is it was
prophesied in God's Word
00:34:33.60\00:34:36.27
that they would be disappointed.
It was prophesied that
00:34:36.47\00:34:38.51
it would be preached. That's
the point I'm trying to make.
00:34:38.71\00:34:42.14
Yes... it was preached.
00:34:42.34\00:34:45.18
They misunderstood it,
but God said they would
00:34:45.38\00:34:47.52
misunderstand it.
And they were prepared
00:34:47.72\00:34:50.22
and looking for
the coming of Jesus.
00:34:50.42\00:34:52.19
It was in their
mouths as sweet as honey.
00:34:52.39\00:34:54.46
There were certain prophecies
that had to be preached
00:34:54.66\00:34:58.09
before Jesus could come.
00:34:58.29\00:34:59.93
For instance those
that I mentioned to you.
00:35:00.33\00:35:02.43
But I want you to
look at the last verse
00:35:02.83\00:35:05.80
of the 10th chapter of
Revelation because I read to you
00:35:06.10\00:35:10.44
all the verses but the
10th one... but the 11th one.
00:35:10.64\00:35:14.28
Let me read it to you:
00:35:14.48\00:35:15.81
Thou must
prophesy again about what?
00:35:30.16\00:35:32.86
Huh? About what?
00:35:35.40\00:35:37.93
Time shall be no more?
00:35:39.23\00:35:40.87
They mystery of
God should be finished?
00:35:41.07\00:35:43.30
"Thou must prophesy again. "
00:35:43.64\00:35:45.91
Who? Who must prophesy again?
00:35:46.31\00:35:50.85
You... you.
00:35:52.55\00:35:55.58
You're the ones
that are living down here
00:35:55.78\00:35:57.29
at the time of the end.
00:35:57.49\00:35:58.82
You're the one that God
has laid that message on.
00:35:59.05\00:36:01.79
You and I are the ones
that need to be proclaiming
00:36:03.19\00:36:05.56
that Jesus is coming back.
00:36:05.76\00:36:07.20
"Thou must prophesy again"
00:36:07.40\00:36:10.33
in preparing the world for
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:36:10.73\00:36:14.04
No, He didn't come because
those 3 angels in Revelation 14
00:36:14.87\00:36:18.84
have a special message
the whole world is to hear.
00:36:19.24\00:36:21.71
That's the message of the
first angel: to tell people that
00:36:31.25\00:36:33.89
salvation is available
for every man, every woman,
00:36:34.09\00:36:37.23
every child.
00:36:37.43\00:36:38.76
And you and I talked
about that the other night:
00:36:44.77\00:36:46.87
that we're living during
the hour of God's judgment.
00:36:47.27\00:36:49.97
It doesn't say the hour
of God's judgment IS COMING.
00:36:50.17\00:36:53.98
It says the hour of
God's judgment HAS COME!
00:36:54.38\00:36:58.05
Going on up in heaven right now.
00:36:58.25\00:37:00.45
Secondly it says:
00:37:00.75\00:37:03.08
And dear friend, we're going
to be talking about Babylon.
00:37:16.33\00:37:18.83
We're going to be talking
about the fall of Babylon.
00:37:19.03\00:37:20.67
We're going to be finding out
what's involved in that second
00:37:20.87\00:37:23.57
angel's message
and a third angel.
00:37:23.77\00:37:25.57
And here in a few days
we're going to be looking
00:37:41.52\00:37:43.73
at the beast and
its image and its mark.
00:37:43.93\00:37:45.99
And we're going to be finding
out exactly what's involved
00:37:46.19\00:37:48.46
in that. And all that is part -
00:37:48.66\00:37:51.10
put it down - all that is part
00:37:51.30\00:37:53.57
of getting ready for
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:37:53.77\00:37:56.60
So you need to be here as
we study those great great
00:37:57.47\00:38:00.91
prophecies that
are extremely important
00:38:01.11\00:38:03.55
that you and I know
what they're talking about.
00:38:03.75\00:38:06.05
The problem is when
you start talking about
00:38:06.25\00:38:09.95
the coming of Jesus
00:38:10.15\00:38:11.49
people get edgy and
get scared and they say:
00:38:11.89\00:38:15.46
"Oh, Bro. Cox, don't you
know there's a text in the Bible
00:38:15.66\00:38:18.56
that says no one knows
the day nor the hour? "
00:38:18.76\00:38:20.70
Well, yes, that's
found in Matthew 24:36.
00:38:21.23\00:38:24.03
This is the way it reads:
00:38:24.43\00:38:25.77
But the problem is
that there's another text
00:38:33.44\00:38:36.38
in that same chapter
00:38:36.58\00:38:38.01
that few people seem
to pay any attention to.
00:38:38.25\00:38:40.52
And that text says this:
00:38:40.72\00:38:42.45
Now this morning I
don't know the day.
00:39:00.40\00:39:02.90
I don't know the hour of
the coming of Jesus Christ.
00:39:03.10\00:39:05.97
I'm not going to try
to tell you that, friends.
00:39:06.17\00:39:08.21
But I am going to do
everything in my power
00:39:08.41\00:39:10.61
to help you know it's
near... even at the door.
00:39:10.81\00:39:14.52
I am going to do that.
00:39:15.12\00:39:16.45
What bothers me
00:39:16.82\00:39:18.35
is I talk to Christian people...
00:39:18.55\00:39:20.89
people that love the Lord...
00:39:21.09\00:39:23.49
and they say: "Oh, we
don't know when Jesus is coming.
00:39:23.69\00:39:26.06
Why He's going to come
back as a thief in the night. "
00:39:26.56\00:39:30.70
"We don't know when
Jesus is going to come back. "
00:39:31.10\00:39:33.94
Well, let me tell you something:
00:39:35.34\00:39:37.67
you can write this down in
your little book if you want to.
00:39:38.07\00:39:40.58
If Jesus comes back as a thief
in the night to you you're lost.
00:39:41.38\00:39:45.65
OK? Just put it down.
00:39:48.08\00:39:50.72
If He comes back as a
thief in the night to you,
00:39:50.92\00:39:52.85
you're lost... at least
that's what the Scripture says.
00:39:53.05\00:39:55.66
Listen:
00:39:55.86\00:39:57.19
Paul said: "I shouldn't have
to write to you about this. "
00:40:05.37\00:40:07.47
People say: "See right there? "
00:40:13.78\00:40:15.11
The problem is they
quit reading right there.
00:40:15.24\00:40:17.35
Now listen, folks:
00:40:26.99\00:40:28.36
No, dear friend. Jesus is NOT
coming as a thief in the night
00:40:45.44\00:40:49.74
to you or to me or to
those that love the Lord.
00:40:50.15\00:40:53.05
He's coming as a thief
in the night to the wicked
00:40:53.35\00:40:55.62
but not to the righteous.
00:40:56.12\00:40:57.79
So you and I
need to be watching.
00:40:57.99\00:40:59.69
We need to be waiting
for the coming of the Lord.
00:40:59.89\00:41:01.89
You see, some people think
00:41:03.09\00:41:04.59
that God doesn't
know what He's doing.
00:41:04.79\00:41:06.66
But as I read the Scripture
God has always done everything
00:41:08.13\00:41:11.90
according to a plan.
00:41:12.10\00:41:13.44
Everything has gone off perfect.
00:41:13.64\00:41:15.87
Listen concerning
the birth of Jesus:
00:41:16.10\00:41:18.61
"And when the fullness of...
" What? "time had come... "
00:41:18.81\00:41:23.45
He was born exactly on time.
00:41:26.65\00:41:28.78
You remember when He turned
the water into wine there at the
00:41:28.98\00:41:32.99
wedding in Cana? And
His mother, you remember,
00:41:33.19\00:41:35.19
had asked Him to
do something about it.
00:41:35.39\00:41:37.09
You remember
His response to her?
00:41:37.63\00:41:39.46
He said, Jesus said to her:
00:41:39.86\00:41:41.86
He said: "You're rushing Me;
00:41:48.10\00:41:49.44
you're moving
Me ahead of time. "
00:41:49.50\00:41:51.14
His ministry went
off like clockwork.
00:41:51.34\00:41:55.28
He died exactly on
time. John 19 verse 30:
00:41:55.48\00:41:59.81
And He died exactly on time.
00:42:04.55\00:42:06.86
And you'd better put it down:
00:42:07.06\00:42:08.39
He's coming
back exactly on time.
00:42:08.59\00:42:11.39
There's a text in the Bible
00:42:14.80\00:42:16.50
that I find people read
but many times they take
00:42:17.40\00:42:20.00
out of context. I'd like
for you to look at it with me.
00:42:20.20\00:42:23.41
It's found in Peter
- the book of Peter -
00:42:23.61\00:42:26.24
II Peter the third chapter.
00:42:26.44\00:42:28.04
I'm going to start
with verse 3. And it says:
00:42:28.24\00:42:30.48
So they're scoffing
about the coming of Jesus.
00:42:45.69\00:42:48.36
This chapter, folks, is
talking about the end of time.
00:42:48.56\00:42:52.10
It's talking about the
coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:52.30\00:42:54.24
So he said the earth back
then was destroyed by water.
00:43:08.82\00:43:11.52
All right? Now
listen carefully because
00:43:12.22\00:43:15.02
Peter's going to
come to our day...
00:43:15.22\00:43:16.93
time in which
you and I are living.
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Verse 7:
00:43:19.09\00:43:20.43
I don't have time to go
into that this morning, folks.
00:43:32.07\00:43:34.41
But let me ask you something:
00:43:34.61\00:43:35.94
the fuel that we use out here -
00:43:36.18\00:43:38.65
you know, the gas and the oil -
00:43:38.85\00:43:40.72
what is that called?
00:43:40.92\00:43:42.25
What kind of fuel is it called?
00:43:43.12\00:43:45.25
It's called fossil fuel.
00:43:45.55\00:43:48.66
Are you with me?
00:43:49.06\00:43:50.39
Put there by the flood.
00:43:50.69\00:43:52.53
The same fuel that will
burn the earth at the close.
00:43:52.73\00:43:56.43
Put it down.
00:43:57.57\00:43:58.90
Now Peter is saying:
"Concerning the coming of Jesus
00:44:07.91\00:44:10.91
don't forget this
one thing. " All right?
00:44:11.11\00:44:15.02
Peter's saying when it comes
to the coming of Jesus Christ
00:44:21.02\00:44:23.29
don't forget that one
day is as a thousand years
00:44:23.49\00:44:26.29
and a thousand years as a day.
00:44:26.49\00:44:27.83
And people say to me:
"Oh, that just means that
00:44:27.86\00:44:29.80
God's not concerned
with time. " No it doesn't.
00:44:30.00\00:44:32.03
In fact, it means
just the opposite.
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Listen to the next verse:
00:44:35.00\00:44:36.34
What is the Lord trying
to tell you and tell me?
00:44:49.22\00:44:52.69
Why did he say: "One
day is as a thousand years
00:44:53.46\00:44:56.76
and a thousand years as a day? "
00:44:56.96\00:44:58.29
Well, let me ask you
some questions today.
00:44:58.66\00:45:00.93
How do we...
00:45:02.63\00:45:04.00
how do we go
about getting a year?
00:45:04.53\00:45:09.50
How do we establish that?
00:45:09.70\00:45:11.07
How do we get
365 days in a year?
00:45:12.24\00:45:14.71
Yeah, we get it from the
earth's orbit around the sun.
00:45:15.78\00:45:18.71
How do we
establish 30 days in a month?
00:45:19.45\00:45:21.98
The moon... it's
orbit around the earth.
00:45:24.02\00:45:26.49
How do we establish that
there are 24 hours in a day?
00:45:26.92\00:45:30.43
Earth's rotation on its axis.
00:45:33.26\00:45:34.86
OK, you tell me... now
you tell me this morning
00:45:35.06\00:45:38.13
what heavenly body -
sun, moon, stars, earth -
00:45:39.13\00:45:45.07
what heavenly body
gives us the 7-day week?
00:45:45.27\00:45:49.08
What happened?
00:45:53.15\00:45:54.48
Come on.
00:45:55.58\00:45:56.92
I don't know what the
evolutionist does with that?
00:45:57.79\00:45:59.92
Only place you get a 7-day
week is right here, friends.
00:46:00.99\00:46:03.76
God gives the 7-day week.
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Now, what does that have to
do with what I'm talking about?
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If you pick up the
Bible and begin to study it,
00:46:09.20\00:46:10.97
you'll find in prophecy
the number seven is used
00:46:11.13\00:46:13.03
over and over and over.
00:46:13.23\00:46:14.57
God... In Revelation the number
seven is used over 50 times.
00:46:14.74\00:46:18.07
God talks about 7
seals, 7 woes, 7 spirits,
00:46:18.47\00:46:21.38
7 plagues, 7
trumpets. I can go on and on.
00:46:21.58\00:46:23.98
That number seven
indicates completeness.
00:46:24.38\00:46:27.12
That's what it stands for.
00:46:27.98\00:46:29.38
All right. Now watch carefully:
00:46:30.22\00:46:32.72
That's how it divides it.
00:46:36.93\00:46:38.59
Genesis 5 says
there's ten generations
00:46:38.79\00:46:42.00
from Adam to the flood.
00:46:42.20\00:46:46.97
Genesis 11 says
there's ten generations
00:46:47.37\00:46:50.57
from the flood to Abraham.
00:46:50.77\00:46:53.44
Matthew 1:17 says
there's fourteen generations
00:46:54.88\00:46:58.11
from Abraham to David.
00:46:58.31\00:47:00.65
It continues in Matthew 1:17 and
it says there's 14 generations
00:47:01.55\00:47:05.62
from David to the captivity.
00:47:05.82\00:47:07.82
And then it says that
there's fourteen generations
00:47:08.02\00:47:10.53
from the captivity to Christ.
00:47:10.73\00:47:12.06
OK... that's
five periods of time.
00:47:13.06\00:47:16.16
Then the Bible tells
us in Revelation 2 and 3
00:47:16.36\00:47:19.10
that you and I are living
in the time of the Holy Spirit,
00:47:19.30\00:47:22.00
the dispensation
of the Holy Spirit.
00:47:22.20\00:47:23.54
That's the sixth period of time.
00:47:23.67\00:47:25.31
And then the Bible talks
about a 7th period of time in:
00:47:25.51\00:47:29.08
Talks about 1,000
years that we studied.
00:47:33.92\00:47:37.85
OK? Studied last night.
00:47:38.05\00:47:40.22
Thousand years.
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Seven periods of time.
00:48:04.81\00:48:06.82
Are you getting the picture?
00:48:08.72\00:48:10.29
That seventh period, folks,
00:48:11.32\00:48:13.49
is the 1,000 years' millennium.
00:48:13.69\00:48:15.69
We have come
through 6,000 years of time.
00:48:16.09\00:48:20.16
Now watch carefully
because the Bible speaks
00:48:20.36\00:48:22.53
of rest.
00:48:22.93\00:48:24.70
Pastor Melashenko
talked to you about rest.
00:48:25.47\00:48:27.94
Listen carefully
what it promises you.
00:48:28.34\00:48:30.84
Every 7th year they had
to let the land lie desolate.
00:48:43.05\00:48:46.69
It was to rest. OK... follow:
00:48:47.59\00:48:50.13
Let me ask you something:
as we studied the millennium
00:49:00.54\00:49:02.64
last night the land
was going to be what?
00:49:02.84\00:49:05.21
Desolate.
00:49:05.94\00:49:07.98
OK... that's a
promise that God has given.
00:49:12.68\00:49:15.42
You remember the
children of Israel?
00:49:15.62\00:49:17.19
Remember what happened
with them? This is what it says
00:49:17.59\00:49:19.65
in II Chronicles 36:21:
00:49:19.85\00:49:22.22
Now you know why the children
of Israel were in captivity
00:49:36.77\00:49:39.14
for 70 years. 'Cause
the land had to lie desolate
00:49:39.34\00:49:42.48
for 70 years. Do you
think we have done any better
00:49:42.68\00:49:45.61
in letting the land rest
than the Jewish people did?
00:49:45.81\00:49:48.08
Huh?
00:49:49.02\00:49:50.35
Well let me ask you,
dear friends: if we haven't
00:49:50.59\00:49:52.75
and we've gone 6,000 years,
00:49:52.95\00:49:54.96
then how long would
the land have to rest?
00:49:55.16\00:49:57.19
A thousand years.
00:49:58.43\00:50:00.06
Are you with me?
That's where it is.
00:50:00.26\00:50:03.13
Jeremiah talks
about it and says:
00:50:10.51\00:50:12.31
You see, the whole
land is absolutely desolate.
00:50:34.53\00:50:37.37
"For thus saith the Lord: 'The
whole land shall be desolate
00:50:37.57\00:50:41.70
yet I'll not
make a full end. ' "
00:50:41.90\00:50:44.37
So when it comes to
the coming of Jesus Christ
00:50:44.57\00:50:46.61
you can consider this...
00:50:47.54\00:50:49.94
we find it just
simply tells us this:
00:50:51.18\00:50:53.25
that from creation to
Abraham was? Have any idea?
00:50:54.18\00:51:00.16
Why would it pick Abraham?
00:51:04.09\00:51:06.19
Because it's when God
took the Jewish people.
00:51:06.49\00:51:08.86
Took Abraham and said: "I'm
going to make a special nation
00:51:09.26\00:51:11.50
out of you to take
the gospel to the world. "
00:51:11.70\00:51:13.64
We're told that it is
from Abraham to Jesus...
00:51:14.74\00:51:20.68
Have any idea?
00:51:21.78\00:51:23.41
Where do we
find ourselves today?
00:51:27.45\00:51:29.42
From Jesus to our
day has been 2,000 years.
00:51:30.89\00:51:35.69
And it says the land is
"going to keep its Sabbath. "
00:51:36.09\00:51:40.83
It's going to
rest for 1,000 years.
00:51:41.23\00:51:45.00
The Sabbath always takes
place, friends, on the seventh.
00:51:45.20\00:51:49.57
Now, are you
going to tell me today
00:51:51.07\00:51:52.97
that God's going to pass up
this coming... this 7,000th year
00:51:53.38\00:51:58.95
this millennium, and go
6,000 more years into eternity
00:51:59.35\00:52:02.52
before Jesus comes?
00:52:02.72\00:52:04.05
All I'm trying to get
across to you this morning:
00:52:06.65\00:52:08.69
I don't know the day;
00:52:09.09\00:52:11.06
I don't know the hour;
00:52:11.26\00:52:12.59
but let me tell you something,
dear friends, I know it's near.
00:52:12.63\00:52:15.53
It can't be far off.
00:52:16.13\00:52:17.90
All the prophecies in
this book point to it.
00:52:18.50\00:52:21.30
You and I are down to the end
00:52:21.70\00:52:24.31
when Jesus Christ
is going to come back.
00:52:24.61\00:52:26.81
Matthew 24... it says:
00:52:27.44\00:52:30.31
That meant they were
going on about their business
00:52:43.63\00:52:45.69
not concerned. More
concerned with making a living,
00:52:45.89\00:52:51.43
more concerned with life
00:52:51.63\00:52:52.97
than they were about
the coming of the Lord.
00:52:53.13\00:52:55.64
What does it say?
00:52:56.04\00:52:57.47
I hope that will
not be said of you.
00:53:10.29\00:53:12.52
I hope it will not be said of me
00:53:12.72\00:53:14.52
that we did not know. You and I
00:53:14.72\00:53:17.66
are to be watching
and waiting. Looking,
00:53:18.06\00:53:21.70
preparing, for the
coming of Jesus Christ
00:53:21.90\00:53:25.47
that you and I should
be ready for that day.
00:53:26.50\00:53:29.04
Do you really want Jesus
00:53:33.07\00:53:38.25
your Lord to appear?
00:53:38.65\00:53:43.42
Do you long for
00:53:43.82\00:53:46.99
your Savior's return?
00:53:47.19\00:53:53.16
Your lips praise His name...
00:53:55.03\00:54:00.97
does your life show
00:54:01.17\00:54:04.71
the same?
00:54:04.91\00:54:08.91
Do you really
00:54:09.44\00:54:13.42
want Jesus
00:54:13.82\00:54:17.55
to
00:54:18.09\00:54:19.82
come?
00:54:20.02\00:54:25.46
Heavenly Father, this
morning as we have seen
00:54:27.13\00:54:31.20
that surely
we're down to the end -
00:54:31.40\00:54:33.47
the time when Jesus is
going to be coming back -
00:54:34.20\00:54:36.84
we ask that each
one of us here today
00:54:37.84\00:54:40.38
may make a full
surrender of our heart to You.
00:54:41.24\00:54:44.68
That by faith we
might reach out and accept
00:54:45.95\00:54:50.62
Your gift of life eternal.
00:54:51.59\00:54:53.36
And Lord, we pray
that each one of us
00:54:54.79\00:54:56.79
may have the privilege of
being among those that will
00:54:58.43\00:55:02.70
go with You to be
with You in Your kingdom
00:55:03.57\00:55:06.33
because we have accepted
Christ as our Savior today.
00:55:07.14\00:55:10.41
For this we pray in
Christ's name, Amen.
00:55:10.91\00:55:14.24
The Bible says in Matthew 13:44
00:55:16.28\00:55:19.21
Every day we pass
by ordinary places
00:55:32.73\00:55:35.63
that may be hiding
something of incredible value
00:55:35.83\00:55:39.03
whether buried in a field
or squirreled away in an attic
00:55:39.23\00:55:43.27
or even an old,
fallen-down house.
00:55:43.47\00:55:46.01
But imagine for a moment
the thrill of stumbling upon
00:55:46.41\00:55:50.11
a treasure beyond
your wildest dreams.
00:55:50.31\00:55:53.01
Will you eagerly
sell everything you have
00:55:53.21\00:55:55.55
to gain something
of much greater value?
00:55:55.75\00:55:58.59
Will you be willing to
endure criticism of friends -
00:55:58.99\00:56:01.69
even family members -
in order to obtain it?
00:56:01.89\00:56:05.09
This parable speaks of the
most incredible treasure of all
00:56:05.49\00:56:09.03
and it's hidden in God's Word.
00:56:09.23\00:56:11.37
That treasure IS
Jesus Christ Himself.
00:56:11.80\00:56:15.64
But sadly even
those who claim Him
00:56:16.84\00:56:19.87
often don't recognize
this infinite treasure.
00:56:20.08\00:56:23.18
Just watch how quickly they
toss aside what the Bible says
00:56:23.58\00:56:27.55
when it becomes inconvenient.
00:56:27.75\00:56:30.29
Friends, the treasure of the
gospel is hidden in God's Word.
00:56:31.65\00:56:36.19
Many of its readers have
eyes but they do not see.
00:56:36.69\00:56:40.50
They have ears
but they don't hear.
00:56:40.96\00:56:43.73
They never find
its hidden treasure.
00:56:44.23\00:56:46.70
In fact, they may
read it over and over
00:56:47.10\00:56:50.11
and never see it.
00:56:50.31\00:56:51.64
Even worse, many
times they do see it
00:56:51.67\00:56:54.28
but think the price is too high.
00:56:54.58\00:56:56.91
Like the Jews of old
00:56:57.31\00:56:58.81
who rejected the Messiah
because He was not in harmony
00:56:59.01\00:57:02.25
with their ambitious desires
00:57:02.45\00:57:04.45
many won't seek
heavenly treasure
00:57:04.65\00:57:06.59
because earthly
treasure is more alluring.
00:57:06.99\00:57:09.92
They reason that if they
could just obtain the things
00:57:10.33\00:57:13.09
they desire they
would have peace.
00:57:13.29\00:57:15.60
Sadly, they don't realize
00:57:16.10\00:57:17.93
that they carry the
disturber of their own peace
00:57:18.13\00:57:20.90
inside their hearts.
00:57:21.10\00:57:22.54
They pass by the
One who declared:
00:57:22.94\00:57:25.01
"Peace I leave with you;
00:57:25.21\00:57:26.78
My peace I give to you.
00:57:27.18\00:57:28.98
Not as the world
gives do I give to you.
00:57:29.48\00:57:31.75
Let not your heart be troubled;
00:57:32.15\00:57:33.92
neither let it be afraid. "
00:57:34.32\00:57:36.02
The treasures of the Bible
00:57:37.79\00:57:39.59
are revealed only to
those who carefully study
00:57:39.79\00:57:42.72
its pages with a
humble and searching heart.
00:57:42.92\00:57:45.49
Our whole ministry
is dedicated to helping
00:57:45.89\00:57:48.23
men and women find
the priceless treasure
00:57:48.43\00:57:51.07
hidden in the Bible.
We pray that you will not
00:57:51.27\00:57:54.07
be satisfied
with surface truths.
00:57:54.27\00:57:57.21
But instead you will want
to unearth the precious gems
00:57:57.41\00:58:01.24
that others pass
by. Dig into the Bible
00:58:01.44\00:58:04.68
as a miner digs into the
earth to find veins of gold.
00:58:04.88\00:58:08.15
Don't give up until you've
found a relationship with God
00:58:08.55\00:58:12.32
and then join us in
spreading the good news
00:58:12.52\00:58:15.69
to the world. Please
consider what you can do
00:58:15.89\00:58:18.76
for those who still
don't know about Jesus.
00:58:18.96\00:58:21.06