Well, here we are
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in our last session,
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in this 20 part series,
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on the Prophetic Panorama.
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I hope, you've enjoyed it.
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I hope, it's been a blessing
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and that you've
seen the importance,
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the extreme importance
for Seventh-day Adventist
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to understand these things,
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so that we can
share them with the world.
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Before we begin our
last study together,
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the title is "The Final Test."
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We want to have a word of prayer
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to ask the Lord to be with us.
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Father in
heaven, as we study about
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"The Final Test"
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that will divide the
world into two groups.
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We ask that You will show
us how to be in Your group,
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how to receive the seal of God
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and be faithful until the end.
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Use us also to teach others
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so that they can
choose the right side.
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Be with us and lighten us,
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we pray in the
precious name of Jesus, amen.
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As we examine the
Book of Revelation,
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one thing is very clear,
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and that is
that the final crisis
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will involve two
objects of worship
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and their
respective sign of authority.
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The Bible tells us
that on the one side will be
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those who are
under the true creator,
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and they will have His seal.
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On the other hand,
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are those who worship the beast,
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and they will have his mark.
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So basically, the end time
crisis is all about worship.
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The final test is
all about worship.
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In fact, the first
four commandments will be
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the point of
conflict at the end of time.
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Let me just summarize that,
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so that we can see
how worship is involved
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in the final crisis.
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How is the first
commandment involved?
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Well, we are told
in Revelation 13:3-4,
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that everyone on the
earth will worship the beast.
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Would that be a violation
of the first commandments?
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Thou shalt have no
other gods before me?
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Absolutely.
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What about the
second commandment?
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In Revelation 13:14,
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we're told that the
beast from the earth
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will make an
image of the first beast
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and everyone
will have to bow down
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before the image.
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Does that involve
the second commandment?
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Thou shalt not bow
down before images?
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Absolutely.
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How is the third
commandment involved?
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Revelation 13:6,
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we are told that the beast
blasphemes the name of God.
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How about the
fourth commandment?
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Is that commandment
involved in the final crisis?
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Absolutely.
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The Creator has His
sign, and on the other side,
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the beast has his.
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However, even
though the whole world,
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according to Revelation,
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will worship the beast
and accept his authority,
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there will be a small remnant
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that will refuse
to worship the beast.
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Thus there will be two
groups at the end of time,
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one very large group
and one small remnant.
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The large group
follows the beast or wanders
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after the beast,
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whereas the small
remnant follows the lamb
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wherever the lamb goes.
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And so we are going to
study about this end time crisis
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over the issue of worship.
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We wanna begin by
finding in Scripture
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what distinguishes the true
God from all false pretenders?
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Go with me to 1
Chronicles 16:26.
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We're gonna notice now,
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what distinguishes the true
God from all false pretenders
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from those who claim to be.
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1 Chronicles 16:26.
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It says there,
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"For all the gods of
the people are idols,
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but the Lord made the heavens."
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What distinguishes the true
God from all false pretenders?
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The fact that
God is the Creator.
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You see false
gods cannot create.
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Only God can create,
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that is the one distinguishing
mark of the true Creator.
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Now, because God is the Creator,
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the only true God,
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what do we owe Him?
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We owe Him worship.
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Let's go to Psalm
95:1-6, Psalm 95:1-6.
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When I was pastor at
Fresno Central Church,
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we would read this passage
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at the beginning of
every worship service.
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It states here, "O come,
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let us sing to the Lord!
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Let us shout joyfully to
the Rock of our salvation.
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Let us come before His
presence with thanksgiving,
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let us shout
joyfully to him with psalms.
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For the Lord is the great God,
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and the great
King above all gods."
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Now notice this,
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"In His hand are the
deep places of the earth,
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the heights of the
hills are His also.
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The sea is His, for He made it,
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and His hands
formed the dry land."
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So, these verses are
telling us that God is great.
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He's above all gods,
because He's the Creator,
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all belongs to Him,
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and what should our response be?
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Verse 6, "Oh come,
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let us worship and bow down,
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let us kneel before
the Lord our Maker."
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So, because God is
the only true Creator God,
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we as creatures owe
Him reverence and worship.
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We must bow down and
kneel before the Lord,
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our Maker that
needs to be our response.
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Another text that
speaks about the response
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that we should have
is found in Nehemiah 9:6,
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and this is referring primarily
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to the heavenly beings.
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Once again, they praise
God because He's the Creator.
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They worship God
because God is the Creator.
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Nehemiah 9:6,
says the following,
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"You alone are the Lord;"
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Why is He alone the Lord?
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"You have made heaven,
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the heaven of heavens,
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with all their host,
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the earth and everything in it,
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the sea and all that is in them,
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and You preserve them all."
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And now notice,
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"The host of
heaven worships You."
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Why does the host of
heaven worship the Lord?
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Because the Lord is the, what?
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He created the earth
and everything in the earth.
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So the first point is that
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which distinguishes the true God
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from all false pretenders,
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is the fact that
God is the Creator,
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and our response to
Him should be worship
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because He is the Creator.
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But now we notice
that God also established
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a memorial of creation.
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So that we would remember,
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that memorial is
found in Genesis Chapter 1.
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And before we read
about the memorial,
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let's notice the conclusion
of the creation story.
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Genesis 1:31 through 2:1,
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actually, 2:1
belongs with Chapter 1.
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That's another place
where the chapter division
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is not in the right place.
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You'll see what I mean.
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Genesis 1:31 through 2:1,
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"Then God saw
everything that He had made,
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and indeed it was very good.
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So the evening and the
morning were the sixth day.
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Thus the heavens and the
earth, and all the host of them,
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were finished."
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When did God finish
His work of creation?
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Which day did God
finish His work of creation?
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Which day?
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Sixth day. The
sixth day, it says here.
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But now we've
got a little problem.
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Let's read verses
2 and 3 of Chapter 2.
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"And on the seventh
day God ended His work
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which He had done."
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By the way, don't get thrown off
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by the fact that in
one it says he finished
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and the other says he ended.
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It's the same Hebrew word.
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So it says, "And
on the seventh day
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God finished His
work which He had done,
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and He rested on the seventh day
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from all His work
which He had done.
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Then God blessed the seventh day
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and sanctified it,
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because in it He
rested from all His work
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which God had created and made."
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So the big question is,
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how can God
finish something twice?
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How could God finish
His work the sixth day,
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and then finish it
at the seventh day?
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Well, I have an illustration
that I think will help us.
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I want you to imagine a
master artist, a painter.
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First thing that he
does, he gets the...
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You know, the wood
and he makes the frame.
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Then he puts the canvas
to the frame, staples it
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and the first day he
add some add background
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colors to the canvas,
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and after he finishes his work
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the first day he
steps back he says,
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it's good.
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The second day, you know,
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he portrays some
clouds in the sky, blue sky,
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nice and pretty,
the firmament, you know,
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and so he looks now steps
back after the second day,
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he says, it's good.
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The third day,
he paint some trees
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and some flowers
and some green grass
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and when he finishes
his work the third day,
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he steps back,
he says, it's good.
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The fourth day, you know,
he paints the sun in the sky.
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You know, sometimes you see
the moon in the daytime too.
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So he makes a
little moon there opaque,
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and at the end
of the fourth day,
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he steps back,
he says, it's good.
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The fifth day, he paints
some birds flying in the sky,
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and he paints some fish
jumping out of the water,
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and then he steps back
at the end of the fifth day,
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he says, it's good.
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On the sixth day, he
paints some giraffes,
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some elephants and some cows,
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and some land animals.
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And then he
paints a man and a woman
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standing in the midst
of this beautiful place,
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and when he finishes
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the last touches on the canvas,
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he steps back and he says,
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it is very good.
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Has he finished?
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Yes and no?
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What is still missing?
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The signature that identifies
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who painted the portrait.
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You see, God painted the
picture the first six days,
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and He completed it.
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But if God did not
place His signature
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on the work of creation,
somebody else could claim it.
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So the seventh day
Sabbath is God's signature
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that identifies
who made everything.
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So God finished
His work the sixth day
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and He signed it
on the seventh day.
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Now, God did three things
with the Sabbath at creation.
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First, He rested on the Sabbath.
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By the way that word rested,
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the word Shabbat should
really be translated, He ceased.
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In other words, He
didn't create anymore.
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He stopped
creating of the seventh day.
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It tells us what He
didn't do on the seventh day.
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It's not talking
about quality of rest.
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It's simply saying that
God ceased His work of creating
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on the seventh
day, He created no more.
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He rested, He blessed
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and He sanctified
or made the day holy.
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And which day is the Sabbath
according to Genesis 2:2-3?
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The seventh day is the Sabbath.
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It says that three
times in Genesis 2:2-3,
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no doubt about it.
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So what I want you to remember
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is that the
Sabbath is a seventh day
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and God blessed the Sabbath day,
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He sanctified the Sabbath day
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and He rested
on the Sabbath day.
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Now, let's notice some facts
about the days of creation.
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There is no doubt
that the days of creation
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were literal
days of 24 hours each.
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We have several
reasons for that.
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Number one, in
the Old Testament,
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every time that
you find the word day
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with a numeral qualifier,
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such as 1st day, 2nd
day, 3rd day, etcetera,
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it always refers to
a literal 24 hour day,
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there is no
exceptions in the Old Testament.
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When the word day is
used with a numeral adjective,
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it always means a
literal 24 hour day.
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Secondly, the Bible tells us
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that each day had
an evening and morning.
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It would be kind
of ridiculous to say,
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it was the
evening in the morning
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of first million years.
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The expression
evening and morning indicates
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that it is a literal day,
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evening when the sun sets
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and morning when the sun rises.
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Furthermore,
there's an immediacy
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in the language in the Psalms,
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it says that God
spoke, and it was done.
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He said it and it stood fast.
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It doesn't say they
took millions of years
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for His Word to be fulfilled.
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There's another
interesting expression
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during creation week
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that is used several
times in the creation story,
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and that is that God
spoke and then it was so,
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that speaks of immediacy,
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not something that was drawn out
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over millions and
millions of years.
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But the greatest argument
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that the days of
creation were literal days,
00:14:40.54\00:14:43.14
is found in the fourth
commandment of God's law.
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Because in the
fourth commandment,
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God says, you work six
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and rest on the seventh,
00:14:51.75\00:14:53.66
because I worked six
and rested on the seventh.
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So how God tell us to work
sixth and rest the seventh,
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as He did,
00:15:01.83\00:15:03.33
if the days were not literal?
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Are you understanding me?
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So there's no doubt
and you're gonna see
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why I'm covering
all these things.
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There's no doubt
that the days of creation
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were literal
days of 24 hours each,
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just like we know them today.
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At creation, there was no Jew.
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So you can't speak
of the Jewish Sabbath.
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Furthermore, there was no sin.
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So it's not part
of the Old Covenant
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because at creation,
there was no Old Covenant.
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There was just the covenant
between God and Adam and Eve,
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as long as they were obedient.
00:15:36.90\00:15:39.23
Now, it's important to
realize that at creation,
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God not only created things,
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God also created
measurements of time.
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God created the day,
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which is the amount of time
00:15:53.48\00:15:54.82
that it takes the earth to make
one complete turn on its axis.
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He created the month,
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basically the period between
one new moon and another.
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He created the year,
00:16:04.83\00:16:06.73
the amount of time
that it takes the earth
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to make one
complete turn around the sun.
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But there is one
measurement of time,
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which God also created
that is totally arbitrary
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and has no
astronomical explanation.
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That is the week
composed of seven days.
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God could have
made a week of 10 days,
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a week of 8
days, a week of 5 days,
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but the reason why
the week has 7 days
00:16:28.95\00:16:31.39
is because God
created the week of 7 days,
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7 literal 24 hour days.
00:16:35.12\00:16:38.86
Henry Morris,
00:16:38.89\00:16:40.23
who was a staunch
biblical creationist,
00:16:40.26\00:16:42.90
I think he
passed away a while ago,
00:16:42.93\00:16:46.23
he wrote this,
00:16:46.27\00:16:47.67
"The Lord himself
had worked six days,
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then rested on the seventh,
00:16:51.87\00:16:53.94
setting thereby
a permanent pattern
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for the benefit of mankind."
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So God works six,
rest at the seventh
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as a permanent
pattern for human beings.
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Now, Ellen White has a
very interesting statement
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about the week.
00:17:09.36\00:17:11.03
It's found in Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 111.
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Patriarchs and
Prophets, page 111.
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"Like the Sabbath,
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the week originated at creation,
00:17:21.87\00:17:25.64
and it has been preserved
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and brought down to us
through Bible history."
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The sequence of the
week has never been lost,
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is what she say.
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The seventh day today
00:17:37.12\00:17:38.45
is the same
seventh day of creation.
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She continues writing,
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"God Himself
measured off the first week
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as a sample for successive weeks
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to the close of time.
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Like every other,
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it consisted of
seven literal days.
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Six were employed in
the work of creation,
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upon the seventh,
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God rested."
00:18:02.24\00:18:04.15
And here comes
an important detail.
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"God rested, and
then blessed this day
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and set it apart as a day
00:18:10.99\00:18:13.62
of rest for man."
00:18:13.66\00:18:17.03
Now, how do we know
00:18:17.06\00:18:20.33
that the Sabbath today
00:18:20.36\00:18:21.76
is the same Sabbath of creation?
00:18:21.80\00:18:24.70
Somebody came and
asked me that question.
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In fact, it's
happened more than once.
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And I say, "Are you saying
00:18:29.10\00:18:30.67
that perhaps the Sabbath
today is not the same Sabbath
00:18:30.71\00:18:34.08
that Jesus, you know,
00:18:34.11\00:18:37.18
kept while He was on earth?"
00:18:37.21\00:18:38.55
He says, "Yeah, we don't know
00:18:38.58\00:18:39.91
whether the weekly
cycle is the same."
00:18:39.95\00:18:42.05
So, I said, "Okay, well,
let me ask you a question.
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What day you go to church?"
00:18:45.25\00:18:47.82
Say, "Well, I go
to church on Sunday."
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I say, "Okay, why do
you go to church on Sunday?"
00:18:49.79\00:18:52.03
"Well, because Jesus
resurrected that day."
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I said, "Oh, so you're saying
that you keep Sunday today,
00:18:54.93\00:18:58.73
because it's the same
day that Jesus resurrected
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when He was on earth, right?"
00:19:01.30\00:19:02.64
He says, "Yes."
00:19:02.67\00:19:04.01
I said, "Well, if
Sunday is the same Sunday,
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the Sabbath is
the same Sabbath."
00:19:05.67\00:19:07.11
But then he
says, "How do you know
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that the Sabbath of
the days of Christ?"
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Okay.
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He says, "Granted the Sabbath
back in the days of Christ
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is the same Sabbath yesterday,
00:19:18.62\00:19:20.12
how do you know that the Sabbath
00:19:20.16\00:19:21.52
in the times of Christ
00:19:21.56\00:19:22.89
was the same
Sabbath of creation,
00:19:22.92\00:19:25.26
that the sequence wasn't lost
between creation and Christ?"
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I said, "It's very simple,
because my Bible tells me
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that Jesus was the
creator of the Sabbath,
00:19:30.57\00:19:33.23
and He was not going
to keep the wrong day."
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It's sad that Henry Morris
00:19:39.04\00:19:40.64
after that
statement that he made,
00:19:40.68\00:19:42.64
that God worked six
and rested the seventh,
00:19:42.68\00:19:45.91
as you know, as
a teaching to us,
00:19:45.95\00:19:50.42
a permanent pattern to us.
00:19:50.45\00:19:52.52
Then he says, "Well,
00:19:52.55\00:19:53.96
but the problem is
we're not sure that
00:19:53.99\00:19:55.66
whether this
weekly cycle of seven days
00:19:55.69\00:19:58.13
has been lost or not?
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So any day will do."
00:19:59.53\00:20:02.50
Now, isn't it interesting
00:20:02.53\00:20:04.67
that in certain
countries like in Europe,
00:20:04.70\00:20:07.44
the calendars begin
the week with Monday?
00:20:07.47\00:20:10.11
That's interesting.
00:20:13.14\00:20:14.78
What happens if you
begin the week on Monday?
00:20:14.81\00:20:18.15
Sunday is the seventh day.
00:20:18.18\00:20:21.28
Is the devil perhaps
trying to tell people
00:20:21.32\00:20:23.82
that Sunday is the seventh day?
00:20:23.85\00:20:25.95
It doesn't work,
though, because Bible says
00:20:25.99\00:20:27.52
that Jesus resurrected
the first day of the week.
00:20:27.56\00:20:30.13
So the Bible can
refute that very easily.
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In Colombia, there's a...
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My wife's country of birth.
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There's a program that's
called El SA(C)ptimo DA a,
00:20:37.27\00:20:40.54
the seventh day, and
it's broadcast on Sundays,
00:20:40.57\00:20:43.81
interestingly enough.
00:20:43.84\00:20:46.74
Because they're
trying to give the impression
00:20:46.78\00:20:48.41
that Sunday is a day of rest.
00:20:48.44\00:20:51.11
You know, isn't it
interesting that the papacy
00:20:51.15\00:20:54.32
during holy week,
00:20:54.35\00:20:56.48
do you know what holy week is?
00:20:56.52\00:20:58.15
Some of you used to
be Catholics, maybe?
00:20:58.19\00:21:00.12
Holy week?
00:21:00.16\00:21:01.49
You know, how many times a year
00:21:01.52\00:21:04.96
do Catholics keep Palm Sunday?
00:21:04.99\00:21:09.70
Once a year.
00:21:09.73\00:21:11.63
How many days do
they keep Ash Wednesday?
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How many days a year?
00:21:15.94\00:21:18.17
One day a year.
00:21:18.21\00:21:19.67
How many days do they keep...
00:21:19.71\00:21:22.41
How many days a year do
they keep Holy Thursday?
00:21:22.44\00:21:25.88
One. How about Holy Friday?
00:21:25.91\00:21:28.28
One.
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How about the Sabbath
of glory as it's called?
00:21:29.88\00:21:32.95
One.
00:21:32.99\00:21:34.32
So why do they
keep Sunday weekly?
00:21:34.36\00:21:38.23
Are you with me?
00:21:38.26\00:21:41.46
There's no command in the
Bible to keep Sunday weekly
00:21:41.50\00:21:43.93
in honor of the
resurrection of Christ.
00:21:43.97\00:21:46.67
All of the other
days of Holy Week
00:21:46.70\00:21:49.20
are kept on a yearly basis.
00:21:49.24\00:21:51.57
But they say you
gotta keep Sunday every week
00:21:51.61\00:21:54.84
in commemoration of
the resurrection of Christ.
00:21:54.88\00:21:58.71
By the way, another point
00:21:58.75\00:22:00.22
that I want us to notice is that
00:22:00.25\00:22:01.65
God is the owner of everything
because He's the Creator.
00:22:01.68\00:22:07.22
Notice Psalm 24:1-2,
00:22:07.26\00:22:09.92
Psalm 24:1-2.
00:22:09.96\00:22:13.53
Here, these verses
are very well known,
00:22:13.56\00:22:16.33
"The earth is the Lord's,
00:22:16.36\00:22:18.63
and all its fullness,
00:22:18.67\00:22:20.54
the world and
those who dwell therein."
00:22:20.57\00:22:23.47
And now comes the reason
00:22:23.51\00:22:24.84
why everything in
the world belongs to God.
00:22:24.87\00:22:28.84
It says, for that means because
00:22:28.88\00:22:31.11
"He has founded
it upon the seas,
00:22:31.15\00:22:33.52
and established
it upon the waters."
00:22:33.55\00:22:36.22
To whom does the light belong?
00:22:36.25\00:22:38.62
To God.
00:22:38.65\00:22:39.99
To whom does the
firmament belong?
00:22:40.02\00:22:41.69
To God.
00:22:41.72\00:22:43.06
To whom does the
vegetation belong?
00:22:43.09\00:22:45.16
To God.
00:22:45.19\00:22:46.53
To whom does the sun
and moon and stars belong?
00:22:46.56\00:22:49.16
To God.
00:22:49.20\00:22:50.53
To whom do the
birds and the fish belong?
00:22:50.57\00:22:52.87
To God.
00:22:52.90\00:22:54.24
To whom do the
land animals belong?
00:22:54.27\00:22:57.11
To God.
00:22:57.14\00:22:58.47
To whom do men and women belong?
00:22:58.51\00:23:01.84
To God.
00:23:01.88\00:23:03.21
But the Sabbath is of the Jews,
00:23:03.24\00:23:05.41
belongs to the Jews.
00:23:05.45\00:23:07.92
Now you tell me, how
much sense does that make?
00:23:07.95\00:23:10.69
Did God make the Sabbath too?
00:23:10.72\00:23:12.85
Of course, He made the Sabbath.
00:23:12.89\00:23:14.52
If He made the Sabbath,
then the Sabbath is His too.
00:23:14.56\00:23:18.96
And that's the
reason why in the Bible,
00:23:18.99\00:23:21.53
God refers to the
Sabbath as My holy day.
00:23:21.56\00:23:27.17
And it's called the
Sabbath of the Lord your God,
00:23:27.20\00:23:30.87
because God rested on it first.
00:23:30.91\00:23:33.84
It's His holy day,
00:23:33.88\00:23:35.44
it's not the
holy day of the Jews.
00:23:35.48\00:23:39.31
Now, God not only gave
the memorial of the Sabbath,
00:23:39.35\00:23:43.55
but God commanded man
00:23:43.59\00:23:45.92
and woman to keep the memorial.
00:23:45.95\00:23:49.46
Not only that He
established the memorial,
00:23:49.49\00:23:51.66
but He commanded human
beings to keep the memorial.
00:23:51.69\00:23:55.03
Go with me in Exodus 20:8-11.
00:23:55.06\00:23:57.90
And let's see if the Sabbath
of the fourth commandment
00:23:57.93\00:24:01.50
is the same Sabbath of creation.
00:24:01.54\00:24:04.21
Exodus 20:8-11.
00:24:04.24\00:24:08.61
Remember...
00:24:08.64\00:24:09.98
Remember what?
00:24:13.45\00:24:15.32
"The Sabbath
day, to keep it holy."
00:24:15.35\00:24:20.59
Some say that the Sabbath
originated at Mount Sinai,
00:24:20.62\00:24:24.09
or perhaps you know when
the manna fell from heaven
00:24:24.13\00:24:26.59
during the Mosaic dispensation.
00:24:26.63\00:24:30.10
But the word remember indicates
00:24:30.13\00:24:31.70
that the Sabbath preexisted
the fourth commandment,
00:24:31.73\00:24:34.70
because you can't
remember something
00:24:34.74\00:24:36.30
that didn't happen in the past.
00:24:36.34\00:24:38.24
For example, we
say, remember the Alamo.
00:24:38.27\00:24:41.01
You can't remember the Alamo
00:24:41.04\00:24:42.38
unless there was
an Alamo experience.
00:24:42.41\00:24:44.25
Right?
00:24:44.28\00:24:45.61
So when the
commandment says, remember!
00:24:45.65\00:24:47.68
It's saying, remember something
that happened in the past,
00:24:47.72\00:24:50.29
God rested,
00:24:50.32\00:24:51.99
He blessed it
and He sanctified it.
00:24:52.02\00:24:53.62
"Remember the
Sabbath day, to keep it holy.
00:24:53.66\00:24:57.43
Six days you shall
labor and do all your work,
00:24:57.46\00:25:00.53
but the seventh
day is the Sabbath
00:25:00.56\00:25:02.66
of the Lord your God.
00:25:02.70\00:25:05.53
In it you shall do not work:
00:25:05.57\00:25:07.44
you, nor your
son, nor your daughter,
00:25:07.47\00:25:09.07
nor your male servant,
nor your female servant,
00:25:09.10\00:25:11.34
nor your cattle,
nor your stranger
00:25:11.37\00:25:13.51
who is within your gates."
00:25:13.54\00:25:14.88
And now comes
the explanation, why?
00:25:14.91\00:25:16.81
For that means
because "In six days,
00:25:16.85\00:25:20.62
the Lord made the
heavens and the earth,
00:25:20.65\00:25:22.52
the sea, and all
that is in them,"
00:25:22.55\00:25:25.19
and now listen carefully,
00:25:25.22\00:25:26.96
"and rested," which day?
00:25:26.99\00:25:31.33
"The seventh day,
00:25:31.36\00:25:33.93
therefore the Lord
blessed the Sabbath day
00:25:33.96\00:25:37.97
and hallowed it."
00:25:38.00\00:25:40.74
Are those the same three things
00:25:40.77\00:25:42.30
that God did with
the Sabbath at creation?
00:25:42.34\00:25:45.01
Did He rest?
00:25:45.04\00:25:46.54
Did He bless?
00:25:46.57\00:25:48.18
Did He sanctify?
00:25:48.21\00:25:49.98
Was it the seventh day?
00:25:50.01\00:25:52.21
Is this the same
Sabbath of creation?
00:25:52.25\00:25:55.65
It is.
00:25:55.68\00:25:57.12
And God is commanding
human beings to, what?
00:25:57.15\00:26:01.56
Commanding human
beings to keep it.
00:26:01.59\00:26:07.13
So the Sabbath
is the seventh day.
00:26:07.16\00:26:11.43
The Sabbath God rested,
00:26:11.47\00:26:13.37
God blessed and
sanctified both at creation
00:26:13.40\00:26:16.24
and in the fourth
commandment of God's holy law.
00:26:16.27\00:26:20.24
And the interesting thing is
00:26:20.28\00:26:21.61
that God made a
memorial in time.
00:26:21.64\00:26:25.41
You see, if God had
placed a monument in Hawaii,
00:26:25.45\00:26:29.58
and it said to everybody,
00:26:29.62\00:26:30.99
so that you remember
that I am the creator,
00:26:31.02\00:26:33.76
go every week and
visit the monument,
00:26:33.79\00:26:36.79
those who live close,
00:26:36.83\00:26:38.19
the Hawaiians
would have a monopoly.
00:26:38.23\00:26:42.43
But we don't have
to come to the Sabbath,
00:26:42.46\00:26:44.40
the Sabbath comes to us,
00:26:44.43\00:26:46.94
wherever we are,
00:26:46.97\00:26:49.27
because the
Sabbath moves, time moves.
00:26:49.30\00:26:53.31
And so we don't
have to go to a shrine,
00:26:53.34\00:26:56.71
the Sabbath comes
to us, it's holy time.
00:26:56.75\00:27:00.48
Now, there's
another interesting thing
00:27:00.52\00:27:02.18
and now just
mentioned this in passing,
00:27:02.22\00:27:04.85
who was the creator?
00:27:04.89\00:27:06.96
Jesus.
00:27:06.99\00:27:08.32
All things were
made through Him,
00:27:08.36\00:27:10.96
it says in John 1:3.
00:27:10.99\00:27:13.33
Jesus was the creator.
00:27:13.36\00:27:15.60
Which day did Jesus
finished His work of creation?
00:27:15.63\00:27:19.33
The sixth day.
00:27:19.37\00:27:21.04
What did He do
on the seventh day?
00:27:21.07\00:27:23.41
He rested.
00:27:23.44\00:27:25.17
How about in redemption?
00:27:25.21\00:27:26.74
What day of the
week did Jesus finished
00:27:26.78\00:27:28.74
His works of redemption?
00:27:28.78\00:27:31.15
What did He say on the cross?
00:27:31.18\00:27:32.98
It is, what?
00:27:33.01\00:27:35.08
It is finished.
00:27:35.12\00:27:36.89
And then what did Jesus,
00:27:36.92\00:27:38.42
the Redeemer do on the Sabbath?
00:27:38.45\00:27:41.42
He rested in the
tomb, on the Sabbath.
00:27:41.46\00:27:45.89
So what the Creator
did at the beginning,
00:27:45.93\00:27:48.00
the Redeemer who
is the same person
00:27:48.03\00:27:49.90
did in redemption.
00:27:49.93\00:27:51.93
Thus the Sabbath is not
only a sign of the Creator,
00:27:51.97\00:27:54.70
the Sabbath is also
the sign of the Redeemer,
00:27:54.74\00:27:58.21
Jesus Christ.
00:27:58.24\00:27:59.57
Two reasons for
keeping the Sabbath,
00:27:59.61\00:28:01.88
to commemorate the Creator
00:28:01.91\00:28:03.85
and to commemorate the Redeemer.
00:28:03.88\00:28:06.75
Nevertheless,
00:28:06.78\00:28:08.75
there are those evangelicals
00:28:08.78\00:28:10.52
and this is a
very important point
00:28:10.55\00:28:12.02
that we're gonna look at now.
00:28:12.05\00:28:13.42
Many evangelical say,
00:28:13.46\00:28:14.92
"Yeah, but the Sabbath was
not a creation institution.
00:28:14.96\00:28:18.59
Yeah, it's in the
fourth commandment,
00:28:18.63\00:28:21.10
where God told man to
rest on the seventh day,
00:28:21.13\00:28:23.77
but there's no command
in Genesis for man to rest.
00:28:23.80\00:28:27.34
It says God rested.
00:28:27.37\00:28:29.50
It doesn't say that God
told Adam and Eve, you rest."
00:28:29.54\00:28:32.77
And so they say, "That proves
00:28:32.81\00:28:34.68
that the rest at
creation was God's rest
00:28:34.71\00:28:37.45
and He did not intend
man to rest at that time
00:28:37.48\00:28:39.95
maybe later on, the Jews."
00:28:39.98\00:28:42.98
How do you respond
to a question like that?
00:28:43.02\00:28:45.69
How do you
respond to the reason,
00:28:45.72\00:28:47.79
why God did not
command Adam and Eve
00:28:47.82\00:28:51.29
to keep that for Sabbath?
00:28:51.33\00:28:53.80
I'm gonna give
you several reasons.
00:28:53.83\00:28:55.60
But first of all,
00:28:55.63\00:28:57.00
I want us to go
to Genesis 2:3 again,
00:28:57.03\00:29:00.87
and Exodus 20:11.
00:29:00.90\00:29:02.40
And we're gonna notice
something very important here.
00:29:02.44\00:29:05.31
You know, for
much of my ministry,
00:29:05.34\00:29:07.68
I thought that God had commanded
00:29:07.71\00:29:09.78
Adam and Eve to keep
that first seventh day Sabbath
00:29:09.81\00:29:13.11
after the first six
days of creation week.
00:29:13.15\00:29:16.18
I thought that God had said,
00:29:16.22\00:29:17.55
okay, the
Sabbath is now beginning,
00:29:17.59\00:29:19.59
keep the Sabbath
holy Adam and Eve.
00:29:19.62\00:29:21.66
But then as I
study it more carefully,
00:29:21.69\00:29:23.39
and I read from
the Spirit of Prophecy,
00:29:23.43\00:29:25.29
I discovered
that God did not bless
00:29:25.33\00:29:28.10
and sanctify the
Sabbath until it ended.
00:29:28.13\00:29:32.50
In other words, God
rested the entire Sabbath day,
00:29:32.53\00:29:35.70
and when the Sabbath,
that first Sabbath ended,
00:29:35.74\00:29:38.24
He blessed it and sanctified it.
00:29:38.27\00:29:40.78
You say, "Is that biblical?"
00:29:40.81\00:29:42.51
Not only is it biblical,
00:29:42.54\00:29:44.68
but it's also everywhere
in the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:29:44.71\00:29:48.45
Let's read Genesis 2:3.
00:29:48.48\00:29:50.72
Genesis 2:3.
00:29:50.75\00:29:52.89
"Then God
blessed the seventh day
00:29:52.92\00:29:55.62
and sanctified it."
00:29:55.66\00:29:57.43
Why did God blessed and
sanctified the seventh day?
00:29:57.46\00:30:00.36
"Because in it He
rested from all His work
00:30:00.40\00:30:05.53
which God had created and made."
00:30:05.57\00:30:08.40
So why did God blessed
and sanctified the Sabbath?
00:30:08.44\00:30:10.81
Because He had what?
00:30:10.84\00:30:12.87
He had rested on that day.
00:30:12.91\00:30:15.11
Notice once again Exodus 20:11,
00:30:15.14\00:30:17.98
Exodus 20:11.
00:30:18.01\00:30:21.38
It says, "For in six
days the Lord made the heavens
00:30:21.42\00:30:24.02
and the earth, the sea,
and all that is in them,
00:30:24.05\00:30:27.12
and rested the seventh day.
00:30:27.16\00:30:28.76
Therefore..."
00:30:28.79\00:30:30.13
God rested the seventh day.
00:30:33.63\00:30:35.70
"Therefore the Lord blessed
the Sabbath day and," what?
00:30:35.73\00:30:41.44
"And hallowed it."
00:30:41.47\00:30:43.51
So when did God bless
and make the Sabbath holy?
00:30:43.54\00:30:48.68
After He had what?
00:30:48.71\00:30:51.08
After He had rested.
00:30:51.11\00:30:53.25
It's God's rest that
made the Sabbath holy.
00:30:53.28\00:30:57.22
Every second He
rested became holy.
00:30:57.25\00:31:00.12
Every minute He
rested became holy.
00:31:00.16\00:31:03.29
Every hour He
rested became holy.
00:31:03.32\00:31:05.83
And when He had
rested all 24 hours,
00:31:05.86\00:31:08.26
all 24 hours were holy.
00:31:08.30\00:31:11.40
What makes the
Sabbath holy is God's rest?
00:31:11.43\00:31:14.04
Now, you say,
"Pastor, that sounds different
00:31:14.07\00:31:16.44
than what we've heard."
00:31:16.47\00:31:19.14
Well, let me
give you the reasons
00:31:19.17\00:31:20.51
why God did not
command Adam and Eve
00:31:20.54\00:31:22.01
to keep that first Sabbath?
00:31:22.04\00:31:25.51
Let me ask you,
00:31:25.55\00:31:27.38
could God give Adam and Eve
the Sabbath before He made it?
00:31:27.42\00:31:31.62
Was the Sabbath made for man?
00:31:35.06\00:31:37.59
Did God have to make it
before He could give it to man?
00:31:37.63\00:31:40.46
Of course.
00:31:40.50\00:31:42.70
It says in Mark 2:27,
"The Sabbath is made for man."
00:31:42.73\00:31:45.50
So God first had
to make the Sabbath,
00:31:45.53\00:31:48.04
and then once He
had made the Sabbath,
00:31:48.07\00:31:50.31
He can give it to man.
00:31:50.34\00:31:52.67
Point number two,
00:31:52.71\00:31:55.34
God could not
command Adam and Eve
00:31:55.38\00:31:58.58
to keep the Sabbath
holy until it was holy.
00:31:58.61\00:32:03.92
And it became
holy when it, what?
00:32:03.95\00:32:06.35
When it ended.
00:32:06.39\00:32:08.46
You see, God could
not tell Adam and Eve
00:32:08.49\00:32:10.59
in that first Sabbath,
00:32:10.63\00:32:11.96
keep the Sabbath
holy, it wasn't holy yet.
00:32:11.99\00:32:15.56
Because it was made holy
by God's rest as we read.
00:32:15.60\00:32:19.70
Third point,
00:32:19.73\00:32:21.74
how could God tell Adam and Eve,
00:32:21.77\00:32:24.04
how to keep the Sabbath
without first giving them
00:32:24.07\00:32:27.11
an example of how to keep it?
00:32:27.14\00:32:31.11
Let me read you from
the Spirit of Prophecy.
00:32:31.15\00:32:33.55
This is so clear
00:32:33.58\00:32:35.88
that even a child
can understand it.
00:32:35.92\00:32:38.72
This is Patriarchs
and Prophets, page 47.
00:32:38.75\00:32:42.39
"After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:32:42.42\00:32:45.99
God sanctified it."
00:32:46.03\00:32:49.10
Now, what part of it
after, don't you understand?
00:32:49.13\00:32:53.40
"After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:32:53.44\00:32:55.74
God sanctified it,
00:32:55.77\00:32:57.91
or set it apart, as
a day of rest for man."
00:32:57.94\00:33:00.24
When did God set the Sabbath
apart as a day of rest for man?
00:33:00.28\00:33:03.41
After He rested on the Sabbath.
00:33:03.45\00:33:06.01
So that first Sabbath
is the Lord's Sabbath.
00:33:06.05\00:33:09.95
He rested on that Sabbath
00:33:09.98\00:33:12.15
and then He gives
the Sabbath to man.
00:33:12.19\00:33:14.62
She continues,
saying the reason why,
00:33:14.66\00:33:16.49
"After resting
upon the seventh day,
00:33:16.52\00:33:17.86
God sanctified
it, or set it apart,
00:33:17.89\00:33:19.26
as a day of rest for man.
00:33:19.29\00:33:20.93
Following the
example of the Creator,
00:33:20.96\00:33:25.00
man was to rest
upon this sacred day,
00:33:25.03\00:33:29.24
that as he should look
upon the heavens and the earth,
00:33:29.27\00:33:31.81
he might reflect upon
God's great work of creation,
00:33:31.84\00:33:35.34
and that as he should behold
00:33:35.38\00:33:36.98
the evidences of
God's wisdom and goodness,
00:33:37.01\00:33:39.08
his heart might
be filled with love
00:33:39.11\00:33:40.88
and reverence for his Maker."
00:33:40.92\00:33:42.32
Amen.
00:33:42.35\00:33:43.69
Desire of Ages,
281, Ellen White wrote,
00:33:43.72\00:33:46.65
"Because He had
rested on the Sabbath,
00:33:46.69\00:33:49.76
God blessed the
seventh day, and sanctified it,
00:33:53.09\00:33:55.86
set it apart to a holy use.
00:33:55.90\00:33:57.73
He gave it to
Adam as a day of rest."
00:33:57.77\00:34:01.24
So when did He give it
to Adam as a day of rest?
00:34:01.27\00:34:04.14
After He created,
after He rested on it.
00:34:04.17\00:34:07.98
Now, the greatest argument
00:34:08.01\00:34:09.34
that why God did
not command Adam and Eve
00:34:09.38\00:34:12.31
to keep that first Sabbath,
is in the fourth commandment.
00:34:12.35\00:34:17.15
Listen carefully,
00:34:17.19\00:34:18.52
the fourth commandment
applies to Adam and Eve,
00:34:18.55\00:34:21.36
beginning with the second week
of the history of this world.
00:34:21.39\00:34:26.49
You say, how's that?
00:34:26.53\00:34:28.76
What does the
fourth commandment say?
00:34:28.80\00:34:31.33
Work six
00:34:31.37\00:34:34.04
and rest the seventh.
00:34:34.07\00:34:37.57
Could Adam and Eve
obey that commandment?
00:34:37.61\00:34:40.88
No, because they
had not worked six.
00:34:40.91\00:34:45.75
So what God does
is, He works six,
00:34:45.78\00:34:49.88
He rests on the seventh,
00:34:49.92\00:34:52.22
blesses and sanctifies
the day, sets it apart.
00:34:52.25\00:34:56.26
Gives it to Adam
and He says, Adam,
00:34:56.29\00:34:58.49
now you're gonna
work six and next Sabbath,
00:34:58.53\00:35:01.33
you're gonna rest
the way you saw Me rest.
00:35:01.36\00:35:06.00
That's why God did not command
00:35:06.03\00:35:07.70
Adam and Eve to keep the Sabbath
00:35:07.74\00:35:09.20
because that was
not their Sabbath,
00:35:09.24\00:35:10.87
it was first His Sabbath.
00:35:10.91\00:35:13.51
And then He gives
it as a gift to man.
00:35:13.54\00:35:18.18
But you know the Sabbath
00:35:18.21\00:35:19.55
is not only a
sign of the Creator.
00:35:19.58\00:35:22.22
It's not only the
sign of the Redeemer.
00:35:22.25\00:35:25.29
It's also the sign
of the future Restorer.
00:35:25.32\00:35:29.86
Go with me to Isaiah 66:22-23.
00:35:29.89\00:35:34.73
You know, in one of our
previous studies together,
00:35:34.76\00:35:37.70
we noticed that this world
00:35:37.73\00:35:39.47
is gonna be reduced to chaos
00:35:39.50\00:35:42.17
and disorder by the
plagues and the second coming.
00:35:42.20\00:35:45.74
Jeremiah saw this world,
00:35:45.77\00:35:47.48
he said it was
without form and void,
00:35:47.51\00:35:50.28
and the heavens had no light.
00:35:50.31\00:35:52.41
Everything will have
been destroyed by the plagues,
00:35:52.45\00:35:55.02
and by the
second coming of Jesus.
00:35:55.05\00:35:56.85
This world will be inhospitable,
00:35:56.89\00:35:59.62
uninhabitable.
00:35:59.65\00:36:01.66
So God is gonna have to make
a new heavens and new earth.
00:36:01.69\00:36:04.09
He's going to have to do
what He did at the beginning.
00:36:04.13\00:36:07.76
He's going to have to recreate,
00:36:07.80\00:36:09.70
if you please, the
heavens and the earth.
00:36:09.73\00:36:13.54
Now notice Isaiah 66:22-23,
00:36:13.57\00:36:20.41
"For as the new
heavens and the new earth."
00:36:20.44\00:36:24.41
Is that the same
new heaven and new earth
00:36:24.45\00:36:26.01
that we find in
Revelation 20:21-22?
00:36:26.05\00:36:29.58
Yes.
00:36:29.62\00:36:31.15
"For as the new
heavens and the new earth
00:36:31.19\00:36:33.36
which I will make
shall remain before Me,'
00:36:33.39\00:36:36.69
says the Lord,
00:36:36.73\00:36:38.49
'So shall your descendants
and your name remain.
00:36:38.53\00:36:41.66
And it shall come to pass
00:36:41.70\00:36:43.90
that from one New
Moon to another.'"
00:36:43.93\00:36:46.63
Don't get all
caught up in the new moon.
00:36:46.67\00:36:49.44
The new moon
simply means, month,
00:36:49.47\00:36:52.11
it should be translated month.
00:36:52.14\00:36:54.34
The Spanish version
says from month to month.
00:36:54.38\00:36:57.28
You say, "Well, why are we gonna
00:36:57.31\00:36:58.65
worship the Lord every month?"
00:36:58.68\00:37:00.88
The reason is simple
because there's a tree
00:37:00.92\00:37:02.85
that produces its
fruit every month,
00:37:02.88\00:37:05.02
According to Revelation 22:2,
00:37:05.05\00:37:07.06
we're gonna go to
eat from the tree of life
00:37:07.09\00:37:08.62
every month.
00:37:08.66\00:37:09.99
So it says, from
one new moon to another,
00:37:10.03\00:37:12.49
that is from one
month to another,
00:37:12.53\00:37:14.76
and from one, what?
00:37:14.80\00:37:16.67
"One Sabbath to another,
00:37:16.70\00:37:19.87
all flesh shall come to worship
00:37:19.90\00:37:22.30
before Me, says the Lord."
00:37:22.34\00:37:26.71
What will be the
memorial of the new creation?
00:37:26.74\00:37:30.98
The observance of the Sabbath.
00:37:31.01\00:37:32.78
God says, I'm gonna create
a new heavens in the north,
00:37:32.81\00:37:36.35
then He says, every Sabbath,
00:37:36.38\00:37:37.92
you're gonna come to worship Me
00:37:37.95\00:37:39.52
to commemorate
the fact that I am
00:37:39.55\00:37:42.49
the creator of the new
heavens and the new earth.
00:37:42.52\00:37:45.59
Now, let me ask you this,
00:37:45.63\00:37:46.96
in how many days do you think
00:37:47.00\00:37:48.80
Jesus is going to
recreate this earth?
00:37:48.83\00:37:52.10
You know, I used to
think that God would...
00:37:52.13\00:37:54.87
That Jesus would simply
say, let everything be fixed.
00:37:54.90\00:37:59.97
Everything is back like
it was at the beginning.
00:38:00.01\00:38:03.04
But then I got to thinking,
I said, No, wait a minute.
00:38:03.08\00:38:07.05
When God makes a new
heavens and new earth,
00:38:07.08\00:38:09.82
He must use a week like
He did at the beginning.
00:38:09.85\00:38:13.59
You say, "Why is that?"
00:38:13.62\00:38:15.89
Because it says
that we're gonna go
00:38:15.92\00:38:17.63
the seventh day to commemorate
00:38:17.66\00:38:19.76
the new creation of
the heavens and the earth,
00:38:19.79\00:38:21.90
and you can't have a seventh
unless you have the first six.
00:38:21.93\00:38:24.53
Did you get that or not?
00:38:27.57\00:38:30.51
So God is gonna...
00:38:30.54\00:38:31.87
Imagine this is
the wonderful thing,
00:38:31.91\00:38:33.58
at the beginning Adam and Eve
didn't see God create anything.
00:38:33.61\00:38:38.61
Did Adam and Eve see
the God create the light,
00:38:38.65\00:38:41.15
the firmament, the vegetation,
00:38:41.18\00:38:43.42
sun, moon and stars,
00:38:43.45\00:38:45.85
the birds, the
fish, the land animals?
00:38:45.89\00:38:48.82
Did Adam see his own
creation? Of course, not.
00:38:48.86\00:38:52.09
Did Adam see
the creation of Eve?
00:38:52.13\00:38:53.50
No, God put him to sleep.
00:38:53.53\00:38:56.77
How could they be sure
that God was the creator?
00:38:56.80\00:38:59.03
Because God said so,
00:38:59.07\00:39:00.40
they have to accept it by faith.
00:39:00.44\00:39:03.04
But the beautiful thing is
00:39:03.07\00:39:05.07
that when God makes a
new heavens in the north,
00:39:05.11\00:39:07.04
God's people will be alive.
00:39:07.08\00:39:10.08
We will be eyewitnesses
of the new creation.
00:39:10.11\00:39:13.78
Imagine the
first day God saying,
00:39:13.82\00:39:15.68
let there be light, because
the planet is in darkness,
00:39:15.72\00:39:18.69
during the 1000 years.
00:39:18.72\00:39:20.06
God says, "Let there be light.
00:39:20.09\00:39:24.16
Let there be the firmament,
a fresh air to breathe.
00:39:24.19\00:39:29.03
Let the earth become a
gigantic botanical garden."
00:39:29.06\00:39:35.34
Sun, moon and
stars occupy your places
00:39:35.37\00:39:38.04
because they were
moved all their places
00:39:38.07\00:39:39.94
by the voice of God.
00:39:39.97\00:39:41.31
So God places them
00:39:41.34\00:39:42.68
where they can
benefit the earth.
00:39:42.71\00:39:44.08
And God's people
are there, spectators.
00:39:44.11\00:39:49.22
Let there be birds in the
air and fish in the waters.
00:39:49.25\00:39:52.39
And it is so.
00:39:52.42\00:39:54.26
Let there be land animals.
00:39:54.29\00:39:55.89
And then when God
finishes His work,
00:39:55.92\00:39:58.09
the sixth day,
00:39:58.13\00:40:00.06
He says to Adam and Eve,
00:40:00.10\00:40:02.33
and all of the redeemed He says,
00:40:02.36\00:40:05.60
what do you think?
00:40:05.63\00:40:08.10
Oh, Lord, this is beautiful.
00:40:08.14\00:40:11.21
So God is gonna
say, what do you think?
00:40:11.24\00:40:14.11
Don't you think it
would be great idea for us
00:40:14.14\00:40:15.98
just to spend all
this day together,
00:40:16.01\00:40:18.48
beholding and
contemplating that I made?
00:40:18.51\00:40:22.98
Do you think that
the redeemer gonna say,
00:40:23.02\00:40:25.42
Lord, how is it that you give us
00:40:25.45\00:40:27.19
this yoke of bondage?
00:40:27.22\00:40:30.83
No.
00:40:30.86\00:40:32.29
They say, wow,
00:40:32.33\00:40:33.93
you made all this new for us?
00:40:33.96\00:40:36.46
Oh, Lord, let's
spend all Sabbath together
00:40:36.50\00:40:40.47
to contemplate what You made,
00:40:40.50\00:40:42.24
so that we can see what
a wonderful God you are.
00:40:42.27\00:40:45.77
The Bible tells us
00:40:45.81\00:40:47.14
that the observance
of the Sabbath is a sign
00:40:47.18\00:40:49.58
between God and His people.
00:40:49.61\00:40:52.01
Exodus 31:16-17,
00:40:52.05\00:40:55.22
Exodus 31:16-17.
00:40:55.25\00:40:58.22
And many have
misunderstood this verse here.
00:40:58.25\00:41:01.22
It says, "Therefore
00:41:01.26\00:41:03.36
the children of Israel
shall keep the Sabbath."
00:41:03.39\00:41:05.36
So, people say, you see,
the Sabbath's only for Israel,
00:41:05.39\00:41:07.96
the people, the
children of Israel
00:41:08.00\00:41:09.56
will keep the Sabbath.
00:41:09.60\00:41:11.33
Does it say that it's
exclusively for Israel?
00:41:11.37\00:41:15.90
No, it doesn't
say, it's exclusive.
00:41:15.94\00:41:17.91
Why would God say
00:41:17.94\00:41:19.27
the children of Israel
shall keep the Sabbath?
00:41:19.31\00:41:21.14
Because those were
His people at that moment.
00:41:21.18\00:41:24.15
He wasn't gonna say
church keep the Sabbath
00:41:24.18\00:41:26.61
because the
church didn't exist yet.
00:41:26.65\00:41:29.18
He's speaking to
His people at that time.
00:41:29.22\00:41:31.42
Israel, the
Sabbath is a sign, keep it.
00:41:31.45\00:41:35.42
If He was speaking
today to the church,
00:41:35.46\00:41:37.39
He would say, like it
does through Ellen White,
00:41:37.43\00:41:39.73
keep what?
00:41:39.76\00:41:41.20
Keep the Sabbath.
00:41:41.23\00:41:44.00
By the way,
00:41:44.03\00:41:45.87
God gave all Ten
Commandments to the Jews.
00:41:45.90\00:41:50.81
Did God gave all of
the Ten Commandments
00:41:50.84\00:41:52.67
to Israel at Mount Sinai?
00:41:52.71\00:41:55.04
Yes or no?
00:41:55.08\00:41:56.51
So all of the Ten Commandments
apply only to the Jews.
00:41:56.54\00:42:00.42
We can kill and we can commit
adultery and we can covet.
00:42:00.45\00:42:03.72
We can have
other gods, and so on,
00:42:03.75\00:42:06.29
because the Ten Commandments
were given to the Jews.
00:42:06.32\00:42:08.89
So why do Christians say
00:42:08.92\00:42:11.43
that the
Sabbath is for the Jews?
00:42:11.46\00:42:14.03
But the other nine commandments
00:42:14.06\00:42:15.40
that were given for
the Jews are for everybody.
00:42:15.43\00:42:18.10
It just doesn't make any sense.
00:42:18.13\00:42:20.57
God gave the Ten Commandments
and the Sabbath to the Jews,
00:42:20.60\00:42:23.71
because those were
His people at that time.
00:42:23.74\00:42:27.44
So that's why it says,
00:42:27.48\00:42:28.81
"Therefore the
children of Israel
00:42:28.84\00:42:30.18
shall keep the
Sabbath, to observe the Sabbath
00:42:30.21\00:42:32.35
throughout their generations
as a perpetual covenant.
00:42:32.38\00:42:34.82
It is a sign between Me
00:42:34.85\00:42:37.12
and the children
of Israel forever."
00:42:37.15\00:42:39.75
And then He explains, why?
00:42:39.79\00:42:41.19
"For in six days the Lord
made the heavens and the earth,
00:42:41.22\00:42:44.59
and on the seventh day He rested
00:42:44.63\00:42:46.83
and was refreshed."
00:42:46.86\00:42:49.76
The Sabbath is a sign
between God and His people.
00:42:49.80\00:42:53.34
Notice Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
00:42:53.37\00:42:56.57
Ezekiel 20:12, 20.
00:42:56.60\00:42:59.94
Once again, the
Sabbath is spoken of as a sign.
00:42:59.97\00:43:02.58
"Moreover, I also
gave them My Sabbath,
00:43:02.61\00:43:06.08
to be a sign
between them and Me,
00:43:06.11\00:43:09.18
that they might
know that I am the Lord
00:43:09.22\00:43:11.15
who sanctifies them."
00:43:11.19\00:43:13.25
Verse 20,
00:43:13.29\00:43:14.62
"Hallow my Sabbaths,
00:43:14.66\00:43:16.32
and they will be a
sign between Me and you,
00:43:16.36\00:43:19.29
that you may know that
I am the Lord your God."
00:43:19.33\00:43:25.73
Now, when you look at
the three angels' messages,
00:43:25.77\00:43:27.97
you'll find that
there's a contrast
00:43:28.00\00:43:29.44
between the first and the third.
00:43:29.47\00:43:33.11
The first
angel's message tells us,
00:43:33.14\00:43:36.88
fear God and give glory to Him,
00:43:36.91\00:43:39.61
for the hour of His judgment
has come and worship Him
00:43:39.65\00:43:44.19
who created.
00:43:44.22\00:43:47.36
The first angel's message
says, worship the Creator.
00:43:47.39\00:43:52.99
The third message says,
don't worship the beast.
00:43:53.03\00:43:59.00
Do you see the contrast?
00:43:59.03\00:44:00.84
So the end time contrast
00:44:00.87\00:44:02.64
is between
worshiping the Creator
00:44:02.67\00:44:05.24
or worshiping the beast.
00:44:05.27\00:44:07.31
Does God have a sign?
00:44:07.34\00:44:09.44
What is the sign? The Sabbath.
00:44:09.48\00:44:11.71
Does the beast also have a sign?
00:44:11.75\00:44:14.25
What is the
sign? It must be a day.
00:44:14.28\00:44:16.62
It must be an opposite day
00:44:16.65\00:44:18.79
that glorifies
and honors the beast.
00:44:18.82\00:44:22.82
Now, we have
identified the beast
00:44:22.86\00:44:24.26
as the Roman Catholic papacy.
00:44:24.29\00:44:27.23
And I want to
share with you now,
00:44:27.26\00:44:30.00
the Roman Catholic
view of the day of rest.
00:44:30.03\00:44:36.87
And it's
important because the papacy
00:44:36.91\00:44:41.54
is the power spoken
of as the Antichrist
00:44:41.58\00:44:44.61
who attempted to
change God's holy law.
00:44:44.65\00:44:48.55
Now, in spite of
the fact that the Bible,
00:44:48.58\00:44:51.29
without exception,
00:44:51.32\00:44:53.22
refers to the
seventh day Sabbath
00:44:53.25\00:44:55.19
as God's day of rest,
00:44:55.22\00:44:57.69
Pope John Paul II,
00:44:57.73\00:44:59.06
in his apostolic
letter Dies Domini
00:44:59.09\00:45:02.56
on the Lord's Day.
00:45:02.60\00:45:04.37
And Francis I, in his
encyclical Laudato si'
00:45:04.40\00:45:09.24
have declared that
the seventh day is Jewish,
00:45:09.27\00:45:12.54
and the Christian
Sabbath is Sunday.
00:45:12.57\00:45:16.61
The papacy claims
00:45:16.64\00:45:18.61
that the Sabbath is a relic
00:45:18.65\00:45:20.82
of the Jewish old covenant.
00:45:20.85\00:45:24.49
And yet the
Roman Catholic Church
00:45:24.52\00:45:26.12
continues to have
all kinds of practices
00:45:26.15\00:45:28.72
that are old covenant practices.
00:45:28.76\00:45:30.93
Like offering
sacrifices using holy vestments,
00:45:30.96\00:45:34.46
sprinkling holy
water, burning incense,
00:45:34.50\00:45:37.53
lighting
candles, making shrines.
00:45:37.57\00:45:41.47
Those are old covenant practices
00:45:41.50\00:45:43.24
that are not
commanded in the New Testament.
00:45:43.27\00:45:44.94
They continue the old covenant
when they come to these days.
00:45:44.97\00:45:48.14
But when it
comes to the Sabbath,
00:45:48.18\00:45:49.78
they say, the
Sabbath was something
00:45:49.81\00:45:53.08
that belonged to the
Jews in the Old Covenant.
00:45:53.11\00:45:57.65
But even more telling than
what these very famous popes
00:45:57.69\00:46:01.12
had to say about the Sabbath,
00:46:01.16\00:46:02.96
that it was for the Jews,
00:46:02.99\00:46:04.33
it was for the Old Covenant
00:46:04.36\00:46:05.69
that Christian
Sabbath is now Sunday.
00:46:05.73\00:46:07.76
Even more seriously than that,
00:46:07.80\00:46:10.30
neither John Paul II,
00:46:10.33\00:46:12.50
nor Francis I,
actually believe...
00:46:12.53\00:46:16.50
John Paul is dead of course,
00:46:16.54\00:46:17.87
he didn't believe and
Francis I does not believe
00:46:17.91\00:46:21.18
that the story
of creation happened
00:46:21.21\00:46:23.71
as it is written in
the Book of Genesis.
00:46:23.75\00:46:27.98
They believe that
story is a legend or a myth.
00:46:28.02\00:46:32.55
It teaches spiritual
truth, but it's symbolic.
00:46:32.59\00:46:36.32
The days of
creation were not literal.
00:46:36.36\00:46:38.66
They were millions
and millions of years.
00:46:38.69\00:46:41.93
And this whole
world came into existence
00:46:41.96\00:46:44.30
through a process of evolution,
that's what the papacy teaches.
00:46:44.33\00:46:50.07
I wanna read a
statement, I have two here.
00:46:50.11\00:46:52.77
One from John Paul.
00:46:52.81\00:46:54.81
I'll just read
one little part of it.
00:46:54.84\00:46:56.81
He says, "That the
research that has been done
00:46:56.85\00:47:00.18
in the different
scientific disciplines
00:47:00.22\00:47:02.55
has proven that
this theory of evolution
00:47:02.58\00:47:07.96
is more than just a theory."
00:47:07.99\00:47:12.09
In fact, he says,
00:47:12.13\00:47:14.50
that this research by
these different disciplines
00:47:14.53\00:47:19.43
is a significant
argument in favor
00:47:19.47\00:47:22.24
of the theory.
00:47:22.27\00:47:24.11
Francis I said this,
00:47:24.14\00:47:26.74
"The Big Bang,
00:47:26.78\00:47:28.68
which today we hold to
be the origin of the world."
00:47:28.71\00:47:33.85
You see, he's
saying the papacy believes
00:47:33.88\00:47:35.48
that the Big Bang
gave origin to the world.
00:47:35.52\00:47:38.95
"The Big Bang,
which today we hold
00:47:38.99\00:47:40.66
to be the origin of the
world does not contradict
00:47:40.69\00:47:43.73
the intervention
of the divine creator,
00:47:43.76\00:47:45.93
but rather requires it.
00:47:45.96\00:47:48.20
Evolution in
nature is not inconsistent
00:47:48.23\00:47:50.83
with the notion of creation,
00:47:50.87\00:47:52.97
because evolution
requires the creation of beings
00:47:53.00\00:47:55.80
that evolve."
00:47:55.84\00:47:58.34
When we read
about... Listen to this.
00:47:58.37\00:48:00.31
When we read about
creation in Genesis,
00:48:00.34\00:48:02.88
we run the risk of
imagining God was a magician,
00:48:02.91\00:48:06.48
with a magic wand
able to do everything,
00:48:06.51\00:48:08.98
but that is not so.
00:48:09.02\00:48:13.25
He created human beings,
00:48:13.29\00:48:15.19
and let them develop
according to the internal laws
00:48:15.22\00:48:18.53
that He gave to each one,
00:48:18.56\00:48:20.23
so that they would
reach their fulfillment.
00:48:20.26\00:48:24.33
So the papacy
today does not teach
00:48:24.37\00:48:27.34
that the story of
creation is a literal story.
00:48:27.37\00:48:30.34
That didn't happen that way.
00:48:30.37\00:48:33.04
It's a symbolic story,
00:48:33.07\00:48:35.14
and creation has taken
place over millions of years,
00:48:35.18\00:48:39.01
actually, through a
process of evolution.
00:48:39.05\00:48:42.18
Now, this has
serious implications.
00:48:42.22\00:48:45.69
First of all,
00:48:45.72\00:48:47.06
on what do we base the idea
00:48:47.09\00:48:48.99
that marriage should be
between a man and a woman?
00:48:49.02\00:48:53.40
On the literalness
of the Genesis story.
00:48:53.43\00:48:56.93
If that story is not literal,
00:48:56.97\00:48:59.30
how can you defend marriage
00:48:59.33\00:49:01.04
as being between
a man and a woman?
00:49:01.07\00:49:03.64
The Sabbath depends on a
literal story of creation.
00:49:03.67\00:49:08.91
So if you say that
there were millions of years
00:49:08.94\00:49:11.08
and not literal days,
00:49:11.11\00:49:12.45
the Sabbath
disappears in a midst.
00:49:12.48\00:49:17.65
What about gender identity?
00:49:17.69\00:49:19.99
Is Genesis clear
on gender identity?
00:49:20.02\00:49:23.06
Male and female created them.
00:49:23.09\00:49:26.03
But when you throw
out the creation story,
00:49:26.06\00:49:28.23
you can have many,
many different genders
00:49:28.26\00:49:31.20
invented by human beings.
00:49:31.23\00:49:33.37
Because if the story
didn't literally take place,
00:49:33.40\00:49:35.40
how do you know that
there's only two genders,
00:49:35.44\00:49:37.37
male and female?
00:49:37.41\00:49:40.31
Furthermore, it
becomes even more complicated.
00:49:40.34\00:49:44.11
Francis I is always
speaking about the need
00:49:44.15\00:49:48.02
for the strong and the rich
to help the poor and the needy.
00:49:48.05\00:49:53.86
His recommendation totally goes
against the theory of evolution
00:49:53.89\00:49:57.06
which he believes in.
00:49:57.09\00:49:58.96
Because evolution functions
00:49:58.99\00:50:00.53
on the basis of the
survival of the fittest,
00:50:00.56\00:50:03.47
the strong win
and the weak lose.
00:50:03.50\00:50:06.30
So how can he say if
evolution is the strong win
00:50:06.33\00:50:09.80
and the weak lose?
00:50:09.84\00:50:11.21
How can you say
00:50:11.24\00:50:12.57
that the strong
should help the weak?
00:50:12.61\00:50:16.31
His recommendation
totally contradicts the theory
00:50:16.34\00:50:19.71
that he teaches.
00:50:19.75\00:50:21.08
And even further,
folks, even further than this,
00:50:21.12\00:50:25.22
how many more millions of years
00:50:25.25\00:50:27.42
is it going to
take for evolution
00:50:27.46\00:50:29.92
to work out the
wrinkles and defects
00:50:29.96\00:50:32.96
so that we have
a perfect society
00:50:32.99\00:50:34.93
where everything has
reached the climax of evolution?
00:50:34.96\00:50:37.83
How many millions of
years more do we have to wait?
00:50:37.87\00:50:40.37
What does that do to
the second coming of Jesus?
00:50:40.40\00:50:44.21
It delays it into
the distant future,
00:50:44.24\00:50:47.24
after the process
of evolution is ended.
00:50:47.28\00:50:50.25
That's the reason why the papacy
00:50:50.28\00:50:52.18
does not talk about
the second coming of Jesus.
00:50:52.21\00:50:55.98
Because if they don't believe
that creation was literal,
00:50:56.02\00:50:59.95
are they really gonna believe
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.32
that the second coming of Jesus,
00:51:01.36\00:51:02.76
a miraculous event
is going to be literal?
00:51:02.79\00:51:05.29
Furthermore, their idea
00:51:05.33\00:51:08.33
that for millions of years,
00:51:08.36\00:51:10.17
there was cruel
death in the animal world
00:51:10.20\00:51:12.90
because they teach
that for millions of years,
00:51:12.93\00:51:16.44
you know, animals
were killing one another.
00:51:16.47\00:51:19.14
The theory of evolution
is a very bloody theory,
00:51:19.17\00:51:21.48
this death long before
sin in the evolutionary model.
00:51:21.51\00:51:25.71
Let me ask you.
00:51:25.75\00:51:27.08
What does the idea of evolution
do to the omnipotence of God?
00:51:27.12\00:51:32.49
You know, isn't
God powerful enough
00:51:32.52\00:51:34.36
to make things
right from the beginning?
00:51:34.39\00:51:37.39
Can He speak and
make things perfect?
00:51:37.43\00:51:39.96
Does He have to use a mechanism
like evolution that involves
00:51:40.00\00:51:43.13
death and cruelty,
and suffering and pain
00:51:43.16\00:51:46.13
in order to
create perfect beings?
00:51:46.17\00:51:48.37
No.
00:51:48.40\00:51:49.97
God can get it
right from the beginning
00:51:50.01\00:51:52.04
because He is all
powerful, He is omnipotent.
00:51:52.07\00:51:55.84
Can't a wise God get
things right from the get go?
00:51:55.88\00:51:59.61
It's an attack on God's wisdom.
00:51:59.65\00:52:02.45
Is that an attack on
God's love and mercy?
00:52:02.48\00:52:05.12
He's the God
whose heart beats faster
00:52:05.15\00:52:08.06
when a little bird
falls out of a tree,
00:52:08.09\00:52:10.89
how could He condone a theory,
00:52:10.93\00:52:15.03
where for millions of
years animals are killing,
00:52:15.06\00:52:17.83
animals that are
strong are killing the weak
00:52:17.87\00:52:19.83
in the process of evolution?
00:52:19.87\00:52:22.64
Furthermore, if
the story of Genesis,
00:52:22.67\00:52:24.81
by the way, they don't believe
00:52:24.84\00:52:26.17
that the stories of
Genesis 1-11 are literal.
00:52:26.21\00:52:29.81
If that's true, then the story
of the fall of man into sin
00:52:29.84\00:52:33.78
is not literal.
00:52:33.82\00:52:35.15
And if that
story is not literal,
00:52:35.18\00:52:37.05
we do not need a savior.
00:52:37.09\00:52:39.95
The only thing that
needs to happen is that
00:52:39.99\00:52:41.76
we need to
develop to the point of
00:52:41.79\00:52:45.56
where evolution reaches
its climax of a perfect race
00:52:45.59\00:52:49.70
and a perfect society.
00:52:49.73\00:52:53.13
Those are the implications
of the Roman Catholic view
00:52:53.17\00:52:57.81
of creation.
00:52:57.84\00:52:59.97
And, of course they
would attack the Sabbath,
00:53:00.01\00:53:02.31
because the Sabbath is based
on a literal creation story.
00:53:02.34\00:53:05.98
So what is the final
controversy gonna be about?
00:53:06.01\00:53:10.25
Listen, the
greatest controversies
00:53:10.29\00:53:12.75
that Jesus had in His
day was over the Sabbath.
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Is that true?
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Constantly Jesus was in conflict
00:53:19.63\00:53:22.86
with the
religionists of His day,
00:53:22.90\00:53:25.37
because of the way
that they kept the Sabbath.
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In other words, the
issue in the times of Christ
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was the way.
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They kept the
Sabbath in the wrong way.
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At the end of history,
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the conflict is not
gonna be over the wrong way,
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but over the wrong day.
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Are you with me?
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Now, you're
saying, "Pastor Bohr,
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you say that the
final controversy,
00:53:52.33\00:53:53.90
the final conflict is
a conflict over days?"
00:53:53.93\00:53:58.90
There's
something deeper than days
00:53:58.93\00:54:01.20
in the final controversy.
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Let me ask you,
according to Daniel 7:25,
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who created Sunday
as the day of rest?
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According to Daniel 7:25,
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who changed the law in his mind
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and establish
Sunday as the day of rest?
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The papacy.
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The Antichrist.
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So what are you doing
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when you observe
Sunday as the day of rest?
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Whose authority
are you recognizing?
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You are recognizing
the papacy's authority.
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By keeping the day
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you're recognizing the authority
00:54:40.28\00:54:42.61
that claims to establish
the day as a day of worship.
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On the other hand,
when you keep the Sabbath,
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who established the Sabbath?
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God established the Sabbath.
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So when you keep the Sabbath,
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you are recognizing
the authority of the person
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who created the Sabbath.
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So behind this issue
of one day versus another
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is the issue of authority.
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Do you accept
the authority of God
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by keeping His
Sabbath, that's a seal of God?
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Or do you accept the
authority of the papacy
00:55:17.81\00:55:21.05
by keeping
Sunday as a day of rest?
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That is the issue.
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And you know,
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Sabbath and Sunday
are exactly opposites.
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You know, we used to
look in at the calendar,
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and you know, you have Sabbath,
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which is the seventh day
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and then you have the
first day of the week.
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But really, when you
look at it more carefully,
00:55:39.57\00:55:41.50
the Sabbath and Sunday are on
opposite sides of the spectrum,
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because Sunday is number one,
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and the Sabbath is number seven.
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They're opposites.
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Now, let me ask
you, what comes first,
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the genuine or the counterfeit?
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The genuine, right?
00:55:56.89\00:55:59.12
Or do we have a case
where the counterfeiter say,
00:55:59.15\00:56:02.26
hey, let's make a
counterfeit $30 bill.
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And the government
says, that's a great idea,
00:56:05.89\00:56:07.60
let's make a genuine one.
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Of course not.
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You have first
of all the genuine,
00:56:11.83\00:56:14.30
and then after the
genuine at some point,
00:56:14.34\00:56:17.57
the counterfeiters counterfeit.
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Now, let me ask you,
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what is the
original day of worship
00:56:20.71\00:56:22.58
that God established as a day
00:56:22.61\00:56:24.68
to recognize Him as the creator?
00:56:24.71\00:56:27.05
It's the Sabbath.
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Do you think that perchance
sometime later in history,
00:56:29.42\00:56:33.09
Satan would establish a day
00:56:33.12\00:56:36.62
that would
recognize his authority
00:56:36.66\00:56:39.06
and make it passed
off as God's day of rest,
00:56:39.09\00:56:42.80
as a crafty counterfeit?
00:56:42.83\00:56:45.63
Absolutely.
That's what he's done.
00:56:45.67\00:56:48.10
Ellen White says, that
he's stolen the allegiance
00:56:48.14\00:56:51.84
of the Christian world,
00:56:51.87\00:56:53.98
from the Creator
God, to the beast.
00:56:54.01\00:56:57.11
And unfortunately,
00:56:57.15\00:56:58.48
the Christian world
doesn't even know it.
00:56:58.51\00:57:01.52
They don't realize that
eventually by keeping Sunday,
00:57:01.55\00:57:05.45
knowingly keeping Sunday
00:57:05.49\00:57:06.82
contrary to what
the Bible teaches,
00:57:06.86\00:57:08.69
means that they
are going to receive
00:57:08.72\00:57:10.86
the mark of the beast,
00:57:10.89\00:57:12.23
they are gonna
worship the beast,
00:57:12.26\00:57:14.36
and they will suffer
the terrible punishment
00:57:14.40\00:57:17.43
that is mentioned in
the third angel's message.
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That's why we have a message
to bring to them, to tell them,
00:57:20.00\00:57:23.67
keep the Sabbath in
honor of the Creator,
00:57:23.71\00:57:26.84
because you love Jesus.
00:57:26.88\00:57:28.31
Jesus said, "If you love
Me, keep My Commandments."
00:57:28.34\00:57:30.91
If we love Jesus,
00:57:30.95\00:57:32.28
we will want to spend
the whole day with Him.
00:57:32.31\00:57:34.55
Don't we enjoy spending
time with the people we love,
00:57:34.58\00:57:37.19
the more the better?
00:57:37.22\00:57:38.75
So is it a great
sacrifice for us to say, oh,
00:57:38.79\00:57:41.82
now comes that Sabbath,
00:57:41.86\00:57:43.19
I'll be 24 whole
hours with the Lord.
00:57:43.22\00:57:46.73
What a bore.
00:57:46.76\00:57:48.23
No.
00:57:48.26\00:57:49.60
If you love Jesus,
00:57:49.63\00:57:51.47
you're gonna want
to extend the Sabbath
00:57:51.50\00:57:53.13
a little bit before and
after, because you love Him.
00:57:53.17\00:57:56.57
It's a memorial
of His greatness,
00:57:56.60\00:57:59.34
that He's the Creator.
00:57:59.37\00:58:00.88
And may we recognize that
00:58:00.91\00:58:03.04
and share this truth
with the world is my prayer.
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