Shall we bow our
heads for prayer?
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My Father in heaven,
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what a joy it is
to be in Your presence
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and how wonderful it is
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to be able to
open Your Holy Book
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knowing that with certainty
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we can know exactly
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what is gonna take
place very, very soon.
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And we ask that as we study
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about the Prophetic
Elijah the New Testament Elijah
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that Your Holy
Spirit will be with us
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to instruct us
give us understanding.
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And Lord, I ask that
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as we study the
New Testament Elijah
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that You'll help these lessons
to find lodging in our minds
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because in the
last two presentations
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we're going to
need the information
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that we study today.
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So give us clarity of thought
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and we thank You
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask in the precious name
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of your beloved Son Jesus, amen.
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The Old Testament
is really an open book.
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In other words the Old
Testament ends in expectancy.
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The Old Testament never
actually comes to an end.
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I'd like to begin our
study by turning in my Bible
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and I invite you
to turn in your's
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to the Book of Malachi
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the last book of the
Old Testament 4:5, 6.
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And you're gonna understand
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what I mean when I say
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that the Old
Testament is not a closed book,
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because the Old
Testament ends in expectancy.
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It's expecting somebody to come
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to prepare the
way for the Messiah.
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It says they're
in Malachi 4:5, 6
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"Behold, I will send
your Elijah the prophet
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before the coming of the great
and dreadful day of the Lord.
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And he will turn the hearts
of the fathers to the children,
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and the hearts of the
children to their fathers,
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lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse."
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Now these versus
were actually written
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over 300 years after
Elijah was translated to heaven.
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And so that we find
here 300 years after Elijah
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was taken to heaven
that God is predicting
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that a messenger will
arise whose name is Elijah
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and he will prepare the way
for the coming of the Messiah.
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In other words, we are to
expect another coming of Elijah.
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And that's the reason
in our first study together
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we dedicated so much time
to study the historical Elijah.
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Simply because
the historical Elijah
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is the
foundation for understanding
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the New Testament
Elijah or the Prophetic Elijah
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as well as the
Apocalyptic Elijah
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or the end time Elijah.
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Now this means
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that the Old
Testament is actually saying
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that we should
expect Elijah to arise
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before the
coming of the Messiah.
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Now today we're gonna study
about the New Testament Elijah.
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You see they are
three Elijah's in scripture
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we studied in our last
lecture the Historical Elijah.
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Today we're gonna study
the New Testament Elijah
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and in our next two topics
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we're going to deal
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with the Apocalyptic
or the end time Elijah.
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Now the question is who
is the New Testament Elijah
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who prepared the way for
the coming of the Messiah?
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Well, we have three
passages in the New Testament
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actually in the gospels
that I would like to read
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which show who the
New Testament Elijah was.
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The first of them is found
in the Gospel of Luke 1:17.
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Luke 1:17.
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It says here he
that is the Elijah
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that is prophesied
in Malachi Chapter 4.
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"He will also go before Him"
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that is before the Messiah
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"in the spirit
and power of Elijah,
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'to turn the hearts of
the fathers to the children,'
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and disobedient to
the wisdom of the just,
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to make ready a
people prepared for the Lord.
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So, you will notice in Luke 1:17
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and by the way, if you
look at the previous verses
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you'll notice that the
angel is speaking to Zacharias
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the father of John the Baptist.
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You'll notice here
that the son of Zacharias,
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John the Baptist was
going to go before the Messiah
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in the spirit
and power of Elijah
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to prepare the way for the Lord
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or to prepare the
way for the Messiah.
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This is the first
verse in the New Testament
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which actually tells us
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that Elijah was going
to be John the Baptist.
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Now there's another passage
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that I would like
us to take a look at
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and that is Matthew 17:10-13.
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Matthew 17:10-13.
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Once again we find Jesus
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identifying John the Baptist
as the New Testament Elijah.
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It says there, in Matthew 17:10
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"And His
disciples asked Him, saying,
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'Why then do the scribes say
that Elijah must come first?'"
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In other words,
why do the scribes say
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that Elijah must come
before the Messiah comes?
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And now notice the
words of Jesus in verse 11
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"Jesus answered
and said to them,
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'Indeed, Elijah is coming first
and will restore all things.
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But I say to you that
Elijah has come already,
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and they did not know him
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but did to him
whatever they wished.
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Likewise the Son of Man
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is also about to
suffer at their hands.'"
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And then notice verse 13.
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Who was Jesus talking about
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when He said that
Elijah had already come?
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Verse 13 says "Then
the disciples understood
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that He spoke to
them of John the Baptist."
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Very clearly Jesus believe
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that John the Baptist
was the New Testament Elijah
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not only because
in the Gospel of Luke
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he was announced to Zacharias
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as he would prepare
the way from the Messiah
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but because Jesus
here actually said
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the John the Baptist was
the New Testament Elijah.
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The third passage that
I would like us to notice
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where Jesus
identifies John the Baptist
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as the New Testament Elijah
is found in Matthew 11:11-14.
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Matthew 11:11-14.
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Here Jesus says the following.
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"Assuredly, I say to
you, among those born of women
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there has not risen one
greater than John the Baptist,
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but he who is least
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in the kingdom of
heaven is greater than he.
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And from the days
of John the Baptist
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until now the kingdom
of heaven suffers violence,
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and the violent
take it by force.
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For all the prophets and
the law prophesied until John."
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And notice what Jesus says.
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"And if you are
willing to receive it,
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he is Elijah who is to come."
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Notice that Jesus clearly
identifies John the Baptist
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as Elijah in Matthew 11:14.
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He also identifies
John the Baptist as Elijah
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in Matthew
17:10-13 and Luke Chapter 1
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in speaking Zacharias identifies
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John the Baptist
as Elijah as well.
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Now, I must make a
point of clarification
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and that he is
that John the Baptist
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was not literally Elijah.
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In other words he
was not Elijah in person.
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You see, the Pharisees believed
in that type of reincarnation
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and in the Gospel of John,
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you know, they ask John
the Baptist are you Elijah?
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And John the Baptist
says no, I'm not Elijah.
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So you say there's a
contradiction in the Bible
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because Jesus says that
John the Baptist is Elijah
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and John the
Baptist says I'm not Elijah.
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Well, there's no contradiction.
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They're coming from
to different angles.
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You say in John Chapter 1,
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John knows that
those who are asking
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him the question are asking
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whether he is
literally and personally Elijah
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and he says in that
sense I am not Elijah.
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Jesus says that
he John would come
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in the spirit
and power of Elijah.
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In other words John the Baptist
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was not Elijah reincarnated,
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he was not Elijah in person
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but he came with the same
spirit and power of the Elijah
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to perform the same kind of work
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that Elijah
performed in the Old Testament.
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Now what was the mission
of the New Testament Elijah?
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If you remember
in our last lecture
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we noticed that
Elijah the prophet
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the historical Elijah was
sent to an apostate Israel
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to bring them back to the Lord.
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He was not sent
to the Palestinians
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he was not sent
to the Babylonians
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he was not sent to the Egyptians
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his mission was directly
related to the people of God
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they were in
apostasy and the purpose
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of the Old
Testament Elijah was to bring
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God's professed
people back to the Lord.
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Well, the New Testament
Elijah has the same purpose.
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In fact, when Jesus came to
this world the Bible tells us
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that the Jewish
nation was in apostasy.
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The problem was not idolatry
at this point it was legalism.
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They believe that they
could work their way to heaven.
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In fact, we find
Jesus constantly rebuking
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this self-centered spirit
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the idea that you could
work your way to heaven.
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And so in the Old Testament
the problem was idolatry
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in the New Testament
the problem was legalism.
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But Israel was still in apostasy
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when John the Baptist
came to perform his mission.
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Now I want to read several
texts from the New Testament
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which show what
the mission and purpose
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of the New Testament Elijah was.
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And I've read
some of these before
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but I want to read them again
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because I want to focus
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on the specific
purpose for his mission.
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Notice once again Luke 1
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and we'll also
read besides verse 17
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which we read
before we'll read verse 16.
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Luke 1:16 this is
speaking about the mission
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of John the Baptist.
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It says here "And he will turn
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many of the children of
Israel to the Lord their God."
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Who was he gonna turn
to Lord their God? Israel.
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Not the pagans,
not the secular people,
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not the worldly people
his mission is targeted
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to those who
professed to serve the Lord.
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Could we say Christians?
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So it says and he will turn
many of the children of Israel
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to the Lord their God.
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If they make me
turning to the Lord their God
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it must be that
they have gone astray
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from the Lord their God.
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And so once again we noticed
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that the mission of
the New Testament Elijah
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is to bring God's
people who are in apostasy
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back to the Lord.
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I emphasize this
point time and again
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because when we study
about the Apocalyptic Elijah
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we're gonna notice that
the final Elijah message
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is targeted especially
to the Christian world.
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In the Old Testament Elijah
presented his message to Israel
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not to the pagan nations.
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The New Testament Elijah
presents his message to Israel.
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And we're gonna
notice at the end of time
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that the end time Elijah
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which is really a
movement as we're gonna noticed
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not one individual is
going to present his message
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not to literally Israel
but to spiritual Israel.
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Notice Luke 1:17 about the roll
of this New Testament Elijah.
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It says there and
we've read it before
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at the beginning of
our study this evening.
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"He will also go before him"
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that is the Elijah
will go before the Messiah
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"in the spirit
and power of Elijah."
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And now notice
what the purpose is.
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"To turn the hearts
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of the fathers
to their children"
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and now notice this
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"and disobedient to
the wisdom of the just."
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Is the message of
the New Testament Elijah
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a message of leading
people into obedience? Yes.
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Obedience to what?
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Obedience to God's law,
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obedience to God's
regulations, if you please.
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And so it says
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"and the disobedient to
the wisdom of the just,"
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and then notice this
"to make ready a people
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prepared for the Lord."
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So the purpose of
this New Testament Elijah
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as well as the
Old Testament Elijah
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is to bring God's
people back to the Lord
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so that when the Messiah comes
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they will be ready and prepare--
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prepared to receive the Messiah.
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Notice also Matthew 11:10
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which we read before.
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But now I want to underline
one particular aspect of this.
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Matthew 11:10
"For this is he of whom
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it is written 'Behold,
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I sent My
messenger before your face,
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who will'" what?
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"Who will prepare
Your way before Him."
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In other words, He is the one
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who comes before the Messiah
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to prepare the
way of the Messiah
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so the when Messiah comes
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the people will be
ready to receive Him.
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Now notice also Luke 3:4, 5.
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I'm reading all of these versus
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because the
thought comes through
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time and time again.
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The role of Elijah is to
prepare the way for the Messiah
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to leads God's
people away from apostasy
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so that they're ready
when the Messiah comes.
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And in this case, it's the
first coming of the Messiah
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not the second
coming of the Messiah.
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We'll talk about the
second coming of the Messiah
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and the Elijah
which prepares the way
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in our last two
lectures in this series.
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Luke 3:4, 5
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"As it is written in the book
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of the words of
Isaiah the prophet, saying,
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'The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
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prepare the way of the
Lord, make His paths straight.
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Every valley shall be filled
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and every mountain
and hill brought low,
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the crooked places
shall be made straight
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and the rough ways smooth.
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And all flesh shall
see the salvation of God.'"
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Now what kind of talk is this,
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where it says make his
past straight feeling valleys,
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mountains being brought low,
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crooked places made straight,
rough ways made smooth.
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What is Luke
trying to tell us here?
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Well, actually it's
very interesting to notice
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that this is really symbolism
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that deals with preparing
the characters of people
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for the coming of the Messiah.
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Allow me to read you
a couple of statements
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one of them is from that
classic biography of Christ,
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the Desire of Ages page, 135
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where Ellen White
is commenting about
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what these expressions mean.
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She says this, "Anciently,
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when the King journeyed
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through the less frequented
parts of his dominion,
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accompany of men was sent
ahead of the royal chariot
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to level the steep places
and to fill up the hollows,
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that that kid
might travel in safety
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and without hindrance.
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This custom is
employed by the prophet
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to illustrate the
work of the gospel."
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In other words,
the literal filling
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in of the holes on the road
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and the making low
of the bumps on the road
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represents the
preparation of the character
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to receive the Messiah.
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In the book God's
Amazing Grace, page 249
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we find this
statement which illustrates
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what these expressions mean
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making straight the paths
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and filling in the
holes and brain bringing
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the mountains
down or the hills down.
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Notice what the author
says in this devotional book,
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God's Amazing Grace, page 249.
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"The work of reformation
here brought to view by John,
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the purging of
heart and mind and soul
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is one that is needed by many
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who today profess to
have the faith of Christ."
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Notice once again the idea that
the message is given to those
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who profess faith in Christ.
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She continues saying
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"Wrong practices
that have been indulged in
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need to be put away.
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The crooked paths
need to be made straight
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and the rough places smooth.
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The mountains and hills
of self-esteem and pride
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need to be brought low.
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There is need of bringing forth
'fruits meet for repentance'
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when this work is done
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in the experience of
God's believing people,
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'all flesh shall see
the salvation of the Lord.'"
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So this work which is
described in symbolic language
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means hammering out a character
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which will be ready for
the coming of the Messiah.
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Something I
didn't mention last night
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is actually the work of reform
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of the historical
Elijah had the purpose
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of preparing the
people for the ministry
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of the prophet Elijah.
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That's a whole
different sermon in itself
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to talk about how that work
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that Elijah
performed actually prepared
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the way for the
great work of restoration
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which was made by
the prophet Elijah.
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In this case the preparation
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by John the Baptist of smoothing
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of the character so to speak
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so that people would be ready
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to receive the Messiah
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is illustrated by
the historical Elijah.
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Notice also Matthew 17:11
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and the role of the
New Testament Elijah.
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Matthew 17:11,
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"Jesus answered
and said to them,
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'Indeed, Elijah is
coming first and will'" what?
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"He will restore all things."
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Now let me ask you what
does the word restore means?
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It means bringing
something totally new
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that nobody knew before, right.
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Of course, not,
restore means to bring back.
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Obviously people had gone astray
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and therefore it's
necessary to restore
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that which people had forgotten.
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In other words the
purpose of John the Baptist
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was to bring the attention
of people to the prophecies
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of the Old
Testament about the Messiah,
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so that when the
Messiah would come
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the people would be
prepared to receive Him.
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Notice Matthew 3:1-3
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here once again it
speaks about the work
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of reform of the
New Testament Elijah
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and we're dedicated
a lot of time to talk
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about the mission of
this New Testament Elijah
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with God's
people preparing people
00:21:51.99\00:21:54.80
for the first
coming of the Messiah,
00:21:54.83\00:21:56.66
so that they would
receive Him with open arms.
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Matthew 3:1-3,
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speaks about the work of
this New Testament Elijah.
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"In those days John
the Baptist came preaching
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in the wilderness of
Judea, and saying 'Repent.'"
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Is that the message that
the Old Testament Elijah gave?
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Absolutely.
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"Repent, for the
kingdom of heaven is at hand."
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Of course, the kingdom of heaven
was gonna be brought by Jesus.
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Verse 3, "For this
is he who was spoken
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of by the prophet Isaiah, saying
00:22:30.90\00:22:33.12
'The voice of one
crying in the wilderness,
00:22:33.15\00:22:36.37
'Prepare the way of the
Lord, make His paths straight.'"
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Now do you
remember in our last study
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that the
historical Elijah restored
00:22:45.73\00:22:49.04
the covenant
sacrifice on the altar?
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Now I want to
notice how John the Baptist
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the New Testament
Elijah presented Jesus.
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John 1:29, you see the
Jews had a series of sacrifices
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that they offered but
it was just a routine.
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They didn't understand
00:23:07.68\00:23:08.71
what those
sacrifices represented.
00:23:08.74\00:23:10.75
They did not understand
00:23:10.78\00:23:12.02
that all of those
sacrifices represented
00:23:12.05\00:23:14.49
the death of the Messiah.
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And so now John the Baptist
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wants to bring the
attention of the people
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to the true sacrifice to Jesus
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to whom all of
those sacrifices pointed.
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John sees Jesus coming.
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It says there "The next day
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John saw Jesus
coming toward him,
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and said,
'Behold! The Lamb of God
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who takes away the
sin of the world!'"
00:23:38.16\00:23:40.69
So about the
Old Testament Elijah
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and the New Testament
Elijah restore the true gospel
00:23:42.50\00:23:46.26
of the sacrifice of
Jesus Christ for sin.
00:23:46.29\00:23:49.63
Both of them call an
apostate people to repentance.
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Both of them have the
purpose of preparing of people
00:23:53.30\00:23:56.27
for the coming in the
Old Testament of Elijah
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and in the New
Testament for the coming
00:23:59.43\00:24:01.28
of the Messiah Jesus Christ.
00:24:01.31\00:24:04.15
Now let me ask you,
00:24:04.18\00:24:05.41
did at the New Testament Elijah
restore the commandments of God?
00:24:05.44\00:24:10.56
Did he actually live and die
00:24:10.59\00:24:14.70
because he was
willing to take a stand
00:24:14.73\00:24:17.83
for the seventh commandment?
00:24:17.86\00:24:19.26
Absolutely.
00:24:19.29\00:24:20.61
In fact, notice
Mark 6:18, Mark 6:18.
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Do you know that the preaching
00:24:26.73\00:24:27.89
of the seventh
commandment actually is
00:24:27.92\00:24:29.70
what led to the
death of John the Baptist?
00:24:29.73\00:24:33.55
Notice what we
find there Mark 6:18
00:24:33.58\00:24:37.40
"For John had said to
Herod, 'It is not lawful.'"
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That's an interesting word.
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Did he preach the law?
00:24:45.16\00:24:46.65
He sure did.
00:24:46.68\00:24:47.90
"It is not lawful for you
to have your brother's wife."
00:24:47.93\00:24:53.45
And by the way
that cost him his head
00:24:53.48\00:24:56.57
literally speaking
not figuratively speaking.
00:24:56.60\00:25:00.70
Now John the Baptist also called
the people to produce fruit.
00:25:00.73\00:25:04.60
He said repent
00:25:04.63\00:25:06.44
and repentance is shown
by a change in the life.
00:25:06.47\00:25:09.94
Did the Old
Testament Elijah call Israel
00:25:09.97\00:25:12.27
to have a change in their lives,
00:25:12.30\00:25:14.39
in their method of worship,
00:25:14.42\00:25:15.92
in their attitude
towards the commandments,
00:25:15.95\00:25:18.17
in their attitudes
toward God the Creator?
00:25:18.20\00:25:21.69
Absolutely.
00:25:21.72\00:25:22.75
The New Testament Elijah,
00:25:22.78\00:25:24.25
John the Baptist also
call God's people to repent
00:25:24.28\00:25:28.50
and as a result of
repentance to produce fruit.
00:25:28.53\00:25:31.85
Notice Matthew 3:8-10.
00:25:31.88\00:25:38.44
Matthew 3:8,
00:25:38.47\00:25:41.79
"Therefore bear
fruits worthy of repentance,
00:25:41.82\00:25:46.86
and do not think
to say to yourselves,
00:25:46.89\00:25:49.36
'We have Abraham as our father.'
00:25:49.39\00:25:52.68
For I say to you that God
is able to raise up children
00:25:52.71\00:25:57.12
to Abraham from these stones.
00:25:57.15\00:26:00.32
And even now the ax is
laid to the root of the trees.
00:26:00.35\00:26:03.73
Therefore every
tree which does not bear
00:26:03.76\00:26:07.78
good fruit is cut down
and thrown in the fire."
00:26:07.81\00:26:13.28
Did John the
Baptist preach the need
00:26:13.31\00:26:15.77
to have the fruit of
the spirit in the life?
00:26:15.80\00:26:19.12
Of course.
00:26:19.15\00:26:20.34
He called the people to
a sanctified to a holy life
00:26:20.37\00:26:24.40
just like the Old
Testament Elijah did.
00:26:24.43\00:26:27.15
In fact, in John 15:8
00:26:27.18\00:26:31.25
we find Jesus saying
some very interesting words.
00:26:31.28\00:26:34.20
John 15:8 "By this
My Father is glorified,
00:26:34.23\00:26:40.03
that you bear" what?
00:26:40.06\00:26:42.46
"Much fruit, so you
will be My disciples."
00:26:42.49\00:26:47.72
And so both the
Old Testament Elijah
00:26:47.75\00:26:50.31
and the New Testament Elijah,
John the Baptist call the people
00:26:50.34\00:26:53.63
to live a holy life
to prepare a character
00:26:53.66\00:26:56.99
to receive the
Messiah when He should come.
00:26:57.02\00:27:01.51
Now you remember that
in the Old Testament Elijah
00:27:01.54\00:27:04.29
he preach a message of judgment.
00:27:04.32\00:27:06.78
When His message was
joined by the fire from heaven
00:27:06.81\00:27:10.69
we find that there
were only two groups,
00:27:10.72\00:27:13.82
there were the saved and lost.
00:27:13.85\00:27:16.11
Those who worship the true God
00:27:16.14\00:27:17.98
and those who
chose to worship Baal.
00:27:18.01\00:27:21.02
Let me ask you.
00:27:21.05\00:27:22.08
Did John the Baptist
preach a message of judgment
00:27:22.11\00:27:26.10
that there was
going to be a separation
00:27:26.13\00:27:28.25
between the
righteous and the unrighteous?
00:27:28.28\00:27:31.14
Absolutely.
00:27:31.17\00:27:32.39
Notice Matthew 3
and we'll read verse 10
00:27:32.42\00:27:37.51
and then we'll
jump down to verse 12.
00:27:37.54\00:27:40.00
Matthew 3:10 and
we also read verse 12.
00:27:40.03\00:27:44.58
And once again I
want to remind you that
00:27:44.61\00:27:46.97
here he is speaking to those
00:27:47.00\00:27:48.46
who profess to serve the Lord.
00:27:48.49\00:27:50.01
He's not speaking
to the Philistines,
00:27:50.04\00:27:51.65
he's not
speaking to the Egyptians,
00:27:51.68\00:27:53.64
to the Babylonians or to any
of those secular worldly people.
00:27:53.67\00:27:57.91
He is speaking of a separation
00:27:57.94\00:28:00.23
to take place among those
00:28:00.26\00:28:02.16
who profess to serve God.
00:28:02.19\00:28:04.37
Christians if you please.
00:28:04.40\00:28:06.52
It says in verse 10
00:28:06.55\00:28:08.11
"And even now the ax is
laid to the root of the trees.
00:28:08.14\00:28:13.87
Therefore every
tree which does not bear
00:28:13.90\00:28:17.41
good fruit is to cut down
and thrown into the fire."
00:28:17.44\00:28:23.07
Let me ask you
does a sanctified life
00:28:23.10\00:28:25.50
have anything to do with
our standing of the judgment?
00:28:25.53\00:28:28.76
It most certainly does.
00:28:28.79\00:28:30.19
Some people say we're
not saved by good works.
00:28:30.22\00:28:33.66
That's true but we won't be
saved without good works either.
00:28:33.69\00:28:36.86
Because good works
are an indication of true
00:28:36.89\00:28:40.68
and genuine faith, a
true of acceptance of Jesus
00:28:40.71\00:28:43.87
and true repentance.
00:28:43.90\00:28:45.33
If there is true repentance
00:28:45.36\00:28:46.98
there will be fruit in life,
the life will be different,
00:28:47.01\00:28:49.97
the life will be sanctified,
the life will be holy.
00:28:50.00\00:28:54.04
Now notice what
we find verse 12.
00:28:54.07\00:28:56.23
It says "His winnowing" this
is speaking about the Messiah.
00:28:56.26\00:28:59.72
"His winnowing
fan is in His hand."
00:28:59.75\00:29:02.24
Do you know what
winnowing fan was?
00:29:02.27\00:29:04.79
Actually what they did
is they would rub the grain
00:29:04.82\00:29:08.05
and then the
covering of the grain would,
00:29:08.08\00:29:10.72
would fall off and then they
would throw it up into the air
00:29:10.75\00:29:13.70
and somebody with a
great big fan would blow it
00:29:13.73\00:29:16.05
and then all of the
chap would blow away
00:29:16.08\00:29:18.56
and a grain of wheat
would fall to the ground
00:29:18.59\00:29:20.28
that's a winnowing fan.
00:29:20.31\00:29:21.74
And so it say "His
winnowing fan is in His hand,
00:29:21.77\00:29:25.87
and He will thoroughly
clean out His threshing floor,
00:29:25.90\00:29:30.51
and gather His
wheat into the barn" see,
00:29:30.54\00:29:33.18
there you have the righteous
00:29:33.21\00:29:34.77
"will gather His
wheat into the barn,
00:29:34.80\00:29:37.12
but He will burn up" the what?
00:29:37.15\00:29:39.17
"The chaff with
unquenchable fire."
00:29:39.20\00:29:41.63
Did John the Baptist
preach a message of separation
00:29:41.66\00:29:43.91
and judgment
based on your acceptance
00:29:43.94\00:29:47.06
or rejection of the Messiah?
00:29:47.09\00:29:49.23
Absolutely.
00:29:49.26\00:29:51.50
Now we come to a very
important juncture in our study.
00:29:51.53\00:29:56.18
Do you know that Elijah never
appears in prophecy by himself?
00:29:56.21\00:30:02.94
Whenever Elijah appears
00:30:02.97\00:30:05.49
his three
enemies appear with him.
00:30:05.52\00:30:09.61
This is where the
study's gonna become
00:30:09.64\00:30:11.22
very, very interesting, you see.
00:30:11.25\00:30:12.95
People did not love
the Old Testament Elijah.
00:30:12.98\00:30:16.80
See, he ended up
in the wilderness.
00:30:16.83\00:30:19.96
People did not love the
New Testament Elijah either.
00:30:19.99\00:30:23.39
He ended up where?
00:30:23.42\00:30:25.07
He ended up in
dungeon, he ended up in prison
00:30:25.10\00:30:29.01
because his message was
so direct, and so strong.
00:30:29.04\00:30:34.02
No political correctness,
no beating around the bush,
00:30:34.05\00:30:37.15
just like the
Old Testament Elijah
00:30:37.18\00:30:38.90
came in and said,
00:30:38.93\00:30:39.96
you are the man I
have not trouble Israel.
00:30:39.99\00:30:43.03
The New Testament
Elijah just as pointedly
00:30:43.06\00:30:45.39
said to the king it
is not lawful for you
00:30:45.42\00:30:48.18
to have your brother's wife.
00:30:48.21\00:30:50.03
In other words both Elijah's
preach a direct point of message
00:30:50.06\00:30:54.16
and when they do this
there three enemies surface.
00:30:54.19\00:30:59.80
Now let's study
about those three enemies
00:30:59.83\00:31:02.29
because whenever Elijah appears
his three enemies appear,
00:31:02.32\00:31:05.63
which means that
the New Testimony Elijah
00:31:05.66\00:31:08.50
must have three enemies
like the Old Testament Elijah.
00:31:08.53\00:31:12.62
What were the
enemies in the Old Testament?
00:31:12.65\00:31:15.36
Ahab the king,
Jezebel harlot queen
00:31:15.39\00:31:20.32
and the prophets of Baal
00:31:20.35\00:31:22.26
they did the biddings of Jezebel
00:31:22.29\00:31:24.97
because they ate
at Jezebel stable
00:31:25.00\00:31:27.78
according to what we
studied in our last lecture.
00:31:27.81\00:31:30.73
Now go with me to Mark Chapter 6
00:31:30.76\00:31:33.25
and let's begin
reading at verse 14.
00:31:33.28\00:31:37.14
At this time John the Baptist
00:31:37.17\00:31:39.44
the New Testament
Elijah is in prison.
00:31:39.47\00:31:43.69
I want to notice
how the story develops
00:31:43.72\00:31:45.91
the story of his martyrdom.
00:31:45.94\00:31:48.06
It says there in Mark 6:14.
00:31:48.09\00:31:52.11
"Now King Herod heard
of Him" that of his Jesus.
00:31:52.14\00:31:56.24
"For His name had
become well known.
00:31:56.27\00:31:59.14
And he said, 'John the
Baptist is risen from the dead,
00:31:59.17\00:32:04.54
and therefore these
powers are at work in him.'"
00:32:04.57\00:32:07.21
So he thought
that Jesus was Elijah
00:32:07.24\00:32:09.72
or John the Baptist
resurrected from the dead.
00:32:09.75\00:32:12.42
Verse 15 "Others
said, 'It is Elijah.'
00:32:12.45\00:32:16.34
And others said,
'It is the Prophet,
00:32:16.37\00:32:19.01
or like one of the prophets.'
00:32:19.04\00:32:21.43
But when Herod heard,
00:32:21.46\00:32:23.14
he said, 'This is
John, whom I beheaded,
00:32:23.17\00:32:27.18
he has been
raised from the dead!'"
00:32:27.21\00:32:30.20
Let's go to verse 17.
00:32:30.23\00:32:33.23
Notice verse 17, why was
John the Baptist in prison.
00:32:33.26\00:32:40.10
It says in verse 17
00:32:40.13\00:32:41.72
"For Herod" Herod
was the king, right?
00:32:41.75\00:32:45.47
"He himself had sent
and laid hold of John."
00:32:45.50\00:32:50.24
Who was the one
who laid of John.
00:32:50.27\00:32:53.14
Herod the king.
Why did he do it?
00:32:53.17\00:32:55.25
I guess he hated
00:32:55.28\00:32:56.36
the John the
Baptist the king did right.
00:32:56.39\00:32:57.90
No.
00:32:57.93\00:32:59.35
It says "For Herod himself
had sent and laid hold of John,
00:32:59.38\00:33:04.58
and bound him in prison
for the sake of Herodias,
00:33:04.61\00:33:11.02
his brother Philip's
wife, for he had married her."
00:33:11.05\00:33:17.22
Who was that wanted
John the Baptist in prison?
00:33:17.25\00:33:20.40
Was that, was that
the king, king Herod?
00:33:20.43\00:33:23.52
No.
00:33:23.55\00:33:24.58
Who was it? It was Herodias.
00:33:24.61\00:33:27.51
Let me ask you
00:33:27.54\00:33:28.60
was Herodias according
to the biblical definition
00:33:28.63\00:33:32.04
on adulterous woman?
00:33:32.07\00:33:34.36
Yes, she was.
00:33:34.39\00:33:36.07
Is she just like
Jezebel in the Old Testament?
00:33:36.10\00:33:38.88
She most certainly is.
00:33:38.91\00:33:40.38
Is Ahab very
similar to King Herod?
00:33:40.41\00:33:45.04
Yes, both of them are wimps.
00:33:45.07\00:33:48.60
When you read the stories
00:33:48.63\00:33:49.66
that have a very
similar character.
00:33:49.69\00:33:52.24
And Jezebel and Herodias
00:33:52.27\00:33:54.18
both have very
similar characters.
00:33:54.21\00:33:57.21
And so you have
this Old Testament Elijah
00:33:57.24\00:34:00.24
who has a king, for an enemy,
00:34:00.27\00:34:03.46
a Harlot queen for enemy
00:34:03.49\00:34:05.89
and the
apostate prophets of Baal
00:34:05.92\00:34:08.72
who do the biddings of Jezebel.
00:34:08.75\00:34:10.87
And the New Testament
Elijah has as an enemy Herod
00:34:10.90\00:34:15.46
and Herod's wife Herodias
00:34:15.49\00:34:18.34
and then one other instrument
00:34:18.37\00:34:19.87
that we're gonna
study as we go along.
00:34:19.90\00:34:22.43
Now notice Mark 6:18
00:34:22.46\00:34:25.16
what is that Herodias
hated about John the Baptist?
00:34:25.19\00:34:29.94
Why did she have him
thrown into prison by the king?
00:34:29.97\00:34:34.67
Oh, it says there in Mark 6:18,
00:34:34.70\00:34:37.57
"For john had said to Herod,
00:34:37.60\00:34:42.49
'It is not lawful for you
00:34:42.52\00:34:46.74
to have your brother's wife.'"
00:34:46.77\00:34:51.79
Did John the Baptist rebuke
this adulterous relationship
00:34:51.82\00:34:56.35
between the king and Herodias?
00:34:56.38\00:34:58.75
Yes.
00:34:58.78\00:35:00.09
Did Elijah in the
Old Testament rebuke
00:35:00.12\00:35:03.28
this relationship
between King Ahab and Jezebel?
00:35:03.31\00:35:07.36
He most certainly did.
00:35:07.39\00:35:08.61
Did that get them into
trouble in the Old Testament?
00:35:08.64\00:35:10.92
Yes.
00:35:10.95\00:35:12.00
Did the John the Baptist
00:35:12.03\00:35:13.06
get into trouble
in the New Testament?
00:35:13.09\00:35:15.25
He most certainly did
and he got into trouble
00:35:15.28\00:35:17.62
because he was preaching
00:35:17.65\00:35:18.81
the seventh
commandment of God's holy law.
00:35:18.84\00:35:22.36
Now I want you
to notice verse 19,
00:35:22.39\00:35:24.50
the plot gets very
interesting here, verse 19.
00:35:24.53\00:35:28.13
It says, "Therefore,"
because of what he preached,
00:35:28.16\00:35:33.32
"Therefore Herodias
held it against him"
00:35:33.35\00:35:39.21
and now notice this,
"and wanted to kill him,"
00:35:39.24\00:35:43.87
was she a murder as woman?
00:35:43.90\00:35:46.23
Was Jezebel murder this woman
00:35:46.26\00:35:48.44
who wanted the death of Elijah?
00:35:48.47\00:35:50.05
Oh, yes.
00:35:50.08\00:35:51.28
"Therefore Herodias
held it against him,
00:35:51.31\00:35:53.93
and wanted" to what?
00:35:53.96\00:35:56.27
"To kill him but she could not."
00:35:56.30\00:36:01.80
Was there
something that restrained her
00:36:01.83\00:36:04.19
from killing God's prophet?
00:36:04.22\00:36:05.60
Yes.
00:36:05.63\00:36:06.68
According to this,
there was some restraint,
00:36:06.71\00:36:09.66
could we even say
00:36:09.69\00:36:10.76
that perhaps she
had a deadly wound
00:36:10.79\00:36:13.89
that did not allow
her to kill the prophet
00:36:13.92\00:36:17.67
even though she
wanted to kill God's prophet?
00:36:17.70\00:36:21.90
And so she held it against
him and wanted to kill him
00:36:21.93\00:36:24.94
but there was something
that was holding her back
00:36:24.97\00:36:28.38
from killing God's prophet.
00:36:28.41\00:36:30.82
Now let's notice
Chapter 6:20, Mark 6:20.
00:36:30.85\00:36:36.13
Let me ask you was the king
00:36:36.16\00:36:37.98
by himself a menace
to John the Baptist?
00:36:38.01\00:36:41.66
No.
00:36:41.69\00:36:42.83
Was Ahab a menace to
Elijah in the Old Testament?
00:36:42.86\00:36:47.16
Was he the dangerous figure?
00:36:47.19\00:36:48.41
Was the king the
dangerous figure?
00:36:48.44\00:36:50.08
Absolutely not.
00:36:50.11\00:36:51.92
In the New Testament the king
is not the dangerous figure.
00:36:51.95\00:36:54.83
Who was he dangerous figure
in the New Testament story?
00:36:54.86\00:36:57.94
It's Herodias.
00:36:57.97\00:36:59.89
Who was the dangerous figure
in the Old Testament story?
00:36:59.92\00:37:02.93
Jezebel.
00:37:02.96\00:37:04.45
In both cases
they are harlot queens
00:37:04.48\00:37:08.36
who are committing adultery.
00:37:08.39\00:37:11.22
So, it says in verse 20
00:37:11.25\00:37:12.64
"For Herod feared John,
00:37:12.67\00:37:15.73
knowing that he was a just
00:37:15.76\00:37:17.80
and holy man,
and protected him."
00:37:17.83\00:37:21.88
Notice the problem was the king?
00:37:21.91\00:37:24.00
The problem is when
the king joined the harlot
00:37:24.03\00:37:26.89
and when the
daughter helped the mother.
00:37:26.92\00:37:28.80
We will come to
that in a few moments.
00:37:28.83\00:37:30.53
It says "And when he heard him,
00:37:30.56\00:37:33.28
he did many things
and heard him" what?
00:37:33.31\00:37:36.63
"Heard him gladly."
00:37:36.66\00:37:39.61
No, there's no
problems with the king,
00:37:39.64\00:37:42.00
the civil power was the problem?
00:37:42.03\00:37:44.29
The problem was
the harlot mother.
00:37:44.32\00:37:47.75
Now let's go
00:37:47.78\00:37:52.81
it says "Then an
opportune day came."
00:37:52.84\00:37:56.14
Let me ask you
opportune for whom?
00:37:56.17\00:37:59.95
Opportune for the mother.
00:37:59.98\00:38:02.79
In other words for Herodias.
00:38:02.82\00:38:05.22
"Then an opportune they came
00:38:05.25\00:38:07.78
when Herod on his birthday
00:38:07.81\00:38:11.36
gave a feast for his nobles,
00:38:11.39\00:38:14.28
the high officers, and
the chief men of Galilee."
00:38:14.31\00:38:20.16
Let me ask you
what do you supposed
00:38:20.19\00:38:21.64
they were
drinking at that party?
00:38:21.67\00:38:24.72
Water right, H20. Nice try.
00:38:24.75\00:38:29.90
In the Book
Temperance, pages 50 and 51
00:38:29.93\00:38:33.57
only an individual was drunk
00:38:33.60\00:38:35.29
would've offered half
of the kingdom for a dance.
00:38:35.32\00:38:39.21
Notice the Book
Temperance, pages 50 and 51
00:38:39.24\00:38:43.20
"The false
enchantment of the dizzy scene
00:38:43.23\00:38:48.34
seemed to take away reason
00:38:48.37\00:38:51.12
and dignity from
Herod and his guests,
00:38:51.15\00:38:54.51
who were flushed with wine.
00:38:54.54\00:38:58.01
The music and wine and dancing
00:38:58.04\00:39:02.08
had removed the fear and
reverence of God from them.
00:39:02.11\00:39:08.04
Nothing seemed sacred to
Herod's perverted senses."
00:39:08.07\00:39:15.48
What was Herod
drinking? He was drinking wine.
00:39:15.51\00:39:21.05
By the way, do you know
that the Old Testament story
00:39:21.08\00:39:22.79
I didn't mention this last time.
00:39:22.82\00:39:24.37
The Old Testament
story also involves wine.
00:39:24.40\00:39:28.58
You remember that King
Ahab wanted Naboth's vineyard
00:39:28.61\00:39:32.99
because it produced wine.
00:39:33.02\00:39:34.48
I won't get into that now
00:39:34.51\00:39:35.97
but there's a wine
involved in both stories.
00:39:36.00\00:39:40.29
And so here under
the influence of wine
00:39:40.32\00:39:42.77
he was not able to think clearly
00:39:42.80\00:39:45.98
about what he was
offering and what he was doing.
00:39:46.01\00:39:49.18
Do you know that
the influence of wine
00:39:49.21\00:39:52.32
blurs the ability to distinguish
00:39:52.35\00:39:54.58
between the holy and the common?
00:39:54.61\00:39:56.92
We have the story
of Nadab and Abihu
00:39:56.95\00:39:58.68
in the Old
Testament, tragic story.
00:39:58.71\00:40:02.52
The Bible says that they took
strange fire before the Lord,
00:40:02.55\00:40:06.69
they put it with the incense.
00:40:06.72\00:40:08.21
God had said take
the fire from the altar
00:40:08.24\00:40:10.17
that's holy fire,
they took common fire
00:40:10.20\00:40:12.75
and they offered it to
God as if it were holy.
00:40:12.78\00:40:17.76
And the Bible say a little bit
00:40:17.79\00:40:19.10
later on in the
story in Leviticus 10
00:40:19.13\00:40:21.20
that the reason
why they were not able
00:40:21.23\00:40:22.74
to distinguish
common fire from holy fire
00:40:22.77\00:40:25.09
is because they
had been drinking wine.
00:40:25.12\00:40:30.10
You have the same
story in Daniel Chapter 5
00:40:30.13\00:40:33.03
where Belshazzar
is having this banquet
00:40:33.06\00:40:35.75
the night that Babylon fell.
00:40:35.78\00:40:37.94
And the Bible says that
under the effect of the wine,
00:40:37.97\00:40:41.24
he call for the holy vessels
to be brought from the temple
00:40:41.27\00:40:44.63
of Jerusalem the holy vessels
00:40:44.66\00:40:47.30
and he used God's holy vessels
00:40:47.33\00:40:49.60
to put the common wine in
00:40:49.63\00:40:52.08
and to have
people drink from them
00:40:52.11\00:40:54.79
and that lead to
the fall of Babylon
00:40:54.82\00:40:57.55
as the drinking of wine by Nadab
and Abihu lead to their deaths.
00:40:57.58\00:41:03.28
In other words,
we have wine here.
00:41:03.31\00:41:05.46
By the way I'll get
ahead of myself a little bit,
00:41:05.49\00:41:08.07
does the Book of Revelation
00:41:08.10\00:41:09.33
speak about the
whole world being drunk
00:41:09.36\00:41:11.71
with the wine of
the Harlot Babylon
00:41:11.74\00:41:14.65
in the end time? Absolutely.
00:41:14.68\00:41:16.94
I just want to give you
an inkling of what's coming
00:41:16.97\00:41:19.23
because both of these stories,
00:41:19.26\00:41:21.10
both of these Elijah's
prefigure an end time Elijah.
00:41:21.13\00:41:25.43
All of the details
callous from the toast Elijah's
00:41:25.46\00:41:29.04
when you put them together
00:41:29.07\00:41:30.33
all of the details come together
in one great final Elijah
00:41:30.36\00:41:34.94
which is not a single
person but actually a movement.
00:41:34.97\00:41:39.05
So here you have the mother
00:41:39.08\00:41:40.27
who wants to kill
the New Testament Elijah
00:41:40.30\00:41:42.93
but there's something
that keeps her from doing it.
00:41:42.96\00:41:45.32
She has no power or
influence over the king
00:41:45.35\00:41:48.25
at that point she
needs somebody to help her
00:41:48.28\00:41:51.09
like the prophets
of Baal help Jezebel
00:41:51.12\00:41:53.47
seek out Elijah to kill him.
00:41:53.50\00:41:55.63
And now the daughter
comes in to the story.
00:41:55.66\00:41:59.91
Notice Mark 6:22
00:41:59.94\00:42:04.89
"And when Herodias' daughter
00:42:04.92\00:42:08.30
herself came in and danced,
00:42:08.33\00:42:14.06
and pleased Herod and
those who sat with him,
00:42:14.09\00:42:18.81
the king said to the girl,
00:42:18.84\00:42:21.65
'Ask me whatever you want,
00:42:21.68\00:42:24.84
and I will give it to you.'"
00:42:24.87\00:42:28.98
So now we have the third enemy
00:42:29.01\00:42:30.98
of the New Testament
Elijah coming into focus.
00:42:31.01\00:42:35.26
By the way, do you
notice the terminology
00:42:35.29\00:42:37.09
that we have here?
00:42:37.12\00:42:39.55
Herod is called
in this passage king.
00:42:39.58\00:42:46.28
In this passage
Herodias is called mother.
00:42:46.31\00:42:52.06
And in this passage
Salome is called daughter.
00:42:52.09\00:42:58.63
This will be picked up
in Revelations Chapter 17,
00:42:58.66\00:43:01.95
where you have the
mother off Harlot's,
00:43:01.98\00:43:05.20
she has daughters
and she fornicates
00:43:05.23\00:43:07.80
with the king's of the earth.
00:43:07.83\00:43:10.58
You have a triple alliance
00:43:10.61\00:43:12.18
in the Book of
Revelation as well.
00:43:12.21\00:43:14.21
And they bear a resemblance
in their relationships
00:43:14.24\00:43:18.30
to the figures that we have
00:43:18.33\00:43:19.36
in the story of the
New Testament Elijah
00:43:19.39\00:43:21.82
and the story of the
Old Testament Elijah.
00:43:21.85\00:43:24.49
So Herodias can do nothing.
00:43:24.52\00:43:26.22
She needs the help of whom?
00:43:26.25\00:43:28.49
Of her daughter
her image and likeness.
00:43:28.52\00:43:32.47
Notice verse 23.
00:43:32.50\00:43:34.65
By the way, who
is the manipulator
00:43:34.68\00:43:36.71
and the orchestrator that
stands behind the scenes here?
00:43:36.74\00:43:41.57
Who is the dangerous figure?
00:43:41.60\00:43:44.07
The king? No.
00:43:44.10\00:43:45.75
The daughter?
00:43:45.78\00:43:46.97
No, the daughter does
never mind of her own.
00:43:47.00\00:43:49.30
Like mother
like daughter, right?
00:43:49.33\00:43:51.51
She does just like her mother.
00:43:51.54\00:43:52.74
She's an the image and
likeness of her mother,
00:43:52.77\00:43:55.22
if you please. Notice verse 23.
00:43:55.25\00:44:00.37
"He also slower to swore to her,
00:44:00.40\00:44:03.28
'Whatever you ask
me, I will give you,
00:44:03.31\00:44:07.47
up to half my kingdom.'"
00:44:07.50\00:44:11.68
And now the story
really gets thick.
00:44:11.71\00:44:14.99
Verse 24, So she went out
00:44:15.02\00:44:19.36
and said to her mother,
00:44:19.39\00:44:23.30
this is so significant.
00:44:23.33\00:44:25.93
When we get the
Book of Revelation
00:44:25.96\00:44:27.63
we'll understand the full breath
and significance of this story
00:44:27.66\00:44:31.77
because this is
the foreshadowing
00:44:31.80\00:44:33.89
of a global worldwide
system at the end of time
00:44:33.92\00:44:37.41
which is spoken
of as the dragon,
00:44:37.44\00:44:39.32
the beast and the false prophet.
00:44:39.35\00:44:41.10
The kings, the
mother and her daughters
00:44:41.13\00:44:44.79
and they bear the same
relationship as in this story.
00:44:44.82\00:44:48.31
And so we find here in verse 24,
00:44:48.34\00:44:51.97
"So she went out
and said to her mother,
00:44:52.00\00:44:55.89
'What shall I ask?'"
00:44:55.92\00:44:58.33
Does the daughter
have mind of her own?
00:44:58.36\00:45:01.03
No.
00:45:01.06\00:45:03.30
Her mother is
the one who dictates.
00:45:03.33\00:45:05.51
Does her mother want to
use the king to kill John? Yes.
00:45:05.54\00:45:09.11
Can she do it
directly with the king? No.
00:45:09.14\00:45:11.15
So she has to use her
daughter in order to be able
00:45:11.18\00:45:14.51
to use the king to kill
the New Testament Elijah.
00:45:14.54\00:45:18.88
So she went out
and said to her mother
00:45:18.91\00:45:20.77
what shall I ask?
00:45:20.80\00:45:23.90
And she said the
head of John the Baptist.
00:45:23.93\00:45:28.75
That's amazing.
00:45:32.80\00:45:34.67
You know, you would think that
the daughter would say mother,
00:45:34.70\00:45:38.80
you've got to be crazy.
00:45:38.83\00:45:41.80
Did she say that? No.
00:45:41.83\00:45:43.81
What she just like your mother?
00:45:43.84\00:45:45.67
She was an image and
reflection of her mother.
00:45:45.70\00:45:48.86
Notice verse 25.
00:45:48.89\00:45:51.64
"Immediately" did
she think about it? No.
00:45:51.67\00:45:56.84
What her mother
said, that was it.
00:45:56.87\00:45:58.78
"Immediately she came in
00:45:58.81\00:46:03.79
with haste to the king
00:46:03.82\00:46:07.88
and asked, saying,
00:46:07.91\00:46:09.89
"I want you to give me at once
00:46:09.92\00:46:13.14
the head of John the
Baptist on a platter."
00:46:13.17\00:46:17.58
Is she just like her mother?
00:46:17.61\00:46:19.86
Yes, she is.
00:46:19.89\00:46:21.31
Is she the one who is
devising this plan? No.
00:46:21.34\00:46:24.65
She's doing with
her mother wants.
00:46:24.68\00:46:27.62
Is this the same story
00:46:27.65\00:46:28.70
that we find in the
Old Testament? Identical.
00:46:28.73\00:46:33.03
Now notice verse 26
00:46:33.06\00:46:35.32
how the civil power reacts
00:46:35.35\00:46:37.36
does the king now
know there's been had?
00:46:37.39\00:46:41.59
Yes, but it's too late.
00:46:41.62\00:46:44.05
Isn't right, it's too late.
00:46:44.08\00:46:46.45
The superpower
awakens, the king awakens
00:46:46.48\00:46:48.80
he said it's
terrible of what I have done.
00:46:48.83\00:46:52.54
Verse 26 "And the
king was exceedingly sorry,
00:46:52.57\00:46:58.24
yet, because of the oaths
00:46:58.27\00:47:00.19
and because of
those who sat with him,
00:47:00.22\00:47:03.31
he did not want to refuse her."
00:47:03.34\00:47:07.69
Interesting.
00:47:07.72\00:47:09.89
The political
power has given a decree
00:47:09.92\00:47:13.44
and the decree cannot be what?
00:47:13.47\00:47:16.11
The decree cannot be changed.
00:47:16.14\00:47:19.50
Does that ring a bell?
00:47:19.53\00:47:22.86
Now let's notice, how
the story reaches its climax.
00:47:22.89\00:47:27.24
Mark 6:27, 28 it says,
00:47:27.27\00:47:31.74
"Immediately the
king sent an executioner
00:47:31.77\00:47:38.31
and commanded his
head to be brought.
00:47:38.34\00:47:42.18
And he went and
beheaded him in prison."
00:47:42.21\00:47:47.32
And now comes
very significant verse.
00:47:47.35\00:47:50.35
"Brought his head on a platter,
00:47:50.38\00:47:54.16
and gave it to the girl,
00:47:54.19\00:47:57.30
and the girl gave
it to her mother."
00:47:57.33\00:48:03.67
Are you getting
the picture here?
00:48:06.34\00:48:09.27
Is this a threefold alliance?
00:48:09.30\00:48:12.07
It most certainly is.
00:48:12.10\00:48:13.78
Is the king the
dangerous figure? No.
00:48:13.81\00:48:16.34
Is the daughter by herself
the dangerous figure? No.
00:48:16.37\00:48:19.76
It's the mother.
00:48:19.79\00:48:21.58
The mother can't do everything
00:48:21.61\00:48:23.44
unless she uses her
daughter to influence the king.
00:48:23.47\00:48:29.23
Now let's go
back Malachi 4:5, 6.
00:48:29.26\00:48:33.99
Is John the Baptist the
last Elijah of scripture?
00:48:34.02\00:48:38.27
No.
00:48:38.30\00:48:40.62
Because the scripture tells
us that the end time Elijah
00:48:40.65\00:48:43.89
would arise before the great
and terrible day of the Lord.
00:48:43.92\00:48:47.57
And the first
coming was not the great
00:48:47.60\00:48:49.37
and terrible day of the Lord,
00:48:49.40\00:48:51.02
the day that's
coming burn like oven
00:48:51.05\00:48:53.23
it says in Malachi 4:1.
00:48:53.26\00:48:55.81
So John the
Baptist must have been
00:48:55.84\00:48:57.63
a partial fulfillment
of the Elijah Prophecy
00:48:57.66\00:49:01.16
not the fulfillment
of the Elijah Prophecy.
00:49:01.19\00:49:04.17
Do you know that
there are many prophecies
00:49:04.20\00:49:05.69
of the Old
Testament that received
00:49:05.72\00:49:07.08
partial fulfillments
with the first coming?
00:49:07.11\00:49:10.99
For example Joel Chapter 2
00:49:11.02\00:49:12.94
"I will pour out my
spirit upon all flesh.
00:49:12.97\00:49:15.35
There will be signs in
the sun, moon and stars."
00:49:15.38\00:49:17.40
There is no evidence
that on the day of Pentecost
00:49:17.43\00:49:19.53
they are were signs in
the sun, moon and stars
00:49:19.56\00:49:21.59
and yet that prophecy
was partially fulfilled
00:49:21.62\00:49:24.12
on the day of
Pentecost according to Peter.
00:49:24.15\00:49:27.27
So you have
prophecies in the Old Testament
00:49:27.30\00:49:29.31
that are partially fulfilled.
00:49:29.34\00:49:30.97
Another one is the
Book of Haggai, chapter 2,
00:49:31.00\00:49:34.00
where it says that,
00:49:34.03\00:49:35.33
that the desire of
nations of all nations
00:49:35.36\00:49:36.99
would come to the temple.
00:49:37.02\00:49:39.62
And that God was
gonna shake the havens
00:49:39.65\00:49:41.67
and the earth when
it came to the temple.
00:49:41.70\00:49:43.62
Well, the fact is that
when Jesus wasn't incarnate
00:49:43.65\00:49:47.08
the heavens on the
earth didn't shake,
00:49:47.11\00:49:49.14
so we have to expect a
second coming of Messiah.
00:49:49.17\00:49:51.60
In other words, these
Old Testament prophecies
00:49:51.63\00:49:53.98
have a dual fulfillment.
00:49:54.01\00:49:56.00
They are fulfilled
partially at the first coming
00:49:56.03\00:49:58.49
and they will be fully fulfilled
00:49:58.52\00:50:00.37
in connection with the
second coming of Jesus.
00:50:00.40\00:50:02.62
Notice Malachi 4: 5, 6
00:50:02.65\00:50:04.89
"Behold, I will send
you Elijah the prophet
00:50:04.92\00:50:08.78
before the coming of the great
and dreadful day of the Lord."
00:50:08.81\00:50:13.46
Are we to expect
that end time Elijah
00:50:13.49\00:50:15.43
before the great and
dreadful day of Lord?
00:50:15.46\00:50:17.36
Yes, because Malachi 4:1-3 says
00:50:17.39\00:50:20.09
that dreadful day
of the Lord is the day
00:50:20.12\00:50:22.44
that burns like an oven
when the wicked will be stubble.
00:50:22.47\00:50:26.44
There will not
neither be left root no brash
00:50:26.47\00:50:29.54
that is the dreadful
and terrible day of Lord.
00:50:29.57\00:50:31.61
God is gonna send
Elijah before that day.
00:50:31.64\00:50:35.51
He continues saying in verse 6
00:50:35.54\00:50:37.06
"And he will turn the hearts
of the fathers to the children,
00:50:37.09\00:50:39.89
and the hearts of the
children to their fathers.
00:50:39.92\00:50:42.17
Lest I come and strike
the earth with a curse."
00:50:42.20\00:50:47.05
I found an interesting statement
00:50:47.08\00:50:49.37
which was
written by James White,
00:50:49.40\00:50:51.74
the title of the
article is Elijah the Prophet.
00:50:51.77\00:50:55.27
This quotation is
found in the Adventist review
00:50:55.30\00:50:57.36
in Sabbath Herald April 5, 1870.
00:50:57.39\00:51:01.36
He says this "The
first and second advents"
00:51:01.39\00:51:06.12
or comings "are in many
respects parallel events."
00:51:06.15\00:51:11.71
Single prophecies
often contemplate them both"
00:51:11.74\00:51:15.86
in other word single prophecies
contemplate both comings.
00:51:15.89\00:51:19.54
"The prophetic
utterances glancing
00:51:19.57\00:51:21.84
from one to the
other in quick transition.
00:51:21.87\00:51:25.39
Such prophecies
receive a partial fulfillment
00:51:25.42\00:51:29.77
in the events of
the first advent,
00:51:29.80\00:51:32.31
and a complete accomplishment
00:51:32.34\00:51:34.85
in events
connected with the second.
00:51:34.88\00:51:37.94
Of such a nature
00:51:37.97\00:51:39.39
we believe are some of
the predictions of Malachi."
00:51:39.42\00:51:44.28
So basically he's
taking this principle
00:51:44.31\00:51:47.06
that some
prophecies of the Old Testament
00:51:47.09\00:51:49.60
are fulfilled
partially with the first coming
00:51:49.63\00:51:51.76
of the Messiah and
are fully fulfilled
00:51:51.79\00:51:54.93
in connection with the
second coming of the Messiah.
00:51:54.96\00:51:58.30
Ellen White in
the Desire of Ages,
00:51:58.33\00:52:00.52
page 101 concurs with this idea
when she says the following.
00:52:00.55\00:52:06.76
"In preparing the way
for Christ's first Advent,
00:52:06.79\00:52:12.24
he that is John the
Baptist was a representative
00:52:12.27\00:52:16.48
of those who are
to prepare up people
00:52:16.51\00:52:20.09
for our are
Lord's second coming."
00:52:20.12\00:52:23.40
In other words, John the Baptist
00:52:23.43\00:52:24.88
becomes a type of
God's end time people
00:52:24.91\00:52:30.02
who will proclaim a message
00:52:30.05\00:52:31.59
to the Christian
world like Elijah did
00:52:31.62\00:52:34.58
and like John the Baptist did.
00:52:34.61\00:52:36.82
But there's a very
important principle
00:52:36.85\00:52:38.45
that we need to understand
00:52:38.48\00:52:40.13
as we transition into our study
00:52:40.16\00:52:42.95
of the last day Elijah
and that principle is this.
00:52:42.98\00:52:48.34
In the Old Testament
00:52:48.37\00:52:50.66
and in the days
of John the Baptist
00:52:50.69\00:52:53.54
you are dealing
with literal Israel.
00:52:53.57\00:52:58.06
And you are dealing
with a literal person
00:52:58.09\00:53:02.51
on a literal
stage, on the local stage,
00:53:02.54\00:53:06.73
literal Jerusalem and Judea.
00:53:06.76\00:53:10.02
In other words because
the Old Testament Elijah
00:53:10.05\00:53:12.52
and because John the Baptist
are dealing with literal Israel
00:53:12.55\00:53:17.04
you have a literal person
00:53:17.07\00:53:19.08
speaking in a limited
geographical location.
00:53:19.11\00:53:24.53
The end time Elijah is different
00:53:24.56\00:53:27.51
because with the end time Elijah
00:53:27.54\00:53:29.95
you are not
dealing with literal Israel
00:53:29.98\00:53:32.88
you are dealing with what?
00:53:32.91\00:53:35.14
Spiritual Israel.
00:53:35.17\00:53:36.98
Let me ask you where is
spiritual Israel located today?
00:53:37.01\00:53:42.10
Spiritual Israel
is all over the world.
00:53:42.13\00:53:45.43
Spiritual Israel
is composed of those
00:53:45.46\00:53:48.28
who have received
Jesus Christ as Lord.
00:53:48.31\00:53:51.26
We find for
example in Galatians 3:29
00:53:51.29\00:53:54.95
it says "If you are Christ
when you are Abraham seed,
00:53:54.98\00:54:01.44
and heirs
according to the promise."
00:54:01.47\00:54:04.01
So in other words, Israel
today is not in the Middle East
00:54:04.04\00:54:07.54
according to the New Testament
definition Israel is worldwide
00:54:07.57\00:54:12.44
because Israel
is composed of those
00:54:12.47\00:54:15.02
who have received Jesus
Christ as Savior and Lord.
00:54:15.05\00:54:20.21
Which means that if Israel
is worldwide then the messenger
00:54:20.24\00:54:26.43
who is going to
bring the Elijah message
00:54:26.46\00:54:28.89
at the end of time
must be a movement of people
00:54:28.92\00:54:33.96
who proclaimed the same
message that Elijah preached
00:54:33.99\00:54:37.34
because one
individual is not gonna preach
00:54:37.37\00:54:39.50
the gospel to the whole world.
00:54:39.53\00:54:42.06
The three angel's messages
will find in Revelation 14,
00:54:42.09\00:54:45.41
are the final Elijah message
00:54:45.44\00:54:47.52
that go to every nation,
kindred, tongue, and people.
00:54:47.55\00:54:51.87
It takes a movement,
00:54:51.90\00:54:53.62
it takes a Remnant Church
00:54:53.65\00:54:55.28
to proclaim this
message to the world.
00:54:55.31\00:54:57.94
So in the Old Testament
00:54:57.97\00:54:59.43
and with the
New Testament Elijah
00:54:59.46\00:55:01.22
you're dealing
with literal Israel,
00:55:01.25\00:55:03.87
you're dealing
with the literal person
00:55:03.90\00:55:05.89
who brings the message
00:55:05.92\00:55:07.53
and the event is
taking place on a local stage.
00:55:07.56\00:55:12.55
In the end time you
have spiritual Israel
00:55:12.58\00:55:15.79
and the message will be imparted
00:55:15.82\00:55:17.64
by a movement on a
worldwide or global scale.
00:55:17.67\00:55:22.74
Do you understand this principle
00:55:22.77\00:55:25.09
it's vital for comprehending
00:55:25.12\00:55:27.56
how Elijah is gonna fulfill
his mission in the end time.
00:55:27.59\00:55:31.13
We're not talking
about one individual
00:55:31.16\00:55:33.43
we're talking about a movement.
00:55:33.46\00:55:36.06
But let me ask you
the end time Elijah.
00:55:36.09\00:55:38.95
He's gonna bring his message
primarily to the un-churched.
00:55:38.98\00:55:43.89
He's gonna bring his message
00:55:43.92\00:55:45.36
to the Hindus and the Buddhists
and all of those people
00:55:45.39\00:55:49.56
who don't profess Christianity.
00:55:49.59\00:55:53.09
You think that
the end time Elijah
00:55:53.12\00:55:55.63
is primarily coming to bring
00:55:55.66\00:55:58.46
his message to
the secular world?
00:55:58.49\00:56:00.54
No.
00:56:00.57\00:56:02.00
He's going to bring
his message to whom?
00:56:02.03\00:56:05.54
To Christendom.
00:56:05.57\00:56:07.87
In other words, Christendom
00:56:07.90\00:56:09.06
that has
apostatized from the Lord
00:56:09.09\00:56:11.92
and needs to be
brought back to the Lord
00:56:11.95\00:56:14.40
so they might be ready for
the second coming of Jesus.
00:56:14.43\00:56:18.24
So the Elijah message is
targeted primarily Christians.
00:56:18.27\00:56:22.74
Some people say
you're Adventist,
00:56:22.77\00:56:24.49
you're sheep stealers.
00:56:24.52\00:56:26.95
Because all you do is
preach to other Christians
00:56:26.98\00:56:28.94
in your evangelistic meetings.
00:56:28.97\00:56:30.33
Well, the fact is, that
Elijah was sent to Israel,
00:56:30.36\00:56:33.86
John the Baptist
was sent to Israel,
00:56:33.89\00:56:36.05
the end time
Elijah is sent Christendom
00:56:36.08\00:56:38.76
which has forgotten the true God
00:56:38.79\00:56:41.62
that needs to be that
brought back to the true God.
00:56:41.65\00:56:45.38
Our Christendom
which has mixed or blended
00:56:45.41\00:56:50.34
worship to the Lord
and worship to paganism,
00:56:50.37\00:56:54.13
you say how is that?
00:56:54.16\00:56:55.77
We'll study this but
let me give you an inkling
00:56:55.80\00:56:57.96
of what I am talking about.
00:56:57.99\00:56:59.20
The Christian world
claims to serve the true God
00:56:59.23\00:57:02.13
but they keep the day of sun
00:57:02.16\00:57:03.93
which is a pagan day of worship.
00:57:03.96\00:57:07.29
Bear was the sun God
00:57:07.32\00:57:09.12
and yet they claimed
to serve the true God.
00:57:09.15\00:57:11.45
The end time Elijah
will call the Christian world
00:57:11.48\00:57:14.59
back to the
routs, back to the truth,
00:57:14.62\00:57:17.77
back to the worship of
the true Creator on the day
00:57:17.80\00:57:21.38
which He has
established as a day of worship.
00:57:21.41\00:57:24.85
Don't miss the
next exciting episode.
00:57:24.88\00:57:29.90