Let's bow our heads for prayer.
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Our Father and our God,
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what a joy it is to
come into Your presence.
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How wonderful it
is to have Your word,
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which is a certain guide in this
world of confusion rebellion.
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We ask Father,
that as we study about
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what took place
in the Middle Ages,
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that Your Holy Spirit
will help us learn the lessons
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which will be useful to know
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what's gonna happen soon
on the scene of this world.
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We ask for the
presence of Your spirit,
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and we thank You,
for hearing our prayer
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for we ask it in
Jesus name, amen.
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The Book of
Revelation Chapters 2 and 3
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describes seven
churches which are known
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as the seven
churches of Asia Minor.
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Now the number seven is
not an arbitrary choice,
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there were other Christian
churches in Asia Minor.
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But the purpose
for which God chose
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these seven churches is
because the number seven
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represents
totality or completeness.
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In fact, most
conservative biblical scholars
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believe that the
seven churches represent
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seven consecutive periods
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in the history of
the Christian church.
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I'd like to begin
by reading a statement
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that we find in the book
Acts of the Apostles page 585.
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There, Ellen White was
the author of this book
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or the writer any way,
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has this to say
about the seven churches.
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"The names of the seven churches
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are symbolic of the church
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in different periods
of the Christian Era.
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The number seven
indicates completeness,
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and is symbolic of the fact
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that the messages
extend to the end of time,
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while the symbols used reveal
the condition of the church
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at different periods in
the history of the world."
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So this author clearly believes
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that the seven churches
represents seven consecutive
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periods in the history
of the Christian church
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from the days of the apostles
till the very end of time.
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Now Ellen White, the
author of Acts of the Apostles
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is not alone in this assessment.
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There are many writers today,
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who have a different view
of Bible prophecy than I do,
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who believe the same
about the seven churches.
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I could mention two of
the most prolific writers
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on Bible prophecy today,
Hal Lindsey and Dave Hunt,
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both of them have
gone in the record
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in their publications saying
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that the seven churches
represent seven consecutive
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periods in the history
of the Christian church.
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What this means is
that the first church
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Ephesus would represent
the church of the apostles.
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And the church of Laodicea would
be the church of the last days.
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The fourth church,
the church of Thyatira
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must really represent a church
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that is found
somewhere in the middle,
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a period that is found
somewhere in the middle
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of the history of
the Christian church.
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In fact, as I've read from
Dave Hunt and from Hal Lindsey,
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I've noticed that they believe
that the church of Ephesus,
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which is the first church,
represents the Apostolic Church.
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The second
church, which is Smyrna,
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represents the
church that was persecuted
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under the Roman Emperors,
the Pagan Roman Emperors.
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The Third church, Pergamum,
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actually represents the church
when doctrines of darkness,
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when error came into the church
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during the period of
the Emperor Constantine.
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And the fourth church Thyatira
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is believed to be the
church of the Middle Ages,
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the period of the Dark Ages,
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not only in the
writings of Ellen White,
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but in the writings of
many contemporary scholars.
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Now it's important to realize
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that in connection
with the church of Thyatira,
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you have the name of Jezebel.
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Now that's significant,
it cannot be literal Jezebel.
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Because Jezebel died
in the 8th century B.C,
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we already studied about that.
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So if the church of Thyatira
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has that woman Jezebel
influencing the church,
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it cannot be literal Jezebel,
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it has to be spiritual Jezebel.
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Because literal Jezebel at
that point was already dead.
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Now I'd like to read the passage
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that we find on
the church of Thyatira
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in Revelation 2:20-23,
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and so I invite you
to go there with me.
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Revelation 2:20-23.
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And we're not gonna read
the whole message to Thyatira,
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we're only gonna read
these verses from 20 to 23.
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Here Jesus says to this church,
the church of the Middle Ages,
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the middle
church, the forth church.
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You have three churches before
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and you have
three churches after,
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and you have Thyatira
which is right in the middle,
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which fits perfectly
with the Middle Ages.
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And according to most
conservative protestant scholars
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Thyatira is covering that
period of the Christian church.
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It says there, "Nevertheless
I have a few things against you,
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because you allow
that woman Jezebel."
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This is Thyatira
during the Christian age,
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this isn't the Old Testament,
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and literal
Jezebel is already dead.
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"You allow that woman Jezebel,
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who calls herself a prophetess,
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to teach and seduce My servants
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to commit sexual immorality."
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Other-- the King James
says, "To commit fornication
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and eat things
sacrificed to idols."
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So you notice two
problems with Jezebel.
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Number one, she commits
fornication and number two,
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she introduces into
God's people idolatry.
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Notice, verse-- what it
continues saying in verse 21.
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"And I gave her time"
the Greek word is Cronos,
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where we get the
word Chronology from.
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"I have given her
" Chronology " time
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to repent of her
sexual immorality"
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or fornication,
"and she did not repent."
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Therefore God says
what He's gonna do with her.
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"I will cast
her into a sickbed."
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In other words, for a while
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she's gonna be
out of commission.
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"I will cast her into a sickbed,
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and those who commit adultery"
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or fornication "with
her into great tribulation,
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unless they
repent of their deeds."
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And then I want you to notice
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that this harlot
woman Jezebel has children.
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It says in verse 23,
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"I will kill her
children with death,
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and all the churches shall know
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that I am He who
searches the minds and hearts.
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And I will give to every one
of you according to your works."
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So in the church of Middle Ages,
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you have this woman Jezebel.
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She introduces
apostasy in the church.
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The apostasy
includes fornication
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and it includes idolatry.
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And the Bible tells us
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that God gave her
Chronology time to repent,
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but she didn't repent.
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So God says, "I'm gonna
throw her into a sickbed."
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She is gonna be out of
commission for a while.
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And He also says, "Those
who commit fornication with her
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will go into great tribulation,
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and I will kill her
children with death."
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Now what does all of this mean?
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Well, you
notice that it actually
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is echoing what we studied
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in the Old
Testament story of Elijah.
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Now I want you to
notice as we begin our study
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then that Jezebel is the figure
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who introduces apostasy into
the period of the fourth church.
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Let me ask you who was it
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that introduced apostasy into
Israel in the Old Testament?
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Jezebel.
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Let's read it,
1 Kings 16:30, 31.
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1 Kings 16:30, 31.
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By the way, do you
have an illicit relationship
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between Jezebel and the king,
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between the civil
power and Jezebel,
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the harlot woman?
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Yes.
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It says, "Now
Ahab the son of Omri
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did evil in the
sight of the Lord,
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more than all
who were before him.
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And it came to pass,
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as though it had been
a trivial thing for him
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to walk in the sins of
Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
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that he took as wife Jezebel
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the daughter of
Ethbaal, king of the Sidonians,
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and he went and served
Baal and worshiped him."
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And so you have here,
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Jezebel introducing
the apostasy into Israel.
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She is committing
fornication with the king
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and through the help of the king
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she is imposing
the worship of Baal.
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And of course,
Baal was the sun-god.
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She's implementing the worship
of the sun-god in other words.
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Now Revelation 2:20,
I want to read it again,
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because we're gonna
do a series of parallels.
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Jezebel introduced the
apostasy in the Old Testament.
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Jezebel introduced the apostasy
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into the period
of the fourth church,
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the church of the Middle Ages.
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Revelation 2:20,
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"Nevertheless I have a
few things against you,
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because you allow
that woman Jezebel
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who calls herself a prophetess,
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to teach and seduce My servants
to commit sexual immorality."
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This is the New King James,
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the King James says,
"To commit fornication
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and eat things
sacrifice to idols."
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Two great sins,
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that is fornication
or sexual immorality
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and also eating
things sacrificed to idols,
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which means that there
was a practice of idolatry.
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Actually, during this period,
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we find this Jezebel
system doing three thing
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just like happened
in the Old Testament.
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First of all, there was a
controversy over the gospel.
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Do you remember
that in the Old Testament
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Elijah had to repair
the altar of the Lord?
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Do you remember
that John the Baptist
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had to introduce
the true Lamb of God,
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who takes away
the sin of the world?
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Well, during the
period of this church,
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you have a false gospel
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or a false
prospective of the gospel.
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Secondly, during this period of
the church of the Middle Ages,
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you have counterfeit worship.
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You have false worship
which needs to be renounced.
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And in the third place,
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this system we're gonna notice
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thought that he could medal,
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or thought that it could
medal with the holy law of God.
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Was this the problem
in the days of Elijah?
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Did he have to
deal with false worship
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by implementing true worship?
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Yes.
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Did he have to
reinstitute the true gospel
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by building the
altar of the Lord?
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Yes.
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Did he have to restore
the commandments of God?
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We study this, when we
notice the historical Elijah.
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Now let's notice these
three errors which Jezebel,
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spiritual Jezebel introduced
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during the period
of the Middle Ages.
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Revelation Chapter 13
and I want you to notice,
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a couple of verses here
in Revelation Chapter 13.
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It's speaking about this
period, forty-two months.
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We're gonna to come to
that a little bit later.
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This is the same period
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that has described
under the fourth church.
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Revelation Chapter 13
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and I would like to
read beginning with verse 4.
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"So they worshipped the dragon."
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By the way, the
dragon here is the devil,
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but it is also Pagan
Rome, which tried to kill Jesus.
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"So they worshiped the dragon
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who gave authority to the beast,
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and they worshiped the beast,
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saying, 'Who is like the beast?
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Who is able to
make war with him?'"
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So was there a problem
of worship during the period
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that the beast
governed on planet earth?
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Yes.
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Now how long did
this beast rule or govern?
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Notice Revelation 13:5.
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It says, "And
he," that is the beast,
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"was given a mouth speaking
great things and blasphemies,
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and he was given authority
to continue for" how long?
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"For forty-two months."
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Was this beast
given chronological time?
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Yes, forty-two months.
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Now if you do the calculations,
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forty-two months is
equal to 1,260 days.
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And it is also equal to a period
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which is called time
times and the dividing of time.
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This is the chronological time
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which is mentioned in the
period of the fourth church.
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So was worship an
issue during this period?
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Yes.
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It says, "They
worshipped the dragon
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who had given
authority to the beast,
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and they worshipped the beast."
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Now let me ask you,
was the issue of the law
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a problem during this period?
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Daniel 7:25, go with
me, it's a same period.
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In Revelation, it
speaks about forty-two months
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of the ruler ship of the beast.
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In Daniel Chapter 7,
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it speaks about time
times and the dividing of time.
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But notice what this power does.
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It says in Daniel 7:25,
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"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
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shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
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and shall intend to
change times and" what?
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"Times and law."
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Was there a problem with
the law during this period?
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Yes.
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Was there a problem with
worship during this period?
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Yes.
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It says, "Then the saints
shall be given into his hand
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for a time and
times and half a time."
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This is the period of
the church of Thyatira.
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This is the time
that God gave this system
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to repent the
chronological time,
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forty-two months,
1,260 days or years
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and time times and
the dividing of time.
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By the way, during this period
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was the true
gospel also trampled upon?
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Did it need to be restored?
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Absolutely.
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Notice Daniel 8:11,
00:16:09.22\00:16:11.38
where this same
little horn is spoken off,
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as trampling on the sanctuary
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and trampling upon the plan
of salvation in the sanctuary.
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It says in Daniel 8:11
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"He even exalted himself
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as high as the Prince of
the host," that is Jesus.
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"And by him" that
is by the little horn,
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"the daily sacrifices"
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A better translation
would simply be the daily,
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everything that
happens in the court
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and in the holy place,
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where God's people are
saved by the work of Jesus.
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It says, "And by Him
the daily was taken away,
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and the place of His
sanctuary was," what?
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"Was cast down."
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Was the altar cast
down in the days of Elijah?
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Did he had to take the 12 stones
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and restore the
altar of the Lord?
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Absolutely.
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And so we find the
same identical problems
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in the church of the Middle Ages
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as existed in
the days of Elijah.
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The true gospel
had been forgotten,
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the gospel of salvation,
through the Lamb of God
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who takes away
the sin of the world,
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the church institute of the mass
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and human priest intercessors
in place of the work of Jesus.
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In the second place
counterfeit worship,
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worship to images and to ideals
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instead of
worship to the true God.
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And in the third
place, a system that claimed
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to have the right to
change God's holy law,
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the very problems that
existed in the days of Elijah.
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Now do you remember
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what happened as a
result of the apostasy of Israel
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in these three areas
in the Old Testament?
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God withheld from heaven rain.
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Go with me to 1 Kings 17:1.
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1 Kings 17:1.
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We're gonna do a
series of parallels.
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We're gonna take
the Old Testament story
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then we're gonna
look at the fulfillment
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in the Book of
Revelation during the period
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of this fourth church,
the church of Thyatira.
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It says there
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"And Elijah the Tishbite,
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of the inhabitants
of Gilead, said to Ahab,
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'As the Lord
God of Israel lives,
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before whom I stand,
there shall not be dew
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nor rain these
years, except by my word."
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So let me ask you,
were the heavens shut
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so that they would be no rain
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during the period
of Elijah's prophecy?
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Absolutely.
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But now let's go
to Revelation 11:6.
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And I'm gonna show
you that during the period
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of this church
of the Middle Ages,
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the same phenomenon happened.
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Only it's not
talking about literal rain,
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you see rain symbolizes what?
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Rain symbolizes the Holy Spirit.
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Now notice Revelation 11:6,
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its speaking
about the two witnesses.
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"These have
power to shut heaven,
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so that no rain falls in
the days of their prophecy,"
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did the two
witnesses shut the heavens
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just like Elijah did
in the Old Testament?
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Absolutely, so that
there would be no rain.
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Now let me ask you,
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why is it that there was
no rain in the Old Testament?
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It was because of
the apostasy of Israel.
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God said that if
apostasy came among His people,
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He will withdraw the rain.
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In fact, let's notice
2 Chronicles 7:13, 14.
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2 Chronicles 7:13, 14.
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God is speaking
here and He says,
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"When I shut up
heaven and there is no rain,
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or command the
locusts to devour the land,
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or send
pestilence among My people."
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Notice, God says,
if I send locusts,
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if there is
pestilence among My people,
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if I shut up the heaven
so that there is no rain.
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"If My people who are called
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by My name will
humble themselves,
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and pray and seek My face,
00:20:17.04\00:20:20.41
and turn from their wicked ways,
00:20:20.44\00:20:23.14
then I will hear from heaven,
00:20:23.17\00:20:25.19
and will forgive their
sin and heal their land."
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Why was there this
famine in the Old Testament?
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Because of the
apostasy of the Israel.
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Why was there no rain during
the period of the Middle Ages?
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It was, because of the apostasy
of the Christian church.
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Now what is meant by the
fact that there is no rain?
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Listen, when there's no
rain what comes as a result?
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Drought.
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And as a result
of the drought, what?
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Famine, right.
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People start starving to death.
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Now go with me to Amos 8:11, 12.
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I want to show you,
00:20:57.33\00:20:58.78
what the famine in
scripture represents
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when there is no rain.
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It says there in Amos
8:11, 12 the following,
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"'Behold, the days are
coming,' says the Lord God,
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'That I will send
a famine on the land,
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not a famine of bread,
nor a thirst for water,
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but of hearing the
words of the Lord.'"
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What is the famine?
A scarcity of, what?
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A scarcity of
the word of the Lord,
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because there is
a scarcity of rain.
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Verse12, "They shall
wander from sea to sea,
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and from north to east.
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They shall run to and fro,
00:21:40.01\00:21:41.86
seeking the word of the Lord,
00:21:41.89\00:21:44.23
but shall not find it."
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Let me ask you, what was scarce
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during the period
of the fourth church,
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the church of the Middle Ages?
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What was scarce
was the word of God.
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There was famine in the land,
00:21:54.14\00:21:55.90
because there was no rain.
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To a great degree, God
withdrew His Holy Sprit.
00:21:57.70\00:22:01.38
And as a result the word
of God did not have effect,
00:22:01.41\00:22:04.42
because they live by
the traditions of men.
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And as a result, there was
famine for the word of God.
00:22:07.31\00:22:10.66
So in Revelation, the rain
is symbolic of the Holy Spirit
00:22:10.69\00:22:14.87
and the famine is
symbolic of the fact
00:22:14.90\00:22:17.17
that the word of God is scarce.
00:22:17.20\00:22:19.05
You're not talking about
literal rain and literal bread.
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You're dealing
with spiritual realities
00:22:22.06\00:22:24.40
in the Book of Revelation.
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Now the question is
how long did it not rain
00:22:25.62\00:22:29.18
in the Old Testament
during the period of Elijah?
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Notice James 5:17.
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James 5:17, speaking
about the experience of Elijah.
00:22:35.24\00:22:41.05
And it says this,
00:22:41.08\00:22:42.47
"Elijah was a man
with a nature like ours,
00:22:42.50\00:22:47.57
and he prayed earnestly
that it would not rain,
00:22:47.60\00:22:52.31
and it did not rain on
the land" for how long?
00:22:52.34\00:22:56.41
"For three years and" what
00:22:56.44\00:22:58.76
"For three
years and six months."
00:22:58.79\00:23:02.04
How long is that by the
way? Three and a half years.
00:23:02.07\00:23:07.32
So for how long did not
00:23:07.35\00:23:09.19
any literal rain fall
in the days of Elijah?
00:23:09.22\00:23:13.32
It was three and a half years.
00:23:13.35\00:23:14.98
Now let me ask you,
00:23:15.01\00:23:16.19
how long did the rain
not fall during the period
00:23:16.22\00:23:19.70
of the Middle Ages of
the church of the Dark Ages?
00:23:19.73\00:23:22.86
How long did rain not fall?
00:23:22.89\00:23:25.88
You think around
the same amount of time?
00:23:25.91\00:23:27.96
Yes.
00:23:27.99\00:23:29.02
But in this period,
00:23:29.05\00:23:30.43
the time is
symbolic, it's not literal.
00:23:30.46\00:23:34.13
That which was
literal now becomes what?
00:23:34.16\00:23:36.68
Symbolic. Elijah is symbolic.
00:23:36.71\00:23:39.59
Jezebel is symbolic,
because she is not alive.
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The false prophets of
Baal will find are symbolic.
00:23:42.44\00:23:45.04
Ahab is symbolic.
00:23:45.07\00:23:46.98
Israel
represents spiritual Israel.
00:23:47.01\00:23:49.50
In other words, we need
to understand the principle
00:23:49.53\00:23:51.49
that that which was
literal during the Middle Ages
00:23:51.52\00:23:54.44
and at the end of time
has a spiritual meaning,
00:23:54.47\00:23:57.63
a spiritual dimension.
00:23:57.66\00:23:59.35
Now how long did God
give Jezebel to repent?
00:23:59.38\00:24:02.00
We already have read
this. Let's read it again.
00:24:02.03\00:24:04.56
Revelation 2:21,
00:24:04.59\00:24:07.60
it says, "And I gave her time."
00:24:07.63\00:24:11.91
That word time is
the Greek word chronos.
00:24:11.94\00:24:17.17
And we get in English from
that word, the word chronology.
00:24:17.20\00:24:22.29
Do you know what chronology is?
00:24:22.32\00:24:24.20
Chronology, we speak
of chronological time,
00:24:24.23\00:24:27.52
it's a specific measurable time,
00:24:27.55\00:24:29.76
its not indefinite time.
00:24:29.79\00:24:31.56
So how much time did
God give Jezebel to repent?
00:24:31.59\00:24:34.97
He gave her chronological time.
00:24:35.00\00:24:36.68
How long was that time?
00:24:36.71\00:24:38.12
Three ways it is expressed,
00:24:40.06\00:24:42.00
42 months, 1,260 days
00:24:42.03\00:24:46.37
and time times and
the dividing of time
00:24:46.40\00:24:49.49
which is three and half times.
00:24:49.52\00:24:51.02
Let's read those verses.
00:24:51.05\00:24:52.42
Go with me to Revelation 11:3.
00:24:52.45\00:24:55.21
Revelation 11:3, it says there,
00:24:55.24\00:25:00.59
"And I will give
power to my two witnesses."
00:25:00.62\00:25:03.89
By the way that's the
Old and the New Testament.
00:25:03.92\00:25:06.21
"And they will prophesy
00:25:06.24\00:25:08.74
one thousand two
hundred and sixty days,
00:25:08.77\00:25:13.97
clothed in sackcloth."
00:25:14.00\00:25:16.49
So was our
testimony gonna be open
00:25:16.52\00:25:18.51
and powerful during this period?
00:25:18.54\00:25:20.30
No.
00:25:20.33\00:25:21.36
There were gonna be
testifying in mourning.
00:25:21.39\00:25:23.79
There was gonna be a
scarcity of the word of God,
00:25:23.82\00:25:26.70
because there was famine.
00:25:26.73\00:25:28.07
And the reason for the famine
is because there was no what?
00:25:28.10\00:25:31.14
No rain, spiritually speaking.
00:25:31.17\00:25:33.57
So how long were
the two witnesses
00:25:33.60\00:25:35.28
going to proclaim
their message in sackcloth?
00:25:35.31\00:25:39.12
One thousand two
hundred and sixty days,
00:25:39.15\00:25:42.67
which represent years.
00:25:42.70\00:25:45.54
Notice also Daniel 7:25.
00:25:45.57\00:25:48.58
Daniel 7:25, speaking about
00:25:48.61\00:25:51.65
the same period
as the two witnesses,
00:25:51.68\00:25:53.90
the same period as the beast,
00:25:53.93\00:25:55.83
the same period
as the little horn.
00:25:55.86\00:25:58.13
Daniel 7:25 says this,
00:25:58.16\00:26:02.50
"He shall speak pompous
words against the Most High,
00:26:02.53\00:26:05.89
shall persecute the
saints of the Most High,
00:26:05.92\00:26:09.46
and shall intend to
change times and law.
00:26:09.49\00:26:13.83
Then the saints shall be given
into his hand," for how long?
00:26:13.86\00:26:18.12
"For a time and
times and half a time."
00:26:18.15\00:26:22.59
How many times is
that? Three and half years.
00:26:22.62\00:26:26.38
How long did the drought
last in the days of Elijah?
00:26:26.41\00:26:29.37
Three and half literal years.
00:26:29.40\00:26:31.76
How long did the
drought last with the church--
00:26:31.79\00:26:34.31
the fourth church, the
church of the Middle Ages?
00:26:34.34\00:26:37.15
It lasted for
three and half years,
00:26:37.18\00:26:39.39
but these are symbolic years.
00:26:39.42\00:26:42.71
Three and half, you multiply
three and half times 360
00:26:42.74\00:26:46.81
and what do you get?
00:26:46.84\00:26:48.18
1,260.
00:26:48.21\00:26:50.64
You divide 42 months
by 30 days each month
00:26:50.67\00:26:54.59
and what do you have?
00:26:54.62\00:26:56.09
What do you have?
00:26:59.05\00:27:00.08
If you take 42
months 30 days each,
00:27:00.11\00:27:03.92
how many years is that?
00:27:03.95\00:27:06.07
Its 1,260 years.
00:27:06.10\00:27:09.49
These three periods
are the same period,
00:27:09.52\00:27:13.08
in other words, in
which this church rule.
00:27:13.11\00:27:15.62
So in the days of Elijah
00:27:15.65\00:27:16.92
and in the church
of the Middle Ages,
00:27:16.95\00:27:18.62
you have the
very same time period.
00:27:18.65\00:27:21.56
Now let me ask you
in the days of Elijah,
00:27:21.59\00:27:24.25
was there a
faithful remnant to God
00:27:24.28\00:27:27.82
that had not
bowed the knee to Baal?
00:27:27.85\00:27:31.25
Yes, let's read
about it. 1 Kings 19:18.
00:27:31.28\00:27:35.70
1 Kings 19:18.
00:27:35.73\00:27:39.76
It says here, God
is speaking to Elijah,
00:27:42.05\00:27:45.73
"Yet I have reserved
seven thousand in Israel,
00:27:45.76\00:27:51.46
all whose knees
have not bowed to Baal
00:27:51.49\00:27:55.34
and every mouth
that has not kissed him.
00:27:55.37\00:27:59.67
"So was there a
faithful remnant in Israel?
00:27:59.70\00:28:02.47
Yes, there was.
00:28:02.50\00:28:03.53
Elijah and
seven thousand others.
00:28:03.56\00:28:06.39
Question in this
church during the Middle Ages,
00:28:06.42\00:28:09.92
was there a faithful remnant
that rebuke the fornication,
00:28:09.95\00:28:13.43
exalted the law of God,
00:28:13.46\00:28:16.85
taught true worship
and rebuked false worship?
00:28:16.88\00:28:20.52
Yes, there was.
00:28:20.55\00:28:21.95
Notice Revelation 2:24, 25
00:28:21.98\00:28:25.27
it's speaking here
about the church of Thyatira,
00:28:25.30\00:28:28.18
the church of the Middle Ages.
00:28:28.21\00:28:29.86
It says there,
"Now to you I say,
00:28:29.89\00:28:34.98
and to the rest in Thyatira,"
00:28:35.01\00:28:37.26
the word rest
there is the Greek word
00:28:37.29\00:28:39.59
loipos which means remnant.
00:28:39.62\00:28:42.68
It could be translated remnant.
00:28:42.71\00:28:44.43
"Now to you I say, and
to the remnant in Thyatira,
00:28:44.46\00:28:49.51
as many as do not
have this doctrine."
00:28:49.54\00:28:52.33
That is the doctrine of Jezebel.
00:28:52.36\00:28:54.87
"Who have not known
the depths of Satan,
00:28:54.90\00:28:57.41
as they say, I will
put on you no other burden.
00:28:57.44\00:29:00.81
But hold fast what
you have till I come."
00:29:00.84\00:29:05.02
So did God have a remnant
in the church of Thyatira,
00:29:05.05\00:29:08.02
the church of the Middle Ages?
00:29:08.05\00:29:09.48
Yes, like He had a remnant
00:29:09.51\00:29:11.53
in the church of
the Old Testament
00:29:11.56\00:29:13.83
where Elijah
and Ahab and Jezebel
00:29:13.86\00:29:18.23
and the false
prophets of Baal existed.
00:29:18.26\00:29:21.89
Now in the Old
Testament, who was blamed
00:29:21.92\00:29:24.49
for the calamities
that were taking place,
00:29:24.52\00:29:26.93
and who was sort everywhere
as a result of being blamed?
00:29:26.96\00:29:32.42
Elijah.
00:29:32.45\00:29:33.67
Did that same thing
happened with the church
00:29:33.70\00:29:35.63
during the Middle Ages?
00:29:35.66\00:29:36.71
Absolutely.
00:29:36.74\00:29:38.52
Let's read, first of
all, from the Old Testament.
00:29:38.55\00:29:40.53
1 Kings Chapter 18
00:29:40.56\00:29:43.04
and we're going
to read verse 10.
00:29:43.07\00:29:46.13
1 Kings 18:10,
00:29:46.16\00:29:48.71
and then we'll
jump down to verse 17.
00:29:48.74\00:29:52.49
"As the Lord your God lives,
00:29:52.52\00:29:54.82
there is no nation or kingdom
00:29:54.85\00:29:56.87
where my master has not sent"
00:29:56.90\00:30:00.49
this is Obadiah speaking.
00:30:00.52\00:30:02.17
"Where my master has not
sent someone to hunt for you,
00:30:02.20\00:30:06.95
and when they
said, 'He is not here,'
00:30:06.98\00:30:09.60
he took an oath from the kingdom
00:30:09.63\00:30:12.24
or nation that they
could not find you."
00:30:12.27\00:30:15.04
So were they seeking Elijah
00:30:15.07\00:30:17.30
everywhere to take care of him?
00:30:17.33\00:30:19.10
Absolutely.
00:30:19.13\00:30:20.55
Notice 18:17,
00:30:20.58\00:30:24.58
when Elijah finally
appears before King Ahab.
00:30:24.61\00:30:29.39
We find these
words, "Then it happened,
00:30:29.42\00:30:31.49
when Ahab saw Elijah,
that Ahab said to him,
00:30:31.52\00:30:35.67
'Is that you, O
troubler of Israel?'"
00:30:35.70\00:30:39.71
So who is blamed
for the calamities?
00:30:41.20\00:30:43.63
Elijah was blamed.
00:30:43.66\00:30:44.86
Do they seek
him out every where?
00:30:44.89\00:30:46.66
They almost certainly did.
00:30:46.69\00:30:47.92
Let me ask you, did
the same thing happen
00:30:47.95\00:30:49.72
with the church
of the Middle Ages?
00:30:49.75\00:30:51.99
Go with me to Revelation 12:6.
00:30:52.02\00:30:54.58
Revelation 12:6, and there are
several elements in this verse
00:30:54.61\00:30:58.98
but I'm only gonna underline
them one by one as we go along.
00:30:59.01\00:31:02.47
It says there, in
verse 6 of Revelation 12,
00:31:02.50\00:31:06.87
"Then the woman"
00:31:06.90\00:31:07.93
which is the
symbol of the church,
00:31:07.96\00:31:09.18
the faithful church.
00:31:09.21\00:31:10.35
"Fled into the wilderness,
00:31:10.38\00:31:12.59
where she has a
place prepared by God,
00:31:12.62\00:31:14.68
that they should feed her there
00:31:14.71\00:31:16.17
one thousand two
hundred and sixty days."
00:31:16.20\00:31:20.92
Is that the same time period
00:31:20.95\00:31:22.20
that we noticed for
the church of Thyatira
00:31:22.23\00:31:24.31
and that we noticed
for the little horn,
00:31:24.34\00:31:26.15
the beast and all these
powers that are mentioned
00:31:26.18\00:31:29.11
that describe the
church in the Middle Ages?
00:31:29.14\00:31:31.32
Absolutely.
00:31:31.35\00:31:32.84
And so the woman
which is the faithful church
00:31:32.87\00:31:36.44
flees into the wilderness
and why would she flee?
00:31:36.47\00:31:40.06
Do you think
she's going on vacation?
00:31:42.02\00:31:43.96
Absolutely not.
00:31:43.99\00:31:45.02
She flees,
because she's being, what?
00:31:45.05\00:31:47.31
Persecuted.
00:31:47.34\00:31:48.93
In fact, we read
already from Daniel 7:25,
00:31:48.96\00:31:52.91
where it says, "That the saints
00:31:52.94\00:31:54.49
would be given into his hands,
00:31:54.52\00:31:56.16
he would persecute the
saints of the Most High
00:31:56.19\00:31:58.40
and he would be given into his--
00:31:58.43\00:32:00.33
they would be given
into his hands for time times
00:32:00.36\00:32:03.65
and the dividing of time."
00:32:03.68\00:32:05.01
Daniel 8 paints a picture also
00:32:05.04\00:32:07.24
of this power
persecuting God's people
00:32:07.27\00:32:09.68
and God's people
running for the mountains.
00:32:09.71\00:32:11.92
And I could mention
for example the Waldenses,
00:32:11.95\00:32:15.08
who were
persecuted by this system.
00:32:15.11\00:32:18.85
Now where did Elijah flee to,
00:32:18.88\00:32:22.59
when He was persecuted,
00:32:22.62\00:32:23.92
because he was blamed
for what was happening?
00:32:23.95\00:32:26.64
He fled to the
Wilderness. Notice 1 Kings 17:3.
00:32:26.67\00:32:31.53
1 Kings 17:3.
00:32:31.56\00:32:34.29
"Get away from
here and turn eastward,
00:32:35.56\00:32:39.93
and hide by the Brook Cherith,
00:32:39.96\00:32:43.10
which flows into the Jordan."
00:32:43.13\00:32:45.07
And so Elijah flees
into the wilderness.
00:32:45.10\00:32:48.96
Where did the true church flee
00:32:48.99\00:32:51.08
during the period
of the Middle Ages,
00:32:51.11\00:32:53.16
during the church of Thyatira
00:32:53.19\00:32:54.77
which is dominated
by that woman, Jezebel?
00:32:54.80\00:32:58.42
Revelation 12 and
we're gonna read verse 6
00:32:58.45\00:33:01.83
and then we're gonna
jump down to verse 14.
00:33:01.86\00:33:04.58
Revelation 12:6 says,
00:33:04.61\00:33:06.87
"Then the woman
fled into" where?
00:33:06.90\00:33:09.61
"Into the wilderness,
00:33:09.64\00:33:12.04
where she has a
place prepared by God."
00:33:12.07\00:33:13.70
Let me ask you,
was there a place
00:33:13.73\00:33:14.93
prepared for
Elijah, when he fled?
00:33:14.96\00:33:17.33
Did God have a place
already and He say go there,
00:33:17.36\00:33:19.50
because that's where
I'm gonna protect you.
00:33:19.53\00:33:21.23
Absolutely.
00:33:21.26\00:33:22.81
"Where she has a
place prepared by God,
00:33:22.84\00:33:24.65
that they should feed her there
00:33:24.68\00:33:25.93
one thousand two
hundred and sixty days."
00:33:25.96\00:33:28.10
Verse 14, "But
the woman was given
00:33:28.13\00:33:30.55
two wings of a great eagle,
00:33:30.58\00:33:32.30
that she might fly
00:33:32.33\00:33:33.54
into the
wilderness to her place,
00:33:33.57\00:33:35.75
where she is
nourished for a time and times
00:33:35.78\00:33:39.40
and half a time,
00:33:39.43\00:33:40.77
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:33:40.80\00:33:43.04
So did the true
church during this period
00:33:43.07\00:33:45.56
flee into the wilderness,
into the desolate places,
00:33:45.59\00:33:49.00
just like Elijah did?
00:33:49.03\00:33:50.21
Absolutely.
00:33:50.24\00:33:51.49
Now let me ask you,
in the Old Testament
00:33:51.52\00:33:53.61
who sustained and fed
Elijah and gave him his water?
00:33:53.64\00:33:59.33
God did miraculously.
00:33:59.36\00:34:02.41
How about during the Middle Ages
00:34:02.44\00:34:03.90
is that what happened
when Jezebel was working
00:34:03.93\00:34:05.77
in the fourth church Thyatira,
00:34:05.80\00:34:07.58
the beast, the little horn,
00:34:07.61\00:34:09.40
the harlot, if you please?
00:34:09.43\00:34:11.22
Absolutely.
00:34:11.25\00:34:12.83
Notice what we
find in 1 Kings 17:4-6,
00:34:12.86\00:34:15.54
speaking first
of all about Elijah.
00:34:15.57\00:34:17.46
1 Kings 17:4, it says,
00:34:17.49\00:34:20.47
"And it will be that you
shall drink from the brook."
00:34:20.50\00:34:23.48
This is what God has a
place prepared for Elijah.
00:34:23.51\00:34:26.37
"And I have commanded the
ravens to feed you there."
00:34:26.40\00:34:30.51
And then it says, following
00:34:30.54\00:34:33.49
"The ravens brought him
bread and meat in the morning,
00:34:33.52\00:34:38.53
and bread and
meat in the evening,
00:34:38.56\00:34:41.10
and he drank from the brook."
00:34:41.13\00:34:43.61
Was he sustained
miraculously by God?
00:34:43.64\00:34:46.08
Was he fed there by
God? He most certainly was.
00:34:46.11\00:34:48.58
How about the church
during the Middle Ages?
00:34:48.61\00:34:51.02
Was it fed and sustained by God?
00:34:51.05\00:34:53.01
Notice Revelation
12:6, 14 once again.
00:34:53.04\00:34:56.61
Revelation 12:6, it says,
00:34:56.64\00:34:59.08
"Then the woman
fled into the wilderness,
00:34:59.11\00:35:01.35
where she has a
place prepared for God,
00:35:01.38\00:35:03.71
that they should" what?
00:35:03.74\00:35:06.01
"Feed her there one thousand
two hundred and sixty days."
00:35:06.04\00:35:12.08
Same time period
that Elijah was feed.
00:35:12.11\00:35:14.89
Now let's jump down to verse 14,
00:35:14.92\00:35:17.14
"But the woman was given
two wings of a great eagle,
00:35:17.17\00:35:19.95
that she might fly into
the wilderness to her place,
00:35:19.98\00:35:23.59
where she is," what?
00:35:23.62\00:35:25.78
"Nourished for a time
and times and half a time,
00:35:25.81\00:35:30.55
from the
presence of the serpent."
00:35:30.58\00:35:32.54
Question, in the days of Elijah,
00:35:32.57\00:35:35.08
was there an
adulterous relationship
00:35:35.11\00:35:37.48
between the king and Jezebel?
00:35:37.51\00:35:40.05
Yes, there was.
00:35:40.08\00:35:41.13
During the Middle Ages,
00:35:41.16\00:35:42.22
was there an adulterous
spiritual relationship
00:35:42.25\00:35:45.15
between the
church and the state?
00:35:45.18\00:35:47.02
Yes.
00:35:47.05\00:35:48.30
You see the
fornication is not literal
00:35:48.33\00:35:50.42
during the Middle Ages.
00:35:50.45\00:35:51.48
The fornication
is what? Spiritual.
00:35:51.51\00:35:54.41
In fact, let's go to
Revelation Chapter 17.
00:35:54.44\00:35:56.82
Revelation Chapter 17
and I want to read verse 2.
00:35:56.85\00:36:00.57
Revelation 17:2,
00:36:00.60\00:36:02.64
it's speaking
about this great harlot,
00:36:02.67\00:36:04.63
who is sitting on many waters
00:36:04.66\00:36:06.00
and we're gonna study this
00:36:06.03\00:36:07.09
in our last
lecture in this series.
00:36:07.12\00:36:09.19
It speaks about this harlot
and then we'll find in verse 2,
00:36:09.22\00:36:12.22
"With whom the kings of
the earth committed," what?"
00:36:12.25\00:36:17.30
Fornication," there it is.
00:36:17.33\00:36:19.71
"And the inhabitants of
the earth were made drunk
00:36:19.74\00:36:23.12
with the wine of
her fornication."
00:36:23.15\00:36:26.92
So in the Old Testament,
00:36:26.95\00:36:29.32
there was this
adulterous relationship
00:36:29.35\00:36:31.37
between Elijah and--
00:36:31.40\00:36:33.45
between Jezebel,
excuse me, and Ahab.
00:36:33.48\00:36:36.30
And during the
period of the Middle Ages,
00:36:36.33\00:36:37.82
there is this
spiritual adultery relationship
00:36:37.85\00:36:42.39
between the church,
00:36:42.42\00:36:44.12
represented by
Jezebel and the state,
00:36:44.15\00:36:47.18
which the church used
to accomplish its purposes.
00:36:47.21\00:36:50.51
By the way, did Jezebel use Ahab
00:36:50.54\00:36:54.15
to accomplish her purposes
00:36:54.18\00:36:55.85
to try and kill God's people
during the Old Testament period?
00:36:55.88\00:36:59.22
Is that the same
thing that happened
00:36:59.25\00:37:00.72
during the Middle Ages,
00:37:00.75\00:37:01.89
the church appeal to the state
in order to kill God's people?
00:37:01.92\00:37:05.54
Absolutely.
00:37:05.57\00:37:06.60
Let's read from
the Old Testament
00:37:06.63\00:37:07.74
about this
adulterous relationship.
00:37:07.77\00:37:09.62
1 Kings 16:30, and
we'll read through verse 32.
00:37:09.65\00:37:15.43
"Now Ahab the son of Omri
00:37:15.46\00:37:17.13
did evil in the
sight of the Lord,
00:37:17.16\00:37:19.40
more than all
who were before him.
00:37:19.43\00:37:21.83
And it came to pass,
00:37:21.86\00:37:23.27
as though it had
been a trivial thing
00:37:23.30\00:37:25.15
for him to walk in the sins
of Jeroboam the son of Nebat,
00:37:25.18\00:37:28.80
that he took as wife
Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal,
00:37:28.83\00:37:33.65
king of the Sidonians,
00:37:33.68\00:37:35.21
and he went and served
Baal and worshiped him."
00:37:35.24\00:37:38.60
Notice, God's Israelite king
00:37:38.63\00:37:41.21
join this harlot
woman in marriage.
00:37:41.24\00:37:44.70
That's what the
Bible calls fornication.
00:37:44.73\00:37:48.03
Is this true also of
the church of Middle Ages?
00:37:48.06\00:37:50.84
Notice Revelation 2:20, 21.
00:37:50.87\00:37:54.71
Revelation 2:20, 21,
00:37:54.74\00:37:57.95
we read it before,
but let's read it again.
00:37:57.98\00:38:00.38
"Nevertheless I have a
few things against you,
00:38:00.41\00:38:04.15
because you allow
that woman Jezebel."
00:38:04.18\00:38:06.73
See this makes the connection
00:38:06.76\00:38:08.16
between the
church of the Middle Ages
00:38:08.19\00:38:10.43
and the Old Testament story.
00:38:10.46\00:38:12.04
It tells you that
there is a connection
00:38:12.07\00:38:13.85
between these two stories.
00:38:13.88\00:38:16.95
"Nevertheless I have a
few things against you,
00:38:16.98\00:38:18.65
because you allow
that woman Jezebel,
00:38:18.68\00:38:20.59
who calls herself a prophetess,
00:38:20.62\00:38:23.21
to teach and seduce My
servants to commit," what?
00:38:23.24\00:38:27.83
"Sexual
immorality or fornication
00:38:27.86\00:38:30.96
and eat things
sacrificed to idols.
00:38:30.99\00:38:34.21
And I gave her time to repent
00:38:34.24\00:38:36.35
of her fornication
and she did not repent."
00:38:36.38\00:38:39.93
And of course, the text
that we read in Revelation 17:2
00:38:39.96\00:38:43.16
says that the
fornication that she had
00:38:43.19\00:38:45.76
was with the kings of the
earth according to scripture.
00:38:45.79\00:38:49.41
Now, how long did the
church remain in exile?
00:38:51.04\00:38:53.38
It remained in
exile for time times
00:38:54.97\00:38:58.60
and the dividing of time.
00:38:58.63\00:39:00.23
How long did
Elijah remain in exile?
00:39:00.26\00:39:04.75
Elijah remained in exile
00:39:04.78\00:39:06.46
like we read in
James 5:17 for how long?
00:39:06.49\00:39:10.26
For three years and six months.
00:39:10.29\00:39:12.82
In other words
three and half years.
00:39:12.85\00:39:15.23
In both cases in
the Old Testament,
00:39:15.26\00:39:17.91
Elijah is an exile
for three and half years.
00:39:17.94\00:39:20.44
In the period of
the fourth church,
00:39:20.47\00:39:22.60
the Middle Ages church,
00:39:22.63\00:39:24.04
the church was in exile also
00:39:24.07\00:39:26.37
for three and half
spiritual or symbolic times.
00:39:26.40\00:39:30.82
And by the way,
this period begins
00:39:30.85\00:39:32.88
in the year 538
and it ends in 1798,
00:39:32.91\00:39:37.71
when the pope was taken prisoner
00:39:37.74\00:39:40.08
and he was taken to France
00:39:40.11\00:39:41.34
where he died in
1799, at that movement,
00:39:41.37\00:39:44.60
the church and the
state were separated,
00:39:44.63\00:39:48.15
the state hated
the church so to speak.
00:39:48.18\00:39:50.99
Now let me ask you, did Jezebel
00:39:52.30\00:39:54.06
in the Old Testament,
00:39:54.09\00:39:55.35
massacre God's
prophets and God's Saints?
00:39:55.38\00:40:00.27
Yes. Notice 1 Kings 18:4.
00:40:00.30\00:40:04.85
1 Kings 18:4, it
says, "For so it was,
00:40:04.88\00:40:10.34
while Jezebel massacred
the prophets of the Lord,
00:40:10.37\00:40:13.57
that Obadiah had
taken one hundred prophets
00:40:13.60\00:40:16.02
and hidden
them, fifty to a cave,
00:40:16.05\00:40:18.52
and had fed them
with bread and water."
00:40:18.55\00:40:20.98
Notice that Jezebel
massacred the saints
00:40:21.01\00:40:24.00
or massacred the prophets.
00:40:24.03\00:40:26.32
Did she give a death
decree against Elijah?
00:40:26.35\00:40:28.67
Yes. Notice chapter 19:1, 2.
00:40:28.70\00:40:32.14
Chapter 19:1, 2,
"And Ahab told Jezebel
00:40:32.17\00:40:36.73
all that Elijah had done,"
This is after Mount Carmel.
00:40:36.76\00:40:40.27
"Also how he had executed
all the prophets with the sword.
00:40:40.30\00:40:44.89
Then Jezebel sent a
messenger to Elijah, saying,
00:40:44.92\00:40:49.22
'So let the gods do
to me, and more also,
00:40:49.25\00:40:53.81
if I do not make your
life as the life of one of them
00:40:53.84\00:40:57.17
by tomorrow about this time.'"
00:40:57.20\00:41:00.74
And when he saw that he
arose and ran for his life
00:41:00.77\00:41:04.49
and went to Beersheba,
which belongs to Judah
00:41:04.52\00:41:07.18
and left his servant there.
00:41:07.21\00:41:09.10
She proclaimed the
death decree against Elijah
00:41:09.13\00:41:11.69
and Elijah had to
flee for his life.
00:41:11.72\00:41:14.40
Is that true
also of God's church
00:41:16.30\00:41:18.10
during the Middle Ages?
00:41:18.13\00:41:19.43
It most certainly is.
00:41:19.46\00:41:21.49
The Bible says that this system
00:41:21.52\00:41:23.55
persecuted the
saints of the Most High.
00:41:23.58\00:41:26.39
They trampled the
saints of the Most High.
00:41:26.42\00:41:29.28
And so you find
the same experience
00:41:29.31\00:41:31.35
of this Jezebel system
00:41:31.38\00:41:33.42
as what happened
in the Old Testament.
00:41:33.45\00:41:36.18
Now we have spoken
about Ahab and Jezebel,
00:41:36.21\00:41:39.39
but there was a third group
00:41:39.42\00:41:40.82
that helped
Jezebel in her endeavor.
00:41:40.85\00:41:44.00
And what was that third group?
The false prophets of Baal.
00:41:44.03\00:41:48.61
Jezebel used the false prophets
00:41:49.64\00:41:51.60
to extend her
religion and she used the king,
00:41:51.63\00:41:55.08
in order to influence
him to persecute those
00:41:55.11\00:41:58.28
who are apposed to her agenda.
00:41:58.31\00:42:00.35
Now in the Book of Revelation,
00:42:01.38\00:42:03.22
do you find a third power
00:42:03.25\00:42:05.98
besides the kings of
the earth and the harlot?
00:42:06.01\00:42:09.06
You most certainly do.
00:42:09.09\00:42:10.54
Let's read, first of all,
the story in the Old Testament
00:42:10.57\00:42:13.34
about the false prophets
00:42:13.37\00:42:14.81
and who actually
fed the false prophets.
00:42:14.84\00:42:17.69
1 Kings 18:19.
00:42:17.72\00:42:21.43
1 Kings 18:19, here
Elijah says to Ahab,
00:42:21.46\00:42:28.63
"Now therefore, send and gather
00:42:28.66\00:42:31.54
all Israel to
me on Mount Carmel,
00:42:31.57\00:42:34.53
the four hundred and
fifty prophets of Baal,
00:42:34.56\00:42:37.24
and the four hundred
prophets of Asherah,"
00:42:37.27\00:42:40.17
and now notice this
telling last phrase,
00:42:40.20\00:42:43.27
"Who eat at Jezebel's table."
00:42:43.30\00:42:47.20
Who's agenda that the
false prophets implement?
00:42:47.23\00:42:49.75
The agenda of Jezebel.
They did what she said.
00:42:49.78\00:42:53.80
She fed them.
00:42:53.83\00:42:55.13
By the way, you don't
bit the hand that feeds you.
00:42:55.16\00:42:58.45
You know the expression.
00:42:58.48\00:43:00.24
And so she not only uses
the civil power of the king,
00:43:00.27\00:43:02.83
but she had also false
prophets that aided her
00:43:02.86\00:43:07.19
that did exactly
what she told them to do.
00:43:07.22\00:43:10.69
Question, in the
Book of Revelation,
00:43:10.72\00:43:13.22
do we have another power
00:43:13.25\00:43:16.55
that helps this beast
recover the power which it lost?
00:43:16.58\00:43:21.58
Absolutely.
Notice Revelation 16:13.
00:43:21.61\00:43:26.57
Revelation 16:13,
I want you to notice
00:43:26.60\00:43:30.38
that there is a
three fold alliance here.
00:43:30.41\00:43:32.68
How many enemies did Elijah
have in the Old Testament?
00:43:32.71\00:43:35.40
He had three, the
king, the harlot queen
00:43:35.43\00:43:39.88
and the false prophets.
00:43:39.91\00:43:41.78
In Revelation, how many enemies
00:43:41.81\00:43:44.13
does God's Elijah have?
00:43:44.16\00:43:46.18
Three.
00:43:46.21\00:43:47.62
Notice Revelation 16:13,
00:43:47.65\00:43:50.06
"And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs
00:43:50.09\00:43:53.88
coming out of the
mouth of the dragon."
00:43:53.91\00:43:56.81
We'll study more about
this in our next lecture.
00:43:56.84\00:43:59.70
"Out of the mouth of the beast,"
00:43:59.73\00:44:01.48
which is this harlot power,
00:44:01.51\00:44:03.03
the dragon represents
the kings of the earth,
00:44:03.06\00:44:06.07
the beast represents the harlot.
00:44:06.10\00:44:08.77
"And out of the mouth of," whom?
00:44:08.80\00:44:11.28
"Of the false prophet."
00:44:11.31\00:44:13.28
How many powers
apposed against God's people?
00:44:13.31\00:44:16.76
Three, the dragon, the
beast and the false prophet.
00:44:16.79\00:44:21.56
By the way, do you
know that this is picked up
00:44:21.59\00:44:23.74
in Revelation 17 and
it uses different symbols,
00:44:23.77\00:44:27.48
because it's
speaking about the end time?
00:44:27.51\00:44:30.22
Notice Revelation 17:5, it
speaks about a great harlot.
00:44:30.25\00:44:37.05
The great harlot is
sitting on many waters.
00:44:38.80\00:44:40.75
The waters
represent multitudes, nations,
00:44:40.78\00:44:43.76
tongues and people.
00:44:43.79\00:44:45.74
And it says that
she's fornicating with whom?
00:44:47.03\00:44:50.59
With the kings of the earth.
00:44:50.62\00:44:51.70
So you have
Jezebel, you have the kings
00:44:51.73\00:44:55.86
that she fornicates
with, and you have the nations,
00:44:55.89\00:44:58.77
tongues and
peoples that she sits on,
00:44:58.80\00:45:00.31
she controls, she dominates.
00:45:00.34\00:45:02.51
But I want you to
notice Revelation 17:5,
00:45:02.54\00:45:05.17
something very interesting.
00:45:05.20\00:45:06.55
It says, "And on her
forehead a name was written:
00:45:06.58\00:45:10.11
Mystery, Babylon the great."
00:45:10.14\00:45:12.77
And then what
does it say, the what?
00:45:12.80\00:45:15.34
"The mother of harlots
00:45:15.37\00:45:17.78
and of the
abominations of the earth."
00:45:17.81\00:45:22.13
So what is she
called? The mother.
00:45:22.16\00:45:25.07
Now let me ask you
this, how many of you
00:45:25.10\00:45:27.42
have ever met a
mother that has no children?
00:45:27.45\00:45:30.32
Now I know woman
who have no children.
00:45:33.70\00:45:37.06
But I haven't had
the privilege of meeting
00:45:37.09\00:45:40.62
a mother who never had children,
00:45:40.65\00:45:42.97
because mother
means that she had, what?
00:45:43.00\00:45:45.57
Children.
00:45:45.60\00:45:46.63
So the question is,
does this beast system,
00:45:46.66\00:45:50.59
does this Jezebel
of the Middle Ages,
00:45:50.62\00:45:53.75
does this middle horn power,
00:45:53.78\00:45:55.77
they're all pointed
to the same time period.
00:45:55.80\00:45:58.64
Does Jezebel who ruled for time
00:45:58.67\00:46:02.20
that God gave her to repent,
does this system have children?
00:46:02.23\00:46:07.27
It certainly does have children.
00:46:07.30\00:46:09.03
Now let me ask you,
do the children arise
00:46:09.06\00:46:12.53
at the same time
that the mother does
00:46:12.56\00:46:15.34
or are they born later?
00:46:15.37\00:46:16.99
That's a dumb question,
00:46:22.03\00:46:24.76
because the mother
has to exist first.
00:46:24.79\00:46:26.88
She has to get to the
age where she can be a mother
00:46:28.32\00:46:32.06
and then she has children.
00:46:32.09\00:46:34.56
So let me ask you
this Jezebel system
00:46:34.59\00:46:36.45
that ruled during this period
towards the end of her period,
00:46:36.48\00:46:40.13
would you expect
her to have children?
00:46:40.16\00:46:43.62
A false prophet so to speak.
00:46:45.91\00:46:48.29
You see, here the
Book of Revelation
00:46:48.32\00:46:50.25
picks up on both stories,
00:46:50.28\00:46:51.76
the Old Testament Elijah
and the New Testament Elijah.
00:46:51.79\00:46:54.39
Do you remember the
Old Testament Elijah,
00:46:54.42\00:46:55.98
you have Ahab the king,
00:46:56.01\00:46:57.99
Jezebel the harlot
and the false prophets.
00:46:58.02\00:47:02.45
In the New Testament
Elijah, you have Herod the king,
00:47:02.48\00:47:07.04
Herodias the
harlot and her, what?
00:47:07.07\00:47:10.31
Her daughter. Are
you catching this?
00:47:10.34\00:47:13.24
Who is an image and
likeness of her mother.
00:47:13.27\00:47:15.67
In Revelation
12:13, you have the dragon,
00:47:16.93\00:47:19.32
which is the kings of the earth.
00:47:19.35\00:47:21.30
You have the beast,
which is the same as the harlot
00:47:21.33\00:47:24.90
and you have a false prophet,
00:47:24.93\00:47:26.64
which is the same as
the daughters of the harlot.
00:47:26.67\00:47:31.49
Notice Revelation 2:23,
00:47:33.46\00:47:37.14
did we read that this
system was gonna have children?
00:47:37.17\00:47:41.05
Absolutely.
00:47:41.08\00:47:42.72
The fourth church,
00:47:42.75\00:47:43.83
remember this is
the church of Jezebel,
00:47:43.86\00:47:45.61
the church of the Middle Ages.
00:47:45.64\00:47:47.05
It says there in Revelation 2:23
00:47:47.08\00:47:49.81
"I will kill her," what?
00:47:49.84\00:47:53.73
"Her children with death."
00:47:53.76\00:47:56.16
If she is the mother of
harlot, does she have children?
00:47:56.19\00:47:58.82
Yes.
00:47:58.85\00:47:59.88
Are her children going
to reflect her character
00:47:59.91\00:48:02.77
like Salome reflected
the character of Herodias?
00:48:02.80\00:48:06.32
Yes.
00:48:06.35\00:48:07.57
Like the false
prophets ate at Jezebels table
00:48:07.60\00:48:10.31
and reflected the
desires of Jezebel.
00:48:10.34\00:48:12.92
Absolutely.
00:48:12.95\00:48:15.67
And so we find in
the Middle Ages Elijah.
00:48:15.70\00:48:22.08
It's not Elijah in person.
00:48:22.11\00:48:23.51
The rain is not literal rain.
00:48:25.20\00:48:28.02
Jezebel is not literal Jezebel.
00:48:28.05\00:48:31.44
The false prophets are
not literal false prophets.
00:48:31.47\00:48:35.68
There's not one literal king,
it's the kings of the earth.
00:48:35.71\00:48:40.83
No longer, are you
dealing with literal Israel.
00:48:40.86\00:48:43.50
You're dealing with what?
00:48:43.53\00:48:44.88
You're dealing
with spiritual Israel.
00:48:44.91\00:48:46.98
In other words, what happens
00:48:47.01\00:48:50.89
during the period
of the Middle Ages
00:48:50.92\00:48:52.53
is a repetition of
the story of Elijah,
00:48:52.56\00:48:55.09
but on a broader scale.
00:48:55.12\00:48:57.93
And by the way the
scale is basically in Europe.
00:48:57.96\00:49:03.20
Not the rest of
the world, in Europe.
00:49:04.58\00:49:05.95
You know, it begins small,
00:49:05.98\00:49:07.65
begins in the land
of Israel literally,
00:49:07.68\00:49:10.41
Old Testament,
New Testament Elijah
00:49:10.44\00:49:12.12
then it broaden to where?
00:49:12.15\00:49:15.00
To Europe.
00:49:15.03\00:49:16.44
In our final lecture we're
gonna notice that in Revelation,
00:49:16.47\00:49:19.78
it broadens to
include the whole world.
00:49:19.81\00:49:22.64
Jezebel will be
a worldwide system.
00:49:22.67\00:49:25.81
Ahab will represent the kings
of the earth in the whole world.
00:49:25.84\00:49:29.30
The false prophet
will have worldwide clout.
00:49:29.33\00:49:33.42
And it will no longer be
literal Baal, the sun-god,
00:49:33.45\00:49:36.35
but it will-- be in apostasy
00:49:36.38\00:49:37.68
having something
to do with the sun.
00:49:37.71\00:49:40.69
Not the literal
sun, but a spiritual
00:49:40.72\00:49:43.76
understanding of the sun.
00:49:43.79\00:49:45.44
Now let me ask
you, did this story
00:49:45.47\00:49:50.82
of the Middle Ages actually
exhaust the meaning of Elijah?
00:49:50.85\00:49:55.59
Was everything fulfilled,
00:49:55.62\00:49:57.01
concerning the
Elijah of the Old Testament
00:49:57.04\00:49:59.15
and the Elijah of
the New Testament?
00:49:59.18\00:50:00.69
No.
00:50:00.72\00:50:01.82
The conclusion to this
story has not been written yet.
00:50:03.08\00:50:05.76
Was Jezebel slain at
the end of this period?
00:50:07.66\00:50:10.73
At the end of the
1,260 years, was she slain?
00:50:10.76\00:50:13.75
She'll never exist again?
00:50:13.78\00:50:16.34
No, she was given a
deadly wound, right?
00:50:16.37\00:50:19.26
How about the false prophet?
00:50:19.29\00:50:20.34
Was a false prophet
slain at the end of a period?
00:50:20.37\00:50:23.47
No.
00:50:23.50\00:50:25.00
Did the great and
terrible day of the Lord come?
00:50:25.03\00:50:26.98
No.
00:50:28.87\00:50:29.99
Was a church translated
from among the living?
00:50:30.02\00:50:32.75
No.
00:50:32.78\00:50:34.98
So the question
is, are we to expect
00:50:35.01\00:50:36.79
the final Elijah to consummate
00:50:36.82\00:50:40.27
and fully fulfill the story of
the Elijah of the Old Testament
00:50:40.30\00:50:44.37
and the Elijah of
the New Testament?
00:50:44.40\00:50:45.76
Absolutely.
00:50:45.79\00:50:47.28
Let's go the
Book of Malachi 4:1-3.
00:50:47.31\00:50:51.46
We've already read
that in the last days
00:50:51.49\00:50:53.19
God is gonna send Elijah
00:50:53.22\00:50:55.06
before the great and
terrible day of the Lord, right?
00:50:55.09\00:50:57.73
Now what is the great
and terrible day of the Lord
00:50:58.74\00:51:01.91
before which God is
gonna send Elijah the prophet?
00:51:01.94\00:51:05.79
It says there in Malachi 4:1
00:51:05.82\00:51:08.25
"'For behold, the day is
coming, burning like an oven,
00:51:08.28\00:51:11.45
and all the proud, yes,
00:51:11.48\00:51:12.92
all who do
wickedly will be stubble.
00:51:12.95\00:51:15.90
And the day which is
coming shall burn them up,'
00:51:15.93\00:51:18.52
says the Lord of
hosts, 'That will leave them
00:51:18.55\00:51:21.24
neither root nor branch.
00:51:21.27\00:51:24.13
But to you who fear My
name the Sun of Righteousness
00:51:24.16\00:51:26.90
shall arise with
healing in His wings,
00:51:26.93\00:51:28.96
and you shall
go out and grow fat
00:51:28.99\00:51:31.11
like stall-fed calves.
00:51:31.14\00:51:33.35
You shall trample the wicked,
00:51:33.38\00:51:35.42
for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
00:51:35.45\00:51:38.18
on the day that I do
this, says the Lord of hosts.'"
00:51:38.21\00:51:42.82
So question, in 1798,
00:51:43.93\00:51:46.70
was this aspect of the
Elijah's prophecy fulfilled?
00:51:46.73\00:51:50.84
No.
00:51:50.87\00:51:52.73
The great and terrible
day of the Lord, didn't come.
00:51:52.76\00:51:55.50
The church was not translated.
00:51:55.53\00:51:58.34
Jezebel's final end didn't come.
00:51:58.37\00:52:00.22
Her daughters did not
come to their final end,
00:52:01.93\00:52:06.08
which means
that we are to expect
00:52:06.11\00:52:08.03
a final Elijah to fully
fulfill the story of Elijah
00:52:08.06\00:52:14.34
as it is written
in the scripture.
00:52:14.37\00:52:17.60
Now allow me to
explain something
00:52:17.63\00:52:19.18
that's very important, a
very important principle.
00:52:19.21\00:52:23.08
The harlot Jezebel has
two stages of existence,
00:52:23.11\00:52:27.68
according to scripture.
00:52:27.71\00:52:29.62
The beast at the end of
her first period of dominion
00:52:29.65\00:52:32.59
after the three and
half years receives a, what?
00:52:32.62\00:52:37.40
Deadly wound.
00:52:37.43\00:52:39.15
And for a while, she
is out of commission.
00:52:39.18\00:52:41.97
Did we find that in
the story of Thyatira?
00:52:42.00\00:52:45.40
God says, "After I
gave her time to repent,
00:52:45.43\00:52:47.41
I'm gonna through
her in her," what?
00:52:47.44\00:52:49.37
"Sickbed."
00:52:49.40\00:52:50.62
Is that the end of her?
00:52:52.03\00:52:53.65
That's not the end
of her, because we're
00:52:53.68\00:52:55.79
told in Revelation 13
that her deadly wound,
00:52:55.82\00:53:01.06
where she was
thrown into the sickbed
00:53:01.09\00:53:02.72
is going to be, what?
00:53:02.75\00:53:04.59
Is going to be healed.
00:53:04.62\00:53:06.58
And all the world will
wonder and worship the beast.
00:53:06.61\00:53:11.18
So is Jezebel going to
have another phase of existence?
00:53:11.21\00:53:15.15
She most certainly is.
00:53:15.18\00:53:16.76
Now if Jezebel is gonna
have another phase of existence,
00:53:16.79\00:53:19.89
must Elijah also or does
Jezebel appear by herself?
00:53:19.92\00:53:24.33
No.
00:53:24.36\00:53:25.78
Must Ahab also? Yes.
00:53:25.81\00:53:28.72
Must the false
prophets or the daughter
00:53:28.75\00:53:30.69
appear again also?
00:53:30.72\00:53:32.59
Yes.
00:53:32.62\00:53:34.13
You see, this last Elijah
has two stages of existence,
00:53:34.16\00:53:37.95
they're not two
separate Elijahs,
00:53:37.98\00:53:39.83
they are one Elijah,
separated by the period
00:53:39.86\00:53:42.73
of a deadly wound.
00:53:42.76\00:53:44.89
The first stage is
what we studied now,
00:53:44.92\00:53:47.58
the church of the
Middle Ages where Jezebel,
00:53:47.61\00:53:50.32
spiritual Jezebel
dominated for three and half
00:53:50.35\00:53:53.33
spiritual years.
00:53:53.36\00:53:54.76
There was spiritual
famine, no spiritual rain.
00:53:54.79\00:53:57.82
But very, very soon
the rest of the story
00:54:00.81\00:54:03.97
is gonna be
written, because Jezebel
00:54:04.00\00:54:05.89
is gonna
resurrect from her sickbed.
00:54:05.92\00:54:07.77
And so Elijah
will come once again.
00:54:07.80\00:54:10.24
The false prophets and
the daughters of the harlot
00:54:10.27\00:54:12.61
will once again
enter into the arena
00:54:12.64\00:54:15.33
and also the kings of
the world will once again
00:54:15.36\00:54:18.72
ally themselves with the harlot
00:54:18.75\00:54:21.16
according to the
Book of Revelation.
00:54:21.19\00:54:23.55
By the way, this is the
reason why in Revelation 6:9-11,
00:54:23.58\00:54:27.47
we don't have time to go there.
00:54:27.50\00:54:29.02
But in Revelation 6:9-11,
00:54:29.05\00:54:32.51
you have two groups of martyrs.
00:54:32.54\00:54:35.30
There's one group of martyrs
00:54:35.33\00:54:36.63
that were killed
under the fourth horse
00:54:36.66\00:54:38.50
that's parallel
to the fourth church.
00:54:38.53\00:54:41.30
And after they're
killed they're crying out Lord,
00:54:41.33\00:54:43.32
until when will You
not avenge our death?
00:54:43.35\00:54:46.86
And those who shed our
blood on the earth until when?
00:54:48.65\00:54:51.31
And God says,
"Rest a little while.
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Here you have your white robes.
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In other words, you are
secure, rest a little while,
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until the rest of the martyrs
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who are gonna be killed
as you were, is completed."
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So how many periods of
martyrs are you going to have?
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You are gonna to have
two periods of martyrs.
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Those, during the 1,260 years
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and those who will be
killed at the very end of time,
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slightly before
the close of probation.
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You notice
Revelation 2:22, where God said,
00:55:22.25\00:55:26.10
"I'll throw or I'll
cast her into a sickbed"
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that's the deadly wound in
the series of the churches.
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"And those who
commit adultery with her"
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or fornication with her, those
are the kings of the earth,
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"with her into
great tribulation."
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What would that
great tribulation be
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in the light of
what we've studied?
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What happened when Jezebel,
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when that spiritual
Jezebel received a deadly wound?
00:55:48.67\00:55:51.38
That happened at the time of
the French revolution, right?
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Was France
thrown into tremendous
00:55:55.12\00:55:57.18
tribulation and convolution?
00:55:57.21\00:55:59.31
You can read in
the Revelation verse--
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Chapter 11, it says
there was a great earthquake.
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Ellen White says,
that France was shaken
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as by a mighty earthquake.
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The state and the
church were separated
00:56:12.58\00:56:14.95
and there was
tremendous tribulation in Paris,
00:56:14.98\00:56:18.83
particularly in France.
00:56:18.86\00:56:21.26
And that's what
this is talking about.
00:56:21.29\00:56:23.05
In deed, I'll cast
her into a sickbed,
00:56:23.08\00:56:25.75
that's the deadly
wound and those who commit
00:56:25.78\00:56:27.91
adultery with
her, that's the kings
00:56:27.94\00:56:29.94
into great tribulation unless
they repent of their deeds.
00:56:29.97\00:56:35.98
Do you know that
after this period of
00:56:37.42\00:56:38.92
1,260 years the Bible says
00:56:38.95\00:56:40.58
that God is gonna
raise up His end time Elijah?
00:56:40.61\00:56:43.70
Revelation 12:17 says
that there will be a group
00:56:43.73\00:56:45.82
who keep the
commandments of God.
00:56:45.85\00:56:48.32
There are group, who have
the testimony of Jesus Christ,
00:56:48.35\00:56:51.05
which is the spirit of prophecy,
00:56:51.08\00:56:52.64
the gift that Elijah had.
00:56:52.67\00:56:54.48
They will proclaim
the first angels message,
00:56:54.51\00:56:56.74
"Fear God and give glory to Him
00:56:56.77\00:56:58.23
for the hour of
His judgment has come.
00:56:58.26\00:56:59.91
Worship the Creator."
00:56:59.94\00:57:01.98
There will be a
group that will keep
00:57:02.01\00:57:03.87
the Commandments
of God which is found
00:57:03.90\00:57:06.38
at the conclusion of
the third angel's message.
00:57:06.41\00:57:09.36
They will denounce
Babylon and they will call
00:57:09.39\00:57:11.62
God's people to come
out form the apostasy.
00:57:11.65\00:57:14.04
And like on Mount Carmel,
00:57:15.42\00:57:16.62
you have that
glorious flash of light
00:57:16.65\00:57:18.34
that persuaded Israel that God
that Jehovah was the true God.
00:57:18.37\00:57:23.01
You will have that
mighty column of fire fall
00:57:23.04\00:57:25.25
from heaven in
Revelation Chapter 18,
00:57:25.28\00:57:27.63
filling the
earth with His glory.
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