Shall we pray?
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Father in Heaven,
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as we study about the
final the apocalyptic Elijah,
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we ask for the
guidance of your Holy Spirit.
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We are gonna speak
about solemn things.
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Things that are too
great for our finite minds,
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so we implore special
guidance by Your Holy Spirit.
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I ask Lord that those who
will listen to this presentation
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will have open minds
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and hearts to
receive the seat of truth
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and that they
will take their stand
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with God's
people in the end time.
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We thank You, Father,
for hearing our prayer
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and for answering for we ask it
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in the precious
name of Jesus, amen.
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Please turn with
me in your Bibles
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to the Book of Malachi 4:5-6.
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Malachi 4:5-6.
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Here God promises
that before the great
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and terrible day of the Lord,
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He is going to send
Elijah to planet earth.
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It says there,
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"Behold, I will send
you Elijah the prophet
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before the coming of the great
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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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Notice that God
promised us to send
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Elijah immediately preceding
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the great and
dreadful day of the Lord.
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Now the question is
what is meant by the great
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and dreadful day of the Lord?
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What great event is being
described with this terminology?
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Let's go to the pervious verses.
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Verse 1 to 3, also of Malachi 4.
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And we are gonna discover
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what day is being spoken
of here in Malachi 4:5-6.
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It says there, "For,
behold, the day is coming,
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burning like an
oven, and all the proud,
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yes, all who do
wickedly will be stubble.
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And the day which is
coming shall burn them up,"
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says the Lord of hosts.
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"That will leave them
neither root nor branch.
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But to you who fear My name
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the Sun of
Righteousness shall arise
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with healing in His wings,
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and you shall go out and
grow fat like stall-fed calves.
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You shall trample the wicked,
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for they shall be ashes
under the soles of your feet
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on the day that I do
this," Says the Lord of hosts."
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This is the great and
terrible day of the Lord.
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It is a day of the
coming of Jesus in power
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and glory to save the righteous
and to destroy the wicked.
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And so God promises to
send to this world Elijah
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before the
second coming of Jesus
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to turn the hearts of
fathers to the children
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and the children to the fathers.
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Now we need to understand that
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when the Bible
promises to send Elijah
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before the
second coming of Jesus,
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this Elijah is
not a literal person.
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What was literal
with the historical Elijah
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and what was literal
with the New Testament Elijah.
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John the Baptist
is to be understood
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in a symbolic spiritual way
when we get to the Middle Ages
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and also to the
final apocalyptic Elijah.
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And so before we
continue in our study,
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I need to share with
you certain principles
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that will guide us
in our understanding
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of the end time
apocalyptic Elijah.
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And I want to share with you
this very important principle.
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In the Old Testament,
literal Elijah was sent
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with a message
to literal Israel.
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His enemy was a literal harlot
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who committed
literal fornication
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with a literal
king who had above--
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The harlot had
literal false prophets
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who promoted literal worship
to the literal Sun God Baal.
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Now at the end of time,
the geographical, personal
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and ethnic
limitations are removed
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when we study about Elijah.
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That means that the individuals
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in this story now
come to represent worldwide
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and spiritual systems
that cover the whole earth.
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In other words, Elijah,
Israel, Jezebel, Ahab, Baal
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and his prophets all are
symbolic of spiritual systems
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that are found on
a worldwide scale.
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So we need to understand
that that which was literal
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and local in the Old Testament
and with John the Baptist
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is to be
understood in a worldwide
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and spiritual
sense at the end of time.
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Now let's talk
first of all about
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the three enemies of Elijah
in the Book of Revelation.
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And of course, if you are gonna
talk about the final Elijah,
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you need to go to the
final book of the Bible
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that would be the best place
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to find the final Elijah
in the Book of Revelation.
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Go with me to Revelation 16:19.
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Revelation 16:19.
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I want you to notice that
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end time
Babylon has three parts.
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The enemies of God's
end time Elijah are three.
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Just like with the
New Testament Elijah
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which was Herod, Herodias,
and her daughter Salome.
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In the Old
Testament, you have Ahab,
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Jezebel and the
Prophets of Baal.
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In Revelation,
you also have three.
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Revelation 16:19,
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"Now the great city was
divided into three parts."
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How many parts does
Babylon have? Three.
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"And the cities
of the nations fell.
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And great Babylon was
remembered before God,
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to give her the cup of the wine
of the fierceness of His wrath."
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So notice that in the end time,
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Babylon is
composed of three parts.
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Now the question is,
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what are the
three parts of Babylon?
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Let's go to verse 13
of that same chapter.
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Revelation 16:13.
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It says there,
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"And I saw three
unclean spirits like frogs
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coming out of the
mouth of the dragon,
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and out of the
mouth of the beast,
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and out of the mouth
of the false prophet."
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How many enemies are
mentioned in this verse?
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Three.
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The dragon, the beast
and the false prophet.
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Do you think it's a
coincidence that you have three
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in the Book of Revelation
speaking about the end time?
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Absolutely not.
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Because in the Old
Testament Elijah story,
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in the New
Testament Elijah story,
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in the Middle Ages Elijah story.
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You have three
enemies of Elijah.
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Now we need to ask the question.
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What does the dragon represent?
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What I want to suggest is that
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the dragon in Revelation
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represents the
kings of the world.
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It represents the
civil powers of the world.
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Notice Revelation 12,
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and I want to read
the last part of verse 4.
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Revelation 12 and
the last part of verse 4.
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Notice, "And the
dragon stood before the woman
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who was ready to give birth,
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to devour her Child
as soon as it was born."
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Who is this child? Jesus.
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Who stood next to
Jesus to devour Him
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as soon as He was born?
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It was Herod,
and Herod was a king
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in which kingdom? Rome.
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So, was the civil power of Rome
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which attempted
to kill Jesus Christ?
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So what does the
dragon represent?
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It represents Rome in this case.
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Of course, the devil using Rome.
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Notice also, Ezekiel 29:3.
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And I'm going to read this
from the King James Version
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because it is more accurate
than the New King James.
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It's speaking about
Pharaoh, the King of Egypt.
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And we find this.
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"Speak, and say,
'Thus says the Lord God.
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Behold, I am against
thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt,
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the great dragon that lieth
in the midst of his rivers,
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which hath said,
my river is mine own,
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and I have made it for myself.'"
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What is Pharaoh
called in Ezekiel 29:3?
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He is called the great dragon.
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The very term that
is used to describe Rome
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in the Book of Revelation.
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Now, was Egypt a civil power,
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was Pharaoh the
civil ruler of Egypt?
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Of course.
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So once again, we
find the great dragon
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representing the
kings of the earth.
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Represents the civil
power, in other words.
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Ahab in the Old Testament
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was the civil
ruler, he was the king.
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Incidentally, there is a
very interesting quotation
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that we find in Testimonies
to Ministers, page 39.
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Here Ellen White
explains the following,
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"Kings and rulers and governors
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have placed upon themselves
the brand of antichrist."
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Notice, "Kings and
rulers and governors
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have placed upon themselves
the brand of antichrist
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and are
represented as the dragon
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who goes to make
war with the saints
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with those who keep
the commandments of God
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and who have
the faith of Jesus."
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So according to
Testimonies to Ministers,
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what is
represented by the dragon?
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Kings and rulers and governors
are all of those civil rulers.
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They most certainly are.
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So the dragon would
be equivalent to Ahab.
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It represents the civil power.
Now, what about the beast?
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In our last lecture,
we studied about the beast
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which ruled for 42 months.
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The same as the little horn.
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Time, times and
the dividing of time.
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The period of the
Church of Thyatira,
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the fourth church of
the Book of Revelation.
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The time that God
gave this church to repent,
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chronological time.
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We already studied this.
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Now I want you to notice,
what this beast represents.
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Even though, we
studied it last time,
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we need to review it.
Notice Revelation 13:1-2.
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"Then I stood on
the sand of the sea.
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And I saw a beast
rising up out of the sea,
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having seven
heads and ten horns,
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and on his horns ten crowns,
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and on his heads
a blasphemous name.
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Now the beast which I
saw was like a leopard,
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his feet were like
the feet of a bear,
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his mouth like
the mouth of a lion."
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And now notice this,
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"The dragon gave him that
is gave the beast his power,
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his throne, and
great authority."
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Now, what does
the dragon represent?
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We already notice that
the dragon represents Rome.
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The power that
tried to kill whom? Jesus.
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So it says that the
dragon gave to the beast.
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According to this
verse, he gave his power,
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his throne and great authority.
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Now here's my question,
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to whom did pagan
Rome give its power,
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its throne and its authority?
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There is no doubt whatsoever
as you look at history
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that a power
succeeded the Roman Empire
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and this power was
ecclesiastical Rome.
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In other words, it
was the Church of Rome
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which continued Rome.
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It's received, it's
authority from pagan Rome.
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And so the beast
that has mentioned here
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in Revelation 13 represents
the Church of the Middle Ages,
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it represents the people church.
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It represents that
church who has called Jezebel,
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who instituted
idolatry in the church,
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who also fornicated
with the kings of the earth
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as we have studied
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and thought that it
could change the law of God
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and perverted the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
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Now in Revelation 17,
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we find this same power
that is called the beast,
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is called the harlot.
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Notice Revelation 17:1-5.
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Revelation 17, and
we will read verse 1
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and then we will
jump down to verse 5.
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"Then one of the seven
angels who had the seven bowls
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came and talked
with me, saying to me,
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'Come, I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot
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who sits on many waters.'
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So you have this
harlot just like Jezebel
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and she sits on many waters.
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And then notice verse 5.
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"And on her
forehead a name was written,
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mystery, Babylon the Great."
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The what?
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"The mother of harlots
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and of the
abominations of the earth."
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And so you have
in Revelation 17,
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this system is called the mother
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and the mother has daughters
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because she is a
mother according to scripture.
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Now we are told that
she sits on many waters.
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What do the many
waters represent?
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Notice Revelation 17:15.
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The same chapter explains
what the waters represent.
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It says there in verse 15.
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"Then he said to me,
'The waters which you saw,
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where the harlot sits,
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are peoples, multitudes,
nations, and tongues.'"
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Question.
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Is this harlot a
worldwide global system?
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Absolutely.
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Are we talking about
a literal harlot here
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that sits upon
literal waters? No.
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The harlot
represents an apostate church
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and the waters upon which
she sits represents multitudes,
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nations, tongues and peoples.
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That means that this harlot,
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this end time Jezebel is
a global worldwide system,
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not one person.
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And the dragon as we study
doesn't represent one king,
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it represents the
kings of the earth
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and of the whole world.
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Are you following me?
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In other words, what
happened in Elijah's day
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and in the New
Testament is spiritualized
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and is globalize, it has made
worldwide in its fulfillment.
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But now we need to
talk about that third power.
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We have noticed that
the dragon represents
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the kings of the
earth like, Ahab and Herod.
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We have notice that the beast
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or the harlot is
representing an Apostate Church.
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The fourth church of Revelation
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and that is
equivalent to Herodias
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and to Jezebel in
the Old Testament.
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But then there is the false
prophets of the Old Testament,
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and there is Salome,
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the daughter of the
harlot in the New Testament.
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Now, what could
we find in Revelation
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that is represented by
the false prophets of Baal
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and by the daughter of Herodias?
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Notice Revelation 13:11.
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We have another
beast that rises,
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not from the waters,
but he rises from the earth.
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It says there in
Revelation 13:11.
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"Then I saw another beast
coming up out of the earth,
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and he had two horns like a lamb
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and he spake what,
he spake like a dragon."
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Now let me ask you.
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This second
beast of Revelation 13
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whose bidding does it do?
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A priest-- Well, the devil, yes.
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But he does everything
the beast asked him to do.
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He makes an image to the beast,
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he imposes the
mark of the beast,
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he commands
everybody to worship the beast.
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Everything he does is
with reference to the beast.
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Do you see the picture
here of the Old Testament?
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What did the false prophets do?
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Everything Jezebel
wanted. What did Salome do?
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What her mother wanted?
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And in the end time, this beast
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will make an image
to the first beast.
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In other words, it will
be just like the first beast.
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It will do the
biddings of the first beast.
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And by the way, in Revelation 13
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this power is called the
beast that makes the image
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or he is called the
false prophet in Revelation 16,
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but in Revelation 17
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the name is the
daughters of the harlot
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because the harlot is a mother
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which means that the
mother must have what,
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must have daughters that
sometime in the Middle Ages
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or close to the
end of the Middle Ages
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were born from her.
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And in many ways,
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they practice the same
things that she practices.
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They keep perhaps the same
day of worship, for example.
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Now, who are the
daughters of the harlot?
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You know, I say
this respectfully,
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but read for example,
00:19:07.74\00:19:09.54
the writings of Pope
John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.
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The two popes that presided
during Vatican Council II
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from 1962 and 1965.
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Constantly in their writings
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they call the
protestant denominations
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that were born
from Roman Catholicism
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are separated by daughters
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and they call their
church the mother church
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and they invite
the separated daughters
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to come back to
the mother church.
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Very interesting the
terminology that is used.
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You see, during the time
00:19:45.54\00:19:47.06
that Jezebel governed
during the Middle Ages
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that the beast govern
that the little horn governed
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are basically the
church use the state,
00:19:52.53\00:19:55.46
like Jezebel used King Ahab.
00:19:55.49\00:19:58.53
Like Herodias eventually used
the king by using her daughter.
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But in 1998, something
happened to this mother system.
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Something happened
to this beasts system.
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What occurred the beast
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or the harlot received a what?
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Received a deadly wound.
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And therefore, she
no longer can influence
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the kings to do her biddings.
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Do you remember the story
of the New Testament Elijah
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that Herodias wanted to kill
00:20:23.79\00:20:25.97
John the Baptist,
but she could not?
00:20:26.00\00:20:29.89
Who did she need in
order to kill John the Baptist?
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She needed her daughter.
00:20:34.01\00:20:36.12
And in the same
way in the end time,
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this system no
longer has influence
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over the kings of the earth
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because she has a deadly wound,
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but we find that
the second beast,
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the daughters are going to eat,
00:20:47.83\00:20:50.44
they are going to
intervene to allow this woman
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once again to use
the kings of the earth
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to accomplish her purposes.
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Interestingly enough,
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in the story of the
New Testament Elijah,
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you have these
three terms that are used.
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King, mother and daughter.
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And then you
have John the Baptist
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who was called Elijah.
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In Revelation,
you have also kings,
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the harlot mother who
fornicates with the kings
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and the daughters of the harlot.
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So in Revelation 17,
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we find the
fulfillment of this story.
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Now, do you remember
that the Old Testament Jezebel
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was involved in the occult?
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Notice what we find
in Revelation 18:23.
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Revelation 18:23.
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This is talking
about end time Babylon.
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I'm not gonna
read all of the text
00:21:50.74\00:21:52.09
from the Old Testament
00:21:52.12\00:21:53.28
because we have
already studied these
00:21:53.31\00:21:54.99
when we dealt with
the historical Elijah.
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We noticed in 2 Kings 9:22,
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that Jezebel was a witch.
00:22:01.63\00:22:04.26
In other words, she
was involved in the occult
00:22:04.29\00:22:06.65
in communicating with the dead.
00:22:06.68\00:22:08.16
By the way, in order to do that,
00:22:08.19\00:22:10.80
you have to believe
that the dead are not dead.
00:22:10.83\00:22:12.88
Isn't that right?
00:22:12.91\00:22:13.94
You have to believe in
the immortality of the soul.
00:22:13.97\00:22:16.11
Notice Revelation 18:23.
00:22:16.14\00:22:18.79
"The light of a lamp
shall not shine in you anymore,
00:22:18.82\00:22:22.22
and the voice of bridegroom
00:22:22.25\00:22:23.85
and bride shall not
be heard in you anymore.
00:22:23.88\00:22:26.98
For your merchants
00:22:27.01\00:22:28.61
were the great
men of the earth."
00:22:28.64\00:22:30.89
Notice this.
00:22:30.92\00:22:32.55
"For by your, what,
00:22:32.58\00:22:34.79
sorcery other
version same witchcraft.
00:22:34.82\00:22:37.65
By your sorcery all the nations
were what, were deceived."
00:22:37.68\00:22:43.13
Question.
00:22:43.16\00:22:44.51
Is this system which
received the deadly wound
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whose deadly wound
is gonna be healed,
00:22:47.83\00:22:49.76
Is it going to try and
slay the saints of the most high
00:22:49.79\00:22:53.08
just like it did
there in the Middle Ages?
00:22:53.11\00:22:55.16
Is it going to pick
up where it left off
00:22:55.19\00:22:57.61
once that uses the daughter
00:22:57.64\00:22:59.05
to influence the kings
of the world? Absolutely.
00:22:59.08\00:23:02.16
Notice Revelation 17:6,
00:23:02.19\00:23:04.87
speaking about the
career of this system.
00:23:04.90\00:23:09.03
John marvels.
00:23:09.06\00:23:10.22
He says, "I saw the woman,
00:23:10.25\00:23:11.43
drunk with the
blood of the saints
00:23:11.46\00:23:14.08
and with the blood
of the martyrs of Jesus.
00:23:14.11\00:23:16.78
And when I saw her,
00:23:16.81\00:23:17.97
I marveled with
great amazement."
00:23:18.00\00:23:21.67
So the same as Jezebel,
00:23:21.70\00:23:22.90
the same as Herodias
wanted to slay God's people.
00:23:22.93\00:23:26.43
Once again, this characteristic
will come to the fore
00:23:26.46\00:23:30.31
when this power
receives its throne once again.
00:23:30.34\00:23:34.19
Notice, Revelation
18:24. Revelation 18:24.
00:23:34.22\00:23:40.23
Speaking about this system,
Babylon, this harlot system.
00:23:40.26\00:23:43.37
It says, "And in her was found
00:23:43.40\00:23:46.35
the blood of
prophets and saints,
00:23:46.38\00:23:49.68
and of all who were
slain on the earth."
00:23:49.71\00:23:54.82
So we find three
enemies of the end time Elijah.
00:23:54.85\00:23:59.23
The kings of the earth allied
00:23:59.26\00:24:02.56
with the great harlot who
controls nation's tongues,
00:24:02.59\00:24:06.93
multitudes and
peoples and her daughters
00:24:06.96\00:24:10.59
who do the biddings of
the mother to use the kings
00:24:10.62\00:24:13.61
to persecute God's people.
00:24:13.64\00:24:16.74
Do you think that God in the end
00:24:16.77\00:24:19.35
is going to raise up on Elijah
00:24:19.38\00:24:21.58
to warn the world
about this threefold system
00:24:21.61\00:24:25.01
like, the Old
Testament Elijah arose to preach
00:24:25.04\00:24:28.12
and like John
the Baptist rebuked
00:24:28.15\00:24:30.31
this union between
Herodias and King Herod
00:24:30.34\00:24:34.37
or do you think God
is just gonna be quiet
00:24:34.40\00:24:36.71
and He is not gonna
say anything about it.
00:24:36.74\00:24:38.84
We already read
in Malachi 4:5-6,
00:24:38.87\00:24:42.92
that before the great
and terrible day of the Lord,
00:24:42.95\00:24:45.56
God is going to
send what, Elijah.
00:24:45.59\00:24:49.25
Now, is he gonna
send Elijah in person? No.
00:24:49.28\00:24:52.83
Remember our principle?
00:24:52.86\00:24:53.98
Is Jezebel a person in
the end time, the harlot?
00:24:54.01\00:24:57.65
No, it's an Apostate Church.
00:24:57.68\00:25:00.03
Are the daughters
literal daughters? No.
00:25:00.06\00:25:03.46
They are the spiritual children
00:25:03.49\00:25:05.03
churches that
were born from her.
00:25:05.06\00:25:08.20
Are we-- To expect
one literal king? No.
00:25:08.23\00:25:12.15
It represents the
kings of the earth
00:25:12.18\00:25:13.81
and of the whole world.
00:25:13.84\00:25:15.54
It's globalize.
00:25:15.57\00:25:17.26
So let me ask you,
00:25:17.29\00:25:18.32
what must Elijah
be in the last days?
00:25:18.35\00:25:20.89
Elijah must also be a
worldwide global system,
00:25:20.92\00:25:26.83
just like the harlot,
the kings and the daughters
00:25:26.86\00:25:30.29
are systems at the end of time.
00:25:30.32\00:25:32.57
In other words, what was
literal in the Old Testament
00:25:32.60\00:25:34.91
in local now becomes spiritual
and global or worldwide.
00:25:34.94\00:25:41.60
Now, what will be the
message of the end time Elijah?
00:25:41.63\00:25:44.06
It's found in the Book
of Revelation, by the way.
00:25:44.09\00:25:47.34
And do you know who
that message is targeted to?
00:25:47.37\00:25:51.51
To the unchurched, right?
00:25:51.54\00:25:54.70
It's a message
that supposed to go to
00:25:54.73\00:25:57.07
primarily to
people who are atheists
00:25:57.10\00:26:00.00
who don't believe in
the existence of God.
00:26:00.03\00:26:02.67
No.
00:26:02.70\00:26:04.20
To whom did Elijah
in the Old Testament
00:26:04.23\00:26:06.29
primarily focus his message?
00:26:06.32\00:26:09.14
Israel. God's chosen people.
00:26:09.17\00:26:11.18
How about the
New Testament Elijah?
00:26:11.21\00:26:13.18
The focus was those
who profess to serve God
00:26:13.21\00:26:16.59
upon whom will the final
Elijah focus his message.
00:26:16.62\00:26:19.54
It must Christendom
who claims to serve God,
00:26:19.57\00:26:24.28
but is really in apostasy.
00:26:24.31\00:26:27.33
In fact, do you know
that most of God's people
00:26:27.36\00:26:29.44
are in Babylon
00:26:29.47\00:26:30.50
and those are the once
that God is going to call out?
00:26:30.53\00:26:32.65
Notice, Revelation
18:4. Revelation 18:4.
00:26:32.68\00:26:38.41
"And I heard another
voice from heaven saying,
00:26:38.44\00:26:42.28
speaking about Babylon,
'Come out of her, my people.'"
00:26:42.31\00:26:48.36
So is the message
that is given to Babylon
00:26:48.39\00:26:50.87
targeted to God's people, yes.
00:26:50.90\00:26:53.88
"Come out of her my people
lest you share in her sins,
00:26:53.91\00:26:58.20
and lest you receive
her plagues." Question.
00:26:58.23\00:27:03.16
Is this end time
Elijah going to preach
00:27:03.19\00:27:05.98
the everlasting
gospel that Jesus is the one
00:27:06.01\00:27:09.19
who saves from the guilt of sin
00:27:09.22\00:27:12.88
as well as from
the power of sin?
00:27:12.91\00:27:15.82
The first angel's message,
00:27:15.85\00:27:17.06
the Elijah message is found
in the Three Angels' Messages.
00:27:17.09\00:27:20.37
The first angel's message
says, what I saw another angel
00:27:20.40\00:27:24.50
fly in the midst of
heaven having, what?
00:27:24.53\00:27:27.48
The everlasting gospel.
00:27:27.51\00:27:30.27
Is that what John
the Baptist preached?
00:27:30.30\00:27:33.20
"Be hold, the Lamb of God
00:27:33.23\00:27:34.65
who takes away
the sin of the world."
00:27:34.68\00:27:36.31
Is that what the Old
Testament Elijah preached?
00:27:36.34\00:27:38.54
The true sacrifice of the lamb,
00:27:38.57\00:27:40.17
the rebuilding of the
alter, the true gospel.
00:27:40.20\00:27:43.57
And it says here
that this first angel,
00:27:43.60\00:27:46.46
this Elijah angel,
if you please comes
00:27:46.49\00:27:49.71
and preaches the
everlasting gospel.
00:27:49.74\00:27:51.30
It says there
in Revelation 14:6.
00:27:51.33\00:27:53.81
"Then I saw another angel
flying in the midst of heaven,
00:27:53.84\00:27:56.85
having the
everlasting gospel to preach
00:27:56.88\00:27:59.20
to those who dwell on the earth,
00:27:59.23\00:28:00.51
to every nation,
tribe, tongue, and people."
00:28:00.54\00:28:02.77
Those upon whom the harlot sits,
00:28:02.80\00:28:04.99
God targets with the
message of the first angel.
00:28:05.02\00:28:08.32
Now let me ask you.
00:28:08.35\00:28:09.90
Was the message of Elijah
a message for God's people
00:28:09.93\00:28:12.82
to come back and
worship the creator?
00:28:12.85\00:28:15.07
Practice true
worship? Absolutely.
00:28:15.10\00:28:17.76
Is that also in the
first angel's message?
00:28:17.79\00:28:20.55
Notice Revelation 14:7.
00:28:20.58\00:28:23.35
It says, speaking
about this first angel.
00:28:23.38\00:28:26.55
"Saying with a loud voice,
'Fear God and give glory to Him,
00:28:26.58\00:28:31.69
for the hour of His
judgment has come.'"
00:28:31.72\00:28:33.80
And now notice.
00:28:33.83\00:28:34.89
"And worship Him who
made heaven and earth,
00:28:34.92\00:28:38.63
the sea and springs of water."
00:28:38.66\00:28:41.40
Does the first
angel's message call people
00:28:41.43\00:28:43.90
to worship the true God?
00:28:43.93\00:28:45.92
Yes, it does.
00:28:45.95\00:28:46.98
By the way, does the
first angel's message
00:28:47.01\00:28:49.13
also rebuke those
who are practicing
00:28:49.16\00:28:51.37
false worship like, Elijah did?
00:28:51.40\00:28:54.28
Yes, the third
angel's message says,
00:28:54.31\00:28:56.07
"Beware to those
who worship the beast
00:28:56.10\00:28:59.35
or his image or
receive his mark."
00:28:59.38\00:29:02.74
Now as I mentioned
in the previous lecture,
00:29:02.77\00:29:04.93
it is impossible
to talk about worship
00:29:04.96\00:29:07.93
without talking
about the creator.
00:29:07.96\00:29:10.68
We worship God
because God is the creator.
00:29:10.71\00:29:14.17
And the sign which God has given
00:29:14.20\00:29:17.36
that He is the creator is what?
00:29:17.39\00:29:20.16
The Sabbath.
00:29:20.19\00:29:21.82
So it's impossible to talk
about the first angel's message
00:29:21.85\00:29:24.88
which calls us to
worship the creator
00:29:24.91\00:29:26.90
without talking
about the Sabbath.
00:29:26.93\00:29:28.89
In fact, the
first angel's message
00:29:28.92\00:29:30.75
makes a direct allusion
to the fourth commandment
00:29:30.78\00:29:33.76
of the Holy law of God.
00:29:33.79\00:29:35.41
In other words, it's
a call for God's people
00:29:35.44\00:29:37.43
to return to the
observance of the Sabbath.
00:29:37.46\00:29:41.35
Let me ask you,
which day of the week
00:29:41.38\00:29:43.45
do most Christians keep today?
00:29:43.48\00:29:46.59
They keep Sunday.
00:29:46.62\00:29:49.55
You see, at the end
it's not the literal Sun
00:29:49.58\00:29:51.21
that they are
going to worship there
00:29:51.24\00:29:52.38
to sophisticate it for that,
00:29:52.41\00:29:55.54
but they worship on the Sunday.
00:29:55.57\00:29:57.39
By the way, let me ask you.
00:29:57.42\00:29:59.27
Where did Israel get sun--
00:29:59.30\00:30:03.33
The worship of the sun God from?
00:30:03.36\00:30:05.84
Paganism.
00:30:05.87\00:30:07.25
Where did the Christian Church
get worship on Sunday from?
00:30:07.28\00:30:11.72
Paganism. Is
there any difference?
00:30:11.75\00:30:13.90
Not really.
00:30:13.93\00:30:16.08
Anything that man
establishes for worship
00:30:16.11\00:30:18.49
which God has not established
for worship is idolatry.
00:30:18.52\00:30:23.52
And I have done this before
00:30:23.55\00:30:24.76
and I'll ask you once again.
00:30:24.79\00:30:25.87
Who created the sun? God did.
00:30:25.90\00:30:29.29
Did He create
it for worship? No.
00:30:29.32\00:30:31.53
So what happens if you covert it
00:30:31.56\00:30:32.93
into an object of worship?
00:30:32.96\00:30:34.22
What is that called?
00:30:34.25\00:30:36.03
Idolatry. Let me ask you.
00:30:36.06\00:30:38.71
Who created the
first day of the week? God.
00:30:38.74\00:30:42.00
Did He create
it for worship? No.
00:30:42.03\00:30:44.30
So what if you convert
it into a day of worship?
00:30:44.33\00:30:46.89
What is that called? Idolatry.
00:30:46.92\00:30:48.90
It doesn't matter if it's
an object or if it's a day.
00:30:48.93\00:30:52.59
If you make for worship
00:30:52.62\00:30:54.20
that which God did not make
for worship, that is idolatry.
00:30:54.23\00:30:58.48
So in other words,
the Christian world
00:30:58.51\00:30:59.85
is limping between two opinions.
00:30:59.88\00:31:02.48
They are claiming
to serve the Lord,
00:31:02.51\00:31:04.40
but at the same time,
00:31:04.43\00:31:05.62
they are keeping
the day of the sun
00:31:05.65\00:31:07.69
which is a direct
legacy from paganism.
00:31:07.72\00:31:11.00
And it's no
coincidence that when God makes
00:31:11.03\00:31:12.82
a new heavens and a new earth.
00:31:12.85\00:31:14.69
The Bible tells us
in Isaiah 66:22-23,
00:31:14.72\00:31:18.46
"That we will go
from month to month
00:31:18.49\00:31:21.03
or new moon to new moon
00:31:21.06\00:31:22.38
and from Sabbath to Sabbath
00:31:22.41\00:31:24.09
and we will
worship before the Lord."
00:31:24.12\00:31:26.37
The Sabbath will be once again,
00:31:26.40\00:31:28.06
the sign of recognizing
the creator in worship.
00:31:28.09\00:31:33.08
By the way, does this end time
00:31:33.11\00:31:34.43
Elijah also restore
the commandments of God,
00:31:34.46\00:31:37.39
besides true worship
and rebuking false worship?
00:31:37.42\00:31:40.39
Absolutely. Revelation 14:12.
00:31:40.42\00:31:43.87
which is the concluding verse
of the Three Angels' Message.
00:31:43.90\00:31:47.40
It says there, "Here is
the patience of the saints.
00:31:47.43\00:31:51.39
Here are those who, what?
00:31:51.42\00:31:53.37
Who keep the commandments of God
00:31:53.40\00:31:56.01
and have the faith of Jesus?"
00:31:56.04\00:31:58.66
So God's people
are going to restore
00:31:58.69\00:32:00.16
the commandments of
God like, Elijah did
00:32:00.19\00:32:02.68
and like John the
Baptist did. Absolutely.
00:32:02.71\00:32:05.89
Are God's people in the end time
00:32:05.92\00:32:07.89
also going to
rebuke the fornication
00:32:07.92\00:32:10.83
of the church with
the kings of the earth?
00:32:10.86\00:32:13.95
Absolutely.
00:32:13.98\00:32:15.47
Just like John the
Baptist rebuke the fornication
00:32:15.50\00:32:17.93
between the king and Herodias
00:32:17.96\00:32:22.09
just like, Elijah
rebuke the union of Ahab
00:32:22.12\00:32:25.31
with Jezebel at the end of time.
00:32:25.34\00:32:27.77
This union of church
and state will be rebuked.
00:32:27.80\00:32:31.33
In fact, notice what the
second angels' message says.
00:32:31.36\00:32:34.00
Revelation 14:8,
00:32:34.03\00:32:36.35
"And another
angel followed, saying,
00:32:36.38\00:32:39.63
'Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city,
00:32:39.66\00:32:43.67
because she has
made all nations drink
00:32:43.70\00:32:46.10
of the wine of the wrath
00:32:46.13\00:32:48.03
of her, what, fornication.'"
00:32:48.06\00:32:50.38
And who is she fornicating with?
00:32:50.41\00:32:52.01
Revelation 17:1-2,
00:32:52.04\00:32:54.15
tells us what
her fornication is,
00:32:54.18\00:32:55.78
what the fornication
of this harlot church is?
00:32:55.81\00:32:58.32
It says, "Then one
of the seven angels
00:32:58.35\00:33:01.18
who had the seven bowls
00:33:01.21\00:33:02.77
came and talked
with me, saying to me,
00:33:02.80\00:33:05.06
'Come, I will show you the
judgment of the great harlot
00:33:05.09\00:33:08.43
who sits on many waters,
00:33:08.46\00:33:10.47
with whom the kings of the earth
00:33:10.50\00:33:13.85
committed fornication.'"
00:33:13.88\00:33:16.48
So how does she
fornicate with what?
00:33:16.51\00:33:18.78
The kings. Same as in the past.
00:33:18.81\00:33:21.87
"And the inhabitants of
the earth were made drunk
00:33:21.90\00:33:24.35
with the wine of
her fornication."
00:33:24.38\00:33:26.48
Do you have wine involved
00:33:26.51\00:33:27.57
in the story of
John the Baptist?
00:33:27.60\00:33:29.65
We studied this.
00:33:29.68\00:33:31.40
Yeah. Herod was drunk.
00:33:31.43\00:33:33.48
Do you have wine involved
00:33:33.51\00:33:34.89
in the story of Jezebel
in the Old Testament? Yes.
00:33:34.92\00:33:37.59
You remember the
Naboth's Vineyard?
00:33:37.62\00:33:39.90
Absolutely. Now let me ask you.
00:33:39.93\00:33:43.48
Do the Three Angels' Message--
00:33:43.51\00:33:45.35
Messages speak about a
separation, final separation
00:33:45.38\00:33:49.61
between the
righteous and the unrighteous,
00:33:49.64\00:33:51.80
between those who
have the seal of God
00:33:51.83\00:33:53.66
and those who receive
the mark of the beast.
00:33:53.69\00:33:56.25
Is there gonna be
a judgment separation
00:33:56.28\00:33:58.26
where there will
be only two groups
00:33:58.29\00:34:00.05
like, in the days of Elijah.
00:34:00.08\00:34:01.61
If the Lord is God, worship Him.
00:34:01.64\00:34:03.80
If Baal is God, worship him.
00:34:03.83\00:34:06.10
Make your choice.
00:34:06.13\00:34:07.81
You cannot be on the fence.
00:34:07.84\00:34:10.48
In Revelation, do
we find the same idea?
00:34:10.51\00:34:12.82
Absolutely.
00:34:12.85\00:34:13.89
Because Revelation
presents two groups.
00:34:13.92\00:34:16.56
One group has the seal of God
00:34:16.59\00:34:18.87
and the other group has what?
00:34:18.90\00:34:20.82
The other group has
the mark of the beast.
00:34:20.85\00:34:23.96
In other words, as
in the days of Elijah,
00:34:23.99\00:34:25.87
there was a
separation and a judgment.
00:34:25.90\00:34:28.42
Revelation also
speaks about a separation
00:34:28.45\00:34:31.09
and a judgment.
Now let me ask you.
00:34:31.12\00:34:33.06
How much effect has the message
00:34:33.09\00:34:35.22
in the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:34:35.25\00:34:36.41
really had upon the world?
00:34:36.44\00:34:39.24
You know, maybe we
are 15 or 16 million,
00:34:39.27\00:34:42.57
out of the world that
has close to 7 billion.
00:34:42.60\00:34:47.40
Very little effect.
00:34:47.43\00:34:48.46
Do you remember
the days of Elijah
00:34:48.49\00:34:50.25
when he preached the message?
00:34:50.28\00:34:51.99
Even on Mount Carmel.
00:34:52.02\00:34:53.47
The Bible says that
they answered him not a word.
00:34:53.50\00:34:56.65
Let me ask you.
00:34:56.68\00:34:57.72
Is the day coming
when that's gonna change?
00:34:57.75\00:35:00.70
When the whole earth
is going to be illumined
00:35:00.73\00:35:03.34
with the glory of God
00:35:03.37\00:35:04.45
like, Mount Carmel was
illumine by the glory of God?
00:35:04.48\00:35:07.22
Absolutely. Let's read about it.
00:35:07.25\00:35:09.49
In Revelation 18:1-5.
00:35:09.52\00:35:12.71
This is a global Mount Carmel.
00:35:12.74\00:35:15.75
The glory of God will
fall from heaven once again,
00:35:15.78\00:35:18.42
the whole Christian world
will hear the message about
00:35:18.45\00:35:21.12
the fall of
Babylon, false worship,
00:35:21.15\00:35:23.45
trampling on the
commandments of God,
00:35:23.48\00:35:25.85
keeping the wrong day,
00:35:25.88\00:35:27.50
and then many of them
will do like Israel said,
00:35:27.53\00:35:30.77
"The Lord, he has
got. The Lord, he has got."
00:35:30.80\00:35:34.12
Notice, "And after these things
00:35:34.15\00:35:36.43
I saw another angel
coming down from heaven,
00:35:36.46\00:35:38.85
having great authority,
00:35:38.88\00:35:40.65
and the earth was
illuminated with his glory."
00:35:40.68\00:35:45.08
Was the Mount Carmel illuminated
with the glory of God?
00:35:45.11\00:35:48.43
Oh, absolutely.
00:35:48.46\00:35:49.77
But this is a global
illumination on planet earth.
00:35:49.80\00:35:53.86
Notice verse 2.
00:35:53.89\00:35:55.07
"And he cried
mightily with a loud voice,
00:35:55.10\00:35:58.41
saying, Babylon
the great is fallen."
00:35:58.44\00:36:00.65
How many parts
does Babylon have?
00:36:00.68\00:36:03.28
Three, right? It's
rebuking the three.
00:36:03.31\00:36:06.27
Kings of the earth,
00:36:06.30\00:36:08.19
the harlot, and
the harlot's daughters.
00:36:08.22\00:36:11.51
The dragon, the beast
and the false prophets.
00:36:11.54\00:36:14.91
Verse 2, "And he cried
mightily with a loud voice,
00:36:14.94\00:36:17.60
saying, 'Babylon
the great is fallen,
00:36:17.63\00:36:20.10
is fallen, and has become
a dwelling place of demons,
00:36:20.13\00:36:23.93
a prison for every false spirit
00:36:23.96\00:36:25.97
and a cage for every
unclean and hated bird.
00:36:26.00\00:36:29.74
For all the nations have drunk
00:36:29.77\00:36:31.37
of the wine of the
wrath of her fornication,
00:36:31.40\00:36:34.24
the kings of the earth have
committed fornication with her,
00:36:34.27\00:36:38.55
and the merchants of
the earth have become rich
00:36:38.58\00:36:40.93
through the
abundance of her luxury."
00:36:40.96\00:36:42.83
And now, notice what
this call contemplates.
00:36:42.86\00:36:46.29
'"And I heard
another voice from heaven,
00:36:46.32\00:36:48.20
saying, 'Come out of
her, the atheistic.'"
00:36:48.23\00:36:52.35
No. That's not what it says.
00:36:52.38\00:36:54.01
It says, I heard
another voice from heaven,
00:36:54.04\00:36:55.81
saying, "Come out
of her, my people,
00:36:55.84\00:37:01.54
lest you share in her sins,
00:37:01.57\00:37:03.58
and lest you
receive of her plagues,
00:37:03.61\00:37:06.67
for her sins have
reached to heaven,
00:37:06.70\00:37:09.02
and God has
remembered her iniquities.'"
00:37:09.05\00:37:13.71
Is there going to be a
battle once again between Elijah
00:37:13.74\00:37:17.83
and this
threefold union? Absolutely.
00:37:17.86\00:37:20.98
In fact, let's
read Revelation 12:17.
00:37:21.01\00:37:25.39
Revelation 12:17.
00:37:25.42\00:37:29.72
It says, "And the dragon
was enraged with the woman,
00:37:29.75\00:37:34.41
and he went to make war
with the rest of her offspring,
00:37:34.44\00:37:38.25
or with the remnant of her seed.
00:37:38.28\00:37:40.66
Who keep the commandments of God
00:37:40.69\00:37:43.26
and have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:37:43.29\00:37:46.45
Question.
00:37:46.48\00:37:47.70
Are God's people
gonna have to flee?
00:37:47.73\00:37:51.16
You think?
00:37:51.19\00:37:54.59
Is there going to be a
lack of rain on planet earth?
00:37:54.62\00:37:57.40
Spiritually speaking?
00:37:57.43\00:37:59.33
Is there going to be
a drought? Absolutely.
00:37:59.36\00:38:02.88
Who is gonna be
blamed? God's people.
00:38:02.91\00:38:06.53
Are they gonna
have to flee? Where?
00:38:06.56\00:38:10.00
To the desolate
places of the earth.
00:38:10.03\00:38:12.05
In fact, let's read it
in the Gospel of Matthew.
00:38:12.08\00:38:14.63
By the way, the
Gospel of Matthew
00:38:14.66\00:38:15.91
is speaking about
the same time period,
00:38:15.94\00:38:18.12
if we look at the sequence
of events in Matthew 24.
00:38:18.15\00:38:21.34
Notice Matthew 24:6-9.
00:38:21.37\00:38:26.48
"And you will hear of
wars and rumors of wars.
00:38:26.51\00:38:29.75
See that you are not troubled
00:38:29.78\00:38:31.07
for all these
things must come to pass,
00:38:31.10\00:38:33.05
but the end is not yet.
00:38:33.08\00:38:35.54
For nation will
rise against nation,
00:38:35.57\00:38:37.36
and kingdom against kingdom.
00:38:37.39\00:38:38.93
And there will be
famines, pestilences,
00:38:38.96\00:38:40.77
and earthquakes
in various places."
00:38:40.80\00:38:44.46
Are there going to be
calamities in society,
00:38:44.49\00:38:46.72
just like in the days of Elijah?
00:38:46.75\00:38:48.43
Absolutely. Verse 8.
00:38:48.46\00:38:51.94
"All these are the
beginning of sorrows."
00:38:51.97\00:38:53.96
And then who is gonna be
blamed for all these things?
00:38:53.99\00:38:56.51
Notice verse 9.
00:38:56.54\00:38:58.07
"Then hey will
deliver you up to tribulation
00:38:58.10\00:39:03.28
and, what, and kill you,
00:39:03.31\00:39:05.96
and you will be
hated by all nations
00:39:05.99\00:39:08.60
for My name's sake."
00:39:08.63\00:39:10.00
Why are they gonna be hated?
00:39:10.03\00:39:12.18
Because the wicked think
that they are causing what,
00:39:12.21\00:39:16.97
all of these
problems in society,
00:39:17.00\00:39:19.03
famines and
pestilences and earth quakes
00:39:19.06\00:39:21.71
and wars and rumors of wars.
00:39:21.74\00:39:23.71
Nation rising against
nation, kingdom against kingdom.
00:39:23.74\00:39:26.95
It says, "Then they will
deliver you up to tribulation
00:39:26.98\00:39:30.89
and kill you,
and you will be hated
00:39:30.92\00:39:32.76
by all nations
for My name's sake."
00:39:32.79\00:39:36.02
Will God have to
flee? Absolutely.
00:39:36.05\00:39:38.25
God's people have to flee? Yes.
00:39:38.28\00:39:39.78
Matthew 24,
beginning with verse 15.
00:39:39.81\00:39:42.62
This is
describing this very same
00:39:42.65\00:39:44.45
time period of the tribulation.
00:39:44.48\00:39:46.32
It says in Matthew 24:15.
00:39:46.35\00:39:48.62
"Therefore when you see the
'abomination of desolation,'
00:39:48.65\00:39:51.84
spoken of by Daniel the prophet,
00:39:51.87\00:39:53.78
standing in the holy place
00:39:53.81\00:39:55.38
whoever reads,
let him understand.
00:39:55.41\00:39:57.19
Then let those who are in Judea,
00:39:57.22\00:40:00.26
what, flee to the mountains."
00:40:00.29\00:40:03.44
Let him who is on the housetop
00:40:03.47\00:40:06.04
not go down to take
anything out of his house.
00:40:06.07\00:40:09.41
And let him who is in the field
not go back to get his clothes.
00:40:09.44\00:40:13.20
But woe to
those who are pregnant
00:40:13.23\00:40:15.04
and to those who are
nursing babies in those days."
00:40:15.07\00:40:17.75
And now notice this.
00:40:17.78\00:40:19.12
"And pray that your flight
00:40:19.15\00:40:21.08
may not be in
winter or on the Sabbath."
00:40:21.11\00:40:24.42
What days are gonna be kept
when God's people are fleeing?
00:40:24.45\00:40:27.23
The Sabbath.
00:40:27.26\00:40:29.08
And later on, we are going
to do a series on Matthew 24.
00:40:29.11\00:40:31.53
I'm gonna show
you that Matthew 24
00:40:31.56\00:40:33.25
has two fulfillments
00:40:33.28\00:40:34.75
and as the fulfillment
was literal Jerusalem,
00:40:34.78\00:40:36.97
but it also has a fulfillment
with spiritual Jerusalem
00:40:37.00\00:40:39.68
at the end of
time. Notice verse 21.
00:40:39.71\00:40:43.34
"For then there will
be great tribulation,
00:40:43.37\00:40:45.83
such as has not been
since the beginning of the world
00:40:45.86\00:40:49.39
until this time.
No, nor ever shall be."
00:40:49.42\00:40:53.54
So are God's
people gonna have to flee?
00:40:53.57\00:40:56.40
They are gonna have to flee.
00:40:56.43\00:40:58.25
Because the
world is gonna believe
00:40:58.28\00:40:59.65
that all of the
calamities that are taking place
00:40:59.68\00:41:01.72
are due to God's remnant.
00:41:01.75\00:41:04.46
And therefore, they will
want to slay God's people.
00:41:04.49\00:41:06.73
You say, this is ridiculous,
00:41:06.76\00:41:07.94
this could never happen.
00:41:07.97\00:41:09.29
Folks, it's happened.
00:41:09.32\00:41:11.51
It's happened
during the Middle Ages.
00:41:11.54\00:41:13.23
It's happened more recently.
00:41:13.26\00:41:14.29
I could tell you stories of
when we moved down to Columbia.
00:41:14.32\00:41:18.91
In the early 1950s,
00:41:18.94\00:41:22.13
there was religious
persecution which was incredible
00:41:22.16\00:41:26.08
and we are talking
the 20th century here.
00:41:26.11\00:41:31.01
Will God's people be sustained
00:41:31.04\00:41:32.40
miraculously by
God when they flee?
00:41:32.43\00:41:35.20
The Great Controversy, page 629.
00:41:35.23\00:41:37.71
Notice this
remarkable statement.
00:41:37.74\00:41:40.34
"The people of God will
not be free from suffering."
00:41:40.37\00:41:42.80
During this time when
they have to flee like, Elijah.
00:41:42.83\00:41:46.48
Those are my
words. I quote again.
00:41:46.51\00:41:48.69
"But while
persecuted and distressed,
00:41:48.72\00:41:51.67
while they endure privation
00:41:51.70\00:41:53.73
and suffer for want of food
they will not be left to perish.
00:41:53.76\00:41:59.33
That God who cared
for Elijah will not pass
00:41:59.36\00:42:04.44
by one of His self
sacrificing children.
00:42:04.47\00:42:08.37
He who numbers the
hairs of their head
00:42:08.40\00:42:10.89
will take care for them,
00:42:10.92\00:42:14.39
and in time of famine
they shall be satisfied.
00:42:14.42\00:42:18.87
While the wicked are dying
from hunger and pestilence,
00:42:18.90\00:42:22.07
angels will shield the righteous
and supply their wants."
00:42:22.10\00:42:28.22
Just like in the days of Elijah,
00:42:28.25\00:42:30.67
God's people
will be provided for.
00:42:30.70\00:42:34.21
Is there going
to be a death decree
00:42:34.24\00:42:35.89
ordered against God's people?
00:42:35.92\00:42:37.99
Revelation 13:15,
00:42:38.02\00:42:40.56
was there a death
decree order against Elijah?
00:42:40.59\00:42:43.93
Most certainly.
00:42:43.96\00:42:45.01
Did God protect him
from the death decree?
00:42:45.04\00:42:47.28
Of course.
Notice Revelation 13:15.
00:42:47.31\00:42:51.74
"He was granted power to give
00:42:51.77\00:42:53.37
breath to the
image of the beast."
00:42:53.40\00:42:56.34
That the image of the
beast, the beast and his image,
00:42:56.37\00:42:59.02
the mother and the daughters.
00:42:59.05\00:43:01.14
"That the image of the
beast should both speak
00:43:01.17\00:43:04.15
and cause as many
as would not worship
00:43:04.18\00:43:07.57
the image of the beast
to be, what, to be killed."
00:43:07.60\00:43:14.06
So God's end time
people are going to go through
00:43:14.09\00:43:16.14
the same experience as Elijah.
00:43:16.17\00:43:18.01
As both Elijah's
00:43:18.04\00:43:19.46
because they are preaching
the Three Angels' Messages.
00:43:19.49\00:43:23.73
Strengthen by the
message of the fourth angel
00:43:23.76\00:43:26.04
of Revelation chapter 18.
00:43:26.07\00:43:27.85
When the fire of
God falls from heaven,
00:43:27.88\00:43:30.14
multitudes in all of
the churches out there
00:43:30.17\00:43:33.53
are going to join
God's remnant people.
00:43:33.56\00:43:38.44
Now I need to talk to
you about the end of Jezebel,
00:43:38.47\00:43:43.34
the end time Jezebel,
00:43:43.37\00:43:45.53
the end of the false
prophets and the end of Ahab.
00:43:45.56\00:43:49.20
Do you remember what happened
in the Old Testament story?
00:43:49.23\00:43:53.39
How did the
prophets of Baal end up?
00:43:53.42\00:43:56.39
The very people who admire
the most arose to slay them.
00:43:56.42\00:44:01.99
What happened to Ahab?
00:44:02.02\00:44:04.55
He was killed and the
dogs licked up his blood.
00:44:04.58\00:44:08.92
What happened to Jezebel?
00:44:08.95\00:44:11.37
She was thrown down
from up stairs, right?
00:44:11.40\00:44:15.85
She was thrown down
00:44:15.88\00:44:18.22
and when she fell, a
chariot ran over her.
00:44:18.25\00:44:22.19
And the Bible says that her
blood spattered on the horses.
00:44:22.22\00:44:26.37
It's terrible.
00:44:26.40\00:44:28.43
And then when they
came to look for her,
00:44:28.46\00:44:31.14
almost her whole body has
been devoured by wild beasts.
00:44:31.17\00:44:35.17
Is that the scenario
of what's gonna happen
00:44:35.20\00:44:36.85
to those who fight against
God's people in the end time?
00:44:36.88\00:44:41.10
Listen to this
statement that we find
00:44:41.13\00:44:43.03
in the book Great Controversy.
00:44:43.06\00:44:44.24
If I had time, I would
look at Revelation 16:12,
00:44:44.27\00:44:48.51
the drying up of the Euphrates.
00:44:48.54\00:44:49.81
See the harlot
sits on many waters,
00:44:49.84\00:44:52.20
she controls the
multitudes of the worlds,
00:44:52.23\00:44:54.64
of the world, but the Bible says
00:44:54.67\00:44:56.79
that the waters
are gonna be what?
00:44:56.82\00:44:58.95
Dried up.
00:44:58.98\00:45:00.99
That means that the waters are
going to withdraw their, what?
00:45:01.02\00:45:04.14
Their support and then
they are going to arise
00:45:04.17\00:45:06.68
to destroy the
system that deceived them.
00:45:06.71\00:45:09.72
Notice this remarkable comment
00:45:09.75\00:45:12.43
in Great Controversy 655and 656.
00:45:12.46\00:45:16.73
"The people see that
they have been deluded."
00:45:16.76\00:45:19.09
This is at the
moment of the sixth plagued.
00:45:19.12\00:45:21.54
"They accuse one
another of having
00:45:21.57\00:45:23.14
led them to destruction,
00:45:23.17\00:45:24.30
but all unite in heaping
their bitterest condemnation
00:45:24.33\00:45:28.17
upon the ministers.
00:45:28.20\00:45:31.51
Unfaithful pastors have
prophesied smooth things.
00:45:31.54\00:45:35.26
They have led their hearers
to make void the law of God
00:45:35.29\00:45:38.58
and to persecute those
who would keep it holy.
00:45:38.61\00:45:41.93
Now, in their despair,
00:45:41.96\00:45:45.16
these teachers
confess before the world
00:45:45.19\00:45:47.35
their work of deception.
00:45:47.38\00:45:49.46
The multitudes
are filled with fury."
00:45:49.49\00:45:52.52
Read what
happened in Mount Carmel
00:45:52.55\00:45:54.10
after the fire fell from heaven.
00:45:54.13\00:45:55.70
How the people felt towards
those who had deseed them.
00:45:55.73\00:45:58.92
She continues saying this,
00:45:58.95\00:46:00.09
"The multitudes
are filled with fury.
00:46:00.12\00:46:02.64
We are lost!
00:46:02.67\00:46:03.70
They cry, and you
are the cause of our ruin
00:46:03.73\00:46:07.57
and they turn upon
the false shepherds.
00:46:07.60\00:46:10.82
The very ones that
once admired them most
00:46:10.85\00:46:13.07
will pronounce the most
dreadful curses upon them.
00:46:13.10\00:46:16.18
The very hands that once
crowned them with laurels
00:46:16.21\00:46:19.26
will be raised
for their destruction.
00:46:19.29\00:46:21.54
The swords which
were to slay God's people
00:46:21.57\00:46:24.82
are now employed to
destroy their enemies.
00:46:24.85\00:46:27.71
Everywhere there is
strife and bloodshed."
00:46:27.74\00:46:31.07
Do you remember
the end of Jezebel?
00:46:32.65\00:46:35.15
The king came in his
chariot and Jezebel said,
00:46:35.18\00:46:37.93
"Hey, here is another king Jehu,
00:46:37.96\00:46:40.02
I'm gonna use him
the way I used Ahab."
00:46:40.05\00:46:41.68
And so she talks to
him from the window.
00:46:43.50\00:46:46.94
She says, "Hello,
how are you, Jehu?"
00:46:46.97\00:46:49.48
And Jehu says, "Who is
on the Lord's side? Who?"
00:46:51.09\00:46:53.58
And two of the servants that
were up there what did they do?
00:46:55.17\00:46:58.89
They pushed her out the window.
00:46:58.92\00:47:00.98
In other words, the king
no longer was going to be used
00:47:02.35\00:47:05.32
he turned against the harlot.
00:47:05.35\00:47:08.20
Notice Revelation 17:16-17.
00:47:08.23\00:47:11.86
What's gonna
happen with this harlot.
00:47:11.89\00:47:13.31
It says, "And the 10 horns."
00:47:14.92\00:47:16.39
By the way the 10
horns are king, 10 kings,
00:47:16.42\00:47:18.59
the number 10 represents
the kings of the earth
00:47:18.62\00:47:21.12
and of the whole world.
00:47:21.15\00:47:22.28
"And the 10 horns which you saw
on the beast these were, what?
00:47:22.31\00:47:28.25
Will hate the harlot."
00:47:28.28\00:47:30.57
Just like Jehu.
00:47:32.24\00:47:34.32
"And make her
desolate and naked,
00:47:34.35\00:47:37.35
eat her flesh and
burn her with fire."
00:47:37.38\00:47:42.08
And by the way, are the
wicked going to be trampled
00:47:42.11\00:47:45.65
upon by horses
symbolically speaking?
00:47:45.68\00:47:49.28
Notice Revelation 14.
00:47:49.31\00:47:51.15
See, the Book of Revelation
picks up all of this terminology
00:47:51.18\00:47:54.05
from the Old Testament
and it's speaking about
00:47:54.08\00:47:56.23
a global
universal fulfillment of it.
00:47:56.26\00:47:58.53
See, it's not one king
00:47:58.56\00:48:02.00
who was gonna turn
against a literal harlot queen.
00:48:02.03\00:48:05.07
It is all of the
kings of the world
00:48:05.10\00:48:06.61
that are gonna turn
against this harlot system
00:48:06.64\00:48:09.23
which has
deceived them and use them.
00:48:09.26\00:48:11.93
It's not only literal
Israel taking 450 prophets
00:48:11.96\00:48:18.00
and slaying them, it's
gonna be all of the ministers
00:48:18.03\00:48:21.46
of the world that
are gonna be sort out
00:48:21.49\00:48:24.47
by all of those who
have been deceived by them.
00:48:24.50\00:48:27.99
Now notice Revelation
14:19-20. Revelation 14:19-20.
00:48:28.02\00:48:32.70
It's a serious
thing to be a preacher.
00:48:32.73\00:48:34.46
Hello.
00:48:36.21\00:48:37.42
Because if I'm
teaching you falsely, you say,
00:48:40.53\00:48:43.64
"Oh, he preaches
so nice. Hallelujah.
00:48:43.67\00:48:46.26
Wow!"
00:48:46.29\00:48:47.66
And I deceive you?
00:48:47.69\00:48:49.36
Someday you are
gonna look for me,
00:48:49.39\00:48:52.03
not to pat me on the
back, but to want to destroy me
00:48:52.06\00:48:57.78
because I deceived you.
00:48:57.81\00:48:58.84
It's a serious thing
to be a spiritual leader.
00:49:00.21\00:49:02.98
It's a serious thing to be
a teacher of the word of God.
00:49:03.01\00:49:06.25
We have to be
faithful to the word.
00:49:06.28\00:49:08.21
Revelation 14:19-20.
00:49:08.24\00:49:10.68
"So the angel thrust
his sickle into the earth
00:49:10.71\00:49:14.65
and gathered the
vine of the earth,
00:49:14.68\00:49:16.65
and threw it into the great
winepress of the wrath of God."
00:49:16.68\00:49:20.34
By the way, the
grapes and the winepress
00:49:20.37\00:49:21.82
represent the wicked.
00:49:21.85\00:49:23.53
And now notice verse 20,
00:49:23.56\00:49:25.59
"And the winepress was
trampled outside the city"
00:49:25.62\00:49:29.78
This means that the
wicked now are destroyed.
00:49:29.81\00:49:32.44
The winepress represents
the place where the wicked are.
00:49:32.47\00:49:34.55
You are not dealing
with literal grapes.
00:49:34.58\00:49:37.16
"And the winepress was
trampled outside the city
00:49:37.19\00:49:39.94
and blood came
out of the winepress."
00:49:39.97\00:49:42.87
And now notice this.
00:49:42.90\00:49:44.75
"Up to, what,
the horses' bridles."
00:49:44.78\00:49:49.68
Does the blood
splatter on the horses' bridles?
00:49:49.71\00:49:51.87
Yes.
00:49:51.90\00:49:52.99
By the way, do you know
who is riding these horses?
00:49:53.02\00:49:54.72
Revelation 19 identifies those
who are riding these horses
00:49:56.80\00:50:01.42
as Jesus Christ
riding on a white horse
00:50:01.45\00:50:04.16
and the armies in heaven
followed Him on white horses
00:50:04.19\00:50:08.49
and they are coming
to destroy the wicked
00:50:08.52\00:50:11.38
who have
persecuted the people of God.
00:50:11.41\00:50:14.16
Now, what about the
birds and the beasts
00:50:14.19\00:50:16.19
eating Jezebel and
licking up the blood of Ahab?
00:50:16.22\00:50:19.17
You know, this is terrible
terminology saying, "Wow!
00:50:19.20\00:50:22.08
How can this
even be in the Bible?"
00:50:22.11\00:50:23.69
Let me tell you, God
uses graphic terminology
00:50:23.72\00:50:26.15
because He doesn't want
us to be in these groups.
00:50:26.18\00:50:28.47
He wants us to escape.
This is the message of love.
00:50:29.48\00:50:32.08
Oh, don't talk about, about
the beast and the false prophets
00:50:32.11\00:50:35.20
and the mark of the
beast, that's scary stuff.
00:50:35.23\00:50:37.45
Let's talk about love.
00:50:39.68\00:50:40.88
Well, this is
the message of love.
00:50:40.91\00:50:42.39
The reason why God
talks to you this way
00:50:42.42\00:50:44.27
is because He doesn't
want you to be in these groups.
00:50:44.30\00:50:46.56
Is that a message or
would you rather have God say,
00:50:48.40\00:50:50.19
"Everything is fine. Just love."
00:50:50.22\00:50:54.32
And then you are lost you say,
"Lord, why don't You tell me?"
00:50:54.35\00:50:56.64
Well, you wanted
a message of love.
00:50:56.67\00:50:58.23
Notice Revelation 19:17-18.
00:51:01.60\00:51:03.81
What's gonna
happen with the wicked?
00:51:03.84\00:51:05.01
The terminology that's used.
00:51:05.04\00:51:06.37
You are picking up the ideas
00:51:06.40\00:51:07.68
from the Old
Testament Elijah story.
00:51:07.71\00:51:09.29
It says there in verse 17.
00:51:09.32\00:51:11.26
"Then I saw an
angel standing in the sun,
00:51:11.29\00:51:14.03
and he cried with a loud voice,
00:51:14.06\00:51:16.82
saying to all the birds
that fly in the midst of heaven,
00:51:16.85\00:51:20.20
'Come and gather together
for the supper of the great God,
00:51:20.23\00:51:23.01
that you may eat
the flesh of kings,
00:51:23.04\00:51:25.91
the flesh of captains,
the flesh of mighty men,
00:51:26.91\00:51:30.67
the flesh of horses, and
of those who sit on them,
00:51:30.70\00:51:33.56
and the flesh of all
people, free and slave,
00:51:33.59\00:51:37.05
both small and great.'
00:51:37.08\00:51:39.94
" Do you remember that
in the Old Testament after
00:51:39.97\00:51:42.36
all of these apostate
systems were destroyed?
00:51:42.39\00:51:45.22
We found that verse in
2 Kings 9:7 where it says
00:51:45.25\00:51:48.51
that God had avenged the blood
00:51:48.54\00:51:50.37
of his prophets
and his servants.
00:51:50.40\00:51:53.02
Notice Revelation
19:1-2. Revelation 19:1-2.
00:51:53.05\00:51:57.32
See, the Book of
Revelation picks up on this,
00:51:57.35\00:51:59.88
story of the Old
Testament and universalizes it.
00:51:59.91\00:52:02.83
Revelation 19:1-2.
00:52:02.86\00:52:04.76
"After these things
I heard a loud voice
00:52:04.79\00:52:07.05
of a great multitude in
heaven, saying, 'Alleluia!
00:52:07.08\00:52:11.06
Salvation and
glory and honor and power
00:52:11.09\00:52:13.87
belong to the Lord our God.
00:52:13.90\00:52:15.69
For true and
righteous are His judgments,
00:52:15.72\00:52:18.13
because He has, what,
judged the great harlot
00:52:18.16\00:52:21.96
who corrupted the
earth with her fornication,
00:52:21.99\00:52:24.19
and He has, what, avenged on her
00:52:24.22\00:52:26.96
the blood of His
servants shed by her.'
00:52:26.99\00:52:29.94
" Revelation 18:20,
used as the same terminology.
00:52:29.97\00:52:33.45
"Rejoice over her, O
heaven, and you holy apostles
00:52:33.48\00:52:38.23
and prophets, for God
has avenged you on her
00:52:38.26\00:52:42.66
" The Book of
Revelation is speaking up
00:52:44.57\00:52:45.93
on the Old Testament story,
but it is universalizing this.
00:52:45.96\00:52:49.04
And after these systems,
come to their end or at the time
00:52:50.58\00:52:55.52
that they come to their end
then you will see that cloud.
00:52:55.55\00:53:00.11
Remember the cloud that
Elijah saw there was a delay.
00:53:03.12\00:53:04.86
He had to go seven
times, the servant to see,
00:53:04.89\00:53:07.08
there was no cloud.
00:53:07.11\00:53:08.33
Finally, he sees that cloud
about the size of a man's hand.
00:53:08.36\00:53:11.69
Listen to Great
Controversy, 640, 641."
00:53:11.72\00:53:14.70
Soon there appears in
the east a small black cloud,
00:53:15.73\00:53:19.40
about half the
size of a man's hand.
00:53:19.43\00:53:22.53
It is the cloud
which surrounds the Savior
00:53:22.56\00:53:24.74
and which seems in the distance
to be shrouded in darkness.
00:53:24.77\00:53:28.12
The people of God know this to
be the sign of the Son of man.
00:53:28.15\00:53:31.45
In solemn
silence they gaze upon it
00:53:31.48\00:53:34.01
as it draws nearer the earth,
00:53:34.04\00:53:36.24
becoming lighter
and more glorious,
00:53:36.27\00:53:38.90
until it is a great white cloud,
00:53:38.93\00:53:41.12
its base a glory
like consuming fire,
00:53:41.15\00:53:43.46
and above it the
rainbow of the covenant.
00:53:43.49\00:53:45.90
Jesus rides forth
as a mighty conqueror."
00:53:45.93\00:53:49.21
Allow me to read
another statement of Ellen White
00:53:52.04\00:53:54.47
about when Jesus
actually is near the earth
00:53:54.50\00:53:57.54
and he can be seen.
00:53:57.57\00:53:58.81
This is Great
Controversy, page 645.
00:53:58.84\00:54:00.69
And then I'm gonna show you
00:54:00.72\00:54:01.75
where she is
coming from in the Bible.
00:54:01.78\00:54:03.39
She says, speaking
about when the angels come.
00:54:03.42\00:54:06.32
She says, "On each side of
the cloudy chariot are wings."
00:54:06.35\00:54:10.53
So God is--- Jesus is gonna come
00:54:10.56\00:54:12.00
in a chariot according to this.
00:54:12.03\00:54:15.22
"On each side of the
cloudy chariot are wings,
00:54:15.25\00:54:18.11
and beneath it
are living wheels."
00:54:18.14\00:54:21.31
What's this a
chariot with wheels?
00:54:21.34\00:54:23.53
What was it that
came to pick up Elijah?
00:54:23.56\00:54:25.15
Hello, a chariot with wheels.
00:54:26.68\00:54:28.95
"And as the
chariot rolls upward."
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She continues saying,
"The wheels cry, "Holy."
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Are the wheels are angels?
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"And the wings, as
they move, cry, "Holy,
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"and the retinue of angels cry,
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"Holy, holy, holy,
Lord God Almighty."
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And the redeemed
shout, "Alleluia!"
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as the chariot moves onward
toward the New Jerusalem."
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This is speaking about
the ascension to heaven,
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but in order to go
up it has to, what?
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It has to come down.
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You see now I thought
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Jesus was gonna come
with clouds of angels.
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What's this upon a chariot?
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Well, do you know
what the Bible speaks
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about God's angels
being his chariots?
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Notice, Psalms
68:17. Psalms 68:17.
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"The chariots of
God are twenty-thousand,
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even thousands of thousands.
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The Lord is among them as
in Sinai in the Holy Place."
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What are God's
chariots? His what?
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His angels.
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By the way do you remember
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that when they
wanted to kidnap Elijah
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because God was
showing him always
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what the King
of Syria was doing?
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So he said, "We
need to kidnap this guy
00:55:43.23\00:55:44.84
so that he doesn't give away,
00:55:44.87\00:55:46.76
you know, our
position and so on."
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Notice 2 Kings
6:17. Interesting.
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And Elisha prayed, and said,
00:55:54.07\00:55:55.69
"Because they came
surrounded the city
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and they look-- It looked like
00:55:57.59\00:55:59.28
Elisha was going
to be taken away,
00:55:59.31\00:56:01.52
and Elisha prayed and said,
00:56:01.55\00:56:02.87
'Lord, I pray, open
his eyes that he may see.'
00:56:02.90\00:56:06.98
"That is of his servant.
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"Then the Lord opened the eyes
of the young man, and he saw.
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And behold, the
mountain was full of horses
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and chariots of
fire all around Elisha."
00:56:16.80\00:56:19.80
What were those
chariots of fire?
00:56:21.59\00:56:23.76
Angels.
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What came to rescue Elijah
at the end of his ministry?
00:56:26.13\00:56:29.52
A chariot of fire.
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What will come to
rescue God's people
00:56:33.01\00:56:35.69
at the very end of time?
00:56:35.72\00:56:37.46
A chariot of God.
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The chariot of
Ezekiel Chapter 1,
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Lord speaks about wheels
and God sitting on his throne,
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surrounded by all
of the heavenly horse.
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The Apostle Paul describes
this in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17.
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"For this, we say to
you by the word of the Lord,
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that we who are alive and remain
until the coming of the Lord
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will by no means
precede those who are asleep.
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For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven
00:57:03.85\00:57:05.85
with a shout, with
the voice of an archangel,
00:57:05.88\00:57:08.56
and with the trumpet of God.
00:57:08.59\00:57:09.89
And the dead in
Christ will rise first.
00:57:09.92\00:57:11.98
Then we who are alive
00:57:12.01\00:57:13.37
and remain shall be
caught up together with them
00:57:13.40\00:57:15.52
in the clouds to
meet the Lord in the air.
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And thus, we shall
always be with the Lord."
00:57:17.76\00:57:22.19
Are you looking
forward to that day?
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I am.
00:57:24.77\00:57:25.82
I can hardly wait
homesick for heaven
00:57:25.85\00:57:29.83