Participants: Pr. Stephen Bohr
Series Code: TTE
Program Code: TTE000004
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00:34 Shall we pray?
00:37 Father in Heaven, 00:39 as we study about the final the apocalyptic Elijah, 00:45 we ask for the guidance of your Holy Spirit. 00:48 We are gonna speak about solemn things. 00:51 Things that are too great for our finite minds, 00:56 so we implore special guidance by Your Holy Spirit. 01:00 I ask Lord that those who will listen to this presentation 01:05 will have open minds 01:06 and hearts to receive the seat of truth 01:09 and that they will take their stand 01:11 with God's people in the end time. 01:15 We thank You, Father, for hearing our prayer 01:17 and for answering for we ask it 01:19 in the precious name of Jesus, amen. 01:23 Please turn with me in your Bibles 01:25 to the Book of Malachi 4:5-6. 01:30 Malachi 4:5-6. 01:35 Here God promises that before the great 01:37 and terrible day of the Lord, 01:39 He is going to send Elijah to planet earth. 01:43 It says there, 01:45 "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet 01:49 before the coming of the great 01:51 and dreadful day of the Lord. 01:54 And he will turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, 01:57 and the hearts of the children to their fathers, 02:00 lest I come and strike the earth with a curse." 02:05 Notice that God promised us to send 02:07 Elijah immediately preceding 02:10 the great and dreadful day of the Lord. 02:14 Now the question is what is meant by the great 02:17 and dreadful day of the Lord? 02:19 What great event is being described with this terminology? 02:24 Let's go to the pervious verses. 02:26 Verse 1 to 3, also of Malachi 4. 02:32 And we are gonna discover 02:33 what day is being spoken of here in Malachi 4:5-6. 02:39 It says there, "For, behold, the day is coming, 02:43 burning like an oven, and all the proud, 02:46 yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. 02:50 And the day which is coming shall burn them up," 02:53 says the Lord of hosts. 02:55 "That will leave them neither root nor branch. 02:59 But to you who fear My name 03:02 the Sun of Righteousness shall arise 03:04 with healing in His wings, 03:06 and you shall go out and grow fat like stall-fed calves. 03:12 You shall trample the wicked, 03:14 for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet 03:18 on the day that I do this," Says the Lord of hosts." 03:23 This is the great and terrible day of the Lord. 03:27 It is a day of the coming of Jesus in power 03:30 and glory to save the righteous and to destroy the wicked. 03:36 And so God promises to send to this world Elijah 03:41 before the second coming of Jesus 03:44 to turn the hearts of fathers to the children 03:47 and the children to the fathers. 03:50 Now we need to understand that 03:52 when the Bible promises to send Elijah 03:55 before the second coming of Jesus, 03:58 this Elijah is not a literal person. 04:02 What was literal with the historical Elijah 04:06 and what was literal with the New Testament Elijah. 04:09 John the Baptist is to be understood 04:12 in a symbolic spiritual way when we get to the Middle Ages 04:18 and also to the final apocalyptic Elijah. 04:22 And so before we continue in our study, 04:24 I need to share with you certain principles 04:28 that will guide us in our understanding 04:31 of the end time apocalyptic Elijah. 04:35 And I want to share with you this very important principle. 04:40 In the Old Testament, literal Elijah was sent 04:46 with a message to literal Israel. 04:49 His enemy was a literal harlot 04:53 who committed literal fornication 04:56 with a literal king who had above-- 05:01 The harlot had literal false prophets 05:04 who promoted literal worship to the literal Sun God Baal. 05:10 Now at the end of time, the geographical, personal 05:15 and ethnic limitations are removed 05:19 when we study about Elijah. 05:22 That means that the individuals 05:25 in this story now come to represent worldwide 05:31 and spiritual systems that cover the whole earth. 05:36 In other words, Elijah, Israel, Jezebel, Ahab, Baal 05:42 and his prophets all are symbolic of spiritual systems 05:47 that are found on a worldwide scale. 05:51 So we need to understand that that which was literal 05:53 and local in the Old Testament and with John the Baptist 05:58 is to be understood in a worldwide 06:01 and spiritual sense at the end of time. 06:05 Now let's talk first of all about 06:08 the three enemies of Elijah in the Book of Revelation. 06:13 And of course, if you are gonna talk about the final Elijah, 06:17 you need to go to the final book of the Bible 06:20 that would be the best place 06:21 to find the final Elijah in the Book of Revelation. 06:26 Go with me to Revelation 16:19. 06:31 Revelation 16:19. 06:34 I want you to notice that 06:35 end time Babylon has three parts. 06:40 The enemies of God's end time Elijah are three. 06:44 Just like with the New Testament Elijah 06:47 which was Herod, Herodias, and her daughter Salome. 06:51 In the Old Testament, you have Ahab, 06:54 Jezebel and the Prophets of Baal. 06:57 In Revelation, you also have three. 06:59 Revelation 16:19, 07:01 "Now the great city was divided into three parts." 07:05 How many parts does Babylon have? Three. 07:09 "And the cities of the nations fell. 07:11 And great Babylon was remembered before God, 07:14 to give her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of His wrath." 07:18 So notice that in the end time, 07:20 Babylon is composed of three parts. 07:24 Now the question is, 07:25 what are the three parts of Babylon? 07:28 Let's go to verse 13 of that same chapter. 07:32 Revelation 16:13. 07:36 It says there, 07:37 "And I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 07:41 coming out of the mouth of the dragon, 07:44 and out of the mouth of the beast, 07:47 and out of the mouth of the false prophet." 07:51 How many enemies are mentioned in this verse? 07:54 Three. 07:56 The dragon, the beast and the false prophet. 08:00 Do you think it's a coincidence that you have three 08:03 in the Book of Revelation speaking about the end time? 08:06 Absolutely not. 08:08 Because in the Old Testament Elijah story, 08:11 in the New Testament Elijah story, 08:14 in the Middle Ages Elijah story. 08:16 You have three enemies of Elijah. 08:22 Now we need to ask the question. 08:24 What does the dragon represent? 08:27 What I want to suggest is that 08:29 the dragon in Revelation 08:31 represents the kings of the world. 08:34 It represents the civil powers of the world. 08:38 Notice Revelation 12, 08:40 and I want to read the last part of verse 4. 08:45 Revelation 12 and the last part of verse 4. 08:50 Notice, "And the dragon stood before the woman 08:55 who was ready to give birth, 08:58 to devour her Child as soon as it was born." 09:02 Who is this child? Jesus. 09:05 Who stood next to Jesus to devour Him 09:08 as soon as He was born? 09:10 It was Herod, and Herod was a king 09:14 in which kingdom? Rome. 09:18 So, was the civil power of Rome 09:21 which attempted to kill Jesus Christ? 09:25 So what does the dragon represent? 09:27 It represents Rome in this case. 09:29 Of course, the devil using Rome. 09:33 Notice also, Ezekiel 29:3. 09:36 And I'm going to read this from the King James Version 09:39 because it is more accurate than the New King James. 09:42 It's speaking about Pharaoh, the King of Egypt. 09:45 And we find this. 09:47 "Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord God. 09:51 Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh King of Egypt, 09:56 the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, 10:01 which hath said, my river is mine own, 10:04 and I have made it for myself.'" 10:07 What is Pharaoh called in Ezekiel 29:3? 10:11 He is called the great dragon. 10:15 The very term that is used to describe Rome 10:18 in the Book of Revelation. 10:20 Now, was Egypt a civil power, 10:22 was Pharaoh the civil ruler of Egypt? 10:24 Of course. 10:25 So once again, we find the great dragon 10:27 representing the kings of the earth. 10:31 Represents the civil power, in other words. 10:34 Ahab in the Old Testament 10:36 was the civil ruler, he was the king. 10:40 Incidentally, there is a very interesting quotation 10:42 that we find in Testimonies to Ministers, page 39. 10:47 Here Ellen White explains the following, 10:51 "Kings and rulers and governors 10:56 have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist." 11:01 Notice, "Kings and rulers and governors 11:04 have placed upon themselves the brand of antichrist 11:08 and are represented as the dragon 11:12 who goes to make war with the saints 11:15 with those who keep the commandments of God 11:18 and who have the faith of Jesus." 11:21 So according to Testimonies to Ministers, 11:23 what is represented by the dragon? 11:25 Kings and rulers and governors are all of those civil rulers. 11:32 They most certainly are. 11:33 So the dragon would be equivalent to Ahab. 11:37 It represents the civil power. Now, what about the beast? 11:42 In our last lecture, we studied about the beast 11:44 which ruled for 42 months. 11:47 The same as the little horn. 11:49 Time, times and the dividing of time. 11:52 The period of the Church of Thyatira, 11:54 the fourth church of the Book of Revelation. 11:56 The time that God gave this church to repent, 11:59 chronological time. 12:01 We already studied this. 12:03 Now I want you to notice, what this beast represents. 12:07 Even though, we studied it last time, 12:09 we need to review it. Notice Revelation 13:1-2. 12:15 "Then I stood on the sand of the sea. 12:17 And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, 12:23 having seven heads and ten horns, 12:25 and on his horns ten crowns, 12:27 and on his heads a blasphemous name. 12:30 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, 12:32 his feet were like the feet of a bear, 12:34 his mouth like the mouth of a lion." 12:37 And now notice this, 12:38 "The dragon gave him that is gave the beast his power, 12:42 his throne, and great authority." 12:46 Now, what does the dragon represent? 12:48 We already notice that the dragon represents Rome. 12:51 The power that tried to kill whom? Jesus. 12:55 So it says that the dragon gave to the beast. 12:58 According to this verse, he gave his power, 13:02 his throne and great authority. 13:04 Now here's my question, 13:06 to whom did pagan Rome give its power, 13:11 its throne and its authority? 13:15 There is no doubt whatsoever as you look at history 13:18 that a power succeeded the Roman Empire 13:21 and this power was ecclesiastical Rome. 13:25 In other words, it was the Church of Rome 13:27 which continued Rome. 13:28 It's received, it's authority from pagan Rome. 13:33 And so the beast that has mentioned here 13:35 in Revelation 13 represents the Church of the Middle Ages, 13:40 it represents the people church. 13:43 It represents that church who has called Jezebel, 13:47 who instituted idolatry in the church, 13:50 who also fornicated with the kings of the earth 13:54 as we have studied 13:55 and thought that it could change the law of God 13:59 and perverted the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 14:03 Now in Revelation 17, 14:05 we find this same power that is called the beast, 14:10 is called the harlot. 14:14 Notice Revelation 17:1-5. 14:19 Revelation 17, and we will read verse 1 14:21 and then we will jump down to verse 5. 14:24 "Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls 14:28 came and talked with me, saying to me, 14:30 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot 14:34 who sits on many waters.' 14:36 So you have this harlot just like Jezebel 14:40 and she sits on many waters. 14:43 And then notice verse 5. 14:44 "And on her forehead a name was written, 14:48 mystery, Babylon the Great." 14:51 The what? 14:52 "The mother of harlots 14:54 and of the abominations of the earth." 14:56 And so you have in Revelation 17, 14:59 this system is called the mother 15:02 and the mother has daughters 15:04 because she is a mother according to scripture. 15:07 Now we are told that she sits on many waters. 15:10 What do the many waters represent? 15:12 Notice Revelation 17:15. 15:15 The same chapter explains what the waters represent. 15:19 It says there in verse 15. 15:21 "Then he said to me, 'The waters which you saw, 15:25 where the harlot sits, 15:28 are peoples, multitudes, nations, and tongues.'" 15:33 Question. 15:34 Is this harlot a worldwide global system? 15:38 Absolutely. 15:39 Are we talking about a literal harlot here 15:42 that sits upon literal waters? No. 15:46 The harlot represents an apostate church 15:50 and the waters upon which she sits represents multitudes, 15:53 nations, tongues and peoples. 15:55 That means that this harlot, 15:57 this end time Jezebel is a global worldwide system, 16:03 not one person. 16:05 And the dragon as we study doesn't represent one king, 16:08 it represents the kings of the earth 16:11 and of the whole world. 16:12 Are you following me? 16:13 In other words, what happened in Elijah's day 16:16 and in the New Testament is spiritualized 16:19 and is globalize, it has made worldwide in its fulfillment. 16:24 But now we need to talk about that third power. 16:28 We have noticed that the dragon represents 16:29 the kings of the earth like, Ahab and Herod. 16:32 We have notice that the beast 16:34 or the harlot is representing an Apostate Church. 16:39 The fourth church of Revelation 16:41 and that is equivalent to Herodias 16:44 and to Jezebel in the Old Testament. 16:46 But then there is the false prophets of the Old Testament, 16:49 and there is Salome, 16:50 the daughter of the harlot in the New Testament. 16:53 Now, what could we find in Revelation 16:56 that is represented by the false prophets of Baal 17:00 and by the daughter of Herodias? 17:04 Notice Revelation 13:11. 17:07 We have another beast that rises, 17:10 not from the waters, but he rises from the earth. 17:14 It says there in Revelation 13:11. 17:17 "Then I saw another beast coming up out of the earth, 17:23 and he had two horns like a lamb 17:26 and he spake what, he spake like a dragon." 17:31 Now let me ask you. 17:33 This second beast of Revelation 13 17:36 whose bidding does it do? 17:40 A priest-- Well, the devil, yes. 17:43 But he does everything the beast asked him to do. 17:46 He makes an image to the beast, 17:49 he imposes the mark of the beast, 17:53 he commands everybody to worship the beast. 17:56 Everything he does is with reference to the beast. 18:00 Do you see the picture here of the Old Testament? 18:03 What did the false prophets do? 18:05 Everything Jezebel wanted. What did Salome do? 18:10 What her mother wanted? 18:11 And in the end time, this beast 18:13 will make an image to the first beast. 18:16 In other words, it will be just like the first beast. 18:20 It will do the biddings of the first beast. 18:23 And by the way, in Revelation 13 18:26 this power is called the beast that makes the image 18:30 or he is called the false prophet in Revelation 16, 18:33 but in Revelation 17 18:35 the name is the daughters of the harlot 18:38 because the harlot is a mother 18:40 which means that the mother must have what, 18:43 must have daughters that sometime in the Middle Ages 18:47 or close to the end of the Middle Ages 18:49 were born from her. 18:51 And in many ways, 18:53 they practice the same things that she practices. 18:56 They keep perhaps the same day of worship, for example. 19:01 Now, who are the daughters of the harlot? 19:04 You know, I say this respectfully, 19:07 but read for example, 19:09 the writings of Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI. 19:14 The two popes that presided during Vatican Council II 19:19 from 1962 and 1965. 19:21 Constantly in their writings 19:23 they call the protestant denominations 19:25 that were born from Roman Catholicism 19:28 are separated by daughters 19:32 and they call their church the mother church 19:35 and they invite the separated daughters 19:38 to come back to the mother church. 19:41 Very interesting the terminology that is used. 19:45 You see, during the time 19:47 that Jezebel governed during the Middle Ages 19:49 that the beast govern that the little horn governed 19:52 are basically the church use the state, 19:55 like Jezebel used King Ahab. 19:58 Like Herodias eventually used the king by using her daughter. 20:03 But in 1998, something happened to this mother system. 20:06 Something happened to this beasts system. 20:09 What occurred the beast 20:12 or the harlot received a what? 20:14 Received a deadly wound. 20:16 And therefore, she no longer can influence 20:19 the kings to do her biddings. 20:21 Do you remember the story of the New Testament Elijah 20:23 that Herodias wanted to kill 20:26 John the Baptist, but she could not? 20:29 Who did she need in order to kill John the Baptist? 20:34 She needed her daughter. 20:36 And in the same way in the end time, 20:39 this system no longer has influence 20:41 over the kings of the earth 20:43 because she has a deadly wound, 20:45 but we find that the second beast, 20:47 the daughters are going to eat, 20:50 they are going to intervene to allow this woman 20:54 once again to use the kings of the earth 20:57 to accomplish her purposes. 21:00 Interestingly enough, 21:02 in the story of the New Testament Elijah, 21:04 you have these three terms that are used. 21:08 King, mother and daughter. 21:15 And then you have John the Baptist 21:16 who was called Elijah. 21:19 In Revelation, you have also kings, 21:24 the harlot mother who fornicates with the kings 21:27 and the daughters of the harlot. 21:30 So in Revelation 17, 21:31 we find the fulfillment of this story. 21:34 Now, do you remember that the Old Testament Jezebel 21:37 was involved in the occult? 21:40 Notice what we find in Revelation 18:23. 21:45 Revelation 18:23. 21:49 This is talking about end time Babylon. 21:50 I'm not gonna read all of the text 21:52 from the Old Testament 21:53 because we have already studied these 21:55 when we dealt with the historical Elijah. 21:56 We noticed in 2 Kings 9:22, 22:01 that Jezebel was a witch. 22:04 In other words, she was involved in the occult 22:06 in communicating with the dead. 22:08 By the way, in order to do that, 22:10 you have to believe that the dead are not dead. 22:12 Isn't that right? 22:13 You have to believe in the immortality of the soul. 22:16 Notice Revelation 18:23. 22:18 "The light of a lamp shall not shine in you anymore, 22:22 and the voice of bridegroom 22:23 and bride shall not be heard in you anymore. 22:27 For your merchants 22:28 were the great men of the earth." 22:30 Notice this. 22:32 "For by your, what, 22:34 sorcery other version same witchcraft. 22:37 By your sorcery all the nations were what, were deceived." 22:43 Question. 22:44 Is this system which received the deadly wound 22:47 whose deadly wound is gonna be healed, 22:49 Is it going to try and slay the saints of the most high 22:53 just like it did there in the Middle Ages? 22:55 Is it going to pick up where it left off 22:57 once that uses the daughter 22:59 to influence the kings of the world? Absolutely. 23:02 Notice Revelation 17:6, 23:04 speaking about the career of this system. 23:09 John marvels. 23:10 He says, "I saw the woman, 23:11 drunk with the blood of the saints 23:14 and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. 23:16 And when I saw her, 23:18 I marveled with great amazement." 23:21 So the same as Jezebel, 23:22 the same as Herodias wanted to slay God's people. 23:26 Once again, this characteristic will come to the fore 23:30 when this power receives its throne once again. 23:34 Notice, Revelation 18:24. Revelation 18:24. 23:40 Speaking about this system, Babylon, this harlot system. 23:43 It says, "And in her was found 23:46 the blood of prophets and saints, 23:49 and of all who were slain on the earth." 23:54 So we find three enemies of the end time Elijah. 23:59 The kings of the earth allied 24:02 with the great harlot who controls nation's tongues, 24:06 multitudes and peoples and her daughters 24:10 who do the biddings of the mother to use the kings 24:13 to persecute God's people. 24:16 Do you think that God in the end 24:19 is going to raise up on Elijah 24:21 to warn the world about this threefold system 24:25 like, the Old Testament Elijah arose to preach 24:28 and like John the Baptist rebuked 24:30 this union between Herodias and King Herod 24:34 or do you think God is just gonna be quiet 24:36 and He is not gonna say anything about it. 24:38 We already read in Malachi 4:5-6, 24:42 that before the great and terrible day of the Lord, 24:45 God is going to send what, Elijah. 24:49 Now, is he gonna send Elijah in person? No. 24:52 Remember our principle? 24:54 Is Jezebel a person in the end time, the harlot? 24:57 No, it's an Apostate Church. 25:00 Are the daughters literal daughters? No. 25:03 They are the spiritual children 25:05 churches that were born from her. 25:08 Are we-- To expect one literal king? No. 25:12 It represents the kings of the earth 25:13 and of the whole world. 25:15 It's globalize. 25:17 So let me ask you, 25:18 what must Elijah be in the last days? 25:20 Elijah must also be a worldwide global system, 25:26 just like the harlot, the kings and the daughters 25:30 are systems at the end of time. 25:32 In other words, what was literal in the Old Testament 25:34 in local now becomes spiritual and global or worldwide. 25:41 Now, what will be the message of the end time Elijah? 25:44 It's found in the Book of Revelation, by the way. 25:47 And do you know who that message is targeted to? 25:51 To the unchurched, right? 25:54 It's a message that supposed to go to 25:57 primarily to people who are atheists 26:00 who don't believe in the existence of God. 26:02 No. 26:04 To whom did Elijah in the Old Testament 26:06 primarily focus his message? 26:09 Israel. God's chosen people. 26:11 How about the New Testament Elijah? 26:13 The focus was those who profess to serve God 26:16 upon whom will the final Elijah focus his message. 26:19 It must Christendom who claims to serve God, 26:24 but is really in apostasy. 26:27 In fact, do you know that most of God's people 26:29 are in Babylon 26:30 and those are the once that God is going to call out? 26:32 Notice, Revelation 18:4. Revelation 18:4. 26:38 "And I heard another voice from heaven saying, 26:42 speaking about Babylon, 'Come out of her, my people.'" 26:48 So is the message that is given to Babylon 26:50 targeted to God's people, yes. 26:53 "Come out of her my people lest you share in her sins, 26:58 and lest you receive her plagues." Question. 27:03 Is this end time Elijah going to preach 27:06 the everlasting gospel that Jesus is the one 27:09 who saves from the guilt of sin 27:12 as well as from the power of sin? 27:15 The first angel's message, 27:17 the Elijah message is found in the Three Angels' Messages. 27:20 The first angel's message says, what I saw another angel 27:24 fly in the midst of heaven having, what? 27:27 The everlasting gospel. 27:30 Is that what John the Baptist preached? 27:33 "Be hold, the Lamb of God 27:34 who takes away the sin of the world." 27:36 Is that what the Old Testament Elijah preached? 27:38 The true sacrifice of the lamb, 27:40 the rebuilding of the alter, the true gospel. 27:43 And it says here that this first angel, 27:46 this Elijah angel, if you please comes 27:49 and preaches the everlasting gospel. 27:51 It says there in Revelation 14:6. 27:53 "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 27:56 having the everlasting gospel to preach 27:59 to those who dwell on the earth, 28:00 to every nation, tribe, tongue, and people." 28:02 Those upon whom the harlot sits, 28:05 God targets with the message of the first angel. 28:08 Now let me ask you. 28:09 Was the message of Elijah a message for God's people 28:12 to come back and worship the creator? 28:15 Practice true worship? Absolutely. 28:17 Is that also in the first angel's message? 28:20 Notice Revelation 14:7. 28:23 It says, speaking about this first angel. 28:26 "Saying with a loud voice, 'Fear God and give glory to Him, 28:31 for the hour of His judgment has come.'" 28:33 And now notice. 28:34 "And worship Him who made heaven and earth, 28:38 the sea and springs of water." 28:41 Does the first angel's message call people 28:43 to worship the true God? 28:45 Yes, it does. 28:47 By the way, does the first angel's message 28:49 also rebuke those who are practicing 28:51 false worship like, Elijah did? 28:54 Yes, the third angel's message says, 28:56 "Beware to those who worship the beast 28:59 or his image or receive his mark." 29:02 Now as I mentioned in the previous lecture, 29:04 it is impossible to talk about worship 29:07 without talking about the creator. 29:10 We worship God because God is the creator. 29:14 And the sign which God has given 29:17 that He is the creator is what? 29:20 The Sabbath. 29:21 So it's impossible to talk about the first angel's message 29:24 which calls us to worship the creator 29:26 without talking about the Sabbath. 29:28 In fact, the first angel's message 29:30 makes a direct allusion to the fourth commandment 29:33 of the Holy law of God. 29:35 In other words, it's a call for God's people 29:37 to return to the observance of the Sabbath. 29:41 Let me ask you, which day of the week 29:43 do most Christians keep today? 29:46 They keep Sunday. 29:49 You see, at the end it's not the literal Sun 29:51 that they are going to worship there 29:52 to sophisticate it for that, 29:55 but they worship on the Sunday. 29:57 By the way, let me ask you. 29:59 Where did Israel get sun-- 30:03 The worship of the sun God from? 30:05 Paganism. 30:07 Where did the Christian Church get worship on Sunday from? 30:11 Paganism. Is there any difference? 30:13 Not really. 30:16 Anything that man establishes for worship 30:18 which God has not established for worship is idolatry. 30:23 And I have done this before 30:24 and I'll ask you once again. 30:25 Who created the sun? God did. 30:29 Did He create it for worship? No. 30:31 So what happens if you covert it 30:32 into an object of worship? 30:34 What is that called? 30:36 Idolatry. Let me ask you. 30:38 Who created the first day of the week? God. 30:42 Did He create it for worship? No. 30:44 So what if you convert it into a day of worship? 30:46 What is that called? Idolatry. 30:48 It doesn't matter if it's an object or if it's a day. 30:52 If you make for worship 30:54 that which God did not make for worship, that is idolatry. 30:58 So in other words, the Christian world 30:59 is limping between two opinions. 31:02 They are claiming to serve the Lord, 31:04 but at the same time, 31:05 they are keeping the day of the sun 31:07 which is a direct legacy from paganism. 31:11 And it's no coincidence that when God makes 31:12 a new heavens and a new earth. 31:14 The Bible tells us in Isaiah 66:22-23, 31:18 "That we will go from month to month 31:21 or new moon to new moon 31:22 and from Sabbath to Sabbath 31:24 and we will worship before the Lord." 31:26 The Sabbath will be once again, 31:28 the sign of recognizing the creator in worship. 31:33 By the way, does this end time 31:34 Elijah also restore the commandments of God, 31:37 besides true worship and rebuking false worship? 31:40 Absolutely. Revelation 14:12. 31:43 which is the concluding verse of the Three Angels' Message. 31:47 It says there, "Here is the patience of the saints. 31:51 Here are those who, what? 31:53 Who keep the commandments of God 31:56 and have the faith of Jesus?" 31:58 So God's people are going to restore 32:00 the commandments of God like, Elijah did 32:02 and like John the Baptist did. Absolutely. 32:05 Are God's people in the end time 32:07 also going to rebuke the fornication 32:10 of the church with the kings of the earth? 32:13 Absolutely. 32:15 Just like John the Baptist rebuke the fornication 32:17 between the king and Herodias 32:22 just like, Elijah rebuke the union of Ahab 32:25 with Jezebel at the end of time. 32:27 This union of church and state will be rebuked. 32:31 In fact, notice what the second angels' message says. 32:34 Revelation 14:8, 32:36 "And another angel followed, saying, 32:39 'Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 32:43 because she has made all nations drink 32:46 of the wine of the wrath 32:48 of her, what, fornication.'" 32:50 And who is she fornicating with? 32:52 Revelation 17:1-2, 32:54 tells us what her fornication is, 32:55 what the fornication of this harlot church is? 32:58 It says, "Then one of the seven angels 33:01 who had the seven bowls 33:02 came and talked with me, saying to me, 33:05 'Come, I will show you the judgment of the great harlot 33:08 who sits on many waters, 33:10 with whom the kings of the earth 33:13 committed fornication.'" 33:16 So how does she fornicate with what? 33:18 The kings. Same as in the past. 33:21 "And the inhabitants of the earth were made drunk 33:24 with the wine of her fornication." 33:26 Do you have wine involved 33:27 in the story of John the Baptist? 33:29 We studied this. 33:31 Yeah. Herod was drunk. 33:33 Do you have wine involved 33:34 in the story of Jezebel in the Old Testament? Yes. 33:37 You remember the Naboth's Vineyard? 33:39 Absolutely. Now let me ask you. 33:43 Do the Three Angels' Message-- 33:45 Messages speak about a separation, final separation 33:49 between the righteous and the unrighteous, 33:51 between those who have the seal of God 33:53 and those who receive the mark of the beast. 33:56 Is there gonna be a judgment separation 33:58 where there will be only two groups 34:00 like, in the days of Elijah. 34:01 If the Lord is God, worship Him. 34:03 If Baal is God, worship him. 34:06 Make your choice. 34:07 You cannot be on the fence. 34:10 In Revelation, do we find the same idea? 34:12 Absolutely. 34:13 Because Revelation presents two groups. 34:16 One group has the seal of God 34:18 and the other group has what? 34:20 The other group has the mark of the beast. 34:23 In other words, as in the days of Elijah, 34:25 there was a separation and a judgment. 34:28 Revelation also speaks about a separation 34:31 and a judgment. Now let me ask you. 34:33 How much effect has the message 34:35 in the Seventh-day Adventist Church 34:36 really had upon the world? 34:39 You know, maybe we are 15 or 16 million, 34:42 out of the world that has close to 7 billion. 34:47 Very little effect. 34:48 Do you remember the days of Elijah 34:50 when he preached the message? 34:52 Even on Mount Carmel. 34:53 The Bible says that they answered him not a word. 34:56 Let me ask you. 34:57 Is the day coming when that's gonna change? 35:00 When the whole earth is going to be illumined 35:03 with the glory of God 35:04 like, Mount Carmel was illumine by the glory of God? 35:07 Absolutely. Let's read about it. 35:09 In Revelation 18:1-5. 35:12 This is a global Mount Carmel. 35:15 The glory of God will fall from heaven once again, 35:18 the whole Christian world will hear the message about 35:21 the fall of Babylon, false worship, 35:23 trampling on the commandments of God, 35:25 keeping the wrong day, 35:27 and then many of them will do like Israel said, 35:30 "The Lord, he has got. The Lord, he has got." 35:34 Notice, "And after these things 35:36 I saw another angel coming down from heaven, 35:38 having great authority, 35:40 and the earth was illuminated with his glory." 35:45 Was the Mount Carmel illuminated with the glory of God? 35:48 Oh, absolutely. 35:49 But this is a global illumination on planet earth. 35:53 Notice verse 2. 35:55 "And he cried mightily with a loud voice, 35:58 saying, Babylon the great is fallen." 36:00 How many parts does Babylon have? 36:03 Three, right? It's rebuking the three. 36:06 Kings of the earth, 36:08 the harlot, and the harlot's daughters. 36:11 The dragon, the beast and the false prophets. 36:14 Verse 2, "And he cried mightily with a loud voice, 36:17 saying, 'Babylon the great is fallen, 36:20 is fallen, and has become a dwelling place of demons, 36:23 a prison for every false spirit 36:26 and a cage for every unclean and hated bird. 36:29 For all the nations have drunk 36:31 of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, 36:34 the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, 36:38 and the merchants of the earth have become rich 36:40 through the abundance of her luxury." 36:42 And now, notice what this call contemplates. 36:46 '"And I heard another voice from heaven, 36:48 saying, 'Come out of her, the atheistic.'" 36:52 No. That's not what it says. 36:54 It says, I heard another voice from heaven, 36:55 saying, "Come out of her, my people, 37:01 lest you share in her sins, 37:03 and lest you receive of her plagues, 37:06 for her sins have reached to heaven, 37:09 and God has remembered her iniquities.'" 37:13 Is there going to be a battle once again between Elijah 37:17 and this threefold union? Absolutely. 37:21 In fact, let's read Revelation 12:17. 37:25 Revelation 12:17. 37:29 It says, "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, 37:34 and he went to make war with the rest of her offspring, 37:38 or with the remnant of her seed. 37:40 Who keep the commandments of God 37:43 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 37:46 Question. 37:47 Are God's people gonna have to flee? 37:51 You think? 37:54 Is there going to be a lack of rain on planet earth? 37:57 Spiritually speaking? 37:59 Is there going to be a drought? Absolutely. 38:02 Who is gonna be blamed? God's people. 38:06 Are they gonna have to flee? Where? 38:10 To the desolate places of the earth. 38:12 In fact, let's read it in the Gospel of Matthew. 38:14 By the way, the Gospel of Matthew 38:15 is speaking about the same time period, 38:18 if we look at the sequence of events in Matthew 24. 38:21 Notice Matthew 24:6-9. 38:26 "And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. 38:29 See that you are not troubled 38:31 for all these things must come to pass, 38:33 but the end is not yet. 38:35 For nation will rise against nation, 38:37 and kingdom against kingdom. 38:38 And there will be famines, pestilences, 38:40 and earthquakes in various places." 38:44 Are there going to be calamities in society, 38:46 just like in the days of Elijah? 38:48 Absolutely. Verse 8. 38:51 "All these are the beginning of sorrows." 38:53 And then who is gonna be blamed for all these things? 38:56 Notice verse 9. 38:58 "Then hey will deliver you up to tribulation 39:03 and, what, and kill you, 39:05 and you will be hated by all nations 39:08 for My name's sake." 39:10 Why are they gonna be hated? 39:12 Because the wicked think that they are causing what, 39:17 all of these problems in society, 39:19 famines and pestilences and earth quakes 39:21 and wars and rumors of wars. 39:23 Nation rising against nation, kingdom against kingdom. 39:26 It says, "Then they will deliver you up to tribulation 39:30 and kill you, and you will be hated 39:32 by all nations for My name's sake." 39:36 Will God have to flee? Absolutely. 39:38 God's people have to flee? Yes. 39:39 Matthew 24, beginning with verse 15. 39:42 This is describing this very same 39:44 time period of the tribulation. 39:46 It says in Matthew 24:15. 39:48 "Therefore when you see the 'abomination of desolation,' 39:51 spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 39:53 standing in the holy place 39:55 whoever reads, let him understand. 39:57 Then let those who are in Judea, 40:00 what, flee to the mountains." 40:03 Let him who is on the housetop 40:06 not go down to take anything out of his house. 40:09 And let him who is in the field not go back to get his clothes. 40:13 But woe to those who are pregnant 40:15 and to those who are nursing babies in those days." 40:17 And now notice this. 40:19 "And pray that your flight 40:21 may not be in winter or on the Sabbath." 40:24 What days are gonna be kept when God's people are fleeing? 40:27 The Sabbath. 40:29 And later on, we are going to do a series on Matthew 24. 40:31 I'm gonna show you that Matthew 24 40:33 has two fulfillments 40:34 and as the fulfillment was literal Jerusalem, 40:37 but it also has a fulfillment with spiritual Jerusalem 40:39 at the end of time. Notice verse 21. 40:43 "For then there will be great tribulation, 40:45 such as has not been since the beginning of the world 40:49 until this time. No, nor ever shall be." 40:53 So are God's people gonna have to flee? 40:56 They are gonna have to flee. 40:58 Because the world is gonna believe 40:59 that all of the calamities that are taking place 41:01 are due to God's remnant. 41:04 And therefore, they will want to slay God's people. 41:06 You say, this is ridiculous, 41:07 this could never happen. 41:09 Folks, it's happened. 41:11 It's happened during the Middle Ages. 41:13 It's happened more recently. 41:14 I could tell you stories of when we moved down to Columbia. 41:18 In the early 1950s, 41:22 there was religious persecution which was incredible 41:26 and we are talking the 20th century here. 41:31 Will God's people be sustained 41:32 miraculously by God when they flee? 41:35 The Great Controversy, page 629. 41:37 Notice this remarkable statement. 41:40 "The people of God will not be free from suffering." 41:42 During this time when they have to flee like, Elijah. 41:46 Those are my words. I quote again. 41:48 "But while persecuted and distressed, 41:51 while they endure privation 41:53 and suffer for want of food they will not be left to perish. 41:59 That God who cared for Elijah will not pass 42:04 by one of His self sacrificing children. 42:08 He who numbers the hairs of their head 42:10 will take care for them, 42:14 and in time of famine they shall be satisfied. 42:18 While the wicked are dying from hunger and pestilence, 42:22 angels will shield the righteous and supply their wants." 42:28 Just like in the days of Elijah, 42:30 God's people will be provided for. 42:34 Is there going to be a death decree 42:35 ordered against God's people? 42:38 Revelation 13:15, 42:40 was there a death decree order against Elijah? 42:43 Most certainly. 42:45 Did God protect him from the death decree? 42:47 Of course. Notice Revelation 13:15. 42:51 "He was granted power to give 42:53 breath to the image of the beast." 42:56 That the image of the beast, the beast and his image, 42:59 the mother and the daughters. 43:01 "That the image of the beast should both speak 43:04 and cause as many as would not worship 43:07 the image of the beast to be, what, to be killed." 43:14 So God's end time people are going to go through 43:16 the same experience as Elijah. 43:18 As both Elijah's 43:19 because they are preaching the Three Angels' Messages. 43:23 Strengthen by the message of the fourth angel 43:26 of Revelation chapter 18. 43:27 When the fire of God falls from heaven, 43:30 multitudes in all of the churches out there 43:33 are going to join God's remnant people. 43:38 Now I need to talk to you about the end of Jezebel, 43:43 the end time Jezebel, 43:45 the end of the false prophets and the end of Ahab. 43:49 Do you remember what happened in the Old Testament story? 43:53 How did the prophets of Baal end up? 43:56 The very people who admire the most arose to slay them. 44:02 What happened to Ahab? 44:04 He was killed and the dogs licked up his blood. 44:08 What happened to Jezebel? 44:11 She was thrown down from up stairs, right? 44:15 She was thrown down 44:18 and when she fell, a chariot ran over her. 44:22 And the Bible says that her blood spattered on the horses. 44:26 It's terrible. 44:28 And then when they came to look for her, 44:31 almost her whole body has been devoured by wild beasts. 44:35 Is that the scenario of what's gonna happen 44:36 to those who fight against God's people in the end time? 44:41 Listen to this statement that we find 44:43 in the book Great Controversy. 44:44 If I had time, I would look at Revelation 16:12, 44:48 the drying up of the Euphrates. 44:49 See the harlot sits on many waters, 44:52 she controls the multitudes of the worlds, 44:54 of the world, but the Bible says 44:56 that the waters are gonna be what? 44:58 Dried up. 45:01 That means that the waters are going to withdraw their, what? 45:04 Their support and then they are going to arise 45:06 to destroy the system that deceived them. 45:09 Notice this remarkable comment 45:12 in Great Controversy 655and 656. 45:16 "The people see that they have been deluded." 45:19 This is at the moment of the sixth plagued. 45:21 "They accuse one another of having 45:23 led them to destruction, 45:24 but all unite in heaping their bitterest condemnation 45:28 upon the ministers. 45:31 Unfaithful pastors have prophesied smooth things. 45:35 They have led their hearers to make void the law of God 45:38 and to persecute those who would keep it holy. 45:41 Now, in their despair, 45:45 these teachers confess before the world 45:47 their work of deception. 45:49 The multitudes are filled with fury." 45:52 Read what happened in Mount Carmel 45:54 after the fire fell from heaven. 45:55 How the people felt towards those who had deseed them. 45:58 She continues saying this, 46:00 "The multitudes are filled with fury. 46:02 We are lost! 46:03 They cry, and you are the cause of our ruin 46:07 and they turn upon the false shepherds. 46:10 The very ones that once admired them most 46:13 will pronounce the most dreadful curses upon them. 46:16 The very hands that once crowned them with laurels 46:19 will be raised for their destruction. 46:21 The swords which were to slay God's people 46:24 are now employed to destroy their enemies. 46:27 Everywhere there is strife and bloodshed." 46:32 Do you remember the end of Jezebel? 46:35 The king came in his chariot and Jezebel said, 46:37 "Hey, here is another king Jehu, 46:40 I'm gonna use him the way I used Ahab." 46:43 And so she talks to him from the window. 46:46 She says, "Hello, how are you, Jehu?" 46:51 And Jehu says, "Who is on the Lord's side? Who?" 46:55 And two of the servants that were up there what did they do? 46:58 They pushed her out the window. 47:02 In other words, the king no longer was going to be used 47:05 he turned against the harlot. 47:08 Notice Revelation 17:16-17. 47:11 What's gonna happen with this harlot. 47:14 It says, "And the 10 horns." 47:16 By the way the 10 horns are king, 10 kings, 47:18 the number 10 represents the kings of the earth 47:21 and of the whole world. 47:22 "And the 10 horns which you saw on the beast these were, what? 47:28 Will hate the harlot." 47:32 Just like Jehu. 47:34 "And make her desolate and naked, 47:37 eat her flesh and burn her with fire." 47:42 And by the way, are the wicked going to be trampled 47:45 upon by horses symbolically speaking? 47:49 Notice Revelation 14. 47:51 See, the Book of Revelation picks up all of this terminology 47:54 from the Old Testament and it's speaking about 47:56 a global universal fulfillment of it. 47:58 See, it's not one king 48:02 who was gonna turn against a literal harlot queen. 48:05 It is all of the kings of the world 48:06 that are gonna turn against this harlot system 48:09 which has deceived them and use them. 48:11 It's not only literal Israel taking 450 prophets 48:18 and slaying them, it's gonna be all of the ministers 48:21 of the world that are gonna be sort out 48:24 by all of those who have been deceived by them. 48:28 Now notice Revelation 14:19-20. Revelation 14:19-20. 48:32 It's a serious thing to be a preacher. 48:36 Hello. 48:40 Because if I'm teaching you falsely, you say, 48:43 "Oh, he preaches so nice. Hallelujah. 48:46 Wow!" 48:47 And I deceive you? 48:49 Someday you are gonna look for me, 48:52 not to pat me on the back, but to want to destroy me 48:57 because I deceived you. 49:00 It's a serious thing to be a spiritual leader. 49:03 It's a serious thing to be a teacher of the word of God. 49:06 We have to be faithful to the word. 49:08 Revelation 14:19-20. 49:10 "So the angel thrust his sickle into the earth 49:14 and gathered the vine of the earth, 49:16 and threw it into the great winepress of the wrath of God." 49:20 By the way, the grapes and the winepress 49:21 represent the wicked. 49:23 And now notice verse 20, 49:25 "And the winepress was trampled outside the city" 49:29 This means that the wicked now are destroyed. 49:32 The winepress represents the place where the wicked are. 49:34 You are not dealing with literal grapes. 49:37 "And the winepress was trampled outside the city 49:39 and blood came out of the winepress." 49:42 And now notice this. 49:44 "Up to, what, the horses' bridles." 49:49 Does the blood splatter on the horses' bridles? 49:51 Yes. 49:53 By the way, do you know who is riding these horses? 49:56 Revelation 19 identifies those who are riding these horses 50:01 as Jesus Christ riding on a white horse 50:04 and the armies in heaven followed Him on white horses 50:08 and they are coming to destroy the wicked 50:11 who have persecuted the people of God. 50:14 Now, what about the birds and the beasts 50:16 eating Jezebel and licking up the blood of Ahab? 50:19 You know, this is terrible terminology saying, "Wow! 50:22 How can this even be in the Bible?" 50:23 Let me tell you, God uses graphic terminology 50:26 because He doesn't want us to be in these groups. 50:29 He wants us to escape. This is the message of love. 50:32 Oh, don't talk about, about the beast and the false prophets 50:35 and the mark of the beast, that's scary stuff. 50:39 Let's talk about love. 50:40 Well, this is the message of love. 50:42 The reason why God talks to you this way 50:44 is because He doesn't want you to be in these groups. 50:48 Is that a message or would you rather have God say, 50:50 "Everything is fine. Just love." 50:54 And then you are lost you say, "Lord, why don't You tell me?" 50:56 Well, you wanted a message of love. 51:01 Notice Revelation 19:17-18. 51:03 What's gonna happen with the wicked? 51:05 The terminology that's used. 51:06 You are picking up the ideas 51:07 from the Old Testament Elijah story. 51:09 It says there in verse 17. 51:11 "Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, 51:14 and he cried with a loud voice, 51:16 saying to all the birds that fly in the midst of heaven, 51:20 'Come and gather together for the supper of the great God, 51:23 that you may eat the flesh of kings, 51:26 the flesh of captains, the flesh of mighty men, 51:30 the flesh of horses, and of those who sit on them, 51:33 and the flesh of all people, free and slave, 51:37 both small and great.' 51:39 " Do you remember that in the Old Testament after 51:42 all of these apostate systems were destroyed? 51:45 We found that verse in 2 Kings 9:7 where it says 51:48 that God had avenged the blood 51:50 of his prophets and his servants. 51:53 Notice Revelation 19:1-2. Revelation 19:1-2. 51:57 See, the Book of Revelation picks up on this, 51:59 story of the Old Testament and universalizes it. 52:02 Revelation 19:1-2. 52:04 "After these things I heard a loud voice 52:07 of a great multitude in heaven, saying, 'Alleluia! 52:11 Salvation and glory and honor and power 52:13 belong to the Lord our God. 52:15 For true and righteous are His judgments, 52:18 because He has, what, judged the great harlot 52:21 who corrupted the earth with her fornication, 52:24 and He has, what, avenged on her 52:26 the blood of His servants shed by her.' 52:29 " Revelation 18:20, used as the same terminology. 52:33 "Rejoice over her, O heaven, and you holy apostles 52:38 and prophets, for God has avenged you on her 52:44 " The Book of Revelation is speaking up 52:45 on the Old Testament story, but it is universalizing this. 52:50 And after these systems, come to their end or at the time 52:55 that they come to their end then you will see that cloud. 53:03 Remember the cloud that Elijah saw there was a delay. 53:04 He had to go seven times, the servant to see, 53:07 there was no cloud. 53:08 Finally, he sees that cloud about the size of a man's hand. 53:11 Listen to Great Controversy, 640, 641." 53:15 Soon there appears in the east a small black cloud, 53:19 about half the size of a man's hand. 53:22 It is the cloud which surrounds the Savior 53:24 and which seems in the distance to be shrouded in darkness. 53:28 The people of God know this to be the sign of the Son of man. 53:31 In solemn silence they gaze upon it 53:34 as it draws nearer the earth, 53:36 becoming lighter and more glorious, 53:38 until it is a great white cloud, 53:41 its base a glory like consuming fire, 53:43 and above it the rainbow of the covenant. 53:45 Jesus rides forth as a mighty conqueror." 53:52 Allow me to read another statement of Ellen White 53:54 about when Jesus actually is near the earth 53:57 and he can be seen. 53:58 This is Great Controversy, page 645. 54:00 And then I'm gonna show you 54:01 where she is coming from in the Bible. 54:03 She says, speaking about when the angels come. 54:06 She says, "On each side of the cloudy chariot are wings." 54:10 So God is--- Jesus is gonna come 54:12 in a chariot according to this. 54:15 "On each side of the cloudy chariot are wings, 54:18 and beneath it are living wheels." 54:21 What's this a chariot with wheels? 54:23 What was it that came to pick up Elijah? 54:26 Hello, a chariot with wheels. 54:30 "And as the chariot rolls upward." 54:34 She continues saying, "The wheels cry, "Holy." 54:37 Are the wheels are angels? 54:39 "And the wings, as they move, cry, "Holy, 54:42 "and the retinue of angels cry, 54:45 "Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty." 54:48 And the redeemed shout, "Alleluia!" 54:50 as the chariot moves onward toward the New Jerusalem." 54:56 This is speaking about the ascension to heaven, 54:58 but in order to go up it has to, what? 55:01 It has to come down. 55:02 You see now I thought 55:03 Jesus was gonna come with clouds of angels. 55:05 What's this upon a chariot? 55:07 Well, do you know what the Bible speaks 55:09 about God's angels being his chariots? 55:13 Notice, Psalms 68:17. Psalms 68:17. 55:18 "The chariots of God are twenty-thousand, 55:23 even thousands of thousands. 55:26 The Lord is among them as in Sinai in the Holy Place." 55:31 What are God's chariots? His what? 55:33 His angels. 55:35 By the way do you remember 55:36 that when they wanted to kidnap Elijah 55:39 because God was showing him always 55:41 what the King of Syria was doing? 55:43 So he said, "We need to kidnap this guy 55:44 so that he doesn't give away, 55:46 you know, our position and so on." 55:48 Notice 2 Kings 6:17. Interesting. 55:54 And Elisha prayed, and said, 55:55 "Because they came surrounded the city 55:57 and they look-- It looked like 55:59 Elisha was going to be taken away, 56:01 and Elisha prayed and said, 56:02 'Lord, I pray, open his eyes that he may see.' 56:07 "That is of his servant. 56:08 "Then the Lord opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. 56:12 And behold, the mountain was full of horses 56:16 and chariots of fire all around Elisha." 56:21 What were those chariots of fire? 56:23 Angels. 56:26 What came to rescue Elijah at the end of his ministry? 56:30 A chariot of fire. 56:33 What will come to rescue God's people 56:35 at the very end of time? 56:39 A chariot of God. 56:41 The chariot of Ezekiel Chapter 1, 56:44 Lord speaks about wheels and God sitting on his throne, 56:48 surrounded by all of the heavenly horse. 56:51 The Apostle Paul describes this in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17. 56:56 "For this, we say to you by the word of the Lord, 56:58 that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord 57:01 will by no means precede those who are asleep. 57:03 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven 57:05 with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, 57:08 and with the trumpet of God. 57:09 And the dead in Christ will rise first. 57:12 Then we who are alive 57:13 and remain shall be caught up together with them 57:15 in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. 57:17 And thus, we shall always be with the Lord." 57:22 Are you looking forward to that day? 57:24 I am. 57:25 I can hardly wait homesick for heaven |
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