Say Amen, praise the
Lord. "Amen, praise the Lord!"
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It's a pleasure to be with
you to speak about God's word,
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and, today, we're going
to be doing a Bible study,
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and we're going to be
mentioning some things that are
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familiar to you, so
I'm encouraged not to
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give as much detail
as one would were he in a
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place or with people that
are unfamiliar with some things.
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So I hope you follow
along, I may give you references
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to look up - that we
will not look up because some
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of these things
are familiar to you.
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The message is
entitled: "The Return of Elijah"
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And I encourage you to
either jot some things down
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for reference or further
study because we're going to be
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looking at a lot of Scriptures.
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But before we begin,
I'd like to go to the Lord
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in prayer once again and
I'd like to invite you to
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pray for
yourself and for myself.
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I will kneel, but
you may remain seated.
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Let's ask the
Lord to bless us...
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Our Loving Heavenly
Father, How wonderful You are
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to each and every one of us.
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We thank You, Lord, that
we can come before Your throne
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of grace and we
come in Jesus name...
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And we pray that You will
bless each and everyone here,
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and all those that
accompany us by internet
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or some other means.
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We pray, Lord, that
Your Holy Spirit will help us
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to understand
something that we need
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for this moment of our lives.
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We ask You, Father, that
every word will come from
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Your throne of grace.
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I place myself
aside, Lord, and I pray
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that You will
speak to Your children.
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In Jesus name... Amen, Amen
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We are living in times
when we know and understand
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and sense that Jesus
Christ is coming soon.
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I'd like to invite you to turn
in your Bibles to Malachi 4:5-6.
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In Malachi 4:5-6, a prophecy
is foretold concerning Jesus
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and the messenger
that will come before Him,
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but it is also a message
for us at this time because
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there is to be a return
of Elijah and I say so now
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not an individual,
but a people that identify
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with the message that Elijah
had to bring to the world.
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Malachi 4:5: Behold I will
send you Elijah the prophet.
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When? Before the coming
of the great and dreadful
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day of the Lord and he shall
turn the heart of the fathers
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to the children and the heart of
the children to their fathers,
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Lest I come and smite
the earth with a curse.
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Now who is this Elijah?
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Jesus said that in His
time, John the Baptist was a
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fulfillment of the Elijah
that was to come before the
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first coming of Jesus Christ,
but you see, it says that
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"before the
dreadful day of the Lord."
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This is a reference to the
second coming, to the return
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of Jesus Christ in great glory.
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So I say to you... It
is not an individual that
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will show up in the last
day, but a people that is
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to prepare the world for the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
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Irony of those
people here, I ask.
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Let's look into some
Scriptures to help us
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understand the
experience of God's people.
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Revelation 10, in Revelation
10, we're going to look at
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several verses.
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Revelation 10, and if
you found it, say Amen.
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Praise the Lord,
we begin to read...
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Praise the Lord.
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Now if you look at the
words in Revelation 10:1,
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you might recognize some words
that identify this messenger
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as Jesus Christ.
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It may be confusing to some
that the word "angel" is used,
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but continue listening
and you will understand.
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In Revelation
10:2, the Bible says...
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Question... If a
book is said to be opened,
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isn't it, at one time,
that it was to be closed? Yes
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The book is said to be opened
upon this time in Revelation 10,
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and the little book, if
you look into the Bible,
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the Holy Scriptures, you
can start scratching books
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off that are large and you come
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with a list of books that
are small, considered small,
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and when you see that
this book is said to be open,
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you must understand that at one
time it was said to be closed.
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If you look at the Bible,
there's only one little book
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that was said to
be closed or sealed
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until the time of the end.
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Anyone know what
that book was? Daniel.
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So you see, there are some
things that are familiar to you
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that we're not going
to dwell too much upon.
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So this little book
that this messenger has
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is the book of Daniel.
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It is said to be open
because the time reference here
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is that the time would
come when God's children will be
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looking into the book of Daniel
and God would be helping them
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to understand that book.
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Now something
interesting happens
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as the message
continues in Revelation 10...
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I'm sorry, I need to mention
also a reference in verse 2
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is that also he had
his right foot upon the sea
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and his left foot upon the
earth and that means that this
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messenger has
authority over land and sea.
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Remember the words of Jesus,
"All power is given unto Me
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in heaven and in earth,"
so this is another reference
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that helps us to
understand that this messenger
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is none other than Jesus Christ.
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Verse 3: And he
cried with a loud voice...
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Why do people
speak in loud voices?
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Because they want to be heard.
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Again, this angel that
has his foot on the sea
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and his foot upon the
earth, he has a message
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for the whole world and this
should help us to understand
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that is a message that needs
to be heard by the whole world.
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What else needs to be
heard by the whole world?
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The everlasting gospel.
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An interesting
thing that happens is that
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the end of verse 6 says that
there should be time no longer.
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This is not a
reference to the end of time,
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but a reference to the
prophetic times where you count
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a day for a year -
will no longer be applicable
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to the time during
the experience described
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in Revelation 10.
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Now John, speaking
there with the angel,
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is going to be asked to
go through an experience...
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something
bitter, something sweet.
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There are several prophets
in the Bible that have to
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do things that would be
like an experience that would
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happen to God's children.
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You may think of Jeremiah,
you may think of Isaiah,
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you may think of Ezekiel,
they were asked to do things
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to tell about the
experience that was
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coming for God's people.
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Ezekiel was asked to
lie down on one side,
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then lie down on another.
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Talking about the experience,
Isaiah was asked to put a
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yoke around his neck -
talking about the experience
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that the people of God would go
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in the time of
the future for them.
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So here, this angel, let's
continue reading in verse 7...
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So this, John, was supposed
to experience something sweet
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and then bitter.
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He was going to go
through an experience that the
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people of God were going
to go through in the future.
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What experience was that?
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Revelation chapter 10 is talking
to us about the experience
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that God's children went
through during the time of 1840s
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when they began to open the
book of Daniel and one of them
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that you are familiar
with, William Miller, reading
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the prophecies of Daniel
read that unto 2,300 days
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equal to years, 2,300 years,
then shall the what be cleansed?
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THE SANCTUARY will be cleansed.
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They understood, those people in
those days, that the sanctuary
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was the earth, but the
Bible does not say that.
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It was a misconception of
the time that the earth was a
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sanctuary.
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So what were those people,
during those times, thinking?
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They thought that
Jesus Christ was coming soon,
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and as they looked at the
prophecy of the 2,300 years,
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and they searched and understood
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that this prophecy
would begin in 457 B.C.,
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and that it would extend to
the fall of October 22, 1844...
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They believed that Jesus Christ
was coming on October 22, 1844.
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At first, they thought
1843, but as they looked at the
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prophecies and as they
looked at feast, they understood
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October 22, 1844.
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Question: Right now,
would it be sweet to you
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to know that Jesus Christ is
coming at the end of next week?
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OH, it would be sweet!
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Our pains and
struggles would be over.
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Gone would be
disease and suffering;
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gone would be
death; gone would be debts.
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Anybody have debts here?
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A few of you - at least one.
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They would be gone!
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No more suffering and
it would be sweet to know
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that Jesus is coming next week.
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Now we have no
prophecies that say that,
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but it was sweet to them
to believe and understand
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that Jesus Christ is coming.
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They looked at the
numbers, 457 B.C. ends in
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October 22, 1844, Jesus
Christ is coming - they thought.
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And it was a SWEET experience
to think, only a few more
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days and Jesus Christ will come!
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But you see, that was
sweet, what was bitter that John
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went through as he ate
the book, was that Jesus
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Christ did not come as
they thought and they were
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confused about that.
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Some of them were shaken,
some of them left the faith,
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but some continued studying
the Scriptures and found
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that the event that was
to take place was not the
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second coming of Jesus
Christ, but that Jesus was going
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from the Holy Place to
the Most Holy Place in heaven.
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If you understand
that, please raise your hand.
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Praise the Lord - see I don't
have to dwell too much on that
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because you
understand these things.
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And concerning the
eating of the little book
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there are several Scriptures
that help you with that,
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we don't have to look
it up, but you can see in
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Jeremiah 15:16, he
says, "I found the words of
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the Lord and I ate
them and they were sweet."
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And some people still use
the reference - not many young
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people, I think...
They say, "Hey, did you like
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that book that
you were reading?"
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"Oh, yes, I ate it up."
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So this eating, and when you eat
something, don't you look at it?
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Don't you examine
it to see if it's good?
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To see if it's rotten,
to see it's worthy to eat?
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So the eating is an experience
of looking, understanding
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what you're eating
and tasting as well.
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And so, brothers and sisters,
this is a symbol of what
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John was going through
signaling what the people of
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God would go through.
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Now let's continue
reading in Revelation 10
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because we have much to cover.
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In Revelation 10:10-11,
the Bible says the following...
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There are two things I want
to say about this, three maybe.
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"He said, "You
must prophesy again."
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So you see, when it says
that time should be no longer,
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And he said, "to
have to prophesy again,"
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you understand it
doesn't mean the end of time,
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it means the end of
counting day for a year.
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The prophetic day for a
year was coming to an end
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during the time of the
experience of the people of
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God during the 1840s.
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No more prophetic one
day for a year after 1844.
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That's what the message is.
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And notice that these
people were coming out of an
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experience - the church
was said to be going through an
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experience in the wilderness and
we'll look at that in a moment.
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The church was in
hiding in the wilderness,
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and because they were
hiding in the wilderness,
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they could not preach
before nations and kings
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during the 1,260 years.
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They were preaching one on one.
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They were preaching to
homes, but the time would come
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when they would preach
before multitudes of people...
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Praise the Lord.
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Why? Because the time of
probation was still open.
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So this "time will be no longer"
is a time of prophetic time
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ending not the end of time for
the inhabitants of the earth.
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If you
understand that, say "Amen."
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Amen! Praise the Lord!
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Now let's move to Revelation 12.
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There are several verses
we need to look at there...
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Just a few pages over and
if you found Revelation 12:10,
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please say, "Amen." Great!
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We have at least 2 witnesses,
we start and it says...
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Question: When could it be said
that "Now is come salvation?"
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Two times... When
Jesus dies on the cross,
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the promise is fulfilled
that was promised in Genesis...
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That there would come a seed
of a woman which would crush
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the serpent's head and it was
a promise until Jesus did what?
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Died on the cross
- it was fulfilled.
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So then it could be proclaimed,
"Now is come salvation,"
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it is secured by the
death of Jesus Christ.
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So when it says,
"Now is come salvation,"
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it is a declaration of the
victory of Jesus on the cross.
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Look at the next verse:
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And I will say to
you, just in passing,
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that it says that, "The
devil is cast down and he could
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no longer accuse day and
night because at the cross
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the opportunity He had
to go before God and accuse
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the brethren day
and night was over
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because Jesus died on the cross.
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And no longer did He have a
voice that needed to be heard
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because God proved that
God is love and that He was
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willing to sacrifice to
save His children. Amen to that.
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Verse 12, Revelation
12:12: "Therefore rejoice
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ye heavens... Why
is heaven rejoicing?
00:19:56.12\00:19:59.33
Because Jesus was
victorious and Satan lost.
00:19:59.39\00:20:08.27
Because he knows that
he has but a short time.
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He doesn't think he
has a short time, he KNOWS
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that he has a short time.
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And I say, "Praise the Lord."
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But at the same time we
say, "Woe to the inhabitants
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of the earth," we need to be
concerned, we need to be wide
00:20:31.29\00:20:35.30
awake because "Satan is as
a roaring lion seeking whom
00:20:35.36\00:20:39.33
he may devour."
00:20:39.37\00:20:45.64
And I've asked this question in
many, many places in the U.S.,
00:20:45.67\00:20:47.01
Central America, South
America, and nobody raises
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their hand on this question.
00:20:50.48\00:20:51.98
Let's see if somebody
here raises their question.
00:20:52.01\00:20:56.12
When you think about
Satan looking and roaring about
00:20:56.15\00:21:00.22
seeking whom he may devour,
this is the question I ask...
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"How many want to
be devoured by Satan?"
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Praise the Lord! Nobody here!
00:21:05.29\00:21:08.93
So this must mean you prefer
Jesus Christ. Amen to that.
00:21:08.96\00:21:13.84
Jesus Christ is the
way, the truth and the life,
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and in Him is found salvation
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FREE to all who want salvation.
Praise the Lord for that!
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Notice - Revelation 12:13...
"And when the dragon saw
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that he was cast onto the earth,
he sat down and read a book...
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What did he do? He
persecuted the woman
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which brought
forth the Man-child."
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This has reference
to the earlier verses of
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Revelation chapter 12.
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He PERSECUTED the woman!
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Question: What is the symbol
of a woman in Bible prophecy?
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A church!
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See, I don't
have to dwell on that.
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I don't have to give you
Scriptures that bring that out.
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So the woman is the church and
the dragon, that is the devil
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working through
people, persecuted the woman
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which brought
forth the Man-child.
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In Revelation 12:14,
the Bible says: "And to the
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woman were given two
wings of a great eagle
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that she might fly into the
wilderness into HER place...
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She has a place
there reserved by God.
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...where she is nourished for
a time, times and half a time,
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from the face of the serpent."
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Question: Why is the woman
fleeing into the wilderness?
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Didn't Jesus say,
"Go ye into all the world
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and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name
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of the Father and of
the Son and the Holy Ghost?"
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Go preach to ALL the world.
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Why is the church
going into the wilderness?
00:23:02.34\00:23:07.25
Because persecution
had come and because of the
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activity of the
persecution and the activities
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of the devil that we're
going to read a verse that
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helps you to understand that.
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The woman needed
to hide for a while.
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By the way, brothers and sisters
00:23:23.93\00:23:25.77
it's time to come out of hiding.
00:23:25.80\00:23:27.57
It's time to preach
the gospel to every nation,
00:23:27.60\00:23:31.67
kindred and tongue and people.
00:23:31.71\00:23:33.78
It's time to come out of
hiding and let your light
00:23:33.81\00:23:36.58
so shine before men
that they may see your good
00:23:36.61\00:23:39.95
works and glorify your
God which is in heaven.
00:23:39.98\00:23:43.28
It's time to come out of hiding.
00:23:43.32\00:23:45.22
It's time to allow
Jesus to speak through you
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so that Jesus can
be desired by others.
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Amen? Let's go then to the
time, times and half a time.
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What is this time,
times and half of times?
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This is talking
about prophetic time.
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This is still within the
timeframe of prophetic time
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because when you're
reading Revelation, you have to
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understand that something is
discussed and it takes it to a
00:24:16.69\00:24:21.12
certain amount of time,
but then you keep reading
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and it takes you
back a little further...
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That's why when you
get to Revelation 10,
00:24:26.19\00:24:28.10
and then you go
to Revelation 12,
00:24:28.13\00:24:30.57
you will notice that it talks
about a great war in heaven.
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When did that take
place? Way, way back...
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And I would say to you - before
Adam and Eve were created.
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If you understand that,
say, Amen. Praise the Lord.
00:24:41.64\00:24:46.28
So then, brothers and
sisters, we are now at times,
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times and half of
times, how much time is that?
00:24:49.55\00:24:53.15
A "time" is considered
a day, "times"- two days,
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"half a times"
is what? Half a day.
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Prophetic time -
a day for a year.
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So we're actually
talking here about 1,260 years,
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1,260 years.
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How do we get 1,260
years out of 3-1/2 years?
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You have to reckon it
according to the Jewish time.
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Their year was
only 360 days long.
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So that's how
you get 1,260 years.
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We now think a year is how
long? 365 and a little bit...
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And so, 1,260 years,
interestingly enough,
00:25:42.17\00:25:48.21
this timeframe of 1,260 years
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is mentioned
several times in the Bible.
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It is an important time to
understand that God's people
00:25:54.88\00:25:59.25
were going to be
persecuted for 1,260 years.
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In Daniel 7:25, you will
see this mentioned again,
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and it is mentioned in
different ways, times, times,
00:26:06.83\00:26:11.00
and the dividing of time;
times, times and half a time,
00:26:11.03\00:26:15.20
and when you get
to Revelation 12:6,
00:26:15.24\00:26:17.87
it says, "1,260 years,"
some of you have "3 score"
00:26:17.94\00:26:24.98
in your Bibles...
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So it is also mentioned as
42 months in Revelation 11:2-3,
00:26:26.48\00:26:31.69
and also in
Revelation 13:5 1,260 years...
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some of you are
familiar with that.
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We understand that this
began in the year 538 B.C.,
00:26:40.83\00:26:49.30
538 A.D. - I'm
sorry, I know the meaning,
00:26:49.34\00:26:54.58
after the birth of
Christ... 538 extending to
00:26:54.61\00:26:59.85
the year 1798- - 1,260 years.
00:26:59.88\00:27:07.89
... 538 to 1798
during the time when there
00:27:07.92\00:27:13.60
was persecution among
God's people led by the church
00:27:13.63\00:27:21.64
that was visible
during that time which was the
00:27:21.67\00:27:24.14
Roman Catholic Church - we don't
have time to dwell on that,
00:27:24.21\00:27:28.91
but that's what history shows.
00:27:28.94\00:27:31.38
If you understand
that, say Amen. "Amen."
00:27:31.41\00:27:34.85
Interestingly enough, it
is after 1798- you see that
00:27:34.88\00:27:40.69
the Bible begins to be
printed in mass quantities.
00:27:40.72\00:27:45.09
See because, during the
1,260 years, there were limited
00:27:45.13\00:27:49.83
copies of the Bible.
00:27:49.86\00:27:51.20
The Bible was actually
suppressed - people were told,
00:27:51.23\00:27:53.70
"Don't read it, you
won't understand it;
00:27:53.74\00:27:55.47
only the priest can
help you understand this.
00:27:55.50\00:27:58.54
Don't read it,
you'll get confused."
00:27:58.57\00:28:00.44
So these 1,260 years
reveal a time of dark times,
00:28:00.48\00:28:07.62
dark ages, persecution.
00:28:07.65\00:28:10.59
And the church was said
to be in the wilderness.
00:28:10.65\00:28:13.46
Now let's continue reading
as we look into Revelation 12,
00:28:13.49\00:28:20.63
and we are now going to
finish reading 15, 16 and 17.
00:28:20.66\00:28:27.77
Let's go to verse 15-
if you found it, say Amen.
00:28:27.80\00:28:29.24
Are you there?
Are you there? Amen!
00:28:29.30\00:28:30.71
What is this "water" that the
woman will be carried away with?
00:28:40.45\00:28:44.89
False doctrines and
to protect the church,
00:28:44.92\00:28:49.42
God's people that
were in the wilderness,
00:28:49.46\00:28:53.90
from false doctrines,
they had to go into hiding...
00:28:53.93\00:28:58.37
so they're not swept
away by false doctrines.
00:28:58.40\00:29:03.17
And so the Lord blessed
and protected the church,
00:29:03.20\00:29:07.91
and the church was not
swept away by the flood... Why?
00:29:07.94\00:29:11.55
Because it says in verse 16...
00:29:11.58\00:29:17.35
Praise the Lord!
00:29:21.29\00:29:24.19
Now brothers and sisters,
the woman is said to be where?
00:29:24.23\00:29:27.06
In the WILDERNESS.
00:29:27.10\00:29:29.03
Wilderness is a
place that is desolate,
00:29:29.06\00:29:32.03
very few people if any.
00:29:32.07\00:29:36.60
Another word in
Greek is a "desert place."
00:29:37.37\00:29:41.18
Actually in the
Spanish translation
00:29:41.21\00:29:43.24
it uses "desert place."
00:29:43.28\00:29:47.05
So that's where the church was.
00:29:47.08\00:29:49.85
In contrast to where the woman,
that is considered the whore
00:29:49.88\00:29:56.89
or a woman that is
corrupt where she is...
00:29:56.93\00:30:01.73
Let's look at that
in Revelation 17:15,
00:30:01.76\00:30:07.50
very close to where you
are now, so it shouldn't
00:30:07.54\00:30:09.67
take you long to find it
and if you found it say "Amen."
00:30:09.70\00:30:12.17
In Revelation
17:15, the Bible says...
00:30:12.21\00:30:16.75
So you see, the woman - the true
church was in the wilderness,
00:30:25.49\00:30:29.22
but the visible church - that is
a corrupt church was said to be
00:30:29.26\00:30:33.70
among the multitudes of people.
00:30:33.73\00:30:37.43
Interesting contrast, but
again, the woman after 1798
00:30:38.90\00:30:44.64
was supposed to come out hiding
and come out again to what?
00:30:44.67\00:30:49.64
To preach unto them
that dwell on the earth.
00:30:49.68\00:30:53.25
So you should see God's people
begin to preach the gospel
00:30:53.28\00:30:57.42
in a much more
powerful way after 1798.
00:30:57.45\00:31:03.36
Let's finish Revelation 12:17...
00:31:03.39\00:31:10.50
If you found it,
say "Amen." Amen!
00:31:10.53\00:31:13.13
"And the dragon -
who is that? The devil.
00:31:13.17\00:31:15.94
Praise the Lord.
00:31:26.82\00:31:28.15
I remember one time
when I worked in a bank,
00:31:28.18\00:31:30.32
a young man came to me
because we would talk about
00:31:30.35\00:31:33.12
spiritual things from time
to time, and he said to me,
00:31:33.15\00:31:36.06
"John, I found the true church."
00:31:36.09\00:31:39.93
I said, "Praise the
Lord, how did you find it?"
00:31:39.96\00:31:43.37
"The true church has the
title the "Church of God on it."
00:31:43.40\00:31:51.64
And I said, "I'm really sorry,
but that's not the correct
00:31:51.67\00:31:55.74
way to find the true
church, God's true followers
00:31:55.78\00:31:58.41
because any group can
say, "The Church of God"
00:31:58.45\00:32:01.18
on the outside of their church.
00:32:01.22\00:32:04.75
This is not to put down
those that use the word,
00:32:04.79\00:32:06.99
"Church of God," but that's not
00:32:07.02\00:32:08.72
the way you
find the true church.
00:32:08.76\00:32:10.76
How do you find the true church?
00:32:10.79\00:32:12.76
Look at Revelation
12- Who is the dragon,
00:32:12.79\00:32:15.46
the devil, persecuting?
00:32:15.50\00:32:17.57
Those that keep the
commandments of God and have the
00:32:17.60\00:32:21.37
testimony of Jesus Christ.
00:32:21.40\00:32:24.77
So those are the
true followers of God.
00:32:24.81\00:32:27.88
Those are the ones that Satan
is most ardently persecuting.
00:32:27.91\00:32:32.31
He is more active in trying
to destroy them than the others
00:32:32.35\00:32:37.05
that don't have the
characteristics described
00:32:37.09\00:32:41.32
in Revelation 12:17.
00:32:41.36\00:32:43.29
And if you take a look
and research the churches
00:32:43.32\00:32:48.33
that identify with "keep
the commandments of God,"
00:32:48.36\00:32:51.50
the list of hundreds will
dwindle down to a very few.
00:32:51.53\00:32:57.97
And then you ask, "Do you
keep ALL Ten Commandments?"
00:32:58.01\00:33:02.31
And the list gets
what? Smaller, much smaller.
00:33:02.34\00:33:09.38
So if you want to know
how to find the true church,
00:33:09.42\00:33:12.45
look at Revelation 12.
00:33:12.49\00:33:14.69
But there's also
another characteristic mentioned
00:33:14.72\00:33:18.06
in Revelation 12:17 which is...
00:33:18.09\00:33:20.23
"And they have the
testimony of Jesus Christ."
00:33:20.26\00:33:23.03
What is the
"testimony of Jesus Christ?"
00:33:23.06\00:33:25.13
Some of you already know
where this is and we are now
00:33:25.17\00:33:28.14
going to Revelation 19:10.
00:33:28.17\00:33:30.94
Revelation 19:10 for
those that have not read it.
00:33:30.97\00:33:35.34
The Bible is wonderful in its
way that it interprets itself.
00:33:35.38\00:33:40.55
Revelation 19:10 says... "And I
00:33:40.58\00:33:42.25
fell at His
feet to worship Him."
00:33:42.28\00:33:45.22
That is the
messenger that was before him.
00:33:45.25\00:33:47.62
"And he said unto
me, see thou do it not,
00:33:47.66\00:33:49.99
I am thy fellow servant, and
of thy brethren that have the
00:33:50.03\00:33:54.10
testimony of Jesus."
00:33:54.13\00:33:56.30
Isn't it wonderful now
he tells us what that is.
00:33:56.33\00:33:59.23
"Worship God for the
testimony of Jesus is the
00:33:59.27\00:34:02.14
spirit of prophecy."
00:34:02.17\00:34:05.81
What is the
"testimony of Jesus?"
00:34:05.84\00:34:07.78
What does the church
that follows Jesus...
00:34:07.81\00:34:12.05
the people that
follows Jesus have?
00:34:12.08\00:34:14.48
The testimony of Jesus Christ
is the spirit of prophecy.
00:34:14.52\00:34:19.29
Now I'll stop right here and
say that some people think that
00:34:19.32\00:34:22.52
Ellen G. White IS
the spirit of prophecy.
00:34:22.56\00:34:26.56
Ellen G. White is NOT
the spirit of prophecy.
00:34:26.59\00:34:30.70
She had the gift of the
spirit of prophecy which is
00:34:30.73\00:34:35.04
the Holy Spirit.
00:34:35.07\00:34:36.60
See, "I am thy fellow servant
and of them that have the
00:34:37.27\00:34:40.18
spirit of prophecy."
00:34:40.21\00:34:43.81
So the children of God
that were to prophesy again
00:34:43.85\00:34:47.28
were to receive the prophetic
gift among their midst again.
00:34:47.32\00:34:52.42
Praise the Lord...
Because in Revelation 10,
00:34:52.45\00:34:54.66
we read that you must
prophesy again before kings
00:34:54.69\00:34:57.96
and peoples and
multitudes. Praise the Lord!
00:34:58.29\00:35:01.76
If you're following me
so far, say "Amen." Amen.
00:35:01.80\00:35:04.87
If you're
confused, raise your hand?
00:35:04.90\00:35:07.50
Well praise the Lord,
we're all on the same page.
00:35:07.54\00:35:09.97
Let's go to a new reading then
in Revelation and we now move
00:35:10.01\00:35:14.44
to Revelation 14- we're
taking a large picture today
00:35:14.48\00:35:19.05
to help you understand that
the people that identify with
00:35:19.08\00:35:23.45
Elijah must wake up and fulfill,
that which is prophesied
00:35:23.49\00:35:29.09
to prepare the world for the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
00:35:29.12\00:35:33.60
Are you in Revelation
14? Let's begin in verse 6...
00:35:33.63\00:35:36.97
Do you hear an
echo of Revelation 10?
00:35:49.78\00:35:52.41
That he must prophesy again
to multitudes and the gospel
00:35:52.45\00:35:56.85
has to go to all the
world, every nation, kindred,
00:35:56.89\00:36:02.82
and tongue and people.
00:36:02.86\00:36:05.33
Question... Who is flying in
the midst of heaven? An angel.
00:36:05.36\00:36:12.20
Question... Did God tell
the angels to preach the gospel
00:36:12.23\00:36:18.11
to every nation,
kindred, tongue and people?
00:36:18.14\00:36:19.77
In Matthew 28, it reveals what?
00:36:19.81\00:36:22.38
That He's talking to
His disciples and He said,
00:36:22.41\00:36:25.38
"Go ye into all the world."
00:36:25.41\00:36:28.38
So this angel, in Revelation
14, is a symbol of the people
00:36:28.42\00:36:33.96
that must do this because
it is people that have been
00:36:33.99\00:36:37.59
given the privilege to
preach the gospel to the world,
00:36:37.63\00:36:40.80
not the angels,
and I will say to you,
00:36:40.83\00:36:43.80
that if the angles were given
the mission to preach the gospel
00:36:43.83\00:36:47.90
to the world, that would
have been done a long time ago!
00:36:47.94\00:36:53.21
But it has been given to
us and some people are still
00:36:53.24\00:36:57.11
in the wilderness - they
are hiding not coming out
00:36:57.15\00:36:59.91
to let their light so
shine before men that they
00:36:59.95\00:37:02.42
may see their good works.
00:37:02.45\00:37:04.35
I remember a young man
in our Sabbath School class
00:37:04.39\00:37:07.79
when I was a young man and he
had left the church for a while,
00:37:07.82\00:37:12.29
and now was back and he
said something that in my youth
00:37:12.33\00:37:15.93
I had done in a public school.
00:37:15.96\00:37:18.50
He said that...I'm ashamed to
admit it - what I used to do...
00:37:18.53\00:37:23.61
See in public school, it's not
the same as a Christian school,
00:37:23.64\00:37:28.94
and he said that sometimes when
he had to pray for his lunch,
00:37:28.98\00:37:32.65
he made it look like he
had something in his eye and he
00:37:32.68\00:37:36.42
would be scratching his eyes,
but he was actually praying,
00:37:36.45\00:37:40.46
and I had done that
- something similar.
00:37:40.49\00:37:43.02
I said, "Oh Lord,
forgive me," in public school.
00:37:43.06\00:37:48.40
I don't know what you've
done to hide that you are
00:37:48.43\00:37:52.10
a Christian, and instead of
letting your light so shine,
00:37:52.13\00:37:56.40
that if it were a little
light, you would have done this,
00:37:56.44\00:37:59.27
or put it under your clothing
so nobody would see that
00:37:59.31\00:38:01.94
you are a Christian...
00:38:01.98\00:38:04.38
But it is time to let your
light so shine that they may see
00:38:04.41\00:38:09.92
your good works and glorify
your Father which is in heaven.
00:38:09.95\00:38:13.82
So this angel is a
messenger, that's what the word
00:38:13.86\00:38:18.16
"angel" means
here in Revelation 14.
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It is "angelos" - messenger.
00:38:21.23\00:38:25.07
This is the same word in
Greek used in a very well-known
00:38:25.10\00:38:31.94
passage by you.
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Let's go to Mark for a moment,
keep your finger there in
00:38:33.88\00:38:36.11
Revelation 14.
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Let's go to Mark 1, I
hear some pages turning.
00:38:39.55\00:38:46.55
Some of you have a digital
device and you can get there
00:38:46.59\00:38:48.99
maybe quicker, maybe not.
00:38:49.02\00:38:51.29
Mark 1- if you
found it, say Amen.
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Notice the words, we're going
to read Mark 1:2-3, it says...
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This word "messenger" is
angelos the same word used
00:39:09.64\00:39:13.98
in Revelation 14:6.
00:39:14.02\00:39:17.55
So you see, not every time that
it says "angel," it is an angel.
00:39:17.59\00:39:19.82
So this angel, this
messenger in Revelation 14
00:39:20.76\00:39:24.46
is not angels flying in the
midst of heaven, they are us!
00:39:24.49\00:39:29.90
We are to bring a message
from heaven to the world.
00:39:29.93\00:39:37.34
Why is the angel
said to be flying?
00:39:37.37\00:39:41.28
Because it is not a work
that should be done in idleness.
00:39:41.31\00:39:47.68
He is flying because
it has to be done swiftly,
00:39:47.72\00:39:51.35
and he has to bring this to
every nation, kindred, tongue
00:39:51.39\00:39:54.62
and people... swiftly
the work must be done.
00:39:54.66\00:39:59.76
That's why the angel
is said to be flying.
00:39:59.79\00:40:01.73
I was going to read this later,
but let me squeeze it in now...
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There is an interesting quote
by "Sister Ellen G. White,"
00:40:05.30\00:40:08.30
and let me see if I
can find... here it is!
00:40:10.94\00:40:14.44
Testimonies to the
Church, vol. 5, p. 754,
00:40:14.48\00:40:19.38
it says the following...
"The bright light going among
00:40:19.41\00:40:24.35
the living creatures (in
Ezekiel)...I'll start again.
00:40:24.39\00:40:28.42
Praise the Lord!
00:40:39.47\00:40:41.27
So how fast is lightning?
00:40:41.30\00:40:43.84
It is the speed of light! Fast!
00:40:43.87\00:40:48.58
In the blink of an eye, a
light that you turn on reaches
00:40:48.61\00:40:52.85
into the heavens.
00:40:52.88\00:40:55.98
So with the swiftness
of lightning, full of the
00:40:56.02\00:40:58.89
Holy Spirit, we can bring
the gospel to the whole world.
00:40:58.92\00:41:02.22
I was going to say this
later, but I'll say it now
00:41:02.26\00:41:05.06
because it fits.
00:41:05.09\00:41:06.59
Brothers and sisters,
the gospel is being preached
00:41:06.63\00:41:10.77
at the speed of light.
00:41:10.80\00:41:12.40
Have you ever heard of
00:41:12.43\00:41:13.77
"Three Angels
Broadcasting Network"
00:41:13.80\00:41:17.27
It is at the speed of light that
the signals leave this place,
00:41:17.31\00:41:21.54
and go up to satellites
at the speed of light,
00:41:21.58\00:41:25.21
and come down to the
earth by the time you finish
00:41:25.25\00:41:28.72
blinking your eyes...
00:41:28.75\00:41:30.45
And the gospel is
reaching millions of people,
00:41:30.49\00:41:35.62
we'll come back
to that in a moment.
00:41:35.66\00:41:37.69
So brothers and sisters,
the messenger in Revelation 14
00:41:37.73\00:41:41.86
is you and I cooperating
with the Lord to bring
00:41:41.90\00:41:45.73
the everlasting
gospel to the whole world.
00:41:45.77\00:41:48.84
Get on board, get out of the
wilderness and come to Jesus,
00:41:48.87\00:41:52.64
and allow Him to use you
because the time has come
00:41:52.67\00:41:55.74
that the world should know that
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
00:41:55.78\00:42:01.22
Let's go to Revelation 14:7...
00:42:01.25\00:42:03.99
"Saying with a loud
voice... Not a whisper...
00:42:04.02\00:42:07.12
Praise the Lord.
00:42:18.10\00:42:19.83
I told you that Elijah
would come in the end of time
00:42:19.87\00:42:26.21
to help prepare
the world for the
00:42:26.24\00:42:28.11
second coming of Jesus Christ.
00:42:28.14\00:42:30.15
And if we, the people that
are to be Elijah, God's children
00:42:30.18\00:42:35.38
in the end of time, if
we are to be as Elijah,
00:42:35.42\00:42:38.62
we must live as Elijah did
and as John the Baptist did.
00:42:38.65\00:42:43.39
Didn't they eat differently?
00:42:43.43\00:42:46.19
I hear no whispers.
00:42:47.50\00:42:48.90
They ate different -
their diet was different.
00:42:49.60\00:42:54.10
They preached a
message from heaven, so we are
00:42:54.14\00:42:58.57
the same work that John
the Baptist did to prepare
00:42:58.61\00:43:03.01
the way of the Lord,
we must prepare the way of
00:43:03.04\00:43:06.31
the Lord for the
second coming of Jesus Christ.
00:43:06.35\00:43:11.39
So we must be
different than the world.
00:43:11.42\00:43:14.16
We can live in the
world, but not love the world
00:43:15.46\00:43:18.69
because this place
is not our final home
00:43:18.73\00:43:22.06
in its present condition.
00:43:22.10\00:43:24.23
Jesus Christ is coming soon
and if you're not aware of it,
00:43:24.27\00:43:29.20
take a look
around, see the signs...
00:43:29.24\00:43:33.14
Jesus Christ is coming soon.
00:43:33.17\00:43:35.54
Now what is this "fear God?"
00:43:35.58\00:43:37.01
We know that we are to
reverence God and have respect
00:43:37.05\00:43:42.18
for God and I'll
tell you, unfortunately,
00:43:42.22\00:43:45.85
there has been a lot
of disrespect for God
00:43:45.89\00:43:48.22
in churches, in schools,
in society - God's name is
00:43:48.26\00:43:53.29
used in vain on a daily
basis, who knows how many
00:43:53.33\00:43:56.00
hundreds of thousands of times.
00:43:56.03\00:43:58.23
But, let it not come
from a Christian's lips
00:43:58.27\00:44:02.17
to use God's name in vain.
00:44:02.20\00:44:03.54
Brothers and sisters,
I take you to the Bible
00:44:03.57\00:44:07.34
to speak to us what
is the fear of the Lord.
00:44:07.38\00:44:11.15
Proverbs 8:13- What is fear God?
00:44:11.18\00:44:15.08
Proverbs 8:13... If
you're ready say "Amen."
00:44:15.12\00:44:19.29
So while "fear God"
means to reverence Him,
00:44:30.57\00:44:33.84
it also means to hate evil.
00:44:33.87\00:44:37.77
So this angel, this
messenger is saying, "Fear God,"
00:44:37.81\00:44:41.11
in other words, "hate evil."
00:44:41.14\00:44:43.71
How in the world can we
corrupt human beings learn
00:44:43.75\00:44:48.58
to hate evil?
00:44:48.62\00:44:50.82
The easy answer
is... by coming to Jesus,
00:44:50.85\00:44:54.82
by looking at Jesus
daily and understanding that He
00:44:54.86\00:44:58.06
died for us and He is in heaven
ministering in our behalf.
00:44:58.09\00:45:02.23
But let's go to
Psalms 34 that helps
00:45:02.26\00:45:05.10
us further understand this.
00:45:05.13\00:45:06.80
Psalms 34- not very
far from where you are.
00:45:06.84\00:45:10.57
Psalms 34 where you
began reading in verse 9,
00:45:10.61\00:45:15.54
if you're ready say "Amen."
00:45:15.58\00:45:16.91
Amen! The Bible says...
00:45:16.95\00:45:18.35
Amen.
00:45:40.44\00:45:41.80
Didn't Jesus say: "Come
unto Me and learn of Me for I am
00:45:41.84\00:45:49.11
meek and lowly of heart."
00:45:49.14\00:45:50.75
I say to you that Jesus
wants us to come so that He can
00:45:50.78\00:45:55.42
teach us to hate evil.
00:45:55.45\00:45:59.45
I'll ask two questions...
00:45:59.49\00:46:01.79
I hope you're awake
to answer correctly.
00:46:01.82\00:46:06.86
If you're ready, say "Amen."
00:46:07.43\00:46:09.93
How many of you love
evil? Raise your hand.
00:46:09.96\00:46:14.30
Praise the Lord!
00:46:14.34\00:46:16.81
How many, if you don't
hate evil, want to learn how?
00:46:16.84\00:46:23.08
Maybe you didn't
hear me right, ha ha...
00:46:23.11\00:46:25.48
How many, if you don't hate
evil now, want to learn how?
00:46:25.51\00:46:29.22
Would you raise your hand?
00:46:29.25\00:46:32.09
You have to come to Jesus.
00:46:32.12\00:46:34.49
If you're not sure,
come to Jesus anyway.
00:46:34.52\00:46:38.26
If you want to
learn to hate evil,
00:46:38.29\00:46:40.33
God invites us to come to Him,
00:46:40.36\00:46:42.20
so that we may
learn to hate evil.
00:46:42.23\00:46:44.27
How do we learn to hate evil?
00:46:44.30\00:46:46.07
By spending time with Jesus.
00:46:46.10\00:46:48.60
And so when we go
to Revelation 14:7...
00:46:48.64\00:46:52.11
"Saying with a loud voice,
fear God and give glory to Him,
00:46:52.14\00:46:57.21
Don't have time to explain
it... That means to glorify Him
00:46:57.25\00:47:00.38
in the way that
He should be gloried,
00:47:00.42\00:47:01.85
but it also means
to characterize God.
00:47:01.88\00:47:05.75
God is love...
So characterize God.
00:47:05.79\00:47:09.12
For the hour of His
judgment is come and worship Him
00:47:09.16\00:47:12.79
that made heaven
and earth, and the sea
00:47:12.83\00:47:14.73
and the
fountains of waters." Amen.
00:47:14.76\00:47:17.00
Let's put this together...
00:47:17.03\00:47:18.97
Revelation 10- We talked
about the experience that God's
00:47:19.00\00:47:23.07
people will go through
during the time of the 1840s.
00:47:23.10\00:47:25.61
Sweet but bitter, but then
they were to prophesy again
00:47:25.64\00:47:30.05
before nations and kings.
00:47:30.08\00:47:32.15
So the prophetic
gift would come again.
00:47:32.18\00:47:34.32
The church was
hiding for 1,260 years,
00:47:34.35\00:47:37.12
but will surface
again after 1798.
00:47:37.15\00:47:39.95
Question: Did we see the
church surface after 1798?
00:47:39.99\00:47:44.96
Do we have a church that
meets the characteristics of
00:47:44.99\00:47:49.43
Revelation 12- that
keep the commandments of God
00:47:49.46\00:47:53.17
and have the faith
of Jesus? YES we do!
00:47:53.20\00:47:56.91
If you
understand that, say "Amen."
00:47:56.94\00:47:58.74
I believe that's the
Seventh-day Adventist Church
00:47:58.77\00:48:01.54
primarily, but Jesus said,
"Other sheep I have that are
00:48:01.58\00:48:07.42
not of this fold."
00:48:07.45\00:48:10.02
So there are a lot of
God's children out there.
00:48:10.05\00:48:14.36
That's why when
you read Revelation 18,
00:48:14.39\00:48:18.83
you hear the message,
"Come out of her my people."
00:48:18.86\00:48:23.50
God's children are everywhere.
00:48:23.53\00:48:26.20
And I'll say to you...
Please remember that there are
00:48:26.23\00:48:31.04
wheat among the tares,
so not everyone that saith
00:48:31.07\00:48:35.84
unto Me, Lord, Lord
- there may be sheep
00:48:35.88\00:48:42.28
and there may be
wolves among the sheep.
00:48:42.32\00:48:45.49
So we have to be wide awake
because Satan is seeking...
00:48:45.52\00:48:50.16
trying to find different ways
to deceive us and if we keep our
00:48:50.19\00:48:54.36
eyes on Jesus, we will not
be deceived. Praise the Lord.
00:48:54.40\00:48:58.53
Let's finish reading...
Revelation 14:8 and then 9-12.
00:48:58.57\00:49:02.90
God's people have to preach
this message with the power
00:49:13.01\00:49:17.35
and anointing
of the Holy Spirit.
00:49:17.39\00:49:19.72
Brothers and
sisters, this is the message
00:49:54.56\00:49:58.09
that has to be preached.
00:49:58.13\00:49:59.63
And you see, the Bible is
so wonderful - it tells you
00:49:59.66\00:50:03.70
the description and the
danger that those people are in
00:50:03.73\00:50:07.00
that worship the
beast and his image.
00:50:07.04\00:50:08.90
And then, Revelation
14:12 concludes by showing you
00:50:08.94\00:50:14.18
a difference between
those that worship the beast
00:50:14.21\00:50:17.31
and his image and receive
their mark and those that don't.
00:50:17.35\00:50:20.65
Who are they? Let's
look at Revelation 14:12.
00:50:20.68\00:50:24.02
While the world wants to do
away with the Ten Commandments,
00:50:32.39\00:50:37.47
God is saying, "My
children are those that keep
00:50:37.50\00:50:40.97
the Commandments.
00:50:41.00\00:50:44.67
You remember the scene?
00:50:44.71\00:50:46.14
Jesus said that in the
last days many will come
00:50:46.17\00:50:50.98
to Him and say, "Lord, did
we not prophesy in Your name?
00:50:51.01\00:50:55.88
And in your name cast
out devils and done many
00:50:55.92\00:50:59.95
wonderful works?"
00:50:59.99\00:51:01.32
What does Jesus say to them?
00:51:01.36\00:51:02.76
"Depart from me you
workers of? Iniquity.
00:51:02.79\00:51:08.16
So God's children must
keep the Commandments - all Ten.
00:51:08.20\00:51:14.80
And follow Jesus
with all their hearts.
00:51:14.84\00:51:17.27
Why? Because
they're God's children.
00:51:17.31\00:51:20.14
Because they want to
identify with God's universe
00:51:20.18\00:51:24.68
to love the Lord their
God with all their heart,
00:51:24.71\00:51:27.58
all their mind and all
their strength and to love their
00:51:27.62\00:51:29.48
neighbor as themselves.
00:51:29.52\00:51:31.99
Brothers and sisters,
the Lord is calling us
00:51:32.02\00:51:35.62
to do what Elijah did.
00:51:35.66\00:51:38.16
I read to you
Malachi 4:5-6 again...
00:51:38.19\00:51:41.26
Brothers and sisters, the
Bible says and this gospel
00:52:02.82\00:52:06.62
of the kingdom shall be preached
in the whole world for a witness
00:52:06.65\00:52:10.39
unto all nations and
then the end will what? Come.
00:52:10.43\00:52:14.56
The gospel must be
preached in all the world.
00:52:14.60\00:52:17.93
And while we have "Three
Angels Broadcasting Network"
00:52:17.97\00:52:21.27
preaching the
gospel to all the world,
00:52:21.30\00:52:23.30
this is to be accompanied
by us talking to people
00:52:23.34\00:52:27.34
that we meet!
00:52:27.38\00:52:28.71
It is wonderful today
you can send people stuff
00:52:28.74\00:52:31.48
through the mail,
"snail mail" as you call it.
00:52:31.51\00:52:35.45
And even, electronically, you
can put stuff on the internet
00:52:35.48\00:52:39.25
and preach the gospel that way.
00:52:39.29\00:52:40.82
We used to have a sign in
the lobby at 3ABN, it said,
00:52:40.86\00:52:44.83
"Preach the gospel and,
if necessary, use words."
00:52:44.86\00:52:48.93
Brothers and sisters,
God is using 3ABN in a
00:52:52.03\00:52:55.20
mighty way.
00:52:55.24\00:52:56.57
I rejoice with
this experience I had.
00:52:56.60\00:53:00.04
It was about 5:37
p.m., working at 3ABN in the
00:53:00.08\00:53:05.05
Pastoral Ministries Department
and I was supposed to leave
00:53:05.08\00:53:08.58
at 5:30 and people
linger around 3ABN...
00:53:08.62\00:53:11.29
for some reason
- they love 3ABN...
00:53:11.32\00:53:13.92
working, trying to get
the job done, but it was 5:37,
00:53:13.96\00:53:17.43
Idalia was not working at
that time and I had a date
00:53:17.46\00:53:20.80
with Idalia...
Husbands, how many know
00:53:21.10\00:53:24.07
that if you have a
date with your wife,
00:53:24.10\00:53:25.47
you should be on time, 6 of you!
00:53:25.50\00:53:28.67
The rest of you are
in trouble. Laughter
00:53:28.70\00:53:32.21
So I had this date and
the phone was ringing...
00:53:32.24\00:53:35.38
At 3ABN phone calls come
for prayer; they want you to
00:53:35.41\00:53:40.38
explain a Bible verse or
they have a Bible question,
00:53:40.42\00:53:43.79
but sometimes you get people
on suicide - considering suicide
00:53:43.82\00:53:47.96
and they call 3ABN.
00:53:47.99\00:53:49.72
So most of the people in
the pastoral staff were gone,
00:53:49.76\00:53:52.89
there was only one
person left Joe O'Brien.
00:53:52.93\00:53:58.00
And I looked across my office
and he was already on the phone,
00:53:58.03\00:54:00.70
and I said, "If I don't
take this call, it may go to
00:54:00.74\00:54:03.10
voicemail and it might be a
person on the verge of suicide,"
00:54:03.14\00:54:06.91
so I took the call... it
was a wrestle - oh, should I go
00:54:06.94\00:54:10.51
or should I stay -
should I go, so I took the call.
00:54:10.55\00:54:12.98
"Yes, this is John
Dinzey, may I help you?"
00:54:13.01\00:54:15.58
And the person said, "I am
calling to congratulate you."
00:54:15.62\00:54:21.89
That was a voice of
a woman and I thought
00:54:21.92\00:54:23.43
it's a woman from the church.
00:54:23.46\00:54:24.79
She's calling to congratulate
us for preaching the gospel!
00:54:24.83\00:54:28.56
To my surprise, when she said,
00:54:28.60\00:54:32.03
"I'm calling to congratulate
you." I said, "Praise the Lord."
00:54:32.07\00:54:34.77
And she said, "I am an atheist."
00:54:34.80\00:54:38.41
Now wait a minute,
something is not right here.
00:54:38.47\00:54:41.38
She's calling a
Christian television station,
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but she said she's an atheist
calling to congratulate us.
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I listened and she said,
"I've been watching you for
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3 weeks and I've noticed that
you follow the Bible closer than
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any other religious group."
00:54:56.46\00:54:58.43
I was stunned, I
didn't know what to say.
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All I could say
was, "Praise the Lord,"
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and she said, "Well I
don't know about that,
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but that's all I called to
say, and she said, "Keep it up."
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I said, "Praise the Lord."
00:55:14.54\00:55:16.54
When she hung up the
phone, I almost jumped high
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enough to hit the ceiling.
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You see because even atheists
know when you're preaching
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the gospel - when you're
preaching the word of God,
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and there are people coming to
Jesus from all over the world.
00:55:29.69\00:55:33.33
I've met candidates
for presidents that are
00:55:33.36\00:55:35.96
watching 3ABN;
I've heard of mayors
00:55:36.00\00:55:39.03
in cities watching 3ABN.
00:55:39.07\00:55:44.11
I could tell you stories
about a cable general manager
00:55:44.14\00:55:48.44
of a cable station
reluctant to put 3ABN on,
00:55:48.48\00:55:53.01
but when she finally
did, her life was transformed
00:55:53.05\00:55:57.12
and became a
Seventh-day Adventist.
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I could tell you
story after story,
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but this is one story that...
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See, there are certain
people that you can talk to
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and they'll say, "I
don't want to hear it."
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They won't even open
the door, but 3ABN goes in
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and they can't say a
word, they can't argue with you.
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The only thing they
can do is change the
00:56:16.67\00:56:18.01
channel or turn off the T.V.
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This man said, "For over
28 years I preached against
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the Seventh-day Adventist Church
and against Ellen G. White,
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and I started watching
3ABN Latino to find more things
00:56:33.22\00:56:38.19
against the Seventh-day
Adventists, and this man said,
00:56:38.23\00:56:43.00
"And I'm happy to say
that this is the third Sabbath
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that I am a member of the
Seventh-day Adventist Church."
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He describes that he
said he began to make copies
00:56:51.37\00:56:54.58
of sermons by "Stephen
Bohr, Mark Finley," and others,
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he said he had hundreds of
hours of sermons and the Lord
00:56:59.25\00:57:03.65
convinced him in his own
house of the truth presented
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on 3ABN.
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God is doing
great and mighty things.
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Have you ever heard of "TMI?"
"Total member involvement"
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Recently - Let me, I
have to get the number...
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I forget the last 3 numbers...
98,298 people were baptized
00:57:20.30\00:57:27.01
in Rwanda... Praise the Lord!
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I've been to a stadium
filled with about 60,000 people
00:57:30.35\00:57:36.08
coming to hear the
preaching of the gospel;
00:57:36.12\00:57:40.89
27,100 people were
baptized that week.
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See, God is doing
great and mighty things,
00:57:45.49\00:57:48.06
and we need to
participate in some way to bring
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the gospel to others.
00:57:52.57\00:57:55.10
Would you do it?
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Jesus is calling His people
to awake and do the first works,
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to awake and bring
the gospel to others.
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To give your heart completely
to Him that He may use you
00:58:07.22\00:58:10.45
to bring somebody else to Jesus.
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Question... Are all of
your friends Christians,
00:58:13.32\00:58:17.33
all of your
neighbors Christians?
00:58:17.36\00:58:19.46
Can you pass by somewhere
00:58:19.49\00:58:22.46
and know that they
are not Christians?
00:58:22.50\00:58:23.87
Can you go to Wal-Mart and say,
00:58:23.90\00:58:25.23
"All these
people are Christians?"
00:58:25.27\00:58:26.60
The work is not done folks.
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Let us get ready
for Jesus to come.
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Let us get ready for the
outpouring of the Holy Spirit
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because He's coming soon.
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