Music... 00:00:05.13\00:00:10.14 Seagulls... 00:00:10.21\00:00:15.18 More music... 00:00:15.24\00:00:20.15 Scenes from history... 00:00:20.22\00:00:29.52 More scenes... 00:00:29.56\00:00:37.33 Some more scenes... 00:00:37.37\00:00:41.27 Modern scenes... 00:00:41.30\00:00:43.64 More modern scenes... 00:00:43.67\00:00:47.31 Turning the pages of Revelation. 00:00:47.34\00:00:53.88 Good evening Ambassador Family 00:00:53.92\00:01:00.39 and good evening to our Viewing Audience, 00:01:00.42\00:01:02.42 I'm Henoc Paulicin, 00:01:02.49\00:01:03.83 Pastor of the Ambassador Seventh-day Adventist Church 00:01:03.86\00:01:06.70 We're located in Fort Lauderdale Florida area 00:01:06.73\00:01:10.57 in a city called Lauderdale Lakes. 00:01:10.60\00:01:12.87 For those who are not familiar with Florida, 00:01:12.90\00:01:17.04 we're right near Miami, Florida, about 20 or 30 minutes 00:01:17.07\00:01:21.24 and we're about 12 minutes from the Fort Lauderdale airport. 00:01:21.28\00:01:24.75 If you find yourself in the area, 00:01:24.78\00:01:27.28 we'd love to invite you to come and worship with us. 00:01:27.32\00:01:29.72 I believe that we are a friendly church 00:01:29.75\00:01:32.49 and we're a fast-growing church so come and worship with us. 00:01:32.52\00:01:36.12 This evening, I have with me, 00:01:36.16\00:01:38.33 another member of my ministerial staff 00:01:38.36\00:01:40.53 and I'd like to have him introduce himself. 00:01:40.56\00:01:42.80 Good evening, I'm Elder Levi Compton 00:01:42.83\00:01:45.80 from the land of Trinidad and Tobago. 00:01:45.83\00:01:48.74 I bring you greetings 00:01:48.77\00:01:50.21 in the name of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. 00:01:50.24\00:01:52.51 May you be blessed this afternoon. 00:01:52.54\00:01:55.84 Let us begin with a word of prayer, 00:01:55.88\00:01:59.08 for those who are visiting for the first time, 00:01:59.11\00:02:02.05 this Series is called, "Through the Eyes of John" 00:02:02.08\00:02:04.95 and the Speaker is none other than 00:02:05.02\00:02:07.19 Pastor Lawrence Steven Dorsey 00:02:07.22\00:02:09.16 from the Berean Seventh-day Adventist Church 00:02:09.19\00:02:11.63 in Los Angeles, California, 00:02:11.66\00:02:13.93 well, let us invite the presence of the Lord, 00:02:13.96\00:02:16.13 please bow your heads. 00:02:16.16\00:02:17.50 "Our loving Father and our dear God, 00:02:17.53\00:02:19.83 we thank you for what you have done 00:02:19.87\00:02:22.34 and what you are about to do. 00:02:22.37\00:02:23.71 We pray for continued outpouring of your Spirit on this day. 00:02:23.74\00:02:28.81 When all is said and done, 00:02:28.84\00:02:30.88 let us see nothing and hear nothing but Jesus. 00:02:30.91\00:02:34.02 Hear us as we pray, 00:02:34.08\00:02:35.88 this we ask in Jesus' name, amen. " 00:02:35.92\00:02:39.19 Walking off stage... 00:02:39.22\00:02:45.09 Piano playing... 00:02:45.16\00:02:50.90 Jesus is the 00:02:50.93\00:02:55.67 sweetest name 00:02:55.70\00:03:01.11 I know... 00:03:01.14\00:03:06.48 and He's just the same... 00:03:06.51\00:03:12.75 as His Holy name. 00:03:12.79\00:03:20.10 And that's the reason 00:03:20.13\00:03:27.47 why I love Him so... 00:03:27.50\00:03:34.78 Ooooooh... 00:03:34.81\00:03:37.98 'Cause Jesus is the sweetest name... 00:03:38.01\00:03:45.92 my Jesus He's the sweetest name... 00:03:45.95\00:03:53.83 my Jesus... 00:03:53.86\00:03:56.93 He's the sweetest name 00:03:56.97\00:04:02.60 I know. 00:04:02.64\00:04:08.74 Playing piano... 00:04:08.78\00:04:12.31 More music... 00:04:12.35\00:04:16.69 Pause... 00:04:16.72\00:04:21.66 Pastor coming to stage. 00:04:21.69\00:04:25.16 Good evening everyone. 00:04:25.19\00:04:28.63 Audience: "Good Evening. " 00:04:28.66\00:04:30.10 Jesus is the sweetest name I know. 00:04:30.17\00:04:32.47 and Folks, it's a name that is above everything 00:04:32.50\00:04:36.74 and when you say that name 00:04:36.77\00:04:39.81 it's not only saying 00:04:39.84\00:04:42.28 the name of the King of Kings and Lord of Lords 00:04:42.31\00:04:44.48 but it is a name that invokes the adoring spirit of angels. 00:04:44.51\00:04:51.15 It's a name that is also used as an instant prayer, 00:04:51.19\00:04:57.43 somebody knows what I'm talking about. 00:04:57.46\00:04:59.93 Audience: "Amen. " 00:04:59.96\00:05:01.30 There is somethings that we face in life 00:05:01.33\00:05:03.60 and you can't say anything else but "Jesus. " 00:05:03.63\00:05:06.84 and sometimes you can't even say, "Jesus. " 00:05:06.87\00:05:10.01 You just think "Jesus" and that prayer is answered. 00:05:10.04\00:05:15.08 My favorite Bible writer says in the book, "Desire of Ages... " 00:05:15.14\00:05:20.35 when the saints of God call on the name of Jesus, 00:05:20.38\00:05:24.59 angels direct their attention to that person who is praying 00:05:24.62\00:05:29.26 and calling on that name and then they look back to see 00:05:29.32\00:05:33.93 how they are to be dispatched 00:05:33.96\00:05:36.46 to take care of the need of God's children. 00:05:36.53\00:05:38.67 So, tonight, let us all say, 00:05:38.73\00:05:41.30 "Jesus... the sweetest name we know. " 00:05:41.34\00:05:44.81 We're going to move quickly this evening, 00:05:44.84\00:05:48.08 we have a few individuals who have written in 00:05:48.11\00:05:51.28 and we have more that have written in 00:05:51.31\00:05:52.78 than we can announce 00:05:52.81\00:05:54.15 but we just want to say, "Hello" to these folks who are watching. 00:05:54.18\00:05:57.12 We have a Cynthia Carroll from Newark, Delaware, 00:05:57.15\00:06:02.62 and Folks, honestly, I never knew 00:06:02.66\00:06:04.49 there was a Newark, Delaware... 00:06:04.53\00:06:06.23 I've heard of Newark, New Jersey, 00:06:06.26\00:06:07.86 but Newark, Delaware, we're glad to have you watching. 00:06:07.93\00:06:12.43 We also have a William and Ruby McFoy from California, 00:06:12.47\00:06:16.94 a Victoria Stenson from Flushing, New York, 00:06:16.97\00:06:20.81 a Delanise, Denise, Denis, Connie and Michelle... 00:06:20.84\00:06:26.58 all from White Marsh, Baltimore 00:06:26.61\00:06:29.38 and lastly, we have tonight, 00:06:29.42\00:06:31.99 a Ray Peacock from North Carolina 00:06:32.02\00:06:35.26 who says he is enjoying these messages immensely. 00:06:35.29\00:06:39.29 So let us continue to pray for our at-home audience 00:06:39.33\00:06:43.30 and those who are watching online 00:06:43.33\00:06:44.83 that the Lord will give them even the same blessing 00:06:44.87\00:06:48.30 that we are receiving being here in person 00:06:48.34\00:06:51.37 at this beautiful church... 00:06:51.41\00:06:52.97 the Ambassador Seventh-day Adventist Church. 00:06:53.01\00:06:55.64 Tonight we have a message that is very solemn, 00:06:55.68\00:06:58.71 a message that we need to understand and know. 00:06:58.78\00:07:01.78 It's entitled, "Marked for Destruction" 00:07:01.82\00:07:06.39 Marked for Destruction... 00:07:06.42\00:07:09.92 "Loving Father, again, we come to you 00:07:09.96\00:07:12.73 asking you for wisdom and skill and for understanding, 00:07:12.76\00:07:18.77 in other words, Lord, we can't do this ourselves 00:07:18.80\00:07:22.44 so we approach your Holy Book 00:07:22.47\00:07:25.37 asking you to send divine help, Lord, 00:07:25.41\00:07:29.44 send your Holy Spirit that we might discern spiritual things. 00:07:29.48\00:07:32.81 Help us to speak clearly and distinctly 00:07:32.85\00:07:36.52 and Lord, we ask that the Bible might live 00:07:36.55\00:07:40.02 and bring to our minds and our understanding 00:07:40.06\00:07:43.26 the things which must shortly come to pass, 00:07:43.29\00:07:46.66 bless us to this end and when we finish, Lord, 00:07:46.70\00:07:50.03 let us rejoice in your mercy 00:07:50.07\00:07:52.10 is our prayer in Jesus' name, amen. " 00:07:52.13\00:07:55.44 Last night we looked at the message entitled, 00:07:55.47\00:07:58.41 "Heaven's Seal of Approval" 00:07:58.47\00:07:59.81 and we saw heaven's seal of approval, 00:07:59.84\00:08:01.81 we found that it was found in the heart of God's commandments 00:08:01.84\00:08:06.05 the fourth commandment to be exact 00:08:06.08\00:08:07.98 verses 8 through 11, 00:08:08.02\00:08:10.09 for in that commandment, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:08:10.12\00:08:12.45 we saw the things that not only identified whose law 00:08:12.49\00:08:16.56 those commandments belong to 00:08:16.59\00:08:18.79 but it also has the name, the title and the territory 00:08:18.83\00:08:24.27 of our Creator, our God, and it shows us where He reigns 00:08:24.30\00:08:29.47 and Folks, God reigns everywhere. 00:08:29.50\00:08:32.17 We saw this last night 00:08:32.21\00:08:34.68 and we know from what we have been studying 00:08:34.71\00:08:36.85 from the book of Revelation night after night 00:08:36.88\00:08:39.35 that when God has something that is genuine, 00:08:39.38\00:08:41.92 the devil... he's deluded, he's disillusioned... delusional 00:08:41.95\00:08:49.26 he tries to always set up a counterfeit. 00:08:49.29\00:08:52.43 So if we look at it, just from titles, 00:08:52.46\00:08:55.56 "Heaven's Seal of Approval" 00:08:55.60\00:08:57.57 and then "Marked for Destruction" 00:08:57.60\00:09:00.44 we find ourselves looking at something that is there 00:09:00.50\00:09:04.61 for us to understand and know 00:09:04.67\00:09:06.81 because it has to do with our eternal salvation. 00:09:06.88\00:09:11.05 Turn with me quickly to Revelation chapter 14, 00:09:11.08\00:09:14.78 Revelation 14, we're beginning in the same place, 00:09:14.82\00:09:18.49 Revelation 14 verse 6 00:09:18.52\00:09:20.69 and we've been through this text a few times 00:09:20.72\00:09:24.26 but we're going to see something even different 00:09:24.33\00:09:27.80 because we're going to go a little further 00:09:27.86\00:09:31.23 and as I said, this is the most solemn warning 00:09:31.27\00:09:34.60 that is in the Bible... 00:09:34.64\00:09:36.34 the most solemn warning... 00:09:36.40\00:09:38.01 the most sobering, a warning... if we don't heed it, 00:09:38.04\00:09:42.54 Ladies and Gentlemen, because it is in our time 00:09:42.58\00:09:46.68 we could find ourselves lost for eternity. 00:09:46.72\00:09:50.79 Revelation 14 verse 6... 00:09:50.82\00:09:56.29 And we have dug deep into this text on numerous nights 00:10:16.64\00:10:20.75 and we understand that fear of God is a reverence for Him, 00:10:20.78\00:10:24.82 it is an awe of Him because of who He is. 00:10:24.85\00:10:28.89 We understood, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:10:28.92\00:10:31.43 that we give glory to Him by everything we do, 00:10:31.46\00:10:34.96 eat, drink, speak, 00:10:35.00\00:10:37.07 whatever we do, we do it to the glory of God. 00:10:37.10\00:10:40.17 We know the hour of His judgment is coming 00:10:40.20\00:10:42.87 and we have seen and we will see later on, 00:10:42.90\00:10:45.57 this very week, 00:10:45.61\00:10:47.18 that the judgment is something that has already begun 00:10:47.21\00:10:50.71 and we find ourselves living in the time... 00:10:50.75\00:10:53.35 the era of the seventh church, Laodicea 00:10:53.38\00:10:55.75 which name itself means, "the judging of the people. " 00:10:55.78\00:10:58.95 This judgment began in 1844 00:10:58.99\00:11:02.12 right after the things that we have seen 00:11:02.16\00:11:04.86 in chapter 6 of the book of Revelation 00:11:04.89\00:11:07.50 the signs in the sun and the moon and the stars 00:11:07.53\00:11:10.63 and it tells us, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:11:10.67\00:11:13.07 that we are really in the last days 00:11:13.10\00:11:15.44 because all of the things that we have seen 00:11:15.47\00:11:17.71 in Matthew, Mark and Luke, 00:11:17.77\00:11:19.47 Matthew 24, Luke 21, Mark 13... those signs of the times 00:11:19.51\00:11:25.85 all point to where we are even now 00:11:25.88\00:11:28.68 and then it says, "And worship Him 00:11:28.72\00:11:31.49 that made heaven and earth, the sea and fountains of waters" 00:11:31.52\00:11:34.22 and Ladies and Gentlemen, we said, 00:11:34.26\00:11:35.99 the great controversy, that we are in... 00:11:36.02\00:11:37.59 that we are a part of... 00:11:37.63\00:11:38.96 because we are here on Planet Earth 00:11:38.99\00:11:40.53 and because our Foreparents have sinned, 00:11:40.56\00:11:43.20 we are part of the great controversy 00:11:43.26\00:11:45.73 and the bottom line in the controversy 00:11:45.77\00:11:48.24 is the "worship factor" 00:11:48.27\00:11:50.61 whom shall we worship? 00:11:50.64\00:11:52.91 Shall we worship Jehovah God 00:11:52.97\00:11:55.64 or we worship the "created," Satan, himself? 00:11:55.68\00:11:59.05 And Ladies and Gentlemen, I don't understand it 00:11:59.08\00:12:02.42 but some people don't understand 00:12:02.45\00:12:04.45 that if you're not worshipping God 00:12:04.49\00:12:06.42 automatically you are worshipping the devil. 00:12:06.45\00:12:08.86 You might think you're worshipping yourself 00:12:08.92\00:12:11.29 but any thing... 00:12:11.33\00:12:13.09 any person you put before God 00:12:13.13\00:12:15.70 puts you on the same side as worshipping the evil one. 00:12:15.73\00:12:19.90 We look at this and we see and we've talked about it, 00:12:19.93\00:12:23.77 we saw in the message, "God's Forgotten Revelation" 00:12:23.81\00:12:27.61 where again, we saw the commandments of God... 00:12:27.64\00:12:29.81 the only portion of Scripture 00:12:29.84\00:12:31.68 that was written with God's own finger 00:12:31.71\00:12:34.05 Exodus chapter 31 verse 18 shows us that the commandments... 00:12:34.08\00:12:38.72 we're looking at Exodus 20 verses 3 through 17... 00:12:38.75\00:12:42.76 those commandments were written with God's own finger 00:12:42.79\00:12:47.00 given to us and handed down to us 00:12:47.03\00:12:50.23 that we might know it's true 00:12:50.27\00:12:52.43 and we might hold on to its principles 00:12:52.47\00:12:55.10 and in this first part of this message, 00:12:55.14\00:12:57.67 that is found in Revelation 14, it tells us to worship Him 00:12:57.74\00:13:02.24 who made heaven and earth and sea 00:13:02.28\00:13:04.41 and the fountains of waters... 00:13:04.45\00:13:06.11 a revelation to us to let us know 00:13:06.15\00:13:09.28 that we must worship our Creator 00:13:09.35\00:13:12.42 and when we look at those commandments 00:13:12.45\00:13:15.39 and we saw Exodus 20:8 through 11 00:13:15.42\00:13:19.13 that fourth commandment... 00:13:19.16\00:13:20.50 we saw that it is a call that is given to us 00:13:20.53\00:13:24.27 to come back and remember the memorial of creation 00:13:24.30\00:13:28.90 for that is what the seventh-day Sabbath is 00:13:28.94\00:13:31.24 a memorial of creation that was not given to the Jews 00:13:31.27\00:13:35.84 but was given to Adam and Eve in the very beginning... 00:13:35.88\00:13:40.38 in the Garden... I'm looking at Genesis 2 verses 1 through 3 00:13:40.42\00:13:44.59 in the very beginning before there was sin... 00:13:44.62\00:13:48.52 pause... 00:13:48.56\00:13:50.03 do you understand that? 00:13:50.06\00:13:51.39 There was worship with God before there was sin. 00:13:51.43\00:13:56.33 Some people think that church is something that's come around 00:13:56.36\00:13:58.73 and has evolved after sin... 00:13:58.77\00:14:00.50 there was worship on earth before sin. 00:14:00.54\00:14:04.87 Audience: "Amen. " 00:14:04.94\00:14:06.27 Before there were Jews, 00:14:06.31\00:14:07.64 if we look at the Bible, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:14:07.68\00:14:10.25 we will see that there was worship in heaven 00:14:10.31\00:14:13.15 for thousand times ten thousands 00:14:13.18\00:14:15.75 and thousands and thousands of angels... 00:14:15.78\00:14:18.32 they worshipped Him. 00:14:18.35\00:14:19.75 Audience: "Amen. " 00:14:19.79\00:14:21.12 So when we look at this thing and we see that in the last days 00:14:21.19\00:14:25.19 this call that is going forth unto all the world 00:14:25.23\00:14:28.56 is a call for us to come back and worship Jesus our Creator 00:14:28.63\00:14:35.47 but it doesn't stop there, it says in verse 8, 00:14:35.50\00:14:38.64 "And there followed another angel saying... " 00:14:38.67\00:14:41.78 And Ladies and Gentlemen, we're not talking about 00:14:50.55\00:14:52.52 ancient Babylon... the city, 00:14:52.55\00:14:54.39 we're talking about all false systems of worship. 00:14:54.42\00:14:58.79 You see, we see the book of Revelation, 00:14:58.83\00:15:01.43 is a book of literal things and a book of symbolic things. 00:15:01.46\00:15:05.03 When we talk about the church of the living God 00:15:05.07\00:15:07.64 or the people of God, we call them, "Spiritual Israel" 00:15:07.67\00:15:10.94 we call the Holy City, "New Jerusalem" 00:15:10.97\00:15:13.27 when you look at the other side, we see those individuals 00:15:13.34\00:15:16.41 who are not under the banner of Christ 00:15:16.44\00:15:19.01 and they are under the banner of Babylon... 00:15:19.05\00:15:22.32 that mystical, spiritual empire 00:15:22.35\00:15:26.49 that was in direct opposition to God. 00:15:26.52\00:15:29.59 So when we see these two entities there 00:15:29.62\00:15:33.09 and we see that one has a seal of approval 00:15:33.13\00:15:36.53 quite naturally there must be a mark for destruction. 00:15:36.56\00:15:42.07 We continue to read 00:15:42.10\00:15:44.31 and here it is, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:15:44.34\00:15:46.94 the most solemn warning in the Bible... 00:15:46.98\00:15:49.54 remember... this is all about worship, 00:16:25.41\00:16:28.48 "who worship the beast and his image, 00:16:28.52\00:16:31.45 and whosoever receives the mark of his name. " 00:16:31.49\00:16:35.36 And Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:16:35.39\00:16:36.73 this makes it so clear and so easy to understand... 00:16:36.76\00:16:40.50 we are talking about a system that will be put in place 00:16:40.53\00:16:44.87 in direct opposition to the system of worship for God. 00:16:44.90\00:16:49.20 When we look at Matthew chapter 4 verse 8, 00:16:49.24\00:16:54.38 we saw the true colors of Satan, 00:16:54.41\00:16:56.81 he came to Jesus in the wilderness 00:16:56.85\00:16:59.18 and the bottom line is, 00:16:59.21\00:17:00.75 when he came down with his third and greatest temptation, 00:17:00.78\00:17:04.65 he wanted Jesus to bow down and worship him. 00:17:04.69\00:17:08.76 In the reply that came back from Jesus, 00:17:08.79\00:17:12.73 is the same reply that we must use... 00:17:12.76\00:17:16.13 we must go not only by the Word of God 00:17:16.16\00:17:19.43 but by the portion of the Bible, that portion... 00:17:19.47\00:17:22.40 not just inspired by Holy men 00:17:22.44\00:17:24.81 as they were moved by the Holy Ghost 00:17:24.84\00:17:26.57 as it tells us in 2nd Peter 1 verses 19 through 22 00:17:26.61\00:17:29.98 about how the Bible came about... 00:17:30.01\00:17:31.65 not only... "All Scripture given by God" 00:17:31.68\00:17:34.75 as it tells us in 2nd Timothy 3 verse 16, 00:17:34.78\00:17:37.79 that it is profitable for us for our reproof and correction 00:17:37.82\00:17:40.99 and instruction in righteousness... 00:17:41.02\00:17:43.16 no, it comes from the part of the Bible 00:17:43.19\00:17:45.29 that Jesus wrote Himself. 00:17:45.36\00:17:48.23 Pause... 00:17:48.26\00:17:49.96 The first commandment in Exodus 20 verse 3 is, 00:17:50.03\00:17:53.87 "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " 00:17:53.90\00:17:57.74 Audience: "Amen. " 00:17:57.77\00:17:59.47 So when we look at this decree... 00:17:59.51\00:18:02.08 when we look at this solemn, solemn, very sober warning 00:18:02.11\00:18:07.28 that is given to mankind, 00:18:07.32\00:18:08.88 we see that the Lord has placed this in here 00:18:08.92\00:18:12.42 with a visual to see that those who refuse to worship Him 00:18:12.45\00:18:17.56 and give homage to His enemy... 00:18:17.63\00:18:20.16 pause... 00:18:20.20\00:18:21.80 it says that they will be destroyed 00:18:21.83\00:18:23.53 in that same lake of fire as Satan himself 00:18:23.57\00:18:27.57 and Folks, you know and I know that the Bible has told us 00:18:27.60\00:18:30.17 in Matthew 25 verse 41 00:18:30.21\00:18:32.37 that hell was made for the devil and his angels, 00:18:32.44\00:18:34.71 it's not for us... 00:18:34.74\00:18:36.08 heaven has been made for us 00:18:36.11\00:18:38.45 glorious day for us 00:18:38.48\00:18:40.52 Jesus died for us 00:18:40.55\00:18:42.48 "For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son 00:18:42.52\00:18:45.69 that whosoever believeth in Him 00:18:45.72\00:18:47.26 should not perish but have everlasting life. " 00:18:47.29\00:18:50.23 We don't have to do anything but believe Him 00:18:50.26\00:18:53.19 and as you believe Him, 00:18:53.23\00:18:54.96 you give your entire body, mind and soul to Him 00:18:55.00\00:18:59.13 opening up your heart as He has said in Revelation chapter 3 00:18:59.17\00:19:03.44 and we let Him in and His Holy Spirit comes in us 00:19:03.47\00:19:07.58 and if we allow Him to... day by day... 00:19:07.61\00:19:10.25 He will renew our minds 00:19:10.31\00:19:12.21 by the transforming of our whole attitude and spirit 00:19:12.25\00:19:15.62 by the wonder and power of His Holy Spirit. 00:19:15.68\00:19:18.95 Audience: "Amen. " 00:19:18.99\00:19:20.32 It's not hard... we make it hard... 00:19:20.36\00:19:23.22 we say, "Lord come in" 00:19:23.26\00:19:25.49 but there's no room for Him to come in 00:19:25.56\00:19:27.43 because we are filled with "self" 00:19:27.46\00:19:30.07 we come here naturally selfish 00:19:30.10\00:19:32.63 it's about us... 00:19:32.67\00:19:34.87 when we sin... 00:19:34.90\00:19:37.04 we don't sin because we wanted to see Jesus go on the cross, 00:19:37.07\00:19:40.94 we're just trying to do something for ourselves. 00:19:40.98\00:19:43.28 That's vanity, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:19:43.31\00:19:47.45 that's self-worship... 00:19:47.48\00:19:49.78 we make ourselves our own god... 00:19:49.82\00:19:53.56 as if we didn't have enough things to fight about... 00:19:53.59\00:19:56.73 pause... 00:19:56.76\00:19:58.49 I come back to the solemnity of this message, 00:19:58.53\00:20:01.23 we saw that there are four things that God cannot do, 00:20:01.26\00:20:05.03 the first thing He cannot do is: He cannot lie... 00:20:05.07\00:20:08.54 the second thing He cannot do: He cannot change His Law... 00:20:08.57\00:20:12.34 the third thing God cannot do: 00:20:12.37\00:20:14.71 He cannot justify an unrepentant sinner 00:20:14.74\00:20:17.45 but folks if you confess your sins, 00:20:17.48\00:20:20.15 He is faithful and just to forgive us of our sins 00:20:20.18\00:20:22.65 and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. 00:20:22.68\00:20:25.15 The fourth thing God cannot do: 00:20:25.19\00:20:28.19 He cannot save a man or a woman, 00:20:28.22\00:20:31.26 a boy or girl... against your will, 00:20:31.29\00:20:34.26 He will not snatch anybody screaming and kicking to heaven. 00:20:34.30\00:20:39.13 Pause... 00:20:39.17\00:20:40.67 it's up to you... 00:20:40.70\00:20:42.20 it's up to me... 00:20:42.27\00:20:43.71 if we want to go, we will choose ye this day 00:20:43.74\00:20:48.51 whom we will serve... 00:20:48.54\00:20:51.01 pause... 00:20:51.05\00:20:52.71 I look at this message 00:20:52.75\00:20:54.32 and I see that God has always been good to us. 00:20:54.35\00:20:58.25 He tells us here that this is open for all to see and know 00:20:58.29\00:21:04.66 but when we look through the Bible 00:21:04.69\00:21:07.10 and we know that Revelation is a part of the Bible, 00:21:07.13\00:21:10.50 it is an intricate part of the Bible, 00:21:10.57\00:21:13.13 we see that there are texts that are written here 00:21:13.17\00:21:16.37 for us to know that in the last days 00:21:16.40\00:21:18.81 God will send forth a people to send a message of hope 00:21:18.84\00:21:23.38 to let the people know that things are changing 00:21:23.41\00:21:28.35 and time is running out and that we have to be ready. 00:21:28.38\00:21:33.52 He says in Isaiah 58 verse 1 "Cry aloud and spare not... 00:21:33.56\00:21:39.83 show my people their transgressions... 00:21:39.86\00:21:44.27 let them know what they're doing... 00:21:44.33\00:21:46.50 why I am angry... 00:21:46.53\00:21:48.70 let them see that they are going contrary to my will... " 00:21:48.74\00:21:53.41 I turned in the book of Hosea, Hosea chapter 4 verse 6, 00:21:53.44\00:21:58.08 I read this... "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" 00:21:58.11\00:22:02.98 now Folks, He is talking about His people. 00:22:03.05\00:22:05.65 He's not even dealing with the wicked. 00:22:05.69\00:22:08.16 You see we need to understand, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:22:08.19\00:22:11.83 just because our names are on the church roll, 00:22:11.86\00:22:13.96 just because we are ten... Church... 00:22:14.00\00:22:15.76 just because we do some good things, 00:22:15.80\00:22:17.53 just because we pay some tithe, 00:22:17.57\00:22:19.30 just because we keep the Sabbath, 00:22:19.33\00:22:20.97 just because we have been giving some witness and preaching 00:22:21.00\00:22:24.31 and singing and done some things in His name, 00:22:24.37\00:22:26.78 that does not qualify you as a full servant of God. 00:22:26.84\00:22:30.55 Pause... 00:22:30.58\00:22:32.11 Do you have fruit Ladies and Gentlemen? 00:22:32.15\00:22:36.22 Not gifts... 00:22:36.25\00:22:37.59 devil had gifts... he could sing up a storm... 00:22:37.62\00:22:41.39 he had gifts... he was filled with wisdom... 00:22:41.42\00:22:45.36 he had gifts... he was beautiful... 00:22:45.39\00:22:48.66 pause... 00:22:48.73\00:22:50.43 but he didn't have the fruit that takes to get to glory. 00:22:50.47\00:22:55.44 Oh, he had fruit all right... but the wrong kind. 00:22:55.47\00:22:58.31 Pause... 00:22:58.34\00:22:59.67 And Ladies and Gentlemen, you and I know 00:22:59.71\00:23:02.38 that my Bible tells us in Matthew 7 verse 21 00:23:02.44\00:23:04.91 that the Lord will look at some people and say, 00:23:04.95\00:23:07.92 "I never knew you because you didn't have the fruit 00:23:07.95\00:23:10.85 you did not allow the Holy Spirit 00:23:10.89\00:23:13.36 to do His perfect work in us... " 00:23:13.39\00:23:15.62 we held on to our own spirit, attitude, motive, ambitions... 00:23:15.66\00:23:20.80 and with that we'll find ourselves lost. 00:23:20.83\00:23:23.57 Pause... 00:23:23.60\00:23:25.27 It's not about us, it's about Christ. 00:23:25.33\00:23:29.60 He says here in this warning in Hosea chapter 4 verse 6... 00:23:29.64\00:23:34.31 Now Folks, I want you to see something here, 00:23:51.39\00:23:53.09 I want you to see how the Bible is its own expositor 00:23:53.13\00:23:56.83 and how the theme of the Bible 00:23:56.87\00:23:59.37 is something that intertwines throughout the whole thing. 00:23:59.40\00:24:03.24 He says here, in verse 6, "I will also reject thee 00:24:03.27\00:24:08.11 and thou shalt be no priest to me. " 00:24:08.14\00:24:11.21 Pause... 00:24:11.25\00:24:13.11 Compare that to 1st Peter 2 verse 9. 00:24:13.15\00:24:18.55 "But ye are a chosen generation, a royal... " what? 00:24:18.59\00:24:25.16 what? "priesthood... " 00:24:25.19\00:24:28.20 we are to be priests of God, 00:24:28.23\00:24:32.00 not just the pastors and the evangelists... 00:24:32.03\00:24:34.17 every single Christian who has a relationship with Jesus Christ 00:24:34.20\00:24:39.34 is to be a member of the royal priesthood. 00:24:39.37\00:24:43.08 In other words, our lives are handling heavenly things, 00:24:43.11\00:24:46.85 we are ambassadors for Christ 00:24:46.88\00:24:49.05 the highest dignitary that can be sent from an Embassy, 00:24:49.08\00:24:52.75 we are representatives of heaven 00:24:52.79\00:24:55.49 and when we don't do our part, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:24:55.52\00:24:58.56 our spirit, our attitude, our motive, our conversation, 00:24:58.59\00:25:01.56 our business transactions, 00:25:01.60\00:25:03.20 we are denying the fact that we are a holy priesthood. 00:25:03.23\00:25:08.20 He says that we are a peculiar people, a holy nation 00:25:08.24\00:25:13.14 that we should show forth the praises of Him 00:25:13.17\00:25:15.44 who has called us out of darkness 00:25:15.48\00:25:17.45 into His marvelous light. 00:25:17.48\00:25:19.28 Ladies and Gentlemen, when you look at that, 00:25:19.31\00:25:21.32 it is the same thing and we've looked at it before, 00:25:21.35\00:25:23.89 in Exodus 19 verses 5 and 6 00:25:23.92\00:25:26.86 and we don't have time to look at it now 00:25:26.89\00:25:28.52 but He said to them that they were a holy priesthood. 00:25:28.56\00:25:32.36 Pause... 00:25:32.39\00:25:35.00 But even though God proclaims that on us, 00:25:35.03\00:25:39.40 if we don't live up to His expectations 00:25:39.43\00:25:43.74 and what He can do for us, He will take it away 00:25:43.77\00:25:46.64 as He says here, He says, 00:25:46.68\00:25:48.44 "I also will reject thee that thou shalt be no priest to me 00:25:48.48\00:25:52.61 seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, 00:25:52.65\00:25:56.22 I also will forget thy children" 00:25:56.25\00:25:58.59 and when we look at the Christian world today, 00:25:58.65\00:26:01.89 many people have forgotten the very Law of God. 00:26:01.92\00:26:04.99 Pause... 00:26:05.06\00:26:07.13 We've forgotten it. 00:26:07.16\00:26:08.90 What we do when we say we are Christians... has to measure up 00:26:08.93\00:26:14.97 by the test of God's character 00:26:15.00\00:26:17.61 and the test of God's character is reflected in us, 00:26:17.64\00:26:21.68 Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:26:21.71\00:26:23.91 in how we worship Him 00:26:23.95\00:26:25.78 and how we relate to the very Law of God. 00:26:25.81\00:26:28.98 You see, the commandments... 00:26:29.02\00:26:30.39 the first four show our duty to God 00:26:30.45\00:26:32.72 and the last six show our duty to our fellowmen. 00:26:32.75\00:26:35.89 Pause... 00:26:35.92\00:26:37.43 You can't separate it. 00:26:37.46\00:26:38.79 You can't say, "I'm just going to deal with God. " 00:26:38.83\00:26:41.76 No, you have to deal with God 00:26:41.80\00:26:43.16 but you have to deal with your fellowmen too. 00:26:43.20\00:26:45.17 Pause... 00:26:45.20\00:26:46.57 When you go up to verse 1 of chapter 4, 00:26:46.60\00:26:49.04 it says, "Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: 00:26:49.07\00:26:51.77 for the LORD has a controversy 00:26:51.81\00:26:53.44 with the inhabitants of the land, 00:26:53.48\00:26:56.08 because there is no truth, no mercy, 00:26:56.11\00:26:58.65 no knowledge of God in the land... 00:26:58.68\00:27:01.15 by swearing, and lying, and killing... " 00:27:01.18\00:27:04.59 those are violations of the commandments... 00:27:04.62\00:27:07.99 "and stealing and committing adultery 00:27:08.02\00:27:11.63 they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 00:27:11.66\00:27:15.26 Therefore shall the land mourn, 00:27:15.30\00:27:18.23 and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, 00:27:18.27\00:27:21.34 with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; 00:27:21.40\00:27:25.47 yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. " 00:27:25.51\00:27:29.31 And friends, in Revelation 11 verse 18, the Lord says, 00:27:29.34\00:27:32.78 He will destroy those that will destroy the earth. 00:27:32.81\00:27:36.02 Pause... 00:27:36.05\00:27:37.75 Remember, I said, there are four things God cannot do, 00:27:37.79\00:27:41.02 the first thing is, He cannot lie... 00:27:41.06\00:27:43.59 whatever He has said, it will happen. 00:27:43.63\00:27:46.03 Pause... 00:27:46.06\00:27:47.86 I turn in my Bible to the book of Isaiah, 00:27:47.90\00:27:52.77 I come to Isaiah chapter 21, I want you to see that. 00:27:52.80\00:27:58.17 Pause... 00:27:58.21\00:28:00.21 Isaiah 24... 00:28:00.24\00:28:03.78 pause... 00:28:03.81\00:28:07.55 beginning with verse 3... 00:28:07.58\00:28:09.05 now watch this... why? 00:28:32.84\00:28:34.18 "because they have transgressed the laws... 00:28:34.21\00:28:36.91 pause... 00:28:36.95\00:28:39.08 they've changed the ordinances 00:28:39.11\00:28:40.82 and they've broken the everlasting covenant. " 00:28:40.85\00:28:46.15 Oh, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:28:46.19\00:28:47.86 we are fooling ourselves 00:28:47.89\00:28:49.49 when we think that we don't have to pay attention 00:28:49.52\00:28:52.06 to the law of God... 00:28:52.09\00:28:53.43 we are fooling ourselves when we tell people 00:28:53.46\00:28:55.63 that all you have to do is just have faith and grace of God 00:28:55.66\00:28:59.43 will cover everything 00:28:59.47\00:29:00.80 and that means you can do whatever you were doing 00:29:00.84\00:29:03.17 before you had a knowledge of God. 00:29:03.20\00:29:04.87 Pause... 00:29:04.91\00:29:06.74 When you come to Christ, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:29:06.78\00:29:10.45 you become a new creature 00:29:10.48\00:29:12.75 old things pass away 00:29:12.78\00:29:15.15 all things become new... 00:29:15.18\00:29:17.42 it has to be some changes. 00:29:17.49\00:29:19.65 Pause... 00:29:19.69\00:29:21.02 He says, we have to repent of our sins, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:29:21.06\00:29:24.86 that means... feel sorry for them... 00:29:24.89\00:29:27.30 that means we have to have revival in our lives 00:29:27.33\00:29:31.47 and if you just have revival that's not going to work 00:29:31.50\00:29:34.77 because there are times... 00:29:34.80\00:29:36.14 and you know and I know where you feel revival 00:29:36.17\00:29:38.04 and you come to church... you hear a song... 00:29:38.07\00:29:40.18 you hear a sermon... 00:29:40.21\00:29:41.54 someone hands in some literature 00:29:41.58\00:29:42.91 or you're just thinking about your relationship with Christ 00:29:42.94\00:29:45.91 and you feel that revival... that desire for a new life... 00:29:45.95\00:29:49.05 a new change... a new start... 00:29:49.08\00:29:50.55 and you desire it in your heart 00:29:50.59\00:29:51.99 but if that revival does not move you to the point 00:29:52.02\00:29:55.39 of reformation... a reforming of your life... 00:29:55.42\00:29:58.49 a change in your life... 00:29:58.53\00:29:59.93 you're going to slip back to a worse condition 00:29:59.96\00:30:02.60 than you were in before. 00:30:02.66\00:30:04.00 Pause... 00:30:04.03\00:30:06.27 So when we look at this thing, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:30:06.30\00:30:09.57 and we come down to the very essence of it, 00:30:09.60\00:30:13.51 it's all about worship... 00:30:13.58\00:30:16.85 pause... 00:30:16.88\00:30:18.91 not religion... 00:30:18.95\00:30:20.48 but the spiritual side of worship 00:30:20.52\00:30:25.39 and that means what motivates us to do it. 00:30:25.42\00:30:29.26 Now Folks, if you go back and you remember 00:30:29.29\00:30:32.46 in chapter 14 of the book of Revelation 00:30:32.49\00:30:35.60 and you see this loud angel speaking and saying 00:30:35.63\00:30:38.17 "If any man worship the beast and his image, 00:30:38.20\00:30:40.70 and receive his mark in his forehead, or in his hand. " 00:30:40.74\00:30:44.21 It's different from God's seal of approval. 00:30:44.24\00:30:46.44 God's seal of approval was something that was given to us 00:30:46.47\00:30:50.85 in our foreheads... 00:30:50.91\00:30:52.68 and if you read Revelation chapter 7 verses 1 through 3, 00:30:52.71\00:30:55.75 you see where that sealing is taking place 00:30:55.78\00:30:57.82 and it's being taking place now in this early time of trouble 00:30:57.85\00:31:01.66 it's happening to people now 00:31:01.72\00:31:03.12 as they see it, they hold it, they believe it, 00:31:03.16\00:31:05.43 they internalize it, 00:31:05.46\00:31:06.80 they're being sealed with God's Seal of Approval. 00:31:06.83\00:31:09.46 Pause... 00:31:09.50\00:31:10.83 They believe it... 00:31:10.87\00:31:12.20 with the Mark of the Beast, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:31:12.23\00:31:15.30 there are some people who will believe a lie. 00:31:15.34\00:31:18.97 Now God is not going to send them to eternal fire 00:31:19.01\00:31:22.61 to be totally destroyed and consumed 00:31:22.64\00:31:25.11 because they believed a lie, 00:31:25.15\00:31:27.52 they will go to hell 00:31:27.55\00:31:30.42 because they refuse to believe the truth. 00:31:30.45\00:31:32.62 We've just seen that in Hosea. 00:31:32.65\00:31:35.62 "My people are destroyed because... " what? 00:31:35.66\00:31:38.59 "of lack of knowledge" 00:31:38.63\00:31:39.96 they refused to obey it, they refused to believe it. 00:31:40.00\00:31:42.73 Sometimes, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:31:42.76\00:31:44.80 we believe what we want to believe 00:31:44.83\00:31:46.84 because it's convenient. 00:31:46.87\00:31:48.34 I've been in many different churches 00:31:48.37\00:31:50.27 and there are people that will come up to me 00:31:50.31\00:31:51.84 and ask me different things 00:31:51.87\00:31:53.21 because they're looking for something different 00:31:53.24\00:31:55.14 from what their own pastor told them. 00:31:55.18\00:31:56.98 Pause... 00:31:57.01\00:31:58.35 They don't really care what I think... 00:31:58.38\00:32:00.92 unless I have something that's in line with them. 00:32:00.95\00:32:04.45 But I say, "Don't listen to what I think 00:32:04.49\00:32:06.99 or what even I say or what I preach, 00:32:07.02\00:32:09.29 you got to go by the Word of God 00:32:09.32\00:32:11.56 because that is the standard for Christians. " 00:32:11.59\00:32:13.76 Audience: "Amen. " 00:32:13.80\00:32:15.36 So there are individuals 00:32:15.43\00:32:17.07 who are going to receive the Mark of Beast, 00:32:17.10\00:32:19.27 because of what they have believed 00:32:19.30\00:32:21.40 and there are others who will not believe 00:32:21.44\00:32:23.71 what is said and what the principles of the beast are 00:32:23.74\00:32:26.88 but because of the benefits they will receive 00:32:26.94\00:32:30.41 Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:32:30.45\00:32:31.78 because of the benefit that they will receive 00:32:31.81\00:32:34.22 in the last-day crisis 00:32:34.28\00:32:35.72 and we're building up that night after night 00:32:35.75\00:32:37.39 Ladies and Gentlemen, there are people 00:32:37.42\00:32:39.42 who will be just like those 00:32:39.45\00:32:41.86 who came to Jesus for the fish and the loaves. 00:32:41.89\00:32:44.99 Pause... 00:32:45.03\00:32:46.76 They could care less if He was the Messiah 00:32:46.80\00:32:49.63 they were hungry... they wanted to eat 00:32:49.66\00:32:52.50 and guess what? 00:32:52.53\00:32:53.87 the God that we serve doesn't mind if you come to Him 00:32:53.90\00:32:56.57 just for the bread and loaves 00:32:56.60\00:32:58.44 but He wants you to look little further, 00:32:58.47\00:33:00.28 He wants you to look a little deeper 00:33:00.31\00:33:02.01 because when you behold Him, you become changed 00:33:02.04\00:33:04.51 and when you listen to Him, you become changed 00:33:04.55\00:33:06.82 and when you watch Him, you become changed 00:33:06.85\00:33:09.02 and if you worship Him, you will indeed be changed. 00:33:09.05\00:33:12.15 Audience: "Amen. " 00:33:12.19\00:33:13.66 I look at this and I say unto myself 00:33:13.69\00:33:17.06 this solemn warning that is there... 00:33:17.13\00:33:20.43 it is not left to Hollywood to tell us who the beast is. 00:33:20.50\00:33:24.57 Pause... 00:33:24.60\00:33:26.87 It's not left up to individuals 00:33:26.94\00:33:29.74 who don't have an understanding and a relationship with Christ 00:33:29.80\00:33:32.77 to let us know who the beast is. 00:33:32.81\00:33:35.51 We have to go back to this book, 00:33:35.54\00:33:36.88 it has to be in here... it was written for us in our time 00:33:36.91\00:33:40.35 this is our time. 00:33:40.38\00:33:41.88 Pause... 00:33:41.92\00:33:43.69 So I turn back... 00:33:43.72\00:33:45.05 I turn back, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:33:45.09\00:33:48.59 for us to understand 00:33:48.62\00:33:49.96 I turn back to the book of Revelation 00:33:49.99\00:33:51.96 and I turn to chapter 13 00:33:51.99\00:33:53.93 and I begin to understand these things, 00:33:54.00\00:33:56.26 now Folks, I want you to know, 00:33:56.33\00:33:57.67 the very first time I opened up the book of Revelation 00:33:57.70\00:33:59.57 and I turned to somewhere in this book 00:33:59.63\00:34:01.60 and I started reading about all of these things 00:34:01.64\00:34:03.81 that I'm about to read to you, it frightened me to death. 00:34:03.84\00:34:06.98 It says, listen, verse 1... 00:34:07.01\00:34:09.34 that was enough for me, I shut that book down 00:34:29.63\00:34:33.80 and said, "No, no, no, no, no... 00:34:33.84\00:34:38.01 I don't want to know... " 00:34:38.04\00:34:39.37 and we live near the beach too. 00:34:39.41\00:34:41.81 Audience: Laugher. 00:34:41.84\00:34:43.45 Pause... 00:34:43.48\00:34:45.21 Whoa... it's too much for me. 00:34:45.25\00:34:48.08 Then when you understand the Bible is its own expositor... 00:34:48.12\00:34:51.29 and when you understand that parts of the book are symbolic 00:34:51.32\00:34:54.36 and some of the book is literal, 00:34:54.39\00:34:55.72 and when you understand that, 00:34:55.76\00:34:57.09 the Bible identifies these things Himself 00:34:57.13\00:34:59.53 that we might understand it, 00:34:59.56\00:35:00.90 you see a totally different picture of what this is saying. 00:35:00.93\00:35:06.07 We come back now and when we read 00:35:06.10\00:35:08.37 "And I stood upon the sand of the sea... " 00:35:08.40\00:35:09.77 Ladies and Gentlemen, when you read Revelation 00:35:09.80\00:35:12.07 and you understand that the Bible is its own expositor 00:35:12.11\00:35:15.24 and you read verses like Revelation 17 verse 15, 00:35:15.28\00:35:19.88 it tells us that "sea" represents a populated land 00:35:19.91\00:35:24.49 with people... with tongues... 00:35:24.52\00:35:26.29 and nations and kindreds... 00:35:26.32\00:35:28.06 it continues to say, 00:35:28.09\00:35:30.83 "And I saw a beast rise out of the sea, 00:35:30.86\00:35:33.80 having seven heads and ten horns, 00:35:33.83\00:35:36.16 and upon the horns ten crowns, 00:35:36.23\00:35:38.53 and upon his heads the name of blasphemy. 00:35:38.57\00:35:40.87 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard... " 00:35:40.90\00:35:44.17 when I look at those other beasts, 00:35:52.01\00:35:53.35 I don't know who they are at this point 00:35:53.38\00:35:55.18 but when I see the dragon, I know that's that old devil. 00:35:55.22\00:35:58.35 So that's some trouble there. 00:35:58.39\00:36:01.99 The Bible is its own expositor 00:36:02.02\00:36:05.59 so when I study my Bible 00:36:05.63\00:36:07.60 and I go back to the book of Daniel 00:36:07.66\00:36:09.60 for you see, the book of Daniel 00:36:09.63\00:36:11.37 has so many things that are there 00:36:11.43\00:36:13.10 that fulfill us... an understanding... 00:36:13.13\00:36:16.00 that fulfill for us an understanding 00:36:16.04\00:36:18.81 of other portions of the Scriptures 00:36:18.84\00:36:21.54 for the prophecies in Daniel give us the key 00:36:21.58\00:36:25.18 to the prophecies of Revelation. 00:36:25.21\00:36:27.85 Pause... 00:36:27.88\00:36:29.22 So when I turn to Daniel chapter 7 and I begin to read, 00:36:29.25\00:36:31.92 and reading verse 1, it says... 00:36:31.95\00:36:33.29 and we saw last night that winds are symbolic of trouble. 00:36:50.51\00:36:53.68 "And the four great beasts came up from the sea, 00:36:53.71\00:36:57.28 diverse... " or different from one another. 00:36:57.31\00:37:00.05 Now we know that the sea is populated lands. 00:37:00.08\00:37:02.72 "The first was like a lion... " hmmm, I've heard that before... 00:37:02.75\00:37:06.15 "and had eagle's wings... " 00:37:06.19\00:37:09.22 "And behold another beast, a second, like unto a bear... " 00:37:17.33\00:37:20.40 hmmm... sounds like Revelation... 00:37:20.44\00:37:22.60 "and it raised itself up on one side, 00:37:22.67\00:37:24.34 and it had three ribs in its mouth... 00:37:24.37\00:37:26.01 and in between the teeth of it: and they said thus unto it, 00:37:26.04\00:37:27.38 Arise devour much flesh. " 00:37:30.61\00:37:32.65 Now Folks, I know if it was left to us, 00:38:22.66\00:38:25.70 we could all come up with a super interpretation of that. 00:38:25.73\00:38:29.04 I mean... that's a lot... 00:38:29.07\00:38:30.91 and people have done that and Hollywood has done that 00:38:30.94\00:38:33.34 and theologians have done that 00:38:33.38\00:38:35.11 but the Bible is its own expositor. 00:38:35.14\00:38:39.11 Audience: "Amen. " 00:38:39.15\00:38:40.48 When we continue in the same chapter... 00:38:40.52\00:38:42.88 and you don't have to go far to find the answer 00:38:42.95\00:38:45.55 when you continue in the same chapter, 00:38:45.59\00:38:48.32 you move to verse 15 and we read thusly. 00:38:48.36\00:38:51.06 I guess it was... that's almost like a nightmare Daniel... 00:38:57.60\00:38:59.93 "And I came near unto one of them... " 00:38:59.97\00:39:03.07 Thank God it's plain... 00:39:12.21\00:39:13.88 "These great beasts which are four... are four kings... " 00:39:13.92\00:39:19.85 Verse 21... 00:40:04.60\00:40:06.10 And then verse 23, here it is... it says... 00:40:21.18\00:40:22.62 Oh Ladies and Gentlemen... this is saying so much. 00:41:01.69\00:41:05.16 When you look at the four major kingdoms 00:41:05.19\00:41:09.76 that are written in the Bible, 00:41:09.83\00:41:12.13 you'll see even from Daniel's other prophecies 00:41:12.17\00:41:16.10 with Nebuchadnezzar that those four kingdoms, 00:41:16.17\00:41:20.08 number one was Babylon, 00:41:20.11\00:41:21.64 the second one was Medo-Persia, the next one was Greece, 00:41:21.68\00:41:27.02 and then the fourth one was Rome 00:41:27.05\00:41:30.12 Rome's trademark... the thing that gave her the power 00:41:30.15\00:41:34.52 to conquer the entire world, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:41:34.56\00:41:38.93 was the power of her army. 00:41:38.96\00:41:41.70 The iron of her army gave her the edge 00:41:41.73\00:41:46.47 against the Greeks who had brass 00:41:46.50\00:41:48.70 but the Romans had iron 00:41:48.74\00:41:50.91 and because of the power of her army, 00:41:50.94\00:41:53.98 the whole world belonged to Rome. 00:41:54.01\00:41:56.95 You've heard the saying, "All roads lead to Rome. " 00:41:56.98\00:42:01.78 We look at Roman 2 dispensation, 00:42:01.82\00:42:06.59 we see Rome as a persecutor of God's people 00:42:06.62\00:42:10.53 as Pagan Rome 00:42:10.56\00:42:12.19 where 70 million were destroyed and martyred 00:42:12.26\00:42:15.73 because of their faith in Jesus Christ 00:42:15.76\00:42:17.67 and then Rome... when it became Papal Rome, 00:42:17.70\00:42:21.97 we see another 70 million lives that were taken, 00:42:22.00\00:42:26.01 Ladies and Gentlemen, because they refused to adhere 00:42:26.07\00:42:30.05 to the doctrines of Rome that they saw 00:42:30.08\00:42:33.38 were in direct opposition to the doctrines of God's Bible 00:42:33.42\00:42:38.15 and Ladies and Gentlemen, when you look at history 00:42:38.19\00:42:40.39 that timeframe, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:42:40.42\00:42:42.82 is called the Dark Ages 00:42:42.86\00:42:45.33 because mankind tried to shelter and shield 00:42:45.36\00:42:49.26 the very life of God to the masses. 00:42:49.33\00:42:52.43 Pause... 00:42:52.47\00:42:54.17 During that timeframe, Ladies and Gentlemen 00:42:54.24\00:42:57.27 when Rome as at her height, 00:42:57.31\00:42:59.24 she fought against the very people of God 00:42:59.27\00:43:03.14 and as the Scripture says, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:43:03.18\00:43:05.85 we see in verse 25... and it said 00:43:05.88\00:43:08.45 that this one person... or this one horn 00:43:08.48\00:43:11.12 that would be different from the others 00:43:11.15\00:43:13.79 and would subdue three kings, 00:43:13.82\00:43:16.73 he shall speak great words against the most High, 00:43:16.76\00:43:19.29 and shall wear out the saints of the most High, 00:43:19.33\00:43:21.80 and think to change times and laws: 00:43:21.83\00:43:24.27 and they shall be given unto his hands 00:43:24.30\00:43:26.10 until a time and times and the dividing of time. " 00:43:26.13\00:43:28.94 We see that this timeframe, Ladies and Gentlemen 00:43:28.97\00:43:31.77 is when the Papal power was at its zenith 00:43:31.81\00:43:37.75 from 538 until 1798 the Papal power ruled 00:43:37.78\00:43:43.69 with more authority and power than kings on the earth. 00:43:43.72\00:43:48.02 Now, let me just say this. 00:43:48.06\00:43:50.76 I am not here and it's not my desire 00:43:50.79\00:43:54.66 to talk about anyone's belief or faith 00:43:54.70\00:43:58.53 I am not here for that 00:43:58.57\00:44:00.64 but I am here to raise up the standard 00:44:00.70\00:44:05.81 and lift up the trumpet that people will know the truth 00:44:05.84\00:44:10.88 as it is in the Bible. 00:44:10.91\00:44:12.45 I am not talking about individual people 00:44:12.48\00:44:16.52 who are giving their heart and worshipping God 00:44:16.55\00:44:20.79 to the best of their ability, all that they know 00:44:20.82\00:44:24.99 I'm not saying that the Catholic Church... 00:44:25.06\00:44:29.46 the people in its Church 00:44:29.50\00:44:32.07 are wicked people serving the devil... 00:44:32.10\00:44:34.87 I'm not saying that, 00:44:34.90\00:44:36.24 but the System... the System that has been set up 00:44:36.27\00:44:43.04 in direct opposition to God in Rome 00:44:43.08\00:44:48.95 and men, women, boys and girls need to know the truth 00:44:48.98\00:44:53.29 and the Bible says the truth shall set you free. 00:44:53.32\00:44:57.29 It will set you free from sin, 00:44:57.33\00:45:02.26 it will set you free from superstition 00:45:02.30\00:45:05.07 it will set you free from error 00:45:05.10\00:45:07.67 and it will set you free from false doctrines. 00:45:07.70\00:45:10.91 That's why the Reformers did what they did, 00:45:10.94\00:45:14.01 that's why the cry went out, 00:45:14.04\00:45:15.51 that's why we see people saying, 00:45:15.54\00:45:17.45 "the Bible and the Bible only" 00:45:17.48\00:45:19.28 because that is the only standard, 00:45:19.31\00:45:21.65 Ladies and Gentlemen that we must have 00:45:21.68\00:45:23.99 in our relationship with God, if it's not in the book, 00:45:24.02\00:45:27.86 if it's not there, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:45:27.89\00:45:30.03 it's because there's no light in it. 00:45:30.06\00:45:32.39 All we need for our salvation is there 00:45:32.43\00:45:35.06 and my Bible tells you and it tells me 00:45:35.10\00:45:37.70 that those of us who receive... 00:45:37.73\00:45:39.80 those of us who receive the Mark of the Beast 00:45:39.83\00:45:42.44 will receive the greatest condemnation 00:45:42.47\00:45:45.57 from God Himself. 00:45:45.61\00:45:47.44 Pause... 00:45:47.48\00:45:48.81 When we look at those ten horns that were there 00:45:48.84\00:45:52.58 it shows the ten kingdoms that are now modern Europe. 00:45:52.61\00:45:59.59 We see that these things are historical 00:45:59.65\00:46:03.83 and when we look at history we understand 00:46:03.86\00:46:08.03 that they're happening now. 00:46:08.06\00:46:09.53 I look at this message and I understand this now, 00:46:09.56\00:46:13.23 it's much clearer to me. 00:46:13.27\00:46:14.60 It tells me that I as God's child 00:46:14.64\00:46:17.67 must hold up the standard and do what He has said to do 00:46:17.71\00:46:21.28 because He said it. 00:46:21.31\00:46:22.64 I listened to God not because I agree with Him 00:46:22.68\00:46:26.05 but because He said it. 00:46:26.08\00:46:27.55 You know, they used to have a bumper sticker... 00:46:27.58\00:46:30.45 sticker... that said, "God said it, 00:46:30.49\00:46:32.95 I believe it and that settles it. " 00:46:32.99\00:46:35.39 I always had a problem with that bumper sticker. 00:46:35.42\00:46:39.09 "God said it... and that settles it. " 00:46:39.13\00:46:42.96 It doesn't matter if I believe it or not... 00:46:43.00\00:46:45.47 that's on me... 00:46:45.50\00:46:46.84 "God said it, that settles it... " 00:46:46.87\00:46:48.27 Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:46:48.30\00:46:49.64 and if God said it, then, that settles it. 00:46:49.67\00:46:52.37 It tells us here, a warning, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:46:52.41\00:46:54.94 it tells us in this warning, 00:46:55.01\00:46:56.34 "And he shall speak great words against the most High, 00:46:56.38\00:46:58.51 and shall wear out the saints of the most High, 00:46:58.58\00:46:59.98 and think to change times and laws: 00:47:00.02\00:47:01.95 and he they shall be given unto his hand 00:47:01.98\00:47:03.62 until a time and a dividing of time. " 00:47:03.65\00:47:05.02 And Ladies and Gentlemen, that timeframe from 538 to 1798 00:47:05.05\00:47:09.49 is when its Papal Power had its zenith, 00:47:09.52\00:47:11.69 Ladies and Gentlemen, when Constantine, 00:47:11.73\00:47:13.86 the first Roman Emperor 00:47:13.90\00:47:15.56 to embrace Christianity in the 4th century 00:47:15.63\00:47:18.83 trying to bring together heathenism and Christianity 00:47:18.87\00:47:22.30 to reunite the people that they would work together 00:47:22.34\00:47:25.77 and because of ambitious priests 00:47:25.81\00:47:29.61 and power-hungry church districts 00:47:29.64\00:47:33.38 they agreed together to accept Sunday, 00:47:33.42\00:47:38.25 the first day of the week as the day of worship. 00:47:38.29\00:47:41.92 Pause... 00:47:41.96\00:47:43.79 Now Folks, I know people get upset and they get angry 00:47:43.83\00:47:46.29 and they really don't believe it 00:47:46.33\00:47:47.90 but Folks, you have to understand 00:47:47.93\00:47:49.43 four things God cannot do, He can't lie, 00:47:49.46\00:47:51.47 He can't change His Law, He can't change... 00:47:51.50\00:47:53.47 and He can't save an unrepentant sinner 00:47:53.50\00:47:55.67 and He can't save a man against his will. 00:47:55.70\00:47:57.81 When we look at the Law of God, it can't change... it can't... 00:47:57.84\00:48:03.91 it's the same as His character. 00:48:03.95\00:48:06.98 If the Law of God could have been changed, 00:48:07.02\00:48:08.68 Ladies and Gentlemen, then Jesus didn't have to die 00:48:08.72\00:48:11.09 and he could have made a way for us 00:48:11.12\00:48:12.85 that we could have been saved without Him going to the cross. 00:48:12.89\00:48:16.02 "But the wages of sin is death" Romans 6 verse 23 00:48:16.09\00:48:18.96 and Jesus paid the cost. 00:48:18.99\00:48:21.56 Pause... 00:48:21.60\00:48:23.03 He says to us, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:48:23.06\00:48:25.50 He says to us plainly and clearly, 00:48:25.53\00:48:27.94 "In vain they do worship me 00:48:28.00\00:48:31.01 teaching for doctrines the commandments of man. " 00:48:31.04\00:48:35.14 I'm looking at Matthew 15 verses 8 and 9. 00:48:35.18\00:48:38.61 Pause... 00:48:38.65\00:48:39.98 So when I look at this thing and I see these words 00:48:40.02\00:48:42.72 written in Daniel and I go back to the book of Revelation 00:48:42.75\00:48:47.16 and I see the same thing 00:48:47.19\00:48:48.72 when I come back to verse 3 of chapter 13, 00:48:48.76\00:48:51.03 "And I saw one of his heads as it were wounded to death; 00:48:51.06\00:48:53.36 and his deadly wound was healed: 00:48:53.40\00:48:55.56 and all the world wondered after the beast. 00:48:55.63\00:48:57.77 And they worshipped the dragon 00:48:57.80\00:48:59.33 which gave power unto the beast: 00:48:59.37\00:49:00.80 and they worshipped the beast, saying, 00:49:00.84\00:49:02.17 Who is like unto the beast? 00:49:02.20\00:49:03.54 and who is able to make war with him?" 00:49:03.57\00:49:05.14 Folks the Bible says that if we are worshipping the beast, 00:49:05.17\00:49:08.91 we are truly worshipping the devil 00:49:08.94\00:49:11.51 for he is the one that has set up a false system of worship. 00:49:11.55\00:49:17.59 Even though there are many people 00:49:17.62\00:49:19.55 who are worshipping to the best of their ability 00:49:19.59\00:49:22.72 it's not counted to them as wickedness, 00:49:22.76\00:49:26.03 God knows every single heart, He sees them, 00:49:26.06\00:49:29.30 He sees their sincerity 00:49:29.33\00:49:30.67 and He accounts it to them as righteousness... when He says, 00:49:30.70\00:49:34.37 "In the time of their ignorance, he winked at it" 00:49:34.40\00:49:37.51 but in this day when this loud cry is going to all the earth, 00:49:37.54\00:49:41.14 He is bringing all men, women and boys, 00:49:41.18\00:49:43.85 all men, women and children to a realization 00:49:43.88\00:49:49.05 that we have to make the change because this is our test. 00:49:49.08\00:49:53.52 Pause... 00:49:53.56\00:49:54.96 When we look at the Papal Power, 00:49:55.02\00:49:57.59 the Papal Power does not deny 00:49:57.63\00:50:00.13 that they even changed the commandments of God. 00:50:00.16\00:50:03.93 And the 4th commandment about worship. 00:50:03.97\00:50:08.44 Listen to this, and I have a few of these... 00:50:08.50\00:50:12.54 it says, "The observance of Sunday by the Protestants 00:50:12.57\00:50:16.81 is a homage they pay, in spite of themselves, 00:50:16.85\00:50:19.75 to the authority of the Catholic Church. " 00:50:19.78\00:50:22.62 That's from the book, 00:50:22.65\00:50:23.99 "Plain talk on Protestants" page 213. 00:50:24.02\00:50:27.46 It says, "How prove ye that the church hath power 00:50:27.52\00:50:30.96 to command feast and holy days?" 00:50:30.99\00:50:32.59 Answer: "By the very act of changing the Sabbath into Sunday 00:50:32.63\00:50:37.20 which Protestants allow of 00:50:37.23\00:50:39.00 and therefore they fondly contradict themselves 00:50:39.03\00:50:41.97 by keeping Sunday strictly and breaking most other feasts 00:50:42.00\00:50:46.04 commanded by the same church. " 00:50:46.07\00:50:48.58 "How do you prove that?" 00:50:48.61\00:50:50.68 "Because by keeping Sunday 00:50:50.71\00:50:52.71 they acknowledge the Church's power 00:50:52.75\00:50:54.58 to ordain feasts and to command them under sin. " 00:50:54.62\00:50:58.89 Pause. 00:50:58.92\00:51:00.49 "The Catholic Church for over 1,000 years 00:51:00.52\00:51:03.76 before the existence of a Protestant 00:51:03.79\00:51:05.39 by virtue of her divine mission 00:51:05.46\00:51:07.63 changed the day from Saturday to Sunday... " 00:51:07.66\00:51:11.37 that's from the Catholic Mirror September 1893. 00:51:11.40\00:51:15.17 Now Folks, here is the most interesting statement 00:51:15.20\00:51:18.91 that they make themselves. 00:51:18.94\00:51:20.31 from Question Box, The Editor 1915, page 179. 00:51:50.24\00:51:58.08 Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm not here to slander anyone, 00:51:58.11\00:52:01.92 I am not here to make fun of anyone's religion 00:52:01.95\00:52:05.52 but I am here to tell the truth. 00:52:05.55\00:52:07.29 It says in verse 6 of chapter 13 of Revelation 00:52:07.32\00:52:10.79 "And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God, 00:52:10.83\00:52:13.46 to blaspheme His name, and His tabernacle, 00:52:13.50\00:52:15.80 and them that dwell in heaven. " 00:52:15.83\00:52:17.30 Ladies and Gentlemen, again, I'm not talking about a person 00:52:17.33\00:52:20.27 but I'm talking about a System, when we see the Papal Power 00:52:20.34\00:52:23.04 he says he has the power to forgive sins. 00:52:23.07\00:52:25.27 There was a time that he had... a power that he was given 00:52:25.31\00:52:28.88 to give indulgences... in other words, 00:52:28.94\00:52:31.28 you can pay enough money into the church 00:52:31.31\00:52:33.62 where people can be moved from purgatory to heaven, 00:52:33.65\00:52:37.12 or forgiveness of sin, 00:52:37.15\00:52:39.05 now that would have been nice if it worked 00:52:39.09\00:52:40.42 but it's not true. 00:52:40.46\00:52:41.79 Idol worship... 00:52:41.82\00:52:43.39 the 2nd commandment tells us Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:52:43.43\00:52:45.63 that we should not bow down ourselves to any graven image 00:52:45.66\00:52:48.00 and Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:52:48.06\00:52:49.40 again, I'm not trying to hurt anyone's feelings 00:52:49.43\00:52:51.17 but I'm telling the truth... 00:52:51.20\00:52:52.53 if the Bible says that... then we don't need a plastic Jesus, 00:52:52.57\00:52:55.84 we don't need a gold Jesus, we don't need a porcelain Jesus, 00:52:55.87\00:52:59.24 we don't need any kind of crucifixion... 00:52:59.27\00:53:02.18 all we need is Christ the Living God. 00:53:02.21\00:53:05.08 We see our Bible telling us 00:53:05.11\00:53:07.58 that we should not have a part in Spiritualism 00:53:07.62\00:53:10.39 but when you pray to dead people... 00:53:10.42\00:53:13.05 when the Bible tells us in Ecclesiastes 9:5 00:53:13.09\00:53:15.89 that the dead are dead, Ladies and Gentlemen, 00:53:15.92\00:53:18.73 we cannot send prayers to Mary 00:53:18.76\00:53:21.36 to talk to the Father in our behalf 00:53:21.40\00:53:24.30 that's not in the Scriptures. 00:53:24.33\00:53:26.63 Audience: "Amen. " 00:53:26.67\00:53:28.00 Pause... 00:53:28.04\00:53:29.60 we have to know the truth and the truth will set us free. 00:53:29.64\00:53:33.78 Audience: "Amen. " 00:53:33.81\00:53:35.14 Jesus says... that in the time of our ignorance, 00:53:35.18\00:53:39.18 He will wink at it 00:53:39.21\00:53:40.92 and when you look throughout the rest of this Bible 00:53:40.95\00:53:44.39 and when you read the rest of chapter 13, 00:53:44.42\00:53:46.59 it says in verse 15, 00:53:46.62\00:53:48.42 "And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast" 00:53:48.49\00:53:50.69 and we'll talk about that a little later 00:53:50.73\00:53:52.19 "the image of the beast 00:53:52.23\00:53:53.56 that the beast should both speak, 00:53:53.60\00:53:54.93 and cause that as many as would not worship 00:53:54.96\00:53:56.67 the image of the beast should be killed 00:53:56.70\00:53:58.67 and he causeth all, both small and great, 00:53:58.70\00:54:00.60 rich and power, free and bond, to receive a mark 00:54:00.64\00:54:02.30 on their right hand, or in their foreheads... " 00:54:02.37\00:54:05.07 Ladies and Gentlemen, there's going to come a time 00:54:05.11\00:54:06.44 when we will be forced 00:54:06.47\00:54:07.84 to worship on the first day of the week 00:54:07.88\00:54:10.01 or receive the penalties of the land, 00:54:10.05\00:54:12.18 and Folks, all you have to do 00:54:12.21\00:54:13.85 is look around on your history 00:54:13.88\00:54:15.45 and look around on our own laws in some of our States 00:54:15.48\00:54:19.19 in this Country... "Sunday Blue Laws... " 00:54:19.22\00:54:22.72 where people are coming together 00:54:22.76\00:54:24.29 and saying that we need to get back to God, 00:54:24.33\00:54:26.66 we need to have a relationship with God, 00:54:26.70\00:54:28.93 we need to stop having sports events on Sunday, 00:54:28.96\00:54:31.67 we need to close down the Malls, 00:54:31.70\00:54:33.87 everybody needs to come back and worship together on Sunday 00:54:33.90\00:54:38.51 the first day of the week 00:54:38.54\00:54:40.24 and Friends, when religion is legislated... 00:54:40.28\00:54:44.35 when man is in charge of what you worship and how you worship, 00:54:44.38\00:54:49.98 there's persecution coming and that's what the Bible says, 00:54:50.02\00:54:55.56 we have to move by the dictates of our spirit, 00:54:55.59\00:55:00.63 our relationship with God and the knowledge of His Word 00:55:00.66\00:55:04.80 to stand firm with Jesus and follow His example 00:55:04.83\00:55:11.17 to the very end. 00:55:11.21\00:55:13.17 Audience: "Amen. " 00:55:13.24\00:55:16.54 Piano playing... 00:55:16.61\00:55:19.81 I will follow thee my Savior, 00:55:19.85\00:55:26.59 wheresoe'er my lot may be. 00:55:26.62\00:55:33.33 Where thou goest I will follow; 00:55:33.36\00:55:40.90 By Thy grace I'll follow Thee. 00:55:40.94\00:55:48.44 I will follow Thee, my Savior, 00:55:48.51\00:55:56.22 Thou didst shed Thy blood for me; 00:55:56.25\00:56:03.93 And though all men should forsake Thee; 00:56:03.96\00:56:11.23 By Thy grace 00:56:11.27\00:56:15.10 I'll follow Thee. 00:56:15.14\00:56:18.97 Friends, understand this clearly, 00:56:19.01\00:56:21.54 no one has the Mark of the Beast now 00:56:21.61\00:56:24.31 but when it becomes a national law, 00:56:24.35\00:56:27.02 and the country that says, "In God we trust... " 00:56:27.05\00:56:30.12 says that we have to worship this way, 00:56:30.15\00:56:34.02 then... there will be a problem. 00:56:34.06\00:56:36.42 Tonight I say unto you, "Choose Jesus... 00:56:36.46\00:56:39.33 make Him your Lord, make Him your God, 00:56:39.36\00:56:42.16 we can all receive the Seal of God's Approval now 00:56:42.20\00:56:46.13 and we will be able to be exempt 00:56:46.17\00:56:48.70 from the Mark of Destruction later. 00:56:48.74\00:56:51.57 God loves you, God cares about you 00:56:51.61\00:56:54.38 and He's coming back again for us very soon, 00:56:54.41\00:56:57.41 let us be ready. 00:56:57.45\00:56:59.85