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- Noah gave a warning
message to the world.
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He told them the hour of
God's judgment had come
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and showed them their need to
enter into the ark of refuge.
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This judgment hour was a
testing time in which all
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were faced with the choice to
accept or reject the message.
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Then their probation closed
and the door of the ark
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was shut and the execution
of judgment came by flood
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when the waters
covered the earth.
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The events at the
end of time will follow
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this pattern exactly, so walk
with me now into the future.
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I'm your host, Jeff Reich,
I'm walking along a timeline
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that spans the length of
an entire football field.
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Every inch of this field
represents one year of time.
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As you can see, this
timeline really puts things
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into perspective.
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Previously, we saw how a
prophecy in the book of Daniel
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foretold the very year
when the days of Noah
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for the time of the
end would begin.
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We saw how this 2300 day
prophecy began in 457 BC
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with the decree of
Artaxerxes and how one day
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being a symbol for one year,
it would last 2300 years.
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This prophecy extended well
beyond the days of Jesus.
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All the way down
to the year of 1844.
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This is when the first angel's
message began to repeat
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the warning message announcing
the hour of his judgment
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is come, this testing time
lasted 120 years in the days
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of Noah, but in our day,
the judgment message
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has been sounding
now for over 170 years.
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[Narrator] As the
message of Noah
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spread throughout the earth,
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so today, the three angels'
messages are circling the globe,
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warning its inhabitants
to enter into the ark
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of the everlasting covenant
before the execution
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of the final judgment, before
the flood, there came a time
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when the last message
of mercy had been given
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and with the completed ark
and its open door set before
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the people, they were
brought to make a choice.
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This is where we are today.
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The second and third
angels' messages warns us
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of the world's last great
crisis that will place
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multitudes of the earth
in the valley of decision,
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just as it was in
the days of Noah.
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[Dave] As we spoke of Noah
preaching a day of judgment,
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a day of decision, you're
either on or you're not
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on the ark, you know,
take your pick, so
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he was a preacher of
righteousness
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and so by promoting and really
saying this is the only way
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that it works is
to obey God's law,
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he was condemning
as it were, by contrast,
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the false systems of
worship, but it's clear
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that the majority of the
population were not comfortable
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with God's requirements,
so they must have set up
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some of their own.
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- By the worldwide
proliferation of false worship
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and idolatry in
the days of Noah,
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the people were well prepared
to reject the invitation
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into the ark and the innumerable
systems of false worship
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in our day will yield a
similar result in the rejection
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of the everlasting covenant,
but God will leave none
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who desire a knowledge of
the truth to be deceived.
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Both his mercy and his justice
demand a clear delineation
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between truth and error, that
all may have sufficient light
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to make their decision, then
the genuine seeker of truth
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is able to untangle
himself from error
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and those who choose not
to are left without excuse.
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For this purpose, God sends
the second angel's message.
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[Narrator] And there
followed another angel saying
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Babylon is fallen, is
fallen, that great city
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because she made all nations
drink of the wine of the wrath
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of her fornication.
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- [Stephen] Now
what is the wine?
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Wine represents false
doctrine in scripture.
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[Narrator] Wine is a mocker,
strong drink is raging.
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And whosoever is deceived
thereby is not wise.
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The effect of this
wine is deception
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because it is fermented wine,
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which leads people
away from the truth.
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[Stephen] So in contrast to the
first angel's message,
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which presents true doctrine,
Babylon is preaching
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wine or false doctrine.
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[Jeff] The darkness of
night obscures from view
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the truth about
the world around us.
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Confusion, like the darkness,
has concealed from us,
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the truth about
the character of God.
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False doctrines and ideas are
like the trees of the forest
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that change with the seasons.
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They blow about in the
wind and rise and fall
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through the centuries.
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There's only one way
to dispel the darkness
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and that is with light.
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Peter tells us we have a
more sure word of prophecy,
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where unto ye do
well that ye take heed,
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as unto a light that
shineth in a dark place
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and with the light
from these prophecies,
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we are able to identify
this system called Babylon.
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[Ivor] The system of Babylon
is reflected by this woman
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in Revelation chapter 17.
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[Narrator] So he carried
me away in the spirit
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into the wilderness and
I saw a woman sit upon
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a scarlet colored beast,
full of names of blasphemy,
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having seven heads and 10 horns.
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[Jeff] The first three symbols
that help us to identify Babylon
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are the woman, the beast,
and the seven heads.
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In order to arrive at
a correct understanding
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of these symbols, we must
allow the Bible to define them
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for us, so here's what
God has to say about
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the prophetic symbol of a woman.
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[Narrator] I have likened
the daughter of Zion
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to a comely and delicate woman.
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[Jeff] Zion was the name
given to the people of God.
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As we read in Isaiah.
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- [Narrator] Say unto
Zion, thou art my people.
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- So in the Old Testament,
a woman is used by God
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as a symbol to
represent his people.
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In the New Testament,
a woman still is used
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to represent God's people
in the form of his church.
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[Narrator] For this cause
shall a man leave his father
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and mother and shall
be joined unto his wife
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for they two shall be one flesh.
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This is a great mystery,
but I speak concerning
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Christ and the church.
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[Jeff] In the book of
Revelation, there are two women.
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One is a virgin dressed in
white representing God's church
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and the other woman named
Babylon is a harlot,
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meaning she represents
a counterfeit church
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and she is the one
sitting upon a beast.
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Once again, allowing the Bible
to interpret its own symbols,
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we turn to the book of
Daniel to define the symbol
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of the beast.
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[Narrator] The fourth beast
shall be the fourth kingdom
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upon earth.
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[Jeff] According to Daniel, a
beast is a symbol for a kingdom
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or a nation, since the
Bible uses a woman
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as a symbol for a church
and the beast for a symbol
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of a nation, then this
symbol of a woman
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sitting upon a beast
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is a symbol of a church
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in control of a
nation or a kingdom.
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In other words, this nation is
both a church and state power.
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Next, John says that this
beast has seven heads
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and the Bible tells us
what these heads represent
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just six verses later.
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[Narrator] And here is
the mind which hath wisdom.
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The seven heads are
seven mountains on which
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the woman sitteh.
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[Jeff] The fact that this
woman sits upon this beast
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with seven heads tells us
this church and state power
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is located near seven mountains.
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John goes on to describe
this woman in detail.
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[Narrator] And the woman
was arrayed in purple
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and scarlet colour
and decked with
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gold and precious stones
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and pearls, having a
golden cup in her hand full
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of abominations and
filthiness of her fornication.
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And upon her forehead
was a name written,
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Mystery, Babylon the great,
the mother of harlots
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and abominations of the earth.
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[Jeff] Our fourth clue is
that this woman or church
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named Babylon is
described as a harlot,
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meaning she has committed
adultery against God
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by forsaking his covenant.
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So this church does not
represent God's people.
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Instead it represents
a counterfeit church.
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Our fifth characteristic
is the woman's appearance.
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She is described
being arrayed with purple
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and scarlet colors, having
allowed the Bible to define
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its own symbols, we see
God telling us Babylon
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is a church and state power
located around seven mountains
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and it is a counterfeit
church that appears
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primarily in purple
and scarlet colors.
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There's only one church
that fits this definitive
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description, the
Roman Catholic church,
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also known as the papacy,
so let's investigate
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the evidence for
this conclusion.
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[Narrator] Vatican
City is the only church
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and state nation in the world.
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It is known as the
city on seven hills
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and its primary colors
are purple and scarlet.
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During the
Protestant reformation,
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many of the reformers
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including Thomas Cranmer,
John Wesley, William Tyndale,
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John Wycliffe, Philippe
Melanchthon, John Huss,
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Martin Luther and hundreds
of others all concluded
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the papacy was the harlot
of Babylon identified
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in the scriptures.
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I for my part will
set free my own mind
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and deliver my conscience by
declaring aloud to the pope
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and to all papists that
the papacy is in truth
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nothing else than
the kingdom of Babylon
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and a very Antichrist,
for who is the man of sin
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and the son of perdition,
but he who by his teaching
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and his ordinances increases
the sin and perdition
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of souls in the church while
he yet sits in the church
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as if he were God?
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All these conditions have now
for many ages been fulfilled
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by the papal tyranny, First
Principles of the Reformation
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by Martin Luther, page 197.
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[Jeff] The second angel's
message is a warning
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against the wine of Babylon
and the intoxicating influence
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of its false doctrines which
have deceived the entire world.
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Yes, even the Christian world.
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This great feat was not
accomplished at once,
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but subtly over
several centuries.
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- When you think about Jesus's
statement just before he left
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He said this gospel shall
be preached in all the world
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and then the end will
come, we see the disciples
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going out, preaching
this gospel, but we see
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that the end did not
come, the reason I believe
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is because that
gospel became tainted
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and a different gospel began
to go out into all the world.
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- In part two of this series,
we saw how the everlasting
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gospel and the everlasting
covenant are revealed
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through the sanctuary, but
now we're gonna take a look
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at a prophecy in
the book of Daniel
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where the sanctuary
comes under attack.
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That's what's really
being described here,
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an attack on the gospel and
the covenant by replacing it
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with a counterfeit covenant.
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[Ivor] According to
Daniel chapter eight,
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the bible talks about
this little horned power
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that would defile the sanctuary.
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[Narrator] Yeah, he magnified
himself even to the prince
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of the host and by him,
the daily sacrifice
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was taken away and the
place of his sanctuary
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was cast down and in host
was given him against
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the daily sacrifice by
reason of transgression
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and it cast down the
truth to the ground
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and it practiced and prospered.
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- And the little horn,
there's no doubt
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as you look at the
sequence of the chapter,
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that it's speaking about
the Roman Catholic papacy.
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[Jeff] Daniel's
prophecy is telling us
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that the papacy
would magnify himself
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and exalt himself
even above Christ,
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the prince of the host,
and by the papacy,
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the truth is
represented by the sanctuary
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and Jesus's ministry in heaven
would be cast to the ground.
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Instead of looking to
Jesus as our high priest
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in the heavenly sanctuary,
the people were taught
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to look to human priests
in a counterfeit sanctuary
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upon the earth.
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(crowd cheers)
(eerie music)
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(birds call)
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[Ivor] And so what you have
is during the Dark Ages
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you have this power
rising upon the scene
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that actually attacked
every article of furniture
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and the truth they represented.
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The altar of sacrifice,
representing the sacrifice
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of Christ, was attacked,
altered in a sense
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and a new teaching came
upon the scene that said
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the sacrifice of Christ
was not sufficient
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for the forgiveness of sins,
if you wanted to be forgiven,
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you had to pay money, you
had to perform indulgences,
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you had to do penance and
so the sacrifice of Christ
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was not sufficient for
the forgiveness of sins.
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[Allen] And the one time
sacrifice of Christ
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is now being repeated
perpetually at every mass
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and so the cross in
effect has lost its power.
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(fire crackles)
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- The laver, which
represented baptism,
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that too was altered, we
must repent and be baptized,
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which means you must
be of age to understand
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that you have sinned
and repent on free will.
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And so this teaching was
replaced by infant sprinkling.
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(somber music)
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[Clayton] And then when you look
at the table of shewbread,
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that represents the Bible,
the Bible in the Dark Ages
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was taken away.
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(somber music)
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[Narrator] It is
forbidden for laymen to read
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the Old and New Testaments.
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We forbid them most severely
to have the above books
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in the popular vernacular,
the lords of the district
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shall carefully seek out
the heretics in dwellings,
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hovels and forests and even
their underground retreats
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shall be entirely wiped out.
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Pope Gregory IX in the
Council of Tolusanum, 1229 AD,
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canons 14 and two.
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[Ivor] And so when you take
away the word of God,
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take away the truth of God,
you have a people that are now
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bound to superstition,
and bound to tradition
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over the word of God,
the people were told
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that you couldn't read
the Bible for yourself.
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- Instead of the bread of
life, and we partaking of that,
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in terms of the scripture,
somebody else now has
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to interpret it for us.
- And so the truth
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and the importance of the
Bible being the foundation,
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that was lost sight of.
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(eerie music)
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- The altar of incense,
which represented
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Christ's intercession
on our behalf
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was cast down and
in its place was set up
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what was called
a confessional booth,
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a two compartment room
divided by a curtain,
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with a man sitting
in the place of God,
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hearing the
confessions of other men
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and so the people were
told, you can't have
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direct access to God,
you must come to priests
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and confess your sins to them.
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- The priest came and he
placed himself in-between
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the sinner and the Lord said,
no, you must go through me,
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you need to confess
your sins to me.
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[Ivor] And again, barriers being
put up between man and God.
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- Just the individual's ability
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to go directly to God is lost.
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(somber music)
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- The seven-branch candlestick
represented the church.
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This too was attacked in the
persecutions that happened
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during this time period
known as the Dark Ages.
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- Witnessing was
trying to be stamped out
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and that's what you find the
candlestick is all about,
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witness.
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- Anyone who differed with
the teaching of this dominant
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church or this dominant
system was persecuted,
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burned at the stake,
you know, tortured in
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many different ways in order
for them to fall in line
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with the system.
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And so in so many different
ways you see the sanctuary
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being cast down.
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(eerie music)
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Then you get into
the most holy place
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where is the Ark
of the Covenant.
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[Clayton] That's where you find
the 10 Commandments,
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inside the Ark.
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[Ivor] The Bible says this power
would think to change times
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and laws, Daniel 7:25.
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- And the Reformation
clearly showed or preached
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with power, that they saw
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the papal power who said
that it had the right
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to change God's law as
representing this power.
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[Narrator] The Bible
says, remember that thou
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keep holy the Sabbath day,
the Catholic church says no.
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By my divine power, I
abolish the Sabbath day
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and command you to keep
the first day of the week.
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And lo, the entire
civilized world bows down
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in reverent obedience
to the command
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of the holy Catholic church.
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- The prophecy foretold
the Catholic church
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would think to change
times and laws
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and the church
acknowledges this fact.
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[Narrator] The pope has
the power to change times,
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to abrogate laws and to
dispense with all things,
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even the precepts of Christ.
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- And as you look at the Roman
Catholic church theology,
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you'll find that the second
commandment basically
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in the catechisms is
eradicated, it doesn't appear.
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[Clayton] They deleted one
commandment, which was dealing
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with the imagery,
you can't have an image
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and so now they have a
problem, they have only nine
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commandments, so they
took the 10th commandment
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and they divided it in half.
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(somber music)
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- In addition to the
sanctuary being cast down
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in terms of many of the
doctrines and the law,
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we also lost the
idea of the Sabbath.
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[Ivor] They took the
seventh day Sabbath,
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which pointed to Saturday
and said by the power
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and authority of the church,
we have changed that day
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to Sunday, the first
day of the week.
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(somber music)
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- Re-emphasizing the change
of this commandment,
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a Catholic priest
said this in 1903.
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[Narrator] It is well to
remind the Presbyterians,
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Baptists, Methodists,
and all other Christians
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that the Bible does not
support them anywhere
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in their observance of Sunday.
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Sunday is an institution of
the Roman Catholic church
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and those who observe the
day observe a commandment
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of the Catholic church.
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(somber music)
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- Mankind, who
used to understand
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the keeping of Sabbath
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was part of the Christian
life in the early church
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was now being told that no,
the first day of the week
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is the new Sabbath, set
up by the Roman church
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because she says she
has the power to do so.
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- The safe way is always
the way of scripture.
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If God said so,
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and I let myself be
convinced by someone
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that God did not say
so, then who's to blame?
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I'm to blame.
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- The idea that God's
Sabbath, for instance,
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has changed is ludicrous
when you think about
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the only commandment that
begins with the word remember.
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Is the one they
want us to forget
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and so those are the
unchangeable precepts of truth
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and he put that in the
Ark of the Covenant.
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That was lost
during the Dark Ages.
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- Through the
centuries, the sanctuary
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and the truths it represents
were cast to the ground,
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in other words they were
made void because the truth
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about the ministry of Jesus
in the heavenly sanctuary
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was counterfeited
by the false doctrines
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of the Roman Catholic
church on the earth.
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There are many more false
teachings that make up
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the wine of Babylon but
one that strikes directly
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at the very heart of the
gospel is that relating
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to the covenant God
established with his people.
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Jesus used pure unfermented
wine as a symbol
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of his covenant, whereas
the Bible describes
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the counterfeit covenant of
Babylon as fermented wine.
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- Jesus in the New
Testament as he's giving
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the disciples the last supper,
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he gives them the bread
and says this is my body
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which is broken for you and
then he gives them the wine
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which is grape juice and
he says this is the blood
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of the covenant, or the
New Testament, in fact.
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Jesus said, this is the
New Testament in my blood.
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The wine symbolizes the
new covenant.
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What is the new covenant,
God says I will write in my law
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in your heart and in your mind.
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When Babylon offers this
counterfeit wine,
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they're offering a
counterfeit covenant.
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This wine is counterfeit
wine and according
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to Proverbs 31, the Bible
says it is not for kings
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to drink wine or strong
drink less they drink
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and forget the law.
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So this wine is fermented.
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It is impure.
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And when you drink this
wine, it leads you to forget
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what God said to remember, and
what did God say to remember?
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Remember the Sabbath
day to keep it holy
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so this is the wine that
is being given to the world
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at this time.
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(epic music)
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- So you see that every
piece of furniture,
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including the law of God,
was taken out.
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[Ivor] So everything that
the Bible says that this power
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would do, they did in the
allotted period of time
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and so here you've got
this total casting down
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of the truths represented
in the sanctuary.
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[Doug] So the whole sanctuary,
all the way from the door
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to the holy of holies
had been corrupted
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and it needed to be restored.
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[Ivor] The prophecy
of Daniel 8:14
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tells us unto 2300 days,
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then shall the
sanctuary be cleansed.
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At a certain period of time,
all the truths that had been
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cast down by this
little horned power
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would ultimately be restored.
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[Allen] And so the entire
sanctuary is cast down
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and trodden underfoot
by this man of sin.
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Protestant Reformation
brings it back.
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[Ivor] And over a
period of 500 years,
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that exact thing happened.
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God began to bring different
movements upon the scene
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that would restore each
article of furniture,
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almost century by century
over a period of 500 years
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and so you have John Wycliffe
coming upon the scene
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in the 1300s, he
translated the Bible
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into the language of the
people and thus set off
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as it were the Reformation.
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(epic music)
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Martin Luther is born in the
1400s, begins the Protestant
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Reformation in the
1500s, and he in essence
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restores the truth that
Christ's sacrifice is sufficient
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for the forgiveness of sins,
you don't have to pay money,
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you don't have to do
penance, it is by faith
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and his sacrifice for us that
we are forgiven of our sins.
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John Calvin, comes upon
the scene in the 1500s,
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founder of the
Presbyterian movement.
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Calvin has a very strong
burden for prayer.
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Wrote extensively on prayer.
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Basically taught that you
don't need to go through
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priests in order to
have access to God.
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You can have direct access to
the throne of God yourself.
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In the 1600s.
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(somber music)
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John Smith and Roger
Williams become the founders
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of the Baptist movement
and their special burden
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00:25:57,224 --> 00:26:00,727
is the restoration of
the true mode of baptism.
487
00:26:00,727 --> 00:26:04,273
You must repent
and then be baptized.
488
00:26:04,273 --> 00:26:07,442
You can't be sprinkled,
true baptism is a symbol
489
00:26:07,442 --> 00:26:09,778
of being fully
submersed, fully buried
490
00:26:09,778 --> 00:26:11,864
and fully brought up
into the newness of life
491
00:26:11,864 --> 00:26:13,115
and so the Baptist movement
492
00:26:13,115 --> 00:26:15,450
restores the true
mode of baptism.
493
00:26:15,450 --> 00:26:17,911
(epic music)
494
00:26:17,911 --> 00:26:20,372
In the 1700s, you have
John Wesley, who comes upon
495
00:26:20,372 --> 00:26:22,958
the scene, he's the founder
of the Methodist movement
496
00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:24,835
and John Wesley has a
very strong burden
497
00:26:24,835 --> 00:26:28,589
for the lay evangelist, you
are the light of the world,
498
00:26:28,589 --> 00:26:29,923
let your light shine.
499
00:26:29,923 --> 00:26:33,051
The Methodist movement in
essence added to everything
500
00:26:33,051 --> 00:26:36,680
else that the movements
before it had brought back.
501
00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:39,349
Now they add this
element of evangelism,
502
00:26:39,349 --> 00:26:41,435
go out there and let
your light shine.
503
00:26:41,435 --> 00:26:43,854
(flames pop)
504
00:26:45,272 --> 00:26:47,858
So by the 1800s, there's
one article of furniture
505
00:26:47,858 --> 00:26:50,903
left to be restored, it is
the Ark of the Covenant,
506
00:26:50,903 --> 00:26:53,363
specifically the
seventh day Sabbath
507
00:26:53,363 --> 00:26:57,034
and it is in this century
that God brings on the scene
508
00:26:57,034 --> 00:26:59,244
the Seventh-day
Adventist movement.
509
00:26:59,244 --> 00:27:02,623
That would focus specifically
on the law of God
510
00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:04,917
and the commandment
that had been cast down,
511
00:27:04,917 --> 00:27:06,293
which is the
seventh day Sabbath.
512
00:27:06,293 --> 00:27:08,712
(epic music)
513
00:27:10,756 --> 00:27:13,050
So in essence, you have
these two prophecies
514
00:27:13,050 --> 00:27:15,302
in the book of Daniel, one
stating that the sanctuary
515
00:27:15,302 --> 00:27:17,429
would be defiled,
the other one stating
516
00:27:17,429 --> 00:27:20,891
that it would be purified
at the end of 2300 days.
517
00:27:20,891 --> 00:27:25,062
And to a T, you find this
confirmed in history.
518
00:27:27,272 --> 00:27:30,067
The fact that this everlasting
gospel is again preached
519
00:27:30,067 --> 00:27:33,612
in 1844 simply signifies
that all the things
520
00:27:33,612 --> 00:27:37,157
that had been altered
and disrupted in the true
521
00:27:37,157 --> 00:27:41,161
everlasting gospel were
fully restored by 1844.
522
00:27:41,161 --> 00:27:43,789
At the same time that
the everlasting gospel
523
00:27:43,789 --> 00:27:47,084
is fully restored and
begins to go forward again,
524
00:27:47,084 --> 00:27:50,921
it is at that time that
the judgment begins
525
00:27:50,921 --> 00:27:53,465
and so now you have this
message going forward.
526
00:27:53,465 --> 00:27:56,134
It is an end time message
and it is a message
527
00:27:56,134 --> 00:27:58,887
that actually prepares the
world for the coming of Christ.
528
00:27:58,887 --> 00:28:01,849
- Just like Noah was
calling people into the ark
529
00:28:01,849 --> 00:28:04,268
and out of the crowd,
God in the last days
530
00:28:04,268 --> 00:28:08,689
is calling people out of
the false teachings of Babylon.
531
00:28:08,689 --> 00:28:10,816
[Narrator] And I heard
another voice from heaven
532
00:28:10,816 --> 00:28:13,110
saying, come out of
her, my people,
533
00:28:13,110 --> 00:28:15,779
that ye be not
partakers of her sins
534
00:28:15,779 --> 00:28:19,074
and that ye receive
not of her plagues.
535
00:28:19,074 --> 00:28:21,785
- Come out of her, my people.
536
00:28:21,785 --> 00:28:25,831
- You come out of the false
and you come into the true.
537
00:28:25,831 --> 00:28:28,959
- If God's people are in
Babylon, it must represent
538
00:28:28,959 --> 00:28:31,003
churches that claim
to serve the Lord,
539
00:28:31,003 --> 00:28:33,213
or else God wouldn't call
them my people.
540
00:28:33,213 --> 00:28:36,175
- And so God is inviting
people into the true worship.
541
00:28:36,175 --> 00:28:39,052
- And in the days of Noah,
the collective mindset
542
00:28:39,052 --> 00:28:41,722
ridiculed the plan of salvation.
543
00:28:41,722 --> 00:28:44,266
They refused to go into the ark,
544
00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:47,186
and there is a way of the
ark in the end because
545
00:28:47,186 --> 00:28:50,147
there's an Ark of the Covenant,
which points to the law
546
00:28:50,147 --> 00:28:54,359
which is within the sanctuary,
those that reject it here
547
00:28:54,359 --> 00:28:56,612
will reject it there.
548
00:28:56,612 --> 00:28:59,281
But the people
are being deceived.
549
00:28:59,281 --> 00:29:03,535
They are not by choice
accepting these things
550
00:29:03,535 --> 00:29:07,789
so as God enlightens
people with his spirit
551
00:29:07,789 --> 00:29:11,668
and they realize the
truths of the Bible,
552
00:29:11,668 --> 00:29:14,463
they will make a choice
and they will come out
553
00:29:14,463 --> 00:29:17,883
of the system that rejects
the way of God.
554
00:29:17,883 --> 00:29:20,844
(dramatic music)
555
00:29:20,844 --> 00:29:23,430
- The Sabbath isn't
being kept where I'm at.
556
00:29:23,430 --> 00:29:26,141
The commandments aren't
being preached where I'm at.
557
00:29:26,141 --> 00:29:26,975
You know,
558
00:29:27,935 --> 00:29:30,979
I'm not hearing that we're
in the hour of God's judgment
559
00:29:30,979 --> 00:29:34,066
and so they say
hey, where I'm at,
560
00:29:34,066 --> 00:29:36,401
the first angel's message
isn't being preached,
561
00:29:36,401 --> 00:29:38,570
so I'm actually gonna get out.
562
00:29:40,322 --> 00:29:42,908
(somber music)
563
00:29:52,042 --> 00:29:56,588
[Allen] When I first heard this
message preached to me,
564
00:29:56,588 --> 00:30:00,384
that the denomination
to which I belonged
565
00:30:00,384 --> 00:30:05,222
was Babylon, and that it was
a false method of worship,
566
00:30:05,222 --> 00:30:09,560
it frightened me, I came out
of the Roman Catholic church.
567
00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:13,021
And I knew many good people
within the Roman Catholic system
568
00:30:13,021 --> 00:30:15,566
but when I saw that their
teachings were contrary
569
00:30:15,566 --> 00:30:18,902
to the scripture,
I had no choice,
570
00:30:18,902 --> 00:30:22,739
being a sentient human being,
I looked at it and said,
571
00:30:22,739 --> 00:30:26,451
well, the only logical
conclusion is to follow what God
572
00:30:26,451 --> 00:30:30,163
has said in His Bible,
not the traditions of men.
573
00:30:31,540 --> 00:30:34,459
And it was very difficult
because my whole family
574
00:30:34,459 --> 00:30:37,588
is Roman Catholic and they
still are to this day.
575
00:30:37,588 --> 00:30:41,425
And this is what we need
to do to let people known
576
00:30:41,425 --> 00:30:45,137
that Babylon is fallen, it's
twice fallen.
577
00:30:45,137 --> 00:30:50,601
Not only Roman Catholicism,
but also the daughters
578
00:30:50,601 --> 00:30:54,521
of the harlot that's
addressed in Revelation 17,
579
00:30:54,521 --> 00:30:58,442
that they too have
become spiritual Babylon.
580
00:30:58,442 --> 00:31:01,111
[Narrator] And upon her
forehead was a name written,
581
00:31:01,111 --> 00:31:04,698
mystery, Babylon the great,
the mother of harlots
582
00:31:04,698 --> 00:31:06,325
and abominations of the earth.
583
00:31:07,242 --> 00:31:10,329
- She's described as the mother
of harlots and abominations
584
00:31:10,329 --> 00:31:13,373
so she's the mother
and she has daughters.
585
00:31:13,373 --> 00:31:17,461
And so when this second
angel's message goes forward,
586
00:31:17,461 --> 00:31:19,588
I believe the
message is speaking
587
00:31:20,714 --> 00:31:23,634
generally about the mother,
but more specifically
588
00:31:23,634 --> 00:31:25,469
about the daughters.
589
00:31:25,511 --> 00:31:26,929
So who are the daughters?
590
00:31:26,929 --> 00:31:30,140
They are the Protestant
churches that came out of her
591
00:31:30,140 --> 00:31:33,477
that are no longer
protesting, that have rejected
592
00:31:33,477 --> 00:31:35,479
the first angel's message.
593
00:31:36,980 --> 00:31:39,608
[Stephen] So very clearly the
second angel's message
594
00:31:39,608 --> 00:31:42,861
calls people to come out
of the religious systems
595
00:31:42,861 --> 00:31:45,781
where the first angel's
message is not being practiced.
596
00:31:45,781 --> 00:31:48,784
[Ivor] The Protestant churches
who have turned their back
597
00:31:48,784 --> 00:31:52,454
on the sanctuary message,
on the law of God,
598
00:31:52,454 --> 00:31:55,290
on the Sabbath is what is
being pointed out here.
599
00:31:55,290 --> 00:31:58,919
Babylon is fallen, is fallen,
Revelation 18 picks up
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00:31:58,919 --> 00:32:01,630
by saying, come
out of her, my people,
601
00:32:01,630 --> 00:32:05,509
so it is a call for
God's people who are in
602
00:32:05,509 --> 00:32:08,679
these fallen systems
to come out of them
603
00:32:08,679 --> 00:32:11,473
because these fallen
systems are teaching
604
00:32:11,473 --> 00:32:14,560
that there is some other
way to the throne of God.
605
00:32:14,560 --> 00:32:17,062
When there is only one
way to the throne of God
606
00:32:17,062 --> 00:32:20,941
and that is through
the pattern given to us
607
00:32:20,941 --> 00:32:22,359
in the sanctuary.
608
00:32:22,359 --> 00:32:27,364
(flames crackle)
(epic music)
609
00:32:35,455 --> 00:32:37,416
[Narrator] Instead of
protesting the traditions
610
00:32:37,416 --> 00:32:40,043
of men and the wine of
Babylon, these churches
611
00:32:40,043 --> 00:32:43,672
have drunk of it and pour it
out on their congregations.
612
00:32:43,672 --> 00:32:46,842
The term Babylon, confusion,
may be appropriately
613
00:32:46,842 --> 00:32:48,302
applied to these bodies.
614
00:32:49,219 --> 00:32:51,513
(man speaks in tongues)
615
00:32:51,513 --> 00:32:54,600
All professing to derive their
doctrines from the Bible,
616
00:32:54,600 --> 00:32:57,811
yet divided into almost
innumerable sects with widely
617
00:32:57,811 --> 00:33:00,939
conflicting creeds and
theories, but religious faith
618
00:33:00,939 --> 00:33:03,817
appears so confused and
discordant that the people
619
00:33:03,817 --> 00:33:06,612
know not what
to believe as truth.
620
00:33:06,612 --> 00:33:08,739
♪ We are alive ♪
621
00:33:08,739 --> 00:33:10,866
- [Narrator] Not withstanding
the spiritual darkness
622
00:33:10,866 --> 00:33:13,076
and alienation from God
that exists in the churches
623
00:33:13,076 --> 00:33:16,496
which constitute Babylon,
the great body of Christ's
624
00:33:16,496 --> 00:33:19,458
true believers are still to
be found in their communion.
625
00:33:19,458 --> 00:33:21,627
- I need it, Lord!
626
00:33:21,627 --> 00:33:23,587
- [Narrator] There are many
of these who have never seen
627
00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:25,506
the special
truths for this time.
628
00:33:26,423 --> 00:33:29,468
Not a few are dissatisfied
with their present condition
629
00:33:29,468 --> 00:33:31,220
and are longing
for clearer light.
630
00:33:31,220 --> 00:33:33,764
- Take your hands
off of God's property.
631
00:33:33,764 --> 00:33:36,099
- [Narrator] They look in
vain for the image of Christ
632
00:33:36,099 --> 00:33:38,477
in the churches with
which they are connected.
633
00:33:38,477 --> 00:33:41,480
As these bodies depart further
and further from the truth
634
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,483
and ally themselves more
closely with the world,
635
00:33:44,483 --> 00:33:47,277
the difference between
the two classes will widen
636
00:33:47,277 --> 00:33:49,821
and it will finally
result in separation.
637
00:33:49,821 --> 00:33:52,407
(somber music)
638
00:33:56,828 --> 00:33:59,540
- I can remember when I
first heard this message
639
00:33:59,540 --> 00:34:02,042
and I'd have to say that
I was one of those people
640
00:34:02,042 --> 00:34:04,962
that was in Babylon,
I was a pagan,
641
00:34:04,962 --> 00:34:08,715
but when I first came to Jesus,
I joined just your typical
642
00:34:08,715 --> 00:34:11,844
evangelical church and
did not know these things
643
00:34:11,844 --> 00:34:14,847
that we're talking about.
And so when I learned
644
00:34:14,847 --> 00:34:17,891
the truth about the Sabbath
and I learned about the message
645
00:34:17,891 --> 00:34:21,186
of coming out of
Babylon, it was a struggle,
646
00:34:21,186 --> 00:34:24,356
it was painful, for one thing,
I think I was a little angry
647
00:34:24,356 --> 00:34:28,360
that I felt I'd been deceived
by, maybe they were sincere,
648
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:31,822
but teachers that were not
telling me the whole message.
649
00:34:31,822 --> 00:34:34,324
I was frustrated, I went to
several different pastors
650
00:34:34,324 --> 00:34:37,578
and said, why are we
worshiping on the first day
651
00:34:37,578 --> 00:34:39,955
of the week, when the Bible
clearly says the seventh day
652
00:34:39,955 --> 00:34:43,625
is the Sabbath and I might have
asked 10 different pastors,
653
00:34:43,625 --> 00:34:45,335
I probably got 11 or 12
different answers.
654
00:34:45,335 --> 00:34:46,837
They didn't
agree with each other.
655
00:34:46,837 --> 00:34:49,590
That to me immediately
said something was wrong.
656
00:34:49,590 --> 00:34:53,217
Secondly, it was a
struggle because my friends
657
00:34:53,217 --> 00:34:58,140
were all in these churches
and I had to make a decision,
658
00:34:58,140 --> 00:35:02,311
am I willing to not only lose
my friends but my employment
659
00:35:02,311 --> 00:35:04,938
was at risk and I
had to turn down jobs
660
00:35:04,938 --> 00:35:06,982
because keeping the Sabbath
means you keep it holy.
661
00:35:06,982 --> 00:35:10,319
You don't work that day
and so I went through
662
00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:15,073
some personal
trials to take a stand,
663
00:35:15,073 --> 00:35:17,826
but in the end, I look
back and God provided.
664
00:35:17,826 --> 00:35:21,747
He blessed and whenever we step
out in faith and follow him
665
00:35:21,747 --> 00:35:24,291
ultimately it'll be
better and he'll bless,
666
00:35:24,291 --> 00:35:25,792
he'll work miracles for us.
667
00:35:27,336 --> 00:35:31,256
(inspirational music)
668
00:35:31,256 --> 00:35:33,926
- The first and second angel's
messages will be challenging
669
00:35:33,926 --> 00:35:36,595
for most Christians, these
warnings bring into question
670
00:35:36,595 --> 00:35:38,597
many of the fundamental
beliefs Christians have held
671
00:35:38,597 --> 00:35:41,600
their whole lives. I imagine
hearing the solemn warnings
672
00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:44,311
of a global flood pronounced
by Noah in his day
673
00:35:44,311 --> 00:35:46,647
challenged the
people in the same way.
674
00:35:46,647 --> 00:35:48,941
Many of those people
professed to be worshipers
675
00:35:48,941 --> 00:35:52,569
of God, but they had drifted
so far off into false worship
676
00:35:52,569 --> 00:35:54,821
that they really believed
Noah to be delusional,
677
00:35:54,821 --> 00:35:58,200
so they rejected the call
to come into the Ark.
678
00:35:58,200 --> 00:36:00,577
The wine of Babylon and the
false systems of worship
679
00:36:00,577 --> 00:36:02,538
are having the
same effect today.
680
00:36:02,538 --> 00:36:04,831
They'll prevent many
people, even Christians,
681
00:36:04,831 --> 00:36:07,000
from receiving the
first angel's message.
682
00:36:07,000 --> 00:36:10,045
The message is calling
them to enter into the Ark
683
00:36:10,045 --> 00:36:13,090
of the everlasting covenant,
it's a call to worship Him
684
00:36:13,090 --> 00:36:16,218
who made heaven
and earth and the sea.
685
00:36:16,218 --> 00:36:18,470
We saw how this message
points back to the Sabbath
686
00:36:18,470 --> 00:36:21,390
commandment because it's both
a memorial of his creation
687
00:36:21,390 --> 00:36:23,976
and a sign of the
everlasting covenant.
688
00:36:23,976 --> 00:36:25,477
By resting on the Sabbath day,
689
00:36:25,477 --> 00:36:26,937
we show that we are worshiping
690
00:36:26,937 --> 00:36:29,898
the true God and that we have
entered into the everlasting
691
00:36:29,898 --> 00:36:33,402
covenant by embracing its
symbol of the Sabbath.
692
00:36:33,402 --> 00:36:35,821
But many sincere Christians
have been deceived.
693
00:36:35,821 --> 00:36:38,490
They believe themselves to
be worshipers of the true God
694
00:36:38,490 --> 00:36:41,410
and partakers of his
covenant while they disregard
695
00:36:41,410 --> 00:36:43,328
the very heart of his covenant.
696
00:36:43,328 --> 00:36:45,747
Although deceived, God knows
many have been faithfully
697
00:36:45,747 --> 00:36:48,292
living up to the life they
have, but if they continue
698
00:36:48,292 --> 00:36:50,836
in error and reject the truths
found in the three angels'
699
00:36:50,836 --> 00:36:53,672
messages, they will find
themselves outside the ark
700
00:36:53,672 --> 00:36:56,300
like those who rejected the
pleas of Noah.
701
00:36:58,385 --> 00:37:01,680
God is love and because he is
love, one thing he cannot do
702
00:37:01,680 --> 00:37:04,850
is force someone to accept
his mercy against their will.
703
00:37:04,850 --> 00:37:07,686
Love beckons, love
invites, love pleads,
704
00:37:07,686 --> 00:37:10,480
but love can never violate
free will upon which
705
00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:12,649
its very existence depends.
706
00:37:12,649 --> 00:37:15,903
God embraces and rejoices
in those who come to him
707
00:37:15,903 --> 00:37:18,071
and he respects the decisions
of those who do not.
708
00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:21,200
But this is not so with
the great adversary.
709
00:37:21,200 --> 00:37:24,453
He'll use any means
necessary, including coercion
710
00:37:24,453 --> 00:37:28,874
and force to secure homage
and to achieve his objectives.
711
00:37:28,874 --> 00:37:31,168
For centuries, Satan has
been preparing his most
712
00:37:31,168 --> 00:37:34,087
powerful deceptions for
his final onslaught,
713
00:37:34,087 --> 00:37:36,840
but love, on the other hand,
would have every person
714
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:40,427
to make an intelligent
decision of their own free will
715
00:37:40,427 --> 00:37:43,597
and for this purpose God sends
the third angel's message
716
00:37:43,597 --> 00:37:46,975
to reveal the enemy's plans
that all may have sufficient
717
00:37:46,975 --> 00:37:49,895
light, that none would be
deceived when they stand
718
00:37:49,895 --> 00:37:51,772
in the valley of decision.
719
00:37:51,772 --> 00:37:54,358
(somber music)
720
00:38:32,563 --> 00:38:34,356
[Narrator] And the third
angel followed them saying
721
00:38:34,356 --> 00:38:37,484
with a loud voice, if
any man worship the beast
722
00:38:37,484 --> 00:38:40,529
and his image and receive
his mark in his forehead
723
00:38:40,529 --> 00:38:44,032
or in his hand, the same
shall drink of the wine
724
00:38:44,032 --> 00:38:46,952
of the wrath of God which is
poured out without mixture
725
00:38:46,952 --> 00:38:50,831
into the cup of his indignation
and he shall be tormented
726
00:38:50,831 --> 00:38:54,334
with fire and brimstone in the
presence of the holy angels
727
00:38:54,334 --> 00:38:56,336
and in the presence of the lamb
728
00:38:56,336 --> 00:38:58,088
and the smoke of their torment
729
00:38:58,088 --> 00:39:01,550
ascendeth up forever and
ever and they have no rest,
730
00:39:01,550 --> 00:39:05,053
day nor night, who worship
the beast and his image
731
00:39:05,053 --> 00:39:08,557
and whosoever receiveth
the mark of his name.
732
00:39:08,557 --> 00:39:11,226
Here is the
patience of the saints.
733
00:39:11,226 --> 00:39:14,062
Here are they that keep
the commandments of God
734
00:39:14,062 --> 00:39:16,064
and the faith of Jesus.
735
00:39:16,064 --> 00:39:19,526
- The third angel's
message speaks about those
736
00:39:19,526 --> 00:39:21,570
who receive the
mark of the beast.
737
00:39:21,570 --> 00:39:24,489
- You have really
the most fearful curse
738
00:39:24,489 --> 00:39:27,117
found in the Bible is
what happens to those
739
00:39:27,117 --> 00:39:29,494
who receive the
mark of the beast
740
00:39:29,494 --> 00:39:31,997
and it's connected
with false worship
741
00:39:33,081 --> 00:39:35,000
and a judgment that comes
on those who worship
742
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,085
against the
worship of the Bible.
743
00:39:37,085 --> 00:39:40,297
- But not only does he
warn the world to worship
744
00:39:40,297 --> 00:39:43,425
the creator in the
first angel's message,
745
00:39:43,425 --> 00:39:46,094
but he warns the world
not to worship the beast
746
00:39:46,094 --> 00:39:49,056
or his image in the third
angel's message,
747
00:39:49,056 --> 00:39:52,559
so the issue at the end of
time clearly is gonna be
748
00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:54,144
over worship.
749
00:39:54,144 --> 00:39:57,314
- The devil is not trying
to get us to not worship.
750
00:39:57,314 --> 00:39:59,483
He's trying to get us
to counterfeit worship.
751
00:39:59,483 --> 00:40:02,319
In the last days, the devil and
the beast power doesn't say,
752
00:40:02,319 --> 00:40:04,530
don't worship, they say worship.
753
00:40:05,405 --> 00:40:06,865
But worship the beast.
754
00:40:06,865 --> 00:40:11,578
[Dave] We see a parallel with
Noah's day, the population
755
00:40:11,578 --> 00:40:15,207
of the earth is divided
into two groups.
756
00:40:15,207 --> 00:40:18,210
There's the majority,
unfortunately on the outside
757
00:40:18,210 --> 00:40:21,588
of the boat with the mark of
the beast, and the minority
758
00:40:21,588 --> 00:40:24,341
inside the boat
with the seal of God.
759
00:40:28,595 --> 00:40:30,305
- Even today, the
identity of the beast
760
00:40:30,305 --> 00:40:32,057
remains a mystery to most.
761
00:40:32,057 --> 00:40:34,184
Popular culture has
made these prophecies
762
00:40:34,184 --> 00:40:36,144
the subject of
countless movies and books
763
00:40:36,144 --> 00:40:39,565
and this has led people into
all kinds of speculation
764
00:40:39,565 --> 00:40:42,442
and by doing this, it's
diminished their significance
765
00:40:42,442 --> 00:40:43,902
and has buried
their true meaning
766
00:40:43,902 --> 00:40:46,154
under a cloak of confusion.
767
00:40:46,154 --> 00:40:46,947
The truth is,
768
00:40:46,947 --> 00:40:49,741
we can know exactly
what the mark of the beast is.
769
00:40:49,741 --> 00:40:52,286
After all, that's the
reason God gave us this warning.
770
00:40:52,286 --> 00:40:54,663
First, we need to realize
no one will be safe
771
00:40:54,663 --> 00:40:56,456
through this crisis by
knowing what the mark
772
00:40:56,456 --> 00:40:59,251
of the beast is, when
this last conflict comes,
773
00:40:59,251 --> 00:41:01,503
only those that have the seal
of God on their foreheads
774
00:41:01,503 --> 00:41:04,256
will be preserved through
the last great conflict.
775
00:41:04,256 --> 00:41:06,633
So what's really important
is that we know how
776
00:41:06,633 --> 00:41:08,635
we can receive the seal of God.
777
00:41:08,635 --> 00:41:10,762
So before we look at
the mark of the beast,
778
00:41:10,762 --> 00:41:13,473
let's first learn
about the seal of God.
779
00:41:15,809 --> 00:41:18,020
[Narrator] And I saw
another angel ascending
780
00:41:18,020 --> 00:41:21,481
from the east, having the
seal of the living God,
781
00:41:21,481 --> 00:41:24,401
and he cried with a loud
voice to the four angels,
782
00:41:24,401 --> 00:41:27,529
to whom it was given to
hurt the earth and the sea,
783
00:41:27,529 --> 00:41:30,699
saying hurt not the
earth, neither the sea,
784
00:41:30,699 --> 00:41:34,286
nor the trees, til we have
sealed the servants of our God
785
00:41:34,286 --> 00:41:36,330
in their foreheads.
786
00:41:36,330 --> 00:41:41,543
- In the days of Noah,
Noah was sealed in the ark,
787
00:41:41,543 --> 00:41:46,173
simply meant that he couldn't
get out, no one could get in.
788
00:41:46,173 --> 00:41:48,550
[Narrator] Once in
the ark, the Bible says
789
00:41:48,550 --> 00:41:52,513
the Lord shut him in, the
word shut and the word seal
790
00:41:52,513 --> 00:41:55,933
are used interchangeably
throughout the scriptures.
791
00:41:55,933 --> 00:41:59,478
For example, God said to
Daniel, shut up the words
792
00:41:59,478 --> 00:42:03,148
and seal the book, even
to the time of the end.
793
00:42:03,148 --> 00:42:06,151
Therefore, the word
shut and the word seal
794
00:42:06,151 --> 00:42:07,861
have the same meaning.
795
00:42:07,861 --> 00:42:10,781
So when the Bible says
the Lord shut him in,
796
00:42:10,781 --> 00:42:14,117
it's the same as saying,
the Lord sealed him in.
797
00:42:14,117 --> 00:42:17,496
Noah was sealed in the Ark of
the Covenant made with him.
798
00:42:17,496 --> 00:42:20,415
And he was
preserved through the flood.
799
00:42:20,415 --> 00:42:23,085
- They were sealed on the
inside, they were saved
800
00:42:23,085 --> 00:42:27,297
from the trial that was going to
come on the whole world.
801
00:42:27,297 --> 00:42:29,716
[Stephen] There's not another
time of trouble in human history
802
00:42:29,716 --> 00:42:33,303
that's gonna compare in
intensity to the one that
803
00:42:33,303 --> 00:42:35,138
God's people will go through.
804
00:42:37,516 --> 00:42:39,852
In order to go
through this period,
805
00:42:39,852 --> 00:42:44,982
severe trial, God's people
have to be sealed before.
806
00:42:44,982 --> 00:42:48,110
And the purpose of the
seal is first of all
807
00:42:48,110 --> 00:42:52,364
for God to identify who
are his so that the angels
808
00:42:52,364 --> 00:42:56,618
are clear as to who they need
to protect during this time
809
00:42:56,618 --> 00:42:59,538
of trouble. Isaiah
chapter eight and verse 16
810
00:42:59,538 --> 00:43:03,834
speaks about sealing the
law among God's disciples.
811
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,713
[Narrator] Bind up the
testimony, seal the law
812
00:43:07,713 --> 00:43:09,590
among my disciples.
813
00:43:09,590 --> 00:43:12,301
- So here we discover that
there is a relationship
814
00:43:12,301 --> 00:43:14,720
between God's seal and his law.
815
00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:18,182
- When you look at the
ancient seals used in Biblical
816
00:43:18,182 --> 00:43:20,350
times, they always
contained three elements.
817
00:43:20,350 --> 00:43:23,937
They contained the name
of the issuing authority,
818
00:43:23,937 --> 00:43:26,982
the king or whoever it
might be, they contained
819
00:43:26,982 --> 00:43:31,987
his title, and they
contained his jurisdiction.
820
00:43:32,571 --> 00:43:36,909
- A seal has got the title.
It's got the name.
821
00:43:36,909 --> 00:43:38,035
It's got the territory.
822
00:43:38,035 --> 00:43:39,912
And when you look
through the 10 commandments
823
00:43:39,912 --> 00:43:41,788
it's only the
fourth commandment
824
00:43:41,788 --> 00:43:44,917
that speaks of God
as the creator.
825
00:43:44,917 --> 00:43:45,792
[Doug] It's got the name,
826
00:43:45,792 --> 00:43:50,214
it's got the territory.
- [Dave] The ruler of heaven
827
00:43:50,214 --> 00:43:53,300
and earth and his jurisdiction.
828
00:43:53,300 --> 00:43:54,968
[Doug] So right in the
Sabbath commandment, you've got
829
00:43:54,968 --> 00:43:59,223
the seal of of God and so it's
unique and really identifies
830
00:43:59,223 --> 00:44:00,224
who we worship.
831
00:44:01,767 --> 00:44:05,854
- Just as in Noah's day
getting on that ark represented
832
00:44:05,854 --> 00:44:11,735
an acceptance of all of the
morality that God promoted,
833
00:44:11,735 --> 00:44:15,030
the 10 commandments, the
observance of God's will,
834
00:44:15,030 --> 00:44:18,033
so at the end of time the
acceptance of the Sabbath
835
00:44:18,033 --> 00:44:22,955
indicates the acceptance of
all of the moral requirements
836
00:44:22,955 --> 00:44:24,164
of God.
837
00:44:24,164 --> 00:44:29,753
- The seal according to
the Bible can be summed up
838
00:44:29,753 --> 00:44:33,674
in that one commandment,
the fourth commandment,
839
00:44:34,842 --> 00:44:40,848
not because that commandment is
840
00:44:40,848 --> 00:44:44,643
by itself a saving commandment
841
00:44:44,643 --> 00:44:48,605
but because that
commandment gives authority
842
00:44:48,605 --> 00:44:52,818
to the entire law, without
the fourth commandment,
843
00:44:52,818 --> 00:44:56,280
the entire Decalogue can
be anyone's commandment.
844
00:44:57,364 --> 00:45:01,159
But this is the
Lord, your creator.
845
00:45:02,744 --> 00:45:05,998
And therefore, it gives
the seal of authority
846
00:45:05,998 --> 00:45:07,416
to the entire law.
847
00:45:08,667 --> 00:45:12,963
By keeping that day,
according to the commandment,
848
00:45:12,963 --> 00:45:17,634
you are acknowledging the
authority of the lawgiver
849
00:45:17,634 --> 00:45:20,679
and that is why it is
important to keep the Sabbath.
850
00:45:21,763 --> 00:45:24,224
[Narrator] And hallow my
Sabbaths and they shall be
851
00:45:24,224 --> 00:45:28,103
a sign between me and
you, that ye may know
852
00:45:28,103 --> 00:45:30,689
that I am the Lord your God.
853
00:45:30,689 --> 00:45:32,232
[Clayton] The
Sabbath really
854
00:45:32,232 --> 00:45:34,443
determines who
you are worshiping.
855
00:45:34,443 --> 00:45:37,404
[Stephen] Keeping the Sabbath
shows that we have committed
856
00:45:37,404 --> 00:45:41,116
our lives to our creator.
857
00:45:41,116 --> 00:45:42,409
To our savior.
858
00:45:43,493 --> 00:45:47,956
If the Sabbath is the sign
of God as the creator,
859
00:45:47,956 --> 00:45:51,919
the mark of the beast
must be an opposite sign
860
00:45:51,919 --> 00:45:54,630
that this power created
861
00:45:54,630 --> 00:45:57,799
to rival the sign
that God established.
862
00:45:57,799 --> 00:45:59,676
What was the sign that
God established that he's
863
00:45:59,676 --> 00:46:03,514
the creator, the Sabbath,
so what would be the mark
864
00:46:03,514 --> 00:46:08,185
that distinguishes the
beast and demanding worship
865
00:46:08,185 --> 00:46:11,021
from people, it would
have to be another day.
866
00:46:11,021 --> 00:46:13,899
[Narrator] The last war
in the book of Revelation
867
00:46:13,899 --> 00:46:17,736
is a war over worship.
The third angel's message
868
00:46:17,736 --> 00:46:21,573
warns us twice that many
will worship the beast.
869
00:46:21,573 --> 00:46:23,951
This is a violation of
the first commandment
870
00:46:23,951 --> 00:46:27,579
that says thou shalt have
no other gods before me.
871
00:46:27,579 --> 00:46:29,623
The third angel's
message warns us twice
872
00:46:29,623 --> 00:46:32,459
that many will worship
the image of the beast.
873
00:46:32,459 --> 00:46:34,962
This is a violation of
the second commandment
874
00:46:34,962 --> 00:46:38,465
which prohibits the worship
of images and idols.
875
00:46:38,465 --> 00:46:41,176
We have been warned many
will receive the name
876
00:46:41,176 --> 00:46:44,012
of the beast, a counterfeit
of the third commandment,
877
00:46:44,012 --> 00:46:47,641
to not take the name of
the Lord thy God in vain
878
00:46:47,641 --> 00:46:50,769
and finally, the third
angel's message warns us twice
879
00:46:50,769 --> 00:46:53,730
not to receive the
mark of the beast,
880
00:46:53,730 --> 00:46:57,025
a counterfeit of the seal of
God in the fourth commandment.
881
00:46:57,025 --> 00:47:01,029
To remember the Sabbath
day, to keep it holy.
882
00:47:01,029 --> 00:47:03,240
- So if you look at the parallel
883
00:47:03,240 --> 00:47:04,950
between having no other God,
884
00:47:04,950 --> 00:47:08,871
the number, the name, the
image, then there's a Sabbath
885
00:47:08,871 --> 00:47:12,374
which is the mark, they
actually all parallel.
886
00:47:12,374 --> 00:47:16,253
It all revolves around that
first table of the Decalogue.
887
00:47:16,253 --> 00:47:18,839
(somber music)
888
00:47:20,257 --> 00:47:22,259
[Jeff] The first four of the
10 commandments are laws
889
00:47:22,259 --> 00:47:24,261
that define how
we're to worship God.
890
00:47:24,261 --> 00:47:26,180
So when the first angel's
message commands us
891
00:47:26,180 --> 00:47:27,806
to worship him who made
the heaven, the earth
892
00:47:27,806 --> 00:47:30,142
and the sea, it's
pointing us to the ark
893
00:47:30,142 --> 00:47:32,311
of the everlasting covenant
through the worship
894
00:47:32,311 --> 00:47:35,230
of the creator, the second
angel's message warns us
895
00:47:35,230 --> 00:47:37,566
of the false worship
that will confuse people
896
00:47:37,566 --> 00:47:39,526
and lead them away
from the covenant
897
00:47:39,526 --> 00:47:42,070
and the third angel's message
warns us about the beast
898
00:47:42,070 --> 00:47:44,114
that will try to prevent
people from entering into
899
00:47:44,114 --> 00:47:46,450
the covenant by forcing
them to disregard
900
00:47:46,450 --> 00:47:49,912
the sign of worship to the
creator and receive instead
901
00:47:49,912 --> 00:47:52,164
the sign of worship
to the beast,
902
00:47:52,164 --> 00:47:54,166
so just who is this beast?
903
00:47:55,292 --> 00:47:58,045
(somber music)
904
00:47:58,045 --> 00:48:00,589
[Narrator] And I stood
upon the sand of the sea
905
00:48:00,589 --> 00:48:03,675
and saw a beast rise
up out of the sea,
906
00:48:03,675 --> 00:48:07,596
having seven heads and 10
horns and upon his horns
907
00:48:07,596 --> 00:48:11,600
10 crowns and upon his
heads the name of blasphemy.
908
00:48:12,518 --> 00:48:13,685
[Jeff] John sees this beast
909
00:48:13,685 --> 00:48:15,646
having seven head and 10 horns.
910
00:48:17,481 --> 00:48:19,942
This is exactly the same
description of the beast
911
00:48:19,942 --> 00:48:23,237
in Revelation chapter 17
that was carrying the woman
912
00:48:23,237 --> 00:48:26,365
named Babylon dressed in
purple and scarlet colors.
913
00:48:27,324 --> 00:48:31,828
Note that this beast also
has seven heads and 10 horns.
914
00:48:31,828 --> 00:48:35,165
Back in chapter 13, John
saw the first beast rise up
915
00:48:35,165 --> 00:48:39,211
out of the sea, in chapter
17, the sea is defined
916
00:48:39,211 --> 00:48:42,673
this way, the waters which
thou sawest, where the whore
917
00:48:42,673 --> 00:48:45,217
sitteth, are
peoples and multitudes
918
00:48:45,217 --> 00:48:47,010
and nations and tongues.
919
00:48:47,010 --> 00:48:50,347
So what God is revealing is
that this beast in Revelation
920
00:48:50,347 --> 00:48:53,600
13 will rise to power in a
populated area.
921
00:48:55,853 --> 00:48:58,939
The beast in Revelation
17 is carrying a woman
922
00:48:58,939 --> 00:49:02,234
who is full of the
names of blasphemy
923
00:49:02,234 --> 00:49:05,028
and when we go back to the
beast in Revelation 13,
924
00:49:05,028 --> 00:49:09,825
it also has upon his heads
the names of blasphemy.
925
00:49:09,825 --> 00:49:12,327
The descriptions of these
two beasts are the same
926
00:49:12,327 --> 00:49:15,289
because they're both
referring to the same power.
927
00:49:15,289 --> 00:49:17,791
The beast John saw rise
up out of the sea
928
00:49:17,791 --> 00:49:20,002
is the same power he
saw carrying the woman
929
00:49:20,002 --> 00:49:24,298
named Babylon who we already
saw represents the papacy
930
00:49:24,298 --> 00:49:25,924
of the Roman Catholic church.
931
00:49:27,634 --> 00:49:30,220
(somber music)
932
00:49:32,097 --> 00:49:34,683
(crowd cheers)
933
00:49:41,565 --> 00:49:45,444
- Eventually, through studying
through who is the beast
934
00:49:45,444 --> 00:49:48,488
and determining the
understanding of the beast
935
00:49:48,488 --> 00:49:50,324
to represent the
system of the papacy
936
00:49:50,324 --> 00:49:53,911
and the Catholic church, you
find that their special claim
937
00:49:53,911 --> 00:49:59,041
to mark of worship is their
prerogative that they claim
938
00:49:59,041 --> 00:50:01,168
of having changed
the law of God.
939
00:50:02,044 --> 00:50:05,839
Changing it, just completely
changing it.
940
00:50:05,839 --> 00:50:09,092
Taking the fourth commandment
and making it apply
941
00:50:09,092 --> 00:50:12,179
not to the Sabbath of
creation, not to the sign
942
00:50:12,179 --> 00:50:16,099
of the creator's power and
authority, but to Sunday.
943
00:50:17,184 --> 00:50:19,269
This is what the
Catholic church claims
944
00:50:19,269 --> 00:50:21,188
to be their mark of authority
945
00:50:21,188 --> 00:50:23,649
and this is the
mark of the beast,
946
00:50:23,649 --> 00:50:25,526
at the very end of time.
947
00:50:26,985 --> 00:50:29,321
- An archbishop from the
Roman Catholic church said
948
00:50:29,321 --> 00:50:32,157
the following in 1562.
949
00:50:32,157 --> 00:50:34,451
[Narrator] The authority
of the church could therefore
950
00:50:34,451 --> 00:50:37,162
not be bound to the
authority of the scriptures
951
00:50:37,162 --> 00:50:39,206
because the church had
changed the Sabbath
952
00:50:39,206 --> 00:50:42,084
into Sunday, not by
command of Christ
953
00:50:42,084 --> 00:50:44,294
but by its own authority.
954
00:50:44,294 --> 00:50:47,130
- The Catholic church
points to their changing
955
00:50:47,130 --> 00:50:48,257
of the law of God as
proof that her authority
956
00:50:48,257 --> 00:50:50,926
is above the Bible and
claims that this change
957
00:50:50,926 --> 00:50:53,136
is a sign of its authority.
958
00:50:53,136 --> 00:50:55,639
In 1893, the Catholic
church distributed
959
00:50:55,639 --> 00:50:57,975
the first edition of an
article that was later
960
00:50:57,975 --> 00:51:02,145
re-titled Rome's Challenge, Why
Do Protestants Keep Sunday?
961
00:51:02,145 --> 00:51:04,731
In this publication, the
Catholic author
962
00:51:04,731 --> 00:51:07,192
poses this question
to Protestants.
963
00:51:07,192 --> 00:51:09,486
[Narrator] It is not yet
too late for Protestants
964
00:51:09,486 --> 00:51:12,281
to redeem themselves,
will they do it?
965
00:51:12,281 --> 00:51:14,825
Will they stand consistently
upon the Protestant
966
00:51:14,825 --> 00:51:18,120
profession, will they indeed
take the written world only,
967
00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:20,914
the scripture alone as
their sole authority
968
00:51:20,914 --> 00:51:24,877
and sole standard, or will they
still hold the indefensible
969
00:51:24,877 --> 00:51:28,714
self contradictory and
suicidal doctrine and practice
970
00:51:28,714 --> 00:51:31,091
of following the authority
of the Catholic church
971
00:51:31,091 --> 00:51:33,468
and wear the
sign of her authority?
972
00:51:33,468 --> 00:51:35,554
Will they keep the
Sabbath of the Lord,
973
00:51:35,554 --> 00:51:37,973
the seventh day
according to scripture?
974
00:51:37,973 --> 00:51:40,517
Or will they keep the
Sunday according
975
00:51:40,517 --> 00:51:42,603
to the tradition of
the Catholic church?
976
00:51:44,229 --> 00:51:48,901
- The doing away with the
reminder of God's authority
977
00:51:48,901 --> 00:51:53,447
as the creator, the doing
away with the acceptance
978
00:51:53,447 --> 00:51:56,450
of the sign of faith, doing
away with those things
979
00:51:56,450 --> 00:52:00,370
strikes at the very heart
of our relationship with God
980
00:52:00,370 --> 00:52:03,332
and all that flows out of that.
981
00:52:03,332 --> 00:52:05,334
(somber music)
982
00:52:05,334 --> 00:52:07,002
- The most defiant
thing that could be done
983
00:52:07,002 --> 00:52:10,339
to challenge the authority of
God would be to change his law
984
00:52:10,339 --> 00:52:13,425
because the law is the
foundation of his government.
985
00:52:13,425 --> 00:52:15,886
And the papacy claims
this change as a sign
986
00:52:15,886 --> 00:52:18,889
of her authority, those
that worship the creator
987
00:52:18,889 --> 00:52:20,849
will honor the day
God sanctified
988
00:52:20,849 --> 00:52:23,393
as as sign of his
authority and covenant
989
00:52:23,393 --> 00:52:25,229
and those that
trample upon God's law
990
00:52:25,229 --> 00:52:27,981
to obey a human
enactment will receive
991
00:52:27,981 --> 00:52:30,734
the mark of the beast
because he accepts the sign
992
00:52:30,734 --> 00:52:33,570
of allegiance to the power
which he chooses to obey
993
00:52:33,570 --> 00:52:35,197
instead of God.
994
00:52:35,197 --> 00:52:38,825
This is the central conflict
on this last war over worship.
995
00:52:38,825 --> 00:52:42,037
As this crisis escalates
and becomes universal,
996
00:52:42,037 --> 00:52:44,790
every person will receive
the sign of the power
997
00:52:44,790 --> 00:52:48,544
they choose to obey in the
forehead or in the hand.
998
00:52:49,628 --> 00:52:54,007
[Allen] It's depicted in both
the forehead and in the hand.
999
00:52:54,007 --> 00:52:58,428
Now to really understand what
that entails, let's go back
1000
00:52:58,428 --> 00:53:00,430
to Deuteronomy chapter six.
1001
00:53:02,391 --> 00:53:07,020
And these words,
which I teach thee today,
1002
00:53:07,938 --> 00:53:11,608
you will take them and
teach them to your children.
1003
00:53:11,608 --> 00:53:15,487
They will be upon your hand
1004
00:53:17,155 --> 00:53:19,241
and as frontlets
between your eyes.
1005
00:53:20,117 --> 00:53:22,953
Now first we need to understand,
what are these words?
1006
00:53:22,953 --> 00:53:26,039
These words are the
commandments just given
1007
00:53:26,039 --> 00:53:28,125
in the previous chapter.
1008
00:53:28,125 --> 00:53:32,880
In Exodus chapter 13 verse
nine, he says the same thing,
1009
00:53:32,880 --> 00:53:34,798
in Deuteronomy 11 says
the same thing.
1010
00:53:34,798 --> 00:53:37,676
The law of God shall be in
your hand and be frontlets
1011
00:53:37,676 --> 00:53:38,927
between your eyes.
1012
00:53:38,927 --> 00:53:42,097
- And that adds new meaning
to the mark of the beast.
1013
00:53:42,097 --> 00:53:44,933
- To have it in the forehead
means that you have made
1014
00:53:44,933 --> 00:53:49,813
a mental assent to
not following Christ.
1015
00:53:49,813 --> 00:53:51,481
- These are symbols,
in the hand means
1016
00:53:51,481 --> 00:53:53,108
your actions and in the
forehead, it means
1017
00:53:53,108 --> 00:53:55,360
in your faith, in your worship.
1018
00:53:55,360 --> 00:53:57,154
- You can take that
mark either way.
1019
00:53:58,655 --> 00:54:02,784
You may not mentally assent
to it and you may just
1020
00:54:02,784 --> 00:54:05,704
grasp it and say, well,
I don't really agree,
1021
00:54:05,704 --> 00:54:09,041
but I'll go along with it
because I value my life.
1022
00:54:09,041 --> 00:54:10,584
It says it's in the hand
and in the forehead.
1023
00:54:10,584 --> 00:54:14,213
They've got the law and
the covenant of the beast.
1024
00:54:14,213 --> 00:54:17,132
In their actions
and in their worship.
1025
00:54:17,132 --> 00:54:19,009
[Jeff] In this
war over worship,
1026
00:54:19,009 --> 00:54:21,178
the beast has a powerful ally.
1027
00:54:21,178 --> 00:54:23,680
After seeing the first beast
rise up out of the sea,
1028
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:27,351
John sees another beast and
tells us this second beast
1029
00:54:27,351 --> 00:54:29,645
is the one that will
force the world to worship
1030
00:54:29,645 --> 00:54:30,729
the first beast.
1031
00:54:31,563 --> 00:54:33,899
[Narrator] And I beheld
another beast coming up
1032
00:54:33,899 --> 00:54:37,402
out of the earth and he
had two horns like a lamb.
1033
00:54:37,402 --> 00:54:40,572
And he spake as a
dragon and he exerciseth
1034
00:54:40,572 --> 00:54:44,159
all the power of the first
beast before him and causeth
1035
00:54:44,159 --> 00:54:46,620
the earth and them which
dwell therein to worship
1036
00:54:46,620 --> 00:54:49,790
the first beast, whose
deadly wound was healed.
1037
00:54:51,708 --> 00:54:53,377
- To cause someone
to do something
1038
00:54:53,377 --> 00:54:54,920
means you're using force
1039
00:54:54,920 --> 00:54:57,256
and in this prophecy, the
second beast will use its power
1040
00:54:57,256 --> 00:55:00,425
to cause or force the
inhabitants of the earth
1041
00:55:00,425 --> 00:55:02,719
to worship the first beast.
1042
00:55:02,719 --> 00:55:05,305
(somber music)
1043
00:55:22,322 --> 00:55:24,575
[Jeff] The first beast rose
up out of the sea
1044
00:55:24,575 --> 00:55:27,119
and we already saw how
the Bible uses the sea
1045
00:55:27,119 --> 00:55:30,539
as a symbol to represent a
populated area of peoples,
1046
00:55:30,539 --> 00:55:32,416
multitudes, nations and tongues.
1047
00:55:33,292 --> 00:55:36,211
Now the second beast is seen
coming up out of the earth
1048
00:55:36,211 --> 00:55:39,006
which by contrast
represents a remote area,
1049
00:55:39,006 --> 00:55:41,675
far from the cities or
populated areas of the earth.
1050
00:55:41,675 --> 00:55:44,761
Here is a new nation rising
to power in a relatively
1051
00:55:44,761 --> 00:55:46,513
uninhabited area.
1052
00:55:47,139 --> 00:55:49,725
(somber music)
1053
00:55:58,150 --> 00:56:01,069
Furthermore, this beast
has two horns like a lamb.
1054
00:56:01,069 --> 00:56:03,238
Throughout the Bible, the
lamb is a symbol to represent
1055
00:56:03,238 --> 00:56:06,283
Jesus, the lamb of God,
so when the second beast
1056
00:56:06,283 --> 00:56:08,994
is described as having
two horns like a lamb,
1057
00:56:08,994 --> 00:56:11,288
we would rightly be looking
for a new Christ-like
1058
00:56:11,288 --> 00:56:14,208
or Christian nation rising
to power in a relatively
1059
00:56:14,208 --> 00:56:16,126
uninhabited area.
1060
00:56:16,126 --> 00:56:18,170
Without question
there is but one nation
1061
00:56:18,170 --> 00:56:21,006
that fits these qualifications,
and not coincidentally
1062
00:56:21,006 --> 00:56:23,926
it's often regarded as the
most powerful and influential
1063
00:56:23,926 --> 00:56:27,554
nation in the world, the
United States of America.
1064
00:56:27,554 --> 00:56:30,891
(dramatic music)
1065
00:56:30,891 --> 00:56:33,393
[Narrator] The founding
fathers of this new nation
1066
00:56:33,393 --> 00:56:35,854
professed a belief
in the God of the Bible
1067
00:56:35,854 --> 00:56:40,275
when they declared, we hold
these truths to be self evident
1068
00:56:40,275 --> 00:56:43,904
That all men are created
equal, that they are endowed
1069
00:56:43,904 --> 00:56:47,032
by their creator with
certain unalienable rights,
1070
00:56:47,032 --> 00:56:50,118
that among these
are life, liberty
1071
00:56:50,118 --> 00:56:51,787
and the pursuit of happiness.
1072
00:56:54,331 --> 00:56:57,292
In addition to professing
a belief in the creator,
1073
00:56:57,292 --> 00:57:00,045
the Constitution of the
United States of America
1074
00:57:00,045 --> 00:57:02,756
in the first amendment
guarantees both civil
1075
00:57:02,756 --> 00:57:05,342
and religious
liberty, it states,
1076
00:57:05,342 --> 00:57:08,554
Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment
1077
00:57:08,554 --> 00:57:11,849
of religion or prohibiting
the free exercise thereof.
1078
00:57:11,849 --> 00:57:14,434
To avoid the religious
intolerance and persecution
1079
00:57:14,434 --> 00:57:18,146
that had pervaded Europe
for so many centuries,
1080
00:57:18,146 --> 00:57:20,816
this new government was set
up to prohibit the church
1081
00:57:20,816 --> 00:57:24,236
from controlling the state
and the state from controlling
1082
00:57:24,236 --> 00:57:28,699
the church. Jesus said,
render therefore unto Caesar
1083
00:57:28,699 --> 00:57:31,368
the things which are
Caesar's and unto God
1084
00:57:31,368 --> 00:57:34,997
the things that are God's and
these Christian principles
1085
00:57:34,997 --> 00:57:37,875
written into the founding
documents of the United States
1086
00:57:37,875 --> 00:57:40,419
were the secret of its success.
1087
00:57:40,419 --> 00:57:43,797
Millions fled to America
that they might worship
1088
00:57:43,797 --> 00:57:45,549
according to the dictates
of their conscience,
1089
00:57:45,549 --> 00:57:48,427
but the Bible declares
a change is coming.
1090
00:57:48,427 --> 00:57:51,305
When John saw this beast
coming up out of the earth,
1091
00:57:51,305 --> 00:57:55,559
he says it was like a lamb
but spake as a dragon.
1092
00:57:55,559 --> 00:57:58,562
In the very next verse
we read that this beast,
1093
00:57:58,562 --> 00:58:00,939
that is the United
States of America,
1094
00:58:00,939 --> 00:58:03,901
will cause the earth and
them which dwell therein
1095
00:58:03,901 --> 00:58:07,279
to worship the first beast,
the prophecies declare
1096
00:58:07,279 --> 00:58:09,990
the United States of
America, often regarded
1097
00:58:09,990 --> 00:58:12,451
as the world's most
powerful civil authority,
1098
00:58:12,451 --> 00:58:15,579
will unite its efforts with
the Roman Catholic church,
1099
00:58:15,579 --> 00:58:18,373
which is regarded as the
world's most prominent moral
1100
00:58:18,373 --> 00:58:22,294
and spiritual authority, one
beast representing the church,
1101
00:58:22,294 --> 00:58:25,714
the other beast representing
the state will unite
1102
00:58:25,714 --> 00:58:29,176
and trample underfoot the
civil and religious liberties
1103
00:58:29,176 --> 00:58:32,054
upon which the
United States was founded.
1104
00:58:32,054 --> 00:58:34,806
(dramatic music)
1105
00:58:37,893 --> 00:58:41,063
- In the time of Christ
and the apostles
1106
00:58:41,063 --> 00:58:44,650
when thousands were leaving
the religion of the Sadducees
1107
00:58:44,650 --> 00:58:47,819
and the Pharisees, which
Jesus had declared corrupt
1108
00:58:47,819 --> 00:58:52,533
and they were coming into
Christ's body, his New Testament
1109
00:58:52,533 --> 00:58:56,036
church, the religious leaders
turned to political power
1110
00:58:56,036 --> 00:58:59,331
to persecute them, that's
why Herod, the king in Acts
1111
00:58:59,331 --> 00:59:02,668
chapter 12, had arrested
Peter, and he killed James.
1112
00:59:02,668 --> 00:59:04,086
The church was appealing
to political power
1113
00:59:04,086 --> 00:59:05,838
to persecute God's people.
1114
00:59:05,838 --> 00:59:08,215
History's gonna repeat
itself, it happened during
1115
00:59:08,215 --> 00:59:10,300
the Dark Ages,
with the beast power,
1116
00:59:10,300 --> 00:59:14,346
when they appealed to
the state to persecute,
1117
00:59:14,346 --> 00:59:16,640
imprison and kill those
who did not go along
1118
00:59:16,640 --> 00:59:18,892
and comply with
the church mandates.
1119
00:59:18,934 --> 00:59:21,520
It's gonna happen again, we'll
see history repeat itself
1120
00:59:21,520 --> 00:59:23,230
in the last days,
there's no question.
1121
00:59:23,230 --> 00:59:25,315
[video] Probably we should
be debating a bill
1122
00:59:25,315 --> 00:59:30,112
requiring every American to
attend a church of their choice
1123
00:59:30,112 --> 00:59:34,241
on Sunday to see if we
can get back to having
1124
00:59:34,241 --> 00:59:36,076
a moral rebirth.
1125
00:59:36,076 --> 00:59:37,703
- Yeah, we're talking about
state Senator Sylvia Allen
1126
00:59:37,703 --> 00:59:40,372
and she thinks the nation is
suffering from a moral decay.
1127
00:59:40,372 --> 00:59:41,957
[Walter] The issue of
the Sabbath will become
1128
00:59:41,957 --> 00:59:44,668
very, very prominent
in the world.
1129
00:59:44,668 --> 00:59:49,840
The airwaves and the
television systems will also
1130
00:59:49,840 --> 00:59:53,427
give the opposite view because
God is a God of fairness,
1131
00:59:53,427 --> 00:59:58,807
so this message of a choice
between two systems of worship
1132
00:59:58,807 --> 01:00:03,353
and two Sabbaths, the Biblical
Sabbath of the seventh day
1133
01:00:03,353 --> 01:00:07,816
and the Sabbath
of the rest of the world
1134
01:00:07,816 --> 01:00:12,404
will be made prominent by
the media, by the press
1135
01:00:12,404 --> 01:00:16,158
and by groups
that will make sure
1136
01:00:16,158 --> 01:00:19,745
that this is a clear message.
1137
01:00:19,745 --> 01:00:21,914
[TV] Christians have said they
changed it, no, no, no,
1138
01:00:21,914 --> 01:00:22,706
you're wrong.
1139
01:00:22,706 --> 01:00:24,124
[Allen] A lot of people are
gonna hear this message
1140
01:00:24,124 --> 01:00:26,793
in the 11th hour, many thousands
are gonna be converted.
1141
01:00:26,793 --> 01:00:29,129
[TV] In six days, and the
seventh was a day of rest.
1142
01:00:29,129 --> 01:00:32,466
Now the first day, the
Sunday, which was by the way,
1143
01:00:32,466 --> 01:00:34,843
borrowed by the
Romans and the Greeks.
1144
01:00:34,843 --> 01:00:37,137
A clear amendment,
what's wrong with that?
1145
01:00:37,137 --> 01:00:41,183
- So what's happening here
is the sins of Babylon
1146
01:00:41,183 --> 01:00:44,895
are being laid open but
people are gonna realize
1147
01:00:44,895 --> 01:00:48,232
that Babylon is the churches.
1148
01:00:48,232 --> 01:00:50,817
(somber music)
1149
01:00:51,860 --> 01:00:55,030
And these churches that have
been teaching false doctrine.
1150
01:00:58,158 --> 01:00:59,409
[Doug] They'll run to their
pastors and their priests
1151
01:00:59,409 --> 01:01:02,579
and say, are these things
true, why haven't you told us
1152
01:01:02,579 --> 01:01:04,540
this?
- [Allen] and they're going to
1153
01:01:04,540 --> 01:01:06,750
say, are these things so?
1154
01:01:06,750 --> 01:01:09,545
[Doug] And of course most of
them will do all they can
1155
01:01:10,879 --> 01:01:12,631
to denounce it and
to turn them away
1156
01:01:12,631 --> 01:01:13,841
and they'll continue
to say peace, peace
1157
01:01:13,841 --> 01:01:15,676
and don't worry
about these things
1158
01:01:15,676 --> 01:01:17,135
oh, they're deceived
1159
01:01:17,135 --> 01:01:19,263
but they're not
going to be satisfied.
1160
01:01:19,263 --> 01:01:20,848
[Allen] There will be
many that hear this message
1161
01:01:20,848 --> 01:01:22,099
and they will embrace it.
1162
01:01:23,725 --> 01:01:27,604
[Doug] And they're gonna take a
stand at great personal loss
1163
01:01:27,604 --> 01:01:31,733
and experiencing great
tribulation and persecution,
1164
01:01:31,733 --> 01:01:34,152
they're going to tear
themselves from Babylon
1165
01:01:34,152 --> 01:01:37,114
[Allen] And they will begin to
leave the nominal churches.
1166
01:01:38,073 --> 01:01:41,660
But the leaders will
not rest easy on this.
1167
01:01:42,661 --> 01:01:45,914
In fact, they will do whatever
they can to go counter
1168
01:01:45,914 --> 01:01:48,375
to the message
that's being given.
1169
01:01:48,375 --> 01:01:52,045
[Doug] The religious leaders,
Protestants and Catholics
1170
01:01:52,045 --> 01:01:54,423
are going to join their forces.
1171
01:01:54,423 --> 01:01:57,176
(sweeping music)
1172
01:02:00,512 --> 01:02:03,432
And there will probably be
great financial turmoil
1173
01:02:03,432 --> 01:02:05,392
in the world, maybe
natural disasters
1174
01:02:05,392 --> 01:02:07,394
if they're gonna say
all of this calamity
1175
01:02:07,394 --> 01:02:09,062
is because these people here,
1176
01:02:09,062 --> 01:02:13,108
they're not complying,
they're going along with
1177
01:02:13,108 --> 01:02:17,821
their idea of the Bible and
they'll appeal to the powers
1178
01:02:17,821 --> 01:02:19,281
of the state.
1179
01:02:19,281 --> 01:02:21,658
- These church leaders,
these Protestant leaders,
1180
01:02:21,658 --> 01:02:25,454
will join
themselves with the state
1181
01:02:25,454 --> 01:02:29,625
and they will form
an image to the beast.
1182
01:02:29,625 --> 01:02:33,086
[Stephen] Church and state
will join hands.
1183
01:02:33,086 --> 01:02:35,839
I know that sounds impossible in
1184
01:02:37,132 --> 01:02:39,384
a country where you have
the first amendment,
1185
01:02:39,384 --> 01:02:43,472
where the Congress cannot make
laws establishing religion
1186
01:02:43,472 --> 01:02:46,016
or forbidding the free
exercise of religion.
1187
01:02:46,016 --> 01:02:48,310
We say how in the world
could that ever happen
1188
01:02:48,310 --> 01:02:50,562
in these United
States of America?
1189
01:02:50,562 --> 01:02:53,941
Revelation 13 verses 11
to 18 tell us that the day
1190
01:02:53,941 --> 01:02:56,151
is coming when that's
gonna take place.
1191
01:02:56,151 --> 01:02:58,111
[Narrator] And he
doeth great wonders,
1192
01:02:58,111 --> 01:03:00,405
so that he maketh fire
come down from heaven
1193
01:03:00,405 --> 01:03:03,325
on the earth in the sight
of men and deceiveth them
1194
01:03:03,325 --> 01:03:06,703
that dwell on the earth by
the means of those miracles
1195
01:03:06,703 --> 01:03:09,790
which he had power to do
in the sight of the beast,
1196
01:03:09,790 --> 01:03:11,875
saying to them that
dwell on the earth
1197
01:03:11,875 --> 01:03:14,795
that they should make
an image to the beast.
1198
01:03:14,795 --> 01:03:17,214
- When it says the United
States shall say to the world,
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they should make
an image to the beast,
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it is saying that they should
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mirror the system of the papacy,
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creating a church
and state government.
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The leading churches
of the United States
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01:03:25,764 --> 01:03:27,975
will unite upon
common points of doctrine
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and together they
will influence the state
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01:03:30,102 --> 01:03:32,104
to enforce their decrees.
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01:03:32,104 --> 01:03:34,690
(somber music)
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- The religious leaders
in the United States
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will push strongly for
a national Sunday law.
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(somber music)
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[Walter] Governments
will be inundated
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with requests for legislation
to ensconce Sunday
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as a day of worship.
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01:03:59,381 --> 01:04:01,967
(somber music)
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[Stephen] Which
eventually will lead
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to a universal
worldwide Sunday law.
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[Doug] You can see this
in the story of Daniel
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in a couple of places.
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There was a law
made, they had to choose.
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- When the image was set
up on the plains of Dura,
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no big deal, right,
it wasn't until
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everybody was compelled
to bow down that it became
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01:04:24,740 --> 01:04:25,741
a big deal.
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- Do I obey the
law of the state,
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bow down and
worship the golden image
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or do I obey the law
of God and stand up
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when everyone
else is bowing down?
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The devil wanted them
to break the law of God.
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- And then after
they didn't do it,
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there's the death decree.
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(somber music)
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- The ancient story of the
golden image set up in Babylon
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01:04:46,887 --> 01:04:49,389
for everyone to worship
or be killed is itself
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01:04:49,389 --> 01:04:52,518
a prophecy depicting Babylon
the great at the end of time
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that shall set up an
image to the beast
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01:04:54,436 --> 01:04:57,314
that whosoever would not
worship it should be killed.
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[Narrator] And that no
man might buy or sell,
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save he that had the mark
or the name of the beast
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or the number of his name.
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[Jeff] Imagine from this moment
forward, that you're not allowed
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to buy or sell.
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No food, no clothing, no water.
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How long would you last?
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The purpose of this
law is to compel those
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01:05:20,087 --> 01:05:22,589
who would obey God's law
to perish as outcasts
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01:05:22,589 --> 01:05:26,176
from society or give in and
receive the mark of the beast.
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Ridicule, persecution and
the severity of punishment
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will increase, ultimately
resulting in the death penalty.
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[Narrator] And he had power
to give live unto the image
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of the beast, that the image
of the beast should both speak
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and cause that as many that
would not worship the image
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01:05:42,776 --> 01:05:44,570
of the beast should be killed.
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01:05:44,570 --> 01:05:47,155
(somber music)
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01:05:48,448 --> 01:05:49,658
- Police!
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01:05:49,658 --> 01:05:54,621
(somber music)
(men shout indistinctly)
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- Ground, get down.
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[Stephen] And anyone
who does not comply
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with this law of the state
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01:06:01,670 --> 01:06:05,174
instigated by the church
will be persecuted.
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[Doug] The political pressure
is gonna be applied
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so that they're gonna use
military and police power
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to persecute those that
believe the Biblical truth.
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- And many prior to the close,
the final close of probation
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will lose their lives or
they will be put in prison.
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The error of the world
is what has taken over.
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The minority message today
is God's righteous message
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of faith, it's the
message of Noah
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and it's a message of hope,
it's a message of deliverance,
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but it's also a
message of judgment.
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[Walter] What the
final choice is about
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is man making a choice
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between a law that is God given
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and a law that is man given.
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And Roman Catholicism says
the exact same things.
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It says the choice is
between the Biblical Sabbath
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and the papal Sabbath.
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01:07:07,736 --> 01:07:10,322
(somber music)
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- Right now nobody has
the mark of the beast.
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It's only when the decree
shall be enforced by law
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01:07:20,457 --> 01:07:23,669
that men and women shall
receive the mark of the power
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01:07:23,669 --> 01:07:24,753
they choose to obey.
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01:07:24,753 --> 01:07:27,714
(somber music)
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Before we go any further,
I want to take a moment
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to consider three
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01:07:30,592 --> 01:07:33,387
underlying principles
behind this controversy.
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You see, the contest
between the Sabbath of God
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01:07:36,265 --> 01:07:39,184
and Sunday legislation is a
controversy over the character
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01:07:39,184 --> 01:07:42,938
of God, who is God, would he
compel everybody to worship him
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01:07:42,938 --> 01:07:45,774
by force or does he
desire the service of love
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01:07:45,774 --> 01:07:47,401
offered of our own free will.
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01:07:48,777 --> 01:07:51,697
How you answer this question
will determine on which side
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01:07:51,697 --> 01:07:53,824
of the controversy
you'll be found.
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01:07:53,824 --> 01:07:56,702
If you believe God would compel
his subjects to worship him
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01:07:56,702 --> 01:08:00,330
then you might see the Sunday
law as the will of God.
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01:08:00,330 --> 01:08:02,624
However, if you believe
that the character of God
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01:08:02,624 --> 01:08:05,544
is selfless and loving,
then in the enforcement
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01:08:05,544 --> 01:08:07,671
of the day of rest and
the violation of liberty
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01:08:07,671 --> 01:08:09,923
and conscience, you will
recognize the working
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01:08:09,923 --> 01:08:11,633
of another power.
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01:08:11,633 --> 01:08:14,219
(somber music)
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01:08:15,637 --> 01:08:17,764
The second principle
is another question,
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01:08:17,764 --> 01:08:19,600
how does God save us?
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01:08:19,600 --> 01:08:21,894
The idea that we can
appease God and put an end
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01:08:21,894 --> 01:08:23,896
to the calamities and
disasters on the earth
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01:08:23,896 --> 01:08:26,190
by a strict enforcement
of a day of worship
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01:08:26,190 --> 01:08:29,026
is the outworking of the
principle that man can somehow
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01:08:29,026 --> 01:08:31,028
save himself by his own works.
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01:08:31,028 --> 01:08:33,906
On the other hand, if we
believe God's covenant promise
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01:08:33,906 --> 01:08:36,782
that he will accomplish
the work of our salvation,
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then we'll enter
into his rest and honor
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01:08:38,702 --> 01:08:41,538
the seventh day Sabbath
that was given to be a sign
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01:08:41,538 --> 01:08:44,666
that we acknowledge that he
is the one that saves us.
1313
01:08:44,666 --> 01:08:47,252
(somber music)
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01:08:49,129 --> 01:08:51,673
The third principle is
demonstration.
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It's in a crisis that
character is revealed
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01:08:53,884 --> 01:08:56,011
and when the final conflict
will engulf the world,
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01:08:56,011 --> 01:08:58,764
all will manifest the
character they have developed.
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One class will reveal the
selfless character of God
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01:09:01,308 --> 01:09:04,019
by sacrificing their
lives to help save others
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01:09:04,019 --> 01:09:06,729
while the other class will
reveal the selfish character
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01:09:06,729 --> 01:09:10,274
of the adversary by
sacrificing the lives of others
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01:09:10,274 --> 01:09:12,318
to save themselves.
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01:09:12,318 --> 01:09:14,905
(somber music)
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01:09:14,905 --> 01:09:16,156
These are the principles
behind the last conflict
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01:09:16,156 --> 01:09:19,243
that will involve all of
us, so you can plainly see
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01:09:19,243 --> 01:09:21,036
what you believe about
the character of God
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01:09:21,036 --> 01:09:23,121
and what you believe about
salvation will very much
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01:09:23,121 --> 01:09:24,497
determine whether you choose
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01:09:24,497 --> 01:09:26,291
to receive the mark of the beast
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01:09:26,291 --> 01:09:27,416
or the seal of God.
1331
01:09:27,416 --> 01:09:30,003
(somber music)
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01:09:40,221 --> 01:09:42,349
The three angels' messages
are already proclaiming
1333
01:09:42,349 --> 01:09:44,518
the last judgment
hour message, warning us
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01:09:44,518 --> 01:09:46,978
of the events surrounding
the execution of the judgment
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01:09:46,978 --> 01:09:49,898
to come, we don't know how soon
these events will take place
1336
01:09:49,898 --> 01:09:53,026
so we don't know the exact
year, but however, we do know
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01:09:53,026 --> 01:09:55,987
that it'll happen soon
and in quick succession.
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01:09:55,987 --> 01:09:59,241
Let's look at an exploded
view of these last day events.
1339
01:09:59,241 --> 01:10:01,785
Already circumstances in our
world are coming together
1340
01:10:01,785 --> 01:10:04,121
to bring about the mark
of the beast crisis
1341
01:10:04,121 --> 01:10:07,040
just as the Bible foretold
and then there's the close
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01:10:07,040 --> 01:10:10,335
of probation, followed by
the execution of the judgment
1343
01:10:10,335 --> 01:10:13,505
and then the
second coming of Christ.
1344
01:10:13,505 --> 01:10:16,842
In the days of Noah, the
whole world was in the valley
1345
01:10:16,842 --> 01:10:19,594
of decision, but after
all had made their choice
1346
01:10:19,594 --> 01:10:22,347
to accept or reject
the refuge of the ark,
1347
01:10:22,347 --> 01:10:24,975
the door of mercy was shut.
1348
01:10:24,975 --> 01:10:27,811
In that moment, their
decisions were sealed.
1349
01:10:27,811 --> 01:10:30,480
All had chosen to accept
or reject the invitation
1350
01:10:30,480 --> 01:10:33,066
to enter into the refuge
of the everlasting covenant
1351
01:10:33,066 --> 01:10:37,737
and very soon the door
will close again, forever.
1352
01:10:37,737 --> 01:10:40,157
(epic music)
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01:10:42,951 --> 01:10:46,788
- Many people miss the
point that the parallel
1354
01:10:46,788 --> 01:10:50,166
between the days of
Noah and the end of time
1355
01:10:50,166 --> 01:10:53,587
is not so much in the
destruction itself
1356
01:10:53,629 --> 01:10:56,380
and the wickedness that
existed in the world.
1357
01:10:56,380 --> 01:10:59,175
The real parallel is
found in the moment
1358
01:10:59,175 --> 01:11:00,552
when the door closed.
1359
01:11:00,552 --> 01:11:02,971
(epic music)
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01:11:12,231 --> 01:11:18,946
- We as humans simply
cannot fathom the patience
1361
01:11:18,946 --> 01:11:21,740
and the endurance of God.
1362
01:11:21,740 --> 01:11:26,119
- But he said, my spirit will
not always strive with man.
1363
01:11:26,119 --> 01:11:28,789
There's a limit and back
in the days of Noah,
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01:11:28,789 --> 01:11:31,834
he outlined 120 years.
1365
01:11:31,834 --> 01:11:35,003
- Why he didn't smite
the wicked right away,
1366
01:11:36,296 --> 01:11:38,966
is because he
loves his creation.
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01:11:39,883 --> 01:11:45,305
He has to demonstrate that
every ounce of opportunity
1368
01:11:45,305 --> 01:11:48,225
and patience will
be given to the wicked,
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01:11:48,225 --> 01:11:50,936
but there comes a point
where probation closes
1370
01:11:50,936 --> 01:11:54,106
and we see that in the
door of the ark being shut.
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01:11:54,106 --> 01:11:56,942
- I think right now we're
coming to the conclusion
1372
01:11:56,942 --> 01:12:01,947
of God's probationary time
of mercy for this generation.
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01:12:02,698 --> 01:12:06,577
- Noah's message is going
out in the form of the three
1374
01:12:06,577 --> 01:12:09,288
angels' message, and
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01:12:10,539 --> 01:12:12,875
there comes a point
where that message
1376
01:12:12,875 --> 01:12:14,585
will no longer go out.
1377
01:12:14,585 --> 01:12:18,797
- The wicked were lost not
when it started to rain.
1378
01:12:18,797 --> 01:12:21,133
They were lost
when the door closed.
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01:12:21,133 --> 01:12:23,427
- So Noah was saved,
he was sealed.
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01:12:23,427 --> 01:12:27,097
But those on the outside,
their doom was fixed.
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01:12:27,097 --> 01:12:28,682
- But the people didn't know it.
1382
01:12:29,558 --> 01:12:33,228
They saw the door close,
but they mocked Noah,
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01:12:33,228 --> 01:12:37,023
not realizing that salvation
had ended for them.
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01:12:37,941 --> 01:12:42,737
[Walter] Probation was closed,
yet man was still on earth
1385
01:12:43,989 --> 01:12:48,327
and so at the end of time,
there will be a time period
1386
01:12:48,327 --> 01:12:50,579
when probation is closed
1387
01:12:50,579 --> 01:12:54,583
but man will still
be here on earth.
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01:12:55,541 --> 01:12:58,712
- The judgment is finished,
the judgment has been made
1389
01:12:58,712 --> 01:13:02,799
that a nation, a people
are going to be destroyed,
1390
01:13:02,799 --> 01:13:07,262
but the execution of that
has not been carried out yet.
1391
01:13:07,262 --> 01:13:10,139
This is what is gonna
happen at the end of time.
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01:13:10,139 --> 01:13:11,433
[Jeff] Many Christians believe
1393
01:13:11,433 --> 01:13:13,227
the offer of salvation will end
1394
01:13:13,227 --> 01:13:16,563
after Jesus returns, but
the closing of the door
1395
01:13:16,563 --> 01:13:19,942
in the days of Noah shows
us this is not true.
1396
01:13:19,942 --> 01:13:23,362
The door of salvation will
close before the second coming
1397
01:13:23,362 --> 01:13:26,198
and we read this in
Revelation chapter 22.
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01:13:29,159 --> 01:13:32,329
[Narrator] He that is unjust,
let him be unjust still.
1399
01:13:32,329 --> 01:13:35,874
And he which is filthy,
let him be filthy still.
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01:13:35,874 --> 01:13:39,545
And he that is righteous,
let him be righteous still.
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01:13:39,545 --> 01:13:43,130
And he that is holy,
let him be holy still.
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01:13:43,130 --> 01:13:46,260
[Jeff] And we know Jesus
still has not come at this point
1403
01:13:46,260 --> 01:13:49,263
because the very
next thing he says is--
1404
01:13:49,263 --> 01:13:51,639
[Narrator] And behold,
I come quickly.
1405
01:13:53,058 --> 01:13:54,852
- And at that particular point,
1406
01:13:57,563 --> 01:14:00,107
God's patience will
have been exhausted
1407
01:14:00,107 --> 01:14:01,942
just as it was in Noah's time.
1408
01:14:01,942 --> 01:14:06,112
- So God asks us to prepare
not for the second coming
1409
01:14:06,112 --> 01:14:09,867
of Christ, he asks us to
prepare for the closing
1410
01:14:09,867 --> 01:14:11,660
of the door of probation,
1411
01:14:11,660 --> 01:14:12,870
that's the key point.
1412
01:14:19,001 --> 01:14:21,879
- Right now the outcome of our
case in the heavenly judgment
1413
01:14:21,879 --> 01:14:23,797
is still being investigated.
1414
01:14:23,797 --> 01:14:26,633
Because the door into the
refuge of the everlasting
1415
01:14:26,633 --> 01:14:31,138
covenant is still open
and that door is Jesus.
1416
01:14:31,138 --> 01:14:35,309
[Narrator] I am the door,
by me if any man enter in,
1417
01:14:35,309 --> 01:14:37,186
he shall be saved.
1418
01:14:37,186 --> 01:14:40,022
- Jesus also spoke about
the door of salvation
1419
01:14:40,022 --> 01:14:41,940
in the book of Revelation.
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01:14:43,025 --> 01:14:45,611
- [Narrator] I have set
before thee an open door
1421
01:14:45,611 --> 01:14:49,740
and no man can shut it for
thou hast a little strength.
1422
01:14:49,740 --> 01:14:52,117
- The reason Noah didn't
shut the door to the ark
1423
01:14:52,117 --> 01:14:54,786
is because it represented
the door of salvation
1424
01:14:54,786 --> 01:14:57,080
and no man could shut this door.
1425
01:14:57,080 --> 01:14:59,458
Imagine the faith Noah
had preparing an ark
1426
01:14:59,458 --> 01:15:02,960
for 120 years, knowing he
had no way to close the door.
1427
01:15:03,837 --> 01:15:07,341
He trusted God would fulfill
his promise and he did.
1428
01:15:07,341 --> 01:15:10,093
When we read
the Lord shut him in.
1429
01:15:12,094 --> 01:15:15,057
When the judge strikes his
mallet, the case is closed
1430
01:15:15,057 --> 01:15:17,309
and the
investigation is finished.
1431
01:15:17,309 --> 01:15:19,520
In the same way the closing
of the door of the ark
1432
01:15:19,520 --> 01:15:22,856
showed the case of every
individual had been determined.
1433
01:15:22,856 --> 01:15:26,902
All had chosen to accept or
reject the promise of mercy.
1434
01:15:26,902 --> 01:15:29,279
In order to understand
how God will shut the door
1435
01:15:29,279 --> 01:15:31,865
of salvation at the end
of time, we need to turn
1436
01:15:31,865 --> 01:15:34,243
to our lesson
book, the sanctuary
1437
01:15:34,243 --> 01:15:38,121
and we'll see how Jesus is
keeping the door open right now.
1438
01:15:40,415 --> 01:15:42,918
[Narrator] For Christ is not
entered into the holy places
1439
01:15:42,918 --> 01:15:46,171
made with hands which are
the figures of the true,
1440
01:15:46,171 --> 01:15:49,716
but into heaven itself, now
to appear in the presence
1441
01:15:49,716 --> 01:15:51,343
of God for us.
1442
01:15:52,386 --> 01:15:53,804
[Doug] He's in the
presence of God
1443
01:15:53,887 --> 01:15:55,347
He's there as our
intercessor.
1444
01:15:55,347 --> 01:15:57,683
Right now, we have a mediator
who's interceding.
1445
01:15:57,683 --> 01:16:00,269
He ever lives to make
intercession for us.
1446
01:16:00,269 --> 01:16:03,480
But obviously there's a time
when that intercession stops.
1447
01:16:03,480 --> 01:16:05,315
The time will come when
he's gonna stand up
1448
01:16:05,315 --> 01:16:06,358
and he leaves.
1449
01:16:06,358 --> 01:16:08,777
- The high priest will come
out of the most holy place.
1450
01:16:08,777 --> 01:16:11,154
The censer will be cast down.
1451
01:16:12,030 --> 01:16:16,285
At this particular point,
there is no more intercessor
1452
01:16:16,326 --> 01:16:19,121
and there can be no
more forgiveness of sin.
1453
01:16:19,121 --> 01:16:20,831
(somber music)
1454
01:16:20,831 --> 01:16:23,208
[Narrator] It is
Christ that died, yea,
1455
01:16:23,208 --> 01:16:26,503
rather that is risen again
who is even at the right hand
1456
01:16:26,503 --> 01:16:30,674
of God, who also maketh
intercession for us.
1457
01:16:30,674 --> 01:16:33,343
- As our defendant in
the heavenly tribunal,
1458
01:16:33,343 --> 01:16:35,846
it's the intercession of
Jesus before the father
1459
01:16:35,846 --> 01:16:37,931
pleading the merits of
his blood on our behalf
1460
01:16:37,931 --> 01:16:39,850
that makes mercy possible.
1461
01:16:39,850 --> 01:16:42,561
This means when Jesus leaves
the father's presence,
1462
01:16:42,561 --> 01:16:45,105
mankind will no longer
have an intercessor
1463
01:16:45,105 --> 01:16:47,191
and the door of
mercy will close.
1464
01:16:48,192 --> 01:16:51,361
- At that time, the saved are
saved and the lost are lost.
1465
01:16:51,361 --> 01:16:53,780
- Which means that every
case has already been decided
1466
01:16:53,780 --> 01:16:55,073
for life or for death.
1467
01:16:55,949 --> 01:16:58,660
[Doug] We take God's mercy for
granted because so often
1468
01:16:58,660 --> 01:17:01,246
when we sin, we know God
is there, we can pray
1469
01:17:01,246 --> 01:17:05,666
and He'll forgive, but someday
the laundrymat's gonna close
1470
01:17:05,666 --> 01:17:09,755
and we won't be able
to be cleansed anymore.
1471
01:17:09,755 --> 01:17:12,883
And so now is the time to
receive that sanctification
1472
01:17:12,883 --> 01:17:14,425
and that cleansing.
1473
01:17:14,425 --> 01:17:17,346
- At the end of time, God
is gonna have a generation
1474
01:17:17,346 --> 01:17:20,766
that will still
have the sinful nature
1475
01:17:20,766 --> 01:17:24,061
but through the power of
God, they will totally
1476
01:17:24,061 --> 01:17:27,272
and completely
gain the victory over sin.
1477
01:17:27,272 --> 01:17:30,108
[Narrator] And I saw as
it were, a sea of glass
1478
01:17:30,108 --> 01:17:33,362
mingled with fire and them
that had gotten the victory
1479
01:17:33,362 --> 01:17:37,032
of the beast and over his
image and over his mark
1480
01:17:37,032 --> 01:17:40,702
and over the number of his
name stand on the sea of glass,
1481
01:17:40,702 --> 01:17:42,371
having the harps of God.
1482
01:17:43,746 --> 01:17:45,707
- They're called the
144,000, the living saints
1483
01:17:45,707 --> 01:17:47,376
when Jesus comes.
1484
01:17:47,376 --> 01:17:50,462
Who will develop a
character like the character
1485
01:17:50,462 --> 01:17:52,923
that Jesus developed,
in other words,
1486
01:17:52,923 --> 01:17:56,802
they will develop a character
of victory over sin.
1487
01:17:56,802 --> 01:18:00,514
[Narrator] Victory over sin
is victory over selfishness.
1488
01:18:00,514 --> 01:18:04,017
Jesus's life was an unbroken
stream of selfless service
1489
01:18:04,017 --> 01:18:07,603
to God and man, when God's
people are perfected,
1490
01:18:07,603 --> 01:18:10,773
their life will also be
one of selfless service,
1491
01:18:10,773 --> 01:18:12,526
free of all selfishness.
1492
01:18:12,526 --> 01:18:15,612
For the completeness of
Christian character is attained
1493
01:18:15,612 --> 01:18:18,198
when the impulse to
help and bless others
1494
01:18:18,198 --> 01:18:20,450
springs constantly from within.
1495
01:18:20,450 --> 01:18:23,327
This is the character
God's people will develop.
1496
01:18:25,914 --> 01:18:29,168
- And by the way, it will be
in the worst circumstances
1497
01:18:29,168 --> 01:18:33,589
in the history of planet earth
unless we have found refuge
1498
01:18:33,589 --> 01:18:38,886
in Christ before the moment
that probation closes,
1499
01:18:38,886 --> 01:18:41,388
there will be no refuge
during the time of trouble.
1500
01:18:41,388 --> 01:18:44,558
(inspirational music)
1501
01:18:49,855 --> 01:18:53,108
- The Bible says that Satan is
the accuser of the brethren,
1502
01:18:53,108 --> 01:18:56,195
but in our defense, Jesus
stands in the presence of God
1503
01:18:56,195 --> 01:18:59,781
for us, but Jesus cannot
finish his work of intercession
1504
01:18:59,781 --> 01:19:02,326
until there's a generation
of saints upon the earth
1505
01:19:02,326 --> 01:19:04,995
who are so filled with
the spirit they can stand
1506
01:19:04,995 --> 01:19:07,998
in the presence of God
without an intercessor,
1507
01:19:07,998 --> 01:19:11,251
so right now, Jesus is working
to fulfill the promises
1508
01:19:11,251 --> 01:19:14,505
of his covenant in those who
are allowing him to do so.
1509
01:19:14,505 --> 01:19:17,216
Having confessed their sins
upon Jesus, they have been
1510
01:19:17,216 --> 01:19:20,260
forgiven and through his
power, their characters
1511
01:19:20,260 --> 01:19:23,347
are being sanctified and
restored. In other words,
1512
01:19:23,347 --> 01:19:25,974
they'll be able by God's
power to stand in the time
1513
01:19:25,974 --> 01:19:28,477
of trouble without sinning
when there is no longer
1514
01:19:28,477 --> 01:19:30,687
an intercessor in the
heavenly sanctuary.
1515
01:19:30,687 --> 01:19:33,857
(inspirational music)
1516
01:19:37,277 --> 01:19:41,031
[Allen] To compare the type of
1517
01:19:41,031 --> 01:19:43,575
what transpired with
Noah and his family
1518
01:19:43,575 --> 01:19:48,288
by entering into the ark
and having the door shut,
1519
01:19:48,288 --> 01:19:52,416
and nothing
happening for seven days.
1520
01:19:52,416 --> 01:19:55,337
- And the wicked were
outside and there was no sign
1521
01:19:55,337 --> 01:19:58,298
that what Noah had predicted
was gonna take place.
1522
01:19:58,298 --> 01:20:02,636
- His thought had to have
been, well, this flood,
1523
01:20:02,636 --> 01:20:04,930
these waters are gonna
be coming any time now.
1524
01:20:06,014 --> 01:20:08,475
- Undoubtedly Noah during
that time went through
1525
01:20:08,475 --> 01:20:11,061
a severe test of his faith.
1526
01:20:11,978 --> 01:20:13,689
[Allen] And a day passed
and nothing happened.
1527
01:20:14,731 --> 01:20:16,441
Two days passed
and nothing happened,
1528
01:20:16,441 --> 01:20:19,736
so I can only imagine that
Noah is beginning to wonder.
1529
01:20:19,736 --> 01:20:23,532
- He was thinking, well, you
know, could it perhaps be
1530
01:20:23,532 --> 01:20:24,366
that I was wrong.
1531
01:20:24,366 --> 01:20:27,202
- And after those
seven days passed,
1532
01:20:27,202 --> 01:20:28,745
then judgment came.
1533
01:20:28,745 --> 01:20:31,748
We're gonna see the same
thing at the end of time.
1534
01:20:31,748 --> 01:20:33,333
[Ivor] God's people
will go through
1535
01:20:33,333 --> 01:20:35,919
a serious time of trouble.
1536
01:20:35,919 --> 01:20:38,964
(somber music)
1537
01:20:38,964 --> 01:20:42,634
They will be led to believe,
be tempted to believe
1538
01:20:42,634 --> 01:20:45,219
that the presence of God
has departed from them.
1539
01:20:45,219 --> 01:20:47,764
(somber music)
1540
01:21:15,291 --> 01:21:19,213
Because of the chaos and
because of really their own sins
1541
01:21:19,213 --> 01:21:22,174
that they can look back and
see throughout their own life,
1542
01:21:22,174 --> 01:21:25,177
man, you know, look at my
life, it's not what it should
1543
01:21:25,177 --> 01:21:29,014
have been, and they'll go
through that time of trouble
1544
01:21:29,014 --> 01:21:32,851
which is really a time
of mental agonizing.
1545
01:21:32,851 --> 01:21:36,688
Has probation
closed and did I make it?
1546
01:21:36,688 --> 01:21:41,485
(man sobs)
(somber music)
1547
01:21:42,818 --> 01:21:46,114
Exactly when probation
closes, no one knows.
1548
01:21:46,114 --> 01:21:49,409
- We will know when
probation has closed
1549
01:21:49,409 --> 01:21:51,662
when the plagues fall.
1550
01:21:51,662 --> 01:21:53,705
- There's a parallel
between the days of Noah
1551
01:21:53,705 --> 01:21:56,583
in the sense that
you have the preaching.
1552
01:21:56,583 --> 01:21:59,253
The preaching divides the
world into two groups.
1553
01:22:00,128 --> 01:22:02,047
Then you have the
closing of the door.
1554
01:22:02,880 --> 01:22:05,550
Then you have a period
where the faith of those
1555
01:22:05,550 --> 01:22:09,304
inside the ark is tested
and those outside
1556
01:22:09,304 --> 01:22:13,183
become more certain that
Noah and his family are wrong
1557
01:22:13,183 --> 01:22:15,519
and then you
have the destruction.
1558
01:22:15,519 --> 01:22:18,814
The parallel with the
end of time is striking
1559
01:22:18,814 --> 01:22:21,023
because you have the preaching
of the three angels' message
1560
01:22:21,023 --> 01:22:23,402
which includes the
hour of God's judgment.
1561
01:22:24,278 --> 01:22:26,737
Then after that, you have
the closing of the door
1562
01:22:27,990 --> 01:22:30,617
where the filthy will be
filthy and the righteous
1563
01:22:30,617 --> 01:22:32,494
will still be righteous.
1564
01:22:32,494 --> 01:22:34,705
And the holy will be
holy and the unrighteous
1565
01:22:34,705 --> 01:22:37,583
will still be unrighteous
and then after that
1566
01:22:37,583 --> 01:22:40,169
you're gonna have the
period of tribulation,
1567
01:22:40,169 --> 01:22:42,462
where God's people
will be on earth,
1568
01:22:42,462 --> 01:22:45,174
their faith will be
tested and then you have
1569
01:22:45,174 --> 01:22:48,177
the destruction, so
there's a striking parallel
1570
01:22:48,177 --> 01:22:50,469
between what happened
in the days of Noah
1571
01:22:50,469 --> 01:22:52,806
and what happens with
relations to the judgment
1572
01:22:52,806 --> 01:22:53,724
at the end of time.
1573
01:22:53,724 --> 01:22:56,643
- And that judgment once
again ends at the close
1574
01:22:56,643 --> 01:23:00,022
of probation, not at the
second coming of Christ.
1575
01:23:00,022 --> 01:23:01,523
It ends at the close of
probation, when the door
1576
01:23:01,523 --> 01:23:05,818
is closed, just as it
was in the days of Noah.
1577
01:23:05,818 --> 01:23:10,449
[Walter] In Luke chapter 13,
there is also the shut door.
1578
01:23:11,241 --> 01:23:15,162
And the people knocking at
the door wishing to come in.
1579
01:23:15,162 --> 01:23:17,039
[Narrator] For many,
I say unto you,
1580
01:23:17,039 --> 01:23:20,209
will seek to enter in
and shall not be able.
1581
01:23:20,209 --> 01:23:22,753
When once the master of
the house is risen up
1582
01:23:22,753 --> 01:23:26,215
and hath shut to the door
and ye begin to stand without
1583
01:23:26,215 --> 01:23:30,469
and to knock at the door
saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us
1584
01:23:30,469 --> 01:23:32,846
and he shall answer
and say unto you,
1585
01:23:32,846 --> 01:23:35,474
I know you not whence ye are,
1586
01:23:35,474 --> 01:23:39,269
then shall ye begin to say,
we have eaten and drunk
1587
01:23:39,269 --> 01:23:42,397
in thy presence and thou
hast taught in our streets
1588
01:23:42,397 --> 01:23:45,776
but he shall say, I
tell you, I know you not
1589
01:23:45,776 --> 01:23:51,281
whence ye are, depart from me,
all ye workers of iniquity.
1590
01:23:51,281 --> 01:23:55,118
- And the sad thing about this
is that many of these people
1591
01:23:55,118 --> 01:23:58,080
that are knocking on the
doors were self deceived.
1592
01:23:58,956 --> 01:24:02,376
They believed that they
were walking with the master
1593
01:24:02,376 --> 01:24:04,837
when they actually were
walking with another one,
1594
01:24:05,712 --> 01:24:07,673
a counterfeit.
1595
01:24:07,673 --> 01:24:09,633
(somber music)
1596
01:24:09,633 --> 01:24:11,593
[Narrator] Jesus
identified only one reason
1597
01:24:11,593 --> 01:24:14,096
why he claimed not
to know them, he said,
1598
01:24:14,096 --> 01:24:17,307
depart from me, all ye
workers of iniquity.
1599
01:24:17,307 --> 01:24:20,727
And the word iniquity
means lawlessness.
1600
01:24:20,727 --> 01:24:23,272
Though they claim to
be followers of Christ,
1601
01:24:23,272 --> 01:24:25,523
they have not surrendered
themselves to the working
1602
01:24:25,523 --> 01:24:28,485
of the Holy Spirit and
therefore they did not keep
1603
01:24:28,485 --> 01:24:29,486
his commandments.
1604
01:24:30,862 --> 01:24:33,991
[Ivor] The Bible says that this
is how we know that we love God
1605
01:24:33,991 --> 01:24:35,492
When we love him
and keep his commandments
1606
01:24:35,492 --> 01:24:38,161
and that his commandments
are not grievous.
1607
01:24:38,161 --> 01:24:40,831
[Stephen] In First John it
says he who says I know him
1608
01:24:40,831 --> 01:24:44,001
and does not keep his
commandments is a liar
1609
01:24:44,001 --> 01:24:45,502
and the truth is not in him.
1610
01:24:46,378 --> 01:24:49,965
So just claiming to be a
Christian is not enough.
1611
01:24:49,965 --> 01:24:51,258
It's not the real deal.
1612
01:24:51,258 --> 01:24:53,969
- That's why so many'll be
shocked when they find out
1613
01:24:53,969 --> 01:24:55,971
they're outside of the ark.
1614
01:24:55,971 --> 01:24:58,974
And they say, Lord, Lord
and he says depart from me,
1615
01:24:58,974 --> 01:25:00,434
I don't know you.
1616
01:25:00,434 --> 01:25:03,603
And so that's gonna be the
condition of the last days.
1617
01:25:03,603 --> 01:25:06,148
People are gonna think that
the trappings of religion
1618
01:25:06,148 --> 01:25:09,818
somehow are a substitute for
real holiness and godliness.
1619
01:25:09,818 --> 01:25:12,404
(somber music)
1620
01:25:19,912 --> 01:25:21,455
- When God shut the
door of the ark,
1621
01:25:21,455 --> 01:25:23,582
the people had already
made their choice.
1622
01:25:23,582 --> 01:25:26,168
Some decided to go in
the ark, others decided
1623
01:25:26,168 --> 01:25:27,878
to stay outside the ark.
1624
01:25:27,878 --> 01:25:30,964
The case of each was decided
by their own free choice.
1625
01:25:30,964 --> 01:25:32,925
Only after everyone
had made their decision
1626
01:25:32,925 --> 01:25:35,761
was the door closed, then
the execution of the judgment
1627
01:25:35,761 --> 01:25:37,679
began when it started to rain.
1628
01:25:39,056 --> 01:25:40,349
(thunder rumbles)
1629
01:25:40,349 --> 01:25:42,059
[Walter] It rained 40 days
1630
01:25:42,059 --> 01:25:45,353
and the Bible says
all the fountains,
1631
01:25:46,647 --> 01:25:50,400
plural, of the great
deep burst forth.
1632
01:25:52,693 --> 01:25:54,821
That sounds like a pretty
catastrophic process
1633
01:25:54,821 --> 01:25:59,284
and when this burst forth,
it shot up, causing first
1634
01:25:59,326 --> 01:26:03,705
a rift in the earth's crust
and this water under great
1635
01:26:03,705 --> 01:26:08,377
pressure with all these
billions of tons of rock upon it
1636
01:26:08,377 --> 01:26:12,673
shot forth and shot up
into the atmosphere,
1637
01:26:12,673 --> 01:26:17,678
kilometers high, so there
you have a source for rain,
1638
01:26:18,512 --> 01:26:22,641
such as we cannot imagine today.
1639
01:26:22,641 --> 01:26:26,645
Massive erosion as this
water at great pressure
1640
01:26:26,645 --> 01:26:30,773
and great speed gushes
forth out of this cleft,
1641
01:26:30,773 --> 01:26:34,403
where today, for example we
have the mid Atlantic ridge
1642
01:26:34,403 --> 01:26:38,866
and this rift going
around the earth.
1643
01:26:38,866 --> 01:26:42,494
That could have been the
initial crack in the earth
1644
01:26:42,494 --> 01:26:44,496
where it burst forth.
1645
01:26:44,496 --> 01:26:46,582
- I think it would terrify
us right now if we could see
1646
01:26:46,582 --> 01:26:49,084
what happened
environmentally to the world
1647
01:26:49,084 --> 01:26:50,502
during the flood.
1648
01:26:50,502 --> 01:26:53,922
- How it must feel
not to be on the ark,
1649
01:26:53,922 --> 01:26:57,050
in the face of God's judgment.
1650
01:26:57,050 --> 01:27:02,556
- This judgment in context of
Revelation 14 six and seven
1651
01:27:02,556 --> 01:27:05,517
was to point people
back to the creator,
1652
01:27:05,517 --> 01:27:08,478
the one who made
the heaven, the earth,
1653
01:27:08,478 --> 01:27:13,192
the sea, but what's
different in terms of
1654
01:27:13,192 --> 01:27:16,028
the message in Revelation
14, it says and the fountains
1655
01:27:16,028 --> 01:27:21,909
of waters, now that can only
point back to the flood.
1656
01:27:21,909 --> 01:27:24,494
[Narrator] In the
600th year of Noah's life
1657
01:27:24,494 --> 01:27:27,831
in the second month, the
17th day of the month,
1658
01:27:27,831 --> 01:27:30,876
the same day where all the
fountains of the great deep
1659
01:27:30,876 --> 01:27:33,879
were broken up and the
windows of heaven were opened.
1660
01:27:33,879 --> 01:27:37,799
- This is where we see an
idea, the fountains of waters,
1661
01:27:37,799 --> 01:27:42,554
the great deeps opening up
and God executing judgment
1662
01:27:42,554 --> 01:27:45,849
on the world through water.
1663
01:27:46,934 --> 01:27:49,228
- The first angel's message
tells us to worship him
1664
01:27:49,228 --> 01:27:51,772
who made the fountains
of waters, referring back
1665
01:27:51,772 --> 01:27:53,941
to the very waters that
flooded the earth,
1666
01:27:53,941 --> 01:27:56,568
so after the first
angel's message announces
1667
01:27:56,568 --> 01:27:59,404
the hour of his judgment is
come, we're reminded that God
1668
01:27:59,404 --> 01:28:01,990
will once again judge the
world as he did in the days
1669
01:28:01,990 --> 01:28:05,202
of Noah, the execution of
that judgment came in the form
1670
01:28:05,202 --> 01:28:08,371
of a global flood, but
here, at the end of time,
1671
01:28:08,371 --> 01:28:11,083
it comes in the form of
the seven last plagues.
1672
01:28:12,668 --> 01:28:15,254
(somber music)
1673
01:28:16,088 --> 01:28:17,755
[Narrator] In the
days of Noah,
1674
01:28:17,755 --> 01:28:19,591
it was the flood that
destroyed the world,
1675
01:28:19,591 --> 01:28:22,261
but at the end of time,
this will be accomplished
1676
01:28:22,261 --> 01:28:25,556
by what the Bible calls
the seven last plagues.
1677
01:28:25,556 --> 01:28:27,850
The second angel's message
directs this warning
1678
01:28:27,850 --> 01:28:30,686
to God's people who are
still in the fallen churches
1679
01:28:30,686 --> 01:28:33,188
saying, come out of her, my
people,
1680
01:28:33,188 --> 01:28:35,773
that ye be not
partakers of her sins,
1681
01:28:35,773 --> 01:28:38,777
and that ye receive
not of her plagues.
1682
01:28:38,777 --> 01:28:40,862
- God has his people now
that may be scattered through
1683
01:28:40,862 --> 01:28:42,906
many churches, but they're
not gonna be able to stay
1684
01:28:42,906 --> 01:28:45,117
because those
that stay in Babylon
1685
01:28:45,117 --> 01:28:46,910
will receive the plagues.
1686
01:28:46,910 --> 01:28:48,370
It's very clear.
1687
01:28:48,370 --> 01:28:50,621
[Narrator] The third
angel's message also warns us
1688
01:28:50,621 --> 01:28:53,625
about these plagues, saying
if any man worship the beast
1689
01:28:53,625 --> 01:28:56,503
and his image and receive
his mark in his forehead
1690
01:28:56,503 --> 01:28:59,298
or in his hand, the same
shall drink of the wine
1691
01:28:59,298 --> 01:29:02,550
of the wrath of God which is
poured out without mixture
1692
01:29:02,550 --> 01:29:05,179
into the cup of his indignation.
1693
01:29:05,179 --> 01:29:08,557
And the wrath of God according
to the Bible is defined
1694
01:29:08,599 --> 01:29:11,809
in the next chapter as
the seven last plagues.
1695
01:29:11,809 --> 01:29:16,023
And I saw another sign in
heaven, great and marvelous,
1696
01:29:16,023 --> 01:29:18,650
seven angels having the
seven last plagues
1697
01:29:18,650 --> 01:29:22,987
for in them is filled up
the wrath of God.
1698
01:29:22,987 --> 01:29:27,993
- The plagues are really the
outpouring of God's wrath
1699
01:29:28,076 --> 01:29:33,081
without any mixture of mercy
and that's not me saying it,
1700
01:29:33,582 --> 01:29:35,459
it's the Bible saying it.
1701
01:29:35,459 --> 01:29:36,627
(somber music)
1702
01:29:36,627 --> 01:29:39,671
It'll be the worst period
in the history of the world.
1703
01:29:39,671 --> 01:29:42,216
- God is long suffering, but
there's a point beyond which
1704
01:29:42,216 --> 01:29:44,927
man cannot go, and when
that point is reached,
1705
01:29:44,927 --> 01:29:46,469
the plagues will fall.
1706
01:29:46,469 --> 01:29:48,013
We don't need to
wonder when that point is
1707
01:29:48,013 --> 01:29:51,517
because David in the
book of Psalms told us.
1708
01:29:51,517 --> 01:29:53,936
- [Narrator] It is time
for thee, Lord, to work
1709
01:29:53,936 --> 01:29:56,605
for they have made void thy law.
1710
01:29:56,605 --> 01:29:59,608
- In the mark of the beast
crisis, mankind will pass a law
1711
01:29:59,608 --> 01:30:02,861
forcing people to break the
law of God, making it void.
1712
01:30:02,861 --> 01:30:03,904
Then at that time,
1713
01:30:04,947 --> 01:30:07,282
God will intervene just
as he did in Egypt.
1714
01:30:07,282 --> 01:30:10,494
- Pharaoh made a law.
1715
01:30:10,494 --> 01:30:15,290
He said to Moses, you,
Moses, make the people rest.
1716
01:30:16,250 --> 01:30:18,418
"Shabbat," in the Hebrew.
1717
01:30:18,418 --> 01:30:22,422
You, Moses, make the
people keep the Sabbath.
1718
01:30:22,422 --> 01:30:28,887
Get thee to thy burdens, so
he makes an anti Sabbath law.
1719
01:30:28,887 --> 01:30:32,182
So Pharaoh made a law like
that and the consequence
1720
01:30:32,182 --> 01:30:33,976
of that was plagues.
1721
01:30:35,477 --> 01:30:38,856
The anti typical Pharaoh
will make a similar law
1722
01:30:38,856 --> 01:30:42,150
and the consequence
will be plagues.
1723
01:30:42,150 --> 01:30:44,736
(somber music)
1724
01:30:53,245 --> 01:30:55,289
[Clyde] Probation has closed,
1725
01:30:55,289 --> 01:30:57,499
everyone has
made their decision.
1726
01:30:58,584 --> 01:31:02,713
And now this is the beginning
of the judgment period.
1727
01:31:02,713 --> 01:31:05,924
To see what their decision
has brought upon them.
1728
01:31:06,800 --> 01:31:09,719
(thunder crackles)
1729
01:31:10,596 --> 01:31:12,848
[Narrator] And I heard a
great voice out of the temple
1730
01:31:12,848 --> 01:31:15,976
saying to the seven
angels, go your ways
1731
01:31:15,976 --> 01:31:19,478
and pour out the vials of the
wrath of God upon the earth.
1732
01:31:19,478 --> 01:31:22,148
- The seven last plagues
are described in Revelation
1733
01:31:22,148 --> 01:31:26,737
chapter 16, and some
of those plagues are,
1734
01:31:26,737 --> 01:31:29,072
for example, people
will develop sores
1735
01:31:29,072 --> 01:31:30,449
all over their bodies.
1736
01:31:32,242 --> 01:31:33,118
(glass shatters)
1737
01:31:33,118 --> 01:31:35,621
[Narrator] And the first
went and poured out his vial
1738
01:31:35,621 --> 01:31:39,541
upon the earth and there fell
a noisome and grievous sore
1739
01:31:39,541 --> 01:31:41,919
upon the men which had
the mark of the beast
1740
01:31:41,919 --> 01:31:44,129
and upon them
which worshiped his image.
1741
01:31:44,129 --> 01:31:47,549
- The ocean will be
turned into blood
1742
01:31:47,549 --> 01:31:51,969
and everything that is
alive in the seas will die.
1743
01:31:51,969 --> 01:31:54,097
[Narrator] And the second
angel poured out his vial
1744
01:31:54,097 --> 01:31:58,059
upon the sea and it became
as the blood of a dead man
1745
01:31:58,059 --> 01:32:00,896
and every living
soul died in the sea.
1746
01:32:00,896 --> 01:32:03,482
(somber music)
1747
01:32:06,235 --> 01:32:09,196
And the third angel poured
out his vial upon the rivers
1748
01:32:09,196 --> 01:32:12,491
and fountains of waters
and they became blood.
1749
01:32:12,491 --> 01:32:14,660
- The fountains of
rivers, the drinking water
1750
01:32:14,660 --> 01:32:16,327
will also be turned into blood.
1751
01:32:17,496 --> 01:32:20,082
(somber music)
1752
01:32:27,297 --> 01:32:29,633
- The sun will scorch
all of the vegetation
1753
01:32:29,633 --> 01:32:31,802
with a heat, an incredible heat.
1754
01:32:31,802 --> 01:32:34,972
[Narrator] And the fourth
angel poured out his vial
1755
01:32:34,972 --> 01:32:37,224
upon the sun and
power was given unto him
1756
01:32:37,224 --> 01:32:39,268
to scorch men with fire.
1757
01:32:39,268 --> 01:32:42,396
And men were scorched with
great heat and blasphemed
1758
01:32:42,396 --> 01:32:45,648
the name of God, which hath
power over these plagues
1759
01:32:45,648 --> 01:32:48,235
and they repented
not to give him glory.
1760
01:32:49,318 --> 01:32:51,989
(fire crackles)
1761
01:32:53,073 --> 01:32:55,951
And the fifth angel poured
out his vial upon the seat
1762
01:32:55,951 --> 01:32:58,912
of the beast and his
kingdom was full of darkness
1763
01:32:58,912 --> 01:33:01,290
and they gnawed
their tongues for pain
1764
01:33:01,290 --> 01:33:04,501
and blasphemed the God of
heaven because of their pains
1765
01:33:04,501 --> 01:33:07,838
and their sores and
repented not of their deeds.
1766
01:33:08,672 --> 01:33:11,425
And the sixth angel poured
to his vial upon the great
1767
01:33:11,425 --> 01:33:15,053
river Euphrates, and the
water thereof was dried up,
1768
01:33:15,053 --> 01:33:18,557
that the way of the kings of
the east might be prepared.
1769
01:33:18,599 --> 01:33:21,393
[Stephen] And of course
during the sixth plague,
1770
01:33:21,393 --> 01:33:22,519
the drying up of the
Euphrates means that
1771
01:33:22,519 --> 01:33:25,063
the multitudes will
withdraw their support
1772
01:33:25,063 --> 01:33:27,816
from their religious
leaders and they will turn
1773
01:33:27,816 --> 01:33:30,318
on their religious
leaders at this point,
1774
01:33:30,318 --> 01:33:33,197
but I must underline
that this takes place
1775
01:33:33,197 --> 01:33:35,616
after probation is closed.
1776
01:33:35,616 --> 01:33:38,577
[Narrator] The people will
see that they have been deluded
1777
01:33:38,577 --> 01:33:40,746
We are lost, they cry.
1778
01:33:40,746 --> 01:33:43,207
And you are the
cause of our ruin.
1779
01:33:43,207 --> 01:33:45,709
And they turn upon
the false shepherds.
1780
01:33:45,709 --> 01:33:48,504
Everywhere there is
strife and bloodshed.
1781
01:33:48,504 --> 01:33:51,590
[Clayton] People are still alive
while the door has closed
1782
01:33:51,590 --> 01:33:54,092
and the heavens are
falling, plagues are falling
1783
01:33:54,134 --> 01:33:59,139
and this happens before Christ
comes in the clouds of glory.
1784
01:34:00,307 --> 01:34:02,726
[Jeff] Even after the
sixth plague is fallen,
1785
01:34:02,726 --> 01:34:05,646
we know Jesus has not
yet returned to the earth
1786
01:34:05,646 --> 01:34:09,525
because between the sixth
and seventh plagues, he says,
1787
01:34:09,525 --> 01:34:11,443
behold, I come as a thief.
1788
01:34:12,736 --> 01:34:15,072
[Narrator] And the seventh
angel poured out his vial
1789
01:34:15,072 --> 01:34:18,407
into the air and there came a
great voice out of the temple
1790
01:34:18,407 --> 01:34:22,287
of heaven from the
throne, saying it is done
1791
01:34:22,287 --> 01:34:25,666
and there were voices and
thunders and lightnings
1792
01:34:25,666 --> 01:34:28,627
and there was a great
earthquake, such as was not
1793
01:34:28,627 --> 01:34:31,922
since men were upon the
earth, so mighty an earthquake
1794
01:34:31,922 --> 01:34:35,925
and so great and there
fell upon men a great hail
1795
01:34:35,925 --> 01:34:39,596
out of heaven, every stone
about the weight of a talent
1796
01:34:39,596 --> 01:34:43,225
and men blasphemed God because
of the plague of the hail
1797
01:34:43,225 --> 01:34:46,144
for the plague thereof
was exceeding great.
1798
01:34:46,144 --> 01:34:51,148
(somber music)
(thunder rumbles)
1799
01:35:06,832 --> 01:35:09,459
- None of the seven
last plagues will touch
1800
01:35:09,459 --> 01:35:11,210
any of God's people.
1801
01:35:11,210 --> 01:35:13,797
- Some people think
that God's gonna rapture
1802
01:35:13,797 --> 01:35:15,716
the church out of the
world before Jesus returns.
1803
01:35:15,716 --> 01:35:17,425
The Bible doesn't teach
us that God saves us
1804
01:35:17,425 --> 01:35:20,637
from tribulation, he saves
us through tribulation.
1805
01:35:20,637 --> 01:35:25,809
- God's people will be
protected from the plagues.
1806
01:35:25,809 --> 01:35:28,061
Kinda like Israel in Egypt.
1807
01:35:28,061 --> 01:35:30,898
[Doug] When those plagues
fell on ancient Egypt,
1808
01:35:30,898 --> 01:35:34,109
he didn't save them from
Egypt before the plagues fell.
1809
01:35:34,109 --> 01:35:35,861
He saved them
through the plagues.
1810
01:35:35,861 --> 01:35:39,281
- And if that is the typology,
then the same must apply
1811
01:35:39,281 --> 01:35:43,452
at the end of time.
God's people will be here
1812
01:35:43,452 --> 01:35:45,204
when the plagues fall.
1813
01:35:45,204 --> 01:35:46,663
[Allen] They all have the
seal of the living God
1814
01:35:46,663 --> 01:35:48,707
upon their foreheads,
1815
01:35:48,707 --> 01:35:52,085
so when the plagues fall,
they will be able to stand.
1816
01:35:52,085 --> 01:35:54,421
They will move
through the plagues.
1817
01:35:54,421 --> 01:35:56,215
God will save them
through the plagues
1818
01:35:56,215 --> 01:35:58,842
just as he saved Noah's
family that were sealed
1819
01:35:58,842 --> 01:36:02,721
inside the ark through
the Flood. So we see this
1820
01:36:02,721 --> 01:36:07,726
parallel concept here, both
in Genesis and Revelation.
1821
01:36:08,227 --> 01:36:11,021
- It'll be the worst period
in the history of the world.
1822
01:36:11,021 --> 01:36:14,233
(thunder rumbles)
1823
01:36:14,233 --> 01:36:17,653
It'll be a time where only
God's protection will preserve
1824
01:36:17,653 --> 01:36:20,072
God's people because God's
people will go through
1825
01:36:20,072 --> 01:36:23,575
this period and Psalm 91
will be a comfort
1826
01:36:23,575 --> 01:36:24,868
during that period.
1827
01:36:24,910 --> 01:36:27,246
(thunder rumbles)
1828
01:36:27,246 --> 01:36:29,331
[Narrator] A thousand
shall fall at thy side
1829
01:36:29,331 --> 01:36:32,584
and 10,000 at thy right
hand, but it shall not come
1830
01:36:32,584 --> 01:36:36,046
nigh thee, only with thine
eyes shalt thou behold
1831
01:36:36,046 --> 01:36:38,048
and see the reward of the wicked
1832
01:36:38,048 --> 01:36:41,343
because thou hast made the
Lord, which is my refuge,
1833
01:36:41,343 --> 01:36:44,137
even the most high,
thy habitation.
1834
01:36:44,179 --> 01:36:46,473
There shall no evil befall thee,
1835
01:36:46,473 --> 01:36:49,643
neither shall any plague
come nigh thy dwelling
1836
01:36:49,643 --> 01:36:52,271
for he shall give his
angels charge over thee
1837
01:36:52,271 --> 01:36:54,648
to keep thee in all thy ways.
1838
01:36:54,648 --> 01:36:57,609
They shall bear thee up in
thy hands lest thou dash
1839
01:36:57,609 --> 01:36:59,403
thy foot against a stone.
1840
01:36:59,403 --> 01:37:02,322
- They have a sterling character
that they have developed
1841
01:37:02,322 --> 01:37:05,367
through an intimate
relationship with Christ
1842
01:37:05,367 --> 01:37:09,329
and Christ as a result will
place his seal upon them
1843
01:37:09,329 --> 01:37:12,666
to sustain them in the
time of trouble and to
1844
01:37:12,666 --> 01:37:16,545
reveal to the angels
who will be protected
1845
01:37:16,545 --> 01:37:18,380
during this time of trial.
1846
01:37:18,380 --> 01:37:20,382
- The ark in the days
of Noah was the means
1847
01:37:20,382 --> 01:37:22,593
by which God fulfilled
his covenant promise
1848
01:37:22,593 --> 01:37:24,511
to show mercy to Noah.
1849
01:37:24,511 --> 01:37:27,556
Therefore, the ark at the
end of time is the means
1850
01:37:27,556 --> 01:37:30,058
by which God will fulfill
his promise to show mercy
1851
01:37:30,058 --> 01:37:33,478
to those that enter into
the everlasting covenant.
1852
01:37:33,478 --> 01:37:35,856
The means by which this
promise is fulfilled
1853
01:37:35,856 --> 01:37:38,358
is through the blood of
the everlasting covenant.
1854
01:37:39,484 --> 01:37:41,236
To those that have
entered into the covenant
1855
01:37:41,236 --> 01:37:44,823
by the blood of Jesus, God now
commissions his holy angels
1856
01:37:44,823 --> 01:37:48,702
to preserve and protect them
through the seven last plagues.
1857
01:37:48,702 --> 01:37:49,995
- You know, it's the final
1858
01:37:51,079 --> 01:37:55,666
outpouring of God's
wrath upon a world
1859
01:37:55,666 --> 01:37:59,838
that has rejected his mercy,
that has rejected his law,
1860
01:37:59,838 --> 01:38:01,507
his righteousness.
1861
01:38:01,507 --> 01:38:03,592
[Ivor] And in rejecting God's
mercy,
1862
01:38:03,592 --> 01:38:06,344
what else can God do
when you say I don't need
1863
01:38:06,344 --> 01:38:09,514
forgiveness for that?
(paper tears)
1864
01:38:13,519 --> 01:38:16,103
(somber music)
1865
01:38:20,442 --> 01:38:22,568
[Narrator] No man need
receive these plagues
1866
01:38:22,568 --> 01:38:26,198
because Jesus has already
drunk of this cup for us.
1867
01:38:26,198 --> 01:38:29,034
It was in the garden of
Gethsemane when the guilt
1868
01:38:29,034 --> 01:38:31,702
for the sins of the world
was placed upon the shoulders
1869
01:38:31,702 --> 01:38:35,874
of Jesus, and he said, my
soul is exceeding sorrowful,
1870
01:38:35,874 --> 01:38:37,000
even unto death.
1871
01:38:38,043 --> 01:38:40,921
Then he went a little
further and fell on his face
1872
01:38:40,921 --> 01:38:45,092
and prayed, saying, oh my
father, if it be possible,
1873
01:38:45,092 --> 01:38:49,680
let this cup pass from me,
nevertheless, not as I will
1874
01:38:49,680 --> 01:38:52,975
but as thou wilt.
The cup of this wrath
1875
01:38:52,975 --> 01:38:56,144
and the separation from
his father on our behalf
1876
01:38:56,144 --> 01:38:58,397
broke the heart
of the son of God
1877
01:38:58,397 --> 01:39:00,983
and by receiving
God's wrath for us,
1878
01:39:00,983 --> 01:39:04,820
the Bible says, we shall be
saved from wrath through him.
1879
01:39:05,987 --> 01:39:08,490
For God hath not
appointed us to wrath,
1880
01:39:08,490 --> 01:39:11,451
but to obtain salvation
by our Lord Jesus Christ
1881
01:39:11,451 --> 01:39:12,661
who died for us.
1882
01:39:13,996 --> 01:39:16,957
[Doug] While the world
might mock and ridicule,
1883
01:39:16,957 --> 01:39:19,209
they stopped mocking
when the rain started
1884
01:39:19,209 --> 01:39:21,044
and when these
final plagues fall,
1885
01:39:22,045 --> 01:39:24,798
people are gonna realize that
they had heard the truth.
1886
01:39:24,798 --> 01:39:28,093
Now is the time to
listen and prepare.
1887
01:39:28,093 --> 01:39:30,679
(somber music)
1888
01:39:35,434 --> 01:39:37,769
[Jeff] Just as the multitudes
stood before the ark,
1889
01:39:37,769 --> 01:39:40,063
contemplating the final
decision that would seal
1890
01:39:40,063 --> 01:39:43,692
their fate, so you today stand
in the valley of decision.
1891
01:39:43,692 --> 01:39:45,943
Will you receive the
message of Noah repeated
1892
01:39:45,943 --> 01:39:47,654
by the three angels' messages?
1893
01:39:47,654 --> 01:39:50,032
Will you enter into the ark
of the everlasting covenant
1894
01:39:50,032 --> 01:39:52,910
by resting upon the seventh
day, observing the sign
1895
01:39:52,910 --> 01:39:53,994
of the covenant?
1896
01:39:53,994 --> 01:39:56,914
Will you be among those who
keep the commandments of God
1897
01:39:56,914 --> 01:39:59,958
and the faith of Jesus,
or will you be among those
1898
01:39:59,958 --> 01:40:02,210
who keep the
commandments of men?
1899
01:40:02,210 --> 01:40:04,880
The mark of the beast crisis
will come and it will bring
1900
01:40:04,880 --> 01:40:08,342
all to a decision, and
then probation will close.
1901
01:40:08,342 --> 01:40:11,136
As it says in scripture,
multitudes, multitudes
1902
01:40:11,136 --> 01:40:13,514
in the valley of decision,
for the day of the Lord
1903
01:40:13,514 --> 01:40:15,432
is near in the
valley of decision.
1904
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(thunder rumbles)
(epic music)
1905
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After the seven last plagues,
the next event is that blessed
1906
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hope and the glorious
appearing of the great God
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and our savior Jesus Christ.
1908
01:40:32,241 --> 01:40:35,160
For centuries, Christians
have talked of, dreamed about
1909
01:40:35,160 --> 01:40:37,371
and longed for that day
when they shall look upon
1910
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the face of him who
died to redeem them.
1911
01:40:40,040 --> 01:40:42,376
And now that time has come.
1912
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But will you be
ready to meet him?
1913
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(somber music)
1914
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- So when Christ's
presence comes again,
1915
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when Christ comes a
second time, we're told
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that this earth will
basically be left
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in a state that is uninhabitable
because of the fire
1918
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and the presence of God.
1919
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[Narrator] Our God
is a consuming fire.
1920
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When he returns to
the earth, Paul writes,
1921
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the Lord Jesus shall
be revealed from heaven
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with his mighty angels
in flaming fire.
1923
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[Stephen] He will return as a
consuming fire because Jesus
1924
01:41:22,457 --> 01:41:25,835
will not only come as the
human being that he was
1925
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when he walked upon
this earth, he will come
1926
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as king of kings
and Lord of Lords.
1927
01:41:30,299 --> 01:41:33,468
In other words, his glory
will no longer be veiled.
1928
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(thunder rumbles)
(epic music)
1929
01:41:43,687 --> 01:41:46,148
- Overwhelmed with the vision
of Christ coming to earth,
1930
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Isaiah wrote, who
among us shall dwell
1931
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with the devouring fire?
1932
01:41:49,776 --> 01:41:52,946
Who among us shall dwell
with everlasting burnings?
1933
01:41:52,946 --> 01:41:56,074
And this is the question we're
each faced with as we prepare
1934
01:41:56,074 --> 01:41:58,535
to dwell in the consuming
fire of Christ's presence
1935
01:41:58,535 --> 01:42:01,914
at His is coming, but after
Isaiah asked who can dwell
1936
01:42:01,914 --> 01:42:05,584
with the devouring fire, he
answers his question and says,
1937
01:42:05,584 --> 01:42:08,085
he that walketh righteously.
1938
01:42:08,085 --> 01:42:11,130
Only the righteous can safely
dwell in the presence of God.
1939
01:42:11,130 --> 01:42:14,009
This means the message Noah
gave to prepare a people
1940
01:42:14,009 --> 01:42:16,136
for the judgment
of the world by water
1941
01:42:16,136 --> 01:42:18,222
is the same message that
will prepare a people
1942
01:42:18,222 --> 01:42:20,516
for the judgment
of the world by fire
1943
01:42:20,516 --> 01:42:23,644
because Noah was a
preacher of righteousness.
1944
01:42:23,644 --> 01:42:24,603
(epic music)
1945
01:45:04,972 --> 01:45:07,766
As evolutionist I
could never understand
1946
01:45:07,766 --> 01:45:10,811
why should I keep a Sabbath
1947
01:45:10,811 --> 01:45:14,606
if there was no
six-day creation?
1948
01:45:14,606 --> 01:45:19,736
So this issue will be agitated
at the end of time again.
1949
01:45:22,990 --> 01:45:26,994
I remember one particular lady
who came to my meetings
1950
01:45:26,994 --> 01:45:29,663
when I talked about the Little
Horn of Daniel seven and eight,
1951
01:45:29,663 --> 01:45:33,709
and the beast of Revelation 13.
Which prophecy identifies as the
1952
01:45:33,709 --> 01:45:36,128
the Roman Catholic Papacy.
1953
01:45:36,128 --> 01:45:38,046
And she had been brought up in
the Roman Catholic Church.
1954
01:45:38,046 --> 01:45:39,715
She'd actually
been in a convent,
1955
01:45:39,715 --> 01:45:42,217
been educated in a convent.
1956
01:45:42,217 --> 01:45:44,469
And, when I preached
that message she'd
1957
01:45:44,469 --> 01:45:46,430
been excited up to that point,
1958
01:45:46,430 --> 01:45:49,266
but she quit coming.
But the good news is,
1959
01:45:49,266 --> 01:45:52,019
it took time for the
message to sink in.
1960
01:45:52,019 --> 01:45:55,772
But after several months of
studying for herself,
1961
01:45:55,772 --> 01:45:59,109
you know, she
embraced the message.
1962
01:46:01,904 --> 01:46:08,869
When I was first introduced to
the sanctuary, it bored me.
1963
01:46:08,869 --> 01:46:11,079
Because I had no
clue what it was about,
1964
01:46:11,079 --> 01:46:14,041
I was just coming
into the church.
1965
01:46:14,041 --> 01:46:19,296
And I was just excited
about the mark of the beast.
1966
01:46:19,296 --> 01:46:22,841
And the sanctuary was just, like
ok... the mark of the beast!
1967
01:46:22,841 --> 01:46:24,593
That's what's important!
1968
01:46:25,636 --> 01:46:29,348
It was not until after learning
how to study the Bible,
1969
01:46:29,348 --> 01:46:33,059
and beginning to see the
beauty of the parallels
1970
01:46:33,059 --> 01:46:34,978
within the sanctuary.
1971
01:46:34,978 --> 01:46:36,980
When I started
studying it personally.
1972
01:46:36,980 --> 01:46:40,526
And realizing its place
within the context
1973
01:46:40,526 --> 01:46:43,111
of the Three Angels'
Messages that it
1974
01:46:43,111 --> 01:46:47,366
just added a whole new depth to
1975
01:46:47,366 --> 01:46:49,451
my understanding of
the Word of God,
1976
01:46:49,451 --> 01:46:53,664
of the plan of salvation,
of the character of Christ
1977
01:46:53,664 --> 01:47:00,879
and it really impacted my view
of the plan of salvation.
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