Participants: Ivor Myers
Series Code: 16SCM
Program Code: 16SCM000007A
00:51 Welcome to 3ABN's Spring Camp Meeting:
00:57 Live from the 3ABN Worship Center. 01:01 Welcome to Spring Camp Meeting 2016! 01:06 Are you being blessed like I am? YES! Amen! Amen! 01:10 Camp Meetings are always so refreshing to my spirit. 01:14 And our speaker for this hour, Pastor Ivor Myers, 01:17 is an incredible student of the Word. 01:19 How many of you were here this morning? 01:22 Whoo! Did he bring it this morning or what? 01:26 I had the opportunity to hear that presentation 01:29 and I'll tell you: I wanted to shout. 01:32 In fact, I heard a lot of you all shouting, too. 01:35 When he said that the water flowed the side of the sanctuary 01:40 that was just... I mean, the insight that God has given him 01:44 is just tremendous. And then, when he connected 01:47 the trimester concept in pregnancy 01:50 to justification, sancti- fication, and glorification 01:54 I was amazed. 01:56 What a depth of study, right? 01:59 And the fact that he could bring it to us that God 02:02 inspired him to bring it to us is just amazing. 02:06 So God has opened up the Word 02:10 to our speaker, and he's going to bring it to us. 02:15 Pastor Ivor Myers left the entertainment hip-hop world 02:18 in 1995 to serve the Lord. 02:21 He's the founder of the Power of the Lamb Ministries, 02:24 pastor of Campbell Seventh-day Adventist church, 02:27 husband of his precious wife Atonte, 02:31 and father of four: Joshua, Jaden, Jenesis, and Jaliyah. 02:37 Before our speaker begins and brings us the Word 02:41 Tammy Chance is going to bring a word in song. 02:45 She's going to sing Through the Years. 02:47 And after Tammy sings the next voice you will hear 02:51 will be that of Pastor Ivor Myers. 02:53 Pastor Ivor Myers, also by the way, 02:56 is co-hosting a program on the Dare to Dream Network 02:59 called Salvation in Symbols and Signs. 03:02 It is a teaching on the book of Revelation. 03:06 And my son Jason and I are on the program too 03:09 'cause we need to learn more about Revelation 03:11 like I'm sure a lot of you guys do. 03:13 And so watch that program. It's also going to be aired 03:16 on the parent network as well. 03:18 So look for it in the schedule and watch it. 03:21 You will be so blessed. 03:23 So let's have a word of prayer. 03:26 Father God, we just praise Your name. 03:29 We thank you, Lord. We thank you for Your presence; 03:32 we thank you for Your power; 03:34 we thank you for Your anointing on these meetings. 03:37 And we just pray right now that You will bless our singer, 03:40 that You will bless our speaker, 03:42 and that You will bless our audience - both in the studio 03:46 and our viewing audience, Lord - that all of our hearts 03:49 might be turned toward You 03:51 and that something that's said or something that's sung 03:54 will bring us closer to You. 03:56 This is our prayer. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. 04:00 What are you singing, Tammy? Through the Years. 04:03 Through the Years. I'm going to ask for prayer while I sing. 04:07 I know a lot of you don't know. I raise labrador retrievers 04:10 and they can get wild as bats. 04:13 And last night I did my share of screaming at them 04:16 when I got home for some trouble that they got into. 04:20 And I know none of you can imagine 04:22 me raising my voice or screaming at anybody 04:25 or anything but... I promise you I can. 04:28 So I'm a little bit hoarse... I'm struggling so pray for me. 04:42 "Don't waste your time in looking back" 04:45 I've heard a lot of people say. 04:49 "Just keep your eyes on the future; 04:53 forget the things you did yesterday. " 04:57 But every now and then I like to look back 05:00 and reminisce how good it's been 05:04 walkin' on the Christian journey 05:08 and havin' Jesus as my Friend. 05:11 Through the years He's blessed me, 05:15 through the years He's kept me. 05:19 Through the good times and the bad 05:22 He's been the best Friend I've ever had. 05:26 Through the years I'll love Him, 05:30 through the years I'll serve Him 05:34 till I reign with Him forever 05:38 through the years. 05:47 Through the years... 05:54 Beautiful memories He's given me 05:57 along with blessings by the score. 06:01 Love like I thought could never be 06:05 got sweeter than each day before. 06:08 Oh I know that I could never explain it: 06:12 the joy His love and goodness bring. 06:16 And if He's been just as good to you 06:20 why don't you join in and sing? 06:23 Through the years He's blessed me, 06:27 through the years He's kept me. 06:31 Through the good times and the bad 06:34 He's been the best Friend I've ever had. 06:38 Through the years I'll love Him, 06:42 through the years I'll serve Him 06:46 till I reign with Him forever 06:50 through the years. 06:55 He's been a strong and a mighty tower, 06:59 He's never left me in my darkest hour. 07:02 I know He won't fail me now 07:06 or through the years. 07:09 Through the years He's blessed me, 07:13 through the years He's kept me. 07:16 Through the good times and the bad 07:20 He's been the best Friend I've ever had. 07:24 Through the years I'll love Him, 07:28 through the years I'll serve Him 07:32 till I reign with Him forever 07:35 through the years... 07:43 through the years... 07:51 through the years. 08:00 Amen! 08:07 Amen. Good evening again, everyone. 08:10 Good evening. Good afternoon again, everyone. 08:16 Please forgive me because 08:19 I've been on a flight. I am like super super tired. 08:23 But I'm super excited, and so 08:27 yeah, whatever the time of day it is to you 08:29 good that time of the day to you. 08:32 All right. So let's have a word of prayer. 08:36 I'm going to be speaking to you today regarding... 08:38 in this message regarding the table of shewbread. 08:43 Let's pray. Heavenly Father, 08:45 again we ask, Lord, that You would please speak to us, 08:48 that You would open our eyes, give us understanding. 08:52 We ask it in Jesus' name, Amen. 08:55 I'd like for you to open with me in your Bibles 08:58 to the book of Daniel chapter 11. 09:03 Daniel chapter 11. 09:07 I've entitled this message The Battle of Armageddon. 09:13 The Battle of Armageddon. 09:14 Daniel chapter 11 and verse 45. 09:20 We'll start with verse 44 rather. 09:23 The Bible says: "But tidings out of the east 09:27 and out of the north shall trouble him. 09:29 Therefore he shall go forth with great fury 09:32 to destroy and utterly to make away with many. 09:36 And he shall plant the tabernacles of his palaces 09:39 between the seas in the glorious holy mountain 09:42 yet he shall come to his end 09:44 and none shall help him. 09:47 And at that time... " Daniel 12 verse 1... 09:52 "And at that time... " What time? 09:57 All right. The time where this power in verse 45 10:01 plants the tabernacles of his palaces between the seas, 10:04 at that time in the glorious holy mountain 10:07 "At that time... " the Bible says: "Michael shall stand up, 10:11 the great Prince that standeth for the children of Thy people, 10:14 and there will be a time of trouble such as never was 10:19 since there was a nation... even to that same time. " 10:22 We are told in Daniel 11 verse 45 10:25 and Daniel 12:1 that 10:29 when this event happens of this power planting his tabernacles 10:34 in the midst of the seas that it is at that time 10:37 that Michael stands up and there will be a time of trouble, 10:41 what we can call the great battle of Armageddon. 10:49 Turn with me if you will to the book of Matthew 10:51 chapter 24 because I want to start off with a parable. 10:56 Actually it's Matthew chapter 25. 10:59 Matthew 25, and let me just see by a show of hands 11:02 how many of you would like to be prepared 11:06 for that time of trouble. Amen! 11:09 We don't want to be caught off guard, Amen? 11:11 Amen! We want to be prepared. 11:14 Matthew 25... Matthew chapter 25 11:18 and please notice with me. We will begin 11:25 in verse 1. 11:31 The Bible says: "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be 11:33 likened unto ten virgins 11:37 which took their lamps and went forth... " 11:41 To do what? "meet the bridegroom. 11:45 And five of them were wise and five were foolish. 11:47 They that were foolish took their lamps and took no oil 11:51 with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels 11:54 with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried 11:57 they all slumbered and slept. " How many of them were sleeping? 12:00 All. All were sleeping. 12:03 All were sleeping. And the Bible says: "At midnight 12:06 there was a cry made: 'Behold the bridegroom cometh; 12:10 go ye out to meet him. ' 12:11 Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps 12:14 and the foolish said unto the wise: 12:16 'Give us of your oil for our... ' What? 12:18 'lamps are gone out. ' " 12:22 Our lamps are gone out. 12:25 So let's pause right here. 12:27 How many of you are familiar with this parable? 12:32 I don't know if you knew this or not, but in this parable 12:34 these ten virgins are all Adventists. 12:42 You knew that, right? 12:44 And how do we know that they're all Adventists? 12:48 Because they are looking forward to the advent of Christ. 12:53 OK... so these are all Adventists 12:57 and they are waiting for the coming of the Lord. 13:01 The lamp represents the Word. 13:04 "Thy Word is a light unto my feet and a lamp unto my path. " 13:10 So the Word of God is here symbolized by the lamp. 13:15 Now, what this tells us is that all ten virgins 13:20 are looking forward to the coming of Christ. 13:22 They understand that Christ is coming again. 13:26 They understand the importance of the second coming. 13:29 But the Bible says that five were wise and five were foolish. 13:33 The difference between the wise and the foolish is that 13:36 the foolish did not bring any oil and therefore their 13:39 lamps went out. And when your lamp goes out 13:43 you can't see. Yeah? 13:47 When your lamp goes out you can't see. 13:50 And so... And so they have no what? What did they 13:53 not take with them? The oil. OK. 13:56 The oil represents the Holy Spirit. 14:00 Now, if you have your Bibles go with me to John chapter 16 14:03 verse 13. Hold your place here in Matthew 25 14:06 and let me show you why this is so important. 14:08 John chapter 16... John chapter 16 14:14 and we're going to take a look at verse 13 14:20 I believe it is. 14:22 John chapter 16 and verse 13. 14:27 The Bible says: "Howbeit when He, the Spirit of Truth, 14:30 is come He will do... " What? 14:32 "guide you into all truth for He shall not speak 14:35 of Himself but whatsoever He shall hear 14:37 that shall He speak. And He will... " What? 14:40 "show you things to come. " 14:44 So if you don't have the Holy Spirit, 14:46 then you will not be shown things to... What? to come. 14:50 The 5 foolish virgins... some- thing catches them off guard. 14:54 Something that they did not prepare for... 14:56 something that they did not see coming. 15:00 And the Bible says that, you know, the prudent man 15:03 foresees evil and prepares for it 15:05 while the foolish man ignores it and walks on 15:09 and is punished. So something happens 15:13 in which the five foolish are unprepared. 15:17 They don't see something coming. 15:24 The Bible says they all "slumbered and slept. " 15:27 Now I don't believe that this slumbering and sleeping 15:30 is necessarily something bad. 15:32 When you slumber and sleep what does it mean? 15:35 There is something you are... you're not aware of. 15:38 Are you aware when you're sleeping? 15:40 No... you're not aware, right? 15:42 So all ten virgins are sleeping. The question is: 15:46 what are they sleeping to? What have they fallen 15:50 asleep to? What were they waiting for? 15:53 They're waiting for the coming of Christ. 15:55 OK? But for some reason time delays and they all 16:01 fall asleep. In other words, they don't have... They don't 16:05 know what day and hour the Lord is coming. 16:08 They fall asleep to the reality 16:14 of the nearness of Christ's coming. 16:16 Now let me re-phrase that... let me re-phrase that. 16:18 They don't necessarily... It's not that the five 16:21 wise are saying: "Hey, who knows when Christ comes? " 16:25 All I'm simply saying is that they do not know 16:28 when the Lord is coming. 16:30 OK? That's it: they don't know. 16:34 I believe that when God brought this movement into existence 16:37 with our prophetic birth certificate in 1844 16:41 we have been preaching and preaching and preaching 16:43 that Christ is coming again. And we all believe it, Amen? 16:47 Amen! But still, we kind of don't know the day 16:51 or the hour. Yeah? 16:53 So... so... so... all are sleeping 16:57 and then something surprises them. 17:02 Let me say it this way: all ten are surprised. 17:07 All ten are surprised. 17:09 In verse 6 the Bible says: "And at midnight 17:12 there was a cry made: 'Behold the bridegroom cometh, 17:16 go ye out to meet him. ' 17:17 It was at midnight. 17:22 What surprises both the wise and the foolish 17:25 occurs at midnight. Now why is midnight 17:28 so significant? Because midnight is known as the darkest 17:32 hour, yes? Yes, Amen. 17:36 So something occurs that we might summarize as 17:40 the darkest hour that wakes up both the wise and the foolish. 17:45 The difference between the foolish is that they don't have 17:48 any oil and their lamps do what? Go out. 17:52 We're having a Bible study if you don't mind, OK? Amen! 17:55 So... So the question is we would simply want to ask 17:59 what then could be that darkest hour? 18:04 What could be that thing, that event 18:07 that comes as a surprise upon both the wise and the foolish 18:13 that we could qualify as the darkest hour? 18:20 Well, I invite you to turn with me to the book of... 18:24 We're in Matthew. Let's just go back to Matthew 24. 18:28 Matthew 24 and I want you to notice verse 15. 18:31 The Bible says - Jesus speaking here - says this: 18:35 "When you therefore shall see the abomination of desolation 18:38 spoken of by Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place 18:41 whoso readeth let him understand. 18:43 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains. 18:46 Let him which is on the housetop not come down 18:49 to take anything out of his house 18:50 neither let them which are in the field return back to take 18:54 his clothes. And woe unto them that are with child 18:57 in those days and give suck in those days. 18:59 Pray that your flight be not in the winter 19:01 neither on the Sabbath day. FOR THEN 19:03 shall be... " What? "great tribulation 19:07 such as was not since the beginning of the world 19:09 to this time... no, nor ever shall be. 19:13 And except those days should be shortened, 19:15 no flesh shall be saved. " 19:16 We might safely say that the darkest hour 19:20 is when the abomination of desolation stands 19:23 in the holy place. Yes? 19:26 We're having a Bible study here, Amen? 19:28 All right, so what is that? What is Christ talking about 19:32 when He talks about the abomination of desolation 19:34 standing in the holy place? 19:36 It's something pretty bad... we know that. 19:39 Go with me to Revelation chapter 16. 19:41 Revelation chapter 16 19:45 and we are going to look at verse 12. 19:49 Revelation chapter 16 and verse 12. 19:52 The Bible says here: "And the sixth angel poured out 19:55 his vial upon the great river Euphrates 19:57 and the waters thereof were dried up 19:59 that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared. 20:02 And I saw three unclean spirits 20:04 like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon 20:07 and out of the mouth of the beast and out of the mouth 20:09 of the false prophet. For they are spirits of devils 20:12 working... " What? "miracles which go forth unto the kings of 20:16 the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle 20:19 of the great day of God Almighty. " 20:21 Verse 16: "He gathered them together into a place called 20:25 in the Hebrew tongue Armageddon. " 20:30 We might say that whatever this abomination of desolation is 20:35 standing in the holy place it would be synonymous 20:38 with these three unclean spirits like frogs coming out 20:41 of the mouth of the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet 20:45 which go to gather the whole what? world together. 20:50 That sound fair so far? 20:52 All right... so far so good. 20:55 Now, you're probably wondering: "Pastor, what in the world 20:57 does this have to do with the table of shewbread? " 21:01 Hold your... Just hold on... it's coming; it's coming. 21:06 Let's take a look at this a little bit closer, though. 21:08 When the Bible says that the table of shewbread... 21:12 I'm sorry... when the Bible says that these unclean spirits 21:16 will be performing miracles there's something very specific 21:20 that I want you to notice here. 21:23 It says that these were three unclean spirits 21:25 like what? Frogs. Anyone else know of anyplace else 21:29 in the Bible where frogs are spoken about? 21:32 Egypt. Right. It's in Egypt, right? 21:34 And I want you to notice this. 21:35 In Egypt the frogs were part of the plagues. 21:38 Remember that? But there's something very special about 21:41 this plague of the frogs. 21:43 The plague of the frogs I believe was the third plague. 21:46 And this plague was actually... 21:50 Remember when the magicians made those frogs come forward? 21:54 It was actually a counterfeit of a miracle that God had 21:57 performed. Hmm! Did you catch that just now? 22:02 The frogs were a counterfeit of a miracle 22:05 that God had just performed. 22:07 God said: "There are going to be frogs on the land. " 22:09 And so the magicians counterfeit this miracle. 22:12 Now by the way, it was the last miracle 22:16 that they were able to counterfeit. 22:19 It was the last miracle that they were able to counterfeit. 22:23 So, when that comes to our mind we should be thinking 22:27 "Man, the reason that frogs are here mentioned 22:30 is because these frogs are trying to jog our memory 22:33 that it was the last counterfeit. " 22:38 The last counterfeit that Satan will be able to pull off. 22:44 So I've got a question for you: 22:46 I'm wondering if you're with me right now. 22:48 What possibly could be the last counterfeit 22:52 that Satan pulls off that will sweep the whole world? 22:59 Wow! When Satan himself 23:04 appears as the bridegroom! That's right. Amen! 23:11 Midnight would be the darkest hour. 23:15 Something that is unexpected. 23:17 Now, here's why this is so important to you Adventists. 23:20 To us Adventists. 23:21 Amen! Let me tell you why. 23:25 You see, most of us 23:27 are sitting back and relaxing. 23:30 And we're watching the news 23:33 to see when a Sunday law is going to be passed. 23:38 And we can hear: "Oh, you know what? They're bringing it 23:41 before Congress now. " And that's not a surprise. 23:45 No one's going to be caught off... All Adventists know. 23:47 Oh yes. We can track that, we can watch that. 23:49 But beloved, if what we're reading here is accurate, 23:52 then something is going to happen that is going to catch 23:55 every Seventh-day Adventist off guard... 23:58 the wise and the foolish. 24:00 Because guess what? There's no... Satan does not announce 24:04 when he appears as Christ. 24:06 There's no sign that says: "Oh well, it looks like 24:09 in a week or a month or a year from now 24:11 Satan will appear. " No! 24:13 Could it be that that event of midnight 24:16 is the actual appearing of Satan as the bridegroom? 24:23 Now let me tell you something: how many of you have ever 24:26 run in a marathon? Anyone? 24:30 All right... good... me neither. 24:31 So we're in the same place then. 24:34 If you're going to run a marathon, 24:38 you don't run... you don't train for the marathon 24:44 the day of the marathon. 24:46 You have to be training before the marathon 24:49 so that when the marathon hits you're ready. 24:51 So the reason why the five foolish know 24:55 "We need oil! " is because they identify the sign. 24:58 They go: "Whoa! Wait a minute. This is not the true Christ. 25:01 This is a counterfeit but we are not ready! " 25:05 And beloved, by then it's too late. 25:13 So... so... so... This is what I'm saying. 25:15 Once again, we have our signs that we're looking for. 25:18 "Oh, when I see the Sunday law then I will know 25:21 that it's time to get ready. " 25:23 No! Absolutely not, beloved. 25:26 It's too late. Something will happen. 25:28 Imagine waking up tomorrow morning to the news that 25:31 Christ has come. Imagine that! 25:36 Imagine that. Now let me share something else with you. 25:41 This is absolutely amazing. 25:42 See, this is... We're talking about the battle 25:46 of Armageddon here. And I want you to notice 25:51 that... In fact, come with me to the book of Isaiah 25:54 chapter 14. Now this is very interesting. 25:56 How many of you know what the name Armageddon means? 25:58 First of all, it says "in the Hebrew tongue 26:01 Armageddon. " Two words put together. 26:04 Ar - the Hebrew is Har. It means mount. 26:08 And then Megiddo means assembly. 26:12 So mountain of assembly. 26:16 The mount of the assembly. 26:20 Or we might say the mount of the congregation. 26:25 OK... Isaiah chapter 14. 26:30 Isaiah chapter 14 and I want you to notice this. 26:32 "How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, 26:34 son of the morning? How art thou cut down to the ground 26:37 which dist weaken the nations? 26:38 For thou has said in thine heart 'I will ascend into heaven. 26:41 I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. 26:44 I will sit also upon the mount... ' Stop! 26:48 The Hebrew har. 26:53 So: 'I will sit also upon the mount... ' Har... 26:56 'of the congregation. ' The Hebrew mo'ed. 27:01 Har... mo'ed. Some translations have it as 27:05 har... mo'ed... den. 27:12 It means mount of the congregation 27:16 the same meaning as Armageddon: mount of the assembly. 27:21 So Lucifer in heaven wanted to sit upon the mount 27:25 of the congregation. Where? 27:28 In the sides of the north. 27:31 All right. Now... just get excited because... 27:33 You may not know why, but just go ahead and get ready 27:37 to get excited. Sit there and like: "What? " 27:40 You see, what does it mean that Lucifer wanted to sit 27:42 on the mount of the congregation in the sides of the north? 27:47 What does that mean? 27:52 I invite you to turn with me to the book of Exodus 27:54 chapter 26. Exodus 26, and I'm going to read 27:57 verses 34 and 35. 28:00 Because the Bible says there: "Thou shalt put the mercy seat 28:03 upon the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place. 28:05 And thou shalt set the table... " That is, the table of 28:09 shewbread... "without the veil and the candlestick over against 28:12 the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south 28:17 and thou shalt put the table on the north side. " 28:24 What was on the north side of the sanctuary? 28:28 The table of shewbread. 28:35 Let me re-phrase it: 28:36 The table of shewbread was on the sides of the north. 28:44 The table of shewbread, beloved, was on the sides of the north. 28:49 What's on the sides of the north? 28:51 That's the place where Satan wanted to sit. 28:55 Oh, so wait a minute, pastor. Are you telling me 28:58 that the table of shewbread gives us insight into what 29:01 Satan wanted to do in heaven? 29:04 Well... well, let's see. 29:06 You see, in Psalm 48 verse 1 the Bible says: 29:09 "Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised 29:11 in the city of our God, in the mountain of His holiness. 29:14 Beautiful the situation, the joy of the whole earth 29:17 is mount Zion on the sides of the north 29:22 the city of the great King. " 29:25 Wow! That sure is a lot of mentions of sides of the north. 29:31 OK... so the table of shewbread is on the sides of the north. 29:34 Lucifer want to sit on the sides of the north. 29:37 What does the table of shewbread represent? 29:39 What's on it? Bread! 29:41 What does bread represent in the Bible? 29:43 The Word of God. So then... Lucifer 29:46 wanted to have authority over God's Word. 29:51 "I want my word to be obeyed over God's Word. " 29:55 It's called the mount of the congregation. 29:58 "I want the congregation to listen to me not God. " 30:04 So in heaven then, Lucifer's desire to sit on the mount 30:08 of the congregation in the sides of the north 30:10 was simply him saying: "My word over God's Word. " 30:16 So... so... what do we know from this then? 30:18 What can we conclude from this? 30:20 That if Satan wanted to do it in heaven 30:26 he's going to try to do it again on earth. 30:31 Now... now... now... check this out. 30:33 So... where is the city of the great king? 30:36 Sides of the where; sides of the north. 30:38 So give me another name for the king then. 30:41 What would this king be the king of? 30:46 He's be the king of the north, wouldn't he? 30:52 Oh... oh... wait a minute! So Christ is the king of the north. 30:57 Or we might say Christ is... He is the One that rules 31:02 over the north. Christ is... Say it with me everyone: 31:04 Christ is the king of the north. 31:07 Very interesting... because you know why? 31:08 In the book of Daniel chapter 11 verse 40 onwards 31:12 we are introduced to a power called the king of the north. 31:19 Oh, wait a minute... check this out, guys. 31:22 What happens in Daniel 12:1? 31:24 Michael stands up. 31:26 Whatever this king of the north is doing 31:29 in verses 40 to 45 it's so like, wait a minute, 31:33 that Michael is like: "All right... OK. 31:37 Now you did this. All right... it's time to stand up. " 31:39 And then the Bible says: "Then there will be a time of... " 31:42 trouble! Matthew 25 anyone? 31:47 Could it be that this king of the north 31:50 coming on the scene 31:52 will bring about that midnight? 31:57 Go back with me. Daniel 11 verse 40. 31:59 Daniel 11:40... then I'm going to start our sermon. 32:05 Daniel 11 verse 40. 32:08 And I want you to watch this here. Daniel 11:40. 32:13 The Bible says here: "At the time of the end 32:17 shall the king of the South push at him 32:19 and the king of the North shall come against him like 32:21 a whirlwind with chariots and with horsemen 32:23 and with many ships. And he shall enter into the countries 32:26 and shall overflow and pass over. 32:28 He shall enter also into the Glorious Land 32:30 and many countries shall be overthrown. 32:32 But these shall escape out of his hand: even Edom, 32:35 Moab, and the chief of the children of Ammon. 32:37 He shall stretch forth his hand also from the countries 32:40 and the land of Egypt shall not escape. " 32:42 So the Bible here describes these actions of this king 32:45 of the North, and basically it's telling us 32:47 that something happens that allows this king of the North 32:50 to sweep through all the countries. 32:54 Something happens that gives the king of the North power 32:58 to just sweep through the world and gather the whole world. 33:03 And if we compare this with Revelation 16 33:06 we see that this event is a miracle. 33:10 It is a counterfeit miracle. 33:12 Do you know that the only thing that will bring atheists 33:16 and Muslims and Jews and Christians and agn... 33:20 Do you realize that it would literally take a miracle 33:24 to bring all of them together? 33:25 You didn't catch that. 33:28 Umm... it will take a miracle. 33:34 That miracle is none other than the counterfeit coming. 33:41 So... when this happens... 33:44 When this happens... By the way, 33:46 the Bible says in verse 45: "He shall make the tabernacle 33:49 of his palace between the seas. He shall plant the tabernacle 33:52 of his palace between the seas in the glorious holy mountain 33:56 yet he shall come to his end and none shall help him. " Good. 34:01 "None shall help him. " 34:04 Let me do this because I'm now running out of time. 34:08 Not really... but I am. 34:10 Listen... What does it mean that he will plant his tabernacle 34:16 between the seas and the glorious holy mountain? 34:18 Well I want you to notice this, notice the parallel: 34:21 in Ezekiel 28 Satan is being described under the title 34:25 of Tyre. In Ezekiel 28 verse 1 34:29 it says this of Tyre: 34:30 "Thus saith the Lord God: 'because thy heart is lifted up 34:33 and thou hast said I am God, 34:35 I sit in the seat of God in the midst of the seas. " 34:39 So where did Lucifer want to plant his tabernacle? 34:42 In the midst of the seas. But in Ezekiel 28 34:45 it says of Tyre - who is a type of Christ - that he wanted to 34:48 sit in the midst of the seas. 34:50 How about this in Exodus 15 verse 17? 34:53 God speaking here, says: "Thou shalt bring them in 34:56 and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance 34:59 in the place, O Lord, which Thou has made for me to dwell in. 35:03 In the sanctuary, O Lord, which Thy hands have established. " 35:06 So His holy mountain is synonymous with His sanctuary. 35:11 So the Bible is saying that when Lucifer 35:15 decides to sit in the temple of God 35:24 showing himself that he is God... 35:28 Oh wow! Do you realize Jesus said: "When you see the 35:32 abomination of desolation stand in the... " not the 35:36 Most Holy Place. 35:39 Where? "in the Holy Place. " What's in the Holy Place? 35:43 The table of shewbread. 35:46 Now... now: here's something else that you need to know. 35:49 The reason why the table of shewbread was significant 35:52 is because the table of shewbread was to be changed 35:55 every Sabbath. Meaning the table of shewbread was 35:58 to bring one's attention to the Sabbath commandment. 36:03 So when Satan appears and says: "I preside over the Sabbath 36:09 commandment... I have authority to change it" 36:12 then we may know that the abomination of desolation 36:16 is standing in the holy place. 36:22 Yeah... yeah... Great Controversy page 624: 36:27 "As the crowning act in the great drama of deception" - 36:29 as the crowning act - "Satan himself will personate 36:33 Christ. The church has long professed to look to the 36:37 Savior's advent as the consummation of her hopes. 36:39 Now the great deceiver will make it appear 36:42 that Christ has come. In different parts of the earth 36:44 Satan will manifest himself among men as a majestic 36:48 being of dazzling brightness resembling the description 36:51 of the Son of God given by John in the Revelation. " 36:54 And then she says: "The shout of triumph rings out 36:59 in the air: 'Christ has come! Christ has come! ' " 37:01 And then check this out: 37:03 "In his assumed character of Christ he claims to have 37:07 changed the Sabbath to Sunday and hallows all to worship. " 37:14 You see, beloved, listen to me: 37:17 when an overwhelming miracle like that occurs 37:20 if you are not grounded and founded on the Word of God 37:25 your light goes out 37:28 and you will be overwhelmed by the miracle. 37:34 How firmly are we planted on the Word of God? 37:41 How firmly? You can't train for a marathon 37:48 when it's time to run the marathon. 37:51 You have to be prepared before the marathon hits. 38:00 So... "When you see the abomination of desolation 38:05 stand in the holy place. " We know what's coming. 38:08 We know what's coming. 38:11 At the end of time Satan will appear. 38:14 And listen, I know many of you may be thinking: "Well pastor, 38:17 what about what we've always said the king of the North is 38:20 in Daniel 11? " I'm not disagreeing with that. 38:23 I'm just saying that it's more than that. 38:26 You know, it's not just the papal power 38:29 saying: "OK, now everyone's going to worship us. " 38:31 No! It is a combination of the beast, the false prophet, 38:37 AND the dragon! 38:41 The dragon has not yet appeared. 38:45 It is when the dragon appears that power is now given to 38:50 the beast and the false prophet 38:51 if you understand what I'm saying. 38:54 So... so we are told it is under the three-fold union. 38:57 Right now it's only a two-fold union. 39:04 See? So we're watching the movements of the false prophet 39:07 and the beast and the papacy and we're going: 39:09 "Oh, look what they did now; oh, look what they did now. " 39:11 "Oh, better watch this. " 39:14 Guess what? All that stuff is trackable. 39:17 You can watch it... you can watch the movements. 39:20 This what happens is something that comes as an overwhelming 39:24 surprise... to everybody. 39:28 Will you be ready? Will your knowledge of the Word of God 39:31 be sufficient to keep you through that time of trouble? 39:37 That's the question. 39:38 So now here's our mission... 39:41 Are you ready for our mission? 39:42 I want to tell you a story. 39:44 The story's about a man named Joseph. 39:46 How many remember that story? 39:48 Yeah? Yeah? Turn with me to... Go with me to the book of 39:51 Genesis and I'm going to show you something amazing. 39:55 Genesis chapter 37. 39:57 Genesis 37... and notice with me 40:01 Genesis 37 and verse 1. 40:04 The Bible says: "And Jacob dwelt in the land wherein his father 40:07 was a stranger in the land of Canaan. 40:10 These are the generations of Jacob. Joseph being 17 years old 40:13 was feeding the flock with his brethren. 40:15 And the lad was with the sons of Bilhah 40:18 and the sons of Zilpah his father's wives. 40:21 And Joseph brought to his father their evil report. 40:24 Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children 40:28 because he was the son of his old age 40:30 and made him a coat of many colors. " OK. 40:33 You know what's going on here? 40:36 Joseph and his 12 brothers... 40:41 Actually, it's Joseph and his youngest brother Benjamin. 40:47 The other two are brothers from another mother. 41:01 But they all have the same father! 41:10 They all have the same father. Now, the father loved them all. 41:14 But he's got this special thing with Joseph, right? 41:17 And so the brothers hate Joseph. Why? Because 41:21 Joseph - check this out - the reason why the brothers 41:24 hate Joseph is because Joseph is a commandment keeper. 41:39 They don't like Joseph because he's a commandment keeper. 41:42 So when they see him coming... By the way, 41:45 and Joseph has these dreams, right? 41:47 And in these dreams he's saying: "Look, I saw the future. 41:51 You know, God has given me the Spirit of Prophecy. " 42:04 So they hate Joseph because a) he keeps the commandments 42:08 and b) he has the Spirit of Prophecy. 42:13 And they're like: "Wait. You said what's going to happen? 42:16 That will never happen! " 42:19 Now Joseph loved his brothers 42:22 but his brothers don't like him. 42:25 You know: "You're the new kid on the block. 42:27 We don't like you you commandment keeper. 42:31 Oh, you have the Spirit of Prophecy. 42:35 Who do you think you are? " 42:38 And so the Bible says they hated him and could not speak 42:42 peaceably unto him. 42:45 So... so... the father... the father 42:48 sends Joseph to check on his brothers. 42:55 His brother are supposed to be, they are supposed to be 42:58 feeding the flock. But when Joseph gets there 43:01 he finds that they are not being responsible. 43:08 You guys look excited about something, huh? 43:10 I'm just telling you a story. I'm hearing hmm, hmm, um-um. 43:14 Um um um um um. 43:15 You guys look excited. 43:20 Yeah, and so what they do is that when Joseph comes 43:24 they take him and they cast him into this pit. 43:28 And the Bible says that they sat down to eat bread. 43:31 So it turns out they're eating bread while hating the younger 43:34 brother. They are eating the father's bread 43:42 while despising the new kid on the block. 43:48 And so what do they do? They sell him into slavery. 43:54 And then they say: "Let us see what will become 43:58 of his dreams now. " 44:00 "Let us see what will become of his prophecies. " 44:05 It's a striking similarity in case you didn't get it. 44:11 Because you see, beloved, God brought a movement 44:14 upon the scene at the very end of time. 44:18 Yeah, yeah, yeah. Did you know? Did you know that 44:20 you are Joseph? You didn't know that, did you! 44:25 Yeah, yeah, yeah... you are Joseph, I am Joseph. 44:28 God has called us to be Joseph. Why? 44:30 Because He needs us to go check on our brothers 44:36 from another mother. 44:46 And I understand because our brothers from another mother 44:49 hate... hate Joseph - God's people. Why? 44:54 Because they keep the command- ments of God and they have 44:57 the Spirit of Prophecy. 45:01 Wow! Wow! So they're like: "Oh yeah, 45:06 oh you had a dream. What's going to happen in the future? " 45:08 "You don't know what you're talking about. That's not 45:10 going to happen... that will NEVER happen! " 45:13 And they sell Joseph. "Yeah, you're not one of us. 45:19 Get away. You're not Christians. Christians? " 45:23 "Psst! You have no connection with the father. " 45:27 "You're not one of us. " 45:31 And they shove him aside... they push him aside. 45:34 And you can wonder... you can imagine how Joseph must have 45:37 felt being rejected by his brothers. 45:40 Have you ever been converted into the truth 45:42 and got so excited? You want to go tell everybody 45:45 about what you just learned and especially, you know, your, your 45:48 family and your friends who you know. Now when they hear this 45:51 thing "Aah, they're going to be on fire! " 45:54 And then you take it to them and they're like: "Ah... no... 46:00 and I'm tired of you talking to me about this. 46:02 And if you don't stop talking about this I will cast you 46:05 into a pit. " 46:08 That's right. And you're like: "Now I'm just trying to... " 46:12 And so they get rid of him. 46:17 They get rid of him. And so listen: when Joseph 46:20 goes down to Egypt you know what happens, right? 46:22 I mean... just all kinds of bad things. 46:25 He gets put into this situation where he's got to overcome. 46:28 But listen, beloved, the Bible says: "Think it not strange 46:30 concerning the fiery things which are to try you. " 46:33 Right? And some strange things happen to you. Because 46:36 God was training Joseph for something. 46:40 But in order for Joseph to be ready 46:42 Joseph had to know how to overcome. Amen! 46:46 So number one: Joseph had to know how to overcome. 46:49 Number two: check this out... 46:52 so Pharaoh had this dream, 46:55 and in the dream he sees seven years of plenty. 47:01 He doesn't know this yet, but you know, he sees the seven 47:04 you know, kine, and then the seven good ears of grain 47:08 swallowed by the seven bad. 47:11 And then he needs someone to interpret the dream... 47:13 the dream. And so Joseph comes and Joseph interprets the dream. 47:17 And Joseph tells him: "This is what you must do. " 47:20 "What do we do? " He said: "This is what you must do. " 47:22 "Why? " "Because a famine is coming 47:24 and so we've got to store up bread. " 47:34 "A famine is coming, so we've got to store up bread! " 47:39 So... so God used Joseph 47:43 for something he was not even aware of himself. 47:47 You see... because God loved those brothers. 47:52 You know, how many loaves of bread on the table? 47:56 Twelve! Representing the 12 tribes. 48:00 The mount of the... congregation. 48:04 Satan was after the congregation even back then! 48:09 "Yeah, yeah, yeah: these guys obey my word over God's Word. " 48:12 So God said: "I'm going to use Joseph. " 48:15 And so you know what Joseph starts to do? 48:18 Joseph starts to gather bread. 48:24 Amen! 48:31 He is gathering bread because a famine is coming 48:36 and he knows that in that time of famine people are going to be 48:41 pleading, begging for bread and he's going to be ready. 48:48 He knows a time of trouble 48:54 is coming. And so, he knows: "OK, 48:58 God told me start storing bread. " 49:01 "Why? " "Not for yourself, Joseph, but for others. " 49:04 "For what other? " "Oh, for the very ones 49:07 that hated you and despised you 49:09 and spit on you and sold you. 49:12 Those... I want you to save up bread for those. " 49:15 Beloved, I've got a question for you today: 49:20 are you storing bread? 49:29 You see, beloved, God has not just called you 49:31 so that you can be saved. He's called you 49:33 because He loves... No... He "so loves the world. " 49:39 And so He's saying: "Listen, I need someone 49:43 to start storing bread. " 49:47 "Why? " "Because a famine is coming. 49:50 Not of bread nor of water 49:53 but of hearing the Word of the Lord. " 49:57 And in that time when Satan comes and appears - 50:01 that time of trouble in which this overmastering miracle 50:05 delusion is going to take place - people, if they're 50:08 going to be ready to overcome this miracle 50:11 they must have bread. 50:15 The lamp is the Word of God. 50:18 If they don't have the bread, they're going to succumb 50:22 to this overmastering delusion. 50:23 "Therefore, my people... my people: I need you to be 50:26 studying your Bibles. " No, no, no... not Amen. 50:30 No, no, no, everyone. Not just studying your Bibles. 50:33 "Oh yeah, I study. " "No! I need you 50:34 to start truly gathering bread 50:37 knowing that you're gathering it not so you can fulfill 50:41 "Oh, I studied my Bible today" but you're gathering bread 50:44 because you know that the salvation of others 50:47 depends on it. It's no longer good enough 50:51 to say: "Oh, I let my pastor gather bread for me. " 50:53 Or "I let this one gather bread. " No! God is 50:55 calling you as a Joseph to gather bread. Why? 51:00 Because in that time people are going to be coming to you. 51:03 Listen: if you don't have the Word of God... 51:05 if the Word of God is not... if you're not firmly 51:08 standing on the Word of God, you will be overcome 51:13 by the overmastering delusion. 51:18 So the devil doesn't want you gathering bread. 51:25 He doesn't want you gathering bread. 51:28 How do you gather bread? The same way God told the 51:30 children of Israel in the Old Testament. 51:33 "I'm going to rain manna down from heaven for you. 51:37 Six days I'm going to rain manna down 51:41 and on the seventh day I'm not going to rain any. " 51:49 Wow! We have it backwards 51:53 'cause we don't look for any manna during the six days. 51:56 We just come to church on Sabbath expecting manna. 52:05 So we're not gathering bread! 52:08 Many of us come to church on Sabbath: "Oh, I wasn't fed. " 52:15 "What did you do during the week? " 52:18 God wants us to learn how to gather bread - 52:21 how to gather manna - because it is imperative. 52:24 There is a time of famine coming. A time... of trouble. 52:31 And beloved, listen to me: 52:34 if the Bible says "If it were possible even the very elect 52:37 should be deceived... " Listen, listen: I don't 52:40 know if you catch this. 52:42 When Jesus comes again, what else attends His second coming? 52:47 What else happens? 52:50 What's He coming to do? 52:53 He's coming to raise the dead. 52:54 So the scenario of the second coming 52:57 would include someone coming out of the sky 53:01 and dead people living. 53:06 So if Satan is going to try to counterfeit this as best he can 53:12 guess what else is going to happen? 53:21 Huh? 53:23 Demons. I mean, imagine! I'm not just talking about... 53:28 oh, one demon here. No! 53:32 I'm talking about all of a sudden you've moved from, 53:37 you know... reality and almost like this supernatural 53:41 existence on earth at this point in time. 53:45 Spiritualism. 53:50 This three-fold union 53:54 apostate Protestantism, the papacy, and Spiritualism. 54:02 And beloved, when this thing happens on a global scale, 54:05 and for the atheists seeing is believing, 54:10 do you see how this is the only thing. Listen: 54:14 nothing any living human being can say right now 54:17 on this earth is going to bring all these different religious 54:21 factions and non-religious factions and radical factions 54:24 together. That's not going to happen. 54:27 It will take a miracle! 54:31 And beloved listen: this miracle's going to be 54:33 so overwhelming that if you're not firmly standing 54:36 on the table of shewbread - the Word of God - 54:42 the Bible says even the very elect would be deceived. 54:46 You are Joseph. 54:49 Nobody can gather bread like you. 54:55 No one can gather... Because listen, there's a time coming 54:58 where you will not be able to gather bread. 55:02 And the five foolish virgins 55:05 enter that time unprepared. 55:09 You don't train for a marathon the day of the marathon. 55:14 You train for a marathon way before the marathon hits. 55:19 God has given us His Word. 55:21 Especially us at the end of time He's saying: "Listen, 55:24 you are My Josephs, and I've got brothers out there 55:27 who are going to come and say: "Hey! Remember that bread 55:30 you were talking about? Remember that prophecy? " 55:36 The prophecy that they thought would never happen. 55:38 "I'd never bow down to him. " Guess what? 55:40 It came to pass. 55:42 Imagine Joseph in his time. He's in prison. He's like: 55:45 "How in the world is the Word of God going to come to pass 55:48 like this? How? How? " Beloved, do you look in your... 55:51 You know, "We've been saying this forever! 55:54 You know, is Christ really going to come? " 55:56 I'm telling you: the prophecy WILL come to pass. 56:00 Amen! The prophecy WILL come to pass. The question is: 56:03 Will you be ready? Will you be preparing bread 56:07 while not certain? "Oh, I don't know. Will it happen in my 56:10 lifetime? Will it happen after my life? 56:12 When will it happen? " I don't know, but I'm going to 56:13 start gathering bread. Amen! Because when the brothers come 56:18 to Joseph, he weeps. 56:23 The Bible says: "If your enemies hunger... " 56:28 We are gathering bread for our enemies. Amen! 56:34 That's the heart of Jesus. 56:40 He died while we were yet His enemies 56:45 that we might have the Bread of Life. 56:48 That's my appeal to you. 56:51 You are Joseph... gather bread 56:55 while you have the chance. Not for yourself 57:01 but for the world. 57:04 Heavenly Father, thank you for speaking to us again. 57:10 Bless us, Lord, as we go forth gathering bread. 57:14 We pray it in Jesus' name, Amen. Amen! |
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