Participants: Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: 17SCM
Program Code: 17SCM000020A
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00:14 Welcome to 3ABN's Spring Camp Meeting 2017:
00:24 Well we do welcome you back to another in our marathon 00:29 series of sessions, Spring Camp Meeting 3ABN 00:32 2017 Counteracting the Counterfeit. 00:37 And for our in-house audience 00:39 and for our viewing and listen- ing audience around the world 00:42 we do welcome you back. 00:44 Now I need to tell you just a little something. 00:46 For our in-house audience we have just returned 00:49 from lunch. So if you hear any weird sounds, that's the food 00:54 heading from the esophagus down to the stomach 00:56 because mine is just about half way there. 01:03 We had a very quick turnaround 01:05 but we have got a great speaker to sort of help us 01:08 digest our food by and keep our eyes awake and our hearts 01:14 alert. Our speaker is Pastor Steve Wohlberg. 01:17 He is the speaker/director of White Horse Media. 01:20 And I just think that's an interesting and a very exciting 01:23 title: White Horse Media. 01:25 To think about the four horsemen of the apocalypse 01:27 and the white horse was the conquering horse which is the... 01:31 That's one of the good horses shall we say. 01:33 And we praise the Lord for Steve, who has served the Lord 01:36 for many many years. He is the husband of one wife, 01:38 Kristen, and the father of two children, 01:42 Seth and Abby. And we all recall when 01:45 Seth was born. No prouder man ever walked the earth 01:49 than Steve Wohlberg when that boy was born. 01:52 And he is still proud of him to this very day. 01:56 Steve Wohlberg has distinguished himself 01:58 as an insightful and deep thinking and deep preaching 02:03 student of the Word. When you listen to Steve Wohlberg 02:06 there is no doubt where he stands, what he stands for, 02:09 who he loves, and who he has given his life to 02:12 in service. And so we expect as he tackles this title, 02:16 this topic, which is 02:18 Is the Mark of the Beast a Computer Chip? 02:22 That is the title that he will wrestle with this afternoon 02:25 and will do so under the anointing and the unction of 02:27 the Holy Spirit. And so we are very very proud that 02:30 he was able to take time from his schedule to be with us 02:33 for not one but two presentations. 02:36 And we know the Lord is going to bless us 02:38 through him this afternoon. 02:41 Our speaker is Steve Wohlberg. Our singer is Pr. John Lomacang. 02:47 Our pastor and our friend. And he is going to be 02:50 singing I Must Tell Jesus. 02:53 And so I will step aside for my friend and pastor 02:56 John Lomacang. Then the next voice that you will hear 02:59 will be that of speaker/ director White Horse Media 03:02 Pastor Steve Wohlberg. Hear ye him. 03:16 I must tell Jesus 03:20 all of my troubles. 03:24 I cannot bear 03:27 my burdens alone. 03:31 In my distress He 03:34 kindly will help me. 03:38 He ever loves and cares for His own. 03:45 I must tell Jesus, 03:49 I must tell Jesus, 03:52 I cannot bear my 03:56 burdens alone. 04:00 I must tell Jesus, 04:03 I must tell Jesus! 04:07 Jesus can help me... 04:10 Jesus alone. 04:14 I must tell Jesus 04:18 all of my trials. 04:22 He is a kind, compassionate Friend. 04:28 If I but ask Him 04:32 He will deliver... 04:36 make of my trouble 04:39 quickly an end. 04:43 I must tell Jesus, 04:46 I must tell Jesus, 04:50 I cannot bear my 04:53 burdens alone. 04:57 I must tell Jesus, 05:01 I must tell Jesus! 05:05 Jesus can help me... 05:08 Jesus alone. 05:11 I must tell Jesus, 05:15 I must tell Jesus, 05:19 I cannot bear my 05:22 burdens alone. 05:26 I must tell Jesus, 05:30 I must tell Jesus! 05:33 Jesus can help me... 05:37 Jesus alone. 05:40 For Jesus can help me... 05:44 Jesus alone! 05:55 Amen! 06:01 Thank you, John. 06:02 As usual, that was great. And what a blessing! 06:05 They don't have me sing here at 3ABN 06:08 because I can't sing. 06:10 If I sang you'd all leave. 06:13 Well, I hope you had a good lunch. 06:15 You know, it's dangerous to hold a meeting right after lunch 06:17 because people sometimes fade out. 06:20 Because the blood, you know, goes down to the stomach 06:22 and so I'll forewarn you. I have been known to use 06:25 sleeping people as sermon illustrations... 06:28 so stay awake. 06:30 All right. Hello to the 3ABN viewing audience 06:33 and to everybody here. 06:34 I've got a big topic. As you can see right there 06:38 Is the Mark of the Beast a Computer Chip? 06:42 I'm going to tell you the truth and let the chips fall 06:44 where they may. 06:46 Ready for this? 06:48 Put your seatbelts on. If you have a Bible, 06:50 I invite you to open up to Revelation chapter 13 06:55 verse 16. 06:58 13:16. I tell you, this is the biggest - at least in my mind - 07:03 this is one of the biggest topics that can ever 07:07 be addressed by a preacher, by a minister, by anybody. 07:14 It's just so big. 07:15 So let's begin with prayer. 07:20 I feel my need for power that is much bigger than me. 07:26 Hopefully we all do... so let's pray. 07:30 Dear God in heaven, 07:32 what a mighty topic this is. And in the name of Jesus Christ 07:37 I pray - we pray - for the Holy Spirit, 07:39 the Spirit of God, the Spirit of Truth, 07:42 to guide us into the truth as we look at the big issue 07:47 that will soon face the entire world. 07:53 We pray this in Jesus Christ's name, Amen. 07:58 OK. Revelation chapter 13 verse 16. 08:02 The Bible says that at some point in the future 08:05 he causes... how many people? All. 08:08 "He causes all both small and great, 08:10 rich and poor, free and slave, 08:13 to receive a mark on their right hand or in their forehead 08:17 and that no one may buy or sell 08:20 except one who has the mark 08:23 or the name of the beast or the number of his name. " 08:26 A friend of mine recently went on Google 08:28 and he "Googled" mark of the beast. 08:32 And he told me that he found... The result was 08:35 10,700,000 hits. 08:40 Wow! And I imagine if you were to start clicking around 08:44 and going from website to website 08:46 and following up some of these different clicks 08:48 that you would see a lot of different ideas 08:51 about the mark of the beast. Don't you think? 08:54 A lot of them. All kinds of different ideas. 08:57 Some believe that the mark of the beast is going to be 08:59 some kind of a tattoo. 09:01 Some believe it's connected to a barcode 09:03 with 666 embedded in it. 09:06 And perhaps the most common view 09:09 is that the mark of the beast is a high-tech computer 09:12 microchip that will be surgically inserted 09:15 underneath the skin of the right hand or the forehead 09:19 of people around the world. 09:21 Now let's just think about this for a minute. 09:24 Do you think that the time is going to come when big 09:27 government is going to give people a choice 09:29 and they're going to ask people: 09:31 "Where do you want the mark of the beast? 09:33 Would you like it in your right hand or in your forehead? " 09:36 "Oh, you want it in your forehead. OK, brace your neck... 09:38 we're going to give you the mark. " 09:40 If you think that's going to happen... No! I don't think so. 09:44 How many people do you know 09:47 that would ever submit to something like that anyway? 09:50 From big government. 09:52 I wonder if insurance would cover such a procedure? 09:57 Well seriously the Bible is very clear 10:00 that the mark of the beast is coming. 10:02 There's no doubt about that. 10:04 And I believe that with all my heart that scripture is true 10:07 and the prediction is there. 10:09 We just read it in Revelation 13:16-17. 10:13 And what I hope to do by the grace of God 10:16 is to shed some light - some Bible light - 10:20 on this subject. Now the first point I want to make 10:23 is that we just read about the mark of the beast 10:26 in verse 17. Revelation 13:16-17 10:31 where it talks about the forehead there 10:33 at the end of verse 16. 10:35 The mark goes in the forehead. Now it's very significant 10:37 that if you just drop down three verses 10:40 to chapter 14 verse 1 10:44 14:1 says: "Then I looked and behold 10:47 a Lamb standing on Mt. Zion and with him 144,000 10:53 having His Father's name written... " Where? 10:56 OK. "In their foreheads. " Some Bibles say on their foreheads, 10:59 some say in their foreheads. But the point is 11:01 that within three verses next to each other 11:05 one verse talks about the mark of the beast 11:07 going in the forehead and three verses later 11:11 it talks about another group of people 11:13 who obviously don't get the mark of the beast 11:15 and they have the name of God written in their foreheads. 11:21 Now concerning God's people who get His name in their 11:24 foreheads, do you think this means that God is going to 11:27 put some kind of a microchip or something like that 11:30 with His name embedded in it 11:32 underneath the skin of His people? No! 11:35 Do you think that's what that means? 11:36 I don't think so either. 11:38 Is this a topic that is more than skin deep? 11:42 That's a big question. 11:45 When you read the book of Revelation carefully 11:47 it's very clear that eventually everybody 11:52 is going to get something up in their foreheads. 11:56 Everyone. One group gets the mark of the beast 11:58 in their foreheads; another group gets the name of God 12:01 in their foreheads. When you compare 12:04 with Revelation 7 verses 1-4 12:10 it talks about the four angels holding the winds 12:13 until God seals His people with the seal of the Living God 12:19 in their foreheads. 12:22 Revelation 7 verses 1 to 4. 12:27 Again, we have the picture of 2 groups getting something 12:31 in their foreheads. 12:32 Eventually sinners are going to be marked by the devil 12:37 in their foreheads 12:38 and God's people are going to have His name 12:41 and His seal in their foreheads. 12:45 One is a counterfeit and one is the truth. 12:48 But something goes in the foreheads of everybody. 12:51 Revelation chapter 22 verse 4. 12:55 We can look at that if you just move ahead to chapter 22. 12:59 This is talking about all God's people. 13:01 When we all get to heaven, when we're with Jesus 13:04 in eternity, the Bible says we're all going to have 13:08 something in our foreheads. 13:11 22:4 says "They shall see His face 13:15 and His name shall be in their foreheads. " 13:20 This is talking about God's people who see His face, right? 13:23 It's very clear. So it's clear from scripture 13:28 that the forehead goes both ways. 13:31 Again, the devil puts something in the forehead; 13:33 God puts something in the forehead. 13:36 Everybody's going to have something in the forehead. 13:40 Do you think that when we have the name of God in our foreheads 13:43 again when we get to heaven, when we're all - you know - 13:45 hopefully there by the grace of God 13:47 and clothed in white robes and we're shining and our faces 13:49 are shining that I'm going to look at you and you're going to 13:51 look at me and you're going to see something written 13:54 on the skin of my head above my nose between my eyes? 14:01 Yeah... let me hear that. You think that's a yes or no? 14:05 No! No... right. I think it's obvious when you think about it. 14:10 There's a lot of symbolism in Revelation. 14:13 There's a woman in Revelation 17 14:15 whose name is Mystery Babylon. She's riding a beast with 14:18 7 heads and 10 horns and she has a name on her forehead 14:22 which is called Mystery: Babylon the Great, 14:25 the mother of harlots. This is obviously 14:28 a symbolic prophecy. No doubt about it. 14:32 So what do you think the forehead... when it talks about 14:35 God's people getting His name or His seal in their foreheads 14:38 what would the forehead represent? 14:42 What's up here? The mind! It's your mind... right. 14:45 It's how you think; it's what's happening 14:48 inside of your head. That's where the battle is. 14:51 And if the forehead symbolizes and represents the mind 14:55 then what about the hand. What would the hand represent? 14:59 Your actions... right... what you do. 15:02 And the devil is targeting our foreheads and targeting 15:06 our actions, and the Lord is targeting our foreheads as well. 15:10 He wants His truth; He wants His love; 15:13 He wants His Word; He wants the power of the Holy Spirit 15:18 inside of our heads, inside of our hearts, 15:22 inside of our souls. 15:23 Now, something else to consider as we try to unravel 15:27 and de-code this subject. 15:29 The Bible says - and this is a very simple, obvious truth - 15:34 that the mark is the mark of the what? 15:39 Beast. It's the mark of the beast. 15:42 Right: the mark of the beast. 15:45 Now when the Bible talks about the beast in the book 15:48 of Revelation we have a beast that has a mark. 15:51 Is the beast a literal beast? 15:55 No. Well, if you look at Revelation 13- 16:00 Revelation 13 verse 1- 16:03 John talks about the beast. 16:07 And this is the same beast that has a mark. 16:11 13:1. "Then I stood upon the sand of the sea 16:15 and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea... " 16:19 And this beast has how many heads? 16:21 Seven! Seven heads and how many horns? 16:25 Ten! "Ten horns and on his horns ten crowns 16:29 and on his heads a name of blasphemy. " 16:33 A blasphemous name. Now my kids: 16:35 Seth is 12, almost 13. I hope Jesus comes before 16:39 he gets to be a teenager! 16:41 At least for too long. I really want the Lord to come, 16:44 sooner the better. 16:46 But anyway... and my daughter's nine. 16:48 And my kids like to go to zoos. We love to go to zoos. 16:52 Sometimes when we travel - Portland, Sacramento - 16:55 we've been to the zoos. And we love to look at the animals 16:58 the different things that God has created. 17:00 But I can tell you: in every zoo that we've gone to - 17:03 Los Angeles zoo, the zoo in the Dallas/Fort Worth area - 17:07 we have never seen a seven-headed, ten-horned 17:12 beast in our lives. 17:15 Have you? No! No. 17:18 Nobody has! It's obvious 17:21 that the seven-headed, ten- horned beast is a symbol 17:26 of something else. It's not a literal beast. 17:30 Can you imagine Fox News 17:34 or CNN carrying this breaking-news story? 17:38 Flash... news flash... 17:40 a seven-headed, ten-horned beast has arisen out of 17:43 the Pacific Ocean. It's going throughout California! 17:48 It is marking people in the forehead and in the hand 17:52 with some kind of a mark. 17:54 And it's covered all of California and it's moving up 17:57 into Oregon heading toward Washington 18:02 and North Idaho where I live! 18:04 Can you imagine? I mean, it's obvious, isn't it, 18:07 that that's not going to happen. 18:09 That the beast, the seven- headed, ten-horned beast, 18:14 in Bible prophecy just like the woman 18:16 in Revelation 17 that rides the beast 18:19 it's obvious that these are sacred symbols 18:24 that must be de-coded, that must be de-coded correctly, 18:28 based on our study of the Bible. 18:34 Now as I mentioned, the mark of the beast is the mark 18:36 of the beast. We've got to get... We have to 18:41 be straight Biblically on who the beast is if we're ever 18:47 going to understand what the mark of the beast is. 18:50 Does that make sense? 18:51 Gotta know who the beast is. 18:53 Now I don't have time to go into a lot of details 18:57 right now. I've done this in other seminars. 18:59 3ABN has many speakers that have covered this topic. 19:04 We did a television series called Startling Prophecies 19:07 for America that has aired on 3ABN that goes into more detail 19:11 than I have time right now. 19:12 I've written numerous books on this. 19:14 I'm just going to give you the short version. 19:17 It is a fact of history - it is a fact, not speculation - 19:21 that from the time of the Protestant Reformation 19:25 in the 1500's going down to the 1800's 19:29 not so much in the 1900's 19:32 but into the 1800's the vast majority 19:37 of Bible-believing Protestants including Lutherans, 19:41 Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, 19:45 the vast majority of them were very clear 19:49 on who the beast of prophecy is. 19:52 They pretty much believed the same thing. 19:55 The most famous Bible commentary that's ever been written in the 19:59 Christian world is Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary. 20:03 It's in the libraries of pastors all over America. 20:07 And last night I did something interesting 20:09 as I was getting ready for this talk. 20:11 I grabbed my phone, and many of our phones have 20:15 speech recognition, right? 20:17 And I pushed a button and I talked to my phone 20:19 and I said: "Matthew Henry Bible Commentary 20:23 online Revelation chapter 13. " 20:27 And you can do that. 20:28 You can talk to your phone, tell it to find online 20:31 Matthew Henry's Bible Commentary 20:33 and to take you to Revelation 13. 20:35 And click, click: there it was right there! 20:37 I found it. 20:39 And as I started reading what Matthew Henry said 20:42 he talked about the beast and he talked about 20:47 papal Rome. Right there. 20:51 And that's what the Lutheran church used to believe. 20:55 That's what the Methodist... John Wesley, who wrote a famous 20:57 commentary on the book of Revelation, he believed this. 21:00 I've got a series in my library called The History of the 21:03 Baptist Denomination and they're also very clear 21:07 on who the beast is. John Calvin 21:09 who wrote his famous Institutes. European Presbyterian. 21:13 He believed the same thing. Matthew Henry believed the 21:16 same thing. The common view among Protestants 21:18 for a long long time is that the beast in the book of Revelation 21:23 primary beast is a symbol of the Roman Catholic church. 21:28 Now let me quickly clarify that we don't believe that 21:32 is referring to the people in the church. 21:35 It's the organization, the system, that when you really 21:39 study it, study history, and look at how it has strayed 21:42 from scripture and what the beast will do: 21:45 make war on the saints and various things 21:48 this has been fulfilled perfectly in the history of the 21:52 church of Rome. It is a system that has strayed 21:54 from the Word of God. Now the only way to de-code 21:58 what the mark is is to be clear on what the beast is. 22:03 Who the beast is... we need to understand that. 22:05 And when we go into the details about exactly what the mark 22:10 of the beast is there is one section in Revelation 14 22:14 that goes into details. 22:15 The mark of the beast is mentioned 8 times in Revelation 22:18 but there's only one section which is in chapter 14 22:21 verses 6 to 12 which is the message of the 3 angels 22:25 that go into great detail about the elements that 22:29 help us to figure out exactly what the mark of the beast is. 22:33 And I am so happy to be here at the Three Angels Broadcasting 22:38 Network! Amen! Happy to be here at your Spring Camp Meeting. 22:42 Happy to have a chance to share these truths before the world. 22:45 God has raised up 3ABN 22:49 to proclaim the three angels' messages undiluted 22:54 as it is revealed in the Bible. 22:56 That's what we're all about. We're a people of prophecy. 22:59 Prophecy is being fulfilled and God has raised up this 23:02 movement to do just that. 23:04 Now, let's... I'm going to cut to the chase because 23:07 I only have so much time. I'm watching the clock up here 23:09 or over there. 23:11 And if you look at Revelation 14 the three angels are found 23:15 in verses 6 to 12. 23:17 In verse 7 we have a message from the first angel 23:22 and at the end of the verse with a loud voice, 23:26 Revelation 14:7, 23:28 the Word of God says: "Worship Him who... " Did what? 23:34 "Who made heaven and earth and the sea 23:38 and the springs of waters. " 23:41 The springs of waters. So the first angel 23:43 talks about worshiping the Creator of all life. 23:48 Right? 23:50 That's what the Bible says. Now go down to verse 9. 23:53 Verse 9 says: "Then a third angel... " 23:56 Here's angel number three. 23:58 "He followed the other two and he said also with a loud voice" 24:03 Time to just go straight in... no beating around the bush. 24:07 "With a loud voice he said: 'If anyone worships the beast 24:12 and his image and receives his mark... " 24:15 Now notice something: the first angel says worship who? 24:20 The Creator of heaven and earth. 24:22 And the third angel says: "Don't worship... " Who? 24:27 The beast and the image and don't get the mark. 24:30 So what's happening here in the prophecy 24:32 of the first angel and the third angel 24:34 is a line is being drawn between two groups. 24:37 One group worships the Creator 24:39 and the other group worships the beast. 24:41 So worship is a critical issue when it comes to the mark. 24:45 And it's the worship of the Creator which is a critical 24:49 issue when it comes to the topic of the mark. 24:52 Now if you go down to the end of verse 11 24:57 verse 11 talks about what will happen to those 25:00 who get the mark. Some very terrible consequences. 25:04 It says: "The smoke of their torment will ascend up 25:06 forever and ever and they have no rest day or night 25:08 who worship the beast and his image and whoever receives 25:13 the mark of his name. " 25:15 So there's the warning about the mark in verse 11. 25:18 Now the next verse, verse 12, 25:21 says: "Here is the patience of the saints. 25:23 Here are those who... " Do what? 25:26 They keep the commandments of God and they also have 25:30 the faith of Jesus. 25:33 So, without speculation and Google and Yahoo! 25:37 and all these 10 million hits... 25:40 And I don't believe God wants us to do theology by Google. 25:44 I think searching the Internet is valuable 25:48 sometimes... but there's a lot of error on the "Net. " 25:51 And God doesn't want us to base our doctrines 25:54 on what we find on some website. 25:58 He wants us to base our doctrines ultimately 26:01 based on what book? The Bible! Based on the Bible. 26:05 Based on the Bible. What His Word has to say. 26:08 The mark of the beast is a Bible topic. 26:10 It's in Revelation. 26:12 And again, when we read Revelation 14 26:15 a line is drawn between... On the one side 26:19 there are those who worship the Creator. 26:21 On the other side there are those who worship the beast. 26:23 On the one side there are those who keep the commandments of God 26:27 and the faith of Jesus 26:29 and on the other side are those who get the mark of the beast. 26:33 So the lines are drawn. 26:35 Worship the Creator, keep the commandments, follow Jesus 26:40 and don't worship the beast and don't get the mark. 26:44 Is that clear? 26:46 That is what the Bible says when it comes to this subject. 26:51 Now, for many of you this is going to be a shock. 26:54 For others you've heard this before. 26:56 Hold onto your seats. 26:59 And I know I've got 10 Commandments behind me 27:01 on the screen but I've also got my own here. 27:04 I carry these around sometimes when I have seminars. 27:07 Send them through in a backpack through security. 27:11 And I get a kick out of people's eyes opening 27:13 as they're watching the monitor and seeing: "You shall have 27:17 no other gods before Me. " 27:21 These are solid tables of stone. 27:25 Solid tables that have all ten of the commandments 27:28 on them. This law was written with the finger of God. 27:33 Unlike any other law that's ever been penned 27:37 this law is different. 27:39 It was written with the finger of God on stone 27:43 meaning it can never be changed. 27:45 Now here's my point. 27:47 When you look at the big Ten Commandments 27:49 there's only how many commandments? How many fingers 27:51 am I holding up? One. There's only one of the Ten Commandments 27:55 only one that talks about the Creator who made heaven 28:01 and earth and the sea and everything in it. 28:04 Now remember, Revelation says if we worship the Creator 28:07 and keep the commandments and follow Jesus 28:09 we won't get the mark. Right? 28:12 And on the other side you've got those who follow the beast 28:15 and get the mark. When you look at the Ten Commandments 28:17 there's only one... God has made the issue 28:20 so clear if we really want to know the truth. 28:26 Only one commandment about the Creator 28:29 and it's number four 28:33 dealing with the seventh-day Sabbath. 28:35 And I've got it right here and I'll read it. 28:37 "Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy. " 28:39 And where do you remember? What part of you? 28:42 You remember in your foreheads. 28:45 "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. 28:47 Six days you shall labor and do all your work. " 28:50 And with what part do you work? 28:52 You work with your hands. 28:55 All right. "But the seventh day is the Sabbath 28:59 of the Jews. " 29:00 No! No, it doesn't say that. 29:02 It says: "But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 29:06 your God. " It's God's Sabbath... not man's. 29:10 "In it you shall not do any work. 29:12 You or your son, your daughter, your manservant 29:14 nor your maidservant nor your cattle 29:16 nor your stranger who is within your gates. 29:18 For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth 29:22 and the sea and all that in them is. 29:25 And He rested the seventh day 29:27 wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day 29:29 and He hallowed it. " 29:32 He made that day a holy, sacred day 29:35 and He wrote this with His own finger on stone. 29:40 Now it's no secret today 29:43 that the majority of Christian churches... 29:45 sincere, Bible-believing Christians... and I certainly 29:48 believe there's a whole host of people 29:51 in lots of different churches 29:53 that are going to be in the kingdom of God. 29:55 But it's no secret that most churches go to church 29:59 on Sunday, which is the first day of the week. 30:01 Whereas the Bible says the seventh day is the day 30:04 that God rested. So how did this happen 30:07 in Christian history? How did it happen 30:09 that a shift took place so the majority keep 30:13 the first day of the week - which is Sunday? 30:16 Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John all say Jesus rose on the 30:18 first day of the week. And the seventh day is 30:22 the Sabbath. He rested in the tomb on the Sabbath 30:24 and then He rose on Sunday. 30:26 How is it that this shift has taken place? 30:30 Here is a Roman Catholic Catechism I have. 30:33 The Convert's Catechism of Catholic Doctrine by 30:37 Peter Geiermann published in 1946. 30:40 And on page 50 of this book 30:43 it says: Question: What day is the Sabbath Day? 30:46 Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath Day. 30:49 Question: Why then do we observe Sunday instead of Saturday? 30:51 Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday 30:54 because the Catholic church substituted Sunday 30:58 for Saturday. So they come right out 31:01 in their book, and there's many other places where they do this. 31:04 They say that they changed the Sabbath into Sunday. 31:07 Now here's another amazing statement. 31:10 This was from a very famous Catholic cardinal, 31:12 Cardinal Gibbons in the 1800's, 31:14 in a letter November 11, 1895. 31:18 He said, quote: "Of course the Catholic church 31:20 claims that the change from Sabbath to Sunday 31:23 was her act. 31:25 And this act is a mark 31:30 of her ecclesiastical authority in religious things. " 31:34 Basically, what the Catholic church has done 31:37 is they say that they are the true church of Jesus 31:41 and they say that one of the proofs 31:43 that they are the true church is that they have changed 31:46 the very law of God itself. 31:49 And they say that that change 31:51 of the seventh-day Sabbath to the first day of the week 31:54 is a mark of their authority 31:59 in religious matters... 32:01 a mark of their authority as the true church. 32:03 They say: "We did it and it shows that we're... 32:07 we're the true church. " My response to that is 32:10 "It shows that you are... " And again, it's not talking 32:14 about the people within the church 32:16 who don't understand this subject... 32:19 But history and prophecy come together 32:23 and their changing of God's holy day 32:26 historically is an evidence that they are the beast of prophecy. 32:31 Daniel 7:25 says that 32:34 one of the characteristics of the little horn 32:37 which is the same as the beast in Revelation 32:39 is that it would "think to change times and laws. " 32:43 It would think to change the law of God. 32:46 And that is exactly what has happened. 32:50 Now let me clarify. 32:52 For those that are shocked by this 32:55 Seventh-day Adventists do not believe that anybody 32:58 has the mark of the beast right now. 33:01 We don't believe that. 33:03 I have people among my relatives who go to church on Sunday. 33:07 I've preached in Sunday churches sometimes. 33:11 I believe that God has people in all churches... 33:15 all churches. 33:16 And nobody has the mark of the beast right now. 33:18 But Revelation 13:16-17... we already read it... 33:22 says that one of these days this mark of the beast 33:27 is going to be enforced by law 33:29 so that nobody can buy or sell unless he has the mark. 33:33 Now, if what I'm telling you is true 33:35 and what we're saying to a world-wide audience... 33:38 if this is really true that Sunday is a mark 33:43 of Rome's power, then that means that one of these days 33:48 Sunday will be legislated around the world. 33:51 There will be Sunday laws on planet earth... 33:54 not just in America but Russia, Australia, China. 33:58 The Bible says the mark is going to be enforced by... 34:01 it's going to be enforced upon all. 34:03 And if this is true, then we're going to be expecting 34:05 Sunday legislation to occur some time in the near future. 34:09 Now is that even remotely possible? 34:12 Could something like that happen? 34:15 Well let me share with you... I've got a whole series here 34:17 of news articles that I'll just read you the headlines. 34:20 This is from the Associated Press July 6, 2014. 34:24 The title is called Keeping stores open on Sunday 34:27 is not beneficial for society says Pope Francis. 34:30 Pope Francis is pushing for Sunday legislation. 34:34 Here's Fox News. 34:36 The title is called Let's make Sunday a day of rest 34:39 for God's sake. 34:41 Here is the Guardian: Slow Sunday, the simple solution 34:44 to global warming is if everybody would keep Sunday 34:47 that would send a lot less pol- lution up into the environment 34:50 and would help with so-called "global warming. " 34:54 Here's another one from USA Today. 34:57 You'd better take a break or you'll break down 34:59 and the article is talking about stores being closed on Sunday 35:03 and how we need to get back to the "good old days" 35:07 when stores were closed. 35:09 Here's ABC News: German court enforces day of rest. 35:13 Germany's high court strictly enforces day of rest 35:16 and bans Sunday shopping. 35:18 So we're talking about Associated Press, 35:21 ABC. Here's NewsMax. 35:23 This was reported also on CNN. 35:26 March 27, 2015. Arizona state senator says: 35:30 "Make Sunday church attendance mandatory. " 35:34 Here's Time Magazine: On the seventh day we rested 35:37 talking about how Blue Laws were a gift to America 35:41 and how we need to get back to those days. 35:43 Here's a statement from the Lord's Day Alliance 35:46 April, 2015. The title of the article is called: 35:50 Sunday as a mark of Christian unity. 35:52 The Lord's Day Alliance is in favor... It's an alliance 35:56 of Sunday-keeping churches in favor of enforcing Sunday. 35:59 So... and I could read more of these. 36:01 I've got a lot of these in my files. 36:04 And basically what these articles are saying 36:07 is if we all come back to God, back to Sunday, 36:10 this is going to be good for the planet, good for the 36:12 environment, good for global warming. 36:15 It'll bring us together; it'll help with our spirituality. 36:18 It'll give us rest from our busy life. 36:21 So brothers and sisters, my point is 36:24 that the movement, the movement 36:27 for keeping and enforcing Sunday 36:32 is here right now without a doubt. 36:35 It's here... it's in the world and it is getting bigger. 36:41 Now how will this sift even- tually to Sunday legislation 36:46 as prophecy predicts? 36:47 How will this happen? Well let me give you a series 36:50 of events. This is what I see based on all my study 36:53 of prophecy. This is what's going to happen. 36:56 There is going to be in the near future - 37:01 I don't know exactly when... I'm not a prophet - 37:03 but at some point... I mean the signs are all around us. 37:06 They're all around us that Jesus is getting ready to come. 37:09 And there is going to be a series of terrible, 37:13 devastating natural disasters like we've never known. 37:17 Like we've never seen. And that could happen starting tomorrow. 37:20 I mean we just don't know. We could turn on the news. 37:23 We could find a huge earthquake hit California. 37:25 Another one hit New York. 37:27 A big hurricane went through the East Coast. 37:29 We could see a whole series of things not just in America 37:32 but around the world. And I believe that these disasters 37:35 are coming. They are coming. You can bet your bottom dollar 37:39 on it that these things are going to be increasing. 37:42 And ultimately if you read Hosea chapter 4 37:45 and other verses in the Bible 37:47 that these disasters are coming because the world 37:51 is ignoring and violating and rejecting 37:54 and stomping upon the holy law of God. 37:58 God's law of morality; His law of love; 38:01 His law of goodness... which is what's best for us all. 38:04 Now what's going to happen is as these disasters start 38:08 really hitting with a vengeance in the days ahead 38:12 the world is going to misinterpret these disasters 38:17 and they're going to say... the world is going to say... 38:20 that these disasters are coming from God 38:24 because we're not keeping the first day of the week. 38:29 We're not following the advice of Pope Francis 38:33 and of our spiritual leaders. We're not coming together; 38:36 we're not banning Sunday shopping; 38:38 and we're not keeping Sunday holy. 38:40 And then they're going to say that these disasters 38:43 will not stop until 38:47 Sunday is strictly enforced by law. 38:51 And I tell you: if the world gets desperate enough 38:54 with some big disasters hitting this planet 38:57 we will see Sunday legislation in a very short time. 39:01 it can happen very quickly. 39:02 Again, the movement's already here. 39:04 We see it in the news reports. 39:05 We see Pope Francis pushing for this. 39:07 Now then what's going to happen... Read Revelation 19:20, 39:11 Revelation 16:14. What's going to happen is 39:14 when this happens, when Sunday is enforced by law, 39:17 as a misguided effort to try to bring the planet 39:20 back to God to please Him to stop the disasters 39:24 what's going to happen is the time of false miracles 39:28 is going to kick in. Revelation 19:20 talks about 39:32 signs and wonders. Revelation 16:14 talks about 39:36 the spirits of devils going out to the whole world 39:39 and performing many miracles. 39:42 And we're going to see all kinds of false miracles. 39:44 We're going to see ghosts that look like dead people. 39:48 And these demonic spirits are going to be urging 39:52 everyone to come together to follow God 39:56 to go along with the solution that's going to help the planet. 40:03 And believe me... they will talk about God. 40:06 And they'll say we do this by all coming together 40:10 and keeping a day of rest which will show God 40:14 that we're serious about coming back to Him. 40:18 So the miracles... And people are going to see these miracles, 40:21 they're going to look at these ghosts, 40:22 they're going to hear these demonic spirits 40:25 and they're going to think: "Wow! 40:26 We need to be doing this! " 40:28 And as the majority of the world goes along 40:32 with the movement toward Sunday legislation 40:35 and what the beast is saying, that this is what we need 40:39 to be doing, then what's going to happen 40:42 in the midst of the storm - in the midst of the crisis, 40:46 in the midst of this massive delusion 40:49 that's going on all over the world... 40:52 And really, what's wrong with Sunday legislation anyway? 40:56 Two major things. Number one: It's the wrong day. 41:00 And number two: It uses force. 41:03 God doesn't use force to bring people to Him. 41:06 And in the midst of all of this delusion and deception 41:10 God is going to have a people. 41:16 He's going to have a people 41:19 that He's raised up, that He's prepared, 41:22 that He has developed. And these people are going to give 41:26 the loud cry of the third angel's message 41:30 all over the world. 41:33 And I tell you: the news agencies are going to be glued 41:37 to them. And remember when Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 41:41 were thrown into the fire? 41:43 And then they didn't get burned up? 41:45 And then Nebuchadnezzar called them out 41:47 because there was a fourth One in there who was Jesus! 41:50 Jesus was with them in the fire. 41:53 And Jesus will be with us in the fire. Amen! 41:55 And as they walked out, the whole world was looking at them! 42:00 I'm sorry. Not the whole world but the whole Babylonian world. 42:03 It's in Daniel, the book of Daniel. The whole Babylonian 42:07 kingdom was all there to bow down to the statue. 42:10 These three men didn't bow down because they would not 42:12 break God's law... they wouldn't commit idolatry. 42:15 They got thrown into the fire three men, 42:18 and when they walked out of that fire all the Babylonians 42:22 were staring at them. What a witnessing moment! 42:25 And in the last days when the Sunday law crisis hits 42:28 all around the world and the disasters are going on 42:30 and the false... demons are doing what they're doing 42:33 God is going to have a people just like Shadrach, Meshach, 42:38 and Abednego. Three men... He's going to have three angels 42:42 and they're going to be standing there with Jesus Christ 42:45 in the midst of the fire. 42:47 And they're going to give the three angels' messages 42:50 to the world. They're going to warn about the beast. 42:53 They're going to warn about the image. 42:56 They're going to warn about the mark 42:57 and they are going to ultimately urge people 43:02 to be part of the group that's in Revelation 14:12. 43:06 Look at Revelation 14:12. 43:09 God's going to have a group of people, and you can just feel 43:12 the heat building. You know, at this Camp Meeting 43:14 we've talked about all kinds of things that are going on. 43:16 And the heat is building on commandment keepers. 43:21 Isn't that right? 43:22 Revelation 14:12 talks about those who do not get the mark 43:25 of the beast and says: "Here's the patience of the saints. " 43:28 The saints... the saints of God. 43:30 And the word patience actually means patient endurance. 43:33 "Here is the patient endurance on the part of the saints. 43:37 Here are those that keep the commandments of God 43:40 and the faith of Jesus. " Amen! 43:45 And behind me you can see... And I love this background... 43:49 Thank you, 3ABN, for putting this together. 43:51 You see the commandments... Come on, clicker, work... 43:56 Oh, is that a green screen back there? 43:59 No? Oh there's my little light. 44:02 Well, you can't really see it too well. I wish it was a little 44:04 bit brighter. See that little green light there? 44:07 OK. We have the commandments of God and we have the cross 44:10 of Jesus Christ. 44:11 Here are those who keep the commandments of God 44:13 and the faith of Jesus. 44:14 That's what 3ABN is all about. 44:16 That's what the three angels' messages are all about. 44:18 And that's what we are moving toward in the final crisis 44:22 is the law of God and the gospel of Jesus. 44:26 And when you look at the fourth commandment... 44:29 See it over there? I wish this was a little bit brighter. 44:32 The fourth commandment is the only one of the ten 44:36 that talks about the Creator 44:38 of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in it. 44:40 And as I've studied this out I've learned 44:44 that guess who the New Testament says is really the Maker 44:47 of heaven and earth and the sea and everything in it? 44:51 John 1 verse 10 says "He was in the world 44:55 and the world was made by Him 44:58 and the world knew Him not. " 45:00 It's talking about Jesus. John 1 verses 1-3 45:03 talking about Jesus. That "all things were made by Him. " 45:07 Colossians 1:16 talks about Jesus. 45:10 How He's the Maker of heaven and earth. 45:12 There's so many verses in the New Testament. 45:14 Ephesians 3:9 talks about how God made all things 45:17 through Jesus Christ. 45:19 Jesus Christ is the Maker of heaven and earth 45:23 and the Sabbath is His day 45:27 that reveals who He is as the Maker of all life. 45:32 And it's because He is the Maker of all life 45:38 that His death on the cross is enough to pay for your sins 45:44 and mine. Amen! It's because He's our Maker. 45:47 And that's what the Sabbath reveals. 45:50 The Sabbath reveals the power of the cross 45:54 because the One who died on the cross is the Maker 45:57 of heaven and earth. It all fits together. 46:00 There's tremendous light for us in the seventh-day Sabbath. 46:04 Now, I want to share some other things with you 46:06 that I feel convicted about. 46:08 This morning as I was listening to Danny 46:11 talk about the Ten Commandments 46:13 and talk about politically correct and what's going on 46:16 in social media and what's happening in our society 46:19 and what's happening even sometimes in our own church 46:23 the conviction just grew on me 46:25 that I need to say some things weren't in my notes. 46:30 Danny was up, he said, till four in the morning 46:32 putting down notes. And as I was sitting listening 46:35 to him this morning I was thinking: 46:38 "I need to add some things that are NOT in my notes! " 46:41 The Lord was talking to my heart. 46:45 We cannot go into the final crisis 46:49 as a people - as a commandment-keeping people - 46:53 talking about the importance of the fourth commandment 46:55 if we're breaking other command- ments. That's right! Amen! 46:58 We've gotta be keeping ALL of the commandments. 47:02 The Sabbath points to the Maker of heaven and earth! 47:05 Our Creator! He made everything. 47:08 He made you and He made me 47:10 and He also made little babies inside of their mothers 47:16 before they're born. 47:20 Our Creator did that... Jesus Christ did that. 47:23 And Danny talked about the sixth commandment, and I'm going to 47:26 echo his thoughts and add my voice... 47:29 my voice... that God has con- victed me about the same thing. 47:34 That this is very important. We can't claim to keep the 4th 47:37 and go into the final crisis if we're breaking the sixth. 47:40 The sixth commandment says "do not murder. " 47:43 And murder has to do with killing someone physically, 47:46 hating someone... whoever they are, 47:49 and it also has to do with taking the life of the innocent 47:52 unborn. Amen! 47:54 And it's a tragedy. The 7th commandment talks about 47:57 not committing adultery... which talks about the whole 48:00 realm of sexual sin. 48:01 And what's happening is because all the standards 48:04 are falling apart and people are committing all kinds of 48:07 sexual sin... breaking the 7th commandment. 48:10 You have a lot of mothers - or women - who become 48:15 pregnant who don't want their babies. 48:17 They've broken the 7th so then they break the 6th! 48:21 They kill their babies! 48:23 Seventh commandment, sixth commandment. And then society 48:27 says there's nothing wrong with that... 48:30 which is breaking the 9th commandment! 48:32 It has to do with lying. 48:34 And then people all their own opinions on this topic, 48:37 and an opinion that's not scriptural can be breaking 48:41 the second commandment and can be an idol. 48:44 So we end up breaking the second commandment 48:47 and not putting God first which is the 1st commandment. 48:51 And we see people steal the life of a child 48:56 which is breaking the eighth commandment. 49:00 Commandment after commandment are being broken. 49:03 And these are happening all over the world! 49:07 We cannot as a people stand up for the seventh-day Sabbath 49:12 during the final crisis and have the world scrutinize us 49:15 and the media scrutinize us and the reporters scrutinize us 49:18 you know and not have us stand up for commandment #6 as well. 49:24 And #10 and #9 and #5 49:27 "Honor your father and mother. " 49:28 All the commandments. Brothers and sister, we need to 49:31 be ten commandment keepers. Amen! 49:35 And if we really understand the cross, 49:38 if we really understand who died on the cross, 49:41 who it is that gave His life: the Creator of all life! 49:47 Then our hearts will be so moved and touched 49:51 and changed and Jesus our Creator will forgive 49:55 and save and transform 49:59 and write His law in our hearts. 50:03 Amen! That's what we need. 50:04 We need all the ten commandments inside of us. 50:07 So you want to know what the ultimate? When you peel away 50:09 the layers of the onion and get down to the core 50:14 the mark of the beast in the final analysis - 50:19 don't miss this - is a mark of commandment breaking 50:25 seared into the soul, 50:31 in the mind, and in the actions. 50:35 People have settled in to being commandment breakers. 50:41 That's what the mark of the beast really is all about 50:45 when you get down to the core of it. 50:47 And in order for God to prepare a people 50:51 to stand up against the mark of the beast 50:54 we have to be cleansed and washed 50:58 by the grace and the love and the mercy of Jesus Christ 51:02 and have all ten of those commandments in our hearts 51:05 so we become commandment keepers not commandment breakers 51:09 in the last days. Amen! 51:11 And I want to clarify: Seventh- day Adventists do not believe 51:14 we are saved by the law. 51:16 We are saved by the grace of Jesus! 51:18 But the law is what shows us our sin 51:21 and the cross is where we find salvation 51:24 FROM SIN which is breaking the law. 51:30 That's what the real issue's all about. 51:32 That's the final issue. God is building 51:35 a commandment-keeping people. 51:37 Around the world He's cleansing people. 51:39 He's convicting them. Boy, I tell you He's been convicting me 51:42 left and right! I come out of the Hollywood area. 51:45 Grew up in a Jewish home. Didn't believe in the Bible at all. 51:49 As a teenager was wild and lost 51:51 and have had all kinds of struggles. 51:54 But God has just convicted me about every commandment 51:57 and He's shown me that God's law is holy. 52:00 It's sacred; it's pure 52:03 and it represents how He wants me to live 52:07 and that my hope is to get on my knees 52:12 and to look at the cross... to look at Jesus. 52:15 I like the fact that in verse 12 the very last 52:19 word of the third angel's message is Jesus 52:23 and then there's a period. It talks about the commandments 52:26 of God and the faith of Jesus. Period. 52:30 The last word of the third angel's message is Jesus! 52:36 And it's through the grace and the mercy and the love 52:40 and the power of our Creator 52:43 of the Maker of heaven and earth. 52:45 That is how we can be forgiven, cleansed, washed 52:51 and changed through the power of the Holy Spirit. 52:55 And we don't need to be debating about the nature of the 52:57 Holy Spirit these days. 52:59 We just need the Holy Spirit 53:01 Amen! inside of our souls 53:03 writing the law of God in our hearts. 53:07 And when the Holy Spirit has done that 53:09 then we will become a people like Shadrach, Meshach, 53:12 and Abednego who will not bow down no matter what. 53:15 Whether it's politically correct of whether it isn't. 53:18 Whether the world thinks it's right 53:19 or whether the world thinks it's wrong. 53:21 Whatever the world does that's not our standard. 53:24 Our standard is the holy law of God 53:27 and the Bible and the gospel of Jesus Christ. 53:30 Amen! 53:31 Revelation 14:12 says: "Here is the patience of the saints. 53:37 Here are those who keep the commandments of God 53:41 and the faith of Jesus. " 53:44 This is the real issue. It's not a microchip. 53:47 It's not a barcode; it's not a tattoo. 53:50 It's not technology, although technology will probably be 53:54 involved in tracking and having something to do with... 53:57 with buying and selling. 53:59 But the big issue is not technology. 54:02 It's the Word of God; it's the law of God 54:04 and it's the day that points to the Maker of heaven and earth. 54:07 Amen! It's the day that points to Jesus. 54:11 And when the mark of the beast crisis finally hits 54:13 everybody will have to make a final choice. 54:17 The world will be going in the wrong direction. 54:19 The beast will be making its statements. 54:21 All the news agencies - most of them - will be behind the 54:25 beast. The crisis will be on. The spirits of devils 54:28 will be doing their miracles to support the mark 54:30 and people will be going along with it. 54:32 And when everybody makes their choice 54:35 between the beast or the Creator, 54:38 between truth or tradition, 54:41 between what's right and what's wrong, 54:42 between what the Bible says and what man says, 54:46 everyone will make their choice 54:49 between the beast and the Lord Jesus Christ. 54:52 Then the doors of heaven will close. 54:55 Probation will close. Just like Noah's ark closed 54:58 the final doors will close 55:00 and people will be either in or out. 55:01 Revelation 16 describes the seven last plagues. 55:04 They will then be falling. They'll fall upon the world 55:07 that gets the mark of the beast. 55:09 But God will have a people who don't do it... 55:12 who don't get the mark. And right after 55:14 verse 12 you've got verse 13 and then verse 14 55:17 says: "Then I looked and behold, a white cloud 55:20 and upon that cloud sat One like the Son of Man 55:23 having on His head a golden crown and in His hand a sharp 55:26 sickle. " And it's harvest time. And the sharp sickle will 55:29 divide those that have chosen the beast and the mark 55:32 and those that have chosen the Creator of heaven and earth 55:35 and the Ten Commandments and the cross. 55:38 That's what's going to happen. 55:39 Everybody will be settled on one side or the other 55:41 and then Jesus will come to claim... 55:44 In verse 14 He comes to claim the people 55:48 that are His own. The people that have stood up 55:51 against a politically correct, driven world. 55:56 A people that have gone against the grain... 55:59 that have decided to stand up for Jesus no matter what 56:02 because they've been so captured and so moved and so transformed 56:05 by the cross and the love that Jesus showed for all of us 56:09 that they've given Him their lives and they will stand 56:11 for Him no matter what... no matter what it costs. 56:15 Jesus is coming back for saved-by-grace 56:18 forgiven, commandment-keeping, 56:21 Seventh-day Sabbath keeping 56:24 all ten commandment keeping 56:26 loyal children of God 56:29 who love Jesus and who are ready to "get out of here! " 56:33 Amen! To get out of this world 56:35 and to go up to be in a better land! 56:38 Amen! Hallelujah! 56:40 And I want to be in that group. 56:42 I will close with this thought: 56:44 as I've studied my Bible and realize that Jesus is my Creator 56:48 I have learned that the finger... 56:52 the finger on that holy hand 56:55 that wrote the Sabbath commandment and wrote all ten 56:59 of the commandments, that finger that wrote 57:02 the holy law of God was on a hand 57:08 that was nailed to a cross for you and for me. All right! 57:14 That's what it's all about. 57:16 It's about Jesus as our Creator. 57:20 It's about His holy day; it's about Bible truth. 57:23 So may God help us to reject the beast 57:26 and to reject his deadly mark. |
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