Participants: John Lomacang, John Stanton
Series Code: HCL
Program Code: HCL110005
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00:01 Hello, friends.
00:03 Grab your Bible and a friend and sit back 00:04 as we explore God's word together 00:05 on this edition of House Calls. 00:21 Hello and welcome back to another edition 00:24 of the House Calls program that you love so much 00:26 and that we enjoy bringing into your home 00:29 and into your heart. 00:30 My name is John Lomacang and to my right is John Stanton, 00:32 always good to have you here John. 00:33 It's good to be here again. 00:35 It's kind like a larger version of me, 00:37 he is 6' 9½'', he refuses to accept 6' 10", 00:40 but he is never barefoot. 00:42 But we are glad that you've chosen, 00:43 would like to encourage you right now 00:44 to hit the record button and get your Bibles, 00:46 your pens sit down for very thoughtful hour 00:49 as we walk through the Bible together 00:51 with your participation and invite your family 00:54 and friends if you are at home to join this program with you 00:57 and share with your church members, 00:59 and those in your community. 01:00 But as you know this is a very important program, 01:03 so we always ask God's blessing on it 01:05 before we open His word. 01:06 John pray for us. 01:08 Let's pray. Dear Father in heaven, 01:11 thank you so much for meeting us here today. 01:14 We invite your Holy Spirit, your presence to be with us 01:17 and that you would fill us with understanding with knowledge, 01:21 with wisdom as to how do we apply your word as well. 01:24 We just thank you for these programs, 01:25 this opportunity to share Your word. 01:27 And we pray that it will never return to you void 01:30 as You have promised, 01:31 but it will accomplish 01:33 that which we have sent it forward to accomplish. 01:36 In Jesus name we pray, amen. 01:40 And also as, you know, we have lot of Bible questions 01:43 and courtesy of those who send those questions to us. 01:47 And so if something comes up during the program 01:49 or even before the program is done that comes to your mind. 01:52 You can send those questions and comments 01:54 to housecalls@3abn.org that's housecalls@3abn.org 01:59 and we will get your questions and comments. 02:01 We will hopefully download them 02:03 and for those of you who still like to send mail 02:06 through the mail the slower process, 02:08 send those to the 3ABN address PO Box 220, 02:11 West Frankfort, IL 62896. 02:15 However, you know, the program 02:16 is always divided into two segments. 02:18 And we are gonna begin this program today 02:20 if you are tuning over the first time with Bible questions. 02:23 And so John, what do you have for us this morning? 02:27 Yeah, I have got a question here that comes from Mika, Mika. 02:31 And she says let's see, I'm not sure 02:34 if you got my question that I send earlier, 02:38 but essential it was that God gave Adam two gifts at creation, 02:44 okay, marriage and the Sabbath. 02:48 Now when God makes everything new again, 02:50 will He restore the Sabbath and marriage 02:53 the way Adam and Eve had it. 02:56 Good question, and this question really is centered 03:00 on the comment that was made, 03:03 I'm trying to find the verse here, 03:05 the comment that Jesus made that instead of having marriage 03:08 as we know it today. 03:10 That we will be more like the angels serving God. 03:14 I like to approach it more from the practical aspect 03:17 as well here today too. 03:19 And John, maybe you can find that verse and all, 03:21 have you bring that up here, 03:22 but clearly we know that God has in store for us 03:27 in the new earth, many other things that we lost at the fall. 03:33 That's right. The Sabbath is already restored. 03:36 We will see a continuation of that Sabbath 03:38 which we find that continuation alluded to there 03:42 in Isaiah Chapter 66 that we will come to worship God 03:45 from Sabbath to Sabbath. 03:47 But, I believe also there will not be a nullification 03:50 of marriages that have already occurred. 03:53 In fact by no means God when He instituted marriage 03:56 at the very beginning He said that Adam and Eve 03:58 should be fruitful and multiply the race. 04:01 So one of the foundational aspects of marriage 04:05 is to propagate the human race. 04:08 But, the true relationship of marriage is the oneness 04:11 that man and wife have as they come together. 04:15 And in fact that is the one thing John 04:17 that we find a creation that God gave us a gift 04:20 that was very much like Himself. That's right. 04:22 The relationship between man and wife is similar 04:25 to the relationship that the God had has. That's right. 04:27 In the relationship aspect at least of that unity, 04:33 but here is one of the things about marriage. 04:35 If marriage then has a foundational aspect 04:37 of propagating human race, raising families, 04:40 growing the race on this earth, 04:42 at some point practically speaking 04:44 that's got to stop, true. 04:45 This world is only so big. 04:47 Now, we don't know exactly how many will be 04:50 in the new earth that have accepted Jesus 04:53 and will be brought with Him into the New Jerusalem 04:56 at His second coming. 04:58 But you can probably I would, 05:01 I'm only guessing because this is just my opinion now, 05:03 this is the area where you get into the opinion part. 05:06 I would estimate that it's going to be enough 05:09 to populate the new earth, true. 05:12 So in that respect God doesn't need to establish 05:15 new marriages to continue to repopulated 05:17 or further populate the new earth. 05:21 So, the issue really is relationships 05:24 and if you talking about relationships 05:25 that are currently establish, 05:27 there maybe very well enough already. 05:30 So these are things I say are my opinion 05:32 because I don't know what God's total plan is. 05:35 But He does say there that it won't be marriage 05:37 as we know it today, okay. 05:39 Now what aspect we are talking about, 05:41 what that involves, I don't know, 05:42 I can only provide my opinion, 05:44 but there seems to be something in that text 05:48 that is telling us that God has another kind of plan 05:51 going forward that will further the relationship 05:54 between man and women, husband and wife 05:56 that have already been married and probably with those 05:58 that have not yet been married. 06:01 I don't know what that plan is, the Bible is telling on that, 06:03 but that's about the best 06:04 I can extrapolate here from the word. 06:07 Well here is this text in Matthew Chapter 22 verse 29. 06:11 Actually if you go back start with verse 25. 06:14 I want you to look at the issue over marriage, 06:17 what's gonna happen in the resurrection, 06:19 this is the story that really sets the stage to help us 06:22 see the picture much larger. 06:24 Matter of fact I will start with Matthew 22 verse 23. 06:29 "The same day the Sadducees, 06:32 who say there is no resurrection came to Him, 06:35 that is to Jesus and asked Him," saying, 06:38 "Teacher, Moses said that if a man dies, 06:41 having no children, his brother shall marry his wife 06:44 and raise up offspring for his brother. 06:47 Now there were with us seven brothers. 06:50 The first died after he had married, 06:53 and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother. 06:57 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh. 07:01 Last of all the woman died also. 07:04 Therefore, in the resurrection, 07:05 whose wife of the seven will she be? 07:09 For they all had her." 07:12 And the Lord responded in verse 29, 07:14 "You are mistaken, not knowing the scriptures 07:18 nor the power of God." 07:19 For in the resurrection they neither marry 07:21 nor are given in marriage, 07:23 but are like angels of God in heaven." 07:26 And so the issue here was, 07:29 I see it is when this time comes, 07:31 it really wouldn't be an issue, 07:33 because the connections are not going to be necessarily 07:36 because you marry that person, 07:38 or you didn't marry that person. 07:40 Everybody is gonna have the right 07:41 standing in the side of God. 07:43 And this is one of those questions John however, 07:46 that doesn't give us enough information to say that, 07:48 God is gonna nullify marriages. That's right. 07:51 It doesn't say that on this particular issue 07:55 I believe Lord is saying to the Pharisees 07:57 who ask the question, 07:59 it's not gonna be an issue in the resurrection. 08:01 And so if you have anything further 08:03 or find anything more that could connect 08:05 to this question, let us know. 08:07 But right now it saying to me God is not gonna say well 08:09 from this point on marriage is not even necessary, 08:12 that is in the new earth. 08:14 I don't see it that way. 08:15 I love my wife, John loves his wife and... hey. 08:18 I say well now the Lord is coming, 08:21 we are no longer a husband and wife. 08:23 I don't think that's what God is saying here. 08:25 But, anyhow, let's go to another question. 08:29 One from Pamela, says I have been studying 08:32 the Bible for some time, 08:34 but in my church I have not been able to find 08:37 and I don't hear the things 08:39 that you present on 3ABN/House Calls, why is that? 08:44 Ask the question why is that. 08:47 Well, a number of reasons. 08:50 Well, the first I would site is denominationalism, 08:54 a denominationalism is often preferred 08:57 or considered before what the Bible says. 09:01 I heard a story John once of a pastor 09:03 who had his Bible highlighted quite a bit 09:07 and when we highlight our Bible that means 09:09 that's we are gonna talk about, 09:10 or we've talked about something 09:11 that we highlight a particular point. 09:13 Well, his members said to him, 09:15 your Bible is really highlighted quite a bit in yellow, 09:19 you have done lot of study. 09:21 And then his response was, 09:22 no I haven't necessarily study that, 09:24 but when I went to the seminary the things 09:26 that are highlighted in my Bible, 09:27 they told me not to preach about, can you imagine that? 09:31 It's almost a reverse when you highlighted 09:32 it's what you are knowledgeable about. 09:35 Right, and so in a nutshell, 09:38 if I would to respond to this question very quickly. 09:41 It comes down to your position 09:44 in your position is based on not so much 09:47 what a denomination says, that's a very difficult one 09:50 because in many cases denominational leaders 09:53 demand obedience to their leadership. 09:57 But go with me, I want to show you a few texts 10:00 in the Bible to give you encouragement. 10:04 First of all, 1 Timothy Chapter 4. 10:09 I want you to see verse 16, 10:14 1 Timothy Chapter 4 verse 16. 10:18 It says, Take heed to yourself and to the doctrine. 10:23 Continue in them, for in doing this you will save both yourself 10:28 and those who hear you. 10:30 Notice what it says, take heed to yourself, 10:33 and to the doctrine. 10:34 The first thing that God says, it's between you and Him. 10:37 If the Bible says that's what he wants you to believe. 10:40 Now that may also mean that you may have to break away 10:44 from the denomination that you are primarily connected to. 10:47 But, lets go to 2 Timothy, I want you to see another one. 10:51 Second Timothy and we are gonna 10:54 look at Chapter 2 and verse 15. 11:03 In the King James Version, 11:05 it starts this verse with the word study, 11:08 but here it says in verse 15 of chapter 2, 11:13 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, 11:17 not necessarily to your pastor or to your leader, 11:20 but to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, 11:25 rightly dividing the word of truth. 11:30 So, when you study the word of God 11:33 you are primarily responsible for yourself 11:36 to follow what God has revealed in His word. 11:38 And here is the reason why is Timothy sites this 11:41 in 2 Timothy chapter 4 and beginning with verse 2, 11:45 2 Timothy chapter 4 and beginning with verse 2. 11:48 He says Preach the word! First line of responsibility, 11:52 in other words believe the word, study the word. 11:55 Be ready in season and out of season. 11:57 Convince, rebuke, exhort, 12:00 with all longsuffering and teaching. 12:02 In another word there is doctrine 12:04 and this is what's happening in the churches today. 12:06 For the time will come 12:08 when they will not endure sound doctrine, 12:12 but according to their own desire, 12:14 because they have itching ears, 12:16 they will heap up for themselves teachers in verse 4 and 5. 12:22 And they will turn their ears away from the truth, 12:25 and be turned aside to fables. 12:27 But here is the personal responsibility verse 5. 12:30 But you be watchful in all things, 12:32 endure afflictions and do the work of an evangelist, 12:36 fulfill your ministry. 12:38 So, when I look at that picture John, 12:41 the reason why a lot of people are not able to discover 12:44 what we share in 3ABN 12:45 is because the first one was denominationalism. 12:48 Years ago, there was a game, 12:52 I forgot what the game was, 12:54 but when you play the game you wore red glasses. 12:59 In order to find the answer you have to wear red glasses. 13:02 Because by wearing the red glasses 13:07 it made the red disappear. 13:10 And through the red the answer could be seen, 13:14 because the answer was in different color. 13:17 Sometimes we are in the same way conditioned by our church. 13:21 They give us red glasses to see, or sorry, 13:25 they don't allow us to wear glasses 13:27 that will be able to see through the things 13:30 they teach us to what God is saying to us. 13:33 So let me encourage you since you have been hearing on 3ABN 13:37 and on House Calls what God has been allowing you to hear. 13:41 If you measured up with the word 13:43 and it's there study to show yourself approved to God. 13:46 Follow the word for yourself, 13:48 because, you know, what the Bible says about the blind, 13:50 leading the blind they both fall into the pit. 13:53 You can never go wrong when you stand 13:54 before Christ at the end of time 13:56 and say that I did what I did according to your word, 13:59 because the response will always be well done, 14:03 good and faithful servant. 14:05 And so the message here is that the word of God 14:08 is the standard of our faith, our practice, 14:11 our doctrine everything not necessarily 14:14 what the church teaches. 14:16 Yet the church should teach what is in the word. 14:20 So there is both that have to come together here. 14:22 Now John, one of the other things 14:23 that you didn't mention that, 14:25 I think also plays a part although you alluded 14:27 to with denominationalism. 14:29 Is that for hundreds of years during the reformation, 14:34 this was a period of time 14:36 where Protestant Churches were protesting, 14:39 that's where they got their name, 14:40 the teachings of the Roman Catholic Church. 14:42 Very good point. 14:43 And have been coming out of, 14:45 coming away from the Roman Catholic Church 14:48 which always has taught and still today does teach 14:51 that it is the mother church, 14:52 its movement is primarily to bring back those churches 14:56 that protested and moved away from 14:58 her back into her auspices, right. 15:02 And so today what you find is that over time, 15:06 these denominations especially the ones 15:08 that are well established over the last few hundred years 15:11 have come out to a degree but not all the way, true. 15:15 And so there are things within their church 15:18 that they still hold that is from that old system, 15:22 that isn't exactly accurate according to the word 15:25 and you find that within the church, 15:28 the Seventh-day Adventist Church 15:29 which 3ABN obviously is aligned with. 15:33 You find that it had in over 160 years ago, 15:37 come out fully from that further protesting 15:41 some of the teachings of Roman Catholic Church 15:43 to establish its doctrines on Sola scriptura. 15:47 Sola scriptura is the Bible and the Bible only, right, 15:51 as a rule of your faith and practice. 15:54 And so what we teach here may not be in harmony 15:56 with many of the other denominations 15:58 although much of it is, because they did protest 16:01 and did accurately then begin to teach 16:04 certain aspects of the gospel, true. 16:05 But, its full essence the restoration of the Sabbath 16:10 and understanding of the sanctuary message 16:11 what Christ is doing is our high priest 16:13 in the heavenly sanctuary now. 16:15 What happens when you die? 16:16 How that pertains to Last Days Prophecy? 16:19 Those things they did not understand 16:21 and I believe God didn't intend to give any church, 16:24 His church until the very last days, 16:27 so that kind of gives the whole picture, 16:29 a rounded picture of what's happening 16:31 in what you are hearing on this network from others. 16:36 There is another text in Acts Chapter 17 verse 11. 16:39 Speaking about when the apostles preached, 16:43 there was a people call the Thessalonikins 16:48 and it talks about how whenever they heard a message 16:52 they went back to the scriptures to check it out 16:55 to see if what was being said lines up with the scriptures. 16:59 And that's what we ought to do. 17:01 It says here, these were more fair-minded 17:04 than those in Thessalonica. 17:07 In that they received the word with all readiness, 17:10 and searched the scriptures daily to find out 17:14 whether these things were so. 17:16 So, you begin to see when you hear something 17:19 check it out by the Bible. 17:20 And as much as you may love your pastor or your leader, 17:22 say well if it's not the Bible, I'm not going to follow it, 17:26 because my responsibility is to make sure that 17:29 I get to my destination. 17:30 But thank you so much for your question. 17:32 You have another one for us? 17:33 Yeah, John there is this question is from Tasian. 17:39 And he asks here, he says he recently 17:41 had a discussion with some people from another religion 17:44 and they said that Elijah didn't go to heaven 17:49 and that is the case because of what is said 17:52 in John 3:13, can you explain? 17:55 So let me read John 3:13, 17:57 then I'll read another passage here 17:58 as well from Matthew Chapter 17. 18:03 In John 3:13 says, No one has ascended 18:06 into heaven but He who came down from heaven 18:09 that is the Son of Man who is in heaven. 18:14 Remember these texts, you can't take out of place, 18:16 you got to find the context and what we need to do 18:19 is back up a few verses to find out what is the topic here, 18:22 what is being addressed? 18:25 It says here that in verse 9 18:27 Nicodemus who was talking with Jesus, 18:31 answered Jesus and said to him how can these things be 18:33 about the new birth experience, the man must be born again. 18:37 Jesus answered and said to him, 18:39 "Are you the teacher of Israel, and do not know these things? 18:42 Most assuredly, I say to you, 18:44 We speak what We know and testify what We have seen, 18:49 and you do not receive Our witness. 18:51 And our is capitalize there that's speaking 18:53 of the God had in his witness. 18:56 I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, 18:59 how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 19:03 No one has ascended to heaven 19:05 but He who came down from heaven 19:07 that is the Son of Man who is in heaven. 19:10 And so what's it's saying there in response to Nicodemus is 19:14 that Nicodemus has not ascended to heaven, 19:17 learn things and then come back. 19:18 No one else has that experience. 19:20 The subject here is not about to people 19:23 has anybody gone to heaven, right. 19:26 That that's not the subject, 19:27 the subject is has anybody that is currently on earth, 19:32 have they been to heaven learn things 19:33 and come back and can teach these things. 19:36 And clearly Nicodemus can't 19:37 because he has never been to heaven, 19:38 he doesn't know the things of heaven, 19:40 but has Jesus been to heaven, yes He has. 19:43 And that's why he says He is the son of the God is here, 19:46 He has seen things in heaven, 19:48 He knows things first hand and can teach them 19:51 according to the truth that His Father 19:54 and Him understand, right. 19:56 So that's the topic here. 19:58 Now, let me read another verse for you 20:00 that specifically does say that, 20:04 that Elijah was in fact in heaven. 20:08 And I'm reading from Matthew Chapter 17 20:11 in regard to the transfiguration, 20:13 that is when Christ was glorified 20:15 while He was on earth in front of His disciples, 20:17 James and John and Peter as well. 20:22 And it says in verse 1, Now after six days 20:24 Jesus took Peter, James, and John, his brother 20:27 led them up on a high mountain by themselves. 20:30 And He was transfigured before them, 20:32 His face shone like the sun, 20:33 and His clothes became as white as the light. 20:36 This is the first time they had ever seen Jesus glorify, 20:39 I mean shine with glory as evidence 20:42 that he was the son of God. 20:44 And is says in verse 3, 20:45 And behold, Moses and Elijah 20:47 appeared to them, talking with Him. 20:51 And so what they saw was as Jesus was transfigured 20:55 and in another words He was even elevated 20:57 in front of them in glory the two that appeared to Him 21:00 talking and conversing with Him in glory, 21:04 don't miss that point were Moses and Elijah. 21:07 They also had been glorified. That's right. 21:11 Okay, so their glorified bodies, 21:13 the only way you get that is if you have been to heaven, 21:15 that where they came from, that's where they were from 21:18 and they were in the conversation with Christ 21:20 to encourage Him about His ministry going forward. 21:23 So we find clearly in this passage 21:25 that Elijah did come from heaven to speak with Christ 21:28 during his transfiguration. 21:30 So the statement that Elijah 21:32 didn't go to heaven cannot be true. 21:34 And here is the proved text to show that 21:36 he did go, 2 Kings 2 verse 11. 21:39 Then it happened, as they continued on and talked, 21:42 that suddenly a chariot of fire appeared with horses of fire, 21:47 and separated the two of them, 21:49 that is Elijah from Elisha. 21:51 And Elijah went up by a whirlwind into heaven. 21:57 So clearly the Bible tells you he went to heaven, 21:59 so for people to say that. 22:01 John 3:13 is evidence that he didn't go, 22:04 you got to delete 2 Kings 2 verse 11 from the Bible. 22:08 It doesn't even allude to the fact that he went. 22:10 It says clearly and Elijah went up 22:13 by a whirlwind into heaven. 22:17 Can you get clearer than that? 22:19 No, that's! All right... 22:20 Very specific. Very, very specific. 22:22 Let me highlight something here 22:24 and share this another question with you. 22:28 All right, Mike, thank you Mike for the question. 22:31 I don't know if that's the Mike 22:32 we know or another Mike. 22:33 You said that the second coming will be seen by all, 22:37 how is that possible when the rapture 22:39 is going to take place first? 22:42 Well... Good question. 22:46 the answer is there will be no rapture, 22:48 that's the real answer, 22:49 but there will be no rapture first. 22:52 I sense specifically a secrete rapture. 22:54 And that's the real contest of it, 22:56 because people think that there is something 22:59 called dispensationalism that is responsible for a lot of, 23:05 out of the way teachings in the Bible. 23:07 Go with me to Revelation Chapter 4 23:09 and I want to show you something 23:10 because many evangelical churches 23:14 and they teach that from Revelation Chapter 4. 23:19 The church is no longer on earth, 23:21 but I want you to see this because it tells you clearly 23:26 who the appeal is made to 23:30 and who is invited to go up, notice this. 23:34 After these things I looked, who looked? John looked. 23:37 And behold, a door standing open in heaven. 23:41 And the first voice which I heard, 23:43 singular was like a trumpet speaking with me, saying, 23:48 "Come up here, and I will show you things 23:50 which must take place after this." 23:53 I, I, I John is saying this was an invitation 23:56 to me that go up, and he did go up. 23:59 Notice how he went up, verse 2. 24:03 Immediately I was in the Spirit, 24:05 that is in vision, and behold, a throne set in heaven, 24:09 and one sat on the throne. 24:13 So, John was in heaven in vision, 24:16 he was not physically there. 24:18 So, when people use this verse John to say 24:20 that we are going to heaven 24:21 and after that the seven-year tribulation, 24:24 or the seven-year tribulation begins, 24:27 they are in essence saying from Revelation Chapter 4, 24:31 when they are gone from verse 5 to 22 has to occur. 24:36 In other words, when they leave the earth 24:38 18 Chapters of Revelation are gonna begin 24:41 to unfold in the next seven years. 24:44 And that's not what the Bible teaches, 24:45 so one of the reasons why you would confuse 24:49 about this passages that the secret rapture was operating, 24:52 so that you didn't see really clearly 24:54 what God was trying to show you. 24:56 But, let's go ahead and show you that 24:59 there is going to be a visible coming of Jesus. 25:01 First of all, let's start with Acts chapter 1 and verse 11, 25:04 Acts chapter 1 and verse 11. 25:06 And if you get to there John before me 25:08 I'm already there, but if you get there 25:11 you go and read it because some, 25:13 I don't want you to sit there and, 25:15 sit there completely silent 25:18 when I know that you would love to read that text. 25:20 Oh, I will speak up, believe me. 25:22 Verse 11 of Chapter 1 of Acts. 25:25 All right it says, who also said, 25:29 "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here 25:31 gazing up to heaven? 25:33 This same Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, 25:36 will so come in like manner 25:39 as you saw Him go into heaven." 25:41 Okay, so right away you see that the coming 25:43 of the Lord is going be something 25:45 that's gonna be visible Revelation 1:7, 25:47 let me add to that. Behold, He comes with clouds, 25:52 and every eye will see Him, 25:53 and they also which pierced Him. 25:55 And all the earth shall wail because of Him. 25:58 In another words, all the tribes of the earth 26:00 will mourn because of Him they are wail. 26:02 They would be weeping and wailing 26:03 because they will see finally that the one 26:06 they have rejected is now returning. 26:08 But, let me encourage you, 26:10 that's the topic that you wanna study in great extent. 26:14 Let the Bible speak for itself. 26:16 Here are some of the passages that you want to read, 26:18 1 Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13 to 18 26:21 talks about the dead in Christ and those who are alive. 26:24 And 1 Corinthians chapter 15, 26:27 it's all about the resurrection 26:29 and the coming of the Lord. 26:30 So you want to read those two passes in their entirety, 26:33 so that you can see the coming of Lord 26:35 is gonna be an event witness by everyone, 26:37 not just by a select. 26:39 Revelation 19. Revelation 19, shows 26:42 the entire event unfolding Jesus coming 26:45 on a white horse like a leading general, 26:48 that's the picture John has given to us. 26:50 But all the angels in heaven following Him 26:53 on their horses too. 26:55 So you see they are coming to battle 26:57 and the battle there is the Battle 26:59 of the Great Day of God Almighty, 27:00 the battle of Armageddon. 27:02 Begins there and ends at the end of 1000 years. 27:05 John I want to throw something in really quick too 27:06 because any false teaching we know is not of God, 27:10 it's the devils behind it. That's right. 27:11 The devil has a counterfeit for everything. 27:14 And the reason why he has got this secret 27:17 rapture counterfeit is primarily this. 27:19 And it's taken me a while to work out in my mind, 27:22 but I try to share this often as I can, 27:25 for those who will hear. 27:27 The Bible is pretty clear 27:28 that there will be an antichrist that comes. 27:30 That's right. We believe that 27:31 is the personation of Christ by Satan himself, okay. 27:35 And so he will appear as Christ 27:38 as though Christ has comeback 27:40 and will deceive those on the earth 27:42 by the miracles he performs too, 27:44 try to establish or prove that He is Christ. 27:48 And he doesn't want people to know that 27:50 and so what he has established here is a secret rapture 27:53 which means that everybody that is involved 27:57 or just part of the church will be taken up to heaven 27:59 and not have to experience the tribulation period 28:01 during which, in the middle of it, 28:03 of which the antichrist will come. 28:06 And most of that teaching isn't that 28:07 Satan is the antichrist, but it is some human being 28:10 that will step forward to oppose Christ. 28:13 But nonetheless however, you see that, 28:15 it has the secret rapture happening 28:18 before the antichrist appearance 28:20 and then at the end of the seven years 28:22 of visible return of Christ. 28:23 So, it's separates the return of Jesus from a secret 28:26 part at the beginning to a visible at the end. 28:28 That's right. But, there is only one 28:30 coming of Christ, that's why it's called 28:31 the second coming. If you want to read 28:33 about the third coming of Christ it's with His saints 28:36 after the 1000 years are finished not after seven. 28:39 And that's found in Revelation chapter 20 and 21. 28:43 So, here is the deal. 28:45 If people are now thinking John 28:48 that the secret rapture will have occur 28:51 before the antichrist comes, 28:54 then when Satan appears as Christ? 28:57 When the antichrist appears they will say 29:00 this has to be Jesus 29:02 because the secret rapture hasn't happened yet. 29:07 We are still here, were not in heaven yet, 29:09 so this can't be antichrist, that's suppose to happen 29:11 in the seven years after the church goes to heaven 29:14 as the church is ruptured. 29:15 So there is this complacency to say, 29:17 well, this must be Jesus, we had it wrong, 29:19 it's not secret, He is coming back 29:20 visibly to take us home. 29:23 So this must be Him, this cant be the antichrist, 29:26 but in fact, it's Satan impersonating Christ himself. 29:29 That's right and matter of fact personating, 29:32 we often use the word impersonating, 29:34 but he in fact is trying to replace anti means 29:38 in place of not only against but in place of. 29:41 And so really study the Bible to see 29:43 what it says in the big picture. 29:45 Jesus is not wanting to sneak up and say, 29:47 ssshhh, let's leave, don't tell anyone, 29:50 I will back in seven years that's a dispensational view 29:54 that was established during the dark ages 29:56 by the Church of Rome. 29:57 All right, well, thank you 29:58 for your questions and comments. 29:59 We have covered at least four or five 30:02 questions in this half hour period. 30:04 But if you any further questions to send to us, 30:07 you can send those questions to housecalls@3abn.org, 30:11 that's housecalls@3abn.org 30:14 and when we go to that website we will download 30:16 those questions and try our best to respond to them. 30:19 Thank you so much for your participation. 30:23 Now, today we are going to be covering a topic 30:25 that's pretty interesting, John. 30:26 I want you to go and set the stage for this topic 30:29 and draw our audience in as it were. 30:33 Yeah, it's a single topic program. 30:35 Sometimes we do a series, 30:36 we just finish the series of four programs 30:39 on the same topic. 30:40 This is just one program covering one topic. 30:43 So we don't have a long time to cover it, 30:45 but it needs to be covered because it is pretty 30:47 current at least as far as an issue coming 30:50 to the forefront that you need to know about. 30:55 There is a book that recently came out 30:56 or kind of a small booklet that came out 31:00 about the great calendar controversy. 31:03 It involves a teaching, it's advocating the position 31:07 that perhaps the Seventh-day Adventist Church 31:09 in its history has not being consistent 31:12 with following the Jewish lunisolar calendar, 31:16 which is the calendar they believe most coincides 31:21 with the Mosaic system, the Mosaic calendar. 31:25 Involving a 30 year, excuse me a 30 day monthly cycle 31:30 which we find used in the establishment of prophecy. 31:33 Prophecy when it's speaking of a month is 30 days. 31:36 It recognizes that Mosaic calendar, 31:39 the moon calendar, that's where the lunar 31:42 pertaining to the moon comes from. 31:44 And so they are saying well with regard to the Sabbath, 31:47 that it's not the seventh day 31:49 according to Gregorian calendar 31:52 which we follow today, which is a solar calendar, 31:55 but it involves a luni or lunar calendar, 31:59 the calendar of 30 days and it resets every months 32:02 that seven day cycle. 32:04 And so what they are bringing upon the church 32:07 or at least some who have gotten the book. 32:10 The argument they are bringing before them 32:11 is that every month the seven day cycle gets reset. 32:18 And so the Sabbath day isn't on Saturday 32:22 or from Friday night to Saturday sundown, 32:25 but it changes from month to month. 32:29 And this is really confusing many, 32:31 we are getting lot of questions about it. 32:33 I know pastors are having to deal with this issue 32:35 and it's also making it very difficult, 32:38 especially looking at our Adventist history 32:40 to determine, if you accept this model 32:43 to determine what day the Sabbath is. 32:45 Now one of the things that jumps out of me here 32:47 on this issue John is that, 32:50 the Lord has clearly brought to the forefront, 32:52 the issue of the Sabbath, the fourth commandment 32:54 which says, the seventh day is the Sabbath 32:56 of the Lord thy God. 32:58 And points to the creation week, 33:01 as the first establishment of His Sabbath 33:05 that man keeps in honor and glorifying Him. 33:10 So, as we look at that, that is come to the forefront, 33:14 we also know that there is going to be a counterfeit 33:16 from the enemy himself to try and confuse the issue. 33:20 And one of the ways it confuses the issue 33:22 is he set up a counterfeit Sabbath, 33:24 which we believe is Sunday worship. 33:27 And that is a day, Sunday is in honor of the sun, 33:31 its pagan and its origin and that pagans 33:34 prior to a Constantine and his proclamation 33:38 that he was Christian, were worshipping 33:40 the sun on that day, was a high day for them. 33:44 And it's a transition that history shows us 33:46 as Christianity adopted many of the pagans system 33:52 as it came in that Sunday was a logical 33:55 transference of a day of festivity, 33:58 a day to honor instead of now the sun to honor 34:01 their new God which is Jesus Christ. 34:04 And so we find through our history then that 34:06 the devil did a very good job of hiding 34:08 the true Sabbath and instituting 34:11 Sunday in its place. 34:12 But now he has got another approach. 34:14 All right. He says okay, 34:15 I've got now a lot of the world looking at Sunday 34:19 and worshiping on Sunday. 34:20 In fact, most of the Christian world doesn't understand, 34:22 doesn't remember as the fourth commandment says, 34:25 the seventh-day Sabbath. But I don't have the church, 34:30 God's church sufficiently confused 34:33 on the subject of the Sabbath, 34:35 what can I do to come in and to create 34:37 some form of confusion about the Sabbath. 34:39 Okay. And so he seems to be 34:41 taking this kind of approach where in 34:44 he is saying it's not a solar calendar, 34:47 it's not a seven day perpetual repeating 34:49 which seems to be indicated in the language 34:54 as we do good exegesis from the text, 34:58 a perpetual week after week Sabbath. 35:02 This book is suggesting that we tie it 35:04 to the lunar calendar 35:06 and reset the seven days every month. 35:09 So, I would like to cover a few things today, John. 35:12 There are some arguments 35:13 that the Bible clearly does bring, 35:15 that tells us that we are on solid ground already. 35:19 This is confusing the issue, not only that, 35:22 it's not presenting to us or to the people 35:28 who are reading it a real good biblical background 35:32 and a compelling argument even 35:34 for any kind of a switch to a lunar 35:36 or lunisolar calendar, 35:39 predominately the Jewish calendar, 35:41 which is the 30 day cycle of months. 35:44 Before you're going to that let me, 35:46 let me also add this, because a lot of times 35:49 you said this but, sometimes in repetition people get it. 35:52 Right now we are under what's called 35:54 the Gregorian calendar. 35:56 Pope Gregory, the XIII and the reason 36:00 for the changes, there was a Julian calendar. 36:03 Now, neither of the calendars changed 36:05 the order of the days of the week. 36:06 That's right. Now, some of you 36:09 that may watch this program in Europe 36:10 or in countries where they have Monday 36:13 as the first day on their calendar. 36:16 That's considered not a not a standard calendar, 36:21 but a business calendar. 36:23 And so be very, very careful 36:24 that you think of that as a standardized calendar 36:27 that somehow has adapted to some weekly, 36:30 daily order change. 36:32 In fact, the first day the week 36:34 as described in the Bible, 36:35 has always been tied to the day 36:37 that Christ has risen from the grave. 36:39 That's right. So that's established clearly. 36:41 And then we have Easter as that nail on the ground 36:45 that lets us know whenever Easter comes around, 36:48 you cannot call Easter the Sabbath, 36:50 because if you follow the Bible. 36:52 We will talk about that in just a moment. 36:53 We follow the Bible you see that the resurrection day 36:56 comes after the Sabbath, the preparation day 36:59 comes before the Sabbath. 37:00 But, here is this let me just read to this very quickly. 37:03 Before 1582, the Julian calendar had been in effect, 37:07 instituted by Julius Ceasar about 46 B.C. 37:10 and named after him. But the Julian calendar 37:14 had calculated the length of the year as 365 37:19 and a quarter days, which was incorrect 37:23 as the length of the year was actually 37:26 eleven minutes less than 365 days and a quarter, 37:32 365 and a quarter days. 37:34 Those eleven minutes accumulated, 37:38 and by 1582 the numbering of the calendar 37:44 was ten days out of harmony with the solar system. 37:50 Pope Gregory fixed the problem by simply dropping 37:52 those ten days out of the numbering of the calendar. 37:56 It was Thursday, October 4, 1582, 38:01 and the next day, Friday, should have been October 5. 38:07 But Gregory made it October 15 instead, 38:10 and reason he did that just on that 38:13 in that year of 1582 was to close up the gap 38:16 that had been created by the Julian calendar, 38:19 but it didn't change the order of the days. 38:22 So, now let's look at this calendar for example. 38:24 And the other prominent reason too, 38:25 let me just add this, is to keep the seasons. 38:27 Right. If you keep slipping 38:28 like this pretty soon fall could end up being summer. 38:33 You know, it keeps backing up, 38:35 and so this fix helped us to keep 38:37 and maintain our seasons. 38:39 And so that was the correction that needed to be made, 38:42 but here is the other thing that he did. 38:45 In instituting the Julian calendar and then following 38:49 that kept the particular cycle they way 38:52 it should have been 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 38:55 all the way down to 30 or 31 days 38:57 depending on the length of the month. 38:59 But, the thing that I think is being emphasized 39:02 by this question is, has somewhere along the way 39:05 because of these alterations, 39:07 has the Sabbath been lost. 39:10 And the answer is obviously not. 39:11 That's true, but I think the other, 39:13 the predominant issue here too though 39:15 is should we be following a strict 30 day lunar calendar, 39:20 the Mosaic calendar, 39:21 not the Gregorian calendar at all. 39:24 Because the Gregorian calendar they allege is pagan, 39:27 therefore if it's especially tied to popery, 39:31 therefore, it should not be followed by Christians. 39:35 And so that it's two fold, it has the seven day cycle 39:39 as it changed and should we be tying it 39:42 even to our solar calendar, 39:45 predominately solar calendar, 39:47 the Gregorian calendar that keeps 39:49 in line with our seasons. Right. 39:50 Let me read something, this is an excellent quote. 39:54 The greatest care should be exercised concerning 39:56 those who claim to receive revelations from God. 39:59 There needs to be much close watching 40:02 and much praying. 40:03 Those who are acting a part in the great work 40:06 for these last days need to counseled together 40:10 in regard to every new thing that shall be introduced, 40:13 for no one man's mind is to be left to judge of, 40:18 or to place before the public, important matters 40:21 which have in relation to the cause of God. 40:25 There is danger of excess in that which is lawful, 40:29 and that which is not lawful 40:30 will surely lead into false paths. 40:33 If there is not careful, earnest, sensible work, 40:36 solid as a rock, 40:37 in the advancement of every idea and principle, 40:39 and in every representation given, 40:41 souls will be ruined. 40:43 And these little things that come out, John 40:45 and you have seen tons of them. 40:47 And we've got all these branches of, 40:49 you know, they are tied into Adventism 40:51 and, you know, Lutherans go to this, 40:54 even a Baptist go through this too. 40:55 This isn't just an Adventist issue, 40:58 but people can be carried away by these things 41:00 and they can end up having their souls ruined. 41:03 Right, they can. 41:04 And so I say, you know, 41:06 God will hold accountable anybody who propagates 41:10 or pushes an idea without first coming together 41:13 with a brethren to see 41:14 if there is any legitimate light in that idea. 41:17 This is one of those ideas this is not been brought 41:19 before the brethren, has not been discussed adequately 41:21 nor do I find good application 41:24 or acts of Jesus from the word, 41:26 which is the pulling out of it's, of the text, 41:28 what it says, and we'll cover some of those issues 41:31 that show that there is no light in this shift 41:34 to a lunisolar calendar with regard 41:37 to a shifting Sabbath from month to month. 41:40 Now I guess the idea is luni, 41:46 you know, we're talking about lunisolar, 41:47 luni, luni. It's a luni idea in the sense that 41:51 it's looking for some new platform 41:55 on which to build the loss 41:58 or the replacement of the Sabbath. 42:00 But, I want you to see something because, 42:02 here is a very reliable landmark. 42:05 Go with me to Luke Chapter 23, 42:08 Luke Chapter 23, because, you know, 42:09 we like to use the Bible here, 42:11 it's the central focus. 42:13 When you use the Bible, you begin to see 42:15 if Bible establishes an unequivocal platform 42:18 that the Sabbath in its order of days 42:21 has not been changed. 42:23 By the way you also have an entire nation of Jews 42:26 although the majority of them don't accept Jesus, 42:30 they haven't loss sight of the continual 42:33 cycle of the Sabbath. 42:34 Then you have story of the Ethiopian unique 42:36 and by the way, out of many other countries 42:38 in Africa, Ethiopia is one of the places 42:40 where the Sabbath has been kept 42:42 the longest on that continent. 42:45 Because of the Ethiopian unique 42:47 after the day of Pentecost going back to his country, 42:50 he was met a long the way by Philip, 42:53 the lover of horses. 42:54 He explained to him the scriptures baptized him 42:57 and sent him back with this message. 42:58 And in Ethiopia it's called quamies day, 43:03 the day of the child, the day of the baby. 43:05 And it's amazing how the Bible established that 43:09 many, many, centuries ago, 43:11 but is still being observed today. 43:12 But here is the landmark that continually 43:15 is the consistent place to begin. 43:18 Luke chapter 23 verse 51, 43:25 He had not consented to their counsel and deed. 43:29 For He was from Arimathea, a city of the Jews, 43:32 who himself was also waiting for the kingdom of God. 43:37 This man went to Pilate 43:38 and asked for the body of Jesus. 43:39 That is after Jesus died on the cross. 43:43 Then he took it down, wrapped it in linen 43:45 and laid it in a tomb that was never, 43:47 that was hewn out of the rock, 43:49 where no one had ever lain before. 43:53 That day was the Preparation and the Sabbath drew near. 43:58 In other words for the Sabbath 43:59 to have any relevance here, 44:00 he was coming on the hills for the Preparation Day 44:03 and John something I learned this is pretty interesting. 44:06 In the Jewish economy they began to prepare 44:10 for the Sabbath in the middle of the week, 44:13 so by the time that Sabbath eve came, 44:17 the Preparation Day they were ready, 44:19 they were very, very ready. 44:21 And the Sabbath drew near, and it says in verse 55, 44:25 And the women who had come with Him, 44:28 that's with Jesus from Galilee followed after, 44:31 and they observed the tomb and how His body was laid. 44:35 And then verse 56, Then they returned 44:38 and prepared spices and fragrant oils 44:40 and rested on the Sabbath according to the commandment. 44:44 So that you have Preparation Day, 44:46 then you have the Sabbath, two days mentioned. 44:49 Now John, read verse 1 of Chapter 24. 44:53 Now on the first day of the week, 44:55 very early in the morning, 44:56 they, and certain other women with them, 44:58 came to the tomb bringing 45:00 the spices which they had prepared. 45:02 But they found the stone rolled away from the tomb. 45:05 Then they went in and did not find the body 45:07 of the Lord Jesus. 45:08 Okay, so you notice here Preparation Day, 45:12 Sabbath in the middle and then we have, 45:16 the Day of Resurrection, three particular days. 45:20 So today ever year when Easter is observed, 45:24 every year when some churches call it holy week, 45:28 well, the Bible doesn't call the week holy, Jesus is holy. 45:32 The Sabbath day is holy, there is no holy week, 45:35 it's been ceremonially in and so pretentiously added to, 45:40 you served from the things that are really holy, 45:44 and add to something that God never made holy. 45:46 But you find Bible evidence to support the fact that, 45:49 there is no loss in the cycle. 45:51 There is no loss in the order of the days, 45:53 it still falls where God intent for it to fall 45:56 on the Sabbath day. 45:57 Now as we explore some reasoning here, 46:01 some arguments against this theory 46:03 that we should be following a lunisolar calendar, 46:06 the Mosaic calendar of old for our Sabbath day calculation. 46:12 Let's kind of go methodically through this here, 46:15 find some scriptural evidence or take a look at scripture, 46:18 also take a look at some common sense arguments 46:21 that would go against this as well. 46:23 To establish that what the Seventh-day Adventist church 46:27 has done, Seventh-day Baptist had done. 46:29 Many have done in honoring the Seventh-day Sabbath 46:32 in honoring the weekly cycle is absolutely correct. 46:35 It's correct as it is, God had no reason 46:38 and has no reason to change that whatsoever. 46:41 All right. So first of all, 46:44 one the assumptions made is that the Sabbath 46:48 has the commandment itself has imbedded within it, 46:51 a connection to the lunar or lunisolar calendar. 46:57 But someone how there is a connection 46:58 to the 30 day cycle of the moon. 47:01 Let's take a look at that here Ezekiel, 47:04 excuse me Exodus Chapter 20, verse 8 through 11. 47:10 And let's just read this passage here 47:12 and you can see for yourself whether or not 47:14 there is any connection in here 47:17 with the lunar calendar. 47:23 "Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. 47:25 six days, six what? 47:28 Days. Six days you shall labor 47:30 and do all your work, but the seventh day 47:33 is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 47:35 Who is the one that instituted the Sabbath 47:38 from the very beginning? 47:39 God. God did it at creation week. 47:42 In it you shall do no work, 47:43 you, nor your son, nor your daughter, 47:45 nor your male servant, nor your female servant, 47:47 nor your cattle, nor your stranger 47:49 who is within your gates. 47:50 For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, 47:56 the sea, and all that is in them, 47:58 and rested the seventh day. 48:00 Therefore, the Lord blessed 48:01 the Sabbath day and hallowed it. 48:03 Now the last time I looked at what a day was, 48:07 it totaled one cycle rotating of the earth, 48:15 and then connected with as far as that cycle 48:18 throughout the year a full rotation around the sun. 48:23 A day is never been considered 48:25 or connected to the moon, 48:31 it is connected to the solar system. 48:34 That's true. In fact when you are looking 48:36 at how, in six days the Lord made 48:37 the heavens and the earth and the sea, 48:39 we are talking about creation week. 48:43 You are seeing a system that God put into place 48:47 and that the week itself has no tie to whatsoever. 48:53 In fact, with not only the moon, 48:56 but as far as the week is concerned 48:57 not even with the sun. 49:01 Now here is what I'm saying by this even though 49:02 the day has a connection with the sun 49:04 and rotation of the earth, rotation 49:05 and also the yearly solar system going 49:13 around the moon for year. 49:14 You don't have that tie with a week. 49:19 No! A week is a week because God said it was a week. 49:23 So there is no ti to a cycle here 49:25 when it comes to your seven days. 49:28 But there is noting that happens 49:29 in the heavens every seven days. 49:32 The only evidence you have... 49:34 I think you emphasizes, we've to reiterate 49:36 that you have the new moon, the half moon, 49:38 the three-quarter moon, the full moon. 49:40 And those are events that occur every month, 49:44 then you have the seasons fall, winter, 49:49 spring, summer and fall. 49:51 Those happen on a yearly basis. 49:53 Then you have the months, 30 day cycles, 49:57 every 30 days you have another month. 49:59 Not in today's system, 50:00 but that's the Mosaic calendar. 50:01 Right, and so every month 50:02 you have the continuation of each of those 50:06 quarter seasons of the year. 50:08 But when it comes to seven days 50:12 archaeologically and scientifically, 50:14 the only place that they can find a seven week 50:16 is in God's words, you see. 50:19 Astrologically, astrologically. 50:21 Astrologically speaking, the only place 50:24 that you can find evidence of the reoccurrence 50:28 of the seven day week is in God's word. 50:31 Yet now this is the event connected to creation. 50:36 Now here is something that's really mind-boggling to me. 50:41 Atheists who deny the existence of God 50:46 honor a seven day week. 50:48 But, what evidence do they have for a seven day week. 50:51 What evidence does the world have for a seven day week 50:54 outside of the word of God. 50:56 The authority of God's word, so that says 50:59 the authority of God's word rules our lives 51:02 in every particular. So listen to this 51:05 for a moment just to give you a little bit of trivia. 51:08 There are 365 days a year, 61,320 hours 51:15 or 3 million 679,200 seconds. 51:21 And so when one that time period is done 51:25 boom, it starts all over again. 51:26 But as far as the replacing off 51:33 or removing the landmarks that show us 51:36 from week to week the Sabbath continues to exist. 51:38 There is nothing in history that has been able 51:40 to effectively accomplish that. 51:42 That's right, now another issue here too 51:45 that you find is that the lunisolar calendar 51:49 and that is the Hebrew calendar used, 51:51 or sometimes refer to the Mosaic calendar 51:54 is tied to the system of festivals. 51:58 That's right. Types and shadows 51:59 which prefigured the ministry of Christ Himself. 52:03 It was a plan of salvation instituted by God 52:06 after the fall, after the fall 52:10 to show the world, the message of the Messiah 52:15 who was to come to accomplish or fulfill all these things. 52:18 And so when you are talking about that calendar, 52:20 you are really looking into a shadow of things to come, 52:24 the types of things to come 52:26 and the seventh day Sabbath, 52:27 the commandments themselves are never tied to shadows. 52:33 In fact, we find them existing before the falls, 52:35 not part of teaching the plan of salvation, 52:38 the seventh day Sabbath. 52:39 It's a memorial of creation week prior to the fall. 52:42 So even the Sabbath itself cannot tie to the system 52:47 of festivals and rights and ceremonies 52:51 that were part of the lunar system. 52:55 And that system was kept on a 30 day cycle 52:59 to keep the Jewish, a system itself 53:03 to keep that in sink and in place from year to year. 53:07 They need consistency month to month. 53:09 They also establish it for their prophetic reckoning too. 53:12 They use the lunar calendar, the 30 day cycle, 53:14 which we still can use today, but that's in prophecy. 53:17 It's not in the Sabbath itself 53:20 tied to the commandments, so the fourth commandment. 53:22 And you talk about the Jewish calendar 53:24 and the Jewish calendar is two fold, 53:28 they have a civil calendar and a sacred calendar. 53:34 Let me share with you, you probably, 53:37 these are not necessarily important to you, 53:39 but depending on which calendar is being used 53:43 for that is determined by a particular event, 53:46 so when it comes to the Yom Kippur, 53:49 when it comes to the Day of Atonement, 53:52 these events are govern by their sacred calendar. 53:57 So you have something else about the Jewish calendar. 54:00 You have four watches in it, 54:01 four watches of the day, four watches of night, 54:04 a total of eight watches. 54:05 And if you think about how long each of those watches 54:08 are three hours per watch. 54:12 When you use that, you begin to see the Bible 54:15 has established a particular timeframe. 54:17 One of the examples just to show you how that works. 54:19 Let's look at the first watch of the day. 54:22 Go with me to the book of Acts. 54:24 Something that you can use and you begin to see, 54:28 you begin to see... Matter of fact 54:33 I'm going to Acts Chapter 1, okay. 54:39 And we begin to see clearly here, 54:42 when the Lord was crucified, 54:47 then the day of Pentecost came 54:49 and when the day of Pentecost came, 54:52 there was an assumption that the disciples were drunk, 54:55 but they were not drunk. 54:57 Notice what it says and in verse in Acts Chapter 2. 55:04 And, what verse am I looking for here John? 55:09 Okay, all right here it is, verse 13, 55:18 Others mocking said, "They are full of new wine." 55:20 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, 55:23 raised his voice and said, "Men of Judea 55:28 and all who dwell in Jerusalem, 55:30 let this be known to you, and heed my words. 55:35 Verse 15, For these are not drunk, 55:36 as you suppose, since it is only 55:38 the third hour of the day. 55:42 Third hour of the day, many of us think 55:44 the day begins at midnight, but he said 55:46 the third hour of the day, that's the key element, 55:49 it was only 9:00 AM in the morning, 55:51 that was the ending of the first watch. 55:53 And then when Jesus died, 55:55 Jesus died between the second and third watch, 55:57 meaning between noon and 3:00 PM in the afternoon. 56:01 And when you put that word watch in the Bible, 56:03 you begin to see that is not only given 56:05 by a 24 hour day, but is broken down watch, 56:08 by watch, by watch, by watch, 56:10 for what purpose? To accurately track time, 56:13 so that we don't get off course, 56:15 and somewhere along the way 56:17 being to loose track of time. 56:19 God has always had a seven day cycle 56:21 from the very beginning of creation, 56:23 the Jews recognize this to this day. 56:25 They have not missed a weekly seven the Sabbath 56:29 since the very beginning. 56:32 And so we see that they have clearly established 56:36 the perpetuity of this repeating seven day cycle 56:41 which points to the week or culminates 56:42 in the Sabbath on the seventh day. 56:44 And that has not changed, 56:46 if we are to make all these different, 56:47 have to make these different calculations, 56:49 resetting the Sabbath every month 56:51 according to lunar calendar, 56:52 who knows what day the Sabbath would be. 56:55 But, God is not complicated like that, 56:57 He simply said the seventh day is the Sabbath. 57:02 And that's the way it's always been to have 57:04 someone come up with this big argument 57:06 that is gonna change all that, 57:07 I'm sorry but it's falling very short. 57:10 And so friends, we are living in a day and age 57:12 where we still believe the Bible is valid 57:14 and many arguments has one point 57:16 and one said many anvil, 57:19 the anvil of God has warned out many hammers 57:22 and attempts to relinquish the relevance of God's word. 57:25 But here House Calls and 3ABN we believe 57:27 that God's word remains relevant. 57:29 So, continue trusting the Lord, 57:31 continue studying His word until we see you again. 57:34 God bless you. |
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