Participants: James Rafferty
Series Code: OTR
Program Code: OTR001007
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01:01 Good morning and blessings to you coming to live
01:04 from Three Angels Broadcasting Network 01:06 in Thompsonville, Illinois, 01:08 a tiny little town in Southern Illinois, about 600 people. 01:12 But from here the preaching of the everlasting gospel 01:14 is going all around the world. 01:16 How many present say amen to that. 01:18 Amen. Amen. 01:19 We have a beautiful congregation here 01:21 from different parts of the state 01:23 and some other parts of the world 01:25 that are here to receive 01:26 the blessing of the preaching of God's word. 01:29 And on this hour, during this hour 01:31 we have a speaker who is a person 01:34 that is connected with Jesus Christ. 01:37 If you've ready any of the books by James Rafferty, 01:39 you will notice that he studies deeply 01:43 but also he relies on the Holy Spirit. 01:46 He is the speaker and co-director 01:48 of Light Bearers Ministry, a ministry 01:50 that is every year sending millions of pieces 01:54 of literature all around the world 01:56 so that the gospel can be preached 01:58 all around the world in different languages 02:00 as a matter of fact. 02:01 And we praise the Lord for this ministry 02:03 that has his goal to reach as many people 02:07 as possible for Jesus Christ. 02:09 During this hour, he will be preaching on a message 02:11 "Waymarks of Prophecy 02:13 and Finding Jesus in the Prophecy." 02:17 And you will find that this will be a message 02:20 that you should hear and we encourage you 02:23 to take notes continue studying. 02:25 And I hope that you will see how God has in every, 02:30 almost every page of scripture 02:32 there is a message about God, His love and also warning, 02:37 because this world has to be warned 02:39 that there is a lion who is roaming about seeking 02:44 whom he may devour and the only answer is Jesus Christ. 02:50 Before we begin our message, 02:53 we will hear a beautiful musical offering 02:56 by Sister Jill Morikone 02:58 and the message in song is "His Eye is on the Sparrow." 03:02 His Eye is on the Sparrow. 03:04 After the musical offering, we will hear 03:07 the voice of James Rafferty preaching God's message. 03:12 But before that we want to encourage you 03:13 to stand if you're able and we're going to have prayer. 03:17 We're going to ask for the Lord to bless us, 03:19 not only us here but people all around the world 03:22 that are watching 3ABN or listening to 3ABN 03:26 in different parts of the world. 03:27 Let us pray together. 03:30 Our loving heavenly Father. 03:33 We want to thank You Lord, that we have the privilege 03:36 to hear Your message for us during this hour. 03:41 We pray, Lord, that not only us here will be blessed 03:44 but people all around the world. 03:46 You know their needs. 03:50 And we pray that through your servant James Rafferty, 03:54 they will hear Your message from Your throne of grace. 03:57 We therefore ask for Your Holy Spirit 03:59 to be poured out upon him. 04:02 We pray that a message will come forth 04:06 in the power of the Holy Spirit. 04:09 And we pray, Lord, that You will bless the musical offering 04:12 so that it will also be a blessing to your children. 04:14 Bless our staff and our equipment 04:17 and we pray that we will see Jesus in this message. 04:23 In Jesus' name we ask and pray. 04:26 Amen. Amen. 04:28 We may be seated. 04:30 At this time we will hear the musical offering 04:32 "His Eye is on the Sparrow" by Sister Jill Morikone 04:35 and then the preaching of God's word through James Rafferty. 04:38 May God bless us. 09:16 Amen. I have my Bible opened already. 09:19 We want to use the time wisely, Matthew Chapter 24, 09:22 Jesus is talking to His disciples about 09:27 what is going to happen 09:29 not only at the destruction of Jerusalem 09:31 but at the end of the world. 09:33 Signs that are going to lead down to His second coming 09:38 as well as the destruction of Jerusalem, 09:40 Matthew 24:3. 09:41 "And he sat on the mount of Olives, 09:43 and the disciples came unto him privately, 09:45 saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? 09:49 And what shall be the sign of thy coming, 09:53 and of the end of the world?" 09:56 Have you been talking to Jesus privately lately, 09:59 asking Him about what's going on in the world today? 10:04 Because evidently there are lot of people who are curious, 10:10 interested and aroused about 10:13 where we are in this earth's history right now. 10:15 And Jesus has the answer still. 10:18 He had the answers then and He has the answers now. 10:21 But there are a lot of false teachers 10:26 that are bringing false messages. 10:27 Jesus warned us about that three times in Matthew 24, 10:30 you know that, right. 10:32 And so there are lot of people who are taking current events 10:35 and things that are taking place in the world today 10:37 and they're trying to put them into Bible prophecy. 10:41 This morning we're going to be 10:42 talking about Waymarks number 2. 10:45 Waymarks. Signs. 10:49 And we gonna be trying to understand 10:51 how we can identify current events 10:55 that fits with Bible prophecy. 11:00 Let's pray together. 11:01 Father in heaven, I want to thank You this morning 11:03 for this opportunity again here at 3ABN camp meeting, 11:09 seeking Your presence, Your spirit asking 11:12 for the fulfillment of Your promises to lead us, 11:14 instruct us and teach us and recognizing 11:17 that we need again to talk privately with Jesus. 11:21 To have an audience with Him right now 11:24 and as we open the word, 11:27 we pray that He will indeed speak to us. 11:29 That He will be lifted up and that He will direct us 11:32 in the path that we should take, 11:34 so we'll not be confused or distracted 11:38 by the events that are taking place in this world 11:41 that are-- that amount to smokescreens, 11:43 distractions, and that we'll keep our feet 11:46 on the path that Jesus has marked out, 11:49 that we'll follow the Lamb wherever He goes. 11:51 Be with us to this end. 11:53 Speak to us, communicate to us. Cleanse my heart. 11:57 Use me as a vessel fit to share this message 12:01 and open up each heart that is here listening, 12:03 those who are listening through this broadcast, 12:07 we pray in Jesus' name. 12:08 Amen. 12:11 Prophetic waymarks. 12:13 Well, the world waymark is by definition a mark 12:17 that is put on a tree or a wall or another surface 12:22 to show the direction that a path takes. 12:27 Waymarks, that's how I got to 3ABN. 12:30 I came to St. Louise, and it said highway 64 12:33 and I followed that waymark and that took me to highway 57 12:37 down south toward West Frankfort. 12:42 Well, actually what was it first? 12:47 No. No. 12:50 Benton came later, 12:52 57 south to Mount Vernon, that was it. 13:00 Did you see how important it is for us 13:02 to know and remember the waymarks. 13:05 Even the ones that already in the past 13:07 because I'm traveling 57 down south towards Mount Vernon. 13:16 And I get to Mount Vernon, 13:17 I'm thinking when I get to Mount Vernon 13:18 because I come out here a lot but not every day. 13:22 I'm thinking when I get to Mount Vernon, 13:26 what do I do now, do I take the Mount Vernon exit, 13:28 do I keep going south here and of course 13:30 there is Louisville going to the left somewhere, 13:32 I'm thinking, am I in the right place. 13:35 I'm looking for the sign. 13:36 You know, the sign I'm looking for now is Benton. 13:38 I'm looking for the Benton sign 13:39 because you can take the Benton exit 13:41 or you can take the West Frankfort exit. 13:43 I'm looking for the Benton sign. 13:44 And I keep thinking away. 13:46 Have I gone too far? Have I gone too far? 13:47 Have I gone too far? And then there it is. 13:50 There it is, the Benton sign. 13:51 And now I know that I'm on the right path. 13:55 I know because I've taken 64 out of St. Louis, 13:58 and I've taken 57 south toward Mount Vernon. 14:07 And now I see the Benton sign so I take that, 14:09 I go through the city of Benton, 14:10 I'm looking for that big square circle, 14:13 that big square circle. 14:15 And I go around the big square circle, 14:16 and I come out, got past the high school 14:19 and down that lonely road it's 2:30 in the morning. 14:26 Actually it's 12:30 time. 14:29 And I'm looking for the last sign, 14:31 the last waymark. 14:32 And what is that last waymark? 14:35 Angel Lane. Angel Lane. 14:39 It's hard to find. 14:40 I actually did the mileage 14:42 because I figured it's about 8 or 9 miles out of Benton, 14:46 I would see that lane because you can go right past, 14:49 I go right past it many times and I end up in Thompsonville. 14:51 And if I'm in Thompsonville, guess what? 14:54 I've gone too far. 14:55 I need to turn around, I need to go back. 14:58 Waymarks. 15:00 They show us the way. 15:02 They mark out the path and they help us, 15:05 they confirm us when we're not sure we think, 15:06 well, I know that I followed 15:08 these previous signs have taken me X, Y and Z, 15:11 so I'm pretty sure I'm in the right place. 15:13 I'm still looking for that last sign. 15:14 Prophetic waymarks. 15:16 Now, I like the definition of waymarks 15:18 because one of the definitions that we read here 15:20 was a mark put on a tree. 15:24 Prophetic waymarks. 15:27 There are lot of prophetic waymarks 15:29 that has God has given us in His word, 15:30 but there was one that stands out 15:32 clear head and shoulders above every other one 15:34 and that is Jesus Christ and Him crucified. 15:39 A mark put on a tree. 15:40 And that waymark, that prophetic waymark 15:43 is what has established us 15:47 as a Seventh-day Adventist movement. 15:49 We are established 15:51 in the prophetic waymark of Jesus Christ. 15:55 There is no other. It's foundational. 15:58 We build upon that prophetic waymark 16:00 and that's what the Book of Revelation does. 16:02 We looked at this a little bit, 16:04 but I want to review as we move into the second half 16:07 of the Book of Revelation this morning. 16:10 In Revelation, we have three cycles, 16:13 three prophetic pictures, three images 16:16 if you will of three maps, 16:19 all taking us down the same road. 16:20 That's the way it works. 16:22 God is using the principle of repeat and enlarge 16:26 because He wants to make sure we get to our destination. 16:28 He wants us to make it to heaven. 16:30 I'd like you guys to come to our camp meeting in Oregon, 16:34 Light Bearers' camp meeting. 16:35 It's over the 4th of July week, 16:38 starts July 3rd Tuesday through the weekend 16:40 and so I'm going to give you directions. 16:42 You'll have to probably fly into Eugene, 16:45 but from there you'd take I-5. 16:47 If you drive I-5,84, I-5 either south or north 16:50 depending on which way you're coming. 16:51 I-5 south from Eugene, you look for 126. 16:56 You take the 126 east and that will take you 16:59 to a stop sign main street, Springfield, 17:02 Springfield, Eugene, 17:03 and you just go right through that light 17:05 and you're going to be on the Bob Strauss roadway. 17:09 It's brand new road. 17:11 Your GPS will quit working right there 17:13 because it's a new brand road. 17:15 You just keep following that road, you go about 8 miles 17:18 as you're following that road, 17:20 it whines back and forth and you'll see 17:21 Light Bearers Ministry on the left, 17:23 37457 Jasper Lowell Road. 17:25 126 turns into Bob Strauss, turns into Jasper Lowell Road. 17:29 Think you can make it. 17:30 I'm not sure so I'm going to repeat those directions 17:33 with some more details. 17:35 As you drive down 65, you can go 65 miles an hour. 17:38 When you get onto 126, you go 55 miles an hour. 17:41 When you get onto the Bob Strauss, 17:43 you can still go 55 but then it will turn to 45 17:45 and then you come into Jasper and it will turn to 35. 17:48 Be sure and drive 35 in Jasper. 17:51 Watch out for the speed limit signs. 17:54 See, that's what the Book of Revelation does. 17:55 It repeats and enlarges, 17:57 and gives us another perspective. 17:58 Look out for. Look out for the beast. 18:00 Look out for the dragon. 18:01 Look out for the seven last plagues. 18:04 And then as you go into that 35 mile hour zone, 18:06 you come out of it again into a 55. 18:08 You'll see a school sign on the right. 18:10 And right across from the school 18:12 is Light Bearers Ministry. 18:14 Think you can make it. I'm not sure. 18:17 So I'm going to repeat it 18:19 because I really want to make sure you get there. 18:21 As you're coming into Springfield, Eugene, 18:25 the freeway splits, Eugene's on the right, 18:27 Springfield's on the left. 18:28 You gonna see this big stacks of this big lumber mill, 18:32 and as you go past main street to toward Jasper, 18:36 you gonna hit a set of railway tracks. 18:38 Now, if the bars are down 18:40 and the lights are flashing red... 18:44 Stop. Okay. 18:46 Red dragon, red light, stop. 18:48 Okay, when the bars come up, you go through. 18:50 And then you will see Lamar River will be right there 18:53 on your right and you'll see Jasper Store. 18:56 Don't buy gas there. 18:57 You'll pay a dollar more gallon. 19:00 You ensure gas up before you get there 19:01 and then you'll see a green bridge on the right. 19:04 And then you'll start seeing mile markers from Jasper Store, 19:06 mile marker 1, mile marker 2, mile marker 3. 19:10 We're between 2 and 3. 19:11 If you get to mile marker 3 you've gone too far. 19:14 Turn around and come back. 19:16 Think you can make it. I'm not sure. 19:19 So I'm going now. 19:23 This is what God is doing 19:25 in the Books of Daniel and Revelation. 19:27 He is giving us instructions 19:29 just like he has done all through the Bible 19:31 and he is repeating and enlarging upon it, 19:32 repeating it and enlarging upon it 19:34 because He wants to make sure we get there. 19:38 He wants to make sure we get there. 19:40 And if we get confused. If we go too far. 19:42 If we're not sure, we can look back 19:45 at the waymarks, the prophetic waymark 19:48 and we can remember, yes, I remember James told me, 19:50 I was going to cross that railroad crossing. 19:54 He told me I was going to come into a 35 mile hour zone. 19:56 He told me I was going to see a green bridge on the right 19:58 and Jasper Store on the left. 19:59 Don't buy gas there. 20:00 He told me all of these things, 20:02 I am pretty sure it's up here little bit further, 20:03 it's got to be up here just a little bit further. 20:05 Look for 37457. 20:07 Not sure exactly where it is, 20:09 not sure exactly when he's coming 20:12 but we can know by the signs that we're close. 20:15 We're very close. 20:17 Now these signs are so specific, 20:19 they are so significant, they are so powerful, 20:22 they're so clear that Satan is doing everything he can 20:25 to change the signs, to dismantle them, 20:28 to take them out, to get us confused, 20:31 to get us on the wrong path. 20:32 He's doing everything he can and that's why 20:34 God has given us this book, this guide, 20:37 this Book of Revelation and it all begins with Jesus. 20:40 Jesus tells us two things in prophecy. 20:43 He tells us what prophecy is all about, 20:45 Himself and our redemption of course tied into him, 20:50 and He also tells us where it begins, 20:54 because the prophecies of Revelation begin 20:57 in the times of Jesus, 20:59 in the times of the apostolic church, they begin with Him, 21:01 with His time, with His incarnation. 21:03 Daniel takes us from Babylon all the way through to Rome 21:07 and to the second coming of Jesus. 21:09 Revelation picks up in Rome. 21:11 It picks up with the time of Christ, 21:13 with the Roman Empire and it takes it little further. 21:16 Daniel is like the washing machine, 21:19 and Revelation is like the dryer. 21:23 The washing machine goes through its cycle. 21:25 We talked about that yesterday, you know, 21:27 and we're in the tumble cycle, the last spin cycle. 21:29 You know how that is, it starts and it's kind of rough. 21:31 And then it starts moving fast, 21:33 the last movements are going to be rapid ones. 21:36 And then God takes that wash out of the washer 21:39 and He puts it in the dryer and get's it all dry. 21:41 And you know if you get 21:42 that wash out of the dryer just in time, 21:44 you don't have to iron those shirts. 21:51 Revelation and the seven churches begins with Jesus. 21:56 He's pictured there among the churches. 21:59 That is a picture 22:01 of the incarnation of the Jesus Christ. 22:04 He's telling us, I've come to this earth, 22:06 I've come to be with you, 22:08 I am going to send my Holy Spirit 22:09 and He's going to pick up where I've left off. 22:11 I am going to be with you till the end of the world. 22:12 So the message of the churches begins with apostolic age 22:16 with the church of Christ and it takes us 22:18 down through the ages to the Laodicean Church. 22:20 The message of the seven churches has taken us 22:23 to where we are now. 22:24 We're in the Laodicean age. 22:26 We're in the time of the seventh church. 22:29 Then you go to the seals. 22:30 The seals again pick up with the time of Jesus. 22:34 The seal start with the inauguration 22:37 with Jesus ascending to heaven. 22:40 You remember we saw there in Revelation 4 and 5. 22:42 You have the seven spirits of God 22:44 before the throne in Revelation 4 22:45 and there's voices and thunders and lightning, 22:47 and in Revelation 5 Jesus comes, 22:49 the lamb slain in the midst of the throne, 22:51 that's pointing through the crucifixion. 22:54 The seven churches points us to the incarnation. 22:58 The seven seals points us to the crucifixion. 23:05 It begins with the picture of the lamb slain 23:08 in the midst of the throne. 23:09 And once Jesus takes the book, 23:11 those seven spirits that's around the throne of God 23:13 are send out into all the earth, 23:15 that's the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 23:16 Then the seals opened, first seal, 23:18 apostolic church going forth conquering the conquer. 23:20 Faith, the conquering faith. 23:22 Then you have the red horse, persecution. 23:24 Then you have the black horse, compromise, dark ages. 23:27 Then you have the pale horse, death. 23:29 Transformation from those dark ages into atheism, 23:32 destroying faith through misrepresenting God. 23:35 Then you have the fifth seal, 23:36 those under the altar crying out for judgment 23:38 and of course you have the signs of the end. 23:39 And so we're living in that time, 23:41 the fifth and sixth seals had been peel back 23:44 and we're living in that time, just before Jesus comes 23:47 under the sixth and seven seals. 23:49 That's where we are today. 23:51 So most of the church's prophetic history 23:54 has already been fulfilled 23:55 and we're living in the seventh church. 23:57 Most of the church's prophetic history-- 23:59 Excuse me, most of the seal's prophetic history 24:01 has already been fulfilled. 24:03 We're in the last cycle 24:04 of the prophetic washing machine or dryer. 24:07 And so we're living in the time of the sixth and seventh seal. 24:10 Then we go to the trumpets. 24:12 What do we see in the trumpets? 24:13 It begins again with Jesus. All prophecy begins with Jesus. 24:19 So we have a picture in the trumpets, 24:21 not of the incarnation of Christ 24:22 like we have in the churches, 24:24 not of the crucifixion of Christ 24:26 like we have in the seals. 24:27 In the trumpets we have the picture 24:28 of the intercession of Christ. 24:32 Incarnation, crucifixion and intersession. 24:34 Paul calls that in 1 Corinthians 15:1-3, 24:37 he calls that the foundation 24:39 or the first of all of the gospel. 24:41 Christ, incarnate, crucified and risen for us 24:45 is the essence of the gospel. 24:49 So in Revelation 8 we have this angel with this incense 24:52 and he's standing at this altar, 24:54 he gets his incense and he takes it 24:56 to the golden altar and he mingles it 24:58 with the prayers of the saints. 24:59 That's the picture of Christ 25:00 interceding the heavenly sanctuary. 25:02 It's a beautiful picture that God has given us here 25:05 in the Book of Revelation of the plan of salivation 25:07 in the context of history. 25:11 All the history begins, churches, seals and trumpets 25:13 with Jesus in the apostolic age. 25:16 When this angel mingles these prayers with the incense, 25:19 he then in verse 5 of Revelation, 25:21 he takes fire off the altar and does what? 25:24 Where does he throw the fire? 25:26 Into the earth. Sends the fire into the earth. 25:32 The apostles in Christ's day were praying 25:34 for the outpouring of the Holy Spirit. 25:35 Their prayers were mingled 25:37 with the righteousness of Christ. 25:38 They had-- they were in one place 25:40 in one accord and that's where God wants us 25:41 to be in the end of time. 25:42 Amen. 25:44 That history needs to be repeated. 25:45 And as they are coming together 25:47 with one place and one accord, God pours out the fire, 25:50 pours out His Holy Spirit into the earth 25:52 and all of that lightning and thundering 25:53 those voices that was around the throne of God 25:55 in Revelation 4 is now cast into earth. 25:58 And God's people are going forth, 26:00 they are in this room, the doors are locked, 26:01 they are scared to death 26:02 but as the spirit of God's poured out, 26:04 the doors are burst open, 26:05 and they go out for claming Jesus Christ. 26:08 See voices, the lightning, the angels of God guiding them 26:12 and delivering them from prison and the thunder, 26:14 the voice of God speaking. 26:15 It was powerful. 26:16 It was like an earthquake, it shook the world. 26:18 And they told him, be quite and he said, no. 26:20 They spoke in other tongues. 26:22 All of this was the manifestation 26:23 of the Holy Spirit. 26:24 Stop preaching Jesus. We can't stop preaching Jesus. 26:27 We can't stop talking about Jesus. 26:31 Can you imagine that history 26:33 being repeated in the end of time? 26:36 Can you imagine a group of people in the end of time 26:39 that thought more about Jesus than anything else? 26:42 More about Jesus than the pope, 26:43 more about Jesus than the signs, 26:44 more about Jesus than the government, 26:47 more about Jesus than the conspiracy theories, 26:49 more about Jesus than themselves. 26:52 They just talk about Jesus all the time. 26:55 That's what the decuples did. 26:57 They were just enamored, they were just in love, 26:58 they were just consumed by the picture 27:01 that they had of Jesus Christ. 27:05 They beheld Him, 27:06 and by beholding they became changed. 27:09 And everything that went in just came out. 27:11 It just came out and they couldn't stop. 27:14 Nothing could stop them. 27:16 And then of course you have the history of the trumpets. 27:19 It begins with the judgments on the Roman Empire 27:21 that began with the fall of Jerusalem. 27:23 Definitely a judgment on Rome 27:25 because the Jews had given themselves over to Caesar. 27:28 The Romans didn't want to destroy Jerusalem. 27:29 They didn't want to destroy the temple. 27:31 They embellished it, 27:32 they invested lot of money into it. 27:33 Titus was pleading with them, come out, 27:35 we don't want to destroy this temple. 27:37 But prophecy had to be fulfilled. 27:40 God's prophetic word will be fulfilled to the letter 27:46 and no human devising can stop that. 27:51 We have a more sure word of prophecy. 27:53 I am so thankful for that, aren't you? 27:54 We have a more sure word of prophecy. 27:57 So it's important for us not to look at current events 28:00 and use them to interpret Bible prophecy. 28:04 We need to be careful there. 28:07 One trumpet, two trumpets, three trumpets, four trumpets, 28:09 all of them symbolizing God's judgments, 28:12 limited but judgments that came upon the nations. 28:14 Again, beginning in the apostolic period 28:17 and all the way down 28:18 until the second coming of Jesus Christ. 28:19 We're living right now 28:21 in the time of the sixth and seventh trumpet, 28:25 the sixth trumpet has happened and the seventh trumpet 28:28 has not yet sounded. 28:30 When it sounds, the kingdoms of this world will become 28:33 the kingdoms of our Lord, now it's Christ. 28:36 So most of the history of the trumpets 28:38 has already taken place. 28:39 There are waymarks that guide us 28:41 to where we're at right now. 28:42 Most of the history of the seals 28:43 already taken place, 28:45 most of the history of churches already taken place. 28:47 The prophetic history I should say. 28:49 Stands immovable. 28:52 Most of the first half of the Book of Revelation 28:55 has been fulfilled. 28:57 That's what historicists believe, 28:58 that's what historicists teach. 28:59 However, there's another half to the Book of Revelation. 29:04 Now some of us want the whole book for ourselves. 29:07 We want the whole book for the end of time 29:08 but remember historicists are generous, they share. 29:14 God has given a little to very generation, 29:16 it's not all for us. 29:17 We don't get the whole pie. 29:20 We can learn from the history of these prophecies 29:22 that have been fulfilled. 29:24 We can learn fantastic lessons from that history. 29:27 But God has given 29:29 the whole second half of the Book of the Revelation 29:31 for the final generation. 29:33 Primarily, now there are some points 29:36 in the second half that direct us back in history 29:40 to make the connection. 29:42 But primarily most of it is for us. 29:46 We have a transition point in Revelation 11. 29:50 A powerful transition point when you think about it 29:53 because it's right in the middle of the book. 29:55 Revelation 11, right in the context of the third woe 30:00 or the seventh trumpet, we have this verse Revelation 11:19, 30:04 "And the temple of God was opened in heaven, 30:08 and there was seen in his temple-- " 30:10 What? "The ark of his testament." 30:15 Where is that? In the most holy place. 30:20 Now remember, that's the language 30:22 of the sanctuary tells us 30:24 where we are in prophetic history. 30:26 For example, go back a couple of pages 30:29 to the sixth trumpet. 30:32 It's the second world, same thing. 30:34 It's in Revelation 9:12. We'll start with verse 12. 30:39 "One woe is past; and, behold, 30:41 there come two woes more hereafter. 30:42 And the sixth angel sounded, verse 13, 30:45 the sixth angel and I heard a voice from the-- " 30:47 What? 30:49 "Four horns of the golden altar." 30:51 Where is that? 30:53 It's in the holy place. It's in the holy place. 30:56 Do you know what that tells us? 30:58 That tells us that this prophecy 31:00 that's about to be revealed 31:02 in the sixth trumpet is pre 1844. 31:06 That's what it tells us, 31:08 because the voice comes from the Holy Place, 31:11 from the four horns of the golden altar 31:12 which is in the Holy place. 31:14 So what is the prophecy? 31:15 It is the prophecy that is a remarkable 31:17 fulfillment according to Great Controversy, 31:20 Josiah Litch's prediction 31:22 of the fall of the Ottoman Empire. 31:23 And when did that take place? 31:24 It took place on August 11th, 31:27 not August 10th and not August 12th. 31:29 It took place on August 11th, 1840. 31:34 It was the forerunner. 31:35 It was the forerunner of the 2,300 day prophecy, 31:38 of the Millerite moment. 31:39 It affirmed atheists 31:42 in the message of the Millerites. 31:45 It had an incredible impact on the world, 31:48 this prophecy, this prediction. 31:50 And like John the Baptist, the forerunner of Christ 31:53 has been lost sight of, beheaded, gone. 31:55 Many of us don't even know 31:57 how to interpret or what it means. 31:59 I want to encourage you, we have a whole series 32:01 of outlines on the seven trumpets 32:02 on our website lightbearers.org and this will, 32:05 all of this is explained in that series on the trumpets. 32:08 We need to know this message 32:09 because this message is powerful, 32:11 it's a powerful waymark. 32:13 It's the bridge, it's the Jasper store, 32:16 it's the railroad track, 32:18 it's I-57 south, it's Mount Vernon. 32:21 Whatever we want to call it, it is important for us today 32:25 because it affirms our prophetic history 32:28 and our understanding of prophecy. 32:29 Now that article of furniture being in the holy place 32:34 also affirms that the prophecy 32:36 has the right application, it's pre 1844. 32:38 But notice now in Revelation 11:19, 32:40 we see the temple of God open in heaven 32:42 and it was seen in His temple the Ark of His testament. 32:46 That's in the most holy place. 32:48 We've now transitioned in the most holy place, 32:50 not that certain portions of those prophecies 32:53 of the churches, seals and trumpets, 32:54 aren't post 1844 they are, just the last portions. 32:58 But now entire sections of Revelations are going to be 33:03 primarily played out post 1844. 33:06 What I mean by that? 33:08 Well, for example, after the most holy place 33:12 is open in Revelation 11:19, we have in Revelation 12:17 33:16 something very interesting. 33:19 Revelation 12:17. 33:21 "And the dragon was wroth with the woman, 33:24 and went to make war with the remnant of her seed." 33:29 Who do what? 33:31 Where are the commandments of God? 33:34 In the sanctuary service, 33:35 where are the commandments of God? 33:37 They are in the most holy place. 33:39 Now I want you to notice this 33:40 because we're following the sanctuary symbolism 33:43 and that is identifying 33:45 where we are in prophetic history. 33:46 The commandments of God have never been mentioned 33:48 in the Book of Revelation up until this time, never. 33:52 They are not in Revelation 1, they are not in Revelation 2, 33:54 they are not in Revelation 3, 33:55 they are not in Revelation 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. 33:58 They are not there. Why? 34:00 Because the primary focus 34:02 of that prophetic history is pre 1844. 34:06 So you see the sanctuary symbolism is helping us, 34:09 confirming us in prophetic waymarks. 34:12 Helping and confirming 34:14 the historicist approach to Bible prophecy. 34:17 Why are they mentioned in Revelation 12:17? 34:19 Because the temple of God is been open in heaven 34:21 and we've seen the Ark of His testament. 34:23 We're in the most holy place now. 34:25 You see that? 34:26 It's beautiful. It's beautiful. 34:29 And now we have the commandments of God 34:30 mentioned in Revelation 12:17 and commandments of God 34:32 mentioned again in Revelation 14:12. 34:39 We are there, we're on the other side. 34:42 We are in the time of the end. We are post 1844. 34:46 Time of the end beginning is 1798. 34:48 And so here we see our destiny. This is our destiny. 34:51 is our destiny. 34:53 But how do we get to that place? 34:56 How do we get to our destiny? 34:58 I want to back up just a couple of steps. 35:00 Before we become the people 35:02 who keep the commandments of God, 35:04 there's something else that we become. 35:08 Jesus said it this way, He said, 35:11 "If you love me, keep My commandments." 35:16 And 1 John 4:19 says it even more explicitly, 35:20 more simply, it says, 35:22 "We love Him because He first loved us." 35:27 You see, the first whole half of the Book of Revelation 35:30 is not just giving us prophetic waymarks, 35:33 historicist waymarks, it's also giving us 35:35 the picture of the love of God, His incarnation, 35:39 His crucifixion, His intercession. 35:42 It's focusing on Jesus because the first half 35:44 of the Book of Revelation is not seeking to identify us 35:50 as commandment keepers. 35:52 It's seeking to identify us as people who need Jesus. 35:57 We need to overcome what we can't overcome. 35:58 No man in heaven or earth can overcome, 36:00 no man in heaven or earth has prevailed, 36:02 but Jesus has prevailed where we've failed. 36:04 And we are to connect with Jesus 36:06 and when we connect with Jesus and give our lives to Jesus, 36:08 when we give Him our hearts, He gives us His righteousness. 36:14 And we praise Him, we honor Him with that great multitude. 36:18 In fact Revelation 12:1, 36:20 we become part of this woman that is clothed with a sun. 36:26 Now does the sun represent? Malachi 4:2? 36:30 S - U - N, it represents 36:31 the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 36:32 You see, before we can keep the commandments of God, 36:35 we need to be clothed 36:36 with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 36:38 That's what Revelation 12 is telling us. 36:40 Revelation 12 is the transition point 36:43 in our Christian experience 36:44 as well as the transition point in prophetic history. 36:48 What do I mean by that? 36:49 Well, it's complicated but I'll try to simplify it. 36:53 Revelation 12 begins 36:56 with the appearance of a wonder, 36:58 a great sign of unusual occurrence, 37:01 that's what the Greek tells us. 37:02 An unusual occurrence has just taken place. 37:04 There's a woman, 37:05 what does a woman represent in Bible prophecy? 37:07 A church. 37:08 There's a woman who is clothed with the sun. 37:12 This is unusual. 37:15 She has under her feet the moon. 37:20 Now I believe the sun represents 37:21 the righteousness of Jesus Christ 37:23 so I believe the moon, 37:24 the lesser light would represent His word 37:25 where we find this righteousness. 37:27 "The word is a light to my path and a lamp to my feet," 37:30 you read that verse in Psalm 109? 37:33 Psalm 119:105. 37:35 And that word actually, that light actually translates 37:37 in Hebrew to the moon, and the lesser lights. 37:41 So we have a woman here who is clothed 37:43 with the righteousness of Jesus Christ 37:45 and is standing firmly 37:46 on the word of God, is that you? 37:50 Is that you? 37:52 See, God is actually producing a people 37:54 who stand firmly on His word 37:56 and are clothed with His righteousness. 37:59 And they have-- 38:00 she has a crown of 12 stars on her head. 38:02 Now that crown of 12 stars represent the king-- 38:04 12 is the kingdom number. 38:06 In other words, that number represents 38:08 God's organized church, 38:10 the 12 tribes of the Old Testament, 38:12 the 12 apostles of the New Testament. 38:14 God has an organized people who are standing 38:17 on the word of God and are clothed 38:18 with the righteousness of Jesus Christ. 38:20 Is that us? 38:22 See, this is the first picture that emerges of God' church 38:27 as we make this transition. 38:30 But this church began again in apostolic times. 38:33 Revelation 12 begins just where the church has began 38:38 and the seals began and the trumpets began. 38:41 It begins in apostolic times. 38:43 That's where it begins prophetically 38:45 because we're doing the same thing, 38:46 now, we're doing a repeat and in enlarge. 38:48 Now watch this, this is beautiful. 38:50 "And she being with child verse 2, 38:53 travailed in birth, pained to be delivered." 38:54 Who's the child? 38:56 Jesus is the child. 38:58 So who's the woman prophetically? 39:00 It's a church, definitely but what church? 39:04 You got two choices, 39:05 the Christian church or the Jewish church. 39:09 Those are your only two choices. 39:11 Which church is it? 39:15 The woman that bore Jesus was what church? 39:19 The Jewish church. It was a Jewish church. 39:22 See, we're starting in Jesus time here. 39:24 She's travailing in birth and pained to be delivered 39:26 and then there's another wandering in heaven is dragon 39:29 which is Satan the devil and it says that he who-- 39:34 verse 4, cast the stars out of heaven. 39:36 He stood before the child-- the woman, excuse me, 39:39 which was ready to be delivered to devour her child 39:42 as soon as it was born. 39:43 You see that? 39:45 So that's the dragon working 39:46 through Herod to destroy baby Jesus. 39:49 You see that, right? 39:50 So right now in Revelation 12 39:52 we've gone back to the apostolic age. 39:54 We're in the Jewish church history, Jesus was a Jew. 39:58 He was born of a Jewish heritage, that's where we are. 40:03 But notice, verse 5, 40:06 "And she brought forth a man child, 40:08 Jesus, who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron, 40:11 that's future, and her child was -- " 40:13 What? 40:15 "Caught up to God, and to his throne." 40:17 You see where we are right now. 40:18 We've just gone from the birth of Jesus 40:21 and the life of Jesus now He's gone to heaven, 40:23 He's interceding for us there in heaven. 40:25 We've just transitioned. Jesus is now in heaven. 40:28 So we start in the apostolic age 40:30 but we're going to move forwards. 40:31 Then there's a little kind of a little break here, 40:32 you know, where He goes back to the war in heaven 40:34 but I want-- that's later, 40:35 but I want you to notice verse 6. 40:36 Verse 6 is key. 40:38 This is the prophetic waymark 40:41 that the entire evangelical world is missing 40:43 and we ourselves are in danger of missing 40:45 this waymark, this sign, this sign post. 40:49 "And the woman, verse 6, fled into the wilderness, 40:53 where she hath a place prepared of God, 40:55 that they should feed her there 40:57 a thousand two hundred and threescore days." 41:01 What woman is that? You got two choices. 41:05 Remember you've got the Jewish church or the Christian? 41:09 What woman is that? 41:10 It's the Christian church. 41:13 Now this is amazing because we're just reading 41:15 this Bible verses and we know 41:16 that the first identification the woman is a Jewish church 41:20 because Jesus was born of that woman 41:22 and of course Herod tried to destroy Jesus 41:25 through the imperial Roman power as soon as he was born. 41:29 But then in one verse we transition 41:33 from the Jewish church to the Christian church, 41:36 just in a Bible verse 41:38 and no one's going to catch that. 41:40 No one's going to catch that, but us. 41:45 Seriously. 41:46 Because the people who identify that woman 41:49 as the Jewish church are going to continue identify 41:51 that woman as a Jewish church. 41:52 But we identify that woman as a Christian church 41:53 because we see the connection of 1260 days. 41:56 We recognize that this is the dark ages. 41:59 You read Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21, 42:02 the same transition takes place. 42:04 In Luke 21 it's very tricky because it talks about 42:07 the time of the Gentiles. 42:08 Now I am just going to read this verse to you 42:10 so that you can see the connection 42:11 between Matthew 24, Mark 13 and Luke 21 with Revelation 12. 42:16 Revelation 11 and 12 unlock this transition, 42:20 make it very clear but Luke 21, it's difficult to catch this. 42:24 I want you to look here in Luke 21, 42:27 and look here in verse 21. 42:32 Luke verse 21, Luke 21. 42:37 Jesus is talking about the destruction of Jerusalem, 42:39 first and foremost and of course 42:40 then the signs of the second coming 42:42 and the destruction of the world. 42:44 "Then let them which are in Judaea flee 42:46 to the mountains; and let them 42:47 which are in the midst of it depart out; 42:48 and let not them 42:50 which are in the countries enter there into. 42:51 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things 42:54 which are written may be fulfilled. 42:55 Verse 22. 42:56 Verse 23, "But woe unto them that are with child, 42:59 and to them that give suck, in those days 43:02 there shall be great distress in the land, 43:04 and wrath upon this people." 43:07 Who is this people? 43:10 The Jews. These are Jews. 43:12 This is talking about destruction of Jerusalem, 43:14 it's the Jews. 43:15 Now look at verse 24, 43:18 "And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, 43:21 and shall be led away captive into all nations 43:25 and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, 43:28 until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled." 43:31 What is that talking about, verse 24? 43:34 Who's that talking about? Is that talking about the Jews? 43:38 We have just made a transition in verse 24 43:41 from the Jews to the Christian church. 43:45 We've gone from the destruction of Jerusalem 43:47 till the great time of tribulation in verse 24 43:50 because right after verse 24 it says, 43:52 verse 25, "And there shall be signs in the sun, 43:54 in the moon, and the stars." 43:56 Those signs come at the end of that dark age 43:58 tribulation period, that great tribulation period. 44:00 And if you compare this with Mark 13 44:02 and with Matthew 24, you're going to see 44:04 it all lines up prophetically. 44:06 But we're missing this transition 44:08 and so we think the time of the Gentiles 44:09 has to do with literal Jerusalem. 44:11 Now, friends, if you're following this, 44:13 this is preparatory for our final meeting 44:16 on Daniel 11 because the transition 44:18 that we're seeing here in Revelation 12 44:21 that is also confirmed 44:23 by Mark 13 and Matthew 24 and Luke 21 44:26 is key to understanding the last portion of Daniel 11. 44:33 Because most people want to literalize 44:38 the last verses in Daniel 11 44:40 and they're not seeing the transition 44:41 from the literal Jewish nation 44:43 and the literal area of Jerusalem 44:44 in the Middle East to the Christian church 44:47 and the worldwide conflict that we understand 44:50 to be part of the final moments in the Great Controversy. 44:56 Back to Revelation. 45:02 I know this is challenging. 45:04 You gonna have to take a long walk after this meeting 45:06 and get your brain cleared out. 45:08 Those who are sleeping won't need to do that. 45:13 But here's the point, Revelation 12 45:16 makes this transition and now Revelation 13 45:21 and onwards are going to tell us 45:24 about the last events, the eschatological events 45:28 that are going to take place not only in Revelation, 45:30 not only in this world 45:31 but also in the Book of Daniel because the Book of Daniel 45:34 doesn't give us all the details, 45:35 you known, the toes and the clay and the rock. 45:37 And then you got a little bit more detail in Daniel 7, 45:39 little bit more detail in Daniel 8 45:41 and a lot more detail in Daniel 11 45:43 but it's confusing and people aren't getting were just, 45:46 "I don't get that." 45:48 And Daniel 11:4-45 is just, no one has solved 45:51 or understood those verses clearly. 45:54 I mean, there's not a unity 45:56 of understanding on those verses. 45:58 I believe we have a key to unlock those verses 46:00 in the Book of Revelation. 46:02 I believe the Book of Revelation unseals for us 46:05 the Book of Daniel and shows us 46:10 what those verses actually means. 46:12 Now the reason I think this is so important 46:14 is because there are a number of different opinions 46:17 and there are number of events taking place 46:18 in the world today that can mislead us. 46:20 For example, one of the big questions 46:21 that we're dealing with today is Islam. 46:25 Now this meeting is specifically 46:27 about how we can understand current events 46:32 in relation to Bible prophecy. 46:33 How do we that? 46:35 Do we look at Islam and we see 46:37 how they're developing and growing 46:38 and threatening the Christian world 46:40 and we see them growing in the Middle East 46:42 with all these countries being overturned 46:43 and we hear about the idea of a caliph, a new caliph. 46:46 Do we say, ah-hah, this must be 46:49 the fulfillment of these prophecies? 46:51 Is that how you do it? 46:53 Do you go to current events, see what's taking place 46:55 and then take them and put them into the prophecy? 46:58 No. 46:59 what you have to do, friends, 47:00 what we have to do is we have to go to Bible prophecy. 47:04 We have to understand what the Bible teaches 47:06 in that prophecy and then 47:07 we look for current events to confirm that. 47:10 We wait for the current events to confirm the fulfillment 47:13 that we see in the Bible. 47:15 But the Bible itself has to explain the prophecy. 47:18 For example, Revelation 13 identifies a current event 47:24 that we have been looking for, 47:25 and we're seeing being fulfilled today. 47:28 Revelation 13 confirms a number of current events 47:31 but one of them is found in verse 15. 47:34 Revelation 13:15. Notice what it says here. 47:37 Actually we read verse 16, 47:39 "And he cause all, both small and great, 47:42 no problem there, both poor and rich." 47:48 Now rich and poor. Now, that's amazing. 47:51 "Free and bond, to receive a mark 47:52 in their right hand, or in their foreheads." 47:54 There's coming a time when the economic stability 47:58 of the world will fail. 48:02 That's what Revelation is telling us. 48:04 Revelation is telling us 48:05 that the economic stability of the world will fall, 48:08 Revelation 18 confirms this. 48:10 It will fall so much so that there will be, 48:13 this beast which represents a kingdom or a power, 48:16 an earthly kingdom or power and another one 48:18 which represents another of the kingdom or power. 48:19 So you got one coming out of the sea, 48:21 one coming out of the earth. 48:22 There will be two powers in the end of time 48:24 that are going to unite together 48:25 and they're going to be able to enforce worship 48:27 upon the entire world. 48:31 That's what the Book of Revelation is teaching. 48:33 The issue is worship 48:34 and it's centered around economics. 48:38 No man's going to able to buy or sell. 48:39 There's going to be an economic crisis. 48:42 Do we see those events taking place in the earth today? 48:46 Do we see these powers being involved in those events? 48:50 Even suggesting that there be 48:53 some kind of economic control set up, 48:56 and we're volunteering to do it. 49:02 It's amazing when you think about it. 49:04 It is amazing what is happening 49:06 behind the scenes to fulfill this Bible prophecy. 49:09 And I believe it's going to happen like that. 49:12 When it takes place as the stage is been set, 49:14 when it takes place, 49:15 it is going to come upon this world 49:17 as an overwhelming surprise 49:18 and we're going to be brought face to face with death. 49:21 And it's too late then to prepare. 49:24 And God is so merciful 49:25 because He wants us to prepare right now. 49:27 You know, I used to teach academy kids 49:28 and I had seniors for my Revelation class 49:31 and then sophomores we taught 49:32 the life of Christ is our wages. 49:34 And when I first went into the class it was difficult 49:36 because the seniors, senior class, 49:41 the angel sat on the front row and they had their pencils 49:46 and they had their notebooks out 49:48 and they are ready to take notes, you know. 49:49 And then the second row and the third, uh... 49:52 But the last row, they were the sleepers, 49:55 they were the talkers, they were the, 49:56 "let's get my homework done for the next class." 49:57 And I, you know, I personally think 49:59 that the Bible class is the most import class. 50:02 Just my opinion. 50:03 Not because I am teaching it, 50:04 I just think it's the most important class. 50:06 So I am really over the top, I am just thinking 50:09 what am I going to do to get these kids to focus? 50:12 All of them, because I want the ones in the row. 50:15 The ones in the front row 50:17 probably already there, I want them. 50:19 So at the end of the week I threw out a pop-quiz. 50:23 Okay, we're having a quiz over the stuff we've covered, 50:25 I just started writing questions on the board 50:27 and I said to them, by the way, all of you that took notes, 50:29 which was the kids in the front row only, 50:32 it's open notes. 50:35 You can use your notes. You can use your notes. 50:38 And you should have heard the howling 50:40 that took place in the back row. 50:44 But you know what? 50:47 From that day forward everyone in the class 50:50 was taking notes because I told them, 50:52 I said, I want you to get an A in this class 50:54 and so every single week I am going to have a quiz 50:56 and every single week it's open notes. 50:59 So I figure you hear it, you write it 51:01 and then you write it again. 51:07 Now in my sophomore class there was one guy, 51:09 he was pretty smart, he came to class to sleep, 51:11 he came to-- he stayed up, you know, 51:13 doing whatever and came to class to sleep 51:14 and even though I went through this whole procedure with him, 51:16 he wasn't buying it. 51:18 And so he would come to class on quiz day, 51:19 I didn't realize this at first 51:21 because we always started class with prayer 51:22 and sometimes it will go five, ten minutes 51:24 and prayer request and etcetera. 51:25 And so he would-- during the prayer request time 51:28 we would grab the paper of his friend 51:30 and he'll be writing-- catching up with open notes. 51:33 And he didn't get them all but he get, 51:34 you know, he consistently get a B. 51:37 you know he's a brain too so he consistently. 51:38 So he wasn't-- he just sleep and I was like, 51:40 this guy is getting a B, these guys are all taking note, 51:42 this guy is getting a Bs, what's he doing? 51:44 So someone told me, you know. I said, oh, okay. 51:47 So the next Thursday, when we had the next quiz 51:51 I was standing at the door, hanging out the quizzes 51:54 and he always came in late. 51:56 And I gave him the quiz and I said, sit down, let's go. 51:58 He said, aren't we going to have prayer first? 51:59 I said, not today. 52:01 Not today? He got a D on that test. 52:07 We are in the preparation time right now. 52:11 When the test comes it's too late to get ready. 52:15 See, the test, tests 52:17 the preparation we're doing right now. 52:20 That's why it's vital for us to be here at this camp meeting 52:22 and every other camp meeting 52:23 we can attend, it's vital for us. 52:24 God set at four in the year, 52:26 always three in the year that all the males had to at. 52:29 It's vital for us to get into the word of God 52:31 and to encourage one another and build one another 52:33 and strengthen one another and to talk about and agitate 52:37 and remember these waymarks 52:38 and these prophetic signs and these pillars 52:40 that God has given us, it's vital for us. 52:42 We don't know, we don't understand, 52:44 we know more about the NBA play offs 52:46 than we do about some of this stuff. 52:49 And those guys aren't going to save us, 52:51 they're going to make us feel good or bad depending on, 52:52 whether they win or lose for you know, few hours. 52:55 But Jesus Christ has given us something that is priceless 52:59 and He's all through this. 53:00 He's everywhere in these prophecies. 53:03 And so we know that there are these two powers. 53:05 So someone says to me, what about the Islam? 53:06 I said, well, I don't see Islam in Revelation 13. 53:08 You see Islam in Revelation 13, 14, 15, 16? 53:12 Not there. So don't worry about it. 53:16 God has never been wrong. God has never been wrong. 53:20 You say, well, 53:21 yeah but there are such this and such that. 53:22 I said, be careful 53:24 because you're hearing that on the media. 53:26 The media is trying to tell you how to think about Islam. 53:30 The media is trying to tell you how to think about everything. 53:33 You need to shut that off and get into the word of God. 53:35 The word of God will tell you, I mean, I've been to Pakistan, 53:38 I've been to these countries, they're already keeping Sunday. 53:42 They're already keeping Sunday. They're already doing it. 53:47 They don't do it to worship, 53:49 they just close businesses and why? 53:50 Because of economic pressure. 53:51 That's what they do in Pakistan. 53:53 Mid-90s I was there, they just passed the law, 53:54 changing the day the business are open from Sunday to Friday. 53:59 Friday open, Sunday closed. I said, why? 54:02 Economic pressure. 54:04 The rest of the world was open, 54:05 stock market was open on Fridays, we were closed. 54:07 And then they were closed on Sundays, we were open. 54:09 We were falling behind economically. 54:10 So we said, how do the religious 54:12 fundaments feel about this? 54:13 Oh, they hate it. See, we are there, friends. 54:16 That's' why it says in Revelation 13, 54:18 they can receive the mark of the beast in the forehead, 54:20 they believe it, or in the hand, 54:21 they just go along with it. 54:22 Why? Economic pressure. 54:24 Oregon, one of the most secular state in the Union, 54:28 I lived there. 54:30 Just a few years ago 54:32 all of the auto dealerships got together, 54:34 went to the state legislator and appeal to them 54:37 to start enforcing Sunday law, closing. 54:43 Why? 54:44 Economic pressure, no religious reason. 54:46 They said, you know, business are going out, 54:48 and we're going bad economically, 54:50 car sales are down. 54:51 If we can have a guarantee day off every week 54:54 we can hire better employees, we would cut down our overhead. 54:57 You following this? 54:58 No religious reason whatsoever. 55:06 Of course, if you don't pass a law we're going to do it 55:09 because we would close 55:10 but other business will be open, 55:12 they will be taking advantage of us. 55:13 Europe, Sunday law alliance taking place, 55:17 labor unions are in it, 55:19 religious groups are in it, family day. 55:21 It's happening. 55:22 These are the signs that fulfill Bible prophecy. 55:26 These are the current events 55:27 that we need to stay focused on, 55:29 don't get distracted. 55:30 Don't get distracted by these other interpretations 55:32 and applications, stick with the sure word of prophecy. 55:37 We'll talk more about that as we continue 55:41 on Sabbath evening with Daniel 11 55:44 and connect that to Revelation 13. 55:48 It's powerful when you think about 55:49 what God has given to us in the Book of Revelation. 55:52 When you move to Revelation 13, 55:55 you connect with the Book of Daniel. 55:57 Why? 55:58 Well, in Revelation 13:2 56:00 you have a beast that comes out of the sea, 56:03 and this beast is like leopard, 56:06 a bear, a lion and the dragon gives him his power 56:09 acceding great authority. 56:10 That is connecting us to the Book of Daniel. 56:14 Battle of Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome. 56:17 Revelation 13 rehearses in the first half 56:21 the history that's already given us 56:23 in the Book of Daniel. 56:25 This beast grew up for 42 years. 56:26 They persecuted God's people, it was blasphemous against God, 56:29 it was wounded, 56:31 they don't think wound is going to be healed. 56:32 All that's in the Book of Daniel. 56:34 He that lives in the captivity must in the captivity 56:36 and while that's happening another beast rises up. 56:39 And that's where the Book of Revelation picks up 56:42 from where the Book of Daniel left off 56:43 and gives us new insights. 56:46 It helps us to understand exactly 56:49 what is going to take place in the end of time. 56:51 Revelation 13, 14, 15 does that. 56:54 And that is going to give us 56:56 the understanding that we need in Daniel 11, I believe. 57:02 So I am really excited about this, 57:03 I believe that God is opening up 57:05 insights and understanding 57:07 that we need in these last days. 57:09 But we can't rest on our leaves, 57:11 we need to pray earnestly and dig earnestly 57:14 into the word of God. 57:15 Amen. 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