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00:14 Well, good morning and happy Sabbath.
00:16 Happy Sabbath. 00:18 It's good to see you all nicely dressed. 00:21 You look so elegant and the ladies look pretty. 00:26 This morning we are going to study, 00:28 we're going to begin our study of the sixth trumpet. 00:32 However, before we study the sixth trumpet, 00:34 we need to deal with some structural matters, 00:38 the sequence of events that we find 00:41 not only in the trumpets, 00:43 but in Revelation 8 through Revelation 15. 00:46 But before we do, 00:48 we want to ask for the Lord's guidance 00:50 in our study today. 00:51 So let's pray. 00:53 Father in heaven, 00:54 thank You for the good night's rest. 00:56 Thank You that we're able to enjoy 00:59 this entire day of Sabbath rest, 01:02 and fellowship together and worship to You. 01:05 We ask that as we study this lesson, 01:07 that Your Holy Spirit will be with us 01:09 to give us understanding, 01:11 because we know that the Book of Daniel says 01:14 that in the end time, the wise will understand 01:17 and we want Your wisdom. 01:19 So we ask for Your presence, in the precious name of Jesus. 01:23 Amen. 01:24 Amen. 01:25 All right. 01:27 Let's review the trumpets. 01:30 What is the first trumpet? 01:33 What event? 01:34 The destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. 01:37 What is the second trumpet? 01:40 It is the fall of the Roman Empire 01:42 by the barbarian invasions. 01:45 What is the third trumpet? 01:47 The third trumpet is when apostasy begins 01:51 creeping into the church in the days of Constantine. 01:55 What is the fourth trumpet? 01:58 The fourth trumpet is a period of the 1260 years 02:01 of papal dominion where the sun, moon and stars, 02:05 Christ, the scriptures, and God's people are eclipsed. 02:11 What does the fifth trumpet represent? 02:13 The fifth trumpet represents the French Revolution. 02:17 Now I'm going to jump over the sixth trumpet. 02:19 And I'm going to go beyond the sixth trumpet. 02:23 What happens right before the seventh trumpet sounds? 02:28 Probation closes, right? 02:31 And then you have this, the time of trouble. 02:34 And after the time of trouble, 02:36 God's people are delivered which is what? 02:38 The sounding of the seventh trumpet. 02:40 So why did I jump? 02:42 For a very simple reason. 02:44 If the fifth trumpet is the French Revolution, 02:48 and when the seventh trumpet is about to sound? 02:53 Before the seventh trumpet, 02:55 where do we place the sixth trumpet? 02:59 It has to be between the French Revolution 03:02 between 1798 and when? 03:06 And right before probation closes. 03:09 Are you with me or not? 03:11 This is very important. 03:12 The chronology is very important. 03:14 The order of events is very important. 03:15 So clearly by the sequence that we've studied, 03:19 the sixth trumpet falls between when the fifth trumpet blows 03:24 which is the French Revolution, 03:25 and that culminates 03:27 with the captivity of the pope in 1798. 03:29 And when the seventh trumpet is about to sound 03:32 which is the close of probation. 03:33 So the events of the sixth trumpet 03:35 are from 1798 to the close of probation. 03:39 Is that when the little book is opened? 03:42 Yes. 03:43 Now let's look at this a little bit more in detail. 03:47 I've given you a page, 03:49 and I'll give it to Ilene to clean it up, 03:52 so you have a nicer copy. 03:53 But this was a last minute thing, Ilene, 03:57 so that people don't have to scribble notes 03:59 and we take more time than what we need to take. 04:02 So notice the page that I gave you this morning. 04:07 Revelation Chapter 8. 04:08 Revelation 8:12. 04:12 Revelation 8:12, tells us, 04:15 "Then the fourth angel sounded: 04:16 And a third of the sun was struck, 04:18 and a third of the moon, 04:19 and a third of the stars, 04:21 so that a third of them were darkened. 04:22 A third of the day did not shine, 04:24 and likewise the night." 04:27 So, there you have the fourth trumpet 04:28 which is the period of papal dominion. 04:31 And then in verse 13, 04:33 you have the announcement of three woes. 04:35 It says there, "And I looked, 04:37 and I heard an angel flying through the midst of heaven, 04:40 saying with a loud voice, 'Woe, woe, woe 04:44 to the inhabitants of the earth, 04:45 because of the remaining blasts 04:47 of the trumpet of the three angels 04:50 who are about to sound!' " 04:52 So the three woes are what? 04:54 The last three trumpets. 04:56 Trumpet number five, six and seven. 04:58 Is that clear? 05:00 So, trumpets five, 05:02 six and seven are the three woes. 05:05 And they follow, of course, 05:06 the fourth trumpet which is which period? 05:09 The period of papal supremacy. 05:12 And then in Revelation 9:1-11, you have the fifth trumpet. 05:19 What does the fifth trumpet represent? 05:21 The French Revolution. 05:23 Which woe is that? 05:24 That's the first woe. 05:26 How do we know that? 05:27 Well, because in 9:12, when that trumpet ends, 05:31 when the fifth trumpet ends, it says, one woe is passed, 05:35 behold, still two more woes are coming after these things. 05:40 Are you with me? 05:41 So Revelation 9:1-11, the fifth trumpet, 05:45 the French Revolution is the first woe. 05:48 Then in Revelation 9:13-21, those are the following verses. 05:54 You have which trumpet? 05:56 The sixth trumpet, and we're going to see 05:58 that the sixth trumpet describes 06:00 the gathering of the wicked 06:02 to attack God's people in the end time. 06:05 And then in Revelation 10:1 through Revelation 11:1, 06:12 you have the gathering of what? 06:14 You have the gathering of the righteous, 06:16 that's the little book episode. 06:17 Are you with me or not? 06:19 So the sixth trumpet is the gathering of the wicked 06:22 for the end time crisis. 06:24 Revelation 10:1 through 11:1 06:26 is the gathering of the righteous 06:28 for the end time crisis. 06:30 So Revelation 11:1 ends 06:33 with the gathering of the righteous, 06:35 it ends with the remnant, right? 06:37 Now, Revelation 11:2-3 takes us back where? 06:43 To the fourth trumpet. 06:46 Are you following me? 06:47 Because it mentions the two witnesses 06:50 that are going to prophesy in sackcloth 06:53 for 1260 days or 42 months. 06:56 Is that the fourth trumpet? 06:58 Yes. 06:59 So Revelation 11:2-3 is taking us back. 07:02 We're studying the structure here. 07:05 So it takes us back. 07:07 And then what do we find in Revelation 11:7-10? 07:12 The fifth trumpet, the French Revolution. 07:15 Are you with me or not? 07:16 So we have cycles here. 07:18 And then in Revelation 11:11-13, 07:22 what happens with the two witnesses 07:24 that were killed in the French Revolution? 07:26 Now they resurrect, 07:28 and you have a remnant that what? 07:31 Fears God and gives glory to Him? 07:35 Are you following me or not? 07:37 Yes. 07:38 So what does Revelation 11:11-13 end with? 07:41 Once again with the remnant. 07:45 And then I want you to notice that in Revelation 11:14, 07:51 after you have a view of the wicked, 07:52 and you have a view of the righteous, 07:54 then in verse 14 of Revelation Chapter 11, 07:59 it says, "The second woe is past, behold, 08:03 the third woe is coming quickly." 08:07 So what is the second woe? 08:09 The second woe is the sixth trumpet. 08:11 The gathering of the wicked for an attack, 08:14 a final attack on God's kingdom, God's people. 08:18 Revelation 10 describes the gathering of the righteous 08:21 as the other army to face the enemies. 08:25 So then, in Revelation 12:1-5, 08:30 you have a woman who's clothed with the sun, 08:33 she has the moon under her feet, 08:35 and she has a crown of 12 stars. 08:39 And you have a dragon that wants to kill a child 08:42 that is going to be born from the woman. 08:43 What does this woman represent? 08:46 She represents the church. 08:48 The Old Testament Church or the New Testament Church? 08:51 Well, when John sees her, she's the Old Testament Church. 08:54 You say, "Why is that?" 08:56 Because the child hasn't been born yet. 08:59 You can't have a New Testament Church 09:00 before the child is born. 09:02 Did the woman exist before the child? 09:04 That's a dumb question? 09:05 Yes. 09:07 So did the church exist in the Old Testament? 09:09 Of course. 09:10 Did 12 patriarchs establish the Old Testament Church? 09:14 Yes, that's why you have the crown 09:16 with 12 stars. 09:17 How about the New Testament Church? 09:19 Does the woman later flee to the wilderness? 09:21 So is that the New Testament Church? 09:23 How many were the founders of the New Testament Church? 09:25 Twelve. 09:27 So how many churches does God have in history? 09:30 One just for the Jews and the other for the Gentiles, 09:33 and then you have the rapture? 09:35 No, no. 09:37 There's one people of God throughout all of history, 09:41 is that clear? 09:42 So Revelation 12 takes us back where? 09:46 It takes us back to the time when Jesus was born. 09:50 And then it moves on to the fourth trumpet. 09:56 Are you following me? 09:58 You say, "How do we know that?" 09:59 Well, let's read verse 6, Revelation 12:6, it says, 10:03 then the woman after, in other words, 10:05 after Jesus goes to heaven, He gains the victory. 10:08 It says in verse 6, 10:09 "Then the woman fled into the wilderness, 10:11 where she was, has a place prepared by God, 10:14 that they should feed her there 1260 days." 10:18 Is that the same period of the fourth trumpet? 10:21 Absolutely. 10:22 And then verses 13 through 15 tells us, 10:25 "Now the dragon saw 10:27 that when he had been cast to the earth," 10:29 which Jesus did, when He died on the cross, 10:31 he persecuted the woman 10:33 who gave birth to the male Child. 10:34 But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle, 10:37 that she might fly into the wilderness 10:38 to her place, 10:40 where she is nourished for a time 10:41 and times and half a time 10:43 from the presence of the serpent." 10:45 So what is the next stage after pagan Rome 10:50 tries to slay the child, 10:52 but the child escapes and goes to God's throne? 10:55 It's the fourth trumpet. 10:57 The time times and dividing of time 10:59 and the 1260 days. 11:00 Are you following me or not? 11:03 Now, however, then you have Revelation 12:17, 11:10 verses 13 through 16 describe the 1260 years. 11:14 But Revelation 12:17, once it bring, 11:17 once again brings to view what? 11:20 The remnant. 11:21 Are you noticing that all these cycles 11:24 end with the remnant? 11:25 Notice Revelation 12:17, 11:27 "And the dragon was enraged with the woman." 11:29 Is that the same as the sixth trumpet 11:31 where there's this horde that comes from the abyss? 11:34 And you know, they're led by Satan. 11:39 Is that the same picture? 11:41 Yes. 11:42 "And the dragon was enraged with the woman, 11:44 and went to make war with the remnant, better, 11:48 remnant of her seed, 11:49 who keep the commandments of God 11:51 and have the testimony of Jesus Christ." 11:55 Are you following him a bit? 11:57 Are you following this? 11:58 See, the structure of Revelation is tricky. 12:02 I mean, you know, 12:03 we can't only study symbols and, you know, 12:06 just read isolated verses, 12:08 we have to look at how the Book of Revelation 12:10 was organized. 12:12 So it ends with the remnant. 12:13 And then in Chapter 13, let's go to 13:1-2. 12:18 "Then I stood on the sand of the sea. 12:19 And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea, 12:21 having seven heads and ten horns, 12:23 and on his horns ten crowns, 12:25 and on his heads a blasphemous name. 12:27 Now the beast which I saw was like a leopard, 12:30 his feet were like the feet of a bear, 12:32 his mouth like the mouth of a lion." 12:34 This is looking towards the past, right? 12:37 "The dragon gave him his power, 12:39 his throne, and great authority." 12:42 What does the dragon here represent? 12:44 Satan, yes, but it's the same dragon 12:46 that tried to slay whom? 12:48 The male Child that we noticed in Chapter 12. 12:52 So pagan Rome now gives its power to what? 12:56 To papal Rome. 12:57 And then in verse 3 through verse 9, 13:01 you have the same history of the fourth trumpet. 13:06 Is this making sense? 13:08 The same period of the fourth trumpet. 13:10 You say, "How do we know that?" 13:12 Well, because in Revelation 13:5, 13:14 it says, "And he was given a mouth speaking great things 13:17 and blasphemies, 13:19 and he was given authority to continue for," how long? 13:22 "For 42 months." 13:26 Clear? Yes. 13:28 So is that the fourth trumpet? 13:29 Yes. 13:31 What would you expect to be the fifth trumpet? 13:33 Would it be next in line? 13:35 Well, let's read verse 10. 13:37 It says in verse 10, 13:39 "He who leads into captivity..." 13:40 Who is it that led into captivity? 13:43 The beast, right? 13:44 "He who leads into captivity shall go into captivity, 13:48 he who kills with the sword must be killed with the sword." 13:52 What do we call that? 13:53 The deadly wound. 13:55 Who gave the papacy the deadly wound? 13:57 France. 13:59 So is that the fifth trumpet? 14:01 Yeah, that's the fifth trumpet, right? 14:03 And then I want you to notice that you have 14:07 a picture of the enemies of the end time. 14:11 We have a beast that rises from the earth, 14:14 who has two horns like a lamb, but he speaks like a dragon. 14:18 Is that during the period of the sixth trumpet? 14:21 Yes or no? Yes. 14:22 How do we know that? 14:24 Because we just read in verse 10, 14:25 about the fifth trumpet, the deadly wound. 14:28 So this is describing 14:29 what is happening during the sixth trumpet. 14:32 And then I want you to notice after it depicts the wicked, 14:38 who are going to try 14:40 and destroy God's people, basically. 14:42 What do you have next in Revelation 14:1-5? 14:45 By the way, Revelation 14:1-5 belongs with Chapter 13. 14:52 It's the climax of Chapter 13. 14:56 You say, "Well, how do we know that?" 14:59 Well, because when Chapter 13 ends, 15:03 you find that this beast from the earth, 15:05 he forbids buying and selling. 15:10 He gives the mark of the beast. 15:12 He kills those who don't worship the image. 15:16 And so when Chapter 13 ends, you say, 15:18 "Well, was anybody faithful? 15:22 Did everybody followed the beast 15:24 and received the mark?" 15:26 What is the answer in Chapter 14? 15:28 Is there going to be a group that's victorious? 15:30 Yes. 15:31 That is what group? 15:35 God in 144,000. 15:37 So does this entire cycle end with the remnant? 15:40 Absolutely. 15:42 And then we go to the next cycle, 15:46 Revelation 14:6-12. 15:49 Revelation 14:6-12 takes you back in time, 15:54 to the moment when the three angels' messages 15:56 were proclaimed, to gather God's people on God's side. 16:01 Are you with me? 16:03 The purpose of the three angels is to gather 16:06 as many as possible in the world on God's side. 16:10 What trumpet would that be? 16:12 Chapter 14 begins with the sixth trumpet. 16:14 That's right. 16:16 You know, we've just seen a picture of the wicked. 16:18 Now there's a picture of the righteous. 16:20 And, you know, so you have the sixth trumpet, 16:22 the gathering of the righteous for the final battle. 16:27 And then in Revelation 14:14-19, 16:32 what do you have? 16:35 You have the close of probation. 16:37 You say, "Well, 16:39 what do you mean the close of probation?" 16:41 Well, Jesus is seen with sitting on a cloud 16:45 with a sickle in His hand, and what is He going to do? 16:48 He's going to harvest the earth. 16:52 And so, first of all, He harvests the righteous. 16:55 And then He harvests what? 16:58 The wicked and He throws them where? 17:01 Into the winepress, into the winepress. 17:04 So is this speaking about 17:06 a work of separation of judgment? 17:09 During which trumpet does a judgment take place? 17:12 It's taking place during the sixth trumpet. 17:15 So after every one is divided into the two groups, 17:19 what happens? 17:21 Probation closes, right? 17:24 And then verse 20 has a very interesting detail. 17:28 Verse 20, Revelation 14:20, after the separation, 17:32 that we find in verses 17 through 19. 17:36 You have the harvesting of the righteous, 17:38 and you have the harvesting of the wicked, 17:40 the wicked are thrown into the winepress. 17:43 You have a very strange verse, verse 20. 17:47 And the winepress... 17:49 Who is in the winepress? 17:51 The wicked, right. 17:53 "Was trampled outside the city," which city? 17:56 Jerusalem. 17:58 Which Jerusalem is this, the heavenly New Jerusalem? 18:01 No, we studied this yesterday. 18:03 What is Jerusalem 18:05 before the Second Coming of Christ? 18:07 It's the church. 18:09 So it says, "And the winepress where the wicked are gathered, 18:12 was trampled outside the city." 18:14 What are the wicked doing outside the city? 18:17 They came, they're on vacation. 18:18 No. 18:20 What did they come for? 18:22 They came to destroy those who are inside the city. 18:25 But what happens when they're going to do that? 18:27 It says, "And blood came out of the winepress." 18:30 This is symbolic language by the way. 18:33 Why does blood come out? 18:34 Because the grapes are going to be what? 18:36 Trampled. 18:37 We'll come to another passage in a moment. 18:39 And it says, 18:41 "And blood came out of the winepress, 18:42 up to the horses' bridles, 18:44 for one thousand six hundred furlongs." 18:48 So here you have horses trampling on what? 18:51 Trampling on the winepress 18:52 which symbolizes that they're trampling on whom? 18:55 On the wicked. 18:56 What event is being described here? 18:59 The Second Coming of Christ. 19:02 You say," Really?" 19:03 Well, let's go to Revelation 19. 19:05 What trumpet would this be? 19:08 No, no, no. 19:11 When does Jesus come to take over the kingdoms, 19:13 to destroy the wicked and save His people? 19:16 At the seventh trumpet? 19:18 Correct. 19:20 Notice Revelation 19:11. 19:22 Now we're gonna find out who are, 19:24 what the horses are 19:25 and why the garments of Jesus are stained in blood. 19:30 Verse 11, says, "Now I saw heaven opened, 19:32 and behold, a white horse. 19:35 And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True, 19:38 and in righteousness He judges and makes war." 19:42 Who is that who is seated on that horse? 19:44 It's Jesus. 19:45 What event is being described here? 19:48 The seventh trumpet, which is what? 19:50 The Second Coming of Christ. 19:52 He's coming to take over the kingdom. 19:54 Verse 12, "His eyes were like a flame of fire, 19:57 and on his head were many crowns. 19:59 He had a name written 20:01 that no one knew except Himself. 20:04 He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood? 20:08 Why is His robe dipped in blood? 20:10 You have to go back to Isaiah 63, where Jesus says, 20:15 "I tread the winepress alone. 20:17 Nobody was with me." 20:18 And so He speaks about treading the winepress, 20:21 which represents treading the wicked. 20:23 What are the wicked wanting to do at this point? 20:25 They're wanting to destroy Christ people. 20:27 So now Jesus is coming on the white horse. 20:30 His garments are stained in blood 20:32 because He's coming to trample the winepress. 20:35 And by the way, do you know what the picture is here? 20:38 There are still places in Italy 20:40 where they make wine in this way. 20:43 They put the grapes in a great big... 20:48 tub. 20:49 And then the people get in the tub 20:51 with their bare feet, and they trample on the grapes. 20:55 And when they trample on the grapes, 20:57 the grape splatters onto their clothing, 20:59 and it looks like blood. 21:01 That's the picture here. 21:04 So it says then in, I'm continuing here. 21:07 Verse 13, "He was clothed with a robe dipped in blood, 21:09 and His name is called the Word of God." 21:12 Does He come by Himself 21:13 or does He come with other beings seated on horses? 21:18 Now we're going to know who is sitting on the horses 21:20 that tread the winepress. 21:22 It says in verse 14, "And the armies of heaven, 21:26 clothed in fine linen, white and clean," what? 21:30 "Followed Him on white horses." 21:33 And notice verse 15 connects 21:34 with what we read in Revelation 14:20. 21:37 "Now out of His mouth goes a sharp sword, 21:40 that with it He should strike the nations. 21:43 And He Himself will rule them with a rod of iron." 21:46 So is this talking about 21:47 when Jesus is going to take over the kingdom? 21:49 Yes. 21:51 And then it says, "He Himself treads the" what? 21:55 "The winepress of the fierceness 21:57 and wrath of Almighty God." 22:01 So does this passage here 22:04 contain the gathering of the righteous 22:06 during the sixth trumpet, the three angels' messages? 22:11 Do the wicked reject the three angels' messages? 22:14 Yes. 22:15 So one group accepts, the other group rejects. 22:20 And as a result, 22:21 what happens with in the judgment? 22:24 Well, by the decisions that are made, 22:27 you have two groups. 22:28 And what does Jesus do? 22:30 He performs the final work of judgment, 22:33 separating the harvest of the earth 22:36 from the grapes of the earth. 22:38 And then you have that, 22:40 by the way that happens just before 22:43 the seventh angel sounds. 22:45 And then you have what? 22:47 Jesus coming to take the kingdom, 22:49 that's the seventh trumpet. 22:51 But it doesn't end there. 22:53 It ends with the remnant. 22:55 Notice Revelation Chapter 15, 22:57 the very next chapter, verse two. 22:59 Revelation 15:2. 23:03 It says there, this is after, you know, 23:07 the horses trample the winepress outside the city, 23:09 which represents the wicked 23:10 that have gathered around the church to try 23:13 and destroy the church, 23:14 those who have accepted the three angels' message. 23:16 It says in Revelation 15:2, 23:18 "And I saw something like 23:19 a sea of glass mingled with fire, 23:22 and those who have the" what? 23:25 "Oh, the victory over the beast, over his image, 23:29 and over his mark, 23:30 and over the number of his name, 23:32 standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God. 23:36 They sing the song of Moses, the servant of God, 23:38 and the song of the Lamb, saying, 23:40 'Great and marvelous are Your works, 23:42 Lord God Almighty, just and true are Your ways, 23:45 O King of the saints! 23:46 Who shall not fear you, O, Lord, and glorify Your name? 23:49 For You alone are holy, 23:51 for all nations shall come and worship before You." 23:56 Does the entire series 23:58 end once again with the remnant. 24:00 Yes. 24:01 So in each cycle, you end up with the remnant. 24:04 Revelation 10:1-11, remnant. 24:08 Revelation 11:11-13, remnant. 24:12 Revelation 12:17, remnant. 24:14 Revelation 14:1-5, remnant. 24:17 Revelation 15:2-4, remnant. 24:21 Are you catching the picture? 24:22 Yes. 24:24 So, you know, unless we know the structure, 24:27 folks, we are going to be so confused, 24:30 that we'll be worse than Confucius. 24:33 I mean, I don't know why they called him Confucius. 24:35 He was supposed to be very wise. 24:37 But anyway, we need to study the structure. 24:39 Now, once again, I'll mention, read pages 355 to 362, 24:44 where this is developed in detail. 24:47 You'll be able to understand it a lot better. 24:50 Now let's go to page 301. 24:53 In the light of what we've studied, 24:57 the sixth trumpet describes what? 25:00 The sixth trumpet describes the gathering of the wicked 25:05 for the end time crisis. 25:08 What occurs also during the sixth trumpet? 25:11 The little book is opened. 25:14 And God also calls His what? 25:17 His remnant to do battle with the wicked. 25:22 So in other words, 25:24 the sixth trumpet is the gathering of the wicked, 25:27 and the gathering of the righteous. 25:29 So with that in mind, let's go to page 301. 25:34 The sixth trumpet is a vivid description 25:37 of the gathering of the wicked 25:40 by Satan's three symbolic angels 25:43 for the final battle against God's remnant. 25:47 This final gathering which began in 1844. 25:52 With whom did it begin? 25:56 With the living or with the dead? 25:59 The judgment began with the dead 26:00 and it's been going on. 26:02 What group does the judgment end with? 26:05 The final remnant that's going to be alive, 26:07 that the wicked will surround to try 26:09 and destroy during the time of trouble. 26:11 So the final gathering, 26:13 which began in 1844 will intensify 26:15 until the close of probation. 26:17 Immediately before the close of probation, 26:20 when the seventh angel is about to blow his trumpet, 26:24 Satan will bring about a great, what? 26:28 Counterfeit Pentecostal revival. 26:31 You know, on Sabbath morning, I 26:33 like to turn on the television 26:36 to some of the religious channels. 26:39 And this morning, you know, I switch, 26:41 I go to the Hope channel, 26:42 and then I go to some of the other channels to see 26:44 if there's anything worthwhile, 26:46 and they had TD Jakes on. 26:48 It's just a great big show. 26:51 You know, it was amazing, I say, man, 26:53 and thousands gathered there, totally deceived. 26:59 It looked like it was Holy Spirit revival. 27:03 But it's not God's Spirit. 27:05 So Satan will bring about a great, 27:08 great counterfeit Pentecostal revival. 27:11 The purpose of this revival is what? 27:14 To preempt and counterfeit the genuine revival 27:19 that will take place 27:20 at the outpouring of the latter rain. 27:23 It will gather the wicked into what? 27:25 One body, 27:27 that's what the sixth trumpet is describing. 27:29 And we're going to study the sixth trumpet 27:31 this afternoon verse by verse, and you'll be able to see that. 27:35 Inspiration tells us that the false prophet, 27:39 which is what? 27:41 Apostate Protestantism will even make what? 27:45 Fire come down from heaven in the sight of men. 27:50 A miracle that parodies 27:53 the falling of fire from heaven, 27:56 in the days of whom? 27:58 You know, the false prophets of Baal 28:01 were not allowed to bring fire from heaven. 28:03 But this false Elijah at the end of time 28:05 is going to bring fire from heaven. 28:07 It's going to be a much greater counterfeit. 28:10 It also is a manifestation of the tongues of fire 28:15 that came down when? 28:17 On the day of Pentecost. 28:18 It's a false Pentecost in other words. 28:20 This gathering of the wicked during the sixth trumpet 28:24 is further amplified, and we just covered 28:26 this in Revelation, what? 28:28 12:17, the dragon was what? 28:31 Angry with the woman. 28:32 Revelation 13:11-18, 28:35 "The false prophet persecutes God's people." 28:38 Revelation 14, primarily, verse 20, 28:41 "The wicked gather around the holy city, 28:43 the church to destroy God's people." 28:46 And a passage that we haven't looked at yet, 28:48 Revelation 16:13-16. 28:53 Immediately after the conclusion 28:54 of the gathering of the wicked, 28:56 during the sixth trumpet, which is Revelation 9:21, 29:01 Chapter 10 presents what? 29:04 The flip side by going back in time 29:07 to describe the global gathering of what? 29:10 Of the righteous. 29:12 So the sixth trumpet is the gathering of what? 29:14 The wicked. 29:16 Revelation 10, the very next chapter 29:18 is the gathering of the righteous 29:21 by the message from where? 29:23 The little book. 29:25 Are you with me or not? 29:27 Now, we know that this judgment hour message 29:30 which began with events surrounding 29:32 the year 1844 is what? 29:35 So is this trumpet going to be global in scale? 29:40 Absolutely. 29:42 Because the angel places one foot on the land 29:44 and the other foot on the sea. 29:46 This gathering of the righteous in Revelation 10 29:50 is further developed where? 29:52 In Revelation 14:6-12, 29:55 which is the prophesying again of Revelation 10:11. 30:01 In the midst of Satan's counterfeit revival, 30:04 God will bring about a what? 30:07 A revival of primitive godliness among His people. 30:10 Which revival comes first, the revival of the wicked 30:13 or the revival of the righteous? 30:16 The revival of the wicked, folks, 30:18 that's the sixth trumpet. 30:21 Let's continue. 30:22 This message is known as the message of the what? 30:26 The fourth angel 30:28 who brings the final latter rain, 30:30 loud cry, revival of the Holy Spirit 30:33 to God's remnant. 30:35 The gathering of both the righteous and the wicked 30:37 is then further described in the harvest scene 30:41 of Revelation 14:14-20. 30:44 Remember that, we talked about that, 30:46 the separation of the harvest of the earth 30:52 from the grapes? 30:54 Now let's look at the structure 30:55 of Revelation 9:13 through 14:20. 30:58 Revelation 9:13-21. 31:02 This is the sixth trumpet. 31:04 What does it describe? 31:06 The gathering of the wicked from 1844 31:09 till the close of probation. 31:11 What does Revelation 10:1 to 11:1 describe? 31:15 The gathering of the righteous from 1844, 31:18 until the close of probation. 31:21 Then Revelation 12:17 and 13:11-18, 31:24 what does it describe? 31:26 The gathering of the wicked before the close of probation. 31:30 Satan was wroth with the woman and went to make war 31:33 with the woman, Revelation 12:17. 31:35 And that war is amplified where? 31:37 In Revelation 13, 31:39 this beast arises from the earth. 31:42 And then in Revelation 4:6-12, 31:46 you have the gathering of the what? 31:48 Of the righteous before the close of probation, 31:50 those who accept the three angels' message. 31:53 Then in Revelation 14:14-20, 31:57 the righteous and the wicked have been what? 32:01 Gathered inside and outside of the symbolic city, 32:05 spiritual Jerusalem. 32:08 Are you with me? 32:10 Yes. 32:11 Now, let's see what Ellen White had to say 32:14 about the two gatherings. 32:17 In the book, The Great Controversy, 32:18 page 464, Ellen White wrote, 32:22 "Notwithstanding the widespread declension of faith and piety, 32:28 there are true followers of Christ in these churches." 32:30 She's talking about 32:32 the Protestant churches primarily. 32:35 "Before the final visitation of God's judgments 32:37 upon the earth there will be among the people 32:41 of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness 32:45 as has not been witnessed since apostolic times. 32:50 The Spirit and power of God 32:52 will be poured out upon His children. 32:54 At that time many will separate themselves 32:56 from those churches in which the love of this world 32:59 has supplanted love for God and His word." 33:02 By the way, is the fourth angel's message 33:04 related to the first three? 33:05 Yeah. 33:07 What it does is it gives a boost to the first three. 33:11 It's like the first three kind of went on hold. 33:16 And then you have booster cables, 33:20 you know, to say, hey, people, 33:23 the three angels' messages 33:24 need to be proclaimed with power. 33:26 So she continues. 33:28 "At that time many will separate themselves 33:30 from those churches in which the love of this world 33:33 has supplanted the love for God and His word. 33:36 Many, both ministers and people, 33:40 will gladly accept those great truths 33:42 which God has caused to be proclaimed at this time 33:45 to prepare a people for the Lord's second coming." 33:48 Is this work accomplished by the three angels' message? 33:52 And the fourth angel that gives a boost 33:54 to the three angels' message? 33:55 Absolutely. 33:57 So the focus here is upon the righteous. 34:00 But now notice, does Satan also want to prevent 34:04 this from happening? 34:05 Yes. 34:07 So it says, the enemy of souls desires to hinder this work, 34:12 and before the time for such a movement shall come. 34:15 So which revival comes first? 34:19 The false revival comes first. 34:22 So would you expect in the Book of Revelation 34:25 to have the sixth trumpet be the false revival 34:27 and then Chapter 10 be the true revival? 34:32 The enemy souls desires to hinder this work, 34:35 and before the time for such a movement shall come, 34:37 he will endeavor to prevent it by introducing a what? 34:41 A counterfeit in those churches 34:43 which he can bring under his deceptive power. 34:46 He will make it appear 34:47 that God's special blessing is poured out. 34:50 There will be manifest what is thought to be what? 34:54 A great religious interest. 34:58 Multitudes will exalt 34:59 that God is working marvelously for them 35:02 when the work is out of another spirit. 35:04 Under a religious disguise, 35:07 Satan will seek to extend his influence 35:10 over the Christian world. 35:11 So is the three angels' messages supposed to go 35:13 to the Christian world? 35:15 Yes, what will it do? 35:17 Thousands upon thousands will come up 35:19 and join the remnant. 35:21 But what is Satan doing at the same time? 35:24 Satan is gathering his people at the same time. 35:27 And he's actually doing 35:29 that before the true revival comes 35:31 because does the devil know 35:33 that there's going to be a true revival 35:35 and that the three angels' messages 35:36 are going to be boosted. 35:37 You better believe he knows that. 35:40 Now, Ellen White then focuses 35:41 upon the message of the righteous. 35:44 She writes, "Servants of God, 35:47 with their faces lighted up 35:49 and shining with holy consecration, 35:52 will hasten from place to place 35:54 to proclaim the message from heaven." 35:56 What message? 35:58 The three angels' messages 36:00 boosted by the loud cry of angel. 36:03 Thousands of voices all over the earth 36:06 will give the warning. 36:09 Praise the Lord that God established 36:10 a global Seventh-day Adventist Church. 36:12 That's why the message can be heard at this time 36:15 all over the world. 36:16 "Thousands of voices all over the earth 36:18 will give the warning. 36:20 Miracles will be wrought, the sick will be healed, 36:23 and signs and wonders will follow the believers." 36:26 But now once again, 36:28 we see there's another gathering. 36:29 Satan also works with lying wonders, 36:34 even bringing down excuse me... 36:36 Fire from heaven. 36:37 Is that what we read about the false prophet? 36:40 That's an amplification. 36:42 Satan also works with lying wonders, 36:44 even bringing down fire from heaven 36:47 in the sight of men. 36:48 And then, is this gonna divide the world into two groups? 36:52 The harvest of the earth and the grapes, notice, 36:54 "Thus the inhabitants of the earth 36:56 will be brought to take their stand, 36:59 either on one side or on the other side. 37:02 And then what is Jesus going to do? 37:04 With a sickle, He is going to harvest 37:06 the harvest of the earth, 37:07 that's the righteous, 37:09 and the wicked are going to be thrown 37:11 into the winepress of the wrath of God. 37:13 That's the seven last plagues by the way? 37:16 Are you catching the picture? 37:20 Is the sixth trumpet describing the Muslims during the, 37:23 right after the Middle Ages? 37:25 Folks, it's a distraction. 37:29 It's a distraction from what God wants us to know 37:32 about the end time. 37:35 So this is not, you know, oh, the trumpets, 37:37 they're so hard to understand, who cares about the trumpets. 37:40 I care about the trumpets. 37:42 Because they are depicting what happens from 1844 37:46 to the close of probation. 37:48 Now, let's notice the relevance of Revelation 16:12-16. 37:56 We are to understand... 37:58 Are you understanding so far? 38:00 Okay. 38:01 We are to understand Revelation 16:12-16 38:07 as an enlargement and expansion of the sixth trumpet 38:10 in Revelation 9:13-21. 38:13 So, what I want you to understand now 38:16 is that Revelation 16:12-16, 38:19 which is describing the six plague, 38:22 is an amplification of the sixth trumpet. 38:25 And I know you're thinking, you'd say, 38:27 "But, Pastor, the sixth plague is after probation closes. 38:30 So how can you say that it's an amplification 38:33 of the sixth trumpet?" 38:34 Well, that's what we're going to pursue. 38:36 Because Revelation 16:12-16, 38:39 not everything in those verses is in chronological order. 38:44 Now, there are two facts that linked these two passages. 38:48 In other words, the sixth trumpet 38:50 and Revelation 16:12-16. 38:54 The first is a reference to the River Euphrates, 38:58 both the sixth trumpet and the sixth plague 39:02 mentioned the River Euphrates, 39:04 so must there be some kind of connection, 39:05 there must be. 39:07 The only two times in Revelation that explicitly 39:10 the Euphrates is mentioned by name. 39:13 The second link between the two is a reference to evil spirits 39:18 that are released, to go to the world 39:22 to gather the wicked against the remnant. 39:26 So are you catching the two similarities 39:28 between the sixth trumpet and the sixth plague? 39:31 You have one, 39:33 I mentioned of the River Euphrates, 39:35 and second, a releasing of evil spirits 39:39 to go to the whole world to gather the wicked 39:41 against the remnant. 39:43 These are the only passages in the Book of Revelation 39:46 that mentioned the River Euphrates by name. 39:49 However, we will notice that in Revelation 12:13-15, 39:54 you have a strong allusion to or hint 39:58 that the Euphrates is being referred to. 40:02 In order to understand the relationship 40:04 between these two passages, 40:05 that is the sixth trumpet in Revelation 9:13-21, 40:10 and Revelation 16:12-16. 40:13 We must go back to Revelation 12 40:17 to get a little historical context. 40:20 Revelation 12:13-15 tells us 40:24 that the dragon did what? 40:27 He spewed water out of his mouth, 40:31 like a river with an intention of what? 40:34 Of drowning God's faithful remnant 40:36 during which period? 40:39 Which trumpet is that? 40:42 During the fourth trumpet. 40:43 Let's read those verses Revelation 12:13-15. 40:48 Revelation 12:13-15. 40:51 "Now when the dragon saw 40:52 that he had been cast to the earth, 40:54 he persecuted the woman 40:55 who gave birth to the male Child." 40:57 Now the woman represents 40:58 the New Testament Church, right? 41:01 Because the child has already gone to heaven. 41:04 Verse 14, "But the woman was given two wings 41:07 of a great eagle, that she might fly 41:09 into the wilderness to her place, 41:11 where she is nourished for a time 41:12 and times and half a time, 41:14 from the presence of the serpent." 41:16 And now how does a serpent... 41:18 By the way, a serpent and dragon are the same, right? 41:20 The ancient serpent, the dragon, 41:22 the ancient serpent, the devil and Satan. 41:24 Revelation 12:7-9 tells us that. 41:29 So it says, "So the serpent..." 41:30 How does he tie to slay the woman? 41:34 "The serpent spewed water out of his mouth, like a" what? 41:38 "Like a flood after the woman, 41:41 that he might cause her 41:43 to be carried away by the" what? 41:45 "By the flood? 41:47 "What do the waters represent? 41:52 It represents multitudes, nations, tongues and peoples. 41:57 Which power is persecuting here? 42:02 Satan is, he's the dragon. 42:03 But what instrument is he using? 42:06 The papacy, the papacy. 42:08 You say, "How do we know that?" 42:10 Because it mentions time times and the dividing of time. 42:15 Are you following me or not? 42:17 So that's the fourth trumpet. 42:18 So the way that dragon is going to try 42:20 and slay the woman during this period, 42:22 during the fourth trumpet is by drowning her. 42:28 Are you following me? 42:31 Now let's go to the next page. 42:35 We have to go to Joshua Chapter 24 now. 42:38 What are the waters 42:40 with which the dragon wants to drown 42:42 the woman during the fourth trumpet? 42:45 Well, let's go back to Joshua Chapter 24. 42:51 Joshua Chapter 24. 42:54 And let's read several verses. 42:59 Verse 2, 43:01 "And Joshua said to all the people, 43:03 'Thus says the Lord God of Israel: 'Your fathers, 43:05 including Terah, the father of Abraham 43:07 and the father of Nahor, 43:08 dwelt on the other side of the" what? 43:11 "Of the River." 43:13 The other side of the river. 43:16 What river is that? 43:19 There's a little number next to the river 43:21 in my New King James Version, it says, the Euphrates. 43:26 Notice verse 2, verse 3, 43:28 "Then I took your father Abraham 43:29 from the other side of the" what? 43:32 "Of the river." 43:34 What river is that? 43:35 The Euphrates. 43:37 Notice verse 14. 43:38 "Now therefore fear the Lord, 43:40 serve Him in sincerity and in truth, 43:41 and put away the gods 43:43 which your fathers served 43:44 on the other side of the river." 43:47 And verse 15 repeats. 43:49 "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, 43:51 choose for yourself this day whom you will serve, 43:54 whether the gods which your fathers served 43:56 that were on the other side of the river." 43:59 What is that river? 44:00 The river is the River Euphrates. 44:04 Now, the Euphrates is also called The Great River. 44:10 Is that significant, The Great River? 44:13 Yeah, because we're gonna see in Revelation Chapter 16, 44:16 that the sixth plague falls upon the great River Euphrates. 44:21 Notice Genesis 15:18. 44:25 Genesis 15:18. 44:29 It says there, "On the same day the Lord made a covenant 44:34 with Abraham, saying, 44:35 'Your descendants I have given this land, 44:37 from the river of Egypt," what river is that? 44:41 The Nile? 44:42 Yes, "to the great river, the River Euphrates. 44:48 So what is the Euphrates? 44:50 It is the great river. 44:53 Now, we are to understand that in Revelation Chapter 12, 44:57 the river is symbolic. 45:00 The waters are symbolic, right? 45:03 What do the waters represent? 45:05 They represent the peoples 45:07 that Satan used to try and kill the woman, 45:11 to try and destroy the church. 45:14 Now let's go to Isaiah 8:7. 45:17 Even the Old Testament gives us the concept that the river 45:21 represents armies that are intent 45:24 on destroying God's people. 45:26 Go with me to Isaiah 8:7-8. 45:31 Here, the king of Assyria is invading the land of Israel. 45:36 And he is compared to the flooding 45:40 of the River Euphrates. 45:42 It says there in Isaiah 8:7-8. 45:48 "Now therefore," this is Sennacherib, 45:51 the king of Assyria, 45:52 who is now invading the Holy Land, 45:54 and he comes to the city of Jerusalem, 45:57 and the water is swirling up to the neck 45:59 of the city symbolically. 46:01 It says, "Now therefore, behold, 46:03 the Lord brings up over them the waters of" what? 46:07 "The river." 46:09 Which one? 46:10 The Euphrates, "strong and mighty," 46:13 what are the mighty and strong waters here 46:15 of the Euphrates? 46:17 "The king of Assyria and all his glory." 46:22 So what do the waters represent? 46:24 The king of Assyria and his armies. 46:27 "He will go up over all his channels." 46:30 What is he being compared to? 46:32 A flooding river. 46:34 "He will go up over all his channels 46:36 and go over all his banks. 46:40 He will pass through Judah, he will overflow and pass over, 46:45 he will reach up to the neck." 46:47 Now, when the water reaches the neck, folks, 46:50 you're pretty close to drowning. 46:55 Are you understanding this? 46:57 Now, in Revelation Chapter 12. 47:03 Let's go back there. 47:05 There's a couple of interesting details 47:07 that I want us to notice there in Revelation Chapter 12. 47:10 And once again, verse 15, 47:15 verse 15, it says there, 47:19 "So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth, like a" what? 47:26 "Like a flood." 47:27 Now, here's an interesting detail. 47:29 If you read the King James Version 47:32 of Joshua 24, where it says the river, 47:36 it says what? 47:38 The flood. 47:40 The flood. 47:41 What is the flood? 47:43 It's the Euphrates River. 47:45 It's the great Euphrates River. 47:48 So it says, "So the serpent spewed water out of his mouth 47:51 like a flood, after the woman that he might cause her 47:54 to be carried away by" what? 47:57 "To be carried away by the flood." 48:01 Now notice that translation of the English Standard Version 48:06 of Revelation 12:15-16. 48:09 You know, most modern versions translate instead of the flood, 48:12 they put the river, but the ESV captured that, 48:17 that this is really the flood. 48:19 This is the Euphrates River. 48:21 It says there in verse 15, 48:23 "The serpent poured water like a" what? 48:27 "Like a river, out of his mouth after the woman 48:31 to sweep her away with a" what? 48:34 "With a flood." 48:36 Incidentally, the word river that is used here, 48:39 the word flood that is used here, 48:40 which is the word river is the same word 48:43 that is used in the parable of the wise and foolish man. 48:50 So what happens with the foolish man? 48:54 It says the flood comes, same word river here. 48:59 So this is speaking, 49:01 Revelation 12 is speaking about the overflowing of which river? 49:05 The overflowing of the River Euphrates, 49:08 even though it's not mentioned by name. 49:10 And what is the intention of the River Euphrates? 49:14 The intention is to drown the church 49:17 during which trumpet? 49:20 During the period of the fourth trumpet. 49:23 Right? 49:26 Who comes to the rescue? 49:30 A certain territory somewhere. 49:34 A certain territory somewhere, not a nation. 49:39 There's no United States yet. 49:41 By the way, did the earth help the woman 49:44 during the 1260 years? 49:47 Yes, because it was in 1620. 49:51 What does, what happens? 49:53 It says, but the earth what? 49:56 Helped the woman, and what did the earth do? 49:59 The earth opened its mouth and swallowed up the flood 50:05 which the dragon had spewed out of his mouth. 50:09 In other words, what is this describing? 50:13 This is describing the fact that when the church 50:16 was being drowned in Europe, 50:21 there was a place called the earth 50:23 that gave the woman refuge. 50:26 Where was that? 50:28 The territory of the United States, 50:30 not the United States, 50:32 there was no United States back then. 50:34 Here, it only mentions the territory. 50:37 But listen carefully in Revelation Chapter 13. 50:40 It speaks about a beast that rises from the earth. 50:45 And now it is a nation 50:47 because a beast represents a nation. 50:49 Are you following me? 50:52 So let's notice at the bottom of page 304. 50:58 However, Revelation 12:17 explains that after persecution 51:02 ceased for a while, that dragon will again what? 51:07 Let's read verse 17. 51:09 Is there gonna be? 51:10 Are the waters gonna once again flow, so to speak? 51:16 Of course, because it says in verse 17, and the dragon, 51:20 is that the same dragon that spewed water 51:22 out of his mouth? 51:23 Yes, the dragon was enraged with a woman. 51:27 And he went to make what? 51:29 War. 51:30 Is that the sixth trumpet? 51:32 Yes, that's the Satan gathering his armies. 51:35 He went to make war with the remnant of her seed. 51:39 How many groups do you have in this verse? 51:42 Two. 51:44 You have the dragon, angry with the woman. 51:47 And you have what? 51:49 The remnant of her seed. 51:51 And what does the remnant do? 51:53 It keeps the commandments of God, and has what? 51:57 The testimony of Jesus Christ. 51:59 So here's my question. 52:02 After Revelation 12:17 explains that after persecution 52:06 ceased for a period. 52:08 Are we in that period 52:09 of where the persecution is still ceasing? 52:13 Yes. 52:14 Why? 52:16 Because the United States, the beast from the earth 52:18 has not yet helped the first beast 52:19 receive its power back. 52:23 The dragon will once again persecute 52:25 the remnant of her seed. 52:27 In other words, the remnant of Jesus. 52:30 There is another way of... 52:31 This is another way of saying that the dragon 52:34 will once again do what? 52:36 Spew waters of a symbolic 52:39 River Euphrates out of his mouth. 52:43 You say, "Well, that's speculation." 52:45 Wait. 52:47 We haven't dealt with Revelation 16 yet. 52:51 Now, Revelation 9:13-21 52:55 and 16:13-16 describe the time 52:59 when the waters of the Euphrates, 53:01 which were dried up by the democratic principles 53:04 of the United States, and the French Revolution, 53:07 by the way, will begin what? 53:09 Flowing again after the deadly wound is healed. 53:16 This will lead to oppressive enactments 53:18 against God's people. 53:20 Does the Bible describe the moment 53:23 when the harlot or the beast or the little horn 53:26 will once again sit on the waters 53:28 to slay God's people? 53:31 Revelation 17 further describes 53:34 how the waters of the Euphrates will flow once again, 53:39 under the dominion of the harlot 53:41 who sits where? 53:43 On many waters. 53:44 Which waters? 53:46 The Euphrates, you say, 53:47 but Revelation 17 doesn't mention the Euphrates. 53:50 Yes, but the heart of is called Babylon. 53:52 And Babylon's river was the Euphrates. 53:56 So where is the harlot sitting? 53:58 She's sitting on the Euphrates. 54:00 Are the waters flowing? 54:02 Oh, yeah, the waters are flowing. 54:04 She's dominant. 54:05 She's sitting on them. 54:06 They're dominating. 54:08 She's dominating the world. 54:10 As long as the waters of the river flow, 54:13 all goes well for what? 54:16 For the harlot, 54:17 who is full of the blood of the saints. 54:20 However, immediately after describing 54:24 the meaning of the waters upon which the woman sits, 54:27 the text tells us 54:29 that the kings will turn on her. 54:33 Are they gonna dry up on her? 54:36 Are the multitudes gonna withdraw their support? 54:39 Is the River Euphrates going to dry up again 54:42 after it starts flowing again? 54:44 Yes. 54:45 In other words, they will dry up on her. 54:49 This will be the final drawing up 54:50 of the River Euphrates. 54:52 Ellen White describes this vividly in the chapter, 54:55 the beginning of the chapter, God's people delivered. 54:59 Great Controversy, 635 and 636, 55:03 speaking about the wicked with shouts of triumph, 55:05 jeering and implication. 55:08 Throngs of evil men are about to rush up on their plague. 55:11 Does this plague, 55:12 does this sound like the sixth trumpet? 55:15 If you've read it, yes, when low, 55:17 a dense blackness deeper than the darkness of the night falls 55:21 upon the earth, that's a fifth plague. 55:22 The fifth plague is darkness. 55:24 Then a rainbow shining with the glory 55:26 from the throne of God spans the heavens, 55:29 and seems to encircle each praying company. 55:31 And now notice what happens with the multitudes? 55:33 What were the multitudes 55:34 planning on doing up to this point? 55:38 They're about to rush upon God's people. 55:40 By the way, what is it that rushes? 55:43 Water. 55:45 But what happens now during, 55:47 after the darkness comes 55:48 which the fifth plague is a plague of darkness. 55:51 The angry multitudes are suddenly arrested. 55:56 What happens with the waters? 55:58 They dry up? 55:59 That's right. 56:00 See, don't always look for the words of the Bible 56:02 in the writings of Ellen White. 56:03 Look for the sequence of events. 56:07 They're mocking Christ die away. 56:09 They forget the objects of their murderous rage. 56:12 With fearful forebodings, 56:13 they gaze upon the symbol of God's covenant, 56:16 and longed tow be shielded 56:17 from its overpowering brightness. 56:19 A little later, Ellen White goes on. 56:21 She speaks about the drying up of the waters now. 56:24 The people see that they have been deluded. 56:26 They accuse one another of having led them 56:29 to destruction, but all unite in heaping 56:31 the bitterest condemnation upon the ministers. 56:35 Did they support the ministers before this? 56:37 Oh, yeah. 56:39 Unfaithful pastors have prophesied smooth things. 56:44 They have led their hearers to make void the law of God 56:46 and to persecute those who would keep it holy. 56:50 Now in their despair, these teachers confess before 56:53 the world their work of deception. 56:55 Now notice what happens with the waters. 56:57 Now, the waters are going to dry up on this system now. 57:00 And they're going to avalanche themselves upon whom? 57:03 Upon those who receive them. 57:05 The multitudes are filled with what? 57:07 With fury, we are lost, they cry, 57:10 and you are the cause of our ruin. 57:12 And they turn upon the false shepherds. 57:15 Does a support of the false shepherds now, 57:17 is it withdrawn? 57:18 Do the waters dry up? 57:20 Yes. 57:21 The very ones that once admire them most 57:23 will pronounce the most dreadful curses upon them. 57:27 The swords that were to slay God's people 57:29 are now employed to destroy their enemies. 57:32 Everywhere there is strife and bloodshed. 57:37 Quite a description, isn't it? 57:40 So are you understanding the sixth plague 57:41 a little bit better? 57:43 Yes. 57:44 How many groups are there going to be? 57:45 Two. 57:47 The righteous and the wicked. |
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