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00:01 Hello, and welcome to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel.
00:02 We're glad to have you, 00:04 glad you've chosen to spend this time with us. 00:06 We're going to be on lesson number 12. 00:08 We're going to be talking about a message worth sharing. 00:12 And absolutely, we have a message worth sharing 00:14 and giving to all the world, 00:15 you'll hear that in this lesson. 00:17 So I know you want to stay tuned with us. 00:19 And even though it's coming to the end of these lessons, 00:21 you still may not have those guides yet. 00:23 And I'm just going to encourage you 00:25 to go ahead and get those. 00:26 And the reason I'm going to encourage you 00:28 because maybe you've missed quite a few 00:29 or maybe you don't have them still yet, 00:30 but you can go back and get those 00:32 and then you can study all of these lessons, 00:34 which will be a blessing to you. 00:36 You can get those by downloading them 00:38 at absg.Adventist.org. 00:41 That's absg.Adventist.org 00:45 and get those lessons and study right along. 00:48 We're eager and excited about this lesson 00:50 and we're very excited that you've joined us. 00:53 Stay right with us. We'll be right back. 01:27 Thank you once again 01:28 for joining us here at 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 01:31 Again it's a delight 01:32 that you've chosen to study with us today. 01:34 Again, we're on lesson number 12, 01:36 get everything that you need and get it together 01:37 because it's going to move rather quickly. 01:39 As we begin we're going to talk about a message worth sharing. 01:43 And as I've studied this lesson, 01:44 it is a message worth sharing. 01:46 In fact, it's to go into all the world 01:48 and I'm excited about that. 01:50 So again, welcome back and introduce the panel. 01:53 On to my left, Brother Ryan Day. 01:54 Glad to have you. Man, I'm excited to be here. 01:57 Going to be diving deep into the Book of Revelation, 01:59 my favorite book. 02:01 Oh, praise God. 02:02 And you have on your left there, 02:03 Pastor John Lomacang, nice. 02:05 That's right. 02:06 See, as Ryan just said, when you step into Revelation, 02:09 remember it says I John saw. 02:11 Yes. 02:15 Sounds good to me. 02:16 And on your left sister, Sister Jill Morikone. 02:20 Thank you so much, Pastor Kenny. 02:21 Excited about the study today. 02:23 And who do you have on your left there? 02:25 It's like the new kid on the block they say, right? 02:26 Yay! 02:29 Jason Bradley. Yeah, Jason Bradley. 02:31 Yes. 02:32 And happy to go on this journey. 02:33 Amen. 02:35 We're glad to have you, Jason. 02:36 Thank you so much for joining us. 02:37 I know God's going to give you some good insight. 02:39 And each one of you here, as we go through this lesson. 02:42 We need to have prayer. 02:43 There's power in prayer, right? 02:45 We've been learning that in these lessons, 02:46 have we not? 02:47 Brother Jason, since you're here today, 02:49 would you offer prayer for us? 02:50 Absolutely. Absolutely. 02:51 Dear Heavenly Father, 02:53 we thank You for the wonderful opportunity 02:54 and privilege to study Your Word. 02:56 And now we just ask for Your Holy Spirit to lead, 02:58 guide and direct us into all truths. 03:00 In Jesus' name we pray, amen. 03:02 Amen. Praise the Lord. 03:04 Okay, we'll go 03:05 to the Sabbath afternoon's lesson there, 03:07 we go to the memory text. 03:08 Again this probably will be shared 03:10 several different times. 03:12 But I'm telling you, the more we hear it, 03:13 the more we're going to settle into our hearts and our minds, 03:16 and that we'll be able to recall that 03:18 when God calls us to share it with someone else. 03:21 Our memory text, 03:22 it again is found in Revelation14:6 and 7. 03:27 Revelation 14:6 and 7, it reads like this, it said, 03:30 "Then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven, 03:33 flying, 03:34 having the everlasting gospel 03:36 to preach to those who dwell on the earth, 03:39 every nation, tribe, tongue, and people, 03:42 saying with a loud voice, 03:43 'Fear God and give glory to Him, 03:46 for the hour of His judgment has come, 03:49 worship Him who made heaven and earth, 03:51 and the sea and springs of water." 03:54 What a familiar passage of scripture 03:56 that should be to each one of us. 03:58 We should have not only just read it, 04:00 we should have be studying that 04:02 in this hour that we are living in. 04:05 The key to Sabbath afternoon, 04:07 in my opinion is studying the key 04:08 is simply Christ death was meant for all people. 04:13 The message was meant to go into all the world. 04:17 And as our text said, 04:18 every nation, and every kindred, 04:19 and every tongue, and every people, 04:22 that's the good news. 04:23 That's the gospel of salvation. 04:26 That's the good news of Jesus Christ, 04:28 who came to deliver us from the penalty of sin. 04:33 That's to me, that's just good news today. 04:35 We have a Redeemer, we have a Savior, 04:36 we have a second chance, right, 04:39 to get things right by the grace of God 04:41 and, of course, those goes on by His grace. 04:43 Praise God for that. 04:44 Book of Revelation was written 04:46 as this passage come from Revelation 14, 04:49 especially for the end time people. 04:52 We know that and so we should be studying 04:54 and encourage other people to study it to. 04:57 Not only is that Revelation a prophecy 04:59 and things that are come to pass, 05:01 but it just really points in, 05:03 it's a revelation of Jesus Christ. 05:05 We find Jesus in the Book of Revelation. 05:08 Let no one fool you 05:09 and try to throw you off from that. 05:10 You find Jesus, you find what's happening, 05:12 you know, even in the world today 05:14 if you're a little confused what's going on, 05:15 get into the Book of Daniel and Revelation, 05:17 God's going to help you to understand that. 05:19 We have a message to give to the world, 05:21 a message worth sharing. 05:24 And I believe that with all of my heart, 05:25 you know in Sunday's lesson 05:28 it's titled "Peter's Present-Truth Message." 05:32 Now, again, this should not be anything 05:34 that would upset anyone 05:35 because there's such thing as present truth, 05:38 you know, and we need to find out 05:39 what present truth is 05:41 and there's times that needs to be interwoven 05:42 with the messages that God gives 05:44 His people here in these last days. 05:46 Why? 05:47 Because God has from, 05:48 we know from the very beginning sent special messages, 05:51 special points and periods of time, 05:54 and it was always to prepare people 05:56 for what was coming on this earth. 05:58 Aren't you glad we have a friend? 06:00 Aren't you glad we have someone, right, 06:02 who sits in the authority, right, on the throne 06:05 and lets us know what soon to take place, 06:07 what's taking place even now, in this world, all the stuff. 06:11 We can have peace 06:12 knowing that Jesus is on the throne. 06:15 So don't be surprised. 06:16 So don't be caught. 06:17 We don't need to be caught off guard. 06:19 Because the Bible said 06:20 more passage of scripture is mentioned so many times. 06:22 Amos 3:7, the Bible is just simply says, 06:27 Surely the Lord God," would do what everything? 06:29 Nothing. Oh, thank you. Okay. 06:31 "He will do nothing," notice this, 06:33 "but He revealeth His secrets" unto whom? 06:36 "His servants the prophets." 06:39 This is the promise, 06:40 you know, get in and get a hold of that promise. 06:42 God said, "I'm not going to do anything 06:44 until I let you know first, 06:47 and then I'm going to reveal it." 06:48 Now it's up to you to accept that revelation or not. 06:51 But God said, "I'm going to reveal it. 06:52 I don't want you caught off guard. 06:54 I don't want you to be fooled. 06:55 I don't want you to be deceived. 06:57 You know, I want you to know so that you can be prepared. 07:00 And then once you get prepared, 07:02 then you can help what? 07:03 Prepare others by the grace and strength 07:05 and the power of hope of God." 07:07 Our lesson brings out several examples 07:09 of what we just talked about of God warning 07:12 before the event took place. 07:14 For instance before the flood, 07:16 these are to say maybe simple things 07:18 but man, they just hit home 07:20 and they certainly hit the example for us. 07:22 Before the flood God sent a message through who? 07:24 Through Noah, did He not? 07:26 Basically that a flood was going to come, 07:28 the world was going to be destroyed. 07:31 Now did He do it before the flood came? 07:33 Absolutely. 07:34 You know Genesis 6, 07:36 you can read more about that when you have time. 07:38 Number two there's another one, Joseph. 07:40 Joseph was raised to, 07:42 you know at the time to prepare for that seven years 07:44 you remember, yeah, of plenty 07:46 because there was going to be, 07:47 you know, some rough times ahead. 07:49 So he was there forecast before 07:52 in the Word of God. 07:53 Joseph, I read one time where it said 07:55 Joseph became the savior of Egypt 07:57 in the right way. 07:59 He was the man of the hour in Genesis 41:3, notice this, 08:04 the prophets 08:05 and, of course Jesus Himself 08:07 talked about the destruction of Jerusalem. 08:11 Man, it says, don't be deceived. 08:13 You need to know these things are going on, 08:14 Matthew 24. 08:16 And then along comes John the Baptist. 08:18 Praise God for John the Baptist. 08:19 He gave a message that we need today still yet, 08:23 but he gave a message of repentance, 08:25 to prepare people for Jesus' first coming. 08:28 So don't you believe along with me 08:29 that we need to hear of that today? 08:31 It's the message that Jesus is coming 08:33 the second time, 08:34 it's we need to repent and get ourselves right, 08:36 Matthew Chapter 3, because Jesus is coming. 08:39 We believe that God has given a special message 08:43 for these last days for the world. 08:46 It's going to test and it's going to prepare 08:49 a people to meet Him. 08:50 And it's called as we read in our memory text, 08:53 the three angels' message of Revelation 14. 08:55 We talk about powerful words of Scripture, 08:59 this message and other important truths, 09:02 I believe can be called present truth. 09:04 This is what we're talking about, 09:06 present truth that can be called that. 09:07 2 Peter 1:12. 09:10 It simply says, 09:11 we need to be established in what? 09:13 In present truth. We need to know. 09:15 In other words, we need to understand 09:17 the hour that we're living in 09:18 and we've been studying here 09:20 that God always before sent what? 09:22 He sent a warning. 09:23 So He's sending warnings today before the events take place 09:27 so that we can know. 09:28 And so this would be present truth, 09:30 at least in my opinion, this is present truth. 09:33 And then, of course, you read in the 2 Peter 1:19. 09:37 It simply says, 09:38 because we have a more sure word of prophecy, 09:43 since the Word of God is sure, right? 09:45 As His throne is sure, 09:47 these things are going to take place 09:49 whether you accept it or not, whether you believe it or not, 09:51 or may I say nicely, whether you want it or not. 09:54 These things are going to happen 09:55 and we need to make sure that we read the Word 09:58 and get ready for these things that are taking place. 10:01 You know, question maybe could be asked, 10:04 they said are the truths 10:06 or the doctrines we hold today present truth? 10:09 There's been discussions about these things. 10:11 Well, we can present truth 10:13 and everybody might have their own little take 10:14 and so on about present truth, 10:16 and really what encompasses present truth? 10:19 Well, I found something in 2 Testimonies 355. 10:22 I pray that would be a blessing to you 10:24 and maybe give a little more than part knowledge, 10:26 the things that maybe we need to be focusing on 10:29 along with lot of other but notice this, 10:31 "We believe," starts out, 10:34 "We believe without a doubt that Christ is soon coming." 10:39 We believe without a doubt that Christ is coming. 10:42 There's no doubt in my mind. 10:44 It's coming 10:45 because it's just that's a sure word we know. 10:47 "This is not a fable to us. 10:50 It is a reality," 10:52 notice this, "we have no doubt neither, " 10:55 notice this, "have we," 10:57 notice, "a doubt about present truth 10:59 for these years," 11:00 notice this, "the years that we've had, 11:02 the doctrines that we hold today, 11:04 are present truth." 11:05 Maybe that's the bottom line. 11:07 The doctrines that we hold today 11:09 as a movement 11:10 could be classified and put into present truth. 11:13 Because do we need all of these? 11:15 Absolutely. 11:16 We need all of these messages today to warn the world. 11:19 Why? 11:20 Because we are preparing to meet Jesus 11:23 in the clouds of glory. 11:24 Not going to go through all of the messages, 11:26 but you've turned your Bible 11:27 already to Revelation14:6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 11:30 and so on in there, 11:31 this given the three angels' message. 11:33 I might ask a question, 11:35 you know, as we look at those messages, 11:38 is it paramount that we understand 11:39 that they're present truth. 11:41 If we look at Revelation 14, I thought I'm gonna do 11:43 is just discuss and just touch on 11:45 because there's a lot more discussion 11:46 going to be on these messages. 11:48 But if we said, we saw an angel flying in the midst of heaven, 11:51 there's a message to be given to the world. 11:52 Okay, we just say okay, that's present truth. 11:55 The message is going to be preached to all the world 11:57 that's present truth as far as I'm concerned. 12:00 This angel messenger said with the loud voice, do what? 12:03 Give glory, right, to Him, 12:06 for the hour of His judgment has come. 12:09 God's last day people present truth 12:10 is that we are living what? 12:12 We're living in the hour of God's judgment. 12:15 We are living in this time. 12:17 And if we had a real concept, 12:18 Pastor, at least in my opinion, all of us here, 12:21 it seems like we'd be doing more than we're doing. 12:22 I don't know how people can do maybe some more 12:25 and some of you doesn't seem like you're busy all the time. 12:28 But it seemed like there may be a little more urgency to it 12:30 if we really believe that this is a judgment hour. 12:33 We've been here for many, many years. 12:35 And soon it's going to be over. 12:36 With present truth we need to be hitting on that, 12:38 no doubt. 12:40 And then it says, go back and worship the one 12:41 who made heavens and earth. 12:43 So we realize that we need to go back 12:44 to the beginning, 12:45 and certainly bring forth what? 12:47 Seventh day Sabbath, isn't that right? 12:48 You have to go back to the beginning, 12:50 worship the creator of heaven and earth. 12:51 So to me, 12:52 seventh day Sabbath is present truth. 12:55 And then there follow another angel second 12:57 just simply said, Babylon is fallen, 12:58 is fallen, is fallen why? 13:00 Because she's drunk, we understand it. 13:02 So once this message goes out, and the people hear it, 13:06 should there not be a call to come out of her, my people. 13:11 I believe, I'm just making point, 13:13 this is present truth. 13:14 You just don't give a message and give the truth 13:16 and you just walk away. 13:18 You give a call, you give an urgency, 13:19 and then compel them by the grace 13:21 and the power of the Holy Spirit 13:22 to come and to join in. 13:24 And then, of course, the third angel's message 13:25 in last minute or so here, 13:27 it talks about that, 13:28 you know, if any man worship the beast 13:30 and his image and receive the mark in his hand, 13:32 his forehead, we're in the lost condition. 13:35 To me that is present truth. 13:37 We have an obligation to warn the world, 13:41 what the mark of the beast is, 13:43 what the image of the beast is all about, 13:46 what's taking place in the world today 13:49 that leads us to think not only with Scripture, 13:52 but we see signs of the times are everywhere. 13:56 Think about it, they're everywhere. 13:58 And so we need to grasp hold of these things 13:59 and simply say, 14:00 now we're not saying 14:02 every time, every time, every time. 14:03 But I at least in my opinion when I'm in prayer, 14:06 and again, what I may be impressed with 14:07 may not be what you. 14:09 I know I get some letters and calls, 14:10 I understand that. 14:12 Well, you know, you spend too much time 14:13 on this dooming and glooming. 14:14 You know, you may not be impressed 14:16 what I'm impressed with 14:17 and you may not be impressed what I'm impressed with, 14:19 God impresses each one differently, 14:20 that's what makes it so good and so wonderful 14:22 to have a balanced message. 14:24 And everybody doesn't give it the same way. 14:26 See, I'm starting to get excited about, 14:27 I got to calm down. 14:29 Because I realize, at least in my heart, 14:31 the urgency of this time, why? 14:34 Because our message today, we have a message to give. 14:38 And we need to give it to the world 14:41 and we can only give it with the power, 14:42 the aid of the Holy Spirit. 14:45 This represents a real message that we will be tested on. 14:48 I'm not even getting to all the stuff here. 14:50 But a message that God's people everybody 14:52 will be tested on. 14:54 And we're going to have to match up to that 14:55 by the grace of God 14:57 why we believe the Lord is coming 14:58 and because we believe we have message that's good, 15:01 and we need to give it to the world. 15:02 Preach it, Brother. 15:04 I get excited every time. 15:05 Amen. Well, you got me excited. 15:06 So we got to get excited. Amen. 15:08 Praise the Lord. 15:09 Well, hey, I think you set a great foundation, 15:11 we're talking about in Monday's lesson, 15:13 "Revelation's End-Time Focus." 15:15 Now, there's a lot to be said on this 15:17 in the very little time that we have. 15:20 I'm going to do my best 15:21 to emphasize that end time focus. 15:25 And so the lesson brings out in Monday's lesson 15:27 that while the Second Coming of Jesus 15:32 is referenced and talked about in the gospels, 15:36 it's not a major focus of emphasis. 15:38 In fact, the majority of the focus 15:40 is on Christ first advent. 15:42 Now again, it is referenced it's talked about, 15:44 there are texts in the gospels 15:46 about the Second Coming of Jesus, 15:47 but if you really, really want to find 15:49 what the end time focus is, 15:51 by the time you get 15:52 to these great apocalyptic books 15:54 like Daniel and Revelation, 15:55 and more specifically, in this case, 15:57 the Book of Revelation which means, again, 15:59 Revelation in the original Greek there 16:01 was apocalypses, 16:03 which means a revealing and unveiling 16:05 of this beautiful last day truth 16:07 that Jesus wants to reveal to His people, 16:09 that it's certainly clear 16:11 that one of the great major themes 16:12 throughout the Book of Revelation 16:14 is the Second Coming of Jesus. 16:16 And we want to provide some evidence for that 16:18 and look through some of these passages 16:20 all the way through the Book of Revelation 16:22 that reminds us of why we do evangelism. 16:26 That reminds us of why we're here, 16:28 why we preach the gospel, why we witness, 16:30 why we share Jesus now with a sense of urgency, 16:33 with a sense of appeal, 16:35 with a sense of calling out and crying out 16:37 for people to come to God now. 16:38 So I wanna jump right into the first chapter 16:40 of Revelation. 16:42 And you can see seven verses into this, 16:44 Jesus isn't holding anything back. 16:45 He's letting you know why He's given you 16:47 this last day as Brother Kenny brought out 16:49 present truth 16:51 and this is for sure a present truth message. 16:53 Notice what He says in Revelation 1:7, he says, 16:56 "Behold, He is coming with clouds, 16:59 and every eye will see Him, even they who pierced Him, 17:04 and all the tribes of the earth will mourn 17:05 because of Him. 17:07 Even so, Amen. 17:08 So I mean, we have literally just walked 17:10 through the front door, we pulled back the screen door, 17:13 we've kicked our shoes off. 17:14 We're trying to get comfortable 17:15 and but we haven't even sat down yet 17:17 and Jesus is already saying, "Hey, let Me remind you, 17:20 I'm coming soon. 17:21 And I'm not just coming soon, 17:23 I'm coming quickly so be ready." 17:25 Another passage in the Book of Revelation 17:27 that is quite fascinating and ironic to me 17:30 is Revelation 6:12-17. 17:33 And this comes within the context 17:35 of the end part of the sixth seal. 17:38 And it's quite interesting when you read these verses, 17:41 because it's literally describing 17:43 the return of Jesus. 17:44 Notice beginning of verse 12, 17:46 all the way through to verse 17. 17:47 It says, I looked when He opened the sixth seal, 17:50 and behold, there was a great earthquake, 17:52 and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, 17:55 and the moon became like blood 17:57 and the stars of heaven fell from the earth, 17:58 as a fig tree drops 18:00 its late figs when it is shaken by a mighty wind." 18:03 So this is talking about those signs, 18:04 those great signs that are leading up 18:06 to this great Second Coming event. 18:08 Notice verse 14, 18:09 "Then the sky receded as a scroll 18:12 when it is rolled up, 18:13 and every mountain and island was moved out of its place. 18:16 And the kings of the earth, the great men, the rich men, 18:20 the commanders, the mighty men, 18:21 every slave and every free man, 18:23 hid themselves in the caves 18:25 and in the rocks and the mountains, 18:27 and it said to the rocks and the mountains, 18:30 'Fall on us and hide us from the face of Him 18:33 who sits on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb! 18:35 For the great day of His wrath has come, 18:37 and who is able to stand?' " 18:40 And I find this quite ironic 18:41 because in the original Greek here, 18:43 the word for lamb is the word arnion 18:46 and, of course, the general word 18:48 in the Greek for lamb, for instance in first, 18:50 I think it's John 1:29. 18:52 When John sees Jesus coming "Behold, the Lamb of God 18:54 that takes away, it's the word amnos, 18:56 which is a general, 18:58 there's a lamb, there's a sheep, 18:59 but this here, 19:00 the word arnion is referencing Christ as a baby pet lamb, 19:04 a small little baby lambkin of the first year. 19:07 And so it's interesting that these men in judgment 19:09 we're seeing clearly here 19:11 that they're running as Pastor brought up 19:12 in a previous lesson, I loved it. 19:13 You know, we don't want to be running to the rocks. 19:15 We want to be running from the rocks, right? 19:17 Out of the rocks, they're running to the rocks 19:19 and they're crying, Lord, 19:20 you know, let him fall on us 19:22 and hide us from the face of the baby pet lamb. 19:25 It's just ironic to envision, 19:27 but Jesus has seen all the way through the Book of Revelation 19:30 every time you see the word lamb, 19:31 it is he had seen, John saw Him in vision 19:33 as a baby lambkin, 19:35 a lambkin of the first year 19:36 appeared slain in Revelation 5 19:38 before the throne of God which is an interesting, 19:41 very interesting imagery there and image in your mind, 19:43 but Jesus is the Lamb of God indeed. 19:46 Revelation 11:15, love this text. 19:50 It comes within the context of the Seventh Trump 19:54 I believe it is. 19:56 "Then the seventh angel sounded: 19:57 And there were loud voices in heaven saying, 20:00 'The kingdoms of this world 20:02 have become the kingdoms of our Lord and His Christ, 20:06 and He shall reign forever.'" 20:08 Again within the context of the Second Coming of Jesus, 20:11 where Jesus is now, 20:12 He has received the kingdom as His own, 20:15 that stone that has come and had filled the whole world 20:18 and has become a great mountain. 20:19 It is referring to the kingdom of Christ 20:21 at His Second Coming, Revelation 14:14-16. 20:26 I'm not gonna spend much time on this one, 20:27 but just to reference 20:28 that this is indeed talking about 20:30 that central theme of focus, the Second Coming of Jesus, 20:33 it says, then I look, 20:35 we're starting with verse 14 in Revelation 14. 20:37 He says, "Then I looked, and behold, a white cloud, 20:39 and on the cloud sat One like the Son of Man, 20:41 having on His head a golden crown, 20:43 and in His hand a sharp sickle. 20:46 And another angel came out of the temple, 20:47 crying with a loud voice to Him who sat on the cloud, 20:51 'Thrust in Your sickle and reap, 20:53 for the time has come for You to reap, 20:57 for the harvest of the earth is ripe.' 20:58 So He that sat on the cloud thrust 21:00 in His sickle on the earth, 21:02 and the earth was reaped.'" 21:04 And, of course, this comes 21:05 right after the proclamation 21:07 of the first, second and third angels' messages. 21:09 We don't have to wonder 21:10 as to who this person is sitting on the cloud, 21:12 who thrust in His sickle to the earth. 21:15 This is Jesus Christ. 21:16 This is the Jesus Christ at His Second Coming. 21:18 Revelation Chapter 19. 21:20 Probably won't spend a lot of time 21:21 on this right here. 21:23 Just simply reference it and reference the fact 21:24 that in Revelation 19:11-16, 21:27 the Bible envisions and pictures Christ 21:30 as coming back on a white horse 21:32 with all of the angels with Him on white horses. 21:35 And it says that right here in verse 16, 21:37 "And He has on His robe 21:39 and on His thigh a name written: 21:40 King of kings and Lord of lords." 21:43 Again, we see this theme 21:45 all the way through the Book of Revelation, 21:47 Christ is constantly reminding us, 21:49 "Hey, I'm coming. 21:51 Hey, get ready, I'm on my way. 21:53 Hey, I'm coming very quickly." 21:55 And so also I think of Revelation Chapter 22. 21:58 If you missed it, 21:59 if you read all the way through the Book of Revelation, 22:01 and you missed this thing. 22:03 All right? 22:04 You missed this theme of the second coming of Jesus. 22:06 Jesus says, "Look, just go all the way 22:08 to the last chapter of the Bible 22:09 and read through that 22:11 in case you missed all that other stuff." 22:12 Let me really emphasize it for you. 22:14 Because not in one, not in two, not in three, 22:16 but four verses in that same chapter. 22:18 He says, "I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming." 22:20 Notice Revelation 22:7, 22:23 He says, "Behold, I am coming quickly! 22:25 Blessed is he who keeps the words 22:27 of the prophecy of this book." 22:29 and then you keep reading through the chapter, 22:30 you get to verse 12. 22:32 "And behold, I am coming quickly," 22:33 there it is again, 22:35 "and My reward is with Me, 22:36 to give to everyone according to his work." 22:39 And then, of course, verse 17, 22:41 "And the Spirit and the bride say, 'Come!' 22:45 And let Him who here say, 'Come!' " 22:47 Lord, oh, come, Lord, 22:48 we're ready for you to come get us, Lord, 22:50 and take us home. 22:52 And then verse 20, I love this. 22:53 "And he who testifies to these things, 22:56 it says, 'Surely I am coming quickly.' 23:00 Amen. 23:02 Even so, come, Lord Jesus Christ!' " 23:04 So we see very clearly 23:06 all the way through the Book of Revelation, 23:08 Jesus is crying out 23:10 as this great last day present truth message, 23:13 crying out and saying, 23:14 "Look, I'm coming quickly. 23:16 Are you ready?" 23:17 And see, I have to just ask you in closing, 23:19 why do we evangelize? 23:21 I kind of alluded at the beginning 23:23 of this particular lesson that I started. 23:24 But, you know, what is the purpose 23:26 of all of the public evangelistic series 23:28 that we do? 23:30 What about all the small group Bible studies that we do? 23:34 What is the purpose that we go out of our way 23:36 to make sure that this message is proclaimed? 23:40 It's because Jesus is coming soon. 23:42 That's it. That's right. 23:43 We know that He's coming soon. 23:44 And we have to prepare not only ourselves, 23:47 but also others 23:48 and we have to be warning them 23:49 and preaching it with a sense of urgency 23:51 that they need to prepare and know 23:53 that Jesus is to return soon. 23:55 I also find it interesting that all the way 23:56 through the Book of Revelation, 23:58 another theme and other constant theme 24:00 that we see coming up is the sanctuary thing. 24:04 The Book of Revelation is just shrouded 24:07 in sanctuary terminology. 24:09 And if you look at the sanctuary blueprint, 24:11 which we know 24:12 is a blueprint model of salvation, 24:14 the ultimate goal of the progression 24:17 of the sanctuary message 24:18 is that God's people want to be in that Most Holy Place, 24:23 so we can be in the very presence of God. 24:26 God desires His people to be with Him. 24:29 That's why He told Moses, 24:30 "Let them make Me a sanctuary 24:32 that I may dwell among My people." 24:34 And in the Book of Revelation, we see 24:36 that eventually when we get to those latter chapters, 24:38 Jesus comes back, gets His people. 24:40 There's no more need for separation. 24:42 There's no more need for a sanctuary necessarily 24:45 because we are now with Him forever. 24:47 There is no veil. 24:49 There is no separation. 24:50 We want to be in that Most Holy Place. 24:52 We want to have a Most Holy Place experience 24:55 right here in these last days 24:56 and the only way we can do that 24:58 is to prepare for His soon coming. 25:00 Take this gospel serious, 25:01 let the gospel transform us 25:03 and preach it that it may transform others. 25:07 Praise the Lord. I'm already worked up. 25:08 We pray that you are 25:10 by the Holy Spirit power of God. 25:12 We're going to take just a short break 25:13 and then we're going to get right back on Tuesday's lesson, 25:15 stay right with us. 25:21 Ever wish you could watch 25:23 a 3ABN Sabbath School Panel again, 25:25 or share it on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter? 25:28 Well, you can by visiting 3abnsabbathschoolpanel.com. 25:33 A clean design makes it easy 25:36 to find the program you're looking for. 25:38 There are also links to the Adult Bible Study Guide 25:41 so you can follow along. 25:43 Sharing is easy. 25:44 Just click share 25:46 and choose your favorite social media. 25:48 Share a link, save a life for eternity. 25:51 Hello and welcome back to 3ABN Sabbath School Panel. 25:54 Man, we're glad you joined us, 25:55 we're having a good time in the Lord 25:57 on lesson number 12, a message we're sharing. 26:00 I'm going to pass it quickly to Pastor John Lomacang, 26:02 he's going to be talking about 26:03 "Revelation's End-Time Message." 26:06 Revelation's End-Time Message. 26:09 I feel like I need an hour. 26:10 So you guys need to relinquish your time, just joking. 26:13 You know this is a powerful message, 26:15 Revelation, it's the end of the story. 26:18 I feel badly for those churches 26:20 where people are told they can't understand it. 26:24 It's like watching the most amazing, 26:26 engaging production of a movie 26:29 and then somebody just unplugs the television and say, 26:32 well, we have to guess how it ends. 26:34 While the Lord is not going to sneak up on us, 26:37 He wants us to know, as Pastor Kenny said, 26:39 Amos 3:7, "Surely, 26:42 the Lord God does nothing, 26:44 except He revealed His secrets to his servants the prophets." 26:47 There's a component in the Bible of secrecy 26:50 that the Lord has reserved for those who follow Him. 26:52 You know, when the disciples were on the Mount of Olives, 26:55 and Jesus talked about the Second Coming 26:57 in Matthew Chapter 24. 26:59 Then the Bible says, 27:01 "Then His disciples took Him away privately 27:03 and asked Him specific questions, 27:05 tell us when will these things be? 27:07 And what will be the sign of Your coming, 27:09 and of the end of the age?" 27:10 He didn't tell the multitude. 27:12 He doesn't tell 27:13 those who are not His followers. 27:15 He doesn't give out a secrets. 27:16 And you know, the Bible talks about the gospel. 27:18 It has been hidden through the ages, 27:20 but now is revealed. 27:21 Revelation. 27:22 So you see, Revelation is the revealing. 27:24 It is the final curtain call on humanity. 27:28 So I like to look at Revelation Chapter 14, 27:30 in three particulars. 27:32 First of all, 27:34 the three angels' message is a preparation message, 27:38 it's a preparation message. 27:39 Now, why is it so vitally important, 27:42 because Jesus is coming back for the world, 27:44 for God so loved the world. 27:46 He's not coming back just for the church. 27:48 He's coming back for those 27:50 He's given all of humanity and opportunity 27:52 to be a part of His eternal kingdom. 27:54 He's not going to sneak back. 27:56 That's why you have seven trumpets. 27:58 Trumpets are not silent instruments. 28:00 And I know there are many interpretations 28:01 about the trumpets, 28:03 but the trumpets are not silent instruments. 28:05 He wants to blow the trumpet, blow the trumpet in Zion, 28:08 and sound an alarm in my holy mountain. 28:11 He says, if the servant or the watchman sees 28:14 a sword coming, 28:16 he has to blow the trumpet. 28:17 So God has given us as a church 28:18 the responsibility 28:20 of blowing the trumpet of the three angels' messages 28:22 to every nation, every kindred, every tongue, every people. 28:25 Now why is it a preparation message? 28:27 Because the Lord is preparing to come back 28:29 and He wants the world to know I'm coming back. 28:31 Now in Matthew 24, 28:33 we find also that the message of Revelation 28:36 is a prerequisite message. 28:38 Look at Matthew 24:14, you know it by heart, 28:42 I'm laying some foundation, you know it by heart, 28:45 it's a prerequisite, 28:47 and this gospel of the kingdom 28:49 shall be preached in all the world 28:51 for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come. 28:55 It's not ironic or coincidental 28:58 that the three angels' messages is to every nation, kindred, 29:01 tongue and people. 29:02 It's called the... 29:03 This gospel of the kingdom is the everlasting gospel. 29:06 What is the everlasting gospel? 29:08 Salvation by grace through faith in Christ alone. 29:12 We are not saved by works, we are saved for works. 29:16 But the message of salvation, the emancipation, proclamation, 29:19 the entire world needs to know 29:21 that the devil may have bound you, 29:22 but I've come to set you free. 29:24 And if the Son therefore shall make you free, 29:26 you shall be free indeed. 29:27 So it's a message of prerequisite. 29:30 I'm coming, I want everyone to know, 29:33 so that you will have an opportunity to get ready. 29:36 So Matthew 24, 29:37 but then the three angels' messages 29:39 is a prevention message. 29:40 Now go with me to Revelation Chapter 7 29:42 is a prevention message. 29:44 Now what I'm going to do is insert 29:46 right into Revelation Chapter 14, 29:50 we're going to see the connection, 29:52 the contextual connection. 29:54 But if you look at Revelation Chapter 7, 29:56 this shows the prevention aspect of it. 29:59 Verses 1-3, 30:01 "After these things I saw four angels 30:04 standing at the four corners of the earth, 30:07 holding the four winds of the earth, 30:09 that the wind should not blow on the earth, on the sea, 30:13 or on any tree." 30:14 Prevention. 30:16 "Then I saw another angel ascending from the east, 30:18 having the seal of the living God. 30:20 And he cried with a loud voice to the four angels 30:23 to whom it was granted to harm the earth and the sea." 30:27 Verse 3 talks about the prevention, 30:30 "saying, "Do not harm the earth, 30:32 the sea, or the trees 30:34 till we have sealed the servants of our God 30:37 on their foreheads." 30:38 Don't do, I'm going to prevent you 30:40 from doing anything until I do what I must do. 30:43 It's a prevention message. 30:44 I'm not going to let you harm the earth, 30:45 or the sea, or the trees 30:47 until I've sealed the servants of God 30:48 on their foreheads. 30:49 Let's go to Revelation 9. 30:51 And I'll show you now right after the earth, 30:52 the sea and the trees 30:54 as the Bible talked about 30:55 right after the impact comes to them. 30:58 Notice, the next prevention. 31:00 It's a prevention message. 31:02 Look at Revelation 9:4. 31:05 And by the way, I believe, personally, 31:08 I believe that this talks about the appearing of Satan, 31:11 because when the Bible talks about a star 31:12 that fell from heaven, 31:14 what star do we know in the Bible 31:15 that fell from heaven? 31:16 The only star that fell from heaven, 31:18 O Lucifer, son of the morning, 31:19 how art thou fallen from heaven, 31:21 O, Lucifer, son of the morning? 31:22 Isaiah 14, Ezekiel 28. 31:25 Luke 10:18, 31:26 I saw Satan like lightning fall from heaven. 31:29 Revelation 12:7, "He did not prevail, 31:32 but he was cast to the earth 31:33 and his angels were cast out with him." 31:34 If you let the Bible speak for itself, 31:36 this is very clear. 31:38 The only star that could have fallen 31:39 from heaven to the earth is Satan. 31:42 The morning star, Lucifer meant the morning star, 31:45 Jesus is the bright and morning star. 31:48 But let's look what happens. 31:50 After the earth, the sea and the trees 31:51 are impacted politically, socially, financially, 31:55 and religiously 31:56 that preparation work 31:58 for the people of God to be sorted out. 31:59 Notice what happens in verse 4 of Revelation 9, 32:03 "They were commanded 32:04 not to harm the grass of the earth, 32:06 or any green thing or any tree, 32:08 but only those men who do not have 32:10 the seal of God on their forehead." 32:12 Prevention again, don't touch My people. 32:13 Right. 32:15 And so many people apply this 32:16 to what happened during the Dark Ages. 32:18 You know, the Wars of the Muslims 32:20 and the Ottoman Empire. 32:23 You might have some application there. 32:24 However, I believe 32:26 that this has a greater application 32:27 because the sealing work is an end-time work. 32:31 And strangely enough, 32:32 the only place in the Bible 32:34 where we talk about the seal of God, 32:36 the only place in all of the Bible, 32:38 where the seal of God in Revelation 32:40 is mentioned is in verse 4. 32:43 The seal of God, 32:44 it's talked about in Revelation 7, 32:46 but it's talked about here clearly described 32:49 the seal of God on their foreheads. 32:52 So you see once again, a prevention message. 32:54 Now why is the prevention so significant? 32:57 Because Revelation 32:59 is where the two sides now are no longer merging. 33:03 They are on opposite sides. 33:04 They are completely polarized, complete evil on one side, 33:08 complete righteousness on the other. 33:10 And Babylon, let's go to Revelation 18 now. 33:13 Babylon that has boasted of its success 33:17 has to be fully built up 33:19 before it's completely destroyed. 33:22 That's what happened in the Book of Genesis. 33:23 They had to build a tower up before the tower came down. 33:26 And Babylon 33:28 is in its building stages right now. 33:30 It is being built socially, it is being built financially, 33:34 it is being built politically, 33:36 and it's going to finally be built religiously. 33:39 Now that's the entire system of Babylon. 33:42 Because Revelation 18:1 says, verse 1- 3, where it says, 33:47 "Come out of her My people." 33:48 Why does the Lord want His people to come out? 33:51 Because soon if you don't come out, 33:54 you're going to receive her plagues 33:56 and share in her sins. 33:58 But here's the point that's so significant. 34:00 That's why God has given us the responsibility 34:03 of proclaiming this message. 34:05 Because He's saying, you got to get My people out. 34:07 I'm not reforming Babylon. 34:09 I'm destroying Babylon. 34:11 It's not a movement of reformation, 34:13 but a movement of removal. 34:15 I'm bringing this system down. 34:17 There's nothing about it that can be reformed 34:19 because it's a cage of every foul spirit, 34:22 and unclean and hated bird. 34:24 And the devil lives there. 34:27 These unclean spirits dwell there, 34:29 I'm not reforming that system. 34:30 It's at the point of complete corruption. 34:33 I've got to get My people out. 34:34 But now look at Revelation 18:21-23. 34:37 This gives a picture of what happens 34:39 when her sins have reached into heaven 34:41 as Revelation 18:5 makes clear. 34:44 Verse 21-23, 34:46 "Then a mighty angel took up a stone 34:48 like a great millstone 34:50 and threw it into the sea, 34:52 saying, 34:53 'Thus with violence the great city Babylon 34:57 shall be thrown down, 34:59 and shall not be found anymore.'" 35:01 Just as it happened to literal Babylon 35:03 never be inhabited again, 35:05 same thing for spiritual Babylon. 35:06 Let's look at verse 22. 35:09 "The sound of harpists, musicians, flutists, 35:11 and trumpeters 35:13 shall not be heard in you anymore. 35:15 And no craftsman of any craft shall be found in you anymore, 35:20 and the sound of a millstone 35:22 shall not be heard in you anymore." 35:25 What is the millstone needed for? 35:26 To grind out wheat. 35:28 Musicians, all the successes of Babylon. 35:30 Look at verse 23. 35:32 "And the light of a lamp 35:34 shall not shine in you anymore." 35:36 Right now the light is shining. What light is that? 35:38 The light of the gospel. 35:39 It has to shine in Babylon 35:41 so the people in darkness could see it. 35:43 Isaiah 60:1-2. 35:44 In a time of darkness, 35:46 God is saying shine that light 35:48 so that My people in darkness could see it. 35:50 Let's continue in this verse, verse 23, 35:52 "The voice of the bridegroom 35:55 and the bride shall not be heard 35:57 in you anymore." 35:58 Look at the financial system that's coming together today. 36:02 "For your merchants 36:03 were the great men of the earth, 36:05 for by your sorceries all the nations were deceived, 36:10 and in her was found the blood of the prophets 36:12 and the saints 36:14 and all who were slain on the earth." 36:17 Amen. Yes. 36:19 Powerful. 36:20 So... Yeah. 36:22 Food for thought. Right. 36:23 Time to come out of Babylon that's coming down. 36:25 And Revelation's message is a preparation to come out. 36:27 Amen. Amen. 36:29 Thank you so much, Pastor John. 36:31 I always think this is my personal opinion 36:33 but Pastor John, 36:35 nobody preaches the Book of Revelation 36:37 like Pastor John. 36:38 I could listen to you all day on the Book of Revelation 36:41 because he knows this book. 36:42 Thank you. 36:44 I love that preparation message, 36:46 prerequisite message, prevention message. 36:49 I got to study that, that's powerful. 36:51 So we're looking at Wednesday, I forgot my day. 36:54 I got so excited about that. 36:55 Wednesday's lesson which is 36:57 "Understanding God's Message More Fully," 37:00 specifically the first angel's message. 37:03 So turn with me to Revelation 14, 37:05 Revelation 14:6 and 7. 37:07 We're going to read those two verses. 37:08 We've already read it before, but we'll read it again here. 37:12 "Then I saw," verse 6, 37:14 "another angel having the everlasting gospel, 37:17 to preach to those who dwell on the earth, 37:19 to every nation, tribe, tongue and people." 37:22 So let's look at the messenger. 37:24 Who does the preaching? 37:26 Clearly it says another angel. 37:28 Now in the Word of God, 37:30 it means an angel or a messenger. 37:34 Matthew 11:10, 37:36 Jesus use that word to refer to John the Baptist. 37:39 Why? 37:40 Because he was a messenger 37:41 preparing the way for Jesus' first coming. 37:45 You and I are called to preach the first angel's message, 37:50 to be the messenger to proclaim this message 37:53 before the Second Coming of Christ. 37:56 What is the message? What are we to preach? 37:58 Pastor John already talked about it. 38:00 The everlasting gospel 38:02 that message of salvation by grace through faith. 38:06 And what is the mission? 38:08 Who are we to preach to? 38:10 It says we're to preach to every nation, 38:14 tribe, tongue, and people. 38:17 Now the word every in Greek pos 38:19 means each and every one specifically. 38:22 So in other words, it's not just saying, 38:24 okay, you're to preach to the world in general, 38:26 you're to preach to every person, every nation, 38:30 every tribe, tongue and people. 38:33 What is that message? 38:34 Let's read the next verse, "Saying with a loud voice, " 38:37 we are called to proclaim this message with a loud voice. 38:41 This is present truth as Pastor Kenny talked about, 38:43 "Fear God, give glory to Him, 38:47 for the hour of His judgment has come 38:51 and worship Him who made heaven and earth, 38:53 the sea and the springs of water." 38:56 So we will hopefully cover in this time, 38:59 fear God, give glory, judgment hour, 39:03 creation and Sabbath and worship 39:07 were covered all quickly. 39:09 So if you look at fear God and give glory to Him, 39:12 I look at these two as very closely related. 39:16 Revelation 15:4 says, 39:17 "Who shall not fear You, O Lord, 39:19 and glorify Your name? 39:22 For You alone are holy. 39:24 For all nations shall come and worship before You, 39:27 for Your judgments have been manifested." 39:30 You see, there we see the connection, 39:31 fear, glory and judgments. 39:35 Fear has to do with our thoughts really, 39:38 in my mind it has to do with thoughts. 39:40 In the Word of God fear means respect, 39:42 reverence, reverential obedience. 39:46 Psalm 111:10, 39:48 "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, 39:51 a good understanding 39:53 of all those who do His commandments." 39:56 And we see that fear connected with obedience. 40:00 Ecclesiastes 12:13 and 14. 40:03 Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter, 40:05 fear God and keep His commandments, 40:08 for this is the whole duty of man, 40:10 King James says, "for this is man's all. 40:13 For God will bring every work into judgment, 40:16 including every secret thing, whether good or evil." 40:19 There again we see fearing God, respecting, 40:22 reverencing Him connected with obedience. 40:27 And we see that connected with judgment. 40:30 Give glory to Him. 40:32 To me, a fear is thoughts, glory is actions. 40:36 We know in the Word of God, the glory represents character. 40:40 Think about Moses, remember in Exodus, 40:43 and he said, "God, show me Your glory. 40:45 Show me Your character." 40:47 Remember, God hid Moses in the cleft of the rock, 40:49 and He allowed His backside not His face, 40:52 but the back to pass before him. 40:53 And what did he see? 40:55 He saw His goodness, he saw His character. 40:58 Glory represents character. 41:00 I think of 1 Corinthians 6:19 and 20, 41:03 "Do you not know that your body 41:05 is the temple of the Holy Spirit 41:07 who is in you, you have from God, 41:09 and you are not your own? 41:11 For you were bought with a price, 41:13 therefore glorify God 41:16 in your body and in your spirit." 41:18 We are called to represent Jesus, 41:21 represent the character of God 41:23 with our thoughts and with our actions. 41:27 The hour of His judgment has come. 41:31 Judgment in Revelation 14 41:33 is clearly part of this end time 41:36 present day present truth message. 41:40 Judgment is a good thing 41:42 for those who are covered with Christ's righteousness. 41:46 I want to pause on that for just a moment 41:48 because we know clearly 41:49 judgment is not a good thing for the wicked. 41:51 But for those who are covered with Christ's righteousness, 41:54 you do not have to be afraid of the judgment 41:58 because you are covered with His imputed righteousness 42:01 and His imparted righteousness. 42:05 But let's look at that very quickly. 42:07 Imputed righteousness, Romans 4:3, 42:11 Romans 4:3 we know our righteousness, 42:13 Isaiah tells us, 42:15 our righteousness is as filthy rags. 42:17 So there's nothing good in us. 42:19 But Jesus covers us and justifies us 42:23 with the righteous white robe of Himself. 42:27 Romans 4:3, "Abraham believed God, 42:30 and it was accounted to him, 42:32 reckoned to him for righteousness." 42:34 Now this whole discussion in Romans Chapter 4, 42:37 whether did this justification take place 42:40 before Abraham was circumcised or after he was circumcised 42:44 because if it took place after he was circumcised, 42:47 then that means okay, he had some works 42:50 that took place in order for him 42:52 to receive this righteous white robe 42:55 or the justification 42:56 but Romans 4, Paul is very clear. 42:59 It took place before he was circumcised. 43:02 Philippians 3:9, "And being found in him, 43:05 not having my own righteousness, " 43:08 which is from the law which we know is filthy rags, 43:10 "but that which is through faith in Christ, 43:13 the righteousness which is from God by faith." 43:16 The moment you accept the Lord Jesus into your heart, 43:20 He takes away those filthy garments of sin, 43:23 as He did in Zechariah 3 as He stood, 43:26 remember Joshua before the angel of the Lord, 43:29 and He covers you with His righteous white robe, 43:32 but He doesn't stop there. 43:33 He transforms us by the indwelling Holy Spirit. 43:38 Revelation 19:8, to her, that's to the church. 43:42 That's you and I, 43:44 "It was granted to be arrayed in fine linen, 43:46 clean and bright, 43:48 for the fine linen 43:50 is the righteous acts of the saints." 43:52 This is sanctification. 43:54 Now you might say, wait a minute, 43:55 I don't have any righteousness, 43:56 but this is Christ in you, the hope of glory, 44:01 Colossians 1:27. 44:03 This is John 15:5 that abiding in the vine, 44:06 the moment, Jason, 44:07 we become disconnected from Jesus, we begin to die. 44:11 And we begin to live in our own works, 44:13 in our own righteousness. 44:14 But as long as we remain connected to Him, 44:17 and Christ lives in us, His righteousness flows forth. 44:22 The judgment, of course, we know is entered 44:24 against the wicked. 44:26 Remember the fifth seal in Revelation 6, 44:28 the martyrs cry out how long oh, Lord, 44:31 until you judge our blood and avenge us from our enemies. 44:35 This judgment is that vengeance 44:39 that they were crying out for taking place. 44:42 This judgment is pre-advent, 44:44 it takes place 44:45 before the Second Coming of Christ. 44:48 Because when Christ comes a second time, 44:50 the destiny of everyone will be decided. 44:53 Revelation 22:11. 44:54 "He who is unjust, let him be unjust still, 44:57 he who is filthy, let him be filthy still, 45:00 he who is righteous, let him be righteous still, 45:02 he who is holy, let him be holy still." 45:05 In the last moment, let's look at worship Him 45:08 who made heaven and earth, 45:09 the sea and the fountains of springs of water. 45:14 This is fourth commandment language, 45:16 reminiscent of the fourth commandment 45:18 which we won't read, 45:19 but you find in Exodus 20:8-11. 45:23 In there, it talks about remember the Sabbath day, 45:26 the seventh day 45:27 because they had forgotten to keep it holy. 45:31 And then we know that 45:32 in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 45:34 the sea and the fountains of waters. 45:37 It reminds me of Jesus resting on the seventh day 45:41 at the conclusion of creation. 45:44 Genesis 2:1-3, 45:47 "When the heavens and earth 45:48 and all the hosts of them were finished." 45:50 And God ended His work, what happened? 45:52 "He rested on the seventh day 45:55 and He blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, 45:58 because in it He rested from all His work 46:00 which God created and made." 46:03 Is it a issue at the end of time 46:05 is over worship. 46:07 Who will we worship? 46:10 Are we going to choose to follow Jesus 46:13 and follow the lamb and allow Him to transform us, 46:16 keep His seventh day the Sabbath holy? 46:19 Are we going to allow Him 46:22 to cover us with His righteous robe 46:24 so that we can stand undefiled in the judgment? 46:28 That's my choice, and I hope it's yours as well. 46:30 Amen. 46:31 Wow, Jill, you just preached the whole sermon. 46:34 And I might have to watch this on YouTube 46:36 so I can process it all. 46:40 Thursday's lesson is entitled "God's Final Appeal." 46:43 This is God's Final appeal. 46:45 And this is a very important message. 46:47 And you know, when we hear the word appeal, 46:50 it's a word 46:51 that's thrown around quite often, 46:53 but I think it's important for us 46:55 to examine the definition of the word. 46:58 An appeal is to make a serious or urgent request, 47:03 typically to the public. 47:04 And that's what we're going to see 47:06 taking place here. 47:08 When I first looked at the Book of Revelation, 47:11 I have to admit I was intimidated. 47:13 And there's still parts about it 47:15 that intimidate me. 47:17 And since we're being honest here, right? 47:21 And perhaps that's the case for you, too. 47:23 It wasn't until I was on salvation 47:25 and symbols and signs 47:26 that I began to view it as a love story, 47:29 because the Book of Revelation truly is a love story. 47:33 It's about Christ coming back to receive His purified bride. 47:38 And so we're going to take a look 47:39 at some of these components in here. 47:42 The second angels' message, we'll jump into that. 47:46 But I want to go to Revelation Chapter 1. 47:50 Let's go to this to the beginning 47:51 of this fascinating book. 47:53 And I think that it's very important 47:55 to remember 47:57 that when we're studying the Book of Revelation, 47:59 everything that God does is motivated by love. 48:02 I think that is a key. 48:04 So let's look at Revelation 1:1-3. 48:08 And it says, "The revelation of Jesus Christ 48:11 which God gave Him to show His servants things 48:13 which must shortly take place 48:17 and He sent and signified it 48:18 by His angel to his servant John, 48:21 who bore witness to the Word of God 48:23 and to the testimony of Jesus Christ 48:24 to all things that he saw." 48:26 Now, Jill, I like what you said earlier 48:29 about fear God is, 48:30 you know, equivalent, you got to be obedient. 48:33 When you're fearing God, you're obedient. 48:35 And verse 3 here, it says, 48:37 "Blessed is he who reads 48:39 and those who hear the words of this prophecy 48:42 and keep those things which are written in it." 48:45 It's not enough to read it, it's not enough to hear it. 48:49 You have to keep it. 48:52 "For the time is near." 48:54 We are truly living in the last days. 48:57 I'm a firm believer of that, and I think 48:59 that if you just turn on your news, 49:02 you'll believe that as well. 49:03 When you start looking at all of the signs 49:07 that are coming into play, whether it's pestilence, 49:09 whether it's earthquakes, whether it's, 49:11 I mean all these natural disasters 49:13 happening at a rate and frequency 49:15 in which we've never seen before. 49:17 And God doesn't want us to be caught off guard 49:21 or confused about the message that He has for His people. 49:24 And throughout the hands of time, 49:25 God has had a message for His people 49:29 as we touched on earlier. 49:30 Now, we're jumping into the three angels' message 49:34 while continuing into it as we have touched on it. 49:37 And we're jumping 49:39 into the second angel's message. 49:41 Now the three angels' messages 49:43 are an end-times message for an end-times people, 49:46 one that counteracts the counterfeit, 49:49 and for everything genuine that God has, 49:52 the devil has made a counterfeit. 49:54 So let's look at Revelation 14:8 and it says, 49:59 "And another angel followed, saying, "Babylon is fallen, 50:03 is fallen, that great city, 50:05 because she has made all nations drink of the wine 50:08 of the wrath of her fornication." 50:10 Now, when I think about wine, 50:12 I think about somebody getting drunk. 50:14 And when I think about somebody getting drunk, 50:16 I think about them being confused. 50:18 And so here, we're talking about spiritual Babylon. 50:22 And so that means that there's a confusion. 50:26 And we know that God is not the author of confusion, 50:29 and He doesn't want us to be confused 50:31 about the message 50:32 about Him coming back to receive us, 50:34 about the things that need to take place. 50:37 And so that's spiritual Babylon. 50:40 Now, if you think about physical Babylon, 50:43 well, they had a whole world of issues. 50:46 There were so many problems with them. 50:49 Let's look at Revelation 17:3-6. 50:55 And it says, "So he carried me away 50:57 in the Spirit into the wilderness. 50:59 And I saw a woman sitting on a scarlet beast 51:02 which was full of names of blasphemy, 51:04 having seven heads and ten horns. 51:07 The woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, 51:09 and adorned with gold and precious stones and pearls, 51:13 having in her hand a golden cup 51:15 full of abominations 51:16 and the filthiness of her fornication. 51:19 And on her forehead a name was written: 51:21 MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, 51:23 THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS 51:24 AND OF THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH. 51:28 I saw the woman, 51:29 drunk with the blood of the saints 51:32 and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. 51:34 And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement." 51:37 I love what it says here though, 51:39 because this kind of breaks it down in Revelation, 51:42 well not in Revelation, in Great Controversy, page 381. 51:46 Ellen White says, 51:48 "The term Babylon is derived from Babel 51:50 and signifies confusion. 51:53 It is employed in Scripture to designate 51:55 the various forms of false or apostate religion." 51:59 In Revelation Chapter 17, 52:00 Babylon is represented as a woman, 52:02 a figure which is used in the Bible 52:04 as the symbol of a church, 52:06 a virtuous woman representing a pure church, 52:10 a vile woman and an apostate church. 52:14 It's very interesting. 52:16 It's very interesting, 52:17 especially in the times in which we are living, 52:20 we're seeing all kinds of false doctrine 52:23 that's coming about, 52:24 whether it's the state of the dead, 52:26 whether it's the Sabbath, 52:28 you know, there's a disagreement 52:30 in those areas. 52:31 But when you study it from the Word of God, 52:34 you can't be confused 52:35 unless you introduce man's tradition. 52:39 Okay. 52:41 Now, when I think about the Book of Daniel, 52:44 because Daniel and Revelation kind of go hand in hand there. 52:48 When I think about the Book of Daniel 52:50 and I take a look at the beginning 52:52 of when some of the children of Israel were taken captive. 52:58 It's interesting. 52:59 In fact, let's go there, let's go to Daniel. 53:04 And let's look at Daniel. 53:05 We're going to be in Chapter 1. 53:09 And Daniel Chapter 1 and we'll start, 53:12 let's say in verse, verse 3. 53:17 "Then the king instructed Ashpenaz, 53:19 the master of his eunuchs, 53:21 to bring some of the children of Israel 53:23 and some of the king's descendants 53:24 and some of the nobles, 53:26 young men in whom there was no blemish, 53:28 but good-looking, gifted in all wisdom, 53:30 possessing knowledge and quick to understand, 53:33 who had ability to serve in the king's palace, 53:35 and whom they might teach the language and literature 53:39 of the Chaldeans. 53:40 And the king appointed for them 53:42 a daily provision of the king's delicacies 53:45 and of the wine which he drank, 53:47 and three years of training for them, 53:50 so that at the end of that time 53:52 they might serve before the king." 53:54 Later it goes on to say 53:55 that they gave them new names as well. 53:57 And so, this is kind of a reprogramming, 54:01 he's introducing them to the culture. 54:04 He's introducing them to their beliefs 54:06 and all the craziness that they have going on, 54:09 the sorcery, the astrologers, 54:11 the magicians, all of these things. 54:13 Now, we notice in verse 8 and in verse 8, 54:17 I think this is important for us as well. 54:20 Verse 8 says, 54:21 "But Daniel purposed in his heart 54:24 that he would not defile himself 54:26 with the portion of the king's delicacies, 54:28 nor with the wine which he drank, 54:31 therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs 54:33 that he might not defile himself." 54:36 Daniel purposed in his heart. 54:39 Now we are living in the last days 54:41 and as we look at the different messages 54:42 and all the things that are going on, 54:44 and the false doctrine and all of this stuff, 54:46 we have to purpose in our hearts 54:49 to follow the Word of God. 54:52 I forgot how you say it, it's Sola scriptura. 54:56 Yes. All right. 54:57 We have to follow the Word of God. 55:00 And you can't go wrong with it, 55:03 you cannot go wrong with it. 55:04 So living in the last days, 55:07 standing firm on the Word of God, 55:09 as we saw with Daniel walking through 55:12 and now Daniel survived multiple administrations, 55:16 and he operated and conducted himself 55:18 with integrity. 55:19 And that's what we must do today. 55:22 You know, we talked about worship 55:23 and the issue with being with worship, 55:26 who are you going to serve? 55:27 I remember a pastor saying that, you know, 55:31 if I asked you for a banana, and you give me a banana, 55:38 did you fulfill what I asked for? 55:40 The answer is yes. 55:41 Now or actually, 55:44 if I asked you for a piece of fruit, 55:46 that's what it is. 55:47 If I ask you for a piece of fruit 55:48 and you give me a banana. 55:50 Did you fulfill what I asked for it? 55:51 Yes. Okay. 55:53 Now, if I asked you for a mango and you give me a banana, 55:56 did you fulfill what I asked for? 55:59 No. 56:00 Well, we can worship God any day that we choose, 56:04 any day we can work, worship Him, 56:07 but He set aside one day 56:09 that He sanctified and made holy. 56:12 And that is the day that we are to observe. 56:14 That's the seventh day Sabbath. 56:16 And if you look back at the children of Israel, 56:19 when they were getting manna, 56:22 they collected it six days out the week, 56:24 if they collected more than what they needed, 56:27 other than on the sixth day in preparation for the Sabbath, 56:30 it would spoil, it didn't spoil. 56:32 There's something very special about the Sabbath day. 56:35 And that's because God's sanctified it, 56:38 He set it aside, He made it holy. 56:40 And so we're being called out of false teachings 56:45 into God's marvelous light. 56:47 Amen. Thank you very much. 56:49 Wow, praise the Lord. 56:50 That's a message we're sharing. Isn't that right? 56:52 Okay, some final thoughts, 56:54 last few minutes time we have, Brother Ryan? 56:56 Jason said something earlier that sparked my attention. 56:59 He said that the devil is trying to deceive, 57:01 you know Daniel and his friends with all that craziness 57:03 that was going on in Babylon. 57:05 And that's exactly 57:06 what's happening in these last days. 57:08 We have a lot of craziness going on, 57:09 the devil is trying to deceive us. 57:10 But we look to Jesus, 57:12 we keep our faces in God's Word, 57:14 and He will see us home. 57:15 Amen. That's right. 57:16 Here is the patience of the saints, 57:19 here are those who keep the commandments of God 57:21 and the faith of Jesus," 57:23 Revelation 12:14, 57:25 "determined to be among the faithful." 57:27 Amen. 57:28 Revelation 3:20, "Behold, I stand at the door and knock." 57:32 Open the door of your heart to Jesus. 57:34 Amen. 57:35 Just study the Word of God, stay true to the Word of God. 57:39 Amen. 57:41 I pray it's been a blessing. 57:42 It has been a blessing to me a message we're sharing. 57:44 And don't you believe 57:45 that is a message we're sharing? 57:47 I believe with all of my heart. 57:48 And again, we encourage you next time to join us. 57:51 We're going to be on lesson number 13. 57:52 The last of the quarter is entitled, 57:54 "A Step of Faith." 57:57 It's going to be a good lesson 57:58 and we know it's going to bless your heart. 57:59 Thank you for joining us. 58:01 God bless you, 58:02 and we look forward to seeing you 58:03 on lesson number 13. 58:05 Be sure to tune in. 58:06 Amen. |
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