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00:04 by the friends of the Amazing Facts ministry. 00:09 Doug Batchelor: Did you know most baby mammals, birds, 00:11 and even some fish instinctively identify and bond with their 00:15 parents in the very early stages of their lives? 00:19 But if the parents aren't available, well, some strange 00:21 things can happen. 00:23 In the 1930s, Austrian zoologist, Konrad Lorenz 00:27 conducted some of the first experiments on the imprinting of 00:31 precocial birds, those that leave the nest soon 00:34 after hatching. 00:35 When he presented himself to a newly hatched group of mallard 00:39 ducklings and he quacked softly to them, they recognized him as 00:43 their mother and consequently followed him everywhere. 00:46 Cross species imprinting has been observed many times even 00:51 among some species that are naturally enemies, like cats and 00:54 squirrels or lions and antelope. 00:56 Did you know that in a spiritual sense, we humans can also 01:00 be imprinted? 01:01 We tend to become like what we look at. 01:05 That's why it's so important that we fix our eyes on Jesus. 01:09 So join me today as we explore the Bible facts about how we can 01:14 be imprinted by our heavenly Father and have a life-changing 01:18 experience with Jesus. 01:23 Doug: We've got a verse--everything we're doing in 01:25 this series, we're basing it on Revelation 14, and I want to 01:29 tell you why this fits into our study tonight. 01:32 You look in verse 6, and it pictures three angels flying in 01:36 the midst of heaven. 01:37 Who remembers what the word "angel" means? 01:40 A messenger flying in heaven. 01:42 These are good, godly messengers, the angels on earth, 01:45 and the beasts, they're all down below. 01:47 An angel flying is a symbol of a message that goes to the world, 01:52 and God--the messages of angels usually go through people. 01:56 You'll often find angels will tell people to give messages, 02:00 and so, it's telling about this message that goes around the 02:03 world, and of course, you've got first, second, third 02:06 angel's message. 02:07 And then if you look in verse 14, "I behold, there was a white 02:11 cloud, and One on the cloud like the Son of Man, coming," 02:14 who is that? 02:16 Jesus comes. 02:17 So after these messages go to the world just at the end of 02:19 time, Jesus comes. 02:22 What is in this first angel's message? 02:24 In verse 6, Revelation 14:6, "I saw another angel flying in the 02:28 midst of heaven, having the everlasting gospel to preach to 02:32 those who dwell on the earth--to every nation, tribe, tongue, and 02:35 people--saying," here it is, "with a loud voice, 'Fear God'," 02:39 and the loud voice here is "megaphone" in Greek, megaphone. 02:42 Y'all know what that means, right? 02:43 Megaphono. 02:44 It's saying loud voice, "Fear God and give glory to Him, 02:48 glorify God, the hour of His judgment is come," clearly near 02:52 the end, right? 02:54 And it says, "And worship Him that made the heaven and the 02:59 earth, and the sea and the springs of water." 03:04 This is dealing with a quote from the Ten Commandments, "For 03:10 in six days the Lord made the 03:11 heaven, the earth, the sea, 03:13 and the fountains of waters." 03:15 And you'll see that in Exodus 20, verse 11. 03:18 So after God makes man, how many days in creation? 03:22 Six days of creation. 03:23 But how many days in a week? 03:25 Seven, why? 03:27 After God created everything, He then created a period of time, 03:33 a dimension of time, a day for communion, for fellowship, to 03:39 put aside aside--aside the distractions of work and things 03:42 like that for focusing on relationship, and He said this 03:47 has to happen on a regular basis for love and relationship to be 03:50 strong with each other and with God. 03:54 We need that time, and He knew that we'd get distracted, and 03:57 that's why in the Ten Commandments it 03:58 says, "Remember." 04:00 'Cause we're prone to forget. 04:03 How many of you remember in the story of the Exodus, when Moses 04:07 comes to the Pharaoh and he says, "God has sent me to say, 04:10 'Let my people go,'" and the Pharaoh said, "I'm not gonna let 04:14 them go," and he said to Moses, "You are causing the people to 04:20 Shabbat from their labors." 04:22 Do you know that's the word that the Pharaoh used? 04:25 See, when Moses came out of the wilderness and God sent him, he 04:28 first met with the elders of Israel and said, "God is getting 04:31 ready to act in a mighty way to deliver you from your slavery. 04:34 You need to reconsecrate yourselves to God. 04:37 Turn back. Obey him. 04:38 Remember His Sabbath." 04:40 And they started doing it again, and the Pharaoh heard that. 04:42 He said, "I've heard you're causing the people to Shabbat." 04:45 And then the Pharaoh said, "I'm gonna make sure that they 04:48 cannot rest. 04:50 I am not gonna let them have straw anymore. 04:51 They're gonna have to collect their own straw. 04:53 I'm gonna intensify their labor so that they work, work, work 04:56 and they can't think about their God anymore." 04:59 Moses is like Jesus saying, "Let my people go." 05:02 The Pharaoh is saying, "Work, work, work and don't think 05:04 about God." 05:05 Jesus said, "Beware. 05:07 Be careful that your hearts are not overcharged with eating, and 05:10 drinking, and the cares of this life." 05:12 So that day, whether it's your death or the Second Coming, that 05:16 day overtakes you as a thief. 05:19 Some people plan on changing one of these days and they never do. 05:24 God says, "We need to pause, and keep recalibrating, and making 05:27 sure that God is our priority." 05:29 So, question number 1, we got a lot to cover: When did God 05:33 establish the Sabbath? 05:35 Genesis 2, verse 1 through 3: "Thus the heavens and the earth, 05:39 and all the host of them, were FINISHED. 05:41 And on the seventh day He ended his work which He had done, and 05:45 He rested on the seventh day." 05:47 Now, what chapter of the Bible is this? 05:51 Fir--book of Genesis, first book, second chapter. 05:53 How far back does the Sabbath go? 05:57 This is why Jesus said the Sabbath was made for man way 06:01 back in the beginning. 06:02 Question number 2: What day of the week is the Sabbath? 06:07 What does the Bible say? 06:09 Exodus 20, verse 10: "The," what? 06:11 "SEVENTH DAY is the Sabbath of the Jews," Sabbath of who? 06:17 "The Lord thy God." 06:20 And then you look again in Genesis chapter 2. 06:23 Let's read the rest of that: "And on the," what's it say? 06:27 "SEVENTH DAY God ended His work which He had done, and He rested 06:31 on the SEVENTH DAY from all the h--the work that He had done. 06:35 And then God blessed the SEVENTH DAY and sanctified it, because 06:39 He rested from all His work which He had created and made." 06:42 Now, did God say, "I want you to remember a seventh day?" 06:47 Did God say “a” seventh day is the Sabbath, or did he say "the" 06:50 seventh day? 06:53 If I were to say to you, "Now, can you please bring me a book?" 06:57 You could grab the hymnal in the back of the seat there. 07:00 You could grab a Bible. 07:01 You could grab Harry Potter. 07:02 You can grab anything. 07:04 Hopefully, there's no Harry Potter books here. 07:06 Right, a book is a book. 07:09 It could be your phone book in your top pocket. 07:12 I--but if I said, "Bring me 'the book,'" you'd want--look around, 07:17 you go, "Wonder who has 'the book.'" 07:18 It's a definite article. 07:20 It's talking about a specific book, isn't that right? 07:24 So when God says that "the seventh day is the Sabbath of 07:27 the Lord," it's as definite as the language can make it. 07:30 He's talking about something specific. 07:32 Now, if you're wondering, "Well, what day is the seventh day?" 07:35 We don't really know anymore. 07:36 Calendar has been changed. 07:37 You've probably heard that. 07:39 No, no calendar change has ever affected the weekly cycle. 07:42 The "Merriam-Webster Dictionary," 07:45 I typed in the word "Saturday." 07:47 The definition: "the seventh day of the week." 07:50 So we know what day is the seventh day, and if you doubt 07:53 that, there's about 16 million Jews in the world that still 07:57 know what day it is. 07:58 Has the calendar ever been changed? 08:01 Yes, about 500 years ago, we transferred from the Julian 08:06 calendar that goes way back before Christ to Julius Caesar 08:10 to the Gregorian calendar. 08:13 Thursday the 4th became Friday the 15th. 08:17 But here's a question. 08:19 What day followed Thursday? 08:21 Friday. 08:23 No change in the calendar has ever affected the weekly cycle. 08:27 So, there's no question about the days of the week. 08:31 People have no problem with that until they learn the 08:32 Sabbath truth. 08:34 Number 3: How are we to memorialize the Sabbath? 08:38 God tells us, says in Isaiah 66, verse 23, "And it will come to 08:43 pass that from one New Moon to 08:45 another, and from one Sabbath to 08:47 another, shall all flesh come to?" 08:49 congregation: "WORSHIP." 08:51 Doug: Or does it say "all Jews?" 08:53 Says "all flesh," it's all people, "'Come to 08:55 WORSHIP before Me,' says the Lord." 08:57 It's talking about in the new earth, from month to month, from 09:00 week to week, all flesh will come to worship before Me. 09:04 Again, Exodus 20, verse 8: "Remember the Sabbath day, 09:07 to KEEP it HOLY. 09:08 Six days you should labor and do all of your work, but the 09:10 seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord your God. 09:13 In it you shall do NO WORK: you, or your son, or your daughter, 09:16 or your male servant, your family servants," even animals 09:20 were given time off. 09:21 God's a loving God, "Your cattle, nor the stranger within 09:25 your gates." 09:27 Again, you read in Isaiah 58:13, "If you TURN AWAY your foot from 09:30 the Sabbath, from doing YOUR pleasure on My holy day, and 09:35 call the Sabbath a delight," is it a burden or a delight? 09:38 "on My holy day, call it a delight, the holy of the Lord 09:41 honorable, and shall honor Him, not doing YOUR own ways, or 09:45 finding YOUR own pleasure, or speak," it doesn't mean you're 09:47 not supposed to have any pleasure. 09:49 You should enjoy your food on the Sabbath. 09:51 It means it's doing your own thing or speaking your 09:53 own words. 09:55 We should be talking about spiritual things. 09:57 The Bible also tells us it's a holy convocation. 10:01 "Six days shall work be done, but the seventh day is 10:04 a Sabbath, a solemn rest, a holy CONVOCATION. 10:09 You shall not do any work in it; it's a Sabbath of the Lord in 10:13 all of your dwellings." 10:14 Wherever you happen to be in your homes, you keep the 10:16 Sabbath, and your son and daughter that are with you, if 10:19 anyone's in your gates, you invite them to keep the Sabbath. 10:21 But it calls it a holy what? 10:23 Convocation. 10:24 This is a convocation. 10:25 Convocation means assembly, a convening, a coming together. 10:28 It's not only a day where you rest, but we should come 10:31 together to worship the Lord, and this was the habit and 10:33 pattern of our Savior as well. 10:34 Number 4: When does the Sabbath begin and end? 10:39 And some people have been confused about this, but the 10:42 Bible's pretty clear. 10:43 It says, "From EVENING to EVENING, shall you celebrate 10:48 your sabbath." 10:49 Sabbath begins Friday sundown and ends Saturday sundown, and 10:53 you probably have some Jewish friends and you already 10:55 knew that. 10:57 Number 5: Does the Sabbath matter to God? 11:01 The Sabbath truth. 11:02 What does the Bible say? 11:04 "Observe the Sabbath day to keep it holy, as the Lord your God 11:08 COMMANDED you." 11:09 Moses said it there in Exodus and again before he 11:11 dies in Deuteronomy 5. 11:12 He says to remember it. God's commanded you. 11:16 Does God make--this is question 6: Did God make the Sabbath only 11:19 for Israelites? 11:21 What does it say? 11:23 "And He [Jesus] 11:25 said to them, 'The Sabbath was made for MAN, and 11:29 not MAN for the Sabbath.'" 11:31 What does that mean? 11:32 By the way, the word that Jesus uses here, and I put it on the 11:34 screen, when He said, "The Sabbath was made for man," Jesus 11:37 easily could have said "Jew." 11:39 The word He uses is the word anthropos, and you probably 11:42 recognize anthropology. 11:44 It's the study of man, and the word there means humanity. 11:48 The Sabbath was made for humanity. 11:51 Why in the world would God eliminate this one law from the 11:54 Ten Commandments? 11:56 Do only Jews need rest, or does everybody need rest? 12:01 Did Jesus keep the Sabbath? 12:04 Let's look at the example of our Savior. 12:07 "So He," Jesus, "came to Nazareth, 12:10 where He had been brought up. 12:12 And as His custom was," what's a custom? 12:14 Something you do once or twice, or it's 12:15 a way of life? 12:17 "As His custom was, He went into the 12:19 synagogue on the SABBATH day, 12:21 and He stood up to read," 12:23 He read the scriptures. 12:25 And you have the story. 12:26 He read Isaiah 61 that day. 12:27 He read the scriptures on the Sabbath day. 12:30 It was His pattern. 12:32 You can also read here in Mark 1:21, "Immediately on the 12:37 SABBATH day He entered the synagogue and He taught." 12:40 If you're doing what Jesus did, you're safe. 12:44 "But Pastor Doug, didn't Jesus break the Sabbath?" 12:47 No. 12:48 "Was He accused of it?" 12:50 Yes. 12:51 His enemies accused Him of being a drunk. 12:53 Was He a drunk? 12:55 They accused Him of being a Samaritan. 12:56 Was He a Samaritan? 12:58 They accused Him of being a wine bibber. 13:00 They accused Him of being demon-possessed and Beelzebub 13:04 and--yeah, they accused Him of all kinds of things that 13:07 weren't true. 13:08 Jesus said, "I have kept my Father's commandments," John 13:11 chapter 15, "I have kept my Father's commandments, and I 13:14 abide in His love." 13:16 What is sin? 13:17 Transgression of the law. 13:18 Did Jesus ever sin? 13:20 No. 13:21 Did Jesus have arguments about the Sabbath with the 13:24 religious leaders? 13:25 Yes. 13:27 Was the argument ever whether or not it should be kept, or how it 13:31 should be kept? 13:33 All the disputes Jesus ever had about the Sabbath were never 13:36 disputes about whether it should be kept. 13:38 There were disputes about how it should be kept. 13:41 They were attaching all these man-made burdens to the law that 13:44 God didn't attach, saying that He couldn't heal somebody. 13:48 You could get your donkey out of the ditch on the Sabbath day, 13:50 but you couldn't heal an old woman. 13:53 And so, Jesus said--and matter of fact, it says He was angry 13:56 with them because of the hardness of their hearts. 13:59 So that was never the issue. 14:02 Did Paul and the other apostles honor the Sabbath day? 14:06 Paul, after being converted, "He reasoned in the synagogue," 14:10 one Sabbath? 14:12 "Every SABBATH, persuading," just the Jews. 14:15 No, persuading who? 14:17 "Jews and Greeks," Greeks was a word it meant anyone non-Jew 14:19 Gentile, "Persuading the Jews and the Greeks about Jesus on 14:24 the Sabbath day." 14:26 "Then Paul, as his custom was, he went to them for 14:29 three SABBATHS. 14:30 He reasoned with them from the Scriptures." 14:32 Some said, "Well, he was just doing that because he was 14:35 accommodating the Jews." 14:36 No, keep reading. 14:38 Look at what it says in Acts 13, verse 42: 14:40 "When the Jews went out 14:42 of the synagogue, the Gentiles begged him 14:45 that these words might be preached 14:47 to them," when? 14:48 "The next SABBATH." 14:51 So, you have Moses keeping it. 14:55 You have Jesus keeping the Sabbath day. 14:59 You have the apostles keeping the Sabbath day. 15:01 You go to Isaiah 66, and it says, "'For as the new heavens 15:05 and the new earth That I will make will remain before Me,' 15:07 says the LORD, 'shall--So shall your seed in your name remain. 15:10 And it shall come to pass That from one New Moon to another, 15:14 And one Sabbath to another, Shall all flesh 15:17 come and worship before Me.'" 15:19 Adam and Eve kept it in the garden. 15:21 Moses kept it. Jesus kept it. 15:23 We know the old Testament prophets. 15:25 Read Nehemiah. Read Jeremiah. 15:27 They all kept it. Apostles kept it. 15:28 We're gonna keep it in heaven. 15:30 Can you think of a compelling reason why the church should not 15:33 be keeping that one Commandment right now? 15:34 Maybe that's why the angel is seen flying in the midst of 15:37 heaven before the Second Coming, calling God's people back to 15:41 worship him that made the heavens and the earth, and the 15:44 sea, and the fountains of waters. 15:47 'Cause the Sabbath is a memorial of creation. 15:51 Number 9: Did Jesus's resurrection change God's holy 15:55 day from Saturday to Sunday? 15:58 Some people say, "Well, if He rose the first day and that 16:01 became a new Sabbath because the Bible says that they got 16:05 together on the first day of the week and they broke bread." 16:07 Well, there's one occasion it says where they got together and 16:10 they broke bread, but you also read they broke bread, you can 16:14 read in Acts chapter 2, from house to house daily. 16:18 Breaking bread didn't mean a Communion service. 16:20 It meant eating. 16:22 Now, there are times they did have Communion services. 16:24 But it tells us what day of the week did Jesus have the 16:28 Last Supper? 16:30 Thursday, right? 16:32 Yeah. 16:35 Did that become a new Sabbath? 16:36 How important was that, when he instituted the New Covenant? 16:38 It's important. 16:40 What day of the week did Jesus die? 16:42 Friday. 16:43 Was that important? 16:45 Did it become a new Sabbath? 16:47 What day did He rise? 16:49 Sunday. 16:51 Was that important? 16:53 Does the Bible say it became a new Sabbath? 16:55 Show me one verse in the Bible that commands us to keep the 17:00 first day of the week as the Sabbath. 17:03 Only reason I can do that is I know it's not there. 17:07 And yet, what day does most of the Christian world keep? 17:11 Is there a command that tells us to keep the seventh day? 17:15 Yes, and you know what you're gonna hear? 17:16 I'm just telling you what you're gonna hear. 17:19 People are gonna say we're only supposed to keep the 17:20 commandments that are repeated in the New Testament, and the 17:23 Sabbath's not repeated. 17:25 Pastors say things and they figure people won't look it up 17:27 for themselves, but that is an absolute myth. 17:30 Show me where in the New Testament you find the 17:32 commandment, "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD God in 17:35 vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless who takes his name 17:38 in vain." 17:39 Where is that in the New Testament? 17:41 Not there. 17:43 I think we're still supposed to keep that commandment, would 17:45 you agree? 17:46 But do you find the Sabbath in the New Testament? 17:50 Several times. 17:51 Hebrews chapter 4, "He spake in a certain place of the seventh 17:54 day on this wise. 17:55 God did rest from His works.” 17:58 And so, it's all through the New Testament. 18:00 So I hear all kinds of myths that people just buy into. 18:03 He rose, and it became the new Sabbath. 18:05 That sounds beautiful, but where is it in the Word? 18:08 It's not there. 18:10 And so God is calling his people back to the Word in the last 18:13 days, friends. 18:15 Why else would Jesus say, warning his disciples about the 18:19 end of the world and the destruction of Jerusalem, 18:21 "And pray?" 18:23 He's looking ahead in prophecy, "Pray that your flight will not 18:25 be in the winter or on the," what? 18:28 "The SABBATH day." 18:29 Jesus, looking down in time, knew his people would still be 18:32 recognizing the Sabbath. 18:33 Why else would He say that? 18:37 He knew they'd be keeping it. 18:38 Number 10: What day is the "Lord's Day?" 18:43 Exodus 20, verse 10: "But the seventh day is the Sabbath of 18:48 the LORD your God." 18:50 What day is the Lord's Day? 18:51 Sabbath Day. 18:53 Let's give you another one: "If you turn away your foot from 18:55 doing your pleasure on MY holy day," what day does God call 18:58 His day? 19:00 The Sabbath day. 19:01 And again, Jesus says, "Therefore the Son of Man is 19:04 LORD also of the Sabbath." 19:07 There's no question about what day it is. 19:10 Number 11: Why does so much of the world believe that Sunday is 19:17 a holy day? 19:19 Or that God's holy day is Sunday, I should say. 19:22 You know, this was foretold in prophecy. 19:24 You can see it in Daniel. 19:25 It's also in Revelation. 19:26 If you look in Daniel 7:25, "He the beast power will speak 19:30 pompous words against the Most High, and persecute the saints 19:34 of the Most High, and think to CHANGE times and laws." 19:39 Which one of the Ten Commandments is a time 19:41 and a law? 19:43 Fourth Commandment. 19:44 This is Encyclopedia Britannica: 19:46 "The Roman emperor Constantine, 19:48 a convert to Christianity, 19:50 introduced the first civil 19:53 legislation concerning SUNDAY in 19:54 321, when He decreed that all 19:55 should cease work on that day," 19:58 unless you are working on a farm. 20:00 You have to know what happened. 20:02 The Jews had become very unpopular. 20:04 Christians, not wanting to be associated with Jews, began to 20:08 compromise with the state. 20:10 They began to commingle the government religion with 20:13 Christianity, and it just all kind of got shmurgled up 20:17 together, where they took some of the pagan things. 20:19 The Romans were worshiping the sun on the first 20:21 day of the week. 20:23 They said, "You know, if we just change the day, 20:24 we can reach more pagans. 20:25 We'll accommodate them." 20:27 And so, little by little, they began to change and get away 20:30 trying to distance themselves from the Jews, even though the 20:33 Bible was very clear what day was the Sabbath Day. 20:36 And it eventually became universal in the Catholic 20:39 Church, and the Protestant churches that came out of the 20:41 Catholic Church still kind of retained some of that. 20:45 So, that's the history in just a nutshell. 20:47 A little more proof: did you 20:49 know that out of 108 languages 20:51 of the world, the word for 20:52 Saturday is Sabbath? 20:55 How do you say Saturday in Spanish? 20:57 Sabado. 20:59 Any Russians here? Russkis? 21:01 [speaking foreign language] 21:03 No Russki? 21:04 Subbota, right? 21:06 There you got it, Arabic and Indonesian. 21:08 We don't have room to put all 108 up there. 21:10 Isn't that interesting? 21:11 Their word for Saturday is 21:13 Sabbath because it goes all the 21:15 way back to the Tower of Babel, friends, when they 21:18 all scattered. 21:19 Will the saved keep the Sabbath in the new earth? 21:22 I quoted this to you a moment ago: "'For as the new heavens 21:25 and the new earth which I will make shall remain before Me, 21:28 says the Lord, 'So shall your descendants in your name remain. 21:31 And it'll come to pass it from one New Moon to another, and one 21:35 SABBATH to another, ALL flesh will come to worship before 21:39 Me.'" What was this all about? 21:41 A memorial of worship that God has made. 21:44 It's gonna be the issue in the last days, and this particular 21:47 Commandment is gonna be an issue in the last days. 21:50 Number 13: Of what two precious things does God say the Sabbath 21:56 is a sign? 21:58 Now, when you see in a Revelation study like this the 22:01 word "sign," that should mean something. 22:06 You got people who are gonna have the seal of God, and then 22:08 others have the mark of the beast. 22:10 What is the Sabbath the sign of? 22:12 Read in Exodus 31:17, "It is a sign between Me and the children 22:17 of Israel forever; for in six days the Lord MADE the heaven, 22:20 the earth, and on the seventh day He rested," it is a sign 22:24 that you are His children. 22:26 You say, "Well, that's for the Israelites." 22:27 Don't forget, friends, the New Covenant is made only with the 22:29 house of Israel. 22:30 You are grafted into that promise. 22:32 It's a sign that He's Creator and that He can recreate you. 22:37 How many need a new heart created? 22:38 You pray, "Create in me a new heart, oh God." 22:41 Sabbath reminds us He can create out of nothing, and we need that 22:46 new creation. 22:47 What else is the Sabbath a sign of? 22:49 You can read in Exodus 20, verse 12: "Moreover I gave them My 22:53 Sabbaths, to be a sign between Me and them, that they might 22:55 know that I am the Lord who," does what? 22:58 "SANCTIFIES them," that means "makes them holy." 23:01 You realize that the pure in heart will see God. 23:05 He needs to make us holy. 23:06 The Sabbath is a holy day, and whenever we remember that holy 23:10 day, we believe He can make us holy if He can make a day 23:12 holy, amen? 23:14 And we need to remember that it's a memorial that He can 23:17 recreate us and make us holy. 23:20 Some will argue, "Well, Pastor, that keeping the Sabbath 23:23 is legalism." 23:25 How can God calling us into rest be legalism? 23:30 Don't fall for these arguments, friends. 23:33 It is as clear as day. 23:34 If you believe the Bible and the Ten Commandments, the 23:37 Sabbath--practically, we need it. 23:39 Spiritually, we need it. 23:40 And for every reason. 23:42 Do you know why the people fight it? 23:44 Because it doesn't follow the popular tradition. 23:48 Jesus said, "You have a fine way of putting aside the 23:50 commandments of God that you might observe the traditions 23:54 of men." 23:55 What is more important, commandments of God or 23:57 traditions of men? 23:59 "There remains," New Testament, Hebrews 4 and 9, "There remains 24:03 therefore a REST for the people of God," that word "rest" there 24:07 in the original is "sabbatismos," Sabbath, "There 24:11 remains a Sabbath for the people of God. 24:13 For he has entered His REST has himself ceased from his works as 24:17 God did." 24:18 And then Jesus, in that great invitation, "Come unto Me, 24:22 all you who are weary and heavy laden," and what will He 24:25 give us? 24:26 "I will give you rest." 24:28 The Lord wants you to have that rest, friends. 24:31 You know who has no rest in Revelation? 24:33 Those that worship the beast have no rest, day or night. 24:38 Notice the contrast, friends. 24:40 Those that rest in Jesus, Sabbath is a sign of that. 24:43 The beast power, they don't rest. 24:46 How many of you would like to say, "I want that rest?" 24:53 Doug: Amazing Facts International is committed to 24:56 global evangelism. 24:58 Through various forms of media, such as radio, television, 25:01 satellite, and live streaming, we are fulfilling the gospel 25:05 commission and reaching the world like never before. 25:08 With radio programs, such as our "Bible Answers Live" broadcast, 25:12 with recorded TV programs, like this one, and through 25:16 full-length documentaries, including our “Kingdoms in Time" 25:19 and our “Revelation: The Bride, the Beast, and Babylon," our 25:22 goal is simple: to share God's loving truth with a world 25:26 in need. 25:27 I am confident today's free offer will enrich your 25:30 understanding of the Bible and bless you and your loved ones. 25:34 Simply follow the instructions on your screen, and we'll send 25:37 it to you at no charge, and once you read it, be sure to share it 25:41 with a friend. 25:42 ♪♪♪ 25:50 Doug: Friend, God came to earth 2,000 years ago in the form of 25:55 a man. 25:56 His name was Jesus. 25:57 He came for three reasons: to show us what God is like, to 26:01 show us how to live, and finally, to die for our sins 26:05 that we might be forgiven. 26:07 But this only works if you choose to accept Him as your 26:10 personal Savior, confess you're sorry for your sins, and invite 26:14 Him to be the Lord of your life. 26:16 His arms are open wide. 26:18 Why don't you ask Him now? 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