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Series Code: BTLP
Program Code: BTLP000088A
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00:39 Let's pray.
00:41 I'm gonna kneel up here and pray. 00:42 Let's pray that Holy Spirit will guide us today. 00:47 Merciful God in heaven, 00:49 again, we thank You for the privilege 00:50 for being able to break the bread of life. 00:54 Again, how wonderful it is to be able to open the pages 00:56 of this beautiful book, 00:58 to be able to behold Jesus, the Lamb of God, 01:01 to be able to hold the prophecies 01:03 that tell us the hour in which we are living, 01:05 and as we examine Your Word this morning, 01:07 we pray for an outpouring of Thy Holy Spirit 01:10 upon each one of us. 01:12 If there be someone who are languishing, 01:13 someone maybe he's just a little fallen asleep 01:15 that You awake us all up, 01:17 the hour in which we are living, 01:19 help us to realize You're soon to come 01:21 regardless of how it looks in the world today. 01:24 Bless as we pray with Thy Spirit, 01:26 may minds and hearts now be clear and clean, 01:29 and we lay our sins and our shortcomings 01:32 and our problems before You right now 01:35 and ask us that You'd cleanse us 01:37 by Your blood, in Jesus' name, amen. 01:44 I know you brought your Bible with you, 01:45 it's important that we do, at least a pencil and a paper. 01:49 We are going to be covering the next few times together. 01:52 It's gonna be a subject that's, it's near and dear to my heart 01:56 as I was looking through this week 01:57 and I really believe the Holy Spirit impressed 02:01 that there's lot of things that we need to be going over. 02:04 We need to be going over things that are happening 02:07 not only in the world but how we fit 02:10 in the plan that God has for His last day children, 02:14 and so I just entitled this, 02:16 the Holy Spirit has entitled the subject today, 02:20 "Prepare to save your families." 02:23 Prepare to save your families. 02:28 Now we realize everybody should be 02:29 part of the family of God, right, 02:31 so is everybody out there, but prepare... 02:33 There's something called prepare 02:36 that I don't know that we are doing, 02:38 but we may need to be reminding 02:40 of what this preparation really means. 02:42 So prepare to save your families. 02:46 Turn with me, if you will, 02:47 as we start our subject for today 02:49 in the Book of James. 02:52 Sister Mary, it's good to see you, 02:53 I see you coming in. 02:54 You think I can't see that far but I can. 02:57 All right. Praise the Lord. 03:00 Turn with me to the Book of James. 03:02 These are familiar passage of scripture, 03:05 but you are going to see how they fit 03:07 as we study this interesting subject. 03:10 What is the subject? 03:11 Prepare to save your families. 03:15 And listen, men, specifically I'm talking to you. 03:19 Man have responsibility as the house band, the husband, 03:24 to work, to save their families because there are things 03:28 that can be done that will help us 03:32 during the little time of trouble 03:34 and the trouble is approaching this land rapidly, 03:37 and there are things 03:39 that we need to be reminded of that God does 03:40 so that we'll get on the right track. 03:42 God gives... 03:43 Do you believe that God gives warnings? 03:45 Oh, yes. 03:46 He gives us warning in His book in James Chapter 5, 03:49 and if you don't mind, I usually don't read so much 03:52 but I'm going to read verses 1-8 and give it oral. 03:55 You read along with me as quickly as you can. 03:57 Why? 03:58 Because these are challenging words. 04:01 These are words that will challenge your heart, 04:04 your mind, where you are at 04:05 in your relationship with Christ. 04:08 There are words of rebuke to individuals 04:12 that may not be you, may not be me in a sense 04:14 but there are words of rebuke 04:16 that we need to look at closely. 04:19 James Chapter 5 starting with verse 1. 04:20 It says, "Go to now, ye rich men," and do what? 04:25 "Weep and howl for your miseries 04:29 that shall come upon you." 04:30 So we're looking at miseries are coming upon. 04:32 These are things we don't want to look at. 04:35 These are things I don't want to hear, 04:36 miseries coming. 04:37 We have enough misery it seems like. 04:39 But we're just beginning the edges of things 04:43 that are coming upon God's people, 04:45 and if we are not prepared we will turn on God, 04:48 we will turn on this message, 04:50 and we'll look for an easy way out. 04:53 Here God is specifically looking at the rich man 04:56 or the man who wants to be rich. 04:58 He said, "Go and weep." 04:59 There are reasons. 05:00 There's different ways to be rich. 05:02 Notice verse 2. 05:04 "Your riches are" what? 05:05 "Corrupted, and your garments are motheaten. 05:09 Your gold and your silver is cankered, 05:12 and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, 05:16 and shall eat your flesh as it were" what? 05:19 "Fire. 05:20 Ye have heaped treasure together 05:23 for the last days." 05:24 If it had time, how interesting it would be 05:27 to look at the gold, the silver, the word cankered, 05:29 the witness, the flesh, the fire, 05:31 and treasures heaped together for the last days. 05:35 There are messages and sermons that will go for hours 05:38 on these things as we look at not only the physical 05:41 but the spiritual. 05:43 Notice verse 4, 05:44 "Behold, the hire of the laborer 05:46 who have reaped down your fields, 05:48 which have you kept back by" what? 05:50 "Fraud, it crieth, the cries of them 05:54 which have reaped are entered 05:55 into the ears of the Lord of the Sabaoth." 05:59 Notice, "Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, 06:03 and have been wanton, ye have nourished your hearts, 06:06 as a day in slaughter." 06:08 Verse 6, "Ye have condemned and killed the just, 06:12 and he doth not resist you." 06:14 "Be patient therefore, brethren, 06:16 unto the coming of the Lord." 06:17 What's the word? 06:19 "Be patient, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. 06:21 Behold, the husbandman waiteth 06:23 for the precious fruit of the earth, 06:25 hath long patience for it, 06:27 until he receive the early and latter rain." 06:31 Notice verse 8, probably one of the most familiar 06:33 to most of you. 06:35 It says, "Be ye also patient, 06:38 notice, stablish your hearts, 06:41 for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh." 06:43 How we sing it, how we pray it, how we talk about it? 06:47 Drawing nigh, right? 06:48 The coming of the Lord, draweth nigh. 06:51 And so how sad the majority of the world today 06:53 does not realize the coming of the Lord is drawing nigh, 06:57 it's near every day, 06:58 every day is one less day here on this planet, 07:03 but we need to be patient. 07:05 Here we find James, notice what he's doing. 07:08 It's a stern rebuke that he's giving 07:10 here in these verses. 07:13 It's addressing those who are seeking riches. 07:17 Now you'll say, "Well, now what's wrong 07:19 with seeking some riches?" 07:20 Notice. 07:22 They're seeking riches without a thought 07:25 of what God has in mind for them. 07:27 They're not thinking, 07:29 "This is what God would have me to do. 07:31 This is what I want." 07:33 And there we begin to get in trouble when I want, 07:36 and forget what God has planned for us. 07:39 What has He planned for my life? 07:41 What is His plan for you? 07:42 How often do we pray, "Oh, Lord, I want," 07:45 rather than, "Lord, what would You have me? 07:48 Where would You have me to be? 07:49 What would You be have me to do in these closing days, 07:52 hours of earth's history?" 07:55 The apostle here is referring to the insecurity of the rich. 08:01 Did you realize that some of it... 08:03 It doesn't seem like if you watch him on TV, 08:05 they have rich, they have the homes, 08:07 they have everything, 08:08 you know, right at their fingertips, 08:10 and it seems like they're secured, 08:11 but most rich people are insecure. 08:14 They're insecure, they're still looking, 08:16 they're still searching, they're still wandering, 08:18 they're worried about their money, 08:19 they're still worried about their investments, 08:21 they're worried about everything 08:22 except what God would have them to do. 08:25 See, this insecurity surrounds the rich man. 08:30 And the Bible says here, James is warning us 08:34 that the tension will increase. 08:36 Did anybody get that? 08:38 The tension on the rich and getting richer 08:42 is going to increase the coming of the Lord, 08:46 that's kind of interesting thought. 08:48 Large sums of money will do what? 08:52 James is saying here, 08:53 "All these large sums of money that you have 08:55 in all these different banks at the coming of the Lord 08:58 will bear witness against you 08:59 that you have not taken that and put it into the Lord's work 09:02 to save souls." 09:04 Is somebody with me? You're always nice. 09:06 "We'll have it in the bank. We'll have it over here." 09:08 Well, that bears witness in the judgment. 09:11 Look at all of that in there. 09:12 Why did you put it in there? 09:13 Why did you store in this bank? 09:15 Why wasn't it put back into my vineyard? 09:17 Why wasn't it put in my coffers? 09:20 You know, we need to realize and plan our life that 09:23 as we near the end that our coffers are somewhat bare, 09:27 that everything God has given to us, 09:29 we personally have put back into the work. 09:33 It is not your children's responsibility, 09:36 it doesn't belong to them, 09:38 the blessings have not come to them, 09:39 it's what God has given you 09:41 and you are accountable for that. 09:43 Just don't leave and bestick your head in the sand and say, 09:45 "Now kids, go ahead, you have it now, 09:47 you deserve it." 09:49 That's not a fact. 09:51 God will hold you and hold me accountable 09:54 for what He has given us 09:57 and no one is to take that responsibility, 09:59 and we're supposed to take most of what we have 10:03 and put it back into the cause of God 10:05 and let Him take care of us as we get older. 10:07 Got an interesting thought and very test of our faith. 10:12 It really will test our faith 10:14 because what, where is our faith. 10:16 Many times our faith is in our checkbook, see? 10:20 And if we didn't have it in there, 10:21 then we have to exercise faith in God. 10:25 So large sums of money will bear witness 10:27 in the judgment, where the winning of souls. 10:31 The Bible says here, James says, 10:33 "There's going to be destruction," 10:34 he's talking about hell fire, 10:36 not only of material things that will go 10:38 but he says are the soul and the body will burn in hell. 10:42 That's pretty clear to me. 10:45 It says it's going to be an interesting time. 10:47 Greed and oppression, 10:50 we find it really coming to the top right now 10:53 in the hour that we are living. 10:55 It's a high point as it were in the world 10:58 just before the coming of Jesus. 11:01 But here the article says we are to establish our faith, 11:05 establish our hearts. 11:09 If we ever needed our hearts established 11:12 sound right now, firm foundation, 11:14 it is this moment, this is... 11:17 It's not for tomorrow or yesterday, for today, 11:21 when it says establish the heart, 11:22 it is simply saying 11:24 that we need to set fast our hearts, 11:27 we need to brace our hearts, certainly with the love 11:31 and faith of Christ. 11:33 We need to make stable. 11:35 You realize we live in such an unstable world. 11:39 I mean, we like to feel like things are stable. 11:41 We like to feel like we're in charge. 11:43 But you know what? You are not. 11:45 We like to feel like we're in charge. 11:47 Yeah, we can make decision, do different things. 11:48 But let me tell you here, right, 11:50 there is one who is in charge, 11:52 and He's saying to us right now, 11:54 things are unraveling and unraveling quick, 11:57 and you need to have your hearts charged up 12:00 as it were with the spirit of the living God inside of us 12:04 and begin to trust Him, make stable your life. 12:09 That's why I was, you know, thrilled my heart this morning 12:11 when I heard someone say, 12:12 "I felt like my first obligation 12:15 was to go to church first 12:16 and then somebody get it. 12:20 My first obligation is to go to church 12:24 and then wherever I go 12:26 must be pleasing in the sight of God, 12:28 especially on the Sabbath." 12:29 Now well, then I'll go out and do this and do that. 12:31 No. 12:32 We know what the Word says about Sabbath keeping, 12:34 we need to honor that or we're breaking the Sabbath. 12:36 So it's... 12:38 We look at it and say, "My first obligation 12:39 is I go to church to meet with God." 12:42 How embarrassing that is we put something before, 12:45 if you think about it? 12:47 Because He's promised to be here. 12:49 I thoroughly believe through the representative, 12:51 His Holy Spirit that He is here, 12:54 and who one of us would want to hold right 12:57 the Holy Spirit and say, 12:58 "I've got something else to do and I'll get to you later." 13:03 Ooh, what audacity? 13:05 Surely no one would do that. 13:07 We need to be established in the faith. 13:09 We need to have priorities. 13:11 Going to do church first, then... 13:14 Remember he says, we have to put Him first 13:17 and then all these, what? 13:19 Then all these other things will be added. 13:22 We are in an unsettled state of society. 13:27 This world is unsettled. 13:29 It's breaking apart. 13:31 And sometime, we have forgotten that. 13:33 Listen, I can say today, our cities are in trouble. 13:39 Our cities especially are in trouble. 13:42 I'll name three things that's in trouble, 13:43 and you'll see. 13:45 Our cities are in trouble, people are in trouble, 13:49 our nations are in trouble. 13:52 These are easily to identify as you read the Word of God 13:56 and just listen to the news. 13:58 This is not something to sneeze at as it were just like, 14:00 "Oh, yeah, I heard it before." 14:02 We need to pay attention 14:03 because we will be covering things in here 14:05 that I believe that will help us 14:08 as we look at last day events, 14:10 things that are happening and what we should be doing, 14:14 and things that maybe we have forgotten. 14:16 You'll say, 14:17 "Well, I'm not so much worried about the cities." 14:19 May I just read a couple of verses, 14:21 and that would be back into the beginning 14:23 in the Book of Genesis, 14:24 notice with me in the Book of Genesis, Chapter 19. 14:28 So go back with me to the Book of what? Genesis 19. 14:33 Okay, and then we're going to just read two verses there, 14:35 4 and 5. 14:37 Genesis 19:4, 5. 14:41 Now remember, what are we reading? 14:43 We're reading, right, the Word. 14:47 We're reading God. 14:48 God is speaking to you and to me here in His Word. 14:53 It's not someone else. 14:54 It's God speaking here. 14:55 These are warnings, these are examples 14:58 because we need to realize our cities are in trouble. 15:01 Here it says, Genesis 19:4, 5. 15:04 The Bible says, "But before they lay down, 15:07 the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, 15:10 compassed the house round, both old and young, 15:12 all the people went from every quarter. 15:15 And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, 15:17 'Where are the men 15:19 which came in to thee this night? 15:20 Bring them out unto us, that we may know them.'" 15:24 What is this saying right here? 15:25 Our cities are in trouble. 15:27 This is not just in the Book of Genesis 15:30 This is just not for a Lot. 15:31 This is going on day-by-day, 24/7. 15:36 In some place in the world this is going on 15:38 as we've seen who came in. 15:40 Now let's bring them on now. 15:41 We want to have our way with things. 15:42 We want to do what we want to do. 15:44 Our cities are in trouble 15:46 and God's going to punish the cities 15:48 as we see there in verse 29 of the same chapter. 15:52 Genesis 19 verse what? 15:55 29. 15:57 Here's what the Word of God says. 15:59 "It came to pass, when God destroyed the" what? 16:02 "The cities of the plain, that God remembered Abraham, 16:06 sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow, 16:09 when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt." 16:12 God said, "Because of the foolishness, 16:15 the audacity of the things that were going on 16:17 that the cities are in trouble." 16:20 And it's worse now than it was back then, 16:22 no doubt in my mind, at least on a vast scale. 16:26 And God draw. 16:27 He destroyed the cities. 16:29 And you think that our cities are just going to continue 16:31 to stand until Jesus comes. 16:33 We're going to see devastation in the cities. 16:36 We're going to see whole cities destroyed 16:38 before the coming of the Lord. 16:41 Somebody needs to get that 16:42 because as soon as that happens, 16:43 some people have heart attacks, 16:45 and they'll just die, and they'll just say, 16:46 "Well, we've never dreamt this is going to happen." 16:48 The Bible has said it, it's going to happen, 16:51 it's happening. 16:52 I'm telling you friends right now 16:53 because, well, 16:55 God is not going to just turn His back and walk off. 16:58 He didn't do it then. 16:59 The cities are in trouble. 17:01 The people are in trouble. 17:02 Go with me to New Testament quickly. 17:05 1 Corinthians, we're going to go Chapter 10. 17:07 1 Corinthians 10:9-11. 17:11 It says, "Neither let us tempt Christ, 17:14 as some of them also tempted, and were," 17:17 now notice the word, were what? 17:20 "They were destroyed of serpents." 17:22 So you know the story what was going on here, 17:24 but don't tempt God, it says. 17:27 Don't throw your stuff in God's face. 17:32 God's not to be trifled with. 17:35 What He has said He will do. 17:37 Notice this, "Let's not temp Christ," 17:39 notice this, 17:41 "as they were destroyed of serpents." 17:43 Neither do what? 17:45 "Don't murmur ye, as some of them also murmured, 17:47 and were destroyed of the destroyer." 17:49 There's many times, there's too many of us 17:51 rather than praising God are murmuring. 17:53 We're complaining 17:54 because we think we have hardship, 17:56 things are going bad. 17:58 Well, you don't live in other parts of the world 17:59 where things are really tough. 18:01 You're like kings and queens around here. 18:03 Even though we just... 18:04 Think about it. 18:06 Remember, if you have an automobile, 18:10 you are in the top 5% of the wealth of the world 18:14 if you have an automobile. 18:15 That shows there's lot of millions 18:17 and billions of people that do not 18:20 but because we're here and it's a normal thing, 18:21 we're raised with it, this is what we've seen, 18:23 we think it's normal although, it's not. 18:27 You think you're not wealthy. 18:28 Well, we don't have. 18:30 You have a roof over your head, you have food, 18:31 you have clothes. 18:33 Bible says sometimes... 18:35 We murmur too much, we complain, and notice, what? 18:39 "And they were destroyed of the destroyer." 18:43 Notice what the word still is saying 18:44 because we're not doing the right thing, 18:46 there is destruction that lies ahead, 18:49 there was destruction then. 18:51 And notice verse 11, 18:53 "Now all these things happened unto them for" what? 18:56 "These were examples, 18:58 they are written for our admonition, 19:00 upon whom the ends of the world are come." 19:03 We are at the end of the world. 19:04 These are things we have to look back and say, 19:06 "Here's what God did then." 19:08 He's the same yesterday, today, and forever. 19:10 It's going to happen again, 19:12 even though we don't think so. 19:13 We think maybe a new president here, 19:15 give us all new hope 19:17 and he's going to turn the world upside down. 19:18 Some of us need to rethink the issues. 19:21 There may be things done out of order, 19:23 things different than ever been before, 19:25 but I can guarantee you this, this is all the plan 19:28 that the enemy has in which we will see 19:30 the church and state coming together 19:32 and we'll see Sunday laws. 19:34 Some of us better wake up with that thought. 19:36 Sunday laws are around the corner. 19:37 We have to realize it. 19:40 These are issues that we need to keep 19:42 for our mind. 19:43 Nations are in trouble, cities are in trouble. 19:47 What else is in trouble? 19:48 People are in trouble. 19:50 Who else is in trouble? 19:52 Nations are in trouble. 19:54 Jeremiah Chapter 48, quickly. 19:56 Jeremiah Chapter 48, 19:57 here's what the Word of God says. 19:59 Jeremiah 48:42. 20:02 "And Moab shall be destroyed from being a people, 20:07 because he hath magnified himself against the" what? 20:11 "Against the Lord." The Moabites. 20:13 What does he say? 20:14 You're going to be destroyed for what reason? 20:18 "Moab shall be destroyed from being a people." 20:21 It's like... 20:22 Is it not like wiping out a nation? 20:24 Wiping out a... 20:25 Because he hath magnified himself against God. 20:29 Any of us magnify our self against God, 20:32 you can look for destruction, 20:34 and you can look for a rough path 20:35 until that destruction comes. 20:37 God is warning us. 20:39 But yet at the same time, when we see that 20:41 there are cities in trouble, people are in trouble, 20:44 nations are in trouble, 20:46 we have these voices everywhere saying, "Peace and safety." 20:50 What is that? A sign. 20:52 1 Thessalonians 5:3. 20:54 "Peace and safety, sudden destruction cometh." 20:57 Do we realize when destruction really comes, 21:00 it will be suddenly, it will be like, "Oh, man." 21:03 We should be ready for it. 21:05 We should realize it can happen any day, any hour, any moment. 21:10 That's why Jesus said, 21:11 we need to watch and we need to pray, 21:13 we need to be ready, so that we're not overwhelmed. 21:17 I'm talking about overwhelmed with the things 21:18 that will happen. 21:20 I can sense myself, I don't know about you. 21:22 If I'm not close to Jesus, I'm going to be overwhelmed. 21:26 That's how ugly it's going to get. 21:29 It's not going to be like, "Take it or leave it." 21:30 Or, "I don't want to get involved. 21:32 I'll go on about my business." 21:33 No. 21:35 You're going to be right in the middle of it. 21:36 You will be right in the middle of it. 21:37 I will be right in the middle of it. 21:39 Little book called Last Day Events, 21:42 page 11 tells us this. 21:43 Listen carefully, listen. 21:46 And you've read it many times, I'm sure. 21:47 "The present time is a time of overwhelming interest 21:52 to all living." 21:53 So the time that we're living in is what? 21:55 It's interest to all people. 21:57 Tell me that your congressmen and your senators 22:00 and your president as it were, 22:02 people in high positions, and you are lawyers, 22:04 legislators are not interested in what's going on. 22:07 They're all looking for a cure. 22:09 They're all looking for answers. 22:11 If nothing else, they'd like to have it, 22:12 so that they can build a name for themselves, we found out, 22:15 or name something after us. 22:20 Everybody is interested because, let me tell you, 22:23 if you could talk to some of these individuals 22:25 in high places 22:27 that know what's going on in the world today, 22:29 it would blow your mind and it would blow my mind. 22:33 It really would 22:34 because they know things you do not know 22:36 and I do not know except for what the Word of God says. 22:40 They know they could blow any moment, sky high. 22:44 Your world can change in a moment. 22:47 That's why God said to be ready. 22:50 It's an overwhelming interest to all living. 22:52 Here it says, 22:54 "Rulers and statesmen, men of authority, 22:57 thinking men and women of all classes, 23:01 have their attention," 23:02 notice this, "their attention fixed upon the events 23:07 taking place about us. 23:09 They are watching the relations that exist 23:12 amongst the nations." 23:15 Do you notice that even on the news, 23:17 every day, every morning, 23:19 if you turn it on, whatever, they're talking about 23:22 what happened last night or the day before, 23:24 and there's tension between what? 23:27 Nations. 23:28 Sure, we talk about people, 23:30 but there's one nation as it were 23:31 maybe threatening the other. 23:33 One's keeping a secret or other is collaborating, 23:36 doing different things. 23:37 But they're going against each other, 23:39 and then that puts, what, other nations. 23:41 I'm either going to take his side 23:42 or I'll take his side. 23:44 And you realize what a mess, 23:48 you realize what a mess in the world 23:49 that there is today with the technology, 23:52 with the implements of war 23:55 that could absolutely turn this world upside down 23:57 in a matter of couple of minutes. 24:01 I mean, we hadn't even dug into, 24:03 when you talk about thermal warfare, 24:06 you know, and all these other things and stuff 24:07 that some are even trying on several people. 24:11 Some of the stuff that's being tried right now. 24:16 It's very interesting. 24:17 Everybody is looking 24:19 about what's existing among the nations right now, 24:21 and they don't know where to turn, 24:23 but many of the world are starting to turn their eyes 24:25 toward United States of America 24:27 because they're in Bible prophecy. 24:29 The world will look to United States of America. 24:33 Our image to our beast. 24:35 We need to be very careful 24:37 because this all leading up to right now. 24:41 Review and Herald, 11/24/1904. 24:44 "The time of trouble 24:46 which is to increase until the end." 24:48 The time of what? 24:49 The trouble will do what? Decrease? 24:51 No, it's going to increase until the end. 24:54 "It is very near at hand. 24:56 We have no time to lose. 24:58 The world is stirred with the spirit of war. 25:02 Prophecies of the 11th chapter of Daniel 25:05 have almost reached their final fulfillment." 25:09 Hope somebody hears that. 25:11 Almost reached their final fulfillment. 25:15 Prophecies reaching their final fulfillment 25:19 where they're at the very end, at the very last, 25:23 there's very little more. 25:26 The Bible says in Luke, New Testament, 25:28 turn with me, quickly, Luke, 25:29 I'll try to cover some things quickly, 25:31 Luke. 25:33 Got to stay focused to church, 25:35 this is what it's all about right now, 25:36 it's a reminder for what's going on. 25:38 Luke Chapter 21. 25:40 Luke Chapter 21, I'm going to read 25-28. 25:45 I mean, you talk about prophecies, 25:47 you talk about time that can be spent 25:50 here in these things proving where we're at 25:54 in earth's history right here, 25:55 if we had time to do it, but notice what the Bible said. 25:59 Luke 21:25, "There shall be signs in" what? 26:03 "Sun, and in the moon, and in the stars, 26:05 and upon the earth distress of" what? 26:07 "Nations," and what's the word? 26:09 "Perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring." 26:11 Man, we see all that. 26:13 "Men's hearts failing them for" what? 26:15 "Fear, for looking after those things 26:17 which are coming on the earth, 26:19 for the powers of heaven shall be shaken." 26:22 Man, what a time that we're living in. 26:23 Notice this, 26:25 "And they shall see the Son of man coming" 26:26 where? 26:28 "In the clouds with power and great glory." 26:31 Notice that. 26:32 "And when these things begin to come to pass," 26:34 then what do we need to do? 26:36 "Look up, it says, lift up your heads, 26:39 "for your redemption draweth nigh." 26:43 When all of these things begin to take place, 26:45 men's heart failing them for fear... 26:48 You realize that's already happened 26:50 to a lot of folks because of money situation, 26:53 because of things that have happened, 26:55 because of things that they fear 26:57 that's going to happen, they have heart attacks, 26:59 they'd actually die, the stress is too much. 27:02 The love of the world has just encircled them 27:05 and they can't stand the thought of losing 27:07 which they have accumulated, they say. 27:10 There shall be signs 27:11 in the sun, the moon, and the stars. 27:13 People say, "Well, that could be repeated," 27:14 but I guarantee you, those prophecies right there, 27:17 number one, first application have already taken place. 27:20 Is somebody still with me? 27:21 Sign in the suns, and the moon, and the stars. 27:24 Remember the falling of the star, 27:25 and great earthquake. 27:27 We know these things are happening, 27:28 blood turning to moon. 27:29 We have to realize that 27:31 where we're at in the stream of time, 27:33 men's hearts failing them for fear. 27:35 Our hearts need to be fearful in that sense 27:39 that the coming of Jesus is near, even at the door, 27:41 and Lord, what are we doing 27:44 to warn the world of Your coming? 27:45 What are we doing? 27:49 A manuscript, it's called manuscript number 40. 27:52 This was written in 1897. 27:55 Manuscript 40, written in 1897. 27:58 It says "The scenes that transpire 28:01 at the destruction..." 28:02 Somebody needs to listen to this now. 28:04 No, nobody wants to listen. 28:11 I'm going to talk about illustration here, 28:13 Brother Bobby, about the destruction of Jerusalem. 28:17 Destruction of Jerusalem, we know it's been repeated 28:19 hundreds and thousands of times, 28:21 at least for Adventists ought to know 28:23 the destruction of Jerusalem was a horrible mess 28:26 that... 28:28 Parents boiled and ate their own children. 28:31 Are you still with me? 28:33 That's how bad. 28:34 They boiled and ate their own children. 28:38 They were starving to death, 28:40 there was nothing they could do. 28:42 They were trying to chew, gnawing on leather, 28:44 weren't they, Brother Marty? 28:45 Anything to gnaw, to chew on, screaming, and all of a sudden, 28:48 they weren't in the right minds 28:50 because all they could think about is food, 28:51 and then they began to boil and eat their children. 28:54 So this is comparison to that. 28:56 Listen carefully, at the coming, 28:58 before Jesus comes, 29:02 "The scenes that transpired at the destruction of Jerusalem 29:06 will be repeated at the great 29:11 and terrible day of the Lord, 29:14 but in a more fearful manner." 29:20 I can't quite get all of that. 29:24 I can't get all of that. 29:26 I can't comprehend all that took place in Jerusalem, 29:28 what's written about it. 29:31 But it's going to take place in a more fearful manner. 29:36 The scenes will be repeated. 29:38 So what do we think this is going to be? 29:39 This be an easy thing? 29:40 We wonder, "Well, we'll wake up, 29:42 and Jesus is going to come. 29:43 Man, we're going to be, you know, taken away." 29:45 Some say raptured away, some say, we go back to heaven. 29:49 There's things that will take place 29:50 that's going to try your relationship 29:53 with Christ and mine to see whether 29:55 heaven really is going to be our home or not. 30:00 Lord's not going to take us up there so we can, 30:02 you know, infect heaven. 30:04 Victory has to be gained, it has to be gained down here. 30:07 Victory over sin in our life, over every area. 30:12 I'd be up there protesting if I was an angel right now 30:14 looking down this mess. 30:16 Somebody now with me. 30:19 You're an angel and you could look down on this world 30:21 to see what's going on and say, "You mean, he's coming up, 30:23 and she's coming up, I want Alice joined." 30:26 I want out of here because I... 30:29 Unless there's a change, 30:31 it's going to be just a biggest mess up there, 30:32 and we know the Bible says not going to happen again. 30:34 So victory has to be gained. 30:38 In this march toward the one world government, 30:43 and we might as well wake up. 30:44 We talked about it in the '80s and the '90s for a long time, 30:47 one world government, 30:49 because really pushing for a one world government. 30:50 You know, even some of the presidents 30:52 talks about one world government. 30:53 It's not a surprise, you know? 30:55 Right in, you know, early of this nation, you know? 31:00 It's still one world government, 31:02 they're still thinking about a one world power. 31:05 You know, still thinking, 31:06 when they look back in the Bible, 31:07 Babylon, Medo-Persian, Greece, and Rome, 31:10 they had the one world empire, 31:11 and they're still thinking in terms of. 31:14 And they realize those who can hold the finances 31:17 can hold the world. 31:19 It's about finances. 31:22 And there's people who are at work 31:24 in secret places. 31:27 We're in a march toward that one world government. 31:31 And men are devising ways to conceal their plans. 31:35 Notice, conceal them, 31:36 the real purpose of what's coming our way. 31:42 Why? 31:43 If they can seal it, and we don't understand it, 31:46 we'll accept it without protest. 31:51 We'll just be smiling and singing, and say, 31:53 "This is a wonderful thing." 31:54 When it's disastrous, 31:57 we'll accept it without question. 32:00 We face serious problems today 32:06 and just one is the debasement 32:08 of our currency that we have. 32:13 The dollar bill is just not worth much, 32:17 and we're still printing them and passing them out, 32:19 there's nothing to back them up, 32:22 and any moment, inflation can happen 32:26 as it's happened before. 32:27 And God has given warning after warning 32:30 of how fast it can inflate and then all the economy, 32:34 everything will fall apart, all the stuff that we rely on, 32:37 we'll think, "Oh, how wonderful." 32:38 No, it's going to pass away. 32:40 I mean, I've heard it for years and years 32:43 about the currency reform, what we need to be doing 32:46 because we're in such a mess. 32:50 And when you hear currency reform 32:52 or we need to change things around, 32:54 and you notice how the dollar bill 32:56 is just about out of whack now, 32:58 and everything deals with cards, 33:00 computers, everything is online. 33:04 Get rid of money, huh? 33:08 Currency reform. 33:09 Do you realize when they talk about the currency reform, 33:12 they're actually talking about... 33:14 It's a fancy name for state bankruptcy. 33:18 Think about how many states are bankrupt. 33:24 Yeah. 33:25 Over, and over, and over. 33:27 So these are things that's written, 33:28 you know, 150 years ago, 33:30 and then we look at today and say 33:31 we're right in the middle of it. 33:34 These are signs of the times. 33:36 So that just simply means something's going to happen, 33:39 great drastic things are going to be taking place. 33:42 And when it happens, I guarantee you this. 33:45 When it happens, it's going to be very quick, 33:50 it's going to hit hard, 33:54 and it's going to make void, listen carefully, 33:55 you'll make void probably of most of everybody 33:58 who have savings in the bank, 34:00 it will take that away from you too. 34:04 It could wipe out all public and private bonds. 34:09 It could wipe out most pensions. 34:13 All annuities, all endowments. 34:16 You look at it, it could wipe it out. 34:18 All the things that we hold on to, 34:21 they say, now we're secure, 34:23 the Lord is going to allow us to say, 34:25 "No, he's our security, he's our security" 34:31 because long as we count on these things, 34:34 we love the world and the things in the world. 34:36 Everybody likes to be secure. 34:39 I like to have money in the bank too. 34:40 I like to be able to smile, "Oh, this is all good," 34:43 but I realize it's going to be taken one of these days, 34:46 and remember, when it's taken, 34:47 then that means you've hoarded it, 34:49 that means you've been sitting on it, 34:51 and that means it's going to rust as it were, 34:53 and it's going to be doomed in the hell of fire, 34:55 and you're going to be accountable 34:57 because you didn't put in the Lord's work, 34:58 or I didn't put in the Lord's work. 35:02 All of these things. 35:04 But, you know, here's what I've heard, 35:05 somebody stay with me, I've heard this, 35:07 somebody said to me, "I have an answer." 35:10 I've got to answer for that. 35:12 I believe some of these things. 35:14 Some of your leading economists say, 35:15 yes, yes, yes, this is going to happen. 35:18 Don't know when but you know when it is? 35:21 When the Lord just releases those angels, 35:23 you know, who are still holding back. 35:25 When God says this it's right, it will be right, it will... 35:28 Don't think it's not going to happen 35:29 because it is going to happen. 35:31 Some say I have the answer to this. 35:33 You know what they said? 35:34 I put my money in gold and silver. 35:37 Don't have the paper stuff. 35:39 I've got it in gold and silver, 35:42 and I put it in a safe deposit box I have in the bank. 35:46 I want you to think with me, if you look back in history, 35:49 look back and you see 35:51 when there was a sudden change in the banking, 35:54 something happened almost like overnight, 35:56 it was always on a weekend. 36:00 See? 36:01 They didn't want you rushing, you know, 36:03 for the bank hours are open 36:04 because people start taking things out... 36:07 And the banks are closed. 36:09 Think about that. 36:10 Takes place over the weekend, and then, 36:12 "Oh, wait till Monday morning, Brother Mark, 36:15 we're going to get our safe deposit key. 36:17 We're going to take our key, we're going to run down there 36:19 and we're going to get our gold and silver out of there." 36:23 You run down there, but you know what? 36:25 You're not going to be able to open 36:26 that safe deposit box 36:28 because there will be a government agent 36:30 right there watching you. 36:32 He will go with you too right there 36:34 and then you're going to be in trouble again. 36:37 Interesting. 36:39 Our point is, there's nothing that's, 36:41 you know, foolproof around here. 36:43 Only on God's side, only doing the right thing 36:47 is your safety and your security. 36:50 There's nothing else that can be done 36:52 because God is allowing it in His mercy. 36:54 I really believe to eliminate some of these things. 36:58 According to the Bible, I say, 36:59 and according to the leading economist, 37:02 there's three things that are clear 37:04 and all closely related. 37:05 Number one, our government is past the point of no return. 37:08 Is somebody still with me? 37:10 Our government is past the point of what? 37:12 No return. 37:14 There's no fixing this country. 37:16 As bad as I want to hear, it can be fixed, 37:19 and everybody's going to be happy, 37:20 and everybody's going to be fed, 37:22 and have a place to live, I love to hear that, 37:24 but I know it can't 37:25 because the Bible says it can't. 37:27 It's not going to happen. 37:28 The devil wants you to think that it is 37:31 to get you on the wrong side. 37:33 There's no way. 37:36 Number two, the dollar is doomed, 37:38 it is doomed. 37:40 Only God is holding things right now 37:42 until He decides to let loose. 37:45 With that in mind closely related is 37:48 we will find our economy will collapse, 37:51 it will collapse. 37:52 How else do you think 37:53 there are going to be the mark of the beast, 37:55 and then the cards, and you'll not be able to buy, 37:57 and you'll not be able to sell for a period of time. 38:00 These all play into this thing that we have to be aware of 38:05 as we see them taking place and changes, thinking about, 38:08 "Ooh, that's another step closer." 38:14 Remember, this one world government 38:16 works on deception. 38:19 The devil works on what? 38:21 He works on deception. 38:24 And what does that means? 38:25 Just conceal the purpose, the real thing 38:28 what's really going on. 38:29 Give you example, just give you example. 38:31 Here there's a painting. 38:32 I'm talking about a painting now, 38:34 just a painting hanging on a wall of a man. 38:37 This is how you can be fooled. 38:38 Is somebody still here? 38:40 This is how it is. 38:41 There's a famous painting of a man, 38:42 and this man is in prison, he's in a cell. 38:47 So painting of this man, you can see the bars, 38:49 you see him in this cell, 38:51 he's seated on some straw, 38:55 he's chained to the wall, 38:59 yet, he smiles, he laughs, 39:04 and he sings. 39:05 Why? 39:07 He's convinced that he's a king. 39:10 He's convinced that he is a king of an empire. 39:15 His cell is his palace. 39:18 Interesting. 39:19 The straw he sets on is his throne. 39:24 The rags that he wears is his royal robe. 39:29 The prison guards are his soldiers. 39:34 He's very deceived, 39:37 but he continues on. 39:41 Now that may be way out there, but you know what? 39:44 What an illustration of the United States of America 39:49 and Christianity. 39:51 What an illustration? 39:53 How deceived we are and certainly can be? 39:59 Just as deceived as that man in that cell, 40:02 but there's no reason for us to be. 40:06 U.S. News and Report magazine, 40:08 we know that one from years ago. 40:10 This was October 29th, 1979, stay with me a few minutes. 40:13 Notice this. 40:16 Here's what it said. 40:18 It said the dollar was worth $0.24. 40:23 This is in 1979, said the dollar was worth what? 40:26 $0.24. 40:28 And this was based upon, their information was based 40:32 in 1945 dollar being worth 100 cents. 40:37 They based it in 1945 that was worth 100 cents. 40:41 Of course, it wasn't, and it hasn't been since 1933, 40:46 that's proven fact, when it was removed from the... 40:49 We talk about the gold standard where you could exchange $5 40:54 as it were for $5 gold piece. 40:58 Now that's pretty good exchange. 40:59 You take $5 bill, 41:00 that means it's worth $5 41:02 as you get $5 worth of gold. 41:07 But many say today that the dollar 41:09 can't go a whole lot lower 41:11 and still maintain it as currency. 41:14 Something will have to be done. 41:18 If it goes much lower, some big disaster happens, 41:21 there will be a currency change. 41:23 And the Bible says in Proverbs 29:18, 41:26 you notice it, "Where there is no vision," 41:28 what happens? 41:30 "Where there is no vision, the people," what? 41:32 "They perish," is what the Bible said. 41:34 They perish because what? 41:36 Then he says because thou has rejected knowledge, 41:40 I'll also reject you. 41:42 So when knowledge comes out, 41:43 when we hear things and yet we refuse these things 41:46 because we don't want to accept them, 41:48 God says in result, 41:49 "I'm going to have to reject you 41:51 because I sent knowledge your way, 41:53 and you hear these things, you can read these things, 41:56 you can be studying these things, 41:58 but you will not listen, 41:59 there's nothing else I can do for you." 42:02 We do not want to be rejected by God. 42:04 I will also reject thee... 42:05 That's in the Bible. 42:08 U.S. News and World Report again, 42:10 September 15th, 1980, 42:12 listen carefully, some of these. 42:14 This is a report called, "A national identity card." 42:18 Please keep in mind 42:20 because it's not talked about so much 42:22 doesn't mean it's not still in the works. 42:25 This stuff was talked about red hot for years, 42:30 and somehow we've kind of like, 42:31 "Well, it's not going to happen." 42:32 The devil once talked about it and then make it like it's not, 42:35 you know, of interest anymore, and then all the sudden, boom, 42:38 here it's put on, you notice what it says. 42:40 It said that, "The U.S. government 42:41 is contemplating." 42:43 This is what the U.S. News and World Report said. 42:46 It said that, "The U.S. government 42:47 is contemplating 42:49 issuing an all purpose identity card." 42:52 An all of what? 42:54 An all purpose. There's a reason, all purpose. 42:56 "And unless an individual has this card, 42:58 he will not be able to work 43:02 or transact business of any kind." 43:05 Do you see where it's leading? 43:06 That's what it... 43:08 What does it read in Revelation 13:16, 17? 43:11 It says, you will not be able to buy or sell, 43:13 save you had the mark. 43:15 It's leading up to... 43:16 They already know things are already in place 43:19 that will you not be able to what? 43:20 You can't work without the card, 43:23 you can't transact business, you cannot buy, 43:26 and you cannot sell unless you have this card. 43:30 Think about it, my friend how cold? 43:31 And that's exactly the way it's going to come and unfold. 43:34 You will know that. 43:36 Revelation 18 talks about that. 43:38 Let's just turn, I'll just read one more quickly 43:39 in case maybe we've forgotten this now. 43:41 I know it's getting late but just a couple minutes. 43:44 Revelation chapter 18, and again, the Bible says this. 43:47 Revelation 18:21, starting with 21 says, 43:51 "A mighty angel took up a stone like a great millstone, 43:54 and cast it into the sea, saying, 43:55 'Thus with violence shall that 43:57 great city of Babylon be thrown down, 43:59 and shall be found no more at all.'" 44:01 Remember, not only we're talking ancient Babylon, 44:03 we're talking spiritual Babylon today. 44:06 Think about it. 44:07 "And the voice of the harpers, and musicians, and pipers, 44:09 and trumpeters, shall be heard no more." 44:11 No more warnings, no more of any, you know, 44:14 get ready, get ready, get ready because they've all been given. 44:16 Notice this, no more at all. 44:18 "No craftsman, of whatsoever craft he be, 44:20 shall be found any more in thee, 44:22 and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more," 44:25 there is a time coming when it's all over. 44:29 "And the light of a candle still shine no more in thee, 44:32 and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride 44:34 shall be heard no more at all in thee, 44:36 for thy merchants 44:38 were the great men of the earth" 44:40 notice this, "for by thy 44:43 sorceries were all nations" what? 44:45 "Deceived." 44:46 The witch craft of the devil, the enemy himself working what? 44:49 Miracle. 44:51 The nation is deceived by the devil, by the enemy. 44:55 "And in her was found the blood of the prophets, and of saints, 44:57 and of all that were slain upon the earth." 45:00 You know, enemy is a killer. 45:02 And you know why? He's no different. 45:03 He's out to kill you, he's out to kill me. 45:07 He wants to get rid of you because you love Jesus. 45:09 You need not be afraid of him. 45:11 Jesus is your protector. 45:14 The Bible says, 45:15 we'll not be able to buy or sell. 45:18 Laws are going to be passed to secure obedience, 45:24 you see, to the dictates of the image to the beasts 45:28 which we need to be aware of, we need to be steady, 45:30 if you don't realize what this is all about. 45:32 And it certainly then ends in a death decree. 45:35 This is how serious the enemy is. 45:39 According to these passages if we had time to study more, 45:41 and you read, The Great Controversy, 45:44 page 443 through 448, how interesting it will be, 45:48 you'll find state and church will unite, 45:54 and they're going to do what? 45:55 What will they do? 45:57 Once they unite together, 45:58 it is going to be a loss of religious liberty, 46:02 and freedom, certainly of speech, 46:04 and then persecution on the minority, 46:08 persecution on the minority. 46:09 Tell me Seventh-day Adventists are not a minority. 46:12 It's all said and done. 46:13 Persecution will come. 46:15 Persecution has always come on the minority 46:18 through the history of this country. 46:21 When there's a group that's set, 46:22 they want to get rid of them. 46:24 When these people over here join together, 46:26 they always want to get the smaller group over here. 46:29 Nothing different, remember that. 46:32 Revelation 13:12, we can't read it right now. 46:34 But notice what it says, 46:35 "And he exerciseth all the power 46:37 of the first beast before him," Revelation 13:12, 46:40 "And causeth the earth and them 46:42 which dwell therein shall worship the first beast, 46:45 whose deadly wound was healed." 46:47 That would be the papacy, wouldn't it? 46:50 Yeah. 46:52 Just talking about the president, 46:53 just had to have a, you know, 46:55 meeting with, like all the presidents, 46:57 like if you meet with the pope. 46:59 You know, let's be fair about it. 47:00 Let's protest this. 47:01 He should be meeting with all the other 47:04 pastors of all faiths or something, shouldn't he? 47:07 Why is it always the pope? 47:10 John, why is it always the pope? 47:13 Yeah, makes it throw your hand on the pope. 47:15 No, he's no different than anybody else. 47:16 He put his pants on one leg at a time like the rest of us. 47:20 No, it's okay, it's all right 47:21 because that's the way that it is. 47:23 But why is that that way? 47:25 Because the enemy has set it up that way, 47:27 that's why. 47:28 Because all the world will wander after the beast 47:31 and there are those whose names are not written 47:33 in the Lamb's book of life. 47:35 This is what it's all about. 47:36 This is what it's leading up to right now. 47:38 We can see it. 47:40 Manuscript 135, 1902, says, "The time is coming," 47:44 Manuscript, 135, 1902, 47:47 "The time is coming when God's people 47:49 will feel the hand of persecution 47:51 because they keep holy the seventh day." 47:53 They are going to find what? 47:55 Persecution because they keep holy 47:57 the seventh day of the week. 47:59 Letter 38, 1892, listen carefully. 48:04 Letter 38, 1892. 48:06 "Satan has 1,000 mask batteries 48:09 which will be opened up on the loyal commandment 48:12 keeping people of God to compel them 48:15 to violate conscience." 48:18 Didn't say violate anything, 48:19 go out and do something with their hands, right? 48:21 Just to violate the conscience. 48:23 "As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." 48:27 He has what? 48:28 He has to say he has a 1000 mask batteries. 48:31 In other words, he has plans, deceptive plans 48:35 to get you and me off of the track. 48:39 The enemy will use wealth and money, we know it, 48:41 to destroy the world. 48:45 As I mentioned, the economists differ 48:47 on their explanation of how a country 48:49 leaves the term of, notice this, 48:51 how they leave the term of inflation 48:53 and they use hyper inflation, that's an interesting word, 48:57 and then enters the talk about here, 48:59 the stratosphere of this hyper inflation, 49:02 these are regular, quickly. 49:04 Economists don't even know how to explain it. 49:06 They don't know, they're just thinking, 49:08 they're hoping, "Everything's going good," 49:09 and they're trying, and they're very... 49:10 Listen, if you get on there as some common economist 49:13 and you don't give somewhat of a positive to the nation 49:16 as we've seen in times past, you don't get on there anymore. 49:20 You get scolded and reprimanded, 49:23 and you better change your approach 49:26 because they know the people will panic, 49:27 and run and try to take their money out, 49:29 and you really have a collapse. 49:31 Time magazine, 3/10/1980, says this. 49:35 This is the former Federal Reserve chairman, 49:39 Arthur Burns, he said this. 49:41 "At that time, it appears that anything is better 49:44 than holding money. 49:46 People start putting everything into tangible goods 49:50 they can find." 49:51 When they see that it's folding all up, 49:54 they're grabbing all their money, 49:55 they're trying to buy something that's tangible, anything, 49:57 they don't want to hold on to the money anymore, 49:58 they see it's useless. 50:00 The Bible said what? Give it to the bats. 50:01 That's where it's gone. 50:03 It's useless anymore. 50:05 Here, you have the Federal Reserve chairman 50:08 saying this. 50:09 It is by far back as 1980 saying be careful. 50:11 This is what's going to happen. 50:13 Let me give you couple of examples 50:14 before we close. 50:15 In Germany. 50:18 You say, "Well, this can never happen." 50:19 In Germany, between World War I, 50:22 are we there, 50:23 World War I and World War II, example, right? 50:27 Think about it. 50:29 They suffered, listen carefully, 50:30 4 trillion percent inflation. 50:35 World War I and World War II, 50:36 they suffered a 4 trillion percent inflation. 50:40 We're worried about one, two, three, or four. 50:43 Some of us are ruined if it goes... 50:44 Where we borrow money on 4% and they raise at 8%, 50:48 we can't make the payment. 50:49 Somebody not with me? 50:51 Four little percent, we're in trouble. 50:55 Yeah. You know? 50:57 And used to, you could only get a car loan for three years. 51:01 Now you get them for, what, six or seven, 51:03 or so and they just brand, it's not even worth anything, 51:05 any time you. 51:07 Things are changing. 51:10 Notice how that reads. 51:12 How could something like this happen? 51:16 Think about it. 51:18 Four trillion percent. 51:20 Time magazine, 3/10/1980, says this. 51:23 Example. 51:25 "In 1914, in Germany, 51:27 you could buy a pound of butter for 1.5 Marks. 51:31 You could buy a pound of butter for what? 51:33 One and a half Marks. 51:36 In 1918, so you have close to four years, 51:40 is sold for three Marks. 51:42 So there you would have to say, 51:43 okay, that's slow inflation, isn't it? 51:45 That's slow inflation. 51:48 But notice, in the spring of 1922, 51:52 a pound of butter 51:54 sold for 2,400 Marks. 51:58 That's called galloping, right, inflation. 52:01 Did you get it? 52:02 Two thousand four hundred. 52:04 Now, notice. 52:05 In the summer of 1922, we're talking months, 52:08 futile months here, you know, 52:10 a pound of butter sold for 150,000 Marks. 52:16 Pound of butter, 150,000 Marks, hyper inflation. 52:21 We went summer, now we go 52:23 just to the fall of the same year, 1922. 52:26 A pound of butter 52:28 sold for six billion Marks. 52:33 In a matter a few months, Mark, 52:34 it's sold for six billion Marks, 52:39 or 1.5 million 52:44 American dollars 52:46 for a pound of butter. 52:48 You tell me that country weren't in trouble. 52:53 You tell me they weren't in trouble. 52:55 Yes. 52:58 So the government's thought was, 53:01 "We'll print some Marks," their money, 53:04 "We'll print them." 53:05 And so they began to print them 53:07 in one million dollar denominations. 53:12 You know, we have $20 or a $100. 53:14 They printed them in one million. 53:16 That way they didn't have to have, you know, 53:18 big stacks of them. 53:22 But it still meant, when you went to buy groceries, 53:26 and you've seen this probably in magazines 53:28 and different things, 53:30 you had to take your money in a wheelbarrow. 53:35 You had to have a wheelbarrow of money in the marketplace 53:37 to buy a loaf of bread 53:41 because it sold for 53:42 168 billion Marks. 53:47 A loaf of bread. 53:51 Interesting point. 53:53 When we reach this hyperinflation like this, 53:57 wouldn't it just be easier 53:58 to have some common one little card 54:03 rather than all just going around on wheelbarrows. 54:07 Wouldn't it be interesting? Just think. 54:11 Just a single card for all of our transactions, 54:14 all of our information on it. 54:18 Second Selected Messages, 354 says, 54:21 "Let every man be wide awake for himself, 54:25 and try to save his family... 54:30 God will reveal from point to point 54:33 what to do next." 54:36 You know, it's our sermon title, 54:37 what it is? 54:43 We need to try save our family. 54:47 And here, the spirit of prophecy says, 54:48 "Let every man be wide awake for himself, 54:51 and try to save his family." 54:53 And if he does that, God will reveal 54:55 from step to step what he has to do. 54:58 If you're not trying, he's not going... 55:00 I'm telling you, he won't reveal it. 55:02 He will not reveal 55:04 if you're not willing to follow him step by step. 55:08 Wouldn't it be nice that we would say, you know, 55:10 we need to just put it out 55:12 before the Lord as we close today? 55:14 This part of... There's much more coming. 55:16 You're going to see a lot more inflation, 55:17 you're going to see a whole lot more that could go on, 55:20 that can happen overnight, and that can change, 55:22 that hopefully would change your heart, my heart, my life, 55:26 so that we can be ready. 55:28 We need to reach out. 55:30 We need to be prepared to help save our families 55:34 because a lot of them have no idea what's going on. 55:35 They don't go to church, they don't pray, 55:37 they don't study the Word of God. 55:41 We need to realize this 55:45 has taken place in earth's history. 55:47 Remember, history will be what? 55:49 Repeated. 55:50 It's going to be worse than it was 55:52 destruction of Jerusalem. 55:54 Think about it. Worse. 55:58 And so we need maybe a relationship 56:00 that we do not have with Christ, right now. 56:04 If you don't have it, I guarantee you, 56:05 you can't hold on. 56:07 You just can't hold on unless you love Him 56:09 with your whole heart, your mind and soul. 56:12 Unless you put Him first, 56:15 unless you say, I like it too, 56:19 "Church first, 56:20 and then the other things later," that means what? 56:24 God first. 56:25 Putting God first and all these other things 56:28 will be added unto you. 56:30 Step by step, I will reveal a plan 56:32 for your life if you're willing. 56:37 And I want to be willing. 56:39 I don't want to be called with all that stuff 56:40 that will come back in the judgment to say, "Ah." 56:44 Remember, that that you've held on to 56:47 will be the very evidence that caused you, 56:49 just kind of be this playing with to be burnt, 56:52 to be burned in hell. 56:54 There's the evidence. 56:57 I don't need any evidence, I want mine wiped clean. 56:59 I don't know about you. 57:01 By the grace of God, 57:02 how many would like to say with me today, 57:03 "You know, I want this, 57:05 I want to know this information, 57:07 I want to be able to pass it on, 57:08 I want to be ready, I want to be prepared. 57:11 I want the knowledge that only God can give. 57:15 Then I want to be able to walk in. 57:17 I want him to reveal step by step 57:20 what I need to do to be ready for His coming." |
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