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00:40 Hello and welcome to Behold the Lamb Presents.
00:42 I'm Chris Shelton, your host. 00:43 I'm so thankful that you are joining us. 00:46 Today we're going to begin a four part series entitled, 00:50 "Trust in the Sure Word of Prophecy." 00:52 During this series we will be addressing 00:54 four areas of study 00:56 and those four different messages 00:58 will be entitled, number one. 01:00 Why was Bible prophecy given? 01:02 Two, who can show the dream? 01:05 Three, the four beasts and a little horn. 01:07 And concluding with number four, 01:09 seven heads and ten horns. 01:12 We hope and pray that 01:13 you will make a decided effort today to join us 01:17 for each message as I'm sure the Holy Spirit 01:19 will speak to each of our heart. 01:21 Today, of course, 01:22 we're going to begin with part one is entitled, 01:25 "Why was Bible Prophecy given?" 01:28 I'm excited to hear 01:30 what the Lord has placed on Pastor Kenny's heart 01:32 to share with us today. 01:34 I believe that the Bible prophecy 01:37 is such a special gift that God has given to His children 01:41 as He is ever directing our paths. 01:43 You know, we find a Bible promise 01:45 in Amos 3:7 that reads, 01:48 "Surely the Lord God will do nothing, 01:50 but he revealeth his secrets 01:52 unto his servants the prophets." 01:55 Revealing future events is no doubt 01:58 God's special way of enabling us 02:00 not to be deceived during our earthly journey. 02:04 We are in a spiritual warfare of which we, 02:07 I truly believe we just really don't grasp 02:10 the full magnitude of, and Christ's efforts 02:14 to save each and every one of us. 02:16 Many times He repeats the words, 02:19 "Be not deceived." 02:21 Be not deceived. 02:22 And I truly believe that 02:24 He is giving us Bible prophecy 02:27 as a spiritual weapon to keep us 02:29 from being deceived and to prepare us 02:32 to be ready for future events when they take place. 02:36 So let's study together and learn more 02:39 of why was Bible prophecy given with Pastor Kenny Shelton 02:43 in this four part series we are calling, 02:45 "Trust in the Sure Word of Prophecy." 02:48 But first, let's visit 3ABN as we listen to a song that 02:52 I'm sure will bless your hearts 02:54 as sung by Pastor John Lomacang, 02:56 and Stephanie Dawn, and accompanied by 02:59 Dan Thornton on the piano 03:01 as they bring us a song entitled, 03:03 "The Gentle Healer." 03:13 The Gentle Healer came 03:15 Into our town today 03:20 He touched blind eyes 03:22 And the darkness left to stay 03:26 But more than the blindness 03:29 He took their sins away 03:32 The Gentle Healer came 03:35 Into our town today 03:43 The Gentle Healer came 03:46 Into our town today 03:50 He spoke one word 03:52 That was all He had to say 03:56 And the One who had died 03:59 Just rose up straight away 04:04 The Gentle Healer came 04:07 Into our town today 04:22 Oh, He seems like 04:25 Just an ordinary man 04:31 With dirty feet and rough 04:33 But gentle hands 04:38 But the words He says 04:40 Are hard to understand 04:44 And yet He seemed like 04:46 Just an ordinary man 04:51 The Gentle Healer 04:54 He left our town today 04:58 I just looked around 05:01 And found He'd gone away 05:04 Some folks from town 05:06 Who followed Him, they say 05:12 The Gentle Healer is the Truth 05:16 The Life, the Way 05:20 The Gentle Healer is the Truth 05:24 The Life, the Way 05:37 Thank you for joining us 05:38 once again here at Behold the Lamb. 05:39 We appreciate you so very much. 05:41 And we're always grateful 05:42 and thankful for the phone calls or letters 05:44 and support to give to get this message out to the world 05:48 because we do believe Jesus is coming soon. 05:50 We believe that we don't have a lot of time, 05:52 you know, be playing around with playing church. 05:54 We realized that the time is running short. 05:56 Door of probation is closing. Jesus is coming. 05:59 And so, there's a message that needs to go present truth. 06:02 But along with that message of present truth, many times, 06:05 we need to go back and we look at A, B, and C, 06:07 and how to put that together 06:09 so that we know that we have the... 06:10 We're talking about some powers. 06:12 We're going to be talking about in next several weeks, 06:14 about some powers of the world 06:15 and some of the things that these powers are involved 06:18 with that go against the people of God. 06:21 We're going to be talking about future events. 06:24 And that certainly would be prophecy 06:26 and the prophets of God. 06:28 But we need to find out first is that, 06:31 is it really established in Scripture that 06:33 we can we really go in Scripture 06:34 and find out like today's message, 06:36 why was Bible prophecy given? 06:39 Why was it given? Or is there such a thing? 06:42 We're going to find out from the Word of God. 06:43 First, we're going to pray as we always do. 06:45 We encourage you to kneel with us there at home. 06:47 If you can't, 06:48 sometime you're driving, you're listening. 06:49 You can just pray along with us. 06:51 This is very, very important. 06:53 This is a foundation in which to build 06:54 and we don't want to mess up that foundation. 06:56 We need the Holy Spirit. Let's pray. 07:00 Loving Father in heaven, 07:01 we thank You for the privilege of prayer. 07:02 Now we invite Thy sweet Holy Spirit 07:05 come near to each of our hearts and our minds in our lives. 07:08 Lord, just open and broaden our thought process 07:11 and our minds and maybe they stayed upon 07:12 Thee, upon heaven. 07:14 May we see the things 07:15 that are happening in the world, 07:17 may we understand what's taking place, 07:19 may we see those powers that are involved here 07:21 in these last days of earth's history, 07:23 that we recognize them, 07:24 we can warn the world of what soon to take place. 07:27 Thank you for revealing those things to us. 07:30 May Your Holy Spirit have Your way 07:31 and Your will, way and will in every heart 07:34 and every life right now as we dedicate ourselves 07:36 to Thee, in Jesus' name, amen. 07:41 If you have your Bible, we're going to talk about that. 07:43 Maybe a Bible study, you like Bible studies? 07:45 I like Bible studies, because in the Bible study, 07:48 what you do is you go to the Word of God 07:50 and you begin to establish a fact. 07:53 And then you build up on that 07:54 and line upon line and precept upon precept, 07:57 here a little and there a little, 07:59 because there are some today that 08:01 do not believe in prophecy, or even the prophetic gift. 08:05 I'm going to give you a couple passages of scripture. 08:07 Now, I'm not trying to go into the study of, 08:09 you know, Spirit of Prophecy. 08:11 But I want to look at how prophets, 08:13 how God gives prophets messages, 08:15 and they give it to God's people. 08:18 But notice, it is a gift that's going to be 08:20 in operation in the church. 08:22 And it's going to be in operation 08:24 until Jesus shall come. 08:26 So it's good for us today. 08:28 First passage of scripture 08:30 found in the Book of Ephesians 11. 08:32 It's 4:11-13. 08:35 Ephesians Chapter 4, 08:37 we're going to look at verses 11 through 13. 08:41 You have your Bible there 08:42 and you can read right along with me, if you will. 08:44 Starting with verse 11. 08:45 "And he gave some apostles and some," what? 08:50 "Some good prophets, and some evangelists, 08:53 and some pastors and teachers." 08:54 Now, what we're talking about is what? 08:56 God gave gifts, right, to the church. 08:59 God gave gifts. 09:00 Now, notice some of these gifts. 09:02 The gifts where He gave to apostles, 09:04 and then He gave what? 09:05 Prophets would be in the church where they would be prophesying 09:09 or they would be because God gives gifts, right, 09:11 messages to the prophets, 09:13 the prophets write them in the book. 09:14 We'll see that in a moment. Two, why did He give it? 09:17 He gave it "For the perfecting of the saints, 09:20 for the work of the ministry, 09:22 for the edifying of the body of Christ." 09:25 Verse 13, "Till we all come into the unity of the faith, 09:30 and of the knowledge of the Son of God, 09:33 unto a perfect man, 09:34 unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ." 09:38 All this says is God gave gifts. 09:40 He gave gifts to the church, 09:42 and these gifts are going to be in operation until what? 09:45 Until Jesus comes. 09:47 So those who say, "Well, we don't need all of these." 09:49 It's interesting, the only gift I've seen people 09:51 try to as it were removed would be the one of prophet. 09:55 They all like to, everybody's like, "Oh, we love apostles. 09:58 We love evangelists, and pastors, and teachers, 10:00 and all these other gifts, but when it comes to prophets 10:03 or prophesying, or things that God 10:05 wants to show us 10:07 things is going to happen into the future. 10:09 Sometime we fights that 10:10 is the devil wants us to fight that 10:12 because he doesn't want us to know 10:13 what soon to take place. 10:15 Let me give you another quick in 1 Corinthians, 10:16 just turn back there a couple of chapters there. 10:19 1 Corinthians Chapter 12. 10:22 1 Corinthians Chapter 12 simply says 10:24 the same thing here, Paul writing. 10:26 And notice what he says there in 1 Corinthians 12:27 and 28. 10:32 The Bible said, verse 27, "Now ye are the body of," What? 10:36 "You're the body of Christ, and members in particular." 10:39 So right quick Paul talking about, 10:41 your bodies, you belong to Christ. 10:43 And then he says, 10:44 he goes right into and say, verse 28. 10:45 And God hath set all or some? 10:50 Somebody say some, I'll get happy. 10:51 "God has set some in the church, first apostle, 10:56 secondarily," he's done what? 10:58 "prophets, thirdly teachers, and after that miracles, 11:02 then gifts in healings, and helps, 11:04 and governments, diversities of tongue 11:06 and so on and so forth." 11:08 The point established is, 11:09 God has set in the church these gifts. 11:12 And these gifts are for us to use. 11:15 And God wants us to do as messages 11:17 come from the Holy Spirit as the prophets that were, 11:20 they would write them down in a book. 11:22 So every one of these gifts are good, 11:24 and they're going to be in operation, 11:25 as we mentioned, till Jesus comes. 11:27 So for the next several weeks, we want to be focusing in 11:31 on Bible prophecy, 11:33 the importance of Bible prophecy. 11:36 If we don't understand the ABCs, 11:38 or the elementary process of prophecy, 11:41 will not be able to understand 11:42 about when we begin to read is for instance, 11:45 in Daniel Chapter 2 about, you know, all of these metal, 11:47 Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece and Rome, 11:49 or we won't understand to say the Book of Daniel Chapter 7, 11:53 when it talks about these beasts 11:54 and then it talks about lions 11:56 and it talks about one having wings, 11:57 talks about a bear 11:59 and is got three ribs in its mouth. 12:02 Then you have a leopard that has what? 12:04 Four heads on it and wings, you know. 12:07 You wouldn't be able to understand that 12:09 unless we get into the, to the elementary stages 12:12 you might call it or the way that 12:13 God has set it up in His Word, 12:15 so that we can understand these. 12:17 Remember, we never to put on some kind of, 12:19 well, we've read these things 12:21 and we think that maybe it means. 12:24 Bible, and we're talking about, 12:25 we're talking about symbols being used. 12:27 God will always give us the answer, isn't that right? 12:30 Always in His Word 12:31 what these symbolic representations will be. 12:34 So He always gives it to us and we need to apply that. 12:37 This will help us better to understand the books 12:39 of the two things 12:40 we'll focus on Daniel and Revelation. 12:42 Why? 12:43 Because Daniel and Revelation, we must identify the power, 12:47 like this power that tries to sit 12:49 in the throne room of God, 12:50 the one that says he's going to do what? 12:52 He's going to take over. He's going to be like God. 12:55 He's going to think to change what? 12:57 Times and laws. 12:59 He's persecuting, kills God's people. 13:01 He helps us as were behind the scene 13:03 to pass Sunday laws. 13:05 You see, we need to make sure 13:06 we understand who this little horn power is. 13:10 If we understand it, 13:11 then it'll be easier for us to accept 13:13 because then we can look at signs of the times going on 13:15 and say, you know what? 13:16 This does apply. 13:17 Bible has said it, history has said it, 13:19 and what's going on in the world 13:21 also says the same things. 13:23 And by God's grace, 13:24 it'll help us to understand it, and we can accept it better. 13:28 We need to understand, at least in my opinion, 13:31 the main players in the book of Daniel and Revelation. 13:35 The ones that, right, Bible points out. 13:37 The ones that are guilty of trying to change 13:40 God's truth into a lie. 13:43 I might say this, God does not play games. 13:47 We might play games. 13:48 We might try to play church, God never does. 13:52 God is serious about what He's revealed to us 13:55 in the historical aspect of the Bible 13:58 that looked at the prophecy. 13:59 God always wants us to know in advance, does He not? 14:03 Things that are going to happen 14:04 and things are going to take place. 14:06 And He always gives sufficient, we're going to learn as we go. 14:10 He gives sufficient information, 14:13 so that we can make a proper decision, 14:16 and that we what? 14:17 Because we're going to be held accountable. 14:19 God gives information, isn't that right? 14:21 He's given you a brain, you can decipher, 14:23 and then He holds us accountable for the information 14:25 which He gives to us. 14:28 The information that has been given as we study 14:30 Daniel and Revelation has been brought about 14:33 because there are men and women 14:35 who love Jesus with all their heart. 14:37 They were willing to be, you know, 14:38 they were will to be torn apart 14:40 by lions, they burned at the stake. 14:42 They gave their life for the truth. 14:45 And sometimes we can't even find time 14:46 to come to church or to study the Word of God. 14:48 We can't find time to pray. 14:50 We can't find time to help anybody else, 14:52 to be a blessing to someone else. 14:54 And yet, these folks gave 14:55 their very life for the true sake. 14:59 And it's going to boil down to that in these last days. 15:02 God's looking for a people who will be willing 15:04 to give their lives for the truth. 15:06 So to me, that means 15:08 that you're going to have to love the truth. 15:10 Does that make sense? 15:12 If we don't love it, pray, 15:14 you can tell God because He already knows 15:16 if you do or you don't. 15:17 Tell Him say, I don't love the truth, 15:19 but I know that I need to because the Bible says so. 15:21 Go back to the Word of God every time 15:23 because God said we need to in 2 Thessalonians. 15:26 We need to love the truth. And we need to what? 15:29 We need to unmask that man of sin. 15:32 These all things go together and so we have to do it. 15:35 But we do it in what? In the love of Jesus. 15:38 Even though it's hard to swallow for some 15:40 and it's difficult, 15:42 and most people want to pass it up, 15:43 and they will pass up giving the real, you know, 15:46 truth of three angels' message. 15:47 They will not give it because it's not popular. 15:50 They want to be popular. They want to succeed in life. 15:52 I've never cared, really care about succeeding in this life. 15:56 What are you going to succeed for what? 15:57 It's so temporary, it's all gone. 15:59 Isn't that right? 16:00 I'm looking for success as God view success, 16:02 that heaven can be my home. 16:04 And that means doing 16:05 what God has asked you to do and me to do. 16:08 And maybe I just put this in. And you know what? 16:10 We need to be open enough, and we need to be loving 16:14 and kind enough to realize that 16:16 God has not impressed everybody to do, 16:19 giving this message the way that He does to somebody. 16:21 Not everybody's do it the same way. 16:22 Does that make sense? You see, He said, well... 16:27 Well, you do this too hard. Well, you said it this way. 16:30 They didn't say it was a lie. Didn't say it wasn't the truth. 16:32 They just didn't like the way that was said 16:34 or the way that was brought about. 16:35 Maybe the Holy Spirit's impressing you 16:37 to do it a different way. 16:38 Praise God for that. 16:40 And by God's grace, I'll not ever criticize that. 16:43 See, the Holy Spirit impresses us 16:44 different way according to our character 16:46 and the way the message comes inside of us 16:49 and begins to... 16:50 Ooh, may I use the word know inside of us 16:52 that it needs to come out. 16:55 And sometimes it comes out different one to the other. 16:58 Just like, remember the gifts 16:59 He gave some in the church, right? 17:02 They're going to do things differently. 17:05 We need to look at not, they say, 17:07 the color of the hair, 17:09 or the hair or the lack of hair. 17:12 Right? It's none of that? 17:13 We need to listen to the message, not, 17:16 don't read into the messenger, listen to the message, 17:18 and then weigh it out with Scripture, 17:20 because it could very well, 17:21 could it not be that it's the Holy Spirit 17:23 of the Living God speaking to you 17:25 and speaking to me. 17:26 So again, God does not play games, 17:29 He gives us information. 17:30 Let's go to square one, I like to say here, 17:33 because we're looking at a puzzle 17:34 that we want to put together, 17:36 because I believe with all my heart, 17:37 the message that we are giving here 17:38 in these last days is on target. 17:41 You know, we associate it with maybe with a church 17:43 or with a denomination, 17:45 and whatever, and so on so forth. 17:46 I'm not even relating to any of that. 17:48 I'm relating to what the Bible has to say on these issues. 17:51 This is very, very important. 17:53 And certainly we like harmony, we love to get along. 17:55 But you know what? 17:56 We need to find out what truth is based on the Word of God. 17:59 We just go right to a question. Let's begin with a question. 18:02 It's a very simple question, at least for me, 18:04 and it may be for you too. 18:06 Does God reveal secrets of the future? 18:09 See, these people you talk, they say, 18:10 "Well, God really doesn't do that. 18:12 God never revealed secrets, you know, beforehand." 18:15 But that's not what the Bible says at all, is it? 18:17 See, why? 18:19 God, other words, establish the fact that 18:21 God is as we're talking about, 18:22 because many of the things that we preach about, 18:24 talk about, study about here are things 18:27 that are still yet going to happen. 18:29 Are we there? 18:30 Things that are still going to happen yet, 18:33 because this work is not over yet. 18:35 So would we call that prophesying, right? 18:38 There because God has given prophecy, 18:40 we should be able to tell that 18:42 in the future this is getting ready to happen. 18:45 So we have to establish that God said in His Word, 18:48 that I will reveal these things before they happen. 18:52 Okay, was that, Amos 3:7? 18:54 Isn't that one everybody knows. 18:56 What does God say in Amos 3:7? 18:58 "Surely the Lord God will do nothing," 19:01 what's the word? 19:02 "He will do nothing, 19:04 but he revealeth his secret to his, 19:07 oh-oh, the servants, the prophets." 19:10 God said, I'm not going to do anything, right? 19:13 I'm not gonna throw anything out there 19:15 that may affect My people, 19:18 until I reveal it to My prophet. 19:20 Other words, God said, I'm going to choose 19:22 how I'm going to get it to you. 19:24 I'll choose the man or the woman, 19:25 whatever it might be. 19:27 But I won't bring it on you as a surprise. 19:30 I'm going to always warn you first before I bring it on. 19:34 Isn't that wonderful? What a God that we serve. 19:37 One that cares so much about us that He says, 19:40 I'm going to what? 19:41 And you know what the prophets 19:43 would happen in the time of Jews, 19:44 the time of Israel, what happened? 19:46 The prophets came and they delivered a message 19:48 and the people loved it, did they? 19:51 No. 19:52 Jesus said Himself, I brought these prophets to you 19:54 and they prophesied what was going to take place 19:56 and you stoned them and you killed them. 19:59 It's no different today. 20:01 They may not be as it were taking you out 20:03 and stoning you, or maybe tying you up, 20:05 or crucifying you, or burning you at stake. 20:07 They crucify your character. Are you still with me? 20:12 That's the thing that enemy knows. 20:15 I talked to a man yesterday, he just said, "You know what? 20:17 Do you know what an accusation can do to a character?" 20:21 I said, "Yeah, I do, somewhat." 20:25 Did anybody get that? Just an accusation. 20:29 I can come down from here right now, 20:31 and I can go out and I can say, 20:34 Sister Virginia, Brother Jan. 20:37 Oh, yeah, well, not me. You know, couldn't we? 20:41 We could make up anything we wanted to make up 20:43 and the world likes to make up things. 20:47 Your enemies like to make up things. 20:49 People that are jealous of you like to make up things. 20:53 Think about it. 20:54 And all they have to do is put it out there 20:58 and all of a sudden you see the devil saying, 21:00 "Nobody's gonna pay attention now 21:02 because character is destroyed." 21:07 Because there was an accusation against this person. 21:12 And I was thankful and grateful that 21:14 he came for the first time and said, 21:16 "Would you pray for me?" 21:21 He never said that in our relationship 21:23 for several years, but he said, "Would you pray for me 21:25 because someone's made an accusation. 21:28 I could end up in prison." 21:31 Nothing happened. How could this happen? 21:36 He said, because it's just one word 21:40 against somebody else's word. 21:42 There's no witnesses. You see what I mean? 21:43 Their witnesses is different, out in the open is different, 21:46 but you say it 21:48 and then she said, two different things. 21:50 And yet the person could go to prison 21:53 because somebody made an accusation. 21:56 We'll get protective, you know, whatever it is, call the police 22:00 and we get protection, don't have to be around it. 22:03 Nobody did anything. 22:06 This is the enemy and one of his plans, 22:08 but God says, "I'm going to reveal these things." 22:11 The devil says, "No, 22:12 you're not going to reveal these things, 22:14 because I want to catch Your people by surprise." 22:17 Evils will come, 22:20 because the Bible says they will. 22:21 The world will wax what? 22:24 Cold and worse and worse until the coming of Jesus. 22:27 The evils are going to come, 22:28 but not without the Lord first warning His people 22:32 because that's what this passage says. 22:35 God warns us and He warns people 22:38 for what reason would He warn us? 22:40 Would it possibly that as He wants to warn us 22:43 so that we will have time to repent 22:47 and change our ways? 22:50 Is that possible? 22:51 And then He won't have to follow through with 22:53 what He said what He's going to. 22:56 He's done that before, has He not in Scripture? 22:59 So it's all about us again. 23:01 I'm not going to do anything, lest I warn you first. 23:03 Evils are going to come, 23:04 when these things all come and so on and so forth. 23:06 He said, "Here, I'm giving time for the people to repent 23:09 and change their ways. 23:10 And then I won't have 23:12 to let these evil things come upon them." 23:13 Man, what a good God. What a wonderful God we serve. 23:16 For example, let me give you a couple examples quickly, 23:18 and see if you agree with that example. 23:20 Before the plagues fell on Egypt, 23:23 do you remember? 23:25 The Pharaoh was warned over and over by Moses, was he not? 23:28 What? 23:29 After they fell, before they fell, 23:33 God warned the Pharaoh, 23:35 this is what's going to happen if you don't let My people go. 23:38 And he didn't do it and it happened. 23:41 Now before Jerusalem, another example, 23:43 before Jerusalem was destroyed in AD 70, 23:48 Jesus Himself told 23:52 of the coming doom of Jerusalem, 23:54 you remember that, Matthew 24? 23:55 Jesus said, "This is what's going to happen. 23:57 There will not be one stone He said left upon the other." 24:05 And listen, it will always go down 24:07 just like Jesus said it's going to. 24:09 May I use the word go down. 24:11 It's going to go down just like Jesus said, 24:12 it's going to go down. 24:13 He said, "There will not be one stone left upon the other." 24:15 And you would think, "Well, 24:17 how would it be a destroying enemy, right? 24:18 Come in and make sure there was not one stone left. 24:23 I thank God for Spirit of Prophecy and other things. 24:25 You know, number one, 24:26 we believe it because what it says in the Word. 24:29 This is what we're trying to establish. 24:30 We must believe the Word 24:32 and what it's talking about here. 24:33 The heavy duty stuff is going to be in disguise, 24:35 is going to be into symbols, and we're going to have 24:37 to just dig His hidden treasure. 24:40 Spirit of Prophecy says what? 24:41 God sent the good angels and made sure that 24:43 there was not one stone left upon the other. 24:47 Isn't that? Why? 24:49 Because He had it written in Scripture already that 24:51 there would not be and so, 24:52 He made sure it was fulfilled exactly the way it's written. 24:55 That just gives us confidence 24:56 to sure that God's going to make sure. 24:58 Man may not be able to do every little thing here. 25:00 God's going to make sure 25:01 that it's there, so you and I, our faith is increased. 25:05 Now, what do you think about the destruction of this world, 25:08 before the destruction of this world takes place, 25:12 and the second coming of Jesus? 25:14 You think, we've had any warnings? 25:18 And we got somebody that gets excited. 25:20 Will there be one more? Will there be one more? 25:23 Before this world comes to an end, 25:25 before Jesus shall come, 25:26 there's going to be more and more. 25:28 There's been a multitude now for years now, 25:30 isn't that right? 25:32 Years just like it was before the flood, 25:33 120 years, it's going to flood. 25:36 Was that before it took place? Absolutely. 25:39 The door's getting ready to shut as it were. 25:42 Would anybody else come into the ark before it's too late? 25:45 Majority will do like they're doing right today. 25:48 They don't have time for church. 25:49 Again, I mentioned they don't have time to study. 25:51 They don't have time to do anything 25:52 for the cause of Christ. 25:54 They're too busy doing things in the world. 25:56 They're too busy socializing. 25:57 They're too busy partying out in the world. 26:00 They're too busy doing 26:01 all these things that the world does. 26:03 Maybe not bad within themselves, 26:05 but it's bad because it takes all of their time 26:07 and their energy and their means, 26:08 and they're not giving anything to the cause of Christ. 26:11 Let me get off the box. 26:16 I'm not trying to be difficult or hard with that, 26:18 but that's what's taking place. 26:19 Most the time, unless we're... I wanna do some more. 26:23 Unless we're just deathly sick, and we can't stand up, 26:27 if you know what I'm talking about here. 26:29 God requires us to be 26:30 where His people are at when He says 26:32 the seventh days is a Sabbath. 26:33 He requires that of us and when we do not do it 26:36 because I'm a little bit tired, or I stayed up too late. 26:39 Go to bed earlier. 26:41 Your salvation depends upon, and I'm not trying to be ugly, 26:43 but it's true. 26:45 If I'm tired, I go to bed earlier. 26:49 I was tired after this week of Sabbath School Panel, 26:52 wouldn't I? 26:54 And at 8 o'clock I went to bed. 26:57 I couldn't go anymore. The brain wouldn't go anymore. 27:01 So I'm just simply saying, 27:02 know what you have coming up, know what's taking place. 27:05 That's why the Bible says that 27:06 the Friday is the preparation day 27:08 that we prepare for the Sabbath, 27:10 then that way the seats can be filled 27:12 rather than, I got carried away, 27:14 or somebody called me and they did that... 27:18 God called you first. 27:20 God called you first to be in His presence, 27:22 in His sanctuary on His day. 27:25 Who in this world would call you 27:27 that has enough power and authority to say 27:28 you're supposed to be somewhere else, 27:30 even, even if it's good, 27:32 even if it's helping somebody else. 27:38 We don't have no other priorities 27:40 are all about. 27:43 Before these things happen, 27:45 He's going to warn us in His Word. 27:48 Now, why were these things written then? 27:50 You say, "Well, why were these things written in here?" 27:52 Romans 15:4 says this. 27:55 Romans 15:4 says this, 27:58 "For whatsoever things were written aforetime..." 28:01 This is where we need, or those who have a hard time 28:04 with Old Testament and this. 28:05 Well, the Old Testament things, we just kind of, 28:07 oh, we don't sure we believe all these things in here. 28:10 Listen to this passage of scripture. 28:12 "Whatsoever things were written aforetime." 28:14 What? Listen, whatsoever things 28:16 were written in the Old Testament. 28:19 Somebody there? 28:20 Whatsoever thing was, aforetime means what? 28:22 The Old Testament 28:24 because the New Testament was just in process. 28:26 It had not even been finished yet. 28:28 Then most of your New Testament did what? 28:30 What did they get? 28:32 They got from the Old Testament. 28:35 So we said those things in the Old Testament 28:37 were written for our learning 28:39 that we through patience 28:41 and comfort of scripture might have hope. 28:43 I like that. 28:44 Those things that were written in the Old Testament scripture, 28:46 and certainly our New Testament, 28:48 here's talking about aforetime, so it must be Old Testament. 28:51 They're written for our learning. 28:53 So we go back and we read what it is. 28:55 And then we say, it's for our learning. 28:57 Uh, these are good. 28:59 These things were written for what? 29:00 Learning and for instructions in the Old Testament. 29:03 Paul makes it clear, notice in these passages here. 29:07 Listen, he makes it clear 29:08 about the permanent nature of the Old Testament. 29:12 He makes it clear what? 29:14 The permanence of the Old Testament scripture 29:17 rather than people tearing their Bible 29:19 apart like they do and says, 29:20 "This is the old and now this is a new." 29:23 You know, "Oh, I'm just a New Testament believer." 29:25 Well, you know what? You just have then? 29:28 Is it okay to say that? Yes, yeah, yeah, I mean... 29:34 I want to say goofy. Is it okay? 29:36 It's goofy. 29:38 It's not right for someone to say 29:39 and I'm sure maybe honest in hearts, 29:41 they don't mean anything by, but they're what? 29:43 Not educated in into the Scripture, 29:46 because maybe their pastor 29:47 or teacher is telling these lies. 29:50 Because the Bible says different than this. 29:52 It says, right, Paul is saying, it's clear, 29:54 the permanency of the nature of the Old Testament, 29:57 along with the New Testament, of course. 30:00 When he was writing so many things, 30:02 we could say it was in the process 30:04 of production at that time. 30:06 So we had to be leaning heavy on the Old Testament here. 30:09 There's no doubt about it. 30:12 That he said the Old Testament 30:13 will always hold a high place in moral, notice, 30:17 moral instruction and guide, and would give us hope. 30:22 Man, this is wonderful to know that. 30:23 These things must be established 30:25 because we read a lot of Daniel, 30:27 you know, we'll do that. 30:29 And then we'll certainly go into Revelation 30:30 and you'll read a lot, Old and New Testament. 30:32 You'll read about Ezekiel, 30:34 you read about in the Book of Isaiah. 30:35 You'll find these guys were prophets of God 30:38 that prophesied things 30:39 a long time before they took place. 30:41 People laughed at him. 30:43 Then as they laugh at you, maybe today to tell him 30:45 these things are getting ready to happen. 30:47 Sunday laws are getting ready to happen. 30:49 We see all the events are taking place that says, 30:51 these things are going to happen. 30:53 This is prophecy that the Bible said, look, God said, 30:56 I'm going to show you 30:57 these things before they take place. 30:59 I'm going to give you a chance to tell the world about it, 31:02 so no one's fooled. Will they laugh at you? 31:05 They laughed at the time of the flood. 31:06 Will they laugh at you? 31:08 They laughed at the time of destruction of Sodom 31:10 and Gomorrah, if you remember? 31:11 Huh, huh, huh. 31:12 I like to tell you, fireballs came down, 31:14 you better look out, it's all she wrote. 31:16 The water came, it's all she wrote. 31:17 All those ones that were 31:19 laughing as my dad always said to me, 31:20 if you're not careful, 31:22 you laugh out the other side of your mouth. 31:23 You ever heard that? Now, some of you haven't. 31:25 Maybe you should have. Yeah, I experienced it. 31:29 I learned a lesson. Praise God for that. 31:31 We need to learn lessons from these things. 31:34 So see this, 31:35 all this I'm talking about helps us 31:37 to understand the force of this passage of scripture 31:41 that's so elementary in 2 Timothy 3:16. 31:46 Now remember, if the Bible is a guide, 31:50 it's a source of hope and source of encouragement. 31:53 And God is writing things in here in advance, 31:55 so that you and I will be able to understand 31:57 when we see these things coming to pass, 31:58 then you will know that it's near, even at the door. 32:01 When you'll be preaching and teaching that 32:03 when the other people 32:04 are preaching them teaching about, 32:06 well, this holiday and that holiday 32:07 and this thing over here, that thing over here, 32:10 we need to be done. 32:14 Yeah, we need to be looking at those issues 32:16 that concerning eternal life. 32:18 That's what it's about. 32:20 2 Timothy 3:16 is just the first part, 32:23 when, again, how do we fight this? 32:27 I'm not trying to be argumentative. 32:28 Well, maybe I am. 32:30 The Bible said, 32:31 "All scripture is given by," what? 32:34 "Inspiration of God." 32:36 Where do we find that? 32:37 But you know, people can do that. 32:39 It doesn't mean 32:40 they've got any sound backing up to it, 32:42 because you can take two legislators 32:44 or two people in Congress, 32:46 the Democrat and Republican may I'll just use it, 32:48 and you'll say one thing here, 32:50 one point and this will argue till they die, 32:53 till they're blue in the face, and this will get over it 32:55 and make some good sense and this other one will come 32:57 from another side 32:58 and he'll argue exactly the opposite. 33:02 That's what the devil likes 33:03 to have take place in Scripture. 33:06 They make one point 33:07 and it's from maybe of the world 33:09 and maybe you can come at different angles. 33:10 But let me tell you, in the Word of God, 33:12 the Word of God is going to be very clear 33:14 that you'll be able to understand it, 33:15 that you don't need to have a blindfold on. 33:17 You don't need to have things stuck in your ears, 33:19 you need to know that God is speaking. 33:21 And He's going to speak where you can understand it 33:23 in the language that you can understand it in, 33:25 if you know what I'm talking about, 33:27 because He knows where you're at. 33:28 All Scripture, that just settles it for me. 33:31 I'm just simple minded enough to believe 33:33 when it says all Scripture, I take the whole Bible. 33:37 And we have to take the whole Bible 33:39 if we're going to put these things together 33:41 here in these last days. 33:43 Because it's imperative 33:44 the Book of Daniel as we study it. 33:46 You know, he said, "Daniel, 33:48 you're not going to understand these things." 33:49 And I'm telling you right now, 33:51 you're not going to understand it. 33:52 He said, "Go your way." That means rest. 33:54 He's going to die. He said, you're going to sleep. 33:56 You're standing in your lawn. 33:58 He said at the end of time, 33:59 this prophecy for the end of time. 34:02 Daniel mentions it five times, in the end of time. 34:05 Book of Revelation certainly is the same, 34:07 it's the end time people of God and he identifies those. 34:10 But you know this, 34:11 we have to give some credence to this. 34:12 We have to realize that 34:14 Scripture is backing this up the things 34:15 that we come up with. 34:17 And certainly, we say, okay, All Scripture is given, 34:20 does that means to me Scripture is profitable to me. 34:24 Is it profitable to you? 34:26 That's what the Bible said, because 2 Timothy 3:16, 34:30 the last part of it says, "What is it profitable for? 34:33 Now, remember, what is Scripture for? 34:36 Well, a lot of different things for sure. 34:37 Surely, it points us and leads us to Jesus Christ. 34:39 Give us encouragement. 34:41 But notice, 2 Timothy talks about here, 34:44 "It's profitable for doctrine," 34:46 hello, "and for reproof." 34:50 So somebody when you go to their church and they say, 34:53 we have no doctrine, they've lied. 34:56 And I don't mind telling to them. 34:57 You've lied. Every church has a doctrine. 35:01 They may not have a name because they like for... 35:03 This gathers groups of people, 35:06 because people are tired of denominations 35:08 because of the messes 35:09 that we've made of all this stuff. 35:11 Let's be honest. 35:12 And so, we think we're going to kind of be free. 35:15 Brother Jan, am I telling the truth? 35:16 Be free, you've experienced some of this stuff. 35:19 You want to be free. 35:20 So we want to join a non-denominational. 35:23 That doesn't mean anything except 35:24 for the name out there. 35:25 But you'll find the guy that's heading out 35:27 in there came from some denomination that 35:29 he was unhappy with, and that he split off from 35:31 and his teaching come still back to the place 35:34 where he came from. 35:35 That might differ just a little, 35:36 that's why he left. 35:38 You know what I'm saying. 35:39 But everything he went to the pastor, 35:40 or elders, or teachers, 35:42 or Sabbaths, whatever it might be, 35:43 they're teaching a doctrine, 35:46 that's a belief, are they're not? 35:48 They're teaching about the cross. 35:49 That's the doctrine. 35:51 They're teaching about Second Coming. 35:52 That's a doctrine, that's a teaching. 35:53 So there's nothing wrong with that word 35:55 is when I'm trying to prove, tear from Scripture. 35:57 It says here that was for doctrine and for what? 36:00 Reproof, and for correction. So the Bible will do what? 36:04 It will correct us if we will let it do it. 36:07 Right? 36:08 And for any good, 36:09 and it's for instructions in righteousness. 36:12 This is what you're looking for. 36:14 This is what I'm looking for as we go in 36:16 and we study this subject. 36:18 I'm looking for instructions in righteousness, 36:20 or to be right, or to be like Jesus. 36:23 This is the instructions in the book that He gives us. 36:26 Praise God for that. To me, that's exciting. 36:31 The Old and the New Testament Scriptures 36:34 are inspired is what the Bible said. 36:38 It says to us that the Word of God... 36:43 Think about, the Word of God, this is God's inspired Word. 36:46 He breathes His Word. He breathes life into His Word. 36:51 This is God's breath to us. That's so wonderful. 36:55 It's a book the Bible says that makes us wise. 36:59 2 Timothy 3:15, Makes us wise unto salvation." 37:03 This is a book that makes you what? 37:04 You want to be wise, 37:05 not wise in things of the world. 37:07 But wise here in what? In salvation. 37:11 Wise unto salvation, if you want salvation. 37:14 You want to be saved in God's kingdom, 37:16 then this is where we get the information, is that not? 37:18 This is it, because it's God's, God breathed this on us. 37:24 As He breathed the breath into Adam's nostrils, 37:29 and he became a living soul. 37:31 Let God breathe through the Word of God 37:33 that you become a living soul, 37:35 you'll become a living Christian, 37:37 not a dead Christian. 37:39 Think about it, it's a... 37:41 Whoo, it's a very thoughts of God communicated to man. 37:47 This is what I see. 37:48 The very thoughts of God communicated 37:50 to somebody like me, and I'm not worthy. 37:53 But I thank Him for it. 37:55 And He put it in ways in which even my slow brain 37:59 can understand if I spend some time with Him, 38:02 and I pray for the power 38:03 of the Holy Spirit to enlighten me, 38:05 or like Brother Carson was doing, 38:07 grandson was saying, 38:08 he wanted to pray to understand the Word of God. 38:11 You know, Bible says little child, 38:12 so lead them, some of us need to come to that point. 38:14 Instead of trying to read and say, 38:16 "Well, I'll figure it out for myself." 38:18 Say, God, "Help me to have wisdom. 38:20 I cannot understand these things. 38:22 These are heavenly things. 38:23 You're breathing these things on me 38:25 and there's too much for me, 38:26 but through the power of the Holy Spirit, 38:28 you can help me to understand them." 38:29 Praise God. 38:32 So how was prophecy even given to us? 38:35 How was it really ever given to us? 38:36 2 Peter, simple again, 2 Peter 1:21 says it. 38:40 2 Peter 1:21 says it, 38:43 "For prophecy came not of old times." 38:46 Once again, stay with me. 38:47 Prophecy came not at old times. What does that old times mean? 38:51 It came, Old Testament again. 38:53 Notice this, for a prophecy came not in old times, 38:57 Old Testament by the will of man. 38:59 It didn't say it wasn't there. 39:00 He just said, "It didn't come by the will of man." 39:01 Old Testament then is good. 39:03 Old Testament prophecy came by what? 39:04 By God. 39:06 God breathed on the Old Testament prophets, 39:07 did He not? 39:08 So it's for us, so we can take it 39:10 and we could grasp it and we can thank God, 39:12 but by holy men of God as they what? 39:16 Yeah, they were moved. 39:17 They spoke as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. 39:21 Wouldn't it be wonderful if we ever learned 39:23 in our Christian experience only move 39:25 when was moved by the Holy Ghost, 39:27 rather than moved by selfishness, 39:29 and pride, and aggravation, and don't like what's going on 39:32 and stuff like that? 39:33 I've done plenty of that. But I want to be moved. 39:36 When God wants me to move, 39:37 I need the Holy Ghost to be moving me. 39:40 And I'm not ashamed to say Holy Ghost. 39:41 I've said it many, many times before. 39:43 Sometimes as, you know, Christians, we always, 39:45 we'd say Holy Spirit. 39:47 That Bible says Holy Ghost, and I thought 39:49 they were one and the same myself, 39:51 Holy Spirit and the Holy Ghost, so we can say Holy Ghost. 39:55 I'm just saying, don't be caught up in the world 39:56 and be afraid to say, 39:57 I don't want to pray the Holy Ghost 39:59 because other people believe a certain way. 40:00 I want to be moved by the Holy Ghost, you see, 40:03 the Spirit, Holy Spirit. 40:05 And then when I move into Holy Spirit, 40:06 you're going to be moving in the right way 40:07 in the right direction, saying and doing the right things, 40:11 the Holy Ghost. 40:12 True prophecy is a revelation from God. 40:16 When we begin to look at Daniel 40:18 and we look at Revelation and we look at these prophecies 40:20 and what's going on in here, 40:22 we realize it here, it's a revelation of God. 40:25 Now remember, He decides what is light 40:27 and He decides what is His hidden? 40:30 Did you get it? 40:31 Other words, those things that are brought to light, 40:32 God says, I'm going to bring this to light. 40:34 This is all they need to understand. 40:37 And I'm going to keep some things here 40:38 because they'll not be able to understand it anyway, 40:40 or times they'll not understand it 40:42 until the scroll is unrolled. 40:44 That means, right? And as it's unrolled, 40:45 we'll be able to see exactly what He's talking about. 40:48 So we have to be very careful absolutely along that line. 40:51 The Holy Spirit must impress our minds 40:54 and probably impress the minds of men. 40:57 We are not capable without 40:59 the Holy Ghost to speak for God. 41:02 That's anything we do. 41:04 We're trying to help others along the way. 41:06 Don't try to help them in your way. 41:08 Don't try to help them in the flesh, right? 41:10 Help them through 41:11 the Holy Spirit of the Living God. 41:12 That's right. 41:14 Then we can speak for God 41:15 when the Holy Spirit takes possession of us. 41:17 It's kind of like, you know, you're speaking for God. 41:20 It says, holy men of God as they were moved. 41:24 As they were what? Moved. 41:26 They didn't set still. Did you notice that? 41:28 The holy men of God 41:29 as they moved by the Holy Ghost, 41:31 when the Holy Ghost gets in you, 41:32 you begin to move as it were. 41:34 You know what this implies in the Greek? 41:36 In the Greek you look at, it implies this, 41:38 that the prophets were born along 41:42 by the wind as a boat that has a sail on it. 41:46 You're just born... 41:50 Man, that's pretty heavy duty when you think about that. 41:54 Ship is borne by what? 41:55 All along just by the wind, they had their sails up. 41:59 That's what God says, 42:00 you need to be doing and I need to be doing. 42:02 Oh, praise God. 42:03 Can the Lord then reveal the future to us? 42:07 Isaiah 42:9, it simply says, this is all to say, 42:10 because of the prophecies 42:11 and things that we'll be looking at. 42:13 Can God do it? Can God do it? 42:14 The Bible says here in Psalms 42:9, 42:17 "Behold, the former things are come to pass, 42:21 new things do I declare, listen, 42:23 before they spring forth, I will tell you of them." 42:28 Did you get it? 42:30 You're going to be able to see that the former things 42:32 that I've prophesied, they've come to pass. 42:36 And then I've got new things. 42:37 And so this will help you to say, 42:39 these things all came to pass, this will too. 42:42 That's wonderful. 42:44 But before they do, 42:45 before they spring forth on you, 42:47 and you say, "Oh, I didn't know, I didn't hear." 42:49 Listen, if you don't hear 42:50 about the coming of Jesus right now, 42:52 you've got your head buried somewhere. 42:54 Is that okay to say that? Think about it. 43:01 Every church, every Christian in the world that calls himself 43:05 a follower of Jesus Christ should be talking about 43:07 the second coming of Jesus Christ. 43:10 The nearness of His coming. 43:12 Don't have your head, I just buried in the sand then. 43:14 Okay, just don't do that. 43:18 Predictions made in the early days, 43:21 this passage is talking about here. 43:23 They had come to pass. 43:25 This builds faith as you will know, 43:27 because you can read, 43:29 "Oh, that happened just like his." 43:30 This is good. 43:32 Then Isaiah said, 43:33 "There's going to be some new things 43:34 that's going to come to pass. 43:36 There's going to be some new prophecies." 43:37 And you know what 43:38 he was doing right then and there? 43:40 He was prophesying of the coming 43:43 of the Messiah 700 years before Jesus arrived. 43:48 That's what Isaiah was doing here. 43:50 He was prophesying something that would take place 700 years 43:54 before it took place, and it took place exactly like 43:56 Jesus said it would through the Prophet Isaiah. 43:59 I'm talking about this, why? 44:00 Because we're looking at a lot of the prophets of old. 44:02 They prophesied things. 44:03 You know, men have been given dreams. 44:06 Ezekiel was given dreams. Isaiah was given dreams. 44:08 John was given visions. 44:10 Daniel was given visions of things 44:11 that would happen to God's last day people. 44:14 Pay attention, they're going to come to pass. 44:16 Why? 44:18 Because I can look back and see all the things of old, 44:20 many things have of old have come 44:21 to pass exactly like God said they would. 44:25 God says, "I declare, 44:26 I'm the one that will declare the beginning from the end." 44:29 Did you notice that? I can do it, God said. 44:31 Isaiah 46:9 and 10, if you're jotting it down. 44:35 He said, "Remember the former things of old." 44:38 I love it. He said, "For I am God." 44:40 Remember those things. 44:42 He's reminding us, he said, 44:43 "For I am God, and there is none else. 44:46 Declaring the end from the beginning, 44:48 and the ancient things that are not yet done." 44:52 He said, "I've already declared exactly 44:53 what's going to take place with this world. 44:56 I've already declared it." 44:58 Man, shouldn't we by the grace of God say, 45:00 "Thank you, Lord, for that. 45:01 Now reveal those things so we can have an idea, 45:04 the time that we're living in, 45:05 and what we need to be doing as God's people." 45:08 And then Isaiah continues to put forth his argument 45:10 which he does very well here 45:12 of God's supreme authority and His power. 45:16 Man, what an argument, right? God is supreme. 45:18 God is probably all authority and power. 45:22 Remember, history is not a matter of chance. 45:26 God has a purpose for this world. 45:29 God has a purpose for you and for me. 45:33 He has a purpose. 45:34 And I guarantee you this, His purpose will be fulfilled. 45:38 It will come to pass. But you know what? 45:41 The difference we're talking about that is same here, 45:43 you and I have to choose. 45:45 We have to choose who we're going to serve. 45:47 We have to choose a message 45:49 that's not going to be popular maybe, 45:50 but it's still right. 45:51 Jesus put a message out there 45:53 that people didn't want to hear. 45:54 They killed him for it. Disciples did the same thing. 45:56 He was killed for it, but they were right on target. 45:58 God said, "I have a little group 46:00 in the last days that will do the same thing." 46:02 All Scripture reveals. 46:03 Now, notice this, 46:05 that the secret things belong to God, 46:07 but those things that are open belong to us 46:09 and our children in Deuteronomy 29:29. 46:13 Keep that going, Deuteronomy. I'll just read it. 46:15 Deuteronomy 29:29, 46:17 "Secret things belong unto the Lord our God." 46:19 Does that make sense? What does that tell us? 46:23 He knows everything. 46:24 But there are some things of what? 46:25 There are things that are secret. 46:27 And in other words, 46:29 they're secret that He's not going to reveal it. 46:32 Because we can't as human beings, 46:33 we just can't fathom it. 46:35 It's too much. 46:36 And we don't need to know any more. 46:38 He's given us more than enough to make sure 46:39 we can be ready for the coming of Jesus. 46:41 The problem is not how much He's given us. 46:43 It's how you're willing to accept it. 46:45 Isn't it? It's how do we divide it? 46:48 How do we accept it? 46:50 Or how do we say, this is what it said. 46:51 It all adds up here. This is what it says. 46:53 It doesn't seem like it's possible. 46:54 It doesn't seem like 46:56 it can happen in this country we live in, 46:57 but God said it will 46:59 and all these things is to say yes, 47:00 it will happen. 47:02 Let people laugh. Let them heckle you. 47:04 Because the Bible stands sure, there's no doubt about it. 47:08 Yeah, "Secret things belong to the Lord our God, 47:10 but those things 47:12 which are revealed belong to us and to our children." 47:16 Secret things, they belong to God. 47:18 That means what? He sees fit not to reveal them. 47:22 Hmm. 47:24 But He's given us enough information 47:25 that can lead us home. 47:27 Enough information we can be ready for His coming. 47:29 How reliable quickly is prophecy? 47:31 Our time's going down. 47:32 2 Peter 1:9, how reliable, then this all plays into part, 47:38 the things that we'll be looking at. 47:40 The Bible said there in 2 Peter 1:19. 47:43 It says, "For we have a more sure word of," what? 47:47 "More sure word of prophecy, 47:49 whereunto you do well that you take heed," huh, 47:52 "as unto a light that shineth in a dark place 47:55 until the day dawn, 47:57 and the day star arise in your heart." 47:58 Do you see what's all said here? 48:01 We have also a more sure word of prophecy, 48:04 the Bible said. 48:05 We have here and this is another 48:07 when you translate it here, 48:08 a prophet, prophetic word made more sure 48:12 or now more confirmed. 48:15 We have a word 48:17 now more confirmed than ever before 48:18 because of the days that we live in. 48:21 Praise God. Until what? 48:22 And it's going to continue 48:24 to grow until the coming of what? 48:26 It says here, Son of man here it says, 48:28 for a day star arise in your heart 48:30 or till the coming of Jesus Christ. 48:32 This is our hope. This is our encouragement. 48:36 You see, the disciples 48:38 had a firm conviction about Christ. 48:40 When they were converted, finally converted, 48:42 they had a real conviction of Jesus Christ. 48:46 How did they have this firm conviction? 48:48 Because of the way He lived His life. 48:51 Because they were reading Scripture 48:52 and the Scripture said this is a way 48:54 that the Messiah will act. 48:56 This is what the Messiah will do. 48:58 And they were watching Jesus 49:00 intently the things that He did, 49:01 the things that He said, the miracles He performed, 49:03 and they looked and they said, "This has to be the Messiah." 49:07 If we're looking that way 49:08 of this signs of the times in the world today, 49:11 we will look and say we are in the end, 49:13 there's no doubt about it. 49:14 Why? 49:15 Because it's the way Jesus lived His life. 49:17 Why? 49:18 Because He fulfilled 49:20 all Old Testament prophecies concerning Himself. 49:23 Not just a few, but all of them, praise God. 49:26 If you had time, you could read, 49:28 just jot it down, Acts 2: 22-26. 49:32 Acts 3:18. You can read Acts 4:10-11. 49:37 And this gives you more information on this. 49:40 Remember, their connection 49:42 with Christ gave them unmistakable. 49:45 You know, we're talking about here basis 49:47 for their Christian life. 49:48 Your connection with Christ right now think about it. 49:51 How is it today? Can we really count upon Him? 49:56 Can we bank upon what He said in His Word, 49:59 even though it seems like so far out Yes, 50:02 you can because the Bible says that you can. 50:05 Every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. 50:08 God has prophesied here in these last days, 50:11 every prophecy will be fulfilled 50:14 the confirmation of truthfulness, 50:15 reliability of prophecy. 50:17 The two books quickly, about four minutes left, 50:20 two books of the Bible, 50:21 we're studying is going to be more or less, 50:23 just looking at the bits and pieces of it. 50:24 So it will help us because then there's lot of identifying 50:27 things that have to take place. 50:29 The books of Daniel 50:30 and certainly the Book of Revelation, 50:32 both foretell what? 50:34 Future events. Don't you want to know? 50:37 See, most of the world that really, I guess, 50:39 don't want to know, it's frightening to them. 50:41 The preachers are saying in the pulpit today, 50:43 nobody's studying Revelation, nobody's studying these books. 50:45 Oh, they're too scary, you can't figure out. 50:46 Well, that's the devil himself. There's no doubt about it. 50:49 Maybe because they don't understand. 50:50 I'm not trying to say judge one way or the other. 50:52 But that's not Jesus Christ speaking at all. 50:56 Was Daniel a prophet of God? Matthew 24:15. 51:00 Jesus speaking, Jesus speaking about Daniel, 51:03 He said, we need to keep an eye 51:04 on Daniel here in the last days. 51:05 You know what He said? 51:07 "When you therefore 51:08 shall see the abomination of desolation, 51:09 spoken by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place." 51:14 This end, what does it do? 51:15 This event tells 51:16 of the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. 51:19 And the time, notice, 51:21 when the symbol of pagan Rome 51:22 was put up as it were within the temple area. 51:25 Jesus believed that Daniel 51:27 was a prophet because He said he was here. 51:30 Jesus believed that Daniel wrote the Book of Daniel. 51:34 Does that make sense? 51:36 The Book of Daniel clearly points out 51:39 the coming of the Messiah, you know, 51:41 in the 2300 days, Daniel 8:14, "Twenty three hundred days 51:44 and shall sanctuary be cleaned." 51:46 The Book of Daniel was so, 51:48 so heavy duty and heavy duty now 51:49 because it points out exactly 51:51 when Jesus would arrive on the scene as the Messiah, 51:54 when He would die the year, 51:55 and then the message going into the what? 51:57 The Gentiles, you see. Yeah, and then what? 52:00 Then you had 1810, 52:02 and it's right up to the judgment hour, 52:03 just quickly write 1844. 52:05 There's no doubt about it. 52:06 Jesus said, this is a one you ought to watch, what? 52:08 The Holy Spirit impressed him what to write in the book. 52:12 Messiah would appear at a certain time. 52:14 Can we believe Scripture? Absolutely. 52:17 The Book of Daniel we know was sealed till the end times. 52:21 Do you notice till the end times, 52:22 but you know the Book of Daniel 52:24 is unsealed now, till the end of time. 52:25 I wish we had, 52:27 we don't have time today to go into 52:28 what we figure look at the end of time. 52:30 And certainly it would be when the wound 52:32 was given to the beast and you say, 52:33 Well, I don't know there about the wound. 52:34 I don't know about the beast power, 52:36 papal, whatever it is. 52:37 So that's why we're going through 52:39 what we're going through right here. 52:40 But at the time of the end, 52:41 the Book of Daniel would be opened up, 52:43 it would be unsealed. 52:44 Where are we at today? 52:45 Daniel 12:4 quickly, it says, "But thou, O Daniel, 52:47 shut up the words and seal the book, 52:49 even to the time of the end." 52:51 We can say, you know, without a shadow of doubt 52:53 that we are in the time of the end. 52:56 The Book of Daniel is open for us today. 52:58 Compare it with the Book of Revelation. 53:00 Said, "Men will go forward, 53:01 you know, here and there and knowledge shall increase." 53:05 Daniel's prophecy would be understood in these last days, 53:08 according to Daniel 12:9-10, 53:11 these prophecies would we understand. 53:13 Go thy way, these things 53:15 will come back at the end of time. 53:17 And we'll just quickly say, 53:18 with prophecies of the Book of Revelation that 53:20 we'll have to look at some of these beasts, 53:21 we have to look at some of these, 53:23 you know, powers and nations and kingdom, 53:25 that all would rise, history bears fact to them. 53:27 And then we can boil it down 53:28 to that man of sin and revealing, 53:30 bringing that mystery of iniquity, 53:32 that little horn power must be exposed 53:35 because God said so because the world 53:37 is following after the beast. 53:40 And there are those whose names 53:41 are not written in Lamb's book of life. 53:43 Somebody by the grace of God, 53:44 you know, had the courage and love of Jesus 53:46 and the truth enough to expose this power 53:49 that's leading the world captive. 53:52 God wants us to do that. 53:53 We studied Revelation, you know why? 53:55 People say, "Don't do it." 53:56 Bible says very, very clearly because it is, you notice this, 53:59 prophecy of Revelation is just a revealing of whom? 54:02 Of Jesus Christ and Revelation 1:3 simply says, 54:06 "Blessed is he that readeth, right, 54:08 and he that hears the words of this prophecy 54:10 and keep those things therein." 54:13 A blessing is pronounced upon those who read, 54:15 study the Book of Revelation, the Book of Daniel. 54:17 So we need to do that with our eyes 54:19 and hearts and ears open. 54:22 So that we can understand 54:23 what's going on in the world today 54:24 because God said, "I'm going to reveal it, right, 54:27 first before it takes place, so that you will know, 54:30 so you will not be taken unawares." 54:32 We just have a couple seconds left, 54:33 I'm gonna out as we pray. 54:35 Let's pray together, shall we? 54:38 Loving Father in heaven, we truly, 54:40 we thank You for Your sweet spirit. 54:41 Thank You for the truth that You've given in Your Word. 54:44 Thank You that we can have confidence in Your Word 54:46 based upon our prophecy already being fulfilled. 54:48 And certainly that 54:50 which is not fulfilled yet but you have guaranteed it. 54:52 You said, "I have written it." 54:54 The Holy Spirit has impressed men of God, 54:55 holy men of God 54:57 and they wrote it down in the book 54:58 and it will come to pass, I will bring it to pass. 55:00 So, Lord, help us we pray, open our hearts and our minds, 55:02 our lives that we may see and hear 55:04 and understand the hour in which we live. 55:06 Signs of the time are everywhere. 55:08 Help us to put it together where You'd have it to be. 55:10 We thank You for hearing and answering prayer 55:12 for every one of Your people today in Jesus' name, amen. 55:15 Hello and welcome back. 55:17 I pray that the Lord spoke to your heart 55:19 during this message today. 55:21 What a blessed gift is the gift of Bible prophecy. 55:24 As you study through the Bible, you will discover that 55:27 God used prophecy throughout all of history. 55:31 Prophecy builds our faith in God and in His Word. 55:34 It is nothing to fear. 55:36 But it is something to hold dear, 55:38 very dear to our hearts. 55:40 It certainly sheds light upon our past knowing 55:43 from the Word of God, 55:44 what prophetic events lie ahead of each and every one of us. 55:48 Why was Bible prophecy given, 55:50 was the title of today's message. 55:52 And I hope that you now have a much clearer perception 55:57 of this special gift given to God's Church. 56:00 Why was Bible prophecy given 56:02 is the first message in a four part series that 56:05 we have entitled, 56:07 "Trust in the Sure Word of Prophecy." 56:09 Our next message in this series will be who can show the dream. 56:14 Please don't miss it. 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