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00:12 (music ends) 00:17 >>Welcome to "Sabbath School," 00:18 brought to you by It Is Written. 00:20 We're delighted to have you back one more time, 00:22 this time for lesson number six. 00:24 We are looking at "The Hour of His Judgment." 00:28 We're about halfway through our quarter together, 00:30 looking at three cosmic messages, the three angels' message, 00:35 and we're digging into some of the meat of it right now, 00:38 and we're glad that you are joining us. 00:40 Why don't we begin with prayer? 00:42 Father, we thank You for the opportunity again 00:44 that You give us to delve into Your Word, 00:46 into subjects that pertain to us today in a very real way. 00:51 Thank You for helping us to understand that there's nothing 00:53 to fear but everything to look forward to, 00:56 and especially as we're looking at the topic of judgment, 00:59 we ask that You would make that clear to us, 01:00 and we thank You in Jesus' name. 01:02 Amen. >>Amen. 01:04 >>Well, our guest this week once again 01:05 is Pastor Mark Finley. 01:07 He is an international speaker and evangelist 01:10 and has quite the positive history here at It Is Written. 01:14 Welcome back once again. 01:15 >>Thank you so much, Pastor Eric. 01:17 >>So this subject, "The Hour of His Judgment," is a big one. 01:20 It's a big one because every person who has ever lived 01:23 or died is ultimately going to be judged. 01:26 Now, for some people that's a scary thought, 01:30 but my suspicion is by the time we get done 01:32 with this week's lesson it's not going to be quite 01:34 so scary, though certainly meaningful. 01:37 Now, we're on week number six of 13, 01:39 which means we've already covered five lessons, 01:41 five weeks worth of lessons. 01:44 Can you help bring us up to speed, kind of recap, 01:46 review what we've been through so far 01:48 to bring us up to speed today? 01:50 >>Sure, be happy to. 01:51 You know, actually you mentioned that the judgment 01:54 is scary to some people. 01:55 I was thinking of a statement by Daniel Webster, 01:58 the famous American statesman of yesteryear. 02:01 He was asked once, "What's the most 02:02 solemn thought that ever passed your mind?" 02:04 And he said, "The thought of judgment." 02:06 So it is true what, pastor, that the judgment 02:10 does scare people but we can be absolutely confident 02:13 that Christ is there 02:16 as both our Judge and our Lawyer. 02:20 But let's go directly to your question, 02:22 Revelation, chapter 14. 02:24 We're studying verses six and seven, 02:26 and we'll kinda of summarize 02:27 where we are up until this point, 02:29 a look at the first five lessons. 02:31 You remember that Revelation 14 is divided into three parts. 02:36 The first part is a people who are redeemed 02:39 with Christ stand in heaven with Him. 02:42 The second part is a message to prepare 02:45 that people to stand with Christ, 02:48 and the third has to do with the event, 02:50 the second coming of Christ. 02:51 The Revelation 14:6-12 02:53 prepares us to be ready when Jesus comes. 02:58 It begins in chapter 14, verse six, 03:00 the three angels' messages begin there, 03:03 by saying, "Then I saw another angel 03:05 flying in the midst of heaven," 03:06 so as we point out, this is an urgent message, 03:08 it's not something that is done in a corner, 03:11 it's an urgent message, "...having the everlasting gospel 03:15 to preach to those that dwell on the earth." 03:17 First and foremost, the message 03:19 of the three angels is the gospel. 03:21 What is the gospel? 03:23 It's the incredible good news that Christ lived the life 03:27 that I should have lived, defeated Satan in my behalf, 03:31 died the death that I should have died, 03:34 is my High Priest in heaven above, interceding for me, 03:37 and will come again for me. 03:39 The gospel has to do with everything Christ was, 03:43 is, and will be as He comes again. 03:47 It's the totality of the message of Jesus, 03:50 His grace, His goodness, His mercy, His power. 03:53 So it's the everlasting gospel, who is it preached to? 03:56 "To every nation, ...kindred, ...tongue, and people." 03:58 We spent time on that in one of our lessons, 04:00 talking about the fact that this message is powerfully, 04:04 through the ministry of the Spirit, 04:05 to go to the ends of the earth. 04:07 Now the message says, "With a loud voice, 'Fear God,'" 04:11 which we looked at in a lesson that means 04:14 "give the totality of your allegiance to God." 04:17 It's not being afraid of God but fearing God is a state 04:20 of mind where I declare that God is number one in my life. 04:24 "Give glory to Him." 04:26 "Fear God" has to do with what I think, 04:28 and giving glory to God has to do with what I do. 04:32 Fearing God is a state of mind, 04:34 giving glory to God is a lifestyle. 04:36 So as a Christian, I wanna give glory 04:38 to God in my lifestyle, 04:40 but it says, "For the hour of His judgment has come," 04:42 and that's the lesson we're on this week. 04:45 Notice this is a present tense judgment, 04:47 the hour of God's judgment, 04:48 it doesn't say "will come," 04:50 when I say present tense, actually the verb there, 04:52 "has come," is an "aorist" in the Greek language. 04:56 It means it's past, it has already taken place 04:58 or is in the process of taking place, 05:01 but the hour of God's judgment has come, 05:03 in other words, it has arrived, 05:05 it is here, we are presently living in the judgment hour. 05:10 Now, that may raise a question. 05:14 Why does God need a judgment before He comes? 05:17 If God is omniscient, if God knows everything, 05:22 doesn't He know everything about me 05:23 and why does He need a judgment? 05:25 In the controversy between good and evil, 05:28 in the controversy between Christ and Satan, 05:30 in this cosmic conflict, Lucifer, 05:34 a being of dazzling brightness, rebelled against God 05:38 in heaven and was cast out of heaven, 05:41 therefore, why was Lucifer cast out? What was his challenge? 05:46 Lucifer challenged the authority of God, 05:49 he challenged the goodness of God, 05:51 he said that God was an arbitrary dictator, 05:53 a vindictive judge, 05:55 He wanted allegiance from His creatures 05:57 but did not give love. 05:59 The purpose of the judgment is not because God doesn't know 06:03 who's saved or lost, but is to reveal before a waiting world 06:07 and a watching universe, that in every single life, 06:10 God reached out in loving kindness and compassion 06:13 to save them for His kingdom. 06:17 On the cross of Calvary, Christ revealed corporately, 06:21 to the entire universe, His love. 06:24 The love of God could not be questioned by the universe, 06:27 but the question was, was God fair and just in every life? 06:31 And so the judgment pauses, 06:34 and one of the things about the judgment 06:35 that I think is so incredibly encouraging is this, 06:39 that within the judgment it reveals 06:41 to the whole universe the importance of every life, 06:45 the value of every life, the sanctity of every life, 06:48 because the whole universe pauses, 06:50 and Jesus says, "This is how I've tried 06:53 "to reach every person. 06:55 "I've sent my Holy Spirit to their heart 06:57 wherever they are in the world." 07:00 He is the light that lights every man born into the world, 07:03 He's placed eternity in the hearts of every human being, 07:06 and He reveals that He's been guiding since birth 07:11 through His Holy Spirit, that He's revealed through nature, 07:14 that He's revealed through the creative works 07:17 His love and grace and goodness. 07:19 Christ reveals in the judgment how through the providences 07:23 of life, He's tried to win every person, 07:25 and through the proclamation of the gospel 07:28 which is the clearest revelation of His love, 07:30 the proclamation of His word. 07:31 So the hour of God's judgment, 07:35 that is the present tense judgment, 07:37 reveals before the whole universe His goodness and grace. 07:41 When that is complete and every human being on earth 07:45 has had a chance to respond to His love, He then comes. 07:49 >>You know, there may be some people watching, 07:52 I'm sure you and I have both run into people who wonder 07:56 about their own value. >>Sure. 07:58 >>You know, I've been going through this trial 08:02 and that trial and does God really love me and so forth. 08:07 When it comes to the judgment, 08:10 a lot of things are going to be revealed 08:13 that we can't necessarily see today, 08:16 evidence of God's love and watch care. 08:20 How would you respond to somebody who's feeling 08:24 kind of like they've been overlooked, 08:26 maybe that they don't have a chance at making it? 08:30 >>Life is not always fair. 08:32 Because of the brokenness of our world, 08:36 because of the sin of our world, 08:39 there are birth anomalies that take place, 08:43 but that person is just as valuable to God, 08:46 just as--they have worth in God's sight. 08:50 There are times that a very tragic divorce may take place; 08:56 a woman has a husband who has an affair, 08:59 a man has a wife that has an affair, 09:02 and the husband or wife is just brokenhearted over that 09:06 and maybe they leave them for somebody else. 09:10 Somebody who's tried to be faithful to their health 09:12 develops a life-threatening disease and dies. 09:16 You know, a child in a terrible 09:19 car accident, quadriplegic. 09:22 Every life is incredibly valuable to God, 09:25 and what the judgment will reveal is that although life 09:29 was not fair, God is always fair, 09:32 and God provides the strength, courage, 09:35 the hope to cope with that. 09:36 And I think there's another aspect of the judgment, 09:39 whatever unrighteousness, whatever unfairness, 09:42 whatever challenges I've faced in life, 09:47 in the judgment God's gonna make all things right. 09:50 God will explain that He has been there with me 09:53 in the trials of life to give me hope and encouragement, 09:57 but life is short, 70 years, 80 years, 10:01 you know, pastor, I am now 77 years old, 10:05 and it's amazing how quickly my life has gone by; 10:08 I've been in ministry 55 years now 10:10 and my life has just gone by so quickly, 10:13 I mean, I can't believe as I look back on life 10:17 how fast it's gone, 10:19 but yet we have an eternity to live, 10:21 millions and millions of years. 10:23 So there may be trials, there may be difficulties, 10:26 there may be challenges, but the judgment says 10:30 that evil will be condemned, 10:32 the judgment says that Satan will be defeated, 10:36 the judgment says that Christ is gonna set all things right 10:40 and set up His eternal, everlasting kingdom, 10:42 and that's incredibly good news. 10:44 >>It is, and I hope that that encourages you. 10:47 You know, looking at the judgment, the book of Revelation 10:50 is not the only place that talks about the judgment, 10:53 and when we talk about the judgment, 10:54 one of the other books that comes up frequently 10:56 is the book of Daniel. 10:58 How do these two judgments that we read about in Daniel 11:00 and in Revelation, how do they relate one with another? 11:03 >>You know, there are two prophetic books 11:04 in the Bible, Daniel and Revelation. 11:06 And in the book of Revelation, Jesus, through John 11:10 as we've described, mentions that the hour 11:11 of God's judgment has come, 11:14 but it doesn't tell us when the clock struck the hour, 11:16 it doesn't tell us when the judgment began. 11:20 But if you go back to Daniel, chapter seven, 11:23 chapter eight, and chapter nine, 11:27 you find the outline of history revealed, 11:31 the history of the planet's salvation in Christ, 11:35 and in Daniel, chapter seven, we have the scene 11:38 of the judgment being set. 11:42 In Daniel, chapter seven, you have a vision of four beasts, 11:45 the lion, the bear, the leopard, the dragon 11:49 or the dragon-like beast, 11:52 and with 10 horns, you have a rise of a little horn. 11:55 So in Daniel, chapter seven, prophetically, 11:58 you have the same four empires 12:00 that are mentioned in Daniel two, 12:01 you have the Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, and Rome, 12:05 you have the breakup of the Roman Empire 12:07 depicted in the 10 toes of the image 12:09 and in the 10 horns of Daniel, chapter seven. 12:13 But in Daniel, chapter seven, you have the rise 12:14 of this little horn, a religious political power 12:17 that will try to change God's law. 12:20 But then you have the opening of the scenes of the judgment; 12:23 so Daniel is looking first at what takes place on earth, 12:28 then he looks up and sees this judgment scene 12:32 that's incredibly good news to him 12:34 because the earthly powers that have opposed 12:37 and oppressed God's plan and God's purposes 12:41 and God's people are destroyed. 12:42 So you look there at Daniel, chapter seven, 12:44 and can you read verses 9 and 10? 12:48 >>Verse nine says, "I watched till thrones were put 12:51 "in place, and the Ancient of Days was seated; 12:54 "His garment was white as snow, and the hair 12:56 "of His head was like pure wool. 12:58 "His throne was a fiery flame, its wheels a burning fire; 13:02 "a fiery stream issued and came forth from before Him. 13:06 "A thousand thousands ministered to Him; 13:08 "ten thousand times ten thousand stood before Him. 13:11 The court was seated, and the books were opened." 13:15 >>So here you have Daniel sees the opening 13:18 of the judgment that Revelation talked about. 13:21 >>So a beautiful connection, 13:22 we're gonna dig into that a little bit more, 13:25 but before we go to break, I wanna share with you 13:27 something that you do not want to miss. 13:30 Make sure you pick up a copy of the complement 13:33 to this quarter's Sabbath School lesson. 13:35 It is "Three Cosmic Messages" by Mark Finley, 13:39 a very powerful book that will add deeper insight, 13:43 more value to your study time. 13:45 You don't want to miss picking this book up. 13:48 Where can you find it? 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Daniel 8:14. 16:21 Daniel 8 starts with the vision of the ram 16:24 and the he-goat, 16:26 describing the rise of Medo-Persia, Greece, 16:30 and then after that both pagan Rome and papal Rome. 16:36 The angel asks a question 16:38 in Daniel, chapter eight, verse 13. 16:41 "How long [will] be the vision 16:43 concerning the daily sacrifice[s]...?" 16:45 Now, the word "sacrifices" is an added word, 16:49 the word "daily" is a Hebrew word "tamid," 16:52 that has to do with everything 16:53 that goes on in the sanctuary, 16:55 it has to do with the lights 16:57 in the sanctuary, the candlesticks, 16:59 it has to do with the incense in the sanctuary, 17:01 it has to do with the priesthood, 17:03 it's something that's continually happening 17:05 in the sanctuary, 17:06 so Daniel points us to the sanctuary. 17:10 The religious political power has trampled down 17:15 the truth about the sanctuary, 17:17 they've trampled down on the truth about Jesus 17:20 as our sacrifice, Jesus as our priest, high priest, 17:25 and here it says in verse 14, 17:29 "He said to me, 17:30 "'For two thousand three hundred days; 17:33 then the sanctuary will be cleansed,'" 17:34 or restored to its rightful place. 17:36 So at the end of the 2,300 days, 17:40 the sanctuary would be restored. 17:44 Now, what did the Jews understand about this idea 17:46 of the cleansing of the sanctuary? 17:48 At the end of the Jewish year, there was a day 17:51 called the Day of Atonement, which was a day of judgment, 17:54 where all sin was cleansed from the sanctuary. 17:59 So we see here a concept of the cleansing of the sanctuary, 18:05 we see the idea of judgment, it's embedded in that concept. 18:08 So the sanctuary would be restored, the truth about Jesus 18:13 as His death, His high-priestly ministry, His law, 18:17 all of that would be restored at the end of the 2,300 days. 18:22 Now, in Bible prophecy, Ezekiel 4, verse 6, 18:24 Numbers 14:32, 18:27 talk about one prophetic day 18:30 equaling one literal year, 18:33 so the 2,300 days are actually 2,300 years. 18:36 Now, when Daniel saw this, he didn't fully understand it; 18:40 he's wondering is this cleansing of the sanctuary 18:43 my people leaving Babylonian and Medo-Persian captivity 18:48 and going back to Jerusalem? 18:51 Is that what it's talking about? 18:53 So he doesn't understand it, 18:54 he's thinking 2,300 days, 2,300 years, 18:57 and you come to the end of this chapter, and Daniel faints 19:02 at the end of Daniel, chapter 8, verse 27. 19:06 "And I, Daniel, fainted," Daniel 8:27, 19:09 "...was sick for days; 19:10 "afterward I arose and went about the king's business. 19:14 I was astonished by the vision, but no one understood it." 19:17 So here you have Daniel fainting 19:20 and he doesn't understand the vision. 19:21 >>You know, when you start talking about 19:22 some of these prophecies, especially the ones 19:25 related to dates, a lot of times people get confused, 19:28 and though I've shared this with many people, 19:30 I haven't had anybody faint on me yet. 19:32 So Daniel was having a rough time, 19:34 and if Daniel ended at the end of Daniel, chapter eight, 19:37 we'd kind of be in a bit of a pickle, 19:39 but it doesn't and it goes into Daniel, chapter nine. 19:43 What happened after Daniel was struggling 19:45 with understanding this? 19:47 How did God help him through that? 19:49 >>You know, it says, pastor, that Daniel fainted 19:52 because he didn't understand the vision. 19:54 The ram and he-goat, Medo-Persia and Greece, 19:57 they were clearly explained, 19:59 the little horn power's clearly explained, 20:00 the portion of the vision that was not clearly explained 20:04 to Daniel was the 2,300 days that has to do 20:08 with the cleansing of the sanctuary, 20:10 the setting of all things right, the judgment, 20:13 that's what needed to be explained. 20:15 So time goes on and Daniel begins to pray 20:18 as this magnificent prayer in Daniel, chapter 9, 20:22 verses 1 through 19, 20:25 and while he's praying, in verse 20 of Daniel nine, 20:29 it says, "Now while I was speaking, praying, 20:30 "and confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel, 20:34 "and presenting my supplication[s] before the Lord my God," 20:37 verse 21, 20:39 "...while I was [praying] in prayer, the man Gabriel, 20:40 [who] I...[saw] in the vision at the beginning...." 20:42 What's the vision at the beginning? 20:44 It's the vision of Daniel 8. 20:46 So he says Gabriel comes back now to explain 20:50 the vision that he did not understand. 20:52 Verse 22, "He informed me, and talked with me, and said, 20:55 "'O Daniel, I am now come forth 20:57 to give [you] skill and understanding.'" 21:00 That's pretty exciting, isn't it? 21:01 He faints in Daniel 8, verse 27, 21:04 Gabriel comes back to explain the portion 21:07 of the vision that he doesn't understand, 21:09 and Gabriel begins, can you read verse 24 for us? 21:13 >>He says, "Seventy weeks are determined for your people 21:15 "and for your holy city, to finish the transgression, 21:19 "to make an end of sins, to make reconciliation 21:21 "for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, 21:25 "to seal up vision and prophecy, 21:27 and to anoint the Most Holy." 21:29 >>So, "Seventy weeks are determined [on] your people." 21:32 The word "determined" 21:33 is an interesting Hebrew word "chathak," 21:35 which means "cut off." 21:37 So 70 weeks are cut off from the 2,300 days 21:41 or the 2,300 years. 21:43 So if you look at the day-year principle, 70 weeks, 21:48 seven days in a week, seven times 70, 21:50 seven times zero is zero, seven times seven, 49, 21:53 we learned that, didn't we, in multiplication? 21:55 So you get 490 days or years, 21:58 490 years of this prophecy, whenever it begins, 22:03 relate to the Jews. 22:04 The rest of the 2,300 years, after you subtract 490, 22:08 take us down to the opening of the judgment. 22:11 Now if we can figure out when this begins, it will help us, 22:14 so now notice what it says too, 22:16 that "seventy weeks are determined 22:18 [on] your people," the Jews, "to make an end of sins, 22:21 to make reconciliation for iniquity." 22:23 Who would make reconciliation for iniquity? 22:24 The Messiah, Christ. 22:26 Who would bring in everlasting righteousness? 22:28 The Messiah, Christ. 22:29 Who would anoint the Most Holy in the sanctuary 22:31 to begin His priestly ministry? 22:32 Christ. When does this prophecy begin? 22:35 "Know therefore and understand, ...from the going forth 22:38 "of the command to restore and build Jerusalem 22:41 "until Messiah the Prince, 22:43 "shall be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks; 22:46 "[and] the street shall be built again, and the wall, 22:49 even in [troublous] times." 22:51 "Know therefore and understand, ...from the going forth 22:55 of the command to restore and build Jerusalem...," 22:57 if we can figure out when that took place. 23:00 There were three commands to restore and build Jerusalem; 23:03 the last of these commands, found in Ezra 7, 23:06 was given by Artaxerxes. 23:07 The uniqueness of this command, this last one, 23:10 was the Jews could go back and establish worship 23:14 and build their temple again; 23:16 they were given the national right as a people. 23:20 That decree went forth in 457 BC, 23:24 so if you take 457 BC as the starting point 23:27 and you go forward on the timeline 69 weeks 23:31 or seven times 69, 483 years, 23:35 it takes you to 27 AD, 23:37 there's no zero years, it takes you to 27. 23:39 What happens in the fall of 27? 23:41 >>In the fall of 27, there was a significant 23:43 baptism that took place. 23:45 >>Yeah, Jesus is baptized in the fall of 27 AD. 23:48 It is amazing that hundreds of years ahead of time, 23:51 and the word "Messiah" means...? 23:53 >>The anointed one. >>The anointed one. 23:54 So Jesus, according to Acts 10:38, 23:56 is anointed by the Holy Spirit at His baptism. 24:00 So, you have 27 AD. 24:02 Then verse 26, "After sixty-two weeks," 24:06 that is after this last portion, sometime after 27 AD, 24:09 "Messiah [will] be cut off," 24:10 or crucified, "but not for Himself." 24:13 When would that take place? Verse 27. 24:15 "He shall confirm [the] covenant with many for one week." 24:18 So if you have 69 weeks that run out in 27 AD, 24:23 you have one prophetic week left, seven years, 24:26 and at the end of that time, He confirms the covenant 24:29 He's made with Israel as a corporate nation, 24:31 as His chosen people, 24:33 then it says, "...in the middle of the week...." 24:36 So it's the middle of this last week, 24:37 in the middle of this last week, you have half of seven, 24:41 which is three and a half, 24:42 so if you have 69 weeks running out in 27 AD 24:48 and you have three and a half weeks left 24:49 from the fall of 27... >>331. 24:52 Yeah, 331. >>1831. 24:53 >>In the spring. >>In the spring, right. 24:54 >>And what event happens in the spring? 24:55 >>Well, there was a significant death. 24:57 >>Yeah. >>And that was 24:58 Jesus' death on the cross. 24:59 >>Yeah, and the Passover. >>The Passover. 25:01 >>And so Christ is the Passover Lamb who sacrificed for us, 25:05 and then you go three and a half years from that 25:07 and you get 34 in the fall, Stephen is stoned. 25:11 >>Stephen's stoned and the gospel going to the Gentiles. 25:13 >>Yeah, and the high priest rents his robe, 25:15 and you have the lawsuit covenant speech, 25:19 and so let's review that. 25:22 There would be 490 years that would relate 25:25 to the Jewish nation, first part of the prophecy. 25:29 Along that timeline, you have events 25:31 that would take place, the baptism of Christ, 25:34 Christ was baptized exactly on time, AD 27, 25:37 crucified exactly on time, spring of 31, Passover Lamb, 25:42 the gospel goes to the Gentiles, 34, exactly on time, 25:46 and if 490 years run out in--in 34 AD, 25:52 we got, of the 2,300 years, 490 from 2,300, 25:56 it's real math lesson today, >>Yes. 25:57 >>isn't it? 25:58 You got 1,810 years left. >>Right. 25:59 It takes you to 1844. >>1844. 26:01 >>Wow, the judgment would begin in 1844. 26:06 That means we're living in the judgment hour, 26:08 a time when the truth of God's Word 26:09 is to be restored to the entire world, 26:12 a time when the truth of God's Word 26:14 is to go forth to the ends of the earth, 26:16 a time to be sure our hearts are right with God. 26:19 >>So if there's somebody watching today who says, 26:22 "Okay, all that math makes sense," which it does, 26:26 "and I see that this applies to the judgment 26:27 "and I'm living in this time, 26:30 in the judgment hour, since 1844," 26:34 that's you and me, we're living in this time period, 26:36 what kind of words of encouragement would you give 26:38 to someone to be prepared for the day when their name 26:43 comes up in the courts of heaven? 26:46 >>Sure, the encouragement I would give is this, 26:50 in Christ, by Christ, through Christ, 26:54 there's no possibility that we could be lost. 26:58 In ourselves, in our sinful, proud, arrogant nature, 27:02 the heart is sinful above all things, 27:04 deceitful of all things, desperately wicked. 27:07 I would give you the encouragement that my friend 27:09 Pastor George Vandeman used to give, 27:12 the founder and director of It Is Written. 27:14 This is what George used to tell me all the time 27:16 and he told his audiences, 27:18 he said, "As I look at myself, I see no way I can be saved. 27:22 "As I look at Jesus, I can see no way that I can be lost. 27:27 In Christ, salvation is yours." 27:30 >>Pastor Mark, thank you once again 27:31 for joining us this week. 27:32 We are on an incredible journey through an incredible series 27:35 of messages in Revelation, chapter 14, 27:38 and we've still got 27:38 a few weeks to go. >>We do. 27:39 >>So exciting stuff ahead of us, 27:41 and we're excited to have you join us as well. 27:44 Incredible things in store as we look 27:47 at the message that God has for us. 27:50 Thanks for joining us again this week on "Sabbath School," 27:52 brought to you by It Is Written. 27:54 We'll see you again next week. 27:56 (inspiring music) 28:27 (music ends) |
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