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00:17 >>Welcome to "Sabbath School," 00:18 brought to you by It Is Written. 00:20 We are glad to have you back again this week 00:22 and every week with us as we journey through 00:26 an incredible series on three cosmic messages, 00:30 looking at the three angels' messages 00:32 in the heart of the book of Revelation. 00:35 And this week we're looking at lesson number eight, 00:38 "The Sabbath and the End." 00:40 We're going to find out why the Sabbath is so important 00:43 in our time and going forward, 00:46 and you're going to be impressed, inspired, 00:49 encouraged, amazed, we've got an exciting study this week, 00:54 but let's begin with prayer. 00:55 Father, we thank You for bringing us back together again 00:58 this week, and we anticipate a blessing 01:01 as we dive into the significance of the Sabbath, 01:04 and we ask that You will bless our time together. 01:06 We thank You in Jesus' name. 01:07 Amen. >>Amen. 01:09 >>Well, we're blessed once again this week 01:10 to have the author of this quarter's Sabbath School 01:13 lesson with us. 01:14 Pastor Mark Finley, he is an international speaker 01:17 and author, no stranger to It Is Written, 01:20 great to have you back, Pastor Mark. 01:21 >>It's always a joy to be here 01:24 at It Is Written and I've especially appreciated, 01:26 Pastor Eric, the opportunity to share with you, 01:28 two evangelists sharing together. 01:29 >>That's right. 01:31 And yet somehow we've managed to keep each study 01:32 to a half an hour, which is a minor miracle. 01:35 This study on "The Sabbath and the End," 01:38 why is the Sabbath so significant to God? 01:42 What role does it play? 01:44 What does it mean to Him and what should it mean to us? 01:46 >>The Sabbath significance 01:48 is really outlined in the Ten Commandments, 01:50 where God Himself wrote them on the tables of stone 01:54 with His own finger and He said, 01:55 "Remember the Sabbath day.... 01:57 "Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work: 01:59 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God." 02:02 Then the Sabbath commandment concludes with, 02:04 "For in six days the Lord made heaven...earth, 02:06 "the sea, [and the fountains of waters] 02:08 and all that in them is." 02:09 So the Sabbath points us back to Creation. 02:12 Creation is the very basis of all worship. 02:17 If God did not create us, if we simply evolved, 02:22 then life would have 02:25 no real purpose and meaning. 02:27 If we came from lower forms of life and evolved 02:30 and then simply die and go into the grave 02:34 and there is no future for us, 02:36 life has little purpose or meaning, 02:39 it's the survival of the fittest. 02:41 But the Sabbath pointing us back to Creation, 02:45 enables us to keep clearly in mind 02:49 that life does have a purpose, 02:51 that we were created by God, a loving God. 02:54 It also gives value to every life. 02:57 The Sabbath as a memorial of Creation, 03:00 reminds us that life is valuable. 03:02 I write about that in the introduction 03:05 to the Sabbath School lesson, 03:07 and I do wanna give a little clarification there. 03:10 It says, and could you read that first paragraph for us? 03:13 >>"The essence of humanity's dignity is a common Creation. 03:17 "The fact that we are uniquely created by God 03:20 "places value on every human being. 03:23 "The unborn in the mother's womb, the quadriplegic teenager, 03:27 "the...Down syndrome [young adult], 03:29 "and the Alzheimer-afflicted grandmother 03:31 "all have immense value to God. 03:34 "God is their Father. They are His sons and daughters. 03:38 "'God, who made the world and everything in it, 03:40 "'since He is Lord of heaven and earth, 03:42 "'does not dwell in temples made with hands.... 03:45 "'And He has made from one blood every nation of men 03:48 to dwell on all the face of the earth.'" 03:51 >>Creation enables us to recognize 03:54 that every human being has worth, 03:57 every human being has dignity, every human being has value. 04:02 Now let me tell you what we don't mean by this statement, 04:05 we don't mean that there are no anomalies, 04:08 we do not mean that there are no birth deformities, 04:12 we do not mean that God creates the Down syndrome child, 04:17 or that God Himself works 04:20 in the genes and chromosomes 04:22 to create birth defects, we don't mean that. 04:26 These situations take place because 04:31 of living in a sinful world, 04:34 and we live in a broken world. 04:36 What we do mean is this, 04:39 that the unborn child has value to God, 04:43 that the Down syndrome child has value to God, 04:46 that the Alzheimer's patient has value to God. 04:49 And if we recognize the fact that God is our Creator, 04:55 then even in a sinful world 04:58 every human life has sanctity and value 05:01 and that's one of the things 05:03 that we say when we celebrate Sabbath. 05:04 We praise the Creator God, 05:07 we thank God for the gift of life, 05:10 and we see the value of every human being. 05:13 >>Now, there are loud voices in the world today 05:16 who would have us believe that we were not created, 05:19 that we got here through the process of evolution, 05:24 macro evolution, we might call it, over long ages of time. 05:28 How does that, does that mesh with the Bible picture, 05:33 or if it doesn't, why doesn't it and how can it not mesh? 05:38 >>Let's go to Revelation, chapter 14. 05:40 It is quite remarkable that the message of Revelation, 05:44 particularly the Revelation, chapter 14, 05:48 the rise of the advent movement, 05:50 the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 05:52 the proclamation of the three angels' messages 05:55 was taking place at the exact time 06:01 that the evolutionary hypothesis 06:03 was being presented to the world. 06:06 One of the first drafts of Charles Darwin's 06:09 "Origin of the Species" was published in 1844. 06:14 Later it was further refined 06:18 and published in 1859. 06:20 But the three angels' messages, 06:22 after talking about the gospel 06:23 and the message going to the ends of the earth says, 06:26 "Fear God," we've looked at that, 06:28 take Him seriously, give Him glory in your lifestyle. 06:30 "The hour of His judgment has come; and worship Him 06:32 "who made heaven and earth, the sea 06:34 and [the fountains of] springs of water." 06:36 Worship the Creator. 06:37 So a message to worship the Creator 06:40 goes out in harmony with the judgment hour. 06:43 Those who've studied the book of Daniel 06:45 recognize from Daniel 8:14, 06:47 "Unto two thousand...three hundred days; 06:49 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 06:51 To the ancient Jew the sanctuary was the judgment, 06:55 the cleansing of the sanctuary 06:57 on the day of atonement was a day of judgment. 07:00 And so we have here this clock striking the hour 07:05 in a present-tense judgment, 07:07 that the hour of God's judgment has come from 1844, 07:10 and at the same time a message to go out, 07:12 to worship the Creator. 07:14 So this message is critically important 07:17 in a time of evolution. 07:19 Now you've asked why is it that you cannot harmonize 07:23 the evolutionary, macro evolutionary, 07:26 in that hypothesis with Creation? 07:32 If you go back to Genesis, chapter one, 07:34 there are a number of reasons why that cannot be done. 07:38 In Genesis one, verse one, would you read that, please? 07:41 >>"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth." 07:44 >>This is the first verse of the Bible, 07:46 it's the basis of all the Bible. 07:48 If God is not our Creator, 07:51 what qualifications does Christ have as our Redeemer? 07:55 If God is not our Creator, why does life exist at all? 07:59 Is it some divine joke? 08:00 Is it some cosmic accident? 08:03 And then the Bible goes down with the six days of Creation, 08:06 God resting on the seventh day. 08:08 If indeed there are no literal six days of Creation, 08:11 if they're long periods of time, 08:13 then the seventh-day Sabbath is totally irrelevant. 08:17 If indeed you don't have six literal days of Creation, 08:21 that are 24-hour periods, 08:23 how do you deal with the Ten Commandments 08:24 written with the finger of God on tables of stone? 08:27 Because it says, "Remember the Sabbath day, 08:29 to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour." 08:31 The Ten Commandments written with the finger of God 08:34 on tables of stone presuppose 08:37 that the days were literal 24-hour periods, 08:40 because you can't have a Sabbath, which is a 24-hour period, 08:43 if the first six days that it memorializes 08:46 are not a 24-hour period. 08:48 The other thing is this, 08:49 it says first day, second day, third day, 08:51 fourth day, fifth day, sixth day. 08:54 The word for "day" in the Hebrew language is "yom," 08:58 and every time a numeral is used before that word "day," 09:02 as an adjective, like first day, second day, 09:04 it qualifies it as a 24-hour period. 09:08 Now, the way some people get around this is they say, well, 09:12 Moses wrote in the language of humanity 09:14 and that's what we could understand, 09:17 and so therefore, Moses wrote in harmony 09:19 with the culture of his time, 09:21 and Moses thought it was a six-day creation, 09:24 but really we know scientifically it wasn't. 09:27 What that does, it takes the presupposed, 09:31 the supposed "facts of science" 09:34 and it tries to cram them into the biblical record. 09:38 I think to be honest with oneself, 09:40 it would be almost impossible, and I would say impossible, 09:45 you know, to harmonize the long ages of Creation 09:48 with the biblical narrative. 09:50 Psalm 33, verse 6 and verse 9 says, 09:53 "By the word of the Lord 09:54 "were the heavens made....He [spoke], and it was done; 09:57 He commanded, and it stood fast." 09:59 Hebrews 11 says that, verse 1 and 2, 10:02 we understand that the worlds were created 10:05 not from things that we see but by the word of God. 10:08 So the Bible is clear that God created the world 10:11 in six literal days and rested the seventh. 10:14 >>So that's one clear picture of 10:17 why the Sabbath is important, 10:18 it reminds us of the fact that He is our Creator. 10:22 You mentioned also in this week's lesson about the judgment 10:25 and you made mention of it just a moment ago. 10:27 What relationship does the Sabbath have to the judgment? 10:32 Elements of it are probably clear, some less so, 10:35 but why is it really integral to the judgment? 10:38 >>The Sabbath reminds us that God created us 10:41 and He fashioned us. 10:43 If we are created by God and did not evolve, 10:47 we are not merely products of our heredity and environment, 10:51 but we are moral creatures 10:53 that have responsibility for choices. 10:56 So the judgment presupposes again, 10:59 that God created us, 11:01 that we are rational beings with conscience, 11:04 reason, and judgment, 11:06 and as the Holy Spirit impresses our mind, 11:08 we can make positive decisions. 11:11 So if you simply evolve 11:15 from lower to higher forms of life, 11:18 if that's what happens, 11:20 and if you do not have conscience, reason, and judgment, 11:24 you're not a moral creature, 11:26 but you're simply an advanced animal, 11:30 then there is no light in the judgment, 11:33 because you're not responsible for your actions. 11:36 >>So if we are created, then we are moral beings, 11:40 then we are responsible for our actions, 11:42 and our actions are called, one day, into judgment. 11:46 And fortunately, the judgment is not something 11:48 that we need to fear if we are indeed 11:51 walking in the light that Christ has given to us 11:54 and embracing Him. 11:55 Any other thoughts on that? >>I do. I summarize this, 12:00 I think pretty succinctly, on Sunday's lesson 12:03 called "The Judgment, Creation, and Accountability." 12:07 It's right under the questions that are asked there, 12:11 that show the relationship between Revelation 14:7 12:14 and Romans 14:10, James 2. 12:17 It says, "Since we were created by God 12:19 "with the capacity to make moral choices, 12:22 "we are responsible for the decisions we make. 12:25 "If we were merely a random collection of cells, 12:29 "products of our heredity and environment only, 12:32 "our actions would largely be determined by forces 12:36 "over which we [have] no control. 12:39 But judgment implies moral responsibility." 12:44 So the first angel's message that calls us 12:46 to worship the Creator, calls us as moral beings, 12:50 as intelligent beings, as rational beings that can choose 12:55 to make positive choices prompted by the Spirit, 12:58 filled with the grace of God, 13:02 empowered by God's Spirit 13:05 to make positive choices for His kingdom. 13:08 >>And praise the Lord for that, 13:09 He gives us the opportunity to do that. 13:12 We're going to take a break in just a moment, 13:13 but before we do, I want to encourage you 13:16 if you haven't already done so, 13:17 to pick up the companion book 13:18 to this quarter's Sabbath School lesson. 13:21 It is called "Three Cosmic Messages" by Pastor Mark Finley. 13:25 You can find this book at itiswritten.shop, 13:28 and it goes into greater detail, greater depth, 13:31 on the subject that we are looking at week after week 13:35 in this quarter. "Three Cosmic Messages" 13:37 by Pastor Mark Finley, available at itiswritten.shop. 13:42 We're going to come back in just a moment 13:43 as we continue looking at the significance of the Sabbath 13:47 as it pertains to the three angels' messages. 13:50 We'll be right back. 13:51 (upbeat music) 13:56 >>Throughout the Bible, 13:57 mothers have played an important role 14:00 in advancing the kingdom of God. 14:02 Eve, Sarah, Rebekah, Jochebed, 14:07 Naomi, Elizabeth, Mary, 14:10 but no mother has had a greater impact 14:13 on the growth of God's kingdom 14:15 than a mother found in the heart of Revelation. 14:19 Don't miss "A Mother at War." 14:22 As we trace history from the war in heaven 14:25 all the way down to earth's last days, 14:28 you'll encounter a great red dragon 14:31 with seven heads and 10 horns, 14:33 a pregnant woman who has to fight 14:36 to save the life of her newborn, 14:38 you'll be witness to the battle of the ages 14:41 and see the ultimate victory of Christ and His church. 14:46 "A Mother at War," 14:48 brought to you by It Is Written TV. 14:56 >>You know that at It Is Written 14:58 we are serious about studying the Word of God 15:00 and we encourage you to be serious as well. 15:03 Well, here's what you do 15:04 if you wanna dig deeper into God's Word, 15:06 go to itiswritten.study 15:08 for the It Is Written Bible study guides online, 15:11 25 in-depth Bible studies 15:13 that will take you through the major teachings of the Bible. 15:16 You'll be blessed, 15:18 and it's something you'll want to tell others about as well. 15:19 itiswritten.study, go further, itiswritten.study. 15:26 (upbeat music) 15:31 >>Welcome back to "Sabbath School," 15:32 brought to you by It Is Written. 15:34 We are looking at the Sabbath and how it pertains 15:37 to the three angels' messages. 15:40 Pastor Mark, I'm going to quote you back to yourself 15:44 and give you an opportunity to explain 15:46 something that you penned in Monday's lesson. 15:50 Several paragraphs down, you write this, 15:53 "Scripture calls us to rest 15:55 "in His love and care each Sabbath. 15:58 "Sabbath is a symbol of rest, not of works; 16:01 "of grace, not legalism; of assurance, not condemnation; 16:06 "of depending upon Him, not upon ourselves. 16:10 "Each Sabbath, we rejoice in His goodness, and praise Him 16:13 for the salvation that can be found only in Christ." 16:17 Now, you and I have both been informed 16:21 that Sabbath is a sign of legalism, it's salvation by works; 16:25 when a person keeps the Sabbath, 16:27 we're trying to earn our salvation, 16:29 it's somehow legalistic or something like that. 16:31 We've both been accused of that, I'm sure. 16:34 But keeping the Sabbath is not about legalism. 16:37 Rightly understood, what is it? 16:41 >>First, the Sabbath, as we've talked in the first segment, 16:45 is a memorial of Creation. 16:47 When we come to worship on Sabbath, 16:50 we come in this world of commercialism, 16:54 this world of secularism and godlessness, 16:56 we come to an oasis in time. 17:00 It is our oasis in the desert where we come 17:03 to drink from the well of salvation, 17:07 we come to have our inner hunger 17:10 satisfied by Christ, 17:14 we come to worship the One that made us. 17:16 We say, "Lord, I'm not some speck of cosmic dust, 17:20 "I'm not some pebble by the road, not some tin can, 17:26 "pop can that's been run over by some car. 17:27 "I'm not a cow, not a mosquito, 17:32 but I'm created in the image of God." 17:34 So we come with a sense of sacredness on Sabbath, 17:38 with our hearts filled with praise 17:40 for the fact that God created us. 17:42 We did not choose to be born, but He chose us. 17:46 So we come with that sense. 17:47 But we come also resting in His love, resting in His care. 17:53 On Sabbath we rest in the One, not only that created us, 17:58 but the One that redeemed us. 18:00 We rest in His works, we rest in His grace, 18:04 we rest in His assurance of salvation. 18:08 So the Sabbath is not a symbol of legalism, 18:12 it is a symbol of righteousness by faith in Jesus Christ. 18:17 You know, it's very interesting, when Cain and Abel 18:21 brought their offerings, 18:23 Cain brought an offering of the fruits of the ground, 18:27 Abel brought the offering of-- 18:31 by faith in Christ, 18:33 in the animal sacrifice. 18:35 Cain's offering represented righteousness by works, 18:40 Abel's offerings represented righteous by faith. 18:43 I'm gonna be bold here. 18:46 If you worship on Sunday, you may not know it or not, 18:50 but that's a symbol of righteousness by works. 18:54 You say, "Mark, that is too bold," 18:56 let me explain. 18:58 Now, you may be saved by faith in Christ, 19:00 you may be a wonderful Christian, and I praise God for that, 19:02 but what I'm saying is this, Sunday is the work of man, 19:06 because Sunday is not established in the New Testament 19:10 as the day of worship. 19:12 It was initiated by priests and prelates 19:16 and Roman emperors 19:18 back in the early centuries. 19:21 So Sunday is the work of man, 19:24 Sabbath is the work of Christ. 19:27 So you can never be legalistic, 19:29 trusting in the work of Christ. 19:31 It was Jesus who was the Creator, Ephesians 3, verse 9, 19:34 Christ created us, Christ redeemed us, 19:37 so when we come on Sabbath, 19:39 we are coming in faith in Christ's work, 19:42 resting in His love, and it's not legalism. 19:46 >>That's encouraging, 19:47 and never thought of it in quite that context, 19:50 so that's illuminating. 19:52 Thank you for sharing that. 19:54 We know that Sabbath is also going to play a role 19:56 down at the very end of time. 19:58 There's going to be a conflict between days of worship 20:02 and so forth. 20:03 And you go into that in this week's lesson, 20:05 what role does the Sabbath have to play in end-time events? 20:10 >>It's outlined in Revelation, chapter 14. 20:13 And we will study, in the future, 20:16 in this Sabbath School series, on specifically 20:19 the mark of the beast, what that is, et cetera. 20:21 But when you come to Revelation 14, 20:24 there are three verses that I think we have to put together. 20:28 And if you would look at them for us, 20:30 Revelation 14, verse 7, then verse 9, then verse 12, 20:36 And I'll kind of--you can read them, Pastor Eric, 20:38 and then I'll kind of summarize them. 20:40 >>Verse seven begins, "Saying with a loud voice, 20:43 "'Fear God and give glory to Him, 20:45 "'for the hour of His judgment has come; 20:48 "'and worship Him who made heaven and earth, 20:50 the sea and springs of water.'" 20:53 Verse nine, "Then a third angel followed them, 20:55 "saying with a loud voice, 20:56 "'If anyone worships the beast and his image, 20:59 and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand.'" 21:02 Verse 10 describes some things that happened, then verse 12, 21:05 "Here is the patience of the saints, 21:07 "here are those who keep the commandments of God 21:10 and the faith of Jesus." 21:12 >>The conflict between good and evil 21:14 in the book of Revelation is over worship. 21:16 Is Christ worthy of worship as our Creator? 21:19 Is Christ worthy of worship as our Redeemer? 21:21 Jesus reveals His worthiness for worship. 21:26 Then here, 21:27 in Revelation 14, verse 7, 21:32 it's a call to worship the One who is worthy, 21:35 to worship the One who did create us, 21:37 worship Him who made heaven, earth, sea, 21:40 and the fountains of water, worship the Creator. 21:43 You remember in Revelation 4, verse 11, it says, 21:46 "Thou art worthy, O Lord, 21:48 "to receive glory...honour and power; 21:49 [because you] created all things." 21:51 How do we worship the Creator? 21:53 By worshiping Him on the memorial of Creation 21:57 that He has given, the Sabbath. 21:59 So the call to worship the Creator 22:01 is a call to Sabbath worship. 22:04 Now, in verse 9, it says, "If anyone worships the beast." 22:10 So the call to worship the beast 22:13 is in opposition 22:15 to the call to worship the Creator. 22:17 There are two worships, the worship of the Creator, 22:20 the worship of the beast. 22:21 There are two signs, the Sabbath, 22:23 and that which is opposite of the Sabbath, 22:26 Sunday, or the day of the sun, 22:30 which came in through sun worship. 22:32 But all of this conflict between worshiping the Creator, 22:35 worshiping the beast, comes to focus, 22:38 it comes to a focal point in verse 12, where it says, 22:42 "Here is the patience of the saints," 22:44 that is the endurance of the saints 22:46 who've endured this great crisis over the mark of the beast. 22:51 "Here are they that keep the commandments of God 22:53 and the faith of Jesus." 22:57 So here are those who, through the faith of Christ 22:59 living in their hearts, keep the commandments of God. 23:01 But what is it 23:02 that enables them to keep the commandments of God? 23:04 It, of course, the grace of Christ. 23:06 But true and false worship, worshiping Creator, 23:10 worshiping the beast, come to a focal point 23:13 in the keeping of the commandments of God. 23:14 So this is part of the last day-- 23:19 the last day, end-time message of Christ. 23:23 And here, in the Sabbath school lesson, 23:27 I point out right on Wednesday's lesson, 23:32 these passages, that is, Revelation 14:7, 9, and 12. 23:36 "These passages make it clear that the central issue 23:40 "in the conflict in the last days between good and evil, 23:42 "Christ and Satan, is worship. 23:44 "Do we worship the Creator or the beast? 23:46 "And because Creation forms the ground for all our beliefs 23:50 "(after all, what do we believe that makes any sense 23:55 "apart from God as our Creator?), 23:56 "the seventh-day Sabbath-- 23:58 "embedded in the Genesis Creation account..., 24:00 "--stands as the eternal 24:02 "and immutable sign of that Creation. 24:05 "It's the most basic symbol of the most basic teaching. 24:09 "The only thing more fundamental to it is God Himself. 24:13 "Hence, to usurp the seventh-day Sabbath 24:15 "is to usurp the Lord's authority 24:17 "at the most prime level possible, 24:20 that of His identity as Creator." 24:23 >>So it plays a significant role 24:24 and gets down at the very, very heart of things 24:27 and plays a significant role at the very end of time. 24:30 Let's jump to another significant question. 24:36 What about eternity? 24:37 What role does the Sabbath play 24:40 in pointing us forward to eternity? 24:43 That's where we're wanting to go, 24:44 that's where we're longing to go. 24:46 What role does it play in helping us understand eternity? 24:49 >>Every time, as we worship on Sabbath, 24:50 we say, "God, You created the world once, 24:52 "and You're gonna re-create it again. 24:54 You're gonna re-create a new heavens and a new earth." 24:58 Heaven is a slice of eternity. 25:02 Abraham Heschel, the very famous Jewish author, 25:05 wrote a book called "The Palace in Time." 25:07 And he said every Sabbath, the palace from heaven 25:11 descends to earth and God beckons us to enter 25:14 into this palace. 25:17 Most palaces are made in literal space, 25:20 they have physical features, 25:23 but the Sabbath is a palace in time 25:25 that God invites us to come into. 25:26 And you know, Abraham Heschel's daughter 25:29 wrote an introduction to his book. 25:32 It's found here in "The Sabbath and Eternal Rest," 25:36 you may have it, her name is Susannah Heschel, 25:40 and it's the second paragraph on page 69, if you have that. 25:44 It says, in the introduction of Heschel's book, 25:47 and just read that one paragraph. 25:48 You know, when I was studying 25:49 for these Sabbath school lessons, 25:51 I had not been familiar with this concept of Judaism, 25:55 and it's just remarkable. 25:57 So go ahead and read it. 25:58 >>"In the introduction to Heschel's book 25:59 "on the beauty and solemnity of the Sabbath, 26:01 "Susannah Heschel, his daughter, 26:03 "writes of the significance of the Sabbath in these words: 26:05 "'The Sabbath is a metaphor for paradise 26:09 "'and a testimony [of] God's presence; 26:11 "'in our prayers, we anticipate a messianic era 26:14 "'that will be a Sabbath, and each Shabbat 26:17 "'prepares us for that experience: 26:20 "'Unless one learns how to relish the taste of Sabbath... 26:23 "'one will be unable to enjoy the taste of eternity 26:27 in the world to come.'" 26:28 >>Isn't that amazing? 26:30 In other words, Sabbath is a slice of eternity. 26:33 So when I come to worship on Sabbath, 26:34 what three things are in my mind? 26:36 First, God, You're my Creator, 26:38 and I'm worshiping with my brothers and sisters here, 26:41 that all barriers are broken down. 26:43 Secondly, Jesus, You're my Redeemer, 26:46 You are the One that died for me, I'm resting in Your grace, 26:49 Your love, Your goodness. 26:50 And thirdly, Jesus, eternity is coming, 26:54 and Sabbath is a slice of eternity 26:56 where I can fellowship with You now, 26:58 preparation to fellowship with You through all eternity. 27:01 >>Amen. 27:02 A slice of heaven, a slice of what is to come, 27:06 a taste of what God has in store for us. 27:10 Pastor Mark, thank you for helping us to understand 27:12 the significance of the Sabbath 27:14 with respect to the three angels' messages. 27:17 We're going to continue looking at these 27:19 three incredible cosmic messages 27:22 as our studies go on. 27:24 We still have a few weeks left 27:26 as we bring everything together in a better, 27:29 more complete, more personal 27:32 understanding of what these three angels' messages 27:36 mean to you and to me, and to really, 27:39 honestly, everyone on the face of the earth. 27:42 So we pray that God will bless you 27:44 between now and next week when we get together again. 27:47 Until then, we look forward to seeing you next time 27:50 on "Sabbath School," brought to you by It Is Written. 27:54 (upbeat music) 28:25 (music ends) |
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