Participants: Pr. Kenneth Cox
Series Code: RJC
Program Code: RJC000018
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00:22 Good evening and we would like to welcome each of you
00:25 as we continue this series on 00:28 The Revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:31 In this particular part we are covering Revelation 00:35 the 13th chapter through the 16th chapter. 00:40 And tonight we're beginning with the first part 00:45 of the 14th chapter. 00:48 In that 14th chapter are three angels. 00:52 And so tonight we're taking a look at the first angel. 00:59 What does that angel have to say? 01:01 What does it mean to you and to me? 01:04 Very, very vital subject, and so we hope you'll 01:09 get your Bible and paper and pencil and follow along. 01:14 And those of you that are watching by television 01:17 thank you for tuning in again. 01:19 Those of you that are listening by the radio, welcome 01:22 and also on the Internet. We're glad that each of you 01:25 are joining us and we hope that 01:27 as we go through this it will be clear. 01:30 This is a subject tonight where you really 01:33 need to probably have a pad and a pencil so you can 01:38 put down some things as we go through 01:40 because we're going to be doing... I guess 01:44 you'd want to call it... quite a bit of mathematics tonight. 01:47 And so follow along as we take a look at it. 01:51 And we hope it'll... it'll bless you in a special way. 01:54 Our subject tomorrow evening is entitled: 02:01 And that angel is crying out: "Babylon is fallen. " 02:07 And I'd just like to clarify something. 02:10 This message it talks about here 02:13 is about the fall of Babylon. 02:16 That's what we'll be talking about tomorrow evening. 02:19 But the destruction of Babylon doesn't take place, folks, 02:25 until you hit the 18th chapter. 02:29 And so... just so as you're reading and studying 02:33 you'll be able to put that together 02:34 because one talks about its fall, 02:37 the other talks about the destruction of Babylon. 02:40 So follow as we go along with it. 02:43 But tonight we're taking a look at the first angel... 02:49 and what the scripture tells us about this angel 02:54 and what he has to say. 02:56 So we hope you'll enjoy it as we go through 03:01 Revelation the 14th chapter. 03:04 We'd like to welcome back the His Voice quartet. 03:09 I hope you have enjoyed them as much as I have. 03:13 They've been a real blessing to us here 03:17 and we're just glad that they're here tonight. 03:19 They're going to be singing a medley tonight of two songs. 03:24 One: Oh, For a Thousand Tongues 03:27 and To God Be The Glory. 03:30 So I'm sure you're going to enjoy that. 03:32 But before they sing I'm going to ask Chuck to come 03:35 and to share the scripture 03:37 that we're going to be looking at tonight. 03:42 Good evening. 03:43 If you have your Bible again, let's turn to the book of 03:46 Revelation... Revelation chapter 14, 03:49 we're going to read verses 6 and 7. 03:52 Revelation chapter 14 verses 6 and 7. 03:59 Let's read together: 04:25 May God add His blessing to His Word tonight. 04:32 O for a thousand tongues to sing 04:38 My great Redeemer's praise, 04:42 The glories of my God and King, 04:48 The glories of my God 04:53 and King, 04:55 The triumphs of His grace! 05:01 The triumphs of His grace! 05:07 To God be the glory - 05:11 great things He hath done! 05:14 So loved He the world that He 05:18 gave us His Son, 05:21 Who yielded His life an atonement for sin 05:27 And opened the Lifegate 05:30 that all may go in. 05:34 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, 05:37 Let the earth hear His voice! 05:40 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, 05:44 Let the people rejoice! 05:47 O come to the Father thru Jesus the Son, 05:53 And give Him the glory - 05:57 great things He hath done! 06:01 Great things He hath taught us, 06:05 great things He hath done, 06:08 And great our rejoicing 06:11 thru Jesus the Son; 06:14 But purer and higher 06:18 and greater will be 06:21 Our wonder, our transport, 06:24 when Jesus we see. 06:28 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, 06:31 Let the earth hear His voice! 06:34 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, 06:38 Let the people rejoice! 06:41 O come to the Father 06:44 thru Jesus the Son, 06:48 And give Him the glory - 06:51 great things He hath done! 06:56 Praise the Lord, praise the Lord, 07:00 Let the whole world hear 07:03 His voice! 07:26 Our heavenly Father, 07:29 tonight as we come before You 07:35 we come Lord first to give You honor and glory and praise. 07:43 Thankful that You are righteous and just 07:49 in all that You do. 07:52 Bless us tonight 07:55 as we take a look at this message that You have given 08:01 that's to be proclaimed to all the world 08:06 to prepare us for the coming of Jesus. 08:10 We pray that our hearts may be open 08:14 and we might be receptive to Your Word. 08:17 For this we ask in Christ's name, Amen. 08:28 There's two things in this first angel's message 08:34 that I want us to look at tonight. 08:36 And so we'll go back and take a look at the text. 08:39 And it says here: 09:09 Two things in there that we want to look at tonight, 09:12 and one, we want to look at 09:14 "the hour of God's judgment has come... " 09:17 that's what we want to establish... and the other is 09:20 "worship Him who made heaven and earth. " 09:24 Those are the two things that we're going to look at tonight. 09:27 So follow along now as we take a look at what 09:31 the scripture has to say about the hour of God's judgment. 09:36 You see, God's judgment is based upon His law. 09:41 In fact, all judgment is based upon law. 09:47 You have to... it has to be that way. 09:51 You wouldn't dare have it any other way... 09:54 so it has to be based on law. 09:57 So what I'd like for us to do is for us to take a look 09:59 at what the scripture has to say about God's law. 10:04 What does it tell us about God's law? 10:20 So when you take a look at God's law, 10:23 scripture tells us that His law is holy, it's just, it's good. 10:29 Those are the characteristics of God's law. 10:34 It's holy, it's just, it's good. 10:37 So if God is going to base His judgment 10:41 upon His law, then things must 10:46 come up to that. 10:48 If they don't come up to that, then we're in trouble. 10:53 It also says this about God's law: 11:04 So the Bible tells us that God's law operates 11:09 in the spiritual realm. 11:12 God's law is spiritual... it's holy, it's just, it's good. 11:16 So there's nothing wrong with God's law. 11:22 I run onto people who attack 11:25 God's law or they try to do away with it 11:30 and say that it doesn't apply today. 11:33 But dear friend, if you do that, we're in serious trouble. 11:37 See? So God's law... very, very important. 11:41 The problem is not with God's law, 11:44 the problem is with us 11:48 because the law is spiritual but I am carnal 11:53 sold under sin. And therefore, since that is the problem - 11:59 and that "I am carnal, sold under sin" - 12:03 then it says: 12:18 You see, law - I don't care what law you're talking about, 12:24 whether you're talking about God's law or whether you're 12:27 talking about man's law does not make any difference - 12:31 all law demands that if you break it 12:35 a penalty has to be paid. 12:38 If there's no penalty on a law, 12:43 nobody pays any attention to it. 12:45 I've been some places in the world 12:48 where there wasn't a penalty 12:51 or at least it was not enforced 12:53 and nobody paid any attention to it, see. 12:57 But in order for the law to have any strength, to have any say, 13:03 to have any power, it has to have a penalty. 13:07 And God turns around and places the supreme penalty 13:12 on breaking His law because it tells us: 13:20 So it's very clear that you and I... 13:25 sorry, we're in trouble. 13:28 Because we are carnal - sold under sin - we are 13:34 guilty, if you please, of breaking God's law. 13:39 That we are... all of us, 13:42 and the penalty for that is death. 13:47 So this is the basis of the judgment. 13:51 Now it says: 14:03 Those who are going to be judged by the law of liberty? 14:06 How is there liberty in the law? 14:12 That's what it says. So, you know... 14:15 "be judged by the law of liberty. " How does that? 14:19 How does that happen? 14:21 Well it only happens as you understand 14:24 what Christ has done. 14:27 That's the only way there is liberty. And it says: 14:40 Marvelous text, folks. 14:42 If you don't have that one underlined in your Bible, 14:44 you should underline it because it makes it clear 14:47 that God didn't say: "Straighten up! 14:51 Fly right. Do what is right and then I will love you. " 14:58 It says that God demonstrated His love 15:02 in that He came and He died for us 15:05 while we were still sinners. 15:09 So God loves you just exactly like you are. 15:16 That's the way God loves you. 15:18 His love does not change. 15:21 I mean, it just doesn't change because of your behavior. 15:27 That does not change God's love. 15:30 He died for you; He loves each one, 15:34 and therefore this is something that He did for you and for me. 15:38 He came and He died... all right. 15:41 Now I want you to follow because what we're talking about 15:45 tonight centers around the sanctuary. 15:49 In the sanctuary was a compartment 15:52 called the most holy place, 15:54 and in that compartment was a piece of furniture 15:57 called the ark. See? 16:00 And on that ark - or beside that ark - 16:04 were two angels. 16:06 And in between those two angels 16:10 was what was called the mercy seat. 16:13 That is where the Shekinah glory of God dwelt. 16:18 In the ark - down in the chest in the ark - 16:23 was the law... the Ten Commandments. 16:27 That is extremely important. 16:30 If you don't understand that, dear friend, grab hold 16:34 because that is very, very vital 16:37 because I'm going to read a text to you 16:39 that makes all the difference. 16:42 The mercy seat was there above... 16:48 get it clear... It was above the law. 16:55 It did not have the law above the mercy seat 17:00 but the mercy seat was above the law. 17:05 OK, let's look: 17:19 "Mercy triumphs over judgment. " 17:25 Only as you and I understand the mercy and the grace 17:31 of Jesus Christ that's given to each one of us 17:34 only then and ONLY THEN 17:39 can you find liberty in the law 17:45 because I find what Christ did for me 17:49 has set me free. 17:53 I am no longer... When I accept Him 17:56 I am no longer under condemnation. 18:00 The law and I are no longer at odds. 18:04 When I am away from Christ - I don't know Christ, 18:09 the law can only condemn. 18:13 But when I come to Christ and He who died for me 18:18 and loves me and gives to me if you please 18:24 His righteousness... only then can I stand 18:30 before the law and are at peace 18:36 with God's law. OK: 18:58 If I hear God's Word... I believe in Christ, 19:03 I believe in what He did for me, 19:06 I accept His death, I accept His righteousness 19:10 in my behalf... Watch: 19:25 Wonderful that if I come to Christ 19:28 that I have passed from death unto life. 19:32 I do not come into judgment. 19:36 How is that possible that I don't come into judgment? 19:43 Well, it's possible in the sense that Christ 19:48 stands in your place. 19:52 You don't come into judgment. 19:54 Christ stands in your place in the judgment. 20:01 Let me tell you a little secret: 20:06 if Jesus Christ which the scripture says is your 20:09 Advocate, your Mediator, OK? 20:13 If He is your Advocate and your Mediator, 20:19 He's never lost a case. 20:22 You can't lose, see? 20:26 But dear friend let me tell you: the truth of it is 20:29 if you don't have Christ, you don't stand a chance. 20:36 Just... just that true. 20:38 So if you accept Christ, He takes your place... 20:44 stands in your place in the judgment. 20:47 OK, Jesus is coming back. 20:52 When He comes back, 20:55 every case will have been decided. 21:02 Every case will have been decided because it says: 21:27 Christ tonight is our Advocate, He's our Representative. 21:32 He represents us before God. 21:36 But there's going to come a day when He's going to stop 21:41 and He's going to take off His robes as Priest - 21:49 ministering in your behalf and mine - 21:51 and He's going to put on His robes as the King of Kings 21:55 and the Lord of Lords, and He's going to say those words. 22:01 Going to say: "He that is unjust let him be unjust still. " 22:05 God in His mercy has done everything He can do 22:10 for mankind. 22:15 Probation has closed. 22:32 The curtain of mercy 22:37 has fallen 22:39 and Jesus comes back. 22:43 So it tells us here that when He comes 22:46 He's going to bring what? His reward with Him. 22:50 It says that every case has been decided. 22:53 He's bringing His reward with Him. 22:55 You can't pass out rewards and then have judgment later. 23:00 That doesn't work. Let's look at another one about that: 23:15 So every case has been decided when Jesus comes. 23:20 So let's take a look. 23:22 If every case is decided, 23:26 then judgment has to have already taken place. 23:30 So when he says: "The hour of God's judgment has come, " 23:35 let's take a look at that. It's mentioned in the book of Daniel, 23:39 Daniel the 8th chapter. 23:41 And the 8th chapter and verse 14 says: 23:52 OK, I told you this centers pretty much 23:55 around the sanctuary. 23:56 Said: "Unto two thousand three hundred days... 23:59 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. " 24:03 That was known as the Day of Atonement 24:09 or if you please the Day of Judgment. 24:13 That's what it was known as. 24:15 And on this particular day 24:18 all of Israel came up to the sanctuary. 24:22 And on that day the high priest was going to 24:28 go through the holy place which you see on the screen 24:32 and he was going to part that veil 24:35 and he was going to walk in before the ark. 24:39 Going to walk in before the ark 24:42 where the Shekinah glory of God was 24:46 but also where the mercy seat is 24:50 and underneath that was the law. 24:53 That's what he's going to go in there... 24:56 And he's going to go in and he's going to confess 25:01 the sins of Israel. 25:04 Cleansing of the sanctuary was... took place. 25:08 Now this text says: "Unto two thousand three hundred days... 25:14 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed. " 25:17 Can't be referring to the one on earth; 25:22 had to be referring to the one up in heaven. 25:28 So watch now as he begins to explain it. 25:38 So you must keep in mind... if you've got your pad, 25:41 your notebook and stuff, 25:43 you must keep in mind that we are talking about 25:48 2300 days. 25:51 Don't lose that fact 25:54 that we're explaining 2300 days. 25:59 OK? So it's 2300 days... 26:02 then the sanctuary shall be cleansed. 26:04 When Daniel had that vision 26:09 he didn't understand it. 26:10 He couldn't put it together. 26:12 And so when you move into the 9th chapter of Daniel 26:16 Daniel is praying that God will help him understand... 26:19 that He'll give him some understanding of this vision. 26:23 And while Daniel is praying, this is what happens: 26:40 So he's praying and while he's praying 26:42 God has sent this angel Gabriel to Daniel, 26:47 and He sent him to him for this purpose: 26:59 So he said: "I've come, Daniel, in answer to your prayer 27:03 to help you understand this vision. " 27:07 So I want you to watch this evening as the angel Gabriel 27:11 tells Daniel what's involved here and puts it all together 27:15 step by step so that he can understand. 27:18 To begin with here in Daniel 27:22 he says... the angel Gabriel is telling Daniel: 27:32 Now out of that 2300 years 27:36 seventy weeks of it are determined. For what? 27:40 OK. "For your people and your holy city. " 27:44 In other words he's saying: "God is giving the Jewish people 27:48 seventy weeks. " That's what he's telling him. 27:52 And in that seventy weeks, 27:54 He's asking that they do these things. 27:58 OK. "To finish the transgression. " 28:02 Stop... stop sinning. Stop doing the things they were doing. 28:25 These were the things that God said to the Jewish people: 28:28 "I'm going to give you 70 weeks 28:30 and in that 70 weeks, this is what you need to accomplish. " 28:36 OK. 28:43 Well I can have 70 weeks, but it really doesn't mean anything - 28:51 didn't mean anything to Daniel - 28:52 didn't mean anything to you or me - 28:54 unless we can find a starting point. 28:58 If you can't find a starting point, nothing fits. OK? 29:04 So the angel Gabriel doesn't leave him in doubt. 29:07 He gives him a starting point. 29:09 He says here in Daniel 9:25: 29:31 So he's giving him a starting point. He's saying: "Daniel, 29:35 from the time the decree is given - 29:38 decree goes forth to restore and build Jerusalem - 29:43 it's going to be 69... " that's what you have 29:50 when you've got 7 weeks and 62 weeks: that's 69... 29:53 "It's going to be 69 weeks unto the Messiah the Prince. " 30:00 OK? That's what he's telling him. 30:03 So can we find a starting date? 30:07 Yes we can. The scripture gives you one. 30:10 It's found in the book of Ezra: 30:12 Ezra the 7th chapter and verse 12. And it says: 30:36 That decree was given in 457 BC. 30:43 Now we have a starting point. He said from 457 BC 30:49 unto the Messiah the Prince 30:52 will be 69 weeks. 30:56 OK... what we find. 30:59 Well if I've got 69 weeks, let's put some things together 31:04 and see if we can make this all work out. 31:06 Now if we get into a little math here, and it won't confuse you 31:10 if you just follow carefully, all right? 31:12 To begin with, the Bible says that in Bible prophecy 31:17 a day represents one year. 31:21 OK, that's what it tells us. 31:32 So when you're looking at Bible prophecy - 31:35 don't try to apply it out of Bible prophecy - 31:38 but in Bible prophecy a day will represent one year. 31:43 OK, so if I have 69 weeks 31:50 and I want to find out well how much time that is, 31:55 how many days are there in a week? 31:58 Seven. So I must simply multiply 32:03 7 times 69. 32:07 If I multiply 7 times 69, 32:11 that gives me 483 32:16 and each day represents a year. 32:22 So if each day represents a year that gives me a total of 32:26 483 years. 32:31 Now he said: This is the time that's determined 32:34 upon your people. " So folks, these are years 32:40 that we're pulling out of the 2300 years. 32:46 See? Because that 2300 days - 32:49 says a day represents a year, 32:51 so I've got 2300 years - and I'm pulling this out. 32:55 Have to understand that 'cause we're still looking 32:57 at a total 2300. All right. 33:02 So he said: "69 weeks. " 33:05 Well, in BC dates you simply subtract. 33:10 OK? So if I've got 483 years 33:15 and I subtract 457 from that, 33:20 that gives me 27. 33:24 You have to take into consideration 0 here. 33:28 OK. So it gives me 27 years... 33:33 taking me to the date of 27 AD. 33:38 Well let's see if we can establish what happened 33:40 because he said he gave us 69 weeks unto what? 33:46 Unto Messiah the Prince. 33:50 Dear friend, if you're here... if you're watching tonight 33:54 on television or listening on the radio 33:57 or on the Internet 34:00 and you have some question in your heart about Jesus Christ 34:04 being the Messiah and being the Son of God, 34:08 then you need to take into account this prophecy 34:13 because I'm sharing with you a text here 34:15 where it has been foretold hundreds and hundreds of years 34:20 exactly when Christ would begin His ministry. 34:25 Let's see if that's what happened. 34:27 Luke the 3rd chapter verse 1: 35:04 John the Baptist went preaching - 35:08 preaching a baptism for the remission of sin - 35:11 and among those that came to John to be baptized 35:16 was none other than Jesus Christ. 35:18 Because if you come on down to the 21st verse 35:21 of this same chapter: 35:32 Now folks, this ties down the date for you 35:35 because it says in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, 35:40 Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea. 35:42 If you look up in secular history 35:45 the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, the date is 27 AD. 35:52 So I mean it ties it down solidly. 35:56 And by the way, one of those things in that list about them 36:00 it says to "seal up the vision and the prophecy. " 36:06 And this was part of what seals up the vision and the prophecy. 36:09 It establishes the date without any question of a doubt. 36:12 So Jesus came, was baptized. Watch as it goes on: 36:44 So it tells us clearly that in 27 AD Jesus began His ministry 36:50 as the Messiah. It would be "69 weeks 36:55 unto Messiah the Prince... " 36:59 right exactly as the scripture had foretold. 37:03 OK. So we've looked at 69 weeks 37:09 but we started out with how many weeks? 37:13 Seventy. "Seventy weeks are determined on your people. " 37:17 We've looked at 69, so that leaves us what? 37:21 Well that leaves us one week, right? 37:25 Yeah, we have one week left over... 37:27 and that is basically what we call the 70th week. 37:32 All right? The 70th week. 37:35 He said to "seal up the vision and the prophecy. " 37:39 So we need to take a look at what took place 37:41 on this 70th week. 37:44 Most important because it seals the prophecy 37:48 so there is no question about it. 37:50 I run onto people that try to change this. 37:55 And the reason they change it is because it doesn't 37:58 fit quite the way they want to interpret scripture. 38:03 But you have to take a look at what the scripture says. 38:07 So let's look at this 70th week and see what it tells us. 38:22 Now when it says "He shall confirm the covenant, " 38:26 this is talking about the covenant that God made 38:29 with the Jewish people. 38:31 That God made with people period. 38:35 The covenant that He made. And He said He was going to 38:38 "confirm the covenant with them for one week 38:41 and in the very middle of the week He would bring 38:45 the sacrifice and the offerings to an end. " 38:49 Well, if I've got one week 38:54 and I'm going to take a look at it, 38:57 so one week is how many years? 39:01 Seven years. 39:03 OK? One week... each day represents a year. 39:07 So I've got seven years. 39:10 If I add 7 to 27 AD, it takes me to? 39:16 34 AD. 39:19 OK. So that's the week we're going to look at. 39:22 And it said in the middle of the week 39:25 He would cause the sacrifices and oblations 39:28 or offerings to cease. 39:31 If I go to the middle, that's how many years? 39:36 Well that's 3-1/2 years. 39:39 So if I go 3-1/2 years, that takes me to the middle 39:43 of the week... at which time he said the offering 39:47 and sacrifices were all going to come to an end. 39:52 Well, Christ's ministry lasted? 39:57 3-1/2 years. 40:01 So if I come 3-1/2 years, does the scripture record 40:05 anything that took place? 40:23 Right in the middle of the week 40:27 He confirmed the covenant. Do you understand that? 40:32 That He confirmed the covenant? 40:36 That means, dear friend, that covenant that He made 40:39 where He would forgive you of your sins 40:44 and do away with your iniquity 40:49 and make you His people. 40:52 He sealed that... sealed that on Calvary. 40:57 He died... He shed His blood on behalf of you and me 41:04 right in the middle of the week. 41:07 With His death the sacrifices, 41:13 the offerings came to an end 41:17 because the Lamb of God had died. 41:22 The supreme sacrifice in your behalf and mine 41:26 came to... happened. 41:29 Demonstrated His love towards us 41:32 that while we were still sinners He died for us. 41:35 He died there on the cross in your behalf and mine. 41:40 That was exactly in the middle of the week 41:45 as He had prophesied. 41:48 At the same time, in the temple 41:52 the priest is about ready to offer the sacrifice, 41:56 the offering, when all of a sudden that veil 42:00 that we talked about that separated the holy and 42:02 the most holy place... that veil began to tear 42:05 at the top and it tore all the way to the bottom. 42:17 And the way into the most holy place was opened up... 42:23 showing that that sanctuary service 42:27 had come to an end. 42:30 The Lamb of God had died. 42:36 As the Bible prophesied, it took place. 42:44 But if I have 3-1/2 years 42:51 and I have left 3-1/2 years, 42:55 it takes me to 34 AD. 42:58 He said: "Seventy weeks are... " What? 43:01 "Determined for your people and your holy city. " 43:06 He said "I'm going to give you 70 weeks - 43:09 490 years - 43:13 are determined upon you and your people. " 43:17 Well, when we get to 34 AD 43:23 what happened? 43:25 Time came to an end for the Jewish people. 43:29 And I want to clarify something, folks. 43:33 When he said: "Seventy weeks are determined upon you 43:36 and your people, " it did not mean 43:40 that they could not find salvation. 43:44 Didn't mean that at all. 43:46 It meant that God was going to give them 43:50 490 years to accomplish what He wanted them to do. 43:57 But if they did not do that 44:00 then He was going to turn another direction. 44:04 The Jewish people can find salvation 44:08 just the same way as anyone else: 44:13 just simply by opening their heart 44:16 and accepting Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior 44:20 gives them salvation. 44:24 They bring with them a lot of things 44:29 that you and I didn't know. 44:35 They bring with them a heritage and a background 44:38 that is absolutely wonderful. 44:41 All that... and they find fulfillment in it 44:44 in Jesus Christ. 44:47 And those things that they have believed and been taught 44:50 all those years, when that person accepts Christ 44:53 into their heart as their Savior, all of that opens up 44:57 and they become rich in their understanding of God's Word. 45:02 So they're... they are blessed in a special way. 45:07 But they can find salvation just like you and I 45:10 can find salvation. 45:13 But what happened? In 34 AD 45:16 God called... called a man 45:23 by the name of Saul of Tarsus: 45:30 Saul of Tarsus... a Pharisee of the Pharisees... 45:37 on the road to Damascus. 45:41 And Christ spoke to him, and there in the city of Damascus 45:46 he found Christ as his Savior. 45:50 And He said "Go" - speaking of Ananias - 46:02 So in 34 AD, the gospel 46:05 was to go to the Gentiles. 46:10 That's exactly what happened. 46:12 "Seventy weeks are determined on your people. " 46:14 When that came to an end, the gospel went to the Gentiles. 46:19 So as we look at this 2300 "Unto 2,300 days; 46:24 then shall the sanctuary be cleansed, " 46:26 that 2300 years, we've looked at 490 of it. 46:33 So I have to subtract 46:37 490 years 46:40 off of 2300. 46:44 That's what I have to do. 46:45 And when I subtract 490 off of 2300, 46:51 that leaves me 1810 years. 46:57 I have to add that 1810 years to 34. 47:03 And when I add that to it, it takes me to the date 47:07 of 1844 AD... 47:11 at which time the scripture is telling you 47:14 that judgment began in heaven. 47:18 "For unto 2300 days 47:21 then the sanctuary... " 47:23 referring to the sanctuary up in heaven... 47:25 "would be cleansed. " 47:29 And judgment - the cleansing process that took place - 47:33 started in 1844 AD. 47:38 Christ came in before His Father 47:45 and judgment began. 47:48 And as it says, dear friends, 47:51 if you have Christ, then He can stand in your place 47:57 in the judgment there. 48:01 And if Christ stands in your place, 48:04 you have passed from death unto life 48:11 because He is the One that makes all the difference. 48:15 He can say: "I died for this person. 48:20 I paid the price. I paid the debt that that individual 48:24 rightfully owes according to the law. 48:27 I paid that for him. " 48:31 "Not only did I pay that for him 48:35 but I am giving to him... 48:39 My righteousness. " 48:43 And His righteousness, folks, 48:46 is holy, it's just, 48:49 it's good, it's spiritual. 48:52 It meets all the qualifications of the law. 48:57 And Christ grants that to you and to me. 49:02 This is what He does for us. 49:04 So when it says that angel is shouting with a loud voice 49:09 "Fear God and give glory to Him, 49:11 for the hour of His judgment has come, " 49:15 you and I need to know that judgment is going on 49:20 up in heaven now. 49:24 And when it ends - which surely will not be very long - 49:30 Christ is going to say "It's finished! " 49:35 Going to pronounce those words and He's going to come back, 49:39 and you and I need to be ready for His coming. 49:46 Says here: "And worship Him... " 49:57 Worship God who made that. 50:01 Oh it worries me, folks... 50:04 the devil is SO SMART. 50:08 We even get blind-sided 50:13 and we don't understand really what's happening 50:16 and what's taking place. 50:18 You remember Christ being on the mount? 50:24 The devil took Him to this exceedingly-high mountain 50:28 and he said to Him - he showed Him all the kingdoms 50:31 of this world, everything: 50:42 Said: "Just fall down and worship me. " 51:00 That you're to worship the Lord your God 51:03 and Him only shall you serve. 51:07 No one else. 51:09 Now as we have studied the book of Revelation 51:11 we found out that there's a great red dragon. 51:18 And you remember we identified that according to Revelation 12 51:21 and verse 9 that that great red dragon represents 51:26 the devil. Yeah. 51:30 Says it's the "old serpent, the devil and Satan. " 51:33 Also we found out in our study the other night 51:36 that in Revelation the 13th chapter there's a beast: 51:41 the beast from the sea. 51:44 Watch what it says about them: 52:02 So this question of worship 52:05 is very much involved in this message 52:08 this first angel has, saying: "Watch out! 52:11 Be careful. Worship the Lord; don't worship anybody else. " 52:19 Worship... just worship the Lord. 52:24 But like I said, the devil 52:27 comes in and... the back door, 52:32 and we don't even know what he's done. 52:36 Because simply by coming into the educational system 52:43 of our country, 52:45 he's been able to introduce evolution. 52:51 Teaching our young people saying that 52:57 you evolved. This is how you came about. 53:02 Now it says clearly "worship Him who... " what? 53:05 "Made heaven and earth. " 53:09 So the question here, folks, is that of the Creator. 53:14 That Christ is the Creator: 53:18 the One that made the world. 53:21 If I can simply reach in and take away 53:27 Him being the Creator, 53:30 then I lose a part of worship. 53:37 It denies that. 53:41 Not only does it do away with Him as the Creator, 53:44 the moment you move into evolution 53:46 it takes away the creation. It also takes away 53:51 Christ as the Redeemer. 53:55 Don't need a Savior if I evolved. 54:00 Does away with all those things, 54:03 and we have been blind-sided in this. 54:06 And so it says that angel is proclaiming particularly 54:09 to people today to "worship Him 54:13 who made heaven and earth. " 54:16 This is the message that the first angel has. 54:20 Let us pray. 54:22 Father in heaven, 54:24 we ask that You will help us 54:29 that we in preparation 54:32 for the coming of Jesus Christ 54:35 keep our minds and our hearts and our souls 54:39 set upon You and that we we will worship only You. 54:46 May we, day by day, follow You. 54:51 For this we pray in Christ's name, Amen. 54:57 Remember that our next presentation on the 55:00 Second Angel's Message 55:02 deals with the fall of Babylon, 55:06 and we're going to see who is Babylon. 55:10 When we talk about Babylon, who is Babylon? 55:13 And what's involved in the fall of Babylon? 55:17 All that we'll be taking a look at. 55:19 Good night; God bless you. 55:28 All around us we see want and suffering. 55:31 In large cities, millions of human beings 55:34 do not receive as much care and consideration 55:37 as we give beasts of the field. 55:39 Families are herded together in miserable projects. 55:43 Children are born into these terrible places. 55:46 They see nothing of the beauty God has created 55:49 to delight their senses. 55:51 They are left to grow up molded and fashioned by 55:54 wretched and wicked examples all around them. 55:57 They hear the name of God only in profanity. 56:00 Impure words and fumes of liquor and tobacco 56:04 and immoral behavior of every kind 56:07 pervert their tender senses. 56:09 Wretched and pitiful cries for food and clothing are heard 56:13 by parents who know nothing about prayer or a loving Savior. 56:18 But these cries do not go unheard in heaven. 56:22 God sees... God hears. 56:26 Friends, our loving Father has entrusted us 56:29 with abundance to supply the necessities of all. 56:32 But sadly, we're not always faithful stewards. 56:36 Many who have taken on the name of Christ 56:38 spend His money for selfish pleasure, 56:41 extravagant homes and clothing. 56:44 They hardly give a suffering human a look of pity 56:48 or a word of sympathy. 56:50 We are to show the kindness of the Samaritan 56:53 in food, clothing, and shelter for the poor. 56:56 As Christians, our work is to reach the people who 56:59 are neglected and win them to Christ. 57:02 That's the goal of this ministry. 57:05 We want them to know that He is able to save to the uttermost 57:08 and restore them to His image. 57:11 But in order to do this, we need your help. 57:15 Please consider what you can do for those 57:17 who still don't know about Jesus. 57:20 As the Holy Spirit impresses, 57:21 please send your tax-deductible gifts to: 57:36 Thank you for helping us spread the light of God's Word 57:39 through television. 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