Participants: Pr. Kenneth Cox
Series Code: RJC
Program Code: RJC000022
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00:21 And welcome to each one of you
00:24 as we continue our series on the book of Revelation: 00:29 one of the great, great books of God's Word. 00:33 The book of Revelation, written by the apostle John 00:37 on the island of Patmos as God showed him 00:41 the revelation of Jesus Christ. 00:44 And that's what we're talking about here. 00:47 And in this session we have been covering 00:49 chapters 13 through 16... and that's where we are tonight. 00:55 We're on the 15th, 16th chapter of the book of Revelation 01:01 which deals with the seven last plagues. 01:05 And so those of you that have been following along 01:09 we hope it will continue to help you understand God's Word. 01:12 And those of you that are joining us by television 01:16 we hope that these studies are a blessing to you 01:19 as you have seen what God's Word is saying 01:23 and it will help you understand it better. 01:26 Those that are listening on the radio 01:28 or following on the Internet we welcome each one of you 01:32 and appreciate you tuning in, studying God's Word, 01:36 and seeing what He has to say 01:38 about the time in which we are living... 01:41 times that the scripture talks about. 01:44 This is the last one in this particular section. 01:48 We have another section we're going to be doing 01:51 that covers Revelation 17-22. 01:55 Seventeen through twenty-two. 01:58 And our first presentation on that one is entitled 02:02 The Scarlet Beast. 02:04 There's a scarlet beast there that a woman's riding on 02:08 and we're going to take a look at that particular prophecy 02:12 and what it has to say about things that are happening 02:16 and things that are going to happen. 02:18 So join us in our next session that we'll be looking at 02:22 in the Word of God. 02:24 I know that all of you have enjoyed as much as I have 02:28 the quartet, and I'd like to invite the His Voice quartet 02:33 to come out. I just wanted to especially express my thanks 02:39 to you. Been a great, great blessing to us. 02:44 We've enjoyed having you here. 02:46 And we thank you for coming and sharing with us God's Word. 02:50 And we just ask that the Lord will bless you 02:52 as you go back home. 02:54 And keep singing and blessing people, 02:56 uh, many, many different places. 02:59 We thank you for this opportunity and all. 03:02 We appreciate that. Janelle, thank you for coming 03:05 and accompanying them. We appreciate that very much also. 03:08 And they're going to sing tonight a beautiful song 03:12 entitled Steal Away. 03:14 And I'm sure you'll be blessed as they do that. 03:17 Our scripture tonight is rather long. 03:21 And Chuck Allgaier is going to come and share with you 03:25 the 15th and 16th chapters of Revelation. 03:30 So if you have your Bibles follow along 03:33 as he reads the Word of God at this time. 03:40 Good evening. 03:42 If you have your Bible tonight, turn to Revelation chapter 15. 03:46 As you heard, we're going to read Revelation chapter 15 03:48 and 16. And so if you can go to your Bibles right now 03:52 we're going to get started right on it. 03:54 The Seven Plagues. 08:44 May God add His blessing to His Word. 08:50 Steal away, 08:54 steal away, 08:58 steal away 09:01 to Jesus. 09:07 Steal away, 09:13 steal away home. 09:19 I ain't got long 09:24 to stay 09:27 here. 09:31 My Lord calls me, 09:34 He calls me by the thunder. 09:37 The trumpet sounds, the trumpet sounds, 09:41 within'a my soul. 09:46 I ain't got long 09:51 to stay here. 09:58 Steal away, 10:02 steal away, 10:05 steal away 10:08 to Jesus. 10:14 Steal away, 10:21 steal away home. 10:28 I ain't got long 10:33 to stay here. 10:40 Green trees a'bendin' 10:42 poor sinner stands a'tremblin' 10:45 the trumpet sounds, the trumpet sounds, 10:48 the trumpet sounds, 10:51 the trumpet sounds 10:56 within'a my 11:00 soul. 11:05 I ain't got long 11:10 to stay here. 11:15 Steal away, 11:19 steal away, 11:22 steal away 11:25 to Jesus. 11:32 Steal away, 11:40 steal away home. 11:48 I ain't got long 11:53 to stay 11:56 here. 12:01 Steal away - away - 12:06 away 12:12 home. 12:24 Amen. 12:45 Our Father, we thank you for the assurance of Your Word. 12:51 That You care for us. 12:53 That You love us. 12:56 That You are by our side 12:59 and that we may place our confidence and our trust 13:05 in You. We ask that as we take a look 13:09 at these plagues 13:11 which contain the wrath of God 13:14 may we each one purpose 13:18 in our hearts to be with You and stand with You 13:24 and to walk with You in all that we do. 13:28 Open our minds tonight. 13:30 Give us understanding 13:32 and may we see Your Word... 13:35 what God... what Your Word is telling us 13:38 about Your justice and righteousness. 13:41 For this we ask in Your name, Amen. 13:51 Well, let's take a look at where we've been during this session. 13:56 One... we started out with the 13th chapter but actually 14:00 the 12th and 13th chapter of Revelation 14:04 portray the nations anger towards God's people. 14:08 That's what's in the 12th and 13th chapters. 14:11 Talks about the beast and the false prophet and the dragon. 14:15 And that's their anger towards God, towards God's people. 14:20 The 14th chapter that we looked at 14:23 is God's final warning message to the nations. 14:27 That's what's contained there. 14:28 The 14th chapter has the Three Angels' Messages: 14:31 His final warning to the nations. 14:34 Talks about the coming of Christ and being ready for that. 14:38 This is His plea for them to be ready for His coming. 14:42 The 15th and 16th chapters that we're looking at tonight 14:47 is an evaluation if you please or the execution 14:51 of divine wrath. 14:54 That is what this chapter deals with. 14:57 So we're looking at that. 14:59 The 15th chapter of Revelation 15:05 is kind of... it sets the background 15:09 and all for the 16th chapter. 15:12 That's what's contained in the 15th chapter 15:15 as we look at it, and you'll see what God is saying. 15:19 Some very important things in this 15th chapter. Says: 15:34 So here sees these seven angels that have seven bowls 15:40 and in them is contained the wrath of God. 15:43 And it says that with this the wrath of God is complete. 15:48 Now, what you and I need to understand 15:54 is the seven last plagues are poured out on the wicked. 16:01 They are the ones that receive the seven last plagues. 16:04 The righteous do not receive this. 16:08 This is something that is not poured out upon them. 16:12 It says this about the righteous: 16:30 These are God's people that have been redeemed from this earth 16:35 and they are there having the harps of God and all. 16:47 Listen to this: 16:55 So God promises to those who walk with Him and follow Him 17:00 that no plague will come near your dwelling. 17:05 Doesn't mean, folks... does not mean 17:08 that you and I are not going to see them. 17:12 But it does mean that they're not going to fall on us. 17:15 These plagues do not come upon the righteous. 17:19 They only fall on the wicked. 17:21 "Shall not come nigh your dwelling. " 17:26 God's telling them here and we just talked about this call 17:29 to the people... 17:38 You see, makes it clear that His people do not 17:41 receive the plagues. That those are given to those who do not 17:46 follow God - that are opposed to God - 17:49 that have gone contrary to God. 17:54 All right. Here in Revelation 15 it shows something 18:00 that's very important because the basis for God's wrath 18:04 is based upon this. 18:06 And you and I need to understand it. It says: 18:17 When it says the temple of the tabernacle 18:21 of the testimony was opened 18:24 what is involved in that? 18:29 Here the temple is opened 18:32 but also the tabernacle, the testimony is open there. 18:37 We need to establish what that's talking about 18:39 and what's it referring to. 18:42 So let's take a look and establish that, 18:44 and then we can go on from there. 18:46 Go back to the book of Exodus and the experience with Moses. 18:50 And it says: 19:07 So Moses has the two tables of the Testimony, 19:13 and on the two tables of the Testimony is written what? 19:20 The law. 19:22 The Ten Commandments are written there. 19:24 They were written there by the finger of God. 19:28 This is referred to as the Testimony. 19:42 So when it talks about the temple being open 19:46 and the tabernacle of the Testimony, 19:49 it's talking about the law of God. 19:51 Open... and they could see the law of God. 20:03 He said: "Take the Testimony" - that's the law - 20:06 and put it in the ark. 20:09 OK. 20:27 So here you have the law. It's placed inside the ark. 20:32 The ark is inside the tabernacle or the temple. 20:36 And it says this was opened. 20:51 So the temple of God in heaven. 20:53 This is not talking about the one on earth. 20:56 Talking the one up in heaven is open. 21:00 So this is at the time that the 7 last plagues are poured out 21:05 that the temple is open and the ark is seen there. 21:11 Because the ark and the law are the basis of God's judgment. 21:19 See folks, there is no such thing 21:23 as violating law 21:27 without there being punishment. 21:31 There is no such thing. 21:33 And these people have gone 21:36 absolutely contrary to God's law. 21:39 They have refused to walk in the light of what God's law is 21:45 and therefore they are receiving the seven last plagues. 22:00 So the people that keep God's commandments, 22:03 follow Him, are obedient to Him, 22:07 they do not receive the seven last plagues. 22:12 This is what it tells us very clearly in God's Word. 22:16 OK. Let's take a look at these seven last plagues. 22:33 Seven angels pour out the wrath of God 22:38 on the earth. 22:55 First one poured out his bowl 23:00 on the earth, and those that had received the mark of the beast 23:04 and worshiped the beast and the image and so forth 23:06 they receive a loathsome sore. 23:10 This sore, folks, is not just like any sore. 23:13 It is extremely - we'll see in a minute - 23:16 is extremely painful. 23:19 So painful the scripture says that the gnaw their tongue 23:24 for the pain. 23:26 So it's not just a regular sore. 23:30 It has extreme pain connected with it. 23:35 Now these seven last plagues are poured out 23:40 after probation has closed. 23:46 Turn with me in your Bibles. 23:48 If you have your Bibles, turn with me over here to 23:51 Revelation 15 and let's take a look at verse 8. 23:59 Revelation 15 and verse 8. 24:05 And it says: "And the temple was filled with smoke. " 24:10 OK. "The temple was filled with smoke 24:14 from the glory of God and from His power. 24:17 And no one was able to enter the temple 24:21 till the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed. 24:26 You see, that's telling you that the service 24:29 in the temple has come to an end. 24:32 Christ has left the sanctuary. 24:35 He is no longer there interceding on behalf 24:40 of mankind. He has left the temple. 24:44 And therefore this takes place 24:47 after probation has closed. 24:52 In other words as we talked about in the last session 24:58 there's no repentance. There's no change of heart. 25:03 The cup of iniquity is full. 25:07 Therefore because it's full 25:09 God pours out His wrath. 25:12 So the first one was like a sore... 25:15 extremely painful. 25:18 Those that had received the mark of the beast, 25:22 worshiped the image of the beast, 25:25 these are the ones that this was poured out upon. 26:04 Back to that same thing. "God, You are righteous 26:08 in what You are doing because You have judged this 26:11 because these people have been in opposition 26:15 to the law of God. 26:17 Therefore You are just in pouring out this. " 26:32 So He's giving them blood to drink 26:35 because they slew the prophets of God. 26:40 They slew God's people. They made war upon the righteous. 26:44 Therefore God said: "Because you have done this 26:47 you're going to have blood to drink. " 26:57 Now folks, this is really in answer... 27:01 it's an answer to the prayer of the saints that 27:07 was under the altar when we studied the seals. 27:11 And it talks about them and it says: 27:24 You see, it's talking about those who were martyred 27:28 for the cause of God. 27:30 And it says their blood like the blood of Abel is crying out 27:34 saying "How long, Lord? 27:36 When are You going to judge? " 27:38 And this 2nd and 3rd plague is an answer to that. 27:42 Saying: "You're just, oh Lord, 27:45 in pouring out this plague upon them. " 27:48 You'll also find that this is very much... runs a parallel 27:53 in a sense... to the second and third trumpets. 27:58 We studied the trumpets, you remember? 28:01 And the second and third trumpets are blood trumpets. 28:04 But the trumpets are judgments. 28:08 That's what they are: they're judgments. 28:11 They are warnings to the people on earth 28:15 trying to call them to repentance. 28:20 But there's a blood plague there... 28:22 or, excuse me... a blood trumpet there 28:25 in the second and third that is sounded. 28:28 And the difference here is in those warnings 28:32 or those trumpets it says a third 28:35 of what was in the sea died. 28:41 But with the seven last plagues - 2nd and 3rd - 28:44 it says they all die. 28:47 So there's a definite difference here in those. 28:50 So this plague is a blood plague that God will give them 28:54 blood to drink for what they have done. 29:01 Not a very pleasant thought 29:02 to think that that's what's given to them to drink. 29:06 It says the ocean, rivers, and the springs of water 29:11 that will all turn to blood. 29:15 They receive blood to drink. 29:18 OK. 29:28 This fourth plague is poured out on the sun 29:33 and the sun becomes extremely hot... 29:38 enough that it scorches men. 29:42 That's what it says. 29:58 I don't understand. 30:03 You know... here 30:05 they understand who's pouring out the plagues. 30:09 They blaspheme God for what He's doing. 30:14 So they... they know who's doing this. 30:16 They refuse to repent 30:19 and the sun scorches people. 30:37 The refused to accept Him; they refused to follow Him. 30:41 They refused to do His will and His bidding. 30:45 They go contrary to the will of God 30:48 and therefore it says: "the sun scorches them. " 30:54 But fortunately it tells us 30:57 that's not what happens to the righteous. 31:11 God's people are cared for, protected. 31:14 Sun won't strike them... any heat. 31:17 You and I may see it 31:21 but we do not experience it. 31:24 That's the marvelous thing about being under the protection 31:28 of God, you know. 31:31 When all the earth is going through this terrible 31:34 period of time God cares for His people. 31:39 Looks after them. They are in His umbrella 31:45 of protection and care. 31:47 No heat will strike them; sun will not scorch them. 32:08 So the Lord promises to the righteous 32:11 His care, His protection, and His leading. 32:15 OK. 32:31 Now the plagues, 32:37 the trumpets, and the seals 32:42 all have something in common 32:45 and that is the first four. 32:48 The first four of the seals, the first four of the trumpets, 32:52 and the first four of the plagues are all poured out 32:55 on mankind in general. 33:00 That's what happens: they're all 33:02 poured out on mankind in general. 33:04 But when we hit the fifth one it becomes specific. 33:08 And in this case, that fifth one is poured out 33:12 on what? The throne of the beast. 33:17 "The throne of the beast was full of darkness 33:20 and they gnawed their tongues for the pain. " 33:22 You see these people have received two 33:26 of the plagues. 33:29 Now folks, there's no question 33:31 that everybody will not receive all of the 7 last plagues. 33:36 If they were, it'd destroy everybody. 33:40 It'd wipe out everything. 33:42 And of course we know from God's Word 33:44 that they're going to be living to see Christ come. 33:46 So everybody will not receive all of the 7 last plagues. 33:52 They will receive one, or in this case they're receiving two. 33:56 But they receive on the earth the seven last plagues 34:01 that are poured out upon mankind. 34:15 Blaspheme God because of the pain that they were suffering 34:22 but they don't repent... don't change. 34:25 Strange, isn't it? 34:27 Some people just will not repent. 34:46 This sixth angel 34:49 pours out his plague 34:53 on the great river Euphrates. The water was dried up 34:58 so that the way of the kings of the east was prepared. 35:02 This becomes very, very important 35:06 because lots happens with this sixth plague 35:10 when this angel pours out his plague, 35:14 or his bowl, upon the great river Euphrates. 35:18 "I saw... " this is continuing right there, folks... 35:31 But when he pours out this plague, says: 35:35 "I saw three unclean spirits like frogs 35:39 come out of these three: the dragon, the beast, 35:42 and the false prophet. " 35:54 So here you have the dragon, 35:58 the beast, and the false prophet 36:01 who are in league with one another. 36:05 They are a confederacy of evil 36:08 that send out the spirits of demons 36:11 to gather all the people. 36:14 And they're gathering all the people for the battle 36:18 of God Almighty - 36:20 or if you please - for the battle of Armageddon. 36:24 This is what they're going out to do. 36:28 All right. 36:47 In other words what He's saying is when that sixth plague 36:51 is poured out, He's coming. 36:54 He's coming back. 36:56 And He said: "I'm coming and blessed is he who watches 37:00 and keeps his garments. " Walks and doesn't... 37:03 "walks naked... they do not see his shame. " 37:07 Do you understand that text when it talks about here 37:09 "walk naked and do not see his shame? " 37:12 Do you know what that's talking about? 37:14 In the Bible in the Old Testament time 37:17 to be naked or to be uncovered 37:23 was... was shameful. 37:26 Was considered an insult... it was an embarrassment. 37:30 Do you remember the case when 37:35 I guess David had taken over the throne? 37:38 Do you remember that... and all? 37:41 And one of these pagan kings 37:45 had been good to David. 37:49 And so David out of kindness and wanting to show his respect 37:56 sent some of his soldiers - his young men - 37:59 to that king to express his appreciation 38:04 and his kindness to him. 38:06 And when they got there some of this king's counselors 38:10 told him: "they aren't coming here to express their thanks 38:13 to you. They're coming here to spy out the land. 38:16 David's going to take the land; 38:20 that's what's going on here. " 38:21 And evidently they convinced the king of that. 38:24 And it says that that king took those young men 38:28 and split their garments down 38:32 and took half of their garments away. 38:34 Left half of it without any clothing 38:37 and he sent them back to David. 38:40 That was an act of despising him. 38:45 That was an act of causing those young men to be ashamed. 38:49 When they got as far as Jericho they wouldn't go any farther. 38:52 He shaved them half way off their beard. 38:56 Cut their clothes down the middle and all. 38:59 That was an act to show his contempt for David. 39:05 And David sent word and said "Just stay there 39:09 in Jericho until your beard grows out and so forth. " 39:14 But this is what that's talking about. 39:17 In other words it says that: "Keeps his garments 39:21 lest he walk naked and they see his shame. " 39:25 You and I don't want to face the Lord 39:30 shamefully. 39:32 We don't want to find ourselves in a place where we have not 39:36 done what He wants us to do. 39:40 That's what it's saying: "Don't be ashamed. " 39:42 That you and I need to walk with the Lord and follow Him 39:46 as He wants us to. 39:48 All right. 39:55 Gathers all these people into a place 39:59 called Armageddon. 40:02 I'd like to say this, folks: 40:05 Armageddon is not a battle 40:08 between Israel and the United States. 40:14 It's not a battle between Israel 40:16 and the United States and Russia. 40:18 It's none of those. 40:20 This is the battle of God Almighty 40:24 and this is God's controversy with the nations. 40:29 These are what we've been talking about. 40:32 These are the people that have gone contrary to God, 40:35 have not walked with Him, that are opposed to God 40:39 and to His people and to what the Word of God teaches. 40:43 And these are the ones that they're in opposition to God. 40:49 This is the battle of Armageddon. 40:51 And so you find that this is a controversy between God 40:56 and the nations that takes place. 40:58 This is reminding of the case of the fall of Babylon 41:04 or the destruction of Babylon 41:06 because you remember Cyrus - 41:09 the general of the Medes and Persians - 41:11 came up and surrounded the city of Babylon. 41:16 The people laughed at him. 41:19 They went up on top of the wall around the city of Babylon 41:24 and threw food to Cyrus and laughed at him. 41:26 The city was considered impregnable. 41:30 Could not be taken... impossible. 41:34 And Cyrus took his men 41:36 and marched them down the Euphrates river - 41:41 OK? - and at a selected spot 41:46 he had them dig canals and he diverted the river 41:50 into these canals and he dried up 41:55 the Euphrates. Are you getting the picture? 41:59 OK, he dried up the Euphrates, 42:02 and by the drying up of the Euphrates he and his men 42:05 marched up the muddy bottom of the Euphrates river. 42:09 And the gates into it had been left open, 42:13 and he and his men marched in and took the city of Babylon 42:17 and freed - if you please - the children of Israel from bondage. 42:24 OK. So this very much parallels 42:29 what's happening here: 42:31 drying up of the river Euphrates. 42:35 So this plague that's poured out 42:37 this is a picture of the city of Babylon and the 42:40 drying up of the Euphrates. 42:55 So when He says that the river Euphrates is dried up 43:00 that the way of the kings of the east... that water 43:03 represents people and nations and tongues. 43:07 And so it's saying that these civil powers 43:10 that are at war with God 43:13 are dried up so that Christ can come. 43:18 He and His people are the kings of the east. 43:22 This is who it's talking about when it refers 43:25 to the kings of the east. 43:49 And so as the Euphrates is dried up 43:52 it prepares for the battle of God Almighty. 43:57 The three powers: the dragon, 44:02 which represents the devil or paganism; 44:08 the false prophet which represents 44:12 the United States... Protestantism; 44:16 the beast which represents Catholicism. 44:21 All that is at odds with God 44:24 and the water is dried up 44:27 to prepare the way for the coming of Jesus Christ. 44:51 These - these kings, these people - 44:57 will make war with the Lamb. 45:01 Gonna fight Him... against Him. 45:04 And folks, it doesn't necessarily mean 45:07 with military weapons. 45:10 We get that all mixed up. 45:12 Means they are opposed to God, they go contrary to God. 45:17 They will not support what He's doing. 45:20 But those that are called, faithful, and chosen... 45:24 they go with the Lamb. 45:40 You see these - when it speaks of the kings of the east - 45:44 this is referring to Christ and His people 45:46 to make the way for God to set up His kingdom 45:51 in preparation that will last forever. 45:55 The ten horns which we talked just a little bit about today... 46:12 Interesting... 46:14 because here you have the dragon, 46:20 you have the false prophet, 46:23 you have the beast, and you have the ten kings. 46:27 These are all civil powers, OK? 46:31 And these have given their support the scripture says 46:36 to the woman. That's what it says. 46:39 She's riding on the back of the beast. 46:40 She receives the support of these. 46:43 But there comes a time in this relationship, folks, 46:49 where they turn on the woman. 46:53 And the woman here is Babylon, 46:56 and Babylon is a counterfeit system of worship 47:01 that the world has gone along with and accepted. 47:04 And evidently it comes to the place where it no longer works 47:08 and they turn against the woman. 47:10 And it says they will "hate her and will destroy her. 47:16 Make her desolate and naked. " 47:18 This is turning on her. 47:21 This is what happens in the drying up 47:25 of the Euphrates river. 47:28 This is part of the process 47:31 of drying up the Euphrates river. 47:43 So He's saying He's coming back. 47:46 During the sixth plague He's coming back. 47:53 He's going to put an end to all this. 47:56 Suffering will be no more. 48:00 God will bring it to an end. 48:11 So all the world has come arrayed before God. 48:16 The battle of Armageddon is there, 48:20 and God is victorious. 48:23 Christ is the King of Kings, the Lord of Lords, 48:26 and He rules over all. 48:30 I don't know about you tonight 48:32 but I can tell you as far as I'm concerned 48:35 I want to be on the side of the Lamb. 48:39 I want to follow Him. 48:41 I want to walk with Him; I want to be among His people. 48:46 And you and I have that right. 48:48 We just have the responsibility of making that decision 48:53 and saying: "Yes, I'm going to follow the Lord. 48:57 I'm going to walk with Him... I'm going to follow Him. " 49:15 Loud voice out of the temple saying: 49:19 "It is done. " 49:23 Over... completed. 49:27 Oh, I long to hear that voice say: 49:33 "It is done. " All the sin and everything will be gone. 49:38 Be no more. 49:51 We're down at the very end, folks. 49:54 Jesus is coming back, and it says 49:58 that there's a great earthquake like this earth has never seen. 50:03 Now you and I have... at least by television, 50:07 different things... have seen some earthquakes 50:11 as high as an 8.0 on the Richter scale. 50:16 But dear friend, that kind of an earthquake 50:21 the destruction is... 50:25 almost you can't imagine. 50:28 If you saw just the pictures of what the one in Haiti 50:32 which was a 7.0 did, 50:34 the destruction was unbelievable 50:37 that took place there. 50:39 Think of what it will be like when there's an earthquake 50:43 like no one has ever seen. 51:03 She has had the world drink 51:08 the wine of her fornication. 51:11 Now God is going to give her 51:14 the wine of His wrath to drink. 51:44 Going to stand up and say: "It is done. " 51:46 There will be a great earthquake. 51:52 Hail will fall. 51:55 Every hail stone about the weight of a talent. 52:01 A talent is somewhere between 50 and 100 pounds. 52:07 Some authorities say it's 57 pounds. 52:11 Can you imagine hail stones falling 52:15 weighing 57 pounds? 52:18 I mean, those become missiles, folks. 52:21 They go right through buildings. 52:23 They... unbelievable destruction that will be there. 52:26 Said "It is done. " Three times Christ says this, folks. 52:32 Three times He says: "It is done. " 52:35 John 19:30 He said: "It is finished. " 52:39 In Hebrew it's the same words: "It is done. " 52:43 That was when? 52:46 When He was on the cross. 52:49 Said: "It is done. " 52:51 Revelation 16:17... "It is done. " 52:56 That's what we just read about the plagues. 52:58 Done; the wrath of God is poured out. 53:01 says: "It is done. " 53:05 And this is when the earth has been burned 53:10 and God has made it new for His people. 53:13 This is done. 53:15 In other words, it's over. No longer is there sin. 53:19 It's been eradicated from the universe. 53:21 Great earthquake on this earth. 53:26 Everything will be destroyed, shaken. 53:31 The plagues will have done their work 53:35 and now Christ can come back, 53:37 claim His people, and set up His kingdom. 53:41 This is what He says to you and to me: 53:59 So we have that we can depend on that God will be our shelter 54:04 and that He will care for us. 54:07 Let us pray. 54:09 Father in heaven, 54:11 we come to You this evening to thank you for 54:17 the assurance of Your Word 54:20 that we can depend upon You. 54:24 That You will be there; that You will be a shelter for us 54:28 in the time of storm. 54:30 May we all reach out in faith and lay hold of these promises. 54:37 May we purpose in our hearts to be true to You 54:41 and to walk with You and to follow You. 54:44 We're thankful... thankful for Your Word that tells us 54:48 that the coming of Jesus Christ cannot be far off. 54:53 That He's coming back soon. 54:54 For this we thank you in Christ's name, Amen. 55:00 Well remember our next section that we'll be doing 55:06 is on the last-day events. 55:09 We're going to be covering Revelation 17 to 22 55:13 which brings the book of Revelation to a close. 55:16 So we hope that you'll follow us there. 55:18 Good night; God bless you. 55:27 All around us we see want and suffering. 55:30 In large cities, millions of human beings 55:33 do not receive as much care and consideration 55:36 as we give beasts of the field. 55:39 Families are herded together in miserable projects. 55:42 Children are born into these terrible places. 55:46 They see nothing of the beauty God has created 55:48 to delight their senses. 55:50 They are left to grow up molded and fashioned by 55:53 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 56:03 and immoral behavior of every kind 56:06 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. 56:17 But these cries do not go unheard in heaven. 56:21 God sees... God hears. 56:25 Friends, our loving Father has entrusted us 56:28 with abundance to supply the necessities of all. 56:31 But sadly, we're not always faithful stewards. 56:35 Many who have taken on the name of Christ 56:38 spend His money for selfish pleasure, 56:41 extravagant homes and clothing. 56:43 They hardly give a suffering human a look of pity 56:47 or a word of sympathy. 56:49 We are to show the kindness of the Samaritan 56:52 in food, clothing, and shelter for the poor. 56:55 As Christians, our work is to reach the people who 56:59 are neglected and win them to Christ. 57:01 That's the goal of this ministry. 57:04 We want them to know that He is able to save to the uttermost 57:08 and restore them to His image. 57:10 But in order to do this, we need your help. 57:14 Please consider what you can do for those 57:17 who still don't know about Jesus. 57:19 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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