Participants: Ivor Meyers (Host), James Rafferty (Host), Jason Bradley, Yvonne Lewis
Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000022A
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00:31 Well, we got to finish this off,
00:33 and then we got to jump into the pale horse, 00:35 and it's not gonna be difficult to make that transition 00:37 into the pale horse 00:38 because there's a connection here 00:39 and we'll see that not only in history 00:41 but allow the symbols kind of interchange 00:43 with each other so, 00:45 we left off with the black horse, 00:47 the darkness. 00:49 Let's finish up a couple of the symbols there. 00:51 The wine and the oil, 00:53 let's begin with the word of the prayer 00:54 and then just jump right in. 00:56 Yvonne, would you have prayer for us? 00:57 Father, thank you so very much again 00:59 for allowing us to have another session 01:02 where we can dig deeply unto Your word, 01:04 and so we need Your insight and Your wisdom. 01:07 And I just pray God that You will be with us. 01:11 Thank you, thank you for being with us, 01:13 in Jesus' name, amen. 01:14 Amen. 01:16 Okay, we talked about Satan seed. 01:17 I want us to look at these verses. 01:18 Jason, look at these verses, 1 John 2:18, 19 and 20. 01:24 Okay. 01:25 This is really gonna connect us 01:27 to the development of this man of sin 01:30 and Satan seed in the Pergamos area 01:32 and the darkness right here in horse. 01:34 And then, Yvonne, would you look up Mark 14:23 to 25, 01:39 we'll just kind of touch on that 01:41 and understand the wine. 01:45 So, look at the phrase the oil and the wine. 01:46 What are they represent 01:47 and what they are they explain to us. 01:52 1 John 2:18, "Little children, it is the last time: 01:56 and as ye have heard the antichrist shall come, 01:59 even now are there many antichrists, 02:03 whereby we know that it is the last time. 02:07 They went out from us, but they were not of us, 02:10 for if they had been of us, 02:12 they would no doubt have continued with us: 02:14 but they went out, 02:15 that they might be made manifest 02:18 that they were not all of us." 02:21 And going on to verse 20. 02:23 "But ye have an unction from the Holy One, 02:26 and ye know all things." 02:28 Okay, read verse 27 also. 02:29 Okay. 02:31 "But the anointing which ye have received of him 02:33 abideth in you, 02:35 and ye need not that any man teach you: 02:37 but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, 02:42 and is truth, and is no lie, 02:44 and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him." 02:47 Okay, this unction is an anointing. 02:50 It's the anointing of the Holy Spirit, 02:51 it needs to be anointing with the oil, 02:52 that's what the actual Hebrew means. 02:54 The unction means to anoint with oil. 02:56 Here not the oil and the wine, 02:58 the oil is referring to the time in 1 John 03:01 when the antichrist is raising up. 03:02 People are going out from the truth, 03:04 they are not offs, they are going out of it, 03:06 they are going out of it 03:07 and they are going into this darkness 03:11 where as you are holding, 03:13 because you have this anointing of the Holy Spirit, 03:15 you're holding. 03:16 And then he says this and it's really interesting, 03:18 he says, you don't need any man to teach you, 03:20 because you know everything. 03:22 Like really? 03:25 So we don't want anyone watching this program, what? 03:29 No, where in same areas, 03:31 you don't need to rely upon men to teach you. 03:34 God has put teachers and apostles and prophets 03:37 and evangelists in the church, pastors in there to teach. 03:40 When a pastor or a leader teaches, 03:43 that teaching should be based in the word of God. 03:46 And when the congregation hears, 03:48 they should be hearing the teaching of word of God. 03:50 So, that they don't need the man 03:53 in his wisdom to teach, 03:54 they just need to understand 03:55 what the word of God is teaching. 03:57 And when you are anointed with the Holy Spirit, 03:58 and you are listening to someone 03:59 who is anointed with the Holy Spirit teaching, 04:01 you gonna say amen. 04:02 That is exactly 04:04 what the Holy Spirit is teaching me, 04:05 this verse means. 04:07 Amen. 04:08 But if you are not anointed with the Holy Spirit, 04:09 you are going to hear and you are going go, 04:11 wait a minute, that doesn't line up with the Bible. 04:12 And then there is a separation is taking place 04:14 and that's what we're talking about in these dark ages. 04:17 You have people that are now 04:18 all of a sudden compromising with paganism 04:20 and they are going out of the truth. 04:23 Now, when they says 04:24 they are going out from among us, 04:25 it's going out of the context of 1 John as the truth 04:27 of the word of God, they are going out from that. 04:30 So those who are holding to the word of God, 04:32 because the Holy Spirit of course 04:34 is the author of the Bible, right? 04:36 Inspired the words of God, 04:37 those people are not going to be hurt by that compromise. 04:40 Right. 04:41 They are not going to be giving up their faith. 04:42 Their faith isn't gonna be... 04:44 They are not gonna be fooled by the compromise. 04:46 So under the guidance of the Holy Spirit, 04:48 the Bible tells the spirit will guide us into all truth. 04:51 Yes. 04:53 The wine represents the blood of Christ. 04:56 Okay, read those verses for us. Yeah. 04:57 Yeah. Okay. 04:59 And that's Mark... 05:00 what's that? That was Mark 14:23 to 25. 05:03 23 to 25, "And he took the cup, and when he had given thanks, 05:06 he gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 05:09 And he said unto them, 05:10 this is my blood of the New Testament, 05:12 which is shed for many. 05:13 Verily I say unto you, 05:15 I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, 05:17 until that day that I drink it new 05:19 in the kingdom of God." 05:25 Let me read that in another book, 05:29 the Book of Mathew. 05:30 'Cause I like how the Book of Matthew puts in there. 05:31 Go ahead. 05:33 It says, "For this is my blood of the New Testament, 05:36 which is shed for many for the remission of sins." 05:40 And then the Book of Luke says. 05:43 "This cup is the New Testament 05:46 in my blood which is shed for you." 05:49 Now, I like that because, you know, 05:51 we talk about blood types 05:53 and, you know DNA that's found in blood. 05:55 Christ is actually telling us that His blood is special 05:58 because His blood contains the New Testament, 06:02 the new covenant. 06:04 It's the law of God, 06:06 that's where the new covenant is I write my law, 06:08 but it's the law in His blood. 06:10 So He is like the reason why my blood gives life 06:13 is because the law is in it. 06:15 So, if you have my blood in you, right? 06:17 You have law DNA, is that what you're saying? 06:19 You have, you have. 06:21 That's what I'm getting from this. 06:22 Absolutely, absolutely. You have the law DNA. 06:24 You have... Yes, you have His DNA, 06:27 His law engravings and he is saying, okay, look. 06:30 What is the table showbread about? 06:31 It's about the word of God. 06:33 What is Satan attacking? 06:34 He is attacking the word of God. 06:36 If you have these two things, the oil, 06:38 the Holy Spirit and my blood, 06:41 you gonna be okay. 06:42 Even in the midst of all these compromise. 06:45 So he is saying, 06:46 don't let anyone take the blood from you, 06:49 because it is by the blood that we what, overcome. 06:54 We need a blood transfusion. We need blood a transfusion. 06:56 That's true. 06:58 And again we're in the holy place, 06:59 we have the spirit 07:00 which is the light candlesticks, 07:02 the oil right there. 07:03 And then we're having the table of showbread, 07:05 so the sanctuary symbolism is right there. 07:07 You know, on the table, you think about it 07:10 when Christ sat at the last supper, 07:13 He sat with 12 disciples, right? 07:16 And they were at right ends. 07:17 Interesting how Jesus said 07:19 the hand that betrays me is with me 07:21 on the table or at the table, 07:23 you know, that type of Judas who was there at the table. 07:30 He is the type of Satan. 07:31 You see what I'm saying who right at the table, 07:33 the mount of the congregation, the size of the north, 07:36 you have this action of Judas who is betraying his Lord, 07:41 and we find this very same principle 07:43 that Satan is seeking to draw others away from the table, 07:48 and that's what we're gonna find 07:49 actually in the fourth seal 07:52 when we get there is Satan is ultimately attempting 07:56 to draw the mount of the congregation, 07:57 to draw the people away from Christ 08:00 through a very ingenious method under the fourth seal. 08:05 And there is a connection there. 08:06 Go ahead, Jason. 08:08 I like what you are saying earlier 08:09 about not relying on other human beings 08:11 to learn the word. 08:13 You have to study it for yourself 08:14 'cause even if you look back 08:15 to when Satan was tempting Jesus. 08:18 If you notice, he always says, 08:19 it is written because he knew it is written. 08:24 If you look at Matthew... 08:25 Jesus will always say that. Jesus will say that. 08:28 If you look at Matthew 4:6. 08:32 Well, let start with verse 5, it says, 08:34 "Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, 08:37 and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. 08:40 And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God, 08:43 cast thyself down: for it is written, 08:46 He shall give his angels charge concerning thee: 08:49 and in their hands they shall bear thee up, 08:52 lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 08:56 Jesus said unto him, It is written again, 09:00 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God." 09:02 And then if you go to Psalm 119 I believe it is. 09:09 That, you know, 09:10 the devil throws in at 10 percent, he throws in, 09:13 he might put in like 90 percent truth or 80 percent 09:16 but he throws in that little curve ball, 09:18 it really throws people off so. 09:20 Psalm 91. 91, yeah. 09:21 You tell about where he is quoting from, right? 09:22 Yes. 09:24 Psalm 91, and I believe it was that verse 11, 09:29 "For he shall give his angels charge over thee, 09:32 to keep thee in all thy ways. 09:34 They shall bear thee up in their hands, 09:36 lest thou dash thy foot against a stone." 09:39 He left that part out, didn't he? 09:41 Yeah, yeah conveniently. 09:44 He left out part of the scripture. 09:46 Which is why it's so important to study it for yourself. 09:49 This is key right here. 09:50 What we are talking about is key right here. 09:52 It's talking about compromise. 09:53 We are talking about relying on the word of God 09:56 and then we are talking about Satan picking up on that 09:58 and he is going, oh, they're relying on the word of God, 09:59 I think I'm gonna quote some of that scripture too, 10:01 a misquote some of that scripture too. 10:03 And we talked about in relation to newer translations. 10:06 See the Bible we think, 10:07 we can think we're safe when we're in the Bible, 10:09 but we have to know the Bible 10:11 and what it's actually teaching, 10:13 because Satan will come in there, with Christ, 10:15 he will come in there and he'll quote scripture, 10:17 and that's why Judas was a disciple, 10:20 he was on the table with Christ. 10:21 He was called the son of perdition. 10:23 In 2 Thessalonians, it talks about the falling away 10:27 that's gonna take place in the Christian church. 10:28 The apostasy that's gonna take place 10:30 in the Christian church. 10:31 I want you to notice a phrase that is used here 10:34 in 2 Thessalonians Chapter 2 10:39 and it's a hard book to find, 10:41 I'm even having a hard time finding it. 10:43 It's with the T's though. 10:44 Yeah, with the Timothy and... 10:46 Yeah, 10:49 2 Thessalonians 2:3, 10:56 it's talking about the falling away 10:59 and it says, "Let no man deceive you by any means: 11:02 for that day shall not come, 11:04 except there be a falling away first, 11:05 and that's on apostasy, 11:07 and the man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition." 11:12 See, two places where that word is used. 11:14 And so Paul in 2 Thessalonians 11:16 is using a phrase son of perdition, 11:18 it relates directly back to Judas. 11:20 He was called the son of perdition 11:22 which reminds us that his hand was on the table. 11:25 This apostasy is going to take place in the church. 11:28 This apostasy is going to take place 11:30 in the church. 11:31 So, it's gonna be an apostasy, 11:33 they're falling way from the truth in the church, 11:36 just like it was with Judas. 11:37 That's the compromise that we see taking place here 11:40 in this darkness coming into the church. 11:42 Okay, but the oil and the wine, anointed with the Holy Spirit, 11:45 relying on the blood of Jesus Christ, 11:46 you gonna be good. 11:48 Let's go into Revelation Chapter 6 11:49 beginning with verse 7 and the fourth seal. 11:54 Oh, one more verse as we are looking them, 11:56 just gonna share this verse with you just to summarize. 11:59 "You are chosen generation, a royal priesthood, 12:01 " this is 1 Peter 2, 12:03 "a royal priesthood an holy nation, 12:04 a peculiar people, 12:06 that ye should shrew forth the praises of him 12:08 who have called you out of darkness 12:10 into his marvelous light." 12:12 Out of darkness, 12:13 out of the dark horse into his marvelous light. 12:16 That's what we want to be, the oil and the wine, 12:18 that's what we want to be. 12:19 Amen. Okay. 12:20 Jason, take us off here. 12:22 Oh, Yvonne, you haven't... 12:23 we haven't heard from you in a while. 12:25 What you are trying to say? Get us going here. 12:27 Get us going here. 12:28 You've just been listening it all. 12:30 Get us going here in Revelation 6:7. 12:35 Yeah, 7 and 8. 12:37 Okay, 7 and 8. 12:38 "And when he had opened the fourth seal, 12:40 I heard the voice of the fourth beast say, 12:41 Come and see. 12:43 And I looked, and behold a pale horse: 12:44 and his name that sat on him was Death, 12:47 and Hell followed with him. 12:49 And power was given unto them 12:51 over the fourth part of the earth, 12:52 to kill with sword, 12:54 and with hunger, and with death, 12:55 and with the beasts of the earth." 12:58 Okay, Ivor, unpack this for us. 13:00 This is incredible stuff right here. 13:02 So I think one of the first things 13:04 that jumps out is that this horse is pale. 13:07 Now, when something or someone is pale, 13:09 what does it mean? 13:11 They don't have a lot of blood. 13:12 Sickly. No blood. 13:14 No blood. Oh, I like that. 13:16 Okay. What, no blood. 13:17 We just talked about the blood of the lamb, 13:19 the blood of the covenant. 13:20 Right. 13:21 So, Satan, you know, he is like, oh, you know, 13:23 attack not the oil and the wine, you know, 13:26 that's how they are overcoming, 13:28 then we got to go for the blood. 13:29 We've got a... 13:30 you know, we've got... 13:32 So, this pale horse now represents 13:33 an entity that has no lives. 13:36 That is against the covenant. 13:38 It's draining out of the blood of Jesus Christ. 13:40 Out of its whole system 13:41 the blood of Jesus Christ is coming out, 13:43 that's just putting in its place 13:44 something completely different. 13:45 That's right. 13:47 So, it's interesting here 13:48 that's how the name of this rider is called death 13:52 and hell followed him, death and hell. 13:55 So we want to focus on, all right, whatever this is, 13:59 it has to do with death and has to do with hell. 14:02 Now, once again, just like we did in previous studies. 14:06 We're looking at these seals, 14:07 we want to kind of get a reference 14:09 of what time period of we are talking about. 14:11 The third seal we saw covered, you know, 14:13 around the time of Constantine 14:15 and if we parallel that with the churches, 14:18 we're in a third church period. 14:20 Third church, third seal, 14:22 so the fourth church is gonna parallel us with the... 14:25 Oh, I'm sorry, the fourth seal is gonna parallel us 14:27 with the fourth church 14:28 which is where we are introduced 14:30 to a power called mystery Babylon. 14:34 Right? 14:35 Jezebel, she is described as, 14:37 but it's a symbol for mystery Babylon. 14:39 We know that Babylon represents the papal period 14:43 that lasted how long? 14:44 1260 years. 14:47 So now we are talking about error, 14:50 open error that would be used 14:53 against the mount of the congregation. 14:57 Now, here's what's interesting. 14:58 Under the second horse, red horse, 15:01 the persecuting power was anti-god, right? 15:06 And it's easy to hold on when you know, 15:08 oh, the wicked ones are against us. 15:09 Right? 15:11 But now, when you are not being persecuted by others 15:14 who called themselves Christians. 15:16 Yeah, you begin to wonder man, do I have this wrong? 15:19 Or do they have this wrong? 15:21 You see, so, Satan changes his mask 15:23 and says, okay, since I can't beat you, 15:26 I'm gonna come on the inside and persecute you 15:29 from the inside and that's gonna do, you know. 15:32 What that's gonna is it's gonna make you wonder, 15:35 am I wrong? 15:36 Am I heretic? 15:38 Am I, you know, do I have this thing wrong? 15:40 Why am I going with everyone else? 15:43 I can't beat him, I'm gonna hijack him, 15:44 I'm gonna take it. That's right. 15:46 I'm gonna take it. Yeah. 15:47 That's right. Join it and take it. 15:48 So what did they do? 15:50 They begin to... 15:51 Well, they alter the teachings of God 15:53 and we believe that two teachings specifically 15:57 that they use to begin to misrepresent God 16:04 to the mount of the congregation 16:06 is death and hell. 16:08 To pull the blood out, to pull the life out, 16:10 to pull the hope out, 16:11 to pull the covenant blood of Jesus Christ out of it 16:15 was death and hell, 16:16 and death has been completely distorted 16:19 in the context of the Bible. 16:22 The context of the Bible tells us all about death. 16:24 How we are created? 16:26 How we are formed? 16:27 What happens when we die? 16:28 It's very clear in the Old Testament. 16:30 It's very clear in the New Testament. 16:31 Death is like a sleep. 16:34 When you die, your body goes back to the dust 16:38 into the grave and your spirit goes to God. 16:41 Now, those two entities separate 16:43 and that ceases to be a living soul. 16:46 That person ceases to be a living soul. 16:48 When you say spirit, 16:50 'cause that's what people often get confused. 16:53 Your spirit goes to God people think. 16:55 Many people think, well, 16:58 my body is here but my spirit 17:01 who knows and worships and does all that goes to God. 17:04 So how would you guys explain that? 17:06 Spirit is like breath. 17:08 Okay, the breath of life, the spirit of God. 17:10 So when you say to someone, oh, you have a good spirit. 17:14 Are you talking about some physical entity? 17:18 No, you are talking about their character, 17:20 their personality. 17:21 That goes to God. 17:23 God keeps intact our personality 17:24 and our character 17:26 and this is really we were talking about this 17:28 on the way down, it's really interesting. 17:30 We are talking about, so, when Jesus returns, 17:33 He is returning to resurrect the saints. 17:37 Why would He do that if they're already in heaven? 17:40 Why would He come back to the earth 17:41 to raise if they are already up there? 17:43 And wouldn't everybody want to die then 17:45 if you can just go straight to heaven. 17:46 Yeah, I can't wait to die. 17:48 You ask people, "Are you looking forward to death?" 17:50 No, no one is looking forward to death. 17:52 We look forward to the resurrection. 17:55 And this one I like to share 17:56 that you know Christ is our example. 17:58 So the question is, when Christ died, 18:01 did He died and go to heaven? 18:03 No, He died, was buried, 18:06 was resurrected and then went to heaven. 18:08 So, if we just, if we cut out everything else 18:11 just Christ example. 18:13 Wow, in order to enter heaven, 18:15 I've to die, and then be resurrected 18:18 and then I go to heaven. 18:20 So very simple then, you want to know 18:21 if your loved ones are in heaven, 18:22 just go, dig up the grave, 18:24 and if their body is still there, guess what? 18:26 they're still on the ground. 18:28 If the body of Jesus could be found, 18:31 what would happen to and just take Christianity? 18:35 That Christianity rests on the fact that 18:38 there was an empty tomb. 18:39 That's right. 18:40 If the body could be found, Christianity is dead. 18:43 So the same way then that Christ Himself had to resurrect 18:47 before He went to heaven, so with us. 18:49 And He still rested on the Sabbath. 18:51 And He still rested on the Sabbath. 18:52 Good. That's good. 18:54 And He told Mary 18:55 on Sunday morning when she came, 18:56 and He showed her Himself to her. 18:58 He told her, "Hey, don't detain me, 19:00 I've not yet ascended to my father. 19:02 But I must ascend to my father and your father. 19:04 So, what the church began to do is they open the way for hell 19:10 by teaching that a person doesn't really die. 19:13 So, now once they're teaching 19:14 that a person doesn't really die, 19:16 then they created purgatory, which says, look, 19:20 God sends you to a place of burning, 19:22 and if you want to get out, just give me money. 19:28 And what this began to do? 19:30 This began to change the picture of God 19:34 in the eyes of the mount of the congregation. 19:36 Yes. 19:38 Now they're like, "Is this who God is?" 19:40 So in essence they were using 19:43 death and hell to kill, to destroy. 19:48 To destroy God's character and think about it. 19:51 The blood is no longer needed. 19:53 If our salvation is fully in the blood of Christ, 19:56 in his perfect life and in his perfect death 19:58 is substitutionary death for us. 20:00 But now, there is purgatory, now there is merry, 20:02 now there is earning, now there is pain, 20:04 now there is fluctuation, 20:06 and climbing upstairs on your knees 20:08 in order to earn God's merry and earn God's favor, 20:11 then the blood is drained out, 20:12 there is no longer any need for this blood. 20:14 So this symbolism is really insignificant here 20:18 because it's talking about how it was 20:20 that the blood of Christ was drained out 20:24 in order for this whole 20:26 misunderstanding of God's character 20:28 to come to the forefront, 20:29 you have to get rid of the blood, 20:31 you have to get rid of Christ, 20:32 you have to get rid of His sacrifice, 20:34 but in the same sense maintain religiosity. 20:38 Maintain this religious front and so it's not as though 20:41 we are going completely out into the world, 20:42 we still are religious. 20:44 Yes, so this is not the red horse. 20:46 Right. 20:47 The red horse is totally we hate God. 20:50 The pale horse is, you know, 20:52 oh, yeah, we have a semblance of God, 20:54 but we just don't have any life in us. 20:56 And, you know, there is some discussion 20:58 as whether this pale horse looked yellow, 21:00 yellow greenish or but if you are at a distance, 21:03 and if you put a white horse 21:04 and a pale horse at a distance, guess what? 21:07 They'll probably look, and if you're at a distance, 21:10 at a distance, hey which is which? 21:13 You know one looks pale, which is which. 21:14 So the pale horse is almost like a counterfeit 21:18 of the white horse. 21:20 We're writing in the name of Christ. 21:22 We're doing this in the name of Christ 21:24 which is really interesting 21:26 because when it says that 21:27 this power killed with the sword. 21:30 What is the sword in the scripture? 21:33 It's the word of God. 21:34 So, they are now using the word of God 21:36 against the mount of the congregation. 21:38 Wow! 21:39 They kill with hunger. 21:41 You can't read the Bible. 21:42 You have no access to the word of God. 21:44 They kill with death what we just talked about. 21:46 You know the whole concept 21:48 and understanding of death and purgatory 21:50 and they kill with the beast of the earth 21:52 and that's interesting because the beast of the earth 21:55 is the symbol of nations. 21:57 And we know that the church use their military 22:00 might and use their authority over nations 22:03 to persecute Christians throughout the dark ages. 22:06 So we're looking at this persecution 22:08 but now coming from a legit Christian source 22:12 which ultimately leads... 22:15 We gonna see this is a pale horse, 22:17 this teaching, 22:18 this horse ultimately leads to total rejection of God. 22:23 Yeah, in atheism. 22:24 And we see that as we develop through the Book of Revelation, 22:26 we're gonna see that in the trumpets. 22:28 See as you repeat and enlarge, 22:30 there are certain insights that are, 22:33 you gain as you go further on into the Book of Revelation, 22:36 just like with Daniel. 22:37 Each one of those chapters, 22:39 those epics in Daniel 2, 7, 8 and 11. 22:41 It gets little bit longer and little bit larger 22:43 with little bit more detail. 22:44 When we get to Revelation 11, 22:46 we're gonna see all of a sudden, now, 22:47 we're gonna see a beast come out of the bottomless pit 22:49 that we identify as making war against 22:52 two witnesses Old and New Testament, 22:53 making war against the Bible and God's people. 22:56 Where that guy come from? 22:57 Well, in the context of Revelation 11, 22:59 he is immersed in the history of the dark ages, 23:02 in the history of this papal system. 23:05 When you destroy the character of God 23:07 and you make him out to be this tyrant 23:10 who is torturing people 23:13 in the place called hell for all eternity 23:15 or having them in a place of purgatory 23:17 until they earn enough merit to get out. 23:18 People turn away from that, they reject that. 23:20 And they reject the Bible outright, 23:22 because you're using the Bible to do that. 23:23 So this produces, 23:25 this power comes out of the system 23:28 that is completely denying the word of God. 23:31 So remember the French Revolution occurs 23:33 right at the end of the 1260 years. 23:37 Right? 23:38 That is what actually leads to 23:42 the papacy receiving this deadly wound in 1798. 23:47 So the French Revolution and atheism 23:50 which rose out of the French Revolution. 23:52 Atheism is the direct result of the papacy 23:57 changing the picture, the image, 24:00 the character of God, 24:02 draining the blood as it were from the gospel, 24:06 and the end result is death and hell. 24:09 End result is a total rejection of God. 24:10 Yeah. 24:12 And we are living in that time. 24:13 We've come now to the end if you will. 24:17 Almost at the rise of atheism, almost in to the 20th century. 24:22 You know, we've got, we've got this power rising up 24:25 you know 1798, coming into the 1900s. 24:29 So you've got this power 24:30 1798, 1898 coming into the 1900. 24:33 We got this power rising up in the earth 24:36 and we're dealing with it today. 24:38 So today there are people that you and me, 24:41 that you'll sit next to him on plains 24:43 or in trains or on buses 24:46 and these people if they find out. 24:49 You're reading your Bible, 24:50 and they're looking, they're like 24:51 oh, they're Christian. 24:53 Yeah, I'm a Christian, you know, I love the Lord. 24:55 Oh, I couldn't ever love a God 24:57 that would burn people in hell for all eternity. 25:00 I can never love a God like that. 25:02 Oh, and the Christian says, well, I couldn't neither. 25:05 I can never love a God like that. 25:07 No, you don't understand, 25:09 I hate a God who burns people in hell for ever and ever, 25:13 and the Christians says, well, 25:14 yeah, I hate that kind of god too, small g. 25:18 I would hate a god who would burn... 25:19 Wait a minute, 25:21 that's the Bible teaches that your God, 25:22 Christians believe that God burns people 25:24 in hell for ever and ever. 25:25 No, the Bible actually doesn't teach that. 25:27 That's a distortion of what the Bible teaches. 25:30 This is the pale horse draining the blood. 25:33 We believe Jesus Christ was the one 25:35 who paid the price for our redemption. 25:37 We don't believe that you can earn salvation. 25:39 We don't believe that 25:40 God is gonna punish us for all eternity. 25:42 There is place called hell. 25:43 There is actually a hell, 25:45 but it's not an eternity burning hell, 25:47 it's not burning right now. 25:49 It's a time and a place 25:51 it takes place at the end of judgment, 25:52 but we do not believe in that God. 25:54 Really? 25:55 See, we're living in a time when this world is inundated 25:58 with this pale horse. 25:59 Now, the persecute, the red horse is riding 26:01 and that's there too, and the dark horse, 26:04 and that's there too, 26:05 but the pale horse is something we just see 26:07 in millions of people being affected by right now. 26:09 And we are going to see the white horse conquer, 26:13 conquer all of these horses, 26:15 continuing riding, continue to ride 26:18 and that's where we come in. 26:19 We connect with Christ. 26:20 We are hooked up with Him, 26:22 hooked up with that white horse, 26:23 then we are called to delivered, 26:25 to help people to see the light and the truth of the gospel. 26:27 So, the white horse is basically 26:29 going forward to conquer those on the red, 26:32 but those who are of the red, those who are of the black, 26:34 and those who are of the pale. 26:36 The purpose of the white horse is to redeem those people 26:40 who have been either let us astray 26:42 or deceived in one word 26:44 or are persecuted the people of God. 26:47 You know, Paul. 26:48 Paul, Saul, why persecute us, tell me. 26:51 Absolutely. 26:52 All right, we're out of time again that we are. 26:55 In our next program what we gonna do is 26:56 we gonna summarize this. 26:57 So we gonna go right back, 26:59 we gonna look at the four horses, 27:01 we gonna look at the parable, and we'll start with the quiz. 27:05 We'll get these guys you know, we'll ask small questions. 27:08 We'll go back and forth like Yvonne would go white horse, 27:10 Jason with the red, and then the black 27:11 and then the pale and then we get into that. 27:12 So be prepared. 27:14 Yeah, that's the heads-up. 27:15 Pray for us. 27:17 Yeah, until our next program to get it right. 27:18 Yeah. Okay, all right. 27:21 If there is any questions, 27:23 they can be submitted to sss@3abn.org 27:27 as in salvation and symbols and signs. 27:29 Amen. We'll say a word of prayer. 27:31 Thanks You, Lord, once again for being with us 27:33 as we study and continue to learn about the four horses. 27:37 The stuff is so deep. 27:38 I mean it just builds and builds and builds, 27:42 but there is ways to verify it. 27:44 We thank You for making Your word clear to us 27:48 and blessing us with the opportunity 27:51 to study with Pastor Rafferty and Pastor Myers 27:53 who have gained a firm understanding 27:56 of Your word as well. 27:59 Please be with us as we depart from here 28:02 and help us to take what we've learned with us 28:04 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. 28:06 Amen. Amen. |
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