Participants: Ivor Myers (Host), James Rafferty (Host), Yvonne Lewis, Jason Bradley
Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000058A
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00:30 So we got to start, we laid a good foundation
00:33 but we want to continue now to unmask the Mark of the Beast. 00:37 We're in Revelation chapter 13, 00:38 we're looking at the word, "worship" 00:41 and we've identified its use in two different ways, 00:45 one... to worship the earthly powers, 00:46 the other... to worship God. 00:47 So, we'll start with a word of prayer 00:49 and the other things I want to do is, 00:51 I want to give a shout-out for "Historicals" 00:53 these models are called Historicals, 00:56 we've got the land beast, we've got the sea beast, 00:59 we've got the dragon and Brendan Valiant and his wife 01:02 are developing this ministry, making these available, 01:04 so for those Viewers who would like to get these 01:07 and use them in Bible Study, et cetera, 01:08 historicals. com 01:11 historicals. com is their website 01:13 and they're going to be producing these... 01:15 and you can actually get them from them 01:17 and utilize them for your evangelism 01:20 and outreach and Bible studies 01:22 and I think they're great little models to have 01:23 they really help to illustrate what we're doing here 01:26 so, well, let's start with a word of prayer, Jason, 01:28 and then we'll jump right into our subject. 01:30 All right, "Dear Heavenly Father, 01:32 it's such a wonderful day to study your Word 01:35 we ask that you would fill the studio with your Holy Spirit 01:38 and fill the homes of our Viewers 01:40 with your Holy Spirit as well 01:41 and lead and guide us into all truth 01:43 as we continue to dive deeper into Revelation 01:47 so we can understand what has happened 01:50 and what is to come, in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 01:52 All: "Amen. " 01:53 So, Revelation chapter 13... the key word again, "worship" 01:57 are we going to worship these two powers 01:59 or are we going to worship God? 02:01 God's call to worship is based on the fact 02:03 that He's the Creator, 02:05 He created heaven and earth and the seas 02:06 and the fountains of waters which is a clue 02:08 to the worship that He's calling us to 02:11 because, when you look at this verse, Revelation 14:7, 02:14 it's actually almost a direct quotation from Exodus chapter 20 02:19 Exodus chapter 20 is the 4th commandment 02:21 and it calls us to worship God who made heaven and earth 02:25 and the seas and the fountains of waters. 02:26 Let's just look there and read that verse 02:28 Yvonne, would you like to read 02:29 that verse for us when you get there? 02:31 Exodus chapter 20 and we're going to read... 02:34 it actually starts in verse 8 02:36 and that is where the 4th commandment begins 02:40 so if we could read Exodus 20 verses 8 through 11, 02:43 I think it would be good to read all three verses... 02:46 or all four verses... I should say. 02:50 Yvonne: Sure, now this is the New King James Version. 02:54 James: Sounds good. 02:56 "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy. 02:58 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 03:00 but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. 03:03 In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, 03:07 nor your daughter, nor your male servant, 03:10 nor your female servant, nor your cattle, 03:12 nor your stranger who is within your gates. 03:14 For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, 03:17 the sea, and all that is in them, 03:19 and rested the seventh day. 03:21 Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it. " 03:24 James: All right, two things are taking place here, 03:27 first of all, God is calling us 03:31 to remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy 03:33 and then He's reminding us why. 03:36 Hmmm... 03:37 The reason why is because of Creation... 03:39 so Exodus... the Ten Commandments in Exodus, 03:42 the fourth commandment in Exodus 03:43 is pointing us back to Creation 03:45 which is really interesting because it says, 03:47 "for in six days the LORD made the heaven and earth 03:49 and seas and the fountains of waters... 03:50 that's why I want you to remember 03:52 the Sabbath day to keep it holy 03:53 and the seventh day is the Sabbath day... " 03:55 is what the commandment says, 03:56 now, in Revelation 14 it says, 03:58 "Worship Him who made heaven and earth and seas 04:00 and the fountains of waters. " 04:02 In Exodus it says, "and in six days the LORD made 04:04 the heaven and earth and seas and fountains of waters... " 04:06 basically, it's quoting right from the fourth commandment 04:08 which is directing us back to Genesis. 04:10 In Genesis... and the reason why I love Genesis 04:12 is because... when God created this earth... 04:14 before there was a Hebrew, before there was a Jew, 04:16 before there was a particular people, 04:18 God gave us the Sabbath. 04:20 Yvonne: That's right. 04:22 James: Okay, so, Genesis chapter 2 04:25 and let's just read there, 04:26 Jason, can you read Genesis chapter 2 verses 1 through 3? 04:31 Sure, "Thus the heavens and the earth were finished, 04:34 and all the host of them. 04:36 And on the seventh day 04:37 God ended his work which he had made; 04:39 and he rested on the seventh day 04:41 from all his work which he had made; 04:42 And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: 04:46 because that in it he had rested from all his work 04:50 which God created and made. " 04:51 So we have two groups of people on Planet Earth. 04:53 We have a group of people who... coming from various backgrounds 04:57 for example, myself, I was raised Catholic, 04:59 went to church every Sunday, was an Altar Boy 05:02 started reading the Bible when I was 21 years old 05:05 and became convicted about what the Bible teaches 05:07 concerning the seventh day... that it's Saturday, 05:10 even though I'd been raised going to church on Sunday 05:13 and my church taught me to go to church on Sunday... 05:15 that day was the... 05:17 I was convicted that I should follow the Bible 05:20 and so, I began going to church on Saturday 05:22 because God was calling me to worship Him 05:25 in accordance with the fourth commandment. 05:27 There are millions of people on Planet Earth that do this, 05:30 this day... they keep the commandments of God 05:32 according to the Word of God... according to the Bible 05:34 so, there's the one group of people, 05:36 then there's another group of people, 05:38 now, this other group of people worship on Sunday 05:42 for various reasons, 05:44 reason number one might be because... 05:46 like I was... we were raised that way, 05:48 that's the day we were raised to believe... tradition... 05:51 we've always kept Sunday 05:52 or maybe it's because they believe that the apostles 05:55 met on the first day of the week to break bread 05:57 or even more so, because Jesus was raised 06:00 on the first day of the week 06:01 but no matter what their reason is, 06:04 what is missing is a commandment from God. 06:08 There's no commandment in the Bible 06:10 that commands them... 06:11 like we're commanded to do in relation to the seventh day 06:14 to keep Sunday holy 06:15 or this is a commandment that we should worship on this day, 06:18 there's nothing in the Bible that says that, 06:19 there's no commandment that says that 06:21 so what you've got is... 06:22 you've got those who follow the commandments of God 06:24 and those who worship according to earthly traditions... 06:28 according to what they've inherited or what they believe 06:32 man has interpreted the Bible to say 06:34 concerning the first day of the week 06:37 and that's what you see here in Revelation chapter 13, 06:40 you see these two groups of people worshipping 06:42 for these two different reasons, in fact, going even further 06:44 the church that I was part of said, 06:48 "We have the power to change this day 06:51 from Saturday to Sunday. 06:53 We have the authority to do that, 06:55 we're based... our church is based upon the apostolic... 06:58 you know... apostles... Peter... you know... 07:00 and the keys were given to him and so we can... 07:02 we can make these changes. " 07:04 They claimed to make the changes that causes millions of people 07:08 maybe a billion people to worship on a different day 07:11 than what is called for... in the Word of God. 07:13 Ivor: I think that as we look at Revelation chapter 13, 07:17 a big question is, 07:19 "How in the world is Satan going to get the whole world 07:25 to basically receive this mark?" 07:28 And I think it's a question that a lot of people 07:31 who read the Bible are having 07:33 there's a lot of confusion about it, 07:34 when I was growing up, I think I was about, maybe six 07:37 or maybe twelve-years old, 07:39 it was the first time I heard about the Mark of the Beast 07:41 and I remember 07:45 my cousin had come over from England 07:47 and she was about 13... she was 14 at the time... 07:49 my brother and I... six... I mean, 12 and 11... 07:53 so we had just met each other and we really got along well 07:57 but I didn't know she was a Christian 07:58 and one day we were all home alone 08:00 sometime in the morning... my parents were gone to work 08:03 and she starts talking to us about the Bible 08:05 and she'd been doing that often... 08:06 and we were like, "Hey, cool, no problem... " 08:07 this morning she was like... 08:09 talking about these beasts coming up out of the sea, 08:12 and this thing called the Mark of the Beast 08:15 and she was like, 08:16 "I know what the Mark of the Beast is... 08:18 do you guys want to know what the Mark of the Beast is?" 08:19 And I remember thinking... 08:21 at that... when she said at that moment, 08:22 my brother and I began trembling 08:25 and the reason why was because that summer 08:28 we had just watched a movie about a little boy from England 08:33 who discovers he has the Mark of the Beast 08:36 and whoever finds out his identity 08:40 dies this mysterious, horrible, painful death... 08:47 you know, crows coming out of nowhere, 08:49 and trucks... and you still don't die 08:51 and your death takes like 15 minutes, ahhhhhhh... 08:54 so my brother and I decided 08:56 we never want to know what the Mark of the Beast is 08:57 ever, ever, ever... 08:59 and she's like, "I know what the Mark of the Beast is" 09:00 and we were like, "What? You... " 09:02 She's like, "Do you want to know what it is?" 09:04 And I'm like, "No... " 09:05 my head was like, "No... " but my mouth said, "Yes. " 09:07 Laughter... 09:08 And then she begins to tell us, 09:09 "The Mark of the Beast is on soap boxes... 09:13 it's a sign of a half-moon... with a man's face in it 09:18 and that is what the Mark of the Beast is... " 09:20 I don't know if you guys have ever heard this before. 09:22 Yvonne: I've never heard that. 09:23 Ivor: And we're like, "What?" 09:24 She's like, "You have a soap box in your house?" 09:26 We were like, "Yeah. " She's like, "Let's go... " 09:28 we go downstairs to the basement 09:29 she shows us the soap box 09:32 with a half moon and a man's face in it 09:33 we run out the house screaming and crying... 09:37 we're in the middle of the road looking out for trucks 09:40 and crows... we're thinking, "This is it, we're going to die" 09:44 and we didn't die 09:45 and it was like, God planted... in that moment 09:48 okay, "One day I really want to figure out... 09:51 know more about this Mark of the Beast" 09:52 but there's so much confusion out there about it, 09:55 the question is, 09:56 "What is it and how does Satan bring this to pass?" 10:00 So... I want to show you... 10:01 Yvonne: Is it a chip... is it a little mark on the forehead? 10:05 James: Tattoo...? 10:06 Ivor: And who gets it and why? Why do they get it? 10:08 Yvonne: Right. 10:09 Ivor: So, let's go back to Revelation chapter 13 10:10 and we're going to look at some things here, 10:12 so, Revelation chapter 13 verse 13, 10:15 and Jason, would you read that for us? 10:18 Revelation 13 verse 13? 10:19 Jason: Sure, "And he doeth great wonders, 10:21 so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth 10:24 in the sight of men... " 10:25 Ivor: Okay, so, we saw that this was the second beast... 10:29 this is speaking about the second beast 10:31 of Revelation chapter 11 that comes out of the earth 10:35 and that these miracles will begin to happen during... 10:36 at some particular point in time, 10:38 this particular miracle here, we've already seen 10:42 is a representation of Satan himself 10:46 impersonating Jesus Christ, okay, 10:49 that fire falling from the sky, 10:52 we saw that the fire is actually the word, "lightning" 10:55 and in Matthew 24 Jesus said, 10:58 "As the lightning shines from the east, even unto the west, 11:01 so shall the coming of the son of man be... " 11:04 so, one thing we see here is that Satan himself 11:06 is going to impersonate Christ. 11:10 James: He's coming as an angel of light. 11:12 Ivor: He's coming as an angel of light 11:13 and, in fact, in 2nd Thessalonians 1 it says, 11:18 "He comes in flaming fire executing vengeance 11:22 upon them who obey not the Lord. " 11:24 James: God does. 11:26 Ivor: God does... so, when Satan comes, 11:29 when Satan counterfeits, guess what he's coming to do? 11:32 He's coming to exercise vengeance 11:35 right, "in the name of Jesus" 11:37 okay, that's number one, 11:40 number two, from our previous studies we saw 11:43 that when Jesus comes again 11:45 something else very important happens, what is it? 11:48 It is the resurrection of the dead, 11:51 okay, we know that Satan is going to attempt 11:54 to counterfeit this not by really resurrecting the dead 11:57 but through spiritualism, right, so, 12:00 demons in the form of people appearing and saying, 12:04 "Yes, you know what? This is... " 12:06 this looks like Jesus has come again, 12:08 however, we know that when Jesus comes again, 12:12 according to 2nd Thessalonians, He does not touch the ground. 12:18 James: 1st Thessalonians... Ivor: 1st Thessalonians... 12:20 He does not touch the ground. 12:22 James: 1st Thessalonians 4:16... 12:24 Ivor: All right, So when he comes... 12:25 when Satan comes, guess what he's going to do? 12:27 He's going to touch the ground 12:29 but here's the issue, 12:31 most Christians believe that when Jesus comes again, 12:36 He's coming to set up His kingdom on earth 12:40 okay, notice in Revelation 13, right after this miracle occurs 12:45 it is this miracle that leads to verse 14, 12:49 so, Yvonne, would you read verse 14? 12:50 Yvonne: "And he deceives those who dwell on the earth 12:53 by those signs that he was granted to do 12:55 in the sight of the beast; 12:57 telling those who dwell on the earth, 12:59 to make an image to the beast, 13:01 who was wounded by the sword, and lived. " 13:03 Ivor: Okay, so, who is the beast? 13:05 Making an image to the beast, who is the beast? 13:08 We saw the beast was... 13:09 James: First earthly kingdom which is the Papacy. 13:11 Ivor: Right, the Papacy... 13:12 now what kind of kingdom was the Papacy? 13:14 James: It was a Civil and Religious... 13:16 Ivor: So, what happens... 13:18 what kind of a kingdom is that called? 13:20 A Civil and Religious Kingdom. 13:23 James: Church and State. 13:24 Ivor: Yeah, it's Church and State 13:26 it's not a Democracy... it's a Theocracy... 13:29 Yvonne: Hmmm... 13:31 Ivor: The definition of a Theocracy is 13:33 when priests rule on behalf of God. 13:35 So what the Bible is telling us 13:38 is that this second beast... America... 13:41 will make an image to the first beast, 13:44 in other words, they're going to say, 13:46 "We need to set up a Theocracy. " 13:49 A Theocracy is where 13:51 God Himself is the Head of the Kingdom. 13:55 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 13:58 Ivor: When Satan comes in the place of Christ, 13:59 ruling as Christ... the world is going to believe... 14:05 and Christians especially are going to believe, 14:07 "Oh, this is Christ coming to set up His kingdom on earth. " 14:11 We understand that to be something called the millennium, 14:16 the one thousand years of what? Peace... right? 14:21 Satan comes professing this is the long awaited millennium. 14:27 Now what happens in the millennium? 14:28 Let me show you a couple of verses, 14:30 let's go over to Revelation 20 very quickly, 14:32 Revelation 20... 14:33 and if I can have someone read for me verses 1 through 4, 14:37 "And I saw an angel come down from heaven, 14:41 having the key of the bottomless pit 14:43 and a great chain in his hand, 14:44 And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, 14:47 which is the Devil, and Satan, 14:49 and bound him a thousand years, 14:51 And cast him into the bottomless pit, 14:53 and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, 14:56 that he should deceive the nations no more, 14:58 till the thousand years should be fulfilled: 15:00 and after that he must be loosed a little season. 15:04 And I saw thrones, and they sat upon them, 15:07 and judgment was given unto them: 15:08 and I saw the souls of them 15:11 that were beheaded for the witness of Jesus, 15:13 and for the word of God, 15:15 and which had not worshipped the beast, neither his image, 15:19 neither had received his mark upon their foreheads, 15:21 or in their hands; 15:23 and they lived and reigned with Christ a thousand years. " 15:26 Ivor: Okay, so you have two things going on here, 15:27 this is talking about Christ coming 15:30 and He's resurrecting the dead, right, 15:32 and then, what is He doing? 15:34 He's giving judgment to His saints. 15:37 "I'm allowing you guys as my priests 15:40 to now exercise judgment on my behalf. " 15:43 So, Satan's coming to counterfeit the coming of Christ 15:47 and basically counterfeit this millennium. 15:49 What is he doing? 15:51 He's setting up his kingdom on earth 15:52 and He's giving His "saints" 15:55 power and authority to judge. 15:58 Yvonne: Hmmm... 16:00 Ivor: He's basically counterfeiting 16:02 the millennium on earth. 16:04 Yvonne: Wow! 16:05 Ivor: Now, what is he going to do? 16:06 Right, when this happens, okay, 16:09 I want you to go over to Isaiah 66 16:11 and we're going to see something actually... 16:12 just totally profound here, 16:14 Isaiah 66... in this new kingdom, 16:16 Isaiah 66 and verse 15. 16:22 Yvonne: "For, behold, the Lord will come with fire, 16:28 and with his chariots like a whirlwind... " 16:30 Ivor: I'm sorry, I'm sorry... 16:31 I'm sorry... not Isaiah 66, verse 15... 16:33 it's actually Isaiah 66 verse 23, 16:36 and this is talking about... in the new kingdom... 16:39 right, what does it say? Isaiah 66 verse 23. 16:42 Yvonne: "and it shall come to pass, 16:43 that from one new moon to another, 16:45 and from one Sabbath to another, 16:46 all flesh shall come to worship before me, saith the Lord. " 16:49 Ivor: All right, so what do you think Satan is going to do? 16:51 Here is Satan standing in the place of Christ, 16:53 and what is he going to command? 16:55 That all flesh come before him to worship... on what? 17:00 Yvonne: On his day. Ivor: On his day... 17:02 on the Sabbath... the only problem is... 17:05 what Sabbath is that? 17:06 Yvonne: That's going to be Sunday. 17:08 Ivor: Is it the first day of the week 17:10 or is it the seventh day of the week 17:12 or is it the first day of the week? 17:13 It's going to be the first day of the week, 17:15 now the reason why this is so important to understand 17:18 is because the Sabbath... 17:20 according to Ezekiel 20 verse 12, 17:22 is the Seal of God. 17:25 Ivor: That's the sign that you are truly standing with God. 17:29 Those who receive the Mark of the Beast 17:32 they're receiving a counterfeit... 17:34 thinking, "this shows that I'm with the true God. " 17:38 James: Hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 17:40 Ivor: The whole thing is flipped on his head, 17:44 Satan is saying, "Yeah, I'm Christ... didn't you read? 17:47 When I come, my feet are going to stand on the Mount of Olives, 17:50 we're going to have a new heaven and... 17:51 I mean, a new kingdom... 17:53 the kingdom is going to be full of righteousness, 17:54 everyone's going to follow my laws 17:56 Sabbath to Sabbath... 17:57 all flesh is going to come before me and worship, 17:59 it's the sign of sanctification that I sanctify you... 18:03 what are you doing? 18:05 What are you waiting for? 18:06 By-the-way, Sabbath is the only commandment 18:10 that has a... a built in it... 18:12 a prohibition for buying and selling. 18:14 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 18:17 Ivor: Right, it's the only commandment 18:18 that actually has built in it a prohibition 18:20 against buying and selling on a certain day 18:22 so if you break this commandment, 18:23 in fact, you remember, Nehemiah... 18:25 when Nehemiah finished building that kingdom, 18:29 those who rejected... 18:31 I mean, those who wanted to buy and sell, 18:33 he was like, "You can't do this in the new kingdom, 18:36 you can't break God's Sabbath in in the new kingdom, 18:39 you do it again and I will lay hands... 18:42 lay hands on you. " 18:44 Laughter... 18:45 But this is what you have, this is what's going to happen 18:50 is that Satan... appearing as Christ 18:52 will make it appear that the kingdom of God has come on earth 18:56 this is the millennium... judgment given unto the saints, 19:00 a new heaven and a new earth... 19:02 a new heaven and a new earth is 1,000 years of peace 19:05 and the Sabbath will be the sign 19:07 that you fall in line with the kingdom, 19:10 reject that sign... and guess what? 19:12 Under a Theocracy, 19:14 when you blaspheme, what's the penalty? 19:16 Death... you're blaspheming the God of heaven, 19:20 how dare you? 19:22 So this... and I'm telling you, even for those who know the... 19:27 who know the Bible... 19:28 James: It's going to be overwhelming. 19:30 Ivor: I'm telling you... James: Yeah. 19:31 Ivor: Can you imagine thinking, "Did I get it right?" 19:33 Did we get it right because look at this... 19:36 I mean, look at him? Look at the world... 19:40 I mean, it looks like Christ, 19:42 acts like Christ, talks like Christ... 19:44 James: People will be raised from the dead... 19:46 people are being healed, the whole world is going along. 19:49 Yvonne: And we're being prepped for this now... 19:51 with all these movies about people who died 19:52 and they're communicating with us here on earth, 19:56 we're getting prepped... Ivor: Absolutely... 19:58 James: It's going to be an overmastering deception. 20:00 Yvonne: Wow! 20:01 Ivor: It's even mindboggling to think about it now, 20:06 I mean, if you have been studying your Bible 20:09 and you're like, "Yeah, I'm not sure about this" 20:11 or... if you're not too sure, 20:14 when this happens, I guarantee... 20:16 you're going to be... you're going to get carried away 20:19 you're getting carried away 20:21 even those who know this and I'm like, "Yeah, I got it, 20:25 I got it, I got it, when Christ comes, 20:27 His feet do not touch the ground... I got it. " 20:31 In this time, the optics... 20:36 the senses... are going to be so overwhelming 20:41 that if it were possible, even the very elect... 20:46 you know, because I mean... just think... 20:49 he... Satan is basically using Scripture... 20:52 he's backing up his deception 20:56 through an incorrect understanding of Scripture 20:59 and he's saying, "Look, doesn't the Bible say, 21:02 when He comes, 21:04 His feet are going to touch the ground, 21:05 He's going to set up a kingdom on earth 21:07 He's going to... Sabbath to Sabbath... 21:09 all flesh are going to come and... " 21:10 these are going to be the arguments 21:12 when the world argues with you, 21:14 when those who deceive argue with you, 21:16 guess what they're going to be arguing? 21:17 The Bible... 21:20 James: Yep. Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 21:21 Jason: That's why we need to know it backwards and forward 21:23 inside and out, 21:25 like, when Christ was tempted in the wilderness, 21:28 He just came... He combated against the devil 21:32 with Scripture, the devil tried to say, 21:34 "Okay, the angels... da... da... da... da... da... " 21:36 and Christ came back and said, 21:38 "No... " and He just... He broke it down. 21:42 Ivor: And see how the devil used Scripture... 21:47 he used Scripture to back up his argument 21:51 the same thing is going to happen at the end of time 21:54 and again, I mean, I can't even stress it enough... 21:58 but the importance of studying the Word of God now 22:03 because everything that can be shaken... will be shaken. 22:07 Yvonne: Hmmm... 22:08 Ivor: We're not... 22:09 if we don't know what we believe and why we believe it... 22:13 Yvonne: We won't be able to stand. 22:16 Ivor: You're fighting against righteousness, I mean... 22:19 "What you believe, Brother, is wrong 22:24 and this is the evidence, 22:25 I mean, come on, this is righteousness here, 22:28 can't you... can't you see? 22:29 What else... all right... if God were going to speak to you, 22:32 what else could He do to convince you 22:35 that this is His kingdom on earth 22:37 and you have been wrong all along?" 22:39 You begin to doubt, 22:40 "Hey, was I baptized into something incorrect? 22:44 were my teachers wrong?" 22:46 You know what? 22:47 Ah... it's crazy... and so, this is what... 22:52 this is why it's called... "a time of trouble... " 22:56 that will just be like nothing that we've ever experienced 23:00 because the deception will be off the chain... 23:06 I can use that too. 23:07 Yvonne: Because everything that's in us 23:08 wants to go with our senses... 23:10 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Ivor: Yeah. 23:11 Yvonne: And that's why that question from that Viewer 23:13 about, "I don't feel forgiven... " 23:15 we cannot go with feelings because if we go with feelings, 23:18 we'll get swept up. 23:19 Ivor: That's right. 23:21 Yvonne: We have to go with what's in the Word 23:22 and spend time with the Lord and what... 23:24 this is really convicting me 23:26 because timewise... you get so distracted... 23:30 but the Lord is saying, "It's not time to be distracted" 23:34 we'd better get this now 23:37 because things are happening so fast. 23:40 Ivor: You know, there is a parable... 23:42 a parable of the ten virgins 23:43 and the Bible says that at midnight, 23:47 all the virgins woke up, 23:49 if you know the parable, these ten virgins... 23:51 five were wise, five were foolish 23:52 and they all take their lamps and go forth 23:56 to meet the bridegroom, 23:57 okay, but something happens at midnight that wakes them up, 24:02 midnight is the darkest hour... that's what it represents. 24:07 Something happens that is unexpected, 24:09 that makes all the virgins realize, "Huh... this is it... 24:14 this is the moment that we've been waiting for. " 24:18 What is that darkest event in earth's history? 24:22 What is the overwhelming deception of Satan 24:24 at the very end of time, it's his appearing 24:27 and here's the thing, 24:28 many people are looking for signs 24:32 that, "Okay, when I see this, 24:35 then I'll know... and I'll get ready for it... " 24:37 No... when Satan comes, there's no sign that he gives 24:41 that... you get up one day, 24:43 turn the news on... and Jesus is here. 24:46 James: There he is... 24:48 Ivor: That's how sudden this is. Yvonne: Right. 24:49 Ivor: It's an unexpected event, 24:51 there's... it's not like a sign... 24:52 "Okay, well we think Satan might appear sometime this year... " 24:55 No, it's totally unexpected 24:57 and so with that if you haven't been preparing beforehand... 25:01 when you see the "abomination of desolation" 25:03 standing in the Holy Place 25:05 and you're like, "I'm not ready" 25:06 there's no time, you see what I'm saying? 25:08 You have failed to be prepared in the time 25:13 that you should have been prepared. 25:14 That is the greatest thing that is facing God's people today 25:17 is lack of preparation 25:19 because we're probably looking for wrong signs. 25:24 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 25:25 James: You know in Revelation chapter 1 verse 10, 25:28 we got a couple of minutes here just to look at this 25:31 in relation to everything you've said, Ivor, 25:33 a way to prepare... let's just... 25:36 let's just close with giving our Viewers a way to prepare, 25:39 so, Revelation 1:10 says, 25:42 "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, 25:44 and I heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet... " 25:49 What is the Lord's day? 25:50 Jason: Saturday... the seventh day... 25:54 James: According to what? 25:56 Jason: The fourth commandment and Genesis 2:2... 25:58 James: Okay, according to the Bible, 25:59 the Lord's day is the seventh day. 26:01 Do most Christians believe that? Yvonne: No. 26:03 James: No, most Christians believe the Lord's day is what? 26:05 Sunday... 26:06 now the text here doesn't explicitly say 26:08 that it's Saturday or Sunday, 26:10 it just says, "the Lord's Day" 26:11 but if you go to the Bible, 26:13 you'll find that in Exodus 20 it says, 26:15 "The Seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God" 26:17 so it's the Lord's Day 26:18 and Jesus says in Mark 2 that... yeah, 26:22 "I'm the Lord of the Sabbath... " 26:23 however, if you read 26:26 no less than five translations of the Bible, post 2000, 26:31 that means these were translations 26:33 that were developed after the year 2000, 26:36 so we're in the year 2017, 26:38 so these five translations were all printed... 26:40 translated... after the year 2000, 26:43 they don't say, "the Lord's day" here, 26:45 they say, "Sunday" 26:48 or in the marginal reference, "the first day of the week" 26:50 and one of those translations is a Spanish translation 26:53 so, we're going to be dealing with people 26:57 who are reading their Bibles... their Bible versions... 27:00 and we say to them, "The seventh day is the Sabbath" 27:02 then they'll say, "But what about the Lord's Day?" 27:05 We'll say, "Well the Lord's Day is the Sabbath. " 27:07 "No, in Revelation 1:10, it says the Lord's Day is Sunday 27:09 it's the first day of the week. " 27:11 "Well, wait a minute, that's a bad translation. " 27:13 "Well, I don't know Greek and Hebrew 27:15 but the guy that translated this sure does. " 27:16 Do you see what I'm saying? 27:18 And this is the more practical preparation that we have to make 27:21 we have to be aware... 27:23 what is taking place with the Scriptures, 27:26 we can go to the Scriptures but we have to be aware also 27:28 of how the Scripture is being changed, 27:29 the Law is being changed, the Scripture is being changed, 27:32 we're in for a spiritual battle that's before us 27:35 and we need to trim our lamps and be ready 27:37 or we're going to face this overwhelming deception 27:40 that's going to bring our souls face to face with death. 27:42 Yvonne: Wow! 27:43 James: So, we need to continue this though, 27:45 we got to finish this subject, 27:46 we're going to do a Part 3, I think... 27:48 Yvonne: Yeah, I love it. |
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