Participants: Ivor Myers (Host), James Rafferty (Host), Yvonne Lewis, Jason Bradley
Series Code: SISS
Program Code: SISS000060A
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00:29 We are there and what I mean by "there" is
00:32 we have stepped out of the beasts... 00:35 the arena of the beasts... 00:37 and we've moved into what the Bible calls here 00:40 in Revelation 14, "the everlasting gospel" 00:43 the everlasting gospel... 00:44 and I think that we should spend a whole session 00:47 justifying this "everlasting gospel" 00:49 because it's kind of like an island... 00:51 it's kind of like a safe haven, 00:52 it's kind of like the place that we need to be... 00:55 when we follow the Lamb, 00:57 He's bringing us to this everlasting gospel. 00:59 This is the message that is going to be given 01:02 declared to the world 01:03 in contrast with the message to worship the beast 01:06 and receive his mark. 01:07 This is the message that's going to counteract the counterfeit, 01:11 counteract the counterfeit, 01:12 it's part of what we call the Three Angels' Messages 01:15 and I think it's really appropriate, 01:17 you know, Dare to Dream, 3ABN, 01:18 Three Angels Broadcasting Network 01:20 counteract the counterfeit... this is the message 01:23 so we really want... we don't want to rush 01:24 these next few studies together, 01:27 we want to make sure we take our time 01:29 to move through every aspect of this message... 01:32 this everlasting gospel message 01:33 and we're going to start with the everlasting gospel, 01:35 of course, we're going to start with prayer 01:37 but we're going to start with the everlasting gospel 01:38 and we're just going to define that 01:40 from every angle that we can and make it really clear 01:42 and that will build a foundation for what follows... 01:45 help us to understand where we need to be. 01:48 Ivor, would you pray for us? 01:50 Let's pray, "Heavenly Father, 01:52 we want to ask that you would guide us 01:53 as we continue to study your Word. 01:56 We pray that you would give us wisdom, 01:58 we pray that you would give us understanding, 01:59 Father, open our eyes 02:01 that we may behold wondrous things out of your Law 02:04 in Jesus' name we pray, amen. " 02:06 All: "Amen. " 02:07 So we see a connection right away, Revelation 14:1-5, 02:11 we talked about the character of God's people here 02:15 it says in the first verse, 02:18 that they have the name of God written in their foreheads... 02:20 the name of the Lamb written in their foreheads... 02:22 it says in the third verse, "they sing a song 02:25 that no man can learn 02:27 but the hundred and forty four thousand, 02:28 that were redeemed from the... 02:29 they were redeemed from the earth. " 02:31 It says in the fourth verse 02:32 that they are not defiled with women for they're virgins 02:35 and that... according to 2nd Corinthians chapter 11 02:38 verses 2 and 3 means that they are doctrinally pure, 02:42 they have the pure doctrine of the gospel, 02:44 the Spirit of God, the gospel of God, 02:46 the gospel of Jesus Christ and then it says 02:48 that they follow the Lamb wherever He goes 02:50 and they've been redeemed from among men, 02:52 they are first fruits unto God and to the Lamb 02:54 and that means they're born again 02:55 according to James chapter 1 verses 17 and 18 02:58 "And in their mouth was found no guile: 03:00 for they are without fault before the throne of God. " 03:03 Jude 23 and 24 tells us that Christ is the One 03:06 that can present us faultless before the throne of God. 03:08 These people are connected with Jesus, 03:11 these people love Jesus 03:12 and I believe that those people are the ones 03:15 that are described in Revelation 14 and verse 6 03:19 as the angel that flies in the midst of heaven 03:21 giving the everlasting gospel to the world, 03:24 I mean, I don't think this is necessarily a literal angel 03:27 I think it's talking about messengers... 03:29 that's what the word means, messengers for God. 03:32 People who've been on the Mount with Jesus, 03:34 people who follow the Lamb wherever He goes, 03:36 people who have been born again, 03:38 people who are not defiled with the doctrine of false theology 03:42 with the wine of Babylon... 03:43 these are the people who trust in Christ 03:46 who presents them faultless, 03:47 these are the people who've been given a message, 03:49 the everlasting gospel... because it's not just here... 03:52 but it's here, it's in their hearts, 03:55 so they have in their hearts, 03:57 this relationship with Christ as Savior and Lord 04:01 and they want to proclaim it to the world 04:03 and that is the everlasting gospel. 04:05 Ivor: I think, two things we want to do, first, 04:07 we want to...we should remind our Viewers... 04:10 or they might be joining us for the first time, 04:12 and they're like, 04:13 "Oh, good, they're in Revelation chapter 14, 04:15 I'm going to find out about the 144,000... " 04:17 we've covered that in previous studies 04:20 so, if you're joining us for the first time, 04:22 go back, look at our previous programs 04:26 and you'll be able to find the 144,000 there 04:29 now, we should kind of re-cap 04:32 everything that we have learned from the very beginning 04:34 right up to this point, 04:35 we can do that very quickly. 04:37 Ivor: Remember that we talked about 04:39 the structure of the Sanctuary that you have a Holy Place 04:42 which had the Table of Shewbread, 04:45 the Altar of Incense and the seven-branched Candlestick 04:48 then you have the Most Holy Place 04:49 and we have seen that the seven churches 04:52 unfold at the seven-branched candlestick, 04:54 the seven seals unfold at the Table of Shewbread 04:59 and the seven trumpets unfold at the Altar of Incense 05:02 this has been everything that we've covered from chapters... 05:04 Revelation chapter 1 all the way up to Revelation 11 05:08 and once we get to chapter 12... really the end of chapter 11, 05:12 now we are now introduced into the Most Holy Place... 05:15 James: This is the Ark of the Covenant. 05:16 Ivor: The Ark of the Covenant and this is why 05:18 the three angels' messages are found within the context 05:22 of the Most Holy Place 05:25 because it is the end-time message 05:27 okay, so now we know why this message is found where it is, 05:31 it is not necessarily found in the first 12 chapters 05:33 because the first have been 05:36 leading us to this particular time. 05:39 Yvonne: Hmmm... 05:40 Ivor: So, with that in mind, 05:43 before we actually jump into the three angels' messages, 05:47 there's a context that I want to set 05:49 that will really help us to understand just how important 05:52 this message is to God, 05:55 so, do that, I want to just take us back 05:58 to a verse in the book of Matthew chapter 18 06:01 let's go there, Matthew chapter 18 06:03 and hold your place in Revelation 14, 06:06 we'll go to Matthew chapter 18 06:08 and let's read from verse 15 to verse 17. 06:12 Yvonne: "Moreover if your brother sins against you, 06:16 go and tell him his fault between you and him alone: 06:20 if he hears you, you've gained your brother. 06:22 But if he will not hear, take with you one or two more, 06:26 that by the mouth of two or three witnesses 06:29 every word may be established. " 06:31 Ivor: Okay, go ahead and read further. 06:32 Yvonne: "And if he refuses to hear them, 06:34 tell it to the church: 06:36 but if he refuses even to hear the church 06:38 let him be to you as an heathen and a tax collector. " 06:41 Ivor: Okay, okay, so, powerful verse... 06:45 it's a verse about the process of... what? 06:49 Reconciliation... right, 06:51 and God says, "if you have an issue with someone... " 06:54 what do you do? 06:56 You go to them yourself, first, alone 06:58 and if they hear you, praise the Lord, 07:02 if they don't hear you, what should you do? 07:04 You should take... right... go back with... 07:06 then if they don't hear you, then... what do they do? 07:09 They take it to a church 07:11 and if they don't hear the church, then what? 07:13 That's it... right... that's it... 07:16 the process is done, 07:17 so, Christ gives us this example 07:20 and the question is, "Does Christ say, 07:24 'Do as I say not as I do?'" 07:27 Or does He actually do... 07:29 does He actually follow His own counsel? 07:31 James: He does what He does. 07:32 Ivor: He does what He does, right? 07:34 He does what He says, so, the question is, 07:38 "Did Christ have an issue with humanity?" 07:41 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 07:44 Ivor: He did... and so... what did He do? 07:47 All: He came... 07:49 Ivor: He came... He came... Yvonne: Wow! 07:52 Ivor: Revelation 12 verses 1 through 5, 07:55 there's a whole story of Christ coming to this earth... why? 07:58 Because He had an issue with mankind, okay, 08:01 there's a prophecy in the Old Testament 08:04 in the book Daniel... that talks about the coming of Christ 08:06 that's called: The 70-Week Prophecy 08:08 simply pointing to the fact that Christ would come 08:11 and the reason He came 08:12 was because He wanted to make... 08:14 He wanted to initiate reconciliation. 08:17 Yvonne: Hmmm... 08:18 Ivor: Okay, so how did we receive Him? 08:20 How did man receive Him? 08:21 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Didn't... 08:22 Ivor: "No, we're not hearing you... " 08:24 James: That didn't work. 08:25 Ivor: Yeah, so Jesus says, "Okay... 08:27 well, if you don't hear me, what am I going to do?" 08:28 I'm going to bring some witnesses... 08:31 Revelation chapter 11 talks about two witnesses... 08:36 Yvonne: Oh! come on now, look at that! 08:39 Ivor: And these two witnesses 08:40 are the Old and the New Testament 08:43 and how long do they witness for? 08:46 1,260 years... 08:49 there's another prophecy in the book of Daniel... 08:51 the 1,260-Year Prophecy 08:53 Yvonne: Wow! 08:55 Ivor: These two witnesses... which the Bible calls, 08:56 "The Olive Trees" 08:58 so someone asked the question, one of our questions was, 09:00 "What are the two olive trees?" 09:01 They are the Old and New Testament, 09:04 the Bible calls it in Revelation 11... the Olive trees 09:07 and the branch... and the candlesticks 09:09 that's because... from the Bible we receive the Holy Spirit, 09:13 from the Bible, we receive the light of truth 09:15 that's how we get access by reading the Word of God 09:18 and instructing us, so... anyway He sends two witnesses 09:21 and what happens? 09:24 Do we hear the two witnesses? 09:26 No, no, no, no, no, the two witnesses are rejected 09:29 all right, so, if you reject the two witnesses, 09:32 what is the last... 09:34 Yvonne: Go to the church. 09:36 Ivor: Take it to the church... 09:38 put it into the hands of the church 09:41 and if they fail to hear the church, 09:43 then it's over, 09:45 do you know what the three angels' messages are? 09:49 It is given to the church as the last attempt 09:53 for reconciliation between God and a sinful world. 09:57 There's a prophecy that points us to 10:00 the rising of God's end-time movement 10:02 which you will probably get into at some other time 10:05 it's called the 2,300-Day Prophecy 10:06 which ended in 1844... 10:08 you might say ended or began in 1844... 10:11 and when this prophecy... 10:13 it's the rising of God's end-time message, 10:16 which is what we're going to see... 10:17 this is exactly when the first angel's message... 10:19 second angel's message... third angel's message... 10:21 begin to go forth around this time of 1844, 10:24 but the context is, 10:26 the three angels messages have not been given 10:29 for us to scare people to death, right, 10:33 it's not a message of, "Oh Man! but... " 10:36 it is a message of reconciliation, 10:39 it is God's last attempt to redeem mankind. 10:43 If they reject this message, what's the counsel? 10:48 Then, let them be 10:50 as a heathen, right, 10:52 there's nothing left that can be done. 10:54 This whole thing is God's process of reconciliation 10:58 and that's the context of the three angels' messages. 11:01 Yvonne: I never thought of it like that, 11:04 how beautiful is that! 11:05 I never thought of it like that, did you? 11:08 Jason: No, I definitely didn't. 11:10 James: That's good stuff 11:12 and it really lays a good foundation 11:15 as we get into this because 11:16 now we have a different perspective, 11:18 the message is not so much to hit and to hurt 11:21 but the message is to draw and to reconcile 11:24 and that will really help us to define the message itself, 11:27 the everlasting gospel 11:29 because just taking those two phrases 11:31 and putting them together is very unique for God. 11:34 You will not find that phrase anywhere else in the Bible, 11:37 "everlasting gospel" 11:39 not in the New Testament... it's not in the Old Testament. 11:41 So in a sense, God is using a unique phrase, 11:47 to reach the world for the last time 11:49 and it's a powerful phrase 11:52 because "everlasting gospel" what does it mean? 11:54 Well, the word "gospel" in the Greek means good news 11:57 or glad tidings, now, think about that because 11:59 this is a message that goes 12:02 to every nation, kindred, tongue and people, 12:03 obviously, this is going to people 12:06 who don't believe in Christ, 12:08 don't believe in the Lamb, let's say, 12:11 okay, but it's good news for them, 12:14 it's good news for them, 12:16 so, is the message we're communicating 12:18 and the way we're communicating good news for the world? 12:21 That's the first question we have to ask ourselves, 12:24 that's what it says here, it says, 12:26 "Good news for the world" everlasting good news, 12:29 now the good news is defined really clearly 12:33 in 1st Corinthians chapter 15, 12:36 I like these verses and I'll tell you why, 12:38 Jason, you want to read those for us, 12:40 1st Corinthians chapter 15 and just read 12:43 verses 1 through, I think, 4... just get there and see... 12:48 yeah, verses 1 through 4. 12:50 Jason: Chapter 15 verses 1 through 4... 12:52 okay, "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you 12:55 the gospel which I preached unto you, 12:57 which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 12:59 By which also ye are saved, 13:02 if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, 13:05 unless ye have believed in vain. 13:06 For I delivered unto you first of all 13:09 that which I also received, 13:11 how that Christ died for our sins 13:14 according to the scriptures; 13:15 And that he was buried, 13:17 and that he rose again the third day 13:19 according to the Scriptures... " 13:20 James: Okay, back to verse 1, just to get our perspective 13:25 "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you... " what? 13:27 "the gospel... " okay, 13:29 we are going to bring the everlasting gospel 13:30 into the world so, Paul here is saying, 13:32 "I wanted to clear the gospel to you, 13:34 this is what I'm going to say to you, 13:36 I'm going to say the gospel, here's the gospel... " 13:37 and, by-the-way, you're saved by this gospel 13:41 if you keep this gospel, he says, 13:42 just a little bit of an aside... 13:44 and then he goes on to tell us what the gospel is, 13:45 "For I delivered unto you first of all... " 13:48 now, in my understanding... this Bible is the gospel 13:53 the whole Bible is the gospel 13:55 but there's a "first of all" to the gospel 13:56 you got to start somewhere, where are you going to start? 14:00 So he says, "Here's where I start, 14:02 I deliver unto you, first of all, 14:04 first of all... the first thing I want to tell you is what? 14:08 "Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures... 14:11 Christ died for our sins according to scriptures 14:14 that He was buried and He rose again the third day. " 14:16 Life, death and burial of Jesus Christ 14:18 is the "first of all" of the gospel, 14:21 that's the first thing we deliver to the world. 14:23 He died for our sins, 14:26 now the question you have to ask then 14:28 if this is good news for the world, 14:29 you have to ask the question, 14:30 "Well, whose sins did Christ die for?" 14:32 Who's the "our"? 14:34 Well, I know it's everyone who believes, right, 14:37 it's all the Christians, for sure, 14:38 is that it? 14:40 Jason: He died for everybody, every human being. 14:43 James: Give me a Bible verse on that 14:45 and I got to have a Bible verse on that. 14:46 Yvonne: John... it's in John... 14:48 James: Where does the Bible say that 14:49 that Christ died for everyone? 14:51 Yvonne: John 1... hey... 14:55 Jason: Let us search for it, search, search, search. 14:57 James: Find it... find it... because see... 15:00 this is the message that God is commanding 15:02 that will be proclaimed to the entire world... 15:04 "the everlasting gospel... " the good news 15:06 and Paul says, "the good news is that Christ died for our sins 15:10 according to Scriptures 15:12 and that He was buried and rose again. " 15:14 The life, death and burial of Jesus Christ is the good news. 15:17 So, I say... I ask the question, 15:19 "Well, whose sins did He die for?" 15:21 Who did He die for? 15:22 And the answer I got was, "For everyone... " 15:25 Jason: Hmmm... hmmm... the whole world... 15:27 the whole world... 15:29 even those that were persecuting Him. 15:31 Ivor: You mean He loved the whole world? 15:34 Ivor: You mean, "God so loved the whole world?" 15:37 Jason: John 3:16... "For God so loved the world... " 15:41 James: Bingo! 15:42 Jason: "that He gave His only begotten Son, 15:43 that whosever believeth in him 15:45 shall not perish but have everlasting life. " 15:46 James: That's the verse. 15:48 Yvonne: But, how about John 1:7? 15:49 "This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, 15:52 that all through him might believe. " 15:54 James: Yeah, and then verse 9. 15:56 Yvonne: "That was the true Light, 15:58 which gives light to every man coming into the world. " 16:01 Jason: And then when you think about it, 16:03 I mean, He spared no expense... like, 16:05 if He didn't love and care about us, 16:07 He wouldn't have risked all of heaven, 16:09 He wouldn't have come down to this sinful world 16:13 and endured such pain and agony and suffering 16:18 and humiliation, 16:19 that was the worst way to die 16:23 and the most shameful, 16:25 you see a lot of movies where He had a little cloth on 16:28 or something... but they were naked, you know, 16:31 that's... James: It's brutal... 16:33 Jason: There's no greater love 16:35 than the love that Christ has for us. 16:37 James: We see Jesus, Hebrews 2 says, 16:41 Hebrews 2:9 says, "who died for every... 16:44 tasted death for every man... for everyone. " 16:46 He's given life and breath to all... Acts 17 tells us, 16:50 He gives a measure of faith to all... Romans 12:3 tells us 16:54 so, all through the Bible, verse after verse after verse, 16:59 we see God is all inclusive, 17:00 the gospel is all inclusive, even the Old Testament, 17:04 where's... where's the... so, this phrase now, 17:08 "everlasting gospel" everlasting... 17:11 why that phrase... "everlasting gospel"? 17:13 Why "everlasting"? 17:15 Jason: Because it's timeless... it's forever... 17:19 James: From the foundation of the world, 17:21 so, do you think that God was dealing with a specific issue 17:24 that we're dealing with today? 17:26 For example, you go door to door, 17:27 you're knocking on someone's door, 17:29 you're offering Bible Studies, 17:31 "Who are you?" "Oh, we're Adventists. " 17:32 "Adventists... you guys are legalists... " 17:33 "Well, what do you mean?" 17:35 You guys believe in keeping the Law... 17:37 we're not saved by the Law... we're saved by grace, 17:40 we're under the New Covenant" 17:42 and a lot of times, we try to defend that whole idea 17:47 by saying, "But, wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute, 17:48 we need to keep the Law... the Law, the Law, 17:50 the Law, the Law, the Law, the Law, the Law, the Law" 17:51 but the question we really need to ask is this, 17:54 "Well, are you suggesting 17:56 that since we're under the New Covenant 17:58 that there is a time somewhere in our history of the world 18:03 where people were saved by keeping the Law 18:05 and now we're saved by grace?" 18:07 "Yeah, that's right, in the Old Testament 18:09 they were saved by keeping the Law 18:10 but now we're saved by grace. " 18:11 "Does the Bible actually teach that? 18:14 Is there somewhere in the Bible that teaches 18:16 that people are actually saved by keeping the Law 18:18 and now we're saved by grace?" 18:19 No, Revelation 14 says, this is the everlasting gospel. 18:24 It's always ever been the way everyone has ever been saved. 18:30 Yvonne: Ah... James: Always... 18:31 that's why you have Hebrews 11, the faith chapter, 18:34 "By faith Abraham... by faith Moses... 18:37 by faith Jacob... by faith... " 18:39 It's always ever been everlasting gospel... 18:43 though, when we're dealing with this message 18:46 and taking it to the world, 18:47 God put this special unique phrase in there, 18:49 "the everlasting gospel" to remind us, to remind them 18:52 that it's always been... there has never been a time 18:55 when anyone has ever been saved by obedience to the Law, 18:58 we're not saved by obedience to the Law 19:00 there's no way that 19:01 "Law obedience" can ever save anybody 19:03 there's no way "Law obedience" has ever saved anyone 19:06 it's always ever been the everlasting gospel. 19:08 Jason: We can't keep the Law with our own strength, yeah. 19:09 James: It's always been the everlasting gospel. 19:10 Ivor: Let's go to... 19:13 did you have another verse you were going to... 19:15 James: No. Ivor: Let's go to Hebrews 13... 19:17 I want to show something here, Hebrews 13... 19:19 James: I mean, I have other verses... 19:22 you take it... take the thought here 19:24 and then we'll... I can get back to another verse on this 19:27 that I think will work. 19:28 Ivor: Hebrews 13 verse 20 19:29 pause... 19:31 and... and... um... 19:35 why don't you find... 19:39 Romans chapter 8 verse 29, Jason. 19:43 Romans chapter 8 verse 29, 19:45 do you want to read Hebrews 13 verse 20? 19:47 Yvonne: Sure, "Now may the God of peace, 19:49 who brought up our Lord Jesus, from the dead, 19:52 that great shepherd of the sheep, 19:53 through the blood of the everlasting covenant, 19:55 Make you complete in every good work to do his will, 19:59 working in you what is well pleasing in his sight, 20:02 through Jesus Christ; 20:04 to whom be glory for ever and ever. " 20:06 Ivor: Okay, so, here you have the everlasting covenant, 20:09 okay, what is a covenant? 20:12 It's an agreement between... between two parties... 20:19 okay, so, who is this agreement between? 20:21 Yvonne: Man and God? 20:24 Ivor: Well, our promises are like... 20:27 James: Ropes of sand. 20:29 Ivor: Yeah, so really this promise 20:31 is between the Father and His Son. 20:33 Yvonne: Ohhhh... 20:35 Ivor: That's where the... 20:37 that's where the plan to redeem mankind 20:41 was formed... between the Father and the Son, 20:45 okay, read Romans 8 verse 29... 20:49 pause... 20:54 Jason: "For whom he did foreknow, 20:56 he also did predestinate 20:58 to be conformed to the image of his Son, 21:01 that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. " 21:05 Ivor: Okay, so, "whom he did foreknow... " 21:07 how long ago did He "foreknow" us? 21:09 James: Before the foundation of the world. 21:10 Ivor: Before the foundation of the world. 21:12 Was there a time that He did not "foreknow" us? 21:14 Yvonne: No. 21:16 Ivor: No, so ever since God is... He's "foreknown" us 21:19 ever since He is... He had us in His mind... 21:22 and ever since He is... right, 21:25 His ideal for us... was to be in the image of His Son. 21:30 If you've ever thought about this, God did not... 21:33 the Plan of Salvation... it is said somewhere... 21:36 was not an "afterthought" it's not an afterthought... 21:41 it was in the heart of God... as long as God was... 21:45 there has never been a time that the everlasting covenant 21:47 has not been existing. 21:49 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... 21:50 Ivor: The everlasting covenant is a part of His DNA 21:53 it's not something that He, "Okay, man sinned and now... 21:58 we're going to do something... " 22:00 no, no, no, no, no... it is who He is... 22:04 the reason why Jesus Christ 22:06 is called the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world, 22:10 is because it was already decided way back in eternity, 22:15 it was already there... way back in eternity 22:17 of what He was going to... 22:19 "this is how man is going to be saved 22:20 not by works... but by grace" 22:23 and so, when you think about... 22:26 I don't know if you've ever thought about this but 22:28 Jesus Christ... was He... was He... Christ in heaven? 22:30 He was Christ in heaven, right? 22:33 But the word "Christ" means Anointed One... Messiah... 22:37 so I just want you to imagine, 22:39 imagine Lucifer looking at Jesus... 22:43 and going, "Why are you called Jesus?" 22:47 "Why is your name... why are you Christ, I don't... " 22:51 Lucifer did not understand Jesus' position in heaven, 22:55 he didn't understand his... how are you the Son of God? 22:58 "Son of God... for what? 23:00 And Christ... Savior... from what?" 23:03 Yvonne: Was He called "Michael" in heaven? 23:05 Ivor: He was called "Michael" in heaven 23:07 John 17 verse 3 says, 23:09 "He had sent Jesus Christ into the world" 23:12 Daniel 9 talks about the Messiah... 23:14 in Daniel 4... Nebuchadnezzar sees him... 23:17 and identifies Him as "the Son of God" 23:20 so you've got all these titles 23:22 that relate to the salvation of mankind 23:25 to what Christ would do in the flesh... 23:27 "Well, why is He this?" 23:29 The reason why is because 23:30 the Plan of Salvation was not an afterthought. 23:33 It is from everlasting to everlasting 23:36 and the thought that God loves us 23:39 not just... oh when we say, "No, when He created us... " 23:42 but that this plan has been from eternity past... 23:46 makes us go... "What kind of a love is that... 23:50 what kind of love is that?" 23:52 That long ago... He had us on His mind 23:57 and that long ago, He made the provisions for us 24:00 necessary to be saved 24:01 so, it's not like, one plan here... 24:02 and then another plan... 24:04 it has always been the same plan from time eternity up until now. 24:10 Yvonne: Wow! James: Hmmm... hmmm... 24:12 yeah it's beautiful and the picture that you get 24:15 about this plan is 24:16 that it definitely wasn't a New Testament... 24:19 a new thing that took place after the cross... 24:22 in the Old Testament, they looked forward to it, 24:25 I mean, when you... when you define it 24:29 as the everlasting gospel, you have to ask the question, 24:31 "Well, where is the gospel in the Old Testament.. 24:33 I know where it is in the New Testament... 24:34 where is it in the Old Testament?" 24:36 Where is it in the Old Testament? 24:37 Well, here is a surprising place that it is, 24:39 Exodus chapter 20 24:41 Yvonne: Hmmm... hmmm... hmmm... 24:43 James: Exodus chapter 20 is where we find 24:44 the Ten Commandments, 24:45 yeah and it's really interesting I did it once... 24:49 I was an Adventist church and there was a big plaque behind me 24:54 of the Ten Commandments and I said to the Church... 24:57 I said... based on that plaque behind me, I said, 25:00 "Adventists have done to God's Commandments 25:03 the same thing that the Papacy has done to the Commandments" 25:06 and they were shocked... 25:08 and I said, "We've changed them... 25:09 we have actually changed them... " 25:11 and they said, "What do you mean by that?" 25:12 And I said, "Well, why don't you open your Bibles 25:14 to Exodus chapter 20 25:16 and I want you to read the first commandment. " 25:17 And so, they opened their Bibles to Exodus chapter 20 25:20 and they... and I said, 25:22 "First of all, I want you to look on this plaque 25:23 and see what the first commandment says... 25:25 you know what the first commandment says on the plaque? 25:26 Yvonne: "Thou shalt have no other gods before me. " 25:28 James: Exactly, I said, "Now I want you to go... " 25:30 and then I do this with Catholics, 25:31 I have said, "I want you to read... 25:33 here's what the Catechism says and here's what the Bible says" 25:35 so I said, "Now, I want... I want you to go to the Bible 25:37 I want you to read what the first commandment... 25:38 what does it say?" What does Exodus chapter 20... 25:40 Jason read for us Exodus chapter 20 verses 1 and 2 25:42 Jason: "And God spake all these words, saying, 25:45 I am the LORD thy God, 25:46 which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, 25:48 out of the house of bondage. " 25:50 James: That's right... that's where the commandments begin, 25:53 now what is that talking about? 25:55 "I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land" 25:57 how did God bring them out of Egypt? 25:59 How did He do it? 26:01 He used Moses and there were plagues, right? 26:03 James: What was the tenth plague? 26:05 Yvonne: The death of the oldest... the firstborn. 26:09 James: And how were they saved from that... 26:11 how did God's people... Yvonne: Passover... 26:12 James: Passover... of... 26:15 Yvonne: The blood of the Lamb over the door. 26:17 Jason: The doorpost, yeah. 26:19 James: The blood of the Lamb, the blood of the... 26:21 "I delivered you out of Egypt by the blood of the Lamb 26:23 therefore, have no other gods before me. " 26:25 See, the gospel comes before... 26:27 "What I did for you through Jesus... " 26:29 comes before the "thou shalt nots... " 26:32 because it's what motivates for the "thou shalt nots. " 26:35 Ivor: So, Babylon has a false gospel 26:39 and it's called "false wine" 26:42 wine is a symbol of blood, 26:45 so Babylon is pushing a counterfeit covenant 26:48 a counterfeit blood... 26:50 it says, "No, drink this blood this... " 26:53 but there's the blood of the Lamb 26:55 is way different from the blood... or the wine of Babylon 26:59 so Christ... at the Last Supper... 27:01 "this is the blood of my covenant" 27:03 it was wine... unfermented pure grape juice... 27:06 so, what you have here is a presentation 27:10 of a counterfeit gospel that Babylon pushes. 27:12 James: Hmmm... hmmm... Yvonne: Hmmm... 27:13 James: And it's really... it's really interesting because 27:15 right in the Ten Commandments 27:17 you have this gospel being proclaimed before 27:20 the "thou shalt nots" come along 27:21 and that's the difference between Babylon and God. 27:26 Christ is always presented first 27:28 because He's the motivation. 27:30 Ivor: "Keep these because I delivered you by the blood. " 27:33 James: "If you love me, keep my commandments. " 27:35 You see, the love comes first and so God has delivered 27:39 and He wants to deliver us out of bondage 27:41 and when He delivers us out of bondage, 27:43 that is... frees us from our sins... 27:45 forgives us for our sins, takes away our guilt, 27:47 then the motivation comes, "I don't condemn you... " 27:50 then we go and sin no more... 27:52 and that's the same thing we see in Revelation 14... 27:54 we're out of time but... 27:56 first we have the everlasting Gospel 27:57 and then we have a people who keep the commandments of God. 27:58 James: We're going to get into this more... 28:00 Yvonne: Praise the Lord. Jason: Yes. |
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