Participants: Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: SLC
Program Code: SLC000001A
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00:09 On July 6, 2014,
00:11 the Associated Press ran a story that said, 00:13 "Keeping stores open on Sunday 00:15 is not beneficial for society," says Pope Francis. 00:19 Is that really true? Is this part of Bible prophesy? 00:22 Does this have anything to do with the mark of the beast? 00:25 That's our topic on The Sunday Law Crisis: 00:27 What you need to know. 00:30 A thousand years before there was Protestant, 00:33 there were Sunday laws 00:34 that originated in pagan sun worship. 00:36 For centuries, the church ruled the world 00:39 until the Protestant Reformation. 00:41 Men like Martin Luther, 00:42 champion of personal and religious freedom. 00:44 Thousands fled to America 00:46 to seek freedom from religious tyranny. 00:48 Will Protestants and freedom loving Americans 00:51 fight to keep freedom alive 00:52 or will we descend into a modern dark age? 00:56 The Sunday Law Crisis: What you need to know. 00:59 Episode 1: Revelation 13 Explained. 01:04 Here are some recent headlines. 01:05 Fox News, "Let's make Sunday a day of rest for God's sake." 01:09 Time Magazine, 01:11 "And on the seventh day we rested," 01:13 saying that Blue laws were a gift. 01:15 Newsmax and CNN, 01:18 "Arizona state senator make Sunday said, 01:20 'Make Sunday church attendance mandatory.' 01:24 " USA TODAY, " Tight rope, 01:26 better take a break or you'll breakdown." 01:28 With an article that talks about 01:30 stores being closed on Sunday. 01:32 ABC News, "German court enforces day of rest. 01:36 Germany's highest court strictly enforces day of rest 01:39 and bans Sunday shopping." 01:42 The Guardian, "Slow Sunday, 01:45 the simple solution to global warming." 01:48 It says in the, right below the headlines, 01:50 "Using Sunday as the day of rest and renewal. 01:53 It would be good for our personal health 01:55 as well as the health of the planet." 01:58 And this is just the tip of the iceberg. 01:59 There's a lot of other headlines 02:01 that we can share. 02:03 Tim, Tim Saxton, 02:04 praise the Lord that you are here with me. 02:07 God bless you. 02:08 We've done programs together before. 02:10 And I think this is probably 02:12 the biggest that we've ever done. 02:14 The last headline I read from The Guardian 02:16 talked about Sunday being the solution to global warming. 02:19 Talk to us about the Pope's 183 page encyclical 02:24 that's released-- was released, June 18, 2015. 02:28 Yes, Pope Francis issued 02:29 an encyclical on the environment. 02:31 You know, the world leaders have been grappling 02:33 with the whole issue of the environment 02:35 and climate change for years. 02:37 And Francis finally wade in on it 02:39 and in his encyclical, he talked about 02:42 working together for the common good. 02:45 And that's quote, "the common good." 02:46 Just remember that so we could come back to it. 02:48 But in his encyclical, Francis mentions that 02:51 God gave the seventh-day Sabbath 02:54 in the Old Testament as a day of rest. 02:56 And he pointed people back to rest. 02:59 He laments in the encyclical, the business of society today. 03:03 And in the end he brings it together with this quote, 03:06 "Sunday is meant to be the day 03:09 which heals our relationships with God, 03:11 with ourselves, with others and with the world." 03:15 And he brings Sunday out 03:17 as the day of rest for modern society 03:21 that whereas you had the Sabbath, 03:22 he says in the Old Testament. 03:24 He says, "Sunday is the day today 03:26 that we should all be coming together" 03:28 and that coming together on Sunday he says, 03:31 "Would give this greater concern 03:33 for nature and for the poor." 03:34 And it's important to realize that this man 03:36 who put this encyclical together 03:38 is currently the most popular person on the planet. 03:41 He has the most influential twitter account 03:45 and that encyclical was released 03:46 in languages around the world. 03:48 It's been read by legislative people 03:51 and government people and layman alike. 03:54 It just, it's made a big splash. 03:57 It has made a big splash. 03:58 Francis has an agenda on the encyclical. 04:01 And he is pushing hard at the agenda 04:03 with nations around the world. 04:04 And people are by and large joining him 04:08 in wanting to push his agenda forward. 04:10 Including President Obama. 04:11 The day that the encyclical came out, 04:13 President Obama made a statement 04:14 that the United States must lead out 04:16 Iin helping to implement 04:18 the Pope's suggestions in the encyclical. 04:20 Right. 04:22 Now doesn't that bring us to a text in Revelation 13? 04:25 Yes, and that's what we want to focus on. 04:27 We want to give just a quick overview 04:29 of the Book of Revelation, Chapter 13 04:31 so we can understand what all of this means 04:33 in the light of Bible prophecy. 04:35 Tim, as you know, 04:38 talks about a beast. 04:40 "John said, 'Then I stood upon the sand of the sea. 04:43 And I saw a beast rising up out of the sea.'" 04:45 This beast has various characteristics in verse 5, 04:49 "He has mouth speaking great things" 04:51 and verse 7 "He makes war on the saints. 04:53 He is given authority over every tribe, 04:56 tongue and nations." 04:58 Verse 8 says, "All that dwell upon the earth 05:00 will eventually worship this beast." 05:02 And verse 3 says that "All the world would marvel 05:05 and follow the beast." 05:07 Now we done a lot of study on this 05:09 and it's significant to realize that for hundreds of years, 05:14 Protestants, scholars and leaders like Martin Luther, 05:17 who founded the Lutheran Church, 05:19 John Wesley, who founded the Methodist Church, 05:21 Charles Spurgeon, the great Baptist pastor in London. 05:24 John Calvin who founded the Presbyterian Church, 05:27 Matthew Henry's famous Bible commentary, 05:29 which is the most widely respected commentary 05:31 in the world that pastors look to regularly. 05:35 All of these men and countless others 05:38 interpreted this prophecy as a reference 05:41 to the Roman Catholic Church 05:43 that the beast was a symbol of the Church of Rome. 05:46 Now I don't believe they thought 05:48 and I don't believe and I don't think you, 05:50 I know you don't believe that this is the reference 05:52 to individual Catholic people. 05:53 But it's a system that for a long time 05:57 has really been at war with basic Bible truth. 06:02 So we have the first beast 06:04 that's described in Revelation 13. 06:05 And then we have another beast, a second beast. 06:08 There is the sea beast 06:09 and the earth beast in verse 11, John wrote, 06:12 "I saw another beast coming out of the earth. 06:14 He had two horns like a lamb and he spoke like a dragon." 06:19 In Daniel 7:23, the Bible is pretty clear 06:21 that a beast represents a great power, a great nation. 06:25 The Roman Church is a religio-political organization. 06:30 And here's another nation rising up out of the earth 06:33 and when you put these pieces together, 06:35 he comes out of the earth or wilderness area. 06:38 He has two horns representing a separation of power. 06:41 These horns do not have crowns like the first beast does. 06:44 Which crowns represent kingly power. 06:47 So this beast does not have kings 06:50 but its leaders are elected through democratic processes. 06:54 It has two horns like a lamb, 06:56 showing it has mild Christian features, 06:58 Jesus in the Bible is called the Lamb 07:00 and yet eventually it will speak like a dragon. 07:05 Not only that but in verse 16, 07:07 yeah, it eventually becomes a super power. 07:09 It says, "He causes all to receive this mark." 07:12 This mark of the first beast. 07:14 And buying and selling is involved 07:16 and so the second beast eventually 07:19 gains the clout to affect the world's economy. 07:23 And when you put these pieces together, 07:24 the first piece represents 07:25 the greatest religious power on the earth, the Vatican. 07:29 The second beast represents the greatest nation on earth 07:33 which is the United States. 07:34 It just fits perfectly. 07:36 And the Bible says that both of these beasts 07:40 will be cooperating together at the end of time. 07:44 Verse 12 says that 07:45 "The first beast will come back into power at the end times. 07:50 He would have a deadly wound that would be healed." 07:52 And verse 12 says, "The second beast 07:54 will cause the earth and those who dwell in it 07:57 to worship the first beast who's deadly would was healed." 07:59 Now just to let people know, 08:01 our viewers know that White Horse Media 08:03 has a couple of books that go into detail. 08:05 We don't have time to go into all the details 08:07 that we know of this prophecy. 08:08 But we have a little book 08:10 called the Anti-Christ Identified 08:11 that talks about the first beast 08:13 and another one called 08:14 the United States in Bible Prophecy 08:16 that deals with the second beast. 08:18 And as you go down to the end of this chapter, 08:20 the Bible says that the two will cooperate 08:23 and the second beast representing America 08:25 will eventually enforce the mark of the first beast. 08:31 Now we need to talk about that mark 08:32 because it is very significant in the light of prophesy. 08:35 Let's go to Exodus Chapter 20, 08:39 and actually I don't really need to read 08:41 so much from Exodus 20. 08:42 But Exodus 20 describes the Ten Commandments 08:44 and I've got some real tables here of the Big Ten 08:51 that God wrote with His own finger. 08:52 Exodus 31:18 says that God wrote this law, 08:55 the Big Ten with His own finger 08:57 on two tables of stone. 08:58 Exodus 20:8 zeros in on the fourth Commandment, 09:03 number four that says, 09:04 "Remember the Sabbath Day, to keep it holy." 09:08 And then it says that 09:09 "The seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord." 09:13 And God wrote this with His own finger on stone. 09:16 And, Tim, as we have looked at these issues, 09:19 we have concluded that the Law of God 09:22 is more important than the traditions of men. 09:23 True. 09:25 The Law of God is above all the laws of men. 09:29 And it's very clear in the New Testament. 09:32 In the Old Testament and in the New Testament, 09:35 that the Bible Sabbath is the seventh day of the week 09:38 which is sun down Friday to sun down Saturday 09:41 and the first day of the week is the day 09:43 that Jesus Christ rose. 09:45 And yet when you read the Bible carefully, 09:47 the resurrection of Christ does not change the Law of God. 09:50 And in fact, Jesus addressed that issue, didn't He? 09:52 He did, and in fact, if you look 09:54 at the Bible Sabbath, Steve, in Exodus chapter 20, 09:57 like you were quoting from, refers us back to creation. 10:01 That the Sabbath actually started in creation, 10:04 the seventh day Sabbath when God rested. 10:06 And you see the Sabbath throughout the Old Testament. 10:09 When Christ came in the New Testament, 10:11 Luke 4:16 says, it was His custom to go to church. 10:14 "Go to synagogue on the Sabbath day." 10:15 Mark 2:27 says, 10:17 "He is the Lord of the Sabbath." 10:19 In the Book of Acts, we find the disciples 10:21 keeping the Sabbath with both Jews and gentiles. 10:24 It wasn't a Jewish day. 10:26 It was something for all creation. 10:28 In Isaiah 66, the Bible makes it clear 10:31 that in the new earth, when sin is gone 10:34 and everything is recreated from one Sabbath to another, 10:38 everyone will come before the Lord in worship. 10:41 So we see the Sabbath 10:43 as something God gave to all His creation 10:47 before there was sin, all through this time of sin 10:50 and it was still continued to be a special time of worship 10:54 when sin is no more. 10:57 But then that brings us to the tradition of men. 10:59 Just one quick question here. 11:01 You mentioned Mark 2:27. I think that was a misquote. 11:03 Mark 2:27 says, "The Sabbath was made for man, 11:06 not man for the Sabbath." 11:08 And in verse 28 actually Jesus says, 11:09 "The son of man is Lord of the Sabbath." 11:11 Right. That's right. 11:12 So when you put the pieces together 11:14 and Jesus said, He's Lord of that day. 11:15 Now let's take a quick look at Matthew 15. 11:17 I was reading this recently about the issue of tradition 11:20 verses the law of God. 11:21 So why don't you just give us a quick, 11:23 and I'll, contribute to this 11:25 Matthew Chapter 15 deals with the issue 11:27 of tradition versus commandment. 11:30 Well, the Jewish leaders 11:31 came to the disciples with the question. 11:33 How come your master, 11:34 how, they came to Jesus with a question, 11:37 "How come the disciples do not wash the way we do?" 11:41 Before we, and it wasn't just washing hands 11:43 like we think of today. 11:45 It was a ceremonial washing. 11:46 Right, as it was tradition of the elders, 11:48 the Bible says that. 11:49 And Jesus turned it around with a question to them. 11:51 He says, "Why do you transgress 11:53 the commandment of God by your tradition?" 11:57 Because in the fifth commandment, 11:58 Steve, the Bible says, 12:00 "Honor your father and your mother." 12:01 Right. Here it is, right here. 12:02 "Honor your father and mother." 12:04 But the priests and Pharisees of Christ, 12:05 they had come up with a way around the fifth commandment 12:08 where people could call it corban, 12:10 say it's dedicated to the temple 12:12 and they wouldn't have to contribute 12:13 to their aging parents. 12:15 They could give it all to the priests 12:16 and leaders in the temple. 12:18 And so Jesus confronted them with the fact that 12:21 they got around the commandments of God 12:23 in order to honor their tradition. 12:25 That's right. And... 12:26 Do we see any of that today? 12:28 Yes, we do and to me, Tim, 12:30 one of the most significant things 12:32 of that passage in Matthew 15, is in verse 4, 12:35 Jesus said, "For God commanded, honor your father and mother." 12:39 So Jesus stood for the commandment of God, 12:42 the fifth commandment. 12:44 And the in verse 5 He said that, "But you say," 12:46 showing how they were using their traditions to get around 12:49 what God said in the fifth commandment 12:51 and then His punch line in verse 9, 12:54 "In vain they worship me teaching for doctrines 12:56 that commandments of men." 12:57 So when it comes to Jesus Christ Himself, 12:59 when it comes to the issue of tradition 13:01 versus the commandments of God, 13:03 Jesus is very clear that God commanded us 13:06 to keep His commandments. 13:07 And what applies to the fifth commandment 13:09 also applies to the fourth commandment 13:11 that it is tradition 13:14 that has brought in Sunday as the day of rest. 13:17 Now history shows us 13:18 that the Roman Catholic Church changed 13:21 the Bible Sabbath from Saturday into Sunday. 13:25 In fact, I've got a copy 13:26 of the catechism of the Roman Church. 13:28 This is called the Converts Catechism of Catholic doctrine, 13:31 published in 1946, 13:34 written by Reverend Peter Geiermann. 13:36 It's got the Catholic imprimatur on it. 13:39 And on page 50, it says, 13:41 "Question: What day is the Sabbath Day? 13:43 Answer: Saturday is the Sabbath day. 13:44 Question: Why then do we observe 13:46 Sunday instead of Saturday? 13:47 Answer: We observe Sunday instead of Saturday 13:49 because the Catholic Church 13:51 transferred the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." 13:55 And there's a whole long history behind all of this. 13:59 But it is a fact that the Roman Church 14:02 has changed that day and they claimed 14:03 that day as their own, the reasons... 14:05 I'm sorry. 14:07 In fact, they not only just claim the day at their own 14:09 but they encouraged their members 14:12 to seek legislation to keep the day holy. 14:16 In the New Converts Catechism in 2188, 14:19 it says, in respecting Religious Liberty 14:21 and the "common good" remember, we mentioned that earlier? 14:24 The "common good" of all 14:25 Christians should seek recognition 14:27 of Sundays as legal holidays. 14:30 So the church just doesn't, 14:31 they didn't just change the Sabbath to Sunday 14:33 according to their word but they are telling, 14:36 they are saying this should be enjoined upon everybody. 14:39 That's right. 14:40 And now the history behind this is quite interesting. 14:42 We have a book, White Horse Media 14:44 sells the book called 14:45 "Sunday, the Origin of its Observance 14:48 in the Christian Church, written by E.J. Wagner. 14:50 This book goes into great detail. 14:52 It demonstrates that 14:54 the switch from the Bible Sabbath to Sunday 14:57 in the early Christian centuries was connected 14:59 to hostility to Jews, number one. 15:01 Compromises with pagan sun worship, number two. 15:04 And then they rationalize the switch 15:07 with the idea that well, 15:08 "Hey, Jesus Christ rose on Sunday anyway." 15:11 So that was the big rationalization. 15:13 Now not only that but here is a statement 15:14 from one of the most famous 15:16 Catholic Cardinals of the 1800s. 15:20 American Catholic Cardinal, he said through his chancellor, 15:23 C.F. Thomas in an official letter 15:25 dated November 11, 1895. 15:28 "Of course the Catholic Church claims 15:29 that the change from Sabbath to Sunday 15:32 was her act and the act is a mark 15:35 of her ecclesiastical authority in religious matters. 15:40 I have a big Bible here that I've-- 15:42 Somebody gave this to me. 15:44 It's a very old Bible that used to belong 15:46 to a Presbyterian late preacher. 15:48 And this is very interesting 15:50 that in the prophesy of Revelation 13 15:52 about the mark of the beast, it says in the notes 15:56 and this was a Presbyterian view. 16:00 It says under the heading of a mark. 16:03 "A mark is submission to the rights 16:07 and ceremonies of the papal communion. 16:09 In their right hand, 16:11 that means active obedience to the papal power. 16:15 In their foreheads, that means outward profession 16:19 of its doctrines in infallible authority." 16:22 So here is the Bible 16:23 of the late Presbyterian preacher 16:26 and right there in the foot notes, 16:27 it shows the Protestant position 16:29 that the mark of the beast has something to do 16:31 with submission to the papal power. 16:33 Now here's the statement from the Lord's Day alliance. 16:36 This is a statement that just came out 16:38 recently in April of 2015 and it's called the title, 16:42 "It's Sunday as a mark of a Christian unity." 16:45 And we have another little book on this 16:47 from White Horse Media called 16:48 "Decoding the Mark of the Beast." 16:49 We have another little book that explains the truth. 16:54 It says of the Sabbath, 16:55 "Discovering the Lost Sabbath Truth." 16:56 Both of these books 16:58 explain what the Bible says about the Sabbath. 17:00 It explains about Sunday 17:01 and it explains how the Catholic Church 17:04 in their claim to be the true church. 17:07 They actually say, we change the Sabbath into Sunday. 17:11 And it is a mark of our authority in religious matters. 17:15 They basically say nobody else could do it. 17:16 We did it and this shows that we are the true church. 17:19 And our response is, 17:21 it does not show that you are true church. 17:22 It shows that Biblically speaking, 17:24 you are the beast of prophesy. 17:26 And that you are doing exactly what prophesy predicts 17:30 and we know from the study of history 17:32 and the study of the Bible 17:34 that eventually this mark of Rome's authority 17:37 is going to be enforced around the world. 17:40 I also have another book here called "Dateline Sunday, USA, 17:43 The Story of Three and a Half Centuries 17:46 of Sunday Law Battles in America" 17:48 by an attorney named Warren Johns. 17:50 And it's a fact, isn't it? 17:52 That Sunday has been enforced throughout history. 17:54 It started with Constantine in 321 AD. 17:57 Sunday has been enforced in throughout 17:58 European history in various ways. 18:00 British history, there were Sunday laws 18:02 especially early colonial America, 18:04 there were Sunday laws. 18:06 And prophesy predicts that at some point, 18:09 and we can see the stage being set right now 18:11 that Sunday will be enforced 18:13 as a supposed solution to a global cris to help effect 18:19 God's response to the earth and climate change 18:22 and cutting missions and a whole host of things. 18:25 But really this is gonna be a massive deceptive solution 18:28 to a global crisis that is fulfilling prophesy 18:32 as the mark of the beast, it is. 18:34 It is very flawed thinking, Steve. 18:35 Very flawed thinking. 18:37 And I think you had, you had some points on the three flaws 18:41 in the people's thinking that's bringing this about. 18:44 Yes, Sunday legislation has three major flaws. 18:47 Number one is obviously it's a wrong day. 18:49 The first day of the week, the day that Jesus rose 18:51 but that does not change the seventh day Sabbath. 18:53 Jesus stood up for the commandments, 18:55 not tradition and so it's the wrong day. 18:57 Number two, it's a force. 18:59 God never uses force to compel the people to obey Him 19:02 number three, it is a violation 19:04 of the United States constitution. 19:06 And I have a copy here 19:07 of the constitution of the United States 19:09 that starts out saying on the top, 19:10 "We the people," we the people 19:12 and the first amendment of our constitution says, 19:15 in the bill of rights, number one, 19:17 that "Congress shall make no law respecting 19:20 an establishment of religion 19:21 or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." 19:24 That the United States forbids government to enforce religion. 19:28 But if you look at history, 19:29 that exactly what the Roman Church has done. 19:30 The Roman Church has enforcedreligion, 19:32 the Roman Church is a church state combination. 19:35 America is a church state separation. 19:37 The prophesy in Revelation 13 says that 19:39 America, the two horns will come together 19:42 and image of the papal power will be created in America 19:45 and it will then enforce the mark of the papal power. 19:48 And we can see that that is, 19:50 it's lining up right in front of our eyes. 19:51 It is, now some of our viewers might ask, 19:53 "Well, how could they ever-- 19:55 how could people in America 19:56 ever support Sunday legislation?" 19:59 You know, that may come as a question 20:01 from some of our viewers. 20:03 And I think we should go to Revelation Chapter 13. 20:05 There is a text in there 20:07 that shows us how this comes about. 20:09 Yes. Why don't you read it? 20:11 Revelation Chapter 13, verse 14 says, 20:15 "And deceives them," 20:17 talking about the second beast power. 20:19 "And deceives them that dwell on the earth 20:21 by the means of those miracles which he had power to do." 20:25 Miracles, people can be deceived by miracles, Steve. 20:30 You know, the Bible talks about that Satan himself 20:34 will appear as an angel of light. 20:37 Now as Protestants we are withstand 20:40 upon the Bible and the Bible only, 20:43 that we judge everything by the Bible. 20:46 But the world we live in is gotten away from the Bible 20:50 so much that when miracles appear, 20:53 when angels appear, 20:54 when dearly departed loved ones appear 20:57 and say and work miracles 21:00 and the miracles aren't not in accordance 21:02 with the word of God, people are more likely 21:04 to follow miracles than the word of God 21:07 if they are not grounded in what the word says. 21:09 That's right, and those dearly departed loved ones 21:11 are really not dearly departed loved ones. 21:13 No, they are not. They are impersonating spirits. 21:16 The spirits of devils who are working 21:18 to deceive people as this crisis builds 21:21 to support the keeping of Sunday. 21:23 Here's another passage in Revelation 19:20 21:26 that talks about the beast, 21:27 the first beast and the second beast, 21:28 the second beast who "worked signs in his presence, 21:31 by which he deceived 21:33 those who received the mark of the beast." 21:35 So this tells us that as this development 21:38 in crisis continues to unfold on planet earth 21:40 that we're gonna see a lot of miracles 21:42 that are coming from devils, 21:44 to deceive people, to convince them, 21:46 hey Sunday really is the right day. 21:47 If you don't keep Sunday, 21:49 you are going against the common good, 21:50 you are going against what's best for the planet, 21:52 you are going against God. 21:53 But the reality is those 21:55 ghosts are lying through their teeth. 21:56 They are. 21:58 You know, there's an interesting story 21:59 seven years ago in the state of Oregon, 22:01 where some women became involved 22:02 with what they described as angels. 22:04 And they followed what these angels said 22:07 till these angels told them one day that they needed to go 22:09 and do somebody in, to commit murder. 22:11 Wow. 22:13 And unfortunately these ladies went 22:15 and did that very thing and were arrested 22:17 and apprehended 22:18 and they were following the wrong angels. 22:21 Deceptive angels. 22:23 Deceptive angels. Fallen angels. 22:24 Anytime, anytime something goes against the word of God, 22:28 even if an angel from heaven or someone who looks like 22:31 your dearly departed loved one appears 22:32 and says, this is the way, 22:34 it's not the way that goes contrary to the word of God. 22:37 And the miracles, they will have power to do, 22:39 will be convincing people of the counterfeit day. 22:43 You know, everything that God does, 22:45 Satan has a counterfeit. 22:46 Sunday is the counterfeit day. 22:48 That's right. 22:49 And miracles 22:50 are gonna support that. 22:52 Now let's go to the judgments. 22:53 We got a little bit of time left 22:55 and we're running out of time. 22:57 Hosea Chapter 4, verse 2 talks about 22:59 how God had a controversy with people in the land 23:01 and there was "killing, lying 23:03 and committing adultery and stealing." 23:05 And that people were breaking the law of God. 23:08 And all these calamities that are increasing 23:11 people are gonna tribute that to keeping Sunday 23:12 or not keeping Sunday. 23:15 But the Bible says that calamities and judgments 23:16 are going to be coming 23:18 because humanity has been breaking 23:21 the Ten Commandments and sinning on all sides. 23:23 Right, I think about Isaiah 24:5, it says, 23:26 "The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof, 23:28 because they have transgressed the laws, 23:29 changed the ordinance 23:30 and broken the everlasting covenant." 23:32 And now it's, Tim, I got four minutes. 23:34 Talk about the judgments that we need to warn people, 23:36 are coming upon the cities. 23:41 Absolutely, you know, we are told in the book, 23:42 "Last Day Events." 23:45 "To secure popularity in patronage, 23:49 legislatures will yield to the demand for Sunday laws. 23:51 By the decree enforcing the institution of the papacy 23:54 and violation of the law of God, our nation 23:57 will disconnec herself fully from righteousness." 23:59 When this prophecy comes true, 24:02 when the United States passes a national Sunday law, 24:04 national apostasy, we're told, 24:06 will be followed by national ruin. 24:10 In history where nations would totally repudiate 24:13 the law of God and go opposite of that, 24:15 then judgments would come upon those nations. 24:18 So the same thing will happen to the United States. 24:20 Judgments will fall upon the United States 24:22 including on the cities of the United States 24:23 when this laws pass 24:26 and those judgments will be falsely attributed 24:29 to those who aren't honoring Sunday. 24:33 And so they'll ratchet the persecution even deeper, 24:34 because they are thinking these judgments are coming 24:36 because we are not honoring Sunday. 24:39 But it's really because the law of God has been violated. 24:40 That's exactly right. We know that recently-- 24:42 The Supreme Court made a decision 24:43 concerning the issue of marriage 24:45 and that marriage was made by God 24:47 on the sixth day of creation work-- 24:50 Creation week, the seventh day came next 24:52 and we're gonna see the same violation 24:55 of God's principles and his commanments 24:57 from the Supreme Court and from courts 24:59 around the world The United States 25:01 will lead out and that will spread out 25:03 around the world and the ultimate issue 25:06 is that God's law is being violated 25:07 by the governments of the world. 25:09 And judgments will follow. 25:11 Our God is a merciful God, He's a loving God. 25:13 But He's just God. 25:15 And when national assemblies 25:17 officially endorse the violation of God's law, 25:19 promotes Sunday, enforce Sunday 25:21 and even start persecuting 25:22 those who don't go along with this, 25:26 this appearance illusion to a global crisis, 25:28 global warming, trying to get everybody together, 25:30 to focus on families and religion 25:34 and God and coming back to God. 25:35 Those who don't go along with this 25:37 are going to be in big trouble. 25:39 But we got to follow the Bible. 25:41 We got to follow what the word of God says 25:44 and there is a final message in Revelation 14 25:46 called the Three Angels Messages. 25:47 And in verse 9 to 12, 25:49 we have the message of a third angel. 25:52 The Bible says in verse 9, "The third angel followed them, 25:54 saying with a loud voice, 25:57 If anyone worships the beast and his image," 25:59 which is a duplication in America 26:02 by the United States of papal principles 26:05 and then the enforcement of a papal day upon the people. 26:07 "And receives his mark." 26:08 That's the mark of Rome's authority, 26:10 its usurped authority, 26:12 "on his forehead or on his hand, 26:14 he himself shall also drink the wine 26:16 of the wrath of God." 26:18 There's a solemn warning, don't follow the beast, 26:20 don't follow the second beast 26:21 who makes an image of the first beast. 26:23 Don't go along with the mark of the beast 26:24 in the forehead or the hand. 26:25 The forehead represents 26:28 the mind where we yield to this and believe it. 26:30 The hand represents the actions 26:32 where people go along with it and do it. 26:34 And the pressure is gonna be on. 26:37 But the end of verse 11 it talks about 26:41 "those who receive the mark of his name." 26:42 And then verse 12 says, 26:45 "Here is the patience of the saints. 26:48 Here are they that keep the commandments of God." 26:49 As God gave them and wrote them 26:53 with His own finger on stone and "the faith of Jesus." 26:56 Jesus is the last word before the period 26:58 at the end of the third angel's message. 27:00 And from all the study that I have done, 27:02 done a lot of research onto this, 27:05 the Bible is very clear that the finger 27:09 that wrote the law on stone was on a hand 27:10 that was nailed to a cross. 27:12 That Jesus Christ gave His life. 27:13 He gave His life for the world 27:16 for all the sins of breaking God's commandments. 27:17 And He is offering us full forgiveness, 27:20 His grace, His love and His power 27:22 to help us to become commandment keepers. 27:24 We got more to come 27:27 as we continue to talk about the Sunday law crisis 27:28 and it is our prayer 27:30 that you would choose to follow Jesus 27:34 and to follow the Bible and not the beast. 27:36 Today we have a special offer called 27:39 The Time is a Hand, Information Packet. 27:42 This offer is only $15 for 10 great pocket books, 27:44 1 DVD titled Earth's Final Crisis 27:47 and the classic, "Great Controversy." 27:50 Don't miss this opportunity to get these resources today. 27:52 To order your Information Packet, 27:58 or write to White Horse Media, 28:05 P.O. 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