Participants: Dwayne Lemon, Lance Wilbur
Series Code: TKS
Program Code: TKS000008
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00:30 Hello, I'm Lance Wilbur.
00:31 And I'm Dwayne Lemon. 00:33 And we like to welcome you again to TKS, 00:36 a True Knowledge of Self where we get to know ourselves 00:39 from a biblical perspective. 00:42 In our last episode, 00:44 we dealt with a vitally important subject, 00:46 we identified the cause. 00:48 We're talking about problems, we're talking about war, 00:51 we're talking about all of these issues. 00:53 What does the Bible say about the root cause? 00:56 We identified the root cause as sin, 00:58 and we saw that the sin 01:00 that was created in the heart of Lucifer 01:03 who God created, who fell from heaven 01:05 and became the devil and Satan, transferred to the earth, 01:08 and we saw that story outline in Genesis Chapter 3 01:12 and in Genesis 3, 01:13 we see that man now violates the instruction, 01:18 the explicit law of God, and they enter into sin, 01:23 and we saw that the Bible also highlights the fact 01:25 that the wages of sin is death. 01:27 It shows us that all have sinned 01:29 and fall short of the glory of God 01:31 and in contrast to this, we saw that God has a standard. 01:35 And God's standard is the standard 01:37 that He has created us to live by, 01:40 the standard that He desires us to achieve 01:44 and live out in our daily lives, 01:46 yet we saw that there's a gap, obviously, 01:50 that the heart is deceitfully or desperately wicked, 01:53 is deceitful above all things and God has a solution, 01:57 every problem that God highlights, 01:59 He creates a solution. 02:01 So we saw in the Bible that the Gospel, 02:04 the knowledge of God and His character 02:06 and the character of Jesus Christ is eternal life 02:10 in this Gospel is the way that we might escape 02:13 from the bondage and slavery of sin, 02:16 supernatural power that God desires to give us 02:19 so that we can be a like Him as he originally intended. 02:22 Now, Dwayne, we're back again 02:25 and we're talking about this important subject. 02:27 We ended our last discussion with the question, 02:30 which gospel? 02:31 And we can identify that we saw in Matthew 24:14, that, 02:35 "This gospel of the King 02:37 will be preached in all the world 02:38 and then shall the end come for witness 02:40 and then shall the end come." 02:42 But which gospel? There is many gospels are they. 02:44 We talked about the fact 02:45 that KRS One authored the gospel of hip-hop, 02:48 a 600-page book that he made for the temple of hip-hop, 02:52 moving forward believing 02:54 that this is going to be the scriptures 02:56 moving forward with this so-called 02:58 Divine Movement of Hip Hop. 03:01 But we're going to talk about which Gospel is correct, 03:05 but I want to also back up because we identified clearly 03:08 that the Biblical definition for sin 03:11 is the transgression of the law 03:13 or the breaking of the law or lawlessness 03:15 according to 1 John 3:4, 03:18 and we show that that law 03:20 was not the ceremonial law, not the Levitical laws. 03:24 The law were the Ten Commandments, 03:26 and we saw that in the book of James, 03:27 and we saw that if we are guilty of breaking one, 03:31 we're guilty of them all, right? 03:33 That's right. 03:34 And some people argue that the law was a Jewish law, 03:39 in other words, it was given by Moses 03:40 on Mount Sinai to the Jewish nation 03:43 and that it doesn't apply to us 03:45 or doesn't apply to Adam and Eve 03:48 even over Lucifer. 03:50 What law did they break? 03:51 They've sinned...Lucifer sinned in heaven and he fell. 03:54 Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden of Eden. 03:56 There was no Jewish nation. 03:57 There was no Moses giving the Ten Commandments. 03:59 So which law were they breaking? 04:01 Well, you know, I mean, 04:03 one of the things that I like to do is 04:04 to help encourage people to think through 04:07 either they believe systems, their statements 04:10 and of course, think through the scriptures. 04:11 You know, God is a God who encourages us to think, 04:14 that's why he says in Isaiah 1:18, 04:16 "Come now, let us reason together and think." 04:19 And when we begin to think and consider, 04:21 the things of God, 04:23 the thing that we would look to and say, 04:25 "Well, first of all, if supposedly, 04:27 the Ten Commandments found its origin 04:29 in Mount Sinai, then someone would have to ask the question, 04:33 then how could Moses tell the children of Israel 04:36 in Exodus 16 which is before Mount Sinai, 04:39 before you know, 04:40 the repetition of the Ten Commandments, 04:43 Moses was still telling the children of Israel 04:45 that they have to keep God's law, God's commandments 04:48 and then, he specifically highlighted the Sabbath 04:50 which is the Fourth Commandment of the Ten. 04:52 So we find that, obviously, 04:53 the Ten Commandments must have existed 04:55 before Mount Sinai 04:57 because clearly Moses encourages them 04:59 to be prepared to keep the fourth. 05:01 But then, even going beyond that, 05:03 when you look at Romans 4:15, 05:06 it's a principle, the Bible says, 05:08 "Where there is no law, there is no transgression." 05:14 So there is no sin when there is no law. 05:16 So if we believe that sin took place 05:18 before there was ever a Jewish person 05:20 who walked on this earth, 05:21 then we must accept that there was law. 05:23 A good example of that is Cain. 05:25 Cain killed his brother Abel. 05:28 He violated the Sixth Commandment, 05:30 "Thou shalt not kill." 05:31 God clearly show that he was displeased 05:33 and that Cain sinned. 05:35 Well, we didn't see anything before. 05:38 I mean, this is Genesis Chapter 4. 05:40 But before Genesis 4, we don't hear anything about, 05:42 "Thou shalt not kill." 05:44 So was God unjust. No, He was not unjust. 05:46 It's just that the law was audible. 05:47 It was something that God was presenting to His people, 05:50 the same way the Bible. 05:51 You know, it had a period of time 05:52 that it didn't exist 05:54 because God was audibly speaking His words 05:56 and so Cain knew that killing was wrong 05:58 and that's why God was just when he said, 06:00 "Cain, here's your results for it." 06:02 But you can go back even to heaven 06:04 because we know that Lucifer sinned. 06:06 He sinned against God. 06:08 The question is, is there a law there? 06:10 Well, yes, there is because the Bible says 06:12 in Psalms 103:20. 06:14 In Psalms 103:20, and I want to read this one 06:18 because this is very powerful it says, 06:20 in Psalms 103:20, 06:21 "Bless the Lord. 06:23 Ye his angels, that excel and strength, 06:27 that do his commandments, 06:31 harkening unto the voice of His word." 06:33 Now, if angels were able to do or to keep 06:36 or perform God's commandments 06:38 that means that God must have had Commandments 06:40 in existence for angels to follow it. 06:43 So when... All you gotta do is. 06:44 You know, you carefully go through the Bible, 06:46 you can see that God's commandments 06:47 always existed from way back in Heaven with the angels 06:50 down here on this earth in the times 06:52 of Adam and Eve and the patriarchs 06:54 and also in our day to day. 06:57 So it's fairly clear and again with a careful study 07:01 and a careful review and apparent contradiction 07:04 or an apparent indiscrepancy is clear... 07:05 That's right. Yep. In the Bible. 07:07 Alright, so, we talked again about the problems, 07:09 and we saw that those problems that originated in heaven 07:12 translated now to earth 07:14 affected every aspect of humanity. 07:16 Every relationship broken, a man's environment, 07:19 his relationship with the environment broken, 07:22 health degrades and the wages of sin is death 07:26 and the degrading of the human body 07:27 and the human mind, 07:29 and we saw that man's occupation 07:30 and with the curse 07:32 or the natural result of man's transgression 07:35 where now he had to work extremely hard 07:40 to garner the things that God provided for him 07:42 in comparative ease in the Garden of Eden. 07:46 Now, this... by the sweat of his brow, 07:48 he was to obtain the food and the necessary things. 07:50 So we saw those things 07:52 and again, we answer the question 07:54 by saying the Gospel is the solution, 07:56 and the question now remains which gospel? 07:58 Are there other gospels that are not compatible 08:01 with the gospel of scripture 08:02 and I think you have some insight there 08:03 from scripture to help us. 08:05 You know, I believe with all of my heart 08:07 that when we read Matthew the 24 Chapter, 08:09 it was not by accident that Jesus did not say, 08:13 "And a gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 08:17 in all the world for witness unto all nations 08:18 and then the end shall come." 08:20 I believe that Jesus specifically said this 08:23 and the reason why is He was being specific 08:25 because, I believe, Jesus in insight knew 08:28 that other times were going to come 08:30 where false gospels would be presented. 08:32 The Bible actually highlights this, 08:34 it's found in the book of Galatians Chapter 1. 08:36 And I want to read this because I believe this worthy 08:38 to note to ourselves and also to our viewers 08:42 to understand that in Galatians the 1 chapter, 08:45 Paul is at the Church of Galatia. 08:47 He is working amongst the brethren. 08:49 But there were some problems that took place in the Galatia 08:51 to the point that God through inspiration saw it necessary 08:54 for it to be documented in the Bible. 08:56 It is found in Galatians Chapter 1, 08:58 and I'm going to read from verses 6-9. 08:59 Okay. 09:01 In Galatians Chapter 1, we're looking at verses 6-9, 09:04 here's what Paul was noticing 09:05 because there were Judaizers, 09:07 people who were trying to get all the new believing 09:10 Christians in Galatia, they were trying to get them 09:13 to follow a bunch of rules and things that God number one: 09:18 Did not ever prescribe as well as things 09:20 that God once prescribe, but were no longer necessary. 09:23 So mandatory things to make them 09:26 virtually become Jews, cultural Jews first-- 09:29 Yes. 09:30 Then to go on except the Gospel. 09:32 Exactly and these things started 09:33 to come amongst the new believing gentiles 09:35 to the point that it created a lot of confusion. 09:36 So therefore, God had this addressed 09:39 by Brother Paul 09:40 here in Galatians 1 starting at verse 6. 09:42 Here's what it says, 09:44 I "Marvel that you are so soon removed from him 09:47 that called you into the grace of Christ 09:49 unto another gospel: Which is not another: 09:53 But there be some that trouble you 09:55 and would pervert the gospel of Christ. 09:58 But though we, or an angel from heaven, 10:01 preach any other gospel unto you 10:03 than that which we have preached unto you, 10:06 let him be accursed. 10:08 As we said before, so say I now again. 10:11 If any man preach any other gospel unto you 10:12 than that ye have received let him be accursed." 10:17 You know, every time I read these verses, 10:19 I cannot help but to get an old-time 10:21 flashback in my mind. 10:22 My father, you know, he is sleeping right now 10:25 in the grave, but I remember a time 10:27 when dad was around my brothers and I 10:29 and dad was a very tall man, broad shoulders, strong, 10:32 his stature, he was strong 10:34 and dad was not the kind of father 10:36 that you wanted to cross. 10:37 He will let you know that he is not pleased with you 10:39 and the wrath shall come. 10:42 And you know, dad was a person that 10:44 if he told us to do something, he would mean it. 10:47 In other words, if he said, 10:48 "Dwayne, I want you to go ahead and clean up your room." 10:50 I would say, "Yes dad, I'll go ahead and do that," 10:52 but then there were times that my father would say, 10:54 "Dwayne," and he called me again 10:55 and I'll say, "Yes sir," 10:57 and he would repeat himself and say, 10:59 "Now, I want you to clean up your room, 11:01 and I want it done by the time I get home." 11:04 Dad was trying to impress on my heart 11:06 and my siblings hearts 11:07 that, "I mean what I'm telling you 11:09 and if you don't do what I'm telling you 11:11 judgment lay at the door." 11:13 You know, so I find it interesting that 11:16 when I read these verses in verse 8, 11:18 Paul is showing God's displeasure 11:21 of perverted gospels. 11:22 Paul says, it doesn't matter if myself 11:25 or even an angel from heaven were to come, 11:27 if anybody gives you another gospel 11:30 than that which you have received, 11:33 Paul says, "Let him be accursed," 11:34 and then in verse 9, 11:36 Paul has to repeat himself and therefore, 11:38 God is trying to impress on our hearts 11:40 how much he is not pleased with perverted gospels. 11:45 Now, when I look at this, this again reminds me, 11:47 this is why Jesus said, 11:49 "There must be a specific this Gospel, 11:52 not any gospel, but this gospel of the kingdom 11:55 must be preached in all the world for witness 11:57 unto all nations and then the end shall come." 11:59 So I believe this Biblical evidence 12:01 that shows that there are other so-called good news messages 12:05 that even existed in the days of the Apostles, 12:07 and I can guarantee you it exist today. 12:09 Absolutely. 12:10 And so, considering the fact now that the Bible highlights 12:13 that there are counterfeits-- 12:15 Yeah. 12:16 Does the Bible then go on to give specific examples 12:18 where Satan, the deceiver, you know, the arch enemy of God 12:21 has manifested these counterfeits, 12:24 demonstrated clear examples 12:26 where counterfeits are matched up 12:29 against God's truth, there is genuine truth. 12:31 Absolutely. 12:33 I mean when you think about it, Satan to a very large degree, 12:35 he functions like the mafia. 12:37 You know, you remember back in the days 12:39 we used to watch all these gangster movies 12:40 and, you know, you watch how the Mafia would function. 12:43 And the Mafia function in a way where if they could not get 12:46 the person they wanted, the target, 12:48 they would get those whom they love. 12:50 And so it is that Satan, he's kicked out of heaven, 12:53 you know, this is where we started 12:54 a whole program with Revelation 12. 12:56 There is a war in heaven, but eventually, he gets ousted, 12:58 him and his followers, and he is cast on the earth. 13:02 Satan cannot touch God any more, 13:04 but he can touch those who God's heart 13:06 is indissolubly linked to, you and me. 13:10 So therefore, Satan knows if I afflict them 13:13 then I afflict God. 13:15 And as a result of that, 13:17 Satan's plan is still to get back at God, 13:20 that's the focus of the great controversy, 13:23 but he's gotten us in the middle of it now 13:25 because he knows how much God loves us 13:27 and how God allowed his own Son to die that we may live. 13:30 So he comes now, and he consistently tries 13:33 to work through people 13:35 and produce his character through them 13:37 so that he can get back at God. 13:40 An example of this is in Egypt. 13:41 You remember that Pharaoh, he was against God. 13:44 Pharaoh is a human being that God loved. 13:46 Pharaoh is a human being that was only brought 13:48 into this world as a result of God's love. 13:50 But Pharaoh because he had 13:51 the same free will like Lucifer had, 13:54 Pharaoh chose to go into the wrong paths 13:56 and so it is that now, we're at a point where Moses, 13:59 God's servant, is before Pharaoh. 14:01 Moses says, "Let my people go." 14:04 Pharaoh says, "Who is the Lord. I'm not going to do that." 14:06 And you know the story. 14:08 The Bible shows that there was a test that was done. 14:10 Both of them threw down their staffs. 14:13 Moses' staff under the power of God 14:16 turned into a serpent. 14:18 Satan wanted to counterfeit God's work 14:22 by working through Pharaoh 14:24 and when his magicians threw down their serpents, 14:27 their staffs also appeared... 14:29 Their staffs also appeared as serpents. 14:32 So we find that Satan was trying to counterfeit 14:34 that same power of God. 14:35 There's a point that's even more forceful. 14:38 In 2 Corinthians, the 11 Chapter, 14:41 notice this one, this one is worthy to read. 14:43 In 2 Corinthians, Chapter 11, 14:45 the Bible says in verse 14 and 15, 14:47 very solemn statements. 14:49 It says, "And no marvel, 14:52 for Satan himself is transformed 14:56 into an angel of light. 14:58 Therefore, it is no great thing 15:00 if his ministers also be transformed 15:04 as the ministers of righteousness: 15:07 Whose end shall be according to their works." 15:11 So the label of righteousness or the label of light 15:15 is not enough. 15:16 It's not enough. Right. 15:18 So when the warnings are given, here's the overarching theme, 15:22 if someone preaches another gospel, 15:24 whether it be us or an angel from heaven 15:27 that you have not received, 15:29 which we have not presented to you, 15:31 let them be accursed. 15:32 And then it now goes on to give specific examples 15:35 where individuals were say in satanic agencies 15:38 and where he's going to even press the envelope 15:39 even further and transform himself 15:42 into an angel of light or minister of righteousness, 15:45 and we see now a specific example 15:46 where this counterfeit 15:48 will try to pawn itself off as genuine, as truth. 15:52 Now, you alluded to something earlier, 15:54 and I want you to expound on that. 15:56 If the counterfeit existed, 15:59 he...Satan presented it all the way back in heaven. 16:01 That's right. 16:03 The counterfeit manifested itself 16:04 in the beginning with Adam and Eve 16:05 and went on to manifest itself 16:07 as you just highlighted in Egypt 16:08 with Pharaoh against Moses and Aaron. 16:11 And it goes on even now into the future as a warning 16:14 that there is going to come a time 16:16 when the arch deceiver himself 16:19 will try to represent heaven and try to lead you astray 16:23 through his representation of this other gospel. 16:27 So if that happened then, 16:29 we're warned that it's going to happen in the future. 16:31 How is it happening today, 16:32 specifically in the context of hip-hop culture 16:35 where we've been talking about? 16:36 How do we see the Gospel against this counterfeit? 16:39 You know, it's a good question. 16:41 I think this is a good time to probably pause 16:42 and make this very point clear. 16:44 The same way that you can have 16:47 a bad organization or bad institution, 16:51 but you can still have good people in it. 16:52 You can still have people who are genuine people, right? 16:55 We want to acknowledge that on our program 16:57 to make it clear that, listen, 16:58 we're not saying that everybody 17:00 or every individual 17:01 that is involved in hip-hop culture 17:03 is an evil person... 17:05 Persons to damnation. 17:07 Yeah, we're not going there. 17:09 What we're dealing with is, 17:10 we're dealing with the institution 17:11 and the philosophies that are connected 17:13 to hip-hop culture, that are deceptive, 17:16 that are devilishly, 17:17 that are destructive and deceptive, 17:19 and these are the things that we want to highlight 17:21 because as an example, if we look at our screen, 17:23 we're going to see that there's going to be a parallel 17:25 that's going to be brought up 17:26 and the parallel is going to show on one point this, 17:28 when we consider Satan's activities, 17:31 one: We know that Satan, 17:33 he cast doubt on God's character. 17:35 Okay. 17:36 That was one of the ways that he was able to deceive 17:38 those third of an angels 17:39 and get them to join allegiance with him. 17:42 When you look at hip-hop today, hip-hop culture, 17:44 it also casts doubt on God's character. 17:47 It questions who is God? 17:48 A question is does he really have authority? 17:51 Why should I even listen to him rather than listen to myself? 17:54 So we see a parallel in principle, 17:56 Satan cast doubt on God's character, 17:58 hip-hop culture casts doubt on God's character, 18:00 the God of the Bible. 18:02 Then, Satan, he also cast doubt on God's government. 18:07 Satan was saying that God is not just. 18:09 God presents laws and things that people cannot follow 18:11 or perform or do faithfully. 18:13 So it is in hip-hop culture, 18:15 it also casts doubt on God's government. 18:17 Why should we follow that? 18:19 Who says that's a superior rules? 18:20 Who says that's what we should follow? 18:22 Same principle. 18:24 Satan exalted himself above God to the point that he said 18:27 he himself is God. 18:29 We find also in hip-hop culture 18:31 that through the teachings of knowledge of self, 18:33 it teaches that we are God. 18:35 We are above the things that God has expressed 18:38 through his words. 18:39 Finally, it says Satan used music 18:42 as a medium to indoctrinate and that's very powerful. 18:45 Satan used music, 18:47 and we're going to see this especially 18:48 when we start doing our studies on Babylon, 18:51 and we're going to see that Satan always use music. 18:52 He was a very musical creature 18:54 because we were told in Ezekiel 28 18:55 that he had pipes inside of him. 18:57 So therefore, he was able to make melodious sound. 19:00 So it is that hip-hop uses music 19:02 as a medium to indoctrinate. 19:05 So we see the parallels that they're there, 19:07 the counterfeit work of the enemy, 19:09 we see those same things 19:10 manifested through the works of Satan, 19:12 now unfortunately, 19:13 through hip-hop culture from a philosophy 19:16 and now even a religious standpoint. 19:18 Yeah. 19:19 You know, as a bonafide religion that, 19:21 you know, purports itself 19:23 as such is not kind of a subtle, 19:27 it's out in the open, 19:28 and it's an aggressive and as militant 19:30 and they seek to proselytize and evangelize, 19:33 If you will. 19:35 Now considering all these things, 19:39 we still have to answer the question, which gospel? 19:41 And how can we essentially know from a biblical perspective 19:46 which Gospel or what is the... 19:49 how do we identify the Gospel in scripture? 19:51 Now, this is a good question 19:52 because it is true we have to know how can I identify it. 19:57 Now, there's many ways that we can expound 19:59 on throughout our program, 20:00 and we will from several programs 20:02 in the very near future that we will do, 20:04 but I believe that there's a very 20:06 simple succinct way 20:07 that we can do it even in the few moments 20:09 that we have remaining. 20:10 Here's a good example, Jesus often taught that, 20:14 "By their fruit, you shall know them." 20:16 In other words, you don't know an apple tree 20:18 until you see apples grow off of it. 20:19 You don't know a peach tree 20:21 until you see peaches grow off of it, 20:22 and you don't know a cherry tree, 20:24 until you cherries grow off it. 20:25 That's the easiest way to say, 20:26 "Oh, that's what kind of fruit that is 20:28 or that's what kind of tree that is," 20:29 so it is that with the Gospel, the Gospel is something 20:32 that should bear a certain kind of fruit. 20:34 So that way I can say, "That's the right gospel." 20:37 The fruit is found in Matthew 24:14. 20:41 The Bible says, "And this gospel of the kingdom 20:44 shall be preached in all the world for witness 20:46 unto all nations, and then, "that word "then," 20:50 the words that come after then 20:52 is telling us here is the fruit of that word, 20:54 here is the result. 20:56 It says, "and then, the end shall come." 20:59 So whatever gospel message that the Bible reveals 21:04 that is designed to bring about the end, 21:07 that's the gospel that Jesus was talking about, 21:11 that's the gospel that is trustworthy, 21:14 that has power to bring an end to sin 21:16 and an end to the problems of life. 21:18 Therefore, all we've got to do is start scanning 21:20 through the Bible, where do we find such a gospel? 21:22 Is there anything spoken of in the Bible 21:24 that preaches this or teaches this? 21:26 And there is, it is found in Revelation the 14 Chapter. 21:30 In Revelation the 14 Chapter, I want you to notice 21:33 what John the Revelator says. 21:34 He says, "It was such profound language 21:36 that it need not be that anyone mistakes it." 21:39 It says in Revelation 14 starting at verse 6, 21:42 John the Revelator says, "And I saw 21:44 another angel fly in the midst of heaven, 21:46 having the everlasting Gospel 21:49 to preach under them that dwell on the earth. 21:51 And to every nation, 21:52 and kindred, and tongue, and people. 21:55 Saying with a loud voice, Fear God, 21:57 and give glory to Him: 21:59 For the hour of his the judgment is come: 22:01 And worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea. 22:03 And the fountains of waters 22:05 and there followed another angel, 22:06 saying, Babylon is fallen, is fallen, that great city, 22:10 because she made all nations drink of the wine 22:11 of the wrath of her fornication. 22:13 And the third angel followed them, 22:15 saying with a loud voice. 22:17 If any man worship the beast and his image, 22:19 and receive his mark in his forehead, 22:21 or in his hand. 22:22 The same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God 22:26 which is poured out without mixture 22:27 into the cup of his indignation: 22:29 And he shall be tormented with fire 22:31 and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, 22:33 and in the presence of the lamb: 22:35 And the smoke of their torment ascended 22:37 the center thought forever and ever: 22:39 And they have no rest day or night, 22:40 who worship the beast and his image. 22:42 And whosoever receive it the mark of his name. 22:44 Here is the patience of the saints: 22:47 Here are they that keep the commandments of God, 22:49 and have the faith of Jesus Christ." 22:52 Now John the Revelator is seeing something 22:55 that is to be proclaimed in the future. 22:57 Angels he sees going around preaching the Gospel. 23:00 In Galatians 4:14, 23:03 Paul says that he was received as an angel. 23:07 So therefore, angels do not always have 23:08 to be an actual celestial intangible 23:12 type of spiritual being... 23:13 But in fact, the Greek word for Angle means messenger. 23:16 Exactly, so John sees messengers 23:18 and is only one group of messengers 23:19 that we see were committed the Gospel to 23:21 and that was human beings. 23:22 So therefore, we find that John sees messengers 23:25 that are going all throughout the world 23:27 and they are preaching 23:28 this three angels Gospel message, 23:31 that's very clear, 23:32 but the question still remains, what's the fruit? 23:35 Because even though John sees these three angels 23:38 that are going around, these messages, 23:39 this everlasting Gospel, the question is, 23:42 what is the fruit of this? 23:45 You know, we still don't see that yet, 23:46 but that's why we need verses 14 and 15. 23:48 In the very same chapter of Revelation 14:14 and 15, 23:54 we see the fruit of giving 23:56 the three angels message everlasting Gospel. 23:59 Notice verse 14, "And I looked, and behold a white cloud. 24:04 And upon the cloud one sat like onto the Son of man, 24:09 having on his head a golden crown. 24:10 And in his hand a sharp sickle. 24:12 And another angel came out of the temple, 24:15 crying with a loud voice to him the start of the cloud, 24:18 thrust in thy sickle, and reap: 24:21 For the time is come for the to reap: 24:23 For the harvest of the earth is ripe." 24:27 And so we find that after the three angels' messages 24:31 of the everlasting Gospel is given to every nation, 24:33 kindred, tongue, and people, the Bible says, 24:36 it brings about harvest time. 24:39 That's clear. 24:40 Now, my question is, what is harvest time? 24:45 Because whatever harvest time is that's going to help me know 24:48 if this three angels' everlasting Gospel message 24:50 is truly a fit for the fruit that's connected 24:53 to what Jesus was talking about in Matthew 24. 24:56 Does the Bible have an answer? 24:57 The Bible definitely has an answer. 24:59 Matthew Chapter 13. All right. 25:00 In Matthew the 13 Chapter, notice what the Bible says 25:04 in verse 39, Jesus says, unfolding this parable 25:08 that He talked about the wheat and the tears, 25:10 and I wish we can go to that parable, 25:12 that parable is powerful. 25:13 But nevertheless, Jesus is unfolding the meaning 25:16 of what all these symbols were, He saw wheat, He saw tears, 25:20 He saw harvest, He saw these different things. 25:23 What does it mean? 25:24 Well, the Bible says in Matthew 13:39, 25:27 notice what it says here, 25:29 it says, "The field is the world: 25:32 The good seed are the children of the kingdom, 25:35 but the tears are the children of the wicked one:" 25:38 And I apologize, that was verse 38. 25:39 But in verse 39, it says, 25:41 "The enemy that sowed them is the devil, 25:45 the harvest is the end of the world, 25:50 and the reapers are the angels." 25:52 So here it is that think about it, 25:55 Jesus said, "And this Gospel of the kingdom 26:00 shall be preached in all the world for a witness 26:02 unto all nations and the fruit. 26:04 Then the end shall come." 26:07 We're on a quest, and we're looking 26:08 which Gospel is it? 26:09 Because it's lots of gospels being present, 26:11 there's a gospel of hip-hop, there's a gospel of this, 26:12 there's gospel of that. 26:14 How do we know was the right one? 26:15 Well, Paul showed us that they were false gospels 26:17 even in his day, perverted Gospels, 26:20 and they're definitely perverted Gospels in our day. 26:22 We go down through history, and we now identify 26:25 that the way we can know is that the Bible shows us 26:28 that John saw that there is an everlasting Gospel 26:31 as revealed through three angels' messages, 26:34 and the effect or the fruit of this Gospel 26:37 is that when it is given 26:39 to every nation, kindred, tongue, and people, 26:42 the Bible says, "It brings about harvest time." 26:45 What is harvest time? 26:46 The end of the world, perfect match, 26:50 and therefore, is the three angels' messages 26:52 that makes up this Gospel that by the grace of God, 26:55 if we receive this thing in our hearts, 26:58 we can see sin come to an end 27:01 which means problems come to an end 27:03 and which means that Jesus is joy like never before 27:07 will remain in us and our joy will be full. 27:10 I mean that's absolutely amazing. 27:12 And the Bible is its own interpreter. 27:17 That's right. 27:18 So we have questions and these questions 27:20 that we've thought about in our past, 27:21 that we still consider today and meditate upon 27:23 and there's questions that you have 27:25 and the Bible is providing 27:27 tangible practical literal answers. 27:30 So I think, we at least scratched the surface, 27:33 we identified which Gospel is the Biblical Gospel 27:36 and now, we want to go back 27:38 and look at what the Bible has to say about Babylon. 27:41 Is Babylon fallen? And why is it fallen? 27:43 We saw it in the three angels' messages there. 27:46 You're going to have to tune in 27:47 to hear about this in our next episode, 27:50 and we want to invite you to come back and remind you, 27:53 Proverbs 2:6, it says, 27:56 "The Lord gives wisdom and out of His mouth 27:58 comes knowledge and understanding." |
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