Participants: Stephen Bohr
Series Code: ASTPP
Program Code: ASTPP000005
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00:15 Well, what a blessing it is to be at the Anchor Bible school.
00:18 This is session number five. 00:20 It seems like just an hour ago that we began. 00:23 And we're already going to study lesson number five. 00:27 What I want us to deal with at this time is the principle 00:32 that states that the historical flow method is the key that 00:36 must be used in order to understand properly 00:40 Bible prophecy. 00:41 Now I'm not going to follow what we find in the outline. 00:45 You can read what we have in the outline under this point. 00:49 What I'm going to do is present the material that is titled, 00:52 "The Dangers of Futurism." 00:55 And as soon as we finish this material, 00:58 you're going to be able to answer all of the questions 01:00 that are found in the syllabus. 01:02 And so we won't follow the syllabus, but we are going to 01:05 cover the material that is found there in the syllabus. 01:09 And so we are going to take a look at the material 01:11 that is titled, "The Dangers of Futurism." 01:16 At one of our workers meetings recently 01:19 here in the conference that I work in, 01:21 we were discussing the signs that indicate 01:25 that Jesus is soon to come, and that He is even at the door. 01:30 The pastors were presenting different signs in the world 01:34 that indicated that the event is imminent. 01:37 And in the midst of the conversation one of the 01:39 pastors stood up and confidently affirmed, 01:44 "I'm not too concerned about what's coming 01:47 or how He's coming. 01:50 My only concern is who is coming." 01:54 At the time it sounded like a nice sound bite. 01:58 But upon closer reflection, it is a very dangerous thing 02:03 not to know what's coming and how Jesus is coming. 02:09 I might say that several of the pastors said a hearty, "amen," 02:13 to this statement. 02:15 Perhaps thoughtlessly. 02:18 Now some Christians believe that Jesus Christ will return 02:21 before the tribulation. 02:24 Other Christians believe that Jesus will come in the 02:27 middle of the tribulation. 02:29 And others believe that Jesus will come at the end 02:33 of the tribulation period. 02:35 Now as Seventh-day Adventists, we believe that Jesus will come 02:38 at the end of the tribulation period. 02:40 We believe that God's people will go through 02:43 the end time tribulation. 02:45 But most Christians today do not believe that. 02:49 And you might be wondering, who cares whether the 02:52 coming of Jesus is pre-trib, mid-trib, or post-trib? 02:57 Isn't it only important that Jesus is going to come 03:00 at some point? 03:01 Who cares whether it's before, during, or after 03:05 the tribulation. 03:06 Well, if you tune in your television on Sunday mornings, 03:12 you will receive a steady diet of end time scenarios. 03:17 And all of these end time scenarios 03:19 are very, very similar. 03:22 The predominate one is what we call, futurism. 03:27 It is the standard view of conservative Christians 03:30 such as evangelicals, Baptists, and people of a 03:34 charismatic persuasion. 03:36 Although there are minor variations in details, 03:40 they are in harmony when it comes to the common denominators 03:45 of this view. 03:46 It actually characterizes most of the television evangelists 03:51 that come across the airwaves on Sunday. 03:54 Now what is this futurist view of Bible prophecy 03:58 that has been embraced by most conservative Christians? 04:03 The fundamental view of futurists is that God has 04:07 two radically different plans; 04:11 one for literal Israel and the other for the Christian church. 04:16 In other words, God's plan for the Jews and God's plan 04:20 for the church are radically different from one another, 04:24 and they are mutually exclusive. 04:27 Now I want to share with you what the scenario 04:30 of futurism looks like. 04:33 Basically, the entire scenario is based on their understanding 04:38 of the prophecy of the 70 weeks, as well as their 04:41 understanding of the millennium. 04:43 And we'll deal with the millennium 04:45 a little bit later on. 04:47 You see, for them the 70 weeks are to be understood 04:50 as 490 years, as Seventh-day Adventists believe. 04:55 But they believe that the 70 weeks begin in the days 04:59 of Nehemiah when Nehemiah went to rebuild the wall of Jerusalem 05:04 in the year 445 BC. 05:07 As Adventists, we believe that the 70 weeks begin in 457 BC. 05:11 But they believe that the 70 weeks begin in 445 BC. 05:17 Now, they believe that the first 69 weeks, 05:21 the first 483 years, flow consecutively 05:26 without interruption. 05:28 And they end, according to them, in the year 33 05:32 with the first coming of Jesus. 05:34 Now we know that it's the year 31, but they begin later 05:38 and they end two years later than what Adventists believe. 05:42 Now they teach that when Jesus came, He offered the Jews 05:47 His literal kingdom. 05:49 And the Jewish nation rejected the kingdom 05:52 that Jesus offered them. 05:54 And therefore, Jesus had to go to a plan B. 06:00 Because the Jewish nation rejected the Messiah, 06:03 none of the events of the 70th week could be fulfilled. 06:07 Because Jesus came at the end of the 69th week. 06:13 And so because the Jews rejected Jesus, 06:16 the 70th week could not be fulfilled. 06:20 You see, what they do is they separate week number 70 06:25 from the previous 69 weeks. 06:28 Basically, they say that the first 69 weeks flowed 06:32 and ended with the coming of Jesus in the year 33, 06:36 but then the 70th week could not be fulfilled 06:39 immediately after because the Jews rejected Jesus Christ. 06:45 So what God did was to suspend His plan 06:49 for the literal Jewish nation. 06:51 In other words, He put it on hold. 06:53 Week number 70 was never fulfilled consecutively 06:57 with the first 69 weeks. 07:00 And so they say that during the last twenty centuries 07:03 God has been dealing with the Gentiles, or with the church. 07:06 What they call the church age, 07:08 or the period of the times of the Gentiles. 07:12 The plan for the Jews has been put on hold. 07:15 And for twenty centuries plus, God has been dealing 07:18 with the church. 07:20 And week number 70 has never been fulfilled yet. 07:24 It is severed or separated from the first 69. 07:29 Now, they believe that when the Jewish state was re-established 07:33 in 1948, that this was a very significant event. 07:38 In fact, they believe that this is the most significant event 07:42 that indicates that the coming of Jesus, that the rapture 07:46 is imminent; the re-establishment of the 07:49 nation of Israel in 1948. 07:51 They say, "This is the catalytic event that is going to indicate 07:56 that Jesus is coming very, very soon." 07:58 And then, of course, in the 1967 war when the Jews recovered 08:03 certain portions of territory, they said, 08:05 "This is further evidence that the coming of Jesus in the 08:09 rapture is very imminent and is going to happen very soon." 08:15 So they believe that the plan for the Jews was suspended 08:19 at the end of week number 69, the 70th week was never 08:23 fulfilled immediately after the 69, 08:26 for twenty centuries plus God has suspended His plan 08:30 for the literal Jewish nation, and now He is engrafting 08:34 the Gentiles, which is known as the church age 08:37 or the times of the Gentiles. 08:40 Now they believe that when the times of the Gentiles 08:43 comes to an end, when the church age comes to an end, 08:47 the prophetic clock for Israel will begin to tick again. 08:52 And the 70th week will begin to be fulfilled 08:56 with an interval of over 2000 years between the 09:00 first 69 and the 70th week. 09:04 They believe that the event that will mark the beginning 09:08 of the last week, or the last 7 years of Daniel 9, 09:12 is what they call, the rapture of the church. 09:16 According to them, the times of the Gentiles 09:18 will come to an end, the church age will come to an end, 09:21 when the church is raptured to heaven invisibly. 09:26 People will suddenly vanish, drivers will disappear, 09:30 pilots will vanish, and there will be chaos 09:33 and disorder everywhere. 09:35 Believers will be caught up to heaven. 09:38 And those who are not ready, along with the literal Jews, 09:42 will be left behind. 09:44 Now one of the great proponents of this is called, Hal Lindsey. 09:48 And he calls the rapture, the great snatch. 09:51 He also wrote a book titled, Vanished Into Thin Air. 09:57 In other words, people are going to disappear everywhere 10:00 on planet earth in the rapture. 10:02 They will be taken too heaven with Jesus. 10:06 And then they believe that the Holy Spirit 10:08 will be withdrawn from the earth. 10:10 And the events from Revelation 4 verse 1 to Revelation 19 10:16 will begin to be fulfilled. 10:19 They believe that Revelation 4 verse 1 10:21 where God says to John, "Come up hither," 10:25 that expression, "Come up hither," 10:27 is referring to the rapture. 10:29 That John symbolizes the church, and it's talking about 10:32 the rapture of the church. 10:34 And so they believe that from Revelation 4 verse 1 10:37 all the way through Revelation chapter 19, 10:41 it deals exclusively with the Jews after 10:45 the rapture of the church. 10:48 Now they believe that during the last seven years 10:50 of the prophecy of the 70 weeks, during this last week 10:54 of the 70 week prophecy, at the beginning 10:58 a personal antichrist, an individual, will rise to power. 11:02 And he will rule over a ten nation Roman federation. 11:08 Which they understand to be the ten horns of Daniel 7 11:12 and the ten horns that we find in Revelation chapter 12 11:17 and Revelation chapter 13. 11:20 And so they believe that this antichrist will rise to power. 11:23 And during the first 1260 days of his dominion 11:29 things will go quite well for the Jews. 11:32 In fact, he's going to sign a peace treaty with the Jews, 11:36 and he will favor them. 11:38 He will rebuild the Jewish temple. 11:41 And the sacrificial system will be re-established, 11:44 and all will appear to be well. 11:48 But low and behold, what the Jews don't realize is that 11:50 this individual, this nice person during these 11:53 three and a half years, is the antichrist. 11:55 But he's hidden his identity. 11:58 At the beginning of the final 42 months... 12:00 Because they separate the 1260 days from the 42 months. 12:04 They take the 42 months to be the last three and a half years 12:07 of the 70 week prophecy. 12:09 So after the 42 literal months... 12:11 Or at the beginning, rather, of the 42 months, 12:14 the ruler of the ten nation federation, who is the 12:17 antichrist, will unveil himself and will reveal his true colors. 12:23 Low and behold, he is the predicted antichrist 12:26 of Scripture. 12:27 He will be a blasphemous individual. 12:29 He will blaspheme Christ and he will persecute the Jews. 12:35 He will sit in a literal Jerusalem temple 12:38 that has been rebuilt, and will have a literal image 12:41 built of himself. 12:42 And he will command everyone to bow down and worship 12:45 the literal image. 12:47 And whoever doesn't worship will be killed. 12:50 He will put a tattoo on the forehead or on the right hand 12:55 of individuals who do not worship the beast or his image. 13:00 They teach that during this time 144,000 converted Jews 13:06 will become Billy Grahams and will preach against 13:10 the antichrist and launch a merciless persecution 13:15 against the Jews. 13:17 This will be the time of Jacob's trouble. 13:21 They believe that during this time literal Moses and Elijah 13:25 will resurrect. 13:26 And then they will be killed for witnessing 13:29 against the antichrist. 13:31 At the end of the 42 months, or the last week of Daniel 9, 13:36 the antichrist will come to his ignominious end. 13:42 Jesus will come gloriously, literally, and visibly 13:46 from heaven with those that He took to heaven 13:48 seven years before. 13:50 And He will destroy the antichrist 13:52 and He will deliver literal Israel from the time 13:57 of Jacob's trouble. 13:58 Then Jesus will establish on earth His literal kingdom 14:03 for a thousand years, a millennium, 14:05 and people will live here in their mortal state 14:08 and Jesus will rule them with a rod of iron. 14:13 So is the futurist scenario that is being fed 14:17 to millions of people every Sunday morning on television. 14:21 And it is believed as gospel truth by conservative 14:26 Christians all over the world. 14:30 Now let's ask as Seventh-day Adventists, what implications 14:33 does this interpretation of prophecy have for us? 14:37 I have several things that we're going to take a look at. 14:39 It has severe implications for Seventh-day Adventist theology, 14:44 Seventh-day Adventist mission, and the very existence 14:48 of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 14:50 So let's take a look at a few things that happen 14:54 with Adventist interpretation when we adopt, 14:57 or if we should adopt, the futurist scenario. 15:01 Point number one, if the fulfillment 15:05 of Revelation 4 through 19 is future with literal Israel 15:12 after the church is gone from earth, 15:15 what relevance do the three angels' messages have today? 15:19 None. 15:21 Because if Revelation 4 through 19 15:24 is going to be fulfilled in the future with the literal Jews 15:26 after the church has gone to heaven, 15:29 the three angels' messages apply to that time, 15:33 not to this time. 15:34 So what the devil is telling people, 15:36 and I've had people tell me this in Revelation seminars, 15:39 they say, "Well we don't worry about Revelation 14. 15:41 That happens after the rapture." 15:43 And so what has happened, the devil has muted 15:46 the very central message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 15:50 Ellen White has expressed the importance of the 15:53 three angels' messages. 15:54 Let's read these statements. 15:56 The first is in volume 6 of the Testimonies, pages 17 and 18. 16:01 She says, "The three angels of Revelation 14 are represented 16:05 as flying in the midst of heaven, 16:07 symbolizing the work of those who proclaim the 16:10 first, second, and third angels' messages. 16:14 All are linked together. 16:16 The evidences of the abiding, ever living truth of these 16:19 grand messages that mean so much to the church, 16:24 that have awakened such intense opposition 16:27 from the religious world, are not extinct." 16:30 Now listen carefully to this. 16:33 "Satan is constantly seeking to cast a shadow 16:36 about these messages, so that the people of God shall not 16:41 clearly discern..." Three things. 16:44 Their what? "...their import..." 16:46 What is meant by the word, "import?" 16:48 Their importance. 16:51 What's the second thing? 16:53 "...their time..." 16:54 That is, when they're fulfilled. 16:56 And what? "...place." 16:58 Where. 16:59 When, where, and their importance. 17:03 The devil is trying to cast a shadow over them. 17:06 And she continues saying, "But they live and are to exert 17:10 their power upon our religious experience 17:12 while time shall last." 17:14 Praise the Lord for that. 17:16 In another statement that we find in, Early Writings, 17:19 page 256, this is a significant statement. 17:22 You know, Ellen White says that most Adventists are 17:24 going to forsake the three angels' messages. 17:28 But there will be no decrease in the people that are 17:31 in God's ranks because multitudes will come into 17:33 the Adventist church. 17:36 She says this, "Many who embraced the third message 17:40 had not had an experience in the former two messages." 17:44 This is talking about 1844. 17:46 See, the Millerites proclaimed the first two, 17:50 and there were people who were being converted 17:52 that had not had the experience in the first two. 17:54 Now notice Satan's reaction. 17:56 "Satan understood this, and his evil eye was upon them 18:01 to overthrow them; but the third angel was pointing them 18:04 to the most holy place, and those who had had an experience 18:08 in the past messages were pointing them the way 18:11 to the heavenly sanctuary." 18:13 Because we're going to notice that the third angel's message 18:15 is closely related with the Most Holy Place 18:17 of the Sanctuary. 18:18 And then she says this, "Many saw the perfect 18:22 chain of truth in the angels' messages, 18:25 and gladly received them..." How? 18:28 "...in their order..." 18:30 Don't preach number three before you preach number one. 18:33 "...in their order, and followed Jesus by faith 18:36 into the heavenly sanctuary." 18:38 And now she says this, "These messages 18:41 were represented to me as an anchor..." 18:46 This is one of the places where we got our name from. 18:49 "...as an anchor to the people of God." 18:53 And then she states, "Those who understand 18:56 and receive them will be kept from being swept away 19:02 by the many delusions of Satan." 19:04 How important are the three angels' messages? 19:06 "If you do not understand and receive them, 19:10 you will be deceived by the devil," is what she's saying. 19:13 And so they're vitally important. 19:14 So what does the devil say? 19:15 The devil says, "No, those don't apply to now. 19:18 Those are for the Jews during the tribulation. 19:21 Don't worry, folks, everything is okay." 19:24 Because the devil wants to mute the importance 19:27 of these messages. 19:29 So that's the first thing that futurism does 19:32 to the message of the Adventist church. 19:34 But there's a second point. 19:36 Futurism changes the time for the appearance 19:40 of the antichrist. 19:42 It changes the timing. 19:45 You see, for us as Adventists the antichrist appeared 19:49 immediately after the Roman Empire was divided 19:52 into ten kingdoms, right? 19:54 It's simple. 19:55 Lion, Babylon; bear, Medo-Persia; 19:58 leopard, Greece; dragon beast, Rome; 20:01 ten horns, Rome divided. 20:03 And then among the ten, the little horn 20:06 immediately afterwards. 20:07 It's quite simple. 20:10 And so we know that the timing of the rising of antichrist 20:13 was shortly after the demise of the Roman Empire. 20:17 It would arise where the Roman Empire had been divided 20:20 among those kingdoms. 20:22 And we know that this antichrist would rule for 1260 years, 20:28 beginning in 538 and ending in 1798 with a deadly wound 20:34 that was given by France. 20:37 But now listen carefully. 20:41 If the antichrist did not appear shortly after the Roman Empire 20:47 disintegrated, he is still in the future. 20:51 Right? 20:53 Because that's the way they do. 20:54 They also create a gap. 20:56 See, this futurism is a gap theology. 21:01 There's a gap between week 69 and week 70. 21:04 And they say that Daniel 7 was fulfilled in sequence 21:10 until you get to the fourth beast. 21:14 And then they say that Rome was never divided. 21:17 Now I don't know how they can reach that conclusion, 21:19 but they say that part of the prophecy was not fulfilled. 21:22 And of course, the little horn was not fulfilled either. 21:24 So there's a gap between the legs and the feet 21:28 of over 2000 years. 21:31 Because they don't see the historical flow method, 21:34 how prophecy flows without gaps and without interruptions. 21:39 And so, if the antichrist did not appear in the 21:42 sequence of this prophecy, then the antichrist is still future. 21:47 And if the antichrist is still future, the papacy has 21:51 nothing to do with the fulfillment of the 21:53 prophecy of Daniel 7. 21:57 And therefore, the papacy has nothing to do with the 21:59 change in God's holy law. 22:02 Are you understanding this? 22:03 Your interpretation of prophecy has huge implications. 22:08 You know, people say, "Oh don't study, 22:09 don't talk to me about prophecy. 22:10 Talk to me about the love of Jesus." 22:13 Well, talking about prophecy is talking about the love of Jesus. 22:16 Because Jesus loves you, He doesn't want you to be deceived. 22:20 He wants people to be saved. 22:21 But for that, we have to know Bible prophecy. 22:25 You see, futurists say that Daniel 2 was fulfilled how? 22:32 Actually, it's fulfilled with a gap between the 22:35 feet and the legs. 22:40 They say that the head of gold is Babylon, 22:42 the breast and arms of silver is the Medes and Persians, 22:44 the belly of bronze is Greece, 22:46 the legs of iron are the Roman Empire. 22:48 But then they say that the flow of prophecy is suspended. 22:51 The ten toes represent a ten nation federation that will 22:54 arise in the future under the leadership of antichrist. 22:57 And so there's a 2000 year gap between the feet and the legs. 23:03 Who does that hide from view? 23:06 The Roman Catholic Papacy. 23:07 That's right. 23:09 So secondly, the second big problem with this view 23:13 is that it hides the specific time when the 23:18 antichrist would arise. 23:20 Point number three, futurism changes the place 23:24 for the appearance of the antichrist. 23:26 The place. 23:28 You see, for us the antichrist is a counterfeit system 23:33 of Christianity that arose in the church shortly after 23:38 the disintegration of the Roman Empire. 23:40 And we believe that the temple where 23:42 the antichrist sits is what? 23:45 Is the church. 23:46 We talked about that. 23:47 It's the church. 23:49 And we believe that this temple is not a literal temple 23:52 in the Middle East. 23:53 It is the church of the Middles Ages. 23:57 The temple is the Christian church. 24:00 But what does futurism believe? 24:02 Futurism believes that the antichrist is going to sit 24:05 in a literal rebuilt Jewish temple after the rapture 24:09 for three and a half literal years. 24:12 If this is the case, then prophecy is not 24:14 fulfilled in Rome. 24:16 Prophecy is fulfilled in the Middle East. 24:19 Thus the fulfillment of the prophecy in the papacy 24:21 is hidden from view because people are looking 24:24 in the wrong place. 24:27 Are you understanding this point? 24:29 It's a serious implication. 24:31 If you believe in futurism, well you're saying, 24:34 "Well, it's going to be a future antichrist 24:36 who will sit in a rebuilt Jewish temple over in the Middle East. 24:39 This is after the rapture of the church." 24:42 And so what happens? 24:44 What is hidden from view is that the real antichrist 24:47 arose in Rome, and you can't see this because you're looking 24:51 in the wrong place. 24:52 You're looking to the Middle East instead of looking in Rome. 24:58 Point number four, futurism hides the manner 25:03 of the appearance of the antichrist, 25:04 the way in which the antichrist will appear. 25:08 You see, Adventists, along with the Protestant reformers, 25:10 believe that the antichrist is a system of counterfeit 25:13 Christianity that sat in the spiritual temple of God, 25:18 which is the church. 25:20 And as I mentioned, Paul constantly mentions that 25:23 the temple of God is the church. 25:26 It is not a literal temple in the Middle East. 25:30 Now, if the antichrist will be an individual, 25:34 then he cannot be a worldwide system. 25:36 If he is a blasphemous atheist, as many are teaching, 25:42 then the Christian church has nothing to do with the 25:44 fulfillment of these prophecies. 25:47 So does futurism teach something that hides the 25:51 manner or the way in which the antichrist will appear? 25:54 Sure, they're expecting a blasphemous antichrist 25:58 over in the Middle East after the rapture of the church. 26:03 So they're looking in the wrong place. 26:04 But they're also looking in the wrong way. 26:07 Because Scripture says that the antichrist, 26:09 the manner of his coming will be, he'll sit in the church 26:12 claiming to be Christ. 26:14 He will arise from within. 26:18 In other words, he's an insider. 26:22 Now let's notice what Dave Hunt has to say. 26:24 By the way, Dave Hunt is a dyed-in-the-wool futurist. 26:29 But he got the identity of antichrist right. 26:33 Listen to his description of the antichrist. 26:36 He says, "While the Greek prefix, 'anti,' generally means, 26:41 'against or opposed to,' it can also mean, 26:45 'in the place of or a substitute for.'" 26:49 For example, the word, "antipas." 26:51 Have you ever heard of Herod Antipas? 26:53 Do you know what, "anti pas," means? 26:56 It means that he ruled in place of his father. 26:58 The word, "pas," is, "father," 27:00 and, "anti," is, "in place of." 27:01 He ruled in place of his father. 27:05 So anti does not mean, against. 27:07 Anti means, in place of. 27:09 So he continues saying, "The antichrist 27:12 will embody both meanings. 27:14 He will oppose Christ while pretending to be Christ. 27:18 Instead of a frontal attack or assault against Christianity, 27:22 the evil one will pervert the church from within 27:26 by posing as its founder. 27:28 He will cunningly misrepresent Christ 27:30 while pretending to be Christ." 27:32 And here comes something very interesting. 27:34 "And right here is where the plot thickens. 27:37 If the antichrist will indeed pretend to be the Christ, 27:41 then his followers must be Christians." 27:46 So Dave Hunt is a futurist, but he got it right. 27:48 Most futurists believe that the antichrist 27:50 is a nasty individual, an atheist, who's going to 27:53 appear in the Middle East, raise his hand against God, 27:55 and he's going to blaspheme the God of heaven. 27:58 Some atheist type. 28:00 But Scripture doesn't teach that. 28:01 Scripture teaches that he will arise from within. 28:04 That is his manner of appearance. 28:07 So does the manner of the appearance of antichrist 28:09 have anything to do with being deceived concerning this? 28:12 It most certainly does. 28:15 Now the next point is that futurism, this is number five, 28:18 futurism changes the parties in the final conflict. 28:22 Who are the two groups that will be involved 28:25 in the final conflict? 28:26 You see, as Adventists we believe that on one side 28:29 there will be the dragon, the beast, and the false prophet. 28:32 The dragon represents Satan, yes, but working through 28:34 the civil powers of the world. 28:36 The beast represents the Roman Catholic Papacy. 28:40 And the false prophet represents apostate Protestantism. 28:45 And we believe that these three powers will be 28:48 global in scope. 28:49 Those will be the enemies of God's people in the end time. 28:54 But what does futurism believe? 28:57 Futurism sees it differently. 29:00 They say that the final battle will be between 29:02 the Jews and the Arabs in the Middle East. 29:05 And perhaps the Arabs and the Muslims are going to 29:08 join with the Russians to persecute the Jews. 29:11 If this is true, then we're wrong in saying that the 29:16 parties in the controversy are the dragon, the beast, 29:20 and the false prophet against all of those who are 29:23 opposed to the kingdom of Christ. 29:25 In other words, futurism gets the parties involved 29:29 in the final conflict wrong. 29:31 And so people are looking for this war in the Middle East 29:36 where, you know, the antichrist is going to be joining the Arabs 29:40 and is going to be joining the Russians, 29:42 and perhaps the Chinese, to war against literal Israel, 29:45 to war against the Jews. 29:47 And meanwhile, the antichrist sits in Rome. 29:51 And the United States, the helper, is taking 29:55 steps to help this power. 29:57 And nobody can see it because they're looking 29:59 in the wrong place. 30:02 The devil is an expert at what we call, the counter play. 30:05 Do you know what the counter play is? 30:07 Some of you might know a little bit about football. 30:10 I'm not talking about Australian rules football. 30:12 I'm talking about football as it is played in the United States. 30:16 The counter play is very simple. 30:18 See, the linemen, they block for the back. 30:21 For the runner. 30:22 And so what usually happens is the linemen will pull 30:26 in one direction to block when the runner is 30:29 going to come to that side. 30:30 But the counter play is when all of the linemen 30:33 run this way, then the defense says, 30:36 "Oh, the runner is coming this way." 30:37 And then the runner goes the opposite direction. 30:40 That's the counter play. 30:42 And so the devil is an expert at creating counter plays; 30:46 showing the antichrist in the wrong place, 30:50 appearing in the wrong way, 30:52 saying that the parties are not the parties that 30:55 prophecy says they are. 30:58 But let me say that futurism also blurs the issues involved 31:02 in the final conflict. 31:04 As Seventh-day Adventists, we believe that the issues 31:06 in the final conflict will be the law, the Sabbath, 31:13 and worship. 31:15 But what futurism believes is that the war 31:19 that is going to take place will be in the Middle East 31:22 and it will be primarily an anti-Semitic war. 31:27 In other words, it's a war against the Jews. 31:32 Now let me ask you, are there good and bad Jews? 31:37 Yes. Are there good and bad Arabs? 31:40 So if you say that the final war is the Arabs against the Jews, 31:46 you're saying that it's good people and bad people against 31:49 good people and bad people. 31:51 The fact is that Scripture teaches that the final war 31:54 will be the righteous against the unrighteous. 31:57 And it doesn't matter which ethnic group you belong to. 32:00 The issues are spiritual. 32:02 They have nothing to do with what your ethnicity is. 32:05 And it has nothing to do with the oil of the Middle East, 32:10 which is one of the favorite topics of those who 32:12 teach futurism; that the final war is going to be 32:15 a fight over oil or it's going to be a fight 32:17 of the Arabs against the Jews. 32:19 It totally misses the point that the struggle is going to be 32:23 over God's law, over His holy Sabbath, 32:25 and over the issue of spiritual worship. 32:29 It hides the issues in the great controversy. 32:34 Point number seven, futurism obliterates the end time 32:39 appearance of the remnant church. 32:41 See, the devil wants to hide when the 32:43 Seventh-day Adventist Church was going to appear. 32:46 Let me just give you this scenario 32:49 coming from Revelation chapter 12. 32:52 In Revelation chapter 12, we have a clear flow 32:55 of historical events. 32:56 We have, first of all, a woman. 33:00 The woman has a child in her womb. 33:03 Now let me ask you, who is that child who is in the 33:05 womb of the woman? 33:07 The child is Christ. 33:08 And who is the woman? 33:11 The woman is not Mary there. 33:14 The woman represents the church. 33:16 Which church? 33:17 New Testament church or Old Testament church? 33:20 It's got to be the Old Testament church. 33:22 Because we can't have a New Testament church 33:24 before Jesus is born. 33:27 So let me ask you a dumb question. 33:29 Who lives first, the woman or the child? 33:33 Of course, it's the woman. 33:34 Did the woman exist before the child? 33:36 Of course. 33:37 Did Jesus come from the lineage of Abraham? 33:41 Did He come from the lineage of David? 33:44 Did He come from the holy line? Yes. 33:46 The woman represents the Old Testament church 33:49 that brings Jesus Christ into the world. 33:52 So Revelation 12 begins with the Old Testament church. 33:55 Then the child is born. 33:57 That's the birth of Christ. 33:59 Then it says that He ascends to God and to His throne. 34:02 That's the ascension and the installment of Jesus 34:04 in heaven as our High Priest. 34:06 And then after that, we find the church fleeing to the wilderness 34:11 for 1260 years. 34:14 Are you seeing the flow? 34:16 And towards the end of the 1260 years, 34:19 the earth helps the woman. 34:22 Now what is represented by the earth that helps the woman 34:25 as this period of persecution is taking place? 34:28 The earth represents the territory of the United States. 34:32 Now in Revelation 13 you have a beast that rises from the earth. 34:35 That's the nation that rises from it. 34:37 And I hope you read the book on Jekyll and Hyde. 34:41 Did you read that book? 34:43 You know, there I show that the earth represents 34:47 the territory of the United States 34:49 before the nation is formed. 34:50 Was this a refuge for people who were persecuted in Europe? 34:54 Yes it was. 34:55 During toward the end of this period, people migrated 34:58 to the United States to find freedom, 35:00 liberty of conscience to worship God according to the 35:03 dictates of their conscience. 35:05 So in other words, towards the end of this period 35:07 the earth helps the woman, the territory of the United States. 35:10 And then I want you to notice that the very next stage 35:14 is that the dragon is enraged with the woman. 35:19 And he goes to make war with the remnant of her seed. 35:25 So let me ask you, when would we expect the 35:27 remnant church to arise? 35:30 Would it have to be after the 1260 years? 35:34 After the earth helped the woman? 35:35 Absolutely. 35:37 It would have to arise shortly after that. 35:39 You're not going to have a gap of several hundred years, no. 35:41 Because prophecy is fulfilled in sequence. 35:45 That's the historical flow method, in other words. 35:48 So after the 1260 years, it says that the dragon is now 35:52 wroth with the woman and goes to make war 35:55 with the remnant of her seed. 35:56 Where are the remnant of her seed to be found? 35:58 On the earth. 36:00 Because the previous verse says the earth. 36:02 Where is the earth? 36:04 The territory of the United States. 36:06 Would it be after 1798? 36:09 Yes it would. In the sequence. 36:11 And what would characterize the remnant church? 36:14 Oh, they keep the commandments of God. 36:18 How many? Ten. 36:21 And they have the testimony of Jesus Christ. 36:24 And what is the testimony of Jesus Christ? 36:26 It is the spirit of prophecy. 36:30 The question is, did such a church arise after 1798 36:35 in the territory of the United States that teaches that 36:39 the law of God has to be kept, and has a prophet in her midst? 36:45 There's a church that appears shortly after 1798. 36:48 The Seventh-day Adventist Church. 36:50 But now listen. 36:51 If Revelation 12 deals with events in the future 36:55 after the rapture of the church, what happens with the identity 37:00 of God's remnant church; when it was going to appear, 37:03 where it was going to appear, and what characteristics 37:07 it was going to have? 37:09 It totally disappears. 37:10 The devil wants to hide the moment when God's 37:14 remnant church was going to appear on the scene 37:18 of human history. 37:21 Is it important whether we believe in 37:23 the historical flow method or whether we believe in futurism? 37:28 Listen folks, it's a matter of our existence 37:32 as a denomination. 37:33 We are a prophetic movement. 37:36 We originated as a result of the study of Bible prophecy. 37:40 And our destiny is clothed with Bible prophecy. 37:45 So we cannot be a church that simply 37:48 preaches the love of Jesus. 37:49 It's important to love Jesus, don't get me wrong. 37:52 We can't simply preach what other churches are preaching. 37:55 God has given us a special message and a 37:58 special mission for this time. 38:00 And woe to us if we don't fulfill that special mission 38:04 and preserve that special message, because we would 38:06 have no reason whatsoever to exist. 38:10 Now the next point is even more serious. 38:13 Futurism destroys the 2300 day prophecy. 38:18 You say, "How is that?" 38:20 Well let's read the verse, first of all. 38:22 It says, "And he said unto me, 38:24 'Unto two thousand three hundred days, 38:27 then shall the sanctuary be...'" What? 38:30 "...then shall the sanctuary be cleansed." 38:34 Now, there are three key factors involved in our interpretation 38:41 of this prophecy. 38:43 Number one, the 70 weeks are the first part 38:47 of the 2300 days, and began in 457. 38:50 Correct? 38:52 That's the Adventist view. 38:53 The 70 weeks, first 490 years, are the first portion 38:56 of the 2300 days, and the 70 weeks began in 457 BC. 39:02 That's the first point. 39:04 The second point is that the 2300 days are really 39:07 symbolic of what? 39:09 They represent years. 39:11 And the third point is that there is no gap 39:16 between week 69 and week 70. 39:20 Those are three non-negotiable items. 39:23 Number one, the 70 weeks are the first part 39:26 of the 2300 day prophecy. 39:28 And they began in 457 BC. 39:30 Number two, the 2300 days are symbolic of years. 39:34 And number three, there is no gap between week 69 and week 70 39:39 like futurists say. 39:41 Now I might say that in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, 39:46 there are scholars who have questioned seriously 39:49 our interpretation of the 2300 days. 39:53 Some notable names are people like D.M. Canright, 39:57 A.F. Ballenger, Fletcher, Desmond Ford, 40:02 and more recently Dale Ratzlaff. 40:04 There must be something that the devil doesn't like 40:06 about the 2300 day prophecy that he would take scholars 40:10 within the church that would be critical of this one 40:13 particular point of Seventh-day Adventist theology. 40:18 Now listen carefully. 40:20 A wrong beginning and ending date for the 70 weeks 40:25 destroys the 1844 date. 40:28 In fact, separating week number 70 from the 40:31 previous 69 totally obliterates the date of 1844. 40:37 So what does Satan want to hide? 40:39 He wants to hide the date for the beginning of the 40:42 judgment of the world. 40:45 You say, "How is this?" 40:48 Well, we believe that the 70 weeks are 40:50 490 consecutive years. 40:53 Then 1810 years more leads you to October 22, 1844. 40:59 Futurism says, "No, no, no. 41:00 The first 69 were fulfilled. 41:03 2000 year gap, and then the 70th week begins." 41:07 Let me ask you, what happens when you create that 41:09 parenthesis or that gap? 41:11 1844 is destroyed. 41:14 Because 1844 depends on the consecutive fulfillment 41:19 of the 70 weeks. 41:20 If you have a gap, then 1844 is a non-entity. 41:27 But the judgment is not the only thing at stake, folks. 41:31 The pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church discovered 41:34 a whole cluster of truth shortly after 1844. 41:40 For example, they discovered that the 41:41 law of God is still binding. 41:44 They discovered that the Sabbath is still binding. 41:46 How did they discover that? 41:47 Well, when they entered the Most Holy Place with Jesus, 41:52 what's in the Most Holy Place? 41:54 The ark. 41:56 So all they did was say, "Okay, what was in the ark?" 41:58 So they go and they look at the shadow in the Old Testament, 42:01 "Oh, the Ten Commandments were in the ark. 42:03 Well, then they must be in the heavenly ark too. 42:05 And so they weren't nailed to the cross." 42:09 And then they started looking more carefully, they said, 42:10 "Now wait a minute, what was in the center of the law? 42:12 The Sabbath. 42:15 And if the earthly Sanctuary was a reflection of the heavenly one 42:18 and there's a heavenly ark of the covenant, 42:20 well the Sabbath must be there too." 42:23 And so slowly but surely, after 1844, they discovered 42:27 all of the distinctive doctrines of the 42:29 Seventh-day Adventist Church that distinguishes 42:31 from every other church. 42:33 They discovered the state of the dead. 42:36 They discovered the judgment. 42:38 They discovered health reform, believe it or not. 42:41 And the gift of prophecy helped explain what had happened 42:45 in 1844 and the mission and message of the 42:48 Seventh-day Adventist Church. 42:50 You say, "Well, how is health reform found in the 42:52 Most Holy Place of the heavenly Sanctuary?" 42:54 Well, you remember there was a little pot of manna? 42:58 What did God want to teach through the manna? 43:00 Well, first of all He wanted to teach Sabbath observance. 43:03 Have you ever noticed that Sabbath observance is 43:05 high-lighted in the Most Holy Place? 43:07 You know, Ellen White had a vision where she saw 43:09 that there was a halo around the fourth commandment 43:11 that high-lighted the fourth commandment. 43:13 Where did she get that idea that the Sabbath 43:16 commandment is high-lighted? 43:17 It's very simple. 43:18 Because in the ark of the covenant you have 43:21 two Sabbath symbols. 43:23 You have the fourth commandment in the Ten Commandments, 43:25 and you have the pot of manna. 43:28 And incidentally, the manna was meant to test Israel 43:32 to see if they would walk in God's law. 43:35 And the Sabbath will be the final test to see if people 43:38 will walk in God's law. 43:39 Are you with me? 43:40 And so the Sabbath, as a test, is found 43:42 in the ark of the covenant. 43:44 Health reform. 43:45 You know, you read Numbers chapter 11. 43:47 It says there that God gave Israel manna to teach 43:50 them a simple diet. 43:52 But they said, "Oh no, we don't want manna, Lord. 43:54 We want the stuff that we had in Egypt. 43:56 All that rich food is what we want." 43:58 But God, through the manna, wanted to teach them 44:00 the simplicity of the diet. 44:01 He wanted to teach them health reform. 44:04 What about the state of the dead? 44:06 Is that found in the Most Holy Place? 44:08 It most certainly is. 44:09 You say, "How?" 44:10 Well first of all, Aaron's rod that budded represents Christ. 44:14 It was a dead rod. 44:16 And by a miracle it sprouted to life. 44:20 By life that was in itself. 44:22 Jesus said, "Though I be dead, yet..." What? 44:27 "...yet I live," He said in Revelation chapter 1. 44:29 And so the rod that budded miraculously represents 44:32 Jesus and His resurrection from the dead. 44:34 But even over and above that, the judgment concept of the 44:39 Adventist church is the only concept that will help us 44:43 understand the state of the dead. 44:45 And let me explain how. 44:47 Let's take Adam as our example. 44:49 Adam was the first individual to be judged 44:53 when the judgment began in 1844. 44:55 Ellen White says beginning with those who first lived 44:57 on the earth Jesus judges each successive generation, 45:02 and He ends with the living. 45:04 So the first person to be judged was Adam. 45:06 Now let me ask you, where was Adam in 1844? 45:12 Adam was in the grave. 45:15 Disintegrated. 45:17 So how could Adam appear before the judgment seat of Christ 45:19 in 1844 if he was disintegrated and totally non-existent? 45:28 How could Adam appear there? 45:31 He appeared there through the record of his life in the books. 45:37 You see, God has a another me in His books in written form. 45:42 And so Adam, when God said, "Adam, you're the first 45:45 to be judged." 45:47 I'm thankful that it's not in alphabetical order. 45:51 He said, "Adam, appear before My judgment seat." 45:54 And so what the angels do is they bring the DVD. 45:59 I'm dramatizing for effect. 46:01 The DVD of Adam's life. 46:04 And so, on a large screen the life of Adam 46:07 is shown in living color. 46:09 The record that was made during his life. 46:13 So is there a certain sense in which Adam is appearing 46:15 alive before the judgment seat of Christ? 46:17 He's not alive in person, but the record was made 46:20 while he was alive. 46:22 And so what's seen on the screen is Adam while he was alive. 46:26 Even though personally and physically he is what? 46:29 He is dead. Are you understanding me? 46:31 And so the record of Adam is examined. 46:34 And it's found that he repented of sin, he confessed his sins, 46:37 and his name is retained in the book of life. 46:40 Now here's my question, how do Christians believe... 46:42 When does the judgment take place, according to Christians? 46:45 They say, "Oh, the second coming. 46:47 He will come to judge the living and the dead." 46:49 As it says in the Credo. 46:52 So they say, you know, the judgment is when Jesus comes. 46:57 And what do they believe happens when a person dies? 47:01 When a person dies, if they were good, they go to heaven. 47:04 If they were bad, they go to hell. 47:06 If they were half bad, they go to purgatory. 47:09 And if they had not reached the age of accountability, 47:11 they go to limbo. 47:12 It's amazing how people invent all different kinds of 47:15 spheres and levels. 47:18 But here's my question. 47:21 If Adam is judged in 1844, he's the first to be judged in 1844, 47:30 did he go to heaven when he died? 47:33 He couldn't have gone to heaven when he died. 47:35 Would God take him to heaven before he's judged? 47:38 Absolutely not. 47:39 He's judged in 1844. 47:41 And then when will he be taken to heaven? 47:44 He will be taken to heaven when Jesus comes. 47:47 So is the state of the dead doctrine involved in 47:50 the idea of the judgment, the Adventist idea of the judgment? 47:52 It most certainly is. 47:54 It's the only idea that makes sense, 47:57 is the Seventh-day Adventist view of the judgment. 47:59 Because we teach that an individual dies, 48:02 they appear before the judgment seat of Christ. 48:04 When they're judged, they didn't go to heaven or to hell. 48:07 Because in that case, when they died they would have 48:09 already been judged. 48:11 And so then they're judged. 48:12 And when Jesus comes, then He gives a reward 48:15 that has been decided in the judgment, 48:18 in the pre-advent judgment. 48:20 So all of these truths are clustered 48:22 in the Most Holy Place. 48:23 And our pioneers discovered them one by one after 1844 48:27 because they entered the Most Holy Place. 48:29 And the Most Holy Place teaches these particular doctrines. 48:33 Now, what are the particular doctrinal points 48:38 that the Christian world despises? 48:42 How about the law? 48:44 Oh, it was nailed to the cross, right? 48:46 How about the Sabbath? 48:48 Oh, it was for the Jews. 48:50 How about health reform? 48:53 Oh, you can eat your pork chops. 48:55 Not a problem. The prayer sanctifies the pig. 49:01 What do they say about the state of the dead? 49:04 They say, "Well, the dead are not dead." 49:07 They're either in bliss or they're in misery. 49:10 Are those the very doctrines that are distinctive 49:14 to the Seventh-day Adventist Church? 49:16 Folks, the doctrines that make us what we are 49:19 are centered in the Most Holy Place of the heavenly Sanctuary. 49:22 And the pioneers discovered it when they entered in 1844. 49:26 So if you destroy the date 1844 by destroying the prophecy 49:32 of the 70 weeks, you are destroying 49:35 Seventh-day Adventist theology. 49:38 Now, there's another thing that's important here. 49:41 After 1844, a method of interpreting prophecy 49:48 was discarded. 49:49 You know that the Millerites taught that Jesus 49:51 was going to come on October 22, 1844. 49:55 And Jesus didn't come. 49:56 Do you know what method Miller and those who preached 50:00 with Miller used to reach that date? 50:03 The historical flow method. 50:06 They used historicism as their method 50:09 to reach the date October 22, 1844. 50:12 70 weeks, 1810 years. 50:15 And then they also appealed to the Hebrew feasts, 50:18 you know, which give you the day and the month 50:21 of the Day of Atonement. 50:23 And so they said, "We have the day and the month 50:25 from the Hebrew feasts, we have the year 50:27 from Daniel chapter 8 and verse 14." 50:29 And so they say, "October 22, 1844 50:32 the judgment is going to begin." 50:34 But Jesus didn't come. 50:36 So you know what the devil did? 50:38 The devil discredited historicism as a method 50:42 of interpreting prophecy. 50:44 Let me read you some statements. 50:46 One is from Richard Kyle. 50:49 He's not an Adventist. He use to be a futurist. 50:51 He use to be a Plymouth Brethren. 50:53 And he had something very interesting to say in his book, 50:56 The Last Days Are Here Again. 51:00 He says, "Despite its visibility the Millerite movement 51:05 had little influence on subsequent end time thinking." 51:10 In other words, Millerism didn't cause very much of an impact 51:13 in future end time thinking. 51:16 "It did, however, have three long-term effects. 51:20 One, Millerism spawned the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 51:25 Two, it discredited historicist pre-millennialism..." 51:31 That's our view; historicism and that Jesus 51:35 is going to come before the millennium. 51:39 And notice it says, "...it discredited historicist 51:42 pre-millennialism, causing it to fade out 51:45 almost entirely after 1844. 51:49 And number three, the Millerite fiasco demonstrated the perils 51:53 of setting definite dates for Christ's return." 51:58 In another statement we find in the same book, page 102, 52:03 he says this, "The great disappointment of 1844 52:08 had decimated historicist pre-millennialism." 52:13 What did the disappointment do? 52:15 It almost well-nigh obliterated historicist pre-millennialism. 52:20 Which is our method of interpreting Bible prophecy. 52:23 And now notice what he says, "But a futurist 52:26 pre-millennialism called, dispensationalism, 52:29 soon arrived on the scene." 52:33 So what did the devil do? 52:35 When Jesus didn't come, he said the method didn't work. 52:38 So he threw out the baby with the bath water. 52:41 He wanted to get rid of our method, 52:44 because he knew that he could get rid of our message. 52:47 Now notice the words of another futurist. 52:50 This is Thomas Ice. 52:53 What he says is very icy. 52:56 This is in his book, 52:57 "The Tribulation: Past or Future," page 6. 53:00 And he actually mentions the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 53:03 He says, "Historicism, once the dominant view of Protestants 53:08 from the Reformation until the middle of the last century..." 53:11 He's writing, this is in the 1990's. 53:15 So the last century would be the 1900's. 53:18 So he says, "Historicism, once the dominant view of 53:20 Protestants from the Reformation until the 53:22 middle of the last century, appears to exert little 53:27 attraction as a system of prophetic interpretation 53:31 to conservative Christians outside of the 53:34 Seventh-day Adventist circles. 53:36 Within evangelicalism during the last 150 years, 53:41 futurism has grown to dominate and overcome historicism." 53:47 Wow. 53:49 Futurism has done its work of practically obliterating 53:56 the historical flow method of interpreting Bible prophecy. 54:00 According to Ellen White, this shifted understanding 54:05 is the direct result of Satan's desire to get rid of historicism 54:09 as the proper method of interpreting Bible prophecy. 54:12 And now I quote from, Early Writings, 256 and 257. 54:16 She says, "After the great disappointment in 1844, 54:20 Satan and his angels were busily engaged in laying snares 54:24 to unsettle the faith of the body. 54:26 He affected the minds of persons who had had an experience 54:30 in the messages, and who had an appearance of humility." 54:34 Listen carefully. 54:35 "Some pointed to the future for the fulfillment of the 54:38 first and second messages, while others pointed 54:41 far back into the past..." 54:43 What does the devil do? 54:44 He says, "No, these things are going to be fulfilled 54:45 in the future or they were fulfilled..." When? 54:48 In the past. 54:50 "...declaring that they had been there fulfilled. 54:53 These were gaining an influence over the minds 54:55 of the inexperienced and unsettling their faith. 54:59 Some were searching the Bible to build up a faith of their own, 55:03 independent of the body. 55:05 Satan exulted in all this; for he knew that those 55:08 who broke loose from the anchor..." 55:11 See, there's our anchor again. 55:13 "...that those who broke loose from the anchor 55:15 he could affect by different errors and drive about 55:20 with divers winds of doctrine. 55:23 Many who had led in the first and second messages 55:26 now denied them, and there was division and confusion 55:30 throughout the body." 55:34 So the disappointment led Christians to forsake 55:40 historicism, or the historical flow method, 55:42 as the method of interpreting Bible prophecy. 55:45 And by the way, historicism is the only way 55:49 that we can interpret prophecy correctly, 55:51 because it comes internally from Scripture. 55:54 I mean, it's so simple. 55:56 Lion, Babylon; bear, Medo-Persia; 55:59 leopard, Greece; dragon beast, Rome. 56:02 Rome is divided into ten kingdoms. 56:04 Then papal Rome arises, rules from 538 to 1798. 56:09 And then when this beast has its deadly wound, 56:13 "I saw another beast rising from the earth 56:16 that had two horns like a lamb, but at the end 56:19 it speaks like a dragon." 56:22 Even the United States rises at the moment when 56:25 the first beast falls. 56:27 And so with historicism, you know exactly where you are 56:31 in the flow of history at any given moment. 56:35 But when you create huge gaps, you don't know where you're at. 56:39 Because you have no reference point. 56:41 Are you understanding what I'm saying? 56:43 So our method is the method, the historical flow method. 56:47 And incidentally, there's another method called, 56:50 preterism, which is that the prophecy of the little horn 56:54 was fulfilled with a nasty individual called, 56:56 Antiochus Epiphanes, in the Old Testament. 56:59 And that the beast of Revelation 13 represents Nero. 57:03 So all of these prophecies were fulfilled 57:06 with Antiochus Epiphanes and with Nero in the Roman Empire. 57:09 They have no relevance for us today. 57:12 What is the devil trying to do? 57:13 He's trying to make Bible prophecy irrelevant. 57:16 If there ever was a church that has a message to 57:19 share with the world, it is the Seventh-day Adventist Church. 57:22 If there ever was a time that we need to share the book, 57:25 The Great Controversy, with the world, it is now. 57:28 Because that book is the best presentation in the world 57:31 on the historicist method, or the historical flow method, 57:35 of explaining and interpreting Bible prophecy. 57:38 And so, folks, God has called us to do this very thing; 57:42 to proclaim the three angels' messages to the world. |
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