Participants: Steve Wohlberg
Series Code: SF
Program Code: SF000041A
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00:57 Imagine that you develop a serious headache
01:00 that just doesn't go away. 01:01 It last for a week and your head is just pounding. 01:04 Finally you decide to visit your family physician 01:07 and he runs a series of tests and to his horror 01:10 he discovers that you have a massive brain tumor. 01:14 Now what does a good doctor do at that point? 01:16 It's not pleasant to tell you the facts, 01:19 so should he just say here's a couple of aspirin 01:22 and go home and go to bed. 01:24 Of course not. 01:25 A good doctor will sit you down 01:27 and he will tell you the unpleasant truth 01:30 that you need to know. 01:31 He's gonna recommend an emergency operation 01:34 because that's what you need to save your life. 01:38 Welcome to "Earth's Final Crisis" 01:40 what you must know to survive the days ahead. 01:44 The Bible is very clear about what is coming 01:48 and as a minister and as a good spiritual doctor 01:51 it is my responsibility to tell you the truth. 01:54 In Daniel 12:1 01:55 this is what the scripture prophesies. 01:58 That the time is coming 02:00 when there will be a "time of trouble, 02:02 such as never was since there was a nation 02:04 even to that same time." 02:08 As you look around 02:09 it's very obvious at least to those 02:10 who have eyes to see and ears to hear 02:12 that ancient prophecies are being fulfilled 02:15 and that we are on the edge of the apocalyptic grand finale, 02:20 the time of trouble predicted in the Bible. 02:23 The signs are everywhere, 02:24 increasing natural deadly disasters 02:27 like hurricanes, earthquakes, tsunami's, fires, floods 02:32 they just keep coming in rapid succession 02:34 one after another. 02:35 Extreme bizarre weather patterns, 02:38 record heat, record cold, 02:41 people have never seen the kind of strange weather 02:44 that they're seeing right now. 02:46 Increased immorality, it's all around us. 02:49 People don't know what's right anymore, 02:50 what's wrong. 02:52 We live in an age of moral confusion. 02:54 Economic uncertainty 02:55 we're teetering on the edge of a global economic meltdown 03:00 and a lot of economist they know it, 03:03 maybe it's not in the news 03:05 but they know that we're in a very, 03:07 very precarious condition. 03:11 Increased pollution, dangerous toxicity 03:14 that is in the environment that is making people sick 03:17 with strange and bizarre diseases 03:19 that just can't be cured by modern medicine. 03:23 Mass animal die-offs, I've done a lot to research 03:26 about the birds and bats and the bees and the fish 03:29 and the whales and dolphins that are dropping dead 03:32 around the world for very mysterious reasons 03:36 that people just can't quite put their finger on. 03:39 One of them has to do with the bees, 03:42 the bees it's a, it's a big crisis 03:44 I don't know if you are aware of this or not 03:46 but this is the front cover 03:47 of other recent issue of Time Magazine 03:49 and it's all about the vanishing of the bees 03:51 which is called Colony Collapse Disorder. 03:54 It says here, a world without bees. 03:57 It's very frightening to read this article. 04:00 The feature story says that you can thank the bees 04:06 for one in every three mouthfuls of food 04:08 that you eat. 04:09 Honey bees are the glue 04:10 that holds our agricultural system together 04:12 and that glue is failing. 04:15 Here it says one-third at the US honeybees 04:18 the colonies have died or disappeared 04:20 during the past winter. 04:22 A 42 percent increase over the year before 04:25 and well above the 10 to 15 percent losses 04:28 that beekeepers use to experience 04:30 in normal winters. 04:31 Something is going on, something a strange 04:33 and they really can't quite figure out exactly 04:36 why all these bees are dying. 04:38 Now here it says that 04:39 what is really scary is the fear that 04:42 these may be a sign 04:43 of what is to come a symbol that something 04:47 is terribly wrong with the world around us. 04:50 If we don't make some changes soon 04:51 we are going to see disaster 04:54 and the bees are just the beginning. 04:57 When you put all these signs together 04:59 from earthquakes to fires to floods to immorality 05:02 what's happening in nature, it's very obvious again 05:05 that the biblical signs are fulfilling all around us 05:08 that the apocalypse that has been 05:10 predicted in Scripture is at the door 05:13 and just like the Bible says 05:14 "there will be a time of trouble, 05:16 such as never was 05:18 since there was a nation even to that same time. 05:20 " We are on the edge of that time, 05:22 but it's not all bad news. 05:24 Thank God there is good news in the book. 05:26 It says, at that time your people shall be delivered 05:29 everyone that shall be found written in the book. 05:33 God is going to have a people that survive, 05:37 that go through the final times 05:38 that go through the seven last plagues 05:40 described in Revelation Chapter 16, 05:43 they are going to make it, 05:44 they are going to be rescued, 05:47 they're going to be delivered at the return of Jesus Christ. 05:51 And that's what I'm here to tell you about 05:54 as we continue on with this very timely 05:56 and practical program telling you things that you need to know 06:00 to get ready for the future. 06:03 In Daniel 12:4 it tells us 06:07 that there will be a final time right before the end 06:10 when God is going to be giving special information 06:12 to His people. 06:13 Daniel 12:4 talks about a time called the time of the end. 06:18 "And when the time of the end comes 06:19 many shall run to and fro, 06:21 and knowledge shall be increased." 06:23 Now time of the end is not the end 06:26 but it's the time right before the end 06:28 when God is giving prophetic intelligence information 06:31 to his people to get them ready for the crisis. 06:37 In Daniel 12:10 06:39 it continues and talks about this time period. 06:42 Says that, in the time at the end 06:43 "Many shall be purified." 06:46 Now notice it says many not all. 06:48 Some don't want to hear, 06:49 some just would rather be entertain, 06:51 they rather just watch the sports game 06:53 they don't really want to know the facts. 06:55 They like to be like an ostrich that puts its head in the sand 06:58 and they just really don't want to know. 07:01 So not everybody is going to be upon this information 07:04 but many will, many will be purified-- 07:07 God is gonna purify the people, 07:09 He's gonna purify their heart. 07:10 He is gonna cleanse their lives from sin 07:12 and He's getting a people ready right now. 07:15 Many shall be purified and made white. 07:17 They will be clothed with the white robe 07:19 of the righteousness of Jesus Christ 07:22 and then they will be tried, they'll be tested, 07:24 they'll be in the middle of the storm 07:27 but they will stand up for God 07:28 and do what's right when a crisis hits. 07:31 And then it says "but the wicket 07:32 would be wickedly 07:34 and none of the wicked will understand, 07:35 the wicked just they just don't want to know. 07:37 They'd rather take two aspirin 07:39 and go to bed then learn the facts. 07:41 The wicked will do wickedly 07:43 and none of the wicked will understand 07:44 but the wise they shall understand. 07:48 God is going to have a people who are wise, 07:50 people who study the Bible, people who know the facts 07:53 and who understand what is coming. 07:55 There are many verses in the Book of Revelation 07:58 that talk about the future. 08:00 Revelation 3:10 tells us 08:02 that we are on the edge of the hour temptation 08:05 which shall test those who dwell upon the earth. 08:07 Revelation 13:16, 17 says that the time is coming 08:12 when something called the mark of the beast 08:14 will be enforced around the world, 08:16 which we will talk about in a little while. 08:18 Revelation 16:14-16 tells us that there is a final battle 08:22 the great day of God Almighty 08:25 and that we need to be on God's side 08:26 and not on the side at the enemy. 08:30 which takes us down 08:33 to the very last chapter of the Bible, 08:35 the very final words of God before the end, 08:39 chapter 22, verse seven says 08:41 Jesus says "Behold, I am coming quickly" 08:44 I am coming quickly. 08:46 The conclusion of all of these signs 08:48 and all at this apocalyptic, this the final scenario 08:53 is ultimately the return of Jesus Christ. 08:54 Jesus says, "Behold, I am coming quickly." 08:57 And that being the case the key to-- 08:59 our preparation is not guns, it's not gold, 09:02 it's not a charcoal filters 09:04 and dried fruit and beans and getaways 09:06 and hide outside as important as some of those things maybe. 09:10 The golden key to getting ready for the apocalypse 09:14 it's getting to know the one who is coming again. 09:17 It's getting to know Jesus. 09:19 He says "Behold I am coming quickly." 09:22 And then He says "Blessed is he who keeps 09:26 the saying at the prophecy of this book." 09:31 God has given us a book. He's given us information. 09:33 He's given us biblical prophecy that we need to know 09:37 the real intelligence information 09:38 that you need and I need. 09:40 It's not going to come from Nostradamus, 09:41 from Edgar Casey, from Greek or Roman Oracle's, 09:45 it's not going to come from Chinese Sears 09:46 or astrologists or witches or horoscopes or palm readers. 09:50 It's going to come from the prophecy of this book. 09:54 It's gonna come from God's book, God's word. 09:57 In Revelation 22:10 it says "Seal not the sayings 10:03 of the prophecy of this book for the time years at hand." 10:08 The seconds are ticking, time is running out, 10:12 the signs are all around us, the final crisis, 10:14 the time of trouble is coming, 10:16 the mark of the beast is coming, 10:17 the last battle is coming and we need to make sure 10:20 that we are survivors, that we make it 10:24 through these final dates that we are among those 10:27 who are ready for the return of Jesus Christ 10:31 and that's what Earth's Final Crisis 10:33 what you must know to survive is all about. 10:36 So don't go away as a good doctor 10:38 I'm about to give you the facts that you need to know 10:42 to be ready for the return of Jesus Christ. 10:46 describes the final battle 10:51 between good and evil. 10:52 Verse 16 calls it Armageddon. 10:56 In verse 14 it tells us that this is, 10:58 "The battle of the great day of God Almighty." 11:01 We want to be on God's side, in that final war we want to be 11:04 on the side of truth and righteousness. 11:07 But in order for us to be on God's side 11:09 it is also very helpful to us to know our enemy, 11:12 to know what he's up to, 11:14 to understand his satanic strategy in these end times 11:18 and part of that strategy is revealed two verses 11:21 before verse 16 in verse 14. 11:23 It tells us that 11:25 "They are the spirit's of devils, working miracles, 11:29 which go forth to the kings of the earth 11:31 and the whole world, to gather them to the battle 11:34 of the have a great day of God Almighty. 11:37 Revelations 16:14 predicts 11:38 that there will be final burst of devilish activity 11:43 around the world to fasten people in deception. 11:47 They're called spirits devils working miracles. 11:50 Now it's a fact that millions of people today 11:53 don't even believe in a devil. 11:54 They don't think there is a personal 11:56 being named Lucifer or Satan. 11:58 Somebody once said that one of the greatest deceptions 12:01 of the devil is to convince humanity 12:04 that there is no devil. 12:06 And that's true, there is a devil, 12:08 the Bible is very clear and Revelation 16:14 12:12 tells us that the spirits of devils will go out 12:15 and they will work miracles 12:17 right before the final battle of Armageddon. 12:21 One of the ways that the devil performs his miracles 12:25 to deceive is to impersonate those that have died. 12:29 This is part of his satanic strategy 12:32 to fasten people in his snare 12:34 because if they believe that the devils are really 12:37 the spirits of the dead 12:38 then Satan can instruct them according to his will. 12:43 It's very easy for the spirits of devils 12:46 and for satanic agencies to appear, 12:49 to look like, to act like, 12:50 and to talk like those that have died. 12:53 They can appear as celebrities, they can appear as politicians, 12:57 they can appear as your relatives, 12:59 your parents, your great-grandparents, 13:01 even your children if unfortunately 13:04 your children die before you do. 13:06 The devil is ruthless and he is pulling out 13:09 all the stops in these last days. 13:11 And in just a few minutes I'll show you 13:13 what the Bible actually says about talking to the dead. 13:17 But first in 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12 God clearly warns us 13:25 about these fall satanic miracles designed to deceive. 13:28 In verse 9 it talks about the "working of Satan 13:31 with all power and signs and lying wonders, 13:35 and all deceivableness of unrighteousness 13:38 in them that perish 13:40 because they received not the love of the truth, 13:44 that they might be saved." 13:45 God tells us that truth 13:47 is what we need to avoid satanic deception. 13:49 Truth is what we need to survive 13:51 and it's not just knowing the truth its-- 13:53 and it's not just loving the truth, 13:56 it is receiving the love of the truth 13:58 that we might be saved. 14:00 Verse 11 says "And for this cause 14:02 God will send them a strong delusion, 14:05 that they should be leaving a lie, 14:07 that they all might be damned who believed not the truth, 14:12 but had pleasure in unrighteousness." 14:15 These words deeply impress me 14:17 that we're in a battle between lives and strong delusion 14:20 and the truth and God wants as to know the truth. 14:24 He wants us to love the truth. 14:26 He wants us to receive the love of the truth. 14:28 This is part of the resources that He's given us 14:32 to help us to survive in the final days, 14:35 so that we're not duped and deceived 14:37 by the spirits of devils 14:39 and their global satanic manifestations. 14:43 Now let's go to the Book of Job 14:44 and see what it says about dead people 14:47 coming back and talking to us. 14:49 In the Book of Job 7:9, 10 the Bible is very clear. 14:55 The scripture says "As the cloud is consumed 14:59 and vanishes away so, 15:02 he who goes down to the grave shall come up no more. 15:07 He shall return no more to his house, 15:11 neither shall his place know him any more." 15:15 These verses are very clear that when a person dies 15:17 they can't just come back to their home and talk to you. 15:21 I remember when I was a little boy 15:22 there was a woman that claimed-- 15:24 my father's house in Southern California 15:27 and I remember her name was Mary. 15:29 And one day Mary came up to me and she said Steve, 15:32 you never gonna guess what I saw. 15:34 And I said, what? 15:35 I was just maybe nine or ten years old 15:37 and Mary said that her husband had died 15:41 and that one night he walked right in 15:44 through the screen door into her bedroom 15:46 and had a conversation with him. 15:47 And She told me she said, it was him, 15:49 I talk to my dead husband. 15:51 And as a nine-year-old I really didn't know what to say. 15:53 I hadn't studied my Bible, 15:55 I didn't know what Job taught about this 15:58 and so I just probably just thought wow, 16:00 that's quite amazing. 16:02 A number of years ago I was a pastor 16:04 in North Dakota and by this time I'd grown up 16:07 and I was studying my Bible and I knew 16:09 what God had to say about this. 16:11 And there was a story circulating around the town 16:14 where I lived, just a small town 16:16 about a little boy that had died. 16:18 And this boy was maybe 13 or 14 or maybe 12 16:23 and he started appearing to his relatives and talking to them. 16:28 And so the stories were really going around. 16:30 Wow, this little boy's ghost has come back. 16:33 Well, as time went on eventually 16:36 this ghost appeared to this little boy's-- 16:40 this young man's grand grandmother 16:44 and this grandmother knew her Bible. 16:46 She knew what the Bible says 16:47 that those who go down to the grave don't come back 16:50 and that they do not return anymore to their houses. 16:54 And she knew this and when this ghost 16:57 of this young boy appeared to this grandmother 17:01 and started talking to her she remembered the Bible 17:04 and she confronted the spirit 17:05 and she said in the name of Jesus Christ 17:09 get out of here in the name of Jesus go. 17:12 And all of a sudden that boyish face just changed, 17:16 it was transformed into a hideous expression 17:19 and then it was gone. 17:21 And word continued to spread around the town 17:24 that obviously that ghost was not the ghost 17:28 of that little boy it was a spirit of a devil 17:32 that was impersonating a dead loved one. 17:36 We need to know what the Bible says about the topic of death. 17:40 We need to know what's gonna happen when we die. 17:44 If we don't we're subject we're actually sitting ducks 17:49 that can easily be misled and be deceived 17:52 by spirits up devils impersonating the dead. 17:56 Somebody once said be careful a half-truth 18:00 because you may end up with the long half. 18:02 We need more than half truths in these last days. 18:04 We need the whole truth and nothing but the truth. 18:07 So help us God and that truth is in the Bible 18:11 and the Bible is very clear that communication 18:13 with the dead is taboo, its out. 18:15 God says no, stay away from it don't involved at all. 18:19 Now here's the reason, in the Book of Ecclesiastes 9:5 18:26 the Bible gives us a very pointed truth 18:30 that many refused to accept, they refused to believe 18:33 but its right here in God's book. 18:35 Ecclesiastes 9:5 says that 18:38 "The living know that they will die 18:40 but the dead know not any thing." 18:43 The dead don't know anything. 18:44 And verse 10 it says "Whatever your hand finds 18:47 to do you do it with your might for there is no work, 18:49 nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom in the grave, 18:53 where you are going." 18:55 According to these inspired words dead people 18:58 they just don't know anything. 19:00 They're not up there looking down on us. 19:02 They're not down there looking up on us. 19:04 They can't go into the spirit world 19:06 and then come back and forth at will. 19:09 They certainly don't return as a mouse or frog. 19:13 The Bible is very clear that these things 19:15 are just they're just not true. 19:18 God's word says that the dead they don't know anything. 19:22 Now let me just give you a quick survey 19:24 of some very powerful biblical facts 19:30 that we need to know to survive the deceptions 19:33 that are going to be all around us 19:35 in the last days of this earth's history. 19:38 Psalm 6:5 says that 19:41 "In death there is no remembrance" 19:44 of God, in the grape who will give you thanks." 19:48 In Psalm 115: 17 the Bible is very clear 19:52 that "The dead do not praise the Lord, 19:54 nor any that go down into silence." 19:57 In Psalm 146:4 and you can look up 19:59 all these verses in your own Bible they're right there. 20:02 Psalm 146:4 says that in the very day 20:05 when a person dies "His thoughts parish, 20:08 he doesn't continued think after death." 20:11 He is dead as Ecclesiastes 9:5 says, 20:13 "The living know that they will die, 20:15 but the dead know not anything. 20:20 First Corinthians 15:3, 4 20:24 tell us in the midst of the bad news 20:26 it tells us the good news that there is hope 20:28 on the other side of the grave 20:30 that death is not the last word, 20:32 that when we breathe our final breath 20:35 that we can still hope for a future 20:37 and it's a beautiful future. 20:39 In 1 Corinthians 15:3, 4 20:44 it tells us what Jesus did for us, 20:47 the gospel, good news of our Savior. 20:50 Paul wrote "I delivered to you first of all 20:52 that which I also received, how that Christ died 20:55 for our sins according to the scriptures 20:58 that he was buried, and that he rose again 21:00 the third day according to the scriptures." 21:03 Go back all the way to beginning at the Bible 21:05 when God made a perfect world and then 21:07 Adam and Eve chose to sin and follow the serpent 21:11 to follow Lucifer the whole world has fallen 21:13 and as a result we die. 21:15 Death has entered humanity because of sin 21:18 but the good news is that God still loves us. 21:20 He hasn't forsaken His world, 21:22 He hasn't turned His back on us forever 21:24 but He sent His own Son to come down into human form, 21:28 to live a perfect life, a holy life, a loving life, 21:31 a godly life and at the end at of that life 21:34 the Bible says that Christ He died, He gave His life. 21:37 He suffered in Gethsemane and on the cross 21:39 and He died for our sins according to the scriptures. 21:43 And He was really dead. 21:45 Jesus Christ really didn't die, He entered the grave, 21:47 He was placed in Joseph's Tomb and a big rock 21:51 was placed over the darkness of that tomb. 21:54 He was buried but on the third day 21:56 He rose again from the dead according to the scriptures. 21:59 Jesus died, was buried and He rose. 22:01 Here is resurrection from the dead. 22:03 Verse 6 says "That, He was seen by about 22:05 five hundred people after his resurrection, 22:08 of whom the greater part remain to this present," 22:10 but then Paul says "some of them have fallen asleep." 22:14 Which means they've died. 22:15 In the Bible death is simply described as a sleep. 22:18 Just like when you go to bed at night, 22:20 you are out and if you have an alarm clock 22:23 in the morning it wakes you up and it's time to wake up. 22:26 And the Bible talks very clearly about death, 22:28 burial and resurrection. 22:31 In Daniel 12:2, 3 it says that 22:34 "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth 22:37 will one day awake, some to everlasting life 22:40 and some to shame an everlasting contempt." 22:44 In John Chapter 6, Jesus very clearly tells us 22:48 four times about the hope that we have 22:51 as believers in Him, those who trust in Jesus, 22:54 who give Him their sins and receive His forgiveness. 22:58 John 6:39, Jesus said 23:00 "I will raise them up again at the last day." 23:02 Verse 40, "I will raise him up at the last day." 23:06 Verse 44, "I will raise him up at the last day." 23:10 Verse 54, "I will raise him up at the last day." 23:14 Four times in John Chapter 6, Jesus Christ promised 23:17 that those who believe in Him will be resurrected 23:20 at the last day and Jesus strongly taught 23:22 death burial and resurrection. 23:26 In 1 Thessalonians Chapter 4 and this is a wonderful 23:30 and it's an encouraging and it's a powerful passage 23:33 in the Bible which I have read to bereaved families 23:37 many times after they have laid a loved one into the grave. 23:42 First Thessalonians 4:16 tells us that some day 23:45 and I believe it's very soon 23:47 "The Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, 23:49 with the voice of the archangel, 23:51 with the trumpet of God 23:52 and the dead in Christ will rise first" 23:55 that's a resurrection "then we who are alive 23:57 and remain shall be caught up together 23:59 with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord 24:01 in the air so shall we ever be with the Lord. 24:05 Wherefore comfort one another" Paul says "with these words." 24:09 These words from God have been given to us 24:12 to comfort us in time of loss. 24:15 I heard an old-- about an old saint who said, 24:17 "If you miss me don't dismay. 24:18 I may have to rest in a mound of clay, 24:21 but when I hear the trumpet sound 24:22 I'm coming out off the cold, cold ground." 24:25 These words from God are the truth. 24:28 We cannot afford in these last days 24:30 to simply trust our hearts, 24:32 we can't trust just our feelings, 24:33 we can't trust impressions 24:35 or what many popular preachers may say, we can't even trust 24:39 at New York Times bestselling books 24:41 that claim to have people seeing things on the other side 24:44 that really just don't agree with the Bible. 24:48 And we certainly can't just rely on miracles 24:50 because many of the signs and wonders will be false. 24:52 They'll come from the spirits of devils trying to trick us 24:56 and to lead us away from Bible truth. 24:59 If we don't know the truth about death, 25:02 burial and resurrection according to the Bible 25:06 we don't have a ghost of a chance. 25:10 But if we want to be ready 25:11 for the battle of the great day of God Almighty, 25:14 if we want to survive these final days 25:17 then we need to know the truth of what Jesus Christ taught 25:21 and hold on to it no matter what. 25:24 The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible. 25:26 It's the greatest book on prophecy ever written. 25:29 And in chapter 14 we read about three angels messages 25:33 that God sends to the whole world 25:35 to help people to get ready for the return of Jesus Christ. 25:39 In Revelation 14:6 the first angel talks about 25:41 the everlasting gospel which is the good news of Jesus 25:45 that He came down here, became a man, 25:47 died on the cross for all of our sins 25:49 and then rose from the dead. 25:51 In verse 7 it says "Worship him that made heaven, 25:55 and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of waters." 25:59 And verse 12 says 26:00 "Here is the patience of the saints, 26:02 here are they that keep the commandments God, 26:06 and have the faith of Jesus." 26:09 And these people, these saints, 26:11 these commandment keeping saints 26:12 who follow Jesus are the ones that are ready 26:15 for the return of Christ. 26:17 In verse 14 John wrote "And I looked, and behold 26:20 a white cloud, and upon the cloud 26:22 one sat like the Son of man, 26:23 having on his head a golden crown, 26:25 and in his hand a sharp sickle." 26:27 So the sequences in the last book 26:29 in the Bible in Revelation 14 26:31 we have the three angels messages talking about 26:34 worshipping the Creator, keeping the commandments, 26:36 following the everlasting gospel 26:38 and those messages develop people 26:41 who are ready for the return of Jesus Christ. 26:45 The world that we live in is filled with laws. 26:48 Every country has its laws. 26:50 There even a lot of laws in the Bible 26:52 but there is one set of laws that tower above all other laws 26:58 that have ever been written by man. 27:00 I have here two solid tables of stone. 27:04 These are the Ten Commandments 27:06 and what makes the Ten Commandments so unique, 27:08 so different from every other body of laws 27:11 is that they were written not with a pen, 27:13 not with a pencil, not with some kind of a stylus 27:17 or computer mouse or speech recognition, 27:21 audio speech recognition, it's not some high-technology 27:24 but these commandments were written 27:27 with the finger of God himself that's what the Bible says 27:30 in Exodus chapter 31:18 and they were written 27:33 on solid stone which means that they can never, 27:37 they can never be changed. 27:39 And the Bible tells in Revelation 14:12 27:42 that God is going to have a people, 27:44 a group of saints who keep the commandments of God 27:47 and have the faith of Jesus 27:49 and who are prepared for the return of Jesus Christ. 27:52 Now I want you to sit down and brace yourself, 27:55 because I'm gonna tell you 27:57 something that is not politically correct, 27:59 it's not in many religious circles 28:02 its not religiously correct, 28:04 it's an unpopular truth but it's a solid 28:08 as what was written with the finger of God. 28:12 We ready in chapter 14 verse 7 28:15 that God is going to have the people 28:16 "who worship him who made heaven, 28:20 and earth, the sea, and all that is in them 28:22 who worship the Creator." 28:23 Verse 12 says "the saints are going to keep 28:26 the commandments of God." 28:28 Now it is a fact that when you look at the Big Ten 28:31 the Ten Commandments there is only one, 28:34 only one of these ten that specifically talks about 28:38 the Creator of heaven on earth, the sea and everything in it 28:41 and it's right there in the very heart 28:43 at the law of God and it is commandment 28:46 number four that talks about remembering 28:50 and not forgetting the Sabbath. 28:52 Now if you have a Bible I invite you to open up 28:55 to Exodus Chapter 20 and let's take a look 28:59 at this fourth commandment which is written 29:04 with the finger of God on tables, 29:06 which was written with the finger of God 29:08 on a table of stone. 29:10 Exodus 20:8 the Bible says 29:14 "Remember the Sabbath day, and keep it holy. 29:20 I think it's safe to say that there are millions of Bible 29:23 believing Christians today that have a general belief 29:27 in the Ten Commandments, 29:28 they believe in the authority of God's law. 29:30 If you ask them should we avoid idols 29:32 which is commandment number two, they say of course. 29:35 What about lying? Should we lie? 29:37 They'd say no, definitely not. That's commandment number nine. 29:40 Commandment number six talks about killing, 29:42 number seven talks about committing adultery, 29:45 commandment number five says, honor your father and mother 29:47 and most Christians would agree. 29:49 Yes, we need to follow those commandments, 29:51 they're just, they're just basic moral laws 29:54 that we need to live by. 29:56 But when it comes to commandment number four, 29:58 when it comes to the commandment 30:00 that says "Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy" 30:04 for some strange reason many just flip flop 30:07 and all the sudden they say that, 30:08 you know, really that command it just really doesn't make 30:11 any difference what day you keep 30:13 but that doesn't make any sense. 30:15 Does it make sense that the only commandment 30:18 that God says remember is the only one 30:22 that it's okay for us to forget? 30:24 No, it doesn't make any sense at all. 30:28 The fourth commandment continues and says 30:30 "Six days you shall labor, and do all your work. 30:33 But the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord 30:36 your God in it you shall not do any work." 30:39 Now what is that seventh day anyway? 30:42 Which day of the week is that? 30:44 If you ask any Jew or at least if he's a good Jew, 30:47 he'll tell you that the seventh day Sabbath 30:49 is from sundown Friday night to sundown Saturday night. 30:52 If you look up Saturday in the dictionary 30:56 it'll tell you it's the seventh day of the week. 30:58 If you look it up an encyclopedia 31:00 it will tell you it's the same. 31:02 Matthew, Mark, Luke and John in the New Testament 31:04 are very clear that Jesus Christ rose 31:07 from the dead not on the seventh day 31:09 but on the first day of the week, 31:11 that's the day that Jesus rose which is Sunday. 31:14 He rose on the first day the week, 31:15 but the first day that week is not the seventh day 31:17 it's not the day that is specified 31:20 in the fourth commandment. 31:22 In Exodus 20:11 Gives us the reason 31:27 why we should keep the seventh day Sabbath. 31:30 It says "For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, 31:34 and the sea, and all that in them is, 31:36 and he rested on the seventh day, 31:38 wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, 31:41 and hallowed it." 31:43 He made that particular day a holy, special day. 31:48 Now let me just give you a brief history lesson 31:51 based on the Bible. 31:52 I don't have time to read all of these verses 31:54 but you can write them down or you can look them up later. 31:58 They're very clear right in the Bible. 32:01 In Genesis Chapter 1 and 2 which is the very beginning 32:04 of have the Bible when God made the heavens 32:06 and the earth, He made the earth in six days 32:08 and He rested on the seventh day 32:10 and He blessed that day 32:12 and he made that day a holy, special day 32:14 because it is a day to commemorate 32:17 who He is as the Maker of all life. 32:21 When you go down to Exodus 20 as we've already read 32:23 God put that day into the heart of His law, 32:26 the lawless command of all the fourth commandment 32:29 which says remember the Sabbath day 32:31 and keep it holy. 32:33 If everybody did that 32:35 there'd be no struggle over evolution, 32:36 people wouldn't think that we came from the goo, 32:39 the cosmic goo or through a monkey 32:42 eventually it became you and me. 32:43 People wouldn't believe any those things 32:45 because they'd know what the Bible says 32:47 that God made the heavens and the earth 32:49 and He rested on the seventh day. 32:52 When Jesus Christ was here, in Luke 4:16 it says, 32:56 that as His custom was He went 32:58 into the synagogue on the Sabbath day. 32:59 Jesus was a Sabbath keeper. 33:02 In Mark-- Matthew 12:8 33:05 Jesus said that He was the Lord of the Sabbath day. 33:08 In verse 8 and verse 12 He said it's lawful to do 33:11 good on the Sabbath day and He is Lord of that day. 33:15 The Bible tells us that Jesus Christ died 33:18 on the day before the Sabbath. 33:20 In Luke Chapter 23 it's very clear 33:22 that He died on the preparation day right before the Sabbath. 33:25 He rested in the tomb on the Sabbath 33:27 and then He rose from the dead on Sunday. 33:30 Which is, is a parallel to the creation of this world 33:33 that God made the earth in six days 33:35 and then He finished His work 33:37 and then He rested on the seventh day. 33:39 And Jesus rested in the tomb on the Sabbath 33:41 and then He rose from the dead on Sunday morning. 33:44 In Luke 23:56 it tells us plainly that the disciples 33:49 of Jesus Christ kept the Sabbath 33:52 according to the commandment after Jesus Christ died. 33:57 That's what the Bible says it Luke 23:56. 34:01 In Acts 13:42-44 the Bible says that 34:05 when Paul was going out as a missionary 34:07 and preaching the gospel that gentiles 34:10 kept the Sabbath day that they gather together 34:13 on the Sabbath day to hear the Word of God. 34:16 In Acts 16:13 the Bible tells us that 34:19 on the Sabbath day Paul prayed 34:22 and he went out by river to spend some time in prayer 34:25 even when there were no Jews. 34:26 Even when he was doing missionary work 34:28 among the gentiles he was still keeping the Sabbath 34:31 a long way from Jerusalem. 34:33 In Acts 16:13, 34:36 when you go all the way down to the Book of Revelation, 34:39 Revelation is the last book of the Bible 34:41 and its special number is seven, 34:43 there are seven churches, there seven trumpets, 34:44 there are seven plagues, there are horns, 34:47 seven eyes, seven angels, there's all kinds of sevens 34:50 and eventually God warns us about the number 666 34:54 which is not quite seven. 34:56 Seven is God's number from Genesis to Revelation 35:00 it is a number that represents Him 35:04 as the Creator of heaven and earth. 35:06 In Isaiah 66:22, 23 the Bible also says 35:10 that the Sabbath will be kept in the new earth 35:12 that from one Sabbath to another all flesh 35:15 in God's new earth will be keeping His holy day. 35:18 Now follow this is true which it is from the Bible, 35:21 then the big question is well, 35:22 how did the Sabbath get changed anyway? 35:25 Here have in my hand Convert's Catechism 35:28 of Catholic Doctrine from the Roman Catholic Church. 35:31 It says on page 50, question "what day is the Sabbath day?" 35:35 Answer, "Saturday is the Sabbath day." 35:37 Question, "Why then do we observe Sunday 35:39 instead of Saturday." 35:41 Answer, "We observe" 35:42 that's Catholics "Sunday instead of Saturday 35:45 because the Catholic Church transferred the solemnity 35:49 from Saturday to Sunday." 35:52 It's an amazing admission but its right there. 35:55 And really, ultimately the question 35:57 we have to ask ourselves 35:59 and the decision that we have to make is, 36:01 are we gonna follow a man? 36:02 Are we gonna follow the Catholic Church? 36:04 Are we gonna follow even what the pope says 36:06 or are we gonna follow what God says 36:08 and what He wrote with His own finger on solid stone? 36:12 That's the issue, man or God. 36:15 I've made my decision and I hope 36:17 that you will make yours as well. 36:20 Now what about Grace? I are we saved by grace? 36:23 We don't need to keep the law 36:24 because we're saved by grace many say. 36:26 When you look Ephesians 2:8 Paul is very clear that yes, 36:30 we are saved by the grace of Jesus. 36:32 That what happened was on cross 36:34 Jesus took our sins of breaking His law 36:36 into His mind into His mind and into His heart 36:39 and He died on the cross 36:40 for every sin we've ever committed. 36:42 Praise God. 36:43 But that doesn't change God's law. 36:45 He rose from the dead 36:46 but that doesn't change God's law. 36:48 In the same Book of Ephesians 6:1-3 36:52 Paul is very clear that Christian children 36:54 should still obey the fifth commandment, 36:57 honor your father and your mother. 36:59 In John 14:15 Jesus said, 37:02 "If you love Me keep my commandments," 37:06 which is actually a quote 37:08 from the third commandment right here 37:10 written with the finger of God. 37:12 So yes, we're saved by grace, its grace that that forgives us 37:16 because we've broken God's law. 37:17 Its grace that clothes us 37:19 in Christ robe of righteousness. 37:21 Its grace that gets us out of the pit of sin 37:24 but when we're changed by grace 37:25 and when we've been renewed and transformed 37:27 by His love and His goodness and His power 37:30 then we are going to become commandment keepers 37:34 because that's what the Bible says. 37:36 Back to Revelation Chapter 14, Chapter 14 37:41 we have the three angels' messages to the whole world. 37:43 Verse 6 talks about the everlasting good news. 37:45 Verse 7 says "Worship him that made heaven, 37:48 and earth, and the sea, and the fountains of water." 37:52 And then verse 12 says 37:53 "Here is the patience of saints, 37:55 here are they that keep the commandments of God, 37:58 and the faith of Jesus." 38:00 It is a fact that when you look at the Big Ten 38:03 which God wrote with His own finger 38:05 onto two tables of stone there is only one, 38:08 only one commandment that has to do 38:11 with worshiping the Creator of heaven and earth, 38:13 the sea and everything in it 38:15 and that is the fourth commandment 38:17 that tells us to remember not to forget 38:19 the seventh day Sabbath 38:21 because that is God's day to commemorate Him 38:25 as the maker of heaven and earth. 38:28 "Here's the patience that the saints, 38:30 here they that keep the commandments to God, 38:33 and the faith in Jesus." 38:34 Verse 14 "I looked, and behold a white cloud, 38:37 and he that sat upon the cloud was the Son of man." 38:40 God is gonna have a group of commandment 38:42 keeping people who love Jesus, who follow the Bible, 38:45 who are ready for His return that is the truth 38:49 that you need to know 38:51 and may God help all us to follow His truth. 38:55 The Book of Revelation is the last book of the Bible 38:58 and it contains God's last warning for perishing world 39:01 before the return of Jesus Christ. 39:03 That last message is called the third angels message. 39:06 In Revelation 14:9-12 the Bible says 39:10 "And the third angel followed them, 39:12 saying with a loud voice, if any man worships 39:15 the beast and his image, 39:16 and receive his mark in his forehead, 39:19 or in his hand, the same shall drink 39:22 the wine of the wrath of God, 39:24 which is poured out without mixture into the cup 39:27 of at his indignation and he shall be tormented 39:29 with fire and brimstone 39:31 in the presence of the holy angels, 39:32 and in the presence at the Lamb, 39:34 and the smoke of their torment ascends up 39:36 for ever and ever and they have no rest day or night, 39:39 who worship the beast and his image, 39:41 and whoever receives the mark of his name." 39:45 This is the most solemn warning in the Bible 39:48 and it's a warning about getting 39:51 or not getting the mark of the beast. 39:56 The mark of the beast is obviously not a minor matter 39:59 it's a life or death matter. 40:00 It has to do with our souls and with eternity, 40:03 the Bible is very clear on that. 40:05 Those who get the mark they will not survive. 40:09 Now there is a lot of speculation about 40:11 what this mark is, 40:12 who the beast is, what the mark is? 40:14 Many think that it's some kind of high-tech 40:16 computerized microchip that's gonna be placed 40:19 under the skin in the hand and in the forehead. 40:23 There are some problems with that idea. 40:25 First of all you know, what if technology changes? 40:27 So what if they do an upgrade? 40:28 What if their computer breaks? 40:31 There's a lot of the issues to deal with 40:33 but the bigger question is, 40:34 is that really what the Bible says? 40:36 Is the mark of the beast 40:38 something that is just skin deep 40:39 or is it something much, much deeper 40:42 that that goes to our minds and to our hearts. 40:45 Well, let's find out, let's have a Bible study 40:49 about this very controversial subject. 40:52 In Revelation 14:9 we again read about a warning, 40:57 about worshiping the beast and getting the mark. 41:00 Obviously we need to know who this beast is, 41:03 in order to understand the subject. 41:06 So I hope you're sitting down 41:07 because I've got some solemn information to share with you. 41:11 When it comes to the beast, 41:12 if you were to go back 400 years 41:14 from today approximately and find Martin Luther 41:19 who founded the Lutheran Church and ask him 41:21 who do you think the beast is? 41:22 He would give you a straight answer. 41:24 If you were to talk to John Calvin 41:26 who founded the Presbyterian Church 41:27 and ask him who is the beast? 41:29 He would give you the same answer. 41:31 If you were to ask John Wesley 41:32 who founded the Methodist Church 41:34 who is the beast? 41:35 He would give you the same answer 41:37 or Charles Spurgeon one of the greatest Baptist pastors 41:40 who ever lived or countless other scholars, 41:42 reformation scholars 41:44 who have lived for the last 400 years. 41:45 Who is the beast? 41:47 They would give you the same answer. 41:49 I have in my hand here one of the classics 41:51 in Christian history called Foxe's Book of Martyrs 41:54 and Foxe's Book of Martyrs is also very, very clear. 41:58 You can get this book in any Christian books store. 42:00 If they don't have it they can order it. 42:02 On page 43 it talks about the people church, 42:06 the Roman Catholic Church 42:08 and refers to it as having the power of the beast, 42:12 the power of the beast. 42:14 This is what Protestants used to believe, 42:16 this is the reason why they left the Roman Church 42:19 and eventually protested in became Protestants 42:22 because they saw all of these different teachings 42:24 and doctrines they were in the Roman Church 42:26 and they realized that these doctrines 42:28 did not agree with the Bible. 42:31 They didn't apply the beast to individual people 42:33 but to a system that leads away from scripture, 42:37 that teaches praying to Jesus through Mary, 42:40 that teaches penance to earn the favor of God, 42:43 that talks about indulgences to cover sin, 42:46 confession of sins to priests 42:48 that, when you die you go to purgatory, 42:50 salvation through the church 42:52 rather than through faith in Jesus Christ. 42:54 These are all doctrines of the Roman Church 42:56 which really do not line up with scripture. 42:59 And so if the beast as described 43:02 in Revelation refers to the papal power then 43:07 what about the mark? 43:08 I have an amazing old Bible here, 43:10 this Bibles practically falling apart. 43:12 It was the Bible lay Presbyterian preacher 43:16 and somehow I inherited this 43:18 and gonna handle it very carefully. 43:20 But in Revelation 13:16 43:23 when it talks about the mark of the beast, 43:25 notice what it says here. 43:27 It says, "A mark, it has to do with submission to the rights 43:30 and the ceremonies of the people communion 43:34 in their right hand represents active obedience 43:37 to the papal power and in the forehead 43:40 that represents outward profession 43:43 of its doctrines and infallible authority." 43:46 These are the footnotes of an old Presbyterian Bible 43:50 and it shows that not only did the old ancients believe 43:54 that the beast was the papal power 43:56 but they also connected 43:57 the mark of the beast to this same power. 44:01 Now, let's go back to our Bibles and I'm gonna, 44:04 I'm gonna lead you in a very, very solemn 44:07 and powerful sequence of clear scriptures 44:10 that we have to understand 44:12 in order to understand the subject. 44:13 the first angel says 44:19 "Worship him that made heaven, and earth, and the sea, 44:22 and the fountains of waters." 44:23 Verse 9 warns "Don't worship the beast 44:27 and the image and don't get the mark." 44:29 So verse 7 tells us to worship the Creator 44:31 and verse nine says don't worship the beast. 44:34 And then verse 11 talks about "whoever receives 44:37 the mark of his name the mark of the beast." 44:40 And then verse 12 says 44:41 "Here's the patience of the saints, 44:43 here are they that keep the commandments of God 44:47 and the faith of Jesus." 44:49 These scriptures are very, very clear. 44:53 They tell us to worship the Creator, not the beast. 44:55 They tell us to, they tell us to keep the commandments 44:59 and to avoid the mark. 45:00 And as I mentioned in the last segment 45:02 when you look at the Big Ten the Ten Commandments 45:05 which God wrote with His own finger on solid stone 45:08 there's only one commandment about the Creator 45:12 which is the fourth commandment. 45:13 That says remember the Sabbath day 45:15 and to keep it holy, and that commandment 45:18 has been specifically changed by the Roman Catholic Church. 45:23 Here again the catechism of the Catholic Church. 45:26 I didn't write this, 45:27 this is an official document from Rome, 45:30 from the Roman Church. 45:31 Page 50 Question, "What day is the Sabbath day? 45:34 Answer, "Saturday is the Sabbath day." 45:35 Question, "Why then do we observe Sunday 45:38 instead of Saturday?" 45:39 Answer "We observe Sunday instead of Saturday 45:41 because the Catholic Church transferred 45:44 the solemnity from Saturday to Sunday." 45:48 The Roman Catholic Church not only changed 45:51 the Bible Sabbath which God wrote with His own finger 45:54 on stone into the first day of the week 45:57 and claim that change has her act, 45:59 but she also believes that that act is a mark 46:04 of her spiritual authority 46:07 that she really is the true Church of Jesus Christ. 46:11 That is a belief of the Roman Church. 46:16 Changing the Sabbath according to Rome is, 46:20 and represents a mark of its authority. 46:23 Who else could change the law of God? 46:26 Except the true church says, 46:28 Rome but as I look at these issues 46:31 my conclusion is that what God wrote is above 46:35 and beyond anything that man has to say. 46:39 Revelation 13:16 tells us that at some point in the future 46:45 when the final crisis hits, as a result of this crisis 46:48 and as an apparent solution to a crisis 46:51 there will be the enforcement of the mark. 46:54 Revelation 13:16 says "He causes all, 46:57 both small and great, rich and poor, 46:59 free and bond, to receive a mark in their right hand, 47:04 their right hand or in their foreheads 47:06 that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark, 47:09 or the name of the beast, or the number his name." 47:13 If it is true what I'm telling you 47:16 and what on other people believe 47:18 who have studied this out very carefully. 47:19 If it's true that the mark of the beast 47:23 is the mark of the authority of the Roman Church 47:27 in changing the Bible Sabbath into the first day of the week, 47:31 if that is true and if Sunday 47:33 is to become the final mark of the beast 47:36 in the last days then we must expect 47:39 that there would be Sunday legislation 47:42 around the world at the very end of time. 47:45 Is that a possibility, could such a thing ever happen 47:49 especially in America, the land of the free 47:52 and the home of the brave? 47:53 Well, let me give you a little history lesson. 47:56 Sunday has been enforced by law for a long time. 47:59 It started in the year 321 48:01 by the Emperor Constantine in Europe. 48:04 All right, study European history 48:06 you will find Sunday legislation in various degrees 48:08 that has happened off and on. 48:10 In the history of Britain, of England 48:13 there were Sunday laws. 48:14 Go to the time of early colonial America 48:17 when the pilgrims came across of the Atlantic 48:19 and began to settle and to develop colonies. 48:23 There were strict Sunday laws in the American colonies, 48:26 they were called Blue Laws. 48:28 There are organizations today 48:30 such as the at European Sunday Alliance 48:33 that are pushing for Sunday legislation. 48:36 There are Sunday laws right now to various degrees. 48:39 In Germany the Roman Catholic Church 48:41 is pushing for Sunday legislation. 48:44 They would like to see it around the world. 48:46 Is this possible that Sunday could ever be 48:48 globally enforced by law? 48:49 I like to take you back to the fateful Tuesday, 48:53 September 11, 2001 48:54 when the two twin towers came down 48:57 in New York in the heart of our financial center. 49:01 That crisis, September 11 was on a Tuesday. 49:06 Remember that Tuesday crisis-hit. 49:08 Friday three days later there was a big church service 49:11 in the national religious, 49:13 the National Cathedral in Washington DC. 49:17 All the living presidents where there, senators, 49:18 Congressmen, there were major religions represented. 49:22 Billy Graham was there talking-- 49:24 representing the Protestant world. 49:25 There was a Catholic Cardinal that was there. 49:27 A rabbi was there, an imam was there representing 49:30 the Muslim community and they came together 49:32 to pray in the midst of a crisis. 49:36 And I certainly believe in prayer 49:37 during the crisis but as I observe these events 49:40 I noticed we had a crisis on Tuesday 49:42 and then on Friday a move toward unity. 49:44 And then what happened two days later? 49:47 What happened two days later? 49:48 Significantly church attendance on Sunday 49:51 went through the roof all around world. 49:55 In Australia, in Europe people work keeping Sunday, 49:58 going to church on Sunday because they knew 50:00 that this was a crisis, a big crisis 50:02 that has a potential ripple effect 50:04 to affected the global economy. 50:06 And so people were scared and they were praying 50:08 that God would help humanity in this crisis. 50:12 And I looked at that scenario, 50:14 that week and I saw crisis on Tuesday, 50:16 unity of the world's religions on Friday, 50:19 and then church attendance 50:20 going through the roof on Sunday. 50:22 Crisis unity Sunday, crisis unity Sunday, 50:25 and I learned a big lesson from that. 50:27 Now thankfully that crisis didn't continue to deepen 50:30 and unravel and eventually things got better 50:34 but one of these days the Bible is very clear 50:37 that a final crisis is coming. 50:39 Daniel 12:1 says "There will be a time of trouble 50:41 such as never was since there was a nation." 50:44 The biggest crisis of all is at the door, 50:48 it's on the horizon. 50:50 And when it happens we'll see the same things 50:52 as what happened during the week of 9/11. 50:54 We will see crisis, we'll see unity, 50:57 and we will see people flocking to church on Sunday 51:00 to pray for God to do something in the midst of this crisis. 51:04 And if that crisis 51:06 which eventually this is gonna happen 51:08 if it doesn't go away, if it deepens 51:11 and if it gets worst, 51:13 you will see governments working together. 51:15 You will see religions working with government 51:17 and you will eventually see Sunday attendance 51:21 shipped to Sunday legislation. 51:24 It's a, it's as plain as the rabbi is Jewish. 51:27 It's as plain as the pope is Catholic. 51:29 This certainly will happen, crisis, unity, Sunday 51:33 attendance, finally Sunday legislation in the midst 51:37 of at the final crisis in history of this world. 51:41 And when that time comes then humanity 51:44 will find itself in the middle at the Book of Revelation, 51:48 in the middle of the apocalypse. 51:49 You mean in the middle of the last test of God 51:54 that will come to the whole world. 51:57 the third angels message 52:00 will sound with a loud voice and say 52:03 "if any man worships the beast and his image, 52:06 and gets the mark in his forehead, 52:08 or in his hand, the same will drink 52:09 the wine of the wrath of God." 52:11 And then verse 12 will appeal to people 52:13 "don't do it but be among the saints 52:16 who keep the commandments of God 52:19 and the faith of Jesus." 52:20 Be among that group that love Jesus, 52:22 that follow Jesus, that have been saved 52:24 by His grace and touch by His power 52:27 and because they love the Lord 52:28 they're willing to stand up for all the Ten Commandments 52:31 including the one that God said remember, 52:34 remember don't forget. 52:37 Everyone will have to make a choice 52:39 during that final crisis when people hear the truth 52:41 that they must know to survive. 52:43 Those that reject it, those that believe 52:46 in the beast will get his mark in their foreheads 52:49 which represents their mind, their minds 52:52 and God will see that. 52:53 Those who go along with the beast 52:55 will get the mark in their hands 52:56 because they're doing what they shouldn't be doing. 52:58 They're rebelling against God Himself fighting His law 53:01 and they're following the beast and getting the mark. 53:04 But God will have a people who will not do it. 53:07 Who will stand for Jesus no matter what, 53:08 even if they have to-- they don't-- 53:10 they can't buy or sell 53:11 no matter what they're gonna follow Jesus 53:13 and keep the Commandments of God and the faith of Jesus. 53:15 These people will be sealed and protected. 53:18 When the seven last plagues in chapter 16 53:21 following those that get the mark of the beast 53:22 when the final trouble hits the world 53:24 God will have a people who go all the way 53:26 through to the end and you are ready 53:29 for the second coming of Jesus Christ. 53:31 I want to be one of those people. 53:33 During the American Civil War 53:34 somebody asked Abraham Lincoln 53:36 and they said Brother Lincoln, you think God is on our side? 53:39 And his response was, 53:40 I'm not concerned whether God is on our side. 53:43 The big question is, are we on His side in this war. 53:47 May God help you and me to be on God side to survive, 53:52 to go all the way through 53:53 and to be ready for the return of Jesus Christ. 53:57 In the last chapter of the Bible 53:59 in verse 16 Jesus says, 54:01 "I Jesus have sent my angel to testify to you 54:05 these things in the churches. 54:07 I am the route and the offspring David, 54:09 and the bright and the morning star." 54:11 A number of months ago my little boy 54:13 who at that time was eight-years-old 54:15 came running into the living room 54:16 early in the morning. 54:17 His name is Seth and he said daddy, daddy, 54:19 I just had a dream. 54:21 And he said, in my dream I was taken up 54:23 to the New Jerusalem. 54:25 Daddy, I saw the streets of gold. 54:27 And then he said, daddy, I saw a thrown inside the city 54:30 and on the throne he said daddy, 54:32 I saw Jesus Christ. 54:33 And He was so bright, 54:35 He was so bright I had to squint 54:37 in order to look at Him. 54:38 And I thought wow, what a dream. 54:42 The truth is that Jesus Christ 54:44 is the center of the entire Bible. 54:47 In John Chapter 1, it tells us that 54:49 Jesus is really the one who made the earth in six days 54:52 and who rested on the seventh day. 54:54 When Adam and Eve sinned and went against God, 54:56 Jesus did not forsake us. 54:59 On Mount Sinai it was Jesus that came down 55:01 and wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger 55:03 to show us what's right 55:05 and what's wrong and what sin is. 55:07 The New Testament tells us 55:08 that "God so loved the world, that He sent His own Son." 55:11 That Jesus came down here born in Bethlehem. 55:14 He lived a perfect life. 55:15 He kept the Ten Commandments for us 55:17 and then in Gethsemane and on the cross 55:19 He took our sins, all of our sins 55:21 into His mind, into His heart. 55:23 The finger that was on a hand 55:25 that wrote the law was also on the same hand 55:29 that was nailed to cross for our sins. 55:32 Praise God. And then He rose from the dead. 55:35 He went to heaven. 55:36 And it was Jesus that gave us the Book of Revelation 55:40 to tell us about earth's final crisis 55:42 and what we need to know to survive. 55:44 It's Jesus who warns us about the mark of the beast 55:47 and calls us to be among the saints 55:50 who keep the Commandments of God 55:52 and the faith of Jesus and who are ready 55:54 for His second coming. 55:57 One of these days all sin is gonna be gone, 55:59 all pain and suffering, sorrow and death will all be behind us 56:03 and God will have a people who enter a bright 56:06 and beautiful eternity where they will live with Him 56:10 forever and ever. 56:11 In verse 17 the Bible says 56:14 "And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. 56:16 Let him who hears let him, come. 56:18 Let him who is thirsty, let him come. 56:20 And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely." 56:26 In order for us to survive earth's final crisis 56:29 we must know Jesus Christ and we must know Bible truth. 56:34 That's how we can be ready for the second coming our Lord, 56:37 so that we can live in a bright, beautiful, 56:40 sinless, happy, loving tomorrow where we can look at Jesus 56:45 as He sits upon His throne 56:47 and be with Him forever and ever and ever. 56:50 May God help you and may He help me 56:53 to be among those who survive. 56:57 To learn more about the powerful truths 56:59 discussed in this program order White Horse Media 57:02 special Bible Truth Survival Kit, 57:04 containing seven life-changing books 57:06 to help you and your loved ones 57:08 prepare for the soon return of Jesus Christ. 57:11 If you're following the crowd 57:13 you are probably going the wrong direction. 57:15 The Bible is the only reliable guide in this life. 57:18 Find out the truth for yourself. 57:20 The information in these timely books 57:22 could save your life. 57:24 The $15 kit includes the following books, 57:27 "The End of the World, Fact versus Fiction," 57:29 "Solving Mystery of Death," 57:31 " Perils of Talking to the Dead" 57:33 " Discovering the Lost Sabbath Truth" 57:35 "Decoding the Mark of the Beast" 57:37 "Steps to Christ" "The Great Controversy." 57:39 All for only $15 US only with free shipping. 57:45 Call 1800-782-4253 to get your Bible Truth Survival Kit. 57:49 That's 1800-782-4253. 57:52 For more information visit whitehorsemedia.com. 57:57 If you have been blessed by today's program 57:59 and would like to help White Horse Media 58:01 with your financial support, 58:03 you can call our toll free number 58:04 that is on the screen 58:06 or donate online at whitemedia.com. 58:09 We solicit your prayers for our ministry 58:11 and we thank you for any gift large or small 58:15 to help us reach people with the gospel. |
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