07. The 2 Mysteries Collide - Akeem James

[Music] friends we are now going in to the seventh part of our eight part series and we've covered last time we saw basically from what we covered last time the aspect of satan coming as christ the mystery of iniquity incarnate just as christ took on a literal body and we saw that that was the mystery of god or godliness incarnate what we're going to see what we saw the last in the last presentation is that satan also took on human flesh or human form and will come at some time in the future in order to lead the world over the precipice in its deception and ultimately to persecute the saints to such a high degree that it will blow our minds away and friends as we continue in our study today we're going to see how that takes place as the enemy of souls appears and leads the world to believe that sunday indeed is the sabbath of god that the sabbath has been changed and even before he appears he has sent his angels to lead people in that into that deception he just comes and even confirms it more establishes the deception more as he does this it will lead the world into a place where friends these two mysteries god's church which produces one mystery produces god's church and the other mystery produces the enemy's church we're gonna see that these two churches will collide and hence the two mysteries will collide in the end and so as we go into our message today i would like you to bow your heads with me for prayer as we speak on the subject of the two mysteries collide by your heads with me father in heaven i pray that as we cover this subject today entitled the two mysteries collide that you might illuminate our minds and strengthen us forgive me of my sins and speak through me that lord your words may come through clearly and what you intend for us to understand may indeed be understood and that by your grace we may live in harmony with that which we have come to understand this is my prayer in jesus christ's name amen amen so today we're talking about the two mysteries collide in light of all that we have covered in this series so far now we are coming to the moment when the two mysteries collide collide in the sense that we are reaching the climax of how they have been impacting each other since the days of the incarnation of christ hence we started the series with the incarnation of the mystery of godliness and the person of jesus christ and now towards the end of the series we have seen the incarnation of the mystery of iniquity in satan personating christ the interesting thing is that christ and satan will reach the climax in their warfare against one another in a very literal and spiritual sense for both christ and satan who are the personification of the two mysteries have produced their own churches as we have seen thus far the papal system and her daughters representing the enemy of god and the new testament church culminating in the remnant representing the son of god the climax of the conflict between christ and satan will take place in the last remnant of time but it will transpire in the person of the churches that christ and satan have set up babylon and the remnant will collide as never before why and how this will take place we will see in this presentation so if you have your bibles with me i would ask you to go with me in your bibles we're going to look at a few texts in the gospels to help us to further understand how at the end of time these two mysteries collide you know it's powerful william miller one of the things that he did that made his messages so powerful as he proclaimed the coming judgment and the coming of christ even though he misunderstood the event that was to take place in october 22 1844 he was right in that the date was correct something was going to happen we found out later on of course many found out later on of course that it was that jesus would trans he would transition from the holy place of the heavenly sanctuary to the most holy place from the holy to the most holy and in the same way friends william miller as we are going to do today one of the things that made his messages so powerful was that he saw parallels in the gospels of end time events and so in his messages he would unite the messages that are laid out the stories that are laid out in the first four books of the new testament matthew mark luke and john and as he spoke and elaborated on end time events he would connect it to the gospels and that's what we're going to do as we look at this presentation at this moment so i want you to turn up me in your bibles to the book of matthew 21 verses 45 and 46 and this is concerning the end we're going to look at the end of the parable of the wicked husbandman so jesus gives this parable of the wicked husband men and as he ends off this parable the pharisees understood that many of the parables that jesus spoke of was actually about them but he was so wise and so tactful in how he did this that he gave it in parable form so that even the people while they can get spiritual truths from these parables only the teachers the pharisees understood the direct implications of those parables to what they were doing in israel as it concerns deceiving israel through their tradition and so this is what it says after jesus told this parable what happened verses 45 and 46 says to us in matthew 21 now when the chief priests and pharisees heard his parables they perceived that he was speaking of them now what do you think their attitude was continues by saying but when they sought to lay hands on him they feared the multitudes because they took him for a prophet so friends they wanted to lay hold on him they wanted to lay their hands on him but they couldn't do it because they feared the people who saw jesus as a prophet so they were offended the only reason that they didn't do ultimately what they wanted to do was because they feared the people as much power as they had over the people they knew that these people were in a sense very independent in whom they chose and who they put their force or their their support behind and so as a result they were afraid because they saw that the people were putting their support behind jesus to a certain degree now what we're seeing here is the ever we're going to see the ever increasing incremental stages of this hatred from the pharisees so what we saw here is they wanted to lay their hands on him but they couldn't because they feared the multitudes who took jesus for a prophet but now let's turn to matthew 22 and verse 15. matthew chapter 22 and verse 15. and this is just after the parable of the man without the wedding garment right many of us have read that parable and he says friend jesus christ says friend how how did you get in here without the garment and so there was an investigation done a symbol a type of the investigative judgment and this man was found without a garment as he was consulted and actually investigated by god himself it's not that the garments weren't provided but he didn't take an opportunity to take hold of that garment and so as a result he was cast out now in light of this parable of the man without the wedding garment what was the result when jesus finished the parable how did the pharisees feel about the parable matthew 22 and verse 15 states then the pharisees went and plotted how they might entangle him in his talk so it went from the fact that they wanted to lay their hands on him to the point that they wanted to then entangle him so as a result the people would lose confidence in him and then they could have a reason to accomplish what they wanted to in matthew 21 which is to lay hands on him now in john chapter 11 it reaches to a whole new level in john chapter 11 we find the story of the resurrection of lazarus and this resurrection that jesus did it polarized it caused a polarization among the people and we're going to see this in this story so after the after the raising of lazarus from the dead the resurrection of lazarus this was what the bible tells us happened as a result of that resurrection so this is john chapter 11 and as we look at john chapter 11 we're going to look at verses 45 to 52. it says there then many of the jews who had come to mary and had seen the things jesus did believed in him but some of them went away to the pharisees so you have one group that believed in jesus but then it says but some of them went away to the pharisees and told them the things jesus did it's almost like these people didn't have a mind of their own they trusted so implicitly in the religious leaders that they went to tell them now verse 47 says then the chief priests and the pharisees gathered a counsel and said what shall we do for this man works many miracles if we let him alone in other words if we leave him alone to do what he wants like this everyone will believe in him and the romans will come and take away both our place and our nation friends this is intense or rather than seeing these miracles and they did actually see these miracles as an evidence of a superior being friends they would not receive it as such they knew that christ was superior to them they realized that they were dealing with someone divine we are told in desire of ages but rather than submitting rather than surrendering friends this is what the bible tells us in verse 49 and one of them caiaphas being high priest that year said to them you know nothing at all nor do you consider that it is expedient listen to this that is it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people and not that the whole nation should perish what was he saying verse 51 now this he did not say on his own authority but being high priest that year he prophesied that jesus would die for the nation and not for that nation only but also that he would gather together in one the children of god who were scattered abroad that's speaking of the gentiles now watch this verse 53 verses 53 and 54 ends off by saying then from that day on they plotted to put him to death that's a whole new level before it was just to lay hands on him before it was to entangle him in his speech now it's to kill him then from that day on they plotted to put him to death therefore jesus what did jesus do jesus no longer openly walked openly among them or among the jews but went from there into the country near the wilderness to a city called ephraim and there remained with his disciples so what are we seeing here we're seeing the manifestation that jesus was doing a powerful work and as he was doing this powerful work what did the people do the people to a great degree were receiving him during his ministry they were hearing his words even though there was a mixed multitude there were skeptics there there were people who fully believed in the message that he was giving and then there were those who had complete animosity against his ministry and many of those people they went back to the pharisees and told them the things that were happening now the response of the pharisees to jesus's parables increased their hatred as we look at their response we see their hatred increased more and more with each parable and especially with the miracles that he did it went from desiring to lay hands on him to realizing that because the people supported him they couldn't do that because the people saw him as a prophet so what did they do they sought next to entangle him in his speech because in so doing the people would then lose confidence in christ and then they will have a reason to lay hold on him but friends it reached to a whole new level of hatred in the book of john chapter 11 with the story of lazarus rather than seeing that story that instant that situation of lazarus's resurrection as a manifestation of the power of god they saw it as such but we're not willing to surrender to jesus christ and the power that was being manifested which declared him to be the messiah and so what did they do on a whole new level they said let's plot to kill him friends sadly we know that this is what happened now the question is why was the hatred against jesus so great i'm going to read a few statements here first one is from desire of ages page 541 paragraph 2. it states the sanhedrin feared however to take rash measures against jesus why as we read before in the bible lest the people should become incensed in in other words angered and the violence meditated toward him should fall upon themselves woe on this account the council delayed to execute the sentence they had pronounced the savior understood the plottings of the priest he knew that they longed to remove him wow and that their purpose would soon be accomplished he knew it was coming according to prophecy but it was not his place to hasten the crisis and he withdrew from that region taking the disciples with him that's wisdom thus by his own example jesus again enforced the instruction he had given to the disciples when they persecute you in this city flee ye into another matthew 10 verse 23 there was a wide field in which to work for the salvation of souls and unless loyalty to him required it the lord's servants were not to imperil their lives and this is such wisdom friends because you know some of those people right who would desire just to unnecessarily give their lives when god isn't necessarily calling them to give their lives at that moment but they love stirring up more controversy even when they see they are hated in the place where they are but we find the wise and lowly jesus when the situation was happening rather than staying in that place he departed and went and brought the gospel to another place now in light of that paragraph three continues by saying and friends when i first read this statement it blew my mind because it it reveals what will happen when god's people emulate the life of christ to its greatest point remember we covered revelation chapter 18 where the latter rain and the holy spirit fall upon god's people and as that happens he gives them the power to demonstrate the life of christ the very self-sacrificing principle of calvary and i know that when that time comes the very same thing we're about to read here will transpire in our world desire of ages page 541 paragraph three states jesus had now given three years of public labor to the world only three all right three years of public labor look at what it says here his example of self-denial and disinterested benevolence was before him meaning doing good not for the sake of receiving something but because he loved men and women his life of purity of suffering and devotion was known to all yet look at this statement yet this short period of three years was as long as the world could endure the presence of its redeemer do you see that friends his life was so powerful so pure so kind so compassionate so so established in the truth but yet so loving a healer a minister in the deepest sense of the word there was nothing that people could say against him there was no evil that he had done but friends that purity because the world is so carnal the people could not handle it especially the leaders they could not handle that manifestation of divine love oh my friends i want to place before you the reality that when christ is again revealed in his people to the fullest sense we will see the same thing we will see a persecution break out as a result not of evil in our lives but because of the purity manifested in us and that love of calvary manifested in us rather than it bringing forth the response of wow this is powerful to many it will bring forth the response of we have to eradicate these people and we're going to see that because what happened in jesus's life three years is all that the people could take is all that the world could handle or endure of the presence of its redeemers so what happened what ultimately in a climactic way happened in jesus's life so it went from okay we want to lay hands on him but we can't because of the people all right what are we going to do we're going to entangle him in a speech okay that's not working we're going to plot to kill him we're gonna try some way that we can get our hands on him and kill him and friends that was the collision point the climax was when they were finally able to kill him to kill the son of god but friends in order to do that we're gonna see a type of what happens at the end of time in the book of matthew matthew chapter 27 and verse one i want you to go there with me as we look at matthew chapter 27 and verse 1 what we're gonna see here is remember a few presentations ago we covered the aspect of the image of the beast and as we covered the aspect of the image of the beast friends what we saw is the powerful revelation that the image of the beast or the image to the first beast means the way that the first beast ruled is the same way that we found out that protestantism would rule within this nation within the united states of america and so how did how did the people system rule it was by uniting what church and state it was by uniting church and state the church telling the masses what to do by getting their dogmas enforced upon the masses through the state through the civil power friends that time is coming this is how the papacy was able to do what it wanted during the dark ages hence it was seen in the book of revelation as a religiou-political power now friends do you know in a parallel form this took place in the in the life of jesus christ the way that they were finally able to kill jesus as you know how matthew 27 and verse 1 tells us this when the morning was come all the chief priests and elders of the people took counsel against jesus here we find it again to put him to death and when they had bound him how were they going to put him to death being under roman jurisdiction they could not do capital punishment so how are they going to kill him it says and when they had bound him they led him away and delivered him to pontius pilate the governor one of the representatives by the way of roma so what did they do in order to kill the son of god apostate religion the jewish nation at that time what did they do apostate religion united with the civil power of roman the person of pontius pilate to destroy the life of jesus therefore we see in parallel a type of the image of the beast the religious and the civil united apostate religion apostate judaism united with the state or with the civil power to destroy the life of the son of god and friends that's ultimately what happened now as we look at this concept as we continue looking at it what i want us to see here is as that happened to jesus we know that's going to happen in the last days but we're going to look at it on an even deeper level the very words used against christ we're going to see would be used against us what was the way that they were able to get this done and persuade themselves that this was right in john chapter 19 and verse 7 it says the jews answered him we have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the son of god now those same words that were used against jesus do you know that at the end of time it will be used against us this is the interesting thing this is why the bible actually tells us i want you to get your bibles with me and we're going to go to two scriptures that brings this point out very clearly i want you to go with me in your bibles to the book of ecclesiastes ecclesiastes go to the book of ecclesiastes and i want you to check out something with me go to ecclesiastes chapter one we're going to look at two things here ecclesiastes chapter 1 and we're going to look at verse 9 ecclesiastes chapter 1 and verse 9. this is what the bible actually tells us it states here the thing that hath been that is that which is past it is that which shall be that is that which is future and that which is done that is that which is done presently is that which shall be done that is future and there is no new thing under the sun now that's powerful because what is that basically telling us that's basically telling us the truth that history repeats itself history repeats itself that's what we're looking at here in the life of jesus in the life of christ we are getting a parallel a type of what will happen to god's final remnant those who choose to stand in the last days for god's commandments and to have the faith of jesus christ to live in harmony with the revelation of the testimony of the prophets of old and also the profit that god has given in these last days and so as this happens the same thing that happened to jesus will happen to us now in light of the fact that history repeats itself i want you to now go over a few chapters ecclesiastes chapter 3 and verse 15. in light of the fact that history repeats itself god requires something of us that's vital so that we don't stand on the wrong side of history when it's repeated friends history is doomed to repeat itself but we can choose which side of history we stand on when history is repeated and may we ever stand on the side of righteousness now in light of the fact that history will be repeated god requires something of us it states here in ecclesiastes chapter 3 and verse 15 the following it says that which has been that is that which is past is now that means it's present and that which is to be that is future hath already been that is past and god requireth that which is past what is that verse saying in light of the fact that the past is repeated in the present god is saying to us in the book of ecclesiastes chapter 3 and verse 15 i require therefore an understanding of the past i require of you and i god is saying he's requiring of you that are looking on that are looking on at this message that you understand history and that i understand history why we must understand it because only in understanding it only in having a knowledge of history can we know which side to stand on when history is repeated by the illumination of the holy spirit and power of the holy spirit of course but god requires this understanding so therefore now we're going to see how that which was in the past and we have been seeing that which took place in the past will be repeated in the present so the words that were used against jesus is the jews answered him we have a law and by our law he ought to die because he made himself the son of god now in the signs of the times may 26th 1898 it says the following which is a repetition of what will happen to us john 19 7 will take place with us those who live during the last days of this earth's history will know what it means to be persecuted for the truth's sake in the courts injustice will prevail whoa the judges will refuse to listen to the reasons of those who are loyal to the commandments of god because they know why why don't why don't they want to listen because they know the arguments in favor of the fourth commandment are unanswerable now what do you think they will say remember john 19 7 they will say we have a law and by our law he ought to die god's law is nothing with them our law with them is supreme those who respect this human law that sunday sacredness will be favored but those who will not bow to the idol sabbath have no favors shown them friends that's a solemn statement john chapter 19 just as it was said against jesus it will be set against him in the end of time in the person of his people those who stand for the truth in the last days this is why we truly need to know the word of god truly need to study it and ask god to sanctify us by the things that we have studied that it is not only book knowledge or information that we are gaining but a transformation of character that we may have a character that can meet the crisis that is coming now remember i mentioned that these things happen incrementally these stages this hatred of the pharisees was incremental in jesus life and it climaxed to the point where they ultimately killed him now these same things will happen in our day and this is where we're going to look at this we we just ended up the last statement speaking of this idol sabbath the sunday law now this law will come in increments and ultimately an event will take place and this is where we're going to show the graph of that event i wonder if we can bring it up at this moment yesterday we talked about it a little bit the graph as it concerns the moving of fallen angels evil angels moving behind the scenes and then after the moving of fallen angels the next thing that took place there we have it the moving of fallen angels then we have the political upheaval during that time the false revival that's what it leads to and then we have the people of god being blamed and satan appears as christ to verify and confirm what his evil angels have said now what we're going to come to today is the last part that last red block is the crisis is the climax the collision point and so we're going to see that collision point comes in increments ultimately climaxing at a certain point so we're going to bring that up at the end and you're going to see it if you haven't already seen it as it was brought up there so look at this as it concerns this idol sabbath it comes in increments so once the sunday law has passed we read in the book great controversy that national apostasy will lead to national ruin but this ruin and the hatred that is connected to this ruin against god's people is incremental and it will continue rising until a climactic point there will be a situation that leads the world even though it's already having hatred against god's people by the time of the national sunday law and onward there is a situation that will happen afterward that will lead the world over the edge in its hatred against god's people so let's look at these incremental levels all right incremental levels of the sunday law the first is taken from testimonies volume 9 and we're going to look at pages 232 and 2 33 now these are some good statements so i asked you to take it down note these things we're going to read a good bit of statements from the spirit of prophecy at this point so that we make it clear we've seen it from the bible in the previous presentations now we're going to see even an amplification that will lead us back to the word of god from the spirit of prophecy so the first level of this sunday law is a call to refrain from work on sunday and the statement goes as follows this is found in testimonies volume 9 page 232 we're going to read pages 2 and 3 232 paragraph 2 and 3. it says here the light given me by the lord at this at a time when we were expecting just such a crisis as you seemed to be approaching was that when the people were moved by a power from beneath to enforce sunday observance seven day adventists were to show wisdom show their wisdom by refraining from their ordinary work on that day and doing what devoting it to missionary effort which would encompass medical missionary work so what are we seeing here this is powerful this is serious balance when that time comes and there is a call to observe sunday and to refrain from work what our seventh-day adventists to do are we to fight rather it says seventh-day adventists were to show their wisdom by what refraining from their ordinary work okay you don't want us to do any secular labor all right we'll come away from it friends to many that will seem like compromise but friends this is divine wisdom it says refraining from their ordinary work on that day and what should they do they say okay we'll come away from our secular work and we will apply our time to medical missionary work or missionary efforts it continues the statement continues now in paragraph three to defy the sunday laws will strengthen in their persecution the religious zealots who are seeking to enforce them so don't defy she's saying give them no occasion to call you lawbreakers if they are left to reign up men who fear neither god nor man the reigning up will soon lose its novelty for them and they will see that it is not consistent nor convenient for them to be strict in regard to the observance of sunday in other words if we do the right thing it won't backfire on us or it will backfire on them keep right on with your missionary work with your bibles in your hands and the enemy will see that he has worsted that's the word that was used there which means an hour to in our language today worsened it would worsen his own cause one does not receive the mark of the beast because he shows that he realizes the wisdom of keeping the peace many would call that compromise but the prophet shows that this is wisdom he shows that he realizes the wisdom of keeping the peace by refraining from work that gives offense doing at the same time a work of the highest importance and this is why friends we have to start doing these things today ask god to give you a passion for winning souls ask god to give you wisdom to start bible studies with others for friends the only way that we can do that then what we're reading here is if we learn to do it now i'm not saying you have to go out and be some kind of evangelist but friends god wants every soul to win a soul god wants every one of us in some way shape or form to reach out to others within our sphere of influence and he will empower us and give us the wisdom to do so if our heart if we allow him to transform our heart the next statement says this is now page 233 paragraph one sunday now friends this is going to blow your mind if you haven't read this yet sunday can be used for carrying forward various lines of work that will accomplish much for the lord on this day open air meetings and cottage meetings can be held house-to-house work can be done powerful those who write can devote this data writing their articles are you ready for this whenever it is possible let religious services be held on sunday that is serious balance friends we're looking at here make these meetings intensely interesting sing genuine revival hymns and speak with power and assurance of the savior's love speak on temperance and on true religious experience you will thus learn much about how to work and will reach many souls that's powerful friends that's powerful what we're seeing here is a balance the balance of the prophet of god the balance of the prophetic voice for you know that there are many who would rather bring on a time of trouble before the time of trouble they would rather look like enemies of the state rather than operating in balance and wisdom christ-like balance is what i'm talking about here and what we're seeing in the spirit of prophecy a work of true temperance and self-control proclaiming the love of jesus not tr actually according to the words of the prophet seeking wisdom in keeping the peace many times we use that phrase in society today and people think whoa this guy's a compromiser he's one who's willing to compromise the faith but no friends christ-like wisdom says when we can and when it does not cause a conflict with the law of god there is a tact born of divine love that we must understand how to demonstrate now the level two the first level of the sunday law says refrain from work on sunday all right we can do that we'll come away from our secular work and we'll commit that day to missionary efforts but then it reaches to another point as time goes on from the time that the national sunday law has passed as it goes forward it gets worse the law becomes worse as it concerns commandment keepers now the call is to honor sunday not just to refrain from work but now to honor the day this is level two and this is found this statement can be found in great controversy page 607 it states there as the controversy extends into new fields and the minds of the people are called to god's downtrodden law satan is a stir because the people are going forward spreading the message the power attending the message will only matter those who oppose it that's what happened with jesus right the clergy the clergy friends will put forth almost superhuman efforts to shut away the light lest it should shine upon their flaws by every means at their command they will endeavor to suppress the discussion of these vital questions the church appeals to the strong arm of the civil power this is apostate religion connecting with the state as it was in jesus day and in this work papist and protestants unite as the movement for sunday enforcement becomes more bold and decided the law will be invoked against commandment keepers they will be threatened with fines and imprisonment and some will be offered positions of influence and other rewards and advantages as inducements to renounce their faith but their steadfast answer is show us from the word of god our error the same plea that was made by luther under similar circumstances those who are arraigned before the courts make a strong vindication of the truth and some who hear them are led to take their stand to keep all the commandments of god thus light will be brought before thousands who otherwise would know nothing of these truths so do you realize what that took in order for the truth to get to thousands the people of god had to be placed in difficult positions even being brought before the courts of the land to give a defense for their faith but what the devil was trying to use these courts of the land to intimidate them it would backfire on him because the message will now you can imagine as people are standing for their faith they're on national television these things are being seen worldwide as people stand to give a defense for their faith and so as a result people who have been thinking about the final events people whose hearts will be convicted will take their stand to stand to side with the right friends this will be a powerful time it will be a solemn time but a powerful time now the first one was to refrain from work on sunday all right we can do that we'll come away from our secular work and we'll do medical missionary work we'll do missionary efforts we'll study with the people whole camp meetings all of these different things but then the next the second level it gets even more intense the second level of the sunday law is to what is to call men to honor sunday now the third level is to finally not just honor sunday it's not just a call to refrain from work not just a call to honor sunday but to disregard now the sabbath that's heavy it says in in great controversy page 608 paragraph one conscientious obedience to the word of god will be treated as rebellion blinded by satan the parent listen to this the parent will exercise harshness and severity toward the believing child the master or mistress will oppress the commandment keeping servant affection will be alienated children will be disinherited and driven from home the words of paul will be literally fulfilled all that will live godly in christ jesus shall suffer persecution second timothy chapter 3 and verse 12. as the defenders of truth refuse to honor the sunday sabbath some of them will be thrust into prison some will be exiled some will be treated as slaves to human wisdom all this now seems impossible but as the restraining spirit of god shall be withdrawn from men and they shall be under the control of satan who hates the divine precepts there will be strange developments the heart can be very cruel when god's fear and love are removed friends this is some heavy stuff that we're seeing here this is the time that is coming so what we're seeing at this moment is just as the hatred in jesus's public ministry increased incrementally going from wanting to lay hands on him to then trying to entangle him in a speech so that people lose confidence in him to then finally killing him just as that hatred increased so will the hatred against god's commandment-keeping people increase at the end of time hence we are seeing levels in the sunday law and with each level it becomes more intense the requirements become more and more overbearing now we're going to look at the fourth and final level of the sunday law and this is where we get to the final part of our chart and we'll bring that up at the end so you can see it level four of the sunday law this is where it comes to the death penalty now in order to understand this i want us to go to revelation chapter 16 revelation chapter 16 delineating the seven last plagues and we're going to start off at verse 12 through 16. that is the sixth plague and we will see the sixth angel pouring out the sixth plague these plagues are cumulative in nature and this is what it says here and the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river euphrates and the water thereof was dried up and though that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared and i saw three unclean spirits like frogs come out of the mouth of the dragon that is the devil out of the mouth of the beast that is the papal system and out of the mouth of the false prophet that is the mouthpiece of the papacy which exalts the papal system at the end of time christianity within the united states for they are the spirits of devils what are these frogs that are coming out of their mouths spirits of devils working miracles and what are they doing these spirits of devils are working miracles for this purpose it says which go forth unto the kings the civil rulers of the earth and of the whole world to gather them to the battle of that great day of god almighty and what is that great battle it says behold we're going to come back to this later on behold i come as a thief blessed is he that watches and keeps his garment lest he walk naked and they see his shame and then it says what this great battle is in verse 16 and he gathered them together into a place called in the hebrew tongue armageddon now there are many who have been teaching that this battle of armageddon is going to take place somewhere in the middle east on mount megiddo but friends know according to what the bible teaches the battle of armageddon is simply this it is when finally the polarization of the world as a result of the everlasting gospel that polarization becomes so complete that friends on one side you have those who receive the mark of the beast and serve the devil and those who receive the seal of god and serve jehovah the result will be the polarization will be so complete that it results in one group having the most intense animosity against the other group and it's not that the people of god hates anyone it's rather that those who receive the mark of the beast have intense demonic hatred against god's people who are scattered all over the world by this point therefore the battle of armageddon is a worldwide conflict the climax of the collision of the two mysteries in which one group in the final spiritual warfare seeks to wipe out the other group when those who receive the mark of the beast will seek to finally destroy the people of god and how does satan do this by the miracles the miracle friends we're looking at why does this miracle need to take place as we saw in verse 12 when the sixth plague was poured out it was poured out on the great river euphrates now in the old testament the river euphrates ran right under the city of babylon so this was babylon's support it was a way of getting water away that babylon was supported by this river now for the river in the old testament that river was dried up by the way to prepare the way for the kings of the east cyrus and darius and so as this happened as darius diverted the river euphrates he was able to enter into the babylonian camp and babylon fell that very day in the same way friends preparing the way for the medo-persian kingdom which was coming from the east in the same way friends at the end of time babylon the sixth plague will be poured out upon the river euphrates speaking of the support system of babylon you remember we found out that water in the bible represents peoples multitudes nations and tongues so as the sixth plague is poured out it dries up the support system that the people were giving to babylon and so how is the devil gonna gonna get back these resources he sends out and he does one final demonstration of intense miracles through demonic activity as we're seeing in verse 13 and 14 and through these miracles this is the last deception here that we're reading about through these miracles the people are drawn back but when they're drawn back many of them what happens is that the hatred is at the highest level what causes the world to finally want to annihilate not just to find not just to imprison but to annihilate god's people is this final deception that we're reading about here in verses 13 and 14. this final deception leads the world over the edge and the result is the way is prepared for the kings of the east and friends you remember cyrus in the old testament was seen as a gentile messiah to the jewish people liberating them from babylonian captivity in the same way at the end of time jesus the true messiah coming in the glory of his father the kings of the east will come to deliver his people israel who will be scattered all over the world at the end of time biblical research institute symposium of revelation book 2 page 374 states this armageddon is presented as the climactic battle of the great controversy between the forces of good and evil which started in heaven and will end on earth we need this another statement goes as follows we need to study the pouring out of the seventh vial both the sixth and seventh actually the powers of evil will not yield up the conflict without a struggle but providence has a part to act in the battle of armageddon when the earth is lighted with the glory of the angel of revelation 18 the religious element so this is as a result of an event that had taken place a while back as a result of that event the religious elements good and evil will awake from slumber and the armies of the living god will take the field this is in manuscript 175 1899 so the loud cry revelation 18 ultimately produces some of the things that we're seeing here later on when probation actually closes the world is polarized now during this time the worst part of the sunday law is enforced and these will be our culminating statements or our closing statements i should say fearful is the issue to which the world is to be brought the powers of earth uniting to war against the commandments of god will decree that all both small and great rich and poor free and bond shall conform to the customs of the church by the observance of the false sabbath all who refuse compliance will be visited with civil penalties and it will be finally declared that they are deserving of death on the other hand the law of god enjoining the creator's rest day demands obedience and threatens wrath against all who transgress it so the question is whose rat do we want the wrath of man or the wrath of god that's great controversy page 604 paragraph two great controversy 635 paragraph 1 when the protection of human laws shall be withdrawn from those who honor the law of god there will be in different lands a simultaneous movement for their destruction as the time appointed in the decree draws near the people will conspire to root out the hated sect it will be determined to strike in one night a decisive blow which shall utterly silence the voice of descent and reproof and finally in paragraph two the statement continues the people of god some in prison cells some hidden in solitary retreats in the forest and the mountains still plead for divine protection while in every quarter companies of armed men urged on by host of evil angels are preparing for the work of death it is now in the hour of utmost extremity that the god of israel will interpose for the deliverance of his people of his chosen friends that's the kings of the east god and his son intervening to liberate the people of israel or when i say the people of israel it means all those that have accepted jesus christ and they are living in harmony with his commandments the remnants that will be worldwide israel is no longer geographical but it is worldwide all israel now will be delivered by god friends my appeal to us today as we close off this section this seventh portion of our message is that as we can see on the screen as we put it up one last time that the very thing that will lead the world over the edge in the final remnant of time to not just persecute but to kill the people of god is the battle of armageddon that's the final piece that will lead the world over the edge to such a degree that god has to finally intervene for the ultimate deliverance of his people in the powerful climactic event of the second coming friends this is the climax of the two mysteries when these two powers collide in the churches that they have formed friends we will see that this world will be in a state of chaos that we could have never imagined but friends those who are true to god those who are establishing themselves in a relationship with christ today will be able to stand at that time my prayer for you and i is that we will be able to stand therefore in the final section we will cover how one will be able to stand during that time but for now i ask you to buy your heads with me in prayer as we close off father in heaven i pray o god that as we've seen much today from the bible and the spirit of prophecy as it concerns this final climaxing of the two mysteries and the churches that they have produced father i pray that we will stand on the side of the mystery of godliness that we will stand with the remnant that the mystery of godliness produces the final church the final remnant to stand with them and to declare the truth to stand with jesus help us to this end for we cannot do it in and of ourselves we know that by your grace it is possible we thank you for the grace that is so freely offered to us in jesus for it is in jesus christ's name we pray amen [Music] you

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