19 - “Three Angels’ Messages: Three Angels' Message Summary” - Stephen Bohr

[Music] welcome to the 3abn spring camp meeting the three angels messages hello and welcome to spring camp meeting have you all been blessed this Sabbath have you enjoyed the food I'm talking the physical food right that was good and we're being fed spiritually as well we want to thank you for joining us via 3n radio on the television if you're driving in your car we hope you're not looking at your cell phone and trying to drive at the same time we know we have lots of people that are contacting 3abn through because they're watching via the internet on their cell phones their iPads it's neat to think about isn't it for those of you that are here for the first time that in the middle of these cornfields that the signal is reaching around the world it's a miracle of God isn't it you know the thing is we're hearing tremendous messages aren't we I mean just their blessing my heart I know and I'm sure yours at home too but you know there's something dangerous was just saying wow that was another great sermon we need to be willing to go home and share that don't we I'm reminded of Romans chapter 1 verse 16 for says I am not what ashamed of the gospel of Jesus Christ for it is the power of God unto what salvation so we need to share that don't we with others you know not only is the word doing something in our own lives we want to make sure we share it with others we want to be that light that God asks us to be and be an influence for him oh that's for sure this afternoon we have Pastor Steven bore you well familiar with him aren't you 3abn is blessed to count him as a great friend of the ministry secrets unsealed has been in existence for 15 years hard to believe isn't it God has blessed them with a 12,000 square foot building he was telling me that they also have an HD production van now that God has blessed them with as well so the ministry is continuing to grow and he appreciates this one of you for your support of his ministry and I know that God is using him in a powerful way so we're going to hear from him in just a couple of minutes but before that we have our own Pastor John Loma King he is the pastor of the Thompson Villa seventh-day Adventist Church and we appreciate he and his wife Angie and he's going to be bringing a special music to us today he and Tim Parton and it's entitled what a friend we have in Jesus [Music] a friend we have in Jesus music our sins and griefs to bear [Music] what a privilege to care [Music] everything to God in prayer [Music] Hey every trials and some tea is it's troubling you should the be discussed when you take it take it to the Lord in prayer for o what peace we often [Music] what needless pain we bear it's all because we do not care [Music] anything to garden three oh we can heavy late [Music] and we come to it the law of cash precious Savior still [Music] get to the Lord just [Music] greetings it's a real blessing to be here at 3abn you know the supporting ministries of the church are blessing to the church mainly because they uphold the traditional biblical message of the seventh-day Adventist Church and it's been a real privilege working with 3abn the 15 years that secret's unsealed has been in existence this is a ministry that is really worthwhile investing in I'm talking about 3abn basically taking the three angels message to the entire world you know used to be we would have to knock on doors we still have to knock on doors but now you can get into people's houses without going through the door and that's a real blessing I invite you to bow your heads with me as we pray a father not god we thank you for the privilege of being at this high mountain experience thank you for the privilege of knowing present truth we ask Lord that you will help us not only to know it but to live it as we open your word we ask for the presence of your Holy Spirit open our minds that we might understand our hearts that we might receive empower us to proclaim and we thank you for hearing and answering our prayer for we ask it in the precious name of Jesus amen I've been asked to do an awesome and impossible task and that is to bring all of the pieces together into a significant hole the speaker's up to this point have taken portions of the three angels messages and I am going to do my best through the power of God to bring all of those pieces together into a mosaic try to put all of the pieces together so that you can see the finished puzzle if you please now let me tell you what we're going to do this afternoon and probably when I tell you this you're going to say that is an impossible task but really I believe that we'll be able to finish within the time constraints in order to understand the three angels messages we need to understand the context in which they are found in other words what comes before and what comes after the three angels messages so what we are going to attempt to do in our study this afternoon is first of all review the prophetic chain of Daniel 7 then we will move to Revelation chapter 13 verses 1 through 10 which is basically a repetition and expansion of Daniel 7 then we will move to Revelation chapter 13 and verses 11 through 18 the Beast that rises from the earth then we will take a look at revelation 14 verses 1 through 5 144,000 standing victorious upon Mount Zion then we will take a look at the harvest scene after studying the three angels messages we will look at the harvest scene vajay Gallimore so eloquently spoke about and then finally we will end after the harvest scene once again with the hundred and forty-four thousand standing victorious and Mount Zion so you say yeah right we're gonna study all of that well we're only going to briefly review the literary structure of what I have mentioned so let's begin with Daniel chapter 7 this will be review I'm sure that most if not all of you have studied Daniel 7 this will just be a review Daniel 7 first we have a lion what Kingdom does the line represent Babylon ruled from 605 to 539 BC next we have a bear what does the bear represent medo-persia 539 to 331 BC then we have a leopard beast that represents Greece Greece ruled from 331 to 168 BC then we have a dragon beast the fourth called the nondescript beast and that beast represents the Roman Empire but then after a while the fourth beast sprouts 10 horns see when the dragon beast first comes up it does not have the ten horns for a while the dragon beast exists by itself then a little later on in its history it sprouts ten horns and of course what do the ten horns represent they represent the divisions of the Roman Empire which were complete in the year 476 ad and then a little horn rises among the ten and uproots three you see the little horn cannot rise to absolute power until it uproots the three rivals and the three rivals were uprooted after the year 476 the Hara lion for nine three the Vandals in 534 and the Ostrogoths in 538 and when the little hornet uprooted the last three rivals it could not now rule for 1260 years from 538 to 1798 so we've moved in Daniel 7 from Babylon all the way to the air 1798 without any parentheses without any interruptions without any gaps one event after the other this is God's great prophetic chain now Revelation chapter 13 verses 1 through 10 amplifies and repeats what we studied from Daniel 7 go in your Bibles with me to Revelation 13 and we'll notice a few things about verses 1 through 10 now I want to say that the Beast of Revelation 13:1 210 is the same as the little Horn of Daniel 7 it represents the papacy you say how do we know that for three reasons number one both are in the same location of the prophetic chain you see let's go to Revelation chapter 13 and verses 1 and 2 it says there that I stood on the sand of the sea and I saw a beast rising up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and on his horns 10 crowns and on his head's a blasphemous name now what is the connection with Daniel 7 now the Beast that I saw was like a leopard his feet were like the feet of a bear and his mouth like the mouth of a lion the dragon which has ten horns according to the previous chapter the dragon gave him his power his throne and great Authority do we have the same beast that we found in Daniel 7-0 lion yes is there there yes is there a leopard yes is there a dragon Beast yes and the dragon beast has what ten horns and then the dragon beast with the ten horns gives its power its seat in its authority to the piece from the sea so in Daniel 7 you have lion bear leopard dragon beast ten horns little horn and in Revelation chapter 13 you have lion bear leopard dragon beast ten horns beast so in other words the little horn and the Beast are in the same place of the prophetic sequence that's the first reason we know that the Beast is the same as the little horn the second reason is that the little horn and the Beast perform the same actions see the little horn speaks great words against the Most High the Beast speaks blasphemies against the Most High in Daniel chapter 7 the beasts are the little Horn persecutes the saints of the Most High in Revelation chapter 13 the Beast persecutes the Saints of the Most High so the little horn and the Beast perform the same actions and the third reason is that they govern for the same period in Daniel chapter 7 it's time times of the dividing of time three and a half prophetic years that represent 1260 days but days are years in Revelation chapter 13 it's 42 months 42 months times 30 days each month 1260 days which is equivalent to 1260 years so basically the little horn and the Beast represent the Roman Catholic papacy but revelation 13 expands on Daniel 7 revelation 13 gives us some details that we do not find in Daniel 7 3 of them specifically number one the little horn at the end of its Dominion received a deadly wound with the sword that's the weapon of choice that gave the papacy its deadly wound and the sword if you read romans chapter 13 verse four represents what the civil power has to punish violations of civil law you see the state has a sort and the church has a sword the sword of the church is the word of God the sword of the state is what the state uses to punish violations of civil law or of the Civil Code and so in Revelation chapter 13 we are told that the reason why the little horn lost its power is because it received a deadly wound with the sword that's the first expansion in Revelation 13 the second expansion is that we are told that the deadly wound would be healed Daniel 7 does not clearly have that it is implicit because the little horn is going to be destroyed when Jesus comes but it's implicit it's not explicit but in Revelation chapter 13 verse 3 it clearly says that the that the Beast would have its wound healed and then Revelation chapter 13 and this is verses 11 to 18 tells us how and by whom the deadly wound would be healed Daniel 7 does not have that only in Revelation 13 see revelation is an expansion of Daniel now we need to go to Revelation 13 verses 11 to 18 we're doing pretty well aren't we see I told you we were gonna get through this now so far so good alright revelation 13:11 218 this is describing another beast that rises from the earth right around the same time that the first beast receives its deadly wound what date would that be somewhere around the Year 1798 another beast rises see it's a prophetic chain Babylon medo-persia Greece the Roman Empire Roman Empire is divided the legal horn uproots 3 then you have the little horn ruling 1260 years then you have when biess receives a deadly wound you have another beast rising at the same time without any gaps without any interruption and this beast clearly when we examine history and prophecy represents the United States of America we don't have time to get into all of the details but this beast has two horns like a lamb those two horns represent the two founding principles of the United States republicanism and Protestantism has nothing to do with the Republican Party republicanism means a republic a style of government that is a republic and basically the idea is republicanism and Protestantism simply means separation of church and state civil and religious liberty those are the secret to the power and prosperity of the United States of America according to the book great controversy but we are told in this prophecy in Revelation chapter 13 that this beast that rises from the earth that at least at its beginning upholds the principle of separation of church and state of civil and religious liberty or republicanism and Protestantism will end up speaking like a dragon and here is the key point everything that this beast from the earth does it does to please the Beast that rose from the sea in other words this beast is going to heal the wound of the first beast it is going to return the sword of civil power to the first beast and you say how do we know that several reasons in verses 11 to 18 we can't read those verses because we don't have the time but I'll just mention the verses and you can write them down we're told in verse 12 that this beast from the earth exercises all of the authority of the first beast it commands everyone to worship the first beast everything it does it does in the presence of the first beast and by the way that expression in the presence is translated more properly for example in the NIV on behalf of the first beast or as another version has it it worked for the first beast and the lexicons dictionaries tell us that it means at the commissioning of the first beast we're also told that this beast from the earth makes an image of the first beast but not only on the first beast it makes an image to the first beast which means in honor of the first beast and this beast enforces the mark of the first beach somehow I think that this beast its role is to return the power that the sea beasts lost it is going to act on behalf of the first beast the United States of America is going to ally with the papacy it is going to return to it the sword of civil power and then persecution will come like it existed during the twelve hundred and sixty years of papal oppression now in Revelation 13 ends you're left with a question because revelation 13:11 218 tells us that you know all the worship all the world will be commanded to worship the first beast everyone will follow the first beast you know the mark of the beast practically everybody will receive the mark of the beast so when chapter 13 ends you're left with the question wasn't there anybody who resisted this power this is where you go to chapter 14 one through five see verses one through five should be the climax to chapter 13 in some places in Revelation the chapter division is in the wrong place Revelation chapter 14 one through five is the climax of chapter 13 chapter 13 speaks about not being able to buy or sell it speaks about a death decree against those who do not receive the mark of the beast and then chapter 13 tells but there was a group that was faithful to God let's read about that group in Revelation 14 verses one through five then I looked and behold a lamb standing on Mount Zion and with him 144,000 having his father's name written on their foreheads and I heard a voice from heaven like the voice of many waters and like the voice of loud thunder and I heard the sound of harpists playing with their harps they sang as it were a new song before the throne before the four living creatures and the elders and no one can learn that song except 144,000 who were redeemed from the earth now we're gonna talk about their character these are the ones who were not defiled with women that is with the harlot and her daughters continue saying for they're virgins these are the ones who follow the lamb wherever he goes these were redeemed from among men being firstfruits that is not first in time but first in quality being first fruits to God and to the lamb and in their mouth was found no deceit for they are without fault before the throne of God and so you have this group that is victorious or the beasts over his image and over his mark standing victorious on Mount Zion but now we have a problem how could they be victorious and Mount Zion if the three angels messages have not yet been proclaimed you see verse six begins with the three angels messages so you say how could they be victorious on Mount Zion how is it that they didn't care whether they could buy or sell they didn't care whether they would die to be faithful to God in the end up on Mount Zion if in chapter 14 the three angels message has come next are you with me or not the answer is that Revelation is not in chronological order it runs in cycles several years ago at one of our secrets on sealed summits we did a summit called the wise shall understand and I prepared a syllabus about how to study revelation structurally you see it's important to interpret the symbols but we need to know how the book is organized the sequence of events because in Revelation 14 verses 6 through 12 we have John going back to something that happened before the 144,000 stand victorious on Mount Zion are you with me now let's talk about the three angels messages really the reason why the hundred and forty-four thousand are victorious they're on Mount Zion is because they accepted the three angels messages so now it's going to go back and it's going to talk about the three angels messages that this group accepted and therefore they will eventually be victorious now let's examine some of the elements of the first day of the three angels message first angels message preaches the everlasting gospel to the whole world what does that mean it means that Jesus was sacrificed once for all for our sins and dies no more it means that he is our only and sufficient high priest and it means that we are saved by his righteousness alone not by ours the papacy teaches just the opposite the papacy teaches that Jesus is sacrificed in every Mass that the priesthood intercedes for us and that we are saved not by Christ's righteousness alone but also by our good works the first angel also commands us to fear God what does it mean to fear God it's not talking about being afraid in the Old Testament we're told to fear our parents that doesn't mean that we're supposed to be afraid of our parents basically to fear means to have a deep respect that is manifest in obedience to the commands of God that's what it means children show their fear of their parents by obedience you know it's interesting when abraham lied to Abimelech you remember that he said that sara well as a half-truth you know sara is my sister but he didn't tell him that she was his wife and Abimelech was going to take her his wife and god gave a bit like a tree a dream and said don't don't even think of it and saw Abimelech this guy was not even a Jew he comes and he says to Abraham why didn't you tell me this and Abraham said because there is no fear of God in this place and I was afraid that I might get killed so where there is no fear of God there's danger of losing your life which is the sixth commandment and then when Abraham was willing to sacrifice his own son Isaac after the angel held his hand a voice said to Abraham now I know you fear me because Abraham was willing to obey God even to the point of giving up his own son so the first angel tells us to fear God respect him and obey Him also the first angels message tells us to give glory to God we can't give glory to God we have no glory to give the glory that we receive from God is the glory that we return to God jesus said I am the light of the world he also said that we are the light of the world now how can he be the light of the world and we be the light of the world it's very simple he's the Sun and we are Moon's you see you go out and a certain night and you're looking to the sky and you say so you see that beautiful full silver moon you say oh my how beautiful the moon is tonight no you need to say how beautiful is the Sun tonight because the light of the Moon is the light of a Sun and so we return to God his glory the glory that we receive from him in the first place and of course the glory is his character the first angel also tells us that we are now in the hour of God's judgment while the gospel is being preached which means that the judgment is before the Second Coming because if the Gospels been preached and the judgment is transpiring it means that the judgement is taking place during probationary time the first angels message also teaches us that the dead are dead you say well that's kind of a ridiculous statement of course the dead are dead there are people who don't believe the dead are dead they believe that their soul survives after death you say how do you have the state of the Dead in the first angels message it's very simple if God began his judgment in 1844 the judgment of those who claim to be his people then none of those people went to heaven or to hell before 1844 so the idea of judgment helps you understand that people rest in the tomb until their names come up in the judgment and then the first angels message tells us to keep God's holy Sabbath now let me give you some characteristics of the three angels messages each message builds upon the previous one they are to be proclaimed in their order Revelation chapter 14 says that an angel was seen in the midst of heaven then it says another followed him and then it says a third followed them so followed means that they must be proclaimed in order the messages are global they go to every nation kindred tongue and people which means that if a global message is going to go out God needs a global church to proclaim that message they are God's final appeal to the world before the close of probation and we know that because as soon as the third angel finishes its message is the harvest the grapes of the earth are ripe and the harvest of the earth is ripe the three angels messages ripen the world and two signs also we know that the three angels messages are accompanied by the power of the latter rain you say how do we know that for the very simple reason that immediately after the third angels message you have the grapes are ripe and the harvest is ripe what is it that ripened the high and the grapes the latter rain exactly it's acceptance or rejection of the three angels messages is a life-and-death matter the second message basically says Babylon is fallen because it rejected the first angels message get out and the third angels message says if you don't get out you'll end up worshipping the Beast and His image and receiving the mark and the wrath of God the plagues will fall upon you are you understanding the sequence now as soon as the third angels message comes to an end all cases in the world are decided for life or for death you say how do we know that because the very next scene is a scene of a harvest the harvest is fully ripe and the grapes are fully ripe how many groups to the harvest have the seal of God and the grapes have the mark of the beast the harvest worships God the grapes worship the Beast you see the three angels messages polarized the world into two groups into the saved and the lost those were the seal of God and those who have the mark of the beast those who follow the lamb and those who follow the Beast those who worship God and those who worship the Beast let's notice what it says in Revelation 14 about the harvest Revelation chapter 14 verses 14 through 17 by the way technically as elder Gallimore pointed out this is referring to the conclusion of the investigative judgment in the heavenly sanctuary it also deals with the second coming because that's the ultimate result let's read revelation 14 14 through 17 this is the the harvest of the earth this is talking about the righteous who receive the seal of God as a result of accepting the three angels message it says there that I looked and behold a white cloud and on the cloud Sat one like the son of man having on his head a golden crown and in his hand a sharp sickle what is a sickle for the harvest so our old case is decided at this point absolutely notice verse 15 and another angel came out of the temple crying with a loud voice to him who sat on the cloud thrust in your sickle and reap for the time has come for you to reap for the harvest of the earth is ripe so he who sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped so basically the harvest of the earth and the grapes are both ripe because people have either accepted or rejected the three angels message on one side the harvest have the seal of God on the other side the grapes have the mark of the beast on one side God's people are spiritually in spiritual Jerusalem that's an important point see Jerusalem is not that City over in the Middle East Jerusalem spiritually speaking at this time is the Church where God's faithful people abide and so the harvest is within the spiritual city and the wicked are outside the spiritual city now you say why do you bring this to view well let's go to Revelation 14 19 and 20 the harvest of the earth is inside the city the grapes are outside the city the righteous are safe inside the walls the wicked are there for destruction outside the walls now notice Revelation 14 19 and 20 so the angels thrust his sickle into the earth and gathered the vine of the earth and now notice this detail and threw it into where the great winepress don't forget that expression very important and threw it into the great winepress of the what of the wrath of God and the winepress now listen carefully the winepress is outside the city it says and the winepress was trampled outside the city so someone is gonna trample the winepress outside the city and blood came out of the winepress who is uh who is out in the winepress what does the winepress represent the grapes are there right the wicked and so it says once again and the winepress was trampled heights outside the city and blood came out of the winepress up to the horses bridles for one thousand six hundred furlongs you say now wait a minute who's riding the horses that are trampling on the winepress you have to go to Revelation 19 let's go to Revelation chapter 19 Revelation chapter 19 and let's read their verses 19 and 20 Revelation chapter 19 and verses 19 and 20 it says actually let's read verse 11 through verse 15 first and then we'll go down to verses 19 and 20 it says in verse 11 now I saw heaven opened and behold a white horse and he who sat on him was called faithful and true and in righteousness he judges and makes war this final war against the wicked his eyes were like a flame of fire and on his head were many crowns he had a name written that no one except knew except himself he was clothed with a robe dipped in blood and his name is called the Word of God who is this riding the white horse Jesus is it coming along no verse 14 and the armies in heaven who are those the angels the armies in heaven clothed in fine linen white and clean followed him on white horses uh-huh so now we know who's riding the horses who's riding the horses the heavenly armies the angels and what is Jesus going to do what are the angels going to do verse 15 now out of his mouth goes a sharp two-edged sword the with it he should strike the nation's and he himself does what treads the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God that's the reason why his garments are red because he's trampling on the winepress now the question is what what are the grapes doing outside the holy city what did they come for they're on vacation no what did they come for they surrounded God's spiritual city with the intention of what with the intention of destroying them and who comes to the rescue Jesus and the armies of heaven come to the rescue now who are the enemies that Jesus has to rescue his people from well you're gonna see a reference here to the third angels message let's go to revelation 19 now Revelation chapter 19 and verses 19 and 20 Revelation chapter 19 and verses 19 and 20 here are the enemies that Jesus comes to destroy to save his people it says then verse 19 and I saw the Beast have we encountered that being that entity before yes and who else the kings of the earth that's a dragon folks only here they're called the Kings because they're the instruments in the hand of the Dragon that works from the background I read a statement in my in my study on the wine if you remember and I saw the beast and the kings of the earth and their armies gathered together to make war against him who sat on the white horse and against his army do you see what the two battalions are it's the Lord and his armies and it is the beast and the kings of the earth but there's another entity notice verse 20 then the Beast was captured and with him who oh that's the third entity of Revelation chapter 13 and also the third angels message so it says then the Beast captured and with him the false prophet who worked signs in his presence by which he deceived those who received the mark of the beast and those who worshiped his image is that a reference to the third angel's message a most certainly is now we need to go Revelation chapter 15 verses 2 through 4 it says they're connected with the third angels message and I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those who have what the victory over the Beast and over his image and over his mark and over the number of his name standing on the sea of glass having harps of God are those the same 144,000 is that a reference to the third angels message so in Revelation 13 ends and doesn't tell us whether there was a faithful group or not it simply speaks about not being able to buy or sell it speaks about you know those who will not worship the image will be killed we're left with the question was there not any group that was faithful to God we read revelation 14 1 through 5 where it says yes there's a group that stands on Mount Zion 144,000 here it connects directly with the third angels message because it says here once again in verse 2 I saw something like a sea of glass mingled with fire and those were the victory over the Beast over his image over his mark and over the number of his name standing on the sea of glass having harps of God they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb the same as 144,000 saying great and marvelous are your works Lord God Almighty just and true are your ways o king of saints who shall not fear you O Lord and glorify your name for you alone are holy for all nations shall come and worship before you for your judgments have been manifested so I you seen the connection of all these chapters let's review my wife my wife tells me that you know I repeat too much and I tell my wife how do you how do you think that parrots look learn to talk by repeating see when we when something is repeated and repeated then it becomes part of us and were able to repeat it now let's review once again what we find in Revelation chapter 13 Revelation chapter 13 the dragon with the ten horns which represents the Roman Empire gives its seat to the Beast the Beast rules for 1260 years ending in 538 then another beast rises from the earth for a period it guarantees civil and religious liberty then what does it do it does everything to restore power to the first piece and it makes an image of the first beast it enforces the mark of the first beast so when revelation 13 ends you say now wasn't there anybody who was faithful anybody who resisted the mark of the beast and worshiping the image of the Beast and accepting the authority of the Beast was there no one who was faithful the answers in chapter 14 1 through 5 yes the hundred forty-four thousand but how did 144,000 get there well they had to accept three angels messages and they had to proclaim them and when the three angels messages were finished the result was that all decisions on earth had been made the harvest is on one side with the seal and the grapes are on the other side with the mark of the beast and then the wicked are in the winepress they're surrounding the city they're surrounding God's church with the intention of destroying Christ Church but then the armies of heaven with Jesus come to trample the winepress outside the holy city to deliver God's people from certain death and then in chapter 15 once again you have the same hem of chapter 14 you have the 44,000 singing this beautiful song a victory over the Beast his image his mark and the number of his name it's important to know the literary structure because all of these chapters are linked now how important are these messages I want to read two statements from the spirit of prophecy early writings page 258 and 259 Ellen White wrote how important these messages are I read I was shown three steps the first second and third angels messages sent my accompanying angel woe to him who shall move a black or stir a pin of these messages the true understanding of these messages is of vital importance the destiny of souls hangs upon the manner in which they are received do you know of any other Church who says the reason for our existence is to proclaim the three angels messages there's only one Church in the world that takes that as its message and its mission the seventh-day Adventist Church it's a global message so God must have a global church because one person can't proclaim the message all over the world the reason why God established the seventh-day Adventist organization was to make it possible to plant faithful people of God in every nation on earth so that when crunch time comes God will have a witness on every nation of the earth the second statement I want to read is nine testimonies page 19 in a special sense seventh-day Adventists have been set in the world as Watchmen let's stop there for a minute what is a watchman is that a defensive or an offensive task its defensive right what is a watchman a watchman you know is there at night making sure that no one breaks in to steal so God is called the seventh-day Adventist Church to perform a defensive function to defend the truth to defend the three angels messages to not allow the enemy to come in to undermine our special message for this done to undermine present truth the truth for this time but there's another task at the seventh-day Adventist Church as in a special sense seventh-day Adventist have been said in the world as Watchmen and light bearers that is offensive not in the sense of offend but in the sense of offense God has established the seventh-day Adventist Church to play defense and offense in other words to defend the truth but also to proclaim the truth in a special sense seventh-day Adventists have been said in the world as Watchmen and light bearers God has entrusted them with the last warning for a perishing world the seventh-day Adventist Church is the last hope of the world and I know Jesus is ultimately the hope but in terms of proclaiming the message of present truth and Jesus this church is the last hope and Satan knows it that's why he's caused so much division in the Adventist Church doctrinal division divisions in other ways I mean there's so much there's so much a theological ferment in the church now it's amazing because the devil knows that if he can divide the Adventist Church and he can unite the enemies of the Adventist Church he's gonna win we can't let that happen we have to make sure that our church stays united upon the platform of truth not upon the platform of culture or convenience or political correctness no we're beyond that stage the seventh-day Adventist Church is the last message that God has for the world she continues on them that is on Adventists is shining wonderful light from the Word of God God has given them a work of the most silent import import means importance of the most solemn import what is that task the proclamation of the first second and third angels messages there is no other work of so great importance they are to allow nothing else to absorb their attention nothing else the three angels message to proclaim to the world that is present truths then is the message that God has given to this church you know things out in the world are showing that things are winding down pretty quickly freedom of speech is being lost right and left you know you've heard about you know the president wanting to get rid of the Johnson amendment it can only be done by Congress because it's the law of Congress establishing a office in the White House where evangelicals can come and provide him with counsel you know that he was elected by a vast evangelical m'naghten majority and let me say that it's not because Protestants love the civil government you know kinda makes me thinks of the think of the Jews in Christ day they said we have no king but Caesar they hated Caesar but they were happy to use Caesar to accomplish their purposes and that's what the churches in the United States want to do today they don't love the government they don't they don't love the civil power they love the possibility of using the civil power to get their agenda passed and we need to proclaim to them the principles upon which this country this wonderful country was established I just want to share with you in closing portions of an article that appeared in the Catholic Herald this was an article by Matthew Schmitz that was posted on Thursday May 24 2018 and the title of the article is how Europeans are fighting back against Sunday trading and then there's a subtitle changes to the law have made it harder than ever for ordinary Catholics to honor Sunday Sunday's day of rest but there is hope I just want to read a couple of statements from from this particular article only those who recognize that the common good that's a papal expression common good only those who recognize that the common good concerns a man's soul can explain why we should legislate rest on Sunday to honor the God who on that day rose this is why we call Sunday the Lord's Day Dominika Domingo de Mancha then he continues we first hear the term in the book of Revelation where John reports that it was on the Lord's Day that he had his great vision ever since it has been the day on which we glimpse paradise enjoying freedom in communion with God as Benedict the 16th put it and he quotes on the Sabbath there are no masters and no servants there is only the freedom of all the children of God for this reason the Sabbath is the heart of all social legislation and then he ends the article by saying it is striking how many Catholics have given up this thing of the Lord that is Sunday even those who can afford Sunday rest do nothing to guarantee it for others as Benedict the sixteenth saw Christian politics begins with the Sabbath our task is to secure it in law not as a privilege for the powerful but as a right enjoyed by all that's just one article of many articles out there on the issue of Sunday there is all kinds of chatter folks online articles appearing everywhere on the need to get rid of commercialism to get rid of the idea that you know you need to sock seven days a week the idea is you need one day of the week to rest and I agree but it's not the first day of the week it is the seventh day of the week God's holy Sabbath as we heard this morning so I'd like to end by reading the three angels message in Revelation chapter 14 verse 6 then I saw another angel flying in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach to those who dwell on the earth to every nation tribe tongue and people saying with a loud voice fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment has come and worship Him who made heaven and earth the sea and the springs of water and another angel followed saying battle and his fallen is fallen that great city because she has made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication then a third angel followed them saying with a loud voice if anyone worships the Beast and His image and receives his mark on his forehead or on his hand he himself shall also drink of the wine of the wrath of God which is poured out full strength into the cup of his indignation he shall be tormented with fire brimstone in the presence of the Holy Angels and in the presence of the Lamb and the smoke of their torment ascends forever and ever and they have no rest day or night who worship the Beast and His image and whoever receives the mark of his name but God will have a people in contrast to those who worship the Beast and His image and it's in verse 12 here is the patience better translation is the perseverance here is the perseverance of the saints here are those who keep the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus my prayer is that we individually and corporately will choose to be those people how about it hey man let us pray father thank you for having been with us take what we studied and write it in our minds and in our hearts we pray in Jesus name Amen [Music] you

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